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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-31

passengers turned their heads to glance
at the stalwart but begrimed man In
blue check suit who, with light in hand,
was busy examining the monster motor
that stood painting after It's rapid run.
They did not pause to think for hours
their lives had been lying as In the hol-
low of his hand, and that a single sig
nal overlooked or one moment of forget
fulness upon his post at "A critical mo-
ment might have landed them into etern-
ity as a breath of air quenches the flick
ering flame. Nor did Jim" Covington al
low any sentiment to enter his mind.
It was his regular daily routine, and he
went about it with the methodical care
that has become habit from long years Of
work in the same line. When he had sat
isfied himself that all was right and his
work for the day ended he hurried away
to his happy South Side home, where
wife and children were waiting for him
to join them at the family meal. lie was
found later by a reporter and talked
pleasantly and freely regarding his life
on the rail.
James NJ. Covington is a man of strong
figure and pleasant feature. Forty-one
years of age he has spent half his life
on the railroad. Lafayette. Ind, was his
birthplace. and when 20 years old he ac-
cepted a fireman's position on the short
line running from Lafayette to Kanka-
Four system. He remained there about
two years. He was shifted to different
lines, bnt finally went to firing on the
Lafayette Munce and Bloomington,
which is now a portion Of the Lake Erie
and Western.
After working there for two years he
was promoted to the position Of engineer
in 1880 After two and a half years in
that position he gave up the road tenn
porarily, and for nine months had charge
of the steam fire engine at Lafayette.
He engaged with the Monon people Dec.
Is 1883. first taking a freight, which he
kept for two years and then passenger
run. which he has retained ever since.
Covington has one Of the most desirable
runs on the road, pulling what Is called
the Cincinnati vestibule express. He
leaves Chicago at 1915 o'clock each morn
ing, going as far as Monon, at which
point he is due at ! O'Clock. On the re-
turn trip he leaves MonOn at 2.f5 o'clock
and is due at he Polk street depot at
5:30 o'clock in the evening. The run Is
eighty-eigtt miles, and scheduled time,
while It is two hours and forty-hye min
utes. is in reality much faster. It takes
dftv minutes to run the twenty miles
through the city and beyond the Indiana
line. which leaves sixty-eight miles TO
be made in one hour and hfty-ive min
utes. including stops.
= have made the run In two hours and
twenty minutes from MonOn TO Chicago
when It happened that | was delayed on
the start" he said. "Out Of that time
must be figured the fifteen stops required
for crossings. that win average from two
and a half to three minutes each. Many
times ] nave run fifty niles an hour.
I'm the twelve years that ] have been
with this road" said the engineer II
have never pulled on a day or had wreck
through my own carclessness. Such a
record. J belive. can be secured only By
the most careful watching. Have ! ever
killed a man? Well, yes; one, but that
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in hot haste for the doctor her
self. at the time of her broth
er's Illness, to the wonder
ment of the people who saw her shoot by
like flash.
The petty personal persecution to which
William c. Whitney has been subjected
for over year past, found a new object
of qualification in a revival of the rumor
of his engagement to a well-known lady
in New York. Nobody placed much faith
in the story because it has been denied
again and again, but there was an addi-
tional reason for discrediting it now No
notice has been taken of the fact that
Mrs. Perry Payne, wife of ex-senator
Henry B. Payne. died at Cleveland,
Ohio, barely a week ago. This lady was the
mother of the late Mrs. William c. Whit
ney, and consequently, grandmother Of
Miss Pauline Whitney. This death will
have an important influence on New York
society For one thing it puts the entire
Whitney establishment into mourning.
/ They win not attend any dances or din
ners, and, of course, Mr.. Whitney could
by no stretch of imagination, be conceived
as entering upon new marital venture
at the precise moment that his children
were going into mourning for the death
of his first wife's mother. To be sure
there are some vague stories going about
that this very death caused the prompt
denial of the enga cement stories, but such
rumors are rather wild. Hydra-headed ru-
NOR will not close her mouth, although
wooed by dulcet strains. Mr. Whitney is
. or was in Italy this last month, but is
expected in New York from week to
week.
Again are the rumors revived that Count
Herbert Bismarck proposes to come to the
United States in the capacity of German
ambassador. 1t will be remembered that
] xrl wa
man ambassador to Russia, the post was
offered to young Bismarck but he de-
clined it. Efforts are being made to in
duce him to take the post for a, time at
least, and then about September he will
be transferred to the United States. The
object of this is to crafty a personal wish
of the counts to acquaint himself with
official life and sound conditions in the
new world. The young man proposes to
tour our country eXhaus lively when he ar
rives, a proceeding that would be unusual
in diplomatic representative of his rank.
