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VOL. VII, NO. 2,153. THIS IS GOOD NEWS. A Bill Introduced to Change the Insol vent Traders' Act, BT WILL LUMPKIN, OF OUR DISTRICT The Tribune Has Urged That This Step Be Taken. ATKINSON AND THE OFFICE SEEKERS. I He Will Make No Appointments Until Next Week— Legislators Going to the Fair. Atlanta, October 30.—The Tribune is about to win its fight for the repeal of the insolvent traders act. Its firm stand against the law as it stands has received attention, and to The Tribune beljngs the credit of push ingthe matter to the front. This morning Senator Will H. Lump kin, the sturdy young member from the 42nd district, introduced a bill changing the law in such away as to put it in good shape. He wants it changed to so that a receiver cannot be appointed unless the creditors so desiring represent one-third of the amount of unsecured debts. This would remedy the law so that unscrupulous shysters could not take advantage of it. The bill will undoubtedly pass. Atkinson’s Appointments. Governor Atkinson will not make known any of his appointments until the latter part of next week. He will receive candidates and their friends until Thursday of this week, and then he will not hear from them any more until Wednesday of next week. From Friday of this week until Wed nesday of next week the governor will devote his time to the written endorse ments that have been turned in to him by the different candidates. He will devote a day or two of the latter part of next week to receiving visitors again and then will make up his list of appointments. To See the Fair. Just before the house closed today there was considerable filibustering over an invitation from Hon. John T. Boifeuilett, of Bibb, for the members to attend the Dixie fair at Macon in a body on Saturday. Some wanted to go on Friday, some on Saturday, some did not want to go at all and some wanted to stop the mem bers’ pay while they were way. This last amendment was voted down almost unanimously. The house then accepted the invita tion to attend the exposition at Macon on Saturday. The house then adjourned until to morrow morning at 10 o’clock. HAVEBEGUN WORK. A Large Force of Hands Laying New Rails on the Rome Railroad. The N., C. & St. L. railway have already begun improvements on the old Rome railroad. There a: e ovar a hundred men at work on the road bed between here and Kingston. There is a force of thirty men at work in the yards here putting down new crossties and laying new rails. There is another force near North Rome and one near Kingston. It will not take long to put the road bed in first-class shape and then a new schedule will be put on. Several more trains will be run. The Rome Express is already becom ing a popular train and is quite a favorite with the Rome people. IN MYRTLE HILL. Mr. Sam Sparks Will be Buried This Morn ing at 9:30. Mr. Sam Sparks, who died in Atlanta Monday, was brought here yesterday afternoon and will be buried in Mvrtle Hill cemetery this morning. The funeral serviceswill I e held at the residence of Mrs. A. L. Sparks on Fourth avenue at 9:30 and the friends of the deceased are invited to attend. The following gentlemen will act as pall bearers: Messrs. S. S. King, M. R. Emmons, J. Park Bowie, B. H. Elliott, M. G. McDonald, C. Terhune, J. F. Hillyer and James A. Smith. SENTENCE POSTPONED. Mr. A. W. Ballew Has Until Nov. 15 to Get lip New Evidence. Mr. A. W. Ballew returned from At lanta yesterday afternoon. He was given a hearing before Judge Newman yesterday morning. His sentence was postponed until No vember 15, in order to give him time to get up evidence for a new trial. Mr. Ballew expressed himself as being confident of getting a njw trial and ultimately being released. He said that if he did not get a now trial he would carry the case to the United States supreme court and fight it to the end. BUR lED YESTERDAY. The Little Daughter of Mr. J. W. Hancock Laid to Rent. Little Ruth, the three-yoar old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hancock,was buried in Myrtle Hill cemetery yesterday afternoon. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Headden at the First Bap tist church, where a large party of the parents’ friends were gathered. THE ROME TRIBUNE. DEPARTMENT NEWS. The War Department’s Head Lawyer Call ed to Taw—Other Notes. Washington, Oct. 30.