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~TAHLDH*D 1880. I
u Bditor and Proprlotor. 1
M> FLORIDA.
rHE TWO STATES
, i \ pAHAfiUAPHSi
_ !v i'omnii*>loiied Justice
jib t r '"' ’ Hound to llanc tin to the
.r* Klstorl Dies to the
i mifiil Story of the
v.. -tart Engineer of the
~F.oK>IA.
. ut- per dozen at Dub
t i v in. vote' 1 to build anew
T ,,{the < artersville Courant
- - ll.iwfc.ns, of Americut,
. tin' 'heriff.
, . mill near Athens broke
; i hundred acres of tine bot
. (.• i has passed a resolution
it .m of Aldermen at JICO
• halt sof cotton shipped
the present season up
'lias is an increase of
,-t season.
I . mery comity.
. - since the lir.-t
•-••Iton ever received at
.el 402 pounds, and was
r 22 cents per pound,
r . " t anics. favoring an
. the National Treasury to
N i exposition to tide over
i-sment, was forwarded to
. 1 nim Americu*. Thurs
naineof -Smith were seen
t r the llrmiwood depot last
■ in iicing related—two rad
'.iiii tn, one merchant and
l not one of them named
at Athens a meht ortwoajro.
,t. and thunders of apidauae
in the l.ii* Grounds” dur
-1 i tali, while
id. and U : I the Uhost to the
, who i- eon lined in the
. liurged with the murder
ui six months ago, la try
/v. Ir.s. T. J. Buchan and
in- examined George thor
it as their opinion that he
as he ever had.
tier, who belonged to the
Regiment, and who was
im iider at Appamnttox
. ,t diary during the war,
was 11 . it* liv toe regiment
i- ■ • -t—who were killed,
-poi, leme News, Feb. 5:
ttie jailer went in to look
m The cells two negroes
rds him. tine ran over tiiiu
g g away. The jailer
. r one from getting out.
a:; r the escaped prisoner.
-ft nee men in Bradlierrv
utv. threaten to petition the
-to., the operation of the stock
-cct on. Gov. Mclianicl has no
; >n over this matter than the
senwaat. Nothing can prevent
.iv g ,ng into effect on M arch i.
Mclntwh, Postmaster at siuth
Mel tueii county, haaa half crown
r .. k that Ins grandfather, Donald
i- tight with him when he came to
i with lien. Oglethorpe. Ilisgrand
wounded at a place called Bloody
i . >t. Simon's Island, by the Span
of Thomas’ A. Lovelace vs. John
u et al. terminated at Cartersville
The trial laded about five and
i davs. and resulted in a verdict for
ivelace of $1,545 it. The evi ience as
• and liv the stenographer ia over 00.00 b
4 ,„.f the pleadings alone make up a
, ns record. The suit was l egun by
oity in July, IS.NI.
\ ui ag- and 3 years of Honey Flanders.
- county, was drowned on Fridav
■ in a clay hole about ISO yards
The little fellow was tisscil.
-.rch living made he was found
i. hole. Mr. Flanders was a
grand jury and was in Dublin,
_i r found him and coramnni
ae information of the sudden
. ' - id.
jj pi g walked all the way from
• to dimming after a small
_. The dog had taken up with
„■ Forsyth county, who re -
' up, but lb-Jayng swore out a
rant, in which he alb ged that
, ~ irs old and worth $lO. The
' settled by limlly paying the
the dog. helping took the
• to I'aulding, leading hi
lt -. the 4-year-obl daughter of
l; .-. colored, who lives near
entitle works, about three
. i lean, received a severe cut
w tii ax in the hands of her
lay evening last, from the
having no medical attention
iih, dying ihat night. Tbs
•l ying on a log when she put
wav. from some mysterious
ived the cut which co.-t her
; y a few days ago Daniel IV
. u Mack got burned nearly to
• • Ur. Peterson wa •
white man and a negro lmy
The negro hoy was in the
M.. -k also, w hen the negro
and struck it against the
, r and they both came very
• r _ • . i. alh before they could lie
;■! it iir lierv prison. Both are
. ; ia v r> doubtful whether
L it bn. a Whitehall street mer
• ed to the putting wp
_ t pole in front of his store.
. ui doing the work. A
. Mge ensued between the nier
• - • rk- on one side and the la
mb, r. Police quelled it, and
i it placed. The participants in
-■ .. w cr.- -aramoned to appear in Ihc
■ s . was seriously hurt,
■.nail had two ol his teeth loosened
hi la hard rap across the
i eof the Mate vs.
, ; Nhep Fletcher for simple
i .t ■!. John Albritton entered
tic indictment of the grand jury
i- ••! i.n the ground that tin*
rei tears of age. and
.; the law held a man to be in
• -i- . grand juror when he reached
P ,r leci 'ed that such
• . and quashed the indictment,
r i .ut several cases transferred
' -i.t to tiic County Court, as the
wa re found by the same grand
Ii ! . - l.irvil by Ri.-tonV msn-
Ii nt parts Thursday night.
8 *- the service tor SScents. lu
I > ■ they carnet! out their con-
I but v. hen the curtain went
I : i . t they struck. Ihe strike
I .1 mi:.lotion behind the curiam
E r, .-i he stage manager <li>t
E • i do. Tite r-upcrs demanded
I r for the night's work.
E . y have oi.tamed their de
-8 i . \ldridge, who had been
1 r. Honor i. appeared upon the
I tired four of the “one
I■! the others quietly did their
I . .w was over drew their
H -t i -kipped.
I n I>or?ey hill, on Broad
8 tor years have lieen im-
B| : - or gas. so much so that the
I :r tak or used. It was
Ii > the _.ts works built by IV.
8 : rear of the store now occu
lt N b fl-"n A Cos. Several
8 - ' have been brought on ae
| ttiag into the wells.
■ irtesian well about 850
■ .*n a aool flow of water was
■ * a.is f-mnd to be no account on se
ra ul that came with it. Some
■ ti k that it was not caused
■ - •' -'ks. tmt is genuine petroleum,
■ •• ! well that would surpass any
■ ■: .a could have beeu struck it it
■ . "f 1 > >dge county, is con
g i "f Ordinary. The grounds
I • gal voting. To prove the
g • "ary to have the lists of
E ■ hallo s east by those voting
B 1 rk of the Suiierior Court is
| Hi* - fii'todian of these papers,
g _ rila-, a process by which lie
8 ’ ’hen, Udnre the officer
I * ’"'tunony, to be
8 • ilo com
-8 rk, with
-8 .ail lias not
8 -nt inquiry
K when he
8 is effcct-
I .atioi', the law
I ’ -k, within
I on.
E
■ f. ...... • ->ames Burr, assistant cu
■ ill-fated steamship City
| -■ "hse wreck about one
I mourning into
I • pa-sed through Bonn
I ’ rout,- f„ r \ew Orleans and
I 1 on : go. where he has rela-
I vessel struck, Mr. Burr
I ' " - aig >; full speed and he was
I hatchway, breaking one of
■ - >rui atet crushing one hand.be-
I r j... ■" ‘. r, s’ fee ribs Portions of the
I 1 and he now wears
I irt- ,a g, t and is able to eat no
I' . ■’ '• Ail the nourishment that he
8 ir ; ' * and Inue water and beef
I 1 rtainly a muchly stove-up
I Brotherhood of En
| ' , *' , h able to make his way
j ;■ t< is relatives, although lie
Ii - ‘ "'Tapped" and iienuilesS, a
I- • ii-g l im something to cat.
■ ‘lsays: Eight yean ago
I > led one of the liesl known
"and Went to
I ■ •’■st
came town talk. The father returned, and
again demanded to see his child. He was
then told that for slto he could seethe child
ten minutes, provided he did not disclose his
identity, and Lawyer Brown was present to
enforce the terms. “You cannot make
money out of heartstrings,,’ said the father
bitterly, “but I will see the child.”
Eastman 77 ms*: At the election held in
Eastman on the first .Saturday in January of
this vear, James M. Arthur was elected Jus
tice of the Peace for the 319th District, G. M..
by a majority of six votes over his opponent.
E K. Lee. The result of the election, dulv
certified, having been tran-mitte 1 to the
Governor, as a basis upon wh ch for the chiet
Executive of the State to issue the conimis
sion to the elect. Our citizens were both as
tonished and amused a few days ago to learn
that the Hon. E. F. Lee, the defeated candi
date, had been by the Governor commissioned
as Justice of the district. Judge Lee applied
at o n e to i>c duly installed into the office by
the ordinary, who. with all possible solem
nity, administered the oath of office and de
livered the commission. Judge Lee savs he
nas the commission in the bottom of his trunk,
and would like to see Arthur get it from him
under four years. The Judge gives it as his
legal opinion that he is entitled to the office
of Justice of the Peace of this district for the
next four years.
FLORIDA.
’1 he Town Assessor of Ocala has discovered
$50,000 of property that has never been
assessed.
It is said that the insurance business in
f iorida during the year 1884 was very disas
trous to some of the best companies, and that
there is a disposition to carry verv small lines
in any of our towns, and an entire cancella
tion of policies in some of them.
