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OHIO ELECTION.
THIRTEEN DRNOCRtTIC COSOREM
MES ELECTED.
——
McKinley'* Blectio* to be Coate»t«<l by
Wallace, (h* Demwraiie Candidate.
CoLTTMbUH, Omo, Oatobor 16. -There is
considerable excitement at Democratic head
quarters over a telegram received from Hon.
A. McGregor, at Canton, member of the
Democratic Central Committee. He was
present at the count in Stark county, and
says the official vote in the District shows
McKinley to be elected over Wallace by 8
votes. This completes the official vote of
the District as received at Democratic head
quarters. Chairman Thompson says that
McKinley’s election will be contested; that
notice will be filed, testimony taken in the
District and certified to the Clerk of the
flonse of Representatives, and examined by
lhe Committee on Elections. This was the
fcnly District about which there was any
Luestion, and it will make the delegation
Stand eight Republicans and thirteen Demo
crats, as follows:
I First District—Follett, Democrat.
I Second District—Jordan, Democrat.
I Third District—Murray, Democrat.
I Fourth Distiict Le Fevr?, Democrat.
I Fifth District—Seney. Democrat.
I Sixth District—Hill,’Democrat.
I Seventh Di drict—Morey, Republican.
I Eighth District—Keifer, Republican.
I Ninth District—Robinson. Republican.
I Tenth CiMrict - Hurd, Democrat.
I Eleventh District—McCormick, Republ
ican.
I Twelth District—Hart, Republican.
I Thirteenth District Converse, Demo-
Im! , . - .
I Fourteenth District—Geddes, Democrat.
I Fifteenth District - Warner, Democrat.
I Sixteenth District—Wilkins, Democrat.
I Seventeenth District—Updegraff, Repub
bicaD,
I Eighteenth District— McKinley, Republi- i
Imo. ’ '
I Nineteenth District Taylor, Republican. (
I Twentieth District—Page, Democrat.
I Twenty-First District—Foran, Democrat.
I The official figures have not been receiv
jed, exaept upon those Districts which were
Eoosidered close. The others are either
■democraticor Republican by handsome ma
jorities. Morey was elected over Campbell
ly 41 votes; Hart over Neal, 16 votes, and
klcKinley over Wallace by eight votes. The
■bree Districts were carried by a total ot 62
Jotes.
J No late returns have been received from
Jhe counties at Democratic headquarters, |
fchairmnn Thompson, however, estimates I
Jrom the results on hand that the Demo- i
Jmtic majority will be between 17,000 and |
■B.OOO votes.
J Cawton, October 14.—The cfficial can- I
Brass of the vote in Stark county was made, :
Jnd to the surprise of every one cave Wall-
Koe. Democratic candidate for Congress, a
majority of only 837. This gives McKin
ley, Republican, a majority of eight in the
■istrict. The Democrats have been count
ing Wallace’s majority in the county at
■94, while the Republicans conceded 861.
■his indicated Wallace’s election with six-I
Been majority by the Republican figures, j
the latter had given up all hope ot
HcKinley's election. The result of tho
■fficial canvass has filled the Republicans
Kith hope, and although they claim MeKin
■y’s election, they act very dubious. Not
lie least doubt exists but that considerable
■shenanigan” has been employed by the
■epublicans to obtain a majority, however
■ight, for McKinley, and the Democrats
Have expressed in vigorous terms that they
■roposejto contest the election.. They hold
■ndoubted proof of Wallace's Election with
■fair count, and positively assert that he
■ill next represent the Eighteenth District
■ Congress. _
|< STONED TO DRATH.
MCrnwd of Drunken Binck Draperedot*
Marder an Inoffensive Old Man.
|fe (Atlanta Post-Appeal.) '
■Yesterday, at Mr. John Oodey s place,
Hout three or four miles from Atlanta, on
He East Point road, a crowd of drunken
Hgro scoundrels were insulting and annoy-
Hg Capt. Conley s little children. A Mr.
came along the road and or-
them to stop. They became infuria-
Hl at this, and turning from the children,
Hth very insulting language, threatened to
iHne Mr. Humphries. He, seeing they
to carry their threat into exe
|H.ion. ran behind the wagon of Mr.
of Campbell county, who. bad just
|Hven up. The negroes began . to
■jw atones at Mr. Humphries, and Mr.
in attempting to stop them was struck
■?ce of the rocks on the head and silenced
After this, not understanding
the grave crime they bad eommittad,
M negroes quietly walked off. The party
made up of four notorious negroes
|Hib Henry Parks, on escaped convict; Jim
who is wanted for burglary: Lee
and Joe Caldwell, perhaps others.
Couch, of the policy force, succeed
ijKin capturing three of them yesterday as-
Tom McHenry, Lee* Brown and
K Caldwell, all of whom have been lodged
station house. Mr. Pope was an old
worthy citizen of Campbell county, and
|S loss will be great mourned l y his many
|Hnds in that community.
■ *'. SEABORN REESE FOR THE V.N-
EXPIRED TERR.
Hiiors Chronicle and Coustitu'ion.du:;
am aware of the fact that many have
spoken of to fill Mr. Stephens unex-
Med term: but who could fill it, under the
'Hsumstances, but Hon. Seaborn Reese •
Reese is the choice of our people, as
■ ballots of the nominating Convention
■ 7 . Then who would desire to be made
choice ? Suppose some ambitious ome |
Kull desire to fill Mr. Stephens’ place un-
4th of March, such preferment would
empty boner conferred oc its receiver.
|Hrou'.d be of no practical good to him or
country, for it is well known that no in
|H»erience'd Representative could accom
anything at Washington within the
|Hrt remnant of time allotted to him. If
■ Reese were nominated and elected it '
be quite different. It would be of
service to him in preparing him-
for the grave and responsible duties
will devolve upon him to dis- j
during the next Congress. The
District is expecting much of
young and talented standard bearer.
