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ESTABLISHED 1830. I
J J || ESTILL. Editor and Proprietor, i
ITKMS IN THREE STATES.
|\ FLORIDA AND SOUTH
° lAUOMNA PUT IN TYPE.
vf j suit liter Diseased Meat at
4 ,vnekr - Interest Ine Statistics
. prntne Colmbu* Industries—A
1’...1>111 Over Athens' Waterworks—
it .tnh to Have a Hanging.
CKOKOIA.
. .j to have a high school.
-mii-i are reported plentiful, but hard
~ ,j. Berrien .minty.
\i, th.slist Church at • Wayneolxiro was
1 . , ', 4 ; t,- the recent dime party.
Paulk. of Berrien county, ha
,,. -,,-L. hill is now convalescent.
' :;ition- for the annual hop for the
1: ’ .jv fair Association are out.
”' ■ „{ twenty wild geese flew over
' | | nday morning on their journey
. W 1.-r box s have killed and sold more
• , ire.l cat squirrels in the Quitman
M ii.dc/. a colored resident of Darien,
. . - hou-e by lire a few days ago. lie
, ‘ - .ii. endia'rism.
men near tiainesville attempted
, . the same girl one night last week.
. .jat hack "ti both.
. \v ivneslstro True Citizen la opposed lo
t of a paii|S‘r farm for Burke
, j . no" under discussion there.
I- \V. I.ewi' has bought a farm on
ee, in Owtha mwty, for $lO.-
||, nn- ever 2.000 acres of land.
. , \|. I‘rovcnce has signified his ac
.l the call lo the pastorate of the
i r'.; Baptist < hutri'h of Columbus for another
I -clkmil fiiud for Burke county
-,t- 1- 41. This is exclusive of the
‘ V,... which will swell the amount to
v i .-rs an ls-y car-old boy has mar
„ i lo aired ini. who is the mother of
Ml.lren. -Mimmen- freeman is the
, .H i Mrs. Mollie King tlifl bride.
1 „ .no dealer- in llawkinsnlle have
, . i ng and decided to get up a “black
J ■ .... which they propose to enter the
it all who fail or refuse to pay for
" , t.mght this year.
il. . .les-e V Brinson, an ex-memlier of
l . .-i-lature and one of the most protni
. ... in Kinanuel county, was found
a Usi Thurs<lay morning at his home
ieii miles from swainstsiro.
ii - rumored that a liars I of doubtful
,i .1-. styling themselves ku-klux. are.
, inn- depredation- in Kinanuel eminty
■ those of which tin- Banks county
, r . .- were recently eouvietedin Atlanta.
r. i. i alhoun, formerly of Walker county,
I Palestine,Texas, died at the lat
, inf black jaundice on 14th instant.
Ii . i -many relatives and friends in both
tt i . i and Catoosa counties to mourn his
Ii de-ter, who killed It. F. Hudspeth
Bear Kurt Gaines alwut ten days ago, has had
,i j,r. tit inary hearing on the charge of mur
lle was bound over to the Superior
i ~uri, and hisbond lived at SSOO, which he
rv.vl.iy gave.
i ra will be a rally of the Sunday school
s iki-rsof Camden county at St. Mary's on
-t Saturday ami Sunday trt Novrmlier.
i. r lite |mr(sis|. of organizing a Camden
t mi suiulay school oeiation. All
s -i-liisd workers from every where are
Ti . editor of the Albany AVtrx ( in./ Aifrer
tlls a party of Northerners on route for
f i..n iit roughs Iwcausc they walked through
i; „ -tii its of that low n in their ~hirt sleeves.
i itiiure is tlie iiiosi charitable epithet in
h ii.i li the .W ir* can liml a |sssllde explana
iio i of their conduct.
ir Uvgansville, W alton county, a few
:j\- a young lady Ivy the name of W'tvod
i- t.ken Ivy force and put in a Imggy and
. ..u-ird away. When last heard of they wm
....... m liie direction of Social t irele. Search
ns made, lint no news of tier vvhere
d-.uts lias ls*t*it obtained to dale.
.! •• ii Mr*iehee. one of the oldest citizens of
t olmnims. died suddenly Friday night, lie
1..:d bis vv ife that he was feeling badly, and
i, ~’d tier to gel up and make a lire. She
i. l -ii. and thev Ivoth got up and sal in front
,and it. Mr. M'lichee placed his head in liis
ind waa moon dead. His death
a-. a i-i and liy a congestive chill. He was a
.irpcnhT In trade.
I'. li. Hall, of Wavueslioro, purchased on
i rvdit of W. ( . Saniforil a cow which subso
il - proved to lie diseased, and in co.i-e
--■ ineti.... was not pul on the market. Mr. Hall
i . .ipliuglv objected to paying for the meat
mil ti' 'inestion was put into the hands of an
ar liraiton committee, which decided that,
while h; refusal to sell the meat was highly
> inimitable, he must nevertheless pay the
bill.
Ambrose West, who murdered another ne
_ ti the Earlv Billups place, m Worth
• miutv, about a month ago. was tried in
W.rih superior Court last week, found guilt v
•a murder, and sentenced to lie hanged oh
Friday* Novenilver lit,*. Clayton Porliie, a ne
zr. . who killed another negro near Ty Ty re
cently. was convicted of voluntary man
slaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary”
for nineteen years.
Sunday morning. .1 I*o!k Brinson, living
wear I.aw tonvillc, had his barn containing
-.me 1.200 bushels of corn, a large amount of
•* n r ami oats, and stables burned by an in
cendiary, The villain drew the staples by
win. Ii the stable doors were tastened, and.
stealing one of Mr. Brinson's line mules.
!m and all tint one. and touched tire to the in -
ii * .enable material with which the barn was
Bil.-I. Of course, the building was instantly
wrappi'd in flames, by the light of which the
! . . i prl>*blv rode away on the stolen mule.
Ur. Brinson’s loss is heavy.
Ti Athens R mnrr- Watchman -ays: “The
w ater works contractors have to hire one man
t answer the applicants for work. Country
t.irki - are flocking here by the hundreds,
til i let by flic ofter of 75 cents i>er day.
t’v.iii j™. hands are now employed by this
■ ..'ipaiiv. They are laying down tlie pipe as
' -i a- tlie foundry can turn it out. Chief Mr-
I 1 ui II ] preparing a grand celebration for
1. ■ mi a 1 opening of our water works. If
. il 4. on tin-order of the niardi gras enter
i ini, an 1 all the trades and businesses
•*t Attii’ii— w ill Is- represented in Hie pnvees-
AVe hope that the idea w ill be carried
si. fir it wdl prove a lug advertisement for
Alliens.”
I in following items appear in tlie Columbus
.' i. under the head-line “Columbus Has:’"
•r." thousand two hundred and thirty men
* - I,- 4 m nianufaetnring in tlie different in
■.’.iiii.ris of iiidustrv;• 1,2!4t tvesides
ii. men. and jl2 cliildreu employed in cotton
:: tunes: manufacturing instil minus tliat
■* imiiualiy |2.44:!,70!i of raw material: 1,012
men I’liip*..veil in t c manufacture of textile
* alone: the largest iron works south of
il ... i. ami a capital and capital stock
ned of 4t.’i2.000; au annual increase of
of the pro. I net over the raw mate
-1 ' a lustries which pay out Allid.Slis an
il to employes for wages; industries that
* r ’•ltn’cjfooils to the value of s4,lel,(KiU."
I LORI PA.
N" rain has fallen in Tallahassee In live
t: .'1 had fallen for nine consecutive davs at
k snnmee tiity.
Haiiuibal Howe is now Mayorand I’residenl
* tin ttoant of Health of Milton.
Tin- minlier of Indians m the Everglades of
Florida i estimnteil as high as sou.
Ai’i her has among tier citizens a colored
..an vv liii i the father of :!2 children.
Il >" white and two colored people consti
‘UJ,’d the death list ai Jacksonville last week.
-M.itoa established quartintine against Pen
. Brew ton au*l other places on Thnrs-
The -teamer Sylvan t.len is now making
p-ular tri|s lietween Jacksouvilie and Pa
■h’lm I*. Galbraith, of Tallahassee, died a
I.’W days ago. lie wns the father of lion. J.
B. idilivraith.
\ irout (black baas), weighing thirty-two
v nds, is rejiorted to have lieen eaughl~in
Alachua county, recently.
Kev. <). K. Gale is the new pastor m the
il- roughly renovated Union Congregational
t kun-h editi.’e in Jacksonville.
