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VOL. XXVIll-m !«•> COLUMBTS. GEORGIA: FRIDAY MORNING, .(FLY 1SS(>. PRICE FIVE CENTS Yesterday's Proceedings of the House and Senate. Tin- Death of Repriwntatite Cole Announrril— DiMUHslon of AmenitMictitK to the Klfer anil Harbor Hill—An Anieinlment bj lutmlls—Km- plojea Who l)o Not Work. Etc. Washington, July 8.—Swinburne, of New York, sent to tne clerk’s desk and had read a letter from Glass, of Tennessee, stating that he had been paired with Swin burne on the Bartholdi statue amendment to the sundry civil bill, and that had he been present he would have voted “no” on that proposition. Compton, of Maryland, submitted a series of resolutions expressing the regret with which the house has heard of the death of Hon. Win. H. Cole, late represent ative from the state of Maryland, and pro viding for the appointment of a committee of seven representatives and three sena tors to take, the order of superintending the funeral ceremonies. The house, at 11.10, as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, adjourned. Washington, July 8.—The sennte met at 11 a. m., and after the presentation of the usual number of petitions, proceeded to the business on the calendar. The resolutions for inquiry as to the au thority under which a so-called state leg islature had been organized in the territo ry of Dakota were indefinitely postponed. ' The first territory bills on the calendar were severally objected to. and were there fore passed over. The first hill to which no objection was made was one for the re lief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer Tallapoosa. It was passed. Hoar stated in reference to the bill to secure to the United States the payment of the indebtedness of the Pacific railroad companies, that he understood that a bill dealing with the same subject was likely to be considered within a few days “ else where.” He therefore did not propose to ask action on the bill under the existing order. The joint resolution for women suffrage was objected to by Platt. The open executive session was on mo tion of Platt made the special order for Wednesday, December 8th. The bill to authorize certain foreign built steamships in the service of the Interna tional Navigation company to be register ed as vessels of the United States was ob jected to by Conger. Hoar's bill to provide for inquests under national authority was objected to by Cockrell on the ground that it could not be considered underthe riae-minute rule. The bill to regulate the pay of graduates of the naval academy was passed. The hill to establish agricultural experi ment stations in connection with agricul tural colleges was postponed till to-mor row. The morning order, in relation to the calendar, closed at 12:30. Five pages had been then gone through. The senate resumed consideration of the river and harbor appropriation bill, the pending amendment being to reduce the appropriation lor the Kentucky river from f.:vi,<rra to ftoo.or'. - - - • The amendment was opposed by Beck and advocated by McMillan nnd Vest, and was finally rejected—01 to 2:i. The amendment striking out the para graph appropriating r'20.000 for improving Muskingum river, Ohio, and accepting for the United States from the stare of Ohio the Muskingum river improvement, gave rise to an extended debate, and was then voted down—yens 23, nays 25. The merits of the amendment appropri ating $35,000 for the purchase of the Partnge Lake canal and the Lake Superior Ship canal were presented bv Conger, who submitted resolutions of the legislatures of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wiscon sin. urging congress to make the waterway composed of these two canals free to the commerce of the country, and petitions of various chambers of commerce and hoards of trade to the same effect. The amend ment was adopted without division. The Hennepin canal amendment having been reached it was strongly advocated by Cullom, who stated that the canal was the most important work of canal improve ment now pressing upon congress for con sideration. Ai the conclusion of Cullom’s speech Riddleberger offered the following: “Whereas, Tt is generally understood that to-morrow, July 9th, is to be devoted to objected executive nominations; there fore, Resolved, That the doors of the senate shall not be closed during the time execu tive nominations are pending, discussed or voted upon. Frye objecting, the resolution was laid over under the rule. them put it, before abandoning their position in the matter. Tl„ republicans who have been most a< v la the effort to secure immediate actma mi the vetoed bills, have propo-ed a compromise which will probably be accepted. Under ite terms two hours will be allowed for debate upon Buch of the bills us may be selected, and at the expiration of the time, an aye or rray vote will be taken, the result of which is to be regarded as final as to all of the vetoes. Km|ilii)<-n WHe Dn Not Work. Washington, July 8.