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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOED Ui PARAGRAPHS.
Mao and Wife Poisoned by Wild Pars
nip Near Gainesville—Miraculous Res
cue or a Baby from a Well at Rome—
How a Confederate Picket Accepted
an t cly Looking Passport
GEORGIA.
WhnfleW county will prodace one of the
finest fruit crops this season known in years.
Two octogenarians. Alexander Lonford and
Susan Parks, were married in Catoosa county
one night last week.
Frank Matt his. one of the six prisoners who
escaped from Eastman jail a few weeks since,
was arrested in Chauncey last Friday.
The Mayor of Tbomasrille has offered SSOO
reward for the incendiary who it is suspected
set lire to the Leben House and Mr. Smith’s
residence.
Mr. Vance, of Spring Place, has a pear tree
in his garden, of the dwarf variety, which is
six feet high, and which contains 420 finely
developed pears.
Dodge Superior Court convened on Mondav
morning last. Judge Pate presiding. This
week being devoted < ntirely to the civil
docket, the grand jury, after transacting
some little business of minor importance, ad
journed over until next week.
A damage suit has been filed against thecity
of Athens for the erection of the water tower
at the intersection of College and Hancock
avenues, as it is claimed that it has seriously
reduced tlu* value of property adjacent.
Charles Stern wants st.s<V. Dr. \V. A. Carl
ton $1,50*), and A. 1.. Hull $1,500.
It is reported that a young man. some ten
or twelve miles alsive' Mt. Vernon, recently
married another man’s wife, who has two
children. It is further stated that the woman
has recently been seen with her two husbands,
her first walking by her side, while husband
number two brought up the rear with the
children.
Fiftr-seven teachers’ licenses were issued by
the North Georgia Agricultural College, at
Dablonega. during the late commencement.
The holders of these licenses are allowed to
teach public schools anywhere in the State
without further examination. This is a privi
lege that the graduates of no other institution
in Georgia enjoys.
A great deal of rain has fallen in Whitfield
county within the past week, and serious
damage to the wheat crop is feared. The
rains have lieen unprecedentedly heavy for
the season in the vicinity of Red Clay, and
owing to the turbid state of the streams
several mill dams were carried away and
bottom land crops overflowed.
A sad aceident occurred at Ringgold a few
bays ago. ill which a little two-yesr-child of
( apt. Anderson met with a horrible death.
An obler sister had placed a pot of boiling
peas on a table to roof, when the child, climb
ing upon it, overturned the pot and received
the scalding contents upon Its body. After
several hours of excruciating pain the little
sufferer died.
Nat Cherry, of Tunnell Hill, had a mira
culous escatie from •tenth one day last week.
He was reclining in a hammock on his front
veranda, during a mild thunder storm, when
a Hash of lightning struck one end of the
porch, and. passing down the |*ost, burned
the rope supporting the hammock, and the
gentVman was unceremoniously -precipitated
to the floor liencath, slightly shocked and very
justly frightened.
George W. llamans, of Irwin county, died
on the 7th iest. Mr. llamans had a difficulty
with John Sumner in Januarylast, and in the
light llamans had one of his fingers bitten.
The wound refused to heal, and the system
liecame imisoned from the foul blood. The
doctors finally decided that llamans' life
could only be saved by amputation, and the
finger was removed from the hand. The
poison had already gained too great a circula
tion in the Woodland llamans continued to
grow worse and die<L as stated, a few days
ago. •
Ellijay Oswisr: Wesley Davis relates that
when be belonged to the Mountaintown Home
Guard, in time of the war, that he and another
individual were standing picket on the turn
pike road one night while the company Was at
the camp-ground over the bill. They saw two
forms coming trainping along the road in the
darkness, and. just as they came opposite
Wesley, he commanded them to halt. “What
will you have* - ’ one of them inquired. “Have
vou a pass?” demanded Wesley. “Yes, sir-ee.
Do you want to see it?” said the traveler.
“That’s our orders, to let no one pass without
showing his papers.” returned Wesley. “Well,
then, here it is—take a good look at it,” said
the traveler, instantly flashing a great old re
volver cocked into Wesley’s face. After a
pause he asked. “Are you satisfied?" “I’m
satisfied.” replied Wesley, and the traveler
moved on.
A company has lieen organized for the pur
pose of bringing into prominence that hodv of
land opposite Brunswick, called Blythe Island.
The company has purchased the projieriy,
and will lay out the place in lots, etc., to he
called Naval City. The company will act un
der a charter from the State, and will he
known as the Seaboard I.and Improvement
end Manufacturing Company of Georgia.
The incorporators,with others, are S. C. Little
field. F. J. Doerflinger, C. P. Goodyear and
W. L. Gilbert. t|>erations arc to he com
menced immediately, and from the character
of the gentlemen engaged therein, this place
will come prominently before the public. S.
• Littlefield is President, and W. L. Gilliert,
Secretary and General Manager of the Com
pany.
Klberton A>ic South: Avery sad accident
befell a little child of Mr. Smith Gaines,
of this county, on Tuesday. A little
girl aliout two and a half years of age, was
playing in the yard with another little child,
ami by some means they managed to turn
over a grindstone which was in the yard,
which caught the little girl as it fell, crushing
her to the ground and resting upon the tower
part of her stomach. Her condition was toon
discovered by her mother, who immediately
went to her relief. A physician was sent for,
and all that could be was done for the little
sufferer, hut to no effect. She had received
an internal injury, and she lingered until
about .1 o’clock on Wednesday morning, when
her little spirit took flight'and returned to
Him who gave it.
Gainesville EogU: On Wednesday last,
white Evan Crow and wife were at work in
the field on the Hardy Price place, about two
miles from the city, they dug up an herb
which thev took to he angelica and ate it.
Shortly afterwards they were taken with
violent convulsions, and a physician was sent
for. Upon the arrival of D'r. Parsons, and
after a diagnosis, he pronounced the herb to
be wild parsnip, one of the most fatal poisons,
and not angelica, as thev had supposed. Mr.
Crow was too far goue for the doctor to h of
much service to him. only living about fifteen
minutes after his arrival. Dr. Parsons then
sent for I)r. Ham. and in the interval directed
his attention to Mrs. Crow. His prescriptions
had the desired effect, and by the tune Dr.
Ham arrived the lady was supposed to he do
ing as well as could he expected under the
circumstances. We learn that Mrs. Crow is
much better this morning, and hopes are en
tertained of her recovery.
Rome Courier: South Rome enjoved quite a
sensation yesterday afternoon, and an inno
cent little child was at the bottom of it—the
well an t the sensation. While playing in its
mother's yard yesterday afternoon, a little 2-
vear-old child of Mrs. Goodaon. who resides
in South Rome, climbed upon the well curb
ing unobserved, lost its balance ami fell over
into the well. The fond mother, near by,
heard the frightened erv of despair which
burst from the little one's throat as it
was da.-ho.l down the dark, frightful and
abvsmal depths. She heard the ”splash," as
thJ little form struck the water fortv feet
below. T he mother’s cries of anguish brought
Mr John lial' e #d several other neighbors
to the spot. Mr. Haire was promptly low
ered into the well, where he found the water
twelve feet deep, and floating peace
fully on its surface was the baby, as sound
and’full of life as it had been one hour before.
There the lit* le innocent lay on the bosom of
the water, saved from a horrible death
through some strange and unnacouutgble
agency. Mr Ham was being hauled up
with the ehiid in his arms, and when about
ten feet from the bottom of the well the rope
broke and the two were dash-el again *’> the
bottom, but sustained no injuries The water
failed to support Mr. Haire as it did the baby,
so both of them went under. He managed to
bold on to the side of the well until another
bucket was lowered, and the two were
rescued from their unpleasant and dangerous
situation. The most wonderful part of the
whole thing is that the child did not sustain
a single injury from the dreadful fall.
FLORIDA.
Corn is thriving tn Waldo county.
Escambia county has indorsed Bloxham.
Madison county is for Drew for Governor,
lave Oak’s artesian well will le commenced
soon.
Anew school house is talked of at Live Oak.
Sumter county falls in with the Drew
caravan.
A State temperance convention will be held
at Pslatka July 4.
Wilson’s Battery, of Jacksonville, has re
ceivedaiev uniforms.
The Clav county delegation is uninstructed,
but is understood to favor Gen. Perry.
K-cambia county has elected a solid Perry
delegation, headed by State hen.-tor Maiiory.
Walton and Holmes counties de* lore in
favor of no particular gubernatorial candi
date.
The St. John's countv delegation is unm
ft rue ted, but in favor of anew man for Gov
ernor.
The first cotton boll of the season has ap
-1 c ared at Madison. It is of the long.staple va
riety.
There were ovsr 3,000 gallons of claret wine
imported at Kev West from Havana last
month.
G. W. Harris ha* opened a store in the
settlement of Holly HIM, between Ormond and
Daytona.
James Thomas will carry t'ae United States
mail from Titusville to Melbourne after the
Ist of July.
John Dooley shot James Kelly at Pensacola
a few davs ago. The origin of the difficulty
is unknown.
