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I;>T A HUSHED 1850.
S NOT THROWN AWAY
. \ t kihct re ached ox the
WYLLY DISASTER.
. Stranfv I’rink-I'lan- fop
v ille' Mammoth vv Hotel—
I hdil'kml K*tri >'ote of In
. Vtloat in Gforfia. Florida anil
...nth Carolina
staMU.
-;•*■• tors at Columbus find tliht
Wylly was fully equ i -ped and
report that in their opinion
tii.irh resulted in her sinking
The agents, miners anil
reforv exonerated from all
. natter.
•■zro rlaims that one of liis
- -leket a day or two ago, and
- writhing in terrible agony the
s into place. Seventv-five
:iave watched the incident.
.•Morn are kept on the run
••ad at iiparta. aged seventy -
• claims to feel the need of a
-san well at Washington has gone
ci feet.
'a int.of Sparta. eightv-tliree
ieii dead in his garden.
•e company. No. 4, will participate
•ntest at Brunswick.
•nd Academy, at Augusta, will
centennial this summer,
ire company. Young America
, ded not to participate in the
. pull presentedlleary W.Graily
: pair of match 'liorses last
rth tZQ.
• \--enator I’errv vs. the Uen-
I U be called this term of the
•: for one more trial.
. threatened the destruction of
'I at Uolunilaig, was evtin
ipieney >!><*.v..
a negro aged 71 years, died
ar' plantation, near Griffin.
• r of thirty-two ehihlren. all
i -*l county, has been made a
will hereafter be known as
ttsburgh supplies this office
-g, E . a - •*•* a evk.
** n. a |-'piilar Macon telegraph
dentally shot in the arm a
and it i“ feared that ampiita
iinavonlable.
he "Id keeper of the Sparta
i*l. lie was the oldest person
" in he flr-t came to the place
■ *nc liouse in it.
It. Jones' on the
i-vUlc. was burned sundav
- *i !‘>ss of *15,000, which is
.<*iO in insurance.
I.uo du*<i at his home near Ca
nity. Sunday afternoon, He
• -hty years of age. and aa
- -ruler* of that county.
a .of -part a, went out to one
-cs.iu last Friday and found
. armed, in |H>*session. As
. a UMCtjpM, and Ills une\-
- -i. wed tight, he left them in
i the New York architect are
-nlle's new hotel building
>ng w ith 250 rooms, and Pro
cter. gas, electric bells, batli.-
i improvement.-. A liowliug
•iry w ill tin lie attacheil, i
-rate buddings. The whole will
■>, and will be located between |
S -irvals. facing llroad. S. '
-a : a has agreed to give a fee I
' the land necessary for the |
r;-anal lease of about fen acres
ig for a park, etc. He w ill
•.•raliv to the stock. It i.-
nev it ill lie raised without dif- ;
FLORIDA.
••ate have been killed in Orange ■
. is being built to the Madison |
: ;t\42 feet in size.
■• m> building is w hat the eiti- j
Bend are striving for.
linen were recently in Cedar
-*4 much excitement among the j
; Cedar Key were fined *lO and
rt\ days, last week, for sleal
froiu Mr. Belelini.
-eve* schooners in Key West
■at Cargo and Matacumbie, load
• apples and vegetables.
ipliell. colored. is in jail at Ocala
■ - wife in the breast. He vva.-
• r. The w..nian i recovering.
ii n indictments were returned
nd jury at the recent term of the
urt m 'lanalis county, most of ,
g for i lolation of the occupational
Ale. a black.-mitli. living in Tampa.
Car null, in a fit of insanity, last
cd to kill his son a*il w ife" Tin*
linn now oooflttod in the county
\i . -tine and Jacksonville Bail- ]
■ have pundiaseit a tract of land |
. from Mi-- laicv Abbott, for
s* u-ed for locating the depot. I
• n well a* -l. Augustine is a
■ • pill of the well is 210 feel, and !
• ter i- e-tiniated to lie alaiut
•r minute. The water is |ier- ;
white and very pleasing to
car Altoona, Mindav night ,
.1 I lidding of the 8.1 l re -
w.i- burned. The structure
• atni i- a total h>->,
. i: aa owned b\ Pin
. f clov entah*. Teniu*ss*e.
have la*en o|H*ned this
1* of the fire is unnow n bat
'■4i in the 10-s of the institu-
'•'l TH f tWUNA.
.>f
. il'.iig rl of (triy-four.lt
i. -** feet ilnitr ltM‘ sea level,
"i the ln-sl summer resorts
\r* A'*uriMion has anlhori/-
: ••! > >'<o in paintings non on
nil<linv f at liarlesu.n.
- rut trying to pi into the
- —en ina-se. making a
_• - ami Iri-li |K>tatue<>.
r- aU.ut Spartanburg
attention to the cultivation
i are now -elling strawli.T
ilammonit is preparing a
- u'li Carolina iimler the
- He IV part men tof Agrirul
- arotina peaches of the
r. . lei in Charleston last
• .r. hard of Mr. IV. t . lteck
iiier. ( oltector of Internal
I p-r District of South t'aro
.i'V4p)ita. while ou leave of
IttHhoiirtUe hel*l a meet
n.l. ro-.i the pnqx)rition>f
■•• to Imtht a railroail from
. I. ri. hborjc and Bishopville
; onnl Edge (Sold will tie short.
" i-l'r.ng a failure on aeeount
ii the Eigetiehl fruit grow -
• >< ano have non eom
■ them lo market.
-s n lorn ante*! to the Post
-king that a i*et office be
" . A. Jennings. Kairvicw
He countx The name of
**• Ho|>ewell.”
- \entv-flve Kales of hav in
f the Suit h ( aroliua Kail
n on the iS<t create*! ron
• 1 its prompt eatinjruish
•stljr conflagration.
' " : na Historieal Bociety has
Hi- following officers: Presi
• I reher; First Vice Presi
ki><-v. I*. I*.; second Vice
' Uaveuel: Corresponding
McHugh; Recording Sccre
. rer. Yates Snowilen;
-. a Cheves; Assistant
Jervev; Curators. .1. J.
• ruor If. s. Thompson.
' -nre. I-Higdon Uheves .1.
r ward Willis, W. G Whil
'**>'* 'till Winter Onjs.
! • . Irw.. May 23.—The tLer.
n to .IS degrees early
and the ground was
~t. Suue think that i*
-h to injure crops.
May 23.—A heavy frost oo
■ay and Tuesday nights
" ith- m and part of Central
t particularly in that section
- - 1 i’t by the tornadoes Friday
vein tables are most en
■ 1. and fruit and grain are
Ice from an eighth to a
i inch thick formed in some
V; on. fit. May 23.—The weather
, • ; here. £?lit it is still cold.
„ ‘•Y.v ia. MaV fS,- —Snow fell last
on the U of the Rieh-
W-A.anv between
-and Clifton Forge. The
- ■ V't-islingly cold and l* dedhtf
• damage to crops.
Mevieo's Policy.
Mexico. May 23.—The Presi
'• * t • ogress to prorogue its ses
k. June 13 in order to act on the
* the English debt. The Presi
'r<s for the forfeiture of the
v hi •> the United States and by
>n Construction and Guarantee
* * " asliintrton, for the drain
■ stjr and the valley of Mexico,
J its failure to deposit the $200,-
' trantee as agreed.
, Vn i vulmuikf in Kentucky.
/;'ixnati. May 23.—A special dis
_ a to the Timet-Star from Catlelta
hr.. says that two distinct shocks
were felt there at 1:30
" k night, which shook buildings
un- town.
Wfa S;ui;mn;tii Homing JJo m
BRL’XS WICK'S FESTIVE FAIR.
Thousands of People A'le wing the Sports
and Exhibits.
Brunswick, Ua„ MUy 23.—The crowd
this morning was as large as any that ever
assembled on the fair grounds. The East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
brought a large crowd of representatives
from all points to Macon, and Mechanics
No. 4 l* ire Company. Representatives are
here from Quitman and Albany, and from
all along the Brunswick and Western
Railroad and the Savannah, Florida and
M estern Railway. The Blackshear Cor
net Band came down, and have taken part
in all the exercises. The Mclntosh Light
Dragoons of Darien, with thirty-nine
men, splendidly mounted, paraded round
the race track this afternoon. They were
tine specimens of soldiery. Darien came
over two or three hundred strong. The
day has been tilled with various amuse
ments The exhibits have greatly in
creased in number. The most complete
exhibit is that in the ladies’ department.
