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VOL. XXVIII-.NO. 306 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 'll, 1886, BRICE FIVE CENTS Brooklyn Disrupted by a Street Car Strike. The Hen On a Kailroml Muko Demands Which Arc BefUscd-The) Strike in a Bod,-Motion In the Street* and Defying the rollce-Tho Strike Mvs. terlously Ends. crowded with people and astir with busy f 1 '®' For the past three, days the streets have been thronged, and people have been coniine in in great crowns from the country around on wagons and over the different railroads centering here. As usual at this season, money circulates freely and the volume of trade is considerably increased. Business is active in all branches of tiade and commerce^ though on the whole the amount of Christmas trading is about on an average with the other years past. I he public schools closed to-day until alter Christmas and New Year. The steamer Alabama, one of the Mont gomery Trade Company’s boats, left her city wharf to-day with a thousand bales of cotton, which will be put on a steamer at Mobile and shipped to New York. Tiie cotton goes on through bills of lading from Montgomery to New York. FROM ATLANTA TO NEW YORK. Chango in tin* Uhissillmtion of Dry Good* Kates. New York, December 22.—Two import ant changes in the classification of cotton piece goods shipped from New'York and the east to southern points, and from the south here, are announced by the dry goods committee of this city. The changes are the result of a request made by the southern merchants to the Southern Rail way and Steamship Association at its No vember meeting. The local dry goods committee pressed the request at length, and urged the changes. As the result the arbitration board of the association recom mended a change from lirst to third class in the classification of cotton piece goods shipped south, and from sixth to fourth class in the classification of similar goods shipped north. The association has de cided to adopt the new classification after January. The arbitration committee said that the rates on cotton factory products from r — , southern mills, north bound, heretofore iu on any of the cars except those running I the sixth class, were much lower than the out to east New York, and then only from rate? on the raw material north bound. Bedford avenue. In east New York a car For instance, the rate on raw cotton from was attacked by five of the strikers, who Atlanta to New York is seventy-live cents unhooked the team, but were prevented ! per 100 pounds, while, on piece goods, from doing any further damage by their i when placed in t he sixth class, it was only prompt arrest by the police. East New | 49 cents per 100 pounds. On the other York is the only plaec that the president j hand, the rates from New York to Atlanta expects any trouble, and extra precautions i on cotton factory products were $1.14 per are being taken there. 100 pounds for first- class, unreleased, and A mob IN tiie: streets. ! 98 cents per 100 pounds for second class if It was evident at about noon that there released. This inequality, the committee was likely to be serious trouble on the bad been marked for a longtime, and lines of the Brooklyn City railroad, and was no longvr defensible. The committee’s the police were called upon to protect a j report said further, ;the cotton products car which the company desired to start out I from the southern mills, even if raised to from the depot at. Greenwood, and Capt. I fuuith class, are still, in most cases, a shade Boe and several officers went to the scene ! Jower than the rates on raw material and and mounting the platform, the car was i h' only one case is it a shade higher. But Btarted. It got only a block on its journey ! the fi y1 lhrtt , tho lil , 1or fabricsof higher value when a mob look the horses fromthe car are shipped southbound, some oi then Y ® RK * De cember 23.—Eleven of J t,hes the Brooklyn City rail- road tied up this morning at 4 o’clock and the men went out on a strike. The cause of the strike is that the company re- fused to agree to the demand of the men as set forth in an agreement for signatures to the company by a committee of the men. The cause of the trouble was that the com pany would not recognize the knights of labor or the •. mpire protective association In its negotiations with Us men. The knights claim that the men are forced to Work sixteen hour and over, and some nmi as r> lo 'Y, 1 i 9 twenty-nine cents. This President Lewis says is an outrageous untruth. Though the knights violated the agreement of last jpriug the company has maintained good faith with its men and not a man on a straight run on a tripper worked more than twelve hours a