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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24
GREAT MAN, is HINES.
HE Is FATHER AND PRESIDENT OF
THE FARMERS RAILROAD.

only n Poor, UneducAtod North Dakota
Farmer. but ne Thought He wsntsd q
Railroad Direct to Duluth - now He
Preceded to Get It.
From IN almost penn!loss homesteader
to q railroad president Is quito jump to
tako In five years, but that exactly de-
scribcs tho change which ID. w. Hines of
Hannah, Cavalier county, N. D., has made
in his condition. He has begun an enter-
prise which, II successful will mako one of
tho most interesting chapters in tho history
OF railroad building.
few years ago Hines was hostler
working In Cavalier county, poor, unlet-
tered and unnoticod. Later he married.
took up IL homestead ncar Hannah and be-
cnnlo II farmer noted for nothing except
honesty, piety and unoensing industry
Ho had fair success and mudc u little
money. About two years ngo he surprised
his neighbors by announcing that no had
schemo for building a railroad across the
northern part of Minnesota direct to Du-
luth, and thus furnishing n short out out
lot by which the vast quantities of grain
raised in tho section that the road would
GROSS could be carried cheaper and quicker
to tho lakes.
Tho proposition Wns received with ridi.
Guile. Hines neighbors only laughed at
him when he talked about his scheme
But this did not discourage him. Tho
more he thought about it tho moro he WAS
convinced that his project was practical
ono and could BIO carried through. Ho
told tho scoffers that If they would not
help him he would go and find people who
would. So he started out through tho
country giving what he called railroad
talks" Flo showed tho farmers that their
profits on grain were nearly all swallowed
up by tho railroads that charged exorbitant
freight rites They could not but asreo
with him on this point. but when he told
them TINT ho proposed to build railroad
that would not only tako shorter route,
but TINT would be run in their interests,
they were incrodulous.
True he was not man to inspire conf
dcncc In his ability to carry through such
| big project. His speech was as ingram
| NAUTICAL rs his attire was uncouth. For
months no was tho butt of innumerablo
| jokes which appeared in tho newspapers
Of tho northwest. The moro mention of
Hines railroad WAS enough to raise q
| laugh ut any gathering. But he kept right
| on talking md Innturcd his plans He do
cided that the road should begin ut Portal,
| N. d., which Is Il little town on the inter
national boundary, and run In n direct
line to Duluth Moro than hnlf OF this dis
taEoc, tho scoffers told Hines, wns through
primovnl forest that had hardly been
penetrated eyon by woodsnen and hunt.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24

her daughter becnme lawyers because their
husbands were in the profession. but be-
cause they were personally Interested in
legal matters. They 1.-Two together, family
OF four attorneys, but have separate Offices
down town and distinct classes of clients
Around tho evening dinner table they OK :
change legal opinions and tell of their VA
rlous experiences in tho courts and con
snlting room during the day. Visitors to
.heir home ind that the atmosphere has
decidedly legal tinge.
New York seems to be q place where
women are making great success In tho
practice OF tho law. They arc Received MT
all inc courts, and 1t is no longer much of
a novelty to SEQ woman come forward to
pieau case Not all OF tho women who
get diplomas, however, study law with tho
intention OF practicing. Many Of Thorn
nave taken 1t up in order to bo able to
manage their own affairs, and some of tho
iair graduates have taken the course sim
ply 10 broaden i.:c," minds and get O good
intellectual training
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24
strong, stirring stories OF American Iifc,
with lots Of human interest In thom.

