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YOL. XXVIII-NO. 238 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1886. PRICE FIVE CENTS IN The Portion of the Austro-Hungarian Government Explained. Bwwle inked to Modify Her Dpnuuidi—Fear* of an Oatbreak In Bolhat—Commeita In France on Leopold’s Utterances—Comments of the Press, Etc. Pbsth, September 30.—Prime Minister Tissea, replying to interpretations for the government in the lower house of the Hungarian parliament to-day, said the Austro-Hungarian government intended to prevent any single power from establish ing a protectorate over Bulgaria. “We want independence among the Balkan states,” he continued, “without having any covetous designs towards any of them. No community of interests exists in the Balkans. The Austro-German alliance continues, guarding mutual conditions of existence without endangering pence. Austro-Hungary will not allow any single power to make armed interference in Bul garia. The Austro-Hungarian government intends following this policy during these critical times.” Gen. Kaulbars to-day received a deputa tion of prominent Bulgarians, who called upon him to endeavor to induce him to withdraw or modify his circular. The deputation was composed of 111 of the most respected and influential citizens of the principality, and was headed by Dr. Vaulteheff, who acted as spokesman. He stated to Gen. Kaulbars that the circulur had surprised the Bulgarian people, and asked him to reconsider some of the Rus sian demands, particularly the postpone ment of elections two months. The nation wo3 anxious, Dr. Vaulteheff continued, to speedily settle the choice of the prince to occupy the Bulgarian thorne. In addition to the modifleation the doctor said the people desired Russia to withdaw her demand for the immedi ate raising of the state of siege, and also the demand for the instant release of prisoners in custody for complicity in the coup d’etat. A continuance of state of siege was the only guarantee the government had for the preservation of peace, which the rest of Europe desired as well as Bul garia. Bulgarians, believing that the czar had no desire to prolong the crisis, begged Kaulbars to telegraph to him to hasten a choice of a prince. The constitution stip ulated that the grand sobranje elected to select a ruler should meet with him one month after the elections. Iu regard to the liberation of political prisoners, Dr. Vaulteheff said it would be a dangerous precedent to establish to liberate without trial or punishment those responsible for momentous acts as the deposition and kid naping of Prince Alexander; besides it was contrary to the laws, which were the safeguards of the country; besides, if the prisoners were released as demanded, the E robabilities were that the people would ill them in the streets, such was the popular indignation against the implicated men, The government thought the im prisoned officers should be tried first and subsequently offered clemency. Iu con clusion the deputation assured Gen. Kaul bars that Bulgaria was thankful to the czar for his past protection, but maintain ed that the laws of the country must be re spected. No other ministry than that at present in power could extricate the coun try from its crisis. General Kaulbars, in reply, said that Bulgarians knew very well tliat the czar had their prosperity at heart; but, be added, they must confide in the czar and carry out his wishes. Dr. Vaulteheff interrupted General Kaulbars at this point and said: “If that is all you have to say we will retire.” The deputation then withdrew. The prime minister’s declaration that, Austro-Hungry wo ild not permit, any foreign power to establish a protectorate over Bulgaria was loudly applauded. The untar haus presented a lively ap pearance during the prime minister s speech. The day had been looked forward to as an eventful one, the premier having , several davs ago announced lus intention | of publicly declaring the attitude decided upon by the empire towards the threat- ! ened aggressions of Russia in the Balkans. Every seat in the chamber was occupied j and 'the galleries were crowded. Herr j Tissea commenced by refuting the t assumption that Austro-Hungary had j either planned or had been , aware of or iu tiie slightest degree had ap proved of the plot to depose Prince Alex ander. Neither was Austro-Hungary aware, continued the premier, that Prince Alexander, as was made evident by ins telegram to the czar, regarded his crown as having been received direct from the czar, or that Prince Alexander made his stay in Bulgaria depend on the czar s con sent. “No agreement whatever exists, Herr Tissea said, “between Austro- Hungary and Russia regarding the execution of their respective influence either in the western or eastern g ortion of the Balkan states. Austro- lungary firmly adheres to the Berlin treatv, which, whilst it is upheld suih ciently, corresponds with Austro-Hun- gary’s* interest. Austro-llungary has_ taken no steps on behalf of the kidnaping of , Prince Alexander. She has merely warned ■ Bulgaria iu her own interest against the adopting of any hasty resolution ana toe j results that would be sure to ensue there- j from. In 1888 I stated in reference to the j eastern question that it was my , private opinion that in the event. : of changes occuring in the east our inter- ! ests would require that, the nations inhab- 1 iting that portion of Europe should torm themselves independent states according to their separate industries. 