It contains some of the finest specimens
of needle and fancy work ever exhibited
here. The specimens of lace are exceed
ingly fine. Savannah is represented with
a magnificent specimen of tapestry, u full
size portrait of Gen. Washington,’ placed
on exhibition by Miss Mattie Cullen,
of the Forest City. The needle
work of Mrs. Dunn, a lady over
TO years of age, is especially commended.
The hand painting plaques’ of Mrs. Rich
ard Grubb, of Darien, enlisted great at
tention. She had nevter taken a lesson in
painting, but her work gives evidence of
decided talent. The art department js
limited, but some excellent specimens are
on exhibition.
In the firemen’s tournament only Macon
Company Xo. 4 and the Oceanic Company
of Brunswick participated. The Darien
Tire Company, from some misunderstand
ing, withdrew. The test was a run ol 25
yards, couple and throw water. The
second and last run was the same distance
and pick up the reel ’ and throw
water. Macon No. 4 accomplished the first
test in 44 seconds and the second test in
41 c, seconds. On the Oceanic’s first test
they missed connecting the nozzle. They
made the second test in 35 seconds. There
were 5,000 people witnessing the test on
Newcastle street. To-dav. there was only
one horse race. Red t'ox and Island
Queen were entered. Red Fox, owned by
tv . L. Burch, of Savannah, won in two
straight heats in 2:52 and 2:45. Large
crowds leave for home on the trains and
boat to-night. The grand ball comes off
to-morrow night.
SMALL*-POX FROM A CORPSE.
The Novel Introduction of a Dread Dis
ease in Itobinsou.
Cincinnati, May 23.—A letter lias been
received from the Town Marshal of Rob
inson. Ills., addressed to John F. Wiltze,
undertaker, saying that the body of Miss
Young arrived by express at that place
May 4, after being embalmed by Mr.
Wiltze with a burial permit signed
by Dr. Bramble, the Health Officer, and a
certificate signed by three physicians, that
disease the was puethura hemorrhagica,
and that the body was exposed to view,
and had spread the country with small
pox. He says that Miss’ Young died
while attending Miss Bauer's music
school. It is true that the girl died as
Jones says, and that the physicians said
the disease was not small-pox } but two
persons have since been taken with small
pox at Miss Bauer’s school, and the place
has been thoroughly quarantined.
Lancaster, I’a.’, May 23.—Small-pox
of a virulent type has broken out in Lan
caster county prison, and the institution
has lieen placed in quarantine by the lo
cal Board of Health. No person with the
exception of the keeper and physicians
are allowed to leave the building, and
similar prohibition has lteen placed on
all manufactured goods. At present six
prisoners are ill with the disease.
BUCKET SHOPS AHEAD.
Th* Western I’nion Company Restrain
ed from Removing its Wires.
Chicago, May 23.—Judge Tulley, in
the Circuit Court this morning, decided
in favor of the bucket shops in their con
test with the Board of Trade and the tele
graph companies, thus taking a contrary
view to that held by two of the Federal
judiciary, and also two of the late Judges
having concurrent jurisdiction with him.
An injunction had been granted by the
court against the Western Union Tele
graph Company to restrain it from
removing its ticker fjom the public
grain and stock exchange by which
the Board of Trade quotations had l<een
given. The court held that the contro
versy involved simply a question of com
petition. The Board of Trade was en
deavoring to suppress the business of its
rivals by suppressing bucket shops. So
long as the board allowed telegraph com
panies to have agents on its tloor to
gather and send out quotations, it would
not tie allowed to discriminate as to when
the quotations should lie sent. The in
junction would, therefore, stand until the
matter had been passed upon by the
Supreme Court of the State.
\VAVXESBOUOS CHINAMEN.
Kxtreme Difficulty Experienced In Se
enring a Jury.
Avgusta, Ga., May 23.—A dispatch
front Waynesboro to the Chronicle says:
"Judge Rooney is experiencing difficulty
in procuring a grand jury in the case of
the Slate vs. eighteen citizens, who are
accused of having expelled two Chinese
shopkeepers from Wayneslioro. The
first jury w as purged of sixteen members
liecause of their relationship to some
of the defendants, and twenty more
having been summoned, it was found that
only seven were qualified to serve. Judge
Rooney rules that persons related in the
fourth degree—second cousins—to the de
fendant, arc not qualified to serve as
jurors. Another panel will lie drawn,
from which five more jurors are to be se
lected. There is a great deal of feeling in
Wavnesboro, but Solicitor General
Wright, who represents the State, will do
his duty. The persons whom the attempt
is made to indict are prominent citizens
of Waynesboro.”
BANKS IN GE It MAXV.
A significant Incident During the De
bate in the Reichstag.
Berlin, May 23.—There appears to be
a division between the German and Prus
sian Ministers as to the manner in which
the inhabitants ot Schleswig should be
treated. When Herr Scholz refused to
answer the question of Herr Johaansen
in the Reichstag yesterday as to whether
Germans living in North Schles
wig who became Hanes _ after the
Danish war would ho re-admitted as Ger
man subjects if they so desired, llerr
Von Puttkainer. Vice President of the
Kckell and Minister of the Interior, ap
proached Herr Scholz in an apparently
excited manner and held a short confer
ence with him. Subsequently when Herr
Scholz began to speak on another ques
tion Herr Von Puttkamer left the House.
MUSCLES MIGHTV ARMY.
The Battle Between I.abor and Capital
Still Progressing.
Pittskceg, Pa., May 23.—Workmen in
a number of the iron and steel mills to
day presented scales of wages to the pro
prietors tor acceptauee or rejection, and
bv Saturday every firm in the West will
have been officially notified of the refusal
to accept the proposed reduction offered
by the manufacturers. Only one firm,
liussey. Howe A Cos., steel mauufa< Hir
ers, have so far signed the scale, aud the
other manufacturers say that the action
of this firm will have uo effect on the situ
ation, as they deal exclusively in steel
and specialties.
Weather Indications.
OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER,
Washington, U.C., May 23.—Indications
f °j n 'the Middle and South Atlantic
States fair weather, winds mostly west
erlvx stationary or higher temperature
nithSwt Gulf States, Tennessee and
111 Valiev warmer, fair weath
ct?variable wi nui, eUlfOuft “
weather, southeasterly winds, statu.-* .
or lower pressure.
The Alabama Award Surplus.
LONDON, May 23.—Mr. Kennard, at the
desire of the leaders ol the Tory party,
has decided to abandon for the present
session bis motion offered in the House
of Commons in relation to the disposition
of the surplus of the Alabama award. It
is thought that the question can be raised
more conveniently at the expiration of
the fishery treaty in 14,
SUNSHINE AT NASHVILLE.
THE CADETS SEEN AT THEIR
PRETTIEST ON PARADE.
A Gorgeous Spectacle Viewed by Count
less Thousands and Showered With
Plaudits—Commencement of tlie Drill
-Great Confidence Placed in tlie
Cadets.
Nashville, Tins., May 23.—Mud and
rain to-day gave place to sunshine and
balmy breezes. Not long after dawn the
city resounded with the reveille, and the
streets were soon after tilled with soldiery
and civilians. The picturesque uniforms
of the Zouaves aud the other companies
made the scene one which many thought
would not do discredit to the liveliest
of the old world’s capitals. Long before
the hoiir for the grand parade arrived the
line of march had been lined with fullv
fifty thousand spectators, many of whom
had come long distances and stood many
weary hours patient sentinels over
fancied vantage spots for viewing the
expected pageant. The endless labyrinth
of bewildering hunting borrowed in
creased brilliancy from the bright
sunlight, which played ou its heteroge
neous, but happily blended hues. From
every gaily trimmed balcony and window
the route the fairest faces known to
the upper ten thousand gazed with con
temptuous pity on the less fortunate spec
tators whose-private box was no better
than the plebian curbstone. Now and
then a Savannah Cadet was distinguish
able in the moving mass which
surged through the roadway toward the
rendezvous w hence the line of march
was to be taken up. That the company
would not drill to-day, however, was a
•foregone conclusion, since they had last
night drawn the sixteenth place. They
were, nevertheless, the -cynosure of all
eyes and the admiring glances of friends
who had made them their favorites in the
pool boxes and in the corridors of the
hotels, where wagers are most wont
to be made. The column took up
ltß *! no of march promptly at
at hall-past ten o’clock, led, as is usual m
such instances, by an advance guard of
smirky-faced gamin, w hom even the extra
vigilance of the police could not prevent
from lending their imposing presence to
the procession. The order of the parade
was as follows:
Mounted Police.
