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ESTABLISHED 1830.
.1 H. F;sTILX, Editor and Proprietor.!
GEORGIA _AND_ FLORIDA.
the news op the two states
toed in. paragraphs.
4 , t ,,rj of the Firs* Search for Kepre
ut*ll® Hudgins, of ArkanMi-1
iiramt harity Kali on the Tapis at
V tnta The Fleecing of a Cobb
County Farmer.
(■KORGU.
property of Cobb county aggre
intv'* grand jury >e taking stops to
voting, end have made out one
_-r* —man Crisp has been confined to hi*
• -s since his arrival at hia home
: this year Americus received
- <>f guano against 2,Ttt tons last year
-...me date.
tt :it Colon, of Newnan, has re -
.ipl-. ntment to the United .Slates
\< ,i iemy at West Point, N. Y.
.r A t v. in Habersham county. Tuesday,
; lard shot Martin Conroy" in the neck
inflicting a painful aad dangerous
~:ate inner of the Women’s Chr stian
r ince Union of Georgia will lie sent to
e Orleans to lie flung to the breeze on
tor of the Hamilton Journal pastes
.nr '-page paper this week by a con-
I,vented by himself which he will
itented. lie thinks that “there's mil*
- it.”
; ■ ersof Ciwinnett county will vote on
on rmMsb on April 10. The
oni'ts up to the present time are not
organize I, and the whisky men are
try thing in their power to win the
authorities of the Central Railroad at
are expecting the arrival of the Wad
o ument on or about May 1. It will lie
and it the intersection of’ Mulberry and
i . -tc. *. and will lie a worthy tribute to
in iry of the late President.
Reynolds, a small boy at Macon,
i r ful story aliou: having been cruelly
to* father, George Reynolds, of
... 1 then put on a train hound for
.i .and told never to return. He a'leges
- *t. 11mother is at the bottom of his ill*
.v ,:tcr Jones, a young colored man of
g..t into a friendly scuffle with a
r of colored Uamselson Sunday evening
.... an ! was having lotsof fun when the Kiris
rv-te 1 and flung lum up in the air. They
try t<* ,lop nun when be came down,
no result is a broken thigh.
Americus Tuesday : fternoon, a negro
• .t of a tree behi and Hudso 's drug store,
nal.inb aliout twent -live eet Irom the
He was engaged in trimming the
- o . when a very heavy one he had cut
struck kirn, carrying hi to the ground
i> nil. II landed o his beau, and in a very
a t time was recovering,
s; lay fight about 12:30 o'clock several
- * in Athens were rocked bv a crowd of
ghs It is not known whether the men
. r negroes or whites, but the police are on
r track and will get them if possible. One
the rock* was thrown through a window
to a Young lady's bedroom, and was the size
A g mans Usi.
, A St tads A. Hickson,
•hi .it heiress from Hancock,” went to
■ ista last Friday. Everybody on the train
• - anxious to see the richest eoiored woman
ic United states. She created aliout as
of a sensation as did Henry Ward
i.eeober when he traveled through the South.
was drcs-cd in deep mourning and had
b. r mother and yonnge-t boy With her.
The wbt-ky bu-mess in Haralson aounty is
in a muddle. The returns of the laic election
wi re -cut to the Governor, when they should
hue l.n scut '• the Ordinary. TheO.-di
nary wrote to the Governor and had the re
turn* * ni back; then issued a proclamation
as proi i v* I by the act •-t the legislature gov
erning th election. The saloon keepers say
: hat. having ~i£te and town license to g. 11.
ih. v'w :i not elo-e up until their licenses run
The ladies of the Woman’s Exchange of
-o rg. i are arranging fo.- the largest and
u uiagmfl 'cnt ch arity ball ever given ’u
th state. lie object of the ba 1 is to raise
i , ugh money to make the sxrhatige a |t* r
ai . :,t institution. The ball will lie given
April L a l>ciiive's Opera House, \t
:.t i. It will be managed e tire yby ladies,
ler the patronagn of the Atlan
.*•> .if oilier Georgia cities Will
give the affair a helping hand.
\ reception was given at Shorter Female
. .. !cgc at Romo s few nights ago to which
,1 of the male students of the city were
t . I. several young men who had not
.. i I V,ted felt ggn„ved, and after the re
in guests bad departed and the college
ib * were as eep went beneath the win
>- and gave them a boisterous serenade,
next Trorning they were compelled to
,r before the Mayor and were fined 110
sd;. An apjieal w ill be made to the City
ouneit.
M :."t It is a fart known to
. , r tv with the situation that
*i of R>-well o geographically situated
. terrilorv of Milton county, aithougli it
part of Cobbeoanty. It is eighteen
. ■ Marietta and oiilr six miles from
ifriu; for this reason the population of
. i*! unanimously in favor of be
pu; utu MtHon county. Could not our
: R< present itive aid in this im
uit matter, and if no insurmountable
•\r exists, accomplish thisdesired and tie
.-.rside oi.jecf *
% r.:cr; us S. ’r-fer: Very much to the sur
. - • aim *t every one. the cotton receipts
. \ nericu* for the rf i-.in 18S4-'5 exceeds the
previous, .is i' evidenced by the fol
z figures Kece’pts to date, 23,911 bales;
pu last season, g t. 7! 7; excess for this sea*
.:l thev receipts are estimated
'optember to September, the probability
.t . ur recei U will run up t 025,009 by
-• ~t. 1 next. There has been shipped this
-i- n i',tj i. leaving on hand 523; shipped at
rrv.-M.,;. ling date last year, 22,110; leaving
rr. it.,ml 1 37.
'T ire-lav morning James Adams, who
-one mile north of Senota went to town
r , a load or guano, and left his daughter,
■ , ,r at home alone. He was absent
.t one hour. When he returned he found
some way his daughter's elothmg
aught fire and that his building was
-*. on tie. Il stems when llie girl saw that
.i v was -'ii fire she ran out of the
1 no thicket near by. and there
itrncdtah a crisp. It is supposed
h* Inn accidental. Mr. Jdams suc
-•d i<* extinguishing the fire in his house.
- -e the >a*t report two new cases of small
—have developed in Thom
' these, a **egrt> woman, the wife
'.i Rutier. create! *o®e exciU'aient
- m I • fact that she was no* within the
tine section, and her attack emi.' 1 " not
- toniy accounted for. She declared
id IN, n ne ir anyone having
: -i but this assertion is "not believed,
so far, not a single case is reported
- e of the quarantine seotloii. Mayor
i un g veil a* las opinion that the negro
ivn ciandesimely in wulated. She has
placed under strict quarantine,
f. * av. wluli' the 12-year-oUI daughter of
K ii ‘un. who resides about S> 4 miles
■*{ I .wi—nceviUe, was preparing din
• r. r • ulhtng .slight and almost instantly
a •s. Ihe mother and
n ■ re :i am! at the time, there being
| n sent but twe smail children. Will
i r . i.chancer! lo be paasine, heard t e
- • t the r ri and went to her assistance,
ii si j;i. as every vesiigeof clothing ■
.4 i.un.t fr,'m ;he lusiy. In her efforts to |
• *, had set fire to near
• tksMMhlUMlhtt fortimely
-- -tance would have burpod it. She dieu
w i'iucs.tay r ight.
At l.awrenceville a few davs ago L^eMiller.
.riif v man rarjs nter, employed on the
*- url house, while &dj*.sliu< the boxing
- . o. 53 feet above terra firma.
. i .iv-ntally masned his finger, living of
. tiaposiUon, the intense pain caused
-l iei ii aad swoon, w hen he fell to the
a distance of Si fleet. Miller made
- , uiß.-t la .i. being stopped in his descent
-. ifi . ding, his last fall, however,
. - , f .t. il was a miraculous es
.j, instant death, a*id probably would
five r -ulivd 'atally if be had not been un
- at the time. He sustained no in
r t. ;*eak of, except breaking his cheek
K. me rourire: Judge Ur.anham has gone j
At anta. He will i>res’de in :he Supreme
v o rt in Uie case of Knoxville Iron Works
' - w linFosl A Cos. One of the Supreme
_ - is ■!.-qualified. The main
-;, n iu vol ved is the fees of the assignee of
t* , . kina, I’st A Cos. The case was referred
' :.r. auditor and he allowed the assignee
al,i- . U then went lo the Superior Court and
ta re Judge Hammond had >n issue made
c|wn this i>oint and submitted it to a jury,
-a fonud ♦5.0,0 for the assignee. He is not
and this council wants t 1,500.
’ v A Cos. recently failed iu Atlanta
and assigned. They were bridge builders,
nd did a large busineaa.
-i. Marx'* correspondence News, March 17:
U or J. M. Arrow, of St. Marc’s, joined to
il •r. Match tfi. John Tucker and K 1 za
strangers here, in the holy bonds of
rr'.atr m.jjiy. The Mayor is not quite like
M . Havid Baiiov, Justice of the Peace of St.
