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1 ESTABLISHED 1850. 1
i 3. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor, i
GEORGIA ANI) FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A < ocliran Boy Attacked by Hogs and
Devoured Alive—A Man in Berrien
( ounty Who Has Not Slept in a
House since the War—MurJer Near
New nan.
GEORGIA.
There are 200 white tax defaulters in Henry
county.
stewart SuiierL.r Court will convene next
Monday.
•fudge Honey has ordered an attack by the
strand jury on the gamblers in Augusta.
dog epidemic prevails in Cochran, over
ajioze-u dogs have died in the past two weeks.
Col. J. A. Thomas, of Cochran, has deter
mined to make the race for Representative
from his county.
< onductor Burfoni lias won his suit against
Mr. Brower, details of which were given in
the N kws a day or two ago.
Cochran has a steamer that cost two
reels and 1,000 feet of cloth hose. The com
pany had a tournament a day or two ago.
The Newnan District Conference will con
vene at ttie M. K. < linrcli, in Jonesboro, on
Wednesday night before the iir- 1 Monday in
May.
J. K. Gordon. Treasurer of Madison county,
wants the county to establish a pauper farm.
Over £loo per annum is now spent for the care
of the indigent.
Cochran Mennenejn : “Messrs. John l’usser
and John Rogers, of this county, favor a heavy
lax on dogs. Out of MX) head of sheep Mr.
I'us.-cr can only find :0, and out of 1,700 head
Mr. Rogers eaii find only 1,300. The missing
ones have gone to the dogs.”
i.overnor McDaniel has appointed Win. 11.
Pilcher Judge of the County Court of Warren
county. This court was established on the
recommendation of the grand jury and Mr.
Pilcher was recommended for Judge. The
Governor has also reappointed .J. 8. l’ope
Judge of the County Court of Pike county.
Tax Collector Moss, of Henry county, iiad a
filial settlement with the county and ’made a
special showing of his stewardship during the
year just past, of the total assessment of
*IB,OOO for state and county purposes, all lias
been collected except about ffiOO. Of the
amount yet due f.'.OOis poll tax and *IOO gen
eral tax.
Pulaski Fire Company No. 1, of Hawkins
vdie. won three prizes at the Macon tourna
ment, and now enjoy a glorious record. When
the train from Macon rolled into Cochran
with the Pulaski boys on board last Wednes
day night the members of Cochran No. 1 were
waiting for them at the depot, armed with a
keg of beer and several boxes of tine cigars,
to congratulate and clieer them.
Atlanta I'onetitutiim: “The Police Gazette
ease, in which Editor Fox xvas lined a
thousand dollars by Judge Clark, of the City
Court, has already been argued. From the
quest ions of the J edges it is believed the judg
ment of the court below will ’• affirmed, and
Brer Fox will be compelled to ante to the
tune of a cool thousand. This will lie quite a
setback for the pictorial police paper.”
Berritn i 'ounty Xeic : “There is a man in this
county who has not slept in a house since the
war. He carries his entire wardrobe with
him wherever lie goes, as well as his pantry
and kitchen utensils, and spends the night
wherever dark may overtake him. He is a
veritable curiosity. He never reads newspa
pers. claiming thirt to read the Bible as it
should be read occupies all of liis time. Sev
eral days since he inquired of the editor of
this paper if Germany and France were still
at war, referring to the w ar of 1*70."
Danielsville Monitor". “Last Friday even
ing Sheriff Scarborough RR nt to feed George
Long, the only person now in jail, and found
that he had got the shackles off his feet, and
on examining, the Sheriff found that George
had been at work removing rocks, etc., and
had made another hole in the floor nearly suf
ficient for him to get through. In a’short
time he would have been ready to gel out
again, in the same manner he did before,
sheriff scarlmrough then chained him iu a
different w ay. He is now chained.”
Griffin-V>im: “A Griltin lawyer who was
in •attendance at a justice’s court iu Pike
county Monday relates a remarkable incident
of the pa-t week’s cyclone. Two little negro
children were sleeping iu a bed in a cabin on
Austin Davis’ place, and the cabin was
blown away from them. A heavy log. prob
ably a sill from another house, was blown
along and bulged right between them on the
bed, crushing it to the floor. Another log
came along and lodged squarely across the
first one, pinning them down; but they were
rescued from their uncomfortable position
without a strateh or any harm.”
Brunswick A jaunt: -st. Simon's was visited
by a lady last w eek—and who is not very far
away just now—who commanded a large
three-masted ■> -liooner on a voyage from Phil
adelphia to Genoa, Italy, with a full cargo of
case petroleum, and thence to the West Indies
to load for New York, where she arrivet. in
seven months, having sailed the vessel her
self. taken her observations, and attended to
all the financial business of the ship—making
a good profit—of which she was part owner,
as -he was in fifteen vessels of the same class.
•>n the above trip her husband died four days
out from Philadelphia, she touched at the
Bahamas, had the laidy put in an air-tight
ea-e. and proceeded with the voyage, burying
the Captain on her arrival in New York.” -
John Allen Catheart and Nathan Thomas,
cousins, were driving home from Newnan on
Sunday evening. Both were under the iu
fluenee of liquor and a quarrel arose, in
which Thomas became so enraged at l ath
i-art that he a—ailed him with a knife,cutting
him several times. Catheart ran, pursued by
his infuriated cousin. Finally the hunted
man turned around, opened his barlow knife,
and, as Thomas came up, plunged it into his
heart. Thomas fell dead in Ins tracks. ( ath
eart gave himself up to the authorities. Cath
eart has a w ife and four children and Thomas
hail a wife and two children. About the same
hour on the Saturday before Christmas
Thomas' father was sittiug on the railroad
track drunk near the same place and was
run over and killed. Thomas had previously
wounded two men, Isith of whom recovered."
Cochran .¥.■<, ngrr: “Mr. Harrison Barlow
is a farmer, and, w ith others, tends the Over
lies plantation, lievond Gum Swamp settle*
ment, alioui ten miles northwest of this town.
He went to his work very early Thursday
morning and about 8 o'clock his son Henry
nine to the field with breakfast for his father.
Henry waited until the meal was dispatched
and returned to the house with the dishes,
lie was a little puny and partially deaf, so
was not required to work any, but played
about the premises at pleasure. About 10
o'clock Henry got lug bow and arrows and
went back to the tieid, but not near the work
men. At 12 o'clock Mr. Barlow came to the
house, ted tin' stock and w ent in to dinner.
Mrs. Barlow inquired after Henry and was
told that he had not been seen since he left
the tieid. Hi- absence at that hour was un
usual. and a- he was a little sick some uneasi
ness was felt about him. After calling him
and looking a limit the house and yard with
out linding him they began to search the
tieid. Several neighbors joined them, and
between 1 and 2 o'clock Mr. dames Multis
found tlie child lying in an open field in the
sun, about 300 yams from the house. Anew
suit of clothes which the lx>y had worn were
torn into shreds and scattered about the
field. The child’s body was chewed into
mince meat from the head down, and blood
was spouting from the veins and arteries.
Tiie dogs had chewed through the stomach
and into the entrails, all the flesh was gnaw
ed from the arms and legs, and it is supposed
was eaten by the merciless dogs. The
child was still breathing when found, and
when Mr. Multis touched him he opened his
eyes, and with difficulty said: ‘Mr. Mullis,
your dog bit me.' Mr. Mullis quickly raised
the child and took him to the house and laid
him on the porch, when lie again spoke and
asked for his father—who was then hurrying
toward him —and arrived just in time to see
his poor child gasp the last time and sink into
the peaceful sleep of death, and his horrible
sufferings were ended. It is believed that
several dogs attacked the boy, and the ground
around where lie laid showed signs of a fear
ful struggle, the dogs having dragged him
over the plowed ground, logs, stumps, etc,, for
fully fifty yards. Mr. Mullis surrendered his
dog—a rattier small yellow eur— and Mr. Bar
low took his shotgun and sent him whirling
into eternity.’’
FLORIDA.
Castor oil is to !>e manufactured at Madison.
The festival and bazaar at Gallie's hall, at
Tallahassee, last Tuesday, added S2OO to the
Kpiscopal Church organ fund of that city.
There were 510,000 cigars, 1,400 crates
tomatoes, and 2n bates of sponge shipped to
New York from Key West on the 13th insr.
Tlie Odd Fellows of Waldo and Starke will
celebrate the 59th anniversary of their order
on Friday, April 25, by an excursion to Silver
Spring.
The work on the new hotel at Madison is
rapidly being carried on By the contractor.
The painting and flooring will be commenced
next week.
C. A. Bryan. Leon county's Circuit Clerk,
last week issued licenses for the marriage of
three white eouplesin oue day. He lias served
as clerk sixteen years, and never before issued
that number of licenses for white imrsous in
one day.
There were hut three cases for the Volusia
County Court to try at enterprise last week.
