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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TUI'. NEWS OF THE TYYO STATES
TOLI IN PARAGRAPHS.
The HeFoor Murderers Set at Liberty—
The Mark ham-Hu IT Suit Settled and
the House to Change Hands—Death of
a broken Heart at Athens.
OEOKGIA.
There will be nine contestants in the foot
race at Albany to-morrow.
The Forty-second tieorgu Regiment is to
have a reunion at Ponce <ie I .eon Springs.
Hams county lias followed Chattahoochee
in declaring for Hon. 11. K. Harris as the next
democratic nominee for Congress in the
Fourth district.
Daniel Boon won the two-hour* go-as-you
please loot race at Newnan with a score of
eleven miles. The total receipts were s4l 75,
H alf of the profits go to the local library.
It is announced that the wedding ceremony
will lie performed at Marietta on Tuesday
evening neat wiib Hon. Pope Barrow, ex-
C'mted Stale* Senator, to Miss Cornelia Jack
son, daughter of den. Henry K. Jackson, as
the high contracting parties.
Several days ago Stephenson Lodge. K P..
of Gainesville, challenged Calanthe Division
No. 1. K. P., of Atlanta, to a six Invars go-M
--vou-pleasc walking match. The challenge
ha.- been accepted, and the match will take
place in Gainesville ou the 2*>th inst.
A few weeks ago Jonne Clayton was
drowned while bathing in the Oconee, near
Athens. He was engaged to Miss Octavia
herney. a beautiful you: g working girl, who
died last week of a broken heart, so the doctors
sav, and was buried beside her lover.
Count Hero# Von Brooke, the brave knight
who left his fine estates in Prussia and came
pi America to offer his sword and services to
the south when the late struggle commenced,
will be remembered by all of the old veter
ans who wore gray. He has accepted an in
vitation to attend the Koine encampment.
Lem Welsh stabbed a young man by the '
name of Strickland near Tom Terry’s resi- !
dence in Mills district, DcKalb county. They |
bad been to prayer meeting at Sylvester ;
Church, and were returning home in company
with some other voung folks, when they got to
quarreling about a young lady, and Welsh
stabbed Strickland. Welsh was arrested.
Bartow correspondence Morning News:
Mr. Turner Searboro. living near Bartow,
lost his cook room and dwelling by lire, caught
fn.m a stove pipe. lie saved what he had in
the dwelling, hut lost all the kitchen furni
ture. No insurance to cover any of the loss,
which was from 1300 to s3oo.—Farmers are
quite busy in consequence of the recent heavy
and frequent rains.—Prof. Kinman close* the
exercise* of the Bartow school next week.
Albany Tws and Adrertiser : In making a
hasty review of the Tax Receiver’s books yes
terday, we sec there are fourteen perrons only
who pav taxes on estates over $29,000, nine
teen over $25,000, eight over $40,000. six over
$30,000, and only two over SBO,OOO. Among the
largest tax-payers are N.ft A. F. Tift A Cos.,
Nelson Tift, S. & A. K. Tift, F.. It. A 8. 11.
Lewis. Morris Mayer, John A. Davis, Mayer
,% Glauber, Richard llobbs, J. P. Fort, John
Jackson. Greenfield & Brown. B. G. Lockett,
Jacob Ventnlett and Jesse W. Walters.
A circular railway has been built at Ponce
•!e Ivon Springs. ’ The new railway is a
wooden structure forming a circle, being 4
Icet wide. 500 feet long, inside of which is laid
the track for the cars, and is so graded that
the car- run themselves, the highest point
atiove the ground Iteing 22 feet 6 inches, and
the lowest point touching the ground. Mr.
Wood, at one time a poor carpenter, of To
ledo, Ohio, is the inventor of the circular
railroad, having coneeiveil the idea from wit
ne—mg children slide down the hills on their
slide-boards, lie arguing that if they could
-lute down hill, they could also slide up
hill, a demonstration of which is witnessed in
the circular railway.
Atlanta Journal: The Markham House
w ill change hands on the third day of July.
The public is familiar with the lawsuit in
which Mr. Wm. Markham, the owner, and
Mr. W. A. Huff, the present proprietor of the
house, have been en aged. For the past week
Mr. Huff has been in Macon; but Thursday he
made a proposition by wire to Mr. Win.
Markham to pay him $5,500 and give up the
Markham House on July 3d and drop the
suit now pending. The proposition was ac
cepted by Mr. Markham, and thus ends a suit
that promised to occupy the time of the
courts for several months. It is thought that
Mr. Huff may now begin hotel life in Macon.
It is rumored that Mr. Marcellos Markham,
son of Mr Win. Markham will be the new
proprietor.
Jefferson Xeir* and Farmer: Last Saturday
• toning a terrible accident liefell Mr. Thomas
Itrinson, aged about 17 years, and son of Judge
J. W. Bnnson, who lives near Stellaville. On
that day Mr. Rivers was at Judge Brinson's
threshing with his separator. Late in the
evening just as the steam was cutoff, and they
were stopping the separator, Thomas stepped
uj>on the separator to rake in the heads of
{niiii that were carried tip by the elevator.
Accidentally his hand was caught and drawn
into the machine, and his arm was torn off
a I *ve the elbow. The artu was entirely
beaten off, and the hone exposed just above
the elbow. Sunday morning the arm was
amputated by the doctors. But the patient
was in great distress, and every indication
was that ne could not long survive the terri
ble shock. He gradually grew worse, and
Monday night at 10 o’clock died.
U. 11. t . Willingham, in Cartersville Free
Free*: We are not “the senior of the frater
nity in Georgia.” Mr. John H. Martin, of
the Rome Courier ; Mr. J. T. Whitman, of the
Dalton i’.lib; llev. J. W. Burke, of the
I freieyan MetXodM ; Mr. Charles W. Hancock,
of the Americus Republican, are our seniors
“of the fraternity in Georgia.” We have
l>een over thirty-five years connected with
the Georgia pres*, with an intermission of
ihree weeks. Many of the old fathers in the
■nrnah-tic Israel in Georgia have passed
away, an l there are but five of us left to tell
the story of more than a third ol a century
ago of journalism in this State. The old vet
erans—the old guard—then actively engaged
m new-qiaper labor, are all in the eternal
sleep. Thompson, Rose. Christy, Andrews,
Chase, Orrae, and others, are all cone, aud we
-ec none on the Georgia press now but the
four names first mentioned when we came to
the guild.
Atlanta ■ u-tituticn : Another singular epi
-sle in the history of the mysterious DeFoor
ampler, in 187S. is about to occur. It will be
remembered that about a year ago a negro
named Johnson was arrested in Macon and
made a confession, in which he stated that
himself, John Brown and Tom Savinger were
the murderers of the DeFoor coutile. His
-tory was that Brown and Savinger had
forced him to go with them to the house of
the lie Poor* and aid them in the commission
of the horirble crime. Johnson’s story was so
well told am! so circumstantial as to carry
with it the conviction that he was telling the
truth. Brown and Savinger were arrested,
icl the three put in Fulton county
ai* to await trial. Johnson was taken
before the grand jury and was thor
■ {lily sifted by the most expert cross-ques
i ners of that body. The result was the in
*■ ctment of the three men for murder.
