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i ESTABLISHED 1850. I
t J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor. |
GEORGIA AND^ FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IX PARAGRAPHS.
Death from Drinking the Milk of a
Rabid Cow in Gwinnett County—A
Tragic Drowning near Dublin—Brutal
Treatment of a Youthful Son by a
Washington County Negro.
GEORGIA.
\ 11.; acock 2j years old died in Whitfield
county the other day.
\ young lady of Pleasant Grove, in Whit
field county, has a quilt containing 9,000
Wdliain T. Fairelotli Is announced as a
candidate for Representative of Wilcox
county.
At a business meeting of Spring Creek
Methodist t hnrch, on the 7th inst., it was re
solved to establish a camp ground.
A lady living a few miles from < larksville is
the owner of a lamb six weeks old, that weighs
20 pounds, is is inches high and is being nur
tured by hand.
A tiost office has been established at Itounaa
ville's Mill, in Floyd county, and has been
named “Rounsaville,” m honor of .1. W.
Kounsaville. W. V. Uoss is Postmaster at
the new office.
I.utitia smith, the white girl down in Ogle
thorpe, who is thought to have killed her
child, m guarded al her home, not being able
as yet to carried to jail. She is thought to
lie going deranged.
The store of Fricks Bros., al Rising Fawn,
Dade county, was entered by thieves last Sat
urday night, and the safe blown open and
robbed of ii'-J. Two unknown white men
who have been lurking about the store were
arrested on suspicion.
I ’forge Smith, who killed Cum street, at
Cole l it\’, Dade county, atsiut two vears ago,
and subsequently escaped from jail', was shot
three times by a posse of men near Jasper,
Tenn.. last Sunday afternoon, who were en
deavoring to arrest him. lie made his es
cape, but it is thought lie is badly wounded.
The West Point En'trririm says' "Maria
Rouse, a regress just from Liberia, got off the
train here Tuesday. She says she left Ala
bama about seven years ago with over sixty
others, that they led a miserable life in Li
beria, that there’was much sickness and that
all who went there are dead except ten; only
two making enough to get back to their dear
old home."
The stockholders of the Kaglo and I‘henix
Mill at Columbus have, by a vote of 0,703
shares against 2,227 shares, granted authority
to the directors to build and equip No. 4 mill
w henever, in their judgment, it can lie done
without increasing the capital stock; and,
provided it can lie done without embarrass
ment to the operations and financial position
of the company.
Adam Cooper, a negro of Washington
county, a few days ago called his 9-vear-old
boy to him, tied his wrists firmlv together with
a strong rope, lashed him furiously until blood
flowed freely from wounds on back, face and
other portions of the hoy's person, absolutely
tore the entire nail from one of the box 's
thumbs, and left him tied in this condition for
one whole day. The rope was festering in the
flesh of the wrists w hen someone eame to the
rescue of the boy. The father bad charged
the boy with some petty theft before he en
tered on his fiendish work. The father is un
der arrest, and the boy will he hound out to
some respectable white person.
The Board of Examiners for the purpose of
examination ol applications for the drug
business of the State met in the rooms of Bibb
i ounty superior < ourt at Macon. Thursday.
Tlie following members were present: lr. E.
Barry, Chairman, Augusta; .I.s. Pembert m,
Atlanta; I. legal-. Macon; O. Butler. Sa
vannah; E Zacharias, 'cc-clarv, < olinwbus.
The following were applicants; E M. Wheat,
• olumbus; ( . F. Lary, Rome; W. B. Fincher,
Rome; Itobt. C. <>rr, Macon; !.. Cowls. Macon:
W. 11. Jones. Macon. A motion was second
ed and carried that prosecution lie entered
against all those who are amenable to the law
and who have not applied.
Gainesville K ijh: “Matt Strickland, a
negro woman of low repute, who resides on
Summit street, in this city, was fearfully cut
by some unknown party on Tuesday night
last. It seems that she had been uptown,
and invited a negro woman of like character
as herself home with her to spend the night,
anil while they and their paramours who bad
accompanied them were together the dark
ami bloody deco was committed. The gash is
in the forehead, above the eyes, nearlv sever
ing the top of the head from’the base. After
the attempt was made to decapitate her. the
would-bt murderer recanted from carrying
out the dark deed, and tr.ed to stop the flow
of blood by daubing the gash with soot. This
restored partial consciou-uess to the unfor
tunate victim, and she tells the substance of
what we have written with her own lips,
save who it was that did the cutting, she is
still alive as we go to press, but grave doubts
arc entertained as to ber recovery. The ease
is in the hands of the police, and will be fer
reted out."
franklin V, a<:: “Considerable'excitemcnt
was created in town last Saturday over the
development of the Brown robber} matter.
House aud Cox were arrested by Detective
Pittman, and t ox was bound over by the lit -
ting of his boots to the tracks, while House,
nothing being brought to bear that would
connect him with it, was released. The grand
iii- found a true bill against Cox. and as he
. oiild not make bond, lie was put in jail. Mr.
Pittman being -ati-iied in lu-own mind that
1 1 .• w a-connected witli*tlie robber-.. deter
mined to find out; so he sent to Atlanta for
one of his associated! tertives, Mr. .1. 1.. Gleer.
who, when he arrived, was pm in jail under
the pretended charge of horse thieving—no one
Mi-mecting that anything was up. After lie
bud remained in jail a while he showed Cox
that he had a key that would unlock the door,
and told him that they would get out and run
away the next night, whereupon Cox dis
closed to him the w hole matter. House lias
occn re-arrested, aud is now in jail awaiting
trial before the court of inquiry next Mon
day
Law renceviile April s; "Alwml a
month ago a cow lieionging to Mr. Henrv
Mathews, who lives on the Chattahoochee,
near Strickland Ferry, was bit by a rabid dog
and subsequently went mad and hail to he
killed. Within a short time three of Mr.
Matthews’ children were taken sick, and one
of them, the youngest, has been lying totallv
tincouscious for three weeks mid died last
Sunday. The other two are very low and it
is hardly probable that they will live.
It is ’ generally believed in the
neighborhood that the sickness of
these children was caused by drink
ing the milk from the cow while she was af
fected with hydrophobia. At the time she
was hit and before the family suspected that
anything was the matter, the cow was milked
anil the children allowed to drink it, and it
was probably used by other members of the
family. It is’a little remarkable that only the
children were affected, but from the fact that
they were all taken about the same time, aud
are’ similarly affected and the peculiarity of
the disease, the conclusion is pretty well set
tled in public opinion that the disease was
produced from the condition of the cow.
Henry Gorily anil fa young man named
Graham drove a team of horses and a yoke
..f oxen on to a flat to cross the river at Dub
lin. When about fifteen feet from the bauk
the oxen commenced • backing, ami nushing
the wagon on the team behind, shoved them
into the river. The doomed man occupied
a chair in his wagon when the accident
occurred. As the land wheels left the flat
the wagon tilted upward, thrownm the occu
pant backward in the water. The Dublin Pont
continues: “Help! I cannot swim.” were the
last words of the deceased as he sank from
view, but he called in vain. The ferryman,
old and decrepit, could render no a--i-taure.
Graham was no swimmer, and >. L. Weaver,
who w as ou the bank, has seen too many win
ters td brave so swift a current. As the
drowning man arose to the surface the second
time, Frank Smith, colored, attracted bv the
noise, made his appearance and plunged’ into
the water to effect a rescue, liut before he
could reach the struggling man tlie waters
closed over him and only a few blubhles re
mained to tell the story. In the meantime
the ferryman shifted the flat around where
the horses were struggling in the water, and
ultitig them loose from the wagon, landed
them safely on the bank. The wagon and a
portion of its contents were also recovered.
1 lie body was recovered. The deceased was
23 or 24 years of age, and resided with his
mother-in-law, Mrs. John Maddox, seven
miles from 1 itiblin, on the Dublin and W rights
v die road. He married 2 years ago and leaves
a wife and child.
Macon TeUjraph and J fetstnoer: “It is well
know u that in the dry counties of Georgia tlie
most popular method of obtaining supplies of
whisky is by the jug line. This js especially
soon Christinas, when thousands of jugs are
. x, re--‘-d to people who must have something
cumulating. The Gnited states authorities
have In'on looking into the matter, and arrived
at the conclusion that the express agents at
the towns of the dry counties should take out
a license for retailing spirituous liquors be
cause they receive the l. O. I). charges. To
make a test ca.-e. Deputy Marshal \V. If.
i -c.irx was cel it down the Macon and Rrttns
wu-k Railrned to work up a case and present
it. He arrived yesterday afternoon with Mr.
