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ESTABLISHED 1850.
, H ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor. |
liKitRGIA AND FLORIDA.
ur nK \\ sof the two states
Ttt told IN PARAGRAPHS.
111-taut Destroyer by Acel-
B ‘‘ , Burglars Busy at Covington-
MaltrcateJ Chilli of Chipley Dies
lh ’ Back from the Grave to Cou
-•* >D |r ‘l erer ‘
amtsu.
Forsyth lias been •lemol
.lu-tife- i raw font's improvement
i i>. .Irik-, of Hawkinsville,
' morning.
.. ,t ... :i foremost citizen of Vi
p*l-;1 , on -unilay last.
,-i -ure of the gpeedy erer
| ' 1 !• limit- of a high school,
k ; A ~. moand 110,000 have been sub-
I ~. iv iron bridge at Rome.
~s r .mi -till continues and the
IvaneiS In Talbotton.
i r u . .>rity for fence in Sumter
1 i ; day's eleetiou is 1,.170 votes.
40^! '"’ 1 ~t narv f Talbot has orffereil the
1: lie held on Saturday, Augu-t
i (nittoi, Railroad Company are erect
-1 ~.nis car shed ut the Talbotton
. offered for 30 cents per bushel in
1 buyers. It has even gone beg
* ,7 n...ratur- of the Tenniile, Samlers
' - ,-t i .ii ! Union Point Railroad met in
'! trla l Wednesday.
Miient of the Sixth Georgia ltegi
sulphur Springs, commences
ll'rUne-'laY next.
M Williams, of Putnam, makes vearly
- approaching a thousand dollars in
'• mi butter.
,u encounter between John Dees and
i .1, Aril, two Columbns blacksmiths.
’ ’• ’rr< rived dangerous injuries.
, .1. F. Mcflellatwl, of the Ifou-e of
~ r ,.L, [i! i'ives, mourns the 10-s of a baby
‘ , at Stone Mountain Wednesday,
i nzhain county had its annual picnic
tVisli'” 1 and McDonald and John W.
U . . i; ..if”-avannali, delivered addresses.
, , I'. Wimberly, Clerk of the Court, and
1.'.1, the tir-t paper printed in Albany.
■ , a a d:t> or two ago at his home in Albany,
v .> KuiniH Bullard, of Vienna, charged
: | 1( . murder of her ehihl born out of wed
. ~ ct >ntine<l to her bed, but is under ar
express train from Atlanta struck a
i .ir-oh! boy at ltrackmart Wednesday,
I inflicted injuries which must result in
Mr. Conner, of Monroe, has been acquitted
,• , I; , Crime in the killing of Dan Pollard,
irel man who threatened to beat him
.I.Sail, the late Assistant l’ostmaster in
Ytlnntu. i- now keeping books for K. D. Cole
4 i/ 0 . and the Wilcoxon ManufacturingCom
.anv. of Mewnan.
There is a Indy in Hart's district who has
to Talbotton in thirty years, she
Ae- within six miies of the town and has
ivare'l a large family.
l ire and water ruined W. R. Wood's grocery
(, iu t olunibus at 1 o'clock Wednesday
M. t>. Hood A Cos., druggists, also
“j, rci considerable loss.
,!..!!ii i>. Gravitt. of Forsyth, has discovered
liable gold mine on his farm and sold it
I Tiv A Hayden, of Gainesville, for 113,000.
Mr iirav lU gave $5,750 for the place.
\ iol'l negro woman, named Watsey Jones,
.i ~| m Collinsville on Tuesday, at the ad
i jar, •! age of one hundred years. Her oldest
s.in I-eighty year- old, and the baby of the
(amity is forty-eight.
Friday, the 13th instant, was the 23d anni
vci-arvV.f tht; departure of the Lester Vol
unteers of Forsvtn, to enter the Confederate
sVr . ;,-e."and the 19th anniversary of tbeoccu
. ~f the town by the Federal soldiery.
Tui—iav evening a freight train on tlie
VVi-ten. and Atlantic Railroad ran through
Marietta at the rate of :I3 miles an hour to
the ai passenger train at RufTs. The
meer lias been suspended for sixty days by
the officers f the road.
S manv days ago Mrs. William Hamilton,
,f llovkiiisviUe, visited her plantation in
- ■ li -ly and spent the night. During the
Tiiglit -me unknown party look off two of her
.nayv wheel- and concealed them, anal shear
ed her horse's mane and tail as close as could
he.
Mr ilavson Tnff. an excellent young man
0 ( -l vb.ro, aceideutallv shot and instantly
k ’,i in.'u.-elf last Saturday evening. A party
ot voung ii?eti went out to the mountains on a
: u'l vvli'le there Mr. TafT, iu attempting
ti'nVlitcn a -.'Uirrel struck the hammer of
ami against a (Tee, causing it to discharge.
The negro child so ba’Uy beaten at Chipley
afewdavsago has died. The post mortem
examination revealed no fra"tureof the skull,
but death from external cause-. The Coro
ner'- iurv could not agree. Charlie Johnson,
the negrosiipi>-ed to have done the u'fStl. is
i. v : ia.l .vvv.utiu- trial. Bail ha- been VC
fused.
Tuesdav night the -tore of W. .1. Greene in
t ovmgton vva- entered hv burglars and over
live hundred d011..!* worth of goods were
-tolen. Mr. t.reene's room, at hi- Imardine
h '.ise. w.i- also entered and his trunk was
r .lied .and in money. From evidences
• i. taind the burglars have fled in the direc
tum of Jasper county.
M. li. stevvart, of Russell county, Ala., who
rvw In- pistol on a waiter at the Rankin House
in * olniubus, Monday night, was up Indore
Mayor Grimes Tuesday morning, lie was
titi.il 17 30 and costs for disorderly conduct,
and liouud over to tlie soperior Court to
iu-wcr tlie charge of carrying concealed
weapons. His bond was fixed at f 150. and at
a ii. hour Tuesday afternoon he had not sue
.n led in giving it, although he had tele
graphed his brother, who lives near Seale.
An Atlanta paper of Friday last contained
a list of the Confederate dead who died in
tamp Douglas, and whose bodies are now
tvs < g in Illinois soil near Chicago. In the
•t appeared the nanieof F. M. Gray, of coni
! mv h.. of the Thirty-seventh Georgia Kcgt-
Tii.nl. During the progress of the war the
-.Mi. r tiecame separated from his two broth
er-. .-of whom was Captain Janie-T. Gray,
ac.v \llantn. but at that time of Columhu's.
win re F. IU. Gray was an eilitor on the JCn
.(u.rrr-- i staff.' From the time of the sepa
rati.in until last Friday Captain tiray had no
i lea id In- livst brother's fate, but themy-tery
i ii.ov . learevl np. and the far off rcinain
... lirought home for reinterment.
FLORIDA.
Fig- are plentiful iu St. Augustine, and sell
at there dollars per bushel.
It i- rc|K.rted that caterpillars are doing
m'.< lt damage in the cotton fields of llamli
-1 in-v aluation in taxable property, etc., of
•la —on cuanty has increased over J3O.OUU dur
ibg tlie last year.
Tlie js-pulation of the Naval Reserve, near
!'• ■ ai'.iiiu ha- decivased from 3.fUO in to
•wu.g to tlm ©losing of tlie navy yard.
I; - rei- rted that a firm living at Red
11. k. N.J.. will establish a line of steamers
• urn Miami and Key West early in the
i'.t i.i-.ffkee i- to have a solid block of eon
• r.t. liuililmgs. Tlie lower floors will be
t:. and up a- -tore-rooms and the iip)M>r as a
4 u:u -G. t oxetter. aged 33 years, who has
f.>r :• munl..T of years pMt run as purser on
v it. - -i. umers on the St. John's river, died
tfteri at St. Aug U-tine. .if eoil-
XVhit.- fording Deep creek Tuesday evening
the mail hack from Titusville became un •
■ kpi.-d. and the box, driver and hind wheels
acre left in pretty deep water. The box
- bx:. and . iT and the mules ran awav with the
hunt whirls. The mail all got in the water.
T tii rs aud mail in the leather (touches
>r. not injured, but the (taiters, which arc
"’ft • canvas sacks, were ltadly soaked. The
—k trihern list of the Indian Hirer .Vctc- |
Wa ‘ “'Tii- -ack, and the papers presented an !
c'.erdingly damaged aspect.
