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I RgTABL!*aiO 18S0.
{ j, M, B9TIU. Editor sod Proprietor. I
(GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A l.etter from Senator Brown on the
Tariff Question— Redumption of Minins
Operations in North Georgia- Another
Tragic Murder on Palafox Wharf,
Pensacola.
GEORGIA.
J. J. Hanes.of Clayton county, killedacalf
of his own raisins last week, just 17
"i.. .k.i weighed MI pounds net The hide
weighed 60 pounda, making 610 pounds total
\ company of gentlemen from Athens and
• djacent counties are organizing a grand
iiu’nt to take place in South Carolina, be
tween Augusta and Port Royal, early next
week. They will make the trip in a special
tr equipped with all the conveniences for a
canip life.
It is now said that David Bishop, who, it is
a leged. was a participant in Wednesday
i lit'* tragedy at Colunil.us.has made noefforc
toevade the officers and has been at work in
the stft Factory, where he is employed. It
is claimed that'Bishop took no part in the
tilling and was not even armed at the time.
liairkinsville Ui*i>atch\ There is probably
.. j, mu ch home-raised meat in this section this
M'ason as ihere has been at any time since the
war l orn is worth from 60 to <5 cents per
bushel, and dressed pork 6 cents a pound. An
average crop of cotton was made, and the
1„ g-a-ie l- celling at to'J'A cents. There
- no*poor cotton. It is all pretty, because
ttiere were no rain storms to stain it. Flour,
sugar, coffee and other articles of household
necessity are very cheap.
Dublin Pott'. Reading an article from the
New Jurk Wr. under caption of “Buying
and Selling Wives." <* .......l a case ol
JJjrtv years ago. when a man of Emanuel
• •..untv sold his wife fora jug of whisky and
'reVeived a present from a husband of
another wife, who was afterward discarded.
The woman that was bartered for the whisky
was afterward traded again. As some of the
i art • - are now living respectable lives, and,
I,ut few people know of the transactions, we
Mr-. White, an old lady living be'ow Wat
kn.sville. had saved up 145 to nave a railing
i ••! around her son's grave, who had died in
southwestern Georgia some time ago, and
w lule -he was fixing to move, she pulled out
i, key- for some purpose, and u ith the keys
money fell out*. A negro, who had Im;* n
. aployed to a-M-t in moving Mrs. White,
up the money and :it out. He was
• au-iit and tried before Judge Jackson, and
. ntcre c i to 12 moatlis in Toon Dowell’s
chain-gang.
Athens Banner- Watchman : The liquor
deVier- say if the Prohibitionists will consent
t.. |h.t-tnone the operation of the law until
j, when tiic licenses expire, ttiat they will
an e not to light the measure, but let them
, *rr. the day. We an- willing to accept this
. ait romise, and it will doubtless be carefully
i mfi iercl While bitterly opposed to tlie
liquor traffic, we wish to see the evil abated
with as little injury as jiossible to the parties
engaged in the 'business. We are unwavei
u s in our prediction, however, that prohibi
ii u will triumph in Clarke county by a large
majority.
I lie Dublin young lady who advertised that
fla- would marry any youug man who would
lake her to the New'Orleans Exposition has
received the followinrjreply: I’iiii.ahki.i-iii a.
|*i , Dec. 14, 1M. —Friend Hint : llear
n-ol •• our personal 111 the Pott. I w rite\ou
t.. -a\ that I will accept jour proposition. 1
• nw Gk you to favor me with your real name
ii. i addre-s. and also a few lilies with a view
i. U tter acquaintance, and I promise to do
tl.. - line for you. Your fneud, Thohas K.
i akuoi.i . P. Be sure and direct your
1,-tler to Thomas K. Carroll. Philadefphin
p.-t office. Gimml night; pleasant dreams.
Amt rieus Republican: In December last,
ir. U . I'. Burt purchased a young sow for <*
and in January following she brought Inin
t ight pigs. One was killed at 2 mouths old
.ii. t another waajost. In October three of the
-boats were killed and weighed
in the aggregate 2*o pounds.
Two more were killed in Novemlter.
and another in Deeeralter, aggregating 375
un is. Last week the sow was killed and
aeighetl 250 pounds, and the remaining shout
- i,..w f it and at 1 year old will tip the beam
it . Thus he has raised, with little trouble,
..., i 1,000 pounds of pork on an original out
lav offs.
\tln ns Bonner- l Vatchman: Mr. I.amkin, of
i umbia county, is a great believer m tlie
virtue-of the mudstone, lie says there is a
widow lady, living near him. who makes a
. .• •'! support by apply ing one in her possession
• • parties bitten by rabid animals and veno
us reptihs. Slie charges |SO for its use and
it never fails to effect a cure. A Canner-
W,r on reporter askei Mr. Lamkio if
there was much demand in his ceetiou for
conjur bags, rabbit feet and horse shoes, tie
stated that the natives pinned their faith sole
ly to the mudstone, and he himself had offered
tin- fortunate possessor <3OO for hers and it
wa* declined.
■ v pari* - W. Short, a Cincinnati millionaire,
and \\ illiani Short, a prominent citizen of
l.ouisvdie, Ky., were in. Atlanta Suuday on
ii. rw ay home, after a three weeks trip into
-..ld’ mining section of North Georgia.
Thev are interested in mining property in
Daw-on county, into which they have put a
v.-rv large -urn of money, and which they are
.-! i. >w getting into good running shape. A
n po.-icr a-ked Charles W. Short what he
u -c.-hi of mining in Georgia, and he replied
without hesitation and With decided cm
j. "There is no doubt as to the profit in
•s I mining in Georgia. It is not speculative.
However. Gold mining in Georgia has
r idled a bu-i ness basis, and that is a very
decided advantage. The _yiel*l of profit is
-ure. and the business of mining, instead of
being u-I illation, can be conducted with as
much certainly of results as any kind of
manufacturing. It is all a question of im
proved machinery- We are very much pleased
with our investments.”
*>!i Friday J. O. Roliertson. a miner living
. l. and Edwin Nichols, a hotel
i-'ert, were arrested charged with making
counterfeit half dollars and dollars, sol
> . man. a worthless sort of a negro who is
known to be in the pay of the revenue men as
an informer, reported to the authorities that
Koliertson and Nichols were making the
counterfeit pieces. On his information the
in r were arrested. The negro also sated
ti t the moulds and metal could be found af
i ■ i-rtam place, but a search failed to disclose
eraahadMM. Saturday
i>i an Marshal Copeland carried the two
no to Gainesville for a preliminary trial
t a commissioner. There was only one
w - itist them, namely, the negro Sol.
* • nan. and he was in Atlanta. He was
sent for. and at the same time the facts were
U, : fore Emory Speer, the District At
torn. ~ who ordered the case dismissed on the
.r : and that the chargecould not besustained.
sif ur lay tug lit that information reached
ci i . -v.; . and the two men were discharged.
A man named Mitchell moved from Fayette
to stock bridge, Henry county,
a • •;,! two year ago. lie was rather a des
* •ra:i character, and didn't mind taking a
. row. Friday he was at stock
■ with several of his friends. and got in
to r..\v with a negro who had accidehtally
,i 1 ..a his foot. The negro l<egged his
far ut Mitchell was mad and tried to
: the negro with a ride. A man named
I- • w. r interfered, and Mitcheii turned
to him. He cursed Hightower,
■i -o . r took hold of the gun that Mitchell
. in i Mitchell struck him. A general
followed and Mitchell's gua was
if • iby oae of his friends, who attempted
t - : a -hot into the crowd. Columbus
-. • peaceable citizen of Stockbridge, in
-•- I the rifle and was going into a
r. -i th it. when Mitchell drew a pistol and
•' at inm three times. The two men were
fi ■ t apart. Shields raised the rifle
tin ball crashing into Mitchell’s
i-i f which he died Frl-
The < oroner held an inquest Sat
r *ay exonerating shieliU.
1 r* c, n: killing of moonshiners in Hall
■ • the party of revenue raiders has,
|; • \|s-cie l. resulted in the arrest of
r yc.ru. -f, r conspiracy. United states
-- mcr Caldwell, of Gainesville, is
r> .g four men against whom warrants
' in loiied. The men are Hiram Grant.
1 - Grant, Oregon Smith and Little An
r • Grant. It is claimed ttiat three of the
) '■ rt ’ were the men who attacked the boy at
-and took the horse away from him,
■at they were among those'who spent
. ,n and part of the night in getting
’■j - ' - end ' oucentrating the forces of the
! r.i r-. The two I'raters, who were
* ’ '• I with the affair, escaped, and have
G.r-i. They were Andrew Pra
: \ar.n Prater. Josiah Prater, as will
: . U‘red, was killed in the fight. Big
‘ Grant, who led the moonshiners.
’ ■- k i.-d by a terrible wound. The man
Hum wan evidently right at him.
irrels of a shotgun were fired into
* ■ the breast-bone and collar-bone
The charge passed through the body,
- every thing before it, and making a
to which a man could almost run his
Prater was shot in four places—twice
'cast, once in the back and once in
! i* i donega Signal will resume its regu
niiv column next week, which has been
" 'le t during the summer season. It an
■ - that the Columbia, the Ivey, the Fish
* r the Garnet, the Chestatee have started
re now m alteration. The Blast will
* n -fan. 1. and others no doubt will do
,n ' • The story of gold mining in Ge. r
' • developed by the report of tbe tom-
Mines and Mining in the Legtsla
peculiar interest. (Md was
'*■' overvd in the Cherokee uwnchase,
t! fee miles of Dahlonega. in Ts2:i, Uv,
u:i Parks, who now lives in
„ - 1 hi-, and other discoveries, led
- white people from various parts
1 r-i.t atnl other States to that place. After
r , eritory waasurveyed and drawn for by
' r **‘d settled up by an in
" - nt population. It was
■'ii i that other valuable metals and
' r -' extended over a large area from
ms to North Carolina. It is a settled
*" : iat gold, silver, copper, Dickel, mica,
'turn, marble, granite, soapstone, slate,
• - itii-e and stone coal exist in paying
i '.utii -in many localities. In the middle
- -mhern i>ortions of our Mate are buhr
granite, asbestos, kaolin, hcloysite,
* • ■ des and marl. Iron, coal and marble
• , ln - extensively mined in tbe northern
8 o the .State. Twenty-five thousand
f- worth of machinery are now being
-o work the marble quarries in Pickenn
.‘ n y- Granite and marb e quarries are ex
_ n-ueandof excellent quality, and will in
'•‘■• near future be much used in the constrnc
n. rr h ul >lic and private buildings, monu
' l '“l for statuary purposes. The copper
nn kel belts extending from North Caro-
Ha to Alabama have been partially devel
f,. veins and deposits have l*een
principally in the northeastern
PPt of the State, and are worked
extensively j n the counties of Union,
ke<; te ’ Mir pk h n, J Dawson and Chero
doll'ars are hn . n ' l . re<lß of thou Bands of
M inv of the mr 0816 ’* ln mine 9 and fixtures.
