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mABUSHSO 1850. t
I j, H. rSTILL, Iditor nd Propfi*t*r. i
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THF. 'GWS of thk two statks
told in paragraphs.
People Attacked by a Crazy Cat In
tV!hißß ,on County—Macon to Have
ihe Electric Fire-Alarm System
Thomas County’s Fourth Annual Ex
hibition of "took.
GEORGIA.
i,wart < ounty does not owe any debts, and
> 4 money in the treasury.
' mi-take in Sunday’s paper a Bainbridge
letter aa- credited to Albany.
■ v. * o negroes attended the Baptist As
at I.utnpktn last Saturday ami Sun
day .
~ar rane crop m Stewart county was
.• s complete failure on account of the
i Walker, the man who was shot by Eu
‘ i art 11, at Spring Place, last Wednes
1. -'ht, died Sunday.
I x i . Hector Ard, of Stewart county, issued
: executions last week against delin
tax-payers, most of tbem being ne
* \\ p. Pullin, of Henry county, who has for
. time been a great sufferer with rheu
ni4 t -in, bad bis right leg amputated above
the knee Saturday.
\ p.irtv of hunters from Dublin went up to
. , ,i. it-tl," an almost impenetrable part of
, nr . n<e swamp, ten miles above Dublin,
ja-t Friday, ami brought back over 100
squirrels.
my farmers speak of sowing oa'ts at
~ ... v> lule others fear a freeze about Chris t
.. . aril; kill them, and will not begin to sow
late in December.
Tie* ladies of Atlanta entertained the lailies
•Iravtn to the city by the MethwHst confer
tu, e at a reception at the executive mansion,
\|,i; ;;e afternoon. Mrs. McDaniel was pres
till x- line of the hostesses.
t . nty Treasurer S. S. Everett, of Stewart
county, notilied holders of county orders last
k that as there was plenty money in the
irea-ury to pay all outstanding debts, that no
tn ed would be allowed on orders after Nov.
i;,v. S. Vi. Bartley, a Baptist minister of
H irri- county, widely known, died suddenly
.it -j o'clock Sunday, of heart disease, ageu 50
. r-. lie was in charge of Whitesville,
i non. Bethel and Piney Grove churches.
11. leaves a wife and several children.
A catalogue of the library of the late Gen.
\\. i.im M. Browne, of Athens, will make its
aj.p. trance tttis week. Gen. Browne left a
,1-jje library. Among the number of books
ire -cveral very valuable works, which will
-ought after when they are put pn sale.
The Chattahoochee river has risen several
to l since the rain last Saturday night, and
boats will have no further difficulty in
in iking their regular schedule time. Large
•{Uiinttiies of cotton aud other freights are
matting transportation on the lower river.
LaGrange Reporter'. Mrs. Maria A. Hall
has 27 grandsons, IS granddaughters and 18
ercat-gramtchildrcn, making a total of 63 de
■ endantsof the second and third generations.
<if all her sons and grandsons only one is ad -
dieted to the use of tobacco. There are grand
children dead three, aud great-grandchildren
dead two. She is still very stout, has never
used glasses, ami her hair is not yet gray.
The Griffin coti.'ii^ac tory started up one
loom on Wednesda”and on Thanksgiving
day had eight going aud turned out about .'Mu
yards of 1-4 sheeting. They are starting up
►even or eight new looms a day, and will soon
l,c in full bl .st. The electric lights have been
put up and will be in operation, and will
make the handsomest illumination seen in
i.nilln. A tire wall is being built between the
engine and boiler rooms.
’. thens Banner: Joe Fleming had a large
1..\ sent to him. Friday, from near Max
. vHe chained him in the warehouse, but
luring the night the fox broke the chain, and
h now at large in the warehouse, which is
tilled with innumerable articles. Mr. Flem
ing got up a pack of dogs, consisting of one
smalt-sized terrier, to see if he could not run
it, tint to no purpose. The fox is safely
asd, but hunger may bring him out.
Uoine Courier: l’rof. Slappey’s magnifying
•_ .a-.- came near causing another conflagration
Thursday afternoon,and it would have proved
ain -t disastrous one this time. He left his
get-- sitting in front of a window in the sec
ond -tory of Noble’s building. Assisted by
tin' rays of the sun, the glass set Are to a lot of
.-.mibustible material. The lire was discov
ered and the electric alarm brought the lire
department promptly to the rescue and the
flauir- were stayed before any great damage
could lie done.
sandersville Mercury: “James IT. Floyd's
horse was attacked by a crazy cat on Thurs
iay. between his place and the city, while he
an- riding him, and he had to disTnount and
**at it off; but the eat bit the horse before
Mr. 1 loyd eould drive him away. It then got
over in Prof. Lawson’s yard and seized one of
hi-. as: Iren, a little boy. by the leg and fast
ened hi- two fangs in so fast that the largest
l) .. who went to his rescue, and lieat it
. ;a ; base ball bat, killing it. Dr. Brantley
tiled in and cauterized the wound. The
eat wu- the property of Mrs. X. E. Brown,
who says it weut crazy at times.
Albany Medium: A party of boys, Harry
he p, 'Robert Forrester and Tommie Ma
li- us. went out shooting a day or two ago.
When they grew tired of the'sport Harry
Kemp discharged his gun preparatory lb
e : v home, and (it is never possible to tell
those things happen) the load weut into
hi- fu.-e, inflicting a very bad wound. His
e nu,anions, of course, were sadly frightened,
one tainting—they were but children. Tom
mie Mathews, a manly fellow of thirteen,
succeeded m getting the little sufferer home,
a distance -of live miles, carrying him in his
arm- part of the way. The wound is serious
hut not fatal.
Dalton jlrv’'-*:Three weeks since Tom Bax
ter knocked John Banks in the head with a
i rickhst. Ten days after Banks died, llis
death was attributed to the lick, and Baxter
left for l hattanooga. Monday Marshal
Tiirailkilt brought him back, and on Wednes
day a preliminary trial was had before Judge
L tigb-v, m which the prisoner was put under
almd'of $250. It appears that Baxter and
another boy were passing Banks’ house and
the latter accosted the former with intimacy
with hi-wile, which finally developed into a
row, and Banks followed the boys for some
• ; -t nice with a drawn ax. swearing ven
geanee. Finally being told to stop, and not
doing so, he was struck with the brick.
AVt csunJ Adcertieer: There were
i goon’ many people in Albany yesterday,
;ut t ye.nture to say none of them felt bet
ter than li. C. Walters, an old Lee county
)• iro. The defeat of Blaine does not worry
the old fellow at all. This is why he is
r. dm.' and contented. Not long ago he
!tight a farm, and went to work to pay for
it. tie knew the meaning of the wonts “in
lust rv" and "economy.'’ So his farm has
paid for and is well stocked, and the old
mania- a year's provisions on hand —the
guarantee of another erop. He has |2oo’iu his
ait 1 is oat of debt, and can see the
year i lost-with the consciousness of having
earned a living “in the sweat of his face.’’
■* l her negroes can do just what K. C. W alters
na- a nc, i>y adopting his methods. This true
story is a sufficient auswer to Blaine’s Au
gusta speech.
Among the contemplated improvements m
Ala >n next year, and which the new Board
of Aldermen will endeavor to make, will be
the introduction of the fire alarm system.
Chu f Jones said that a paid lire department
for Macon wonld not cost the city less Ilian
$20.0 ■ per annum, whereas the present vol
unteer itepartment Is run at a cost of about
J.eir. iu view of such avast difference, he
desires to increase the efficiency of the de
i irtu ent and the facilities for fire protection
by in expenditure of about ss,ooo, which
would put the fire alarm system in operation
over the city. He proposes to have three
!* \es in the First ward and four in each of
the other wards, making fifteen in all. These
boxes i -t sl2, each; two strikers, one at the
eii hail and the other at the court house. $750
> ach ; ten gong-, one at each engine house and
at residences of chief and two assistants $25
e-eh: making a total of $:1,025. The wire and
jotes will cos. hut little.
At AiUens Monday Chief Oliver arrested
<> tr Thresher a large, burly mulatto from
Otkui-e county, for insulting his wife. The
1 -nef mil oc iiim anil started witn
him to the lockup. When near Clayton street
tte mulatto jerked a pistol from bid hip pocket
anappetl it in Chief Olivet face. He
Juux:ketl the pistol out of the boy’d hand and
f in. -truck him with his stick. The Chief
knocked the negro through a side gate, and
got hitu down on some steps that led to an
office on the corner of Lumpkin and Clayton
•reels. Tin- negro got -under the Chief and
V-w him off and broke to ruu. As soon as
1 l>j ver recovered he followed after him,
-vi Kg i-iose the negro turned and com
striking at him. The licks were
“ tE, ;ed - ltt the meantime Chief Oliver
■ ;<.U, iok, \vuk!i caused the negro to
: <i a good . ' The chief caught him after
f-ke to hi- heels. os'ricd him to jail. Two
rt race and -out against tug negro--
warrauts were swor. weapons ana one
lor carrying conce- -ojiydcr.
wr assault with intent to the fourth
Thursday was the time set •- J’rout Lake
Am. a! exhibition of stock at ‘ Jhomas
”ark under the auspices of the . m The
County stock Breeders’ Association < goad
n! >-u itmal sale of trotting colts, owne<-
fii-.'l by t. c. Mit-hell, proprietor of Tre '
Lake farm, was also advertised to come on
foe same date. Owing to the very inclement
leather, the officers of the association de
<u led to postpone the stock fair till Jan. 10,
oat Mr. Mitchell, loih to disappoint any who
'U -i ionic to buy, decided to have the sale.