Kev . VV. K. Tully, of Jacksonville, win* of
lieiab and in Oswego", N. Y., during his father's
• rip to Palestine, has been tendered a set of
duplimeutarv resolutions by his Northern
John B. Gngni was lined flu at Jacksonville
Saturday for having kept his saloon open on
the >un.iav previous. The Mayor announces
• v igi.rous erusade against all violators id the
s nnday law.
Friday night a thief entered tlie store of J.
* I . Bowden, in LaYilla, and slide In-pants,
m Hie pockets of which were si;tl in cash.
> ihr tlie pauts was his shirt, which con
tamed several valuable diamond studs.
">*'• Gmslman, living near the south
' rill Railroad, three unlcs southwest of
a '-"lln.cc i itv, went to town last week,
j ng his gun along, and on the vv ay killed
thr. i deer, which, on being sold, netted him
""Rn Conroy, a watchman on the Cnitce!
'•’..iti- -urveying schooner. Captain Graife,
’ ■ - 'k’lsiar 4 last Friday night and was
r ii t ,|. He w as an old citizen of New ur
.ean-. where he has a family. He was 51
‘ -i age.
!; ev. ,\. p. Asliurst, formerly of Marianna
*‘ and of Greenwood, has sold 'the Columbia
f te Prof. J. J. Kilpatrick, the Prin-
I'al of the Columbia school, and moveti last
W' . w t.. I-ake City. Mr. Ashurst, it is said,
-■■ .-ji begin tlie publication of a Baptist
I'M-cr 11, Lake City.
V,' jr thousand nine hundred and twenty-six
••o.Uis and fifty cents was contributed ly
• l--. da. Jacksonville and Bagdad, for the
v*T’v on the reservation during the recent
■ "W fever epidemic. Of this amouut Pen
f '■contributed #1,537 s5. Jacksonville #lO3
m*l Bagdad #x3t>s.
SOfTH CAROLINA.
enunt®!’* " re *roublc iu Pickens
s,",? 11,1 tat w as caught in a steel trap in
, l£d CO ’ Ulty 141,1 week ' 11 nwMuml airniil
Aaron Wright, colored, has Iwen lodged j„
jail at Kenuettsville for tiring iuto the liou-e
* John W. liriggers recently.
The Pjoth anniversary of the Beautv >i,ot
setu.klist Church, in Marlboro coautv, was
• eiebrated with solemn ceremonies recently
Among the events of the month to come off
IP "•rbogfam is a “golden wedding,” all of
ine 'bridesmaids'' are still living, onlv one of
having die<l in the fifty
coiocel Black has organized a eorps of ca
aeu amongst the students in the Piedmout lu
r
stitute at Pickens, and drills them daily. The
young men are making fine progress in the
military manoeuvres.
A certain ex-Confederate soldier of Laurens
county. 2 years old, who was three times se
riously wounded in battle, and whose property
at tlie tieginning of the war was valued at
$50,000, followed the plow all last summer for
his daily bread, and otherwise worked hard
for a living.
The announcement has been made that the
new iron steamship City of Pnlatka. which
has recently Been built for the trade lietween
Charleston and Florida, will make her initial
trip on the 17th prox.. on which dale she will
leave New York.
Au unusually large acreage is lining sown
in oats this fall in Anderson county, and if
the crop j- in no wise cut off the output will
In- even greater than the exceptionally fine
crop of ls. Ni. Previous estimates of cotton
yield an 1 verified, that is to sav, barely 50 per
cent, of an ordinary crop has been realized in
that county.
A < oluinbia corresjiondent of the Charles
ton Courier says: “I am at a loss to reconcile
the easy collection of taxes with the uotori
ous shortness of the crops, except by the sup
position lliat the people in this section are be
coming so prosjierous that thev are not much
affected by the failure of crops 7 , and not at all
frightened by it. I do not think that here
alsiuts or elsewhere in the State the loss in
the cotton yield will be nearly as great as
was anticipated.”
The Georgetown correauondont of the
Courier says: “I p to this date the extent of
damage lo thecrops by thedrought is not |s>s
itively known, but from the best information
the rice crop will fall 50 per cent, below the
average crop. There w ill lie a very small
yield of corn, and comparatively speaking, no
peas. The cotton crop is >o small in this
county that it is seldom mentioned in making
up the estimates of the crops. The potato
crop will fall at least 50 per cent, short of an
average crop.
The annual fair of the t'uion County Agri
cultural and -Mechanical Association, says a
correspondent, though not e<jual to former
years in some respects, owing to the exceed
ingly unpleasant weather during the whole of
the time, was sufficient to show that there is
life in the obi land yet. The stock exhibited,
though small in number, was of the best
' 1 nail tv, embracing some fine specimens of
Berkshire hogs. Devon and Durham cattle
with a thoroughbred Jersey bull. In the
needle anil fancy work department there
were some exquisite siieriinetis of the skill of
the ladies. In the line art section, among
other very creditable productions there w ere
several specimens of crayon and pencil draw
ings. hair and wax work executed by the
pupils of the Clifford Seminary, which re
lleetcd great credit iijion both teachers and
pupils.
THE WAY TO MAKE FEES.
A Kcniarkablc Letter that Explains
Itself.
Miotonri Kepubtican Wanhington Tijtecuil, Oct. 15
William 11. Smyth, who was recently
appointed Postmaster at Atlanta, was
formerly United States Marshal for Geor
gia. While Marshal Mr. Smyth wrote a
letter to one of his Deputies, D. C. Ban
croft, instructing him how to proceed
iu making up his accounts for fees
and other charges. This letter is
published here to-day for the bene
fit of the Post office Department.
Among other things Marshal Smyth said
to his deputy: “1 send you herewith the
affidavits of your actual expenses, which
must l>e taken Indore I can collect your
account from the government, and you
will oblige me by tilling out duplicates on
the blanks inclosed and swearing to
them before 11 ill. Commissioner at Macon,
and returning all four to me at once. I
have addt.il a charge for horse teed
and also increased your meal account $2
in each case, so as to cover your time as
much as possible, and which may be a
proper charge for the meals furnished
yourself at borne, on setting out and re
turning from your trip. In this way I
can make your bill up to $.H> by including
service fees and leaving no margin at all
lor this ottice. You will have to obtain
receipts for amounts paid for horse hire,
and you can include the feed in some
bills, which please get signed and send to
me as soon as possible.
“In order to make these trips pay, you
should have a guard, but without imying
anything out for him. Get the train
hands to help you guard, and so report
them. Or, if you have a driver or any
one else along with you, they ean be re
ported as guards. In the first ease of ar
rest, you can report the name of a guard.
In the attendance on court also, was
there no one assisting you, as the ofHccs
boy, etc.? If so, liis name should l>e re
ported on the attendance line of the re
port.*’
Smyth's predecessor in the Atlanta
postotliee was removed a few weeks ago
on account of irregularities, and it is evi
dent that Smyth as postmaster is an offi
cial who ought to be watched.
TIIK KICK CKltr.
A Sorry Prospect for the Planters in
South Carolina.
The indications for a good rice crop in
tlu* Georgetown district of South Carolina
are poor. The JVrtrs unit Courier, in ref
erence to the erop, says: “It is the
opinion of a prominent rice dealer that all
of the April and May planting has been
milled and marketed, and that the June
crop—although a much larger acreage
was planted than in previous years, on ac
count of the long freshet during the month
ol May—will fall short ot the best calcu
lations at least one-half. There are nu
merous causes why this crop has been
this year a failure: First, the freshet in
the spring; second, the scarcity of labor:
third, the drought, which caused the riv
ers to become salt; and, fourth, the depre
dations of the rice birds. This l ist cause
has lieen greater this year than for many
previous years. So numerous were they
that a person could kill from twenty-live
to fifty dozen per day, and then thought
himself idling away his time. I know of
one person, after discharging his gun. to
gather ten dozen birds. To give a clear
idea of how numerous and how destruc
tive these delicious little pests were, I in
quired of one of our most successful
planters, and he replied by saying that
lie kept an account of the gunpowder
used to frighten them off, and, in round
numbers, it amounted in value to sso*>.
and that, too, before the birds had at
tacked his field. The field would have
yielded him. at least, 42 bushels per acre,
and after he shipped it to the mill it
turned out 16 bushels. This statement is
trustworthy.”
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
Bright Flashes of Intelligence from Near
and Afar.
McKinnon, on the South Florida Rail
road. between Orlando and Kissimmee, is
building anew railroad depot.
tjuitman's Free I'resg thinks that tlie
proposed new road from Macon to Florida
will probably strike the S., F. A YV. at
Valdosta.
A town has been laid off a mile and a
half south of Shiloh, on the South Florida
Railroad line, go miles east ofTampa. and
buildings are being rapidly erected.
