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ESTkBLISUED 1880. I
B gkilU-. Editor and Proprietor. (
■tfSwi.l \M'_ FLORIDA.
I - Vt \v- '> THE TWO states
I tHI toi i> > n paragraphs.
1 j. a Nrgro Counterfeiter— Re
■ *,.<**“ of Deputy United States
I ‘““‘Li-Ih'' Henry County Murderer
m ' , * r ‘ n H ,„ S -The Decomposed Body
Mulatto found in Santa Fe Kiver.
H * ( * oeokoia.
H ...eurrv. aired 82, died near
H Jr*. on tbe ilst'nlt.
■ . - ,:, l. rsville. Mr. W. V. I)uno-
H jurt'-'J- /, Mis-. Mary B. Wicker.
H :it- c ‘ : 1 ‘ | range. Z.T.Oakew,of Xevr
-19 t* rrr y (. V i ;.irliam, of Troup county.
M v, i.an. Mr. K. S. Buctiauau,
H Jj-7 I '''". --man Buchanan, to Miss
H Jf^ 1 ‘" n -i ~ n v „ung white man, stole a
m '.ii k l.athena. near Gainesville,
H •. .it.d was promptly captured.
H | was shot in the shoulder
H i:;. other day while carelessly
P*"'’ Hi- shoulder had to be un
s*:,,i eight inches of the lame
■ • J,me- M Russell. of Columbus, was
g| j i . M -- Mattie V. Reynolds, of Uov-
H v v ~f, re yesterday. Rev. (Gen.)
H a# 105 ' ‘,,0 , Jt r f rinmir the ceremony.
H ~ • - - t.a- an account of the mar
■ / j'uii. - H. Nunnally to Miss Cora
H fff' Atlanta. The ceremony
I aSit<* i ' v “ T t ‘ r ' t Methcstiat Church, and
H ’* g yj itrown. well known in Macon.
H , ! day at his home in Alsace.
H :i;. irary probably knows best,
■ {r r Bad s vague idea that Alsace is not
■ “ i. France hut Germany.
■ , , y;, re ha- hrn found guilty of raje in
■ - jis-rior • eurt at Atlanta and recoin-
I Ssiefto tt.e ’• rev of the Court. He was
■ to live years in the penitentiary.
B report.- . liave lieen guilty of similar
I ia s'kingham county, X. C.
I rj* ttiznta ' "Mtitution says that Henry
■ .'in.the in-halticounty murderer, will not
■ sir.i.'e'i ” n the 9th inst ,as sentenced by
I jrr niinm./iel. The ease goes to the Su
fi ~urt.. writ of error, and a superse-
I ,-:i .ranted suspending the sen
-9 l it'
B (i 1 /• . ",'h twl Messenger'. “Officers
■ , n ■ .c- t* . M .-ely arrested a young man
H Walter Winn, of Twiggs county, at
I uTc'-pei- la-i night on a warrant sworn" out
fi hr Trais-rr-- NVwlierry. charging him with
■ of ill-money. Voting Winn
B sMßClhiug over FIDO when arrested.”
B W . - M alker. at General I.ongstreet’s
B h.c- tendered his resignation as Chief
■ 'w! state- Deputy Marshal. The cause is
B t, - physical inability to perform the
fi toir- f tie cli.-e, he having lost a leg at the
■ ggs -i"' hapultapee, in the Mexican war.
■ :.g active enough, as he walks with
B j ,rt i.r.nuell, a Lumpkin county negro.
■ „ . :. -1 of counterfeiting in the United
B -aa- 1 -'.r; al Atlanta day before vester.lav,
B jad s-ut> i. | to twO years in the Albany
9 K. \ ix-nilentiary. The offense was com-
B at;,. a I'sO, when he passed about a dozen
I sska dollars on some innocent mer
■ ttatP n Walton county.
I r* 'ia- -n T<lryr.i}>h and yft’s*eny?r has
■ tkfish-rc'ting marriage notice: “Yesterday
I pws.ai. > uly. Judge McManus was arouseil
B kttu.mi-- man named David L. Keller, who
triiteilo w.- t Miss Jennie Rothschild. The
irfstoc a- granted, and the pair were mar
r.*u after bv Judge M. It. Freeman. The
pawn nspi.—ted .fudge Freeman to semi the
WfhScite.'f marriage to Shreveport, La.
FLORIDA.
Umivr.Ualersat Fort Dade have advanced
ss.rt ik.t;tt.s>s arc selling in Lake City at
#etst- per liushels.
fh.ima- Hi vers" house, on Lake Butler, was
rastr-Hisl by 'ire recently.
Tv I'uia! Hotel, of Jacksonville, will open
to-Ua; fur the winter season.
Tit- 1-.-: i.i'i c at Summerville was robbed
last week id IS' worth of stam|>s.
Phiiiif Thompson has bought the Key West
/V h rr.ir fr..m i olonel Pendleton.
lie;.:!', 'ii.-riff.l. D. Kelley, of Jacksonville,
i:enremoving sxin to Maudarin, his fu
- ..f an acre of land a Co
nner made this season SS3
B. 11. " isier has received his commission
for Duval eounty from Gov
**xt> .-hels of jsach stones were receive!
i Haw thorn last week. Thev are to lie
piaß.ci for a nursery.
VitwithsUnding Lake City is surrounded
h. p i are brought there from Cedar
by!>supply the market.
•r. • mant. brother of Major Sherman
g*. Jacksonville, died at his home in
Ten- un t relay night last.
A large quantity of oranges arrived in Jack
*ir -t week from the up-river growers.
t#!>oßi’ arc of first-class quality.
T:-nr is a disagreement between Dr.
Th - i-. i’ort Inspector at Cedar Key, and Uie
of Health concerning port fees.
Mis. Napoleon Broward, w ife of Captain
Bren ne of the St. John's barpilots, died
IMc . i -ruing at her home in Kast Jack-
Mcilr.
b, rg. w. Sweeney, proprietor of the**ldle-
: r*-i,tnrant on Amelia lieach, near Fer
i. uly Monday at Jackson
tilie of apoplexy.
i M licit, -tate Attorney Sparkman.
ill and Judge Magia-e left Tampa
iAtiwcfk for lirooksville to he in attendance
tii* t r. mt Court now in session at that
pae*.
- named Haii and Powell, have
i*vi :i i. lto jail on a charge of setting
tori I. f 'I ioy A Co’s tur|H*ntine works
is h-kcamt a county on the night of Octo-
T -i : ister General has issued an order
wooi.nuiiig the Kevsville post office in
- >unty. The money order lmsi
ss-s ! Manatee post office has also been dig-
L < i qiman. living near Orlando, has a
wi;;.. i-raised sixty-four chickens since
s'u r j .rt of last March, and is now set
:.si .-'a His family has also used several
ng that time.
T I t , i rr.t.unt says the Supreme Court
-•--; a w rit of error in the ease of Win.
B g . \>ni e-fed at recent term of court for an
at with intent to kill. Bilge will be put
25 ler . i and released from jail.
| b mates of river and harbor work
i;- r.cxt iix al vear Tampa Bav is set
. -Manatee $12,000’ Peace
. • " ithlacoochee $15,000. Caloosa
ra - ’Ci . and Key West $50,000.
- ice force has been reduced
ounig the past few days to only three men.
U* rrak -a a;ven is that for several mouths
- have been romiielled to dis
"■ a: thc r w arrants, there being no money
*i Uie irWury,
*i : Council of 8k Augustine have re
• - tax against express cornpa
c~. isttii probability is that an office will
* u.s-c. . ..-.un over there. Last summer
" | 1 ~‘ ,; =.|-e refused to pay this tax and
rnmg two little lioothlaeks of
!;• -"(■'■ eeame involved in a quarrel,
*Jv5 : named Fred Allen, stabbed the
*t--r i Williams, in the side, inflicting
, " -■' ind.which may end fatally. Allen
_ : ,'•! iwaiting the "final result of the
•mi- !. *
Tn I; nr ! of Pilot Commission' rs have re
™r: r '.-'rf-* relative to the condition of the
' r for the week ending on last Sat
t -. ther with the numlier of vessels
lUiriug the week they piloted
•Gror.:i two vessels, and report from 12 to
: t f water on the bar at high tide.
A' T. .i|ia, on Wednesday last, Oliver
J. TV. Pickett, colored, was ar
ss”5 s ” -fer forging an order for $33 75 on Capt.
• T. I -lev "signing W. H. Webb's name to
• After a preliminary hearing was
:a: s is committed to jail, .smith lias
.5.-: served out a two years sentence in the
Bxiter.t.ary for the same offense.
Mt., r Long, of St. Augustine, calls the at
■ ommon Council and citizens
'. • the fact that the Board of Mauagers
read; te receive proposals for the lo
•Joun of the blind, deal ana dumb asylum
- nzed by the L.-t Legislature. He wants
ike a bid for it. A special
wmnr.itee has been ap|K>inted to take the
11.. * ■‘-Oittttu says Surgeon K. P.
