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■■Miaai. .lJMMpWWWMBBWBBIMBjMPlWIBBBIMBMBWpipBr ' Kfjranm? n •• /.j j pppMg P ' ?r - 7S ’, n rjuit'cr VOL. XXVIII—NO. 211 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST lust;. FRIGE FIVE CENTS The Second Comptroller Makes a Very Important Decision. Reports from the Revenue ISepartment Showing Increases—The Klseal Year Round to He One of Plenty at Least. Washington, August 30.—.The second comptroller, in a lengthy opinion, has just decided a question ot some importance re lating to claims for the use and occupation of real property in the border states during the period of the war of the rebellion. He has held that accounting officers have no jurisdiction to audit and allow such claims, unless it is shown that there was an ex press agreement on the part of some duly authorized officer, or agent of the govern ment, to pay for the use of the property, upon the faith of which possession was surrendered by the owners. It is also held that in the absence of an express I agreement a contract cannot be implied I where the military authorities, on account j of the necessities of the service, are com- ! polled to take possession of I and use real property in territory which is the theatre of war and where occupation is essential i to its successful prosecution. Property is not taken in such cases by exercise of the right of eminent domain, but through i lawful exertion of war power, which inheres in every civilized government and which rests upon the right of self-preser vation. The decision will exclude from consideration of accounting officers a very large class of claims now pending, estimat ed to involve a half million dollars: be sides a large number of cases in which claims have not been tiled. There are some prior decisions to the contrary which I are overruled. The comptroller holds that in this class of cases, congress alone can provide remedy, and that the course of congressional legislation upon tliis subject since the close ottne war plainly indicates an intention on the part of that body not to delegate the power to trass upon this class of claims to any other branch of the government. The particu lar case under consideration was that of the Christian church at Paducah, Ky., for ♦he use of their church building ns a hos pital for the care of the sick and wounded soldiers during a period of nine months immediately after the battles of Port Henrv and Fort Donelson, in February, 1862. For a special reason : applicable to this case alone a report of the auditor recommending an allowance of $600 was confirmed in order that it may lie reported to congress at its next session lor action; but a general rule governing claims for rent in the states of Missouri, Kentucky. Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland during the war period is declared to be as • above stated. man of district No. 24, Knights of Labor, vice J. B. Murphy, deceased. She is the . first woman to receive sucti u distinction. Mrs. Rodgers is the wife of Geo. Rodgers, who has figured in labor matters in Chi cago ior o number of years. She is 39 years of age, and though the mother of eleven children, eight of whom are living, she managed to make a reputation as a labor reformer. Three years ago she was supreme judge of district 24, and by her rulings is declared even now to have been the most fair and impartial judge who ever held the position. In one case which she was called upon to decide her rulings stand as precedents throughout the country and are often cited. Mrs. Rodgers has been a delegate to tradesassemblies for the past three years, and she hus reinstated assemblies which were expelled by their anarchical tendencies, but declared she has no sympathy with such doctrines and will fight them in the Knights of Labor. His Father Interviewed in Regard to His Son, the Prinoe. Tim Hiiliuirlsn Fublm-t Iteinixlcleil—-It Is Non Antl-Riisslan—Prince Alexmiiler IVnnmil Agulnsl Ills I,life. down to the third or lower vein, and then \ followed the air course, stopping to repair damages to the brattice os they went along. Their progress was necessarily slow and _ ♦lie course they followed took them to tile fight hand side of the mines. Theycnmeat The National Committee Issue an Ad- - last to a point where they found repairs 1 dress i necessary and returned to the fool j iff the mines for more material, when they , learned that groans had beon heard in the , „ , , „ . east gangway. They worked over that ! 1 l*rl rfliw In Ili-t ihm!-A Ni-m. Jay, and found the party who had gone "»> fl,r «"«•"" >" ' ''""H Lmdlnn-Tlm In the minds before at or near about the Issue «s It Slsmts In Congress Tim Orynnlm* (ion ol‘ riylih I'rgcil. GEN. NEWTON'S RETIREMENT. Sofia, August 30.—Prince Alexander has telegraphed to the regency to announce to the people his intention of returning to Sofia. The rebellious troops here have submitted and will not be punished on condition that they quit the country. The revolution was quite bloodless and no further opposition is feared. It is stated that Russia paid the conspirators, Bende- reil and Dempstreiff, the sum of 400,000 roubles. When the former and Grueff were arrested they tiad in their possession two coffers belonging to n Russian count. Prince Alexander did not sign a deed of abdication. He simply wrote on a slip of : paper, “God save Bulgaria,” and signed Washington, August 29.