1. district. The Mayor marries at half
*' e provided he be permitted to salute the
. The last time he married a couple the
-v -aid: “Mavor, you can kiss her again
7 r tne ua*er |2.j0." The Mavor backed out
X. • orange tre.s of St. Marv's are very full
of i-ioom and the nroipccts for a fine crop are
Not with-ianding we have many
empty dwellings here at present, Mrs. Annita
h, rhimire is having a dwelling erected on
w peantiiul lot. one of the choicest in tho
• tv. Mr. T H. Hawkins and W. U. Bunk
lev", C*q,. have lenced in fine lots in which to
*nt trill* trees, principally the sweet
-■range au 1 i.l Conte pear, which grow
laxuriaully here.
Marietta' Journal: Ur. Meridas Simpson,
i x.ng in this county, n*ar Chattahoochee
7 - r. carried a fat steer C’ 1 Atlanta and sold
. he imtcher for W. He and his little hoy
V eil the Marietta express trgin to return
Just b-fre the train started two men
** in. One seated himself beside Mr.
.a and the other on a seat in the rear,
thereafter this last named cnnfl ienec
* , stepped up to h s “pard” and asked the
In of some money, saving he was express
m*-*M uger on the train and wanted to make
took pavmenta before the train left. The
*'pard replied that he only bad ten dollars
-*l>4 loaned him that amount. The so
called express messenger then addressed
Mr. Surapsoo, and asked him if he
couldn’t loan him some money, that he
would hand it back to him directly, as soon as
he went into the express car. Mr. bimp-ou
Puded out his 117 aad handed it to the
stranger, thinking it was a matter in which
he oould be as accommodating as the “other
lanow” beside him. After the train had left
‘lCte jSarromah Hem
Atlanta about a half a mile behind, Mr. Simp
l^at Hie "stranger” and the so
called express messenger were no where to
be Seen, and he called a gentleman on the
train and told him to tell the express messen
ger to pit ase return the money that he had
loaned him. Explanations were then entered
into, and it soon dawned upon the unsophis
ticated mind of Mr. Simpson that he had been
cheated out of 525 by two tharpers. Conduc
tor Turner stopped the train, and Mr. Simp
son footed it back to Atlanta, with the hope
of finding the thieves, who had robbed him so
unmercifully, and he, too, a poor, needy man*
The Athens Banner- Watchman prints the
following additional details concerning au
occurrence already described in the News:
Meeting up with I.ieut. Arnold of the police
force, we inquired if he had ever heen sent to
Arkansas to arrest a member of the Legisla
ture of the State for burning a house in Mon
roe, Walton county. “Yes, lean give you a
full history of it. in lSfllior l-wt:, Joe G."Hud
gins and a man named Addington came into
Monroe and set fire to a store t hat stood where
the store of U. G. Nowell now stands. The
proof against these two men was positive,
and the next morning I got up a posse and
billowed in pursuit. I caught Addington in
Jeffrrson, but Hudgins made his escape and
went to Arkansas. Addington was brought
back to Monroe, convict*' l l and sentenced to
the |>enitentiary, but Builock gave him a par
don without his ever serving a day. I learned
that Hudgins had -ettled in Hallas. Arkansas,
an*l had been elected a member of the Legis
lature. I knew he was the man I was alter,
and immediately got a requißitmtilfrnm Gov.
dames M. .-smith and started for Lutle Hock.
A. 11. Garland, at present a member of Presi
dent Cleveland's Cabinet, was then Governor
of Arkansas, and to him 1 went with the
requisition. Gov. Garland expressed great
surprise at the requisition, and said that
there must be some mistake, as Hudgins was
a very prom neßt man in Arkansas and was a
warm personal friend of his. 1 informed
Gov. Garland that I knew my business, and
knew that Hudgins was the right man.
This happened about 10 o’clock in the
morning, and I wanted to get ttie requisi
tion signed ami get off to where Hudgins
lived by 1 o'clock, as I hail to travel over
the mountains through a dangerous country
100 miles before 1 could get to where Hudgins
lived. I left the Governor’s office, and I never
got llie requisition until that evening at 5
o'clock. This delayed me twelve hours, as I
could not leave lielore the next day. While
1 was at the hotel waiting a young clerk that
I saw in the Governor’s office came in ami
pointed me out to a man who was with Inin,
ami I am certain that this man went on ahead
of me. amt gave Hudgins the information
that I was coming, as A perfect description
of mvgelf was given to parties iu the
town of Pallas long before I arrived.
When I reached there Hudgins had been
gone some lime. He went over in the Indian
nation, and from there to Texas, where he
lived for a few years, and then came back to
Arkansas, and is now a member of the legisla
ture ami a prominent man Gov. McDaniel
is after him now, and he knows all the cir
cumstances, os it happened at bis home.
Hmigin- will be caught and brought to jus
tice. I had a perilous and ri-ky trip over the
mount tins of Arkansas. While traveling
along I saw an old bear with two cubs lying
in the sun on the side of the mountain. At a
place where I Stayed over night th • wolves
attacked the sheepfold, and from the fuss they
made I thought pandemonium hail broke
loose. Hudgins will be convicted if he is ever
bronght to Walton countv.
FLORIDA.
St. Augustine’s hotels are crowded with
tourists.
Key West exported 1,530,000 cigars this
week to New York,
ljuite a number of Kev West spurge vessels
arrived last week. Their trips were failures.
The muddy water eau-cd by the southwest
winds made it impossible for them to gather
sponges lo any extent.
The old Spanish gag at the St. Augustine
Museum that Mr. McMillan unearthed last
November, ami which created such a sensa
tion at the time, was photographed during
the past week, and will be engraved for a
popular Northern magazine.
Among the important cases to be tried at
Sumter Circuit Court this week will be the
case of Birehllcld, assault with attempt to
kill Major Couper last winter. Another im
portant ease involving a |35,000 orange grove
of W. L. Gordon vs. Mathew Coleman will
also be tried at the same term.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railway ami I)e Hary-Baya and Peoples’
lines of steau-ers will give’ the General Pas
ser ger Agents’ Association and their families
a complimentary trip to-day. They arc to
go bv rail anil steamer to Lake George and
back. The association will hold their annual
business meeting in Jacksonville.
The Board o' Aldermen of Key West, at
tln ir last meeting, repealed an ordinance, but
upon examining the ordinance hooks ibis
u eek it was found that they hid shot a long
distance from the mark, and had repealed an
ordinance relating to the sanitary condition
of tho island, instead of one regulating the
opening and closing of saloons as intended.
An important capture of burglars has been
made by the local officers of Gainesville. They
gave their nsines as Thomas Sawyer, Louis
idle. Ky.; W. A. Harris, Columbus, O.; Chas.
S. King! California, and Lawrence Clark, At
lanta, Ga. From information by Col. Snell—
he having found the holing place of these
suspiciou* cnarai ters. aliout one ntlle south of
town. Marshal Davies and policeman Ben
nett slarted on a tour last Suuday morning,
and kept at work quietlv but persistently all
ilav on .•Sunday, and on Monday morning dis
covered their place. They liad secreted them
selves,n a house just north of the old saw
dust pile on the Transit road northeast of
town. One of tho men was on guard and
gave the alarm to his comrades, who immedi
ately started tn different directions, after
throwing several articles under the house and
settiug it on fire. The officers at once ordered
them to stop, at the same time drawing their
pistols and threatening to shoot if iheir or
ders were not obeyed. The chances were
against them, and they submitted. The men
were chained together and brought to the
cite, where they were put liehirn! the bars in
ihj county jail. Before they were captured,
one of tl* cumber was seen to throw some
thing into an old well, and in the afternoon it
was searched by the officers. After drawing
out about 8 feet of water, their search was re
warded bv finding a large bunch of keys ami a
watch. The keys were taken to Mrs. Snell's,
at the Seville House, and idemifled by her.
They were also found to lit tj*e locks of the
houk*. A lot ol jewelry and some silverware
was found on their persons, and they were
dressed in new clothes. Some of their obi
shoes were found, and from trial found to tit
the tracks near the rear door of Mr. Endel’s
store, which was broken into last week. No
doubt is entertained that they were the per
sons who entered Mr. Endel’s,"although noth
ing found on their persons has yet been iden
tified, as Mr. Endel is absent from the city at
present. It is known that two large grain
sacks of plunder were seen to be in their pos
session on Sunday but the sacks have
not yet been founll.
SWORN TO COMMIT MURDER.
A Secret lrf*<ue Plot* the Heath of 11
Men In a fexi? Town.
The following dispatch to the Dallas
(Texas', Herald, from Wichita Falls,
Texas, gives ad ditional particulars rela
tive to an assassination sooiety, an ac
count ot which was published in the News
several days ago:
Three citizens have been killed here
since Jan. 1. They were W. R. Morrison,
llillis Jones and Heck Garrison. Garrison
was killed bv John Davidson, lmme
diatelv after the killing of Morrison this
notice was found posted on the court
house door:
No one wanted to investigate this case. The
man who does will go to ——. Vo wanted
iD this case. Citues,
Since that time rangers and other
parties have been at work trying to dis
cover the murderers. After obtaining
what inlormation they could, Uapt.
