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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 301) COLUMBUS, GEORGIA TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1880, BRICE FIVE CENTS The Adams Express Robbery Mystery Solvod at Last. hitherto Respoctnblo Hon. ■ uch of the Money Becovcreil-Pinkorton’n Men »» IlKun 1 Do Some ScleMItlc Dcteetlve Work-A 1 drilling Story. Chicago, December 27.—A local nnner says that from new evidence discovered it ap Dears that the man arrested here iu con- ?H e nnt°?h Wlth tlle St " Lullia express robbery min™ w. perSon ] vho wrotu ll ‘e Jin Cum mings letters, and was traced from one HnaHv ?n a pM her in K , ansas > Missouri, and flually to Chicago as ulledged, nor yet one of the men who boarded tue train with the gang ot robbers that did the work. On the contrary, he is the diplomat of this and similar gangs; or in other words, the S^otiator who, by tine work, discovers bank officials, express messengers, and others in positions where large quantities ot ready cash are handled, who have weak sides to their character, and by his skillful P'! t3 U P jbhs by which these trusted officials sometimes get robbed ac cording to a programme of their own le truth is that Frotheringham told the whole story upon the promise of partial immunity from punishment mnde him by the officials. It was to she effect that he neither knew the actual robbers, much less their whereabouts, but that a certain man whose nnme is as yet a secret, except to the few who negotiated with him the plans of the robbery, which were afterward carried out, that this man didn’t appear on the scene himself but had met the perpe trators of the crime soon after and received bis own and Frotheringham’s share of the plunder. The name of this man and the description by which the detectives were able to identify him were given by Froth eringham, and from this the case was worked up and the man tracked to this city, where he was arrested on Friday along with two others who are suspected of being members of the gang. As yet there is but li tie evidence except what is employed of a well founded suspicion against the two men; but as to the other man, there is now no doubt of hi3 identity. He it was who drew Frotheringham into the scheme and who planned the whole robbery, sharing the spoils, and he is now lodged in Pinkerton’s upper story under a strong guard along with his two comrades. BILL PINKEKTO'-r'S BIG TALK. “We have nothing to tell the newspapers about Jim Cummings or the express rob bery case,” said Win. A. Pinkerton this morning. “ Vou fellows are so sharp about finding out things that we won’t interfere with you if you will do the same with us. I’ll tell you this much: We have Jim Cummings beyond all doubt, and we had two of his pals Friday and got two more yesterday; besides recovering a large amount of the money. That in ikes five ar rests, but none of them were made on Halstead street. There never was a woman mixed up in the ease, and the clues which or > published in the papers never existed. We have all the parties Bale in custody. Never mind where, but they are in the' state. No, they are not in St. Louis, and they are where you news- paper fellows, either hero or in sit. Louis, can’t get hold of them until I get through with them, and am good and ready to lei them be interviewed. Neither Superin tendent Damsel or Oscar Cooke nor any detectives from St. Louis arc in Chicago, or will be here.” William A. Pinkerton this afternoon made his first, statement respecting- the arrest of the pnrtiis for participation in the Adams Express robbery. He began by declaring that the stories printed by the Chicag a papers as to the affair were wild and mainly misrepresentations. He then declared that the agency had arrested three men here on Friday forenoon, ne- tween 10 and 11 o’clock. One of these was the man who wrote the letters signed “Jim Cummings” to the St. Louis p ipers, and the other two were his Cornell erates. They were - positively identi fied by five witnesses brought here from St. Louis yesterday. Tno three men, together with Oscar Cooke, arrested in Kansas City, and Bill Jloight, arrested m Nashville, Pinkerton declared, wer.- now in Missouri, which carries the prt-sunip-. tion that the tl.ree men arrested her" were taken there last night. Pinker on »£te., I however, that they were not tiiktn t° Ht. , Louis. The detective states tno of the , men were considered as bnsmvs »“ < , that none of them are ot tue de.perado type. How the Arrest IVus 'lade. Chicago, December 27.