day. Regular men were also not paid less than $2 a day and trippers $1.50. About 8 o’clock twenty* five old drivers and conductors returned to work without solicitation from the com pany. They were at once assigned to cars and by 9 o’clock about a dozen cars were running on the various lines. Soon after a score of new men were hired and sent out to the stables. All the stables of the company were put upon police protection about 5 o’clock. No oolicemeh were put The Halls of L gislation Arc Bare and Desolate. and ran the car back into the depot. The police were unable to resist the men. A car at Halsey street and Tompkins avenue war- overturned and the driver and conductor assaulted by the mob. The police at tempted to interfere but were overpowered without discovery, than those shipped northbound, the still existing inequality would be unjustifiable. The association have also decided to con tinue paper products from southern factories m the sixth class, where they PRACTICAL EDUCATION. Clmrh’s >1. Ilium N.udrllU I srfiii Milli-gobml I'nr Contra! lh,i and the reserves were called upon to aid i n °w stand, them. A car was h listed from the track at Fulton and New York avenues, and the S police called upon here also. The driver I and conductor, who were scabs, were as- j saulted. Obstructions nave been plaei d i upon the tracks and it looks as though i there would even lie more serious trouble ! if the company persists in their attemptl " to run their cars. I Richmond, December 23.— There has THE CRUEL WAR IS OVER. i.just been presented.to Central University, The strike of the employes of the Brook- by Mr. Charles M. Hanna, of dlielby lyn city roads ended to-night. The com- county, the first portion of a sc. of praeti- J — - ..»*— ..~ i. ! -al analyses of soils, crops and fertilizers. ' of any refuse to give anv information as to j cal analyses of soils, crops and teiMlizers. he terms of settlement, but it is thought A large glass bottle containB a pound of hey have acceded to the demands ol the the soil, giam or othu . ubstniice,and <- set. of smaller bottles contain each one oi the the they men. OUK ATLANTA DOTS. lie Mveil in tue IVorM, Rut Not That Kind. Atlanta, Gi., December 23.—To-day the Kimball house register showed the name -‘ItobertThompson, jr.,The World. Before night half a dozen reporters were looking the gentleman up to interview him on the new dai y which Mr. Pulitzer is to start in Atlanta. It turned out teat Mr. Thompson had nothing whatever to do with anv paoer, and jocosely meant to designate the world as his home, and that be was not pinned down to any given lo cality. The K. T., V. A 0. Suld. Atlanta, December 28.—From the best of the Norfolk ana u esiern . - panv, and it is said that a general _ chang of Offic ials will occur about the middle o. jauua ry. , , “ Ho!itlny shopper*. Atlanta, December 23.—Atlanta is hay- ing warm weather. The business streets are crowded wi.h holiday shoppers. Chrlttnuis I'rcsent*. Atlanta, December 23.—Chief Joiner gave a -upper to the lire depaitment to night, and af • the good things had been | tiluents of the same in the amount it; wiii'li it is presented in the same. Thus beside the bottle with one pound of blue- grass soil, is a bottle almost equal in size filled with sand, which makes up a very large proportion of the soil, while other smaller Dottles beside it contain the alumina, iron, magnesia, soda, potash, etc., present. In wheat, the large amount of starch is not surprising, but one. would hardly expect to find the quantity of water which the analysis shows to be present. Such a collection enables a farmer at a glance to see what food liis various crops need, and is a vast practical improvement over the ordinary method of representing chemical analyses by a mere column of figures, giving the per cent, of each con stituent. in presenting the collection Mr. Hanna "■ave a practical talk to the students of the university on the subject of tbe relation of our institutions of learning to the agricul turist. Mr. Hanna insisted that inasmuch as a large proportion of the students of our colleges are sons ol farmers, and many will be themselves farmers, these students should be given such a foundation as will enable them to become intelligent farmers and not-, as is too often the case, utterly unfit them for such a fife. Latin and l • ru:k are good, but they must not bo pur sued to the exclusion or' neglect of prac tical applied science. The speaker then spoke of the great benefits science, espe- ci.dlv chemistry bad rendered to the fanner.and, in illustration of one of them, showed a very sinking experiment. To a light, and after ine srockcloll, in i iiVtle drv sulphate of ammonia which wr ,r £ P H'of the department 1 presented Chief j whollv without odor, was ndded a poi tio withVhaudsome gold watch and , „f ordinary lime,when there was a decide ouiei with a hauusouie t, uiving off of free ammonia,as was apparel i ^ tn.. TCvcniiiEr Capitol to all present, showing the folly of mixin Joiner °*The employes of the Evening C a pi presented Business Manager Atwood with L valuable gold watch this evening. VALENTINE TELLS ALL. Ho Confe-Hest.ir JlirdVTnVlcnof.hr ...Hons. ion cided I .riving off ol tree aminoum,us \\ ua apparent to all present, showing tbe folly of mixing lime in a compost heap, thus setting free nnd losing the ammonia which is pres ent and which is a valuable plant food. He then alluded to the many practical experi meats which ought to be undertaken in testing new crops, the effect of an excess or deficiency of different elements in the soil—mentioning experiments of bis own I which had shown that an excess oi mag- through a wind™; ^aielmtan on the I ton, D. d- — heatf wit'll the ax, killing b- EXT RAORDINAF Valentine then biokeo j [e re- j - pickax and »« n . d . , , 6at i,rated the is Koered to JMr througl tur head Valentine . pick ax and «j t “‘«w»ted ( he fo^covcr't’h" crime. He give nary occurrence. « Jl.irry Aualiiwt tier Will. TjYVCfiRUHOt Va., December 23.—The articulars of a most extraor- *•« — -— - «. Valentine manic willill Cd traveled under wn im,s munc times Montgoiuorj Jb-dlij Special to Enauiroi-8un Montoo: Chris Unua Alley and arrest the the girl was answer the they were, the justices r promise or ; - ro prison. The frightened girl finally Med, and the ceremony was quickly i ‘ ‘formed.” There is no doubt whatever ; F*- r , correctness of the above statement, ; pnii iutvir-i' i-xcitmnont exists iu the neigh- ... l.fikcd out. The I’rr-hlrnt (iitinir the Executive Department Christina-—'The Appropriation* Committee Will Not Meet During the Holiday--Other Washing ton Item- Ter-ely Told. Washington, December 23—Acting Secretary Fairchild has approved recom mendation of supervising architect that property at intersection of A and Tenth streets, donated by Stone Fort Land nnd Improvement Company,be accepted as the site for custom house and post office build ing at Chattanooga. The capitol building was almost deserted to-day. Two or three senators, and half a dozen representatives dropped in to attend to personal correspondence, and the sub committee of Hie house committee on na val affairs spent an hour or two in hearing several officers of the navy department in explanation of the estimates for the main tenance of that department during the next fiscal year. With those exceptions the halls of both houses were abandoned to the pages nnd employes engaged in cleaning up and disiribu ing documents. The appropriations committee of the house w ill not meet during the holiday week, as it has already reported an appro priation bill that has' not yet been acted upon by tbe house. The president has directed that all the executive departments be closed at noon on the day before Christmas and new year’s day. First Comptroller Durham has disallow ed tbe claim o John S. Mosby for $5013 collected ns fees while United States consul at Hong Kong. They Went to the Theatre. Washington, December 23.—When the ticket agent of Albaugh’s theatre opened his office about 9 o’clock this morning he found the safe blown open and a part of its contents strewn around the floor nnd !f470 in money and about $500 worth of jewelry missing. Dynamite, it is thought, was used to force open the safe. MILLIONS IN IT. Dr. Wi'M'nerolV- ffignatic Sidiume to Convert a Desert Into a Hanlon. Washington,December 23.—Dr. Weseu- erol’t is a persistent lobbyist about the house, and lias been for years. He lias a scheme of which he thinks, like C'ol. Mul berry Seilers, that there is millions in it. Dr. Wesencroft has already obtained a grant of one million acres of desert land in Mexico on the American line. He is ap plying for a grant of font million acres within the American border contiguous to his Mexican grant, which is of the same sterile nature. The doctor does not ask the land for nothing, but is willing to pay the appraised value thereof, which, of course,'would be a mere trilie. as it is utterly worthless In its present condition. His scheme is to turn the water of the Colorado river on such portions of the land at are under the river level, and to irrigate 1 he remaining portion of it by aqueducts. He lias a gigantic scheme, in | Ills head, and is chuck full of it, and lays | before the members of congress in glowing terms how lie will make; the desert to bloom as a rose. The doctor has spent 1 years in lobbying for his project, and it : probable that he