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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 20!) COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1886. PRICE FIVE CENTS OUR ATLANTA NEWS. Columbus' Two New Railroads Are All Right. 1 Busy Buy In tlie Legislature-Many mils DIh. •aamil anil Paaand-The Atlanta Evening Capitol Creates a Sensation by Exposing „ Dissipated Tonng Solou—fho Reporter Will lie Expelled Lffo® the Floor of the House. Atlanta, December 15—The house was •ailed to order by Speuker Little at 10 o clock. After preliminary exercises were com pleted a motion by Mr. Calvin, of Rich, mond, to take up the resolution of the sen ate fixing Saturday, the ISth, as the day Af adjournment was laid on the table The regular order being the reading of bills a third time, the following were taken up and clsposed of: To Incorporate the North Georgia Tele graph Company. Passed. To incorporate tho Douglassville Bank ing Company. Passed. To pay Elbert Willis, of Worth county, {/5 for uu artificial leg. Considered in committee oi the whole nnd passed To incorporate Thomasville Street Rail way Company. To provide for macadamizing the public square of the town of Jefferson To amend charter of city of Atlanta, to provide lor improvement of certain streets To incorporate the Underwriters’ Mu tual Insurance Company, of Atlanta. To incorporate the West End and East Point Street Railway Company. To incorporate the Southern Live Stock Insurance Company. To create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues in Hall county. To amend charter of Emory College. To amend registration law of Muscogee county. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Mr. Harrell, of Webster, submitted a minority report on the part of certain members of the finance committee favor ing the passage of the bill to repeal the act establishing the school of technology. Two hundred copies were ordered printed. The report urged that, the aci was uncon stitutional, and unjustly discriminated ; against certain classes of the children of the state. A resolution by Mr. Rawls, of Effiing- kam, was read for information. It directs j that the commissioners of the school ol technology and the governor shall not ■ proceed with’ the establishment of the school until the bill to repeal the act es tablishing if. shall have been disposed of. I A resolution by Mr. Keenan, of Baldwin, ] to appoint, a visiting committee to inspect i the old capital at Milledgevilie for th ’ j gurjjose of recommending repairs, was ta- j The speaker announced the following committee of conference on the part of i he , house to consider the disputed features of j the general appropriation bil : Me 8 , Gordon, Arnbenn, Harrell of WeOSter,Ui.u . of Cobb, and Huff. The following hills were also read the third time and passed: To amend the act incorporating the Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad Com pany. To incorporate the Tallahassa, Bain- I bridge aud western Railroad Company. To establish a free school system in New- nan. To extend the term of the public schools In Gordon county. To change the time of holding the supe rior court in Berrien county. To provide a stock law for Dougherty county west of the Hint ri ver. To incorporate Ellijay Telephone Com- pany. To amend the act incorporating the Co lumbus and Florida Railroad Company. The house then adjourned to 3 o’clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. The afternoon session of the house con tinued reading bills the third time, and a numberof local bills were passed. The only bill of general interest was to incorporate the Atlantic, Birmingham and Great West ern railroad. After the bills for the third reading had been disposed of several local bills were read the first time. Mr. Russell, of Clarke, was granted leave to withdraw his '.fill to amend and extend the charter of the Macon and Covington railroad. , , . The remainder of the session was devoted to discussing the joint resolution fixing the day of adjournment, taken upon the motion of Mr. Calvin, of Richmond. Tlio resolution fixed Saturday the ISth tor ad journment. ,...., Mr. Schofield, of Bibb, substituted Wednesday, the 23d, aod after various amendments and much speaking the reso- lution as amended was adopted—yeas li-, tjy unanimous consent Mr. Felton, of Bibb, introduced a bill to carry into effect paragraph 1, section 14, article / ot tae constitution. This bill relates to t he -ink ing fund and is intended as a substitute tor the bill pending before the finance com mittee. Senate Proceedings. ATLANTA, December 15.