—Gen. Drum, 1 “Alexander.” His kidnappers were tipsy, who is acting secretary of war during the ' and {lid not notioe what lie had written, absence of Secretary Endicott, was indeed i 11 in the general opinion that the pleasure previous in his order placing Gen. Newton ! expressed by the kings of Rounmnia ami on the retired list. Gen Newton had no ' Servia at Alexander’s triumph point in the sooner indicated bis desire to be retired, ! direction of increased unity, before accepting the eommissionership of WHAT VH10 post hays. of public works in New York, than Gen. , London, August 30.—The morning Post Drum, evidently without consulting the ! ®».vs: Henceforth Prince Alexander will law, issued the necessary order, which was pursue an unequivocal anti-Russian policy Ollli'litl Dlflfi-idtli-s Kiirnuiitt- on the Ms oil In I'lui lug Iltm given to Gen. Newton before leaving for New York. As soon as the action of the acting secretary reached Mr. Endi cott at his summer home in Massachusetts, ho sent n peremptory telegraphic order to Gen. Drum demanding the withdrawal of the order, together with a severe repri mand for his official conduct. If Gen. | Drum had taken the time to consult the 1 and will adopt a seycru law, hanishin Russians from Bulgaria;- Russian money will not be accepted in government offices in Bulgaria, and even the soldiers’ uni forms, which are now similar to Russian uniforms, will be changed. PRINCE ALEXANDER’S FATHER INTER VIEWED. vw „„„ London, August 80.—The Daily Tele law governingthe'eRse lie would not"have graph’s correspondent at Darmstadt had committed so gross and unpardonable an i an interview yesterday avU h the father of error. The law js specific and oiaili and Prince Alexander. Ills father said Alex- narticularly provides that none but the under, having accepted the Bulgarian mis- president ‘is vested with the authority ; sfon, was bound to carry it out to the end. to place any officer of the army or * lonor nfi fl soldier and his German navy upon the retired list, The secretary ! name sufficed to guarantee this. More* of war has nothing more to do with It, over it was imperative that hu should reach than a private citizen, except the official Sofia "™ re , the arrival of Prince Dalgo- act passes through the war department yiski, who left Bt. 1 etersburg bunday . . > and becomes part of the records of that de- ln ff- He believed that Lord Sallst partment. Gen. Newton’s service in the : army embraced a continuous period of - over forty years, consequently his retire ment was mandatory. In order to straighten matters out and rectify the error of Gen. Drum and legalize the official aet, the president was telegraphed to, asking that he make the order authorizing the retirement. This was done, and (fen. Drum performed the clerical duties assign-^ ed to the war department in such cases. in the mines before at or near about tho | entrance to tho chambers, a short distance | from the foot of an inside piano about 180 i ^ , feet from where the heading \ branches off'. Three of them were! New York, August 29.—A conference of alive and three were dead. The free traders, held here at the cnll of the killed were Hugh Connors, of Bellevue, 46 national committee of the American Free I years of age—he leaves a wife nnd five small ; Trade League, has adopted an address, of 1 children; Edward Goughan, of Capouse | which the following cxtructs will give the avenue, aged 46 years—he leaves a wife and salient features: eight small children; Michael Pryle, of "To the Friends of Freedom : The in- 1 Luzerne street, aged 46 years—he was mftr- ability of a large democratic majority in ried, but “leaves no children. The first the house of representatives to pass a bill I man brought to the surface, about 11 for tariff reform, looking only to the re o’clock, was John A. Nafin. j moral of a heavy burden of taxation from He is about '26 years old ! the few groat industries, and the refusal of and unmarried. He ‘is badly j the representatives of the republican party burned about the face and arms. John and their allies to oven consider an abate- Kerrigan was alive when found and talked ment of tariff' taxation in any degree, ini strongest of all, but he died before being * n.. - 1 1 brought to the surface. Ho was 35 years old and married. The next was John Con nor. He is about 21 years of age and un married. He has two large scalp wounds, a bad cut on tho knee ami another •on the arm. His fnco and hands arc badly bruised. He. was taken to the hospital. The body of Edward Pierce, fire boss, was found about fifteen feet from the others. Patrick Connor says that he and others waited for some time at the mouth for the fire boss. At Inst lie came from another vein. He said he had not been in the lower , . t vein yet, hut told them to como on and lie i teetion start vvitli