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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29
HYPN0TIZING SOTHERN.
From The Boston Globe


o"Ss r. H. sOthcrn Il remember a practical
J JON when my father played in St. Louis when !
MN en- tour In 1873. IL seems that a
pIp'eso' W ne,,neiism called Caldwell met the gov
erIOr III ING niaid room OF the hotel and annoyed
last The governor said ~ P'"e'' AZ
lyon cannon possibly influence me, sir I am a
most b.tindtc subject and no one has vet GA ~ a
in placing me IN mcsmeric state 'u
This but seemed to Increase CadwelI's anVi.,v 10
make trial, an! 3ipr small wager had Icot T.. "a
upon the result he commenced making his u,,ssn do
fore my fathers eyes To the delight and astonisb
mcnt my father seemed 20 Yield almost immedjat Ii,
20 the Influence. and In a very few moments was fni
lowing every command which the professor gave him
very soon, however. my father seemed to he seized
with "A violent It, and fen writhing 10 the floor In
valid did Caldwell Male his reverse passes Ills every
movement but seemed 10 Increase my fathers agony
Just at This entered the room. They lad lifted
my father from The 1oor and laid him upon Il billiard
table They had torn open his clothing about his neck
and dengcd him with water. As he lay face down.
ward upon the table. lac presented Il most alarming
spectacle and that and the evident agitation Of the
professor so aroused my b0yish fears that began TO
err bitterly. Al this the dear old governor made a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29

most terrific gasp and as looked at h Times "a" Them
deItberatcIy wink his eye at me scvcral unics. -.
ho,r ~ was only one OF his jokes. ana, gong I'd
Inc room sent his valet TO take care Of nm h ne so
Iored closely was not allowed to enter the room
As soon as the door fairly shut the governor gov
INTO dry suit of clothes ordered dinner served lr
he room which being en- suite had an entrance
from another hallway, and after dinner went quietly
10 the theatre to play. ~
before the door begging every one 10 let nm see Mr
Sothcrn, as he was the only one who could dlSpe
this hypnotic innunce without the counteractng 0f
which Mr. SGthern might suffer very seriously. lie
remained there several hours when seeing me leave
the he asked. anXiOusly. How is your father
feeling now n
"'Pretty well. 7 fancy I replied. sic has been
playing at the Olympic Theatre for the last hour or
two
Caldwell started at me as though he Thought was
crazy and rushed down the stairs. AS ne never re
tnrned I fancy he learned he was the victim OF
one Of the dear old governors practical jokes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29
TIE GROWING Usefulness OF RATTAN.
MANY ORNAMENTAL AND NECESSARY ARTICLES
NOW MADE FROM THE REED

MANY ORNAMENTAL AND NECESSARY ARTICLES
NOW MADE FROM TIE REED.
The useful and ornamental things that arr now
made out Of rattan form an interesting exhibit and
becoming and popular and fashion
able. The within Of furnishing summer homes espc
cially. this year I'm rattan and ciinz has caused an
unusual demand for the reed and no can deny
that the combination I, effective in many
ways. 1t imparts greater air of GOODNESS to a room
than solid furniture and admits of charming
contrasts with the chinH. which Is used even to
cover the walls without imparng All appearance
of gaudiness. 1t IS cheap, too when compared with
wooden furniture Of equal appearance and Is reason
ably durable. Complaint Is made Of it that f.
whiteness Is lost ami that II readily yellow
or even dirty in appearance. This IS true TO certain
extent, but yet while 1t is fresh It Is charming and
when it begins to soil it is easily stained the color of
old oak, and be kept looking as good as new by
repeated coats of the STAIN which any housewife can
apply herself until IT falls apart through az"
one of IFS latest applications IS 10 mural decora-
tons 1t being made into striking dadOa and cell
ing ornaments which readily kept clean. easily
washed and can be painted otherwise Ornamcnted
In many ways Complete suits of bedroom furniture
are now also covered with the same woven material
IL used to cover the seats OF cars. trunks made
Of the round reed, which Is really the pith of the
rattan plant. greatly favored by commercial tray
bity. hghtncss and the resistance they offer to the
efforts of tho baggagc-smasher. These arr generally
covered with strong canvas. Clothes hampers. work
stands 5-OclOckt tea tables. chars. SOFAS rockers,
pcrambula0r, etc, familiar to all but some Of
tlur LATER articles handsome three corncrd what
nOts low 10 put before fire places larger fold
ing I'm three four folds and even pretty pOr
there's in which the reeds hang lcngthwise'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29
STANLEY AFRICANUs.

