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COLUMBUS. GEORGIA: THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER ‘23, b>«.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
t P o er g ive m e'rvnM pen , ,ion *» squired
10 give every clalmunt ton d.,v'.« ..r
The Committee on Post Offices and Pos,
Roads Make a Report.
IS like* Thine* Look Bln, for the Bln Tolenrunh
■onopoliM—Br. Harem, of Ooorgl., U| ,
Floor With Springer,
Ol'R lILlMi mi
here
W.
to cancel me source or subject matter
th, , to releefa ! 1 | P , 1 | i ,° ant - U ' 3 u,iuit> ^lawful
a « P ,.rof a claim upon evidence secured bv
. cords'ofti,r Ve * tll?llt ‘ on or b « caus * re-
j "! m "' ar or n»v.v department fail
Washington, December 22—Mr F,l ' or inim-v ol tfie disease, wound
punds, trout the committee on foreign rt | d tcefe ‘pension Strike’{henlmeTf
pensioner from the rolls without
rsou
led
his
ridow,
and dependent
Ibe entitled to
neighbors nf tid. „ . ~ postmaster or in Stockb-idge an
disability or n .2 a ' a ' 1 '. , 't '-' oa s’erning his The Solons \re Going Home for Christ- train Us- night,
ess?®-
\,S ‘''formation under an agreement
hit the source or subject matter
Siay Bills Piv?J la a Ra*h—l Peoillar R
tioa by Sr. HiwAibs of NVwtna — I Very Yoaax
lo«?U Barry—A Batcher killed ¥j a Hx—Otk-
er Atlaati Itrtn**.
lations, reported a bill to provide for the
executtou of article ° -* 11 11 e
China on the 17
the subject of
tice that he w _ „
holidiys. i minor children
..^ r * ft resolution directing relatives sh ill
ilSpps ; 3Si« *e
therein, the facts which render such ap. ' present pension laws |
matters of the
.- Such further sum
eh be necessary to pay pensions srant-
td under the provisiousof this act isaopro-
Atlanta. December it*. —The house was
called to order at 10 o'clock. After the
usual preliminary exercises the following
senate bill wts passed:
Amending tse act incorporating the
town of West End.
Mr. Calvin introduced a resolution di
recting the secretary of the senate and
clerk of the house to mail to each member
a printed list of all the matters pending
before the legislature, and the status of the
to-nigh: of the shooting of
S. Thomas at Stockbridge
at a late hour las: night by a
man turned Wilson. Thoms a a merchant
in Siockbridge and left Atlanta on the 1st
arriving at St.x'kbridge
■g — Tbe report received here
Thoms is dead, but no positive
information as to the cause of the difficulty
or the extent of the injury caa be obtained,
as there is no telegraphic connection with
toe place.
VaUr-l F.ullt P-rkajs.
Atlanta. December 22.— Groover Dan
iel. a batcher, was engaged in scalding
hojs at West End last evening, when a
h r ran between his legs and threw him
into a boiling cauldron backwards. Only
h - head and feet escaped and he was ter
ribly scalded. It is doubtful if he can sur
vive. but he is doing comparatively well
to-night.
printed in addition to the *75 000 000 ar>- 8u h-eommitte to investiga;
preprinted by the Inst pension bill.’ •«'se > system during tbe
THE COMING TFLEGRAPH SYSTEM.
"list Congress Proposes to Do In the Fntnre.
Litder the second section it provides
that whenever any telegraph company
which shall have accepted the provisions
of title do, revised statutes, shall extend its
line to the eastern terminus or to any sta
tion or office of a telegraph line belonging
to any one of the said railroad companies.
R-ilroad companies are required to ope- ing be dispensed with. Adopted,
te thcor telegraph lines s> as to afford On motion the senate eoneurre
propriation advisable, and if of national
importance, and the condition of the work
if begun. Adopted.
The resolution introduced bv Mr. Dawes
on the second day ofthe session instructing
the committee on finance to inquire and
report what specific reductions can be
rnude in customs duties and internal taxes,
that will reduce the receipts, and the uee-
essat y and economical expenses of the gov
ernment without impairing the prosperity
of home industries or the compensation of
homelabor was taken up and adopted,
and then at 11:35 the senate adjourned till
Tuesday, 4th January.
The House.
Washington, December 2° The
sneaker announced the appointment of
Henry, Forney, McAdoo and Hookins ns
conferees oil the bill increasing the annual
appropriation for t tie militia.
Sir. Warner, of Ohio, from the commit
tee on post offices and post roads, reported
a bill requiring all land grant railroad
companies to construct, maintain and
operate telegraph lines. Referred to the
committee of the whole.