*• srrj). [ states Marine Hospital Ser-
r ‘ f '• physician :n charge of the Pensacola
Vfera."'t!De 'tat ion, was relieved from
sT,. n . ie :;lt ult., and. as per assignment
■ ' i/Teoa General, he will assume
"f tne national quarantine station at
“f.l- >! .Miss. Dr. Leonard will remain
|? r: f the station at Pensacola until
'“c withdrawal of qua r ntine.
lJ* GaiastiUe OaitK Be* contains the fol
-1.. - "Jn last Saturdar* in the ‘Pine
aCi r -n. near where the Rowland's
.V: 11 harlotte Harbor Railroad crosses
*- satu.. t, River, the body of a mulatto
in a horribly decomposed con
• w hen discovered onlv the back was
f ''' V ' ur face of the placid stream, the
at : ad lieing submerged. .. pon llsli
it out the hands were found to be bound
■ord and the feet pinioned to
. \ * r " ; ’h the same kind of material.
‘ -‘d been punched in deceased's
.■' : Ued on his head. No marks
s .\ n, 'c were found about the dead
Uar' ! r r ' , ’ U- an ‘i a* a heavy rock was
i to him, the presumption is he was
- ■• i-.-.i by drowning. So clue has as yet
■W > *° the perpetrators of the foul
. - "’it tne matter is undergoing investiga
-- ~' * Mr. Thomas Price. He,
11 difficult to get witnesses to testify
V .’ 7 dispatched Mr. Holder, of Jones
u, f ‘ •hw city for turther advice as to how
„ e ,* u . c .“. t*ti*ent witnesses to ’tell the
i r sr n 'X uth ' " e doubt not the Justice is
t, ’Session of the requisite infonua
.tbe
< Man > bonder why the brute creation
*7'l mankind as a rule when it comes
■ ~*.? UWit ‘ o n of health. Investigation
ca-i ’ a,< ertaine the cause. It is be-
bn,t * naturally obeys every
ot health, while mankind is constant
__ 'ifsenerating owing to excesses of our
■eestors and our own individual impru
" n S e - sudden exposure to extreme cli
f ,a J" c ‘hfluenees. gluttony, improper
m,^. acoho li° stimulants, over exertion of
worriment, anxiety, care,
a marked effect on the hu
i ?j v# tem. Be cared by using Brown’s
n Bitterm. A remarkable remedy for
festering health.
ij'lw Siranumlt 3cus.
FLORIDA’S GROWTH.
Her Progress Due to Southern Perse
verance and Pluck—Other Notes.
Correspondence of the Hominy Hews.
Jacksonville. Fla., Oct. 29.—1 t has got to'
he somewhat fashionable to point to Florida
as an evidence of what can be effected by
Northern thrift and energy, and to attribute
her very remarkable progress to “Y ankee”
skill and “Y'ankee” industry. That the in
troduction of this element into our midst has
been attended with many happy results, can
not be denied, and the writer, in extending
them a hearty welcome, expresses the earnest
hope that they will continue to come in in
creasing numbers. They are a far-seeing, in
telligent, active people, and usually make
things lively wherever they settle. Their
keen, shrewd eyes detect profit where others
can only discern loss, and they are always on
the lookout for paying investments and golden
opportunities. These characteristics are just
what are needed in anew country, and here
they have had ample room for display and de
velopment.
But while giving our Northern brethren the
utmost credit for their manv noble and valu
able qualities of heart and head, facts and fig
ures go to show conclusively that to Southern
energy, and to Southern perseverance and
muscle must the growth of Fhn-ida during the
la-t 15 years he mainly ascribed. Southern
brains and Southern thews and sinews have
supplemented Northern capital, and the com -
hiuation of these ingredients has furnished
the motive power that is now propelling the
Slate on the road to prosperity.
Avery erroneous opinion also prevails that
the hulk of the immigration now tending to
Florida is derived from the former non-slave
holding States. An analysis of the census of
ISSO establishes the very reverse of this opin
ion, and that to such au extent as tu consti
tute a great surprise to those who have not
examined the statistics. That document de
termines unmistakably that the vast majority
of the citizens of Florida are of Southern birth,
the proportion of those of Northern nativity
bemg exceedingly small.
THE LATE CENSUS
makes our entire imputation 2*19,493, including
9,909 of foreign nativities. This leaves a
native population of 259,584. Of this number
173,481 were horn in Florida. Deducting these,
B*>, 103 of the citizens of this State were born in
the remaining portions of the Union. Now
the census shows that the States of Georgia.
South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina and
Virginia have contributed 73,790 of their sons
and daughters to our population—Georgia
furnishing 32,607, or nearly one-eighth of the
entire population. South Carolina 18,522, Ala
bama 12.023, North Carolina 6.307, and Vir
ginia 3,3.11. Deducting these, there will re
main only 13,313, which number will compre
hend those horn in the Southern States, not
above enumerated, and in all the Eastern,
Northern and Western States. Over one
fourtli of our people were boru in the States
lying immediately north of Florida.
To come down "more into detail suppose we
take up Duval county, which confessedly
contains a larger proportion of Northerners
than any county in the State, and what does
the census reveal ' Total population. 19,431;
lwrn in the State 11,407; in the five Southern
States aliove mentioned, 4,665; in foreign
countries, 1,062. Aggregating these sums and
deducting them from the total and you will
have remaining 2,297 to cover those Irorn the
remaining Southern and the entire Northern
and Western States.
Orange, perhaps the most progressive agri
cultural county in the State, of a population
of 6,315, has only 986 born in the Southern
States, not above specified, and in the re
mainder of the Union. Putnam, onl v 766; Vo
lusia, 70S; Marion, 524; Alachua,B73; Sumter,
27t>.
I have alluded specially to the above coun
ties, as they be directly in the current of
immigration, an i are rapidly growing in
wealth and importance.
As yet, comparatively no Narthcrn popu
lation has found its way into Middle and
West Florida, and those entire communities
are almost exclusively of Southern origin.
THE INEXORABLE FACTS AND FIGURES,
of the census prove therefore with mathe
matical certainty that Florida is not only at
present a Southern State in sentiment and by
tradition, but that she will continue tore
main in that catalogue She will be true to
her ancestry, and must remain a pillar of the
“solid South” in the Democratic co'timn. The
clear cut figures given above from official
sources demonstrate that what has been done
here and what is being done is under the di
rection and guidance of Florida energy and
Florida intelligence. 1 wish to place the
laurel wreath upon the proper brows. Florida
is no longer a feeble, timid infant, but a
strong, stalwart man, a true son of the soil,
fully competent to take charge of his own
affairs ami to drive them to a successful ter
mination.
A party of distinguished Africans arrived
in this city last week, eu route to their home
steads up the river. They consisted of a
group of ostriches direct from the sands of
the desert, and will he located on an island
up the river. It is said that those concerned
in this enterprise are satisfied of the adapt
ability of our soil and climate to the profit
able propagation of these gigantic birds, ami
express the assurance that the venture will
Ihi successful. The strangers made quite a
sensation and held a large reception. Florida
already enjoysquite a reputation for the unru
lier, beauty and variety of her birds of rare
plumage,and many an elegant and dainty lady
in I’aris. London. New York and elsewhere,
wears proudly upon her lionnet feathers that
once fluttered among the keys and everglades
of Florida. You need not lie surprised to see
in a few years among the quotations, prices
of ostrich plumes raised in Florida. Thus we
are steadily advancing.
THE JACKSONVILLE, TAMPA AND KEY WEST
RAILROAD COMPANY
are now operating a track-laying machine
that works satisfactorily, and is putting down
iron at the rate of half a mile daily. So soon
as their full arrangements are perfected they
will progress still more rapidly. They are
pushing the work vigorously, and it is expect
ed before many months elapse that we shall
lie welded with l'alatka. Several eargoes of
steel rails intended for this road are now
afloat.
THAT MISERABLE, SNEAKING FEVER,
the dengue, is still playing havoc among our
citizens, and one after another is succumbing
to its prostrating influence. The writer was
its victim last fall, and retains a painful re
collection of its powers. Otherwise the health
of the city is good, ami only four deaths were
reported last week. There'are appearing on
our streets numerous sufferers from pulmon
ary diseases, who have come on thus early to
avoid the wintry blasts of their Northern'cli
mates. Many are benefited, and many are
sent hack for burial.
The Jacksonville, St. Angustine and Halifax
River Railroad has undergone a change in the
management, and new and competent officials
have lieen ap|iointed. This change was the
occasion ot an excursion to the Ancient City
this morning, and a large number of citizens
accepted the invitations tendered.
It is sufficiently warm still for fans and
summer clothing.' W. H. B.
BKTC.YNDS IN PARIS.
Nenilly Terrified—Mile. Chieze’s YTc.
tory—Besieging a Hotel.
Herald Paris Cable, Oct. tS.
The suburb of Neuillv for the last ten
days has been thrown into a state of ex
citement and alarm, recalling the days
of the siege of Paris. Bands of brigands
have been committing wholesale robbe
ries and setting the police completely at
defiance. A running discharge of iire
arnis is often kept up during the entire
night, the police tiring volleys at the
bandits, who return the lire with revolv
ers, while now and then a terrified and
nervous householder blazes away from
his windows at any one prowling about
his premises. In this way five policemen
have been unintentionally shot.