—The senate met at 10 o’clock, and was called to order by President Davidson. Prayer was offered by the chaplain. The roll was culled and the journal read and approved. REPORTS OF CO MMITTEES. The committee on enrollment reported that certain bills were ready for signatures of president and clerk. , The committee on education report-d in favor of the passage, by substitute, ot the bill providing for teaching physiology and hygiene in the public schools. On motion of Mr. Pringle the substitute was taken up and put upon its passage. ■ simply amends the eighth line ot sec 12(11 so as to add, “and physiology and hygiene in an elementary manner with special reference to the effect of aleo , opiates and narcotics upon the hunia y tem,” to the list of studies provided. Mr. Lamltin moved to amend the subsL. tute by adding, “provided this law shal- notgo into effect until recommended by the grand jury and board of edueali th An amendment by Mr. Butt, striking out "the grand iurv” and leaving it to tue recommendation of the board °^L u< Tj»” n alone, was accepted by Mr. Lamltin. L on the call of the yeas and nays, the amend ment was lost by 16 to 22. , Mt . lte Mr. Butt then opposed the sub-titute, say ing each county was best able.to.decide what it wanted taught to the child the county. He said the passage ot the bill would make it possible to displace era now giving satisfaction to the P P and qualified in all other branches simply because he was not prepared to physiology and hygiene. .thecon- At 11 o’clock the special order (the con sideration of thi bill regulating t • y ness of insurance in the , . placed until the physiology hill had been disposed of. . Mr. Butt continued, saying theie were peopie in his county and every other j ty in the state why didn’t know what phy= j ioiogy and hygiene meant. | Mr. Wright, of tlie first, submitted a. pro , v*ie which declared that no -Cc.-.-, vlde^mr in Vh° h V‘ e otlu r branches pro- vmed lor in the seetiou. should be refused o eoaTd C Tn d 9pl a a ^ < i he w^ not p4iofogy 0 and a hJgi?„V eXaminatiOU Upon Messrs, Butt, Northcntt, Wood, Powell, Prince and d h Jam e kt,, i Smith of tb ° «^th sion Tem n ° t( !? k P aH m the discus- f!° ,’i' Vhluh ,' vaa Bnall .V cut short by a call for the previous question. The yeas and nays were called upon the foment of Mr. Wright, which rWted lnits adoption by a vote of 22 to 15. wJ, h th«n bHtitUt . e u for the biil iW “'"ended was then passed by a vote of 25 to 11. .On mo ton of Mr. Nortlicutt the bill reg ut o' i the business of insurance in the I =„„?i’ , next b ®l’ore the senate as the special order, was laid upon the table it tk ™£,J?! po . sstble , for 11 t0 be passed taken* 1 lousc before adjournment was On motion of Mr. Wright, of the first, the rules were suspended for the readiug of house bills the third time. RILLS PASSED. xxr 'Pforporate the town of Harrison in Washington county. .A* 0 , al ?] e "d the charter of the town of Marshallville iu Macon county. To amend the net incorporating the Ea- i gle and Puonix Manufacturing company. | lo amend the act incorporating the I Georgia Home insurance company of Co- ' lumbus, j To authorize the issue of interest bear- | mg bonds by the mayor aud council of the city of Macon. j To incorporate the bank of S'ewart county, in the town of Lumpkin. To repeal an act creating a board ofcom- j missioners of roads and revenues for l’ay- j lor county. ! A resolution providing for a joint com- j mittee to visit the State college at Dahlo- | nega during recess was lost. I To amend charter of town of West End in Fulton county. To incorporate the Athens and Jefferson Railroad Company. MISCELLANEOUS. The president announced the following committee on conference on points of dif ference between the senate and house on the general appropriation bill: Messrs. Butt, Jame3, Favor, Powell and Lamkiu. On motion the senate adjoined until 3 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION. The afternoon session of the senate was consumed in reading bills the first and third times large number were disposed of principally of a local nature and inter est. The following of general interest were disposed of: Amending the act to perfect the public school system. Passed. By Mr. DcJarriett—To incorporate the Eatonton and Athens railroad. Read the first time. The railroad committee submitted a re port allowing the introducer of the bill to amend the charter of the Macon and Cov ington railroad to withdraw the bill. On motion of Mr. Jackson, the gover nor’s message, received in the morning session, was taken up and read. It was in answer to the joint resolution calling upon the governor for information concerning the appointment and reports and acts of the whipping bosses in penitentiary camps i, 2 and 3, and for information concerning the whipping of convicts by other persons than duly appointed whipping bosses. The message embodied the names of the whipping bossei and their reports for liiSfi-’6, and replied that if there had been any whipping of convicts by other parties than those set apart tor that duty, there was no information to that effect in possession of the executive department or of the principal keeper of the penitentiary. The message reco'nmends that the joint committees of citizens and grand jurors now raised for the purpose of inspecting the convict camps be required to make sworn reports to the governor of the result of their inspections. I.i-t the Capital Name Him. Atlanta, December 15.