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Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
HOW DISEASE COMES.

Thrifty Young German Immigrant who
Brought Disease and Death Ashore Ia
His Luggage from an Infected ship
Rather than Destroy 1t, according to
Orders.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Jan. 17.-residents
of Cumberland and vicinity in the
southern part Of Cass county are
greatly excited over an outbreak OF
smallpox in a malignant form, which
was not recognized until scores of per-
sons had been exposed. A young Ger
man immigrant brought the disease to
the home Of Henry Borchers in bundle
of clothing The bundle was opened by
Borchers' little girl, who was taken
sick and died. Borchers and another
member of the family have also died,
and two others are very sick.
The family was attended by DR.. Muir
phy. of Cumberland, who failed todiag-
nose the cases properly. The true dis
ease became known when "a German
girl, who came over with the young
man. revealed the fact that there were
cases Of smallpox on board the ship
Solar, on which they came to New
York, and that they had been quaran-
tined. At the close Of the quarantine
period, according to her story, the inn
MIGRANTS were instructed to throw their
luggage overheard. The young man
secreted his small bundle of clothing
and brought it ashore, and with it the
disease germs
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

EX-PEEsIDENT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
died at Fremont, Ohio, on the nth.
The Standard Oil Company has in
creased the price of crude oil to 4211
sents barrel in the Northern district
md 40 cents in the Southern district
THE situation on the Ohio river grows
more serious every hour. 1t is solid
from end to end, and a sudden thaw
would sweep millions of dollars worth
of property out of existence.
ACCORDING to the oldest inhabitants
of Manhattan Island, this winter has
not had an equal in point of severity for
thirty-five years.
Col. RICE, commanding the Colum-
bian Guards, who keep watch of the
Worlds Fair grounds, forbade the men to
use earmuffs during the present blizzard.
He says it makes them look unsoldierly.
THE Louisiana State Lottery has been
granted charter from the Republic of
Honduras, and will move its business to
that country on the expiration OF its
present charter, which will be January
l, 1894.
THE autopsy held upon Ben Buffers
body shows that his death was caused
by the bursting of small blood vessel
on the brain during a severe coughing
spell.
AT Plainfeld, N. j., on the 10th, a
slight earthquake shock was felt. A
heavy rumbling noise was heard. and
windows and doors ratified. The direc-
ton of the shock was from west to east.
THE Tennessee river at Sheffield,
Ala, is frozen over solid from bank to
bank. This is the first time it has oc-
Cured since the winter of 1872.
In the Federal court at Wichita, Kan,
on the 10th, Thomas McGill secured a
verdict for $4,000 against the Western
Union Telegraph Company for failure
to promptly deliver a message.
LOUIS BENDER, a 'ttrusty." in en-
deavoring to escape from the peniten-
tiary at Jeffersonville, Ind, on the 10th,
swan the icy Ohio to the Kentucky side.
When captured he was in a 4semi-con-
scious condition and his clothes had to
be cut from his body.
The continued cold weather has in
creased the suffering at Homestead,
Penn, and it is stated that nearly 800
people are on the verge of starvation.
AT st. Vincent Mimi, on the 10Th,
the thermometer registered 40 degrees
below zero and the cold was nearly as
severe all over the western part OF the
State.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
THAT CARNEGIE CHECK.

District Attorney Burleigh Processes to
Believe There was Nothing Irregular
About DIR. Cooper Receiving $500 Tor
Testifying In the Homestead Poisoning
Cases.
PIrTsBURGH, Pa. Jan. 17-Among
the spectators in court yesterday was
Mr.. Kaiss, the Baltimore coal dealer
In speaking Of the letter by DR.. Cooper
in which he said he got $500 for testi-
fving in the Dempsey case, and which
letter was turned over to Mr.. Porter OF
the defense by Mr.. Kaiss, District At
torney Burleigh said: 81 will make no
objections to the offering Of that letter
by counsel for the defense. Even If
Mr.. Cooper did receive $500 for coming
here there was nothing irregular in
such proceeding"
'You can say" continued Mr. Bur-
leigh, "that this case is in my hands as
district attorney, and that under no
circumstances will I permit witness
to 90 upon the stand who has been cor
ruptly influenced. People might infer
after learning that a doctor had been
Maid for his time that | am juggling
with justice. AS have said, have
fuI charge of the case, and You can
state positively that will not allow
anv witness to testify il ! have reason
10 believe that he has been undI1ly IN
fuenced."
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
LAID TO REST.

