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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS FRIDAY. MARCH IQ, 1886.
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Box 88, Bolton.
■tout Salesman for a
* :oss J. I., rostoitlce
¥OllNG MEN and JiOYS trained lor actual lifo
at CONYNtiTON'B BUSINESS OOULESK,
southwest corner Hoatofllcc and 22(1 Btrcot-i.
WANTED—
A No. 1. clothing salesman of experience
In the Texas trade for a New York Youths',
Boys' and Children's line; one wanted that can
sell both the trade in Texas and that visiting
New York city. Address A. B. 0., News oltlce.
WANTED FEMALE.
ANTED - I.AUNIMiEBSES AND CHAM-
bermaids, at
TREMONT.
WANTED—A respectable white girl to cook
and do houseworkfor'asmall family;must
have good references. Apply 007 Church street,
bet. lltli and 13th.
WANTED—Girl for genpfflLl housework.
Uerrhan Referred. CBAS. -ROBElVrs,
Corner Church and Twenty-second streets.
ANTED—WHite servant girl. Good re-
ferences required. Apply 67 Church
Street, opposite Tremont hotel.
WOMAN to assist in cooking and do house-
work, southeast come'r It and Twenty-
eighth street.
EMPLOYMENT wanted in olHce or store by a
young Scotchman, city or country; good
penman; disengaged end March. Box C,News.
^^BOSCEIXUnB^WWAinS.
Tn|7ANTED—Board In private family by gen-
11 tleman of middle age. Address Box E,
News office, stating terms.
riGHEST CASH PRICE paid for old gold
L and (silver and mutilated coins. M. W.
SHAW, coiner Tremont ana Market streets.
WANTED—A good family horse that lady
can drive. Apply to JOHNSON & GWIN,
180 Market.
nlty.
iortu-
a; a go
Address DUUGG*^,
P. O. Box 83, Brownwoodi Tex.
* rMtntr?1 ■ ■ , r —
NOTICES, ITC.
ICE CREAM-
My Perlor Is now open for the season; fami-
lies supplied on jshojt no,ttcc. 17,7 r "
BES.
I
CE—Wholesale and retail dealer in
BOSTON ICE.
fllce and ice house, coiner avenue A and 18th
street. The first cargo will be here in about
thirty days.
II. prince.
B LITTLE ANT KING wiir catch rind kill
.ants. Just patented. Territory for sale
eip. W.H. THOMPSON, tuling, Tex.
FOB SAlx7
HAY FOR SALE—Will sell Texas Hay in car-
load lots at warehouse adjacent to Inter-
national and Northern railroad depot,
Houston, by If. 1J. DOOLEY.
TT'IRST-eLASS HOTEL UUSJKBS8 FOB S ALE-
X The well known Barnes House, Albany,
Texas, including the furniture (ail tirst-class),
and everyfhingjiecessitry to conduct a flrst-
class hotel business, 'i'tfis hotel ha« the pa-
trontfe pf the commercial travews, t>nd is
situated convenient to the railroad and busi-
ness center of the city. The bsujlfting is leased
,1 October, JS88, anu cc^y tains 2e sleeping
until
"J11" wnvwi, au'.t ui^tftllis isu
rooms (eigl)t double), ofllce, wash room, sam-
ple room, line parlor, lar;-'C dining room,
pantry, kitchen, etc., etc. Hotel abundantly
supplied with water—cistern for drinking—and
■waterworks. Only reason proprietor lias for
selling is to go to a larger city and invest
money made here in a business of same kind.
This point being the terminus of a railroad,
and flattering prospects for another, makes
this property very desirable. Write us for fv.ll
fiaillenlars, and we will promptly answer all
nquirie.s. Address WEBB & WEBI!,
Albany, Shackelford County, Texas.
OR SALE —Hoe Dram-cylinder Press, in
good older. Size of bed, 86x52 inolios.
SllASV & 15LAYLOUK,
Galveston, Tex.
11/r ATHl'SHEK PIANOS; Domestic,New Home
JUrXond White sewing-machines; latest Domes-
tic patterns. E. DULITZ, 158 PostoJHce street.
FOR SALE—inue bred unregistered Jersey
heUers.aeelimated.bred to Gi'eat O'Rex's son
A.J.C.O.. 11,254. Hutbor Glen Stock Farm, Dallas.
PAINT THE TOWN HKD-Wlth an advertis-
X Ing Stencil and Increase your business. Buy
one from FRED. A. SMITH, 120 Postofflce St.
iet, between 21th and 25th.
rOB SALE—20 new Buggies, to bo sold re-
gardless of cost. J. LBVY A BRO.,
Church, between 22d and Treinout.
TO ARRIVE—60,000 Welsh Slate, 400 bbls Plas-
ter, 1500 bbls Portland Cement, carload
Stone Ware and Flower Pots, etc.; also full
stock Building Materials, Paving and Orna-
mental Tile, etc., on hand at low prices.
W. H. POLLARD & CO., Direct Importers.
1a aaa bbls. c.&s. Rosendalo; 7500 bbls.
J.U,UUU A!sen & J. b. White Portland Ce-
ment; 1000 bbls. Ex. K. Plaster Paris. Full stock
of Building Material. Having the largest stock
of any house in the South, can oner batter
terms. GEO. H. HENCHMAN, Direct Importer.
ROOMS AND BOARD.
JtfEWLY ITKNISIIED SOUTH ltOOM WITH
J.^1 board. Suitable for couple. References
required. 211 Avenue 11, opposite the Park.
HANDSOMELY Furnished Rooms, with
board, 163 ave. II, bet. 21st and 22d, oppo-
site llull building. Day boarders v. ill betaken.