will get the subject be fore the house this winter. Should he suc ceed in getting the grant, and carry out his ideas, he will be one of the rieliesL land owners on the continent, and at the same time connect his name forever with the large body of land that he proposes to re claim from its fruitless condition. A MONUMENTAL FRAUD. The Personnel of flint Trinity nf Sovereign Power nnirh i- Dnliheil the Civil Serve-n- Uejtubiiran'- Conimi—ion. Washington. December 21. — When your correspondent contemplates what a monumental and tantalizing fraud toe ad ministration of this civil service law is, lie, with thousands of other democrats, is tempted to terrific profanity. Its very ex- ! istenee demands t.hc faith of a martyr and j the patience of a slave. Without attack- ling personally the gentlemen who com- I pose that wonderful trinity of sovereign ' power that has an aggravating unity of ; purpose in barring ttie democrats from i enjoying the fruits of their victory, let u-m I take a look at this commission, which, as j the Scriptures say of man, is fearfully and I wonderfully made, and when in its opera- [ tions makes democrats fearfully and vvon- 1 derfuily mud. This gentleman is Mr. j Lyman. He is the republican mem- I her of the civil serve-us republi- j can’s commission, and he is the j republican tail that wags the democratic dog. He is the great big watch-dog of the j treasury, interior, war, slate and navy dc- [ partments, to sec that no democrat gets : by. Instead of being there to protect tbe ! minority be is there to thwart the major- ; ity. lie is one of the leading solid repub licans of the country, a trained and skillful politician, and is in with a nest, of these republicans in office and works everything in their interest that it is possible to work. Lyman is the positive moulding, active, aggressive factor of the commission, umi tin his sins are sins of commission; those of Edgcrton and Oberly are sins of omission. Here is U rand pa Ldgerton, a kind, fatherly old soul, who lives snugly and draws bis salary reguiaiiy while thousands of demo crats stand ouiside and feast their eyes on the sweetmeats in t lie show-window. He reminds your correspondent of the man in the side-show who sits on a man’slap while the fellow behind plays the fiddle. Edger- tou thinks he is playing the Rogue’s March and the audience thinks so too ; but it is the other fellow all the time. This man, ladies and gentlemen, is Mr. Oberly, of Illi nois, and it ill-aunoys tbe democrats to think how good-natured he is—Oberly good-natured in face, and is consequently entirely outof place; indeed ought not to be in this position at nil. After a demo crat lias passed bis examination it takes weeks and weeks to get his name into the departmente, and it would not come m then if Lyman could help it. He is scheming around with these re publican chiefs of bureaus ail the time. Ho is certain to ! send in the name of a republican every time, and is working directly in the inter- . cst of the republican party every day of : Itis life. He has his spies on the inside— these republican clerks we are keeping in 1 office—and whenever there is a position to ! lie tilled they let Lyman know of it first. 1 He is well called Ly-man, because he lies in wait to catch democrats out »nd put re publicans in, and most of the democrats, 1 after being caught out for twenty-live years, are not very patient at such a skill ful manipulation of tbe civil service com mission machine still to keep then; out. ; Tbe juggling is done in this way : Suppose ! you want to make a chief of a bureau. A | civil service examination is required, and ' they send this word around through the departments, and the result is that those trained fellows, these republicans in the various departments, appear before the civil service commission. Of course, they know all about these tilings, and can pass the examination, and the result is their names are sent to the heads of the depart ment.. With thei republican clerks on the inside and Lyman on the outside, they work dead against the democratic aspir-. auts, and we don't get in any new fresh blood nt all. We simply get the old chronic set of clerks. This outrage is known here,and it is being commented on. It is very disgraceful that it should exist nt all, and the indignation felt against it is almost hot enough to melt the Washington monument. Down with Lyman and the gang. < A Kallroail Pnlcri'd Sold. Cincinnati, December 23.