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< ESTABLISHED 1850.
I J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEW S OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Negress Finds 8?,500 In the Roadway
Sear Palmetto —Athens’ Many Eri
deuces of Prosperity—A Kluklux Case
Tried at Thomaston—Kidnapped Chil
dren and a Stolen Mule Hurried
Through Quitman.
GEORGIA.
The cracksmen have reached Rome.
Moore's Mill, in Coffee county, wants a post
office.
“Uncle Billie” Smith was Gainesville's first
Mayor.
One farmer in Oglethorpe has 150 bales of
cotton yet to gin.
J. A. Hope has found a topaz on his planta
tion in Forsyth county.
Tax Receiver John C.Chew, of Burke coun
ty, died at Lawtouville Friday.
In 1,015 poll tax payers in I.unipkin county
there are only forty colored ones.
A colored boy lives in ltahloncga who drew
a pension until he w us sixteen yearsold.
Geology shows that ages ago Sawnee moun
tain was much higher wiiiu it is at present.
Eight hundred dollars was taken from the
Franklin mine, in Forsyth county, at one run.
The Columbus bar met Fridav ami passed
resolutions eulogistic of the late Judge Craw
font.
A Gainesvslle chicken recently killed was
found to have three tiny nuggets' of gold in its
gizzard.
Tlie town of Quitman is now a third-class
post office, ands. M. Griffin has been re
appointed Postmaster.
J. W. Hanlon has started anew paper at
Albany called the Albany Medium. It will
appear every .Saturday’.
J. t\'. Acborn, a Main ship builder, is at
Darien securing a cargo of white oak. which
he will ship North and test in his yard.
President Lewis J. Render, of ttie First Na
tional Bank of LaGrange, has just received
ttie first currency of the bank and signed his
first bill.
Dr. Burrows, whose church was damaged
by tire in Augusta Saturday, preached to his
congregation at Masonic Theatre in that city
yesterday.
Henry Clay, a Marion county negro, has
fathered seventeen children, all of whom arc
living save one. Hu has been married seven
teen years.
A dead body has been found in a sewer at
Atlanta. Whether it is a case of murder and
wiio are tiie parents of t lie child was shrouded
iu mystery ill last accounts.
W. V. Atkinson, of Xcwnan. has been
-i.tinted to make the race for Senator of the
Thirty-sixth District, hut declines on account
of close confinement to professional duties.
The grand jury recommend the County
Commissioners to levy a tax for the present
year and not to exceed six-tenths of ! per
cent ou the taxable properly of I'pson county
for county purposes.
A proposition has been made to build a thor
ough system of sewers in Athens, the city to
pay a bonus of SIO,OOO for the use of them,
while a direct lax will lie charged citizens
who wish to tap them.
The stewards of t lie Palmetto and Fairbnrn
M. K. Churches held a meeting Monday to fix
ttie salary of their pastor. Eight hundred
dollars w : as agreed U|hiu, divided equally
between the two places.
Two Georgians crossed over the river at
Holland's Ferry and hack on Sunday. They
disagreed as to who should pay the ferriage,
and finally settled the matter by crossing and
reerossing again ana dividing expenses.
The Athens market is well supplied w ith
game. Partridges are sold for 10 cents; opos
sums at from 25 cents to $1; turtles at from 15
ta so cents; venison hams. $1; beaver meat. 10
cents. A mountaineer says that he will seud
an occasional bear to increase tile variety.
Sujierior Court convenes at Fairbnrn this
morning. At this court John Thomas, who
was convicted a year ago of murder without
recommendation and whose case was carried
to the Supreme Court and affirmed, will he re
sentcncedi There are no very important
criminal cases to come before the court for
trial.
Capt. John A. Cobb, of Amcricus, is now
hauling to Harrold, Johnson Cos., the sur
plus corn made on his farms in Sumter county
fast year. It amounts to 8,000 bushels. This
result was obtained without unreasonable re
striction upon his cottou crop, which amounted
to over 550 bales, in the face of a drv fall. In
1*32 he made over SOO bales.
The African Methodist Church just erected
on Clarke -treot. Atlanta, costs $13,000. s*j.ooo
of which is unpaid. J. G. Yeiser, D.D.,isout
in a card asking Atlanta to help them. Re
cently this cant fell under Gen. L. J. Gar
troll’s notice, and realizing the great work
the church had done he sent them $l5O. The
congregation appreciated the gift and have
recognized it by giving to the beautiful stained
glass window the title of the Gartrell memo
rial window.
Two convicts escaped from the chain-gang
atjtaxley. One knocked a guard on the head
with an adze, but was soon recaptured. The
other, John Wells, pretending to he sick and
unable to work, was left alone in a box-car
Wednesday, during which time he cut a hole
in the lmttoin through which he escaped be
fore daylight on the subsequent morning. A
vigorous search has been instituted by the
Sheriff, but his efforts to recapture him have
so far failed.
There is a good prospect now of Athens get
ting the clectrie light, tlie city’s new water
works have just been completed, there is
scarce a vacant store in town, a magnificent
tliree-story brick business block is about to be
commenced, anew ice factory is soon to
l>c built, the city has just purchased a quarry,
its streets are to lie put in the best condition
possible, and tlie citizens boast one of the best
local newspapers that press ever printed,
facts which indisputably prove that the city
i9 on a healthy boom.
The Meriwether Vindicator says: “A few
days ago a little negro child, 4 vear* old, fell
into the well of Henry B. Leverett. of Warm
springs district. The well was 40 feet deep,
and none of the freedmen being willing to go
down after the child it drowned before Mr.
Leverett could get to the house, lie descended
into tlie well, ami securing tlie lifeless body
attached the well rope and had it drawn to
the surface. Had any of the negro men pres
ent, when tlie whereabouts of the child was
first discovered, been willing to have gone
down into tlie well the little one's life might
have been saved.”
The Quitman free Preen says: “A shooting
affray occurred in Madison, Fla., on Saturday
hist, between C. S. Church and a man named
I’hillips. An old grudge was at the ltottoni of |
tlie difficulty, and it is said tiiat Phillips had
threatened to kill Church very often of late.
Fuller Groover, of this place, was present, and
was insulted by Phillips without the slightest
provocation simply because he was a friend of
Church's. Phillips was shot iu the back by
Church, and at first it was thought the wound
would prove fatal. Late intelligence, how
ever. is to the effect that Phillips is improving
and will recover.”
The Quitman Free Press says: ‘,On Thurs
day morning last, about daybreak, a man
passed through Quitman on a mule with a
little girl behind him, accompanied hv a boy
riding a mule. Thev made no halt, but took
the road leading to Thomasville. In the after
noon two men reached Quitman in pursuit of
the party. They stated that the mules, a sum
of money and the children had been stolen
’rum a .Mr. Weathington. of Madison county,
Florida The two men only stopped a short
timeto rest, and started again m pursuitof
the fugitives, accompanied by Constable Car
ter. Cp to this writing nothing further lias
been heard from the pursuer* or pursued.”
The Chief of Police of Rome has received
the following pathetic appeal from a dying
and heart-broken mother: “Please search
the sporting houses of your city and see if
you can find a girl by the name oil , who
ran away with a woman of ill fame a few
days ago. If you can find her, tell her that
my days are but few in this life, and that if
she would see me again on earth, she must
come right away. If she has no money to
come on please send her home, for I am not
able to send for her. rtlie j s m y baby, and so
, oung. Tell her bow her mother misses her.
Tell her that her sister is at home and will
•lot live long Please send her home.” Early
tridar morning a very pretty anil attractive
gir.'. seeminglv about 15 or 16 years old, and
neatly ‘tressed, was noticed ou the streets by
many, slit* was evidently a stranger in the
city, and passed l'o and down Broad meet
live or six times without any apparent pur
isise , g view. W lieu the ini'lce searched for
nor late* in the day she could not be found. J
xt Marietta, Friday night, a negro, named j
XVesiy Goff, got drunk, and raised sueli a row |
that the City Marshal was sent for. Goff vet- :
ting wind of it, fled, pursued by iha Marshal, j
who was led by his cursing." Finding the |
Marshal gaining upon him he hid behind a |
fence, and as the Marshal passed, sprang out j
upon him. and attempted io cut him. They
grappled, ami in the scuffle the Marshal broke
I, is club to splinters over tiie negro's head, in
flic.'ing a scalp wound that bled terribly.
