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ESTABUSBID lt. I
B. B'TILL, Rdf toy and Proprietor, |
; E ORGi\ AND FLORIDA.
. .. ; \\ S OF THE TWO STATES
9 T . l D IN PAIUGIUPHB.
lid Woman's Addiction to the Pipe
'Lli in H r U**n*f Roasted Aliye at
Fuller Details of the Shoot
by * Woman or a Man Near Gib
i BORGIA.
f. /T : IV,t 400 delinquent tax-payers in
B ,ipeets to receive ie,oC<> bales of
-i ;i'On.
, Brunswick and Western Rail
ii . damaged by fire at Albany
n, *v manufacturing enterprises are
*/ -Yr Athens, to be started up early
~ - ; r !ae benefit of Monroe Female
* i r-vth, was a success, and will
. L tt .-.T', about f (00.
*1 a ilia at Cartersville are al
-1 I. The building is three and
*' •. and is a model mill building.
** ",. v i: the I’rinceton factory bands have
" -itv going to Clarksville. The
f .... -.1. with no prospect of business
y-J ISHIMC* I
- jheilici-l, a well-known citizen of
J; r ‘.., g rrv. fell from his horse while re
*, . .-from Colquitt Saturday even
' ,j. ilmost instantly killed.
T „ r -,.-r-- W arded a bobtail car at the
-. I rm nusof an Atlanta street car
_- ■ money box. The negro driver
Jsteai>>si w itii Ins car hook after a des
- .win lives a few miles west of
.. ,i •■!! to do, good farmer, states
ung cow or the native variety
f,. jj. •< and two calves inside of twelve
rtn were not twins.
T K. K* ndall, wife of Itev. T. R. Ken-
I r Trinity Church, of Atlanta,
r.si— i.iv .. glit at x o'clock. She leaves
* , .r.-n. tln* youngest a little girl, wlio
ut 12 o'clock Wednesday noon.
% h. I' .r-ons has sold his residence and
at s.mdersville. Dr Ilollifield
. r - tence and about :ibo acres of
T'xur r.-mainder, about 693 acres, was
TT'a f. i Rawlings. The entire tract
pH lit 111**.
y. int.-i a couple of colored families
... - . v graves of their dead children
. ..ntaining what remained of the
prescribed by the attending physi-
T.e iiottles bore on the druggist's
£ ir - ription and the names of the
i* uc <>;!cthorpe camp James M. Smith
5, j v a cut ifV, convicts, 109 of them being
gtsri mi Ins farm and the rest on a rail
il, La- just been given the contract to
Uij ;te Wrightsville road, and will put
4 : t". - full quota, to work thereon.
~ larin with them next year,
ij-.it r.d t "iinty nominations Wcdnes-
I _ r received the hiuheafevotes:
11. Leonard. For Clerk-
V x Ra.ii • •• For Sheriff— D. A. Richards.
ver—W. 11. Culpepper. For
II i: i> Itrvon. The contest for
ttisirvr an l fax Collector is close, and re
ostlK official count.
j.;. avi r. '..’unlay afternoon John Wel-
s min living some distance in the
gju-v.'’amc mto town and became intoxi
u..' Mar-u..' Dillingham attempted to
p<u. 'orue for drunkenness and disor
g- Welborne resisted, and draw
i;, • ku ?•■ -trucK at the Marshal’s throat.
t ; r. innd tue ear and severing the
p, m aii 1 t:erior auricular arteries,
pi . . ami dangerous wound. The
i' was cared for by Dr. Smith,
pi a; ilic present time is doing well. After
scTi.t* a.' the deed the desperado tried to
pi .. ■ a- pursued by a posse of citizens,
o - ■! lodged in jail. Welborne is a
Ptentc man. this being the foarth victim
n i..-- .-.c-red from the knife in his hands,
i: lartcr-vdie. Wednesday, ltob Patter
ns mi and t*>or man, died suddenly in
a i.-r i of Itiil Satterfield. The people
tz- i)ty were voting on the prohibition
iaf the tune. Tuesday Patterson
nr u i vote for whisky if he did not
$: tne infernal regions before he had the
4pnuaity of doing so. At an early hour he
Satterfield's saloon for his accus
- r .. shortly after swallowing the
te-rue was taken with a hemorrhage of
4..---- at killed him in a few minutes,
kr: • :ti- he has been a lit subject for the
pr living on what was given him by
iiav•• people, and sleeping on a little
sure hack end of an old unoccupied
sr - He was formerly a man of some
. ...el long since spent his substance
TANARUS: - . ng committee of the Protestaut
k? i > liureh of the diocese of Georgia,
si : st. I.uke’a Cathedral, at Atlanta,
I here were present Rt. Rev. J.
* > , v a. liish >p of Georgia; Rev. Thos.
1, . ;r of Christ Church. Savannah;
Lo. Weed, rector Church Good Simp
le . Col. L. X. Whittle, of Macon;
.it risen and Tnomas E. Walker,
fr.iint.,. The testimonials of the Bishops-
Kieses of Maryland and Nebraska
!•• m-d and signed, ratifying the elec
•*'•! K. v. William Panet as Bishop of
hr inand Rev. Dr. Worthington as
fci ! Nebraska. The Rev. A. G. P.
kit . 't. Simon’s, was recommended to
J. W. Beckwith as worthy of
•tai'.on to the priesthood. Mr. Obri
recommended as a candidate for
A:;-::- i; riner-Watchman: Uncle Billy
-• n,nt up to Atlanta last week anil
fee iv tir.al payment on “Tom Peter,” his
that cost $3.0U0. The road is
E _ tivo and a half miles, aßd every foot
i. :id paid for. He has enough iron
C ir,vlier half-mile of track. The road
•!.- Bat cars, built at Bowersville, and
* ; uger coach will also be put up there,
j mg bought in Atlanta. Uncle
1; v - the engine to haul logs to his saw
L. and •ays he is shipping a "great deal of
wood over (M road, whiaii pays
" * . keep the wheels greased. Tne cn
> .? anted for Judge Thomas Peter
! founder of Carnesville. The Judge
(' .mg court on the spot under a large
c: t ik. and discovering four fine springs
Mr it hand, proclaimed that the seat of
Kce should be established there.
A.4. Williams makes the following propo
. Jackson Stic*: **l will furnish
* frail 1, building, motive power, with
n ag'. pulleys, etc., and put in operation
sir. . the whole business of ginning cotton,
l. . ..’.ton seed oil, stock food, fertilizers,
.if other parties will nay for the
n.I oil machinery, which will cost
U 1 will put m the above at actual cost,
pi motive power to be added. I will
evotemv attention to the business to
fenry iK--t advantage, for a price to be
, 1 will guarantee the success ot the
l - —. so will work for nothing. Let ns
- me move, as Jackson is full grown
: 1 T • Atlauta and West Point mad has
■’ Tu a- within fifteen miles of each other—
m. I.nganville and LaGrange. Here is
ku: -a. ••. --able point in Georgia—on all
‘ i.iy of cit ton seed. What will the
edo- Will you take stock?”
I A 11-mr oM son of Mr.
I ■. of *Vilkin.-on county, in com*
I > st,, -nil men, came over last Wed-
I • y t Mr. A iron Carr’s place, this
i -ipposing there would be a sale there
I* . Finding there would lie no sale,
| *\ t over to the barroom, where they
| - lire* with whisky. On their
I’* ■!',(' j .aag Payne put spurs to his horse
I* t va- -a out of sight. About a half mile
[; J - trie men came upon him lying by the
I’ l,l -- . v ith blood flowing from his nose
I;- sr-. In plunging his spurs to the horse
t lus balance, which he never re
si i ing his spurs to the horse’s side
l‘ > he stayed on him. llis companions
|k ' .. i.p ami carried him home, where he
P-- .'at the point of death Saturday
i tcc days after receiving hisin
l' ’• He has not s|K>kcn a word, and his
■Vi . “ry is extremely doubtful. llls father is
; be local preacher, and is sorely
iLfv-.t,, i-r hi* bay’s conduct.
■ f'l.tv v tT'On. brother of Raleigh Wil
\ 'us, was found dead near J. G.
I- \ :mk' s from Harmony Grove, in
■*> • intv a<’' or two a#ro - The Je '
■> t -, v bung" man aged about 23 years.
-i 'rly of La’Drange, but had for
w ware been engaged as a dry
■' Atlanta, .>et T Grleana, Mem-
I t-r places. Lately b® b* d out
Irnent, but had the premise of a po-
M iihmgton city, and about two
I- el left Athens, where te was on
i '' b. hi, mother and family, to accept the
1* M His were given him to pay his ex
l' ' it he did not carry out his intention,
§ ; 1 harlotte, N. C, changed his mind
I • Parted on a return trip to Athens.
IL r - -he boar Jed the Northeastern train
; •• Mr. Wilkerson seemed very
1 ' -i i excited, and the conductor says
I ' i *''J Uge a man under the influence of
. fins was on Friday, hut as the train
| j at a speed of about 14 miles an
H, ai eil from the coach and escaped.
, board knew him. and the matter
■ : Tied 'aturday night. He passed
■ . settlement of Black creek, three
■ ’ a Harmony Grove. About 2 or 3
... the morning he was heard scream
■ rr . but the people who heard him
was a drunken frolic. On making
■j t Jay morning a black frock coat and
>tiier pocketbook was found near
■ .- beard. The pocket book con
■, rig but papers, and from them it
■t' ; ‘tcred that the owner was named M.
j "hSerson. A further search resulted in
■ • . • -of the body. HU relatives think
'the victim.’ of a fit of temporary
' Bulloch countv; correspondence
Hi \ Dec. 13: Bellvrood is the mill
■ . * L Foy A Cos., a beautiful locality,
■ UUU. The town is well laid out,
Ht: ' jro law-abiding. Not one of her
M. tints has ever east a Republicnn
Ht :r:u of For A Cos. consists of three
H* o r , Mr 6- W. Foy, Hon. £. E. Foy
■ :>> r - ' •’ Brinson. The Messrs. Foy are
■ 1-tlingham county. Mr. Brinson is
■ i riven’s son*. The Messrs. Foy, on
■ -i of their great ingennitv, are known
■ iv" r „ own land as “the Georgia
■ j.jV"'’- They each have several
ire , cx ‘ ;<:rien '‘e in saw-milling. The firm
'■ti,' I*’ 1 *’ funning a' new railroad through
x red county. No railroad has, as
BltV" * *ier lands, but in two weeks an
■ r •' v ' ' -tie will echo back from her inde
■ -aores. Cast Friday the old engine.