—The Evening Capitol has created a sensation among the members of the legislature by publishing a paragraph yesterday that a certain “young member’’ was drinkiug too heavily, and advising him to quit. Noname was given. A caucus was held this evening, and a committee of five old men appointed to wait on the Capitol aud demand the name of the young member. Manager Atwood refused to give the name to the commit tee, but said he could prove the charge if authoritatively required to do so. It is ru mored that a resolution will bu introduced expelling the reporter of the Capitol from the floor of the house. A Coo<! Woman (Iona. Atlanta. Ga., December 15.—Sister Catherine died in the Convent of tlie Sacred Heart to-dav. She was stationed in Co lumbus at one time, and was one of the best known and most estimable sisters of mercy in the statu. After a requiem mass in tlie church of St. Peter and Paul to-mor row, the remains will be carried to Savan nah for interment. fiorernsr Smith to ho Ex-un in oil. Atlanta, December !5.—The legislative investigating committee decided in con sultation to examine ex-Governor Smith “el'ore making their report. Hellas been summoned for Friday. Messrs. Hawkes, McLendon and McCord will prepare the report, which will embrace the- findings in reference to Senator Rankin, Judge Fain, James P. Harrison and Commissioner Trammell. The Marietta and North Geor gia branch of the investigation will go over to the adjourned term. . A Railway Itom. Atlanta, December 15.—Considerable discussion and conjecture resulted from the withdrawal of the bill to amend the Macon and Covington railroad charter from the legislature to-day, and it was rumored that Mac-hen and his associates were disgusted with the opposition and would withdraw from the state. It turns out that the com- nany has decided to proceed under the general charter already obtained,and have secured in Macon to- lay an injunction against the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad company. A Driver Hurt. ATLANTA. December 15.—James Rake- straw. driver ot a four horse omnibus, was thrown from the top of the ’bus this even in'’ bv the bolting of his horses, and is in a critical condition from congestion of the brain. Too 51 ui'h IVI no. Atlanta, December 15.—R. K. White, a nriuter walked out of a two story win- do P w of his house to-night When found no serious injuries were dibeoveied. loo much domestic wine is said to have been the cause. M . A l ew President. AT EXANDP.1A, Va., December 15.—At a meeting' of the stov kholders of the Vir- p.i.-ia Midland railway had here to-day, Thomas M. Logan was elected president in place oi lliinlekaper. The presentation ot reports was postponed till the -.2nd instant. A Tilt Between Messrs. Randall and Simms. Mr. Rindntl FuIIk to Squelch the Colorado Con* KroKKimm—A Deputy Coiiimiwdoiicr of Internal Revenue Bounced -An Accident hi Washington, (ione to the Wall. TsVw York December 15.—L. Marx & f'n’s failure has just been announced from nft e Sew York stock ex- J They were long of Terminal, ?. han r- .ad kindred Stocks. I Washington, December 15. — In the senate Mr. Call introduced a bill to make Tampa, Fla., a port of entry. Mr. Cullom presented the conference re port on tho interstate commerce bill and asked that it be printed, and suggested that, he would next Monday ask the senate to take it up. when, if a debate were de sired, it might be postponed. After discussion the report was ordered printed, and Mr. Cullom gave notice that he would cull it up next Tuesday and if the sennte desired to discuss it at length it might go over until after the h lidnys, but he was very’ anxious to secure final action at this ’•esBiou, particularly as the supreme court had ruled recently that it was tlie provence of congress to legislate on the subject. A bill was introduced by Mr. Vance to repeal chapter 27 of the acts of 1SS3 relat ing to tlie civil service. This is the bill to l-epcal the civil service law reported ad versely by Senator Hawley from the com mittee oh civil service, during the first I session of t he present congress, and is now j reintroduced. | The hour of 2 o’clock arrived when the unfinished business of .yesterday, the bill ! repealing the tenure of office act, came up aud was, on motion of Mr. Hoar, allowed to stand over till to-morrow as unfinished business. Mr. Platt then called up his resolution | that executive nominations shall hereafter 1 be considered iu open session, e> cept i when otherwise ordered by a vote of tho j senate. I Mr. Hoar offered to lay the resolution on ; the table. Agreed to—yeas 33, nays 21, as follows: Yeas — Allison, Beck, Call, ■ Cameron, Chaee, Cbenev, Cockrell, j Colquitt, Edmunds, Evarts, Gorman, Gray, j Harrison, Heard, Ingalls, Jones of Arkan- ! saw, McMillan, McPherson, Mahone, Maxcy. Miller, Morgan, Morrill, Pugh, | Sabin’, Suulahury, Savvvor, Sewell, Spooner, Vest, Walthall, Whitthorue, Wilson of j Maryland—33. | Nays—Berry, Blair, Butler, Conger, Cid- ; loin, Dawes. Dolph. Eustis, Frye, George, Gibsou, Hawley, Mitchell of Oregon, Mitchell of Pensylv.inia. Platt, Plumb, Sherman, Van Week, Voorhees, Williams, Wilson of Iowa—21. I Mr. Beck called up tlie bill prohibiting i senators or representatives 'from acting as | attorneys for subsidized railroad compa- ! nies, the question being on the substitute ! reported from tho judiciary committee, j but without reaching a vote on it the sen- : ate, at 4 o’clock, went into executive ses sion and soon afterwards adjourned. Tin- House. Washington, December 15.