Monroe county gives its gubernatorial re
presentatives no' instructions, but yearns fora
bouth Florida man.
Marion county wants John M. Martin sent
to Congress from the Second district and anew
man made Governor.
Hon. F. W. Pope, of Madison, was nomina
ted for Governor at the Independent Conven
tion at Live Oak. J. C. Greely was named
for Lieutenant Governor.
The parties interested are having some dif
ficulty in securing the right of way for the
Enterprise Kaihpad to Thrashers Ferry,
•vork on it has ceased until all righto have
been secured.
He |g|ambtg Jgm
Gadsden county indorse* the present gnber
natonal administration, and recommends the
renoraination of Hon. R. H. M. Davidson for
Representative in Congress from the First
Congressional D.strict.
Marion county's delegates will go as they
please at the Gubernatorial Convention.
Seven of them are after a dark horse, two
will support Drew, and the action of the re
m&ining two is not announced.
-y .fr'eojseola two stevedores, John Dooley
and Jim Kelley, both white, had an alterca
tion. Dooley claimed to hare been robbed of
*‘--'>oo, accused Kelley of the theft, and shot
him. He is dangerously wounded.
At the Tallahassee District Conference, re
cently held at Quincy, the following dele
gates to the next annual conference were
elected: G. W. Taylor. Jesse Wood. B. A.
Meginniss, Theodore Turnbull: alternates.
C. Lott. George I. Davis, G. W. Saxton, J.
V. M. Cobb.
The bridging of the St. John's river at Tocoi
will meet with considerable opposition from
several sources, but more particularly from
the steamboat men. as it is claimed that it
will cause a shallowness of water at that
place, and finally make the river impassable
for large fcteamera.
Many years ago an old Spaniard by the
name of Uoscio settled on an island near the
mouth of the Manatee river. Hiscompanions
rail' and him “Tio Roscio,” which means “Uncle
Roscio,” and in time the island and bay got to
lie known as "Tio Roscio’*.’’ This was finally
corrupted into “Terra Ceia,” its present
name.
The new Escambia county jail will be a
large two-story building, and the lower story
will be used at present for prisoners, but If
necessary the upper one can be used also for
the same object. The plans have not been as
vet accepted by the lsjard, bnt if they should
be. work will commence at once upon the
building.
A portion of the old armor of many years
ago p’owed up in a field by a Jefferson county
farmer, which was long in the possession of
John B. Galbraith, a former Attorney General
ot Florida, was last week turned over to the
University I.ibrarv at Pensacola by W. T.
Webster, and is now one of the attractions at
.Library Hail,
The Supreme Court met in its June session
at Tallahassee last Tuesday, all the Judges
present. There are seventy cases on the
docket—some old case*, already argued. A
number of others have already been contin
ued. The court announced last Tuesday that
no oral argument would he heard after Tues
day, the 24th mst.
Kscambia hay has been inspected for the
purpose of locating lights. Five lights, one
at White Point, one on the mud flats in Black
Hummock, one on the wharf at White Point,
all in Black water bay, and one oflT Gull Point
and one on the long drawbridge, in Kscambia
hay, will he recommended; also, a tripod on
the “wreck” at White Point.
Tin- Levy county delegates arc tin instructed,
hut after a complimentary vote for Drew, six
of the eight, and probably the entire delega
tion.will tie for Pasco: but for the controversy
between Drew and Bloxham the Levy delega
tion would have been solid for Drew. The
sentiment of that entire section is represented
to he in favor of anew deal and a new man.
A meeting of the State Park Association,
for the purpose of reorganization, will be held
at Jacksonville Friday afternoon, at which
time new officers will lie elected, the matter
of holding a State Fair next winter will lie
considered, anil preliminary steps taken with
a view to immediately commencing the work
of beautifying the grounds and putting the
race track in first class condition.
Arrangements have been made with Mather
A Wood, at Port Jefferson, Long Island, N.
Y., by the Gulf Steamboat Company to build
n first-class steamboat to run from Cedar Key
down Hie west coast of Florida, touching at
Mammock creek, Cootv river. Anclote, Tar
l>on Springs. Seaside, Y’ellow Bluff, Dunedin,
Clearwater Harbor anil Disston at Point
Pinellas. The distance from Cedar Key lo
Disston is about 100 miles, and will be run by
daylight in comparatively still water and iii
full view of the Florida coast. The boat will
be completed and commence making regular
trips three times a week each wav on aud
after October 15, 1884.
Jacksonville Cnion : Capt. Vogel, of
the steamship City of l’alatka, as has been
previously announced in these columns, is,
through Senator Cali, endeavoring to have
Congress make an appropriation for lighting
M. John’s river to facilitate navigation at
night. The following are the points where it
is proposed to establish the lights: Between
Jacksonville and the bar—On the jioint of
marsh between Little ami Big Clapboard
creeks, a range light; on the point of land be
tween Dunn’s creek and Cedar creek, a range
light; on Drummond’s Point, a range light;
on Sand Fly Point, a range light. Between
Jacksonville and Palatka—On Grassy Point,
one light; on Phillips’ Point, one light; near
Bu.-kiey’s Bluff, a raugelight; near Mandarin
Point, a range light; near Ragged Point, a
range light; near New Switzerland, a range
light; near Governor's creek a range light;
near six Mile Point, a range light; near
t lark’s creek, a range light; on Racy Point,
one light; on Federal Point, one light; on
Nine Mile Point, one light; between Dancy’s
and Russell’s Points, a range light; on Fores
ter's Point, one light; on One Mile Point, one
light; on the railroad wharf at Palatka, one
light.
OX MILK AM) FKUIT DIET.
A Young Girl Mho Has Lived for Four
Months Without Solid Food.
The little village of East River, on the
Shore Line Road, between Guillorcl and
Madison, and about fifteen miles east of
this city, says a New Haven special to
the New York World, is the latest claim
ant to the possession of that no longer in
frequent phenomenon, a person who lives
without eating. Prof. Westbrook, of New
York, who recently. attempted to live
wholly on milk, and gave up the expert
ment after a feur days’ trial, is put en
tirely in the shade by Miss Lizzie Knowles,
of East River, who has partaken of noth
ing but a little fruit and drank nothing
but milk since the first week in February
ot this year. She preserves her health
and strength on this simple diet,
and is not only the sensation of the
hour for the residents of East River and
all the towns within a radius of ten miles,
but is also much sought after by the
young swains who are hunting for a wife
whose board bill is not likely to be an
item worthy of consideration in the domes
tic expenditures. Miss Knowles is the
sixteen-year-old adopted daughter of Mr.
Henry I). Knowles, a prosperous and well
known resident of East River. She Is ot
medium height and her form shows no
sign of emaciation. She is very pretty,
vivacious and an entertaining conversa
tionalist, and is greatly admired by all
who know her. She was formerly an in.
mate of the House for the Friendless in
East Thirtieth street, your city. Her foster
parents adopted her front the institution
and gave her a good home and an excellent
education. Two years ago she was at
tacked with a disease that has battled the
skill of many doctors. When first taken
ill she beqaiite numb and all her nerves
were paralyzed. She lost her voice and
was very weak, but her muscles were un
affected and she retained all her powers
of motion. Her prostration continued for
nearly three months, when she gradually
recovered strength, and is now able to
attend to domestic duties. Her voice has
not wholly returned, and, although every
thing she' says is perfectly distinct, it is
uttered in a low but peculiarly pleasant
whisper.
The strange part of Miss Knowles’ case,
however, is that as her strength returned
her appetite failed. At first she lost all
desire for meat and finally her stomach
refused to retain it. Then her desire to
eat anything at all grew gradually less,
and during the latter part of last and the
early portion of this year she rarely ate
more than one or two meals a week. For
some time her food, what little she ate,
comprised several kinds, but she took a
dislike to one article after another, until
nothing remained that would tempt her
appetite except fruit and milk, land on
these two articles of diet alone she has
been living since last February. Her
principal nourishment is milk. She par
takes but sparingly of fruit, and it seems
probable that she will abandon it entirely.
That she does not do this of her own free
will is evident from the tact that twice
since last February she has attempted to
retain food of other descriptions, but her
stomach rejected it. About two weeks
ago she swallowed an oyster, but her
stomach would not retain it.
A reporter visited her at her residence
to-dav, and after obtaining from Mrs.
Knowles, the young lady’s foster mother,
the facts above narrated, asked the young
lady, as a special favor to him, to swallow
a teaspoonful of beef broth in his pres
ence. Miss Knowles complied with the
request, but hardly had she taken the
spoon from her lips "when the stomach re
jected the liquid. Mrs. Knowles assured
the reporter that her adopted daughters
Health was good aside from an occasional
sliglit recurrence ot the numbness with
which she was first attacked. She added
that Lizzie was strong and assisted her in
household duties. Another curious
feature about the young lady’s ’con
dition is that her loathing for
toou is so great that she cannot
aid in preparing the daily meals, nor can
she be present in the dining-room when
the tamily are at table. The mere sight
of food is sufficient to produce the most
Violent nausea. She has been under the
care of a number of eminent physicians,
including Dr. Griswold, of New York.