Ac ~r,iingly, those who could brave the fre
quently falling showers repaired to the park.
Notwithstanding the postponement of the
: 'ir. quite a cumber of fine Jersey cattle aud
'--led horses wen shown. A trotting race,
heau, best two in three, between Almont
aa i Revoke, the fine stallions of C. P. Davis
an, i f. C. Mitchell, opened the programme.
At the conclusion of the race the sale com
menced. The colts were standards and from
to t> months old. and though but few buyers
“ere present, the colts brought from sllO to
. Considering that this was the first sale
01 the kind ever made in Southwest Georgia
the bad state of the weather, the prices
obtained were encouraging. These sales will
“ereafter be made annually, and, being com
bined with our fairs, will tend to increase the
■uterest already felt in this eection in the im
provement and raising of fine stock. After
the sale, Mr. Mitchell spread a fine dinner
invited all to partake. Following this
Ame a couple of glass ball matches, which
nosed the day’s programme.
i The cjfixeos of Berrien countv held a meet
, 8 Brooksfleld, and adopted the following
.agreement, to which they signed their names:
,*!*>.the undersigned, do solemnly and firmly
*™ihat we must have the following prices
* BBcK: k killed on the Brunswick and West
{■■JGplCpad, to wit: For norsee and mules
£“**?> lo S2OO, for cattle sls to $75, for sheep
,or B° u $1 50 to *2, according to
Mttauty and kinds killed, and half price for all
stock crippled by said road. Also for the
auYn n Ue„ P , ay , the n ? one r for £k to the
.. a ? ent *? f each station once each
airlr H T In w eply *° the a **>ve. General Man
*! nt the following letter:
llsn.w ’ Nov - 25.—Messrs.Charles
Reaves, and others, Broofc
"f.J;',. a - bear ' Sirs: Tour letter of Nov. 15,
an exorbitant price on stock
fufure ~k ille,i or crippled in
future. has been received. This is
. cxtraor,llnar y Proceeding on the
comitr f ct : *h ) Vh ° I J ave the welfa ' e of their
at heart ’ ac,J an unjust discrimina
,,r,„YalDßl a corporation which is most ben
cflcial to your interest. It owns a right of
a charter for its road and should
a 'cng*,ts and privileges equal to any other
property holder in ourcommunitv. That you
antlc 'late the damage to stock
by our trains, so as to fix value on each head
is preposterous, and the figures vou name are
absurd. The company has done nothing to
u, t on your P an - for certainly
the cattle ki led in your section by this road
!^^: 0081 company more tlian
the market value. \\ hile we believe the road
should be run for the mutual benefit of its
owners and patrons, and for the good of the
country yet the company is extending privi
leges which are not remunerative, and it your
people persist in the coiu*e intimated we
shall feel compelled to abaifflon all stations on
our road which are not profitable.”
FLORIDA.
Micanopy is to have a lumber yard and
wareeouse. J
Large numbers of horses, ponies and mules
are being brought into Florida.
Aliout 6,000 crates of vegetables were ship
ped from Darbyville last season.
About Feb. 10 next the Florida Press Asso
ciation will convene in the city of Gainesville,
Seven years ago the orange crop of the Wild
wood vicinity was less than 1,200 boxes; now
it is over 20,000.
The Bartow Informant and Key Went Demo
<rat have liroupunced in favor of Judge
Mitchell as his own successor upon the bench
of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.
Dr. C. L. Mitchell, of Fort Meade, has pick
ed in his nursery at that place an orange leaf
from a sweet orange tree measuring 9 inches
across and 12 inches in length.
There are 2,000 acres planted in tomatoes in
the vicinity of Kllenton and Palmetto, on the
north side of Manatee river. The tomatoes
are now ripening and are being shipped
North.
There arc seven gentlemen, all stopping at
the same house in Tampa, whose aggregate
height is 42 feet 6 inches. The tallest is 6 feet
7 indies high, and the shortest 6 feet and onc
half inch.
W. C. Cnun, President of the Hillsborough
County Horticultural ami Agricultural So
ciety, says that the county fair will be held on
the last days of January or the first days of
February next.
Tom Dromgoole, of Gainesville, on Thanks
giving day fired at a partridge which he saw
sitting on a rail near the ground, and killed
eight others which he did not see, that were
sitting in a bunch on the opposite side of the
fence.
Baker county truck farmers are preparing
their grounds for early spring vegetables.
Marrow and McNie! peas have been planted,
and are up, growing nicely A larger area
will be planted in this section over last season
by 25 per cent.
Bilker County Star: Tile Johnsonville pre
cinct is entitled to a post office, and wecall the
attention of Senators Call and Jones to the
fact that the large territorv known as Jobn
sonvilte is isolated, having' to go 14 miles to
Sanderson and 12 to Darby ville for their mail.
One hundred hands arc employed at the log
camp of McClenny A Bars., some eight miles
from Darbyville. Train after train of logs
pass through Darbyville daily en rouie to
Jacksonville, loaded with logs'from t'ne vari
ous camps aliovc this point. Each train
averages twenty cars.
The saw-mill men of the district within
reach of the South Florida Railroad, between
Tampa and Kissimmee inclusive, intend
forming a saw-miller’s association, and a
meeting of saw-mill nropne ors and mana
gers will be held at Plant city to-day for the
purpose of forming such an association.
A tine horse belonging to the Pensacola lee
Company was run over bv an engine on Sun
day morning last and oiie of his hind legs
mashed into a jelly. The animal was attached
to a dray at the time, and taking fright at the
approaching locomotive, backed the vehicle
on to the track. The dray was turned com
pletely over and the horse thrown across the
rail with the above result. The liorse was
subsequently taken into the woods and kilk.lT
Fairbanks’lately formed Library Associa
tion has 40 regular members aud a donation
of over 100 volumes of good literature. It Ins
a full set of officers and a surplus in the treas
ury. The readiug room in connection with
the library has a tile of over 20 dailies anil
weeklies from all parts of the Union, besides
a number of the most popular magazines.
They have very comfortable temporary quar
ters over one of the stores until they can get
a building of liie r own. A stock company is
now formed for that purpose. The a socia
tion will rent the building of the stock com
pany. so as to insure an interest of 10 per
cent, to the stockholders.
The reproduction of the original liounds of
the De\\ ees grant, at the mouth of the St.
John’s river, by State Engineer H. S. Duval,
originally located nearly 100 years ago, has
been recently approved by the Commissioner
of the United States Land Office, at Washing
ton, w hose decision in the matter, together
with the report of Engineer Duval, is now on
file iu the United states Surveyor General’s
office, at Ta'lahassee. This resurvey, made
under many difficulties and despite numer
ous impediments, presented by parties whose
interests depended upon the establishment of
the locations made by United states Deputy
Surveyors Washington and Kaudolph, which
have stood intact for over 50 years, throws
all lands, heretofore represented and sold as
government lauds, north of the McQueen
grant into t lie body or the lie Wees grant,
and was made about two years ago, since
which time every effort that interest aud hu
man ingenuity could suggest has been made
by the interested parties to contest it and
have it set aside, and the former locations re
tained. The commissioner, in his elaborate
decision, declares that the accretions and de
cretions of land by the action of the adjacent
water, upon which the accuracy of the re
survey largely depended, have been “so in
telligently illustrated” by Engineer Duval in
his report, and that he executed his duties
“with such evident impartiality,” that he
(the commissioner) is constrained to approve
the re-survey, and allow (.0 days’ notice
(which lias doubtless leen officially given) to
the parties adversely interested to appeal
from his decision.
A NEW KIND OF DEADHEAD.
Queer Freight which Express Compa
nies Often Find on Their Hands.
AVir York Telegram.
“Oh, yes, corpses are shipped every day
by express,” said the manager of one ot
the large express companies in this city.
“In most instances some of the friends or
relatives of the deceased accompany
the coffin on the same train, hut very
often we take a corpse the same as we
would any article of merchandise.
Of course we do not take them ‘collect
on delivery,’ unless it should be the re
mains of someone who has left consider
able wealth behind, or when the person
who attends to the shipping is well known
to us. It is necessary to be very particu
lar on this point. 1 have known express
companies to get into a bad pickle by tak
ing a corpse ‘C. O. D.’ Of course we
charge more for shipping a corpse than
any other kind of freight, and require a
deposit to insure luneral expenses in case
it should be left on our hand.