—The committee on accounts of the house of representa tives, as a result of its investigations into the conduct of the offices of doorkeeper, clerk and sergeant-at-arms of the house, has decided to recommend the consolida tion of the two house document rooms un der one head. Its report will also call at- tention to the fact that employes have been borne on the rolls without rendering ser vice, and members of the committee be lieved that no recommendation will be necessary to secure a reform in this re spect. The report will recommend that the changes go into effect at the beginning of the next session. Iii-iit li uf Ki-pn-Ni>ntat ivi- Cole. Washington. July 8.—Representative Win. H. Cole, of the third Maryland dis trict, died this morning at 7:30 o'clock at his home residence in this city, No. 509 Fourth street, in his 49th year. Dr. Cole, os he was commonly known, had been a sufferer from Bright’s disease for several years past and his demise was not entirely unexpected. He had been unable to at tend meetings of the house, of which he was a member, except once or twice during the present session. The deceased leaves a wife but no chil dren. The funeral ceremonies will take place in Baltimore next Saturday morn ing, and it is probable that the remains wu) be interred in the Cathedral cemetery in that city. The speaker has appointed the following named members as a com mittee to represent the house at the funeral: Messrs. Compton, Gibson and Me- Comas of Maryland, Dibbel of South Cato- lina, Trion of Louisiana, Wade of Missouri, and Stone of Kentucky. An Aiiu-iuliiieiit Ip I—mils. Washington, July S.—Senator Ingalls has to-day offered an amendment to tl e river and harbor bill, providing that the appropriation for the improvement of Pium Point and Lake Providence readies on the Mississippi river shall be expended in completing the repair and the mainte nance ol levees throughout the reaches at n height of two feet above the flood line of 1882, and in’completion of pertnable works of construction to the extent necessary to bring the high water banks of the river to the comparative uniformity of width ; contemplated in the river and harbor bill . of 1880. No revetment or bank protec tion work shall be executed until it shall be shown that the completion of the con traction works will not secure the desired stability of the banks. It is provided, how ever. that the revetment works may be constructed in front of the cities of Mem phis, Hickman, Columbus and Greenville reach, and that contraction works shall be builUat the same time in the wide por tions of the river immediately above said revetment works. Stan Illation (’mitlrliiiil. Washngton, July 8.—The senate has continued the nomination of M. D. Ball, of Virginia, to lie T hired States attorney for Alaska. the Cleveland Leader, who said : “The ill 111 Hlir republicans of Northern Ohio unaninious- Ullill i ll/lji ly condemn the action of the United States ‘ ‘ ' " ie buying of a seua- 1 H. B. Payne; that The Defeat of Gladstone and His Party Justice to him requires that the charges senate in condoning the buying of a sena torial nomination for justice to him requ should be investigated! and that bis silence in not demanding an investigation speaks i volumes, and if innocent lie should clear his name from suspicion.” I The convention adjourned to 1:30 o’clock, I when the committee on resolutions sub- ] mitted the following : „ j “To the senate of the United States: T T i 0 mu <. . . The republican editors of Ohio, in conven- London, July 8. The returns received tion assembled, respectfully represent that up to 3 o clock this evening from the par- the circumstances preceding and attending liamentary elections show that 251 con- the election in 1884, of Henry B. Payne, to the L lilted States senate from Ohio, induce the firm belief in the public mind, at , „ ; the time that his election was ac- Rloting broke out this afternoon in Car- - eomplished by the corrupt use of dill, Wales. The police charged the crowd money. The developments since have and wounded ovei one hundred persons. COIlflr i lle d this belief. It has become a Twenty of the injured were seriously hurt, settled conviction of the people of Ohio Very Evident. Tin- Ura—I Dill Hun Still I nilnMnteil unit Will Kluhl u- I on.- as There's Hope—The Cholera In Italy—Destrartltf Eire In Kranrr, Etc, •ervatives. 50 unionists, 130 Olndstoniuns and 63Pnrnellites have been elected. RIOTING IN CARDIFF. were hardly ns decorous uh 1h desirable in a place of worship when divine service is be ing conducted, many of the reverend gen tleman's Illustrations being received by the . closely packed congregation with loud The Belief That He Will Resign His laughter. There was nothing, however, Cabinet Position I either in the text or the treatment to pro- | voke hilarity.” • —— The News, in the course ot a column ac- «? - rsi rnr 1 saw i&srgs?-s.