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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
The Steamer Which Figured Sc
Prominently in the EXPOSE
ton Opening,
Sunk and Dismantled in a Collision With
the British Steamer Victoria, Which
Was Also Badly Damaged.
Nobody Hurt in the Collision and All the
Passengers Safely Landed Before
She Went Down.

NEW ORLEANS, La, December 2l.-
The steamboat Fred A. Blanks, which
played a conspicuous part in the cere-
monies OF opening the Exposition, being
the boat on which the distinguished Wis
itors went to the park, came to a sudden
termination Of her career Friday night.
She had been engaged as passenger car
rier between the head of Canal street and
the leyee in front Of the Exposition
grounds, and while she was on her way
down the river about six o'clock she ran
Into the British steamer Victoria, on her
way up the river Bothvessels were running
under full head, and mistaking each
others signals came together with a
crash, both being considerably broken
up in their bows. After the first thump
the vessels got apart, and again thumped.
The steamer was the most damaged, but
she made landing, put off her pas
sengers, and in few moments sunk at
the wharf, her cabin floating off and
down stream. The steamship also made
her landing and discharged her freight
from the forward compartments to lift
her broken parts out OF the water.
No one was hurt by the collision, and
all got safely ashore from the sinking
boat. The steamship was taken in
charge by d tug and made her landing
Finding the greatest damage was done
to the steamer, Captain McNeely of the
tug, cut his ropes and put off to the as
sistance of the Blanks and transferred
many passengers to his own vessel. The
Blanks was valued at 100000.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
TEXAS CIGAR-LIGHTERs.
A Cool Man from the Lone Star State
Creates Mild Sensation.


CHICAGO, ILL, December 20.-Ye ster-
day morning young man stylishly
dressed, walked into Brown & Neyan's
sample room on Adams street, near State,
and stepping up to the bartender, portly
joyial fellow, politely said:
"Can trouble YOU for Light"
"No trouble" replied the bartender,
at the same time handing the young man
box of matches,
81 don't want the matches. Let me
have that cigar you are smoking,n re-
marked the stranger, pointing TO the
liquor mixers fine havana.
The latter did not particularly admire
the tone of voice of the customer, and
politely requested him to use the
matches. But the customer was not thus
TO be thwarted, and deliberately drawing
a double action bull dog revolver and
pointing it In the face OF the former, re.
marked;
II will trouble you for that cigar you
are smoking"
The bartender met the gaze unfnch-
ingly, and with the utmost sang froid, re-
piled; "Why, certainly" and handed the
gentleman the cigar requested.
l. The latter coolly ignited his own fifteen
center, and placing the weapon back in
his pocket, returned the cigar, thanked
the bartender, and with much junction.
took a seat.
The bartender at this juncture spied
Officer Costello, one Of Lieutenant Hub.
bard's men, and calling him into the sa.
loon, told the cigar episode. The Offend
er was arrested and confined in the ARM
DRY. The bar-keeper said he was the
checklist man he ever met, and as he ad-
mired his consummate nerve, refused to
prosecute.
The culprit came up in front of Justice
Foote and gave his name L. s. Beabee,
from Texas.
as that the way you gentlemen pro.
cure light in Texas" asked the Court.
The person replied that he meant no
harm, and the magistrate, who also adj
mired the mans effrontery, let him 90,
but conascated the weapon.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
A PRECIOUS PAIR.
A Faithless Wife Aids Her Paramour in
Satan's Work

odLdu . w DIX.
ATLANTA, GA, December 21.-Several
months ago Mr.. and Mrs. Gates, of Gin.
cinnati, came to this city and soon gained
admission into good society. They were
joined week or two later by Mr.. Gus.
tavus Penninger, of Chicago, who seemed
to be a mutual friend. Mr.. Gates was
frequently absent in Florida, leaving Mr..
Pinninger at his home as the protector of
the wife. A month ago, for some reason
not explained, Gates drove Penninger
away.
Last week Gates went to Florida.
Night before last Mrs. Gates asked Miss
Jackson, a beautiful young woman living
In the next block, to spend the night with
her. At four O'Clock yesterday morning
Miss Jackson was found at the door of
her fathers house her night robes
uTrERING MOST pIrIFUL CRIES,
and begging for admission. Her screams
brought her father TO the door, who was
horrilled to find his daughter in such n
state. Throwing her arms around his
feet the poor girl crouched across the
doorstep and begged that he would kill
her as she could yerbear to see daylight
again. She then said that about
one O'Clock In the morning Il rap came to
Mrs. Gates door. On ascertaining
that 1t was Penninger, Mrs. Gates adj
mitted him. With revolver In hand he
advanced to the bed and assaulted her.
She said that Mrs. Gates made no effort
TO give an alarm. Mr.. Penninger was ar
rested yesterday morning aud is now in
jail. lie claims to have been drunk, and
that he knows nothing whatever of the
matter,
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j. WILKES BOOTH.
a Report That He Was Not Killed, But
Became Parson,