Military Band.
Chief Marshal and Staff.
Gov. Bate, of Tennessee, ami Staff.
Gov. Bentley, of lowa, and Staff.
Gov. Blackburn, of Kentucky, and Staff.
Assistant Marshals.
Kchhom’s Band.
Lawrence Light Infantry, Massachusetts,
Capt. Dave F. Dolan.
lluscli Zouaves, of st. Louis, Cupt. T. Kosser
lioc liter.
Governor’s Guards, Capt. .1. .F. llrinkerhoff.
-avaunah (Ga.) Cadets, Capt. H. M. Branch.
SECOND DIVISION.
Assistant Marshals.
Lawrence Light Infantry Drums.
Cos. 1. Waukon, la.. Capt. A. G. Stewart.
Houston Light Guards, Capt. Thos. Scurry.
f _°- F, Sublet te, Ills., Capt. C. 11. Ingalls.
Treadway Rifles, Capt. c. P. WAlbridge
Cos. A. St. Louis Artillery, Capt. Skipwith.
THIRD DIVISION. -'~
Marshals.
Decorah Drum Corps.
Mobile Rifles, ( apt. Price Williams. Jr.
( o. H, Winona, Ills., Capt. Beecher.
Hermitage Guards. Lieut. C.C. Kirkpatrick
commanding.
FOURTH DIVISION.
->ignal Corps, Boonesboro, la.
Porter Rifles, Capt. Geo. Revcr.
Cos. 11, Fifth Regiment Illinois National
Guard, Capt. Baker.
Crescent Rifles. Capt. Harry Allen.
Bruns Artillery.
During the whole line of inarch no com
pany received more Plaudits than the
Cadets, whose handsome bearing seemed
to find cqutsl appreciation among the fair
faces, who waved their approbation from
the balconies and windows, and the more
demonstrative spectators who lined tlie
less aristocratic vantage points afforded
by the sidewalks.
After consummating the tour of the
principal streets, as mapped in tlie pro
gramme. the encampment was finally
reached at 1 o'clock.
At the camp the troops were reviewed
and the Lawrence Light Infantry and the
Mobile Rifles drilled, and the Busch
Zouaves gave an exhibition fancy drill,
which was much admired by the
ten thousand people who witnessed the
evolutions at the camp.
The following companies will drill to
morrow: Treadw ays, of St. Louis; Hous
ton (Texas) Light Guards; Crescent
Rifles, of New Orleans; Savannah Cadets;
and Governor’s Guard, of Illinois.
Sergeant Dasher is very much improved
to-day, and notwithstanding that two of
the other members of the company are
teelingsomewhat indisposed, it is confi
dently hoped that the company will lie
able to drill when their time comes to
morrow afternoon. Unless the sick inein
-1 Kirs of the company are well by Friday
morning the Cadets will leave for home at
that time. It is the general hope of the
citizens, however, that the company w ill
lie able to drill,as they have made a large
number of friends who think they are
6Ure of one of the larger prizes.
Three detachments of Louisiana artillery
and the Detroit City Guards arrived to
day. To-night a grand display of fire
works was the attraction, and the streets
were thronged with people until long
after midnight.
SENATOR TABOR'S SENSATIONS.
More Food tor Gossipers Furnished by
His ISush Suit.
Denver, May 23.—The Tabor-Bush
imbroglio thickens. Some time ago ex-
Senator Tabor procured an indictment
against Wm. H. Bush, his partner in the
Windsor Hotel, and his former lriend and
confidential adviser, for alleged embezzle
ment of $2,000 while manager of the
Tabor Grand Opera 'House, and insti
tuted suit to recover an al
leged indebtedness of $20,000 on a
criminal charge. Mr. Bush was tried
promptly and acquitted. In his answer
to the second complaint he denies specifi
cally all the important items, and sets up
counter claims, of which the following is
the most important: $75,000 damages for
malicious prosecution, $13,000 commis
sions unpaid for managing opera
houses in Denver and Leadville,
$lll,OOO for special services, as per agree
ment. in aiding Mr. Tabor's election to
the United States Senate, and in procur
ing for him a divorce from his wifs and
bringing about his marriage with Miss
McCourt. Mr. Busli*s answer is a volu
minous and highly sensational document,
LOUISIANA'S TRAGIC FEUD.
The Death List Swelled by the Finding
of Another Body.
New Orleans, La., May 23.—The
Times-Democrat has a special from Liv
ingston parish to the effect that Robert
Morrison, a brother-in-law of Ivirley, was
found dead in the woods yesterday near
where the affray took place Sunday be
tween the Lanier and Rirley parties. In
the first Statement it was reported that
only the two Laniers were killed, but the
Coroner subsequently found the body of
Bill Kirley in the woods where the Ivirley
party made an attack, showing that the
Laniers had resisted them. The suppo
sition is that Morrison was wounded in
the tight at Hog Branch aud died while
endeavoring to get home. Sammy Lanier
a .red 15 years, has not been heard from
and is supposed to have been shot in the
fight and that he also died in the woods.
This was a family feud which has already
caused the death of nine men. There are
three members of the Lanier family, with
a brother-in-law remaining of one faction
and one of the Morrison aud two of the
Kirby faction.
A HIDEOUS GAME OF BALL
Two Xjues of Maimed Players Striving
for the Mastery.
Philadelphia, May 23.—The Siiorkey
and Hopper base ball clubs, composed re
spectively of one-armed and one-legged
men, played a matched game of ball for
the cripple championship to.day, Four
of the Snorkey team had an arm off afc
the shoulder,' one a paralyzed arm,
and each of the rest of the nine was
minus a hand. The Hoppers were, in
worse trim. Their first baseman had an
artificial leg, the centre aud right fielders
chased balls on crutches and the others
of the nine traveled on peg-legs. The
two-lcsged-one-armed side had an easy
victory over the two-armed-one-legged
crowd, the score standing to 11 at the
end Cf the fifth inning, when the game
ended. .
Pe Lesseps’ New Sue* tanal.
Paris II aV 23.—The Suez Company
have announced u,ai they propose to com-
EES the
wucesaFon of laud froni the Khedive.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1883.
THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
United States Treasurer Wyman's No
tice to National Banks.
ashixgtox, May 23. — The appear
; ance of contagious pleuro-pneumonia
j among cattle in this vicinity is causing
much uneasiness to dairymen and stock
me. Thus far only live cases are posi
j tively known to have occurred, all at a
place called Benning’s bridge, in the
suburbs of the city, but a number of
others have been reported to the authori-
J ties - Four of the infected ani
mals in the cases above referred
to have died, and the fifth has
just been removed to the experiment
al veterinary station recently established
i “ore under the direction of' the Agricul
tural Department. Every effort will be
| “ ia ue to prevent the spread of the disease,
I,ut there is much anxiety as to the result
for the reason that when pleuro-pneumo
ma appeared here in precisely a similar
way in 1878, it spread to Maryland and
i V lrgtnia, aud was with difficulty stamped
| out. •
Treasurer Wyman to-day issued notices
I t 0 all the national banks that in pur
| auance ot an opinion of the Attorney
! Genera l , no return of deposits and eapi
j tal will hereafter be required of national
i banks, as it is held that the duty on said
‘to™ B rejiealed by the act of March 3,
j 1883, ceased with the duty due and
! payable January, 1883.
The Secretary of the Treasury has writ
ten a letter to the Surgeon General of the
Marine Hospital Service, of which the fol
lowing is a copy:
“The President has directed the Secre
tary of tlie Treasury to take charge of ex
penditure olthe appropriation in the sun
dry c , lvll ♦ ro P ri “tion act of March 3,
1883, for the prevention of the spread of
epidemic diseases. This department
has determined to commit to the
surgeon General of the Marine
I Hospital Service inquiry into the need of
; the use of any of the money, and the dutv
i °* applying it in cases that arise there
i upon, and you are hereby authorized to
I make requisitions front time to time for
; such sums as may be deemed necessary
to carry into effect the purpose of said
appropriation, to be expended in accord
ance w ith the existing regulations of the
Marine Service.
Flie National Board of Health has been
i informed that eleven deaths from yellow
fever occurred among soldiers at Santiago
de Cuba during April.
At a meeting of people held re
cently in this city, a committee was ap
pointed, with Fred Douglass as Chairman,
to make arrangements for a national
convention of the colored people of the
l nited States, to lie held on the 24th of
September next. To-day the committee
held another meeting and decided, in view
of the expressed wishes of a large num
ber ol colored people throughout the
country, to change the place for the pro
posed convention from Washington to
Louisville, Ky.
