Vol. III. No. 333.
Charlotte, N. O., Tuesday Morning, April 23, 1889.
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THE -OKLAHOMA STAMPEDE;
BOOMERS BEGIN TO MOVE ACKOSS
THE CANADIAN SUNDAY NIGHT.
SCENES UNPARALLELED IN HISTORY".
Traths of Today Stranger than the
Dine Novel of tbe Past.
Purcell, Indian Territory, April 23.
The mad stampede for Oklahoma began
last night. The boomers could be held
in check no longer. They are now cross
ing the Canadian in crowds and rushing
pell mell over to the other side, and
they are doing everything in their
power to stem the tide. Every possible
contrivance is being used to cross the
river, which is still swollen.
The boomers made a- dash upon the
officers, and some of them were suc
cessful in reaching the thicket. The
rest were arrested and brought back to
thiscitv. Some of the boomers have
crossed the river three or four times,
only to be caught and returned.
An officer who has just returned from
Oklahoma reports that five boomers
were wounded and one killed in a tight
with officers. The boomers ran into the
brush. An Indian scout discovered
them, and when they were found by
the officers they showed fight. Those
who were not wounded or killed after
the first volley went deeper into the
timber. Scouts are again after them.
It was asserted here that the railroad
bridges across the Canadian river would
be burned before morning. A squad of
cavalry has been stationed along the
river. If the present uproar continues
there will be few boomers in Purcell by
noon.
BEFORE THE RUSH.
Fifty Thousand People Awaiting tbe
Time to Move.
Chicago, April 22. The scramble for
the virgin soil in Oklahoma begins at
noon today, says the Daily News. This1
morning, according to the latest dis
patches, fully 50,000 people are waiting
on the border of that small patch of
ground. Fast horses, ' railroad trains,
stages and all sorts of private vehicles
will hear them into the coveted terri
tory at the earliest possible moment.
Ten thousaud or more will get posses
sion of all the desirable land and then
they, apparently, will have to hold it
against five times as many disappointed
men. Everybody is armed. No gov
ernment exists. There is reason to fear,
therefore, that much bloodshed will re
sult from the general turmoil.
Many of the men who cross the bor
der of Oklahoma today will be residents
tonight of large towns which have no
existonce this morning. Towns and
farming lands will furnish a large part
of the people with local habitations. .
The rest will go to their old homes or
will help to locate gravegards in the
new country, or win Ducoroa squatters
in the Indian Territory, or settlers in
Texts or Arkansas.
The scenes in Oklahoma today are
without parallel. The sudden turning
of an uninhabited country intoacountry
teeming with people, is a unique inci
dent in the country's history.
NOT STANDINp ROOM IN TRAINS.
St. Louis, Mo., April 22. The Re
public's Wichita, Kansas, special says:
The first train south on the Santa Fe,
consisting of 15 coaches, arrived yester
day and there was not standing room
in coaches. People filled the spaces be
tween the cars and clung to the steps.
One enterprising boomer rode on the
cow catcher. The crowd cheered him
as the train entered the depot. There
were about 1.400 people on the train.
The arrivals yesterday numbered at
least o,ow. ur tnis number one-third
went south to reach the line of Okla
homa, in order to be ready for the
wora go. ' ' uthera went to furoell.
The railroad officials an greatly wor
ried over the nrosDects of mo vine so
many people. The side tracks are filled
with fiat cars and cattle cars, and gravel
trains are also in the collection, none of
which will be below demand. Every
thing on wheels will be utilized if nec
essary. Thieves are busily at work on
the trains, and many a poor boomer has
benn fleeced of bis all. 1 Here are no
less than fifty professional thieves un
der surveillance by detectives, among
them "Crooked Legged Baker," who
did active business in the "lightning
change act" in Pennsylvania in 1885.
The mayor of Arkansas City issued a
proclamation permitting the stores to
be kept open vesterday for the conven
ience of the boomers. They were well
patronised.
A disturbance took place at Purcell
between rival land speculators and their
adherents in which revolvers and Win
chesters were fired freely; however,
witnout any serious result.
PREPARING FOB CRASD RACES.
Five Hnsdret Ftllar Paid for a Hsrse
by Teat Norton.
ST. Louis. Anril 22. Srjecial des
patches from the Oklahoma country
say that everybody is on the qui vive to
mage a grand rusn across we nne
into the land of Canaan at noon today.
