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Sanmnalt Msm,
I ESTABLISHED 1850. i
j J. H. ESTII.L, Editor and Proprietor. 1
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THK SEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Child Drowned in a Clay Hole in Ba
ker County—Brutal Murder in a Bad
District of allioun County—fiov. Mc-
Daniel Cause* Suit to be Brought
Against a Medical College.
GEORGIA.
Diphtheria is prevalent at >;!vtti*.
Albany will have a walking match June 23.
The Cadi van Rifle# have been reorganized
at Arlington.
Georg* S. Rountree is a candidate for the
State Senate in the Sixth district.
Gnltr. and pedestrians from the snrround
ing counties will contest in a walking match
for a purse off 100 June 28.
The Macon Telegraph suggests that the
waiki-t- ail over the -state get npa match for
the State fair, which comes off the last of Oc
tober next.
J. T. Carlisle and 1.. Nobles, of Dooly, were
in liawkinsville Thursday with 2,500 potuxla
of wool, for which they Were offered twenty
cents per |H>und.
In Muscogee Superior Court the cast; of the
state vs. Dr. J. It. ff. Drake, charged with
the murder pf John A. Scarboro, in February
ast, was on trial at last accounts.
Hamilton Journal: A cow thirteen months
and ten days old, belonging to J. D. Johnson
of this county, gave birth to a calf two weeks
ago. The cow is a grade Jersey and her re
ord for early maturity beat the beat time on
record by over two months. There t* no
doubt as to her age or question as to the facts
lire stated.
Emanuel Countu ftemizer! W. A. tVeiib,
an excellent faimer of this county, lias thirty
eight acres in cotton and forty-five in corn,
besides oats, potatoes, chufas. etc.—in all
about ninety-three acres—and he does all the
plowing himself. He has no one but a small
boy to assist him with bis crop. Mr. W. has
two horses which lie works alternately. He
averaged twenty-iwo bushels of corn |>eracre
in IV*2 on the same land he lias planted in
corn now; and if he does as well this year he
will house alsxit 1,000 bushels.
A little child of Mrs. John Screws, of Ilaker
county, was drowned last Sunday bv falling
into a clay hole at one end of the house in
which they live, which had been excavated
to get clay with which to build a chimney.
The father and mother had retired for an
afternoon nap and left their little child play
ng in an adjoining room. On awakening they
called to the little fellow, hut receiving no re
sponse started to look for him. What was
their horror to discover the little fellow
drowned in the clay hole, which was full of
water caught the day liefore.
G. IV. Foote was arrested in Dallas several
weeks ago ami was fined by the Mayor, but
failed to pay the tine, alleging that he was
distressed pecuniarily. Not long ago Foote
secured work in the Internal Revenue De
partment. and yesterday when he was in Dnl
as Mayor Roberts directed Marshal Chesney
to collect the tine or arrest Foote. The Mar
dial demanded the tine, aud during his con
versation with Foote Mavor Roberts passed
near him. As ixsni as the Mayor came under
Foote’s observation Foote jerked out iiismstol
and iMiinting it at the Mayor tired. As the
trigger was drawn Marshal Chesney knocked
iic pistol up and the ball went over Mayor
Roberts’ head. Foote was arrested.
Alexander M. Willingham, local editor of
the I artersville Free I'rtm, and son of the
proprietor. C. 11. C. Willingham, has bid ins
old home am! friends farewell, and goes to
accept a position with the daily and weekly
Headlight, of Mohcrlv, Mo. Mr. Willingham
lias proved himself one of (he most capable
ournalists in the State, and his success in his
neu home Is beyond question. .!os.~e 1! Will
ingham, fourth'sou of the proprietor of the
Free Crete, succeeds his brother
u the city editorship, a fact that
assure# the continued sprightliness
of the department. Mr. Willingham. >r., in
mentioning the changes, patheticaiiv says:
•‘One by one our children go. here ami there,
leaving’ us sad and lonely." As he is, probably,
the senior editor of the fraternity in Georgia,
the whole editorial band are, in" a sense, his
children, and there is not one am.-ng the
number who lias not a soft spot in his heart
for the "father of Georgia journalists.”
Calhoun Courier: We learn of the killing
of Jerry Arline by Martin McGriff on the
lower edge of the county, on the Haiti of May,
by emptying the content# of a double-barrel
ed gun, containing twenty-seven buckshot,
into Ins body. It seems that the murder was
induced by certain damaging rei#>rts that Ar
line had given forth as having been circulat
ed by McGriff. very much to tlie detriment of
the wives of three white men of the commu
nity, Cook, Mu.~grove ami Dean by name.
McGriff, on IsMng approached by tlie white
men, denied the statement of Arline, and ill
company with the men went to tile field of
Arline to demand a denial. Arline
refused *u retract what he bad said, !
and McGriff. without a moment’s hesi
tation. shot him down. killing him
instantly. The killing was cold blooded,
from wiiat we can learn. McGriff escaped.
The three white men were arrested as ac
cessories to the crime, given,a preliminary
trial, bat were rdca-ed for want of evidence
sufficient to bind them over. The three white
men all bear disreputable reputations, and
the primary cause of the killing is one trial
makes the very blood boil in a decent white
man’s veins at its mention. There is a cer
tain class in the lower part of the county more
numerous than is found anywhere else in this
-cotton !no moral status is almost on a
level with brute*.
Hawkinsvtlle Pi*patek: There is no law au
thorizing the Council to make an appropria
tion or initiation to the cotton compress. It is
.> business enterprise, ami the gentlemen who
propose to establish it expeet to make money
out of it. If it has theeneouragement aud co
operation of the business men of Ilawkins
ville, and is exempted from taxation by the
< ouneil, the gentlemen should lie satislied
without a donation. To erect the compress in
Hartford would antagonize the business in
terests of Ifawkinsville, and would force the
business men here to adopt measures for self
protection, which would mean, perhaps,
another compress. Our citizens are liberally
disposed toward the compress, but the aid
to le extended must be made in the way of
Miliecriptions or contributions, anil not by an
appropriation from the Council. Let the
Council once tie encouraged in making an -
f.iir/nl appropriation, and the precedent would
be followed by any future Council, and Haw
kinsville would some day tind itself burdened
with a Leary public debt. The town treasury
is now empty, and the Council, we under
stand. already owes Lewis, Leonard & Cos.
over £I,OOO for money advanced for various
purposes. The taxable property of the town
Is about a half million of dollars, and the taxes
and licenses amount to about 47,000 a year.
The taxes have not yet been collected, blit the
Council w ill very likely leave an empty treas
ury and unpaid debts next December.
i .c.v, McDaniel has brought suit against the
Georgia Eclectic College to recover f 15,000 in
penalties for issuing diplomas alleged to be in
violation of the law, saying that “it shall be
unlawful for the faculty of officers of any
medical college in llie Slate of Georgia to
grsut or issue a diploma to any student or
other person, unless said student orother per
son shall have attended two or more full
courses of study in some regularly chartered
medical college in good standing, and shall
have submitted to and passed a creditable
examination by the faculty or professors of
-aid college nylon all the’branches usually
taught in medical colleges.” It is further pro
vided that if any faculty, or officers of a med
ical college, shall violate the provisions of this
section ••they shall lie subject to a tine of 43.-
000, to be collected out of the property of anv
or all of said faculty or officers of said
college." Cpon the collection of this penalty
in any case, one-half of the sum is to go to the
jierso’n fumishiug the information, and the
other half is to be paid into the county
treasury for the sole benefit of the county
education fund. In the suit just brought it is
alleged that the Georgia Eclectic Medical
College did, on or about the Ist of March. ISS2.
grant diplomas to M. C. Martin and M. L.
