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t A KOI.IN V ITT IX TYPE.
I urlhsr Detail* of th*. Peculiar Death
M „r c .n ttmwn. of Hartwell— Hor
r* ..f m Dralh from Hjdropbolili nt
Mar. Hill-Dalton Awake to the Poa
.ibt ii; of Srrnrtnj a Number of Resl
from Kuosville.
GKOBGI A.
- 4 t lor.ua is battling for the no
v James S. Boynton, of Griffin, will
! Memorial day orator at Tbom&ston.
the operator* at the Griffin cotton
. i the rad of her linger cut off in a
on Tii.rtay.
-.1 • • *, of Baker county, has cotton
If. - .vi irnlly looking alter the first
v f*t woe foot at Macon to erect a
. ; t.. ~ .Iner Earner, the |oet, who
I . i.tor of the America* Etncrder has
m the 'uperi r court of >umur
f .r for libel.
1 . r r,r l :-I u.lenD in the Middle Georgia
\,-r .rjii" MiUedgevilli',atprea
. .t, .arg. number ever enrolled.
I I :: • r r Court Abner Walter*,
improper Htocm to a lady,
.a itu .1 andeast*.
1 •• Ir. r rof II .rt county ha- 18
, ■ , i ,rar.-i jury of the county want
~, ; . fi ieach m behalf of educa
w H Rr .- |, sh-d in the face at Bryant’*
t r: • ' i c farm . near Bawbridge, by John
Hare, -recovering. Hare i* in jail awaiting
Tin* Mu • ..a- instructed the Marshal to
kill a , running at ! urge within
the c.r) r-te limits of Ce-lartown after
I ll . i ■ -unty there are h.rty-nine
*. n . - f..r wi.iie pupils, with an attendance
~f ; >, •, i tit. i.mi* for colored pupils,
T .re great complaint that the d.h way
it - Tannahrirerat Awgusta isaltogetbe'r
the rraii'i jury of llari
mimi} rad S attention to thia fact.
Tbete i- a drummer who pa-ea through 1
8 ■•nhwrv ften :■>:- Muff to !*• worth
< \ * his old business so
well that he cannot <jutt the wandering life.
J. 11. Bergen, a successful mill man, will in
■ -a rl time -laldieh at Dalton, a joint stoek
r. b.tnr. to tie known as the Dalton Tale and
■ my. with a capital of sloo,oo*.
T • Hartwell >% is such a good paper and
or .lever a gentleman that the
.•an! urv <-f ir.- county have passed eoin
• .tarv rv- lui . .is concerning the paper
and ii. editor, J. 11. Magdl.
I tiling 11 collect small cash sales and the
high ImsM lor the sa'e of liquor, which
for. .-I them to change their business, was the
cause of the faiinre of liiviere A Ingrain, the
1 howastou saloon-keeper*.
In the r pr. -entment* the grand jury of
Haber- -as: "In yiew of the
anomina'. r trait ■ and curse of drunkenness,
we arg. ally I lest that the Ordinary do not
grant any more licenses to deal in or sell tn
ti> ■ vtiiig .j rsi-. and we ap|ical to every
law a' . ling citicen 1 1 unite and aid in the
total sappri —.on of the liquor traffic.”
Ar; -;.t• p;,sed < arroll county Saturday
■sorwi . o'clock (I was alsmt lud j
wvart- wide, blowing down everything in its
path. Clarke Wadkin* ha! just finished a
large barn at the I alls City nod Georgia gold
wne Till cyclone demolished it. It also
blew a plank. fence awav. lifting the posts out
of the gr iund. The bait..ui rails of fence*
: picked wp and moved out of their places.
11. 8, Inn’s store, at Sniff, In Berrien coun
ty, maa w eights ago of about Bn
worth of gaadk Pour negroes, lirown,
Urorge Brown Jim Benton and Tom Wil
liams, .lit the robbing. iue of the neigroci
was arr.-*;ed Eridar. and while liemg taken
to the tram - ape. W. D. Wise
man an i .1. i . Carnage had him in charge.
Tne latter tired tw osh i- at him with a pistol,
but does not think he lnt him.
A novel and interesting case was tnel in
the Superior t'oert of Floyd county Saturday.
In April of ia-t year T. I!. Veasey, a gToeer of
Borne, i-j-t.-.l a btackliosnt in front of his
.tore on Bro-d streei. ith the words "dead
b*’at. K. A. Welch, t>. 38.” Mr. Welch, who is
a miller, at mmm entered suit for >&,oco
damages for HW. A large number of
w.o - were introduced on both sides. Mr.
I pie sit ml !ri;”i in justification. A
■•! been reached at last accounts.
Th- Brtinswt k Herald w ants the city gov
ernment to own the gas works soon to he put
in. The contra* t with the new company calls
lor an expenditure of fi.Sw) |icr annum for
BnMaoc n few of the erleelpM atrsels. The
I -late- that Kichinond, Vs., owns its
gas w..rk-, atd last year consumers were
charged h:it -0 cents per I,ooocubic feet, and
yet so great was the income from the free use
or gas even at this law price that it yielded
ihecty government the respectable sum of
• wer sfi*J Oo uet profit.
fort Valley AVic an /Ad ter fleer-. The To’-
towing ni,:e,’addressed to our Mayor from a
tows Endow, is given as a literary curiosity.
The sohooltaasler :s in great demand some
where . "To the mayor of fort valley Ga dear
.r 1 do rite to you to ask you if you think
dying Will pay in your town and tailorn Will
pin or tjot s*> p!ea*e aweer as soon a* you get
thi pievM dont fail to ancer this as soon as
vou get this plea-e lout fail so 1 Will close
iiapen t * tier from you as soon as you get this
f&li 80l lO nt* dCAT rtf,”
Valdosta Tt ■•: Several mornings ago.
<t site earlv, Mr. W. N. Boone was about the
chicken t. is. and found a denuded little ne
f;r under the nts. He demanded of the
i:Ue chap to know why be was there, ami in
that condition, but he gave no answer and
n ppod away whiiutMTing. lie m< almost
t.<o n trail to Vu-pect of rogneitb intentions.
At 1.r.-akfa-t Mr. B.atne learned that the
child b ion re 1 to hi- cook ant that she had
put him there with instructions to remain
unt : the chickens fl -vr down over him. The
tp; 1 had lbe chicken-pox, and the mother
ImlteTwi that that was the way to cure it.
Albany AV.L*: He intended to whip a levy
act. ra: - .*•• larger than himself. To accom
p, . this b- resortc So strategy. Selecting
two ennui* on whom lie —."ld rclv, he hid
them in the thick shrubbery in a certain yard,
mth instruction* to rush to his aid wi.cn he
whta.’le!. lie got in position. and pretty soon
the oa-i.-is'.'tli'g victim came marching into
the .caltr a:n :-b. As soon as he came with
•— | Um t..: • itrategM lit m Bin and
feegaa tk>' work of demolition. But it diiln’t
m , r x. The teg ts>y beegme transformed at
once into a regular thresh lug machine and
wa* having things his own way. Th- little
l-.v whis-le laud wh.slletl. but the • resesve”
, .. . 1 the battle
from fir a Ircr-wiagcd
pca.se" was good enough for them.
