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j H. F-STILL, Editor and Proprietor.)
IGIA AND FLORIDA.
1 r mays of xiu.two states
IV PARAGRAPHS.
, ! tr'.j'* Nf*ltUd Grave—Singular
1,. ,t‘ •( >1 aysvllle— Refutation of a
, ,! !ou- Rumor !u Madison County
% M*..ion County Lady * Narrow
J .1 I*< from ltrlng Burned to Death.
GEORGIA.
• ’ 'ie is now supporting four
. - BneUey. of Madison county,
r ;•> triplet- a few days ago.
\ r mm* :id*d by the grand jury of
■ . nP! rai-e kle*ut 15,500.
a- itt-n lance in the 40 schools of
..1.-1 year was 1.426 scholars.
. u library circulated 900 boobs
* ru.iry. An art exhibition is to be
. .and lorsyth county. lo?t a fine cow
1: running down hill she fell and
. r • ante the Treasurer has on
. s id sllO So. There are S2 white
- di mls in the co-inty, in which
2.46! w hite and 354 colored,
c rlof Adal ne Townsend. colored
.*rs:t> doru.itery, in ltalton, run
v In me hands of an elder aiater,
. •:•••.ng. and had her ahull split
ei n orery ia hardly poatibls. she
wn into continued spasms,
irif I'-lk county the season past
• a remedy for potato bugs. He
pin* upote at earn potato hill, for
I. developed a fondness that
a t* • et the po .aloes severely alone.
• -fc of economy the ex|s riuienl was
r iiitaiiatable.
f It. 1.. Dunn, of Cnthber*, *lealer
■ r... o rchandi-e, was c!*ise<l by the
U-t Thursday on account of the
I) Kn. J. 8. Duun
id - ock il is ! en ad vert ied for
1- - not known whether Mr. Dunn will
r, iminess or not.
• , lof Shep Miller, colored, Jiving
• * *u.in of Davis .Tones, four or five
•' Uilmbu-. was so badly burned
>d :v that it died 1 relay morning.
• r ft >t alone in the house while she
: h spring for a bucket of Water, and
returned it ha*l caught on tire and
t '.•■■l almost to u cn.-p.
s* ‘ pr(*.*ont presentments of the Tity
i\ grand jury it is learned that the
o- has collected $0,371 42 of the
........ .| for county r|K>?*‘3. The
r has received $5,!>55 J*9. and paid out
.. !■ avirg a balar. e of fi.Ssi 33 on
I'* :s is the largest balance left in the
f th- Treasurer fur several years.
•a •- k' new gas company has just l>een
• id. Mr. Millhank, Jr„ wuo owns
it a fourth of all the town lots sn Bruns
... - dncribctl ic.wD, one-half of the capi
. i uizens sulMerr ed the remainder,
■u* will be lost in getting ready for the
, t.cement of the service. Mr. Millhank
■ ri ported to h - about to secure a hotel
• - Ibe town,costing *IOO,OOO.
following appears in the Danielsville
-: Mr. f'.htr: Through your col
- 1 wish to say to the public that the ru
ver t lie country that 1 married a woman
■ vi- .gut her money and skipped, or
. mo rning me tnal a llr-t-i lam
~:i WtiuM not do, is a base lie, and I
_.v slju to any person who will pivntout
with positive proof.tbo party who
• . the report. Yours truly. K. L." I’itt-
ANN'.
Madison .VtJisonim: Mrs. R. S. Faff .Id
na*-r*wly is-uped burning last Monday.
While arranging her room her wrapper
• a mt * lire . ■ -In* passed the fireplace, and
. trlT enveloped her before she
If i n it >t her w rapper was on fire, she iin -
' fell ii i*oii ti e !l wr and rol cd to the
. _ it:: .. t ii refr.nn aipult wrapped it
S r ! Pei and extinguislitd !h- flames. The
i r sii-i iiii**d were very slight, owing to
i.v • nee of inind.
Mav-v die <’. -z in: M.irv t randal. who had
i-enl vr g on water for the past forty-eight
bere yesterday, whenever food
w a-mentioned site grew pale and trembled.
<in sy.unlay her linger tips assumed a red
• t. ami -i.e liee.vme so weak that she could
v dru.k water :*y sucking it through a pijie
in. She drank agU a day. in Monday
, ■ wis unable to draw the water into her
a;..i -ii la few hours after midnight.
•!. i randal was 7S years o.d.
-!..r0 Herald: Gov. Peter Early was
it I'-ateiiuy, in thisconnty. lli-grave
• a neglected, and liefore a great while
k- will have crumbled away, and
:. inam'nothing to mark the spot'vvhere
•.rt rep .sr,. \ few hundred dollars
i make the needed repairs. While the
tn ri - voting thousands of dollars far
of ►. -i.it* of her distinguished tons, it
, veil fer a small appropriation to he
: , ~-,‘r iiic grave of this one.
mi Saturday a lady was having a
,!*,". an ,( nutting tne coal in Hie
imp was n tivitd to be quite heavy,
. i- vi a- tli >iiv, *it of it at the time. As
i- ti e ilii’ iv ’ri tif burn a dropping of
.eta!" w is” notiei '* in the ash pan.
-• investigation i-.'ovcil t*> lie pure
I I*l. Of coal was Ii w.x mctiea
.oi lan inch or two in th 'Ckness. Jhe
id burned from it was more than
•1. Tin* coal in which the lead was
- 'I inter silo, Ala.
aferro county, the Treasurer has on
> - si. The whole school population
- . . I'he average attendance of white
itii-l colore*! 459. There are ID
■ i It col—red schools. Action was
U:- grand jury to locate tho illegal
order that they may lie punished.
IW , res satisfaction an l fur
g :iU -:i ts deprecatcl. The Senator
U resentative are requested to use
-■ endeavors to secure a general
■ n law as to the sale of intoxiegtiug
1 non.
* 11. Wood, son of Clias. 11. Wood, of
.who was an attendant of Van
- I r.ersitv, Nashville.in the medical
: - nt, on completing his course at the
' tv- term last week won extraordinary
... up secured the first honor, or
for distinction, a *5) gold
.a: a prise lor best examination in
. . ma:- ria mediea and therapeutics,
these honors voung Mr. Wood at
r...-ived a position of distinction and
nent. U :r.g put in ebarge of half the
:ials in Nashville.
- kec county there are 75 names on
* r list. au*l tli-ir sup|>ort costs the
i-. s'j annually. There is a balance in
ry of s4l 54. George I. Teasley,
- bool Commissioner. rei*orts that
■ ■-s employeii iu the work of the public
- *•• th.' year l'S4, 71 teachers, lie re
al l -ources tlie amount of *4.920 68.
.. .. hen <■ t | iiti.il- schools, ill 1 s>i.
iv mg a balance in his hands of
- The grand jury is anxious that the
- rtv -h .ni l he dis|M>sed of. and
that the Ordinary dispose of it
>r private sale, and apply pr.ieeeds
and ossof trie countv’. The in
-s of the county up to this court is
. : wn Telo; Monday night Mr. Spivey
ki-ned from his slnmbers by a noise
from the direction of his hen house.
- irc--ed anil, taking a light, went
I out tne i* iu-e of the fuss. As he
hen levuse door a big owl flew up
gr ni*l an l made figtit. Mr. Spivey
t with a stick he had, and knocked it
mil. It rose and made at l-irn a
e. It receive*! a second lick, and
at to the ground. The third time it
\r to the rear part of the house and
.a p ie. Mr. Mptvey walked up in
v stance, and with a well-directed
'heowl lo the ground. Mr. Spivey
- the owl ha l destroyed about a cozen
k- and was grappling with the old
-n in* opened tne uoor to see what was
” in there.
JdcrrtUer: The School Com
- . j-,. n>rt shows that during the past
r . Uc }. c $1 white schools and 9 eolor
- in the aountr. ii white and 3 colored
■ ...nil counties, which scholars
■ • rite at 'elided. Tlie total number
.* -rolled in school, lpiss: total nuin
*re i enrolled in t cli<KU 505; average
whites 1.25s 2-D; colored
total numtier of days in schoo
• -ri; totai nun. her of days in school,
.'i. vmount paid white teachers,
-. amount pa il colored teachers.
- 1 t.I number. i children of schools
iv. 4.115 will t( 5.6<53. colored 1,452.
v r . i in turbo-Mi. I.'"I whites not
,- ..ore I e-,rc lleil in school, 000.
■■: in :. M *i. s-7. Amount paid each
. I . . :11-.