‘ E and S" are yielding a large per
With.,, a ri.l?o° fi on t ' ,e ca l*' tal invested,
lonega there l ,~° f BeTen miles around Dah
coM g K" o,r ln , runn * n g order twenty
numlx*r r.f Z ino U *^ ml,, “* with an aggregate
in Lnd f m 4o0 i ßtami ’ 8 ' with a capital invest, and
*"oo 0. ii ' Tv?‘ >hlDerv l anil apparatus of over
several’ hlSri* .“V 1 * 9 affor, ‘ employment to
l.roflts on 1 lalr,n ' rß and yiehl large
improved m .J; ap , ,t ? 1 ‘ nveßtc ' l - Keccnt and
the l h . o‘ 1 ’ h lVe ma ,e min ' n K one of
the SUte^lnm?- 061 . P rofital, le industries of
lishwl .on k, 183 ‘ a I,ranch ml nt was eetab
of !>blOPega for the assay and coinage
continued in o f >eration until
* when it suspended. Durin? its exist
c,.Tnedan Th , e ,l r OD * , of v . l (to J lar - in gold were
office there lire *l®' e ? taW ishment of an assay
ing in* i hit Z 0 ! 1 - and K ‘ Te encouragement to min
imr m i lTk 10 "', 8 "' 1 savu *° the producer 5
l>er cent, on the value of the gold.
the°foii A ' E ' W , ri K ht of Rome, has received
Broi n I , el V er from Senator Joseph E.
mg resume rn l? the writer gives an interest-
h i* v, ewßon tfic tariff question:
. a hinoton, and. c., Dec. is, ISS4.—lion
ihwf b Wright, Rome, Ga.: Dear S r—l
thank you for your letter of Dec. 13. I was
seeking 1 *! 1 ? l | hat i tho , re wcre Parties at work
T eJVr'r.o l ° *£** thc Democratic partv of
nothG g °whil le ariff Question. I have done
c/iurL-^u nM i a J CVcr . to , encourage any such
divide on thi ?° not i5 Ink the P art y ought to
f'erenee I!f th ue ' There ar *‘ shades of dif
°P,n,°n among Democrats on this
iKnn, b i Ut we Should always have a little
towards each other, and not sunder
L ai U l Uscomc personal antagonists
bocause we do not fully agree. There has
mirfv ii° en a ta , riff P aßße d upon a strictly
!i‘,e t Ji,i? e V s< i f:,r 88 ‘ can Rather, during
the whole history of the government. There
H , i n 80n > e . federalists that voted one
„ ay *“ dßo, “ e th e other, some Republicans
’ n > ? " J J I I ,ln '* anmo tbo otheri , some ODO
wav an* i some the other, and so on. In other
u?m!^ 0 ,! ,art l? 9 have alwa y been divided
on tariff bills. Yon are perfectly right, how
ever. when you say I am not for protection
L t*rrr ' ou Ray you have reffardcil me as for
a tariff for revenue with incidental protection.
,*.? ** exactly my ivosition. lam in favor of
abolishing the internal revenue system, in
tolo, as you are, and getting rid of that terri
ble nuisance to our people. lam for collect
mg the revenues necessary to support the Fed
eral Government at the jwrts by a tariff'. 1
deny that Congress has the power a
dollar more than is lieco-sarv for
of Hie government, including the Hsirv
e-penses and for the payment of 1
•l. le. Ihe government should l>!|.Hi..n]i.
• a H administered and no more
for that purpose than ab
solutely necessary. To that ext* he
l. v e in a tariff for revenue only . iq.
mg the amount necessary lor the of
the government, 1 Ikui vovvcsliou Sitiiui
naiein favor of American and
\iueriean labor, a.- again.-t foreigii
ture- and foreign labor. I have
"'' •I 1,119 illustration: '-uppose of
the tax on sugar and coff're to be
Now, so far as the amount is is
immaterial to me whether I pav i 3HOII
siuar or all on eoffee, or <5 ou each. as
we do not raise a pound of coffee oßtis
country, and as we have an important
"‘t'-re-t. 1 prefer to p. y the whole <lO on
an i protect that interest to the extent
and get my coffee free. I pav the
amount of money in either ease, lr I
on coffee 1 protect no American industry; IbH
pay it all on sugar, I give <lO protection to 1 ?®
American industry. However, you have !l
latter from me, Judge, rfn this subject son?"
time sfnee that gave you my views correctly,
and I have no reason to change them. I have
made two or three speeches on this question
that have been published and sent all over
Georgia. My own mind has undergone no
change whatever since their delivery and
publication, so that the people of Georgia can
have no misunderstanding of mv position.
Now 1 know there is a class of Democrats
in the case I supposed who would prefer the
ten dollars all on coffee, anil no part of it on
sugar, because in that case they will protect
no American industry. 1 prefer to discrimi
nate in favor of American industry; they pre
fer to discriminate against it. Now you will
Unit a large wing of the Democracy of Geor
gia who favor my view of it, and another
wing that would take the other view of it, but
wh v is it necessary that we should draw a party
line and make divisions out of the differences of
this character? It seems to me it would be
very unwise to do so. I want to protect, as
far as I can on tlie rule laid down, the capital
invested in manufactures, and 1 especially
desire to protect, as far as I can under ihe
rule, American labor and the class of men
who do the lalior, wlip are properly charac
terized by you as wealth-producers. I thank
you for calling my attention to this matter,
as I highly appreciate your good opinion, and
1 know there is no reason for misunderstand
ings between us. With kindest regards to
your good wife, I am, very truly, your friend,
Joseph E. Brown.
FLORIDA.
The municipal election at Pensacola oc
curred yesterday.
Another cargo of pig iron will soon be
shipped from Pnsaeoi,
During the week ended Dec. 26, 2,994 bales
of cotton were shipped from Pensacola.
Meagre attendance made the meeting of
orange growers called to assemble at Sanford
lust week a failure.
Julius Bass, a negro of Pensacola, who has
been successful of late in forging the names of
responsible citizens to money orders, has at
last been trapped and jailed.
A tangerine tree in the Amory grovi, near
Sanford has yielded this year 2,500 oranges.
The oranges were put into’ eleven boxes, and
sold at *7 per box—*77 for the lot.
The managers of the Florida Chatauqua, to
be held at Lake deFuniak, on the Pensacola
and Atlantic Railroad, from Feb. 10 to March
9, ]>So, have secured the services of the fa
mous native lecturer, Sau Ah Brah, who will
picture scenes in the Orieut Feb. 12,13 and 14.
Pensacola Advance-Gazette: When pro
l>osa!s were issued by the authority of the
proper officers at Washington for the delivery
of the brick for building the United States
custom bouse at Pensacola, it was distinctly
understood that the brick were to lie all good',
liard.fburned brick, and tne brickmasers of
Pensacola put in their bids accordingly, but
lost the award by *2 on a thousand brick.
Now, with all due credit to the good inten
tions of those who have been sent to supervise
this work, we must say that they have either
been overhandicapped or in some way un
fairly controlled, or else incompetent as ex
perts m the inspection of brick, for it is the
common observation that about one-half of
the brick going Into the work are
what are technically called samon,
or only partially burned brick.
If the brickmakers here had known
that such brick would be received, they would
have bid as low, or lower than the Montgom
ery, Ala., bricKmakcrs, who, by getting a
discrimination of freight rates against Pensa
cola, was enabled to compete with a mixed
lot of brick.
Pensacola Advance-Gazette: Palafox wharf,
which in the past few years has established a
record of crime that is unsurpassed by the
most infamous dens of New \ork city, was
again the scene of an outrageous murder on
Wednesday evening last. Between 6 and 7
o'clock on that day Peter Clare, or as he was
familiarly known “Peter, the Greek,’’ was
struck down by the hand of an assassin, hav
ing been stabbed through the heart and almost
instantly killed. The facts in the case, as
near as' we could gather them, are in sub
stance as follows: The deceased, through the
instrumentality of George Andrews, a
fellow countryman, had lieen reported
to the grand jury for some alleged
olTensc. The jury failed to make
a rase against Clare, and he in turn
instituted suit against Andrews for damages
of character, which latter case was pending
at the time of his murder. Clare passed the
confectionery of Andrews on Wednesday
evening, and remarked to him that he (An
drews) had tried to injure ms name, and that
if he would come down on the wharf he would
give bun saln-faction. and passed on. An
drews accepted the invitation, and proceeded
soon after in the direction mentioned. The
men met in the Royal Palace saloon, and re
newed the quarrel. Clare lied to the wharf
pursued by Andrews. In tbe middle of the
wharf Clare tripped on a board and fell. An
drews then stabbed him to the heart, causing
death. _
THi : ELECTOR Alt RETURNS.
A List of tbe Delinquent States and the
Remedy.
Senator Edmunds was asked to-day about
the electoral returns of the several States-,
says a Washington special of Dec. 27, and re
plied: “All but the States of Oregon .fnd
lowa have sent in their electoral returns by
mail. Now. as to the returns by messenger, a
neraber of States are yet delinquent. The
States of California, Florida, lowa, Kansas,
Nebraska. Nevada. Oregon, South Carolina.
Texas and Wisconsin have not yet sent in
their electoral vote by messenger.”
••Will this delinquency invalidate the vote
of any of tHfcse States,'Senator?’’ asked the
"Sfi£s* of Congress, ” Senator Edmunds
replied, “requires that there shall be three
sets of the electoral votes. One shall be de
posited with the District Judge, a second
shall be sent to the President of the Senate by
mail and a third by messenger, that messen
ger to be>dulv appointed by the electoral col
lege These’returns must be delivered to the
President of the Senate by the first Wednes
day in January. If the messenger fails to de
liver the vote entrusted to him by the time
prescribed, the law further provides that a
heavy itenaltv sha'l be imposed upon him.
