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COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 18S6
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS
Further DPcnsslon of the Ff'mantis
Uesjlutiom lu tli 1 Senat .
Tb* D'nioPrats (i tilng ib« Bnil of the
««p J bllc‘*nB--lleci WarrlpH Olil ffnu
Rttmantfi *Pr cevdtngs of ibo lliinte
Special tr. Bn<jnfm-t?nu
Washington, March 17 -Cas
well, of Wisconsin, from ihe com
mtttee oc judiciary, reporied hack
the rtsrlutioa calling ou the secrei-
tary of ice. treasury for a a atenieut
of the account be .ween the United
States ami the several s'ales and terv
rltorlee of the direct taxes levied end
apportioned by tbeact o' 1861 Adopt
ed
Tuek< r, of Virginia, from 'he com
mittee on Judiciary, reported a bi 1
to provide for bringing suits agatnBt.
the govermire.it House calendar,
Culbersou, of Texas, from the same
committee, r por ed the bill to amend
the act regu'aung the r.cooval nf
causes from state to federal courts
House calendar
Ctisp, of Georgia, from thee m-
mittee on commerce, reported a bill
to establish additional life saving sta
tions House c leudar.
D irgar, of South Carolina, from the
committee on mtlitsry affairs, rt-
ported a bill to replace the unservice
able ordnance issued to the militia of
the states and territories Cuonni’tee
of the whole
Richardson, of Teunessee, from the
committee on claims, reported a bill
providing for the payment of adjudi
cated F ;i;r h of July claims. Com
mittee of tne whole
Mr Gibson, of West Virginia, from
the committee on expendi'ures In the
depar ment of justice, reported s bill
relating to tbe compensation and
duties of United States attorneys,
marshals and commissioners. Com
mittee of the whole
C x, of N rtb Carolina, from the
commitne ou oivll eervice reform, re
ported a bill lo provide for an assist
ant civil service examiner. Commit
tee of the whole.
The house took up and debated for
some time and parsed without
amendment the electoral oount bill.
Tne discussion took the form of tx-
preseioDB of opinion. No amend
intDh werotfl red and no div g on
was had on the passage of the bill
Toe committee on appropriations
reported back the urgency dell iency
bill, rec. mmendicg concurrence in
some of the relate ameudu e its and
non-concurrence lu others. The re
port was egreed to.
The house then went into a com-
nii'teeof tbe whole on the Indian
appropriation hill Wulboru, of
TVxss. closid the il'ba’e upon the
bill I was then read by paragraphs
for ameDtimmis and sLurily after
warde the committee ro-e and the
house, at 5 o’clock, adj turned,
sc.niut
Several messages from the prrs'
dent were laid before the senate, one
of them beit.tr unsigned, “but re
eeived,” said Piesitient Pr> Tenapore
Sherman, “in dueaud iffl.iai lorm. 1 '
Tne me“s»g^, on suggesiion of the
chair and on motion uf Cockrell, was
returned to the president for signa
ture.
Tne judiciary committee resolu
tions came up in order and D dph
resumed his speeoh begun yesterday.
Dilpb cited the decisions of the
supri.me court to Bbow that the pow
er of removal was incident to the
power of appointment, hence he ar
gued that us the president and senate
appointed, the piesident and senate
should remove R lerring to civil
servleo reform, he said he did not
know what it meant, but whatever it
mean', both pa-ties were pledged to
it by their platforms. After quoting
from various publications ou civil
service to show dissatisfaction with
the presioem’s departures from tbe
civil service idea, Dolph said he
would LO! undertake io construe the
president's declarations, but what
ever his declarations, bis acts had
not been in accord with the ides, ol
civil service reform.