Tin* following is clipped from the Bartow
• ' r “A remarkable family of lior>C'
|a- ii-n brought to onr attention. which
i r u- that -took raising in Folk county is
teute of cattle One of our eni
• - • mare twenty-three years old that
• :, r -i . t him nine colts, the youngest now
' • n M onth- old. He also lias the second
* now sixteen years old. which nas brought
i tve colts, some of which he still owns.
r, t all ~f which have done well. To say
nr :,mg ! twenty years' service of these
an,:-, 'a, the sale of theofl'spriug has paid a
Jtty 1 :tr r T r percentage on tne original cost of
niothJr, and she still gets her support in
w wootls withont other feed."
At M idi '..u last Monday afternoon an in
'ipest was held over the body of a negro hoy,
' •‘ut three or /our years of age. who had
"n I, nednnv week. It seems that several
U-f..re Its death the child. Fred Gwiti,
! • ilicit his stepfather, ta!>o Ashley,
which enraged him, and he struck
back of the left ear with bis list, and
■ mmenced running from £.be boy’s
! . and that side of the head was .much
ssi-iirn, and death ensued in a few days. So
J“>cian was railed in, and nothing was
..rniitg the fact until last Satur
*} a ?* when the Coroner's jury rendereil a ver
'■ *"'on lance with the aliove fuels, and
* Ashley is now in jail awaiting trial.
'"' w Vork Sun: “A shapely girl ap-
P an.ti at a tifth-story window in Boston.
Her long hair was loose and her gown
"as white, so that to the uncritical eye
s ‘c I’>oked like a person right from bed;
‘T 'be wore shoes and stockings, as was
r lUently observed, and there were
numerous touches of a careful toilet.
However, she fairly represented a girl
Astiiy aroused from sleep by tire. Her
novenif-nts were rapid, too, and her man
, !’ r w*U. Bhe flung open the sash and
t,untied out on the sill. The square fronting
"hiding was almost instantly crowd
v- V :l sbrill cry she dropped her
nii.n. Jbrtll of horror ran through the
ti. J- 1 tude - But the girl was not dashed
0,1 *be sidewalk. She descended
but harmless celerity into the
nati S . a man > "bo began at ouee to ex
upon the merits of his device,
t/i A ! C 2 nßisted a B * n nb‘ wire, attached
a ? r harness, and pulled out from
to if* v >?ht of the person hitched
earwl r “ e . B> r l was liked, but nobody
hs ik an • * ,Kmt Hte apparatus, anil
m>i] nifen l OUB exhibitor did not make a
Pe ° ple dißa M** rin S as
(Hems.
FLORIDA'S OLDEST XEAVSPAPER
Its Change of Proprietors and Other
Topics at Tallahassee.
fit-ju l‘ir Correspondence Morning Sews.
Tallahassee, July IT.— The sale of
the Floridian , the oldest newspaper in
the State, while unexpected by the
general public, was not so by the imme
diate triends ol its late proprietor.
Captain C. E. Dyke was a veteran journal
ist, having been editor and proprietor of
the paper lor about torty years. Some thirty
odd years ago there were two newspapers
published in Tallahassee—the Floridian
and the Journal. These were subse
quently merged into one, under the name
ol the Floridian and Journal, C. E. Dyke,
editor and proprietor.
AVhen I first met Captain Dyke, in the
winter ol 1849-50, himself and R. B. Hil
ton, Esq., now of the Economist, were the
editors and proprietors. Subsequently
the name of the [taper was changed to its
present one. But few there are whose
minds were better stored with statistics
than Captain Dyke. He has an intuitive
faculty of remembering figures. His
memory was seldom at fault’, and thus it
was that his long service in journalism
and his remarkable memory gave him
the advantage of his confreres
in the discussion of any ques
tion when facts were necessary’. His ex
perienee and sagacity made him the
leader of his party. It has been charged
by his opponents and believed by some of
his friends, that the policy of every
Democratic State administration was, in
a measure, influenced by him. But be
this as it may, his paper, the Floridian,
wielded an influence second to none in
the State, while his personal efforts, like
those o( Thomas F. Ritchie in his day,
were not without their effect in the coun
cils of his party.
For some time past ( apt. Dyke’s health
has been such that he has given but little
attention to editorial duties. The attacks
of those who differed with him, the accu
sations hea[>ed upon him were like the
dripping of water upon the rock—it taxed
his energies, it wore u|>on his adamantine
spirit and age, and nature demanded rest.
And now that he is tree from editorial
strife and care, it is hoped that the in
vigorating breezes from his native hills
may give new life to his enfeebled form
and many happy years may be in store
for hitn.’ Messrs.’ Dorr t Bowen who
succeed him have Iteen for some
time the virtual editors of the paper.
The former has an editorial experience
of some thirty years, and part of the time
as editor in West Florida, anil for some
years before the war as city editor of one
of the New Orleans dailies; and in these
capacities he acquired no little reputation
as a fluent arftl spicy writer. Mr. Bowen,
tin* other partner, has been connected with
the Floridian during the past twelve
years—a part of the time as foreman, and
more lately as assistant editor and book
keeper. He is a readv writer and a capi
tal paragraphist. The extensive cir
culation of the paper, the wide in
fluence it has exercised,give the new pro
prietors every advantage. Will they keep
it up to the old standard? Will it direct
public sentiment or be controlled by it?
With anew field before them, the present
proprietors will have many difficulties to
encounter. Will they be equal to the
emergency? We hope and Itelieve they
will, for both are not without ex
perienee as writers, but as they are on
probation, time alone will decide. The
t loridian of to-day will contain the
valedictory of the retiring and the
salutatory of the new editor. As the
pa[<er has not come out at the time of this
writing, 1 am unable to give your
readers a synopsis of these eruditions or
comment upon them.
It scents from the history of the
TALLAHASSEE, THOMASVILLK AND GULF
RAILROAD
that It takes a much longer time to pre
pare to build a road than to build one.
Over a year has elapsed since it was or
ganized, and about a year since it was
announced in the papers “authoritatively”
that the contract for Its construction was
awarded to Gen. Spooner, of New York.
“But," said Vice President Page, “we must
have some aid from the State. Accord
ingly. the last Legislature made a
very liberal grant of fifteen thousand
acres to the mile. Now, then, it was
thought that this company, which was
organized a twelvemonth previous, would
go to work. Thnj did go to irork, but not
to shoveling dirt, but to putting the citi
zens against one another along the three
rival routes as to which route would sub
scribe the most. Subscriptions flowed iu
freely,'going up to the thousands. Each
one was certain that the road would go
through his neighborhood. Some time in
the latter part of June, quite a crowd
catne into Tallahassee to learn the
result, but to their great disappoint
ment they were informed that the Board
ot Directors were to meet in New York
on 11th July, at which time they would
finally decide as to which line would le
adopted. But the 11th came and no tidings
reached us by telegraph. Finally a letter
is received stating that the important
matter would be decided on the 18th.
Such trifling as this is wearing out the
1 patience of many; so much so that an
intelligent gentleman, and a man ot capi
tal, expressed to me his opinion that he
hail no confidence in the concern. While
I hax'e no desire to pry into the secrets
of the company, and while their course
is open to criticism, I am still of
the opinion that the road will be built,
and that its construction will be soon
commenced. As to the line selected, that
was determined upon weeks (and pos
sibly months ago, and this line, 1 think,
is what is known as the Central line.
This, however, is a mere supposition.
But to such a fever heat has been the expec
tation of the different neighborhoods that
unless the line be a zigzag one, going by
every one’s door, the decision of tne board
will not give general satisfaction.
RAIN IS BEGINNING
to l>e very much needed, and the present
dry weather, together with the hot sun,
carrying the thermometer up to the nine
ties, makes it rather warm and unpleas
ant. It is not the intensity of the heat
that enervates one here, but its long con
tinuance. Seldom, if ever, does the
thermometer go up to 100 degrees; but
from the middle of June to the first of
August it ranges from 85 to 95 degrees.
Sunstroke is unknown, and hydrophobia,
so dreaded at the North during the sum
mer solstice, has never been heard of
within our borders. Nor is it so very
sickly at this season. Malarial fevers are,
of course, more frequent, but there are
scores of our citizens who remain here
every summer that never have the fever.
At present we have but three physicians
for Tallahassee and the surrounding coun
try. and they are by no means busy all the
time. In former years Tallahassee was
considered sickly; now it is no louger so.
Conversing with
AX OFFICIAL OF THE P. & A. R. R.,
the other day, I was surprised at the
amount of business done by this road
even during this dull season. Most of
the business, he informed me. was through
freights from New Orleans and Mobile to
Savannah. The agent of the road at
Chattahoochee complains that even now
the work of handling freight, answering
letters, etc., is so heavy that he needs ad
ditional force to that which he already has.