FOR RENT—Furnished room, exposure
east; good snmmei locatiffn for one or two
gentlemen. Avenue O and Twentieth.
FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED ROOMS,
with board, in private family. Ave. H, third
door from corner 26th St., north side.
Good board and Lodging, $-150 per week;
night lodging, 25c, at Mas. gombeut's,
E. S. 20th street, between Market and Mechanic.
Furnished rooms to rent—with or
without board, 51 Winnie street, corner of
24th street. Day boarders -will be taken.
PERSONAL.
EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING ROYAL HA-
vana Lottory, class 1212; one-twentieth
ticket, $3 50. The Havana Lottery Co., March
J7, and April 17, 1886, decided by the Royal
Havana Lottery. Tickets—whole, $2; half, $1.
X, 50c. Apply A. W. Samuels, Strand and 32d.
WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL-SEVENTY-
five cents for six rnpnths. Delay not.
Keep posted as to the markets. Full and ac-
curate reports In eaeh Issue ot The Weekly
Hews.
FINANCIAL.
TEXAS STATE, COUNTY AND CITY bonds
bought and sold by Panhandlo National
bank, Wichita Fall a, Tex. Jno. G. James, Pres.
B L. BROWN, 122 West Pecan street (or box
»• ®®3) Austin. Established lustt Real es-
tate loans ocf any amount from $1000 to $100,000.
No delay for releience. Period to suit. Favor-
able terms and lowest rates cuiTent.
JOHN WOODS
1 HAI.LETTSVI7J.TC,
LAVACA COUNTY, TEX.
BANKER,
FISH, OYSTERS, ETC.
Galveston fish and oyster company.
p. o. Box 13. a. J. mussrove,
__ Galveston, Tex.
JL. EELBAZE, Dealei in Els., and uybMs.8.
• Red Snappers always on hand duidng the
wason. Country orders solicited.
Y I3IAGINI, Wholesale Fish & Oyster Dealer,
t# • Hotels families fully supplied. Country
Orders solicited & promptly executed. Box 130.
GB. MARSAN & CO., Wholesale Dealers lu
• Fish and Oysters.
Orders solicited from the country.
_ , _ BUSINESS CHANCES. ^
BUSINESS CHANCE—A man in any live town
can do a profitable business In our goods
alone, or in connection with furniture or any
class of house-furnishing goods oi groceries;
''ar>'tnl UIU' large profits. For particulars
add.Manufacturing,si Summer St.,Boston,Mass.
BIACHINERY, ETC.
FORSAI^CHEAP-lhorlzontal engine and
bol_er, 45 H. P., In good order; 1 portable
e vTi P"'ln fair order; 1 ver-
tlcftl engine, 6 H. Inew; 1 combined vertical
AfiTAlT l"«7 U^Svan.'/V.",00'1 °rClCT- JESSE
A6TALL, b7 >v. Strand, Galveston, Tex.
PROFESSIONAL.
REAL ESTATE.
y> yy.'VA. r<S.
COTTAGES—Different sizes and locations,
and grounds! for lease or Sale.
SAM MAAS, corner N and 21st.
17*OR SALE—Neat 5-room furnished cottago
and grounds near Beach hotel, or might
sell furniture and rent the cottage. Apply
to Mrs. Cowell, avenue Q, next west of 25tli,
or to
II. M. TRUE HEART * CO.
TOR SALE—At a very low figure, several lino
building lots; high ground; fronting on 33rd
street, between N and NX. Apply to
JAMES S. MONTGOMERY.
FOB RENT. ^
We'll Yurnlsheifjaised^cottage, 6
J* rooms, stuble and buggy-house, desirable lo-
cality, to small family. BoxG, News olliee.
PIANOS.
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VVWW^/VNA
;7E WILL SELL YOU A RELIABLE PIANO
on easier terms than any other house.
THOS. GOGGAN & BRO.
C. Jnnke. C. J. Groenwald.
Q JANKE & CO.,
State Agents for
MATIIUSHEK & SONS',
CHRISTIE & SON
And
GABLEU PIANOS.
Send for catalogues.
177 Postofllce street, Galveston, Tex.
STECK PIANOS ARE1'HE BEST7 FOR I'AR-
ticulars address II. II. HAZZARD & CO.,
Sole Agents, Austin, Texas.
COAL.^
COAL—A full stock ol best quality Hard and
Soft Coal, also best Cumberland Blacksmlth-
lng Coal, at lowest prices, by
GALVESTON COAL CO.
F. C. JEFFERY, Manager.
19th street and Strand, Galveston, Texas.
PLANTS, SHRUBBERY, ETC.
,/v/\/vA_rvA_/'\y\r
MARIANNA PLUMS—
Don't wait until next year, but plant them
now. They Don't Freeze.
Leave orders with W. G. NELSON,
Center street. .
C. N. ELY, Introducer.
FOR SALE—Galveston island raised Live
Oaks, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1 00 and ?2 00 each; Syca-
mores 15 to 20 feet high, Umbrella Chinas 1 and
2 years old, Magnolia, Grandlflors, Wild Peach,
Arbor Vita), Cape Jasmine, Roses, e.tc. Full
line of Flower Seeds. Call at
C. D. HOLMES & CO., 10 and 12 Market street.
TRUNKS.
RH. JOHN, the trunkmakcr, 70 Tremont
• street, has the finest assortment of
trunks, valises, etc., ln the State.
/vvy^wry
HOTELS
Hotel val vebde, del iuo, tex., e. v
Close, proprietor jiindernew management
& elegantly furnished; sample rooms for com'l
men; special care to invalids; near depot.