Schmidt, ot the rangers, called on Gov.
Ireland, at Justin, and informed him what
had been done, Cant. Schmidt said the
Governor ordered him here with his com
pany of rangers.
The result is that twenty-three citizens
are now here under arrest. Five or six
of them are charged with killing Morri
son and the remainder as being accom
plices. Capt. Schmidt says the State ex
pects to prove that ’here was a regular
organization formed by the defendants
for the purpose of killing certain persons.
He turnishedthe lollowing documents,
saying that they were exact copies of the
originals turnished him by one of the wit
nesses who has turned State’s evidence,
and who belonged to the organization:
We the members of this committee, bind
ourselves to kill all bad men whose names
mav be given by any of our members, with
out'some cau‘c can be given, amt then it fchall
be left to tbe majority. W e furthermore
..ledge ourselves to assist any of our brother
members in ail undertakings, even to the ex
tent of our lives. Any <jf tbe members who
give any of our transaction as* ay by sigu or
action we bind ourselves to take hM|fe.
Signed T. P. Wilson. A. r. Ilogg, John
Davidson. G. T. Dougla*. C. G. Forbe . R. D.
Rector. E. B. Kinsey. C. G. Kin . s , e - r ’
non, Duncan, J. A. treage, B. W . Kdgell,
Joseph Schmidt, John Bland, Jan Laugbam,
Tom Gibson, Newton Gibson, Joan steagald,
j. F. Moody, Paul Halffe. W. H. Terry, James
Bland. 'Slayton, W. H. Ney.
The following ip a list of the men whom
the band condemned to death.
C. M. Byarns, G. Mills, Dr. Johnson, Judge
Doan, Tom Clay. R. C. Spencer, H. S. Bays.
Bob Sanmen, Hollis Jones (killed), Ray Mor
rison (killed), Heck Garrison (killed).
All of the persons whose names appear
to the oath have been arrested except one.
Among the number arrested are the Sher
iff of Willbarger county and seven of his
deputies, and the editor and proprietor of
the Vernon Guard newspaper. The Guard
came out on Saturday denouncing in
strong terras the Rangers, and accusing
them of being the tool in the hands ot the
roughest and rfjost disreputable class, to
crush good citizens and the civil authori
ties in their efforts to rid the country of
cow thieves, horse thieves and incen
diaries. * . ..
The expose *1 the gang was brought
about by a friend of Hick Garrison and
the murdered men going Vernon, ’oining
the band as a detective, taking the oath,
learning all the secrets, securing the doc
uments, and then betraying the criminals.
He has, tor the time being, fled from that
part of the country, but will appear at
the proper time.
NEW YORK’S POSTMASTER
PEARSON TO BE SUCCEEDED BY
A BUSINESS MAN.
A Return to the Senate Said to be Mr.
McDonald’s Only Immediate Ambi
tion—Georgians en route Home—The
Nominations Sent to tbe Senate Yes
terday.
Washington, March 19.— The indica
tions at the White House now point to a
relusal on the part of the President to re
appoint Postmaster Pearson, of New
York. The President has trustworthy in
formation from New Y'ork that Mr. Pear
son was an active Blaine man last year.
Numerous protests from business men
against his reappointment have been re
ceived, but no application lor the place
has been made. It will probably te
filled with some well known business
man.
YESTERDAY’S NOMINATIONS,
It it said that the nominations sent to
the capitol to-day, after the Senate ad
journed, were ex-Governor Porter of
Tennessee for Assistant Secretary of
State, ex-Congressmen Atkins of Tennes
see for Commiesioner of Indian Affairs,
ex-Congressman Sparks of Illinois for
Commissioner of the Land Office, and
John B. Stoll of Indiana for Public
Printer.
M’DONALD’B ALLEGED AMBITION.
There is nothing whatever in the report
that ex-Senator McDonald has been
offered the position of Solicitor General
for the Department of Justice. Such a
position would not be offered to a lawyar
of such high standing. No position has
been, or, it is understood, will be offered
to him, for he has informed the President
that there is no place in his gilt which he
would accept. Mr. McDonald expects to
be returned to tbe Senate in place of
Benjamin Harrison. That is bis desire.
GEORGIANS COMING HOME.
Gen. Gordon’s family, Ben H. Hill, Jr.,
and Patrick Calhoun were among the
Georgians who left lor home to-night.
JUDGE BLACK’S POWERS.
Secretary Lamar proposes to give Com
missioner of Pensions Black a control of
tbe Pension Office which shall be practi
cally absolute. His theory is that the re
sponsibility of the administration of the
pension system should rest upon one man,
ah'd that that man should be the Commis
sioner of Pensions, and not the Secretary
of the Interior. The jurisdiction exer
cised by the latter should be almost pure
ly appellate. Therefore, Jie will hold
Commissioner Black responsible for the
Pension Office without in any way inter
fering with his prerogatives. There will
be no irregular appointments by tbe Sec
retary of the Interior in the Pension Bu
reau under this administration.
MR. HAY AT WORK.
Malcolm Hay spent most of the day
with First Assistant Postmaster General
Crosby learning the duties of his new
office. Its principal duty now is the fil
ing away the numerous letters which
are received every day from
men ard women desiring Post
masterships. Eight hundrid letters
of this character were received to-day.
This is a larger number than has been re
ceiv'd on any former day under this ad
ministration. Nothing will be done in
any except imperative cases for the pres
ent beyond recording the applications as
they come in.
A CAUSE FOR WORRY.
The President’s determination to keep
up to the strict letter of the civil service
law will cause him more trouble in the
next year than all the cares of state taken
together. Men who have journeyed hun
dreds ol miles to get here are not going
away so long as there is a ghost of a
chance left of securing a place under the
government. The President did a wise
thing last week when he refused to see
visitors whose business was purely
that of ofiiceseeking. It caused many a
hard word to be passed upon his adminis
tration. As might be expected, he looks
with a kindlier eye upon the Democratic
than upon the Republican partisan, but
when l't comes to a question of official ap
pointment, he desires and will have
honesty, litness and capacity as the prime
attributes. Tais the President has com
municated to the members of his Cabinet,
and it meets with their hearty agp*oval.
MRS. YULEE’S FUNERAL.
Mrs. Yulee’s funeral this afternoon was
attended uy ail ths prominent society lead
ers.
SENATORS READY TO GO.
The Adjournment Hinging on the Busi
ness of the President.
Washington, March 19.—1n execu
tive session to-day Senator Sherman
offered a resolution providing for the ap
pointment of two Senators to wait upon
the President and inform him that unless
he has some further coaununlcation to
make the Senate Is ready to adjourn with
out day. It lies over nntil to-morrow.
Mr. Saulsbury presented the creden
tials of George Gray, elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr.
Bayard. The credentials were read, alter
which Mr. Gray was escorted to the
President’s desk and the oath was ad
ministered to him.
Mr. Gorman announced that Ephraim
K. Wilson, Senator-elect from Maryland,
was present and was ready to take the
oath. Mr. Wilson was escorted by Mr.
Gorman to the President’s desk, and the
oath was administered.
Mr. Van Wyck called up the resolution
offered by him last week relating to the
sale of lands granted to the State of
Florida to aid in the building of railroads.
Mr. Van Wyck moved that it be referred
to the Committee on Public Lands. It
was so Ordered
Alter the trahsaotien of some othe f - un
important business the Senate went into
executive session and when the doors
were reopened adjourned.
TWO TREATIES RATIFIED.
The Khedive and Mexico the Foreign
Parties to the Compacts.
Washington, Mareh 19.—1 t is reported
that the Senate, iu executive session yes
terday, ratified the treaty with the Khe
dive of Egypt, and the convention relat
ing to the boundary lines between this
country and Mexico. In the absence of
any rule affirmatively providing for the
giving of facts to the public, tbe Senators
and executive officials of the body do not
feel at liberty to khvwejr any questions on
the subject.
The treaty with the Khedive extends to
the United States commercial privileges
which Great Britain enjoys by virtue of a
treaty between Egypt and Greece, made
about a year ago.
The treaty with Mexico recognizes the
principles of international law in the set
tlement of disputes which may occur over
the changing of the bed of the Rio Grande
river, which stream forms a portion of
the boundary between the United States
and Mexico.
Complaints of Naval Officers.
Washington. March 19.—More than a
hundred nayal officers have applied to the
new Secretary of the Navy lor a revoca
tion of orders assigning them to duty, is
sued during tbe last months of Secretary
Chandler’s administration of the Navy
Department. They assert that they were
tor personal reasons assigned by the late
Secretary to disagreeable positions, and
they asked 'to be detailed to other duty.
Some of the older officers declare that the
boys in the service have been recognized
in preference to them, and have been ap
pointed to important places.
yrjmncy’s Wise Precaution.
Washington, March 19.—Secretary
Whitney has declined to take action upon
the report of the advisory board, recomr
mending the acceptance of the new dis
patch boat Dolphin, until he shall have
had opportunity to examine the contract
?,nd all the details of the vessel’s construc
icn. The contract price of the Dolphin
was s3jh,vOC, to be paid in ten installments.