Me . • ran half a mile ovtr Foy A
■ ‘ . ru road and left her burden of iron.
■ ft.“l nave three divisions of bands in
■An . • mown as the ‘ iron, bridge and
■ v ' u each gang trying to outvie the
■ 1 W 1 ''s C|,|eß at present, in order to reach
■r.t:. . '" •> ”i land purchased by them, and
■ -a, oo acres of thicklr grown pine
T.. intend putting up a large mill
_* of thesa lands, and m two years
* With the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad. This county, during the nast
•on, was well pkid for her black
f^ P a WdlmS? u° y * Co ' inten ' l len, >-
i 4 e ‘P' n K hand by patting ui> a
nTnext C si.rin/f? an ‘ l iran Porting l all traflic.
isy next spnng their whistle will be
ssi
eastof here d coln ™* l tted several miles
j2ffer f nn ./.i, V over line, in
vw? ;., 1 a' hou,e of Mr. John Ivey, at 1
€ clock Saturday morning. The murdered
.TesDov™ k Warren. amJ hm
was Miss Virey Ivey, a young ladv
19 or 20 tears old. also from Warren. The do
ha<l I r< T ently turne<J his property into
Bnd ,leß, . rtft<l his wife and children
l" r t ,‘he Pun*** of elopiug with Mss Ivey. On
n.V. Ur aj several parties went from here to
l he m , u , rder T' Thev the
wk, thS r'yhorrib.c Lying near the house
was the murrlered man, the ground for a yard
or t covered with b'ood. (> u Ihe side
hoi 18 f *T largft WOHntJ made bv 15 buek
l 2 mnnn?rh y from short range,for one side of
the moustache was burned away. Lying near
him were a pair of ladies' shoes, a box of
ekßhmg and a pile of money amounting to
thatrtcViuL ,>eln § questioned said
it * McCaulay ana wasn’t sorry for
,Y 5 . , r .' \. ,iat B °. me °ne ha<l Iteen prowling
fire of > l l* e . for tvro weeks ami she got
tired of it and determined to kill whoever it
nisrht of the murder, she said,
n f° Bhe coul '* not sleep.
1 -° clock 6he heard on the
window. Gomg to it McCaulay told hey to
come with him and he would give her 1 1,500.
Mie told him she would not go, and he said if
she diu not go he would blow her brains out.
lhen to fool him she banded out the shoes and
box, and a* he stooped down she got the gun
anil when he arose she fired. No one took it
upon himself to arrest ihe woman, and after
the inquest she left and it is not known where
she went. Public opinion is that Miss Ivey is
innocent and that her brother Tom committed
the crime, and she took it upon herself ex
pecting to come clear at the trial.
Mrs- Barron, wife of the late Peter Barron,
was burned to death a*. Atlanta Wednesday
night. Mrs. Barron had been in the habit of
smoking a pipe for years past, and to this
habit her painful death was due. Wednes
day night about 7 o'clock she filled her pipe
with tobacco, and picking up a candle applied
the blaze to the pipe. The pipe stem was
abort, and by some means ;he blaze touched
a lace around the old lady’s neck. In an
instant the light llimsj lace was a sheet of
tire, and in another instant her dress was
being consumed. The tire burned rapidly,
the biaze fairly and fully enveloping the
breast, shoulders, face and head. The old
lady gave loud screams, which attracted the
attention of Mr. and Mrs. Schrimper, who
were in an adjoining room. They ran into
Mrs. Barron’s room. Mrs. Schrimper sprang
to the old lady’s side and tried to
smother the flames, but by that time all of
Mrs. Barron’s wearing apparel was on fire,
an l it was impossible to smother the fire. Di
recting his wife to continue her efforts Mr.
Schrimper rau out on.the rear porch, and
picking up a tub of water re-entered the
room and threw it on the burning woman.
The water extinguished the fire, and as the
last spark died out Mrs. Herron sank to
the floor almost dead. Dr. Martin was hur
riedly sent for, and when he arrived he fouud
the old lady in a terrible condition. Her hair
and eyebrows were gone and her arms and
breast were scorched and drawn up awfully.
From her feet to her body the skin and flesh
pealed off until the bone was laid bare in oue
place. Her agonv was terrible to witness.
.She rolled about on her Led giving utterance
to the most heartrending groans and screams,
she begged to be killed, and for a long time
Dr. Martin was unable to give her any relief.
In his examination Dr. Martin iound lhat
Mrs. Berron had inhaled the flames, and that
her throat and lungs were parched. He knew
that the case was a hopeless one, but watched
by her side until death came to relieve her.
FLORIDA.
The organization of a military company at
Daytona has been completed.
The military ball at Ocala last Friday night
by the Rifles was a great success.
The new Louisville and Nashville depot at
Pensacola is being rapidly put up.
A gentleman living near Palatka has fully
matured ripe strawberries on his vines.
A negro at Live Oak was seriously cut last
Saturday in a quarrel with two others.
An English steamer is to take a cargo of
cotton from Fernandina during January to
England.
1 be late incorporation of Enterprise into a
town has proven illegal, and another attempt
will lie made.
During last week 12,324 bales of cotton were
rece veu at Pensacola and 4,145 shipped, leav
ing 8,175 on hand.
Up to Dec. fi 1,(525 bales of sea island cotton
had been shipped from Madison, with 500
more bales in sight around the gins.
The artesian well at Live Oak, which was
down 300 feet and got choked up, could not
be cleared, and another well has been started.
Strangers in Tallahassee are invited to visit
University Library, and may have access to
books of the same for two weeks upon pre
sentation of a visitor’s card from any mem
ber of the association.
May C. Ferrell, of Wakulla county, last
Wednesday night lost his barn, corn, folder
and other provender by tire. A negro in his
employ, Orrin Swain, "alias Tom Young, was
rrested and confessed that he fired the build-
ing.
T. R. T.snier. formerly salesman with
Sln'ser & Cos., of Tallahassee, died at Ocala
last week, where for some time he had held
the position of cashier in Agncw’s bank. His
remains were taken to Midway for interment
last Wednesday.
The Pensacola Detective Agency have ap
prehended and brought to that city frbm Xew
Orleans, upon the requisition of the Governor,
the notorious burg ar, Oscar Hudson, con
cerned in the robbery of Chioley & Cos., and
also several railroad robberies.
.lames B. Brown, of Gainesville, has recov
ered damages from the Florida Southern
Railroad for building their rond along the
street in front of his property. This is an in
teresting decision to others m front of whose
property railroads have been built in a public
highway.
A forage plant called miio maize is attract
ing attention at Welaka. some having been
raised with very little care on very poor land.
It just fills a longfelt want, grows very pro
lific, and can be cut several times during the
season. A few good cows can now he kept,
and the milk question decided.
Two little colored bovs, one a son of James
Mandrel and the otherja son of Mat Gardner
living at Freedman’s Fores’, near Live Oak,
got to pranking with a gun last Saturday a
week ago. and the gun went off, killing young
Mandrel instantly. They were each about 14
years of age.
At a regular communication of Jackson
Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M.. of Tallahassee, on
Mondav evening, Dec. 15. the following olli
cers were elected for the ensuing Masonic
vear, viz: Jacob K. Cohen, W. M.; C. A. G.
'Blomquist. S. XV.: E. Ettenlieiraer, J. W.;
Edward M. West, Treasurer; W. M. Mcln
tosh, Sr. Secretary.
l>r. Lancaster, of Gainesville, in a letter to
the J fedical Record, says that many con
sumptives die in Florida, and their physicians
should lie censured for sending ’.hern away
from home when they are beyond all hope of
recovery. He believes, however, that many
severe cases are cured, and suggests that the
American Medicil Association appoint a
commission of competent scientific men to
come to Florida and examine systematically
iuto the facts.
Gainesville Advocate: The case of E. C.
Pound vs. the Florida Railway and Naviga
tion Company was called in eourt Tuesday
morning. It "will he well remembered that
the cause of this law suit grew out of rather
peculiar circumstances. Mr. Pound’s liverv
stable being threatened with fire, the stock
was being removed to safe quarters when
several horses became frightened and escaped
from the persons leading them. It so hap
pened that thev found their way to the rail
road and the night train ran over and killed
three of them. The stock being quite valu
able, Mr. PouiyF that his loss should be
repaired by tl* hence the institu
tion of the caal : now pending, considerable
interest is being manifested in the case, as
the deci-ion will he of vast importance to
Florida railroad companies as well as to all
stock owners who reside in the vicinity of
railroad lines.
TWO DESPERATE SISTERS.
Eight Shots Fired at a Man Charged
with Assaulting one of Them.
Last night the two May girls, who recently
figured as prosecutors of a complaint for as
eault agaiust Jack Burns, saya a Brainani,
Minn.) si>ecial of Dec. 16, < ressed in male
attire and sallied out on the street m search
of Burns, armeil with loaded revolvers, and
with their aged father and brothcr-ip-law,
ail armed. The sqnad found the object of
their vengeance in Fifth street. He recog
nized the party and retreated into an alley,
calling for the police. The girls then opened
fire. Emma, the victim of the alleged as
sault, led off with a couple of shots, followed
by her sister, who, according to their testi
mony, was drugged so as to he unable to as
sist fcmiua. Eight shots were fir ed, hut
Bums escaped unhurt. The whole party was
soon arrested, when Mrs. May bailed them
out at $5,0:0 each.
This is a ca‘e in which there have been
two trials already, the jury disagreeing, and
a third trial is set for January, at Little
FalD a change of venue having been taken.
The alleged victim hts from the first sworn
to take Burns’ life, and has twice before at
tempted to do *O. A week ago they went to
the opera house for the purpose, taking a seat
near Burns, but her courage faded her and
she left the theatre.
Who I* the Babe’s Mother?
Chicago Dee. 14. A case of disputed
motherhood is just now puzzling the ixjbce.
Mrs. Hattie Moore, better known as ‘’Madame
Moore," the California 20-mile race rider, and
Mrs. Emma Erickson, each claim to be the
mother of a bright little baby. At
the Erickson woman has possesion and no
body can find either her or the child. Ma,l
ame Moore made the acquaintance of Mrs.
Erickson three months ago, and took her into
the house as a dome-tic The servant gave
birth to a child, and while she was absent in
a hospital the baby died in Mrs. Moore s care
awl a week afterward the horsewoman gave
birth to a child, which Mrs. Erickson op re
turning supposed to be her own. As she was
weak aud .lelicate, Mrs. Moore did not unde
ceive her. The living child was cared for by
Mrs. Moore’s sister uutil last night, when ft
was brought home to its mother. A little
later Mrs". Erickson w'ho supposed it was her
lAbe,’ took it and *niply jeavinf
was froing away out of the city, aeparieu,
and &oiigfa t|c Pol‘<* *" d / r c
searching no trace has yet been found of her.