Citizens of All Degrees, Civil and Military,
Governed and Governing, Assemble at
Lowell, Mass, to Pay the Last Honors tn
the Memory of benjamin. II. Butler,
Soldier, Statesman and Jurist.
LOWELL, Mass, Jan. 17.-Yesterday
the foremost citizen-soldier of Massa-
chusetts was laid at rest with all the
honors, both military and civic, to
which his high rank was entitled.
Thousands gathered around his bier to
attest their sorrow at his departure.
The chief executive of thu common
wealth and the humblesr workman
stood elbow to elbow at his grave.
Maj. Gen. Benjamin T. Butler, jurist,
eX-congressman and ex-governor, re-
ceived in death the full measure of rec
ognition which was denied him in life.
He was buried as the friend Of the
people. Death had quieted all disscn-
sions and ended all strife. They
were true mourners who laid the
statesman at rest A whole city
mourned his death, a commonwealth
ceased its executive duties to bury its
former chief. The veterans of the
great civil struggle, in which the dead
man figured so prominently, rallied
around him by thousands on his last
march, eager to show by their devotion
that they accorded to him the full
measure of credit for what he had done
to save the nation in it's hour of peril.
The bench and the bar sent their most
honored representatives to bury the
great lawyer.
The private services were held at the
house, the eulogy was spoken and the
family surrendered the body to those
who had been associated with him in
the greater affairs Of public life, and
who asked the privilege of laying the
body in the grave.
More than 10000 people looked at the
face of the departed warrior at
Huntington hall yesterday morning.
The crush on the sidewalks near the
entrance of the hall, was frightful.
Nothing like this crush had ever been
seen in Lowell
At 1880 the hall was closed and the
body Of Gen. Butler was surrendered
by the Grand Army, in whose keeping
it had been, to the state military au-
thorities. To them was assigned the
duty of giving it military burial.
| Long before the hour Of the services
| in the church, the sidewalks in the
neighborhood began to be'crowded, and
when the body was carried from the
hall across the street, fully $4,000 peo-
pie were in sight.
Among those present at the services
in the church were Gov. Russell and
staff; the governors council; the COM
mittee of the legislature; Gov. Smith
and staff, Of New Hampshire; Gen.
John Palmer, past commander-in-chief
of the G. A. r., and the present COM
mander was represented by Inspector
Goodale and aides.
Rev, DR.. Chambre conducted the re-
ligious services, the Masons gave q
short ritual and the volley was fired
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

On the 18th the trial of Hugh Demp-
sey, district master workman of the
Knights of Labor, and J. M. Davidson
and Robert Beatty, cooks, charged with
poisoning non-union workmen in the
Homestead CPa.) steel mill during last
August, began in Pittsburgh.
On the 18th the sloop Shawmut was
burned, while lying at the wharf at
Boston. Two of her crew, Frederick
Allchrist and Charles Benl1eson, who
were sleeping in the cabin, perished in
the flames.
NEWS from st. Paul de Loanda, An
COLA, West Africa, gives an account Of
collision on down grade, between a
locomotive on the Congo railway and a
wagon loaded with dynamite and gum
powder, the concussion exploding the
dynamite and causing the death of fifty
persons, including M. Liquene. head OF
the Societe Anoyme Beige.
On the 10th Kornell 10th, Hunga-
rian, 26 years old, was electrocuted at
Dannemora, n. Y, for the murder of
Mrs. Ettie Eemasck, at her home in
Schenectady.
AT Brewster, N. Y, fire broke out in
the town hall, on the 18TH, and before
it could be checked had destroyed the
town hall, Smith & Bro. S store, ID. A.
Lobsdell's store, S. A. Merrett's bot
ting establishment, the post office and
the printing office of the Brewster
Standard. entailing loss Of upwards
of s100, 900, with insurance ofabout s75,-
Qo0
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

A SIGNIFICANT LETTER,
Which Indicates that the Carnegie Com
pany Is Paying the Witnesses Giving Evil
dence in the So-Called Poisoning Cases
on Trial at Pittsburgh.

