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i ESTABLISHED 1850. j
j J. H. ESTILL. Editor and Proprietor.)
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OP THE TWO STATES
TOED IN PARAGRAPHS.
An Enoch Arden Case at Griffin—A
Cyclone Whisks Over Crawfordville—
An Interesting History of the Belled
Buzzard, and the Consternation lie is
Causing.
GEORGIA.
M aconites are eating Florida raised green
peas.
Dooly Superior Court will convene in Vien
na next Monday.
C'il. .1. A. Thomas is in the race for licpre
-eniative of Pulaski county.
Vugu.-ta is already looking about for a site
>r its expected public building.
Thomas county reports crops considerably
damaged by last week’s cold snap.
Anew fleet of boats is to lie put on the river
between Hawkinsv.Uc and Altamaha.
seventy-five companies have been invited
to participate in the encampment at Koine.
Cobb county has surely liecn carried by the
Prohibitionist.-, bv four or live liundre . ma
jority.
Fire Engine Cos. No. s, of Augusta, is to be
provided with anew engine by the City
Council.
The construction of a row of 14 houses of a
rooms each has been commenced on liunni
i-utt street, Atlanta.
A i Home the gas company has agreed to
light and keep in repair the'street lamps of
U,. city for $25 each per annum.
\ petition ha~ been made for a post oflii e at
lPuis- A. Sutton's mill, four miles from Craw
iby the citizens of that place, to he called
'apsucker.
The Enterprise Factory at Augusta is
rhanging a large part of its macliinerv, put
ting i:i American in place of the English origi
nally purchased.
lion. Marcus A. Evans, living near I.ouis
. die. a highly esteemed citizen and ex-mem
t-r of the legislature, died Tuesday of con
ec-tion of the iirain.
i ol Varnadoe, under arrest at Atlanta,
•■barged with the murder of Asberrv White
iti a barroom row last December, lias been
released on $:i,000 bail. .
\ petition will be presented at a called
meeting of the Augusta City Council request
ing that body to take steps to have the city
represented at the New Orleans Exposition.
At Appling a negro has been going around
with red flags and a shotgun, saying that he
i- queen of the United Mates. Insanity in
hi- - use is supposed to lie the result of heart
di-ease. He goes to the asylum.
.lames K. Chrisler is a fugitive from At
ointa. vvhere he has left the third of hi- living
wnes. I'he last was trapped in Texas and
brought to Atlanta, where she was informed
of her husband’s duplicity, and has brought
suit for divorce.
A negro has found in Oglethorpe county a
water fow 1 supposed to have been blown from
the Cult of Mexico in the recent cyclone. It
is not quite so large as a common wild duck,
and i- of a bright slate color, with long green
legs and a white beak.
•lustice S. Tudstill, an old and well to do
citizen of Brooks county, was found burned
to death Tuesday. A tire was raging on his
plantation, and he was trying t > put it out,
when in some wav he fell in tho tire and was
afterward found dead.
At t arnesville, William Brewer, an old
gentleman of some si) years, died suddenly
Saturday night last. He went to bed as well
as usual after eating a hearty supper. Sun
day nun mug when the family went to arouse
him he was found a corpse.
A. M. Willingham, city editor of tlie Car
ersville Free Free*. and Miss Kate James
were married in that city a dav or two ago.
Mr. Willingham’s local page is among the
(test in the State, and his friends all wish
him a most felicitous future.
While a dance was in progress at Dallas a
pistol shot suddenly rang through the room,
and one of the voting ladies fell to the floor
with a painful but not dangerous wound in
her leg. It is supposed that one of the dancers
had a pistol in his pocket which was acci
dentally discharged. The culprit did not
divulge his identity.
Monday a youthful son of liohert Bailey,
who lives in the southern part of Burke
county, while playing with an old shotgun,
pointed it at his 5-year old sister, and only
-napped the trigger, as he thought, but the
gun tired and the whole load entered the
child’s head and crushed through the braiTi,
scattering part of it on the floor, she lived
nut three hours, but was not conscious after
she wasshot.
The t rawford AVtrs- Monitor says: “A cy-
Imie evidently passed over our section, up
in tlic ail-, last Wednesday* night about II
o'clock. The peculiar looking cloud eouhl be
'b-rinctly seen, and the {-oaring of the wind
plainly heard. A section of the cyclone came
to tin ground at Mr. Ed Uanhting’s, about
t-no miles above here, and did considerable
damage about his premises—blowing down
apart of the dwelling, all the chimneys in
tin house, trees, fence- and out houses. "The
storm blew down the buggy house andcom
p . tciy demolished Mr. Baubling's buggy."
1 tie sparta /■/<nuntite says: "It is not gen
erally known that we have in Georgia a con
sult ruble numiier of Mormons. In see
ton- of North Georgia they have societies
and their missionaries meet with a cordial
r, option, and are {term it ted to preach their
doctrines not only publicly but in the social
.titoroourse of the family circle. It is not
true, as some suppose, that as soon as a eon
\.rt is obtained that he is transplanted to
1 tali. The priests of this new revelation are
• -irons of leaving a nucleus here to uphold
the hands of their political apologists and to
furiii-h fresh supplies for their religious de
h.iucherie-. To be candid, it appears that
i'!ii> young women and missionary material
arc wanted in Morinondy. The rest are left
behind."
Mr. and .Mrs. Hampton, of Wheat street.
Atlanta, both awoke at :: o'clock Wednesday
morning after dreaming of an enoounter with
burglars. Both found it ditlicult to fall asleep
:i:'nn. and were still awake when the blind to
ilieir Pedt om u:- cautiously opened. Mr.
ilamptou clutched his pistol 'and an ailed de
velopments. A burly negro pressed Ins face
against the pane and peered into the room,
-ati-tied that his presence was unsiis]ierted,
lie slowly raised the window and began to
craw l in. liaising himself on his elbow Mr.
Hampton tired two shots in quick succession,
and the negro fell to the ground with a groan.
Mr. Hampton manifested no hurry to investi
gate the nature of the negro's wounds, and
when he looked out of the window five or six
minutes later the culprit had gone. A bloody
trail prove I beyond doubt that he was
woiinco il, but how seriously is not known. At
■last accounts the police had failed to run him
down.
I nis is what the Bainkndge Oemocrat ad
vise-: "The best advice we have to offer our
readers this week is for each of them to go to
work and dig themselves a cyclone pit. The
safest and cheapest kind are made thus: Sink
pit as deep and as large as volt wish it, then
uiace heavy timbers, ten or twelve inches
•quare, over the top, burying them four feet
below the surface of the ground: then re
jdace a sufficiency of the earth from the pit on
the timbers to make a slight mound after
packing the same; then cut an inclined open
ing large enough to admit your body easily on
the northeasterly side of the pit. beginning,
say six feet fnpiit the top of the pit, cutting
steps as you go down. Close this opening
v. ;t'i a stout shutter and provide a strong har
i cade inside the jut to bar it on the approach
f ihe destroyer. Such an arrangement with
ight additional cost can be made an admtr
:iMo storage place in summer for fresh meats,
eg tables, milk, butter, lard. etc., and in
winter for potatoe*. onions and tlie like, sim
’ilv by adding shelving, an air-tight door, and
it f' s nature of the soil is such that it will
likely cave, ‘hSert a curbing.”
The Griffin Sun >'*: “A curious suit in
equity has been brougL'f U‘ this county by
Tiioma* King, in onlor to est:i?‘Msn the status
fit his vrlft* and children. Mr?. King, as a
voting girl, was married in Montgoincrv. Ala.,
in lSfiO. Her young husband went immediate
lv to tlic front as a soldier. It was reported
that he was killed m the first battle of Bull
Hun. In lxo.-,. in full belief of the death of
her husband, the widow was wooed and won
bv Thomas King. The couple moved to I.a -
'.'range, where they lived happily until
last year, three children being horn to
them, aged respectively 17, 13 and
id. One year ago Mr. King was
•hocked to iiear that the long missing hu
■aud still lived, lie immediately separated
from his wife, and was inclined to sue fora
divorce. He was advised that the marriage
being a nullity, sueh a case could not be set
tled by divorce proceedings, so he has just
filed in the Fulton Superior Court a singular
bill in equity, praying that his alleged wife
iud three children"he cited before the spring
term of the court to answer the hi!!, and prays
:!te court, in order to determine his relations
award said Mary lxiug and children, and to
ward society, to fix the legal status of said
children, and to annul said marriage and de
clare it void."