—Judge Jack- son, of the United States circuit court, has ordered decrees entered at Covington, Ky., for the sale of the Kentucky Central rail road and the Chatteroi railroad. The first named was upon the suit of George T. Bliss and Isaac E. Bates, trustees lor stockholders, et ill., unless a claim amount ing to about $0,000,030 is paid within sixty days. Henry 13. Huntington is appointed special commissioner to make the sale. TheClnuteroi road, running from Ashland, Ky., fifty miles in length, is sold to satisfy the claim of the Union trust company of New York. P. Northrop was appointed to make the sale. OVER II THE NEW YORK SENATORSHIP. MoHsrH. Morton and llisruck Makinur It Lively for tho lion. Warner Miller. New York, December 23.—The struggle for tho feenatorship in this state is becom ing interesting. At first it was thought that Senator Warner Miller would have a walk-over, but the latest indications are that Levi P. Morton is pressing Miller closely, with Congressman Hiscock a good third. The aggressive campaign of the Morton men causes much surprise in the Miller camp, nnd the results are still more surprising. With the state committee strongly iu favor of Senator Miller, it was thought next to impossible to break the political fence which had been placed around the legislators in his interest; but both Messrs. Morton and Hiscock have made such inroads that the senator has been kept more than busy here undoing the mischief wrought by his com- petiioro. Ext ravagant claims ire made by the Morton and Miller men of pledged votes; but Hiscoek’s friends more modestly claim only the balance of power. The fact is, however, not more than fifty assembly- men have expressed their views, h aving nearlv one-bnll - Unit number who will wait till matters take more definite shape. Morion and Miller unquestionably are closely pressing each other, while lii - coek’s strength will not increase much be yond a dozen votes, if it even reaches that number. Senator Miller is working hard to maintain his supremacy, and finds earn est support in central and western New York. His trip to Buffalo will enable him to repair some of the damage made during his absence at Washington. AN AWFUL MURDER AND SUICIDE. Guilty I.o'<> Kills Two lloro Adulterers. Bridgeport, Conn., December 23.—A cold-blooded murder was perpetrated last night near Newton. William Warner, a young man with the reputation of a hard ease, has of lute been quite intimate wilh Mrs. Mary Lynch, a young married woman who formerly resided here with her hus band. A few weeks tigo Mrs. Lynch left her home and went to her mother’s, near Newton. Last evening Warner called to see her, and. as near as can be learned, they quarreled, and during the quarrel Warner drew a pistol and shot Mrs. Lynch through the heart. The woman fell, face downward to the floor, deaa. Warner asked her mother if she thought Miry was dead and at the same instant sent another bullet through her back between the shoulders. The murderer then left the house. A large number of officers and volunteer searchers started immediately on a hunt for Warner, but he evaded them and returned to the house about 8 o’clock this morning and shot himself. His body was found lying across that of his victim. He left a note in which he gave the cause of murder as jealously. Too Much Giis. New Orleans, December 23.—To-day Second Engineer Thos. Hunter and six Chinese firemen of the British steamer Suez went to the coal bunkers for the pur pose of trimming coal. The engineer carried a lamp. As soon as he entered the bunkers an explosion occurred, caused bv accumulated gas coining in contact with the fiaine of tho lamp. The engineer and six Chinamen were badly burned about the face and hands and body. Hunter and three of Lite Chinamen are burned fatally it. is beleived. Ail were sent to the charity hospital. ^ A BOLD ATTEMPT. Taking 11.m to Ahsiht hi Cleveland, O., December 23.—A spe cial dispatch to the Leader from Medira, Ohio, says: “This morning about 1 o'clock five men o\erpowt*red Marshal Frazier, bound and gagged him, and, taking him with them, they proceeded to the court house. They broite the window in the office of the county treasurer, and, enter ing, placed the hapless marshal in a corner and flung a heavy overcoat over him. They then attempted to blow open the' sale, containing $30,000. Three attempts j were made in succession. After three hours’ , fruitless work they noticed lights beginning ! to appear in the windows of houses near J by. One of the burglars remarked to his j compauion that they must he getting out of there as i he people were getting up. Hastily leaving the building with their j trouble only for llieir pains they helped themselves to two horses and two vehicles. I They drove rapidly westward pa.-t the ; depot. Marshal Frazier succeeded in arousing Sheriff Dealing and a vigorous I search was at. once instituted, but so far j without result.” A Stxtoi'ii Ton Explosion. Pittsburg, December 23.