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VOL. NO. 2. KILLED HER KEEPER Frank Scott Crushed to Death by an Elephant. GYPSY" IN A RAGE Spreads Terror at Jackson Boulevard and Robey Street DEFIES ANIMAL TRAINERS Huge Beast Finally Secured in Her Quarters, w.

H. Harris, the Owner, Says He Had Warned Hit Employe of Danger. Tie t.g elephant Gvpsy. attached to a traveling circus, attacked and k.lled her keeper. Frank Scott the aiiey in tb rear of her quarter, at No.

123 South Rok-ey street, early yesterday afternoon. Scott aai the hug animal her daily the alley when the turaed on a.m. After killing her keeper. Gypsy wandered up and down the alley nearly ail the afternoon, b.ddlng defiance to everybody witb ber loud trumpetlngs. keeping every one a distance.

Late the afternoon be was finally ccaxed back the barn and there GYPSY DEFIES fed. but efforts to secure her for a long time proved unavailing. An immense crowd gathered in tbe ad-Jo. cing streets, snd only the large force of policemen which was at once sent to tbe scene kept tbe people away from the danger. Skilled animal trainers, who have been accustomed to handling elephants for years, were brqugbl from all parts of tbe city, but, after several hours" endeavor, they failed to get chains onto tbe legs of the big trutc.

Gypry seemwi to realize ber liberty, and rropcsed to enjoy it. She swaggered up and dcwn tbe alley, occasionally entering the barn where she bad been confined, for a brief mcment, and then emerging to look for more perrons to chase out of the way. Whenever she saw a bead slicking above an alley fence abe made a reach for it with ber trunk, and seemed to enjcy watching tbe head dlaappear. Nearly fifty policemen from tbe West LakeJ street and West Warren avenue police and tbe West Park force were on hand, tut men who beaitated not to follow a desperate criminal lmo his own dn, nervously watched the elephant's moves but made no attempt to capture her. Crashes Her Keeper.

Shortly after 1 o'clock, Frank Scott, the keeper, who baa had charge of Gypsy for a number of years, went to the stall where the b.g beast was confined, and cast ber loose. He then drove her Into lae alley through the open doors, and proceeded to give ber tbe XXTXMOX Or TBI ZLITHAST'e BA.BX caily exercise, which she has bad nearly every day for the last three months. He walked her up and down the alley for a short time, and then ordered her to kneel. She obeyed readily, although for several days past ahe has been very irritable. Scott mounted Gypsy's bead and rode her around for a few minute, finally stopping nearly la front of the barn doors.

Reaching orer In front, Scott jammed the Iron hook, with which be controlled the movements of the big beast. Into her flesh Just above the right eye. Then he slid down her forehead to the ground. Scarcely had bis feet-touched tbe ground when Gypsy, with a wicked gleam ia ber little ryes, raised her trunk and knocked Scott to the ground. With a cream, the seised tbe prostrate man in her trunk and raised him high In tbe air.

Holding him there for moment, ahe then brought him toward her mouth, aa if the would seize him la her Java. All this time the powerful trunk was crushing Scott with aU lu strength. To bite him was tot her Intention, for, suddenly ahe swung him In the air again, asd hurled him violently against the doors of a abed. Just opposite the bern, where she vat confined. Tbe force with which ha was cast against the doors, broke them down, and Scott landed oa the ground Inside, crushed aa broke).

"Help! Help!" he cried. "She will kill me!" Rearing the sola from Inside the shed, Gypsy reached la with her trunk after her keeper, who made all the effort hla Injured condition would allow, to get out of ber reach. Ha continued to cry for aid. and atill Gypsy triad to get at him again. Mra.

Fred Irwla'a Bravery. In a minute, however, something traded ber attention from Scott, and the elephant started out of the alley. The only wit-ceu of tba terrible acene waa Mra. Fred Irwin, who Uvea at No. 794 Jackson boulevard, and whose kitchen window waa only a few feet from the barn.

Mra. Irwin ran out Into the alley aa soon at Gypay had started for tie street and tried to reach the doors of the barn, in order to summon some of the emploje to the aid of Scott, who was groaning incessantly; but her movements were observed by Gypsy, and. with a scream, tbe elephant ran fox Mrs. Irwin, whe turned for her alley gate, and reached It barely in time to avoid tbe big, brute she thun dered Into the alley. Three times did Mrs.