Notice to that effect lias accordingly
been issued. Tlie convention will meet
on the day previously agreed upon, Seu
tember 24, 1883.
THE CZAR’S CORONATION".
The Imperial Banner Blessed With
Oreat I’ovnp.
Moscow, May 23.—Tlie ceremony of
blessing the Imperial flag was performed
in tlie Kremlin to-day in the presence of
the Emperor, Empress, Imperial family
and the Emperor’s military household.
The Emperor and Empress drove from the
Alexandrovsky palace to the Kremlin in
an open carriage and without escort. The
Duke of Montpensier and the Duke of
Aosta, who are to represent the Spanish
and Italian courts respectively at the
coronation, have arrived here.
During the parade yesterday General
Sturm, headmaster of ceremonies, was
thrown from his horse and had his skull
fractured.
St. Petersburg, May 23.—An official
messenger denies that an explosion oc
curred in the dressing-room of the Czar
before his departure for Moscow. He
ways, however, that an explosion, which
wrs due to the escape of gas, did occur
opposite the palace.
The persons to be granted amnesty by
tlie Czar, on the occasion of his corona
tion, will include civilians exiled to Arch
ageis, and soldiers drafted to disciplinary
companies.
STEPHENSON TO HANG.
Gov. McDaniel Refuses to Interfere in
His Behalf.
Atlanta, May 23.—Gov. McDaniel de
clines to interfere in any way in the Ste
phenson murder case from Gwinnett.
No regular meeting of the Railroad
Commissioners was held to-day, owing to
sickness in Gov. Smith’s family at Co
lumbus. Commissioners Wallace and
Trammell are, however, looking well to
the interests*!!' truck and lruit growers.
The noted case of Markham vs. Huff
came up again before Judge Hammond
to-night. Hull' sought to restrain
Markham from collecting rent be
cause there was no equity in
his case. Mr. Markham demurred.
The Judge refused Mr. llufl'w prayer, and
sustained- Mr. Markham’s demurrer,
which throws this part of the case out of
court. Mr. Huff now* proposes to file a
bill of exceptions and ask an injunction
to stop Mr. Markham’s suit forrent at the
next term of court, and carry the case
again to the Supreme Court to settle an
other vexed question. The case promises
to become famous in the annals of Georgia
litigation.
REFORMED EPISCOPALIANS.
The General Council in Session at Bal
timore.
Baltimore, May 23.—The General
Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church
began its ninth session to-day at Bishop
Cullen's Memorial Church on Lafayette
Square. Bishop William It. Nicholson,
of Philadelphia, presided, and Charles D.
Kellogg, of New York, was Secre
tary. There were present Bishops
P- Y'. Stevens, of Charleston, S,
C., James A. Latino, of Baltimore,.
and Samuel Fallows, of Chicago, besides
30 clerical and 30lay delegates. Rev. J.
Howard Smith, of Newark, N. J.,preached
the opening sermon, after which the com
munion was administered. Bishop Nich.
olson then called the council to order
and an organization was effected bv
electing Bishop Janies Latine,
of Baltimore Presiding Bishop,
and Charles D. Kellogg Secretary, Bishop
NiehoUou submitted his report of Epis
copal work, showing 303 confirmations,
two deacons and four presbyters ordained.
Three of the latter wdre from other
churches. One new parish was created,
making twenty-two parishes now in the
Synod.
BAPTIST BIBLE WORK.
All the Business to lie Transacted
Through Two Societies.
Saratoga, N. Y., May 23.—At a meet
ing of the Baptist Fible Conference to
day resoliuions were passed recommend
ing that alPliaptist Bible work in foreign
lands lie done through the Missionary
Union at Boston, and all Bible work in
this country lie done through the
publication society in Philadelphia, and
providing that the American and Foreign
Bible Society nominate four members to
the Board of Publication, and the society
hand over its effects and go out of ex"-
istenee. To the amazement of the whole
convention, only 30 voted against the reso
lutions, while 387 voted for them.
Amidst profound silence Dr. D. G.
Boardman, of Philadelphia, called upou
Dr. Tarles to offer a prayer thanking God
for a conclusion so remarkable. The
opinion is expressed that the Baptists
North and South will unite in working
through the two societies named, and that
the Baptist policy in reference to Bible
work is settled for a century.
Kentucky’s Republicans.
Lexington, Kv., May 23 —The Ken
tucky State Republican Convention was
called to order to-day by George Dennv,
Jr., of Lancaster. Captaiu W. AV. Cul
bertson, of Ashland, was made temporarv
Chairman, and Henry Scroggins, colored,
temporary After opening the
convention, a colored choir sang “Nearer
My God to Thee.” At the afternoon ses
sion, Hon. Walter Evans, the newly ap
pointed Internal Revenue Commissioner,
was elected permanent Chairman.
Fire in Charleston.
Charleston, S.C„ Mav23,— The steam
bakery and candy manufactory of B, C.
H. Clausen A Cos., Nos. 6,8, 10, 12 and 14
Market street, in this city, was totally
burned about 3 o’clock this’morning. The
Joss is about $40,000 and the insurance
about $35,000 A colored employe of the
establishment, who slept on the premises*
was burned in the building.
A PANIC IN THE FLAMES.
HARROWING SCENES AT A FIRE
IN" NEW YORK.
Operators in a Manufactory of Artificial
Flowers Join in a Mad Rush for Life
—One of the Proprietors Suffocated to
Death While Try In* to Calm the Em
ployes.
New York, May 23.—a tire occurred
this morning in the building No. 190 Green
street, and the upper part of the house
was speedily in flames. Richard J.
Guildan carries on the manufactory of
artificial leaves and glass fruit in the
building, on every floor of which a num
ber of men and women were at work.
No time was given those in the two up
per stories to escape by the stairway,
and a simultaneous rush was
made for the windows and roof.
The scene and excitement are in
describable. Shrieking women and
men, maddened, by fright, crowded
every avenue of escape, struggling for
their lives. Assistance from without
could not be rendered. In a few minutes
after all was over and those who could
had found safety on the roofs of adjoining
buildings by perilous climbing, distress
ing rumors of numbers having been left
in the burning house to perish, flew from
mouth to mouth. A woman whose name
was not ascertained was carried out uncon
scious, suft'oeated by the smoke. A police
officer made his way to a burning room on
the second floor and brought out the corpse
of a child burned to death. The insen
sible woman was taken to the hospital,
but died on the way. The firemen suc
ceeded in extinguishing the flames in half
an hour. The upper part of the house
was gutted.
A later investigation proves that only
one life was lost by the tire, that of the
suffocated woman, Airs. Louisa Guildan,
proprietress of the manufactory bt artifi
cial leaves. She was a widow. The child
that was counted as one of the victims by
the police was carried odtofthe adjoining
house iu the confusion. It had died yes
terday. Mrs. Guildan was 70 years old,
and lost her life while giving the alarm
ot tire to the people iu the upper part of
the house.
FLYERS AT THEIR BEST.
A Batch of Interesting Events at Home
and Abroad.
London, May 23.—The race for the
Derby stakes to-day was won by St.
Blaise, with Highland Chief second, and
Galliard third.
The race for the Epsom high weight
plate, handicap, was won by Jcnning’s
Auctioneer, with 11. Peck’s Little Charley
second and Teubroeck’s Chevronal third.
There were no other starters.
Goldfield finished fourth, Beau Brum
mel fifth, Lteocoon sixth, Splendor
seventh, Ladelas eighth, the Prince^ninth,
Bonjour tenth and Sigmaphone last.
Bonjour made the running from the
start, attended bv Sigmophone. They
had a clear head of Ladislas. These, with
Prince, Splendor and Goldfield, were
bunched to Tattenham corner, when St.
Blaise took up the running, closely fol
lowed by Galliard and Goldfield to the
distance line, where Highland Chief took
second place and pressed St. Blaise vert
hard, but did not quite succeed it catch
ing with him. St. Blaise won by a neck.
Galliard finished half a length behind
Highland Chief. The time of the winner
was 2:48 2-5.
Louisville, Kv., May 23.—Tc-dav’s
racing events resulted as follows:
First Race.—Purse S2OO, for all ages;
three-quarters of a mile. Carson was
first, with Rena B. second and Centennial
third. The time was 1:20.
Second Race.—Purse S3OO, one and a
quarter miles. Apollo was first, Lizzie
S. second and Juliet third. The time was
2:17.