—A Home- j stead, Pa., special says: Six tons of molten steel exploded at Carnegie’s steel works, j in this place, yesterday, seriously injuring ! four employes. 'Die ladle containing tho j molten metal was being swung lrorn the j smelting furnace to the ingot mould when | a crank broke and the ladle dropped. The ! metal poured into the pit below and the I explosion followed, scattering hot frag- merits over the mill. All the workmen i escaped but four. They were unable to i get out and were terribly burned, but are i expected to recover. i ail t.n inn la. i Portland, Me., December 23.— 1 The j directors of the Canal Nat'onal bank an nounce that the exact loss to the bank bv 1 tin*, defalcation by Telh r Blacksrone is ! f.V3,509. Nothing has been heard from : Blackstone since he left. 1 Lord Randolph Churchill’s Unlookcd for Resignation. It CrontcKs Stir in tlio !lritl*li Empire nnd I« An nounced Amid Rejoicing ill Ireland—The t^iieen Horn Him to IteeonNider—Hritish I’ollticN in * Ferment—1h a iV#r Imminent ? I/ONDON, December 23.—The resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill from the cab inet has caused a sensation. The govern ment desires to increase the expenses of the admiralty and war office, to which Lord Randolph was opposed, and the resignation indicates it is believed that the government arc of the opinion that a Eu ropean war is imminent and that extra naval and military preparations on tbe part of England are required to make her influence felt on the continent. The Conservative and Carlton clubs re ceived the announcement of Lord Rnn- dolp Churchill’s resignation with surprise and regret. The St.. James Gazette says that if financial resources explain. Lord Randolph Churchill’s resignation from the cabinet, there is nothing to be said except that there is not much to be deplored. But if the local government bill was the cause of them the government has griev ously erred. The Echo says it believes Lor^ Randolph Churchill’s resignation was due to an essential divergence of opinion with the rest of the cabinet; “unless,” says the paper, “Lord Randolph gives better reasons for his action than that of financial differences with his col leagues, he will be unable to repel the hos tile criticism of his course.” The Evening News says: “Patriots are pained nnd surprised.” It asks Lord Ran dolph Churchill to justify his course, warn ing him that if he does not, his name will never be heard hereafter without exciting exasperation. The Globe says it would be difficult for the warmest admirers of Lord Randolph Churchill to vindicate his step. The Pall Mall Gazette declares that it will be impossible for Lord Salisbury to govern unless Lord Hurting!on steps into the breach. It says it is impossible to con ceive of any hypothesis upon which Lord ITnrtingtori could defend morally or po litically a refusal to accept- the post which Lord Randolph Churchill has vacated. THEY WERE GLAD. The resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill from the cabinet was proclaimed through the streets of Dublin this morn ing by t he bell man. The populace show ed enthusiasm over the news. ENGLISH POLITICAL POINTS. Lord llartiugton will return to London immediately, and until he arrives the marquis of Salisbury will remain quiesent. It is thought improbable that Lord Hart- ington will accept, office ns Chamberlain a*id the majority of the. unionist leaders object to h’.s so doing. On the other hand, it is learned from reliable source that the queen will use the utmost pressure to in duce him to join the ministry and become the conservative leader iti the house of commons, believing that he alone can neutralize the etlVict of Lord Randolph Churchill’s c mrse. if L.rd llartington refuses to take the office, t ie conservatives favor Sir Michael I licks- Beach resuming tho duties of chancellor of I In* exchequer, and the appointment of Kt. Hon. Edward Stanhope, presentcoloni.il secretary, t o the Irish chief secretaryship. Lord Salisbury had a long conference to day with Right Hon. W. II. Smith, secre tary of state for war. and Sir Frederick Ponsonby, prime, minister, and returned to tiie Hatfield house this evening. The queen summoned Lord Randolph and Lord George Hamilton, first lord of ad miralty, to Windsor on Tuesday. Failing to reconeil • Lord Randolp to the cabinet’s views, tiie queen gave him time to consider the points at issue. Lord Salisbury was aware of Lord Randolph’s decision yesterday morn ing, and the matter was whispered at tbe ball given at t he Hatfield house last even ing. Lord Randolph’s premature divul- gence of his decision to the Times is con sidered a breach of faith. Mr. Matthews, home secretary, is the only member of the cabinet whose resig nation is considered probable, but C. T. Ritchie, president of the local government board, and W. L. Jackson, financial secre tary of the treasury, who «n****i s Lord Ran dolph’s views, may pos.