—The speak er appointed Caldwell, Eden and Cooper as conferees on the electoral count bill. After the transaction of some unimpor tant routine business, the house, after the morning hour, went into committee of the whole, Mr. Crisp in the chair, on the bill for the allotment of land in severally to the Indians. The discussion of the bill consumed the morning hour, but. no vote was reached. On motion of Mr. Warner, of Missouri, a bill was passed being in the interest of At lanta, Galveston, St, Paul, Minneapolis, Indianapolis. Kansas City and Omaha, un der the provisions of section 5191, revised statutes, which required national banks in certain cities to keep on hand in money of the United Staffs a sum equal to 25 per cent, of their circulation nnd deposit. The house then went into committee of the whole on the sundry civil appropria tion bill amendment which was adopted, appropriating $147,500 for the construction of a light house supply steamer for U3e on the Atlantic and Gulf coast. Mr. Sims, of Colorado, offered several amendments increasing appropriations for the signal service bureau, and these being opposed by Mr. Randall, he proceeded to criticise that gentleman’s action as chair man of the committee on appropriations. He did not e .vy the gentleman who lived upon the Atlantic coast, his narrow-minded statesmanship which did not cross the Mississippi river. If the gentleman did not grow fust enough on principles of statesmanship to extend some privileges to the peopie of the west, thus people would see that a man was made chairman of t he committee on appropriations whose vision extended beyond a few signal stations on the Atlan tic coast.” Mr. Randall, in reply, said the pending bill carried more appropriations for the Pacific coast than any similar bill for year’s oast. He thought he knew his duty mod erately well, and lie did not propose to be frightened from the performance of that duty, certainly not by the words of such demagoguery as had emanated from the gentleman from Colorado. Mr. Scms thought that the gentleman had better read ills dictionary for the meaning of the word “demagoguery.” A “demagogue,” as defined by tlie best prac tical writers of this country, was a man who is the pretended leader of a great par ty and who had as his only stock in trade the ability to go through an appropriation with a cheese paring knife lin’d cutting off a few dollars here and a few dollars there, making a reduction of $50,000,000 from the appropriations of last year. That was the cheapest character of statesmanship that had ever leii tin- country on to material prosperity. If that was the statesmanship of the great leaders of the democratic party, God save the country from such statesmanship. [Laughter anil applause.] Mr. llundall predict! d that the demo cratic party would live to thrive and con trol in this'eountry without regard to the gentleman’s opinion as to its leaders. [Ap plause. ] The amendments were rejected. Pend ing further consideration of the bill, the committee rose aud the house adjourned. Tin* Intorstatc L’fiinmcree Hill. Washington, December 15.—The con ference report on the interstate commerce bill has been signed by all the conference except Senator Platt and is ready for pre sentation to the two houses. Senator Platt will not sign it. His principal ob jection is the prohibition of pooling. One Norn Hi'puliUniii Boanrtil. Washington, December 15.—H. C. Rog ers, deputy commissioner of internal reve nue, has resigned. His resignation is to take effect on the appointment and quali fication of his successor. This action was I taken at the request of the president, i Rogers is a republican and has been in of- J fice for many years. There are no charges I against him. It is generally understood j that Henderson, chairmun of the Indiana ! state democratic committee, will be ap- | pointed to succeed him. Carroll building opposite the oapitol this afternoon, the walls fell burying seven or eight workmen ill the ruins. Five of them were taken out. alive, two being seriously ; injured. Two others have not yet been | taken from the ruins. This structure is I one of those width have been purchased i by the government, tho site being that se- ] leeted for the nt w congressional library. It. was being pulled down with others in its neighborhood preparatory to building operations in the spring. IjATER—It is now believed that only six men were buried and all have been taken out alive. One of them n sub contractor, ' is said to have had his hack broken. ! Eight persons wore caught in the ruins, six ol’ whom were taken to tho hospital for the treatment of broken bonus and severe outs, hut all will probably recover. Two ! were able to walk homo. One of the most ' seriously injured was tho contractor for re- I moving the building. He says tho walls Were rotten and crumbled of their own i weight when tho supporting timbers were 1 removed. Kk*Iniuten fur Ulnars ami Harbors. Washington, D. C., December 15.