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oruittg civs. I ESpABLISHKD 1850. j f J. H. ESTILI, Editor and Proprietor, j GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS. Discovery that an Innocent Man Has Keen Hanged in Hall County and Another Unjustly Clad In Stripes—A Hatch or Accidents on St. Simon's Island. GEORGIA. LaGrange lias sixteen lawyers. A <teg law goes into effect at Madison Tues day. Corn planted in Harris countv four weeks apt lias not come up. A district telegraph company has been •rganized at Americus. Mr. Walker, of llrook- county, wa- killed this week by the falling of a limb on his head. The Athens Presbytery meets at Paoli. Madison county, on the evening of the 9th of April, at 7 o’clock. John T. Lane, formerly of Thomas county, is now one of the most 'successful dry goods merchants at Ennis. Texas. It is thought that the recent heavy rains will start all the springs which had been dry around Cuthberl for some time previous. The first -i -siou of the quarterly meeting of the Greenesls.ro circuit was held at Union Point yesterday, and the session will close to day. According to the Xetc South I‘.rook- county farmers arc shipping country butter to Sa vannah, for which they realize fifty cents per pound. The annual meeting of the Rehoboth 'mi day school convention will lie held with the Marshallville Sunday school next Friday,Sat urday and Sunday. A geiiiicui.vu hit.Sfjv York loan association has loaned SIOO,OOO to Harris conn i> farmers without perceptibly diminishing the ttringency of the times. William Simpson, of Quitman, died Wednes day night with heart disease, lie ate his sup per and was apparently well. In a few min utes he fell and expired without a groan. Mrs. Luke Johnson, who was so badly crippled during the sleet in January, at her daughter’s, Mrs. Ren Anderson's, at La- Grange. has never recovered sufficiently to return home. Mrs. Mary Eliza Dix, of I.aGrange. will go this week to Arkansas, where she will make her home with a brother. Her sister. Miss Joe Colquitt,will reside in Tennessee with an other brother. The Montezuma Council paid over 12,500 to the well contractor Saturday. The contract was for $3,000, but SSOO had been previously paid. This was the largest single payment the Council has ever matte. The attendance upon the West Georgia A. and M. College at Hamilton is greater than at any time in its history. President Puekette thinks of publishing a catalogue this summer, which it is confidently predicted will contain the names of not less than lie pupils. The Americus Recorder says: "Mr. J. W. Brady received a paper from Jamaica, West Indies, one dav this week, which contained notices of the VVatley Wallack troupe. The paper was a curiosity, lieing in its 105th year, and yet looked no better than a six mouths old weekly in the states. The Jackson UeraUl of this week, says: “On last Friday morning. Mrs. Lizzie Lyle, wife of J. M. Lyle, remarked to him that she was not feeding well, and before he could do any thing for her relief she died. It is supposed by the doctors that a clot of blood formed at her heart and caused her death.” A test case of the constitutionality of the prohibition law has lieon made at Jonesboro. A barber had been giving away liquor to his customers. He was arrested and tried. His counsel made several points against the con stitutionality of the law. Judge Hammond promptly overruled them all. The ease will not he appealed. The Rome Courier says: “At a regular meeting of the stockholders of the Koine Cot ton Mills yesterday afternoon Mr. W. McWil liams was admitted to the company and sub scribed a handsome sum to the capital stock. There was no stock for sale among the indi vidual members, so the company will issue new stock to the amount of $20,000, all of which Air. McWilliams w'lll take.” This week’s Brunswick Advertiser says: "Through the instrumentality of MissJ. N. Nathans, aided by a number of -ca captains in purl, a subscription was raised last week to purchase and present to Rev. 1. W. Waddell, of the Presbyterian < hureh, a handsome desk, well stocked with writing material. Imagine the gentleman's surprise on reaching home after a week’s absence in St. Mart's to find this beautiful and u-eful present in his studio, a testimonial of esteem from his friends and congregation.” The editor of the Cuthbert Enter],vine has just visited the cotton mills near West Point. He says: "A commodious brick and iron warehouse and brick and iron picker room has ticen recently added. The boat is loaded and unloaded at the warehouse, and, the picker room adjoining it, eotton and goods are very little trouble to handle. The factory now consumes about thirteen bales of cotton per day#turning out over 9,000 yards of best lin k. There are now in operation t>,:>oo spin dles and 140 looms, and it takes 150 hands to manipulate them. There are 00 looms stand ing idle that will soon be put to work.” Great excitement exists in Baldwin conntv over the incendiary speeches of the negro T. M. Smith. He gathered several hundred ne groes in a wood near Milledgeville Thursday night and harangued them. When Sheriff Ennis and posse approached Smith spied them and fled. The Sheriff llred at him and missed smith and shot another negro in the arm. sheriff Ennis was m Macon Friday hunting smith. Smith has been making Incendiary speeches, inciting the nearroes to riot, and ■ailing upon them to make a general uprising i.d commence on April 1 to slaughter and rail the white people. Smith is a noted jail bird. The Piedmont I're* cays: “Uncle Arch Patterson by a little persi-tetiey once saved t.V'.OOy to liall countv. When the Air-Line Road was being built liall county subscribed he above amount, but it was one of the con ditions of subsreiption that the road should pass near our new court house, which was then tbs surveyed route. The route was hanged as everybody knows, and the con trait, so far as Hall’county was concerned, was null and void. The road persisted in its right to have the amount subscribed, but .Mr. Patterson, who had just returned from Cali fornia, being one of the subscribers, defended a suit which had been instigated, anil the ourts decided in favor of the defendants." the St. Simon's correspondent of the Bruns wiik AJrrrtiser of this week, writes: “Not many days ago. Krank, an idiotic son of old man Ansell Richards, fell into the lire and • barred himself terribly. Moon after the wife f t harles Collins, in preparing supper, turned her hack to her child, who fell into the lire and was badly burned. The mother, in at tempting to save her child, burned her hands and arms so that the cuticle of the hands and lingers slipped off like gloves. These were all •olored. and are doing well. Last Tuesday night Charlie Taylor, a bright little blue-eved tioy of six summers, was badly scalded by the nurse awkardly turning a bas’in of hot water over on him. Under the circumstances, the ttle fellow is doing well, but suffer.ng a great •leal.” The Dooly Vindicator says: “Mr. Choice C. I ole, a promising young man of this county, nscounued tohisbedwith the mum) sabout 21 days ago, w hich lasted him only about 4 days, but he has been lingering ever since til! about 'or 10 days ago, when he seemed to begetting in a crazy state, and at present the writer con siders the unfortunate man a perfect lunatic. Up to the time of this writing he has had no doctor.butone has beeu sent tor, and it is hoped he will render some relief. He fancies at dif ferent limes that he is a lawyeryprcacher and merchant, and is ready at any time to marry some nice young ladv. and biiild himself up and move to a city: further, that he is very wealthy and is going to put up his widowed mother a line dwelling house and linisli it off, etc. Without a change soon, his neighbors say that he will have to go to the asylum.” The Sylvania Televlione says: “There was a considerable rise in the Savannah river last week, which drove the deer to the highland, and the sportsmen have been quite active in consequence. The riTer was rising rapidly the first of this week and the prospect is that the water will lie higher than ever, in which event the sport of deer and turkey hunting will lie excellent. Mr. R. T. Mills, iti company with Hr. U. 1.. Mills, J. A. Enneis and T. J. Willis, went on a deer hunt last week in the fork of Briar creek. They started and shot at several deer, only one lieing killed, and that by Ur. Mills. While on the hunt their dogs jumped a catamount, and after a three hours’ chase, succeeded in overtaking and killing it. it was certainly a huge var mint. judging from the size of'one of its feet, which was shown us bv Mr. I{. T. Mills, and he says it was as large as his old dog ‘Buck.’ ” The Jackson Herald says: “Three or four years ago two negroes were arrested in Hall county on a charge of raping a white woman. They were tried and found guiltv. One was hung and the other sent to the chain gang for life. Sipec then enough evidence lias been found tof-atisfy the community where the sup posed crime was committed that the negroes were innocent. As the negro now in the chain gang was a resident of this countv. parties placed the matter before the last grand jury, and. after an investigation, they decided to request the grand iury of Hall county to ask the Governor for the negro's pardon. If these facts are true how fearful it must be to think that a human being’s life was required to satisfy a law that he had never violated, and another wearing chains for an offer se that he never committed. The citizens of Hall owe it to themselves to make a thorough investi gation, and if they find that the parties were innocent they should make all the haste pos sible to make amends to the living.*’ An attache of the Americus Recorder staff has been seeing snakes as follows: “While doWD in Magnolia Hell Wednesday afternoon, a Kteorder man saw for the first time a battle between snakes, the pair lieing a king snake and a moccasin. It occurred in the water, and the first intimation the reporter had of the fight was a great stir in the water about twenty feet from him. On looking he saw what at first appeared to lie a jack fish jump ing around. In a second the red and black bodv of a king snake appeared, twisting and turning, while every novy and then a streak of black appeared, as the moccasin was thrown around. The fight lasted about twenty minutes. Stones and sticks were thrown when the fight would subside, hut there was no getting the snakes apart. When the re|>orter left nothing could be seen of the moccasin, but the red body of the king snake was occasionally to be seen as he pulled himself out of the mud. It would have lieen more interesting had the fight oc curred on land, providing an opera glass had been handy, but it was dramatic enough as it was.” Yesterday's Atlanta Constitution says: “Mr. Emory Speer has been retained in one of the biggest mortgage cases ever tried in the State. It is the foreclosing of a mortgage for SBO,OOO on ten thousand acres of land in Washington county Mr. B. J. Wilson, of West End, sues W. C. Kiddle and wife. The circumstances maybe recited as follows: Mr. Wilson was a commission merchant in Savannah about the year 170, ami the Riddles were immense planters in Washington county. Mr. Wilson had advanced them over a hundred thousand dollars, and took a mortgage on the lands. Kiddle failed to pay and the mortgage was foreclosed and the property levied upon. When it was about to be sold Mrs. Kiddle interposed a claim to it. saying that the title was not in Wj, C. Kiddle, nut that he held it for her as trustee for her and her chil dren. That Riddle's father had executed a deed creating this trust estate in 1x48; that the deed was recorded, but the record was destroyed bv the burning of the court house in Sandersville aliout 1854; that it was again recorded and again destroyed on Sherman’s march to the sea. The contest is over the validity of this deed. It is claimed that Kid dle has regularly acted with the property as though it were" his own. The bill has been filed by Me. .speer, in the Circuit Court of the 1 nited States for the southern District oi Georgia, and will staud for trial at the full term. The land is worth $200,000. lieing as level as a floor and rieli as it can be.” A correspondent of the Brunswick Herald writes from Nashville: “On the train com ing from Dallas. Baubling county, Georgia, we had the odd experience of seeing a real Mormon. He was a young man reared in upper Georgia, but lately residing in Colorado and now a ‘missionary.’ His missionary labor set ms to be confined to converting hand some young women and escorting them to Utah. one every five weeks, there to be turned over to the polygamous wretches who are able to maintain them. Such a pitiable and per plexing sight—a decidedly handsome, modest looking young woman, perhaps 20 years old. fine complexion, dark eyes and hair, and a splendid figure, perhaps a little inclined to robustness, sat beside the missionary. A few minutes judicious pumping secured the frank est admissions from the pair. He seemed honest, intelligent and sincere. She honest, simple aiid well bred, certainly modest and virtuous, but with no indication of mental training. Her face denoted ail that a physiog nomist would declare strong and perfect, yet she was a convert to Mormonism. Several poor benighted people, women and girls, who met us at the stations in upper Georgia, were all, as the conductor stated, converts. The missionary (Mr. Echols) would go to the plat form at each station and hand out the tracts, anil told them when he would return. These missionaries have a strange experience in only securing handsome hut ignorant youug women as converts. The men don't need any conversion.” The following, from the Eufanla Bulletin , is the sequel to u story already reprinted in the News from the Americus Recorder: “It is no I news to many of our readers that Americus, Ga., and Eufanla have for some time been in terested in. if not excited over, a case of al ; leged kidnapping, in w hich Mr. W. 11. Brown I and wife, of this city, are principals. The t children are Charley and Leonora Burke, , brother and sister of Mrs. Ilrown. On his 'lying lied, in 1879, Mr. Burke expressed his i desire that Mr. Brow n and his daughter Alat i tie, then engaged, should wait a reasonable ; time after his death, then to marry and take ! control of the two remaining children, Leo i iiora and Charley. Their uncle. F. E. Burke, j after their father died, was appointed guar j dian and administrator of theestate. lie is now i dead, and as the children had no lawful guar dian, and to carry out the wish of their father, Mr. and Mrs Brown, under the additional advice of their counsel. Major Henry R. short er. went to Americus after them. The rest is told by Mr. Brown: ‘We went to Americus, i procured a carriage and driver, visited the residence of Mr. J. M. Cook (au uncle to the children hv marriage). Where one Mrs. Wil liams, the maternal grandmother of these . little children, also resided. The purpose of 1 our visit being stated to Mrs. Williams, an , elderly lady of some 70 years, she objected to ! our taking "the children "away. Mrs. Brown, urging upon her consideration the wish ex -1 pressed by her father, Mr. Martin Burke, in liis last illness, insisted, as the children now had no guardian, it was altogether right and proper that she should have the care and ! custody of her little brother and sister, who begged to go with her. Mrs. Brown took the children in the carriage with her, insisting upon her right 1 do so. when we drove in tow 11 to the depot, and brought them to our home in Eufaula, where they now remain.’ The ease is now iu the courts.” FLORIDA. i The municipal election at Jacksonville is held April 7. A sash and door factory is to be erected at | Satsuma. near Palatka. ! The Republican Convention will be held at Jacksonville next week. The young men of Gainesville propose orga nizing a minstrel troupe. The Avocado pearcrop will not b: as plenti- I ful this year as it was last. Property to the amount of SBO,OOO changed hands at Palatka last week. Gen. Agucro has left Key West for New | Orleans. He will return soon. The )x>st ofliee will be removed from Cove Bend to Floral City next week. I)r. T. C. Griffin, formerly of C'okesburv, S. C.. died at his residence in" Lake City on the 18th inst. Three hundred and fifteen dollars have been subscribed towards building a Baptist Church at Lake Lindsay. In the recent municipal election at Cedar Key there were only 175 votes cast out ol a registered list of 70C. An eagle w hich was killed up the river from Bay Port several days ago, measured 5 feet 11 inches from tip to tip. The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Florida of the I. O. O. F. will be held at Key West, commencing on the 9th of April. Tuesday night a large sailboat was stolen from .Stowe's fertilizer works, near the Jack sonville bar. Henry Lewis, the culprit, has been arrested. Mary L. Shackelford, of Key West, nine years old, has received a handsome pair of small gold ear-rings and a dainty finger ring, as her premium awarded for a child's tidy stmt to the fair. George W. Turner, of Monticello. has a leather poc et-book that lias been incon stant use since the year 1821, also the leather string that ties it, and it is as good to-day as when first purchased. Mrs. Kate D. Scott, President of the Mem oiral Association, is already making arrange ments for the observance of Memorial dav in Monticello. James E. Broome has consented to deliver the memorial address. Sheppard Scott, colored, a laborer on the Peninsular Railroad, was brought to his home in Jefferson county on last Friday night, minns one arm. He' fell from a tie train, and his right arm was so severely mashed that amputation was necessary. The Key West Xeic* prints the following: “The Catholic Church is lieing thoroughly repaired and handsomely painted. The work has been given to Mr. Atkins, and he is making a fine job of it. The upper framing is stained in imitation of walnut, and makes a fine contrast with the polished white ceiling. The walls are to be painted in imitation of granite blocks. The whole work will cost about $5,000, and will be finished iu a few weeks. It will certainly present a fine ap pearance when done.” The St. Augustine Press says; “Dr. Carver has purchased the lot at the corner of St. Francis and Marine streets, near the bar racks, on which is the old house said to be the oldest house iu St. Augustine, and near which is the date palm leaning over the wall, fa miliar in many a picture. The Doctor pro poses to build hear the front of his lot, but ; what we wish especially to commend is that I he proposes to restore, a'nd not to tear down, J the old house that has so long stood as a laud- \ mark in that part of the city.” The Key West .Vs us says: “Last Sunday ] night a Cuban by ttye name of Valentine was shot at the corner of Thomas and Flemming | streets, from the effect of which he died short- I ly afterwards. He was shot by another Cuban , named Jose ltecio, with whom Valentine got into a quarrel. A warrant is out for the ar- | restofKecia. The jury of inquest failed to j get at the facts regarding the cause of this fa- i tal affray. These outrages against law and the peace of this city should be put down at all hazards, and w'e hope the officers will succeed in bringing the culprit to justice.” Yesterday’s Jacksonville Times-Union says: ! “The schooner Nellie V. Rotes, from Balti- j more, arrived Wednesday and is discharging | a cargo ot bulk grain at Col. J. E. Hart's | elevator. This cargo consiets of 15.000 bushels, '■ and is the largest single cargo of corn ever j brought to this port. Most of it is choice white ' corn, for the manufacture of pearl grits ami j meal. Col. Hart is now grinding about 1,000 ; bushels of corn per dav and making about j 150 barrels of grits and meal, besides feed. ! etc., daily, yet he is usable to supply the large i and daily increasing demand, and is now ar- ! ranging to organize a permanent night force j in order to double his capacity. Colonel Hart has met with unprecedented success, and says j that if the demand continues to increase, it I will soon be necessary for him to double his ) present capacity, even'with the day and night I iorces. With the exception of one mill in New Orleans, his is now the largest mill in the 1 South.” i AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL THE WHISKY BILL AGAIN UN DER DEBATE. Mr. Clements Lends His Voice to the Opposition—No Vote Reached—The In dications that the Threatened Split will be Averted Still Growing Stronger —Ketfer Compelled Tyson to Walk the Plank. Washington, March 22. —ln the House to-day the regular order be iug demanded Mr. JJelford, of Colorado, appealed to the House to allow one hour to be devoted to consideration of the Senate bills on the Speaker’s table, and the appeal proving ineffectual, sol emnly declared that no more bills could be passed during the remainder of the session. Under a call of the committees the following reports were submitted: By Mr. Wait, of Connecticut, from the ; Committee on Foreign Affairs, for the re : turn of the balance of the Chinese idem nity fund. It was referred to the commit tee of the whole. By Mr. Vance, of North Carolina, from \ the Committee on Patents, adversely, to , reduce the life time of a patent to five 1 years. At the request of Mr. Anderson, i of Kansas, the bill was placed on the ; House calendar. By. Mr. Dockery," of Missouri, from the j Committee on Accounts, to provide one month’s extra pay to certain employes of the House. It was referred to the com mittee of the whole. of North Carolina, from Committee on Foreign Anau s, reported a resolution calling on the President lor in formation as to what action had been taken by the United States or Venezuela on the provisions of the joint resolution providing for anew mixed commission, and as to whether Venezuela has declined to make the payment of any awards. The resolution was adopted. THE WHISKY BILL. The House then, at 12:45 o’clock, went into committee of the whole, with Mr. Keaan, of Texas, fn the chair, on the bonded extension bill. Air. Herbert, of Alabama, resumed his argument against the bill, asserting that it was only by holding distillers to the law that Congress could expect to equal ize production and consumption. Perma nent relief could be accorded to distillers only by compelling them to conduct tlieir business on a sound basis. The passage of the bill would lead to an overwhelming demand for the repeal of the whole tax on whisky. KENTUCKY’S SOLID PHALANX. Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, said that the i whisky industry was made legitimate by j the government, and demanded the same | protection from Congress which was granted to any other business or avoca tion. He denied that the pending meas : ure embodied special legislation, and i maintained that, on the contrary, its ob i ject was to make a general law and put ; whisky, beer and tobacco on the same ! footing in regard to taxation. It was a j measure of relief which would prevent a ; crisis in the AVest. lienee Congress could do this without detriment to the public interest, and it should be done. A CRANKY SQUEAL. Mr. Thompson, cf Kentucky, supported the bill, which, he said, presented the question whether the government would bankrupt one class of its citizens when it did not require for any purpose the money j which would fall due for taxes. He was not in favor of demanding a “pound of ! flesh,” and he expressed his surprise that his friends from the South, Messrs. ! Blount and Herbert, should uphold the l policy of saying, “In the name of the law 1 we demand the bankruptcy of these peo ple.” The question of temperance was j not Involved in the measure, but if a few temperance cranks in the House would vote for the bill it would result in keeping whisky in bond and out of consumption. DENYING THE SOFT IMPEACHMENT. Air. Milliken, of Maine, while