i The Omahai Daily Bee \ II NTNir.TTCTCNTTTVTCAT ? AHX lfrDAYIORNINd ] \ ! : NOVEMBER 29. 1881) ) . NTTTirRTCTl 1 9. BOSTON SWEPT BY FLAMES , Twenty Acres of Business Blocks .Llckod Up Llko Shavings LOSS ABOUT FIVE MILLIONS Just When All Unman I rfort IVnu Pmvcrloiis the Wind Suddenly Clinngcd and the City Wan Saved • J ho Worst Hlnco 1H72 IIobtott , Nov J3 [ Special rolocram to 1 up BnrJ thanksgiving has been ushered in In Boston Uj ilio greatest llro slnco ttio calamity of 187J It besan at 8 15 am and by noon hod burnt over twenty acres In the heart of tlio oltv , entailing a low of tS' oOJOOO Tlio llro limit Is bounded by ilnrrlaon avenue - nuo on the cast , the renr of Washington on tlio u est , and bum nor stroct nnd Lssox on the north and south , It llrst hroko out In tlio big dry goo Is bouso or Broyvn , burrcll & Company by n badly connected ulcctrlo lmht wire mid hid un doubtedly been burning for a long tltno be I fore It showed for whnn the alarm wns first Bounded the wliolo rear portion was In fl lines The building was n tnussivo brown Btono structure six stones high The llrst two lloors wcro jammed with dry goods and tno second lloor was occupied by the Woon socket Rubber compinv lhotop floor was used as a store room by Jordan , Marsh & Company The second , tHrd fourth nnd general alarms were soun led ono nftor nnothor nnd lnsldoof forty mlnutos thirty eight stoim and ten chomlcil engines were massed around tlio conflagration , but this dolugn , combined with apourine lain , hud no effect , nnd the tire looping across narrow Kingston street Belted upon the live-story bilok hat factory of r.amson i , Uubbard No 00 Bedford stieot nnd the six story brownstone building of Tftylor Urothors , wholesale clothiers , cutting off the llroincn Thov hastily boat a retreat leaving engines Nos 0 7 an 19 and HnystiuclcNo 14 to their rate A. lot of men , dosplto the fin nnro around them pulled I uhonncal ongiuo No i out of dancer , , while three stroauis of wutor played on thorn to 1 kcop them fiom rotating Seeing the whole two blocks between Har- rlsou uvcnuo and Chauncoy street were bound I to go , Chlof Webber sent calls for aid from ' Linn , balom , Laurence , Lowell , Worcester nnd all the suburban towns The vaiioits railroads were hurriedly clcaro I , and by 11 o'clock the tire engines begin to arrivu In town , the mob of people who filled the streets cheering thnui lustllv By this time the cutiro town was alnimcd , nnd business men came rushing frantically to tholr ofllct s , only to bo turned out of dnnci by the police Many wept , syvoro and begged finuticullv to bo allowed to get ( Vt their books , but they yyero kept from the criistiing walls and ifly- Ing slutcs Nothing Whatever of the contents of the bulldiuc was saved , for the llio spiead rnpidly Uy 11 o clock the llro bad onirulfod all the buildings between liar llson and Chauncoy nnd Sumner and Essex Btreots when foitunntely the strong south cast wind which had boon prevailing , driv ing the ill o into the heart of the city , shifted to the west aud blow the llro baelc oy or the burnt section saving Boston llio casualties wcro happily foyv , tie laddormen being tlio only onoa injured fatally , ono florn fulling walls the second from u gas explosion , yvnich cut his head nearly off After crossing Ohnuucey street the yviud changing enabled tbo llromen to hnlt It , but by this time no less than 100 of the finest waioliouscs in the citv had been acstroyod It wus in the hcait of the woolen and linen district , rainy of tbo buildings being tlio ogcncios and v/urohouscs of the big Noyv EnUnud mills and they had just got In their winter stock The loss at noon Is roughly estimated at $15 000,000 , but no idea of the Insurauca can bo obtained It is thought It will bo about tyvo thirds The ro3ldonco section bolng pparcd , thera vvai an absence of these scenes yy hlch , tnako a oity Uro so nppalliug Uy noon the lira was under control and Ufty onglncs wcro keeping It at bay A. l.ntor Account Bosto- Nov 28 The most disastrous llro from yvlileti Boston has suffeiod slnco 1372 and ono iu which the property loss rivals the great conllticrutlon , at Lynn iuesduy , broke out about 80 a in today in u slx-moiy granite building owned by Jordan , Marsh A , Company , and occupied by Brown , Duroll > V Company , dry goods , Bedford street , corner of Kingston Tlio great flro of 167J broke out on the comorof Kingston nod Sumner streets and the alarm for today's flio yvns rung In fiom tlio sumo box which horatdol thatuiomora bio conflagration that consumed nearly $100- , 000 COO of proi orty I The llrst alarm rung In today was 1m mediately folloyycd by the llrst general alarm In lloston slnco 1S7J Today's conllugrutlon raged for six hours mid burnco oyer tyyo auros of torrltojy , cov crcl by uiabnllicontstruetuies und entailed u loss now cstlinutod ut fS.lW 000 Ihu goner il ularm yvas soon folloyvod bv calls upon all the neighboring cities and towns for assistance I lames yyuro soon pouring from nil the , windows and ttio roof of the Brown Buroll bulldlnir At 8 45 they hud spread to the shoo uud leather oxchungo , building , another laruu grainto struc ture adjoining Unwn , Burull A , Company on Dcaford ktnot broin the other builu- ings the llauics swept In great masses across Uedford ttrect to the opposite corner , thence across Kingston street along Uedford to Chauncy , where it was stopped in the stnro of Parity , Bnrvoy X , company , the upper stories of yvhlch yvcro burned rinoo stores uloug Chauncy street towurd buuiiioi yvo-o burned On the south sldo of Bedford street the fire Jumped across Kingston street from llroyvn , Durcll , t Lomihuv's to tbo blgBuud- Blona bdlt ling oyyued by V L Amos und oc cupied by la > ior Brothers , and thlsvvas | con suuied Ihurealtrunito ( building known us the Noviua block at the comer of Chauuoy street was ihu next to ko mid the cutiro bloik clear mound Uuyyo Place to Kingston street yvas consumed • lha tire tin n crussod Chauncy rtrcotto Ihu stortB whieli ere enclosed In Lxour VUte , a small street running from Harrison avtuitoto Lhaunoy strout Hero the llro ttiu got control At Jloyvo Pluto the llro wus partially checked from bolng toyvard Lsjcx Btieot , but quickly inoyed toward the o | poslto side to the luniu nau Allen X Larra boo biilldtiics , oecuuyli g the squuru between Hod ford street und mo Hurrison uy eiiue ox tension of J xctcr Place , at