the assumption that peratively calls for aggressive and uncom- promising political action by the friends of commercial freedom. There can bo no doubt that a majority of the American people, at present acting in unison with one or the other of the two great political parties, are con vinced of tho practicability and necessity ot a tariff'reform, and the abandonment of tlie hitherto dominant policy of high dis criminating and unnecessary taxation. A clear statement of the issue between tho protectionists and free traders is of itself a demonstration of the truth of this asser tion. On one side, the advocates of pro- would see if everything was all right. OUR ATLANTA SPECIALS. Mr. Si'ovllln Sells Ills Interest ill tile Klmluill House—Twn Ktiililitnu Affrays -The Artillery <'uiii|iniiy Fulls In Orgiml/.i-. Re It- Washington. August 30.— 1 The. aggre- i gate receipts from the internal revenue l during the month of July last were $9,735.- : 488, an increase of $903,290 over the cor responding month in the proceeding year. The revenue collected on spirits was $5,- 058,435, an increase of $598,344; tobacco $2,390,942, an increase of $183,944; on fer mented liquors $2,268,987, an increase of $162,719; and from miscellaneous sources $17,123, an increase of $»282. Romls to in- Ri-flf-i-iiii-il. WASHINGTON, August 30.—Acting Secre tary of the Treasury Fairchild to-day is sued a circular giving notice that on the , 15th day of September, 1880, or at any time , prior thereto the department will redeem ; at the treasury of the United States in tlio city of Washington, D. G'., or at the office of the assistant treasurer at New York, paying par and accrued interest to date of redemption any uncalled United States 3 per cent, bonds to an amount not exceed ing $10,000,060. Directions about forward ing bonds and instructions as to checks in payment, etc., are the same as those in the usual bond calls. EFFECT OF BOND CALLS. ON CHANGE. A Dull Market anil a (juh-t Day. stock There ing. He believed that Lord sallsiiui-y would prove Alexander’s friend. THE CABINET REMODELED. London, August 30.—The Bulgarian cab inet has been remodeled and is now strongly anti-Russian. Naohevick, foreign minister, was the leading spirit in the movement to counteract the Zmikoff plot, by which Prince Alexander was forced to adbicate. It is rumored that King Milan, of Servia, has expressed a desire to renew diplomatic and amicable relations with Bulgaria. ONLY DELAYS IT. London, August 30.—The Russian news papers take a pessimistic view of Prince Alexander’s return to Bulgaria, and say that it will not affect the fulfillment of measures decided upon for a settlement of the affairs of that country, although it may perhaps defer their accomplishment. GREAT TRIUMPH FOR THE PRINCE. Alexander arrived at Hist era at 8 o’clock this morning. His entry in town and his New York, August 30.—The market to-day was extremely dull, was nothing except advance in sterling ex change rates, which had any influence in values. Stocks were generally firm early in the day, but yielded before noon, and progress through it were one continuous the course of prices was generally down- triumph. The people lifted the princ e ward until toward the close. The market i from his carriage ana carried him on their was confined entirely to operations of shoulders„to the Greek cimreli, where the room traders, and final changes , Te lJeum was sung. The prince after- Possess little or no significance. wards started for Tiruova and ar- Prices at the opening were generally { to rived there this evening. A mani- | per cent, below the closing figures of ' festo has been issued by Prince Saturday. There were slight advances in ! Alexander. It approves the measures early trading, in which Lackawanna and ! adopted by the Stambuloft’ regency, con- Texas Pacific were most conspicuous, but firms the existing ministry and the up- the entire list soon yielded and early ad-! pointment of Mutkouroff as commander- vances were generally lost. Over one- in-chief of the army, thanks the people for half of the day s business was their fidelity and resolute attitude In favor of independence, and implores God’s bless- done in the first hour, after which the market settled down to the usual dull and listless condition with no apparent movement in prices until the last hour, when there was a sharp advance of 1 per cent, in Hocking Valley, the market clos ing steady, close to the opening figures under a free and republican form of gov ernniont the power of taxation may be lawfully used to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, on the false plea, now demolished by the hard logic of facts, that such legislation betters business nnd raises wages. On the other Bide, the principles of the free traders may be ^ simply stated as follows: I “They demand that the whole system ol Special to Lnquiror-8un. federal taxation be so reconstructed and Atlanta, Ga . August 30.