E. K. Sibiev. General Manager of the
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, has
•*een appointed one of the arbitrators of
the Southern Railway Association.
The new management of the Northeast
ern Railroad, has given Athens the same
freight rate enjoyed by Atlanta. The em
ployes of the road have been paid their
back salaries.
An Evpii’iis Company Sells Out.
Lynchburg, Va.. Oct. 29.—1 tis stated
in railroad circles that the Consolidated
Railway Express, doing the business of
the Norfolk and Western Railroad from
Bristol to Norfolk, has sold out to the
Adams Express Company.
A l'rlnter Furnishes an Item.
New York, Oct. 29.—Frank 31. Gloin,
aged 32 years, a compositor on the Mail
and Kxfress, committed suicide this mim
ing by hanging himself with a towel iu
his room. lit* had lieen drinking heavily
of late.
A True Bill fur Murder.
New Orleans, Oct. 29.—The grand
jury to-day found a true hill for murder
against young John Coffee, who shot and
killed prisoner Albert Gossett on Satur
day last.
Sentence,l to he H Hiitnl r„ r Rap...
R aleigh, N.C.,Oct.29.—Guilford Loon,
convicted of ruje in Lenoir County Court,
has been sentenced to lie hanged 'Decem
ber 20 at Kingston.
First Lieutenant Cobh Dead.
YVashington, Oct. 29.—First Lieuten
ant Edmund M. Cobb, of the Second
Artillerv, died yesterday at Huntsville,
Ala. '
Many vyointer why the brute creation
excel mankind as a rule when it comes
to a question of health. Investigation
quickly ascertains the cause. It is be
cause the brute naturally olieys every
law of health, while mankind is constant
ly degenerating owing to excesses of our
ancestors and our own individual impru
dence. Sudden exposure to extreme eli
matie influences, gluttony, improper
food, alcoholic stimulants, over exertion of
mind and laxly, worriment, anxiety, care,
etc., all have a marked effect ou the hu
man system. Be cured by using Brown’s
Iron BiUecs. a remarkable remedy for
i restoring health.
A DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
1.200 POUNDS KILL FIVE RAIL
ROAD HANDS.
Their Bodies Wrenched Limb from
Limb and Strewn for Miles—The Whole
Country Round About Shaken to its
Foundation—Pennsylvania the Scene-
Firing a Gun the Cause.
Pittsburg, Oct. lift.—Yesterday morn
ing at Brooks’ tunnel, on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, Ki miles from this city,
1.200 pounds of dynamite exploded, killing
five men, constituting the crew of a
freight train which was side tracked a
short distance from the scene of the ex
plosion. The men were walking along
the track near where the dynamite was
stored.
Pittsburg, Oct. 29, 10 j*. m.— The rail
road company has been strengthening
and w idening a tunnel, and some distance
outside the magazine had been erected, in
which was stored 1.200 pounds of dyna
mite to be used for blasting. The freight
train had just passed through the tunnel
and was side tracked to allow a passen
ger train to pass. Four of the crew of
the freight train walked back to the vicin
ity of the magazine, and were engaged in
conversation with the watchman when
people in the vicinity were startled bv a
terrific concussion. Houses for fifteen mfles
around were shaken to their foundations,
and windows for a distance of seven miles
were shattered. The horror-stricken peo
ple ran from their houses, and it was
found that the dynamite had exploited.
Everything near bv gave evidence of the
terrible force of the explosion. Trees
were uprooted, huge rocks torn asunder,
and telegraph poles for half a mile were
prostrated. Nothing remained of the
magazine and the men who stood near it.
just before the_ explosion were missing.
Portions of their bodies, including legs,
arms, hands and heads have been picked
up a mile distant, but so disfigured
as to be unrecognizable. The names of
only three of the victims are known. They
are: George Reynolds, engineer; Tice,
a brukeman, and Hammond, a switch
man. The cause of the explosion is en
veloped in mystery, and as the live men
who might have thrown some light on tlie
accident, are dead, it is probable the cause
will never be known. Not far from the
scene a gun was found, and it is supposed
that one of the victims discharged it, the
concussion causing the dynamite to ex
plode. An inquest was held to-day by
the Coroner, and a verdict of accidental
death was rendered. ' Great excitement
prevails, and hundreds of people have
gone to the scene of the disaster.
AX EXPLOSION ON A TUG BOAT.
Mobile Bay the Scene and the Old Story
of a Race the Explanation.
Mobile, Oct. 29.—While the tugboat
Edye was putting to sea yesterday after
noon in search of a tow, and when four
miles south of Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay,
her boiler exploded. The boat sank im
mediately, carrying down w ith her l ap
tain Carney, a well known sailing master,
the mate named Andrews, who was a
native of Barcelona, Spain, and the col
ored fireman. The engineer and cook
were picked up, but the latter died while
being carried back to Fort Morgan.
The engineer is painfully, but not
fatally wounded. The bodies of the
drowned have not been recovered.
It is probable that they have been eaten
by sharks, which infest that locality.
From the statement of the only survivor
it is believed that the Edye and another
tug boat named Nellie were racing to
catch a tow, and the Edye falling behind
crowded on steam until she blew up. She
had lately been overhauled and inspected
and was put in commission again on Sep
tember 1. She was insured for $7,500 in
local companies.
Explosion of Fire-Damp.
Scranton, I’a., Oct. 29, 7 I*. m.—An ex
plosion of fire-damp has just been re
ported at the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany’s shaft No. 7, three miles from
l’ittston. At the time ol the explosion
there were thirty men in the mine, five of
whom are known to have lieen badly
burned, and one of whom is dead. The
fate of the others is not yet known.
NVilkesbarke, I’a., Oct 29, lip. M.—
A later account says that Thomas and
James Gallagher, brothers, ware brought
out dead. They were burned almost to a
crisp. Six others were seriously burned
and otherwise injured, and three of them
will probably diflxliaving inhaled “after
damp."’ There were 35 men in the part
of the mine where the explosion occurred.
Those uninjured escaped through the
mule way. The force t>f the explosion
blew down the brattices and props and
tore tlie gates apart, lifting men up bodily
and hurling some of them a distance of 20
or 30 feet.
RRUTA I.MI'RDER AT YVA YCROSS
Tlh Criminal Remains in a Car all
Might without Aiding liis Victim.
W a ycuoss, Ga., Oct. 28.—Barney
Suggs and Sherman Mathews, colored
.train hands on a Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway train, became involved
in a difficulty while in their caboose here
last night. Suggs ordered Mathews to
come out of the ear, and help him push it
up the track, and not obeying, Suggs en
tered the car with a spade, whereupon
Mathews also armed himself with one.
Suggs, who is a heavy, stout negro, sud
denly dropped his spade, and seizing
Mathews, lifted him clear of the floor,
and dashed him headlong out upon the
crossties, breaking Mathews’ shoulder
and injuring him internally.
After Mathews had lain on the ground
outside some ten minutes, Suggs went
and brought him in the car and laid him
on his bunk. He then leisurely went to
bed. All through the night the dying
man called to his murderer to tiring him
some water and get a physician, but with
oaths, he proclaimed that he did not care
whether he died or not. After remaining
nearly all night within two feet of his vic
tim and seeing that death would ensue,
he beheld visions of hemp and slipped out
of the car and made good his escape.
Mathews died at 7:39 o'clock this morn
ing. His murderer is at large.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Kirkwood Military Academy Dis
missed oil Account of Diphtheria.
Atlanta, Oct. 29.—Cadet Herman Dart,
son of Hon. J. E. Dart, of Brunswick, died
at the Kirkwood Military Academy last
night of diphtheria, and as other cadets
have bad colds and the weather is damp
and cloudy Professor Neel this morning
dismissed the school for the present, and
the cadets left for their homes to-day.
Cadet Sandy Cunningham, formerly of
Savannah, is also threatened with diph
theria. While there may have been no
epidemic it is thought that Professor Neel
has acted wisely in suspending the acad
emy, at least until there is a favorable
change in the present bad weather.
The new gas company commenced
laying its pipes this morning.
District Attorney Darnell is here as a
witness in the case of a EaGrange negro
for passing counterfeit money.
The Supreme Court is in session to-day
finishing up the Flint Circuit. It isjiossi
ble that no decision will be rendered to
morrow, but the day will be devoted to
some matters in the Bibb Circuit.
Frank C. Hyland, who tried to murder
his wife and a lawyer in Youngstown, 0.,
is now under arrest here as L. F. McKin
ney for cheating and swindling in this
city, but will l>e carried back to Ohio to
answer there to the graver charge.
Kavaßpfi of tlie Flames.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29.—The build
ing of the Springfield t Missouri) wagon
factory was burned this morning. The
loss is $50,000 and the insurance $20,000.
