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VOL. 36.—N0. 82.
NICOLAY'S ANSWER.
An Open Letter to Editor
McClure- .
The Manner of Man Abraham
Lincoln Was.
His Preference for Vice-President
in 1864.
Jt Seems to Be Well Established That
Hannibal Hamlin Was His First
Choice—General News
Gleanings.
Associated Press Dispatches.
Washington, July 9. —John G. Nicolay
today addressed an open letter to Colo
nel McClure, editor of tbe Philadelphia
Times. Nicolay says, in part, he was at
the Baltimore convention as a spectator.
A. B. Cook, chairman of the Illinois
delegation, had a conversation with him
about the course of certain disaffected
leaders in Illinois.' That conversation
Nicolay reported to the president in a
letter to Major Hay, assistant private
secretary. What he had heard had
made Cook suspicious that Swett might
be untrue to Lincoln. One of the straws
which led to this belief was,
that Swett had telegraphed to Balti
more, urging the Illinois delegation to
go for Holt. Cook wanted to know con
fidentially whether, in urging Holt for
the vice-presidency, Swett reflected the
president's wish; whether the president
had any preference, or whether he
wishdd not even to interfere by a confi
dential indication.
Upon this letter President Lincoln
made the following endorsement in his
own handwriting: "Swett is unques
tionably all right; Mr. Holt is a good
man, but I had not heard or thought of
him for vice-president. I wish not to
interfere about the vice-president. I
cannot interfere about the platform. The
convention must judge for itself."
"This written evidence," says Nico
lay, "cannot be spurned. In trying to
evade its force *>v assert that "Lincoln
called you to Washington and urged the
nomination of Johnson, and that you
returned to Baltimore to work and vote
in obedience to that request, against
your personal predilections. The pro
ceedings of the convention show that
you acted an entirely minor part. Is it
probable that Lincoln, among all the
other men in Pennsylvania, (Simon
( Cameron, Thaddeus Stevens, A. H.
Reeder, Galusha A. Grow and btners),
would have called you alone
to receive his secret instructions?
It is a matter of public history
that Simon Cameron was more promi
nent and efficient than any other Penn
sylvian in the movement in that state,
to give Lincoln a second term, and that
on the 1411) of January, 18(54, he trans
mitted to the president the written
request of every union member of the
Pennsylvania legislature, to accept a
renomination. This and his subsequent
open and unvarying report lent no
doubt of Cameron's attitude. How was
it with you?"
Nicolay then quotes a letter from
McClure to President Lincoln, May 2,
1864. protesting against the intimation in
one or two papers that he (McClure)
was not cordially in favor of Lincoln's
nomination, and assuring him of cordial
support, ard continues: "That is,
only a month before the convention you
felt called upon to personally protest
against accusations of the party of dis
loyalty; but this is not all. When the
time came to make nominations for vice
president, Simeon Cameron, chairman
of the Pennsylvania delegation, and one
of the earliest and most persistent
friends of Lincoln, himself nominated
Hannibal Hamlin for vice-president,
while the whole vote of Pennsylvania
was on the first ballot cast for Hamlin's
nomination; also the Illinois delegation's
entire vote was for Hamlin on first
ballot. Does it stand to reason that
Lincoln called upon you to desert Ham
lin and nominate Johnson, and gave no
intimation of this desire to the chair
man of the Pennsylvania and Illinois
delegation? Dare you venture the asser
tion that Lincoln was deceiving
Cameron, deceiving Cook, carrying on a
secret intrigue against Hamlin and an
other secret intrigue against Holt, and
that on top of the whole he has written
a deliberate lie to us? That may be
yonr conception of Abraham Lincoln,
but it is not mine."
PHdiBB KNOCKED OUT.
Judge itlodgett Makes a Sweeping; De
cision Against Miss Couzins.