A gate#riet at Mtrs lliil **nds the Dalton
a-,-.* an a * watt! the death of Lafayette
Psi. strnari at ion of Maj. Pit
s 'r. from 111 ir..phobia, on March 2t. The lat
ter pari of January he was latter on the
In i bv I- <t-a w .ile chaining him. The
w -mad be a!-si and w* forgotten. Tuesday
N t week ai- vere t>*ia commenced in the
Ming through the arm <o the ho.lv.
Hetio a became quite sick, growing rapidly
wor-c. with yverr symptom of the malady.
Kr. lav right viV'ent spasm* followed, his ;
lami v to tvo and him In bis fear
fu' rating-, lie wasfl'iaily got to led, and
had to u> i.,ld there, lie passed through all
the horr S'e imaginations characteristic of i
the o sie-up-r. !. li. ving that he wa being
tsi to piece*, that his children were being
•Bordered, lliat water was being pumjied oil
him. He would shudder at sight of water '
Ud plea 1 f-.r hi- life, in Saturday he eon- i
tlnocd to grow won-.', and by evening had to j
beti.ddoun. At 6 o’clock death relief* ! his <
Isrum .
Dsi loti g'/w: Tlie Western and Atlantic ]
Bsod ts eoii-idering the propriety of placing 1
a spec a) .omm.Hlation irain between Dal- j
too and llittuuooga as an experiment, leav- ]
tog here in the morning and returning at j
wight. It will certainty prove successful,
tew IIS* to bring about such relation* between |
bne two pigcy- as tny ultimately result in i
mutual a ivantag*. t hattauuoga i>as a great
future. It is b:g tuivn now. li has but one
drawiia'k. Iti- nst, .u' will it ever tie a !
I*.*-* - ; -m. j <>u tu- . outran, l>.i'-
Berrr he a great town, n i* . nvi- -
rcaed i-v liri-kucs-and energy which it can
i*i a- ) . :.u: s-K-ullv. ua. ked by every
a tv- faceau* yiMßf; pure air. even tem- j
wee* ire. . *-1 water, natural sites, large i
. . extraordinary railroad facili- ]
turn—ev. rytl-mg which tend to add charm i
wad rom’ r. to botae life, it stands without a ,
rival -n th - - ion. t'iia'.bicooga people of j
mean- . hot*. Uap.d transit be
tween the two p'.&eea. cheap fare, seasonable :
hour*, and so.m they would become so linked
together, that the .ie might seem tint a part
ot the other.
Jbe Hartwell i gives the following de
tail* of * casualty already mentioned in a
special to the Xi as: Mr. Morgan Brown, of
tni* place, mi't itn death under th* follow
tag circum-t taee* Xhnr**<ay afternoon: Dur
ing th*' day he appeared in u*ua! health, and
tenant himself in his garden. About I o’clock
In the afternoon he was in the Itouae and Mrs. I
Brown, who was in tied tick in one corner of 1
•be house, tbiuks he was standing on a box
trying to get some nails fr..ui the top of a
cupboard in the opposite corner of the room ■
■ear the firenisce. It r detuented son was
p* ;ng to and fro Iwtwcen the doors. Sud- ,
.ieoiy Mrs. Brown, whose hesd wascovered.
lie aril a noise a* of someone falling, and
when she looked discovered her husband
lying prone upon the floor, with his face rest
ing a the stone hearth. As be did not speak,
•h- thought he had fa nted, and told her sou
Drt w him no. The fraiy young man re
fne-d to do so for a white, but finally raised
kt father and tried to give him some water.
■Jr*- Brow a then discovered that tw was
dead. It was ul first rumored that the crasy
yang man had steack his father in the bead
with some bevvy object and crushed his skull,
bat upon exam.aat.on by a physician and
others it was demonstrated that there was no
algn of a lick or evidence of foul play, but his
neck was found to be dislocated Mrs. Brown
•J* he had been complaining of spells of ver
tigo for some Uuie. an 1 it is evident that he
became duuy, and m turning on the lioa lost
his balance, and pitching head-foremost on ,
She hearth his neck was broken. He was a
feeoie man, *’ years old, and though very
woof, was highly respect a bW. The family is
*• extremety destitute circumstances. The
eraij young man will be sent to tne asylum.
FLORIDA.
Santa Bom cvnaty needs anew jail.
Circuit Loan convene* in Milton to-day.
-_T!£ f**"* who munlered Fd. Miles on Far- \
V K< **- summer was
•rrmte.l at bauta Kosa last week.
saf Co .l e s i* rio K colored waiter at
it'.K-'* ?“ drowne.l on Thurs
l“e of his boat while near the
**#day afternoon a party of ladle* dtscoy
ered a smoldering fire on the Sanford wharf.
It was discovered just in time and easily ex
tinguished. If it had been allowed a short
time longer the wharf would have been badly
damaged, if not entirely destroyed.
At Gainesville Fridav morning as the Sa
vannah. Florida and Western train passed
by the depot one of the coaches ran off the
track, demolisning a little building for storage
of oil and grease. A colored man was in the
building at the tune, but escaped without
iujury.
A day or two ago a little child in P.xlatka
pot hold of several green advertising cards,
and while playing with them got some of the
green covering in her mouth. As soon as this
was discovered the cards were taken from the
< hild and the pieces of card washed from her
mouth. Soon after the child exhibited symp
toms of poisoning when antidotes were ad
ministered and the child goon recovered
A trial of speed of the steam yaeht Mer
man!. belonging to the Magnolia Hotel, of
Green Love, was had on Thursday, bets
amoi nting to lI.OCO having been made th*t
the yacht could not run twenty nautical miles
within two hours, the course to be decided by
toss-up on the day of the race, and the dis’-
tance to be measured by a patent log. The
course selected was down the channel from
Magnolia, and the yacht won by 17 seconds.
The tele was running down, but the steamer
i was in no condition to make fast time.
Madison /feeorder: A large slice of bad
liu-k seems to tie the portion of Hirers Hous
ton. a colored man who lives in the neigbbor
borhood of Moseley Hall. We. are told that
during the last week his son, William, a lad
of JO. was severely burned by the explosion of
a bottle ot powder, thereby unfitting him for
work for some time to come. But the mo.t
, severe accident occurred to Houston himself
; on Saturday hist. Our informant atated that
be aud a white man had made a bet as to
. which one possessed the fastest horse, the bet
* to be decided by a race which was to occur on
I the day above mentioned. The parties met
at the (perilled time anil place mounted on
i their coursers. The rare began and the spec
i tators were prepared to enjoy a first-class
rare, when the horse ridden by Houston
| tripped, and falling, broke its neck and back,
giving Houston an unceremonious seat in the
•and. Fortunately the rider escaped bodily
harm.
Green Cove Spring: Some time ago a char
ter was granted to a party, temporarily so
journing in Circen Cove, giving exclusive
rignts over the streets of the town for Hie
purpo-e of establishing water and gas works,
the grantee giving nothing for the privilege,
and merely lending hunself to "make a be
ginning’’within a period of one sear. Since
then we understand that additional privi
leges have lteen granted to the same party,
giving him the exclusive right to bore artesian
w. ils in the streets. The owner of the-e fran
chises does not own a dollar’s worth of real
estate in Green Cove, and he has only to ex-
P ml a very small sum of money, in "making
a beginning.” to enable him tu bol l the pro
perty in each franchise until he may hve an
opiiortunity to sell it to others. If lie chooses,
t e may return to his home with his charters
tu his pocket, and give himself no further
| care about the matter until he may get hi*
orice for the property so lilierally donated to
I him by the town authorities.