“We do this because there have often
been cases where express companies had
to pav for the burial. Not long ago a
corpse was shipped here from Cincinnati.
It wus consigned to a family living in
Fiftieth street, but they re I used to allow
it in the house, as the brother of the dead
mail, who had lived at this place, had
moved away no one knows where. So we
were obliged to bury it.”
“I know of several other mistakes simi
lar to this. About a year ago a man com
mitted suicide in Detroit. He was a hotel
clerk and considerable money was found
upon him.liesides a card with the address of
a family living in Brooklyn. It was known
that his wife lived with her father and
mother in Brooklyn, and it was concluded
that it was her address that was on the
card Acting on this supposition his re
main’s were snipped to the address. Early
one morning a few days afterward, the ex
press wagon landed the coffin at the door.
In the meantime, however, the people had
been notified of the shipment by tele
graph Thev refused to allow the casket
ui ttie boose,' saving they had never heard
ot the man. The express company were
compelled to employ an undertaker to
keep the body on ice while the case was
1 investigated. The dead man’s wife was
* inallv found, but as she had been ill
>*£ed by her husband, 6he refused to in
tr. ♦ cereielf Rbout the burial of his body,
teres. fox iho express people the
Fortune -<t sufficient money to pay his
man had to
funeral expens % man died at Hot
“Last summer . - his death he
Springs, Ark. ’liable property
stated that he owned * d -*hl>ed state
menth" wJs ’believed and forth*: rea !™
Se P Sn du iot'lv <*„.•. worth of
either real or personal property.
The Chilian Government has declared a—
•* extermination agrnnM
ShunTtasof this bird of prey has become,
under the circumstances, a lucrative business,
though it seems doubtful, if one considers ilie
astoifnding powers of the bird and its w on
derful habits, that the government can or ill
ever destroy the species, shooting the condor
on the wing Is almost ost of the question, for
Heads to altitudes far beyond tlie reach of
tVisa human 6vc and roosts ou above IJjc
clouds It has been seen at altitudes of 20,000
f2t It haunts the whole western slope of the
Andes—not only Chili, but Peru, Bolivia and
K T itterlv the birds have so m
form a scourge, notwithstanding
he Uys but two eggs at
Vnd that condor hunting! lias been a
lucrative calling tot more than a century.
FOLLETT’S FIREBRAND.
THE HOUSE ALREADY WADING
IN GORE.
A Motion to Impeach United States
Marshal IV right on Account of the
Outrages in the October Election In
Ohio Strikes Dismay Into the Hear s
of the Kepuhlican Henchmen.
Washington, Dec. 2.— in the Senate
to-day, after the reading of the journal,
W. P. Sheffield, the new Senator from
Rhode Island, was sworn in.
The Chair laid before the Senate the reports
of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Comp
troller of the Currency, and the report of the
Clerk of the Court of Claims, containing a
statement of all judgments rendered by that
court during the past year.
Mr. V est offered a resolution directing an
investigation by the Committee on Indian
Affairs of all leases of land in Indian Terri
tory for grazing or other purposes by Indian
tribes, the number of acres embraced in said
leases, tneir terms, and the persons or cor
porations becoming the lessees; also directing
the committee to investigate all the circum
stanres under which the leases were made,
the means used in obtaining the leases re
ferred to, and whether such leases were
authorized by law. The resolution went over
until to-morrow.
The Senate then entered on consideration
of bills upon its calendar, but without, result,
and at 1:45 o’clock adjourned till to-mo rrow.
IN THK HOUSE.
In the House to-day, Mr. Wilson, of Xowa,
presented the credentials of 11. G. Smith as
member elect from the seventh lowa district,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of John A. Kasson. Mr. Smith app Jared
at the bar of the House and took the oa.th of
office.
Mr. Follett. of Ohio, as a question of
privilege, presented the following preamble
and resolution: “I do impeach Lot Wright,
United States Marshal of the Southern Dis
trict of Ohio, of high crimes and m isde
meanors. I charge him with usurpation of
power and violation of the law, in that he ap
pointed a large number of general and special
Deputy Marshals, to serve at the several
voting precincts in the citv of Cincinnati,
in the State of Ohio, at the election
for members of Congress held in said city on
Oct. 14, 1884, and arming said Deputv Mar
shals with pistols and other deadly weapons
said to have been furnished by the War De
partment of the United Stales government;
in that a large number of Deputy Marsh als so
appointed and armed were notorious crimi
nals and men of known vicious and brutal
habits and reputation, and many of them
non-residents of said city of Cincinnati
and of said State of Ohio, and in
that saiti Deputy Marshals, acting under
h s orders and directions, aided, abetted and
encouiagcd fraudulent voting, intimidation
of voters and gross outrages upon the elective
franchise and rights of the honest voters of
said city in the furtherance of the interests of
a political party and its candidates; there
fore,
Ilenolred , That the Committee on Expend
itures in the Department of Justice be re
quired and directed, ns soon as the same can
lie reasonably done, to investigate such
charges and report to this House as follows:
“Fire/. How many Deputy Marshals, general
and special, were appointed and authorized by
Untied States Marshal for the Southern
District of Ohio to serve at the several voting
precincts of said city at said election, with
the name and residence of each, and the
voting precinct to which each was assigned.
“ Second . \\ hat citizens, if any, of said sev
eral precincts asked for the appointment of
such Deputy Marshals, with the nstmes of
such citizens and the reasons, if any, which
were assigned for such request.
“Third. Whether auy, and if so how many,
such Deputy Marshals have, prior to such ap
pointment, been accused or convicted of
crime, • r were men of known vicious and
brutal habits and reputations.
“Fourth. Whether saiil Deputy Marshals
were under direction and control of partisans
and used the powers vested in them in
the iutercst of any political party and
aided, countenanced and encouraged fraudu
lent and illegitimate voting in the interest of
sucli political party and its candidates.
“Fifth. What numiicr and kind of pistols or
other deadly weapons were put into the hands
of said Deputy Marshals, who furnished such
weapons, whence they were received, why
furnished, and how many such weapons have
been returned,together w'itli the names of such
Deputy Marshals as have failed to return the
weapons furnished them.
“ Sixth. What amount of money has been
paid to such Deputy Marshals, and by whose
orders was the same paid, and at what rate
per day.
“Seeenth. Any other matter or thing con
nected with or germaine to the general sub
ject of such investigation.
“Resolved, That in making such investiga
tion the said committee be empowered to aii
l>oint a sub-committee consisting of the
Chairm n of said committee, and such other
two m< mbers thereof as lie may select, which
sub committee shall have full power to meet
and hold its session at such times and places
as may seem proper, to semi for persons amt
papers, to compel the attendance of witnesses
to testify, to employ a stenographer and to
incur any and all such necessary and reason
able expenses as may lie deemed requisite for
the purposes of such investigation, such ex
penditures to be paid out ot tlie contingent
tuna of the House.”
MK. HEIFER OBJECTS.
Mr. Keifer, of Ohio, made a point of order
against the reception of the resolution. The
resolution, he said, was a proposition to in
vestigate charges against an officer of the
United States. It was not a question of im
peachment which was presented, and it would
not make the resolution in order to say that it
looked toward impeachment.
Mr. Follett said that in the preparation of
this resolution he had adopted the form fur
nished by the Thirty-ninth Congress when
charges were preferred against President An
drew Johnson. The House certainly had a
right to inquire into the conduct of an officer
with a view of impeaching an officer whom it
had a right to impeach.
The Speaker thought that under all pre
vious rulings the resolution presented matter
of privilege, and the House could determine
for itself how far the investigation should be
proceeded with and what committee should
have charge of it. 11c thereupon overruled
the point of order.
A long debate ensued, several Republican
members endeavoring to have the inquiry ex
tended.
Mr. Follett said that the simple question
presented to the committee for investigation
was whether certain officers had or had not
performed one of the highest possible duties of
an officer of the government—the protection
of the ballot in pursuance of the law. or in
known violation of it. That and that only did
he desire that the House should be informed
upon.
KEIFER LEAPS INTO THE BREACH.
Mr. Keifer thought that before the House
should prepare to impeach the United States
Marshal in Cincinnati, it was important that
it should know the whole situation sur
rounding that officer when he undertook to
provide that there should he a peaceable elec
tion. where all persons, of all races, might go
and cast their ballots. At the very time when
these Deputy Marsha's were appointed in Cin
cinnati there were going about the streets of
that city officers, or men pretending to be of
ficers, of that municipal corporation, seizing
men simply because they were colored men.
locking them tip by hundreds, ami keeping
them there until the polls closed on Oct. 14. He
might not be entirely correct, but the newspa
pers stateu that iu one station house in Cin
cinnati 300 colored, men against whom nothing
was alleged, were held through election day
in order that thev could not go lo the polls
and vote. It ought to he known what condi
tion of things surrounded this United States
Marshal, and he would like to amend the res
olution so as to widen the scope of the investi
gation. This broadening of tlie scope of the
investigation would help the House
to learn whether tlie Marshal had acted
wisely and prudently.