- r.mntr Witch man- The county
if Hal-.-r-haui i ouni y have at last
gru s-.me tinie age the Ordinary s
- enleri 'l, the s-vfe hr. >ken into and
s * and records ex true- ed therefrom.
theft haa Leena cloud resting
“ • of the oilicials, as Ihei e was never
ey in the treasury to W °ff l * ie
• t llal*ersha:u county was getting
• i■ x. owing to a great deal r. f crooked
t-'.c different ortices of tli.'i county.
in si -sion this week, an and it was
the go-id people of the cos nty that
' ' would 1h looked into, and the
* ■ > broke into the omee
- tiid brought to justice. Ben C. -*r
arn. went before the gr.vnd jury and
■ ii* it he broke open ihe ?afe, and
: Groves, lha Oroinarv; Fuller, the
* 1 • :..r: .I. \V. West, Robert 8 and five
4- mis: all of whom the yfrand jury
r 11sof indictment. Th. rre seems
-n gular organized ring in If sbersham
_ -i . the money ia the coun ly*. The
ry are ferreting it out, and th e chain
* - ' otch several good citize. ts from
that county.
j : i*;cr: The “lightning ealcn''.ator,*'
‘ r ;- *nt jewelry advertiser,” or whatever
may choose to call himself, worked the
' ' r st zatne ever yet worked by a street
and" Uome. His plan was the usu: il open
appearing one generally ust and, but
ceil a little variation. First he
' ' r sale a pair of cuff buttons—2.>cents
■*' * he charged—and he didn't c;ire so
• -ell as he did to advertise his cotn
; y -i he agreed to give each purchaster a
; “ ' equivalent to the 25 cents. Tnert'
' - h of a rush, and he began to sneer
• ' crowd a lutie, and told them they
vrs afraid to trust what they knew was
* Bulling out a |JO bill he offered it'
;man In the crowd for *4O, keeping hi>
T " > a five minutes, but no one responded.
,' vtis-r then proved to them that it was
- i-i ire. vv hereupon several p:ir
y*e i * u(r buttons. “Now. genllemen,” cried
•i *rper, “i promised you each a present.
'*> it is.” And he hande ' each man back
■s.srter. This t' -rh's convinced the
hat he was 're,” :. ; v.
some watch *. worth .irtua.
ndofiered , -r I!, esving thai .
ot say 1 and. ao.- f;-; - 1
ng .
thv if you boat,
wp p a*
before, a present to each purchaser.” etc
etc., they bit like wildfire, aud in a few short
moments !0. chains had been sold and *lO7
were in the fakir s pocket. Wh n the sale
slaesene.. he remarked: “I promised each of
yon a present. Here it is,” and handed each
a paper, and a very small one, of needles. \
moment later he drove rapidly down the
street anil left on the first train. Another
racket be worked on Home’s gn'lible vouth.
He bad sumo bright brass watch cases, w ith a
paper representation of hands, face, etc
pasted under the crystal, and he got several
o. them off on unsu-p:cious parlies for $1 be
fore the trick was discovered.
FLORIDA.
Orange shipping is falling off now.
orange ** lK,ailing of raising a 21 ounce
—A w *>ite deer has just been killed near
> llilWoOfJ.
Or"undo’s new paper, the Sentinel, has made
i successful debut.
_^"! e of lhc peach and plum trees about
Tall&hafioee are in full bloom.
Ear.d sales in Marion county are booming,
and property is s'eadily growing in value.
Oriando is to lie the scene of a teachers’ m
aiitutcduring the week commencing March i3.
Kain interfered with the Mardi Gras festivi
*;*j* ,’nci lent to inauguration day at IVn-
Itev. .lonos, of Kissimmee, will be pastor of
tin* rev l*re3bytcrian Church to be hjilt at
La keland.
leu thousand dollars’ worth of real estate
was sol I by an agent at Orlando in one day
; last week. J
The orange crop around Bronson has nearly
a. I been marketed, as is al ?o the case in nearly
! <*very se tion of the .st^te.
Orlando now has two banks, the second
being the Orange County Bank, which com
menced business on Monday.
A mile in seven minutes was the time male
by a young lady, who is comparatively a
novice on roller skates, at Lakeland a night
or two ago.
The saw-nun of Capt. J. D. Gray, at Ship
yard I omt. near Freeport, has been entirely
destroyed by fire, together with a large quan
tity ot lumber.
Itr. Henry Foster, of Clifton Springs, X. Y.,
and Lake Jesup, Fla., spoke in the Orlando
Opera House, on Sunday night last, upon the
subject of temperance.
The subscription paper is nowin circulat on
at ('range City for the eitiz-ns to donate wlint
they I an afford toward tlie location of the
Congregational College at that place.
The corner-stone of the new Catholic
Church Rt Pensacola was l;iid Sunday with
ni*irr-i>i-ia*e ceremonies. Kt. Rev. Rieh-.p
M.-mucy presided, assisted by the local clergy.
Five stores are now in operation and two
more are projected at Lady Lake. Every
dwelling has changed hands within the past
two months, and this means anew house in
each case.
At Pensacola tho United states grand jury
has indicted William*, who served the gov
ernment seme time since in the capacity if
Deputy United Slates Marshal, with head
quarters at Pensacola. The indictment
charges Williams with crookedness in offi e.
T:-e indictment found at Pensacola against
Capt. Neil McKellar, master of the lirrish
hark Lady Itowcua, by the United States
grand jury, was quashed Friday in court on
motion of W. A. Blount. This was a case of
alleged violation of the Ehiopicg law. the
Captain having been charged with issuing
advance notes to seamcD.
Some miscreant fired a bullet through the
; front door of the Catholic Church at Ocala
‘ recently. The hall struck the railing around
tho chancel and fell on Ihe 11 *or. Several
I orange trees which were thriving around the
church were stolen by someone a few nights
ago. A thorough investigation of these affairs
; will be made by Father O’Riley.
If. H- Marks, the widely known and popu
lar real r-tate dealer of Sanford, will snper
; intend the auction sale on March 11 r the fa
•noti-i Markham pru property.on the ut.-k'r.*-
of Sanford. Mr. Markham, the owner, is well
known in Georgia as owner of the Atlanta
hotel bearing h:s name. The property is di
vided into town lots, anl its sale is expected
to he lii-tru iiental in furthering the building
i 1 >oo:n which Sanford is now enjoying.
Oed 1 hem: The taxes due the county from
; the Florida Railroad and Navigation Com
pany amounted to *4,301 81. The company
owns 42 miles of track in the county which,
including the rolling stock, is assessed "07.-
272. Not one cent of tax from this road has
passed into the hands of the county or State
Treasurer during the past three t ears. The
Florida Southern Railroad has '4o miles of
'rack and is assessed 215.tk'5. The taxon
this road amounted to s3,oi'J IS. 'this com
pany is very prompt in paying its taxes, ar.d
there arc no buck taxes due from it.
Orlando Sentinel: Oscar Rashard. who is
employed at Macy’s carriage shops, was shot
at Friday night through the window of his
room as he was retiring for the night. He
ran out and discharged his revolver after the
man as he ran, and was flred upon in turn hy
auother man in the opposite direction. Seven
-hots were tired at hint and he retaliated with
three. The first shot jusc grazed iiis arm, and
tins was ihe only injury he received. 11c 1*
unable to explain the cause of the attack, and
thinks it must have been intended for some
other man. A family had recently removed
from Ihe hou-e, and he had occupied a room
in the house for only a few nights. The night
1 **■ f re he was called to the door hy unknown
P irties, but refused to comply with their re
quest to go out of doors.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
tVires Printed in Condensed Form.
\t Jackson, Mis?., in tlie case of Dr. R. J.
Penn, for the murder of It. B. Rials at Hazel
hurst, Miss., last rear, the Supreme Court lias
.“.tlirmed the judgment of ihe lower court.
Penn is now uniter sentence of death.
Tho establishment of a Russian Consulate
at Seoul, the capital of Corea, and of a vice
consulate at Tche Mulpo, Corea, is projected.
Three mills at tho Latlin Kami powder
weeks, four miles west of Newburg. N. Y..
exploded yesterday mornine. killing two men
and severely wounding another.
A heavy force of troops left Guay mas Sun
day to fight Cajemi, the Yaqui Chief, and his
forces.
Last Saturday four negroes were drowned
at Minock’s landing in Red River parish.
Louisiana.while attempting to cross the river
in au overcrowded skill which was swamped.
Announcement is made that Queen Victoria
will arrive at Darmstadt April i.
The Spanish Governor of the Phillippine
Islands lias been ordered to annex the Caro
line Islands on behalf of Spain.
Fire in a cotton shed at tho Penn press at
New Orleans yesterday, damaged a quantity
of cotton belonging to J. L. Harris. The loss
is estimated at *IO,OOO. The property is fully
insured.
The fishing schooner Solomon Poo’e, which
sailed from Gloucester. Mass., Jan. 1, for the
Newfoundland Banka, ha 9 been given up for
lost with her entire crew of fourteen men.
She is the first vessel lost with all hands this
year.
The St. Petersburg police have succeeded
in tracing and arresting several dangerous
Nihilists by means of information contained
in papers found in the apartments of the stu
dent who recently killed himself in Dorphat
when ihe police called upon him to seize ter
rorists’ phamlcts, etc.
At Eufaula. Ala , au incendiary fire at !0
o’clock yesterday morning consumed the
dwelling and outhouses of Mrs. Jennings, a
mile and a half from the city. The flr * was
tne result of two attempts. The first was
made yesterdav, but the tire was discovered
in time to prevent damage. The loss is $4,000,
and the insurance *2.250.