Henry Long, colored, is believed to be the
murderer of Catharine Brown, colored, of
Pensacola. Long has fled. The story of the
finding of the girl’s body has already been de
tailed in the News. On Nuuday evening about
t> o'clock Long went to the house where John
McLoud lived, near Wright s mill. The girl
Catharine was living with McGoud. Henry
told Mclsiud that there was a warrant for
the arrest of Catharine, and that he had a
house where he could conceal her from the
Sheriff, and the girl left Me Load's house with
him about dark. This was the last seen of
her uutil her body was found early Monday
morning. Sheriff Hutchinson, learning these
facts soon after the Ik> ly was found, went to
the house occopied by Henry, and there
found on a sack at the head of
a pallet upon which the victim liad
been lying and upon the floor from the
pa.let to the door fresh blood not yet dry.
Near by the pallet was a small ax with'a
handle about 1 5 inches long, smeared also
with blood. In the fireplace was a small
niece of the dress she had on when last seen,
lie bad attempted to burn her clothing, but
tins small bit of the dress was left in tne
ashes unconsumed by the lire. Other evidence
that will lie brought out before the jury may
criminate another party as accessory to the
deed. What the fiend’s motives for the mur
der could have tieeu arc still a mystery. Two
theories have been suggested, but for pruden
tial reasons they are ithheld lor the present.
Tne story about the warrant lor Catharine's
arrest, told by Henry to allure her lroni Mc-
I >oud’s house, was a lie.
FLORIDA OS TDK WIRE.
Children's Day at the Fair—Where Some
of the Premiums Go.
Jacksonville. Fla. Feb., 6.—To-day
was Children’s day at Hie lair. A large
number of the pupils of the public
schools were on the grounds and gave a
very interesting exhibit of calisth?nics
and sam; several beautiful songs, in
dulged in base ball and foot ball contests.
The children's department displayed
considerable creditable work. There
is \erv fine embroidery and
lace work in the ladies’ department. The
weather was cool and pleasant, and there
was a large attendance. In a general
way the fair is regarded as a success, and
superior to similar displays in recent
years.
a storm occurred la9t night. The
wind blew fifty miles an hour. Hail
stonts as large as walnuts fell.
The rifle contest bMlay was won by the
Jacksonville Light Infantry.
The Florida Fruit Exchange has adopt
ted articles of incorporation. A number
of shares have been taken by prominent
gentlemen.
Columbia county took the premium for
the best collection of larm, field and gar
den products.
Another railroad is contemplated from
Mayport Beach, the terminus of the Jack
sonville and Atlantic Railroad.
An accident occurred on the Florida
Central and Western Railroad this morn
ing, three miles east of Quincy, Fla. A
sleeper was thrown from the track by a
broken rail and turned bottom upwards.
Mr. Kendall, of Pittsfield, 111., had his hip
and back injured. 8. F. R. Godfrey, of
Rocktonl, 111., was slightly injured and
narrowly escaped being smothered and
N.S. Robinson, of the same place, was
bruised about the head, but not seriously,
tine unknown man had his hand crushed
and another his foot. Six others were
injured slightly. No one was killed.
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Tallahassee. Fla., Feb. C.—This was
an interesting day in the Senate. Mr.
Mcliinne’s railroad commission bill was
ably supported by Mr. Mclxiune and Mr.
Mallory and eloquently opposed by-
Messrs'. Lesley, llryson and Mann. A
motion to indefinitely postpone the bill
was defeated by a violent majority. The
Assembly passed the bill calling a Consti
tutional Convention in June. The reso
lution to postpone the day of adjournment
was tabled.
AT THU STATE CAPITAL.
An Anti-Speer Petition In Circulation—
The Exposition Commissioners.
Atlanta, Feb.o.— Two cominissionets,
one representing the United States Com
missioners and the other representing the
exhibitors of the New Orleans Exposi
tion, passed through Atlanta last night en
route to Washington, for the purpose of
asking aid of Congress to successfully
carry out the object of the enterprise.
The committee of commissioners were
appointed at a meeting held at New Or
leans a lew days ago, of the United States
Commissioners representing the States
and Territories of the United States. The
committee of exhibitors go as a separate
body. The object is. however, the same.
The artesian well is 1,275 feet deep, and
is showing no increase in the water in
the shaft. Drilling continues hard. The
experiment so far has cost the city about
*13,000, which includes the price paid tor
the machinery.
A petition is being circulated here aud
6igued by both Republicans and Demo
crats asking that President Arthur with
draw F.morv Spier’s name from the Com
mittee on Confirmations. Asa general
thing, the Republicans give as a reason for
signing it that Speer is a Democrat, while
the Democrats place their names on the
paper, assigning as a reason that Speer is
a Republican. Others have signed the
petition on personal grounds. The paner,
for these reasons, meets with a warm re
ception .
Dun A Co.’s Report.
New York. Feb. b.—The business
failures throughout the country occurring
during the last week as reported to ri. O.
Dun fc Cos. number for the United States
:!14 aud Canada 32, a total of 340, agaiust
324 last week and 111 the week previous.
Failures are still numerous in the West
ern and Southern States. In other sec
tions of the country the figures are about
up to the average.
A MONSTER DRY GOODS CRASH.
Baltimore, Feb. G.—Joseph E. Brutf,
Alfred Maddux and Alfred B. Faulkner,
wholesale dry goods dealers, made an as
signment to-dav to Moses It. Walter and
Andrew l>. Jones for the benefit of their
creditors. The bond of the trustees is
*300,000.
FAILURE OF A CARRIAGE MANUFAC
TURER.
Cincinnati, Eeb.G.—D. W. Miller, of
the D. W. Miller Carriage Company, as
signed this afternoon. His assets are
$125,000 and the liabilities $160,000. Mr.
Miller has been embarrassed by building
his large works at No. 14 East 1 lfth street,
and iu December last he conveyed a por
tion ol his property to A. 11. Taft to ee
cure, creditors holding nearly *oo.ooo
of claims.
• Cheap Kates to New Orleans.
Augusta, Ga., Feb.6.—Passenger rates
from Augusta to New Orleans by the
Ouecn aud Crescent route, via Birming
ham and Atlanta, and the New Orleans
Short Line, via Montgomery, have been
further reduced to sl4 for round trip
tickets.
A WAR ENDED.
Chattanooga, Tknn., Feb. 6.—The
war which has been waged for three
weeks past between the Nashville and
Chattanooga and the Memphis and
Charleston Railroads has ceased, and an
amicable adjustment was made to-night.
A cut of 5 cents per 100 pounds for all
>-sses of freight from Chattanooga to
" which was made by the Nash
a Chattanooga RaiJ,vav, was
iwu and former p V^' were re_
Terril>lj^<V> e \E
■ ESVIL Sma f
• w.w*. *v<N°r May ? r .
Me \ jS&cf+ien by a
ild’s scalp
*ra Slwas badly
p cleh * t . Jfrtressed the
M | l was resting!
CLEVELAXD’SCOUXSELORS
CABINET BOOMS ROOSTED BY
BANDS OF BACKBRS.
The President-elect Sphynn-Like as to
His I tent ions—Visitors as Usual Al
lowed to do as Much Talking as they
Liked—Gen. Lawton’s Friends In the
Line.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The Democrats
who went over to New York to see Cleve
land are returning. They all express
satisfaction with their reception. Mr.
Cleveland's manners pleased them. They
speak of his strength and calmness, of his
good common sense, of his kindly atten
tion to all that was said to him, and par
ticularly of the tact which enabled him
to converse freely and yet keep his own
counsel. The conversations were not at
all restricted, and in no sense formal. Mr.
Cleveland made every visitor at home,
and everyone felt free to say just what he
wanted to say. Some of the visitors had
rather expected apparently that Air.
Cleveland would propound' to them a
series of carefully prepared inter
rogatories on a few subjects, and
that their communications would be
confined within narrow limits, for they
all dwelt upon the fact that the President
elect encouraged them to speak their
minds freely. The President-elect asked
questions about many public men and
about many putdic topics. The returned
visitors have reached three conclusions:
First. That Mr. Cleveland has as yet
selected no member of his Cabinet, "al
though he has prepared a short list of men
he would like to have.
Second. That Mr. Cleveland is anxious
to get the views ot all the Democrats in
Congress as to questions of public policy.
Third. That having obtained all possi
ble information about men and measures
he will at once prepare his Cabinet and
his inaugural address.
BARBOUR ENTHUSIASTS.
The most interesting recollections are
those of the Virginia delegation who went
over t > advocate the appointment of John
S. Barbour to be Postmaster-General.
They came back quite confident that Air.
Cleveland would appoint Mr. Barbour to
the desired place, although he did not
give them any more information about
his Cabinet plans than he did any one
else. One of them contributes this bit of
Mr. Cleveland's conversation, which
shows the present condition of his Cab
inet:
“You gentlemen,” he said, “being law
yers, know that sometimes at night when
you go to bed your law cases are per
iectly straight in your heads, you have
laid all your plans and you consider all
those cases as good as settled. But the
next morning you go down to your office
only to find that your cases are anything
but settled; that circumstances have
changed, and that your plans cannot be
carried out. You have to begin at the
beginning again. Well, that’s just the
way with the Cabinet.” As the delegation
was leaving his room, Mr. Cleveland said
to the last man out, a Congressman:
“How are you t'entlemen at Washington
getting on?”
“Oh.” said the Congressman, “Pretty
well.”