Chicago, Jnly 9.—Judge Blodgett de
cided the Phoebe Couzins case this
morning, by rendering a sweeping de
cision against the ex-secretary of the
board of lady managers of the world's
fair. The court held, in short, that
Miss Couzins was out of office, and
out for good. She cannot get
back. The case was decided on excep
tions | made by Mrs. Couzins to the
answer filed to her bill for an injuoction
to restrain the defendants from ousting
her from office. The court held that the
board of lady managers was created by
tbe national commission and re
ceived its powers from that
body. These powers extended to
the executive committee of the board of
lady managers, and it had full powers
to act, inasmuch as congress had not
provided for a continuous session of the
board of lady managers, which had to
delegate its power to a committee. This
committee, the court held, was in fact
the board itself. The court thereupon
denied the injunction as prayed for.
ABOUND TEE HORN.
A Line of Steamships from New York to
San Diego.
New York, July 9.—The Mail and Ex
press says: Some weeks ago T. Hogan
& Sons succeeded in having tbe English
built steamships Mineola and Montauk
placed under the American flag. It
leaked out today that Barker & Co., the
English house which assumed charge of
tbe Monarch line's financial affairs when
that company went under, have made
arrangements to run a steamship line
direct to San Diego and San Francisco.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
Barker & Co. are said to be backed by
Hogan & Sons, and also by Samuel
Holmes. The Mineola and Montauk are
to run on this line, the capital being fur
nished, it is said, by the Hogans.
CHEEKY DREW.
He Begs to Be Retained ln the Govern
ment's Employ.
Philadelphia, July 9. —Bank-Exam-
iner Drew has not yet complied with the
request of the comptroller of currency
for bis resignation. Instead of doing so
he wrote a letter to the comptroller a few
days ago, asking that the request be
withdrawn and he be allowed to con
tinue in the service.
Word was received here from Wash
ington today that the comptroller had
informed Drew that tbe department in
sisted on his resignation.
Southern Pacific Leased Lines.
Sax Francisco, July 9.—The Southern
Pacific company has filed tbe annual
report of it& California leased lines. The
total cash assets are $8,961,000; gross
earnings, $34,858,000; operating ex
penses, $21,976,000. In salaries for
14,521 employees, $11,903,000 was ex
pended. The road has 9731 locomotives,
9SI passenger cars and 14,441 freight
cars. During the year forty-four em
ployees were killed and 408 injured.
Others, not employees, brought the total
up to 115 killed and 646 injured.
An Event at Santa Ana.
Santa Ana, July 9.—A lodge of Uni
formed Rank Knights of Pythias was
organized here today. Twenty-five of
the order, accompanied by the Silver
band, are here from Riverside to assist
in the interesting ceremonies. A ban
quet will be held at the Richelieu hotel
about midnight. The Riverside band
gave an open-air concert early in the
evening, while the Uniformed Rank
cave a most excellent street drill, both
together drawing a large and interested
crowd together.
HUMAN FLESH-EATERS.
A HORRIBLE STORY OF CANNIBAL
ISM IN BRAZIL.
Man-Eaters That Were in Turn Eaten by
Their Friends—The Last Man in the
Game Tells How Human Meat Tastes.
New York, July 9. —A little three
column newspaper printed in the inter
ior of Brazil, which reached here today,
contained a horrible story of cannibal
ism. A man named Clement Vier, is
under arrest at Salinas, state of Minas.
Brazil, charged with eating human
flesh. In a talk with the editor, he said
for some time he and a number of others
had lived upon human flesh, and when
asked what motive impelled them to
such barbarous acts, said it was because
they liked it.
Asked how they secured the first vic
tim,he said he went one day to the house
of a friend named Leandro, who invited
him to eatapieceofhis(Leandro's) dead
child. He was hungry and did so. The
following day he found a woman asleep
by the roadside, killed her anil took tbe
body borne. Soon after he killed a
friend named Simplisir, and with the
assistance of Francisco and Severn ate
him. When his flesh was ail consumed,
Simplisir's two sons were killed for a
further supply of food. Later on Basilio
and the prisoner killed and devoured
Francisco, and finally Viera, havingdis
coved that Basilio had stolen a shirt
from him, killed him. He ate very
little of him, however, for he was ar
rested within two days of the murder.