yyhleti point its further progress was chocked 'llio scenes about the lira were renkto with excitement aud activity llio terri tory bounded by Klutstou , Uedford and Lbauucy sheet * yyus < ho principal tbcatro of dcstrtfctloj Here the coillagration leveled everything Within nn hour after tlio llro alarm sounded the whole utiuctuio of Brown , Durroll & . Company's building collapsed witlt a tremendous crush Humes were darting ( rum the doors nnd vvlndoyr und the interior of the block wus u gtoyviug furuueo The dry toods una 1 " other combu itlblo nrtlcles with yvhlch the floors wcro picked burno I to a yyhito hcut The granlto crumbled und llio Iron girders molted nyv iv llko lcc 1 ho stre ims from the engines yore dissipi'cl ' In vuporboforothoy touched tno llro buadenlv the crv arosei "Ihowallsaro falllngl Biekl Back I' The crowd Burgcd hick for their llyci Startlul by the shouts the firemen dropped their ho o nnd ran to Bn\o the llro nppirutu * 'lhoro yyas a confused an I deafening rour and ii dense cloud of sinnka und dim mounted heaven ward When It elenred atvay tlio luxi rlous palnco of tindolind yunlsbcd only n , funtns tie heap of bricks , slintli red stone , ttvlstod Iron iK'jims and brohon coltimna marKing its silo 1 wo onglncs nnd an aerial lad ler nnd yyntei truck yvort > rulnrd beyond lopyir llio scene was ono of thrilllnc grandeur Ilia toyvorlug Amos block , occupied by Taylor Brothers yvus ubl no trom roof to batouicut I'lii ) Ho irs fell with u stunning uulso leaving but tlio mcro shell Trom this building the Jho yvis steadily catlutr ltsyviy through to Chnuncv street dcsplto tlio thousands of gal Ions of water throyvn on It A sui cession of sharp explosious Indicated the force of the compressed heuted air in the firms rooms and broken gis pipes were plailugitieir part in the conflagration Ilia Immensn stores occupied bj samucl Williams nnd Brlghum & , Company , corner of Chiunrj street no 1 Uoyyo court , m irked the furthunst orogress of the llro In that direction Although ii | parontly Uro-i roof , It yyus completely gutted On tbo corner of Cli iuiicv uu 1 Bedford streets u lurco block occupied bj binlth , llog & . Gardner and other * yvas In almost as bad a plight an 1 the buddings between these tyvo wcro Utterly dostrove I The leaping flames succeeded jn crossing Chnuncy street to the ut per stories of the huco Allen olocn largely occupied by 1 arloy , Harvey A , Company , and those udj uciit < ih fur us Bssex Place It yyas Imrd to direct stronns of yvntci effect Ivcly anil for n time it scenic3 us though Wnrrcn street might yet bo ro ichod 1 ho tliemcn here niylo a crand rally Many lluos of hose yyoru emricd through the stores on Harrison avciiuo and the Too yvas strong ly fouuht Other hose yy its taken up stubs und used from tbo yvlndoiys across on Bed ford street bull other streams yyero ul rectcu.on the fl im s nnd fin illy the further progress of the lire yvus stayed lyyo llrcmon hayn been missing since morning and It Is feared thov yvcro ciushod 1 > J fulling wall ! ) bovoral narroyv escapes are reported bovc ul pcnplo In the building on the cor ner of Kingston and Bedford streets yvcro oyercomo by smo to but yvoro rescued by tno bravery ot l'olleo faergoanl Kimball Pitrolman Ilayucs nnd Councilman Barry A policeman and several llremen are r < portcu scrlousli Injured or burned llio origin of the lira is notdollnitoly knoivn , but is attributed to electric yvlr < .s Lnttci estimates of the loss places it it nearlj f. > OOJ 0U0 About tyyo hundrcl firms yyero burned und 100 agents of Nctv York mil western firms bud their headquarters do stroj ed iho agcnte > of n largo number of insur nice companies intoicstol yvcro soon by a ro porter and nsked ns to their losses llio ilsks yyhleU could bo nscortumed ted ly amount to uoirlj * 2 750,000 , y/bllo a lurjo number of couipanlns aio jot to bo heard from the fire , coming us it docs , on top of the greil blaze at Lynn is a crushing bloyv to manv of the smullci Insurance companies and it is not sit nil unlikely that It yvill cause the suspension of some of them I ho following is n list of the shoo nnd lei thcr firms burned out , a great many of tliom being the Boston houses of larco factories In othir portions of Noyy Lmrlund C L Aldrieb & . Company the Applcton shoo comuany , W P Barrntt & Company , A. Butcs , the W U Uricn shoo company Bun ion & Couiuanj , Copclnnd .1 Huitwcll John S ropgii Company , Trunk S Gnge J W Hurt t Company L P Hnyvlcins A , Com D in\ Howard Poster W Ircson . Com paiii I N Keith & Company b Ivolth .v Company , the Ljun boot and slip ) or Company , B r Maishull , Vdolph Meyer A , Company , George H Mcnoli T A Parker & , Company B J Paten PorklnsiV Joyce Joshu i H Purnum Holers & Wobocr HoycoAOuff the Stun son bUphcnson shoo manufacturing com nauy W It M Tennoy L W J vler , Wulkoi A , Broyvn , the Woonsocket rubber company Myron Woodbury , thn Brockton Inst company the Herbert S. Kapp company , the Nation il thread company , O O Palton Comianj.tio Bro kton Blakolj burnish ing m ichiuo compaiii George Clark Uuprei t imkii" I ott s llnding machine coroi any , Wheeler A , Cuinmlncs , WoodyvurdiC Wrluht Loithor houses H G Solomon of Noyy ark , N T > , I S Bounott& Brothers of Little - tlo V ills On ncarlj all of the above the losses are piactically total Broyvn Durroll & Com p my carried coeds in stock to the vnluo of upivurds ot J-80O 010 und the stock yvlll bo n total loss llio insurance on tills Is $173 000 Joruun , Marsh A , Compiny's shirt fietory yvus insured for JOOOO llio Woonsocket rubbnr comptny's stock yvas insured foi J"0 000 , Taj lor Brothers , hats and cups , * 75,000 / iho Great I ire of 1873 The former great conflagiatlon which swent over part of the area of the present fit o commenced at 7 o'clock Saturday even Ing , November 0,1873 raged nil night and tbo greater part of bunday and licked up $100 000 000 worth of property In those foyv hours 770 buildines , most of them mag nificent structures of stone and iron , yvcro consumed as though they were built of wood Tyvcntv parsons perished In the flames The llro broke out In a largo four story granlto store on the corner of bummer nnd Kingston otrocts Before tbo flro engines nrilved on the scene tbo flames had com municated to the ether houses In the vicinity nnd in less than twenty minutes the yvbolo broad facidos oitcnding down Kingston and bummer stieots yvoro ono shoot of ( lames