Fuller details of the Alapaha riot say:
"M.turdav, about 2 o'clock, ban Turner.’a
man notoriously turbulent when drunk, came
to town, and, becoming intoxicated, openly
defied and resisted arrest. He was promptly
lodged in jail bv V. G. McCrea. the Marshal,
but was released later in the evening on fifty
dollars bail, to appear before Mayor Kirby
Tuesday morning. Repairing borne, he ral
lied his kindred and friends to ti*e number of
twenty-five or thirty, who accompanied him
to town, all heavily armed and swearing to up.
hold him. Mayor Kirby perceived his own im
potence to proceed, ami, postponing the trial
to i p. m„ telegraphed the Governor for mili
tary assistance. A reply was received at 5
e in. The Albany Guards, Capt. Woolfolk,
cere ordered to the scene. In the meantime,
■he t.overnor's answer being delayed, Mayor
hirbv deemed it advisable to postpone the
trial to Saturday week. This was done and
•be mob disper-ed. after making dire threats
igaiust Marshal Met rae. McCrae succeeded
burner as Marsha! twelve- months ago. w hich
- thought to lie the cause of Turner's deep
-cated and malignant hostility . The trouble
was only averted by the postponement. Mayor
Kirby and the- < uizens are thoroughly aroused
and indignant, in conjunction with the offi
cers the <■ tizi n- are anticipating trouble and
bloodshed 'atur-tar week, and are preparing
for any emergency. McCrae’a lift* has been
threatened, and the crisis averted mac recur
on U*e 0.-ty of trial. The following are said to
>e the ringleaders: Daniel Turner it D Tur
ner. Geo. Turner. Jeff. Nesmith. M m. Nesmith,
J. 1.. Sutton, J. •!. Sutton, D. M. Greiner T
M.xuttou, J. J. Edke. Win. Luke. j. x. Burke
" m. I'll!. Met I'aifxo*.* and F. B. Gray."
Ho* belled buzzard, wnoc" flight over the
wi-tcrn counties of Georgia aroused so
® u !'b superstitious fear among the ignorant
*mtc- and blacks, passed over a field ne.-
ixy.or-ville Tuesday where four men were
One of them, a negro, quit work at
“bd said that the bird was warning the
eeoui" of another cyclone, in which hundreds
celL’iT-i’!® N°. ul ' l be killed. The story of this
•rated bird is an intetesting one. Nearly
two yejirs ago it was a pet in the farm yard
o' a farmer named Freeman, in Paulding
county. One of his children one day attached
a sheep bell to the bird’s foot, and the tinkling
sound so scared it that it immediately flew
away. The first night out it alighted on the
roof of a negro cabin in Heard county. One
or the inmates went out to ascertain the
cause of the bell ringing, and immediately the
buzzard rose from its perch and flew away.
The night was clear and cold, and as
the inmates rushed out and beheld the great
black object, and heard the tinkling of the
bell hundreds of feet up in the air, a great fear
seized them and they all took to their knees,
under the impression that the end of the
world was approaching. Ever since the bird
has pursued its migration through the State
arousing the fears of the superstitious, who
regard its visit as an omen of evil. The ne
groes, and many whites, too, along the track
of the late storm, insist that thev heard the
fateful lx-II aliout an hour before the terrible
- wrath of the wind bad <• ome upon them. In
isir a buzzard was similarly belled in Putnam
county, and up to Ixso, when his prosencc
was last reported in Greene countv. he was
vouched for as having visited points as far
west as Meridian, Mississippi, and in several
northern counties of Tennessee.
FLORIDA.
I >ay ton a has several flowing wells.
A telegraph line has been completed to Mi
canopy.
A citizens' ticket is in contemplation at l’a
latka.
Seven stores are in course of construction at
Enterprise.
Daytona lias a lemon which weighs two and
a half pounds.
It is feared that the last cold snap injured
vegetables seriously.
A lighthouse is to be built on Sanibel Island,
oil the south coast of Florida.
The prospects for a large strawberry crop
are said to lie very encouraging.
Burglars are tramping about Jacksonville
hotels at night with hull's eye lanterns.
Near Halifax a duck got its bill fast in a
mass of coon oysters and was drowned.
1 here are over fifty buildings in course of
erection in tiie corporate limits of Ocala.
A six-pound lemon is one of the wonders
which have recently passed through Gaines
ville.
1 ampa lias neither water nor apparatus
which would be of service in a battle with the
names.
Miss Minnie Hank, now in Florida, lias sent
forty little alligators bv mail to Northern
friends.
cl born, a small town near Live Oak,
shipped lit* tons of sea island cotton seed this
last season.
An alligator was killed recently at Crystal
Uiver, Hernando countv, measuring 15 feet 2
itu hes in length.
The I'nited states Land Office at Gainesville
has received orders not to allow anv more en
tries in the 20,000 acre Arredondo trai t.
•lav Gould reached Fernandina in the Ata
lanta Wednesday. Owing to low water on
the st. John's bar. it will be imimsaihle to
take his yacht to Jacksonville.
Judge H. 1.. Crane, proprietor of the Orange
'•rove Hotel at Tampa, lias rented the house
to Edward Isle, of Kansas, who has already
taken charge and will manage it in future.
st. Augustine continues to be visited by
nine-tenths of the winter tourists to Florida.
1 *rv" parade at the barracks takes place daily
at -unset, and hundreds of visitors witness it.
\\ . M. Canfield and 11. Weston, two wealthy
Northern men, have contracted for two resi
dences on the lots recently purchased of Mr.
Underwood, on Emmett street, Palatka.
Nearly $lO,OOO will b put into the two build
ings.
K. A. Garrison has purchased forty-four
acres of low hummock land on White Water
brunch, near Palatka, and has employed a
gang of laborers to clear it of its timber I He
proposes to set it in Bermuda grass and start
a stock farm.
An evidence of Tampa's growth is found in
the following contracts for new buildings to
be erected there with all possible speed by a
local firm of builders: store for the Clarke
syndicate, *5,000; dwelling for J. D. Clarke,
*2.400; dwelling for Mr. Craft, RjlOO; five
houses for Joseph Hawley, $2,750; two houses
for Peter Bryant, $S00; two houses for Jones
\ \V all, $1,0(10: house for Judge Magbee, $0,000;
dwelling for E. A. Clarke, $3,700.
Tuesday night a colored man named George
illiams, while walking in the vicinity of
Brooklyn Bridge, Jacksonville, with a girl,
was shot by another colored man whose name
is unknown, the ball passing above the mid
dle of the eavicle. Dr. Baldwin was sent for,
hut as there was no hemorrhage did not pr.ibe
for the ball, hut bound up the wound and sent
the man home. The two men had had former
difficulties, and on the night in question had
a quarrel. No arrests have yet been made.
A Large Calcutta Fleet.
Seldom has the fleet of Calcutta ships
in this port been as large as at the present
time, says the New York Tribune. Dur
ing the last two weeks hardly a day has
passed without bringing an addition to
the number of these great ships, until
now it is difficult for them to secure dock
room near the warehouses and convenient
for the discharge of their cargoes of jute,
jute butts, and linseed, a work that occu
pies from two to four weeks, everything
depending on the weather. Most of these
ships discharge at the bonded warehouses
in Brooklyn, and some of the largest em
ployed in the East India trade are there
at present. Among them is the “Earl of
Beaconsfield," a four-masted iron ship,
formerly the steamship “Cuba,” of the
Cunard Line of steamers; the “Malta.”
also converted from a steamship; the
“Exporter,” “Blair Drummond,” "Clo
mene," “Cypromene,” and “Accring
ton." All of these ships made exception
ally quick voyages, arriving in port in
from 'J7 to 100 days, while the average trip
has been from 105 to 110 days. Collective
ly, the ships above named brought over
100.000 bags of linseed and 25,000 bales of
jute and jute butts.
Monte Carlo's Nineteenth Victim In Two
Atonths.
London, March o.—Another suicide,
due to losses at gambling, has occurred at
Monte Carlo. This makes the nineteenth
since the Ist of January. The newspapers
are demanding that France should sup
press the scandal.
Tcnora’s Immovable Kajali.
London, March 6.—Late advices from
the Far East rejiort that a fresh Dutch
expedition has been dispatched to Aeheen,
Sumatra, with the hope of securing the
release of the crew of the wrecked British
steamer Nisero, who are held captive by
the Rajah of Tenom.
Irish Leaders in a Migration Scheme.
London, March <s.—An Irish migration
company, with a capital of £250,000, has
been formed. Mr. Parnell is Chairman,
and Sir Baldwin Leighton, Jacob Bright,
and Edmund Dwyer Gray, members of
Parliament, are among the directors.
Struck Petroleum in town.
Chicago, Slarcli 6.—A Vinton, Ia„
special says: “Workmen who have been
boring here for petroleum for the past
month struck oil yesterday in paying
quantities. The fact caused much excite
ment.”
One of Pittsburg’s Oldest Citizens Dead.
Pittsburg, March 6.—Gen. James K.
-Moorehead, aged 78 years, one of the old
est and most prominent citizens of Pitts
burg, died this morning, after a protracted
illness, of cancer in the stomach.
