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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
thf nkavs of the nv ‘’*™ TFS
T 1 TOLD IN PAIIAORAf HS.
*- Headquarters
. f Counterfeiter*.
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GEORGIA.
. i- of Perry will plant
-a.-di.
. of c. it ton seed
; < rry this fall to oil
~.l a Houston county fanner,
" a! r an*i has 35 left for
<■.„{ Marshallville have pur
. r •> : and convenient parsonage
■ m have a hanging next Fri
a negro, ami rape is
- :.• hang.
: to have the census of
,i,, . ,ri'l it is generally thought
1 will numiier 4,000, against
I*. 1 pa, Mc\at*, was
> : - ago. 'ome of the
, tin* possession of .Jim
- ran-td and nut in jail.
. express company has
V rr . ,nts to move into :i more con-
Jan. 1. ami has
i free delivery station at last.
Ti.-t at all alarmed by the re
ir down the Uplands Hotel
. muse the material to Macon
la, ' heme is considered im-
N . ,’cr in gentlemen’s clothing
, -tri ■ Atlanta, made an assign-
It. 11. Knami as assignee.
.... -n . .sc given. The assets arc
,i, lilies*s.ooo.
u Hotel, at Thomasville, will
• r t’..? reception of guests befbre
*.•■ p.t'scd. Most of the rooms
,rr -tied. The work of laying
~ r . for it and the Mitchell House
if r.irs-. tl.’s men-hants says that he
• r , * . i srrv over for a vear several
:*.-' worth of notes against
'turners, and he stated fur
me sales for payment next fall
. - iv r:; up into the thousands.
rn-'ii ndence New*. Dec. 29: On
I- u Livingston, a negro boy. was
I'U 'weet's son colored) with a
!: w - not willful murder, but man-
W. 11. Turpin, of Gum
Iri'.ov night. He was a good man
He belonged to the old
of Turpins, where his remains
\- ; ' . ' n !:ty morning, the barn and
- I'r. W. J. Barlow, who lives in the
\ were discovered on tire.
i;. f..r,- could he done to stay the
rags were a mass of smoking
r vt. ' uggy-horse, a lot of corn and
, , r rwere destroyed. The loss of the
, r ., w. - kci y felt, as he was prized v.ry
.. N.'ta.i.g is known of the origin of
At A!.rat t Thomas Kile leased a niece of
W a street from Billups S. Ivy for
a term vears. George W. Kile, one of
In- r-. due course of time came into
i ... - . list has been ousted by Ivy. He
ht- ii"W a-t. i'i su.t against Ivy for 110,000,
I:,, v.iiii. hi the property which lias been
t.s> u tr *’ii 1 'ii. as he claims, while the lease
w;i- ■.Tp:r,*il. The lease was made by
T.i'UE i- kite ill May. 1878.
Athens B-inner: We were yesterday
nth a handle of the Meck
t iff, a German pa
ished m MM. It is a
large, Mtt tint very handsome sheet. The
Oiled with a continued story by
V . i*i •: -. and there is more news in a
. . mm .o'Hi.* average American daily than
a i ’■! tins journal. The advertisements
ar. printed on a separate sheet.
\it>.i AW*: .K-sse Wright, colored, was
I r ■ Tti' -Uy by the Albany Guards and
l* • 1 - t Artillery. He was one of the drum
wr-of the Albany Guards, and was faithful
t the i : i- of the position. When the com
pv r was or.it -ed to Dawson, on the occasion
. f the execution at that place, he was the
. : its drummers that was trne to his
r-. In ■ on-i teration of his faithfulness to
t ary duty on that occasion, the military
e ;- propose to lay hts body to rest
with military honors.
I>' ' Sheriff Cobb, of Americus, has
- r M attachment on A. I). B. McKenzie,
- doors. Mr. McKenzie at once
i rr.. i'.\ rlii'key-. When asked the cause
. l.i>' r .,ther in Eufanla had failed
on had issued an attachment
-’id un-elf, claiming that his brother
had an interest in the store. He said that he
i: r owe his brother or any one else a
r a there was no use in resisting the
i* Th. papers were ma<le out against J. C.
'I K. • Cos., and it is quite likely that 1
f liter will he arranged and the store
opened in a day or so.
T mo - Kin.>ry and liave Brison. two colored
.■ - l K i-t Point, are under arrest, the
i with passing counterfeit
in*! the latter with counterfeiting,
i goad and sal of effort at coun
•'iit Hast Point lately. Six weeks
J ' Wilhite was arrested therewith
-• * rf. t money in bis |>ocket. Two weeks
w n found for nickel* andquar
- fro a Brian*’* house. Week
r -ranee l*dow East Point,
1 n.-gro named Monroe Johnson was arrested
!’■ uty Marshal McDonald. He ran up
:l. ihi tuner when the officer entered, hut was
t. mv i dnwu. a search of his house disclosed
a in "kid for making counterfeit half dollars,
an ! conveniently near was a lump of babbit
M in.ci '.’i’inft: There are six candidates
tor of Marion county. One of
rauttve stature,’ He tow -
■r- • rnl rof inches altove a yardstick and
K the h. am at something more than an
**•• • ■ i.-v-i i*ound'. Be he ever so small he
' - - ' "iiie<jf the other candidates are
-and of a proportionate
* - N*w , om.-s up our little candidate
- - to withdraw from the race if
* -t .-f tin tive other riMididates succeeds in
i fair.fall in a wrestle. The
it each man who is thrown re
-1 r ‘ f <■"! the field, and the man who is lucky
* ’ • keep lus feet tothe last be declared
in.l make the race without op
i - Ti e projiosal has not been accepted
*• M . . 'aturday night, the family of
" Ball, living on Plum street, between
i ond, was startled by the report
V -' tlieron the |orrh or sidewalx in
On investigation it was
' if tin* bullet cut away one of the
- - : the blinds of a front window, went
i ■ -‘i the glass and lodged In the corner
• fireplace. A daughter of Dr. Hall
■■l" -b st her hands at the stand which
■ rc the bullet struck, and her head
">*. i tv,* received the bullet had she been
- -i7 th. re. Dr. Hall is a stranger in
’ii .01 i is at a loss to know who could
'r. t the -hot. Lieut. Wylie, who made
* ' '*- --.iiion of the course of the bullet, is
’non that the person firing the pistol
W4S m the -treet.
v Atlanta Monday suit was filed in the
? ' ; r 1 >urt by the Gate City National
• ■> t.. foreclose a mortgage held by the
- - list the property of the West End
i street Railroad Company. The
is for $15,000, and was originally
s' |! 11. Broom head, and was trans
him to the bank. The mortgage is
•’"lie 18. 1884. ami the transfer was
’ ■ 'following. The mortgage covers
- 1,,-rty of the company at the old
'.-r. k>, five passenger cars, one construc
r. thirty-five mules, and all the other
: •ri of the company. The quarterly
" 't to the amount of S3OO was not paid in
• r. and the suit has, therefore, been
reclose tin- mortgage. A rule
'• • i' been issued calling upon the company
'v cause at the next session of the court
* i isrment should not be rendered in favor
o- die bank.
' ■ - le correspondence of the Morning
, ' I'ce. if: During the Christmas festivi
-1 stage quite a numlier of our citi
' "formally held a meeting and passed
v' . :, on- highly complimentary to Capt. J.
.famous in connection with the Con
! *te cruiser Alabama. H. P. Patterson
the meeting, and G. W. Wood
a- Secretary. Among the resolutions
of honor to Capt. J. M. Kell who. m
' ' ■ ipaeity of public, and private life has
‘' "i well”of his country, as a reward for
-werving devotion to the true princi-
I f government as held by the Democratic
" ,we most hearlitg indorse him as be
‘!-worthy of any honor that may be con
rr ! ~n him either by the popular suffrages
-r citizens or by Presidential appoint
: tto any important office under the iinme
■■ control of the United States Govern
’d. A>. .(>/. That we hereby pledge our
'* -to bring the matter to tne considera
, J yur senators ami Representatives in
-’Xfteling that by securing hisappoint
s 'we high offiee within the gift of the
we will but confer a
Wupon the recipient for distin
- not only to the
to the whole country,
his appointment will
munity and State
to which
pledged.
■jy^rnmenl
am,
■ r >L::nir,**r ha, pa
' r - a- n.t as vet fully
r- a,,1 “ iwlreas though*
* 1 '•*?.—♦ hr In- 481 fap *nto th^
f r ‘ n 1 I"jrnamm T* 9 wle,, raie<t by a
Ur the lit Knights en
?/’ :: f > .„etto' ' Mr ‘ s 'n<Mair)
■ ■■-r r ln .ar” V hC cro . wn - After
2 the first wroatt, an ’ l the other
. Mr er ? T £.552!
!'/ r ’ the *'r , h l^, m !?* he . Knights be-
K tar* if , 4 1 fK m# in€ took p ace at the
****>•
a- elected to'defive f r^h Kn ‘ ?ht on the lj,t ’
—ful one, o er . t i he J )r,le * *° *he sue
z s! y.-gagsaa-aara
ttSswS* 3 ?- gpt* *
contents l l n! y i t °J ee . them in such
wheTthc- b -oi lookeU to the lime
Win the * n ,,°* on V r 1 c able to crown but
wbVh wm”l an<l of some fair lady, in
of i. , ufl 1 **£. Pron hi need the crowning era
|** Turning to -Lone the
crown J? * *■ words delivered him the
crown. Lone Star” m a few graceful word*
ww Sarammlt
(mIm 11 I?im* d pvg' the TK Rht “Morning
Jessie Butte* Fim. M
Belle Dean;’aftor thir>} Mis
a “ d the royal orened it? k*?T 1c struct up
all that coupi b,, the ball, which was
n^/ or *De medal on ’ lc P r > ' oonßcon -
MeGlashon, Miss i.t* ?Jn >n * B.—Miss Grace
frey. of your Mi M T Zoe G “-
Atken, g. c. ; m. sk cJJf.Jfanue Ravenel, of
Marietta; Miis "OiffhUlmt, of
and Miss Amelia °* f ,,he *’ty countv,
among the ‘iaitman, are
winter.—k)nr young ladies here this
conference has^nfitUjretf.rfiat
Thompson to u for ret rn Rev * *. B.
son is an ('arum a n ?i ?! h *, r year ' Mr * Thomp
and may success attend prei * cl “ ;r ’
ni „ FLORIDA.