These certificates of the vote of a State are
duplicates, and the law also provides that if
, he vote of any State has not been received by
Ike first Wednesday in January, then the Sec
■Lj-vof State shall send a special messenger
District Judge of the delinquent -tate,
* un ,ler law the first set must be depos-
procure that, which mhst be dulyf j
ere<i to the Vice President forthwith. TjrTe
are the main provisions of the law. /
The Combination of Insrlie|fe
used in making Brown’s Bronchial
Troches is such as to possi
ble effect with safety. the best
remedy in use /or Colds and
Throat Diseases.
Ailvice to Moinerf^..
Mrs. Winslow s soothing
scould always be used when children
cutting teeth. It relieves the little euV
terer at once: It produces natural, quiet*,
sleep by relieving the child from pain, andf u
the little cherub awakes as “ bright as gri
button.” It is very pleasant to taste. If 1
soothes the child, softens the gums, af "
lays all pain, relieves wind, regulaUL,
the bowels, and Is the best known remedy
lor diarrhiea, whether arising from teetT i
ingar ether causes. 2ft cents a bcttle.
RANDALL AT LOUISVILLE
THE PRESENT DEPRESSION DIS
CUSSED IN A SPEECH.
An Excess of Imports Which Usually
Forerun* Mercantile Misfortunes,
Lacking in the Present Instance—The
Relations of the Administration and
Business Community Set Forth.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 29.—Hon. Samuel J.
Randall arrived here on a special train at 9
o’clock last night. He was immediately
driven to the residence of Hon. Oscar Turner.
A committee composed of Judge W. B. Hoke,
Dr. W. H. Wattren, Col. C. E. Sears, Col. J.
S. Miller and W. Reed met the train at Win
chester, and accompanied Mr. Randall’s party
to the city. Mr. Randall is accompanied by
Mrs. Randall, and Congressman McAdoo. of
New Jersey. The tram was delayed a couple
of hours at Buckner, a station 25 miles out,
by the engine breaking down.
TUB FORMAL RECEPTION.
This morning Congressman Randall break
fasted at the residence of John E. Green on
Fourth avenue. At breakfast were present
by invitation Congressman McAdoo, Bishop
Dudley, Maj. J. M. Wright, Col. C. E. Sears,
Albert Fink and Gen. Basil W. Duke. It had
been announced that Mr Randall would ar
rive at the Board ol Trade rooms promptly at
12 o'clock. Half an hour before the appointed
hour the room in which the reception was to
take p ! ace was a perfect jam. Among the
large crowd of representative business men
gathered to greet Mr. Randall were the fol
lowing well-known gentlemen:
Capt. Silas T. Miller. Col J. V. Faulkner,
Col. James V. Buckner, Jr., Capt. M. F.
l-ishback, I>. L. Graves, Gen. Green Clay
Smith, John G. Roach, Judge Harlan, Maj.
Flint McCleary. ex-Gov. Luke P. Blackburn,
Senator Rodney Haggard, of Clark county;
Lewis Barkhouse, Henry T. Jefferson, J. B.
Richardson, George Gaulhert, J. A. Munn,
Judge Flannagan, of Clark county; Dr. W.
B. Caldwell, John Brannin. Jacob Kaiser,
John Byrne, John Doilil, John D. Taggart,
John T. Moore and Rev. Dr. Humphrey. Mr.
Randall's arrival was delayed, and it was
12:45 o’clock when he appeared. The room
was so thronged that it was difficult to force
an entrance •hrough the doorway, and Mr.
Randall found it necessary to enter through a
window from ths committee room to the plat
form, which had been arranged for the
speaker. Close behind Mr. Randall, who
walked beside Mr. Green, was Congressman
McAdoo.
MR. GREEN'S WELCOME.
The party was accorded a hearty reception.
In his words of welcome, Mr. Green was very
complimentary to .Mr. Randall. lie said that
the visitor was engaged in an honorable and
commendable task of working to secure tin
best interests of business men and laliorers
everywhere, and that it was his mission in the
South to acquaint himself with business in its
prosperity and depression that he might
be better qualified to assist iu national
legislation and advance measures in relation
to tlie imiwrtant question of the tariff that
kvould adequately and satisfactorily meet the
of the people.
rniicliiMuii of his remarks .Mr. Green
Mr. Randall. There was wild
- "f ban I-. an I. aft. r the e \ ••! t ilnin I
Mr. Randall advanrid In tin-
Hu’ platform and in slow and meas-
Hiht *ji ikr li.r nvrntj minutes.
HH MR. RAN UALI.'S SPEECH.
said:
pis! I■- ]> I. is Ii .km i N ~| 111 k It. > u::i
Loi i- 1 l i-i.i:: Reared as I hav e
mercantile IH'c. like iuo.it of those
me, you can understand why I ap
' more Ilian might be under ui'ffen-nt
. Bn* the honor which this tiody of men
r . and I say that it is proper in the out
you, being a body of men composed
of every political part v, should be
g understand that I am here present
ti, without any persona! political motive.
1,.8e among you to witness for myself, to
sf/B the details that prevail in the
g. iB South in the business relations
tl ■ it bears to the country.
\\ Bare passing through a period of
gr ■depression, and 1 think I can show that
fh Bepression is phenomenal in its character
an* Bnlike all others that have preceded it in
tin Mulled States.
TP ■kN'TKCKDENTSOF PREVIOUS PANICS.
I Bhat is known as the panic of 1837, which
I k of only perhaps from reading and
■hen IB there was antecedent to that period
for IB> years a balance of trade against the
I'niq Bates aggregating<lso,6oo,oo6 in value.
A gait 1857 the panic of that year was pre
c dcdJ|Bight years of adverse trade against
the iMBd Slates in foreign countries
aggregf’flso,ooo,ooo, and the more
recent |. came on us after 10 years
of balam i' against the I nited Stales
aggregate in value, and yet to
day • are of depression when
he Ist <1 III the United State
ha- I slates tu tin;
**C w
lid! J.
. slam id
ve
• ii- t" "I.:- <<S^B>ii>
consider it t- '•wi'U^^^Bexhau--
live taxation and. to some o trade
restrictions, which ought to ti aside.
< tiei r-. Thu government
islered economically, and there not to
be collected a dollar of revenue the peo
ple of the United States in of that
which is necessary to rcoDoniuT Bndmini*-
ter the government of this
It is a trade and
some of us have realized tj Bruth of
it, that the man who spends money
than Inf makes will become embaiff *sed, and
so according to my judgment tl lcountry
whi -li imports more than it expon ffiiust be
come embarrassed, and I think MG, laws
should be made to protect this, an' where
fore feel that when 1 am here I am fA JBg the
representatives of the energy and e\JßGrisc
of the gateway to the .south in her iiVßirial
relations. V
NO PERSONAL OBJECT.
lam here as I sAid before without
sonal object, and yet I have come to
great reawakening of the industrial
of thc South. - vj
You are w ithout limit in resources. Y'ou
are to-day in many of the products of the soil
competing favorably with the North, and I
have no earthly objection. I am free to say, to
see the Southern States, and many of them,
come into successful competition with the
Northern States, but J am unwilling lo see
both sections interfered with In their pro
gress and career to destiny which God in
His infinite wisdom has endowed on this, the
greatest country ou earth, bv such
relations as will make both sections
the victim of foreign low labor and foreign
>ow interests reheersj, and I do not speak this
to you in any partisan sense.
SPEAKING AS A STATESMAN.
I speak it in the broader sense of statesman
ship. if I may be allowed to apply the term,
for we are ay advised thatstatesmanshipcon
sists in knowing the resources of a country,
and it is, in my judgment, the duty of an in
telligent people to study out the details of her
condition as they relate to her exchange
of products with foreign countries, so
that no harm may come to
invested capital and no lowering of the wages
of American mechanics, and I say to von.
deliberately, that this can be done,'and done
only, upon a business basis, aliout which you
perfectly well understand. When you attempt
to run the country upon theory then I think
you belittle the subject. Y’ou must study out
for yourselves each individual and each com
mercial and trade interest, because the condi
tions are never alike in two different countries,
and I say. in conclusion, that that should be
the great object of our rulers at Washington
und the fulfillment of the duties required of
such officials is not wisely conducted unless
they give that impulse as far as the laws will
liermit to the business interests of the coun
try, for we all understand that the business
interes's of the country when prosperous in
dicate the success, comfort and happiness of
the entire people, and in like manner there
fore when the business interests of the coun
try arc neglected, or from one
cause or another are not aptly
looked after, then it is that
depression, discomfort and unhappiness
comes to the entire body of our citizens. It
is the duty of an administration, therefore, io
look after the business and trade relations of
our country. [Applause,]
After Mr. Randall bail resumed his seat
there were loud calls for Mr. McAdoo. In
res|Knse, that gentleman expressed thanks
for the honor that had been shown him, and
spoke briedy.
After the adjournment Mr. Randall shook
hands with a number of friends. He was
then driven to the Pendennis club room,
where he dined with a ■umber of friends.
THE EVENING’S OUTPOURING.
Fifteen hundred people assembled in the
Liederkranz Hall to-night to listen to the ad
dresses of Hon. Samuel J. Randall and Mr.
McAdoo. Most of the people came before 8
o'clock, and the hall was comfortably filled by
that hour. The audience quietlv awaited the
arrival of the distinguished party for awhile,
hut they became impatient before they ar
rived. There were no decorations in the hall
or on the stage. Two rows of chairs were
ranged on the latter, and these were tilled, af
ter the distinguished guests arrived, princi
pally by merchants and other business men.
Among them were Judge W. B. Holle, Dr. W.
11. Wathcn. Gen. Basil Duke, Col. Ster
ling B. Toney, and Messrs. John E. Green,
John M. Robinson, Jehn G. Roach, Assistant
Secretary of State H. M. McCarthy, and
about 40 others. There was a noticeable ab
sence of the political element, however. The
was cailed to order by Ex-Gov.
Kfnackburn at 8 o’clock. Upon motion of Gen.
Duke. A. D. McCulloch was chosen Secretary
and the members of the daily press were made
his assistants.
THE VICE PRESIDENTS.
The list of Vice Presidents embraced Judge
H. M. Bruce. Dr, K. I). Standiford, Judge W.
L. Jackson, Judge J. W. Edwards, Judge W.
B. Hokell, Gen. B. W. Duke, Messrs. Thomas
11. Have, A. L. McDonald, John M. Ather
ton, N. Finzer, Harry |Weissinger, Col. S.
■- C. E. Sears. Hon.
Maj. D. W. Sanders,
son, E. B. Force, E. T.
imes Harlan, John E. Green,
b, Mayor-elect P. Booker,
smpbreys. Bishop Dudlev,
ight. Samuel Mallory, Dr.