denying that he was a temperance crank, inquired whether, even if the bill passed, the whisky would not be taken out of bond in the course of time, to which 31 r. Thomp son replied that it would pass into con sumption when it was called out by some temperance cranks, for he had never seen one of that class, who, before making a speech, would not step behind a door and “wet liis whistle.” MR. CLEMENTS’ OPPOSITION. Mr. Clements, of Georgia, opposed the billon business principles and incidentally declared his willingness to forward any demand for the total abolition of the in ternal revenue system. MR. BRECKEN RIDGE’S PLEA FOR THE BILL Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, spoke at length in favor of the bill as a measure of justice and relief to the whisky ludus -1 try. and portrayed the ruin and bankrupt ! ey which would follow the failure of the 1 House to grant that relief. He denied, i emphatically, that there was any dishon- I est ring organized to urge the measure ' through Congress, but called attention to | the numerous petitions before the Com mittee on Ways and Means, asking lor this legislation. AWAY WITH INTERNAL REVENUE. Mr. York, of North Carolina, expressed his desire to see the entire internal reve nue system w iped out. THE GOVERNMENT A PARTNER. Mr. Hiscock, of New York, opposed the bill. By its passage the government would be entering into partnership with the distillers of rye and bourbou and would be getting per cent, as its share of the profits. THE NATION WOULD BE A WHISKY STOREHOUSE. Mr. Ray, of New York, opposed the turning of the nation into .a great whisky storehouse, declaring that the bill asked the government to become the wet nurse of the big body of the whisky interest. whisky’s bad work. Mr. Hepburn, of lowa, opposed the bill and made au onslaught upon the achieve ments which the whisky interests had per formed, declaring that it had kept in the field not the armies of tke Union, as Uftq been alleged, but armies o* paupers, of crime and of drunkenness. MEETS MR. FINDLAY’S PAVOR. Mr. Findlay, of Maryland, contended that the measure was a proper one, and because the relief which was accorded in the bill, especially to the State of Kentucky, was no reason why a proper measure should he defeated. The hill was also in the interest of temperance. There was now safely guarded in the reservoirs 70,000,000 gallons of double distilled damnation. If the bill were de feated all this fiery mass of corruption would be forced upon the market in one fell disastrous overflow. Before the con clusion of Mr. Findlay’s speech the com mittee rose. Mr. Hancock, of Texas, from the Com mittee on Appropriations, reported the pension appropriation hill, and It was referred to the committee of the whole. At 5:15 o’clock the House adjourned. AT KEIFER’S REQUEST. The Committee Investigating Tyson’s Removal Find that it was Forced. Washington, March 22.—The House Committee on Accounts reported to-day the result of their investigation into the dismissal of Mr. Tyson, the House com mittee stenographer, and the appointment of Speaker Keifer’s nephew, Mr. Gaine9, to fill the vacancy. The report concludes as follows: “We have reviewed with great care the testimony submitted and find that there are several conflicting statements as to the minor points involved in the investigation, but from an analysis of the evidence upon the material points at issue the following conclusions are reached: That Mr. Gaines performed no service during the vacation of Con- ; gress; there were no committees of | the House in session and uo ser- j vice could be rendered by either of the stenogiaphers to the committees; that the agreement as to Mr. Tyson’s res- j ignation, alleged by Mr. Keifer to have | existed from the date of Mr. Tvson’s ap- j pointment, was one which Mr. Tyson , seems not to have understood, although it j is fairly probable that the Speaker had ! SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1884. such an impression. It is also fairly probable, taking into consideration the testimony of Messrs. Robeson, Gaines, Dawson, Clark and Tyson, and the letter written by Mr. Keifer March 3, 1883, that this agreement or understanding, if it ex isted, affected both Messrs. Dawson aHd Tyson; that the negotiations between Messrs. Dawson and Tyson, by which the former agreed to share his salary with the latter during the vacation of Congress, were had with the knowledge and ap proval of Mr. Keifer. It is fair to state, however, that Mr. Keifer did not see.the contract between Messrs. Dawson and Tyson either before or after its execution, and was in no wise a beneficiary thereof, except in so far as it saved him from the painful necessity of ordering the removal of either Mr. Ty on or Mr. Dawson. That the resignation of C. W. Tyson was ten dered because demanded by the Speaker, and was, in fact, a resignation under pro test.” WAITING FOB THE CAUCUS. The Action on the Tariff Now More Mildly Discussed. Washington, March 22.— Ex-Senator McDonald is beginning in the role of peacemaker on the tariff. He was very busy to-day -in the House and Senate, especially in the House. He got knots of members around him and argued for har mony. He wishes peace on the basis of the Morrison hill with some concessions to the Randall men. His influence is be ing felt to a certain extent. He had a long conference with Messrs. Watterson and Mills, of Texas, in the Ways and Com ini ff.ee room to-day. Mr. Mills is one of the Tew ITcnticrats fan so as Messrs. Watterson ai.d Morrison in saying that any Democrat who will not stand by the caucus action on the tariff is out of the party. To-day there has been a good deal of quiet tariff talk, but no ex citement on the subject. They are wait ing for the caucus before breaking out in emphatic discussion again. The fact that ex-Governor Curtiu, of Pennsylvania, a tariff Democrat, signed the called for the caucus is commented upon very generally. The protection Democrats think that he has made a mis take. Others say that Mr. Curtin’s action is a sign that the policy of conciliation is having its effect and that it is the first practical result that looks towards har mony. #8,690 ill Charred Paper. Washington, March 22.—A package of charred paper, the remains of green backs and national bank notes, amount ing to $2,690, was received at the Treasury to-day for examination and redemption. Of this amount $1,950 was recognized as legal tenders and redeemed at once. The remainder will be transmitted to the banks of issue, and the whole amount will be saved to the owner, who is an old quarryman of Wisconsin. The money represented twenty-three years savings. Georgia Again to the Front. Washington, March 22.—Mr. Clem ents to-day added another to the Georgia members who have raised their voices against the whisky hill. In a short speech he presented an exposition of his views on that side, and attracted universal at tention. The whisky men will not again bring up their measure until after the Democratic caucus on the tariff. Mr. Buchanan Coming Home. Washington, March 22.—Mr. Bu chanan left for home to-night to be gone a week. AT THE STATE CAPITAL. Fulton County Republicans in Session ( —A Hit by “the Cracker.” Atlanta, Ga., March 22.—The Repub lican County Convention met to-day and elected delegates to the State and District conventions, and also indorsed President Arthur’s administration. There was no excitement. true to nature. The Cracker this afternoon creates a great sensation by a Dvo-page colored cartoon of Tilden as a broken down horse, and Capt. Evan I*. Howell rubbing life into him with a horse brush. Various kinds of plasters and medicines are lying around loose, and Messrs. Hemphill and Finch are helping Mr. Howell. All the likenesses are good and the cartoon takes well. COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNOR. Governor McDaniel to-day reappointed H. W. Baldwin as Judge, aud W. K. Mus tin as Solicitor of Morgan County Court. Ho also commissioned Thomas H. Rein sen as Ordinary of Lincoln county, vice the venerable Judge Tatum, recently de ceased. GEORGIA AT NEW ORLEANS. The Governor held a joint interview to day with the Commissioner of Agricul ture, Mr. Henderson, and the State Com missioner to the World’s Exposition at New Orleans, and no effort will be spared to have Georgia well represented. Atlanta proposes to erect a building ot her own and till it. THREE BUILDINGS ABLAZE. A grocery and several small dwellings on Foundry street were damaged by lire at noon to-day. Two of the buildings were almost destroyed. There is but lit tle insurance. The grocery and bar were managed by Geo. Fisher. INDIANS KKADY TO RISE. An Outbreak Again Imminent in the Great Northwest. Washington, March 22.