. In one of their frequent raids the police,
the night before last, managed to wound
three of the* bandits and capture thirty
prisoners, with the loss of only one gen
darme, who was wounded. The remain
der of the band beat a retreat to the Bois
de Boulogne, which is now being scoured
by strong bodies of police and soldiers.
In spite, however, of the “grand rounds”
and the patrols some highwaymen at
tempted last night to pillage the hotel of
the Marquis de Urozier, No. 10 Boulevard
Uoussay, Neuilly. The Marquis having
gone to the opera, the housekeeper. Made
moiselle Cbieze, was alone in the vast
hotel, the Marchioness with her children
and the other servants being in the coun
try. Mile. Chieze was aroused at mid
night by strange noises in the garden.
Opening* the window she saw six men try
ing to break open the front door.
With extraordinary presence of mind
and pluck Mademoiselle cried out for the
Marquis, and, imitating a man’s voice,
carried on an animated conversation with
herself. Meanwhile Mile. Chieze. run
ning about from room to room with lights,
made the bandits believe that the house
was full of occupants. Owing to this
stratagem the bandits retired for rein
forcements. The Marquis meanwhile ar
rived with M. Coadiman.
About three in the morning the high
waymen returned, but were repulsed by
the Marquis and M. Coadiman, who for
nearly half an hour kept up a furious
fusilade with repeating rifles. A com
pany of gendarmes finally arrived, and a
batt’u was organized, but the highway
men managed to escape to the Bois de
Boulogne. YVhat is most urgently re
quired on the western side of Paris is the
demolition of the fortifications, which
would give life and security to a vast dis
trict. The military zone of 300 metres,
inside and outside* the walls, is a dark
and dreary waste, and the gloom of it ex
tends to all the region beyond.
A Rare Hare.
EnfauUt Mulletin.
Dr. Chaney, of Glennville, was in the
city yesterday, and he had a strange and
beautiful young rabbit he had killed in a
hunt on the day before. It was of a solid
light buff or dove color on the back, with
snow white hair underneath and on the
; legs, and pink colored eyes. Some said it
was a freak of nature, but we are satisfied
that it was nothing more than a cross be
tween the pet white rabbit and the brown
hare so common in our woods and fields,
i It was a pretty creature, and the object
: of much interest and curiosity.
THE PENSION FRAUDS.
AX INTERVIEW WITH DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CORKHILL.
Samples of the Circulars Sent Out by
the Agents—How They “Milk” Their
Victims—The Large Fortunes Acquired
In the Business—YVhat He Proposed to
Recommend.
Washington, Oct. 31.—Secretary Tel
ler to-day modified the rulings of former
Secretaries, so that pension attorneys un
der charge of improper conduct shall not
lie suspended from practice until action
is had upon the charges, and they are
either acquitted or disbarred.
Upon the subject of the investigation of
the jiension claim business by District
Attorney Corkhill, now in progress, the
'V ashington Post of to-morrow will pub
lish an urticle in which it says: “For
years the number of pension agents has
steadily increased, until it is esti
mated there were, in round
figures in- the city of Washington,
six months ago 1.000 of them. Many of
them have no offices, merely a lock-box
in the post office, and transact all their
business at their rooms and through the
mails. Others have offices but no outside
signs. Some who send out flaunting cir
culars are not even known at the Pension
Office by the names they use on their sta
tionery. During the last 18 months more
than 300 have been suspended from prac
ticing before the Commissioner, and
tully one-half as many disbarred.
The reliability and honestv of 300
more are now being examined
into by District Attorney Corkhill and
his special assistants, and’ will be report
ed on in a comparatively short time. If
unfavorably, they will *be suspended by
the Commissioner; and if sufficient evi
dence ot fraudulent practices is found
against them, they will be disbarred and
indieted. A reporter of the Post called
on the District Attorney to-day, and
asked to be shown some of the circulars
that have lieen sent in response to his re
quest for them published in the Associated
l ress dispatches. For a reply Mr.Corkhill
jwiinted to the table, which seeemed 4
to he littered with them, and told the re
porter to examine tor himself. The cir
culars were in many cases from persons
never before heard of by the reporter, al
though he is pretty well acquainted in the
city. Others were signed by well known
names. Some were ornamented by the al-
leged portraits of attorneys sending them
out. others by pictorial representation
of soldiers at camp-fires or on picket duty.
A large portion of them were larded with
patriotic sentiments, mainly expressive
of the debt of gratitude (and money)
which the nation owes the soldier, ‘as
a debt that never can tie paid.’
If half that these rhetorical circular
writers have printed is true the nation
hasn’t money enough to pay it.
‘“Are all these in response to the re
quest you sent out a week ago?’ asked
the reporter.
“ 'All of them,’ replied Corkhill, ‘and
many more beside. You couldn’t get a
dozen of them in Washington, or by any
other means, for love or money.’ ”
“The pension agents send these circu
lars to hundreds of thousands of soldiers,
soldiers’ widows and children whose ad
dresses tney have obtained through post
masters in small villages and country
settlements. You will see that accord
ing to these circulars almost everv dis
order that the flesh is heir to is good and
sufficient reason for a pension.”
“And are these representations fraudu
lent ?”
“In many cases they are. Some of the
clauses state the law fairly, but iq nearly
all of them there is an invitation to the
claimants to commit fraud upon the gov
ernment, and a promise to help him on
the part of the agent. Take this case for
instance,” said the District Attorney,
reading from a printed paper which he
took from a drawer, “the pension attor
ney writes: ‘You are entitled to a pen
sion for the slightest disability of what
ever nature.’ You would be astonished
to know how directly chronic disease can
he traced to diarrhica or other slight dis
orders incurred while in the army. Even
heart disease may be traced to diarrhica,
measles, mumps and malaria. A hardship
even, if endured in the army, can easily he
shown to be the direct causes of many
broken down constitutions. Such case’s
are as clearly entitled to pensions as are
those who were actually wounded in bat
tle. The rulings are far more liberal than
formerly. We endeavor to successfully
handle any ease of such disability iif
curred Avh’ile in the army regardless ot
the manner. Many soldiers who have
drawn pensions have lost them on re
enlistment or from other causes. We can
restore all such to the rolls, together with
arrears. We particularly desire old or
rejected claims. We solicit all such cases,
being sure of our ability to manage
them.”
Another circular suggests the value of a
little hard swearing. Another whom the
District Attorney describes as one of the
most reputable in the business words his
circulars so as to make it appear that he
is on intimate terms with the Commis
sioner of Pensions and especially favored
by him, a shrewd piece sf business which
he supposed would never be known at the
department. After drawing their victims
into correspondence by means of
these circulars the dishonest agents
proceed to milk them, as the
process is described among rascally
attorneys. They write to them once or
twice and then ask for a dollar or two
dollars to defray postage and stationery
costs. If they have, as many of them do,
20,000 names on their lists( milking of
this nature will bring in from $20,000 to
$30,000.”
“Well, what next?” asked the reporter.
“The treatment varies. The postage
and stationery claim is always go.id.
Then comes the cost of working up testi
mony. That varies from $5 to S2O a case.
Finally comes the fee. They are allowed
to charge $lO, and just as soon as they
think it safe to do so they draw or send a
C. O. D. package by express for that.
The law allows them only $lO. That is all,
but it also allows them to collect it in ad
vance. That clause was worked through
Congress a short time ago, and is a regu
lar bonanza, for whether the ease is a
good one or not, if any progress is made
in it the fee is collectable at any time.”
“How much money do you estimate the
largest agents could draw in by such
means?”
“It is not easy to estimate it, but 1 am
pretty reliably informed that one firm ob
tained near $50,000 by one operation.
There are agents in this city—some of
them with branches here, for all are not
located in Washington—who have amassed
large fortunes in a few years.”
“What do you propose to do with them ?”
asked the reporter.
“Break them up. The Attorney General
of the United States, the Commissioner of
Pensions and Secretary of the Interior
are determined upon it, and I have no
doubt of being able to accomplish it, no
matter how reputable they appear to be
or how much money they ’ have. Since I
commenced this investigation at least
twenty-two firms have disappeared from
practice; not by evidence that 1 have re
ceived, but from that, which was on file
before the investigation took a definite
shape. lam sorry to say that if the rep
resentations made to ’ me are cor
rect and circulars sent me by
hundreds have been issued by the firms
now in good standing, that I shall recom
mend their suspension to the Commis
sioner of Pensions with the rest. Someot
them are men who stand very high at the
department. It makes no difference how
high they stand in public estimation, the
circulars which it was supposed would
never see the light will give the best indi
cation of the character of the business
they have carried on, and by those they
must stand or fall.”
GRAND LODGE. F. A. M.
Election of Officers for the Ensuing
Term.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 31.—At the meeting
to-day of the Graud Lodge, F. A. M., of
Georgia, the following officers were
elected:
Grand Master—J. S. Davidson.
Deputy Grand Master—J. M. Kusliii.
Grand*Senior Warden —Reuben Jones.
Grand Junior Warden—J. H. Estill.
Grand Treasurer—Joseph E. Well?.
Grand Secretary—J. E. Blackshear.
Grand Senior Deacon —R. C. Mclntosh.
Grand Junior Deacon—R. B. Nisbet.
Grand Stewards—R. T. Kendrick, J. A.