Irwin try to reach the bars, and she finally succeeded in attracting the attention of some of the hostlers in the barn. A call was immediately sent into the West Lake street police station, and the am bulance was dispatched to the scene. Albert Davis and J. C. Wood went to the ahed where Scott was lying, and which is in the rear of the bouse occupied by John Bar rett.

at No. 162 Seeley avenue. They were compelled to lift the wounded man over two wagons which occupied the shed, and there was hardly three feet of space above tne wag on seats. Tbe ambulance waa In front of the house, aad fifteen minutes after Gypay had vented her rage on him Scott waa oemg ca rled to the ccucty bctpf.al. only a few blocks distant.

So serious, were hit icurica. however tha Scott died aa he waa being moved Into tn hn.n-t.l He bore but few marks, but his body waa crushed and broken. Fear of Pltokfrk. In tbe meanwhile Gypsy waa wandering at her own sweet will. She strolled from her barn to Jackson boulevard and back again Tweuy policemen were called from lie Wert Lake street static n.

under tie command of THE TRAINERS. Sergeant Ccsroy, a half doxen from tie War ren avenue station, and ten park policemet under Captain Piacek. No one connected with the barn cared to tackle the elephant. Two or three of the men had, before Scott was carried away, dared tc brandish pitchforks at her; but that ended it. When he was first Informed of the affair.

W. H. Harris, owner of the animal, offered large sums for a man who could shoot it. but nc one responded. Had Gypsy charged into tie street at any time during tbe afternoon ber vtctlma would have numbered many, for Jack son boulevard was thronged on the north tide of the street, and large numbers gathered at Robey street and Seeley avenue.

All the elephant trainers he could think of in Chicago were summoned by Mr. Harris. Cy De Vry and James Sweeney, from the Lincoln Park museum, responded, reaching tbe scene shortly after 5 o'clock. Accompanied by Claude Onon. who Is connected with Mr.

Harris' show, they entered the barn, when Gypsy had retired there, after one of her strolls. They succeeded in quieting the beast and fed ber bread, but she would not lie down nor permit tiem to fasten chains about ber legs. Whenever this wss attempted she would push tiem away, but, apart from tiis. tbe showed no signs of aavageness; but, with tbe death of Scott impressed on their minds, the trainers gave Gypty a good berth and united their tffcrts in keeping her quiet. Mr.

Harris early in the afternoon telegraphed to Omaha for Bernard Shay, a skillful animal trainer, to come to iia assistance. Shay bas worked for Mr. Harria In the peat, and he said he had no douirt be could handle Gypsy without trouble, as be was used teher ways. Breaks Tfcraagkt the Doors. Once during the afternoon, when Gypsy went back to the barn, some one ran to the rear door and abut tiem, ioplng by this mean to imprison her.

No sooner had tbe doors been closed than Gypsy turned and, with a rush, went for them. She butted the heavy doors down with her broad forehead with little trouble, and, kicking the fragments to one side, ahe again rushed dowa the alley. When Gypsy first entered Jackson boulevard, B. H. Rote of No.

122 Fiouraoy atreet was driving by In a buggy. His horse shied at the elephant and turned sharply, almost overturning tbe buggy. Then it ran down tbe atreet, but Mr. Rote succeeded In stopping it before sey damage was done. Late in the afternoon a canvas, which was fastened above the door, was dropped, and was secured at tbe bottom by nalla.

Gypsy walked against this canvas soon after, but. feeling it with her trunk, she turned away, and did not offer to touch it again. It was thought by the men, at the barn. tnat. being accustomed to confinement in a tent, sbe did not try to break through the canvas.

Mra. Irwlm'a Story. Mrs. Irwin, whose husband Is a board of trade man. had hardly recovered her composure when seen yesterday afternoon.

"It waa terrible," she said, "to see the man killed right before my eyes. I waa In my kitchen, the rear window of which looks right over the alley and the barn door. I aaw the elephant strike the man first, with his trunk, and then throw him agalnat the ahed doors. 1 could hear him cry in pais as he lay on the ground, and I started to procure help. My first thought was to get to the barn, and I ran Itto the back yard and to the alley, intending to go into the barn door.