— Agent Rior don, of the Navajoe Agency in Arizona, who came to this city with the delegation from that tribe to endeavor to have the boundaries of the reservation extended and defined, has been suddenly recalled to the agency by a dispatch from the act ing agent, saying that an outbreak of the Indians l was imminent. A COW BOT SHOOTS. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has received the following from Indian Agent Over, who is now with the Northern Cheyennes en Tongue river, Montana: Miles City, March 21,1884. Black Wolf’s band burned down An derson’s ranch. A cow boy shot an In dian. The cause is unknown. Particu lars will be sent by mail. Great excite ment prevails. I am afraid of trouble. There is no mail or telegraph station nearer than sixty-live miles. KILLED BY THKIR FATHER. A Probable Solution to the Murder of the Children at McKean, Augusta, March 22. — The preliminary investigation nearMcßean into the killing of four negro children iastens suspicion on Ed Dowse, their father, who is re ported to be a rather worthless sort of man. He was trying to raise crops and found it difficult to get provisions for his family. He had doubts as to whether the children were his, and it is suspected that he killed them merely to get rid of supporting them. Dowse has been arrest ed and is in jail at Waynesboro. KIDDED BY CARS AT AVGUSTA Capt. Cunningham’s Horse Places Him into the Jaws of Death. Augusta, March 22.— Capt. Thomas Cunningham, an old gentleman, while trying to drive across the Georgia Rail road track this morning seven miles above this city, was run over and killed by an accommodation train. His head was nearly severed from his body. His horse, which balked on the track, was lit erally torn to pieces. Mr. Bethune’s Will Piled. New Yoke, March 22.—The will of the late John G. Betbune, manager of the Blind Tom combination, was filed for probate today in the Surrogate’s office. The instrument was executed in Wash ington in January last. It gives all his estate to his father, Janies N. Betbune, of Virginia, but in case of the latter’s death the estate is to be divided between the de cendent’s sisters. The decedent says that he has made no provision for the woman calling herself Mrs. Bliza Bethune, and declares that she is not his legal wile. KHARTOUM’S DREAD FATE 0.000 REBELS ENCOMPASSING THE TOWN. General Gordon Making Grave Prepa rations Against Unconquerable Odds— Halfaya Gallantly Relieved by a Force of 1,800 Men—Only Two Lives Lost—Clifford Lloyd Liberates 185 Untried Prisoners. London, March 22. —A dispatch from Khartoum dated March 14 says: “Six thousand rebels face the Palace on the right hank of the Nile. They recently fired upon 300 blacks who were sent down the river for wood and killed 100 of them. Gen. Gordon states that the garrison at Kassala is holding out strongly. G‘eu. Gordon restricts himself to the defense of Khartoum, owing to the assembling of the rebels in this district. Produce con tinues to enter Khartoum from the south, southwest and southeast. Gen. Gordon has armed many of the inhabitants, hut they can do hut little against the mass of rebels fronting Khartoum.” A BRILLIANT VICTORY AT HALFAYA. I'he expedition to relieve Halfaya con sisted of 1,260 men in three steamers. The men were concealed in the holds to avoid the fire of the Arabs on the hanks of the river. The expedition returned to Khar toum, having rescued the garrison, raised the siege and captured many cattle and arms. The expedition lost only two men. There was great rejoicing over the victory and an enthusiastic demonstration in honor of Gen. Gordon. Gen. Gordon will attack- the Arabs opposite the town on March 20. PRISONERS’ SHACKLES SIROKEN. Cairo, March 22.—Clifford Lloyd, Un der Secretary of the luterior, has ordered the release of 125 untried prisoners con fined in jails at Assiout and Esnet. Some of them have been imprisoned for years. ROBBED IN AX AVGUSTA BANK. $2,500 Extracted From a Money Satcbel —The Robbers Probably Captured. Augusta, Ga., March 22. —To-day one of the boldest bank robberies ever heard of was committed in this city, by which Richard D. Crocker, bookkeeper at the Commercial Bank, was robbed of $2,500. He had been making exchange collec tions from other hanks and had gone into the National Bank for that purpose, and had partly opened a satchel containing over $3,000 to receive money, when two strangers entered the bank. One re mained in the rear while the other showed Mr. Crocker a check and asked if that was the Georgia Railroad Bank. Mr. Crocker partly turned around and told him that it was a few doors below. The man then asked a few more questions and then went out with his companion. As soon as they lelt Mr. Crocker dis covered that he had been robbed, and tried to overtake them, but they had disappeared. All points were notified by telegraph to look out for them. This afternoon the conductor of the Port Royal train, which left here at 1:40 o’clock, tele graphed from Allendale that he had ar rested t-V0 men who answered the J*_ SCiiption and who had hoarded the train outside of the city. They were searched and a number of cheeks and a great many keys lotnd, hut no money. A special train lef; to-night for Allendale with bank officials and police to identify them, and if they are the right ones they will be brought back to Augusta. These are probabiy the men who “worked” the Macon l*uiks Thursday. A telegram was received from Allendale at midnight say ing that the train had left for Augusta with the suspected men. DEFINING THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Ergot In Hay Said to be the Cause of the Trouble In Kansas. Kenosho Falls, Kan., March 22. The following veterinary surgeons have been in consultation here and have made a thorough examination into the alleged foot and mouth disease among the cattle of thi§ locality: l>r. Beatty, of the Breed ers’ tfixzette, of Chicago-, Hi. D. E. Salmon, veterinarian tor the Department, of Agri culture; Dr. M. Thrumbower, of Sterling, 111.; Dr. George C- Faville, of the Colorado State Agricultural College; Dr. E. E. Ilaz zard, an old Scotch surgeon, now of Lex ington, Ky.; Dr. Harris, of Lex ington, Ky., and Dr. Stocker, of lowa. These gentlemen are positive that they have discovered the source of the trouble and all agree that it is not epizootic aphtha, lacking mauy important symptoms of that dis ease; it is not lack of care, neither is it alkali water. It is no contagious dis ease whatever, as not anew case has ap peared for a week in the infected herds, although the weather has been moist and warm. ERGOT IN**HAY THE CAUSE. Dr. Salmon says that as sooti as he saw the cattle he thought of ergot, and they proceeded to examine the hay. It con tained a large amount ot wild rye, which was full of ergot. All the surgeons say that they never saw one-twentieth part as much ergot in a bunch of feed. The theory is that the ergot, by contracting the blood vessels and otherwise retarding circulation in the extremities, caused the feed to freeze. W’bile many do not give lull faith to the verdict of these experts, it was thought to be the duty of the com munity, in justice to the people of other sections, to act in accordance with their decision. A DISEASE IN IOWA. Keokuk. la., March 22.