“I don’t think so,” said Mr. Cleveland
quite emphatically, “Congress doesn’t
work expeditiously, its rules are simply
abominable.”
INDIANA'S FAVORITE.
A New York special, speaking of Air.
Cleveland’s visitors, says: “An Indiana
delegation, composed of Representatives
Lamb and Watson and Judge Lowery,
urged the claims of Ex-Senafor McDon
ald. They said that the business men of
Indiana were for Mr. Alclionald, and if
he was not appointed the disappointment
of the Indiana Democracy would not fall
short of blank dismay. ' Gov. Clevela and
replied that every one spoke well of Mr.
McDonald, and said further: “My mind
is, so far as my Cabinet is concerned, in a
condition oi uncertainty. I have often
found that the last suggestions are not
unfrequently the best, and in this matter
especially 1 shall not act hastily.” In
passing from the Cabinet to other topics
Judge Lowery said “I hope that you
will soon find it convenient to clean out
the Augean stable.” Looking earnestly
at his visitors and speaking slowly and
distinctly Air. Cleveland said: '“Alv
views upon that subject have
recently been fully expressed. It is a
subject which must be treated with care
and deliberation and from more than one
standpoint. I think it wise to endeavor
to retain the friends that came to our
support in the last campaign by inaugu
rating a liberal, a conservative and a
progressive policy. In this, as in other
respects, we may be able to hold not only
those to whom i have alluded, but to se
cure further accessions of the same
character in the North and the West.
A PLEASANT INTERVIEW.
Senator Williams, of Kentucky, bad
one of the most pleasant interviews of
the day. He said that he came only to
express his gratification at the prospect
ol a Democratic administration.' That
so far as be knew, the Kentucky Demo
crats bad no one to present lor a place in
the Cabinet, nor. at: this time, for any
other position. They had the strongest
faith iu the wisdom and judgment of their
chosen ruler and In his intention to eall
around him the best and truest in the
party. Mr. Cleveland replied, that he
hoped that this good fortune would come
to him and that his only hope was to se
cure as his advisers men ot worth and
experience, upon whom the country and
he could safely rely. Senator Lamar had
the longest interview of any, lasting al
most an hour, and which was of a private
character entirely. To an inquiry as to
what had occurred. He laughiugly re
plied: ’•Well. lean say this. Mr. Cleve
land did not offer me a Cabinet place.”
Mr. Lamar said that the interview,
which he had, was of a most interesting
nature to him, and that he had been very
much impressed with Mr.Cleveland; that
he did not know exactly how it happened,
but somehow or other he did most of the
talking, while Mr. Cleveland put most of
the questions, which he had not antici
pated at all. He continued with much
emphasis: “He is a man ol affairs.” In
his various conversations, to-day, Gov.
Cleveland seferal times took occasion
to make inquiries In regard to the condi
tion of politics in the Southern States, and
showed that his attention had beeu par
ticularly directed to that subject*
Mr. Randall left the city to-night. It is
supposed that he has gone to New York.
MONEY, .JARVIS AND VILAS.
Senator George and Representative Van
Eaton, of Mississippi, who went to New
Y'ork to ask Mr. Cleveland to appoint
Mr. Money, of Mississippi. Postmaster
General, have returned." They have to
report only that Mr. Cleveland listened
attentively to what they said, and re
marked that he had received numerous
recommendations of Mr. Money and would
consider them. Senator Vance, who went
over with the resolution of the North
Carolina Legislature asking the appoint
ment of Gov. Jarvis to the Cabinet, is also
back. He was well received, but he got
no definite response to the request he pr<*
ferred.
Representative Moulton, of Illinois,
and the rest of the Springer delegation
are back. They could not bring Mr.
Springer any assurances. Many of the
Democrats in the Northwestern delega
tions, profiting by the experience of other
delegations, will make no suggestions to
Mr. Cleveland. They think that Mr. Vilas
will be appointed to the Cabinet, whether
he is suggested or not. They will con
tent themselves with asking Mr. Cleve
land when he gets here to appoint good
Democrats to the executive offices
throughout the Northwest. They said
that those States now Republican will, if
the present Republican ringsters are
turned out of the offices, become Demo
cratic. It is understood that Mr. Lamar,
in his long conversation with Mr. Cleve
land yesterday, presented the claims of
his f.iend, Gen. Walthall, of Mississippi,
for a Cabinet position.
MR. JONAS’ CHANCES.
New York. Feb. 6.—A gentleman who
was prominently connected with the
Democratic National Committee during
the recent campaign told a reporter to-day
that he had good reason to believe that
Mr. Cleveland had made up his mind to
invite Senator Jonas, of Louisiana, to a
seat in his Cabinet, probably as l’ost
master General, and he proceeded to give
his reasons. •
He claimed to know that the Democratic
National Committee had urged Mr.
Jonas’ name, that his other backing was
formidable, and that Mr. Cleveland was
well disposed towards Mr. Jonas inde
pendent of these powerful efforts. A
thron 1 ’ of prominent Democrats called
upon Mr. Cleveland to-day. Among those
from the South were Col. John M. staples,
ot North Carolina, Senator Colquitt and
a delegation of five from Georgia,
H.G. Turner, J. C. Nicholls, Seaborn
Reese, Thomas Hardeman and J. C.
Clements. The committee, reinforced by
Senator Colquitt, urged the claim of A.
It. Lawton, of Savannah, for Postmaster
General. To-morrow alternoon Mr.Cleve
land will return to Albany, and will apply
L himself to the preparation of his inaugu
ral aHilrPßfi.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY TANARUS, 1885.
THE NATION’S CAPITAL.
Congressman Hitt on the Alexican Treaty ,
—Senator Palmer’s Maiden Speech.
Washington, Feb. 6.— “ The Mexican j
treaty bill,” said Congressman Hitt, mem
ber ot the House Foreign Affairs Commit- j
tee, “would, I think, be passed by the ■
House if it could be reached. The fact j
that the Senate has refused to ratify j
the Nicaraguan convention and has not
yet acted upon the Spanish treaty oper
ates unfavorably, however, as a precedent
upon the House. The greatest objection,
in fact, to the Alexican treaty is that there
is too little in it. It does not do this, and
it does not do that are the
chief arguments advanced against it.
Its provisions are really not fully under
stood. It certainly eosts more to tne Alexi
can revenues bv its free admissions than to
the American import duties. By the terms
of the treaty about twelve articles now duti
able will be admitted by us from Mexico free,
and this reduction in duties upon goods im
ported into the United States la-t year would
nave amounted to only about $500,000, and
over nine-tenths of this amount, or $480,000,
is upon one article—Sisal grass—which we do
not raise and cannot raise. In fact, nearly
all the articles admitted free from Alexico
under the treaty are already on the free
list. They were enumerated in the con
vention, because a treaty is a more
stable law than an ordinary act of Congress.
It would be a good thing if the treaty also
included breadstuffs and cotton anil woolen
goods, hut it is good as far as it goes, and it
goes farther in the way of advantages to us
than to them"
THE ADVANTAGES OK THE TREATY.
“Does not the treaty give equal advantages
to Mexico?”
* I think the treaty would give great ad
vantages tothis country, more tiian to Mexico.
Of the seventy-three articles admitted frea
from the United States into Mexico nearly
every one now pay heavy duties, in some
cases as much as 200 per cent. The treaty
would virtually give us such an advantage in
Alexico that we could control nearly or quite
the entire trade in the articles admitted
under the treaty, as the contiguity
of American territory and the rail
road facilities which we enjoy give us
great advantages, and commercial houses cau
engage in trade with more confidence if
assured that the duties upon the commo liti s
in which they trade are uot to be changed
upon the shifting policy of. the dominant
political party. The articles we might, under
this treaty, send untaxed into Mexico are,
many of them, of universal use, such as car
riages and other vehicles, agricultural imple
ments, petroleum, sewing machines, stoves,
tools, and machinery. They are now sub
jected to very heavy'import taxes by Mexico,
yet wo sold' there last year over 43,000,000
wortli of such articles. If freed from duty
and lowered in price the demand would mul
tiply among the 10,0C0,C00 of Alexican people,
and we would soon sell three; yes, ten times
as much. It would give us fulness and rapid
ity of communication which no other country
enjoys.”
LITTLE HOFK OF PASSAGE.
‘ Do you think there is any prospect of the
passage of the bill to put the treaty into ef
fect?”
“In the present state of business in the
Housp not much hope remains, but there is
still a chance.”
“From your reading of the Snanish conven
tion do you understand that if President
Cleveland should indidate his desire for its
ratification it could be ratified in Congress?”
"4 think that there would be no difficulty in
extending the time within which it must be
ratified. The Spanish Government is anx’ous
to have it approved, and an indication fro:r
the President of the United States would cer
tainly lead to any necessary extension of time,
say till the Senate, in a called session, could
pass upon it again.”
“Have auy of the recently negotiated
treaties been discussed in the House Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs?”
“No; very little occasion had arisen for the
discussion of any of them by the committee.”
“Do you think the Nicaraguan treaty will
still be ratified?”
“Hardly. It is possible that in the extra
session of the Senate it may go through if the
incoming President indicates hisdesire for its
ratification, btlicrwise l think not.”
SENATOR PALMER’S MAIDEN SPEECH.