" hen Brown and Savinger were put on trial
•tobnson was used as a witness, and repeated
fci' store fully at with all its ininntuc. The
cry found the two men guilty, without a
luniemiation to mercy, and Judge Ham
u iid sentenced them to be hung. Their
counsel, Fr.uil L. Haralson, moved the court
'or anew trial, and Judge Hammond, after
nearing the case fully argued, granted the
motion tijsin the ground that the confessions
ef Johnson not being corroborated sufficiently,
t e ev me nee in the case did not authorize* the
•aviction. Solicitor General Hill has since
*>ept the men in prison and sought
C'ert where for further proof to strengthen
tic evidence, but has failed to And
* B > additional corroborations for Johnson's
.-lory. He has. therefore, determined not to
I : the court and the country to the trouble
■ 1 Hie expense of another trial. Even should
■ tna! ie had and another conviction secured
'd-u' the same testimony, the courts would ■
■ let it stand. It is his purpose, therefore,
vt week to set these men at liberty upon
>tr own recognizances. By this action they I
" still t*e ulje*t to te’arrest and trial ]
| 1! the 'tatc ever secure additional evi- ;
■ nee to warrant such action. These men 1
-*“' pass from under the shadow of the gal- I
. " V **did their predecessor. Asa Gunn, and !
JieFoor munler again take* its place at J
*>ead of the list of mysterous tragedies in j
FLORIDA.
V nfr church is to be ereetcdat Kissimmee.
1 . new hotel at Orlando is up and framed.
Rams have greatly benefited crops around
i aUahaasee.
Fifty pound watermelons are common in
Hernando county.
Tiie yu.ncy fftnild rejiorts the oat crop of
1 •a lsden as very good.
Archer'- new Presbyterian church is in
ourse of construction.
I ne Frank Palmer grove at St. John's Pass
t recently for $20,000.
The new Transit depot at Gainesville is to
* erected immediately.
I I i- orough county now has a 14,000 pound
keep its records-!*.
t TI f . cro P around Fort Dade is a failure,
t ifetables are doing well.
patents f melons from the region about
• v,. < tak will liegin next week.
I pwarls of u thousand crate* of vegetables
‘-upped from Micanopy daily.
Th. Tea- tiers' Institute of Hornando conntv
*' bt i Brook, ville last week.
Johnson cut this year .0,800 pine ap*
- c- irom h;s grove near Key West
< ..arcoa] ig selling at 70 cent* per barrel,
w ood at per cord in Key West.
r itermekms are very plenty in the lake
*:" a > ac,i a re commanding fair prices,
a a*l nA * ro ** Odd Fellows have purchased
■ and intend to erect thereon a lodge.
tencampment near Pensacola
- a progress with 200 men under canvas.
The DeLandites are preparing for a big
Fourth of July picnic at lie Land landing.
The Transit Railroad Company recently
sold $50,000 worth of land in Sumter county.
Judge Means,of Micanopv, obtained $lO and
sl2 per bushel for his early Pien-To peaches.
Real estate to the amount of $96,000 changed
harnia in Marion countv during the month of
May.
The culture of the Japanese persimmon is
receiving considerable attention around Lake
City.
A colored man in Pensacola was badly cut
in the abdomen last week by some parties un
known.
A couple of angel fish were recently seen in
Indian river. They were about 7 feet long and
4 broad.
W. A. Rawls has purchased the resilience
of ihe late Dr. John S. Bond, at Tallahassee,
for $5,200.
The yield of oats around I.iTe Oak this year
is very good and there is less rust and smut
than usual.
A lot in Nan fori I, which, a few years ago,
was called high-priced at $250, was sold re
cently for $1,300.
Capt. R. A. Shine, of Tallahassee, has just
received $l3O for 26 barrels of potatoes which
he shipped North.
Egg-plants grow the year round in the In
dian river country, and are as plentiful in De
cember as in May'.
Lambeth A Carroll have enclosed fifteen
acres of land near Gainesville for the purpose
OI starting a poultry >m in.
One Lake City merchant has paid out $2,500
for freight charges the past six months. Pretty
good for a country merchant.
Francis, Price A Barker, formerly Francis
A Price, of Ormond, have recently built anew
store and enlarged their bnsiness.
At Pensacola, during the month of May,
one steamship, three ships, twenty-eight
barks, two brigs and twelve schooner* entered
port.
It i* reported that the Transit Road will
make $30,000 worth of improvement* at
Gainesville some time within the .next six
months.
Commencing on Monday, August 25, next,
and ending September 20, next, it is projiosed
to hold a normal institute at the Quincy
Academv for the benefit of white teachers.
The instruction will include all the various
branches of study usually taught in the public
schools, and some of a higher course, as cir
cumstances may justify It.
BAKVUM’6 GIFT.
The Old Showmau Donates 930.000 to
Tufts College, in Massachusetts.
At the commencement exercises at
Tufts College to-day, says a Boston spe
cial of the 18th inst. to the Chicago Times,
the unknown donor of a $50,000 museum
of natural history, received a year ago,
was announced to be P. T. Barnum, the
showman. The museum will hereafter be
known as the Barnum Museum. In a
letter from Mr. Barnum, read to-day, he
says;
“I have always declared that I took
more pleasure in paying my school taxes
than any other, for education often tends
to lessen vice and crime, as well as to
secure to its recipients honor and success.
I may be pardoned, Mr. President, if on
this occasion I assert that my interest in
the higher education of the day has ever
been constant and profound. Had my
earlier advantages been greater I
might nave achieved more; but looking
back on a long and eventful career, I
confess, in no boasting vein, that I have
conscientiously labored to elevate and en
noble public amusement, which play no
small part among the educational agen
cies of the times. How successful I have
been in blending healthful and moral in
struction with recreation it is not for me
: to slate, but the satisfaction experienced
in my life work has been in itself a re
ward altogether apart from, and superior
1 to, any golden harvest 1 may have reaped.
Not that I am insensible to the latter, for
it is because of it that I am able, under
the providence of a good father, who has
helped me all my life, to do somewhat for
Tufts in the foundation of the Barnum
Museum of natural history. lam happy
in the thought that this museum will be
another factor in the work of the college,
helping on in its high career of useful
ness.”
The trustees of the college contem
plated bestowing on the veteran show
man the degree of LL. D., but the propo
sition did not prevail.
NOT YET IN* THE NOOSE.
How I’eyton, the Glynn County Mur
derer, Feels Under Ills New Lease of
Life.
When Peyton, the Glynn county mur
derer, learned yesterday that the Morn
ing News had received a telegram from
Brunswick announcing that a motion for
anew trial had been made in his case, with
a probability that the case would be taken
to the Supreme Court, he was surprised.
He expressed his gratitude to his attor
neys, but at the same time he said he was
ready to suffer death, having made his
peace with God.
A Morning News reporter was
informed by Sheriff Honan last
night that no official notifica
tion of the action of Judge Mershon had
lieen received at the jail, and that all he
knew of the failure to carry the sentence
into execution was learned through the
columns ot the Morning News. It is
understood from Atlanta that when Gov.
McDaniel heard that the sentence bad
not been executed he was astonished. He
had not granted a reprieve, and so far as
he knew there was no means by which
the courts could have interfered. The
State, in the meantime, waits for a report
from the Sheriff.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
Bright Flashes of Intelligence from
Near and Afar.
The Sunday excursion to Beaufort and
Port Royal promises to become one of the
most popular excursion enterprises that
has ever been undertaken by the Charles
ton and Savannah Railway. The train
last Sunday carried outacrowdof people,
all of the best class, and the indications
are that the train this morning will be
crowded. A change in the schedule
makes the departure 15 minutes earlier
than last week, the leaving time now
being 6:55 o’clock.
It was rumored Friday night at Chatta
nooga from authentic sources that A.