Dolph bed beard it .-a d in tbi- de
bate that the senate bad entered oi
this controvery with the president
for the purpose of kieping repu’di-
enue in office He, for one, dis
claimed any euch motive. There
was no desire to iaine any question
with the admin: s ration. He did not
believe there was a republican sena
tor in tho chamber who was not
willing to treat ’he president precise
ly as they would b eat a republican
president. Mi D .lph, however, would
go farther If the preside it would
say that thtro were charges against a
suspendid officer, and il ne furnished
those charges to the se.:ate and
a ked the removal of the officer,
Dilph for one would consent to the
suspension, provided the cause was
reasonable, even though it might not
have been cause sufficient of itself to
warrant the removal. But it was a
different matter when the president
says to the senate : "I have removed
A B and appointed CD I will not
state what charges are made agains:
A B aud will give him no opporius
nity to defend him ’elf.”
Coke followed. Ever since the de
bate od the subj ct in the first con
gress in 1780 Coke said, tnere Lai
been nothiug new or original
stated about it The great
men engaged in that debate
had left nothing further to be said.
Theiunderlying qurstloD was wheth
er the power of removal wa' vtsted
in the president alone, or in the
president and the senate acting to
gether, The constitution did not
provide tor tte consent of the senate
to bt; given to removals lrom rfflee
1 It had thought well to put a check
| ou too great an ambition in theoccu
i punt of the executive chair in the
matter of appointments, aod so had
coupled with the preriilent’s power
lu that matter the power of the sen
ate I 1 had not made any such pro
vision as !o removals. This was a case
fe r Ihe application of the maxim.
‘Exfieis uuius exnlusio alterius ”
The president must have the power
to remove incompetent officials H >w
coulu hr- carry out the p >iioy an
nounced by the people in ho eleetiou
without agents in harmony wi:ti his
purposes? How cculd he act with
the injunction to tska care that tbe
laws bn faithfully execu'ed, uuleis
by sectirlrg men of bis own selection
to rx j cute the law ?
Cube reviewed the historic features
of the question, and read ftp rn 'he
public utterances of leading s utes-
men of the country ir> support of his
position He maintained 'hat tne
.enura of office law was uncmef'u
loott! trnd ridiculed the claim made
by E Itnunds that the question now
before the senate was in the interest
of the c-aliu and orderly atlmh isua-
fIon of the government.”
C .be contrasted the course of the
democrats with the course of the
present senate, saying that the dem
ocratic seDV.e had not attempted to
embarrass the republican administra
te !
Wilson, of Maryland, opposed the
repor of the majority He did not
propose to recast any part of the gre i
bt-toric debate on the question wher-’
the right of power of remov'd from
office rested, but would rather aim to
argue the question upon the pos'u
Intes derived from our history, bu'
e-pecialiy from tho point of vet? of
Common sense Tue senate of
some monarchy, he said,in the height
of i‘s grandeur, could have
sc»rce ; y trea ei a poor procorsil ae
the senate of the United S ates had
treated President Cleveland. Poor
indeed in spirit and dwarfened in
political s gnifisanoe should the pres
ident be who dared not address to
this senate a communication on a
«ubj' Ct. which this senate itself had
brought into question. Wnen the
first Doles of the senate’s assaultr
were sounded, Wilson continued, we
were told all along the line that tbe
rmj >rity must have the president's
reasons for removing republican of
ficials, After a while the language
was modified aud the demand was
only for papers connected with the
removals and suspensions, and finally
after much deliberation under the
lead of crafty counsellors, it came to
be u demand not f ir papers connecte 1
with suspensions, butconuec’ed wi.b
th° management and conduct of the
; ffl :e. Why this sinuous and under
ground method of attack, unless It
he conceded that the seuate bad do
right to calc for rcarons ? Although
be ciu’d not apt-ek excathcdrs, vet
he believed that in a very
lstrg* number of caees the
changes had been made by the
president because of tfiensive parti
saosbip on the rart of the suspended
c ffloah.dder. Under the cireurn
st.-nces the democrats were thankful
for offensive partieahshlp which
would lie tho key which would open
to them the door of the prornls d
land.
Wilson cotrmeottdon thefaottliat
cfflceholder Duskin bad made no
complaint, but had sisuoied that he
was suspended for political partisan
ship
B .ck did not wonder that Duskin
was not here for himself Every
body knew, Beck said, that Duskin
was nomina'td in March, 1881, and
the senate did Dot see fl r to confirm
him H-' was again appointed after
the adj urnment of the session and
nominated at tbe October term of the
same year, and the senator from
V.-rmo.tt (EdmuDd-) had not felt
jus'iflad in ever reporting him to the
senate for c infirm atlon.