Nine of these payments have been made,
with the exception of SB,OOO, which is to
be reserved as a guarantee lund for ape
riod of three months after the acceptance
of the vessel.
Arcbblshop Gibbons Calls on Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, March 19.—Archbishop
Gibbons, of Baltimore, called at the Ex
ecutive Mansion, by appointment, at 5
o’clock this afternoon, in company with
R. T. Merrick, and was by the latter pre
sented to President Cleveland, who re
ceived them in the Blue Room. After a
pleasant conversation of half an hour, the
Archbishop took his leave, receiving from
the President a cordial invitation to re
peat his call.
Me ting of the Cabinet.
Washington, March 19. —A regular
meeting of the Cabinet was held at noon
to-day. All the members were present,
ft is understood that the trouble in Cen
tral America wag considered.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1885.
AT THE EXPOSITION.
Fine Weather and Increasing Crowds
of Spectators.
New Orleans, March 19.—Fine weath
er has given fresh impetus to the exposi
tion, and the attendance has increased
considerably. The chief event in to-day’s
programme was a balloon ascension made
by Prof. Van Tassell, of California, which
drew a large crowd. The grounds are
now in admirable condition and some
sections of them are covered with differ
ent varieties of flowering plants. Cali
fornia and Florida are both replenishing
their displays of fruit in Horticultural
Hall. Extensive preparations have been
made for Saturday, which will be observed
as Minnesota and Philadelphia day.
Special ceremonies will be held under the
old oaks near the Liberty bell. There will
be a grand parade of military companies
including the Mississippi Cadets, Wash
ington Artillery and the Continental
Guards. The Mexican Military Band will
also be in the line. The United States
Commissioners and Mexiean Commission
ers will be present at the ceremonies. The
day’s exercises will end with a grand
display of fireworks. It is expected that
the Germans will turn out in force on
Sunday iu honor of the Fatherland (esti
val.
THE PASENGEIt AGENTS.
Washington, March 19.—Director
General Burke, of the New Orleans Expo
sition, who is now in Washington, re
ceived the following telegram to-day:
New Orleans, La., March 19, 1885.
At a meeting of the general passenger
agents yesterday the following report was
unanimously adopted: The undersigned
committee, appointed by the National Asso
ciation of General i’assenger and Ticket
Agents’ meeting here to-day, hereby report
the following: That upon examination and
personal observation thev feel justified in n
ilorsirg to the public at large the
World’s Exposition at New Orleans
as being fully organized and pre
senting such manifold attractions as will
justify all reasonable expectations. It is
further observed bv the committee that the
accommodations offered In the city of New
Orleans as well as the very low rates of
transportation offered by all the railroad
lines seem to be adequate to all existing re
quirements.
C. P. Atmore,Louisville and Nashville R. R.
E. P. Wilson, Queen and Crescent Route.
J. L. Taylor, Sav., Fia. and Western.
W. A. Thrall, Chicago and Northwestern.
D. G. Flanders, Boston and Maine.
J. M. Kendrick, Delaware and Hudson.
J. W. Moses, Union Pacific.
Wm. Emerson, Associated Railways of Va.
M. Slaughter, Richmond and Danville.
A. V. H. Carpenter, Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul.
A. J. Smith, Bee Line.
C. O. Scull. Pennsylvania Central.
A. H. Hanson, Illinois Central.
T. W. Price, Jr., Ualveston,Harrisburg and
San Antonio.
11. M. Brown, Indiana, Bloomington and
Western.
ARRIVAL OF THE GEORGIA EDITORS.
New Orleans, March 20,1 a. m.— The
Georgia Press Association arrived here at
11:80 o’clock last night.
Tlie New Orleans Races.
New Orleans, March 19.—This was
the last day of the winter race meeting
here. The weather was clear and pleae
ant and the track in good couditiou. The'
events were as loliows:
First Rack—Selling race; five furlongs. It
was won by Lord Clifton, with Wiley Forge
second and Miss Goodrich third. Time 1:05.
second Race—Selling; seven and a half
furlongs. Capt. Warren won, with Windsad
second and Galaxy third. Time 1:40.
Third Race—A handicap; ninq furlongs.
John Sullivan won, with Kansas second and
Olivette third. Time 2: 0.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Tears Shed by the Aged Victim of a
Thief—Rebuilding the James Block.
Atlanta, Ga., March 19. —This morn
ing an old gentleman called at police
headquarters, and as he entered the door
dropped into a chair and began to sob.
‘•What’s the matter?” asked Station
House Keeper Buchanan. “Another girl
left home,” said the station house keeper,
aside. The sobbing continued. “Conte.
What’s the matter?” And the old gen
tleman told how he had been robbed of
S3OO by a thief at the Union passenger
depot. His name, he said, was Asher
Heeht, and he lived on Broome street, New
York. He deals in mutilated silver and
gold, and had been to Chattanooga, where
he had bought a large amount of it. It
was placed in a satchel. Wheifltie got on
tho train at Chattanooga a stranger
came in and sat down in the seat
behind him and tried to engage
him In conversation. Ijefore reach
ing Atlanta the stranger left
the car, but when Hecht emerged from
the.train here the first man he saw was
the stranger. Hecht went into the gentle
men’s waiting room and deposited his
satchel on a seat and threw his overcoat
over it. He then went into the bath
room, and when he returned his satchel
and money was gone. Hecht said: “I’ve
lived like a dog, made money by the cent
and lost it by the thousands.” He wept
like a child.
The rebuilding of the St. James Bank
block has been commenced. It is report
ed that efforts will be made to check the
repairs on tho ground that the walls are
unsafe. When first put up they were
condemned, but afterward allowed to
stand, it being claimed that they had been
braced and made stronger. Some por
tions of the wall are cracked and the
popular sentiment seems adverse to the
block being replaced. Ed. Mercer’s con
dition is more hopeful to-day and the
chances of his recovery seem brighter.
CLiUVEIUUS CAUGHT.
He Denies Having Been with Mies
Madison on the Day of Her Murder.
Richmond, March 19.—The Richmond
officers who went to King and Queen
county yesterday with a warrant for tbe
arrest of ThomasCluverius,charged with
the murder of Fannie Lillian Madison,
whose body was found in one of the
city reservoirs last Saturday, returned
this evening with their prisoner. Cluverius
denies having seen the woman in Rich
mond last week, although he admits hav
ing been here at that time and that he has
known her for years. There are several
circumstances known, however, which
tend to cast suspicion on him. To-morrow
he will be taken to see the body of the
dead woman, which has not yet "been in
terred. In the morning the Coroner's
jury will be called together again, when
they will conclude their labors and ren
der a verdict, after which Cluverius will
be brought before the Police Justice. It
is not probable, however, that a full in
vestigation will then be had. The pris
oner is a lawyer by profession. He is
about 23 years of aso and is very respect
ably connected in King and Queen coun
ty. He graduated from Richmond Col
lege two years ago. From letters found
on his person it is shown that he has
been in communication with two other
young ladies in his county.
FIRE’S FEASTS.
A Glass Works Building Destroyed with
a Loss of 875,000.
New Y'ork, March 19.—At 7:30 o’clock
this evening fire broke out in the rickety
two-story frame structure, running from
No. 63 to No. 67 North Eleventh street,
Williamsburgh. The building wa§ owned
and occupied by Traverse Storm as a
glass works. Owing to the
fact that it was constructed entirely
of wood and very dry it burned
rapidly, and was soon reduced to ashes.
The firemen gave all their attention to the
adjoining buildings, used as storehouses.
Two firemen were severely injured by a
falling wall. The bursting of a pot of
melted glass is understood to have been
the cause of the fire. The loss will
probably reach $75,000. The property is
Sartially insured. Two hundred and
fty men are tbrown out of employment.
The works, Including the finishing shop
and storehouse, occupied the entire block
from North Eleventh to Twelfth street
north and from First to Second, but with
the exception of the work shop buildings
were constructed of brick and were but
little damaged.
Bornlag of a Residence.
Montickllo, Fla., March 19.—The
beautiful residence of Edward B. Bailey
was destroyed by fire at j o’clock this af
ternoon.
Nominations which Were Too Late.
Washington, March 19.—A number of
nominations were sent to the capitol to
day, but arrived too late for delivery to
tbe Senate, as that body had adjourned a
few minutes previously. It is understood
that they consisted of appointments un
der the- State Department, but particulars
are no* disclosed.
Signing tbe Commissions.
Washington, March 19.—The Presi
dent this morning signed the commissions
of Edward D. Clark to be Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior, and John C. Black
to be Commissioner of Pensions,
ARGUING FOR GEN. HAZEN
JUDGE MACKEY LAYS THE LASH
ON LINCOLN.
The Strictures Become so Fiery that
the Court Head* Them OfT— A Protest
lu Behalf of the Defendant—Hazeu's
Desk Filled with Floral Tributes.