CARS FOR THE NEGROES.
THE HOUSE GETS AROUND THE
COLOR LINE.
Mr. Goff's Amendment Left Unrepealed
and One Offered by Mr. Barksdale
Providing That Separate but Equally
Good Accommodations Shall not be
Considered Discrimination Adopted.
" kSHINGTON, Dec. 18.—In the Senate to
day, among the memorials presented was one
by Mr. Hoar, from the Woman’s Suffrage As
sociation of Pennsylvania, protesting against
the admission of Dakota on the constitution
made by men alonfe, and denying suffrage
rights of women. Mr. Hoar in presenting it
said that while he favored woman suffrage,
he thought it unwise in the present temper of
Congress for the advocates of that cause to
oppose the admission of the new State on the
grounds set forth, because when the Territo
ries of Wyoming and Washington shall call
for admission the exercise of suffrage by wo
men in those Territories may be advanced as
an argument against their admission.
Mr. Hoar also presented a petition from ex
benator George A. Spencer, of Alabama,
praying for the payment of expenses incur
red by mm m contesting his seat in the Sen
ate.
Mr. Vest submitted a joint resolution de
c that wlt hout the consent or authority
of congress, the proposed Nicaragua survev
ing expedition ordered by the Secretary ol
the Navy was illegal, and directing that Sec
retary not to enforce the orders issued on the
subject until definite and final action by Con
gress on the resolution.
On Mr. Hale’s objection, the resolution went
over one day, Mr. \ est saying that he would
call it up to-morrow, as the expedition would
be under orders to sail from New York Sat
urday, and prompt action was necessary.
Mr. Sherman called up and the Senate
passed the bill appropriating $50,000 for the
purpose of erecting a statue to the memory of
Gen. Lafayette. As passed it provides for'the
appointment of a commission composed of
three Senators and three Representatives to
carry out the purpose contemplated.
At 1 o'clock, on motion of Mr. Morrill, the
Senate went into executive session. The
doors being closed Senator Riddleberger con
tinued his speech in opposition to the con
firmation of Hugh McCulloch to be Secretary
of the Treasury.
At 2:5 1 o’clock the doors were reopened and
legislative business was resumed. The inter
state commerce bill was then taken up and
explained at length by Mr. Cullom.
Mr. Slater offered his amendment embody
ing the provisions of the Reagan bill.
Mr. George took the floor lor the purpose of
addressing the Senate on the bill, but yielded
to a motion to adjourn, retaining the floor for
to-morrow, when the bill will come up as un
finished business. The Senate then ad
journed.
IN THE HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal to-day the House resumed consideration of
the iuter-State commerce bill, the pending
question being on a motion to table the mo
tion to reconsider the vote by which the House
yesterday adopted Mr. GofTs amendment pro
viding that in the transportation of passen
gers railroad companies shall make no dis
crimination on account of race or color. The
motion to reconsider was tabled by 140 yeas to
108 nays. J
Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, offered an
amendment providing that the furnishing of
separate accommodations with equal facili
ties and equal comforts at tbe same charg >3B
shall not lie considered discrimination.
The amendment was agreed to by 131 yeas
to 124 nays. Further consideration of the bill
was postponed for a few moments in order to
allow the House to non-concur in the Senate
amendments to the bill making temporary
provision for the naval service. Messrs. Ran
dall, Uoiman and Long were appointed con
ferees.
5V lien the inter-State commerce bill was
again taken up Mr. Reagan demanded the
previous question cn the lirst section.
The point of order was made that as the bill
was being considered as in committee of the
whole it was not competent for the House to
take any action which would prevent the
offering of amendments and discussion nnder
the five minute rule. After a long debate the
Sjieaker sustained the point of order.
-Mr. Reagan then moved to limit the debate
on the section to five minutes, but the Speaker
declined to entertain the motion, on the
ground that the debate could only be limited
in the House by the instrumentality of the
previous question. The effect of these rulings
was to leave the House in a parliamentary
tangle, and unable to limit the debate.
THE SPEAKER’S RECOGNITION.
The Speaker recognized the inconvenient
and, as far as lie knew, unprecedented state
of affairs, but could not escape the plain
language of the rules.
Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, requested that
the Speaker sunmit the uuestiou to the House
whether, in such a state of affaii s as was now
presented, it is in order to move to limit the
debate on the pending section. The pobit of
order was also made against this proposition,
but, pending decision, the Speaker recognized
Mr. Ilorr, of Michigan, who had been rec og
nized early in the day to offer an a men* lie cat
to add to Mr. Barksdale’s amendmeut the
words, “provided that such separation shall
not be made on ihe basis of race or color.^
Mr Herbert moved to close the debate on
Mr. Harris’ amendment and the pending sec
tion.
Mr. Koifer raised the point of order against
the motion.
The Speaker said that the question present
ed was a very important one and that tb ere
wf re no rules or precedents to guide hint to a
decision. He would therefore submit the
question of order to the House.
The House decided by 151 yeastoß7 nay s that
the motion was in order. The motion to close
the debate was then agreed to without divi
sion.
Mr. Harris’ amendment was lost by a vote
of 115 yeas to 120 nays. Consideration of the
second section was then entered upon, but
without further action the subject went over
and the House adjourned.
M’CUL LOCH’S CONFIRMATION.
Klddleberger’s Tactics at Last Thor
oughly Disgust the Republicans.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The Senate got
tired of Riddleberger’s dilatory tactics in re-"
gard to the nomination of Secretary McCul
loch, and he was quietly informed by some of
the Republican leaders that he yvould not be
allowed to continue his so-called “speech"
from day today until Saturday, so as to throw
the confirmation over until after the holiday
recess. He was told that he must end it to
day, and that he need not expect any Repub
lican votes in opposition to the confirmation
of Mr. McCulloch. Ills course has been
deprecated privately by the best men
on the Republican side, who have
chafed under the adverse criticism of
the press. They want it understood
that they simplv allowed Mr. Riddleberger
what thev were bound by the unwritten laws
of Senatorial courtesy to grant. They do not
consider Mr. McCulloch “orthodox" on the
revenue question, but they do think that he
ought to have been promptly confirmed. Mr.
McCulloch has taken the Senate delay very
philosophically. He considers the vote of the
Senate to-day" 50 to 1, and that one Mr. Rid
dleberger, Mr. Malione being absent, as a
very considerable compliment. Mr. Blaine
is reported to have expected some Republican
votes against Mr. McCulloch’s confirmation,
but Mr. Riddleberger’s prolonged and frivo
lous opposition solidified the Republicans in
Mr. McCulloch’s favor. They became dis
gusted. Mr. Riddleberger doesn’t see that he
made a sorry spectacle of himself. He thinks
his perforu ances very smart, and laughs
over what he terms his successful delay as a
huge joke at the expense of Mr. McCulloch.
CONGRESSMEN IN PERIL.
A Street Car Becomes Unmanageable
While Going Down Capitol Hill,
Washington, Dec. 18.— After the adjourn
ment of Coagress this afternoon a number of
Senators and Representatives boarded a
street ear at the capitol to ride down Capitol
Hill, and had a very exciting trip. Owing to
the fact that the pavements were very slip
pery from snow the cars were run down the
Hill without horses, and the car upon which
the Congressmen were in going down attained
too great velocitj, bee.ame unmanageable and
ran into another’ear immediately ahead. The
shock of the collision throat, down several
Congressmen, and one of tnfin. Representa
tive Hemphill, of South Carolina, was
stunned and had to be taken home in a car
riage. Mr. Leedom. Sergeant-at-Arms, was
also injured, being cut about the face.
Nominations and Confirmations.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The Senate to-day
confirmed the nomination of Hugh McCulloch
to be Secretary of the Treasury. The vote is
said to have been 50 to 1. The President to
day nominated Edward C. Wade to be United
States Marshal for the Southern District of
Georgia, and Miss Mary R. Dusenberry to be
Postmistress at Concord, N. C. The fol
lowing were also confirmed: William C.
Wells to l e Register of the Land Office at
Huntsville, Ala., John E. Bryant to be United
States Marshal for the Northern District ot
Georgia, Alex. Smith to be Postmaster at
Baton Rouge, La., and John J. Newton to be
Postmaster at Valdosta, Ga.
Paper Causes a Commotion.
Washington, Dec. 18.—Commotion was
created at the Treasury Department late
yesterday afternoon by the discovery that
twenty-four sheets of fibre paper, used in the
printing of internid revenue stamps, had been
lost in transit from a large quantity of it
from one room to another. The missing
sheets were recovered, however, after a short
search. They had been scattered in every
direction, and most of them when found were
torn and mutilated by reason of having been
walked upon and otherwise misused by per
sons who nad picked them up out of curiosity
and thrown them away as of no value.
The Place Walker Blaine Wanted.
Washington. Dec. 18.—It is understood
that the President desires to appoint Mr.
John Davis, son-in-law of Secretary Freling
huysen. and now First Assistant Secretary of
State, to the bench of the Court of Alabama
Claims. Mr. Davis, it is understood, has not
asked the appointment, and has not de
termined to accept it. Should he refuse it, it
is believed that p. W. Fessenden would re
ceive it.
Arthur to Fill all Vacancies.
Washington, Dec. 18. —The President
assured some Comgressmen whocalled on him
to-day for the purpose of finding out, that
he would continue to make appointments np
to March 3, filling all vacancies that might
occur before that day.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1881.
HOW THE TREATIES GET OUT.
The Senate Somewhat Puzzled, but an
Investigation Improbable.
Washington, Dec. 18.—In the executive
session of the Senate to-day, after the confir
mation of Secretary McCulloch, a resolution
was in'roduced by a member of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations reciting in
its preamble that the Dominican treaty had
been published in the New York Herald and
and the Nicaraguan treaty in the New York
Tribune to-day, and proposing that
a special committee be raised to
investigate the methods by which
copies of these treaties had been secured by
the press. A suggestion was made that in
asmuch as the Foreign Relations Committee
bad the treaties in their possession, the inves
tigation should lie undertaken by that com
mittee. To this the members of the committee
objected, on the ground that the members ot
the committee would be thus called upon to
sit in judgment upon eacti other, and suggest
ed that the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections be charged with the duty.
HOW A FORMER ATTEMPT RESULTED.
