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Bun F NEWS SUMMARY.
~,,, thousand striking weavers are pre
... to emigrate from Chemnitz, Ger
-11; ,T —i;:*s have beeu expelled from Ni
, , ua 'jhe government was obliged to
r j t r o ut troops to suppress riots Su their
favor.
Hl-c. E . n Murphy had ber head caught
tE( j cjt oil in an elevator at a boot factory
~, s >.th Brookfield, Massachusetts, a few
since.
X‘ I*re6ideDt yesterday signed the
, n,i a m of Geo. M. Ddsjtin.of A'abama,
' p, -, ,i $ itt s Attorney tor the Southern
Distrtt t of Alabama.
A' a lire in a freight depot at Springfield,
yi-- , oi explosion of gasoline occurred,
Mru :-' forty persons, Including several
firemen, tunny severely.
\Vi i tin So uct, aged sixty five years, a
re , ,tnr near Mliliowu, Crawford county,
[ n i t k down tis guu and blew in It to
, er if p was t a ted. It was accidentally dis
ehargtd, killing him at once.
i, \f*-yer, a girl addicted to the opium
hi 1 ; ,t ■ 4 ->l> killed hi r mistress, Mrs. Alfred
hi; !- , ltvii g a’ $47 West Congress street,
Fhieago, by giving her a dose of opium out
of rewnge, because the had been forbidden
to use it.
A< Pt-rre: on*. N w York, Joseph Foun
taiu. /-•I 13 years, disappeared last Friday
f>r: ing reprimanded by his father for
10-jrg some tools. Liter, his body was
f.ur.; b,i girig in a sugar house, and Dis
iu;; ■ mi? he committed suicide in conse
ijuecce of the reprimand.
There wa a terrific hail storm, extending
from New Hackensack to Fisfckill Plains,
on the Hudson river, a few days ago. The
storm lasted two ht urs, some of the stones
were two Inches in diameter, laying a foot
.Step in some places. All the grain and
fruit ia a belt fix mde3 in length by one in
width were entirely destroyed.
A second meeting of prominent Bosto
niar.s and other N**w Englanders interested
ir the proposed World’s Fair a* Boston, in
l".'i, has been held In that city. A resoiu
tioii was adopted for the appointment of a
i .amittee of twenty seven to consider the
wh le subject, probable cost and Income,
site, time, etc., to report at an adjourned
meetirg, Jure 8.
A Berlin dispatch to the Times says:
“The fate of the government’s insurance
hill would appear to be sealed, as far as the
present Parliament is concerned, as Prince
iiirmarck recently declared ihat the provt
eion for a State subsidy, which the commit
tee and the Reichstag rejected, was indis
pensable. The tifeet of the introduction of
h hill on the pending elections was proba
b y the same as if the bill had passed.”
A special dated San Antonio, says: “The
track of the International and Great North
ern Hallway now extends thirty-two miles
northwest of this city and about one from
Chiton, Medera county. Track laying is
proceeding at the rata of a mile a day. The
track of the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio road, running parallel with
the intertatio-a! and Great Northern for
ten miles, reached Leon, nine milts west of
this city, yesterday.”
The failure is annoureed of the old Pio
neer Mail Company, A. Arnot, of St. Louis,
Missouri, President, with fceadqua:ters in
Washington city, which i ae been engaged
in the mail contract buslnefs for forty six
vears past, and wfclcb has at different times
heM large contracts in every State and Ter
ritory. The fsiiure is attributed by Mr. Ar
not to the recent curtailment of the con
tract service and other changes.
The Cons’anttnopie dispatch to the Tana
says: “In Macedonia, as in Armeula, the
Porte is taking energetic measures for the
suppression of revolutionary agitations.
Large numbers of Bulgarians in that pro
vince suspected of connivance with brigands
or of having relations with revolutionary
committees, have betn imprisoned without
trial, and thirty five of them have already
died of typhus fever or other diseases. The
Russian Embassy ha3 made representations
io the Porte on the subject.”
Ad interesting case has been decided in
the Court of Chancery at Belleville, Ont.
It was that of the wife of David Bobbin, of
Sidney, to whom he was married seventeen
years tg >, but with whom he had not lived.
The parties were married by a justice of the
peace in the United States, arid the defen
dant alleged conspiracy on the part of the
woman and ber friends, who had, he sta’es,
got him drunk and bad the ceremony per
formed when he was in that condition. The
Vice Chancellor held that the marriage was
valid, and gave a decree in the wife’s favor.
C E Hill was arrested on his arrival at
Hob. ken, N. J , from Syracuse, N. Y., on a
telegram charging him with kidnapping his
own child, a lad nearly six cen years of age.
Mr Hill Is a large railroad contractor in
China, where be h 6 resided for some years,
beii g ,-tparated from bis wifeon accouut of
mutual charges of infidelity and pending
suits for divorce, lie returned home: re
cently, and taking the boy id a carriage as
he wss returning from shod, hurried him
to the cars and left for New Tcrk. The
hoy says he does not wish to go with his
father. Both are held for further develop
ments.
Weather Indication*.
Office Chief signal Olsebveb, Wash
ington, June 3.—lndications for Satur
day;
In the South Atlantic States, sligh'ly
colder, partly cloudy weather, in the north
ern portions local rains, winds generally
shifting to northerly, and higher barome
ter.
In the Middle Atlantic States, rainv.
followed by clearing weather, winds shift
ing to northwesterly, stationary or higher
temperature and rising barometer.
In the Gulf States, fair weather, winds
mostly northeast to northwest, stationary
temperature and higher barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, clear
ing weather, winds mostly northerly, sta
tionary or higher temperature and rising
barometer.
Bulgaria Disturbed.
Lonoon, June 3 —A Vienna dispa’ch to
the Times ssvs; ‘‘The news from Sophia re
torts that the agitation against the plans of
Prirce Alexander, of Bulgaria, grows
In intensity. There seems every proba
bility that an attempt to realize his plans
will be strongly opposed. The agitators,
who go about, the country, are advising
moderation and abstinence from all but
legal and constitutional means. The agita
tion dots not, however, seem to have de
terred the Prince from continuing his jour-,
nev through the country. The struggle, no
doubt, will be a hard one.”
Au Extent*!ve Enterprlae.
Knoxville, Tenn , June 3. —The
Southern Car Works Company was to-day
duly organized under a charter from the
State of Tennessee, with a capital stock of
one hundred thousand dollars. The works
will be In operation In sixty days, and will
employ two hundred mechanics. The com
pany already has orders for a year’s work.
The Ilaee lor the Oaka at Bpaom.
London, June 3.—The Epsom summer
meeting came to a close to day. The race
for the Oaks stakes, for three year-old
tillte#, distance about a mile and a ball,
came off, and was won by W. 8. Craw
ford’s Thebais, Mr. Oooksou’s Lucy Glit
ters second, and W. Blinkiron s Myra
third.
Hanged at marlou.
Charleston, June 3 —Benj. Jamea, col
ored, wgs banged at Marlon C. H. to day
for the murder of David Meriwether Howell
at Marion on the night of August 9 u, I#.
Provided the great organs of the body are
not irreparably injured, there are few dis
eases that Tutt’s Pills will not cure. They
concentrate the vitality of the system. The
Liver, the Spleen, the Heart and the Kid
neys are brought into harmonious action
and health, long life and vigor of mind and
body follow their use. The fifst dose often
astontshe* the patient.
Sanvannah morning News
J. H. ESTILL, PRIPRIETOR.
M A HONE'S MALCONTENTS.
REPUDIATION’S REPRESENTA
TIVES.