The elephant saw me and chased me back Into the yard. I happened to think of a hatchet la the kitchen and returned for It Again started Into the alley, and the elephant turned on me again. I struck at her with the hatchet, and then ran back to the gate. This time ahe followed me so far that she ran against the gate, and broke part of the fence. Finally I succeeded la calling assistance and directed the men.

to where Scott waa lying. The poor man was groanlag and calling-out: I am dying. Help! help!" One. later In the afternoon, the elephant raw me la the kltchea, through the rear window, and reached op to the window with her trvak. I jumped back, and the did not break tOaauoued oa Ceunfe TIIUKSDAY PORTE TAKES A HAND Intervention of France and Russia Ha a Been Invoked.

EGYPT TO THE FRONT Turkey Does Not Desire Her Suzerainty Usurped. BRITAIN TOO AGGRESSIVE TTngHBh Factions May Unite on Egyptian Question. Possession of Dongola Necessary for a Proper Defense Lone; Siege Probable. Constantinople, March 25. As a result ef tbe extraordinary cabinet council, which lasted throughout Saturday, the Turkish government bas Issued an appeal to France asd Russia asking them to intervene with the object of regulating the affairs in Egypt.

Germany, it la added, waa also requested by the Porte to exercise ber good offices in this sense. Instructions were also dispatched to tbe Turkish Ambassador at London to make representations to the Marquis of Salis bury, but their tenor is not known. In well-informed circles, it is declared that the action of the Porte la due to the councils of France and Russia, the governments of which countries, it is claimed, have sub mitted that the present is opportune moment for Turkey to raise tbe question of ber suxeralnty over Egypt, being practically usurped by Great Britain. The governments indicated, it is alleged, promised Turkey their support in the matter. There is no doubt that, considerable an noyance is felt by tbe Porte at the fact that Turkey waa not consulted in regard to the advisability of dispatching a British-Egypt ln expedition up the Nile, and tbe feeling of Irritation baa been increased by the Khedive also ignoring the Porte entirely.

Cosasalaalosiera Are Reproarhea. Reproaches have. In consequence, been ad dressed to tbe Ottoman commissioners In Egypt for not taking step to prevent the organization of the expedition, aa it la feared that the effect of tbe advance up the Nile will be felt elsewhere than on the frontier of Egypt, and that tbe Arabs of Tsmen, (the principal division of Arabia, adjacent to the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb), may be encouraged to fresh hostility to the Turkish authorities. In diplomatic circle here It I believed that the step taken by the Porte to protest agalnat the expedition to Oongola will not have more than a moral effect, and, though it la admitted that France and Russia will refuse their consent to the use of the Egyptian rcserv fund, it is generally understood that nothing abort of the armed interference of those two nations will prevent Great Brit ain from puahlng the Soudan campaign. In deed, there are people who believe that the appeal of the Porte to France, Russia, and Germany to intervene will have an effect in Great Britain contrary to tbe one hoped for.

While It la known that no great enthusiasm exists In England over tbe prospects of another bloody and expensive campaign in tbe Soudan, tbe appeal of Turkey to the recog- utxed enemies of Great Britain for inter vention may arouse the war spirit of the British Isle, and so tbe Sultan may play into the handa of British statesmen while aiming to do the reverse. Aa-alast the Soadaa Casapalara. Tbe more this view of the ease is considered. the more plausible. It is asserted.

It becomes for prominent Englishmen of both parties have already declared themselves agalnat the proposed Soudan campaign, and the expedition might have been allowed to flicker out fter the occupation of Akasbeh. Now, however, the British may be spurred to puah on ward to Khartoum, aa there ia a great differ ence, it ia pointed out. between a graceful backdown In face of popular opinion In Great Britain, and a humiliating retreat in the face of the adverse representations of France and Russia. It is true, it is argued, that there are only about 5,000 purely British troops In Egypt. but this number could be promptly Increased by drafts from India and Great Britain, and the task of "driving" the British out of Egypt as suggested by tie more fiery of tie French newspapers, might be mere difficult than calculated upon, by tiem.