strong, stirring stories OF American life,
with lots of human interest In thom
The way Mr.. Frederic writes n novel Is
interesting. Ho pays but little attention
to the plot in his preparatory work, but
he sometimes spends years getting ac-
quhinted with his characters before Ito
puts them on paper.
II seek only to know my people through
and through" he recently told an English
friend who was interviewing him. II an
now writing novel, tho people of which
L have boon carrying about with Inc, day
and night, for fully I've years. After had
got them grouped together IN my mind l
set myself the task of knowing everything
they knew. AS four of them happen to no
specialists In different professions the task
has been tremendous. For the character of
Theron Ware had to teach myself all the
details of Methodist minister's work,
obligations and daily routine and all the
machinery Of his church. For tho character
OF Father Forbes, n priest who loves lux
ury and learning, 1 studied tho arts he
loves as well ms his theology. wadcd in
Assyriology aud Sohopenhauer and poured
over pnlimpscsts and pottery The story
shapes itself as go along, and whom 1t is
finished MN sorry
William Black, whose novels you will
lind we'll thumbod in any American libra
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24

water. That follows, MS a matter of
course. Ho las just written novel "Tho
Damnation of Theron Ware" which Mr..
Gladstone has pronounced to DO the best
OF tho century. This is indeed high praise.
for the Grand Old Man keeps ND to date
in all matters nnG his Judgment of fiction
Is acknowledged to DO remarkably good
and sound
Mr.. Frederic is q man who has climbed
from tho lowest rung on the ladder OF
Journalism to tho top notch, where no has
stopped of into tho roof garden where pop.
ulnr novclists dwell and enjoy all tho
pleasures of famo and fortune. Flo was
born i'll New York state, and when he was
is became u proofreador in II Utica news
paper Office.
From prooffeadins no stepped to report
ing, and thrco years later became cdi-
tor of the good old Utica Observer. In
1882 hc was appointed editor of the
Albany Journal, one of tho mos, ip1uen.
tial newspapers in the state, but by rasblv
swinging that staid old Republican organ
out OF Tho party and making it free trade
paper he antagonizod - lot of wealthy mon.
who bought the paper and sunmarily dis.
missed him from tho sanctum. He lost
nothing, however,, by this turn OF affnirs.
for tho Now York Times employed him ms
Albany correspondent and in 1884 sent
MN to England. Ho has icrn the London
correspondent for that paper over since.
During his IL years in England Mr..
Frederic has been busy with his pen. Be-
sides his regular weekly letters he hus
written several novels, among them being
Seth's Brothers. Wife, ".'In tho Valley. y
Tho Lauton Girl, - "Tho Return of the
O'Mahony," "Tho Copperhead'' and q
batch Of shorter tales. They have hae.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24
POPULAR NOVELISTS.
HAROLD FREDERIC IN ENGLAND: Will
LIAM BLACK IN AMERICA.

Each Is Popular In tho Others Country.
harold Frcderic's New Novel Wins High
Praise From Mr.. Charlottesville News
paper Work and Literary Methods.
Harold Frederic is an American author
who is very popular in England, and Will
liam BLACK Is an English novelist whose
books are most read in America. They
both stand very high among tho story
writer's of today, and of course all readers
OF their books arc interested in knowing
now they live and work
Harold Frederic. now that ho has gained
tho appreciation of tho English public, Is
sufo to become popular on this side of the
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24
no EDGAR ALLEN POE
ne MELANCHOLY POET TO Sc COM
MEMoRATED IN BRONZE.