The Powwow at Rlcbmond-Fec
*lau, Bant and Uproar—The Little
Bom a " * Peacemaker Auditor
magnanimity—The Men
who Will Champion Dishonesty In
the Old Dominion.
Richmond, Va., June 3.—ln the Read
juster Convention last night a motion to
drop the lowest candidate was rejected.
The second ballot was finished at 12:30 a.
m. It resulted: Cameron, 257; Massey,
245; Wise, 105; Groaer, 101. After the
second ballot H. H Riddlebtrger’s name was
presented to the convention and re
ceived with great app'ause. Rtddleberger
came to the front and stated that while net
a candidate before the convention he
thought the office should seek the man.
General Mahone was next
named, amidst the wildest
enthusiasm. Captain John 8. Wise, one of
thenominees.then addressed the convention,
earnestly appealing to the convection to
sacrifice everything for the good of the
party and not to consider men, and with this
object in view he urged an adjournment,
which, amid great confusion and excite
ment, was agreed to, and the convention,
at 1:10 a.m., adjourned until 10 a. m. to
day.
The convention met this morning at 10:15
o’clock, President .John Paul In the chair.
Immediately after the convention was called
to order Capt. Richard A. Wise, of Wil
liamsburg, who last night nominated Gen.
Mahone, said he had done so without that
gentleman’s consent, and now desired to
withdraw the nomination. The convention
then proceeded with the third ballot, the
result of which was announc'd at 12 o’clock
asjoilows: Groner 104, Cameron 29, Masse}’
257, Wise 88. Whole number of votes
742 Necessary to a choice 372 On this
ballot a number of votes wtre cast for
H. H. Riddclberger, which were subsequent
ly changed at the instance of that gentle
man, who briefly addressed the convention,
thanking the delegates who had compli
mented him, and at the same time saying
that he thought it was well understood that
he was not a candidate, and that bis name
was not to be considered. He hoped, how
ever, that now his friends would feel them
selves relieved of any and all obligation to
support him.
A resolution was here introduced
to drop the lowest candidate
in each successive ballot, and that
the candidates dropped should no* be re
nominated uu;il one ballot has intervened.
This gave lise to an excited debate, which,
amid great confusion, waa put an end to by
the main question being ordered, by which
the resolution was adopted by an over
whelming rnai-rlty. At this point several
delegations favoring the nomination of
Gen. Groner asked leave to withdraw for ten
minutes for conference, which wss granted,
and business was temporarily suspended.
Upon the return of Mr. Grouer’s friends
the balloting was resumed, the fourth ballot
showing a steady gain for Mr. Massey. Be
fore the vote was announced a number of
charges were made, mainly favorable to
Cameron. The county of Accomack then
changed solidly from Wise to Cameron,
giving the latter its twelve votes. This
action was received with prolonged ap
plau.-e.
Change followed change in rapid succes
sion from Wise to Cameron. Amid the
great confusion which attended these
numerous changes the friends of Massey
and Groner asked leave to retire
for consultation. No attention was
paid to this request, but the confusion
continued to increase. While it was at its
height General Mahone appeared In the
convention, and, as usual, was greeted with
thundering applause. In an instant order
was restored, and he proceeded to plead for
harmony. lie begged that fair play be
shown ; that delegations wishing to retire
might be allowed to do so, and that the pro
ceedings might be suspended duting their
absence. No further objection being made,
the Massey and Groner men left the
building.
Upon their return the Stcretary proceeded
to call the roll over for changes. When
about half the counties had been called it
became evident from the numerous changes
in favor of Cameron that his nomination
was a fixed fact. Atlthis point Massey put
in an appearauce, and was greeted with
great applause. He said he would not deny
the fact that he had until now Indulged in
feelings akin tc those of his
friends In the convention, and
apologized for any liberty he might
tske in addressing them. The cause of Re
adjustment in Virginia, he said washlscaus',
He Cad urged It in its infancy, fostereu
it in Us youth, battled for It la Its manhood,
and wculd not desert it in its old age. What
he had done was for the cause of Virginia
and her people, and now, rather than see
his cause jeopardized by any dissensions
among the representative men of the
party, he was willing to sacrifice
everything of a personal nature for
the further advancement of the partv’s in
teres: s. His friends had stood firmly by
him, and he hoped they would now follow
him. They might not have the leader they
desired, but they should be willing to do
everything for harmony, and he hoped they
would as one man vote to make the nomina
tion of Colonel Cameron unanimous. A
tremendous outburst of applause greeted
this movement, aud, the question being
put, it was carried with but few dissenting
votes. **
As soon as quiet could be restored Col.
Lewis E. Harvie, of Amelia, nominated
Hon. Jno. T. Lewis, ex United Sta’es Sena
tor. for Llcu'enant Governor. Mr. R. H.
Riddleberger made a powerful speech In
opposition to the nomina'ion of Lewis, and
presented the name of Hon. Wm. Milne?,
of Page county, to the convention. Judge
Shumate, of Fauquier county, was also
placed lu nomination, after which the cill
lng of the roll for the first ballot was com
menced. Before the conclusion of the
roll call, nearly all the votes having been
cast for Lewis, a motion was made to make
bis nomination unanimous, which was
adopted. Capt. Frank S. Blair, of Wythe
county, was next nominated for Attorney
General, and, having no opposition, he was
declared the party’s nominee by acclama
tion. The committee appointed to wait ou
Col. Cameron aud Inform him of his nomi
na'ion, reported that that gentleman
wculd acknowledge the compliment paid
him at 9p. m., to which hour the conven
tion adjourned.
TIIE ROLL MADE OUT.
The Central Figure* In Hie Star
Rome Prosecution*— Three Mouth*
Respite.
Washington, June 3. —lt has been settled
that the star route prosecutions will not com
mence until next September. Among those
who will be prosecuted are Brady, ex-
Senator Dorsey, Brady’s chief clerk FreEcb,
McGrew, ex Sixth Auditor, and his deputy
Lilley, and S. B. Elkins, formerly Delegate
In the House of Representatives from New
Mexico.
A year or two ago E kins and Dorsey gave
it out that they had made fortunes in min
ing operations. R. C. McCormick, ex
assistact Secretary of tbe Treasury, is also
among them. The other names include
star route contractors, who baye made a
business of bidding for carrying the mails
for years, bat none of whom are of any
particular prominence.
The evidence against the crowd Is full.
It includes much of the private correspond
ence of Brady and Dorsey, French et al.,
showing how the thing was done. The
trials will necessitate a number of wit
nesses from the West and Southwest, in
which sectious the frauds were principally
perpetrated.
Tbe Whittaker Court Martial.
New Yobk, June 3 —Ex Governor Cham
berlain concluded his argument this after
noon for the defense In the Whittaker court
martial case, when the court adjourned
until Monday next. At that time Judge
Advocate Gardiner will argue the case for
the prosecution.
A Bold Dash for Freedom.
Bbxnham, Texas, June 3.— Yesterday
morning, near Sealj, as a wood train was
switching, a number of cars were cut loose
by convicts, who attempted escape, lwo
were killed, four wounded, two mortally,
and cne made good his escape.
*
100 Per Cent. Scrip pirMsnl.
Atlanta, Jane 3 —The Directors of the
Atlanta and West Point Railroad have de
cided to issue a scrip dividend of 100 per
cent. , , .
“Bough on Bata.”
Yha thing desired found at last. Ask
druggists for Rough on Hats U clears out
rats, mice, roaches, files, bed bags. 15c.
boxes.
CONK LING AND PLATT.