Five hundred dollars was vesterday
offered and accepted for a fleet horse at
Purcell. The horse was purchased Dy
Tom Horton, the man who expects to
reach a claim now proposed to be taken
up by a town site company which sx
pcti to build across the river, a city
wnicn win in future rival rarceu.
As manv fleet horses are being
brought in from Texas and Kansas, the
race will be most exciting, as they fly
across the country, the goal, a stake;
the price, a claim.
mere la as much, if not more,
. STRCOOUNO FOB TOWN BITES
as for sections. It is said that 82 town
companies are going for Guthrie, about
that number for Oklahoma City, and
about twenty -for King Fisher, while
there are applicants for sites on almost
every section. This makes the average
ettlei swear.
XbB trouble botweea the town silks
companies promises to be as dangerous
as that among the claim hunters.
There has also been brewing for the
last day or two animosity between tne
Northern fellows and the Texan es
pecially, including some 'colonies from
other States.
There were no soldiers or officers of
any kind to prevent their entering the
county. Some were encamped on the
banks of streams, women were cooking
meals and men were shooting at either
marks or game.
FABULOUS FEES TO GUIDES.
"Few persons know," said an old
boomer who was encamped on the
Oklahoma Hne, "What dangers I have
gone through to reach here. My party
had a cow boy guide, and when we
came to Chickasaw we were compelled
to pay the man 9450 to swim the stream
and bring us a boat in which we
could cross, and we then pulled
our rig and swam our teams.
The same thing had to be done at
Salt Fork. We gave our guide $100,
and if he gets us well located he gets
$150." Another party paid their guide
$250.
A DESPERATE SCHEME.
A scheme has just developed, the
magnitude of which, and the bold con
ception and daring character of the
men engaged in it makes it one of great
importance. It is every day becoming
more apparent that the lands of Okla
homa wiil be insufficient for the people
who will be here to claim it. As a
consequence, there have been organ
ized bands or companies, the members
of which are swearing to protect their
fellows. The leaders of the companies
have agreed that if any considerable
portion of them fail to get into Oklaho
ma, they will league together and take
possession of the Cherokee strip. Two
thirds even of these organized men
will be left, and in a week from today
they will have 10,000 determined men,
desperate from the failure of cherished
plans, driving stock out on the strip and
holding down claims.
The hope of the men who have this
desperate enterprise is to have so many
people in the strip in a short time that
it will be thought better to leave them
there than attempt to drive them out.
Arkansas City is the headquarters of
the engineers of the scheme, but auxili
aries are located along the line, and the
rush will be simultaneous at all points.
Officers fear this, and will endeavor to
hurry a patrol for the strip from Okla
homa to anticipate and prevent the ex
pected rush. It is well known that
such a scheme has been talked of by
Col. Cole and other Oklahoma agitators,
and at the present time they find it
most opportune to make their advance.
How Wanamaker Makes Them Tired.
Washington Cor. Richmond Dispatch.
The "breeches-maker," as Judge
Thurman, of Ohio, calls the Postmaster
General, is said to be the most talkative
member of the Cabinet. Indeed, it has
leaked out that Mr. Wanamaker tries to
do all the talking at the Cabinet meet
ings, and that accounts for some of the
long sessions with no apparent results.
It is no secret here that the big men of
the Administration are fast reaching
the conclusion that they have an elu
phant on their hands, and that they
would not be distressed to hear that the
Philadelphia!! had become disgusted
and made up his mind to rotire from
the Cabinet voluntarily instead of be
ing ultimately frozen out, as many think .
will be case in less tnau a year, it was
a common rumor around W ashington
when Clarkson, of Iowa, consented to
take the second place in the Postoffice
Department, that he knew, or at least
was led to believe, that sooner or later
he would have the first place. Still the
"breeches-maker" has many friends
and supporters, and they rather admire
the way he is squelching the politicians.
Cleveland Declines an Office.
New York Hun.
Lawyer Grover Cleveland formally
declined yesterday to be a Commission
er of the new High Bridge Park. Mr.
Cleveland in a letter to Justice Patter
son of the Supreme Court, who made
the appointment, said that he did not
think that he was sufficiently informed
about the locality to accept so important
a post.