The grand jury brought in an indictment for
murder in the first degree against Peter Syl
vester. a negro, for killing another negro at
Dcl.and, several mouths ago. The court will
meet to try this case on the 2>th Inst.
An attempt was made Saturday night to
w reek the passenger train hound
ville, on tlie Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Railroad, by placing a sapling across the
trak a short distance tiiis side of Green Cove
spring. Fortunately the obstruction did no
damage, though it was run into by the loco
motive. Some time ago an attempt to wreck
a train on this road was made near Palatka
by someone, who put a cross-tie on the track.
Jacksonville Times-Vnion: ‘'Early yester
day morning the fine horse belonging to
Messrs. Harkisheimer & Cos., and used in the
delivery wagon, killed himself in a very sin
gular manner. It seems that the driver had
hitched the horse- to the wagon as usual tor
tlie purpose of coming down to the store. The
animal was then driven from the stable to the
front gate, when the driver left him for the
purpose of going into the house after his whip.
The animal was restless, wanted to get out
side, and attempted to jump out. Bo ng
hitched to the wagon, which held him hack,
on)v a portion of his body got over the fence
ami he fell on the sharp pickets, which pene
trated his hotly and stomach. Tlie animal
managed to get off the fence alone, but died
within two hours from the effects of the
wounds received.”
Ready for Emergencies.
Nothing is so handy to have in the house
as Benson’s Capcine Porous Plasters.
Highly medicinal. 25 cents.
THE NEWS IN MACON.
Children and Delegates Eu Route for
Columbus, and Other Matters.
Macon, Ga., April 22. —Two negro
women became involved in a difficulty
last night. One knocked an eye out of
the other, producing a dreadful wound.
This morning the Bibb County Sunday
Scheol Association gave an elegant
breakfast at the Brow n House to thirty
children from the Savannah Orphans’
Home, who passed through Macon under
the care of President R. B. Reppard, en
route to Columbus to attend the State Sun
day-School Convention. A line supper will
also be given the children when they ar
rive at Macon Saturday night, returning
to Savannah.
Several delegates from Chatham county
accompanied President Reppard. The
Bibb county delegates leave to-morrow
morning. The convention will be largely
attended.
STOLE SEVENTY-SIX DOLLARS.
To-day Charles Lovi, a negro boy, was
arrested for stealing $76 from another ne
gro, named Forrest Emmerson.
DECLARED A LUNATIC.
The jury to-day before the Court of Or
dinary declared the white woman Susan
Patton a lunatic, and she will go to the
asylum.
MERCER UNIVERSITY AND THE BAPTISTS.
To-morrow President A. ,T. Battle, of
Mercer University, w ill leave for Atlanta
to attend the Baptist State Convention,
which promises to be tho largest held in
Georgia in many years. Mercer University
will be an important theme of discussion.
Eli Shorter, of Eufaula, will deliver the
address before the society at the ap
proaching commencement of Mercer Uni
versity. R. \V. Patterson, alternate, of
Macon, will deliver the alumni address,
vice Judge Lawson declined.
PRESENTATIONS.
The Southern Cadets to-night presented
Sergt. Shprrill.'recently maimed, with a
handsome gift and saluted him with three
volleys.
No. 3 Fire Company has voted to pre
sent an elegant gold badge to Louis Hink
ler, who won the champion loot race dur
ing the recent tournament over fifteen
competitors.
Secretary Grier, of the State Agricul
tural Society, has arranged to have ex
hibited at the coming State fair the cele
brated Mason cotton harvester of South
Carolina. Two acres of cotton will be
planted in the park especially for the ex
hibit.
HAWKIXB\ I LIE’S 15AMjl KT.
The Pleasures of the Firemen Marred
by a Cutting Scrape.
H awkinsvillk, Ga., April 22.—Fifty
firemen of Protection Fire Company No.
1, and other citizens of Macon, left that
city this evening at ii o’clock in a special
car, and arrived here at 7 o’clock as
guests of Pulaski Fire Company No. 1, to
attend the citizens banquet given in cele
bration of the victory of Pulaski Fire
Company at the recent firemen’s tourna
ment at Macon. A brass band and citi
zens met the visiting firemen’s
train, and escorted them to
McDuffie’s Hall, which was brilliantly
illuminated and decorated, and densely
crowded. R. M. Hodge, of Havvkinsville,
delivered the address of welcome. John
T. Boifeuillet responded on behalf of
Macon. J. A. Thomas spoke for the
Cochran firemen. The programme was
interspersed with vocal music by a quar
tette. After the speaking a grand ban
quet was served, rich in quality and
quantity. Hawkinsville, its citizens and
firemen, crowned themselves with glory.
A RAZOR MARS THE FESTIVITIES.
After the banquet at McDuffie’s llall the
visiting firemen adjourned to the engine
bouse of Pulaski Company No. 1, where
champagne was drank and numerous
toats responded to. While Joseph
Blount, of Protection No. 1, of Macon, a
son of Congressman Blount, was respond
ing to the toast, “Our Guests,” T. C. Tay
lor,a lawyer ot Hawkinsville, exclaimed,
“He has an orator’s eye, ’’whereupon Bon
McCall, a member <>/ Pulaski Fire Com
pany, said, "O, shut up'” Suddenly Mr.
Taylor cried out, "1 am cut,” aud McCall
w-as hastily taken from the engine house,
as he was supposed to be the one who did
the cutting with a razor he was seen to
have. Taylor received a dreadful wound
iu the right arm. The muscle was terri
bly torn and he bled profusely. It is not
certain that McCall did the cutting. This
was the only event to mar the pleasure of
the occasion. McCall formerly attended
Mercer University, isasonof Rev. Mr. Mc-
Call, of Griffin, and a member of the
Board of Trustees of Mercer University.
ALABAMA'S EXPOSITION.
speakers at its Opening l>\vell on tlie
State's Great Future.
Birmingham, Ala., April 22. — The
Alabama Permanent Mineral Exposition
wak formally opened here to-day. The
weather was extremely bad for the sea
son of the year, yet the city was thronged
with visitors from all sections of the coun
try. The State militia was out in full force.
Every prominent building in the city was
decorated with Union flags, and the
occasion seems like an ante helium Fourth
of July celebration. Stirring speeches
were made by J. A. Van Iloose, President
of the Board of Trade, A.O. Lane, Mayor,
and Governor O’Neal. He spoke at
length of the four grand national
divisions of the State: First. The Tennessee
river vallev, affording the finest country
known for the production of cereals and
grasses. Second. The great mineral sec
tion, with Birmingham as its centre,
where raw materials abound in such close
proximity that pig iron made in Birming
ham is shipped to Pittsburg and Cleve
land and sold at a good profit. lie said
that the Birmingham section would be
come the wealthiest and most densely
populated portion of the South, but that
the entire State and South would be bene
fited by the infusion of Northern capital
and energy, which would be wel
comed and protected at all times.
The third division was the
black belt, the finest cotton
producing country known. The aboli
tion of slavery had bankrupted the “big
planters,” but the introduction of new
methods caused this black land to pro
duce twice as much as before. Tlie fourth
division was the Long Leaf Pine Belt.
Northern lumber men appreciated the
great value of this timber, and were in
vesting in it every day. Mobile would be
the most important lumber port for the
exportation of yellow pine. The exposi
tion. while in its infancy, contains many
interesting features, showing the wonder
ful mineral resources of the State. The
Pratt Coal Company lias exhibited a solid
lump of coal weighing 7 tons and a
quarter.
A RALLY AT CHICAGO.
A Decrease In the Visible Supply Helps
in Sending Prices up Again
Chicago, April 22. —The market took
three sharp turns during the day and
ended with a strong feeling and higher
prices.
The wheat market was active but unsettled,
opening firm, advancing about 1 cent, then
under free offerings declining l - from the
outside prices. When the posting of the visi
ble supply soon after showed a decrease of
more than 1,500,000 bushels during the past
week, the demand showed more improve
ment and prices rallied l*jc., fluctuated and
closed ’-(a s c. higher than yesterday. April
closed at S6' ,c„ May at S7c. and June at ‘O' ,c.
An unsettled feeling prevailed in corn, and
prices were irregular. The market opened
firm, and under a good demand prices ran up
1 .Jg, ■',•. Free selling then caused a decline of
l(®l' s c. Later, when a decrease of 1,300.000
bushels iti visible supply was shown, a rallv
occurred and prices advanced lAl%c, anil
closed 1 over yesterday. April closed at
51!jo, May at 52V, and June at 51 1 s e.
Oats were dull and unsettled, and closed a
shade easier. Mav-closed at 32' 4 c., and June
at :1,(#32'8C.
Trading was moderately active in mess
lork. Prices ruled 100tl5c. lower early, then
rallied 50(<*fi0c.. and closed steady. May closed
at $lO 95(g,! 07 1 j, and June at sl7 10&i7
I.ard ruled irregular, but was generally
stronger. May closed at 8 30(0,8 anil
June at 8 42'.45c.