This road has some tine lands between the
Perdido and the Chattahoochee, which
are being rap dly bought up. To the
stranger passing through a long stretch of
country, with its stunted pines, it would
seem that this was not so. But the best
and excellent lands they are) lie soyie
two or three miles back of the road. As
these lands are not mortgaged as those of
some roads, the company is not forced to
sell them below their real value. The price
per acre ranges from sfc. to $2, according
to location and size of tract. The hot
weather does not deter parties from the
North from coming here at this season.
There were several arrivals last week
who have come hither with a view of
purchasing.
I have in my possession a specimen of
dried sweet potato. In appearance it does
not look like that favorite esculent, is not
brittle, but on the contrary very flexible.
The gentleman who gave it to me stated
that when dried iu this way it was used
extensively in some portions of Kentucky
for making pies, etc. As the potato crop
produces so well in Florida, is made with
so little trouble, I see no reason why the
drying .of jwtatoes might not prove a pay
ing industry, In the North the Irish po
tato is preferred, but if the sweet could be
properly introduced U would become as
groat a favorite there as at the South.
Fruit drying is as yet in its incipiency
with us, but the time is not far off when
it will be more generally engaged in.
J.KON.
* trainman Confesses.
Nashville, July 19. — Swainman, who
was arrested for stealing the ledger that
is so important in the Polk trial, has
confessed that he took it at the instiga
tion of ex-Treasifrer Polk, and also that
he received f 175 for the deed.
For chills, feveo, ague, and weakness,
Colden’s Liquid Beef Tonic. Colden’s.
Joke no other. Gf druggists.
WAR ALONG THE WIRES.
THE GREAT TELEGRAPH STRIKE
INAUGURATED.
Over Two Hundred Cities Affected
Both the Company and the .Men De
termined not to Yield—A Widespread
Quiet at the Click of Noon—An Order
from General Manager Eckert.
New A okk, July 19. —At precisely 12
o clock. W ashington reckoning, several
hundred operators in the Western Union
Telegraph room stopped work and started
lor the halls. Superintendent Humstone,
who was present, said that the number to
leave was about what had been expected
from the reports made to the company. In
the operating room were stationed sev
eral policemen, and these, together with
the officials who were present, asked the
strikers to move out as rapidly as possi
ble and to leave the building. The opera
tors who were faithful to the company
and remained at their keys did very little
work at first, and were interested B[>ecta
tors. Long lines ol operators were soon
filing down stairs witn various emotions
depicted on their faces. The majority
were hilarious, but there were not want
ing those whose features bore the traces
of uncertainty and fear Tor the future
Many were thoughtful and evidently ap
preciated that the strike might cause long
weeks of idleness with a seantv income.
The general feeling was one of confidence,
however, and a determination to win was
the watchword. As soon as the advance
guard of the strikers reached the base
ment hundreds of curious people who
were there and in the street about the
building sent up a brief shout, thus
spreading the news. In a few minutes
more bulletin boards posted the facts, anil
the long contemplated and much talked
of strike had begun and it was fully
known at till news centres. The fact that
it had been largely discounted
in the gossip of the past
week did not prevent its being received
as a sensation.
At the general offices of the company
there was an unusual activity and bustle
but uo excitement, the officials being
fully prepared for the strike and informed
of its extent. It was said by the officers
that the reports, so far as received, indi
cated a strike only in Chicago, where it
was expected to l>e more general than
elsewhere, and in some of the Canadian
offices. No doubt was expressed, how
ever, that it would extend to all the prin
cipal points. There was no disturbance
on the Associated Press wires which tap
Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia,
with their tributaries, the territory of
those wires being manned by Asso
ciated Press telegraphers, who have
made no demand and have
no grievance. The general sentiment of
the operators and officials was that the
news of the country would be taken care
ot, the operatorshaving only the kindest
feeling toward the press.
The Executive Committee of the Tele
graphic Brotherhood yesterday sent a
letter to General Eckert. It said: “On
Monday, the Pith instant, a committee of
the telegraph operators submitted to your
consideration a petition entrusted to them
tor presentation to you by the Brother
hood of Telegraphers. You expressed
your doubts as to the authority ol' that
committee to speak for the employes of
your company and have failed to respond
to that petition. Your letter to R. c.
dowry, General Superintendent, dis
closes to the public the fact that
you were informed of the nature of
your employes’ grievance before thev
were presented. Under ordinary circum
stances, it would require but a short time
to arrive at a conclusion as to what steps
you would take, but knowing, as we did,
that this matter had been thoroughly dis
cussed long before we waited on you, it
was not unreasonable to expect an early
reply. It is due to the interests you rep
resent, to our organization and particu
larly to the general public, that these
matters be speedily adjusted, and that the
responsibility of any future action may
rest where it properly belongs. It is with
tin earnest desire for a harmonious set
tlement of these difficulties, and regard
for the social and business interests of
the people that we send this last appeal
for recognition of the rights and a redress
of the grievances of your employes.”
No reply was received to this’ address,
and the committee, which met this morn
ing at 11:30 o'clock, took no action upon
it. There were present at the meeting ex-
Governor Cornell, John E. Terrv and J.
W. Clendenuin. Jay Gould was' also
present, though not a member of the com
mittee. It was decided only to hold a
preliminary meeting this ’ morning,
and after a short session an ad
journment was had. Nothing was
done except to issue directions to
all heads of departments and other
chiefs in the employ of the company to
notify the operators under their charge to
present their grievances, if they had any,
to the committee, and that such action
would be taken as might be thought
proper.
The committee expected to meet again
to-morrow, but the summary action on
the part of the employes of the company
may possibly lead them to make some
change in their plans.
The operators in the employ of the
American Rapid C’ontpanv left work at
the same hour that those in the Western
Union building struck. It is said that
only half a dozen men remained in the
office.
An actual count of operators showed
156 at work in the main office at 1:30
o'clock this afternoon. Of these quite a
number were girls, and some wore em
ployes who hail not for some time served
at the wires. A few inquiries addressed
to these men who remained elicited the
fact that many of them had been in the
last strike, and did not care to hazard
their chances in another one. Thev were
for the most part the older grade of ope
rators.
The messengers and girls remained and
were flitting about as usual, none having
left. A large majority of the Wheatstone
operators remained. Out of 110 ladies
employed Manager Deal estimated that
only about twenty had left their places.
One of the officers of the company who
has most feared the results of the strike
said : “We shall have a hard time, but we
shall get through. So far it Is much bet
ter than 1 anticipated,”
The following general order was issued
from the executive office of the Western
Union this afternoon:
"li. C. Cloicry, G. IP. Trabueand C.A.
Tinker, General Superintendents: Please
instruct all offices by telegraph as follow s:
Until otherwise instructed all offices will
lie careful in receiving messages for
transmission, aud to notity senders that
the same can be taken only subject to
delay, and to mailing en route it neces
sary to complete the transmission to
the point of address. All such messages
taken for transmission shall have written
or stamped on the lace of the same over
the signature of the sender the words,
“Accepted subject to mailing or other de
lay.” Superintendents will cause to lie
printed and posted in the principal offices
of their respective districts placards bear
ing the following inscription: “N(ITICK!
—Slessages taken to-day subject to delay
and to mailing en route if necessary.”
Thos. T. Eckert,
Acting President.
The striking operators were in session
this afternoon, but the meeting was a se
cret one. This afternoon there were about
175 operators employed in the Western
Union building, and it was learned that
only about two-thirds of the regular force
had struck. As fast as operators applied
for positions they were put at work, and
the empty desks are slowly tilling up.
All the members fif the Executive Com
mittee of the Brotherhood except John
Campbell, have left for their homes. He
will remain to answer any communica
tions. He said this afternoon, that in
structions were sent out by the commit
tee to men all over the country and Can
ada. that unless a countermanding order
was given iu the meanwhile, there
should be a general susjiension
oi business at noon to-day,
Washington time. At 9:30 o’clock a last
appeal was sent to Gen. Eckert in the
hone that at the last moment he might ac
cede to the demands of the operators, but
as no reply was received jt was decided
to let matters take their course. The in
structions were not countermanded and
at noon the operators in 200 cities in the
United States and Canada struck. The
operators of the Western Union, Mutual
Union, American Rapid, Baltimore and
Ohio, the Great Northwestern, of Canada
and the Mutual Union, of Canada, joined
in a strike, a* did also the linemen of the
telegraph, telephone and electric light
companies. The Brotherhood num
bers about 7,000 men and 1,000 women.