■'srsz siim-sMir (.nsslp In lulltlial llrih-s About hath would deserve the title ‘free fight.’ It smith's Iti-sliriiatliin—An Kx-Mi-mln-r Abuses was a sermon of great power, emphatically the expression of a strong personality, and with all its other characteristics suliordi- II is I'rlvllcirrs in I lie Senate Washington, July 6.-—It is generally be lieved here in official circles that during the summer Attorney-General Garland and were c-oiivey-d to the hospital. Owing to the excitement that prevails, the mayor ofCauliff has prohibited a meeting which was to have been held to-night, tocelebrnte the return of Sir K. J. Read, Gladstoniau, to parliament. The police will be prose cuted for undue influence. The foliowi'-g parliamentary candidates have been returned unopposed : J. B. Big ger, Parnellilc, for West Corau; J. O'Con nor, Parnellite, South Kerry; E. Shiol. Purnellite, South Meath; L. P. Haydn, Parnellite, South Leitrim ; Sir John Lub ber, unionist, has been elected from Lon don university. His Gladstoniau oppo nent, Harrison, polled 518 of a vote of 1833. The district has ‘2490 electors, and Sir John Lubbrek. in the lust election, had no oppo sition. Among other candidates returned to day, are Justin McCarthy, Par nellite, North Longfow: James Quite, Parnellite, North Westmeath; Sir J. P. Corrv, tory, Midale Armagh, by 4160 against 2522 for .Mr. Gardner, Par nellite ; Arthur O’Connor, Parnellite, east people i that Payne holds his seat in the senate as j the'-esult of bribery. It would be difficult to find a well-informed person in the state seriously to dispute the fact. These con victions' are not the result of partisan feel ing, for it is notorious that the accusations of corruption orignated with persons of opposite politi cal opinions from ourseiVes, and yet the influence of the money and the power of party discipline have in most cases caused them to defend rather than to denounce these charges first made by themselves. Your memorialists share the general con viction. The far-reaching evils of the sit uation are manifest. Redress can only come from the senate of the United (States. We, therefore,respectfully and earnestly request that the senate will direct an investigation to be made, believing it will establish the charges of nribery and corruption formally presented by the Ohio senate and the house of representatives. Expressive of the conviction of the republican editors of Ohio are the enclosed resolutions and ad- nate to the lending one of a dominating will. The preacher seemed much in earn est, and not least so in his many humorous „ effects. It is strange preaching, hut we are will resign, and that he will be succeeded not called upon to estimate its spiritual by ex-Senator McDonald, of Indiana. The j value. With perhaps one notable excep- latter has frequently been mentioned of | ception, it is unlike anything wo nre ac- late in connection with the treasury port- ; customed to hear. In its strength and ten- folio, hut the hestguessers designated Hon. j derncss and humor, above all, its self- W. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, for that im- confidence, running sometimes into a kind portent position. It is known that while | of irreverent audacity, it has all the quali- nearlv all of the counties in -Mr. Scott’s di trict have instructed for his nomination, still he has not made up his mind to accept. He told your correspondent a few days since that he ties of the spiritual soil from which it springs.” Honorable David Plunkett, conservative, j p rese nce of a member corruptly elected. Dublin university; Right Honorable Hugh - , Holmes, conservative. Dublin university. Johnson and Counsel, Parnellites, wlio undertook to contest the two scats belong ing to Dublin university, aud which went at the last election to tne present incum bents without opposition, received but 57 and 56 votes respectively, against 1871 and TURF NEWS. Tin- Kurts id Miiniiimitli l’nrk. Monmouth Park, N. J., July S.—The first race to-day was handicap sweepstakes 1887 polled bv the winners out of a total reg- f or a u ages, one and one-quarter miles; j istery of 4,127. The Gladstonians have Joe Cotton won by half a length. Elizabeth ; i gained Cunardx. Argus, Tefeshire and 2d, half a length before Thackeray, 3d; , - Dumfries from the unionists. The tones time. 2:12/. | have gained Southeast Suffolk, South La-; Second race, for two-year-olds, three narkshire and North " 1 " *’ i liberals. The lie ; *’• ? r.ct tory gain | already elected equals the entire number Third race, one and’ three-quarter miles; i of that party in the lust parliament. Miss Wandford won bv two lengths, East The returns received up to 6 o'clock this Lynn 2d. one-half length ahead of Ten- evening show a total conservath e and ] booker. 3d; time, 3:07. unionist vote of 942,437 and a Gladstoniau ; Fourtli race, one and one-quarter miles; vote of 887,728. Of sixtv-two London seats , Dewdrop won by one length, Charity 2d; only eleven have been secured by Glad-j time. 210/ Tin* Tilt<• Trouble. . . St. Lorrs, July S.