In the House of Commons to-dav. Lord
Edmund F’itzmaimce, Under Secretary for
F'oreign Affairs, stated that the government
does not regard North Borneo as under
sovereignty.
Gen. L. H. Foote, United States Minister to
Corea, was among the passengers on the
steamer Citv of New York, which arrived at
San Fr*ucis> Sunday from Yokohama.
At the opening of the Swiss Parliament yes
terday the President congratulated the Fed
eral Council upon the d*cree expelling anar
chists, who, he declared, were regarded by
the people of Switzerland as merely ordinary
criminals.
At Pearlington, Miss., the residence of Mrs.
Jane Snoops was burned last night, and her
three little boys, the oldest 11 years of age,
perished in the flames. Mrs. Suopps was at
tending church at the time.
At Durant, Miss., last Saturday, three col
ored children were burned, their parents
having locked them in a house while they at
tended a log rolling. One of the children is
deail, another will die amt the third may re
cover. Two white boys were badly burned
about the hands while trying to release the
burning children.
The steamer Memnot. from New York Feb.
7, for Liverpool, amt which lost her rudder on
the voyage as before reported, lias been towed
into Liverpool. Her cabins were Hooded.
Fire at Murfresboro, Tenn.. early yesterday
morning burned three buildings. The loss is
s2*>,ooo amt the insurance $13,000. Engines
from Nathvilie were telegraphed for and ar
rived in time to prevent a disastrous confla
gration.
The Losses at Thueyequan.
Taris, March 9.—Gen. Briere de l’lsle,
commander of tho French forces in lon
quin, telegraphs the War Office that his
loss during the two days’ fighting to re
lieve the beleaguered French garrison at
Thueyequan was 00 killed and 133
wounded. The garrison itself lost 50
killed and 33 wounded during seven
assaults made upon the town by Chinese
troops. Thirty officers are among the
killed on the French side.
Looted by the Tiger Chief.
City of Mexico, March 9.—A party of
seven bandits under the “Tiger Chief,”
Eracalio Bernal, recently captured Quila,
a town 14 leagues from Cuiiacau, in Sina
loa. and killed the telegraph operator and
looted the village. They left in the direc
tion of San Lorenzo. Several detach
ments of soldiers have been sent in pur
suit of the
President Cleveland’s Valet.
Washington Star.
Alexander Towell, who was President
Artm.-’r ‘et during his occupancy of
ouse, was on Tuesday ap
osition in the railway mail
v *ell’B successor at the White
and Sinclair, came with the
a Albany. Be is very light,
90k like a colored man.
WORK OF THE CaBI.NET.
PLAGE HUNTERS SWARMING BY
HUNDREDS.
But Little Satisfaction Gained by the
A spir *nts—Garland’s Pleasant Instal
lation—The First Lieutenants of
Messrs. Manulng ar.d Lamar—The
Treaties not to be Discussed at tills
Session.
ashixgton, if arch 9.—The members
of the Cabinet felt to-day the full import
of the current of office-seekers turned on
them bv President Cleveland’s refusal to
receive applications. The office-seekers
did not trouble Secretary Bayard or At
torney General Garland much, but they
took all the time that the other members
of the Cabinet could give. This time was
served out to them at the rate of one or
two minutes apiece. They were courte
ously received everywhere, but got “no
satislaction.’’ They are in a very doubt
lul and despondent mood to-night. Practi
cally the only encouragement any of them
got was that conveyed in a phrase used
by Postmaster General Vilas. He said
substantially, as the other members of
the Cabinet did: “I have but just taken
the oath of office; we have not had a sin
gle Cabinet meeting; I do not know what
our policy will be.” Then he added: ‘-I
think our policy will he a vigorous one.”
This is the basis of many hopes to-night.
Of course, the office-seekers construe it to
be an indication that the “rascals” will
be “vigorously” turned cut. This may
not have been the thought expressed by
Mr. Vilas. Mr. Vilas had more callers
than any other member of the Cabinet.
The post offices are as nu
merous as they arc attractive.
He received by eaid. Even Senators
had to send in their cards. He received
many bundles of applications with rec
ommendations. President < Meveland sent
him a bushel from the White House.
Nevertheless, old officials in this as in
the other departments say that the rush
for cilices is no greater than at the begin
ning or former administrations. Secre
tary Lamar’s callers discovered that he
could say “no” firmly, though courte
ously, in necessary cases. The office
seekers are getting a great deal of infor
mation. if they do not get anything else.
One thing they are learning is that Presi
dent Cleveland’s Cabinet, as they might
have known, are in full accord with Pres
ident Cleveland on the question of civil
service reform.
JONAS TO ASSIST LAMAR.
It is said that Major Jonas, of Mis
sissippi, will be Assistant Secretary of
the interior. He has been with Senator
I.aiuar for years as his private secretary,
and the closest intimacy exists between
them. No man understands Mr. Lamar’s
methods of business so well as Major
Jonas, and the appointment of the latter
as assistant would relieve the Secretary
ot a great deal of the labor aud responsi
bility of his position.
THE TREATIES.
At the firat formal meeting of the Cabi
net to-morrow, oueque-tion to be decided
will l>e what course the administration
shall pursue respecting the Spanish and
Nicaraguan treaties now pending in the
Senate. The President's personal prefer
ence is understood to be that the treaties
should not be considered by the Senate at
this time. He wants time to consider
them himself more carefully than he has
been able as yet to do. The probability
is that the Cabinet will express a desire
that their consideration may be postponed
until next winter.
GARLAND’S INSTALLATION.
When the Supreme Court met to
day, a large crowd was in attendance
to witness the presentation to the
court of tho Attorney General by the
retiring head of the Department of
Justice. Atiorney General Garland and
ex-Attorney General llrewster sat to
gether at- the bar of the court room.
The enclosed part of the court room re
served for attorneys in practice before the
court was crowded with lawyers of pro
minence, among whom were Gen. Becj.
F. Butler and several of Mr. Garland’s
late colleagues in the Senate. When the
members of the court hail taken their
seats, Mr. Brewster arose and asked per
mission of the court to present his suc
cessor, Hon. A. 11. Garland. The new
Attorney General bowed to the court as
the presentation was made. Mr. Brew
ster, then addressing the court,said that he
desired to make grateful acknowledgment
of the court’s unceasing kindness to
him. Attorney General Garland acknowl
edged the kindness of Mr. Brewster in
presenting him to the court, and address
ing the members of the court, said: ‘‘l
shall attempt with every possible exer
tion in my power, in the discharge of my
duties belore this court, so to demean my
self as to merit ycur respect and entire
confidence.” The Chief Justice then di
rected the Clc-rk of the court to enter tlie
commission of the Attorney General upon
the record, and turning to Mr. Brewster
said: “The court will be glad to see the
ex-Attorney General before its bar.”
This ended the ceremony and the court
proceeded with routine business.
MR. MANNING’S SECRETARY.
The Secretary of the Treasury received
a large number of visitors to-day, among
whom were Gen. Hancock and Hubert
O. Thompson, of New York. He has ap
pointed Valentine I*. Snyder, of New
York, his private secretary, to succeed
Frank Sperry, who has resigned to en
gage in the practice ol law in New York
city. One of the first official acts of
Secretary Manning was to authorize
Assistant Secretary Coon to sign, instead
of the Secretary, all warrants for the
payment of money into the public
Treasury, and all warrants for disburse
ment of money from tlie public Treasury.
It is understood that this is only a tem
porary designation, and that a successor
to Mr. Coon will be nominated in a few
days.
The number of applications for post
masterships received to-day at the Post
Office Department has never bpen equaled
in any previous day, and the First Assist
ant Postmaster General found it neces
sary to detail a special force of employes
to tile th” applications. Where aspirants
presented their claims in person they
were informed that they must tile their
applications and await their considera
tion in regular order. Tne commissions
of 08 Presidential postmasters expire
during the present month and over 250
such commissions will expire belore the
beginning of the next session of Congress.
President Cleveland wilt continue the
practice of having Cabinet meetings on
Tuesdays and Fridays of each week, and
the first meeting of the now Cabinet will
be held to-morrow.
Judge French, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, tendered bis resignation to
day, to take effect upon the appointment
anil qualification of his successor. The
nomination of ex-Attorney General Chas.
S. Fairchild, of New York, to succeed
Judge French was sent to the senate this
afternoon. The President also sent to the
Senate the name of John C. Black, of
Illinois, to be Commissioner of Pensions.
THE FIRST RESIGNATION.
First Assistant Postmaster Genaral
Crosby was the first bureau officer to
tender his resignation to President Cleve
land. His resignation was tendered
verbally March 5, and formally and in
writing on the day following. Mr.
Crosby expressed willingness to remain
in office long enough to induct his suc
cessor into tlie duties of the position and
his offer was accepted.
Cases in the Big Court.
Washington, March 9.—ln the United
States Supreme Court to-day the motion
Of the defendant in the case of Maxi
milian A. Dauphin vs. the Times Publish
ing Company, of Philadelphia, to advance
the hearing of the case, was denied. The
court granted a motiou of the plaintiff in
the polygamy case of Clawson vs. the
United States, to advance the hearing of
the case to April 6, 1885.