Pope, General Passenger Agent of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
system, had tendered his resignation, and
that T. S. Davant. Passenger Agent of the
Memphis and Charleston, had been ap
pointed as bis successor. It was given
color by the fact that Davant passed
through” Friday night to confer with Gen
eral Manager Fink. Davant was non
committal when interviewed.
The Charleston and Savannah Railway
Company has decided to remove the old
bridge oil which their road crosses Ashley
river, and construct another at Charles
ton. The present bridge is comparatively
new and perfectly safe; and it will be re
placed by another only because the draw
is too near the eastern shore, and conse
quently unfavorable to the navigation of
the river. The new bridge will be supe
rior to the one now in use, and will com
bine safety with architectural beauty.
The Charleston and Savannah Railway is
the great thoroughfare between Charles
ton and Florida, and is a section of the
great Atlantic Coast Trunk Line between
the Northern cities and Jacksonville.
Shot Through the Heart.
Helena, Mont., June 21.— John Ed
wards, a brakeman off the Utah and
Northern railroad train carrying Cole's
circus, was shot through the heart while
the train was leaving Deer Lodge Thurs
day. The murderer is not known. Five of
Cole’s men were arrested yesterday on
suspicion of being implicated in’ the
crime. Railroaders talk of lynching the
murderer if found.
End of the Female Six Days' Walk.
Baltimore. June 21.—The six days’
walking match of female pedestrians
closed at 10:30 o’clock to-night in this
city. Ten started, but only five finished.
The score stood: Howard, 340 miles and
10 laps; Tobias, 324 miles and 3 laps;
Douglass, 317 miles and 0 laps; Anderson,
308 miles, and Kilbury 304 miles and 3
laps.
A Mail Robber Sentenced.
Galveston, June 21.—A special from
Austin savs: “The Federal Court to-day
sentenced Jack Brock, a stage mail rob
ber who operated near Fort Till, to im
prisonment for life in the Chester, Ills.,
Penitentiary.’’
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
THE SHIPPING BILE PASSED BY
BOTH HOUSES.
Subsidy and Free Ships Both Practical
ly Dropped—An Effort to Get Up the
Repeal of Tobacco Taxes Bill Falls—
The Senate Passes the Army Appro
priation Bill
W ashington, J une 21.—After the read
ing of the Journal this morning the Chair
laid before the Senate sundry bills re
ceived from the House of Representatives.
Among these was the bill amending the
Thurman act relating to the Pacific rail
roads.
Mr. Van Wyck desired this bill referred to
the Committee on Railroad* rather than
to the Committee on Judiciary. It was with
some surprise that he, for the first time,
learned from the public press that the Ju
diciary Committee had resolved not to act on
any bill of this kind at this session. He sup
posed that we should express our acknow
ledgment to the press for having given the
Senate this information. It would naturally
be supposed that the committee of the Senate
would have made is&rei>ort first to the Seuate
itself as to whether it would or would not act,
aurt (HI Wnlw> lj TT ucn (1119 UNIUUHOO Ilia
been reached after a conference with the rail
road company.
After some discussion Mr. Van Wyck with
drew his mation to refer the bill to the Com -
mittee on Railroads, and it was referred to
the Committee on Judiciary.
On the suggestion of Mr. Plumb, supported
by Mr. Sherman, Mr. Cullom consented to al
low the Mexican pension bill to go over till
Monday in order to take up the appropriation
hill, consideration of which was at once pro
ceeded with.
The bill was passed without giving rise to
debate, and substantially as recommended by
the Committee on Appropriations.
The committee of conference on the ship
ping hill submitted their report, which was
agreed to.
Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Ap
propriations, reported the legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation bill, and gave
notice that he would call it up for considera
tion on Monday or Tuesday next.
Mr. Hill called up the postal telegraph bill
in order to secure a favorable position for it
on Monday, but Mr. Cullom objected to any
thing that would interfere with consideration
of the Mexican pension bill, and Mr. Hill’s
effort failed. The Senate then adjourned
until Monday.
IN THE HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal this morning, Mr. Stockslager, of Indiana,
moved that the House go into committee of the
whole for further consideration of bills for
the erection of public buildiugs. This was
opposed by members haring in charge other
special orders, but the bulk of the opposition
came from the friends of what is known as
the “internal revenue bill,” and under the
leadership of Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, suc
ceeded in defeating Mr. Stockslager’s motion
by a vote of 88 yeas to IX9 nays.
At the conclusion of the morning hour, dur
ing which no reports of any importance were
submitted, Mr. Tucker moved that the House
go into committee of the whole for considera
tion of bills raising the revenue.
Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, inquired
whether there was any such bill on the calen
dar.
The Speaker replied that there was a bill re
ported from the Committee on Agriculture to
encourage the cultivation of fruit, which pro
posed to abolish the tax on brandy distilled
from fruit.
Mr. Tucker’s motion was lost by S9 yeas to
119 nays.
The unfinished business being the bill re
pealing the pre-emption and timber culture
laws and amending the homestead laws, was
then antagonized by Mr. Eaton, of Connecti
cut, with the electoral count bill. The House
refused, bv 80 yeas to 117 nays, to consider the
unflnisheif business, pending determination as
to what special order should be proceeded
with.
THE SHIPPING BILL .
Mr. Slocum, of New York, secured the floor
and submitted the conference report on the
shipping bill. The bill as agreed to is sub
stantially the same as it passed the House,
although a number of amendments of minor
importance have . been placed upon the
measure. The Senate receded from
its amendment having reference to mail pay
for American steamships, and in lieu thereof
a section is adopted repealing, after April 1,
i 1885, all laws requiring American vessels to
carry mails at arbitrary rates, and preventing
the clearance of vessels until they shall have
taken mail matter on board. The free special
clause is stricken from the bill. The report
was agreed to without debate or division.
The House then resumed the difficult task
of determining upon what course of business
was to be pursued. Mr. Lewis, of Louisiana,
endeavored, unsuccessfully, to bring up the
Back Bone forfeiture bill. ’Finally Mr. Eaton
I came out victorious with the electoral couut
j bill, and Mr. Hart, of Ohio, addressed the
i House in favor of the Senate measure,
j At the conclusion of the debate the pre
i vious question was ordered on the bill aud
| amendments, but no further action was taken.
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, from the
. Committee on Appropriations, reported the
I sundry ‘civil appropriation bill, and it was
i referred to the committee of the whole.
The House then adjourned.
THE MAIL LOBBY ROUTED.
Significance of Congress’ Action on the
Shipping Bill.
Washington, June 21.—The Dingley
shipping bill, as agreed upon by the con
ference committee, passed both houses
without objection to-day. As passed, it
contains the original provisions of the
Dingley bill, with a provision which
formed the basis for the compromise with
the friends of the postal subsidy in the
conference committee, to the effect that
the law requiring all vessels in the for
eign carrying trade to carry the United
States mails whenever so requested by
the Post Office Department, shall be re
pealed after April 1, 1885. The
free ship and the postal sub
sidy propositions were both dropped
out. The free ship proposition
was doomed from the first, but the Pacific
Mail lobby, who had had the bill con
stantly in view ever since it was origi
nally introduced, were very much disap
pointed by the adverse action of the
conference committee on their proposi
tion. They tried to claim that they had
won a substantial victory in getting the
provision for the repeal of the law com
pelling vessels in the Pacific trade to
carry the United States mails. This is a
ridiculous assumption. The provision
referred to amounts to just nothing at all.
It does not go into effect until April, 1885;
meanwhile Congress sits, and the Post
master General will make recommenda
tions about anew arrangement for the
ocean mails, upon which Congress will
act. The fact is the Pacific Mail lobbv
was routed.
TOBACCO TAXES.