Fowler and 1.. M. Leonard.
Grand Tyler—C. H. Freeman.
Grand Chaplain—D. E. Butler.
Grand Marshal— W. F. I’arkhurst.
The Fasting Horse Thief.
Easton, Pa., Oct. 31.—Smull. the horse
thief, this morning began the twenty
fourth day of his fasting in the Belvedere
(N. J.) jail. His pulse was 34. He ob
tains very little sleep, and has lost thirty
pounds since his incarceration. Smull
says he intends to surpass Tanner’s
record by ten days.
Mr. T. G. Hutchins, Jeffersonville, Ga.,
says; “Brown’s Iron Bitters cured me
of weak stomach and sick headacne.’’
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1883.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Fire Nearly Ends in a Riot—Other
Interesting Notes.
Atlanta, Oct. 31.—The handsome cot
tage of J. A. Miller, on Ellis street, was
burned this afternoon, the fire being
caused by a defective kitchen flue. The
neighbors succeeded in saving nearly all
the furniture. There was only partial in
surance. The prompt work of the firemen
saved the adjoining houses. Mr. Miller Is
a member of the Governor’s Horse Guards,
and left for Virginia with the troop Yes
terday afternoon.
A small sized riot was imminent atone
time during the fire. A saloon keeper and
two of his friends refused to obey the or
der of the police to move back out of the
firemen’s way, and a fight commenced.
Captain Couch and half a dozen police
men, however, came to the rescue of
Policeman Nolan after he had been given
a bloody nose, and Whitlock and his two
friends were carried to the station house.
At one time a serious riot seemed un
avoidable, but the police bravely faced
the crowd and carried their prisoners in.
There are no new cases of sickness at
Kirkwood Military Academy, and Cadet
Sandy Cunningham, who was quite ill, is
now all right. The alarm has subsided.
Much comment is made over the en
forced resignation of Gen. William S.
Walker as Chief Deputy United States
Marshal. It is thought his being a crip
pled soldier and physician he is unable to
discharge the duties is not the real cause,
but his being a Democrat made it neces
sary for him to retire, or Marshal Long
street to lose his official head.
Barrett, who fatally stabbed Mason re
cently on Marietta street, was arraigned
in the Superior Court to-day, Judge Geo.
Hillyer and Hoke Smith appearing for the
defense. The case has been an exciting
one, and slow work is experienced in get
ting a jury.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
Charles H. Sains, of Savannah, Killed
in a Shooting Gallery.
New York, Oct. 31.—Charles 11. Sams,
Assistant Purser of the steamship Na
coochee, of the Ocean Steamship line, and
of Savannah, was accidentally shot and
killed in a shooting gallery to-day by Jen
nie Mitchell.
Mr. Sams was in company with Jennie
Mitchell, a Savannah woman, and Alice
Sinclair, both residents of a house of ill
repute in West Thirty-first street, and a
man he introduced as Leb. Harris. They
went out, had supper, and afterwards,
while strolling on Sixth avenue, Sams
proposed trying their skill in a shooting
gallery. Sains had made a successful
shot and bet Jennie $6 that she could not
do the same. The rifle was loaded for her,
and, while he was explaining the way to
use it, it was discharged, the ball entering
his left temple. This was at 2 o’clock and
he died at 8 o’clock. The case was before
Coroner Levey at noon to-day, and the
testimony of all the witnesses showed
conclusively that the shooting was purely
accidental. Sams and the woman had
held intimate relations for four years.
Her griet over the accident when beiore
the Coroner won her the sympathy of
everybody in the room. The body will be
sent to Savannah on the return trip of the
steamship Nacoochee, on which he was
employed. Sams’ mother is residing in
this city.
At the same shooting gallery a short
time ago an army officer named Hartley
killed hinu< by firing a bullet into his
head.
Charles M. Sams, who was assistant
purser of the Nacoochee, of the Ocean
Steamship Line, was a son of Mr. W. J.
Sams, of this city, and about 24 years of
age. A dispatch from Mr. Yon’ge, the
New York agent of the line, states that
he had filled his position satisfactorily to
the company. The remains are expected
to reach the city on the steamship Na
cooche on Sunday morning.
SUNK IN MID-CHANNEL.
An English Steamer Capsizes with all
on Board.
London, Oct. 31.—The steamer Holy
head, from Dublin for Liverpool, with
horses and pigs, is reported sunk with
all on board. The pilot of the cutter which
has just arrived at Dublin confirms the
report. He says that the steamer cap
sized this afternoon in mid-channel.
There were sixty passengers on hoard,
including a number of cattle dealers and
drovers. The Holyhead belonged to the
London and Northwestern Railway Com
pany.
The steamer Holyhead collided with the
German ship Alhambra, bound from
Liverpool for New York, when twentv
five miles off Holyhead. Both vessels
sunk. Thirteen of the Alhambra’s crew
and two of the Holyhead’s were drowned.
The rest were picked up and landed at
Holyhead.
CREOSOTING WORKS BURNED.
The Cylinders Explode and Thrown
One Hundred Feet Away.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 31.—This morning
at 4 o’clock an accidental escape of oil
occurred at the Old Dominion Creosoting
Works, Edward It. Andrews, proprietor,
at Money Point, a few miles up the river
from here.. The packing on the pressure
pump became loose and let the oil escape,
knocking over a lamp and taking fire at
once. In a moment everything was in a
blaze and the entire works, including
lumber and 0,000 barrels of creosoting oil,
were destroyed in a few minutes. The
immense cylinders, 100 feet long and 0
feet in diameter, exploded and disap
peared, it is thought, in the river, 100 feet
away from the works. The loss is esti
mated at SIOO,OOO. The insurance is not
known, as the proprietor is absent. No
lives were lost.
AN OUTRAGEOUS ACT.
A Volley Fired Into au Exhibition Tent
and a Performer Killed.
Kingsland, Ark., Oct. 31. —Last night
at New Edinburgh, during the perform
ance of Hunter’s consolidated shows,
some unknown persons from the outside
fired a volley of shots into the main exhi
bition canvas, and then escaped in the
darkness. The seats were crowded, and
bullets passed through all sections of the
circus. Chalmon de Cillenburg, the con
tortionist, was shot through the head,
and died in the ring. The citizens are
determined to ferret out the assassins and
bring them to justice.
COLLISION NEAR WAYCROSS.
A Traill Wrecked and a Negro Man
Crushed to Death.
Waycross, Ga., Oct. 31.—A through
freight train for Savannah broke loose two
miles east of here last night, the rear end
running into the forward end and wreck
ing the train. A negro named Charley
Jones, who was stealing a ride on a lum
ber car, was crushed to death bv the
lumber, and his partner’s hand’ was
mashed oil'.
A Consolidation of Agricultural Pub
lications.
New York, Oct. 31.— The Agricultural
Review of New York city, the official
journal of the American * Agricultural
Association, has consolidated with I)e
Bow's Review of New Orleans and the
Southern Industries of Nashville, and
with the January issue will begin an in
ternational and ’intersectional magazine,
devoted to American agriculture and in
dustry, published from New York, Wash
ington and New Orleans, and Liverpool,
England. Hon. John AV. Johnston, ex-
United States Senator from Virginia,
Joseph H. Real), editor of the Agricultural
Review, Hon. W. M. Burwell, editor of
De Bow's Review, and Rolfe S. Saunders,
editor of the Southern Industries will
have editorial charge.
Michael Dayitt on the Nationalization
of Land.
LONDON, Oct. 31.—Michael Davitt lec
tured in St. Janies’ Hail last evening to a
large and orderly audience. He advo
cated the nationalization of land, and de
nounced the course of Lord Salisbury and
Sir Northcote in bringing up discord in
Ireland. He said the time would come
when they would have to defend their ill
gotten property, not against the Land
Leaguers.but against the enlightened man
hood of England. Private property in
land, he declared, was robbery of the
nation. On motion of Ellen Taylor a vote
of thanks to Davitt was passed by the
meeting.
The following testimonial is signed by
twelve of the leading physicians of Hali
fax, N. S.: “Colden’s Liquid Beef Tonic
is a very agreeable article ot diet, and
particularly useful in Diphtheria, Fever,
and every depressing disease. We cheer
fully recommend it. Every family should
have a few bottles.” Ask for Colden's;
take no other. Ot druggists generally.
THE COTTON FAILURES.
FURTHER SUSPENSION'S IN THE
TRADE ANNOUNCED.
Tlie Excitement Continues Unabated
Depression in the Liverpool Market
and Business Nearly Suspended—The
Feeling Very Acute—lts Effect Upon
the New York Market.
London, Oct. 31,10 a. m— A dispatch
from Liverpool says Moritz Ranger’s fail
ure will probably bring down a dozen or
more Liverpool firms. This is probably
exaggerated. It is said New York will lie
affected to the extent of £IOO,OOO. In the
meantime the cotton business is entirely
suspended, merchants and brokers await
ing developments.
The Times says that R. H. Forman &
Co.’s liabilities are about £30,000. It is
understood that Ranger’s liabilities in
Liverpool are tolerably well divided.