John Gill, the express agent at McVdle, hav
ing arrested him on a warrant charging hint
with retailing spirituous liquors without a li
vein-e. Mr. Gill gave a temporary bond Tor
his appearance before Commissioner Has
kins tli - morning, when District Attorney
Darnell will be present. In a conversation
with Marshal t'seary. who -pollt considerable
time in working up the case, he said that the
jug business was not as square as it looked to
be. and that there was considerable crooked
uoss in it. As an illustration be says that
John smith, living in ouc of those towns,
-end- to a w holesale liquor dealer in Macon
for five gallons of whisky. He instructs the
dealer to put up that amount in one gallon
jugs and address them to certain names,
w inch are fictitious, at that place, and to be
scut < .O. i>. When a man applies to John
-.citU for a gallon of whisky and is knowndo
tie alljright, an order is given to the express
agent for a jag addressed to so-and-so. The
man pays the express charges and a certain
amount more, anil takes the jug. This cer
tain amount is then divided l>etweeu John
smith and the express ageut. In the case of
Mr. Gill we do not know that any such charge
js the above i- made. As we take it, his is a
t.-i> :n w lii. li this oue point •involved: Shall
he lie required to take out a retail license for
delivering jug.-' of whisky and collecting
the C. O. I), hill: It is claimed that this de
livering of a gallon of Whisky by an express
sun-iit and collecting pay for it constitutes a
i ale of whisky, and lienee a retailer's license
should lie taken out, even if the whisky is sent
to the parties by wholesale dealers who have
paid tins license m Bibb or the county in
which tiieir store is situated. If we do uot
mistake, a similar ease was heard by Commis
sioner IV. W. Brown, who is among the best
posted revenue men in Georgia, and he de
cided that the sale was made in Macon, and
the mere delivery and collection in other
counties did not constitute a sale of whisky.
We shall await the ruling of Commissioner
Haskins this morning.”
irk sl} anting Hem
FLORIDA.
deflcrsoii county post otlice is uo longer
W llliamsburg, but AuctUa.
John F. Tyler will be the new- Captain of
the Jacksonville police force.
About 2,500 crates of English peas have been
shipped North from Lake City the past week.
A Centrevjlle, near Tallahassee, farmer,
e.xoeets to begin to ship new potatoes North
in May.
W. B. Lamar has been elected Judge of
Jefferson county by a majority of sixty votes
over 142 for A. J. Turnbull.
The addition to the building of the literary
department of the State Seminary at Talla
hassee is to be erected immediately.
Daniel lievil, of Hamilton county, raised
and sold from one mare since the’ war six
colts for the aggregate sum of $2,250. The old
mother died last week at the age of 19 years.
A Democratic Campaign Club was formed
in precinct No, 11, 1 won county, last Friday-.
A motion to immediately organize was made
and carried and resulted in the election of
( apt. W. T. Cogswell, President; it. R.
Fletcher. Vice-President; G. \V. Johnson,
Second Vice-President; 11. C. Levy. Secre
tary. Canvassing Committee: E. 1, Johnson,
F. c. Wilkes, Isaiah Smith. A. U. Crowder
and J. J. Hale. Executive Committee: T. W.
Owens, G. \V. Levy, T. J. Geddie, A. K. Her
ring and N. S. Johnson.
NN m. G. M oates, of Palatka, procured a few
weeks ago 1.000 eggs of the silk worm. He has
now some 600 worms in all stages of growth,
and the eggs are being hatched daily. Many
years ago many trees of the morns multicaulis
were planted in Palatka and the immediate
vicinity, so that the gentleman finds no trouble
.n providing food for his pels. Mr. Moates
lias been an extensive traveler and lias studied
the worm in other comities. He is fully satis
fled that the industry could be made profitable
in Florida, and finds the climate tu every way
suited to their health and propagation.
A dwelling house, owned by Mrs. James
Bell, and occupied by George’ Denison, and
another owned by Mrs. Bell and occupied by J.
11. Slaughter, were burned at Fernandina
Thursday. The contents of the burned build
ings were nearly all saved. The insurance is
as follows: Mrs. James Bell on the one-story
building SI,OOO 111 the Liverpool and Lomluu
and Globe and $1,500 in the Underwriters on
the two-story building; Major Duryee had
$2.00i) in the Continental and Home’ on liis
building and estimates his loss at $1,200. The
lire is supposed to have been caused by a de
fective flue.
POPULAR CRAZES.
Same of the Curious Ideas of Invalids—
Drinking Calf’s Blood as a Cure for
Consumption—Tlie Mud-Baths, Sand-
Baths aid Blue Glass Cures,
Providence Telegram.
‘“Popular crazes,’ did you ask about,”
was the answer a well-known physician
made to a question propounded by a
Telegram reporter. "There are many
kinds of peculiar crazes, and some of the
methods people take to keep free from
disease, or rather try to, are simply ab
surd. Take, for instance, the man who
goes the year round with a pair of sea
beans tied about bis neck as a preventive
to diseases of a contagious nature. Some
wear beans, some corn, some horse chest
nuts, and others a plain piece of ribbon,
all of which are mere cases of supersti
tion. There are many who,
when suffering from a cold, will
wrap a wet sock, which they have worn
during tbe day, about their necks, and re
tire for the night. Others wear a dry
sock, and still others a piece of doth sat
urated with lamp oil. Injthe country it is a
standard remedy to wear a piece of salt
pork about one’s neck when sugering
from a sore throat. This, by the way, is
a good remedy. Some inhale the smoke
from burning cherry wood, and others
trie smoke from oak chips in an open fire,
place, as a cure for a cold in the heart and
nostrils. There are a great many per
sons who believe that when one gets a
thorough drenching with rain, or receives
wet feet, that they should not hasten to
their homes and put on dry clothes, hut
instead should let the wet clothing dry
upon them, as by so doing they believe
they will never take a cold.
"The ‘hot-water cure,’ which amounts
to a craze in points in the East, where no
breakfast is considered complete without
the addition of a cup of hot water to ‘rinse
and stimulate the stomach,’ is the latest
of a long list of odd cures. It is believed
by a great many that to take a drink of
this kind before each meal, or even a
single drink on arising each morning, will
cure the worst possible case of dyspepsia.
Speaking of odd cures and fashions, a few
ot them may be recounted. Less than ten
years ago a Parisian physician of some
note prescribed for a patient suffering
from a pulmonary complaint a cup of
fresh calf's blood after breakfast, an
other at noon, and one just before sup
per. The queer remedy proved effica
cious. The patient improved under it
rapidly, and finally became a well and
hearty person. A statement of the case
was read by the mercurial, excitable and
curiosty-loving Parisians, and started an
interest in the blood-cure that in a very
short time spread among all classes anil
became a veritable craze. Every person
in any way troubled with weak lungs be
came a convert. The slaughter houses in
the suburbs of Paris were thronged every
morning with crowds made up of all
ranks, who actually fought to procure
the blood of the dying animals. There
were delicate women and meu, old and
young, who came, some in their carriages,
attended by their servants, and some who
feebly crept along alone. The most deli
cately-organized persons and the coarsest
were on a common level, and it appears
that the uninviting looking fluid was
served impartially by brawny handed
butchers. The great majority of the pa
tients manifested no repugnance to drink
ing the fluid, and with a great many a
taste for it was developed that ran Into a
cVaving. It acted much like rum on
many, and even fowls were killed by
some who were unable to get blood
at the slaughter houses. The demand
was great, and at some places the blood
was sold at high prices, each slaughter
house having a large run of cus
tomers. who would reach the ‘pen’ where
the killing was going on as early as a a.
in. Meanwhile a hot discussion went on
in medical circles over the merits of the
cure. Many celebrated physicians were
dragged into argument, and were taken
to see cured patients. The burden of the
fessional opinion was against the were
pronouncing it nonsensical and positively
injurious rather than helpful. This craze
reached its limit in a few weeks, to the
grief of the butchers, who had reaped a
golden harvest.
"The mud found at a certain spa in
Germany, a few years ago, was discov
ered suddenly to possess remarkable medi
cal properties. It was an intensely black,
pasty, thick, odoriferous mud, but thou
sands of persons hastened from all parts
ot Europe to bathe in it. To bathe in it
was simply to be buried in it for an hour
or two, and then to spend several hours
in a tub of water to get rid of the remnis
cense. The hath is described as being
pleasant, and its curative effects, in cases
of rheumatism, gout and other diseases
are well attested. The mud was
analyzed, and was found to possess
active * properties, magnetic ar.d
chemical. The mud baths have
had their day, and are now visited bv
only a few traveling invalids, whom the
remedy does not frighten. Similar to the
mud bath is the sand bath, of which Joa
quin Miller relate a tragic story. A
party of explorers, were crossing’ the
sandy deserts, carrying six of their com
rades, ill of a peculiar disease. The sand
hath was proposed to them. They all as
sented, and were buried in the sand, their
heads alone being left above ground. In
this position they were left, chatting with
each other, their comrades having retired
for the night in a tent close by, and not
the least noise was heard. In’the morn
ing they were horrified to find that wolves
had visited the camp and eaten off each
sick man’s head level with the ground.