It is said that he has other reasons for
declining the place. He wants to have
this summer and fall entirely at his dis
posal. He does not wish to feel hamp
ered by any business outside of his law
business. Things are slow with many
lawyers in the summer, and Mr. Cleve
land wants to be in shape for leaving
his desk for his fishing rod. He does
not want to settle down to the steady
grind before late in the fall.
Editor Wbitelaw Reid Resigns.
New York Sun.
Mr. Whitelaw Reid, who is about to
sail for PariB, to take charge of his new
duties as Minister to France, has placed
his resignation as editor-in-chief of the
Tribune before the Board of Trustees,
and it has been accepted. Col. John
Hay has been asked to take Mr. Reid's
place, and it is expected that he will do
so in the early part of the autumn.
Col. Hay was for many years the lead
ing editorial writer on the Tribune, and
had charge of the paper during the
summer and autumn of 1881, when Mr.
Reid was absent in Europe on his mar
riage tour. For the present the Tribune
will continue under the supervision of
Mr. Donald F. Nicholson, for some
years Mr. Reid 's personal representative
in the Tribune office.
The C. F. k Y. V. Railroad.
Wilmington Messenger.)
Cpl. Roger P. Atkinson, chief engin
eer of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Railroad, has been in the city a few
days inspecting the work on the Point
Petor terminus. The work on the
wharves is progressing very well, and
by tho 1st of May they will be completed.-
Over four hundred piles have been
driven for the wharves on Northeast
river, and eight hundred feet of piling
has been driven over the rice field for
the main line and the stringers, caps
and cross ties put on.
There will be eight terminal tracks
running from a point opposite the old
Point Peter Rice Mills, down to the
warehouse on the wharf. The timbers
are now being cut for the warehouse,
and as soon as practicabel work will be
commenced on the building. It will be
two hundred and eleven feet in length
and one hundred in width. -
Yonkers Statesman: - When a man
goes to work he generally takes oS his
coat, but if he is a painter bs puts one
00. -
COMPTROLLER DURHAM GOES.
A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER.
ACCOUWTS OF JOHN I. DAVENPORT,
Wblrn Csuiutroller Durham Intended to
Disallow.
Washington, April 23. First Comp
troller Durham severed his connection
with the Treasury Department today.
He tendered his resignation on the
charge of administration, and it was ac
cepted by Secretary Windom today to
take effect at once.
There are several explanations for
this action. Ope generally accepted by
those supposed to be acquainted with
the inside facts is that the First Comp
troller has taken a position on several
official matters entirely at variance
with the views of present administra
tion. The immediate cause of the
charge is due to a personal misunder
standing between Attorney General
Miller and First Comptroller Durham
in regard to the accounts of Mr. John
I Davenport as supervisor of elections
in New York. The latter presented
vouchers aggregating 83,200 for "extra
ordinary expenses" incurred during
last Presidential elections These were
being examined by the First Comptrol
ler, and he signified his intention to din
allow them. He had several conferen
ces with the Attorney General on the
subject, which resulted in an open rup
ture between the two officials; so much
so that the First Comptroller on Friday
last ignored two requests from tho At
torney General to call at bis office.
The Davenport accounts were then ta
ken out of his hands and turned over
to the. Attorney General where they
now are.
Secretary Windom said this afternoon
that he had accepted Durham's resigna
tion in the ordinary course of business,
not because of any fault with the tat
ter's official conduct, but because of
several newspaper articles reflecting
upon the administration which are said
to have been inspired by the First
Comptroller. These attributed senti
ments to First Comptroller which, if
true, must have made it unpleasant for
him to continue in olllce under existing
circumstances.
FESTIVITIES IN WASIIINUTON.
Tbe President, Baby KrKee and Other
Amuse a Crowd of Children.
Washinoton, April 22. Washington
children turned out in force today and
participated in the annual Easter egg
rolling festivities on the White House
gr junds. It is extimated that two thou
sand iersons, fully throe-fourtlis of
them children, wore on the grounds
during the day. The day was balmy
and springlike and light predominated.
At one o'clock the President came
down into the East Room and shook
hands with several hundred grown
poople and children. After lunch he
came out on the rear porch of the man
sion with Benjamin McKee in his arms,
accompanied by Mrs. Harrison, Russell
Harrison, Mrs. McKee, Miss Murphy,
Dr. Scott and a few others. Dr. Scott
held ''babv" McKoo, who assisted his
brother in enthusing the crowd by wav
ing a handkerchief. The party re
mained on the porch for half an hour
watching the children enjoy themselves
on the green sward.