Workers for Repeal Disappointed by
their Defeat in the House.
Washington, June 21.—The tobacco
tax repealers were very much disappoint
ed to-day by their failure to reach the
fruit brandy bill, which they proposed to
amend by inserting a section abolishing
all taxes on tobacco,cigars. cigarettes and
snuff. A deal of interest in the subject
was displayed during the roll call on the
motion to go into committee of the whole
for the purpose of taking up the bill. Mr.
Randall was floor manager for the re
pealers. Mr. Morrison and other promi
nent revenue reformers were active in
mustering the opposition. The motion was
beaten by a vote of 95 to 119. Of those vot
ing in the affirmative 60 were Democrats
and 35 were Republicans. Of those voting
in the negative 85 were Democrats and 34
were Republicans. Nearly all of the pro
tection Democrats voted in the affirma
tive, and a few of the revenue reformers
coming from tobacco States voted with
them. To-day’s vote indicates that it is
reasonably certain that a majority of the
House is opposed to wiping out the tobac
co taxes. The repealers, however, say
that they do not give up the fight, and
that they will renew to-day’s motion be
fore adjournment. In the meantime they
will continue to drum up recruits.
Messrs. Lyman, Rice and Rockwell voted
in the affirmative to-day, and Messrs.
Collins and Stone in the negative. Messrs.
Davis, Long, Levering, Morse, Ranney,
Russell and Whiting were absent.
SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS
The Estimate Cut Down Nearly $lO,-
000,000 by the House Committee.
Washington, June 21.— The sundry
civil appropriation bill was reported to
the House to-day from the Appropriation
Committee. It appropriates $20,988,986.
The estimates were $30,346,994. The
amount in last year’s appropriation bill
was $23,713,404. Among the items are
the following: Custom house at Charles-
SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1884.
ton, S. C., $35,000: court house and post
office at Danville, Va., $10,300; completion
of the court house at Jackson, Miss.,
$15,000: Marine Hospital at Key West,
Fla., SIO,OOO. The total appropriation in
the bill lor public buildings is $1,291,219.
The total appropriations for 1884 for
public buildings was $2,299,800. The
bill provides for the repeal of laws to ap
point a national board of health. An ap
propriation is made of $500,000 to enable
the several executive departments, the
Department of Agriculture, and the
Smithsonian Institute to participate in
the World’s Industrial Cotton Centennial
Exhibition at New Orleans.
The Senate’s Army Allowances.
Washington, June 21. —The army ap
propriation bill as passed by the Senate
to-day shows an increase of $395,000 over
the amount appropriated by the House,
making the whole amount’now appro
priated $24,539,450. This is $-235,000 less
than the estimate and $417,000 less than
the appropriation for 1884. The changes
made by the Senate increase the amount
for the pay ol the army over that allowed
by the House $315,000, and medical and
hospital supplies $35,000, .and striking out
the items for quarters of non-commis
sioned staff $25,000, for the quarters of
stoTl’^ng^nV^tlPd^hu^
This Country and the Propaganda.
Washington, June 21.—The State De
partment denies the published statement
that the American Minister at Rome has
been instructed to act in concert with the
Ministers of England, Austria and Spain
to obtain from Signor Mancini, the Italian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, a mitigation
of the decision of the Court of Cassation
in regard to the properties of the Propa
ganda. The Secretary of State said to-day
that he has the subject usder considera
tion, to see if the United States has any
right to act in the matter, but has as yet
reached no conclusion, nor taken any ac
tion.
Washington’s Birds of Prey.
Washington, June 21.—Two more ar
rests of business men who have borne
good reputations were made to-day on
charges of complicity in the recently dis
covered frauds in the Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery, in collusion with’the chief
clerk and another clerk in that bureau. A
prominent druggist, named Drew, is
charged with presenting bills to tnese
clerks when no goods were delivered.
The clerks certified the bills, procured
their payment, and shared in the proceeds.
A cabinet maker named Burgdorff is
charged with presenting false bills for
work, and dividing the proceeds with
clerks Carrigan and Kirkwood.
Named for Postmaster.
Washington, June 21. President
Arthur to-day nominated Edward It.
Kichardson to be Postmaster at Newbern,
N. C.
Items from Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, June 21.—The boiler in
Wilson & Hunting’s saw mill, two miles
from this city, exploded at noon, killing
Wilson Pitman and mortally wounding
Moygan Chambers, both negroes. The
mill took fire, but the flames were ex
tinguished. The damage is $4,000.
There were two deaths in the city dur
ing the week ending to-day.
Two members of the Metropolitan Light
Infantry, of this city, were slightly
wounded in the sham battle at Pensacola
yesterday.
Danger in Blank Cartridges.
Pensacola, June 21.—Four men were
wounded in the Florida State troops
sham battle at Camp Chipley by thtpoint
of the regular army standard blank cart
ridge. The cartridge has a pointed end,
and experiments made to-day showed
that the point would tear away and
penetrate an inch board at 20 feet As
the regular volunteer troops use these
cartridges for salutes in dense crowd* the
result mentioned is important. The
wounded are doing well.
A Desperado Dispatched.
Flint,Mich., June 21,— Officer Ernest
M. Parsed, of this city, shot and killed
Lorenzo D. Pickle, a desperado, who re
sisted arrest at Richfield Centre yester
day. Pickle, who was wanted at Flush
ing for disorderly conduct, tired several
shots at Deputy’ Sheriff Carton of that
place who attempted to arrest him last
week. Since then Pickle has been armed
with two revolvers, making threats
against any officer who would dare
attempt his arrest.
Interest to be Paid.
New York, June 21.—Officials of the
Louisville and Nashville Road say that
the interest due July 1 on the New Or
leans and Mobile division will be paid.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Sixty Miles and Five Laps Made in a
12 Hours’ Foot Race by'a Mechanic.
Atlanta, June 21.—The mechanics of
the city took part in two go-as-you-please
foot races here to-day, one of them lasting
six hours and the other twelve. In the
six hours’ match W. J. Poston won, mak
ing 34 miles and 12 laps: J. A. Buchanan
was second, with 27 miles to his credit,
and J. R. Miller third, making only 8
miles. The 12 hours’ race resulted in a
victory for Frank Hardaway, he making
60 miles and 5 laps. G. W. Welch was
second, with 54 miles and 3 laps. W. 8. Ed
wards made 54 miles and 2 laps. Jas. Har
dy, Otis Mitchell and Joseph A. Hall let
down during the afternoon and left the
track. The attendance was 6mall during
the day, but very good at night, con
sidering the frequency of the matches.
Mrs. John 11. Seals, wife of the publisher
of the Sunny South, died to-day after a
short illness.
No information relative to the unac
countable action of the Sheriff of Glynn
county in the Peyton hanging case is to
be had at the executive office.
OIL TANKS IN FLAMES.
Lightning Starts a Disastrous Conflagra
tion at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, June 21, 11:45 r. m.—Dur
ing a heavy thunder storm this afternoon
a tank of the National Transit Company,
containing 35,000 barrels of oil, was struck
by lightning, and at this hour is still
burning. The tank Is at Colegrave and is
surrounded by about 100 tanks.
Cannon balls are being fired into
the burning tank to let the oil escape.
Another tank, situated a short distance
from the first one, is expected to be in
flames before morning. None of the other
tanks are thought to be in danger. Three
wooden tanks, containing 1,600 barrels
each, the property of the Tidewater Com
pany, at Indian creek, were also struck
this afternoon, and are now burning. The
fire does not endanger adjoining prop
erty.
Prostration by Heat.