" "™ to • fi office.
. b “
fields around Sdmteiril2jf ,llng ln the °l' on
anges. r wdnch' f i , 9 S th^ S largest <^ Lh* ,J ° Xefi of or ‘
from Cotton Plant. argtßt shipment made
season 975 {wxcs°of oramfes’ h^ 8 . Bh 'PPe , l this
boxes still on hand *ikt?^5 e 8 antJ haft over 100
grove. a ’ all * rown an a three-acre
loea h t^?on a L’mw f Uk e IU Thev h*™ recentl >’
stay and brought mnr C '™i, . come to
ens with them othlr ° f flne chlck ‘
from the same State. famiheß ar expected
* t Te^nf D H r ; nK Chri9tmaß
StafwniiiSf SE2JW oys.WM award:
was awarded to ^ e of * 3
cessfnl Vn The o C '
puis and Miss Laur*i M 88 Ne Pl" e D “'
and beauty aura Boston queens of love
$ ‘GMa ss? ismjg
C'l e<i t\> e * tei K ,ay morni ng from Brunswick
aar^iikSirjssrjßc
having ticen arrested a
from Sumterville as a fugitive
I 1 ,?.‘ 8 charged with having killed in
Macon county, (.a., and escaped tli^^Bccr
of the law. A reward of *l5O wtis for
his arrest, lie was carried back
tion from Gov. McDaniel.
Tlie Ocala IWmntr lias the con
cerning the hanging to occur in this
week. 'Sheriff Crutchfield has the
dcatn warrant from tlie Governor
ecutum of Noah Taylor, for the t^& r 0 f
O'Tuty sherilT Grumbling, in
' v! o w.i- found gmltv In the first
la.-t term of the Cir *itit Court.
lilts been read to Tavlor m his
M'oiii.- pi-rfi . 11 > willing to sutler nis
OB' terrible deed . ommittcd. His
made arrangement-to beg for a
abandoned it. Attached to the
a heavy piece of black ribtmn fastened
tot) and extending to the lower left
corner and made fast under the great
the State. The order calls for a private
cation, the admittance of only twelve
including a minister, physician, deputies anl
the Ocala Kifies. A professor of the Talla*
hassee Medical College has asked for the body!
of Taylor, hut the Sheriff refused it. Taylor'
will be hung on Friday. Jan. 2, 1885, in the
county jail yard.”
A GAS COMPANY’S FOES.
An Atlanta Lawsuit Said to be ln Favor
of an Old Monopoly.
Atlanta, Dec. 30.— Several months ago the
store and residence of John A. Barry, on De
catur street, was damaged by a gas explosion
while the Gate City Gas Company was putting
in pipes for the purpose of furnishing gas for
Barry’s store and house. Negro workmen,
while under the house making a connection,
struck a match, which ignited a quantity of
gas that had escaped and an explosion en
sued. One negro was kdled, two others in
jured and Mr. Barry sustained injuries which,
although not serious, were for the time pain
ful. Recently he instituted suit for damages
against the Gate City Gas Company, and to
day, at the instance of Mr. Barry, the pat
rons of the new company were garnisheed.
The Sheriff and his assistants were hard at
work all day serving papers. The movement
is regarded as another effort to crush out the
new company.
M’CAY’B PLACE.
A prominent lawyer, a few days since, while
commenting on Judge McCay’s -deplorable
condition, said that it would not surprise
him at all to seo tho President appoint some
one to take McCay’s place on the bench. He
regarded the Judge’s condition as beyond
hope for recovery. This authority is of the
opinion that the unfortunate man is suffering
with softening of the brain. My friend added
that he thought the President could declare
the Judgeship vacant on account of McCay’s
in-anit v, and fill the vacancy.
It is believed that Emory Speer would like
to have the place, and that judge Bigby or
C. I>- Forsyth would not object to gotugon
the !>euch. Bigby is quite wealthy and in
addition has a line practice, while Forsyth is
comfortably well off. Both of these gentle
men devote their cutire time to their legal
duties aud take little interest in politics.
IT IS REPORTED THAT EX-MARSHAI. O. P.
FITZaIMOXS
is on a hot trail after the Atlanta post office.
V dozen others also are understood to be after
the same office. Public seutiment, however,
seems to favor the retention of the present
Postmaster, W. T. B. Wilson, who, since
taking charge of the office, has given satUfac
-11 Wlien the Marshal’s office is referred to, the
universal feeling expressed is that Bryant
should be the first man bounced. No word of
sympathy is ever dropped for him. People
who haven’t the slightest interest inthe office
arc as anxious to see him go out as any one of
the number of applicants who are after his
office. John W. Kenfroe, the ex-Treasurer of
the State, is counted on as a sure winner f*r
this place. He is credited with being the
first choice of Senator Brown and other*.
Colquitt is tooth and toe-nail for Nelms, but
Brown wants Nelms to remain where he is,
at the head of the penitentiary.
\ prominent politician a few days ago said
that Gordon’s chances for getting a cabinet
position were, in his opinion, below par. Gor
don he remarked, had Colquitt’s support, but
had failed to get much encouragement from
Brown and the members from Georgia in the
Lower House. He said that he did not know
of one of them who would use their influ
ence in Gordon’s behalf.
RECIiAIMING A STOLEN CHILD.
\ Putnam County Man Visits Macon on
an Uncommon Errand.
Macon, Ga, Dec. 30.—T0-day a man named
John Marchman, from Eatonton. reported to
the Chief of Police that he was on the look
out for a child who had been abducted and
brought to the city by a woman named Carrie
She<l and placed in the care of a negro named
Wm. Harris. The child was a eon of his step
daughter, who had given it to him to rear.
She was a widow, and married again Christ
inar- day, when she wanted the child. Inti
mation had been given Marchman that the
child would be stolen from him to keep him
from having it. He paid no attention to the
threats. The child was abducted from him
and brought to Macon. He came to-day to
secure it. The negro refused to give ii up.
Marchman returned to Eatonton to night to
secure the necessary papers for tne recovery.
FLORIDA'S LEGISLATURE,
Preparations Making at Tallahassee for
the Meeting sf the Body.
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. SO.—Prepara
tions are being made for the reception of the
Legislature, which convenes here next week.
The new administration will then he in
stalled. The State has just passed through
a most brilliant and successful administra
tion. The name of Gov. Bloxham
will" be cherished long by the people.
Governor-elect Perry will he inaugu
rated on Jan. 6, and will enter the
office under the most favorable circumstances.
His first duty will be to select a Cabinet.
He will have one Supreme and several Cir
cuit Court Judges to appoint, besides the nu
merous county officials. U will he impossible
for him to please every one. and those who
Enow him best believe he will rise superior te
DCttv prejudices in making his appointments,
and "will therefore he enabled to live down
any charges of partiality which may In
brought against him. The people of the Stine
will give him a generous support. Tl.ey
have great faith in his wisdom and integrity.
The most prominent candidates for Sp< ,ker
of the House are James K. Yonge, of t’ensa
cola and R. W. Davis, of Clay county. Both
have many strong friends, and the contest
will he spirited, but friendly.
The responsibility devolves upon this Legis
lature of calling a constitutional convention
and electing a United States Senator.
FIiOUIRA ON THE WIRE.
Murdered from Ambush Near .Sarasota
The Election at Pensacola.
_ Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 30.—While the
of making new year calls has not 1 cen
KwUy adopted, a numlaT <i famili.,vi!:
in Jackii\.: e. t..r ... •
lid. t. 1 lie l.
I.
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murderers left
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Gen. 'i .si*-, vti'iM
wi
Was
' 1 - .1
* r ' fr in ,| ,ir>ct jHHHHHi
win run f,,r the
term, prpbahly without opposition. P sH
EATON LADDS CLEVELAND
THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN
STAMPED IN HIS LETTER.
An Irreproachable Admlnl-tratlon to
be Ushered ln Junt In lime to Save
the Country Irom Downfall—Place
Hunters to Find their Hopes Ill
founded.
M ashington, Dec. 80.—Hon. Dorman B.
Eaton, President of the Civil Service Com
mission, was to-day asked by a representa
tive of the Associated Press for his views in
regard to Gov. Cleveland’s letter published
this morning. Mr. Eaton, in reply, ex
pressed himself as follows: “It would bean
unpardonable presumption in me to assume
to speak for Gov. Cleveland, but 1 may speak
freely for myself. I regard the letter as
a deliberate, significant and timely utterance
of a man who comprehends the situation, and
has the courage of his convictions and his
dpties. It is a platform on the subject to
which it relates. Tho views of the letter are
those common to all true statesmen of both
parties. These views are those most rapidly
growing in the hearts of the people.
The policy disclosed in the letter is that by
which alone his party can retain power or the
country escape decay. It shown plainly that
wc are to have no mixed Cabinet and no
timid or compromising policy, hut a strong.
fositive, honest, courageous, and absoluteiy
>emocratic administration. It will he one of
convictions and principles, in broad contrast
to the last Democratic administration, which
was weak, cowardly, evasive and scornful of
the noble and growing sentiment, and was,
consequently, ruinous to the party and dis
graceful to the country.
FLACK HUNTERS TO BE DISAPPOINTED.
“I may do injustice to my political opponents,
but I must think that many of them have been
boiling that Gov. Cleveland would be found
ready to break his pledges and trifle with his
convictions. This letter ought to dispel such
illusions, and is therefore timely. The place
hunters of his party may yet give him mneli
trouble, and, perhaps, may bring their party
near to ruin by their greed for office. The
Democratic party now stands as it did when
Buchanan was elected, where two roads
separate. one leading to honor,
and victory and the other to shame and de
feat. Its fate depends on its choice of roads
and of leaders. If I cared more for my party
than for my country 1 should hope that greed
and clamor for places and spoils would break
through the civil service law and rules, and
engulr the new President with all the states
men of his party. The declaration of the let
ter “that the lessons of the past should be un
learned,” may well be pondered by Republi
cans as well as by Democrats.