The touring, it seems, would be prompted
by the counts wish to recuperate his
health. He has not really been well for
long time. The count would be a decided
acquisition to society and his presence is
eagerly anticipated by the social sets.
Moreover, he is in favor of bimetallism and
was the first European to make use of
the picturesque figure Of speech depict
ing the American eagle perched in scream
ing triumph upon a silver dollar. So he
would or ought to be welcomed by the
silver men.
When the famous Vanderbilt yacht
party got ready for its famous tour Of
the Mediterranean, Marshall i. Wilder
was asked to accompany II in the capacity
of entertainer in ordinary 70 the Wander
bilt coterie. The merry little man was
tempted by a very hatteriug offer, but
had so many engagements elsewhere, that
he was forced 70 decline the Invitation.
had he been abroad. he might have made
things so hilarious that the little unpieas-
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antness would not have occurred, and
the divorce would not have been precipi-
tated, thus totally altering the course of
Vanderbilt history. However, that is
mere, idle speculation. Wilder first at
tracted Mrs. Yanderbilt's attention ut
a Newport picnic by replying to her ques-
ton what is that round, shining disc
yonder?" Madam, that is the moon"
Everybody burst into loud laughter at
this, but Wilder plunged into a discourse
upon the limitations of the sun with the
moon and saved the situation, and the
lady's feelings. But he missed the chance
of his life by declining to go on that
yachting trip.
Thomas F. Bayard will certainly be
a very poor man when he gives up his
post as ambassador to London. He has
Just moved into splendid new house in
Eaton Square, London. chiefly IT is I'M
derstood, at the persuasion of Mr.. Roose-
welt Roosevelt, who has now recovered
from the severe influenza he contracted
in the old quarters. Mr.. and Mrs John
Jacob Astor were Mr. Bayard's guests
almost Immediately on their arrival in
the worlds capital, and Mrs. Astor Is to
be presented to the Duke Of York before
she returns to this country, Mr.. Bayard
having already arranged the prelimina-
ries. This coming summer Mr. Bayard
gives a lawn party to the Duchess OF
X.
ness. now in the country, to go shooting
with him in Scotland this autumn, when
his guests include the Prince Of Wales.
Mr.. Bayaid likewise takes party to
Wales this July, in which the Baroness
Burdette-Coutts and Sir Ellis Ashmead
Bartlett, her brother-in-law, are to be
conspicuous. Now, what agitates New
Workers who are watching breathlessly
the dizzily fashionable career Of Mr. Bay
ard is the question, how on earth does
the ambassador manage to do II? He
was always very poor and his official sal
ary is only S17,5G0 a year. 1t Is feared
that Mr. Bayard will, as they say IN
Harry Miners district, go broke II he
doesn't stop. In America he was so poor
that lust before he sailed he had to sch
the famous bust presented to his ances-
tor. Senator Bayard, by the father of his
country, which was an heirloom in the
family. 1t fetched 81, 600, Mr.. Marquand
having bought it.
Mrs. Iangtry has produced new com
edy in four acts, entitled Gossip" at
Palmer's, with enormous success. The
piece is by Clyde Fitch and Leo Dietrich
stein. The scene Of the play IS laid at
Trouville during the season, the characters
being principally Americans summering
there Mrs. Langtry plays the part of a
charming American woman, divorce,
married again for the second time, who,
N tue course u tio pay 4iie'+ioaN7 ~ save
a very dear friend from repeating her own
bitter experiences in the divorce court.
The first act transpires on the yellow
sands of Trouvilie, for which scene some
touches Of realism have been provided.
rendering Il especially attractive. The
rest Of the action takes place IN a hotel
and IN a villa at Deauvllle. For the pre-
sentation Of Gossip" Mrs. Langtry has
engaged special American company. the
cast being as follows: Mrs. Barry. Mrs.
I,aaetry: Mr. Barry. SIR. j. ". Pigoft;
Mr. Stamford. Mr. j. G. Rlchman; Mrs.
stamford, Miss Ehie Shannon; Myriam
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Stamford, Miss Blance Burton; Col. Cum
mings, Mr.. c. p. Currier; Mrs. Cummings,
Mrs. Louisa Eldridge; Clara Cummings,
Miss Eleanor Barry Hallows, valet to
Count Marsy, Mr.. r. p. williamson; ser
wants to Richard Stamford, Mr.. Holden
Chandler and Mr.. J. Topper; CASTOR Bar
nay, Mr. Ivan Watson; DR.. Robbins, Mr..