;e M. Davies, Jas. Bndge
, N. Bloom, G. W. Towns,
W. A. Robinson, H. W.
ibins, E. A. Gullion, U. A.
lobinson, and R. H. Watkin.
OF THE SPEAKERS.
Shortly after 8 o’clock Messrs. Randall and
Me Adoo arrived at the hall. They came from
the Pendennis Club and were escorted by a
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1884.
committee composed of Mayor Jacob, Bishop
Dudley, John E. Green, John M. Atherton,
Harry Weissinger, John G. Roach and Chas.
R. Long.
Gov. Blackburn was seated at the table in
front, and advanced to meet them. Messrs.
Randall and McAdoo took chairs with him by
the table, and the other gentlemen
seated themselves in their rear. The crowd
cheered vociferously upon their arrival. The
gentlemen on the stage joined enthusiastical
ly. When the applause subsided Mr. Randall
arose and advanced with the Chairman to the
footlights. As they did so the cheering broke
out afresh and continued two or three min
utes. A voice shouted‘‘Hurrah for Watter
son,” and the cry was taken up, mingled with
cheers for Randall and hisses.
Finally the noise subsided and Gov. Black
burn, half facing the visitors, delivered a
short address of welcome, at the conclusion of
which Mr. Randall stepped forward to he
enthusiastically cheered.
MR. RANDALL’S ADDRESS.
He was in full evening dress, and spoke
without material pause as follows:
Fellow Countrymen —Your welcome over
comes me. I am here, nearly a thousand
miles from home, and yet I leel that lam
among home friends. [Cheers.] I recognize the
common fe I lowshipofmy countrymen. I do not
come to indulge in oratory, neither shall I
employ rhetoric. Fiather has it been the habit
of my life in treating public subjects that have
come under my notice for investigation with
a test of the touch of common sense. There is
no subject that has ever been so difficult
among nations of solution as that of taxation.
In the United States, from the organization of
the government to the present time, it has oc
casioned irritation and discontent, and it is not
to iie wondered at when we come to consider
that our system of taxation is complex. We
have Federal taxation. We have State taxa
tion. We have local taxation. And when the
amount of taxation gathered through these
three agencies is aggregated they are large
in amount, and require that the expenditure
of the money so realized for several purposes
should be economical. We think we have the
right to say to all men in official stations that
there shall be no taxes collected in excess of
the necessary requirements of public affairs.
[Cheers.] I wish to he more emphatic. I
deny the constitutional power of any admin
istration in this country to collect one dollar
in excess of that amount under any pretence
whatever. [Applause.]
THE PRESENT SURPLUS.
Having laid down this proposition it is in
cumbent upon me to make inquiry whether
the recent administration of this government
cameuptothe measure of its requirements.
To-day we have <450,000,000 of money locked
up in the Treasury, and nearly <200,000,000 of
that amount is there without a dollar of claim
against it. What we want, and I think lam
hut the voice of the people of the United
States, is to have that <200,000,000, or
nearly that amount, drawn out of the Treas
ury by the purchase of the public debt, so
that it may find its way through the channels
of trade and commerce. In addition to this
taxation the United States is taking annually
from the people <100,000,00i in addition to
what there is stored in the treasury without
necessity or constitutional right, as I think.
What, in this contingency, are we to do? We
should repeal all these |laws| which produce
this excessive amount of revenue, and it is
that in which we differ with our political op
ponents. Mr. Blaine has recently declared
himself in a letter in favor of the distribution
of this surplus annually collecteu among the
States and citizens thereof. I deny thc right
to raise a dollar from the products of the
American people for any such purpose. Dis
tribute it amongthe States! What is the first
effect of any procedure of that sort?
WHAT THE EFFECT WILL BE.
You make at once the states of this Union
dependents of the Federal power, and, when
ever you do that, you sap the very foundation
of the freedom of the peoplq of the States and
allow their rights to be absorbed in a central
power. All con’roversies that have sprung
up from the period of the formation or our
present constitution have had their
origin in differences in construction
of tlie instrument itself. On one side we had
Jeffers .n and Madison advocating a strict
construction of that great fundamental law,
while on the other side Hamilton and those
whp agreed with him who favored !i
loose and broad construction. There was a
time when the people even of the North were
compelled to indorse the enactment of laws
which did not come within what they deemed
to be the constitutional requirements for the
necessities of the occasion. [Cheers.] Yet
we did submit, but when that was over we
say now, and have continued to sav from that
moment, that that condition of things must
cease,and as far as possible we must return to
a strict construction of the law iu every par
ticular, and you naturally have the right to
ask me,in view of the factswhich I have slated,
in what wtty 1 would get rid of this surplus.
It is not altogether anew subject to the
American people. It hat been agitated by
the law-makers for a period of twenty years
from 1816 to 1836. But it was finally agreed
upon by all hands that there must he a deposit
to he called for at any time. It was never ad
mitted that w e had any right to collect money
lor that purpose.
HOW HE WOULD GET RID OF THE SUR
PLUS.
Now I will show how I would get rid of this
surplus. There may be some who will differ
with me as to this matter, but my convictions
on that subject are the result of study and in
vest.gation, and are at least entitled to re
spect. The internal system is a svstem of
taxation wiiich was derived from Rngiaml.
Kien from the period of its enactment in 1613
it was odious in that monarchial jgovernment.
How much greater then should it be od.ous
in a free republic like ours?
I need not remind you that m 1801, when
Jefferson became President of the United
States, lie then and there recommended to
v on press that every statute raising money for
public purposes through an internal system
of taxation that had accumulated during the
administrations of Washington and Adams
should be repealed. Again in 1817 Monroe
made a like recommendation of
thisfubiect, for during the war and up to the
battle of New Orleans there had been ne
cessity for this resort to taxation. But then,
two years after the victory of Jackson at New
Orleans, all this taxation was swept from the
statute books. the power given
in the constitution of the United States as to
the manner of raising money in war was
given after warm discussion, and it came
to be generally understood that this means of
taxaLon should only be exercised during the
period of tiie war and its necessities,
kind now, twenty years after our
Unfortunate war has closed, we find
system of taxation still continu
i? is, in my [judgment, an unAmerican
mo levying tribute from the people.
[Clie, p ] An economical administration of
the government at Washington can do with
out this|l2o,Goo,Cooof money that was collected
last year, and is likely to be collected again.
IMPORT TAXES FAVORED.
Not needing it you will naturally ask me in
what way would I confine the collection of
public money. I saMjleliberately that I would
confine it to levyiugffiduty on imports into the
United States at the Dorders. 1 would do that
through tlie agency of the tariff,the traditional
mode of collecting the necessary funds. This
leads to a question if great delicacy, about
which there are many opinions. I have never
lieen able to find in the constitution of the
United States any warrant, and I have never
made an utterance, either in public or private
life, at variance with what I am now going
to say. fdo not believe that there is iu the
constitution of the United States the
authority to levy import duties for protec
tion’s sake. In other words, I can find noth
ing which gives authority to the Congress of
tlie United States to raise taxes on import
duties for protection purposes. 1 say also
that I would so levy duties on im- 4
ports into the United States that the dif
ference between the foreign product and tlie
American article, when the two are put in
competition, so that the difference in the for
eign rate of interest and that of our own
country—the difference in the wages of
mechanics and laborers abroad aud the
lalorerof the United States —shall be equal
only to fill that gap.” [Cheers.] In the further
course of his remarks Mr. Rundall declared
himself in favor of a discriminating tariff.
He described political economists iu this
country as divided into three classes—those
who favor a high protective tariff, which
leads to monopoly; free trade, which invites
direct taxation, and a class between these
who favor a common sense tariff with inci
dental protection. To this latter class he said
he belonged, ami to this policy he -said the
Democratic party, by its Chicago platform,
stood pledged.
INVITED TO CHATTANOOGA
Chattanooga, Dec. 29.—A committee of
citizens left here in a special ear to-night for
Nashville, to formally extend the hospitali
ties of Chattanooga to Samuel J. ItAudall.
RESCUED BY LIFE SAVERS. •
The Remainder of the Areo Pardee's
Crew Brought Safe to Shore.
Washington, Dec. 29.-The Signal Corps
station at Washington Woods, N. C., reports
that the schooner Areo Pardee, loaded with ce
ment, cast away half a mile south of the sta
taion, came ashore at midnight 500 yards from
the beach. The life saving crew tried to
reach her with a gun, but failed. They
launched a lifeboat at 9 o’clock this morning
and landed the crew. The surf was very
high. This is the vessel from which the
steamer Chattahoochee endeavored to rescue
vhe crew, and succeeded in saving only her
mate.
TOWED INTO QUEENSTOWN.
London, Dec. 29.—The steamer Lord O’Neill,
from Norfolk for Liverpool, was lowed into
Queenstown to-day with her shaft broken by
the steamer Normanton.
A STEAMER DISABLED.
Key West. Fla., Dec. 29.—The steamer
Hero, from Wilmington, X.C., for Port Spain,
arrived at Nassau on Dec. 26 last short of
coal and with her boiler pipes leaking badly.
She will await materials to repair from New
York.
Morrison’s Senatorial Prospects
tv a suing ton, Dec. 29.—A letter received
here to-day from an intimate friend of Wm.
R. Morrison, at Springfield. Illinois, states
that after a careful canvass, it is evident that
Mr. Morrison will be the nominee of the
Democratic caucus for the United States Sen
ate.
A. N. Wilson’s Recommendation.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Postmaster General
Hatton said to-day that when the Senate re
ponvened the President would nominate A.
N. W ilson for Postmaster of Savannah. Mr
Hatton has recommended this appointment.
Adelina Patti,
the great songstress, says of Solon Pal
mer’s Perfumes, Toilet Soaps and other
Toilet articles: “I unhesitatingly pro
nounce them superior to any I ever
used.” Depot, 374 and 376 Pearl
street, New York.
CLEVELAND’S NOBLE AIM.
THE CIVIL. SERVICE TO BE RE
FORMED AT ANY COST.
A Letter of Inquiry from the Executive
Committee of the National Reform
League Draws Forth a Pointed Reply
from the President-Elect Partisan
Ambition to he Ignored.
New York, Dec. 29.—The following corre
spondence explains itself:
National Civil Service Reform League,)
Office, 4 Pine street,
New York, Dec. 20,1984. >
Hon. Grover Cleveland'.