THE EHIGI1A MUST BE SOLVED.
DR. J. T. FRY offers his professional services
to the people of Galveston. Ofllce opposite
toe postoffice, on 20th street.
8ome Views on the Conflict Between Capital
and Labor.
To The News.
Hempstead, March 14,1SS6.—Is not some-
thing radically wrong somewhere? Fi-
nancial depression and business prostra-
tion are bad enough, without the additional
clog to prosperity presented by strikes ancl
strikers. The enigma must be solved sooner
or later, by the consummation of the crisis
which the agitation certainly portends. The
outcome must, in the character of a well-
defined effect, point to circumstances, which
if not the origin of the difficulty, must in-
dicate the direction or location of the cause.
An examination of the alleged grievances
of strikers discloses no adequate causes for
steps that involve the serious consequences
they entail upon the commerce of the coun-
try. Tlie agitation, therefore, can not ba
attributed purely to the simple differences
superficially presented, but must emanate
from sources produced by insidious and
abnormal conditions peculiar to our civil-
ization. Some writers view in these troubles
an irrepressible conflict betweon capital
and labor—a theory so vague and general,
that the mind is apt to be trained to believe
one to be the enemy of the other. The
falsity of the proposition, that capital is
the enemy of labor, is apparent, if one but
realizes that capital is the product of labor.
When there is a surplus above the product
of labor it goes to capital, and becomes ne-
cessary for the development of resources to
which labor can be applied. This view of
the relations between the two great ele-
ments of industry is sufficient to demon-
strate their friendliness and necessary co-
existence without the amplification of Which
the subject will admit. No one will deny,
however, that the misuse of capital will
lead to pernicious effects, and that such mis-
use can and does militate against the inter-
ests of labor. When capital is applied to
the erection of a monopoly it can not but
be adverse to the interests of labor in the
long run. The fostering support which
legislation gives to monopoly, while it may
enable protected interests to pay highly
remunerative wages, has not proved of acl-
vantage to labor, inasmuch as it does not
advance wages in anything like the ratio of
the increased profits accruing from protec-
i. Monopoly then is not in the interest
tion.
of labor. It comes through protection, in-
ducing a misapplication of capital, which,
rushing into the alluring vortex of large
profits, multiplies monopolies, causing over-
production and consequent diminution iu
the demand for labor. The dependent feel-
ing thus superinduced on the part of the
employed, with the experiences which such
dependence has entailed, is developing into
unions and organizations for the purpose
of coercing the employer into measures
supposed to be necessary for the welfare of
labor. Such an antagonism must be pro-
ductive of the worst results, even could it
endure, with periodical clashes between
the opposing organizations. But the wisest
counsel, ancl the most careful manipulation
of the affairs of labor so organized, can not
"ftay the crisis which its extraordinary ex-
istence must precipitate. The panacea for
,tlie threatened evil does not lie in arbitra-
tion or any patched-up settlement of the
question, but in measures necessarily radi-
cal, looking to justice based upon the
rights of man, not merely as a citizen, but
as a created being, drawing the elements of
life from mother earth, and entitled to
equal access to all that nature has placed
within his reach. The question is grave in
all its bearings, and is a menace to our so-
cial and political autonomy. It is to be
hoped that the centennial of the most
bloody revolution of the world's history is
not destined to witness a terrible counter-
part in our model republic. Luber.
Bishop Gregg's Winter and Spring Visitation.
Houston, second Sunday in Lent March 21
Harrisburg, Wednesday, Feast of An-
nunciation March 25
Galveston, Grace Church, third Sun-
day in Lent March 28
Galveston, Trinity Church, fourth Sun-
day in Lent, Ordination April 4
Livingston, Tuesday April 6
Nacogdoches, Thursday April 8
San Augustine, Sunday Apill 11
Richmond, Sunday before Easter April 18
Willis, Wednesday before Easter April 21
Huntsvllle, Good Friday and Easter
Day April 23-25
Crockett, Monday April 26
Austin, Sunday after Easter May 2
Columbia, Tuesday after Easter May 4
C'nney, Thursday after Easter May 6
Matagorda, second Sunday after Easter. .May 9
Brazoria, third Sunday after Easter May 16
To close with meeting of Council at
Houston, Wednesday May 19
Offeratories will be applied to Diocesan Mis-
sion fund, and Theological Department Of the
University of the South.
Advice to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for child-
ren teething. it soothes the child, softens the
gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and Is
the best remedy for diarrhea. 25 ctjj. a bottle.
The " Fkeie Fbesse fukr Texas," San
Antonio, has a larger circulation than any
German paper in the State.
Bhe has the complexion of a peach. Poz-
zoni's Medicated Complexion Powder did it.
Sold by all druggists. -
DOWNED BY A DETECTIVE.
AN ALDERMAN ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY.
First Step in the Overthrow of the Broadway
Swindlers—A Story of Corruption,
Bribery and Fraud.
Sew York, March 18.—Alderman Henry
W. Jaehne was arrested at the City hall at
noon to-day and taken to police headquar-
ters, charged with bribery.
Jaehne was taken into one of the private
rooms. " An indictment against AJderman
Jaehne has been found but not filed,," said
District Attorney Martin this noon. " The
charge agaist him is that he received a
bribe, in consideration of which he voted
for granting the franchise for building the
road on Broadway to the Broadway Sur-
face Railroad company after the resolution
had been vetoed by the mayor." The war-
rant for Jaehne's arrest was issued by
Judge Gildersleeve, of the Court of General
Sessions, upon affidavits furnished by In-
spector Byrnes.