■1 it would be treating Mr. Reese with
|Hat discourtesy and injustice if he was
sent to fill the term from December
|Ht to the fourth of March next.
EHve sincerely hope that the delegates
Hrn the several counties will bear this in
inasmuch as the interest of the
■ire District is now at stake. W.
■larlem, Columbia county October 13th.
■ OTTON PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION.
Annual Session at Little Hock.
81-I (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
M.ittt.f Rock, October 18.—The National
■ ton Planters’ Asso iation met in annual
■sion last night at the State House. Large
|Hegations from all the cotton States were
(■pent. Addresses of welcome were de-
by Judge Win. Rose, of Arkansas,
|H replied to by Msjor Breckenridge, of
After appointing the necessary
the association adjourned until
jKright.
THE SHORT TF RM.
Mr. Jnmei It Randall and Mr. Stephens’
L'nexplrnd r<im In Congress.
Editors Chronicle and. Constitutionalist :
The people of the District ere called
upon to select a successor to Mr. Stephen?
for the remaidder of the term in Con grass
made vacant by*lm resignation.
For the succeeding term Mr. Reese has
been chosen by the Democracy of the Dis
trict. In that choice his friends have ful
filled their personal preference and obliga
tions. He would scarcely call for further
evidence of their loyalty or urge further
claims upon their favor. It would ill be
came him to enter into a second contest,
and we venture to say that no one will agree
with us on this point more cordially than
h*’.
Who then shall we select ?
What reasons should govern the selec
tion ? If it be made to co -npliment an in
dividual, it should be accorded the man
whose character and services entitle him to
that mark of consideration. If it be in
tended as a sectional f ivor it should go to
that section which has proven its title to
the choice. If it be made with a view to the
public benefit it should full upon the man
whose ability and experience best fit him
for the work in hand.
Guided by these reasons, what better man
could be chosen than James R. Randall ?
We write in no spirit of empty compliment.
His lofty character, no less conspicuous in
hi? publis utterances than in the purity of
his private life, needs no tribute here. His
services to the Democratic party are known
throughout the length and breadth of this
District. No single agency has done more
to strengthen and upheld the party, or to
enlighten the people of the Eighth District
upon the great issues before them than his
trenchant pen in the editorial columns of
the Chronicle.
That this part of the District, and Augus
ta in a special manner, is entitled to this
slight recognition no one will deny. Hav
ing yielded in the late Convention to the
choice of another section, j istice and pro
priety would demand this fit and frankful
return.
That Mr. Rmdall would receive the
hearty and unanimous support of bis sec
tion we are equally sure. The people know
and admire him; they know that he is the
favored member of no ring or clique; they
know that he has earned the just meed of
faithful service and of sterling worth. They
feel, moreover, that to him it would be no
less a gratifying honor than a substantial
benefit.
L»stly, and above all, there is no man in
the District so familiar with the legislation
of the present Congress, so thoroughly in
formed upon the issues now pending in that
bady, or more widely and favorably known
among its members than the man whose
claims we urge —certainly none who, in the
short time allotted could do such effective
work for the good of his State and section.
Aware that Mr. Rmdall has neither time
nor inclination to enter into a scramble for
the place, we would the more earnestly urge
upon his friends active and united effort in
his behalf. Amicks Curie.
PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION.
Proceed lag* at Indiana poll* Yesterday.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Indianapolis. October 18. —At last even
ing’s session cf the Public Health Associa
tion, after addresses of welcome by Gov
Porter and Mayor Grulibs, President
Kedzie delivered the annual address. This
morning the Executive Committee recom
mended the appointment of a standing com
mittee on a National Museum of Hygiene.
The report was adopted. A paper by Dr.
Joseph R» Smith, Medseal Director ’of the
Department of Texas, was read. It .gave
the results of observations in regard to the
relative size Os the liver and spleen, and
the normal temperature of Texas cattle. In
the discussion of the paper Drs. Ryan, of
Texas, and Hunt, of New Jersey, expressed
the opinion that the Texas cattle fever was
a disease that developed when the animals
were! removed from their native State to
.other climates. Dr. Elisha Harris, of New’
York, and Dn J. R. Smith were added to
the standing Committee on cattle disease.
Papers were read by Dr. E. Hollman, of
Chicago, on “Stock Transportation;” by Dr.
T. P. Wilson, of Anu Harbor, on “Life on
Wheel”.” and by Hon. Erastus Brooks, on
the HBoard of Health Svstem of New York
State?’ _
CHARCOAL WORKERS,
A Full Convention nt Chattanooga.
(.By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Chattanooga, Tenn., October 18.—The
association of Charcoal Workers met here
to-day, Gen. Willard Warner, of Alabama,
presiding. The attendance is large, over
one hundred members being present as
representatives cf the bulk of the
charcoal furnaces in America. This morn
ing merely informal business was trans
acted, and this afternoon the members
were taken around the city to view the dif
ferent industries. At night a business
meeting was held, and several important
papers were read, after which a reception
was tendered the members. They leave in
the morning, by specif train, to visit
Southern furnaces.
The following officers were elected: Geo.
W. Moore, of Michigan, President; J. C.
Fuller, of Pennsylvania, First Vice-Presi
dent; C. J. Hazard, of Alabama, Second
Vice-President: F. Niederinghause. of Mis
souri, Third Vice-President. J. W. Birk
nbine was elected Secretary and Treasurer.