A RALLY AROUND THE LEADERS.
.1. D. Taylor, of Ohio, favored tlie broaden
ing of the investigation, aud made allusion to
the terrifying of colored men ou election day.
Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania, regretted that
the investigation stopped at the Ohio river.
If it passed beyond tlie continesof that stream
and went down the Mississippi, sjiending a
few hours in South Carolina, Alabama, Mis
sissippi and in other Southern states, where
no regard was paid to how a ballot was cast
or counted, he would be delighted.
j. D. Wise, of Virginia, said that he had a
resolution prepared looking to an investiga
tion of the election in a Southern State.
Mr. Miller said that while he believed that
in the Southern States they had tried to kill
and destroy, the shotguu had been laid aside
temporarily, but they Kept up the practice of
counting their men in without regard to the
ballot cast.
Mr. Keifer asked leave to offer an amend
ment directing the Committee on Expendi
tures in the Department of Justice to inves
tigate all the circumstances attending the re
cent election of members of the House of
Representatives Dorn the First and Second
districts of Ohio, but Mr. Follatt refused to
yield.
MR. FOLLETT IMMOVABLE.
Mr. Follett also declined to yield to Mr.
HiscocK, of New York, who desired to offer an
amendment enabling the Marshal to bring
forward facts justifying or explaining his
action.
Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, in reply to
Mr. Miller, expressed his willingness to pro
mote the investigation of the election in aDy
Southern State.
Air. Hiscock made another rain attempt to
have his amendment considered. He said
that as the resolution was drawn the Marshal
■as excluded from any opportunity to give
' ex-use for his action. The resolution did
not involve a {question of intent on the
Dirt of the Marshal, and he thought that it
shc'jld be amended in this respect so that the
Marshal might show that he acted in good
* a The resolutions were adopted without di
vision. . .
G. D. Wise, of Virginia, asked unanimous
consent to offer a resolution for an investiga
tion cl the conduct of the United States Mar
shal for the Eastern ilistrictof \ lrgima dur
ing the recent election.
Mr. Reed, of Maine, objected.
Mr Reagan, of Texas, called up the inter
state commerce bill, and the House proceeded
Reagan offered as a substitute for the
bill re ported by the Committee on Commerce
last session the bill generally known as the
Reagan hill, and entered into an exhaustive
comparison of the two measures, his remarks
being listened to with great attention. At
the conclusion of Mr. Reagan s remarks the
House at 4:IQ o’clock adjourilCO,
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1884.
POLYGAMY’S SUPPRESSION.
The Utah Commission Makes a Hep art
with Many Kecomiuendationg.
Washington, Dee. 2.—The Utah Com
mission have made a report to the Secre
tary of the Interior, in which they say
that they believe that the operation of the
Edmunds act has resulted in the exclu
sion of all polygamists from the polls, yet
as a result of their two years’ experience
they find that the effectiveness of the act
has not been to improve the tone of Mor
mon preaching or to materially diminish
the practice of polygamy. The past year
has witnessed a polygamic revival. The
institution is boldly and defiantly com
mended, and plural marriages are re
ported to have increased, 196 males and
263 females having entered polygamy
since the passage oi the law.
Regarding the Edmunds act as a tenta
tive measure the commission have sug
gested to the President additional legisla
tion in the nature of amendments already
adopted by the Senate, and their passage
by the House is strongly urged.
THE ELECTIVE OFFICES.
Other legislation is also suggested in
the direction of a redirection oi the num
ber ol elective officers and an increase of
the government appointees. The com
mission says that it is not unlikely that
the Federal Government will find it nec
essary to assume all civil power in the
Territory. The commission submit a list
of Territorial officials, including
Probate Judges, County Clerks, etc., who
should be appointed by'the Governor and
confirmed by the Commission. It is re
commended that the jury law be changed
to meet the spirit of the Edmunds law,
and the jurisdiction of the courts ex
tended, particularly in the punishment of
contemptuous witnesses, and that the lim
itation act be repealed so far as relates to
polygamy. Legislation is also recom
mended looking to the security of govern
ment witnesses.
THE REVENUE MARINE.
A Fine Showing for the Year Made in
tlie Chief's Annual Report.
Washington, Dec. 2—The Chief of the
United States Revenue Marine, in his re
port to the Secretary of the Treasury upon
the operations of that service for the past
year, says:
The work of the year represents a high av
erage as compared with tornier years. The
revenue vessels have covered in their cruising
an average of 217.842 miles. They have board
ed and examined in their duty of enforcing
the provisions of the customs and navigation
laws 26,282 vessels of the merchant service.
O f the merchant vessels they found
2,270 engaged in violating i,he law,
which they either seized or reported to the
proper authorities. The flues and penalties
to which vessels so reported were liable limb r
the law amounted to s6*3 642.
RELIEF WORK.
The relief work performed by vessels of the
revenue mariue excels that of any former
year. They assisted 246 merchant vessels
which were shipwrecked or m distress, valued
with their cargoes at $7,015,572. Upon vessels
thus ossidted were 3,300 persons, many of
whose lives were imperilled. Sixty-three
persons were saved from drowning by being
Picked out of the water. Among the relief
work of the year is recorded tlie gallant
service done by the Dexter and her officers
on the occasion of the wreck of the City of
Columbus in January last. The cost of con
ducting the revenue marine service for the
year is $851,311, which isaboul the average for
a number of years.
The report notes the fact that the
assessed amount of tines upon vessels
apprehended through the efforts of this
ssrvice during the vear is almost as great
as the whole cost of maintaining it, while
the value of property rescued through
its instrumentality is eight and a quarter
times as great.
GRANT’S PENSIONING.
The Ex-Bresident Represented as Get
ting; Nothing from thie Gift Fund.
Washington, Dec. 2.—A near friend of
the President states that his reason for
recommending that Gen. Grant be placed
on the pension list was that he knew
Gen. Grant to be in very embarrassed cir
cumstances. The $250,0C0 Grant fund was
invested, at the suggestion of the late ex-
Gov. E. D. Morgan, in Wabash Railway
bonds, Mr. Morgan guaranteeing 6 per
cent, interest lor ten years; but
the bonds do not yield any in
terest, and the Morgan estate is
so involved that it is difficult, if not im
possible, for the executors to make good
the guarantee; besides the ten years period
will expire within the next two years.
Gen. Grant caunot sell the bonds, and so
is practically without pecuniary re
sources. It is understood that Senator
Logan will shortly introduce a bill
placing Gen. Grant’s name on the pension
list, and that it will bo pressed in both
houses. The bill will be offered in this
shape, and not as a proposition to place
Gen. Grant on the retired list, because the
latter would be amended so as to place
Fitz John Porter and others on the retired
list.
A SLICE OF KEIFER’S CHEEK.
He Falsely Avers that the Democrats
will Scali* Eaton's Commission.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Mr. Keifer is in
a very malignant mood. He feels his
severe chastisement keenly. Neverthe
less, his remarkable cheek enabled him
to come to the front on the Republican
side to-day. “The leader of the left,” as a
Democrat wittily remarked in defense
of the illegal acts of Marshal Wright, of
Cincinnati. He was aided by Messrs.
Reed and Boutelle, of Maine. To-night the
following interview with Mr. Keifer ap
pears in a local paper: “Ex-Speaker
Keifer says the Democrats in Congress
determined long ago to do away
with the Civil Service Commission
iu the event of the election of
their candidate for President, and he
thinks that they will attempt to nullify
the law by refusing an appropriation to
enforce it. He says that such an attempt
will be fought by the Republicans.” Of
course Mr. Keifer’s statement is false.
The Democrats have no such intention
as he attributes to tbem. They will not
abolish the Civil Service Commission, nor
will they enfeeble it in any way.
A FIGHT AGAINST CROSBY.
.Montana Foes Trying to Keep Him Out
of Hatton’s Late Position.
Washington, Dec. 2.—The confirma
tion of ex-Gov. Crosby, of Montana, as
First Assistant Postmaster General is not
to be consummated without some opposi
tion, and it may be that the opposition
will prove slrong enough to defeat the
confirmation. It seems that Mr. Crosby
antagonized some of the leading Republi
cans in Montana during his administra
tion as Governor, and these men, headed
by the Chairman of the Republican State
Committee, are determined to be
revenged upon him. Friends ol
Mr. Crosby state that while Gov
ernor of the Territory he preferred charges
against and secured the removal of sev
eral Federal office holders, and that they
have attempted to balance the account bv
tiling counter-charges against him with
the Post Office Committee of the Senate.
Mr. Maginnis, the Delegate from Mon
tana, is, however, an earnest supporter of
the ex-Governor, and he will use his Influ
ence with the Democrats in the Senate in
Mr. Crosby’s behalf, and it is believed
that he will be confirmed.