"The blue-glass cure is too fresh in the
public mind to need more than passiug
mention. Of the thousands and hundreds
of thousands of early believers that the
health-giving and strengthening princi
ples of the sunlight might be largely in
creased by passing rays through blue
glass, there are thousands yet rctnainiug.
"rbe sun-bath cure, the fish-oil cure
for consumption; the severely simple
diet cure for all kinds of ailments: the
celery cure for nervousness, and many
others were the beginning, more or less,
of a craze. The best principle of each is
now included In every wise physician's
array of medicines. There have been
cures for corpulence that found armies of
followers, as was attested in Byron's
time, when every man who laid claim to
lie considered a man of fashion was thin
and pale, in marked contrast to the well
rounded, comfortable-looking, modern
young man.”
President Lincoln’s largest professional
fee was one of $5,000. paid him for twice
arguing the case of thecountyof McLean
against the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany. The opinion ot the court sustained
his view of the ease, holding that the pro
vision in the charter of the company by
which its property was exempted from
taxation on the payment of a certain por
tion of its earnings was constitutional.
The Central Railroad Company owned
nearly two million acres ot land which
had been granted to it by Congress, and
the road passed through twenty-six coun
ties, so that, had the decision been ad
verse to the company. $500,000 put at in
terest would scarcely have paid the taxa
tion.
HORRORS OF POCAHONTAS
SIXTEEN MUTILATED BODIES
RECOVERED SO FAR.
Ail Torn Beyond Recognition Save by
Trinkets and Clothing—A Dinner Pail
Locked in the Arms ol One of the
Corpses—The Crowd Stands in Silent
Sorrow.
Lynchburg, Va., April 11.—After
everything had been got in readiness at
Pocahontas yesterday evening a police
force was placed on guard at the main en
trance to the mines, in order to keep back
the crowd which had been attracted by
the notice posted by Superintendent La
throp announcing that bodies could be re
claimed, and then Mining Engineer
Moody, in charge of a rescuing party, en
tered the mines to note the situation of
afl'airs. When the party emerged from
the mines it was announced to the assem
bled crowd that tbe damage was less than
had been supposed, and that little trouble
would be experienced in recovering the
bodies of the victim’s.
THE WORK OF RECOVERY.
Two bodies were recovered yesterday
in a horribly mutilated condition—those
of Boon Maxey, a white boy, and Jim
Cnm, a negro.
Th work of recovery was then post
poned until this morning, when it was re
sumed under the direction of Engineer
Moody. A still larger crowd than that of
the day previous congregated at the en
trance, and ropes had to he stretched
around to prevent too near an approach
to the entrance. The crowd, however, ob
served a proper decorum, and no undue
excitement was manifested, a spirit
great solemnity seeming to pervade the
assemblage.
IDENTIFYING THE REMAINS.*
The bodies as they were recovered were
placed in boxes in the inside of the mine
and several of them were brought out to
gether on a car. A number of miners
well acquainted with the victims were
placed at the entrance for the purpose of
identifying the bodies, if possible, but of
sixteen recovered so tjir only six have
been identified. These are:
James Grim.
I sham Maxwell.
George Maxwell.
William Slusher.
Young Jewell.
A German who was recognized by his
wife,
HORRIBLY MANGLED.
Many of the bodies are horribly man-*
gleil, some with the heads blown off,
others with arms and legs torn from tbe
sockets and with other frightful mutila
tions. An arm and a leg were found in
the main entrance, but the body to which
they belonged could not be found.
HUGGING HIS DINNER PAIL IN DEATH,
A thrill of horror passed through the
crowd of spectators in front of the mines
as the rescuing party brought out the
charred remains ot a miner with his din
ner-bucket clasped in his arms. He was
probably just partaking of his midnight
meal when the explosion hurled him into
eternity. Several miners were found with
picks in their hands, and the position of
these bodies indicates that death was in
stantaneous to all in the mine.
At 3:3o o'clock announcement was made
that no more bodies would be removed be
fore 9 o’clock Saturday morning.
QUARTERING THE DEAD MULES.
The remainder of the day was occupied
in getting out the carcases of mules,
which, being to heavy too be dragged out,
had to be quartered and taken out. Very
little excitement prevailed at the mine’s
at any time during the day. A large
crowd of men and women stood near the
entrance hoping by some familiar feature
to recognize the remains of dead relatives,
but as soon as the announcement was
made that no more bodies would be taken
out until Saturday the crowd quietly
withdrew. All the identifications to-day
were by means of clothing or articles in
the pockets. The bodies were not in any
case recognizable of themselves.
TAKIi F DISCUSSION.
No Doubt Now that No Effort at Chok
ing Off’ Will be Made.
Washington, April 11.—What attitude
will be taken by Republicans and by the
Randall tariff meu when the Morrison bill
comes up next Tuesday is a matter of
great interest. Mr. Kasson is making a
strong fight to induce the Republicans to
vote tor consideration and secure discus
sion. Some of the Randall men are also
in favor of taking up the bill. There have
been informal conferences on the subject
to-day. The Republicans cutne to no con
clusion. The Randall men's confer
ences amounted to the same thing.
They are awaiting tbeir chiefs re
turn before deciding. It seems now,
however, that the Randall men
will not vote against consideration. Mr.
Eaton, who is oue of them, said to-night ’
to the News correspondent that it would
be absurd on the part oi any Democrat to
try to prevent the tariff discussion. It
would be. he said, like schoolboys who
will not play unless they have their own
way. It would tend, he’ s.iid, to intensify
the differences among the Democrats. lie
thought that he could safely predict that
the tariff Democrats would not try to
choke off the debate. Some Republicans
are now taking the view that it would be
impolitic not to meet the Democrats, and
to stand off as if they were afraid of dis
cussing the matter.
THE MEXICAN TREATY.
An Official Note With Kegard to It.
Washington, April 10. —The Secretary
of State has sent to the Ways and Mentis
Committee an official note informing the
committee of the ratification of the Mexi
can treaty, and calling attention to a pro
vision of the treaty requiring legislation
ou the part of Congress tor carrying the
treaty into effect. The Secretary submits
the form of bill which he recommends to
the favorable consideration of the com
mittee. It provides, in effect, that when
ever the President of the United States
shall receive satisfactory evidence that
the Mexican Congress has passed Jaws on
their part to give full effect to the pro
visions of the treaty, he is authorized to
issue a proclamation declaring that be
has such evidence, and thereupon, from
date of such proclamation, the articles
enumerated in the treaty, the growth and
manufacture or produce of Mexico, shall
he introduced into the United States free
of duty so long as the treaty shall remain
in force. The bill has not yet been taken
up for .consideration by the committee,
but it will undoubtedly be reported this
session.
LANGSTON’S ALLEGED DEMAND.
No Official Information on the Subject
Received at Washington.
Washington, April 11.—The State
Department has no confirmation of the
cabled report that Minister Langston has
demanded of the Haytien Government
$400,000 as an indemnity for American
losses in the September riots or the sur
render of the mole St. Nicholas as a guar
antee that the money will be paid. The
latest communication received from Mr.
Langston on the subject is one dated De
cember 17, 1883, in which he asked for in
structions in regard to the investigation
and settlement of all American claims
based on these disturbances, and stated
that they amounted in the aggregate to
about SIOO,OOO, including not only losses
of property but also claims for damages
by reason of personal injuries and insults.
The department in reply approved the
suggestion made to Mr. Langston by
President Salomon for the establishment
of a mixed commission to adjudicate the
claims, modeled after the Egyptian in
demnity commission and similar tribunals
heretofore instituted.
Mr. Heifer’s Humiliation.
Washington, April 11.—If Mr. Keifer
could possibly be crushed he would he so
now. The report of the committee which
investigated his charges against Gen.
Boynton was adopted to-day by the House
without dissent. Even Mr. Keifei, who
was present, did not vote against it.
Messrs. Reed, Hancock of Texas, and
several others mameuvred all the morn
ing to get strength to lay the report on
the table when brought up, but their ef
forts were futile. They could not get a
corporal’s guard. Keifer next moved on
Mr. Blackburn, who is socially his friend.
He asked him to go to Speaker Carlisle
and request the latter not to recognize
Mr. Hopkins when he moved to take up
the Boynton report.' 51 r. Blackburn did
so, but slr. Carlisle said that the question
was one of the highest privilege, aud he
could not refuse recognition. So the re
port was adopted and sir. Keifer was sat
down upon.