—The engineer’s estimates for river and harbor improvements were taken up by tho house committee oil rivers nnd harbors to-day, and the items of appropriation were rough ly fixed for all of tho harbors and some iff the rivers oil the Atlantic coast, from Maine to Maryland, inclusive. In fixing ►the appropriations the committee is pur suing the policy of allowing about 25 per cent, of tho amounts which tlie chief ; of engineers reports can be profit- I ably expended on improvements, jrjf this policy is adhered to I the result will be a bill making mi aggre gate an appropriation of between seven and eight million dollars. The secretary of war recommended a gross appropria- | tion often million dollars with a \iew to facilitating Die action on tlie bill in the senate and avoiding a conflict between tlie two houses. The house committee is ] consulting the members of the senate com mittee on commerce on the. details of tho bill, and several items have already been inserted at their suggestion. A llalt-h of Nominations. Washington, December 15.—The pres ident to-day nominated ex-Gov. Preston H, Leslie, of Kentucky, to be governor of I Montana I* nitory, aud the following post- j masters, all of whom were appointed dur- | ing the recess ot congress : Michael Glenn, I Norfolk, Va.; Oscar 0. Derr, Roanoke, Va ; O.’.roiiou A Youngolood, Chester, S. C.; C -orgu VV. Lamar, Savannah, Ga.; Hiram | llnoei i,Quitman,U:i; Jefferson 15. Browne, j Key West, Fla.; M. it. Cooper, St. Angus ! ti:i", Fla.; Fred (Crass, Tuscumbiu, Ala.; | Martha J Pucker, Okuiona, Miss.; William | Grnome, Vicksburg, Miss. The president has not yet nominated to the senate Judge Manning as minister to Mexico, nor M il thews, the colored record er of deeds for the District of Columbia. Matthews has once been nominated and rejected, but was reappointed, and has not been nominated a see and time. They Deny It. Washington, December 15.—The news paper stories in regard to the recent train robbery in Texas are discredited at the war department, so far as they relate to tho surrender of an alleged army officer named Captain Conners, of the 2ttb in | fantry, and five of his soldiers to two rub hers, inasmuch as there is no officer of that name in tlie army and necausj tho 24th aijintry is at present stationed in Indian territory. An army officer who has been inquiring into the subject suggests that tho E! Paso liar is looso again. The ComniilUuCN Vetoes. Washington, December 15.—Tho senate public buildings committee to day reported against the hills for public build ings at Harrisonburg, iViigiuia, and Greensboro, North Carolina, because these amounts are provided for elsewhere. FRIGHTFUL DEPRAVITY. Shocking Case of Poverty anil iii-uradution la a Teacim-nt. A 1V'»*i!:iniflou Disaster. Wa jiiingto.:, December 15.—While the workmen engaged in tearing down the old Cincinnati, O., December 15.—A shock ing case of poverty and consequent squalor and degradation was developed by b. P. C. A. Officer Todhuuterat No. 31 Race street last evening. Ill a miserably furnished apartment, fairly reeking with filth, was found an able-bodied man with his wife and two small children. The latter, au infant but a few months old and u boy about three years of age, were wallowing in a filthy bed, if such the pallet of dirty rags thrown on a rattle down bedstead can be called. Everything about the place in dicated the most abject poverty. But tlie man and woman, who were Luke Bkelly and wife, were perfectly oblivious to their surroundings lrom the whisky they had indulged in. With some difficulty Officer Todhunter managed to break in upon the scone and assert his right to care for the half-famished little ones, so shame fully treated by their parents. P.dro! Com pany No. 1 was called and took Bkeily lo Central station, his wife and infant to the Home of the Friendless, and the little boy to the Children’s Home. Against Bkeily the charge of failing to provide for Ins family was placed, in a room adjoining the one occupied by Skelly and his family, the grandmother and grandfather of tlie little ones were also found in a beastly stale of intoxication, but as they wore out ofthe province of the authorities, they were not molested. llursi: Tlifef Jailed. Hamilton, ()., December 15.