Surgeon Wales’ Trial.
Washington, March 9.—The court
martial recently ordered to try ex-Sur
geon General Wales, of the Navy, on a
charge of culpable iucffieiency and
neglect ol duty, met at the Navy Depart
ment to-day, but on recommendation of
its presiding officer adjourned until April
14 to give the accused time to prepare his
defense.
Gen. Sackett’g Successor.
Washington, March 9.—C01. Nelson
H. Davis, who is next in rank to Gen.
Sackett, will succeed the latter, and on
assuming the duties of Senior Inspector
General will take the rank of Brigadier-
General. Gen. Sackett’s funeral will take
place at his late residence in this city at
2 o’clock to-morrow atternoon.
Quiet Restored at A spin wall.
Washington, March 9.— The com
manding officer of the Powhatan, Capt.
Beardslee, telegraphs to the Navy De
partment from Colon that the troubles at
Aspinwall and Sav&nilli seem to be nearly
over and that no more ships are needed,
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1885.
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
A Lively Debate Over the Seating of
Senator Blair.
Washington, March 9.—After the
reading of the journal to-day the Chair
laid before the Senate a communication
from the Secretary of State, being notice
that he (Bayard j had forwarded to the
Legislature of Delaware his resignation
of his position as Senator, and also com
munications from the Secretary of the
Interior, and Attorney General, notify
ing the Senate of their acceptance of Cab
inet positions, and requesting the Presi
dent ot the Senate to so notify the Legis
latures of their respective States.
Toe credentials of Mr. Blair as Senator
to fill the temporary vacancy were laid
before the Senate and read.
Mr. \ est moved that they be referred to the
Committee on Privileges an! Elections.
Mr. Edmunds objected, as al*o did Mr.
Hoar. The latter called attention to th** faet
that preciselv the same condition of things
prevailed iu tlie case of Senator Bell, of New
Hampshire, when tlie Senate decided, after a
full discussion, in favor of seating that
Senator.
Mr. Edmunds said thst Mr. Bell's case was
exactly similar to the present, and taut it had
been settled fairly and fully aud without
party division.
THE QUESTION AT STAKE.
Mr. Saulsbury sai t he was aware that the
same question arose upon a similar case from
New Hampshire, but the Senators who were
then present would remember that the right
of Mr. Bell was very strongly coate. ted, and on
that occasion, for the first time, he believed, in
the history of the 2enate, it was decided that
the Governor of a State mightappoint a Sena
tor under such circumstances.
Mr. Dawes suggested that the proper and
usual course was to receive tlie credentials
and scat the Senator, and then, if there were
questions to be settled, they might go to the
Committee on Privileges ami Flleetions.
Mr. Test’s motion was Inst without division.
Mr. Hoar moved that Ur. Blair be sworn in.
Mr. Vest objected.
•Some d:ecus-ion ensued regarding the bear
mgof the rules of the senate 11 pon the right
of a Senator t > semi u lnotiouof thiscliaract r
over under objection.
Mr. Hoar read the record in the case of Mr.
Spofl'ord, of Louisiana. Upon that occa
sion Mr. Thurman moved to administer the
oath, but Mr. Edmunds had ofl'en and an objec
tion. The Chair (Mr. Wheeler) ruled that the
question was one of the highest privilege, and
that objection would not carry Hover.
Mr. Ho ir offered a formal resolution that
the oath he administered lo the Seuator from
New Hampshire.
Mr. Harris asked unanimous consent that
it lay over tII to-morrow. This was granted.
TELLER CONDEMNED.
The resolution offered F'riday by Mr. Van
Wyck making inquiries of the Secretary of
the Interior with regard to the isdiing of
patents to the New Orleans and Pacific Rail
road Company for what is known as “the
Backbone land grant,” was laid before the
Senate, and Mr. Van wyck spoke upon it at
great length, reviewing the history of the road
and grant, aud condemning the action of the
late Secretary of the Interior. He said thst
lie desired to give public notice that the legal
ity of the patents would be contested, so that
purchasers of the bonds now to 00 issued
might not claim the protection accorded to
innocent purchasers without notice.
Senator Teller, lote Secretary of the Inte
rior, replied also at great length to Mr. Van
Wyc-k’s attack on the 1 uteri >r Department,
which he characterized as “discourteous and
un-Senatorial,” and said that the Interior
Department had acted iu the matter of the
Backbone grant strictly in accordance with
the laws, lie wanted no man.be said,to defend
him for bis action on tins subject. He de
clined to fall back under the shadow of the
Cabinet or President. He insisted that by the
rules of law anil of justice, the railroad
company was entitled to the lauds, and it was
upon that fact that he rested.
At 2:50 o’clock u. upon m. motion of Mr.
Frye tlie Senate adjourned.
CLEVELAND’S OPEN LOOKS.
Another Throng of People Meet with a
Welcome at the White House.
Washington, March 9.—The Presi
dent again held open house to-day and
received a large number of visitors, in
cluding Congressional delegations from
several States. In order to devote atten
tion to official matters requiring action
during the present special session of the
Senate, it is probable that the President
will have to deny himself to visitors for a
few days. The doors were thrown open
to tho public during the afternoon, and
several hundred persons called to pay
their respects. The President received
them in the East Boom.
ONE OF THE REFORMS.
The President’s private secretary con
templates a change in the general system
of doing business at the White House,
which will include a simplification of the
manner of keeping the official records,
and an incidental reorganization of the
clerical force. It is intended to do away
with the present system of keeping a full
and elaborate record of all. business
brought to the attention of the President,
and to confine the record to such mat
ters only as require his individual action.
All other documents will be referred to
the department to which they relate, and
a simple record kept of their reference.
No changes have yet been made in the
force employed at the White House.
PEARSON TO BE REAPPOINTED.
It is tlie President’s present intention
to reappoint Postmaster Pearson, of New
\*ork city, whose term expires March 21.
He will do this on the ground that Mr.
Pearson is an excellent Postmaster,
wholly non-partisan, who tills his office
better than any new man could.
A Quiet Day at tho Exposition.
New Orleans, March 9.—This was a
quiet day at the exposition. The com
mittee on premiums has examined all the
bales of raw cotton, and the awards will
be made this week. The management is
negotiating with the Mozart Society ot
Memphis for a musical season.
Superintendent B. T. Walshe, of the
Bureau of Information, says that he lias
received more applications to-day from
visitors for rooms than on any day here
tofore. An immense supply of fruit for
the horticultural department has arrived
from Florida. To-naorrow is Ihe Southern
Immigriii m lay. A mci ling of th” society,
comprising delegates from ail Soul hern
Stater, w ill be hold, an l a uuouer of pa
pers w ill be read.
T. W. House, of Houston, was awarded
the three highest prizes lor refined sugars.
A New Orleans firm constructed the ma
chinery wilh which the sugar was made.
In Distress Off Key West.
Key West, Fla., March 9.—The
steamer Alamo, Capt. Bolger, from Gal
veston, for New York via Key West,
with cotton and hides, struck on the
southwest reef of Tortugas on Friday.
The Captain, finding it impossible to
float Ihe vessel without lightering, ac
cepted assistance from wreckers. Sev
eral wrecking vessels have arrived to
day with cotton, aud the salvage service
is still going on. .-If the Alamo is not
floated soon she will go to pieces. Her
passengers came up here on tlie first
wrecker. The United Slates lighthouse
steamer Laura went to the Alamo’s as
sistance, although she refused to assist
the United States mail steamship Wash
burn in distress at Punta Ilassa.
The Hepublican Caucus.
Washington, March 9.—The Republi
can Senators held a caucus this after
noon to further discuss the formation of
the committees. The subject was talked
over at length in order tnat the caucus
comm ttee might have the views of the
Senators who felt an interest in the mat
ter, but nothing was decided. Incident
ally the treaties were mentioned and the
question was asked whether they had
bett-r be considered during the present
session. No one advocated that course
and no one opposed it. It was finally
left to the caucus committee to deter
mine.
Grain’s Visible Supply.
Chicago, March 9.—The following is
the visible supply of grain in the United
States and Canada Saturday, as reported
by the Secretary of the Chicago Board of
Trade, to be posted on ’Change to-morrow:
Wheat, 48,585,675 bushels, an increase of
1,244,739 as compared with the preceding
Saturday; corn, 6,447,042 bushels, an in
crease of 676.277; cats, 2,396,868, an in
crease of 228,977 bushels; rye, 345,828, an
increase of 15,368 bushels; barley, 1,321,-
939, an increase of 109,019 bushels. The
grain in store in Chicago is as follows:
Wheat, 15.473,607 bushels; corn, 1,914,727;
oats, 570,685; rye, 135,615; barley, 113,458.
A Sensational Story Denied.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 9.
About a week ago a sensational story
was given widespread circulation that
Tax Collector Alvin O. Dixon, of Blount
county, Ala., while disguised with burnt
cork, attempted to burglarize his own
premises where several hundred dollars
of the county’s money was deposited,
and was detected by his wife, but not
recognized, and was shot and killed. The
story is false in every particular. Mr.