Made Colonel by Gov. McLane.
Baltimore. April 11.—Gov. slcLane
has appointed Benj. Ulman, the well
known Hebrew citizen of Baltimore, an
aid on his staff with the rankofCelonel.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1884.
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
Boynton’s Exoneration Accomplished
Wit bout Debate.
Washington, April 11.— In the House
to-day Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, from the
Committee on Appropriations, reported
back the Senate bill authorizing the Sec
retary of the Navy to ofl'er a reward of
$25,000 tor rescuing or ascertaining the
fate of the Greely expedition. After a
brief debate, principally devoted to badi
nage bet ween Messrs. Belford, of Color
ado, and Weller, of lowa, the hill was
passed.
Mr. Hopkins, ot Pennsylvania, as pri
vileged matter, called up the resolution
declaring that the charges against 11. V.
Boynton were not sustained by the evi
dence, and that there is no ground for any
action by the House. lie stated that the
committee reporting the resolution did
not desire to debate it. Mr. Keifer, of
Ohio, author of the charges, was present,
but did uot see fit to make a speech, and
the resolution was adopted without oppo
sition.
The House went into committee ot the
whole,with Mr. Springer, of the Illinois, in
the chair, on the pension appropriation
hill. The bill appropriates $20,684,400
and reappropriates an amount estimated
at $06,000,000. The appropriations for the
current year were $120,000,000, of which
only $25,673,000 were expended during the
first half of the year.
51r. Keifer, of Ohio, advocated the policy
of raising the limit of the fee allowed to
lawyers in certain pension cases.
Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, gave notice
that he would at the proper time moVe to
strike out the second section, which limits
lawyers’ fee to $lO in cases of arrears
of pay, lost horses and bounty lauds.
After further debate and without action
the committee rose.
The Speaker then laid before the House
a message from the President, submitting
a special estimate from the Chief of Ord
nance for a permanent annual appropria
tion of slso,ooo’to provide the necessary
armament for sea coast fortifications. The
President says: “In presenting this esti
mate 1 do not think it necessary to enu
merate the considerations which make it
of the highest importance that there shall
he no unnecessary delay in entering upon
the work, which must be commensurate
with the public interest to be good, and
which will take much time.” The message
was referred, and then at f> o’clock the
House took a recess until 7:30 o’clock,
the evening session to be for the con
sideration of pension hills only.
The House in evening session passed
five pension bills, and adjourned until to
morrow.
POSTAL RECKIPTH.
The Showing Made by the Third As
sistant Postmaster General.
Washington, April 11.—The Third As
sistant Postmaster'General has prepared
the following statement of the reve
nues of the Post Office Department
for the present fiscal year: The re
turns for the first and second quarters
are complete. The figures for the third
quarter are based upon the returns from
offices returning about one-half of the
total postal revenue, and the estimate for
last quarter is based upon the returns of
the preceding quarters. Gross postal re
ceipts for the quarter, ending September
30, 1883, ascertained, $10,595,867; gross
postal receipts for the quarter ending De
cember 31,18871, ascertained, $11,15!),GIG;
gross postal revenue for the quarter end
ing March 21, 1883. Estimated from spe
cial returns received from 137 letter car
rier offices, including all the large cities,
$10,709,614; estimated gross revenue to
arise during the quarter ending June 30,
1884, $10,737,349; total estimated revenue
for the year, $43,202,440; total revenue for
the year ending June 30,1883, $45,508,092;
a falling off' in the revenue for the present
year $2,246,240.
ANOTHER COUPON CASE.
A Sample Merchant to Test the Law at
Kichinon<], Va.
Richmond, Va., April 11.—A few days
ago P. T. Moore teudered his license tax
as a sample merchant in coupons and de
manded from the City Treasurer a certifi
cate that he hade deposited coupons with
him. The Treasurer refused to receive
the coupons and to give him a certificate.
Moore then made an affidavit to thess facts
iintl handed it to the Commissioner of
Revenue and demanded a license,which the
Commissioner refused to issue. Thereupon
Moore sold goods by sample without li
cense. He was arrested and locked up in
the city jail. His counsel applied to
Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit
Court, for a writ of habeas corpus
on the ground that the law under
which he is held is unconstitutional.
Judge Bond granted the w r rit and made it
returnable before himself to-morrow
morning with a proviso that if he ( Judge
Bond) were not here then the United
States Commissioner should admit tbe
petitioner to bail until April 24.
T 1 LI>EN’S CONDITION.
The Democratic Congressional Delega
tion Promise to Settle tlie Matter.
Washington, i>. April 11.—As
heretofore indicated in these dispatches a
delegation of Democratic Congressmen
left here to-night for New York to see
Governor Tilden, with whom they have
an appointment to-morrow. “Our pur
pose in going to see Mr. Tilden,” said one
of the party to the News coprespondent
to-night, “is to ascertain for ourselves
the exact physical condition of
Mr. Tilden, so that we can state
to our friends before the State conventions
are held, first, whether he desires the
nomination or not and second whether in
our opinion his condition is such that he
can stand the worry of another Presi
dential campaign. On our return here
Monday we will all join in an authorita
tive statement, which will settle the ques
tion as far as the Democrats of tjhis
country are concerned, as to his physical
fitness and desire in the matter of the
Presidency.”
< OMM ERCIA L ( HASHES.
15. O. Dun & Co.'s Report of Failures |
for the Week.
New lokk, April 11.—The business
failures last week throughouttbe country,
as reported to li. G. Dun A Cos., number,
for the United States, 175, and for Canada
39, a total of 214, against a total of 212
last week, or nearly the identical ligures.
The distribution of casualties remains
about the same.
THE MONMOUTH BANK DEFALCATION.
Chicago, April 11.—A special from
Monmouth, 111., says: “The bank exami
ner has completed his examination of the
affairs of the collapsed National Hank,
and finds a deficit of $114,702, which is
supposed to represent the amount of
Cashier Hubbard's defalcation. Enough
good assets have been found to pay de
positors $0 per cent. If the deficit is
made good within 00 days the bank will
b#allowed to resume business. The ab
sconding cashier has not yet been found,
llis household goods were seized to-day
on an attachment.
The Lexington (O.) Cases. •
Cincinnati, April 11.— A special from
New Lexington, 0., says: “William Han
nigan, John Doran, Robert Doran and
William Blakely, on trial for assaulting
with intent to kill A. J. McDevitt, a drug
gist, who was recently mobbed and mal
treated, were declared not guilty as to the
charge, hut guilty of assault and battery.
Blakely’s sentence was reserved, as he
has already been convicted of man
slaughter for the lynching of Hickev.
The others were sentenced to 120 days i’n
jail and to pay a line of $2OO each.
All Absconder's Assets.
Steubenville, Ohio, April 11.—Rail
road Auditors Thayer and Morris have
completed the work of auditing the books
of Robert H. Turner, the absconding
agent at King’s junction. The shortage
is $11,204. It is thought that Turner took
most of the money with him. It seems
that he failed to complete a transfer of
his property to his wife, and last night on
the the suit of the Pennsylvania Company
an attachment was issued aguinst his
real estate and notice given of the gar
nishment of his money in the bank.
Petroleum V. Nasby.
D. It. Locke, Petroleum V, Nasby, edi
tor Toledo Illada, writes: “I had on a fore
finger of my right hand one of those plea
sant pets, a “ruu-round.” The finger be
came inflamed to a degree unbearable and
swollen to nearly tw ice its natural size.
A friend gave me Henry’s Carbolic
Salve, and in twenty minutes the pain
had so much subsided as to give me a fair
night’s rest, which I had not had before
for a week. The inflammation left the
finger in a day. I consider it a most val
uable article.’’
CUBA’S RUSH TO RUIN.
THE CUSTOMS RECEIPTS AGAIN
PLEDGED FOR A LOAN.
Large Bodies of Troops Moving About
All Over the Island—The Government
Pretending to Kidicule the Impending
Revolution—Tobacco Grpwers Ignored
—Commercial Transactions Paralyzed.
Washington, April 11.—Information
has been received here of the arrest by the
United States authorities at Key West,
Fla., of a Cubah named Aurelio Mayall,
who arrived at that port yesterday morn
ing on the steamer Hutchinson. The
arrest was based on a telegram from the
Governor General of Canada to the Span
ish Consul at Key West, sayingthat May
all was coming to America to kill him.
Mayall was taken before a Magistrate and
held to answer.
A cablegram has been received by the
Secretary of State from Adam Badeau,
tendering his resignation as Consul Gen
eral at Havana.
THE STORY AS TOLD IN LETTERS.