If the ostenaiblo object of the Anglo- Egyptian Nile expedition ia to be accom plished, namely, creating a diversion which will relieve Kasaala, it must be done speedily. Tbt distance from Wady-Halfa, the southern boundary of Egypt, to Dongola ia about 300 miles. But the route is a most arduous one, even for the black troops of Egypt, aad es pecially so at this period, on account of the low water of the Nile, necessitating the em ployment of Immense numbers of camela for transportation and the possible building of a light railroad. Loan: Sleare May Be Xeeesaary. Tien, admitting that Dongola ia reached without serious reverses, which Is by no means certain, that place la not likely to capitulate upon simple summons.

A long siege may be necessary, and the 20,000 to 30,000 men the Mahdl may muster there. possibly under Osman Dlgna, may prove more than a match for the 20,000 British-Egyptian troops which will reach Dongola after a most wearisome march from Wady-Halfa. Then, even wita uongoia laiieo, Kasaala at not necessarily relieved, and the capture of the latter place by the dervishes would threaten fiuakim and Tokar. The possession of DongoU. It la explained, is necessary la order to defend Egypt against dervish raids.

It consist of a fortified town in a district of the same name. Locally the place known as El Ordeh, and It was the headquarters of Sir Herbert Stewart's troop in 1884. Aa advance from there la the direction of Berber can hardly be made until August or September. Therefore, the Soudaa campaign. It Is held, would ia all probability hay died out bad it been allowed to take lta owa course, but Intervention will be likely to make what was originally a party measure national question, uniting all parties for the defease of Great Britala against trance and Russia.

PRECISE PLEDGE! ARB DEMANDED. Tea of taa Heaerve FaadU Paris. -March 25. A semi-official not was Issued this morn log stating that France will refuse to sanction tha use of the Egyptian re serve fund for the purpose of tha Brltleh- EgypUam axpedlUoa up tha NU Dongola 310RN1NG, 3XABCH 26, unless she receives precise pledges concerning the British evacuation of Egypt. St.

Petersburg, March 25. Russia Is giving her support to the Preach agent at Cairo, The Novoatl says that the Dongola expedition is England's reply to the Turko-Rusaiaa alliance. The ViedomosU say that England is aiming at Khartoum and eventually at tbe possession of Kasaala. CABISET COl'JfCIL HELD IX LOSDO BrfTlaa-Ea-yatlaa Expedition Vaster Coaalaeratlesu London, March 15. A Cabinet council was held thie morning, tbe exchange of lews be log devoted to the discussion of the British Egyptian expedition up the Nile.

The Com znanler-ln -Chief, Lord Welacley, was pres ent, aa waa General Sir Francis Grenfel, In spector General of the Auxiliary WILL SOT VIE THE WHITE RIBBOX Xo raarpatloa of the W. C. T. f. Est leas by Balllactea Bootk'a Araay.

New Tork. March 25. Balllngton Booth today received from Mia Wlllard, of the Wo man! Christian Temperance Union, tbe fol lowing telegram In relation to tbe use pf the whl's ribbon aa aa emblem by the officers and member of God's American Volunteer. Cannot believe yoa authorized yoar followers to wear white ribbon. It beienga to tha W.

C. T. Please see to It. FRANCES B. WILLARD, Lieutenant Colonel Gleua was instructed to telegraph Miss Wlllard the following reply: Not authorized; only worn at one meeting.

Is not a permanent coBaUtutton. Thousand blessing. COMMANDER. Private Secretary Blackharst in speaking of the matter, said the ua of the white rib bon waa merely temporary and was at first worn in Chicago as a token of loyalty to Com mauder Baliington Booth. London, March Is.

Mr. Booth-Tucker sailed fcr New Tork on board the White Star line steamship Majestic, which left Liver pool today. He embarked with hi wife on board the St. Louis oa Saturday, but Just aa to pilot waa leaving tM steamer a telegram waa handed him, say lag his youngest cnud. an Infant sevew weeks old.

was dvine. Mr. Booth-Tucker, who was accompanying ner husband to New York, and who haa been in bad health for some time, desired to return, but she felt too weak to. descend tbe rope ladder, and so Mr. Booth-Tucker re turned alone to the city.

It is now hoped that tbe child will recover. GOBGEOl HEODMUM HILWtlKEE raasiues Owalsf late Pa bat aad Sekllta Breweries talteo. Milwaukee. March' 5. The families owning two of the largest breweries in Mil wue were united by marriage tie when Mlaa Ida I'lblero became the wife of Freder ick Pabst.