Effingbam's Absconding Banker.
Effingham, 111., April 22.—F. 8. Yon
Gassv, the absconding bunker, is supposed
to have gone to Canada. He took $40,000
trom the bank. Joseph Partridge loses
SIO,OOO. and the remaining losses are dis
tributed among farmers and business
men.
ROBBED BETWEEN BUSINESS HOURS.
St. Louis, April 22.— Frank Ewers,
cashier of the Effingham (111.) Bank,
which closed its doors yesterday in con
sequence of the absconding of its Presi
dent, A'. A. Von Gassev, says that there
was over $40,000 in the batik when he
closed it Saturday, and that when he
opened it Monday every dollar was gone,
as well as the notes, paper, etc. The
losers are all citizens of Effingham. Von
Gassey’s whereabouts is unknown.
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
THE PENSION APPROPRIATION
BILL. PASSES THE HOUSE.
Mr. Morrison's Bill Under Discussion—
A Light Day in the Senate—Prospects
of tlie Figlit Between the Two Houses
Over the Appropriations—Mr. Carlisle
to Champion His Hill on the Floor.
Washington, April 22.—1n the Senate
to-day, Mr. Blair, from the Committee on
Education and Labor, reported favorably
the bill to create a commission to inquire
into and report upon the material, indus
trial and intellectual progress made by
the colored people of the United States
since 1865. It was placed on the calendar.
After a short executive session the Sen
ate dispensed with the regular order and
took up bills under the five minute rule.
Under this rule bills were passed au
thorizing a bridge across the Cumberland
river at Nashville and several bills affect
ing local and special interests in the West
and North. The Chair laid before the
Senate the pleuro-pueumonia bill so that
it may come up as unfinished business
to-morrow. The Senate then adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In accordance with the resolution adopt
ed yesterday, the House met at 11 o’clock
to-day.
Mr. Dingley, of Maine, asked unani
mous consent for the present considera
tion of tho bill authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to invest lawful money
deposited in the Treasury by national
banking associations for the retirement of
their circulating notes. Mr. Weller ob
jected, so consent was not granted.
On motion of Mr. Morrison an order
was passed providing for evening sessions
until further notice, for general debate on
the tariff bill.
The House, at 11:45 o’clock, went into
committee of the whole (with Mr. Cox, of
New York, in the chair) on the tariff bill.
Tne principal speakers on the bill were
Mr. Wilborn, of Texas, favoring, and Mr.
McKinley, of Ohio, opposing, but a good
many questions and brief remarks were
interjected by other members.
Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, made an
elaborate argument in favor of the bill,
and in answer to what he termed the so
phistries of the gentleman who had pre
ceded him he cited as an example of the
style and argument to which the protec
tionists resorted the action ot Mr. McKin
ley in producing an advertisement of the
“Carlisle shape” and sarcastically re
ferred to that advertisement as a reason
for maintaining a high duty on a
cheap class of crockery which was
consumed by the people of this country.
If Mr. Carlisle should be instrumental in
bringing down an inequitous tariff he
would deserve to live in bronze and mar
ble, and would receive a vote of thanks
from the people tor his efforts in their
behalf. He proceeded to expatiate on the
necessity of securing a foreign market
for the productions of the farmer, and
contended that that object could only be
attained by a reduction of the present
high tariff duties. At the conclusion of
Mr. Herbert’s speech the committee rose.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the pension appropriation
bill, the pending amendment being that
offered by Mr. Koseerans, ot California,
transferring the duties of Pension Agent
to the Pay Department of the army. The
amendment was lost. An amendment
was adopted providing that no agent, at
torney or other person shall demand or
receive a fee for his services in cases of
pension or bounty land claims until
the allowance of the claim; that all
fees in pension cases shall be
paid by pension agent out of
the first installment of the pension to the
claimant; that no fee shall exceed $lO,
except in case of a special written con
tract on file in the Pension office and ap
proved by the Commissioner of Pensions,
where $25 may lie charged, and prescrib
ing the power which the Secretary of the
Interior may exercise over pension at
torneys. Tlie committee then rose and
reported the bill to the House, when it
was passed. The House then took a re
cess until 8 o’clock, the evening session
to be for debate only on the tariff bill.
There were not two dozen members
present when the House met after recess
for debate on the tariff bill, with Mr.
Hatch, of Missouri, in the chair. Mr.
Evans, of Pennsylvania, was the first
speaker, and in the name of 1,400 manu
facturing industries in his district he
protested against the passage of the Mor
rison bill. He failed to see who in the
country would be benefited by the pro
posed reduction. He believed in the
policy of an adequate and sure protection
of American labor, and hoped that there
was wisdom enough in this Democratic
House to defeat tlie pending measure.
Mr. Eldridge, of Michigan, said that
the protective policy discriminated be
tween rich and poor, and this evil could
only be remedied by a complete revision
of the tariff.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, in a two min
utes speech had just time to thank the
House for the splendid attendance which
had assembled to listen to Ins argument,
when the Speaker’s gavel cut short tlie
remaider of his discourse.
Mr. Lanhani, of Texas, maintained
that the protective system had created
millionaires and paupers with equal
pace, and submitted an argument in sup
port of the pending bill.
Tlie other speakers were Messrs.
Dockery, Warner of Tennessee, Price
of Wisconsin, and George of Oregon.
The House then, at 10:30 o’clock, ad
journed.
HOW NEW WAS SNl’BBEl).
Functions whicli Were Taken from Him
Returned with Coon’s Appointment.
Washington, April 22. —While John
C. New was First Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury he had not means
the confidence of Messrs. Folger and Ar-;
thur. It had always up .to his incum
bency been the practice to designate the
First Assistant Secretary to act as head of
the Treasury Department during the ab
sence of the Secretary, but Mr. New was
snubbed at the outstart. The Second As
sistant Secretary acted as Secretary and
attended the Cabinet meetings whenever
the latter was absent. This caused a
good deal of comment at the time, es
pecially as it was followed up by so deal
ing with Mr. New that he was practically
a figure-head. These things are recalled
by an order just issued. It is that here
after during the absence of the Secretary'
the First Assistant shall have charge
of the Treasury Department. O. E. Coon,
Mr. New’s successor, lias just been con
firmed. The other functions of the office
of whicli it has*l>een stripped will be
given him, and a position of importance
which for the past several years has been
practically vacant will be revived. Mr.
New happens to be here just now to
receive this blow right in the face. He is
one of the Indiana Republican bosses.
None of the delegates front that State
which have been chosen for the Chicago
Convention are Arthur men.
The resignation of John C. New as As
sistant Secretary, which was tendered on
the Ist of February, to take effect Febru
ary 15, or when bis successor should be
appointed,was accepted by the President,
to take effect April 10, the date of Mr.
Coon’s appointment.
MR. DRUMMOND’S RETIREMENT.
A Bill to Retain Bis Services and Ap
point an Extra Judge.
Washington, April 22. —Mr. Calkins,
of Indiana, introduced a bill in the House
to-day which is intended to create a judi
cial position which will be tendered to
Postmaster General Gresham. The bill is
preceded by a preamble setting forth that
Judge Drummond has signified his inten
tion of retiring from the bench at an early
day, and for the purpose of still retaining
his services so far as he shall teel able to
give them to the public, and to afford an
opportunity for him to close up important
cases long pending before him, it is provid
ed that the President may appoint an addi
tional Circuit Judge for the Seventh (the
Chicago judicial circuit, and that upon
the happening of a vacancy by his retiring,
or otherwise, tlie vacancy thus occurring
shall not be filled. It is expected that
this bill will be soon reported from the
committee and passed under a suspension
of the rules. No secret is made of the
fact that the position it will create will be
tendered to Postmaster General Gresham.
As no additional expense will attach to
the appointment it is thought that there
will be no objection. Judsre Drummond
can retire now at any time upon full pav,
and it is known positively that he iutends
retiring very soon. If authority is not
given to appoint his successor now,
should the bill pass, it is understood that
Gen. Gresham will not be appointed until
the close, or very near the close, of the
present administration.
Nominated for Postmaster.
Washington. April 22.—The President
to-day nominated Lewis T. Self to be
Postmaster at Gteenville, Tenn.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1884.
KNOX EXONERATED.
Nothing Criminal in liis Conduct of the
Defunct Pacific Bank’s Affairs.