Senator Palmer, of Michigan, made his
maiden speech in the Senate to-day. He
called up the resolution reported from the
Woman Suffrage Committee, proposing a
woman suffrage amendment to the constitu
tion. He had a sympathetic audience. There
are in the Senate between 20 and 25 Senators
favorable to the proposed.amendment. Nearly
all of them and other Somators were attentive
anil interested listeners to-day, and (lieu there
was in the galleries a goodly array of ladies,
who were delighted to be present to hear the
first speech he ever made in Congress in favor
of woman suffrage. Among those who
were specially delighted were Mrs. Stanton,
Miss Anthony and Airs. Spofford. Senator
Palmer's speech was a very strong and skdi
ful presentation of the subject. When he had
concluded it, he was surrounded by a group
of Senators who showered upon him compli
ments for the notab’c argument he had made.
He was subsequently waited upon by Mrs.
Stanton, Mies Anthony, and 20 or more other
ladies, who thanked him enthusiastically.
Aliss Anthony said to her friends that she re
garded senator Palmer’s speech as the most
able and eloquent argument that has ever been
made in support of woman suffrage. The I* x
ecutive Committee appointed bv the recent
Woman’s Convention have already ordered
3,000 copies for distribution.
SENATOR JONES NOT TO MARRY.
The report published this evening that
Senator Jones, of Florida, is about to marry
Miss Pend’eton, eldest daughter of the Sena
tor from Ohio, is denied emphatically by
both Senator .Jones and Senator Pendleton.
BRUNSWICK BUDGET.
The Agricultural Convention—The Lo
cal Fire Department.
Brunswick, Ga., Feb. G.—The State
Agricultural Convention meets here on
Feb. 10. A large attendance is expected.
Arrangements have been made to wel
come the convention by the Mayor and to
give them a view ot our harbor, perhaps
taking in Dungeness and the new Yacht
Association. The steamer Collyer, the
fleetest in our harbor, has
been chartered for the occasion.
Suitable preparations have been made for
the public meetings of the society, and
a committee of the Board of Aldermen
have other preparations in view lo make
the guests have a good time.
The firemen have elected and the City
Council confirmed John P. Harvey as
chief and S. C. Littlefield as assistant
chief of the fire department.
Several plans are under consideration
lor utilizing our artesian water by the
Erection of water works for the city, but
nothing has been definitely determined.
A sew truck lor the Hook and Ladder
Company will be purchased by the
city at a cost of $365. The Hose Com
pany have refused to exchange the In
ferior hose for their best, the city paying
the difference in cost. At the meeting last
night the work of improvement goes on
rapidly. Fourteen stores are in course of
erection in the burnt district and more
elsewhere in the city.
ENLARGED IN SCOPE.
The Cotton Men's Convention to In
clude All Industries.
New Orleans, Feb. 6.—The World’s
Cotton Convention to be held in the Music
Hall of the World’s Exposition Feb. 10 to
15 promises to be not only the greatest
event of the exposition, but the largest
and most important national and interna
tional convention of the world’s indus
tries ever held in any country.
Already many delegates from vari
ous parts of the union and many
foreign countries have arrived.
F. C. Morebead, President of the Na
tional Cotton Planters’ Association of
America, under whose auspices the great
convention is held, arrived lroin Vicks
burg, Miss., to-day, and says that the
convention has been enlarged from the
original proportion to include the world's
industries, and that every agricultural
community and association in the United
States should send delegates to partici
pate in the proceedings. Delegations are
invited from all the cotton exchanges and
boards of trade and the Mayors and
City Councils of all the cities and towns
in the United States, and will be cordi
ally welcomed to seats In the convention
without any more formal notice, and the
association is specially desirous that the
officers of every cotton mill in the South
should be present. The association also
desires the presence at the convention of
some representative of every line of rail
road or steamers and manufacturers of
agricultural implements.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT.
Keport of the National Exchange for
the Fast Five Months.
New Orleans, Feb. 6.— The January
report of the National Cotton Exchange
of America gives the cotton movement of
the United States for thefive months ended
Jan. 31, 1885, compared with the pre
ceding season, as lollows
-1885. 1884.
Rale*. Rale*.
Port receipts 4,101,4116 3,996,550
Total overland shipments 627,857 628,319
Of which to mills 423,117 379.728
To ports 151,473 202,813
To Canada 11.085 12.487
In transit overland 42,182 33,311
Total takings Northern spin
ners 931,642 1,013.622
At sea between ports 21,784 23.4'6
Exports to Great Britain . .1,704,880 1,485,5 !•
France 297,7-3 330,149
Continent and channel 810,377 668,517
Total exports 2.812,540 2,484,225
Stock at United States ports. 872,368 1,088,459
Spinners takings for Jan— 192,877 135,884
Overland shipments for Jan. 102,755 65,309
VERACITY AT A DTSCOUXT
FOUR REPRESENTATIVES UN
BRIDLE THEIR TONGUES.
Messrs. King and Hiscock and Alessrs.
Young and Willis give Each Other the
Lie Repeatedly in ail Acrimonious
Debate, but Fail to Coine to Blows.
Washington, Feb. 6.—^ When the House
met at 10 o’clock this morning in continu
ation of yesterday’s session there were
not more than half a dozen members pres
ent, and a further recess of ten minutes
was taken. After the recess the House
went into committee of the whole (with
Air. Hammond in the chair) on the river
and harbor bill, the pending amendment
being that providing that no part of the
appropriation of “SIOO,OOO for improving
the national harbor oi the first class at
Sandy Bay. Alass.,” shall be expended
until the hew board of three engineers
shall decide that that point is the best
location on the coa9t for such a harbor.
This was agreed to, but on motion of Mr.
Oates, of Alabama, the entire paragraph
relating to this harbor was stricken out.
Several amendments were offered and
lost.
Mr. McComas oflered an amendment
providing that no money appropriated by
this act shall be expended except for
such works as the Secretary of War un
der the direction of the President shall
determine, and in no ease shall the ex
penditure for any one purpose exceed the
sums designated by this act for that pur
pose.
Pending action Mr. Willis moved that
the committee rise, and on a viva voce
vote the Chairman decided that the ayes
had it and disregarded demands for tel
lers.
Speaker pro tern. Blackburn having tak
en the chair Mr. Willis moved that the
House adjourn, and the Speaker also dis
regarded calls for a division and declared
the motiou carried. The House was in
stantly called to order, and the legislative
day of Friday begun.
Private busiuess having been dispensed
with the House at 1:45 o’clock went into
committee of the whole, with Mr. Ham
mond, of Georgia, in the chair, on the
river and harbor bill, and the pending
amendment offered this morning by Mr.
McComas, of Alaryland, was rejected.
RANDALL EAGER FOR THE END.
Mr. Randall said that he was instructed
by the unanimous voice of the Committee
on Appropriations to ask the Chairman of
the Committee on Rivers and Harbors
when he expected to reach a final vote
upon the measure under his charge. Air.
Willis replied that the committee of the
whole had been prosecuting consider
ation oi the bill as fast as the rules
would permit.
Mr. Randall said that if the bill were
considered to-day and ta-morrow it would
have occupied the entire week. The House
would not be free from public criticism if
the appropriation hills were not all sent
to the Senate by the 25th of the month.
To accomplish this, the Committee on
Appropriations was of the- opinion that it
should have the right of way after Satur
day night, and that a serious effort would
be made to pass next week the oust office,
legislative and sundry civil bills.
Mr. Hiscock, of New York, thought
that if there was not to he an extra ses
sion the appropriation bills should have
the right of way now.
THE LIE DIRECT.
Considerable bad feeling was created or
developed during the further considera
tion of the bill, and the lie parliamentary
was passed between Messrs. King, of
Louisiana, and Hiscock, of New York,
and between Alessrs. Y'oung, of Tennes
see, and Willis, of Kentucky. Alter a
speech by Mr. Cox, of New York, about
the need of money for the improvement of
New York harbor, Mr. King offered an
amendment appropriating $15,000,000 for
the improvement of Sandy Hook channel,
and advocated its adoption as benefiting
the commerce of the entire country.
Air. Hiscoek said that he had seen in
the public press a statement that he was
going to make an assault on the jetty
system at'New Orleans, and denied tha’t
he had ever.had such au intention.
Mr. King—“ The allusion of the gentle
man is directed against me.”
Mr. Hiscoek—“l beg the gentleman’s
pardon. I say unqualifiedly that it was
not directed against the gentleman.”
Mr. King—“Anil 1 say unqualifiedly
that it was. I understood the gentleman
from New York himself to state in a jiri
vate conversation that it was his purpose
to say on this floor that jetties had been
of no commercial value to New Orleans.”
Air. Hiscoek—“l desire to contradict the
statement that I have ever advertised
that I had that purpose. Just so far as
1 can go within the rules of the House, I
desire to go and do go on saying that I
have never said that I was going to do
any such thing.”
YOU'RE ANOTHER.
Mr. King—“And I state as far as I
may go within the rules of the House that
the statement is false.”
After a speech from Mr. Hewitt on the
condition of the harbor of New Y'ork Mr.
King’s amendment was rejected.
