Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-30
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.
THE PRICE or A SEAT IN THE
STOOR EXCHANGE
HanlOn Makes a Statement in Regard to
His Defeat by Teemer-HOrribIe Details
of the Cremation of a Mother and Babe.

New YORK, Oct. PA seat in the stock ex-
change yesterday sold for S94, 900, the highest
price ever reached in the history of the stock
exchange, AT that price the value Of the 100
membership if the exchange is S37 100000. The
advance in value is due TO the remarkable boom
IN Stocks and extraordinary activity. The seat
sold yesterday was that Of the late Charles
Knight, Secretary Ely, OF the exchange,
declined to give the name OF the purchaser, but
1t was stated sem officially that he lisa Washing
ton man, and on Wall stl Get it is thought
Dy some that the new member Is Assistant Sec
rotary OF the Treasury Coon, who has Just re.
signed to go into business. He was in the bank
ing business before he entered the treasury de-
Two seats Of the produce exchange will be
S0ld on october 10th for nOn-payment OF dues.
$4,000.
John Dyett, col red, Of No. 1O1 West 27th
street, was yesterday convicted in special ses-
slons OF keeping adisOrderly house. This is the
street complained OF as a nuisance by citizens
OF the ward.
Josephine Masteroberto, u girl ten years old,
was arrested a short time ago for selling
newspapers In the street. A police
Justice sent her to d Catholic protectory. The
girls father procured a writ Of habeas corpus
last week and had his child brought before the
supreme court in Chambers. The judge, in a
memorandum yesterday, said: TO sell does
not necessarily mean to peddle, and in as much
as 1t Is a matter of Information that hundreds
Va ulC buuo CllPlVJOh bnHo OdoO pre-
sents a question of Importance TO the people OF
this CITY,"
The annual union and dinner of the Society of
Survivors Of st ~venson's California expedition
OF 1876, known as the First Regiment Of New
York Volunteers, that served in California dur
ing the Mexican war. was held last Svenlng,
it being the 9Th anniversary OF the discharge
OF the regiment in California. Gen. John Ere
mont and Maj. Edward q. Kemble, OF Ere
mont's battalion, founder Of the Alta California
in 184i, at San francisco, were guests. Maj.
Clark, president of the society, presided. His
annual report showed that seven deaths OF COM
rades had occurred during the past twelve
months, while during the same period SIX COM
rades who were recorded under the title OF
whereabouts unknown" had been heard from
and their names added to the roll of survivors.
Ofthe 644 who served with the regiment. there
are 100 survivors, 10 Of whom live in California,
the remainder being residents Of States east
OF the Missouri river. The aggregate
wealth OF the one hundred and sixty survivors is
about $4,000, 900. The greater part Of the sur
ViYOrs are IN good circumstances and engaged in
active business. Joseph Evans, secretary, read
letters receiver from many comrades on the
Pacific coast; also some In Western states. On
the 9th of September last, California admission
day, Col. Stevenson deposited the colors Of the
old regiment with the Society Of California
pioneers at San Francisco, to remain In their
custody for all time, with the request shat at his
death the colers be placed upon his casket
during the burial services.
GCCIGLdIJ UIlJLlNJ AuO BOuO OAO w VuOh-
ington. he saw the assignees of John Roach
yesterday and consulted with them as to the
completion Of the unfinished war ships.
1t was decided that the assignee
should go to Washington to meet the present
naval advisory board and arrange for compile
ting the Atlanta, Boston and Chicago. The first
meeting will be either this afternoon or to-mor-
row morning.
Speaking Of hls defeat Saturday, Hanlon says
"reemer beat me, as far as L went. Ibid not
get into the water at the turn, but as my boa
was sinking l jumped into the stakeboat. l
was the first accident l. ever had in a mattel
race. ! feel sorry 1t occurred. l would not fee
badly II had continued to the end and had beef
beaten after a contest to a finish. IL
that case l would have acknowledge
a fair defeat. | have W 100 races and los
only six, and that of Saturday was the first acc
dent. beat Teemer four times. Ieemer wo
the regatta in which | was one of the contest
ants in Fall river, 1888. l will, before the Wee
is out, issue a challenge to row Teemef on LAX
water next spring. l care not what the paper
say or accuse me Of. l acted fairly and alway
will do so. l have a regard Tor my prOfe, sion
have rowed all over the world, anu my record 1
clear. 1t seems to me that a thief can get alOnI
as well as an honest man, Judging from thl
manner in which Courtney and Teeme
have succeeded in getting praise. 1t cann0
be said OF me that J lost "a race which IcoulC
win. Teemer lost four or tye races a. Fits
burg and elsewhere when his hackers had all
their money up on him, and he was accused, moi
without cause, of crOokedness. l think L can
beat Teemer on lake water. and l will row him
or any other man in the world for 81 ,OC0 to $1,000
a side on lake water, or where no man can have
the advantage over the other. 1t is my inten
ton shortly to publish a letter Of explanation in
regard to Saturdays race, In which L Will simply
defend myself without taking any OF Mr.. Teen
er'S honor from him."
A Herald special from Norfolk. Va, says: III
has been decided not to put the Powhattan on
the dry dock until after her return from Aspin-
wall, and she will put to sea tomorrow morning
at daybreak. A survey was held on the boilers
OF the Powhattan yesterday, and they were
found In very bad condition, there being TWEEN
ty-ive small holes in them. Her boilers are SC
weak that twelve lounds is fixed as the maxi.
mum pressure. Her engines are OF the Oldest
type and when once stopped it takes a few
turns by bars to produce a vacuum which knocks
the steam down TO some times as low as five
pounds. Sne remains AT AspinWall ten days and
returns TO Key West for orders. She will take
one hundred and twenty-five men and boys and
petty officers for the Pacific station, and severai
officers take passage on her"
A horrible story of atire and loss of life comes
from Hobart, Delaware county, this morning,
which is best told in the words Of Martha Jul
beck, a twelve year old girl, who gave the follow
ing details to the cor0ner's jury The day be.
fore the fire." she said, 'my mother and baby
and myself were up on a hill. Mother laid the
baby on the ground and piled a lot OF dry brusf
together. She took some matches out OF
her pocket and said she intended tt
burn herself and baby on the brush pile,
and if wanted to 90 with them to heaven she
would put on more brush and / could lie dowr
and burn too. l snatched the matches out OF
mo hers hand and took the badly up in my arms,
and would not let mother have hln. | c0aXeC
her to 90 home with me-. On the morning Of the
fire l woke up, hearing the baby cry. The house
wa; all smoky. l jumped out II bed called
mother. She did not answer me. ran to her
door and 1t was locked. l could hear her
soothing the baby and crying. l ran back to
my room and walked my little Drothers
and dressed myself quickly. then
started t. get them out OF the
house, as / knew it must have been fired.
When | got them to the front door, / found a
barrel Ofliour had been placed against 1t so hat
it could not be opened. 1 heard the fire crack
ing and was almost ch0ked with smoke. | do
not know how | ever moved q heavy barrel OF
flour, but | got it far enough to open the door SO
we could get out. When l got nv brothers out
of 1.-THE door | ran to a window in mothers room
and looked in. Ic0uld see her and heard the
baby screaming. The room was black with
smoke andmOther was lying on the floor. She
had fire wood piled around her like a birds
nest. 1t was blazing high. 1t was so awful that
l think that l must have gone crazy, Tor l don't
remember anything more. When MIR. Hane-
ford asked me where mother and baby were, l
told him they had gone to the hill. l think the
scene with moVhe and the brush pile, and what
she said there, must have been in my mind. We
all lived happily together always.
Roots from Panama.