Washington, March 19.—The room in
the Ebbitt House in which the general
court-martial which is trying Gen. Hazen
holds its session, was crowded with
spectators when the court convened this
morning. The interest which is felt in
this trial In army circles was evidenced
by the presence in the audience of promi
nent army officers, and the ladies of their
families, and Gen. Hazen’s friends mani
fested their sympathy with him, not only
by their presence, but by loading the table
at which he and his counsel sit with
baskets and bouquets of choice cut
flowers. A vase filled with flowers was
also placed upon the table at which the
Judge Advocate sits. The introduction
of testimony in the case having been con
cluded yesterday, the argument was com
menced to-day by Judge Mackey for tbe
defense.
THE SECRETARY’S INDORSEMENT.
When Judge Mackey reached the third
specification and began the discussion of
that part of it which quotes the indorse
ment of the Secretary of War upon the
letter of Gen. Hazen, he asked the in
struction of the court as to the extent to
which he would be permitted to discuss
that indorsement. The court, after con
sultation, decided that “the correctness of
the statements of facts and of opinions
expressed in the indorsement of the Sec
retary of War, is not a question for this
court,”
STRICTURES ON THE SECRETARY.
Judge Mackey proceeded to discuss the
indorsement, and in the course of his re
marks, having said with reference to a
certain statement in the indorsement that
“such was the heat and temper of the
Secretary of War upon the questions re
lating to Arctic work that, even upon the
subject of ice, upon the question of an ice
berg, the honorable Secretary of War
could not keep cool.” The President of
the court asked him to pause a moment,
saying that upon the request of a member
the court would retire for consultation.
The court then went into secret session,
and after some deliberation announced
that “the court declines to hear any fur
ther argument upon the subject of the in
dorsement of the Secretary of War for
any purpose whatever,” and the Presi
dent supplemented the decision with the
statement that the court would “now ad
journ until to-morrow.”
JUDGE MACKEY PROTESTS.
Judge Mackey asked to be heard for a
moment, and permission being given,
said: “We respectfully ask that in all
respectful forms in which solemn protest
may be entered against the decision of
the court,that it may be entered on behalf
of the accused against this decision of the
court.”
Gen. Hancock said: “The protest will
be entered,” and adjourned the court
until to-morrow.
SNOW AND COLD.
Trains Delayed and Business Suspended
in New Brunswick.
St. John, N. 8., March 19.—A storm
which prevailed here to-day was the
worst of the season. More snow has
fallen in previous storms, but the wind
was not a9 high as it was to-day and the
driits were not as bad. Teams could
make no headway through some of the
streets, and very little business has been
done. Public meetings announced for
to-day bad to be postponed. No steamers
left port and railroad communication was
seriously interrupted. Tho Quebec train
duo here at 7:30 o’clock this morning had
not arrived at 7 o’clock this evening.
The situation on the New Brunswick
Railroad running west is even worse, A
train from Bangor due here early this
morning has been stuck in a snow drift
two miles from this city since 8 o’clock
this morning, rendering It impossible for
trains to leave lor Bangor, Fredericton
and elsewhere. The storm, which is
general throughout the province, still
prevails. Nearly two feet of snow have
lallen.
COLD ON THE HUDSON.
POUGKKEI-SlE, March 19.—The weather in
the Hudson river vallev has been intense
ly cold every morning this week, the mer
cury ranging from 2 to 8 degrees below
zero. The ice on the river here is from
eight to twelve inches thick.
FROM SNOW TO RAIN.
Halifax, N, s., March 19.—A south
east storm is prevailing here. It began
with snow and has changed to rain, "in
some parts of the country snow drifts are
interfering with railway trains.
CENTRAL AMERICA’S TURMOIL.
Temporary Quiet at Panama—Honduras
In Irtsurrection.
Washington, March 19.—Rear Admi
ral Jouett, commanding the North Atlan
tic squadron now at New Orleans, to-day
telegraphed to Commander Clark, of the
Alliance, instructing him to proceed to
Carthagena and Barranquilla, United
States of Colombia, and protect Ameri
can interests in that country during the
present disturbed condition of affairs.
The dispatch informs Commander Clark
that vessels belonging to American citi
zens which have been seized by the insur
gents without compensation, may be
forcibly recovered, and says that the
United Magdalena Steam Navigation
Company of New York has called the at
tention of the Secretary of State to the
seizure of their steamers by an armed
force.
Panama, March 19.—A1l is quiet here.
The United States steamer VV aohusett has
relieved the British steamer Heroine in
guarding the railway. It is reported that
the rebel leader Prestan has given foreign
ers 24 hours to quit Colon. The Central
and South American Telegraph Company
announce that they cannot receive tele
grams for Colon until order is restored
there.
HONDURAS IN INSURRECTION.
San Juan Del Sur,Nicaragua, March
19.—News from the interior is to the effect
that Nicaraguan and San Salvadorian
troops are massing on tbe frontier of Hon
duras, and that an attack will probably
soon be made. Honduras is reported to
be in a state of insurrection.
The News of Macon.
Macon, Ga., March 19.—Three negroes
made an attempt to break jail this morn
ing at 3 o’clock by cutting out ot their
ceils with implements furnished by un
known parties. They had nearly suc
ceeded in making their escape when they
were discovered by Jailer Nat Birdsong,
who happened to be up at the time.
A lodge of sorrow was held at the
Academy of Music to-night by Verbal
Lodge No. 5, F. A. M., in commemoration
of deceased members. It was witnessed
by 2,000 people, and a great many visiting
Masons were also in attendance. The
exercises were ol a most interesting and
thrilling nature, and elicited much atten
tion.
Knife and Bullets,
Chattanooga, March 19.—Last night
Policeman John Shellow attempted to ar
rest James Looney, a steamboat man.
Looney cut the officer’s throat to the
windpipe and ran, but the officer pursued
him and shot at him five times. One bul
let passed through Looney’s arm, another
through his thigh, a third through his
shoulder, and a fourth through bis side,
yet it is thought he will recover. The
officer is badly wounded.
Florida’s Metropolis.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 19.— The
Board of Trade to-day appointed com
mittees to arrange a reception for the
Southern Press Association, whica will
meet here next week.
F. E. Whitfield, attorney for the South
ern Express Company, died suddenly last
night on the steamer City of Jacksonville
bound lor this city. Tho body will be
taken to Corinth, Miss.
South Carolina Huguenots.
Charleston, March 19.—A canon of
descendants of the Huguenot settlers in
South Carolina was held here to-day.
Delegates were appointed to attend the
Huguenot reunion to be held in New York
next October. Resolutions were adopted
looking to the organization of aJHuguenot
society iu South Carolina.
Death of an Et-l'oDfreitman.
Vicksburg, Miss., March 19.—Hon. E,
Jeffirds, oi|Usaquena county, late Repre
sentative in Congress from the Shoestring
district, died suddenly at the Washington
Hotelln this city, this morning, of heart
disease. He bad only been home a few
days from Washington,
POLYGAMY’S ABROGATION.
The Mormon Church Organ Protests
Against the Humored Intention of the
Conference.
Salt Lake, March 19. —The church or
gan breaks the silence to-night for the
first time on the rumor of the comiag ab
rogation conference. It argues against
it, but does not absolutely deny it, admit
ting at the same time that a portion of the
church favors the step. It closes a long
editorial saying: “Members of the church
who feel and talk favorably of the abro
gation of the doctrinal points, are the re
verse of strong. They probably belong to
the class who believe in the fullness of the
Gospel as restored through Joseph
Smith, and almost wish that they
didn’t, or at least that it was not true.
They would like to do the will of God
providing it was strictly in accordance
with their own. They desire to adhere ’o
the church because they cannot rid
themselves of the conviction that
it is a power of good unto salvation,
but they wotild like its doctrines and
ways more in conformity with those of
the world that every species of friction
wtiich cause discomfort and temporal dis
advantage might be averted. In fact,
they are conservative Mormons—another
term for men who, if the church of Christ
were manipulated by them, would
doubtless adopt the policy of giving
up religious rights piecemeal until
every distinguishing feature between the
saints and the world wouldUdisappear,
and they would be loved all over the
earth, because they would be swallowed
up by the world, which loves it own. It
would result in another universal
apostasy similar to that which
took place shortly subsequent to
the time of Christ’s early mission.
But coming hack to the starting
point, all anticipations or predictions re
garding the reception of the revelations to
the church are necessarily premature.
The faithful who seek to know and do the
will of God will not be shaken of their
purpose, neither will they abandon their
religious principles in whole or in part
under any kind of pressure whatever.
They would hold to their integrity in the
full expectation of sooner or later behold
ing the salvation of God.”
PENNSYLVANIA THEATRE LAWS
Managers Arrested for Failing to Pay
8500 for a State License.
Fhiladeli hia, March 19.—There was
a scene at the Walnut Street Theatre to
night which was not down on the bills.
The play presented was “Love or Money,”
with Walter Bentley in tbe leading role.