= as House Whore ne Lived and wross
4 aac Raven" to 40 Preserved ~ ass New
Jerk Shakespeare soeiety aud Sssassa
8 % .Poe Park"
~ IL pretty nearly decided blssl alnts-
Hhing Is 10 be done to preserve sa'e ecSrssSs
$As Fcrdham, which is BOW Saed ct Ns1
3 York city. In which Edgar Ailsc gss r.Sqi
and worked and almost starred e~srn sSts
$40 lsao II the plan now nra,r e,s1sis.sa-
efien is carried out, the cottage Is ~ Pa
! moved q short distance fror, Sis cna sing in
Eerder that 1t may escape ;he Ssssrsessen
] which the building of a new boulevard ous
! 81 greater New York threatened. Il Is 20
3 hc established In q little PARK of i acres,
s5xc BIO known as Poo park, and statue In
) bronze, designed by William Ordway Par
& tridge, thewell known sculptor, is to DO
erected in front Of 1t.
For months past the fate Of this historic
I cottage has been hanging in tho balance.
1T had been left all undisturbed for years
gand visited only by an occasional cnthusi-
I astio admircr of tho American poet, whose
fame hos grown with the years.
A modest, unpretentious and apparently
embarrassing structure 1t Is from the ex-
terior. All of 100 years ago tho tiny little
4 house was built, and not half 40 substnn-
: NHily as most houses were thon. The
wonder Is thRt it has stood so long. But
there 1t is today, presenting practically the
Same appearance as 1t did half century
\ ago. whom Poe brought to 1t tho lalnentcd
Virginia GLENN, bride. 1t is simple
little l Is story cottage, sitting ond to the
street, with n covered porch along the
front. Tho white paint on tho clnpboards
{ has been recently renewed, the chimney
has been rebuilt, and tho shutterless win.
\ ddws boast unbrokon panes Of glass
The 'surroundingsa arc far different today
than they were when Poo WAS tonant there
AT that time Fordham was little settle.
ment In the great Wilderness north of New
York. Tho city where no slavod for n
miserable pittanco was fully ii miles
away. No elevated trains, no trolloys
were there to whirl him down in the
morning to his work-not even stage
line was running at that tiine--so Poe
must have trampcd both ways, hungry,
Z slick and tired, whenever he went to town
Now tho cottage has ns ncighbors houses
that aro but n fcw months old, with tho
paint scarcely dry upon their flimsily Gov
cred frames. us well MS tumble down sham
ties TINT nro old now, but that wero built
long after Poo Ind como and gone.
Tho interior of tho cottage has been but
little changed. 10 tho right us you onter
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24

~, finds himself even bigger social lion
when ho comes to America than no is in
London, where he dimes with the nobility
and hobnobs with all sorts of big wigs.
iio Is Glasgow born and bred, and, al
though England claims him, no Is still n
loyal Scot and for five months every sum-
mer hides himself among tho moors and
TENS north of the Chcviot hills Like
Frederic, Black began his career ms re-
porter He wrote heavy editorials for the
Glasgow Citizen md then went to London,
whcrc he became ono of the staff of Tho
Morning Star. He WAS sent as "a CORE
spondent to tho Austro- Prussinn war and
came back with material for his first novel,
Love or Marriage"
MIR. Black Processes to like Americans
very much. He must, because almost
every American interviewer who visits
London hunts him up and tells how he
lives, looks, works and plays. But the
Americans buy his books, and so no is
fecompensou. s. x. MACDONALD
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24

Some wealthy mon put up money to Dack
him and elected him president of tho road
Hines salary Is now only s75 month,
but IL the rond Is built, rs there Is every
reason to suppose 1t will DO, his income
VIII be moro than that amount every day
In the week. He is kept busy answering
letters from boards of trade IN towns TINT
want to DO put on the main limo of tho
Farmers railroad, and the boom is grow
ing every day. % CHARLES WARNER
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24
A FAMILY OF. LAWYERS.
Four Attorneys Among tho New York Nc.
Kinlsys, Two of Whom Arc Women.


Kinleys, Two of Whom Arc Women.
Women lawyers nro not SO raro nowa.
days, but two women lawyers in ono fam
lily is somewhat unusual Tho McKinlcv
family OF Now York city is thus distin
guishod, however. 1t is composed entirely
Of lawyers. Mrs. Addie l.. Mckinley l.
tho most recent member to enter tho pro.
fcssion. Sho was but short time ago
graduated from the women's class of the
University of tho City of New York and
was one of 4e women who had taken the
course.
Mrs. Mokinley's husband is lawyer
and SECRETARY of u railroad. Her daughter,
Mrs. Minnie L. Smith, IL also lawyer
and has been regularly admitted to the
bar. She studied at the same university
and was graduated two years ago. Charles
w. Smith the daughters husband, Is
lawyer too. Neither Mrs Mckinley nor
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24
The Alternative.

