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Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12

Description of the Wreck by Some of the
Survivors-A Quick Passage to Eternity
BY the Ill-Fated Passengers and Crew.
Bodies Coming Ashore.
HALIFAX, N. s., April 7.
The three surviving passengers of the
lost steamer Daniel Steinmann, who
are now in the city, tell graphic stories Of
the wreck. They say when the vessel
first struck, the Captain ordered all hands
on deck. One boat was launched, and
Immediately all hands made a rush for it,
but before the lines could be cut the
vessel sank, carrying the boat with it.
The cries and screams Of the women and
children as the stern of the vessel sank
were heartrending and pitiful. Captain Won
Schoonhonen and two men climbed up in
to the rigging. One of them was washed
off, and the Captain and the other named
Neiderman held on until rescued in the
morning. The Captain was so numb and
cold that Neiderman had to use force to
pull him from the mast. AS the persons
who were landed in the boat were pulling
away from the vessel, an Italian grasped
the stern and begged to he drawn in.
Three of the four drowning persons
were cIinging to his legs. The crew
in the boat refused to take him, for fear
the others would swamp them. The Ital-
ian at once dived, shook off those holding
his legs, and coming up again seized the
boat, when he was hauled in. A lad named
Nicholas jumped from the bridge into the
boat just as it was leaving. He landed
on his head, but was uninjured. Latest
reports from the wreck state that the
vessel is in about the same position. A
dead-house has been established on the
shore, and all bodies washed ashore are
put there temporarily. Eleven bodies
have so far been recovered. Three
schooners with diving crews will go to
work as soon as the weather is favorable.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12
A HUMAN MONSTROSITY.
A Recent German Importation, Half Man
and Half WOman-A Singular Freak of
Nature.

NEW YORK, April T.
A person Who attracted much
attention from the fact that fine black
mustache bloomed on the upper lip,
while the body was attired in fe-
male apparel, arrived at Castle Garden
yesterday on the steamer Elbe. A broth
er of the person said: "He is my brother
He is woman from the waist down, but
man above. His name is Frederick
Ross, and he was born in Dantzic, Prus-
sia. Since the day Fred was born he has
never spoken word nor can he under
stand anything that is said to him. He can
hear, however, where an ordinary person
cannot, and has often signitied to us that
person was approaching whose foot
steps we could not hear for some minutes
afterward." Fred is a repulsive looking
being, with large, bony and horribly
MANNED hands, while his feet are exceed
ingly small and well shaped. His mother,
who accompanied her two sons here, Is o
healthy, well-formed woman, and seems
to admire her unfortunate son. In PruS-
sia, Fred attained fame for his graceful
dancing, and the ladies frequently over
looked his horrible deformity i'll order to
dance with him. The party are bound
for Detroit, where the father resides III
good circumstances
Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12
TIE NEWS.
c,,niled from Late Dispatches.
CONGRESSIONAL.

-..o op the I'd corrected creden-
y 'to uorrv B. Payne as Senator from Ohio
tss u .osented The Education bill was
were Psohatcd In the House recess of
fuElDei ;,,,tes was taken to receive General
Hf'tcn 10 -I loaned on a crutch at the Clerks
Graur "a tras introduced TO members by
desk ID ar carlisle. A message from the Presi-
speaker. Oreceived. recommending an appro-
dent va vi of 00J for the protection OF leyees
pIis.SseoIIo .Se lower Mississippi.
~ agrrrrov was presented in the Senate on
4 ss fyom eight thousand citizens of the
laS IN states asking for q pension of at
"es'-iA ee-,,At dollars in money for each honor
leas' srobarced soldier and sailor of the late
aOp Tho Education bill was further debated.
val IN tbe House a joint resolution was
III authorizing the loan of flags and
s1ll9!eg s1ol!,e1 for the fair at Richmond in aid of
olalSIod Confederate veterans. The Indian
g.''a1yyonriation bill was considered.
..bo Senate on the 9Th a bill was reported
ha onrointmcnt Of commission to mark
y. y. sa,,ndary line between Indian Territory
4. A, Tovas A petition was presented from
s-' y, chicago Board Of Trade against the
e-.sor coinage of silver dollars. A bill
IA. I.i"''i introduced to authorize the re-
Neo Neo;ntment and retirement OF disabled
w honOrably discharged from
M regular army. A joint resolution wa was
gbmitted nj making an appropriation or SlUO,-
st far the protection of leveeS on the lower
Vg!Gi wi..;ssipni, Speeches on the Education bill
1rarc made In the House d bill was report
ed providing for the adjustment OF Con-
j. VA NAL and grants within the borders OF
rorsgs The Indian Appropriation bill
s5$t1 .Gl8 was passed. An evening session
sSs beA for the consideration of the pension
b.is
ABrLL was passed in the Senate on the 9th
making it a felony to pretend to be an oiilcer
oremploye of the Government. The Educa-
hon bin was debated, and several amend
ments we're offered and lost, after which 1t
ras decided to dispose of the bill on the
td In the House the Agricultural Ap-
pmnration bill was passed, with an amend
msnt Increasing by s25,0 900 the appropriation
for tie distribution OF seeds ana plantS;
,maGdmonts by tbe Senate to the House bill
making it Il felony to personate Il Govern
ment officer or employe were concurred IN.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