Washington, April 22.—The House
Committee on Banking and Currency to
day agreed upon the following resolution
as a report of the committee on the recent
investigation of the charges against gov
ernment officials arising out of the failure
of the Pacftic National Bank, of Boston:
Rejoiced, That from an examination of tlie
allegations and offers of proof made hv the
memorialists aud documentary evidence and
admissions already Indore the committee, it is
the opinion of the committee that a further
investigation of the facts is not necessary in
order to pass upon the charges made against
tlie government officers; that there is no
proof, or offer of proof, sufficient to justify the
committee in entertaining the charge of con
spiracy lie tween the government officers and
other parties; that the increase of the capital
stock of said bank to $961,300 involves a ques
tion of law now before a court ef competent
jurisdiction, and is not a matter properly call
ing for tlie judgment of this committee; that
while in the light of the facts apparent since
the failure of the bank, the Comptroller’s ex
ercise of his lawful discretion in some in
stances may be open to criticism, and the wis
dom of his course may be questioned, there is
nothing to show that he was actuated by any
improper motive or was guilty of any inten
tional violation of the law; that
the charge of incompetencv made against
Examiner Needham is not sustained, except
iu so far as lie yielded his own judgment too
much to the influences surrounding him, aud
to the apparent business sentiment of Boston
in favor of keeping this bauk from going into
the hands of a receiver, and to the hopes,
opinions and statements of the directors and
others interested in the rehabilitation of the
bank: that the sub-committee be directed to
prepare a report embodying these views, and
to formulate such amendments to the national
banking act as will tend to prevent the
practices by which the insolvency of the
Pacific Bank was brought about, and to limit
and define the discretion of tlie Comptroller,
and if possible make examinations directed by
law more reliable and trustworthy.
THE APPROPRIATIONS EIGHT.
A Long Conference Probable on the
Postal Bill.
Washington, April 22.—The clash be
tween the Houses over the appropriation
bills, owing to the Senate's policy of in
creasing the amounts fixed by the House,
may be said to have commenced. It is
inaugurated over the post office bill, which
the Senate has largely added to. This
bill will go to a conference committee.
It is not expected that it will bring about
a deadlock, but it will doubtless be an
unusually long time before theconfeience
agrees. There will have to be concessions
on both sides, and mainly from the Sen
ate. According to Mr. Randall’s deter
mination there will be just such fights
over all appropriation bills, some greater
and some less. As heretofore stated in
these dispatches it will be about the naval
bill that the deadlock will arise. It is
even stated by some members that the
temper of the House is such that unless
the Senate recedes from its enormous in
crease of the money appropriated by the
House for the navy, especially the en
tirely' new provision for six liew steel
cruisers, there will be no naval bill passed
at all.
AN INDIAN PRINCESS WEEPS.
Her Tears Started While Telling Con
gressmen of the Wrongs Done Her
Tribe.
Washington, April 22. Princess
Sarah Winnemucca, of the Piute tribe of
Indians, was before the sub-Committee on
Indian Affairs to-day pleading for the set
ting apart of a reservation for her tribe.
She was accompanied by a delegation of
ladies ahd gentlemen from Baltimore.
The Indian woman spoke in good English,
emphasizing her remarks with graceful
gestures. As she depicted the griefs of
her people she was frequently moved to
tears. She said that her tribe was scat
tered, that they had been driven from
place to place. “Two winters ago,” she
continued, “while being driven frome one
point old men and children were frozen to
death.” She also said that the Indian
agents had deprived the tribe of filestores
provided for them by the government.
The Piutes are located in Nevada. The
Princess asked that Camp McDermott be
set apart lor them.
CARLISLE TO SPEAK.
He Will Close the Debate in Favor of
the Tariff Bill.
Washington, April 22.—The fact that
Mr. Carlisle will make a speech on the
tariff is considered to ho a good stroke of
policy on the part of tlie tariff reformers.
Mr. Carlisle will make the best speech on
his side of any man in the House. It is
evident that the Democrats in favor of no
tariff agitation are somewhat anxious as
to what the effect ot Mr-Carlisle’s argu
ment may have on tlie weak men in their
ranks. They are consequently trying to
create the impression that it would not be
dignified lor’the Speaker to take part in a
debate on the floor. They point to the
fact that Messrs. Keifer, Kerr and others
never did such a thing. The Carlisle men
have also been looking up a precedent.
They mention Messrs. Randall, Galusha
A. Grow, Blaine and Robert C. Winthrop
as Speakers who took an active partin
House debates. In (act most of the pre
cedents are on the side of the Carlisle
men in the matter.
THE CONGO COUNTRY.
Text of the Senate’s Recognition of tlie
African International Society.
Washington, April 22.—The injnnc
of secrecy was removed to-day from the
resolution adopted by the in exec
utive session April 10, authorizing the
recognition of the African International
Association, which is now opening up to
commerce tlie valley of the Congo. The
resolution is aslollows:
Resolved , That the Senate concurs in the
views expressed by the President of the Uni
ted States in his last annual message to Con
gress in reference to the interests of the Uni
ted Stutbs in tiie settlement of the Congo
country in Africa, and in the opening of that
country to the free access of the people and
the lawful commerce of all other countries:
and that it is the opiuion of tlie Senate that
the flag of the African International Associa
tion should be recognized as tlie flag of a
friendly government.
Atlanta’s Sentenced Brass Founder.
Washington, D. C., April 22V John
Davis, the well-known Atlanta brass
founder, was sentenced in Baltimore a
short time ago to three months’ imprison
ment for assaulting a man who had in
sulted his wife. Mr. Hammond will go
to Annapolis next" Friday to try and in
duce Governor McLane to pardon Davis.
Supreme Lodge Knights ot Pythias.
New Orleans, April 22.—The formal
opening of the session of the Supreme
uodge of the world of Knights ot Pythias
took place to-day in the Odd Fellows’
Hall. The building was decorated with
banners, pendants and other insignia of
the order. The Supeme representatives
were escorted from the St. Charles Hotel
to Canal street, thence to Camp street,
and up Camp to Odd Fellows’ -Hall, tlie
guard of honor being the uniformed rank
of the Crescent and Orleans Lodges. It
is predicted that the session, from tlie
amount of business to be transacted, will
last nearly ten days.
The Whisky Pool’s Work.
Cincinnati, April 22.— The whisky
pool is again established. The Executive
Committee held a meeting to-day andrat
ilied $1 10 as the price of whisky, and it
will be kept at that for a few days when
an advance is expected. An assessment
of $130,000 has been ordered to pay the
liabilities of the pool, and it is hinted
that a still further reduction of the capa
city will be made on May 1. The members
of the pool, although all are not pleased,
are willing to make a further effort to keep
the business under the control of the pres
ent organization.
A Black Fiend Caught.
Montgomery, Ala., April 22.— 0n
Saturday last a negro living near Loeha
poka beat his wife so badly that she gave
premature birth to two children and died.
Soon afterff bis he made a criminal atsault
on a white lady, the wife of his employer,
but was frightened away before accom
plishing his object. He fled, but was
pursued by a large body of men, and
this morning was arrested about 10 miles
from here and lodged in jail.
Two Desperadoes Kill Each Other.
Richmond. Ky., April 22.— Near Irv
ing last Saturday Joseph Flinn and Wil
liam Hale, two desperadoes, engaged in a
shooting affray and Flinn shot Hale
through the heart, but before the latter
fell he shot Flinn twice, from the effects
of which he died in a tew hours.
No housekeeper who has flavored a cake,
pudding or cream witli Dr. Price’s Special
Flavoring Extracts, will ever return to
the use of the cheap flavoring extracts
that flood the market. One trial will sat
isfy that for purity and delicious natural
flavor Dr. Price’s are alone in the market.
LOUISIANA AT THE POLLS.
MUCH SCRATCHING AND THE
COUNT A SLOW ONE.
Three Tickets iu the Field—Charges of
Violent Interference Already Made—
McEnery Probably Reflected—A Good
Run for the- Stevenson Ticket—Chi
cago Delegations.
New Orleans, April 22.—This even
ing's Picayune says: “At the opening ot
the polls this morning the Commissioners
ot Election and a Deputy Sheriff', repre
senting the ling, with a unanimity show
ing that they had received specific instruc
tions on the subject, either forcibly
ejected, or refused admittance to the in
spectors of the Mayor, and ejected certain
of tlie commissioners appointed by the
Registrar of Voters. In many of the pre
cincts, besides the regular Democratic and
Republican State tickets voted to-day,
there are three municipal tickets—the
regular, or ring Democratic, headed by
John Y.Guillotte, for Mayor; the Indepen
dent Democratic, with D. B. Peen for
Mayor, and the citizens’ and Parish
Democratic, with W. J. Behen for Mayor.
The two last named parties were
organized ostensibly in opposi
tion to ring rule. Eight amend
ments to the constitution were
also voted upon. The first relates that
the interest on the consolidated bonds of
tlie State is now fixed at 2 per cent, for
five years from January 1, 1880, then at 3
per cent, for fifteen years, and at 4 per
cent, thereafter. The* amendment fixes
the interest at 4 per cent, from January 1,
1885. The other amendments relate to the
disposition of the fees and charges of the
various civil courts, the register of con
veyances and the record of mortgages in
the parish of Orleans, define the jurisdic
tion of various courts in certain cases,
and enlarge the jurisdiction of the Court
of Appeals to all cases not exceeding
$2,000. It is believed that the major
ity of the tickets voted in the
city to-day were scratched, necessarily
delaying the count. It is understood that,
the Republicans generally voted the
citizens, parish and municipal ticket, and
that the parish Democrats in turn sup
ported Mr. Stevenson, tlie conservative
Republican nominee for Governor, Gov.