Lichen-tadt. and on March L ISS3, granted a
diploma to B. F. Thurman. It is alleged that
these diplomas were unlawfully granted in
violation of the section of the code above
eited. Dr. M. C. Martin is at No. 412 Decatur
street, and is now city physician of the Fourth
ward of Atlanta. Dr! Maurice L. Lichenstadt
is practicing at Xo. 3U Whitehall street, in
the same citv. Dr. B. F. Thurman is a non
resident of the city.
FLORIDA.
The scarcity of drinking Wf ter at Key West
is becoming a serious matter to the citizens of
the place.
There is but one sago paint in bloom on the
Halifax roast, and that is in W. W. Wilder's
yard at Daytona.
The name of J. E Young, Esq., of Pensa
••ola. has been added to that of probable Con
gressional candidates in the F rst District.
There was a cowhiding scrape it Key West
last week lie tween two Cubans. J. Estroda,
editor of the Propaganda, was struck a few
blows with a cow-hide by E. Parodi.
The Spring, of Green Cove, says: On Wed
nesday and Thursday a sale of the effects of C.
H. Moss, grocer, took place under a writ of
attachment in favor of the firm of Wightman
A Christopher, of Jacksonville. After the sale
Moss was arrested on a charge of carrying off
six barrels of flour and a sewing machine, and
was bound over in the suiy of #2OO, by Justice
Bardin, for his appearance at the next term
of the Superior Court to answer to the charge.
Fernandina Mirror : Mr. Cone, of Coneville,
in this county, brought to the Mirror office,
on the 2lth. an interesting exhibit in refer
ence to silk rulture. On a few small palmetto
leaves there were hundreds of silk cocoons,
interspersed like fruit on a tree, about the
size of a large pecan, and of all shades of
color. Mr. Cone is engaged in raising cocoons
for market, aud is aiiilp satisfied with the
success he has met. The cocoons are fed on
the morns iq#Uialis or Chinese mulberry,
and are shfppud ,n bulk to New Orleans,
where a remunerative price is obtained.
EIGHT KILLED ON THE RAILS.
Terrible Sequence to a Telegraphist's
Blunder in New Jersey.
Philadelphia, Pa.. June 14.—A train
j from Atlantic City, on the C amden and
Atlantic Ilailroad, ran off the track at
Lakeside, about 11 miles from Camden,
this morning. The accident was a colli
; sion near Ashland, between the T o’clock
morning express from Atlantic City and
a train of a few cars bearing an excursion
party of the- Second Presbyterian Church
of Camden to Lakeside Park.
THK killed.
Philadelphia, June 14, 8 p. m.—Fol
lowing is the list of the killed iu to-day’s
accident on the Camden and Atlantic
Railroad: Wesley Palmer, engineer of
the accommodation train;George Baxter,
engineer of the Lakeside train; Albert
Smith, Wn iuctor of the Lakeside train:
Nicholas Barlier, tireman; Winfield Hill,
mail agent; Frank Fenton, supervisor of
the road, and Gus. Edwards, a passenger;
total 7. Sixteen persons were injured,
six of them very seriously.
CAUSE OK THE ACCIDENT.
It is said that the accommodation train
should have taken a siding at Ashland
just above Lakeside Park in order to allow
the excursion tram to pass. The operator
at Ashland. It is charged, is responsible
for the disaster in permitting the accom
modation to pass without going on the
sidfhg. Efforts were made to obtain the
name of this operator, but this was im
possible owing to the injunction of secrecy
which prevails with all employes. It is
said that* the operator was anew man.
ANOTHER lIKATjU.
Philadelphia, June 14,11 p. m.—One
of the wounded in to-day’s railroad acci
dent died to-night, making eight deaths so
far. Another probably fatal accident has
grown out of the same affair. One ot the
men engaged In removing the wreck was
managing a rope used in pulling the en
gines apart when a bolt drew out and
flew back with such force as Pi crush the
man’s skull.
SHOT BY HIS FRIEND.
A Drunken Alan Wanders Into a Boom
at Midnight and is Fatally Wounded.
Avgusta, Ga., June 14.— At 2 o’clock
tljis morning Rufus Powers, residing at
Harrisburg, a suburban town, was
aroused from bis slumbers by continued
rapping at the front door. Before recover
ing fully from his drowsiness, he beheld a
man standing near his bedside. Powers
demanded what the intruder desired. He
replied, “I want you,’’ in a very uncouth
manner. Powers then got his revolver,hard
hv. and shot the stranger, the ball taking
effect in the breast. The unfortunate man
managed to walk to his board
ing house, where be was found
by a policeman in a precarious
condition. A physician was hurriedly sent
for, and on examination pronounced his
case hopeless. His name was found to be
Charles Brown. He was from Charleston
and was working for the King Mill. He
claims to have known Powers in Charles
ton. and that he merely called to renew a
once, happy acquaintance. From the late- J
ness of the hour and other tilings in con- !
nection with this,it is thought that he had |
been on a drunk and thus wandered un
consciously into a terrible ending.
Hugh Luke, a saloon keeper, who
killed Joseph Manly, a negro, two years
ago tn his bar during a row, was acquit
ted late this evening. Judge Twiggs and ;
Hon. 11. C. Foster represented the j
prisoner.
UNION PACIFIC’S FINANCES.
Directors to Discuss the July Dividend
Question at New Y’ork.
Boston, June 14. —It is learned defi
nitely. from official sources, that a meet
ing of the Union Pacific Directors, at
which the July dividends question will
be considered, will occur next Wednes
day, in New York. It is said, on the au
thority of Vice President Atkins, that Sjr.
Dillon will then tender his resignation as
President, and Charles Franeis Adams
will be chosen as his successor. The
! earnings of the company for May, though
; not fully made up, will, it is estimated,
show a decrease of $250,000 gross and
I $350,000 net. T. L. Ames telegraphs
that the Union .Pacific tloatins debt is
made up without taking into account the
1 proper offsets such, as cash in hand, bills,
accounts receivable, securities other than
i investment, materials on hand, etc. The
! debt on March 3, the date to which the
j government examination extended, was
! allowing for offsets about $3,500,000.
Tlie ISrokeu Whisky Pool.
Chicago, June 14.—A meeting of the
distillers who are members of the West
i ern Export Association was held here
J yesterday. After discussing the question
of reorganizing the joo! for the control of
the production and the regulation of
prices, which has been practically a dead
letter since the recent break in" whisky
values, the whole matter was turned over
to the executive committee. That body
spent the afternoon and evening in secret
session. It is understood that the meet
ing was rather stormy. Charges of cut
ting prices and over production were
made against Cincinnati and Des Moines
distillers. Finally, without reaching any
agreement, tho committee adjourned sine
die. The combination is considered at an
end.
At the State Capital.
Atlanta, Ga., June 14.—W. B. Ben
nett was to-day commissioned by Gov.
McDaniel Judge of the County Court of
Brooks.
This morning there was quite an inter
esting and impressive scene in the United
States Court chamber, the occasion being
the presentation of a life size portrait Of
ex-Judge John Erskine to the United
States Court iq Atlanta by the bar of this
city. Eloquent and appropriate addresses
touching the life and services of Judge
Erskine were made by Julius Brown,
Judge Hopkins, Judge Ilillyer, 3laj. Ely,
Judge Bleckley, Judge Jackson and Judge
Trippe, and were replied to in behalf of
the court by Judge 31cKay.
<1 he News at Jacksonville.
Jacksonville. Fla., June 14.—The
Ccunty Democratic Convention was held
here this morning, and nominated sixteen
delegates to attend the State Convention
at Pensacola. All favor the nomination
of anew man for Governor. Some are for
Perry and some for Pasco, Hernando
county is solid tor Pasco and the Consti
tutional Convention.
An attempt is being made to get up a
walking match between Atlanta and
Jacksonville.
There have been four deaths in Jack
sonville this week.
Prince Victor’s Followers.