—At 1 o’clock readjusted that all tuxes which'the people to-day Mr. L. \V. HcovUle, one of the pro- pay shall bo received by tho government I prietors of the Kimball house, sold out his without diversion of any part for the fur- hiterest in ihe lease to Messrs. Beerman & thering of private interests. Thompson, the other partners. The style “2. That ttic promotion nnd true proto - : of the company will lie in future Charles , tion of domestic industry is to he found in | Beerman & Co. Mr. Scoville relinquishes the removal of all taxes from articles all interest in the hotel and its appoint- | which constitute the foundation or arc melds, and in turn is freed from liabilities, i necessary to the progress of our various in- ; — p I dustrios; and that taxation be restored : Another Middling AnT-ay. far as possible to articles which are ready ; Atlanta. August 30.—Sunday afternoon for final consumption, nnd of which use i, 1 nnoth r serious stabbing alli-ay occurred in J voluntary rather than necessary. Atlanta. Tho affair would be ludicrous if “3. They claim that the abandonment c it was not so severe. The story is this: A the present high, discriminating and ui | party of young men were collected on a necessary tariff tuxes, and t In- levy of m - ! street corner killing time in the usual mail- | tionnl revenue on a comparatively few ur ner of such gatherings. Presently the con- tides on which taxes c.i.i be <• >lh:cted with vernation turned upon deeds of personal j the least interference with freely chosen prowess, and Herman Gluck, a young pursuiliFof themM” m>- ill-res- ary Hep- German, and Tom Smith event- to gradually insure lo tlie country lull ii. ually got into a dispute ns j dustrlal employment and high wage . to their respective bodily strength. The , abundant production and low cost, e.. outcome was that they adjourned to an tended markets and permanent revival ' alley near by, and, like school hoys, mode ' commercial activity, marks upon tlie ground and dared cacti “Tlie recent trial of strength in emigre: other to stop across lbom. Smith stepped ; shows that the change of a single distrh ticross Gluck’s dead-line without being i in half of tho states, from the side of pro attacked, but when Gluck in his turn j tectionists to the side of free traders, is a 1 “stopped across the lino Smith had drawn | that is required to reform the revenue sy-i- i the latter, without a moment's warning, tom of the government. In more ttm i plunged a knife into him and repeated it tills number of districts a change of U ; rive times, stabbing him twice in the head than 5 per cent, in the vote will clianf 1 and three times in the back and side.. He i the district. It is therefore essential tin- each friend of commercial freedom, ii anticipation of nominations in hi congressional district, shall determine, an.' as far as possible publicly declare his d . termination not to vote for an candidate for congress who is not oj ing, nnd urges all to unite in promoting the welfare of Bulgaria. THE PRINCE WARNED. Rustichuk, August 30.—Prince Alex ander lias been warned to take precautions ugainst a possible attempt on his lift-! by lies in a critical state in tho hospital, and Smith thus far has eluded arrest. The At InnIn Artllli-i-)' Fulls In Onniulzi-. Atlanta, August 30.— The Atlanta ar tillery company learned at their meeting _ to-night, that they could not get service- 1 posed to tariff for protection, in wh. n ‘ The total salt s were 170,000. The final i p an . s i av ist fanatios and followers of Melrt prices are generally lower, but tiie differ, cnees are for small fractions only. uiitvoIU-r Tmdiolu s,qs Tln-y lii-lii- York n( OutsMi- Fs'iu-ii-i-. Vashington, August 30.—Col. W. L. inholm, comptroller of the currency, s asked to-night: “What would lie tlie ■ot of calling ail the 3 per cent, bonds, as ne of the financiers are demanding?” It would wipe out the national banks m faster than they are now going. We notices every day of these banks throw- ■ up their charters and going back to te banking. Here is one now. It has t come in. That is not a good thing, e public needs these national banks, ey form the safest and lies! known sys- n'we ever had.” What proportion of 3 per cents, are d bv the national banks?” About seven-eighths of them. Most of i balance is held by other banks anti by porations of one kind and another, e calling of bonds is largely a matter o! usury bookkeeping so far as the money ■t of it is concerned. I am astonished he position that some of the so-called Meiers take on this subject. Men who jht to know better actually thought it when ten millions of bonds are called, millions of money are released from i treasury and put in circulation. In- ud of that very often a large sum is ta- i from general circulation in the coun- and piled up in New York.” How is that?” In this wav. We will say, for instance, it a certain bank has $100,000 in 3 per it. bonds. These bonds arc called, at bank is obliged to buy 4 per cents, we 1 say. How does it do this? It costs 5,000 to get $100,000 in 4 per cents. 1 he ik takes $25,000 out of its funds and ds it with a draft for $100,000 oil the asury, which it sets for its 3 fjer cents. 