BIRTH OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT.
“It is just ten vears since President Grant,
through a special message, was asking a Re
publican Congress to make a small appropri
ation fbr the enforcement of civil service rules
to which the Republican party was solemnly
pledged. • Unfortunately there was then no
statesmen in Congress who could see that a
mew cause with the elements of potency in
Htuear future was beginning to stir the
the people. Inthe eyes of the Re
!i leaders, the early friends of the
■ liu-ia-l-" and “doetrinaires"
i al ■ .1 I,a.- e-|.e. a. '. le.igi,*.
N . member in either House
even eall for tlie ayes and
Hu* appropriation. Amid
laughter, civil service
was consigned to tlie tomb of tlie
About that time the Republican
and 111 "II a slow iturline. .1..1.:.r\
tnungcring more and more
At that time began a de-
method, which soon afterward rar-
through many affiliated organi
that broad appeal to the virtue and
of tlie country which two years ago
tlie reluetannt Congress that the
n ■■sentiment must be heeded. Tlie civil
reform bill was prepared.
BY NOBLE DEMOCRATS,
‘^■raeeousand eatriotie Democrats, Pen-
in tlie Senate and Willis in the House,
to Hm tlie country owes much, brought in
to which tlie Republicans con-
by far the most in speech, earnest-
votes to make law. But their re-
sound principles on this subject was
and their support of them in the
was rattier feeble and equivocal,
in my opinion, insured their de-
thus gave the Democrats a chance
to that cause, and now that tlie
having grown to be
a force, having captured the
and, under tlie leadership of
Gov. shaped its administration to
reform -peaks in firm, decisive and
unit) Ist. through tlie letter of
till' i*r. whom that scntmionl has
tliti- brought to the head
nf i he facts |cirt
of the
pl 'iii win re stands, and
road
yjli" ' :’* Is
in
l>
■'ii r.eede
to follow that example? vital
questions winch that and
u liich impart to it profound sid^^Hmv.”
REPRESENTATIVE Kt.LIS^^H'V;.
Guv. t levelatid’s letter in to the
civil service law seems to the
Democratic ongn s-men as iviß the Re
publican officeholders. Ellis,
of Ismi-iaua, was asked what of
the production. He was is tlie
voice of a statesman,” he said.
‘•lt is the principle of the DcmocK 1 to sus
tain and enforce the law. All
this country has ever endured the
result of a breach of the law. I it in
my own State when the const torn
away and the people exposed to
of lawlessness. The Republican
its downtall to its disregard
letter of tlie law. Tlie life of Hie
depends upon its upholding the
the policy indicate ! m Gov.
ter. twenty-live years from now the
will still be in power. Gov. Cleveland nB
proven himself to be a statesman of higny
order. He will trample out this accursed
spoils system; and I pray that every Demo
cratic .Senator and Representative maygathcr
around him and hold up his hands, as Aaron
held up the hands of Moses. They must sus
tain him, and make the name of the Demo
cratic party a lasting insignia of honor and
honesty. There are sentiments in that
letter that should be posted over the portals
and gateways, as the Jews used to do. They
should serve as frontal pieces to the crest
before the eves ot American politicians.”
FEELING OF THE IOWANS.
lowa Congressmen seem to be easily sus
tained this year. Judge Murphy, of that
State, says that he “eats and sleeps” with the
Hennepin canal project. Congressman Pusey
says that he read Cleveland’s letter before
breakfast, and that he could live on it for a
week. Messrs. Buckner of Missouri, Buch
anan and Nicholls of Georgia, Dibrell of Ten
nessee, Springer of Illinois, and Hopkins of
Pennsylvania all expressed unbounded satis
faction over the paper.
Some Republican Congressmen profess a
fear that there is a letter between the lines
which means that every Republican office
holder who can he dismissed upon any pre
text will have to “walk the plank.”
MR. HOLMAN’S MEED OF PRAISE.
Representative Holman thought the letter
“timely, manly and proper.” lie said: “The
Independents gave Mr. Cleveland valuable
support, and it was eminently proper for him
to answer their inquiry. As to his course
with regard to removals from and appoint
ments to office, I believe,” ad lei Mr. Holman,
“that Gov. Cleveland is entiroly honest and
sincere, and that he will faithfully
carry out the civil service law.”
He said further that in Indiana, the Federal
officials generally are very good men and
good officers, with the exception of those in
the Interna Revenue service, who, Mr. Hol
man thought, had h en appointed mainly for
partisan service.
Mr. Buckner, cl Missouri, who was sitting
near, indorsed >fr. •Holman’s commendations
of the letter. He said that Gov. Cleveland
had done right in spreading his views upon
civil service reform before the country at this
time.
Mr. Mi'.er, of Pennsylvania, who is a Re
fiubliea’, said that he thought Gov. Cleve
and wmld have to go out of this country to
get nou-pariisans to fill his offices, He would
have to import them.
FAHRENBATCH WINS.
Teller’s Man to be Made Commissioner
or Labor Statistics Jan. 5.
Washington, Dec. 30.—The long delay in
appointing a Commissioner of Labor Statis
tics will probably be ended Jan. 5, on which
date it is understood President Arthur has
agreed to nominate Mr. Fahrenoatch for the
position. No secret is made at the White
House that the appointment of Mr. Fahren
batch is not a pleasing one to the President.
He has withheld Mr. Fahrenbatch’s commis
sion for the past two months simply because
that gentleman’s conduct, after it had be
come known that he had been selected for the
place, was not of a nature calculated to
please an executive whose ideas of
deportment are as rigid as those of
the President. Meanwhile Secretaries
Chandler and Frelinghuysen have been urg-
him to appoint either Mr. Wright, of Bos
m or Mr. Hill, the Statistician of the State
But Secretary Teller, who is
backing Fahrenbatch, keeps making the'point
that as the office came within the jurisdiction
of the Interior Department his wishes in the
matter ought to receive the consideration.
It is evident that this argument has proved a
conclusive one with the President, for it is
said to-day an the highest authority that
President Arthur has promised to appoint
Mr. Fahrenbatch immediately upon the re
assembling of Congress. *
vindication of Washington Monument.
Dec. 30.— The arrangements
Rh W as-i. ngtuii
rapidly. The commis-
Congress to arrange suitable
mnemonics lias extended a general invita
tion to military. Masonic and civic organiza
tions (the latter not to carry any emblems of
a political character) to participate. Gen.
Sheridan, who has been selected as Maishal
of the day, requests all organizations intend
| ing to take part in the procession to notify
■ him at the earliest possible moment, that
proper places in the column may be assigned
to them.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1884.
THE HOUSE STENOGRAPHER.
But Two Men Competent Among 100
Applicants for the Position.
Washington, Dec. 30.—There are 100 ap
plicants for the j osition of stenographic re
porter of the proceedings of the House made
vacant by the recent death of William Blair
Lord. Of these only two, Messrs. Hayes and
Devine, have the requisite knowledge of par
liamentary affairs. Messrs. Hayes and De
vine were the men removed from similar posi
tions by Mr. Keifer when Speaker to make
room for his friends. One of them will un
doubtedly be appointed to the present va
cancy. Mr. Blaine is exerting his influence
in favor of Mr. Devine,who reported his cam
paign speeches for the Associated Press la6t
fall just as Mr. Blaine wanted them reported.
HOLTNORTH S PUNISHMENT.
Gen. Hazen Avers that it Should be of
a Very Severe Character.
Washington, Doc, 30.—Gen. Hazen has re
turned to the War Department the charges
preferred against Sergt. Otto Holtnorth of
haying rifled Lieut. Greely’s papers, prefer
ring not to order a court martial, though re
quested to do so by the Secretary of War.
The Chief Signal officer assigns as the reason
for this course that the court ordered by him
would be merely a garrison court, with power
to inflict no severer punishment than a reduc
tion in rauk and snort imprisonment. The
charges agaiust Sergt. Hoinorth. if proven,
should be followed, in the opinion of Gen.
Hazen, by more summary punishment than
such a court would be able to impose.
Chandler’s Orders.
Washington, Dec. 30. The Secretary of
the Navy has sent the following telegram to
all the commandants of navy yards who will
not receive before Jan. 1 the circular mailed
yesterday: “Discharge all employes who
have hitherto been paid under the six months
appropriation act, except those required to
prevent the destruction of property or loss of
life, and all such must work without agree
ment for compensation.”
Tilden Not to be in Washington.
Washington, Dec. 30.—The manager of
Willard’s Hotel has discovered that it is
Samuel J. Tilden, Jr., ami not his uncle,
Samuel J. Tilden. who has taken rooms for
the inauguration. The elderTildcn is not now
expected;
MAHONE CARRIES HIS POINT.
A Receiver at Last Appointed for the
Southern Telegraph Company.
Norfolk. Va., Dec. 30.—The parties to the
suit in the United States Circuit Court for a
receiver for the Southern Telegraph Com
pany being unable to agree to-day upon a
person for that position, .Judge Hughes ap
pointed a receiver who had been selected by
the court while in Baltimore last week in an
ticipation of a disagreement between the
parties interested. The decree is sealed and
in the hands of the Clerk of the court, aud
will not be promulgated until Judge Bond,
who is now in Baltimore, is heard from as to
some alteration in the decree by Judge
Hughes.
THE RECEIVER APPOINTED.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 30, 11:30 p. m.—Judge
R. W. Hughes, of the United States Court,
reached here at 9 o’clock to-night from Nor
folk, and after a conference with Hon. John
K. Wise, one of the counsel, telegraphed to
the Clerk of the United States Court at Nor
folk to enter ihe decree left with him to-day
granting a preliminary injunction in the case
of the Southern Telegraph Company, and ap
pointing X. S. Boulware, of Richmond, as
Receiver. The decree left in Norfolk and
agreeil to by tlie counsel there, is signed by
Judges Bond and Hughes. It is understood
that the appointment of Mr. Boulware is sat
isfactory as well to the defendant company as
to the complainants.
LYNCHED THOUGH ACQUITTED.
low aim After a Mock Trial Hang a
Man whom a Jury Set Free.