—A disease, pronounced to be the foot and mouth, is prevalent in Van Buren county, la. LABOR AND CAPITAL. The Buffalo Courier Again In Trouble with its Compositors. Buffalo, N. Y.. March 22.—Sixteen of the new men who recently took the place of the striking compositors on the Courier left their cases to-day at noon, Mr. Mc- Cune, the proprietor, was out of town. Other compositors have been telegraphed for, and no great inconvenience is antici pated, as a fair number remained. KAILWORKKRS OVER-PERSUADED BY STRIKERS. Ware it am, Mass., March 22.—The French Canadian nailers employed by the Warcham Nail Company to take the place of the striking nailers have been in duced by the strikers to return to Canada. The factory has shut down. STRUNG UP BY LYNCHERS. A Kansas Murderer Taken from Jail and Swung into Eternity from a Bridge. Kansas City, March 22.—A dispatch trom Marysville, Kansas, says: “About forty masked men went to the jail here last night and five of them entered the Jailer’s residence, presented revolvers, and compelled him to open the jail doors. Samuel Frayer, convicted of the murder John Bennington and wife, was taken out, conducted to the wagon bridge in the southern part of the town, and hanged. He is said to have made a full confession, stating that he had no accomplices in the murder. The mob was very quiet, and dispersed as soon as the work was done. Bisliop Kavanaugh’s Funeral. Louisville, Ky., March 22.—The fu neral services over the late Bishop Kava naugh took place in the Broadway Meth odist Church here to-day. The sermon was preached by Bishop McTyeire.of Nash ville. The body was not brought to the church, but after the services, in which all the Methodist ministers in the city participated, was taken from the vault where it had been placed and buried in Cave Hill Cemetery. Mr. Billups Guarding His Seat. New York, March 22.—Jacob P. Billups, a member of the firm of J. P. Billups & Cos., cotton brokers, who failed recently, has procured an injunction from the Superior Court restraining the New York Cotton Exchange from selling or disposing in any way of the seat or mem bership of Mr. Billups in the Exchange. BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. A Receiver Appointed for the Ameri can Ship-Building Company. Philadelphia, March 22.—Upon ap plication by R. C. Dale and Samuel Dick son to-day, Judge Mitchell, in the Court of Common Fleas No. 2, appointed a receiver to take charge of the affairs of the Ameri can Sbip-builtiing Company, whose yard is located at the port of Richmond. The appointment was the result of a bili in equity filed by the Bank of New York, to which the ship-building company was in debted in the sum of $150,000, and it was for the protection ol the creditors of the company that the proceeding was taken. Judge Mitchell appointed ex-Commander Gorringe as Receiver, and, as the com pany is doing a prosperous business, the suspension, it is expected, will be hut temporary. Thomas Hart, Jr., appeared in behalf of the company and assented to the appointment. The business of the com pany will he continued by the receiver and all contracts carried out. A BANK SUSPENDS. Denver. March 22.—The National State Bank of Bonlder suspended this morning after a short run. The failure has for a longtime been anticipated. The failure of the State National Bank of Boulder, Col., is attributed to the loan ing of large sums on real estate, the security on which is deemed ample, but upon which it was unable to realize speedily enough to assist iu this crisis. The bank owes its depositors about SIOO,- 000. No orookedncoo 10 charged and tho hank will undoubtedly he able to pay in full if its affairs are judiciously handled. KAISER WILLIAM'S BIRTHDAY. Thousands of People Besieging the Royal Paluce at Berlin. Berlin, March 22.—T0-day is the eighty-seventh anniversary of the Empe ror William’s birthday, and is observed as a complete holiday. The buildings throughout the country are decked with flags. Thousands of people are thronging about the palace. Nearly all the German Princes are present. The first congratu latory telegram received was from Queen Victoria. The Emperor appeared at a window of the palaee, whereupon the multitude, who thronged ( the streets,saluted him with enthusiastic and long continued cheers.* BISMARCK’S CONGRATULATIONS. Prince Bism arete drove to the palace through cheering crowds and at the head ot the Ministry offered his congratulations to the Emperor. Later he paid a second visit at the head of a deputation of the Prussian nobility. The ceremony of mounting the guard was at tended by the principal military and naval officers of Berlin in full uniform. The watchword for the day is “Long live His Majesty the Emperor and King.” The Emperor has appointed Capt. von Seckendorff, of the navy, his principal aide-de-camp. This is the first time this honor has gone to the navy. RAVAGES OF THE FLAMES. An Electric Candle Factory and Lard Refinery Burned. New York, March 22.—The factory of the Electric Candle Company and lard refinery were destroyed by a fire to-night, that was kept with difficulty from en croaching upon the surrounding property. The loss is $300,000, nothing being saved from the wreck. It is insured in forty or more companies, amounting to $150,000. A stock company had control of the candle factory, of which U. K. Thurber is President. A GROCERY BURNED. JaSper, Fla., March 22.—Fletcher Brothers’ barroom and grocery store at Statenville station was burned this morn ing. Nothing was saved. A HANDLE FACTORY BURNED. Ch attanooga, March 22.—The Ten nessee Hanoi*. Company’6 factory in this city was burnea tqi s morning. The loss is $13,000, and the insurance SB,OOO. THE RATE WAR E-x^ D Louisville and Nashville and the Other Roads Come to an Agreement. New York, March22.—President Bald win, of the Louisville and Nashville road, states that the Chesapeake and Ohio, East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia and tke Louisville and Nashville Railroad Companies have come to terms for busi ness in their respective sections on a poll ing basis, and full rates have been re stored, taking effect after the sailing of the steamers to-day. MR. DORSEY NOTIFIED. Augusta, Ga., March 22.—A dispatch from Virgil Powers,General Commission er ol the Railroad Pool, to E. R. Dorsey, of the Georgia Railroad, states that it has been agreed by all parties to restore rates on Monday next to all Southern points to the same figures as before the break. FI RE-E ATI NG HERDERS. PnbliciTands in Nebraska Fenced in and Heath Threatened Anyone who Ob jects. Washington, March 22.—1n his re port to the Commissioners ot the General Land Office, George W. Fairchilds, Depu ty United States Surveyor for Nebraska, says that all the agricultural land in that section has been fenced iu by cattle men. Their ranges extend t for huriclrsd* of miles, and wire fences enclosing all de sirable public lands, and even water courSes, are posted at intervals with notices threatening death to any person opening them. The herders assert that they hold these lands under the desert land and timber culture laws. The result is a complete check to persons# seeking to make homestead settlements. C.\RPENTER ACCJUITTED- Pretty Zora Barns’ Blood Pronounced by the Jury Not on His Hands. Chicago. 111., March 22.—A dispatch from Petersburg says: "The trial of O. A. Carpenter for the murder of Zora Burns has resulted in the acquittal of the accused. The case was given to the jury last evening and they spent the night in deliberation. The Judge was notified early this morning that a verdict had been aereed upon and the court was (opened without delay. The jurors quickly filed into their places and the foreman an nounced that they had found the prisoner not guilty. The accused maintained his composure throughout, and upon being discharged from custody, left the court room surrounded by his friends.” MONEY STEEPED IN BLOOD. Part of Herr Most's Fnnds Said to Have Come from Apsasginff. Vienna, March 22.