The factory employed 190 hands.
Charleston, Oct. 29.—Fifteen hun
dred bales ef cotton were burned this
morning at the South Carolina Railroad
yard here. All the cotton was for New
York. The fire is now under control.
The South Carolina Railway Company,
who are the insurers of the cotton which
burned iu their yards to-day, state that
the amount destroyed is 2,090 bales, in
volving a loss of about SIOO,OOO, which is
fully covered by insurance. The insur
ance is distributed in all the agencies,
save one, in this city.
Arequipa Surrenders.
YVashington. Oct. 29.-The Chilian
Minister has received an official dispatch
Irom Lima, dated to-day, announcing that
Arequipa has surrendered without battle
and that Montero fled, and also that Gen
eral Iglesias has been proclaimed Presi
dent in Arequipa.
If Success be the true test of merit, it is
a settled fact that “ Brown's Bronchial
Troches ” have no equal for the prompt
relief of Cough, Colds, and Throat troubles.
Sold only in boxes. Price 25 ceuts.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1883.
HALLET KILBOURXE'S SUIT/
A Couple of Fleas Overruled, aud an
Adjournment Until To-Day.
Washington, Oct. 29.—The suit of
Hallet Kilbourne against John G.Thomp
son, ex-Sergeant-at-Arms ot the House
of Representatives, was called for trial
to-day in the Circuit Court before .Judge
Cox. Mr. Kilbourne was summoned as
a witness before the “Real Estate Pool”
Investigating Committee of the House in
1870. and, as already narrated in the
News, declined to testify in relation to
the business of the firm of Kilbourne &
Latta, or to produce the liooks and papers
of the firm. He was arrested by virtue
ol a resolution of the House, by the Ser
geant-at-Arms, and being " brought
before the bar of the House
again refused to submit his books aud
papers. He was thereupon committed to
the District jail, where he remained forty
five days, until after the adjournment of
.Congress, when he gained his liberty
through a writ of habeas corpus. Mr.
Kilbourne entered suit against Mr.
Thompson. Sergeant-at-Arms, for $150,000,
aud was, in April, 1882, awarded SIOO,OOO
by a jury. This verdict, however, was
set aside by Judge McArthur, and the
case now comes to trial under an amended
bill claiming $350,000 damages, and this
morning the ease was again taken up. Mr.
Kilbourne was present with his counsel,
Senator Voorhees, Enoch Totten and Gen.
N. L. Jeffries. John G. Thompson, the
defendant, was also in court with his
counsel, Jere Wilson, District Attorney
Corkhill and Assistant District Attorney
Coyle. Some legal questions growing out
of the pleas of the defendant to the amend
ed bill, to which the plaintiff demurred,
were argued by the lawyers. One [ilea
alleged that the amended statement of
damages was barred by the statute of
limitations. Judge Cox held that as the
original suit was entered within the time
prescribed by law, the cause of
the action remaining the same,
an amendment merely to the statement
of consequences of such action to the
plaintiff was not equivalent to entering a
new suit. The court also overruled a
idea involving the jurisdiction •!’ the
House of Representatives to order the
arrest. The court then adjourned until
to-morrow at the request of the counsel,
Senator Voorhees having just arrived,
and not having had time for consultation
with liis associates. When the court
meets in the morning the first business
before it will be the organization of a
jury.
a fall cyclone.
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky in the Path
of the htorm.
Indianapolis, Oct. 29.—A cyclone
struck the west side of Columbus, lnd.,
between 1 and 2 o’clock this morning, un
dermining .Moody & Son’s tannery and
unroofing Gaff’s mill. The cyclone also
knocked the corner off’ the railroad depot
and partially demolished a liquor saloon.
No one was injured.
Cincinnati, Oct. 29.—1 t rained heavily
here last night, and this afternoon the
Ohio river is rising tapidly. Special dis
patches state that there are floods in the
Licking, Kanawha and Big Sandy rivers.
The storm iu Bourbon county, Ky., yes
terday, blew down Reford’s tobacco barn
and warehouse and James E. Clay’s farm
house, killing a family of four negroes.
New Orleans, Oct. 29.—A special dis
patch from Waterproof, La., says that a
cyclone passed over Catahoula and Ten
sas parishes this morning. Ttiefirst place
it struck was James Bowman’s planta
tion on the Tensas river. Three houses
here were blown down, and four negroes
were wounded. The next place was D.
I). Miller’s highland plantation, where
one house was lifted from its foundation
and carried about half a mile into the
woods. A negro church was turned half
round. Timothy Thomas, colored, hail
his arm broken, and his wife and another
woman and two children were badly
hurt.
The cyclone then visited D. Stones pecan
plantation and a barn and two houses
were blown down. On H. Moses A Co.’s
Helena plantation the roof of the over
seer's house was carried away and three
persons were badly hurt and seven or
eight slightly hurt. Mrs. .Bowman’s
house, in Catahoula parish, was blown
down. She escaped, but her three chil
dren have not been found. Three houses
on W. C. Young’s place, three on Mr.
Watson’s and three on Mr. Permentier's
were demolished.
POSTAL FINANCES.
The Revenue Decreased by the Letter
Reduction and the Salary Adjust
ment. .
Washington, Oct. 29.—The statement
prepared for the use of the Post (dtice De
partment shows that the total receipts
from the j-.ostal service during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1883, were $45,508,692,
made up as follows: Letter postage paid
in money, $146,219; box rents and branch
offices, $1,882,004; lines and penalties,
$9,752; postage stamps, stamped envel
opes, newspaper wrappers and postal
cards, $43,014,043; dead letters, $12,280;
revenues from the money order busi
ness, $411,620; miscellaneous, $32,714.
The expenditures were $42,816,700, the
principal items being railway mail trans
portation, $11,155,180; compensation of
Postmasters, $10,315,394; the star route
service, $4,061,526; post office clerks,
$4,367,079; letter carriers, $3,173,306: rail
way postal clerks, $3,688,032.
The surplus revenue during the year
was $2,691,992. The Third Assistant Post
master General expreseil the belief that
the surplus revenue would have been
greater by at least one million, if receipts
had not been affected during the last quar
ter of the year by the approaching reduc
tion in postage rates, while the expendi
tures were greatly increased by the act
that began to operate on March 3 last,
providing for the readjustment ol the
Postmasters’ salaries on the basis of the
reduced postage that did not go into ef
fect until eight months thereafter.
A REAR AUMIIVAIi RETIRKS.
Ills Successor’s Salary Increase'] *I,OOO
a Year by the Action,
Washington, October 20.—Secretary
Chandler this morning received a cable
message from Hear Admiral Crosby, com
manding the Asiatic station, dated at
Shanghai, asking to he placed upon the
retired list immediately, under the forty
years service law. The request was
granted, and he was at once relieved front
his present command and retired. This
retirement, together with that of Rear
Admiral Clitz, which occurred several
days ago. will give Commodore Khind,
who retires on the Hist ot October,
an opportunity to be promoted to
Rear Admiral before that time, when he
will retire with that rank. The action of
Admiral Crosby in thus hastening his re
tirement is considered a very graceful
one on his part. It will make a difference
to him of about SSOO in salary, but it will
increase the salary of Commodore Khind
about SI,OOO a year as long as lie lives.
The retirement of Commodore Khind as
Rear Admiral will promote Commodore
Pattison to be Rear Admiral from Novem
ber 1. Commodore John I.ee Davis will
succeed Admiral Crosby in command on
the Asiatic station.
LABOR AGITATORS.
Tlie Improved Order of Knights of
Labor Denounced.
Philadelphia, Oct. 20.— The clerks in
the office of Grand Secretary Turner of
the Knights of Labor, at N'o. 202 Spruce
street, are busily engaged in mailing cir
culars to district and local assemblies,
containing the resolution adopted by the
General Assembly repudiating the or
ganization styled “The Improved
Order of Knights of Labor.” Subordinate
assemblies are instructed to drop from
their rolls of membership all persons who
are members of the new order. Secretary
Turnei says “The Improved Order of
Knights of Labor” is the production of
members of the Knights ot Labor in Bal
timore. whose object is to make it a po
litical machine,
Paris, Oct. 29.—At the International
Labor Conference to-day an address was
adopted expressing the sympathy of the
conference with the interests of tlie work
ingmen ol all countries and recording its
protest against wars.
Irving Well Received.
New York, Oct. 20.—Henry Irving
made his first appearance before an
American andience to-night as “Mathias”
in the play of “The Bells,” and gained
fresh laurels. Ilis redeptiqn was kindly
from the first, and speedily became en
thusiastic, At the close of tbp play be ap
peared before the curtain, made a brief
speech ol thanks, and bespoke a similar
kindness tor Miss Ellen Terry, who will
appear on Wednesday.