The members of the latter committee ob
jected on general principles, and recalled
to tlie attention of the older Senators
the fact that on a former occasion
of the kind such an investigation had been
undertaken and had resulted only in bringing
ridicule and contempt upon the committee
ami the Senate. An assertion was made on
the Democratic side that special friends of
the State Dejiartment were first supplied
wiih copies of all treaties, and the opinion
was expressed by this senator that the ad
ministration was probably at fault in the
matter. This gave rise to a short but rather
acrimonious partisan debate. Several Sen
ators lamented the inability of the Senate to
enforce its rule, in reply to which the point
was made that tbe rules had better be amended
to meet what seemed to be a popular want.
An amendmeut was next offered that the text
of the two treaties be published in the Cun
greMional Record to-morrow morning. This
lieing objected to, a motion was made to lay
the original resolution on the table and this
was carried almost unanimously.
ENGLAND’S TREMBLING.
London, Dec. 18. —Nothing is known at the
ForeignOlfice in|regard to the report circulated
in America that Earl Granville is correspond
ing with the authorities in Washington rela
tive to the Nicaragua treaty, and the report
is not believed. Earl Granville is awaiting
important mail dispatches from the British
Ambassador at Washington.
SWAIM’S CRACK AT BATEMAN.
The Banker Accused of Resorting to
Ways that Were Very Crooked.
Washington, Dec. 18.—In the Swaim court
martial to-day, the defense put upon the
stand a former telegraph operator in Mr.
Bateman’s employ, for the purpose of show
ing that false accounts of the state of the mar
ket were ordered to be put up by Mr. Bate
man, and thus show that Mr. Bateman and
his concern were wholly unworthy of re
sjject. Tbe court decided that tbe counsel
must establish the fact that that
information came to Gen. Swaim before,
showing that such things had occurred. The
witness was then allowed to retire, the coun
sel for the defense stating that they would
recall him after the examination of Gen.
Swaim. Gen. Swaim took the stand, and af
ter giving his army record and touching upon
some of the minor transactions aliuued to in
the case, stated that when he released Mr.
Brown from the .f5,000 loan anl took Mr.
Bateman’s due bill, Mr. Bateman was very
anxious to retain the money on the same
terms on which it had been loaned to Mr.
Brown, but Gen. Swaim declined that propo
sition, and said that afterwards Mr.
Bateman desired an extension of three
years on the due bill, and this proposition
was also rejected.
RASCALITY ALLEGED.
ITesaid that Mr. Bateman’s account against
him showed a Btock transaction, of which he
had no knowledge ami had not authorized.
He lestified to his transferor the “fine bill” to
Bright, Humphrey & Cos., and that he had
requested them to tiring suit upon it, saying
that ho did not wish to enter suit in nis own
name, because of the position he held in the
army. He added that when he made the
transfer he did so in the hope that Mr. Bate
man found that the "due bilP’was transferred
into other hands, and was to be pushed that
he might make some proposition for a settle
ment, or would consent to arbitration.
Under the promptings of his counsel Gen.
Swaim thou testified that he believed Mr.
Bateman to he crooked, and gave his reasons
for his belief, based upon reoorts made to him
by other parties.
GORMAN AGAIN BANQUETED.
The Columbia Democratic Club of
Washington Does the Honors.
Washington, Dec. 18.— The Columbia
Democratic Club of this city gave a compli
mentary banquet to-night to Senator A. P.
Gorman, of Maryland, in recognition of his
services to the Democratic party in the recent
campaign. The banquet was served in Wil
lard’s Hotel, and 105 persons, to of whom
were invited guests of the club, sat down to
the table. Among tlie guests present were
prominent Democrats from various Statas,
many of .them members of Congress. Fol
lowing is a list of tlie toasts with the names
of the persons responding:
* “Our Honored Guest,” responded to by Sen
ator Gorman, who at the conclusion of hisre
inarks proposed “The Columbia Democratic
Club,” winch was responded to by President
Wilson of the club; “Our Country,” re
sponded ti by Speaker Carlisle; “The Demo
cratic Party,” response by Hon. Samuel
J. Randall: “The Young Democracy,” re
sponse by Hon. George K. Post, of Pennsyl
vania; “New York, Indiana. Connecticut and
New Jersey.” response by Hon. J. E. Lamb,
of Indiana; “The Solid South.” response by
Hon. John S. Barbour, of Virginia; “The
President-elect,” response by Senator Kenna,
of West Virginia; “The Press,” response by
Stilson Hutchins, editor of the Washington
Poet; “Why We Laugh To-night,” response
liy Hon. S. S. Cox, of New York; “Tlie New
York Business Men and their Part in the
Camjiaign,” response by Hon. J. J. O’Donog
hue, of New York.
Letters of regret were read from Gen. Han
cock, Senator Bayard, Gen. McClellan. Chair
man Barnum, of the Democratic National
Committee. Joseph Pulitzer and John W.
Daniel.
The Cold Wave at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The cold wave has
reached this city, and snow is falling rapidly
and drifting. At Chicago to-day tile mer
cury fell to 12 degrees below zero. At 9
o’clock a. m. 15 below at Omaha and 20 below
at St. Paul.
Reports of severe snowstorms and intense
cold weather come from all parts of the West
and Northwest. The thermometer is from
zero to 43 below.
VIRGINIA’S FLAKES.
Petersburg, Va., Dec. 18.—A snow storm
commenced here this morning and continued
without intermission till a late hour to-night,
with no indication of clearing up. The storm
extends as far south as Weldon, N.C. The
weather is very cold to-night.
SNOW AT RICHMOND.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 18. —Snow has been
falling incessantly here throughout the day,
accompanied by a high northwesterly wind.
The thermometer lias fallen 30 degrees since
midnight last night, and at 9 o’clock to-night
stood 20 degrees above zero, with snow still
falling and the wind blowing.
The Health Bill. .
Washington, Dec. 18.—The bill recently
prepared by the representatives of the vari
ous State Boards of Health at their confer
ence in this city was considered informally
to-day by the House Committee on Public
Health. It was the opinion of the members
of the committee that it would be impossible
to pass the bill as it now stands at the present
session of Congress. The measure involves
ihe question of State rights, and this, it is
thought, would occasion continued debate.
Wade’s Nomination a Surprise.
Washington, Dec., 18. —The nomination of
Edward C. Wade for Marshal of the South
ern District of Georgia this afternoon was a
surprise. It had been stated this morning
that no appointment would be made either in
the cases of the District Judge or Marshal
until after the holidays.
Augusta's Races.
ArGfSTA, Ga., Dec. 18.—To-day’s racing
events were as follows:
First Race— Conclusion of the unfinished
trotting race of yesterday. It was won by
Fannie Allen, with Messenger second. Time
2:36Vi.
Second Race—One and one-eighth miles.
Princess Ban won, with Princess second.
Time 2:01?i.
Third Race— Three-quarters of a mile.
Queen Esther won, with Desire E. second.
Time. 1:17.
Fourth Race— Hurdle handicap, one mile
and a half; six hurdles. Tom Murray was
first, with King Dutchman second and Cen
tury third. The race was pronounced a fraud
and all bets off, King Dutchman’s jockey
having held him back.
The Sugar Growers,
St. Louis, Dec. 18. —The last session of the
National Sugar Growers’ Association began
this morning, and a lone letter was read from
Prof. H. W. Wiley, Chief Chemist of the
American Agricultural Department at Wash
ington. in which he severely condemned the
present policy of the United States regarding
the sugar trade, especially in relation to the
recent Spanish treaty admitting Cuban sugar
free of duty.
The Committee on Resolutions will prepare
a memorial to be presented to Congress
against the ratification of the proposed treaties
with Spain and Mexico.
The Southern Association.
Chattanooga, Dec. 18.— The Southern
Railway and Steamship Association met to
day to discuss the existing freight rates, and
adjust the reduction made by the different
Southern trunk lines from Western points to
the leading cities of the South and South
west. The meeting organized and adjourned
till to-morrow.
Things Worth Knowing.
There are a great many such things.
One is that there is no use haying dyspep
sia unless you really like it gnd want to
have it. J.t is an established fact that
Brown’s Iron Bitters will -conquer this
disease in short order and completely.
Mr. Daniel L. Nickam, Springfield, 0.,
says: “Brown’s lion Bitters cured me of
dyspepsia,nervousness and wakefulness.”
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CINCINNATI’S INVADERS.
OCTOBER’S SCENES THE WORST
IN THE CITY’S HISTORY.
An Old Citizen with Whitened Locks
Recalls the Days of Lone Ago Before
Mr. Springer’s Sub-Committee—Gov
ernment Employes Admitting the Bad
Character of the Deputies.
Washington, Dec. 18 —Commissioner
Clark, of the Pension Bureau, was examined
to-day by the House Committee investigating
the conduct of Marshal Wright in the Ohio
October election. He had heard rumors that
the employes of that bureau acted a9 deputy
marshals in Ohio at the election, bnt he was
mit officially informed of such action. Some
of these employes he had heard were special
examiners of the bureau. Air. Clark
read an official letter written Oct.
20 by Mr. Dudley to the Secretary of
the Interior, in which the former
said that he had been absent forty-one days,
but had returned to duty. “I was acting
Commissioner,” continued Mr. Clark, “dur
ing Mr. Dudley’s absence, and continued to
a<’t until 1 was appointed to the office. While
Mr. Dudley says that he was on duty, I was
not aware of it.” Mr. Clark was requested to
prepare a tabulated statement showing the
number of Pension Office employes absent
from the city at the time of the election and
the number "who were residents of Ohio. He
said that it was customary for a large number
of employes to take their annual leaves at
elections.
A. W. Hicks, a gray-haired and gray
bearded man, afflicted with deafness, and 82
years of age, was called as a wit
ness. He said that he had no home,
but ha l “lived about the city for 10 or 12
years.” He continued: “I was challenged
while voting by a man well acquainted with
me. The street was full of deputy marshals,
colored and white. Some of these were riding
in buggies and were well dressed. Others
were rough looking and used bad language.
I never saw such an election in Cincinnati,
and have seen a good many elections since
1838. That in 1840 was pretty rough, but only
fists were used then.
ARMED TO THE TEETH.
These deputy marshals were armed with
English bull dog pistols, and I heard one say.
holding a revolver in his hand, “every time I
touch tlie trigger it’s sure fire. On Fourth
street a colored man was shot bv another col
ored man who wore a badge. Folks standing
round said ttiat he was shot because he was
going to vote the Democratic ticket.”