New York, April 11.—A letter from
Havana dated April 5 says: "Serious
accounts from the interior as to the
movements of large parties of bandits
and of government troops continue to
come in. Yesterday a battalion of regu
lar troops was sent from this city to
Vuetta Arriba, and for A few days' the
coast in the neighborhood of Havana was
occupied by detachments of troops. Th'e
government is apparently waking up to
the situation. Private accounts from
San Domingo say that the Cuban refugees
there are in possession of larft amounts
of money and are nreparing for landing
in Cuba in combination with parties here.
This is probably the cause of the extra
ordinary movements of troops. The gov
ernment, in spite ot all these facts, pre
tends to ridicule all tbe reports of the
threatened invasion.”
ANOTHER LOAN EFFECTED.
‘•News has reached this city that the
Minister of the Colonies has made anew
loan of $3,000,000 with the Hispano
Colonial Bank of Barcelona for the ac
count of the Cuban treasury, pledging in
return a daily payment o’r $15,000 from
the income of the Cuban custom houses.
The Cuban treasury will have to pay 1
per cent, commission on the loan, and an
interest of 9% per cent, per annum. This
measure has caused the greatest indigna
tion here, and has added to the state of
profound alarm and general discontent
prevailing, as the loan and contract
made with the same bank in 1880 are con
sidered one of the calamities which liavp
brought about the present state of affairs.
I!y virtue ot the former loan, through
which the Banco Hispano Colonial is
realizing an immense protit, the burden
of which Cuba alone has to hear, the
bank is already receiving $33,000 daily
from the income of the Cuban custom
house.
TOBACCO-GROWERS’NOT RELIEVED.
“The petition which the tobacco-growers
in Vuelta Abajo submitted to the home
government, asking that urgent measures
be taken to remedy the evils which they
enumerated as desti active to their indus
try, has been virtually rejected. The an
swer from tbe government settled none of
the difficulties. A perfect panic is reign
ing in tlie markets. Merchants, in order
to sell their drafts, have to submit to a
large loss on current rates of exchange,
which are continually declining. Home of
the larger houses cannot sell their bills of
exchange at any rate.”
LABOR AND ITS HIRE.
Oliio Railroad Hands Effect a Settle
ment and Resume Work.
Cincinnati, April 11.—Welsey Debolt
and Charles O’Hara were arrested last
night, one on a charge of contempt of
court and the other for obtructing United
States mails. Both were strikers on the
Northern division of the Toledo, Cincin
nati and St. Louis Railroad. The strikers,
hearing this, held a meeting and agreed
to return to work if the men were re
leased. Late at night the officers of the
road gave bond for the release of the pris
oners and agreed to pay the men for Feb
ruary, and tho strike was declared ended.
The men resumed work to-day.
OBJECTING TO A SCREEN.
Pittsburg, April ll.—Fifteen hun
dred miners of the Westmoreland and
Pennsylvania Gas Coal Companies at Ir
win’s Station, Pa., are out on a strike.
They are willing to stand a reduction of
ten cents per ton, but object to the
change of screen which is equal to a cut
of 20 per cent, in wages.
60 MEN THROW 600 INTO IDLENESS,
Cincinnati, April 11.—The strike of
coal heavers at Harper’s rolling mill at
Newport, Ky., for the restoration of the
wages paid last fall, will cause the mill
to close to-night. There are about 60
strikers, who enforce the idleness of 600
employes.
A CONFERENCE ASKED FOR.
Pittsburg, April 11. The officers of
the Amalgamated Society have asked the
manufacturers for a conference to settle
the rate of wages. A meeting will prob
ably be held to-morrow.
THE STRIKING FRENCH COLLIERS.
Paris, April 11.—Seventeen meetings
were held yesterday in the Auzin dis
trict where the strike of the colliers still
continues. Violent speeches were made.
BOSTON AND THE HOME,
Richmond Representatives Start tlie
Rail Rolling at tlie Hob.
Boston, slass., April 11.—Gapt. A. E.
Spetzer, of Richmond, Va., Adjutant of
Robert E. Lee Camp No. 1 of Confederate
Veterans, arrived in this city yesterday
with Gen. James R.O’Bierne, a prominent
Grand Army man of New York. Their
object in visiting Boston is to secure the
co-operation of Union soldiers and
sailors in raising funds for the
building of a home for ex-Con
federate soldiers in Richmond. Last
evening about twenty Grand Army men
met and had a consultation with the visi
tors. (.’apt. Spitzer stated the object of
his visit, and it was finally’decided to call
a public meeting of all soldiers and sail
ors ami others interested, at which ad
dresses would be made and contributions
received. Tho arrangement of the date
of tlie meeting and other details was
placed in charge of a committee of Grand
Army men.
McLaughlin Throws Ross Three Out of
Five.
Detroit, April ll.—At the second
wrestling match last night between Itoss,
of Cleveland, and McLaughlin, of this
city, there was a large attendance. The
match was for SI,OOO a side. The first
round lasted 7 minutes, and was won by
McLaughlin. The second was won by
Ross in 4 minutes. The third was won
by McLaughlin, the fourth by Ross, and
the fifth by 51cLaughlin.
Missouri’s Republican Delegation to
Chicago.
St. Louis, April 11.—A Chicago cor
respondent of the Globe-Democrat gives
toe following summary of the Presidential
preferences of the delegates from this
State to tlie Republican National Conven
tion; Blaine 11, Arthur 9, Logan 7, Ed
munds 5. None of the delegates are
strongly pronounced in their preferences,
however, and will doubtless be governed
largely by the views of the delegates from
Republican States.
Two Killed by a Cave In.
Pittsburg, April 11.—This morning
while eight men were employed in Blair’s
brick yard digging sand from a hillside at
the head of Forty-fourth street the hark
caved in, burying Samuel Reclin. aged
21, and William Sheared, aged 19 vears,
under several tons of earth. When they
were reached, fully an hour after the ac
cident, both were dead. The bodies were
badly crushed, and it is thought that
death resulted instantly. Both men were
unmarried.
Tl© Count I>© Cavour’g Mission.
London, April 11.—A correspondent at
Rome, referring to the report that the
Italian transport Count De Cavour ar
rived at Port au Prince on sfarch 20 to
seek satisfaction from the Haytiens, who
had seized and Bhot two insurgents found
aboard an Italian bark at Petit Cove,
says: “Direct advices from Port au
Prince deny that the Count De Cavour
was instructed to demand redress. The
two insurgents were released at the re
quest of the Italian Consul.” •
A Hoy Fatally Kicked.
Philadelphia, April 11.— Willie, the
six-year-old son of Policeman Black, died
this morning from injuries received bv
being kicked by Dominic A. Brett on
Thursday last. The boy was playing in
the street when he accidentally run
against Brett who kicked the little fellow
in the back. The boy was speedilv
seized with paralysis and suffered much
pain. The Coroner caused Brett’s ar
rest. An inquest will be heldJjO-morrow.
WRECKED BY TRAIN ROBBERS.
The Pan-Handle Authorities Charge
Thursday’* Crash to Crime.
Columbus, 0., April 11.—Am engine
and tender on the Panhandle Road were
plunged into a creek at Beaver Station,
near Dayton, last night, the passenger
and baggage cars being turned over. The
engineer was killed, tbe fireman fatally
and the baggage master and a postal
clerk badly injured. None of the passen
gers were badly injured. A broken rail
caused the accident.
FULLER DETAILS.
Dayton, 0.. April 11, ll p. m.— The
wreck on the Panhandle Road at Miami
river bridge, eight miles east of here last
night, was the most complete that has oc
curred in years. The train was running
at the rate of thirty miles an hour and
fell into the deadly trap with no warning.
Engineer John Thomas and fireman John
O’Connell, of Xenia, went down in the
ruius ol the engine. The former was
killed outright, being horribly mangled
and scalded, while the latter is report
ed to have died to-day. Conductor
Pierson, and all the other employes es
caped with slight injuries, except Bag
gage slaster George Cooper and Express
Messenger Smith, who were in the bag
gage car when it was thrown down the
embankment, and who are fatally hurt.
The accident was caused by a displaced
rail ou the west end of the bridge. The
authorities of tbe road state that
it was clearly the work of parties
who intended robbery or had a grudge
against the company. The rail was re
moved from the south side of tho track
nearest the narrow gauge road and the
engine and tender fell on this half of the
bridge, destroying it and the track and
rendering the passage of trains on the
narrow gauge impossible for several days.
WRECKED BV’ TRAIN ROBBERS.
Cincinnati, April 11.—Tho cause ol
the accident on the Panhandle road, on
the Dayton and Xenia division, la9t night
is said to have been the removal of a rail
by train robbers. They made no attack
on the train. all escaped
injury. The fireman and baggage-master
are supposed to he fatally injured. Tho
express-messenger was badly hurt.