mid the boat was bo intensn as to force the llremen ayvny A stiong breczo sprang up und tbo Humes spread with rcmatkuble rapidity llio llremen stiuggled heroic illy but in vain Barrlcudcs for their protection yvoro put up , hut they molted before the llerv clement like wax bo terribly intense bo cuno the bout ultor a while that It passed through the brick walls of adjolnlug bulldhius to tbo fronts of yvaio houses on the othnr sides of tbo streets , Igniting and consuming the latter without nnj direct contact with flame About .Iu m , nttompts yyoro made to stay tbo progress of the Humes bv bloyvlng up the buildings in its puthyvay with djnamlte , but proved futile , nnd the mugniilcont portion of the cltj bounded by Washington , bummer , Bedford Water and Ollyerstreets burned to the yater'sedgo llio entlro siuco occupied by tbo yvbolo sula dry goods dealers , yvool merchants , boot and shoo , hldo and leather dealers , nnd clothing houses , met total destruction Not n yvool bouso yvas left standing Bvory wholes ilu clothing bouso yvlth a single ex coptloa , was burned , and hut thioa or four dr.\ goods commission houses yvero loft standing Tbo tire thus burned oyer the lyulcst area of massUo and uppnrently In destructible commercial palaces iu America , slxtj-Uva acres Illy ; l.iindnii Hlnia Loxnov , Nov 23 Iho White drapery establishment at Aldcrshot burned today , loss i.100 000 Stnoklpct Mill-i IIOHtroy od Hiivnciun , J.0V , 23 Ilia btocUinet mills of the Hurtford carpet yyorks ut Thompson Tillo burned last nitlit , loss heavy A niuaiu m friini Nfbrimltn Dai us , Tex , J ov 2i J M Hclmstclter catno to Dallas bomo monthsugo and married a beautiful young lady hero A former yvifo arrived from Nebraska joiterduy bringing along Boyciul young Jlatmstotters Ihu bicuuilst yyus arrested ut Uusl last night on uUldaylt of nlfo No 1 , ho haying tied to that town on hci airival 511 in l-H Lilioilibnd London Nov 2S. A tremendous land slide occurred at Biadonburg.today , com plctely ehokluir up two shafts and entombing a unmbur of miner * yvhoso rescue la doubt " " • THE I , SILVER MEN ADJdUKN , A Commlttco Appotntod to Do Propaganda Work EVILS | OF DEMONETIZATION It I llni Woi-k il the I'rnotloal Vlolit- tiun or Ijfiiy Contract hx St- lniC ni the Xtniii the Act tyns Pushed The l > phtnr'-i Hope St Loti , Nov 23 In the silver conven tion this morning a resolution by Ifltch of > ovudn yyas adopted 1 lovulltig for tbo ap pointment of n national sllyer committee , yvlucli should bo empowered to call another national silver convention and provide for the election of delec ; itcs , also to provl lu for the organization of state nnd mttiomil sliver lciguos foi the promotion of llio objects of tbo convention A committee was selected , among the members bolng W B Phelps , Blmwood , 111 , Allen Boot , Omaha , Neb , L II Woller , Nashua , I Congressman Hlaud , chairman of the com tnlttoc on resolutions , presented tbo follow ing preamble nnd resolution ns the dcllbcrato opinion of the convention Ilcsolvcd , that the demonetization of silver hns woriied the practical violation of ovorv contract the i oxisttmr In tbo United States , entailed unaccounted losses reduced prices mora than JO per cent and th it Its ofleets Is practically to iniilto debts poruotu U , that it cuuse3 a contraction of the currency , which reduces values until there Is no profit left to the larmor , planter or men of sm ill capllil who dot end upon the sale of their products for returns for their 1 ibor , tint wo bollcvo nccitiiicito of thu govoi-nmcnt b icked dollar lar foi dollar by cold and sllvci com in tbo ticasuiy of the United States is a safe nnd sound currency and has been approved by the people , that considering the contraction oiusid by the surrender of nation il bank notes during the past thicoyears und tbo vistsums that must bo collected by the cancellation of gov ernment bonds dui ing the next three years , the nocessltj of restoring silver is as uianl fost as is the Justice of such a policy , that the gold aud silver of the yyctt pouiim ; in a stcodv stream nnoi the onst for forty joars vitalized every form of business thcro und steadied nud upheld the credit of tbo nation thiouc.it a gruit wur and mudo resumption sumption possible , and that what wo now demand Is us much more to the interest of the cast than of the west as the productions of the c ist OKcecd In value the productions of the west , that wo beliavo in thoequil rights or gel 1 and Bllvor nnd the ftco coinage ago of both , nnd that no nation ev er had or ever yvlll bavo too much golu aud silver coins , now , thuioforo , bo il Uosolved , That tlio rif tv first coniti ess bo requested by this contention to provide at Its Hi st , session for tlio opening of the mints of tlio United btatcs to the frco urd unlim ited coinage of stuudurd sllvci dollars of the present weight nnd fineness to bo letn ! ten der for nil debts , publm oi private , equal Willi cold , and that when such provlslou is made that the secretary of the tieasury bo rcquistcd to rein ? J 000 000 worth of silver as now authorized by law Mr Bland announced that a gcntlomnn from Iowa , Mi Woller , desired his report printed as p n t of the proceedings of the con vcntlon und bo vvoull offer no furthoroppo sl'lou to the udoption of thomajonty report Ho did Ibis in the interest of harmony llio report of the committee on resolutions was then adopted by a vote oti \ , > to 7 Arosolutior iPcicd bv General Gintor of Missouri fivoring an intern itlonnl silver congress during the world s fair wns tabled A icsolutlon tliiiuklnir the As90ciatod presser or the nblom inner In which the work of the convention ha 1 been presented to the people of the United States vas unanimously adopted h Itch of Nov aduvvas called to tbo plntform and delivered an nddress , after which thu cotiv ention took n rccoss Mr Pitch m nn exhaustive sneoch on the labor ditllculties , laid all the blumo for tno poverty stricKou condition of the yyorking classes at the door of tbo capitalists who demonetized silver For tiventv years " end be ' yvo bavo had abundaut prosperity , but ut the end of It wo lind wealth centered in n few hands What has the laborer foi his twenty years of toill Ho cm boast that tbooirirORato wealth of the n itlon has largely increased of factories established , cities orectcd rivers bridged , tianscontinontnl lilirhv/nj s reaching from ocean to ocean Ho c