‘•Do they shoot men for that out there?”
asked Representative Springer.
“Its pretty good cause,” interposed Repre
sentative Stewart.
Air. Hicks said further, “that ho saw colored
men about tbe pol son election day whom he
had seen on a train in Kentucky a few days
before.”
J. W. Donnelly, a clerk in the Interior De
partment, was examined. He said: “I was
in Cincinnati on Oct. 14, and saw three per
sons, two from Washington and one from St.
Louis, whom I knew, and who were aettng as
deputy marshals. I was a deputy marshal
myself, but I never made a claim for services,
nor did 1 exercise any authority. I doubted
my right to accept the anpointment as a
deputy marshal, but was told that if I wanted
to keep from being arrested I had better be
sworn in, as I hail been published as being a
repeater. I was requested to go to Cincinnati
by a gentleman of Washington, and while
there did clerical work for Marshal Wright.
FIVE ARRESTS.
“Mr. Rathbone gave me the names of five
inen from Chicago, whom I arrested and kept
under arrest until after the polls closed. They
said that two men in Cincinnati had agreed
to pay their fare to and from Chicago and to
pay them sls each to vote. I took the arrested
parties and tried to find the two men, but they
were not to be found.”
“Then you did not act as a deputy mar
shal,” said Mr. Van Alstyne.
“No,” replied the witness.
“But you said you arrested five men?”
“Yes, but any private citizen would have
looked after them.”
“How were the five men to vote?” asked
Stewart.
“The Democratic ticket,” replied the wit
ness.
Mr. Connelly said that his expenses to and
from Cincinnati and at that city, amounting
to about $75, had been paid by Mr. Cavanaugh,
ex-Sergeant-at-Arms.
B. C. Wright, an examiner in the Pension
Office, and J. M. Wright, a clerk in the Treas
ury Department, were examined. They said
that they were appointed deputy marshals,
but rendered no service.
G. W. McE fresh, a detective of this city,
was examined. He said that he went to Cin
cinnati to spot repeaters, a telegram from
Mr. Dudley to Secretary McPherson having
been received requesting that he be sent/, He
said that he saw no repeaters to spot. He
further said that tlie gentlemen seemed to be
making their reports to Jir. lialhbone. The
sitting was then adjourned until to-morrow.
MURDERED BY A MASKED MAN.
The Wounded Wife of the Victim Recog
nizes the Criminal.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. IC—At 8 o’clock last
evening a farmer named Harrington, living
two miles from Geneva, was called to the
door by a knock, and upon opening it was
confronted by a masked man, who sighted
along the barrel of a revolver and said: “I
want your money.” Harrington took a small
sum from his pocket, and handed it to the
robber, who took it and exclaimed: “That is
not all. I want the balance.” At that mo
ment the mask fell from the face, and Mrs.
Harrington, who was standing near, cried
out, “On, I know him.” “You do, do you?”
shouted the ruffian; “take that, then,” and he
fired at her, the bullot going through her
shoulder. Mrs. Harrington ran out of the
house and to a neighbor’s for help. Returning
with friends evidences of a desperate struggle
were found in the house. Harrington lay
dead on the floor with a bullet wound in his
forehead. Mrs. Harriugton recognized the
murderer as a fellow named Feck, who lives
two miles from the farm. Citizens are scour
ing the country for him.
THE MURDERER ARRESTED.
CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 18, 11:50 p. m. -Lewis
Webster has been arrested on a charge of
murdering Perry Harrington at Geneva last
night. He was the man recognized by Airs.
Harrington, but his name was first given as
Peck. Webster entered Harrington’s house
without knocking and went to a room where
Harrington and his wife sat talking. He im
mediately presented a revolver and de
manded Harrington’s money or his life. After
a little parley Harrington went into another
room to get the money, and while out Mrs.
Harrington said to the intruder: “I
think I know you.” Webster said: “You
do, do you?" and straightway fired,
the Inllet lodging in her left arm. As she
started to run into the kitchen, he eflred
again hltt:ng her in the same arm, and the
wounds will necessitate amputation. Mrs.
Harrington escaped and gave the alarm, run
ning to a school house near by, where a spel
ling match was in progress. Her three
children were attending it. It is supposed
that Webster then followed Harrington and
shot him. Harrington’s body was found in
tne parlor with blood flowing from a wound
over his right eye.
AN EXPLOSION AT AUGUSTA.
Lamar & Co.’s Colored Boy Killed
While Mixing Compound,
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 18.—A terrible explo
sion of chemicals occurred in the wholesale
drug store of Lamar A Cos., in this city, to
day. A chemical mixture containing eight
ounces of chlorate of potash was being com
pounded in a mortar by a colored boy named
William Holt, under the direction of the
chemist of the establishment. The latter
stepped across the store for some needed arti
cle, and the explosion occurred before he had
got twenty feet from the mortar.
It is supposed that the boy,
contrary to directions, pounded
the mixture, causing the explosion. Holt was
terribly mangled, and died in an hour. A ne
gro, ten feet distant, and the chemist were
noth knocked down by the concussion. The
former sustained several severe flesh wounds
from broken pieces *f the mortar. The chem
ist was not injured. Every window in the
store was shattered.
AMEIUCUS’ ELECTION,
The Victory Celebrated with a Proces
sion of Torch-Bearers.
Americus, Ga., Dec. 18.— The following
municipal ticket was elected here yesterday:
Hon. John B. Felder, Mayor; J. C. Roney, A.
T. Oliver and G. W. Glover, Aldermen; D.
K. Brinson, Clerk and Treasurer. The three
Aldermen were elected to fill vacancies caused
by expired terms. Great excitement existed
all day. The opposing candidates were Hon.
A. S. Cutts for Mayor; E. J. Eidridge, M.
.Speer and A. C. Bell for Aldermen. D. K.
Brinson, for Clerk and Treasurer, had no op
position. There was a grand torchlight pro
cession at night in honor of the successful
candidates.
The night freight train from Eufanla col
lided near Oglethorpe last night with a freight
from Macon, burning a car of compressed
cotton and the cab. Two train hands were
hurt, one seriously and the other slightly.
Florida on the Wire.
Jacksonville, Dec. 18.—The plant for the
electric lights has been received, and 50 lights
will flash on Bay street Christmas eve. The
Everett and Carleton Hotels will use the new
illuminator.
The frost signal was flying to-day, but no
very severe weather is expected.
A large skating rink win be shortly opened.
A large spring in McCay’s Creek, a mile
from the City Park, has been recently
examined by divers, who state that the flow
will require a pipe 12 inches in diameter to
discharge a sufficient supply for a very large
population. The water is said to be excellent
in quality.
Gainesville’* New Mayor.
Gainesville. Ga., Dec. 18 —The contest
of the election for Mayor was withdrawn to
day, and Mr. Dunlap will be the next Mayor.
It is thought that be wfll make Gainesville a
dry town after Jan. 1.
If you suffer with Sick Headache, Con,
stipation, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, or
Bilious attacks, Emory’s Little Cathartic
Pills will relieve you. Asa regulator of
the bowels they have no equal; very
small; one to three a dose. 15 cents.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Snow Storm—More About the Battle
With the Moonshiners.
Atlanta, Dec. 18.—It has been snowing
lightly at intervals all day, melting as fast as
it fell.
Deputy Marshal James B. Gaston, who par
ticipated in the fight with moonshiners in
Hall county, Tuesday night, left for Albany
to-day with Henry Gordon and Harrison
Harris, who are sentenced for one year each,
and Gus Evans for two years for counterfeit
ing.
Mr. Best, Representative from Hall, thinks
that there is another side of the account of
the difficulty between the moonshiners and
deputy marshals, and says that the affair
will be investigated.
Nothing new was brought to light at the
Coroner’s inquest held over the remains of
Grant and Prater, the moonshiners killed by
the raiders. The trial began at Gainesville
this morning, and it will take several days
and probably a week to get through, as there
will be a great number or witnesses to be ex
amined.
Mill men having interests along the line of
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad below Aiacon wilt hold a meeting
here to-morrow, at which will be present the
officials of the road. The lumbermen claim
that great damage is being done them by
reason of the failure upon the part of the
railroad to furnish cars for the transportation
of the products of their mills.
ATLANTA’S NEW CITY COUNCIL.
Atlanta’s new City Council will assume
control of affairs on the first Monday in
January next, going in at 3 o’clock
on that afternoon. Judge George Hill
yer is the incoming Mayor, and the Alder
manic board, which formerly consisted of
three members, will be increased to five, by
the two members recently elected by author
ity in a change of the charter. The new
Council will consist of twelve Councilmen,
five Aldermen and the Mayor. Several of
the retiring members are hot after some
office or other in the city government. Mavor
Goodwin wants the office of City Attorney,
Councilman Longley, when he goes out, wants
to drop into a chair on the Board of Street
Commissioners, and so the wheel turns. From
what can be learned, the new board will en
deavor to work reform in the management of
city affairs —something that is sadly needed.
One of its pioneer efforts will, so it is stated,
be to place the license to tell liquor at retail
in Atlanta at SI,OOO.
The joint committee of the Senate and
House appointed to inquire into the feasibility
of substituting Georgia marble for oolitic
limestone was in session lately. Mr.
Horne, a member of the contracting firm,
was before the committee and was questioned
upon the subject. He said that the substitu
tion could be easily made if the appropriation
was iucreasod. He stated that he had not
closed a contract with the Oolitic Limestone
Company proper, and there was no reason for
the question being definitely settled until
July, as the material would not be needed
until then. Mr. Horne informed the commit
tee that as a Georgian he would feel just
like the people of Georgia felt, in their
desire to build Georgia’s capitol of Georgia’s
material. Mr. Horne said that he had not a
particle of interest in the matter whatever,
lie admitted that the building of the capitol
of Georgia material would be the erection of
a monument by tlie State to tlie material with
in its border, and in ihe end redound to the
best interests of the State as an advertising
medium of its natural resources. When the
adjourned session of the General Assembly
convenes in July an earnest effort will be
made to substitute Georgia marble for oolitic
limestone.
NELMS CONFIDENT.
It is said that John W. Nelms feels so confi
dent that lie will succeed John E. Bryant as
United States Marshal when Cleveland takes
Ilia seat that he will not again Oder for tlie
place of Principal Keeper of the State Peni
tentiary. ft is anown that Senators Colquitt
and Brown are fast friends of Capt. Nelms.
OFFICE SEEKERS PLENTIFUL.
The “blue hook” of the National Govern
ment is in great demand here by parties who
want an office under Cleveland. Almost every
man who has had anything to do with politics
for years past stems to want a
place under the new administration.