Fell and Received a Fatal Blow.
Pittsburg, March o.—Jury Commis
sioner Andrew Moreland slipped on an
iron grating in Diamond street this morn
ing, and striking his head against a curb
stone was instantly killed.
French Politics.
Paris, March 6.—The Director General
of Safety has asked the Prefects ol the de
partments for details of the monarchial
organization, especially in regard to the
reconstruction of the old Legitimist party.
Asked to Proclaim Meetings.
Dublin, March 6.—The Justices of the
Peace iu Londonderry have asked the
government to proclaim the Orange and
Nationalist meetings on St. Patrick’s
day.
Bradlaugh Served With a Writ.
London, March 6.—Sir Henry James,
Attorney General, has served a writ upon
Charles Bradlaqgh for voting ip the House
of Commons February 11,
In Liquidation.
Antwerp, March -The Caisse An
versoise is in liquidation.
The Constant Formation of Minerals.
Some curious facts relating to the in
cessant formation cl minerals in various
rocks by means of molecular transport
and displacement were recently contrib
uted to the Bulletin of the French Geolog
ical Society by M. Yirlet d’Aoust. A
small bell of the Gallo-Roman epoch,
found in an alluvial deposit at Condesur-
Iton, had been converted into a geode by
deposited material, and beneath a vine at
I’erigneux 200 jiieces of silver coin of the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were
found surrounded by hematite, so as to
form a geode. M. d’Aoust states that he
has proved that all flint geodes, buhr
stones, etc., are the result of molecular
movements that have taken place since
the formation of the strata in which they
occur, and that limonites and the iron
ores of alluvial beds have the same origin
and are still in course of formation. _ The
qu&rrymen oi France are well acquainted
with the fact that Hint torn}® again in the.
spots whence buhr-stones have been
taken, and know also that grains of iron
ore are thus formed in alluvial clays.
Their Only Fault.
“They are too cheap for the good they
do,” they say of Benson’s Gapcine Porous
Plasters. Price 25 cents,
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
THE HOUSES TO CONFER ON
THE CONTINGENT FUND BILL.
A I*Bls claim Passed by the Senate—
Pendleton’s Court Bill Passed-The
House Passes the Naval Appropriation
Bill—Morrison’s Tariff Bill Favorably-
Acted Upon by the Committee.
ASHINGTON, March G. — In the Senate
to-day, among the memorials presented
was one by Mr. Cockrell, from the united
labor organizations of Louis, which
protests against the attempt oUbmployers,
as illustrated by recent events in connec
tion with the glass-blowers and other
trades, to reduce the compensation of
American labor to a point on a level with
the pauper labor of Europe, ana praying
the passage of laws to restrict wholesale
immigration intended to effect a reduc
tion of the wages of American working
men. In presenting the memorial, and
moving its reference to the Committee on
Education and Labor, Mr. Cockrell
took occasion to commend it to
the serious consideration of that commit
tee. It was referred.
The action of the House on the joint
resolution appropriating for the
Senate contingent fund in appending a
proviso that the amount must be used for
investigations heretofore ordered was de
clared to be an unjustifiable interference
of that body with the independence of the
Senate. A vote by yeas and nays was
taken, and the Senate unanimously de
cided not to concur m the amendment,
and a committee, consisting of Messrs.
Sherman. Wilson and Butler, was ap
pointed to confer with a like committee
of the House on the subject.
A favorable report was made from the
Committee on Post Offices and Post Hoads
on the bill fixing the rate of postage to be
paid upon mail matter of the second class
when sent by others than publishers or
news agents. It tixes the rate on transient
newspapers at 1 cent for four ounces, the
present rate being I cent for two ounces.
It was placed on the calendar.
■ The Senate resumed consideration of
Mr. Pendleton’s bill providing a system of
courts for the exercise of extra Territorial
jurisdiction of the United States in foreign
countries, and after a short debate, the
bill was passed substantially as presented
by ill yeas to 11 nays.
The Senate then went into an executive
session.
Alter an hour spent in executive ses
sion the doors were reopened and the
Senate proceeded to the consideration of
bills upon its calendar.
The bill reported from the Committee
on Claims, appropriating $200,000 to
Col. Albert H. Emery for the
invention and construction of a
machine lor testing iron-clad steel, was
taken up, and after debate was passed.
Messrs. Manderson, Hawley, Platt,
Fair, Voorhees and Hoar spoke in favor
of the bill, and Messrs. Harris and Cock
rill against it.
Mr. Logan called up the hill introduced
by himself, and reported favorably from
the Committee on Finance, providing for
the refunding to Messrs. Frailey & De
verne, of Chicago, of the sum of *l5, er
roneously paid to the United States. Mr.
Logan explained that that amount had
been paid under a misapprehension of the
trade-mark law, and as the money bad
been covered into the Treasury, the offi
cers of (he Treasury could not return it
without the authorization of Congress.
Mr. Morrill, in saying a good word for
the bill, remarked that it certainly was
the smallest which had ever received the
consideration of Congress. The bill was
read three times and passed.
The Senate then adjourned.
IN' THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day the Speaker an
nounced the appointment of Mr.
Manzanares, of New Mexico,
upon the Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures. The morning
hour having been dispensed with, the
House went into committee of the whole,
with Mr. Converse in the chair, on the
naval appropriation bill.
Amendments were adopted authorizing
a detail of line officers in the navy to act
as instructors in State universities and
agricultural colleges, mid amending the
clause prohibiting officers on the retired
list from accepting positions in the civil
service of the United States, bv exempt
ing lrom this clause all officers below the
rank of Major in the army and Command
er in the navy. The committee then rose
and reported the bill to the House, and it
was passed by 25!) yeas to 1 nay (Mr.
White, of Kentucky).
The request of the Senate for conference
on the joint resolution increasing the con
tingent fund of the Senate was agreed to,
and Messrs. Handall, Holman and ltvan
were appointed conferees.
The House then adjourned.
DEMOCRACY AND THE NAVY.
Wise Construction ami Economic Ex
penditare the Party’s Object,
W ashington', March6.—The naval ap
propriation bill, after several days debate,
was passed by the House, to-day. But
very few, and those immaterial, amend
ments were made. Despite Dorsheimer and
one or two others, the Democrats, as a
rule, stood by the Committee on Appro
priations, which is carrying out its prin
ciple of economy. Eight millions below
the estimates of the navy department
were maintained in the bill as passed. It
has been endeavored to be shown that the
Democrats were opposed to building up
the navy. The discussion ot the bill
shows, however, that they are not
so opposed, but are ready to
construct a navy when they find oppor
tunity to do so outside of the ltobeson-
Cbandler-lioach ring. The naval bill
cannot in its discussion and final disposal
but show to the country that the motive
of the Democratic majority is economy
wherever necessary, but no yielding to
public clamor when it is known that such
yielding ''ill place the expenditures of
millions into the hands of dishonest men.
MORRISON’S TARIFF BILL.
Party Lines Strictly Drawn in the Com
mittee Room.
Washington, March 6.—The House
Committee on Ways and Means to-day
acted favorably upon the Morrison tariff
bill. As agreed upon, it places salt, coal
and lumber on the free list. The pro
vision with reference to coal is to the
effect that it shall not apply to Canada
until that country places our coal on the
free list. The decision to report the bill
was by a strictly party vote.
Messrs. Morrison, Mills, Blount, Black
burn, Herbert, Hurd and Jones, of Ar
kansas, voted in the affirmative, and
Messrs. Kelley, Kasson, McKinney, His
cock and Russell in the negative'. Mr.
Hewitt, of New York, was not present
when the vote was taken, but it is known
that he agrees with the majority and
would have voted in favor of the report
had he been in the committee room. Mr,
Morrison will make the majority report
on the bill on Monday next.
WASTING WORDS TO GAIN TIME
The Tactics of the Republicans in the
House Fully Developed.
W ashington. March 6.— The tactics of
the House Republicans have been very
well developed. They are for having all
the debate possible on everything. They
want to delay important measures to the
very last moment. They discuss immedi
ately every item in appropriation bills,
and object to any cutting off of the debt.
They want the Democratic majority ; at
the close of the session, to be found" in a
rush to get through necessary appropri
ations. There are. it must be admitted,
many talkative Democrats who unwit
tingly ably abet them in this.
CRISP ON LOXGSTHEET,
He Does Not Believe Him Dishonest hut
Criticises Ills Business Methods.
Washington, March Judge Crisp,
of Mr. Springer's committee, to-day said
to the News correspondent in regard to
the Longstreet case, that from the testi
mony before that committee he did not
believe Gen. Longstreet guilty of dishon
esty, but at the same time lie did not
think that the office oi Marshal at At
lanta had been conducted on the business
principles which should have prevailed.
Ex-Senator Ferry to Succeed Mr. Hunt.