— the c miplete dm-i s of the chase after the AuamsBx- press robbers who robbed the 311 ; on th“ j mghtof Octob . - tin ie by the were , r '^ Pi-fio rto^ National Detective Agency to-night to j Associated 1 rcss. • 'j - m ,; Mi namely: I cueded in w ho is the author of Frederick Will oca. « ... and w ho n. the “Jim Cumming' , perpetrated claimed to be lheM» ho pc l an the robbery ex-employe who W W. Haight, ,t- the Impress company, jposed to DR S'Ki" ^ther-iinlaivof WUmek, Oscar Coot. Who mo ( , ml iled robbery and divided the money d ^ the. “Jim Cummings je.ee m(w , ■ lives have turned up - i, lives _ i tinvate taat uiuce.iuiited lias all U; featu from |W,0» to • The story ot <i f romance aad of it would be rogardec^- ^ still base tain rob- ted feiitiavjo. n —- j OIl was a.recueu able in “: tl0 ,s’, he had once been against 8 "„ne run Irave'j- by a and was die-charged ne )iigh tters I )■ ibcrat . ,\vas lvilie, i have ntly. M*as)u d, l»«t Mciinghajjb ^ lcU , n o, o inmitns av’o.. , ear od ill the ‘ 1 “;; J ^. qu ainted '.vim ages, lie «•••• i v ,. re true ham- The other i.i ' (jf „ a clue furnished >. | to the tft. -ho II ii signed “Jim A .litlleuiry in located Without , vt . ru fima" aad his cireums- • tfce Dei ter changed greatly 1 lul) i 0 yed for} 11 After having ‘ ,-at- 1 a c >«' by WiU-oeU.nl; o ope ... W nr.se' sc rue. ^ ,, n ■ the robbery, ” “ ftl)Se nt 1 , d found to have hi t , , rv wa- coin 1 > _ about the time the 10 • \y,jock - , whileI Kinn-y e“' a Xiisef - ^V ? ness. Anions the eoW (he union . * left by Jim Cum i} ., onc of - were some ballad 'V Jl1 ... ,m was found w ,. re ioiind 0 St. Louis, and h-J w.icii 1 ,; c and herdaught ■ • -\ v ,and Chicago, ido' 111 ' : 1 ^ hers. In , ! „ : former lodg<.J: time some of iiirrespm'd th Jim .S' 1 "',’’; compared with ;, and ioumlto „iimv tion about tin a t i-'-‘ Couk, formerly i^ lu “ J and a close friend ofWitrock, had gone to Kansas City, where he wu found to be working as a cooper in East Bottoms, The story was correct, then, that Cook HAD WON A LARGE AMOUNT OK MONEY IN A LOTTERY, but this idea was soon exploded. It was discovered that Cook had made several trips away from the city, and his journeys were always followed by the appearance oi one oi the “Jim Cummings” letters. A Pinkerton operative finally became a bosom triend of Cook’s, visiting gambling houses with Cook and continued to shadow him until his arrest last Saturday. In the meantime the shadow on Wit- roek was maintained without result until last Tuesday night. On that night the Pinkerton men found another shadow whom they did not know. They saw him enter No. 10, Lincoln street, the residence of Witrock, and afterwards a large man, who corresponded to the description of \S itroek, also entered the house. In mean time Kinney had gone to Quincy, where he received a telegram announcing the return of Fred Witrock to Chicago. A Pi akerton operative had followed Kinney to Quincy and managed to secure these telegrams, which were signed “Rose Witrock,” the wife of the man the detectives were seeking. The Pinkerton office in Chicago was warn ed, and it only tended to confirm their sus picions. Witroek’s house was closely shadowed until Friday morning, and it was feared Witrock had escaped. Meantime Kinney returned to Chicago and he and Weaver were seen to cautiously enter the Witrock house, the blinds of which were constantly drawn, although lights could be seen inside. Oil Friday morning the mysterious shadow came outof the Witrock house as did also Kinney, and after making a careful survey, Witrock ap peared. The men went south on Lincoln street, SHOWING EVIDENT ALARM ALL THE WHILE, and finally eutered a liquor store and res taurant, kept by an Italian, on Madison street, near Lincoln. Robert A. Pinkerton and two operatives shadowed the place until Kinney went out, when they en tered and arrested Witrock after a sharp struggle. The latter attempted todra.va revolver, two of which were found on his person, lie protested against the indignity but was searched and ffllO was taken from his pocket book found on his person. The shadow was searched and f450fi was found on his person. The shadow turned out to he a young mail named George. W. Barn- ham, whom Witrock had met in Savan nah, Ga. He explained that he had come north with Witrock and hud shadowed the hitter’s house as Witrock had explain ed; that he had hot a man in Chicago in a row and wished to escape ar rest. He was afterward released when lie had explained to the satisfaction of the detectives that he had no knowledge of nor connection with the robbery. When Kenny reappeared he was searched, and $1000 in loose money was found on his person, while in a belt around his waist was found if JOOO additional. These men were ironed and taken to the Pinker ton agency ill a close carriage. A search of Witroek’s house resulted in finding a skirt on Mrs. Witrock, into which ijitOOO was sowed in S)0 notes. A bunch of money, $460 in all, was ul30 found on her person, together with a four carat diamond. Weaver was arrested in the cod yard about the sutne time, and in the I basement of his house was found $3000 in some fruit jars. The arrest of Cook and Height was then ordered by telegraph. The detectives state that Cook distributed j the money after the robbery and was a go- ! between. They charge Height , with out- ' lining the robbery and alsomding in the i forgery of the letter presented to Fother- ingham. Witrock appears to have been the only mau on the ! train concerned in the robbery, unless - Fotheringhnm was his accomplice. Wit- | look after the robbery, it is declared, [joined Cook at East Bottoms, in Kansas City, and was hidden by him until he went south. Witrock, it is claimed, was never before known to have been engaged in any criminal enterprise. He was employed as a bookkeeper for six years at Kansas City. The detectives never stated what they knew about the wife of Witrock. She has disappeared, but while she is not under arrest she is under close surveil lance. The Pinkerton agency still decline tosav where Witrock, Kenney or Weaver are incarcerated, but it is pretty well known that they are still in Chicago. They state that their instructions from the express company were to pursue the thieves without regard to expense or the hope of recovering any of the money. They will not give any expression of their view's ns to the guilt or innocence of Foth- eringham. ON ’CHANGE. Small Sale,anil Sonin Fluctuations. New York, December 27.