Cant you make the front entrance
wideri' asked one of the trustees, in
speeding the plan Of the proposed new
church little closer.
Not unless you build on a wider
lot, answered tho architect decidedly.
If the ladies are afraid of mussing
their sleeves i'll six foot doorway, they
Will have to go through edgewise. -
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24
A Qrcnt HrnIn.

Reed-You can make all the fun of
young Legalite for his egotism YOU
want to, but tell you he has power
full brain.
Wrisht-By Jinks, he must have, to
stand all the thinking he does about
himself. -Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-24

nscat an Organization CALLED the Poe Me
niosial association, which also objected.
These protests haye not yet had any effect,
md 10 is probable that Poe's cottage viii
ssantually rest in Poe park.
ALFRED II. RowLIY.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
THE CONCESSION TO Mr.. TERRELL.
WIVES OF NATuRAIIzED AMERICAN CITIZENS
TO LEAVE HARPOoT FOR AMERICA

WIVES OF NATtRALIZED AMERICAN CITIZENS
TO LEAVE HARPOoT FOR AMERICA.
Washington, Nov. 27.-Secretary Olney to-day re-
ceived cable dispatch from Minister Terrell at
Constantinople that twenty-six women, wives Of
naturalized American citizens. with their children
will leave Harpoo at once under proper escort, for
America. Twenty-three more women. also wives Of
naturalized American citizens, will leave In a few
days
The Minister also said that he had been informed
by telegraph from Marash that the Governor Of
that province facilitates by all means IN his power
the departure Of all persons on whose account APP
pcation for permission to leave the country is
made This is the first substai tial fruit OF the
cession recently secured by Minister Terrell In be-
half OF the wives and families of Turks and Arme
mans who have been naturaiized In the United
States.
The Department Of State has received official ad
vices that, through the efforts Of Minister Terrell
at Constantinople. the Vail Of Aleppo has been in
strncted by the Sublime Porte TO permit boys In
that villayet TO attend the school OF the 81. Paul
Institute at Tarsus. conducted by American mis-
sonaries.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
BROOKLYN LABORERS fEo L.

,oScsuoREMrS TO HOLD MEETING AND
LISTEN TO EDWARD MHCGh
The longshoremen working on the pioon,' o
front from Newtown Creek 10 "'is n NJ,
mach interested in the movements VI i"" .,r,
Hugh. the English labor organizer. VINO Is u'e''e
sot ,ahorers of the Greater New-York to get
..ca.nor nd demand higher wages or strlKe. i"e'e
has been no longshoremens union In brooNis" 'o'
the last seven years The last one was o'oN. ~
by the big strike which was begun al Inc s.,
of the knights of Labor. The men were ue
then In their efforts to get more pay. ana Tue e~
,.,o On discouraged them that they have since
A.ored m have ANYTHING to do with unions IN.
men now receive 80 cents an hour III, u's -
and As cents for night work. as ruie' 'e ,
steamship companies allow only % cents al, ~
for day and night work. The men hase "'
satisfied with these rates. They want o. GEMS q"
hour for night work and also for every hour ."es
ura obliged TO work after y o'clock noon "i'hou'
food but they have made no organlzeo oeinan "
the increase because they reared IL "o"'u " -,
fused and that their places wond DE '"n." "
cheaper labor. Now, however. they sec U's
for organizing, ana thes are S
the movement. -, ,s,.aa q
A reporter for The Tribune YESTERDAY ''@'eu .
number of wharves along the bTooh't"
front and talked with longshoremen ot menus.
an6 his purpose There seemed to be oi'is,on "a
.,,r,or among them as to the success OF Mci'u6" ,
mission. - "Ua
rant better ourselves now. There was time "neh
we might have done something Tor o"rsenes' '
now II "a too late If strike our places VIII oe III
.nediately taken by Italians and We Will De pei"'a
nentlv out of a job We had better let well enough
srhe knights Of Labor killed US last time; ,is saa
another man. I'VE were competing WIZ Wiz. s,o ~;
choamaLe-s and every one else and we couldn't stanu
A. We were ordered out on strike ana our ,,,
nrfered us more pay but refused II ana "elt ou,;;
and then found that the very people VINO no ,nst
~ o,t took our places We couldn't stand up against
shat and we had to give in in the end ,, =,
"McHugh" said another long shoremsn enH x wea: az
and there will be meeting OF ngshorsnen TO near ear
him and a big union will be organized Ihere are
At least 5000 longshoremea employed along 'i,e m
beach and most Of them VII De oniy 100 snL ,nion
embracing every branch OF our work before we make
env demands Then We will ask for 60 cents an honr
for night work and cents an hour for every hoqf
after noon we have work without our meas. AZ
often happens that the stevedores are IN hurry 10
load vessel and we have 10 lose our uer .b M
but we get left ourselves We want TO change tnai (
INIT We Will make no move until we are strong enough
TO accomplish something. One thing Is certain: we
will nave nothing do with the knignts OF LABOR
hut will remain an Independent organization
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
THE FLOODS IN GREECE.
voRTy BODIES RECOVERED AT THE PIRAEUs-A
CEMETERY INUNDATED-lMMENsE LOSS
OF PROPERTY.