The district attorney, under direction of
Judge Gildersleeve, ordered papers for bail
to be drawn, fixing the amount of bail at
i}15,000. Joe O'Donnoll, a saloonist at the
corner of Twenty-fourth street and Sixth
avenue, who owns real estate to the value
of $30,000, was accepted as bpnds.inan.
Jaehne said that he did not want to talk
about his arrest to reporters. Whatever he
had to Say would be riven out b/ltf m
the proper time catoe.
There was a lapse of more than an hour
between the arrival of the accused alder-
man at the district attorney's office and his
arraignment in the .court over which Judge
GiMMeleevp presided. As the knowledge
of iris arrest spread about the City hall and
neighboring resorts .of publie men the Gen-
eral Sessions oonrt-lmiKUng became
crowded- Aldermen, attaches of fhe mu-
nicipal departments apt) outliers came in
swarms to see if it were really a
fact that Alderman Jaehne h»a been
made a prisoner, and, notwithstanding the
})• rumors about town lately of pending
ilesale arrests of aldermen, the appre-
hension of Alderman Jaehne was a source
of sarprise to everybody. The universal
opinion \fras that jaehne's possession of
Mrs. Hamilton's silverware was the'cause
his .arrest, and when this w.as di«#eUed
by the knowledge that " brihery in 'iiMler-
manic matters " was the charge, ther© was
considerable speculation as to what > s;f>e-
■ cial matter" the charge emanated from.
The courtroom Was crowded when the
alderman appeared and gave bail. The
hearing was fixed for Monday afternoon.
The arrest created a sensation, but this
feeling gave way to astonishment when it
became known later on that Jaehne's confi-
dence had been played upon by Inspeefor
Byrnes, and that he had furnished that
wily officer of the law complete details of
the corruption in the Broadway railroad
franchise matter, not only so far as he
himself was concerned, but also
as to the other members of the board of al-
dermen who sold themselves. Inspector
Byrnes told his story of the steps that led
up to the arrest after the alderman had
been committed. It was a most extraordi-
nary story, though much more was left un-
said than was told by the chief of detec-
tives. Inspector Byrnes has the rare gift
of being able to worm himself into people's
confidence and making them talk to a very
useful degree. Jaehne was no exception.
In the course of ten months intimacy with
the inspector, whom he knew all the time,
as chief of the detective force, he unbo-
somed himself by degrees, and finally told
him unreservedly—in confidence of course
—all about the bill steal. When nothing
more remained to be told, Inspector
Byrnes dropped the mask of a confidential
friend, and assuming the character of the
official, had the alderman locked up, hav-
ing previously seen to it that the alder-
man's " confidence " had unseen witnesses
who could make oath to what he had said.
"Less than a year ago," said the in-
spector, " ten or eleven months, perhaps,
the district attorney sent for me and asked
if I could not in some way help to get at the
facts about the alleged railroad steals and
probe the truth of the rumors that were
flying around. It was not an easy matter,
but I told hint I would. I picked out Al-
derman Jaclme for a subject, and contrived
to meet him accidentally, as it were, now
and then, and mostly down town. When I
did, I managed in some way to bring up the
franchise troubles, until Jaehne'got use to
hearing me talk about them. Gradually he
began to talk, too. I got some information
at every one of these meetings, which,
though disjointed and loose, led up surely
to the conviction that money had been
paid him and others for their votes on
these railroad franchises. This informa-
tion I imparted to the district attorney
from time to time, and a further line of in-
quiry was laid out. So matters went on
Until about six weeks ago I met Jachno
down at the City hall, and by way of open-
ing the conversation, said something about
the struggle going on between some women
over the property left by Alderman Kinney.
Jaehne fell into the trap unexpectedly.
" Yes," he said, " ho was a damned sucker,
buying property for his money. What I
got I have in such a way that I can protect
myself." He talked quite freely, but said
nothing definite. Last Monday, a week
ago, we met again, and before we
had parted he had given me a
good deal of information generally.
Things were narrowing down to business,
and when I found District-attorney Martin
and Judge Gildersleeve at the Manhattan
club, last Sululay, I talked the situation
over with them. They thought it quite pro-
bable that a conviction for bribery could be
had with the evidence already in hand to
work upon, but advised to have Jaehne
Jnake the statements where they could be
corroborated. To that end I seat for Jaehne
on Tuesday, inviting him to a confidental
chat at headquarters. He came, but we were
disturbed and could't talk in peace, so we
appointed Wednesday night at my house
for a meeting and Alderman Jaehne went
away. As he was going he turned around
and said that these aljiermen were scared
to death, and some one might tell them
that he was seen coming from police head-
" What shall I say ii they do?"
quarters,
he said.
" Say youhave been up to see a i
the health department," X said,
went away.
friend in
and he
, and in the course
He came on Wednesday,
of an interview' /lasting for hours, he told
me all about his share in the Broadway rail-
road steal. I had two of my men posted
where they could hear everything that was
said without being se.en. Jaehne said he
get $20,000 for his vote on the Broad-
way franchise. He told me how he
got it and how much he had
got for other railroad franchises, how these
same were paid, and much more. He named
other aldermen who had been bribed, and
volunteered the information that those of
them who had invested in real es-
tate or business in which the
money might Show in an inquiry
had, since the Senate investigation
began, had a certain lawyer go over their
books and fix them so that it would appear
all right when their turn should come. He
said who the lawyer was, but I am not go-
ing to tell you now. 1 shall not tell either,
in detail, just what he said and whom he
implicated. That will appear in the proper
season.