Dixon is in Chattanooga to-day trying to
find the originator of the story.
Tits Illinois Legislttiura.
Springfield, 111 . March 9.—ln joint
convention to-day fifteen Senators and
fifty-eight Representatives answered to
roll call. Mr. Streeter voted for John C.
Black and Mr. Sharp, of Wabash, for Mr.
Morrison,
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
RESIGNATION OF THE COUNTY
JUDGE OF MITCHELL.
A National Mercantile Convention to be
Held Under the Auspices or the Cham
ber of Commerce—Mysterious Disap
pearance of Two Young Girls—Blacks
in a l>e*pcrate Eucounter.
Atlanta, Ga., March 9.—J. W. Scatfe,
Judge of the County Court of Mitchell,
has handed in his resignation, which was
accepted, and P. W. Twitty has been ap
pointed to fill the vacancy. Theodore L.
Guerry was to-day appointed Judge of
the County Court of Quitman for a term
of two years.
Gov. McDaniel to-day received a letter
from Hugh McCullough, ex-Secretary of
the Treasury, stating that the govern
ment was ready to commence the con
struction or a public building in Macon
as sooit as the State would guarantee
United States jurisdiction upon the prop
erty. The letter was answered in the
usual form.
Butman and Hencke, of the Atlanta
nine, arrived to-night, making seven
players who have reported for duty.
Daniel McCurtis, an old negro, who,
for a long number of years, has been a
gardener about Atlanta, was found dead on
the floor of his room this morning iu a
pool of blood. Indications pointed to
death from hemorrhage, which affliction
has not been uncommon to him during the
past few years,
A MERCANTILE CONVENTION.
The Chamber of Commerce to-day ap
pointed Samuel M. Inman, Rufus B.
Bullock, H. W. Grady, Charles S. At
wood, Ilanniba I. Kimball. George W.
Adair, William J. Garrett, John N.
Dunn, Louis Gkolstin, Henry Boyleston,
Robert J. Lowry, Henry Jackson, June
G. Oglesby, Frank M. Potts, and Aaron
Hass a committee to arrange for holding
a National Mercantile Convention in At
lanta.
George T. Fry, of Atlanta, has been
elected orator for Memorial day in this
city.
Judge Boarman reached Atlanta to-day,
and will open up business in the United
States Court to-morrow.
A DESPERATE FIGHT.
Two negroes whose names are not
known had a desperate fight on Decatur
street to-night, in which one ef them had
bis skull fractured by a blowtrom astick.
The negro who inflicted the wound es
caped and the injured man was carried
to the hospital for treatment. Alter the
wound was dressed the negro slipped ofl’
and cannot be found.
Alary Atkinson, aged 15, and Lillie Mc-
Ginnis, aged 10. daughters of respectable
parents residing near West End, left
home this morning at the usual hour for
school and up to midnight had not re
turned home or been heard from. The
police are ransacking the city and
suburbs, so far without success.
Airs. Coleman, wile ot Prof. Coleman,
the electrician, made her debut at tho
Opera House to-night, performing Lulu
Hurst’s unaccountable feats with the
same ease and promptness as does Lulu.
The new attraction is a resident of this
city and has lived here for a year or more.
SLe had a fine audience.
THE HABERSHAM SAFE ROBBERY.
A report, apparently reliable, has
reached here to the effect that the
county officers of Habersham county,
in this State, have been indicted tor
complicity in the robbing of a safe
some time ago. Benjamin Martin con
h sses to the burglary and implicates
other officers.
BURNING OF A HOTEL.
A Fireman Killed and tlie Proj>riefcor’3
Sick Wife Insensible.
Steubenville, 0., March 9.—At 5:30
o’clock this evening fire was discovered
issuing from the roof of Mossgrove’s
United States Hotel. The wind wa9 blow
ing a gale, and there was great difficulty
experienced in getting water. It was
feared tor a time that half of the city
would be destroyed. By almost super
human efforts of the liiemen, however,
the flames were confined to the hotel and
adjoining block, including Cochran’s
dry goods store, Mav Bros.’ cloth
ing house and Moffat’s toy goods
store. These were entirely destroyed.
During the fire there were many
exciting incidents. When the flames
were raging their fiercest the east wall of
the hotel fell with a terrible crash, killing
Andrew Dickerstolf, a fireman, and en
dangering several others. Airs. Aloss
grove, wife of the proprietor of the hotel,
was lying ill when the fire broke out, and
she was carried from the burning build
ing in an insensible condition. The loss
will reach $135,000, on which there is in
surance of $45,000.
BLACK’S POPULARITY.
Citizen* or Every Party Tendering Him
Their Congratulations.
Danville, 111., March 9.—The ap
pointment of Gtn. J. C. Black, of this
city, io the office of Commissioner of Pen
sions is most favorably received by the
people of the Northwest. Since the an
nouncement of the President’s choice Gen.
Black has received many letters from
Senators and Representatives, expressing
congratulations. Many telegrams have
come from citizens of nearly every State.
His mail has also been very large. Gen.
Black is especially moved by the feeling
displayed by his fellow townsmen, irre
spective of party, by the veteran soldierv,
and by a congratulatory resolution of
tho Illinois House of Representatives for
warded to him Saturday by its Speaker.
Commissioner Black lett the cily to
night for Washington in obedience to the
President’s wish. But lor this sudden de
parture he would have been tendered a
grand banquet by the citizens, regardless
of party. The residence of the Commis
sioner has been visited to-day by hun
dreds of citizens taking leave of him, and
extending their congratulations. His
family will remain in Danville for a time.
A Powerful Tug and Big Float.
Philadelphia, March 9.—The steamer
Norfolk and a large car float, both of
which were built at Wilmington, Del.,
for the New York, Philadelphia and Nor
lolk Railroad Company, will leave this
city to-morrow for Cape’ Charles, the ter
minus of the railroad line, on Chesapeake
Bay. The float will carrv 12 freight cars,
which have been built here. The tug is
the largest vessel of its kind ever con
structed in Wilmington, and is regarded
as the most powerful steamtug that has
ever come to this port. It is expected
that she will make the run with the float
of cars between Cape Charles and Nor
folk in three hours. She will be put into
service immediately upon her arrival.
Central America’s Union.
New Y"ork, March 9.—The following
telegram from the Secretary ot Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala,
has been received by Mr. Jacob Baiz, Con
sul General of that country:
To Baiz , New York: President Bar
rios has issued a decree, proclaiming a
union of Central America as one Repub
lic, and to realize the same has assumed
supreme military command. Cruz.
Burchard Retired.
New Y'ork. March 9.—The Committee
on Murray Hill Church reported to the
New York Presbytery to-day that they
had proposed to retire Rev. Dr. Burchard
as pastor emeritus, on a salary of $5,000 a
year, to make room for a younger and
more energetic pastor, and that both Dr.
Burchard and the congregation of Murray
Hill Church had accepted the proposition.
Grant More Cheerful.
New York, March 9.—Gen. Grant’s
condition showed continued improvement
to-day, although it was two o’clock this
morning before ho fell into a sound sleep.
Col. Grant said that when his father
awoke this morning he felt much re
freshed, and was in a more cheerful
frame of mind than for some days past.
Fast Dashes on the Wheel.
New Orleans. March 9.—ln a quarter
of a mile race which took place yesterday
between John 8. Prince, the champion
bicyclist, and W. K. Morgan, Prince
made the quarter in 39 seconds, thus low
ering the record. Morgan had 10 yards
the start and won the race by a yard.
Walthall Commissioned Senator.
Jackson, Miss., March 9.—Gen. Ed
ward Walthall has received his commis
sion as United States Senator to succeed
Mr. Lamar, and leaves his home at Gre
nada to-night for Washington.
Coughs.
Brown’s Bronchial Troches are
used with advantage to alleviate Coughs,
Sore Throat and Bronchial Affections.
Sold only in bow,
AFGHANISTAN’S BORDER.
The Result of the Anglo-Russiaa Im
broglio Still In Doubt.
London, March 9.—A St. Peters
burg dispatch to the Times says that
the Russian Government has sent an
official offer to England to with
draw from the hills border ing on Herat,
but states that it will not retire the troops
from the positions occupied at Heri Rud,
or Penjeh, which Russia claims are es
sential to an effectual hold on the Turko
mans. An active scatting of the treops
which have been concentrated in Central
Asia is taking place. It is reported that
the troops are moving from the Caucasus.
RUSSIA MASSING TROOPS.
Late advices show that there can be no
doubt that Russia is rapidly concentrating
troops in Central Asia. ‘An active dis
location or breaking up of the smaller
scattered and unimportant military posts
is progressing. Additional guns and men
are being sent to the Central Asian bat
teries, and troops are moving in from the
Caucasus.