New York, June 21.— The heat has be
gan to tell on the mortality. To-day the
number of deaths reported tor the twenty
four hours ending at noon reached 106.
Yesterday it was 107, while in the cool
days in the beginning of the week it
ranged from 70 to 90; on the same days
last year the deaths were, respectively, 72
and 74.
There were sixteen prostrations bv heat
to-day in this city and Brooklyn. ’ Five
were fatal.
The Pensacola Encampment.
Pensacola, June 21.— The awards in
the contest of the Florida State troops
were announced to-day. Out of a possible
5 the Escambia Rifles got 4 31-100. Next
came a company of the East Florida Ca
dets, of Gainesville, with 4 25-100. The
best marksmen were Cadets Graham and
Johnson, of the East Florida Cadets. The
best individual soldier was Sergeant Cos
tes of the West Florida Cadets, of Talla
hassee.
An Express Wagon Robbed.
Crr vof Mexico, June 21.—At 8 o’clock
last night Wells & Fargo’s express wagon,
while returning from the depot, was fired
upon in the central part of the city of
Leon by fifteen masked men, who sprang
from beside a tree. The company’s agent,
an American, escaped unhurt, but the
driver, a Mexican, was instantly killed
and SSOO was stolen. There was little
other express matter in the wagon.
THE PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.
MR. STEVENS TELLS WHY
CLEVELAND WILL WIN.
An Army of Officeholders Tarns Out at
Washington to Shout for Logan and
be Bored With Speeches Blaine
Formally Notified of His Nomination.
Washington, June 21.—Representa
tive Stevens, of New York, was a dele
gate from his county to the late Saratoga
Convention and was chosen by the latter
a delegate to Chicago. He was for Flower
when he went to Saratoga, but he is now
for Cleveland. In conversation with a
reporter Mr. Stevens said: “I am satis
fied that Cleveland is the only man whom
our delegation can harmonize upon, and
that he will be the choice of the delega
tion. When I went to Saratoga I was
afraid that he could not unite the differ--
ent party elements, and, failing in that,
that he would be beaten. Now lam sat
isfied that he would receive the sup
port of the entire party, and I am
sure that he could carry the State.”
.Mr. Stevens believes that a majority of
the delegation now favor Cleveland, and
flat when it comes to making a selection
t%*preaent at Chicago that the Governor
will have more votes than now. He was
asked about the report that the Cleveland
Xvement is in the interest of Payne, and
t a dispatch was sent from Saratoga to
the Ohio Senator-elect assuring him that
the New York delegation would be for
him.
“II any such dispatch was sent,” said
Mr. Stevens, “it had reference to Mr.
Payne for Vice President. The talk
of the Cleveland movement being
an ambush for a Payne boom is absurd.
Why, if Cleveland’s friends believed him
capable of such duplicity they would
drop him instantly. I know delegates
who are heartily for Cleveland, but they
wduld quit him in disgust if they sup
posed he was scheming to nominate Payne
or any man except himself.” Mr. Stevens
is for Cleveland and Morrison.
LOGAN SERENADED.
Kx-Soldiers and Sailor* in Washington
Parade and Hear Speeches.
Washington, June 21.— The ex-sol
diers and sailors resident in Washington
serenaded Gen. Logan this evening. They
assembled at the City Hall, forming in
platoons of 12, marching, headed by the
Marine Band,to Mr. Logan’s residence on
Twelfth street, where a crowd of 3,000
citizens had already assembled. The pro
cession was liberally supplied with ban
ners, rockets, Roman candles, and noise
making devices. The banner of the Army
of the Tennessee was displayed from an
upper window of Gen. Logan’s house.
General Logan’s appearance was
greeted with a storm of cheers. When the
applause had subsided he was introduced
in brief by Gen. Green B. Itaum. Gen.
Logan’s speech was frequently inter
rupted with applause, particularly en
thusiastic at his reference to our united
country, greater, grander than before,
the mission of the Republican party to
preserve peace with foreign nations and
make our flag everywhere respected, and
to Blaine as the standard bearer of the
party. The speech making was continued
to a late hour. Among the orators, who
were all ex-soldiers, were Senators Plumb
and Representatives Harrison, Cutcben of
Michigan, Goff of West Virginia, Petti
bone of Tennessee, and Bayne of Pennsyl
vania.
Blaine Not ified of His Nomination.
Augusta, Me., June 21.—The commit
tee appointed by the Republican Conven
tion at Chicago to notify Mr. Blaine of his
nomination arrived here yesterday, and
today at 11 o’clock they proceeded to the
Blaine mansion and made an official an
nouncement of their errand. Gen. Hen
derson read from manuscript his speech.
Mr. Blaine’s reply was also read. The
latter was brief, merely expressing his
gratitude for the honor conferred on him.
and saying that a more formal acknowl
edgment would be made to the National
Committee.
Tammany at Chicago.
New York, June 21.—The Tammany
Committee on organization to-night de
cided to send 600 men to the' National
Democratic Convention at Chicago,
IOWA’S PRIZE DRILL.
The Mobile Rifles Win the First Prize
and the Treadway Rifles the Second.
Dubuque, June 21. —About 15,000 peo
ple were present at the military encamp
ment yesterday. The result of the prize
iufantry drill of Thursday was announced
by the judges to be as follows: Mobile
Rifles, Company F, of the First Alabama
Regiment, first prize on general excel
lency, especially in the manual; Tread
way Rifles of St. Louis, Company D, of
the Third Missouri Regiment, second
prize on general excellency, and expecial
ly their skirmish drill: Branch
Guards of St. Louis, third prize;
Company D, of St. Paul fourth
prize; a company of Muscatine, fifth
prize, and the National Rifles of Wash
ington, sixth prize. The cavalry prize
was given to the Milwaukee Light Cavalrv,
who had no competitors. The Washing,
ton Light Artillery gave a prize exhibition
drill. In the afternoon there was a dress
parade of all the infantry, cavalry and
artillery, they being reviewed by' Gov.
Sherman of lowa, Gen. Kirby Smith, Gen.
Gibbons of the United States Army, Com
mander of the Department of the Platte,
Adjt. Gen. Waddell ot Missouri, and Adjt.
Gen. Alexander of lowa. Then followed
a sham battle on the hill by the camp
grounds, where there were lines of earth
works, redoubts, rifle pits, and a fort com
manding the city.
A battle planned by Gen. Gibbons and
an attack made under his directions was
participated in by 19 companies of in
fantry, 7 batteries of artillery and 2
squadrons o f cavalry. The attack was
made on t|>e earthworks, which were
finally captured, and afterwards by a
flank movement the fort. The battle was
very realistic. Most of the oompanies re
main today, an additional programme
having been arranged. The Mobile Rifles,
National Rifles, of Washington, the
Branch Guards, Company D. of St. Paul,
and the Busch Zouaves, of St. Louis, left
last night.
CUBA NOT FOR SALE.
Senor Suarez Denies the Accuracy of the
llecent Dispatch.
New York, June 21.— Senor Suarez,
the Spanish Consul General, in an inter
view to-day, denied the accuracy of the
news contained in a dispatch received
yesterday from Havana, which ascribes
to him and the Spanish Minister
at Washington alarming dispatches
addressed to the Governor General of
Cuba in consequence of Blaine’s
nomination. He says that not only has
he no knowledge of a commissioner being
about to sail for New York to confer with
the Spanish Minister and himself on the
subject of the sale of Cuba, but that the
whole story is absurd. He is sure that
the project was never entertained bv the
Spanish Government.
SPAIN TO MAKE REFORMS.