CHARLES READE DEAD.
A Brief Review of His Life and the
Rooks He Wrote.
London, April ll.—Charles Reade, the
well known English novelist, died this
afternoon.
Charles Reade, tlie great English novel
ist. was horn at Ipsden, Oxfordshire, in
1814. He graduated in 1835 at Aiagda
*en college, Oxford, where he was
elected to one ot the Vinerian fel
lowships in 1842. In 1843 he was call
ed to tbe bar by the society of Lin
coln’s Inn, but soon after gave his atten
tion wholly to literature. In 1847 he re
ceived the degree of D. C. L. from his uni
versity. Among his earliest literary ef
forts was a drama in five acts, entitled
“Gold,” which appeared in 1850. In 1852
he published his first story, “Peg Woffing
ton,” which immediately gave him rank
as a writer of fiction, and in the following
year “Christie Johnstone,” which met
with still greater favor. These stories are
simple in plot and unpretentious in de
sign, but are full of dramatic forep, rich in
incident, and marked by a peculiar ten
derness and pathos. In 1854, in conjunc
tion with slr. Tom Taylor, he published a
volume of plays, containing “Masks and
Faces,” the plot of which is identical
with that of “Peg Woffington,” “Two
Loves and a Life,” and “The King’s Rival.”
“Clouds and Sunshine” and “Art, a Dra
inatic Tale,” two novellettes, appeared in
1855. All these works were received with
a flattering welcome, and in 1856 he pub
lished a more ambitious novel, entitled “It
is Never too Late to 51end.” in which he
aimed to show the possibility of the refor
mation of a criminal. This, which was
the first of a series of romances, each writ
ten to illustrate some social or public
wrong, aroused attention to the brutali
ties ot the English prison system, and was
instrumental "in effecting their ameliora
tion. His later works are: “The Double
Marriage, or White Lies,” “The Course of
True Love never did run Smooth,” “Pro
pria Qu;e slaribus, and the Box Tunnel”
' 1857); “Cream: Jack of all Trades,”
and the “Autobiography of a Thief”
(1858); "Love sle Little, Love sXeLong,”
ami “A Good Fight aud other Tales”
(1559); “The Eighth Commandment”
(1860); “The Cloister and tbe Hearth, or
Maid, Wife and Widow” (1861); “Hard
Cash” (1803); “Griffith Gaunt, or Jeal
ousy” (1866); “Foul Plav,” in connection
with Dion Boueicault(1868); “Put Your
self in his Place” (1870); “A Terrible
Temptation” (ls7i); “The Wandering
Heir” (1872); “A Simpleton; a Story of a
Day” (1874); and “A Hero aud a slartyr”
(1875). Of these, “The Cloister and the
Hearth” incorporates the greater part of
a previous story, “A Good Fight,” but the
plot soon changes and justifies the secon
dary title of “Maid, Wife and Widow.”
The chief characters, Gerard and Alarga
ret, are the parents of Erasmus. “Hard
Cash” was written with the object of call
ing attention to the abuses of lunatic
asylums; and so forcibly did he put the
facts which he had gathered that it
awakened official investigation aud led to
a change in the English lunacy laws. “Pat
5 ourself in his Place” is an exposure of
the system of terrorism, vulgarly called
“rattening.” practiced by tho trades
unions in English manufacturing towns
tor the intimidation of independent work
men. Many of Mr. Reade’s stories have
been successfully dramatized, and nearlv
all of them have been translated into th'e
different languages of Europe. Mr. Reade’s
style is characterized hv/great terseness
and vigor, and by a wealth of incident
which few writers of fiction have pos
sessed: and though marred bv occasional
peculiarities, which in some instances de
generate into literary trickery, it won
him great popularity and a place among
the foremost novelists of the age.
THE EGYPTIAN WAK.
The Tribes Assuming a More Menacing
Attitude,
Cairo, April 11,—Berber dispatches of
the 9th inst. indicate that affairs there are
daily assuming amore menacing position.
The tribes between Berber and Shendy
are in a state of insubordination. Ttaev
have seized a boat laden with provisions
which was proceeding to Shendy. The
rebels are beseiglng Shendy and a portion
of Berber. Troops have gone to that city’s
relief. Had such action not been taken it
is feared that the rebels would have be
sieged Berber also and intercepted the
route to Korosko.
London, April 11.—A correspondent at
Cairo says that Nubar Pasha is elated
over his signal triumph. The difficulty is,
however, only temporarily patched up. A
dual government cannot work.
SAMOA' SENTENCED TO HANG.
The Cruel Murder of the Ruddy Family
to be Avenged.
Laconia, N. H., April 11.—The trial of
Thomas Samon, for the murder of Mrs.
Ford, James Ruddy and Ruddy’s 14
months old son last fall, was concluded
here to-day by the sentencing of Samon to
be hanged on April IT, 1885. Prior to the
sentence a commission of medical ex
perts appointed by the court to examine
Samon as to his sanity reported that in
their judgment Samon was and always
had been perfectly sane. The prisoner
refused to say anything in his own be
half, and maintained perfect silence and
composure throughout the proceedings.
Found with Her Tliroat Cut,
Baltimore, April 11.—A special from
Federalsburg. Caroline county, Md., says:
■‘The body of Mrs. Cecelia Bush, an aged
white woman, was lound in a thicket near
her residence yesterday afternoon. Iler
skull was horribly crushed and her throat
cut from car to ear. There is no clue so
far to the murderers.”
The Creek Troubles Settled
Eufai la, Indian Territory, April
11.—The Creek Indian troubles have been
virtually settled. Checote and Speichee
have concluded to abide by the decision
of the Secretary of the Interior and advise
their supporters to do so. They are both
delegates to 'Washington under Perry
man’s administration and have finally ac
cepted the situation.
Indicting the Cincinnati Rioters.
Cincinnati. April 11.—One of the men
who broke into Pickering’s gun store dur
ing the recent riot has been indicted by
the grand jury for burglary. Judge Mat
thews directed the grand jury to with
hold the indictment for murder in the first
degree until the pending legislation affect
ing capital cases is disposed of.
BORSFORD’S acid phosphate.
A, an Appetizer.
Dr. Morris Gibbs, Howard City, Micb.,
says: “I am greatly pleased with it as a
tonic; it is an agreeable anti a good ap
petizer.”
TWO DYNAMITERS JAILED
ONE LOADED WITH BOMBS AND
XITRO-G LYCERIXE.
A Sackful of Tell-Tale Documents
Captured with the Other—Birmingham
Their Headquarters and the Police
Seeking for More Explosives The
London Fenian Sent to Sligo.
London, April 11.—Several months ago
Sir William Harcourt, Home Secretary,
gave notice to the police of the arrival of
a dyamiter in England. A strict watch
was immediately put on suspected houses
in this and other cities and it was soon
discovered that a man named Daly, %lias
Denman, who answered the description
of the dynamiter, had arrived in Birming
ham and taken lodgings iti the suburbs
with a clerk named James Egan. There
Daly remained until last Wednesday,
when he went to Wolverhampton and
thence to Birkeivhead, closelv followed bv
a detective and two Irish constables. To’-
day as he was rebooking at a railway sta
tion for Birmingham he was ar
rested by the officers who had
been following him. Three explosive
botnbs were found in his possession,
and also several bottles containing a sub
stance supposed to be nitro-glycerine.
Various dwellings in Birmingham were
afterwards searched for explosives, but
as yet nothing is reported to have been
discovered.
his accomplice arrested.
Egan was arrested at Birmingham on
a charge of being an accomplice of Daiy,
and of having explosives in his bouse for
an unlawful purpose. He maintained the
utmost coolness and had nothing to say.
He will he brought before a Alagistrate
to-morrow, and will then be formally re
manded for trial. Egan has, lor'five
years, been a clerk for Messrs.
Hill, merchants. He was previously
Secretary ot tlie Wolverhampton branch
of the Land League. After the formal
charge has been made against him at
Birkeuhead Daly will be conveyed to
Birmingham add charged alongside of
Egan. A great sensation has been caused
at Birmingham by the arrests. Crowds
of people have been gazing at Egan’s
house. A number of policemen have
been digging vigorously in the
garden in search of dynamite. Further
search warrants have been asked for.
A sackful of documents belonging to
Egan was conveyed to the police station
to-day. Among the papers was found a
letter from Egan to Daly, in which the
former wrote that he thought that tbe
cough mixture was all right; that it was
nice and cold. It was believed that the
expression “cough mixture” refers to dy
namite.
THURSDAY’S CAPTURE.
The name of the Fenian arrested in
London yesterday is P. N. Fitzgerald.
He is front Cork, and is ostensibly a com
mercial traveler. Ho had immediate
charge of tlie details of the murder con
spiracy in the west of Ireland, and is un
derstood to be a very prominent Fenian.