—William Ballon was arrested near Trenton last night by Officer Fianuegan for horse stealing, and brought to this place and locked up in jail. A farmer had hitched his horse and spring-wagon to a rack in Trenton while he wont in a store to no some trading. When he came out. his horse had been taken. Ha gave the alarm and the officer soon caught Billon with the horse and wagon a few miles in the country. A I'atul Affray. Columbia, S. C„ December 15.—E. L. Oaston, a prominent farmer of Ulicsler county, shot and killed his son-in-law, W. E. Estes, last night. Both men had been drinking, and becoming involved in a dis pute, Estes caught hisfuther-in-law around the neck and began to choke him. Gaston drew his pistol and Bhot Estes through the heart, killing him instantly. Fell Tliraueh a Trixtle. Raleigh, N. C., December 15.—The pas senger train on toe Chapel branch of tlie North Carolina railroad went through a trestle half a mile from Chapel Hill last night. Six or eight people were seriously hurt, including Conductor Brown, Engi neer Mav, Bridge Builder May, and N. A. | Stedman, of Raleigh. Nobody was killed. The SnltKkmm Are Victorinas. I Chicago, December 15.—-The difficulties between the Lake Shore railroad ajid the | strikers have been settled. James Mono- ! gan, president of the switchmen’s union, ! and Pinny B. Smith, counsel fur the road. ] have had a confer met. As a result the company will take back all the old men I with the exception of those who were en- I gaged in acta of violence against t he cor- i poration, and will aoolish the black list. A Day Wli090 Sales Exoeed All History. tlrcr a Million oT Slinron Solil—The Kwltcment _ Amount* to nj I’nnle—Money ItrlngH FnliulotiH Prices—IVIlftt the Brokers itinl the I’npoi'K Say Afoot It. New York, December 15.—Tho business to-day has never been equaled in the his tory of the stock exchange and but seldom approached. A panicky feeling developed in some of tho low priced snares In the past two days and spread to tho more sub stantial stocks and the pressure to sell ex ceeded anything ever seen in tho board room. The bears began tho attack at tho opening but the orders to sell for both sides ot account were overwhelming, the only desire seeming to be to get out. The demands from brokers for more margin remained unanswered and closing out sales were a largo proportion of the business done. The attendance at tho board was greater than ever seen be fore, and every broker nearly bad orders to sell at the market, price. Tho excite ment was intense, the feeling bordering closely upon a panic. Foreign buying aid ed to check tho first decline before the end of tlie first hour, tint the pressure was again renewed nnd the stocks which had held up well under the first “stump” then gave way with a rush. Toward tho end of the session both bulls and bears became alarmed nt tho magnitude ofthe decline and buying orders were freely given out, resulting in a marked recovery over the entire list. It was also reported that sev eral influential operators, who have been credited of late with wishing to see a ma terial decline, have begun to buy. This in duced a free covering of short sales, which helped tlie final rally. The money market worked extremely hard to-day, the rate running up to as high ns * per cent, per day and interest. Tlie Niav England deal was one of the chief factors, the selling of Boston interests being renewed with spirit this morning, which pro voked short. sales by the New York element and the stock broke very badly. Reading also, notwithstand ing the publication of tlie plan of reorgan ization, broke ten points. Other heavy de clines were made by Tennessee coal, Phila delphia gas, mid Richmond and West Point. Only one failure was announced on the board, although rumors of others were thick at one time. The delivery hour, however, passed with no further uniioumso- ment of that nature and a much better feeling took possession of the room. The opening was extremely weak, declines from last evening’s figures exceeding 1 nor cent, for a largo mini her of active stocks, while Rending was down 2j. Transactions for the first two hours were enormous. Sales for the iir.-.t fifteen minutes approximated 115,900 sharesH, for the fi"s', lemr .’’.50,000, and up to noon over 020,0011 shares ol stock had changed hands. Declines in the first few minutes ranged up to 6 per cent. Towards the end of the first, hour a slight rally oc curred, Grangers’ trunk lines and Union Pacific displaying considerable strength. Thu market was feverish and irregulnr, however, and another “stump” soon followed, New England nnd Reading leading the decline, with Omaha, Lacka wanna and New York closely following. The extreme activity Tf.w hmrety decrease! after 12 o’clock, accompanied by slight re coveries in some stocks. The downward move, however, was again resumed. M in hattan assuming the lead, in the lust hour a genera) rally took place and mate rial advances over the lowest figures were recorded. The market closed active hut firm at the recovery. The total