Among the cotton brokers it is generally
hoped he will be able to meet his engage
ments. Ranger’s failure is generally at
tributed to the American system of deal
ing in futures without the American sys
tem of protection secured by deposit of
margin. It is generally hoped that the
latter system will be introduced in Eng
land. °
Liverpool, Oct. 31, 11:30 a. m.— The
suspension of Mellor <fc Fenton, cotton
brokers, is announced this morning.
Li vEKPooi,,Oct. 31, m. —There are no ad
ditional disclosures, later than the failure
ot Mellor & Fenton, of troubles among
hrms in the cotton trade. The cotton
market is laboring under the effects of the
failures, but a fair spot business is doing.
Business in futures, however, is confined
to small dealings in October and Novem
ber deliveries, no business being trans
acted in the distant months.
Liverpool, Oct. 31, i p. m.—Henrv
Pearce fc Cos., and Joseph Taylor & Cos.,
both cotton brokerage firms, have sus
pended payment.
Liverpool, Oct. 31, 2 p. m.—The ex
citement in the cotton trade continues.
The Cotton Exchange is crowded with
merchants, brokers and visitors, who are
anxious to hear the latest developments.
The tension in business circles is acute.
Liverpool, Oct. 31, 3 p. m.— The ru
mors regarding the financial embarrass
ment of Hollinsbead, Tetley & Cos., cotton
brokers, who were alleged to have sus
pended yesterday, are again freely circu
lated to-day. Their suspension, how
ever, has not been bulletined
at the _ Cotton Exchange, nor has
any confirmation thereof been obtained in
any other quarter. The Committee of the
Cotton Association has fixed the values
at which settlements are to be made.
Moritz Ranger’s Octobers have been fixed
at 5 03-Old, October and Novem
ber at a G2-04d, and November
and December at 5 58-64d. The
excitement in the cotton trade is subsid
ing. Much anxiety is still felt, and will
continue to be experienced until Novem
ber 10, when October contracts must be
settled. Many firms will suffer severely,
but will not succumb.
Liverpool, 3:30 p. m.— lt is reported
that Moritz Ranger made heavy losses in
New lork. These, with the claims of
creditors on the continent, will swell his
liabilities £750,000. It is announced this
afternoon that Hollinsbead, Tetley & Cos.
have not suspended.
New I ork, Oct. 31. — The Post’s cotton
report says: “The market opened this
morning for future deliveries 0 to 7 points
below the closing prices of yesterday, and
after opening prices declined about 3
points more, the depression being the re
sult of financial troubles at Liverjiool and
the uncertainty as to what effect they
may have in this market. Future de
liveries opened at the first call 4-100 c.
lower and closed O-lOOc. to 7-100 c. lower.
The second call displayed a further re
duction of 2-100 c. which remained at the
lowest point of the day, the third call
showing an advance of .3-100 c. for Feb
ruary and March, these months selling at
10 83c., 10 84c. and 10 97c., while Novem
ber remained at 10 43c. Futures closed
steady and 5-100 c. lower than yesterday.”
M. B. Fielding, President of the Cotton
Exchange, expressed the opinion this
morning that the New York market will
not lie affected by the Liverpool failures.
He considers the absence of the marginal
clause in contracts entered into in the
Liverpool market as making their actions
more risky: while the American system
of calling the margin tends to keep par
ties up with the market of the day, and
prevents any material loss to any individ
ual, as losses in that way become so dis
tributed when they do occur that no one
is seriously affected thereby. If such a
system had existed in Liverpool, the ex
tensive failures of yesterday would not
have occurred.
THE YELLOW PLAGUE.
A Vessel Arrives at San Francisco With
Several Cases on Board.
San Francisco, Oct. 31.—The Pacific
mail steamer San Bias arrived here from
Panama this morning with three cases of
vellow fever on board. Those suffering
from the disease are James Murphy, a
cabin passenger, of New York; Francisco
Perez, of Acapulco, and the steamer’s
cook. Murphy is recovering, but the
others are. reported dying. The vessel
failed to fly the yellow flag, as the surgeon
was not aware that the sickness was vellow
fever. On the way up the steamer stopped
at Acapulco. Mazatlan and San Bias, hut
no communication was held with the lat
ter place. The fever is still raging there.
At Mazatlan the steamer took thirty pas
sengers and got a clean bill of health.
The first case developed alter leaving
Acapulco. The well passengers have
been transierred to the steamer China
and the sick ones to the floating fever
hospital.
Annual Meeting; of the Southern His
torical Society.
Richmond, V’a., Oct. 31.—The annual
meeting of the Southern Historical So
ciety was held in the State capital build
ing to-night. The President, Gen. Jubal
A. Early, presiding. Father Ryan, orator
elect for the session, being absent, the
society heard the report of the Executive
Committee read by the Secretary, Rev.
Dr. J. W. Jones. The report made an ex
cellent financial exhibit and showed good
progress in the collecting, collating and
publishing of material for the history of
the Confederate struggle. It also showed
that eonsideral progress had been made
in the collection of funds for the erection
ol afireprool building and a permanent
endowment. Col. Wm. Allen, of Mary
land, made an eloquent speech in moving
the adoption qf the report.
The Texas Insurrection Fizzled Out.
Galveston,Oct. 31.—An Austin special
says that notwithstanding repeated in
quiries, nothing further is received re
garding the alleged uprising of 500 negroes
in Milan county. It is now believed the
trouble had no existence except in the
fears of the whites, occasioned by a meet
ing ot the colored people called to discuss
the recent decision of the Supreme Court
on the civil rights bill.
Those “Chinese Certificates.”
San Francisco, Oct. 31.—The Bulletin
says: “It is stated on reliable authority
that a regular system of fraudulent
brokerage has been established at Canton
to furnish Chinese with traders certificates
at prices ranging from $lO to SSO each, the
cost depending on the standing of the ap
plicant’s friends, who vouch for him. The
applicant is not brought into contact with
Chinese officials.”
•
Large Sale ot North Carolina Land.
Raleioh, Oct. 31.—The State to-day
sold 20,000 acres of land known as Big
Swamp, situated in Robeson county, on
the Carolina Central Railroad, to O. H.
Blocker, of North Carolina, and E. S.
White and W. N. Jennings, of Pennsyl
vania, for 27J£ cents per acre. The buyers
intend to clear it at once for agricultural
purposes.
A County Treasury Bobbed.
Virginia, Nkv., Oct. 31.— Late last
night two masked men robbed the
vault of the county treasury of
$7,000, and then seized the Treas
urer and locked him in the vault.
The affair is considered mysterious, as
$4,000 of the amount was in silver, and too
heavy to be readily carried off.
Newspaper Reductions.
Detroit, Oct. 31.—The Post and
Tribune and the Free Press , the two
morning dailies of this city, will announce
to-morrow a reduction in their subscrip
tion price from $lO to $7, and from 5 to 3
cents per single copy. No reduction will
be made in size or amount of reading mat
ter.
The Charleston Cotton Fire.
Charleston, Oct. 31.—The number of
bales of cotton burned iu the tire at the
South Carolina Railway yard on Monday
was 2,145 bales, valued’at $107,25*1.
Mr. R A Harvell, Godwinsville, Ga.,
says: “I used Brown’s Bitters for general
debility and improved at once.”
THE RELIEF FOR GREELY.
A Court of Inquiry Ordered—The Sec
retary’s Letter to Hazen.
Washington, Oct. 31.—The following
special order wa6 issued by the War De
partment to-day:
“By direction ot the President of the
United States, a court of inquiry is here
by appointed to investigate the organiza
tion and fitting out of the Greely relief
expedition party, transported by the
steamer Proteus, having particular refer
ence to the orders and instruc
tions issued for the guidance and
government thereof, and arrangements
made for assistance from the United
States steamer Yantic. The court will
make a full and thorough investigation of
all matters relating to the general con
duct of the expedition, including particu
larly the failure of the Proteus to keep in
company with the Yantic up to Littleton
Island, or its neighborhood, and the fail
ure to establish a well-provided station at
or near Littleton Island, and will take
into consideration in their investigation
such records and correspondence pertain
ing to the original Greely expedition as
they may deem necessary, and will report
the lacts developed by their investiga
tion, and their opinion as to whether
the conduct of any officer of the army in
the premises calls for further proceedings
before a general court martial, and the
reasons for the conclusions which they
may reach. The following is the detail
tor the court: Brig. Gen. 8. V. Benet,
Chief of Ordnance; Col. It. B. Ayres, of
the Second Artillery, and Lt. Col. O. M.
Poe, of the Corps of Engineers. Major
Henry Goodfellow, Judge Advocate ol'the
United States Army, will act as recorder
of the court. The court will meet in the
city of Washington on the Bth day of No
vember, 1883.
(Signed) Rohert T. Lincoln,
Secretary of War.
Tue Secretary of War has written a let
ler to General Hazen, Chief Signal Offi
cer, in reply to a communication of the
latter transmitting Lieutenant Garling
ton’s report of the relief expedition to
Smith’s Sound. After acknowledging the
receipt of the enclosure Secretary Lin
coln says: “It is needless to say
to you that the disastrous fail
ure of this relief expedition, upon
the success of which depended, as it
may perhaps hereafter be learned, the
lives of a number of men, has widely ex
cited public attention, and there is a
general desire to understand elearlv the
cause of this failure, and that it may be
known where the responsibility therefor
rests. It is apparent that two things at
least were omitted, either one of which
being done the general object of the expe
dition would have had been accomplished
up to a certain point and the party
not seriously crippled would have been
left at a place from which it
could have proceeded to execute its
further plans for the relief of Lieutenant
Greely and his party. The loss of the
Proteus alone, happening where it did,
might have been a matter of no import
ance in this connection. It was lully
contemplated that if it failed to reach
Lady Frankjin Bay it was to return to St.