—A special from Little was trying to get some good and true deni- ; Rock, Ark., says it was supposed that the oerat who believed in tariff reform to make trouble at the Tate plantation had ended, the race. He gave as ail excuse that he | and that ihe striking negro knights of was not fond of congressional life. Mr. labor had become pacified and would re- Scott asserts that the man nominated in , turn to work, their master workman his district by the democrats will be having so advised. Just the reverse, how- elected. Everybody is willing for Senator ; ever, seems now to be the condition of af- McDonald to take charge of the depart- fairs, and many believe that this county is nient of justice with the understanding on the verge of one of the bloodiest race that he is to be appointed to the first va- . conflicts that lias occurred since the war. cancy on the supreme bench. He is not i Intelligence hnsarrived from the neigbbor- too old, and his appointment would he au hood of the Tate trouble that the striking honor to the bench and an honor to the negroes, reinforced by many sympathizers administration. j from the surrounding farms and planta- hk DIDN’T BELIEVE it. | tions, numbering fully 1000 in all, huve There seems to be little doubt now in i made incomplete preparations for a gene- official circles that a disagreement bet ween ral uprising some time to-day or to-mor- the president and Mr. Smith, late assistant i row; that, fully armed, they will attempt -es, di- ~ Woi" the strikers. . . . | upon the farms of litical circles here, and particularly in the , Mooney and Fox with the intention custom house, there is more or less talk of burning their crops, barns and about the recent resignation of Assistant houses. Others'who have incurred their Secretary Smith, of the treasury depart- ! enmity will be visited and treated in a like ment. This‘talk’may not be founded on j manner. The negroes have been openly good information, but it is significant that i buying arms and ammunition within the there seems to he a pretty unanimous be- I past few days, and they state that if they lief thnt Mr. Smith’s retirement was not j are opposed in their campaign of revenge, altogether a voluntary aet, but was the re- j they will be freely used. Sheriff Worthen suit in large part of a pressure brought to ( called a public meeting last night and bear on President Cleveland by persons op- stated these facts, at the same time re posed to Mr. Smith’s political methods. - questing those who were willing to join The members of the civil service associa- his posse to hand him their names, tion are quite jubilant over his retirement, j About one hundred men responded One high in the confidence and esteem of | to his call nnd were sworn in as special secretary of the treasury, led to the resig- j to redress their wrongs and grievances nation of the latter. The Baltimore Sun’s recting their attention first to Sheriff 4 New York correspondent, usually well in- J then, who recently subdued formed upon official topics, says: “In po- ( They will next advance upon North Cqmberwell for the quarters of a mile: Hanover won by half a ' (he association said to-day that the ex-as- j deputies. At the first intimation of let unionist gain is -.1, and head, Oneko 2d, five lengths in front of i sistant secretary is a politician from the outbreak am iii30. The number ot t-ories Roidor, Pd; time, 1:151. ' -••- '■■■ ItPMirti'd Ail- Washington. July S. -The senate com mittee on commerce to-day reported ad versely on the nomination of Herbert T. Bereher to be collector of customs at Port Townsend. \V. T. Tin- >it-nr Canal. Washington. July 8.—A communica tion from the executive, relating to the Nicaraguan canal project, was read and re ferred to the foreign relations committee. Vest then took the floor in opposition ><W' to the Hennepin clause, lie did not intern discuss the iincoiistifiitionalify of I he pi op- osition, but contented himself with the declaration of his beief that congress had no right to construct a canal within a single state. It was proposed to appropri ate $300,000 to construct a canal, which ac cording to the estimate, of the engineers would cost $700,900. while many able en gineers had doubts whether that amount would be any thing like sufficient to defray the" cost of construction. If the benefit-- to be derived from the canal were as great us asserted, the proposition should have been brought i:i fairly and squarely in u separate bill. The work of such enormous magnitude and extent should not be included in the river and harbor bill with the pultr • appropriation of $300,000. It was an entering wedge, and, if congress adopted the amendment it . would commit the government to the con struction of the work. The mill: in the cocoanut nas a desire on the part of the State of Illinois to l-e relieved from the obligation of keeping the Illinois and Michigan canal in repair. The canal system was being supplanted by railways. The Rock Island road ran along the very route of the canal, and the result would be inevitable that the canal could never be come a material factor in competition. Logan suggested that he had known the senator to be very earnest for appropria tions for the Mississippi river, though rail roads ran on eith.