Washington, March 6. —It is said that
cx-Senator Ferry, of Michigan, who is
now in Russia, will be appointed to suc
ceed Minister Hunt, deceased.
Confirmed by the Senate.
Washington, March 6.—The Senate
to-day confirmed William H. Tancre as
Receiver of Public Moneys at Huntsville,
Ala.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1884.
To Reconsider the Mexican Treaty.
Washington. 31 arch 6.—The Senate in
| executive session to-day took up Senator
j -Morgan's motion, made some weeks ago,
[ to reconsider the vote by which the 31exi
can treaty failed of ratification. The
motion was carried by a majority vote,
and next 3londay was named as the dav
when the treaty will be taken up for dis
cussion, with the understanding that it
shall continue until the matter is dis
posed 01.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Female Boxers and Fencers—Gov. Mc-
Daniel Non-Committal on “The Old
Ticket” Ouestion.
Atlanta, 3tareh G.— Atlanta's last sen
sation is a boxing exhibition at DeGive’s
Opera House to-night, in which four
female boxers and two female fencers are
to appear. Another triumph for high art.
a deluge.
Avery heavy rain and wind storm pre
vailed last night, and it rained yesterday
and to-day. Streams are badly swollen,
and country roads arc almost impassable.
the supreme court.
•I udge Clarke, of the Atlanta circuit, is
presiding in the Supreme Court to-day, in
place of Justice Hall who is disqualified,
in the case of the Central Georgia Rank
of Macon vs. Iverson.
a requisition refused.
l*o.lice Captain Crim, armed with a re
quisition from Gov. McDaniel, went to
Montgomery, Ala., after J. E. Haygood,
charged with obtaining goods under false
pretences in this city. As he lived in
South Carolina, and obtained the goods
by writing letters from there, Gov.
O'Neal, of Alabama, refused to recognize
the requisition, and Capt. Crim returned
to-dav without him.
GOV. MCDANIEL AND THE OLD TICKET.
The New York World is interviewing
the Governors as to the “old ticket” of
I’ildeii and Hendricks. It is rumored
that Gov. McDaniel did not respond to
their representative’s desire for an inter
view on that subject.
MORE FISTICUFFS.*
Councilman Kurtz and Edward Mercer
had a fisticuff to-day growing out of the
election of tiie Police Commissioners,
r rieuds separated the parties.
GARFIELD’S ASSASSINATION.
Guiteau's Denial That Any One Urged
llim to Commit the Deed.
NEW York, March G.— Charles 11. Reed,
who was counsel for the assassin, Guiteau,
during the latter part of his trial, was in
terviewed to-day. He said that he had
read in the newspapers the statement of
ex-Postmaster General James before the
committee in 'Washington, in which he
conveys the impression that the star route
prosecutions were, in some measure, the
cause of the shooting of the late President
Garfield. “I am therefore willing to have
published for the first time some conver
sations which occurred between Guiteau
and myself while I acted as his attorney.
On several occasions when alone with
Guiteau 1 asked him if he had any
accomplice, or if any per on knew
that he thought of shooting the President.
He always answered in a most emphatic
manner, ‘No! no one but Goil and me
knew anything about it.’ On the day be
fore iie was executed, when I saw him
tor the last time, I said to him: ‘Guiteau,
all hope ot saving you is gone, and you
must die to-morrow. Now, I ask you
again, had you any accomplice or did any
person beside you know anything about
your intention to kill the President?’
With a wild light in his eyes, which was
impossible of simulation, he replied,
‘No! no! no one but God and
me knew anything about it, as I
have often told you. That is the truth, as
I expect to meet my God to-morrow.’ ”
RIVERS still swollen.
Miles of Territory Under Water in the
Vicinity of Vicksburg.
V icksburg, 31 arch 6.—The latest news
from Sunflower river indicates a general
overflow in that section. An officer of a
steamboat just arrived from Burch’s
place, 285 miles above Vicksburg, re
ports that place overflowed to a depth oi
ten inches and the water rising steadiiy
eight inches per day. The water is com
ing through the crevasse in Hughes’
levee, on the 3lississippi river. It has
not yet reached Sunflower, but when it
gets there it will, no doubt, cause a "■en
ornl overflow. Gov. Lowry has been noti
fied by telegraph of the impending danger
in that section. Twelve miles of the
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Rail
road is overflowed and all work on the
line between Memphis and the Yazoo
river is suspended.
THE HELENA LEVEE BREAKS.
.Memphis, 3larch 6.— A Helena, Ark.,
special says: ‘‘The levee broke to-day one
mile above Friar’s Point, -Miss., which
inundated that place.
1 he river at Glendale opposite here lias
attained the high water mark of 1882, and
many places from Glendale to Clarksdale
in the interior report the water from two
to four inches higher than was ever
known.”
ALABAMA’S COAT. FIELDS.
Tlu- Greatest Coal and Iron Property
in the Country Just Formed.
Birmingham, Ala., Jlarch 6.—Ar
rangements have been perfected to con
solidate the Pratt Coal and Iron Company,
the Alice Furnace Company and the Linn
Iron Company, all in or near Birming
ham, into one organization, with $3,000,-
000 capital. The property of the new
company will be the most extensive coal
aud iron property in the United States,
and will have about 100,000 acres of coal
and iron lands, 300 coke ovens and two
blast turnaces, with a daily capacity of
130 tons. The Pratt Company is already
mining from 2,500 to 3,000 tons of coal
daily. The new company intends to
build several new furnaces as soon as
possible.
The large production of pig iron in the
Birmingham region has prompted iron
masters to take steps looking to the estab
lishment of an Iron Exchange, and in
vestments in Warrior coal lands are an
every day occurrence by Northern and
Southern capitalists.
DEATH IN BURSTING BOILERS.
Three Men Killed Outright and Three
Others Fatally Injured.
Jackson, Mich., March G.— Porter’s
saw mill at Onondaga, eighteen miles
north of here, was last night destroyed by
the explosion of its boiler. Wm. AVard
and John Porter were killed, and William
Younger was fatally injured.
ONE KILLED AND TWO FATALLY INJURED
Lawrence, 3lass., 3larch G. — A boiler
in J. T. Frees’dyeing establishment ex
ploded this forenoon, killing John Frees,
Jr., the engineer, and iatallv injuring
\\ illiam Moreland and 3lichael Cronin,
two employes. Three buildings were
shattered into splinters. Pieces of the
boiler and debris were thrown 400 feet,
crashing through the roofs of dwellings,
but fortunately injuring no one.
INSURANCE PAYEES.
A Policy Holder May Favor Whomsoever
He IMea^pg.
New York, March G.—The Hartford Life
Insurance Company in January, 1883, is
sued three policies of insurance for one
thousand dollars each to A. Golsh, two of
which were payable to his wife and one
to Minnie Konraine. Golsh died the fol
lowing October and the company refused
to pay the policies. Suit was brought by
Minnie Roraaine, the defense being that
she could not recover because she had no
insurable interest in the life of the in
sured. The Superior Court to-day ren
dered a decision against the company,
holding that a person may insure his own
life for the benefit of whomsoever he nom
inates as payee.
Cattle and Their Plagues.
Emporia, Ks., March G.— A large num
ber of prominent cattle dealers held a
public meeting last evening to take steps
for the suppression of the foot and mouth
disease, which exists in a malignant form
at Neosho Falls. Several large cattle
owners who have returned from Neosho
Falls report a bad state of affairs as ex
isting there.
Sliot an Old Friend Dead.
Morrow. 0., March G.— Jacob Faulk
ner, aged 19 years, shot and Instantly
killed Patrick Kennedy, a fireman on the
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Rail
road, in a sudden quarrel. They had pre
viously been good friends, but had high
words over some hard names which
Faulkner bad called Kennedy,
POLITICS LOOMING UP.
LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS NOMI
NATE A STATE TICKET.
Arthur’s Administration Indorsed—Un
instructed Delegates to Chicago Se
lected and a Platform Adopted—The
Council ol the National Union League
in Session—Alabama Democratic State
Convention.
New Orleans, March 6.— The Republi
can State Convention met at noon and
took a recess of half an hour. Upon re
assembling Hon. W. P. Kellogg, the per
manent President, was escorted to the
chair, and delivered an address upon the
political issues, favoring protection and
declaring his opposition to the 3lorrison
hill. The convention then confirmed
nominations by Congressional districts of
delegates to Chicago as follows:
First District— R. F. Guychard, of New
Orleans, and W. B. 3ierchant, of Iberia.
Second District —P. F. Herwig, of New
Orleans, and Henry Denias, of St. John
Baptist.
Third District —George Drury, of As
sumption, and L. A. Martinet, of St.
Martin’s.
Fourth District—A. 11. Leonard and
William Harper, of Caddo.
Fifth District —Frank Alorey, of Oua
chita, and E. P. Wells, of Concordia.
