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Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16
THE MASCOTTE DISASTER.

Bodies ofthe Victims Being Recovered
Mat Hughes, the Hero of the Tragedy,
Relates His Part i'm the Rescue of the Sur
vivors - Serious Reflections on Captain
Ebaugh of the Eagle.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo-. Oct. 12.-The
bodies of Mrs. VIM. II. Wheeler, First
Engineer VIM. O'Brien and a colored
roustabout were brought in yesterday.
Acting Coroner Paar held an inquest with
the usual verdict. Mat Hughes, the
brave farmer of Benefits Landing, came
down with the bodies. Your correspond
ent hunted him up, and after consider
able persuasion obtained the story OF ms
rescuing the passengers of the Mascotte.
Mat, as he is famiiarly called, was a resi-
dent of Cape Girardeau County until five
years ago, when he moved over to Ben
nett's Landing. He is a plain man in
speech, modest in demeanor and has a
heart much larger than Captain Ebaugh's
He said
81 was at dinner at my home at Ben
nett's Landing on the fifth Instant and
saw the steamers Nascotte and Eagle
passing up. They were between a
quarter and half mile apart. My wife
said to me, 4 believe that the Eagle is
trying to Overtake the Mascotte.' Just
then / heard the noise OF the explosion,
and exclaimed to my wife, 'The Mascotte
is lost and l am going to her. She told
me not to go, that l might get burned os
hurt, but | Immediately ran where my
skiff was tied, some three hundrcu
yards, and started for the boat, mile
and a quarter distant. When l reached
within, one hundred yards of the Mas
cote the heat was SO intense l could not
approach her. / determined to try and
reach her bow, which l finally did. |
found the stage was fiat in the water,
but was held to the burning wreck by
wire cables.
81 took off on the first trip five persons
and landed them on the shore above
Hanging Dog Jack Howard knew me
and called me to save him. He is par
alytic and has been living at the poor
house in Cape County. made second
trip and brought off two men and one
lazy. Mrs. Louis Selmers, and landed
them on shore. the put back and GO
one lady and two men, names unknown
to me. | went back again, but | could
be of no service to any one. | saw
young lady with little child sink abou
forty feet from me. / could not reaeA
them in time. The child had on rec
hose, and the young lady had on life
prescrver, but it was on wrong.
81 saw the derrick and chimneys fal
on the stage aud they knocked off a mum
ber of people. The captain of the Eagle
could have saved number of people, ii
he had done his duty by sending out his
small boats. This know from the rela
tive position of the boats. | don't know
how many, can't say, perhaps nine or ten
that got ashore, and had to run three
hundred yards to my skiff, and then row
a mile and a quarter to the Mascotte,
crossing the river below the Eagle
Ebaugh might have done as much. He
turned his boat out and stood away from
the Wreck.O
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

MARCUS KOSENFEELD, author OF a num-
ber Of well known variety songs, among
others, "Climbing up the Golden Stairs, .
pleaded guilty on the 7th to forging a
check for 1925 ON the Germania Bank OF
| New York.
| WILL BoNHAM, a young negro tram
| wrecker, was captui ed and lodged IN jail
at Livingston, Ala, on the 7th, and there
is a strong probability that he will be
| lynched.
| THE President is indignant at the viola
| tions of his civil service order of July,
which forbade Federal officials from TAX
| ing any active part in politics, and he
proposes to make some striking examples
which will be warning to the minor OIL
cials.
| A SLIGHT but distinct shock of an earth
| quake was felt at Augusta, Ga, on the 9Th.
| N. M. NEALD, a partner in the we'll
known packing house of J. c. Ferguson u
| Co., of Chicago, has issued bogus ware
house receipts for people aggregating
S4O0, 900. He has practically burst his
| firm.
| IT is thought that the Illinois Central
will purchase the Georgia Pacific road, or
| at least obtain control of it, thereby secur-
ing direct line from Birmingham to New
Orleans over the Canton, Aberdeen and
Nashville and its own main line south OF
Ourant, Miss.
! THE President has received several ap-
plications for the pardon of James d.
Fish, president of the defunct Marine Ma
| tional Bank
| FORMAL calls have been issued for the
annual meeting of the National Cattle
Growers Association of America, to be
held at Chicago, November 18th.
| LAWYER JAMES L. WHITTIER was In
dict.d in the Superior Criminal Court of
Boston on the 9th, on ten counts for the
embezzlement of some hundred of thou
I, sands Of dollars from Harriet Reed, a
client.
| SLAVERY in Cuba is now thing of the
past. Tire recent proclamation OF eman-
cipation liberated more than 100000. The
last lingering bit of slavery in the Ne"
World now exists in Brazil.
| EX-SENATOR YuLEs, of Florida, is dead,
leaving but Mr.. Davis and R. NJ. I. Hunter
living of those who withdrew from the
Senate in 1861.
| TIE general freight agent Of the Queen
and Crescent railroad system has orders
to abandon all tariff freight rates mads
by the Mississippi Railroad Commisslon.
Apv1cEs from Fordyce, Ark, report
10000 express robbery. TIE money is re-
norted to have been stolen from the South
ern Express Company by H. B. Miller, a
telegraph operator.
| n. NJ. NEELD, the Chicago defaulter, is
in Montreal, Canada, and has engaged
eminent counsel in that city to defend him
il necessary.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16
HUNTSVILLE ALA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1885,