Complex iona I defects are eradicated not
hidden, by Glknn’b Sulphur Swap.
DANGER OF A NEGRO RIOT
1.000 STATE TROOPS PUT UNDER
ARMS IN TEXAS.
Bloodshed Temporarily Averted—The
Blacks Reported 500 Strong—The Re
versal of the Civil Rights Section
Said to Have Stirred up the Bad
Feeling.
St. Louis, Oct. 29.—A special dispatch
Irom Austin, Texas, states that intense
excitement prevailed there last night anil
to-ilay because of a telegram received by
Governor Ireland, reporting that 500 ne
groes were under arms in the town of
Gause, Milatn county, and that an out
break was momentarilv expected and
asking for immediate help. The late de
cision by the Supreme Court regarding
the civil rights bill has created a very bad
leeling among the negroes in various
parts of the State and outbreaks have
been looked for.
Governor Ireland immediately issued a
proclamation calling the militarv to arms.
Two companies were mustered at once
and before midnight last night over I,(XX)
men at Austin, Houston, Galveston and
other places responded to the call and
were ready to march at a moment’s notice.
Those troops were still awaiting orders.
The precise nature of the trouble can’t be
ascertained, but there seems to be no
doubt that a disturbance of some kind is
iu progress. Governor Ireland has ordered
a special military train to begot ready for
immediate use.
At 2:30 o’clock this afternoon the Gov
ernor received telegrams from ths Sheriff
of the county and from the railroad offi
cials saying that matters were quieted.
Galveston, Oct. 29, 10 p. m.— A later
dispatch from Austin says that the troops
who gathered have since been disbanded.
Parson .Grant, a colored preacher, after
consulting with tlie Governor, went to
the scene of the trouble.
WOMEN IN POLITICS.
Leslie U . Russell's Camliilaey in New
York Bitterly Opposed.
New Y uiiK, Oct. 29.—The women’s suf
frage party has prepared the following
address to the women of this State: “Tlie
undersigned urge you to exert yourselves
to turn every vote possible against Leslie
YV. Russell’s re-election as Attorney
General. Ilis official acts prove him to
be an unscrupulous foe of your liberties.
By informing tlie Legislature that you
have no right.to vote at common lawi he
has denied your sacred rights, and mis
represented the law to your hurt by sta
ting that you liaTe no natural right to vote,
he lias denied your title to freedom and
sought to keep your rights at the mercy
of those in power. By informing the Leg
islature that a Mil to repeal the statutes
which keep you from voting was uncon
stitutional he misled the Legislature and
kept you disfranchised. By thus con
tinuing your disfranchisement he has sub
jected you to many misfortunes and
wrongs which the repeal or your disfran
chisement would cure, and is personally
responsible for these sufferings. He has
also sought to rob the mothers of this
State of their votes at s hoot elections,
and thus to deprive them of the power to
control their children’s education.”
Liege, BEi.uiUM.Oct. 29.—At a meeting
here yesterday of persons who advocate
•universal suff rage a resolution was adopt
ed favoring the holding of a great public
demonstration in Brussels in January
next to further the movement.
STEINMANN’S I NPOPULARITV.
This tlie First Instance of Anti-Frrts
sian Feeling in Oldenburg.
Berlin, Oct. 29.—The disorders at
Oldenburg, arising from the unpopularity
ot the commanding officer. General Stein’-
manu, who is said to have insulted the sol
diers and people of Oldenburg, have ex
cited much attention here. The news
papers generally deplore the misunder
standing, especially as there lias never
before existed in Oldenburg anv anti-
Prussian feeling.. It is stated that General
Steinmann received four challenges, lie
fought a second duel on Friday last and
received a bullet in the shoulder. The
troops are confined in their barracks every
night, ready for any further disturbance
that may occur.
WOMEN MARRY EACH OTHER.
The Unaccountable Freak of a Buna
way Wife YVho Donned Male Attire.
YVaupl n, YVis., Oct. 29.—5. J. Hender
son, of Belvidere, 111., who came here re
cently with two children in search of liis
runaway wife, found her masquerading
in male attire under tlie name of Frank
Dubois. She was living with Gertrude
Fuller, having been married to her early
last spring by Rev. H. L. Morrison, at
tlie home of the bride’s mother. The de
ception had not been suspected, but many
persons thought that Frank had many
characteristics of a woman. Under this
name she had solicited odd jobs of paint
ing, and was making sufficient money to
support them both.
A Veritable Railroad War.
Lebanon, Pa„ Oc£ 29.—A serious rail
road war is in progress near here. Robert
11. Coleman, Manager of the new Corn
well and Lebanon Railroad, put 50 men
at work laying tracks from Cornwell to
the ore hills, passing over the property of
William C. Freeman, Manager of the old
Cornwell Railroad. \Y r hile the men were
at work Freeman, with 250 men, charged
upon them anil tore up the new track for
400 yards, scattering the material in every
direction. The Freeman party then laid
the track and ran upon it a train of loaded
coal cars. This morning’s rain prevented
the parties from resuming hostilities.
Trouble is leared. and the courts will
probably be appealed to.
Pittsburg, Oct. 29.—Thomas D. Wess
ler. \ ice President, and Comptroller of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was
arrested to-day on an attachment issued
by Judge McJunkin for contempt of
court in persisting in laying rails at
Rock Point after the lower court had de
cided against his company so rising.
Forty-five employes of the Pennsylvania
Company, who were arrested yesterday
tor contempt, are still incarcerated in the
New Castle jail, no attempt having been
made to release them. Everything was
quiet at Rock Point to-day, and it is
thought that the matter will now be
fought out in the courts.
A Business “Closed Out.”
Chicago, Oct. 29.—The stationery and
printing house of Culver, Page, Hayne
Cos., one of the oldest in this citv, closed
its doors this morning. In answer to in
quiries it was stated that tlie business
had lieen closed out to John Morris.
The immediate cause or the trouble seems
to have been the fact that Mr. Culver,
the monied man of the firm, had his capi
tal invested in mines and in an insurance
company. It is asserted that he has just
sold one of his mines to an English syn
dicate for S49O,(XX), and it is believed that
this transfer was made for the purpose of
tiding over the difficulty until a sale
can be realized on. The firm’s assets are
estimated roughly at $325,009, and the lia
bilities, it is believed, will reach $500,000.
Confession of judgment was entered to
day by W. K. Dunham against the firm
for $5,000.
Tlie Anti-Pension Agents’ Crusade.
Washington, Oct. 29.—A large num
ber of complaints of wrong-doing on the
part of pension agents came to District
Attorney Corkhill yesterday, hi the mail.
Every section of the country was repre
sented. in many of the more important
cases the numbers of the claims as filed
in the pension ofljee were pof giyep, and
it is therefore impossible to complete the
cases Irom the tiles. Colonel Corkhill
says that in sending him information it
is very important to give the pension
office the numbers of the claims.
A. Webb, of this city, has lieen sus
pended from practice as a pension attor
ney for making false representations as
to the rights of pension claimants.
No Diphtheria in Oreensboro,
Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 29.—The pub
lished statement that 3ts> children have
died from diphtheria in this section, re
cently, we brand as a base and malicious
falsehood, and will further state that but
one single case of diphtheria has occurred
in our city or its vicinity, within our
knowledge, ilurinr the past six mouths
and further, that our high, healthy coun
try was never freer Irom disease.
The above is signed by R. R. King,
Mayor; R. K. Gregor, M. D.; YV. P. Beall,
M. 1).; J. R. Hall, M. D.: A. S. Porter,
M. D.; Charles M. Glenn, 31. D-; D. R:
Schenck, M. D., and John E. Logan. Ni.' p;'
all practicing physicians.
YVhsn Ladles are Attractive.
All ladies know their faces are most at
tractive when free from pimples. Par
ker’s Ginger Tonic is popular among them
because it banishes impurities from blood
aud skiu and makes the lace glow with
health.
SEVENTY-FIFTH MERIDIAN TIME
Secretary Teller Orders Its Adoption
on the Ist of November.
Washington, Oct 29.—Secretary Tel
ler recently referred to the Director of the
United States Geological Survey the
proposition from the Secretary of the
Navy looking to the adoption by the In
terior Department of the seventy-fifth
meridian time as the local time of Wash
ington. Director Powell has returned
the letter with an indorsement, wherein
he says:'“The change of local time lor
YVashington, recommended by the Naval
Observatory, is in pursuance of
the general plan tor uniform
time as correlated by hour meridians
throughout the civilized world. For
many years scientific men have been
urging this measure, associations have
lieen organized for the, purpose of secur
ing it, and committees appointed by scien
tific bodies, perhaps, in every civilized
State. The plan will be of great value in
the collection and comparison of scien
tific observation that depend upon time.