Lowell Count Marcy, Mr.. Eben Plympton.
As soon as Mrs. Langtry decided to pro-
duce Gossip" she cabled to lie Perriere
of Paris ordering the gowns that were
necessary for the piece. As the period
of the play is supposed to be the summer
season at Trouville, the most fashionable
of European watering places, 1T is believed
that LIE Perrieres costumes embody his
ideas as to what will prevail there next
summer, consequently, the ladies who see
Mrs. Langtry will get valuable suggestions
concerning the forthcoming styles. 1t is
hardly necessary TO say that these gowns
are very elaborate and costly, as Mrs.
Langtry's improbable taste in the art
of gowning is well known and recognized.
The engagement of Mrs. Langtry is linn
tied.
That glittering and tuneful hodge-podge
of nonsense Little Christopher" is bring
ing the standing room sign in frequent
requisition at the Garden Bessie Bone
hill, as the cabin boy, Is a fascinating
figure There seems to be no two opin-
ions about Miss Bonehihs performances
she is nimtable. Her burlesque and
pantomime training in England made her
mistress Of her art. She understands the
whole alphabet-IsOt the first two or
three letters. No one can dance a nimb-
Ter hornpipe sing a character song with
greater expression, or frolic through the
mazes of burlesque with more vivaclty.
This week she has introduced Little
John Bull" and other swell character
presentations, which made her the idol
Of the music halls IN England and in this
country. Comedian Bigelow, as the Span
ish governor, now makes up with wonder
full fidelity as Mayor Strong, and in the
bustling throngs of the Midway Plaisance
scene, are reproductions of ex-Gov. Hill,
Chauncey NJ. Depew and other celebrities.
The electrical effect introduced by the
Cuban trio, in the last act is one of sur
passing beauty. David Wechsler.
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been laid out an hour at Rensselaer,, and
were about that much behind time.
Mr.. Barker, the general passenger
agent at that time. and Frank Reed, who
now holds the position, were with me on
that trip, and II was their intention when
we left Monon to come forward and ride
in the cab. They got to talking with some
men at the station. and when the signal
came to start they got on the sleeper. To
that lucky change of plan they probably
owe their lives. II was about o'clock In
the morning as we approached the station
Of Battle Ground. made famous by the
battle Of Tippecanoe. As | said, we were
an hour late and running TO make up at
a forty-mile rate or more. Suddenly, as
peered through the light sent forward by
the engine, l saw the switch target and
It was thrown for the side track. I'll
never forget how the target looked. It
seemed as big as a building. Frank MIL
Ter, who WIS firing for me. was my broth
er-in-law, and was at the moment bending
over putting coal in the fire. Frank, the
switch Is OPEN was my cry to him. as
mechanically threw the engines valve
which supplied the air brakes for the emer-
g1acy. Instead of jumping from the
steps ! got up through the cab window.
and using the window ledge as a boy
about to make a long dive would use a log
! sprang upward and outward, driving
myself forward with all the strength of
my legs. You see ] knew the ground and
remembered that right there we were IN
a small cut, so that If did not make the
top Of the bank / would be liable to fall
back under the wheels or have some or
the coaches fan on me.
THE fireman had no time to jump be-
fore the engine was out OF the open
switch and had turned a double somer-
sault. 1T was just as well. perhaps, for
I'm tpiy
and as Il fell forward he tumbled into the
pit, and after II was adj over crawled out
Of the wreck with hardly a scratch. He
found me for dead forty feet away where
/ had rolled after striking on my hip.
such was the velocity Of the train Blood
was pouring from mouth, nose and ears.
and when the town doctors examined me
they said / could not live until morning.
The kilograms giving the news Of the
wreck stated that the engineer was killed.
But with morphine and brandy for a slim
ulant / was taken home, and in a week
was out Of bed and in six weeks at work
again. have had to jump from the cab
window on three different occasions, and
as ! have always got off pretty well, I
am beginning to believe IL is a good way"
The number Of fowls. dogs and cattle
that an engineer viii kin in the course Of
a year would reach large figures were they
footed up.
Il killed thirteen head Of cattle one
night" said Covington. THE drove got
on the track some way and instead of get
ting off when came on they started TO run
down the line. If ever one Of them had
gone under the wheels It would have been
all over with me, but as they were all run
ming. / punted them over into the ditch
and went through them like big ball
through a bunch Of nineplns. II seemed
to me there were a million Of them"
-Borr0well-What would you do n you
were nc2
Buggns-Pay myself the SO you owe
me.--Philadelphia Record.