1 sends these to New York, with an or- • to buy 4 per cent, bonds. In tins way ,000 is taken from the available funds of : bank and piled up in New York. 1 igine that some of the western mem •s who voted for the Morrison resolution not understand that large bond calls 1 have a tendency to make money ngent in tlie country at large and plen in New York.” . There was a stringency in the money rket before the calls began, was there There was a slight stringency in New rk but in the country at large money 3 more plenty than in years past. I hau itatement prepared showing just how s stood. This shows that in the L mteil tes at large there was in June, 1886, 1,000,000 more in deposits than in June, 5. But in New York there was one nnl - less. The calls that have been made nediately relieved this closeness in New rk just wheu it was needed. In t ntry at large there is no lack °* d has been coming in from everj q and in every conceivable way. n “ • been shipped here so much as it - n brought in small quantities. -e been having a belter classi of ‘ nts than formerly, and they hate ge lly brought money with them. I • is in tlie aggregate nave made a . A Uranium Matln-r ami a Di-ml I'liilil. New York, August 30.—Margaret Meegher, a widow over forty years old, was arrested at 413 West Forty-Hirst street this morning, crazy drunk, and on the verge of delirium tremens. Shu bad bought a grocery store at that place a few days ago, and since then had been on a continuous carouse. In one of the rooms , will he granted to the other conspirators, in the rear of the store the officers found ! the Russian bear’s enemies. the remains of her daughter Ellen, 18! Berlin, August 30.—The Vossieh Zei- months old, who had evidently died from tung, Berliner Tagblatt and the National neglect. She was very emaciated Zeitung insist that it is impossible for Ger und it is thought that starvation ; many and Austria to tolerate the Russiai politan Clement, whose pnrty has ramiflrn lions in the interior of Bulgaria. ALEXANDER’S POPULARITY. Rustc huk, August 30.-The populace of Til-nova gave Prince Alexander an enthusi astic welcome. Advices from Sofia say that city is excited and that some disorders have occurred. Zankoff', a revolutionary leader, was attacked by a mob nnd nearly killed. It is expected that tin: military plotters will be. executed arid that amnesty aide guns from the st-ite, and instead of organizing and electing officers adjourned sine die. Efforts will be made to obtain guns through representatives from tlie general government, and if they succeed the company will then he organized. They have 70 names on their roll. A YVa 1 ell ill ii n SI Atlanta, August 30. -To-night John Odom, a watchman jn the Georgia rail- j many places as 1 road yards, discovered a negro man in a tom requires i freight ear which was loaded with groce ries. The door was partly open and the watchman tried to shut it and catch the thief inside. Tho negro sprang out of the door, and when the guard seized him cut him severely across the cheek and through the wrist with a knife, The negro es caped. Odom’s wounds are not dangerous, luff the cut in his wrist may necessitate amputating his hand. may have had something to do with her death. The woman had money in the bank even after buying the grocery. Two years ago her husband. Martin Meegher, 'an employe on the Hudson River railroad, hanged himself because of the life she led him, and her two older children were taken from her. The woman herself has been in the work house twice since her husband’s denth. Just when the child died is not known, Gut it is thought the drunken mother carried it around for some time after its death. occupation of Bulgaria. It is stated that M. NelidofT, the Russian ambassador at Constantinople, in an interview witli tin- grand vizier hinted at the Russian occupa tion of Bulgaria, adding that ff'tlio hair of one Russian was touched Russia would be compelled to interfere. I i-i-ln ml. DULLER MEANS BUSINESS. Dublin, August 30.—General Buffer left Dublin this morning for Tralee, in an interview he said : “1 wish to distinctly state that I have not accepted a drugoon- Alilimr (In- Drouth SiiiTi-ri-rs. I ing mission, nor shall 1 assist in evictions. St Louis, August 30.—St. Louis is about j My task will be simply to repress inoon- to offer aid to the inhabitants of the I lighters and insure safety of life and prop- drouth stricken districts of Texas, whence ; erty. I propose to effect this by means of come reports of great suffering for ordi- patrols, who shall be able to communicate nary means of sustaining life. A commit- I speedily with a regularly organized system tee of members of the Merchants’ Ex- , of supports. Ido not know whether my change has been appointed to collect and plan will prove a success, but I mean to do solicit subscriptions, and they propose to , my duty.’ secure subscriptions of seed wheat, flour, Belfast battlers. meal clothing, and other necessaries of Belfast, August 30.