On motion of Mr. Sayers, of Texas, the
bill passed granting to the city of San An
tonio. Tex., a certain portion of the mili
tary reservation adjoining that city.
who have suffered from his objections, | jficalkm between^ compand
showed a disposition to retaliate, but
finally consented to allow tile passage of
the measure.
The house then, in the morning hour, re
sumed consideration of the Okalalmma
bill. Mr. Barnes, of Georgia, com laded
his argument in opposition to the bill by
an urgent appeal in behalf of good faicii
towards the Indians, and of the main
tenance of our national honor by the
government.
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in advocating
the bill stated that he was not surprised a*t
the gentleman from Georgia appealing for
go, d faith towards Indians, and especially
towards the Cher.kees. If any gentleman
should appeal for good laith towards tae
Cherokees it should be the gentle mau
from the state of Georgia. The Cherokees
had formerly resided in that state and the
ancestors of the gentleman’s constituents,
after having broken faith with them, had
driven them from the state at the point of
the bayonet.
Mr. Barnes—“It is unfair in the gentle
man to make an attack on my state. What
he has said i.-; not erne, and even if it were
true it would show t-nat I have improved
upon my ancestry and he has degenerated
from bis.” [Laughter and applause].
Mr. Springer expressed his gratification
at hearing that the gentleman had im
proved upon his ancestry, otherwise he
never would have known it. Proceeding
to argue in favor of the bill,
Springer declared that the great obstacle
to the passage of the measure
was the leased' the Cherokee strip to a
cattle company. That company leased it
for #100,000 and sub-leased it for $500,000,
leaving a margin of §400,000 with whica to
corrupt the Indians and to send a power
ful lobby to Washington. The question to
be settled now was whether this land
should be held for white people or the
special benefit of a large cattle syndicate.
At the conclusion of Air. Springer's re
marks the committee rose and the matter
went over and the house, at 3:30, ad
journed until January 4.
An Important Case.
Washington, December —.
James rendered a decision to-day in the
equity court in the suit of J. Harris Rogers
against Attorney-General Gar and to dis
solve the partnership known as (be taii-
Electric telephone company. The attor
ney-general, in his answer to the bill ot
complaint, denied all the allegations con
tained therein, and was d.sirous to have
the case tried on its merits; but toe on.c,
defendants—Senator Harris, Commissioner
Atkins, Commissioner Johnson anu Case}
Iaekia* Ilfur-sl.
Atlanta. December 22.—The hotel cor-
same. Adopted. I ridors are comparatively deserted to-nigh;
After debate, a resolution bv Mr. Huff, of ba . ve ,, »*"£ ? u _S 0 _ n T
Bibb, providing for the appointment of a
the convie
recess was
adopted
A resolution by Mr. Hawkins, of New
ton. authorizing any member to visit and
inspect any department of tne state gov
ernment during* tbe recess was adopted.
A resolution by Mr. Wheeler, of Walker,
requiring the superintendent ofthe lunatic
asylum to make an itemized statement of
all moneys paid to subordinates employed
in the asylum during the last fiscal year
was adopted.
A large number cf new bills were : ntro-
duced and read the firs: time, which go
over to the summer session.
Speaker Little will not be able to reai h
home until Christmas day, as he and the
siden! of the seuate have to remain
UVER inn Ml 11M. !■
Mr. Gladstone and the Government Un
derstand Each Other.
The lr;«h Leader* Mill IVtUat-Whifh Will Cos-
qaer. the “Plaa" «r th • tl mraatal I- Parse 11
is ketieeat a* to His Polities.
Dublin. December22. — It can be author
itatively stated that Parnell is convinced
that tue position of Irish tenants is worse
now than wheu he introduced his anti
eviction bill; that the plan of campaign
has, as asserted, procured abatements :u
rents where everything else had failed. He
regarded it as impracticable. He thinks it
remarkable that the government should
propose a coercion bill since tne entire
absence of crime leaves no excuse for co
ercion. The suppression of tne Irish
national league would inevitably
result in the formation of secret societies
that would riv.fi one another in the com
mission of crimes and thus necessitate
over to sign the bills passed in the rush of landlords asking parliament for furt her
the past few days.
The Centra) Hoad.
Atlanta. December22.—At the annual
meeting of the Central road stockholders
in Savannah to-day a quorum was not
present- President Raoul and General
Alexander are evidently holding out their
stock. Of To,biO shares only 17(50 were rep
resented.