y, .,.+ mysterious land, whose s0mberness
=" An ebon wall forever draped In night ~.
Keeps undispelled by ray of outer ns""
An oedpus thou mad'st the sphinx oo''ies'
,rbe ages riddle Others tried 10 guess
nv fears nndanntcd with heros hnSn s, "A
The deepest secrets thou hast oroagh, !" "s"''
saved Livingstone and Emln In distress
When England lett them each TO die SsVao
And nv thy bravery made thySell thrY"S -
In human hearts. Now great In deeds WI w"
Thou hast returned. art greater sun a. vs'
Whose vanity IL trampled In the ausS1
Alone all great In thu spprewest Two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29
LATEST STILES ~ BALLOT Reform.

From The Boston Journal.
The Maryland Reform League, Whl'h has been
engaged in drawing up Il new election law. along the
general lines OF the Australian system mas made
rather unique attempt to solve thc problem Of
dealing with the very considerable Hntcratc vote III
the state. How to frame bill which sha accomplish
the objects contemplated In the Australian system,
without c'lcctng the disfanchisemcni OF large mum
bcrs Of voters, IS very serious question IN southern
states where the number OF iIliternc voters !, large
and there educational QUALIFICATIONS for the
suffrage. The Maryland committee mas nut upon the
device Of having the various party groups OF candi
dates enclosed within different gcomelicm designs,
for example, the Democratic candidates IN square,
the Republican In circle. the PrOhlDory In q
triangle etc. The voters being informed beforehand
as to these figures, all that would DC required In d
voter who desired 10 vote party TICKET would be
Intelligence enough 10 know the difference between
a square and circle. for instance. The elements
Of secrecy and freedom from interference would thus
bc preserved and independence n the choice Of
dldates BY an eclectic combination nom the party
groups would stll be possible to inc discriminating
voter. At the time IL wOud PROBABLY be found
that the majority OF voters would under ordinary
ixaIty' hsinv ,e,niorced by the facility Win
which the niarlin: by groups wouid be done. There
is little likelihood that any und oi reform bill
De wrcsted from such body as the mary Land Legis
Iaturc but The novelty of this eHpedient makes It
Interesting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29

/
orirre wears AGO we raised siXnch pipe YER
tcav on the outside Of the building. from cellar to
roof with a branch extending through the wall at
each floor. Each branch was provided with valve
which was operated by chain running along the
MIN. to the sidewalk where it in easy REACH OF
the Waterman or policeman. In case Of fire. 1t was
only necessary first to determine on which floor it
was then 10 open the right valve and fill the apart
mont with steam. 1t happened that the fire in
question broke out in the basement. Now. you
know. the old Fire Department always conended that
tbe worst fires were those that had their origin in
Easements attics. IL was often well nigh i'm
po,sibe to descend to the or ascend to the other
As for rs, II makes no difference where the blaze
heginS a. we have ladders 10 climb and don't
have 10 break through iron gratings our apparatus
is always at the right spot, ready for immediate
action at all hours of the day and night. When the
nollceman on his beat al Tripler's smelt burning
woollens. and soon afterward saw flames stealing
ranidy through the basement, he didn't quarter
NJ a mile to ring the fire ALARM he didn't wait a
ouarter OF an hour TO the engines rolling up, he
didn't wait quarter of an hour while axes and
pichs were breaking entrance for the hose through
iron and glass he simply stepped up TO pipe and
pulled the chain attached TO the valve In the base
ment Then he stepped back to watch the result.
In four minutes the steam had packed
itself 80 tightly in the basement that 1t
began to hiss and sputter through the cracks
around the windows. trying TO follow the oxygen II
had driven ont. The officer knew enough to close the
valve then and leave the two elements to tight II out
u needless TO that the steam prevailed When
the portos opened the door at o'clock they found tie
floor Of the basement covered with layer OF damp
ashes and charrcd homes puns, wooens packing boxes
aud so forth. The ceiling moist. the walls were
moist and window 0r two had been blown ont
That WAS all. The damage Amounted to $1,000
Under the old system of eXtinguishlng fires II might
have amounted 10 s2.O00,OOO more. What the
danes would not have devoured the water would
have destroyea-A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29