RAILWAY MEETING.
Annual Convention of th« Texas and St.
Louis Narrow Gauge.
. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.
Pine Bluff, Ark., October 13.—The an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Texas and St. Louis Narrow Gauge Railway
was held yesterday, and J. W. Paramore,
Leonard Matthews, Geo. D. Fisher, S. A.
Bemis, N. T. White, Wm. Black, John Par
ham, S. W. Fordyce and Geo, W. Brown
were re-elected Directors, it was resolved
to increase the capital stock of the company
to fifteen million dollars, restricting the use
thereof, so that it cannot be used at a great
er rate than a maximum of twelve thousand
five hundred dollars per mile on the com
pletion of the road or roads that may be
acquired. The meeting also authorized the
purchase of the controlling stock of con
necting lines to an equal amount. The con
tract previously made with the Illinois Cen
tral was ratified ; also, similar contracts
with other connecting lines in Texas and
elsewhere. The present offioeisof the com
pany were unanimously re-elected.
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Mlm Parutll'a Remains.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Trenton, N. J., October 18.—The re
mains of Miss Fanny Parnell were re
moved thia morning from the receiving
vault, at River View Cemetery, to the depot
and thence to Philadelphia.
Pbtladblbhia, October 18.—The remains
of the late Fanny Parnell arrived at the
Market street wharf shortly afier noon to
day, and were received by a delegation of
about 1,000 representatives of the Land
Leagues. The procession started for the
Broad street station accompanied by 18
pall bearers, and the body will be taken to
New York on the 4, p. m. train.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25, 1882.
CROP REPORT.
FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER,
ISSN.
Returned to the State Department of
Aarlcaltnre, October Ist, ISS3—General
Comment*.
Department of Agmculture, {
Atlanta, Ga., October sth, 1882. j
Cotton.
In Jhe August report, the condition of
cotton ip the State was printed 98 instead
of 89, as it was writtep. The mistake was
not noticed until after the report was
mailed.
The estimated yield of cotton in the State,
based upon its condition October Ist, is in
the whole State, 87; in North Georgia and
Middle Georgia, 87; in Southwest Georgia,
88; in E*st Georgia, 85; and in Southeast
Georgia, 90. •-
The reduction in the estimate since last
month is attributed to the effects of the
storm, which affected the crop in all except
a few counties in the Northwestern part of
the State.
Where there was much cotton open at the
time of the storm the damage was consider
able, but to many crops it was beneficial by
disturbing the roots to such an extent as to
suspend growth, and by bending the stalks
over so as to admit the sun’s rays. Both of
these have had the effect of facilitating the
opening of the bolls. There was at one
time great uneasiness felt about the late
ness of the crop, but the effect of the storm,
together with the influence of the dry
weather which has prevailed for the last
three weeks, have materially relieved ap
prehensions on this subject. Cotton which
was in a green and growing condition three
weeks ago is now opening rapidly. Though
a considerable per cent, of the crop in the
northern part of the State is still green, the
present indications point to a remunerative
yield.
Corn,, (
There is a reduction in the reports of corn
in every section except in Southwest and
Southeast Georgia, where the corn was more
pen erally matured before the storm than in
the other sections. Besides, a smaller per
centage of the crop is planted on bottom
lands in those two sections than in the
others, where the reduction is mainly due
to the influence of the storm. The estimated
yield, compared to an average crop for the
whole State, is 117, a reduction of three
per cent, since the August report—mainly
due to the effects of the storm. In North
Georgia it is 115: in Middle Georgia, 117;
in Southwest Georgia, 119; in East Georgia,
115. and in Southeast Georgia, 116.
There has been some complaint of corn
rotting, especially where the eftrs upon the
stalks that wefe blown down by the storm
rest upon the ground, but there is coni
olaint of rot and an unusual quantity of
fungus in the general crop.
Sagar Canr.
Two counties in North Georgia report
this crop at 100. Twenty-one counties in
Middle Georgia report it at 102. In South
west Georgia, East Georgia and Southeast
Georgia this crop Is reported at 109. In the
whole State the estimate is 107, though as
nearly the whole crop is produced in three
sections of Southern Georgia, 109 more
correctly represents the crop of the State.
Rice. .
Two counties in North Georgia report rice
at 112: seven counties in Middle Georgia
report it at 99;sixteen in Southwest Georgia
report an average condition and prospect of
99; East Georgia reports 104, while South
east Georgia, where the bulk, nf the crop is
produced, reports it at 99. The average
for the State is 101.
?; I Sweat Pytatoe*.
This crop promises an immense yield,
and the dry weather which has prevailed for
the last three weeks has been very favorable
for maturing the fine crops already made.
It will facilitate the ripening of the potatoes,
which is so necessary to insure keeping
through the Winter. They should not be
dug until ripe. This may be determined by
breaking or cutting a few specimen?, and al
lowing the exposed surface to dry in the air.
If the root is mature the juice which exudes
from the cut surface will crystalize and form
a white coating over the wound, which
serves as an artificial skin to exclude the
air, and thus prevents decomposition. If
the cut surface turns black, the potato is not
in a suitable condition as to*maturity to in
sure good keeping qualities.
This crop is so easily grown in large
quantities per acre, and of superior quality
in Georgia, that if reasonable rates of trans
portation esn be procured, the surplus crop
will become no insignificant source of
revenue to the farmers of the State. In or
der to facilitate arrangements for reduced
rates, inquiry was made of the crop cor
respondents of this department as to the
surplus available for market purposes in
their respective counties, with the following
results :
Surplus of Sweet Potatoes From Present
Crop For Market.
In North Georgia 37,250 bushels.
In Middle Georgia 112,250 bushels.