M. Lessar has been instructed to re
main in Loudon another week. Sir Peter
Lumsden has been instructed to withdraw
the Afghan forces from Penjeh. M. de
Giers, the Russian Minister of Foreign
Affairs, has offered to withdraw the
Russian troops trom Zuificar and Akro
bat during the deliberations of the frontier
commission, provided Earl Granville ac
cepts the principles of delimitation pro
posed through M. Lessar, which will
virtually be a concession of the Russian
requirements, as detailed in the recent
St. Petersburg dispatch to the Times, it
is probable that these proposals will be
accepted.
it is reported that Sir Peter Lumsden’s
latest dispatches indicate that matters
are in a very critical position. The Rus
sians are determined upon a forward pol
icy, and a collision is feared.
HOPING FOR PEACE.
Paris, March 9.—The Russian Artistic
Club gave a concert last evening which
was largely attended by the Russian
residents of Paris. The relations between
Great Britain and Russia were the sub
ject of animated discussion. A majority
of those present expressed delight at the
diminished tension between the two
countries. The trouble, in their opinion,
was due to the Russian military party.
The general hope was that war might be
averted.
CALCUTTA’S OPINION.
Calcutta, March 9.—The Afghan fron
tier question is the principal topic of dis
cussion here, but no anxiety is expressed
as to the result. All classes are satisfied
with the determined attitude of the Eng
lish Cabinet. There is a remarkable and
reassuring display of loyalty throughout
the country.
sir lumsden at zurabad.
Teheran, March 9.—Sir Peter Lums
den, the British Commissioner on the Af
ghan question, and his surveying party,
have encamped at Zurabad’, on Per
sian territory. Sir Peter sent to Meshad,
the capital of Khorassan, for a large
amount of supplies. Several members of
his commission have taken quarters in
Meshad.
THE ARMY FROM BAKU.
St. Petersburg, March 9.—The re
ported project to send au army from Baku
to the Afghan frontier was grossly exag
gerated as to the size of ihe army. The
number proposed is not 35,000 men, but
3,500.
BRITAIN’S FLAG IGNORED.
Another Act of Usurpation Charged to
Germany In West Africa.
London, March 9.—Letters from Ma
deira state that advices from the West
Coast of Africa are to the effect that the
Germans have hauled down the British
flag and hoisted the German flag at the
Victoria English mission, a town situated
at the head of Amhas Bay.
Mr. White, the English Consul, pre
tested against such action, but his op
position was unheeded. Mr. White then
started down the old Calabar on a special
steamer, en route to the nearest British
station to report the affair to his govern
ment.
Victoria formerly belonged to the Eng
lish Baptist Missionary Society. The so
ciety purchased the site trom the natives,
but desiring to be relieved of the task of
governing the place, handed the territory
over to England. Mr. Hewitt, tne British
Consul, acting under orders from the
home government, sent to him by Earl
Granville, tbe Foreign Minister, annexed
Victoria to the British Empire in July,
1884. J
Consul White has entered a formal pro
test against the action of the Germans at
Victoria. This action of the Germans
has greatly excited the British west coast
settlements.
In the House of Commons this evening
Lord Edward Fitzmauriee, Under Secre
tary lor the Foreign Office, in reply to a
question by Henry Labouchere, read a
letter from Earl Granville, the Foreign
Minister, concerning the recent colonial
controversy with Germany. In this Lord
Granville says that he has good reason to
hope that this friction will soon be a
thing of the past. The reading oi the let
ter was received with cheers.
BISMARCK’S DISPATCH.
Earl Granville, in his letter, denies that
he ever received Prince Bismarck’s dis
patch of May 5, which he says was evi
dently private, and intended for Count
von Munster’s guidance in dealing with
the general political situation. Shortly
after May 5 Count von Munster
and Count Herbert Bismarck
told Earl Granville that Germany
would be unable to maintain a friendly
attitude in relation to Egyptian affairs if
England continued unfriendly on colonial
questions. Earl Granville denied that
England was unfriendly, and gave posi
tive assurances of future friendly action,
with which Prince Bismarck was satis
fied. The tension which has since arisen
has resulted from a difference of opinion
as to whether the assurances made by
Earl Granville have been kept or broken.
The reading of Earl Granville’s letter left
a bad impression, as it was considered an
inadequate exposition of his denial of the
receipt of Trince Bismarck’s dispatch,
and conveyed a hint that Count
Herbert Bismarck at that time Secretary
of the German Atnbassy, had suppressed
the communication. Right Hon. Robert
Bourke, who was Under Forign Secretary
in the Disraeli Ministry, will soon intro
duce a motion for the production of the
dispatches in order to verify the state
ment that Prince Bismarck bad been
asked to advise England how to deal
with Egypt.
COUNT BISMARCK RETURNS.
London, March 10, 3 a. m.—Count
Herbert Bismarck had an interview of
one hour with Earl Granville last even
ing and alterwards started for Berlin.
Emperor William is highly pleased with
the success of Count Herbert Bismarck’s
recent visit to England, in bringing about
the acquiescence of England in Germa
ny’s colonial schemes in Africa. The
Emperor is about to bestow upon the
Count a high order of knighthood, and it
is stated that Prince Bismaick will take
occasion to declare, in the Reichstag at
the earliest possible opportunity, that
complete reconciliation with England has
been effected.
IRISH AGITATIONS.
Camlugoh the Scene of an Agrarian
Outrage, which Results Fatally.
Dublin, March 9.—A dispatch from
Newry that last night a gang of
marauders visited the house of John
Turley, near Camlough, and gave a man
a terrible beating. His wife interfered in
a most energetic way to save her husband
and was killed. Turley is in a critical
condition to-day. Agrarian troubles are
the alleged cause of theoutrage.
The Mayor of Belfast is coming to Dub
lin with reference to the programme for
the visit or the Prince of Wales. The
Chamber of Commerce of Dublin has
decided to present an address to the
Prince of Wales. The Municipal Coun
cil of Dungannon has also decided to pi-e
--sent an address to the Prince.
THE FLANNERY-ROSSA SPLIT.
Paris, March 9.—lt is said that the re
ported split in the ranks of the Irish revo
lutionist party, between the Flannery
and the Rossa factions, had its origin in a
dispute about money. The Flannery
party insist that thev shall have the dis
bursement of all European collections
without any reference to America, while
the Rossa following take the ground that
all donations to the cause should go into
oneiund. Disbelieved here that Rossa
is losing influence, and it is thought that
this is largely owing to the general dis
charge of Irish employes by English firms
because of tbe general fear and distrust
of Irishmen produced by the dynamite
outrages in London.
The Opera Puffs Cigarette will find a
cordial welcome among its old patrons
who had deprived themselves owing to
their additional cost,
IN KORTi’S SUMMER CAMP.
WOLSELEY AGAIN HARANGUES
THE TROOPS.
The Greater Portion of the Army Now
at the Point of Concentration—Plan of
the Preparations for the Defense of
Suakin—Usman Dlgna Roasts of Com
ing Triumphs.
Suakin, March 9.—The plan adopted
for tbe defense of the town is as follows:
The Indian contingent will camp on the
right of the town, and the guards on the
left, while a semi-circle of redoubts 400
yards apart will be formed I.SOO yards
from the inner line of defenses connecting
with the latter. The water supply is
abundant. Osman Digna has sent a let
ter to the British General in command of
this place recounting the Arab successes,
announcing that the fail of Kassala
is imminent, and warning the
English that they will be de
feated and driven Into the sea if they
venture outside the city. Osman has also
sent a letter to the chief of the friendly
tribe of Amarars, who is now in Suakin,
threatening him with death unless he re
joins El Mahdi’s army and telling him
that the British are doomed, as 7,000
Dervishes have arrived to reinforce his
(Osman’s) army. There is a constant
stream of transport steamers arriving
here.
BULLER’S REAR GUARD AT KORTI.
London, March 9.—A dispatch from
Korti says that the rear guard of Gen.
Redvers Builer’s troops have arrived at
Korti from Gakdul in a terribly lagged
condition.
GAKDUL’S ORDERED EVACUATION.
Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood having ordered
the complete evacuation of Gakdul
wells by March 4. Lord Charles Beres
ford with his naval brigade has arrived
at Korti. Lord Charles reports that he
heard en route that the Hassaniyeh tribe
of hostile Arabs had arranged to harass
the British during their retreat.
Gen. Graham in command of the Suakin
expedition started for that place to-day.
GORDON MEMORIAL SERVICES.
The Archbishop of Canterbury makes a
public expression of his desire to hold re
ligious services in memory of Gen. Gor
don in Cant-rbury Cathedral. St. Paul’s
and Westminster Abbey next Friday.
OVERWORK AT THE ARSENAL.
The Exchange Telegraph Company
publishes a statement that at Woolwich
arsenal the severe strain put upon the
employes by the extra work made neces
sary to fill the war orders of the govern
ment is beginning to tell upon their
health. The arsenal will, it is said, be
hard pushed to fill its commissions for
Ihe Soudan campaign, and it is feared
that a break down will ensue if orders
are added for Afghanistan.
BRACKENBURY AT KORTI.
The Mudir of Dongola has started for
Merawai to inspire by bis presence con
fidence in the native troops there.
Gen. Brackenbury has arrived at Korti.
He reports that the natives all along the
Nile, so far as he has gone, willingly sup
plied the British army with provisions.
WOLSKLEY’S GENERAL REVIEW.