Edmunds rose as a mat ter of duty
to a question of ord er. The senutor
fri m K'-rnucky, h e said, was violat
ing the du y of a senator in re pect
to proceedings in executive sessiou.
B ok denbd this. Therecordti and
pu.dio papers, he said, showed ihree
nominations of Duskiu, and it was
■jut because the senator from Ver
non t knew that he was upwortlu
hat the papers were ntktd for, bu'
because he expected to entrap the de-
par'meut.
E ImuntD insisted that the senator
from Kentucky was out of order and
n6ked lUe chair to decide the ques
tion.
The chair was of the opinion that
'he senator from Kentucky eould see
the distinction and would no doubt
observe the rules of order.
Beck said he would do so. He
would not speak of anything that
occurred in executive sessiou, but re
peated his statement as to what the
record and publ lc press wruld show,
■ hat the senator ucm Vermont did
not see fit to act on tbe nomination.
Elmucds again insisted that the
senator was out of order, and asked
the chair to enforce the rules.
The chair stated that the senator
from Kentucky had an undoubted
right to refer to public facts, but
B.ck remarked that he had; that
to-morrow he would prove public
facte by the press of the country,
and also prove by the records of the
house of representatives, which were
public, tba' Duskiu was an utterly
unfit man to hold the place from
which he was removed; among other
reasons, because of his connection
with H robaih, the marshal, and
that the senator from Vermont him
self kDtw the faoti aad B:-ok thought
he could produce the reoords from tbe
attorney-general’s office, republican
A'torney-General B ewster verifying
Ihu iablo elated bjr mu. v iiooa;. Ha
hoped also, lu executive ses
sion, to get the vote
of the senate to compel the senator
from V-rmont to produce evidence
wbicn lie had before bis own com
mittee to show Dutkid’s unfl ness
H ■ hoped io prove H at this (1 .it o
make an issue in regard to D kin
wr.s became the senator fu-in V r«
mnnt Believed Diiskiu s case Ii»d
tt.at tbe dun cratic aduiinis ration
wi ultl bt- glad to prove now bad no
was, and then the senator would
claim it a- a i rsceder.t in good case*
“And I hope to prove,” coutiru-d
B (b, “that tho move now ni-.d-
with such a fl mrish of trumpets I
will not say wbat I expeo; to prove,
tor I could uot do it, perhe-v, in par-
lismentarv language ”
Elmund' said tie would have to
ieuve enurelv iu slier os what the
-euator from Kantucky h .d s ated in
regard to affairs iu the executive s.s
slnn “1 feet bound in honor,” be
said, “uot to make any allusio.,8 to
any such subjec’s, Tbe id-.ae ofsen-
a'orini honor under the rules of 'he
-eua'.or from Kentucky aud my own
am entirely ditfereat. Perhaps urine
are wring Perhaps Ins are light.
Ev :ry senator is sworn to a faithful
performance of his duty ss a
senator according to the regus
latious of the senate that
*;e made uuder the constitution. I!
the senator from Ke itucky tbit k- it
is honorable to ga b'e and misstate
the !X(stepc.: of circums'ances in
closed doors, of course I have no c it
icisin 'o make on bis sense of what is
honorable and right. T canno' moke
any reference to what has taken place
under at.y circumstances wher- under
the rules of the senate and my
oath the doors are olosed. Therefore
I can make no reply to wha the
senatur from K‘ntucky has said on
the sulj et to which he has alluded
as in ex cutive session.
Edmunds then proceeded to suy
‘hat if there were ropons on fi e in
th i attorney-general’s office -cting
Duskin’s character, these were just
what the senate wauted. T ie seua-
t)r from Kentucky had enj iyed, it
appeared, »n advantage over tne
senate as a body.