Which Indicates that the Carnegie Conn
pany Is Paying the Witnesses Giving Evil
dence In the So-Called Poisoning Cases
on Trial at Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 16.-The attor-
neys for the defense in the case of
Hugh F. Dempsey, district master
workman, Knights of Labor. on trial
for completely in the Homestead poison
lngs, were surprised yesterday by an
unexpected visitor from Baltimore,
who came here to lay before them a
letter, which will throw very differ
ent light on the trial now in progress.
The letter shows that at least one
witness for the prosecution and an inn
portant one, too, was well paid for
coming to Pittsburgh to testify. Will
liam G. Kaiss, wealthy coal merchant
of Baltimore, is the man who brought
the letter on, and he says humanity
impeled him to come.
The letter in question was received
by Mr.. Kaiss, from DIR. James Cooper,
the Baltimore physician, who treated
Christopher Spaid, an alleged victim
of the poisoning, and who testified
that Spaid was suffering undoubtedly
from arsenical poisoning. He was posi-
tive in his statement and would not
recede from it under searching cross
examination by attorney Porter OF the
defense, who quoted authorities to
show the doctor where he was wrong.
DR.. Cooper owed Mr.. Kaiss s1s.7s for
coal since last April, and the latter
says he was never able to collect the
bill. On Saturday last he received a
letter inclosed in Central hotel en-
velope and postmarl1ed Pittsburgh,
January 12, which is the day on which
| DR.. Cooper gave his testimony. The
| letter is as follows:
CENTRAL HOTEL,
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. IL
| GENTLEMEN: Please send me one bushel OF
| coal. think it is Sunberry No. 2. will call
| on you and settle the old account soon, rs ]
| have just drawn check for $500 on the Car
negie company. 1 will not return until Friday
| morning, when 1 will stop in.
Yours faithfully.
| JAMES COOPER,
| - 1858 Hull street.
Mr. Kaiss laid this information be-
fore Attorney Porter, Mr. Dempsey's s
attorney, last night
Mr. Kaiss has all along sided with the
| Carnegie company during the Home
stead troubles. DR.. Cooper, ne says, is
not comparatively well known in Bal.
timore, as his practice is mostly among
the poorer classes. He was surprised
when he received Cooper's letter at the
statement of his getting $500 from the
Carnegie company for testifying against
| the defense. Mr. Kaiss at once changed
his feelings toward the Carnegie COM
| pany and hastened for Pittsburgh.
Attorney Porter will lay the matter
| before the court in the morning and
try and show that at least one witness
for the prosecution was well paid by
the Carnegie company for his testi
mony. This will cause big sensation,
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

GEORGE A. STANTON, an insurance
broker of New York, was arrested, on
the 10th, on an indictment for criminal
libel. Stanton is charged with having
issued circular rejecting on the
standing Of the American Assurance
Lloyds.
Gov. TURNEY of Tennessee took the
oath of Office at his home, "Wolf's
Crag," near Winchester, on the 10Th, in
the presence of a legislative committee
sent from Nashville. Judge Turney re-
manned seated during the ceremony.
being still crippled by rheumatism,
from which he has suffered much of
late.
GEORGE r. GRAHAM, founder of Gra-
hams Magazine, is i'll at the Memorial
hospital at Orange, N. j., and his death
is expected at any moment Mr.. Ora
ham has been an inmate of the hos
pital for several wears, his board being
paid by George W. Childs, of the Phila
delphia Ledger At one time Mr.. Gra-
ham was worth between 5000, 900 and
$500, 900, but lost his money in specula-
ton.
EX-PREsIDENT HAYES was reported,
on the 10th, as lying seriously i'll at his
home near Fremont, 0. Neuralgia of
the heart seized him several days pre-
vious. While in Cleveland recently he
had bad spell and was hurried to his
home. He has since showed bad symp-
toms, and is now under the constant
care of his family physician.
BY the death of rich uncle in Aus
tralia William ii. and Robert Mitchell
and John Duff, of Louisville, KY, find
themselves heirs to something like
$500, 900 each. Robert and William
Mitchell are brothers and are half
All are butchers.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PRocEEnINes.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate, on the 11th, the death of Senator
kenna was announced by Senator Blackburn,
Df Kentucky, in the absence in West Virginia
Of the dead senator's colleague. Mr.. Faulkner.
The senate thsreupon, after adopting the usual
resolutions and appointing the usual commit
tees, adjourned. -. In the house no business
but the reception of the banking committees
majority and minority reports on the repeal of
the Sherman act was transacted before Senator
Kennas death was announced. and the house
then adjourned.
In the senate, ON the 18th, business was laid
aside while the body participated in the funeral
services over the remains of the late Senator
Kenna, of West Virginia. In the house in
the morning hour consideration of the bill to
promote the efficiency Of the militia was re-
sumed, but no action was taken and at 12:45
the house in a body proceeded to the senate
chamber to attend the funeral of Senator Ken
ma. after which, a further mark of respect
to the memory Of deceased. the house ad-
1ourned.
In the senate, on the l3th. bill to extend to
the North Pacific ocean the provisions of the
statute for the protection of fur seals and other
Iur- bearing animals was passed After short
consideration of the McGarrahan bill. the anti
option bill was taken up An amendment
which would have the effect to restrict the
operations Of the bill to gambling operations "
In the house the republicans flibustered all
day against the consideration of private war
claims. with the result that nothing was ac-
complished.
In the senate, on the l4th. Mr. Donelson Caf-
frey, the senator from Louisiana, appointed to
fill the unexpired term of Senator Gibson, de-
ceased, took the oath Of office. Most Of the
session was occupied by a speech by Mr. Nor
gan on the Nicaragua canal bill In the
house the session was practically consumed IN
the consideration of the bill ratifying the
agreement with the Cherokee nation OF In
dians for the cession to the United States OF
the tract OF land known as the Cherokee opt
let The government appropriates SS,O0O.o09
to carry out its part of the contract. The
measure was amended so as to allow the United
| States six years in which to pay the compensa-
ton, in the meantime ths government to pay
per cent. interest upon that sum.
| In the senate, ON the 10th, the reading of three
| prepared speeches occupied much of the ses-
sion. Considerable progress was made on the
| anti-option bill. Some amendments offered by
| Mr.. Washburn, one of them fixing the 1st of
July, 1S93 the time when the bill is to go into
effect, were agreed to. In the house reso-
luton calling upon the executive departments
for information as to the number and samount
| of war claims allowed or disallowed by such de-
| partments was passed. A joint resolution for
| constitutional amendment for the election of
United States senators by popular vote was
carried without division.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