in cull the roll of millionaires and thou sands will respond where before the wnr there wis less than live Hundred Ho can wipe the sweat from bis wc iry tJeo and re flect that among the 8,000 millionaires may be enumerated twenty American citizens who gathered $150 000 000 from tbo toil and tears of 60 000 (100 people Ho can walk weary and sbcltorloss in the shadow of the palace ho has built , but may not enter I seek not to assail the rlgnts of capitalists or to urouso acalnst them the prejudices of poverty or unthrlft , but for twenty years capital bus tnmi crcd with the people s money and gath ered to itself illicit gains by increasing the burdens of industry "llioilght for the restoration of silver Is a fight of debtors against ci editors , the laborer against the capitalist , the poor nculnst the rich It is useless for the monopo lists to tell us pi ices bavo boon reduced because of the increased production In India This mav be an approximate cause , but I say tbo primecauso yvill bo found In silver de monetization nlono Bngliud has bcoma today the greatest sllvor consumer In the world , and yet jn all her vast empire she produces less than 7 p' ' ! cent of the yvorld's supply , nnd Germany , the co conspirator in the work of demonetisation produces less than 3 poi cent 1 upland is the bunco stccioi of the world und Undo bam is the gontlomnn from the ioral districts How much longer will our miners planters and farmers consent that the senators mid repicscntu tives at Washington shall continuo to legis lute in the interest of Wall street I Is It not time for tbo American eagle to rlso and shako the Liverpool salt from itB tall ) [ Great applause ) It may be that sudden rcinonu fixation of silver would produce some temporary disturbance ) In Wall street , but the eastern aud western boiiiiduri"s of this nation are not found between Pearl sticot nndHroalvvny Wo are lioro to represent the cottages aud caoliiB of this country and their interests should bo protected though the bulls of the Wallstieet bucket shops bellow with rage At the afternoon session a commlttco nt larto of ten members was appointed , includ ing Bon A I btovonsun of Illinois A counnitioo was also appointed to prepuro u uiomoiiul to congress , uftor which tbo con vontiou adjouiacd sino die Tbo delegates wcro given a banquet tonight at the Mcr chants oxchuugo BU1V1CN I ltOl HIS JIOMn An Old Man Uhurgod With Arson \ller u linm Hi t 1 vlotiou Golcovua , III , Nov -3 About two vears ago Air Harrlneton Claainhan , looming throuc.h his ofllcial position as rocordcr of deeds of this ( Pope ) county that there was a defect in the tltlo to certain lands then in the possession of old Nathan T Hart , bought infer for the nominal sum of f3 an outstanding claim and begin au ojectmont suit against blmBurt Burt had lived on tlio latf Jlfcr over thlrty- llvo years , claiming it under a tux title , and had paid the taxes upon it cud brought it to a hlc.li state of cultivation , but was , ncverthe ess , defeated After ntteiupting unsuccess lullj , however , to obtain compensation for . his improvements , ho was oy laud nud foreoil to seek a homo with bis sou-in law His old homestead wis sold ton stranger , hut only a feu day a after tbo trade nuollco 1 was posted on tbo door of the bouso threat • ening thu burning of the building If any ono 1 ihould endeavor to take possession ofit The mmmmmmw * i > ln 11 purcliasor bosun prcparrtlfcms to move in , when , Just ns his iirranfrfcmcnts vvcio about co nplotcd , the building burned Hart was at once oharpod with the crime , arrested , uud his preliminary examination Rot foi vesterdoj but th the lu'crim ho waived nn examination nhd was hold In bond Ho is a man who has heretofore stoo 1 well in tbo community , is sovontv llvo years old , nnd was never In n court liouso until Buelbv Clnnnahniii Ills friends claim the nrsou was the work pf an onomj who wishes to get him out of the wny AT A.G1UI tCAL STAGI * . The I rcnoli Clmtiilli r In the llstlllta- ttoti of thrt I loot Inns I'roccs iropinlul t JJ9 ' /amM Onnfcm Heiuieff.1 Paw , Nor 2 $ fNoiv York Herall Cable bpeclal to Tiir Bi c | Thocbambei hns now roach < id a critical stage In tlio rati Oration of the cloctlins process Up to the present It has dealt almost solely with elec tions about which not two similar opinions were posslhlo Its fdtliro condnct will give ] ta measure of moderation und Impartiality bo far the ninjontv does not appear to hnvo decided on anj direct line of policy It Is divided between two conflicting Inclinations On the ono hand the oppor tunists oi nt least tlio moro modornto among them thoroughly understand that a syste matic system of Invalidation would bo taken as a signal of a lovivnl of4a policy of intolor nnconnd pmty strife , while the l idlcals on the ether hand , hnvo made Invalidation n outranco their wntchvvord , bollov Ing with reason , vhnt "uch n policy will effectually prevent any co illtion between the right nn 1 the moderuto republicans On Monday last two members of the rlcht were validated dcs | ito the strenuous opposition of the ox trcmo loft , whcioupon the org ins of that party brol o out Into a loud , flcrco declama tion against the opportunists The latter bo ntno tathcr afraid of their own moo oration , and , to buv their pardon , nt the cnstilug setting ting annulled the election of Arnault a roy alist against whom thcro were no leal causes for discontent This by tlio way , h a f ivnrito way of acting with the onpor tunlsts I or every stop they make towards a moderate policy they tauo two tow ards rad lcalism With regard to the Invalidation of the election of Comto Dillon , the c iso was different The law was formed , and ns o necessary conscqucnco of the sentence of the high court of Justice Dillon lost his tiehts of citizenship It Is soinowhnt Incompro henslblo that the right lofused to accept the position nnd that it bhould bj voting in Dil Ions f iv or have made demonstrations no less illcgil than storllo Ot a moio complete chamctor is tbo election at CI igancourt The committee engaged on the question has so far not liccn nblo to como to any definite decision An opinion which appears to obtain a larco moasuroof support is that Juffiins election is not quito satisfactory 01 loifal but thcro is I some slowness to formally move its invuhda I owing to the fear that another election would result in the return of Boulanger As the law at