In Southwest Georgia 99,500 bushels.
In East Georgia 46,500 bushels.
In Southeast Georgia 40,000 bushels.
Total surplus 335.500 bushels,
This does not cover the whole surplus, as
only 101 of the 137 counties reported, and
the correspondents in some of these coun
ties failed to answer the 10th question.
Hitherto the freights have been prohib
itory. and hence very few farmers plant the
sweet potato as a market crop, but simply
enough to supply the demand on the farm
for use on the table, with a small surplus
for stock. Taking these facts into consider
ation, therefore, the surplus reported is not
insignificant.
If assurance of reasonable rates of freight
to Northern and Western cities can be
guaranteed the next crop will show a sur
plus of at least one million bushels. The
crop is reported at 107 in North Georgia;
113 in Middle Georgia; 110 in Southwest
Georgia; 111 in East Georgia; 114 in South
east Georgia, and in the whole State 111.
Those who contemplate shipping to the
Northern markets should procure seed of
the “Jersey Sweet," which commands a bet
ter price in the Northern and Western citiet
than any other variety.
Sorghum
Is reported at 100 in North Georgia, 103
in Middle Georgia, 97 in Southwest Geor
gia, 108 in East Georgia, and 100 in South
east Georgia. The area in this crop has
been considerably increased in North Geor
gia. It should be grown far enough South
to meet the area of profitable cultivation of
the sugar cane. With modern improve
ments in evaporators a very fine article cf
syrup is made from the sorghum, entirely
free from the objectionable green taste
formerly present in this syrup.
Field P*a*.
A liberal area was devoted to this import
ant crop this year, and a very fine yield has
been made. The crop is reported at 105 in
North Georgia, 104 in Middle Georgia, 93
in Southwest Georgia, 94 in East Georgia,
108 in Southeast Georgia, and in the whole
State, 100. The vines cut and cured, when
most of the peas are ripe, make a most ex
cellent and nutritious food for stock.
CkwAl*.
This crop is receiving less attention than
formerly, and in the southern part of the
State less than its value as food for hogs and
poultry justifies. None are reported in
North Georgia. In Middle Geergia they are
reported at 102; in Southwest Georgia, 100;
in East Georgia, 103; in Southeast Gaorgia,
95; and in the whole State, 101.
Tarntp*.
The seasons have been unusually favor
able for securing a stand of this crop, and a
libera! but not a large crop has been sown.
The worm which was so destructive, several
years ago, is again preying upon the roots
this Fall, and in many fields almost entirely
destroying the crop. The Swede or ruta
baga is ’ess affected by them than the rough
leafed varieties. The crop is reported at
91 in North Georgia, 101 in Middle Geor
gia, 84 in Southwest Georgia, 106 in East
Georgia, 95 in Southeast Georgia, and in
the whole State, 95.
General Oat look.
The general outlook for agriculture in
Georgia is very flattering; Abundant pro
vision crops of every kind have been har
vested in every section of the State, and a
good crop of cotton is being gathered.
Merchants report their bills more promptly
paid than for a number of years, and the
farmers are more cheerful than they have
been for at least the last seven rears.
There is one fact which I am very desi
rous of impressing upon the minds of the
farmers : That they cannot afford to part
with the cotton seed grown upon their
farms at any price, unless their equivalent
in manurial value is returned to the foil in
some form. This may be done in several
ways, the most simple of which is, by an
exchange of the seed for an equivalent in
value of the cotton seed meal, say 1,000
pounds of the meal delivered at his depot.
It may be returned by an application of am
moniated superphosphate.
The farmer cannot afford to sell his cot
ton seed at less than twenty cents per bushel
since he cannot, with the money received at
a lower price, replace an amount of plant
food equivalent to that removed in the cot
ton seed. Unless this is annually done the
deterioration of the soil is certain. The fol
lowing analysis shows the per centage of
valuable ingredients in cotton Seed meal :
Cotton Seed Meal—Valuation.
Ammonia is valued at *22 centsper pound;
Phos. acid isvaluedat 121£ per pound;
Potash is valued at 6 cents per pound;
Moisture, 6.14; Total Phos. Acid, 2.65.
Ammonia, 8 80; Potash, 2.45
According to the method of Calculating
the- commercial value of commercial ferti
lizers a ton of cotton seed meal is worth
$lB 62,but it contains an excess ofammonia
which would make an application of the
meal alone wasteful.
By mixing the meal, however, with a
high grade superphosphate (non-aramoniat
ed) a very superior fertilizer is obtained.
About the proper proportions would be one
of cotton seed meal to two of Superphos
phate. .
The ammonia in the cotton seed tneal i?
potential and becomes only as the
particles of the meal atid, hence,
is better thm that derived frbffi anjmal
sources which is more promptly rendered
active by the rapid deebmppsitidn of the
animal matter.
The average analysis of six chemists show
that whole cotton seed contain ammonia,
2.50 per cent.; phos. acil, 1.75 per cent;,
and potash 1.15 per cent.
According to the valuations applied to the
constituents of the meal, the coujithe/cial
value of the ton of seed is sls 36. There are
66 bushels in a ton of the seed, hence.
sls 3G per ton will beat the rate of 23
cents per bushel. If the producer and the
mill men can agree upon prices, it is plain
ly to the advantage of both and of the whole
country that the oil be not wasted as it is
when the whole seed are used as manure.
Respectfully. J. T. Hxnderson,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
‘Ammonia has been valued during the
last fertiliser season at 25 cents per pound.
YELLOW FEVER.