NS " ~ oOhs
WHEELING, w. Va, December 90
The announcement from Atlanta that
Rev. j. Y. Armstrong, rector of st.
Mathews Episcopal Church, of this city,
from 1874 to 1878, but now rector of st.
Philips Episcopal Church, of Atlanta,
had again been publicly declared to be j.
Wilkes Booth, the assassin Of Lincoln,
created great excitement here, not few
people being found who declared that
they always believed there was some
great mystery connected with the life
OF the reverend gentleman, while the as
sertlcn that he is Booth is pronounced
ridiculous by those who are most familiar
with Rev. Mr., Armstrong; history.
Those who have seen Booth say there
Is no doubt OF the remarkable resemblance
between the two men, Mr.. Armstrong;
face, figure, tone of voice, and, above all,
his peculiar walk, being identical with
the personal characteristic Of the assas-
SIN; while pronounced dramatic style
and rather stacy delivery gives SUBJ
stantial ground to the suspicion that he
was once on the boards in tragedy.
1t was a frequent comment with those
who first listened TO his sermons that he
was born Richard the Third. No one
meeting him on the street would ever sus-
pect him to be minister of the gospel,
his boisterous manner, loud voice and
habitual and lavish use of tobacco, with a
common rumor of intemperance being
anything but ministerial. 1t Is thought
strange that although Mr.. Armstrong
steadily maintains he is not Booth, he
uniformly refuses to allow an examlna.
tlon OF his neck where Booth had a scar.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Later.

NEW YORK, December 20.-The search
among the ruins of ST, Johns Home, in
Brooklyn, was continued this morning
under more favorable auspices than those
OF yesterday. The crowd of anx-
ious friends of the missing
children fingered about the
crumblng walls and demanded from
every person who succeeded in penetrat.
Ing the lire lines whether any more bod
les had been found. The answer was re-.
peatedly, yes"
The police and the flremen who are en-
gagged in the search for the dead were
careful not to use expressions that would
indicate a fearful expectation of finding
many more bodies than have yet been un-
earthed They refused to answer ques-
tons, but handled the pickaxe and spade
in silence, and uncovered clnders that
bore a faint resemblance to human limbs,
with a murmur of sorrow and surprise.
Among the ruins Of the laundry this
morning the bodies of eight more chill
dren were uncovered. The flesh was
burned 10 crisp, and where the little
arms and legs were not burned off, they
had assumed fearful contortions. AS one
by one the bones and charred bodies were
removed on blankets, a low murmur arose
from the crowd.
The excitement was intense, but tenn.
pered in many cases by the fear that
some OF the cindered bones might be
those of the children of spectators.
There are but co out of the 7S5 chill
dren of the asylum who have been ac-
counted for. The rest have either found
places of refuge or have met with violent
deaths with their companions.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
A Singular Robbery.

lRyINGToN, Ga. December 2l.-0ne of
the most singular rob5eries ever known
in Georgia, was perpetrated here the 9TH
er night. j. K. Wilcox, an old man, who
labored under an impression that there
would be another war, practiced extreme
economy, thereby saving about $4,000 in
gold, He deposited this money in an old
trunk for safe keeping. He went Sat-
urday morning to get some of the gold
when he discovered that it had been
stolen. The thieves had gone under the
house and bored hole through the floor,
thus gaining access to the money. The
loss, combined with his feeble health, has
rendered him insane, and to-day his
friends are perfectlng plans by which he
can be removed TO an asylum.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Light More Charred and Blackened
Remains Taken From
tho Ruins.
Strange Hardness in Accounting Fol-
the Whereabouts Of the Hundred and
Twenty Missing Children.
Ihe Theory Advanced That the Boys
Are in Hiding to Avoid Return
ing TO the Home.