The Monotonous Turn ol tbe Wheel
—No Apparent Hope for the Bosses
; -A Straw that May Mean Some*
thing.
i Albany, June 3.—The first ballot for a
ucceesor to Conkllng resulted:
&cobß 5q
lonkllng V.’.V. *.*.*.
Vbeeler
ornell 20
ogers V.V.V.’. !l4
radley j
olger 1
rowley j
euton 2
apbam 6
*’oodln !..... ” .. . . 1
-enry Ward Beecher...’!”!!!!!!!!.!”! 1
utcher }
Mr. Madden voted for Mr. Woodin and
Ir. Gomllne for Rev. Henry Ward Beech
®eeley is Paired with Mr. Hoffman,
< ChemuDg, Mr. Lewis with Mr. Pianey,
od Mr. Crapser with Mr. Butler.
There was no choice,and a ballot was then
tken for a successor to Mr. Platt with the
illowing result:
fernan 50
Ja’-t 7."30
L*pew 30
Lpbam 2
Ornell .7! 7.7.! .13
VWd .7.7. ....... 2
Vn Cott 1
Cnwlev 3
Ditcher 4
8
Filger 3
Temaine 3
Vheeler 1
Mr. Spinola offered a resolution that this
jont convention adjourn until noon Satur
day. Mr. Cullinan moved to table the
resolution. The latter inotloa was lost, and
Mi Spinola’s motion carried by a vote of
89 n the affirmative, the Democrats and the
adainistralloulsts voting together.
DEADLY DYNAMITE.
Four Person* Horribly Mangled In
Virginia.
Lichmond, Va., June 3.—Gentlemen who
arrbed here this morning on the Chesa
peake and Ohio train report a terrible acci
deit yesterday at Low Mor, Alleghany
coujty, Virginia, by which four persons
wen so frightfully injured thit they will all
protably die. It appears that a negro boy
employed at the iron works at the above
named place, who was conveying a can of
dymmltc to the powder house, stopped at
a blicksmith shop, which he entered with
the dynamite can in his hand. In a mo
ment afterwards persons ia the vicinity
were startled by a thundering ‘.detona
tion and saw t'ne debris of the black
smith shop flying In the air In all
direttions. Upon hastening to the scene it
was iound that the building was entirely de
molished. The bodies of the boy, who had
the fatal explosive, and three colored men,
who were at work In the shop, were dlscov
ered In the ruins In a dreadfully mutilated
comktion, but none were ictually dead.
They were taken to the hospital attached to
the iron works for treatment, but It 1b not
likely that aDy of them will recover. What
caused the explosion cannot now be learned,
as none who were in the shep at the time
are In a condition to give any Information.
FATAL FUSILADE.
Deadly Encounter lu Mlstlsslppl.
Memphis, June 3.—A shotting affray oc
curred at Senatobia, Miss., Wednesday
afternoon between Pres. McCiacken, Deputy
Chancery Clerk of Tate couity, and a bar
ber named Blount, which resulted in the
killing of McCracken and thi mortal woun
ding of Blount. The dlfficilty originated
the day before, when Blotnt threatened
McCracken. Wednesday Bbunt met Mc-
Cracken and said : “I lnterd to kill you.”
and drew his pistol. McCrieken stepped
inside a store and came out with a pistol,
when Blount remarked, ‘‘Pies., give me a
chance.” McCracken lowered his pistol,
and as he did so Blount fired McCracken
returned the fire, and each fired three shots.
McCracken died at eight o’cbck in the eve
ning. Blount is In jail and lot expected to
live. He came to Senatobia three months
ago.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Opening Weak and Closing at a De
cline.
New York, June 3.—The stock market
was weak in the early dealings, and prices
declined X P er cent.,but at the first
board speculation becams stronger In
tone and prices took an upward turn, the
rising tone continuing unlll the second
board, when the Improvement ranged from
to per cent., the latter n Bt. Louis and
San Francisco preferred, da common and
first preferred, Memphis 3ad Charleston,
Pacific Mail, Wabash Paclffc being promi
nent also In tbe upward motement.
In the late dealings a week tone prevail
ed, and the market closed a reaction of
V to 234 per cent., Chicago Columbus and
Indiana Central, Kansas md Texas, San
Francisco shares, Lake Erie and Western
and Memphis and Charleston leading the
decline. Speculation was fairly active, and
i the dealings were generallyon a large scale.
Sales aggregated 380,502 shtres.
The Week In Mincing Lane.
London, June 3 —ln Mltclng Lane mar
kets during the week business has been re
stricted by the races. Auctions have been
suspended until the Bth list,. There have
been further transactions in low brown sugar
to arrive, chiefly in Jaggohery, at a recent
advance. Barbadoes and crystallized West
India also maintained tbeir improvement,
but the tone generally is not as strong.
Boine contracts have already been
made in beet sugar of tie 1881-82 crop
for delivery under present rates. Tea was
inactive. Indian was easitr. Coloury and
fine coffee fetched higher rates. Easier
kinds, including Brazil, were steady. Rice
was quiet. There have betn further specu
lative operations in black pepper to arrive.
The quarterly sales of ctnnimon on Monday
were unexpectedly good, and fetched from
February prices to two pence advance. A
rather large quantity was efld.
Cotton in Liverpool.
Liverpool, June 3. —This week’s circular
of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Associa
tion says: “In cotton there was a moderate
business in the early part of the week, and
prices were slightly easier. On Wednesday
and Thursday a large business was done,
and quotations for some descriptions were
raised. American was in active demand.
It has been firmly held, and prices
advanced fully >fjd. Sea island was in mod
erate request, with less pressure to sell.
Prices are unchanged. Futures opened dull
and declined 1 16d. On Wednesday the
tone became strong and tbe decline was
more than recovered, prices closing at an
advance of 3 32d. for near and 1-163. for tbe
more distant positions. The stroDg tone
was maintained.”
Brtltsti Breadstuff's.
Liverpool, June 3. —The leading grain
circular says; “The grain trade is extreme
ly dull. Most spot markets are lower for
foreign. English, on account of the scarci
ty, maintains its prices. For cargoes in all
positions there Is little inquiry, and sellers
are giving way on spot and in the
neighborhood. Since Tnesday the mar
ket has been bare nearly of retail
character, and rates are unchanged. At to
day’s market there was scarcely an average
attendance. Wheat was In limited demand.
The rates were barely sustained. Flour was
slow of sale, and at unchanged rates. Of
corn there were liberal supplies, but it was
in indifferent request, and prices declined a
penny.”
Manchester Market.
London, June 3 —The Manchester Guar
dian, in ia a commercial article this morning,
says: “The amount of business is again
moderate, although sales In some depart
ments hays decreased, owing partly to the
firmness of prices, and partly to the
fact that buyers for the present baye satis
fied their requirements. The rather stimu
lating report of the Liverpool cotton mar
ket induced producers to raise quotations a
point, and especially for yarns, but the only
eflegt has been to stop buslnees.”
■'“ : *
Cbattanooga and lbs Cotton Expotb
lion.
Chattanooga, Jude B.— Director General
Kimball, of the Atlanta International pot
ton Exposition, addressed the citizens yes
terday, and a large sum of money was rais
ed. Chattanooga will make a large exhibi
tion at the exposition. Much Interest in It
is manifested here.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1881.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
TROUBLOUS TIMES IN IRELAND
Mr. Billon's Letter to the Speaker—
A Whitsuntide Recess Xhrnsts
and Counter Throats In the Com
mons—Mr. O'Kelley Suspended—
The Evictions at New Pallas.