WILLIAM JONES, of Washington, who
shot at Guiteau through the prison van in
1881, is to be tried April %.
THE New Hampshire State Greenback
Convention will be held at Manchester
September 1.
AT the Rhode Island State election on
the ID the Republicans reelected Cover
nor Bourn and the other State officers by
increased majorities. The Legislature
would stand: Senate, q Republicans, 8
Democrats; House, 81 Republicans, %
Democrats.
CAPTAIN W. N. ROBINSON, Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Eighth Ala
bama District, killed himself at Scottsboro
on the ID by driving a penknife into his
breast. 1t was thought that excitement
over the campaign was the canse.
ADvICEs of the Sd state that at the re-
cent Rhode Island election Bourn, the Re
publican candidate for Governor, received
majority of $500, against 1000 major ity
last year.
THE remains of the late James r. Part
ridge, formerly United States Minister to
Peru, who committed suicide in Alicante,
Spain, arrived in New York on the Sd.
lHE MinHeSOtd kotdlc DculOCIdtlC SOu-
vention will meet at st. Paul May 80 to
select delegates to the National Conven-
tion.
THE Connecticut Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 4.h, after three-months'
session.
WASHINGTON advices of the 4th state
that the House Committee on Post-roads
had adopted resolution declaring it mex
pedient for the Government either to con-
struct postal telegraph or purchase any
existing line.
ATToRNEY-GENERAL MCCARTNEY, Of
Illinois, has decided that under the Harper
law Incorporated municipalities can pre-
vent druggists from selling intoxicants in
any quantity or for any purpose; and that,
if licensed, the term of the document must
comply with the statutory provisions of
the bill.
A COMMITTEE of fifty marched to the
house OF Orrin A. Carpenter at Lincoln,
ILL.,, on the evening of the 5th and present
ed resolutions inviting him to quit the
county. Carpenter refused to accept the
document, saying they had no authority
to pass the resolutions, and that his future
course would be governed by his own dis
cretion. The committee then retired, no
disorder or violence being manifested.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12
THE EXPRESS ROBBERS.
The Taffy Tactics of the Express Company
Thus Far Fails to Discover the Where
abouts of from S15, 900 to SEQ, 900 of the
Missing Money.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, April Z.
As a gentleman turned away from the
jail screen few days ago he turned to
friend and rather warmly said: ooh,
they are q couple of - liars.' From
the opposite side of the screen Prentice
Tiller and George III. McFadden, the Pa
cific Express thieves, turned to 60 to
their cells. AS they started across the
floor McFadden rolled his tongue in his
cheek and, winking sIyly. at his accom-
plice, said nothing but conveyed the idea
intended. With chuckle they retired.
OF late these meetings have been very
frequent, and, as far as the Express Com
pany is concerned, very unsatisfactory.
The company's officers have been unu-
sually kind to the two prisoners, furnish
ing them with towels and scented soap,
and tending to their comfort in many
ways. The object of all this kindness
was to induce the pair to talk freely. The
Express Company has concluded the ex-
animation of the books and compiled a.
list of the money consignments made to
this city for several days previous to the
robbery. 1t has been positively ascer-
tanned that between $4,000 and $40, 900
is still missing.
The object of the numerous interviews
has been to induce the prisoners to reveal
the accomplice holding this amount, or
the place where it is hidden. McFadden
has won for himself the name of being an
expert liar, and is losing favor with the
Express Company. Since his incarcera-
ton he has sent the company's agents on
several wild goose chases, and calmly adj
mitted the hoax when charged with it.
An understanding, however, has been ar
rived at during the past week on McFad-
denis suggestion. He said that he had
no intention of pleading guilty to the rob-
berry, and that he proposed to do what he
could to keep himself out of the Peniten-
tiary In furtherance of the defensive
plan it was necessary for him to have an
attorney, and he has retained Mr.. j. j.
Mcbride.
1t is also reported that McFadden has
agreed TO turn over $4,000 hidden cash
to the company on the condition that the
company will allow him 81 800, which he
wants to use on his trial. The company,
it is said, has accepted the offer as the
best one they could get from the yourg
glass chewer.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12
A Fidelity Fund.
CINCINNATI. O.. April
CINCINNATI, .