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About Those whitney Matrimonial
Rumors-Bayard Beggaring HIM
seIf-Is BismarcI1's Son Coming TO
America.
Copyright.
New York, March SO.-The social conse-
quences of the Vanderbilt divorce have
already brought about a serious complica-
ton in the charmed circle of New
Yorks 399.
The difficulty will have to be settled in
short order, but the problem. for all that,
remains still insoluble. It arises out of the
fact that young James A. Burden, Jr.,
very choice specimen OF a gilded youth,
WEEDS Miss Adele Sloane, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Douglass Sloane, late
IN May or early in June. Miss Sloane will
be the second granddaughter of the late
" llllam II. Vanderbilt to be married.
The first was Miss Maria Louise Shepard
now Mrs. William j. Schieffelin. Young
burden is a nephew to that I. Townsend
burden who is what Steve Brodie calls a
mus Achates to John Jacob Aston. One
VI young Burdens cousins is now Mrs.
frederick Gerhard. Altogether the young
4eiloW is very, very fashionable.
now the trouble is this. When the two
young people are married at LenoX, shall
william X. Vanderbilt be invited? He is
me brides uncle by ties of blood. But
MISS Sloane has selected Miss Consuelo
vanderbilt to be one of her bridesmaids
ana Miss Consuelo never goes anywhere
without her mother, and her mother will
not go where her ex-husband is. Miss
Consuelo and her mamma are expected
pack from Europe late in May. The en-
IRE Vanderbilt family is to be present at
thls Lenox wedding which is to be the
very SWEETEST function in the country this
spring. The affair is, in fact, to be a
formal reunion of the Vanderbilt family.
But however imperative may seem to
De the necessity of inviting Mrs. Willie
~ Vanderbilt for the sake of her daugh-
Ter Mr.. Willie must, it seems, be asked
also
On Feb. 10 last there was an auction at
which Mr.. Willie bought a pearl neck
iace with a diamond clasp. 1t cost him
Sio,OpO in our money. Nobody knew pre-
Clseiy what Mr.. Willie meant to do with
ms gew-gaw, but now it turns out that
ne proposed to present the object to Miss
sloane on her wedding day.
Miss Sloanes mother is Mr.. Willle's
own sister. She is worth S20000,000 No
uoubt she will be the one to settle the lit
,Ie complication. Every society man and
woman in New York is on the kee we've,
70 again purloin from the gem casket Of
sieve Brodie's vocabulary, as to the out
come For the first time It viii appear
now the Nanderbilts stand on this di-
Norce imbroslio. Miss Consueola has
more than once thus set her family agog,
notably when she drove her own coupe
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AT FIFTY NILES AN HOUR.
Some Hairbreadth Escapes That
stnrtIe Even OId-Timers.
Trom the Chicaeo Inter Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The life Of railroad engineer is one OF
hazard. There are a continual change and
a certain excitement in the work, how
ever, which lend it charm. The man
who has handled a lever and swept over
the rails with a ponderous train swirling
along behind him obedient to his slight
est finger pressure enjoys the work and
learns to love his big iron horse as the
care.
Many are the tales Of wrecks and dis
asters Of thrilling escapes and peril bare
~ averted that the engineers could tell
with their experiences reduced 10 words.
When the big engine pulling the Monon
vestibuled train from Cincinnati 10 Chi
cap0 came 20 a standstill 80 the Polk
street depot IN Chicago At 500 O'Clock On
the evening, few Of the hurting crowd Of
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less per for cash strictly built for satisfaction
Material lining and tailor work the kind please the and
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AstOnishment SEXES all
who view the style, pat
terms, quality and variety
Of our Laundried Negli-
gee Shirts at 45c, SOC, 68c,
|77c, 90c and SLIP IL net.

Please your boy with one of our All Wool
Suits with extra Pants and Cap, all for 500
met. We've treat for the boys FREE. With
levery suit goes ball, bat, belt and cap.
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THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
A NEW COMPLICATION IN THE VAN
DERBILT FAMILY.