—A number of men life which will be sent down in charge of who " vre engaged in the recent riots in the committee of distribution, whose duty this city have been sentenced to terms ol it will be to see that the supplies are placed imprisonment ranging from two to mile- in proper hands and distributed where teen months, the greatest ueed exists. It is expected ; that a train consisting of ten cars loaded with provisions will be sent to relieve the 1 the only sable government. sufferers. - Paris, August 30.— Jules Simon pub lishes a letter, in which he predicts that France will eventually become a conserva tive republic, which he declared to be the only stable government for Frenchmen. MURDER IN HIGH LIFE. I'i < ii Inn i-l Kills Ills Silli-Ill.| New Orleans, August 30.- A special to tlie TimcK-Di-niocral from St. Joseph says: This morning as Judge- J. B. Elam and Joseph Nicliolls were in consultation In t he law oiti Re the contents of both barrels of a shotgun into the head and shoulders of Nicliolls, killing him instantly. Col. Reeves sur rendered himself to tlie authorities and was lodged in jaii without bail, lie claims s it may be best to put independeu candidates in the fluid, and in what other.: to abstain from voting, must be tuft to tb free trailers of each district to decide for themselves. “Added to this, let every friend to til cause diligently strive to extend his loci.! influence by diffusing sound economic ii! erature, and by promoting the organize jf clubs of five or more persons in a ran reach. Such a sys large expenditure of money, and need not lie necessarily de pendent on the direction of any ccntri organization. It is thus possible that tariff' reform may be accomplished by tlio force of public opinion within both parties, compelling the acquiescence of those in power. “But if the continued failures of the democratic party in congress, helped ff.y the liberty-loving republicans, to carry any practical measure of tariff reform, con tinue to be met by the opposition of tin- republican party organization and its dem ocratic allies, democratic and republican free traders must unite to destroy the party which cannot carry out its own princi ples, to supersede it with a new party of freedom. “Tlie American Free Trade League have reason to believe that where not an abso lute majority the number of free trade p laui fYiUtffo i»r Mu* ('iyIiyuM V I i l,,LC iimjuiiKy miniijci 1,1 11 Limit. ■eves Steuoeil 1,1 lie front door i i i Fm'ii : voters in most of the congressional dis- .. \,, S |’,i, iifU r i 11, i, i,-...lu , r'.. ui { , trusts is sufficiently large to hold the 1ml- e contents of both barrels of a shotgun ance „f power between tlie candidates of tlie two great politieai parties; and it only ruiiiuins with those to whom this appeal is now made to decide whether that power toluwe7,eV,:,Vh'.'«,.i'fiH,Vfon”«e''"<Ii,ff',hnrwL's I s,laI1 ,,ow bu HO intelligently exercised as a son-in-law of ( , tieves and simu- ' to nlake il feared by politicians and fandl v troilble is Miiinosed to have been m) P ectt!<l by statesmen. Let the first step Um or y igb. ofU,e diffi!^ty ^ j a ,V d thu battle wiH be A FlfvTIml N-i-iii-il Aflnntift'H Siir|iliiH il'.liir, Houston, Tex., August 30.—The How ard oil mil's, situated in the suburbs of Houston, comprising buildings covering three and a half acres, were completely de stroyed by lire early yesterday morning. The mills employed one hundred and A FiiiIiIIi-iV Strike. Lebanon, Pa., August 30.—The puddlers employed at East End, Wights & Kapp’s rolling mills, went on a strike this morning because they were refused an advance of 50 cents per ton, increasing their pay to $4 eighty men and were the largest in the per ton. About 100 puddlers are employed state. Loss $275,000. Insurance of $150,000 j m these nulls, about 100 helpers, besides in northern and European companies. Tin 1 * ' 11 " Ciill'i-i'. Luo ( luma mill llj immlte. Augusta, /August 30.—Reports have gone out from here that the race feeling against the Chinamen had prompted an at- , ” i. * .. I 4-At origin of tlie fire is a mystery. A defect ill the water supply was the cause of the total destruction of the property. Ibm Over lq mi Knirlii rollers, catchers, laborers, etc., are thrown out of work. The men say they are deter mined to stay out until their demands are acceded to. Harrisburg, Pa., August 30.—The pre dieted strike of the puddlers at Barley’s ! A long season of total blindness followed, and the girl was the embodiment of misery. Miss Huloff' was induced to resort to prayer this week os a means of relief. 1 Several families in their respective homes earnestly prayed for the restoration to health of the sufferer. She also prayed, but, os she says, fearing that her prayers would not bo heard. Her heart swelled and her very life almost left her as she felt strange sensations in her withered body. She stood eroct and her limbs supported her, but only for a moment. Then sue fell upon her couch almost dead. But with rest came strength and, in a few hours, she felt that she had renewed her life* She stood up again and her steps were firm. She clasped her hands and cried aloud in thanksgiving. From that hour she gained strength, and in a lew days she was able to be up and about the house. Sho now walks about, a pretty woman of twenty- four, with black hair and eyes, fine feat ures and elastic step. A GENUINE GHOST SCARE. KllzitlM-flipoi-t I’l-upli- firi-iilly Friurlili-m-il id till SI in urn- AiiIIi-h of ii (fliisH. Elizabethport, August 29.