Pullin,’ loose, the negro fled. Later, parties
came to town and reported that they had
found ante? all bloody whom the tars had I
run over. UpC n investigation it was fouud to I
lie the nr'rn who.’U the Marshal had clubbed. I
Hv'had crawled under a freight car to hide. |
and attracted the pATtjes by .:is groans, lie
was brought to town aid lodged in file cala- I
boo e. Saturday morning he was tried ijefore |
the Mayor and lined $25 and cost-, or thirty
days work on the streets. Having no money
he will work the streets. His wound is dan
gerous but not fatal.
the Thomaston Tims* says: “On last Fri
day afternoon, in the Superior Court, what is
known as the kuklux case was called. The
bill of iudlatment charged six persons with
breaking ini* the house on J. C. Jinimerson
and pulling h'ui out of the bed with his wife,
and in tiie presence of his family, giving him
a -evere whipping with hickories and leal her
wraps. Two of the defendants. T. J- Willing
ham and Harry Gilbert, placed a demand for
trial on the minutes of the court last
spring term aqd stiil insisted on a
trial at the present term. The defen
dants were served, and llarry Gilbert
was put upon trial. After the jury wae out a
short time they returned a Verdict of guilty.
Judge Stewart then sentenced the defendant
h> pay $l5O or five months in the county jail.
li;e defendant's counsel filed a motion fora
new trial on the ground that the evidence did
not authorize the verdict, and if anew trial is
refused the case will goto theSupreineCourt.
-Ad order was taken discharging T. J. WTl
linghgra, as he had a demand' upon the
minutes. The other four cases will stand
ready for trial at the next term of the court.”
The Palmetto Slade says: “One of our
most substantia! *cd respectable citizens bits
been approached by a negro woman for ad
vice about a matter that bad given her much
trouble and anxiety. Her story is as fol
lows: A short time ago she was walking
along when she saw lying in the road, about
three or four miles "from Palmetto, an en
< ®w jjaronnalt Hems.
; velope in which was a large amount of money.
After a short consideration of what would be
! proper in the matter, she resolved
; to go and reveal her good luck to a
certain farmer not far from where she
l found the envelope. On arriving at the home
i of the farmer the man looked at the money
and told her it belonged to a certain horse
drover who had passed that wav; that he had
i seen him, and he would take the money and
j send it to him. This she says she consented
I to and left the envelope in his care. After
! her departure the money was couuted and
I the sum total was 12.500. The woman re
jiorts she had a sister who was employed by
the man, and she was present when it was
counted ami reported to tier aunt. Since she
has heard this she has been much troubled,
and does not believe the farmer ever returned
it to the horse drover. .She is now seeking
advice how to proceed to have the matter in
i' vestigated.”
FLORIPA.
The vegetable planters around Manatee are
busy resetting tlieir fields with new plants.
It is said that Messrs. Scoville and Culpep
per are already making arrangements for the
rebuilding of the Suwannee Spring Hotel.
The long delayed flow of water from the ar
tesian well at Magnolia, has been obtained at
a depth of 325 feet. Ttie flow amounts to 6')
gallons per minute, but the quality of the wa
ter has not, as yet, been tested.
The Circuit Court is in session at Palatka.
The case of Richard Davidson alias Walking
Davis, a notorious burly negro, for resisting
a Deputy Sheriff with a kuife ahd cane, in
June, 1882, is’on trial. The defense rests on
monomauia. A number of murder cases are
on the docket for trial.
The Florida .Stofs Journal says: “Mr. James
Cottrell, while towing a raft of 850 cedar logs
from near St. Marks to Cedar Key, encoun
tered a gale which destroyed the raft, worth
$2,500. Hands are at work gathering the logs,
and it is impossible to estimate what the ex
act loss will lie. The raft belonged to Messrs.
Cottrell, Finlayson A Scott. Capt. Dawes’
little steam yacht Ada M. D. was doing the
towing, and though she acted nobly, it was
impossible to avert the disaster.”
The Starke Telegraph, says: “Dr. A. P.
Smith is now the proprietor of the largest
orange tree in the county. Some say that it
is larger than the celebrated Fort Harley tree,
which lias stood the cold waves over half a
century. With a few exceptions the orange
trees or Bradford county are the offspring of
this old parent tree, and it is the opinion of
not a few that this is why our trees are so
slightly affected by freezes." t urning from tills
old parent tree they are indigenous to the soil
of Bradford.”
The Green Cove Springs Sirring says: “A
serious accident occurred on the G. C, S. and
M. Road on Wednesday, which very nearly
resulted in a loss of life to several persons.
Toe construction train, with two cars loaded
with cross ties and two cars with rails, pushed
by a locomotive, had passed Terrel’s Creek,
near the end of the completed portion of the
road, and was moving over an embankment
about six feet high, formed of peaty stuff,
upon which was crib work on Which the track
was laid. As the train was fairly upon the
embankment, the loose stuff gave" way and
tlie whole train was turned over. Tlie train
hands escaped uninjured, but Mr. Greer was
somewhat contused about tlie face and had a
very narrow escape with his life. The cars
were hut slightly damaged anil are being re
placed ou the track. The locomotive was
somewhat injured, but it is thought that it
can soon lie repaired.”
ST. JOHN’S RIVER, FLORIDA.
A Committee on the Jetty Improvement
and Their Visit to Baltimore.
Ex-Gov. George F. Drew, of Florida,
Major J. H. Durkee, and Mr. Charles H.
Jones, comprising a committee to urge on
Congress and the public otlicers the ne
cessity of doing something for the im
provement of the St. John’s bar, says the
Baltimore Sun of the fid inst., have been
iu Washington several days on their mis
sion, and yesterday Messrs. Durkee and
Jones were in Baltimore in the same con
nection. The committee say that, “In re
sponse to the demand of ’the House of
Representatives for a report from the Sec
retary of War on those public works that
need immediate appropriations, the St.
John's bar is to be included in that report.
Gen. Wright, chief of engineers, stated to
the committee that there was no one of
tlie river and harbor improvements that
needs more immediate attention than St,
John’s bar, and that he would recommend
$T5,000 for the prosecution ol' the work.”
In response to inquiries by the Sun repre
sentative as to the State of the bar, the
members of the committee said:
“After examination by Gen. Gilmore
and other officers of the engineer corps, a
plan lor improving the mouth of St. John’s
river was recommended, based on the
jetty system, which was then proving suc
cessful at the mouth of the Mississippi
river. The idea on which the jetties was
based is to contract the current of the
river, and by thus concentrating its ef
fect, compel it to cut out its own channel
across the bar of light shifting sands,
which move hither and thither with
the tides. The work on the jetties
up to two years ago had pro
gressed sufficiently to show that the
theory of the engineers was sound; that
although not oue-third completed, the cur
rent was deflected from its original course
and washed out the bar, so as to show a
gain of from three to four feet. If the
work had been vigorously prosecuted with
adequate appropriations, there is every
reason to believe there would have been
sixteen to eighteen feet depth on the bar.
During the past two years Congress has
been so very niggardly in its appropria
tions that very little progress has been
made in extending the work.”
Question —“Has work been suspended
during these two years?”
Answer.—“ No. Under small appro
priations the work has been going for
ward slowly, but too slow to preserve the
depth tnat had been gained. East year
Congress allowed $150,000, but before the
appropriation was available work had
been suspended for so long that the un
completed jetties had been ravaged by
the tides and river current and damaged
the work to such an extent that about
two-thirds oi the total appropriation
was absorbed in repairing those
damages and buttressing the works.
This left only $50,000 to be used in
extending the jetties, and of course the
effect could be only trifling. This appro
priation is now exhausted. Every day’s
delay is causing damage, and our com
uiittee is now here urging on the govern
ment the necessity of making an appro
priation immediately available in order to
save what has been already done. The
committee has had a consultation with
the River and Harbor Committee of Con
gress, and find they are well disposed to
all really important and deserving works
of public improvement.”
Q. —“What is the extent of the com
merce that will be affected by this im
provement?”
A.—“ Substantially the whole commerce
of Florida with the Northern markets.
Twenty feet of water on the bar would
make Jacksonville the distributing point
for all of Florida. Southern Georgia and
even Southern Alabama as far west as
Mobile. The commerce of the port of
Baltimore is largely interested in this, be
cause a large trade is growing up with
Baltimore as the nearest Atlantic port,
and great distributing centre for Florida.
Four or live schooners are engaged in this
trade, which is constantly growing. The
committee confidently believe that with
20 or 25 feet on St. John’s bar, a fleet of
not less than 30 large vessels would be
needed for the traffic between Baltimore
and Florida.”
The committee presented a memorial on
behalf of the people of Florida, setting
forth that the value oi cargoes from the
port of Jacksonville in 1882 aggregated
over $38,000,000, and that the risk of cross
ing the bar was % per cent., and that the
increased freight charges averaged 50
cents a ton, to say notbing of the cost on
account of delays at the bar. These sta
tistics show that the taxon the commerce
of Jacksonville alone, by reason of the
pieisept condition of St. John's bar,
amounts to not less than SOOO,OOO a year,
which is the precise sum Gen. Gili’more
estimates will be necessary to complete
the jetties.
“Ought We to Visit Her?’.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Social circles in this city are in a flurry
over a marriage said to be contemplated
by a gentleman of wealth and culture,
who came to Milwaukee from Boston not
many years ago, and who has cccupied a
prominent position in the business world.