day’s business was 1,038,431 shares, oT which Reading furnished 181,000, Lackawanna 102,000, St. Paul 70,000, Western Union 82,000, Northeastern 5l,0;o, Eric 51,000, Louisville and Nashville 47,050, and there was a very large business in the remainder of tho list. Jersey Central is the only stock on the active list showing mi advance, its gain for the day being J. New England on the other hand lost. 8J, West. Point 6jl, Reading 5}, Manhattan and Tennessee Coal Iron 5 per cent each, Omaha 4A, Missouri Pacific 3,i, Canada Southern 3j, Lackawanna 3], Pacific Mail 3j, Michigan Central 3, others from 1 to 3 per cent. 1 Tlif Post’s OiugnoHls. New York, December 15,—Tho Tost in its linaniia! article says: “Tub senii-pan- icky condition of yesterday evening was developed thin forenoon ini j a foil fledged panic in some of the cheap stocks and a great decline of these extended the panicky tooling to a good many better properties, though tho declines in these were compar atively sin til. Tnure is no question but that the Hurry was brought ubout part.y by design. A few well known capitalist- are known to have called in large loans, and this forenoon money loaned up to 12, 15 and 18 per coni, pur annum. Tho ster ling exchange market was entirely demor alized by Ule pressure on the money mar ket and regular on nations for alerting were impossible. Too New England rail road election also had something to do with the panic. Boston parties, who have heretofore controlled that property, find ing that they had been ousted, im mediately began to throw their stock overboard and the New York parties who now control the road, knowing this, determined to lie ahead of them, though they undoubtedly mean to buy their stock back. Tho Reading clique also found it impossible to carry their load of that stock aud endeavored in vain to do what they have been doing gradually for several weeks past, viz: to unload. Behind these special causes was also tile general belief that speculation in southern stocks must collapse, which it has. It is worthy of re mark that so large and so sudden a drop us is shown above, in the short space of two hours, erased no failures of'importune!.*, the only ono announced up to 12 o’clock being that of L. Mxrx & Co. Ifhntft Hrnkrr Sftyso ft lie I’anlc. New York, December 15.—A prominent broker says that the break in prices this morning is the result of tile very conserva tive policy adopted by the banks for tho | past week or more in regard to loans. They have been charging 0 to 7 per cent, on good stocks uml from 8 to 15 per cent, on specialties; ho tliut the brokers, being unwilliug to carry stocks at these figures, ceiled on holders for more margins, 'i’his brought out large selling orders aud as the prices fell more stock came out, resulting to-day in almost a panic. The present break may there fore be credited to tight m neyand not to any inherent weakness in the.stock market itself. The reserve being down to such a low figure as $1,030,000 was another unfav orable feature of thu situation. A War In l.im-olu County, (ienrala. Augusta, Ga., December 15.—Lincoln : county, on the Carolina line, is in a slate ! of anxiety over an incident which happened Monday. Many of tho colored tenants arc in arrears with their hills, and efforts to collect the pi have producedgreat indignation. Monday T oil L veivit uml Cub'.. Ramsey went out oil the vaster : nid . : of tiie county to enforce processes. When they drew near tho house of the man of whom they were in quest, they found it surrounded by negroes who at once opened fire on Loverett and Ramsey, who were on horse- back. They turned and galloped away, but not before they were so badly wounded that their lives are now in danger, Yes terday an armed band of white men organ ized and proceeded to that section where it is reported tlis negroes are well armed and fully prepared to fight. News of the outcome is awaited witli interest. Cntmnllon Call. PiTTsmiRO, Decomber 15.—A call has been issued for a general convention of spring and axle workers of tho United States to be held in this city on January 4. The objects of tho convention arc to estab lish uniform wages throughout the coun try, taking the highest paid as a standard, and to complete arrangements fordishand- ing I heir national organization, prior to going into the knights of labor in a body. MONTGOMERY MEL tNGE. Mayor Parry, of firrrnrlllr. Is Intervli-wed hj tho Kiuiuircr-Sim ('orrrsp'indciit. Special to Enquiiiiui-Scs. Montgomery, Ala., December 15.— Mayor Perry, of Greenville, who whipped Temperance Lc eturcr Cheves at, the Green ville depot yesterday, is visiting Montgome ry to-day and was interviewed by your correspondent. He admits tho facts stated yesterday and said Cheves did use vile epithets nnd lies against him in several lectures before tho election took place. After the election wns over nnd Cheves was about to depart yesterday morning, lie introduced himself to Cheves ami do. manded a retraction and apology. Cheves refusing ho chastised him, and iinder like circumstances would do it again. The Alabama Methodists met to-day in annual session, Bishop Keener presiding. The usual routine of business aud commit tee appointments were gone through with. B. STRIPES FOR AN ALDERMAN. Mrquielc’ tide" to K!;.ct Jftclinc at Last. New York, December 15.