present stands the people , under universal suffrage , could ole t nn ineligible not ouco but several times over In some quartora it is'proposed that the law shoald bo revised Iu tbo sense that any clrcoscrlp- tion which should persist in electing an in- cllgiblo candlaato after hls > .clcctlon had boon once annulled should forfeit 1(3 ( right to re presentation in parliamdnt daring the re maindcr of that session A SHIP IJ1.0WN TO PIEOLS An Bxploslon That Shook the City or Hnr pltln ICopurfoftt l lhyjinu Gordon Renii'tl 1 MAtisrniES Nov < > 3 ( Now York Her ild Cable bncclul to Titr Bre 1 A terrible oxplosiou this ovonlng caused widespread terror throughout the cltv The throe masted ship Vlllc do Marseilles , with a cargo ot 3,000 barrels of powder shipped for Mozambi juo caught flro An nttempt was made to blow up tbo sIiId with dynamite without success The flro In a short time leached tlio forchold ivncro thcro were 1,000 barrels ot powder A torriflo o.splosion foi lowed All the windows jfor a milo around were shattered Fragments of the ill fated ship were found 500 motors away from the scene of the disaster No lives wore lost The ship bo longed to Siuclar & Company of Marseilles William A-it 01 OhiMidlcr iropj/rWit ISfOhu James Gordon R nntt I LcfDOS , Nov 23 | Noiv York Herald Cable Special to Tub Beb I William Astor Chandler has Just arrived from a hunting expedition In Central and Bast Africa Bo is In splendid health nud spirits and s tys ho made a Journey not acnlovcd by any other white man Ho had an escort of 123 Z inzt barls Bn started from Mombassa und went to Ingierl where Captnln Dawnoy was killed Only once did ho have tiouble with the Massai , when thov attempted to steal a rlllo from one of his men Bo says the mon who accomnanloa Stevens rovoltcd nt 1 nglcrl The return iputo taken by btaoloy ho con siders tbo wisest possible selection Chand ler left Zanzibar November 3 Aincricnns In L union I at Tin key [ u < r iirlai t tSBOOu Juno ant Inn lien iK 1 Losdov , Nov 28 fNeiv Yoik Herald Cable Special to Iiib Bit 1 Americans here celebrated Thanksgiving day according to homo fashion , or ns nd irly as it could bo nnproacned in a foreign land Turkey was the prlnclpil fcuturo pf many dinners Mlnco pie there was too , but it was not the genuine artlclo Dinners ivoro given by Minister Lincoln , Consul General ' New and by quite an army ot unqfllclal Americans all of whom toasted the old ) flag patriotically and enthusiastically ! Aincricnns nnd dorninnH nine [ Oh urtuht 19 bu Jama Gordon Jlemi'l' 1 Blumn , Nov 28 I'NJow York Hciald Cable Special to Tun B t'J Pivo hundred Americans dined iutbogr eat bull of tboKala- erboff thlseyorlng Minister Phelps presided Tbo health of the president and ompeior was draulc standing To ? tbo latter toast Herbert Bismarck tcspauded aud proposed the health of Mfnistor Pholj s Bo told how proud Americans were ot their country and the guests n.iplaudcd tcm cs'uously Alvarv sang tbo ' Stai Spangled Banner , " nnd guyo as an encore ' Suawunco Btvcr " Minister Bald t.lvl > a Dinner ICopurlo' ' I JB hij ni j jjorb 1 JJsn i 1 PAIH3 , Nov 23 Now | Yoik Heiald Cable Special to Tub Bj.it,1- Minister Held and Consul General Hathbono gave dinners today Among the guests at Holds dinner were bolomon Illrsch , minister to 'luikov , William Waldorf AbUh' ' and Caiala | Za- lluskl ' Htrninsliii ) Airlyulu At London blghtedr The Ilclila , from Now York for Stettin { . the City of Boilln , from Now York ; the Canada , from Now York for Loudon ; too Mlcblban , from Bos ton At Baltliuoro The Caspian , fiom Liver pool At OuecnBtown-iho Germanic , from Now York At Isevv York The Prance , from London At Queenstown Iho Arizona from Now York At New York The State of Nebraska from Glasgow und the Culio from Liverpool mi CAPTURED BY AN ELEPHANT A NobrnBka Town Hna n Llvoly Thnnksfflvltiff Day SEVERAL STORES LAID WASTE The Townspeople Itiut Out nnd Hnbduii the Ih-ute , ttttt Not Until n Crent Atunniit of Dviungo U an I ) inc A Peculiar Preilioam nt W est Poivt , Neb , Nov ii [ Spcciol lol pgram to riti Hi n ] Iho usu il loungers nt the depot this morning were moro th m ordi narily surprised when the up freight train , Tso 4 , Incited In on the flllotricic nud nil hands wcro cilled to usslst Iu tinloillng the local freight lo the great surprlso of all , btntion Ac.ent Uiebert cillod foi ono ele phant All w is co naiotlon at ouco , but the animal w is safely landed 011 the platform and word sent immediately to Messrs Sonnenselioin & Valentine , the parties to whom the nnlraal was blllod , to came nnd rccolvo their ircight Sonncnschoin repaired paired to the depot nnd w is lost In admira tion ot the line points of the anlinnl , but when the froieht bill was pn sontod , which w us about $ THX ) rofuBcdtopa ) the same \ \ ord was nt once sent to hcadquarlors at Omaha to And out vvbnt was to bo done In the mcuuitmo the elephant had broken out of tbo crnto 111 which ho had been con fined and bad stirtcd up the principal stioet ot the city Bis llrst objective point vvs a livery stable which floated on the street , evidently iu scircli of a thanksgiving din ner 1 rom hero ho mudo a 1 aid upon tlio front of Crawford A. Draho s now brick block Binashlng in the entire plato glass front Crossing the stioet ho entered the drug store of lliouipson Brothers and de molished ono entlro sldo of their elegant stoio building His c 11 cor of demolish lug wns Btoppod hero Lolls of rope wcro thrown atound him and followed bv the entire populaeo of the town wasltdbick to the depot In triumph It seemsthatbonnensclicln &Vulcn tlno bad ordcicd the animal for advertising pui poses some time lust spring , but not hear Ing fiom their order , hud irlvonPup all thoughts of over receiving him , uu I are not prepared to care for him In the meantlmo Agent Drebert is unxiouslv nwattlng orders from lieudquaiteis , while sixteen men are omplojcd for the nicht to guard the uuiuinl frnquiry was made at Utuoo P iclflo head quarters yeslorduy regarding the mammoth but no ono know any thing concerning It At last the general frenht iient ( J S lohbelts , was found 111 tlio actof eotlitig oiitR < do his annual turkey , and in icoly to questions asked , bo stated ' My dear sir I am not running a zoological garden , nlthouch I confess wo hive an clc nhant on our hands It is a tlno quadruped , nnd is as gcntlo ns a kltt < n It is for sale It will drive single or double is