Progress of the Diaeate in Tcxa* and
Florida.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New Orleans, October 18.—The limes-,
Democrat special from Camargo, Mexico,
says: “No fever in Kelkeynosa, There
have been over a hundred cases here since
the beginning of the disease and ten deaths.
Among the sick is Antonio Alvarado, the
Mayor.”
... Brownsville, Texas, October 18.—There
was one new case of yellow fever to-day,
the patient being a Mexican, lately come
from the interior of the State. The quar
antine between here and Fort Brown is off.
The status of the disease at Camargo and
Mier has not improved; The weather is
warm.
Pensacola, October 18.—The number of
new cases of yellow fever reported to-day
was 56, aed of deaths three. Total cases to
date, 1,783, total deaths, 147. Mr. Francis
Marschalk, publisher of the Advance Gazette,
is now ill of fever, after having lost two
children. The contributions of the past
few days have been liberal, greatly
alleviating the prevailing distress, which
is out of all proportion to the mor
tality, on account of the long.continuance
of the epidemic. The Board of Health has
sent its contribution of $3,812 50, being
the amount allowed to the Ist of October.
In sending this installment the Board has
considerately overlooked certain ioformal
ties in the* vouchers furnished them, in
view of the urgent necessity of the case.
The weather continues almost preternatur
ally warm, notwithstanding repeated show
ers and clearings for some days past.
TUB ST. LOUIS HOMICIDE.
Belew* of Colonel Cockerill on Bail,
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
St. Lons, October 18.—A warrant was
issued to-night from the Criminal Court for
Col. Cockerill, charging murder in the sec
ond degree. Bonds in ten thousand dollars
were furnished by Joseph B. McCul
lough, of the Globe-Democrat, and George
D. Capen, a well known insurance agent,
and the prisoner was released to appear for
.examination on November 2d. After the
bond was accepted many prominent citi
zens added their names to it. 001. Cockerill,
upon being released, went to his room at
the Lindell Hotel, where he received many
callers. It is understood that he leaves to
morrow' with Congressman--Hurd to visit
friends in Ohio.
At a meeting in the Merchants’ Exchange
this afternoon, to consider measures for the
relief of the family of Col. Slayback, be
tween five and six thousand dollars,
were subscribed to aid in lifting a
mortgage of twelve thousand dollars on the
family residence. The remainder, it is ex
pected, will be promptly raised.
UNXVBRSA.LIST CONVENTION.
Large R*pre**atatlon at Philadelpkla.
Philadelphia, October 18.—The Uni
versalist General Convention assembled*this
morning in the Church of the Messiah.
About one thousand churches throughout
the United States and Canada are repre
sented in this body. The Convention was
called to order by J. D. W. Joy, of Boston,
the President, and opened' with prayer,
after which the roll of members was called.
Revs. E. F. Pomber and A. J. Cushman and
Mta J. Swan were appointed tellers to
conduct the election for President. It re
sulted in the election of Mr. Joy. Rev. I.
M. Atwood, D. D., of New York, was elected
Vice-President. At a quarter before 11
o’ clock a communion service was held,
Revs. E. C. Sweetzer, D. D., and H. R. Nye
■ officiating. The occasional sermon was
i preached by Rev. E. L. Rexford, D. D., of
j Michigan.
COCKERILL AND SLAYBACK.
AN INTERESTING SKETCH OF COL.
SLIYBUK.
The Fatal Ballet— Coekerfll’* Statement
—Relation* With Col. Slayback.
(Bt. Paul Pioneer Press.)
Personal Reminiscence*.
“Yes,”said Col. Platt B. Walker, of Min
neapolis, to a Pioneer Press reporter, “1 have
known Col. Slayback sinee he was a boy.
We were brought up in the same town and
want to school and played together. He
came from poverty. His father,- my father
and my wife’s father were the founders of
Masonry in Lexington. His father died
when he was about eleven years of age and
he was educated at the Masonic College.
The same qualities that distinguish him as
a man were his as a boy, and he was popu
lar generally with the boys. If there was
anybody that wanted thumping Slayback
used to thump ’em, but he was not quar
relsome, and was universally liked. After
he had secured his education, he married
into one of the most aristocratic and wealthy
Southern families, wedding Miss Waddell,
daughter of W. B. Waddell, of the firm, of
Mojar, Russell & Waddell, the heavy
freighters. We were married the same
night, within a couple of blocks of each
other. He removed to the St. Joseph
District, and was living there when the
war broke our and a Kentuckian by
heart, it wasn’t difficult fcr him to deter
mine which side he should be on. He was
so out and out a rebel, talked so bitterly
and outspoken, that he was taken by the
military, marched up and down the streets
and locked up. He got the drop on his
guard, knocked him down and made his
way into our camp. I might relate some of
our army experience, but it was experience
in a lost cause, and lam not given to set
ting up monuments of that experience. Col.
Slayback was a fearless, impulsive man of
the most positive opinions, likes and dis
likes ever made to go all lengths for friends
and defy all enemies and opposers. As a sol
dier he was much more given to fighting
than to strategy. In professional life he had
set his mark high and had achieved marked
success, being employedin most of the lead
ing civil and criminal cases in St. Louis.