NEW YORK, December 20.-The search
III The ruins of the Orphans Home Is
continued by an army Of men to-day.
lhe work goes slow, however, little prog
ress being made. Large crowds stand
IN the vicinity No bodies have been
found to-day. The searchers are salts
ned that other victims are In the ruins as
there are still missing over one hun
dred children 1t can not be said how
many OF these were destroyed, as
number Of boys are keeping out of
sight to avoid further confinement.
Many OF the children are totally bereft
oil relatives or friends, and no one APP
peared to take proper interest in looking
Them up The Sisters seem confused as
TO the number and names of the chill
dren In their charge, and give the police
put little hsp in the search. Not few
OF the children, 1t is supposed, have
wandered to the outskirts of the city, and
persisted IN the bitter cold.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
IT MADE HIM FRIENDS,
What Came of the Heroism of Brave
Swimmer.

What Came of the Heroism of a Brave
Swimmer.
NEW YORK, December 20.-The fol-
lowing appeared in a New York paper
June 2lst, 1883: "Chas. IL, Biller, of New
ark, saw the sixteen year-old daughter of
Henry Benedict, of Philadelphia, strug-
Cling in the surf at Brighton Beach, yes
terday, in an effort to save her
three year-old sister, who had
been caught by a large breaker
as she was playing by the shore.
Both were carried out, but he succeeded
in bringing them both ashore. The child
was unconscious. In the meantime, Mr..
Benedict who is lame, had entered the
water and had been knocked down by
wave Biller was carried out in
HIS ATTEMPT TO RESCUE HIM,
but he finally got back to shore with him.
Then he fell insensble. lie was brought
TO consciousness and taken in carriage
to Mr.. Benedicts summer cottage. The
latter, after the young man had recov-
cred, pressed him TO take sum Of money,
without effect, but he prevailed on him to
accept gold watch and cyaln and da-
mond ring.
Yesterday was the twenty. first birthday
OF Mr.. Biller, who Is u telegraph operator
in Newark. lie was greatly surprised In
the morning at receiving package con-
tainng check for $1,000 and an over
coat from Mr.. Benedict, a sealskin cap
from Mrs. Benedict, pair of silk sus-
penders, which Miss Benedict had worked
with her own hands, pocketbook con-
tanning S25 In gold from her brother, and
diamond stud from her uncle. Mr..
Biller, who wears medal of the Humane
Society, accepted an invitation to pay Il
visit to Mr., Benedict's home last sum-
mpr,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
TWO TONS OF WEALTH,
Mexico's Monster Silver Brick at the
Worlds Fair.

New ORLEANS, December 2l.-With the
thermometer still ranging about the freez-
ing point, and the atmosphere heavy with
most depressing dampness, which
makes the cold all but uncomfortable, the
Exposition falls somewhat short, in its
opening days, of the festive character that
it was expected to fill. Much interest
was excited Friday afternoon by the I'M
loading of the famous silver brick from
Mexico. A gang OF men equipped with pull
leys and ropes, dragged the monster
across the main building, between files OF
admiring visitors. The brick proper Is
six feet long, three and half feet wide
and six inches thick. The whole is Of
solid silver and is valued at 5000, 900. II
will be placed in the iron Mexican build
ing on massive pedestal of amethyst
and onyx, a symbol of the barbaric wealth
of the country from which IL comes. 1t
arrived Saturday morning, via the Nor
gan Line, from Galveston. No less than
three trucks gave way under its ponder
GUS weight OF 1900 pounds.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES,

The Catholic parsonage at Wapello
H., was burned.
Hisey's large elevator at Laddonia,
Mo-, was burned.
Business on the bourse was weak at
Vienna yesterday.
Joe Heoelng, an old man, was kicked
to death by a horse at Quincy, Ill,
Seven thousand barrels Of oil were dc.
'troyed by fire at Phillips City, Pa.
Meetings are being organized in France
against the proposed additional corn tax.
In some parts of Canada the temper.
ature yesterday was forty degrees below
zero.
The Senate has not yet agreed to ad.
journ for the holidays, and probably may
not formally do SO.
Calvin Dale shot, and probably fatally
wounded, his business partner, Henry
Holland, at Piedmont, Mo.
Daniel Il. Strickland tells u startling
story In reference to the poisoning Of the
Koran family in Wisconsin.
Three Americans were arrested at May
encc, France, having several boxes Of
dynamite In their possession.
The Chicago freight rate committee
met and arranged the tariff to 352 inter.
ior points in the Middle and Western
States.
A condemned murderer at Marshall
Tex, passed y hat around the court.
room for the benefit Of his wife and six
children.
The weight of the Washington Monu.
ment Is 81 ,220 tons, and the cost 81, 1877.
no, Of which Congress appropriated
SsS7,7l0.
j. Henry Hobart, once q noted civil en-
gineer, and belonging to highly con.
nected Pennsylvania family, was frozen
to death in Omaha.
Winners at tho Augusta (Ga) races.
Princess, mile and quarter; Clifton,
mile; Twilight, three-quarters Of q mile.
The meeting closed.
Governor Crittenden issued requisi-
tlon on the Governor OF Nebraska for
Clifton Wade, who murdered Robert
Cummings In Monroe County, Missouri,
In 1888.
Railroad officials at Chicago say that to
reduce freight rates now means the dis
charge OF thousands Of men aud rcduc-
ton Of wages. As they do not want rep
st!tiou Of tho scenes OF 1877 they are op.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
The DEADLOCK Continues.