—A western lawyer has made a violent attack on the head law officer of the war department, Colonel G. N. Lieber. The lawyer is the attorney of Captain W. S. Johnson, a retired army officer, who had previ ously been the subject of a court mar tial. His latest trial was at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and on specifications which alleged fail ure to pay a private debt incurred in 1883. The lawyer, it appears, had raised the question of the statute of limitations, claiming that the debt had become out lawed, and that there was no case against Johnson. The question was submitted to Colonel Lieber by Secre tary Lamont, and the department law officer replied that Captain Johnson was liable to prosecution, and the trial proceeded The court, it is said, sen tenced Johnson to dismissal, and this sentence was approved by Colonel Lie ber, and is now before the president. Johnson’s lawyer has submitted his ar gument to the president, and has backed it up by such outside influence as he can command, including the personal interposition of Congressman John C. Tarsney, of Missouri, Johnson’s attorney asks that Colonel Lieber be not permitted to review the case, and that the argument be present ed to the attorney general of the United States. He charges Colonel Lieber with being disqualified from judging of the merits of the points brought up. He also asserts that Colonel Lieber has pre judged the matter, and that the ques tions presented * ‘are too deep for any one unlearned in law.” Some how or other the attorney got possession of the official papers, and dis covered that Colonel Lieber had handled the case originally, and that his attitude was unfriendly towards Johnson. The Cost of Bread. Washington, Oct. 30.—The agricul tural department has given out a bulle tin on “the cost of bread” taken from the forthcoming report of Prof. W. O. Atwater on the nutritive value of foods. It says: “In practice 100 pounds of flour will make from 133 to 137 pounds of bread, an average being about 130 pounds. Flour such as is used by bakers is now purchased in rhe eastern states at not over $4 per barrel. This would make the cost ot flour in a pound of bread about one and one-half cents. Allow ing ‘one half cent for the shortening and salt, winch is certainly very liberal, the materials for a pound of bread would nor. cost more than two cents. “The average weight of a number of shipments of iO-cent loaves purchased in Middletown, Conn., was one and one-fourth pounds. This makes the prices to the consumer 8 cents per pound. Tire price of bread and the size of the loaf are practically the same now. as when flour cost twice as much.” The Detroit on the Way. Washington, Oct. 30.—The cruiser Detroit, which is to be added to the fleet of vessels on the Asiatic station, has left New London, Conn., on her long journey, Secretary Herbert having received word of her departure. She will make the trip via the Suez canal. The vessel stopped at New London to obtain a supply of torpedoes before pro ceeding to her station. Connected by Electricity and Steel. Auburn, Ala., Oct. 30.—The Opelika and Auburn electric railway is rapidly nearing completien and will be running trains into Auburn within three weeks, a distance of seven miles. Burglar, in South Carolina. Charleston, Oct. 30.—Burglars en tered the store of S. Frank Pate, in Sumter, and robbed the safe of $1,500 in cash. No clue. It. is thought to be the same gang that operated in Marion, Bennettsville and Florence. BRIEFS OVER THE WIRE. Rev. Sam P. Jones is preaching to thousand', daily, at Texarkana, Ark. The indictment against Cain, the dis pensary constable, charged with murder in the Darlington, (S. C.) riots has been nolle pressed. Evangelist Moody is having tremen dous crowds at his meetings now being hold in the Winnie Davis wigwam at Birmingham, Ala. In Chattanooga, Jim Curry, charged with the murder of Riley Hutchinson, confined in the county jail awaiting trial, died there Monday morning at 3 o’clock. Mental agony had wrecked his physical frame. dr. feltonspeaks And He is Assisted by Populist Senator McGregor. Senator C. E. McGergor, a populist member of the state senate from the Nineteenth district, and Dr. W. H. Felton, populist nominee for congress, spoke at the opera Jiouso last night to an audience of about 200. Mr. McGregor impressed his hearers as being a straightforward and nonest man, but his speech did little or no good for the party be represents. Dr. Felton delivered his speech while string down. He arraigned the demo cratic and republican parties, and said the populist party was the party of the people. He says he holds the same views now that ho did twenty years ago with ono exception—that being tho govern merit ownership of railroads, which ho now bolives in. Both orat rs made a strong bi I for tho negro vote,and both were applauded by populists present. Dr. Felton spoke yesterday at Floyd Springs. ROME, GA., WEDNESS DAY, OCTOBER 31, 1894. SINCLAIR’S MILLIONS. A Remarkable Story of the Life of His Wife. THERE ARE NUMBERS OF CLAIMANTS. Eight Heirs in St. Augustine Will Claim a Share. MRS, SINCLAIR DIED IN ATLANTA. Her Handsome Gift to a Catholic Church in That City—Three Bells Ring Daily. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 30.—The Mrs. Rosalie Sinclair who, it was said, would appear in the New York supreme court to claim a widows right’s in the $2,000,000 estate left by the late William Sinclair, died three years ago, but her eight heirs in St. Augustine will claim her share. Mrs. Sinclair lived here up to five years ago, when she moved to Atlanta, dying in a hospital there in 1891. She was Miss Rosalie Perpall of St. Augus tine before her marriage, and came of one of the oldest and best families in Florida. She met and married William Sinclair in St. Augustine 18 years ago, but on account of his sneers at her relig religion (she was a devont Catholic) and of his ill treatment of her they separated in New York about 1880 and she came here to live. She bought a house and lived in seclusion, her only companion being a servant. Her husband gave her an allowance and she was popularly sup posed to be rich. About 1888 Mrs. Sinclair went to At lanta to live. When she was taken sick there in 1891, she was taken to a hospi tal at her own request, and there she died after many weeks of illness. Some days before her death she made a will dividing $300,000 among various Catholic institutions, but only about $1,500 in cash and real estate could be found. She was of unsound mind for a long time before her death, according to the testimony of the attending physi cian, who was a witness to her will. Her nephew, F. E. Perpall, of St. Au gustine, was made executor, and he now represents the seven other heirs, who will contest for Sinclair’s money. Their attorney is Cromwell Gibbons, of this city. There is said to no record of any di vorce either in Maryland, New York or Florida. William Sinclair died intestate last July in Baltimore, to which city he moved from Brooklyn 15 years ago. The other woman who claims a wid ow’s rights is Mrs. Phoebe Sinclair, who resides in Baltimore. Sinclair was formerly in business in Front street, in Brooklyn, with a residence on the heights. He owned the Sinclair House, corner of Hicks and Pierrepoat streets, and stock in the Brooklyn Gaslight com pany. The pending suit is one brought by his Brooklyn heirs tor a partition of the estate. Mrs. Sinclair in Atlanta. Atlanta, Oct. 30. —Rosalie Perpall Sinclair, who was one of the wives of the wealty Marylander, passed six or eight years of her life in Atlanta, every day receiving the tender nursing of the sisters at St. Joseph’s infirmary, where she died, after every effort had been made to prolong her life. And now her remains occupy a grave iu Westview cemetery, where they were laid by the hands of the sisters, assisted by the pallbearers and the minister then iu charge of the church. But while the grave in which the body rests bears nothing but a simple slab of marble to mark it, the life of the woman whose form fills it is recalled thrice a day by a.l who an within the sound of the bells which 101 l the hour from the steeple of that church and know the historr of the bells which call people to work, st; ’ them to dinner and inform them that the day’s toil is over. It was Mrs. Sinclair who provided those bells for the church, and the mon ey with which the bells were purchased was realized from tho sale of two mag nificent diamond rings, the gift of the recently deceased millionaire. rrotn Poverty to Plenty. Randolph, N. Y., Oct. 30.—Jesse Champlin, a widower, aged 84 years, has come into possession of a $200,000 legacy from a sister who died in Chi cago, and $50,000 by the will of a nephew in the same cit y. From a life of indigence he now becomes one of the wealthiest men in Cattaraugus county. Grand Bodge Ma»om Meet. Macon, Oct. 30.—The grand lodge of Free and Accepted Masons is in regular annua) session here. Large delegations from all over the state, representatives of the blue lodges, are there. GonldS Mattel* Company. Trenton, Oct. 30.—The Continental Match company has filed articles of in corporation with the secretary of state. This is the corporation of which Edwin Gould is the head. i'.xtttiiniiig its Gines. Anniston, Ala., Oct. 30.—The Chat tanooga Southern railroad is building a spur from Blue Pond, one of its sta tions, to Round Mountain furnace on the Coosa river, a distance of five miles. The lino will probably bo extended on to Anniston m the near future. Democracy on Tup iu Indiana. La Porte, Oct. 30.—Lieutenant Gov eruor Nye, after a speaking tour of the state, unhesitatingly declares that Indi ana will go Democratic. He says his meetings have been larger and more en thusiastic for tariff reform than in ißiw COTTON TRUST PLAN. A Combination That Can Dictate the Price of Cotton. SPECULATORS SEE DANGER AHEAU. The Brokers Say it Would Ruin Their Business. A NEW YORKiBROKER’S PROPOSITION. A Gigantic Trust of All the Cotton Rais ers of the South Advocated by Mr. John T. Roddey. New York, Oct. 30.