Sixth District —L. J. Souter, of Avoy
elles, and Clifford Morgan, of Point*
Coupee.
THE ARTHUR BOOM.
3lr. Martinet, of St. Martin’s, offered a
resolution indorsing the administration of
President Arthur and directing the Lou
isiana delegation to the Chicago Conven
tion to support him for renomination.
This resolution, together with one pre
sented by Mr. Dinkgrave, of Ouachita,
indorsing John A. Logan for President,
was referred to the Committee on Ad
dresses and Resolutions.
The Chair was authorized to appoint a
committee of thirty to prepare a full
State ticket and report it to the conven
tion, which then took a recess until 7
o’clock.
THE STATE TICKET.
The committee of thirty reported the
following ticket, which was nominated by
the convention:
For Governor —John A. Stevenson, of
Xerville, a prominent sugar planter.
For Lieutenant Governor— Wm. Bur
well, of Orleans, a Liberal Republican.
For Secretary of State —F. W. Liggins,
of St. Mary’s.
For Attorney General —John H. Stone,
of East Feliciania.
For Auditor —Claudius 3lavs, of St.
Landry.
For Treasurer —Dr. A. Duperrier, of
Iberville.
For Superintendent of Education —B. F.
Flanders, of New Orleans, formerlv sub-
Treasurer.
THE PLATFORM.
The plattorm and resolutions adopted
embrace the following propositions: Judi
cious protection to manutaeturing inter
ests, legislation in behalf of American
and foreign commerce, the encouragement
of the American shipbuilding industry,
the encouragement of honest labor arid
iudustry without arraying capital against
labor, the improvement o( the navy,
a vigorous foreign policy, the extension
and support of public' education, the
rights of colored people to be respected.
The resolutions recommend the adoption
of a debt amendment to the State consti
tution. and indorses the administration of
President Arthur.
Without pledging or instructing the
Louisiana delegates to the National Con
vention, the resolutions declare that
President Arthur’s renoniination for
President, if deemed 'wise, would meet
with the hearty approval of the Republi
cans of Louisiana.
NATIONAL UNION LEAGUE.
Steps Taken to Launch a Bitter Bloody
Shirt Campaign.
3VASHINGTON, March 6.—The National
Council of the National Union League
held its annual session in this city to-day,
Gen. James S. Negley, of Pittsburg,
presiding. The session was
principally to perfecting the organization
of the league for effective work in the
coming Presidential campaign, and to
the consideration of an anti-bourbon
movement in the Southern States, its
necessities and means to be employed to
assist the Independents in that section.
The following were elected officers lor the
ensuing year.
President—lames S. Negley.
Yice Presidents—Wm. E. Chandler of
New Hampshire, Gen. C. 11. Grosvenor of
Ohio, Col. J. E. Brvant of Georgia. J. E.
O’Hara of North Carolina, Col. Thos. R.
Rich of Maryland, C. F. Scott ol West
Virginia, C. A. Boutelle of 3laine, L. C.
Honk oi Tennessee, S. A. Alacallister of
Delaware, B. K. Bruce of 31ississippi.
THE CRY OF BOURBONISM.
The Committee on Bourbonism and Mis
rule at the South submitted a report de
scribing the Condition of affairs politically
in the Southern States, and suggestin''
plans tor adoption by the league to aid in
securing the freedom 5f the ballot to all
citizens.
Representatives Pettibone and Houk, of
Tennessee, addressed the council in sup
port of the recommendations made by the
committee that aid be extended to the
opponents of bourbonism in the Southern
States. They presented statistics of the
anti-bourbon vote in Tennessee, showing
that it had increased from less than 00,000
in the Hayes Presidential election to 80,-
000 in the Garfield election, and to 105.000
in the last gubernatorial election.
ONLY 10,000 VOTES NEEDED.
They stated that an additional 10,000
votes would redeem the State from bour
bonism, and that those votes could he
brought out if assistance were given to
overcome the lawlessness which operated
in that State against the free exercise of
political rights. Addresses on the same
subject were made by Representative
Boutelle, of Maine; Gen. Charles H.
Grosvenor, of Ohio; Lieut. Gov. Lewis, of
\ irginia; ex-Senator Bruce, Prof. Greeno
and ex-Representative Lynch, of iiissis
sippi, and others, after which the report
of the committee was adopted. A special
committee, to be known as the Committee
on Bourbonism was then appointed as
lollows: Gen. Charles 11. Grosvenor,
Chairman, J. E. Brvant of Georgia, C. A.
Boutelle of Maine, Horatio Bisbee, Jr., of
Florida, L. C. Houk of Tennessee, John
R. Lynch of Mississippi, A. 31. Clapp of
AVashington, Nathan Goff of AVest Vir
ginia, and J.E. O’Hara of North Carolina.
INVADING THE SOUTH.
It is intended that this committee shall
establish headquarters in Washington
during the campaign and act in con
junction with the National and Con
gressional Committees, directing its
efforts principally to aiding the indepen
dent movement in the South, aijd that it
shall, after the nomination of the Presi
dential ticket, in its discretion, issue an
address to the people of the United
States on the condition of the
South. An Executive Committee and
a Committee on Finance were
also appointed, and it was agreed that
the next session of the council should be
held at Chicago on the Monday preceding
the meeting of the Republican National
Convention.
A FAILURE TO BOOM LOGAN.
There was no discussion of Presi
dential candidates, although early in the
session an attempt was made by a dele
gate from Maryland to secure the adop
tion by the council of a resolution in
dorsing the candidacy of Gen. John A.
Eogan for the Presidential nomination.
The Secretary of the council, Mr. Baker,
opposed the introduction or the resolu
tion, and it was ruled out ot order by the
Chairman.
AIiARAMA’S DEMOCRATS.
Mr. McKleroy Announces Himself a
Candidate for Governor.
Montgomery, Ala., March G.— The
Democratic State Committee met here to
day. Chairman McKleroy tendered his
resignation on the ground that he would
l>e a candidate before the convention for
the nomination for Governor. N. H. K,
Dawson was chosen Chairman in his
place.
An Investigation Reconsidered.
Annapolis, March 6.— The Senate to
day, by a vote of 14 to 10, reconsidered the
order adopted yesterday for the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate the
charges against Mayor Latrobe, of Balti
more, made by Geo. S. Brown and Mr.
Keyser, and the order was laid on the
table.
Run on a Havana Bank.
Havana, March 6.—There was a run on
the Banco Industrial yesterday. The bank
met all demands, being assisted by the
Spanish Bank and private bankers. The
bank paid out until 8 o’clock at night.
CASH STILL AT LARGE.
A Sheriff who Manifested Unwillingness
to Obey the Governor.
Charleston, S. C., March 6.—A special
from Columbia explaining the circum
stances of the Governor’s proclamation of
a reward for the arrest of the murderer
Cash says: ‘‘The Governor, when in
formed on Saturday last that Richards,
who was shot by W. B. Cash, was dead,
telegraphed the Sheriff of Chesterfield
couutv to execute a warrant for his
arrest. Hearing nothing from the SheritT,
and being informed that the Sheriff had
taken no action, the Governor on Tuesday
sent the Chief Constable of the State,
Capt. U. N. Richbourg, of Columbia, to
enforce the arrest. By direction of the
Governor, the Solicitor of the circuit,
H. li. Newton, left the court at
Darlington and went to Cheraw. The
Governor directed the Solicitor, if the
Sheriff tailed to do his duty, to require
him to appoint an efficient deputy, to
whom the Governor would give all the
forco necessary to make the arrest. The
Solicitor at first advised that W. B. Cash
could be best arrested by a Deputy Sheriff
without a posse, but later, the Governor
receiving satisfactory information that
( ash could not be found and that he was
a fugitive from justice, in accordance
with the law, issued his proclamation ot
tering a reward of $5OO for the apprehen
sion and conviction of Cash. $5OO being
the maximum amount allowed by the act
to be offered by the Governor in any case.”
A special from Oberaw to-night says
that Cash’s father and son still defy ar
rest. Old Cash to-day intimated his in
tention to surrender his son at a time and
place selected by himself, provided the
trial take place in the United States
Court, young Cash having held an ap
pointment as United States Deputy Mar
shal.
WESTERN DISTILLERS.
The Production of Whisky to be Re
duced 10 Per Cent.
Chicago, March 6.—lt is learned that
a private meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Western Export Associa
tion, controlling all the distilleries in the
West, was held here yesterday, at which
it is understood that a decision was
reached to reduce the production of
whisky 10 per cent, below the present
basis after May 1. The committee which
had returned from Cincinnati, report
that the distilleries there had suffered to
the extent o( $15,000, and it was decided
to levy a tax of five cents per bushel on
the capacity of the other members for the
purpose of making the losses good.
FIRE’S FORKED TONGUE.