Washtnglon, December 22.—The bill
reported from the committee on postofii.es
aim postroads to-day by Warner, of Ohio,
relative to the construction and main
tenance of telegeapb lines by land-grant
r -’" roac | s . provides in its first section that duced and read the first time, which go 1 «*rnM I«w.
all subsidized railroads shall forthwith and over to the summer session. Atlanta. December 22.—J. Porter Stocks
aencc-ionvard, by and through their own After resolutions of thanks to the speak- j aged 19. and Miss Mamie Rice, two years
officers and employes, construct and op- er and various officers and reporters for * younger, were married in the First Presby-
erate. for railroad, government, comme'r- the press ana the usual moot or mock ses- teriin church to-night. Rev. Sam Jones
cial and all other purposes, telegraph lines, sion. which was capitally presided over by i officiating. They are a popular young
and exercise by themselves alone all tele- Mr. Sbewmake. of Burke, the house at 1 couple, well known here, aud congratula-
graph franchises conferred upon and obii- o'clock was declared adjourned by Speaker j tiohs are many.
gatious assumed by them under the grant- Little until 10 o'clock a. m. of the first —■ »
mg acts. Wednesday in July, 1SS7. I THE DARKEYS TOLD A STORY.
concurred in the
house amendment to the bill incorporating
the Athens and Jefferson railroad com
pany.
Reports of committees favorable to the
passage of bills was taken up. aud the fol-
rate
e jual facilities to all without discrimina
tion in favor of or against any pe rson.
company, or corporation.
^ Seeti ui 3d provides that in the event of
the failure o r refusal of any railroad com- , ^ _ r ....
pany to construct, maintain and operate lowing bills were read the third time,
its telegraph line without discrimination, bills passed.
any person or connecting company may The following bills were read the third
apply lor relief to the commissioner of time and passed:
i-aia-;.ads, who is directed to ascertain the Incorporating tbe Atlanta and Alabama
facts and report them to the secretary of railroad.
the interior. The secretary shall order Incorporating the Washington and
what arrangement is proper to be made in Elberton railroad.
the parlicn.ar case end by this order RcDealir.g the act abolishing the coqnty
i-abroad company is bound to abide. It is court of Newton county.
made the <la r y ofthe commissioner of rail Changing time of holding fall term of
roads t" set that the ord -r is properly and Paulding superior court.
efficiently carried into effect, and if ncces- Prohio.ling fishing in waters ofthe Little
sury, enforced by a mandamus or other
legal proceedings.
By section 4 it is made the duty of the
attorney genera; to prevent any unlawful
iuterfen-nce with the rights and equities
of the United States under this act, and to
have all contracts and provisions of con
tracts set aside and annulled, which have
a-en unlawfully entered into by railroad
compa .:. - aad’any octier person, company
or corporation.
Thu 5th isction provides that any officer
of a railroad com cany who refuses toop-
teiegruph lines in' the manuer pro-
Sruate Preexvdinr*. j *
ATLANTA. December 22 —The senate was C«*Ior«d lduicr»*» Froa South rarolin»Trll Tall
called to order by President Davidson a; | Yams.
10 o'clock, and prayer was offered by the ' ——
chaplain. ! CnicAGei. December 22 —A Times spe-
Tne readingof the journal was dispensed C LU from Little Rock. Ark., savs: -Ser-
... _ . . . .. ... I era! families of negroes from South C m>
Mr. Mc.riord. chairman of the committee i it!a p ^cd through this pi ice vcs.erdav
on journals, reported that he nad exam- ,. .J IU K -„.,. e D mw. Chicot. Desha and
m..aejoarnal ol y«.erc.»\ , tba. tne t .:'. lfcr counti-’S in the southern portion of
same was correct, and he moved the read- | Arkansas , They were from Aiken and
I Barnwell cou-ities, S-outh Carolina, and
cave rather a gloomy account of affairs in
that state, claiming that the cotton crop
was virtually a failure the past season.
: -.at th.- price of the staple was low-, r than
ever before, and tuat landlords under the
!u absorbed proceeds of black labor.
They also allege* that they had no political
rights, being to all intents and purposes
I disfranchised. L'mL-r the circumstances
emigration was a matter of necessity if not
choice. Lire, numbers will leave Apple-
ton. Bl.'.okville and other points in -south
Carolina within the next six weeks bound
for Arkansas- The emigrationisspreading
all over the sta*e. and unless the l-.-eiffin-
turv makes an eflvr* to improve their con
dition by repealing obnoxious laws and
enacting legislation to protect them, these
people ^ay hundreds of South Carolina
plantations will remain uncultivated for
lack of colored labor.
CL. ..per river, except with hook and liuc.
Incorporating Athens Loan and Bank
ing Association.
Two bills amending the charter of Rome
and Decatur railroad company.
Incorporating the Germania Loan aud
Banking Company.
Providing game laws for Richmond
county.
Amending act creating board of com
missioners of roads au.i revenues of Wil
cox county.
Amending charter ofthe city of Atlanta.