Jr. The ceremony took place at tne Hotel Pfister at I o'clock this evening, Judge Emll Wall ber perftrmlng the ceremony. Miss Emma Pabst, sister of the groom waa the maid of honor. -The bridesmaids were Misaes Clara l'ihlein. To la l'ihlein.

Ma thilda l'ihlein, Martha Schmidt, Paula t'lhleln. and Laura l'ihlein. Gmatav Reus was the beet man, aad Otto Talk. Wikliam Em-mender. Joseph l'ihlein, Henry Wehr, Gustav Pabat, and Em 11 Schandea were the ushers.

Tbe bride ia the daughter ef August CThlela. principal owner of the V.M-hrewery. aad the groom is a son of Captain Fred Pabat of the Pabat brewery aad himself a member of the Pabst Brewing Company. The presents are valued at hundred of thousands of dol lars. The guests were many, and the decora Hon a of the hotel ware magnificent.

CHEAPER Gil THIS EVER BEFOBE. Lobs- Tersa Ceatraet Which Will Be of DeaeBt to Bestsa. Boston, March 25. A sensation was created at tha hearing before the legislative committee on manufactures at the state- house today, when Parker C. Chandler, coun sel for the Bay Slate Gas Company, stated that a long-term contract had heea made between the Bay State Caa Company and H.

M. Whitney of tbe Dominion Coal Company, under which Mr. Whitney as to put up works and furnish gas to the Bay Bute Company at a price which will enable the latter to sell gas at a lower price than It has ever before been sold at Boston. Mr. Chandler stated that the contract are made under the exist ing laws of the commonwealth, regardless of any legislation now proposed by Mr.

Whit ney. The Bay state company wiu De pre pared to supply consumsrs with this new gsa aa aoon as the work of the Whitney Company are in operation, which, it is believed. ill be In lea thaa twelve months. GLASS TRtIT APPLIES THE SCREWS. Dealer Moat Xet.Haaele Glaa of Far- el; Maawfaetare.

Pittsburg. March 25. Special Tele gram. At a meeting of window glaso manu facturers and seaboard jobber in this city today an agreement that will eventually result In shutting euf all. foreign g'-asa was msde.

Since the manufacturers formed a combination and refused to sell to Jobbers below list price the Jobber have been buying French window glass. To make them drop tbe foreign article the home manufacturer proposed to establish Jobbing agencies hich would leave the Did Jobbers out of a job, so to speak. This scared the eelrs. and they agreed to handle only American glass, and do an they can to keep the for eign product out of the country. MESSAGES BT ELECTRIC WAVES.

Xlcola Teala Sees Wire Dooased to Be Sapplaated. New Tork, March 25. Nicola Teals, the well-known electrician, said today he waa satisfied that he had a machine Which, when perfected, would enable' him to make practical experiment la distributing electric waves about the earth so that measafee might be conducted to all part of the globe simultaneously. He believe that electric wavee might be propagated through tbe atmosphere and even the ether beyond, a disturbance of the wave at any point being instantly felt at every other point along them. Hedeelared he believed that the transmission of new about the earth by electric waves ia tie place of wires was no longer a dream.

LEAP TEAR PARTY FOR A MTRDERER assrsd Keleh'e Stater Batatas Maaey to aeear sXew Trial. Cleveland, Ohio, March 25. The eight sis ters and sisters-in-law at Busbrod Reich, the wife murederer who I under sentence of death, have Issued Invitations for a leap-year party to be gfyea by (hem April 28. Their object la to raise aaoney with which to fight for a aew trial for Kelch. murderer waa taken to the penitentiary at Columbus tils morning.

1 CXRFEW WILL SOT BUXQ I. OMAHA. The Mayor Say) the Ordlaaaea gavora Tow Mack of tbe Blae Laws. Omaha. -March' 25.

Tie curfew or- dlnarce adopted by the" Omaha city council last week waa vetoed by the The reasons assigned were that It too much re sembled the blue laws, aad could not apply to a place of metropolitan The council sustained the veto 1896. TWELVE PAGES. OUR PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. NO. 6.