Mr. Young, of Tennessee, offered an
amendment appropriating $75,000 for the
improvement of Memphis harbor. He
criticised what he termed the star cham
ber meetings of the Committee on Rivers
and Harbors, and expressed the surprise
which he had felt when he learned that
Memphis had been left out of the bill. He
bad gone to every member of the commit
tee, and the Chairman was the only soli
tary one who did not disavow responsi
bility for the action of the committee.
Mr. Willis—“ The statement of the gen
tleman is not true.”
Mr. Young—“l stated that I had con
sulted every member of the committee,
and I state that fact now, and every mem
ber disavowed any responsibility for the
committee’s action. The gentleman from
Kentucky was the only one I talked to
who did not disavow responsibility for it.”
Mr. Young proceeded to advocate his
amendment, after which Mr. Willis said
that the committee had concluded not to
make any special appropriations for har
bors on the Mississippi river. There was
a commission to which was entrusted the
expenditure of appropriationstor the Mis
sissippi river. That commission was
either competent or incompetent, it
ought to be disbanded if it was compet
ent. It would take into consideration the
improvement of Memphis or any harbor.
In so far as the improvement ff this har
bor was necessary for the improvement of
the river, the commission had a right to
expend money for that purpose.
ANOTHER TILT.
In reply to the gentleman’s statement
taxing him with the eutire responsibility
for the action of the committee he would
say that it was untrue, unjust, and ungen
erous in the extreme. These remarks
aroused the attention of the House, and
the two gentlemen were immediately sur
rounded by their fellow-members anxious
to hear their words, which were uttered
coolly and in such low’ voices as to be
almost indistinguishable.
“1 do not think,” said Mr. Young, “that
the gentleman intends to apply to me the
language he uses. Was that his pur
pose?”
“I say,” replied Mr. "Willis, “that when
a gentleman undertakes to put upon me
the responsibility of refusing this appro
priation, he does state what is untrue.”
“I made the statement,” continued Mr.
Young, “that you were the only one who
did not disavow it. I do not want any
member to stand on the floor and say that
I state what is not true. I can take care
of myself here, but X do not want that
statement to go to the country under a
misunderstanding.”
Mr. Willis—“lf the*gentleman under
takes to say that I was the only member
of the committee who opposed the appro
priation for Memphis, and to rest the re
sponsibility ot its rejection upon me, he
states what is not true.”
Mr. Y'oung—“Then I have to state that
If, under his assumption, be undertakes
to brand me with a falsehood—”
Mr. Willis—“ The gentleman need not
go to that point. If you stated what I
said, 1 stand by what 1 said.”
Mr. Young— l “ You said, under a hypo
thetical case, that I have stated a false
hood.”
Mr. Wiliis—“lf you have not stated
it—”
Mr. Y'oung—“You know that I have
not. If a gentleman came to me cour
teously—”
At this point the confusion became so
great that the Chairman directed the Ser
geant-at-Arms to see that the members
were seated, and the quarrel was not re
sumed, though the angrv feelings of the
two men were not abated.
Mr. Y'oung finally withdrew his amend
ment.
The committee then rose and the House
at 5 o’clock took a recess until 8 o’clock,
the evening session to be for the consid
eration of pension bills.
Kiming Chaps.
Why do school girls like northeast
wind? It brings chaps to tbeir lips.
Should It bring colds to their heads let
them take Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullein.
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
The Pension Fee Kill Passed—An Elo
quent Plea for Woman Suffrage.
Washington, Feb. 6.— ln the Senate
to-day Mr. Ingalls, according to notice
given yesterday, moved an amendment to
the Senate rules that prohibit general
legislation on appropriation bills, the
amendment being to permit such legisla
tion only as may be germane or relevant
to the subject matter of the bill.
After a long debate Air. Ingalls’ amendment
was referred to the Committee on Rules. The
debate was participated in by Messrs. Ingalls.
Hale, Beck. Bayard, Platte, Dawes, Hoar,
Allison, Hawley. Cockrell and Lapham. Tn
the course of his remarks Cockrell allud
ed to newspaper reports to the effect that $2,-
500 bad been paid to one eminent attorney in
Washington, and SI,OOO to another to get
certain pension legislation through Congress.
Tlie legislation had been secured, but
Mr. Cockrell said that he intended no reflec
tion on the conference committee that was
primarily responsible for having the legisla
tion passed, as he (Cockrell) believed that the
committee acted on its sense of duty with the
best information its members could get.
Air. Hawley said that a bill could lie passed
in half an hour repealing such legislation.
Thereupon Mr. Jackson called up the bill
already on the calendar relating to the fees
of pension claim agents and attorneys.
The hill was laken up, but Air. Pulrner
asked and received unanimous consent to lay
it temporarily aside to allow of his delivering
some remarks ou a woman suffrage constitu
tional amendment.
The decision to take up the pension agents’
bill also temporarily postpone the anti-silver
coinage bill.
A I-LEA FOR THE GENTLE SEX.
Air. Palmer spoke at considerable length on
the question of woman suffrage upon Us mer
its. He concluded by expressing the convic
tion that uot only was it right, desirable and
expedient that women should rote, but that
dangerous political conditions which were
perhaps about to confront us rendered it our
duty, for the safety of the nation, no longer
to deny to our political life the strength to be
derived from the conscience and moral worth
of woman.
A resolution was agreed to providing that
the sessions of the .Senate shall begin at 11
o’clock on and after Monday next.
The hill to regulate the fees of pension
agents and attorneys was then taken up. In
the course of the debate. Air. Beck said that
he thought that under the extraordinary cir
cumstances by which the passage of the law
of 1881 was secured, the parties claiming un
der it should be required to go into court and
show good cause. In 1884 pension agents
wanted their fees- increased, but both houses
declined to increase them, j T et in the confer
ence committee the fees were increased.
Mr. Allison said that it was due to the con
ference committee to say that as he (Allison)
understood the matter, the Pension Commit
tee and the Secretary of the Interior recom
mended or approved t he legislation referred to.
Mr. Beck said that these officers had no
business to “recommend” measures after both
houses of Congress had distinctly declined to
pass them.
pocketing $5,674,695.
When the conference committee by that
act opened up all the cases between 1878 and
1884 they were taking out of the pockets of
pensioners $3,593,850 on 239,590 claims then
pending, and if tne 138,723ca5es that had been
rejected, but were still being pressed,
should be restored—which was not impossible
—there would be a further sum which that
bill would allow, to be squeezed
out of pensioners, amounting to $2,080,-
000, making a total of $5,674,095 of whica
pensioners were robbed The claim
agents had agreed to do the work for $lO a
claim, and had in a great many instances re
ceived the money. When they succeeded in
getting this provision through the eonference
committee} many of them abandoned the
cases then pending on which the $lO fee had
been paid, sold the ‘ good will” of their busi
ness, and new agents withheld the papers un
til the applicants made new contracts to
cover the extra sls allowed by the new law.
If the applicants had not made those new
contracts they could not recover their papers.
Therefore all such contracts were fraudulent
and made under duress. The committee on
conference had no right to yield to there
commendations of anybody in the matter.
Mr. Jackson said that person dly he would
like to break all contracts if Congress had the
power to disturb those that had been honestly
entered into.
Air. Allison thought that he might have
been misunderstood. He had not meant to
say that the Commissioner of Pensions rec
ommended legislation at the time, but he
knew that the Commissioner had since stated
that he would allow it to stand. After
further discussion, participated in by Alessrs.
Blair, Harrison. Call and Platt, the bill was
passed without division.
The consular and the diplomatic appro
priation b.ll was then called up and passed.
The conference report on the Military
Academy appropriation bill was called up,
and the Senate receded from its amendments.
The Chair then laid before the Senate the
anti-silver coinage bil', but without further
ae" ion the Senate at so’cloek went into execu
tive session, and when, at 5:15 o’clock, the
doors were reopened the Senate adjourned,
leaving Ihat bill as the unfinished business for
to-morrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
After reading the journal the House pro
cteded to consideration of the business under
the new rule. The bu-iness transacted under
it was not of general interest.
The committee on Public Lands reported
the bill to declare forfeited the entire grant
of lands in aid of the Girard and Alobile Rail
road in Alabama. It was put on the House
calendar. The amount of land involved is
688,000 acres.
The Committee on Naval Affairs reported
adversely the joint resolution tendering the
thanks of Congress to Commanders Schley
and Coffin and Lieut. Emory. It was laid on
the table.
The remainder of the day was devoted to
discussion of river and harbor matters.
The House at the evening session passed
twenty-six pension bills, including one grant
ing a pension of $lO each to the minor chil
dren of the life Lieut. Kislingbury and one
increasing to SSO the pension of the widow of
Commodore Fillebrown, and at 10:30o’clock
adjourned.
THE NEW PENSION HI EE.
Provision of the Measure as It Passed
the Senate.
Washington, Kei>. C. —The provisions
of the bin to regulate pension agents’ fees,
which passed the Senate to-day, are sub
stantially those forming the legislative
features of the regular pension appropria
tion bill passed by the House. It pro
vides that no fee greater than $lO shall be
received by pension claim agents, except
that under special circumstances subject
to revision by the Commissioner of Pen
sions a contract in writing may be made
between applicants and claim agents for
a iee not exceeding $25. The bill contains
a clause specially forbidding collecting
by claim agents of more than $lO on
claims tiled between June 20, 1878, and
July 4, 1884, and prohibiting government
pension agents from paying claim agents
more than $lO on such claims, even in
cases of new contracts.