WASHINGTON, d. c., December 2l.-
The deadlock on the naval appropriation
bill continues, without prospect Of an
agreement. The Senate consequently re.
fuses TO pass the resolution for holiday
recess until January 9Th, and the
House Is preparing 10 take d
recess on its own account
until the sth, and then another recess I'M
Til the 9th, and so on. The Senate was
all the morning yesterday in secret legis-
lative session on Mr.. Vests Nicaragua
canal resolution. The House Is continu-
ing the discussion on the Interstate bill.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
TouRhs Arrested.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, December 2l.--Fred AL.
berts, alias John Prince, and John Saxby,
alias Shannahsn, were arrested late last
night at the Mueller House, State street,
on suspicion of having committed the re-
cent heavy burglary at Pontiac, Mich. At
the latter place Chase's jcwery store was
robbed Of gold watches and other valua.
bles amounting to $4,000. Tho prisoners
are only about twenty years old, but
are veterans In crime. They are
members of the notorious "Sand Club"
of Detroit, an organization of robbers,
burglars and sand-bagyers, some OF
whom are now serving terms In nearly
every Penitentiary In the West for every
crime OF tho statutes, from murder
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
will Make a Clean Breast OF n.

CHICAGO, ILL, December 20.-The
Times states positively this morning that
Arthur Gleason, chief deputy in the Coun.
ty Clerks office, has entered into an
agreement to 90 on the witness stand and
make full disclosures of the manner in
which the recent Leman- Brand ballot-box
fraud was perpctrated; that he will
swear he was approached by some person,
or persons, who wished to obtain posses
sion OF the envelope containing the re-
turns from the second precinct of the
Eighteenth Ward. The name of the per-
sons who approached him will be given.
1t is highly probable more arrests will
follow. The Citizens Committee has in-
creased its reward for further informa-
ton to $4,000.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Sentenced for Life.

CHICAGO, ILL, December 2l.-A special
from Berrien Springs, Mich, says; In tho
Circuit Court in this county, Judge Smith
has sentenced Mrs. Elizabeth Vanderhoof
to the State Prison at Jackson
for life, At the beginning of
this term Of court she was found
guilty of murder in the first degree. The
charge was poisoning her husband with
arsenic, while pretending to give him
medicine during his illness over a year
ago. When Judge Smith asked her what
she had to say why sentence should not
be pronounced, she simply said: II am
not guilty." and great many who heard
the testimony believe she Is not.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21

"Skinny" Garrison, another member q
the Club, who came to Chicago with the
TWO prisoners, and Is implicated with
them.
Garrison Is well known in Detroit as q
chronic thief and thug. He is said to be
wanted in Chatham, Ont, for killing q
man by striking him on the head with a
brick. Shannahan Is q son of tho late
Alderman Shannahan, respected citizen
OF Detroit. Prince claims to be rail-
road news agent out Of employment at
present The trio are also wanted In
Detroit and surrounding towns for num-
erous burglaries and robberies.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
The Swain Court

WASHINGTON, ID. c., December 2O.-Ia
the Swain court-martial yesterday Gen.
eral Swain denied having had any
knowledge that Colonel Morrow duplicat.
ed his pay accounts until newspaper
man brought him the information.
Swain said he merely referred Morrow to
Bateman as a person who was In the habit
OF casMng army pay accounts.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
RAISING POSTAL NOTES.
A Clever Forgery Perpetrated on Small
Post-Offices in Ohio.