Jaehne said incidentally, during the in-
terview, that if things got much hotter he
was going to skip the town. 1 presume he
thought I was his good friend. I,thought
enough of him, any how, to have him
looked after closely that night.
till 10 o'clock this morning
detectives were on his track
the time. At that hour
Up
two
all
I
made my report to the district attorney and
received a warrant for his arrest. While I
was in Mr. Martine's I saw Jaehne going
through the City Hall park, followed by-
Rogers and Handy, two of my detectives.
I sent detective Keilly out with the warrant
and they arrested Jaehne and they took
him to police headquarters.
GOSSIP ABOUT SENATORS.
Philadelphia Times.
The cleanest-cut face and figure in the
Senate arc those of John James Ingalls, of
Kansas, and their appearance by no means
denies the mind that is restlessly working
in his shapely head. Of all the members
of the Senate he is the most feared. Sher-
man is a better politician, Logan is more of
a demagogue, Vest is equally quick, and
Beck and Edmunds are thought by many to
be harder hitters. But Ingalls neither fears
nor fails to meet any of them when chance
gives the opportunity. It is rarely, too,
that he is routed. His chief weapon is
earcas.ru, keen as a razor, and swift as the
occasion demands. At times he fires a vol-
ley at an enemy in a quick, impatient
sentence; but, when most exasperating,
drawls his words in a measured way, iu
order that each may cut more deeply. Occa-
sionally he affects a superciliousness that
he is accused of borrowing from lioscoe
Conkling, but as the same manner charac-
terized him when Conkling was still in the
Senate, the accusation may be untrue. His
manner when others are talking appears
to be listless, but a subject that arouses
his interest will stir him to energy and
earnestness, and sometimes to an inde-
pendence of speech that justifies the belief
that he has tired of the applause of the gal-
leries and is working now for a secure place
in history. His pale face does not deny
this, nor would his recent efforts while the
Blair bill was being discussed tend to dis-
prove it either. In person he is tall and
slender. Masses of gray hair fall rather
negligently over his brow and a gray mous-
tache droops in a true literary way about
the corners of his mouth. He loves a good
story, but is sedentary in his habits. Often
he indulges in solitary walks, extending
for miles into the country, by this means
keeping himself iu physical trim for his
mental work. Geographically lie is not in
a good position, perhaps, ever to be struck
by the presidential lightning, and the repu-
tation he bears of being slightly unsound in
religious belief would be against him, too.
However that may be. far less capable men
have occupied the White-hoijse with credit
to themselves and the country.
In the Sen-
ium speak,
ate everybody enjoys hearing
except the men whom he happens to be iin
paling.
The terror of the jobbers, at least up to
the time he introduced his recent anti-gold
bill, is Senator C. H. Vaji Wyck, of Ne-
braska. since Thnrman's retirement no
other man has stood out more consistently
and firmly against the encroachments of
monopolies than Van Wyck, or become
more generally hated by western land
thieves and eastern lobbies. Largely to
his influence is due the fast-growing senti-
ment which threatens the annullment of
those vast grants made under Blaine and
the other speakers whom the lobbies elected
and by means of which the government was
robbed of millions in money and lands.
What he will do hereafter nobody knows,
for old men take queer notions at times,
and Van Wyck is growing old. In personal
appearance he is not unlike Senator Evarts,
although not as fleshy even as the great
New Yorker. "His face is thin and smoothly
shaven, his cheeks sunken and his hair,
what there is left of it, a deep and settled
gray. He is rarely seen without eye-
glasses, over which he peers at a long-
distance enemy in a way not soothing to
the latter's nerves. He is perfectly at home
on the stump, where his humor and sarcasm
are both effective and amusing, and is as
unhappy out of politics, they say, as—chest-
nut—a fish is out of water.
In this day when the greed of place and
assumption of hauteur and unnatural dig-
nity are such marked features of many
lives, it is refreshing to see the unassuming
manner of the distinguished Nebraska sena-
tor. He is essentially a man of the people,
with a taste and nature above the superii-
cialties which are always the evidence of
little minds. Coming from a wealthy and
well-known family himself, it was in his
power to have lived a life of idleness had ho
So desired, but he is not of the common
clay that finds happiness in idle leisure.
Along back in the '50s—1S581 think it was—
•he was elected to Congress from the old
Sullivan-Orange counties, then the Tenth,
now the Fifteenth Congressional district of
New York state, where most of liis family
relatives still reside. The district was a
close one, being carried usually by the
party which nominated the most popular
candidate. Van Wyck's electioneering was
done on foot or riding around iu a buck-
board. and so popular was he among
his constituents that he was elected
to succeed himself three separate
times. When Rockland county, with nearly
1000 Democratic majority Was tacked to his
district, he declined to run again, and
shortly afterward moved to Nebraska. It
is said that he went thither to accomplish
about what he has succeeded in doing.
However that may lie, he served his adopt-
ed State in several legislative capacities,
ar.d finally came into the Senate. His term
expires next year, and it is certain that he
will not succeed liimsell' if the land and
railroad rings can keep him out. His first
wife dying, he married a second time, the
latter being a wealthy marriage, as are
most of the marriages which ambitious
men make after their youthful dreams of
love have passed. Humor credits his
second wife with 110 little of his later suc-
cess. but that she would probably deny, as
would all modest women who love then-
lords. While not perhaps a great states-
man, he is able, aggressive, and often bril-
liant. Above all, he is clean-handed and
honest, though, as modern polities go, these
qualities should probably nave been rated
last.