Immediately after the first act a Consta
ble went behind the scenes and arrested
Bentley, explaining to him that Manager
Fleishman had failed to take a license
Irom the State and that the Auditor
General had directed the arrest of the
Manager, performers and attaches of the
house. At the same time another Constable
entered the box office ancl took Mr. Fleish
man and his treasurer into custody. The
doorkeepers and ushers were also arrest
ed. They were escorted to a Magistrate’s
office and entered bail for their appear
ance for further hearing at noon on Mon
day next. The affair wa9 so quietly man
aged that the audience were not avvare of
what had transpired. It was announced
that similar proceedings will be begun at
once against all of the theatre proprietors
who have failed to take out a license from
the State, the cost of whieh is SSOO.
Manager Nixon, of the Chestnut Street
Theatre, was recently convicted In Quar
ter Sessions for not obeying this law, but
has not yet been sentenced, owing to a
motion for anew trial and arrest of judg
ment. The law of 1845 provides for a tine
of from S2OO to SIOO for neglecting to take
out such licenses-
COLLAPSE OF A BANK.
The Concern Now Believed to Have
Been not Altogether Reliable.
Johnstown, Pa, March 19.—M- W,
Klein & Cos., private bankers doing busi
ness under the name of the Cambria
County Bank, closed their doors this
morning, and posted a notice that it was
because of their inability to make collec
tions or realize on securities. The mem
bers of the Dunkards sect are their chief
depositors. Their liabilities are said to be
about $40,000. Mr. Klein was cashier of
the concern, ancl is not known to possess
any assets. The “company” is believed to
have been a myth.
A BATCH OF BREAKS.
New York, March 19.—The following
failures are reported to-day;
C. W. Kellinger & Cos., wholesale deal
ers in notions, etc., at Baltimore, Md.
J. D. Creech & Cos., general storekeep
ers at Raleigh, N. C.
S. Markstein, keeper of a general store
at Green boro, Ala.
Gen. Grant Somewhat Better.
New Y'ork, March 19.—Gen. Grant
passed a good night and slept with but
little interruption. He arose early this
morning and took a breakfast of coffee,
beef and a little hominy. This was the
first solid food he has eaten in a day or
two. He was feeling better and more re
freshed, and the report of his condition
this morning was more favorable.
After his visit to Gen. Grant 10-night
Dr. Douglas said: “The General slept
seven hours continuously last night. He
was very well through the day. He asked
for roast mutton and ate it. During the
afternoon and evening the General re
vised enough of Lis book to keep
the printers busy three days. When
I left the General to-night he was
inclined to sleep. The patient’s throat
looks better this evening. It has not the
angry appearance It has had. There was
a catarrhal difficulty in the morning that
caused gagging, but no bad results.
Cocaine is not now being used, and there
is no pain. It is mental occupation that
renders the GeneraJ wakeful,”
Tlie Seuatoreliip Coolest?.
Springfield, 111., March 19.—1n the
joint convention ot the Legislature to-day
no vote was "taken for United States
Senator. Mr. Merritt made a speech
urging that some action be taken to
secure a vote of all the members, but no
action was taken to that end.
A private telegram was received here
to-night stating that Senator .Bridges is
not expected to live until morning. "Rep
resentative Kerr has gone to Mattoon to
night to attend the funeral ot his brother,
who w-as killed this afternoon. Conse
quently the Republicans will not vote to
morrow.
BERRY AHEAD IN ARKANSAS.
Little Rock, Ark., March 19.—Two
joint ballots lor United States Senator
were taken to-day. The last stood!
p-rry, 42; Dunn, 35; Newton, 17; Fish
back, 10; Homer and House 3 each, and
the rest scattering.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Stockholders.
Richmond, Ya., March 19.— The an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Rail way was held
here to-day. Gen. W. C. Wickham, Sec
ond Vice President, read the report of the
President and directors. It shows the
gross earnings for the past year to be
$3,538,000. the operating expenses $2,463,-
000, and the net earnings $1.075,000—a
falling off from last year of $230,000. The
following directors were elected for the
ensuing year: C.P. Huntington, C. A.
Low, A. T. Hart, Elias §. Higgins, John
Castree, Isaac Egates, A. E. Orr, Ezra
Wheeler and E. T. Tournier, all of New
York, and William C. Wickham and
John Rechells, of Virginia.
lowa's Auditorsbip Trouble.
Des Moines, la., March 19.—Gov.
Sherman went to the office of State Audi
tor Brown to-day and again demanded
admittance, but the office was locked and
be was not permitted to enter.
Thereupon the Governor ordered out
a file of State militia, who
proceeded to the capitol and battered in
the doors of the Auditor’s office and took
possession of it by force. Mr. Cattei, the
Auditor pro tem. by appointment, then
took possession of the office. Mr. Brown,
in the meantime, had been arrested by the
Sheriff. There is much excitement over
the matter.
Shot His Wife and Himself.
Elkhart, Ind., March 19.—A double
tragedy pccurved at thecouiitry residence
Of Louis Hubbell, northeast of this city,
yesterday. William Hubbeli, who was a
drinking man and subject to aberration of
the mind, had been adjudged insane and
was about to be removed to an asylum,
but taking advantage of the absence of
his watchman he fatally shot bis wife and
then turned the still smoking weapon to
his own head and blew out his brains.
Grant & Ward’s Accounts.
New York, March 19.—1n the trial of
ex-Presideut Fish of the Marine Bank to
day, EL Gilchrist, the bank’s bookkeeper,
was called as a witness. He said that if
on April 17 a director had wished to have
known that the account of Grant & Ward
was overdrawn $145,045, he would not
have tound that information in the book
devoted to the average daily balances.
A SORTIE FROM SUAKIN.
i
GRAHAM TICKLES THE ENEMY
ON THE HASHEEN HILLS.
Four of the British Infantry Killed—
The Arabs Retire, bnt Reoccupy tbeir
Positions when the British Fall
Back—Battle to be Given the Natives
To-day.
London, March 19. —The whole force
started this morning at 7 o’clock from
Suakin, with a day’s rations and 100
rounds of ammunition to each man, in
the direction of Hasheen. The troops at
10 o’clock were three miles from the city.
The cavalry was sent to beat up tlie
enemy, and lighting was expected at any
moment.
ORDER OF THE ADVANCE.
The mounted infantry and scouts, sup
ported by the main body of all the corps
marching 600 yards behind, advanced to
the base of a range of low hills, near
Hasheen. The Indian contingent and
cavalry during this movement acted as
scouts and skirmishers on both side of
the line of march along the entire lront.
The scouts reached the summit of the
hills and discovered that the Arabs had
massed in the valleys. The Arabs at once
retired to positions of shelter, but 50 re
maining in sight. They remained in this
position until the British advance reached
the ridge of the hills. The HadendoWah
tribe of hostiles then rushed from ambush
in which they had lain and made an at
tack. During this Capt. Birch was spear
ed through the shoulder. The Arabs suc
ceeded in this rush in getting within ten
yards of the British line before the latter
opened regular fire, which the enemy
promptly replied to.
Alter the skirmish, Gen. Graham’s
right, consisting of the British lnfantrv,
Indian infantry and guards, began to ad
vance toward Handoub. The cavalry,
renewing the reconnoissance, occupied
Hasheen, and found Osman Digua with
drawing his forces toward lamas. The
concentration of the Arabs was effected
in unusually good order. Scouts report
that Osman is prepared to give battle be
tween Tamas and Tamanieb, and they
estimate tbe number of Arabs at from
7,000 to 10,000.
THE killed and wounded.
Three of the infantry were wounded and
several rebels were killed. Lieut.
O’Connor, whose horse was shot un
der him, killed lour rebels with
his own hand. The object of the
reconnoissance having been attained,
the British retired, the Arabs showing
no disposition to follow. The British in
fantry and guards were left on the road
halfway between Saukin and tbe Hasheen
Hill, supporting the Indian contingent.
During the brief engagement on the ridge
the Bengal cavalry took many prisoners.
It was ascertained by tbe reconnoissance
that the Arabs were in large bodies along
the entire range of the hills and were evi
dently massing. As the British retired
after having entered Hasheen, tbe rebels
rapidly reoccupied the positions previous
ly evacuated by them.
A BATTLE FOR TO-DAY.
The entire British force, with the ex
ception of the Shropshire regiment, will
parade at 6 o’clock to-morrow morning,
previous to an advance to Tamas, where
it is expected that a battle will take place.
Gen. Graham, in his letter to Osman
Digna, declares that England respects all
religions, and desires the friendship ol
the Arab tribes. He advises the shieks
to submit at once, and to rely upon the
mercy of England, otherwise he threatens
to destroy tbe flocks and other property of
their followers.
DIGNA’S PLANS.
The enemy’s loss in the engagement is
unknown. Letters were found in an
Arab chief’s tent from Osman Digna
telling him to hold his position at any
cost, to act strictly on the defensive, and
not to trust the people in the Suakin dis
trict. The prisoners taken maintain a
doggGdsiler.ee, but one of them says that
Osman Digna’s last orders to tbe Arabs
were to withdraw iu ordei to lure the
English among the hills, wheu Osman in
tended to sally out irom Tamas and in
tercept the British, preventing their re
treating.