Report goes that the bride-elect, a sister
in-law of the coachman of one of the
groom's neighbors, is at present a servant
in the house of her future husband. The
question, “Ought we to visit her?” has
been already debated in the families of
many persons prominent in society, and
in most cases has been decided in the
negative.
The gentleman has several children and
his first wife has been dead less than a
year. He is about 50 years old, is a lead
ing church member, a leader iu the Young
Meu’s Christian Association and is worth
$500,000. Seven months ago his wife died,
and since then, it is said, he has been pay
ing attention to the servant girl. Lately
they have been seen out driving together,
and the rumor has gone forth that they
are soon to be married.
T e gentleman is one of the leading
members of a great iron corporation doing
business in this city and Chicago. He has
Just completed a magnificent residence at
a cost of $150,000. He has been courted
and lionized by society people up to this
time. '
Mrs. S. L. Peterson, Wadlev, Ga., says:
“Dr. H. L. Battle prescribed Brown’s Iron
Bitters for my dyspepsia. Two bottles
entirely cured me.”
AT THE NATIOxTS CAPITAL
MARSHALS AND ATTORNEYS
TO BE PAID SALARIES.
Tne International Copyright Bill to be
Favorably Reported Characteristics
of the New Bankruptcy BUI —Last
Week’s Idleness in the Senate and the
Coming Week’s Work.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The House Ju
diciary Committee will report favorably
the bill giving United States District
Marshals and Attorneys stated salaries
instead of fees. This sensible method of
compensating these officials has been
made possible by the recent disclosures ol
the scandalous abuses of the fee system
in several districts—notably in Kentucky
and other Southern States and in the Wes
tern District of Pennsylvania—where
arrests have been made on flimsy and
trumped up charges solely to make fees
for these officials and their deputies. The
payment ol fixed salaries will, it is
argued, remedy this and remove the odium
under which the government officers now
rest in these localities,
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT BILL.
The same committee will report favor
ably the international copyright law, for
which American and foreign authors have
so long struggled, and which publishers,
both home and abroad, have opposed. Tlie
bill will grant copyright to foreign authors
whose governments grant a like privilege
to American authors.
THE BANKRUPT BILL.
“There is the best of evideuce,” said a
Republican Senator to-day, “that a bank
rupt bill will be reported to the Senate
this week which will become a law.
More time has been given to this subject
than any other during this session. It
will differ from the old bankrupt law in
this one particular, especially it will not
be an inducement to anyone to become a
bankrupt. It is the Sewell bill, with sev
eral amendments, which will be reported.
The old bankrupt law was one
intended more for men controlling
large means than l'or ordinary people.
We propose that one can enter bank
ruptcy with $250 indebtedness. Work
upon this bill has been conducted by con
sultation with leading bankers and mer
chants of the country, who represent
that business interests have been suffer
ing many months for want of a bankrupt
law. No doubt hundreds of business men
will plunge into bankruptcy as soon as
this law is passed.”
A remarkable feature of the bill which
will be reported is that an objection will
be made to discharging a bankrupt who
was made insolvent by speculation out
side of his regular or legitimate husiuess.
It will exempt SI,OOO worth of property,
A FORECAST OF THE WEEK.
The Senate held only two full daily ses
sions last week and’ accomplished but
little work, except in its committees.
The bill to provide for ascertaining and
settling private land claims in certain
States and Territories, consideration of
which began last Monday, remains un
finished business for to-morrow. The new
rules are working satisfactorily in respect
to the order of business and much less in
clination is manifested now than before
their adoption to take measures up out
of their order. The McPherson bank
ing bill is more likely than any
other on the calendar to be taken up iii
advance ot its order, aud an effort will
probably be made during the week to
bring it before tlie Senate. Senator Ed
munds’ civil rights hill and his Utah bill,
both reported by Senator Hoar, from the
Committee on Judiciary, stand next iu
importance, hut may neither of them
command the support of the majority,
should they be antagonized with the en
tire remaining calendar for consideration.
IN THE HOUSE.
To-morrow during the call of States Mr.
Morrison expects to introduce his bill
providing for a horizontal reduction of
the tariff. The call will probably be fol
lowed by a suspension of the rules upon
individual requests for the consideration
of particular measures. Mr. Converse,
of Ohio, has asked to be recognized and
contemplates calling up his bill providing
for an increase of the tariff on wool. It is
understood that if the bill is brought up
Mr. Hurd will oppose it and urge that
wool be placed on the free list. Mr. Con
verse says that nearly three million men
in this country are interested in .wool, and
that their interests have been’imperiled
by the tariff legislation of the last Con
gress. That legislation he thinks affects
not only the industrial but also the politi
cal outlook.
THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
has under consideration the naval appro
priation bill, and the members of the com
mittee say that they expect to complete
their examination of the measure in time
to report it to the House before the end of
the week in committee of the whole, into
which the House can resolve itself by a
majority vote. The shipping Dill to re
move certain burdens on the American
merchant marine and encourage tlie
American foreign carrying trade will
probably be The friends of
the measure are of the opinion that it will
be passed with but little debate. Other
important measures to be considered
by the same committee should the House
so order, is the hill to establish a De
partment of Agriculture and a bill for the
establishment of a Bureau of Animal In
dustry to prevent the exportation of dis
eased cattle. On the House calendar are
bills regulating the rates of postage on
second-class mail matter at letter carrier
offices, and in relation to the admission of
Territories as States into tne Union. The
Committee on Public Lands expect to con
sider the forfeiture of land grants to the
Atlantic and Pacific and the Northern
Pacific Railroads.
A PANIC ON A RIVER STEAMER.
Her Main Steam Pipe Explodes, Killing
a Boy and Scaring All on Board.
New Orleans, Feb. 3.—A special from
Baton Rouge says: “This evening when
the steamer Natchez was four miles above
here, the main steam pipe on the star
board side exploded, tearing up the floor
of two state rooms and the gang way,
forcing off the doors of the barber shop,
and tilling the cabin with escaping steam.
The passengers rushed hither and thither
in wild confusion, but the pilot headed
for shore and landed them all. The only
person killed was a colored boy, em
ployed in the pastry room,' who
stepped on the gangway just before
the explosion. The only passenger in
jured was R. W. Adams, of Louisville,
who was badly scalded on the taee and
hands. He was just in the act oi stepping
out of the steam room when the explosion
occurred. Capt. B. T. Leathers says that
the tires were cleaned out at Baton Rouge
and the vessel was running 125 pounds oi
steam when the explosion occurred. The
explosion was caused by a defect in the
copper pipe. The steamer Ilalliday,
which came up several hours after the ac
cident, took on board the passengers. The
Natchez will return to this city on one
wheel.”
CLEARING A ROAD OF DEBT’
The Kentucky Central Bond and Stock
holders Talk tlie Matter Over.
Cincinnati, Feb. 3. — At a brief and in
formal meeting of the bond and stock
holders of the Kentucky Central Railroad,
held here yesterday afternoon, a plan long
contemplated for clearing the road of debt
was talked over. Those present unani
mously assented to the proposition for the
stockholders to pay an assessment of 10
per cent, on the par value of their stock
and lor the bondholders to exchange the
present bonds for others of like face value
at 4 per cent, for three years. It is be
lieved that this plan would not only free
the road from debt, but would enable the
company to complete its extensions. The
plan would not affect the company’s con
tracts with other roads.
The Cattle Disease in England.
London, Feb. 3.—The Chamber of Ag
riculture of several counties of England
passed resolutions ou Saturday urging
parliament to restrict the importation of
cattle In order to prevent the spread of
the cattle disease.
Germany to Strengthen Her Navv.
Berlin, Feb. 3.—The Admiralty is dis
cussing a proposal to ask the Reichstag
for a vote of 7,000,000 marks to maintain
iron-clads, construct torpedoes aud in
crease the number of sailors.
A Prominent Business Man Dead.
N icksburg, Feb. 3.—John A. Kline, a
promiuent business man and one of the
founders of the Vicksburg and Mississippi
Valley Banks, died to-day.
Plon Plon’s Son to Visit Eugenie.
Paris, Feb. 3.—Prince Napoleon Vic
tor, the son of Prince Napoleon Plon
Plon, will soon pay a visit to the ex-Eui
press Eugenie.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1884.
STORIES OF BLOODSHED.
Disaffected Members of a Congregation
Try to Kill Their Pastor.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 3.—Un
known assassins yesterday morning at
tempted to shoot Rev. Father Joblowoski,
pastor of the Polish Roman Catholic
Church here, while he was sitting in his
study. Three shots were fired at him,
two of which barely missed his head.
Certain disaffected members of his church
are suspected of the crime.
ANOTHER ARREST ON LONG ISLAND.
Long Island, L. 1., Feb. 3.—Another
arrest was made to-day in connection
with the murder of Mrs. and Miss Mavbee
and the assault upon and robbery ot’Mr.
and Mrs. Townsend, the prisoner being
Joe Applelord, whom the mulatto,
Charles H. Rugg, had made statements
implicating him in at least one of the
crimes. It is said that a cameo pin,
which, with other jewelry, was taken
from the Maybee house, has been recov
ered, and adds strength to the evidence
against Rugg as the murderer of the wo
men.