London, June 3.—The Times, in its lead
ing article this morning, condemns the gov
ernment’s inactivity in Ireland, and says :
“We see little hope of an immediate im
provement if events are allowed to take
their course, if the Land League is per
mitted to carry on its propaganda in the
spirit revealed t>7 Mr. Eagan’s letters, and
if any attempts to recover rent or enter
upon lands held by defaulting tenants are
to be resisted with open and outrageous
violence.”
The House of Lords has adjourned for
the Whifeuutide holidays until the 13th.
The House of Commons will also adjourn
from the 4th to the 9th lost., and consid
eration of the land bill in committee will be
postponed on to-night until the 13th Inst.
The British Electric Light Company has
obtained permission to experiment with
lighting the House of Commons during the
recess.
The Daily Telegraph says: “The govern
ment ha3 received such serious news from
Ireland during the last few days that a
measure calculated to deal with the excep
tional state of affairs there is, we believe,
engaging the attention of the Ministry.”,
The Chronicle says: “We understand that
the government is considering the question
of tbe suspension of the Irish jury laws,
and will probably introduce a bill for that
purpose in the course of the present ses
sion of Parliament, without interfering
with the land bill.”
In the House of Commons to day, during
the time of putting questions to the Minis
ters, Mr. Tbo3. P. O’Connor was called to
order for using the word “mendacious.”
Mr. O’Kelly, Home Rule member for
Roscommon, thereupon applied the epithet
“calumnious” and “lying” to several
members of the House, and his suspension
for the remainder of the sitting was moved
by Mr. Gladstone and carried by a vote of
188 to 14.
Mr. O’Kelly then withdrew quietly.
Mr. Parnell gave notice that he would
call attention to the circumstances of the
suspension of Mr. O’Kelly on Friday.
Mr. Dillon’s letter to the Bpeaker of the
House of Commons from Kilmatnham
jail is officially published. Mr. Dillon in
quires whether the question of privilege
does not arise on his arrest, and says that
Mr. Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
read an inaccurate report of bis (Mr. Dil
lon’s) speech. He declares it did uot afford
any justification for his arrest. The Bpeak
er In rep y says that as Mr. Dillon’s letter
did uot relate to any matter of privilege he
had not thought it necessary to lay it be
fore the House.
On motion of Mr. Gladstone, in the
House of Commons to day, to take a recess
until the 9th inst., the Conservative mem
bers raised a heated discussion on the state
of Ireland.
Sir Wm. V. Harcourt, Home Secretary,
replying to the attack by Sir Stafford North
cote, denied tbe charge of concealment and
lack of information, and accused Sir Staf
ford Northcote of desiring to embarrass tbe
government by causing alarm and adding
to the difficulties of the grave circumstances
already existing.
Mr. Gladstone said vigorous steps were
adopted by tbe Irish Executive yesterday
for dealing with resistance to law, including
that at the Castle near New Pallas.
Sir Stafford Northcote said the statement
was not reassuring. Mr. Forster’s absence
must of itself, he said, cause anxiety.
Mr. Gladstone’s motion to take a recess
until the 9th inst. was agreed to.
The statement, which Mr. T. P. O’Connor
in the House of Commons to-dav termed
“mendacious,” was one in a question by
Mr. A. L. Tottenham Conservative mem
ber from Leitrim, attributing the murders
in Galway to the action of the Land
League. The whole proceedings in the
House 6howed the growing friction between
the government and the Irish members.
Mr. Gladstone In the course of his reply to
the question defended the threat to evict
tenants on the Kenmaro property on
the ground that the worst immoral
doctrines has been preached concerning
rent. Mr. Parnell defended his advice to
withhold unjust rents, and said that Mr.
Forster, in not resisting the landlords, had
violated the solemn pledge of the govern
ment and thrown its whole weight on tbe
side of the landlords. But the tenants, he
declared, would continue to fight the ques
tion of rents, and he believed they would
win even against bayonets and police.
Dublin, June 3. —The Irish Bishop,
Croke, of Cashel, has returned to Thuries,
county Tipperary, after delivering a series
of speeches on tbe land question, which the
opposition journals assert would have led to
his arrest if be bad not been
other than a Catholic Bishop. On his
return to Thuries he was met two miles
from the town by a band of music and three
thousand people with flags and banners
bearing patriotic Irish inscriptions. He was
brought in the procession to the Archepis
copal Palace. The people were with diffl
cultv restrained from taking the horses out
of his carriage and drawing it themselves.
The Viceroy has issued a proclamation,
and posted it in the viciDitv of New
Pallas, declaring that any assembly of per
sons for the purpose of obstructing the
execution of a writ is an unlawful assem
blage, and warning all persons at their peril
to refrain from so assembling or
they will be dispersed by
force. The flying column of
engineers, artillery, infantry and cavalry,
which left Dublin yesterday for New Pallas
to assist in the execution of decrees, started
from Limerick Junction for the scene of
the evictions this morning. The first
bridge reached was found to bed stroyed,
but the infantry crossed on the parapet of
the bridge. The people assembled in great
numbers, groaning and shouting. When
the house of the first tenant to be evicted
was reached their attitude became very
threatening, whereupon two priests inter
posed and entreated the people to abstain
from violence. The priests, interference bad
a marked effect. The Pheriff, guarded by
the police, ejected the first tenant amid in
describable groans and curses. Another
telegram from New Pallas states that tbe
Viceroy’s proclamation had the effect of
preventing a disturbance. The force was
so strong that resistance would have been
useless. Other evictions were effe. ted in
the course of the afternoon without oppo
sition.
Ecclesiastical Red Tape.
London, June 3—Lord Seiborne, the
Lord Chancellor, in a letter to Right Rev.
Christopher Wardsworth, Bishop of Lin
coln, expresses the opinion that the Revised
Testament cannot be read in the churches
of the English Church until it has been re
commended or authorizad by some suffi
cient public authority, and that any clergy
man so using it incurs the risk of being
held as an offender against law.
Two Texan Desperadoes Killed.
Dallas, JuDe 3 —Melton and Baker, the
notorious burglars and horse thieves, were
killed in Hayes county by a deputy sheriff
while resisting arrest. The pair had been
robbing stores and dwellings and running
off stock for the last eighteen months.
Mocks lu Augusta.
Augusta, June 3.—Stocks are firm. Geor
gia 180, Central 170, Memphis and Charles
ton 84*85, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
62aC3.
Tammany Against Fusion.— The
Tammany Committee on Organization,
Mr. John Kelly, Chairman, held a meet
ing Saturday evening, at which resolu
tions were unanimously adopted to the
effect that the interests of the Demo
cratic party and the welfare of the peo
ple are to no extent concerned in the de
feat or success of any particular faction
of the Republican party in the contest
now pending in the State Legislature,
and that self respect and loyalty to the
principles and traditions of Democracy
forbid any alliance or co-operation with
either stalwarts or half-breeds, as they
respectively designate themselves and
each other, and requesting the Demo
cratic representatives in the Legislature
to nominate and support for the vacant
United States Senatorships men “who
are the avowed and incorruptible ex
ponents of the distinctive and essential
principles of the Democratic party.”
Recently at Pekin an English couple
amused themselves by being married in
complete Chinese attire. 'J'he bride wore
a jacket of pale blue satin brocade and*
underskirt of dark satm embroidered
with blue flowers; hair ala Ghinoise. A
pruae-cojored jacket an,d blue petticoat,
with a pig tail and Chinese cap and
shoes, was the festive attire of tbe bride
groom.
OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
Weather-Rain—Conrta and Crimi
nals— Bulldlue Boom—minor Top*
Ics-Personal and Ceneral News
Items—The Late Bishop Elliott-
Personal Mention Flual Para
graphs—Railroad Movements.
