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Devoted to the Interests of \Wliite Plains and \Westcliester County. VOL. I. NO. 6; j- ..... • WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. TUESDAY. JANUARY 12, 1897. ' PRICE THREE CENTS. BIG FIRE AT NASHVILLE. THE SOUTH. Swept by Storms, h LIFE AND PROPERTY LOST Four Members of One Family Killed at Moorlngsijort — A Boy, Seeing a Train Apbroachjng a Place Where Trees Had Been Blown Down,'Got a Lantern and Signaled to It. . Southern Arkansas, ^Northern Texas and .Northwestern Louisiana wore swept by n terrible wind and ruin-storm, causing the loss of n number of lives, and the destruction ■ of ft great deni of property. - , 60 fur ns heard /torn tho greatest destruc tion oociirrod at Moorlngsport, Ln., .about 33 miles from Texarkana, whore four por- jjpps were killed and many were injured by a cyolbne. - ’ In Arkansas the storm was severest in the southern portion of the State, and It is likely that a number of casualtiesoocurred In some of the numerous, lumber camps In that sec- ^tlon. AH the towns between Little Rook and Texarkana Buffered damage, Reports from the opuntry give Instances of damage to farmhouses and cabins. ■The Cannon-Ball train, which was held at Benton, had a narrow escape from being wrecked, and but for a country lad a terri ble disaster might have occurred. The train date and wan running nt a high rate of speed when nearing Benton. ’ Five minutes before it\would have reached the town the fftorm struck..a farmhouse near the track and doraplished it. Treea_were blown across the track. A boy, realizing the danger, got a lantern and signaled to the train just in time. Tho passengers made upji.purse ,n'nd jirpaenlud at. to ./JL. - N p W Orleans, La. — A oyolono descended •upon tho little town of Moorlngsport, La., at 3.30._o!c!ock-Haturday afterpopn. The re ports from the strioken' town are meagre owing to.tha prostration of telegraph wlreaT- but ltla known thaHour persons were killed outright, throe were fatally injured and twenty others were mote or less hurt. Four children of Mr. J0sso Goodman were killed. W. J. Morgan was hurt-by falling debris. Two of bis little children were crushed and cannot recover, and his mother- in-law received fatal Injuries; -• Mr. Goodman was Injured with his daugh ter Alice; his wife and his nephew Claude. TTliefFhomy'is a wreck; 1 ^ ~ T — v — •- A relief train was sent .from Shreveport to the stricken town. The train was sup plied with cots ’ bandages, surgeons ’ appli ances and InstrUm'ents. M Moorlngsport la an old to^n, situated on • Caddo Lake; about twehty-two miles north west,, of Shreveport. The building of the Kansas City Bailroad through' the town had ' the effect of booming It, and it has lately in creased largely In population. Two of tho .four Goodman .children who wore killed wore found one hundred yards from their homes, with their clothes stripped .from their bodies, which were brulshed and mangled. The wounded are receiving all the attention and care that can bo given. Tho residence of J. 8. Noel and the Metho- ‘ .flls tohurch have been converted into. tem r ' pornry hospitals. Tho path'of thestorm-was narrow Imd'short, A number of horses,- cattle and hogs were killed. The body of a man who was blown from a bridge has been recoyorjad, but.is not identified. A man whose name Is not given is missing.. It is be lieved ho was killed, but the body has not been found. A number of ladles visited the hospital and provided garments for tho un fortunates. A volunteer subscription' will be raised to help the Buffering and those who have lost airttuHr possession^;, ; . : Sh Louis, Mo. — Dispatches from difforont pprtlons of Missouri show that this State is storm-swept.Every stream in the vicinity, of Bodullu is out of its banks. Railway wash outs are numerous. A blizzard, with snow sleet and rain Intermingled, raged In tho western portion of the State. There Is every Indication that the storm Is the worst of the season. • THIRTY FEET OF GOLD. Bioli Oro Found Two Thounnnd Foot Under tin Surface in Grass Valley, Gala. ' -~ — The mining world hai} boon set by the egrs by the development In the Kennedy Mine, in Grass Valley, within the past few days. At a perpendicular depth of over 2,100 feet a body of rich oro f fuliy 30 feet in wldth, has been discovered. In magnitude tho ore body will compare favorably with any yet found, and