KILLED HIS WIFE’S INSULTER.
Galveston, Feb. 3.—A special from
Houston says: “W. J. Perkins killed An
drew Johnson at Cedar Bayou on Friday
by shooting him in the head with both
barrels of a double-barreled shotgun. No
one else witnessed the deed except Per
kins’ wife, with whom it is alleged John
son had taken improper liberties. Per
kins surrendered himself to the officers.
All three of the persons were highly
respected.”
THE WAR IN SOUDAN.
Turkey’s Sultan Again Protests Against
tlie Abandonment of the Province.
Cairo, Feb. 3.—Advices from Khartoum
say that unconfirmed reports are current
there that El Mahdi is falling back to
Southern Kordofan aud Darfour, and that
consequently Col. Coetlogan’s fears of the
advance of El Mahdi’s troops have abated.
Constantinople, Feb. 3.—The Sultan
has assured Earl Dufl'erin, the British
Ambassador to Turkey, that he wishes to
come to a friendly understanding regard
ing Egypt.
London, Feb. °.—Mu9uri Pasha, the
Turkish Ambassador to Great Britain, has
informed Earl Granville, the British Sec
retary for Foreign Affairs, that the Porte
is preparing a note to the Powers insist
ing upon the retention of Soudan as an
integral part of Egypt under the Sultan’s
suzerainty, and stating that the Porte de
sires that the Soudan question be referred
to a conference of the Foreign Ambassa
dors at London or Constantinople.
The Queen's speech, which has been
drafted for submission to the Cabinet
Council, affirms the intention of England
to withdraw her troops from Egypt as
soon as the conditions of peace and the
prosperity of the country will admit of
their withdrawal.
M. ROUHER DEAD.
Most of tlie Bonapartist Papers Sent to
tlie Ex-Empress Eugenie
Paris, Feb. 3. —M. Rouher died at 7
o’clock this morning. He was uncon
scious for several hours before the end.
Prince Napoleon had previously visitect
the dying man. The ex-Etnpress Eugenie
has sent a telegram of condolence to his
widow.
A. M. Rouher lay in a critical condition
tor 3 days prior to his death. Six mouths
ago he was attacked with paralvsis, and
occasionally lie also had attacks of de
mentia. Prince Napoleon saw him Satur
day night in an unconscious state, in
which condition he remained until death.
The private papers and memoirs of M.
Rouher had been confided to his wife, who
seut them to ex-Etnpress Eugene, when
M. Rouher showed symptoms of brain
disease. 51. Rouher's secretary lost some
important documents, and it is supposed
that ttiev got into possession of tlie gov
ernment, w hich is waiting tor a lit time
to publish them.
A HOME FOR CONFEDERATES.
Subscriptions Being Solicited for a
Building at Rielimoud.
Baltimore, Feb. 3.—R. H. Fox and \V.
L. Morris, representing R. E. Lee Camp
No. 1, of Richmond, Va., have been in this
city during the past wei* soliciting con
tributions in aid of indigent and wounded
Confederate veterans with the ultimate
purpose of building them a home. They
state that their camp will hold a fair for
this object iu Richmond during thq pres
ent month and the proceeds of the fair
with contributions from a generous public
will be devoted to building a comfortable
retreat for disabled Confederates in this
city and Washington. The contributions
have been very liberal, and from none
have they been more generous than from
members of the Grand Army posts.
Messrs B’ox and Morris will visit Phila
delphia to-morrow and afterwards New ]
York city and Boston.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
M. \\ aildington Speaks In Roseate
Terms of Their Friendly Ties.
London, Fell. 3.—M. Waddington, the
French Ambassador, while presiding
yesterday at a dinner given in aid of the
French Hospital, welcomed the sentiment
of the Lord Mayor of London that the
cordiality between France and England
might ever be preserved. M. Waddington
spoke strongly in favor cf a closer knit
ting between the two countries of the
bonds of peace and good will, which were
so important to their interests and to the
interests of the world. A rupture of the
relations between them, he said, would he
a calamity beyond conception. An their
recent quarrels had been transient. It
was their duty to civilization aud hu
manity to do their best to maintain good
feeling. He knew that that was the senti
ment of the leading statesmen of England
and France.
RAVAGES OF THE FLAMES.
A Mammoth Building: at St. Louis De
stroyed with Great Loss.
St. Louis, Feb. 3.—The large four story
iron front building at the corner of
Eighth and St. Charles street, occupied
by N. O. Nelson & Cos., manuiacturers of
plumbers’ goods, pumps and other ma
chinery, and by Phillips, Grant & Cos.,
boot and shoe manufacturers, burned this
morning. The greater portion of the St.
Charles street side of the building was
totally destroyed, and the Eighth street
side was badly damaged. Nelson & Co,’s
loss is not vet known. Their insurance
is $150,000, distributed among 50 home and
foreign companies. Phillips, Grant &
Co.’s loss and insurance has not yet been
ascertained. The livery stable ot Lanagan
& Brown, adjoining on Eighth street, and
three other small buildings, are damaged
to the extent of $4,000.
An Innovation in Marriage Ceremonies.
London, Feb. 3.— The Marquis of
(jueensberry has sent a pamphlet to the
members of the House of Lords and the
House of Commons, advocating a reform
of the marriage service to meet the views
of the Secularists. He proposes, in order
to meet divorce cases, to leave out in
marriage ceremonies the words “Whom
God has joined together let no mau put
asunder,” substituting “Whom the gov
ernment or nature may put asunder let
no man attempt to keep together.”
A Disabled Steamer in Tow.
Delaware Breakwater, Feb. 3.—The
pilot boat Howard reported at 2 o’clock
this morningthat the steamer Guadaloupe,
from Galveston tor New York, with a
cargo of cotton, was off Fenwick’s Island
with her engine out of order and in need
of assistance. The tug North America
immediately went to assist her, but re
turned at 8 o’clock this morning and re
ported that the steamer Guadaloupe would
proceed to New York in tow of the tug
Cyclops.
Russia's Imperial Ball.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 3.—The second
imperial ball was given at the winter
palace Saturday night. Seven hundred
and twenty distinguished guests were
present. There was apparent absence in
side and around the palace of the usual
police guards. The Czarina opened the
ball with the Danish Minister. The Czar
circulated freely among the guests. The
dancing continued until nearlv day
break.
Tho Killers of Honduras.
Panama, Jan. 24. —The following is the
Cabinet, with Gep. Bogran, alter tlie for
mer entered office as President of Hondu
ras: Minister of War, Education and
Justice, Dr. Rafael Alvarado; Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Senor Jeronimo Zeiava;
Minister ot Government, Senor Crese'mo
Gomez: Minister of Finance, Senor Abei
trado Zelaya; and Minister of Public
Works, Senor Francisco Plauas,
COLUMBIAN CROOKEDNESS
HER SECRETARY OF STATE
OVERDRAWS A LOAN.
The Panama Canal Company the Cred
itor— 840,000 Worth of Drafts Pro
tested—lnsults to the United States
and Great Britain to be Investigated
—Pierola Expected at Panama.
Panama, Jan. 24.—A few weeks ago
the canal company loaned the republic of
Columbia 2,500,000 francs, and authorized
the Secretary of State by cable to draw
for that amount. He drew for 200,000
francs in excess, and the drafts were pro
tested in Paris. By cable he has asked
the canal company to honor the extra
amount. The messages in relation to the
affair have already cost $3,000, and no
definite result has been obtained. Should
the canal company not honor the drafts
they will be taken upon maturity in Paris
by the National Bank of Columbia. The
government of Columbia has already
ceded to the canal company 150,000 hec
tares of land out of the 500,000 hectares
granted them by the canal contract.
insults to he investigated.
The United States flagship Tennessee is
at present in Aspinwall. At the request
of the United States Consul at Colon she
will probably visit several of the places in
the department where questions of a se
rious character require investigation.
Notable among them are Bocas del Toro
and San Andres, whore it is stated that
the United States Consular agents, while
in the discharge of their duties, have been
treated with marked discourtesy and in
sult by the political or judicial authorities
of the State or nation several questions of
this nature require investigation among
them the deliberateoflicial plunder of a car
go of timber from an American vessel at
San Andres. The English Governmentjalso
will probably soon have a vessel here, as
several cases have occurred in which
British subjects have been imprisoned
without trial and their property plun
dered.
SENOR PIEROLA
is expected to arrive in Panama very
shortly on his return to Peru.
MINING INTERESTS LOOKING UP.
Mining is looking up in the State of
Tolila. Among the recent transactions
has been the sale of the Organo mine in
the neighborhood of Neiva for SBO,OOO. It
has been purchased by an English com
pany.
THE JEANNETI E’S DEAD.