McEnery being scratched. It was re
ported to-day from all quarters of the
city that the regular Democrats claimed
the election of their entire parochial and
municipal ticket with Iho possible excep
tion of the Criminal Sheriff. For this office
Delaney, the citizens and parish Demo
crat candidate, is reported as running
ahead of his ticket.”
reports from the towns.
Bayou Sara, April 22.—The indica
tions are that a full vote was cast. It is
believed that Stevenson polled a larger
vote than was anticipated.
Opelousa#, April 22.—The election
passed off quietly. The result is un
certain. A majority is claimed by both
the Democrats and Independents. Eight
hundred and sixty-two votes were polled.
Much scratching svas done, and the
counting will not he finished till to-mor
row evening.
Monroe, April 22.—Tlie election was
quiet. There was opposition to the Dem
ocratic ticket. Not over half the regular
vote was polled.
Baton Rouge, April 22.—1 t is believed
that tlie Fisher-Bates parish ticket is
elected here by probably 500 majority. It
is said that Gov. McEqpry will lose the
parish. The Fisher-Bates wing is mainly
composed of tjie element of Democracy
opposed to Gov. McEnery.
Lake Charles, April 22.—The election
was quiet. Gov. McEnery’s majority is
100. The debt amendment was undoubt
edly defeated. As yet no opinion can he
formed as to tlie election of Senators and
Representatives.
St. Martinsville, April22.—A heavy
vote was polled here to-day, and the full
Democratic ticket is supposed to be
eiected. No positive returns can be had
until to-morrow evening.
Franklin, April 22.—The election
passed off" quietly. The tickets were
much scratched, and no reliable estimate
can as yet he made in regard to the vote
tor State officers.
Morgan City, April 22.— The election
was quiet. Stevenson will carry this
parish by a large majority. The ring
Democrats are lost sight of, McEnery’s
followers swapping him off for Republi
can votes for their ticket.
REGISTRAR CAVAN AC APPEALED TO.
New Orleans, April 22, 9 p. m.— The
exclusion of the inspectors appoint
ed by tlie Mayor, and of the
commissioners appointed by Mr.
Cavauae, Supervisor of Registration, on
behalf of the citizens and Parish De
mocracy from the polling rooms, is the
all absorbing subject of conversation to
night. When this action was first made
known this morning, Lionel C. Levy
Chairman of the commission, addressed ii
communication to State Registrar Cava
nac, saying:
I have the honor to invite your attention
to the fact that the commissioners appointed
by you. one at each poll ou behalf of the citi
zens and Parish Democracy of this city, have,
in wanton violation of the law, and in tiie
prejudice of tiie rights of thousands of
voters, been debarred or violently evicted
from the polls to which they were
severally assigned. The matter is of
such grave moment and so deliberately
in the interest of fraud upon our people, anil
involves such serious infractions of the pro
visions of tlie law pertaining to elections, that
I am constrained to call upon you immediately
to exercise such powers as arc lodged in your
hands, and to acquaint me with your purpose
in the premises, ami what assistance, if any,
is desired by you which this commission can
contribute in the interest of an honest vote
and an honest count. Would it not, perhaps,
lie xvell for you, as a State officer, if you con
sider yourself without power to afford a
remedy, lo call upon the Governor of tlie
State $0 maintain you in the exercise of your
authority?
Cavanac in reply stated that lie had no
authority in the premises; that his duties
ended with the registration of voters; the ap
pointment of a commissioner and clerks of
election and the delivering of a list oi tiie
voters to tlie Sheriff or a proper returning
officer. He therefore declined to take any
action in the premises.
A BATCH OK PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATES.
Washington, April 22.— The following
Republican election straws blew in to
night:
The Nintli Congressional District of
Massachusetts elected delegates to Chi
cago who were announced as favoring
Edmunds.
The Seventh Massachusetts district
delegates favor Edmunds. A motion com
mending Arthur was tabled.
The Eleventh Massachusetts District
delegates are uninstructed, but holding
preferences for Edmunds.
The First New Hampshire district gave
no instructions, and no jireferences are
expressed.
At Annapolis, Md., the Blaine men con
trolled the district convention, and passed
resolutions indorsing Blaine and Lincoln.
In Cecil county, Md., Blaine delegates
were selected and Blaine resolutions
passed.
Washington county, Md., instructs for
Blaine, and Garrett county, Md.,did like
wise.
The Fifth Massachusetts district Re
publicans gave no instructions, but Ed
munds is the first choice.
Baltimore, April 22.— Specials from the
Republican conventions held in Somerset,
Talbot and Wicomico counties state that
the delegates to the District and State
Conventions were instructed for Rlaine.
New Orleans, April 22.—A Jackson,
Miss., special says: “The Republican
District Convention met this morning.
The Hill faction controlled thorn.
Thirteen delegates favor Arthur, 1 Blaine
and 4 Logan for second choice. For Con
gressmen the First district nominated
Green C. Chandler, and the Fifth district
Johu A. Smith, of Lauderdale.
Tlie delegates tor the State at large are
ex-Senator B. K. Bruce, James Hill, It.
F. Bock and J. M. Bynum. The first two
are colored and the others white. The
delegates are uninstructed, but favor
Arthur. It is now stated that the district
delegates stand Arthur 11, Blaine 1,
Logan 1 and Gresham 1.
MUMMIES BY THE THOUSAND.
Prof. Maspero Makes Important Dls
coveries in Kgypt.
London, April 22.—The Times says
that Prof. Maspero, the distinguished
French Egyptologist, has discovered at
Ekmeem, ancient Khemnis, the panopoiis
ot the Greeks, between Asseus and
Thebes, an immense necropolis whicli
dates from the Ptolemaic period. Five
catacombs have so far been opened.
These yielded 120 mummies. The sites of
100 similar catacombs are still intact. It
is believed that they contain as many as
6,000 mummies. A large harvest of
Papyri jewels and funeral treasures is
expected.
.Several Hurt in a Railroad Collision.
Athens, Ky., April 22.— A collision
occurred yesterday between two passen
ger trauis on the Cincinnati, Washington
and Baltimore Railroad. Conductor John
Dillon was fatally and several passengers
i slightly hurt.
NEW ORLEANS’ EXPOSITION.
The Main Building; Much Larger Than
that at Philadelphia.
Washington, April 22.— Director Gen
eral Burke was heard by the Appropria
tions Committee of the House to-day on
the hill tor a loan of $1,000,000 towards the
industrial exhibition at New Orleans. He
stated that the original act indicated that
cotton would be the chief exhibit, but a
provision was made to include all arts
and manufactures and products of the
soil and mine. Owing to the growth of
interest in expositions created by the
Centennial and fostered by exhibitions in
Boston, Atlanta and other cities, applica
tions, he said, had been received for space
for miscellaneous exhibits, foreign and do
mestic, also from foreign governments
and from States and Territories, desiring
to exhibit their natural resources, until
cotton had become a mere incident, and
the enterprise should tie regarded here
after as a World’s Industrial Exposition.
Tlie act of 1883, like the preliminary cen
tennial act, required that tlie exposition
should be national and international in
its character. As an evidence of the good
faith of the management, Mr. Burke point
ed to the fact that all the preparations
had been on a liberal scale. The main
building, he said, covered one acre more
than the main building of the Philadel
phia centennial, and three acres more
ground|than both the main building and the
Machinery Hall of the Centennial. The
Horticultural Hall was larger than that
of the Centennial, and the other arrange
ments were on a scale of sufficient magni
tude for an ordinary national or interna
tional exposition, but the enterprise had
grown beyond the original conception.
Applications had been received from
fourteen foreign nations asking for 275,-
000 square feet, from foreign exhibitors
asking f0r.210,000 square feet, from States
and Territories for 400,000 square feet, and
front manufacturers and miscellaneous
domestic exhibitors for 1,785,000
square feet. Tlie total space
in the main building was 1,215.000
square feet. “In other words,” he said,
“eight months before the opening, appli
cations from miscellaneous exhibit
ors in the United States, exclusive of for
eign exhibits, and the government and
State exhibits, call for 1,500,000 square
feet more of space than appeared at Phila
delphia in 1876. To this must be added
exhibitors who may wish to transfer from
expositions to be held this year in Lon
don, Philadelphia, Louisville, Cincinnati,
Chicago, St. Louis and Denver. All clos
ing before tlie World’s Exposition opens.’’
The management, he continued, claimed
that it could hold an Exposition in every
way creditable to New Orleans ou the funds
raised by the citizens, but that it would
be impossible to meet the demands for
space from foreign countries, States and
Territories. Thirty-two States had already
applied and others were raising funds.
An additional building was needed in
which to group tlie United States Govern
ment and the States and Territories, in
order to impress visitors with the re
sources and power of America. Mr.