The Dedication Day Parade.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The United
States troops which will participate in the
Washington monument celebration are
five batteries of artillery at Fortress Mon
tpe, four batteries from Fort McHenry
and the local Washington batteries. The
troops will be in command of Col. It. B.
Ayres, of the Second Artillery, and will
probably remain in the city until after
the inauguration ceremonies.
A Wreck Strewn Sen.
Nkw York. Feb. 6.—The steamer City
of Augusta, which arrived to-day from
Savannah, reports that at 9 o’clock in the
morning ol Feb. 5, while off Cape Look
Out, bearing W by S., a distance of 30
miles while running on a northeast course
she came into a string of wreckage
which she was in for two
hours. She passed a deck apparently
bottom up, with the beams swaying to and
fro in the water, and part of the cabin
painted white. There were also dry goods
cases, barrels, buckets, tubs, etc., which
were apparently from a cargo ot general
merchandise. At 10 o’clock a. m. on the
same date she passed a metallic boat
painted white and partly full of water,
but apparently otherwise in good con
dition.
A STEAMER ASHORE.
Henlopkn, Del., Feb. 6.—A British
steamer ran ashore on the Point of the
cape at 8U 0 o’clock this evening. Her
name cannot be learned.
Ran OH' a Trestle.
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 6.—A freight train
of the Cincinnati, St. Louis and Toledo
(narrow gauge) Railroad ran off a trestle
near the depot in this city late last night.
Fireman John Squires was killed and En
gineer James Flannigan was seriously
hurt. The engine and six cars are a total
wreck. The train was running away,
having become uncontrollable in descend
ing a steep grade.
Mr. Coiiant’s Disappearance.
New York, Feb. 6.-A copy of a pho
tograph of the missing editor Conant, of
Harper’s Weekly , has been sent to Athens,
Ga. A dispatch was received in .this city
trom there yesterday which said that a
man representing himself as Mr. Cocant,
of Harper’s Weekly, had been there inter
viewin.’ people in regard to the political
sentiment. Toe photograph was sent to
identify the man, if he is Mr. Conant.
Democratic Opposition to Morrison.
Chicago, Feb. 6.—The Inter-Ocean’s
and Tribune's Springfield, 111., dispatches
assert that three Chicago Democratic
members of the Legislature, Sullivan,
Dorman and Mulhearn publicly announce
that they cannot vote for Mr. Morrison.
The reason given is the opposition of their
constituents, who are working men, and
are supposed to be hostile to Mr. Morri
son’s tariff ideas.
THE LOSS OF KHARTOUM.
AN ATTACK ON Gl BAT REPORT
ED AS IMMINENT.
Vigorous Measures to Be Taken to Re
cover the City—Reinforcements to be
Immediately Sent to Wolseley—The
English Press Upon the Disaster-
Some Details of AYiison'g Alarch.
London. Feb. 6.—A dispatch from
Suakin received this morning states that
friendly tribes have managed to revictual
Kassala and have passed 250 camels
loaded with grain into the town. A suc
cessful sortee was recently made from
Ghira, on the Stellit river. Another at
tack was lately made by friendly tribes
upon hostile Arabs in the Gallahad coun
try. The latter were defeated fr ith heavy
loss. All these occurrences are irom one
to five weeks old, but they are just now
given out by the War Office.
AN ATTACK on GUBAT IMMINENT.
Gen. Wolseley telegraphed from Korti to
the War Office this afternoon that a courier
has arrived from the British camp near Me
temneh, who reports that the rebels at Me
teiuneii have become defiant since hearing of
the fall of Khartoum. The courier also says
that an attack on Gubat may be looked for at
any moment as the rebels expect reinforce
ments from Khartoum, l ord Wolseley states
that he will remain quiet pending further or
ders Irom the government.
THE CABINET THIRSTS FOR REVENGE.
The Cabinet met at 11 o’clock this morning
to consider what course should be taken in
regard to the present Egyptian emergency.
It was decided to send telegraphic orders to
India for the dispatch of Indian troops to
Suakin, and meanwhile reinforce the garri
son at Suakin by drafts of troops from Eng
land and the Alediterranean. The concensus
of opinion in the Alimstry is in favor of a
strong, active and vigorous policy. The Min
istry will sanction any demand of Lord Wolse
ley which will aid in the defeat of El Mahdi
and will secure tiie release of Gen. Goritam, if
alive, or wreak vengeance upon the Arabs if
he is slain. The telegraph line between Lon
don and Korti is entirely occupied with dis
patches between the Cabinet and Lord Wolse
ley.
THE TERRIBLE SHOCK.
The morning papers contained no further
iDf,.nuation relative to the fail of Khartoum.
Nothing seemed to be known at Cairo except
the news telegraphed there from London. The
Times, in a leading article on the subject,
says:
“The shock the news of the fall of Khar
toum causes has no parallel in the experience
of the present generat on.”
The Daily News says:
“Seldom in the memory of living man has
news been received of such a disaster to Eng
land. Theory of ‘too late’ agaiunt the govern
ment is unjustified.” The News thinks that
Col. Wilson's steamer might have arrived at
Khartoum earlier than they did. It feels con
vinced that the national calamity will not be
utilized in the furtherance of party feeling.”
The News also says:
“We hope that the voice of the faction will be
unheeded. The danger must be met by na
tional resolve. We must act instantly and
vigorously. A singular coincidence attending
the fall of Khartoum lies in the fact that Gen.
Gordon’s defense of the city ended on his 52nd
birthday.”
A MISFORTUNE TO REPAIR.
The Daily Telegraph says:
“The situation is one of grave and compli
cated difficulty. It is right that all should
wait for the decision of the Ministry, upon
whose shoulders the responsibility rests, and
who must possess the most complete military
information. Nothing can be gained by wild
reproaches for bygone delays. El Alahdi must
be crushed. The government has a misfor
tune to repair, but :t is no disgrace to lament.
All that is now needed is for our statesmen to
rise to the heroic level of *ur soldiers.”
15,000 REINFORCEMENTS WANTED.
From Cairo all the military advices counsel
an immediate dispatch of the whole British
force in Lower Egypt for the capture of Ber
ber aud the sending of not less than 15,000 re
inforcements from England or India to
Suakin to ensure the retreat of the other
troops or tile chastisement of El Alahdi’s
Arabs, whichever shall be decided upon.
A SERIES OF BLUNDERS.
The Titties in its editorial discussion of the
last news from Egypt, says:
“No words of ours are adequate to express
the mingled f elings of dismay, consterna
tion and indignant disgust which iiave been
universally evoked by the news. The present
situation is the result of a long
course of disregard of the ele
mentary maxims of statesmanship. The
country is obliged to confess that everything
has been done that could be done to
add to the risks of defeat. Ad
vice has been spurned, time
wasted and opportunity lost. The splendid
valor of our soldiers which offered the last
chance for retrieving the mistakes of policy
was handicapped by the choice of a line o'f
niarch which was at the same time long and
difficult aud without means of communica
tion, and without a base of supply. liy the
loSs of Khartoum, which was his objective
point, Gen. Wolseley’s whole expedition is in
the air. The concentration of his forces is
the first necessity which confronts Gen.
Wolseley. But where shall he concentrate?
Th- only effective base is Snakin, and to
make this available Osman Digna must be
vanquished and the road to Berber opened.
Gen. Gordon must be saved or aveng. and. The
honor of our country must be vindicated at
whatever coat.”
GORDON MUST BE AVENGED.
In another place the Times says:
“The fa’l of that solitary figure (Gordon),
holding aloft the liag of Eng,and in the face*
of hordes of thesonsof Islam, will reverberate
through every bazaar of Cairo and Calcutta.
The result will he a long and deliberate aban
donment of respect for the British Govern
ment and its officials by the followers of
Islam. But England will save Gen. Gordon
if alive, and, if slain, will avenge him. Woe
to his murderers if he has been killed.”
KHARTOUM’S RECAPTURE IMPERATIVE.
The Standard says in its leading article:
“Let none forget Gen. Gordon’s last act of
heroism. Though knowing that he had trait
ors in his camp, he stood by the town and
peonle committed to his charge and sent his
only means of escape to help the British ex
pedition on its way to ins relief. He has won
undying fame for his country, if only by this
act. The grievous blow which England has
suffered must be met with calm reason and
not with panic and passion. All party spirit
must be dropped, and a resolution taken by
the whole country that the path of prudence
and honor points to the recapture of Khar
toum. If we shirk this duty the lives of
thousands of British soldiers will have to be
risked hereafter in trying to retrieve tile
blunder.”
FIVE WEEKS NEEDED TO REACH KHAR
TOUM.
Astonishment has been caused by the re
port that the Cabinet at its session to-day
considered a dispatch received from Gen.
VVolseley asking for instructions. In this
dispatch Geu. Wolseley informs the govern
ment that be will be" unable to reach Khar
toum in less than five weeks, when the hot
season will have commenced. He assures
the Ministry that he still feels confident oi iiii
ability to successfully attack Khartoum and
defeat the False Prophet, hut says that t ie
operations necessary to achieve these results
would now be difficult and hazardous.
WOLSELEY GIVEN CARTE BLANCHE.