the groat depth at which It lies explodes a long cherished tradition counseled with the search for gold on the Pacific coast. _.It is an,old theory which- nge^. has almost crystallized into a formula, that gold oro disappears after a certain depth has been at tained. This Is a creed of every old pros pector from the Yukon to the Panama Isth- The developments in the Kennedy not only topplhs over this old-time belief, but may lead to a revolution In . mining lu this state, for the deeper progress Is iiindo In' tho Ken nedy the wider grows the ore body The Madrid Epoca publishes a formal de nial that the government has 'any Intention of supors-dlug General Weylor as captaln- g^no.rai of Cuba ______ _ Preparations are proceeding to proclaim Doctor Pelllgrlni a candidate-for the presi dency of Argentina. WELSH — BECK WEDDING. A Well-Known Westchester County Couple Weds. Will Spend the Honeymoon in \ Florida. A .wedding which has been looked forward to with anticipation by very many people in Westchester County, particularly in.White Plains and along Long Island Sound, was that of Mr. Henry Bradshaw Welsh, of North street, this village, to Miss Malvonia JBftttLQJL.ibe young people, whofce pictures adorn this page, were well known and highly esteemed by a large oirole of friends. Their nuptials took place on Wednos- day last a t 11 a. m. , at Grace Church chantry, New York City. The Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington officiated, assisted by Archdeacon W. W. Kirby, of Rye. - v The bride' was attired in a gown of royal purple velvet and 'broadcloth and a Gainsborough hat tjo match. She ^carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies-of tho valley. .She was given away by her father, William D. Beck, the woll-kno.wn-bonifaGO of Ryo B&aoh, Tho only attendant was the best man, Mr. E. 0. Simonson. Only the 'immediate family and friends wore present. . At the Hotel Waldorf, where a wed ding breakfast was served, were' Mr. and Mrs. Welsh, the Misses Beck, Mr, Robert Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spellman, Mrs. Henry Welsh, ReV. Dr. and Mrs. William Lloyd and Miss.. Withers. ' \ Later Mr. and Mrs. Welsh left for' Florida, where they will, spend their honeymoon* 1 - ~ ... The groom is a popular young man, son of tho late Henry'Welsh, in his lifetime a largo wholesale groqor in New York City. His 'bridGr-Miflo- tf Mallifi , ’ „B«qki r ia- favorably known to Westchester County sojourners at Rye Roach, i She is a young lady'of fine physique, pleas ant manner and many accomplish ments. At one time she studied for tho operatic stage. On their return Mr. and Mrs. Welsh will take up their residence ’ qn the Welsh estate, several miles, southeast of this village, which is being ro- mbd eletl for their oomfort. ■ f In conjunotion with innumerable friends, T he A rqusj extends hearty wishes for a long, happy and prosper ous life. RIVA.il PF THE BELL COMPANY. St. Louis Is to Have a Telephone System Constructed on a New Plan. A great number of canvassers have boon engaged by the Klnloch Tolophono Corapany, which was recently incorporated'with a cap ital of several million dollars by prominent St. Louis business men. They will solicit telephone subscribers. Ma hagor H. J. Han ford says: ; “ Wo expect to have our plant In operation within 18 months. The system will bo dif ferent from the one now in use at Btr Louis. It will be necessary only to take the receiver from the hdok and call the .niimbor.wanted. “ The mere act of taking the receiver from' tho hook calls tho central ofllco. The rates of tho Klnloch Company will be $sG0 ii year for business houses, $iid v for ph yalclam^ and $36 for private residences', The jironeness to measure everything, by space gives a bizarre expression to the (jetaiia o f the now cTongrossionnl library; as . described/in an / Eastern newspaper. ’ Its finished portion will contain about forty-four running miles of shelving, whlcli will accommodate 2,085,120 volumes of books, reckoning nine to the foot. The ultimate capac ity bf the building for books is up ward of 4,500,000 Volumes, or. some thing less* than 100 miles of shelving.. Iii' one way the library \building ' fs unique. It'has been finished, and $140,- 000 ( of the appropriation is still unex pended. YVOMETTE. / - Yvonnette was ft fair little girl of five summers, and with her woo tight- fitting, white liood and tiny