B-ck said ho had not seen any
paper in the attorney-general’- offi e
relating to DuekiD, nor had he ever
csked to see one; nor had he ever
sp ken to tbe president iu regard to
Du-kin. “And as to my horrr aud
my oath,” continued Beck, “I hope
it is sacred bb that of the senator
from Vermont. It it was not at leBSt
as good as bis, I would not have, as
much regard for myself as I have
now I propose to stand upon my
integrity as a man and senator, and
I say that a forty person-power
would not do justice to much
of the hypocrisy that i-i
now presented to the sepa'<
in prelenses of a desire to establish
public Justice Duskm wis known
to be an unfit man for tue place ne
occupied, and nobody knew it better
ban the ssca'or from Vermont, and
be bad selected this particular case
beciuse he believed that tne execu
tive i fficers, knowing that Duskiu
was unfit, would show the unfi nose,
and that would give the senator
from Vermont aD sxtuse in other
cases to se k to make trouble by ask
ing for what he and the country
knew the senate bad no right to de
mand from the executive, in order to
Dring ecandals before tne ouotry
Tbs senator from Vermont spoke of
his honor, and oath, and integrity,
and compared them with mine I kin
willing to stand by the eompar son
I thank God that whst. I ray, I any
openly and boldly. I will move now
in order to see whether I am telling
what is true or not, and if I can not
move it now I will do so a - the first
opportunity, that ad tbe proceedings
tn March, 1881, October, 1881, and
D-cembpr, 1881, and ail papers fhrd
with the juuioiary committee und ah
proceedings had before that commit
tee in tbe esse of the uomina ion of
Durkin shall be made nubile so tba;
tbe country can judge whether what
I say U ttue or nut. If I have lalsi
fl d anything I will taken back, aud
if I have not 1 want a chance to
prove it. Since cemparisons are
mu le between the oatu ai d honor f
,he senator from V rruon.
and myself, I make that mo
tion now and will le’
lie ever till to-morrow moruiog, or 1
will coitiu tlje first exeeu’ive ses
sion, it it is uot in order to do it
now ”
The chair thought the motion was
cot in order now, but the senator
c uld ask unanimousconscpf,
Beck accordingly aektd unani
mous consent.
E Imund i said it was not in order
lu open session.
Toe chair was of the opinion that
if a would lead to a discussion il was
not in oruer.
J B ck inquired where E lmund? had
got the Thurman matter the other
day ?
Edmunds replied, "from the com
mittee's minutes book upon au order
of tne senate withdrawing secrecy
from it. Perhaps the senator from
Kentucky can see the distinction,"
ne said.
“I can sees barn,” replied Beck,
“but I cannot see a fly on a barn door
without seeing the barn.”
Edmunds— “Undoubtedly, and tbe
senator has seen a good many barns.
1 a n inclined to think he hss not
seen much 4 of anything else.”
[Laughter.]
Beck—“1 have not teen tbe fly.”
Edmunds—“No; the senator never
takes anything on the fly.” [Re
newed laughter.]
B.-ck—"Nor ou the sly, either.”
[Uproarious laughter on the fl ior and
iu the galleries ]
E Imuuds moved an executive
When the galleries had been clear-
ed aud the doors olosed Beck offered
a resolution that the injunction of
seoteey I e removed with regard to
tbe papers in the iiacus of the judi
ciary committee relating to th Du«-
kin ca-e He said he did not wlsn to
rest under tie Imputation passed
upon Ids honor by the sennt r from
Vermont, and wisned to show the
public that h- hud good grounds for
all he had asserted.
Edmund- disavowed ell Intention
to oast any aspersions on tbe honor
>t tbe senator lrom Kentucky whom
he held in tbe highest esteem.
Conger proposed an amendment lo
he resolution of the senu'or from
K ntucky, providing that tne resolu
non should not ake offset till the
attorney g“tierai or president should
have sent in 'he papers tu the case.