Burke, in conclusion, furnished full state
ments and estimates to show the im
portance of the Exposition. A sub-com
mittee was appointed to consider the bill.
COLORADO’S NEW GOIjD FIELDS.
Thousands of Miners with Great Expec
tations Flocking to the Scene.
Denver, April 22.— The excitement
over the new gold discoveries at Mount
Pisgah, near Dike’s Peak, is becoming in
tense. A thousand men are already in
camp there, and others are flocking from
all directions. The Miners' Unio'n lias
formed a district named the Golden Val
iev, and hundreds of claims were staked
off Sunday. Several large companies are
being formed here, and leading mining
men are becoming convinced that the dis
coveries are genuine and the most im
portant in the history of the State. The
charge ot “salting” made in Le’adville is
believed to be groundless and malicious.
A representative of the Tribune tele
graphs:
It is not strictly “placer ground,” but there
to gold bearing gravel in the gulches, in some
places cemented into a hard mass, almost
rock, and in others quite free. The co’oroften
obtained by washing bears a strong resem
blance to the “dry placers” of New Mexico.
Most of the gold is in combination, but the
combination is not uniformly chemical. The
best opinion now is that the placers will prove
of only secondary importance Compared with
lodes sure to be developed. The district is
very large. The rock is volcanic and charged
with mineral. The district is certainly one
of great possibilities. Several assays have
been made, averaging about forty ounces of
gold per ton with a trace of silver. Some have
run much higher.
MEXICO’S AGITATIONS.
Some of Gould's Buildings Seized—ln
surgents Slain—The Stamp Tax.
City of Mexico, April 22.— News has
just been received here that a band of men
who are in rebellion against the govern
ment of the State of Guerro have been de
feated in Tapiclie, on the Pacific coast,
with the loss of fifty-two killed. Colonels
Morales and Neri are marching against
the remnant of the band. The fight oc
curred on the 2d inst. The question is
purely a local one.
THE TA£ QUESTION.
The stockholders of the National and
Mercantile Banks have been summoned
to ratify a fusion of the two institutions.
At a petition of the merchants, the gov
ernment is considering the project of sub
stituting for the stamp tax, a tax of from
Iy x tcT2 per cent, on sales. The merchants
promise, if this is done, to advance to the
government $1,500,000 for its present needs,
thus furnishing the desired revenue with
out causing discontentment,
. MEXICANS SEIZE GOULD’S BUILDING.
Galveston, April 22. —A special from
Laredo says: “The costly clubs and hotel
buildings erected by the construction
company of Gould’s extension of the In
ternational Road into Mexico have been
seized and appropriated bv the civjl au
thorities of New Laredo, because of some
alleged failure to comply with the re
quirements of the General Government.”
REVOLUTION the only thing left.
Galveston, April 22.—A dispatch
from Matamoras says: “The Secretary
of the City of Mexico has issued a circu
lar stating that the stamp law will be
strictly enforced. Not only merchandise
on sab*, but that in warehouses must be
stamped within a month. The people
consider the law a forced loan, and trouble
will result. They dislike to see officials
enrich themselves and the government
impoverished. Some days the troops are
without food. The people regard a revo
lution as the only thing left.”
SERVANT MURDERERS HANGED.
One of the Executions in this Country
and Two in Austria.
Gettysburg,Pa., April 22. —John Oovle
was hanged here this morning for murder
ing a young servant girl employed in his
mother’s house who had refused to marry
him. The murder was committed May
30, 1881, and his friends have made
superhuman efforts to save him, but
fruitlessly.
TWO HANGED IN’ AUSTRIA.
Vienna, April 22.—Hugo Scbenck and
Karl Schlossarek, the notorious murder
ers of servant girls, were hanged to-day.
Schenck professed to be a Freethinker,
and asked that a philosopher instead of a
priest might be sent to consult with him,
but he afterwards partook of the sacra
ment and prayed with the priest through
out the night." Karl Schenck. brother of
Hugo, who was also implicated to a
certain extent with Hugo and Schlossarek
in their murder league, has been incarce
rated for life.
A Kailroad Sold Under a Foreclosure.
Raleigh, X. €., April 22.—The property
of the Jamesville and Washington Rail
road and Lumber Company was sold here
to-day under a decree of foreclosure in
the Circuit Court to John X. Whiting, of
Xew York, trustee for the bondholders, for
SIO,OOO. With the road were sold 39,000
acres of land which belongs to it. The
road is now operated by the Xorfolk
Southern Railroad.
Killed for His Life Insurance.
Nashville, Tenn., April 22.—Slyer
Moscovitz, Jr., and Beke, a negro, have
been arrested for assassinating Myer
Friedman in order to obtain $2,000 "lor
which Friedman was insured in the
American Legion of Honor. Friedman’s
wife was accessory before the fact, and
sent her husband to meet his death.'
The “Alert” Reaches New York.
Xew York, April 22.— The steamship
Alert, which was presented by the British
Government to the United States for the
Greelv relief expedition, arrived here this
morning after a stormy passage of twenty
four days.
Frank James’ Trial Postponed.
Chattanooga. April 22.—The trial of
Frank James at Huntsville. Ala., is post
poned on account of the illness of Gen.
Walker, his leading counsel.
GORDON BEYOND REACH.
NO RECENT DISPATCHES FROM
ENGLAND REACH HIM.
Earl Granville Explains the Situation-
No Fears for Gordon's Safety—No Re
quest Received for the Dispatch of
Troops to Khartouui—The Financial
M uddle.
London, April 22.—Parliament reas
sembled to-day after tlie Easter recess.
In tlie House ot Lords Earl Granville,
Foreign Secretary of State, said that the
government felt no fears for tlie personal
safety of Gen. Gordon. Earl Granville
said that Gen Gordon’s indignation at be
ing abandoned would be understood when
it was known that of all the dispatches
which the government had sent to Gen.
Gordon only one short note had reached
him.
The position ol Gen. Gordon \va also
the subject of inquiry in the House of
Commons. Premier Gladstone stated
that the government had received no re
quest from Gen. Gordon for the dispatch
of British forces to relieve Khartoum.
Gen. Gordon had simply suggested that a
small cavalry force should be sent to
Berber. He was unable to say whether
Gen. Gordon had sent a telegram to Sir
Evelyn Baring, at Cairo, expressing
indignation at being abandoned by the
English Government, and announcing a
determination to act henceforth with
perfect independence of those who have
deserted him, as was stated this morning
in the Cairo correspondence of the Stan
dard.
ENGLAND BOUND TO KEEP FRANCE OUT
OF EGYPT.
The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon
denounces the “foolish” speech of Sir
William Harcourt, Secretary of State for
the Home Department, delivered at Der
by last Wednesday, in which he portend
ed the withdrawal of England from Egypt.
This statement, the Gazette asserts! is
kindling hopes in France that the French
Republic will he able to seize the Govern
ment of Egypt. “The British,” it says,
further, “irrespective of party are re
solved to preveut Egypt from’faliing in
France’s hands. Any ministry which
should sanction that could not command
fifty votes in the House of Commons.”
The Gazette demands that the govern
ment shall at once declare that England
will not retire from Egypt for five years.
“Otherwise,” it says, “we shall speedily
drift into a war with France.”
NO CONFERENCE CALLED.
Although telegrams from Paris and
Berlin assert that Earl Granville lias
summoned a conference on Egyptian
financial affairs, no invitations have yet
been issued. Tlie officials at the Foreign
Office disclaim knowledge of any inten
tion on the part of the government to call
a conference. Earl Granville continues
separate negotiations with each power in
regard to Egyptian finances, and if
a conference is convened it
will only he to give a formal continuation
to their previous assent to the English
proposals. There are rumors of a re
newal of the former complete entente be
tween the English and French govern
ments, due to Earl Granville’s pledge to
M. Waddington, given in last week’s in
terview, that an early date would he fixed
for the withdrawal of English troops
from Egypt, and that also some financial
reforms would restore French control in
the financial adminstration.
A CONFERENCE ON THE FINANCES.
Paris, April 22. —It is stated here that
England yesterday issued invitations to
the powers for a "congress to discuss the
question of Egyptian finances.
Lord Lyons, the British Ambassador to
France, submitted to Prime Minister Ferry
to-day a proposal for a conference con
cerning Egypt.
BERBER’S MUDIR WANTS TO KNOW HIS
FATE.
Cairo, April 22.—The Mudir of Berber
has telegraphed asking whether reinforce
ments are coining. If so, he says, he will
resist to the utmost with his garrison of
700 men. If not, he asks for instructions
prior to his endeavor to make the best
possible terms with El Mahdi.
AGUEKO’S DESCENT ON CUBA.
Wicker Removed by the Senate—Foster
Arrives from Spain.