Tailaliassee correspondence News. March
| 2-: Since the Florida Railway and Xaviga-
I lion Company has had now steel rails laid on
| a large portion of its track accidents and
I delays have become things of the past, and
■ travel over the road is increasing daily. This
j improvement in tlie road has a tded greatly
to ihe number of visitors who visit Talla
j li issue da It. All recognile the fact that this
j i* oue of the most fertile and beautiful sec
t nous of the state, and the luck of proper
I transportation facilities has be. n the greatest
1 drawback to contend with. Of course all re
' j uce that we arc soon to have one of the best
r.ia-is in the Mate, and the best wishes of
Hie people attend ibe management in it-ef
forts to give them quick and safe transiKirta
tion.—Spring is now u|xiu us, and the farmers
are much encouraged by the prosperous con
dition of tlie growing crops.—The selection of
delegates to lie constitutional convention is
cug.ging the intention of the people. Several
connt.es have alreadv nominated their candi
dates. and a lively campaign is anticipated.
This county is largely Republican, but Hie
more enlightened element of the colored peo
t> e express a willingness to give the white
population a representation on their ticket,
and the indications point to the selection of
three colored and two white persons not pre
judiced by former issues. Such an arrange
ment would redoiiDd to the benefit of all
classes of our citizens.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
There are now about 2JO pupils attending
the Chester graded School.
The receipts of cotton at Greenville this sea
son have amounted to 17,272 bales.
A belled-buzz ird is the latest sensation in
Fryesvtlle, Lancaster county.
There will be a picnic at Hayden’s Mill, Or
angeburg county, on April 4.
Anew contraejor has taken charge of the
grading on the Savannah Valley Road.
A a election for Inteudant and Wardens of
the town of Lancaster will be heldon April 13.
Furman McEachern. of Sumter county,
killed isu rats in his barn Id one day last week.
Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick has made a do
nation to build at Abbeville court house a
building which will be a branch of the Clinton
Orphanage.
Avery few shad have been in the Marion
market this season. An old fisherman savs
that if something is not done to stop the nets
•Sown ill Kill t Georgetown, in two years there
will not be a shad coming up the Pee-Dee
river.
The State Convention of the Knights of the
Golden Rule will meet in Newberry on the 7lh
of April. There wi Ibe about forty delegate*
in attendance. Tlie Hon. J. S. Ft. Thompsou.
of Spartanburg, is Grand Master, and will
pr. side over the convention.
The members of the Charleston Cotton Ex
change celebrated the anniversary of the or
ganization Friday, the celebration, which
usually takes place on New Year’s day, hav
ing been postpon* don account of the illness
at that time of the late W. Walton Smith,
the sui urintendent of the Exchange. A
lunch was served in the Exchange.
There are no shad in the Wateree river this
vear. The Camden Journal says: “m order
to solve the mystery we believe it would be a
good idea for ii party of men to get in boats
and go down the river to Its month, and if
they find any such obstruction (wire nets) to
t.-ar it out at once and let the fish pass up.
Such a scheme has been carried out in former
years, and we see no reason why it cannot be
done again.”
t'p to and including the 20th of March, l. c 99
lien* for supplies and liens for rent have been
registered in the otlieo of the Clerk of the
Court for York county. Up to the 18th of
March last year the number aggregated 1,804.
While the n’umlierof lien* are about the same
as at the same time last year, the Clerk of the
Court isof theoninion that the amount of
motigy involved is less.
Berkeley Gazette-. On Wednesday. March
19, Bam Henderson killed Morris Green about
4 o’clock in the moruing, in one of the Latham
house* near John's Island ferry. The quar
rel was over a piece ol bacon; words came to
blows, and Henderson smashed Green’s skull
with a brick or billy. Both are nrgroes.
Henderson immediately left and has not been
found, though Trial Justice Legare made ev
ery effort to discover bis whereabouts.
A large palmetto tree w as landed at Union
wharves at Charleston Friday from one of the
sea islands for shipment on tliesteamship. uar
agessa to jbo Confederate Bazaar, to be held
this week at Baltimore. The tree is intended
for the bouth Carolina table in tlie bazaar.
The following is the shipping mark: "Rev.
John T. W'lghuiiaii, for Confederate Bazaar,
Baltimore. Md, ’From way down
bouth in Dixie.’ ” The tree is
the gift of an enthusiastic citizen
to the ladies in charge of the South Carolina
table at the liaz tar.
At Beaufort Thursday a warrant was is
sued by Justice T. G. Wititc for the Arrest of
Johi, lienson, B. B. Piner, John Williams and
James Coljins, of Savannah. Ga.. charged
w.tn obstruction of the Combahee river with
seines. Sheriff Kllioft proceeded to the haul
ing of the seines and brought in John Henson
and B. B, Piner. The others gave bond to
appear before the court Saturday morning to
plead to the charge under the statute. The
parties state that, although engaged in fish
ing s charged, for eight week* past, their
catch ha'Tt.w-'ii very small, unusually small
compared with'former seasons with which
they had experience, and thus account for it
by the coldness and lateness of tlie season
They state that where at the same time in
previous .ears they iiad procured about 5,000
shad, up (o this tinie they had only obtained
1,000 up to the same date.
THE SEVENTH CREMATION.
A St. Goal* Merchant It educed to Ashe*
at Lancaster.
Lancaster. I'a-, March 26.—Carl Ltfed
ekitig, the subject of the seventh crema
tion at the Lancaster crematorium to-day,
died on Sunday last of apoplexy, aged 66
years, at bis home in St. Louis, Mo. He
was a native of Geissen, Germany, and
was educated at the universities of Geis
sen and Friedburg. In 1546 he came to
this country and settled in St. Louis. He
was a gentleman of thorough culture and
tine ability, ami was prominently identi
fied with the leaders oi advanced thought.
He was a delegate to the international
congress of Freethinkers held at Naples,
and has written several works that have
commanded wide attention. Ho was an
advocate of cremation, and it was
at his own request that his remains
were disposed of in this way. He leaves
a wile and two sons, one of whom, Rob
ert, is a prominent physician, and the
other, Charles, is a professor of chemis
try in Washington University, St. Louis.
The body arrived here at 5:30 this morn
ing, in charge ot the two sons, and was
at once taken to the crematorium. The
tires had been burning for nearly two
days, owing to a misunderstanding as to
the time of the arrival of the remains,
and at li:30 o’clock, the retort being
ready, the body was placed within. In
about one hour it was reduced to ashes,
which will be removed as soon as the re
tort cools this evening, and given in
charge of his sons, who wish to start for
borne to-night. No services were held at
the crematorium.
Broke Hi* Neck with ■ Mone.
Wilmington, N. C., March 29. —Last
night during an altercation between John
Carver and iV alter Johnson, both colored,
Carver struck Johnson with a stone,
breaking bis neck and causing death
almost instantly.