No one has ever come to the United
States Senate who could fill Koscoe Conk-
lmg's place. A good many senators have
aped the New Yorker in style and speech,
making desperate efforts to rival his sar-
casm and invective, but none have suc-
ceeded. Some people think that Voorhees
approaches near the mark, but Voorhees is
a demagogue, and Conkling never was that.
Who can fancy Roscoe Conkling deserting
his party to vote ior the admission of a De-
mocratic Territory because he had a son in
another embryo S.tate who expected soon to
head a delegation asking for the admission
in which he livedf Yet
" ring State
Voorhees
an applying State
hout what Senafo;
did. He is a handsome man of command-
ox me Territory in wt
that, with the politics of
d, is about what Senator
ing presence, ho .ever, and in debate i§ no
unworthy foe, H.s mariners are the man-
ners of the West, a mixture of geniality
and freshness that is not withont its taking
parts. Just now he shares with Senator
Vest the honor of being looked on
as the administration defender. Strange
to what straits a reform adminis-
tration should come that leading spoils-
men should be its recognized advo-
cates! As a lawyer he has been un-
usually successful, by dint of persevering
effort raising himself to a proud rank in the
Indiana bar. One of the best speeches for
political purposes which Senator Voorhees
ever delivered was in reply to one from
Blaine on the Southern Brigadiers. In it
he not only justified much of the Indiana
confidence in his prowess as an orator, but
he roundly rasped Edmunds, Conkling,
Morrill, Blaine and the other stay-at-homes
who, having shirked the soldier's duty, yet
held office, to the exclusion of soldier-states-
men. As he told how in successive elec-
tions these men had stood between brave
soldiers and the Senate, every word he ut-
tered found its mark in the most vulnerable
part of rather callous political bodies. And
when he had finished, the bitterness with
which he was attacked was ample proof of
the effect of his speech. Up to this time
the presidential bee that lias turned his
colleague's (Harrison) head has not come
near the Tall Sycamore's crown. All he
wants is that every Democrat shall have an
office and that he be continued in the Senate
for life—a modest enough demand for an
Indiana Democrat.
The correspondent of a Cleveland paper
recently discovered what seemed to him to
be a combination between Secretary Whit-
ney, Senator Payne and Mr. Tilden looking
toward the nomination of Secretary Whit-
ney in ISSS. It is asserted that the Ohio
senator is willing to use his influence to se-
cure a solid delegation from his State for
itney, Tliurman being practically out of
field, while Mr. Tilden is also represent-
I n 1 . .t, n J. ■■■■ ni ♦ n It* . . .. Ir a .. S 1 .. ..
Whitne;
the
ed -as being willing to work for a "similar
purpose in New York. How the discovery
was made is not announced and the public
must use its own judgment as to the truth-
fulness of the claim. But what would there
be of a surprising nature in such a combi-
Tiation!' Secretary Whitney is young, able
and ambitious, and having tasted the
sweets of public life what wonder that he
should aim to reach, if not in 1^8, in 1*02
or even 1890 the summit of Ameri-
can prominence? Senator Pavne knows full
well that he can never reach that place, and
why should he not work for the elevation of
Whitney, who is his son-in-law? There are
some people who assert that the secretary
of the navy is much nearer the Sage of
Gramercy than either Cleveland or Hill,
and still others who accuse Whitney of run-
ning the navy department on a Tilden sche-
dule. We shall see what we shall see, and
meanwhile the beautiful wife of the naval
secretary surrounds herself with probably
the most brilliant social court at the capi-
tal, ruling with such dignity and grace as
to suggest liovv becomingly she would re-
ceive m the White-house. Only the fool
sneers at woman's influence, in whatever
walk of life it may be exerted, and the se-
cretary of the navy owes not a small por-
tion of his popularity to the accomplished
woman who presides over his elegant home.
Comparatively few persons know that
President Cleveland once harrowly es-
caped a congressional nomination. About
the year 1870 a slate was arranged by the
emocracy, and among those who were
en a place on the ticket was Grover
Sowers thfct ruled the Erie county (N. Y.)
given a plac
Cleveland, who was to be sent to Congress.
Practically he encountered but little oppo-
sition, ancl doubtless he indulged in many
dreams of congressional greatness that
were to be realized in the always uncertain
future. But the Erie county Republicans
held their convention first and nominated
Lyman K: Bass for congressional honors.
Between Bass and Cleveland the most inti-
mate personal and social relations existed,
and it is said the latter promptly declined
to run against his friend. A banker
named Williams was afterward given the
place and Cleveland nominated for sheriff.
In the light of subsequent events, it is not
difficult to see how seeming disappoint-
ipepts pften turn into blessings. Had
Cleveland gone to Congress the chances are
that he wwuld never have risen into any
prominence whatever. The qualities which
make him conspicuous as an executive
would have found hut slight play on the
floor. That he was designed for better work
than to doze in committee chairs or follow
a faction on the floor he himself believes,
and looking athim now, who else can deny ?
The divinity that shapes our ends finds no
more forcible illustration than in the case
of Grover Cleveland, the Once insignifi-
cant politician, now chief executive of 00,-
000,000 people, and the instrument of a re-
form that two years ago was sneered at as
impossible.
The rumors of ex-President Arthur's ill-
ness find ready acceptance at the capital.
It is quite the fashion of certain Republi-
cans to belittle Mr. Arthur, and to speak of
his administration in disparaging terms.
But the fact remains that it was clean and
conservative, two qualities not to be
sneered at by honest men. It is recalled
now that when Mr. Arthur was last seen in
Washington lie was not looking as well as
When he welcomed Grover Cleveland at tlie
threshold of the Wliite-hou.se last March.