They have watched her symptoms from
time to time and have consulted with one
another regardingthis strange case, but
are unable to explain it, except under the
nead of nervous disease of the stomach.
They all pronounce her aversion to food
perfectly genuine and aay that it is abso
lutely bevond her control. The young
lady herself is very modest and retiring
in her manner and feels very much em
barrassed by the attention she is attract
ing.
‘•Rough n Coughs.”
Knocks a Cough or Cold endwise. For
children or adults. Troches, 16c. Liquid,
SOc. At druggists.
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
THE MEXICAN PENSION'S AGAIN
BUSY THE SENATE.
Friends mod Foes of the Bill Flaying
Football with It—Campbell, of Ohio,
Succeeds in Compelling Morey to Re
tire from the Contested Seat in the
House.
Washington, June 20.—1n the Senate
to-day, after the disposition of routine busi
ness, that body proceeded to the consid
eration of private pension bills upon the
calendar, which occupied the time until
the presentation of the unfinished busi
ness—the Mexican pension bill.
Mr. Culiom said that he hoped that the
Senate would come to a vote on the bill
to-day.
Mr. Voorhees moved to amend Mr. Ingalls’
proposition submitted yesterday by striking
from it the clause limiting the time within
which application for pension may be made.
Mr. Slater remarked that these pension
questions always came up everv four years,
jut before the Presidential election.
Mr. Van Wyck replied that he for one was
anxious that that sort of coincidence should
not again happen. The whole question
could now be taken from under
the influence of politics and politi
cians. There had lieen shameful delav
in doing justice to soldiers. While the widow
of Admiral Farragut had gotten a pension of
a couple of thousand dollars per year, we
had just read in a newspaper that the pilot
of Admiral Farragut’s fleet, a man who had
done as much as any for the success of that
officer and his forces, had died a few davs
ago in a poor house.
.Mr. Williams was opposed to all the amend
ments offered to the Mexican pension bill. If
Mr. Ingalls' amendment and the other amend
ments were tacked on, he (Mr. Williams)
could not support it.
THE BILL IN DANGER.
He would not bring annual ruin on his gov
ernment in order to 6ecure a pittance of $3
per month for his comrades in arms. He had
thought ten days ago that the hill would pass
with two-thirds majority. Now he doubted
whether it would pass except loaded down
with ruinous provisions. The Republicans
Purposing to amend the hill had professed to
e its friends. “God save my old comrades
in arms,” said lie, “from such friends as
those.” A majority' of the Mexican pension
ers, he continued, happened to live on
the wrong side of Muson and Dixon’s line.
He had himself been a Confederate soldier,
but brave men bore each other no animosity.
We had all come together now to advance our
common country in a career of greatness and
glory to the end of time. Finally, Mr. Wil
liams implored the Senator* to withdraw the
amendments, pass the bill and then bring up
other measures upon their merits. If the bill
was defeated it would be by the Republicans,
an*i not the Democrats. If the Republicans
were trying to engraft the decision of the
Chicago Convention on the bill, let them say so.
Mr. voorhees’ amendment to strike out'Mr.
Ingalls’ limitation was lost.
A suggestion of adjournment was made.
Mr. Culiom attempted to secure an agree
ment to have a vote on the bill and its amend
ments by 5 o’clock to-morrow afternoon, but
Mr. Morgan objected, saying that the hill
must go through on its merits or not at all.
The Senate then went into executive ses
sion, and when the doors were reopened ad
journed until to-morrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day, on motion of Mr. May
bury, the bill was passed reducing from 50
and 25 cents to 10 cents the clearance fees
levied upon vessels engaged in domestic com
merce.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, from the Com
mittee on Judiciary, submitted a report upon
tlie case of Kilbourn vs. Thompson, and it was
referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
The report says: “Your committee, on full
consideration, think it better to let the judg
ment stand without further litigation, aiid, as
the judgment against tlie defendant was for
acts done by him under orders of the House
ot Representatives, the committee recom
mends that an appropriation be made to pay
the amount thereof in relief of the defend
ant.”
Mr. TownsUcnd, of Illinois, introduced a
joint resolution authorizing the President to
wxtend an invitation to the associated officers
and enlisted men of the army and navy of
Mexico of 1846 to 1848 to attend the annual re
union at St. Louis of the surviving officers
and men of the United States army and navy
of the same period. It was referred.
Mr. Broudhead, of Missouri, from the Com
mittee on Judiciary, reported the bill to de
termine tlie jurisdiction of United States Cir
cuit Courts. It was referred to the House
calendar.
Mr. King, of Louisiana, introduced a bill
for the prevention and cure of the disease in
animals known as “clearbon.” It was re erred.
Mr. Mutcliler, of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee on Civil Service, reported a bill to
repeal the tenure of office act. It was re
ferred to the House calcudar.
Mr. Cook, of lowa, from the Committee on
Elections, reported a resolution declaring that
, J. R. Chalmers was duly elected to Congress
from the Second Mississippi district. It Was
laid over for future action. The House then
resumed consideration of theCampbell-Morcy
contested election ease.
HOW CAMPBELL WON.
Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania,made the prin
cipal speech in favor of the claims of the eon
testee, and submitted a strong legal argument
in refutation of some of tlie principles laid
down in tlie majority report. The grounds on
which the contestant bases his claim were
ably presented by Messrs. .lonian and Seney,
of Ohio.
Mr. Morey, of Ohio, the sitting member,
was heard in his own behalf.
Mr. Lowrey, of Indiana, closed the debate
with a clear analysis of the facts and law of
the case, and defended the Committee on
Elections from some charges of unfairness
which had been made against it. A vote was
then taken on the minority resolution con
firming the right of the contesteoto the seat,
and it was lost by 63 yeas to 139 nays. The
majority resolution seating Mr. Campbell was
agreed to, and that gentlemen appeared at the
bar and took the oath of office.
The House thou, at $;10 o’clock, took a recess
till 8 o'clock,
At the evening session no quorum being
(■resent the House adjourned.
KER REPLIES TO HLISS.
Words of Milk and Honey Followed by
a Merciless Slap.
Washington, June 20.—Mr. Ker was
betore the Springer Committee to-day to
reply to some of the statements recently
made by Col. Bliss in his testimony.
When Mr. Ker asked on Thursday to be
allowed to appear to-day he requested a
member of the committee to ask Col. Bliss
to be present, saving that he and Col.
Bliss did not speak. Col. Bliss was noti
fied of Mr. Ker’s desire and was present.
Mr. Ker said:
“Col. Bliss has assumed that ray testimony
was a wholesale attack on him. He is mis
taken, and I do not think that my testimony
will bear Him out. I want to say for Col.
Bliss that he is a keen, bright, sharp lnwver
of great ability and of untiring energy. His
familiarity with the papers of the case was
simply wonderful. He seemed to know all of
them by heart. We relied on Col. Bliss be
cause he had the facility of understanding pa
pers.”
Mr. Ker then proceeded to analyze Col.
Bliss’ testimony of the last two days', and to
contradict him directly in nearly every essen
tial point of his story, saying that he intended
to convict Col. Bliss of deliberate falsifying.
Col. Bliss, he said, intimated that Mr." Ker
gave McSweeney a copy of the bill of fare of
the celebrated Dorsey dinner, of which Mc-
Swecney made good use in his speech.
GIVING BLISS THE LIE.
“Now, said Mr. Ker, “McSweeney himself
told me that he received that paper'from Mr.
Bliss. I deny most emphatically that I gave
the book to McSweeney. If Col.
Bliss (turning to that gentleman) lias
any answer to make to that
let him make it. Mr Bliss says that no effort
was made to read on interview with him in
the court room before he got on the stand
here and under oath and swore that I com
mitted a falsehood. He might have the re
cord that shows that an attempt was made to
read the interview. Col. Bliss was not there.
I was. In regard to Rerdell’s Christian name
Col. Bliss has here testified that he knew
what it was when the indictments were dYawn
un, yet he professed ignorance at the time.”
Mr.'Ker accounted for Col. Bliss' attack on
Brewster Cameron in several wavs.
“It appears.’’ said Mr. Ker. "that there was a
man named for United States Marshal by the
President. Some charges were preferred
against him by Brewster Cameron. While
going to Philadelphia one afternoon on a
train with Col. Bliss, he said that my friend,
Brewster Cameron, was getting himself into
a deal of trouble. ‘Here’s this Strobach case,’
he said. ‘After the President has made the
nomination, and it has gone to the Senate, it
is no time to make an attack on him. If an
attack is to be made it ought to hare been
made before the nomination. It is just this:
Brewston Cameron wi:l have to quit the De
partment of Justice or the Attorney General
will have to go.’ ”
A PASSAGE WITH BLISS.
“I had not been used to getting Cabinet
secrets. Maybe Col. Bliss wants to deny—”
(Again turning to that gentleman.)