Official Programme of the Funeral Pa
geant as Arranged by Com. Upshur.
Saturday’s New York Herald says that
Commodore John H. Upshur, command
ant of the Navy Yard, and his aid Lieu
tenant Ward, Friday decided upon the
official programme to be observed in the
reception of the Jeannette’s dead. The
bodies will arrive from Hamburg about
the 14th iust. They will remain on board
of the steamer for a day or two, to allow
those participating in the funeral process
sion to be notified. They will then be
landed and placed in separate hearses.
At twelve o’clock noon the funeral pro
cession will move tip Broadway to City
Hall Park, through the park to the bridge,
and over the bridge to the Nhvy Yard.
This route of March will not be departed
from. The order of the procession will be
as follows:
Platoon oi Police.
Detachment oUiegular Army Troops.
The Tiventy-thir® Sixty-ninth and other
Militw Regiments.
Detachment of United States Marines.
Eleven Hearses, containing the Kernainsof the
Dead, iu reverse order, those of Jerome
Collins, followed by sixteen civilian
pall-bearers, and those of Dr.
Ambler and Lieutenant Com
mander De Long bring
ing up tlie rear.
Chief Engineer Melville, Lieut. Danenhower
and the other Surviving Members
of the Jeannette Expe
dition.
Carriages containing the immediate Relatives
of the Dead.
Civic Societies and Citizens on foot.
Naval Officers on foot.
President Arthur and Members of his Cabi
net, Mayor Edsoti, General Han
cock and other Officials
in carriages.
Citizens iu carriages who are unable to walk
by reason of age or sickness.
A lino of blue jackets will march as
pall-bearers on either side of the sailors’
hearses and twenty-four Lieutenaut Com
manders will be the pall-bearers of
Lieutenant Commander De Long. After
reaching the navy yard all the organiza
tions with the exception ot the Sixty
ninth Regiment will then be dismissed.
The body of Jerome Collins will then at
once be taken on board of a steamboat in
waiting, w ith tlie Sixty-ninth Regiment,
naval officers and marines as an escort
and landed in New York, at a point near
est the church in which requeim services
are to bo held.
The other bodies will lie in state until
the next day. Then the body of one sailor
will he sent to Philadelphia and that of
another to his friends in Virginia. The
remains of the others will be taken to
Woodlawn Cemetery on a train, composed
of the regular Woodlawn funeral cai nd
four coaches, which has been placffil fit
the disposal of Commodore UffiKfir
through the kindness of Vice Presillfit
John It. Rutter, of the New York Ceniml
Railroad. The body of Jerome Colfcs
and that of his mother, who died just®,
ter her son sailed, will be placed side* ’
side in church two days after the pubS.
funeral, aud after the requiem services
they will be placed on a steamer and con
veyed to Cork, Ireland, and buried to
gether. Mrs. Collins’ body is now In
Woodlawn Cemeterv.
The programme Is laid out on the as
sumption that all the officials invited will
unite in honoring the memory of the dead
explorers. Commodore Upshur will ask
that the buildings on the line of march be
draped.
PUMMELED IN’ COURT.
Two Lawyers Have It Out In Sullivan
Style—Struck and Called a Thief,
In a small apartment opening from the
Supreme Court Chambers, where Judge
Donohue was on the bench yesterday af
ternon, says the New York Herald of the
2d inst., there was a brief but exciting
affair ala Sullivan.
Mr. William I. Moore bad offered him
self as boDdsman for his brother,.George
W. Moore, who was techinally in custody
under an order oi arrest on a charge of
conspiracy. The bondsman had been
sworn in open court, and then, as the cus
tom is, the lawyers on the two sides in the
case had retired to the side room to ex
amine Mr. Moore as to his competency to
act as surety. Mr. Samuel Untermeyer
was counsel for the complainant, and Mr.
George Armstrong was the lawyer for the
defendant, who was seeking bail. Mr.
Untermeyer, it is charged, occupied over
an hour in asking trivial preliminary
questions of the surety. At length he
came down to business and asked the
witness if he had ever been a bankrupt.
Mr. Moore said that ho had been after the
panic of 1873. He was going on to ex
plain that he paid liis creditors 100 cents
on the dollar three mouths after his fail
ure, and that he is now a wealthy man
free from debt, when Lawyer Untermeyer
shut him off.
“I object,” said Lawyer Armstrong.
“Please allow the witness to explain.”
“What?” rejoined Untermeyer. rising
to his feet and rushing toward the coun
sel on the other side, “you object, do you,
you tliief! Take that.” Thereupon, it is
said, he struck Mr. Armstrong a blow
with his fist in the side of the face.
Mr. Armstrong returned the blow with
compound interest, getting in several
“good ones” on his opponent’s “nob,” so
it is said, and skinning his own knuckles
by the force of his blows. Mr. Unter
meyer then succeeded in closing with his
vigorous adversary, and hugged him
around tho chest iu an endeavor to pre
vent him from using his fists so effect
ively.
By this time the witness, his brother,
Mr. George W. Moore and Mr. Henry
Daly, Jr., all of whom were present, had
succeeded in gathering themselves to
gether, They pulled the struggling law
yers asunder, and the party rushed into
the presence of Judge Donohue. The
whole affair was over in much less time
than it takes to tell it.
Lawyer Untermeyer, who had appa
rently got the worst ot the pumnieliug,
excitedly exclaimed that lawyer Arm
strong had attacked him, and demanded
that he be punished.
Mr. Armstrong asserted that he had
been first assaulted and had merely de
fended himself.
Judge Donohue said that he would not
interfere in the matter. The ease in
which the lawyers were engaged was be
fore Judge Barrett, and he should leave
the matter in his hands. He told the two
lawyers that they must appear betore
Judge Barrett Saturday morning.
Humbert’s Trip to Germany Uncertain.
Rome, Feb. 3.—A government official
denies that a visit of King Humbert to
Berlin has been decided upon.
MGR. CAPEL ON DIVORCE.
Sacredness of the Marriage Tie Up
held—Too Much Freedom Allowed—
Women Intended for Matrimony.
Alonsignor C’apel was greeted with an
audience of 1,500 people as he stepped on
the stage of the Academy of Music last
evening, says the Philadelphia Record ot
February 2d, to lecture upon the subject
of “Divorce.” Placing his hat on the desk
before him, and gently throwing back
from the shoulder the folds of the red
cloak he wore, Monsignor Capel entered
upon his subject. He said he had spoken
on the subject of divorce in other
cities, but while the principles
which he enunciated were always the
9ame, he tried to present them to his audi
ences in different dresses. He declared
that divorce is one of the problems worthy
of earnest consideration connected with
the life of every nation and every family.
He declared his reason for speaking so
frequently on the subject to be a desire to
cast bis lot with those thinking people in
the land who have become alarmed at the
terribly rapid increase in divorce, and aid
in the work of uprooting the evil.
Mousignor Capel said that history would
substantiate him in asserting that the
strength of every country has been great
est when the marriage ’tie was most sa
credly observed; aud that a countrv’s
decay could be traced from the time it al
lowed lax principles in the marriage re
lation. He cited the example of Rome,
where the principle of divorce was ad
mitted from the foundation ol the republic,
but where no man ever availed himself of
the privilege till 523 years had passed
away. Monsignor Capel declared that
there will be a repetition of the disgrace
ful history of Roman decay in any country
that allows divorce to sap its vitals.
The speaker then proceeded to consider
the consequences of divorce, whicn he de
clared to be the degradation of woman,
tli6 destruction of the home and the per
version of the thoughts of men. He ad
mitted that men and women are often un
happily married, but this circumstance
he considered unimportant in comparison
with the evil resulting from divorce. For
such people Monsignor Capel could onlv
offer the balm of Christian resignation
to their hardships, both man and
wife struggling to bear their bur
dens lightly and live together for the
good of their children when that is possi
ble. But, when this can not be done, the
only Christian course left is to separate,
each living apart from the other, but
never marrying till death has broken the
bonds. Admit but the ttought that
divorce is possible, that only a formality
ot law intervenes between misery with
one person and happiness with another,
and it will be impossible for husband and
wife to pass over the rough places of life
together.
Monsignor Capel declared the home
with father, mother and children to be the
end of all true marriages; that our great
est men have been reared under home in
fluences, and our noblest women molded
to nobility under the same guidance; that
without the home there is a destruction of
the principle of education, with no moral
or religious training for the young, and
that in the struggle following divorce
woman always goes to the wall, and the
stigma falls upon her daughter.
The Monsignor next considered whether
it is lawful or legitimate to permit divorce,
and quoted from the apostles that there
is divine prohibition against divorce;
that it is against the word of the Bible for
a husband or wife to marry during the
lifetime of the other, no matter what may
be tlie cause of separation, and that there
is no power on earth which can put man
or woman back to their position before
marriage, or grant a divorce. He de
clared that divorce was introduced by the
reformation, and that it is contrary to
Christian teaching and the laws of’the
Catholic Church.