Maj. R. N. Ely wants to be an assistant
of the Attorney General of the United States.
FELTON’S LEGISLATIVE WORK.
Dr. Felton has introduced two bills which
will lay over until the summer session, either
of which, when they come up, will attract a
good ileal of attention. One of these is Ills
bill to establish a reform penitentiary, in
which he proposes to put a certain class of
offenders that he thinks should not be brought
in contact with the worst class of criminals.
The bill will meet with strong opposition on
the ground that such an institution would
cost too much. The other bill is a blow at the
pooling system, giving the Commission tlie
power to prevent railroads from entering into
agreements with each other to haul ireight
and passengers at a given sum.
In the inner jjocket of his coat he carries
another bill that he proposes offering at the
summer session, the provisions of which are
to abolish the sale or manufacture of spiritu
ous liquors in the State of Georgia. These
three bills wilt provoke quite an amount of
discussion when they are taken up forcon
siheration, and the doctor will have all that
he can do to advocate their passage. He
realizes this fact, and during the recess, if he
has not already done so, will fortify himself
for tlie struggle. The one providing for a
reform penitentiary has been made the special
order for the first Thursday after the opening
of the session.
THE NEW CHAMBER OF COMERCE.
Atlanta’s new Chamtierof Commerce will
be thrownjopen early in January. The exact
date is not yet fixed upon. The building cost
$50,000, and is a handsome structure, well
fitted up. The opening exercises will be con
ducted on a grand scale.
GEORGIA’S LEGISLATURE.
Savannah’s Street Paving Bill Goes Over
—The Temperance Measure.
Atlanta, Deo. 18.—In the Senate to-day,
on motion of Mr. Maddox, the appropriation
bill and tax act were remitted back to the
Finance Committees of the House and Senate
for consideration.
A number of local House bills were read the
third time aud passed.
The bond bill was passed by a vote of 33 to 3.
The Savannan street paving bill goes over
to the summer session.
In the Hsuse to-day the session opened with
the reading and passage of local hills.
At noon the general local option bill came
up. A motion was made to defer action until
the first Thursday after the opening of the
July session. This brought about some tllli
bustering, which continued all day. The
advocates seemed to want to rush the meas
ure through without looking into it. while the
opponents asked for time, maiming that some
of the features were objectionable and that
thev wanted the bill amended.
The Chatham, Richmond, Bibb, Muscogee
and other delegations representing the most
heavily populated counties wanted the meas
ure amended so as not to include them. Be
sides this it is thought that the bill is of too
much importance to consider now owing to
the small attendance, fully one-third of the
members being absent. The temper of the
House looks as though the bill will go over.
A MINISTER’S OATH AT STAKE.
R*v. Jones, of Ithaca. N. Y., Arrested
Because He Voted Despite Opposition.
ITHACA. N. Y„ Dec. 18.—This town is in a
ferment over the arrest last night and re
moval to Auburn to-day of Rev. Robert T.
Jones, pastor of the Park Baptist Church, for
illegally voting at the late Presidential elec
tion. Rev*Jones born in England, was
brought by his parents to this country while
an infant, and has not been naturalized, but
thinks his father, who resided for years
in New York, may have been. Rev.
Jones declared for Cleveland and addressed a
Democratic meeting prior to the election,
generating feeling in the church party of the
town. He was then declared to be an alien
and warned that his vote would be challenged,
as it was, and he swore it in under the general
oath. His arrest will probably cause an in
dignation meeting to be held here to-night.
The United States Commissioner here ignored
the charge and the prisoner was therefore
taken to Auburn.
RIOTOUS LABORERS.
Discharged Workmen Attack a Con
ductor and are Met with Bullets.
Chattanooga, Dec. 18.—A special dispatch
from Oakdale Junction, on the line of the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, gives details
of the riot incited by discharged workmen.
Forty hands were discharged from a con
struction tram, whereupon they became very
much enraged and indulged in loud threats
against Conductor Hutchinson, who was in
charge. It finally culminated in a general
melee, and the discharged men assaulted the
conductor. He fired in self-defense, and in
stantly killed a man named Williams, and
shot a man named Johnson through the ab
domen.
A CALL FOR TROOPS.
Columbus, 0., Dec. 18.—Sheriff Boden, at
Hocking, to-aay, made a request of Gov.
Hoadly to send two companies of troops to the
Hocking valley. Th 6 Governor declined to
honor the requisition, saying that he thought
the local autfiorities could meet any emer
gency.
A FETE AT BOMBAY.
The Retiring Governor General or In
dia Highly Honored.
Bombat, Dec. 18. —The Marquis of Ripon,
the retiring Governor General of India, to
day made a state entry into this city. The
streets for 6 milts were thronged with pecple
and decorated with flags. Bands of music
were stationed at frequent intervals. Three
thousand cotton operatives followed the pro
cession. Seventy-five addresses were made
in honor of the occasion. Tne Marquis of
Ripon made an exhaustive speech, defending
the policy pursued during his administration.
At the conclusion of his remarks enthusiastic
cheers were given for Queen Victoria and the
Marquis of Ripon. The city was brilliantly
illuminated in the evening and there were
numerous torchlight processions,
Durkee’s Salad Dressing and Cold Meat
Sauce is made from the freshest, purest
and choicest condiments obtainable. In
using it waste, labor, anxiety, and disap
pointment are prevented. ,
BISHOH LEROY’S VIEWS.
HE FAVORS OPENING THE EX
POSITION ON SUNDAYS.
No Harm to be Derived from a Visit to
it Even on the Most Sacred Day of
the Week—The Workmen Bringing
Order Out of Chaos.
New Orleans, Dec. 18.—Following the heavy
rains on yesterday to-day was intensely cold.
Strong northerly winds prevailed, and alto
gether the weather was yery inclement. Tbe
general unpropitiousness materially affected
the attendance at the World’s Exposition,
which was even less than during Wednesday’s
deluge. Within the buildings, however, work
actively-progressed, and new exhibits rapidly
took shape. The Mexican and Jerusalem ex
hibits, which had been in lond, were released
to-day and moved to tlie ground- 1 , where the
work of unboxing was begun. Horticultural
Hall has a very fine display of fruits, ferns,
trees, shrubs, bushes and the like, but as
surance is given that in a few days its
contents will be much more beautiful
and plentiful. In answer to a question con
cerning the proprietv of having the exposition
open Sunday, Archbishop Leroy said: “The
Romau Catholic Church has set aside Sunday
in pursuance of God’s own commands as a
day of rest from the week’s arduous labors.
If one attends to his religious duties on that
day he has a perfect right and is granted ab
solute freedom to enjoy himself in any man
ner he chooses, provided the amusement
sought is cheerful, instructive, pure and
moral.
VISIT IT ANY DAY.
“In regard to the exposition, I would un
hesitatingly counsel everybody to see it Sun
day or week days. Nothing but good results
can flow from visits to the exposition.
There the great mass of the people will
find food for mental, physical and moral cul
ture. The highest perfection in art, science,
mechanics and the professions from all parts
of the globe are there represented, and the
practical benefits to accrue from acquaintance
with these are incalculable. Take for in
stance the day laliorer, mechanic or clerk,
who toils during thq week to earn his daily
bread, and who has only one day—Sunday—to
recreate himself. A visit to the exposition
grounds that day will be of great benefit to
him, and I will heartily approve, for these
reasons, keeping open the exposition on Sun
days. Sometime ago a numtierof ministers of
this city waited upon me for the purpose of
having me sign a petition to the managers
of the exposition askiug that the World’s Fair
be closed Sundays. I refused to sign it.”
An informal meeting of the Commissioners
of the exposition was held to-day, over which
Julia Ward Howe, chief of the woman’s de
partment, presided. It was decided to hold a
formal meeting for the transaction of impor
tant business in a few days.
It was the United States man-of-war Galena
that arrived here instead of the Tennessee as
first reported. ’The Tennessee, Swatara and
Yantic will arrive in about twenty days.
EXHIBITORS PROTEST.
To-day at noon there was a largely attended
meeting of the Association of Exhibitors at
the pavilion of the Grand Rapids Furniture
Association in the exposition grounds. Presi
dent C. S. Burt, of Dubuque, la., was in the
chair. William Joselyn, of New York, stated
that the exhibitors had been very badly treat
ed in not being furnished with proper admis
sion to the exposition grounds. In many cases
they had been denied admission, and in others
they had been admitted on laborers’ passes.
They protested against such treatment,declar
ing that they were the equals of the managers
of the exposition, and quite as necessary to
its success, since without the exhibitors there
could be no exposition. The protest was
unanimously adopted, and beingput into writ
ing was at once transmitted to the exjioeition
authorities. E. P. Benjamin, of Michigan,
stated that there was a grievance far more
important than that of not getting passes into
the grounds, and that was the obstructions
and ill-treatment which exhibitors had uni
versally met with from the Chief of Installa
tion Samuel Mullen. lie demanded his im
mediate resignation or removal by the Board
of Managers.
Ihe demand was heartily cheered, and be
ing put to the house in the form of a resolu
tion, was carried by a large majority, aud
the Executive Committee was instructed to
convey the resolution to tlie Board oi Mana
gers, and report to another meeting of ex
hibitors to be held to-morrow at noon.
The meeting also adopted a reso
lution demanding that the same
system of providing season tickets for
exhibitors and their assistants be established
as was in use at the Centennial at Philadel
phia. The meeting was almost unanim us
in its action, and exhibitors who are earnestly
interested in the success of the exposition de
clared that they must have a change or the
great enterprise would seriously suffer. They
recommend that VV. J. Wrightman, chief
clerk in the office of the Director General, be
substituted in ihe place of Chief of Installa
tion Mullen.
THE LIBERTY BELL.
Philadelphia, Dec. 18.—The Select Coun
cil to-day adopted a resolution providing for
the loan ot the Liberty bell to the authorities
of New Orleans for exhibition at the World’s
Fair. The resolution provides that three
Philadelphia policemen shall accompany the
bell to New Orleans, and guard it at all times
until its return to this city. The resolution
has not yet been acted upon by the Common
Council.
A TRAIN IN A RIVER.
An Open Draw and Unheeded Signals
Work Havoc Near Wilmington.