sabots was as pretty a child as could have been found anywhere in Vendee. Jean hfaloV her father, a farmer on the estate bf Count do Mordine, had qui tte d his home for somo weeks pre- viously with several .companions, with his gun slung over his shoulder and a stout'club in his hand, to hunt tho boar: — at lonst,- so ho said. Bilt .it waa in 1793 ; GonoralBanterro ’ s grenadiers had invaded Brittany, and Yvonnotto ’ s mother had grave-reason to fear that ho had gone on an infinitely more dangerous hunt. Rumors of fighting had circulated freely throughout the\ province, tho vtoscin clunked from church towers, and in rosponso thereto the youth of tho villages worej flocking to tho stand ard of Cftthelinenu, whom tho Bretons Tiad'chQseu foi!j^Uoii ’ e|ommttUsloi^Mi^ chief. i I\ • •\ - - v- On tho day on wh7ch this story (jpops Yvonnotto ’ s mother was more thoughtful and agitated than usual, so mucli so that her trouble was noticed by the child, who demanded several times: “ Where is papa? ” Receiving no answer to this and other questions, she at last drejv her little stool up to tho window, add sought consolation with her doll Rose. Tho latter was a beautiful Breton doll that her father had bought at tho fair at Auray, a year before, and was Yvonuette ’ s . inseparable companion and tho recipient of all her confi dences* Suddenly shouts were hoard out side, followed ;by several shots fired iu quick succession. 'The child was in no way frightened. . Tho clanging of tho bells, tho sound of firearms and the shouting of an excited crowd were familial'-sounds.toJber,and wore mere-_ ly associated in her baby mM with tho holidays, when tho grand lords and ladies from tho moigh- boring castle deigned to take part in the fetes and dancing upon t h e , vi 11 a go green. Bu t An n e Malo.her mother, white and rigid as a taper, and, her hands pressed tightly upon her heart, was gazing out of tho Window with^wide, frightened eyes. “ What, is the matter, mamma? ” questioned tho child. “ Hush, darling I ” -was tho only reply of the farmer ’ s wife, who suddenly recovered herself, closed the shutters, lit tho lamp and dropped on her knees beside the bed; . Yvonnette watohod her woudoringly and her big blue eyes wondered from the kneeling figure to tho high gothic, fireplace, beside which the oat was purring and blinking contentedly^ Blid .was about to follow her inclina tion and go to play with him,.. when the dopy- 1 was — filing ... open and a country man*, pula and bedraggled, with a gun in one hand and a flag in the other, burst into tho house and slammed the door,behind him. -''Rapa ! Papal ” ’ scESuffSiF' Yvbn- notte, delightedly* AnnofMulo had sprung to her foot and. thrown herself into her husband ’ s arms. “ Whatever has . happened? ” she sobbed. “ I have boon nearly wild, with anxiety 'every hour since you have been away.\ ' . All is lost! ” responded tho farmer moodily. “ Take this flag and hide it carefully. Jf over the Blues should find it hero it would bo all up 'with Ho kissed the standard reverently and handed it to her . ' As ho did so a few drops of blood oozed from under his cap and down his matted-bair. “ Jean, you are wouudod! ” ex claimed Anne. “ No, it is , nothing,” replied tho Chounu, picking up his gnu. “ Where nro you going? ” sho de manded, rosolutoly barring the door with her body. “ To fight with the others. ” . “ You will do nothing of tho kind. ” “ Wife, let rao pass, ” ordered,M ,l l°* “ My com rades afo wa iting for mm It my duty. ” , “ You shall not go, ” sho repeated. Then stooping swiftly she picked tip tho child dud hold her out to him. ‘ You haven ’ t even kissed baby, ’ ’ she exclaimed, reproachfully. Malo wavered. “ They will think I am, a coward. ” lie groaned, staggering against tho bed in. BpiteToTHmsolf arid • loaning upon it for'support; ...... . ................... » . — ... - “ Jean you are,wounded, I know it. Gome into the collaraurt~Tet rao take care of-you, ” she outroatod. “ The enemy migh.t seareli for you, and you must live for me — for Yvounetto.; ’ V “ No, I must go, ” ho insisted, brac ing , himself with an effort; but his strength gave out ns ho said it, and ho reeled into her arms. She supported him into tho obsenro cellor and laid him among the bundles of straw. Then she returned to tho dwelling room. Now that he was no longer there she could act. . She took tho flag, broke the staff over her kueo