Paris, June 14. —I’auldeCassignac has
written a letter to the Imperialist Com
mission asking for the renewal of the
mandate making him President of the
Commission. He refers to the deliver
ance, both material and moral, of Prince
Victor as an accomplished fact, and says
that it is due to the Prince’s energy and
tact. 31. de Cassignac convokes the Com
mission to meet June 21, for the purpose
of arranging a party programme with
Prince Victor as the recognized head.
Fohnd Hanged.
Deadwood, Dak., June 14. —Alex-
ander Fiddler, a man pf many aliases,
was to-day found near Sturgis, in this
county, ha'nging to a tree. He and two
companions robbed an emigrant family
en route to the hills recently, and he is
supposed to have met his fate at the hands
of vigilants.
Seven Socialists Hanged.
3ladrid, June 14.—Seven men were
executed to-day at Jerez Garrote for
Black Hand Socialist outrages. The sen
tence of five others has been commuted to
imprisonment for life. One has become
insane and one who had turned informer
has committed suicide.
A Wealthy Floridian Dead.
Pensacola, Fla., June 14.—D. T. Sul
livan, a prominent lumber dealer and
mill owner, reported to be the wealthiest
man in Florida, was found dead in bed
this morning. It supposed that he died
from apoplexy.
BLAINE EASY TO BEAT.
SH ARON SHOWS HOW FIELD CAN
CARRY CALIFORNIA.
Riddleberger Virtually Give* Up Vir
ginia—Mr. Blaine’s Alleged Strength
Among the Irish Merely Superficial—
Cleveland Said to be Tilden’s Choice—
Bayard Rejoicing that his Dover
Speech has been Republished.
Washington. June 14.—Ex-Senator
Sharon, of Nevada, now in Washington,
says that the nomination of Blaine is very
popular on the Pacific coast, and, in re
ply to a question as to what chance there
was for the Democrats to carry any of
the Pacific Stales, he said: ‘’Thereis but
one man in the Democratic party who
can make a successful canvass against
Blaine. That one man is Judge Stephen
J. Field, lie would carry so large a part
of the conservative vote'of the State in
both parties that it would more than
counterbalance any opposition growing
out of his opinions on the Chinese and
other questions.”
BLAINE AND THE IRISH.
It has been claimed for Blaine, as here
tofore stated, that he will get some of the
Irish vote on the ground of his friendship
for Ireland. The Democratic Camoaigu
Committee will meet this by printing the
records of the cases of some oi (,he Irish
suspects who were, though American
citizens, imprisoned by England. A
speech delivered by Senator Voorhees on
the subject of the imprisonment and de
tention of Mr. McSweeny, for many years
a resident of San Francisco, and who was
imprisoned for a long time, Is to be print
ed. The point to be made is that Blaine
was Secretary of State tor the six months
just succeeding the arrest of McSweeny,
and that he did not even answer appeals
in behalf of the man.
RIDDLE BERGER EXPECTS A WARM FIGHT.
Senator Riddleberger said: “If wecould
get our full vote and get them to the polls
we might carry the State. We have the
most votes. I mean to say that the
■ strength of the Republicans and Read
justers, with the colored vote, outnumber
the Democrats, but we cannot count on
getting ourfull strength tothe polls. We
calculate on getting out in Virginia about
80 per cent, of the vote. Now the loss
falls on us. Again, there are at least 20,-
000 colored men in the State who always
vote the Democratic ticket. This
comes about from the fact that outside
the cities and towns, where the colored
voters have organizations, they, as a rule,
vote with the men for whom they are
working. Take my section of the State,
for instance, and every colored man r otes
as his employer does, and so it is all over
the State. This being the ease, I think
the Democrats have got the advantage of
us in Virginia.”
“How Will the straightout Republicans,
led by Gen. Wickham, vote?”
"Ob, Blaine has been Gen. Wickham's
choice all along. It is true be helped the
Democrats to redistriot the State congres
sionally so as to give the Democrats the
majority, whereas before this we had the
majority of the districts.”
“How will the Readjustee act?”
“I think that they will pretty generally
support Blaine. It is going to’be a warm
and interesting tight In Virginia this
time.”
REPUBLICAN DEPRESSION.
The Meeting of ilie Boston Independents
Another Dampener.
Washington, June 14.—Everybody in
Congress read the reports of the Boston
Independent meeting, of yesterday,
with the greatest interest to-day. It
gave both Democrats and Republicans a
much more adequate idea of the size and
strength of the Independent movement
than either ever had before. They saw
tbiit there was no analogy between these
kickers and the sulking stalwarts of the
early weeks of the Garfield campaign.
The latter could be cajoled and bribed,
and were, in any event, in
the hands of their leaders.
But the names of 1,500 gentlemen who
called the Boston meeting forbade even
the suggestion of any such methods of
persuasion, and everybody knew that they
were their own masters. The obvious
effect of the meeting was to depress the
Republicans and correspondingly en
courage the one Independent, Col. Lyman,
and the Democrats. Tlie Blaine bluster
was temporarily stilled. The Blaine men
devoted their energies to-day to pointing
out how Henry L. Fierce was a sorehead
and how ’ Charles R. Codinan
was a dude. Some of the
Western Blaine men mixed Col. Codman
with John Codman. and spoke of him as a
dude dressed with British gold, whose
mission in life was to break up American
shipbuilders. The Blaine men summed
up the men who were at the meeting, im
patiently, as a lot of conscientious Phari
sees, dudes, soreheads and Democrats, and
then tried to whistle up their courage
again. One of them was reminded that
it was not wise for them to shout before
they were out of the woods.
“R—ll,” he said very frankly, “we've
got to shout before we get out of the
woods.” Most of them are not so candid,
but all of them were equally staggered by
the Boston meeting. The Democrats
talked all day of the strength displayed
at the meeting. They were more than
ever impressed with the necessity of nom
inating Cleveland or Bayard. So far as
Washington is concerned the Boston
meeting had its perfect work. Boutelle
ought to have skipped that spontaneous
serenade at Bangor, and returned directly
to Washington. In the absence of Bou
telle and Iveiler the Republicans ol the
House are apt to feel blue when they hear
bad news.
TAMMANY IN THE LINE.
Cleveland Said to be Kelly’s Choice—
Flower Still Booming Himself.
Washington, June 14.—“ They say
this morning,” said Gov. Curtin, “that
Flower has the majority of the New York
delegation. That Complicates matters a
little.”
“Then Tammany has decided to oppose
Cleveland ?”
"Not so,” was the reply. “I understand
that Tammany and Irving Hall have unit
ed on Cleveland. If this is so, it does not
matter who the delegates are instructed
for. The aim has been,” he added, “to put
up a man whom New York, New Jersev
and Connecticut would unite upon. They
seem to be the pivotal States, and it has
been thought best that they should be al
lowed to name the candidate il they could
agree. It is generally supposed that Cleve
land would be the man they would be
most likely to agree upon.”
“How about Bayard? Will the publi
cation of his Dover speech spoil his
chances?”
“That’s the question. It depends upon
how the people look upon it, and there’s
the trouble. There’s no way of finding
out now.”
BAYARD’S DOVER SPEECH REPUBLISHED.
* Senator Bayard was very glad to see
his Dover speech republished in the New
York Sun to-day. He is proud rather
than ashamed or afraid of it. His private
secretary has been instructed tor a week
to give copies of it to any one desiring
them. Senator Bayard does not think that
the speech will hurt him with any fair
minded man, but some of the Democrats
in Congress think that its republieation,
when taken with the Sun’s comments,
may be injurious.
RANDALL CAN CARRY PENNSYLVANIA.
George McGowan, of Philadelphia, a
delegate to Chicago, says that Philadel
phia is solid for Randall. Randall would,
he thinks, carry Pennsylvania. Represen
tative Phil. Thompson, who is one of the
very small bunch of Flower men,says that
three of Kentucky’s delegates-at-large are
for Flower, and that he will have the sup
port of New York. Thompson stands al
most alone in this latter position.