Wilmington, N. C., Dec. IS.—The Southern
mail, leaving here at 8 o’clock last night, met
with a serious accident, which, fortunately,
was not attended with loss of life, at the
bridge across the Cape Fear river, about
seven miles south of Wilmington. The draw
had been left open and the signals were not
observed. The engineer noticed the fact too
late to avoid an accident, and reversing the
engine he and the firemen jumped
for their lives. The engine plunged
into the river, followed by the
baggage and express cars. The baggage
master went over with his car, but was res
cued. He is badly cut and bruised, but will
probably recover. The engine and cars are
still at the bottom of the river, the rear end of
the baggage-car being above water at low tide.
The accident caused a delay of this train, as
well as the Southern fast mail, of twelve
hours. The fireman was slightly bruised.
BAYARD AND THE TREASURY.
The Rumor of His Having Expressed a
Preference Reiterated as True.
New I’okk, Dec 16.—The story printed this
morning that Senator Bayard had written to
Gov. Cleveland an acceptance of the Treasury
portfolio has attracted wide attention to-day,
and careful investigation disclosed to all that
it was fonnded on truth. It is said that tbe
influence of the Belmont family was brought
to bear on him to accept this position. Before
the Delaware Senator returned to this city
from Albany he had positively declined to
enter the new Cabinet, and started on his
way to Washington determined to remain in
the Senate. While stopping over in this city,
however, it is said that he was met by an
emissary of August Belmont, who prevailed
upon him to reconsider his decision.
Mr. Belmont ha 9 supported the Senator for
the Presidency ever since 1872. and has been a
liberal contributor to the funds raised to push
Mr. Bayard’s candidacy before every conven
tion since then, and as a result he lias consid
erable influence with him, and, so the story
foes, had exerted it to get him to accept the
’reasury Department.
LONDON’S BOLD FOES.
The Explosion Under the Bridge the
Work of Very Cool Heads.
London, Dec. 18.—The researches yesterday
into the explosion caused a sensation,as a dis
covery showed that the outrage was planned
with an amount of coolness, determination
and foresight hitherto uncredited to the Ter
rorists. Everything proves that the partici
pators in the plot must have remained be
neath the bridge a quarter of an hour despite
the swiftness of the current. The work was
prosecuted with immense difliculty, but the
deep shadows were sufficient to prevent de
tection. It is believed that a chemical fuse
was used to ignite the explosive, giving the
conspirators time to escape to land and catch
the tidal train for Paris.
Earl Granville and Mr. Gladstone have been
provided with extra guards since the explo
sion at London bridge.
COREA’S MASSACRE.
A Night Given Oyer to Bloodshed by the
Rival Forces at the Capital.
London, Dec. 18.—Advices from Corea state
that the American Minister was present at
the entertainment given by the King on Dec.
15, when the revolt occurred. A series of
bloody struggles took place in the city en
virons and capital between Chinese and
Japanese troops. The Coreans attacked both
indifferently, and altogether two sets of min
isters were massacred. The origin of the
trouble is attributed to the Japanese, whose
legation was burned, it is believed willfully,
and in the confusion that ensued the Coreans
implicated the rival forces on the island.
Rascality of an Austrian Broker.
Vienna, Dec. 18.— The Bourse was unsettled
to-day in consequence of the disappearance
of Lucas Janner, Director of Securities of the
Department of the Lower Austrian Discount
Bank, and the discovery bv the police on ex
amining his coffers of a deficit of about 1,000,-
000 florins. At the last examination of tbe
bank’s effects Nov.lß everything was right. A
reward of 1.000 florins has been offered for the
capture of Janner. It is rumored that he
has committed suicide. Heinrich Kuffler; a
broker, has been arrested on suspicion of
complicity with Janner. The latter had dis
counted bad bills of Kuffler’s to the amount of
1,000,000 florins.
On Howgate’s Trail.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 18.—Two officers of the
United States Secret Service are here in
search of Capt. Howgate, the defaulter, late
of the Signal Service. He has friends at Fort
Omaha, and they hoped to And him there.
Several persons who know Capt. Howgate
say that they saw him in Nebraska City three
weeks ago. Nellie Burrill, his alleged mis
tress, is in Dewitt, Neb., and the theory is
that he is not far from there. The
officers believe that he is in one of the Missouri
river town®, and that it is only a question of a
short time when he will surrender to the law.
AN IDEAL ANARCHIST.
Reinsdorf Facing Hi* Fate Despite tlie
Trembling of His Accomplices.
Leipsic, Dec. 18.—The most remarkable
feature of the trial of the eight Anarchists for
the attempt to kill the Emperor and others at
Neiderwald is, that each one of
with the single exception of Reinsdorf, tries
to put the burden of blame on somebody be
sides mmseir. In concluding his harangue
yesterday Reinsdorf said that he knew that
he risked his own life, but if he died
he died as a martyr in obedience to the Scrip
tural command, “Be ye faithful eveu unto
death.” The public prosecutor demanded
that Reinsdorfs words should be taken down
in order to form the basis for a fresh charge
against him of inciting to murder. To this
charge Reinsdorf was asked whether he
pleaded guilty or not guilty. He answered:
“I have nothing further to say. Deal with
me as you please.” Schiebeck, of Eberfeld.
deposed that Reinsdorf boasted that he would
do a deed that would make Germany talk of
him.
SOCIALISTS GROWING BOLDER.
Paris, Dec. 18.—A dispatch from Berlin in
relation to the Socialist exeilemeut says that
the police assert that they have found proofs
of an extensive plot to enroll so diers in So
cialist societies, and that pamphlets preach
ing a revolt have been circulated privatelv
among the soldiers garrisoned at Berl.n. The
barracks were minutely searched Wednes
day. The result of the search has been kept
secret. Since the election for members of the
Reichstag the Socialist workingmen have
been openly advoeatingresistance. The police
recently, while trying to dissolve a Socialist
meeting, were resisted and beaten, and the
mob afterwards fought in the street. The
police were re-enforced, and succeeded in
arresting a number of the rioters.
STRUCK DUMB FOR SWEARING.
Mr. Lyman, of Indiana—His Pernicious
Habits and His Horrible Punishment.
The people of Lee township, about 75 miles
north of this city, in Brown county, Ind., says
a Louisville (Ky.) special of Dec. 10, are in a
state of excitement over the case of James
Lyman, who was instantly deprived of all
sensation a few days ago. Lyman recently
moved into Lee township. His family con
sists of a son and two daughters. In early
years he was a seaman, and although he tells
but little of his past history it is believed,
from relics and other souvenirs which he has
in his possession, that his adventures on the
ocean would make a volume of romance.
It is said of him that when 11 years of age
he ran away from his home in Boston and de
termined to adopt a sailor’s life. He con
cealed himself in the hold of a ship about to
weigh anchor, and was carried off to sea on
board a vessel. Lyman soon learned to swear.
As bis years increased his proramty became
more voluble. Ilis ship touchedmanv foreign
shores, and by frequent association with the
natives he gradually acquired their manner
of speech, and in time became the master of
four different languages. In all of these he
was an adept at swearing.
SWEARING BY WHOLESALE.
The slightest trifle met with a volley of
oaths, and the air would be perfectly sul
phurous with his wicked declarations. When
excited his wrath was terrible, and none
dared to remain within earshot while curses
and imprecations rolled with mighty vehe
mence from his tongue. One dav last week,
while superintending a force of hands in
making a clearing, a silly accident threw Ly
man into an excess of passion. Words more
blasphemous than ever before uttered rolled
from his fluent tongue, while he danced
around in a perfect paroxysm. Suddenly the
impious declarations ceased. Lyman
fell face downward to the ground
and was unable to move a muscle. A genuine
thunderbolt or a bullet through the heart
could not have paralyzed his senses quicker.
Sight was destroyed, speech gone and motion
impossible. After thirty minutes’ prostra
tion he recovered slightly, but was unable to
regain his lost speech. His eves were also
dimmed. On the arms of two strong laborers
he was borne to his house, where he has since
been resting in a half-conscious condition.
A PECULIAR OPERATION.
A Child’s Palate Cut in Two and Sewn
Into Place.
A painful and difficult surgical operation,
says a Cleveland, 0., special of Dec. 16. was
performed in this city Saturday by a local sur
geon on a two-year-old child of Mr. Reed, of
Kinsman township, this county. The child
was born with a cleft palate, the deformity
being so bad that food could be taken only
with difficulty, the tendency being to eject the
food through the nostrils. The palate whs
liked the rafters of a peaked roof, barring
that they did not meet. A surgical operation
was necessary to cut and join and sew the
palate. It was impossible to give an anaes
thetic, lest the child should be smothered bv
its own blood.
To hold open the mouth, reach in and cut
the palate and then introduce a needle nnd
sew the parts was a painful operation that
took several hours. Frequent rests were re
quired, and the child, exhausted with pain,
would fall asleep, thus illustrating the fact
that the power of enduring pain is limited
within certain bounds. The operation was
reasonably successful, and the child is no v on
the road to recovery.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed In Condensed Form.
The Brighton Beach racing season has
closed.
The anarchist Louise Michel shows symp
toms of madness and softening of the brain.
No importance is attached to the reports of
a probable war between Brazil and the Ar
gentine Republic.
Madame Ilugins, who recently shot M.
Morin at Paris, France, will be charged with
premeditated homicide.
The English Court of Appeals has granted
a rule nisi for anew trial in the case of Chas.
Bradlaugh, found guilty of illegally voting in
the House of Commons.
At Brookhaven, La., a negro went to the
house of Mrs. Tyler, demanded money, and
when refused inflicted fatal injuries upon the
lady, robbed the house and fled.
Waite, the Montana heavy-weight pugilist,
was badly punished by the Colorado cham
pion, Connelly, Sunday, at Butte. It Is re
ported that he will probably die.
The Budget Committee of the French Senate
yesterday restored the credits for the salaries
of the clergy and religious bodies, which were
rejected by the Chamber of Deputies.
There was no foundation for the rumor cur
rent in London Wednesday that Louis Kos
suth was dead. On the other hand, the
venerable patriot is in excellent health.
J. W. McVickar. a pool seller, who shot and
killed Frank Gordon, an ex-convict, on the
night of Nov. 30, after a quarrel in a saloon
at New York, was acquitted yesterday.
Cholera has reappeared at Aubervilliers,
France, six cases being reported. Four were
fatal. The fresh breaking out of the disease
is attributed to the mildness of the weather.
Near Hazelhnrst, Miss., Wednesday night,
three negroes went to the house of W. Somer
ville, called Somerville to the door and killed
him, shot at his mother, robbed the bouse of
$2,000 and escaped.
Prince Bismarck refuses to follow the
urgent advice of his physician to take several
months rest. Many private offers have been
made to provide the 1,000 marks for an as
sistant refused by the Reichstag.