CINCINNATI, o., April Z.
The Mayors Advisory Committee has
adopted a plan to create by public subscrip-
Guard Fund, the principal to be placed
in the hands of the Fidelity Trust Com
pany of this city, the income to be paid
Mrs. Desmond, mother Of Captain Des-
until her death, when it shall be used In
a similar way for the encouragement OF
fidelity to duty among members Of the
National Guard. large committee
was appointed to rnllnct subScrirtionS
Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12
DEVISlNG THE REMEDY.
Measures of Legislation Proposed rs n Par.
tisl Remedy for the Existing State of AT.
fairs in Cincinnati-A "Fidelity Fund"
for Captain Desmond's Dependents.

Measures of Legislation Proposed as Par.
tial Remedy for the Existing State of AT.
fairs in Cincinnati-A "Fidelity Fund"
for Captain Desmond's Dependents.
CINCINNATI, o., April Z.
At meeting Saturday at Music Hall OF
the Committee on Legislation, Hon. w.
S. Groesbeck, Chairman of the sub-com-
mittee, reported that it had been agreed
to recommend certain portions of legisla-
ton which had been agreed on by the
committee of the bar association. Their
report was adopted.
1t provides such changes in the law as
to make criminal bonds more secure by
requiring afiidavits from bondsmen that
they hold unincumbered property suffi-
cient to satisfy the bond; that in sentenc-
ing criminals in capital cases at least
twenty days shall intervene between the
sentence and execution; that in the re-
vision of criminal cases on error, the
court must give judgment without regard
to errors or defects that do not substan-
TALLY affect the rights of defendant; that
when an erroneous Judgment has been
given on lawful verdict, the court may
correct the Judgment to conform to the
verdict, or may remand the cause for a
new trial.
The cJmmittee also agreed to recon-
mend the passage of the Pruden bill,
which forbids the exemption from jury
service in criminal cases ON account of
membership of military command, and
also the Walker bill which makes the
number of defendants peremptory chal-
lenges to jurors six and the States four.
committee of five was selected to go
to Columbus and urge speedy enact
ment of these measures.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12
JOHN JAY KNOX, ComptroIler of the Cur

JOHN JAY KNOX, Comptroller of the Cur
rency, placed his resignation in the hands
of President Arthur on the 9th, and would
soon take control of New York banking
house.
THE Georgia Democratic Convention to
select delegates to the National Conven-
tion has been called for June IS, in Allan
ia, and tile convention to nominate State
officers and Presidential Electors for Au'
gust 13.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12
THE LOST STEAMSHIP.

of the Wreck by Some of the
Survivors-A Quick Passage to Eternity
BY the IH-Fated Passengers and Crew
Bodies Coming Ashore
Huntsville gazette., 1884-01-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the Senate, on the 7th, the Back
bone land-grant correspondence was re-
ceived. Bills were introduced: To estab-
lish a navy-yard at Algiers on the Missis-
sippi; to bridge the Mississippi at Sibley,
Mo-; to grant the Southern Kansas Rail-
road Company right of way through the
Indian Territory. A resolution was
adopted calling for information regarding
the enforcement of the Chinese act. Con-
sideration of the new rule was nearly
completed. d......In the House resolu-
tion was adopted calling for infor-
nation regarding the levy of political
assessments. Also, a resolution inquiring
as to foreign restrictions against American
pork. Among the $40 bills introduced was
one cutting down freight rates on the Cen
trail and Union Pacific Railroads. Also, to
retaliate upon those countries which ex-
clude American products; to regulate in
ter-State commerce; to provide for bridges
across the Mississippi, Missouri and Hi
nois Rivers; to extend the bonded period
on whisky; to make various changes in the
tariff and banking laws.
The peach-crop is reported damaged
everywhere by frost.
THE record of fires continues to grow
alarmingly all over the country.
SIX more bodies we're recovered on
the 7th from the ruins of the Belleville
(Ill.) convent.
PRoCToR & CANDLES soap factory
burned at Cincinnati on the 7th; loss over
$780, 900.
ADMIRAL COURBET is reported as
to encounter.
DAVID III. BATES has been elected
President of the Baltimore and Ohio Tele-
graph Company.
SEVERAL large iron works started
work on full time at Easton, Pa, on the
7th, after several weeks of idleness.
AT Harrisburg, Pa, a new trial has
just been granted to man convicted of
wife murder three years ago.
THE iron men have agreed on no pol
icy regarding the tariff. They are waiting
to see what Congress will do.
DURING December British imports
decreased Fl, ,49S,000 and exports increased
dS COIll'oiSN WIN DSSciAASSif AS~-'
THE Pope has confirmed the appoint
ment of Archbishop Gibbons as Apostolic
Delegate to preside at the Catholic Council
in Baltimore next year.
THE Senate Committee on Public
Lands will favor donating part of the mil
itary reservation at Fort Smith, Ark, to
that city for the use of the schools.
A CLEVELAND Judge has granted an
Injunction restraining the Lake Shore Road
from allowing freight determinations in
favor of the Standard Oil Company.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-01-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