TILDEN FOR CLEVELAND.
He Says that He Would Muke an Ex
cellent President.
Washington, June 14.— Tilden told
3layor Neely, of Leavenworth, Kansas,
on .Wednesday that he was in favor of the
nomination of Gov. Cleveland for Presi
SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1884.
dent. In substance, Tilden said that:
Cleveland would take his place at the
head of the Democratic hosts and would
lead them to victory. He said that he had
watched Cleveland’s course with great
interest. At first, through inexperience,
Cleveland had made some minor mistakes,
but on the whole he had made an excel
lent Governor, and Tilden felt sure that he
would make an admirable President. This
intelligence repeated from Democrat to
Democrat has greatly strengthened Cleve
land.
Tammany Primaries.
New York, June 14.—The Fourth dis
trict Tammany Assembly Convention to
night elected delegates to the Democratic
State Convention at Saratoga. They ara
uninstructed but understood to ravor
Bavard. The Twelfth Assembly district
of I'ammany elected delegates. They favor
a candidate’from this State, Cleveland cf
Flower.
The Tammany Committee on Organiza
tion adopted resolutions to-night declaring
that they were entitled to 30out of 72 dele
gates from this city to the State Conven
tien in place of 24 as now allowed them.
New York County Conventions.
New York, June li.—The local Demo
cratic Convention in Chemung and Ulster
comities chose delegates to the State Con
vention, uninstructed, but friends off
Cleveland. me convention in on#> As
6embly district of Monroe county adopted
a resolution declaring tboir belipf that
Cleveland cannot carry the State, and in
structing the delegates for that reason to
oppose his nomination. The delegates
are for Flower.
New York Independents.
New York, June 14.— The Independent
Republican Committee formed some time
ago here, of which Gen. Barlow aud Carl
Schurz are members, has adjourned sine
die. The committee leaves the responsi
bility of defeat where it belongs.
AN E.V-SPEAKER’S PORTRAIT.
Tlie Nameless Picture in tlie House Cor
ridor Sedgwick’s Counterfeit Present
ment.
Washington, June 14.— Four years ago
the House of Representatives came to thp
conclusion that it must have more fresh
air than it was then getting; so it ap
pointed a special committee on ventila
tion,which rigged up anew system for
getting the bad air out of the chamber
and getting the good air in. Among other
methods was the proposition for a large,
well lighted and well aired lounging lob
by just behind the House, where members
can smoke a cigar and enjoy the breezes
whenever the chamber becomes hot and
stuffy. On the walls of the
broad corridor, separating this lob
•by from the chamber, are the
portraits of the ex-Speakers of the House,
which the House has been diligently col
lecting for veais. Tlie portrait of every
Speaker but one, from Muhlenberg to
Carlisle, bangs here—Keifer not being the
one exception. No one knew until to-day
who that one exception was, for there
were two Speakers whose names did not
appear in the collection catalogue. This
was due to the fact that one of the por
traits was nameless.
FOR YEARS IT HAS BEEN IN THE POS
SESSION
of the House, nameless and dateless. For
years the House has wondered whether it
was the portrait of Theodore Sedgwick,
ot Massachusetts, who was Speaker of
the House from 179D to 1801, or of Nathan
iel Mason, of.North Carolina, who was
Speaker from 1801 to 1807. At last tke
mystery has been swept aside. Young
Rockwell, who was elected last winter to
succeed Gov. George I). Robinson, of
Massachusetts, in the House, is the Rep
resentative of Sedgwick’s district.
He has been hunting high and low for
evidence that would show that the name
less picture is Sedgwick’s. After a long
search, he has found in the Congressional
Library a little book, by Rev. David D.
Field, father of that great quartette, Cy
rus W., Stephen J., David Dudley and
Henry M. Field, published at Pittsfield,
Massacliusetts, in 1829, entitled
A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MAS
SACHUSETTS,
by a gentleman of the county clergy
man and layman, which contains a por
trait of Sedgwick which identifies the
nameless picture in the House collection
as his counterfeit presentment.
In confirmation of Rockwell’s
theory is the statement re
cently made by Judge Bennett, Con
gressinan-at-larse from North Carolina,
that he had been informed by members of
Ex-Speaker Macon’s family that the old
fashioncil gentleman would never consent
to have his portrait taken. On one occa
sion, indeed, he became very indignant
while presiding over the Senate as Presi
dent pro tern., after his promotion, at dis
covering an artist attempting to sketch
his face, and had the unlucky dog re
moved.
THE WEST VIRGINIA CRASH.
A Settlement Still Bemote—Failures
Elsewhere.
Charleston, W. Va., June 14.
Messrs. Hogeman and Couch, the as
signees of the State Bank of West Vir
ginia, which closed its doors on Thursday
last, say that an approximate statement
just made of the hank’s affairs shows the
liabilities to be about $125,000 and the
nominal assets about $160,000. The as
signees feel confident that a large
part of the indebtedness of the bank will
be paid, but as a considerable portion of
the assets consists in interests in coal
lands and liens on real estate, it will be
necessary to take some time to wind
up the affairs of the institution.
COTTON FACTORS FAIL.
New Orleans, June 14.— Gidiere, Day
& Cos., cotton factors, have suspended anil
asked for an extension. The assets are
stated to be $380,000 and the liabilities
$28<),000. In addition to the assets of the
firm, Mr. Gidiere has $130,000 in real
estate.
1-I.UMBERS GO UNDER.
Chicago, 111., June 14.—Henry B.
Lally 41 Cos., wholesale plumbers, have
failed. The liabilities are $65,000 and the
assets SIO,OOO, consisting of stock and out
standing accounts.
The Alabama Claims Commissioners.
Washington, June 14.—The Court of
Commissioners of Alabama Claims have
announced that they will hear no more
cases before the adjournment for the sum
mer vacation, in order that the}’ may de
vote the remainder of their time, up to
July 1. in bringing up the business al
ready before them, and for this purpose
they "will continue to sit from day to day
to announce judgments. Up to date 1,870
cases have been argued and submitted,
aud judgments have been rendered in
1,750 of these cases for an aggregate
amount of $4,960,000, against $7,230,000
claimed.
Pope Leo ami tlie Powers.
June 14.—The next consistory
has beeti postponed until November. The
Pope will then appoint ten Cardinals. M.
Laugno’s mission to the Vatican is for the
purpose of endeavoring to obtain the
Pope’s nomination of a second French
BishopJn the upper Congo rngion in Cen
tral Africa.
Since the Belgian elections France has
renewed her overtures to the Vatican for
the appointment of Cardinals. Prime
Minister Ferry is disposed to restore
grants to the clergy and to concede the ex
emption of servants of the church from
military duty.
A House Falls In.
New York, June 14.—House No. 68
Grand street, an old three-story brick
building, fell in this afternoon. Builders
were digging a cellar on the lot adjoining
it, and it was noticed that the old house
was very shaky. The occupants were
notified to leave, and when the last of
them were about doing so it fell in with a
crash. Mrs. Lizette Miller was killed in
the wreck.
Belgium and the Vatican.
Rome, June 14.—The Pope has instruct
ed Monsignor Rinaldini, at Brussels, to
undertake negotiations for the restoration
of diplomatic relations between the
Vatican and the Belgian Government.
MERRICK’S REVELATIONS.
MESSRS. BLISS AND HER LISTEN
TO HIS RECITAL.
The Witness Confines Himself Princi
pally to the Kellogg Case—Price's Ser
vices as a Witness—How Kellogg Be
came Possessed of Price's Drafts—
Dorsey Consplrator-iu-Chief.
Washington, June .14.—Richard T.
Merrick to-day continued his testimony
before the Springer committee relating to
the star route prosecution. Messrs. Bliss
and Ker were both present.