—Members of the cotton exchange here and in other cities are somewhat excited over the proposi tion to form a gigantic trust of all the cotton raisers of the south, which is be ing advocated by Ji hn T. Roddey, a prominent broker of tins city. The ex changes are opposed to the scheme. If such a trust is formed the brokers say that their business will be ruined, so far as exercising any control of the market is concerned. The trust would be able to practically dictate the price of cotton in the open market. Mr. Roddey’s plan is for every cotton farmer, no matter how small, to become a shareholder. When the crop is gath ered each member shall turn into the trust one bale out of every five or six bales raised by him, or if cue crop is a small one, then one bale out of every seven or eight shall go to the trust The amount of cotton thus placed iu the hands of the tru t shall be held by the latter as a sort of balance wheel to the market. The farmer will market his crop, less the amount turned over to the trust, as best suits him. The trust supply will be held until the market price shall be high enough to warrant its sale and the return of a good profit. Mr. Roddey feels sure that the adoption of his plan and the formation of a trust, as pro posed, will at once put the price of cot ton up to about 8 cents from the pres ent price, which is about 5 cents. This would be an immediate and material benefit to the farmer, who would also benefit by the dividends which it is ex pected will accrue to him on his trust shares. Mr. Roddey suggests a meeting in New York at an early date of repre sentatives of all farmers’ organizations in the south, to consider the matter. He has received a number of letters from prominent cotton planters and leading citizens of South Carolina, who heartily endorse the plan. When seen at his office, 80 Broadway, Mr. Roddey sail, he expected active steps towards organization would be taken this week. ARMOUR NOT WORRIED. The Germans Do N«»t Buy Enough Beef to Amount to Much. Chicago, Get. 30.—The news that Germany would put an embargo on Am;-ric.tn beef, does not alarm the big packers. “i oon’t see how it can affect the cat tle tiiteiy sts in this country in the re ni'test degree,” said P. D. Armour. “'x li!> exportation of live cattle to Ger many amouii ted to only 4,000 head in and it lias h::r<iiy reached that figure :•.<» far this year.” The c:iief of the foreign department in P. D. Armour & Co.’s office said the German people were receiving their largest supply of live cattle from Aus tralia. France had within the last year taken a great many American cat tle. and Austria and Hungary were greatly in r.o.’d of cattle, and were im portuning American shippers, but so far as Chicago dealers were concerned they did not earc to incur the risk of loss iii transit. Besides, they had their hands full supplying the markets here. THE MARSHAL KILLED. Two York (Ala.) Citizens Engage in a Deadly Combat. Birmingham, Oct. 30.—At York a shooting scrape took place which re sulted in the wounding of the prin cipals and the death of Marshall J. W. Thompson. It seems that S. A. Cam eron and E. F. Allison had a disagree ment about a settlement last Saturday, and had it not been for friends would have come to blows then. They were separated after calling each other harsh names. Allison called on Cameron for an apology, but Cameron had his pistol and did not apologize. A difficulty en sued, and several parties, the marshal included, grabbed Cameron to take the pistol from him, and in the scuffle Alli son was shot through the side and Mar shall Thompson through the heart by the sanvi ball Cameron was consider ably bruised about the head, but noth ing serious. Will Crave the Cotton Untouched. Little Rock, Oct. 80.—The low price of cotton is having a very discouraging effect upon planters throughout this section. A number of leading planters who wore in Little Rock elated that they would be compelled to their crops, as the price Would not jus tify them in having it picked. Reuters throughout tho bottom lanue are threat ening to do likewise. They can not get sufficient funds to pay for picking. Sev eral have already abandoned their farms and left tho neighborhood. jiAvgea murderer Arrested. Tampa, FU., Oct. 30.—Robert At well, charged with being an accessory in tho murder of W. E. Whitehurst at Harpon Springs, hist July, lias been arrested. REPUBLICAN THUNDER. Harrison, Depew, Fassett and Saxton Are <>n the Hail. New York, Oct. 30.