Mr. Campbell stated that the strikers
are plentifully supplied with funds, as
the Brotherhood has a large striking fund,
and is also an assembly of the Knights of
Labor. An application was made several
days ago to the central committee of that
organization.
The Executive Committee of the broth
erhood of Telegraphers, in their paper
issued to-day, publish an official state
ment which justifies their petition for iu-
creased pay, and assails the telegraph
companies for reducing their salaries and
refusing to raise them again. The an
nouncement that the telegraph operators
had left their desks in a body has had no
effect on share speculation, the matter
having already been discounted. West
ern L T nion has sold up from 77% to 78%.
ORGANIZING THE STRIKE.
One of the Brotherhood Tells all About
tlie Preliminary Plans.
Washington, July 19. —A telegraph
operator who announces himself as one
of the officers of the local organization of
the Telegraphers’ Brotherhood and au
thorized to speak officially, cemmmuni
cates the following information to the
Associated Press: “The rumor which was
spread abroad soon after the strike began
that a false announcement of the death of
Gen. Grant was the signal for the operators
to strike is untrue. The order to strike
was prepared last night at the same time
that the letter to Gen. Eckert was drawn
up. It was communicated to the Brother
hood betore 7 o’clock this morning by
means of an ordinary cypher, a simple
transposition of word’s. The Executive
Committee of the Brotherhood have
not the authority that has
lieen attributed to them. They have
been acting within instructions " which
were formulated by a convention of dele
gates held some months ago in a Western
city. The only discretion to be exercised
by them previous to the inauguration of
the strike was in the matter of the date
on which the “Bill of Grievances” should
lie presented to the companies and this
discretion was limited to the time be
tween June 15 and August 15.
The paper would have been
presented on the 15th instant but for the
reason that that day was Sunday. The
following day, Monday, the UStii insL,
was accordingly selected. It was part
of tlie instructions of the Executive Com
mittee that in case the demands of the
Brotherhood were not conceded within
forty-eight hours after the presentation
of the bill of grievance that a strike would
follow. It was contemplated that a notifi
cation to this effect should accompany the
document, but the committee were more
conservative than their instructions, and
no threat nor limitation of time for a re
ply accompanied the presentation After
the strike should begin, however, the en
tire management of it wag vested in the
Executive Committee. They have power
to order its discontinuance, if they deem
it advisable, and such an order will lie
obeyed. Nothing else will end the
strike, except the disintegration of
the Brotherhood. When the Execu
tive Committee of the Brotherhood
understood from their reception by Gene
ral Eckert and the publication of his let
ter to Superintendent dowry what the
policy of the Western Union Company
would be, they prepared the order for the
strike. The present action of the opera
tors has been discussed in their local
lodges since last October. Each dele
gate to the convention at which definite
action was agreed upon took from his
local organization a complete bill of
grievance. From these different bills the
convention selected the points of greatest
interest to the fraternity at large, and
prepared the document presented by the
Executive Committee on Monday.
Alter this paper had been agreed
upon by the convention it was sub
mitted to local organizations and by
them unanimously ratified. The same
operator says that there was no unanim
ity ot sentiment among telegraphers in
favor of striking until after the publica
tion of the recent order of the Western
Union Company regulating the hours of
labor. This order was construed by the
men as tending so greatly to their disad
vantage. After that the membership be
came united, and large accessions to
their ranks foliowed.
GLANCES ALONG THE WIRES.
General Dispatcher which Tell the Story
of Several Quarters.
New York, July 19.—Gen. Eckert is in
receipt of the following information. There
were at 2 o’clock this afternoon at work
in the main office at Chicago a force of 70
men, at Cincinnati 24 men, and an ample
force at all other points in the Cincinnati
district, only one man having gone out at
Columbus. At St. Louis there were 50
men at work, at Kansas City 35, at
Little Rock 4. at Houston 3, at Galveston
5, and at Dallas 5.
Superintendent Baker at St. Louis says
that he will be able to handle the business
at nearly all the important points without
any very serious delay.
Washington, July 18.—At Augusta,
Ga., fifteen Western Union men, includ
ing two number clerks, struck, leaving
five men at tlie keys.
At Philadelphia, out of a day force of
120 about 100, including two ladies, struck
in the Western Union office. Teu mwn
and two ladies struck at the American
Rapid office, leaving no one on duty but
the manager, and at the Baltimore anil
Ohio office eight out of ten operators
struck.
At Cleveland, Ohio, five Western Union
operators remained at their posts when
the remainder struck. The American
Rapid office closed.
At Trenton,N. J., Manager Duncan, of
the Western Union office, was left alone
in hits glory. The American Rapid office
closed for business, although the mana
ger, who is a striker, remained to care for
the instruments.
At St. Louis 54 out of 75 day men struck
at the appointed hour. About half the
remainder were women. A force of about
50 operators was secured.
At Indianapolis two-thirds of the West
ern Union operators struck, leaving 19
men on duty.
At Buffalo nearly all the men of the
Western Union, American Rapid and
Mutual Union offices struck, but the
Western Union hail secured 28 men by 3
o’clock.
At Richmond, Va., 9 out of 12 Western
Union men struck. Since then one
operator has been engaged.
At Lynchburg 4 out of 7 struck.
J. B. Tree, Superintendent of the first
Southern district, says that the strike is
very general in liis district. The offices
in the principal towns are open, but with
greatly reduced forces. Things are im
proving, however, and he hopes to bridge
over the trouble.
At Detroit a majority of the operators
left their desks.
At Louisville the Baltimore and Ohio
office was deserted. Twenty-six out of
thirty Western Union men struck.
At Kansas City thirty-one'operators at
the Western Union office quit work.
Twenty remained, of whom nine are wo
men.
At Buffalo 150 men struck and 35 re
mained at work.
THE BATTLE AT BALTIMORE.
The Offices of the Companies Open hut
Almost Iteserted.
Baltimore, July 19, 12:30 p. m.— I The
operators on the telegraph lines in this
city struck a little after 12 o’clock to-day,
In the main office of the Western Union
Company the operators left in a body,
leaving only six men, all of whom are offi
cers, in the room.
In the main office of the Baltimore and
Ohio Company thirty odd left, one only
remaining. A youth from the American
Rapid Line left, leaving a few female
operators.
Baltimore. July 19, 7p. m.—At the
main office of the Western Union Com
pany in this city, eleven of the day force
have left. At 1:30 o’clock this afternoon
there were twelve operators at work in
the main office, and the Superintendent
is of the opinion that he can call in a suf
ficient number, probably 28 in all, to han
dle all messages coming in.
In the Baltimore arid Ohio office there
are eight operators at work, and their
lines are kept open at points along the
line of ttie IsTtltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The operators are receiving railroad mat
ter but are refusing all commercial busi
ness.
When the strike took place business I
was immediately suspended at the Corn
and Flour Exchange, and as the men
walked front the instruments ot the West
ern Union and the Baltimore and Ohio
offices there was an open manifestation
of sympathy from the members of the
exchange _
HOW THE Bit ESS WILL FARE,
The Good Will of the Operators to Look
Out for the Press.
New York, July 19.—The following
will explain itself:
Gen’L Offics Associated Press,!
New York, July 19, 1883. j
To Editors:
The Associated Press is likely to he
well provided for during the 6trike. The
Western Union officials express the inten
tion ot serving the paper well and satis
factorily, and claim to have suffi
cient facilities for doing the press
business. The operators, who have
always received the best of treatment
when employed by the press, are also dis*
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1883.
posed to aid in the transmission of press
news. For a few days there may be some
necessary delay, and it may for awhile be
wise to curtail the volume of news in
some degree, but there will be no percep
tible change in our business. News com
ing from Washington, Baltimore and
Philadelphia and sections tributary to
those cities will be as full as ever,* and
there will be no diminution in the amount
of cable news, but rather the reverse.
Wm. Henry Smith,
General Manager.
CINCINNATI IN THE CRASH.
The Operators of the Three Companies
Quit their Tables.
Cincinnati, July 19.—At the main of
fice of the Baltimore and Ohio Company,
every operator went out and business was
wholly suspended. The same thing hap
pened at the main office of the Mutual
Union Company. On ’Change, no mes
sages were received or sent by either of
these companies having offices there.
At the Western Union office, a
guard was immediately placed to
prevent outsiders from entering the ope
rating room. All the operators about the
office were sent to duty up stairs. Notice
had previously been given to all operators
not members of the Brotherhood to come
in in case of a strike. A number of re
sponses have been made alreadv, and a
force of over thirty operators was soon on
duty.