Sir—We have the honor to address you on
behalf of the National Civil Service Reform
League, an association composed of citizens
of all parties whose sole purpose is indicated
by its name, and which takes no part what
ever iu party controversy. The vast increase
in the number of persons engaged in the civil
service and the grave mischiefs and dangers
arising from general proscription in the ser
vice, which for half a century has followed a
change of party control of the national ad
ministration, have produced so profound an
impression on the public mind that the first
effective steps toward reform were taken with
the co-operation of both parties in the pass
age of a reform act Jan. 16. 1883. The abuses
which that act seeks to correct, however, are
so strongly entrenched in tlie traditions
and usages of both parties that there is natur
ally widespread anxiety lest the party change
in the national executive exerted by the late
election should show them to be insuperable.
But, believing a° ’-e do, that a reformed sys
tem cannot be fcei<4 to be securely established
until it has safely passed the ordeal of such
party change, and recalling with satisfaction
and confidence your public expressions favor
able to reform and your official acts as Chief
Executive of the State of New York, we con
fidently commend this cause to your patriotic
care in the exercise of the great power with
which the American people have intrusted
you. Respectfully,
George William Curtis, President.
William Potts, Secretary.
John Jay,
Moorfield Storey,
J. Hall Pleasants,
W. W. Montgomery,
Everett P. Wheeler,
Frederick Cromwell,
Carl Schurz,
Silas W. Burt,
A. s. McDonough,
William Carey Sanger,
William W. Aiken,
Executive Committee.
CLEVELAND’S REPLY.
President-elect Cleveland’s reply is as fol
lows:
Albany, N. Y„ Dee. 25, 1884.
Hon. George William Curtis, President , etc.'.
Dear Sir— Your communication dated
Dec. 20, addressed to me on behalf of the Na
tional Civil Service Reform League has been
received. That a practical reform in thc
civil service is demanded is abundantly estab
lished by the fact that the statute referred to
in your communication to secure such a
result has been passed in Congress with the
asent of l>oth political pnrties, and by the
further fact that the sentiment prevalent
among patriotic people calling for a tair and
honest enforcement of thc law which has
been thus enacted. I regard my
self pledged to this because my
conception of true Democratic faith
and public duty requires that this and all
other statutes should be in good faith and
without evasion enforced, anil because in
many utterances made prior to my election
as President, approved by the party to which
1 belong and which 1 have no disposition to
disclaim, f have in effect promised the people
that this should be done. lam not unmind
ful of the fact to which you refer that many
of our citizens fear that the recent party
change in tlie national executive mav de
monstrate that the abuses which have
grown up in the civil service
are ineradicable. I know that
they are deeply rooted, and that the
spoils system lias been supposed to be inti
mately related to success in the maintenance
of party organization, and I am not sure that
all those who profess to be friends of civil
service reform will stand firmly among its
advocates when they find it obstructing their
way to patronage and place. But fully ap
preciating the trust committed to my charge,
no such consideration shall cause a relaxation
on my part of an earnost effort to enforce this
iaw.
NO REMOVALS EXCEPT FOR CAUSE.
There is a class of government positions
which are not within the letter of the civil
service statute, but which are so disconnected
with the policy of an administration that the
removal therefrom of the present incumbents,
in my opinion, should not be made during the
terms for which they were appointed
solely on partisan grounds and for the pur
pose of putting in their places those who were
in political aceord with the appointing
power. But many now holding such posi
tions have forfeited all just claim
to retention because they have used
their places for party purposes in
disregard of their duty to the people, and be
cause instead decent public servants
they have proved themselves offensive parti
sans and unscrupulous manipulators of local
party management. The lessons of the past
should be unlearned and such officials, as well
as their successors, should be taught that effi
ciency, fitness and devotion to dutv are con
ditions of their continuance in public place,
and that a quiet and unobtrusive exercise of
individual political rights is a reasonable
measure of their party service.
HI were addressing none but party friends
I should deem it entirely proper to remind
them that though the coming administration
is to he Democratic, due regard for the peo
ple’s interest does not permit faithful party
work to be always rewarded bv appointment
to office, and to say to them that while Dem
ocrats may expect all proper consideration,
selections for office not embraced within the
civil service rules will be based on sufficient
inquiry as to fitness. Instituted by those
charged with that duty.
Y ours, very truly, Grover Cleveland.
GOV. CLEVELAND'S CALLERS.
Many Members of Congress Visiting
Albany During the Holiday Recess.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Democratic mem
bers of Congress now here, who have visited
Albany recently for the purpose of advising
Gov. Cleveland, are not, as a rule, anxious to
talk about their reception. Since the House
adjourned a great many of these gentlemen
have called upon the President-elect, and
many more will see him this week. Numbers
of them visit him just to see what kind of a
man he is, and to form an acquaintance with
the man whom they will have business with
during the next four years. There are others
who go to talk business at once. These latter
generally find that they are unable to
get an idea of the policy which
Mr. Cleveland will pursue, and they
come away from Albany with as much light
as they had when they went there. A recent
visitor who was accorded an extended inter
view, says that he learned positively that no
one had yet been asked to a scat in the
Cabinet. Mr. Cleveland, he says, is very
patient with his would-be advisers, and
listens with the greatest attention to all
suggestions that are offered, and keeps ac
curate minutes upon all subjects discussed,
but he gives no indication as to what he in
tiyjds to do. “The Governor,” added the
speaker, “is proceeding with his selection of
Cabinet material with the utmost care, as he
realizes that he may have to rearrange his
plans several times before finally deciding
upon whom he will call to aid him in his
administration.
FINANCIAL DISTURBANCES.
The Uneasy Feeling In Austrian Finan
cial Circles Not Abated.
Vienna, Dec. 29.—The uneasy feeling in
financial circles still continues with unabated
force. Numberless rumors are in circulation
about the instability of various banks anil
commercial houses.
CIGAR DEALERS ASSIGN.
Minneapolis, Minn., 'Dec.' 29 Smith &
Roabach, wholesale cigar dealers, made an
assignment Saturday night with liabilities
estimated at *40,000, and assets of $35,000 A
month ago a meeting of creditors was held
and the failure then threatening was averted
to the present. The stock and fixtures are
valued at *17,000. _
A SUSPENSION IN ENGLAND.
London. Dec. 29.— Messrs. Trunmnger &
Cos., bankers and merchants at No. 413 Thread
needle street, C. E., have suspended owing to
severe losses.
A DRY GOODS FIRM ASBIGNS.
Nek 1 ork, Dec. 29.—Among the assign
ments reported to-day are Hlrsch, Schwab &
Cos., dry goods dealers at Memphis.
LONDON WAREHOUSEMEN FAIL.
London, Dec. 29.— Boggallays & Spence,
warehousemen at Nos. 4 and 5 Love Lane!
Wood street, E. C., have failed for $(>00,000.
WHISKY MEN TO BE RELIEVED
Secretary McCnlloch to Grant a De
lay in the Payment of the Tax.
Washington, Dec. 29.- It is asserted that
under a recent opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral Secretary McCullojh will be enabled to
extend the .relief desired to the whisky men,
and that the collection of taxes now due on
whisky in bond wiU be delayed for a vear
The whisky men assert that Secretary' Me!
Culloch is disposed to regard their interests
with more favor than it was looked UDon bv
the late Judge Folger. They are very much
elated in consequence, and expect that they
will be relieved of the pavment of *20,000,000
for some months, which would otherwise
have to be paid before the close of the fiscal
year.
THE EXPORT ASSOCIATION MEETS.
Chicago, Dec. 29,-The Western Export
Association, at a meeting this forenoon, de
cided to fix the maximum capacity of the dis
tilleries in the pool from Jan. 1 to Feb. 1 at 28
per cent, of the fall capacity. The reuorts
submitted showed that the demand had fallen
off per cent, daring the present month.
Deutli nt Homerrllle.
Homerville, Ga.. Dec. 29.— Mrs W A
Ecord, wife of Col. W. a. Eeord, died to-dav
at J o clock. Mrs. Ecord was in perfect health
yesterday, was taken Bl ck last night, and died
this afternoon. She leaves her husband and
four small children.
Despair not, neither man nor maid,
Although your mouth has suffered ill.
Although your teeth are half decayed,
i ou can still save them, if you will.
A little Sozodont be sure
Will make all balmy, bright and pure.
ESCAPING GAS EXPLODES.
Augusta Shaken by tlie Concussion anil
Three Men Injured.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 29.—This morning at 10
o’clock an explosion occurred in the office in
the building of the Augusta Gas Light Com
pany adjoining the works in this city, demol
ishing a two-sfory brick structure and
wounding three workmen. The process of
connecting the station metre with anew gaso
meter was nearly completed, and the work
man were boring a hole in a pipe leading
from the metre to the gasometer. After the
hole had been drilled and before the valve
was adjusted the building was filled with es
caping gas, and a fiaine from a
photometer light in the second story
ignited the surdischarged air. The explosion
was instantaneous and terrific. William
Pendleton, foreman of Pendleton’s Foundry,
was blown on his back in the middle of Jack
son street, and badly bruised and shocked.
Two colored men named Dennis and Pompev
sustained injuries, the former’s being painful
but not dangerous. The building is a total
loss, and the station metre, which measured
the quantity of gas passing from the retorts
to the gasometers, is probably ruined. Tlie
loss is about <5,000. The mins caught
fire. A fire alarm was sounded and the
streets around the gas works were soon
filled with people. The surrounding build
ings am] works were not injured, and the re
torts, exhausters and gasometers remain in
tact. The city will be supplied as usual with
gas. The explosion sounded like the report of
a cannon, and created much excitement. The
eseajie from loss of life and more exteuded
damage to property was miraculous.
THE NEWS OF MACON.
Newman & Thorner Assign—Burning of
an Old Landmark.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 29.—The firm of Newman
& Thorner, doing a general fancy notion busi
ness, to-day made an assignment to Wil iam
Wolf. The liabilities are <23,805 81. The
nominal assets are sls 876 58. The preferred
mortgaged creditors are <10,788. The creditors
are mostly in New York.
This morning about half-past 1 o’clock fire
was discovered in the store known as “Old
76,” on the corner of Wharf and Fifth streets.
The interiorof the building when discovered
was one sheet of flame. The department re
sponded to the alarm and extinguished it. It
was occupied by B. lleidensfelder as a gen •
eral grocery and confectionery store.
The building was insured for <I,OOO
and the stock for <2,000. The origin of the fire
Is a mystery. It is the third time the same
building habeen destroyed by lire.