—Encouraged by the trip of Governor McKinley, the Re publican managers have besought ex- President Harrison to do the rear plat form trick on his way back to Indiana. They have agreed to provide him gratis with a special train just as luxurious as that on which his rival for the presi dential nomination travelled, if he will only allow himself to be stopped at every water tank and cross roads to tell the rustics why they ought to vote for Morton. The ex-president has protested against making more than the speech at Car negie hall, but it has been announced that he has consented to give a few talks on his way up the state from the car platform, the first to be at Albany next Friday afternoon. While General Harrison is speeding north and west, Chauncey M. Depew will be scooting along the Erie line tell ing southern Republicans of things done and said on the bowery. He is down for 50 speeches, which he will be gin to fire off next Thursday morning. After going as far as Buffalo, speaking at intermediate stations, Mr. Depew will close the tour at Binghampton Sat urday night. While Depew is working west Warner Miller, ex-Senator Fassett, Senator Sax ton and a hundred or more other spell binders will storm other districts up the state and end the canvass, as a state committee official put it, “in a blaze of glory and a cloud of dust.” Weaver Goes Up. Atlanta, Oct. 30.—1 n the United States court David Weaver was con victed of conspiracy and Whitecap ping, and was sentenced by Judge Newman to serve 15 months at hard la bor in the Ohio penitentiary and to pay a fine of SSOO and costs of the trial. His offence was complicity in the whipping of I. H. Montgomery, near Dalton, Ga., last April. Eight others are to be tried for the same offence. Will Contest Populists' Seats. Ocala, Fla., Oct. 30.—1 t is said that the Democrats of Taylor will contest tho election of all Populists elected in that county, on the ground of irregular ities. The majorities were very small, and a seat in the legislature is involved in the contest. It is also thought that the election of the Populist legislator in Osceola county will Le contested. ACROSS THE, CONTINENT. Calvin S. Brice’s Scheme to Control a Line of Newspapers. Youngstown, 0., Oct. 30.—1 t is said here that a syndicate of capitalists, in cluding Senator Brice and a number of well known business men in New York and Bos on, are buying up a line of newspapers to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific. If a paper cannot be bought in what they consider a desira ble town, they will start one. By co operation in the telegraph service and by arranging for supplies in large quan tities, they hope to keep expenses at a minimum. It is said there is no politics in the scheme. Arrangements have been made, it is said, for the purchase of the Boston Traveller, the Youngstown Telegram, the Kansas City World and the Colum bus Press-Post; options have been ob tained on newspapers in St. Paul, Minn., and St. Joseph, Mo., and propo sitions have been made for newspapers in other leading cities. James J. Mc- Nally, of The Telegram here, is inter ested. DOUBLE THE~SIZE. An Atlanta Cotton Factory Will Be En larged and Improved boon. Atlanta, Oct. 30. —The Exposition Cotton factory is to be increased to twice its present size and capacity. Where there are now 16,000 spindles, there will be 32,000; where there are now 400 people, or thereabouts, employ ed, 800 or thereabouts will be put to work. On the site of the present ramb ling lactory, a magnificent building for cotton manufacturing purposes is to go up. At least that is the intention of the executive hom’d of the mills. This involves a large expenditure of capital, and will murk the beginning of a new era in cotton manufacturing in the south. Wife Denounces Husband as a Murderer. Kansas City, Oct. 30.—William La cey, of lola, Kan., was testifying against his wife in her suit for divorce on the ground that he had repeatedly threat ened to kill her, when Mrs. Lacey sprang to her feet and screamed that he was the murderer of William Cum mings, the cause of whose death at lola last August was a mystery. Telegraph correspondence with lola authorities seems to prove that Mrs. Lacey’s charge against her husband is true. Robbed an lowa Bauk. Malvern, Oct. 30.—The building of the Farmers’ National bank was wreck ed and looted by robbers. The vault and the safes inside of the vault was blown to pieces with nito-glycerine. It is estimated that the robbers got be tween SIO,OOO and $20,000. Three Killed in a Wreck. Bristol, Pa., Oct. 30.—A fast freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad crashed into the rear end of a work train at Corydon station, killing three men and injuring many more. McKinley In I’rnnsylVania. Erie, Oct. 80.