•John’s, leaving the relief party in winter
quarters at or near Littleton Island. If
Lieutenant Garlington had prudently
made the base of supplies at or near Lit
tleton Island it would have been a matter
of little consequence to him or his party
whether the Proteus went to St.
John’s; or, without loss of life,
to the bottom of the ocean. On tlie other
hand, if the Proteus had had succeeded in
reaching Laoy Franklin Bay its extra
stores would not, as I understand, have
been needed by Lieutenant Greely, who
was there abundantly provided for, and
the taking of these extra stores past Lit
tleton Island was not only useless for any
purpose, as I conceive, liut was a fatal
risk. It would therefore seem that the
directions contained in the memorandum
mentioned iu your letter that Lieut. Garl
ington should in going up establish a base
of supplies was a most prudent measure,
the omission of which, after it had once
been thought of it is as difficult to under
stand as it is deeply to be regret
ted. It is now clear that it was
never an order to Lieutenant Gar
lington, hut it is equally clear that
having seen it, and having under your
orders discretion, he could not have done
more wisely than to follow the particular
suggestion contained in it above men
tioned. I consider it necessary to inquire
into the history of this memo
randum. It appeared as a loose
paper, inclosed with your letter of in
structions to Lieutenant Garlingtou,
dated June, 1883, but it is not mentioned
in that letter. lam advised by the Sec
retary of War that while he was pre
paring his orders for the Yantic you fur
nished lus department with a supposed
copy of that letter, which in like manner
did not mention the memorandum, and did
not inclose it. This copy, as did the origi
nal, covered four mentioned inclosures,
but only one of them seems to have been
like its original. Three other inclosures,
as it now seems, differ entirely from those
with the original letter, and do not, of
course, meet their own description as
found in the body of the supposed copy of
the original letter. After the telegraphic
reports of the disaster were received I,
upon the ropiest of the Secretary of the
Navy, directed the acting Chief Signal
Officer, in your absence, to prepare for
and furnish to the Secretary of the Navy
a copy of your instructions to Lieutenant
Garlington. This last as furnished con
tains only three inclosures, four being
mentioned in the body of the letter.
One of them was substantial
ly like the one of the enclosures
with the original letter. Another was
substantially like one of those with the
first copy above mentioned, and the third
was marked “inclosure 4,” being noted
in a letter, and is a copy ot the memoran
dum in question. These latter papers
were, of course, supposed by the Secre
tary of the Navy and myself to be, as
stated, an authentic copy of your instruc
tions to Lieutenant Garlington, and we iu
our conferences formed an opinion as to
his having disobeyed an order which it
now appears he did not in fact
receive as an order. I have had prepared
and herewith inclose a tabulated state
ment and memorandum of the above men
tioned discrepencies and some others of
less importance existing in the above men
tioned papers, which, it is thought, ought
to be alike, and I request to he advised
what explanatiou there is, if any, for
these discrepencies; and, further, what
the records of your office show’ to have
been done with the above memorandum
after its original preparation, and what,
in case Lieutenant Garlington had him
self been lost upon this expedition, would
have prevented resting upon his
record of the imputation of having dis
obeyed positive instructions as to landing
Ills extra stores at or near Littleton
Island on his way North. I may also add
that I observe in the agreement between
yourself and the ow ners of the Proteus
under which it started upon this expedi
tion, a clause providing for the sale by
the Proteus to Lieutenant Greely’s party
at Lady Franklin Bay of eoal, if needed,
to the amount ot 70 tons. I beg that you
will advise me why it was supposed that
that party might need to have the benefit
of a contract for fuel to that amount in
case the Proteus had succeeded in reach
ing Lady Franklin Bay.”
The letter then gives reasons for the
dissatisfaction with Lieutenant Garling
ton’s reports, which reasons have brought
about the order for the court of inquiry.
It is understood that the Navy Depart
ment will not take any further action in
the case of Commander Frank Wildes,
commanding the United States steamer
Yantic, for the part taken by him in the
late expedition, unless it shall be deemed
expedient as a result of the testimony
which may be developed in the proceed
ings of the Court of Inquiry appointed by
the Secretary of War.
• French Affairg.
I’aris, Oct. 31.—1 u the Chamber of
Deputies to-day M. CJemeneeau, Radical,
resumed the debate upon the interpella
tion ot the government on its Tonquin
policy. The debate was concluded with
a speech by Prime Minister Ferry, after
which an order of the d&y expres
sing confidence in the firmness and pru
dence of the government was adopted
by a vote of 339 to 160.
It is rumored that owing to minis
terial statements regarding the Tonquin
negotiations and to the adoption of the
vote of confidence in the government in
the Chamber of Deputies to-day Marquis
Tseng will leave Paris.
A National Bank for the Indian Nation.
Washington, Oct. 31.—A company
consisting of nine persons, who are citi
zens of the Cherokee Indian Nation, has
been organized for the purpose of estab
lishing a national bank at Vinita, Indian
Territory, with a capital of $50,000. Comp
troller Knox received an application to
day for authority to organize the bank as
soon as a charter shall have been granted
by the Council of the Nation.
If success be the true test of merit, it is
a settled fact that “ Brrncn’a Bronchial
Troches'’ have no equal for the prompt
relief of Cough, Colds, and Throat troubles.
Sold only in boxes. Pries 35 cents.
THE SIONLEN POLODS.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE
DASTARDLY ACT.
A Train Guard’s Story of What He Saw
—The Nature of the Explosives Used
Not Determined—The Excitement Still
Great—O’Donovan Rossa Again to the
Front.
London, Oct. 31, 3 p. m. —No explosive
matter has yet been found at the Praedt
street station. An inspector from the
home office this morning viewed the scene
ot the explosion there and afterwards ex
amined the damaged train. He expressed
the opiuion that cartridges, made of the
first order of explosives, such as gun cot
ton, were used by the miscreants. A
guard of the train states that while he
was looking out of the car window, just
after the train left the Praedt street
station, he saw some sparks nearly under
neath the carriage and immediately after
wards beard the explosion. The ex
plosive used at Charing Cross station was
small in quantity and not believed to have
been dynamite.
London, Oct. 31, 4 p. M.—The excite
ment over the explosions on the Under
ground Railway line last evening is very
great. A large number of policemen
under special inspectors were on duty all
night at the various railway stations and
guarding the line. A heavy force was
also employed watching the Houses of
Parliament and other public build
ings. The explosion at Charing Cross
occurred 200 yards west of the station.
There was no train there at the time. The
walls of the tunnel were battered, but the
rails were not misplaced. The windows
in.the station were blown out. The roof
was not damaged. No person was hurt
there. At Praedt street station the force
of the explosion was terrible. Although
workmen have been busily engaged all
night in removing the debris they have
not yet finished their task, nor has the
damage at that place been repaired. The
tunnel there was not destroyed, but a
deep hole was excavated in the road bed.
Some brick work was blown out
and the gas pipes and telegraph lines
were broken. The refreshment saloon
W’as wrecked and the windows of the
other rooms of the station were smashed.
The explosion occurred immediately under
the passing train, 40 yards west of the
station. All the persons injured were in
the last two carriages of the train.
Twenty-eight wounded were taken to St.
Mary’s Hospital. Four of them are seri
ously hurt, but they are expected to re
cover. Others were able to go to their
homes during the night. Both pf the ex
plosions occurred about 8:10 o’clock in
the evening. All the available detectives
of the Metropolitan police force are
engaged in searching for the perpetra
tors of the outrages, and the railway
officials are assisting them. The police
deny that any rocket cartridges have
been found near the scenes of the explo
sions. No traces have as yet been dis
covered of the nature of the explosives.
It has been ascertained, though, that ex
plosions could not have been caused by
coal gas. No clue to the persons who
caused the explosions has been obtaiued.
Major Majendie, of the Board of Trade,
is making an examination of the scene of
explosion at Charing Cross station.
Trains are running as usual this morning.
New Yoke, Oct. 31.—O’Donovan Ilossa
comes to the front, as usual, when any
damage has been done in England which
has the appearance of being the work of
design. lie says the explosions which oc
curred yesterday in the Underground
Railway in London were the work of the
Fenian Brotherhood, of whose movements
he is apprised. The work was done by a
band of Fenians in London, who were in
constant communication with their com
rades in New York. The Woolwich ex
plosion was only another sample of what
is being done. London would be in ashes,
he said, before long unless England gave
up Ireland. New developments might be
expected at any moment, for it was now
the purpose of the Brotherhood to push the
work rapidly forward and reduce England
to submission.
Investigations made by the scientific
advisers to the War Department have led
to the conclusion that nitro-glycerine in
some form was the agent used in both
cases. Later inquiries confirm the early
statement that a large number of people
were injured in addition to over thirty
treated at the hospital. A large number
were attended by private surgeons.