Amending charter ol the town of Heph-
vided in this act shall be deemed guilty of ffibah.
a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding Prescribing remuneration of judge of city
$1000 and imprisoned, not less than six court of Richmond county in his capacity
months. The aggrieved party is author- as commissioner of roads and revenues to
ized to bring action for damages against - be $1000 per annum.
the guilty officer. ] Incorporating the Austell street railroad
The tixlh section requires the officers company,
of a railroad company, within sixty deys Providing a stock law for the 529th dis
aster the passage of tiiis act to tile with the trict of Crawford county,
commissioner of railroads copies of all; Authorizing the towu authorities of Fort
contracts and agreements existing between ; Valiev to create a debt to build certain
it and every person or corporation in refer- : school houses,
ence to the ownership, possession, main- j miscellaneous.
tenanee. control, use or operation of any | A message from the house announced
Prr*t-jteriai;-. in luurl.
Baltimore. December22 — A conference
was held at the First Presbyterian tur h
luffs afternoon for the purpose of arranging
the programme of exercises for the ce.t-
Lrat:on ot the centennial anniversary of
the general assembly ofthe Presbyteri in
church, to be held i.i Philadelphia in 1SSS.
Rev. Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans, presided.
The following ministers and elders were
present: Rev. Drs. Abbott Ekotrri’g
S', -v York. T. Ralston Smi.ii of Pniludel-
phia. George C. Noyes of Illinois. George
l*. Hayes of Cincinnati, W. P. Breed of
Philadelphia. Henry \V. Nelson of Geneva,
N. Y.. H. V. Vandyke of Brooklyn, Wm.
E. Moore of New Haven, Wm.
H. Roberts of Massachusetts, E. R.
Craven of Springfield, D. C. Marquis
of New York. Judge Strong, of the L'uited
States supreme court. Wm. R. Negley
of Pittsburg. Wm. E. Dodge of New York*.
oereive power. The present situation,
Mays Parnell, points strongly to the proba
bility of the government being obliged to
iutr.xiuce a bill reducing rents to the stan
dard fixed by the recent decisions of the
land commissions, also admitting lease
hold- rs. The government's illegal method
ofreducing rents, though General Buller's
action failed except where “assisted 1 by
moonlighters, or the plan of the cati.paigti.
Parnell will lead a strong attack upon the
whole policy and the action ofthe govern
ment towards Ireland at the opening of
the coming session of parliament.
The organ ofthe Irish local and patriotic
union asserts that O'Brien visited London
secretly a fortnight ago and had a confer
ence with Parnell. A deputation of the
viceroy general’s tenants will shortly p'ro-
eeed to Dublin and pray for a reduction of
30 per oeut. in their rents. At a meeting
of the tenants at Magheralt in London
derry to-day. Pinkerton, memoer of par
liament for Gilwav informed his hearers
that the plan of campaign had been aban
doned aud urged them to form “tenants”
defence societies, the payment of rents to
which the government w aid he unable to
prevent.
IRISH RENTS.
Four evicted farmers at Tinhalla. near
Cirri*, on the 8uir, have reoccupied their
holdings under an agreement of fifteen
years'purchase. Their reinstatement has
erased much rejoicing. The Nation ad
vises tenants, it the plan of campaign
should result in a failure, to keep their
rant money themselves, “it isan essential
condition of victory,” says the Nation,
“that tenants shall not pay rack rents, be
cause their refusal to do so will ubolish
landlordism iu Ireland. 1 '
AFTER DILLON AGAIN.
The goverumeul.it is rvporteJ, has re
solved to prosecute John Dill >:i and Healy
for their deelaraL. y : -day’s meet
ing of the executive committee of the na
tional league, that they would continue to
carry out the plan of campaign iu defiance
of the g ivernmeiit.
JOINING THE >t 'VEM ENT.
The anri~reut ag:iutioa in L’lstor is
spreading. Many tenants are join.ng the
movemaut for lower rents. Today the
tenants on two large estates in the province
made a demand for a 25 per cent, reduc
tion i*\ rents.
Kueiaod.
GLADSTONE'S ATTITUDE.
London, December *22. -An interchange
of views between Gladstone and his col
leagues of the last liberal cabiuet on the
attitude to be adopted by the liberal party
at the opening ot parliament has resulted
in an agreement to support the govern
ment iu ali legal efforts to suppress the i
anti rent campaign, but to urge the ini me* !
dia f e enforcement iu some form of Par
nell's bill for the suspension of evictions, i
The Gladstone circle is irritated over the
action of Dillon and O’Brien, j
and the anti-rent leaders have j
been warned that there is i
no charge, that the co*operation of triad- ,
stoue will continue unless they submit to j
Parnell, who desires the use or a common j
policy with Gladstone. He is suspected of
aiming to suppress the plan of campaign.
te egranli line on their railroad, and also a j cerUinamendmente to senatebill allowiug j ^^ at “°^ h ?“ m rr ,h^ Vt ^ r mh'ern T presb?