-rside of it. He hoped the time would come when the people whenever there was a necessity to give cheap transportation would provide for it by canal or otherwise, and he could not see why the pending proposition was not as proper in the river and harbor bill as in a senarate measure. Pending action the senate went into secret session, and when the doors were opened, Gorman announced the death of Representative AY. 11. Cole, of Maryland, and ns a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, thesenate, at 5:30, adjourned. Will Halit II Out. Washington, July 8.—Chairman Mat- son, of the invalid committee, is deter mined to insist upon the ret- rente ->t all vetoed pension 1 -ills tothateoinniittee. ana when the house meets to-morrow he wiil again make a motion to refer each case. The demor-nti THE CHICAGO STRIKERS. Tin- l.-iki 1 Shun- sniteliinen Issue a ( imilnr— Train .Hell Ill-fuse t- l.-m-l Curs— tarjieaters Driven Kriini Their Wnrk. Chicago, July S.—The striking switch men of the Lake Shore road have issued a circular in which they condemn imported switchmen. They also request the assis tance of all good people, especially of busi ness men, to refuse to sell anything to these men. At Armour & CoV, place this morning the train men put in eight ears to be loaded. Two gangs of men refused to load the cars and were discharged. They applied for employment at the Chicago Packing and Provision Company, hut were refused. A number of carpenters working at Swift A Co’s new house were tlii- morning set upon bv a crowd of men and were driven away. The police were called and arrested i hre'e of the attacking party. (i.i a liiiiuri'. New York. July 8.—The stock market opened weak this morning, with St. Paul the favorite ill the dealings so far as the voluni of business was concerned. The in- liuences on the market in the forenoon .were in the stories that the Chicago pool was selling out its stock of granges. The ! selling of those stock by brokers who have been leaders in the upward movement 1 lately gave strength to the stories, and St. Paul lost . from last night’s closing, and the Northwestern 4j. Lake Shore sold off at ;. and the Western Union at i. The market for nearly all the active list shows declines of j to jj. Pa cific Mail gain- -i It, anil several specialties made advances. Concerning Pacific Mail there is talk about the possibility of a set tlement of the Transcontinental rate war, and Huntington has renewed his proposi ti: :i to tile company that it receive a sub sidy of $85,00(1 per month after the first three months and a lower rate during that period. News from tlie liorlhwestern wheat lines was of a more favorable char acter, but the market was wholly influ enced by manipulators. Sales, 242.900 shares. stonians. Government newspapers admit that the voice of the majority of the masses is the same as that of the classes. The totals at this hour (mid- ) nighti are: Conservatives and unionists 302, Gladstonians 195. The conservatives, in order to obtain a working majority in dependent of liberal unionists, must carry 82 of the remaining 173 seats, and it is considered impossible that they will succeed in doing so. The Glad stonians rely upon a collapse of tlic conservative-unionists coalition when Lord Salisbury takes office, and they nre certain that the conservatives cannot dom inate the house of commons unless the unionists co-operate with them. It is re ported in government circles that Glad stone is undaunted, and is determined to wage a oeasless battle in parliament. Po litical leaders of every party anticipate a period of unprecedented parliamentary ( conflict. PREPARING A NOTE TO RUSSIA. ' Lord Roseberry, secretary for toreign I affairs, is preparing a note to Russia. In ! an interview with Baron de Stael, Russian I ambassador, to-dav, Lord Roseberry ex- 1 pressed surprise at Russia’s action inclosing i the port of Batouin. In diplomatic circles ■ it is said that the powers will act together ■ in the matter, Great Britain taking the , initiative. Fifth race, for all ages, one mile; Electric won by a length. Grenadier 2d. a head in front of Portland, 3d: time 1:43:/. Sixth race, for three-year-olds and up wards, five furlongs; Cricket won by a lengili and a half, -Me Bowling 2d, two lengths ahead of Hopeful, 3d; time l:02j(. Seventh race, handicap steeple chase for all ages, over short course; Buckeye won bv six lengths, Abraham 2d, four lengths all-" -d of Worth. 3d; time 3:24. Tin- I l-l-'-iu-i H-i-'i-s. Chicago, July 8.