1HE elecClonS In Bulgaria for members
OF the great sobranje to elect successor to
Prince Alexander resulted in crushing
defeat of the Russian party.
FATHER GALEOrE, who murdered Mon.
signior Isquierdo, Bishop of Madrid, has
been convicted and sentenced to death.
NOTHING is officially known at the
Treasury Department at Washington
concerning the reported seizure by the
Russian officials in the Arctic ocean of
the American schooner Henrietta.
GEORGE KING, a well-known ship-build.
or and vessel owner of Marine CITY, Mich,
was run over and killed by a switching
engine at Fairport, O., on the 11th.
The remains of the late Chief Justice
Salmon p. Chase, which were buried at
Oak Hill, Washington, May 10, 1873, were
transferred from the old casket on the 11th
to new one prepared for their reception.
The Paris announces that General
lamont, in command of the French forces
in Tonquin; General Jamais and several
officers of his staff, have resigned, owing
to disputes with the civil authorities.
JOSE BRIDGES, Japanese, was arrested
at Phoenix, Arz., on the 10th, and was
sent to Washington in charge of Marshal
Meadgar. The charge is of melting the
Maricopa Indians to break out and join
Geronimo. He is playing the insanity
dodge and is vicious looking individual.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
October 9 was 1884, 1888; during the same
period of last year, 81 ,0S4.744.
JOHN BOYD, the murderer of W. B.
johnson, prominent business man of
Rockford, Mich, August 4, was sentenced
at Grand Rapids on the 11th to prison for
life. The convicted man broke down COM
pletelv, and sank down with his face to
the floor.
The State apartment has received a
brief d lisp atch from the American Consul
General at Halifax confirmatory of the
reports touching the recent seizure by
Canadian customs officers of the Ameri-
can schooner Marion Grimes at Shelburne,
N. s.
AMONG the persons who grasped the
hand of the President on the 11tb, at the
public reception, were several typical
Englishmen, who seemed highly delight ed
to meet Mr.. Cleveland, and who created
some merriment by their peculiar actions
and manners.
THE report of the Egyptian Cotton As
socation shows that the crop is fully up
to the average. The worms have disap-
peared. The yield is estimated at 3,100,-
900 canters, and arrivals at Alexandria
show it to be of superior quality.
The director of the French Catholic mis-.
sions has been informed that seven hum
Dire Christians have been maSsacred in
Tanho, Tonquin; also that thirty villages
in that district have been burned and nine
thousand inhabitants are starving.
THE issue of one dollar silver certificate;
from October to II was $S0O,0O0. Many
more might have been issued had the
printing bureau been able to supply the
demand The effect which the issue Of
small certificates will have upon the cir
culation of the dollar pieces is being
watched with interest at the Treasury De-
partment, as we'll as by those who study
the currency question.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16
Died of His Injuries.