Third Race—The Kentucky Derby, for
three-year-olds, .SI,OOO, $1,500 added, ot'
which S2OO to second- one and a half
miles. Leouatus came in first, Drake
Carter second. Lord Raglan third. The
time was 2:43.
Fourth Rack—Club purse $350, mile
heats:
Rufus L 11
Snow Bok. 3 2
Ballast. o j;
Time 1:47)4; 1:48%.
Baltimore, May 23.—1n the Pimlico
races to-day the events were as follows:
First Race—Three-quarters of a mile
dash for maidens, all ages; entrance sls;
purse S3OO. Baida Hornet was first, Le
Petit Due second and Goldring third. The
time was I:22>£.
Second Race— Tlie annual home-bred
stakes for foals of 1880; one mile. There
were only two entries. Bessie was first
and Parnell second. The time was 1:51.
Third Race— Mile aud a quarter, for all
ages; purse S4OO. Flower of the South
was first, Clonmet second, Oakdale third
and Hilarity tvas beaten one hundred
yards. The time was 2:19)4.
Fourth Race—Rancoas handicap for
all ages, SSO entrance, half forfeit; S6OO
added; mile and one-eighth. Crickmore
was first, Ilaledorn second and Antrim
third. The time was 2:02-%.
Fifth Race. —Mile heats for all ages:
Ranger j i
Mary Corbett 2 2
Time 1:54)4; 1:58.'
Sixth Rack—Gentlemen’s steeple
chase, over the short course; prize, a
cup valued at $l5O. Wooster Was first,
Skyrocket second, and Florie third. The
time was 3:19. Paris fell and threw his
jockey.
adrift on a spar,
The Tragic Tolil in a Bottle Found in
Lake Michigan.
Chicago, May 23.-,ln addition to the
lake disasters already recounted, it is now
deemed certain that the two-masted
schooner Ontares, which should have
arrived at this port last Saturday,was lost
in the storm of Sunday, Her crew
consisted of Captain Waldmnn, his
three sons, John, Jacob and Wallace,
aged 24, 26 anil 15 years, respectively, and
a young Swede named Charles Audersou,
A bottle was found on the beach at the
foot of Twenty-fifth street this morning
which contained a postal card on which
was written:
May 20, 1883.—The schooner Sea Gull
went down oil' Chicago this morning. I
ant on a spar. Send help. James Dona
hue, Mate Sea Gull.
She was a three masted schooner of 201
tons burden,
One of the sunken wrecks at Grosse
Point proves to be the schooner Wells
Burt. Her entire crew of eleven persons
are missing, Two additional vessels are
reported overdue to-day, and are probably
lost.
SENATOR DON CAMERON
Loses His Health and ail Interest in
Politics, and Yet Will Not Resign*
Washington Special , Slut .
Don Cameron, who started for Europe
yesterday, left ACashingtoq two or three
weeks ago, after giving farewell to all his
friends. In a day or two he astonished
them all by returning, and did not leave
again until the last moment necessary
to catch the Saturday steamer. He
was in very distressed spirits on
account of his rapidly failing health, and
showed very decidedly that he took no
further interest in polities. He said that
he did not expect to return to America
before late in the fall, and, if his health
was lienetited, lie might remain abroad
for two years. His friends say that Cam
eron is so anxious concerning’ his physi
cal condition and so disgusted with poli
tics that he would resign his seat in the
Senate except for the fact that a Demo
crat would lie sent to succeed him.
Coming to Savannah
Sgj si4, May 23.—The Alabama Press
Association went on an excursion to the
eanebreak section of the State to-uay over
the East Tennessee. A r irginia and Georgia
Railroad. They were handsomely onter
tained by the people of Uniontown and
Demopolis. The Harmony Club of Selma
gives them a grand reception to-night.
Sixty of them leave to-morroty on an ex
cursion to Jacksonville. Fit*, They will
return via Atlanta and Savannah.
Chalmers and Gallaway Arrested.
Memphis, May 23.—Gen. ,J. R. Chal
mers, of Mississippi, arrived in this city
yesterday. Owing to the rumors afloat
the Chief of Police thought proper to ar
rest both him and Mr. Gallawav of the
Appeal. Before the Magistrate they were
made to give a bond of SI,OOO each to
peep the peace. " * r,n
A IVlit email to Hang.'
New York, May 23.—^The trial of Pat
rick Casey, the ex-poliee officer, for the
murder of Sergeant Comiskey on the 11th
of March at Hunter’s Point, resulted to
duv in a verdict of murder in the first de
groe. Anew trial was refused. • Casey
will be sentenced to-morrow.
• h v i* . i ■ . r.
not a success.
1
The Army of the Potomac Reunion a
Disappointment.
Wjxhin-gton Corr**pon<l*nc* Baltimore Sun.
Extended and surprised comment has
been brought out by certain features and
incidents attending the reunion of the
Army of the Potomac in this citv. First,
as to the exceedingly meagre attendance.
The hotel and restaurant keepers seemed
to have a premonition of this, for their re--
sponses to the appeal for contributions
were so pitifully small as to excite
mingled ridicule and disgust. Had it not
been for the local military display, the
procession would have "been a" most
lamentable failure. Baltimore, within
one hour, and Philadelphia,
within three hours of YVashing
ton, have thousands of Union soldiers
who belonged to the Army of the Poto
mac, and yet these two big’ cities, so near,
sent scarcely a handful of representatives,
and outside of the regular army officers,
there was comparatively no attendance
from the rest of the country. There could
lie mo stronger evidence of how rapidly
the old war feeling is dying out. yet some
of tlie few who did attend are endeavor
ing to stir up old feelings with the pueriip
complaint that no Army of the Potomac
flags floated from thecapitol or other pub
lic buildings. On the day of the excursion
to Mount Vernon criticism was made
because before landing thirty cents
was exacted for each of the old veteran.
Criticism on this account was not uu
natural, as it would have been a graceful
act for the Mount Vernon Association
managers to have abated the head tax for
the men who helped to save the capital of
the nation. The meeting at the National
Theatre ou Wednesday night, when the
oration was delivered and a President of
the society elected, was postponed for half
an hour in the vain hope of tlie Presi
dent’s attendance. The President prom
ised to attend, and two of the highest
officers of the army called at the White
House to escort him to the theatre. They
found that la* had gone on a moonlight
sail down the Potomac, and had not left a
word of excuse or explanation. The dis
appointment and chagrin exhibited at
this inexplicable conduct of the Presi
dent was the more marked because of the
indifference with which he was charged
when the procession iu the morning
passed before him in review. One or two
members of the Cabinet were at the thea
tre, but all of them declined to attend the
banquet the next night. The brilliant
oration of Major Maginnis did not please
some, because they alleged it bad too
much in it favorable to Fitz-Johu Porter.
At the banquet Gen. McClellan, who had
been counted upon as a great card, was
so long in making his appearance that
he was given up, only, indeed, coming in
time to make his own speech. His speech
did not please even his own personal
triends, and grievously offended the ma
jority ol' those present, because, as al
leged, he took the enfire credit of every
thing that was done by the Army of the
Potomac to himself, and he belittled the
achievements ot the navy to such
an extent as to arouse the indignation
of every naval officer present. A navy
Lieutenant became so excited that it was
with tlie utmost difficulty he could be
restrained from violently interrupting
General McClellan while' he was on the
floor. When General McClellan arose he
was greeted with enthusiastic demonstra
tions. When he sat down the applause
was very much subdued. The best and
most brilliant speeches of the evening
were made so late that no one paid atten
tion to them. Some of the waiters were
so busy in stealing wine and storing it
under tlieir belts that they began to fancy
they were Generals of the Army of the
Potomac. General Sherman—sagacious,
able and prudent—stuck to his comrades
for the entire two days, and did all in his
power to make the meeting one of
pleasure and success. That it was a dis
appointment to those who participated is
unfortunate, but true.
A Tribute to Mr. Stephens.
Baltimore Day.
In the June number of the Catholic
World, the most interesting paper is that
entitled “Recollections of Alexander 11.
Stephens,” by A. J. Faust, Ph. D. Mr.
Faust says it was his custom for Borne
years to pass part of every New Year’s
dav with Mr. Stephens, and he refers to
his visit to him at Washington on Janua
ry 1,1882, when Mr. Stephens, in a pen
sive mood, remarked that that was the
last New Year’s day he would ever spend
at the Federal capital. Mr. Faust speaks
of a dinner given by Mr. Stephens at one
time in his hotel in honor of Archbishop
Gibbons. Three invitations came to Mr.