The police warned the railway officials
three months ago that they had received
advices from America of threatened ex
plosions. Precautions were then taken
to provide against them. The explosives
used last evening were powerful, but
were in limited quantity. The holes
made in the ground and in the brick-work
were small.
Precautions at Glasgow.
Glasgow, Oct. 31.—Precautions have
been taken here against explosions on
railways. All the banks, public build
ings and prisons are closely watched.
Extra warders are placed around the pris
oners when exercising.
TlieNltro-Glycerine Explosion at Frank
fort.
Frankfort-on-Main, Oct. 31.—While
the debris caused by the explosion in the
office of the Chief of Police here yester
day was being removed, eight shells of
shrapnel shape filled with nitro-glycerine
were discovered. A rigid inquiry has
been instituted into the cause of the ex
plosion and several persons suspected of
complicity in the affair have been arrest
ed. All the persons arrested have been
discharged, there being no incriminating
evidence against them. The explosive
was in class shells of the size of pigeon’s
eggs. The fragments of shells found were
perforated with small holes. The shells
had been charged with nitro-glycerine.
The Reduction in the Public Debt.
Washington, Oct. 31.— 1 tis estimated
at the Treasury Department that the
statement of the public debt, which will
be issued to-morrow, will show a reduc
tion of debt (faring the past month of
about $10,500,000.
Ail Advance in Wages Demanded.
Manchester, Oct. 31.—The miners’
conference, representing 200,000 workmen,
has resolved to send notices to the miners’
employers demanding an increase of 15
per cent, in wages. The conference has
adjourned until December.
Shipwreck and Lon of Life.
St. Johns, N. F. Oct. 31.—The British
barkentine Jane Hunter, from Pernambu
co, Brazil, to St. Johns, was lost lastnight
at St. Shotts. Captain Bowden, the first
and second officers, and all the crew, ex
cept two seamen, perished.
Reported Killing of an Explorer.
Paris, Oct. 31. — Gaulois publishes a re
port that De Brazza, the French explorer,
has been killed in a fight in the Cayo
country, Africa. No confirmation of the
report, however, has been received by the
Minister of Marine.
Collision at Fifty Miles an Hour.
London, Oct. 31.—An express train
from Liverpool to London to-day, while
running at the rate of fifty miles an hour,
collided with an empty train. Two per
sons were killed and many injured.
Broke His Neck.
Jacksonville, Oct. 31.—Barney Che
shire, of Hamilton county, was thrown
from a buggy last night and instantly
killed. His neck was broken.
A Postmaster Killed At His Door.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 31.—At dusk
last evening Martin Fonts, the Postmaster
at "Wilderness, Clay county, was shot and
robbed at his own door.
Dead at 81,
London, Oct. 31.—Gen. Don Fernando
Fernandez de Cordova, formerly Captain
General of Cuba, is dead. He was in his
91st year.
Communication Cut Off.
Cairo, Oct. 31.—Communications be
tween Khartoum and the Egyptian armv
have been completely cut off.
The Cholera in Egypt.
Alexandria, Oct. 31.—Two deaths oc
curred here from cholera yesterday.
lowa’s Forgers.
A gang of young forgers operating in
Western lowa have doubtless been broken
up by the capture of one of the principals,
named Henry Stanley, at Leon, Decatur
county, where he was flourishing under
the name of Woods. On the way to At
lantic, in charge of an officer, he gave
away their modus operandi. There were
three of the lads engaged in the business,
and they drew up notes and forged the
names of well-to-do farmers to them and
sold them. Stanley disposed of the notes
and received 30 per cent, of the proceeds.
They forged the names of two farmers
near Anita to two notes for S3OO and
traded one to Meredith & Dickey, dealers
in agricultural implements, for SIOO in
money and a S2OO note. When arrested
Stanley had in possession one of the notes
already filled out.
WASHINGTON TURNOUTS.
How the Cabinet Officers Travel in the
Capital—The Establishment of the Su
preme Court Justices—The Foreign
Ministers.
Washington Social to Phila. Record.
'I 15 h ,. aS l i? en dODe here this
week. fc.\ervbody has been at the races
It has been difficult to find public officials
after noon anywhere this side of the race
track at Ivy City, just outside the town,
and when you did find them they did not
care to talk of anything except the horses
and the jockeys. President Arthur
sets the example, and all the rest fol
low. The President is driven there, as
elsewhere, in a well-built coupe, drawn
by afair team,pronounced “nothingextra”
by horsemen. There are some good horses
in the Executive stable, a substantial
and somewhat ornamental building just
below the State Department, but thev
coll )l l ’ l , re better with Haves’ horses than
with Grant’s. Garfield had better horses
than Arthur has. He was fonder of
riding. The President buys his own
horses and carriages, unlike his Cabinet
Ministers, who are provided with a “turn
out" apiece by the dear people.
secretary Chandler is one of the busi
est men in "Washington, still, he goes
to the races occasionally, and his sharn
eyes takes in all there' is to be seen
Secretary Chandler rides behind the
handsomest team “in the Cabinet”—
handsome, stylish and fast. Secretary
Lincoln goes to the races occasionally,
but he rides in a government wagon aiid
behind a government team. Much of his
travel is done on foot. He likes to chew
an unlit cigar and whack the pavement
Wlt . h , ll S ht cane as he walks
and thinks rapidlv. Secretary Fre
linghuysen doesn’t go to the
r ? C ?f‘ „ ,Ic . a Presbyterian
of the Presbyterians, and Secretary of
State besides. So he sits in the middle of
his handsome room in the State Depart
ment collecting foreign stamps
until evening every day, and then rides
to his pleasant home on 1 street behind a
staid New Jersey team. Secretary Folger
a farmer’s boy, retains all the old love for
the horse. He has a good pair of bays to
draw him to and from the Treasury De
partment, and a better pair of sorre'ls be
hind which he whirls out over the Soldiers’
Home roads now’ and then. Secretary
Teller, a farmer’s bov, doesn’t seem to
remember his first love. His pair are
only ordinary horses. They seem to be
able to trdvel pretty rapidlv, though.
Folger and Teller both go to’the races.
Attorney General Brewster drives very
fine horses in very fine style. Postmaster
General Gresham, being from Kentucky
and Indiana, loves good horses; but he is
a poor man, and he has to content himself
with a fairly good pair of grays, which
the government loans him, while he rides
in the Postmaster General’s carriage. He
is a good walker, though, despite his
wounds, and he doesn’t ride half as much
in the official equipage as does his First
Assistant, the irrepressible Frank Hatton.
Chief Justice Waite of the United States
Supreme Court rides behind a pair of
glossy bays, although he likes to walk to
and from the capitol in fair weather for
health’s sake. Like all his brethren of the
bench he goes, to the races. Justice
Blatchford, the richest man on the Su
preme bench, has better horses than any
of his brothers, Justices Bradley, Field
and Matthews have decent horses. Hor
ace Gray, the rich Boston bachelor, re
cently added to the court, rides in a very
stylish coupe behind a very stylish horse.
Gray lives more elegantly than any of the
others. He always did his ow’n market
ing in Boston, and sjiared no money to
procure the best of the season’s good
things. Here he gets the best that can
be had. He is already recognized as one
ot the best judges of good food and good
drink in the capital. I don’t think that
either Harlan, Miller or Woods oi the Su
preme bench has a good team. They are
all poor. They probably hire carriages
as they need them during the season. Of
course every lady who “goes out” at all
must have a carriage. Many people in
“society” prefer to hire them as they are
needed. It is cheaper and less trouble
some, besides being just as satisfactory
iu the long run.
The Diplomatic Corps, its leading men
at least, have good horses—w hen they can
afford it—sometimes when they can’t.
Mr. Lionel Sackville West, the British
Minister, and Senor Barco, the Spanish
Minister, w’ho committed suicide this
summer, had good horses. His daughter
drove a stylish dog-cart. The Japanese
Minister has a tine team. Nevertheless
he became so homesick that he got leave
of absence and went home this summer.
The Chinese hire their horses at a livery
stable. The Coreaus did the same. These
Eastern diplomats are very fond of riding
around tow n. The Mexicau Minister has
good horses. The Russian Minister has
handsome horses; he proposes to introduce
Russian vehicles here this winter. The
French Minister has a rather good look
ing equipage. The Haytien Minister
walks. The Turkish Minister who will
always be dearest to Washington, Aris
tarehi Bey, always walks.
Of course there are many fine horses iu
the stables of people of less prominence
in and out of public lite. Commissioner
of Agriculture Loriug has a mare said to
be the fastest in Washington, l’aymaster
General Smith, of the navy, has a very
fast team of very pretty horses. Bob In
gerson has some showy horses, lather
tall and long. Senator John Sherman
drives a pretty pain. General Sherman
walks or rides in an army wagon. Alli
son, Pendleton, Don Cameron, and a
dozen other well known Senators have
good horses. Most of the Congressmen
are horsemen. They delight in races.
Suorums are hard to keep on race days.
eck, in the Senate, and Blackburn, in
the House, lead the turf element out on
the Ivy City road. Both are frequently on
the list of judges.