The Cabinet Council to-day lasted three
and a half hours. It is understood that it was
decided to give Gen. VVolseley carte blanche
to take any measure he deems necessary for
the rescue of Gen. Gordon if alive, and make
use of such military operations as he consid
ers advisable to regain the ground lost in
Soudan by the fall of Khartoum. Among the
alternatives suggested to Gen. Wolseley are
the immediate recapture of Khartoum and
the employment, if necessary, of Indian
troops to reopen the Berber route.
(The Middlesex regiment, now at Dover, and
tiO members of the Commissary Department
at Aldershot, have lie. n ordered to prepare
for active service.
PARIS TALKING OF NO OTHER THEME.
A Paris correspondent telegraphs that the
story of El M ahdi’s success is the uppermost
topic of conversation in all circles, political,
artistic and social. Gen, Gordon’s name, the
correspondent says, is on every one’s lips.and
everything else but the story of hts heroism
seems to be for the time forgotten.
10,000 TROOPS AVAILABLE.
There are 10.G00 British troaus at the sta
tions in the Mediterranean that are available
for service in Soudan. These include 8 regi
ments of the line, 13 batteries of artillery and
5 companies of engineers.
WILSON’S ORDER TO SURRENDER.
Lord W olseley telegraphed late tins after
noon that he has been informed that Cos!.
W llson had one man killed and five wounded
while returning dowu the Nile from Khar
toum. A messenger from El Mahdi sum
moned Col. Wilson to surrender, and at the
sametime stated that Gen. Gordon was wear
ing El Mahdi’s uniform. It is the general
opinion in military circles that Gen. Gordon
is dead.
THE STORY OF WILSON’S TRIP.
Col. Wortley, in charge of the only one of
Col. Wilson’s three steamers which readied
Gubat from Khartoum, furnishes a detailed
report of the movements of the expedition.
Tnis shows that the three steamers in com
mandof Col. Wilson reached Khartoum Jan.
28, following the course of the White Nile.
IMPOSSIBLE TO LAND TROOPS AT KHAR
TOUM.
On reaching Khartoum it was found utterly
impossible to land troops. The Goverumeii’c
House at Khartoum appeared to be wrecked.
One man was killed and five others wounded
during the attack on the steamers. • Col.
Wilson’s steamer was wrecked four miles
above the enemy's position, below the bottom
of the Shublaka cataract. The second steamer
was wrecked Jan. 29. We reached Gubat
in small boats the same day. That Khartoum
fell Jan. 26 is certain. Gen. Gordon® fate is
ttillin doubt, the reports in regard to him
being conflicting.
GORDON BELIEVED TO BE KILLED.
It is the general opinion, however, that he
was killed. Some sav that he is with the
Greeks in their church at Khartoum. The
fall of Khartoum has decided the Shur Kryeh
tribes to join the forces of El Mahdi, which
places both banks of the Nile under the con
trol of the enemy. Natives greatly fear the
English, and the advance of Gen. Earle’s
column is awaited with anxiety. The
natives say that El Mahdi is hard
pressed for supplies, and that
he had great difficulty in persuading the
Emirs to attack us. A messenger from FI
Madhi reached Col. Wilson Jan. 29. Ho said
that Gen. Gordon had adopted El Madhi’s
uniform. Tne courier brought the following
message from El Madhi: “1 call upon you to
surrender. 1 shall not write again. If you
do not become Mahommedans 1 will wipe
you off the face of the earth.”
FARIZ PASHA’S TREACHERY.
The statement is confirmed that Fariz
Pasha treacherously made terms with El
Mahdi, whereby the latter was enabled to
capture Khartoum. Gen. Wolseley sends the
following dispatch: “Talbot’s convoy has
reached Gubat safely. The enemy at Metem
neh have been entirely inactive since Jan. 28.
The rebel force there is estimated at between
2,000 and 3,000 men, of whom 250 are horse
men and 500 have rifles. Our men are in good
health. The wounded are doing well. The
Kabbabish tribes are still carrying messages
and supplies for us to Gakdul Wells. A
messenger lias been sent to ascertain the fate
of Gen. Gordon.”
Tne announcement is confirmed „nat at the
Cabinet Council to-dav it was decided to give
Gen. Wolseley comp’etc discretion us to the
course to be pursued in the Soudan. He has
been instructed to take all measures neces
sary to a successful operation of the cam
paign. The government will give him any
assistance he may need by dispatching troops
from Suakin to Berber. Gen. Wolseley will
make every effort possible to save Gen. ‘Gor
don if alive.
LONDON FULL OF RUMORS.
The wildest rumors are afloat in London to
night relative to affairs in the Souaan. It is
saul by some that Gen. Gordon was shot dur
ing au attack on Khartoum. The latest
authentic news frum there is that contained
in Col. Wortley’s report. The government
continues to monopolize the wires, and private
messages either way are refused transmis
sion. The decision of the Cabinet in giving
Gen. Wolseley carte blanche has caused the
liveliest joy everywhere. Groups of people
are gathered in tlie streets eagerly reading the
latest issues of the evening papers.
THE EXCITEMENT SUBSIDING.
London, Feb. 3 a. u, —The excitement
over the fall of Khartoum is subsiding, aud
military critics now consider the troops at
Metemneh safe if Gen. Earle’s advance toßer
ber is hastened and reinforcements are hur
ried on from Korti. The decision of the Cabi
net to give Gen. Wolseley carte blanche to act
has calmed the public mind. Orders have
been sent to Gibraltar aud Alalia to prepare
for the immediate despatch of all available
troops to Soudau. Gen. Wolseleyyhas adopt
ed Gen. Stephenson’s advice to send
a strong force to Suakin. It is reported that
Indian troops will garrison Suakin while a
force of 6,000 British will advance upon Ber
ber. The expedition will be composed of
drafts from Indian regiments and acclimated
British troops now in Egypt who will be re
placed by drafts from England and the Medi
terranean. The government has decided to
maintain the full strength of the garrisons in
Egypt. The Indian Government has expressed
its readiness to embark from Bombay a force
of Ghoorka infantry and Sikh lancers within
a fortnight.
TONE OF THE FRENCH PRESS.
Paris, Feb. 6.—French newspapers in their
comments upon the misfortune at Khartoum,
almost without exception, agree in the opin
ion that England will prove herself equal to
the situation, bad as it is. Les Debats ex presses
the belief that England will not permit her
authority in the Soudan to be diminished be
cause of the disaster at Khartoum, although
she may come to terms with El Alahidi. Les
Debats thinks that the best tiling that Eng
lanc can do is to evacuate Soudan and pre
pare for the defense of Egypt proper, where
the spirit of revolution is already rife.
The government organ, La Daris, says that
the fall of Khartoum is a matter of concern
to all Europe. Should England continue
powerless to restore order in Soudau, the
powers must interfere and do it.
ITALY’S SYMPATHY.
Rome, Feb. 6. —The fall of Khartoum has
produced a profound impression in this ca
pital. The newspapers unite in expressions
of sympathy with Gen. Gordon and give ut
terance to the belief that El Aiahdi’s victory
will draw England and Italy into yet closer
relations with a view to joint action in Egypt.
CAUSE OF ITALIAN OCCUPATION.
It is announced that Italy has replied for
mally to the protests of the* Porte against the
occupation of Egyptian ports along the Red
Sea by Italian forces In reply Italy admits
the claims of the Sultan to suzerainty of the
Red sea, but declares that she has felt herself
obliged to occupy certain ports in order to
protect lier Italian subjects, who were im
periled by the withdrawal of Egyptian gar
risons. "Italy will,” the reply concludes,
“allow the Egyptian to remain side by side
with the Italian flag at every occupied point.
TROUBLES OF TOILERS.
At Lowell 500 Weavers Refuse to Ac
cept a Reduction and Strike.
Lowell, Mass.. Feb. o.— Nearly 500
employes of the Lowell Mamufacturing
Company, chiefly weavers and boys em
ployed to assist them, struck against a
decrease of 10 per cent, in their wages.
This afternoon they were addressed
by the agent, who requested them
to state whether they would accept a re
duction. On retusing to accept it they
were ejected from the yard. Their ave -
age pay previous to the reduction is said
to have been $1 00 per day. The strikers
say that their wages are lower than those
paid at the other carpet manufactories in
the country, and that they cannot live at
the reduced wages. Superintendent
Lyons says that the company is paying
alj the wages it can afford, and that the
mills will be idle five years rather than
accede to the demands of the strikers.
Several ingrain weavers joined the strike
and the entire weaving department will
be shut down until Monday, at auy rate.
This is the first strike that ever occurred
in this corporation, and it is thought that
it will not extend to the cotton mills.
MINERS REJECT A REDUCTION.
Cleveland, 0., Feb. (s.—The miners
in Tuscarwas valley have refused to ac
cept a reduction of 10 cents per ton, and
it is probable that a strike will follow.
Three thousand men are interested. The
excutive board of the State Miners Union
recommended that the reduction be ac
cepted, but the recommendation was un
heeded.
BOUND TO STICK IT OUT.
New Bedford, Mass.. Feb. 6.—Tne
striking weavers of the Wamsutta Mills
Nos. 1 and 4 voted not to return to work
■ until some concession is made by the
mills. It is said that the strikers are
black-listed other mills in the city.