VANDALIA, Mo-, Oct. ll.-C. F. Green
Chicago Alton brakeman, OF Slater
whose right arm was crushed by freighi
train here October 6, died yesterday
morning at three O'CLOCK. The remains
were accompanied home tor intermenr
by his father Death is thought to have
resulted from internal Injuries as the i'm
mediate cause. Deceased was insure
in the Brakemen's Brotherhood.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

The French Institute met on the 7th
and accepted the bequ est of the Chantilly
estates by the Due d'Aumale. The insti-
tute adopted resolution declaring grati-
tude for the Due d'AumaIe's patriotic
generosity.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

AT Cabinet Council at Madrid, on on
the 'tb, Queen Christina signed the decree
committing the sentences of the cond emned
Insurgents. The Queen also signed a de-
cree freeing the slaves in Cuba from the
Nnainder Of their terms of seryitude.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

As the result of the final games of the
the champion of the League. 1t was a
close rub. The Browns, of st. Louis, are
again the champions of the Association.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

The Admiral commanding the British
squadron on the American station tele-
graphs that the distress in Labrador is
exaggerated and that the wants of the
distressed people in both Labrador and
Newfoundland have been relieved.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

THE American Consul at Kingston, Ont.
having been asked by the the United
States Government to report if any dis
ease existed among cattle it that district,
made close investigation and has report
ed in the negative.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

THE Bulgarian Government has notified
foreign consuls at Sofia of General Kaul-
bars action in trying by bribery and in
timidation to induce the military COM
mander at Rustchuk to release the polit-
teal conspirators
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

THE French Government has ordered
Prince Enrique de Bourbon, fugitive from
Spain, where he is under sentence of i'm
pri'onment for insulting the Queen, to be
Inferred in the department north of the
River Loire.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

THR cultivation of tobacco in Germany
Is decreasing owing to the system of taxa
ton. The decrease in the number of
planters is 1900, compared with 1885.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

FouRmore persons have died from the
sfeets of the La Mascotte explosion on
the Mississippi, bringing the list of death 8
now up to thirty.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

lHE illness Of ex-senator Withers, now
United States Consul to Hong Kong, is of
an unique character. Dir. Lennon, one
VI MS physicians, calls it entero colitis,
"I,cu IS an inhammatory affection of
poVh the smaller and larger intes tines,
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

GENERAL VILLACAMPA'S daughter had
an audience with the Queen of Spain and
expressed her gratitude for the clemency
shown to her father.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

IT is stated confidently that several
chances are pending in the English Cabi-
nat and will be announced early in No.
Vomhpr
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16
TOPICS or THE DAY.
uews from Everywhere.

rrsroMs officers at San Francisco on
a.. orb seized $4,000 worth of opium
smuggled as tea
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

lHs Residents reception on the 9th
was one Of the largest yet held in the east
iOOu' Ovr five hundred people shook
Hanas with the President. The crowd
was SO dense that the ushers with diff
'ulty kept line and the President was
u0Maed, inch by inch, to the door of the
corridor.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

No preparations were made to receive
co,orol Kaulbars at Rustchuk, and the
,,roract Of the city fed to avoid meeting
him.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

1rncv GARY overruled the motion for
I'LL in the cases of the condemned
Anarchists at Chicago.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

Tar French Senators Lafayette and
Grevy refuse to come to America to the
dod;cotion of the Bartholdi statue.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

pr,vs for the Three Americas perma-
.. ovnosition at Washington appear to
he taking definite shape.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

ACCORDING to the National Cotton Ex-
.honao renort the crop prospect was low
Grad slightly during the past month.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

thursday, the 7th, was the greatest
"ay IN The history of St. Louis in point of
: : T'eh'ance at her dual attractions, the
aH ana Exposition. At the former the
=, ''Vnuance was over hundred and forty
= ~.u0usanl, while at the latter nearly fifty
;-Ousahd people visited the building dur
'us the day and evening.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