Atlanta, June 2 —After a long dry spell we
are having refreshing showers daily. Of
course farmers and gardeners are happy, and
the merchants rejoice to see the dust well laid.
It increases the retail trade of dry goods stores.
The dull season has set in, and despite the
unusual amount of building now going on,
many mechanics are out of employment. Bome
of these men have large families and can ill
afford to be id le. Cotton factories are about
the only industries in the South that have no
dull season and give steady work.
Judge John D. Stewart, of Griffin, has been
holding a double barrel court with Judge
George Hillyer, which has disposed of a large
amount of the accumulated business of Fulton
county. Both are excellent workers aud allow
no time to be wasted in useless discussions
and dilatory motions. The docket is now pret
ty well cleared of old cases and questionable
motions.
Business in the criminal courts is just now
very lively, as Atlanta is infested with a grow
ing crop of thieves and burglars. Every night
somebody's house is broken into by colored
thieves, who display a rare amount of bold
ness. During the day they are also and
people have to keep a constant watch over their
premises. Unless there is an increase of the
police force and more vigilance displayed in
tnaking arrests, this evil will render life and
property vdry uncertain in Atlanta,
new buildings.
Visitors to Atlanta will be glad to know that
the old shanties on the corner of Peachtree
and Marietta streets have been torn down, aud
that Alderman Charley Beerman is to erect
handsome two-story brick stores on that con
spicuous corper. It is a long needed improve
ment. 9
Moore & Marsh's mammoth dry goods es
tablishment is nearly completed, and since tbe
roof has been put on it presents a very impos
ing appearance. There is nothing like it in
Georgia, and when occupied will be worth a
visit as one of the great attractions of tbe
South Its cost will be nearly one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
Since my last report of the building boom in
Atlanta several hundred new stores, houses,
warehouses and shops have been commence
Small industries are rapidly increasing their
business, and this requires more manufactur
ing facilities. No city in the South shows so
much building as can be seen in Atlanta, al
though more money is being invested in Au
gusta cotton factories and houses for opera
tives.
MINOR TOPICS.
Ralph T Armstrong, of Notosulga, Alabama,
has purchased an orange grove in Florida, and
some of his neighbors are to follow suit Ala
bama and Georgia will send large colonies to
the “Land of Flowers” this fall for winter
homes. Look out for a real boom.
Bishop Matthew Simpson, the most eloquent
divine in the Northern Methodist Church, will
hold their conferences this year, the Georgia
Conference at Gainesville on November 17, and
the Savannah Conference at Brunswick on De
cembers. He is now on his way to England’s
great conference.
lam glad to see Savannah increasing her
facilities for the manufacture of candy and
crackers, for there are millions in this trade
when properly expanded. I would also sug
gest a big. live furniture establishment. I notice
that Payton H Snook, our great Atlanta furni
ture man, is shinping large quantities of fine
furniture to South Georgia and Florida, a trade
that naturally belongs to Savannah Snook
commenced a small business a few years ago,
anil now his sales are immense. Savannah
ought to have a Snook at once.
The Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany came as a thief in the night and gobbled
up the Atlanta Rnd Alabama Railroad char
ter and organized anew company before any
body mistrusted what was going on. It threw
the Georgia Western Railroad backers into a
fever of excitement, but all to no purpose.
The road will be built at once, and will give the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad a direct through
route to Birmingham, Ala., and thence to Texas
and California.
Colonel Cole will have his line from Bruns
wick to Rome pushed ahead, as he has secured
about miles of the Georgia Western
from Atlanta. We are to have, therefore,
three great Southern combinations. The Cole,
the Wadley, the Taleott—to individualize them
—or the Louisville and Nashville, the Rich
mond and Danville, and the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia. They coverall our ter
ritory and will absorb all of our small roads.
THE LATE BISHOP ELLIOTT.
The Rev. W. W. Spear, of Philadelphia,
contributes the following interesting para
graph to the Churchman, and I am sure it
will be read with deep interest in Savannah,
where the memory of Bishop Ellilott is still
revered: "Several years before the date to
which Bishop Stevens refers (1843) I wa* in
charge of St. Michael's, Charleston, having
succeeded Bishop Bowen, whose assistant I
had been. Bishop Elliott was then professor
in the South Carolina College at Colu-r bia,
and though lie was very young in the ministry,
having been a practising lawyer before enter
ing on the study of divinity,l was very anxious
to have him elected Bishop of the diocese,and
was greatly disappointed at the failure of my
efforts to bring about that result Soon after
I visited Savannah to assist at the consecra
tion of Christ Church, at which Bishops Chase
and Ives were present, and Mr. Elliott, who
preached twice in the services there held.
the Diocese of Georgia was as yet without a
Bishop having been under the jurisdiction
of the Bishop of South Carolina. The question
of the election of a diocesan was raised in our
conferences, and I was asked my opinion as to
the expediency of electing Mr. Elliott, as Mr.
Neufville waived the claims which he might
have urged as the rector of the most prominent
church in Georgia. To this I only replied, with,
X fear, a touch of bitterness, that South Caro
lina deserved to Pse him. At the next meeting
of their convention he was elected, and the
church knows the result of his labors in a
diocese then as wild in every respect as many
of our most Western dioceses are now, in
which his camping tours were full of the most
amusing as well as trying incidents, which
were reported to me in after years, not only
by the Bishop himself, but by a beloved
brother who succeeded Bishop Scott at
Columbus, and accompanied the Bishop on
his visitations before he himself became my
near neighbor in Charleston, where, alas: he
soon ended his useful labors on eaith.
PERSONAL MENTION.
General Gordon still lingers in New \ ork,
and newspaper interviewers are getting tired
of waiting for bis arrival.
Captain G. J. Foreacre is just now looming
up as a great railroad developer in connection
with the new road to Birmingham, Ala., and
another to Knoxville, Tenn.
Horace Bradley’s sketches of the Cowrens
Centennial have been published in the New
York Graphic and Hai per's Weekly, and have
been highly praised for tifeir accuracy. He
made several efforts to get a picture of the
Savannah drum.hut failed to find it.
Judge Hiram Warner, who has been holding
his own for the past few weeks, had a relapse
yesterday and is now quite feeble. He may re
vive, or his death may occur within twenty
four hours. He has the wonderful vitality of
the late Dr. Pierce and Mr. Stephens and n
tenacious of life.
John W. Fallansbee. who was arrested for
bigamy, will be examined here to-day and re
manded to jail. He is a bad man, and the
f fiends of Miss Hunter threaten to lynch him
if he is carried to Decatur for a preliminary
trial. Hanging is too quick a punishment for
the scoundrel, who should suffer slow torture.
A. Smith Clayton, a well known journalist of
this city, is just now stirring up the health au
thorities of Atlanta with a sharp-pointed stick.
While he has the truth on his side he was un
wise in telegraphing it abroad to the injury of
Atlanta. Still, it is safe to believe that it will
finally result in great good, as the authorities
will now be compelled to give prompt and
thorough attention to cleaning up the filth
which abounds in the city.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
I am glad to see the hotel movement agi
tated in Savannah. Keep ir, up until the hotel
is opened to the public this fall in first-class
style.
Col. Wadley seems to be “on top” at last
accounts, and will probably remain so for the
present. He has several “loose ends” lying
around, which he can gather up as soon as a
new sensation is needed.
During the absence of her husband, a
Florida lady made a swoop (?) down Into her
husband's barrel of fertilizer and used it in
her flower garden. When he came home, she
wag told that it was an expensive quality of
cement.
Messrs. A. Pope, G. J. Foreaore and W. J.