Undoubtedly his social life here told upon
him, although he did not seem to mind it at
the time, and when we add to this the natural
chafing that a sensitive man would undergo
at being styled an accidental president
possibly the secret of half his illness may
be the sum. It is true that he was not a
statesman; but neither was Hayes, for that
matter, nor Garfield, nor, some say, Grant.
Nor is it any discredit to him to say that he
would gladly become a candidate again. It
is the old, old story of private life made al-
most unbearable by tlie memory of excite-
ments incident to exalted political station,
and Chester A. Arthur would be less than
human did ho not sigh to return to power.
It is not likely that he will ever be returned;
but it is what men haven't got that they
want, anil the same truth holds good from
tlie rich man's palace to tlie pauper's door.
The fact that Roscoe Conkling was select-
ed to conduct the Republican investigation
of the methods by which Jake Sharp ob-
tained his Broadway franchise has not
escaped comment here. That it is the first
step toward the ex-senator's vindication
ancl return to the Senate not a few profess
to believe. His enemies in the Empire
State, or a goodly portion of them, have
had quite enough of-the Warner Miller
class of statesmen, and, what is more im-
portant, they have grown weary of fighting
the battles of the magnetic" man from
Maine. They have followed the latter amid
the blaze of fireworks and cheers of the
monopolists and lobbies to the end, and itrf*
end has been—Cleveland in the White-
house and Hill at Albany. Naturally they
have begun to ask themselves whether all
this pays. When Conkling was iu the
Senate 'his party had an organization
in New York. It has none now, for
the reason that there is no one to direct
it. Warner Miller can't and the verdict on
Evarts is that he knows just enough of law
to know absolutely nothing about politics.
Since Mr. Hendricks's death it has been
said that we have entered an era of ad-
vanced partisanship in which stalwartism
is to be commended, whether Democratic
or Republican. If this be true, Conkling's
faith is entitled to universal praise. I take
it, however, that there is more in the senti-
ment which asks for his return than the fol-
lowers of at least one leader have thus far
admitted. If he is not a statesman, he is
more one than any other Republican
leader, saving, perhaps, Edmunds, of Ver-
mont. He is honest, too—as honest as the
clay is long—and since it has been proved
that the election of an honest man is not
only possible, but that the election of a dis-
honest one is a matter of difficulty at least,
it is only natural that there should be a
Republican call for the return of such lead-
ers to the front.
The most interesting figure in tlie Senate
is Edmunds, of Vermont. With Beck, of
Kentucky, who would be a statesman if it
were not for his financial heresies, Ed-
munds enjoys the distinction of being the
ablest party leader on the floor. His hair
and beard are perfectly white, and the bald
spot-on the crown is beginning to reach out
with a rather merciless intention. Twice in
danger of becoming the Republican candi-
date for president, it is not certain that he
Will not be nominated yet, as it is confessed
Here now by everybody but William Walter
Phelps that Blaine was the weakest man
that could have been chosen in 183L Cer-
tain it is that the mugwumps would have
supported Edmunds, and the mugwumps,
as everybody knows, turned the tide in
New York and elected Grover Cleveland
president. His attitude is now a little
ridiculous, and the opposition he is lead-
ing—when Sherman doesn't steal his thun-
der—isn't helping hii® among the Inde-
pendents. They say he realizes, however,
that while mugwumps can elect a president
they can not nominate one, and that on this
account he is giving his partisanship full
play and trying to get into line. Nor is there
anything strange in that. The desire to be-
come president is the highest ambition of
the American statesmen, and the almost
dying utterances of Clay, Webster and
Scott show how eager even great men can
be for this crowning honor. It remains to
be seen, however, whether Edmunds's am-
bition will ever be realized and whether the
tactics he employs to gain his object will
not inevitably place the coveted treasure
wholly beyond his reach. Clay fouud that
the case and so did Webster. Mr. Edmunds
is no greater than these statesmen were.
Cannon's Bond Forfeited.
Salt Lake, March 18.—George Q. Cannon
failed to respond yesterday when his case
was called in the court, forfeiting $25,000
bail.
Made an Assignment.
Sandeiibvili.k, Miss., March 1-.—Patton
& Co., merchants of this place and Shubata,
made an assignment yesterday. Liabilities,
^50,000; assets, .f0i>,0o0.
Mrs. Langtry is busv storing away her
wealth here. She has teen gradually add-
ing to her investments in mortgages in
this city until she now holds over ^150,000.
THE CARROLLTON TRAGEDY.
FEARFUL FUSILADE IN A COURTROOM.
Ten Negroes Instantly Killed and Two More
Succumb to Their Injuries-How
It Happened.
Special to The News.
New Orleans, March 18.—A correspond-
ent dispatched by the Times-Democrat to
Carrollton, Miss., gives the following ac-
count of
yesterday's tragedy:
The trouble grew out of an assault made
by Ed Brown, a negro, on a friend of J. M.
Liddell, a prominent young lawyer. The
latter went to soe Brown about the affair,
and Brown answered insolently. LidHell
attempted to strike him, but was prevented
by friends.
THE VERSION
of subsequent events, given by white peo-
ple, is that Ed. Brown aud liis brother
Charles and tlieir friends lay in wait for
Liddell, placing themselves behind trees in
the street. Liddell saw them, and walking
up to Kd. Brown asked what the prepara-
tions were for. The latter replied by curs-
ing Liddell, who struck liim With his fist,
whereupon tlie ambushed negroes
opened fire
upon the lawyer. Liddell drew his weapon
and returned the fire, aud some of his
friends coming up, engaged in the melee.