—'The stock market to-day, while reporting a larger aggregate of shares sold than on Friday is dUferent in degree as to dullness. To-day being hank holiday in London, there was arbitrage business which aided the pre vailing stagnation. The influences over the market to-day were generally of an unfavorable cnaraeter, of which the dis cussion of t he interstate commerce bill,the strike upon Reading and the rumored re duction in the rate of dividends upon St. Paul were the most conspicuous. Money was easy with a maximum rate of 7 per 1 cent. There was a small pressure to soil 1 in the early morning which, however,soon j disappeared, but a general heavy tone was I noticeable throughout the day, and it de- 1 veloped into a decided weakness among ' ;l "few stocks toward the close of the board, ! and over one-third of the entire day’s busi- ness was done in the last fourteen minutes, j gt. Paul was a' conspicuous feature in the : late decline for the reasons noted above. ' Union Pacific yielded steadily throughout the day, while Louisville and Nashville, i after the first hour, remainedcoraparativo le firm. Most of the list was remarkably dai! and without feature. The opening was firm in the morning, first prices being j j to A per cent, below Friday’s closing I figures. Striking Glass Glowers. I Sandwick, Mass., December 27.—A ' strike has occurred in the Boston and I Sami wick glass works, owing, it is stated, : to the glass workers being “docked” on : last week’s work. It seems that in making "salts” l.'iOO constitute a “move,” and that ; three workmen were short from 100 to 200, ; and in consequence their regular week’s pay on Friday was not as much as usual. The difference amounted to !l 7 cents to each man. The reduced amount was ac cepted by the men under protest, hut as no settlement of the difficulty could be reached the men quit work and the glass already melted had to be ladeled out. A committee has been appointed to make a settlement. Blizzardm and Freeze*. Marshalltown, Iowa, December 27.— A blizzard raged here yesterday. The thermometer fell gradually from four degrees below zero at 11 a. in. to twenty- one below zero at 9 p. in., and at 4 o’clock this morning it was twenty-eight degrees below zero, the coldest of the season, It is perfectly calm and clear this morning. EOT. Jfli 1, LOGAN The Story of His Sickness and Death as Told by the Eloctric Wires. The Illinois Senator 1’asNrs (Juiotly from Knrtli. Mrs. iiOpran ('rostrated With (Irlof—Consulta tions About thp Time* and Plaro of th* Four rut. Many Toons Claiming Him. but no Derision Benched—A Pension for the Widow. Washington, December 20.—John A. Logan died at three minutes before 3 o’clock this afternoon. His death, which ! came with startling suddenness to his fam ily and friends, had not been unexpected by his physicians for some days. A lurk- j ing tendency to brain complication, which ; had been present in greater or less degree i and constantly increasing i:i severity dar ing his entire illness, had protmrod them | to expect the worst. The racking pains ! which ho suffered during the early days of his illness yielded to treatment, but left him in a weak and exhausted condition, from which he never rallied, and upon which fever preyed with increasing violence, until the hour of his death THE WEAKENING PULSE. After last midnight his pulse grew weaker and weaker, and at 4 o’clock this morning his condition was such as to cause great fear of his immediate death. After this he rallied somewhat, and at a consultation, which was held at 9 o’clock this morning, his pulse was found to be somewhat stronger, but his general condi tion was not such as to give any hope of ultimate recovery. Dr. Baxter relieved Dr. Hamilton at the conclusion of the con sultation and continued in constant at tendance until tlie general’s death. The physicians again met in consultation at 1:30 p. m., at which time it was apparent that the patient was rapidly sinking and could not live but a few hours. At2 o’clock the genera 1 revived sufficiently to recog nize his wife, who has been at his bodside night and day during his entire illness. As she spoke to him he looked up into her face and all who were present knew that he recognized her. THE SLEEP IN DEATH. This was the last manifestation of con sciousness. He then wearily closed his | eyes and sank again into a lethargic sleep, from which he never awoke. While the ' public has been aware for a week or more that Gen. L>gan was confined to his room with rheumatism, many even of his most intimate friends were as late as yesterday | afternoon unsuspicious of the serious i character of the attack, and to the masses | the announcement m this morning’s j papers that the statesman lay at death’s i door, brought a shock of sorrowful sur prise. All day long the carriages of sympa thetic callers have occupied the space in j front of the Calumet place, while hun dreds of pedestrians of all walks in life j have climbed tno hill upou which the ! Logan mansion stands, to ask if it were • true that all hope was past. INQUIRING FRIENDS GALL. Among tnose who thus actively express- ! ed their grief and sympathy were Secretary ; and Mrs. Whitney, Secretary and Mrs. J Manning, Senators It insotn arid Walthall, | General and Mrs. Cockrell, Mr. and Mrs. • Bancroft Davis, General Mahone, Senator* j Piatt, Mitchell and Eustis, Congressman Hitt, of Illinois, and Byrnes, of Colorado; | General and Colonel ohcriaan; Professor I and Mrs. Bell; Senator and Mrs. Payne; Justice Matthews; Senators Harris and Whitthorne; Senator and Mrs. Miller; Sen ators Voorhees and Blair and Congressmen Burrows and Townshend. A series of tel egrams of condolence have been pouring iu during the day from all parts of the country, among the latest being one from ex-Senator Conkiing, expressing his ina bility to credio the reported imminence of danger, and asking for information. Though the doctors have given no word of hope during the day, yet the attendants as late as this noon, refused to give full cred ence to the alarming bulletins,and whisper ed to the inquirers something of the chances the sturdy frame of the sufferer and the united staff* of consulting physicians would bring a revival of vitality sufficient to dominate the insidious poison in his frame, but after noon no one ventured to express a hope that the sufferer would last during the day. Intimate friends gathered with the grief-stricken and almost frantic rela tives about the bedside, while in the spacious hall and parlors below, a sad- faccd throng remained in expectancy. The stifled nobs of the wife and children, and the inarticulate utterances of the dying man were audible at times throughout the mansion. At five minutes before three Dr. Baxter came out of the sickroom ami said to one who was waiting for intelli gence: ‘‘Simply say he is dying.” Then the voice of prayer at tlie ' bedside rose above the sobs of the stricken mourners, and, with its end, euded the life of the warrior statesman. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL. Senator (Jullom, who was at the dying man’s side continuously from last evening, was requested to temporarily take charge of matters. He sent at once for the dep uty sergeant-at arms of the senate, who, upon his arrival half an hour biter, entered upon the usual preliminary arrangements for the funeral by summoning an under taker, and telegraphing to the sergeant-at- arms and others at a distance. General Logan’s system was very sensitive to weather changes of a particular kind, and he has often been hoard to remark in a half jocular way that he believed lie could accurately foretell the coming of a snow storm. The seeds of his disorder were sown during the war, his first attack of rheumatism having, followed immediately the end pf a tweuty-foar hours’ march through a blinding snow storm. His last attack, too, resulted from a brief exposure to the snow storm of a fortnight ago, and his deaih was preceded by but a few min utes the beginning of a heavy flurry, which, though brief, covered the earth with a thick carpet of white. THE FUNERAL. Washington, December 27.—One who saw the remains of General Logan this morning, theembalmers having completed their work and the body being ready for its casket, describes its appearance as life like and but little wasted. Mrs. Logan’s condition is gradually mending, some portion of last night Having been passed in deep sleep, the first which she has taken for several clays. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. Mrs. Logan has, however, expressed the wish to see the members of the Illinois lega ion, who are in the city this afternoon, and u meeting has been called for 3 o’clock, ai which Mrs. Logan’s wishes will be learned and arrangements for the funeral decided upon. A PENSION FOR LOGAN’S WIDOW. General Logan lived in an old-fashioned bm comfortable and substantial house on Thirteenth street, just outside the* city boundary, which he' purchased about t-yo years ago. This property, though stii! encumbered by a mortgage, has incrc i.vd considerably in value since General L - * became its possessor. Together with the Chicago homestead, also said lo be mortgaged, it constitute:-: almost the entire fortune left for ih« • port of the widow, her chief r n ; ' resources being the expected proceeds ol the sale of the general’s book. Air. ady t !:<• project has been privately discussed a.jdun.' { congressmen of providing for her future by a pension bill based upon the general’s military service, and none have been heard to question the