CLEVELAND IX HIS PEW.
THE CONGREGATION INCREAS
ED FROM 300 TO 1,200.
Contribution Boies Also Much Better
Filled than Formerly—An Army of
Hoary-Headed Old Pharisees Flocking
to the Shrine —The President not Over
worked by the Doties of HU Office.
Washington, March 29. President
Cleveland, with his family, occupied his
pew at Dr. Sunderland’s church this
morning. The congregation had swelled
from the 300 people ordinarily present to
1,200 people. The contribution boxes
were better filled than for a long time
back. Dr. Sunderland preached from
Isaiah, 20th chapter and 3d verse.
The church promises to become the most
popular house of worship in Washington.
It is situated at the corner of street
and Louisiana avenue, near the City Hall,
where Guiteau’s trial was conducted.
The immediate vicinity is filled with
lawyers’ offices, cheap boarding houses,
and drinking saloons. Polite society,
which followed Arthur from the Metho
dist Church, where Hayes worshiped, to
St. John’s Episcopal Church, on U street,
does not relish the idea ot going to 4 %
6treet to practice its devotion, but it will,
nevertheless. In fact, the tide has
already set in that direction. Quite a
number of applications were made last
week lor pews centrally located.
‘•What price are you willing to pay?”
was asked of an office-holder, who in
quired for a sitting yesterday.
“Money is no object if 1 can sit near the
President,” was the reply.
The price of the pews, in anticipation of
the demand, has alreadv advanced 50 per
cent., and as the number of pews de
creases the figures will probably go higher,
it is noted with some surprise that sev
eral ot the applicants are Republican
Federal officials, who are desirous of re
taining their positions under Cleveland’s
administration. Another class who are
engaging seats arc certain old Bourbon
Democrats ot the District who are after
the local offices, and who, rumor says,
have not seen the inside of a church in
the last twenty years.
The story of how Dr. Sunderland came
to be pastor of bis present church, is told
as follows: When the father ot E. J.Pnelps,
our new Minister to England, was in the
Senate, and E. J. Phelps himself was
Second Comptroller of the Treasury, he
heard a prominent Presbyterian say at
dinner one day that his church needed a
bright young clergyman as pastor. Mr.
Phelps said, “I know just the man. He
was a classmate of mine, a briebt fellow
and a good preacher. His name is Byron
Sunderland. He’s preaching out in West
ern New York somewhere now. He’s
just the man you want.” Mr. Sunder
land was asked to come. He accepted
the invitation, and he has been here ever
since.
CLEVELAND NOT OVERWORKED.
The President has been surprised to find
that the duties of his office are much less
arduous than he expected. He did not
expect to get on so easily with the neces
sary work of his office. He finds time
enough to look into and thoroughly ex
amine all the questions that he is called
upon to decide. Ilis habits of hard work
and long hours would enable him to per
form a good deal more labor than he finds
necessary. He is being somewhat tired
by the people who come to s e him and
the matters which he is required to attend
to, hut he is in first rate physic tl condi
tion, ami never lound himself more ade
quate to the performance of his official
duties than now. He does not worry or
fret about anything. He is not
pulling wires or laying pipes for
future political results. A friend
of the President suggested to him
the other day that a certain appointment
which it was known would particularly
please a certain newspaper might be ad
visable on that account. It would secure
the friendship of that paper for his admin
istration absolutely. His reply to this
was: “Oh, well, they have all got to
come to it anyhow.” He does in fact be
lieve that every reputable newspaper in
the United States is bound to come to his
support, because he does not intend to
adopt anv course of action as President
of the United States which reputable
journals can succeed in persuading their
readers is wrong.
CHANGES IN THE DEBT STATEMENT.
C. D. Jordan, an expert accountant in
the employment of Samuel J. Tilden, has
been quietly examining the books of the
Treasury Department lor two weeks with
a view to getting information and sug
gesting improvements. He has suggest
ed to Secretary Manning changes in the
monthly debt statement which will proba
bly appear in the statement tor March, to
be issued on Wednesday. They will at
tract great attention from those who
regularly read the statement, and may
create some excitement outside of that
limited circle. They will certainly indi
cate that for some tune to come there will
be no bond calls. One of the two most
important changes will be in the
position of the $31,000,000 cf fractional sil
ver in the Treasury. Instead of being in
cluded under the head of “cash avail
able,” as at present, this silver will he
given a place by itself in the assets. This
will of course reduce the “cash avail,
able” by $31,000,000. The other most im
portant change will be in the place given
the Pacific Railroad indebtedness—
s6o,ooo,ooo principal aud $40,000,000
interest. This has always been
given at the foot of the statement,
llereafter it is to be included in
the grand total ol liabilities, thus ap
parently increasing the indebtedness
of the government $100,000,000. The
statement is made that expert
Jordan suggested to Secretary Manning
that hereafter all outstanding gold cer
tificates should be deducted from the gold
in the Treasury in the statement, hut the
Secretary proposes to deduct in the future
as in the past—only tbe certificates in cir
culation, and not those held by the Treas
ury. The statement will be generally re
arranged, so that it will present more
plainly than it now does the actual state
of the government’s finances. Now-a-days
it requires an elaborate explanation to
make plain from the statement the actual
condition of the Treasury.
m'donalp’s prospects—a doubtful
STORY.
A Democratic official of high authority
is responsible for the statement that Mc-
Donald’s recent visit to this city was to
receive an assurance from the President
that t ere would be a resignation In the
Gabinet at the end of this year, and that
McDonald might have the place if he de
sired. Upon Mr. McDonald asking what
portfolio ne was expected to accept he
was told the po9t office. McDonald was
also informed that he might go abroad if
he so desired, and represent this govern
ment at St. Petersburg. He declined this
on the ground that, inasmuch as he would
succeed Col. Vilas within the next nine
months, it was better to remain at home
and settle up his business affairs.
It is said that Col. Vilas will leave the
Tost Office Department Jan. 1, 1886, to
resume his law practice in Wisconsin,
and that he accepted a Cabinet portfolio
with that understanding.
MINISTER PBELPS—HOW HE CAME TO BE
A MINISTER.
Last winter Prof. Phelps, our new Min
ister to England, wrote a letter to Con
gressman Stewart, of Vermont, in which
he in a very satirical fashion
the duties of a Congressman. This letter
was passed around by Senator Edmunds
and his friends all through the winter. It
was read at a number of hilarious dinper
tables. Senator Bayard himself enjoyed
the letter very much. It is probable that
the satirical phrases of this letter
strengthened Mr. Bayard’s original in
tention to appoint Mr. Phelps. The
author of such witty and flowing phrases
would certainly be able to hold his own
in the realms of after-dinner ora
tory with James Russell Lowell. Mr.
Bayard, besides being a great friend of
Mr. Phelps, through the intimacy of their
respective fathers, is under some sort of
political obligation to Mr. Phelps. In
1880, b .fore the meeting of tbe Democratic
National Convention at Cincinnati, Mr.
Phelps published a long letter advocating
Mr. Bayard’s nomination for President.