Houston, of the Richmond and Danville Rail
road, are maturing plans for a large and
healthy influx of immigration to Georgia,
which will aid greatly in building up the coun
try on the line of that road.
The sale of a free pass on the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad by J. Troup Taylor, Esq ,
the Journalizing Clerk of the Georgia Senate,
will have a tendency to secure a reform in the
present injudicious manner of issuing free
passes to public officials who have no claims
on the railroads and who can make no fair ex
change for the courtesie > extended them.
The talk about anew morning daily here has
not yet subsided, although no movement is
visible to put the talk into tangible shape. The
Post Appeal has discarded patent matter, and
greatly improved all its departments. It has
evidently settled down to gtay, which could
not be said of any of its more pretentious suc
cessors.
Telegraph competition is at an end in this
city, as Was anticipated would be the case
when the American Union opened its rival of
fice. A similar fate overtook the old Frank
lin. and will probably overtake any future
rival that may enter the field. It is to tie
hoped, however, that the Western Union will
continue its recent accommodations and make
it unnecessary for the public to favor the crea
tion of another rival company in the future.
Chatham.
A woman at Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
who bad suffered from a husband’s neg
lect, traced him to a barroom, where he
waa playing cards with several compan
ions. Setting a covered dish she had in
her hands down upon the table, she said:
“Presuming, husband, that you were
too busy to come home to dinner, I have
brought you yours,” and departed. With
a forced laugh be invited his friends
to dine with him, but on removing the
coyer from the dish found only a slip of
paper op which was written: “I hope
you will enjoy your meal; it is the same
your family have at home.”
OUR FUTURE ASSURED.
LESSONS OF THE GREAT ALLI
ANCE.
Colonel Wadley'* Southern System-
Some Interest!ns Facts—The Rapid
Development of Railroads In Geor
ala and the State's Prosperity.
Under the nom de plume of “Kent,” Mr.
R. W. Knott, the accomplished corre
spondent of the Louisville Courier Jowmal,
who has been traveling with General E P.
Alexander, looking after railroad news,
furnishes that paper the following letter
from Savannah, which will be read with
great interest, as it contains much valuable
information:
Savannah, June I.— The railroad map of
the South is, as Col. Cole has remarked, not
yet completed. Great changes have in the
past two or three years taken place, and
these changes have all been for the better,
serving the people more efficiently and more
economically, and bringing also better re
turns to the stockholders of the roads.
In no section of the country has tbe ten
dency towards consolidation been stronger
than in the South, and vet nownere do the
people have the benefit of greater or better
regulated competition—regulated not by the
Legislatures nor by Congress, but by self
interest and the natural laws of commerce.
In the Southeast there are, at this time,
three great combinations seeking to secure
the business of that section and doing what
they can to develop its resources and add to
its wealth. One is the Richmoud and Dan
ville combination, which has a continuous
line from Richmond to Atlanta, and which,
it is said, intends to build the Atlanta and
Alabama, not to the coal fields around
Birmingham, but to Meridien, and thence,
in the course of time, to New Orleans. Col.
Cole’s plans have been fully described of
late in the Courier-Journal, and it is not
necessary here to make more than a passing
reference to them. He has secured the ac
tive co-operation of several wealthy capital
ists in the East, and is now busy extending
his connections and solidifying his system.
Judged by any standard, the greatest of
all these combinations, and the one in
which Louisville is most Interested, is the
LOUI9VILLR AND NASHVILLE.
The triumphs of the management of this
corporation have been continuous for two
years. It is the dominating influence in the
most populous and progressive States of the
South. It has beeu of inestimable service
to the South both by what it has accom
plished and by what its success has induced
others to undertake. Its lines of steel,
owned or eoutiolled by lease or alliance,
cover the country from Norfolk to New
Orleans, from Louisville to Pensacola, from
St. Louis to the sea. Americans are so used
to large figures that they have ceased to
have a meaning, and in this case it would
give the reader only a faint conception of
the extent and symmetry of this combina
tion to say how many miles of road Is under
Its management.
Take the map and consider tbe situation.
It penetrates the mineral regions of Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia;
its main stem passes through Kentucky into
the heart of Tennessee; Its lines go direct
to Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and
will soon be in Knoxville, and on to Mont
gomery, Mobile and New Orleans; running
down Its line, you see cars loaded with the
valued products of the great South, moving
ia one direction or another; whisky, fine
cattle, tanbark, lumber, Iron, coal, cotton,
hemp, fruit of all kinds, tobacco aod oil.
It is a wonderful transportation system,
serving a country of marvelous natural re
sources, and a full realization of its extent
cannot be reached until you travel over It
day after day.
But while this corporation was moving
its lines from the Ohio to the sea, another
system was forming on the seacoa6t and
sketching into the interior. The railroads
of Georgia have of late reached great pros
perity and power. The State is wonderful
ly rich, and it has been fortunate in its citi
zme, who have gradually worked out great
conceptions in spite of numerous obstacles.
The principal railroads in the State are the
Georgia and the Central of Georgia. Of
the first General E P. Alexander was Presi
dent until he was induced to go to Louis
ville, and Col. Pbtnizy succeeded him. Of
the Central William M. Wadley has long
been absolute dictator, and he has succeed
ed in creating a very powerful organization.
It seemed for a long time uncertain whether
the L. and N. and the Georgia roads were
to be antagonists or allies. When Wadley
went down to Montgomery one fine morn
ing and purchased the Montgomery and
Eufaula, it seemed that there was to be a
contest, and that Louisville was to be ex
c’uded from Georgia, and Louisville rner
chants looked on Mr. Wadley as a
very dangerous man. But wiser counsels
prevailed, and after Dr. Btandiford and Mr.
Newcomb secured possession of the Nash
ville and Chattanooga, it was plainly to the
interest of each to reach a better under
standing of their mutual relations. Mr.
Newcomb came very quietly into Atlanta,
held a short conference with Mr. Wadley,
unfolded his plans to him, said he was of
the opinion that mutual interests demanded
co operation, instead of antagonism, and
left him to choose. Mr. Wadley was too
farsighted and too wise to reject an alliance
of that kind, and a thoroughly good under
standing has existed between the compa
nies ever since. About the same time Gen.
E P. Alexander, who had brought the
Georgia Road out of all Its difficulties to a
high state of prosperity, whs made Vice
President of the Louisville aud Nashville,
which strengthened, more than anything
else could have done, the position of the
Louisville and Nashville in Georgia.
Yet these arrangements, while satisfactory
for the time, were not of a character to In
sure anything for the future. New roads
were building and new combinations were
formed, aud it has been considered essential
for the Louisville and Nasbvl’le still furlher
to strengthen itself in Georgia. It reaches
Atlanta from Chattanooga via the Western
and Atlantic, which is free to all, but be
yond Atlanta it was dependent upon the
good will of its allies, which might or might
not be perpetual. The interests at stake
were great, and the Louisville and Nash
ville Is not disposed to take any risks or to
trust to the future what should be provided
for to day. The key to the situation is
THE GEORGIA ROAD.
The main line of this road extends from
Atlanta to Augusta ; thence to Port Royal
is a line in which it has a large Interest.
From its main line it also has a branch to
Macon. It owns a controlling interest in
the stock of the West Point Road, which
runs from Atlanta to West Point, from
which place the Western Alabama,ln which
it has a half interest, extends its lines on to
Montgomery and from there to Selma.
The Central Georgia (Wadley’s road) has
also a large number of branches and con
nections. The main line runs from Savan
nah to Macon, thence to Atlanta. It has a
branch running from Millen to Augusta, and
Col. Wadley also controls the line from Al
bany to Eufaula, and from there to Mont
gomery, which is the famous Montgomery
and Eufaula Road.