Dubi.in, April 11.—Fitzgerald, the Fe
tliail who was arrested in London yester
day, charged with treason and felonv,
arrived here to-day in the custody of
strong guards. He will be sent to Sligo.
Fitzgerald was connected with the
Tubbercurry conspiracy. It is reported
that he has turned informer. He is a man
of superior education.
STATESMEN’S ANTIC'S.
Peculiarities of Some of Our Leading
Congressmen.
The London Truth lias been amusing
itself and its readers by giving
some of the peculiarities of noted
men in public life in England. I’he
great men in this country, says
a Washington special to the Cincinnati
Times-Star, have their peculiarities as
well as those of other countries. An hour
in the House will demonstrate that fact to
any close observer. For instance, it is
not an uncommon thing to see a member
of the House, whie in his seat, scratch his
head, clean and pare his nails, and in oc
casional instances blow his nose ou
his fingers, and make use of the lining
of his coat or the bottom of liis pants in
stead of his handkerchief. Mr. Reagan, of
Texas, for instance, the ex-Post master
General of the Confederacy, is never at
his best unless he has a short string, with
the ends tied together, with which he may
employ his hands, pulling and twisting
and working it, after the “cat’s cradle”
fashion.
If be does not have the string his next
choice is some loose pieces ot paper which
he tears into bits, scattering them about
him until the floor in his vicinity looks as
though a sort of blizzard bad struck it.
Mr. Hewitt, of New York, has a queer
custom of crossing his legs as he stands
talking. He usually gets into the aisle
between seats, and putting his hands on a
desk at each.side of him, crosses his legs
as he stands and talks. When he gets
warmed up he can stand with his legs
crossed without holding on to the desk.
Kelley, .svho Is the central figure on the
Republican side, does not talk much now
adays. He is getting pretty old and rec
ognizes this fact. The last time he made
a set speech in the House he began bv
saying that he did not know whether or
not his strength would be sufficient to
carry him through. He has a wonder
fully strong voice for his slight phvsique,
and can make himself heard in every cor
ner of the great hall.
Sir. Reed, of Maine, who sits near him,
has a very incisive manner, and is proba
bly as much at home on his feet as any
other man in the House. He is never flur
ried. He is not an orator, and does not
indulge much in gestures when he speaks,
but his antagonist is usually glad when
he sits down. He lias a way of saying
cutting things, and can be severe as "well
ns witty when occasion requires.
Mr. Hurd, of Ohio, has a curious man
ner of flinging his arms out at right an
gles with his body, giving him the appear
ance of a flying machine. He walks with
a cane usually, one leg being consider
ably shorter than its fellow, and finds a
difficulty in standing without it on any
other occasion than that of speech mak
ing. When he gets warmed up in his
speech, however, he forgets cane and leg
and everything else, and the way his arms
fly is a caution to those within reach of
them. .
Mr. Holman, ‘‘the objector,” seldom
striking out from the shoulder in making
his gestures, as do most orators. Nearly
all his gestures are simply by the motion
of the hand, or at least of the arm Irom
the elbow down. He has a funny way of
checking up his sentences, spectacles in
hand, with a chopping motion of the right
hand, which is rather amusing to the-ob
server, but quite annoying to the gent
who wants to get a little bill through and
cannot because of Holman’s “objections.”
SEVEN THIRSTV YEARS.
Men Who Pledged Themselves to Sobri
ety Until a Democrat is TClected.
The day after the decision of the Elec
toral Commission declaring R. B. Hayes
President of the United States was ren
dered, says a Chicago special of the New
York World, twenty middle-aged men
met before the bar of a Madison street
saloon to take a drink of whisky. It was
to be the last drink of whisky they were
to take until a Democratic President
should be inaugurated. They had made
a solemn vow to this effect, and the
penalty that was fixed for breaking it
was a fine of SIOO. If any fines should be
collected the money was to be placed in a
bank and expended on the inauguration
of a Democratic President in fittingly
celebrating the end of their period of
probation.
That was seven years ago, and the time
is now drawing near when thev san
guinely hope they w ill be absolved Irom
tbeir oath.
Of twenty, two have died, five have
proved backsliders, four of them paving
their tines and the fifth being too poor to
do so. This leaves thirteen of the original
twenty, and, as far as is known, they have
not violated their pledges.
One of those who took the pledge is John
Pearson, waiter at the Sherman House.
Pearson has lost a couple of fortunes. He
has been in business off and on since 1854,
and is a particular crony of B. P. Hutchin
son, the millionaire grain and commission
man.
“Yes,”’ he admitted when spoken to.
“I am one of the twenty. I have never
tasted a drop of whisky since 1870. None
of us were very hard drinkers, but we ail
drank enough to make it a terrible priva
tion to quit so suddenly. If a Democratic
President should not be elected for twenty
years we were to keep our pledge. There
was no limit or condition.
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A BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
Texas and the Indian Territory Kach
Claim a County.
A long and lively debate occurred in the
House to-day, says a AVashington special
of the Bth inst. to the St. Louis Jiepubli
can, over the bill authorizing the Presi
dent to appoint a commission to run aud
mark the boundary lines between a por
tion of the Indian Territory and the State
of Texas in connection with a similar
commission to be appointed by Texas.
Members of the Texas delegation were
very active in their support of the bill,
which would have been readily passed
had it not been tor the opposition of Reed,
of slaine, Horr, of Michigan, and Kas*on,
of lowa, who claimed that they had dis
covered in the text of the bill peculiar
language intended to put the United
States Government at a disadvantage, but
they did not succeed in convincing the
House of this, especially in view of the
fact that the results of the work of the
proposed joint commission are to be re
ported to Congress, and that nothing can
be definitely determined without further
legislation.
The territory in dispute is known as
Greer county. As passed, the bill con
tains the following provisions relative to
the duty ot the proposed commission: It
shall run aiui mark the boundary line be
tween that portion of the Indian territory
and the State of Texas in controversy,
and the commission shall, as far as possi
ble, ascertain and determine the Red
river indicated and intended by the treaty
between the United States and Spain of
date February 22, 1819. In running and
marking the boundary line the commis
sion shall proceed as follows: Beginning
at the point where a line drawn from tlie
point where the thirty-second degree of
north latitude crosses the western bank
of the Sabine river, running due north,
strikes Red river, and thence following
the course of said Red river westwardly
to the degree ot longitude 100 west from
London and 23 degrees west from Wash
ington, as laid down in Melish’s map ol’
the United States, published at Pltiladelr
phia, improved to the Ist of January.
1818.
RATHER LOW) THAN RICHES.
An Bari's Daughter will Not Give Up
Her Husband.
J. M. Wood son, of Manchester, Eug.,
says a Steubenville, 0., special to the
Boston Glolfe, registered at the Central
Hotel here four weeks ago. He was mys
teriously quiet. One day last week he
paid his bill and left town. It seems that
AVoodson was a London detective, em
ployed by a rich gentlemen in the North
of England to trace out the whereabouts
of a young and pretty daughter, who,
becoming infatuated with her father’s
coachman, a handsome and bonny
young Scotchman, eloped with him
about a year ago and fled to America.
The detective traced the young couple to
Liverpool, and then to New York; from
New York he traced them to Altoona,
Pa., and finally found them at Steuben
ville, married and living quietly and
happily. Woodson told the wife that her
father desired her return, but as this otter
was made upon the condition that she
should abandon her husband, and on
reaching England at once apply for a
divorce, she warmly resented it. The
detective departed, leaving his mission
only in part performed.
To-day your correspondent visited the
couple at their home and learned their
story. “Yes,” said the young wife, “I
am the daughter of an Earl residing in
in the North of England. Four years
since I first became acquainted with my
husband. AVe soon became warmly at
tached toeachother. Indued, 1 loved hint
so dearly that I was willing to fling aside
all family connections and associations for
him. AVhen nty father learned this be
discharged my husband and threatened
to disown me if I did not desist from
what he termed my follv. Finally he 9ent
me to Cannes, in the’south ot’France,
This was in the tall of 1882. During the
winter! continued to communicate with
my suitor frequently, aud we arranged to
be married and come to America. tVe
were privately married, and, with money
l had contrived to save, went to Liver
pool and took passage to America.”
Airs. MeCaull said that while she deep
ly regretted that her friends could not be
come reconciled to the step she had taken,
she was contented with things as they
were, preferring a life of comparative
poverty with her husband to returning to
her father without him.
THE JOKE ON MARK TWAIN.
How George AV. Cable and tlie Rev. Mr.
Beeeber Fooled the Humorist.