—Ex-Aldor- man McQunde, on his second trial for bribery in connection with tlie grant of the Broadway railroad franchise., was to day found guilty. The jury reached a ver dict on the first ballot. Assistant District Attorney Follows oc cupied four hours and a half this afternoon iu closing the argument for tho prosecu tion. The recorder’s charge was long, and the case was given to the jury at (i: 15 this evening. At 7:15, just a half an hour after retire ment the jury returned. Tho roll was culled and their foreman, Henry Otten- berg, stood up and in reply to the ques tion replied: “Guilty of the crime ns churgcd in the first count in the indict ment.” The roll was called agnin nnd ouch juror answered “guilty” as ills Dame was called. “in discharging you from your duties,” said tin- recorder, “l wish to congratulate you oo iue manner in whieli you have cou« ducted that duty. You were chosen out of 300 men examined. I regret to see t hat many intelligent men—business and pro fessional men—of this city endeavor to I avoid their duty to serve on the jury. I re pent again, that you are entitled not only to the thanks of this court, but to the thanks of the people; for uhen so many men formed an opinion, you were abio to discard that opinion and to decide upon a verdict on the evidence.” It seems that the jury, after removing their overcoats in the room to which they were sent for deliberation, immediately prepared their ballots. They were east, and on being counted were found to ho unanimous for conviction. It was just fourteen minutes after they left the court room when they agreed. When their ver dict was given to the court McQuado alone remained unmoved. Ilia demeanor was not different from that of any other day of the trial. The jury at once left the court, declining all interviews. After a few minuteB’ con sultation the recorder adjourned court until Friday at 11 a. m., when further motions ill this ease will be heard. Coun sel for the defense declined to outliue their future course. McQuade was taken buck to the toinhs. RISiNG STAR LODGE NO. 2*. A IVlialc-Hftlu IlftOidnR *s the* Nrxt Order »f nusliH-ss. Charleston, S. C., December 15.—A week ago the News and Courier published .. dispatch from York county. 8. C., report ing that a white boy named John Leo (Inode had been so beaten and mangled that he soon died, and that four colored men had been arrested as the murderers and committed to Jail, it was stuted that the theory was that some of the ne groes had been detected by tho boy in tho act of stealing cotton from his father’s Held and to prevent their arrest they killed him. There was great excitement in the county in consequence, and several more arrests were made. The News and Courier, to get at all the facts, sent a special correspondent to York and will publish to morrow the result of his investigations. There is evidently an alarming state of affairs in York county, and it is proved conclusively that au organization exists among the colored people, which contemplates murder in the event of the detection of any member ac cused of u crime. Twenty-six negroes are now under arrest. The inquest on the body ei the murdered boy before a discreet jury brought out ail the facts. One of the negroes turned states evideneeand another admitted that he killed a man who was murdered in the county eighteen months ago. Several of the colored witnesses at the inquest swore distinctly that they had u club or elan in the county for the purpose of stealing cotton, provisions, whisky, etc. The members were to steal whatever they wanted, and if detected were sworn to kill the person who detected them. Tlie club had different names, but was generally known as the “ Rising Star Lodge No. 24 ofthe Grand United Order of National Laborers and l’rotective Society of North America.” Tlie charter came from Charlotte, N. C., and is dated December, 1884. Tlie charter, however, would seem to show that the society had only benevolent and fraternal objects. Among other things revealed at the in quest was a plan to waylay Elias Inman, who wus thought to have money, but the assassin missed him. One of the witnesses gave a detailed account of the murder of the poor boy, John Lee Goode, and also the names of ids accomnlici . in the crime. Ta k of a general lj aching has abated, but the indignation and mire’' are intense. IVb.lt a I’lty Tin y Were Ucnif. Charleston, December 15.—A hundred while men rode to the jail in YorkviUe at 4 o’clock this morning, battered tho outer door down and demanded tho four mur derers of John Goode. The sheriff, how ever, had already sent them to Columbia, thus avoiding a lynching.