when ! was driving stage along the Lehlch .
said lean, good naturcd chan OF forty, had all
out She the only passenger had. and Just be-.
low wagonhuist's mills she asked me What that was
ahead in the middle of the road. looked. saw a
boar and told her what II was. We were going at a
pretty good Jog and she was bound 10 jump ON and
run back Iinf hung to her and assured her
tlg there was no danger. and She qnle'cd down As
lhc Stage approached the bear Siamhlrd ont II tho
rad. waddled H. the Top 81 tle knoll turned ahont
that he faced us sat upon hs launches and loolcd
at hs I'LL We got out of sight The lady declared that
~ was te most awful experience she had had
ana NAT she would never through hat section
again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29
WHERE STEAM WAS FIRsT ON TAP.

Had the system been tried esewherel'
"On very small scale at Lockport, n. Y. The
American steam Company first tried 1t in this city.
but its methods were faulty
"Wherc the trouble ?"
Principally in its pipeage It's mains leaked so
badly that the steam could be carried only short
distance. 1t used lead gaskcts in joints and the steam
forced its way through them.'
How far you carry steam under the present
systeml'
We are carving il successfully five miles The
distance it might be carried is practically only lin
tied by the friction in tho pipes. There is bound
to be some loss. but IT does n9t compare with tho
corrugated copper gasket for joints that has proved
What is the percentage of gas lost through leak
In the lower part of the city it is estimated at -
per cent. For the entire island 1t is about Is per
What became of the American steam Company
II collapsed and the New York steam COMPANY
took its place beginning operations at Cortlandt and
Greenwich SITS The steam has been turned of
managers report for 1883 in my pocket There were
then fifteen miles OF street pipe IN operation. covering
b. the original plant and small neighborlood at the
lower end OF Central Park supplied by Station J. At
steam as 1t were. by the downtown station alone was
500 tons a. day SaDac Gr nearly
was 5000 horse power \ supplied steam
for 500 engines and 600 different consumers.
The up town station supplied residences and hospitals
Gallatln DR. stephen A. Main II. VI. Flagicr. William
Rockefeller, the Rev. Dr. John Hall r. Fulton Cut
ting. j. A. Bostwick, Andrew ]. White. Wheeler H.
Peckham, General samuel Thomas, Sidney Dillon
Frederick Wolfe. ]. Rothschild Charles b. Alexander
General John Coclrane Horace L. Hotchkiss addison
Cammacl and scores Of others. I that in the
same year O5ssI the company paid the city Of New.
York $40 900 for the water which IL converted into
steam. It's plant NJ that time represented an in.
yestment Of 100000 Among among Us biggest con
year for steam 10 heat the building run elevators
etc, and the Western Union Telegraph Company.
which paid $4,000 q year Tor the same service.
turned into the city treasury % cents for every foot
Of pipe laid In the Streets
Nc Explosions. NO DEATHS
There were occasional explosions in the streets
were there not aud II man killed now and thcni"
The company never had an explosion never
killed a man, no. sir not one. In 1883 sixty four
persons We're killed In New-York by the horse cars.
twenty three by the gas companies and Ave by the
electric light companies. The steam company killed
none.s
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-05
Mr.. MCCORMICK DEAD,
The ES-coIIector Passes Away
at the National Capital,
SURROUNDED BY HIS FRIENDS
Tho Body is Brought to KIpgwool
West yiFgiplans Accompanying
It-SIr, White Decided Upon
for collector-othor News,
speelaI pLraleh . Me MLeliraer.