In speaking on what is to be done to
stem the current against divorce, Monsig
nor Capel gave a few telling hits on
American social customs. It appeared to
him that our growing civilization has per
mitted the existence of wild theories
about education and social relations. The
American youth boasted of their inde
pendence aud laughed at the restrictions
put on the children of European countries.
B.ut the speaker thought American hu
man nature is much the same as English,
Brench or Italian human nature, and
that American boys aud girls are much
the same in their innate tendencies after
evil as English, B'rench or Spanish
hoy 8 and girls. Experience had taught
parents in the latter countries how it is
best to rear their children, and he thought
it folly to ignore this experience. He had
little appreciation of the sources from
whence young people obtain their ideas
about matrimony, declaring the main
channels to be the literature of worthless
novels, rubbish acted on the stage and the
words of young married people who have
not yet experienced the crosses of l fe. If
these could be eliminated and more healthy
surioundings thrown about the young a
great point would he gained.
Monsignor Capel closed with an expla
nation of the statement he was reported
to have made before a Washington au
dience, He said he thought “every wo
man ought to think twice before rejecting
an offer of marriage. Women ought to be
marriedor they oughttobe in religion;
God’s purpose is not for them to live the
life of an old maid. But it is better for
them to live as such than to marry for
wealth, social position or other reason
that is bound to lead to misery.”
FIGHTING IHE BIG MONOPOLY.
The Standard Company Bearded in its
Own Den*
The Standard Oil Company has been
bearded in its den by a bill introduced
in the Ohio Legislature to amend the
laws of Ohio regulating the con
struction and operation ot railroads as
common carriers, says a Cleveland special
of the Ist inst„ so as to make it applica
ble to oil pipe lines in Ohio. There are
ten refining companies in Cleveland sepa
rate and independent of the Standard and
its adjuncts. These ten companies handle
at present about 540,000 barrels of crude
oil per annum. Under present conditions
they are compelled to bring their crude
oil from the Pennsylvania oil fields by rail
at a eost of 30 cents per barrel and
upward as against 30 cents per barrel
paid by the Standard. Right here comes
in one of the games by which the Standard
has monopolized the oil business and
crippled competition. John D. Rockefel
ler, Oliver H. Payne, H. M. Flagler, and
two other big stockholders of the Standard
Oil Company, some years ago bought the
Hilliard branch of the United Pipe Line
Company, and, in their capacity as a
wheel within a wheel part of the Stand
ard, built a private line from Cleveland to
connect with the western terminus of the
Hilliard branch. Through this pipe line,
with a capacity of about 3.000,000 barrels
per annum, they have carried the bulk of
the oil refined by the Standard in Cleve
land. This private company, composed of
the big fish in the Standard pool, have also
gobbled up the controlling interest in all
of the pipe lines of Pennsvlvania, the
tide-water line being their last acquisi
tion, and although the Pennsylvania pipe
line companies under the laws of that
State are common carriers, it has not pre
vented the Standard from monopolizing
the bulk of the carrying capacity from
the oil fields, and thus compelling pro
ducers of crude oil to sell to them at their
own terms or else hold it stored in tanks,
because they cannot afford to sell it to be
shipped by rail and to outside consumers
and make a profit. The independent com
panies here claim that with a pipe line
connection with the oil fields they can re
fine 2,000,000 barrels per annum, at least,
and with cost of switching and transfer
bv rail cut off, can give consumers the
benefit and create a competition that will
help to break the clutch of the Standard
monopoly on the oil trafiic of the country.
In 1872 an attempt was made to secure
a change in the laws of Ohio that would
enable oil pipe companies to do what is
proposed by the above mentioned bill, but
thef Standard held the Ohio legislators in
its clutch, and the measure was passed in
a shape to not interfere with the Standard.
From that time until now all attempts to
secure similar legislation have proved
abortive. It remains to be seen whether
this attempt to secure a healthy competi
tion and call a halt on the great monopoly
of the age will prove a success. If it does
not it will prove beyond doubt that the
charge that the Standard owns a majority
of the Ohio Legislature was founded on
fact.
AVbat will cure the worst case of dys
pepsia ? What will insure a hearty appetite
and increased digestion? What will cure
general debility and give anew lease of
life? W hat will dispel nervous depression
and low spirits? What will restore ex
hausted mothers to full strength? What
will strengthen nerves and muscles? What
will enrich the blood? What will enable
you to overcome weakness, w'akefulness
and lack of energy? What will prevent
chills and fever and other effects of mala
rial poison ? Brown’s Iron Bitters. It is
well to know this,
! quinine to be cheaper.
COMBINATION TO MAINTAIN
HIGH PRICES BROKEN.
Action of a London Firm Anticipated
in New York—Philadelphia Druggists
Deny That a Combination Existed—
The Prices Very Unsettled—Buyers
Undecided About Purchases.
The combination of the quinine manu
facturers of the world, says the New York
Times of the 2d inst., is brokeki, and prices
for the drug have reached a lower level.
There are 17 manufactories worthy of
notice in the world. Six are in Germany,
2 in Italy, 3 in France, 2 in England, and
4in the United States. The lactones in
this country belong to McKesson & Rob
bins, of New York, and Powers & Weight
man, Rosengarten & Sons, and Kesby &
Missar, of Philadelphia. The quantity of
quinine annually manufactured in the
entire world is said to be. In round
numbers. 4,250,000 ounces. It is estimated
that 1,700,000 ounces are consumed in this
country, of which about one-lialf is man
ufactured here. Quinine ot American
manufacture is preferred iu the United
States and none is exported, except per
haps to neighboring countries. Tne bulk
of the quinine comes from Continental
Europe, which in consequence controls
the trade, and, as a rule, is expected to
establish prices throughout the world.
The tendency is to over-production,
and the Continental manufacturers
have always sought to form combina
tions to sustain prices. The largest qui
nine manufactory in the world is that of
Alexander Boehringer, at Milan, Italy.
I lie Continental manufacturers last sum
mer formed a combination to fix a price
which should he observed both iu Europe
and this country. They bound themselves
to sustain the established prices. How
ard .fe Sons and Whitten & Cos., the Eng
lish manufacturers, entered into the ar
rangement. Mr. Boehringer came to this
country to enlist the co-operation of
American manufacturers, in which he
was successful. The agreement was put
into operation on July 1 last.
Mr. Daniel C. Robbins, of McKesson &
Robbins, said last evening that the Amer
ican and English manufacturers were not
bound by forfeits to observe the arrange
ment. The main’enance of the combina
tion was limited to no specified time. The
sales had been rather limited. Howard &
Sons within ten days had made a reduc
tion in the price of 25 cents an ounce.
There was nothing to hold them to the
combination price, and thev thought they
might as well be on the’outside as the
inside, Mr. Robbins supposed. The pro
duction had accumulated on their hands,
and they placed it on the market at a
reduced price in order to get rid of it.
There was no corner in quinine. The
combination was simply formed to keep
up prices. The business was controlled
by a very few concerns, and there had al
ways been an understanding among them.
When the combination was formed the
prices were from $1 50 to $1 60 an ounce.
There was a difference of 10 cents between
quinine in bulk and iu vials. The combi
nation made the price in vials here $1 80
an ounce. In Continental Europe it was
$1 72, figured in the currency of the United
.States. The advance of 20 cents was the
only one made. How the present emer
gency would be met on the Continent, or
what would be done in the future, Air.
Robbins was unable to say. Iu America
the general prices of $1 60 in vials and
$1 50 in bulk had been adopted since the
breaking of the combination. The change
in the trade prices made no difference in
the retail prices. The stock in the Ameri
can market was small and the consump
tion here was about the same as usual.
These, Air. Robbins said, were the plain
facts of the situation.
A large importer of quinine said that
previous to the formation ot the combi
nation over-production prevailed, which
created a tendency to reduce the price.
He had supposed that the combination
was to limit the mauulacture as well as
to fix prices, but as the arrangement was
secret he did not know. Another dealer
said that quinine had been sold here to
his knowledge at $1 25, which was lower
than it had ever been before. The price
was broken in New York last Tuesday.
There was also an over-production of
bark. The East Indies supplied most of
the bark. At one time it all came from
South America. In the East Indies it
was now one of the important products
on the plantations. ComOinatioas in drugs
and chemicals were not uncommon.
Bleaching powders were made
entirely in England. The man
uiacturers combined and put
up prices 100 per sent. A member of a
wholesale house down town said a large
syndicate was formed at one time to com
pel the manufacturers of quinine topav a
high price for their bark. The speaker
said his advices concerning the breaking
of the combination were that a syndicate
in Loudon held 30,000 ounces, put up halt
of it at $1 50, but the singular part of the
transaction was that Howard & Sons put
down the price before the sale, and thus
anticipated it. There was considerable
interest felt in the trade. How prices
would rule could not be told. At present
they were of course unsettled. There
were large quantities of quinine on the
other side—more than enough for their
wants—and as there was no way to make
standard prices, buyers were somewhat
undecided about purchases. There had
been a report that Howard & Sons mis
trusted that some other concern was
cutting the prices, and for that reason
they marked down their figures. There
had, however, been no confirmation of
this story,
LAKE'S ALLEGED OFFENSE.