“I don’t want to deny it,” Col. Bliss replied,
excitedly “There arc some letters on that
subject that I’ll send to the committee. I said
that Cameron had twice attacked men nomi
nated by the President, and I thought that
such things ought to be stopped.”
"Would you favor a Cabinet officer saying
nothing, if, aDer a nomination, he found'out
something against a man?" asked Mr. Y’an
Alstvne of Col. Bliss.
“Not at all, but when information is in the
department before a nomination. I think that
it ought to be given to the President.”
In referring to Col. Bliss' testimony that
William Pitt Kellogg’s name did not appear in
the papers in the Post Office Department, Mr.
Ker said: “Col. Bi ss knew in bis heart that
Vlr. Kellogg’s name did appear.” The wit
ness said that he had prepared for the March
term an indictment in which the names of
Price, Brady and Kellogg were ioined to
gether, charging them with conspiring to de
fraud the government. Mr. Bliss had said
that Kellogg’s name was not mentioned
before that grand jury.
DRIFT OF WALSH’S TESTIMONY.
“Why, Wslsh’s testimony was all Kellogg,”
Mr. Ker said. “Walth testified that he got
drafts from Kellogg, and paid the money over
to Kellogg.”
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1884.
“How do vou know what Walsh testified
to?” inquired Mr. Milliken.
“From what he told me, and from what I
saw in the case,” replied the witness.
Mr. Ker was asked:
“Do you believe that the attorneys in the
star route cases acted faithfully, and did the
best they conld to convict the defendants?”
asked Mr. Milliken.
“I think that it is best for me to express no
opinion,” he replied.
The Fourth Act.
Washington, June 20.—Messrs. Bliss
and Merrick and Ker, having partially
vented their ill-feeling before the Springer
committee, will now step aside. Attorney
General Brewster is expected to take the
stand next week. He is to be followed by
Judge Wylie and by Kellogg. The
Springer committee is now expected to
sit all summer.
RANDALL’S SOLE AIM.
Appropriation Bills Must Have the
Right of Way and the Forfeitures Can
Follow.
AYashington, June 20.—Chairman Al
lison, of the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee, said to-day that he thought that
Congress would adjourn on the 3d of July.
Chairman Randall, of the House Appro
priation Committee, holds the same opin
ion, but although Mr. Randall is pressing
the appropriation bills in the House so
that the members of the Appropriation
Committee work day and night, it does
not seem probable that tney can all be
passed by the 3d of July. 'Mr. Randall
had the sub-committee on the sundry
civil bill sit until 2 o’clock this
morning in order that it might
be able to report to the full committee to
day. It did make its report to-day, and the
full committee will be able to take the
bill up in the House on Monday. The
following interview is reported ashaving
occurred between Messrs. Holman and
Randall to-day:
Mr. Holman—Mr. Randall, it will not
do to adjourn until we have passed these
land grant forfeiture bills.
Mr. Raudall—The caucus decided to
dispose of the appropriation bills to the
exclusion of all other legislation.
Mr. Holman—That was a cowardly
thing in us to do. The appropriation bills
have the right of way under the rules ot
the House, but I tell you we can not afford
to adjourn without passing these forfeited
land grant bills.
Mr. Randall—l don’t intend to allow
anything to get in the way of the appro
priation bills. Monday {am going to
call up the sundry civil, and after the
other appropriation bills now in confer
ence are disposed of, then we can dispose
of tlie land grant bills.
TH E DISTILLERIES.
Officials Hoping that Congress may Still
Make the Appropriation.
AA r ASHiNGTON, June 20.-- Secretary Fol
ger has reached the conclusion that,
though the gaugers, storekeepers and
other revenue agents cannot be paid at
present for the month of June, they need
not be furloughed unless they desire to
be. There is, of course, the possibility
that the Senate may make the necessary
appropriation of 1125,000 for the-June pay
of these revenue officials and the House
may agree to it, though it refused to ap
propriate that suui for that pur
pose when it was recommended
by the Appropriation Committee.
To-day the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue addressed a circular letter to all
revenue officials stating that the House
had failed to make appropriation for their
pay; that any further action by Congress
in "the matter was problematical, and that
it was entirely optional with them
whether they would continue
at their posts or whether they
would close the distilleries anil
warehouses with which they are con
nected until the Ist of July, when the ap
propriation for next year becomes availa
ble. It is supposed that in most cases
the revenue officials will stay at their
posts until the Ist of July, and so obviate
the inconvenience that would occur to
the owners of distilleries and distilled
spirits if their establishments should be
closed.
Tlie Navy Department Frauds.
Washington, June 20. — Secretary
Chandler has ordered a court of inquiry
to investigate the frauds recently prac
ticed by means of false vouchers in the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the
Navy Department. Another warrant was
sworn out to-day against a prominent
Washington stationer named Dempsey,
who is implicated in these frauds.
Wm. H. Dempsey, the well known book
seller and stationer of this city, has been
arrested on a ebarge of being connected
with the Navy Department frauds. De
tective AVm. P. AVood has represented to
the Secretary of the Navy that he has
found evidence of even more extensive
frauds in other bureaus of the Navy De
partment than in that of medicine and
surgery.
A Dead-Lock on tlio Dingley Bill.
AYashington, June 20. —Several vain
attempts have been made to bring about
an agreement in the conference comrnif
tee on the shipping bill. The House con
ferees insist on the free ship proposition,
and the Seuate conferees insist upon the
postal subsidy proposition, and so a dead
lock exists. In the end both propositions
will have to be dropped, and the shipping
bill will probably go through as it was
originally reported from the Shipping
Committee.
Washington, June 20,11 p. m.— lt is
stated that after the House adjourned late
to-night the conference committee on the
shipping bill agreed to drop the free ship
and postal subsidy propositions and re
port the original bill to the House.
A Couuty Convention.
Ykmasskk, S. C., June 20.—The County
Democratic Convention met here to-day.
The session was harmonious. S. H.
Rodgers, Secretary of the Executive Com
mittee, called the convention to order in
the absence of the County Chairman. Mr.
W. 11. Heyward was chosen President,
and S. H. Rodgers Secretary. The follow
ing gentlemen were elected delegates to
the State Convention: AYilliam Elliott,
W. B. A'incent, S. H. Rodgers, H. D. Elli
ott, W. C. Lockwood, AY. F. Colcock, Jr.,
O. P. Law and T. G. AYhite. Col. William
Elliott was unanimously re-elected Chair
man of this county.
The Colored Industrial Exposition.
# AYashington, June 20.—1n the Senate
to-day Mr. Blair offered, by request, an
amendment to the sundry civil appro
priation bill to provide that there should
be appropriated, out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000 to promote the proposed exposi
tion of the agricultural and mechanical
capabilities of the colored races of the
world, to be held in the exposition build
ing in the city of Chicago, commencing in
Novem'ber, ISBS.
Tobacco and Fruit Spirits Taxes.
AYashington, June 20.—T0-morrow
the Democrats and Republicans, who
want the tobacco and fruit spirits taxes
repealed, will make a desperate effort to
pass the bill now on the calendar pro
viding for the repeal of the fruit spirits
tax with an amendment repealing the
tobacco tax. They claim to have a
majority.
Butler Condoles With Arthur.
Washington, June 20.—Gen. Benja
min F. Butler called on the President to
day and expressed his regret that Gen.
Arthur was not nominated at Chicago.
Confirmed as Postmaster.
AYashington, June 20.—The Senate
to-day confirmed Ambrose H. Lindsay as
Postmaster at Portsmouth, Ya.
$2*500 Damages.
Eufaula, Ala., June 20.—1n the case
of J. Smith V 6. the Central Railroad and
Banking Company in the Circuit Court
here, the jury to-day gave a verdict for
$2,500 damages sustained in the Wylly
disaster two years ago when the boat
went to pieces against the Fort Gaines
bridge on the flooded river. The suit was
for $25,000, and nine similar cases are to
be tried at the present term. Local
sympathy is with the plaintiffs.
Macon's Commencements.
Macon, June 20.—Mercer University
won in the champion debate at Griffin
last night versus Emory College. The
Mercer University commencement began
to-night. The champion debate of the
Ciceronian Society versus the Phi Delta
Society is on the question of “Curapulsory
Education.” Judge Stewart, of Griffin,
presided.
The Testimony of a Physician.
James Beecher, M. D., of Sigourney,
lowa, says: “For several years I have
been usiDg a Cough Balsam called Dr.
Wm. Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs,
and in almost every ease throughout my
practice I have had entire success. I
have 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.”
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS.
CLEVELAND’S LEAD IN THE RACE
BEYOND DISPUTE.
Flower’s Boom Evidently Nipped In the
Bud by Democracy’s Coldness—Tariff
Reformers Confident that They Can
Put a Sound Plank in the Platform,
Despite Randall’s Superciliousness.
Washington, June 20.— The opinion of
the majority of the Democrats in Congress
that Cleveland is the man to be nomi
nated at Chicago is unshaken to-night,
although systematic attempts have been
making all day by frieads of the other
candidates to shake it. The John Kelly
scare has been used. It has been
industriously stated that the Irish
men were against Cleveland, and
that laborers of every nationality wer#
against him because he vetoed the 5-cent
fare bill. But these and other reports,
emanating chiefly from the Flower liter
ary bureau at New York, have been taken
with many grains of allowance. Ail the
other candidates except Flower are re
garded as possible, but Cleveland is re
garded as the probable nominee.
THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
Nominations for President and Vice
President Made amj, a _ Platform
Adopted.
Chicago, June 20.—At the afternoon
session ot the American Prohibition Con
vention a platform was adopted, which
declares that the God ot the Christian
Scriptures is the author of civil govern
ment; favors the use of Bibles in the
schools; asserts that God requires, and
man needs the Sabbath; demands
strict prohibition laws; the withdrawal of
all charters to secret lodges, and that
their oaths be prohibited by law; opposes
prison and imported contract labor favors
a revision of the patent laws;
pledges the party to vote for
woman suffrage: asserts that civil
equality, granted by the thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth amendments, should
be extended to Indians and Chinamen:
thjjt international differences should
be settled by arbitration: that land and
other monopolies should be discouraged;
that the government should furnish a
sound currency; that the tariff should be
reduced as fast as the necessary revenue
aud vested business interests will allow;
that polygamy should at once be sup
pressed, and that the Republi
can party is censurable for its
long neglect of duty iu respect to
this evil, and demands a direct vote for
President and Vice President of the
United States. The preamble adopted by
the National Christian Association in
1875 was also adopted. The convention
then proceeded to nominate a candi
date for President of the -United
States. S. C. Pomeroy, of Kansas,
Governor St. John, of the same
State, and Rev. J. Blanchard, of Illinois,
were named. Of the votes cast Pomeroy
received 72, and the nomination was
made unanimous. For A'iee President
J. A. Conant. of Connecticut, was nomi
nated fly acclamation.
THE INDEPENDENT CIRCULAR.
Text of the Document Which Will Go
Through the Country for Signatures.
New York, June 20.—-The Independent
Republican Organization Committee, ap
pointed yesterday by George Win. Curtis,
met to-day and chose Mr. Curtis as
Chairman. It was decided to name the
committee the “Independent Republican
Committee.” The following document,
was approved, and will be circulated
throughout the country for signatures:
The undersigned, protesting against the
nomination of Blaine and Logan, propose to
join their fellow Republicans ami indepen
dent voters in sending representatives to the
general conference, to be held immediately
after the Democratic National Convention,
which conference shall consider, in case the
Democratic, nominations do not justify the
support of protesting Republicans, what fur
ther action may be necessary to secure can
didates who will appeal to the interests, clean
and honest politics and sober honest sense of
the American people.
DEMOCRACY’S TARIFF PLANK.
Revenue Reformers Confident That
They Will Shape the Clause.
Washington, June 20.—The leading
revenue reformers in Congress will try to
be in Chicago the week before the Demo
cratic Convention meets to talk with the
delegates as they come in, and to confer
about the tariff plank in the platform.
They have no doubt that a reve
nue reform plank will be adopted,
one whose terras will be un
equivocal; “else,” they say, “we may
as well adopt the tariff plank of the Repub
lican platform.” But as yet the leaders
have simply talked about it without ar
ranging any phrases or agreeing upon
any concert of action. Meanwhile, Mr.
Randall smiles and says that the tariff
plank will he planned to suit the pecu
liar taste of the Pennsylvania and Ohio
protectionists.
ST. LOUIS AT CHICAGO.
A Huiineia Men's Delegation to l>e on
Hand at the Convention.
St. Louis, June 20.—A large delegation
of business men of this city—chiefly, per
haps wholly, composed of Democrats—
will go to Chicago during the sitting of
the Democratic National Convention.
The object of the visit will be, primarily,
to promote the commercial interests ot'
this city by personal contact with
the leading men of different parts
ot the West and South and incidentally
to exert political influence on the dele
gates to the convention, but whether in
the interests of any particular candidate
has not transpired. The delegation will
charter a special train for the occasion,
appoint it in fine 6tyle, invite the Mis
souri, Kansas and Arkansas delegations
to accompany them and maintain regular
headquarters at Chicago during their stay
in that city.
The Press at the Convention,
Chicago, June 20.—The Committee on
Press and Telegraph of the National
Democratic Convention makes the follow
ing announcement: “A limited space will
be provided near the officers’ platform lor
the principal papers of the country with
convenient desks for reporting the pro
ceedings. The Associated Press will have
ample opportunity for reporting the full
proceedings for the benefit of its members
throughout the country.”
Hendricks Willing to Run.
Washington, June 20.—The under
standing amopg Indiana Democrats here,
based upon letters and telegrams received
from Mr. Hendricks, is that the latter
would be willing to run as the Democratic
candidate for Governor if nominated. In
that event the last lingering doubt of the
Democrats being able to carry the State
would vanish.
At the State Capital.
Atlanta, June 20.—Gov. McDaniel
issued an order to-day creating the thir
teen hundred and seventy-sixth militia
district in Tattnall county.
A reward of SIOO is offered for the ap
prehension and delivery to the Sheriff of
Bryan county of Edward Carr, charged
with the offense of arson.
The Coroner’s jury was in session again
to-day on the Rose murder case. A num
ber of witnesses were examined, but
nothing definite was brought to light.
The jury adjourned to meet on Friday
next. Rose was committed to jail ta
await the finding of the jury.
Murdered His Colored Mistress.
New York, June 20.—Maria Williams,
a colored woman, was shot and instantly
killed by Regalo Romo Shakown, a Cuban
cigar dealer, who was her lover. The
shooting was done in the apartment
house, numbers 126 and 128 West 27th
street, where the woman had a flat and
lived with her husband. Shakown went
to Williams’ apartment to-night and asked
to see the couple. When they came out
in the hallway he fired three shots at
them in quick succession, one of which
struck Mrs. Williams in the breast and
penetrated her heart. She dropped dead.
Shakown escaped.
The Oil Market Affected.
New York, June2o.— There has been a
heavy drop in pipe line certificates to-day
on the report that Andrew Bros., of the
Standard Oil Company, are affected by the
failure of C, K. Garrison. Pipe line cer
tificates closed last night at 66%, and to
night at 58%. The oil market was active
and excited all day.
For seven years Allen’s Brain Food has
stood the strongest tests as to its merits in
curing Nervousness, Nervous Debility,
and restoring lost powers to the weakened
Generative System, and, in no instance,
has it ever failed; test it. $1; 6 for $5.
At druggists, or by mail from J. H.
Allen, 315 First avenue, New York city.
CUBA’S PURCHASE.
Au Improbable Story That Blaine Is
Willing to Pay 850,000,000 for the
Island.
Havana, June 20.—Captain-General
Castillo is about to send to New York by
the next steamer one of the five commis
sioners who came here from Madrid a
fortnight ago. He is prompted to do this'
by the reception of dispatches from the
Spanish Minister at Washington, and the
Spanish Consul at New York. These gen
tlemen have apparently been very niuch
alarmed by the nomination of Mr. Blaine,
especially by the statement of Mr. YVicker,
of Key West, who is said to have declared
that he had it from Mr. Blaine’s own
mouth that Cuba was worth $50,000,000
to the United States. They say in their
dispatches that public opinion in America
is absolutely in favor of making the pur
chase or of annexing Cuba, an event for
which they believe Canova’s government
is prepared, but from which they would
like to see him get the great
est possible benefit, for they
say that the Americans will not find the
price too high. The Minister adds that
after the ridiculous failure of the judicial
inquiries undertaken against Gen. Aguero
and Col. Rubeira it will be very difficult
to make the government at Washington
take any action against the Cuban con
spirators. The Captain General there
fore sends his Commissioner to New
York, where he will report to the
Spanish Minister, and after conferring
with him and the Consul, furuish precise
information respecting the future neu
trality of the American Government and
respecting the chances of obtaining for
the island the $50,000,000 of Blaine’s al
leged programme. After having received
this information, the Commissioner will
return to this place, aud, with his four
colleagues, will prepare the definite re
port, which was to have been sent to
Madrid the latter part of this month, but
which will be delayed some days.
ENGLAND AND EGYPT.
No New Devolopmcnts of Importance at
the Scene of Action.
Suakin, Juue 20.—Twenty-one pilgrims
have arrived at Sua&in from Khar
toum. They left Khartoum on May 25,
and say that Berber at that time was safe
and bad a full supply of provisions.
ORDERED TO LEARN BERBER’S FATE.
Cairo, June 20.— The Mudir of Don
gola has been ordered to ascertain the
truth concerning the reported fall of
Berber.
El Mabdi has again written to the
Mudir of Dongola summoning him to es
pouse his cause. If he acquiesces in this
demand he is to tie made Governor of the
province, and will be allowed to keep all
the taxes for himself. If he refuses, a
Lieutenant of Mahdi’s will be sent to him,
and Mudir and all belonging to him will
be killed.