—This city was actually excited last night over a haunted house at No. 316 First avenue, alongside the Long Branch railroad. Tlie place was visited bv a reporter and found to be full of excited women, who seemed to be in tlie greatest terror. To say the inhabitants are scared would but feebly express it. They tell an almost incredible story of sights and sounds within tlie past few weeks. The first floor iH occupied by Mr. Decker, a blind cripple, who Install arm by ail explosion mid bis eysight ‘ at a Fourth of July celebration years ago. Ills wile I stated that they moved into the old house [ three months ago. During the past month they heard knockings on the front and buck doors between the hours of midnight 1 nnd 1 o’clock. Mrs. Decker suid she sat up two nights to watch whether any per- 1 son was trying to get in. The knocking continued, although no one was visible and a bright moon was shining. Wednesday night site thought the garret would be torn down by the noise. Siie dreamed three nights in succession that a box of gold was hidden in tlie garret. Impressed with tiffs, she and the children, together with Mrs. Gen-inge, who lives upstairs, went up into tho attic Monday and pulled a board out of the floor near the chimney. Instantly a big yellow cat jumped out. One of the boys put bis hand in the hole and pulled out a package of letters. They were addressed to “Mollio England,” and told tier to be of good cheer; that she was in a gloomier place before, and one of the notes said $30 was in Adams express office awaiting her orders. The date on the let ters was 1870 and 1874. They were ad dressed to 34,5 First avenue and some to 328 Livingston street. A box was also found in the hole, containing a withered wreath, such ns is placed on the coffin of a dead person. A quaint goblet of blown glass was also found containing an amethyst stone. Tlie goblet was placed on the man tel and Wednesday night, so tlie family assort, it flew across tlie room, just grazing Mr - i coker's head, and struck the door, luavi-i^l wo dents,which are plainly visible. Tin- family at this became so terrified l hut they put the goblet outside the house o ; a uvli over the door; when the glass struck the door and fell on the floor it iI.im: d around the room. Mr. Gerrirgpe, . j had just come home from work, was called down stairs by tlie frightened Deck ers. lie told the reporter that he picked the glass up, when it shook Iiis hand as if lie bad hold of a galvanic battery. He ran and put it outside the house. In the goblet was a card bearing the inscription, “Be hold, we stand at the door and knock.” i Yesterday morning the flagman at the ' Long Branch station, when he heard the remarkable tale about the goblet, laughed, and said he would like to look at tli?!? glass, lie walked over to tin: house nnd was in the net of reaching his hand to take It down from tlio porch, when it fell be fore lie- touched it, with a crash, and broke in pieces. He was so startled tlmt lie ran across tho track and would not again ap proach the house. The bundle of letters was thrust into the stove by Mrs. Decker, as was also the box containing the wreath. Mr.:. Decker and the other inmates asj sen. that music is heard at midnight on the front and back stoops, the sounds being similar to those produced by a harp and violin. At midnight in the upper room l.lie sounds are the same as if a ball was be ing batted around or ten pins rolled across the floor. Bliout.s of laughter are also hoard, but diligent search reveals nothing. It is said that years ago a strange young woman Was confined in the house and died there. A nuiViber of the children of the tenants are sick, and they ascribe their ill ness to tlie haunted house. Mrs. Decker says tlie cat which Hew out of the hole in tlie attic tugged viciously at her hair and then disappeared. Her story is corrob orated by all tlie other tenants. Last night the house was surrounded by a gaping crowd, while inside both families are huddled together in the room down stairs. Mrs. Decker snys they have not slept any since Monday night and that she is going to move immediately. Mrs. Ger- ringe also says she has been looking for rooms and tliut she would not sleep up stairs again for a fortune. A l.iH-kouf in a Klioe Shop. Athol, Muss., August 30.—The expected lockout at Lee’s shoe shops took place this morning,when the employes, on coming to the shops, found tlie doors guarded by police. Every man and woman, before being allowed to enter the factory, was obliged to sign a certificate to the effect that they do not belong to any labor organiza tions and will not join or engage in any strike while in the employ of Lee. Out of four or live hundred hands only about twenty-five signed the certificates and went to work during the forenoon. The Knights of Labor requested the selectmen to close all saloons for such a length of time as may be deemed advisable. Everything re mained quiet through the day. Aui-li-ffi. tempt to assassinate them with dynamite.' ... .