Speclal DlGiaieh 10 ne I'ttEliGaeT,
WASHINGTON, D, O., ne4,-The fears
Of Mr., G, w, Atkinson last night that
Ex,Collector Of Internal Reyenue S, p,
Mccormick would not live until sunrise
this morning were realized, The sui.
ierer expired at 2o'clock this morning,
He seemed to die of weakness, 1t was
apparent last night that his strength was
rapidly leaving him, Although con,
scious to the last, he was unable to con.
verse with those who surrounded his
bedside for several hours before life left
his body, Mr., Atkinson and Capt. James
NJ. Pipes and Mrs, Mccormick were in
the room and around the bed when the
end came. An undertaken was sum
moned and the remains were
at once prepared for, shipment
to Kingwood, The cofined body was
taken to the Baltimore and Ohio station
and were taken to Tunnelton by tho
1l:9O train this forenoon, the first train
leaving over the Baltimore aud Ohio
since the floods receded from tho track,
Commissioner Mason telegraphed to
Kingwood and arranged for a special
train to meet the Baltimore and Ohio
train at Tunnelton to convey the re.
mains and accompanying friends to
Kingwood, where the deceased will be
inferred tomorrow afternoon at three
O'Clock. Among the West Virginians
who accompany the funeral party as far
rs Tunnelton on the Baltimore and Ohio
train were Mr.. g, w. Atkinson and Mr..
John Frew, Of Wheeling, Messrs.
I. O. Miller and @. o. Ferans,
Of Fairmont Editor Tucker, OF
and DR.. Newton, Of
The latter Is a relative
of Mrs. Mccormick. General Golf was
At the station to see the party or and
since he has been in Washington, with
others, has been daily caller on the
liNF man
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-05

As the days so BY the horrors in the
stricken Pennsylvania communities in
crease, ind the death list grows longer
Each day adds to tho terrors OF the dis
astcr. Thousands OF bodies have. been
recovered, ind thousands yet lie buried
in the ruins, rapidly deComposing and
breeding disease and death for those
who survived tho awful flood of last
Friday,
Tho suffering among the dead is terri
bio, and the need OF money for their
relief Is very great. However, a gener'
Gus aud moro fortunate people are
nobly responding toe the call
md from every quarter Of the
continent hundreds Of thousands OF dol.
lars have been forwarded to the relief
committees. There is food and clothing
in plenty, and what Is needed now Is
money-monoy to aid in clearing away
the debris, to hurry the dead, TO care for
the sick and wounded, the orphan chill
dren, &c,
lnO .,s n'oSI ,,'a vUaDSa' Sa'S NJ ,on Thousand,
nIsns p."sUu ,,,''' tao 1a ". on ~ tho ground md
whl'' ,,a., SO''u mHO W. ~, fo,,ro,own heIoro
%e'G ,,,i "vg""V a", t,,o, % 10 nl,cs the loss Of
,lt' ~. y, % "t,oon ,bonsond il not an exup.
i..s.a llie ~ "''''" '"'''
B'rS"V"' r,'''a.., .,ono. # .rtrsriro among The
,1 t|uSa" ',"'",'.u a'u"'p roIa,iSes Of those who
S''OSs''vN' ,'.'.'. ,i,nis deo,hs and tho nil.
w., %G'S a,.Is sSops S " inCidon,s @ oi tho ood are
lu' on, S'O',s' , "Iu ,-,.s',sJ onI ,Lo oooorr,s
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-05

tion, Before the windows OF the head
quarters lies the great skeleton Of deaG
Johnstowp, The great ribs OF rocky
sand stretch across the chest, SCARED
and covered with abFasions. Acres O
mud; acres Of wreckages; acres OF nm
steady tottering bulldingsj acres Of un'
known dead; acres Of ghastly objects
which have been eagerly sought toI
since Friday; acres Of smoky steRminG
ruin; acres OF sorrow for somebody lie
out there in the sunshine, There Il
every prospect that the heat will become
intense later in the day and the effect Of
1t will be awful 10 think OF. Hundreds
of bodies are lying along the river banks
aud under piles Of big timber, and the
trouble will come from there, because
they are hard to lpd and harder TO dig
out,
Out in the centre Of the river on the
extreme OF the mass which rests against
the bridge, the Pittsburgh Rremen have
q stream playing on the wreckage.
They are literally in the middle Of the
river putting out a fire, Donares are
burning everywhere. Fire is the agent
10 help the committees get
rid Of the refuse and broken wood,
ONE DLEssINd,
BY means Of fire the Cambria Iron
has cleared away most Of the
lighter lumber and will soon be able TO
work on the heavier piles.
The completion Of the temporary
track and bridge, which permits the
passage OF trains over the river has
Ieen a blessing, for II allows the men
o work much faster than before and
o get their tools aud material closer at
land,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-05
PNEUMONIA SCOURGB,
One of the Natural Results at JOhnstown.
AGrcat Work BOIug Done.