Gen. Wolseley to-day made a general
review of the Nile expeditionary force,
now reunited at Korti, including the
troops ofUons. Brackenbury aud Buller,
the navat brigade commanded by Lord
Charles Beresford and the Canadian voy
agers, under Col. Dennison. Gen. Wol
seley complimented the troops for the
heroism and fortitude with which they
had faced the perils and hardships of the
campaign, and especially thanked the
voyagers lor their services in facilitating
the advance of Gen. Earle’s force toward
Abu Hamed. He presented his own
silver cigarette case to Engineer Ben
bow, of the naval brigade, as a tribute of
admiration of the bluejackets bravery in
repairing, under a heavy fire, the steamer
with which Lord Charles Beresford
rescued Sir Charles Wilson and his party
after they had been wrecked on an island
in the Nile while returning from Khar
toum.
The naval brigade in Soudan is to be
greatly augmented before the resumption
of active operations next autumn.
15,000 MORE MEN NEEDED.
During the discussion of the army es
timates in tho House of Commons this
evening Lord Hartington, Secretary for
War, moved that the forces stationed at
the army depots l>e increased by 3,000
men of all arms of the service. He said
that he believed that the £ 1,300,000 already
voted would cover the cost, of the military
operations in Soudan. The number of
additional men that would be required
for the army next year he estimated at
15,000. In addition to the projected mili
tary railway between Suakin and Berber
he believed that, it would be found advis
able to construct some short lines of
railway along the Nile for the transporta
tion of troops and supplies around tho
more serious cataracts.
In the House of Commons to-day the
Marquis of Hartington, Secretary of
State for War, said that there was reason
to believe that the cost of the Nile expedi
tion would be covered by the sums of
money already voted—namely, £1,000,000
and £300,000. The increase in the army,he
said, would probably be 15,000 men.
HARTINGTON’S STATEMENT.
In the House of Commons to-night the
Marquis of Hartington, in moving a vote
of 3,000 additional men for the army, ex
plained that the cost of the autumn expe
dition to Khartoum will be included in
the expenses of the next financial year,
and would not require another credit.
Before leaving the subject, he wished to
express the gratitude of Parliament and
the country for the services already
rendered by Gan. Wolseley and his
troops. Continuing, he said that
Gen. Graham’s force would dis
perse the rebels, occupy Osman Dig
na’s positions and prevent the rebels
from again concentrating. Gen. Graham
would then open the route to Berber as
far as possible. If he reached Berber in
time he would co-operate with Gen.
Wolseley in his advance on Khartoum.
The Suakin Railway, the Marquis of
Hartington said, would be purely a
military structure, but would doubtless
eventually lead to the establishment of a
permanent, line. The government, he
said, was making arrangements for short
lines of railway and tramway in order to
avoid the Nile cataracts and also lor light
draught steamers, the cost of which
would be included in the next year’s ex
penses. The motion was earned by a
vote of 80 to 21. On mo
lion for a credit of £942,000
for military expenses, Mr. Pease (Lib
eral) moved a reduction of £IOO,OOO in the
cost of the Suaklu Railway. Sir Stafford
Nortbcote thought that the railway was
the keynote of the policy of the govern
ment to establish an orderly government
in Soudan. Mr. Pease’s motion was re
jected by a vote of 173 to 50. The mi
nority consisted of all the I’arnellites, one
Conservative and the rest Liberals. A
resolution to charge the cost of the In
dian troops engaged in the Soudan on In
dia was carried by a vote of 88 to 23.
THE CANAL'S NEUTRALITY.
Paris, March 9.— Prime Minister Ferry
has, made a proposition for a meeting
of the international commission at
Paris on March 19 for the pur
pose of effecting the neutrality of the
Suez canal. Only one delegate from
each power shall have a vote. Turkey
has been invited to send a representative,
but Egypt has not, on the ground that
she is a vassal of the Porte.
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.
A Lion Tamer’s Body Lacerated and
the Spectators Horrified.
Paris, March 9.—The great lioness in
the winter circus here attacked Edward
Williams, the lion tamer, while he was
putting her through, her regular per
formance in her cage last night. The
scene at once threw the vast audience
into horror, and for a while the people
were spellbound. Williams made a
most desperate struggle, and the fight
between him and the enraged beast lasted
for some minutes, during which he was
terribly lacerated, the lioness bounding
about the cage bowling with rage. The
circus attendants who ran to Williams’
assistance with iron bars and prongs,
while they finally succeeded in saving
his life, goaded the lioness to such fero
city that her actions threw the specta
tors into a panic.
a wiLn rush.
They rushed pell-mell from the place,
men crushing women and children down,
and in many cases passing over them.
During all this excitement the lion tamer
preserved his self-control, and gradually
neared the gate of the cage, his person
tom and mangled, and bleeding from in
numerable wounds. At a favorable
moment the door was opened, and Wil
liams quickly stepped out, and sprung it
behind him. The moment he touched the
ground he sank down from exhaustion
into a prolonged swood. He had to be re
moved to a hospital, where his injuries
were pronounced very serious.
PITTSBURG’S SOCIALISTS.
A Majority ol the Members Found to be
Vicious Foreigners.
Tittsburg, March 9.— The Chronicle-
Telegraph this afternoan published a long
article confirming their recent story of
sudden activity on the part of Socialistic
organizations in this city. Special detec
tives have been giving tho subject dili
gent attention for the past two weeks,
and have discovered that out of 1,500
members in this county, not over a dozen
actual citizens, properly known as work
ingmen, are joined to the organization,
and that in almost every case where an
acknowledged member is found, he be
longs to a class of ioreigners who have
come, or been driven to this coun
try to make a living off
of the product of honest labor, and who,
if he works at all, only does so when Le
can get no one else to support him. But,
at the same time, it has been found that
the organizations are strong enough to be
a constant menace to property, and that
they deserve watching on the’part of the
authorities. While too cowardly to make
any overt action themselves, they are
watchful of opportunities, aud would take
immediate advantage of any public tur
moil to work their will when responsi
bility could be thrown upon somebody
else.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
The Oriental Governments Trying to
Settle tbe Corean Mutter Unaided.
San Francisco, March 9.—Advices to
the Associated Press from Yokohama,
state that negotiations between China
and Japan in reference to the Corean
trouble, will shortly be begun at Peking.
Japan will send a special ambassador.
She will Insist upon a disclaimer of the
attack by Chinese troops, and will pro
pose a joint withdrawal ot soldiers from
Corea. A Corean embassy had arrived at
Tokio with a letter of apology from the
King of Corea to the Emperor of Japan.
It is said that the French regard the pros
pect of a disagreement between Japan
and China as an opportunity for an alli
ance with tiie former against the
latter. Japan, however, is disposed
to settle iis difficulty with China separ
ately. It has been definitely determined
that a treaty revision conference will
meet in March. It is thought that the
conference will occupy not more than
three weeks.
Gen. Foote, United States Minister to
Corea, had an audience with the Emperor
on Feb. 17 by special desire of his Majes
ty, who cordially thanked the General for
his humane and courageous conduct in
protecting a number of Japanese during
the Cbrean riots. The Empress presented
Mrs. Foote with a handsome tea set.
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
The British Authorities Discuss the
Possibility of Faster Time.
London, March 9. —The government,
in a blue book on the British mail service,
states that attempts to secure faster
service between Great Britain and
America by way of Queenstown have
resulted unsatisfactorily, and that the
existing mail contracts for the Atlantic
service has been continued one year.
In the House ot Commons this afternoon,
during the debate on the question of more
rapid dispatch of the mails to America,
Shaw Leievre, the I’ostmaster General,
said that he was willing that a select
committee should be appointed to con
sider the matter.
Mr. Lefevre also said that his prede
cessor, Mr. Fawcett, had been very
anxious to arrange a faster mail service
across tho Atlantic. His plan
was to follow the method
adopted by the United States
and give the contracts for carrying the
British mails to tlie fastest steamers, but
lie found great difficulty in securing
changes in contracts.
A WORKING PRESIDENT.
No Junketing Parties to be Indulged In
by the New Executive.
Washington, March B.—A prominent
Albanian here, speaking to your corres
podent about tbe now Administration,
said to-day: Mr. Cleveland will immedi
ately devote himself to work that he out
lined at Albany, and will not sit down
and wait lor events. He has a plan in
his m.nd for the prosecution of some
work that may take months to complete,
and by that time he expects something
new will have occurred to him. The
members of his Cabinet, too, will start
with him, and they will have to earn their
salaries.”
Do you think Mr. Cleveland will be as
industrious as ho was at Albany?”
“More so,” was the reply. “I very
much doubt whether he will take any
summer vacation at all, and if he does
not, none of the Cabinet officers will.
There will be no more junketing expedi
tions on the Tallapoosa or the Dispatch,
for I myself have heard Mr. Cleveland
when he was Governor refer to the bad
taste of 6uch performances. Indeed, I
would not be surprised to see the Dis
patch, the President’s official yacht,
turned back into the revenue service, as
Mr. Cleveland would not use her a mouth
in the year, and meantime she lays here
at Washington with a big staff ol officers
eating herselt up. These little things re
ceive Mr. Cleveland’s attention as much
as big things.”