CEMETERY Observation-Disclosures LOSS
OF PROPERTY
Athens Nov a7-The loss Of life by the floods Is
much larger than at first reported Forty
bodies have been recovered at the Pir@us, and
boats are out searching for persons who are miss
ing and who are supposed to have perished. The
cemetery at the Pir9us was inundated.
Tho water swept the burial-pace with
such violence that a number of bodies and skeie-
coma werc washed out of their resting places and
carried for a considerable distance No trust
worfhy estimate OF the total damage 10 properly
can vet be made but 1t Is known that the loss VIII
be large.
London. Nov 27--"The Daily News Will to-mor-
row publish dispatch from the Piraeus saying that
eighty persons are missing, and 1t is believed that
they were drowned ,,, . d,sra,c,
from Athens saying that the storm which caused ei
the flood was Unparalleled Tor yio'ncse;; ~ f,, was
Accompanied by Slight earihquakes The ,is. iissns
River which Is very small stream rose twenty
feet and all the bridges spanning IT, except Two
were demolished 1t Is believed that the ancient
monuments in the path of the food have not l been
injured The damage 10 factories al the firaeus
which is the port OF Athens amon,n,s to 2%"%p ~,
tica haye suffered severely, bu, the interruption %
Of communication prevents any Information reach
ing Athens from there.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
DEiTU or FRANK HENDERSON.

Frank Henderson. for tweniy-seven years az, IN.
spector in the New-York Custom House, died al
his home No. 25i Grand-ave.. Brooklyn on lh"'s
dav He had been i'll with the grip for several
weeks. but only within the last week was he COM
PEELED to take 70 his bed
Mr. Henderson was born in Ireland siX'y-'iie
years ago He came to this country wheh emu
He received his EDUCATION In New orK an ana 10.
number of years was a member Of the Old on Boarh
He failed in business and in 1863 was appointed an
inspector by Collector Grinnel, a pos' VII" Nr f..
held continuously up 10 the time o! his death ~ NJ
Henderson went to Brooklyn seven years ago; Hu ~
funeral will be private aud buriai VIII DC '''
Cypress Hii,s.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
THE MEDICAL CONGRESS- IN MErIcO.

city Of Mexico Nov 2o.-The' second Pan-American
Medical Congress held in this city on November 16,
~ Island 10. created quite an unusual interest in
this city and gave rise to the display OF unbounded
hospitality and fra,srnai feeling.
Among the prominent medical men OF the United
states and Canada who attended were Dr. William
Pepper Philadelphia Ohe president OF the first Pan.
Hot Springs, Ark: Charles A. L. Resde, OF Pennsyl-
vania: H. K. +. Johnson. OF Washington. d. G..
Sssveason. OF Chicago; Dr. Emma B. Cuhertson.
vice president OF the Academy OF Medicine OF Bos-
I'm ana Mira DR. NJ. A. Smith, surgeon OF the New
EnSiapd Hospital for Children.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
THE PROSPECT. IN HAMBOhG'
nocxs AND HARBoR PRESENT MORE
ACTIVE APPEARANCE.