Geo. Johnson of Philadelphia, and Hon. ! t, ! Ki u V'.1 ■ Vi 7, ,> V-
S. L. Breckenridge of St Louis, who rep- I Fhe i all MiIlGa*.ettc declares that taey
Th., ... „ are in accord with their followers, who, it
teries were Rev Drs. B. M. Talmer and J.
R. Wilson of New Orleans, F. A. Hamilton
| and J. A. Le'and of S mth Carolina, T. W.
Ballet. P. Jaynes, A>;-.horzo A\erv and B.
j F. Hall of Kentucky. M. D. Hodge of Vir
ginia, Alexander M ..-tin of Richmond,
Va.. W. T. Jenkins and G. W. S:ricblcr of
Alabama.
j JUDGE DUFFY SHOULD BE IN JAIL.
ile lnt|irisuu. a B-purler f^r Rrfa.lnv to Violate
Young—filed a demurrer, aud oil that tin
case was argued. Justice Janies fiv-da}
sustained the demurrer : ..d dismissed th 1
bill without going into the merits of the
case. The attorney-general is said to be
disappointed at this result, as Le hoped to
have the question settled ou its merits.
Two Caucus Committees.
Washington, December 22.—There is a
report in circulation to the efioct tha_,
caucus committee of republican senators,
acting under the instruction ot the caucus,
will meet a similar committee represent
ing the republicans ofthe house sometim.
during the holiday recess to consider tin.
course of procedure with regard to the
tariff.
SENATOR BLAIR.
Up In Untying thr Treasnry
Strlnir* Acnln.
cngton, December 22.-At the re-
the “Union Veteran Amp, the
report describing the telegraph lines and : jlaintiff in action to withdraw original ti.
property belonging to it and the manner fa. in claim cases. On motion of Mr. Dean,
of its use, or other particulars. j introducer of the bill, the senate refused to
■ «»- | concur in the amendment.
THE RESTLESS KNIGHTS. j
tae clerk ot tbe house and assistant Stcrc-
Th?) nrp After PiiivJerl) s bralp. . tary of the senate, a iist of all bills now
—* | pending before the legislature, together
Chicago December 22.—District assem- , with the name of the introducer and the
hlv 24 kui ’hts of labor, has appointed a I status of tne bills.
, oiumitiee of five which is t: gaged in the Mr. James introduced a resolution pro-
■avesff -affon ofthe sto a yards strike, a.:d viding for the appointment ot a committee
it is asserted to-night that the reason for 1 of five to study tbe convict louse system
the investigation is that district assembly during the recess without expense.! —
uaiking house employes assembly 1 has AJoptted. 1 Baltimore, December 22.—Some two
' iu-, ) a secret I oyco t to be issued against A message from the house providing for weeks ago John T. Morris, a rep rter of
til i-e of the Chiea 'o packers who were tbe appointrw-ut of a committee to notify the Sun, was called before the grand jury
;. Vticular'v bus:ile' in * the- late- strike, the governor that the general assembly j to answer as to his means of information
!,L district assemblies 24 and 57 would take ", recess after 1 o'clock uutu j regarding the presentmt lit of Bln riff i'ieil-
lnhrice neailv all the knights the first Wednesday i:i July was concurred derman. charged with aitempting to bribe
fn Chicago and Cook county. District as- in, und Messrs. Pringle, Davis and Jackson 1 a colored voter at the late election. Mor-
-emhlv “4 and the seamen's district assem- : were appointed. i ris said he had received tbe information in
Idv 136 it is said were asked to support j Mr. Powell, chairman of the committee confiden t', and could not disclose the
Vo 57’s bovcott The members of 24 pro-i on finance, announced that he had ap-| name of his informant. Subsequently the
f. rred a thorough investigation of the | Doiuted under Mr. Davidson's resolution ] charge against the sheriff was dismissed,
mnt-ers conn-ct'-d with tae strike before ; on the subject of taxation Messrs. Dean Theaecuserwascominittedtojailtorper-
Ili-in./Micli a steu and the committee is ! and Ward on the part of the senate. I jury. To-day Mot ris was called before
nowtakiug testimony. Among the wit- President Davidson announced as the Judge Duffy, and still refusing to
says, unless they discover and amend their ,
! error, will find themselves wheu p.irln,-
ment meets without even « ruiup of a -
party. Nothwithstaudir. ell's dis- 1
pleasure Dillon, O'Brien aud liealy con
tinue their anti-re at tae: 1 s.
HE CE A.SED FASTING.