lHE late Gen. Butler, with all his &c
centricities had his good side; and those
u the south who may yet feel inclined
% execrate his memory may do SO with
a little less vigor when they learn that
his was the first subscription to the
confederate home at Richmond; that it
was his bunting that decorated, with
out cost, the building in which was
nela the great fair in aid of the project,
ana that more than one ex-confederate
Spdier ;, owes his present prosperity to
Tue helping hand extended by Gen. But
,tf /. But the general never proclaimed
Hh oenetactions FROM the housetops.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

& IHE proft-sharing experiment OF
. sllns Co., brush and broom manufac-
s~erS at St. John, N. B., has worked
~ successfully that the contract has
.n ss.u: renewed for another year. The
ba.g bn'iigS OF the business were divided
$50. o."een capital and labor in the pro-
i. Il. m uoh which the wages paid during
Il as ear and the capital employed bore
each other, after deducting interest
,noa p'0aI' salaries of managers, allow
ne. .e ior depreciation of plant, and one
IL .1h@ i lor a pension or invalid fund
H. sHe benefit Of disa bled employees.
,bo.4 .nen received dividend equal to
woriS TWO per cent. of their wages, and
b.d NJ -, nave received more except for
N1Lo
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
SOME of the London newspapers went

SOME OF the London newspapers went
inVo spasms over the Bakersville (N.C.)
Uagedywhich proved to have been the
result Of the vivid Imagination of a
-, nienoaeious correspondent, and pub
.'sneo long TRADES on the carnival of
=, me IN America. 1t is doubtless true
1nat the sum total of crime reported
uaily IN the United States, owing to
oSr unparalleled news service, is some
mndt startling, but if Johnny Bull
"ou'o HOOK at home he would find that
;.',ne IS rampant in his own domain,
~ mat, for unadulterated devilish-
I'M London can show us examples of
,,,lHinailty that would make us blush
'O' our amateurishness.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

The final figures show that there
was an increase of a little over 9 per
cent in the bank clearings of the coun-
try in 1892 as compared with those of
1891 Evidence from other sources,
too, appear to indicate that there was
an actual expansion of business in the
year to something like this extent.
Moreover, no falling off is in sight. All
the signs seem to point to an active
period Of trade in 1895.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

THE anti-republican and other unrulv
elements in Paris are at a disadvantage
because of the ippossibility of erecting
barricades. Louis Napoleon built as
phan pavements and carted away all
the stones in the streets to protect him
sell against violent protests against his
tyranny His work bears fruit as an
aid in protecting the republic which he
sought TO strangle.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

THERE are free labor camps in the
north that are little better than those
Of southern convicts Contaminated
water, unclean rooms and bedding, inn
perfect ventilation and improper dis
posal Of waste matter are complained
of in Gods country" as well as in the
south. The cholera germs, should
they come along next summer, will
lack no accommodations in any section.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

:. FERDINAND DE LEssEPs excuses his
bribery Of French statesmen on the
Ground that he could no more help
bribing them than he could surrender
ing his purse to highwayman with a
drawn pistol If this is true, French
statesmen must have been taking les
cons from Russian bureaucrats.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

INFoRMATIoN as to the disposition of
the 81. 400, 900 of Panama funds sent to
this country would be more interesting
to the American people than to the
Panama shareholders. AS the money
is gone, the important questions now
are who got it aud for what service was
it paid? The answers to these ques-
tons are of chief moment on this side
Of the water
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

THE French presidents wife is ac-
.cused of spending too much money on
her dress. The French ladies, how
over must be allowed a little more
time to get accustomed to republics.
Women are naturally royal and do not
take to simplicity. Besides they do not
,o, store bills and taxes.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
VOLUME XIV.