lsboa =, ashlngton Post of the 7th pub
eova~a1 p' following: 1T can not be dis
ufRci,l,, 'nat any Thing has been said
tie ny ra.! az the War Department to Justify
Orders .nS mat General Miles disobeyed
it qaia 'u :, made terms with Geronimo, but
parhna 'hat certain officials in the de-
repr-s ~ - whlie not positively giving out
otlaa,s a.e I've encouraged the publication
De- :, structures on General Miles in or
NEE; r';.S ,~sor General Crook, who seems to
Some onar. special consideration from
Papt 4al'ers, because he was a Wes.
soldier >, ,Sauate' while Miles is volunteer
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

ara meeting of the trustees of the Pea
~ t' lund in New Y ork on the 7th, the
owing executive committee was ap-
Cqa'',ed; r.. A. H. H. Stuart, Senator Evarts,
'7l justice Waite, ex-President Hayes,
Va, D. Porter, Chairman Winthrop. A
,N"'on was adopted to increase the
A. 4enf to South Carolina in view of the
station caused by earthquakes,
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

niat. meeting in Milwaukee on the
p,n;.. 1i. VI The Sth Robt. Schilling, State or
~. 80 OF the Knights of Labor of Wis
Of +b'l, +bl denounced the proposed execution
ssias Onieago Anarchists as an outrage
h o,'.ls alnous as the hanging of John Brown.
bnt ~'u ne did not believe in anarchism,
i'm slnpathlzed with Socialists. The sem
tlosa met With uproaiious applause from
q Labor. 's /" noin "oio nns %
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16

The Closing Scene In Judge Gary's Court
in Chicago in the Anarchists Trial-After
Listening to Speeches From All the Cui-
prits the Judge Passes Formal Sentence
Upon Them. s slH
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-28
THE SUPREME JUSTICES.

Men Who Are Well Paid, and Who Earn
Every Cent of their Salaries.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 2I-Nearly all Of the
members Of the Supreme Court have either left
the city arranged for their departure during
the heated months. Generally, the members
of this tribunal and their families enjoy their
vacation more than any other public servants.
Most of them 60 to retired places and are not
fond Of public displays. They take their fami-
lies into the woods or to their old homes in the
country and spend months of the heated term in
quiet and rest The life of Justice Of the Su-
preme Court appears to be very easy one A
Justice is paid $40 900 year, and is given better
emoluments, and works shorter hours than any
other public servant He appears on the bench
at noon and disappears about 3 or half past .
o'clock in the afternoon, and he works but
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-28
TIE LAKE SHORE STRIKE.
No Effort to Move Trains Yesterday-Det
mined and Lively Work Expected To-Day.

CHICAGO, June 27-The Lake Shore company
moved no freight to-day, and attempted to move
mono. There was perfect quiet at the yards all
day. The officers stationed there to protect the
company's property bad nothing to do as hardly
striker put in an appearance The switchmen
however, expect lively work to morrow. knowing
it to be the intention of the company to start out
trains we'll guarded and able to resist the opposi-
tion of very large mobs. Believing the town of
Lake police to be in secret sympathy with the
strikers, the railroad company has applied to the
Hyde Park department for aid. The strikers
held meetings to day. and resolved to use every
means within their power to maintain their
ground.
Superintendent A1nsden and General Freight
Agent Blodgett held conference with the local
authorities of Hyde Park to day. the result Of
which was that operations are likely to be re-
sumed in the Englewood freight yards, where
about 250 cars loaded with freight have accumu-
lated Fifty of these are loaded with ner-
chandise of a more or less perishable character,
bound for the East. The rest is inbound
freight, for Chicago merchants, and it
is openly threatened by the more reck
less of the men that not one car of
this shall cross the city limits. Shippers of
freight by carloads have suffered little,
SO far, from the effects of the strike because
they were advised in time of the condition OF
things. but merchants depending upon lesser
shipments have been seriously inconvenienced
and complaints have been numerous. 1t was
due to this fact that Sheriff Hanchett was noti-
fed that the county would be held responsible
for damage growing out of insufficient protec-
ton to property and traffic. Sheriff Hanchett
will not be in the city before noon tomorrow.
In his absence. Deputy Sheriff Matson notified
the railroad officials that he should be on hand
with sufficient number of deputies.
SPRINGFIELD Ill.,. June 27.-In response to a
reporters inquiry as to what action would prob
ably be taken tomorrow to quell riots which
may result when the Lake Shore railroad officials
attempt to move their trains, Governor Oglesby
to-day 1t is presumed from the Governors re-
ply that no move has been made by him for the
transportation of troops
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-28
Their Solicitude Over the Morrison Bill Causes
the Conversion of Tariff Revision Demo-
Gratis Into Supporters of Protection.
About Half of the Present House Mem
bership Nominated for Reelection.
A Canadian Official Who Does Not Understand
the American Congressman - Supreme
Justices, Their Salaries and Work.
A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT.
The Great Interest Manifested in the MOI
rison Bill by the British Minister.