Th-reupon the reso u ion and
amendment were referred to the com
mittee ou judiciary
A motion was entered to reconsider
he vote by which R H D ment wus
confirmed as surveyor-general of
U ah
At 6 pm the doors were reopened
and the senate aoj mrued
THE TELEPHONE SCIT
Washington, March 17—it has
been fii ahy settled that the govern
ment's suit against the B il t« It -
phone corny any to test the va idity of
its pudeuis ahull bt- broughtat Colum
bus. O .lo. and the Uuntdfchates dis
trict attorney for that diatiict has
been instructed sconrduig'y The
bill is completed aud will ue filed to
morrow cr next day. Judge Thur
man, of the eye ial counsel, is iiow r
at ColumbuB and hHB perfee'ed nl 1 the
necessary arrange merits at that point.
QUARANTINE OFFICER
Burgeon G ntral Hammon, of the
marine hospital service, has recom
mended ihe appointment of D' Pol-
'er, of Key West, Fib,, bn U .i od
6 Btts quarantine i ffleer foi that port
under section 5 of the n .u.-nal q ’ar-
antine act of April S!9 h, 1878 By that
act any municipal quarantine officer
can hold an appoiutineut, aud be
olothid with the power of a govern
ment eftieer for quarantine purposes.
Such appointmentsdo uot carry with
hem any compensation.
ST PATRICK’S DAY-
How II W»a Olrbri%‘#«I ThtonnhW 1
ibo Uun ry
Sp 'dal to E’ QUtrervHun.
Baltimore, Match 17—s P-t-
rlok'u uay opened bright ami beautl
ful, and at au early lu u - tin green
emblem was every where v slide. At
8: Patrick’s church the principal
religlnuN celebration took place, turd
the', edifice!} was| crowded to over-
Hi wing Archbishop Gibbons occu
pied the throne, and sob tun high
mass was celebrated by U v Frau
c'b Fowler. R^v Father Hickey, of
Gumautowu, Pa, delivered the
panegyric. Tue music was very flue.
Abcu* thlry oi the eb rgy were
prestnt, as w-s also A sam," -Sulli
van, of Chicago. A oommttie.: of the
H bernian society to-day sent to Par
nell a draft for X800 sterling I wa»
oolleoted ye«rs ago for the Huillb
O’Brien fund a id was !r> tbe custody
ol the Hibernian. The atTumu'atlon
uf Interest broughr the amount up lo
the sum naaird
New Yore, March 17 Saint
Patrick's day procession formed iu
Washington park and inarched up
Fifth A'etioe, headed by the 8 x'y-
uiuth rtgimeiit, C d C ivunaugti oom~
naaiidlnir. There w* r- 10 000 men in
one, representing all me Dish socie
ties in tue city. All along the route
the procession was greeted wlili
cheers from the multi ude Eirlier
iu the morning the pontiflea. rain
waH celebrated at the cathedral in
Fifth Avenue by Archbishop Corri
gan, The Six y-uiuth regiment oc
cupied seat9 in. ilie main aisle
Pittsburg, March 17 -I i the
parade this afternoon of the Anclem
Ord r of Hibernians, it; hoot r of
8tint Pair ok, bu orange vreec ban
ner wu« carried us t> symnol of the
unity ol l.elauo, Ftt.ij 5000 owl
were Inline. Tue bent of order was
maintained. The weather was pleas
ant.
ON ’CHANGE.
A D«cld«dlr Active nnd Wrt.li Slatknl,
FOREIGN FLASHES
Th.1 Cfilfbr’itlon of St Pntrlek’^ »hj —
TL e tin eb of Heotlond Bill.
By Amrlo American rubies,
London, March 17 -A banquet in
honor or B: Patrick's day was given
it the Caunon street hotel this even
ing Th°re we-e 250 guests, includ
ing E'-rl A.ihbui-jh-m and m-uy
Parnellitp members of parlisment
Many telegrams were read express'-
■ng confidence in Piroel! and tiie
Irish Commoners. E Dwyer G ay,
who presided, regtetted 'he
absence of Parnell, who was
unwell. Amid great enthusiasm
be proposed the toast, “Ir Lad, a
Nation.” adding ffiat ifever a race
on the face ot ibe globe bail proved
Ub right to na'ionhood, tbe Irish bail
done so In spite of centuries of bit
ier strugglo, unpara'Ieled sacrifices
and tl itqtia’ed suflerlugs, Irishmen
had shi/wa that they were deter
mined to obtain the rights of a
notion, arid u*ver was their de'er-
nainatioD strengir than m w He
hoped that bvfoie long Gladstone
would be enabled to solve the prob
lem. Irishmen wished to legislate
for themselves iu their own country
aud would loyally accept any meas
ure giving them that privilege, thus
benefiting both countries instead of
endangering the empire. O.her tousts
follow .d.