Kind , nnd will not kiclt ever tbo tr ices rnl3 elephant Is very fond of children , but wis never known to oat moro than ono at a time Ho was four years old quito a while agu was sired by luinbo , the Into Bin num mammoth nnd Is dammed his dam is unknown Ho has a record which I now forgot and is IHO hands high You can have him by paying the fi eight cnarges.and tbo cost of the baled bay he has Oaten and will eat ' • O , yes I forgot , I ilso have a box of whlto snuUes the same species that are oa exhibition at the musco I see that their bills say that but one lives at 11 time Ibis is a mistake The ono they hnvo was born triplets 1 have the ether two In addition I have two whlto monkeys at Sioux City These are very rare in these parts In fact , they are scarce But if you see nnyouo who wants n couple send them around , and , by the yvnv don t foigot my olopuant Ho will bo iriintcd whlto without additional cost if you desire A plcco of the white meat , please , " and lubbcts resumed his meal Southwestern N bruka Teacher * Nun v ka City Neb , Nov 23 ISnocial to Tin Bee I The Southyvostern Ncbiaska Touchers' association met in the distiict court room In this city this evening , with a largo ittendance Hon B V Wurron do- lu otod the address of welcome , winch was losponded to ny Prof Uluymy of Bcllovuo and Superintendent P D McCluslcy of Lin coin Superintendent Rakcstraw of the Nebraska Citv schools dolivcred au lute-est iug address , after wntch a brilliant reception was given at the Young Mona Christian as sociation ball The programmo for tomorrow will bo full of Interest In the morning Prof G E Barber of tbo state university nnd Suporln tendent Wells II Skmnor of Crete will rend Bcvoral interesting pipers which will bo foi lowed by discussions , participated in by bupcrintcndent Tordv co of Auburn Super intonrtent Gardner of Tccumseh and Prof Ostrom of Nebraska City A loctuio by Hon J Sto'ling Morton , on the subject of ' ireos , " will bo nn attractive feat uro of the morning exercises In the afternoon the session will be held In the lnstituto for the blind , and these who will tuko part in the exercises there will bo Prof A M Cham bcrlnln ot the Christian university of Lin coin , Uev George Hindlcy of Wcoplng Water , bupcrintcndent G It Chatnum of Humboldt Superintendent W W D-uni mend of Plattsmouth Miss S G Kroiboil of Syracuse , Miss M Evoljn Bliss of the state normal school at Peru l'rof I B Parmnloo of the institute foi tbo blind Mrs BmmuLd- wards , Llliot sclnol , Lincoln , nnd bupcrin tcndent P D McCluslcy , Lincoln Stuto bupciintcndout George B Lane , Superintendent J L Melvln ot Nomuhn Citv , Superintendent M G Jones of Silom and Superintendent C P Carv of Pairbury , yvlll tnko part in u discussion The evening exercises at the courtroom will consistof n business meeting reading by Prof B W Hunt of the state university , and a discussion by Prof George I Pure bam of the state normal BChool , and Superin tendent I B Bnlburv of Wohoo The prcsont session Is 0110 of the most In teresting and impoitant ovei hold by the us Boclation Itufl'iilo Bills Daiiirlitor Mini oil NoimiPiATTi , Neb , Nov 2S H S Boal and Arta Cody were marrlod ot the Codv rusideiico In thu suburbs last ovcnlng Tbo ceremony was performed according to the ritual ot the Bpiscopal churcti Only rela tlvcs and a fnw iutlinato fi lends of the con tracting parties yvero present No cards were issued Iho young people left nftor the coioinon for Denvornnd points west Among tnc numerous and eluborulo presents was a ai aft f 10111 the bride s futhor , Lolonul William P , Lody , for f5 0J0 , and a deed to a cosy cottage in which Mr and Mrs Boal will take up their rcsidenco on their return A County TrmtHitorHhlp Contest KcAUNKr , Neb , Nov 28 ( bpoclnl Teio- gram to tin Bi e 1 A contest in the county treasurerslilp was filed In the county court nt a Into hour last night B M Grimes , the republican candidate ut the recent election , yvas beaten by II Prod Wiloy by 170 votes , nnd Grimes hi lugs action on tlio grounds of Illegal tickets being used by the peoples paity ' Kcpuollcnr state ticket was printed on the top ot these tickets , and tbo jcopio's candidates were printed on the suine Attorney General Lteso has decided that these are specific ( rounds foi aturccss ful contest bj Mr Grimes Ci nlnil City I'oslollloo ItumlnrUed Cestiui Crir , Neb , Nov 23 Jbpccial Telegram I0T111. Bci ] EarJy this morning buifclurs brol c lute the postolllco , blow open the safe und secured $ u00 111 cash , mostly out of the money cider department , which tlu postmaster Is Dot allowed to del oi.lt iu other tlinu national banks Thcro Is no clue , al [ though the perpetrators uro believed to boone ono of a local gmg Will Hnvo ti Amputate UU Untulo , CrSTitAi Citv , Neb , Nov -3 ! [ bpoclnl Tclogrim to Tun Bn | Vlbert Nelson , liv Ing llvo miles north of Chapman s ha 1 his bauds sobidlvmnshod In acorn shotlci rues day that amputation was necessity . MULOTBU A blLOOMSr A llnsltntrn Mnn Sdium lninn cs Canst it by 11 IiImU-BrlnMnK Min > BiSTiMis Neb , Nov 23 Au-iinportant dnmuLo , tuit litis been Jccl ted in the distiict court 1 ho enso is 0110 that arises under the provisions of the blociimb law nnd Is about ns follows In lbS3 Humj 1 rlcllng run 11 sn loon In this city in his wlton name Next door to the saloon Gooigo Wood kept a bllllnrd room Woods son , lew Wood , a minor , assisted his father lit nttuiiltng to the bllllaul room Birlis In October Wood w enl to Colorado nnd loft the boy lu cli irge Soon nfler Wool loft the biy commenced drinking and inviting his comrades also Illinois , to drink with him , for which lo si out nearly nil the 11 ouov iccelvc 1 fo billiards On October JT the boy lenrncd that his father would ictiiril in 11 day nr two Bis courngo for ook blm nnd ha dnrei not fneo his f ithcr Ho took nil thn nioiioy ho h id left , about 570 and skipped out Wood lottniicd and found the billiard room closed nnd the boy gene Ilo did notlcirn or the boys vvhorcabouts until the January follow iiifrnml the boy did not return homo untH Inst boptomber Wood sued Prlcling and his bondsmen and claimed $4 200 damages In the trill of the cuso nil of W ood's ullecutious wcro proven llio defense fonso did not put 11 witness upon the stunl , npp irently reiving upon tbo pie ithat it was unlnwful for Wood to employ fie boy around the billiard room Iho Jury was out nbout ono hour nnd returned 11 