The Great Interest Manifested in the Nor
rison Bill by the British Minister.
Special to the Indianapolis Journe:-
WASHINGTON June 27.-Very naturally great
deal of interest has been felt in the subject of
tariff by the English people in Washington. The
British legation has been alive during the recent
debate in the House and the efforts to consider
the Morrison BILL They have made diligent in
quiry about the intentions of Mr. Randall to offer
bill to revise the tariff, and have read and dis
cussed all that has been published about the
movements of Mr.. Morrison and his followers.
The anti-tariff rcformers have discussed the fact
tnat when Morrison attempted to get his bill be-
fore the House, last week. the sole occupant
of the diplomatic gallery was the British minis
ter; that he leaned far over the rail- and with his
eyes podded out, drank in every word
of the debate. They think it signi6-
cant, inasmuch as that gentleman
has not been in the galleries of the House
of Representatives at any other time this ses
sion. 1t is not known that the British minister
has attempted to influence any one in favor of
the Morrison bill. but it is known that his inter
est in the success of that measure has been in
tense.
The mere fact of the English people being in
favor of a revision of the tarif-free trade out
right-has turned all of the Irishmen in the
House solidly over for tariff protection. It is OBJ
served that in the vote cast on Thursday, the
18th inst, the names of all the Irish members
were recorded against consideration of the Nor
rison bill The Irish see plainly that any move
ment in the direction of free trade is move
ment in favor of England, and, therefore, not
only are their home interests aroused, but those
of their native country. A number of promi-
nent tariff protectionists have predicted to your
correspondent during the past week, that it will
take but few months to make the tariff issue
counterpart issue with the movement Mr.. Glad
stone and others are carrying on in England for
Irish home rule.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-28
Ex-MINIsTER WINSTON.
His Persian Railway Schemc-The- Iilinoisan
Being Played by tho Shah.

His Persian Railway Scheme-The Iilinoisan
Being Played by tho Shah.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 27.-The former Unit
ed States minister to Persia, Mr.. Winston, hav-
ing been seen lately walking around the streets
of CoIstantinople, with feZ on his head, ap-
parently with the desire to show the Turks how
thoroughly cosmopolitan the character of the
American nation is and that of the Illinois brig
adler generals in particular, has brought up
again, as the subject of considerable discussion
here, the reported important railway concessions
made to Mr. Winston by the Shah of Persia /
have been much N Persia myself. and know
something about the question. There is absolute
ly no chance whatever of Mr.. Winston's schemes
being carried out. The Shah readily promises
railway grants, and even gives them, but the
fulillment is quite another thing He let's his
Ministers pump money as pesh keh-that is,
backsheesh-out of his victims. but in the end
he invariably deceives the contractors. Nobody
the Shah has deposited the money or else pledged
his customs-not to the individual grantee, but
to his government Engagements entered into
by the Shah to individuals or private corpora
tions are not binding The former minister,
Mr.. Benjamin, obtained some kind of concession
from the Shah. but it fell through, and Benja-
min only got laughed at. The line of road Sc
lected BIZ Mr. Winston is the English road to the
gulf. 1t is longer but not so rocky as the road
to the Caspian that the Russians want One
reason why Mr. Winston's road will surely never
go through is because the Russians will never
give their consent to railroad injurious to their
interests They are quite clever enough to balk
Mr.. Winston's little scheme, and they under
stand Persia and tbs Persians far better than he.