CINCINNATI, o., December 2l.-A mum.
Der of small Post-ollices in the vicinity OF
Cincinnati have been paying raised postal
notes. The forgery is easily accomplished
by the use of the first issue of notes which
had the dollar columns to be punched by
the issuing Postmaster. A note for twenty
cents could be bought and made S42O,
by filing up skilllully the punched cipher
and filling in the word four in the body OF
the note, One Office has redeemed ten
or twelve of these raised notes. The
work Is neatly done. 1t is impossible to
accomplish 1t with the latest form Of pos
tal notes
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Fires.

NEW YoRK, December 20.--A fire caus.
ing loss of $4,000 to stock and build.
ing, occurred last evening in the four
story building, 272 Canal street, occupied
by lsaacs & Samuels, wholesale dealers
in tallors' trimmings and CLOTH Loss
covered by insurance. A fire last night
in the ilve-story building, No. So Gold
street, occupied by Stone Sons & Hall, as
the Taunton Silver-plating Company,
caused 4 loss of $4,000.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
CAUGHT MAPPING.
A Chicago Lawyer Arrested For Illegal
Voting.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, December 2l.-Wm. j.
Gallagher, the lawyer lately from Phila-
delphla, who was arrested for completely
In the Brand-Leman election fraud, was
again arrested at an early hour yesterday
morning. A Constable, with warrant
sworn out by two members of the Citl.
zens Committee, used article TO get In
his house and aroused him from his bed.
Though Il Justice was in waiting, he
could not get bail at that hour, and was
kept under guard at the Grand Pacific
Hotel. He is charged with illegally
voting at the spring election in 1888. 1t is
claimed he was resident of Philadel-
phia, November 6, 1882 and in the spring
election here sworn in his vote. 1t is
said the arrest was made because Gala
CHER contemplates leaving town.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Pretty Eleanor Wentzel Marries Her
Lover and Eludes all Pursuit..

READING, Pa, Dember 2l.-Eleanor
Vented, pretty, blonde and sixteen, Is
the daughter of wealthy farmer of
Baumstown. Many wealthy young farm
ers wooed her, but she refused all
their attentions and bestowed her
affections on George Lot, the son
of u blacksmith, and twenty-cight years
old. Her father forbade Lots visits and
the young people held clandestinp meet.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
ASSAULT TO KILL,
On Trial for Shooting His Wife's Para
mour,

mour.
BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICA, December
2l.-W j, Emery, of Benton Har5or,
late OF Chicago, is now on trial
here charged with assault with intent to
kill Alexander Ketchum. Emery became
convinced that ketchnm was unduly init
mate with his wife and went to Ketch-
um'S house and shot him while he was in
bed, but the wounded man recovered. In
the trial, which is well under way, Mrs.
Emery has admitted her guilt. Emery
admits the. shooting and seems to throw
himself upon the mercy of the jury. The
theory OF the defense is momentary in.
sanity, Popular sentiment is decidedly in
favor of Emery.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Doomed Treaties,r

WASHINGTON, ID. c., December 2O.-
Every day that passes without action on
the pending treaties appears to add to the
already strong opposition to them. Prom.
inent members of the House declare that
should the Senate ratify the CREATES the
House would decline to pass tho neces.
RarY lerlalafion To nut than a., onars,fion
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
BY O PARTY Vote.

WASHINGTON, d. c., December 90
In the contested election case of Mclean
vs.. Broadhead, of Missouri, the sub.
committee, by party vote, decided to
report to the full committee In favor Of
Broadhead.
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ings. Yesterday morning Miss VENTED
arose early, MIXED the cows, took her
breakfast and trudged off to school In q
girllsh dress, with Evv
HER BOOKS UNDER HER ARM.
But she did not go to school. Her path
lay beyond the school-house TO an old
house, which she entered and fifteen
minutes later emerged, attired In a long
brown cashmere dress. Her glrlish suit
she left behind. She changed her attire
while tho mercury was down to zero.
Her lover soon came along and they
drove across the hills TO Amityvllle,
where Rev. HERMAN married them. They
then came to Reading, did some shopping
and went to friends house. Miss
Wentze's father, who has notified the po-
lice, does not know their whereabouts,
but Is securing the township for his SON.
in'law, whom he declares he will shoot
on sight.
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Assigned,

New YoRx, December 2O.-The Turks
Silk Company, which had an office at 10
Grand street, and a mandatory at
Tariffvllle, Conn, have made an assign.
ment. The liabilities are reported at
about 100000, and nominal assets, $75,.