Is tbe"Monongahela" Lost?
Washington, April 21. The non-arrival
of the Monongahela at Samoa
has caused considerable uneasiness in
navy circles. The ship has now been
out over sixty days, and no word of
her arrival has been received. The dis
tance from San Francisco to Apia is
4,200 miles, and with favorable winds,
such as prevail at this season, she ought
to make the voyage in at least forty
days. At the department it is said that
there can be no question but what the
ship was in the track of tbe hurricane,
and when the gale came on was in the
vicinity of Samoa.
The condition of the Monangahela
was none of the best, and it is this fact
that causes so much anxiety.
Appointment Yesterday.
Washington, April 22. Postmaster
General Wanamaker today made the
following appointments:
Paul Vandervoort, of Nebraska, to be
Superintendent of Mails at Omaha,
Neb., and Henry C. Thomas, of Kansas,
to be Superintendant of Mails at Bos
ton. Irvine Miller, of Chicago, was today
appointed Secretary of the Sioux Indian
Commission. Mr. Miller is a son of As
sociate Justice Miller of the Supremo
Court.
Bishop Keane to Start for Home.
Washington, April 22. Right Rev.
Bishop Keane, rector of the Catholic
University, now in Rome, will sail on
the steamer Umbria next Saturday for
home.
KILLED BY LIGHTXISW.
A Terrible Thunder Storm in Connecti
cut Saturday Night.
Danbury, Conu., April 22. Several
persons were killed and injured by
lightning during a terrible thunder
storm on Saturday night and Sunday
morning. While tho family of Levinda
Adams, at Trinity Lake, a few miles bo
low this city, wore at supput Saturday,
tho bouse was struck by lightning and
the entire family rendered unconscious.
Mrs. Adams, when regaining conscious
ness, was horrified to find two of the
family dead and tbe rest terribly in
jured. The house also had been set on
fire. Noah Adams, a relative on a visit,
was horribly burned. He must have
been Instantly killed by the bolt. He
was a prominent citizen of Reading and
was 80 years of age.
A daughter of Mrs. Adams was
also instantly killed and her body
terribly mutilated . by the lightning.
The neighbors succeeded in dragging
the unconscious people from the burn
ing building; "
New Orleans Picayune: A lock of
hair is one that flashes its gold In tbe
face of a young man and holds ' him
A 8RKAT 8 ALT SYNDICATE.
A Scheme ts Gala Control or All Tho
Sail Predict.
Toledo, O., April 22. The Blade will
say this evening, on the most unim
peachable authority, that Wellington
R. Burt, of Saginaw, president of the
Michigan Salt Association, sails on
Wednesday next for Southampton, on
the North German Lloyd steamer Saale,
on an errand, the results of which will
be felt from one end of the United
States to the other.
He goes to secure $10,000,000 by
means of which, with a pool already
formed in this country, the entire salt
product of the United States will bs
controlled by a syndicate, of which he
will be the head.
The English capitalists who have op
erated the salt trust in Great Britain
are interested in this project, the de
tails of which have all been arranged,
and which wiU all be settled by Mr.
Burt during his brief fisit to Eng
land. This gigantic business combination is
not to be a salt trust in the usual accep
tance of the word, although in many
of its features it resembles one. It b
simply applying to the entire salt in
dustry of the United States tbe same
principles that from time to time have
been used in tbe great salt producing
section of the Saginaw Valley. Each
district will produce the usual quantity
of salt, and will report to headquarters
constantly the amount of stock on hand.
Headquarters will make the sales and
see that the stuff is shipped in the most
economimal manner.
It is estimated that in the matter of
shipments there will be saved in the
operating expenses of the business at
least $500,000 ayear, even at the present
ridiculously low priceof salt. It is
not the purpose of the pro
posed syndicate to go into the mafter
with the intention of fixing up the price
of salt.
WEST VIReiMA COAL FIELDS.
A Party ef Railroad Men aid Capitalists
Visitiag Them.
Baltimore, April 22. President H.