The bill for the Macon Street Railroad Com
pany has been signed by the Governor. A
stock company has been formed with a capi
tal of 425,000, <15.000 of which is paid in. The
directors are: T. J. Carling, H. R. Brown
and X. N. Dorchester, of New York. The
company proposes to begin to build the line
at once.
. FLORIDA ON THE WIRE.
Thieves Migrating to New Orleans—An
Emancipation Celebration.
Jacksonville, Dec. 29.—Several hundred
children marched in procession in a Christ
mas festival at St. .John’s Church, Episcopal,
yesterday, presenting a beautiful sight.
The bunco men, burglars and thieves have
jeft the city. It is supposed that they are en
route for New Orleans.
The lumber rates to thc North are lowe*
than ever before. They are from <3 to <4 25 per
Clara Morris appears here to-morrow night.
Arrangements are being made for a grand
emancipation celebration New Y’ear’s day.
(•nly one death occurred in the city last
week.
The dynamos and material for the electric
light plant have arrived.
The members of thc Legislature from South
Florida are passing through the city to Talla
hassee.
A Florida Postmaster.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Daniel W. Lowell
has been appointed Postmaster at Astabula,
Fla.
GEORGIA’S CAPITAL CITY.
Progress of the Impeachment Proceed
ings Against Councilman Longley.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—The articles of impeach
ment preferred some days ago against Coun
cilman Longley by Street Commissioner Ma
her were to have been read in an open meet
ing of the Council this afternoon and the
investigation commenced. For this reason a
full attendance met at the Council chamber
at 3 o’clock. As soon as the court of inquiry
settled in seats for business a resolution was
offered that in view of the fact that Mr. Long -
ley’s term was about to expire, and that the
accuser had been for months past in possession
of the information upon which he based his
charges and had failed to prefer them until
tins late day, the previous action of the Conn
cil in ordering the investigation be recon
sidcred. Consideration of the charges was
then resumed.
E. TANARUS., V. AND GA/S AFFAIRS.
The Directors Request the Funding of
Worth of Coupons.
New York, Dec. 29.—The Directors of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
way, at their meeting to-day, decided to pre
sent to the bondholders a circular, which will
request the funding of about .$2,500,000 worth
of coupons during the next two years, for
which they propose to issue new bonds, based
on these coupons and bearing 6 per cent, in
terest. The company will owe no
floating debt on Jan. 1, and will
have sufficient means on hand to
pa.y all interest on the divisional or under
lying bonds due Jan. 1. This step is taken by
the board in order to secure sufficient funds
during the years 1885-6 to place the property
in lirst-class condition. The road needs ii
large amount of steel rails, ties, ballast and
general new equipments. The directors were
offered temporary loans to meet the interest
charges, but they did not deem it wise when
the securities were already selling at low
prices to obtain money in that way. There
are no divisions in the management. The
holders of large amounts of securities af
fected by the above plan concur with the di
rectors in the recommendation. The board
will sit again to-morrow.
MURDERER ANI) EXPLORER.
A Newark Chinaman with Arctic Expe
rience and Blood-stained Hands.
New \ ore, Dec. 29. —The attempted mur
der of a Chinese laundrvman in Newark, by
one of liia own race, has brought about the
arrest of a Chinaman of rather distinguished .
antecedents. His name is Tom Sing,and he was
officer’s steward on the Jeannette Arctic ex
pedition, and was among those saved in Lieut.
Melville’s boat. He accompanied the Greely
relief party in the same capacity. lie was
living with a German woman, who, after
his arrest, dbnfessed that Sing had confided
some of his murderous exploits to her. He is
accused of several mysterious murders and
robberies of Chinese laundrymen, but, so far
as is suspected, bis hand has been against only
his own countrymen.
LEAD IX A BURGLAR’S BRAIN.
A Famous Cracksman Commits Suicide
in a Police Station.
Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 29.—Geo. Clark, a
notorious burglar, committed suicide in the
office of the Chief of Police here this after
noon, immediately after his arrest for blow
ing open a safe in Brockport on Saturday
night. He ami two brothers named Brown
were arrested bv detectives. It is thought
that they are the ringleaders of a gang of
desperadoes whicti has been operating in
Western New York. A full set of burglar’s
tools were found in tbeir possession. Re
porters succeeded in obtaining a full con
fession from the dying man before his death
A bullet pierced his brain.
KILLED HIS WIFE WITH AX AX.
Flight of the Children—The Murderer
Entrenched in His House.
Ottawa, 0., Dec. 29.—0n Christmas even
ing, in Jackson, Putnam county, John Fish
back, after a quarrel with his wife, killed her
with an ax in the presence of his three little
boys. The latter fled for their lives, the father
having threatened them. He now has his
house fortified with revolvers, axes, double
barreled shotguns and other weapons, and de
fies the authorities to take him.
HOWGATE OX THE WING.
The Fugitive Defaulter Spied on the
Ran in New Mexico.
San Francisco, Dec. 29.—A dispatch from
Lordsliurg, New Mexico, states that Capt. H.
W. Howgate passed through there last night
en route to Malone, a mining camp in the
Burro mountains. The correspondent says
that he is sure that it was Capt. Howgate, as
he served seven years in the Signal Service
under him, and is familiar with his appear
ance.
McLEAN TO BUY THE “STAR.”
New Terk Journalism Apt to Secure
Another Acquisition from the West.
New York, Dec. 29.—1 t was reported to
day that the New York Star had been pur
chased by Mr. England, son of Isaac W. Eng
land, publisher of the Sun, on behalf of John
R. McLean, of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr.
Sanditon, managing editor of the Star, de
clined to be interviewed on the subject. G.
K. Ackerman, business manager, said that
several parties were in treaty for the pur
chase, and that one of them had a refusal of
the property until Wednesday noon. The
price is not mentioned by the rumor.
HOKSFORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE
Assists Mental Labor.
Prof. Adolph Ott, New York, says of the
Acid Phosphate: “I have been enabled to
devote myself to hard mental labor, from
shortly after breakfast till a late hour in
the evening without experiencing the
slightest relaxation, and I would not now
at any rate dispense with it.”
GE?f.GRANT’S POCKETBOOK
LEGISLATIVE RELIEF NOT IN
THE PROBABILITIES.
The Retirement Bill Buried Beneath
137 Others on the Speaker’s Table
and Itg Resurrection Impossible—A
Belief that Vanderbilt is Working ln
the Rx-President's Interest.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Nothing has been
heard in this city to-day touching Gen.
Grant’s financial affairs. Gen. Sherman has
not yet arrived here, and it is now said he
will not be here until after Jan. 1.
Gen. Beale, who has been an intimate friend
of Gen. Grant’s for years, was interviewed
upon the subject, and said that he received a
letter from Gen. Graut about ten days ago,
and one from one of his sons only four days
ago, but in neither was there any mention of
impending troubles.
VANDERBILT’S POSSIBLE OBJECT.
“I am of the opinion,” said Gen. Beale,
“that Vanderbilt will not care to take advan
tage of [he law to such an extent as to enforce
the sale of Gen. Grant’s personal effects.
Aside from that, however, it has occurred to
me tha't Mr. Vanderbilt may be acting for
Gen. Grant’s benefit. Having a preferrel
claim to Gen. Grant’s property, he may exe
cute the law, obtain po session, and return it
subsequently, simply to prevent some of the
claimants who come after from securing Gen.
Grant’s effects. So, you see, we had better
wait and see if things are in as had shape as
reported.
GRANT CALLED NATIONAL PROPERTY.
“No doubt an effort for relief will prove suc
cessful. Gen. Grant is national property and
the nation takes pride in. the honors he has
received. If Congress is unwilling to place
him on the retired list of the army, let them
make an appropriation to purchase the me
mentoes he has and place them on exhibition
at the Smithsonian Institution.”
The Star this evening says: “The prospects
of the hill for the retirement of Gen. Grant
are not good. The bill passed the Senate on
May 13 last, anit was jjlaced on the Speaker’s
table in the House, where it now remains
buried under 127 other bills, without a possi
ble change of resurrection.
DOOMED BEYOND A DOUBT.
“It has not even been referred to the House
Military Committee, the Chairman of which,
Gen. Rosecrans. is supposed to favor it. The
only way it could be reached would be by
taking it up by unanimous consent, and this
is rendered out of the question from the fact
that there is very decided opposition to it.
Thc members generally prefer not to discuss
the merits of the bill, saying simply that it
cannot be reached, but others are more out
spoken and denounce it ou principle.”
The Star also publishes tlie opinions of a
number of Congressmen upon this bill. Among
these Mr. McMillan, of Tennessee, expresses
the belief that Gen. Grant has been precluded
from the benefit of retirement by President
Arthur’s veto of the Fitz John Porter bill,
upon the grounds that the legislative was
thus endeavoring to usurp the appointing
powers of the executive.
SENATOR SHERMAN’S SYMPATHY.
Senator Sherman told a Republican reporter
to-night that he had received a letter from
his brother, Gen. Sherman, in which thc latter
said that he would be in Washington on Satur
day next, and incidentally conveyed the in
formation that Gen. Grant was in financial
distress. The Senator said that he
thought that Mr. Vanderbilt had taken
the course he had in this matter to help Gen.
Grant save his property, which would, he
thought, be bought iu by some friend or
friends and held for Gen. Graut’s benefit. He
said that he did not think that Air. Vander
bilt would have the heart to sacrifice Gen.
Grant’s property, or that he would dare to do
so in tlie tace of public opinion. Senator
Sherman also expressed his sympathy with
Gen. Grant iu his financial troubles and his
regret at the latter’s unfortunate venture in
business.
THE PENNILESS NAVY.
Secretary Chandler Issues an Order to
the Department Employes.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Secretary Chandler
has issued an order to all the employes of the
Navy Department with regard to the absence
of any provision lor their payment after Dec.
81. Its provisions have already been fore
shadowed in these dispatches, excepting in
one particular, in regard to which a consider
able modification has been made. No part of
the work under the Navy Department will be
affected excepting that for which no existing
appropriation applies. The paragraph re
lating to this subject is as follows:
“Employes for whose payment after Dec.
31 no appropriations may apply, will be
allowed to continueon duty where the work in
which they are engaged is, in the opinion of the
department or its proper representatives, nec
essary to meet a sudden emergency which may
involve loss of human life or destruction of
property, provided thev will stipulate that
they work voluntarily and without contract
or agreement that they shall be paid therefor,
and in such cases.they will be given certificates
stating the time and character of their ser
vices, and that they were voluntarily ren
dered without contract or agreement, and
that the holders will have no claim for com
pensation, unless Congress shall make an ap
propriation therefor. No services of em
ployes not appropriated for will be accepted
after Dec. 31, except under the foregoing con
ditions. The principal effect of this order
will be to suspend all work at the navy yards
except such as is contingent on the care and
preservation of buildings and other property.