Madrid, June 21.—1n the Chamber of
Deputies to-day the Premier, replying to
an address of the Cuban delegation, said
that the Cabinet meditated asking the
Cortes to authorize the carrying out of
the most urgent reforms in Cuba.
Murderers Sentenced.
Vicksburg, June 21.—Judge Trimble,
in the Criminal Court at Greenville to
day, sentenced Robert Hunt and Dan
Parker to be hung on July 18, the former
for the murder of Burrill Beso, and the
latter for killing his Dephew. Both are
colored.
The French Parliament.
Paris, June 21.— The Senate has re
jected two amendments to the divorce
hill forbidding the granting of a decree
where the ligitants have children.
The recruiting bill passed its first read
ing in the Chamber or Deputies to-day.
THE GARRISON FAILURE.
HU Wealth Estimated at Between Fif
teen and Twenty Millions.
New Y ork, June 21.—Commodore Gar
rison’s friends say that there will be an
ample surplus after all his indebtedness
has been liquidated. He is very old and
much broken in health. His wealth has
been estimated by common report at $15,-
000,000 to $20,000,000.
Melville C. Day, legal adviser of Com
modore Garrison, who made an assign
ment yesterday, said to-day: “The advice
which caused him to suspend was given
by me aud all those familiar with his
affairs and with their.concurrent advice.
A storm was upon him and he could not
weather it. His securities were unavail
able, and to hold out would have resulted
in a complete wreck, to the detriment of
the creditors and everybody else. The
statement in reference to his having ap
plied to Mr. Vanderbilt and D. O. Mills to
assist him is untrue. The existence of
suits have nothing directly or in
directly to do with his assignment. The
fact of the existence of these suits was lost
sight of during the excitement by reason
of peculiar embarrassments which re
quired immediate attention. They did
not enter into the discussion at all when
it was decided to make an assignment.
The assets and liabilities depend on time
and negotiations. The assignee may not
be able to sell certain of the securities
that,while they are intrinsically valuable,
yet may have no fixed market value. I
presume that a man with the ability and
financial connection of Mr. J. D.
Terry, the assignee, may be able
to * make negotiations which
will result in obtaining something
approximating the real value of these se
curities, but if they be sold without such
negotiations, as is very often done by the
receivers of insolvent estates, the result
might be to the disparagement of the
realization of the property.” Commo
dore Garrison was at his office early to
day but refused to be seen. Clerks say
he is very feeble and much distressed in
mind, and cannot admit many friends to
see him.
ENO APT TO ESCAPE.
Stronger Evidence Needed to Secure
His Extradition from Canada.
Quebec, June 21.— John C. Eno’s case
was resumed before Judge Carson this
morning, Mr. Allan, an accountant, who
commenced his evidence yesterday, being
still under examination. So far the prose
cution seem to have proved nothing
beyond the fact that Mr. Eno had, in his
capacity as President of the Second
National Bank of New York, signed and
issued checks, the funds of which were
diverted to other sources than legitimate
business of the bank. There is nothing of
an extraditable character in such acts.
There was one piece of damaging
evidence offered, but as being
only hearsay, and that was that Mr. Eno
had issued some of this paper alter
he had ceased to be President of the
bank. The witness left to-night for New
Y’ork. The court will meet on Monday to
examine Mr. Roberts, cashier of the
bank. The general impression amongst
lawyers here is that Eno cannot be extra
dited.
Tlie Howe Scale Company Sound.
Rutland, Vt., June 21.—The mana
agers of the Howe Scale Company, in
refutation of the report of their failure,
say that their business was never more
prosperous or promising. They state
that all bills against them have been paid
and tvill be paid upon presentation.
A RECEIVER APPOINTED.
New Y'ork, June 21.—With reference
to the failureof the Howe Scale Company,
of Rutland, Vt., a representative of Ed
ward Beck & Cos., at No. 69 Wall street,
states that Edward S. Rapello was ap
pointed receiver of the scale company
yesterday at the suit of that firm.
The St. Joseph Bank Resumes.
St. Louis, June 21.—A special telegram
from St. Joseph, Mo., says: “The State
Savings Bank will resume business On
Monday next. This is the bank failed
on account, Of the suspension of Donnell.
Eaw ao u & Simpson, who were large stoek
nolders in the concern.”
Conservatism Among Brokers.
New York, June 21.—Conservative
brokers are exacting cash margins of 20
per cent. fro.'P their customers, which,
doubtless, proven! B many small operators
from taking an interesf * n the market.
C. P. Huntington Reported Crlp^ e^‘
New Y'ouk, June 21.—A report was
current on the street to-day that C. P.
Huntington had failed, but there was no
confirmation, and his friends deny the
story.
BALLOON BOMBAST.
Irish Leaders at Chicago Ridicule the
Proposed War from the Clouds.
Chicago, Juue 21. —Irishmen inter
viewed here upon the proposed armed
movement upon England, including the
use of balloons from which to drop dyna
mite upon the cities, as outlined in the ca
ble dispatches yesterday, ridicule the
proposition in every possible way. John
F. Scanlan summed the dispatch up by de
claring: “It is evident that some
Milesian Munchausen is having a heap of
fun on the other side.” Col. Daniel
O’Sullivan, who was Secretary for Ameri
ca of the 1867 movement, said that no
sane Irishman believes in an armed in
vasion. The futility of such efforts have
been satisfactorily demonstrated; besides,
Mr. Stephens had announced himself as
opposed to the dynamite policy, and could
not have originated the plan.
Patrick Crow, of Peoria, said that Mr.
Stephens once had an opportunity to lead
an armed rebellion but proved a' coward
and ran to save his own neck. He de
clared, however, that a mass meeting of
Irishmen would be held in this city dur
ing the Democratic Convention to raise
money for dynamite.
T. V. Darcey thought that balloons
would cut a sorry figure when the balloons
were being riddled with shot by the
earthly residents of England.
PAY FOR NATIONALISTS IN I’ARLIA-
London, June 21.—The Irish National
ists are still agitating the question of
providing a fund out of Which a regular
salary of £3OO per year may be paid ro the
Nationalist members of the House of Com
mons.
This matter will be a prominent subject
for discussion at the general convention
of the party, which will he held in Dublin
in the autumn,
AN IRISH SUSPECT ARRESTED.
Patrick Joyce, a native of Galway, was
arrested at Queenstown to-dav on the
steamer Illinois from Philadelphia. A
brass tube, two inches wide and four
inches in diameter, was found in his bag
gage. The ends of the tube were well se
cured, and be refused to open them.
Joyce was remanded by the Magistrate
until Monday.
O’BHCKN REFUSES TO PAT.
Dublin, June 21.—Wm. O’Brien, mem
ber of Parliament and editor of United
Ireland , who has just been finetl £SOO for
contempt of court, and who refuses to pay
his fine, is declining private offers to pav
the same. He says that he is determined
to expose the manner in which the gov
ernment of Ireland is conducted by Earl
Spencer and Premier Gladstone.
WESTMEATH MURDERERS SENTENCED.
The second trial ol the Westmeath
murder conspirators took place to-day.
It resulted in the sentencing oi five of the
prisoners to seven years in prison and or
six to one year. The prisoners all strong
ly protested their innocence.
Fostering Trade Guilds.
Berlin, June 21.—The German Reich
stag has passed a bill which is designated
to foster the power of trades guilds and
hinder free and open competition. It de
crees that all tradesmen exercising any
one of the trades which have guilds who
refuse to enter the guild of their respec
tive trades shall be prohibited from em
ploying apprentices.
BLISS’ WORD AT STAKE.
JURORS INDORSE HUTCHINSON’S
STATEMENT.