The bitterness of feeling shown by the
English at Cairo toward the French is
due to the hostility of the Bosphore Eqyrr
tien, which is constantly inciting the
natives to oppose the British. The sup
pression of that paper appears to be a
military necessity.
TO BE CUT OFF.
El Mahdi’s adherents declare that be
fore the summer is far advanced Gen.
Wolseley’s army will be cut off from
Cairo.
Scores of dispatches confirm the reports
ot El Mahdi’s waning power. Several
Dervishes have denounced him as an im
postor. Some of these dispatches have
seen detained on the way.
Gens. Wolseley and Buller have return
ed to Korti. A Chief of the Shadiyeh
tribe has submitted to tbe British. A ri
val of El Mahdi has appeared at El Qbeid.
Two hundred extra navvies are going to
Suakin to hasten the construction of the
railway to Berber.
THE FINANCIAL DISCUSSION.
The Conservative leaders at a meeting
to-day decided toendeavorto have the dis
cussion of the Egyptian financial agree
ment postponed until after the Easter
holidays. Tremier Gladstone wishes to
have the agreement discussed before the
Easter adjournment. He proposed to the
House of Commons to-day that the House
adjourn on March 31 until April 9, and
that a more extended holiday be taken at
Whitsuntide.
The protocol preceding the Egyptian
agreement stipulates that alter three
years, if the English army shall not have
been withdrawn from Egypt, a Euro
pean conference will decide the limit of
occupation.
RUSSIA’S COUNCIL OF AVAR.
An Immediate Advance on Herat Advo
cated, but Not Apt to be Carried Out.
London, March 19.—1 tis semi-offlcially
stated at Paris that Prince Bismarck has
offered to arbitrate between England and
Russia in regard to the Afghan boundary
dispute.
The Devonport dock yard officials, re
plying to a telegram from the Admiralty,
report that they could have ten men-of
war ready for service in a fortnight.
A RUSSIAN COUNCIL OF WAR.
A St. Petersburg correspondent states
in a dispatch that a council of war was
held at St. Petersburg this week, and that
the general officers and chiefs of the staff
urged an immediate advance upon Herat.
A DELICATE QUERY.
The Post hears that Baron de Stael, the
Russian Ambassador, has been instructed
by bis government to ask the English
Government whether it is true that Eng
land has supplied the Emir of Herat with
guns and ammunition.
WARLIKE DISCUSSIONS.
The House of Commons this evening
agreed to resolutions in favor of the in
troduction of bills authorizing the raisin"
of a loan of £10,000,000 in England for
the completion of railways in India
and a loan of £400,000 for a railway from
Cape Town to Timberlev, in South Africa.
In moving the grant for the army in the
House of Commons this evening the Mar
quis of Hartington said that recruiting
was exceedingly active, that the fighting
strength of the army was 40,000 more than
in 1883 and that at present there were
10,000 reserves ready for service*
The Marquis of Hartington stated in
the House of Commons to-night that the
total number of troops in the regular
army is now 184,200, while the volunteer
force numbers 208,000 men. The news
papers express themselves as pleased
with the gratifying statement of the mili
tary resources of England
Persian papers state that the Ameer of
Afghanistan proposes that the whole
northern Afghan frontier be fortified, and
that the Afghan army be raised to 50,000
men.
WHAT THE DEBATE SHOWS.
St. Petersburg, March 19.—The Jour
nal De St. Petersburg, commenting upon
the statements concerning the Afghan
situation, made bv the British Govern
ment in Parliament, says that it is plain
that England and Russia have agreed to
remain in the positions at present occu
pied by them, and to abstain from aggres
sion while clearing ground for pacific ne
gotiations, which will insure a state of
amity.
Wives for Sale Cheap.
In some parts of England men who
tired of their wives sell them as low°as
six pence apiece. Sometimes a wife is
traded off for a quart of beer. Both hus
bands and wiygs in such cases are very
disagreeable persons. Possibly tliev are
the victim# ot dyspepsia and liver
plaint, and their health ia badly rijn
down._ Such people may not be worth;
doctoring, but nioe people who are run
dawn by these ailments should try
Brown’s Iron Bitters, which will bring
them right up.
EX-FENIAN STEPHEN'S DYING.
Hl EzpuUlou an Act Irishmen Will
Not Soon Forget or Forgive.
London, March 19.—Mrs. Stephens,
wife of James Stephens, who was recently
expelled from France, has telegraphed to
E. Dwyer Gray, editor the Dublin Free
man's Journal, that her husband, who is
at Mons, in Belgium, was in a dying con
dition, and was absolutely destitute.
Mrs. Stephens appealed to Mr. Gray for
assistance, and Mr. Gray at once sent
aid. Mr. Gray has also written a letter
for publication, declaring that Stephens
had no connection with the dynamite
faction, aud that his expulsion from
France was a cruel exercise of arbitrary
power, which Ireland will not soon fbr
get. w lt is reported that other prominent
Irishmen have contributed to a fund for
Stephens’ relief.
Mr. Gray has published in Freeman's
Journal au appeal tor funds for the bene
fit of Stephens. The sum of £SO has al
ready been collected and forwarded to
Mrs. Stephens. A committee to organize
a fund Is being formed.
A question will come up in Parliament
with reference to a cartoon in United J re
land representing Earl Spencer, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, on his death bed.
A CORPSE IN A FISHING NET.
The Dreams of a M urtlered Man’s Broth
er Lead to the Identiiicatiou of liis
Corpse.
Dayton, 0., March 17.— Last May Wil
liam Beirsdorfer, keeper of a grocery and
saloon at Brickland, left home with S3OO
to go to YVapakoneta to buy goods. He
was seen to get off the cars at Wapako
neta with two strangers, but was never
seen nor could any trace of him be found
after that. Three months afterwards two
sportsmen fishing in the St. Mary’s reser
voir, about 20 miles west of Wapakoneta,
caught a eorpse in their net. The body
was badly eaten ny fish and was unre
cognizable. There was a bullet hole
through the forehead and a rope, with a
large stone attached to it, around the
neck. There were no papers or articles
found on the corpse to give a clue by
which it might be identified. Tho body
was consigned to an unknown grave.
J. W. Beirsdorfer, a brother of William
Beirsdorfer, who lives in this city, has lor
the past week been troubled with un
pleasant dreams about his missing
brother, such as seeing him drowning,
until the matter has preyed on his mind
to the extqnt that he went to Wapakoneta
and renewed the search for a clue as to
Uis whereabouts. While there he acci
dentally came across an old weekly paper
containing an account of the finding of
the body in the reservoir. It contained a
description of the clothes found on the
corpse, which corresponded exactly with
toose worn by his brother the day he left
home. A ring found on one of the corpse’s
fingers identified it beyond a doubt as the
oody of William Beirsdorfer.
That he was murdered and robbed there
seems to be no doubt. It is further as
serted, on presumably good authority,
that in the exhuming of toe tody to make
identification positive a clue was found
which it is hoped will lead to the capture
ol the murderers. Detectives have been
engaged and are now at work on the case.
PLAIN WORDS.
A Liberal Organ Causes a Sensation lu
London by Editorial Remarks about
Ireland.
London, March 17.—A great sensation
was caused in the Commons lobby this
evening by an editorial in the Echo, whieh
is owned and edited by a Liberal member
of Parliament, strongly indorsing tbe
Dublin Corporation in its attitude of neu
trality to the Prince’s visit. The expres
sions used were: “To us it seems that the
Dublin Corporation has taken the only
manly, dignified course open to it. Better
far that it Bhould take no active part in
the coming festivities than to assist and
deceive the future ruler of Ireland by hol
jow professions of loyalty. Ireland is not
loyal. Give the Irish a fair chance ot
success and they would be in rebellion
to-morrow. We hold Ireland as we hold
Egypt and India, by the terror of our
arms. Let England be in conflict with
some great power and one great defeat
would be followed by an Irish rising.”
This is said to be the first time any Eng
lish paper has indulged in such plain talk.
Alleged Faith Fails to Effect a Cure.
Sycamore, 111., March 19.—A re
markable case of a failure of a faith
cure has just terminated in this citv in
the death ot the wife of A. W. Harry, a
free Methodist minister. The cause ol
death was, according to medical au
thority, puerperal fever. The patient
refused medicine and medical aid. The
whole church indulged in a seventy-two
hour prayer for her recovery. Her death
ended the service.
Cost of the War to China.
Paris, March 19.—1 tis stated that the
*' rance has already cost China
(i0.000,000 taels.
Eight thousand troops are going from
Tonquin to suppress the revolt in Cochin
Cnina.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
Ths French Chamber o' Deputies yesterday
began discussing the restoration of the si-ru
tin de liste.
The American system of checking luggage
on trans-Atlantic steamers has been begun at
Liverpool, England.
The Duke of Richmond, the largest owner
of rented property in London, has issued an
order reducing all his rents 10 per cent.
Up to last night 137 bodies had been recov
ered from the colliery at Camphausen, Ger
many, where the explosion occurred Wednes
day. Fifty-one persons have been rescued
from the min S.