The services of most of the civil’ employes at
the Naval Acrdemy and the naval pay offices
will also have to be dispensed with until pro
vision is made for their employment.
EVA UTS’ WEAK POINT.
HU Opposition to Folger to be Used
Against Him at Albany.
Washington, Dec. 29.—The appearance of
Wm. 51. Evarts as a candidate for the New
Tork Senatorship has called forth a statement
from the friends of the late Judge Folger
which may prove a damaging charge for Nr.
Evarts to meet. It is said that in the cam
paign of 1882 Mr. Evarts wrote a letter to the
Secretary, then candidate for Governor of
New York, in which he declined to take part
in the Gubernatorial contest for the reason
that there was a large body of Republi
cans in New York who believed that
the administration should be rebuked,'
and they thought that Judge Folger should
1m; made the instrument for this rebuke.
Frank Sperry, late private secretary to Sec
retary Folger, and James B. Butler.'appoint
ment clerk in the Treasury under his admin
istration, each asseits that the letter is in ex
istence, and that it can be produced. It is
said it will be used among the stalwarts, and
if this is done Mr. Evarts will certainly lose
any stalwart support which might go to him
in the event of a compromise, as the first ar
ticle of the stalwart’s creed is party fealty.
DROPPING THE TIME BALLS.
The System to be Extended to New Or
leans and Other Southern Cities.
Washington. Dec. 29.—Arrangements are
being completed at the Naval Observatory to
extend the system of dropping time balls to
Boston, Baltimore and Hampton Roads, and
ultimately to New Orleans. This will be done
automatically by telegraphic connection with
the observatory clocks, as is now the case
with the time ball in New York. The ap
pliances at the observatory for the transmis
sion of signals are as near perfect as human
ingenuity and long experience can make
them, and the system is capable of indefinite
extension; but in the absence of a provision
to meet the expenses balls can only be dropped
at points where the hydrographic office has
branches. V\ ithin a few days a ball will be
dropped in the exposition bnildings at New
Orleans, and 25 or 30 clocks in those buildings
will be regulated each day by telegraphic im
pulses from the observatory clock in Wash
ington. The time sent will be 12 o’clock,
standard time, 75th meridian.
COURT MARTIALS ORDERED.
Gen. McKeever to be Made to Answer
for HU Greely Criticism.
Washinnton, Dec. 29.— The Chief Signal
Officer has submitted to the Secretary of War
charges against Assistant Adjutant General
McKeever for having made derogatory re
marks concerning the management of the re
cent Arctic expeditions. The charges relate
entirely to Gen. McKeever’s alleged com
ments on the course pursued by Lieut. Greely,
and no reference is made in them to what
Gen. SlcKeever is alleged to have said of the
Chief Signal Officer. The Secretary of War
has recommitted to the Chief Signal Officer
the Charges preferred bv him against Sergt.
Otto llaltnorth, of the Signal service, of con
duct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman
in.having tampered with the private mail of
Lieut. Greely, with instructions to detail a
court martial for his trial.
INAUGURATION PLANS.
Gen. Hancock to be Invited to Act as
the Chief Marshal.
Washington, Dec. 29.—The Inauguration
Committee decided to-night to send an invi
tation to Gen. Hancock to act as Grand Mar
shal of the inauguration parade. Col. Ber
rett, Chairman of the committee, informed
the committee that he had an interview with
Gen. Sheridan to-day, in which the latter
stated that if Gen. Hancock should accept the
invitation he would be given every oppor
tunity to attend to the duties of the office.
The Finance Committee reported that tney
had received a subscription amounting to
$3,020 from thirty-iour members of the Fi
nance and General Committees.
Arrest of a School ma’am.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Dec. 29.— A warrant
was issued this morning for the arrest of Miss
Brader, a school teacher at Nanticke. It is
alleged by Patrick Shea that his son died
from injuries received at her hands during
school hours recently, and he charges her
with aggravated assault and battery. The
teacher has been confined to her bed ever
since the boy died. Her physician forbids
the serving of the warrant until she is better.
The coroner’s jury to-night rendered a ver
dict that young Shea died of chronic pleurisy.
Miss Brader was fully exonerated from the
imputation of being in any way the cause of
the boy’a death.
AN OLD TIME INTRIGUE.
How Washington and Hamilton United
to Prevent Lafayette’s Naturalization.
Washington, Dec. 29.—A correspondent
writing from Cambridge, Sid., gives an ac
count of the discovery of four manuscript
volumns in diplomatic correspondence be
tween William Vaus Muray, American
Minister to the Netherlands, and Gen. Wash
ington and Alexander Hamilton. They em
brace the perioil during which the subject of
universal interest was whether Gen. Lafa
yette, the idol of the American people, should
leave France and adopt our country ns his
own. Except Gen. Washington himself, Gen.
Lafayette was, of all living men, the most
popular and most beloved personage through
out the United States. Gen. Washington and
Mr. Hamilton publicly joined in the nation’s
loud acclaim of the gratification which follow
ed the announcement of Gen. Lafayette’s wish '
aud purpose to cross the Atlantic aud become
an American citizen, but while they were
making every demonstration which invited
lus coming and promised a welcome they,(is a
matter of fact, were most strongly and reso
lutely imposed to his adopting any such ac
tion. To prevent the consummation of such
a design they opened and carried on a corre
spondence with William Vaus Muray, tiie
American Envoy to the Netherlands, who
also informally represented our country with
reference-to France. They urged that every
obstacle should be interposed to his coming,
and that every possible expedient be adopted.
WASHINGTON’S MOTIVE.
This correspondence gives a history of this
remarkable intrigue. It embraces the letters
writteii in connection therewith. The devout
aud sincere patriotism of GOl Washington
was unquestionably the m.Bve that in
fluenced his conduct. lie .Relieved that
Thomas Jefferson’s political tenets would
ruin the nation, and for some reason he was
convinced that if Gen. Lafayette caine tfi
America he would join himself to Jefferso’Y
and that in such an event the balance of pau,
ties would be destroyed, and that the French
man’s wonderful popularity would carry
Jefferson on a tidal wave to the Presi
dency. To prevent this result they de
voted their utmost energies to prevent
secretly what they advocated openly. To say
the least of it the casuistry is startling. It is
said that the correspondence lias been sub
mitted to the Library Committee of Congress
for valuation and purchase, and that <5,000 is
the price recommended by the committee to
be paid. There are no members of cither
library committee here at present, and the
members of Coucress who are in the city
know nothing about the documents.
HEAVY RAINS IN ARKANSAS.
Railroad Travel Greatly Impeded and
Much Damage Done to Property.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 29.—A rain began
at midnight Friday and has continued ever
since. The total fall here to 7 o’clock this
evening was 10 inches, over inches o r
which fell on Sunday. Reports show that the
rain was general throughout most of the
State. All the rivers and bayous are rapidly
rising, and many are out of their banks
aud flooding the country for miles.
The Arkansas river has been
rising rapidly here since Sunday
at the rate of 4 inches an hour. No trains
have been run on the Iron Mountain Railroad
since Saturday night. The south-hound
passenger train, due Sunday noon, was caught
by a break near Beebe, whicli was repaired
by 8:50 o’clock in the morning ami the train
left, but has not yet arrived. Another break
occurred at Jacksonville, in Feurche’s bot
tom, a few' miles south of Little Kock, where
the track is several feet under water.
At Benton, 25 miles south of here,the Saline
river is out of its banks, and Hooding a large
section. The chief damage to the railroad is
that a trestle had washed away.
At Arkadelpbia the track w r as under water
for a considerable distance,and near Emmett,
100 miles south a bridge, is rendered too weak
for use.
On the Little Kock and Fort Smith Railroad
travel is interrupted by a break at Mancbo,
seven miles from the city, and another near
Clarksville.
There is no trouble on the Little Rock and
Mississippi River and Texas Railroad except
near Fine Bluff, where a bridge is too weak
for engines. Cars are being pushed across.
1 assenger trains are arriving on time over
the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad.
The reports received show a very heavy
rainfall all along the White river valley, in
undating plantations at many places, doing
great damage to fences, and drowning stock
grazing in the bottoms.
EXPOSITION VISITORS.
The Throng Good-Natured Despite a
Few Little Inconveniences.
New Orleans, Dec. 29.—Notwithstanding
the car drivers strike, the attendance at the
exposition to-day was fair. Every kind of
vehicle on land and several steamers were
pressed into service, and during the day were
well laden with passengers. This is a good
natured public, and visitors generally catch
the infectious spirit of jollity, which laughs at
obstacles. To bring visitors from the grounds
passenger trains, beginning at 7 o’clock in the
morning, run over the Illinois Central
Railway. No fare was charged. Arrange
ments were made by the management to run
similar trains during the continuance of the
strike.
At noon to-day a regular meeting of the
Exhibitors’ Association was held. On special
invitation Director General Burke attended,
and spoke on the general situation. He
strongly deprecated the strike of the car driv
ers and their violent action yesterday, but said
that the management would be able to over
come this difficulty. Relative to the delay in
the installation of exhibits, Mr. Burke ex
plained that it was not due to any fault of
the managers, but to the lack of railroad fa
cilities, a point that he had foreseen and cau
tioned the railroad authorities against, but
without much avail. Speaking of the finan
cial situation, Mr. Burke said that the man
agement were behind, but he believed that
they would come out all right. At any rate,
he was prepared to devote his private fortune
to make the exposition a success, and his
friends were prepared to do the same. He
said that in the event of this aggregation of
private resources failing, the last resort, an
application to Congress, would he made. At
the conclusion of the Director General’s re
marks general satisfaction was expressed by
the association, the full explanation having
settled any doubts that may nave existed as to
the standing of the management toward them.
RACINE’S FATAL FIRE.
Mrs. Glover Last Seen Running Through
the Halls Half Bewildered.
RMcine, Wis., Dec. 29.—Mrs. Glover, who
perished in the opera house fire, was last seen
running through the hallway screaming. She
gradually became bewildered in her excite
ment, was suffocated and went Sown with the
falling walls. Her husband was not seen at
all. He most likely perished in his room.
The chambermaid was probably burned in
her room also, as she was not seen after the
fire broke out. A servant girl named Hicks
was rescued from a third-storv window.