AID FOR EDUCATION.
Mr. Willis to Get the Blair Bill Before
the House This Session.
W ashington, Dec. 2. — Representative
Willis expects to push the educational
bill to passage in the House this session.
He has written letters to the friends of
the bill asking them to meet at the Metro
politan Hotel on Wednesday or Thursday
to consider the best method of securing
its consideration. The Senate bill, it is
desired, should be adopted by the House,
but it would be impossible to get it before
the House this session under the regular
order. The House bill, however, is well
up on the calendar, and Mr. Willis’ plan
is to move to take up the House bill and
then to substitute for it the Blair bill,
with some slight alterations, which have
been agreed to. He says that he is sure
of the support ot a majority, but the Re
publicans will be more nearly a unit for
it than will his own party.
KELLEY ox the yvr6ng tack.
He Favors Free Whisky and Tobacco,
with Unchanged Import Taxes.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Representative
Wm. D. Kelley has been too unwell to
attend the sessions of the House. He is
not, however, too unwell to condemn the
tariff recommendations of Secretary Mc-
Culloch vigorously. He says that there
Is no further need of a tariff commission.
The Hayei tariff commission collected all
the information that Congress needed in
order to legislate on the tariff question,
and Congress passed a good tariff bill on
its recommendation. What the business
interests of the country now demand is
immunity from Congressional interfer
ence. Let the. internal revenue taxes be
repealed and sufficient tax reduction will
be accomplished.
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
The Appropriation to be Held Down to
au Aggregate or $8,000,000.
W ashington, Dec. 2.—At the meeting
of the House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors to-day it was resolved to endeav
or to have the bill providing for appropri
ations for the improvements of rivers and
harbors prepared so that it might be re
ported to the House of Representatives by<
Jan. 15. The committee decided to make
as far as practicable an appropriation oi
25 per cent, of the estimates made by the
corps of army engineers, and to limit
if possible the aggregate to $8,000,000.
Tallapoosa Survivors to be Recom
pensed.
Washington, Dec. 2.—A bill was in
troduced in the Senate to-day by Mr.
Hawley for the relief of the sufferers by
the wreck of the Tallapoosa. The bill pro
vides that in order to reimburse the sur
vivors of the wreck of the Tallapoosa for
the losas incurred in that disaster,
there shall be paid to them the following
sums: To the Lieutenant Commander,
two Lieutenants, the Ensign, Passed As
sistant Engineer and Passed Assistant
Paymaster. $ 1,000 each; to the three mates,
carpenter and pay clerks, S7OO each, and
to the other survivors of the wreck SIOO
each. It is also provided that the legal
representatives of Surgeon Black, Sea
man O’Donnell and Landsman Foster,
who lost their lives in the disaster, shall
receive a sum equal to the pay of each of
those persons for one year, in’ addition to
whatever sum may have been due them
at the time of their death.
The Visit to the Soldiers' Homes.
Washington, Dec. 2.—The sub-commit
tee oftheHouse Committee on Military Af
fairs, appointed to visit the different sol
diers’ homes during the last recess, will
report to the full committee in. a short
lime. The members of the sub-commit
tee say that the homes were found to be
in good condition. At the Dayton Home
the charges of tyranny and overbearance
against Manager Patrick were investi
gated. Some of the members ot the sub
committee now favor a change in the
management of the home. A majority
will probably recommend that no change
be made.
Pennions for Mexican Veterans.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Chairman Mat
son, of the House Committee on Invalid
Pensions, said to-day that he believed
that the Mexican pension bill would be
taken up within a short time, and passed
with slight amendments, that there could
be no political objections to it now, and
that it contained some revisions of exist
ing laws which recommended the passage
of the bill without delay.
Republican Senators in Caucus,
Washington, Dec. 2.—After the ad
journment of the Senate, the Republican
Senators held a brief caucus. Senator
Manderson was selected for the chairman
ship of the joint Committee on Printing,
a chairmanship which lor years was tilled
by Senator Anthony. The caucus com
mittee of the last session to consider the
order of business was reappointed.
■\ National Railway Coimulsxion.
Washington, Dec. 2.—The House
will, it is believed, pass the inter-State
commerce commission bill, which pro
vides for a railway commission with pow
ers similar to those of the Massachusetts
railway commission, in preference to the
Reagan bill. It may pass the Senate.
The Postmastei'sliips.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Postmaster
General Hatton says that he would fill
every post office whose postmastei’s term
expires up to March 3, but the President
is credited with saying that after Feb. 1
he will tiil no post office vacancies.
Not to l>e Extended.
Washington, Dec. 2.—The House will
not extend the jurisdiction of the Civil
Service Commission.
GEORGIA’S LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Orders the Local Option
Bill Printed as Amended.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2.—ln the Senate to
day, a resolution offered by Mr. Falligant
was adopted, making Mr. Cabaniss Presi
dent pro tem. for the purpose ol signing
urgent bills.
The general local option bill was
taken up and the discussion resumed.
When the end was reached, the bill was
amended aud ordered printed. A num
ber of bills from the House and Senate
were read the second time, after which
the Senate adjourned.
Iu the House, Mr. Herndon offered a
resolution to shut off new bills unless in
troduced by unanimous consent. It was
referred.
Mr. Gustin offered a resolution to give
the electoral college the use of the hall
to-morrow, saying that the ceremony was
one of great importance and many desired
to witness it.
Mr. Lumpkin opposed on the ground
that the Legislature should attend to their
legislative dvties.
Mr. HarrisoD, ot Quitman, suggested
that it was the duty of the executive au
thorities to furnish the college with a
place to cast its votes.
After much discussion the resolution
was defeated.
Mr. Galvin offered a resolution that
Clerk Hardin would do well to employ
lady clerks in the enrolling department.
Messrs. Felton and Lamar of Pulaski,
assisted Mr. Calvin, while several spoke
against the measure. The resolution
passed.
BRUNSWICK’S NEWS.
To Jail for Life—lnsurance Adjusters—
Brunswick and Western’s Ownership.
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 2.— Mike Fra
zier, colored, was convicted of murder in
the Circuit Court to-day and sentenced to
hard labor for life.
The adjusters of insurance companies
have been here and made liberal settle
ments. J. B. Wright & Cos., A. Kaiser &
Bro., A. Isaacs, J. Matthews, the Masonic
Lodge and Crovatt & Cos. will rebuild
immediately.
It is rumored that the sale of the Bruns
wick and Western Railroad has been
frustrated and that the Frankfort Com
mittee, with certain parties here and at
Albany, will take charge soon.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Capitol Comiuisssion Meets but
Beaches no Important Conclusion.
Atlanta, Dec. 2.—The Capitol Com
mission was in session this afternoon.
All the members were present with the
exception of Mr. Miller, who is detained
at home on account of sickness in his
family. The matter of selecting a Super
intendent was under consideration.
Quite a number of applications were read
but no definite action was taken, anil
nothing else of importance was done.
COMMERCIAL CRASHES.
An Atlanta Clothing Dealer Makes an
Assignment.
New York, Dec. 2.—S. W. Thornton,
keeper of a general store at Talbotton,
Ga., has been closed by the Shrieff.
Isaac Steinheimer, a clothing dealer of
Atlanta, has made an assignment.
Florida on the Wire.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 2.—The
first carload of exhibits from this section
will leave the city Friday for the New Or
leans Exposition. Among the articles
were 165 varieties of wood grown in Flor
ida, and a large number of medicinal
plants.
There were 21 deaths in this citv during
November.
A large number of suspicious persons
have recently arrived here.
The State board of canvassers declare
the result in Florida on the Presidential
electors as follows; Cleveland 31,769,
Blaine 28,031, St. John 74, Cleveland’s
plurality 3,738.
Misguided Irishmen.
New York, Dec. 2.— The Committee
on Organization of the Independent
Irish-Americans met this evening and de
cided to continue the Assembly district
organizations under the name of the
Irish-American Protective Union. They
also adopted an address to their fellow
countrymen urging them to organize
Irish-American Protective Union Clubs
everywhere in the United States to resist
English free trade.
LEMAN GIVEN THE SEAT.
GOV. HAMILTON MAKES THE
ILLINOIS SENATE A TIE.
A Rumor that a Republican Friend
will Cast the Vote Which will Make
Morrison Logan’s Successor—The Al
leged Frauds to be Vigorously Prose
cuted.
Springfield, 111., Dec. 2.—Gov. Ham
ilton has rendered a decision in the Le
man-Brand case. After an elaborate re
view of the evidence and a citation of
authorities, he awards the certificate of
election to Leman, the Republican candi
date for State Senator in the Sixth dis
trict. The decision of Gov. Hamilton is
a very long one.
rounding the return of the election judges in
the Second precinct of the Eighteenth ward,
and the manner in which fraud was per
petrated as set forth by conclusive evidence,
written and oral, before the State canvassing
board. The Governor also used as the basis
for Ins decision the Second precinct tally
sheet and poll book. He expressed the
opinion that the signature of Shields, one of
the judges, to the tally sheet was forged, as
well as that of Dr. Strausser, which was cor
roborated by expert testimony in the latter
case. He declared from this evidence thet the
changes could not have been made for the
correction of clerical errors for manifest
reasons.