London, Juno 20.—The' papers which
Premier Gladstone has promised to lay on
the table in the House of Commons on
Tuesday next, in reference to the Egyptian
conference, include dispatches exchanged
between Earl Granville and Mr. AYad
dington on general points to be submitted
to the conference, and also Earl Gran
ville’s note to the powers. The agreement
with France will be omitted. With the
consent of Premier Ferry both govern
ments will withhold the agreement from a
vote of Parliament on the ground that it
is but an informal convention.
LABOR’S STAND FOR MONEY.
Moulders at Reading Strike, Taking the
Apprentices with Them.
Reading, Pa., June 20.—Fifty mould
ers at the Pennsylvania Hardware Com
pany’s works left in a body this after
noon. The size of their moulds was in
creased recently, without an advance in
their pay, aud ten refused to work on pat
terns. The latter were then given to ap
prentices and the journeymen struck, the
apprentices leaving with them. All the
men belong to the union. Thirty mould
ers still remain in the shop.
RETRENCHMENT.
Baltimore, June 20.— A meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal was held to-day. It has
resolved to reduce the pay of all the
officers and clerks 20 per cent., and to
dispense with all labor not absolutely
necessary to the efficient working of the
canal. The question of reduction was
not disposed of.
miners uniting.
Columbus, 0., June 20.— Tho State
Miners having indorsed President Mc-
Bride. expelled Secretary Williams and
made Ebenezer Lewis Secretary, the mi
ners in Hocking Valley were notified to
resist _to the last a reduction of wages
from 70 to CO cents, and were tendered
full financial aid from the State Associa
tion.
AN EXPLOSION AT ALBANY.
Four Lives Lost anil Other Persons
Badly Injured—The Loss Small.
Albany, Ga., June 20.—A terrific ex
plosion took place about 7 o’clock this
morning at the brick yard of Hobbars,
Fields & Davis. An 18-horse power Wa
tertown engine, used fox propelling the
machinery in the yard, exploded, killing
Albert Miles, Emanuel Grant and Mat
thew Chapman, and badly scalding and
wounding Mat. Hill, the engineer, and
Wiltz Watson, all colored. Hill has since
died. Scarcity of water in the boiler was
the cause of the explosion. The engine
was thrown about 60 yards and lodged on
the top of a wood pile. The debris was
scattered everywhere, and the bodies
ot the unfortunate men were mu
tilated terribly, with their skulls
broken and brains oozing out,
making a ghastly picture. The brick
yard was about a mile from Broad street,
but hundreds crowded to look upon the
sickening 6oene. The loss on the engine
is about $1,200. The other damage is
slight. There was no Coroner’s inquest
held. The city was greatly excited over
the accident. The boiler and machinery
attached, weighing 3,500 pounds, was
blown fifty yards.
EVENTS ON THE TURF.
One Jockey Itulled off Forever for
Striking Another at Brighton Beach.
New York, June 20.—The events at the
Brighton Beach races to-day were as fol
lows:
Fiust Back—Three-quarters of a mile.
Ghost 11. won by a Deck, with Koval Arch
second and Baby third. Time I:l6j£
Second Race —Selling race; one mile. John
Ledford won, with Hotaehimie second and
Woodcraft third. Time 1:41.
Third Race—One mile and a quarter. Hi
larity won, with Lord Edward second and
Wave o’ Light third. Time 2:11*4.
Fourth Race—Seven furlongs. Carrie
Stewart won, with Hazard second, and Green
Bush third. Time 1:82.
Fifth Race—A hurdle race; one mile and
a quarter over five hurdles. Coinage won,
with Bonarietta second, and El Capitan third.
Time 2:lo’s. Stone, the jockey, struck Cowall
with the butt of his whip under the eye while
finishing in tiie fourth race, injuring him
severely. The j udges ruled Stone off the track
forever.
Mormons on the Utah BUI.
Salt Lakk City, June 20.— The Mor
mon press and prominent Mormons con
sider the bill which has just passed the
Senate as a cruel measure, harsh, unjust,
tyrannical, and, in some respects, revo
lutionary and unconstitutional, and de
signed to rekindle the fire of persecution.
Many of its provisions, they think, will
not stand the test of judicial examina
tion, and were evidently framed with the
thought of destroying the Mormon re
ligion. They assert that circumstances
here do not call for any such enactments,
and that the existing public opinion
which prompted the Senators to vote for
this measure has been created by the per
sistent circulation of false reports con
cerning affairs here.
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
lnterests.
New York, June 20.—George S. Scott,
George H. Baker, of the First National
Bank, and H. C. Fahnestock, of Winslow,
Lanier & Cos., representing Richmond
and Danville interests in the East Tennes
see, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, have
resigned from the board of directors of
the latter company. President Thomas,
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad, will act as the execu
tive of his company until the election of
anew President, which is expected at an
early date.
A Chance for Trouble with Germany.
London, June 20.—A Berlin dispatch
says that several important arrests were
made yesterday in oounection with an
incendiary conspiracy. This conspiracy,
it is asserted, has ramifications in
America. Should Inquiry prove that the
German conspirators have received funds
from America, immediate diplomatic
action will be taken by the German repre
sentative at Washington.
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C. K. GARRISON' ASSIGNS.
LIABILITIES OF $3,000,000 AND
PREFERENCES OIA $031,000.
Wall Street Still Further Unsettled by
the Crash—The Protesting of Indorse
ments Precipitates the Assignment—
The Howe Scale Company in Trouble-
Other Mercantile Complications.
New York, June 20.—Cornelius K.
Garrison has assigned to John T. Perry.
The preferences are $631,000. The amount
involved by the failure is supposed to be
large, probably about $5,000,000. The as
signee, J. T. Terry, belongs to the firm of
E. D. Morgan & Cos., and he said to-day
that it wa9 impossible for him to state the
figures yet. The effect on Wall street
was to still more unsettle things,
though not to so great an extent
as was feared. It was said that Commo
dore Garrissn was not very largely inter
ested in stocks on the Exchange, his fancy
being for gas stocks and outside special
ties. Stocks fell off from 1 to 3 points,
but no failures were reported. A promi
nent banker in Broad street says: “The
effect of the failure, coming as it does
now, will naturally uusettle things, and,
in fact, stocks can’t go lower without hit
ting or hurting someone. 1 think the
failure rather a good thing than other
wise, for it will distribute a large amount
of money among many people.”
squeezed by a protest.
Air. Melville, counsel for Air. Garri
son, says that the assignment is made be
cause of financial embarrassment. It was
forced upon Air. Garrison by the protest
of some of his indorsements yesterday.
He is a heavy holder of securities, and so
much of his wealth is tied up in these,
which are almost unmarketable at pres
ent, that he could not meet his liabilities.
He has a large number of Ohio Railroad
securities which have shrunk in value,
but which are now on the market and the
value of which cannot be estimated. The
assignment is simply ior the benefit of
his creditors.
MILLERS EMBARRASSED.
Efforts Making to Effect Arrangements
Which Will Tide Them Over.
St. Louis, June 20.—A report was cir
culated to-day that D. L. Wing & Cos.,
owners of the Planet Flouring Mill, at
Litchfield, 111., were embarrassed aud
would probably be obliged to suspend.
Full particulars are not obtainable,
but it is known that a consid
erable amount of Wing & Co.’s
paper drawn on Air. Downing,
of the firm of Downing. Shirtwood A Cos.,
at Springfield, Alass., who was formerly a
partner of Air. Wing, has been protested,
and that Mr. Wing left for New York last
night to meet Mr. Downing, and, if pos
sible, arrange lor the payment of the
drafts. The indebtedness of the firm is
thought to be about $150,000. The mill
property at Litchfield cost $400,000,
and lias a bonded debt of about $225,000.
The firm is also said to have a considera
ble quantity of wheat and flour. Air.
AVing has been engaged in the construc
tion of a railroad between Litchfield and
East St. Louis, which is said to have
crippled him a great deal.
THE PENN BANK PIRATES.
Reiber and Watson Held for Trial in
8.10,000 Mail Each.
Pittsburg, June 20.— The hearing in
the conspiracy case of Charles Ilier
Reiber, of tbe Penn Bank, and T. J. Wat
son, a broker, was concluded before Al
derman Burke this morning. The testi
mony adduced showed that two notes of
Watson and Riddle for SIO,OOO each
had never been discounted by
the hank, but were taken out
of President Riddle’s private box
by the attorney for the bank,
after the second suspension. The
prosecution put the notes in evidence to
show conspiracy, but the defense con
tended that they were never negotiated and
were not assets of the bank. The Aider
man held the defendants, Watson and
Reiber, for the court, demanding $30,000
bail each. President Riddle had pre
viously waived hearing and given bail for
his appearance in court.
RUN & CO.’S REPORT.
A Decrease of 23 Failures in this Coun
try and Canada the Fast Week.
New York, June 20.—The business
failures of the past week throughout the
country reported to R. G. Dun A Cos. num
ber for the United States IS3 and for
Canada 22, a total of 205; compared with
with a total of 228 last week. The failures
continue to lie numerous on the Pacific
coast and in the South, and the decrease
of 23 failures as compared to last week is
due to a falling off in other sections of the
country about equally distributed.