G. Davis, of the West Virginia Central
Railroad Company, whose chief offices
are in this city and New York, accom
panied by his assistant, Emmons Blaine,
today left this city for Norfolk, Va., to
join a large party of railroad men and
capitalists of the North, who will to
morrow start for Pocahontas county,
W. Va., for the purpose of inspecting
the coal lands in that county. The ex
cursion is under the auspices of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany, along whose route the lands re
ferred to lie. It is claimed by geologists
and coal mining experts that the veins
in Pocahontas are the largest in tbe
United States. Among those who are
interested in Pocahontas property are
8. B. Elkins, of New York; Thos. F.
Bayard, John A. Hambleton, of Balti
more; and many other prominent par
ties. HENRY tiEOKOE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Ills Land Leetares Attracting Great
Attention Everywhere.
London, April 22. The wonderful
success which Mr. Henry George has
achieved during his lecturing tour in
Kngland, Scotland and Wales, has at
tracted the attention of a great many
people who hitherto have given little or
no attention to the land question, and
his speeches have had an immense
amount of influence upon the political
situation. Heretofore the theories of
Mr. George have been presented to the
masses in Great Britain in a way calcu
lated to expose them to ridicule, but,
whether they merit it or not, they are
now receiving their full share of public
consideration from the point of view of
knowledge and appreciation. Mr.
George's tour of Scotland next week is
expected to be a success far beyond that
attained by any politico-economic lec
tnrer who has in many years sddressed
the people of the territory he proposes
covering.
Baseball Yesterday.
Louisville Louisville 0; St. Louis 13.
Philadelphia Athletics 15; Colum
bus 6.
Cincinnati Cincinnati 10; Kansas
City 1.
Baltimore Baltimore 6; Brooklyn 4.
Pittsburg Pittsburg 7; Syracuse it.
Philadelphia Philadelphia 11; To
ronto 2.
Washington, D. C Washington 5;
Yalo 0.
Newark Newark 16: New York re
serves 2.
Jersey City, N. J. Jersey City 13;
Detroit 14.
Worcester Worcester 4; New York 8.
Tbe Prohibition Voteia Massachusetts.
Boston, Mass., April 22. The vote on
the proposed amendment to the consti
tution of Massachusetts prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors is being polled today. The
weather Is clear and cool, with the pros
pects favorable for a large vote. Both
parties have been active in the cam
paign and a full vote is expected.
All recent impartial canvasses and
general opinion point to the rejection of
the amendment, the principal interest
being in the size of the majority against
it.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE INDIANS.
A CoustisKioR Appointed te Treat With
the Sioux.
Washington, April 22.-General
George Crook, U. 8. A., Hon. Charles
Foster of Ohio, and Hon. Wm. Warner,
of Missouri, were today appointed by
the President as a Commission to nego
tiate with tho Sioux Indians for the
surrender of certain lands, under the
act approved on the 2nd of last March.
The Commission is not expected to as
semble at Washington before the first of
Msy. About that date all the members
will meet here and receive their in
structions from Secretary Noble. The
reservation now occupied by the Sioux
Indians embraces about 21,000,000 acres
of land. , There are upon this reserva
tion about 24,000 Indians. The object
of the Commission is to secure, if possi
ble, from the Sioux Indians, the reltn
quishinentof from 9,000,000 to 11,000,000
acres of land.
Philadelphia Ledger: Tbe chief fea
ture in the Armes court-martial is the
nose that Armes pulled, but it is not
put to evidence.
DANMARITS PASSENGERS
THEY WERE SAFELY LANDED AT
THE AZORES BY THE MISSOURI
A PASSEMCER'S NARRATIVE,
ereetiug to the Missouri When She Ar
rived at Philadelphia.
Nfw York, April 81. The agents of
the steamer Danmark received the fol
lowing cablegram from Lisbon this
afternoon:
"Ps tsengcr and crew of the steam
hip Danmark landed at the Asores!
forty of the passengers are on the
steamer Missouri, bound for Philadel
phia. Rest to follow by the next steam
Sr."
Lisbon, April 21. In an interview
with a newspaper representative, Peter
Rabeen, third mate of the steamship
Danmark, related the circumstances of
the loss of thai vessel. Her engines,
he stated, broke down on April 4th while
the vessel wm eight hundred miles from
Newfoundland. Engineer Kaas was
fouqd lying dead on the floor of the en-
fine-room, and the cause of the aoci
ent could not be ascertained. On April
5th the Danmark was spoken by the
Missouri, which towed the Danmark un
til April 0th. The Danmark was set
tling down, Rabeen states, and we ask
ed the Missouri to take our passengers.