New Orleans, April 22.—A special
from Mobile, Ala., says: “The Attorney-
General, by request of the Secretary of
the Treasury, who has been strongly ap
pealed to by the Spanish Consuls here and
at New Orleans, telegraphed yesterday
morning to Distriot Attorney liuskin to
vigorously enforce the neutrality laws
against any one who shall fit out or at
tempt to fit out a filibustering expedition
in this city.”
Washington, April 22.—The Senate
was in executive session to-day three
hours, having under consideration the re
commendation of President Arthur that
Collector Wicker, ol Key West, Fla., be
removed. The issues wete both of lact
and of method. It was maintained by-
Mr. Wicker’s friends that he had done
nothing to merit removal, while others
contended that his acts of open sympathy
with the Cuban insurgents were
ample grounds for removal. It
was said also that the President
had full power to act as he saw fit In the
matter, and that the interference of the
Senate was unprecedented and uncalled
for. To meet this objection an amend
ment was proposed to the Commerce
Committee’s report, declaring that the
action of the Senate should not be con
strued as an expression of opinion in re
gard to the constitutional power ot the
President to remove at will. Thereupon
the Senate adopted the report advising
the dismissal of Mr. Wicker.
FOSTER NOT ON a CUBAN MISSION.
Hon. John W. Foster, United States
Minister to Spain, who arrived in Wash
ington yesterday, lias come here to confer
with the authorities in regard to the de
tails of the proposed commercial treaty
between Spain and the United States. It
is said on undisputed authority that his
visit has nothing to do with the alleged
plan for the purchase of Cuba by the
United States, nor has it any bearing on
the insurrection in Cuba.
VIGILANCE IN THE GULF.
The Secretary of the Treasury and tbe
Attorney General have issued’ orders to
their agents jn cities bordering on the
Gulf of Mexico for a strict enforcement of
the neutrality laws. The agents are in
structed to keep a sharp lookout lor Cuban
insurgents and to intercept any filibuster
ing expedition bound for Cuba. The
revenue steamers Forward and Seward
are cruising in the Gulf on patrol duty.
ECONOMIC REFORMS TO BE CONSIDERED.
Madrid, April 22.—The Minister of the
Colonies has obtained the assent of the
Cabinet to the introduction of a measure
lor economic reforms in Cuba.
CHINA’S NEW MINISTRY.
Prince K ting’s Disgrace Relished by the
Population of Shanghai.
Shanghai, April 22.—The disgrace of
Prince Kung for his dilatory action in the
Tonquin affair has been favorably re
ceived by the population of the provinces.
They believe that the accession of Prince
Chun to the control of the Grand Council
of the Empire is a forerutrtier of war.
Defensive measures are already being
taken along the coast where much excite
ment prevails.
PRINCE CHUN’S POLICY.
London, April 22.—Advices from
Pekin via Shanghai, April 21, giving the
composition of the Grand Council of the
Empire, show that Prince Chun has in
duced only two new members, both of
whom belong to the war party and the other
five members belong to the peace party.
There is do truth in the report of the re
call of the Chinese Ambassador to Ger
many, and the Ambassador to France
and Great Britain. Prince Chun’s policy
implies increased hostility neither toward
France nor toward the subjects of other
powers.
A DYING MAX KILLS HIS WIFE.
Unable to Leave His Bed He Calls in a
Neighbor and Confesses.
Chicago, April 22.—A special from
Waukegan, 111., says: “Charles Frike,
an aged German and an old resident of
this city, murdered his second wife Sun
day night by beating her brains out with
a club. The deed was discovered this
morning by a passing neighbor whom
Frike called in. He acknowledged the
killing, saying that they had quarreled
all day Sunday over the disposition of
some property. Frike is very feeble,
being unable to leave his bed, and will
probably not live to be tned.”
In the absence of suitable materials or
the time to prepare it, people often go
without a dressing for salads. Buy Dur
kee’s Dressing, and you will never trouble
yoursell to make another.
EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND.
A Number of Buildings Badly Shaken Up
and Much Alarm Created.
London, April 22.—At 9:3oo’clock this
morning an earthquake shock of consid
erable force was felt in the eastern coun
ties of England. Localities iu Essex and
Suffolk were the scenes of the greatest dis
turbances. At Ipswich, the capital of
Suffolk county, the shock was so severe
that tlie walls of the houses were pereep
tibly shaken. Plates were rattled and bells
rung. The people have been thrown into
such a state of consternation that busi
ness is for the time suspended. The shock
was still more severe at Calcliester. in
Essex. The concussion lasted half a
minute.
The first symptom was a deep rumbling
sound, portentous and awe inspiring!
This was speedily followed by a quaking
and shaking of all buildings. The church
bells sounded as though swayed by un
seen hands. The tall chimney stacks of
factories crushed in ruins to the eartli
and other lofty structures were destroyed.
The spire of one of the largest churches
in the city, 150 feet in height, fell with an
awful crash to the ground. In one part
of the city fire was caused by the shock.
It is impossible to estimate the amount of
damage, hut it is known to !>e “great. In
private bouses tlie greatest confusion pre
vailed. Tables were overturned, ciiairs
swayed and nodded and then
fell sprawling upon the floor,
china and glassware in cupboards and
sideboards rattled together, and were
frequently shattered, while pictures and
other ornaments upon the walls were
loosened from their fastenings and fell to
the floor. The people were terror stricken.
Men, women and children rushed shriek
ing into the streets, where their agonized
cries and pale laces made a most impres
sive scene.
At Chelmsford, likewise in Essex, and
only about thirty miles from London, the
shock was also severe, and the people
were tilled with terror and dismay. At
Southend, a watering place near the
mouth of the Thames, the earth trembled
for miles around. The windows of many
dwellings were broken, chimneys were
dashed to the earth and crockery
and glassware were smashed. At Slioe
buryess, a few miles below Southend, the
shock was distinctly felt. There was also
a perceptible quake at Bury street,
Edmunds, while at Muldon, ten miles east
of Chelmsford, the town hall and private
houses were swayed several times. The
wave passed lroin south to uortli. The
Globe says that the shock was felt in the
Strand, London. A business hpuse, it as
serts, was perceptibly rocked, so much so
that the employes were affrighted and
rushed into the "streets. The duration of
the shock at Ipswich is estimated at three
seconds. The earthquake has caused a
general feeling of alarm and insecurity
throughout England.
COLCHESTER THE CENTRE OF THE QUAK
ING.
London, April 22, 9 r. m.— Later ad
vices indicate clearly that Colchester was
the centre ol yesterday’s serious disturb
ance by earthquake. It is impossible as
yet to determine the exteutof the damage.
In some streets traffic has been forbidden
for the present, as buildings have been so
badly shattered that they are considered
dangerous to life and limb. The side walls
of houses near Colchester were shaken
out. In London there were numerous in
dications of the proximity tif the earth
quake. Telegraph instruments were
shaken and the shock was distinctly felt
Iu Cheapside and Fleet streets. The rail
way depot and a large mansion were par
tially destroyed at Ipswich.
ENGLAND’S CATTLE AVAR.
Mr. Dodson Attacks the Hill of the Lordg,
but is Outvoted.
London, April 22.—George J. Dodson,
"Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in
the House of Commons to-day confirmed
the report that fifteen head of cattle had
been found at Wimpole, in Cambridge
shire, infected with the foot and mouth
disease. These were a portion of a
herd of fifty-one head recently sent into
Cambridgeshire from Liverpool, and the
cattle inspector at Liverpool had reported
that they were from America. Mr. Dod
son asserted, however, that the cattle
could not have come from America,
the inspector to the contrary not
withstanding, as all American* cattle
are slaughtered at the ports where
they are landed. The last Canadian
cattle, moreover, landed at Liverpool
April 12, were perfectly sound. Further
more, Mr. Dodson said, he did not believe
that there was any foot and mouth dis
ease in either the United States or Can
ada. He moved, therefore, to restore the
cattle hill to the original form in which it
was introduced in the House of Lords by
Baron Carlingford, second privy seal.
The Duke of Richmond’s amendment
adopted by the Lords went further than
was necessary in defending the country
against the admission of diseases from
abroad. If adopted as it came from the
House of Lords the measure would inevi
tably tend to hamper trade and increase
tbe price of meat. It would, in reality, be
equivalent to protection. It is acknowl
edged that tbe government attached im
portance to Mr. Dodson’s motion, but in
spite of this the motion was rejected by a
vote of 185 to 161. When this result was
announced Mr. Dodson asked for time for
tbe government to consider the position in
which they were placed by the vote. Sir
Stafford Northcote, tbe leader of tbe op
position, said that the government had
twice this session defied the opinion of
the House in matters deeply affecting the
agricultural . interests of the country.
Premier Gladstone said that the bill had
been discussed on party lines. The
government were, therefore, entitled to
exercise their judgment in regard to what
course they should follow. The measure
will be discussed again on Friday, when
the government will state the* course
which it inteds to pursue.