The witness confined himself almost exclu
sively to the case of the government against
Senator Kellogg, lie said: "In my testimony
yesterday I referred to tlie testimony of Sir.
Hutchinson, foreman of the grand jury, re
convened in July, 1882, for the purpose of
considering the Kellogg case, and said that in
ills examination liefore the committee he had
inadvertently fallen into an error.
Mr. Hutchinson said that Col. Bliss
told the jury that he expected Mr. Price to
appear as a witness before it. It was a well
known fact then that Price was not available
as a witness, and I thought Ilutclunson to be
in error when he said that Mr. Price was ex
pected to appear.” Mr. Merrick then went
on to say that Mr. Hutchinson had last night
called on him and convinced him that Col.
Bliss had represented that Mr. Price would
appear before the gram! jury, and that tlie
jury had adjourned over one day to wait for
Mr. Price to appear, but as he did not come,
they went into the court and reported.
WHEN PRICE BECAME SERVICEABLE.
“When was Mr. Price first available as a wit
ness, either before the grand jury or in tlie
trial of the case?”
"Some time in the latter part of December,
1882, or the early part of January, 1883. The
grand jurv was in session about’ the 18th of
July. 1882."
M’r. Merrick detailed his efforts to secure
Mr. Price as a witness, his idea being to con
vict a public official whenever it was possible
bv tlie testimony of a private individua’
He continued: “While I was in New York, a
son of Mr. Price called to see me and said that
his father desired to lie rid of the prose
cution as a co-conspirator with Gen,
Brady in the Corpus Cliristi and
San Antonio route. I said that his father
could be released if he would disclose to me
the connection of Brady and Kellogg with
that route. Subsequently, and in the fall of
that year, the. counsel’of Mr. Price, from
Louisiana, came to see me on the same errand.
Later on S. Price, of Missouri, called, and I
repeated what I nad told Mr Price’s son, and
said that he must lay the papers before me
containing what he knew, and, if acceptable,
the government would probably accept him
as a witness.
KELLOGG’S GLTLT PROVEN.
“The statement was made. I examined it
and regarded it as sufficient to prove beyond
doubt the guilt of Mr. Kellogg. A disagree
ment arose in regard to the acceptance of Mr.
Price as a witness. Col. Bliss threatened to
leave the case if Mr. Price was accepted, and
Messrs. Merrick and Ker prepared to get
along without Col. Bliss, but the latter was
prevailed on to remain.”
“Was anything said about Mr. Kellogg’s
possible conviction affecting the majority in
the Senate.-” asked Mr. Springer.
“I do not think that anything was said at
tlie time. That subject was mentioned, how
ever, on several occasions. I have said it
myself. Others may have said it. I directed
Mr. Ker to go before the grand jury, and said
to him that as Mr. Kellogg’s term expired
March 4 lie had better not bring in a present
ment until after that time. I had been bit
terly accused by Mr. Kellogg and others of
having a desire to withdraw him from the
Senate. His withdrawal would have broken
the Republican majority. While 1 thought that
lie ought to be indicted, I aid not think it
expedient to have a trial until after March 4,
because his position would have influence with
the jury, and others would have been in
terested iu not having him convicted.”
WHY KER WENT BEFORE THE JCRY.
“Why did you cause Mr. Her to go before
the grand jury?” was asked.
“Mr. Walsh was to he a witness. Messrs.
Bliss and Walsh were not friend-, or Mr.
Walsh had bitter prejudices against Col.
Bliss. Thus, as Col. Bliss and I had antago
nized each other on this subject,-1 did not
deem it expedient that Col. Bliss, who was the
apparent friend of Mr. Kellogg, should be
charged with the unpleasant office of bringing
that man to justice.”
Mr. Merrick then entered into a detailed
account of the trial of Mr. Kellogg. In refer
ence to its ending he said: “I am unable to
account for the result of the case. The in
dictment was prepared under my direction.
It was for the actual payment of money and
not for the issue of drafts. I have no doubt
that Mr. Ker did liis duty in presenting it to
the court.”
“Mr. Ker in liis testimony referring to the
conversation between Col. Bliss and yourself
says that Mr. Kellogg acknowledged having
received money,” said Mr. Springer.
“I regret that Mr. Ker spoke of the consul
tation between the counsel. I think that
Colonel Bliss and I talked of such an ac
i knowledgment by Mr. Kellogg.”
! “Mr. Kellogg said that he did have those
drafts,” interposed Colonel Bliss.
KELLOGG’S EXPLANATION.
“He made an application to Mr. Price to
contribute towards a political fund. Mr.
Price said that lie bad no money but he had
some postal dralts, and, if Mr. Kellogg could
get them cashed, he could have the money.
Mr. Kellogg insisted that that was the way In
which he came in possession of the drafts.”
“Did men in leading positions ever attempt
to prevent the conviction of Mr. Kellogg?”
“That’s a difficult question to answer. I had
my suspicious and belief, but whatever they
may have been they are not competent evi
dence. If 1 had the facts 1 would give them.
No leading man ever came to see me. Mr.
Walsh says that Secretary Chandler called,
but Mr. Chandler has never been to see me.”
“Have you any reason to believe that any
official cast obstructions in the way of the
proseculionsof tliecases?” asked Mr. Stewart.
“The reason is a broad term. There is no
fact in my personal knowledge which I can
state that would form the basis of such a
conclusion. During the first Dorsey trial the
air was full of suspicions that the administra
tion was not in sympathy with the prosecu
\ tion. A number of officials were afterwards
I removed. lie seemed to be in sympathy with
the defendants and abused Col. Bliss.
PUBLIC KEELING.
“Public sentiment in the District of Columbia
was very much influenced in some way
against the prosecution front the start. It
was generally thought that the administration
did not desire a conviction of Messrs. Dorsey
or Kellogg. The defendants tried to impress
that idea. Referring to tiie proposed arbitra
tion of the star route cases, Mr. Merrick said
Col. Bliss in his testimony says that X called
on him, and that we looked up the authorities
on that subject. I think Col Bliss is mistaken.
I am positive that he did not come to my
house. I rather favored submission of the
esse to a tribunal as was proposed.”
“Mr. Walsh his testimony said that Mr.
Merrick said that udl. ®liss betrayed the gov
ernment,” said Mr. Stewart
“My recollection is not distinct as to what
may have passed in mv first interview
with Mr. Walsh. It is possible that I said it,
but if 1 did it was in this wav: ‘lf what vou
say is true. Colonel Bliss has betrayed the
government.’”
“Mr. Ker said that Colonel Bliss proposed
to y-ou to let Mr. Dorsey go.”
WHAT HE MAY HAVE SAID.
“I do not recollect any such conversation,
and I will add that I am very confident that
no such conversation as is reported took
place between him and me. 1 may have said
that if lie went out of the case I would go too.
1 did not want to stand alone and I knew that
Mr. Ker would go with me in the Kellogg
case.”
Mr. Ker here interposed: “Mv testimony
was that Mr. Merrick said ‘Col.'Bliss wants
me to let Dorsey go.’ I’ll take out the word
‘me,’ and stand by the rest.”
Mr. Merrick continued: “On one or two
occasions Col. Bliss said that if we had
Dorsey out of the case we could easily- convict
the rest. X had my own opinions anti impres
sions. I knew that Col. Bliss bore close politi
cal relations with Dorsey. Whilst I did not
believe that Col. Bliss would be delinquent in
his duty, in his heart he did desire’that Mr.
Dorsey should not be convicted. I know of no
thing that Col. Bliss did in the trial to protect
Mr. Dorsey. lie made no proposition to me
that Mr. Dorsey should be al owed to escape.
When the first trial came to a close Col. Bliss
inadvertently omitted Mr. Dorsev’s name in
his closing argument.
DORSEY THE CHIEF CONSPIRATOR.
“I made Mr. Dorsey the subject of mjvargu
ment. I said then what I say now, that he
was the originator of this scheme.”