This le’ter was a very elaborate presenta
tion of the claims of Mr. Bayard, coupled
with a very ingenious argument going to
show that Mr. Tilden should not be
nominated, because he could not be elect
ed if he wero. He also deprecated the
selection of any military gentleman
as a candidate. ‘This was an indirect
argument against Gen. Hancock.
MR. PHELPS IS A FINE SPEAKER AND IS
SPECIALLY FELICITOUS
in alter-dinner efforts and on occasions
when wit pnd wisdom are expected but
rarely found. He is capable of serious
efforts of a high order. Profound in the
law. he is not a stranger to the higher
walks of literature. Good judges say
that he will he very popular with English
men and not less so at home for the way
he will fill the station for which he has
called.
Senator Edmunds warmly approves of
Mr. Phelps’ appointment. His indorse-
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1885.
ment of him to Mr. Bayard as one of the
most learned men in the country in inter
national law and m other respects “the
best equipped man of his acquaintance”
to represent the United States at London,
weighed for all it was intended with
Secretary Bayard, to whom he has for
many years been favorably known. Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. Phelps became ac
quainted at Saratoga at a meeting of the
Bar Association several years ago, and an
agreeable acquaintance has been main
tained ever since. Whether it was the
President or the Secretary of State first
proposed Mr. Phelps, there was not much
time spent in setting all others aside and
agreeing on him lor the English mission.
IN A GOOD HUMOR.
Ex-Congressman Phil Thompson is in
infinite good hutqor and cheerfulness. lie
is thoroughly complacent over his defeat
in the contest for the Internal Revenue
Ccmmissionership. He isn’t at all dis
gruntled. He says that If office-seekers
could only know what the President has
to contend with—everybody rusbing at
him at the same time—they would not
grumble so much when they fail to get
Just what they want. Phil doesn’t tiling
that the adm nistration will be a failure
because he wasn’t appointed Com
sioner of Internal Revenue. But ex-Con
gressman Hernandez de Soto Money, of
Mississippi, is fast losing faith in the ad
ministration. He thinks it will break
down, split the party, and do .ill sorts of
disagreeable things. Mr. Money was not
made Postmaster General. Then he was
not made Assistant Postmaster General.
Then he was not made Assistant Secre
tary of the Interior, and the luture of the
administration and the Democratic party
is growing darker every day.
MARVELS OF THE EXPOSITION.
Hon. J. G. Speed Say* That the News
papers Have Not Overrated.
New Orleans, March 29.—The Board
of United States Commissioners for the
States und Territories held a regular
meeting yesterday at the California
headquarters, and upon invitation Hon.
John Gilmer Speed, Commissioner in the
United States for the American Exhibi
tion in London in 1886, delivered an ad
dress. He said that he had come to the
exposition in a skeptical mood, for he had
read the reports sent to the public press
ot the country, and could not understand
why, if these exhibits were so perfect and
complete as described, millions of persons
had not availed themselves of the oppor
tunity to learn the useful and practical
lesson taught by such displays. He says
I cams prepared to be just, but to- lie
careful and thorough in my observations be
fore forming an opinion.
A FAULT OF JOURNALISTS.
I am a journalist by profession and, in my
practice, I have found as a rule my br thren
of the trade ready rather to err upon the side
of praise and award i frequently where tol
erance only was deserved. I have spent more
than a week now in this building, and I tell
vou with can lor and frankness that the re
ports have much understated rather than
overstated the facts in saying that these dis
plays wero marvelous, astonishing and won
derful. Indeed, 1 should now pardon the use
of any and all ot these superlative- in an at
tempt to describe what you gentlemen have
gathered to exemplify the wealth, achieve
ments, resources an i possibi'ities of your
various sections.
THE COMING LONDON EXHIBITION.
Regarding the American exhibition to
be held in London in May, 1886, he said
that the effort of the management would
be to make it a faithful and thorough ex
position of the arts, manufactures, pro
ducts and resources of the United States
alone. This surely is a wide enough
scope, and to carry it out will require the
diligent endeavor and active co-operation
of those who are to be benefited by the
results. This scheme was conceived by
John It. Whitley, of London, and Gen.
Chari, s B; Norton, of Boston. These
gentlemen are acting and will act as Di
rector General and Secretary respectively.
QUICK WORK BY A BAND.
The Mexican band gave a concert in
Music Hall yesterday afternoon. A
piece of music written in honor of the
Liberty bell was received, arranged lor
sixty-six instruments, rehearsed and per
formed successfully in the space of 24
hours.
GEN. HATCH OUTWITTED.
Oklabomaites on an Out*ide Reservation
—Awaiting the Commission.
Arkansas City, Kan., March 29.—The
boomers say Gen. Hatch and the enemies
of the Oklahoma movement have claimed
all along that there was no cattle in Okla
homa, and yet in the face of this Gen. Hatch
sends troops into Oklahoma to drive out
certain men who have been holding
ranches there for years and of whose
presence Gen. Hatch should have known;
but he only half does it, as there are at
least a dozen more cattle firms there,
among them the Wyeth Cattle Company,
the McClellan Cattle Company, Howard
Titus, Ben. Keith aud others. These men
claim to hold their cattle on the Cherokee
strip, where they have no large leases,
but there are no fences between this strip
and Oklahoma and the cattle roam at will.
The owners claim that their stock may
have drifted into Oklahoma during the
winter, hut this they could not prevent.
One large owner says his cattle have
drifted as far south as Red river.
Gen. Weaver, of lowa, who is in Wash
ington, telegraphed to Capt. Couch, in
command of the boomers now here, that
he had called on Secretary Lamar and
President Cleveland, and it was believed
he would shortly appoint the Oklahoma
Commission in pursuance of the recent
act of Congress. It is thought here that
this commission has already been decided
upon, and that it will consist ol Senators
Dawes, Morgan, and Ingalls of Kansas.
A $350,000 BLAZE AT SUNDOWN.
Bleecker and Mott streets Furnish New
York Firemen Many Hours Work.
New York, March 29.—Fire, which
completely destroyed Schumacher & Ett
linger’s lithographic art establishment,
at Nos. 32, 34 and 36 Bleecker street, at
the corner of Mott, broke out at 5:30
o’clock this afternoon in the boiler room,
Situated in the cellar of No. 34. The large
building was entirely gutted, and the
valuable machinery pretty well destroy
ed. The total loss is about $350,000, of
which SIOO,OOO is on the building and
is believed to be insured. It
was over four hours before the flames
were got under control. Engine No. 20
was considerably damaged by falling
bricks, and the water tower was entirely
wrecked. When the root fell in spark's
flew up and fell again half a mile away.
A tenement at 303 anc 305 Mott street,
caught fire, but the flames were not al
lowed to spread. At St. Barnabas Pro
test Episcopal Home, adjoining the police
headquarters on Mulberry street, there
was much excitement for a time. The
100 children were made ready to vacate
at a moment’s notice, but were not obliged
to go.
OIL MILLS BURNING.
London, March 29.—Charles Price *
Co.’s oil mills at Belvedere, Kent, are on
tire. The fire will be allowed to burn out
as it would be useless to try to extinguish
it. Tha loss will be £200,000. The mills
are the largest in England. It is ex
pected that the fire will burn several
days.
HA ZEN’S REPRIMAND.