Liddell was wounded in the arm and thigh,
and both of the Browns received slight
wounds.
the negroes' version
of the fight is that Liddell was the aggressor
and fired first. All parties were arrested,
and fhe day set for the trial. Meantime
the Brown brotliers had organised their
friends, aimed tliem with double-barreled
shot-guns and stated that they werp able to
take care of themselves. When the trial
came off the court-room contained only a
few white men, but was
t-UOWDEp wits NEGROES.
Tfle latter were aggressive and had caused
the arrest of a large n,umber of wlifte peo-
ple who were not Connected with the tight.
The trial was proceeding, when suddenly
the tramp of many feet was heard in the
hall and 100 White men, all armed with
rifles, entered the large court-room. Ed-
Brown heard them enter and drawing a re-
volver
FIRED AT I4DDKLL,
who was occupying a seat opposite, between
his lawyers. Tliis shot was almost instantly
answered by others, and the firing became
general. Tlio effects of the murderous fire
on the occupants of tlie crowded court-room
can be imagined. Those who were not shot
down before they could recover from the
panic rushed to the window aud attempted
to escape by jumping to the ground, twenty
feet below. Only a few succeeded,
these being fired at
as they were making the leap. When the
smoke in the room cleared away it was dis-
covered that ten negroes had been instantly
killed and that, two were mortally wounded.
These two died soon.
HUNTSVILLE.
City Officers Nominated by the Democracy.
Special to The News.
Huntsville, March 18.-—The delegates to
the City Democratic convention met in tlio
court-house last night, each ward being fully
represented.
Hon. E. L. Parish, chairman of the Demo-
cratic executive committee, called the con-
vention to order, and stated that tlie object
of the meeting was to nominate city of-
ficers.
Mr. W. W. Adickes was chosen perma-
nent chairman. The chairman stated that
the first nomination was for the office of
mayor; whereupon Mr. T. H. Ball, in a neat
speech, placed in nomination Mr. John
Henry. Hon. Ii. L Parish placed in nomi-
nation Mr. T. H. Ball, paying a tribute to
Mr. Ball's lifetime Democracy. After sev-
eral ballots resulting in a tie, Mr. Ball was
nominated. Mr. Ball, in a few appropriate
remarks, accepted the nomination.
The following gentlemen wcl-e nominated
by acclamation: City attorney, Beer Camp-
bell; city marshal, G. it. Oliphittt; city
treasurer, V. 11. Pace; city secretary, P. R.
Robinson; alderman of first ward, L.
A. Cox; second ward, J. L. Smith: third
ward, H. C. Pritchett; city engineer, H. F.
Estell.
T. H. Ball was chosen chairman of the
city Democratic executive committee.
Hon. A. T. McKinney being called upon,
made a sound Democratic speech.
Chairman Parish is determined to or-
ganize tlio Democratic party iu this county,
and has commenced with the city.
Items from Shreveport, La.
Spcclal to The News.
Shreveport, La., March If?.--The la^t
brick on the new government building was
laid this evening at « o'clock, the contractor
having finished his work ahead of the stipu-
lated time in his contract.
Mr. J. Hardyv assistant general freight
and passenger agent of tlie Queen and Cres-
cent route, is iu the city.
DOTS AND DASHES.
The sixteenth game of chess for the
world's championship was won by Stein-
it z, in New Orleans, ou Wednesday. This
m;ike the record stand Steinitz 7 games,
Zukertort "> games. Zukertort claims that
he lost Wednesday's game by an oversight
on his forty-ninth move. He is again
troubled with sleeplessness, saying he did
not sleep a wink the night before the game.
General J. H. Deveraux, president of the
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and In-
dianapolis railroad, died at Cleveland, O.,
on Wednesday night, of cancer of the
stomach.
The governor of Louisiana has issued a
proclamation ordering an election on May
in the Second Congressional district, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Con-
gressman Halm. Captain H N. Martin, an
exconfederato soldier, who supported
Blaine in the last presidential election, is
prominently mentioned as a candidate for
the Republican nomination.
The Red river and coast line steamer Ya-
zoo VaUey, sank Wednesday afternoon near
Grand Ecore, on Red river, in nine feet of
water. The cargo consisted of 210 bales of
cotton, and a quantity of cotton seed oil
and cake. No lives were lost, and it is
thought the boat will be saved.
Kurder and Suicide.
Cincinnati, March 18.—A short time ago
Esquire Bvhrman, of Avondale, a suburb
of this place, lost a suit involving sf.WO.'This
so preyed upon the mind of his wife that it
is supposed she became deranged. This
morning Mr. Bohrman heard a noise in his
wife's bed-room, in which his two sons also
slept. He attempted to enter, but found the
door locked. Upon forcing an entrance he
found his wife dead, with her throat eut
with a razor. A sou, Albert, 14 years old,
was also dead, with his throat cut, and an-
other son, Arthur, severely if uot fatally
hurt by a blow on liis head with a hammer.
Arthur was able to say that he was awaken-
ed during the night by a blow on his head.
He ran to the door and fouud it locked. He
tried to remove the lock, but she struck him
again. Then he heard his father at the
door, but could not give an alarm, and his
mother killed herself.
Negro Murderer Lynched.
Chattanooga, 'l'enn., March is.—John
Gillespie, tlie negro who murdered Mrs.
Thomas Gray, near Loudon, Tenu., yester-
day, was hanged by a mob of 200 meu, last
night, near the scene of the crime.
Eulogizing Murray.
Salt Lake, March 18.—The Liberal terri-
torial committee to-day passed resolutions
eulogizing Governor Murray, and calling
for more vigorous legislation by Congress.
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