and threw tho pieces into Iho fire. Next sho hid the gun under a pile of fag gots in the corner. Then pouring somo vinegar and water in a bowl, she told the-child'to bo good an d not ' make a noise and .went to attend to her wounded husband. V Yvonnetto continued 'to play with her doll,'but her attention was at- .trncTed to oTstrip of the flag which the flames had respected, it was a piece of white silk witlL flour dc lys em bossed in gold upon it, Sho drew it out of the embers with a cry of de light, and sotting her doll upon her knee was engaged iu pinning tho silk upoii i trinrttr o shapo uf^a-dress-when the door opened and a big, fierce, white moustached soldier iu a blue tunic, white breeches ahd high gai ters outorod. Ho was a sergeant of grenadiers of thfa Republic. Ho glanced around tbe room ami at mo noticed that the gun rack was empty. v . __ “ One of those wolves who ha Vo hoon popporing us from hmbtish evi dently lives here, ” ho .muttered. “ There's a gun missing. . A thouBaud thunders ! If we catch any of the ras-. cnls thuy will got u short shrift and.no ooremony. ' ’ / Ho tore aside the curtains of the bed, peered, around and pud- douly caught sight of Yvohuotto, who, not ihlho least oonpornod wont on dressing her doll. ... IThfl g nyaorq expression ,/df his face softened into n tender smile and ho wont towards her* “ What a Hhaiuo to leave her nil- a]ouo in that house at such a tinio ns this,” ho muttered. He bout, took her in his arms and kissed her. ___ > “ What ’ s your name, little dear? ” ho asked*.... - .. \/•_ ■. “ Yvonnette, ” replied the child. “ Why, I ’ ve got a little - Yvonnette; too, just Jiko you, and throe little bby^ns well,” lie said, and tho reool- 1 eotion-of-JrisMi ttle^ -lirood- . i ii -Failg- Inhught the fours into the soldier ’ s eyes. .At that instant he • noticed the - silk on the doll and tlio . hard* . fierce ox- prossidn returned to his face again.- . “ Where did you got that? ” ho ex claimed harshly, dropping the child and seizing tho.ptuff; , i “ Thpr.o, ” Lind , Yvouhotto, half frightened at'his change of mnuuor, pointing to the tiro. : Ho rushed to the hearth, drew some of tho half burnt pieces of tho flug- stoff from the flumes, with a piece of 'scorched silk, and rpooguizod them. ^a?WlM,v. fcrfe went on. “ Topupa. ” , “ Where is your papa? ” “ There, ” said Yvonnette, pointing to the door. “ I. ’ vo got one of them at -last,” growled tho sergeant savagfcly, seizing hjsgun. “ And if I don ’ t fill him with i pad enough to sink-him to tho bottom of the son inside of two minutes, my nurno ’ s not Ladoroute. ’ * Ho strode to tho collar door and shook it. ' It was bolted on tho ihard'o, and still further enraged ho raised his rifle and was about to splinter the frail partition with the butt end of tho weapon when ho heard u sound that made him turn his head. Without 1 realizing the danger her father was iff, but instinctively frighL oned by the gestures of tho grenadier Yvonnette had burst out crying. , Tho sergeant looked at bar And low ered his gun, and a guilty flush suf fused his face. “I kissed her a moment' ago and now I was going to kill^hcf, father, ” he muttered. “ Laderoute, you ’ io a\ blanked, * blanked, blankety-blanked cuss, That ’ s what you nro. ” He hastily gathered up the incrim inating debris of the flugand piled tho embers upon -them. As ho did so a company of soldiers marched up to tho house. Sergeant Ladorouto took Yvonotto on his arm and stood in tho doorway to-prevent them from onter- ,iug. r “ No one hero but this'little lady, ” he said. “ Right about face — march I ” . Then ho kissed the child. . “ For my own little Yvonnotto ’ s sake,” he mur- muiud; — “ -GoodbyCf- sweethea^t, ” and putting her-down, — cJosod — the- door_ aud hurried after his comrades. Twinkles. ■ , . Throe Bulldlnffa Fronting on tho Publlo Squaro And Their Coh- J ” 2 tents Total Losses-Tho Estimat ed Loss Is. $300,600 to $400^000, GAYsted by. Inauranoe. . station has boon estnbllshod, says, tho Savannah (Gn.) Nows, oh tho southwest- orn division ot tho Central, to bo tnowu ns. Commonwbalth. It is thirtoon miles’ fr&tn Columbus andolghty-sovon from Mnoon. Tho plnoo has n population-now of about ilfty, ’ but by tho pponlng of tho Spring it Is ox- pootod that tho number of Its first settlors will bo increased nt least 800. Tho plaoe-ls - — flottlod by Nobrwkh farmdre, afid they floora an earnest, roiiglous, and