Jacques, the English faster, partook of i
food yesterday evening after an absti
nence of twenty-one days. His experi- 1
ment to fast till he collapsed has .been
ib l: d< d, ow:'ig to a- cm iary diffl ul-
ties, but few people gathering to witness
his attempt. Tiiis morning he walked t> n 1
miles before breakfast and then resumed |
work in the silk fa. ti ry, where he was em
ployed before beginning his fast.
WHAT IF HE DID?
Mr. Gladstone denies that Parnell has
ever visited him at Howardeii.
re<en: condition ofthe country, were t he
ri sh. German. Austrian ar.d Italian. The
reason alleged for the refusal to receive the
deputation was that it was composed of
Turkish subjects who had no reoresenta-
tiou.
A R«v»Ua PjperV Opjalo*.
^r. Petersburg, December 22.—Tbe
Journal de St. Petersburg, cximmenting
on the inspired article in' last Monday's
London Post, warning Turkey against co-
quettiug any further with Russia, savs
“The inspires of the Post chose the mo
ment to utter their threats of war wheu
all the European cabinets were conscien
tiously seeking to reconcile divergent in
terests. which tbe Bulgarian crisis had
created; aud when Turkey and Russia bad
agreed upon a solution reconciling their
interests in conformity with the* Berlin
treaty.it was a reserve judgment on the
question whether the general tendency to
ward conciliation has upset certain
calculations. If the article in the Pose
had some other and ulterior object, the
powers who reprove the firebrand policy
ought to affirm their resolution to pre
serve the peace and should act firmly
against any attempt to intimidate Turkes*.
AVe hops the powers will not fail to do so.
The sultan should be advised that so long
us he seeks conciliation and peace he will
find powerful sympathies aud energetic
support.
Iiatvl’t Victory.
Cairo. December —.—The claim of the
government to the lands in Egypt owned
by Ismael Pasha, former Khedive, has
been rejected by the court, which ordered
the lands to be surrendered to the custody
of M. Layison, Ismael’s agent.
A Deiperatf Diamond Bobbery,
Chicago, December 22.—Two men en
tered the store of George F. Schmitt, 775
Ciaybourne avenue, about 6.30 List even
ing and asked to see some valuable rings.
Schmitt exhibited almost his entire stock,
and finally placed a tray containing prob
ably a dozen diamond rings on a case.
While the two men were pretending to
make a selection, a third man entered the
store and enquired the way to Larrabee
street. As the jeweller raised his face to
reply, the newcomer threw the contents
of a package of r«.d pepper in his eyes and
rushed ouL The other two made a* hasty
collection of the rings and followed.
Schmitt was totally blind for an hour from
the effects of the pepper, but will suffer no
permanent injury. Eight or nine diamond
rings, valued at nearly ?SnO, were taken.
The Fall BH**rstriker*.
Fall River, Mass.. December 22—The
employes of the YVamsutta woolen mills
we re paid in full this afternoon. • The fin
ishing department will be run until the
work ou hand is completed; but the other
departments will be shut down to-night,
pending the settlement of the strike ofthe
weavers. This action is the carrying out
of the decision announced by tbe man
agers not to recognize any labor organiza
tion or treat with any committee. The
management claim that the old weavers
left w > k voluntarily and are no I “jger in
the employment of the mill. They will
not be recognized except as individuals
seeking em n : oy me nt.
\ Stemioliip IVreeVeti.
tl.'.LV v-ton, December 22.—A special
from Rock 1 ' rt to the News ,s: The
steamship Ark 1 -is, while at uipting to
crLostu bar .t 3:3(1 o'clock >ester.:ay af
ternoon, v..vs driven .’. 'lore by high wind
and oreakersoa to the Hits in S'. George
channel, w here she now lies in a danger
ous position. A couri r has b- en sent for
a lighter. Captain Faro ells says his ves
sel will be all right provided the sea does
not increase. She belongs to the Mor ran
line, and runs between Morgan City. Gal
veston and Corpus Ciiristi.
R Orbiting Furrianrr*.
Boston, December 22.—United States
District-Attorney Stearns has bvguu five
suits agiti.si the Bay State Brick company
for a violation of the law in importing
foreign labor under contract, the company
having brought French Canadians to work
in its brickyard. The punishment for a
violation of this law is a due of $1000 for
each offense. These suits, which are im
portant as regards the interests of uative
work men, will probably come up for trial
next Mav. The president ofthe company
has given bond.