AproDOs of WOman-The Truth
About Those whitney Matrimonial
RumOrs-Bayard Beggaring Him.
seIf-Is DismarcIN's Son Coming TO
America.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-10

ma 10 to cheat the cL ildtou Of Elhridge
Vuits out Of their hight oi property 10
t1e deed OF trust mentioned, and
plalntln declares that her own mar.
fiago with Tufts was valid. That her
rights anu the rights Of the children ~
against Eleanor nave never been ut.
gated Ia any court aud that unipss
Eleanor be restrained she will secure
letters OF naturalization, lake posses.
sion Of the property fp tue exclusion OF
the rights Of plainiiil and OF the chill
dten and Involve tue estate In mul.
lipliciiy OF suits
II u tnrre.Ute prayed that the estate
OF Tuis ba aimiuisicreI ny the district
court under IT, general chsucery juris-
tlcllon. That she be appointed guar
dian al Item o. tue children. That
rho be declare the willow OF Tufts.
lhhl Eleanor be ouioineI fr1m proceed.
ing In the probate court and compelled
TO come Into the district court Aud hi.
gate the question OF her fights.
Judge Bsttch granted the order
restraining Eleanor until tue further
order OF the court, anu set tue time Tor
hearing the restraining order AZ June
l5,h
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ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH,
The Regal nsgstia.

DOVER, Eng, June iO.-ln the re-.
gatta Of the Royal Clique Porte Yacht
club today, the Ailsa aud britannia
started Ut la.U2 .. IN. TIL. PfinCe u
Wales ana the Duke Of YORK were on
tue iormet's yacht. lhs ky wa
overcast, fresh northeast bfeez q
blowing. Both the big racers crossed
ths starting line too coon anu were
recalled. Ia the race iJr - ralefs, the
Niagara, S'ephuuie, Aubrey aud
buu. started ut 1880 f. m. The
Niagara crossed too sIOu and was re.
calloJ. anu consequently got away
last In tue ehtly stages Of the race
the Luna was about 80 seconds ahead
OF the smaller yuchis with the
Stepnanie second. These crate IN n
heavy thunderstorm finished the frat
round AZ iollows! NigHra, . h. m.
lOt p; Siepharin, . h. . m. 500.
Tue following were the times Of the
20.ratcfs ut the tinish: Niagara, 9
hourp, 10 minute, o. c3uds; Luns,
3 bouts, - minutes, 10 srcDnds; Steph-
anie, 3 hours, 20 minuler, ~ seconds.
The big yachts fnisn,I IN the iUl.
lowing TIM: Ailss, h. 80 m. o.;
Btitanula, h. 30 m. ~. TINS Britain
ula, however, won tbs race on time
allowance.
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Land Office.

The following filings were made 10
the local land oiiicc under date Of
JunH 10!
Samuel CLARK, Of Upion, summit
county, homestead entry VI tho west
half VI the northwest quarter aud the
west half NJ the southwest quarter ct
section %, township north, range
east.
Rudolphus y. Bennett, oi Mount
Pleasant, Sanprle county, fnal proof
Of homestead entry Oi the north nall Of
The southwest quarter Aui the north
west quarter OF the southeast quarter VI
section Is, township 1 south, range 4
east.
Murtlo Albert DIrsl, " salt Lake
City, homestead euiry VI the east half
OF tho southeast quarter u section anu
tue north hali ui the northeast quarter
OF section Il, township. south, range 8
west.
Anna NJ. Barnhurst, as widow Of
Samuel Barnhursl, Of Asny, Garfield
county, final proof OF Homestead entry
OF lots aud 2, The southeast quarter VI
tue northwest quarter, aud the north.
east quarter Of tnr southwost quarter
oi section o, township ~ south, range
west.
Samuel J.. Bltnhur,l, Of Asay, Gar.
field county, final proof OF homestead
entry Of lots . aud 3, aud the south.
tast quarter OF tue northwest quarter
objection "a, township % sluih, range
B Wptt.
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Logan b. Y. College.

On Wednesday evening tile presl-
dent OF the Alumni will deliver his
address to the association and Invited
guests. This Will DO followed by n
grand banquet at Hanks hoto.
On Tnursdhy, at II o.. M, tho com.
mencement exercises viii DO held 10
the Thatcher opera house.
T., u, GOwans anu w. u. Terry Will
have the degree Of Il. =. conferred
upon them. Harriet Taylor Lucy
Hoving aud q. w. Hendricks " IN
graduate from the advanced normal
course; J. II. Peterson, George G.. Jsn.
sen, Lila johnson, Lizzie McCarry
and Auna May Ralph will receive Ger.
tlilcsles.
10 the afternoon athletic sports ana a
fine musical program will be- given AZ
the RssOri. The day Will close with q
college ball In tue Opera house.