Faust to be present, the last through Rev,
Dr. Wells, then pastor of a Presbyterian
church in the neighborhood, this anxietvon
the part of Mr. Stephens being due to the
fact that Col. R. M. Johnston, his nearest
Catholic friend, could not attend, and he
wished a Catholic to aid him in doing
honor to the Primate of the Church in the
United States. Mr. Faust relates the
following amusing incident which oc
curred at the dinner, being a bit of stupid
ity on the part of a then representative of
this country at a foreign court: “Mr.
Stephens had his dinners invariably
served in his private parlor, aud this cus
tom sometimes subjected him to the
contretemps of an unsolicited visit. Dur
ing dessert a gentleman possessing neith
er the presenceof mind nor the savior faire
necessary for such an emergency,
was ushered into the . presence
of the company. The situation
of the visitor, awkward enough in
itself, reached the grotesque through the
simplicity of his inquiry when presented
to the chief guest—namely, ‘lf the Arch
bishop was an Episcopal Archbishop?’
The quick-witted prelate, whose urbanity
never deserts him, took in tl)e unfortunate
position of the ambassador and kindly
came to the rescue with the remark that
he believed the Episcopalians had no
Archbishop in the country.” M r. Faust’s
paper is very interesting, being tilled with
reminiscences of Mr. Stephens, of his
widely tolerant spirit, his respect for
fidelity to honest conviction, his anee
dotical force and fullness, his love
of the classics, and his opposition
to the collection of money for politi
cal campaigns. In literature his conser.
vatism of thought made him an opponent
of all Radicalism, and he had no sympa
thy with what Mr. William Swjnton calls
the “new lamps of history”—that is, the
historical school of which Froude and
Buckle are representatives, Mr, Faust
concludes: “To say that he had some
weaknesses is only to admit that he was
human; but in view of his real greatness
these little foibles are as motes In the sun
shine. With cleau hands and a pure
heart he passed through a life which to a
less noble nature would have been full pf
'snares and pitfalls:, v.itliGUi. once faltering
in what he Considered the path of duty.”
A California Klopement.
San Francisco Chronicls,
One of the quickest apd most, romantic
marriages took place at Napa on Satur
day morning, April 14. The parties were
John A. Chandler, nephew of Zacli.
Chandler, grandson of General John
Chandler, and nephew of Commander
Frank Chandler, of Portsmouth Navy-
Yard, and Miss Mamie Osterloh.a com
pact anj little blonde beauty, with ex
pressive dark blue eyes and golden hair.
She came away from her house and home
without a soul knowing it, and, meeting
Chandler at the depot, threw- herself in
hio arms, saving: “Well, I did it, Jack,
didn’t I?” Chandler is rather celebrated
as one of the participants in a ten-shot
duel of two years ago, when he killed a
man. The couple were married ip two
minutes by Judge B- ftobinpop and pro
nounced man and wife.
Bat and Ball.
Games of base ball were played yester
day as follows:
At Newark, N. J.—Metropolitans 12,
Domestics 1.
At Chicago—Cbicagos 19, Bostons 9.
At Cleveland—Clevelands 8, Pliilad&i
phias 6.
At Detroit—i>eirolts ti, Providences 4.
At Boston—Harvards 14: Browns 2.
At New York—Princetons 6; Am
hersts 3. ’
At ’Wilmington, Del.—quicksteps I;
Alleghanies 1. <
Jacksonville’s Scourge.
New Orleans, May 23.—The Times-
Democrat's Jacksonville, Via./special re
ports great excitement there about the
small-pox, Eleven new oases were de
veloped to-day.
Spain’s Red-Handed Society.
Madrid, May 23.—A secret society
with 300 members has been discovered a"*
Acres. Thirty-four of the members have
been arrested.
Notin-the Vanderbilt and
(jould, tne Nashville American remarks:
“It is clear to a thinking man that the
elan of progress in the United States is
yet a great deal stronger than the force of
any individual or syndicate. It i*fafr. to
predict, therefore, that when me public
come to clearly comprehend the causes
v/hich led up to the present attitude of
these two really powerful capitalists. H
will Include this view of the situation *>
COUNTY MAYO IN A FEVER
TWO HUNDRED CONSTABULARY"
SENT TO CASTLEBAR.
Two More Arrests Made—T wenty Pounds
Given an Informer to Shoot Landlords
—Harrington’s Paper Seized for At
tacking the Queen—The Situation
Growing Exciting.
Dlblix, May 2-3. —Two more arrests
have been made at Castlebar in connec
tion with the recently discovered murder
conspiracy in County Mayo. Great ex
citement prevails over the arrests, and
200 members of the royal constabulary
have been drafted to the town. A man
named Nally, a brother of Serab Nally,
one of the defendants in the State trials in
Dublin, and several other persons, were
examined to-day on a charge of being im
plicated in the conspiracy. An informer
named Coleman will testify that he re
ceived £2O to shoot landlords. No report
ers were allowed to be present at the ex
amination.
John Dillon, in a letter to Freeman's
Journal, advises the Irish people to make
the 1 arnell lund such a success that the
1 ope will realize how grievously he has
been deceived by the English government
and the miserable pauper landlords who
infest Rome.
I kai.ee. May 23.—Tlie police have
seized the plant of the Kerry Sentinel and
prevented the publication of that paper,
which is the projierty of Mr. Harrington,
member of Parliament for Westmeath.
The cause of the seizure, it was supposed,
was the publication of a notice in the
Sentinel asking jiersons desirous of join
ing the “Invincibles'’ to attend a meeting
which was to be held last Sunday. The
notice appeared in last Saturday’s issue
and was seditious, the placard begin
uing “To with the Queen.”
Kingstown, Ireland, Mav 23.
Archbishop Croke, of the diocese of
Cashel and Emlv, arrived here to-dav on
his return from Rome, and was given an
enthusiastic welcome. In replying to an
address presented to him he said that he
had no reison to be dissatisfied with bis
visit to Rome.
London, May 23.—1 t is announced that
the marines who have been assisting the
police in Ireland will be withdrawn.
The Daily News says that there is an
impression among the Irish members ol
1 arliament that the government are look
ing for an opportunity to remit the re
mainder of the term to which Healv Dn
vitt and Quinn were sentenced to remain
in prison.
Liverpool, May 23.—The dynamite
conspirators Deasy, Flannigan, Kennedy,
O Henly aud O’Connor have been com
mitted for trial. Thev reserved their de
fenses.
Montreal, May 23.—The beiief is cur
rent in Jrish national circles that despite
the action of the clergy against if the
local Irish societies will form themselves
into league branches. A leading member
of the Montreal branch of the Irish Land
League says that they will probably
abandon any scheme for affiliation with the
American League and hold a convention
and form a similar organization for the
Dominion of Canada. The local branch
of the League has delegates interviewing
the different Irish national societies here,
and they will report on Sunday next,
when the whole subject will be discussed.
In the meantime the position by the Irish
Catholic clergy is upheld by all except a
few who care little for any clergy.
Boston, May 23.—The steamer l’rus
sian, which arrived here to-day, brought
I,<lo steerage passengers, most of whom
are assisted emigrants from Ireland.
Their average condition is much the same
as those landed here before by the Allan
!■ ne. A lew of them are engaged to go to
Lewiston, Me., to work in a milk
GATH MEETS GOLIATH,
And Considerable Slinging Around Im
mediately Knsues.
Mew York World , list.
A melancholy illustration of the slight
hold which rehned journalism Ims upon
the uneducated masses was afforded about
*5 o’clock yesterday evening at the Grand
Hotel on Broadway. A short, stout, olive
complexioned gentleman of much beam
and great composure, who contributes to
the various newspapers under the pseudo
nym of George Alfred Townsend, was test
ing the hospitalities of the Grand just
about the time that a Mr. Duncan Harri
son was searching the wide world through
for a journalistic partv, “Gath” bv sobri
quet.
The innate malevolence of inanimate
conditions brought Mr. Harrison and Mr
Townsend into close contact. Mr. Har
rison stoutly alleged against Mr. Town
send that he had written in the Philadel
phia Times something to the disparage
ment ot a Miss Maude Harrison, who. it
would further appear, is not only an
actress but a sister of Mr. Harrison him
self, to which Mr. Townsend, with due
caution, returned an ambiguous reply.
Whether the Harrison family is or is not
a peg above the entertainment of ambigu
ous replies will always remain an open
question, but it is a fact beyond all dis.
pute that Mr. Duncan Harrison was im
mediately inspired to ask Mr, Townsend
to assist him in surveying the neighbor
ing sidewalk. Mr. Townsend, moving to
lend him his aid as readily as a stout per
son can, was forthwith surprised bv a
contusion of his right cheek and a sub
sequent series of astronomical phenomena,
surpassing even the cometary calcula
tions of Greenwich Observatory.