1 his opinion is now shared by the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister. We hold that this best answers the interests of monarchy, which, repudiating all| desire of aggrandizement or conquest, would concentrate its efforts to promote the independent development of those states and prevent the establis i- ment not provided for in the treaties, or the assertion over those countries oi the permanent influence of anyonelor- of Europe. We shall not endanger the success of our euUeavors dv any premature declarations in grandiloquent phrases. To attain this end we shall labor with calmness, which is doubly necessary in these critical times. We shall labor with moderation, but at lution*” 6 ™ me w ^h earnestness and reso- When Herr Tissea finished he was greet ed with cheers from all over the house. All the deputies were displeased by the premier s statement. Deputy Horoath maintained that Hungary did not want such peace as that which a German al liance secured. Others asserted that Rus sia had violated the treaty of Berlin. A ject^d >Sa ' reo P en discussion was re- Bulgarla. WILL POSTPONE THEIR ANSWER. Sofia, September 30.—The Bulgarian ministry have decided to postpone their reply to Russia’s note demanding as the conditions Jof the czar’s protection the raising* of the state of siege, the liberation of political prisoners and the freedom of all parties to vote in the elections ?>r members of the grand sobranje to choose a new prince. The ministers are not will ing to flatly refuse Russia’s demand, and have resolved to depute and instruct some one to enter into negotiations with Gen. Kaulbars with a view to finding some other method between Russia and Bul garia. Ireland. FEARS OF AN OUTBREAK IN BELFAST. Belfast, September 30.—The military pickets who were recently withdrawn from the disturbed districts in this city have again been placed on duty to prevent another outbreak. THE WOMEN CAPTURE THE OFFICERS. Dublin, September 30.—At Milltown, Malboy, county Clare, to-day, while the sheriffs were employed in distraining on the property of a man named Kelly, the married women of the neighborhood at tacked, overpowered and imprisoned all tiie officers engaged, while their husbands secured the cattle and removed them from the locality. A MOB DISPERSED. Belfast, September 30.—A crowd of laborers, while returning home from work this evening, began to riot. As they seemed bent on mischief the Black Watch regiment charged and soon dispersed the mob. MR. PARNELL’S PROPOSALS. The Marquis of Ripon, speaking at a meeting of the liberal and radical associa tion of Strand this evening, said that it would have been better if the government had consented to the reasonable proposals of Mr. Pirnell, thus rendering impossible eviction, coercion and their atteuda it evils. WILL HOLD A MEETING. The nationalists intend to hold a confer ence at Liverpool November 6. Mr. O’Con nor will preside, and he will be supported by Messrs. Sexton, Biggar, Healy and O'Brien. Delegates will be present from 500 branches. The conference will close with a eemonstration and banquet. DIED IN A WORK HOUSE. James Bradly, a famous fenian, has died in a work house at Liverpool. Franco. COMMENTING ON LEOPOLD’S UTTERANCES. Paris, September 30.—The visit of Leopold, king of the Belgians, to Empe ror William has caused much comment here. King Leopold is reported to have made to the German emperor the follow ing declaration: “I have nothing to gain from republican France. If she defeated Germany the Belgian monarchy would be overthrown, whereas the triumph of Ger many would make my throne secure.” ItUHMIl. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. St. Petersburg, September 30.—The Russian newspapers generally express themselves as satisfied with the action of Gen. Kaulbars in Bulgaria. The Novoe Vremyasays nothing remains for the Bul garian regents but to bow to Russia’s will, unless it be to force Russia lo adopt meas ures to render it materially impossible for tiie regents to prevent Russia’s wishes from being realized. The election of a new prince in Bulgaria will be impossible until the proper relations which should exist between Gen. Kaulbars' and the Bul garian government be restored. Novasti says General Kaulbars’ demands are most moderate. Tne regents would yield at once if they loved peace and hon esty and desired Russian friendship. Viedomosti says it doubts the statement that General Kaulbars advised the Bulga rians to apply to the other [lowers for their approval of Russia’s demands. Russia’s authority, Viedomosti, says, even when speaking or acting independently, holds good ill Bulgaria and t hroughout Slavdom. THE CAUSE OF AUSTRIA'S OPPOSITION. Vienna, September 30 -The diplomat ists here believe that since the return of Count Kalnoky, Austrian minister for foreign affairs, from Pesth, Austria’s atti tude against Russia’s occupation of Bul garia is more pronounced. This is partly accounted for by the belief that Austria fears that if Bulgaria is occupied by Russia, King Milan will be deposed in Servia and Servia and Bulgaria will tie both Russian ized. This, it is argued, would cause disor der in Bosnia and probably conflict with Montenegro. m ON THE TRACK. 