Manager Thompson, of the opera company,
says that he met Mrs. Glover in one of the
halls on the upper floor, and in answer to her
question as to what she had better do to he
saved, he told her to go down stairs as soon
as possible, as the whole building was in
flames. Instead, she entered her room and
began dressing.
GREAT DESTRUCTION AT CANTON.
Canton. y„ Dec. 29.—Between 12 and 1
o’clock thislnorning fire broke out in the an
nealing room of the Malleable Irtm Works,
and before the fire department could respond
the entire east end of the works were in
flames. The fire burned fiercely, and six
streams thrown on it were almost useless.
Within an hour the entire works were in a
blaze, and great fears were entertained for
the safety of the Diebold Safe and Lock Works
and the Peerless Reaper Works adjoining.
The fire was finally got under control without
the flames spreading any further. The build
ings and machinery destroyed were valued at
$167,000, and will be almost a total loss. The
insurance is for SIOO,OOO. The works were
owned by Elbcl, Gilliam & Cos., formerly of
Pittsburg.
SOCIAL POPULARITY OF THE GLOVERS.
Chicago. Dec. 29.—Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Glover, who lost their lives at the opera
house fire in Racine yesterday, were people
well known socially in New York city, and
have limited acquaintance in Chicago. They
were not professional singers, but frequently
accepted engagements with traveling compa
nies, and a few weeks ago appeared in this
city with the company with which they were
connected at the Standard Theatre. The’cora
pany was billed to open in Milwaukee last
night. Both Mr. Glover and his wife were
highly esteemed by their Chicago acquain
tances.
SPAIN’S EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS.
Over 1,000 Lives Undoubtedly Lost In
Various Farts of the Country.
SIADRID, Dec. 29.— According to official
news of the earthquake receive i up to mid
night 526 persons were killed in the province
of Granada and 100 in Malaga.
At Alhama over 350 bodies had been recov
ered.
At Periana. a village in Andalusia about
thirty miles from Malaga, great damage was
done and many lives were lost. Sixty bodies
had been recovered up to midnight. Many
persons died of fright.
The convicts in the State prison at Seville
took advantage of the excitement occasioned
by the earthquake to create a mutiny with
the hope of escaping. The disturbance was
quelled however.
AN EARTHQUAKE IN AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Dec. 29. —A severe earthquake
shock was experienced in Corinthia to-day.
Considerable damage was done to many build
ings.
WALES SHAKEN UP.
London, Dec. 29.—An earthquake was felt
in Wales to-day. Many houses were injured.
Dny Refuses to Testify.
Chicago, DeC. 29.— The county grand jury
to-day took up the investigation of the
Eighteenth ward election frauds, and called
as the first witness A. M. Day, member of the
Citizen’s Committee, which was organized to
aid in the prosecution. Mr. Day declined to
testify unless he could lie assured that the in
formation he would furnish would not be
used to defeat the prosecution now being
carried on in the United States Courts, He
was excused and the matter will be brought
to the attention of tixe oo ar t t&r
| PRIOR *lO A IRAK. I
I 5 CUNTS A COPT. I
STRIKES AND WAGE CUTS.
MOST OF NEW ORLEANS’ TRAM
CARS STILL AT A STANDSTILL.
Business Men and People in General
Greatly Inconvenienced—A Retrospect
of the Labor Situation at St. Louis—
The Keystone Bridge Company’s Sus
pension Accounted For.
New Orleans, Dec. 29.— The street car
drivers’ strike continues to the great incon -
veuience of the public, and more especially of
the'business meu, many of whom live two
and three miles out of town. Up to this hour
about a dozen cars on the Magazine street
line are the only ones that have reacheu
Canal street from uptown. Tney are accom
panied by squads of police. Early this morn
ing the cars left the uptown stations of the
City Railway Company, but were met by
large bodies of strikers. The cars were turned
round and sent back to the statiou.s The po
lice scorn to be in sympathy with the strikers,
and are only Inclined to interfere in cases of
violence.
The Times-Democrat says: “Order must be
restored, the law must be enlorced, aud the
bands of strikers who yesterday absolutely
stopped the street cars of the city must be
suppressed.”
The rtnny weather continues.
DRIVERS ARRESTED.
A number of car drivers have been arrested
charged with disturbing the peace, interfer
ing witn the free passage of street cars, and
melting to riot. They were arraigned before
Recorder Tambola, and placed under $250
bonds each. President Walker, of the City
Railroad, said to-day: “The situatiou is a
good deal worse than yesterday. The city’s
i entire police force lias proved entirely
inefficient. We have been unable to get the
protection which under the laws is .guaran
teed us. Gur property has been mutilated,
our cars obstructed, aud our drivers in
timidated, beaten ami maltreated in the most
outrageous manner.”
A COMPROMISE ARRANGED.
New Orleans, Dec. 29, 11:50 r. m.— A com
nnttee, representing the various commercial
bodies, tins afternoon undertook the task of
arranging a compromise between the striking
car drivers street railway companies,
and their were entirely successful.
The railroad Presidents have signed an agree
ment to pay their employes as follows per
month: Driver* S6O, starters $55, watchnieu
$45, hostlers and other inside employes sll.
15 hours to constitute a day’s work, allowing
ample time for meals, say 30 minutes or 1
hour per day, all extra hours to be computed
into days of 15 hours aud paid for at the rate of
$2 per day. This agreement was signed by
Messrs. Walker, Van Beulliuysen and McLel
lan, ami will be signed by the other compa
nies. An agreement was also signed that the
emuloyes shall he re-employed, aud shall not
be removed without a hearing. Curs are now
running.
AN INTERESTING SHOWING OF THE STATE
OF AFFAIRS AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. Louis, Dec. 29.—The Poet-Dispatch this
afternoon publishes the i\ suit of a cauvass of
the manufacturing portion of the city with
reference to the employed labor. In tho ter
ritory mentioned there are 512 firms or facto
ries. in December, 1833, they employed a
total of 30,506 men, 2,100 women and 2,513
boys, a grand total of 35,203 persons. In De
cember of the present year they
are employing 25,323 men, 1,621 women
and 2,190 boys. This shows a decrease of
5,177 men, 560 worneu and 423 boys, ora total
decrease of 0,169 persons, who are at present
out of work, in the last two months of ls3
from 4.000 to 6,000 people were thrown out of
work in St. Louis, 1,600 being relegated to
idleness hy the closing of one concern, the
Vulcan Iron Works.
A REDUCTION ORDERED.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 2!).—The Fort Pitt
Iron and Steel Works Company have posted a
notice ordering a 10 per cent, reduction in the
wages ol all employes, except those governed
by year contracts, to take effect on Jan. 1.
A SUSPENSION EXPLAINED.
The sudden suspension ol the Key
stone Iron Works Saturday was fully
explained this morning, by a state
ment which lias been verified, that serious
differences of opiuiuii existed between the
stockholders of the cori>oratiou. It is known
that President Gotlleib aud Secretary and
Treasurer Stroble were both opposed to tho
proposed reduction and resigned, and
on Saturday A. K. Griffin, of
Chicago, was elected President,
and J. H. Springer, of tins city, General Su
perintendent. The works ns now organized
will resume in a week, if the workmen accept"
the reduction ordered. Tho works have con
tracts for nearly a year, including the Balti
more aud Ohio Railway bridge over the Sus
quehanna river, a bridge for the Louisville
aud Nashville Railway, and a pivot bridge for
the Wabash Railway—contracts for which
w ere made before the serious depression in
business occurred.
THE BIG CUT AT PROVIDENCE.
Providence, K. 1., Dec. 29.-At Manville
to-day there were 281 looms naming manned
bv 65 hands. The operatives who preferred
to walk have not been molested. A meeting
of the operatives to-day chose anew com
mittee of fifteen and voted to continue the
strike. A reduction of 25 percent, on Jac
quards and about 17 per cent, on Linos went
into effect in these mills to-day. These two
were not in the original list of the cut-down,
but were intended to be.
THE HOCKING VALLEY TROUBLES.
Columbus, 0., Dec. 29.— President Mcßride,
of the State Miners Association, has issued a
call for a convention in this city Jan. 7, to
consider the situation in the Hocking Valley.
The operators claim that the strike is prac
tically over, and that they now have nearly
all tne miners they can accommodate. Be
tween 30 and 40 old miners went back to-day
at reduced rates.
A COTTON MILL TO RESUME.
Reading, Pa., Dec. 29.—Work will be re
sumed in the Reading cotton factory on Mon
day next with a reduced force and a reduc
tion of 10 per cent, in wages. About 150 per
sons will be taken on. The mill has been idle
for several months.
2,000 LEFT WITHOUT SUPPORT.
Mt. Carmel. Pa., Dec. 2).— The Locust Gap
and Locust Spring collieries, operated by the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company,
have suspended indefinitely. They supported
2,000 men.
EUROPE'S DESPERATE GAME.
Each of the Powers Trying to Grind an
Ax on the Egyptian Grindstone.
Berlin, Dec. 29.—The North German Ga
zette, replying to a recent article in the Lon
don Daily New on the decision ol the powers
to ignore the proposals of England relative to
Egyptian finances, and attributing this de
cision to the attitude of Prince Bismarck, says
that European peace is more important than
a settlement of the Egvptian question. Each
power is obliged to consider whether accept
ance of the English proposals would jeopard
ize its relations with other powers. If Eng
land and France come to an agreement on
the subject the agreement of the other powers
will be easily obtained, they having less in
terest in Egypt to concern them in the event of
the failure of the Englishproposals.lt is toEng
land’s interest to induce Germany to accept
the proposals and to bring their united pres
sure to bear to induce France to accept them.
Germany is too much interested in retaining
the good will of France to snatch Anglo-
Egyptian chestnuts from the French fire, and
attaches too great value to England’s good
will to want only to disoblige her through ill
feeling, hut she will not allow this to interfere
with the policy of peace with France ob
served since the war. The difficulty lies in
the reluctance of each power to decide before
the oiiiers accept or reject the proposals.
THE PUBLICATION.
Spanish Officials Charged with Selling
the Copy to a Correspondent.
sladrid, Dec. 29.— 1n the Cortes on Satur
day the government was asked whether it
was aware that the text ol the pending
Hispano-American treaty had been cabled to
a New York newspaper, whether it ought not
to have kept the treaty secret until it had
been approved by the American Senate, and
whether it knew who the person was that
sold the copy for $2,000. To all these questions
the government made evasive replies. It said
that telegraphic correspondence was private,
and with it the government had no power to
interfere.
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