Mr. Townsend was immediately re
moved to his own quarters by his sympa
thetic friends, and Mr. Harrison suddenly
realizing that he had been unduly exu
berant in the very precinct of Captain
Williams, ran before the wind like a top
sail schooner, and was almost instantly
hull down on the Broadway horizon.
Mr, Townsend has declined to see any
members of his own profession, but it is
definitely understood that when be casts
off the cooling and consolatory beefsteak
which at present sheds its succulence on
his right eye, he will at the same time
abandon theatrical journalism to cor
respondents of stouter phvsique and more
active pugilistic delivery’. *
FALLING I*lo IHQN
Sighs Inuioatiiig that Small Manufactu
rers will Suffer as in 1873.
New York Sun.
Three months ago pig iron was selling
for $24 a ton. Since then there has b.een a
break in the price. Some mafluthefurerx
are now selling at h 22, and some are cut
ting down as low as s2l a ton. It is
thought that it will go still lower. The
trouble is said to be owing to many small
manufacturers’ necessities compelling
them to sell for what they cap get. In
1873 pig iron sold tor S3O a ton. The
small manufacturers began to cut down,
and prices finally went as low as $lO 50 a
ton. The consequence was that the ma
jority of the little concerns were wiped
out. It is thought that a similar result
will come from the prose a ► break.
Mr 5. t*. Clarke, President of the
Thomas Iron Company, said last
night that a further reduction
would lie made. “The production
of pig iron is too great/’ \. am j
there is po.t a very encouraging outlook.
It would seem from present appearances
that many of the weak manufacturers
will have to shut down. There must he
an end to the break in prices. It may
not be until a figure is reached at which
only a few of the strongest concerns can
run, and houe make a profit. If such is
the sooner that figure is reached
the better, for not until then will con
fidence be restored, and it will not be
until confidence is restored that an in
crease in the consumption can be ex
pected.”
Mr. Clark said that stee 1 , vas selling for
S3B a ton, a a, which there was no
profit. He did not think there would be
any reduction, as the orders for steel rails
were very heavy. He said that *hrt<e
months ago he did not expun that’ the
company’s steel mills at Scrantdn could
fie kept running half the time. They have
no# so many orders ahead that they wiji
not be able to take anv iporu tor six
months to come.
CprpetUt Arbuckle Dead,
New York, May 23.—Matthew i
buckle, the well known corns' fdaverami
Wesf ki his rSncS
Wert l ueutv-seo .nd street at 5 o’clock
this evening of pneumonia, aged 54 rears
He was born in Scotland. ’ '
Troops Vy Thousands,
May 23.—Fourteen thousand
troops paraded to-day in honor of the visit
of the King of Portugal. They were re
viewed by King Alfonso.
By the casualties occurring in the towns
and cities of the United States in a single
day thousands of persons have cause to
iogret that they did not insure in the Uni.
ted States Mutual Accident Association,
320 and .122 Broadway, Npw York.
Louise Parker, the promising
pruna donna, will sail for Italy in Juim
tor a three years’musical study,
THE PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK.
Governor Butler’s Views on tlie Tariff
and Other Questions.
From an Interview in the Now York Herald.
“Well, now. Governor, suppose we take
a look at the Presidential prospect. Do
you think the Democrats have ant
chance?’’
“I do, indeed. They have a great op
port unity, and can win unless thev throw
the chance uway.”
“On what ground ?”
“There is but one—the tariff! It is the
living issue on which the Democrats can
stand if they hope for success. The Re
publicans say it is proper to raise reve
nue to protect American industry, al
though that revenue is not needed for gov
ernmental expenses. During war times
we needed all we could get and from
whatever source, but that necessity ex
ists no longer. The Constitution savs
that taxes can be levied for needed
revenue! Any contrary theory is uncon
stitutional, unjust to tax payers and
impolitic as well. Some Democrats sav
that the tarifl should be for revenue only.
They would lie nearer the Constitution'if
they said the tariff should be only for
revenue—the needed revenue. The differ
ence is clear. If for ‘revenue only’ we
must raise s3oo,ooo,ooo—nearly $1,000,000
a day—of revenue for actual' exjienses.
without regard for anything else, and on
such articles as would stand the test. If
‘only for revenue,’ a tariff is jutjiosed
chiefly for the protection of American in
dustnes.”
“Rather a subtle distinction.”
“No, a broad one. One raises what
revenue is needed without regard to
American industry or labor; the other
raises it by taxing such articles as com
pete with the products of American in
dustry and labor. I prefer the latter. The
Republicans raise more revenues than we
ueed in order to protect American indus
try and labor. The Democrats should
raise w hat is absolutely needed, and so
raise it as to protect American industry
and labor. On this issue the fight can be
made. YVhy should all be taxed so that a
lew may flourish, and river and har
bor and other treasury steals he
permitted? Is that the way to protect
American industries? I ' should be
glad to take that issue, and would have
no fear of the consequences. We raise
$1,000,000 a day for needed expenses, and
if that sum won’t sufficiently ‘protect’
American industries then they are not
worth fostering. Do you want to be taxed
for the benefit of others, knowing very
well that the money will be squandered
by the party in power? Obviously not.
Are you willing to be taxed for legitimate
government expenses? Always. Do you
object to being so taxed as most cer
tainly to help American enterprise and
forward American labor? Of course not.
That’s the issue. Clearly put and fullv
understood,the American people will have
but one response. On this the Democrats
will win.’’
“Didn’t you make this part and parcel
of your State campaign, and with direct
reference to the necessities of the Nation
al Democratic party?”
“I nquestionably. A significant section
of our platform took hold of the precise
situation and demanded a thorough and
immediate reform of the tarifl'. We then
said and now say that the Constitution
of the United States sanctions taxation,
whether by excise, impost or customs, to
the amount of the necessary expenditures
of the government, whether in peace or
war, to which all its revenues must be
limited. And then we went on to say
the national expenditures are now so
great that no proper protection can be
given to American interests, Ameri
can industries and American labor
within these limits. Therefore we
call upon Congress so to reform
the present war taxes that hundreds,
of millions may not be, as
now, needlessly extracted from the earn
ings of our people to lie in the Treasury
as a temptation to wicked and reckless
appropriations for extravagant public
buildings and useless and wasteful river
and harbor bills; that no taxes shall be
levied-on the necessaries of life or upon
the raw material which is not found or
produced in our country: that the tariff
shall be so judiciouslv adjusted that Am
erican commefte shall be fostered, and
above all, American labor elevated and
amply rewarded. We then affirmed, and
I reiterate it now, that all these results
can be fully realized under anew tariff
limited in amount to a sum uecessarv and
adequate for revenue.”
“What do you consider axioms of the
Democracy?”
“No sumptuary laws infringing sacred
rights of personal liberty; no double, no
unequal taxation; no partial enforcement
of the laws; no class legislation. These,
as we said in our platform, are axioms ol
Democracy.”
“And does the growing power of corpo
rations suggest any course to you?’’
••Exactly the point made, that in .this
day of giant monopolies, powerful cor
porations and concentrated wealth, seek
ing to subsidize every function of govern,
ment to their own exclusive benefit all
true Democrats should proclaim their
principles anew ip behalf of labor and all
its interests, In behalf of the laboring
masses and all their rights, to the end
that this government may be and may
continue to be the people’s government
as the fathers of the Republic designed
and intended.”
“What is your theory in reference to
appointments to public offices?”
“Fitness, not favor, should be the pass
port to public service. There 6hould be
no removals of government employes be
fore the expiration of their term.of ser
vice except for cause, and no assessments
on their salaries paid to them by the
whole people should be levied for the per
petuation of the party in power.”
“You appear to he’ tolerably confident
so far as the Democrats are confident, but
bow about the Republicans?”
“The Republicans go into the race
weighted down by the wrongs of a quar
ter of a century of power,”
“With what issue?”
‘;There is but one issue—the tariff'. Thev
defeated Hancock on that issue because
they sprung it on the country at the tail
end of the campaign, when there was no
tune to discuss it. They made most effee
tne use of it, but next time it will
be different, They will have to meet
the issue on the broad grounds I have
outlined as the platform of Massachu
setts Democrats. They rely now, as
heretofore, on the mistakes of the
Democrats. Minorities always have
greater wisdom than majorities. There
are no mistakes of tho past from which
they cannot tie relieved, and they have no
trammels of administration office-holding
which prevent their following >- ( n the
true interests of the whole oou >try The
minority has the cuUre field in which to
work: the majority that part only of which
it holds possession.”