From this standpoint of scientific re
search, therefore, it is greatly de
sired. * * * The local change in
Washington will be advantageous
to all business men and to all who travel
by rail.” Upon this indorsement Secre
tary Teller informed the Secretary of the
Navy that he would be glad to a'dopt the
new time, which is understood to be 8
minutes 8 seconds faster than the present
local time, and the change will go into
effect on November 18 next.'
COMPOSITORS ELATED.
Nearly Every in tlie Me
tropolis Brought to Terms,
New Yuuk, Oct. 29. —The striking com
positors who are members of Typographi
cal Union No. 6 thronged Botanic Hall,
on East Broadway, this morning. Five
young women who worked until Friday
last in Tibbitt’s shop, in Day street, were
cherred on their arrival in the hall. Good
humor seemed to prevail, and all were
exultant at the near prospect of victory.
The Executive Committee stated that the
majority of the shops have acceded
to the demands of the union, which
are that compositors be paid $lB per week
tor time work, and for book and job work
37 cents jier 1,000 for leaded matter and
40 cents for solid matter. The number of
shops which have granted the demands of
the union is 130. Only about 150 com
positors are now unemployed. The Su
perintendent ot the shop of Atartin Brown,
the city printer, was in conference to-day
with the President of the Typographical
Union, seeking to make an arrangement
to employ union men.
THE CHINESE INFLUX.
Judge Hoffman Finds the Questions
Precipitated Exceedingly Puzzling.
San Francisco, Oct. 29.—Two cases to
test the validity of the Chinese govern
ment certificates were brought up before
Judge Hoffman in the United States Dis
trict Court to-day, and lie pronounced
them exceedingly embarrassing. In one
of the eases the Chinaman said that he
was a cigar manufacturer. Judge Hoff
man saiil that Congress used the word
merchant, not manufacturer, and that
if every Chinaman who made a
few cigars er peddled matc hes was
to be classified as a** merchant,
the restriction act would be practically a
dead letter. The leconil case was that of
a boy 17 years of age whose certificate set
forth that the bearer was going to San
Francisco to manage a business in the in
terest of a mercantile firm. YVas the boy
a laborer or a merchant? This question
was difficult, to decide, and judgment was
deferred.
Tammany’s Fight Against Tim Campbell
New York, Oct. 29.—A delegation
from the Tammany Ilall Commitlee on
Organization called upon Mayor Edson
this afternoon, and made an informal
complaint against Police Commissioner
Ylatthews, charging him with having in a
speech at a political convention iast
Wednesday, stated that himself and two
others of the Commissioners favored the
election of Timothy J. Campbell as State
Senator, and would use their influence in
that regard. The Mayor said that he
would investigate the matter.
Fetter Carriers Arrested.
Baltimore, Oct. 29.—fwo letter car
riers, Charles Gelling and John Isaacs,
were arrested to-day on warrants issued
by United States Commissioner Rogers,
charging them with embezzling and de
stroying mail matter. The particular
charge is the opening of envelopes con
taining election tickets sent through the
post office addressed to various parties,
and destroying the tickets by burning
them. They were held in $1,500 bail for a
hearing on Wednesday.
Maritime Misfortunes.
New York, Oct. 29.—Last January the
steamer Pottsvilie, used as a coal carrier
by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company, ran ashore on the New Jersey
coast, and remained fast until this morn
ing, when she was floated and found to
be in good condition. A heavy gale was
blowing on the New England coast to
day. In Gloucester harbor a number of
fishing vessels dragged anchor, collided
or were blown ashore, involving consid
erable loss,
Pure Hyacinth? in YYasliingtoii.
Washington, Oct. 29.—I’ere Hya
cinthe arrived in this city this morning,
accompanied by his wife and their son
Paul. lie will remain iu Washington on
this visit about ten days, but has not de
termined whether or not ho will lecture
here during that time. He intends giv
ing a series of lectures in French in this
country, explaining his position towards
the Catholic Church, aud the reforms
which he believes should be made inside
the church.
Steel Importations Decreased.
Philadelphia, Oct. 29.—The Ameri
can Iron and Steel Association has re
ceived statistics showing a considerable
falling off in the imports of iron and steel
from Great Britain. The imports of these
products last month footed up 55,144 tons
against 00,633 tons for the previous month.
The total imports for the nine months of
this year were 540,079 tons, while for the
corresponding period of last year they
were 950,905 tons.
Years in Prison Ahead of Him.
Bridgeport, Oct, 29,— Samuel I'ine,
who is wanted at North Salem, N, Y„ for
an assault on Miss Slocum, and held here
for burglary and horse theft, was before
the Superior Court this afternoon. By the
advice of his counsel he pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to 14 years in State
prison, 10 years for burglary and 4 veays
for horse stealing. He preferred’ this
course rather than stand trial for rape in
New York.
New Guinea's Exploration.
London, Oct. 29.—Despite the disap
proval of Lord Derby, the colonial Min
ister of in New Guinea, the
projectors of the enterprise haye de
termined to proceed. A steamer lias been
chartered to leave England before Christ
mas. She will take six months’ provis
ions, tents and arms. Each subscriber of
£IOO to the expedition is to obtain a land
warrant entitling him to 1.000 acres.
A Jail Bird Fasting.
Bei.vidkre, N. J., Oct. 29.—Peter
Smull, an imprisoned horse thief, began
his twenty-first day of fasting to-dav. He
says that he has no desire for food what
ever, that his stomach feels solid, and that
he could not keep anvthiner on it if ue
tried, lje jias Ip&t cpnaidcralile fiesta, hut
seems healthy enough. His cell is filled
with tempting articles of diet, but he will
not eat.
A Jauitorsliip's Importance.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 29.—The Su
preme Court to-lay decided in the mu
nicipal muddle oases that the place of the
night watchman in the government build
ing is not such a place of trust under the
State constitution as to make the in
cumbent ineligible to election as an Al
derman. The decision is favorable fo the
Republicans.
A Stab Insfead or a Hand-Shake.
Njsw Orleans, Oct. 29.—A dispatch
trom Raymond, Miss., savs that Daniel
Murchison was killed late Sunday night
near Auburn by Will Slatte. They had
a dispute as to the proper manner of
shaking bands, and Slatte drew a dirk
and plunged it into Murchison’s heart.
The murderer fled.
A Property Man Dead:
Baltimore, Oct. it. -Daniel Ryan,
property man of the Romany Rye Cum-!
pauy, was found dead in his ruoro this
evening. At o o'clock he was apparently
wed and little more than an hour later he
was fonnd lying dead on his bed. He had
complained of rheumatism.
Mr. R. A. Harvell, Godwinsville, Ga„
save: “I used Brown’s Bitters for general
debility and improved at once.”
FRANCE’S CHINESE CRISIS.
; NEGOTIATIONS STILL AT A
DEADLOCK.
Chinese Regulars Pitted Against the
French In the Recent Engagement
Tlie Tseng - Laeour Correspondence
Published in England—Rumors of
Shocking French Barbarities Revived.
Paris, Oct. 29. — 31 ail advices from
Saigon show that the French forees in
their encounters in the vicinity of Hanoi
in the early part of September met
Chinese regulars, who were well armed
and officered. After a conflict of three
days, during which the French took some
of the enemy's works, they withdrew,
leaving Hai Phong still in the haud9 of
the enemy. Some of the troops of the
King ot Annani were with the encrav.
A letter from Saigon to L’ France states
that unheard of cruelties were committed
near Hue on the occasion of its capture
by the French sailors. Admiral Courbel
directed, in an official order, that there
should be no quarter given to men, wo
men or children. Three hundred Annam
ites who had taken refuge in the mouth of
the Bay of Thuan, were killed, all of them
being shot. One hundred and fifty more
who were drifting in a junk, without
arms or oars, were atso massacred.
LeFigaro declares that Admiral Cour
bel, at the Distance of Commissioner Har
mand, allowed the perpetration of such
acts in order to terrorize the Annamites.
LeTempa denies that Admiral Courbel
gave such orders, but admits that 1,200 of
the enemy were* slain at Thuan.
LcGattlois says that in view of the con
tingency of war between France and
China, several French iron clads have
been ordered to be put in readiness to re
inforce the French squadron in Chinese
waters.
The discussion ot 31. Gratiot’s interpella
tion on the Tonquiu question was begun
in the Chamber of Deputies to-day. 31.
Gatinau has decided to postpone' until
alter the Tonquiu debate his motion to
expel the Orleans princes from France.