Tlie Colonel’s Veracity Not Reliable if
They are to he BeHevel—Colgroxe
Explains How Cook's Partner Cole
Saved Him from Prosecution Under
the Indictment.
Washington, June 21.— When Mr.
Hutchinson, foreman of the grand jury
which failed to indict Mr. Kellogg, was
examined by the Springer committee, he
testified that Col. Bliss informed the jury
that J. B. Price would appear before it as
a witness, that the jury adjourned over
one day to await Mr. Price, that Mr.
Price failed to come, and that no indict
ment was found.
Col. Bliss, when before the committee, testi
fied that he did not so inform the jury, but
that he had said that Mr. Price was expected
at the trial. To-day members of the grand
jury appeared before the committee and cor
roborated Mr. Hutchinson. They were Messrs.
Henry Willard, R. O. Edmondson, 11. Clav
Stewart and H. Senikin, all prominent betsi'-
uess men of Washington. Each gentleman
swore Dial I ivl Bliss told the jury that Mr
Price would be before it as a witness, aud that
an adjournment of one day was taken to wait
for his appearance, and that Mr. Price did not
come.
George Truesdale testified that Col. Bliss
said that Mr. Price was expected, but that he
was not certain that he would testify, as in
fluence might be brought against him.
COLGROVE’S RELATIONS WITH COOK.
J. B. Colgrove, a government contractor
came before the Springer committee.
C. D. Colman recently testified that Mr.
Colgrove gave C. C. Cole, a partner of Wil
liam A. Cos jk, the government counsel in the
star route cases. $750 to protect him from an
indictment.
Mr. Colgrove testified: “Mr. Colman called
on me and said that he had information that I
was to be presented to the grand jury for in
dictment. I replied that my hands were clean,
and that I did not fear an indictment. He ad
vised me to employ counsel, and said that I
had better get Mr. Cole. I said that I would
not do anything that would have the ap
pearance of bribery. I had a talk
with Mr. Cole about other matters, and em
ployed him as counsol in a general wav, with
the understanding that the fee was to be SSOO.
I paid Mr. Colman $250, and Mr. Colman
handed it to Mr. Cole. About two weeks after
that Mr. Colman advised me to pay the bal
ance of the money. I said that it was not due,
but went to the bank and gave $250 to him. I
presumed that he gave it to Mr. Cole. I con
fess that I thought that Mr. Cole was a good
attorney to have under the circumstances.
From that time tjll now he has attended to
my business. My case was argued liefore
three grand juries and ignored. I have also
employed Judge Key as an attorney.
KER REPORTED ON THE MAKE.
“Judge Key told me that he had a conver
sation with Mr. Ker, and Mr. Ker said that
for $5,000 the whole thing would be dropped.”
“Do you mean to say,” the witness was
asked, “that Judge Kev told you that Mr. Ker
made that propositionV”
“Yes, sir, I do. Judge Key is now in the
city, and can answer for it! I think those
things ought to be brought to the front.”
Mr. Colgrove said that he understood that
the government counsel went before the grand
jury and argued half a day at a time to secure
his indictment.
THE YVAR IN EGYPT.
The Conference Still Uncerialn—Nothing
Doing at the Seat of War.
London, June 21.—The Pall Mall
Gazette says: “If the conference shall
refuse the English proposal to cut the
Egyptian coupons, the advance of £8,000,-
000 and Anglo-French agreement will
lapse, and matters will revert to the
present status.”
A VOTE OF CENSURft TO BE MOVED.
The government has given the Liberal
members of Parliament private assurance
through the whips that the Anglo-French
agreement with reference to Egyptian
affairs leaves the question of the ultimate
position of England in Egypt still open. A
vote of censure will be moved next Thurs
day. The Liberals calculate that they
still retain a majority of thirty and con
fidently expect to defeat the motion of
censure.
GARRISONING PERIM.
Sir James Ferguson, Governor of Bom
bay, has been making an official
inspection of Aden in southern Arabia
and of the island of Perim, which
stands at the entrance to the Red
Sea, and has transmitted his report to the
government. The defenses of the island
he pronounces altogether inadequate, and
the garrison, which consists of a single
company of Sepoys, with one English
i officer, also fails to meet his approval.
He advises the construction of regular
fortifications, and the stationing there ol
an efficient garrison of English soldiers.
THE DATE OF THE CONFERENCE.
Paris, June 21.—Prime Minister Ferry
informed the French Cabinet to-day that
Egyptian Conference would meet in
Lotulon eiine 28.
THE SONS OF TOIL.
Manufacturers at Yalta, Pa., Sign the
Amalgamated Association’s Scale. ,
Fittsburg, Pa., June 21.—The trouble
at the Yalta Iron Works, at Apolla, Pa.,
was settled to-day by the manufacturers
signing the amalgamated scale. Work
will be resumed Monday.
AN ARBITRATION BOARD USELESS.
Cincinnati, June 21.—The board of
arbitration for settling the differences
between the manufacturers and opera
tives in the boot and shoe trade of this
city have dissolved by reason ol the re
fusal of the lasters to abide by the decis
ion unless certain things are conceded,
which the manufacturers refuse to grant.
It is not a question of wages, but of regu
lations. Some manufacturers say that
they will continue at the old rate of
wages.
France’s Course in Tonquin.
London, June 21.—J. A. Crowe, com
mercial attache of the English Embassy
at Paris, reports that tbe French Govern
ment is extending the system of differen
tial duties which, as was announced
some time ago, it had decided to establish
in Tonquin. The system is now to be es
tablished In all the French possessions in
Africa. A duty of 20 per cent, is
to be levied upon all except
French goods. Further than this, in
order to favor French vessels, restrictions
are to be imposed upon the navigation
of all rivers on the west coast of Africa
which are held by France. The English
Foreign Office has instructed the Embassy
at Paris to report on the commercial
policy prevalent in the French colonies,
and to ascertain whether the Rorerhlnent
intends to extend to all Its colonies this
system of differential duties.
Th Ifrlcan International Association.
Berlin, June 21.—The National Zet
land denies the report, which has been
gaining currency w-ithin the past few
days, that a dissolution of the African
International association was imminent.
The capital of the Association, some
authorities say, is far from being ex
hausted. The reserve fund is still intact,
and sufficient to form a nucleus for the
exchequer of an independent Congo State,
into which negotiations now in progress
promise to merge the association. As
surances are given that the navigation of
the Congo throughout its entire length
will presently be thrown open to the
world. It will be tree to the competition
of all comers, as no restriction wil 1 be
imposed.
France Treating in Aladagascar.
London, June 21.— Advices from Tami
tave, Madagascar, state that Admiral
Miot, the French Commander, has had a
conference with the Hovas, the result
of which, however, is still unknown. Ad
miral Miot strongly upholds the principle
ot French supremacy. The British Con
sul has gone to Antananarivo, the capital.
Instantly Relieved.
Mrs. Ann Lacour, of New Orleans. La.,
writes: “I have a son who has been sick
for two years; he has been attended by
our leading physicians, but all to no pur
pose. This morning he had his usual spell
of coughing, and was so greatly prostrat
ed in consequence, that death seemed im
minent. We had in the house a bottle of
Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam for the
Lungs, purchased by my husband, who
noticed your advertisement yesterday.
We administered it, and he was instantly
relieved.”
j PRICE 910 A TEAR. I
f 5 CENTS A COPT. {
PORTRAITS FOR THE BANNERS.
Painted at the Kate of a Dozen a Day
by the Use of Stencil*.