HANGED FOR A CRUEL CRIME.
813 and a Suit of Clothes Received for
a Murder, which Two Men Expiate.
Estillvillk, Va., Feb. 6. — Wayne
Powers and George Gibson were hanged
at Estillville to-day for the murder of
William Gibson last April. Both ad
dressed the crowd, acknowledging their
guilt and exonerating Jonah Powers,
who was also convicted of the same
offense but reprieved. The parting be
tween Wayne Powers and his brother
Jonah was very affecting. Wayne Powers
in a pamphlet confessed having attempted
to murder his own brother
and many others. He ascribed all
his woes to “whisky, cards and pistols.”
The execution was private, but a stand
had been erected outside the jail yard
from which the condemned men spoke.
They detailed the murder and burning of
the body. The recital filled their hearers
with horror. The crime was committed
for sl2 and a suit of clothes. Gibson
joked and laughed. The execution took
place at 12:30 o’clock. Powers’ neck was
broken, but Gibson struggled considei
ablv. The bodies were taken charge of
by Powers’ father and mother, who had
clung to their 6on to the last.
BIG STEALS IN KENTUCKY.
County Rings Rob the People of *2,000,-
000 in 15 Years.
Chicago, Feb. 6.-A special from Frank
fort, Ky., says: “A superficial investiga
tion of the records of the State of Ken
tucky shows beyond question that a sye
tem of robbery has been carried on for 15
years past which rivals anything ever
heard of. At the same time it has been
conducted under cover of the law. It is
evident that the amount stolen will not
fall far short of $2,000,000. It is not
easy to get at the details by
which the plunderers secured their spoils,
but a simple set of figures readily estab
lishes the fact that a deficit of that mag
nitude exists. A study' of the books
shows that in the department of criminal
prosecutions the steal has reached at
least a million in liiteen years. In the
cost of keeping idiots during the same
time there has been a steal of $500,000,
while in other expenditures which have
not been examined closely, there are in
dications of other crookedness which may
add $500,000 more to the robbery. It is
believed that in most cases the money
can be traced to county and district rings
which have been abetted by the Legisla
ture.”
An Actor Kihlh HU Life.
Chicago, Feb. 6.—Edward Annot, the
actor, at one time leading man at the
AVallack and Union Square theatres,
New York, committed suicide here last
night by cutting his throat with arazor,
severing both jugular veins. He had
been dissipated for several years and has
gradually gone toward the bottom in his
profession. Hie_ V* ~ ’ "ement was
last week ' ’e Halsted
Street Opera x- * 'een des
pondent for some tin. rsterday
notified to leave his lou„ . At that
time he made an unsuccessful attempt at
suicide by opening a vein In his arm.
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SIIORT'BEFOREIiIE.COURT
HE IS I DE.VTIFIEDBY PHELAN AS
HIS ASSAILANT.
Held In 83,000 Ball for HU Appearance
at tlie I'reliiulL'.ry Examination
—Phelan Asks Protecocn from HU
Assailant's Friends— The i*l ~".o Uuard
Him and ills Wife to their lion.-
New York, Feb. O.—A large numbi'hh
of dynamiters were in attendance at the
Tombs Police Court to-day to see the ar
raignment of Richard Short, who com
mitted the assault ou Capt. Phelan in
Rossa’s office. Phelan was brought from
the hospital and a moment or two later
entered the court room and took up his
position before Judge Patterson. He was
pale and tniu trorn his four weeks’ con
finement and loss of blood. His left arm
filing in a sling. “Yes, 1 teel pretty
weak,” he said to a reporter, “but 1 am
mighty glad to get out doors once more.”
PHELAN’S AFFIDAVIT.
In the affidavit which the clerk of the
court made out Capt. Phelan states that
“Richard Short did willfully stab and
wound the deponent with a certain dirk
knife which he (Short) held m his hand;
that the deponent was so attacked by saia
defendant at aud within the office of Jere
miah O’Donovan Kossa, at No, 12 Cham
bers street, in said city oi New York, and
that then and there he received stab
wounds in his body at the hands of said
deleudant.”
THE ACCUSED BROUGHT IN.
While Capt. Phelan was making his
statement Snort was lea into the room and
placed at the bar. lie looked much bet
ter than wnen committed lour weeks ago.
“Do you see the man in court who as
saulted you?’’ inquired Justice Patterson
of Capt. Puetan when the latter had com
pleted his statement. “Tnat is the man,”
ue replied, pointing at Short, who stood
directly behind him. “1 shall hold you
for examination, Short, under $3,000
bail,” said the J edge to the prisoner.
Short made no reply, but nodded his head
to show that he had heard what the Jus
tice had said.
PHELAN ASKS PROTECTION.
“Judge, 1 should like to ask for the pro
tection ot the police while l remain m the
city,” said Capt. Phelan with a show of
hesitancy, “i do not feel safe from the
attacks ut that man, pointing to Short.”
“1 am sorry 1 cannot give you a body
guard,” replied Justice Patterson, but I
cannot.” “If you will give me the privi
lege of carrying weapons 1 can defend
myself.” remarked Capt. Phelan with
some pride. “Apply to the police, they
will grant you permission.” The Sergeant
of the Police Court squad determined to
see that Capt. Phelan got home safely, so
ho sent two police officers as a body guard
to Capt. Phelan and his wile, who was
also present. The examination will take
place to-morrow.
SUSPICIONS ABOUT SHORT.
An official at the Tombs says that Scot
land Yard detectives have been to the
prison aud that the features ot Dyna
miter Short have been scanned with a
view to identifying him as one of the
principals in outrages committed in Ire
land. It is even said that Snort was en
gaged in the Phoenix Park murders. It
is certain that the British Government
has evidence proving nis connection with
crimes in Ireland before he fled to this
country, and that an attempt has been
made to secure evidence for the purpose
ot having him extradited.
ROSSA CAN’T SQUEAL.
Dublin, Feb. 6. United Ireland, speak
ing of the shooting of O’Donovan Rossa
oy Mrs. Dudley, says that Rossa cannot
with any show of reason squeal over the
occurrence.
Guarding the Buildings.
London, Feb. o.— The home oflice has
organized a special detective force tor the
protection of the interior of public build
ings. All the men selected for this extra
ordinary force have been taken from the
ranks of the Irish constabulary, and were
picked out with special reference to their
acquaintance with the designs of the Fe
nians, aud their knowledge of Fenian per*-;
sons.
The issue of tickets to view Westmin
ster Palace has been stopped until fur
ther notice.
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN IN HALIFAX.
The description of Cunningham tallies al
most exactly with the appearance of one of
the two men arrested in Halifax on Oct. 17,
>S3. They had 100 pounds o£ powerful dy
namite in two valises, together with infernal
machines.
Several British men-of-war were in Hali
fax harbor at that time, and these two Irish-
Americans came to Halifax and communi
cated with P. J. O’Brien, the President of the
Halifax Branch Land League, who is now in
New York. They remained in Halifax two
weeks anil became thoroughly acquainted
with the city. Then they wcut to New York,
returning to Halifax 10 days or a fortnight
later with the two valises. They put up at a
small hotel in the heart of the city, but
did not sleep in the hotel the first
night after their arrival. A dry goods store
near the hotel was entered by burglars that
night, and the fact that these two men were
absent all night aroused the suspicions of the
hotel proprietor. He opened their baggage,
discovered that both valises were full of dyna
mite, and this led to their arrest before they
had time to carry out their conspiracy. They
gave the names of Holmes and Brccken.
At the railway station, addressed to
Breckeu, was a marine diver’s
ou lit. It was supposed that they
intended to blow up the British warship
Northampton, then in the harbor. Not hav
ing comm tted a crime, there was no law to_
punish them. They were detained in custoJj,*
However, under various pretexts, and fluidly
sentenced to twelve mom In in jail for having
dangerous explosives in their possession with
out being able to account for them, the im
prisonment to date from the time of
the arrest. Brccken was in the same
corridor with a young man, James
B. Cunningham, who had been extra
dited from Boston foi forgery, during the
whole 12 inont.is of his imprisonment. The
two became f st friends ami confidents. Cun
ningham reiuses to divulge any confidential
information obtained from Brecken, but is
convinced that Cunningham under arrest in
Loudon is the same man who was in Halifax
under the alias of Brecken ami has now as
sumed the none of his friend. On leaving
the jail in Halifax Brecken said to the Gover
nor:
“You have not heard the last of me yet.”
He was a keen, shrewd and intelligent, but
reckless Ir.sh-American.
Costly Flames at New York.
New York, Feb. 6.—At 8:45 o’clock to
night fire was discovered at No. 85 Gold
street which, with No. 41 Spruce street,
forms an L on the two streets. No. 85
Gold street is occupied by Brainerd
Shaler, a leather merchant, and No. 41
Spruce street by Jenkins, Adams & Cos.
and Edward Bell <fc Cos., both dealers in
hides and skins of fine quality. Both
stores were gutted. The damage to the
stock in the two is fixed at $200,000 and to
the buildings at $20,000. The property
burned is owned by the Loriug Andrews
estate, and the losses on the building and
stock are covered by insurance. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
SEVERAL STRUCTURES BURNED.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. o.— Fire at Mt.
Sterling last night destroyed the opera
house and a number of other houses.
The loss is $OO,OOO.
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