“Didn’t I in my opening statement mention
Mr. Dorsey?” asked Col. Bliss.
“Col. Bliss, in his opening, said that Mr.
Dorsey was the centre of the conspiracy,” re
plied Mr. Merrick. Col. Bliss ' then
referred to Mr. Ker’s testimony, in
which he said that the counsel for
the defense during the trial read a newspa
per interview with Col. Bliss in which he was
credited with saying that Mr. Dorsey’s case
was a weak one. He also read from the
record of the trial to prove that no such inter
view was read in court. That statement of
Mr. Ker’s, he said warmly, is entirely manu
factured.”
Col. Bliss said: “The arrangement which
was made early in the session to unload on me
has begun. I propose to meet those making it.
I will put m testimony some letters that some
people forget have ever been written.”
The committee decided to hear the letters
next Wednesday, and to listen to any further
testimony that Col. Bliss desires to give, after
which an adjournment was taken.
Iu his testimony yesterday Mr. Merrick
said that James W. B<>6ler hail requested that
Mr. Merrick should not be allowed to see his
books, because Mr. Merrick was a Democrat,
and the books had political entries in them.
Mr. Boeler was under subpoena. Mr. Merrick
said that he was advised by a "party" that
Mr. Bosler desired to be relieved from the
sul p vna. He refuseiLto say who the friend
was that intervened in Mr. Hosier’s behalf,
but some of the newspaper correspondents
broadly intimated that it was ex-Senator
Blaine’.
A LITTLE STATES’ RIGHTS.
Brewster Explains the Relations of Two
Classes of Officials.
Washington, June 14. —The Secretary
of the Treasury has issued a circular to
the customs officers, communicating for
their information and guidance on opin
ion of Attorney General Brewster relative
to the respective rights and duties of cus
toms officers at quarantine stations. The
Attorney General’s opiniou is conveyed
in a letter in reply to one from Secretary
Folger, and is as follows:
Sir—ln reply to yours of the 26th ult.. ask
ing whether the 'Health authorities of the
State of South Carolina can legally prevent
an Inspector of Customs of the United States,
who has been assigned to duty at a quaran
tine grounds, from landing at that place, 1
answer that the duty of the State to police its
navigable waters and coasts in the interest of
health does not conflict with the duly of the
United States to police the same grounds in
the interest of their revenue. There is no
conflict in point of theory upon these matters,
and the good sense of the officers in
trusted with these duties, respectively,
will no doubt prevent any collision in
point of fact. Such I understand from the
recent note to be the general experience
of your department upon the present matter.
The United States have a clear right to sec
for themselves, and by the eyes of their own
officers, whether their customs laws are en
forced at quarantine stations as well as at
other places. They direct their officers to
execute this duty with reference to the State
health law sand regulations. Such conformity,
however, is not to amount to an abstention
from official duty. Upon the other hand, that
universal rule, liy which upon a conflict be
tween State and United States laws the
former necessarily gives way, would not jus
tify customs officers from excluding health
officers from policcing places which the for
mer might have found it necessary to occupy
in the course of their duty.
DELICATE QUESTIONS.
Questions of some delicacy as to the rela
tive precedence and superiority of function
may arise between these two classes of offi
cials. Their happening need not be antici
pated, and they will probably be settled as
generally heretofore, by an exercise upon
both sides of liberality and good sense. The
present, however, is not a doubtful matter
obviously.
Health officers cannot prevent inspectors of
customs from landing at a quarantine station,
although ins] lectors must conform theirofficial
action while visiting and remaining at such
stations as well as elsewhere to all reasonable
regulations in the interest of the public health.
No regulation which forbids their enjoying
ample opportunities for then anil there pro
tecting uiiblic revenue is reasonable.
Very respectfully,
Benjamin Harris Brewster.
Attorney General.
To the Secretary of the Treaeury.
CENTRAL AM ERICA’S TROUBLES
Another Revolt Imminent—England
Promises to Protect Her Subjects.
New York, June 14.—Panama advices
of the stli inst. state that on the night of
the 3d an attempt was made to kidnap
President Carvera, it is said, by Gen.
Ruiz’s taction. It miscarried, as the
President, learning ofit, slept in the mili
tary barracks. Great uncertainty pre
vails.
Several murders have been committed in
Daved, in this State.
The various political parties are very bitter,
and are sending out anonymous fly sheets
accusing each other of all kinds of things.
In the event of the revolution that many
fear, there is not an American war ship here
or in Aspinwall.
ENGLAND TO INTERFERE.
English men-of-war will protect British
interests. England only wants an opportunity
to interfere, and already has threatened to do
so by her representatives. To-day there are
fully 16,000 Jamaicans aud British subjects on
the isthmus who would sillier in the event of
a revolt. England says that she will protect
them.
Inquiry is made as to the treaty of 1846, be
tween the American Government and the
United States of Colombia, by which the for
mer promised to maintain the neutrality and*
sovereignty of Colombia. Foreign inter
ests, other than American, are to-day in the
ascendance on the Isthmus.
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.
Captain l’helps, the American minister to
Peru, has just landed here, having been visit
ing Nicaragua in the interest of the Nicarag
uan canal. He returns to New York. He is
yery hopeful about that scheme. It is gener
ally understood that many United States na
val officers are interested in it directly and
indirectly. One has been here recently, and
will make a full report on the He l.esseps
canal and the French colonization scheme.
FRANCE’S MILITARY LAWS.
Widespread Opposition to tlie Three
Year Measure Now Under Considera
tion.
Paris, June 14.—The three years’ mili
tary service bill, which is now before the
Chamber of Deputies, excites much op
position throughout the country. Fifty
one Chambers of Commerce have ad
dressed a memorial to Prime Min
ister Ferry against the bill.
The petitions urge that the productive
forces of France in agriculture, manufac
tures and commerce will be seriously
checked, if not wholly lost, through the
withdrawal of young men from trade.
The petitions also point out that this
measure will increase the influx of for
eigners who come to France and gain em
ployment to the detriment of Frenchmen.
The expectation is general in parliament
ary circles that the bill will be withdrawn
and the present law maintained.
The Wrges of Labor.
Easton, Pa., June 14.—The wages of
the employes of the Bethlehem Iron Uo.
at Bingham were reduced 20 per cent,
yesterday. The helpers, who were getting
about $1 85 per day, now get $1 39. No
reduction has yet been made of the em
ployes at the company’s works at Bethle
hem.
Philadelphia, June 14.—That portion
of the striking Brussels carpet weavers
employed by John Horner agreed to-night
to return to work on Monday, their em
ployerhaving agreed to their demand for
7 cents a yard. It is now expected that
other firms will agree to the 7 cents rate.
Temperance Workers in Bession.
Louisville, June 14.—A meeting of
the National Women’s Christian Temper
ance Union was held in this city to-day.
Miss Lucia Y’. Kimball, of Chicago, pre
sided, Miss Frances E. Willard and Miss
Y. E. Chapin of the Union addressed the
International Sunday School Convention
in the evening, and at their snggestiou
the resolution was adopted by that body
recommending that the Lesson Commit
tee prepare a temperance quarterly in its
next series.
Corrupt City Officials.
Chicago, June 14.—A dispatch from
Omahfi says: “The grand jury to-day in
dicted Mayor Chase aud City Marshal
GuthrieJor alleged bribery and perjury.
It is charged that the two officials have
been levying a tribute upon gamblers and
prostitutes, and have received money
from contractors. The evidence against
them is said to have been given mainly by
gamblers who claim to have paid and
handled a corruption fund.”
Proceedings Against Deputies.
Paris, June 14.—The President of the
Senate and Chamber of Deputies to-day
announced that proceedings had been au
thorized against one Senator and two
Deputies. The papers say that the Sen
ator referred to is M. TenviUe Sailguy,
director of an insurance company, who is
charged with infringing the laws relating
to the company. The Deputies mentioned
are reported to be M. Bouchqt and 31.