—First race, three-quar ters of a mile; Wary won, Grissette 2d, MacoSd: time. 1:151. Second race, one and one-half miles; Lizzie Dwyer walked over. Third race, one mile; Esterella won, Ada 1). 2d, Pure Rye 3d; time, 1:43). Fourth race, one and one-fourth miles; Lemon won, Ailee 2d, J. Teuta 3d; time, 2:08). Fifth race, tree-quarter mile heats: first heat, Gleaner won, Eloise 2d, Nora M. 3d; time, 1:16). Second heat, Gleaner won, War Sign 2d. Eloise 3d; time, 1:17. Extra race, / mile heats; first heat, Gov. Bate won, Tommy Cruse 2d, Unique 3d. Time 1:17). Second heat. Unique won, laiuise 2d. Tommy Cruse 3d. Time 1:18. Third heat, Unique won, Gov. Bate 2d. Time 1:18. mong the blacks the posse will crown of Ills head to the heels of his boots. J proceed to the scene of trouble and attempt He loves to indulge in the intrigue and ■ to quell the disturbance, and bloodshed manipulation of politics, and has an ill- 1 will doubtless follow. The governor has concealed contempt for t he civil service | been called upon to order out the militia, system. In the treasury department, so ; but refuses to do so until some actual trouble tnis gentleman avers, Mr. Smith was the | shall have occurred. Some of the farmers representative of the‘machine’ element in ' in the vicinity of the Tate plantation the democratic party, end could be relied have prepared to resist the negroes, while upon to aid in any movement intended to others have removed their families and facilitate the distribution of the offices. He I valuables to a place of safety. The do wns the chief reliance in this regard, it is 1 velopnients of to-day arc anxiously FACTS FROM AUGUSTA. hartington and chamberlain speak. Lord Hartington and Chamberlain ad-. dressed a meeting at Rosendale this even ing and were loudly cheered. A vote of — confidence in Lord Hartington was adopt- Thr i.-.-im- of tin- Port Itoj-il It-ill- ed by a large majority. Chamberlain, in ir-mi-lc Ki-iir-'-l from tin- Ki-lirlit his ' speech, said that behind the national league there were foreign enemies of England— there were Ford, Egan and the Fenian conspirators, sometimes working through Parnell’s obstruction, sometimes through the assassin’s knife and dynamite. [Hisses.] If Englishmen accepted the policy of these men [cries of ‘no! no!"] they should lie consistent and give them all they wanted. They must truckle to sedition to satisfy the traitors. The concession of an Irish parliament would not remove the obstruction, but would cause constant friction and panics, and compel an increase of the army and navy. DEATH up' THE ARCHBISHOP OP' PARIS. Paris, Julj 8.- Cardinal Quilbert, arch bishop of Paris, is dead. A DESTRUCTIVE Filip:. Paris, July 8.—Lorthesis woolen mills, at Toorcoinghane, have been burned. The loss is 1,009,999 francs. llnly. THE C’HOLKRA RETURNS. 1! j:-tu, ..’8.—The cholera returns for to-dav arc : Brimlise. 136 new cases, 49 deaf!- .: t::a. 1.- ,.ise», 19 deaths: Latia- no. -ij ^.,.—..1. _i ucuiiis; Venice, 1 case. 2 dciit-is; CiaL-io' .i. 7 cases, 1 death, and several case- ic la province.- of Bologna, 1‘ adua an-- K- cii.-n EDITOR HALSTEADS CONVENTION. \ S uni.ana Ki --<•. Milwaukee, Wis., July 8.—Later ad vices from the fires at Romeo are that eleven dwelling houses, one hoarding house, two warehouses, a saw mill, a plan ing mill, eight million feet of lumber and five million shingles were burned. The loss will he $130,000; insurance about $50,- 090. Sixtv men are thrown out of employ ment, and twenty-seven families are left destitute. The origin of the fire is un known, but it is supposed to have caught from a spark from a locomotive. The woods south of Romeo are nil on fire, and men and women are out fighting tlie flames. Van Poster's mill and buildings are totally destroyed. Ills losses aggre gate about $100,900. \ Coolish Fdl»w. S'r. Paul. July s.—At Newricl-land, this state, last evening. Henry Young, a re spectable man of 31. shot and killed Mary Diseber. aged IS. and then blew out his own brains. The girl had repeatedly refused to Marry Young, and [he 1 again asked and been refused last even- ' - <--ly followed. IPs lllil.i It-q-Mi.-ii ■ na limi-ini-' Hu- I uui-il sin! i-'s! 1 Mine- -I' III. (-fillin' I nine In tn- Columhus, <>., July S.—The republican editors ol Ohio met at 11 a. m. pursuant to B call to express themselves on the action of the senate of the United States, through its committee on privileges and elections, refusing to order an investigation of tlie- charges made in connection with the - election of Senator Henry M. Payne. There were seventy-five editors, regis- | tered and about twenty counties in I the state were represented at the forenoon session. General James U. C'omley, of Toledo, was elected president of the convention and S. J. Flecking--!