Air. George AV. Cable sat in his room in
the Everett House yesterday, says the
New York World of the 10th instant,
when a reporter called and asked him
about the result of the practical joke
played upon Mark Twain on April 1, of
which Air. Cable was the author. Air.
Cable said that he had kept out of Alark’s
way since that time, and really could not
tell how Alark took it and ho was not
anxious to know if he would have to meet
Mark face to face.
“During the winter I was lying ill at
Air. Twain’s house,” said Air. Cable, “and
as I improved he and I used to attend
to our correspondence together. Occa
sionally I would open a letter containing
an application for my autograph and he
would open another asking for his. One
day when he had an unusually large mail
I remarked that these autograph appli
cants were insufferable bores. I left his
house on February 18 and started over to
Philadelphia. While lecturing there
the idea of playing my friend Clements
a joke occurred to me. Now, I am
not a practical joker; in fact I
have always considered myself incapable
of perpetrating a joke with anv kind of
a point to it. Therefore when this sug
gestion occurred to me I flattered myself
that I had struck something rich. Henrv
Ward Beecher was in Philadelphia lec’-
turing in the Academy and I was reading
in Association Hall. AVe were both stop
ping at the Lafayette. In all the fullness
of a simple and guileless heart I imparted
my plot to Air. Beecher and he was charm
ed with it. I had previously mentioned it
to Johnson, of the Century, and when I met
him again he reminded me of my proposed
joke and insisted upon my working it up.
Even then I did not fully make up my
mind to do it, and T went off West on a
tour. About the 26th of Alarch my mana
ger, Major Pond, reminded me again of
the proposed joke, and stated that
Beecher and Johnson were ripe for
it. I immediately sat down and wrote
out a circular. These I had printed and
sent all over the country. The circular
asked Alark for his autograph-. I also for
warded some to J. U. Osgood, asking him
to pass them along. But he was away at
the time and did not receive them until it
was too late. Mr. Beecher was tickled
with the idea. He loves a joke better than
a girl loves ice cream, 'i am sorry Os
good missed that bundle, as we were out
on Dr. Holmes and a lot of Boston fel
lows. There were only 150 circulars
printed, but the word was passed atnong
Clements’ friends and the result was that
about the first of the month he was con
fronted with appalling piles of mail from
every quarter containing aj>plications for
his autograph from, authors, publishers,
bankers, merchants, actors and actresses,
editors and society ladies.
“Occasionally Clements,when otherwise
engaged, puts aside his mail for a day or
so, and to prevent our joke being spoiled
by such a circumstance, I wrote to Rev.
Joseph Twitchell to go over to Clements’
house and make him take his medicine.
1 went oft’ on the road, going as far AVest'
as Aladison, AVis*. and as far East as
New Bedford. I came here from the East
but took special pains to come by another
route than that touching at Hartford. 1
am, however, inclined to think that he
was a mad man about the first of the
month, but 1 don’t see what he has par
ticularly to growl about. If he don’t
want bis collection I’ll take it.”
Base Ball.
Washington, April 11.—To-day’s base
ball games resulted as follows:
At Baltimore—Providences 5, Balti
mores 2.
At Philadelphia—Amherst College 4,
Athletics 8. Bay Citys 1. Philadelpbias
At Boston—Bostons 14, Boston Re
serves 8.
At Richmond—Virginias 13, Philadel
phia’s Reserves 2.
At Washington—Detroits 6, Washing
tons 0.
Fatal Result of Imitating a Circus Feat.
Philadelphia, Pa., April 11.—Law
rence Smith, aged 19 years, was found
banging dead in a stable in the upper part
of the city last evening. He had been in
the habit-of swinging from the rafters
with a rope around his neck in imitation
of a feat performed in a circus, and it is
supposed was strangled by the noose
slipping. No one else was in the stable at
the time.
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SLAIN BY THEIR SERVANT.
NO DOUBT OF THE IDENTITY OP
THE RAXDOX MURDERER.
i The Aged Couple Chopped to Death
With au Axe While Sleeping—The
Daughter of the Victims Awakened
by the Noise, hut Suspected Nothing
—Lynching Prevented.
Chicago, April 11.—A special front
Mattoon, Illinois, give 9 the following ad- •
ditional details of the murder of the aged
Fleetwood couple near Randon on Wed
nesday night. The old folks slept on the
first floor and a married daughter, a small
child and a hired man, named James
Winkleback, slept up stairs. All retired
early. The daughter was awakened
later by hearing Winkleback going down
stairs, but dosed off again. Sue was
again awakened by hearing the sound of
blows being struck in the room below,
but went asleep again, only to be again
wakened by the smell of smoke.
THE DAUGHTER’S DISCOVERY.
She called to the hired man that the
house was on tire and he told her to jump
out of the window. She ran downstairs
and found the bed in which her father
and mother lay on fire. Winkleback, at
her request, went reluctantly to arouse
the neighbors. She extinguished the tire
and tound the aged couple with their
throats ent and heads beaten in. Winkle
back was suspected. He had blood on
his trousers and wore a clean shirt, al
though lie had on a soiled one when he
retired at night. The well was pumped
dry and his axe, covered with blood and
hair, was tound at the bottom. Winkle
back stoutly asserted his innocence, but
the Coroner’s jury held him for the mur
der.
IN DANGER OK LYNCHING,
The Sheriff started with him for the
jail at Charleston as a crowd of five
hundred persons, who had collected at
the scene, threatened to lynch him. The
old couple had no money in the house,
and the reasons for the crime are uu
k now n.
A special from Charleston, 111., says
that the Sheriff succeeded in getting
Winkleback away from the crowd at the
scene of the tragedy, and lodging him
safely in jail. A revolver, which Winkle
back acknowledged as his, was found
with two of the chambers empty. It is
believed that he shot Mrs. Fleetwood
with it before crushing her head with the
axe.
UF A I NK’S BOOM.
He is a Long-Range Candidate.
Mr. Blaine’s heelers are making a great
deal af noise in his behalf, says the Troy
Times, and if their assertions were to be
fully credited it would appear that the
Republicans everywhere, with very few
exceptions, want him as their candidate
for President. But somehow it always
happens that his greatest popularity is
represented to be at a distance. Out
West, for example, people are told that
the East and South are almost unani
mously for him. In the East we are told
that the West and South are fairly cry
ing to have him nominated. In the South
it is claimed that the East and' West are
ablaze with enthusiasm in his cause, and
are determined not to be denied. And,
strangely enough, the nearer one gets to
the localities where lllainc booms are said
to prevail with most intensity, the echoes
of his praises grow fainter" in the dis
tance. Wherever one happens to he, just
there some candidate other than Blaine
is preferred as a general rule.
Irishmen Against Italians.
St. Thomas, Ont., April 11.—A serious
light took place here this forenoon be
tween gangs of Italian and Irish laborers
employed on the Canada Southern Rail
road. The Irishmen objected to Italians
being employed, and were the first to make
an attack. The Italians beat them back
and the fight went on with varying suc
cess. A large force of police was called
out, which, with the assistance of citizens,
succeeded in stopping the fight. Spades
and stones were freely used,and several ou
both sides were severely injured. There
were sixty men in each gang.
Ferry ami tlio Franco-American Claims.
Paris, April 11. —Prime Minister Ferry
has written to M. Girodet, of the Frnnco-
American Indemnity Commission, ex
pressing regret that the decisions of the
commission were not dictated by a more
liberal spirit. He is glad, however, that
the cause of Frenchmen has not been
absolutely sacrificed.
Physician and Author Dead.
Knoxville, Tknn., April 11.—Dr. *
James G. M. Ramsey, a distinguished
physician and uuthor, died here to-night,
aged 87 years. Dr. Ramsey was well
known as the author of a history of Tenn
essee. He was for many years "President
of the Tennessee Historical Society.
Mexico Makes a Cncession.
St. Lot is, April 11. —The latest advices
from the City of Mexico say that the
trouble over the stamp act is practically
settled, the government having agreed to a
modification of the act so that only goods
actually sold shall be stamped.
New Jersey Firemen Fin Route to Macon
New York, April 11.—A portion of the
Fire Hose Company of Morristown, N. J.,
left to-day for Macon, Ga., to participate
In the firemen’s tournament in that "city
next week.
Flames in Printing Offices.
Detroit, April 11.—The editorial and
compositing rooms of the Times were
burned out, and Dickerson’s book pub
lishing office badiy damaged by Are this
morning.
Carr Again Doomed lo Hang.
Littlx Rock, Ark.,April ll.—Henry
Carr, one of the Howard county rioters,
has again been convicted of murder in
the first degree, and will be hanged June
25.
Selling tlie “Explosion” Prohibited.
Paris, April 11.—The government has
lorbidden the circulation in France of the
new Anarchist journal, Explosion, pub
lished at Geneva.
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