One of his chief elements lay in his off
hand sociability and generosity. He de
spised aristocracy, and was a thorough
Democrat in politic?. I heard him deliver an
elaborate argument last Winter in Washing
ton before the Supreme Courtwhich elicited
m uch favorable comment among the legal fra
ternity. I also heard him in the Jaminet di
vorce case last year, which has been men
tioned in connection with this case. When
I went to St. Louis to establish my paper he
gave me generous assistance. To show you
the character of the man: We went out one
day on the street and he encountered some
one who had given him offense, and opened
up on him. I never heard anybody tongue
lash a man as he did that one. I said to him,
.-“Al, if you persist in abusing men like that
you will run across some one that won’t
stand it some day, and that will blow the
whole top of your head off. You take too
many chances in doing it.” But he didn’t
think so, and persisted. I have some ac
quaintance with Cockerill, who did the
shooting. He is one of the most brilliant
writers and speakers, for his age, in the
West—a quiet, sensitive, delicate man, al
most like a WTHnan, and the last man to
court an encounter. I know all the men in
the affair except Clopton. and can see how
it was done—Slayback, with his temper up,
a rush, a bustle, the discharge of the re
volver without Cockerill hardly knowing
what had been done.
Mr. Cockerill’* Statement of Hl* Rela
tion* with Slayback, and the Fatal
Termination. ■
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
John A Cockerill, editor of the Post-Dis
patch, made the following statement before
the Coroner to-day :
On the evening of the 30th of September
a social entertainment was given at the
rooms of the Elk’s Club. As President of
the organization it was my duty to receive
and entertain the guests. About ten o’clock
my attention was called to Col. Slayback,
who was sitting at a table with Mr. W. H.
Moore and others. He was speaking in a
loud tone, and using violent language to
ward the Post I went into a
different part of the building to avoid hear
ing his language, for I feared that in his
excitement he would say something un
pleasant to me, and I wished to avoid a
scene. A half hour later Mr. Moore spoke
to me, and said that Mr. Slayback had ap
plied the term “blackmailer” to the editor
of the Post Dispatch, and had made serious
threats. As this had taken place in a public
assemblage of my friends, I felt called on
to ask him for an explanation.
I went to him in the next room, touched
him on the arm, and told him I wished to
speak to him. We went into the small
room, known as the library, the door of
which was standing open. I quietly said to
him: “Colonel, I understand that you have
made some very bitter public declarations
here this evening, and I would like to know
if you mean them to be personal to me—es-
do you mean to apply the term
blackmailer to me?” His answer was that
he had not intended to brand me as a black
mailer. He then entered on a bitter tirade
of abuse against the paper, to which I lis
tened quietly, telling him at the sama time
that he was entitled to his opinion as to the
course of the paper in opposing the canvass
of his partner, Mr. Broadhead. Then sud
denly he sprang to the door, closed it and
locked it, and, with his fist clenched, he
said: “You have brought me in here to bull
dez? me, and now we are alone, and I tell
you now that if the Post-Dispatch ever at- <
tacks me or assails my character, I will go
to your office and kill you. I will take the
life of any man who employs a newspaper
to abuse and injure me,”
I assured him that I had no intent to
bully him, and that I had simply called him
in the room to ask for an explanation that
was due me. I further assured him that I
had always entertained a friendly feeling
for him, had never written a line against
him, and hoped that I never would; He
spoke of his partner, Mr. Breadheed, and
the charges that had been made against
him, repeating several times that he would
shoot any body who would publish things
of him. He told me that I would be held
to account for the course of the paper, and
declared that before the campaign was over
he would go on the stump, and from bouse
to house, to denounce the Post-Dispatch and
break up its business.
There was much talk of bi? character on
his part. 1 assured him that I was at all
times in readiness to meet any responsi
bility that belonged to me, and that, when
properly called on, would render any satis
faction that a gentleman could demand. He
gave me to understand that he held himself
subject to the same demand, and that if oc
casion ever arose lie would certainly put me
to the test. After still further conversation,
in which I assured him that I had no ill
feeling toward him, and in which I attempt
ed to show him that he was not called upon
to go to extreme lengths in maintaining
Mr. Broadhead’s candidacy, I succeeded in
calming him, He shook my hand, and we
agreed to be friends, I assuring him that no
act of mine should give him personal cause
to feel hostile toward me. At his invitation
we entered the side-board room and took a
social drink. We then together sat down
j in the main hall for an hour, listened to
some songs, drank together and parted in
the most cordial way.
“When next I saw 001. Slayback he call
ed at the office on the day of the parade of
the Veiled Prophets to ask me to suppress
all mention of the action of certain citizens
regarding the Irish float. Our meeting was
pleasant, and he went away in good feeling,
first asking me if I had been sufficiently
supplied with tickets to the Veiled Propbets
Ball. Meanwhile I had been informed that
if the course of the paper was not changed
toward Mr. Broadhead 1 would be shot. I
had reason to believe that this threat came
from Slayback, but no reference was made
to him in the paper whatever. I was guard
ed that there should be nothing to which
he con Id take personal exception, for I had
assured him of my individual friendship,
and I meant to maintain it.
“Yesterday morning I read in the daily
papers that on the evening previou? Cel.
Slayback had addressed a Democratic meet
ing in the Eighteenth Ward, and had ma
lignantly attacked the Past Dispatch and its
conductors. I noticed then tbat he was
putting into execution his threat made to
me to denounce the paper from the stump.
Later on I saw persons who were at the
meeting, and who gave me some idea of the
bitterness of his assault, I regarded it as
an open defiance, an intentional provoca
tion, which would call for some response
from the Post-Dispatch. I did not write
anything myself, but simply reproduced
Friday afternoon a card which had been
written by Mr. John W. Glover a year be
fore, inserted in the first edition of the
Post-Dispatch, and taken out of the last
edition by Mr. Pulitzer, who did not wish
to give offense to Colonel Slayback. I ex
pected, from the tone of the" conversation
had with Colonel Slayback at the Elk Club,
that he would send me a challenge if he
felt himself sufficiently aggrieved, and did
not think that he would come to the office
to assault me, though I was apprehensive
of a street encounter, and should have
taken al) reasonable means to avoid it.