Superintendent Miller says that this is
the only office in his district seriously
crippled, that but one operator struck at
Columbus, while Dayton, Springfield and
other [K)ints have a full working force.
Tlie Day in Chicago.
Chicago, July 19.—The situation here,
growing out of the telegraphers’ strike,
showed no material change as the day
wore on, save that the working force in
the A\ estorn Union office graduallv en
larged, 90 men being at work by 5 o’clock.
At that hour the night force had not yet
reported for duty, and the officials did not
know r how many would remain loval to
the company. None of the chief operators
nor any one holding official rank went out.
V iewing the situation from the standpoint
of the great strike of 1870, when everv
operator left the office. Col. Lowry is con
fident that the company has already ear
ned its point and that the strikers will be
discomfited.
The strike occurred here three minutes
Itefore that in New York city.
The War at Washington.
Washington, D. c., July 19,1:30 r. m.
—At 12:15 o’clock to-dav seven men of
the Western Union day force in the Wash
ington office had stopped work.
Twelve of the day men were in the office,
but Manager Whitney was not sure that
all of the twelve would remain. Most of
them he hoped would do so. All but
one were upon their feet apparently
canvassing the situation. Nearly ail
members of the night force of the office
are congregated on the sidewalk in front
of or near the office. The strikers did not
leave in a body. The seventh man left
alter the departure ol his six co-opera
tors. Subsequently three more opera
tors here stopped work in the Western
Union office.
The Day at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 19.— The tele
graphers’ strike was inaugurated at 11:47
this morning. At that hour, at a given
signal, every member of the Brotherhood
quit work, and coining out of the several
offices formed in procession and marched
to headquarters, where a meeting was
held. A canvass of the offices a few' min
utes later found 15 men at work in the
Western Union office, 3 in the Baltimore
and Ohio, 1 in the American Rapid, and
none in the Mutual Union. The number
of men who came out is as follows: Wes
tern Union 07, American Rapid 16, Balti
more and Ohio 7, and Mutual Union 4.
The Strike at Bostou.
Boston, July 19.—A1l the operators
here but two have struck. The women
operators have also gone out, but four out
of twenty-five being left.
Boston, July 19,1:30 v. m.—The work
ing force of the Western Union Telegraph
office in this city now consists of about
thirty operators, comprising officials,
clerks and office boys, who have been im
pressed into service, and two operators
who did not join the strikers.
New Orleans in the Line.
New Orleans, July 19.—0f the 42
operators employed by the Western Union
Company in this city 37 struck work
shortly after 11 o’clock this morning.
'I he company has obtained five other ope
rators, enabling it to handle the press
reports, cotton and produce exchange re
ports and a limited quantity of general
business. *
Half anil Half in Atlanta.
Atlanta, July 19.—The telegraphers
of the Atlanta office divided on the strike
to-day. Six went out and seven remained,
so that the business, being in expert
hands, is well and promptly transacted.
A St am pule at Worcester.
Worcester, Mass., July 19.—The men
in the Western Union office with a single
exception have struck. All the men in
the Rapid office have struck.
Out in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, July 19.—The tele
graph operators employed by the West
ern Union Company here went out on a
strike at 12 o’clock to-day.
No Strike at Providence.
Providence, R. 1.. July 19.—A1l of
the W estern Union operators remained at
their posts to-day.
Garrett OB' for New York.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 19.—Robert
Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company, left here by a special car
at 7 o’clock this morning. He had no con
ference with the committee of telegraph
operators, the operators who were to have
arrived here last night having missed the
connection of the trains. Mr. Garrett
then telegraphed that he would meet them
in New York.
Cotton Worms at Work.
Galveston, Tex., July 19. —An Aus
tin special says that cotton worms have
appeared near Calvert and Hearn and
west of Houston, on the railroad to Han
Antonio. At the Jatter point they are
doing much harm.
Selma, Ala., July 19.— The cotton
caterpillar lias appeared in this section
generally. An examination of the crop
near the city shows that the top leaves
are badly riddled. Plenty of worms are
in sight and webbed up. The crop is three
weeks late and the worms are in such
numbers and have appeared so earlv that
the prospects for the crop are gloomy.
The Cotton Exchange Session.
Fort Monroe, Va., July 19.— The Na
tional Cotton Exchange met at 9 o’clock
this morning. The reports of the com
mittees were submitted, and the day was
spent in discussing matters affecting the
cotton interest. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing two years:
W. H. Gardner, of Mobile, President;
Henry Ilentz, of New York. Vice Presi
dent; Thomas Lainey, of New Orleans,
Treasurer. The delegates paid a visit to
Newport News this evening and will go
to Norfolk to-morrow,
A Fugitive Embezzler.
Grafton, W. Va., July 19,—John L.
Heehmer, lor the past five years Supremo
Treasurer ot the Catholic Knights of
America, and who was defeated for re
olection in May last, left for Europe on
Sunday night. His shortage so far as
ascertained is from thirty thousand to
sixty thousand dollars. His bond for
$50,000 is regarded as worthless on ac
count of irregularities in it. Friends of
Heehmer assert that his deficit will not
exceed SIO,OOO. Heehmer recently failed
in business.
Chandler Gains Another Vote.-
Concord? N. H., July 19.—Three bal
lots for United States Senator were taken
to-day. The third and last ballot resulted
as follows. M hole number of votes 905,
necessary to a choice 153, of which F.
Durkee had 1, F. Smyth 1. Ladd 1, J’res
cott 1, Burns 1, Barnard 3, J. H. Gallin
ger 3, Bell 4. Burnham 4, Stevens 17. Jas.
W. Patterson 24, G. Marston 29, M. W.
Tappan 32. Chandler 74, Harry Binghani
110. The convention then rose.
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Inexpensive and effective is the great
substitute for sulphur baths, Glenn’s Sul
fhur soap.
CICEROS OF THE STATE.
THE TWO HOUSES IN ATLANTA
IN DISCUSSION.
Licenses for Foreign Insurance Com
panies the Theme In the Senate—The
Bill Passed—County Taxation of Rail
roads Under Fire In the House—Capi
tal Notes.
Atlanta, July 19. —In the Senate to
day, after the reports of committees, the
special order was taken up, the bill fur
ther prescribing the manner of licensing
foreign insurance companies in this State.
Senator Morgan moved to disagree to
the report of the Judiciary Committee,
which was averse to the passage of the
bill and supported his motion by a speech.
Senators Oliver, Livingston, Davis, Tutt,
Greer and Hoyt favored his motion and
the bill.
Senators Dußignon, Gustin and Parks
opposed the bill, which finally, after a
lively debate, passed by 36 yea’s to 7 nays.
The bills for the redistricting of the
State were made the special order for
Wednesday.
Senator Dewolf’s hill is somewhat
popular. It gives the first district Brvan,
Bulloch, Burke, Chatham, Effingham.
Emanuel, Glasscock, Jefferson, Liberty,
Scriven and Tattnall counties.
Senators Gustin and Peeples were ap
pointed on the joint committee to consult
the Governor and Attorney General in re
gard to the best plan to pursue as to the
collection of the Trezevaut claim.
in the house.
In the House to-day, Mr. Mcßae, of
Montgomery, moved to reconsider the
action passing the bill of Mr. Patton, of
Thomas, prohibiting the driving of live
stock from feeding ranges in that county
w ithout the consent of the ow ner. The re
consideration w'as granted. After a short
debate by Messrs. Mcßae and Patton for
and against the motion, the special order,
Mr. Rankin’s bill taxing railroads in the
counties through w hich they pass, com
mencing with 1884, was taken up. The
minority report was presented setting
forth that, as some roads are exempt
from such taxation, the passage of the
bill would w ork injustice to less favored
roads. The report was signed by Messrs.
Owens, Dart, Patton, Mclntosh, Little
and others.
Mr. Mclntosh opposed the bill and
showed that while over eighteen millions
would be taxable, more than twenty mil
lions of railroad property would be ex
empt.
Mr. Redding, of Pike, favored the bill
with great earnestness, but yet asserted
that he was not prejudiced against rail
roads.
Mr. Harris, of Bibb, sustained the mi
nority report, and asserted that there
were thirty instead of twenty millions ol
raiiroad property declared untaxablc by
the highest courts of the land, and this
bill simply proposes to strike at the
weaker anil newer corporations that have
done so much to build up and develop the
State, citing the Air-Line Railway as an
example.
Mr. Wright, of Floyd, replied with
tierce eloquence, contending that not
alone to railroads were we' indebted for
the growth of the State. Agriculture and
manufactures share in this honor alike
with railroads, aud if they are taxed,
railroads should bear a similar burden.