An Old Cotton Firm Embarrassed.
Alobile, June 20. —Gardner & Gates,
cotton merchants of old standing and
reputation, assigned to-day. Their liabill
ities are $165,000 and the assets $230,000.
Capt. W. 11. Gardner, who is President of
the National Cotton Exchange of America,
says that the complications ol Ihe New
Orleans house of Gardner A Copp, coupled
with Gardner & Gates’ own losses, have
forced the assignment.
A College President Assigns.
Paris, Ky., June 20.—Rev. George T.
Gould, President of the Millersburg Fe
male College, has assigned. His liabili
ties are unknown. The assets aresl3,ooo.
The Howe Scale Company Fails.
New York, June 20.—Among the fail
ures reported to-day is that of the Howe
Scale Cos., of Rutland, Yt. Edward S.
Rapaeio has been appointed receiver.
A DUEL IN A CHURCH.
How the Minister's Daughter Assisted
Her Lover to Slay His Rival.
A desperate shooting affray between two
members, says a Hot Springs (Ark.) spe
cial of the 16th inst., to the Philadelphia
Times, broke up the service at the Baptist
Church of a settlement six miles east of
here yesterday. Two young men, named
Lem Dishowan and Peter Lewis, attended
church with the avowed purpose of taking
home the minister’s young daughter, and
when Lewis moved from his own into the
minister’s family pew, while the sermon
was in progress, Dishowan drew his re
volver and opened fire upon him. Lewis
returned the fire, and the congregation
made rapid exit by way of doors and win
dows. Neither was hurt, and, both being
disarmed, they agreed to go into the woods
and fight it out with fists. Before they
started, the girl who was the cause of the
fight, desired to speak privately with
Lewis for a moment, which was granted.
While the congregation were awaiting
the result of the fist-fight, a pistol shot
was heard from the direction of the scene
of conflict. The congregation hurried to
the spot and found Dishowan lying on the
ground dying from a shot through the
lungs. He said that he was getting the
better of Lewis, when the latter drew a
Derringer quickly from bis boot-leg and
shot him. The girl had placed the weapon
there during Her brief conference with
Lewis just before the fight. Lewis may
be lynched.
Joaquin Miller on the Capital City.
Joaquin Miller says that Washington,
from his cabin on Meridian Hill, reminds
him of but one city in the world, and that
is Damascus. It ought to be known, for
it is the fact that in three, possibly four,
important particulars the American capi
tal surpasses every capital in the world.
In beauty of site or situation, in breadth
and disposition of streets, in government
buildings and in climate it is equaled by
no European capital. And while it is
better located, better laid out, better pro
vided with great structures adapted for
public uses, and has a more delightful
average temperature than Paris, Berlin,
Vienna, Rome or Constantinople; it has
also better drives tlmn any ot these cities
by reason of its wider and better paved
and less crowded avenues. Contrast It
with London in its freedom from mist and
mud. How many cities on the planet
have 300 miles of noble trees? And how
many places have 24 distinct kinds and
convenient kinds of public conveyances
to move about in ? Then Monsignor Capel
says that Washington possesses more re
fined and agreeable soeietv than be has
met with in all his travels. In view of
all these facts, what a marvelous city of
ease-living and life-enjoying this capital
will be a half century hence. The genera
tion of will not see it grow to its
full maturity of beauty. It is not cheer
ing to reflect that we shall be rotting
under ground when our babies shall be
prancing and rioting above around.
MR. BLAINE’S MEMORY.
One Thing that Makes the Plumed
Knight Popular.
Mr. Blaine has one quality that apper
tained in an eminent degree to Mr. Clay,
says the Washington Capital. He never
lorgets anything or anybody, and it cer
tainly is the most desirable faculty a
politician can possess. As illustrative of
the degree to which he possesses this I
cannot do better than repeat here a story
ex-Senator Thurman, of Ohio, tells of Mr.
Blaine's extraordinary memory. “In 1876
Mr. Blaine came out to Ohio to make a
few speeches for Hayes,” said Judge
Thurman, “and while there he came to
the town I live in. Of course he had an
immense audience. All the people
of both parties turned out to
hear him. I have among my clients a
prominent old farmer, who "is oue of
the wealthiest men in the countv. He
was a good Republican, and after Blaine
got through speaking and was shaking
hands with everybody, I saw my old
client in the crowd looking on at tbe
orator of the day rather interestedly. I
said to him: ’’Squire Brown—that is not
his name, but it will do here—would you
like to know Air. Blaine?’ Of course he
said he would; so I took him to the Maine
statesman and introduced him, at the
same time telling Blaine who he was. We
three ( Blaine, Brown and I) walked out
of the crowd until we came to where
’Squire Brown’s team was standing. The
old gentleman was one of the best horse
men iu our part of tbe country, and that
morning had driven into town behind a
very handsome pair of four-vear old
horses, each of excellent stock," reallv a
very handsome team. Blaine’s eye
was instantly caught by the handsome
appearance and style of the trotters. One
of them particularly pleased him, and he
said to my client that the colt should be
trained, as it would make a very superior
trotter. Well, after a lew minutes’ talk
Blaine went’away. In 1880 he came into
Ohio again and to my town. He spoke
to an immense audience as usual. In the
crowd was my old Republican client,
’Squire Brown. He was waiting in the
outskirts of the audience, wondering if
Mr, Blaine would remember him if he
svent to speak to him. All at once
Blaine caught sight of the old man.
He went straight up to him, called his
name, and after a few words said: “Squire
Brown, did you ever train the near colt or
that team you were driving when I was
here four years ago? I have often thought
of that colt, and I believed he would
make a great horse if trained.’ Now,”
said Judge Thurman, “here was a man
who had made a canvass for the Presi
dency and had a nation’s labor almost on
his shoulders, and yet so wonderful was
his memory that the least incident fixed
itself there and was never forgotten. I
have never known any one in my day
with a memory like that, and now I be
gin to understand whv it is that Blaine’s
popularity is so much greater than any
other man in his party.”
“LADY MARY HASLET’S SLAVE.”
Touching Love Romance Revealed After
the Suicide of a Wealthy Gentleman.
“Lady Mary Haslet’s Slave” was tat
tooed across the breast ot the corpse of
the handsome, close-knit figure of James
Haslet, reposing on a marble slab at the
Alinneapolis Alorgue this alternoon, says
a Alinneapolis (Alinn.) special of the I4th
instant to the New York Morning Journal.
A high-bred man, with gray hair and
moustache, and a young gentleman, his
triend, have been seen upon the streets
and about the hotels often in earnest con
versation. The lormer was morose; the
latter buoyant, yet nervous and watchful
of his companion. To-day the parties en
tered a beer garden and sat at a table.
The elder gentleman finally made a sud
den movement and drew a pistol from his
pocket. A struggle ensued for the posses
sion of the weapon, but before the out
siders could interfere, the report of a pis
tol rang out, and the figure found in the
Alorgue fell heavily to the floor, rebounded
and then settled down in death.
The suicide proves to be James Haslet,
evidently an Englishman, from letters
found on his person, Ilis companion was
C. Spencer Pratt, son of a banker at No.
19 Bond street, New York, and a nephew
of the suicide.
Although almost frantic at the death of
his uncle, enough was gleaned to disclose
the motive of the act. It appears that
James Haslet had loved a lady at his old
home, who was pledged to him. He turned
wanderer, carved out a fortune in the
AYest, and had returned a month ago to
claim his awn. He found she had for
saken him for another. Although a sholar
and a high-bred gentleman, he failed to
find consolation in books. Long brooding
over his wrongs had unseated his reason.
Young Pratt is well known in Minneapo
lis from his connection with his settle
ment of big losses of Eastern insurance
companies by the Syndicate Block lire.
Haslet had resolutely sethis face against
life, for he had a pint of laudanum in his
pocket when he fired the fatal shot. Tbe
destination of Haslet and Pratt was Port
land, Oregon. They were on the way to a
banker’s to arrange their finances "when
the shot was fired in a beer garden. The
remains will be shipped to New York.
HOIST BY HIS OWN PETARD.
A Story About a Joker who Served as an
Illustration of His Own Chestnut,
A few minutes after pulling put of
Tecumseh for Nebraska City the other
day, says the Lincoln Journal, Conductor
Lee stepped into the smoker to work up
his tickets. The first man he met was
bound for Atchison and the obliging con
ductor pulled the cord, stopped the train
anil gave the estrayed passenger directions
how to take a short cut back to the depot.
Lee started ahead, and as he had a ten
mile run to the first station he worked his
way through the car quite leisurely. As
he passed the last seat a brisk-looking
gentleman asked:
“What did you put that man oft'for?
Was he trying to beat a ride?”
“Oh, no,” said Lee. “He was on the
wrong train and I let him off to go back
to the depot.”
The traveler laughed long and merrily.
“Well,” said he, “I’ll be blowed, it he
hasn’t sense enough to keep on the right
train he ought to stay at home and have a
guardian appointed.”