“I was detained at the office yesterday
evening beyond my usual time, in order
to adjust’some matters connected with the
composing room. At a few minutes past
five o’clock I was sitting at my desk, in my
room, by appointment, talking with Mr.
McGuffin, business manager of the paper,
and Mr. Cole, foreman. The door was
closed. My pistol was lying on my desk,
for I had intended to place it in my pocket
on chacging my coat and leaving the office.
Suddenly the door opened and two men
entered, closing the door behind them. I
was facing the door. I recognized Colonel
Slayback, and in an instant afterward rec
ognized Mr. Clopton, a lawyer who had a
few days before assaulted two members of
his profession in a private office.
“I realized that I was to’be assaulted, and
rose from my chair. Colonel Slayback’s
bearing was that of a man bent upon vio
lence. His first words were : ‘Well, lam
here? He started as if to draw his coat. I
was in the corner next to the front window.
Instinctively I moved my hand toward the
weapon on the desk. He saw it, suddenly
readjusted his coat, and said, ‘ls that for
me?’ at the same time throwing his hand
to his hip pocket. My reply was, ‘No, sir;’
but I secured my weapon as he drew his.
He pointed it deliberately at me, and I
heard him cock it. '1 here was a second of
delay. I shouted, ‘Don’t do that,’ at the
same time, while his weapon was pointed at
my breast, I fired, believing myself at the
moment a dead man.
I knew nothing of the effect of the shot, for
he closed with me and thrust his revolver
against my side. At the same time Clopton
caught me from behind and tried to wrest
my pistol from my hand, which was hang
ing by my side. I shouted to McGuffin :
“Don’t let these’men kill me.” He tore
Colonel Slayback’s pistol from his hand and
pointed it at Clopton’s head, under the im
pression, I presume, that he was trying to
shoot me. At that instant Colonel Slayback
released his grasp upon me and I realized
for the first time that he had been’ hurt—
how badly I knew not; I left the room while
Mr. Clopton was calling for a' doctor, my
head bleeding from a cut received when I.
was forced against the window in the scuf
fle, and went ifito the lower office to wash
i myself.
“Os course, it is unnecessary for me to
express the sorrow that I feel for this de
plorable event. Every man who knows me
can realize the poignancy of my regrets. I
believed, in the horror ot the moment, that
my life was being taken and that there was
but ofie dread alterilative.”
A Testimonial.
St. Louis, October 19 —At the memorial
meeting of the Merchants Exchange at 10
o’clock to-day, a testimonial to Col. A. W.
Slayback was unanimously adopted.
Eulogistic speeches were made by Colonel
1 D. P. Dyer. ex-Lieutenant-Governor Stan
nard and Rev. John Snyder. Beats were
then offered for sate for a matinee for the
benefit of Col. Slayback’s family, next
Thursday. The choice of boxes was sold to
a lady, name unknown, for one thousand
dollars, and donated back and resold. The
other boxes brought two hundred and one
. hundred dollars each. The first seat
was knocked down for one hundred dollars,
the second for five hundred dollars, and a
large number were sold for from fifty dol
lars down to five dollars. The public sate
then closed, and the remainder of the seats
in the parquette and dress circle will be
sold at five dollars each. The “Veiled
Prophets” bought one seat for five hundred
dollars, and the Legion of Honor one box
for one hundred dollars.
THE EASTMAN RIOTERS.
The Governor Reprieve* Ike Shipman—
Fear* of Lynching.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Atlanta, October 19. —To-day Governor
Colquitt respited Ike Shipman, one of the
six Eastman rioters sentenced to be hanged
at Eastman to-morrow. To-day the sheriff
and a posse came to Macon from
Eastman to take the prisoners to East
man. The Governor telegraphed to Macon,
telling the jailer to hold the prisoners
until he heard farther from him, as the
cases were being investigated with a view
of seeing if there were grounds for grant
ing respites to enable them to take their
cases to the Supreme Court. Late to
day Mayor Corput telegraphed the Gov
ernor that he was apprehensive of
an attempt to lynch the prisoners to
night. The Governor telegraphed back to
use all means to suppress any interference
with the law. He also telegraphed Major
Wifey to order out his battalion and to send
forty men, or, if necessary, a larger escort
with the sheriff of Dodge county to Sast
man. The prisoners have been in Macon
jail for safe keeping.
TENNESSEE’S DEBT.
Nearly Half of It Funded in New York.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New York, October 19.—State Treasurer
Polk and State Comptroller Nolan, of Ten
nessee, who have been in this city since
June Ist, with a corps of clerks, at
tending to the funding of the State
debt of Tennessee, yesterday returned
home and closed the offices they occu
pied at No. 7 Nassau street. They go
home partly because they have their official
duties to attend to and partly because they
think it not necessary to remain longer.
Thev have succeeded in funding nearly
$12,*000,000 of the debt of $27,000,000,
and hope to have thefentire amount funded
by January 1, from their headquarters in
Nashville.
A KNOXVILLE HORROR.
THREE PROMINENT MEN KILLEDON
GAY STREET.