-, of Columbus, secretary, and the following committees were appointed: On resolu tions—M. Halstead. \\ . S. Capellar, .las- P. Treat, Charles F. Baldwin, John ilnpl- y. Lee Hirsch and Danl. A. Build ; on p- rma ment organization of the Ohio republican editors—I). I>. Taylor. \V. C. Lyons. C. I!. Bonebrake, F. S. Wilson and F. C. Rey nolds. Telegrams were read from a large num ber of editors who were unable to hi pres ent. expressing sympathy with the nu-v - - ment. Among them was Edwin bowks. --t Augusta, July 8.—In the case of Thomas !’. Branch, of Augusta, Win. Johnston, of Charlotte, N. C\. and other bondholders vs. the Central and the Augusta and Knox ville railroads, to set aside the lease of the Port Royal railroad to tlie above named railroads. Judge Roney overruled the de fendants’ demurrer to the hill, thus vir tually holding that if the defendants prove the facts they allege the lease should In set aside. Branch and Johnston arc hold ers of certain second mortgage bonds of the Port Royal railroad, ami seek to set aside the lease to the Central railroad on various grounds. Further troubles are apprehended on uccount of tin-demands of the Knights of Labor. The King mill hands are satisfied with an advance of 10 per cent. The other mills are considering demands for an ad vance. The Sibley mills positively refuse to make an advance. President Sibley showing from his losses this year that In is unable to comply with the demand. I'- MwhIv -ii Kiri-. Milwaukee. Wis.. July 8. A special to the Wi.-c n-.o Stephens point says that tb. < . , B along the line of tin-Wis consin Central road are on fire for miles. The damage to timber is very great. Im mediate rain is all that will save any of the settlers from ruin. Tin: cranberry marsln-s west of Stephens point are -ill fire and a large force of men are battling with Du llest royer. Kutiillj ■ ii.iuri*-l. Chicago. July 3. -John Kelly, driver, and Hubert Limi-erg. pipeman. of chemi cal engine No. 10. are at Alexinn Brothers' hospital sulk-ring from injuries which may prove fatal. In running to a fire last night the engine was thrown down an embank ment. The two men were caught under the machine. The chemical fluid in tin- tank was scattered all over them. Besides being burned by the liquid, each had a n uni her of bones broken and Kelly's skull was fractured. ill-(-Mii--l K.-im-il. St. Paul, July 8.—A Bozeman, Mon tana, special to the Pioneer Press says: “At Timbertine the Knights of Labor, sup- pi. rteil by all non-union nun, decided to resist the coal compunv's order, that all knights should leave the gulch. The com pany at once closed its store and butcher shop. A committee of knights has been sent to Bozeman for provisions. The situa tion is critical and bloodshed is feared. 1 (-'ll-l-hl Km loi-j Itunn-.l. Xkwherrvi’okt, Mass.. July.:. A cellu loid factory oil Bartlett's wharf was burned to-dav. The loss is estimated at $30,000. Tile factory hail been shut down for several months, but it had been preparing to start up ia a few weeks. further alleged, of tin presuit officials of the custom house. His retirement is re ' garded by mugwumps as another proof that the president remains firm in ms de votion to the civil service system, and this is further emphasized by the appointment of a conspicuous civil service reformer as i Mr. Smith’s successor. Thus runs the gossip in political circles, and those who accept these statements as facts arc dis- i posed to regard Mr. Smith’s retirement as much more significant than has been sup posed.” abused the privileges. The New York World to-day prints a , story from its Washington correspondent to the effect that Hon. John Ellis has, as an ex-member, abused the privileges of the floor of the house, and that an investiga tion is to be ordered. The case cited is that of the effort of the Kansas City and Mem phis railroad bridge company to secure a charter for a bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis. The commerce committee reported the hill favorably, and it is now on the calendar awaiting action. Mr. Ellis is the attorney for the Tennessee and Arkansas bridge company, a corpo ration which on February 26, 1885, secured a charter for bridging the river at Memphis. This last named com pany resisted the effort of the former com pany to secure a charter, and after being defeated before the committee, Mr. Ellis, as tiic World's correspondent charges, pre pared a minority report in the ease and minded it to Judge Irons, of the commit tee, to file. Judge Irons was asked concerning the matter by your correspondent to-dav. He replied, “I have only to say that as an original proposition 1 was against the grant ing of any charter to bridge the river at Memphis. But we found that a --barter lb-- that purpose was already in existence, and then t!n. -question arose should a charter to a second company he granted. 1 opposed the proposition. I -lid not consider it fair to interfire with the first company until it had been demnnsfcrate-1 that the privileges thus granted would not lit-improved. That is all there is in the ease. I have no idea that the l-ill will he reached at this session, l-ut if it should he, a majority of the com mittee, notv. iths»aiiding the favorable re port made, u ill be found occupying the position that 1 have indicated.'' Tin-1 in-si pen lu- ini-1 lie'.