—Governor McKinley has cancelled an engagement in order to speak here Nov. 2 in aid of his friend ox-Congressrnan Griswold, now run ning for congress against Congressman J. C. Sibley, who has the Democratic and Populist vote back of him. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE CZAR IS WORSE. His Majesty Is In a Very Dangerous Condition. COUGHING AND SPITTING BLOOD. His Cousin, the Queen of Greece, is Here. DOCTORS HAVE BECOME HOPELESS. The Czar Surrounded by His Immediate Relatives Who Await the Summons of Their Exalted Kinsman. St. Petersburg, Oct. 30.—The follow ing official bulletin was issued at 10 o’clock: The general condition of the czar has become considerably worse. Last night the spitting of blood which began yester day with severe coughing increased, and symptoms of the congestion of the left lobe of the lungs have manifested them selves. His majesty’s condition is one es danger. The bulletin is signed as usual by the physicians who are in attendance upon the czar. Around His Bedside. Yalta, Oct. 30.—The czar received holy communion Monday. It was ad-, ministered by Father Ivan, holy John of Constadt. The condition of the czar Is much worse, and all his immediate relatives are here, including the queen of Greece, the eldest daughter of the Grand D»ke Constantine of Russia, brother of the late Emperor Alexan der 11. The children of the Queen of Greece have also arrived here. The court minister, Count Verontsoff Nachkoff, the procurator of the holy synod; Father Pobiedonostzff and Prince Dolgoskouff, the grandmaster of the ceremonies, are also m attendance upon his majesty. News Received at Washington. Washington, Oct 30.—The Russian minister, Prince Cantacuzene, at 1 p. m. received the following dispatch: St. Petersburg, Oct. 30.—The condi tion of the emperor is considerably worse since yesterday. The expectoration of blood is increased by strong cough; in the night symptoms of partial inflammation of the left lung. Condition dangerous. Signed, Giero. CAUGHT IN MEXICO. An Alabama Doctor Who Is Charged wltli a Serious Offense. Anniston, Oct. 30.—Dr. S. J. MuCur ry, of this city, wanted for manslaugh ter, has been located and arrested at Monterey, Mexico, and a telegram re ceived by Chief of Police Prather to that effect. The crime with which McCurry is charged is that of performing an ab ortion on and causing the death of Miss Mattie Tucker, a good looking young woman, the daughter of respectable pa rents, at Riverside, 15 miles west of this place, who was betrayed by her brother-in-law, Joe Beard, and induced by him to come to Anniston about six weeks ago and have the operation per formed. The unfortunate girl came here, stop ped with Gussie Wilson, a well known woman of the town, and it was at her house that the death, mysterious for a time, occurred. It was discovered that a criminal operation had been perform ed. The evidence was conclusive against McCurry, and he skipped. Steps are being taken for his immediate extradi tion. Beard is already iu jail here. HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST. Seven Persons Burned to Death in a New York Death Trap. New York, Oct. 30.—Seven persons were burned to death at 3:30 o’clock a. m. in a lire in the 5-story tenement at 216 West Thirty-Second street. Tho names of tho dead are: Annie Applegate, aged 32. George Friedman, aged 4. Levi Friedman, aged 3. Mrs. Margaret Killian, aged 70. Jacob Killian, aged 40. George Lovey, aged 20. Mrs. Lena Mitchell, aged 24. Mrs. Lena Friedman, 28 years old, leaped from a window horribly burned about the face, neck, arms and body. She will probably die. Ex-Premier Mercier Dead. Montreal, Oct. 30.—Hou. O. R. Mercier, ex-premier of Quebec, died here at about 8:45 o’clock. The end had been expected at any time during tho preceding 24 hours and hope of his re covery given up weeks ago. He had been suffering from a complication of diseases for years past, diabetis predom inating. The last rites of the church were administered by Rev. Father Gar ceau, S. J. Mr. Mercier was uncon scious most of the time. Throughout the night the vital spark flickred, grow ing lower and lower until the end came. More Japanese Troops Land. London, Oct. 30.—The Westminster Gazette has a dispatch from Yokohama which says that the second Japanese army has landed at Talicn Wan bay and is now marching upon Port Arthur. The total number ot Chinese troops at Port Arthur and Kin-Chow is 13,000, of which 4,000 are raw recruits. The New Washington Postmaster. Washington, Oct. 30.—James P. Wil lett has been appointed postmaster of Washington by President Cleveland. He is a member of the firm of well known hatters and a life long resident of Washington. He has been one if tho leaders of the district Democracy.