BOLD FORGERY COMMITTED.
His conclusion was that bold forgery had
been committed to cheat the people of the
district out of their just rights, and that the
object of the erasures was to change the ma
jority in the State Legislature and thereby
control the election of United States Senator.
He said that he could not in his judgment
and conscience find that Randolph Brand was
“duly elected” in a just or lawful manner, or
that he was elected at all. He finds that Mr.
Leman received a majority of 394 votes and is
therefore elected. He said that the case was
without precedent in Illinois, and that he
based his opinion upon the right and duty of
canvassing hoards to canvass genuine re
turns.
WORK OF THE GRAND JURY.
The Federal grand jury this after
noon returned a lortnal report cov
ering the investigation thus far made by
them with respect to the alleged frauds in
the Sixth Senatorial district.
The report declares that the examina
tion of the P2jl book and tally sheet shows
undoubted evidence ot forgery and fraud.
From the examination of the ballots, la
connection with the returns, the report
says:
It became at once apparent to us that a
crime, whose boldness and wickedness was
only equalled by its grossness, had been com
mitted. In other words, there had been ab
stracted over 200 ballots cast at said election
and bearing the name of a candidate for Rep
resentative in Congress from the envelope in
which the ballots cast in said precinct were
enclosed after and on the night of the election,
and there had been substituted in their place
an equal number of spurious and false ballots
which were never voted.
Mr. Leman makes public to-night his
reply to the open letter sent last night by
Rudolph Brand, his Democratic oppo
nent, proposing a recount of the votes
throughout the entire district, and a final
determination of the contest by the testi
mony of the voters. Mr. Leman declines
the proposition, claiming that the pro
ceedings proposed is illegal and would be
void if carried out, and concludes by say
ing that inasmuch as the Governor has
declared him legally elected, and will
issue a certificate to him, he (Leman)
will submit to no tribunal except the
State Senate.
NO INDICTMENTS PRESENTED.
It is reported to-night that none of the
indictments returned by the grand jury
to-day had any connection with the al
leged election frauds, that thus far no
such indictment has been presented to
the court, and that the investigations of
yesterday and to-day have gone far to
convince the grand jury that indictments
against certain judges and clerks of the
election are not warranted, and will be
annulled unless they are further impli
cated by subsequent testimony.
The Times will say to-morrow that 8.
B. AYright, of the printing firm of Hans
com & Cos., testified before the grand jury
to-day that J. C. Mackin, Secretary ol the
Democratic County Committee, gave the
order for the bogus Eighteenth ward bal
lots, that they were printed in Hanscom
& Co.’s establishment and delivered to
Mr. Mackin iu his room at the Palmer
House at 10 o'clock at night on Nov. 21,
At a meeting of the committee of 30
citizens this afternoon, appointed to
prosecute inquiries into the alleged ballot
stuffing in the Second precinct of the
Eighteenth ward, it was resolved to in
crease the number to 80, to raise a fund
of $25,000 for the pursuit of its work, and
to offer a reward of not less than $5,000
for information leading to the conviction
oi the guilty parties.
J. C. Mackin being interviewed regard
ing his supposed testimony before the
Federal grand jurv that he ordered the
printing of the bogus Eighteenth ward
ballots, neither affirmed or denied its
truth, but said that it would give him
great pleasure to be called on by the
grand jury to testify on that point.
MORRISON TO SUCCEED LOGAN.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Friends of Wil
liam R. Morrison claim that he will be
elected Logan’s successor through a
friendship with a Republican State Sen
ator.
L ABOR’S STRUGGLE 1 OR BREAD
Steel Works Employing 5,000 Men
to Shut Down.
Pittsburg, Dec. 2.—Edgar Thompson’s
steel works, employing 5,000 men, closes
down the latter part of next week and
will remain idle until after the holidays,
unless there is an unexpected rush ot
orders.
.$42,000 PER MONTH SAVED.
Lists of reductions In the working forces
of the Pennsylvania Railroad lines were
finished to-day, and the employes whose
services were to he dispensed with, were
immediately notified. The reduction in
cludes 664 trackmen, 225 shopmen, 74 train
men, 83 stationmen and laborers, and 60
clerks, making in all over 1,100 men,
whose discharge will save the company
$42,000 per month.
El Mahdi’s Catholic Captives.
Dongola, Dec. 2.—A Canuchin monk,
Father Vincentini, has started for El
Mahdi’s camp to solicit the release of
several monks and nuns. He bears a
dispatch from the Austrian Consul Gen
eral at Cairo addressed to his Mighty
Highness, the Mahdi, expressing the soli
citude of the Emperor of Austria for the
release of the captives, and offering to
largely reimburse the expenses attendant
upon their release. Failing to release the
monks and nuns El Mahdi is requested to
give Father Vincentini safe conduct
through his lines, and to allow other
emissaries to go to and fro for the comfort
of the captives. The dispatch promises
that the emissaries will concern them
selves neither in politics nor the war.
200 ENGLISHMEN SICK.
Cairo, Dec. 2.—Two hundred English
men are sick with enteric fever at Wady
Haifa.
Clerk Smith Put Under Arrest.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 2.— William R.
Smith, Chief Clerk in the office of the
Auditor of Public Accounts, who was
suspended by Auditor Morie upon the
discovery of irregularities in that office,
was arrested at 10 o’clock to-night,
charged with the embezzlement of State
funds. Two warrants were issued on
affidavits of Chief of Police Poe, in which
the amounts alleged to have been embez
zled aggregate $1,615. Smith will be
brought before tne Police Court to
morrow morning, when an effort
will be made to have him bailed.
The special committee of the Legislature
appointed to investigate the Auditor’s
office to ascertain the extent of the de
falcation will begin its labor in a day or
two.
A. S. Hewitt to Succeed Lowell.
London, Dec. 2. —lt is reported here
that Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, of New York,
is probably to be the successor of
United States Minister Lowell. The Fall
Mull Gazette says that Mr. Hewitt’s emi
nent position as a philanthropist, and his
trade views, fit him exceedingly for the
position, but whoever comes to England
will find Mr. Lowell a very difficult man
to succeed. Mr. Lowell denies the report
telegraphed from Vienna, Nov. 27, that
he intended sending his resignation to
President Cleveland, and maintains a
close reserve upon the question of his re
tirement from the Embassy.
President Diaz’s Cabinet.
City of Mexico, Dec. 2.—President
Diaz has appointed the following Cabinet!
Minister of Foreign Relations—Senor
Ignacio Mariscal, now Minister to Eng
land,
Minister of War—Gen. Pedro Hinojosa.
Minister of Justice—Senor Joauuin Ba
randa.
Minister of the Treasury—Senor Manuel
Dublan.
Minister of the Interior—Senor Manuel
Romero Rubio.
The Minister of Public W orks has not
yet been appointed.
HUNTED DOWN LIKE AN ANIMAL.
Murpby’s Murder Accomplished by a
Pack of Foes Who all Fired at Once.
New Orleans, Dec. 2.—A. J. Murphy,
who was shot last night, was superinten
dent of a gang of men working on Clai
borne street. He was sitting on bis door
step when two officers of Judge Ford’s
court appeared on one side, and while he
was looking at them two men in citizen’s
dress and one police officer came
round the corner in another direc
tion and shot at him, each
man having a revolver. Murphy jumped
into the street and finally got his revolver
out and returned their fire. After empty
ing his revolver he ran around the corner
of Dumaine street, where he was shot
down aud killed. He received five wounds,
either of which might have been fatal.
The following persons were arrested and
charged on information received with be
ing implicated in the murder: Recorder
T. J. Ford and his brother, Patrick 11.
Ford, Court Officers AY. E. Canfield.
Charles Bader and W. H. Buckley, and
Policeman John Murphy.
. AN OLD FEUD THE CAUSE.
Bad blood had existed between Ford
and Murphy for a long time. Some
months ago Murphy was arrested charged
with a breach of the peace. Recorder
Ford fined him $25, with the alternative
of 30 days imprisonment, the Recorder
stating from the bench that Murphy was
a hoodlum, dead beat and city employe.
Murphy paid his fine and a few days
later placarded Ford, making some
very damaging statements af
fecting his character. For
this the grand jury indicted Murphy
for libel. The cagjwas fixed for Thurs
day next. Murphy and his counsel, since
the indictment, have asserted that thev
could prove the truth of the alleged libel.
Ford denies all knowledge of the shooting.
A man named Fleming, who was sitting
on the steps with Murphy, was slightlv
wounded.
REVERSES FOR M. FERRY.