Ottumwa, lowa, Dec. 30.—Pleasant Ander
son was hung by eight masked men last night
near the town of Blakesburg, ln this county,
fifteen miles west of here. The causes which
led to the lynching are as follows: In Novem
ber, 1882, near Blakesburg, Chris McAllister
was murdered at his residence. A few
months thereafter Pleasant Anderson was
arrested for the murder and finally was
tried one year ago at <>6kaloosa, the trial
lasting two weeks. There was a strong array
of circumstantial evidence against him, but
he was acquitted. The conviction prevailed
at Blakciburg that he was guilty. Bad
feeling has prevailed, and last night he was
seized at the house of his father-in-law,
taken in a sled to tlie school house, a mock
trial was had before a jury of eight
men, and by them he was sen
tenced to bo hung. Nearly 100 persons
had gathered at the school house, among
whom Anderson seemed to have no friends,
and about 10:30 o’clock last night they took
him to the scene of the murder of McAllister
and hung him to the limo of a cottonwood
tree. lie protested his innocence to the last.
The body was left hanging for over two
hours and was filially taken down by order of
a magistrate who went to the scene of the
tragedy, and the Coroner was sent for. From
the temper of the crowd it was evident that
they would brook no interference.
FATHER RUPPIiIN’S SUICIDE.
Letters Which Tell of His Ancestry and
His Troubles.
St. Louis, Dec. 30.—The inquest to-day on
the body of Father Rupplin, who took strych
nine in a saloon on Sunday, terminated in a
verdict of suicide. Tne deceased left letters
and certificates showing that his full name
was llcv. Ferdinand Baron von Rupplin, a
Catholic priest. One of the letters read: “I
committed suicide on account of poverty and
incurable sickness. 1 had no shelter, no bread,
no home, no means, and may God help me.”
Another letter in the handwriting of the de
ci>v*wil avs that he was born at Truamfeld,
ItanUui Thurgou, Switzerland, March 7, 1841;
■that he was a son ol Baron Joseph von Rup-
Rhn, and that he was ordained a catholic
Miest at Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 17,1870, by Bishop
Vincent Ryan. The body will be
from the morgue.
RECORD AT BUFFALO.
Buffalo, N. y., Dec. 30.—Rev. F.
Rupplin, who committed suicide in St. Louis
last Sunday, was at one time a member of the
Buffalo Diocese of the Roman Catholic
Church, hut was suspended for drunkenness
ami debauchery. lie is remembered as a
brilliant speaker and a man of more than
average intelligence. He at one time was
looked upon as one of the best students and
one of the most zealous priests in this diocese.
SUNSHINE AT NEW ORLEANS.
Exhibits Rolling In and Everything Pro
nonuced Very Promising.
New Orleans, Dec. 30.—At the world’s
exposition to-day everybody appeared in the
happiest of humor. The resumption of street
car travel and the bright sunshiny day were
causes contributing to the general feeling of
elation. Work suspended owing to the recent
rains was resumed on the roads'and pushed
with vigor, and delayed exhibits came,
in with a rush and found place ad
fast as received. Part of the New York
exhibit, which was delayed by a railroad
blockade, has arrived. Special Commissioner
Truman, representative of State Commis
sioner D. J. Johnson, has been working ener
getically to get his exhibit arranged, and says
that it -will equal any on the ground. A
special feature is the exhibit furnished by the
New York State Geological Survey, which is
being arranged by Charles Hall.
The Mexican sloop-of-war La Libcrtada
arrived at New Orleans yesterday and an
chored off Calliope street.
' LOGAN’S SLIM CHANCE.
The Solidification of the Republicans
Not Very Probable.
Chicago, Dec. 30.—The Tribune has made a
canvass of the members of the Illi
nois Legislature oa the Senatorial
question, and finds that the Republicans,
for the first choice, stand 100 for Logan,
and 2 for Farwell; for second choice, Farwell
12, Hamilton 9, J. C. Hawley 2, ami Oglesby
1. Only 24 signified their second choice. The
Democrats for first choice stand: Harrison 29,
Black 25, Morrison 24, Palmer 11, Allen 9,
March 3, unknown 1.
Collided in a Denso Eog.
Norfolk, A a., Dec. 30. —The st#amer John
llomer, running in connection with the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railroad, while leaving here
this morning on ner 7:30 o’clock north
bound trip to Newport News, came
in collision with a mud scow
just below the city, and was so badlv
damaged that she barely had time to be back
ed on the Atlantic City flats, where she now
lies in 15 feet of water. She had on board
about 40 passengers, all of whom with their
baggage escaped injury. A dense fog pre
vailed at the time.
Troops Ordered Into Oklahoma.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec,. 30.—1n pursuance
of instructions from the War Department.
Brig. pen. Augur, of the Department of
Missouri, has ordered Col. Hatch’, of the
Ninth cavalry, to proceed to Camp Russell,on
Cimaron river, in Indian Territory, with six
troops of cavalry and one company of infan
try, and remove unauthorized persons from
Oklahoma and other points in Indian Terri
tory. Col. Hatch is now at Fort Leavenworth
making preparations for the expedition.
A Court House Collapsing.
Akron, 0.. Dec. 30.—Yesterday at the hear
ing in the case of Watt Henry, charged with
wife murder v a great crowd was in attend
ance, when someone noticed that the middle
of the building was giving way. A panic im
mediately ensued, and many persons were
jostled and bruised severely. But the court
wps finally cleared without any fatalities.
The wall is still settling, and the collapse of
the entire building is momentarily expected.
Educated housekeepers, who have tried
all the Baking Powders, say that Dr.
Price’s Cream Baking Powder agrees bet
ter with the stomach than any other made.
The best test of its purity is of its being
used to-day, as it has been for years in a
million homes, and the best test as to Its
nicety and strength is the test of the oven.
RANDALL’S TARIFF TOUK.
NASHVILLE TURNS OUT TO
GREET THE PENNSYLVANIAN.
Louisville’s Scene* of Demonstrative
Hospitality Repeated on a Proportion
ately Grand Scale—The Great Com
moner Repeats III* Anti-Internal Rev
enue Speech—The Continuance of His
Trip Outlined.
Nash Ville, Tenn., Dec. 30.—Hon. S. J.
Randall and party arrived here this morning
at 8 o’clock. The party comprised Mr. and
Mrs. Randall and Congressman McAdoo, of
New Jersey. They were accompanied by the
Nashville committee appointed to meet Mr.
Randall at Louisville and escort him to this
city. An immense crowd was present to wel
come the distinguished visitor. When Mr.
Randall alighted from the car, Gen. W. H.
.1 ark-on, brother of Senator Howell E. Jack
son, stepped forward and, on the part of tlie
reception committee, welcomed him in an
eloquent speech.
Mr, Randall said:
“Sir—lt gives me great pleasure to be here.
I know but one conntry and one brotherhood.
I am proud to be with you.”
Mayor Phillips then welcomed Mr. Ra> dall
and tendered him the freedom of the city.
The members of the committees, accompanied
by Mr. Randall and hts party, then entered
carriages and were conveyed to the Maxwell
House, where breakfast was served.
After breakfast Mr. RanOail met a delegation
of citizens from HuaWille, Ala.
Judge Richardson, on the part of the dele
gation and people of Huntsville, invited Mr.
Randall to extend his trip to Huntsville. Mr.
Randall replied that he would be glad to do
so, but as his time was limited he would lie
forced tj decline. He said, however, that he
would visit the New Orleans Exposition
some time within the next two months, and
he would make it a point then to visit Hunts
ville. Mr. Randall will return by way of
Chattanooga.
A VISIT TO MRS. POLK.
The party entered carriages at 11 o’clock
aud drove to the residence of Mrs. Polk,
where they were received and entertained
royally. Air. and Mrs. George \V. Fall did
the honors of the occasion, and made the
meeting of Mrs. Polk and Mr. Randall a
memorable one. Mrs. Polk is most remark
able for her physical strength and endurance,
considering her advanced age. She received
her guests standing, and seemed but little
fatigued by the many introductions. Mr.
Randall, upon being introduced, said
that it afforded Mrs. Randall
and himself greater pleasure than was other
wise possible to thus meet face to face tlie
widow, of the distinguished statesman and
patriot, the well-beloved President James K.
Polk. Mrs. Poik replied that it was equal
pleasure to have the privilege of knowing oue
of the foremost men of the times and worthy
to he the successor of her own lamented hus
band. After further conversation Mr. Ran
dall and his party left the mansion, noted the
inscriptions on the dead President’s tomb,
and took carriages and were driven to the
Tennessee cotton mills and other places of
interest about the city. Mr. Randall dined
at the residence of Col. A. S. Cojyer at 4
o’clock. At night Mr. Randall spoke to the
largest audience ever assembled in the Grand
Opera House. Afany were unable to get
standing room within the building. The dis
tinguished guest was Introduced by A. S. Col
yer, editor of the American,
MR. RANDALL’S REPLY.
Air. Randall opened his speech in reply as
follows:
“I can sincerely and truthfully say that I
stand here to-night with a heart overflowing
with gratitude for the constant yet consider
ate kindness which I have received on every
hand and at every step since I came among
the noble Tennesseeans. This State was not
one of the thirteen original States, vet iteamc
in closely upon the admission of Kentucky
in 1791, Tennessee being admitted in 1790, and
she has furnished to the country two of the
greatest Presidents who have occupied the
executive chair. Geu. Jackson ami Mr. Polk
were furnished by this State as Presidents of
the United States for the benefit of our com
mon country and to the honor of your State
in every particular. After 24 years of Demo
cratic absence from power, at last the Demo
cratic party will come again to prevail on
Alarch 4 in the administration of the govern
ment, and for the first time in that
period we shall have an administration which
shall always be found engrafted in tlie affec
tions of the entire people.” [Air. Randall then
addressed himself to the tariff question, fol
lowing the same line of argument pursued in
his speecli in Louisville last night, as printed
in the Morning News of yesterday.]
Air. Randall leaves Nashville Wednesday at
midnight and will arrive in Birmingham,
Ala., Thursday morning. Being New Year’s
day he will observe the day by making no
speeches. On Friday he will visit the indus
tries of Birmingham aud Do banqueted, re
turning to Nashville Friday night by special
train. He will leave Nashville Saturday
morning for Chattanooga, stopping by invita
tion at several stations to make short speeches.