THU CHURCH OF SCOTLAND BILL,
R >oerl Baunaiyue Finlay, m.-eral
member for Inverness, mov-id in ibt
house of commons this af omoon Ilia
second reading of his church of Scot
land bill. This opposes the disvs-
tabliihment, and fuvore such reform
of ihe C-iureh as would piauicully
amount to reconstruction. It alma,
for ina'a ice, at removing all those
obstacle-, which now < xi>t to a ru-
union of the free church and unit%d
pre3byteria with Ibe established
church. The Sco'eli radicals are de-
teimtued in their oppoaition to this
measure, and in 'his they receive the
assistance of the Pirn'Hites. Indeed,
mauy Pameilite mimbors cancelled
iheir engagements to speak In the
province- to-night in order tobe pres
ent In tne hnu-e. After a prolonged
discussion F.nlay’s motion was re
jected by a vote of 2U2 to 177
•frTlanai Ualg irla.
THE TREATY OF PEACE RATIFIED
Buchakist, March 17 —Tne treaty
of peace between Servia and B il»
gaila has beeu ratified tiy representa
tives of the powers interested.
■tool kf m BarfUr,
Specif*’, to Enaulr«r«Bun.
Richmond, Va, March 17 — Police
Sergeant Brooks was shot early this
morning, Just before the fast maii
train left for the north, while at
tempting to arrest a burglar who was
trylug to board the train. The bur
glar bad been discovered attempting
to blow open the safe of He-mann
Schmidt, grocer, and was trailed to
the depot. He escaped after shooting
Brooks and exchanging several shots
with another < ffletr. Brooks’ wound
is very severe, nut it is not believed
to be fatal.
A dude Is apt to be rlnb It all de
pends upon his mother. If a young
ouau made his own money bo would
have a head unfi ted for tho hade busi
ness, and no time to staud about on
-oatiuee days with the big end ol a cane
in m.u.h.
Special »o Enqnlrer-Him.
New York, March 17 —The stock
martlet to-day has been d cidedly
active and weak. There was a euk
opening, the first prices showing
generally a Iosp of J r 3 and after a
btlefahow of firun ess '.here was a
very decided break, which carried
prices for active stocks down ah ml
2 before midday. The decline was
then checked and a firm tone witn
ipssoo'ivi'o prevail'd f-«r an haul,
lull',weii again n> l'ei.owtu wtnkuess
that continu'd to the cloee.
Tbe break in the lurenoor was
directly tractable to cool mocks.
which were conspicu ms for dec'ine
and which show net lueses of 2J lo
3J The weakness In these stocks
was due to the reoiganiz itlou olau of
the 14-adlug c mu-ny . wn.cn wan
interpreted os indicating that reor
ganization could not be successful
wlthou* at leant a fight with Gowen,
while if successful, it would not be
favorable to the R adlng stockhold
ers.
Tbe afternoon’s decline followed
the reports that a strike hud taken
t.ltce <"tio’ g ihe«rr’P , ''ype of the Chi
cago, Burlington anu (j uucy rad-
road, and that further trouble
throughout the west was ihreateaed
It wai? altcgethcr a gala day for the
bears, the whole list closing at near
the lowest figures and 1 to Ij lower
than laBt evening for other tuan coal
stocks, Bales 475 000 shares.
The r*id!Bia<l Ward can*.
Spec’a) to Erqn)re r 'Han.