verdict fixing llio duin igcs ut tJ If > > 1 riding lias moved to Denver and b s bondsmen aio left to BOttle the bill It will now Lo haul woik for a Bixtecu year old boy to obtnln a dunk of In this city J1AUIIY HALL IIBOAP CUKBO Apprehended By M ltd 11 Hopkins nt I rnvo City , Utah Liscoln , Neb , Nov Ja [ Special Tele gram to Inr Bel J Harry W Hall alias Wnlton , nllas Wright , who escaped from tbo stnto penitentiary Jnnuaryfi , 18SS while under dor a lifo sentence from Choycniio lounty for nitirdoi nnd robboiy , was captured today nt Piovo City , Ul 111 , by Warden Hopkins wno hns been on Ins track llko a vcrltablo sleuth hound since his appointment to the po sltion ho now holds Hall s escape is doubtless as fresh in the publio mind ns though It vvcio but yesterday It was attended by such circumstances that unpleasantness resulto I between the gover nor m 1 Warden Hycrs and ultimately lei to his icsin ( ition or raniov il Warden Hop tins is on routu homo and barring acci louts , will icacli Hits city with his prisoner 1 riduy night hlhe's a aitrjir scm mu A Plan to Have Sullivan mid Jacks on I iethi nn Linko Tnhoe Cviison Nov , Nov 23 Sports iu this city and Virginia aio makiiif u scheme to hue Sullivan and Jackson light 011 Luke latioo for ? 'l > 0J0 , the mill to take place 011 a big barge in the center of tbo lake The barge , which is to bo b lilt for tbo occasion , will bo a raft made of logs borrowed from U10 Luke Tahoe Tlumo company The raft will bo larger than an aero of ground , and will have In the center a pit twenty four foct squuic , filled with earth and tainnod down hard 11 crow ill bo.i big tontovci the ling to kiop oft the sun , nnd the raft will bo rciched by stcimers plyinir from the sboro Tbo raft yvill be anchoiod on the state line and only the holders of f 100 tick ets will bo permitted to witness the ml'l 1 bo managers ut picscnc wist to be I ci t in the backgroun 1 1 hey expect to recDivo ? r0,000 gate money , giy 0 a $ J5 000 pi izo , 1 un free ir.iins fiom ban Francisco to Iruckce for ticket holders und have alight to a finish without gloves Huvlnc the raft on the line of tbo two states tbo exact loctlion will not be nuued un 11 u 1 hour bofoio the light , the authorities wlllboovudcd and none of the cxpcilences ofRichburu repeated Iho nir ii ilways cool and pleas tut nt the lake , and the Idea is to have llio fight enrly in the spring , with tbo permission of tbo California Athletic club Several monoveu men uf Snn Pranclsco are la the schcino with parties in this state GOULD AITI K 111 ! . ATCHISON A Humor on W till htreer Which Is Gen rally Believed New Yokk , Nov 2S [ bpeclal Telegram to The Bee J A rumor has boon pcrsist- ontly circulated during tbo past week that Jay Gould is tryiug to buy control of Atchl son stock A dotlino in the stock is said to have been engineered lor tbnt purpose In the face of the uunouncetnont of the success of the reorganization plan It has oven boon hinted that Gould is behind tills movement and l picking up stock in both Now York and Boston Yesterday a special dispatch was received on Wall street which road as follows ' Munlpulatlor- Missouri Pacific Atchison and bt Louis & ban Prnncisco is atti ictiug attention und is generally crcd- ltolto Gould whoso holdings of Atchison have been estimate I as high as 200,000 , shares Although no stock ippcurs in his iiume 11 ] urc.u umouut has been tratisfoucd to Grant & Company of Now York J iv Gould bus always boey credited with a do aire to obtain the control ot the Atchison nnd St Louis & , Snn 1 ranciseo rouds lhoro Is a Lrc at deal of gossip about tbo'Pnsco ' company in Wall street TUB SN1A 1 H itOIiD UP Mnc Gnmhlorfl Arrested on Suspicion of Belli tr thu Bobbers Gainkbvii 1K lexNov 28 [ Special Tel eeram to Inc Bri ] Nine mon supposed to bo the perpetrators of tbo robboiy on the Gulf , Colorauo & banta To Monday nhjit near Uonvlu , Indian territory , are now lu I juil They are nil gamblers Some of them were arrested at Ardmoro and two at Her win The arrests were made by deputy marshals and City Murshul Honey cult uf this pluco i'ho ulllccrs are very reticent , but it Is claimed that they have a strong ouso iho prisoners were taken uerots tbo country to Hcrvvln this afternoon There is u reward of ? l,000 each for tbo urrcst and conviction of the robbers Other arrests uro expected to follow ut once lyyo of the lobbcrsnro Known to have been in this city last night and disappeared ismys tcrlously us they came llio authorities will not give the names at prcsont but udrait the arrests Deputies uro still scouring the country In the vicinity of Bcryvin IVvIng Hiuli on Clmiity Mono ) . W'lNMiro , Man , Nov3 The police bavo discovered that a roau named Inlls ( , who acted as custodian of the relief money of Spoltano Palls at tbo time of the great llro cud who , it is alleged skippo 1 with a largo amount of the money , was In this city this weak scattering nioiioy lively In high life 1 hey suy ho left for Toronto 1 uosduy - m Iho Wtiulhoi Iti port Tor Omaha and vicinity Pair weather * Tor Iowa Pair lor Nebraska aud South Dakota Pair , much warmers varlablu winds , beceunng southerly - Wroo ! 011 tlio O & O Ihontov O , r < ov 23 A disastrous wreck occurred ot Ccrcdo , on the Chcsanoako Si Ohio road , this morning A train was thrown from the tuck by u washout and the engineer and mo braUcmcn killed 1 NEW YORK SOLID FOR RBBdT ' In the Sponkoiehlp Raoo the Hold ' ia Far Bohitid j THE PRIZC IS ALMOST WON , IT the Mnlno Stan's Swlflly llylitff IVot Pull Not Ho Is 11 W Inner Western Mon Vnj Irln J11 ntot. . , Wasiiimjtov Buiirvu Tin Ovutu Brr , 1 Ml PotmTcrsTii bnirur V 1 Wasiumuon I ) U Soy J8 ) Nothing will di fent Hoed hi the rneo for the speakership at this st ice but the disgust ' of the members trom the west , south and northwest nt the application of the unit 1 rule This old time metlio of c irry ing eon I ventions nnd creating artificial seuilmi ut lu * fuvor ot 0110 man w is ubandoiic t In Now \oilc stutojears ngo It inner thriven to nnv gioat extent in tbo lcpublienn party nnd the attempt to bilng it to thy fioutnsa j factor In the niesont eiitnpiljsti h is disgusted t these men who uro In the liubll of thinking for themselves But Senator Quay of Peiinsylv mil owes his own eolitlcul promlnciica to his nbiitty to compel othora ' to bow to Ins will lnspltoof their own Indi vidual Inclinations Scnnlor Qu ly is tbo ono * mau who is trying