propriety of this course. CONTENDING FOR LOGAN’S BODY. The correspondence was still in progress at a late hour this evening between Senator Cullom and the authorities and personal friends of Gen. Logan in Chicago regarding the arrangements for the burial. The first tender of a burial place was received yes terday from the authorities at Springfield, who tendered the choice of places in that city, one ot them being the cemetery in which Lincoln is interred. Then came tenders from places in southern Illinois, the neighborhood of Logan’s earlier home and from Chicago, the home of his later years. During the day urgent representations of the claims of Chicago have been coming from various organizations of that city and from influ ential friends. There is reason to believe that if Chicago makes a definite and seas onable tender of a burial place in that city it will be accepted. THE LATEST ABOUT LOGAN. The members of the Chicago delegation in congress, who are now in Washington, held a meeting at the Logan mansion this atternoon in compliance with the sugges tion of Mrs. Logan for consultation There were present Senator Cullom and Representatives Hitt, Henderson, Howell, Payson, Springer, Thomas,Townshend and Neece. Mrs. Logan’s wishes with regard to the funeral arrangements were made known by Representative Henderson, with whom she had been conferring. Her in clinations favored a funeral in the senate chamber after the reassembling of congress and an interment in the congress ional cemetery here. The matter was dis cussed, but no conclusion as to the nature of the cunsel to be tendered was reached, the subject being postponed until to-mor row. The probabilities, however, at I he time of adjournment pointed to the post poncment of the funeral until Wednesday of next week and the temporary interment of the remains in a receiving vault here, pending the decision as to the place of permanent burial. Since that time further conferences have informally taken place and the members of the delegation are now of the opinion that the funeral ser vices WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT FRIDAY in the senate chamber, and that t he re mains will then immediately be conveyed to Chicago. Senator Sherman was at the | mansion this afternoon and was in consul tation with Mrs. Logan, who sought hi) advice regarding the arrangement. He lias already made a selection of tue com mittee to represent the senate, hut wilh- I holds its announcement until tHe arrange* , mentb shall be determined upon. At half | past 0 this evening a guard of honor, sent I by the secretary of war, consisting of a sergeant and four privates of artillery fully ! uniformed and equipped reported at Calumet place. A sentinel was placed at the front door and another at the door of the chamber in which lie the remains. A guard of marines, to be sent by the secre tary of the navy, will report to-morrow morning. Mrs. Logan’s residence was to day connected by wire with the main Washington office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, audits facilities were freely placed at the disposal of the family. More than two hundred messages of sym pathy and condolence were received Irotn all parts of the country. RIOTING STRIKERS IN ’FRISCO. j Hu i y Mob Car UoinhiePti’N anil Fitfiit tin* Bolin. I San Francisco, December 27.—Earlv • this morning a number of strikers of iln* i Geary street cable road gathered ut the I corner of Geary and Franklin streets with | the determination to prevent the ears from being run. The first car coining into the city was attacked, and the conduct.#r and gripinan were driven from the ear which went flying down the street, with the strikers following it and smashing the windows. The ?)olice officers managed to stop the car and were pelted with stones. An officer drew his revolver and fired several shots into the crowd. Two per sons, whose names are not known, were said to be injured but not seriously. At the same hour that this trouble was taking place in Geary street a number of men attacked an incoming car of the Butter Street Line, and its conductor and gripmun received similar treatment. A man named Geo. W. Kelly, who was recognized ns a former conductor on the Sutter street road, was arrested. Trouble Annuo* tin* Knight*. Philadelphia, Pa., December 27. — Unless word is received from the general executive board of the knights of labor to- | day, granting the demands of Mm assem- I blies of the machine constructions fora j national trades charter, nearly 4000 knights in this city, and thousands in j other parts of the country, will withdraw j from the order. Twenty-one assemblies | throughout the country notified the gene- | ral executive board that unless the trade* charter is granted they will leave the 1 order, and most of those in this city have given notice that unless the dc- I tnand is acceded to to-day, they will with draw. The machinists claim as a right j under the constitution of the order that. | they shall be allowed to direct the business j pertaining to their own interests. Three ■ mean bo s of the general committee are in favor of granting these demands, hut Mr. Powderly, with a majority of the board, is ! opposed to the scheme and it i.