New York, March 17 —Hamilton
Cole, ret-r'e tii me aettou brought by
Qoorgu C Holt, b- igaei, for th- bene
fit of the credit' rs of Ferdinand
Ward, against Wai B Warner, fi nd
his report with the clerk oftheeu-
preme court today If Is In favor of
Ju'ieu T Davies, riceiver of the firm
of Grant & Ward, aud finds that
ihi payment rf a 1 j rooney
made by Ward, either by hi"
Individual check or by the checks of
G-ant A Watd upon so-called con
tract business, wort fraudulent and
void as against the defendant. Julier
T Davies, receiver, and that Warner
must pay over to Davies as receiver
all the moneys received by him from
Ward over and above tne
amount paid by him to Ward.
This sum. the referee finds
to be 11,255 361, which, with Interest
thereon from May 6 1SS1 bl l ( t,391),
makes the total amount to ne recovs
erad f1,395,752 He further directs
that the defendants, Warner aud his
wife, execute aud deliver within
thirty days from the flung of this
judgment such deeds of conveyance,
release and quit claim as may be
necessary toea'isfy this Jsidgment.
Attempt I* Wreck a Train,
less s iHWcSIn.
‘ Bt Louis, Mo, March 17—A spe
cial fiom Marshall, Texas, to the
Poet-Dispatch states that an attempt
was made near there last night to
wreck the north bound pas
senger train ou the Texas and
P.cifio lailroad. B me men, ss
yet unknown, removed a rail from
the track on the bridge a short dis
tance north of Marshall, but the
mischief was discovered shortly be
fore the time for the train to pbF, 5 , and
great loss of life and proper y was
tliUo averted.
A Horrible Crime.
BpecUl to tbe Knonlrer-San. I
Knoxville, Maroh 17 —A horri
ble crime was committed to-day near
L uden, ‘kirty miles beLw here.
lul Vi l.C hi o.k.j n — — L* nl*
itereel by a mulatto, twenty years
' Id, named John Gillespie. Captain
Gtay, who In a wealthy farmer, went,
'o a funeral, leaving the negro work*
>ng on the premises. Peturnlrg two
nours later he foundhis wife d ‘ad on
'he fl’or, shot In tne back
. f the head Their infant
i hild was playing In her
blood G llespie mounted G ay’p.
horse and fl d. I Is suppos -1 he at
tempted to outrage Mrs Gray and
.hen fired two loads of shot Into the
tack other bend fn m a double-bar
reled shot gun. O e hundred men
were soon In pursuit, swearing tc
1 ynch the cegro b« poon as caught,
ro nlghtG lle-ple Wjh captured with
'u ten miles of th scene of the raur-
'er. He confessed the crime and will,
und utiiedly be lynched before morn-,
tug.
LABOR TROUBLES
rtuer Hi fh'.i of L’lb.r CosrliUd • J
Unllrlou'' Jllufhiol,
•Ipeolal to Enqnlr*r-fiur.,
Galveston. Tex Mar-h 17 —A
penal to the News from Waco says :
(l.eat Interest wss tx lioited about
el-,e court room yc-ste-day during the
progress of the trial of James Murray
and James A Anthony, two K light*
of Libor, arreetcl op the 8 h instant
on the charge of malicious mischief
m disabling a fiehrlit Inc unotive on
the M'esourl Pacific road The en
gine wa" puPing the last freight train
which reachfd this point from F .rt
Worth. The locomo'lve wr.s “killed”
in the presence of several persons
near the depot. The knights watch
ed the progress of tho trial with
hs keenest tnteres', and
when the jury emered the
kuights exhibited surprise. The
pnntHhment was aese.-sed at a fi re of
$100 each Counsel for tne knights
iar been Instructed to movo for a
new trial, and if Hub is refused to ap
peal the case The knights claim
that Inasmuch as no permanent in
jury was done to the property, the
offense has not oouie uuder the s .at-
rne. CiMzrns eu'side the oircle of
he knights approve Ihe verd'ot— no*
that they desiie these particular
knights punished, bnt as a whole*
some precedent, .Ddicating the pur*
pose of the au'horiths to punish
offenses under the state law
MOVING FREIGHT TRAINS.