to cooico the cntlio Penn 5 bj Until 1 du'egntlon ' into voting in hodlctiitos , i and the clmnces nro tliut ho hns been suc cessful 'llio unit rule In Now \orltisn sclieino llrst stibgeste 1 by ox-faeuatoi PI at Ho has 1 ot uttempted to compel any of his foltowbrs to vote for Uepil Ho Is too ndroli a statesman to try any such scheme Ho * knows that to try the coercion policy would " * bo ruinous and ho hns In eonsc nionco been \ quietly ut work On out , h bis most ti listed licutcn nits alt sunnnor to bring about a unit ° Policy on the put of Iho moiubois from New ork Ho itnoiv at the outset th it his paltieiilur friends arn Kccd men nnd it wns thcieforo only necessary that they should mnkn tholi cello itU09 see that the bcttoi policy would bo to unite on somu man Ibis plan has worked to a charm nnd the action of tlio New Yorkers tonleht , iu deciding to supper * Mr Keel was on v what every ono 1 no v last wci It would bo the outcome Scnutoi Hiscnck who at rive lhoro yostor- dny , Ii is l,1vcii out the lloa Hint it wis to him tint wus duo the unity of action on the pin of members fiom Now \otk , but ir bi nator llineock hud announced hist spi Inc that ho vvnntot Kccd elected the result infill have been tint the unit rule * would hnvo novel been applied In Nuw York It would bavo hid a contrary effect mil In stead of unity of action the nineteen mem bers would hive been likely to have voted for nineteen dilTcrciitcaiidi lutes If tin re had boon so miiny In the Held It was not until Heed had consulted Mr Piatt th it ho ic illy lno v who wus wuntcd for spoiker It is interesting to note iu this connection tint the mon cl limed as con ilu to voti fiir Heed all 01 nearly all < ouio fiom the sections tions of the count 1 v vvhero the influences of the Union Pitcllt nnd thoLiinudlan P iclllo * railioads mo snonc.cst It is pnticularly tuio that the solid Now England support claimed filr blm is duo in ercat mea9uro tothocffoctlvo work of ono or two Boston gentlemen who uiogic illy inter CBtcd in a chunc.o in the Interstate common.o lnvv desired by the Can idi 111 Pnclllo The % votes of the monibois from Oregon of the i members I rom Minno otu , Kansa- , mid otiiar wostcin stiles which are claimed for hlui ° - uro nlsn slid to be controllul in imoasuroat ' " least by 0110 or the ether of the two great . , corporutions nbovo referred to Still id Hpito of nil this und Iho ntmosphuro of lteod v which prevails ovei vwbcio ( the frienda of * the other cnndldntcs have by no menus > pivon up bone MeKInloy in 1 articular do- 4 cllncs to udmit thut ho is defeated , on the \ conti iry , Boveril of his fi lends predict that 1 ho will gain many Rood vole 1 after the llrst ballot and they even go so tnr ns to promptly , covci nil bets agiinst blm yy licit odds are of- ( fcred But Mr Kcod h is about font oqt of i five chances iu tl.e speakership liht ( the way * it stands tonight J mi ? en 1 vngoos / The gororal suiicrlntendent of the railway mall Bcivica has ditcctod the postmaster ut Sioux Ciy to dlspitch the through roirls- 1 tcrod poucn from his oDlco for Omaha via tbo Sioux Lily & . Om ihn rnllwiy postoil ut 7 30 0 m , oxeopt bunday , coininoiiclugW once Noninroil has been omitted from the bt u mull Eorvlco on tlio route betyycon Non paroll and Murslund f\cl ) , to 1 eln ( Noyom- bcr.9 IboBoiylco will becln at Lnvn ' After returning from church today the presi lent nto dinner with his family an 1 ; passed tboromninilorof tbo day veiy quli tlv f Secretary Windoni nnd family s | ont the duy , in Bi ooklyn und Postmnstor Loncrnl Wann- maker at bis country bouso near Phila \ dclpbia Secretary Blalno was lcdlsposod during the forenoon , Major William S Worth Tiirhtli Inrnutry , 4 Port Uoblnson , spent tbo day lu the city and * > loft this ovoiiiug for Now York ) Pi liur fa Hrvrn % TUB PAST MA-iIj lAKTY J It Has nn Rnloy fthlo Trip to the Brit , • Ish Doniinloiirf 5 PoiiTiAVn Ore , Nov --3 [ bpeclul to Tna * Bee 1 Ihu Union Pacific fast mail party , 1 thut loft Omaha about ton duy a ao ( , reached 4 Portland oa their lot urn trli ) this morning 71 ' f hey bavo m ido a thorough Investigation of ' the innil facilities afforded to pcnplo to tbo Jf north of Portland , paiticulnrly in the Puot ( Round country The tilp from j Portland north Included Btops dt J'acoinn , Seattle Port ioy/nsend , nnd as * fni north ns Vlctoila , which is a tlnivlng y , city situated on Vancouver Island At caoh * of the ubavo places the prominent rosldonts yvcro conferred with , and their vlovvs ob { tuluod as to what additional liurcased mail ; . Survico wns needed They all expressed their f satisfaction at the establishment of now ' mall sorvlco on the Union P nelilc nnd wcro . exceedingly anxious that the sorvlco bo still ' further cxtendod to the north This will J probably result 111 the establishment of a " fast mail circuit between Portland and . Vletorin \ But short stops wcro made by the party on route to Vlctoriu It was nt this point 1 that theinslirniaof tbo Biltisb hovernment j was llrst soon flying from masts of mcr chant marine As soon as the Olympla , the stcainor that tonvovod the tourists across • the placid waters of Puc.ot Sound reached < the harbor n special committee of the board t of trndo of that pluco approached and ( j extended 0 welcome to the ninbassa a dors of the staves Card ilos were | pressed Into sorvlco and a drive , i was t ken about the city Monday night the visitors yyero banqucttcd at tlio Llarouco hotel nnd an elegiint rep 1st was sjircud On . the return today the inombeiH . wore ten V | dorcd a cordial renontlon by Mayor Moron * and board ot trade of Kcuttlo A sumptuous , dinner was served , after which a drlvo about • thu cltv w is taken 1 ho pat ty will reach Cmuhu Prlday uftornoon m \ OniiRnd 11 Hun on tlio llnuk r- Waym-suuiio , Pa , Nov 83 Bxbhcrlff f bpragg made aa assignment yesterday | which iuyolvcd W T Lanlz , cashier of tbo 1 Paiincra' aud Drovers Natlonul bank and 1 the report caused a BnuiU run on the bank ' Ihudncolors assured the deiKititorsof the f bank they were lerfoctly nblo to pay tbo dePosits - m Posits Keyerscs in cattle ventures in the 7\ \ west was tie cause of the falluio iho lia- * j ] bllltics yvlll reach many thousands M I'r'Hidrnt xonus Burloiidrrs § PiTTBiiuito , Pa , Nov , 2 Prosldent Young of the Lawroneo bank surrendered 1 hiuisolf late lust night mid gave ball In the j buui ot iifiOO for a bearing Wednesday r 1