.1 ordered was udiourn-
Judgc I’r.it; in Brook.-
St"
Wash
quest of
Republic,” Senator
summoned are* Harper. Gaunt and 1 committee to investigate and study the
ri-iTun who were expelled from tbeir prisou system during the recess and under
P°T’ is-ublks during the strike. Air. James’ resolution Messrs. James, Rob-
The ■ were chared with treason and see- 1 erts. Daniel. Nort hcutt and McLeod,
oral other offenses. Upon the result of the Ou mo::jn o; Mr. Dean the senate went
ffivesti-ation depends' the action to be ! into executive session to consider a sealed
taken ill relation to the boycott by district communication Irom the governor, which
assembly 24, the membership of which in- was the appoint ment of D C. Ashley, Esq.,
ffiedeV nearly all the knights in Chicago to be county solicitor of Lowndes county
ev enfohe packing ho'iseT No. 57. and the for four years, from January 20, 1S37. Con-
seffiinn s a.-sembl}” The intention of dis- firmed by the senate,
t-' t 57 ii to inauffurate a general boycott Recess v.as ta«».en subject
Veteran jirjujf '»* . a^itpral of tbe packers the president.
Blair to-day introduced , “-j 1 * 0 - 1, ff_ e jt permanent. The j When the senate was again called to
Moi ris
J to expo-
informant, was committed to jail for
contempt. The term of his impris rnment
is iiidetiiiite u .iess ht shall purge himself.
nVrniAnT.
Berlin, December 22.—A heavy snow
storm which is still nging over a large
part of Germany has caused a complete
suspension of railway traffic in Saxon aud
Bavaria and a partial suspension of com
munication with Silesia, Posen, Frankfort,
Mu use. Worms and Strasbourg. The
leading railway trains are being cleared
by troops. The incessant down
fall of snow makes tne work
very difficult. Dresden has received
no mail from Leipsie or Chemnitz for two
days, the roads being blocked. Tht postal
service, by means of sledges, has bet u ar
ranged between Dresden and lxdpsic. A
dispatch from Cassel says that the stonu 1
i> raging without abatement over central
Germany, and that no communication has
b en had with Berlin since M >uday. \d-
vi -es from other points agree in reporting
n J iouvlet MrOusJs.
New York, December 22.--Argument
on the order to show cause why u stay of
proceedings should not be issued in the
ease of e.\ Aldermau Mct^uade, the con
victed bo*ailer, so that the case might be
carried to the supreme court on a motion
to have the verdict of the lower court set
aside aud a new trial <
ed this morning !
lyn until Tuesday
rh-y FaiJp.l hull lUmlril.
Dknvek. Col.. December 22.—D. M.
Ti>m!ip. a'c Bi.rk t al*. in, bankers of Akron,
have failed, with linoiliticsof$12,000. They
are also proprietors of the bank at Henkel*
man and the Republican Valley Bank at
Cambridge, Nebraska. They were arrested
here last night on a warrant sworn taut by
J K. Swan, manager of an Akron eating
h 'use, and taken back by the sheriff’ of
Weld countv.
order a message from the house was re-
persons
benefits
‘‘t^entitlo.l
the the pension
‘to include all who moy^ve^een
disabled while actually engaged
of tbe United States of a
illitary
semblies besides No. 57, can be
calf"'!!! be made, “in* |
n Barry^an'd Carleto'n, tuTt^ | at two min,
bem ofthe* executive committee,whowere i««thatthe
reporters of the press.
Reading of the journal was dispensed
with.
A message from the house was received
at two minutes before 1 o’clock announc-
house was ready to adjourn.
A Frm ftil Fire.
Chicago. December 22.—A Daily News
special from Des Moines, Iowa, says: •* A
most disastrous tire wuich is raging broke
out at Oskaloosa in the post office about
1 o’clock this morning. Despite the of-
, 1 forts of the fire department, assisted by
tue call ot citizens, the Haines are still beyond con
trol ana progressing eastward enveloping a severe storm and intense cold.
the entire block in which is located the I
post office. Thus far the post otllee, the i On!t<* n »«t sum.
Times building with all its contents, Her- Paris, December 22.—The newspapers
ring's large furniture store. Bairn's bakery. ' state that DeBcsseps attended a baiupiet
the opera house and three adjoining build- last night, and in the course of a speech
ings nave been totally destroyed, involving 1 stated that 137.500.00i) francs wort still
a loss of more than $40,000, with the pros- needed to complete tbe Panama caual.
in pect that tha entire block will be destroy-I
lent ed and a loss of $100,000 entailed. The mail
and coming to thcoifi e List night is supposed
to have been entirely consumed. The lire
obtained full headway before being dis
covered, very few people being on the
street at the hour the alarm was first
given.”
Hit* Urrat S«:i
New York, December 22.-The steam
ship Ktiinelaiui. which arrived from Ant
werp to day, reports that on December 2,
abreast of Nantucket, she passed the sea
monster reported by the steamer Tbing-
vallia. It proved to be a dead whale of
gijaut ie size, about fifteen feet floating
out of the water. It had apparently been
dead for a long time.