LEVI -P. A Business Man Record as Member of to France, Elected Governor of the Empire State by the Given For some time prior to his return to this country from Europe, early In September. 1894. ex-Vice President Levi P. Morton's name bad been conspicuously mentioned as that of the probable nominee of the Republican party tor the Governorship of New Tork.

The steamer on which he arrived entered the har bor late on a pleasant Sunday forenoon. A chartered steamboat, filled with hundreds of Mr. Morton's friends, moved to the side of the big French liner and welcomed him with hearty cheers. The personal admiration and affection of each member of the group for the man and citlaen, distinct from the political ef fect of the tribute, were manifest. To Mr.

Morton himself this spontaneous demonstration of good will was evidently a pleasurable surprise and touched him deeply. The Republican state convention was held late la the aamo month at Saratoga. When all the delegates had reached that place an unbiased canvass showed indubitably that Mr. Morton would be enthusiastically nominated. The Jealouaiea of temporary and ephemeral factions were nullified by the strength of Mr.

Morton's name and splendid record, and next to the largest majority ever given by New Tork State for any candidate throughout It history Justified the wisdom of the choice. Mr. Morton's election was not an accident "but Illustration of comprehensive foresight la leadership, a well a of accuracy la esti mating tbe real seatlmeota of the people. He was put forward aa a candidate for good. economic reasons, as applied to the conduct of government.

The versatility of hi intellectual powers had been demonstrated In a record that was absolutely unassailable. This record was of his owa creation, unassisted by any agency which ia not available to every other youth bora la circumstance which reader it necessary for him, at the beginning of hla actual life, to fashion haa owa career ou: of such material as ha may find within his reach and honestly apply to his individual us for the promotion of hia owa welfare. During a period of forty-two years Mr. Morton had been a maa of affairs la the metropolis of the country. He had early proved himself to be a maa of the highest integrity as well of superlative judgment la no sense a theorist, but la all things practical.

It was known that ha possessed the qualities of simplicity without deceit, conscientiousness as opposed to demagogy, high morality with out cant, determination without dogmatism, conservatism without bigotry, aad benevolence without ostentation, The condition of affairs la tha state at tha Urn of his nomi nation for Governor demanded the selection of one whose nam would inspire confidence. aot only among Republican but Democratic voter. That demand was supplied aad the appreciative response of the people was recorded la tha overwhelming majority given S' Mr. Morton at tha polla la the following oTember. Whether Mr.

Morton's public services sre dee tin ed to close with the completion of his tarn as Governor, or whether hia long Ufa of usefulness shall be crowned by his election to too Presidency, his successful career must continue to serve la the nature of aa objeet lesson to the youth of coming generation. It ia not always blood, but strict adherence to soma fixed principle and conformity to a high standard of true living, that telle la tie end. MORTON OF Vice President, and Governor. a Candidate on a Full There may have been something in the blood of the pilgrim fathers which stimulated the spirit of determination so conspicuously manifested in their resistance to religious thraldom. But.

after all. it waa their adherence to fixed principle and conformity to high standards of living which rendered them worthy of the reverence accorded to their descendant. Mr. Morton's title to Puritan blood la certainly without flaw, aad If his recognised virtues are directly traceable to the influence of the eurrentn flowing from the fountain through the generations, an argument in favor of the forces of heredity is supplied which no one will gainsay or asaail. It waa the ship Ann which brought his first American ancestor, George Morton, from England la 1(23.

Just two centuries before he himself waa born. The name of Morton frequently appears in colonial history, always honorably associated with passing events. During King Philip's war. John Morton served as first deputy to the General Court of Plymouth from the town of Middleborough. and It ia related that hla house waa saved from destruction by the Indians as a mark of appreciation of hi kindness to their tribes.

John Morton, also a descendant of George Morton, waa a signer of the declaration of Independence while he waa a delegate to the First Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, to which office he was elected in 1774 and re-elected in 177C. He was buried la the Episcopal churchyard at Chester, and upon his monument these words are graven Being censured by some of his friends for his boldness la giving the easting vote for the declaration, of tndeneadeac. bis prophetic spirit dictated from his deathbed the following message to tbcai: "Ten them they will live to see the hour whe they will acknowledge It to have been the most glorious servtc that I ever rendered to my Of equal quality with that of tbe paternal side was the blood which Governor Mortoa drew from the veina of his maternal ancestor. The American progenitor ot the line wss Justyn Parsons, and a daughter of a New England elergymaa bearing the same aame married Daniel O. Mortoa, a Congregatlona-minister, whose charge waa In the Village of 8horeham.