Mr. Ray, of Coweta, moved to strike out
the second and third sections of the bill
and amend the sixth line of the first sec
tion so as to read “rolling stock and road
bed” and other property to be returned as
now provided for by law and not as pro
vided for in sections 2 and 3.
Mr. Rankin, the author of the bill, ap
pealed to the House, amidst general ap
plause, not to strike the bill dow r n by such
amendments, but to kill it direct if it was
an unjust or unwise measure.
Mr. Ray’s amendment was voted down
by an overwhelming majority.
Mr. Owens, of Chatham, then replied to
Mr. Harris, of Bihb, ably discussing the
constitutional pdlnts made oy him, and
claiming tlie bill was unjust.
Mr. Little, of Muscogee, followed in one
of his calm, clear and forcible arguments
in lavor of the minority report, aud
claimed that we owe it to the new and
feeble railroads of the State that they
shall not be oppressed and crushed by the
provisions of this bill, while the larger
and richer corporations are exempted.
Railroads increase the value of real es
tate, open up new' and rapid transporta
tion facilities, and we ought to encourage
the building of new roads, and not cripple
those already completed.
Mr. Watson, ot McDuffie, combatted
these arguments, anil said that the new 7
railroads are bound to share the burdens
of county taxation, anil not be exempted
because certain old charters put a lew
railroads beyond the reach of taxation.
He knew that this fight on the part of the
railroads w'as coming, and for one he
was prepared to meet it now’ and here.
[Applause.]
Mr. Woods, of Walker, made the most
practical and most applauded speech of
the morning, showing that all industries
were linked as one, each contributing to
the wealth and growth of the State. Every
dollar brought into Georgia to build or
extend anew railroad is divided among
all our industries, giving increased activ
ity to their operation. It will be unwise
for us to crush out these new railroads or
stop the building of projected lines by
oppressive taxation.
Mr. Fite, of Bartow 7 , advocated the bill
as constitutional, wise and just, but he
hardly got started in his speech before the
hour of adjournment arrived. The indi
cations all point to the passage of the bill
in the House, unless a great change is
made by the discussion of to-morrow 7 .
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
A locomotive engineer, of this city,
lately visited Dr. Boswell, at Talladega,
Ala., and saw his flying machine. He
says that the doctor was cranky, but in
dead earnest about making a success of
the machine. He had spent a long time
on the experiment, and without losing
hope. It is no humbug, although it may
fail to accomplish its purpose, for there is
some merit in its conception.
Gov. McDaniel returned from Athens
this afternoon, and will probably send in
the nomination for Solicitor to-morrow,
as the pressure is very strong on the part
of the friends of the rival candidates.
A JOCKEY BADLY HUItT.
Tlie Monmouth Park Karos Palled by a
Sorrowful Accident.
Long Branch, N. J., July 11).—The
Monmouth Park races to-day resulted as
follows:
First Race—Free handicap; sweep
stakes of $25 each; SSOO added, divided;
three-fourths of a mile. Sadie McNairy,
the favorite, took the lead but at the three
quarter post Inconstant took the track
and won by half a length, with Constan
tina second and Mendelssohn third. Con
stantina was disqualified for foul riding,
and the second place was awarded to
Mendelssohn. The time was 1:16.
Second Race— The Tyro stakes for
two-year-olds; SIOO each, with SI,OOO add
ed; divided; three-quarters of a mile.
Blossom took the lead, but on the home
stretch Reveler forged ahead and won by
a length, with Blossom second and Emi
grant third. The time was 1:16*4.
Third Race— For the Barnegat stakes
for three-year-olds, of SSO each; with
$1,500 added; divided; one and a half
miles. Renegade, the favorite, jumped
away with the lead and kept it through
out, winning by three lengths before Gon
falon, with Ktnglike third. The time was
2:30%.
Fourth Rack— Free handicap sweep
stakes of $25 each, with SSOO added; di
vided; one and a half miles. Brunswick
led throughout, with Iloledon second and
Barnum third. Markland, the favorite,
finished seventh. The time was 1:57%.
Fift h Race— For a purse of ssoo;' sell
ing allowances; one mile. Bill Bird was
left at the post. Bancroft won, with
Heel-aud-Toe second and Girofia third.
Major Ifugfies, the favorite, finished in
the' last lot. The time was 1:43.
Sixth Race— A handicap steeple chase
for a purse of $500; divided; over the short
course. S, Charlatpagqe wan by a length
before Abraham, with ilarpooner third.
The time was 3:20*4. Jim McGowan fell
and threw Meany at the second jump, and
Kinkeal following close, fell with his
jockey over their prostrate bodies. All
were unhurt except Meany who was car
ried off the field unconscious and badly
injured.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D.C., July I!).—lndications
for Friday:
In the South Atlantic States, fair
w eather, stationary or rising temperature,
lower barometer, winds mostly north
easterly.
There is hardly an adult person living
but is sometimes troubled with kidney
difficulty, which is the most prolific and
dangerous cause of all disease. There is
no sort of need to have anv form of kidney
or urinary trouble if Hop'Bitters is taken
occasionally,
CHANDLER'S FOND HOPE.
He Already Pictures Himself a Senator-
Other Washington Notes.
Washington, July 19.—IVhen William
E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy, re
turns to Washington, he will probably
have been elected United States Senator
to succeed the jobbing Rollins. All
things point that way. If he is not elected
he certainly will be surprised. On the
22d of last January Mr. Chandler, in
revising the naval regulations, put in a
change of uniform for officers. It did
away with the present neat and beauti
ful, yet simple, uniform, and substi
tuted something garish and ugly. Under
the law 7 , of course, this uniform could not
go into effect until the printed copy of
the new 7 revised regulations had been
distributed. They wrere not ready for dis
tribution until yesterday. Chandler was
out of Washington. Reai- Admiral Nichols
was acting Secretary of the Navy. He, in
common with all other naval officers, is
opposed to Chandler’s change. He did
not feel like taking the responsibility of
revoking Chandler’s order. He did not
want to circulate the new regulations
making the change. He circulated the
regulations, but in his authority as acting
Secretary accompanied it with a copv of a
general order which he issued, to the
effect that the paragraph relating to a
change of uniform w 7 ould not go into
effect until further orders. If Chandler
is elected Senator he will not
insist on the change of uniform.
If he is not elected Senator he will be
reasoned with, and very likely—he is
chock full of common sense—be induced
to iorego making a change from neatness
to gaudiness at an expense of S4OO or SSOO
to each naval officer. The present naval
uniform is pronounced the world over to
be the cleanest aud handsomest of
any service. Why it should be ex
changed for something like the almost
vulgar uniform of the English is hard to
see. It is a matter of congratulation that
there is not much chance of the proposed
change being consummated.
MR. MURCH,
who originated and is prosecuting the in
vestigation into the office of the Super
vising Architect of the Treasurv, went up
to Quincy, Mass., where there are many
stone cutters, a few days ago, and made
several speeches. He took up a collection
at the end of each speech. For this he is
receiving ridicule and innuendos from
those on Hill’s side. Murch did nothing
wrong. He is a poor man and has to em
ploy counsel and go to many other ex
penses in conducting the pending investi
gation. He is a stone cutter himself, and
what he is doing is in the interest of that
craft and workingmen generally. He did
nothing dishonorable in seeking aid from
those for whom he is working. I ant glad
to say that they responded very gener
ously. The real object of Murch in push
ing Hill and his ring is not known. What
he wants to accomplish most is to do away
with the present system of public build
ing contracts, and to induce the govern
ment to buy the material aud do the work
of stone cutting itself. He may fail in
effecting this change, but he certainly
will accomplish the going out of Hill and
a great interference with the ring
that has made money out ot public
building contracts. If the Investigating
committee should whitewash Hill he
would be forced to resign, for the white
washing will be too apparent for him to
hold on. If the committee should report
against him he will be removed. Murch
will have done something at least to en
title him to consideration.
DR. HAMILTON,
Supervising Surgeon General of the Ma
rine Hospital Service, is not at all in a
sweat about the danger of yellow fever get
ting a hold in the United States this vear.
He said to me to-dav that he did not think
there was the slightest cause for alarm, “I
do not in the least anticipate an epidemic
this year. There may be some sporadic
cases, but there will be no run of the pes
tilence. You see we are already over half
through July, and we have had nothing
yet to alarm us. The strictest watch and
care is taken by our officers everywhere.
If there should be any danger we would
promptly announce it. 1 do not believe
in the dangerous practice of concealment.