Gad-
- -r, wer e mustered or : sy'*t to -u ■ rfe elin gs t-.WArd Pow- to notify the governor announc'd that
nature, whether they. 'Lion to all female I is'’hinted that a crusade has they had waited upon his excellency and
not. _ ,
nurses in the late
arrived at the age of BO jeaxa.
Of^nffionable disahiliUvH ^
and non spucitio. Inc A jj-yare
ntffiire. i« defined as one^^th- cannot
en without the aid of
„f medical exarninatmm
dr-riv, and it is hinted
■sdagati
:f the general
called before
it will
ft also grants a^ension o t- shaU “^•t-^tedagainst him. In case a
- - and are 0KeM ,_, . . , f the general assembly w
special,sesd ’“^ e regular convention
ability is defined
and degree of
be determined
evidence,
itwiuconsWofthe Mme delesate^ .j.-.
.rU-Powder^"?^. that gives the
movement promi. 3 ®
Burned Out.
The rate or ^
Loss jJOOO;
children ia Licrtascd from
i insurance.
notifi-d him of their proposed adjaurn-
ment and he had nothing further to com
municate.
President Davidson then in a brief and
eloquent speech complimented the body
upon tiieir work, thanked them *'ur their
kindness and c m n leration to him as their
presiding officer and declare- i tb< - ‘lui'e
adjourned until the first Wedr.cs lay in
July, 15s7, at 10 o'clock a. in.
Khnotinf tffrs*.
Atlanta, December 22.—News reached
Th-y IV.nl 1'nrt.r.
St. Louts, December 22.—A special to
the Post-Dispatch from Cape Gerardenn
says: Warren & B. rwith, extensive man
ufacturers of woolen g >ods assigned for
the benefit of tiieir ere iitors t i-duy. i’.ue
liabilities are estimato.i at between -jyJ.OJO
and $100 003. Assets 1M0,C00.
rill.
Mobile. December 22.—Two men named
Louis PuscuUff'd A. Vicenti were arrested
yestere.ay on an ord T from T. G. Hea lett,
a Louisville and Nashville detective. They
are wauled in New Orleans!'<r robbing E.
Price of $4300.
Cailhan Fffimli's Trontilrs
Constantinople, December
ban Effendi, special Turkish env >v u>
Sofia, whom several of the powers attempt
ed to have banished from the porte's
diplomatic service on the alleged ground
of double dealing with Bulgaria, will,
through palace influence, remain in Bul
garia despite* the advice to the contrary of
the Turkish ministry. It is stated that’tbe
porte hopes, through the influence of M.
Voulsevitch, Bulgarian agent in CVuistai.t;-
nople, to bring about a cliar.ge in the Bul
garian regency. Diplomats here,
h iwever, believe that the Bulgarians wi’l
refuse to change the regency until
an acceptable candidate for tht* Biilg.iri in
throne has been designated. The embas
sies mentioned in last Mondav’s di-p itciu's
as having refused to receive the deputa
tion of Bulgarian citizens who had ti.d
from their country to the Turkish capital,
and who desired to give testimony th t: the
present regency was responsibie lor the
Th* Ut*-*l from 0«Kn
Des Moinks. Iowa. l\vember 22.—-The
aggregate loss by the Oskaloosa lire this
morning amomffs to ^U«0,000. insurance
^.XhOOd. The fire was enntim d to the lim
its already described. The principal loss
is on the opera house building owned by
the masonic oidt-r. which was valued at
K'l’.Oftl arid insured for -f 13,000. It will be
rebuilt at once.
do
I’ar lonfti »*> i
St. I ons, December 22.—Obey Evans,
rt ciiviug teller of the Tiiird national bank
of this city, who, in ISS2. embezzled about
£200.000 of the funds of that bank, and who
ms been s* r\ ing a sentence in the Chester
Id. nvniten iarv for that crime was par-
lied y es t c rday by t h e p rcsi de u U
lioal. (ioM. liuld.
New Y 'k:; D.eeml'.'r 22. —The amount
of gold rci t ived j » far tiiis week is 22,196,*
4V\ Of this *1,3 *, 1-15 came on the French
steam, r L.t ('h.uupagne and fS27,305 by the
Avr.'-nia. ^1,000,000 has been ad'
N .iu.ced ' i gold by the ussay officer in this
citv for immediate use.
McU
A Fair.I tall.
New york, I December 22.—John E.
irin.U A, 15 years old, and Wm. Smith,
y« ir.*ol.i, employes in Webster’s Sil er
aiii.g Manufactory, in Brooklyn, fell
rough an eli*\ at»»r opening this after
ion. McC »rma k was instantly killed.
neck was broken. Smith escaped
*th a t r. kou ankle.