One Of the Natural Results at JOhnStown,
AGrcat Work Being Done.
JouSsTowN, Pa, June 4.-Up the rag
gcd sides Of Prospect Hill, the same to
which several hundred terrified people
fed to escape the food last Friday night,
your correspondent scrambled this alter,
noon. He came upon a pneumonia
soourge which bids fair 10 do for a nun.
Der oithe escaped victims what thefood
could not, Death has pursued them TO
their highest places and terror will
not die. Every little house on the
hills and there are q hundred or two
Of them, had thrown its doors open 10
receive the bruised and hali.Clad fugi.
tiYes on tho dark day Of the 1eluge, and
every one was now crude hospital.
Half the women who had scaled the
height were 80 overcome with fright that
they have been bed.ridden ever since,
There had been pneumonia on the hill
but only a few isolated cases. To-day,
however, several fresh cases developed
among the flood fugitives, and a local
physician said the prospects fora scourgC
are all too promising. The injected con
dltiop Of the patenlh, The unhealthy at
mosphere pervadlng the valley aud the
necessarily close quarters In which the
people are crowded render the spread oi
the disease almost certain.
To-day a ray OF light came In the
nature Of q car load Of poviSiong, another
from Columbus, Ohio, containing clear
mattresses anA bedding, all for The Pros
pept Hill Sufferers, IN this eminVnCt
stands the Cambria oily hospital, and IL
this rambling cottage II resembles ont
ID exterior and comforts. A great worl
10 being done through The combined
agencies Of medical services, science ant
bfotherly love. The hospital 70 i
charge Of q corps OF Altoona physibianS
| which tue FbnnBylvAnia Railroad Com
pahy rushed 10 the scene tue morninI
after the flood.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-05
tue FIRE gxTINGulSlBD,
How tile iluins Appeared of Cllarre,
IindIaa-No Leaf OF promIse.

How tile Iluins Appeared-ACr OF Clarred
lIodies-No Leaf OF otPromIse.
JouSsrowN, PA, June 4,-The Pitts.
burgh FIRE department has about sue.
ceeded in extinguishing the fire at the
ruins in front Of the stone bridge, and
The sight at | o'clock was wasHomething fear.
ful to behold, and words could not bo
found to express the iullcxtont OF the
scene presented. In fact, when a man
looks at the sight he Is non.plussed and
hardly knows what TO think. No one
can realize what terrible disaster lie
sees before him. Looking out from the
SIndoY Of the Associated Press office
ones Hees before him the town which
formerly was inhabited by $4,000 people,
utterly wrecked, and the ruins laying Ia
burning embers Ia the river. Passing
along the shore you sec the inangled and
burnt bodies Of men, women and chill.
drOn laying on the bank In the ruins.
You cannot walk more than five or ten
feet without seeing a headless, arnleSs
legless body, Everywhere you sec the
ehaFFSd sklll oFg9ine former rcPldcnE pi
JohnStovI,
AZ / O'clock this afternoon the res,
Cuers came 10 The body Of a little child
which looked 10 be hardly six weeks
old. There seemed 10 be q smile npon
It's face, and was not Ia any way dilng!
ured, while not more than ton feet away
| lay tho body Of q woman who was In all
probability The mother oi the Ohild She
was 80 badly burned as 10 DO yinrecog'
niEable. Both bodies were picked up
and placed In one coffin All the bodies
that are burned 10 such an extent thai
they cannot 30 recognized are placed ID
collins and buried immediately, Az ;SC
this afternoon bodies were being taken
from the rulnB at the rate Of ono every
ilye minutes and there are al present
about flity bodies laying on the bank
The supply Of collins OH the west side p
thu bridge has ruin out and The corpse
have 10 DO laid on The ground! An 'eS
lfa supply Of collins u expected from
flttsbqlgh and II they do not arfiyl
. 6on, re Work 81 tepcylhg the bollei
from the burning ruins viii haye ID n
Stopped a the stencil arising from thl
] place 10 SomethlnH hotrlhlp, Tho WAlo
/. hAs reCeded In tile night almost as rap
q llly % came, and behind II remain
|. the sotriest sight imaginable,
no LEAr oF rRoMisE,
\ The dove that has come, las no grooi
0 leaf Of promise, for liz wings are dfNpc
y'Tlth The hue Of mourning and dOsoll