Viera was captured in the act of mak
ing a meal of a portion of Basilio's re
mains. Soldiers found part of Basilio's
body packed away in a barrel, prepared
with pepper and salt.
"Has human flesh an agreeable
taste?" Viera was asked.
"No," he replied; "it is too sweet
The part I found most toothsome was
brains. We ate the flesh roasted or
boiled with salt and a great deal of
pepper."
Viera expressed no remorse for what
he had done.
LIGHTNING'S WORK.
A Swede's Wife and Three Daughters
Killed by a Thunderbolt.
New Orleans, July 9. —The Pic
ayune's Clifton, Bosque county, Texas,
special says: Yesterday evening the
house of S. P. Anderson, a Swede
living fiiteen miles west of here,
was struck by lightning, killing
his wife and three daughters, all
that were in the house. Anderson was
close to the house when the bolt struck,
but the flames were so rapid, being fed
by thejexplosion of a five-gallon can of
oil, that none but his wife could be
taken from the house, his daughters
burning with the building.
CITIZEN TRAIN
Will Lower His Record Round the
World Five Days.
CnicAoo, July 9.—Citizen George
Francis Train arrived here at 5 p.m.,
and put up at the Palmer house, where
he treated the reporters to a cup of tea
made from some of the new crop. He
left for the west at 11 p. m. He will not
succeed in his effort to circle the globe in
fifty-five days, but will beat his previous
record by five days, and Nellie Bly's by
eight days.
A Race Against Ruin.
Kansas City, July 9. —George W.
Howell, a prominent lumber dealer of
Atchison, Kansas, passed through here
today on a race against ruin, to Jeffer
son, Texas. If he arrives at Jefferson
before the close of banking hours tomor
row, and affixes his signature to a check,
he can save the Jefferson Lumber
company, the Jefferson woolen mills
and J. H. Beinis, from financial ruin,
which now threatens them. Howell
is traveling by special trains. Unless
he meets with an unexpected delay, he
will reach Jefferson at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Health Officer McGowan says the
Royal Baking Powder, as far as purity
and strength are concerned, stands at
the head of the baking powders of the
United States.
Spurgeon Sinking.
London, July. 9.—Mr., Spurgeon is
weaker and delirious.
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 10, 1891.—TEN PAGES-
VICTORIA'S GUEST.
William Having a Hilarious
Time in London.
He Rides Forth to See the
Sights in Rotten Row.
A Brilliant Garden Party at Marl
borough House.
(ouchere Protests Against Salisbury's
Attitude Toward France and the
Dreibund—General foreign
Intelligence.
Associated Press Dispatches.
London, July 9. —The emperor of Ger
many arose early this morning. After
taking a canter in Rotten Row, he re
turned to Buckingham palace where, in
company withjthe empress, he received
deputations from various German social
and benevolent societies of London, and
the diplomatic corps.
This afternoon the emperor again vis
ited Rotten Row, attended only by an
aid-de-camp, and dressed in the uniform
of a Prussian general. He was mounted
on one of his own horses brought over
from Germany.
Later the prince and prin
cess of Wales gave a garden party
at Marlborough house, in honor of the
emperor and empress, which was a
great success. Here their majesties met
a number of the British and German
aristocracy. The music was furnished
by the band of the British guards, and
that of the Prussian royal dragoons, the
latter being sent to England on purpose
to play at this party. Thousands of
people crowded the neighborhood of
Marlborough house, anxious to catch a
glimpse of the German majesties.
The emperor assisted the queen to
alight from her carriage on her arrival,
and accompanied her to a seat. After
refreshments the emperor and empress
were shown the grounds.
After dinner in Buckingham palace,
the queen returned to Windsor, and the
imperial visitors attended a concert in
Albert hall, where The Golden Legend
was sung, the royalties occupying the
queen's box. The emperor wore the
uniform of a British admiral. The em
press wore a dress of cardinal silk, with
a dazzling tiara of diamonds. At the
conclusion of The Kaiser's March, the
audience arose and cheered the imperial
visitors, who bowed in response.
JEWISH EMIGRATION.