These two roads have a fine local as well
as through business, are built in a level
country, are capitalized on a very small ba
sis, and are operated at a very light expense.
Each constitutes a very valuable piece of
property, aud operated one against the
other, could do irreparable injury. Either
in the hands of a rival to the Louisville and
Nashville could be used most effectively
against the upbuilding of its business ia
Georgia, and deprive it of many advantages
which it expected from a number of its
other acquisitions, and consequently It was
very desirable so to arrange matters as to
make it impossible that either the Central
or the Georgia should fall into the hands of
rival corporations. This has been accom
plished. The simple fact has been announced
that the Louisville and Nashville was a joint
lessee with Col. Wadley In his lease of
the Georgia Road, and this letter is written
that your readers may understand the fall
significance of that lease. If it is clearly
understood, it will be seen that no more im
portant acquisition has been made by the
Louisville and Nashville at any time than
when it secured a half interest In this lease,
ft anv organization of hostile inter
ests in Georgia impossible, and secures an
open pathway for all time from the Qbio to
the coast. The lines of the Georgia are also
so situated as to have a strong influence all
over the State, and especially does it
strengthen the Louisville and Nashville to
Atlanta. It certainly does not exclude all
rivals, giviDg a monopoly; this, even if the
road so desired, is not possible. At Atlanta
the Louisville and Nashville is met by the
Richmond and Danville combination, while
Colonel Cole says bis line will soon be com
pleted, so that be will have an unbroken
connection from Chattanooga, via Rome,
Atlanta and Macon, to Brunswick, which
place has a good harbor, but is a port of
little importance.
To-day the details concerning the future
of the leased lines are being arranged by
General Alexander, of the Louisville and
Nashville, and President Wadley, of the
Central. Each road selects tbrpe djreotots,
and they select the seventh member, who Is
to be manager. The names of these direct
ory will be telegraphed you as soon as
known. The pew management wil) leave
nothing undone to add to thy value and
productiveness of the property. There Is a
feeling all through the State that lta devel
opment has just begun. Capital and immi
grants are pouring into it as they have
never before done in its history, and there
can be little doubt that the next few years
will see the income of all the well-establish
ed roads greatly augmented.
Let Louisville merchants turn their atten
tion more and more in this direction. Geor
gia is a great State, and she purchases
many goods in St. Louis that ought to come
from Louisville. It is anew field which
should be used to better purpose than here
tofore, and from this time on Louisville can
be certain she has all the advantages in
rates which any of her rivals can obtain.
Kent.
THE ANTI-MONOPOLY CRAZE.
Tlie Commission and Railroads—
How tbe Three Great Combina
tions Affect tbe Three Arblters-
Posatbllltles of the Savannah,
Florida and Western Extension—
The Legislature Likely to Come to
Its Senses— What Should be Al
lowed tbe Commission—The Late
Big Dividend.
Macon. Ga., June 2.— For several years past
there ha? been a great hue and cry against the
Georgia Central Railroad for alleged discrimi
nations, to the detriment of certain localities
and the aggrandizement of others. Hence the
crusade inaugurated in opposition to what
was termed the "great monopoly,” which cul
minated In the last Legislature by the passage
of the railroad bill and the appointment of
three commissioners, whose power over the
railway property of the Slate is almost unlim
ited.
That oppressive discriminations had been
made iu some instances cannot be denied.
These it was declared, however, were the re
sult of the fierce competition which existed at
terminal points (Eufaula, for instance) be
tween the Central and its rivals. The mana
gers of that road have always disclaimed the
desire or intention to exhibit partiality for
either persons or communities in their deal
ings with the public. The grievances com
plained of were the outcome of stern
necessity only. To their credit therefore be
it spoken, that after the purchase of the
Montgomery and Eufau'a Railroad had been
effected, all” of the discriminations that had
operated injuriously to Americus, Cuthbert,
and other points were speedily abated, if not
wholly removed. And this, it should be borne
in mind, was done anterior to any legislation
on the subject. But the antipathy to monopo
lies has laken fast hold upon the people and
there is a powerful party in the present Legis
lature opposed to Mr. W adley and the Central
Railroad.
The recent “combinations,” however, ought
most effectually to estop all apprehensions as
to any future railroad monopoly in Georgia.
There are three in number—
-Ist. The Wadk-y-Piuiazy-Alexander alliance,
which unites under one management the Geor
gia, ir’outh Carolina, Central and Louisville
and Nashville Roads, with all their branohes
and appendages.
This coalition covers an immense territory
and wields vast influence.
2d. We have the "Plant Syndicate,” which
absorbs the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railroad, together w ith the Way cross branch,
just completed and lain with steel rails. This
cut-off to Jacksonville, receiving as it will
all the ccean steamship travel from the East,
and a very large portion of the multitudes
from every section of the Uniou who are con
stantly seeking health or profitable invest
ments in the land of De Soto, is des
tined to do a large and increasing
business. When the projected exten
sion to Mobile also is finished. New
Orleans wi l realize in this route a powerful
competitor for the carrying trade of the At
lantic coast. It wili practically put an end to
the long and dangerous circumnavigation of
the capes of Florida. This extension will un
doubtedly be made in the near future.
3d. The Cole combination next challenges
attention.
The master spirit of this enterprise which has
sprung full-fledged into the arena is the irre
pressible Colonel E. W. Cole, who was so
shamefully slaughtered in the house of his
friends but one year ago.
For the time overshadowed, and, as it were,
“plumped” out of the railroad ring, the Col
onel remained a passive but watchful
spectator of passing events. Quietly
abiding his opportunity, however, he
now appears once more upon the tapis at once
a debutante and conqueror. Completely hedged
in on all sides from his enemies by the abso
lute financial control of the fourteen hundred
miles of railroad included iu his “system,” this
young and vigorous railway gladiator seems
resolved to make his mark in the coming
struggle for supremacy between the three
great syndicates which are contending for the
lion’s share of the Southern trade. That he
will hold hi? own when the projected links in
his “system” have been completed, is beyond
question.
Whtu the adjourned session of the Legisla
ture meets in July, there will be a decided
toning down of the opposition to Mr. Wadley
and the Central Railroad growing out of the
events which have transpired within a few
brief months. With three distinct and inde
pendent routes from the interior t j the sea,
each self-sustaining, efficient and strong, there
can be no monopoly hereafter in Georgia.
Hence our legislative Solons should “dry up”
on the subject and modify very materially the
act creating the Railway Commission. A
healthy competition or liberal pool
ing arrangements will most assuredly
accomplish all that the public can reasonably
demand. With great propriety, therefore,
the extraordinary and injudicious powtrs with
which the “Commission” have been invested
should be signally abated.
Let their duties be confined to arbitrating
and regulating differences between the various
corporations and their dealings with individu
als who may have cause for complaint.
The power also to prevent local discrimina
tions on any road ought still to be accorded to
them. Beyond this the Railway Commission
should not be allowed to go. Its danger
ous prerogatives ought to be withdrawn forth
with.
The late big dividend has sent a thriil of joy
through the heart of everv fortunate holder of
Central and Southwestern Railroad stocks.
The only disgruntled parties are they who,
disgusted at the non-payment of dividends
for several years, were induced to sell their
shares at ruinously iow prices. It is said that
some of these will bring suits for the sums
which late disclosures show might have been
divided out to them. What will be the out
come of these suits of course the writer is not
prepared to say, though not much importance
seems to attach to them,
This whole region has been blessed with co
pious and most refreshing rains. The crop
prospect is favorable. H. H. J.