It is much safer that the public should
know exactly where the danger is and its
extent. As I have said before, there is no
danggr, in my opinion, of an epidemic.
We have not been compelled to draw upon
the SIOO,OOO epidemic fund, and I don’t
think the necessity for it will arise. We
have, in my opinion, passed the most dan
gerous part of the season. We do not re
lax, but increase our vigilance. You will
see that we will escape any epidemic this
year.”
the president is practically out
of Washington for the summer. His
trip in the Dispatch is the initial move
ment of his getting away. When he re
turns troin the Dispatch cruisings he will
get ready for his Yellowstone Park trip.
He w T ill make a long and leisurely journey
through the West and thoroughly enjoy
himself. His companions will be genial,
and he will do just as he pleases. He
has not been an absentee President. He
can take his vacation with a conscience
that tells him that he has put in more
days in Washington than any President
for many years. He will have a good
time. When the President starts out to
enjoy himself nobody can have a better
time.
AN EMPLOYE OF THE WHITE HOUSE j;
was to-day writing a letter. 1 very po
litely asked him what he was writing.
“Oh,” he said, “it is in answer to a man
in New York who has sent the President
a patent fire screen. Everybody who in
vents anything and everybody who writes
a book send specimens of their brain
work to the President. We have an enor
mous collection oi such things. Of course,
the idea in sending them to the President
is, in nine cases out of ten, to receive a
letter from him which may be used as an
advertisement. Some #ne of the clerks,
by the President’s order, always acknowl
edges the receipt of things sent him. But
they are instructed to do it in such a way
that by no possible means can the letter
be used as an advertisement. This
requires a good deal of ingenuity,
but such has been the success that no ad
vertisements of special things find their
way into the newspapers with “White
House eneomiums.” About the only ease
where the house was used as an adver
tisement for any one was that of a well
known piano manufacturer. It was under
Hayes, of course. The manufacturer fur
nished one of his instruments to the IV bite
House. The then stenographer to the
President wrote out a glowing account
of the tone, volume and other qualities of
the piano. He got W. K. Rogers, Hayes’
Private Secretary, to sign the note. It
was promptly lithographed and used
as an advertisement broadcast over the
country. The stenographer very soon af
ter had a fac simile of the White House
piano in his own dwelling.
Gnul<l and the Inventor.
''Gath ih Xttc Yovk
An eminent Western railroad President
told me a story some time ago about Jay
Gould confusing a man with a patent. An
ingenious AVestern editor, about fourteen
years ago, invented a conscience for con
ductors of railroads in the shape of a me
tallic box which contained the tickets and
prevented thelts. The box was something
like a large brick and had to be carried in
the hand. He finally got a contract to put it
on the Lake Shore Railroad before the con
solidation was achieved, and about thirtv
five conductors were already groaning and
swearing at having to carrv it around
under their arm. After the consolidation
more than one hundred conductors would
have to use it, and my informant wasat his
wits’ end to know how' to get rid of it
The inventor came with the box and
talked up its merits by the hour, and
sometimes laid out his contract as if to
sav that ho stood on his bond, and once
imagining that his friend thought the box
was not quite perfected, he had it made of
another metal and came in triumphantly
at the very moment that jav Gould, who
t&eu had the hrie Ilailroad, was paying a
visit ts his AVestern factor. A lucky
thought struck the letter and he bounced
Irom his chair and introduced Mr. Jay
Gould to the gentleman who had patented
the conscience ticket box. The
occasion inspired the inventor, and he
went on and elaborated the nature of the
box until he was absolutely out of breath,
Gould not saying one word meantime.
After getting breath, the inventor re
marked, “Is there any defect whatever
in this box, Mr. Gould?” “A'es; I think
so,” said Gould, in his very quiet voice
“Name it!” “Why, your conductor
might substitute another box for it and
deal the ticket* out of the false box as
the wrong pac k of cards is given out’ of
the counterfeit box at the faro table”
The objection was entirely novel, and for
the moment unanswerable,
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LOUISVILLE’S EXPOSITION.
Preparations for a Great Inclustiial Dis
play—Coming Attraction*.
Louisville Correspondence of Baltimore Bay.
The management of the Southern Ex
position say they will open on the Ist
proximo, no matter how incomplete its
condition may be. The building has been
hnished as per contract and placed in
charge of the officers, who are having it
whitewashed inside and out, w hilst work
men are also assigned to the performance
of other duties, such as marking oft" space
lor exhibitors, putting in shafting,
arranging fountains, beautifying grounds,
etc. It is two stories high, with two cen
tral and four corner turrets; has a length
ol 930 anil width of 620 feet, extending
over the greater part of four squares of
ground, like those from Calvert to Charles
and from Baltimore to Lexington streets.
It has four court yards w ith fountains and
flowers and several fountains and flower
beds around the exterior. The builditp'
is of frame and well lighted. To the eve
it looks rather frail, but those judges
called upon to test it say it will’stand
the strain and pressure of ail that may
be placed upon it. The Edison Com
pany are placing wires through
. "‘‘VV. , building and annexes
for 4,600 lights of sixteen candle-power
each, and it is said this plant w 7 ill
furnish more light than the combined
plants used at the great electric light
exhibition at London last year, and will
be equivalent to a gas plant manufactur
ing 35,000 cubic feet of gas an hour. Edi
son will be here prior to the Ist of
August and inspect the work. Other in
candescent light companies will make
exhibits of their lights. The courts and
parks of the exposition will be lighted
with the Jeuney arc-light of Fort Wayne,
Ind.—seventy-five in number and of 2 000
candle power each. The building is to be
approached through what is known as Cen
tral Park from the southern extremities of
Fourth and Sixth streets, in which is loca
ted the art gallery. One wing w ill be re
served for modern American paintings,fur
nished by the American Art Union, and
the remainder will be for the curiosities
of General Grant collected during his tour
ol the world, together w ith some of the
best paintings from the galleries of Sam’l
J. Tilden, August Belmont, Bierstailt, the
artist, Judge Hoailly, of Cincinnati, and
others. The directors have appropriated
$25,000 for pictures, bronzes and marbles
for exhibition, and it is thought the col
lection will be among the finest ever pre
sented to the public. The gallery is in
the form of a cross and affords the best
possible facilities for hanging pictures.
The main exposition building covers au
area of 677,400 square feet, w hich makes
it larger than the main exposition build
ing at Vienna in 1873, at Paris in 1863 and
1855, and in New York in 1853, while it is
smaller only than the main buildings at
the two London expositions and the
Philadelphia Centennial in 1876. At At
lanta the annexes increased the total
area to about eight acres. The Southern
Exposition has projected annexes for
saw-mills, horticultural displays, etc.,
which will increase the total area by
many thousands square feet. The
directors say applications for space
are so numerous that some
must be declined, as they will not
have room for all the exhibits. They re
fuse to give the press the names of ex
hibitors, saying they will publish them
all in catalogue form about the 15th of
August, with other information, and that
the sales thereof will be for the benefit of
the exposition. This will place the names
in the hands of but few, as the papers will
doubtless decline publishing them after
they have so appeared. The arrivals of
exhibits up to yesterday were but few,
and were mostly from Albany, Newark,
Cincinnati aud Chicago.
One-half of the great northern nave has
been equipped as a music hall, in which
thousands may assemble. For the first
fifty days the New York Seventh Regi
ment baud will give daily concerts at the
exhibition, and at Alexander’s (formerly
Willard’s) Hotel on Jefferson street. For
the last fifty days Gilmore’s baud will
furnish the instrumental music. Presi
dent Arthur is expected to open the
exhibition. He will be welcomed by
a chorus of live hundred voices, with
“See the Conquering Hero Comes.” They
will also sing during the opening
services Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus,”
“The Inflammatus,” “Tune Your Harps,”
and Sullivan’s “Song of Peace.” Among
the organists engaged for the recitals is
Professor Jarvis Butler, of Baltimore, a
musician of great prominence in church
circles. There will be two very large
organs—one by Hook & Hastings, of Bos
ton, and the other by a local organ buil
der, who is not disposed that the honors
of superiority shall be carried off without
a struggle.
The programme for the first day calls
for a procession to the fairgrounds. Busi
ness will be suspended, the city will lie
decorated, and at night many will illumi
nate. On the following day (Thursday)
there will be a brilliant pyrotechnic dis
play, which will be repeated every Thurs
day for eight weeks. On every Saturday
there will be a horticultural display,when
the fruits of all climates will be arranged
side by side. Wednesday. September 19,
will be Knights of Pythias dav, for which
an appropriation of SI,OOO has been made.