Au Oil Cloth Factory Destroyed and
300 Men Made Idle.
Philadelphia, March 6.—A fire oc
curred this morning in the oil cloth works
of George W. Bladon & Cos., at-Nicetown,
a suburb of this city. The flames tvere
confined to three large buildings, two of
which were used for coating and one for
printing oil cloths. The loss is about
$lOO,OOO. Three hundred men will be out
of employment until the works can be re
built.
SHOT DOWN BY CARBINIERS.
Eight Kit)ian Villagers Killed in a Riot
With Railway Laborers.
Rome, March o.—An affray occurred
yesterday at i’ressa, a small village near
Acquila, between laborers on tbe railway
and the Inhabitants of the village. Car
biniers interfered to suppress tbe dis
turbance and tired, killing eight and
wounding fourteen of the villagers. The
affair has caused a great sensation.
REBELLION IN PRINCETON.
Five Hundred Students in Mass Meet
ing Attack the Dean and Faculty.
The anonymous circular distributed
among the students of Princeton College,
says a Princeton (N. J.) special of the
4th inst. to the Philadelphia Press, has
been the sole theme of conversation
among them to-day. It is exceedingly
satirical, and in it the faculty and the
new Dean of the college, Dr. James O
Murray, are violently attacked, and the
management of the college criticised and
rebuked.
The excitement culminated in a call for
a mass meeting, and as the students al
lege that Dr. Murray refused to allow it
in the college they hired a hall in town.
At 5 o’clock over.soo gathered, a presid
ing officer was appointed, and business
began with a motion to adopt the circu
lar as the expression of the meeting. This
was debated at great length. A senidk,
high in his class and prominent in the
college, announced that one of his class
mates had been approached by a member
of the faculty, who had offered him a fur
nished room free of charge if he would act
as a spy. This created a sensation, which
was increased when one of the number
rose and said he was the one referred to,
and that the Professor had made the
proposition to him in the course of a pri
vate conversation, which he (the student - )
had sought.
Many charges were then made against
the faculty and Doan, and much speech
making was indulged in, after which a
committee was appointed to draw resolu
tions concerning the matter.
The following is the report, adopted al
most unanimously, the resolutions being
addressed to the trustees:
herkas. Facts have been brought to our
notice, implicating a system of espionage
which we deem cowardly, contemptible and
degrading: to wit: First, the employment of
servants to keep a elosc scrutiny on the stu
dents who come under their observation, and
to report them to headquarters; second,rooms
are unlocked and desks opened; third, that
playing cards arc secretly taken from the
rooms; fourth, that officers of the college have
been seen listening at doors, and gaining ad
mission to rooms under false pretense; fifth,
that the night watchman has been seen peep
ing into lighted windows on the first floors;
sixth, that railroad officials have been invited
to note down all students leaving town and to
report their names; seventh, a barber has
been questioned by members of the faculty,
and threatened for withholding information;
Whereas, We feel humiliated by tills sys
tem of espionage, and whereas, letters having
been sent to former members of the college by
a member of the faculty, offering a premium
for giving information ilgainst men in college;
therefore
Aesolred, That we hereby petition your lion
orable body to institute a thorough investi
gation, with a view to reforming these abuses;
and, whereas, we disapprove ©f the adoption
of the new athletic regulations, resolved, that
we petition that they be rescinded.
l)r. McCosh and others of the faculty
are in New York attending a meeting of
the alumni.
MYSTEItIOUS MISCREANTS.
The Mother of Parnell the Object of
Malicious Persecution.
For six months or more Mrs. Delia Par
nell, the aged mother of the Irish leader,
Charles Stewart Parnell, says a Philadel
phia special of the 4th inst., has been sub
jected to a systematic persecution by some
person or persons living in the neighbor
hood of Bordentown, N. J. Mrs. Parnell
resides the most of her time at the family
homestead known as Ironsides, it was
in that beautiful spot that Miss Fanny
Parnell died not long since. Since last
October scarcely a week has passed with
out some mysterious visitation to Iron
sides. One night a large number of valu
able breeding-fowls were found beheaded
in their On another occasion por
tions of the fencing were torn down. Later
the vandals damaged trees and outhouses.
During Miss Fanny’s life her pets were two
dogs, a handsome St. Bernard ami a red
setter. The rascals were evidently well
aware of this, for they one night gave the
animals meat dosed with arsenic, and the
following morning they were found dead.
J.ast night a milch cow was found dead
in its stall. From all appeirance it had
fallen in its tracks without a struggle.
Dr. Shipps, of Bordentown, was informed
of the affair, and, alter a superficial in
quiry, gave it as his opinion that the
animal died from the effects of arsenic.
To make assurance doubly sure, however,
the entrils were examined’ and unmistaka
ble evidences of arsenic poisoning dis
covered. Mrs. Parnell, after consulting
her lawyer in New York, determined to
call to her aid the authorities of Burling
ton county, and a reward will be issued
for the detection of the criminals.
Jcroute Collin*' Remain*.
Queenstown, March 6.— On the arrival
of the steamer City of Chicago here this
evening the remains of Jer<yne J. Collins
and his mother were received by the Brit
ish Admiral, the American Consul, the
Mayor and corporation of the city, rela
tives of the deceased, and a large number
of citizens. The bodies were conveyed to
the Cathedral on biers, followed by a long
procession bearing torches and a band
playing a dead march. The funeral will
take place fn Cork on Sunday. A guard
of honor from Her Majesty’s ship Revenge
will escort the remains.
ANARCHY AND DYNAMITE.
EUROPE’S RULERS UNITING FOR
SELF-PROTECTION.
All the Police Forces of the Old World
Acting in Concert—The British Detec
tives Still Following Their Frail Clues
—No Important Arrests Yet Made
However.
London, March 6.—A Paris dispatch
says: “The police are aware that the
chief agent of the dynamite party is in
France, and they believe that a woman
who is supposed to have conveyed dyna
mite to London is in Papis. The Clan-na-
Gael, it is reported, are preparing to com
mit fresh crimes, not with dynamite, but
with the knife, A clue has been discov
ered that a man has been entrusted to
make an assault on one or more promi
nent officials in London on St. Patrick’s
day. 0
SEARCHING FOR DEADLY BAGS.
The police authorities are searching
for dynamite in all directions, as it is be
lieved that bags of explosive materials
have been deposited in various quar
ters of the city. A suspicious
party, known to bo an American, has
been noticed lingering in tbe neighborhood
of Windsor Castle.
HOW THE CU E WAS OBTAINED.
The clue mentioned in the Paris dis
patches this morning which leads the
Paris police to believe that an assault is
meditated upon prominent officers in
London on St. Patrick’s day is afforded
by a letter from America, which has fallen
into the hands of the police.
ALL EUROPE UNITED.
Ot.anized action between England and
the Continental powers against Anarch
ists and dynamiters has been agreed upon
without any special treaty. The police
departments of the powers have been in
structed to co-operate with
one another under this compact,
rhe Swiss Government has ordered
the arrest of a number of Anarchists at
Berne, and a search of the domiciles of
suspected persons and the office of a'
workingmen’s society at, Berne. The
Swiss police have arrested a German
Anarchist named Kenna. They sent in
formation to, Vienna, which led to the
seizure of hammer and other refugees.
At Geneva a suspected man named I’en
kert, a rampant Anarchist speaker, was
reported to Germany, l’eukert received
warning and suddenly disappeared.
The Vienna Official Gazette publishes
an official order stating that letters opened
by the police, and afterward sent to their
destination will bear an official seal with
mention of the fact that they had been
opened at the office and distributed.
AUSTRIAN DYNAMITERS.
The Country Full of Anarchists and De
tectives Pressing Them Close.
London, March 6.—A correspondent
at \ ienna says: “The police here have
discovered that the anarchists possess a
large quantity of dynamite. Lectures
were given last Autumn in the working
men’s quarters on tbe best methods of
making and storing explosives, 'rhe po
lice made a raid and discovered three
laboratories fitted up for making explo
sives, and with large quantities of dyna
mite. The police are convinced that
other laboratories exist, and the press
has therefore been forbidden to publish
anything regarding their movements. A
workman was recently caught trying to
smuggle small bombs from the suburbs
into Vienna. It is believed that the po
lice have secured the services of an an
archist informer.
THREE FAMOUS GENERALS.
Placing Under One Table Six Legs That
Nerer Ran from a Foe.
At a leading hotel the other evening,
says a Washington letter to the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, three of the most distin
guished cavalry officers of the late war
met and took a social drink. They were
Gens. Alfred B. Pleasonton, William H.
Averill and Thomas L. Rosser. The lat
ter is an ex-Confedcrate and is worth
probably half a million dollars. The other
two were on the other side and are both
poor. They are now here asking to be
put on the retired list. None of them have
seen service since the war. Averiil and
Pleasonton resigned soon after peace was
declared and Rosser’s term of service ex
pired when he was captured near Rich
mond shortly after the surrender of Lee
and Johnston.