ARTHUR TO BLAINE.
The President’s Unpopularity in Ohio
the Cause of Republican Defeat.
Missouri Republican Washington Special, 23th.
The Sunday Herald publishes to-day an
interview with Col. C. W. Moulton,
brother-in-law of Senator John Sherman,
and a prominent lawyer of Cincinnati.
Colonel Moulton is credited with remarka
ble and suggestive statements relative to
the attitude of Ohio Republicans toward
President Arthur. For instance, accord
ing to this interview, he says: “In my
opinion dissatisfaction with the present
administration W’as the main cause of our
deteat in Ohio Ido not believe Ohio will
support Mr. Arthur if he is nominated
next year. Y'ou can have no notion of the
unpopularity of Mr. Arthur in Ohio. He
has shocked the people beyond measure
by bis treatment of Garfield’s old and
tried friends. Where is there a Garfield
inan in office now? I don’t
know’ of one in Ohio nor out of
it. Since I have got to talking about
it I wish to repeat it as my convic
tion that if Mr. Arthur is nominated by
the Republican National Convention next
year the Ohio Republicans will not sup
port his nomination. There are a great
many things which I will not now speak
of that lead me to this belief, and furnish
ample reason for it, too. i do not know
what Mr. Sherman thinks about it, be
cause he and I have not talked about
Ohio matters lately. 1 am not responsible
for any one’s opinion but my own. I
have told you what I believe, and if it
comes to a test you will see that I am
right. To-day the Democrats have abso
lute possession of Ohio, a thing which has
not occurred before for 35 years. They
have everything in the State worth having.
It would be almost impossible for the Re
publicans to carry the State next year,
with all the machinery of the State gov
ernment against us, no matter how strong
the candidate might be, but to take a man
whom his own party will not support
would be absolute insanity. Now you
have my opinion.”
Deep-Sea .Lighthouses.
A leading English journal indorses a
plan recently formed by an English engi
neer for founding “deep sea lighthouses”
as a “hopeful scheme, which, if carried
out, will fulfill a want that has long been
acknowledged.” As explained to the
London Society of Engineers, this plan
proposes the' construction ot a hollow
cylinder of riveted iron work, 290 feet
long, to consist of two sections—the up
per part to be 140 feet long, destined to
rear its head above the waves and fitted
as an ordinary lighthouse, while the re
maining portion of the tube is to be
ballasted so as *to sink - below the
water line, and counteract the force
of the wind and waves on the exposed
part. The whole apparatus is to be
anchored in deep water by heavy steel
cables. The inventor claims that it would
be easy to tow such a structure to the
spot selected for it, and then, by admit
ting water to the lower section, it would
assume an upright position and ride the
w aves like a bottle. The practical use
which this is intended to serve is to give
notice of approaching storms by means of
telegraphic connection with the shore. It
is believed to be practical to found a float
ing telegraph station, say, 1,000 miles
from the coast of England in midocean,
from which comings of approaching
storms could be given at least twenty
four hours before their arrival.
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KIIBOURX UNDER FIRE.
i WHAT IT COST TO FEED HIM
WHILE IN PRISON.
j T,le Itemized Statement of the Bills—
He Entertained Visitors as the Guests
of the Nation—A Pleasure for Cork
hill to Talk About Good Things to Eat
—Who Contributed to the Pool.
Washington, Oct. 31.—The cross-ex
amination of Hallet Kilbourn, complain
ant in the suit against ex-Sergeant-at-
Arms John G. Thompson for s3so,ooodam
ages lor false imprisonment was begun
this morning, when the Circuit Court met
by Jere Wilson, of counsel for the defense!
The morning was spent in questioning as
to the circumstances attending his"im
prisonment.
District Attorney Corkhill examined
the witness to show- the amount of bills
contracted for the sustenance of Kilbourn
while a prisoner of State. These itemized
statements showed that the meals and
accessories cost all the way from $6 to
a. said be knew nothing
about the items of the bill. He supposed
Congress was going to pay that. After
reading a bill for one dinuer, costing
$34 00, Kilbourn was asked it his dinner
had cost that much.
“I shouldn’t wonder,” said Kilbourn.
”1 had distinguished visitors and I enter
tained them as the guests of the nation.”
When Corkhill had read for ten min
utes or more the Itemized statement of the
caterer’s accounts Senator Voorhees ob
jected because he could not see the use of
it. ”It seems to me a pleasure for Mr.
Corkhill,” said the Senator, “to read
about good things to eat.”
Mr. Corkhill said he thought it was
proper to put before the jury the quality
of the fare on which the witness was
living while languishing in prison. “It
is a complete answer,” said Corkhill, “to
Totten’s opening speech, and perhaps the
only answer that will be made to it.”
As Mr. Corkhill was allowed to pro
ceed, Senator Voorhees took up his hat,
with a gesture of disgust, remarking, as
be left the court-room, “I will go out and
take half dozen raw myself.”
Alter this branch of the examination
was closed a recess was taken. Mr. Wil
son continued the cross-examination.
Witness said that several times during
his imprisonment the officer in charge of
him permitted him to go out with him to
walk for exercise. He walked to the
navy yards, and another time nearly to
the capitol. The night before the petition
of habeas corpus was heard he went out
in a carriage to his home, and remained
away from jail about three hours.
Mr. Wilson examined the witness at
some length as to the real estate transac
tions of the firm of Kilbourn & Latta.
The firm, he saiu, acted as brokers of the
Real Estate Association, who furnished
the sum of $50,000 to invest in real estate.
“Who composed this association?"
asked Mr. Wilson.
“Jay Cooke & Cos. put in $25,000,” said
Kilbourn, “Judge MacArthur $5,000,
Gen. W. W. Belknap $5,000, Charles A.
Eldridge, $5,000, and Gen. P. M. B.
Young, of Georgia, $5,000.”
“Is that all,” said Mr. Wilson; “and
was all this fuss made about that?”
“The newspapers and others,” said Kil
bourn, “made a sensation ol it. The firm
of Kilbourne <fc Latta was a little too pro
gressive for them—a little too active in
getting the city out of the mud.”
The witness subsequently recalled the
name of Eli 8. Parker, who made a fifth
man who put $5,000 into the pool.
HECK ON THE OUTLOOK FOR ’B4
New York and Indiana, Not Ohio, the
True Battle-Ground.
Lexington (A'y.) Special to X. I*. World, Oct. £B.
Your correspondent yesterday asked
Senator Beck: “What effect do you think
the result of the Qhio election will have
on the Presidential election?”
He replied: “The result in Ohiodoes not
make it a Democratic State, and we will
make a great mistake if we base our cal
culations on its electoral vote as neces
sary to the election of a Democratic Presi
dent. It does this, however: It transfers
Ohio from the list of reliable Republican
States to the doubtful column, and mav
cause important changes in the personnel
of the Republican candidates for tho
Presidency. It will be still an October
State next year. Indiana will not be. If
we select a candidate solely or mainly be
cause of his residence or local strength in
Ohio, and lose the State in October, it
would be a serious blow to us in Novem
ber.
“The Repuldicans know that they must
carry Ohio in October. If they fail, a
Democratic President will be elected al
most by default. We can stand its loss
without injury to our chances, if we have
a ticket that is strong in Indiana and
New York, as they alone, with the votes
of the Southern States, are more than is
necessary to secure the election of our
candidates; while we have strong reasons
to hope for success in the States of Cali
fornia, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, Wiscon
sin and Ohio.
“It seems to me, therefore, that the Re
publicans are compelled to nominate a
candidate who is specially strong in Ohio,
however objectionable or weak he may be
elsewhere, and that the Democrats cannot
afford to accept the issue that the Repub
licans are forced to tender by weakening
themselves elsewhere merely to carry
Ohio in October, when all the power and
patronage of the Federal Government will
be concentrated against them in a single
State, and that not a State essential to
Democratic success.”
The President’s Accomplishments.
Some of the President’s accomplish
ments have been revealed by John Mur
phy, a member of Harry Miner’s Variety
Combination. Murphy says: “The Presi
dent, belore he was President, a long time
ago when only Collector of the port of
New York, was one of the most favored
and expert pupils at the banjo school of
Dobson Bros., New York. Of course, I
do not doubt that he learned the art sim
ply for personal amusement, but he was
so earnest and ambitious at one time that
others, before they knew who he was, be
gan to suspect that he was training up to
star in some big show, and they
were outrageously jealous of him.
Asa fact they didn’t like
gentlemen scholars anyhow. But let me
give you a pointer. Mr. Arthur is a
more expert jig dancer than a banjoist.
He took lessons twenty-five years ago as
a jig dancer, when I was a scholar of
I.eonard’B. At that time every young
ster wanted lo learn how to jig. I only
learned the art for fun. I never expected
to have to resort to it for a living. But
that doesn’t matter. Mr. Arthur was a
scholar for three quarters. In that time
he learned the various steps and twists
and turns completely, and when lessons
were over frequently outdanced some of
the oldest hands at the business. I sup
pose he is too dignified now to dance a
jig, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he did
take a step or two once in a. while when
he has some weighty matter on his mind.”
It should be borne in mind by those who
have fowls confined, that green food is
essential. It matters not what kind, but
it is absolutely necessary.
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