4ndge Mackey tu Try to Send tbe Report
to Reviewing Authority.
Washington, March 29.—The Post of
to-morrow will contain the following:
“The findings in the case of Gen. W. B.
Hazen, Chiei Signal Officer of the United
States army, recently tried by court mar
tial on a charge of conduct to the preju
dice of good order and military discipline,
were tiled in the War Department Satur
day. It is understood that the accused is
found guilty and sentenced to a repri
mand to be administered by the Secretary
of War.”
The Post will also say that Judge
Mackey, counsel for Gen. Hazen, has re
quested the War Department to furnish
him with a copy of the findings before
they are submitted to the President for
his approval, and that in making this re
quest Judge Mackey asserts that an ac
cused officer has unquestionable legal
right to submit an argument to reviewing
authority against an adverse finding.
Pledging SB.OOO of .Stolen Bond*.
Milwaukee, March 29.—0f the issue
of city bonds to the amount of $250,000 in
1872 SB,OOO were not sold and were sup
posed still to be in the hands of the city.
By the presentation of two coupons for
collection fpom tbe First Xatioual Bank
of Chicago their absence was discovered
yesterday. Chiet of Police Ries im
mediately conferred with the Chicago
bank, and last night ascertained that the
bonds were deposited with the bank as
security for a loan of $7,000 by James S.
White, who was City Comptroller at the
time the bonds were issued. White now
resides in Chicago, but is not to be found.
RIEL ROUTS TIIE BOBBIES.
FORT CARLTON DESTROYED
AND A RETREAT MADE.
Middleton Not to Advance Until He
Has a Large Force—Forty of the Half-
Breed* Reported Killed and as Many
Wounded in the Recent Kngagement—
The Battle Begun by Rebel Violation
of a Flag of Truce.
Winnipeg, Man., March 29.—A dis
patch from the West says: “The mounted
police und ir Irvine evacuated Fort Carl
ton on account of its lack ot defenses,
and retreated to Prince Albert, where
they can defend tbe settlements and bet
ter protect themselves. All supplies not
needed were destioyed, together with tbe
fort, to prevent them from falling into the
hands of the enemy.”
There has been but one fight so far, as
the rebels did not resist the retreat on
Prince Albert.
A dispatch from Q’Appelle savs: “Gov.
Dewdney and Capt. McDonald had a con
ference with Chief Piapot, and received
satisfactory assurance that the latter
would give the government no trouble.”
THE REBELS VIOLATE A TRUCK.
A dispatch from Battleford says: “A
scout has just arrived with details of a
fight. He says that the rebels approached
Col. Crozier, who had but 75 men, with a
flag of truce, and while parleying, fire
was opened by the rebels from two sides,
raking the police and volunteers on both
flanks. They responded with their rifles
and cannon, and 40 rebels at least must
have fallen under their lire and as many
more were wounded.
One of Riel’s emissaries Is under arrest
at Fort Pitt for inciting the Indians of the
Saskatchewan nation to revolt.
CUKES IN COUNCIL.
News has been received here also that
the Crees are in council at I’oundmaker’s
reserve, and that the Indians are about
starting on the war path. There are fears
of a general movement on the part of the
Indians to obtain more supplies. A dele
gation is now going to Battleford to make
demands. Col. Irvine advises Gen. 31 id
dleton that he must bring a large force to
subdue the rebellion. Gen. Middleton
had prepared for an early advance, but
will now await reinforcements and move
with a heavy column.
PARADES AT TORONTO.
Toronto, Ont., March 29.—Five hun
dred men, selected from the Queen’s Own
and Royal Grenadiers for service in the
Northwest, paraded last night at the drill
shed in heavy marching order. Each man
had his full kit handed to him, and the
city corporation supplemented it with a
pair of flannel drawers, an undershirt and
a pair of socks. After the men had been
termed into companies Col. Otter as
sumed command. The hour for the de
parture has not yet been fixed, but will
probably be decided on Tuesday. The
enthusiasm of the troops is bubbling over,
and a strong feeling prevails thatjthe re
mainder of both regiments will soon be
ordered to the front.
offers of services.
Col. Gray, ol the Toronto Field battery,
telegraphed to headquarters offering the
services of his battery, and received a re
ply stating that if needed the government
would accept their services. Applica
tions have been received by the Brigade
Major from officers in different parts of
the Province to be attached to the expe
dition, but they bad to be refused. Col.
Jones, of Brantford, has telegraphed offer
ing the seri ices of the entire battalion of
Dufferin Rifles, and many other officers
have sent similar offers of troops. The
rumor that the government had asked
permission to send troops through United
States territory is not believed here. The
officers attached to the corps in this city
have been ordered to rejoin their regi
ments.
A SUNDAY PARADE.
The troops paraded here this afternoon
in full marching order, when the brigade
order was read calling upon them to pa
rade again to-morrow morning at 10
o’clock, preparatory to proceeding to tbe
Northwest. It is expected that they will
leave here about noon. The approaches
to the drill shed have been crowded all
day. All the newspapers in the city,
with the exception of the Globe, issued
editions to-day, which were largely
bought up.
3,000 MILITIAMEN ORDERED OUT.
Up to the present time about 3,000 mi
litiamen have been ordered out. The gov
ernment confirms the intelligence in regard
to Fort Carlton being evacuated by the
mounted police. The fort accidentally
cough', lire while the police were leaving,
and was burned to the ground. They deny
the rumor that an engagement had taken
place between the forces when leaving
Fort Carlton lor Prince Albert. At any
rate, they say that no confirmation of
such a rumor has been received.
ORDERED TO BE IN READINESS.
Coburg, Ont., March 29.—C01. Rogers,
commanding the Fortieth Battalion, has
been ordered to hold one company in
readiness for active service in the North
west. Prominent citizens are offering
their services as soldiers. One company
of the Fifteenth Battalion, with head
quarters at Belleville, have also received
orders to hold themselves in readiness lor
active service.
DEAD FOR NEARLY A MONTH.
A Little Girl Put in Her Coffin Comes
to Life After Twenty-Eight Hays.
North Hope, N. Y., March 26.—Avery
peculiar case of suspended animation and
abstinence from food for a period of
twenty-eight days in Marion township,
this county, is exciting great interest. A
little daughter of Joseph Renner was
taken suddenly ill with colic, and the
pain was so severe that she went into
spasms. The father went alter a doctor,
but the child was to all appearances dead
before the physician arrived. The heart
had ceased to beat, the nulse was ex
tinct an i respiration had ceased. It was
noticed, however, in two or three hours
after tbe child died that the skin did not
take on that peculiar pallor noticeable on
most dead people. The child looked as
though she was sleeping, though the doe-,
tor pronounced her dead. The body was
kept for two days, and during that time
the skin retained a natural color, but no
other signs of vitality were manifested.
Then the friends commenced discussing
the propriety of burying her.