He will arrive in Chattanooga aT>out noon
Saturday. Preparations have ucen made
there for a grand reception. The programme
includes public speaking and a grand banquet.
COTTON’S Y IELD.
December Returns Indicate a Smaller
Return than Those of October.
Washington, Dec, 30. —The December re
port of the Department of Agriculture upon
the cotton product indicates a smaller yield
than the returns of condition in October. The
October average was 74, against 68 in 1883,
88 in the great harvest of 1882 and 68 in the
disastrous season of 1881. The returns of the
condition in October and of the product in
December have been unusually divergent
this year. The first indicated a larger crop
than last year and the latter a product
slightly less, or about 98 per cent. The com
parative decline is in States west
of Alabama. The comparison with last
year is as follows: North Carolina
100, South Carolina 107, Georgia 101, Florida
103, Alabama 105, Mississippi 94, Louisiana 98,
Texas 89, Arkansas 99, Tennessee 101. Apply
ing these percentages to our figures for the
crop of 18sS, they indicate a product of 393,000
bales in North Carolina, 502,000 inSouthCaro
lina, 700.000 in Georgia, 00,000 in Florida, 061,-
000 in Alabama, 847,000 in Mississippi, 480.000
in Louisiana, 995,010 in Texas, 613,000 in Ar
kansas and 314,000 in Tennessee. The remain
ing territory will probably give 50.000 bales.
This makes an aggregate of 5,580,000 bales.
These figures are provisional, and may he
slightly - modified by future returns. It is
possible that general disappointment at the
outcome of the middle and top crop have
made the December returns unusually con
servative, but it is certain that the rate of
yield will he much below the average.
ILLINOIS’ WHEAT AREA.
Springfield, 111., Dec. 30.—The forth
coming report of the Illinois Department of
Agriculture shows that the area of the grow
ing crop of winter wheat in Illinois is 2,317,000
acres, or a decrease of 405,000 acres from the
previous seeding. The condition of the grow
ing crop is fair.
MADE MAD BY SPIRITUALISM.
Man and Wife Cut Their Throats After
. He Had Killed Their Child,
Portland, Ore., Dec. 10.—Near Chehalis,
\“oming Territory, on the line of the North
ern Pacific Railroad, night before last, William
Pearson, a well-to-do farmer who is a strong
believer in spiritualism, imagined that he re
ceived an order from a higher power to kill
his infant child. This he did with a hammer.
When he had finished he showed what he had
done to his wife, who is also a spiritualist.
He then said that if she would cut her throat
he would do the same. Both were found
yesterday, half frozen, with their throats cut,
but not yet dead. Psarson has revived suf
ficiently to state what is above related. He
and his wife will probably die.
RASCALLY RAILROADERS.
A Time Clerk and Seven Engineers Com
bine to Defraud their Companies.
Youngstown, 0., Dec. 30.—Seven locomo
tive engineers on the Ashtabula and Pitts
burg and the Erie and Pittsburg Railroads,
have been discharged for the alleged offense
of securing more pay than they were entitled
to. It is stated that they conspired with the
time clerk at Erie who made up the time, and
that 18,000 have thus been overdrawn. The
clerk resigned a Bhort time ago, and bis suc
cessor discovered the errors. The officials
and men refuse to talk on the matter. The
engineers discharged have been in the employ
of the companies for several years.
A Word In the Canal’s Flvor.
London, Dec. 30, 8 a. m.—The Daily Tele
graph, in an article on the proposed Nicara
guan canal, says: “The canal will he of un
told advantage to mankind. There cannot be
two opinions as to the advisability
of England seeking peace and har
mony with America in preference to any
other power. It can hardlv he Earl Gran
ville’s desire to quarrel with America over
the lone-forgotten Clayton-Bulwer treaty, to
which few Englishmen attach very great im
portance. England has no interest in forci
bly opposing a canal across the Isthmus of
Panama, by whomsoever constructed, with
proper provisions. The wise English Govern
ment will perceive that its interests lie in
just the opposite direction.”
Tslmsge & Co.’s Rice Report.
New York, Dec. 30. —Dan Talmage’s Sons
It Cos. furnish the following rice report: Do
mestic styles continue in fairly active de
mand. Stocks are under good control and
prices are held firm. In foreign kinds the de
mand is moderate. Carolina and Louisiana
common to fair 45i@5)4c., good to prime
6c., choice fancy heads 65ir®7c.,
Rangoon 4%®UsC. duty paid, in
bond, Patna s@s>ic., Java The
Charleston report of the Carolina crop move
ment to date says: “Receipts 31,065, sales
25,093, stock 5,972; demand small; market firm
under light offerings.”
An Off Night for Lula.
Chicago. Dec. 30.—The Daily Xeics says:
“If Miss Lulu Hurst is possessed of force
other than muscular or nervous, she failed to
exhibit it last night to a large audience
gathered in the Central Music nail. She
failed in nearly all her performances, and it
was apparent that any man of ordinary
strength and nervous force conld perform the
tricks which she attempted.”
Gen. Hancock’s Son Dead.
Memphis, Dec. 30.—Russell Hancock, aged
33 years, a planter and merchant of Clarks
ville, Miss., died to-day. He was a eon of
Gen. W. 8. Hancock.
STORES SWEPT AWAY.
Keutland, Ind., Visited by Its Second
Conflagration in Two Years.
Logansport, Ind., Dec. 30.—For the second
time in two years Kentland, Newton county,
this State, was visited by a disastrous lire yes
terday morning It originated in the busi
ness section, and was not controlled until
nearly every shop and storeroom had been
wiped out. The loss is estimated at from
140,000 to 150,000. It is mostly covered by in
surance. This disaster was caused by an in
cendisry.
PIERRE’S TERRIBLE VISITATION.
Chic ago, Dec. 30,10 a.m.—A dispatch from
Pierre, Dak., this morning, says: “Pierre this
morning was one seething mass of flame, and
all the efforts of citizens were unavailing to
stay the fire. The wind was blowing a fierce
gale and the mercury was down to 25 degrees
below zero. All tne pumps are frozen solid
and it was impossible to secure water. Alen,
women and children worked desperately en
deavoring to save property, caring nothing
for the intense cold and looking only to the
assistance of others. The Are originated in
the grocery store of R. D. Jones and swept
towards the river. Among the buildings
swept away are the following: Richardson
& Hollenback’s drug store. R. I). Jones’
grocery, Theodore Nariup’s store, -R. Cava
naugh’s chop house, Ash & Comfit’s store,
P. H. Johnston’s store, and Samuel Goodwin’s
store. The Stebbins House caught fire and
was entirely destroyed, after which the fire
was brought under control. The loss is esti
mated at 875,000 and the insurance at about
850,000.
A COOPERING ESTABLISHMENT BURNED.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 30. —Jewett’s large
coopering establishment at Buffalo Plains,
outside of the city limits, was burned to-night,
with a large stock of material, machinery,
supply store and boarding house. The loss is
8100,000.
EIGHT STORES AND A HOTEL BURNED.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Dec. 30.-Schoefehlt’s
dry goods store, seven other stores and a
hotel were burned here this morning. The
loss is estimated at $75,000. The property is
insured.
FIRMS AGAINST THE WALL.
Brooks & Dickson Make an Assignment
—Other Failures.
Niw York, Dec. 30.—Joseph Brooks and
James B. Dickson, doing business under the
firm name of Brooks & Dickson, theatrical
managers, made an assignment to-day to Ja
cob Minnemacher. No preferences were
stated.
The following are the principal failures re
ported to-day:
W. J. Powell, general store, at Reynolds,
Ga.
C. D. Addison, general store, at Quincy,
Fla. J
John Choate, dry goods, etc., at Nashville,
Tenn.
COAL MINERS FAIL.
Huntingdon, Pa., Dec. 30.—The extensive
bituminous coal mining and shipping firm of
Mears Bros., doing business here, nave faileri,
with liabilities roughly estlmnted at $20,000.
The failure win precipitated by the enforced
idleness of their collieries, due principally to
lack of orders.
TOY DEALERS FAIL.
St. Louis, Dec. 30.—Etz.il, Hutchinson &
Cos., dealers in toys and notions, have failed.
The liabilities are about SIOO,OOO and the as
sets $57,000. The firm confessed judgment in
favor of the German Savings Bank for $25,-
s*o. Tiie cause of the failure is the liquida
tion of the firm of Oscar Strasburger & Cos.,
of New York, who have been supplying them
with capital.
CLOTH JOBBERS ASSIGN.
New York, Dec. 30.—H. W. Stehr & Cos.,
jobbers in cloths, made an assignment this
morning to Frederick M. Posthoff, giving pre
fences to the amount of $52,476. They were
rated as worth from $40,000 to $75,000.
BUCKET SHOPS THE ISSUE.
The Chicago Board of Trade on the Eve
of a Lively Election.
Chicago, Dec. 30.—The annual election of
officers of the Chicago Board of Trade occurs
Jan. 5. This afternoon a caucus was held on
tlio floor of the Exchange at which E. Nelson
Blake was renominated for President, and J.
H. Milne for second Vice President. Another
ticket will he named to-morrow. The ap
proaching election, it is expected, will reflect
the opinion of the majority of the members of
the board respecting the furnishing of quota
tions to bucket shops, Mr. Milne haviDg
made a determined personal light as Chair
man of the Committee on Quota
tions against permitting bucket shops to
have quotations. It is stated that when
he began tne war there were over 5,000
of these institutions in existence. It was
necessary iu order to accomplish this to throw
oyer contracts with telegraph companies, to
eject from the floor of the Exchange all mar
ket reporters in the employ of telegraph
companies and employ reporters who should
be attaches of the Board of Trade itself. The
fight grew hitter, and practically embraced
every large city in the Union. All the Boards
of Trade in the country joined in the crusade
except the Detroit Board of Trade. The charge
has now been made against Milne that he had
been furnishing the firm of Lampere & Cos.,
at Detroit, with quotations, amt the allegation
is also made that Lampere & Cos. is a bucket
shop concern. Mr. Milne acknowledged
having transacted business with Lampere &
Cos., hut contends that that firm has been do
ing a legitimate business. Mr. Milne desires
to have the matter investigated and this is
now being done. It is claimed that the alle
gations against Mr. Milne have-emanated
largely from allies of the bucket shops in re
taliation .