And the merry man joked on the subject
and told a story quite in point so well that
the conductor and several passengers,
who gathered around to listen, were con
vulsed with amusement. At last he drew
out bis little mileage book, and extending
it with the careless grace that charac
terizes the accomplished traveler, he
remarked: “Just tear me out at Atehi
son.”
A hush fell upon the crowd so deep and
stil that the pufling of the engine sounded
like the heaving of a volcano. And the
only thing that saved the veteran trav
eler from the expenditure of $3 20 was the
absence of a counter where the beer could
be set up.
Door Slamming Abolished.
“When Sydney Smith introduced his
little maid-of-all-work, Bunch, to his
guests as a plate-dropping, door-slam
ming, fly-catching, and curtsy-bobbing
girl, says the New York Sun, he ought to
have thought t>ut some sueh contrivance
as we have here.” The speaker was an
officer of the Chamber of Commerce, and
the contrivance he spoke of was one to
prevent the doors coming to with a slam.
They are heavy ones, and he used the
whole power of his arm to shut one of
them quickly. It went the first half of
the way very easily, then slackened up,
and stopped entirely when about two
inches from closing. It then apparently
started up of itself, and closed very easily.
“This is due,” he said, “to compressed
air. As the door shuts it forces a plunder
into a cylinder, thus acting as aspring,
and preventing the plunger from reaching
the head until the air has had time to
escape slowly. When it is nearly shut,
and the door stops, the pressure drives out
the air until only a very small portion re
mains, when it closes without noise.”
The lowa Drill.
Dubuque, June 20.—The decision of
the judges of the military competitive drill
is still reserved. The opinion of the spec
tators—militarv and civilians—however,
place the Mobile Rifles first, their evolu
tions being good and clear all through the
manual, and especially in the field move
ments their cadence was very near cor
rect.
A Bicyclist Beats a Horse.
Philadelphia, June 20.— At Jumbo
Park to-day John 8. Prince, the champion
bicyclist, and the trotting horse Scotland
engaged in a ten mile race for a stake of
SSOO. The quarter of a mile track was
too much of a handicap for the horse and
Prince won easily in 38 minutes 85K
seconds,
I PRICK IMinUK. I
I 5 CENTS A COPT. j
AN ARMY IN BALLOONS.
IRISHMEN TO FIGHT ENGLAND
FROM THE CLOUDS.
Dynamite Kotub* to be Drooped Into
the Town* from Fort rested Flying lu
the Air—Conferences on the Subject
to be Held at Chicago and Faria-
Other Incidents in the Fight for Free
doa.
London. June 20.—A Pans correspon
dent says: “James Stephens, ex-Fenian
head centre, has forwarded to an active
member of the Brotherhood at Chicago a
manuscript circular summoning an early
meeting at Chicago of prominent Irlsh-
Americans who are willing to
join the new movement in
favor of military organization on
the lines proposed by the late John O’Ma
honev. Stephens declares that the ser
vices of several distinguished European
officers have already been placed at his
disposal. He is sanguine that he can se
cure others. No definite plan of action
will bo proposed until the convention
of Irish patriots, which it is proposed to
hold soon in Paris. To this convention
the Chicago conference is invited to elect ,
delegates. After the convention an
address will be issued to*—the
Irish at borne and abroad
expounding the aim of the new movement.
Among the plans of operations mooted is
a scheme to dispaten balloons, manned
with desperadoes, over England to drop
explosives upon cities and towns below.
Capt. McCafferty had been commissioned
to examine and report upon plans and
apparatus. Several Fenians in Paris
have volunteered to tako part in an ;erial
expedition.
SI'KNCKR PREDICTS BETTER TIMES.
Dudlin, June 20.— Earl Speucer re
plying to an address resented by
deputations of Presbyterians of Or
rniston, said that Ireland had passed
through a turbulent period, but there
were good grounds for hoping tiiat better
times were near at hand. The Terrorists’
power for evil had been curtailed, and the
tyranny they had exercised had passed
away. Order was restored and Irishmen
could now devote themselves to peaceful
pursuits without fear of outrage. Karl
Spencer met with a chilling reception
while on route to Dubliti, especially at
Portadown.
BURIED ARMS UNEARTHED.
Cork, June 20.—A quantity of revol
vers, rifles and ammunition have been
found buried near the Cork Military Bar
racks. The arms had been recently re
moved from a house in Cork and buried
for safety. The clue which led to then
discovery was furnished by an informer.
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
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Some Little Items of Interest amt Some
Items of Little Interest.
lIIRKIBONBI-KO, Va., June 20. -Lieutenant-
Governor John F, Lewis, while on his wav
home this evening, about three miles from
town, was thrown from a sulky by a horso
running away. It is feared that lie is iuter
nalty injured.
Moscow, June 20.—The G<itU extols the
colonial policy of Germany, and recommends
that Russia follow her example and employ a
volunteer lleetof cruisers, with which to place
the maritime power of Russia in the Pacific
on a proper footing.
Cork, June 20.—The Mavor of Cork has
tendered his resignation, because Delaney,
the defeated candidate for the Mayoralty, In
stituted legal proceedings against him.
Paris, June 20. — The committee npiiointeil
to consider the advisability of widening the
Sue*canal, or building a second Cftnal paral
lel with the present one, has decided in favor
of the former plan.
New York, June 20.—The steamer states
man, from Vera Crnz, reports that on June 1
she picked up a vessel’s boat, painted white,
with a broken spar lashed across the stern
and a dead man, with a blue lumper and
brown pants, fasiencd to some ropes. The
Statesman saved the boat and sank the man*
Raton Rouge, June 20.—The bill appropri
ating 100,000 to the New Orleans World’s
Exposition finally passed the House to-dav.
Denver, June 20.—Mr*. Warren, wife of
Bishop Henry W. Warren, of this city, lias
donated 1100,000 to Denver University for the
establishment of a department ot divinity to
lie known as the “lliff School of Divinity,” on
condition that others endow a single pro
fessorship.
Cincinnati, June 20.—The Saloon Keepers’
Association at a secret meeting last night re
solved to refuse payment of taxes under the
provisions of the Scott liquor law, thus com
pelling suits in all eases.
Chicago, June 20.—A dispatch from Des-
Moines, lowa, says: “Several cases of small
pox are reported in Shelby countv, originating
in a family of emigrants who came through
Baltimore and were there given health cer
tificates. 'Three of the family have (bed and
seven neighbors are down with the disease.”
Brussels, June 20.—The Belgian Ministry
has notified the Vatican of its intention to
send M. Nacssi to Rome to acquaint the Pope
with the views of ttie Belgian Cabinet in re
gard to the restoration of diplomatic relations
between the Vatican and Belgium. Repre
sentatives on both sides will then be ap
pointed.
. York, June 20.—A suit brought by
John Brady against Michael Dady, of Brook
lyn, the well-known politician, was before
Judge \ an Brunt to-day for trial in the Su
preme Court. Brady sued to recover $2,000.
which, lie says, Dady promised to give him if
he would transfer his contract for the con
struction of a sewer at the Brooklyn navy
yard to a person whom Dady should desig
nate. He withdrew his bid, which was sBo,-
000, and Charles Hart, Daily’s friend, got the
job at $!)'>,000. Brady, however, never re
ceived his $2,000. The suit was dismissed on
the cround that the contract was an illegul one
and Dot enforcable.
New Y ork, June 20. — YVm. C. Rhinelander,
who shot lawyer John Drake in his office
riiiirsday, was arrested to-night in llrooklyn.
lie told Inspector Byrnes that he shot Drake
because he had alienated his wife’s affections
and intended to kill him.
Orleans, June 20.-A dispatch from
Minden, La., savs: •‘The parish jail was do
stroycil by fire last night. The building was
seton fire by six colored prisoners, who barely
escaped being burned alive.
New Y ork, June 20.—At the close of its ses
sion to-day the joint executive committee
i. r i ll managers adjourned until
the 15th of July after again extending the old
passenger pool contracts till August 1 No
changes have been made in the percentages
so far, and the discussion of their readjust
raent under the new contract was postponed
till the July meeting.
Paris, June 20.—M. Tisso, formerly French
Ambassador to Great Britain, is dangerously
The Senate to-day adopted, by a vote of 87
to e 2, au amendment to the bill re-establish
ing divorce, permitting a wife to demand
divorce on proof of adultery by her husband,
even if the act is not committed under the
conjugal roof, and rejected an amendment, by
a vote of 1.18 to SI, demanding that cruelty
d!\or^ onßt ' tllteß * CftSe IOT BC P ari * t ‘ on not for
M uldoon too Much for I toss.
Cincinnati, June 20.—A wrestling
match to-night for SSOO a side and the
entire receipts at the Giand Opera House
between ffm. Muldoon and Duncan C
Ross, drew 2,000 people. The first two
falls were in Gr:eco-Roman style, and the
next two side holds with harness. The
last was in the catch-as-cateh-can style
Muldoon won the first in three minutes'
and the second in thirteen minutes. Ross
won the third in nine minutes, and the
fourth in thirty-five minutes. Muldoon
won the fifth in seventeen minutes.
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