A Strange Story That is Undergoing In
vestigation in Brooklyn.
A strange story was told Justice Pratt
in the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Supreme Court
the other day by Attorney Alyeth in ask
ing for a certificate to appeal the case ot
the People against Geroge W. Lake, now
undergoing a term of niue years at Sing
Sing for an unnatural crime. George W.
Lake resided inTopsfleld,Mass. His near
est neighbors were a family named Sween
ey. The character of Miss Sweeney, a
member of the family, as alleged, was not
good. In 1858, when George had just com
pleted his 15th year, he left home aud
went to sea. Soon after his departure Miss
Sweeney gave birth to a child. She bad had
a child previously, whose father she sub
sequently married. Young Lake found
his way to Japan, went into business in a
small way, gathering Japanesecuiiosities
and sellin. them to foreign visitors. He
made money rapidly, and finally returned
to America to engage in the business of
selling Japanese curiosities. He first vis
ited Topsfieid, and remained some time
with relatives. Among the children who
used to play around the abode of bis par
ents was Ettie Sweeney, an attractive
little girl of Bor 9, the daughter of Miss
Sweeney, born soon after George bad
quitted home for the sea. The child was
neglected, and allowed to run about the
streets in a half wild state. George took
an interest in the poor waif, and with the
consent of her grandmother bought clothes
for her, and put her in a family where 6he
would be properly cared for and sent to
school. Having thus provided for the
child he came to New York and started in
business. The girl was well taken care
or. and went with credit through several
of the best seminaries, George amply pro
viding for her in every respect.
In 1878, when she was nearly 20 years
oljage,George brought her Brooklyn. With
out any formal marriage ceremonv,
George and Ettie assumed the relations
of husband and wife. When a child was
born, George tailed to file the necessary
certificate, and the police authorities,
while he was at business, entered his
house and removed the mother and child
to Bellevue Hospital. When he got home
again he filed the certificate, aud mother
and child returned to his abode. Soon af
terward George removed with his sup
posed wife and child to Staten Island,
leased land from the Mutual Lite Insur
ance Company and paid the money, but
he claims the company would not give
him the lease because they were desirous
of selling the land. The company then
proceeded to dispossess him because he
had not paid the rent. He succeeded
against the company before two juries,
and,therefore,the company got out what is
termed a two-hour dispossesser notice,
and during his absence, turned his wife
and child out of doors in a March storm.
He brought an action against the com
pany for damages, which, it is under
stood, is still pending.
Lawyer Alyeth claims that the com
pany then procured the indictment of
Lake on the ground that his wife was
his own daughter. On the trial the testi
mony was very unsatisfactory. The
mother of Lake’s alleged daughter was
dead, and the only evidence that in any
way seemed to bear upon the charge was
the fact that the girl had always called
Luke “papa.” Since the conviction of
Lake his wife has become demented, and
is in a lunatic asylum. Judge Pratt set
down the matter for a further hearing to
day.
KEIFER AND THE PRESS.
Recollections of the Ex-Speaker-How
i He Ha " Suffered at the Hands of the
1 Press.
j The exhibition made by ex-Speaker
j Keifer in the House on Tuesday last, says
the Washington correspondent of the New
York Times , was a sorry one. The dull
brutality of the man was unrelieved by
one single spark of gentlemanly refine
ment. Every action and every word
showed that bis fibre was coarse. The
letter to Gen. Boynton, which he caused
to be read at the Clerk’s desk, was replete
with vulgarity, and betrayed the fact that
letter-writing was not his forte. The
English was quite as vulgar as the gene
ral tone of the letter. The speech he
made was entirely in keeping with the
tone of the letter to Boynton—coarse, vi
tuperative and unrelieved by a flash oi
wit or play of humor.
I remember the first session of Congress
in which lveifer served. He madehiuiselt
conspicuous on the very opening (lav.
His appearance does not belie the charac
ter of the man. He is a broad-shouldered,
square-built tellow, ungainly in appear
ance and without grace in his movements.
His face is almost entirely covered with a
coarse beard, which he wears uutrimmed.
There is a stolid, brutal expression about
the eves, and the brow is low and the eye
brows beetling. My recollection is that
during the first Congress in which Keifer
served, he never suffered an occasion of
any kind to pass without getting on his
feet and addressing the chair. If there
was no opportunity to make a speech
he would contrive to ask a question
either of the chair or of the member who
held tlie floor. It was rare, indeed,
that there was any point to his inquiry,
lie evidently believed that a day was ill
spent which did not give an opportunity
to get Keiter’s name into the Record a
dozen times. Another peculiarity of the
man was his evident belief that be was a
great lawyer. No legal topie, or any
other which had the remotest connection
with a legal subject, could come before
the House without Keifer airing his sup
posed legal knowledge. There was an air
ot solemnity about him which became in
a short time positively ludicrous. He
never bobbed up from his seat, but rose
up majestically. Healwavs looked round
at the galleries as much as to say: “Look
at me! Hear me for my cause, and keep
silent that you may hear.” Very soon he
w as uuanimou'ly voted an ass aiid a bore
by the press gallery.
It is evident that Keifer has suffered
dreadfully by the awful castigation he has
received at the hands ot the “press gang.”
He is not blessed with an exquisitely sen
sitive nature. He has not much more
sensitiveness than a mule, but by the pro
cess of attrition the press has worn away
the pachydermatous hide in which bis
gross nature is wrapped. The raw' has
been reached and the poor fellow’s suffer
ing is awful. 1 verily believe it has un
settled wha4ever of reason he may have
had. For more than a year he has been
running amuck with the entire press of
the country. I have, when a farmer’s boy,
seen a ram butt a black stump for a quar
ter of an hour, but I never saw one
keep up the foolishness twenty min
utes. I once saw a poor drunken' fellow
try his fist on the head of a majestic wood
en Indian in front of a tobacco store, but
he was satisfied with one effort. 1 have a
vivid recollection of a youthful escapade
of my own. It happened about 35 years
ago, and yet it is as fresh m my memory
as if it occurred yesterday. I was play
ing in the garden, and in trying to capture
a honey-bee got stung. I watched the
sharp-tailed insect fly home to the hive
and vowed vengeance on the whole fami
ly. Seiziug a stick I ran to the bee-gum
and 6tirred up the rascals. I was put to
bed by and by. A good deal of saleratus
was wasted on me. 1 didn’t see much for
several days, but I finally got my eyes
open—but it was a long time before 1 con
sidered myself good-looking.
Keifer overdid the attempted bribery
story. To use a vernacular with which
he is familiar, “It won’t wash.” Boynton
is not a vulgar man. He is intellectual.
If he were to attempt to bribe Keifer he
wouldn’t go about it in the brutally vul
gar way Keiter says he did. It Keifer had
been trying to bribe Boynton he would
undoubtedly have approached him just as
he says Boynton came to him—with a bold
vulgar attempt to buy. It is not possible
that Keifer’s story will stand the test of a
rigid cross-examination. The whole fabric
will tumble about him and bury him in
the ruins.
There is a growing disposition on the
part of members of the House to keep cor
respondents at the greatest possible dis
tance from them. It didn’t use to be the
case when I frequented the caoitol.
There was always more or less exclusive
ness at the Senate end. Once or twice an
attempt was made to shut correspondents
out from the marble room and the Sena
tors’ lobby, but It didn’t work. *1 under
stand that under the new rules of the Sen
ate even ex-Senators and ex-Governors of
States are not admitted to the Senate
Chamber, or even to the marble room.
But I will bet a big apple that any good
looking female can invade the 6acred pre
cincts of the marble room it
she desires very much to have a
private tete-a-tete with a Senator.
I cordially approve of one of the new
rules of the Senate—the one which cuts
correspondents off who w-ere nominally
the private secretaries of Senators.
“ was a much abused privilege.
Yhy the House should become so
dreadfully exclusive puzzles me. I
never approved of the indiscriminate ad
mission to the floor which prevailed sev
eral years ago. But there was no possi
ble objection to the admission of corres
pondents to the lobby in the rear of the
Speaker’s chair. It was a great conven
ience to the members, as well as to the
correspondents. Now, if a member has
to see a reporter, and of course all ot
them want to, he has to come out into the
public corridors and stand about among
the common herd, which must be verv
trying to gentlemen of such exclusive
ness. Perhaps the members of the press
are to blame for this sort of thing. It may
be that a fellow-feeling induces Congress
men to resent the attacks which have
been made on Keifei and one or two other
members of the House. Injustice is
doubtless occasionally done to members,
but it is far from being frequent and very
rarely is intentional. Free intercourse
with members would tend to lessen rather
than increase such occurrences. The
great majority- of the daily gatherers of
news are gentlemen, and have as high a
sens# of their responsibility as the avera"e
member of Congress.