1 SLANDERER INI) A IJiR. Hon. Jefferson Davis Goes for General W. T. Sherman. A Scathing Bxpmare #f the Mallse sad Heanaeua of tho Veteran Frerarlaator—Facta that the General Will Have to Swallow—K!» Brother John (ilron a Nldewlpe. Baltimore, September 30.—The Sun to morrow morning will print a letter live columns in length from Jefferson Davis in relation to the long standing controversy between himself and Gen. W. T. Sherman. The letter is dated Beam, Miss., Septem ber 23, 1886, and begins os follows: “At various times, and from many of my friends, I have been asked to furnish a re ply to Gen. \V. T. Sherman’s so-called re port to the war department, which the United States senate ordered printed as ‘executive document No. 38, forty- eighth congress, second session.’ I have been compelled by many causes to postpone a reply to these invitations and have in some instances declined for tile time being to undertake labor. “A continuing sense of the great injus tice done me and the people I represented, by the senate making the malicious as sault of General Sherman a public docu ment and giving to his statements the im portance which necessarily attaches to an executive communication to the senate, has recently caused the request for a reply by me to lie pressed with very great earnest ness. For this reason I have decided to furnish a reply for publication in the Bal timore Sun. “The history of my public life benrs evi dence that I did all in my power to pre vent the war; that I did nothing to precip itate the collision; that I did not seek the post of chief executive, but advised my friends that I preferred not to All it. That history General Sherman may slanderously assail by his statements, but lie cannot alter itsconsistency, nor can the republi cans of the senate change its unbroken story of faithful service to the union of the constitution until by the com mand of my sovereign state I withdrew as her ambassador from the United States senate.' For all the acts of my public life as president of the confederate states I am responsible at the bar of history and must accept her verdict, which I Hhall do with out the least apprehension that it will be swayed from the truth by the malicious falsehoods of General Sherman, even when stamped as an ‘ex. doc.’ by the United States senate.” Mr. Davis then recites tiie statement made by Gen. Sherman before the gather ing of ex-union soldiers in 1884, that he (Sherinani had seen a letter from Davis to a United States senator, in which he (Davis) said he would turn lee’s army against any state that might attempt to secede from the southern confederacy. Mr. Davis then quotes his letter to the St. Louis Republi can, printed at that time, denying the truth of Sherman’s statement and inter views had subsequently by reporters with Sherman, to whom the latter says : “This is an affair between two gentlemen. I will take my time about it, and write to Mr. Davis myself. We will settle the matter between us.” “ It is hardly necessary for me to say,” continues Mr. Davis, “that Gon. Sher man did not write to me and has not set tled the matter between us otherwise than as I settled it, by denouncing his statement as false und himself as a slanderer. There the matter would have rested so far an I was concerned, but when the war depart ment of the United States was made the custodian of his slander and re publican senators became its en dorsers, and the statements made at tiie Frank Blair post were lilted into official importance, it became a duty to myself and to the people I represented to follow the slanders with ray denial, and to expose alike its author and his endors- Mr. Davis reviews at length the progress of the controversy, reciting the denial of every senator from the southern states that he had received such a letter as that spoken of by Sher man, and accusing Berman, first of trying to substitute a letter from Alexander H. Stevens to Herschel V. the senate as a historical statement. Both stood, with other falsehoods, equally without foundation or support in anything written or uttered by me. It now sur vives ns an executive document of pictur esque prevarication. 1 know nothing of any ‘conspiracy’ or ‘conspirators.’ There woh no secrecy about any of the political affairs which led to the secession of tho states in 1800- ’1. It was an opinion of the oontldenco of the southern senators in January, 1861, which is introduced iu this historical statoment as evidence of conspiracy, that tho seces sion was tho only remedy left to thostates; that every effort to preserve the poaco had failed mainly through tho action of that portion of tho republican party which refused all propositions for an adjustment made by those who sought iu January, 1861, to justify confidence, insure peace and pro serve the uniou. In the same month in which that conference was |held I served on a committee raised by tho senate to seek some possible mode of quelling the excitement that then existed. That com mittee was composed of tiie tlireo political divisions of tho sen ate, and it was considered useless to report any measure which did not receive the concurrence of at least a majority of eneh division. The republican senators rejected every proposition that promised a pacification,ana the committee reported to the senate that. their consultation was a failure. Was there less conspiracy in tiie republican senators combining to prevent paciflcation than there was in the southern senators uniting in a conference to advise conventions of their states that their cause was hopeless in Washington? The epithets which Senator Sherman in debate applied to myself arc his mode of retaliation for my denunciation of his brother. I have been compelled to prove General Sherman to be a talsifler and a slanderer in order to protect my character aud repu tation from his willful and unscrupulous mendacity. If his brother, the senator, felt I lie sting' of that exposure, and his epit het* are any relief, I am content that he shall go on record as denouncing me as a ‘traitor,’ because 1 have proved liis brother to lie a liar. This ‘historical statement’ might have been enlarged and extended by the senate aud made to embrace the de liberate misrepresentation by General Sherman of the communication to him by Colonel J. D. Stevenson in regard to Albert Sidney Johnston’s command in San Franeiseo. In a letter toCol. Win. H. Knight, of Cincinnati, O., dated October 28, 1884, Gen. Sherman as serted that ‘Col. J. D. Stevenson, now liv ing in San Francisco, lias often told mu that he had cautioned tho government as to the plot of conspiracy through the de partment commander, Albert Sidney John ston. to deliver the possession of the pons, etc., to men iu California sympa thizing with the rebels in the south, and he thinks it was by his advice tliat the president (Lincoln) sent Gen. Sumner to relieve Johnston of his command before the conspiracy was consummated.’ That state ment of Sherman, the veteran, Colonel J. D. Stevenson promptly and emphatically denied. “General Grant himself has not been exempt from Sherman’s malice. To Colo- m i Scott, Sherman said ‘if C. J. Smith had lilted, Grant would have disappeared to history.’ This remarkable statement was published by General Fry and pointedly and emphatically donied by General Sherman. Prompt to slander, he is equally quick to deny his language. The letter of Sherman dated September 6, 1883, was written to Col. Scott, now of the war record office. The denial of Sherman has caused the publica tion of the letter and the exposure of his hypocrisy in a recent laudation of the dead chieftain. The deliberate falsehood wliieh Sherman inserted in his offi cial report, that Columbia, South Caro lina, had been burned by Gen. Wade Hampton, was afterwards confessed in his ‘memoirs’ to have been distinctly charged on General Wade Hampton to shake the fait h of his people in him. Even when confessing one falsehood he delib- ately coined another, and on the same page of his ‘memoirs’ said tliat the lire was accidental, when lie knew from the letter of Stone, who commanded the provost guard in Columbia, tliat lire was not accidental. How much more he knew lie may iii future ‘memoirs’ or ‘statements’ reveal. Can any man imagine a less A Packing Room Blown to Splinters and Four Lives Lost. Tho Fearful Work of Two Slurdrron* lluntom. Only the Fragments of the Victims Found. People Who Thought It Was un Knrthtiuuke. Johnson for the alleged Davis letter, then moral character, a less conception of of representing that the Davis letter was j truth, a less regard for what lost in the confusion of the rebellion arch- : any official ives in the war department, and finally pretending tliat he had seen the alleged letter at Raleigh, N. C., and intimating that it was addressed to Gov. Vance. Mr. Davis quotes the published denial of Gov. Vance tliat lie had ever received such a letter from him, and says: “My alleged Raleigh letter has never been found. Sherman says it was sent to Nashville, Savannah, Washington, St. Louis, and may have been finally burned in Chicago in tHe great lire in 1871, but in all its travels no other per son but Sherman saw it. Not a single officer at any headquarters had report should contain, than is shown by Sherman deiibera eiy oncocting a falsehood Cor the dishonor able purpose of shaking the faith of the people of South Carolina in their fellow- citizen, Gen. Wade Hampton? “I have in this vindication, not of my self only, but also of the people who hon ored me with the highest official position in their gift, been compelled to group together instances of repeated falsehoods deliberately spoken and written by Gen eral Sherman-the Blair post Blunder of myself, the defamation of the character of General Albert Sidney Johnston, the dis paragement of the military fame of Gen- Bartow, N. Y., September 30.