-i not likelv i that any word will be received by the dis- ! satisfied assemblies to-day. Sonic of the j mechanics assemblies have decided to | J await until the first of the new year and if ! a national eh na.-r is not granted by that I time, they will follow llie lead of the Phil- i ! adelphia assemblies and over 50,(XX) knights will sever their connection with I the order. A UuiKlsnini* < lirisl inas Pn*s#-(tt. Rochester, N. Y’., December 25.—On I Christmas day Mr. II. If. Warner, pro- | 1 prietor of Warner’s Safe Cure, made a lYoi* I ; will offering to his responsible employ* ot i . a choice of *250,000 worth of stock in War- , ner’s Safe Cure Company, or the *ume amount, in cash, derision to on rendered by July first next. This interest, includes j Warner’s safe y- ast business and Warner's ! i remedies,business headquarters in Roches* I I ter and branch establishments in Canada, • Australia. England, G< rmany and India. > Mr. Warner is the well known founder i of the Warner astronomical observatory j . and sole organizer and director I of the largest proprietary medicine busi- I ness in the world. This gift is in line with 1 : a purpose whr*h he long since formed to | give his responsible employes a share in ; his business when it was successfully estab- | fished all over the world, and it is a very i influential testimonial to the good policy ; that unites faithful labor with successful capital on a proprietary basis. Dm wing tin* Firm. ! Baltimore, December 27.—Baker Bros. S and Swindell Bros, agreed to draw the fires ; in their glass works th is morning. They ! will employ no glass blowers who refu:.»* to work with apprentices and who will not withdraw from the league. John Coffey, president of the league, is expected to come to Baltimore and discuss the matter | with the manufacturers if they will meet I him. How the Domestic Wine Got in Its Work at the Capitol City. Olio M.in Murdered ut h Dnnco—Anotlior SIiooIk a Woman -A Young Mini Wound*, I'orlmpN Fa tally, Mr. Martin Man toy—An ('iirmiMcionnblo Kirk F|> in the Uato City iicmrnlly Durimr Christ mas. Atlanta, Ga., December 27.—The fruit of the jug trains has been prolific during the past few days and the list of Christ mas casualties is a long one. Several of them were seriously but only one has thus far resulted fatally, though one or two of the wounded men lie in n danger ous condition. Grifllu Page, alias Chess Pace, after leav ing a hall-room Christmas night, decided to return; when he sought entrance a now admission fee was demanded, which he re fused, and pushed his way into the room. Boon after the lights were put. out, a gen eral fight ensued, and soon after Page was found in the street with two serious cuts across his abdomen, from which he died next day. The doorkeepers, Bert Artor- iiiiis and John Riders, are under arrest for i he crime. All parties are colored. Mr. Martin Manly, father of Captain Manly, of the police force, attempted on Christmas day to separate William Cullom and his father, who were engaged in a fight at their residence on Bummer Hill. This enraged voung Cullom and he picked up a large stone and struck Mr. Martin Manly over the head. A physician was summoned and it was found that Manly was seriously hurt, his skull having been fractured. Bob Brown and Bob Love, colored, quar reled about a woman on Tat nail st reet and Brown drew a pistol and shot. Love through the thigh. Brown was promptly arrested. A man named Johns shot Brant, and Henry Freeland in north Atlanta Christ mas evening. Johns, while playing with Henry Freeland, became angry and went after a gun. Be fore he returned Brant Freeland came up, and Johns, when he arrived, fired both barrels of the gun, inflicting a wound in Brant’s foot and Henry’s leg. John Sharp and Eugene Lewis were fooling with a pistol when Blmri) acci dentally discharged the weapan, indicting a fatal wound in Lewis’s stomach. Sharp has been arrested. John Trimble, colored, is behind the bars charged with shooting Ella Brown in tno head. Trimble claims the girl acci dentally shot, himself. Will Martin is lying in a critical condi tion from a knife wound inflict* d by Pool South on Christinas eve night. There were a number of other minor eusualities. Tutiini; Strikers’ I'hiros. Atlanta, December 27.—One hundred and fifty unemploy* b railroad men ldt hero on the afternoon train for Louisville, whore they go to dll vacancies caused by the Louisville and Nashville strike. Bin! ItiiHrr. Atlanta, December 27.—Four hundred and fifty pounds of oleomargarine wen. seized by the Called States collector to day, consigned as genuine bufcu r t,p a him chant here by P. Moran tfe Go., of Chicago. hooNcil in .binnary. Atlanta, Ga., December 27.—Principal Keeper John R. Towers, of the peniten tiary, furi^ohes tin* following list, of eon vie is whose, terms will expire in January, and who will be discharged from the peni tentiary : John Williams, ofChutham county, five years, discharged January 2. James Warmer, of Chatham county, twelve years, discharged J.