The Chamber of Deputies Rebels Against
Some of the Government’s Plans.
Paris, Dec. 2.—The Chamber of Depu
ties to-day, by a vote of 372 against 175,
carried the amendment which places
members of the Senate upon the same
footing as members of the Chambsr of
Deputies regarding the incompatibility
between the membership of Parliament
and the holding of other public functions.
The Deputies also by a vote of 260
against 246 adopted an amendment
providing for the election of Senators by
universal suffrage and scrutin d’liste.
M. Renault Morlier, Secretary of the
Chamber aud reporter of the committee,
tendered his resignation as reporter, the
Ministers having opposed both amend
ments. The debate was then adjourned
till Thursday.
A special Cabinet council has been
called to be held at the Palace of the
Elysee to-morrow to take into considera
tion the above defeats of the government
by the Deputies.
THE MINISTRY TO RESIGN.
The announcement of the resignation of
the Ministry was prematurely cried upon
the boulevards last evening. M. Brisson,
President of the Chamber ol Deputies, is
freely mentioned as the probable successor
of Prime Minister Ferry.
ENGLAND’S NEW LAWS.
Conservatives Discuss the Proposed Re
forms at a Farty Caucus.
London, Dee. 2.—A meeting of the
Conservative members of both houses of
Parliament was held to-day to decide up
on the policy tobepursued with reference
to the redistribution bill. The Marquis
of Salisbury stated that perfect harmony
had prevailed throughout the negotiations
with Premier Gladstone regarding the
bill. The contemplated measures, he
said, would confer the franchise on 2,000,-
000 citizens with the least possible dis
turbance of the existing system.
Sir Stafford Northcote concurred in the
Marquis oi Salisbury’s views, but Mr.
Henry Chaplin, member of Parliament
for Mid-Lincolnshire, dissented. He
thought that the measures offered little
hope to the Conservative party. The
meeting decided that the Conservatives
should agree to the second reading of the
redistribution bill in the House ot Com
mons on Thursday, deferring all discus
sion of its principles till the bill comes up
tor consideration in committee.
CLEVELAND’S HAUNTED HOUSE.
Strange Visions Seen In the Residence
of Shlpherd, the Suicide.
Cleveland, Nov. 29.—A sensational
story is afloat concerning the stone-front
mansion on Prospect street formerly
owned and occupied by James R. Ship
herd, the milliner, who committed suicide
while under sentence to the workhouse.
The account is here set down as it was
given to the New York Times’ correspon
dent by a reputable gentleman, and no
attempt is made to explain it or vouch
for anything that one's reason would re
ject. “You know,” said he, “that Sjiipberd
was head milliner in a large establishment:
that he was caught taking money for his
own use, and that be hanged himself while
under sentence to the workhouse. He
then owned and lived in that house over
there, and going to its garret one morn
ing threw a rope over a rafter, mounted a
trunk, and swung himself into eternitv.
The house was sold, and put into the
market for a tenant. Among the things
left in the residence was this old trunk.
Some days alter the sign was put up a
man and his wife called to look at the
place. It was late in the afternoon, and
the kitchen and parlors had been thor
oughly examined. Just as thev were
about to ascend the stairs the gentleman
thought he heard a groan. Leaving his
wife at the loot of the stairs, he followed
the noise. On reaching the garret he was
horrified to see a man hanging from the
rafters. He thought it a would-be sui
cide, and ran forward to cut the man
down, when the whole thing vanished.
His wife met him at the foot of the stairs,
and noticing his pallor asked if he was ill.
He made some excuse, and
after entering his carriage
informed his wife that the residence
would hardly do. Soon after another
man, accompanied by a male friend, went
to look at the house. They were exam
ining the rooms, when one was attracted
by a sound as if someone was walking
overhead. They went on up stairs, and
reaching the garret, saw the form of a
man sitting on the trunk with his back to
them. The next instant he was gone.
They examined the trunk and the garret,
thinking a trick was being played on
them, but could find no trace ol any per
son. A hired man of one of the neighbors
is said to have had a similar experience.
A dread has extended through the neigh
hood. There has been so much quiet
talk that the children in passing go by
on the other side of the street, the same
feeling being held by many older folks.
The house still stands without a tenant.”
LYNCHERS IN TROUBLE.
International Complications Growing
Out of the Hanging of a Mexican.
About three months ago, says an
Omaha (Neb.) special of Nov. 30, Lucian
Padillo, a Mexican, who was sent to the
Nebraska penitentiary at Lincoln as a
convict from New Mexico, was released
from prison, his term having expired. He
started south on foot, and near Crete, 20
miles from Lincoln, assaulted a little
girl. He was captured by citizens of
Crete and vicinity, and promptly lynched.
His brother, who is quite wealthy, resides
in New Mexico, and is a subject of the
Mexican Republic, as was also the lynched
man. Through the brother the Mexican
authorities were notified, and asked to
take action, on the ground that Padillo
should have been punished according to
the law of the land where the crime was
committed. In other words, he was en
titled to the usual trial, and if convicted
his punishment would have been confine
ment for a term of years instead of death.
The result is that during the past month
the United States government, having
been duly notified by Mexico, took steps
to investigate the matter, and the Mexi
can Minister at Washington also inter
ested himself. He employed detectives to
obtain the names of the lynchers and all
other necessary information, and this
work has now been accomplished. It is
claimed that the United States will be
called on not only to pay a large indem
nity, but to bring the lynchers to trial.
The affair creates considerable excite
ment.
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SHOT DOWN IN THE STREET.
How the Two New Orleans Sisters
Avenged Themselves on Their Be
trayers.
The tragedy on Canal street last even
ing, at which two sisters simultaneously
shot two prominent young men of this
city for alleged betrayal, says a New Or
leans special of Nov. 30, is without par
allel in the criminal annals of this city.
Numbers of tragedies have resulted from
the ruin of young girls, but some male
member of the family has heretofore acted
the role of avenger. That two sisters,
young, pretty and lovable, sisters by ties
of blood, sisters in misfortune and sisters
in a terrible resolution of taking the lives
of those wao ruined them, should avenge
their dishonor in a calm and determined
manner, is so unusual that the affair is
now the sensation of the city, and is likely
to remain so until another shall usurp its
place. The causes leading to the shoot
ing, as given by the brother of the girls,
are about as follows:
John D. Lagan and Joseph A. Devon
shire made the acquantauce of Georgiana
and Josephine Conway some months ago
and soon became intimate with the fam
ily. They escorted the sisters to several
places of amusement, young Conway al
ways going with them. One night when
the brother was absent the two young
men called and persuaded Mrs. Conway
to let them take the girls to AVest Etid to
see a pyrotechnic display. AVhen voting
Conway was informed of this he told his
mother that no exhibition was given on
the night in question, and that the two
men must discontinue their visits. La
gan and Devonshire called when young
Conway was absent, and succeeded in
making the mother believe that her sou
was standing in the way of her daughters’
happiness, and induced her to move into
a house on Dumaine street. In a few
days the son succeeded in getting his
mother returned to his house, but the girls
refused to follow, and went to live with
the young men. The mother tells sub
stantially the same story.
The girls say that in the home provided
for them by the two men they led miser
able lives, suffering for the simplest
necessities. Their love received a fatal
blow when, after hours of pleading, the
men refused to marry them, and when
their brother and younger sister came
and asked them to return to their mother
they willingly complied. Such was the
course of events up to last night.
Lagan and Devonshire were walking on
Canal street, near Baronne. Behind
them tripped the two girls, dressed in cir
culars, to all appearances merelv taking
an evening constitutional. Thev were
perfectly calm and collected and gave no
indication of their terrible purpose.
AVhen the men were opposite Jayne’s con
fectionery the girls quickened their steps,
and, coming close behind the men, simul
taneously drew bulldog revolvers from
their cloaks and fired. Georgiana, the
elder sister, shot at Lagan, and Josephine
selected Devonshire as her target.
Josephine’s bullet grazed Devonshire’s
back, just turning the skiu. He immedi
ately fled, but was quickly followed by an
other bullet, which abrased the skin on
his neck. The last shot caused him to
tall, but he was quickly on his feet and
sought refuge in a store. Josephine was
caught by someone in the crowd, and
after a desperate struggle was disarmed.
Lagan was not so fortunate. Georgi
ana’s bullet struck him in the small of
the back, passed through his kidneys and
inflicted injuries that will probably cause
his death. As the bullet entered his
body, he turned quickly, wheeled, caught
the woman’s pistol arm and attempted to
wrench the weapon from her grasp. His
wound had weakened him, however, and
Georgiana was his match in strength. In
their struggle they staggered against the
confectionery door, forced it open and fell
on a centre table in the saloon. AVhile
lying across this table the girl fired a sec
ond time, the ball entering Lagan’s cheek
and shattering the jawbone. Lagan then
released the girl, and, walking into the
adjoining store, rejoined Devonshire and
was conveyed to the hospital.