—A tor- rifle explosion occurred ut tiie Ditmar Powder Works at Baychestor, on tho Har lem river branch of the New York and Now Haven railroad, about 10 o’clock this morning, resulting in the instantaneous deuth of four men employed in tho factory. Tho explosion occurred iu the packing house, a one-stdry franio building, twenty by thirty feet, in the centre of the grounds and about 200 yards from tho main factory, a large building near tho water, wlioro the bulk of giant powder and nitro-glycerine used in the new aqueduct works is manu factured. Tho men were hard at work putting up and packing cartridges, when suddenly an explosion occurred, shattering the building to splinters and blowing four men to fragments. The exploding pow der, of which there was a large quantity, shot up into tho air to a height of fifty feet and splinters of tiie building wore blown a mile away. The names of the victims were Ernest Dralen, John Rusch, Max Shaf'bolt and Reinhart. Nothing was left of them except tho fragments of their bodies. Hands, feet, legs, arms, pieces of skulls, backbones and charred pieces of flesh were scattered in every direction from .500 to 600 feet from the packing house. Max Oruger, foreman of the works, says (lie explosion was caused by two men shooting into tiie building. He was in tho packing house, and on going out saw two men who said they were shooting at squir rels. He says lie threatened them with arrest and they became impudent. As the explosion occurred tho men were seen hurrying away It. II. Stanfield, superin tendent of the Thorite Powder Company, near by, nicked up a box full of the frag ments'of the dead men. A number of others assisted in the work, and tiie re mains were all put in a heap to await tiie action of tiio coroner. One man had a family in Germany, and the others were said to lie single. Their clothing was burned to shreds. The main factory of the Ditmar works was nearly wrecked, one end of the building being blown to pioces, exposing the in terior. After tho explosion the lower timbers of the building caught tire and burned fierce ly. A large tree near by was torn up by the roots and a number of other trees blown away. The ground for half a mile was strewn with fragments of the dead, splinters, packing paper, etc. The vio lence of the explosion shook houses in Bartow, acro-is the creek from Bay- ehester. Many windows in John Elliott's Buy View hotel at Pelham Bridge, over a mile away, were shattered. Thomas Duti- woodie’s blacksmith shop, at Westchester, was shaken violently, and tho windows in many houses in tho same village were broken. This iB the second explosion that has occurred in thesn works this year. Note.—The shocks felt at Nyack and in Connecticut were due to this explosion. Frightened liy 11 Shock. Nyack, N. Y., September 30. —Just be fore 10 o’clock this morning a heavy shock resembling an earthquake startled the people here. Tho colored population w • frantic. One colored family named Wt ran from their house, screaming in terro • They were told that it was ail carthquak ; from Charleston, when tiie head of the family cried out “Wiggins!” The shock is supposed to have been caused by a heavy explosion of dynamite somewhere. Fell In Cnnnootlcnt. New Haven, Conn., September30.—At 10:10 this morning the telegraph operator* at Branford and Bridgeport reported tb it slight shocks had just been felt at those places. At the Wheeler and Wilson sew ing machine works in Bridgeport a shock was distinctly felt, the windows of tiie shops being severely rattled. WAIFS FROM WASHINGTON. the clock department will not be molested, and Civil Engineer Menocal who is in cliargo of that department, will retain his residence and continue on duty. Some necessary unfinished work iu the steam engiuo department will bo completed. All the omployos in the other bureaus, numbering about 200, are to be discharged from this evening. A majority of those discharged wil be re-employed as soon as the advance work is well under way. An Appointment. Washington, September30.—The pres* Ident to-day appointed Cooley Mann to be collector of customs at Vicksburg, Miss. The Situation In Charleston. Charleston, S. 0., September 30.—The weather to day is cloudy and cool and threatening rain. There have been no earthquake shocks since 1 o’olock Tues day. Several persons sny there were two slight tremors this morning about 6 o'clock, but tiie roports have not been verified. Wiggins is the moBt despised and least feared man to-day in the uni- i verse, and the fears ho aroused are speedly dying out. There has been no let up in the work of repairing. The day has passed quietly, nothing happening to disturb the people’s return ing confluence in the stability of things in general. A slight tremor at 5 p. m. is said to have been felt by Home persons, but not generally throughout the city. Tho weather was slightly cool this morning, but it is much warmer to-night. Mine Itnrton Itcporl**. Chicago, September 30.