A MISER POUND DEAD.
Gai from the Stove on which He Cooked
the Cause of Bis Demise.
Bailtimoe, Dec. 30.—Leopold von Zechan
was found dead in his apartment in the east
ern section of the city this afternoon, having
been sufTocated by gas generated by a coal
oil stove on which he prepared his food. He
was almost a recluse, but was seen to
go into the house on Christmas day, since
which he was missed until the
door was forced open this afternoon and his
dead body discovered. He was the son of a
General in the Saxon army and came to this
country in 18UD. He kept a cigar store in
New York until six years ago, when he came
to Baltimore. He never engaged in business
and lived entirelv to himself. In his house
was found a bank book with $2,500 to his
credit, besides which he is said to have re
ceived S2OO per month from Germany. He is
not known to have any relatives in this coun
try-
TO FIGHT A CUT.
Philadelphia and Heading Employes
Decide on a Strike.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 30.—The employes
of the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad
car asid machine shops at Ashley were noti
fied this afternoon of a 10 per cent, reduction*
of wages, to take effect Jan. 1. In many
cases where high salaries are paid a reduc
duction of 20 per cent, will be made. The
men will not accept the reduction.
MINERS REPORTED RIOTING.
The Hocking Valley Disorders Said to
Have Broken Out Afresh.
Logan, 0., Dec. 30.—There is a general up
rising in the Hocking Valley to-night. Sheriff
McCarthy with a large posse on a special
train left at a late hour. A large shipment
of dynamite was received at Nelson
vllle yesterday. Attacks were started on
the railroad bridges. Special ofli
cers -are being sworn in and taken to
the region of Buchtel, where the strikers are
said to be concentrating with communists.
Communication was cut off ai a late hour at
all mining points. Further particulars caunot
be obtained.
AN IMPENDING RATE WAR.
The Failure of the Representatives to
Agree Followed by a Cut at Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 30.—As one result of yester
dav’s meeting of representatives of Eastern
lines to close the agreement drawn up a week
ago whereby passenger rates were to be regu
lated during the coming year, scalpers offered
to-day Grand Trunk tickets to New York for
sl2. The lowest first-class rate over this line
yesterday was sl3 50. It is claimed that the
Grand Trunk road is making this cut over its
counters, but this is denied at the ticket offices
of the company. The failure of the managers
yesterday to come to any argreeraent leaves
each road at liberty to make such rates as it
sees fit. and the impression is that still lower
rates will prevail.
Kain-Waahed Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 30.—Rain con
tinues to fall, and disastrous washouts on all
the roads are reported. Great damage has
been done to property. No trains have reached
this city since Sunday.
HARD RAINS IN ILLINOIB.
Dixon, 111., Dec. 30.—Continuous rains, and
the flood resulting therefrom, started the ice
in Rock river last night. A bridge was swept
away and much other damage inflicted. The
members of the City Council were on the
river bank all night directing citizens in their
endeavors to save property.
Pellihan’s Libel Defense.
New York, Dec. 30.— Subpoenas were (is
sued to-day at the Police Court on applica
tion of Patrick H. Pellihan, editor of Ireland's
Liberator , for the attendance among others of
Stephen B. Elkins and B. F. Jones, Chairman
of the Republican National Committee, as
witnesses at his examination on a charge of
libel, made by Patrick Ford, of the Irish
World , against him. The examination will
come off a week from next Monday.
East Tennessee’s Troubles.
New York, Dec. 30.— The directors of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
way Company were in session to-day. and
discussed several plans for the reorganization
of the road and refunding of its bonds. Noth
ing definite was decided upon, and the non
payment of the interest on the consols, dne in
January, was the chief topic of interest. An
adjournment was had, subject to the call of
the Chairman.
EDSON’S FOES MAKE WAR.
THE CONFIRMATION OF HIS
NOMINATIONS ENJOINED.
Fitz John Porter Said to Have
Promised to Obey Tammany’* Beck
and Call—Johnnie O’Brien Accuses the
Mayor of Trying to Make a Trade
With Him.
New York, Dec. 30.—YVhen the Board of
Aldermen met to-day an injunction was served
on them restraining the board from confirm
ing any nomination from Mayor Edson for
positions of Commissioner of Public Works
and Corporation Counsel. The injunction was
issued by Judgeßeach at the instance of
Theodore Roosevelt and others on the ground
of alleged fraud and corruption.
The injunction is returnable to-morrow
when the defendants will be required to show
cause why the order should not be continued
Several affidavits were appended to show that
the Mayor and City Fathers had made a cor
rupt compact to confirm the nominees for ilie
offices of Commissioner of Public Works and
Corporation Counsel. Leonard W. Johnson, a
contractor, deposed upon information
and belief that a conspiracy had
been entered Into to appoint
persons to office in consideration of the ap
pointees selecting other persons for subordi
nate positions, and particularly in the case of
the Deputy Commissioner of Public Works.
He adduced extracts from the daily press to
corroborate his assertion.
HE PUT UP SSOO.
James A. Lvon swears that while ln the sa
loon of Died rich Knabe, a prominent Tam
nnffy man, Knabe hinted that he had given
SSOO to help the confirmation of Fitz John
Porter for Commissioner of Public Works.
Patrick Hundibode supported Mr. Lyons’
statement.
James 11. Londergan believed that corrup
tion existed in the city government, having
read of it in a newspaper.
The most damaging affidavit was
that of John O’Brien, the contractor, to
whom the work of building part of the new
aqueduct has been awarded. He charges
Mayor Edson with having offered his vote as
a member of the aqueduct commission in con
sideration of O’Brien getting two Aldermen
to vote for the confirmation of Fitz John
Porter.
Mayor Edson when interviewed regarding
these charges said that there was no truth in
them, and that O’Brien’s statements were
false in every particular.
A number of Aldermen waited around the
grand jury room to-day, waiting to be called
before tiiat body. Alderman Waite was be
fore them about twenty minutes. He looked
very serious when he left the room, and
showed a disinclination to converse about the
matter.
1884 IN THE UNITED STATES.
The London “Times” Hands Down to
History Its Record of the Dying Year.
London, Dec. 31.—The Time this morning
has a ten-column review of the events of 1884.
Referring to America, it says: “The absorb
ing tonic of the year was the election of a
President.' The session of Congress ending in
March was rendered abortive, both parties
desiring to avoid a direct issue on the question
of free trade, which was momentarily
shelved. The Democrats preferred to play a
waiting game, hoping to regain control of the
Executive by the probability of the Republi
cans selecting an objectionable candidate.
The hope was fulfiJed. Blaine’s
appeals to the anti-English
spirit of the Irish voters failed
to seduce them from their alliance with the
Democrats. The project of the treaty with
Nicaragua, giving America control of the
proposed canal, has found little favor, and
will hardly he ratified by the present Con
gress. The Timet rejoices at the revival of
industrial activity in the South as shown by
the New Orleans Exhibition.
GEN. GRANT AT HOME.
Ho ia Satisfied With Mr. Vanderbilt’s
Course—Mr. Field’s Opinions.
New York, Dee. 28.—Gen. Grant’s pressing
financial difficulties have excited the sympa
thies of his friends. A reporter visited him
to-day.
“I have not been at all well of late,” said
Gen. Grant as he sank into a large armchair.
“My throat has bothered me a great deal for
some months past," and a couple of weeks ago
it was so bad that I was unable to speaK.
The trouble is, 1 have always been well and
strong, and when the affection attacked my
throat, instead of calling a doctor I per
mitted it to continue, hoping it would run its
course. My lameness has prevented me from
taking my accustomed outdoor exercise for a
year, which adds to my indisposition.”
The General’s hair and close-cropprd beard
are several shades grayer than they were a
year ago, or before his financial troubles
Harassed him. His face, though somewhat
ruddy, showed unmistakeable trace of the
care that has of late settled upon him, and,
taken all in all, he seemed suddenly to have
grown old and decrepit, and looked"very un
like hia former self. When questioned re
garding the published statements concern
ing his financial afl'airs, the General looked
troubled and replied: “it is in the main true;
there are some slight inaccuracies, however.
While Gen. Sherman did call on me yesterday,
he never said a word about the matter.
Neither he nor I mentioned the subject.”
“But had you not on a previous occasion
talked the matter over?”
“No; on leaving me yesterday the General
asked my son to go down stairs with him, and
had a long talk with him. It was not until
some time after, and only after much ques
tioning, that my son told me that the General
had spoken to him about my affairs. In that
way I learned of the interest he had taken in
mv behalf.”
“Is the statement correct that attachments
have been issued against your property. Gen
eral?”
“I would not for the world say a word that
might in the least reflect upon Mr. Vander
bilt. He has all along acted in a most gener
ous and straightforward manner toward me.
He has certainly showed a very generous dis
position. I understand that he hits agreed to
release the amount of my indebtedness by
$60,C00.”
“It seems too bad, General, to think that
you should be deprived of all your property,
including all the mementoes that have been
accumulating for years, but do you not think
that your friends will come to your relief?”
Resting his elbows on the desk before him
he partially hid his face in his hands, and
seemed agitated as he replied: “I am per
fectly willing to make whatever sacrifices are
necessary in order to liquidate my indebted
ness.”
“How about Mr. Field’s project? Do you
know how he came to take the steps he has?”
“I presume that what Mr. Field is repre
sented to have said is true, but what he has
done in the premises Ido not know. I have
not seen Mr. Field in about a year. I would
rather not say anything on the subject myself
at present.”
Later Mr. Cyrus W. Field was seen at his
residence, on Gramercy Park. “The truth
is,” said he smilingly, “that Gen. Sherman
and an intimate friend of ours called on me
on Friday and, relating the circumstances of
Gen. Grant’s financial trouble, asked if I
could think of any way to help him out of it.