Little Rock ark Marco IT —
To-day the delayeu freight on the
Iron Mountain ra Ir.md was brought
.u from Jackson Till-', thirteen miles
north of here On nr;-1vii g ut Barring
Cross the knights requested the en
gineer to leave ihe e gtne, hut h« de
clined to do so uul'.«- fold was used,
aud none wav iff-rod. Auother
freight train wa* ' "‘be up a id a
pee-6 accompanied i u”iil aher cross
ing the bridge N.i.ft -rt was made
to delay i'. and everything liar beau
made quiet all day.
iik.ita s ■ out. in turn Jiftj.
Vpnctal t" Knunl.-er-tMiD.
Wilmington N C. March j7—B.
Henry Boon, nt-gr , sentenced to be
dang d here to-day for rape, bad his
sentence commuted to imprisonment
f r li to by tbe govc rnor Tho petition
f ir commutation wan pigued by the
Judge before whom HejU was tried,
and a number o'the jurorsand proin-
inent citiz us. Ex-.-cutive clemency
was exercised on technical grounds,
and tUe prisoner was considered man-
ally very weak.
Got rnor Nr«r ey * Htrtg tntlffo.
'g Er;qu.ri.r««8ua.
Salt La its Utah M»r«h 17 — Di
rect; v upon tt escco-isioa or C'evotsud’s
idmlnlstratlon Q voro' r Murray alg-
uifitid .hat bia re-iigna l u wan ut tbe
ilbposal cf the president. Ves orduy
ae reoolvod a telegram from Bncre'ary
r -mar th»t hi* resp'nptio” was desired
G v-Ji nor Mu ray p-on-ptl; replied,
vavlng that Ills ieplg’ir.tl n would be
nac'lfd tbe pres.uenl by R N
B.hsid, ins delegate chosen by
be uou-Morino./s to pmoeol to
tVaPhli.gton to represent the rlmcrest.
K.hkiti will p ce.d tt. \V bi.'.g.on
nnm diately Go' 7 Murrsv bad pre
pared a synopsis ol ids v.o-k during
,ne period alocebie la-'. »(iuu# leporl,
c.jeing it with b'.ii :eslg. alien aud
ptscf-d I' In Baskin’s h»i.db to be g'.v’jrj,
o tbe proudest,
A Tvrriel - P*< n - In a l o'<rl evuw.
V.i’p to £>gmr«r-6Na.
New Orlkais Marnb 17 *-A i'n«oial
o tbe Pioayur.e lrom G ena la, Miss,
lays tbe news of a terrili.e traredy en-
>cted at Cariolton, no interior town,
wenty-four miles soutuwest oJ
Grenada, wan received here this eve--
mng. FlfLy mou rode Into tbe town
and repaired to the court houoa.
where tb'rteen negroes were
waiting their trial. Thu white men
walked Into the oour' room and shot
tan negroes 'ira.l and mortally wound
ed the other three. Tne shooting grew
out of the a tempt?! assassination of
James L’ddell, apiomluont oiuzin.who
wea shot aDd Berlouoiy woaudtd by
these negroes eeve ai weeks ago.
A Slll’i Bevinn.
Special toiEncinlror-Ban
Memphis, Tbnn, Msrob 17 —At 8
o’clock to-night Emma Nuraiaa, a
voung lady 21 yearn ol age, shot and.
killed Henry Arnold, proprietor of fc
grocery store at No 1J9 Brood g'reet.
Arnold seduced Mias Norman about;
eighteen months ago and has raslt)
repeated pn mtsea to marry her Five
months ago be married Mlea Nellie
K -ley, and to-night, white
■uauding in front of hia
atom door, was shot tb’OUgh tho
heart by Miaa Norman, who ap .roaoh-
=d him from behind. Miss N rtnati
retidea eight miles in the country and
uscoe to town this aliernor-n for the
express purpose of killing her seducer.
She was arrested ar.d locked np 8he
expreaaed groat, satisfaction at the fatai
result of hsr shot,