—Miss Clara Bar* ton, president of tho American Associa tion of Red Cross, at present in Charleston, has written Mayor Harrison about the con- dition of things in tliat city. She says in hor letter : ‘‘Fulfilling my promise to ro- port, I would say tliat the damage to prop erty is not overestimated. Scarcely a house is left whole. The people are bravely struggling, i'ull of gratitude for the sympa thy and help so generously bestowed. I have informed Mayor Courtenay of your movement in Chicago, for which he is deeply grateful, but begs me to say that as soon as the greatest need .for present con tributions is met lie will telegraph the fact to every country and request that no inoro be sent. He hopes two-thirds ol' the sum required is already assured.” THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS. el II uhlir Itchl Ih-rrt l*M—(JfII(Till Mill- Mot her, Klc. se—The Hi Itejmrt-—-1 The Two- Ye ■•Old Itoconl llroke Svn Jose, Cal.. September 30.—The two- year-old colt, C. H. Todd, which broke the best two-vear-old record at Stockton on tho 2' ) d ifist.,made seven-eighths of a mile here yesterday afternoon in 1:23.1, beating the record by i second. been produced who read it, and it passes eral Grant and the shameful and corrupt belief that in the excitement of the clos I charge against General Hampton. I have ing days of the war and during my impris- ; prepared this examination and exposure onmerit, when every letter of mine was . only because the senate of the United carefully examined to find evidence upon ! Solutes has given to Sherman’s slander the which to convict und destroy me, not i indorsement which gives it whatever an officer at all those headquarters j claims it may have to attention und of should have read that letter. Every j power to mislead ill the future, fair-minded man must, therefore, conclude ; “Having specifically stamped the stato- that Gen. Sherman stated at the Grand : merit as false, having proved its author to Army Post a willful and deliberate falsi : lie a habitual slanderer, and not having a hood, and tliat his motive had its inspira- partisan secretary to make plaee for this tion in that mean malice which has char- j notice of a personal tirade, which was Tli limes nl Jc rk. eign power.” [Cheers.] “As regards the Austro-Hungary alliance with Germany, continued t siaiiu witu ueimmo .... .— —- have no doubt we shall be able to preserve the mutual conditions necessary to tne , interests of each state without endanger ing the general peace. We regard the , treaty of Berlin as still in force, although It has been violated in certain cases, the . most serious of which occurred last ye r j in Eastern Roumelia. We belie\e the treaty of Berlin ought to continue to be maintained, nor hus any power inform- i ed us of it’s having resumed a contrary . position. Austro-Hungary adheres to her repeated declared opinion, that should | Turkey claim the right accorded hei in tne Balkan peninsula, no other power would be entitled to resort to armed intervention or to the establishment of a protectorate there ; also that no change in tne const>tu- tiounl or territorial relations of the Balkan countries can be effected without the con sent of the powers signal to th e treaty of Berlin. These are the outlines of our aims which we hope will be successful and will be attained in harmony with the other j —BLnnt Hiaf.nrhinjf tilO pCUCC Jerome Park. N. Y., September 30.— First race. 7 furlongs; Herbert won by a head, Grenadier 2d, Stone Buck 3d; no time taken. No betting whatever was allowed, causing great discontent among tiie crowd. ...... Second race, |for two-year-olds, t mile, Rebellion won, Parasol 2d, Nellie B. 3d; time 1:16}. .... , , , Third race, H miles; Wickham won by length and a half, Heel and Toe 2d, Rupert 3d; time 2:40. , Fourth race, all ages, 1 3-16 miles; \ ulet won by a length and a half, Sapphire 2d, Editor 3d; time 2.0.5. Fifth race, for three-vear-olds and up ward if mile; Marsh Redon won by a neck,’ Hopeful 2d, Pegasus 3d; time 1:17}. Sixth race, hurdle, 13 miles; Burr Oak won by two lengths, Endover 2d, Palanea 3d: time 2:37}. m m Cluverlus Will linns. Staunton, Va., September 30. This morning the supreme court of Virginia, Suin'* here, handed down the papers in tiie case of T. J. Cluverius. who stands con victed'of the murder of Lillian Madison .at the old reservoir, Richmond, \a., with the endorsement that the petition fora re hear ing is denied. This remands the ease to the busting court of Richmond, by which the time will be fixed for the death penalty by banging, unless executive clemency’ in- ter noses. neither an ol/icial report or a record made during tiie war so as to entitle it to be re ceived at the oiii.- j of tiie archives, I sub mit it to the public through tiie columns of a newspaper which discountenanced foul play and misrepresentation and which was kind and just to me in its issue of January 14, 1886.” IHiln't Han* A mi in. Marjilkheaij, Mass., .September 30.