M»j»r O’Connor Shoot* General Mabry,
I* Shot In Tarn By Mabry’* Son and
Then Kill* the Latter-Detail* of th*
Affair. ~ ; i : ( j
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Knoxville, Tenn., October 19.—Thia
morning, at a few minutes after ten o’clock,
General Joseph A. Mabry, Major Thomas
O’Connor and Joseph A. Mabry, Jr., were ■
killed in a shooting affray. The difficulty
began yesterday afternoon by Gen. Mabry
attacking Maj. O’Connor and threatening to,,
kill him. This was at the Fair Grounds,
and O’Connor told Mcbry it was not the
place to settle their differences. Mabry
then told O'Connor he should not live. It
seems that Mabry was armed and O’Connor
was not. The cause of the difficulty
was an old feud about the trans
fer of some property from Mabry to
O’Connor. Later in the afternoon Mabry
sent word to O'Conner that he would kit!
him on sight. This morning Maj. O’Oon*
nor was standing in the door of the Me
chanics National Bank of which ho was >
President. Gon. Mabry and another gen
tleman walked down Gay street on the op- e
posite side from the bank. O'Conuor step
ped into the bank, procured a shot gun.
took deliberate aim at Gen. Mabry and '
fired. Mabry fell dead, being shot in the
left side. As he fell O Connor fired again,
the shot taking effect in Mabry's thigh.
O'Connor then reached into the bank and got >
another shot gun. About this time Joseph
A. Mabry, Jr , son of General Mabry, came >
rushing down the street. He was not seen
by O’Connor until he was within forty feet
of him when he fired a shot from a pistol > <
the ball taking effect in O’Connor’s right
breast and passing through the body heir
the heart. The instant that Mabry fired.
O’Connor turned and discharged the shot->
gun at him the load taking effect in young
Mabry’S right breast and side. He fell
pierced with twenty buckshot and almost '
instantly O’Connor fell dead witout a strng< >
gle. Young Mabry tried to rise but fell i
back dead. The whole tragedy occurred «.>
within two minutes and neither of the
three spoke after he was shot. Gen'- ;
eral Mabry had about thirty- buck- •»
shot in his body. A bystander was
nainfully wounded in the thigh with a
buckshot, and another was wounded in the
arm. Four other men had their clothing
pierced by buckshot. The affair caused
great excitement, and Gay street was throng
ed with thousands of people. Gen. Mabry
and his son Joseph, were acquitted only a
few days ago of the murder of Moses Lusby
and Don Lfisby; father and son, whom they
killed a few Weeks since. Wm. Mabry was
killed by Don Lusby last Christmas. Maj.
Thos. O’Oonnbr was President ot the Me
chanic? National Bank here, and was the
wealthiest man in the State. Col. E. J San
iford, the Vice President, takes immediate
control of the bank.
—
MATTERS IN GENERAL,
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New Yobe, Octobei; 19.—A London dis
patch this morniag says Norfolk and West
ern preferred stock was yesterday put on
the list at the Stock Exchange.
New Orleans, October 19.—The Thus-
Deniocrat specials from various points ip
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, report a
heavy rail in the past 24 hours, doing
much damage to cottop. r
New Yobe, October 19 —The jury in the
libel suit of the actress Marie Prescott,
against President Tousey,. of the. American
News Co., rendered a verdict to-day in,,
favor of the plaintiff for $12,500. , ,
New Yobe, October 19.—The Evening Post
has a special foom Oxford, Ala., which says
the whites are organizing, arming and drill
ing at Annisten, to resist a threatened up
rising of the negroes. The latter are armed
and demonstrative..
Birmingham, Ala , October 19. —The
Birmingham Rolling Mills, which shut
down on July Ist, will resume operations
to-morrow, a conference having been held
to-day and the men agreeing to resume
work”on last year’s scale.
Boston. October 19. The schooner
Annah Henderson arrived here to-day in
tow of the tug Alert from New London.
This schooner was from Apalachicola and.
was picked up abandoned, by a fisbiog ves
sel some time ago. She is loaded with
lumber and is full of water.
Baltimore, October 19.—Judge Edward
Hammond died at his residence, in Howard
county this afternoon, aged 70 years. He
was a member of Congress (House of Repre
sentatives) from 1849 to 1853, and at the
timeof his death was Associate Justice of
the sth Judicial Circuit of this State.
Galveston, Tex , October 19. —The JVeu’**
Dallas special says northern and central
Texas has been visited by heavy rains dur
ing the past week, accompanied in some
sections by strong winds. Open cotton is
damaged fully a grade from dirt and stain.
The crop in some instances is entirely lost,
picking is delayed and the labor is not
equal to the demand.
THE ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE
Secretary Folger Write* a Letter To Show
Why RepublfeanaßhouM Vote For Him
For Governor OZ New York.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
i Albant, N. Y., October 19.—At a Repub
lican meeting here this evening a long let
ter was read from Secretary Folger setting
forth the reasons why undecided, doubting
and dissatisfied Republicans should vote for
him for Governor, rather than throw the
into the hands of the Democrats. With regard
to Mr. Cleveland, the Democratic candidate,
Secretary Folger says: "It is faint praise to
say of the person who is that candidate, that
as” a man in his private capacity he
is as good as I am, be lives as
pure a life as I do, he loves hi?
neighbor as well as I do, he does his duty
as a citizen, according to his judgment, tn
well as I do, as a public officer he has acted
as conscientiously, yet there is cne dis-
I ference that goes to the root of the
| matter, when we are brought to
- view as public men and put for
ward to act for the public in its aff-iirs.
He is a Democrat.” This, Secretary Folger
argues, makes Mr. Cleveland’s election a
thing to be dreaded, since he must act in ac
cordance with the principles and traditions
of the Democratic party and the view taken
by the public of the coming into power of
that party, is shown by the fact that the
Ohio election was followed on the next day
by a shrinkage of forty million dollars in
value of the great properties of the country.
Ml** Parnell’s Funeral.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Boston, October 19.—The funeral ser
vices over t' remains of Miss Fanny
Parneli took place here at the residence of
Mrs. Tudor, on Beacon street, this noon. •
in the presence of a large number of rela
j fives and friends and of delegates from and
I representatives of Land Leagues in various
| parts of the country.