Georgiana was approached by the pro
prietor of the confectionery and asked if
she was injured.
“No, I am not,” she replied. “I fired
twice. _ I did it to protect my honor.”
Josephine, when arrested, said:
“I shot Joseph Devonshire. He is the
father of my child. He will not ruin
another girl.”
The sisters were conveyed to the Central
Station and made as comfortable as possi
ble. They were visited in their cell by a
correspondent to-day, and said they had
passed a comfortable night. Georgiana,
however, looked somewhat fatigued. Both
were perfectly cool, and inquired as to
the condition of the wounded men. AVhen
told that Devonshire was not hurt, Jose
phine expressed regret, saying she was
willing to suffer forty years if she had
only killed him. Georgiana expressed a
similar wish in regard to Lagan. Both
saidjliey were en ciente, and added:
“we have no statement to make nor
aught to explain. AVhat is done could
not be helped.” Georgiana Conway is 22
years old, and Josephine 20. Both are
pretty brunettes of average height, Geor
giana being a trifle the taller and more
slender. It is rumored to-night that the
girls are of mixed blood and that for this
reason the young men refused to marry
them. John Lagan is a son of ex-Alder
man Mat Lagan, a prominent politician
and ioundryman, and had au interest in
his father’s business. He was resting
easy this evening, but the surgeon
expressed little hope. Joseph De
vonshire is United States Deputy
Marshal. James Conway is a peaceable,
quiet young man, of studious and labori
ous habits. He clerked during the day
and taught school at night, thus support
ing his widowed mother and three sisters.
He is charged by Devonshire with being
accessory to the shooting, and is now in
prison. One of Josephine’s bullets struck
a gentleman 100 yards from the scene of
the shooting, grazing the femeral artery.
The wound was dressed, and causes little
inconvenience. Public sympathy is en
tirely with the young women, and it is
probable the only suffering they will
undergo will be in lying in prison until
their trial.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
Col. Thomas Hardeman, formerly of Grena
da, the oldest and most prominent Mason in
Mississippi, died at Winona, Miss., yesterday
aged 86. J
It is stated that the French fleet is cholera
stricken at Formosa. A quarantine has been
established at Saigon. No quarantine has
been established at Hong Kong.
At a meeting or the County Committee of
the New York County Democracy last night
it was resolved to attend the inauguration of
Cleveland and Hendricks March 4 next.
At Madrid all the students at the university
refuse to join the classes arranged by the
Professors. The situation, howerer, is more
pacific, though the students passively resist
authority.
The Erie Railroad Company has marie an
additional cut in rates to all points West of sl.
The rate to Chicago now is $9. Brokers are
selling at *8 50. The New York Central has
met this cut.
The reports that have gained currency rela
tive to the condition of Emperor William are
exaggerated. He has had several falls re
cently through weakness of the limbs, but he
eats well anti sleeps like a child. The func
tions of his brain are not troubled. He takes
daily carriage exercise.
At the V icksburg, Miss., election yesterday
all the regular Democratic nominees, with the
exception ol Mayor and one Alderman, were
elected. John W. Powell, Independent Dem
ocrat, was elected Mayor, and YVestley Cray
ton, colored Republican, was elected for Al
derman in the Fourth ward.
The Chicago Timt* publishes this morning
the full text of an agreement made at Chicago
a few days ago for the restoration of rates bv
the east bound trunk lines. This agreement
was signed by the General Passenger \gents
subject to the approval by the General Man
agers, to whom it will be presented by Com
missioner Fink to-day.
An unknown man was robbed and mur
dered by a gang of thieves 40 miles east of
Clarksville, Tex. The gang was overhauled
Monday by a posse of officers 80 miles from
the scene of the murder. A light ensued in
which two of the gang were killed and an
other fatally wounded. Two of the pursuing
parties were dangerously wounded.
At Pittsburg J. M. Kelly, Chairman of the
Associated Labor Press, issued a call yester
day for a convention to meet at Pittsburg on
Jan. 10 to perfect an organization. The asso
ciation is composed of labor papers in the
United States, Canada and England, who ex
change news letters. The call says that im
portant matters will come before the conven
tion.
M. Melene, the French Minis er of Agricul
ture. appeared before the tariff committee of
the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, and ex
plained the government’s attitude toward the
proposed increase of duty on corn to 2.60
franos per centner. He declared that this sum
was to be regarded as the maximum rate only,
and that it would be susceptible of reduction
or abolition as occasion might permit. A dis
patch from Pans says that both Russia and
America have protested against the proposed
increase of the French duty on corn.
The Congo Question.
London, Dec. 2.—The Associated Press
is informed by the best of authority that
England has recognized the African In
ternational Association,
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Washington, Dec. 2.— Upon the open
ing of the proceedings before the Swaim
court-martial this morning, the Judge
Advocate called the attention of the court
to the great length of what he termed the
interlocutory arguments in this case, and
asked for a rule of the court limiting such
arguments upon motions, etc., to twenty
minutes on each side, except in cases
wherein iu the discretion of the court the
matter under discussion is of sufficient
importance to warrant an extension of
time.
Judge Sheilabarger, of the counsel for the
defense, objected to lie adoption of any such
rule. He said that the court can see that the
questions which arise in this case from time
to time are often of vital importance, and lie
hoped that the court would not forget the
gravity of tills trial as affecting the. accused
or that the accused is enti led to the benefit
ol' tlie fullest presentation of his case. He
hoped, he said, that no iron rule would be
adopted that would cut the accused off from
opportunity to make the fullest presentation
of his case.
The court announced that it would take
the question uniter advisement.
BATKMAN’B BOOKS.
Judge Sheilabarger then read a motion on
behalf of the defense relative to the question,
pending yesterday, when the court adjourned,
whether or not a rule should be made requir
ing the .Judge A-ivocate to produce the books
of the banking firm of Bateman & Cos. This
motion recites that the prosecution having in
tiie direct examination of witness Brown put
iu evidence an alleged copy of the book ac
count, of a prosecuting witness with the
accused (meaning the copy furnished toGeu.
Swaim by Bateman & Cos., on July 1, 1882),
the accuracy of which cannot be fully tested
without au examinotion and the inspection of
all previous like accounts between the par
ties, and, having refused on the demand of
the accused to produce such original book
entries here for the purpose of cross-examin
ing witness Brown, the accused moves the
court to rule out and exclude irom evidence
an alleged copy of the accounts referred to as
having been put in evidence, unless the prose
cution bring into court, for the purpose of
cross-examination, the original entries in the
books of Bateman & Cos. of all accounts of the
accused with that firm.
The Judge Advocate argued against tho
proposed rule. He said that the counsel Tor
tho defense knew very well that if the books
of the firm of Bateman it Cos. are necessary
to the defense for legitimate and proper pur
poses they can be obtained by subpuma
duces tecum.
TUB COURT NOT TO BE FOOLED.
He said that the counsel had msde this
matter in the middle of tho cross-examination
of the witness, apparently with the idea that
he could impose upon the judgment of tho
court so far as to have the prosecution make
the evidence for him for tlie cross-examina
tion of this witness. The motion was
overruled, and the defense were informed
that they could resort to subpicna duces tecum
if they desired, and the books will bo pro
duced.
Witness Brown then resumed his story. He
explained more in detail the manner iu which
the money obtained by hint as a loan from
Gen. Swaim had been placed to his (the wit
ness’) credit on the books of Bateinau & Cos.,
ami afterwards transferred to Gen. Swaim’s
credit with Bateman t Cos., when Mr. Brown
withdrew from the firm. He was then ex
amined at great length as to various stock
transactions between Gen. Swaim and Bate
man & Cos., and as to the manner In
which Gen. Swaim’s accounts were
computed. Among tho statements
drawn from the witness wa3 . one
that Gen. Swaim had frequently complained
to him that lie did not understand the ac
counts as rendered. The flvst.of these com
plaints was mailc, the witness said, when the
first account of Goat Swaim’s stock transac
tions was rendered, and they continued until
the time lie (witness) severed his connection
with the bank.
The Judge Advocate and his assistant, Mr.
Chandler, finally ohjected to the waste of
time occasioned by the methods of the defense
in examining the witness, and unon their mo
tion the defense were notified that whatever
objection they made to any part of the ac
counts produced in evidence, must bo specific
as to items. The court then adjourned.
toupuriigs Works Burned.
Lawrenueburg, Ind., Deo. 2.—The
Bauer Cooperage Company’s works wero
burned this morning. The loss of $50,000
is fully covered by Insurance.
A TEXAS TOWN DEVASTATED.
Troup, Tex., Dec. 2.—A disastrous
fire at a late hour last night destroyed a
row of six business houses. The total
loss is about $21,000 and the insurance
$0,500.
Ella Watson’s Murderer Hanged.
Salem, N. J., Dec. 2.—Howard Sulli
van, murderer of Ella Watson, was
hanged at 11:29 o’clock this morning. He
died without a struggle.
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