On the Sd, at meeting at the Grand
Hotel, San Francisco, Cal, to make ar
rangements for holding Worlds Fair in
that city in 1887, it was resolved to provide
a guarantee fund of million dollars; when
obtained to petition Congress and the State
Legislature for appropriations. The feel
ing was strongly in favor of carrying the
project through. The meeting represented
three hundred million dollars.
THE railroad accident record is grow
ing at fearful rate in the new year.
On the 4th another victim of the Or
ange riots died at Harbor Grace, N. F.
IT is said the House Committee on
Expenditures contemplate Investigating
the Department of Justice.
DURING January dividends and inter-
est to the amount OF $2T0,OOO,0 900 will be dis
bursed in New York.
UPWARDS of thirty arrests have been
made in st. Petersburg on account of the
Sudeiken murder.
A LARGE number of persons have
been dangerously poisoned by eating
tainted meat in Montreal (Can.) convent.
UNLESS England will assist in the de-
Tense of Egypt, the Khedive favors giving
the Soudan to Turkey.
On the night of the Sd special guards
were placed on the London railways in an
ticipation of Fenian mischief.
For the week ending the 4th the
business failures were 319 for the United
States and 30 for Canada, the largest num-
ber ever reported.
The earnings of the Union Pacific for
the eleven months ended November 30 de-
creased S45I, ,242, and expenses increased
$242, 2,554.
AN unusually large. number of work
men are idle in Pittsburgh, Pa; business
is increasing in the iron trade, and the
outlook is hopeful.
On the 4th at Eastman, Ga, negro
murderer under sentence of death attempt
ed suicide, but was carried to the scatfold
when almost insensible and hanged.
THE Insurance Commissioner of
Massachusetts recommends the imposition
of a penalty upon domestic companies for
illegal reinsurance In unauthorized COM
panies.
On the 4th stock train of twenty cars
was showed in on the Wabash Road eleven
miles south of Chicago, and all attempts to
extricate it failed. 1t was supposed the
stock had all perished. Trains were blocked
or delayed in every direction.
CONGRESS reassem bed on the 7th.
UPWARD of 1900 applications for
patents are made every year.
ELEVEN ex-Governors hold seats in
the limited States Senate.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-01-12


Milwaukee for Grand Haven, Mich, on the
evening of the Sd was compelled to put
back to Milwaukee, where she arrived after
being exposed for forty hours to terrific
gale and intense cold. She was covered
with ice three inches thick, and her Captain
says it was the worst weather he ever expe-
rienced, the thermometer indicating twenty
three degrees below zero. >s--
In the United States the brewery
property is valued at $3.50 900 900.
The Legislature of Maryland begins
the 10Th.
A MEDIUM hop crop of good quality
was harvested in Germany. The Austrian
crop was not so good.
For 1888 the State of Wisconsin re-
ports more marriages than births. There is
something wrong with the statistics or the
customs of that commonwealth.
THE recent cold snap, according to
all accounts, was the most severe and wide
spread of any experienced in the country
since the winter of 1864.
,OFthe 9th the Fire Department of st.
Louis, Mo-, was in extremities. Chief
Sexton had been carried home, broken
down and delirious from over-exertion
and exposure, the engine houses all looked
very much like hospitals and the Depart
ment had lost seriously in apparatus.
Mayor Ewing in the emergency authorized
the employment of 100 extra men to dig
out hose and ladders from the ice, and as
sist in restoring things to a state of eff
cheney.
SERIOUS delay to railroad traffic has
everywhere resulted from the severe
weather
The dry goods trade of the country
shows an improved volume of business.
AT the close of business on the 9Th
cess of legal requirements.
ENGLAND has an army corps ready to
embark for Egypt on short notice.
The Malagassies have concluded to
cede the northern part of Madagascar to
France.
THE wholesale dry-goods firm of Nc
Clurg & Co., Toronto, Ont, have failed.
Liabilities, 100000.
IT is now said the French Govern
ment railroads are not to be sold to the
Rothschilds, but to a new company.
CoNsIDERAPIE oxcitement still exists
over the Bond case at Taylorsville, Ill. The
men recently acquitted keep pretty close
among their own friends.
ACCORDING to reports from all parts
of the country firemen are earning their
pay. The efforts to keep houses warm re-
suit in numerous disastrous fires.
The glass-workers' strike at Pitts
burgh, Pa, has lasted five months, and now
it is said an International Union has been
formed to include the leading glass districts
of Europe.
The Grand Jury Of Cook County,
ILL.,, recommends that detectives be set at
work and reward offered to work up evil
dence of bribery against Chicago Council
men in connection with a certain railroad
ordinance.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-01-12
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY y,