hard-working sot of poopto. They oamo from a olimato la .which thoy have suffered tho rigors of bo - verb wlntpts, and to land in tho South just at tho middle- of tho sonson/.and find it as . gonial and sunny ns It Is now, when their old plaoos.nro burled bonoath tho snow, has do- fightod therh with the country* They, are In- . duBtrlous ami, they any, want a homo in a , climate where they cun work all tho year round. Tho freedom to burn as much wood as thoy want comes as a boon to those people, Tflft'ny of whom at Uimkrlmve boon reduood ' ; to tho extremity of burning oorn. The tran-„.. eltlon from treeless plains to w®fi ‘ ' voo ^ Gd Gborgln iiasTibt bbon tbb IbaSt of tho ndvnu-'\ tagos thoy have found. Tho colony Is a commune, havjng bought ns a company 1,000 aorbs of good land and sociired an option on another 1,000 acres. ' A Nobpftflka. iaan ; wortmd since ho began (Klvouatlng tho snlmmo ban j boon In constant oorrospomiomio with tho of- ilolals of tho Control to loam just how much onoouragoment would bo given tho Immi grants If thuy should establish tho-colony along Its route. Ona 6f tho largest fires In tho history of Nashville occurred Sunday night. At one time it soemod ns if tho flreraon .would bo unable to stay tho jirogniHo of tho fiamoo. ' Tho ostimutod loss Is $800,000, generally qov- > W erotf by insuronoo. Tho buildings fronting on tho public square ond thoir oontonts nro total lossea. ■ Lobook Bros. ’ storo, in which tho fire origi nated, was bhb of tho hahdKbmost and most commanding buildings In tho olty. Fronting the publlo squnro four other buildings Were partially burned, and thoir contents duumgml by fire and wator., Tho city ’ s building nt tho south ond of the market house, contttinlug.aoraptrollQr fthdjtrenaurer ’ B office, was also almost totally consumed. On Market street, south of I/obeck ’ s. building, five buildings wore burned. The . principal oho was a handsome .four-story strueturh belonging to Burns Bros., owners of, tho Lobook Viilldiug. The rent of several baiikthg-hoUBOB and of tho Jewelry establish ment of tho Stloff Company were also badly damaged. L ouisville , Ky. — Tho bravery of rt trains ed nurso at the City Hospital'probably Vavod .4 woman ’ s llfo, , Mra, Carrie 'Carr, . 1 in tho insami ward, attemptod to oacope by V'] desohridlngi : from tho third story to the the grodnd on tho outer wall of the building, t i Sho-took advnntago of tho temporary ab- senoo of tho nurso to climb out of a north window of the ward, fully fifty foot from tho ground, and doaoonded by means of tho brickwork, which Is suoh that small foo ln ;s 'can be obtained at regular intervals lojr / ’ about twonty-ilve foot. Tho n urs e was horrlflod, on-loo king o ut ' tho window to see the woman literally euu- p'oh'ddd lh mfdnfr 'nbovo-a'briok' pttVoffienfc ” i T her position only ma ntalnod by clinging to tho brick, which jutted out about two inches: , from tho wall. Miss Sarah Cnssel, one of the nurses, brayely allinbod out of tho eocond-stpry win dow by tho same moans hud caught the woman, * who waa about to fall, In ono arm, while sho steadied herself with the other. Sho hold the patient there until the' arrival of a company from tbe lire depart*, 'mont with ladders. , — - ................... .......... ) WASHINGTON NOTES. . : The Cnrnoglo Company offers to soil (tfl armor plant to tho government at oost Tlfo President has sont the umnluatlomjf ;: Leonard 0. IL achlem, o^New Ypjk^ Cqna,|l| of tho United States .at Cape Haytlen, doytij' to the Senate. Tho grand Jury has roturnod on Indictment ’ for criminal llbol against ex-Representatlv^ Charlos ; G.Conu, of Ind(aim, the former pj prletor of tho Wusblugipn-^lmes;' ’ A warrput for his arrest was issued. The President has sent to tho Senate thA- corrospondonoo bot-ween tho Secretary : oi State aud Consul-General Leo relative to the death pf Charles., Covin,' a newspaper respondomi Th'o corrospondonce'oontalni nothing of. Importonoo that h oe no t been: made public horotofore. . ' ^ CommuiiJcr A. T. IvorflOO, lately off duty at tho Boston-Navy-yard, bos boon retired on account of ago. ■ ••-•'• Thoro Is no truth in tho report that Sena tor Sherman, chairman of the foreign rela- tlons coraipittee Inten ds to visit arniy board, headed by Lfaut.- ~ m. James G lllcss^has beon app&IhtedTqn nt Fort Wads worth,-N. Y., to select a alto fpr tho hospital to be erected there.