“Then you adhere to your faith in a great
IJeimjcratic victoi^?”
“I do, most certainly.”
UKEKMIOItr.
Ti,ejr.>x.Congressman front Virginia Hays
Arthur is AVcdded to Malione,
tYushinton Special to the Courier -Journal.
Ex-Representative Doxendorf, of Vir
ginia, in conversation with your corro
snonaeni, reiterated most positively the
allegations lately made by him to’ the
President and mom Iters of the Cabinet
concerning the unlawful use of Federal
patronage ip Virginia in tne interest of
Central Mahone. He said the adminis
tration had given over to Mr. Ma
hone the absolute control of every
thing in the State, and no Repub
lican in Virginia, whatever his stand
ing or services, could obtain anv consid
eration except by the grace of Mr Ma
hone Mr. Ilezendorf expresses bis great
gratification that me prominent Re
publican papers in the land were con
-I,muuug the administration for its action
in Virginia. He said if opportunity was
given he could prove the truth of evert
statement he had made. Instead of all
the candidate* on the coiiutv ticket with
him oeng Democrats, as had been alleged
he mentioned several who, he sgud. were
straight-out Republicans.
A Sfibwer of iiird*.
Mieenju>rt i.oe+rtr,
A remarkable phetioyaenon occurred at
luqepentienco- iowa, during a heavy
Utumle*; storm on the night of the Ist inst.
*.,any were aroused by a iieltmg against
the windows, and supposed it to lie bail;
others thought it wax caused by bats.
But the next morning thousands of birds
were found all over the city, some dead
and some alive. Wherever a door had
been open the place would be full of them
It was a literal shower of birds, and how
and whence came they ? In size the birds
were a trifle larger than a snow bird, and
their color much like that of a quail. No
such bird was ever seen there. One theory
is that they were drawn into the vortex
of a Southern cyclone, and carried as far
as Independence, where they were dropped.
A lUilroad Sale Confirmed,
Richmond. May 23.—Judge Mfllford.of
the Circuit Court to-day entered an order
confirming the sale of the Washington
and Ohio Railroad made sometime ago.
Tfce counsel of the parties opposed to the
confirmation will probably appeal to the
Supreme Court of the State.
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A CRISIS IN- GUAYAQUIL.
THE DICTATOR TO FLEE AND
THE TOWN TO BE PILLAGED.
An Attack from Without Hourly Ex
pected—The Bank’Already Plundered
—Desertion In the Ranks—A Valuable
Pass Discovered—lnestimable Advan
tages to be Derived.
By Central and South American Cable.
Gapyaquil,via Galveston, Mai' 23.
Last night the enemy came within the
radius of the fortifications and over one
hundred shots were fired on both sides.
The firing win kept up until 3 o’clock
this morning. There is great excitement,
as an attack is hourly expected. Presi
dent \ ientemilla was present at the tiring
during the night.
New A ork. May 23. —Advices by mail
from Panama to the 12th inst. indicate that
tlie Ecuudian muddle is not terminated.
The last act ot Dictator Veintemilla was
to plunder the Bank of Ecuador, a private
concern, of $3,200,000. All believe that he
intends to leave the country, but out of
revenge wants to make a show of defend
ing Guayaquil in order to have an excuse
for destroying the property of his enemies,
if not the whole town. It is a fact he
has oflered his men a chance to
’’.Jb'U the place. A reliable report
states that many of the soldiers were de
serting him, that the commander of the
tort below tho city had fled after spiking
the guns and removing the ammunition,
and that another officer on duty up the
river had turned over his entire command
to the rebels. Barilochi pass, between
Chili and the Argentine territory, which
has been recently discovered, had
been long searched for, but the astuteness
of Indians in time of peace and the pre
cautions taken by them in war have
hitherto prevented its being known to the
Argentines or Chilians. The Jesuits knew
of its existence, and a eenturv and a half
ago unsuccessfully explored for the ex
trance to it, while Pessis, author of tho
map of Chili, confidently stated that the
easiest route between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans would become known when
the Argentines drove the Indians from the
plains and mountains. The discovery of
this pass places the Pacific within 70 ini’les,
by an easy road, of the extreme western
Argentine post at Lake Nahuelhaspi, and
it will now be possible to construct a rail
road from the Gulf of San Matias, in Pata
gonia, on the Atlantic, across the pampas
aud through this pass to Chili, on the
Pacific coast, which will he
less than one-half tho length
ofj that one now being
completed from Buenos Ayres to Santi
ago via Mendosea. It is difficult to over
estimate the value of this discovery.
Red cotton English prints imported into
Chili have been found to contain 2 11-100
grammes of white arsenic to the 1-10
square metre, and their importation has
been prohibited.
ONE OF ARTHUR’S SCHEMES.
He Proposes to Ise the Colored Con
vention for His Renomination.
Washington Special to the .V. World, tut.
A notice appears in to-day’s papers re
convening the delegates to the late Eman
cipation Day Convention wheh called a
national meeting of colored men. It is
understood here that the real object of the
meeting is to make a general change in
the programme for the convention. In
stead of being held here the plan now is to
have it held in one of the doubtful States
where the colored vote is worth making
an efiort to secure, and instead of holding
it during the coming autumn as intended
to put it over until next year, just pre
ceding the Presidential election.
This change is said to be the result of a
conference between Fred. Douglass and
President Arthur on Saturday, In which
the matter was carefully talked over in all
its bearings and this plan decided upon.
It is understood that if the present pro
ject can be carried out the convention
will be held in Indiana, Ohio or New
York, as circumstances may dictate
about a year from now.
The Washington Star, which is in some
sense more nearly an organ than the Xa
tional Republican, cails editorial atten
tion to the matter by saying: “The con
vention is reassembled, it is understood,
to consider the propriety of giving greater
latitude to the committee of twentv-fiv©
which called the convention of colored
men of the United States to meet in this
city in September next. The committee
feel that under the resolution creating
that body it is confined to the time
and place therein stated, having as
its chief purpose simply the promo
tion of the object of the call. The com
mittee have been willing from the start to
modify the call at the proper time to sat
isfy all sections. The necessity for the
convention is apparent, they say, notwith
standing the opposition that has sprung
up here in Washington by persons em
ployed in the departments. Already in
Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana and
lennessee the colored men have takeu
steps to call their leaders together to con
slder the very questions mentioned in the
call of tho committee.
1 here can to no doubt that President
Arthur is quietly hut effectively working
every card for a renomination, and with a
few such men as Fred Douglass, Blanche
K, Bruce and Milt Holland aiding him,
the colored element will he made a power
in his favor.
L.ord Lorne’ti Successor.
Lord Lansdowue, who Ims been appoint
ed successor to Lord Lome as Governor
General of Canada, is a rising young
Whig politician of considerable ability
and the highest ehuraeter. He is one of
the most extensive land owners in Ire
land, where his ancestors for generations
back have lived. Ilis estate is over 135,-
900 in extent, and ho is said to be
a model landlord. In April, 1880, Mr.
Gladstone appointed him Under Sec
retary for India, but when the
government introduced the compensa
tion tor disturbances in Ireland bill he
opposed it on tlie ground that its provi
sions were unnecessarily harsh and un
just to the Irish people. To show his
great faith in them, he spent part of the
following winter on his estates at Kerry,
but before more than half the season had
passed he was obliged to leave there on
account of the disturbed condition of the
country. Imrd Lundsodwnc married a
daughter of the Duke of Abercorn, who
was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland during
part of Lord Beaconsfield’s administra
tion. Ho is thus a brother-in-law of Lord
Gwxrgo Hamilton, who is now acknowl
edged as one of the leaders of the Tory
party.
At tlie Grutes of* the Soldier Dead.
Richmond, Va., May 23.— Memorial
day was observed to-day by a general sus
peuaion of business. Twelve thousand
graves of Confederates in Hollywood Cem
etery were decorated with flowers. The
military paraded. The weather was cloudy
and cool. Many thousands of people visited
tlie cemetery. The feature of the day was
the performance of the burial service over
the remains of a number of Confederate
soldiers killed at the Little of Seven Pines,
which were Woiu ht to this city a few days
ago. Another interesting incident was
iie presentation by l’liil Kearney, Post
No. 1 of the Grand Army of the Republic,
of a magnificent floral tribute to be placed
on the grave of General George O, Pickett.
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