The Argentine Republic a Better Place
of Refuge Than Palestine.
Vienna, July 9. —At a conference held
at Lemberg between a representative of
Baron Hirsch, Herr Frenzoß, represent
ing the Jews of Berlin, and Dr. Ku
randa, of this city, it was agreed upon
that the best direction in which to guide
the tide of Jewish emigration was
toward the Argentine republic. It was
also decided that it was impossible to
come to any arrangement by which
emigrating Jews could be allowed td set
tle in Palestine.
New York, July 9. —The consul gen
eral of Russia called upon the emigra
tion board today, requesting a numeri
cal list of tbe Russian Jews landed since
January 1, 1891. He said he had re
ceived numerous applications from Rus
sian Jews for means of transportation
to return to their native country,
and for the restoration of their rights
there. It is the prevailing impression
that dissatisfaction arises because on
unperformed promises on the part of)
those in the United States assisting
their Russian Hebrew brothers in emi
grating. Interesting developments are
expected on the subject. The consi»i
general refused to speak about the r.iat
ter.
THE PaRNELL IT X WATERLOO.
Comments of the Irish Press on the
Carlow Election.
Dublin, July 9.—The Parnellite press
is exceedingly downcast over the result
of the Carlow election. The Freeman's
Journal says there is now no more
chance of getting home rule for Ireland
than of getting the moon. "The elect
ors," the Journal adds, "have aban
doned their independence for the British
party yoke."
The Conservative Dublin Express
says: "The English will learn from
Carlow that Irish tenant, when not
actuated by insane land hunger, is a
puppet in 'the hands of the Roman
Catholic priests, and as unfit to be an
elector as if he were an infant or a luna
tic."
The National Press, the McCarthyite
organ, is naturally jubilant, and says:
"The Carlow men have dealt a death
blow to the faction of Parnell, from
which there is no longer any peril."
LABOUCHERE PROTESTS
Against Salisbury's Attitude Toward the
Dreibund and France,
London, July 9. —In the commons
this evening Labonchere protested
against the attitude of Lord Salisbury
toward the Dreibund as calculated to
irritate France. Fergusson, under-for
eign secretary, contended that the en
tente with Italy to maintain the status
quo on the Mediterranean should not be
mixed up with the Dreibund to which
the government was no party. La
bouchere insisted that Salisbury was
doing his k. st to envenom the relations
with France. This policy, he said,
arose from the feeling that if the repub
lic in France succeeded, republicanism
wonld spread in Europe.
An Important Railway Scheme.
London, July 9.—The house of lords,
endorsing the action of the commons,
passed a Dill authorizing what many be
lieve to be the most important English
railway scheme of many years —the con
struction of a railway to be operated in
the interest of, and as a connection with
the Manchester canal.
A Sensational Suicide.
Vienna, July 9. —During the session
of tbe lower house of the reichrath, to
day, a man committed suicide with a re
volver at the entrance of the gallery.
He was identified as a Hungarian who
came to the reichrath to demand justice
in an imaginary lawsuit with the
Rothschilds.
A Novel Suicide.
Astoria, Ore., Jnly 9. —H. Nesem. a
Norwegian, aged 35, committed suicide
today in a novel manner. He tied one
end of a baling rope around hia neck
and the other end to a door knob, and
then pulled back until he choked to
death. He had been drinking heavily.
West Virginia Feudalists.
2 Catlettbbukg, Ky., Jnly 9.—The war
between the Cline and Deekin's clans in
Logan county, W. Va., ia still raging.
All the parties are armed with Win
chesters and firing at each other across
the Tug river. Three men have been
killed within the last week.
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Argentine Disturbances.
J,Buenos Ayres, July 9.—There have
been fresh revolutionary disturbances in
several parts of the country. The gov
ernment is taking vigorous measures to
quell the threatened revolt in the pro
vinces of Entre Rios, Cordoba and Cata
marca.
Murdered and Bobbed.
Vienna, July 9.—Count Michael Pla
ter, a Polish nobleman and a wealthy
land owner, was murdered and robbed
last evening while traveling on an ex
press train between Warsaw and St. Pe
tersburg. No arrests have been made.