Prince Hohenlohe, the German Ambassa
dor, has informed Premier F’erry that Ger
many will refrain from eonte-ting the F’rench
proclamation declaring rice bound to or from
ports in China contraband of war.
Malcolm Wilson, a clerk in the Bank of
Commerce at St. Catherines, Ont , and Mrs.
Sankey, wife of the manager of the same
bank, tave eloped. Wilson is a married man.
His accounts are said to be all right.
The State Board of Education of Xo'th
Carolina, whieh has in charge 1.500,000 acres
of swamp land, has elected Gen. Gaston
Lewi* as engineer, and has decided to re
claim the lands at once by canaling them.
Advices from *amoa state that the Germans
have hoisted their flag at Apia on account of
the King i aviog broken a oontract with the
German Consul. The Consul notified the
British and Amorican Consuls of this action.
Charles H. Cummings, who was convicted
at New York a few days ago of a flendi-h as
sault on a 10- year-old girl named Zoe Morton
was yesterday sent to prison for 20 years'
The court expressed regret that he could not
be hung for the crime.
Mac Barbour, of Chcraw, S. C., agd 87
years, while attempting to board a train at
the Central depot there yesterday, fell under
the wheels. Hisfeftleg was cut off at the
hip and his skull fractured. He died of these
injuries in 30 minutes.
J. W. Smith, confidential clerk at the St.
Helena mine, Los Delicias, Sonora, has ab
sconded with gold bars valued at $l3.O'K,
which he was conveying to uermoaillo. The
company offers sl,eoo reward for his capture
and the recovery of the bullion.
The Supreme Bench of Baltimore yesterday
filed opinion in the case of Chas. S. Wilson
colored, who made application for admission
to the bar of Baltimore. The court states that
under the rulings pf the United States Su
preme Court, no distinction can be made on
account of color or race, and he will be per
mitted to practice in the courts.
A( Pittsburg yesterday an ingenious at
tempt to escape from the Riverside Peniten
tary was frustrated by one of the guards dis
covering a 50-foot tunnel whiefe reached
almost to the outside of the walls. The work
of excavation had been conducted so quietly
that it was only throu h accident that the
scheme fatted. Fifty prisoners are believed
to haye been concerned in the plot.
Sir Stafford N'orthcote will withdraw from
the Conservative leadership in the House of
Commons at the close of the present session
o*iDg to the unabated discontent of many of
the members of the Conservative party He
will be succeeded by Sir Michael E. Hicks
Beach, under the sanction of the Marquis of
Salisbury and approval of Lord Randolph
ChurctuU,
At Lancaster, Pa., Wednesday night
Frederick N ixdorf, a married man about 35
years of age, committed suicide at the Lan
caster county prison. On Mondav he was
sent to Jail for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct to. serve a term of five days. Upon
bis arrival at the jail he showed symptoms of
delirium tremens and the prison physician
was called to attend him. Wednesday night
while alone in his cell he broke an etipty
bottle which he found and using tb& neck cut
a long deep gash in his abdomen, exposing his
entrails, lie lingered until about 4 o’clock
yesterday morning when he died.
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A STRIKE FOR BACK PAY.
bankers and merchants bine
KEYS DESERTED AT NIGHT.
An Offer or 70 Per Cent, of Past Due*
Tor Receipt* In Fall and an Indefinite-
Outlook for the Future Rejected by
the Operators-The Trouble* of Other
Wage Workers.
Bostox, March 19.-The entire night
force of the Bankers and Merchants* Tele
graph Company stopped work to-night,
and, it is understood, that the strike is
general throughout the whole line of the
company. The operators in the Boston
otHoe have no personal grievances, having
been paid in full, except for extra service
performed iu February. Their action is
simply to strengthen and sustain their
brother operators iu New York and the
larger cities to whom the company is
heavily in arrears. The following circu
lar was sent front New York to-night by
J. B. Butler, receiver of the company, to
all the employes:
Appreciating fully the hardships to which
the of this company have been sub
jected, 1 will exulain the reason of the failure
to pay promptly tlio amounts due. 1 have
made vigorous efforts to secure advances in
miney sufficient to make a settlement of the
outstanding labor dent- from Sept. 2a, .'B4, to
March 1, 1885. My efforts have heen so far
successful that p .rties staud willing to ad
vance a sum sufficient to pay at ouco 70 per
cent, of ali the claims above mentioned with
in the above period, provided that this sunt
shull be accepted iu full settlement of the
same. Notify me without delay whether this
is acceptable to you. If the proposition is
accepted, 1 contemplate paying hereafter all
future claims for service promptly on this
tenth day of each month.
J. B. Butler, Receiver.
Iu reply to this circular the following
was addressed to the receiver from the
New York office:
The entire night force threaten to stop
work at 0 o’clock to-night unless n delimits
answer is given them before that time as to
when they wilt receive their salarus in full
for February and up to March 15. What shall
I do? Answer. K. M. VV.
Upon receipt of this Mr. Butler visited
the New York office, but no terms of
settlement were made, and all the opera
tors leit their keys at 9:10 o’clock sharp.
THE QUIT AT NEW YORK.
New York, March 19. — The feeling of
dissatisfaction that has long existed
among the operators of the Bankers and
Merchants’ Telegraph Company at the
Main office, at No. 187 Broadway, culmi
nated in a strike to-night. Twenty-live
men, comprising nearly all the force, left
their tables at 9 o’clock. They had been
paid their January salaries on reporting
tor duty this evening. Each man was
given a slip, which stated that Receiver
J. 15. Butler would pay 70 per cent, of all
claims, provided a receipt in full were
given. After consultation the men tele
graphed to Mr. Butler that unless he
agreed to pav them at once, they would
quit work. Mr. Butler answered in person.
A committee of three waited on him wbli
ihe information that if they received their
salaries in full for February on Saturday
and he assured them that they would get
their March money ou March 23, they
would remain at work. Mr. Butler an
swered that he would pay last month’s
salaries ou Tuesday, but he could say
nothing at present about this month’s.
The operators. then withdrew and quit
work. The operators complain bitterly
of tho way they have been treated in
money matters, and say that messages
have been coming in from all over tho
country whero tho company has offices
asking when they would be paid. Mr.
Butler is said to have stated that the
money with which he offered to make tho
settlement came from Edmund Stokes, of
the Hoffman House, who owns much stock
in the company.
MINERS VIOLATE TIIKIH CONTRACT.
Hillsboro, 111., March 19.—A1l of the
min. rs, numbering about 500 men, of tho
Ellsworth Coal Company, at Staunton,
southwest of, here, are still on a strike,
l’he miners say that they have started out
lor a strike of thirteen weeks. By their
contract with the company the miners
were getting HO cents per ton tor coal, but
this contract would have expired Juno
20, and after that date the company in
tended to reduce the price to 40 cents per
ton. The miners have thus violated their
agreement by striking before the expira
tion ot their contract. Public sympathy,
however, is generally with the miners. ’
MINERS GREATLY DISSATISFIED.
Mount Carmel, Pa., March 30.— Great
dissatisfaction exists among the miners
of the anthracite coal region, they hav
ing worked but half time last month and
submitted to 0 per cent, reduction. The
pay this week has been tno smallest for
years. President Harris, of the Miners’
Amalgamated Association, has been em
ployed to organize the miners, and is
meeting with success. Prominent labor
men predici a general strike before long.
Secretary Lamar surprises his Friends.
W ashixgton, March 17.—Secretary
Lamar has been a revelation to bis near
est lriends since he became an executive
officer. There was a hope rather than an
expectation that he would bo able to
grapple with the details of the Interior
Department. Not only has be done it
successfully, but without any assistance.
His Assistant Secretary, Mr. Clarke, of
Mississippi, came on, took the oath of
office, and straightway went to work to
illustrate a Mississippi swamp fever. He
lias been conlined to his hotel ami shak
ing with chills ever since he got to
Washington. This has left Secretary
Lamar to do the work of two. He has
managed to do it, and the folks who ex
pected to And the new Secretary seated
at his desk poring over Pindar and Horace
and letting the department run itself
have boen astonished. He has kept tue
clerks on the jump ever since he has been
in office, and most ot them'has done the
best week’s work they ever did in their
lives.
Berlin's JKoyal Visitor?..
Berlin, March 19.—The Prince of,
Wales, Prince Albert Victor and the
Duke of Edinburgh have arrived bere, v
They were met at the Centrai Railway
station by the Crown Prince Frederick
W illiam, the Crown Princess Victoria
and the staff of the British Embassy.
I’de greeting between the Crown Princes*
and her brothers and nephew was very
affectionate. A long line of sleighs was
in waiting and, after the first congratu
lations had been exchanged, the Princess
and officers of the suites were escorted to
the palace of the Crown Prince.
fllorfou’a Post.
Paris, March 19. —La Figaro says that
President Cleveland has r quested Minis
ter Morton to remain at Paris.
The Opera Puffs Cigarette will find a
cordial welcome among its old patrons
who had deprived themselves owing to
their additional cost.
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