I told them to let me think over it during the
night. Next morning I called on Mr. Van
derbilt, in order to obtajh the facts in the
case. I found Mr. Vanderbilt very liberally
disposed. The sum borrowed, with interest,
amounts to about $160,000. Mr. Vanderbilt
said: ‘lf Gen. Grant’s friends can raise among
them SIOO,OOO, I will throw off the $60,000 and
cancel the debt.’ Now, I think that was a
liberal offer, and the SIOO,OOO ought to be
raised.”
“Have yon any idea of the amount of per
sonal property owned by Gen. Grant, such as
his presents, bric-a-brac, etc?” “No; I
know, however, that he has a great many ar
ticles, They include gifts from kings, em
perors, Igovernments and nobie3 the world
over, which accumulated during his two
years abrtad. Ido not think they have ever
been catalogued or a value placed on them,
but that some of them are very valuable
there is no question. Ido not think they will
be sold—at any rate they should not be.”
“In wbat way would you advise that assist
ance should be rendered him?”
“I understand that they are now trying to
make the General out a partner in the firm of
Grant & Ward. In that case, if successful, all
his property would be irretrievably lost, since
the firm’s indebtedness amounts to many mil
lions, and any gift given him by bis friends or
the government would be gobbled up. I
would suggest, after paying off the SIOO,OOO, to
raise a fund in trust which could not be
touched by creditors, and the interest on
which would comfortably provide for the
General ana his family for the balance of his
life.”
HE TALKS TOO MUCH.
A Story that an Army Officer Tells in
Connection with Oen. Hazen.
Washington, Dec. 28.—“1 heard Gen. Sher
man say once that you can no more donbt
Gen. Hazen’s bravery or his honesty than you
can your own, and I believe that’s so,” said a
well known army officer to-day. There were
a number of listeners, all of whom agreed
with the speaker, but one added to his assent
the remark that Hazen often slipped up on
his judgment all the same. “He has the same
trouble that Polly had,” he continued. “A
very accomplished poll parrot used to hang
from a first floor window, and an extended
broomstick afforded a good resting place.
One warm summer’s day, when every
thing was qniet, Polly saw a dog walk
ing leisurely along. She was an accomplished
bird, and had a good memory, and having
heard her master often talking to his dog, she
cried out: ’Sic em.’ The dog started and
looked In every direction. Seeing only the
parrot he thought she was meant and broke
for her. There was a regular monkey and
parrot time. Polly thought her last hour had
come, but her memory did not fail her. and in
the scrimmage she cried out: ‘Get out, blank
you.’ The ruse was successful, but when
Polly regained her perch she was in a deplor
able condition. Nearly all her pretty feathers
were out in the gutter, one leg was lame, her
flesh was torn and bleeding, and one eye was
closed. Surveying her sad plight she solilo
quized ruefully: ‘Polly, yon talk too much.’
That’s the main trouble over at the Signal
office.”
Miss Caldwell’s Gift.
London, Dec. 30.—A dispatch from Rome
to the Exchange Telegraph Company says
that the offer of Miss Caldwell, of Virginia,
to give $300,000 to found a Catholic university
at New York similar to the College of the
Propaganda Fide at Rome, has been sub
mitted to the Pope. His Holiness intends to
confer a signal mark of distinction upon, the
lady.
SPAIN’S COUNTLESS CORPSES.
Horror* of the Recent Earthquake Visi
tation Still Being Revealed.
Madrid, Dec 30.—Every fresh detail re
ceived from tho districts in which the earth
quake shock was severest adds new horror to
the great calamity. At New Jera 500 people
were killed. The earthquake was followed
by a hurricane. This finished the destruction
of many houses which already had been
brought to the brink of ruin by the previous
shocks. The inhabitants (led in terror from
their houses and camped out of town. Much
suffering is caused by a scarcity of provisions.
The alarm in Malaga is now, however, sub
siding, and affairs, it is t>elieved, will soon
resume their ordinary course.
At Granada to-day the Te Dram was sung,
aud prayers were offered for the cessation of
the eartnquake.
At Priego, in the Province of Cordova,
shocks came while the theatre was crowded
with people. A terrible panic followed. Many
persons jumped from the galleries and from
windows upon the crowd below. Two were
killed outright, and 40 were more or less seri
ously injured.
At Malaga two lofty chimneys, formingpart
of the ga* works, fell to the earth. Patients
in the hospital were so terrified that they for
got for the time being their maladies, and fled
to the open air. The convicts in the prison
refused to enter their cells, aud remained all
night in the court yard.
TWO TOWNS COMPLETELY DE3KOYED.
Albania and Santa Cruz were completely
destroyed.
Soldiers are at work clearing up the ruins
in search of corpses, which are found in large
numbers. Many of them are horribly dis
figured. The number of persons killed is still
unknown. There is no doubt, however, that
the report which fixed tho uujiber at 900 is
an exaggeration. There is distress
among the survivors, and tlie are ask
ing for relief.
At Albunelas 200 persons received injuries,
more or less serious. From rained bouses l(Xj|
bodies have so far been recovered. s
The barracks at Loja, iu the Province oil
Granada, were ruined.
At Zaffarraya, a town not far from Loj*,
fifty persons perished.
The walls of all the churches in Malaga
were cracked by the recent earthquake.
Several houses in Cauellos were destroyed.
Many persons were killed.
Five persons were killed and several others
injured at Motis.
Sixteen houses were destroyed at Sanjarou,
and numerous houses were demolished and
lives lost in other villages.
Fifty corpses have been found at Ventas de
Tain, Arrauza.
The newspapers here are opening subscrip
.ions for a fund for the relief of the sufferers
by the earthquake.
ERIN’S BOLD CHAMPIONS.
Healy Sets Forth the YVrongs of Hl* Na
tive Heath Among the Scotchmen.
London, Deo. 30.— T. M. Healy, member of
Parliament for Monaghan, delivered an ad
dress at Glasgow yesterday, in the course of
which he denounced Mr. Bannerman, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, who, he said, knew no
more about Ireland than he (Healy) knew
about Scotland. “How wojjld a Scotch
man,” he asked, “like me to rule
Scotland through scoundrels, robbers and
men guilty of unspeakable offenses.” Mr.
Healy said that he would rather accompany
Joe Brady to the gallows than slink into the
prisoner’s dock in company with Cornwall
and French. Mr. Healy condemned O’Dono
van Rossa’s policy as criminal and stupid, but
said that he understood it, because Rossa had
been reared among the people and Knew their
wrongs.
A conference of the Nationalists of Dublin
county, the Mayor of Dublin presiding, was
held at Dublin yesterday. The principle of
paying the Irish members of Parliament was
approved. Mr. Clancy, editor of the IrUh
Nation, was nominated to represent Dublin
county in the House of Commons.
In an address Mr. Clancy said that any na
tion in the world persecuted as this country
is, would expel the English and substitute an
Irish government and declared that the
Orange Tory reign in Ireland was over.
BIGGAR ATTACKS THE GOVERNMENT.
J. G. Biggar. member of Parliament for
Cavan county, sneaking to-night at Bolton,
advised Irishmen to disown the Whigs. He
said that Ear! Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, had hanged a number of men whom
he knew to he innocent. The supporters of
the government were answerable for Earl
Spencer’s misdeeds and deserved no mercy at
the hands of Irish electors. Premier Glad
stone and Sir Bannerman knew that Earl
Spencer was a scoundrel. The members of
the Irish National League were entitled to
the thanks of Irishmen for exposing the ras
cality of the Irish executive.
A Theatre Roof Caves In.
London, Dee. 31, 2A. m.—A portion of the
roof of a theatre at Cholet, a town in France,
collapsed during a performance last night.
There were about l,ouo persons in the audi
ence. The lights were extinguished, and
screams and groans filled the air. About 150
persons were injured, some of them, it is
feared, fatally. The theatre was a temporary
structure, widen had been strained by recent
storms.
Archbishop Bourget Dying.
Montreal, Dec. 20.—Archbishop Bourget
is said to be dying. Bishop Fabre has admin
istered to him the last rites of the church. He
is the oldest bishop in America, and ma 'e
himself famous by his opposition to the burial
of Guibord in consecrated ground.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes frtm the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
The French Parliament will reopen Jan. 13.
Earl Derby denies that he intends to resign
ttie office of Colonial Secretary.
Mrs. L. Q. C. Lamar, wife ef Senator La
mar, died Monday night at Oxford, Miss.
Geo. X. Seney has resigned from the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia directory.
Catulle Modes and Octave Mirabeau fought
a duel in France with swords yesterday.
Both were wounded in the arm.
The report is confirmed that Princess Bea
trice will marry Prince Henry of Battenberg.
The couple must reside near the Queen.
Privy Counsellor Karitzky. of Russia, has
been exiled to Siberia for bribery in connec
tion with the medical department of the
army.
An explosion of gunpowder occurred yester
day in a gunsmith’s shop at lvralup in Bo
hemia, destroying three houses, killing three
persons and injuring many more.
Ogilvie A Cos. have shut down their flour
mills in Winnipeg. They state that Minneap
olis millers are now selling flour in Canada at
less than the price of Canadian wheat.
It is thought that the appointment of Baron
Ring to succeed Marquis DeNoailles as French
Ambassador to Turkey, indicates diplomatic
hostilities at Constantinople against England.
The Italian Radicals are trying to induce
Premier Ferry to permit the transfer of the
remains of Orsini to his native town, Ro
magna. The Italian Government objects to
the transfer.
At Helena, Tex., Sheriff Terry was shot and
killed by Emmet Butler on Sunday last.
Bntler, while attempting to escape, was killed
by an unknown person in a crowd. Terry
was a prominent stockman.
The St. Paul, Minn., Evening ceased to exist,
yesterday morning, being consolidated with
the evening Diepatch. Capt. Castle is editor
in-chief. The name of the paper will still
continue to be the lHsvatch.
The bodies of Charles Smith and Henry
Davis, alleged burglars, who were lynched
near Raleigh, N. C., last week, have been re
covered from Neuse river. They were bound
in chains, handcuffed and riddled with bullets.
Dr. Von Schloczer, Prussian Minister to the
Papal Court, acting under orders from Prince
Bismarck, who wished to mark his sense of
the hostile Catholic inflnence in the Reichstag,
refrained from paying the usual Christmas
visit to the Vatican.