—~ The wind is light, from the northeast. The yachts will not race. At 9 o’clock Captain Stone boarded tho Mayflower and lier colors were hauled down and tiie Mayflower was out of com mission. At 9:15 her sails were set. A few few minutes later she sailed out of the harbor. At 9:30 o’clock this morning the signal “no race” was sent to the masthead of the tlag’ship Kortuna, and with this an nouncement all hopes for another contest this season between the Galatea and the Mavfiower expired. Shortly after 9:30 o’clock the Mayflower’s colors were haul- : and sh commission. Her sails were then hoisted and a gentle breeze moved her lazily out of the narbor toward her winter quarters. The Galatea remained at her moorings, but will probably sail for New York in a day or two, where she will be laid up until next summer. All other yachts in tiie harbor are making preparations to go out of the commission. 'Hus practically t Grini na tes the present yachting season. 1 Marrhun* hi Savannuli. Savannah, C4a., September 29.—J. It. Saussy, Jr., a young lawyer, and Miss Lula tors’ in the winter of 1860-61, and that I Shivers, daughter of J. S. Shivers, were which at the Frank Blair port may have . married at St. John’s church early this been a ‘white lie,’ not intended 1 morning and left immediately for New for publication, came before : York by the Central railroad. acterized his acts and writings in other ri- speets toward the southern people. “The so called historical statement con cerning the public policy of the executive depar: "i-nt of the confederate states, as the.S‘-.er:nui: letter department is headed, in that executive document opens wil li the following hi.i. - nent: ‘That I (Sherman, had seen papers which convinced me that even Mr. Davis, president of the southern confederacy, had during tiie progress of the war changed His state right doc trines, had threatened to use force—even Lee’s army-—should any state of the con federacy attempt to secede from that gov ernment.’ “ With the mental processes by which Gen. Sherman is ‘convinced’ I have no concern, but the ‘papers' in which lie al leges that I threatened to use force aguin.st the states of the confederacy ought to tiie tangible and producable and in a ‘his torical statement, ’tiie senate ought to have demanded the production of the proof's, and on a failure to produce them, and after a denial by the senators, who Sherman alleged had received them, such ‘historical statement,’ already branded wit h falsehood and unsupported by evidence, ought to have been rejected, with only wonder how it got before the senate. It is apparent that this so-called ‘historical statement’ had been seen by republican senators, and that they were not ignorant of its real character. When the Hawley resolution was under discussion in the senate those senators then knew that General Sherman had in his letter of January 6, 1885, to the secretary of war changed the issue between us from one of veracity to a rambling, shuffling discus sion of a ‘conspiracy’ and of ‘conspiia- ( Washington, September 30. The sig nal office lias issued the following special bulletin: A severe storm is now central | nort h of L ike Huron, moving rapidly east ward, with sudden and great barometric ! changes, which will onusojhigh southeast I winds iu its eastern quadrants, and nortli- j west winds with decidedly lower teinpera- ! tore in its western quadrants. A cold wave \ is moving southward in its rear, over spreading Minnesota and east Dakota und i will probably be felt in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, northern Kansas ami Missouri by to-night. Till' .Viillini'H Wifi* mill Jliilher-lll-Lair. Washington,September 80.—Mrs. Cleve land and Mrs. Folsom have gone to Buffalo, N. Y., for a visit of about ten days. The Piddle In-lit lllii'riftsc. Washington, September 30.—It is esti mated at the treasury department that there has been a decrease of nearly £11,- 000,000 in tho public debt during Septem ber. The th nt Till Washington, September 30. Tho gov ernment receipts during the mouth of September were about *.32,000,000 and the expenditures about *18,000,000, making the excess iilmut ft 1,000,000. The 143d call for *15,000,000 3 per cents, contains a larger proportion of bonds belonging to national fianks and deposited with the United States treasurer to secure the circulation and deposits than any of the previous calls, the amount lining about £12,812,000. (.'encrnl Wiles’ lfi|iorf. Washington, September 30.—General Miles’ annual report, embodying tiie story of the surrender of Gerouimo, hus been received by the acting secretary of war and has tills morning been taken by him to the president, ft will not lie made public at once, owing in part, it is under stood, to what is considered its incom pleteness with respect to the Geronimo episode. General Miles, it is said, reports that he accepted tiie surrender of the sav age chieftain, agreeing as among the con ditions that he should not be surrendered to the civil authorities of Arizona for trial and that he should be taken away from that vicinity. The Washlnglmi Nuvy Yard. Washington, September 30.