The Knights will come in unform from
different sections of the country and will
drill upon the exposition grounds. Sep
tember 24 and 25 have been set apart as
days when the receipts will go to the
Public Charity Association of the United
States.
TILDEN AS A CANDIDATE.
‘*He Will Not Seek tlie Nomination—
Anti He Will Not Decline It.”
Philade/jj/u'a Special, 17th.
John R. Read, of this city, who with
William L. Scott, of Erie, managed Sam
uel J. Tilden’s Pennsylvania interests in
the Presidential Convention of 1880,
makes this statement relative to Mr. Til
den’s prospects for next year: “Mr. Til
den has all that makes the world com
fortable. He has money, he has home
comforts, he has luxuries. He is 67 years
of age, and there is no earthly rea
son why he should desire to go
into a political campaign to gain that
which the country thinks was his by
right. If, however, I will say, the Demo
cratic and reform party of the United
States decides that the old ticket of the
centennial year should be nominated, I
believe that Mr. Tilden would go into the
campaign with the same vigor and earn
estness which characterized the contest
of 1876, and that means to win, 1 have
no right or reason to talk for Mr. Tilden,
nor do I believe any one else has. It is
my opinion and firm belief that Tilden
will be the next President of the United
States.
“I believe that Mr. Tilden would not
only accept the nomination, but would
make such a campaign as we have not
seen for many years. Bear In mind that
the old gentleman has never said to
me or anybody else that he was going into
this fight, and what I sav is my own
view. Talk about his physical infirmi
ties!” said Mr. Read: “why, the only
trouble that I could see was a
slight ner.ousness of the right
arm, which really amounted
to nothing so far as strength is concerned,
as his grip is that of a youngster; his eve
is elear, his memory remarkable and his
political judgment the best in this or any
other country. Any person who will go
to see him at his home will be satisfied
that Samuel J. Tilden does not seek the
nomination Irom the Democratic Conven
tion, tint if it is given to him will make
the same brave and determined fight
which was successful in the centennial
year.”
The presence of the hoodlum in New
\ ork is explained by the fact that there
are from 15,000 to 20,000 young boys there
homeless aiul def>endent on themselves
for a living, which some of them get
honestly, in Hartford, on the other hand,
the Courant says the rough, disorderly
class of boys fast drifting into crime are
largely recruited from respectable fain).
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A .MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
SHIPS, WAREHOUSES AND DOCKS
AFLAME AT BROOKLYN.
A Spark from an Engine and a Pile of
Jute Start the Conflagration—Twelve
Firemen Badly Hurt by a Falling Roof
—One Expected to Die—Engines Still
Playing on the Ruins.
New York, July 19. —A spark from an
engine set lire to-day to a pile of jute on
the dock at Harbeck’s stores, an immense
bonded warehouse in Brooklyn. The lire
quickly communicated to the ships Law
rence E. Delap, Perseverance and Col.
Adams, all of which lay alongside the
dock waiting to discharge. The dock was
destroyed with the merchandise upon it.
Twelve firemen were badly injured
by the falling in of the burning roof of
ihe pier, but only one is thought to be
fatally hurt. The ship Delap was burned
to the water’s edge. She was valued,
with her cargo, at JIAO,(XX). The ship
Col. Adams was burned at her pier. The
bark Perseverance floated into the
stream and burned to the water’s edge.
Ihe total loss by the fire will aggregate
over $1,000,000.
An alarm was turned in as quicklv as
possible after the discovery of the tire,
but owing to the combustible nature of
the material in which the flames had
their origin and the breeze which pre
vailed along the river front, the spread of
the conflagration was very rapid. When
the fire department arrived on the scene
the whole river front was aglow , and the
intense heat, added to the broiling ravs
which were beating down iVo'm
the sun, made near approach
not only dangerous but abso
lutely foolhardy. It was thought, at i
o clock, that all the shipping iii the im
mediate vicinity would lie consumed, but
by dint of almost uparalleled hard work
the men succeeded in getting the fire
under control before It could accomplish
tile threatened additional destruction. At
i o clock to-night three steamers were
still playing on the smouldering embers,
but all danger of the further spread of the
fire was over. It is ieared to-night that
the most badly injured fireman w ill die
before morning. •
SENATOR JONES’ RETURN.
A Native Irishman’s Views Upon Ire
land’s Condition.
Xeio York Sj>ecial Philadelphia Press, JOth.
Senator Jones, of Florida, arrived here
yesterday on the steamer Alaska from
Liverpool. The Senator has been in Ire
land. England and France for the past
two months, passing the greater part of
his time abroad in Ireland, where he was
born. Senator Jones came to this coun
try many years ago, a poor, uneducated,
triendless lad. He was a carpenter by
trade, and settled in Florida, w’here, by
haril work and earnest study, he became
one of the foremost lawyers in the State,
and was elected to the United States Sen
ate. Asa constitutional lawyer, Mr.
Jones now occupies a pre-eminent posi
tion, and he has few equals in the Na
tional Legislature as an orator and de
bater.
The Senator was born in Balbriggan,
twelve miles from Dublin, and upon re
visiting his native town he was presented
with an address of welcome by the Com
missioners of the city, and was also en
tertained by the Lord Mayor of Dublin at
a banquet in the Mansion House on the
same evening that Lord Wolseley was re
ceived at the Pavilion by the British au
thorities of the capital of Ireland. Senator
Jones told the Press correspondent this
evening that his visit to the old country
was of the pleasantest description.
“Did you travel extensively through
Ireland?” he was asked. “What truth is
there in the reports of extreme sufl'ering
among the natives?”
“I did not attempt to do Ireland,” said
the Senator; “but in Dublin 1 heard a
great deal from responsible sources of the
condition of the people of the country. A
few r days before the death of Father Burke,
•lie of the most eloquent and gifted men
in the kingdom, he said, in a sermon: ‘I
heard that f>,(XH) children were dying in
the west of Ireland ol' starvation'.’ This
statement made such an impression upon
me that I alluded to it in a speech I deliv
ered at the banquet given me by the May
or of Dublin. From what I w : as able to
learn, I think that the condition of the
tenant farmers in Ireland is improving.
This is not due to emigration, but to the
concessions that have been forced from
landlords by agitation of the land ques
tion.
“Ireland is overrun by British troops
and constabulary, but, so far as I could
observe, the laws are enforced and peace
and order prevail. Possibly if armed
force was not continually present, there
might be trouble, but I do not think the
idea of open resistance to the powers that
be is entertained by any considerable
number of the people. Ido not think the
masses of the Irish people contemplate
complete separation from the Crow n, but
that they earnestly desire local self-gov
ernment cannot be gainsaid.”
“What do the Irish people think of Par
nell?”
“As Forster, ex-Secretary for Ireland
said, Parnell is the uncrowned King of
the Irish people,” w’as the Senator's replv.
“He is in every sense of the term a consti
tutional agitator. He is a man of in
domitable pluck and perseverance. Cool,
practical and talented, nothing would
please the British authorities more than
that Parnell should transgress the laws
and become liable to the punishment in
flicted upon other members of Parliament
who have overstepped legal bounds in the
excess of their patriotic zeal. Parnell
however, hews to the line, and he is un
ceasing in his attacks upon the Irish
l>olicy of the British Government.”
“IV hat eflect has the reeent action of
the Pope, discountenancing Irish agita
tion against British rule in Ireland, had
upon Parnell and his followers?”
“It has unquestionably strengthened
them. One of the most encouraging signs
of the present struggle to secure reforms
in Ireland is the manner in which the
people, without distinction ot religion,
are working together for a common pur
pose. Catholics and Protestants alike are
laboring to secure home rule for Ireland.
The people are united on this subject, and
decrees from Rome cannot abate the popu
lar movement. What the final outcome
of the agitation w T ill be, no one can tell,
but progress has already been made, and
1 have no doubt that great reforms will
ultimately be accomplished, even if all
that is desired does not come to pass.”
The fastest Western railroad run on
record is said to have been made last Mon
day from Cincinnati to St. Louis. The
distance is three hundred and
forty-one miles. The Ohio and Mis
sissippi train of four coaches, bag
gage and express made the run in ex
actly eight hours, including about filteen
stops and tw r o changes of locomotives,
rhe rate was 42% miles an hour, includ
ing stoppages, or about 45 miles per hour
net running time. This equals the speed
of the fast express from Euston square,
London, to Lime street, Liverpool, which
runs 201% miles in 4% hours, stopping
only at Rugby and Crewe.
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