While the discussion was going on
someone went into the room where the
child was lying, and after looking at the
corpse far a moment put his fingers on
the pulse and was surprised to feel a
feeble fluttering. The pulse neat slowly,
but it indicated that life was there, and
means were at once used to fan the vital
spark into a flame. The doctor was again
called and restoratives applied. Although
respiration returned and tbe action of the
heart increased, yet consciousness did not
return to the girl, and all efforts to restore
her were fruitless. Bhe remained in this
state of torpidity for twenty-six days. On
the evening of the twenty-sixth day she
opened her eyes and feebly asked for a
drink of water. From that time on she
rapidly gained strength and is now able
to go about. From the time she took sick
until the day she regained consciousness
was twenty-eight days, and during that
time she partook of no food. W’henever
an attempt was made to open her mouth
the muscles controlling her jaws be
came rigid and her mouth could not be
opened.
PANAMA’S TURMOIL,
Malls StoppeU—Gen. Cerreoso Made
Prisoner by Gen. Aizpnra.
Tanama, March 29.—Gen. Preston has
refused to permit the despatch of mails
from Colon tu Cartegena 6ent through
the British Consulate and National Postal
Agency, and yesterday the mail bags
were returned to this place.
Gen. Cerreoso, the new Secretary of
W T ar, has been taken prisoner by Gen.
Aizpura, to whom he had carried peace
proposals.
A LAME EXCUSE.
Gen. Aizpura gave as an excuse for his
conduct that Gen. Correoso had brought
no credentials to him. News has been
received from the interior to the effect
that Antioqua has surrendered to the
government troops. The rebel camp at
Naranjo near Buenaventura has also sur
rendered. The steamer Boyaca left
Buenaventura for Panama yesterday.
A detachment from the United States
steamer Wachusett,which has been guard
ing the railroad property here,was recall
ed yesterday.
An Ex-Governor’s Disappearance,
St. Louis, March 20.—The family and
friends of ex-Gov. Thomas C. Fletcher are
in great distress at his unaccountable
absence from home. He has not been
seen f r nine days, and no trace has vet
been found oi him. He has a good deal
oi law business in Washington, and has
relatives in the southwestern part of this
State and Texas, but so far as known he
i is not in either place,
ANGLO-RUSSIAN PROSPECTS.
An Expectancy that De tilers' Reply Will
Have a Conciliatory Effect.
London, March *29.—The British Gov
ernment has chartered the new Cunard
steamer Etruria and the steamers Oregon
and Alaska for service as armed
cruiser transports. They wilt be fitted
with ten guns each. The admiralty has
ordered that the men-of-war Iron Duke,
Hotspur, Hecate, Conquest and Hya
cynthe be prepared for service. It is pre
sumed that they will go to the Baltic,
the Iron Duke acting as the flagship,
RUSSIAN SURPRISE.
St. Petersburg, 31 arch 29.—The St.
Petersburg German Gazette thinks the
dispute between England and Russia of
too trivial a nature to light about. The
Gazette says that it is difficult to under
stand how a nation with such an experi
ence as that of the Soudan disaster can
assume such a warlike attitude towards
a powerful military State.
La Journal de St. Petersburg belitves
that the reply of 31. de Giers, the Russian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, will have a
conciliatory effect, and that the 3larquis
of Hartington, expecting this, postponed
the debate on the Queen’s message call
ing out the reserves.
A LARGE FLEET ORDERED READY.
The admiralty has ordered the men-of
war Ajax, Conqueror, Leanffer and Rover
to be pieparea for service. There are re
ports that many other men-of-war have
been ordered to be put in readiness. The
admiralty has also ordered to the active
service Her 31ajesty’s ships Inflexible,
Devastation, Cyclops, Rupert, Cordelia,
Volage, Active and Emerald for immedi
ate service. They will be ready for sea
in a few days.
Lord Dufferin has telegraphed to the
Ameer of Afghanistan to hasten bis jour
ney to the meeting as quickly as possible
in consequence of the critical situation
of aflairs. Twelve cbiefs and 33 Sirdars
will accompany the Ameer to Rawul
Pindi.
RUSSIA CAN BACK DOWN.
London, 3larch 30, 5 a. m.—The daily
.Yeics says there is reason to believe that
the report of 31. de Giers concerning the
Afghan frontier is on its way to England
and that it is distinctly tavorable to peace,
for which we must thank the firmness ot
England and the imminence of a meeting
at Rawul Pindi. There is increasing
ground,” it continues, “for a belief that
some resource of diplomacy will enable
Russia to abandon her claims without
loss of prestige. If not, England’s duty
is still clear, and arbitration of the dis
pute would be inapplicable.”
AVOLSELEY GOING TO SUAKIX.
Graham’s Advance to Tamai Now Ex
pected to be Made Wednesday.
London, March 29.—The latest advices
state that Gen. Wolselev, after making
an inspection of the military stations
from Dongola to Cairo, will go to Suakin.
It is now certain that the advance of
Gen. Graham’s army to Tamai will be
made Wednesday, sufficient water stores
at Gen. McNeill’s zereba having been
completed to-day.
Earl Granville has instructed the dele
gates to the Suez canal conference, to he
held in Paris, to refuse to consider any
proposals that might interfere with the
customary quarantine regulations.
COERCING THE SULTAN.
The recent meetings between Muslims
Pasha and Hassan Fehmi Pasha on the
one hand and Earl Granville on the other
were in connection with the Egvptian
financial convention. The Turkish Gov
ernment was reluctant to sign the con
vention, thinking that it implied
recognition oT the bombardment of
Alexandria and of England’s
subsequent action in Eirypt, which were
considered as opposed to the Sultan’s
suzerain rights, and likelv to produce a
bad impression on Mussulmans. It is re
ported that Earl Granville threatened to
give Musurus Pasha and Fehmi Pasha
their passports and break off diplomatic
relations with Turkey unless the Bultan
signed the firman for a loan of
£9,000,000. Tbe Sultan, it is said
then agreed to issue the firman,
still refusing, however, to sign the con
vention, blit he afterward called a coun
sel of notables and finally decided to sign
tbe convention with certain reservations
which Earl Granville has accepted.
ARRIVAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES
TROOPS.
The New South Wales contingent ar
rived at Suakin to-day and were met by
Gen. Graham, who congratulated them
upon their line appearance and eulo
giz’d their patriotic intention, saying
that ho was proud to command such men.
They were heartily cheered on landing.
They will take part in the advance on
Tamai. It is reported that Osman Digua
has moved his camp to Tamanieb.
The total number of sick soldiers now
at Suakin is 500. The colonists who have
just arrived are a fine body of men drawn
from all classes of society, and are of bet
ter physique than the English soldiers.
Their average age is 30 vears. Thev have
been supplied with 50,000 rounds of ball
cartridge by a private donation and are
anxious for a scrimmage.
IRELAND’S REVOLUTIONISTS.
The Meeting at New York Devoted to
Ferocious Denunciations.
New York, 3larch 29.—Senator liid
dleberger did not attend the meeting of
Irish revolutionists at Chickering Hall
to-night. In his telegram of regret he
said, among other things:
Were I at your meeting my sentiments
would he Americanism without Know
notbingism. Irishmen should be Americans
without forgetting that there is an oppressed
Ireland. I believe it to be the duty of Ameri
can Irishmen to do their utmost for Irish
nationality and liberty.
The hall was comfortably filled at 25
cents admittance. O’Donovan Rossa was
enthusiastically received. In his opening
address, Chairman James Nugent said
that the crank who exploded the London
Tower bomb, and then went about his
business, was a free man in Ireland to
day. [Cheers and cries of “We’ll do it
again!”]