TurgE is a strange silence concerning
~ Mexican ''revolutionists'' in the
nas+ week or ten days. This, perhaps,
inaans that they have got out of harms
,rar for the time being, and are plan
IN new raids of brigandage.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

DOES it look well for a minister to
ride bicycle?" is asked on a current
bicvcle calendar, and the answer, given
IN the words of Rev. A. S. Mowbray, of
Newport, Del, is up and coming: 'It
depends upon the age to which he be-
longs. If he is ember of past age
he'is manifestly out of place. Given a
modern man and modern invention
4ho,, a.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

NJ GAsrELLER, a French deputy, was
invited to a banquet a few days ago,
and when called on for a speech simply
,bsnked the company for inviting him
~ he its guest. and added: "French
aonuties are not often asked to BAN
0nets nowadays; it requires courage to
. 81 4bann -
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21
HUNTSVILLE. ALA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2l.

On the morning of the Il h VIII the
postmaster of Williamst., L, M s.,
entered his Office he found - the
safe had been blown open and the en-
tire stock of stamps, some 5000 in num-
Der, had been stolen.
DURING heavy sleet-storm, on the
14th, the French steamship st. Marie,
from Marseilles to Havre, ran down an
Italian bark off Vile Franco. The
bark went down with all her crew of
thirteen men.
DOMINGO TARAGNELLo, an italian,
and Sing Kee, q Chinese, were hanged
at Nanaimo, B. c., on the 10th. Each
murdered d fellow-countryman Kee
walked to his doom firmly, while Ta-
ragnello had to be dragged to the scaf-
fold.
COUNT JOHANN KRAsIcKs, mem ber of
the upper house of the Austrian parlia-
ment, committed suicide in Vienna, on
the 10th, by jumping from the third
story window of @ hotel He squan-
dered vast sums in speculating. His
losses deranged his mind.
THE Massachusetts, buildings at the
Worlds fair narrowly escaped destruc-
ton, on the 10th, by fire. While the
watchman was getting drunk, five
blocks away, a stove upset in the struc-
ture. The damage was not serious.
MISCELLANEOUS.
IT is announced that Russia will
send three warships to New York to
AL n,-4 Il eA~,o4 ,<~x,
in connection with the Columbus fetes.
These vessels will be under the COM
mand of Admiral Kazenakoff.
On the 14th, at the session of the in
| dependent labor party at Bradford.
England, the miners committee re
ported in favor of the abolition of over
time, piece-work and drill-work; the
establishment of forty-eight hours as a
legal weeks work; the making of pro-
vision for the sick and disabled and for
| orphans and aged widows; the collec-
tive ownership of land; adult suffrage,
and the abolition of the house of lords.
| IT is announced that the deepening
of navigation in the ST. Lawrence and
elsewhere is to be completed upon a
|
years time vessels of 1900 tons burden
will be able to steam from Great Britain
| into Lake Superior.
| A LINE of swift ocean steamers is *
| be established between Canada and
Great Britain, completing the through
Canadian line from Great Britain to
Asia.
THE vicinity of Mount Pleasant, Ia.
has nearly had an epidemic of gold
hunting. While digging a post-hole
recently, Farmer Riddle found pot
containing 5000 in gold. He concluded
it was buried by his father and divided
the money among relatives. Now 9th.
ers have gone to digging post-holes.
News was received on the 10th that
indicates that the long threatened rev.
olution against the government OF
President Hippolyte of Hayti has bro
ken out. 1t is stated that battle had
been fought in the streets of L'Anse dc
Neau, a settlement back of Port-au.
Prince
Huntsville gazette., 1893-01-21

,bo,,t,a nave the impression that the
,;t ,;~Hlng up of 4 building thirteen stories
sro " an explosion, followed by a
roni1 - occurred recently in Chicago.
..hosa ho not oe a pleasant diversion for
lnlucl,r roupying the upper story of that