-unary 17. Charles Reese, of CiiaLtahnnckc county, two years, discharged January 1 1. Lewis Thompson, of Chattahoochee county, two years, discharged January II. Gabe McG’iintio, of Floyd county, two years, discharged January IS. Lewis Griffin, of Floyd county, two yearn, discharged January 13. Anthony Henderson, of Floyd county, two years, discharged January 13. George Pascal, of McDuffie county, two years, discharged January 29. Robert Lynn, of Harris county, two years, discharged February 1. John Sloan, of'Polk county, live years, discharged February 1. John Talbert, of Polk county, five years, discharged Fobruury 1. Richard Williams, alias Yancey Richard, three months, escape, discharged February FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA. Mr. S,o«rccljt' 1 Burned lo A*.ties. Philadelphia, Pi., December 27. A lire broke out in the basement of the Tern pie theatre <*n Jiostnui street, between •Seventh arid Eighth, nhou it o’clock this morning and was not. g rtten under control until the handsome structure was a com plete wreck, two firemen had been killed, one fireman severely injured and a great amount of damage done to the adjoining property by the smoke and water. The theatre was owned by Wm. M. Bingerly, proprietor of the Philadelphia Record. Hie building was formerly known as the Musonic Temple, having neen built by the grand lodge, of Fn e Masons of Pennsylvania and occupied by the Masons for lodge pur poses from 1855 to 187.1. Bubseijuently the building wn> used for various theatrical and mercantile enterprises. Mr. Bingerly transformed the building into the Temple theatre, and as such it has been kn nvn since the opening night, Septemhci 14, Us85. The theatre was entirely remodeled, tHe improvements costing Mr. rsingerly 1 about .■f'200/XK). Mr. Bingerly said to - j day, while the lire was in progress, i that he had endeavored to make the theatre the handsomest in the country, and iic was of the opinion that he succeed ed in doing so. A portion of the building I Was used as a museum under the title of t'ic “Egyptian museum.” and it was in the | basement section, in tills department the \ fire w.w first discovered. Its origin is he- I lieved to have been accidental, being can.-, cri by the igniting of some drapei.v from u gas-jet. Tiie entire building was soon tilled with a dense smoke which seriously ; impeded the work of the firemen. Two ; scrub women and three malt: attaches of tiie museum were in the upper floors and I were all rescued uninjured by trie firemen, I who lowered them on ladders from the fourth story window. The flames ran quickly from the basement through an | elevated shaft to the upper stories and tue entire building was soon enveloped. The fire burned stubbornly and the ! constant falling of burning Umbers pre vented the firemen from reaching the \ centre of the structure. A general alarm was sent out, and almost every fire uppa-! ratus and fireman in the city were put to i work t) prevent i he fire from reaching tiie surrounding vain dde property. The Wasn* ingfcon hotel adjoins the theatre on the east, and when it was found that tiie flames were gaining on it, the firemen began the work of removing the effects ■ (irul the proprietor hi.: furniture. After the fire had been burning about three hours the roof of the theatre fell in and carried a portion of the wail with it. Sev eral of the firemen who were handling a line of the hose just inside the main en trance were buried under a heavy mass of stone and timber and two of their number, John Johnson and John Gibson, were instantly killed. Their bodies were not recovered up to a late hour to-night. Hugh Colgan was dug out alive, but sustained severe injuries. The tire at 7 p. m, is still confined to the thea ter building, but is now thought to be un der control. The loss, including that of various mercantile llrpis by smoke and water, will aggregate nearly half a million dollars. THE FIRE IH OVER. The fire was gotten under control at about 8 o’clock to-night, the flames having been kept within the walls of the t heatre building. The building and its contents, however, arc completely destroyed. Por tions of the front and back walls are stand ing, but will have to bo torn down when a new building is erected. Bingcrlv paid for the ground and building f2&,000, and expended 5175,000 on remodeling the structure, lie also paid out $50,000 for figures, etc., in the muse. On these losses there arc insurances amount ing to $127y000. Mr. Bingerly claims, how ever, that there has been a decided in crease in the value of the ground since he purchased the property and that his net loss, after deducting the insurance, will be less than $100,090. George C. Hrothcrton, lessee of the theatre, will lose about $25,000 on scenery, stage settings, etc., on which there is an insurance of $825. The loss on the Washington hotel, owned by John Tracey, is $7590, fully insured. The sales room of Niles’ Tool Works, of Tiffin, Ohio, was located on the first floor of the theatre building, their loss is estimated at $20,000; insurance $12,000. Fairbanks Sc Co., scales, in the same building, lose $0000; partly in sured. Wyekoff. Beamans & Benedict, agents for the Remington type writers, whose office was in a room occupied by Fairbanks, lose from $l(XK) to $5000; insured for $2000. AI. H. Eaton, stationery, on Chestnut street adjoining the theatre, loses $12,000 to $15,000;' nearly covered by insurance. Hubbard Brothers, publishers, nlaoe their loss at $6&«000; insurance $27,001). No effort will bo maae to-night to reach the two unfortunate firemen, their bodies being buried under twenty feet of brick and stone. Sumy Storm in Fnidninl. London, December 27.