Ihe meeting between the three was
rather an interesting one. It is not often
that three such dashing cavalrv com
manders of a war that closed 'nearly
twenty years ago come together now in
social intercourse. All held the rank of
Major General, and all fought many im
portant engagements, and all were brave
and skillful soldiers, and all, I believe,
were seriously wounded. Rosser carries’
about with him nine scars—one sabre-cut
over the right eye, one bnvonet-gash on
the forehead, a shot in the foot, one in the
knee, one in the left arm, one in the left
hip and others of less importance. Aver
ill was shot through the thigh, which has
made him a confirmed sufferer from rheu
matism, and he got a scalp-wound that
every now and then becomes headquar
ters for a painful attaek of neuralgia. All
of them graduated at West Point.
l’lcasonton is the oldest of the three.
There is no mistaking ttie education and
training he has had. Thev are shown in
every look and motion. Though not large
nor tall, he is so erect and precise that he
would be taken anywhere for a soldier
and a commander. The General tells me
he has lost some of his faith in his blue
glass theory, but believes it will yet bo
adopted by the scientific world. He is 77
years old and has always been a sort of a
bookworm, though he held some sort of a
command in the Pennsylvania militia at
onetime during the war. Averill looks
almost as old as Pleasontor., having suf
fered a good deal from his wounds, lie is
a heavy, chunkv-looking man with a
soldierly moustache, and goes about very
unpretentiously. His military record is
very familiar to everybody. Averill and
Rosser are now very fond’ of each other,
and it is a feast to hear them tell stories of
the war from their respective points of
view.
Rosser has a really romantic history.
He is a romantic looking man, to begin
with. Over six feet tall, and of giant-like
frame, he towers over all the ordinary
run of men. He probably weijfhs 275
pounds, and there is not a bit of waste
tlesh about him—all solid bone and mus
cle. His money has been made in rail
roading in the Northwest.
. Fortune takes strange turns, and here
is one of them. W hat a welcome thing a
week’s salary of Averill or Pleasanton
would have been to Rosser in iscj. To
day they are knocking at the door of Con
gress, asking to be given the retired list
pay of about $3,000 a year, while Rosser
is a prospective millionaire.
To Utilize the Silver Dollars.
New T ork, March 6.—At the monthly
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to
day resolutions were adopted that the
coinage of silver dollars should be sus
pended for two years, and that Congress
should prohibit the further issue of bills
less than $5 in order to secure the substi
tution of silver coin.
banks accepting silver dollars.
Washington, March 6.—Several banks
in New lork and elsew here have notified
Treasurer Wyman that in case they can
not receive United States one and two
dollar notes in exchange for national
bank notes sent to the Treasury for re
demption they will accept standard silver
dollars. This action has caused a slight
movement of that coin. Two instalments
ot $”>,000 each of silver dollars were
recently shipped to a New York bank in
the redemption of mutilated bank notes.
England’s Friendship in the Greely Case
London, March 6.—Capt. Nares, who
commanded tbe British Arctic expedition
of 1875, assisted by Commander Markham,
who was one of the under officers of the
same expedition, has drawn up a memo
randum of great value in regard to the
ice and navigation of Smith’s Sound.
This document has been sent to the
American authorities. The Times says
that the Greely search expedition will be
watched with as much interest and
anxiety by Europe and America as that
which went to the relief of Lieut. Smith
in 1882.
Strange Shots in Troy.
Troy, N. Y., 3lareh o.—Early this
morning three men fired pistol shots at a
non-union boarding house near the Malle
able Iron Works. Policemen followed
the men over the hills, firing at them.
Blood was found on the snow where one
of the men fell. Tracks of a sleigh were
discovered frpm where the wounded man
was carried off.
Grant Off for Old Point %> m fort.
New York, March 6.— Gen. Grant and
wife and Gen. Beal leave here this after
noon for Old Uoint Comfort.
OPENING OF THE REICHSTAG.
The Emperor Trying to Suppress Agita
tions by Insurance Measures.
Berlin, March 6.—The Reichstag
opened to-day with the usual formalities.
The speech from the throne was read by
Herr Von Boetticher, Home Secretary of
State and representative of the Chancellor.
The speech asserts that the chief task of the
Reichstag lies in the domain of social and
political affairs, and says that the Em
peror’s wish, which has keen solemnly
and repeatedly expressed for tne improve
ment of the union of workmen, has met
with full appreciation on the part of the
German people.
Among the numerous bills announced
is one providing for a scheme of accident
insura nee, after the adoption of which the
Emperor recommends the formation of a
system of insurance for the infirm and
aged. “This,” the speech says, “is in
tended to prevent anv possibe justifica
tion of attempts to overthrow the Divine
and human order of things, and will pave
the way tor the abrogation of the existing
exceptional measures.”
PROSPECTIVE MEASURES.
A bill will 1)0 introduced providing that
the anti-Sonialist law shall remain in
force for a further period. Another will
propose an amendment to present a sys
tem of insurance against sickness. The
control of joint stock companies will form
the subject of another lull. The foreign
relations of Germany, the speech
declares, are in a highly satisfac
tory condition. Solidarity exists between
the pacific sentiments of Germany and
those of neighboring triendly powers,
which so faras can bo humanly foreseen af
fords a guaranty of the security of peace
both in Germany and other countries.
The speech concludes with these words:
“The Strengthening of the hereditary
friendship of Germany with neighboring
imperial courts and the cordial reception
of the Crown Prince in Italy and Spain
prove that Germany’s prestige is fortified
bv the confidence of foreign sovereigns
and nations in the policy of Germany.”
THE LASKER INCIDENT.
Iht* National Liberals have decided not
to raise a discussion of the Lasker inci
dent in the Reichstag until the matter
has been internationally disposed of.
SECESSIONISTS AND PROGRESSISTS.
The fusion of the Secessionist and the
Progressist parties has been effected. The
new combination will be called the Ger
man Liberal party. It’s programme em
braces strict adherence to the constitu
tion, annual budgets, universal suffrage,
secret voting, the payment of
the Reichstag, liberty of the pi ess, pub
lic meetings and of association, equality
before the law, religious liberty and perfect
equality of all, creeds, economic progress,
suppression of State socialism, just as
sessment and taxation, with exemption
of articles of consumntion. It will op
pose any economic customs policy which
shall favor special interests, is against
monopolies, and advocates an unimpaired
maintenance of the national defense, with
universal military services of short period
and with an annual fixing of the peace
contingency of the army. It further de
clares that progress must be based upon
allegiance to the Emperor and the Federal
Constitution.
MULCTED FOIt BLASPHEMY.
A Long Fijjht Between Freethinkers and
Church People in a Pennsylvania
Village.
In 1879 the Liberal League of the village
ol Irwin’s Station, I’a., engaged B. F.
Underwood, the well-known infidel, to
deliver a series of discourses, says a Sal
amanca, N. Y., special of the 3d inst. to the
World. The league hired the school
house, which is used as the public hall,
the contract for its use being signed by
Dr. McCormick, President of the School
Board. AV hen the lectures were publicly
announced a strong opposition arose in
the religious circles. On the Sunday be
fore the date set for the first appear
ance ol l nderwood the preachers united
in an attack on the discourses, and de
manded that the discussion ol infidel sub
jects be prevented.
1 he next day the School Board passed a
resolution torbidding the opening of the
school-house, but President Alct’ormiek
refused to break the contract, and gave
the managers of the lecture course an
order on the janitor for the key. Under
wood arrived on the day appointed, and
the managers presented the order lor the
key. The janitor informed them that it
had been delivered to the village consta
ble by order of the School Board, and he
refused to surrender it. At the hour
named for the lecture about five hundred
people had gathered and were clamoring
lor admittance or their money. Finally
A. AI. Browser and a gentleman named
Vrookston, both members of the league,
forced open the school-house door, "flic
lamps were lighted and the hall was soon
filled. All the leading church members
were present, and when Air. Underwood
began his lecture they drowned his voice
by shouts, cat-calls, whistling and stamp
lng, at the same time addressing him m
insulting and uncomplimentary terms.
This was kept up so persistentlv that the
lecturer was compelled to retire, and the
meeting broke up amid great excitement.
ihe next day Alessrs. Browser, Crook
ston and Underwood were arrested on a
charge of forcible entry and detainer and
blasphemy. They gave bail to appear for
trial, and the same evening Underwood
succeeded in delivering his lecture on
“Science Against the Bible.” The case
against the three defendants came up at
the April term of court, 1880. The suit
was to recover damages forinjurv done to
the school-house by breaking iiito it and
by the “immoral qnd blasphemous use to
which the building had been put.” The
damage was placed at SSOO. The injury
done the building in by breaking
to it had been repaired for 25
cents. The jury deliberated for half
an hour and returned a verdict against
the defendants, fixing the damages at
$1.)0. The case was appealed and the
judgment of the District Court has just
been affirmed.