x,xp,., sio,, or TOM MANN-THE wAREho,SH
,,n,xx or BREMEN OFFERS TO CON-
pRoMIsE-wILL ENGLISH LoNosiioHh
MEN srRIKE?-A RIOT IN LONDON
Hamburg. Nov. 27.-The docks ana ""' W.
presented a mere active appearance W
tng IN the fact that more work was oe'"e
formed than has been done since tue '''
gan. There have been many arrivals a,os
+ror different places to fill the
iced no s,r;kers descrting their employ 'nf"''
md seekers after work continue 10 air -
r,oot,po az the Dock Trades Union was
TIA ~ Arona to-day. 1t was decided ~ p'''
Zoe, ~ the Senate of Hamburg against tle ga
,,,s,on Yesterday Of Tom Mann, the T"e'''
,ahor agitator who was arrested as he wac
seeking TO enter Hamburg territory anu p'"O
nm hoard q steamer bound for Ensiahu'
prsn,en Nov. o7-The Warehouse Co'np"n'
here has offered to compromise VIII" ''' sum
Ing employees. uo,orv of
London. Nov 27.-Mr. Cathery' see.e."'s
the Dock Laborers Union. SAID III an 'i''e'
TODAY that the organization OF the 'ooN '"'''
ers in Europe was going on nssian Of gen
vote was being taken on the ques'oh Vi arioms
eraI strike Ballot papers from the 80,
unions of England and the Continea. 'arters Of
ing in If it was found thar tnreei terai strike IL
~1,,l,l
Would be ordered. He said that pfopapsd pfapaped a
large majority of the dock laborers LAY ,aso,vJi nion
s,rsSe hut they were going slow The union 0s
had every confidence in Mr. Mchugh. ,ha me donk ",
"details of the union here believed ina. ..r w." o-
iahorers in New-York were suhcient,y osses oi
~ani.ed TO prevent the discharge on ..,5a"u yISsIS
Srn, Eurone which had been loaded by 'Diach-
legs" ,., ,bo had pledged
a large party of laborers VINO 81, mau ,ha n,aces
themselves to go to Hamburg TO MI ,,p Iile this
Of strikers assembled at the Albert pooN1 ohnr @
afternoon under the auspices OF the ', fret iTo Gov
Association. for the purpose OF emea,khds docRs
Tamburg. The union laborers aoout .le ,,uinn uu
ara ,nformed of the intention of the nom
men and became indignant that s ,ngy strikers. S1Vu
lend their aid to defeat the Hamburg s",n ,,;i,ats
The union men armed themselves VIII W,9n.rs 1s "
81 wood and made an attack on the paGnieeS, nd
rhe latter defended themselves NigorouSiS' 90 ",
a. serious fight resulted. In the ena r,hered ,mJ
union men. who were greatly outnuihoTl.u, IT,,
were worsted and compelled TO retiea'r1 ruhurv
left the docks and took tralm am 1Ior,h,re TO-
from which place they will sail for ha"'"u's y"
morrow. To-. 90 ..Tbe Times"
+eerranhs that well Informed s,mpathizers "',s ,s
the strikers consider that the movees, o'd
homeless. especially in view OF the co'd "e"'"e'
which has set in.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28

enjoy the hospitality OF the OCCASION "hei.
rho blindness Of the women a supper OF turkey.
ham sandwiches oranges. tea and cakes was served
After brief Gospel service. comfort bags were dis-
tributed and the seamen in turn entertained 'he
guests with some Of their owr pecuhar sohss;
Gifts OF reading matter are very accePtapie ~ az
may be sent to the mission-room None. sIl,s
will be gratefully acknowe lodged by the ueasuit,' =,
Wainwright Uardie No. 30 Pine-st. Room No ~,
or by the secretary Miss Emma NJ Bangs NO "''
WashingtOn-St