VL The were the -parents ef Governor Morton, who wss bora at Shoreham May It, 1824. Aa aa evidence of his vener-' atkn for the place ot his nativity, Mr. Morton bestowed the name of that village upon the large hotel which erected several years ago la the City of Washington. He wry named ia honor ef aa anele. Rev.

Levi Parsons, oa ot the first misalonariee from America to Africa, where he died the same year that hia namesake was bora and where his remains are burled. Governor Mortoa was one ot six children, consist Is of four daughter and two son. His only brother, Daniel O. Mortoa. was lawyer.

settled la Ohio early la life, aad, aa a Democrat, received the Presidential appointment of United Sutea District Attorney for that stat. He died oa Deo. J. 1359, at the aga of 44 years, but had lived long enough to realls tha danger likely to result from the disturbances ia hia party over the question ot slavery and to place himself firmly oa advanced ground la favor of the maintenance of the TJnioa. Tha salary of tha Shortbam misUier wai Chicago, icnr.

A AfcAvy" OCT IDE or CHICAGO. CEXTS. NEW YORK. Congress, Minister Largest Majority Ever Vote oaly year, and the opportunities for thd education of the children were limited to the public schools. When 15 years old.

Levi P. Morton secured employment in a general merchandise store at Enfield. Mass. Later, he became the proprietor of a similar store at Hanover, N. H.

At this place he enjoyed social Intercourse with tie students, aa well aa tie professors, ef Dartmouth College, aa Incident which he turned to good account in-'tellectuaily. Aa the country storekeeper at Hanover, he purchased hia dry goods from the then well-known commission house of James M. Beebe A Co. cf Boston. Mr.

Bee be waa prompt to recognise in the young village merchant unusual business qualifications, ail offered him at last a pesitien as raiesman la the Boston establishment. Mr. Morton accepted, and, disposing ot his Hanover store, removed to Boston. At tie end of two years he waa admitted to partnership in the firm. In 1853 it waa decided to open a branch, house ia New York, and Mr.

Mortoa was detailed to that city to conduct tie buslnes. Ho selected aa the location of hla store a building on Broadway, nearly opposite Exchange place, and. aa nearly aa tie alterations on that thoroughfare will Justify calculation based oa memory, the site waa that now occupied by, the building (No. 49 Broadway) in which Hon. Thomas C.

Piatt haa hia office. The house ot George Bird A Co. was at that period one of the moat prominent la the dry-goods trade in New Tork. Mr. Bird decided.

In 1S5. to retire from business, but was anx ious that his two nephews. J. B. GrlnneH an William F.

Grlnneil (now Vaited States Con sul at Bradford, England), should continue Isl the trade. He had been attracted by Mr. Morton' characteristics and business qualifications and finally offered him a partnership In the new firm. The offer was accepted, and the house of Morton, Grincell A dry-good commission merchants and importer, waa established at No. (4 Broadway.

A gentleman well known in Wall street aad ia social circles la New Tork City began kla own successful business career aa a clerk with that firm. Speaking, recently, of Mr. Morton as he appeared in those days of hla early prime, this gentleman said: "Mr. Morton, when I first knew him. In 1854, was a magnificent specimen of physical man hood.

I 'always recognised in him inequalities ot ambition, coupled with rare good judgment and self-poise. He was a far-sighted, sagacious man, but I never believed that he would develop fondness for political life. Mr. Morton's versatility has; I am sure, surprised all who long ago recognised la hint a man of unusual Intellectual resource so far as these might be applied to the conduct of the larger business affairs of life. As aa employer he was genial and kindly to every, one.

When the rebellion broke out there) were a number of young men in hie emplon who belonged to militia regiments, aad who responded to the call for ninety days' service) immediately after the attack ea Fort Sumter. All these gentlemen, myself among the somber, took their place ia the rank, aad theUt place la the store were reserved for thens while they were absent, aad their pay continued throughout that period. Mr. Mortoa: was always methodical, and closely atteaded to every detail of business. The hour for salesmen and clerks to appear la the morning was I a'elock.

Tha porter opened the store.