The Missouri, as she was loaded, had
room for only twenty additional per
sons, but she jettersoned her careo and
took us all on board 800 of us land
ing us at Azores. We then proceed for
Philadelphia, taking 840 of the passen
gers besides the captain and the sailors.
Three of the engineers proceeded to
London on board the Uemerara steam
er. The first and second mates are still
at Azores and tbe remaining passengers
and forty-two sailors sailed for Lisbon
on the steamer Aoor.
Lewis, Del., April 22. No commu
nication could be bad from shore with
the steamer Missouri, which arrived off
Delaware Breakwater at an early hour
this morning with the Danmark 's pas
sengers and porceeded up river at VJU)
o'clock this morning. She will reach
Newcastle, Del., probably between
twelve and one o clock and get to her
dock in Philadelphia late this p. m.
ARRIVAL AT PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, April 24. Hundreds
of voices blended in a great shout, and
cheer after cheer rent the air, as the
steamer Missouri with her - precious
cargo, which she had so gallantly res
cued from the ill-fated Danmark, ar
rived safely at her dock at Washington
street wharf at half past five o'clock
this afternoon. The passengers on
board the Missouri ivturuod tho greet
ing witn no less entnusiam.
The passengers united in praising the
noble work of Captain Murroll, of the
Missouri, and his brave crew.
Dr. Jesperson, one of the passengers
taken from the Danmark spoke of Cap
tain Murrell's action in tne behalf of
himself and his fellow-passengers. In
relating his experience to a reporter of
The United Press, Dr. Jesperson said:
"Our experience for a time was cer
tainly a most thrilling ono. Un to the
4th instant our trip on the Danmark
had been s pleasant one. On the latter
date, however, we encountered a severe
storm. We would have weathered it
all night, I suppose, hsd our engines
held out, but tne snait broke near the
aft end of the section. As a result a
hole was cut tnrough the bottom of the
vessel. It appears that simultaneously
with tbe breaking of the shaft, an engine
pipe burst and Engineer Kass was in
stantly killed. Another leak was caused
by the bursting or the pipe on the side
of the vessel. Thus matters grew very
serious, and our vessel was left at the
merer of the waves. Capt. Knudsen
endeavored to keep her in the path of
tne ocean B learners.
The dawning of the fifth was designed
to bring us relief.
a sail was sighted
by the outlooks, and we at once put up
signals of distress. The sails proved to
be those of tne Missouri. When in
speaking distance, Captain Knudsen
asked ii tne Missouri could take our
passengers on board.
The commander of the latter steainor
said that that weuld be impossible as he
had no where to put them. He prompt
ly agreed to take us in tow. We got
along well enough for a few hours,
when it was discovered that the water
was fast pouring into the steamer
through the big hole in her stern. The
pumps were kept going without inter
mission, but they proved almost useless
as far as saving the vessel was concern
ed. We kept at it, however, until tho
0th and then it was seen we could no
longer hope to save Our ships.
Captain Knudson boarded the Mis
souri and asked that his passengers be
received on her decks. At two o'clock
the work of transferring the hundreds
of souls from the Denmark to the Mis
souri was begun. After six hours work,
at eight o'clock, on the night of the
sixth, all the passengers of the Dan
mark had been safely placed on the
Missouri. The Missouri was then
HEADED FOR THK AZORES,
the nearest land, where we arrived
without auy further incident on tho
10th. There all the young unmarried
men, to the number of 306, including
Captain Knudson, and tho largest part
of his crew, were landed.
On tbe llth, wo again set sail, after
having laid in a stock of provisions,
which, added to those we took from tho
Danmark before deserting her, proved
amply sufficient.
Shortly after the vessel had made
fast to the wharf a beautiful lloral de
sign; representing a ship at sea, was
carried up the gangway and handed
over to Captain Murrell, with a few ajf
propriate remarks.
During the passage a womon by the
name of Linney gave birth to a child.
The infant wss christened "Atlanta
Missouri. ' V
A Bold Robbery.
Patoxsbcrg, Mo., April 22. A mask
ed robber walked into the Wabash rail
road office here on Friday night, and at
the point of a pistol compelled the
agent to open the safe, which contained
about $0,000. Tbe man made good his
i escape atei securing tho wonoy.