—The police have evidence proving that some of the money stolen from Herr Eisert, who was mur dered several weeks ago, was sent by An archists to Herr Most, who is now in America. A French Protectorate in Madagascar. Paris, March 22.—A petition has been received by the government from the Frenchmen of Reunion and Maurtius urging that the present situation of affairs in Madagascar be terminated, as it is dis astrous to French commerce. The peti tion advocates a French protectorate over the island. A Sait for 810,000 Over the Loss of the Coiambus. Boston, March 22.—James T. Joslyn, counsel for the administrator of the estate of the late George E. Goddard, of Stowe, one of the victims of the City of Columbus disaster, has entered suit against the Bos ton and Savannah Steamship Company for SIO,OOO damages. Sir Northcote Loses his Voice. London, March 22. —Sir Stafford North cote, Conservative leader in the House ot Commons, has lost his voice from the ef fects of a severe cold. CLEVELAND’S BRAVERY. SIGNING THE ROOSEVELT BILL TO HIS OWN IiOSS. Tammany’s Threat of Vengeance Failed te Deter Him from Following the Path His Conscience Dictated—Postmaster Pearson’s Order—Two Stories Abont Matthew Arnold. Correspondence of the Mominq S'evcs. New York, March 20.—8 y signing the Roosevelt bill, putting appointments in the hands of the Mayor alone, Gov. Cleve land has proved that he had rather be right than be President. He made the bill a law in the face of the outspoken threat of Tammany Hall to sacrifice the Presidential ticket next November to the interests of its local candidates. Unless Tammany undergoes a change of heart within the next six months, which is not much more likely than the leopard chang ing his spots, Cleveland, should he he nominated bv the Democratic Chicago Convention, could not carry hi 9 own State, and he knew this when he signed the Roosevelt bill. Whether one approves of the bill or not, one cannot help admiring a man who thus has the courage of his convictions. No one act in Cleveland’s career has proved him so worthv Of the l’residency than that which made the Roosevelt bill a law. In deed, his act is almost without a parallel in our political history. He sacrificed himseli and a noble ambition to what he believed to bo tho oaueo of good govern ment ip the metropolis of the Western world. He will doubtless follow up his first step with the signature of the hills which are the corollaries of that affecting the Mayor—those providing for the election of the Comptroller and for the President of the Board of Aldermen, and prohibiting the present Mayor from making appoint ments to the offices which became vacant before his successor takes his place. He will probably, too, still further bait the Tammany tiger by removing Sherifl Davidson" for irregularities, which, to be sure, were countenanced by custom, and, if alter doing all this, he should be able to make friends with the mammon of un righteousness and conciliate the Kelly faction, his astuteness would deserve almost as much praise as his honesty. The Times did a good turn to Governor Cleveland and the Democracy in its issue of to-day. Its Albany dispatch has this to say of John J. O’Brien, the leader of the New York city Republicans: “What would be characterized as blackmail in the ordinary routine of affairs, becomes political pressure when associated with his name. * * * He is surrounded oy ex-members and ex-officers oi the Legisla ture who can scent carrion quite as far as O’Brien himself. * * * In these latter days of O’Brien’s declining politi cal power the grand old party is being worked for all it is worth by this choice specimen of the East side slums.” When the foremost Republican paper in the country uses this language regarding the leader of the party iu the chief city in the country, the prospect of the “swallow tail” lamb lying down next autumn with the “short-hair” lion is not encouraging. The crushed worm may uirn and the s Wiiiiow-taiis vote Democratic. THE NEWSPAPERS HAVE BEEN MAKING GREAT ADO over an order of Postmaster Pearson re quiring the holders of money orders to prove their identity before the amount called for is paid to them. This a stran ger in the city olten cannot do, and the requirement ’ is • productive of incon venience and loss of time to those who can comply with it. The devil, however, is not so black as he is painted, and I had comparatively little trouble the other day when I went to the general post office to get an order cashed. Of course when I presented the order I w as told toget6ome one kuown to the postal officials to cer tify as to my identity. I met this demand by showing an envelope addressed to me. “Anybody can get hold of an old envelope,” said the Fed eral officer with a dissatisfied air. I then showed him my card and talked in the tone of one having author ity, and at the end of five min„to g he gave mo an order on the cashier for ehp re quired amount. This involved my taking my station at the end of a line of persons who were on the same errand as myself. The line, however, was much shorter than it ordinarily is, and within fifteen minutes from the time I entered the post office I received my money. It may have been that my being a news paper man helped mein breaking through the red tape, for I saw several unfortu nate women turned away because they had no one to identify them; but a confi dent tone and assured manner will doubt less enable anyone to get an order cashed without going' through the trouble of get ting themselves identified. Nevertheless, I advise those of your readers who may visit New York while this identification requirement is in force to have their re mittances from home sent to them in some other way than by postal money order. If a money order is sent to them, let it be made payable at the postal station nearest to the hotel or house where they stay. While this would not solve the identifica tion problem, it would enable them to avoid the crowd and delay of the general post office. For the same reason, money orders should be made payable at a sta tion rather than the general office, even when Postmaster Pearson’s rule requiring identification becomes a dead letter. This will be a long way in the future, for so much money has been paid to the wrong persons, and so great has been the loss to the postal department, that the rule will be adhered to as long as it proves a pro tection. THE PRACTICE OF DRINKING HOT WATER as a preliminary to eatiac has spread among fashionable and has be come a perfect mania. On every side one hears of persons well known in society yielding themselves to the “hot water mania.” One of the Astors is conspicu ous as a believer in the efficacy of boiled croton as an aid to digestion, and he has converted many of his friends to his way of thinking. Hot water is considered not only a cure for dysiiepsia, but a panacea for nearly all the ills flesh is heir to, and all sorts and conditions of invalids drink it. People* too, who have nothing the matter with them drink it, apparently on the principle that it is a preventive as well as cure-all. One is reminded by the latter of Mr. Pickwick, in Dickins’ delighttul novel, who every time he drank the bath waters remarked that he felt very much better. This announcement naturally gave his friends great delight, although they had supposed him to be in the best of health to begin with. Between sick and well drinking hot water lor the stomach’s sake, no break fast table in any well established house hold is without Us pot of boiled croton, while the more particular use distilled water. At the rate the mania is spread ing the near future may find the hostess at dinner parties offering her guests a cup of hot water as the first course of the meal. TWO NOT HALF BAD (as the English would say) stories are being told about Matthew Arnold. He was invited by Education Commissioner Wood to visit the Normal College. The Commissioner called, as was his custom when a distinguished stranger was pres ent, on the members of the crack class in the college