-i Philadelphia, July s the accountants at the office p- ake and Delaware - anal c going on to-day Bonds liav- pouring in, and up to a late I noon i lie total number - -I - turned was $2,170,642. This Sii'2 oft he fraudulent issue, and I 197 yet to he returned. After ! mutants w awaited. SnppliinP-il iiv Nnlurii! 1-its. Pittsburgh, July 8.—The use of natural gus in the manufactures of this city has done awnv with the consumption ol 18,950 bushels of coal a day. In 250 working days, which is considered a year by the manu facturers, the whole amount of coal dis placed would run up to 4,745,000 bushels. Calculating 400 bushels to tie an average (lav's output fora coal miner it would take I-iOO coal miners to dig this coal, but alto gether the use of natural gas has thrown about 5000 men out of work in this region. It required the use of 6.33 railroad cars to transport the black diamonds. Dciitti -f n Well Kmotn Printer. Special to Enquirer-Sun. Savannah, Ga., July 8.—Mr. George Roberts, one of the oldest printers in the state, died at his residence in this city last night. He was well known to the typo graphical fraternity throughout the south. He was sixty-six years of age and was a New Yorker, and worked at the ease with Horace Greely. He removed to Georgia over titty years ago. His tunera! took place this afternoon and was largely at tended by the typographical fraternity. I'll to- Briitlu-r-. ntllc-l. Henrietta, Texas, July s. —Three brothers named Lewis, Elmer and James Smith were killed yesterday morning in Ulny e-uinty. They att. mpted to stop the erection of a fence on property claimed by them. The fence build- is resisted, and in [he fight tlint followed James anil Elmer Smith were each shot through the heart and Lewis Smith was shot through the spinal e <111111 u. The party offence builders suit- iidcred. It. k ->t' ilu- It-- .-lutii- -I. Th mi be- urk of Ch-sa- ■ H still teadilv ur i his after- rtilicutcs re- leliules $176,- lm-s $338.- v are all then id y - - that -1 for the red, and uni.iithor- plan pub- go 1-aek to the tln-m slowly to trace tl -ler the fraudulent is.-,u- fugitives has not vet been ol there is nothing ot material ini meted with the tedious ini|U progress. President Gillinglu terized as entirely iniuginntive, ized nnd without foundation tin lisht-d in a morning paper for re suscitating the wrteked financial af fairs of the company by the extension of t he mortgage loan la a ring lour per cent, interest. The subject has not been dis cussed by the directors formally or in formally as y-1. A dispatch was received ill this city to-day from Rutland, Vt.,which stated that a Pinkerton detective bail ar rived at that place, lulling traced J. It. Wilson, the absconding treasurer of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal company, ’ to Bellows Falls. Winchester, Va., July 8.—While dig ging a cistern yesterday on the site of Fort Launiliin, built by Washington after the battle of Fort Necessity, in Pennsylva nia, in 1756 to protect Winchester against the French and Indians, there were found portions of a skeleton with hair, teeth, but tons, cannon wheels, balls, grapeshot and liHlidgrenades. These war rcleics of dates prior to to the revolution attract much at tention. Itimni.-s -I' Ti|-liuiil Ki-ii-r. Milwaukee, July 8.—The village of Waterford, in Racine county, is terribly stricken with typhoid fever. Fifty people are down with the disease. Five deaths have occurred thus far. One family of eleven persons nnd another of niticure all in th-ir hells. Great excitement exists in the \ illagi, and the state board of health will Ik-asked to investigate the cause of the disease. 4 V--L ran ( ..ml-1-l.ir killi-.l. Wn.KEsDARHE, July 8.—Obtuliuh Rum- si-\. a veteran i-omhieior on the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western railroad, was rilling on the pilot of a locomotive near Plymouth when the engine struck a horse and wagon, the horse being killed. Itumsey was thrown from the engine and run over, both his legs and one arm being cut off'. He lived but a few minutes. 4 (hi Kin-. Albany. N. V.. July 8.—Ail immense ice house, four miles below this city, owned by the Knickenbocker ice company, was burned last night. The building was .399 square and 59 feet high, and contained 4990 tuns of ice. The loss is $100,930. New V. has been - tion as a boodle alder slated as his ime I''" Kx-Aldermai ed to the house --I ss against tlie i it his own lvque n that he has hi lowed about by persons who seek i' tion from him dad bother him. 11 last night at the house of retention. hiulMls Kl'|illl)Mr.;n Kimvi-iitimi. Topeka. Kans., July 8.—The republican state convention to-da.v renominated Gov ernor John A. Martin, Lieutenant-Governor A. P. Riddle and Secretary of State E. Ha'lvn. II. Ni tention to The ('hr N, Jill the -I . [loll p.l