In the region near Park Row. where
every structure is five stories high unless
it is six, says the New York Sun, painters
are at work, with hardly any time for
meals, on portraits for campaign clubs.
In an attic, whieh looked very much like
an ordinary house painter’s workshop,
although longer, was found a chief
painter, who wore an old straw' hat, an
abominable pair of overalls, and a little
white apron. A politician who preceded
the reporter was inquiring about the state
of the portraits he had ordered.
“They are not yet done,” the painter
said. “Of course we could have had
them finished before this time if we had
devoted our sole attention to them, and
finished them immediately. But we wish
to complete our sketches so that we can
turn them out rapidly, and if yours were
done first we should have to charge you
more for them. Here is the first draft.”
So saying, he led the way to one corner
of the room, where twenty or thirty por
traits of Blaine and Logan bad’ been
begun. Each was colossal in size, the
race being more taun tour et iu length,
but bore scarcely any resemblance to the
human countenance. Each one was a se
ries of long dark stripes, and no conjec
ture could be hazarded as to whom they
represented.
“These are stencils,” the painter ex
plained. “YVhes the news arrived that
Blaine was to lead the cohorts 1 took
down his portrait, which we had obtained
for this purpose, and went carefully to
work making a portrait trom that, of our
standard size, such as you see here. I
paid attention to the drawing, but not so
much to the coloring. When it was suffi
ciently completed to make sure that I had
caught the likeness, I made a stencil of it,
cutting out the places where the dark
lines should be, but making sure to leave
enough canvas to hold the stencil to
gether. This is the original,” said he,
showing a likeness with large holes cut
in it, “and there are the copies. Alter
they dry we plaoe them on a gigan
tic easel, with a partly completed
portrait directly before it aud upon
it. The portrait is arranged in colors. If
you notKSe it, you will see that there are
from twelve to fifteen colors or tints em
ployed, and that the spots on each vary
m size from half a dollar to twice the size
ot your hand. If the limits of each color
could be marked on each canvas, properly
numbered, and the pots ot paint corre
spondingly numbered, a man who had no
eye for color and had never handled a
brush in his life could do the necessary
paintihg. That is just what we are doing.
Here,” pointing to an assistant who was
at the easel, and who was punching an awl
through the canvas,” is the first step. He
is marking out the boundaries. The awl
goes through both canvases, and when the
upper one is taken away the limits of
each particular patch of color can be
plainly seen. The original is not yet com
pleted. but when it is it will have figures
in eacli portion. Each of these will indi-
cate a particular color; as, for instance,
one may represent the color of the mous
tache and of a part of the hair. By the
aid of these artificial remembrances we
can perform our work with a speed which
seems marvelous. 1 and another man
can make a dozen in a day by this plan.
It is true they are very far from being
works of art, but they are likenesses, and
at the distance from which they are sur
veyed the minor imperfections are not
noticed.”
“Have you been long in this line?” the
reporter inquired.
“Since Greeley’s campaign. There was
a great demand at that time tor portraits
of him and Gen. Grant, and 1 was em
ployed by banner men to do the work for
them, doing at the same time some on my
own account. Both candidates had faces
easy to paint and to preserve a sort of
likeness—Greeley from his infantile look,
his spectacles, anti the thin fringe of hair
around his face, and Grant from his full
beard. Hayes’ face for a banner was not
very different from Grant’s, although not
so savage, but Tilden’s was difficult. To
make it a good likeness much pains had
to be taken, and that meant loss of time.
Garfield- and Hancock were easy. The
former had a bald spot on his forehead
and a prominent nose, and Hancock a big
moustache. Logan has the same, but of
another shape. ’ Blaine is going to_ be
more difficult. Some of the portraits
lisbed by the lithographers give him a
sinister a countenance as a man couT<J\
well have and live.”
“Did you use the stencil and otheiOe
chanical aid when you began?” ’wk
“Not at all. I painted them faicqMinto
ly, and gained great sw’iitnessoTM|MLtjeH
I certain characteristic fea|tttffc aftfln -V
man’s face which .if
you need not fk i
the rest, Pore taaft 11
five minutes, atwfi
that itisic.• •(w nms%
day- mi i.ilit Ogtßp-.Jl£r 1
gr,;;' clem
not only
others, are
time. I have 'tWWM’mioCPral one firm
made $15,000 out . of campaign,,
just in this line. is very mucji
like that of the scene painter, and there
is a constant call for work of which por
trait and landscape painting forms a part.
The meeting of the Army of the Potomac
was a windfall to someone. I understand
that the triumphal arch which stood at the
head of Montague street cost the commit
tee S4OO, independent of their other ex
penses.’’
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
Some Little Items of Interest and Some
Items of Little Interest.
Chicago, June 21—Miss Alice M. Wells, of
Boston, while viewing machinery on the upper
floor ot a large elevator on Twenty-second
street yesterday, was caught in the gearing
and crushed to death instantly. She was lS
years old, and was visiting the family of H.
N. Greely, of this city.
Vienna, June 21.—Excessive rains and inun
dations in Galica have damaged the railway
traffic, and seriously interfered with all kinds
of business. It is rumored that 250 soldiers
were drowned.
Madrid, June 21.—Private advices from
Morocco confirm the reputed rising of the
Azamoor tribeß. Four Governors appointed
by the Sultan have been killed.
Troy, X. Y., June 21. —Five of the proprie
tors of the Evening Standard were convicted
in the Court of Sessions to-day of criminal
libel in saying that the ex-City Superintend
ent retained money due the street sweepers
They were sentenced to para fine 6fsloff
each, or ts serve 1M Jays in jail.
Atlantic City, June 21,-Moses Oliva
Brown. w)k> said he lived in Philadelphia
was arrested at Elwood, N. J., last night for
attempting to wreck a Philadelphia and At
lantic City Railroad train (narrow gauge).
He placed three piles of ties across the track
at three different places, but they were dis
covered in time to prevent loss of life.
Naples, June 21.—A soldier named Missdei.
who murdered six of his comrades, and who
was sentenced to be shot in the hack was
executed to-day.
London, June 21.—Elder Smoat, a Mormon
missionary, has been expelled from Bavaria
by order of the Minister of State. Elder
Smoat hail succeeded in making numerous
u. n o h e V 8 ‘ On J he v. w ? 8 P re Paring to send to
Ltah, but his plan has been broken up.
The contemplated visit of the Emperor and
the Crown 1 nnce of Austria to Poland to see
the naval mameuvres has been abandoned.
This step has been decided upon through fear
of a dynamite plot.
Portuguese advices state that the situation
in Guinea is critical. The revolt of the blacks
continues. The insurgents at Bissas cap
tured a gun boat, but the crew succeeded in
escaping in the small boats. Portuguese
newspapers urge the government to act with
energy.
The channel light ship off Dover has been
run down by a passing vessel. Two of the
crew are missing and are supposed to have
perished.
Maj. Gen. Sir Charles McGregor, Quarter
master General of India, has been appointed
head of the commission to which the settle
ment of the Afghan frontier and boundary
question has been referred.
Contracts for the construction of a railway
between Candahar and Quetta, which the In
dian Government has decided to build, have
been taken exclusively in India. According
to the contract, the road is to be completed in
s iBBl
New Orleans, June 21. —a speeial from
Baton Rouge says: “Thejoint legislative com
mittee appointed to investigate the vote at the
recem election on the first amendment to the
constitution, known as the State amendment,
met this evening. On Monday or Tuesday
they will report that the amendment w as car
ried by 19,000 votes.”
Berlin, Jane 21.—1n the Reichstag to-day
the workingmen’s accident assurance bill
passed its second reading.