to show their literary taste by reciting poetry for the poet of sweetness and light. The girls had anticipated both the visitor and the request, and were primed for the occasion. They all, with one or two exceptions, recited selections from Mr. Arnold’s verses. Commissioner Wood, being a Scotchman, did not see through the joke and gravely congratu lated Mr. Arnold on the compliment which had been paid to him. Mr. Arnold, more acute, estimated the compliment at its true worth. The second story was originally told at the last social gathering Mr. Arnold at tended in this city, but probably not to him. According to what is most likely a fable, a very heavy woman, not un known in society here, was awakened one night by the bed being shaken. She look ed down at the floor and saw a man’s head emerging from under the bed. Courage ous in the weight of 240 pounds Mrs. rolled out of bed upon the unfortunate j PRICE 910 A TEAR. 1 i 5 CENTS A COPY. \ man, who was, by the way, a negro. “What’s your name?” she asked, as he lay crushed beneath her. In stifled ac cents the negro replied, “Matthew Ar nold !” D. INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS. A Reform Association to be Formed by Them at Chicago. Chicago, March 22.—The call for the formation of an Independent Republican Association was made public here to-day. it is indorsed by fifty leading citizens, comprising the most prominent business and professional men of Chicago, and it is expected to increase the list to 5,009. It is as follows: The undersigned, citizens of Chicago, are members of the Republican party, at tached to its past and hopeful of its fu ture; its victory at the next election, in their opinion, depends upon that element in the party which, by reason of its inde pendence of action and its patriotic mo tives, has in its hands the party’s success at the pons. They believe that’it is essen tial this year to nominate for Presidency and Vice Presidency men who are commit ted to the work of "administrative reform and the total removal of the spoils system and bossism from public life, and they are convinced that the Independent Repub licans will refuse to vote for candidates whose records, characteis and opin ions do not illustrate these principles. They feel that there should be an organization in this city to represent these views, and they in vite all Republicans in sympathy with this movement to unite with them in the formation of an Independent Republican Association of Chicago. Among the sign ers are N. K, Fairbanks. A. A. Sprague, William T. Baker, A. C. McClurg, Frank lin McVeagh, Murray Nelson, Henry W. King, M. I>. Wells and Henry Field. A DRUGGIST KILLS HIMSELF. Detected in Shipping Goods Felonious ly a Few Hours Before. ’ Denver, March 22.—James B. John son, of St. Joseph, Mo., committed sui cide here this morning by shooting him self. Johnson ran two drug stores, one at Salt Lake City and the other at Pilkin, Col., having partners in each. He spent most of his time in St. Joseph, occupying desk room in the wholesale drug store of Smith, Vannatta & Cos., from whom he bought most of his goods. A few days ago it was discovered that Johnson had fe loniously shipped away goods aggregat ing several thousand dollars. He was accused and confessed his guilt, and at the tinre of the shooting was in company with Yannatta, en route to Salt Lake City, for the purpose of transferring hi 6 stores to indemnify the firm from loss. THE LOUISIANA FLOOD. The Water Falling anil the Worst Prob ably Over. New Orleans, March 22.—The only break reported to-day was near Maj. Bradford’s place just below the Delta. At Vicksburg the river is an inch above the mark of 1882. At Baton Rouge it has risen 2k inches, and is now 2 inches below tie highest point of 1882. No progress has been made in closing the Mulatto bayou levee. A number of steamers are engaged in rescuing people and saving the stock in the overflowed sections. At St. Joseph, La., the water is three inches above the rise of 1882. A CORPSE IN BAD HANDS. Intoxicated Negroes Upset the Coffin of a Small-pox Patient. John Schroeder, an undertaker, says a New Albany, Ind., special of the 20th inst. to the New Y'ork World, employed! two colored men, Nathan 'Williams and Cleman Johnson, last night to bury the body of Mrs. James Horn, who died oi small-pox. The negroes came to the undertakers at night, got the coffin and demanded $lO for their services. Fearing, they worn* drunk, Schroeder refused to pay the money u,.ai thu vd, but gave them fifty cents lu buy disin fectant to ward off disease. With this money the negroes got drunk and were found by a policeman after midnight in a drunken stupor. They had placed the coffin In a wagon and started to the country, but on their way upset the wa*qm and threw the corpse out on the pave ment. If the wagon had not upset they would have driven into the river. While the corpse was lying on the sidewalk A couple of negroes stumbled over the coffin in the dark. Schroeder sent men after midnight to the scene and had the body buried. The negroes will be prosecuted. The Pension Appropriation Bill. Washington, March 22.—The House Committee on Appropriations to-davcom pleted consideration of the pension appro priation bill. The measure appropriates $20,614,400, and provides that any balance of the appropriation for the current fiscal year that may remain unexpended June 30, 1884, shall be reappropriated. This balance is estimated at $60,000,000. The estimates of the Pension Bureau for the next fiscal year were $40,000,000, in addi tion to the unexpended balance at the close of the current fiscal year. Trouble in Crete. Athens, March 22.—Greece is fanning the excitement in Crete and party feeling is running high. The British Consul at Candia has refused to receive a memorial submitted by the Mussulmans of the island against Photiadas Pasha being Governor. The memorialists oppose him because he is a Christian. Disastrous Competition. Hoboken, March 22.—Large receipts of Chicago dressed beef have prostrated the business of slaughtering cattle in this sec tion, and slaughter houses in Jersey City and Hoboken, which employ over 200 butchers, have been closed. The butchers have formed a protective association and appointed a committee to confer with the New Y’ork association so that a concerted movement can be made to crowd Chicago dressed meat out of the market. Fifteen Injured on the Kail. Minneapolis, Minn., March 22.— An up passenger train on the Milwaukee Road ran into an immigrant train at Red wing at noon to-day, wrecking two coaches’and an engine. About fifteen per sons were injured, some seriously, but none fatally. Santa Domingo's Fx-President Dead. Havana, March 22.—Buenaventura Boez, ex-President of Santo Domingo, died on the 4th inst. at Ilormequero, near Mavaquez, l’orto Rico. He was 75 years old. He left a fortune estimated at $2,500,- 000. ’ An Appeal to the House of Lords. London, March 22.— Mr. Lawes, the sculptor, a judgment against whom for £5,000 for libeling Mr. Belt, a fellow sculptor, was reaffirmed a few days ago by the Court of Appeals, will appeal against the verdict to the House ot Lords. Augustus Schell Sinking. New York, March 22.—Augustus Schell, for many years a prominent Demo cratic politician, and who has been in bad health recently, is to-night reported rapidly sinking. German Anarchists Must Leave Swit zerland. Bkrnb, March 22.—The Swiss Federal Council has decided to expel lour Ger man anarchists from the country. Four now passenger coaches for the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key VV’est Rail road arrived at Jacksonville Friday. Henry’s Carbolic Salve. The best salve used in the world tor Cuts, Bruises, Piles, Sores, Ulcer- Salt Rheum, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all kinds of Skir Eruptions, Freckles, and Pimples. The Salve is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction in every case. Be sure you get Henry’s Carbolic Salve, as all others are , but imitations and counterfeits.