Lovieille.
Spanish Finances.
31 adit i d, June 14. — The budget was an
nounced to-day. It was estimated that
there will be a surplus of 24,000 pesetas.
The Finance 3linistpr said that he consid
ered the condition of the treasury satis
factory. He thought that the floating
debt was not needed.
' Clearing House Certificates.
New Y’ork, June 14.—The Clearing
House certificates in actual use yesterday
were $11,000,000, a reduction of $175,000
for the week. The total certificates out
standing are $17,000,000—5600,000 being
held by banks which have never used
them.
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
THE SOUTHERN FAST MAIL AT
LAST ASSURED.
A Sufficient Appropriation to Continue
the Service Agreed to by the House—
Mr. Townshend Made a Butt of Kidl
cute by 3lr. Aiken, of South Carolina,
During the Debate.
Washington. June 14.—The House
agreed to-day—despite the opposition of
3lr. Townshend, of Illinois, and Mr. Hol
man, of Indiana—to increased appropria
tions for the railway mail service, which
enable the Postmaster General to improve
the service from Boston to New York and
to the West, and as well the service from
Philadelphia via Baltimore, Washington,
Richmond, Wilmington, N. C., Charles
ton,Savannah. Jacksonville and Pensacola
to New Orleaus. It will quicken the time
between Philadelphia and New
Orleans twelve hours. The Post
master General will begin prepara
tions tor ’ this service at once.
D. Wyatt Aiken, of South Carolina, sat
upon Mr. Townshend very effectively
during the debate. Mr. Townshend
claimed, for the sake of his argument,
that railways carried passengers and
mails at the same rates —nine cents a ton
per mile. Mr. Aiken said that this was
very remarkable arithmetic for a states
man—at least a man who pretended to be
a statesman, and tried to make others be
lieve that he was a statesman. “Why,”
said 3lr. Aiken, “31r. Speaker, I pay
three cents a mile myself on the
railways. My two colleagues in
front 'of me' pay three cents a
piece, that's 9 cents for the three, and we
don’t weigh a ton.” This brought down
the house. Subsequently Mr. Dibble, of
South Carolina, repelled indignantly, on
behalf of himsell and his delegation, Mr.
Townshend’s insinuation that they were
acting as the representatives of the rail
way corporations. “We are neither the
attorneys nor the stockholders of the rail
ways,” he said. “We are the representa
tives of our people.”
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
The Debate of the Day on the Appro
priations tiiveu in Detail.
Washington, June 14.—Immediately
after the reading of the journal this morn
ing the House resumed consideration of
the amendments in dispute between the
two houses upon the post office appro
priation bill, the pending amendment be
ing that incorporated by the Senate ap
propriating slß.'>,ooo for special mail
facilities on trunk lilies.
Mr. Horr, of Michigan, moved that the
House recede from the disagreement to the
amendment, and agree to the same with the
amendment increasing tlie appropriation to
4250,000. Mr. Horr stated that 4185,000 was
the exact amount now spent for fast mail ser
vice. The conference committee had agreed
that if the item were to be retained in the
bill tlie appropriation should be increased.
All the money now given for this service was
expended between Washington and Pensa
cola, and the increased appropriation would
permit of service being put on the road from
Baltimore to Hagerstown, Maryland.
Mr. Findlay, of Maryland, in advocating the
motion, said that the establishment of a fast
mail between Baltimore. and Hagerstown
would be of benefit to the whole southern and
southwestern section of the country-.
Mr. Bisbee, of Florida, as a representative
of the section of country which was benefited
by the fast mail service, protested against its
Discontinuance. The debate branched oft*to
a discussion of the manner of compensation,
vessrs. Hiscock and Cannon suggesting that
Congress should adopt flic system recom
mended by the Commissioners authorized by
the last Congress to inquire into the matter.
Mr. Townshend replied that the Postmaster
General had refused to indorse the recom
mendation, and Mr. Blount, of Georgia,
stated that the scheme was not anew one,
but had been suggested to the Committee on
Appropriations some years ago by railroad
interests.
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, opposed special fa
cility appropriations as being corruption
funds, aud contended that if an appropria
tion were to be made Congress should regu
late its disbursement and say where the money
Bbould lie expended.
Mr. Horr said that tlir gentleman trom Mis
souri seemed to go on the theory that every
body iu the United States except himself was
a scoundrel, and that he alone approached an
angel.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana,opposed the appro
priation as being local In character and not
national.
Messrs. Aiken and Dibble, of South Caro
lina, asked that the special facilities clause be
retained. Sir. Horr’s motion was agreed to
by 126 yeas to S7 nays. Mr. Horr moved that
the House concur in the remaining amend
ment increasing from 44,000,000 to $4,300,000
the appropriation for railroad post office
claims. After debate, the motion was lost by
94 yeas to 117 nays, and the House further in
sisted on its disagreement to the amendment.
This ended consideration of the bill.
A contest for precedence of bills followed,
which ended by the House taking up the Pa
cific Railroad business, ponding discussion of
which, and without reaching a vote on any
thing, the House adjourned.
The Monetary Convention.
Paris, June 14. — Tlie Swiss Govern
ment coil pies with its notice of the termi
nation of the Latin Monetary Convention
the intimation of a desire for a revision
and renewal of the convention. If the
convention is concluded it will continue
the suspension of the coinage of legal
tender silver money but will regulate' the
circulation of the silver money of each
State in contracting countries.
Settling: Sprague's Estate.
Providence, R. 1., June 14.—The sec
ond dividend of 10 per cent, in the liqui
dation of the Sprague notes has been de
clared by Z. Cbafee, trustee. An applica
tion to restrain its payment by Even
Randolph in the United States Circuit
Court to-day was denied. It is understood
that the amount thus put in circulation
will exceed SBO,OOO.
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
Some Little Items of Interest and Some
Items of Little Interest.
Philadelphia, June 14.—The attendants
upon Bishop Simpson report no material
change in liis condition this morning.
St. Louis, June 14.—During a heavy wind
storm yesu-rday at Carthage, Mo., the "family
of Mr. Brunck fled to a cellar for safety, leav
ing his son Alvin, aged 7 years, sick in bed.
When they returned after the storm they
found him dead from fright.
Ottawa, O.nt., June 14.—An order in
Council has been passed placing cotton yarns
on the free list.
Reading, June IJ.—Tlie army worm has
appeared in Berks county ir great force, and
has already done much damage.
Salt Lake Citv. Utah, June 14.—Fred
Ilopt, alias Fred Welcome, the murderer of
John Y. Turner, an account of whose execu
tion was yesterday published by enterprising
papers in New York, lias been reprieved by
Acting Governor Thomas to allow liis appeal
to the United Stales .Supreme Court to be
heard.
New York, June 14.—Some of tlie Wabash
paper has gone to protest. Wabash notes are
allowed to go to protest before payment so
that all indorsers will share equally tHe re
sponsibility. If the notes were not protested
that party paying them could not hold the in
dorsers. After being protested, they are then
paid by W. E. Conner & Cos.
Brussels, f.Juno 14. — The religious au
thorities have decided that there shall be no
Corpus Christi procession to-morrow, as it is
feared that it would lead to a renewal of riots.
New Orleans, June 14.—A special from
Oxford, Miss., says: “Last night Abe Massey,
charged with brutally outraging a 6-year
old girl, was shot and killed while resisting
arrest by Constable William Joy.”
Cincinnati, June 14.—The case of T. C.
Campbell, attorney for the defendant in the
noted Berner trial, went to the jury about
noon to-day. Campbell is charged with at
tempting to bribe a juror in the IJerner case.
After deliberating all the afternoon without
agreeing upon a verdict, the jury was dis
charged.
Baltimore, June 14.—Miss Mary Keilby,
aged 28 years, was found early this evening
kneeling in a bath tub at her residence at No.