George H. Proctor, one of three men who
robbed the United States Express Company
at Susquehanna of $33,000 in 1883, was arrested
at Montrose, Pa , yesterday. He lost his
share of the robbery in oil speculations.
A report comes from St. Charles, Mo., that
Joseph Ruenze, Superintendent of the Water
Works of that city, has left town in arrears
to the company several thousand dollars and
owing numerous debts to individuals.
Reports have been received at London that
the Grand Duchess Sergius of Russia has
asked the Czar to concede her a divorce from
the Grand Duke, on the ground that the lat
ter continues to maintain his mistress.
The Cape Ann Advrtixer' summary of the
disasters to the Gloucester Ashing fleet during
the past year shows that 18 vessels valued at
887,000 nave been lost; 131 fishermen lost their
lives, leaving 60 widows and 66 children.
Prof. Slocum, the schoolmaster who defend
ed himself against a mob, killing a man and
wounding several others at Horse Cave, Ky.,
Saturday night, was discharged from custody
to-day on motion of the Commonwealth At
torney.
At Philadelphia, Pa., yesterday morning,
Rev. H. Colclazer, for 57 years a well-known
Methodist Episcopal minister, died. He was
one of the founders of the University of Mich
igan, was 75 years old and retired from the
ministry last March.
Advices from Saigon state that the revolu
tion in Cambodia is complete. The di
rection of public affairs has been wrested
from the royal authorities. M. Girard, the
French Commissioner at Saigon, has assumed
direction of the government at the capital.
The insurgents recently captured in a small
sailing vessel off the coast of Cuba by the
gunboat Caridad, have been ldentifled as
Gen. Bonacheo, Col. Putareo Estrada, Capt.
Manuel Estrada, Capt. Pedro Lesistor and a
number of minor officers. They will be shot.
At Boston in the Superior Court yesterday
the jury in the case or Daniel Edward Collins
vs. the South Boston Street Railroad Compa
ny, returned a veidict of $13,000 for the plain
tiff. The suit was one for $20,000 damages for
the loss of an arm, caused by being run over
by a car of the defendant corporation.
Tbe name of the killed on the Denver and
Rio Grande collision at Thistle station. Utah,
Wednesday, are: Edward Wolley,O. Larisey
and Edward Wallace. Those hadly hurt are:
John McCarty, whose leg was amputated yes
terday; Frank McGuire, flesh cut from the
lower part of his back. He will probably die.
The Board of Directors of the Union Base
Ball Association yesterday awarded the
championship pennant to the St. Louis Club.
They decided to keep the association down to
eight clubs, and not to admit any clubs that
cannot show a thoroughly sound and strong
financial condition, and accepted the resigna
tion of the Baltimore Clnb.
RAILROAD NEWS.
D. T. McCabe, of Chicago, representing
the Pennsylvania Railroad, was in Savan
nah yesterday.
R. W. Geiger, one of the officials of the
Jefferson and Indianapolis Railroad, was
in the city yesterday on business for his
road, and left on an evening train.
I PRICE 910 A YEAR.|
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ROASTED IN AN ASYLUM.
785 ORPHANS ANl> 50 SISTERS
HEMMED IN BY DEATH.
One of the Latter Falls from a Third-
Story Window to the Pavement and ts
Fatally Hurt—Several of the Children
Believed to Have Perished.
New Yoke, Dec. 17. —This afternoon fire
broke out in the dining-room of the Catholic
Male Orphan Asylum, in the building adjoin
ing the right wing of the institution, on the
corner of St. Mark’s street and Albany ave
nue, Brooklyn. The building with the grounds
occupied an entire block. The building
wherein the lire originated contained a dor
mitory on the third floor in which there were
60 orphans suffering from various complaints.
Whether or not they all escaped cannot be
told until the roll-call It had, but it is feared
that some were lost. Sister Mary Josephine,
who was in the dormitory at the time the fire
broke out, made heroic efforts to save the lit
tle ones, she remained in the room until ab
solutely driven out bv the flames; then she
rau to a window on the third floor, wberefahe
blood upon the coruicc until Foreman Mc-
Uroarily, of eugiue 11, from the root of the
buildiug swung his coat to her. The Sister
caught the coai, but when McGroarity tried
to pull her from her perilous position
she lost her grasp and fell headlong
to the ground. She struck upon
her shoulder aud head, aud was conveyed to
St. Catherine’s Hospital in au unconscious
condition. Joseph Ryan, a boy, tried to de
scend by a ladder from tne same floor. The
latter parted and he received severe injuries.
John McGrath, 8 years old, jumped from the
third story and was badly tujured.
Mother de Cbantel ana Sister Anthony were
in the oflice when the lire was discovered.
They at once gave au alarm, and proceeded
to get the children out of the asylum. There
were 785 orphaus tu the buUdiug. They were
told to leave it and seek shelter in any neigh
boring house until called for. There was
great excitement among the inmates, but it is
believed that alt escaped excepting some of
those in the dormitory wing. A hundred lit
tle feliows rau out into the tailing snow hat
less aud coatless. The flames spread with
great rapidity and the buildings were almost
completely destroyed.
FLIGHT OF THE CHILDREN.
There were about thirty sisters in the asy
lum aud a number of them went out with the
children, but it was impossible to keep the
little boys together. They sought refuge in
the car stables, dwellings, saloons and stores
near by. Rev. Father lironsou took nearly a
hundred of them to his home aud the asylum
attached to the church charity foundation
close by received another considerable num
ber. John Watlield, a grocer, and George
Irish placed a ladder agauißt the second story
window on Albany avenue and helped down
seven inmates, ’ when the crowd called
to them to come down, on account
of tiie proximity of the flames,
which were bursting out of the windows
just beneath them, l'atrick (Jahill says that he
lscoulldent that he iaw a woman fall buck,
from a window into the flames. He also be
lieves that all the boys did not get out. One
of the boys said that tho lire was caused oy
another boy who went into the drying room
with a lighted candle. There were some
clothes drying on the rack aud he accidentally
touched them with the candle flame. The
flame spread, leaped up iu a moment and all
who were in the room ran out. George
Matthews, of truck No. 3, was seriously in
jured. Another fireman was badly burned
and otherwise injured by beiug knocked from
a ladder. The building stood upon an eleva
tion and tiie Bremen had hard work to get ut
it. At 9 o’clock to-night only the charred
walls remaiued. The loss is $200,000. It is
fully covered by insurance. Sister Mary
Josephine died to-night from her injuries.
YELLOW FEVER INOCULATIONS.
Important Discoveries Concerning the
Microbe and How It Has Been Neu
tralized.
Tiie latest Paris exchanges, says tho Phila
delphia Medical Xeics, give an account of the
sitting of the Academy of Sciences, at which
M. Bouley presented a note from Brazil on
yellow fever. The microbe is stated to be a
cryptococcas, and is found in the blood, the
black vomit, and tho dejections. A large
number of inoculations appear to have been
successfully made with a mitigated virus,
and all of the persons—over 500—so treated
escaped the disease. M. Bouley accepts the
facts of the vaccination and its protective
power, but doubts the characters of the mi
crobe, to determine which he suggested the
appointment of a special commission.
Since 1800 M. Domingas Freire, professor in
the medical school at Rio Janeiro, has occu
pied himself with the question of yellow fever
inoculation. He had not been able to demon
strate the microbe of yellow fever, but ascer
tained that the virus, of whatever nature it
my be, had been attenuated, and that
guinea-pigs had acquired immunity.
Later he was assisted by M. Rabourgeon, a
Frenchman, and. after having carefully ex
perimented on guinea-pigs with the attenu
ated virus, they inoculated themselves, as
well as several students of medicine and em
ployes of the muceum at Rio. They under
went the symptoms of mild yellow fever,
which disappeared in three days.
Tiie Emperor bum Pedro visited the lab
oratory, and, having satisiied himself of the
excellent results of their method, authorized
them to experiment on human beings. Nearly
200 persous, most of whom were wharf labor
ers, submitted to the vaccination and re
mained unaffected, while around them were
large numbers of their comrades succumbing
to the diseases.
English sea captains sailing in these lati
tudes, learning that yellow fever was epi
demic at Rio Janeiro, had all their crews
vaccinated, first setting tho good example
themselves. It is oertain that the attenuated
virus has preserved about 500 animals and
human beings who had submitted to tho vac
cination.
These happy results must be compared with
the report made by Dr. liocbard, that of
twenty-flve physicians sent to Senegal to care
for the yellow fever patients, twenty-three
hail s ion died, and the conclusion is near that
this vaccination is destined to save Europeans
who visit the places where yellow fever is en
demic.
A CLERK WHO WOULDN’T GO.
Congressmen who Think the Clerkships
are Their Personal Property.
Members of Congress consider the places
about the capitol as purely personal per
quisites, says a Washington special of Dec. 15,
although the Sergeant-at-Arms or the Clerk
of the House arc responsible for the employes
under them. These employes are appointed
on the recommendation of members of the
party. Very often the head officials have a
red-hot time of it as between the members
and their proteges. A case in point is that
of Congressman O’Neill, of the St. Louis dis
trict. O’Neill had a youDg man from St.
Louis named Bauman appointed to a clerk
ship under Gen. Clark at the beginning of
the last session—Bauman doing O’Neill’s
clerical work outside of his office hours.
During the recess O’Neill wanted Bau
man to come to St. Louis and work
for his re-election, but as that election
was sure Bauman didn’t think it worth while.
At St. Louis O’Neill promised Bauman’s
place to the Secretary of the Father Mathew
Temperance Society, of St. Louis, who had
performed yeoman service in the campaign.
At the same time the St. Loms Congressman
notified his former protege that he was re
moved “for ingratitude.” Notwithstanding
this peremptory dismissal Bauman continued
to draw bis salary. O’Neill came here and re
moved him again, but the clerk still stuck.
The other man was on hand waiting for the
delivery of the goods as promised. In the
meantime Bauman got himself fortified with
members of the delegation and both sides be
gan pulling and hauling at Chief Clerk Clark,
the O’Neill side to get Bauman out and the
other side to keep him in. O’Neill’s pole
doesn’t seem quite long enough to reach the
persimmons. Gen. Clark refuses to recognize
“ingratitude” as a cause of summary dismis
sal. As O’Neill is unpopular in his delegation
it is not likely anything will be left undone to
defeat his plan of civil service reform.
Egypt’s Big Crop of Cotton.
Alexandria, Dec. 18.— The cotton crop of
Egypt is one of the largest ever raised, and
will probably exceed 3,250,000 cantars.
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