- s ,.q hfvfn deaths It is true that an attempt was made last I A TRAIN " R, - f K causes se\ln deaihs, night to blow up Charlie Loo Chong in the heart of the city, but investigation shows that the motive was revenge by a negro for fancied personal wrong,ami not the out growth of race prejudice. The attempt proved futile, and the perpetrator was ar rested. Vienna, August 30.—In a railway colli sion at Madling, eight miles from here, seven persons were killed and twenty-two wounded. St-vi-n .9hi Killi-il. Scranton, Pa., August 30.—A fire damp explosion occurred at Fairlawn colliery this morning. Seven dead bodies have A Y(!3hi*I lii l>i»tri—i. been recovered, and it is reported that ten New ORLEANS, August 30.—A special to ; men are ( till in the mine, the Times-Demoerat from Pensacola, Fla., ' John H. Hose and J. Gallagher were says: The bark Lena, from Aspinwall for standing at the head of the slope at the Philadelphia, Pa., was off the entrance to time of the accident and felt the force of this port. She had lost one of her crew the explosion. As the rush of air came with fever on the passage and has seven out of the mouth of the mine they at once more down with it. She was seeking started to go in and ascertain the amount assistance. The board of health officer or- of the damage. The August quota of coal derail a steam tug to tow the vessel to had been mined last week and no men railroad wen- -it ruck by an engine near Sum iner Hill this morning and instantly killed. The men were working and stepped off | co,,1 P romlHe one track to await the west bound train, when they were struck by an engine going east. Their bodies were terribly mangled and strewn along the track for several hundred yards. fifty cents per ton. Both sides are firm, anil there is no inimediute prospect of a t ( | - i Hrooklyii .fin-key Club. Pittsburg, August 30.—A Wilmore, - took I'jaec to-day. About 500 men I Gravesend, N. Y., August 30.—In the Coinbria county, Pa., special savs: Three and boys are thrown out ol employment (ff-st race of the Brooklyn Jockey Club, for trackmen employed on the Pennsylvania . U 1 . ’ W' ll, '' 1 r j s h”' an advance of , a |[ ages, 7 turlongs; Barnum won, Santa Rita 2d, Pontiac 3d; time 1:30. Second race, 14 miles; Gleanor won, Florence M 2d, Tornado 3d; time 1:594. Third race,l.| miles; Preccosu won, Dew- drop 2d, Jim Gray 3d; time 2:124. Fourth race, for two-year-olds, J mile; Bessie June won, Fenelon 2d, Aimy 3d; time 1:16$ Fifth race, 1( miles; Willie won, Exile 2d, Fabigor 3d; time, 2:12. Sixth race, all ages, 4 mile; Marsh Redon won, Calera 2d, Princess 3d; time, 1:30. CURED BY PRAYER. A lfi-l|»fi-K* I ■■ ni I ill Suilth-nly Iti-xlori-il Hi lli-uttli. Master Workman uml PriillHi: MoIIut- 3AGO. August 30.-—Mrs. Eiiza^n, rs hus been appointed mastei n Ship Island quarantine. Another Victim of Powder. Chicago, August 30.—George Kent, a farmer injured by the powder explosion, uieii tiffs' forenoon, making the second death from this accident. were employed in the mines. Word came, however, that a party of live or six men had gone into the mines to clear up their chambers. Inspector Blewitt happened to como along about this time and be and Galiiq her with a party entered the mines, going Flollilnu Cutturx. New York, August 30.—There is no change in clothing cutters lockout. Em ployers are vainly trying to fill their shops with non-union men, but the few employ ed have ruined so much cloth that several were discharged. Tho cutters Will parade- to-morrow to show their strength. The union men expect complete victory over their employers. Another Ferry (Join-. Danville, Va., August 30.—W. K. Terry, who was shot in the street fight in .Martinsville May 17, died last night. His brother, J. K. Terry, was killed in tlie fight and B. K. Terry was shot through the body, but recovered. j Schenectady, August 29.—Lizzie C. \ Siiloff', daughter of David M. Huloff', living west of Schenectady, is the wonder and [ comment of everybody. Up to a few days ago she was a helpless invalid stretched out on a couch. For fourteen years she had been a sufferer, and several times has , been given up. Now she is well. Four teen years ago. when she was only ten years old. she fell from a hay loft in a burn of Port Royal, Pa. Her injuries were such tlmt sho lost the use of her limbs, and her spine was so injured that she could not support herself in a sitting posture. She suffered great pain and her life was only a misery to her. Several years passed in tiffs way, und occasionally unconsciousness - overcame her and she appeared to be dead. Iiiti-rimtiimul Si-ulllng Miili-li. London, August 30.—The first trial heat in the international sculling match was rowed to-day. Teenier, of the United States, and Perkins, of England, being the contestants. Teenier won. The second heat w as between Matterson, of Australia, anil Wallace Ross, and was easily won by the former, who finished six lengths in front of the American. Eleven to ten was bet on Ross. The third heat was between Beach, of Australia, and George W. Lee, of til© United States. Beacli won.