Russian Crops.
London, July 9. —A St. Petersburg
special dispatch, referring to the con
flicting crop reports, says in some
places the harvest will oe fair, but that
plenty reports, official and private, jus
tify leaning toward a pessimistic view.
> Belgian Miners' Strike Ended.
Brussels, July 9. —The great strike of
Belgian miners is ended, 45,000 men,
who have been for seventy days on a
strike, returning to work on the order of
tbe Knights of Labor council.
CHILEAN WAR VESSELS.
BALMACEDA GETS THE CRUISERS
BUILT IN FRANCE.
The French Court of Appeals Decides
Against the Insurgents—Two Finished
Ships to Sail Immediately for Chile.
Paris, July 9.—The court of appeals
has annulled the decree of sequestra
tion issued by the civil tribunal of the
Seine, in regard to the Chilean war ves
sels constructed in France for the
Chilean government. The court, in an
nulling the decree, holds that the ves
sels were ordered by the government of
President Balmaceda, which is the only
legally constituted authority in Chile
recognized by France.
Washington, July 9. —The Chilean
minister today received advices from
Paris regarding the decision of the
French court, and stating that two of
tk» cruisers, which had been finished,
wili immediately sail for Chile. The
battleship Prat will be finished soon.
NOT YET PAID.
The Itata's Officers Slow in Coming to
Time With the Cash.
San Diego, July 9. —The officers of the
Itata have not yet paid the $500 penalty
for leaving this port without clearance
papers, though officially notified that it
will be accepted if tendered. Marshal
Gard is personally in charge. He will
remain the rest of the week, and then
put a deputy on board.
Large crowds visited the Charleston
today. Tonight a banquet was tendered
the officers of the man-of-war by army
officers and business men. It was a
brilliant affair.
, The Ranger sails for San Francisco
yo morrow.
I BEWARE OF BALMACEDA.
Warning Given Not to Loan Him Any
JUoney.
Washington, July 9.—Representatives
of the Chilean congressional (revolu
tionist) party gave out a statement to
night, in which they say Balmaceda is
endeavoring to negotiate a large loan in
the United States, having been unsuc
cessful in Europe, and notifying the
general public that the republic of
Chile will not recognize the validity of
such a loan if obtained.
Looks Like Filibustering.
Washington, July 7.—A letter has
been received at the government offices
here from a man at Norfolk, Va., who
states that one Captain Arnett has been
agent at Norfolk in slapping men for a
treasure hunt in Mexican waters.
The writer is informed that
he has shipped over 20C men
and is secretly taking a large quantity
of arms and ammunition at some port
on Long Island sound. It looks much
as though some filibustering expedition
is on foot, and it may be meant to aid a
revolution in Hayti or Mexico.
Driving Out Devils.
Cairo, 111., July 9.—Yesterday after
noon, near Olmstead, 111., Daniel Welch
(colored), shot and killed two colored
men, Davis and Columbus, and a white
boy, seventeen years old, named Harry
Odle. Welch is evidntly insane. He
says hta was commanded by the Lord to
drive out all devils. He was arrested.
A Verdict for Defendants.
St. Paul, Minn., July 9.—ln the case
of the United States vs. J. M. Eaganand
C. H. Holdridge, of the Chicago, St.
Paul and Kansas City road, on trial for
alleged violation of the interstate com
merce law, Judge Thayer this morning
instructed the jury to find for the de
fendants.
Double Drowning.
Simcok, Ont., July 9.—News reached
here today of the drowning near Long
point, during a big gale which prevailed
Friday last, of Major John W. Ryner
son, of this place, and Abel Bunker, a
commercial traveler of Toronto, who
had gone to the point last Wednesday,
fishing.
A Big Job for Experts.
Washington, July 9.—The Philadel
phia experts, Messrs. Faunce and
Brown, have been directed by the secre
tary of the treasury to commence im
mediately a complete and exhaustive
examination of the Keystone and Spring
Garden banks.
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