A majority of the newspapers here
maintain that Marquis Tseng’s published
dispatches contain no new facts of im
portance, and that the yellow book re
cently issued, covered the essential
points.
Lc Journal de Paris states that Com
missioner Harman has ordered Com
mandant Uoronat, who was chief of Gen
eral Bouet’s stall', to return to France.
London, Oct. 29. —The Chinese Lega
tion has furnished the newspapers with
copies of the entire correspondence that
passed between Marquis Tseng, the
Chinese Ambassador, and Challemel La
cour, the French 31 in is ter of Foreign
Affairs, upon the Tonquiu question. The
correspondence embraces 27 communica
tions. It adds little to that already pub
lished, except that it otters arguments in
favor of the Chinese position. It denies
that Marquis Tseng ever assured Challe
mel Laeour that China would not op
pose France’s enterprise in Tonquiu,
and says that before July
last 31. Tricon, the then French Ambassa
dor to China, informed Li Hung Chang
that either opeii or occult assistance of
Annam by China would involve a casus
belli.
The Paris correspondent of tlie Standard
says that it is dear that negotiations be
tween France and China upon the Ton
quin question have been broken oft' for the
present, The relations now existing be
tween the two countries can only be de
scribed as at a dead-lock.
RUSSIA AND HER NEIGHBORS.
Austria Talking Peace, but Germany
Angrily Demanding Explanations.
Berlin, Oct. 29.—1 tis stated in semi
official circles here that the government
is greatly incensed at the action of the
Russian authorities in massing such large
numbers ot Cossacks on the frontier and
that the Cabinet is seriously considering
the advisability of at once preparing and
forwarding a note to the Russian govern
ment demanding an explanation of this
sudden movement of troops.
. Bkeslau, Oct. 29.— Die Schlesischcz
y.eitum / says that Germany will not be
satisfied with mere assurances of pacific
intentions on the part of the Czar, and M.
de Giers, the Prime 31inister of Russia.
There is no evidence of pacific intentions
beyond the bare declaration that Russia
is peacealdy disposed, and that the mass
ing ot the Cossack troops on the German
frontier and the unrestrained Panslavic
agitations in Poland are strangely at
variance with such professions.
Vienna, Oct. 29.—The Budget Com
mittee of the Austrian Delegation to-day
discussed tin* foreign estimates. Count
Kalnoky, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in
answer to questions, reviewed the politi
cal situation in Europe. He said that tlie
foreign relations qt Austria were perfect
ly friendly. His recent utterances,
especially those in regard to Rus
sia. had been perhaps willfully
distorted. He had described
Russia as completely normal,
and therefore friendlv. Russia had pre
eminently felt the need of peace, and
Austria required the same. The rela
tions ot Austria and Russia bore the
character of holding out mutual and
friendly conciliations. He was confident
that peace was assured for a long time to
come, Austria a relations with Germany
were perfectly secure, being based upon
unreserved accord between the two cabi
nets and upon the feelings of tlie people
themselves. These well known facts ma
terially aided the two countries in their
ett'ortß to maintain peace.
IRELAND AND THE IRISH,
Mr. Russell to Take Charge of the Ar
rangements Tor O’Donnell’s Defense.
Dublin, Oct. 29.—There were no pub
lic meetings of the members of the Na
tional League in Ireland yesterday, those
appointed for the day having been aban
doned in consequence of the proclama
tion of the government forbidding them.
Some disorders occurred at Castle Lyon
County Cork, where the police in dispersl
ing a procession charged upon it with
fixed bayonets, scattering it in all direc
tions and capturing its banners and mu
sical instruments. It is stated, however,
that after the military and police with
drew the meeting was held and that thus
the object of the leaguers was effected.
Freeman's Journal declares that the
government circular just issued contains
suggestion# to the Irish Immigration
Commission, ‘proposing the wholesale
shipment of Irish people to Canada. Every
facility is to be ottered the Board of Guar
dians and to the clerks of the unions to
promote immigration. No workhouse
paupers are to be sent Large contracts
have been made with shipping companies
for the conveyance of immigrants. The
Canadian Government is a party to the
scheme,against which Freeman's Journal
warns all Irishmen.
London, Oct. 29.—Mr. Bussell, after a
long consultation yesterday with Mr
Sullivan, O’PonneU’s counsel, formally
took charge ot the arrangements for
O’DctqneU'S defense,
RUSSIA'S “SOC IALIST JOURNAL.”
Socialism's Propaganda Reported as
Not Meeting the Success Kypened.
St. PETKKSByfIfi, itc. 29.—The second
number or the Socialist Journal, issued
by the students of Chestvo, has been
published here. It declares that
the miserable condition of the peasantry
th< “ propaganda has not made
the progress it expected. The Journal
publishes the names of various persons
arrested in Cronstadt, Odessa and Niko
lief, and says that 200 students were
expelled in a body from. ;ho commer
cial school af pUa.a, Jferkow in the
government of Kies. and that
no reason was assigned for such summary
actiou. It also states that students of
noble birth in the Constantino'- Military
School of ft. Petersjifii* bate' te&n re-
to, fm'ni&h a list of tiames of their
preseut apa former acquaintances, the
alleged motive for which requirement
i<eing the flnding of oompromising docu
ments in tneir possession.
Beaten by a Lunatic in a Compartment
LonD in, Oct. 29.—A gentleman was
attacked yesterday by lunatic in a com
partment of a oar on the Suburban Rail
way and beaten until he was insensible.
The only other occupant of the compart
ment was a lady, who was unable fo aid
the gentleman. She, however, whop the
frhiu arrived the station gave an alarm,
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FOR THE ANCIENT TICKET.
Judge Holman Certain He Is Not a Can
didate— Tlie Presidential Bee Not Buz
zing in His Bonnet—YYtiat Congress
Ought to Do in the Line of Reform.
| Cincinnati Special to Xeic York Times, i:th.
A reporter of the Xeics-Journal spent
! several hours yesterday with Judge Hol
j man, and obtained a long interview on
I national topics and his own views ou eur
: rent questions, in the course of which the
Judge spoke of the great need ot reform
I '“f 1 the departments at YVashington and
ofTilden’s pre-eminent fitness for bringing
about such reforms as are needed there"
He not only hopes but expects that Til
den will be the next candidate. As re
gards the Governorship, the writer knows
that Judge Holman has been solicited by
a large number of prominent Democrat's
lront various parts of the State to become
their candidate, and they assure him he
can be elected. He has not vet given
them a positive answer, but' lie cited
many reasons yesterday why he could not
be their candidate, and when the proper
time comes he will give them an answer.
It will lx* a negative one.
Judge Holman was first asked what he
thought the next Congress would do alout
the tariff. “It is not easv to predict,” he
answered. “There are a great mativ new
members whose views on the subject have
not been expressed. Some Democratic
members will oppose an attempt to revive
the present tariff, as no bill passed by the
House would have any show in the Senate,
as that body is substantially the same as
when the present tariff law was passed,
and they will urge delay until legis
lation on the subject can lie effected.
Besides, there is a stroug movement from
two opposite quarters to abolish the inter
nal revenue system. The interest on the
public debt and pension list cannot, of
course, bo reduced bv Congress, but the
current ordinary expenditures can be
reduced, 1 think, at least $40,000,000 below
the estimate ol the Secretary, and perhaps
more. But with that reduction, on the
basis ot the estimates, there would still
be over $225,000,000 to provide for, exclud
ing the sinking fund, and much more on
the basis of the appropriations for this
year. So you can see that tariff legisla
tion will greatly depend on this internal
revenue question, as no one expects the
customs, under the present tariff', to reach
any such sum. Democrats generally
believe that the reserve in the Treas
ury should be diminished, and if no
other plan is devised to reduce the
reserve it is not at all improbable that
the House will send to the Senate a bill
abolishing the internal revenue system.
YVe have always mainly relied ou cus
toms for the support ot the government,
and such is more than likely to lie the
policy in the future. Internal taxation
for the support of the Federal government
has never been relied on. except as a war
measure or to meet a war debt. Free
trade, ot course, is out of the question.
The question is between a tariff based on
the theory ot revenue or of protection.”
“Do you consider the Democrats as
generally favoring a tariff' for revenue?”
“Oh, undoubtedly. A tariff for revenue
has been the traditional policy of tlie
party, and no matter what party is in
power the government will be in the main
supported by tariff' duties.”
“Is there not too much money in the
Treasury ?”
“Certainly, there is. On the Ist of this
month there was an available balance of
$158,000,000. This is one of the incentives
to abolish the internal revenue. YVe are
all interested in having the public debt
paid at the earliest practicable period.