‘ ibl; tire. Lord Randolph in an interview to-day said his health was better than it had been for months past. Tiie decision to retire, he said, was the result of due deliberation, and arose from no ill-temper or weariness of office. Lord Randolph has abandoned his contemplated visit to Ireland. LORD RANDOLPH’S POSITION. Lord Rundoipii Churchill authorized t he statement that he will continue to give general support to the government, and on disputed question.» in parliament will hold aloof rather than oppose the govern ment, avoiding everything that might tend to jeopardize the entente between the tories and liberals on unionist princi ples. It is reported that Lord Salisbury lias renewed his offer of the premiership to Lord llartington, he himself proposing to take tiie foreign portfolio, and Lord Hartiugton to have the right to select a portion of the cabinet. Irrlaml. THE STATUS OF THE LEADERS. Dublin, December 23. Spcchy, Harris and O’Brien readied Laughrea to-day and attended court. They formally justified their charge of assault and battery against Police Inspector Davis, who was responsi ble for their arrest. Last week the. court decided that the charges against them for their conduct at _nughrea was insufficient to justify their prosecution, and they were th< reupon discharged. The presiding mag- if-tuate was John P. Nolan, nationalist member of parliament. In consequence of their absence, the Dublin ease against Dil lon and O’Brien was to-day postponed for a week.; Tlio Pope ProtiMN. Rome, December 2.3.—The pope in re ceiving Christ mas congratulations from the college of cardinals spoke at some length ol the position of the church in Italy. He protested against the anti-clerical move ment which is being carried on in the country, ami said that the Holy Sec* was no<v despoiled of the last remnants of its patrimony; the only liberty left to him was that held by Roman pontiffs in the earliest ages. The Italian government, he declared, had assisted the laity in unduly interferring with the administration of the church; it had repelled religious bodies and had tolerated an organized hostility against the Vatican. As the head of the church he must continue to protest against the position in which he is placed. Klmmc Upon Hiusin. Sofia, December 23.—In the trial of the cadets and officers of the Bulgarian army for conspiracy against the regency, now in progress, evidence inis been adduced show ing that the di feudants had been in com munication with the Russian consul here. renews its attack on England, which it a<v discs of being t.lic only power whose con duct has aggregated the trouble which has culminated in the present crisis in south eastern Europe, and declares that she has sought to embroil Austria and Russia in k dispute. They Ar<*Taking Their F.snrnog. London, December 23.—The cabinet will not meet until next Wednesday. All ministers are passing Christmas at their country seats. A Very Sick Foot. Chicaco, December 23.—Ten days be fore Mann, the Minneapolis quaill cater, started on his task to eat thirty birds in thirty days for a bet of $1000, Charles Miller commenced the same business on another wager. Yesterday Miller attacked his twenty-eighth bird. Ho had been complaining for the past five days that ho could not sleep at night, and that he seem ed to have a load of stones on his breast. He felt well enough when he went down to his quail, ate a little bread and butter and potatoes, and t hen attacked tho bird. After two bites Miller was taken violently ill, vomiting, and being utterly unable to go on with the task. A hack was sent for and he was taken to a doctor’s, and from thence to his home. No serious results aro looked for, and ,he will probably be all right in a day or two M mu ate his eigh teenth quail lust night and is still feeling well. ON CHANGE. A Puj of N« I’m tidilar Fraturos. New York, December 23. —Business at the stock exchange to-day showed a still further decrease, reflecting the apathy among the operators as regards specula tion. The attendance at the board was un usually small and dealings were confined almost entirely to room and professional traders. The small activity displayed waa confined to three or lour special stocks, and the usual leaders of the market were dull and listless t hroughout. There was a fair business in tiie first half hour only, during which time a slight effort was made by tho bulls to advance quotations, which were supple mented by some little buying by freight houses. Louisville and Nashville was the most conspicuous feature of the day. Tho official denial of certain unfavorable news paper reports in regard to the company was a factor m advancing its price. Read ing and Jersey Central were the prominent weak stocks of the day, the former being affected by the announcement that the holders of the general mortgage bonds, tiie first series of five’s were opposed to the plan. Jersey Central was the ob ject of .