The Ci Isis in France.
Paris, Feb. 3.—The placards which
have been posted here inciting the disaf
fected policemen and starving working
men to arms are supposed to have been is
sued by thejeommittee of therevolutionarv
party. Large numbers of the placards
have been destroyed by the police.
The Senate by a vote of 136 to 117 has
rejected the clause of the trades syndicate
bill, leagaiizing federation trades meet
ings.
Geo. W. Cable 111.
Hartford, Feb. 3.— George W. Cable,
the Southern novelist and historian, is
sick in this city at 3lark Twain’s house,
lie has intermittent fever, and is at pres
ent Confined to his bed. Nothing serious
is apprehended, but he is verv weak, and
there is no prospect of his being able to
leave the house for at least two weeks.
Kmployer and Employe.
Birmingham, Ala.. Feb. 3.—The strike
at the Birmingham Rolling Mill has been
declared off by the Amalgamated Lodge
ot Iron and Steel Workers of Alabama,
and the members of the Lodge are all
applying for reinstatement. The mill is
running on full time.
Sensible Boy of Boston.
Bouton Journal.
The last seat in the horse car had just
been taken, when a very pompous, nerv
ous old gentleman boarded it. and, casting
his eye around in search of a place in
which to deposit himself, discovered that
a boy occupied the corner seat at the fur
ther end. The old gentleman evidently
made up his mind to' have the
corner seat, and approaching the
youngster he said: “My good little
boy, you are younger than I am
and can stand the strain upon your
legs better than I can, for I have so much
more to hold up. Won’t vou. like a good
little boy. give me your seat?” “Naw,”
said the boy. stonily gazing at the old
gentleman. “You should be more polite,
my boy, and more obliging. You know
that if your father were to come in now
and ask you for your seat you would give
it to him.'” “You betcher life I would,”
answered the boy in a truly obliging
spirit,” “ ’cause I wouldn’t ride in no car
wid no ghost.”
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thrilling chase and cap.
tube of a punqy.
the Marylanders Scudding Along Wltn
Every Sail Set Under a Hot Fire From
Their Pursuers Without a Man at the
nelm—The Prisoners Lodged In Jail.
There was some excitement among the
Baltimore Captains of oyster vessels
I riday, says the Baltimore Sun, over the
intelligence of the capture of theschooner
Ada Luddington, of Cambridge, Md.,
with her Captain and crew, on Tuesday,
by an armed force while dredging in Vir
ginia waters.
A Baltimore captain of a vessel which
was dredging there at the time said:
“About 18 Maryland vessels were dredg
ing under short sail one mile northwest
of Stingray Point on Tuesday last. The
sea was pretty rough and a tolerable
breeze was blowing. About noon a
schooner came out of the Piankatank
river and sailed towards us, but no ono
appeared on her decks other than what I
thought necessary to work her. She came
up among us and hoisted the American
flag. With a regular warwhoop her hold
disgorged what 1 thought to be nearly one
hundred men, all of wbom were armed
with rifles and pistols. She carried a can
won, aud mv vessel, I think, received the
first charge. This canuon was fired about
tour times. We were all taken by sur
prise, aud so terrified were the crews that
but few showed presence of mind enough
fo shake out the reefs in the sails so as to
get away. I ordered my crew to hide
themselves wherever they could, and it
was so hot one time from the bullets that
the man at the tiller had to beat a re
treat. As soon as we swung stern
towards the armed schooner, one of the
crew stole to the wheel and steered
while lying flat on deck. The boat
hanging astern was the onlv protection
from the shots. The Ada Imddingtou,
which was eaptured.dt appears, had got
ten before the wind belore the Virginians
brought their guns to bear upon her. They
happened to be near her. and at once gave
chase. The whole of the Luddington’s
crew- went below to save themselves from
the shots. For three-quarters of an hour
the Luddington, under nearly all sail, and
without a man at her helm,dashed through
the waters, followed by the armed vessel.
The Captain and crew would not show
themselves through fear ot being shot,
and when overtaken the vessel had been
running away without a hand to guide
her ou her course. While this chase was
going on the balance ot us made all sail
and escaped from the Virginia waters.”
The Luddington belonged to Mr. Levin
McNamara, of Cambridge, Md. She was
commanded by Capt. Andrew Steidle,
wbo resides at No. 197 Gough street. The
only other Baltimorean known on board
was the mate. Frederick Steubey. There
was a crew of nine men, who were shipped
in Baltimore.
it has been ascertained that the captur
ing party w r ere from Middlesex county,
Virginia. The prisoners were landed at
Cricket Hill, and thence conveyed to Mid
dlesex court bouse, where they were
placed in jail. The Luddiiigtou had about
1,300 bushels ol' oysters on board when
captured. Her sails were badly
riddled by the shot from her pur- .
suer’s guns. During the engage
ment Capt. R. F. Hudgins, one of
the attacking party, Iliad his right thumb
nearly blown off by the bursting ot a gun.
Mr. McNamara w ill go down to Middle
sex to-day to look after his vessel and
crew. The Captain of the Baltimore ves
sel giving the information above says the
dredgers did not return one shot, notwith
standing many of them were supplied
with breech-loading rifles. When asked
w-hy he did not lire, he said it was be
cause he leared if he was captured the
Virginians would hang him.
A SOUTHERN PROTEST.
A Mississippi Republican on Mr. Sher
man’s Investigation.
The Washington correspondent ol the
New- York Herald says that a Mississippi
Republican, and a very stanch one, writes
him concerning Senator Sherman’6 new
Southern Investigating Committee a letter
which is as follows:
Senator Sherman, I see, got anew commit
tee to investigate Mississippi. We Southern
Republicans understand what that means.
The Republicans once swapped off Mississippi
for Ohio, to the bitter cost of the Mississippi
Republicans, and Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, is
quite capable of playing them the same trick
again. In 1875 Governor Ames asked for
troops to maintain order in Mississippi.
There was to be an important election in Ohio
that fall, and Ames was informed that the
sentiment in Ohio against military interfer
ence in the Southern States was so strong that
the administration did not dare to risk the
loss of Ohio by sending troops to Mississippi.
Tnus, in 1875, our Northern Nepnblican
friends traded us off for Ohio.
That winter, however, when Ohio was safe,
the Boutwell committee was sent to Mississip
pi to investigate. It was shown by evidence
before that committee that Henry Gadberry,
Frank Dixon. Henry H. Dixon an!) one W'had
lcy took one Taylor and hung him on a tree;
that they then sent to town for a magistrate,
who formed these same four men and others
into a Coroner’s jury, which brought in a ver
dict that Taylor came to his death by hanging
at the hands of persons to the jury unknown.
Before Senator Sherman takes his new com
mittee to Mississippi, Republicans in that
Stale would like him to tell them why he ap
pointed a brother of Frank Dixon, above
mentioned as charged before the Bout
well committee with murder, to a clerk
ship in the Treasury, and how it came about
that Frank Dixon himself was appointed by
the administration of which Mr. Sherman was
so important a part, first to a place in the
Pension Office aud next to a place in the pos
tal service.
Nine years ago four Senators, a clerk, sten
ographers, Sergeant-at-Arras and other at
tendants under Mr. Boutwell were sent to
.Mississippi, at heaven knows how much ex
pense, aud collected and printed over 2,000
pages of testimony at still greater cost. What
good did it all do us Mississippi Republicans?
Before this Boutwell committee came the
same Matthews, who is the object of Mr. Sher
man’s present inquiry, and swore that he was
then in danger and that his life had been re
peatedly threatened. After nine years he is
at last killed, and immediately Mr. Sherman
wants to hold a national inquest upon him.
Mr. Boutwell's committee was sent to Mis
sissippi in 1876 just before the opening of the
Presidential campaign of that year. Its
labors may have been useful iu carrying Ohio
that fall. But I can certify that it did no
good to the poor harried Mississippi Republi
cans. Mr. Sherman now gets up another
Mississippi investigation, also in a Presiden
tial year. Is his purpose again to help carry
Ohio? Asa Mississippi Republican I wish
Mr. Sherman would tako his committee to
-otne other State, anywhere else almost.
The appearance of Chalmers as an adminis
tration Republican has compelled the respect
able Republicans of Mis-issippi to form a coal
ition with the respectable Democrats This
union of the better elements of both sides
will, I am satisfied, work Mississippi out ail
right, if only time is allowed and Mr. Sher
man and other Northern Republicans wiil
keep their hands off.
The writer of this letter is well known
to your correspondent aad is a determined
and consistent Republican. Perhaps Mr.
Shennan will make the explanations
which it suggests to him- Perhaps he
will content himself with the retort that
Ohio has got to be carried, whether it
helps the poor ilissieslppl Republicans
or not.
Baiting JJuut&cr.
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