YVe have bonds payable, but the calls arc
made slowly. Frugal and honest govern
ment is almost out of the question with
an overflowing Treasury.”
“YY’hat will the next Congress do?"
“It is hard to tell. I think it should in
some form reduce taxation to the reasona
ble requirements of the public service,
and see to it that the means available for
the payment of the public debt are
promptly applied; revise our land system
and limit the disposal of public lands
adapted to agriculture to the provisions
ot the homestead laws; declare forfeited
the railroad land grant# where there ha#
been, in (bet, a forfeiture by the wilirul
violation of the condition bn which tin*
grants were made. YY r e should pass the
bill to regulate inter-State commerce by
railroads, and dispose of the great mass
of Spanish anil Mexican land grants,
which still afflict tlie country, acquired
front 31exico, and especially New Mexico
Congress ought to prohibit the use of pub
lic projierty except tor public service. The
appropriation bills, involving necessarily
a large reduction iu public expenditures,
will likely take more time than usual.”
“YY’hat about your being a candidate for
the Presidency?”
“I may he a little uncertain as to what
Congress may do, but I am quite certain
that I am not a candidate for the Presi
dency. I have felt greatly complimented
by the mention of my name In connection
with that great office by the New Y'ork
Sun. and other Democratic and Indepen
dent papers, but I can assure you I have
no Presidential bee buzzing in my bon
net.”
“What do you think will lie the effect
of the late Democratic victory in Ohio?”
“lo an outsider the result seems to
have been controlled not by local ques
tions, but by the general drift of public
opinion, and clearly indicates a change
ot administration In the govern
ment. It baa given great prominence to
Governor Uoadly, and his name is freely
mentioned for the Presidency. It has
also called a great deal of attention to
Judge Thurman, who is certainly oqe of
the foremost men of our period, I also
am glad to see that YtcDbnaid, of our own
State, shares in the honor of that victory.
But still I think the indications are that,
if Tilden concludes to accept the nomina
tion, Tiklou and Hendricks will lie our
next candidates, and. if so, there is hard
ly a shadow of doubt of their election.”
A GREAT SUCCESS,
Mary Anderson’s Appearance j n London
its “Pauline.”
£</<./ Cable Xew York Herald, Oc t. it.
American womanhood and the Ameri
can stage may well be proud of Mary
Anderson. Her great success as Par
tlienia was confirmed tomight by an over
whelming triumph as Pauline. Within
a few’ yveeks she has become the
central figure of dramatio interest, has
vanquished Ellen Terry in her own thea
tre, and lias brought to the English drama
a fresh charm which it has long lacked.
She has by her beauty and winning man
ners so established herself in the affec
tions of her London audience that her de,
parture will be mourned almost as a na
tional calamity.
Nothing could exceed the brilliancy of
the audience gathered to-night at the
Lyceum Theatre. In tbe proeenium box
i sat tbe Prince of Wales, the Princess of
Wales and Prince Louis fattenhmg. The
Prince of Wales followed intently every
movement of the* actress, while the
Princess wept at the pathetic pas
sages. The most uf tho nobllltv
now in town were present, with the Bar
oness tlurdett Coutts at their head, and
the juvenile Lord Garmoyle (who is en
gaged to Miss Fortescue, the actress,)
bringing up the rear. Mr. Gilbert, the
playwright, sat majestic in hia btu, gigni.
fying by his presence that he had for
given the loveliest of nis Dalateas. Bart
ley Campbell occupied a box immediately
above trie Stately Gilbert. Nearly all tbe
Americans who have not yet homeward
Hown made a point of witnessing the
triumph of their fair countrywoman
The general admission! on ail sides’ was
that no more shaming “Lady of Lyons”
waa wvet oeen i England. When “Pau
line’' appeared in a bell-shaped dress,
peculiar to the days of the French
Directory, she was voted ra beautiful
as l l arthenia’ , in tfye vWiivxy of a Greek
maiden. When <*he changed her cos
turae fire* fq a brown riding dress and
l\i;b.eaa hat, then to the white satin
or a bride, loud murmurs of approba,
tion ran round the boxes, pi the
performance of the part M ar >' Anderson
displayed ail those qimlitios already
known to (hu American playgoers. Her
, tearful appeals were sometimes drowned
ihv the clamor of “Claude Melnotte,”
played by a burly actor familiarlv styled
“Handsome Jack Barnes,” but in qufoter
moments her pathos touched all hearts.
It was a real pleasure to how genuine
' Vi J. s ,i tiie :l l’l’* aus e the end of each act.
\V hen tb“ piay finished nobody left his
seat ii.i the actress appeared before the
curtain. Then arose sheets of enthusi
asm; men wayeU YRelrhats, ladies waved
their handkerchiefs, while Mary Ander
iou stood amid tho tumult bowing
1 and blushing Uhe a timid school
girl, and unoe raising her eyas
to trio box where the Prince and
Princess oi Wales sat applauding vigor
ously. It was quite a remarkably scene.
When it was over there way a, Lush for
the carriages. Into qne of them stepped
one of the most bonytiutl women in Lon
don.
oWeih” aakla friend at the window,
f ‘ what do you think of her?”
The beauty replied: “Exquisite! ex
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MARY CHURCHILL FOUND,
! SHE SENDS A LETTER HOME
FROM INDIANAPOLIS,
: Not on the Stage nor Kloped, but Simply
Enjoying the Novelty of Earning Her
Living—ller Parents Certain of the
Genuineness of the Letters—A Speedy
Itetiirn Expected.
St. Loris, Oct. 20.—News lias been re-
I ceived of the missing girl, Mary Church
! dl, who disappeared from her. father’s
I Douse in July. Her father. Col. .James C.
j Churchill, has received a letter from her
mailed at Indianapolis. He refuses to
make its contents public, but furnishes
the following card:
“TO TDK PUBLIC.”
After a suspense of three months 1 am
to-day in receipt of a letter from iny
daughter, mailed from a distant city. As
the papers all over the country have ac
corded me every facility within their
power, and m many eases at great ex
pense. in my search, notwithstanding
the injunction imposed by my daughter to
withhold from publication tlie contents of
this letter, the duty which l owe mr
friends impels me to give its purport,
which I herewith attach as follows:
October 25, 1888.
M>i Father— I write to let vou know
that lam alive and well. I am not on
the stage, as you suppose, nor have J
eloped. Oh, no. Oh, how could you think
so, when I cared so little for gentlemen’s
society. I am earning my own living
honestly. Teach my little sisters nndi
darling little brother to think kindly ot
their sister Mary.
Colonel Churchill expresses the utmost
conlidence in the authenticity of the let
ter, and both he and his wife identify the
handwriting. They have no information
ol their daughter’s whereabouts, hut )>oth
feel confident that they will soon heai
from her again and that she will retura
home shortly.
ENGLAND'S GRAIN MARKETS.
Malle the Only Article Which u as At
tained an Increased Price.
London, Oct. 28.—'The Mark Lane Ex
press in its weekly review of the British
grain trade says: “The weather has gene
rally been line and mild and land is in
excellent condition for sowing. Prices
are weaker. All qualities of wheat ex
cept line are cheaper. Flour Is difficult
to sell and the market favors the
buyers. Ordinary malting barley
has declined Is., and grinding sorts from
3d. to (kl. Foreign wheat is lower, espe
cially for Indian and hard Russian mixed.
American maize is scarce and tid. dearer.
European maize is dull. Three wheat
cargoes arrived. Two were sold, live
were withdrawn and two remain. The
sales of English wheat during the week
were 73,391 quarters at 40s. 6a. per quar
ter against iio.OlO quarters at lbs. 3d. per
quarter during the corresponding week
last year.
Spain’s Disbanded Battalion.
Madrid, Oct. 29.—The Cereles Battal
ion, which guarded the ministerial build
ings anil which on Saturday was dis
armed and disbanded, was a volunteer
organization of the government employes
which Gen. Lopez Dominiques, the Min
ister of War, decided to dissolve. There
is no political importance attached to
this action of the War Minister.
Spain’s Political Future,
Madrid, Oct. 2.—The appointment of
Senor Camacho, lately Minister of Fi
nance, to the Governorship of the Bank of
Spain, signifies a union of the two politi
cal groups in the new Ministry, and is in
tended to prepare the wav for the forma
tiou of a great liberal party.
Anarchists Explode a Komb.
London, Oct. 29.—A Paris dispatch
states that a number of anarchists ex
ploded an infernal machine at the en
trance to a largh cafe in Lyons to-day.
Fortunately no persons were injured.
Pimlico Haves Postponed,
Baltimore, Oct. 29,—The raoosat Pim
lico to-day were postponed until to-mor
row.
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