NOT FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
Chicago. April 22.—Prof. Law, of the
Treasury Cattle Commission, who has
been in Kansas for a week past carefully
investigating the cases of alleged foot anil
mouth disease in that region, telegraphs
his associate, J. H. Saunders, of the
Breeders' Gazette, that all attempts of
communicating the disease by inocula
tion have failed. This is regarded as
settling the question beyond all contro
versy that it is not foot and mouth dis
ease.
IRELAND’S FACTIONS.
The Agitators in France Discussing the
Organization of a Xew Party.
Paris, April 22.—James Stephens is
discussing with prominent Irishmen the
formation of anew Irish party, which
shall embrace societies now existing
w’hich disapprove Mr. Parnell's theories
as well as those which oppose the use of
dynamite, the object being to secure
united action. A conference will shortly
be held in Paris to decide upon the plat
form and future operations of the new
party.
HIDEOUS NOTICES.
Dublin, April 22.—A number of rifle
cartridges have been found at the Four
Courts. The officers of the court and
jurors have received threatening letters.
A notice has been found in Phtenix Park,
near the spot where Lord Cavendish and
Under Secretary Burke were assassinated,
declaring that the Invincibles are im
pregnable. The notices were on mourn
ing paper, to which rifle cartridges were
attached, tied with green ribbon. They
were distributed along tin road from
Beggar’s Bush to Phoenix Park. Some
were also found on the quays and others
in the letter boxes of the newspaper
offices. The words “We will have re
venge” were written in red ink. In one
corner was a black and white cross.
Racing in England.
London, April 22.—This was the first
day of the Epsom spring meeting. The
race for the Riddesdown plate of 200
sovereigns was won by Mr. Gretton’s colt
Henley, with Mr. Walton’s colt Hopeful
second, and Mr. Manton’s filly Gang
Warily third. There were seven starters.
The race for the great metropolitan stakes
handicap was won by Mr. LeFevre’s colt,
Zadig, with Mr Cumberland’s filly, See-
See, second. There were ten starters.
Florida’s Development.
London, April 22.— The Times this
morning says: “Florida’s turn has now’
come for notice, and the material develop
ment of a fresh and exquisite region has
been opened for the pleasure and profit of
the human race. The opportunities it
offers many will not be slow to embrace.”
Emperor William’s Condition.
Paris, April 22.—La Francais says that
Emperor William, of Germany, shows
continued signs of somnolence and other
grave symptoms, which are causing seri
ous alarm.
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MAN CHARGES INVESTIGATED.
Secretary of War Lincoln Induces the
President’s Action by Urging that the
Army’s Honor Is at Stake, and the Ad
vocate General’s Defense of Himself
not Sufficiently Explicit.
Washington, April 22.— Secretary Lin
coln to-day addressed a letter to the Presi
dent, in which he recites that on the 16th
inst. A. E. Bateman, of this city, a mem
ber of the firm of Bateman & Cos., bankers,
addressed to him a letter in which he
alleged that Gen. I). G. Swairn, Judge
Advocate General of the army, had com
mitted a fraud upon said firm, the nature
of which he described. Mr. Bateman’s
letter, as telegraphed abroad on the day
of its date, is embodied in the Secretary’s
letter, who then proceeds to say
“On the next day, ami before any action
was taken on the communication of Mr. Bate
man, another communication from him was
received by me in the following words.”
Mr. Bateman’s second letter, withdraw
ing his charges against (ten. Swaim, is
then set forth, followed by Gen. Swaim’s
indorsement upon Mr. Bateman’s first
letter, all of which have been telegraphed
to the press. Secretary Lincoln then
writes in his letter to the President as
follows:
Mr. Bateman thought it proper to give to
the press a copy of his first letter on the day
of its date and the grave charges made by
linn against the Judge Advocate General
were thus given wide publicity. Its object
was apparently to enforce a pecuniary adjust
ment by a means as offensive as possible, and
his letter of the next day shows that notwith
standing the bitterness of his attack a satis
factory settlement was quickly made, one
element of which was his formal withdrawal
of his charges, with the statement which seems
carefully framed to avoid charging himself
with having recklessly made false and
libellous charges in h’.s previous letter.
THE ARMY’S HONOR AT STAKE.
Mr. Bateman’s business adventures are
not entitled under any circumstances to the
protection of the War Department, hut the
integrity and uprightness of the officer of
the army who reports upon every court
martial proceeding, which it is the duty of the
Secretary of War to submit to the President
for his final action, is a matter of the dee lies t
concern to the President and to every one of
liis military subordinates. The law requires
that “conduct unbecoming an officer and
gentleman" shall he followed by a sentence of
ilismjssal from the military service and the
President alone can mitigate tiic sentence. If
there could he any distinction, every con -
sideration requires that, more than any other
officer of the army, the Judge Advocate,
General should be" free beyond question
from au imputation of such conduct. It is a
matter of deep regret to me, therefore, that
when the Judge Advocate General was given
an opportunity to comment upon the charges
in question, he in respect to the first charge
either was not able, or did not see fit, to make
an explicit denial of its essential part, or to
give in detail such facts and circumstances
as would show the falsity of the charge. In
stead of doing so lie has contented himself
with a statement which contains nothing to
which Mr. Bateman’s allegations might not
possibly be a truthful supplement.
THE SECOND CHARGE.
So in respect to the second charge, assisting
to negotiate army pay vouchers with Bale
man & Cos., which Gen. Swaim knew to lie
fraudulent, and triplicates of outstanding
accounts. Gen. Swann's response fails totiee
that the charge as made by Mr. Bateman
refers not inerelvtothe negotiation of army
pap accounts, but to the negotiation of pay
accounts alleged to have been known to Gen.
Swaim as fraudulent, and to that element of
the charge uo allusion is made in his response.
It is not overlooked that the final clause of
the response asking for its publication,
refers 9to the accusation as false,
hut .his specific answers to them
are evidently intended to be found in what
has gone before. If there is no proof to
sustain the charges made, or if the circum
stances can be explained so as to remove
every impression of improper conduct on the
part* of the officer in question. I am of the
opinion that the "welfare of the military service
requires that proper steps should be taken for
his vindication. It is not a personal, but an
official and public matter, lie has not in my
view recognized this necessity, and as he has
not done so I am compelled to recommend to
you the appointment of a court of inquiry to
examine into accusations above mentioned,
and to report the acts developed by their in
vestigation and give their opionion "thereon.
Upon the receipt of this letter tbe Presi
dent issued an order appointing a court
of inquiry. The following is the detail
for the court: Maj. Gen. John Pope,
Brig. Gen. Christopher C. Auger, Brig.
Gen. Delos B. Saekett, Inspector General.
Maj. Robert N. Scott, of the Third Artil
lery, will act as Judge Advocate and Re
corder. The court will meet in Washing
ton, D. (J., on Monday, thesth dav of May,
1884.
FAILURES IN BUSINESS.
Over #400,000 Owed by Montreal’s
Bankrupt Leather Dealers.
Montreal, April 22. — The liabilities of
Cassels, Stinson & Cos., leather merchants,
are now placed as follows: To the Mer
chants’ Bank, $110,000; to the Bank of
Commerce. $130,000; to Molson’s Bank,
$75,000; and to firms in this city and else
where, $125,000.
A DRY GOODS DEALER FAILS.
Petersburg. Va., April 22.—R. M.
Hite, a well known dry goods merchant
here, made an assignment to-day. His
liabilities are SIO,OOO.
LUMBER DEALERS FAIL.
Albany, X. Y., April 22.—Nichols &
Mills, lumber dealers, of this city, have
made an assignment. Tlieir liabilities are
about $125,000. The assets are put known.
BOSTON BANKRUPT GRAIN DEALERS.
Boston, April 22.—The liabilities of
Davis & Taylor, Hour and grain dealers,
who have suspended at Boston and Law
rence, are about $400,000. The nominal
assets are $300,000.
Six Drowned.
New’ York, April 22. — Jacob Keeler,
bis two sons, George Halliker and wile
and Xathamal Wright were all drowned
last night while on a shad fishing excur
sion on the Hudson river, near Verblank,,
Point, by their boat being run down by a
paselng vessel.
The House of Bishops.
New York, April 22.—The House of
Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States convened
this morning at Grace Church for tfie pur
pose of electing a number of missionary
Bishops to fill vacancies that have re
cently occurred.
Base Ball.
Washington, April 22.—T0-day’s base
ball games resulted as follows:
At Baltimore—Buffaloes 12, Baltimores 8.
At New York—Bostons 2, Metropolitans 5.
At Philadelphia—Keystone (Unions) 15, Bal
timores (Unions) 5.
At Richmond—Rain; no game.
The Commander of the Virginia Oyster
Navy Dead.
Norfolk, Va., April 22.— Capt. Lewis
X. Hudgins, recently commissioned as
commander of the Virginia oyster navy,
died suddenly this evening of heart
disease.
S Travel Resumed.
Atlanta, Ga., April 22. — The Western
and Atlantic Railroad, recently damaged
by the flood, has resumed through travel.
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