This gentleman, who is a personal
friend of the President, says Mr. Cleve
land has a peculiar mind that is most at
rest when he is at work, and that is one
cause of bis extraordinary industry. He
says Mr. Cleveland has a more minute
knowledge ot the affairs of the State of
New York than any ex-Governor thereof,
and that his originally wide knowledge of
constitutional law has been immensely
broadened by bis study of affairs at Al
bany. Indeed, he has a rare knowledge
of legal principles and a careful, pains
taking mind like that of John Marshall.
Being asked what were Mr. Cleveland’s
amusements, if he had any, and what
books he read for recreation, this friend
of his replied: “Mr. Cleveland likes to be
alone with a book, a soft lamp and a good
cigar. His favorite poet isWaltWnit
man, and he has read and reread all that
he has written. He also reads the works
of William Black and Charles Reade:
also Anthony Trollope, and he has read
some of Bret Harte, hut he is not much of
a book man, and reads a novel only occa
sionally. I do not know if he is fond of
the drama or not, but he does like good
music.”
‘•Do you think Washington will make
Mr. Cleveland much of a society man,
like his predecessors?”
“No. Ills tastes are very quiet, un
demonstrative and domestic. At Albany
he has given very few receptions, and
those only in a perfunctory way, as if his
station demanded it. He has often, how
ever, given stag parties, many of which I
have attended. He likes to get together
a snug party of men to indulge in a quiet
game of whist, and these affairs he likes
to have as informal as possible. Daniel
Manning was one of the best whist play
ers in Albany,”
“What does Mr. Cleveland drink?”
“Like all stout men, he likes lager beer,
especially in summer. I never saw him
drink anything else except mineral
water, but 1 suppose the lager will have
to give place to something more fashion
able here in Washington. He smokes
cigars, which he likes strong, but does
not smoke many of them. I remember
once I wanted him to smoke a cigarette,
but he refused it and indulged In a dis
sertation on the evils of cigarette smok
ing.”
Being asked whether he thought Mr.
Cleveland was fond of ladies’ society and
whether he might not get married this
Albanian replied no; that Mr. Cleveland
was not much of a ladies’ man, and that
he thought certain things weighed upon
his mind which might make him rather
avoid society, and that be had no idea of
marrying; hadn’t time to do so anyway,
as be had so much work on his hands.
Among the people of Washington so
ciety Mr. Cleveland is regarded with a
great deal of curiosity. He certainly is
nothing like ex-President Aithur. Mr.
Arthur, by the wav, had his bed chamber
in the White House got up in “a way to
kifl.” People who have seen it say that
nothing short of the boudoir of a French
lady of fashion approached it for chic and
general luxury oi surroundings. Some
say that he devoted many hours of thought
to it when he first entered the White
House, whiie others assert that it was
the creation of Mr. Louis Tiffany. At
aDy rate it knocked out anything of the
kind ever seen here before." Appreciating
the character of his successor, it is said
Mr. Arthur nad the furniture and biic-a
brac in this chamfer carefully packed up
and sent away, and so as to conceal all
evidence of a weakness for beautiful ef
fects, had the walls Dapered in some more
commonplace style. The room was then
refurnished in the ordinary way ol a gen
tleman's private apartment,
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A BREAD RIOT IN CRACOW
UNEMPLOYED WORKMEN SUR
ROUND A CASTLE.
Police Disperse the Crowd—Reason for
Encouraginent at Home Found In the
Settlement of Several Strikes and the
Resumption of Work by Several Large
Concerns.
AA arsaw, March 9,—A bread riot
was suppressed by police at Cracow to
day. A great number of poor and unem
ployed workingmen gathered in front of
a rich man’s castle in a suburb of Cracow
and made a great disturbance, demanding
work or bfead. The polico were sent for
and came in numbers sufficient to sur
round the assemblage of workingmen.
The latter submitted without resistance
to dispersal, but 100 of the more conspicu
ous of them were arrested and lodged in
jail.
ENCOURAGING INDICATIONS.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 9.—The indica
tions of a good spring trade among the iron
firms or this city are more favorable. The
Juniata, Keystone and Shoenbprgers mills
resumed to-day alter being closed down
several months. Other firms report their
orders to be increasing. The Elba Iron
and Bolt AVorks will start up in a few
days.
A MONSTER STRIKE.
The coal miners’ strike which was in
augurated to-day promises to be the
greatest war for wages ever fought by the
colliers of this district. Of the 12,000
miners in the Pitts hirg district it is esti
mated that seven-eighths are out to-day
for the 0 cents rate. The river and rail
road miners have joined hands, aud it is
confidently expected by the leaders of the
movement that the strike will be almost
unanimous by to-morrow.
A I.ONG STRIKE ENDED.
AVhkeling, AV. A’a., March 9.—The
glass workers’strike, which resulted in
the closing down of eight flint giass fac
tories over the river in Bellaire, Martin’s
Ferry anti Bridgeport, 0., last December,
is at an end. Tue operators have had a
conference with Ibo men and informed
them that if they will go to work until
next June at the rates prevailing when
the strike occurred and endeavor to se
cure an arrangement—such as the manu
facturers contemplated—whereby wages
will be paid by tbe piece, the works
will start up as soon as the fires can be
lighted. The men have accepted the
offer.
AN AMICABLE ARRANGEMENT.
Chicago, March 9.—The strike at the
Calumet iron and Steel Company’s mills
lias been amicably arranged, and in a few
days, as soon as the necessary details
about the mill can be arranged, men
numbering 700 or 800 will resume work.
The discharged employes, because of
whom the strike originated, will not be
reinstated.
55,000 TO STRIKE.
London, March 9 —A strike of 30,000
miners against a reduction of 10 percent,
in wages is impending at Rotherham. If,
as is expected, the .South Stafford miners
join the strike the total number of miners
idle will be 55,000.
AN ORANGE COUNTY MANIAC.
Made Insane by the Excitement of the
Inauguration.
Philadelphia, March 7.— After the
passengers on the Washington express
left the train at the Broad street station
Thursday afternoon the train officials
were surprised to see a tall, well-dressed
young man of prepossessing appearance
walk to one of the doors, step upon the
platform, and then return to his seat in
the car and remain in it. A brakeman
informed him that be was in Phila
delphia, and that he could go no
further in that train. The man made no
answer, and, upon being accosted
rather sharply, jumped up and threat
ened to throw the brakeman out of
the window. Other station employes ar
rived and tried to put the man off forcibly,
bu; he resisted all tiieir efforts and re
tained his 6cat. The train was backed to
a siding at Twenty-first street, where a
police officer, who was summoned, saw
that the man was insane, and sent for two
other officers. The three tried to induce
him to leave the car, but he refused, and
they were compelled to remove him by
force. He struggled fiercely until he was
locked up in the Twentieth District sta
tion house, where he quieted down.
When asked where he lived and where he
came from he replied: “Orange county,
New York. My name is M. T. Winnie;
that’s all you need to know.” lie was
kept in the station house during the
night.
Y esterday morning he appeared ration
al, and said he wanted to go home. lie
stated that he had been traveling through
the South, and that, after witnessing the
inauguration of President Cleveland, ho
was on bis way home. When taken from
the train he had a small gripsack filled
with sea shells and SSO in money in his
pocket. They were returned to him by
Lieut. Myers. Winnie walked to the
Broad street station, when he became
suddenly violent and shouted wildly. He
was again arrested by an officer whom
he tried to knock down. His frantic ef
forts to escape were only overcome
when six policemen carried him back to
the station house, nere two doctors
examined him and pronounced him in
sane. He was then taken to the Norris
town asylum. Winnie talked about the
inaugural display at Washington with
much enthusiasm. It is thought that the
excitement of the occasion so seriously
aggravated previous mental troubles
to cause him to become a maniac.
ters and a diary were found pot: on
which indicated that he bis % brother
living in Orange county, V V. ;
relatives in Florida. The eutrir- i rie
diary show that he had b .
several months in the So i.
tivos have been informed >f ■ vi.
abouts and condition.
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Two Firms Said to Hat 1 o
8000,000 Speculating in ■. • .
Hays.
New York, March S. • has k
a remarkable decline in the value oi Oouc
dollars. This “ex-coin,” for it has no
real value in this country now, except as
so much bullion, has been an object of
wide-spread speculation for the past two
years. The expectation has been that
Congress would redeem the trade dollar
at par, and a bill for this purpose was
before the last Congress, but the
session ceased with no action taken
upon it. In the belief that the govern
ment would redeem the dollar at par
bullion speculators have been for two
years buying up the coins and hoarding
them till Congress should act. At least
iwo well-known Wail street firms have
each held 500,000 of the trade dollars
purchased all the way from 90 to 95 cents.
Before Congress adjourned the market
pri::e of the dollars was 90 cents. Yes
terday Zimmerman & Forshy purchased
100,000 at 84 cents. At this rate a slight
profit can be made by exporting them to
China. The two firms alluded to above
must have lost SIOO,OOO on their specula
tion.
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