The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-04-22
CHICAGO LETTER.

The Graham and Morton steam.
ship Chicora sailed from Milwaukee
for Benton Harbor, Mich, on the
9th of January, on what was to be
its last trip of the season, with a
cargo of thirty car loads OF -four,
a crew of sixteen men and one pas
senger. Days went by and no evi-
dence of the Chicora was seen in
Benton Harbor, and fears began to
rise for her safety, But as she was
a boat built for the winter trade
and only two Yeas old, the owners
thoaght she was most In.ely wedged
in ice somewhere, and rested upon
that opinion, it seemed reasonable
to suppose that to be the case, for
the Chicora remained wedoed in ice
foe two weeks ou Y year before.
In a iew,days all SORTS ofrumors of
the tiudips Of wrecGa9e from the
boat began circut}tlon. Whclp por-
tions OF her guuwllas, cdbjos, spars
and the door to the Office were
found by searches, s, all hope was
abandoned OF ever seeing auy Of the
crew again alive, A few days ago
a bottle was found containing a
note from the chief engineer Of the
iII-fated boat, stating tb2t the cap
tain and mate had been washed
overheard and we're drowned and
the engines broken down, he
expecting to so TO the bottom
every minute, The bottle Was pick
ed up on the east shore of Lake
Michigan. On Tuesday morning a
barrel Of -four from the cargo and
portions of the roof and cabin and a
door were picked out Of the lake on
Twenty-siXth street, Chicago, and
Thursday more -four was found on
this shore, The steamship compa-
ny intends to drag the lake for the
bull of the boat, but the coming
ashore OF the -four at this point
gives rise to the theory that the
Chicora was near Chicago when
disaster overlook them.
James w. Scott, of the Times
Herald, this city, died suddenly in
New York, Sunday l4th. Mr., Scott
had been quite busy for several
weeks perfecting the consolidation
of the Times and Herald and his en-
ergies we're heavily taxed. He in
tended to transact little business
in New York, then going to some
southern resort for Il respite from
labor. His funeral occurred on the
18th and the concourse of people in
attendance was large The death
of Mr., Scott leaves the manage
ment Of the Times-Herald and Ev-
en;ng Post in new hands, but the
well understood policy Of Mr., Scott
will sway these two papers,
The Democratic state central
committee Of Illinois a few days
since came out for free silver. The
president Of the Union League Club
Judge Mcconnell, has ayowed his
allegiance to free silver and tender
ed his resignation to the club, The
Union league Club is composed Of
Democrats, and with few exceptions
the members are with President
Cleveland on the money issue. The
members who have had themselves
interviewed, say that the Demo.
cratic part will read out of it's ranks
the free silver advocates and will
support nothing but a sound money
platform, The free silver idea is
entertained by the majority Of the
Democratic bosses, Governor Alt
geld and Secretary of State Hen
richsen included, it seems as though
the Democratic party in Illinois will
be able to read out the gold bugs,
1t gives me pleasure to read Of
the rapid gait with which my old
schoolmate and chum Bob Lee
Burk overlook the West side city
secretaryship,
The moral wave seems to have
swept Texarkana as much as the
anti-wave swept the state Of Texas
a few years ago II has not been
many years since the number OF
saloons in TeXarkana equaled the
total of all other business houses,
Time will work out the salvation of
the world, yet,
win Mccartney adheres well to
his love for wheels, Only a few
years since and win was very much
youth then, he was the owner Of
the only 'bike' in TeXlrkana He
was a first class wheelman then, and