- -Though private gossip interprets tiie political situation lo be unchanged it is known that tlie bulk of I he conservatives are opposed to Lord iI irlington as the successor of Lord Ran dolph Churchill, and wish to maintain a purely conservative cabinet, holding that t He vacancy in the ministry should be filled by one of their own number. Joseph Chamberlain’s recent speech at Birming ham lias greatly impressed the home rulers with the prospect of a reunion of the lib eral party. a snow storm. One of the severest snow storms t hit over visited this country passed over England to day. Railway trains were blocked and telegraph wires borne down by tLit* storm, in many places. LATER NEWS FROM THE STORM. New Yoiik. December 27.—George G. W mi. general manager in New York of tli" Commercial Conte company, has re- oeivefi Uk* following information from the I agent of tue line .a Bristol, England, re garding the snow storm i:i England yestcr- “Tho snow storm in England yesterday appears to have done an amount of dam age to telegraph w'n s which i« unprece dented. The London Daily says the telegraph wires in the city last night were snapping with alarming rapidity, and the Fleet street policemen curled the broken ends around the lump posts. A train on the Midland line was delayed over an hour by the full ing of telegraph wires across the truck. A large number of t< legraph and telephone wires tail last evening over the Metropoli tan area. There was very severe weather at Reading yesterday. The snow that fell in the afternoon was heavier than has been experienced for years, whilst the wind blew a hurricane, causing considerable damage to the roofs of houses. Trees were also injured by the branches being wrenched off by the violence of the wind. In Banning (Jutting, on the Great Western railroad, trains were delayed by snow drifts. On the line from Paddington to Reading and from Meath to Bristol, all the telegraph poles are a perfect wreck many of the poles being splintered like match wood arid lying in all directions. The railway block lines being down, trains arc considerably delayed ana arc signalled all along the line by nags. It seems prob able that the wires between Bristol and London will not be restored for two or three days. Telegraphs in other directions have suffered equally as bad so far as can be a oertained. Tin* I'nsidvnt’K Illness. Washington, December 27.—-The presi dent, although suffering from rheumatic pains, is somewhat easier to-day. Absolute quiet and rest being necessary for his case, he was obliged to deny himself to callers, and the usual afternoon reception was omitted. He remained in bed most of the day. Dr. O’Reilly, his attending physi cian, said that the president vv is improv ing and would, lie thought, be able to move about to-morrow, but lie would have to keep very quiet for a few days yet. He attributes the recurrence of | the trouble to the president’s unwillingness to remain quiet any length of time. The president, said to Colonel Lament last evening, “I had my own way when I was sick before, but 1 guess I'll let the doctor have his way this time.” The president’s attack is not so serious as was at first supposed, and it is expected to yield more readily to treat ment. The president expects to be able to carry out his programme of receptions, beginingvvith one on new year’s day. Tin* Ki'uilinu* .Men in Itciclint'-N. Reading, Pa., December 27. -The trains of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad are moving regularly to-day. but the trou bles *it Port Richmond are generally dis cussed by the employes in this city, and unit sa settlement is soon c flee led it is predicted that there will be trouble along ! lie entire line from Philadelphia to the e »al regions. Nearly all of the employes of the company in Reading are members of the knights of labor, and largely attended meetings were held in this city yesterday afternoon. Last night’s'situation at Port Richmond was considered in its various aspects. But the only thing done was to appoint a committee to confer with the strikers and ascertain the tone and nature of their grievances. The local assemblies of the knights of labor hold themselves in readiness t.o co-operate w.th the organiza tions ut Port Richmond and eisewhc.ro. Aqiliyxiiitnl in Unhuidda. Columbia. S. C., December 27.—A. II. Bmith, <’f Maysville, B. C., upon retiring for the night in the house Julius Kreutz- i in, failed to entirely turn off the gas and was found iu a state of unconsciousness this morning. The efforts of the physician to resuscitate him were unavailing and he died to-day. His body will be sent to his family tliis evening.