NEAR BuHalO a large treStle on the
New York Central Railway was blown
down by the terrible storm that ragged on
the I'd and Sd.
AFTER committing forgeries to the
amount of 100000, E. H. Korbe, clerk for
Sperry & Burnes of New York, is reported
as having absconded.
On the 4th two conductors of the
Pennsylvania Railroad were arrested in
Philadelphia for embezzlement.
On the afternoon of the 4th the Tabor
Opera-house at Denver, Col, took fire, but
by prompt work of the fire department it
was saved from destruction, and the per-
formances were not interrupted.
On the evening of the Sd collision
occurred on the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
Nine residents of Montreal and three Off
cials of the railroad were injured.
On the 4th the dwelling of j. V. Gar
yer, near Duke Center, Pa, burned, and his
four children, who had been left in the
house, perished in the flames.
On the morning of the 9TH the old st.
Nicholas Hotel in ST. Louis, Mo-, together
with adjoiuing property, burned. The
III was Oue Ol tuc COlQcSO cNcI tAptIl-
enced in the city, and the suffering of the
firemen was intense. The loss will foot up
in excess of 100000.
On the 9Th a hotel at Bunker Hill,
ILL.,, and the Courthouse and Jail at Jer-
seyville were sacrificed to the fre-fend.
At the latter place four prisoners were
burned in their cells.
A sTREET-CAR stable burned near the
Union Depot in Indianapolis, Ind, on the
9th, causing an incipient panic, but it
proved not to be very formidable affair.
On the night of the 9th St. Louis, Mo-,
was visited by another costly confiagration.
The stores of Burrell & Comstock, furniture !;
Merrick, Walsh & Phelps, jewelry; the
Goodyear Rubber Company, and Whitman,
Gray & Kaminski, chinaware, on Fourth
street, were burned out, involving loss of
nearly 100000.
On the 9th by the burning of the Con-
vent of the Sisters of the Immaculate Con-
ception at Belleville, ILL.,, twenty-three pu-
pills and five of the Sisters perished. A
number of bodies were recovered from the
ruins on the 9th and nine were identified
Others were unrecognizable. The death
list was as follows: Martha Mannel, Ca
rondelet; Mary Bartels, Josephine Ploudre,
Centerville; Lolita Pierson, Susie Welmar,
! Emma Stark, Mamie Scaling ana Agnes
! Scaling, st. Louis; Lizzie Isch, Centerville; !;
Laura Thompson, Chester; Mamie Pulse,
Columbia; Minnie Bailey, Virginia Helm
zelman, Mary Bien and Delphia Schlernit-
zauer, Belleville; Hilda Hummel and Emily
Leonhart, Trenton; Kitty Urban, Wanda
liza; Gertrude Strunck, Germany; Mary
Manning, st. Louis; Sister Superior Mary
Jerome, and Sisters Agnelia, Edwina, Sty-
litta and Modvida; Miss Mary Campbell,
teacher, East st. Louis.
OK the 9Th two children were lost in
the burning of dwelling at Mechanics
town, o.
On the morning of the 9TH the Park
Theater at Cleveland, o., burned. 1t was
new building, supposed to be fiji e-proof.
A NEGREss named Phoebe Brown,
more than 100 years old, burned to death
the night of the 4th in her cabin at Brook
lyn, Ill.