501 Franklin street horribly burned. She was
unable to state how her clothing took fire and
could give no explanation of her condition,
as she could not speak. She died at 10 o’clock
to-night.
Havana, June 14.—Twenty deaths from
yeUow fever occurred here during the week
ending yesterday.
The Testimony of a Phyghian.
James Beecher, M. D., of Sigourney,
lowa, says: “For several years I have
been using a Cough Balsam called Dr.
Wm. Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs,
and in almost every case throughout my
practice I have had entire success. I
nave used and prescribed hundreds of bot
tles since the days of my army practice
(1863), when I was surgeon of Hospital
No 7, Louisville, Ky.”
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THE AVAR IN EGYPT.
Advices Continue to Confirm the Re
port of a Massacre at Berber.
London, June 14.—Egyptian advices
state that an Arab has arrived at Kcrosko
who claims to be tlje sole survivor of the
Berber garrison. He says that he was
present when the rebels attacked Berber
on May 23. The garrison defended the
town for two hours of severe fighting, but
the rebels were too strong for them, and
forced their way into the city, where they
immediately massacred 1,500 men of the
garrison and 2,000 oi the male population.
The women and children were soared.
This story is believed by 3lajor Kitchener
and the son of Hussien Pasha Kalifia,
Governor of Berber.
The Pall Mall Gazette savs: “Wemust
now add 3,500 more to the thousands
already butchered to make a holiday for
Gladstonian principles. Humanity re
volts at such a state of things, and some
how or other a stop should lie put to it.”
The War Office and the Admiralty con
tinue to make active preparations for the
contemplated expedition to Khartoum. A
report is current that Gen. Lord Woolseley
advises pushing the campaign via Suakin
or Messowah, by way of the Nile. The
Admiralty has applied to tho various
steamship companies for the names anil
tonnage of their vessels which could be
used lor the transportation service in
August. Drafts of engineers, officers and
men tor transport and commissarial ser
vice are being hurried off’ for Egypt, and
most of them are going to Suakin. The
navigating officers detailed from the ships
stationed at Suakin are buoying the ap
proaches to the port and making sites in
preparation for the arrival of a large*
number of transports. It appears that
there was a pecuniary basis for the suc
cess attending Admiral Hewitt's mission
to King John of Abyssinia. The King
undertakes to provide 30,000 men for the
expedition to aid the English, and Admi
ral Hewitt promised that a largo sum of
money should be placed at the King's dis
posal to defray expenses.
Maj. Gen. Kent has been appointed to
the command of the English brigade to
assist in the Soudan expedition in place
of Gen. Gorham, who is in feeble health.
Lord Woolseley wants to he chief com
mander of the expedition. Gen. Kent
will leave London for Egypt the first week
in July.
BERBER’S FALL AGAIN CONFIRMED.
Cairo, June 14.—The Governor of Don
gola announces that Berber has fallen,
and that El Mahdi’s ameer is advancing
upon Dongola. The Governor proposes to
evacuate that city. The iall of Berber is
officially credited at Wody Haifa. The
German diplomatic agent at Cairo is coing
to London in connection with the Egyp
tian conference.
THE CONFERENCE DELAYED.
Vienna, June 14.— Die Politche tor
respondent says that the Cabinets of
Vienna, Berlin, Rome and St. Petersburg
have agreed to an Interchange of views
concerning the basis proposed in Earl
Granville's note to the powers for the
coming Egyptian conference before they
signify their acceptance of the invitation
to take part in it. This action will delay
the meeting.
EIjUA WHEELER’S WORK.
A Young Lady Who Has Already
Written Over Twelve Hundred Poems,
On Tuesday, says a New York letter, I
met Ella Wheeler, the Wisconsin poetess,
in Mrs. Frank Leslie’s office. She had
just married, as everybody knows, Mr.
Wilcox, an intelligent and wealthy man
ufacturer of Meriden, Conn., and tbey
were lingering here on their bridal trip
before regularly establishing their honey
moon in tne wooden nutmeg State. Mrs.
Wilcox had a special interest for me, be
cause she has sold more dollars’ worth of
the muse’s productions than any other
American poet, not excepting Whittier,
Longfellow, 11. H. and Louise Chandler
Moulton.
She is between 26 and 28, not handsome,"
but with a bright, piquant face, weighs
120, perhaps, at her best, is a vivacious
talker, and wears her dress with a jaunty
grace. Her costume, by the wav, was a
slate colored nun’s veiling, dress’and hat
to match, with a mantle made of a cant
el’p hair shawl. I asked her to tell me
how many poems she hail written, adding
at random that I had read a thousand.
“I don’t know how many”she said. “When
I counted them last year there were 1,200.
I have the disease called ‘fatal facility’—
can produce, almost impromptu, that
‘easy writing’ which Byron said was
awful hard reading. Byron didn’t say
‘awful,’ though.”
“She sometimes sends in a dozen poems
at a time here,” said Mrs. Leslie, “and by
the way, this establishment paid her the
first money she ever earned for verse.”
“Six dollars,” chimed in the author: “I
remember it very well, and how near I
came to not getting it.”
“It was so exceedingly strong and
good,” exclaimed Mrs. Leslie, “and yet
was written in such an unformed hand,
that we supposed some schoolgirl was
trying to impose upon us, and we wrote
to Miss Wheeler and asked her if she was
sure she wrote it herself.”
“1 first wrote,” continued Miss Wil
cox “when I was 8 years old—a novel,
with an original verse at the head of each
chapter. And if you are going to say
anything about me, say I have never
written a poem on spring. In fact, the
only nature I care very much about is
human nature.”
WOMAN’S SIXTH SENSE.
The Subtle Something that Brings About
Presentiment.
Here is a singular instance, says the
Boston Courier, of the working of that
subtle, line sixth sense, which is apt to
affect women more than men, and which
is so mysterious in character that we often
incline to deny its existence at ail. A
lady sat sewing quietly in hc-r sitting
room, and in an inner chamber the nurse
had just put the baby to sleep, aud laid
her in her basinette. As the nurse came
out of the chamber she said to her mis
tress :
“The little thing is asleep for three
hours, ma’am, I’ll warrant.”
The nurse went down stairs, and for
about a minute the mother sewed on.
Suddenly a desire seized her to go anti
take the sleeping child from its crib.
“What nonsense!” she said to herself ~
“baby is sound asleep; nurse just put her
down. I shall not go.”
I us tan lly, howover, some power stronger
even than the last, urged the mother to go
to her baby; and, after a moment, she
rose, half vexed with herself, aud went to
her chamber. The baby was asleep in her
little bed, safely tucked in with soft white
and pink blankets. One small hand was
thrown above the little brown head. It
w as half open, the exquisite fingers slight
ly curved and the palm as rosy as the
depths of a lovely shell.
“My baby!” "whispered the mother,
adoring the little sleeper, as mothers will,
“my own little baby!”
She bent over suddenly a third time,
impelled by that my sterious force which
was controlling her, and, for no apparent
reason, took the sleeping baby in her
arms and went swiftly into the other
room. She had scarcely crossed the
threshold when a startling sound caused
her to look hack. Through a stifling
cloud of thick gray dust she saw that the
ceiling above the baby’s cradle had fallen,
burying the heaps of rosy blankets, and
lying heaviest of all upon that spot where
but for her mystic warning her little child
would even now be lying.
Two Decisions Reversed.
Louisville, June 14.—A special from
Frankfort, Ky., says that the Court of
Appeals to-day reversed the decision ol
the lower court in the case of Thomas
Crittenden, nephew of Gov. Crittenden,
of Missouri, charged with and sentenced
to the penitentiary for killing a negro
Illegal evidence was the ground for the
reversal. The celebrated case of Caj>&"
Snapp, charged with stealing money from
the city of Louisville, was also reversed,
and the case was virtually dismissed],