CAPTAIN MARY ON DECK.
Her Futile Attempt to Master the Steam
boat Method of Gaining Respect.
Chicago ,Vh.
Capt. Mary Miller, the iiississippi river
steamboat woman, after several months’
practice, is still hopelessly deficient in
the art of managing a river boat. It is
said she cannot get the knack of ripping
out those beautiful, flowing, polysyllable
oaths that have so Inspiriting an influence
over deck-hands and roustabouts; and as
for knocking a cook overboard once or
twice a day she says she fears she will
never learn that essential steam
boat method of gaining respect. The
other day she was trying to make the
bend below the St. Francis flats, and stood
on the hurricane roof to give orders to the
new pilot. “Now, 6ir,” said she, “will
you be so kind as to turn your wheel to
the right hand very rapidlv?” The pilot
stood with open mouth looking down the
river. “Mr. Pilot,” she said, striving to
draw his attention. “I’lease.Mr. Pilot do
you hear me?” “Hey ?” grunted the man
at the wheel. “Will you do me the favor
to turn your wheel over seven or eight
times as last as ever you can?” Over
went the wheel. “Oh, no, sir, no, sir, not
that way; the ether wav, if vou please,
sir; quick, my dear sir, quick’! Gracious
my! We are within twenty fingers of
the bar.” Just then the first mate catne
up through the forr’ud hatchway, and
the poor little woman, half distracted,
said: “Oh, dear, Mr. Mate, I’m feeling
faint; I think you’d better take command
of the ship.” “Aye, aye, ole gal,” and,
turning to the pilot, he sung out: “Hey,
there, you sleepv-headed son of a
£un, bard a port there, ’r I’ll knock a hole
in ver carcass bigger ’n a bale o’
hay!” The boat slid out into deep water,
and Capt. Mary Miller wentnown into
her texas state-room, where nobody could
hear her study her lesson in river con
versations. As the boat glided up to the
New Orleans wharf she popped her head
out the state-room door and called out to
a lineman on shore: “Hi, sir, rnajee fast
the ho a- line, and the one at the other
end, too. By darn!” And dodged back
to put her head under the pNIow and cry.
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colds, or costiveness, take from three to
five, and if they do not operate in four
hours or so, take three or four more.
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GEN. GRAHAM TO ATTACK HIM
WITH 3.000 MEN.
An Austrian- Officer in the Egyptian
Service Defeats One of El Mahdl'a Ex
peditions Near Darfour—The Rebel
Leader Declared an Impostor by the
Sultan of Morocco.
Suakim. March 6. —The naval and mili
tary officers are strongly urging the gov
ernment to give Osman Digna a lesson.
The garrison at Sennaar is safe, but is
prevented by marauders from descending
the Nile.
SHEIKS SUMMONED TO SUAKIM.
Admiral Hewitt and Gen. Graham have
issued a joint decree summoning the
Sheiks of the tribes to Suakim, and saying
that if they come they will be protected,
but if they refuse the fate of Teb will
await them.
EL MAirni PROCLAIMED AN IMPOSTOR.
London, March 6.—The Sultan of Mo
rocco has declared El Mahdi an impostor.
GRAHAM’S ORDERS.
Gen. Graham has been ordered to dis
perse the rebels within ten miles of Sau
kim, but not to operate at a greater dis
tance from that city. When these have
been disjterscd it is believed that the tribes
will become friendly.
ENGLISH PRESTIGE MUST I!E RESTORED.
Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary, has
assured France that England intends to
maintain the existing conventions with
Soudan. It is necessary first, however,
to restore the prestige ot the English name
in that quarter. The acts of Gen. Gordon
are only partially approved.
A SOUDAN Ft XI) ASKED IN THE COMMONS.
In The House of Commons to-dav tbs
Marquis of Hartiugton, Secretary of State
for W ar, moved that an appropriation of
£350,000 be voted to cover the cost ot the
Soudan expedition.
Frederick Stanley, Conservative, spoke
upon the motion and criticised severely
the government's Egyptian policy.
Premier Gladstone replied that the ex
pedition to Assouan involved no change
of policy. It Mas, he asserted, a neces
sary precaution to prevent the excitement
from spreading. The government Mould
adhere to its determination to pay no heed
to the remarks of foreign newspapers,
and had no intention of assuming the
government of Egypt. Such an act
M ould be a gross breach of the public law
of Europe. [Cheers.] The troops would
be M’ithdraMii at the earliest moment
possible.
Henry Labouchere, the Radical mem
ber for Northampton, moved to reduce the
appropriation £lOO,OOO.
GRAHAM’S MARCH AGAINST DIGA.
Gen. Graham, with 3,000 men. M ill ad
vance from Suakim Monday against Os
man Digma. His force will consist of 120
artillery meu with six 7-pounders, ten
Moskain and four Krupp guns, sixty-two
sailors with tM'o 9-pounders, three Gat
ling and three Gardner guns, and the
Tenth and Nineteenth Hussars, the rest
of the force being made up of infantry
amt marines. Osman Digma remains at
Ilandoob and is ready to accept battle.
ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR EL MAHDI.
Cairo, March G.-—Gen. Gordon tele
graphs that Siatin Bey, an Austrian offi
cer in the Egyptian service, has defeated
an expedition sent by El Mahdi from Dar
four, and that the Kabbabish tribe have
defeated the rebels nortn of El Obeid.
A Report Partially Wrong.
London, March 6.— Two members of
the firm of Parker, solicitors, Bedford
Rom , were supposed to have fled, and it
M’as alleged that the reason for their flight
M as that they had been misappropriating
the deeds of their clients and had bur
ro M’ed £500,000 for various speculations.
The solicitors for the firm have M-ritten to
the newspapers pronouncing the alleged
cause of the flight inaccurate, and deny
ing that any attempt had been made to
secure a loan.
The Tripartite Alliance.
London, March o.—Advices from Ber
lin and Vienna concur in contradicting
the report that Germany, Austria and
Russia have entered into a formal alliance.
It is reported that Prince Bismarck has
informed the Italian Ambassador at Ber
lin that a friendly entente has been ar
ranged Mith Russia, but no treaty, and
that the recent pour parlors were limited
to the restoration of cordial relations be
tween the Emperor and Czar.
Rrrington at the Vatican.
Rome, March o.—Mr. Erriugton, unoffi
cial English representative at the Vati
can, has had an audience M-ith Caidinal
.Jacobini, tbe Papal Secretary of State,
and Cardinal Simeoni, Prefect of the Pro
paganda, in Mhich he imparted to them
England’s vie M’s regarding the nomina
tion of Catholic Bishops in the Irish and
British colonies.
Salvation Lasses Go to Jail.
Bridgeport, Conn., March G.— Capt.
Annie Dixon, Annie Mather, Annie Rich
ardson, Lucy Reed and Mme. Neilson,
members of the Salvation Army, arrested
yesterday for violating the city ordinance
by parading tbe streets, were to-day each
ihied $7 and costs or ten days in jail.
They refused to pay the fine and were
committed.
Absconded from Pensacola.
New Orleans, March O.— A Pensacola
special says: “Wni. W. Wharton, Clerk
and Commissioner of the United States
Circuit and District Courts for the North
ern district of Florida, and United States
Shipping Commissioner at the port of
Pensacola, absconded yesterday, being a
defaulter in from $3,000 to $5,000.”
Suffocated by Coal Gan.
Reading, Pa., March o.— Two men
M ere found overcome by gas at Eckert’s
furnace this morning. One, a stranger
was dead, and the other, W. Redfern, is
not likely to recover. He belongs to Pitts
burg. Each man] had an empty whisky
bottle in his pocket. Four men have been
suffocated recently at this furnace.
A Father Killed by Grief at a Son’s
Crime.
Sax Francisco, March o.— During a
quarrel at San Leandro last night, Wm.
Scollard drew a revolver and shot Aleck
Dietrielisen, a saloon keeper, dead. When
Scollard’s father was told of his son’s act
he exclaimed: “My God! can this be?”
and fell dead.
Failure* in ltii*inesa.
Nkw Y ork, March G.— The following
failures announced to-day; Robert Stobo
Cos., provisions and grain; Arthur
Lowry, Rice & Ryder and A. F. Hen
nings, oil speculators, New York and
Oil City. Oil declined 11 cents, but at
the close regained cents of the de
cline.
Anarchists Excite Idle French Work
men.
Paris, March 6.—Workmen, prompted
by Anarchists, have published a mani
festo which urges a demonstration atrainst
the government with a view to leading
them to adopt measures for the ameliora
tion of the condition of the unemployed.
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