Prince Bismarck is about to g* to San Remo
with his family for a sojourn of s weeks.
Apartments have already been secured for
them. Arrangements have been made for it
private interview between Prince Bismarck
and Premier Ferry at San Remo.
A man supposed to be James Greenwood, of
Chippewa, while crossing Niagara river
yesterday from Chippewa to Port Day, about
a mile above Niagara Falls, lost control of
his boat, which was drawn into the rapids,
“ere it upset and he was carried over the
falls.
The Chicago Daily Metrt yesterday morning
printed a fac simile of the forged tally sheet
of the Eighteenth ward election returns,
together with numerous fac similesof Win. J.
Gallagher’s hand writing, and the charge is
made that the prima facie case made against
the accused by this showing alone will require
strong evidence to shake the conclusion of bis
guilt.
At Stornoway, Scotland, eight crofters were
committed Tor trial yesterday. They were
released on ball anu escorted around the
town by crowds, accompanied by & brass band
and a number of pipers. Boatmen refuse to
ferry process servers. The Sheriff’s officer and
his assistant were knocked down three times
and seriously injured by about 200 crofters at
Glendale.
At St. Paul, Minn., the worst snowstorm of
the season set in early last evening. At mid
night the wind was blowing twenty miles per
hour and the snow was drilting badly. There
will be a great delay of trains on all roads in
that State and Dakota. The Signal office re
ports a cold wave rapidly approaching from
the northwest, which will probably reach St.
Paul to-morrow.
At Greensburg, Pa., while on a lark Satur
day night four young men named Joseph
Randall, Charles Smith, George Nichols and
Scott Robertson, procured half a gallon of
alcohol at a drug store at Mount Pleasant and
drank it. mixing a portion with oyster stews,
which they ate. On Sunday all or them were
taken sick, and Randall and Smith died in
great agony. The other two are still living
and will probably recover.
An attempt was made Monday night to
wreck a north-bound passenger train on the
Virginia Midland Railroad, about 30 miles
north of Danville, Va. A heavy piece of tim
ber was forced into the ground between the
ties and cattle-guard, the end projecting
about 3 feet from the bed and of the centre of
the track. The weight of the engine and the
speed at which the train was running were
all that prevented them from being thrown
from the rails and disastrously wrecked.
Durkee’s Salad Dressing and Cold
Sauce is made from the freshest, purest
and choicest condiments obtainable. In
using it waste, labor, anxiety, and disap
pointment are prevented.
< PRICE CIO A TKAK.I
I S CENTS A COFY .
ON THE MARCH IN EGYPT.
THE BRITISH TROOPS START
FROM KORTI FOR GAEDUL.
A Magnificent Sight as the Men Moved
Onward—The Column 100 Yards Wide
and a Mile in Length—Chances for a
Hattie at the Narrow Pass at Dargayat.
Cairo, Dec. 30.—The Egyptian government
has appealed against the judgment rendered
by the Court of First Instance in the action
brought by the Caisse de La Dette Publique,
to secure the restitution of money belonging
by the law of liquidation to the sinking fund
which the government had diverted to the
general treasury. If the judgment ordering
restitution shall be affirmed by the higher
court the caisse will sequester all salaries
and pensions now being paid by the treasury.
Gen. S. Herbert Stewart will advanee from
Korti to Gaedul to-day with his forces dis
posed of in the following order: A detach
ment of hussars will form the van, followed
by the engineer corns. The field hospital
and water convoy and the baggage train will
come next. After them the light and heavy
camel corps, and then the artillery and trans
port train. Mounted iniantry and hussars
will bring np the rear. Col. Sir Charles
Wilson ami Maj. Kitchener will accompany
Gen. Stewart.
A dispatch from Korti, dated 7:45 o’clock
ilus evening, says that Gen. Stewart’s exie
dition is six miles distant. Gen. Wolseley ac
companied the troops for a mile, and then re
viewed them as they marched past. The line
of their route is through a fiat, desert coun
try, in which no huts are visible.
A MAGNIFICENT SIGHT.
The march of the English expedition past
Korti was an imposing sight. The column
was nearly 100 yards wide and a mile long.
The hussars were sent ahead to prepare tea,
but they took the wrong path.
After a ten-mile march, the troops
halted for an hour’s rest. The
i men, who were compelled to go without
► tea, bore up cheerfully. The small supply of
water carried was too precious to admit an
other supply of tea being prepared. The
march was resumed by moonlight. The troops
hope to reach the first wells by 8 o’clock in
Ihe morning. It is believed that the hussars
are awaiting the coming up of the other
troops at a point seven miles too far to the
westward.
brigade.
Gen. Earle’sbrigaile of infantry has passed
Meraji and is encamped thirieeM miles from
theJGerendid cataract,which will be reached at
noon to-morrow. It is-reported that Mona
seers are advancing to dispute the narrow
pass aliove Dargayat. Gen. Earle’s orders
allow him to extend a helping hand to Gen.
Stewart if necessary. Gen, tVolselev’s plans
are severely criticised at Korti as being reck
less.
Native servants refuse to accompany Gen.
Stewart’s columns, but are willing to accom
pany Gen. Earle’s. This shows the opinion of
the natives relative to the dangers of the two
expeditions. It is feared that incase of a sud
den attack the obstinacy of the camels will
be a source of danger. The columns will be
arranged in eelft'lon of squares if attacked.
Gen. Stewart, with the mounted infantry ami
unloaded camels, is expected back in ten
days, when Gen. Wolseley, with the main
body of the expedition, will advance towards
Shendy.
Earl Granville had a consultation to-day
with M. Waddingion, the French Ambassa
dor, on the proposed resumption of the con
ference on Egyptian finances, which met in
London last summer, and which adjourned
sine die on Aug. 2 without arriving at any
agreement. M. Waddington stated that
France was unwilling to take part in the
deliberations without a previous agreement
on the basis of the conference.
The Berlin Crane Gazette says that Germany
desires an early resumption of the London
conference.
NEUTRALITY ON THE CONGO*.
An Entente Cortliale Arranged Between
Franco and Germany.
London, Dec. 29. —An entente cordiale has
been arranged between France and Germany
for the neutralization of the territory of the
African International Association. Prince
Bismarck lias undertaken to present a decla
ration to the conference favoring an iutcr
notional pfotectorate of the association’s ter
ritory. Jurisconsuls Kusseroff and
Engelhardt have been instructed to dralt a
declaration, and also to prepare a statement
ttiat the principles governing civilized States
must be observed in future annexations in
the Congo region, without being settled by
government authority.
A Berlin correspondent says: “It is re
ported in diplomatic circles that an intention
prevails in certajp influential quarters to
transform the Congo free State into a mon
archy.”
A Congo Monarchy.
Berlin, Dec. 30.—The formation of a Congo
monarchy under a German Prince is bemg
discussed in court circles here.
A correspondent of Le Journal dee Debate of
Paris at Berlin says that the King of the Bel
gians will he proclaimed Suzerain of the
Congo free State. If the Belgian constitu
tion precludes this the Count of Flanders will
be proclaimed in bis stead.
French Arms Victorious.
Paris, Dec. 30.—Official advices from Ton
quin report that the French forces had ad
vanced from Tuycn-Quan, bad met the Chinese
forces and defeated them, inflicting severe
losses on them. The French loss was trifling.
Gen. Briere de i’lsle telegraphs that he has
been fighting with pirates near Hong Yen for
several days and has killed 300 men and cap
tured two guns. The French troops are In
excellent health and spirits.
The story about the Bienhoa originated at
Tonlon, being founded upon the delay in the
arrival of the Bienhoa at Saigon. She left
Toulon i* the first week of November, and
was last spoken off Singapore. Admiral
Pcyron, Minister of Marine and of the
Colonies, becoming alarmed at the non
arrival of the Bienhoa. telegraphed orders to
Hong Kong and Saigon to send out cruisers
and search for the missing vessel.
Banking Laws in North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 28.—During the next
two years the charters of several national
banks in this State will expire, and,
in anticipation of this event tnd the
failure of Congress to enact
the necessary legislation to enable the bankß
to renew tneir charters, the Legislature,
which meets In this city on Jan. 5, will be pe
titioned to pass a general banking law. It is
argued by bank officers that if the national
banking system is not continued, the neces
sity for the 10 per cent, tax ou bills issued by
State banks will no longer be necessary, and
will be repealed. In this view the
Legislature will be asked to pass a
law authorizing the Issue of $3 in paper
based upon $1 in gold, the latter to be
kept in the banks as a reserve fund for the
payment of the bills. There is severe strin
gency in monetary matters in this State, and
it is confidently predicted by experienced
banking men that a Statesystemof this char
acter would give great relief to the people,
and furnish all the capital needed to develop
the varied resources of the State. The officers
of the several national banks in this State
i much prlfer the State bank system to that of
the preseat. They are confident of making
more money than under the national bank
act. They would make the change at the
earliest moment should the 10 per cent, tax l>c
repealed. The entire delegatisn in Congress
from this State favor the repeal of the tax
on the issues of .State banks, and they report
the same feeling to exist among Senators
and Representatives from the other Southern
States.
Engaged at an Early Age.
Gordonsville, Va., Dec. 27.—Society here
is all agog over the announcement of the en
gagement of a juvenile pair. The local papers
state that cards are out announcing tne en
gagement of Master Willie Scott, ot this
place, aged 4 years, and Miss Jennie ferry, of
Charleston, W. Va., aged 6 years. The young
lady is a fair-haired little sprite of unusual
brightness. Her father is a well-to-do busi
ness man of Charleston. If this union ever
takes place it will attract a deal of interest on
account of the tender ages of the parties.
A rapfle for a fawn recently took place in
a Montana town. After the raffle was over
the holder of the winning ticket asked for bis
fawn, supposing the animal to beapet ineome
family. The lady manager of the affair told
him it was out in the hills with its dam. and
all he had to do was to go and catch it. Then
she laughed till her fat sides shook. Shows
how loosely these affairs are being conducted
in some places.
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8. GUCKENHEIMEE A SON.
M. FERSTACO.