••.pedal bear attacks throughout the afternoon, and several lots at sixty days, sellers’ options, were put out at aboutbe low the market. The opening was quiet and somewhat irregular, though generally firm. The majority of stocks showed ad vances over last evening’s final figures of from i to i, the activity disappearing in tho afternoon, the first half hour during which considerable strength was shown by Louisville and Nashville. Tlio Jersey Central and Colorado Coal short spurt waa followed by extreme dullness throughout the list ami I prices became heavy, Jersey Central being the weakest stock. There was little move- j nici.l to (.Tices until after 1 p. when j tin; downward movement gain* ! strengt h. There was a slight rally in t l.e last hour, I but the market closed barely steady at a | fraction better than the lowest of the day. The total day’s business was only'195,000 shares. Final prices again .-bow irregular changes, which in the active list do not exceed 7 either way. IT BEATS THE JAMES BOYS. A Uimiijx Robbery in MinnenimliN by l>aylif?lif« Minneapolis, December 23.—About 10 i o’clock last evening three men drove up in front of the large jevvelay store of J. H. El liott, corner of Nicolett avenue and Third street. Two of the men jumped from tho sleigh while the third held the horses. One of the men cai ried a heavy stick of wood, with which lie smashed a largo plate-glass show window, in which wero ! trays of diamonds, watches and jewelry, j Hurriedly he seized all the valuables and I threw them into the sleigh, while liisac- | complices kept the crowds of people that. I swarmed the streets at. Imy with cocked | revolvers. Before anything could bo | done to apprehend them, Dotli men I had jumped into the sleigh and they drove rapitlly up the street, the driver wildly ! lashing t he horses and the robbers btaml- i ing with revolvers pointed at tin.* crowd. I They secured between $13000 and $7003 I worth of diamonds and watches. For bold- ; ness and daring this excels the James brothers* exploits. The streets were un- 1 usually crowded, and scores of* people W( ret 1 looking at the displays in Elliott's at tho time of the robbery. Several policemen j were, within hill’s block of tho scene, but 1 could not get there in time to apprehend the thieves. WRECKED ON THE BAIL. A Train Overturncil mid Many ITople Injured. I Asheville, N. C., December 2.3.—Yes- I terduy morning thesoutii bound passenger train of the Asheville and Spartanburg j railroad was thrown from the track by tho i spreading of the rails, near Felcher’s, ! twelve miles south of Ashville. The on- , ginc and tender kept the track, while the* 1 mail, baggage and passenger coaches wero thrown off. One c»t the passenger coaches ! turned completely over, injuring ten or ' twelve passengers, two very seriously. One lady, name unknown, is thought to be i fatally hurt. The injured were attended | to by the* physicians and persons in the j vicinity. UoiibimiH •fockc) Hub Karen. I New Orleans, December 23.—The sec ond day of the winter meeting of the Lou isiana jockey dub was to-day. The track : was in fair condition end the racing good. ! First race,5 furlongs; Little Joe 1st, Hat* j tie Carlisle 2d Gulimre 3d ; time 1:07. Second rice, selling race, $ mile: Berlin ! 1st. Gen. Price 2d, Miss Daly 3d; time 1:222 Third race, 7 fur’ongs; Burrock 1st, N*- i komis 2d, April 3d ; time 1.38/. Fourth race, 1 1-16 miles; Elsie R lat* I Bonanza 2d, Peacock .3d; time 1:57. j There will be racing again on Saturday. Killed With Kynumite. Lancaster, Pa., December 23.—Whilo warming dynamite cartridges at the rail road cut cast ol’ Elizabethtown this morn ing, a spark caused over fifty of them to , explode with fearful effect. Win. Cahill, ! of Columbia, was instantly killed, his body 1 being torn to pieces; and George Hornar thus, of Eliz ibt thtown, and John McMa- I nus and Charles Dk kel, of Lancaster, wera ! badly injured. McManus’ injuries aro bo- ' lieved to bo fatal. Kitting on tin* Knifflitn. i Amsterdam, N. Y., December 23.—Re corder Stewart this morning decided that J the knights of labor pickets tried Tuesday | should be hold as disorderly parsons, ami required them to give $250 bail for thoix 1 good behavior for oue year.