—The order of tiie secretary of navy changing tiio Washington navy yard into an - ordnance foundry goes into effect after to-day. The heads of the bureaus affected by the order have been instructed to make the best ar rangements possible for the transfer of such buildings, machinery aud tools as are needed by the ordnance bureau, and the removal of the rest. The order has not been moifled further than that the yard aud A ml row Nominated for Governor—The Slate Ticket Filled Out. Worcester, Mass., September 30.—The democratic state convention assembled to day at 11:30 o’clock. Hon. P. A. Collins called the delegates to order. A t that hour tho hall was well tilled. Hon. P. A. Col lins, on assuming the chair, said: “Tills is not a gathering called together to ratify the nominations of a select few, but to put in nomination candidates for the election in the ensuing election.” Tiie secretary then rend the call. The chairman and secretary of the com mittee were selected as temporary officers. A committee was appointed to nominate members of the Htate committee and an- otlu r to nominate the remaining officers on tiie state ticket, after which an adjourn- | ment was taken until 2:30 p. m. j The balance of tho state ticket, with the exception of lieutenant-governor, will be I ns follows: Secretary of state, John R. TU iyei', Worcester; auditor, Wm. F. Cook, S.iriiiglield; attorney-general, John W. C..i'eoriin, Clinton. Upon reassembling tiie platform wns . presented and adopted without opposi- 1 ti ill. ! Frank 1C. Foster was nominated for I lieutenan; governor. | Mr. Aspinwull declined toserve asa can didate for treasurer and Lewis Warner, of ] Northampton, was substituted. The convention thou adjourned. I John F. Andrew, of Boston, was nomi nated for governor by acclamation. The llilJTOtt Mil'.t do. ! St. Louis, September 30.—Tile Knights of Labor in tiie west, and more particular ly in St. Louis, have decided that strikes. ! like the boycott, must go, and that it i should no longer he recognized as a necessity. While this important decision is not publicly announced, the information , comes from unquestioned authority. The fact is that some of the knights consider that Ibis has boon one of the greatest obstacles that the order Ims had to meet. ; What, action will bo taken ill this import- | ant movement iu the Richmond conventoin is yet uncertain. Tin.- St. Louis delegates, howct'u.", it is underst aid, arc instructed in favor of a law which will dispense en tirely with the strike system. Arbitration will hereafter be the policy of t western knights in all questions of '.vagi : and labor i that require adjustment. The 8t. Louis knights may ask the liichtno i t conven tion for a committee whose special duties ! will be to investigate and settle all diffi eulties of this character, with suggestions from Grand Master Powderly. Nominiiti'd for CoiigriiNH, Butler, Mo., September 30.—O. H. j Pitcher was nominated for congress by j the twelfth district republicans yesterday. Lynchburg, Vn., September 30.—The Knights of Labor in convention last night l nominated Jos. B. Page for congress for | tho sixth district. ! Philadelphia, September 30.—The democrats of the third district to-day re nominated Hon. Samuel J. Randall for congress. There was no opposition, j New Orleans, September 30.—The re publican congressional committee of the third district lias nominated J. L. David- ! son, colored, of Iberville. A lli'iiv) Failure. ! Chicago, September 30.—The firm of A. S. Gage it Co. confessed judgment in . favor of the First National bank this morning for £07,0(10. The firm occupies one of tiie finest blocks on Wabash avenue, at the corner of Adams street, und has been carrying on a wholesale business I in millinery and fancy goods. The firm during the forenoon made assignments of its entire stock to II. J. McFarland, and its : largest establishment was at once closed. Tiie liabilities were placed at £750,000 aud are owing almost entirely to eastern j houses. The assets are roughly estimated at £050,000. Convicted of flurdcr. i Romney, W. Va., September 30.—John H. C. Bowen was to-day convicted of mur der in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life for the killing of I Frank Heatwale on April 29 last. Heat- waie was killed in a mistake,Bowen having | intended to take the fife of one Harvey i Burr, of whose attention to a married . woman in the neighborhood Bowen was jealous. Barr, who was employed as watchman in a mill, induced Heatwale to j work for him that night, and the latter lost his life in doing a favor for his friend. I)i*ubl<>(l SteutiH* London, September 30.—The steamer Ayrsher. from New Orleans, August 14, via Newport News, for Antwerp, has. been I towed into Falmouth. The steamer Witherby, from Newport News, Septem- ! her 2, for St. Nazoire, before reported as ! lost her propellor^blades, is proceeding under sail.