The Carlisle Indian School.
A meeting was held in Philadelphia
Tuesday evening of those interested in
the education of Indian children. Capt.
Pratt, who has charge of the Indian
school at Carlisle, Pa., made an interest
ing report of the operations of this
school, which is growing rapidly, and
now numbers two hundred and eighty
eight boys and girls, fifty of whom were
very recently brought from Dakota Ter
ritory. He said that a letter had been
received from Spotted Tail, in which he
stated that five hundred children from
the tribe he controlled would
be allowed to go to school.
The Captain thought that at least
one thousand children could be accom
modated at Carlisle if additional build
ings were put up, to do which would re
quire $3,500, of which amount over
$1,600 has already been subscribed.
Hon. Daniel M. Fox and Colonel Wm.
McMicbael also delivered addresses, con
tending that if the Indian was educated
and made self supporting he would cost
the government considerably less than he
does at present. Considerable interest
was manifested at the meeting, and a
committee was appointed to act in con
junction with the authorities at Carlisle
in promoting the cause of Indian edu
cation.
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Since Mayor Means, of Cincinnati, has
enforced the Sunday law in that city aDd
stopped the sale of liquor on Sunday,
the Cincinnatians have been compelled,
when in search of fun and liquor, to ex
cursionize to neighboring towns. The
consequence is a perfect invasion of the
outlying villages. The little town of
Ripley, in Brown county, is one of the
sufferers. Last Sunday it was invaded
by three thousand one hundred excur
sionists from “the Paris of America,”
who proceeded to have a high old time
and get drunk at once. The people of
Ripley do not like the situation at all.
and propose to organize an army of
marshals to check this invasion in
future.
The Nashville American bitterly re
marks: “There ia nothing smart and
nothing new in the remark made by
some would-be wit that Bob Ingersoll
has made a fortune out of hell. We are
taught by ordinary observation that all
fortunes are made out of hell, and by
the case of Dives that the owner, some
times at lpaat, repairs to eDjoy them in
hell.”
Protection has taken a “boom” in
France, the duty on textile fabrics hav
ing fieen increased hy the new tariff laws
from 25 to 210 per pent. It ia this in
crease which is so worrying the English
cotton manufacurers at' Manchester and
causing them to talk of establishing cot
ton mills in France. The new duties
virtually prohibit the importation of
English goods into France.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
THE STAR ROUTE ROGUES.
“lET NO GUILTY MAN ESCAPE.”
Dorsey and Coterie Thoroughly
Scared Up—The Meshes Closing
About the Kutres-Jolly Auditor
McGrow and His Champagne
Luuches— Hla Supercilious Deputy
—Prosecutors that “Mean Busi
ness”—a Sleuth on the Trade—The
Discomfiture of Conkllng and His
Dummy Discounted.
Washington, June 2.— The star route thieves
are much excited. They are as men walking in
dangerous places, with the lightning playing
around them. Their uncomfortable frame of
mind is superinduced by the knowledge that
they know that they deserve to be struck and
an uncertainty as to when they will get it.
The city is full of their attorneys. The star
route men themselves have gotten out of town.
Dorsey was here to-day trying to see the Presi
dent, but could not. He does not go around
half so brash as he used to, but treads his way
softly. The attorneys of those implicated in
the stealings watch the grand jury with ever
anxious eyes. The other day it
got bruited abroad that the grand jury had
found a number or indictments against the
star route men. Immediately there was a
rush of lawyers to the city ball to give bail for
their clients. These were the lawyers of men
on hand for bailing purposes whose names
had never been mentioned in connection wltb
the star frauds.
It turned out that the grand jury had
returned no indictments—in fact that the
matter was not before them. The little
incident, however, shows how the feeling of
uncertainty among the thieves is spread.
The indictments will be forthcoming in a
short time The evidence. Attorney General
McVeagh told me to-day, would not be placed
before the grand jury until he was
perfectly satisfied that it was
complete, and that the government’s
case would be fully sustained.
There is some difficulty in securing the testi
mony desired. The detailed evidence in indi
vidual cases is difficult sometimes to get at. it
will be reached, however, and then will come
the grand outburst. The removal of McGrew,
Sixth Auditor of the Treasury Department,and
of his deputy, Lilley, has served to again stir
up and agitate these frauds. McGrew over
hauled all the accounts of mail contractors and
passed upon them. His approval was necessa
ry for Brady and the lot to carry on their
highway robbery. They got that epprova).
He passed the accounts and the money was
shoveled out of the Treasury. The fines and
forfeitures that were imposed upon ion
tractors it was McGrew s duty to levy.
He just let them slide. Of course,
his deputy, Lilley, had to be with him to
make these little transactions safe and close.
They both got what the boys call their
“whack” from the contractors. They have
been at it just as long as the stealing has been
going on. The two bounced men are of course
indignant. McGrew got intoxicated last night
over the stroke of lightning that had been
dealt out to him, and went around town howl
ing that it was a “put up job,” and he would
sue everybody for criminal libel who said that
he was anything but straight. He will have
to commence his suits very early if he wants
to see them finished before he dies. Lilley
has been very unpopular with the employes
of his office. He has been domineer
ing and self-consequential. The fatter
he got out of the frauds the more arrogant he
became. Even outsiders visiting his office
on business were treated with the greatest
contempt. He was insulting at times to the
women employed in his office. McGrew, on
the other hand, is a jolly, jovial, good natured
fellow. He is splendid company, and always
had a pleasant word for everybody. Probably
what first attracted suspicion to him in con
nection with the frauds was his daily cham
pagne lunches at a restaurant near his office.
His luncheon companions were Brady and
the star route contractors. The net around
the whole mob is drawing closer every day,.
The investigation is the most complete
of any ever put on foot in Washing
ton. It is conducted wisely and
with a stern impartiality that makes all hopes
of fixing the committee or of whitewashing the
prominent thieves as hopeless as the pursuit
of the golden fleece. The inexorab.e verdict
of hunt down and punish has gone forth from '
the President and Postmaster General James,
and is steadily being carried out. It looks as
if the administration was to be a sad one for
thievt 8.
THK COUNSEL.
The administration has engaged for the
prosecution of the star route thieves Colonel
W. A. Cook, of this city. This is a very wise
stop. It is a tradition among those connected
with criminal prosecutions in the District of
Columbia that whichever side employs Colonel
Cook is always successful. He is—aDd I say it
without favor—the best criminal lawyer in the
United States, not even excepting General
Butler. The foresight in employing him is to
be commended. If anybody is capable of an
assured successful prosecution he is the man.
He not only confines himself to the legal ques
tions involved, but Is as good a detective as
Pinkerton.
THE CONKLINQ BUSINESS.
The news from Albany which showed con
clusively that Conkliug and “me-too” Platt
cannot be returned to the Senate, rid
not create even a decent stir here.
Everybody had taken such to be tho
Inevitable result of the so-called
conflict at Albany, and, what is more, every
body was thoroughly satisfied that Conkling
and his little henchman should be left entirely
out in the cold. A man cannot win friends by
an assumption of superiority over everybody
else and all other things. The men who were
Conkling’s friends were only so because of the
supposition that he wielded an immense pat
ronage. When it became evident that he did
not, that support fled from him. He was no
more the Boss, the dictator. His experience
furnishes the most complete parallel to that of
Cardinal VV'olsey that history hag furnished,
it also nerves, in connection with the failure of
the Cameron influence in connection with the
election of a successor to Senator Wallace, to
show that the days of Bossism In politics Is
over. Potomac.
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