HISSES FOR TWO SENATORS.
Gen. 31illen delivered a speech in which
he made sarcastic reference to Senators
Bayard and Edmunds, whose names were
greeted with hisses and groans, senator
ltiddleberger’s name was cheered.
Prof. Alezzerotf defended tbe dynamite
policy, and said that the morality of Eng
land was the morality of a starved hear
or hungry tiger. "Morality be damned,”
said the Professor.
O'Donovan Rossa remarked that not
withstanding what the press said about
him he had done some good. [Applause].
He would try to strike the heart of Eog
lana and bring her to her knees. “No
law can be passed,” said he, “that will
prevent my doing what I can to help my
country.” [Great applause.]
WALES’ VISIT AN INVASION.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the landing of Albert Edward Guelph,
commonly called Prince of Wales, on
the shores ot Ireland must be and is re
garded as an act of invasion, and that
said Albert Edward Guelph is entitled
only to that reception which a liber
ty loving and patriotic people should ever
extend to an invader of their country,
and that by the laws of war he invites that
death which the world has decreed to be
tbe desei t of a hostile spy in time of war.”
Mrs. Yseult Dudley was denounced as
an emissary of the English authorities.
The expulsion of the Fenians from France
was also denounced.
URUGUAY AND THE VATICAN.
Priest* Refuse to be Run by Police and
a Rupture Imminent.
Buenos Ayres, March 29.—A rup
ture between the Uruguayan Government
and the Vatican is imminenlvowing to
the recent orders issued by the govern
ment for the arrest of priests who preach
against the government’s attitude in re
gard to civil marriage. The Bishop de
clared that he could not accept
the judgment of a police officer
as to what sermons would come
under the ban of tha law and merit pun
ishment by imprisonment, and has conse
quently directed priests not to preach in
any church upon any subject. The Bish
op has also asked Monsignor Matera, tbe
apostolic delegate resident in this city,
to intervene in the matter.
The financial situation shows a tenden.
cy for the worse, with gold at 86 pre
mium,
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costin,, less than ? cent a cup, is the
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sta and. and after to*v han acentury’s
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j AWKWARD USEFULNESS.
TALMAGE EXPOUNDS A TEXT
BY 1,500 ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The Subject Taken from Judges ill., 15—
The 700 Left-Handed Warriors of the
Tribe of Benjamin—Danger of Worldly
Llevatiou—Slaudlna at tbe Gate of
Tears.
Brooklyn, 3lareh 29.—Dr. Talniage
preached this evening in the Brooklyn
Tabernacle, on the subject, “Awkward
Usefulness.” NVhen by electric touch
the 1,500 lights of the Tabernacle flash
up, the auditorium affords a brilliant
scene not to be forgotten. The aisles and
the corridors and the entrances of the
church are thronged. The opening hymn
at this evening’s service was:
"My soul, be on thy guard!
Ton thousand foos arise;
The hosts of sin are pressiug hard.
To draw thee from the skies.”
The text was from Judges, iii., 15:
“But when the children of Israel cried
unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a
deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, a Ben
jarnite, a man left-handed, and by him
the children ot Israel sent a present unto
Eglon, the King of Moab.” Dr. Talmage
said:
Knud was a ruler in Israel. lie was left
handed, aud, what was peculiar about ’he
tribe of Benjamin to which no belonged, there
were in it seven hundred left-handed men, and
yet so dexterous had they ad become in the
use of the I. ft hand that the Bible says they
could sling stone* at a hair’s breadth aud nut
miss. Well, there was a King by the name of
Eglon, who was mi oppressor of Israel. He
impose l upon them a most outrageous tax.
Ehud, the man of whom I tirst spoke, had a
divine com mis ion to destroy that oppressor.
He came, pretending that ho wits going to pav
the tax, and asked to see Kiug Eglon. He
was tol.l t.e was in tne summer-house, the
place to vtveh the King retired when
it was too hot to sit in the palace.
This summer-house was a place sur
rounded by flowers and trees, and springing
fountains aud warbling birds. Ehud en
tered the summer house and said lo lung
Eglon that he had a s.eret erran 1 with him.
Immediately all the attendants were waved
out of the royal presence. King Eglon rises
up to receive the messe ger. Ehud, the left
handed man, puts lus left baud to his right
i.le, pulis out a da ger aud thrusts Eglon
through until the haft went in after the blade.
Eglon falls. Ehud comes forth to blow a
trumpet of right amidst the luouutaius of
Ephraim, and a great uost is marslialled aud
pr uil Meab submits to the conqueror and
Israel is free. So, O Lord, let all thine ene
mies perish! So, O Lord, let all thy friends
triumph!
I lear i first from this subject the power of
left banded men. There are some men who
by physical organization have as much
strength in their left hand a. in their right
hand, but there issometbiug in the writing of
this text which implies that Ehud bad some
defect iu his right hand which compelled him
to use the leit. Oh! the power of left-handed
men! Genius is often seif-obsert nnt, careful
of itself, not given to much toil, burning in
cense to its own aggrandizement; while many
a man with no natural endowments, actually
defective in physical and mental organiza
tion, has an earnestness for the rights as pa
tient iudustry, an all-consuming persever
ance. which achieve marvels fo- the kingdom
of Christ. Though left-handed as Ehud they
eau strike down eiu as great and imperial as
Eglou. 1 have seen men of wealth gathering
about them all their treasures, snulnug at the
cause of a world lying in wickedness, roughly
ordering Lazarus off their doorstep, sending
their dogs not to lick his sores, but to hound
him off their premises; catching all the pure
rain of God’s blessing into the stagnant, ropy
frog inhabited poo! of their own selfishness—
right-handed men worse than useless—while
many a man with large heart and little pulse
hasoutof liislimited means,made poverty leap
for joy, aud started an inllucnce that ove~-
spans’the grave and will swin{ round and
round the throne of God, world without end;
amen. Ah, me; it is high time that you left
handed men who have been longing for this
girt, and that eloquence, and the other man’s
wealth, should take your left hand out of your
pockets. Who made all these railroads? Who
set up all these cities? Who started all these
churches, aud sohoolsand asylurao? Who has
done the lugging, and ruuuiug and pulling?
Men of no onderful endowment-., thousands
of them acknowledging themselves to be left
handed, aud yet they were earnest, and yet
tliey were determined, and yet they were
triumphant.
But 1 do not suppose that Ehud, the first
time he took a sling iu his left hand, could
throw a stone a hair’s breadth and not miss.
I suppose it was practice that gave him the
wonderful dexterity. Go forth to your
spheres of duty aud be not discouraged if in
your first attempt you miss the mark. Ehud
missed if. Take another stone, put it care
fully into the sling, swing it around your
head, take better aim and the next time you
will strike the centre. The first time a mason
rings his trowel upon the brick, he does not
expect to put up a perfect wall. The first
ti me a carpenter sends a plane over a board or
drives a bit through a beam he does not
expect to make perfect execution. The first
time a boy attempts a rhyme he does not ex
pect to chime a "Lalla Rookh” or a "Lady of
the Lake.” Do not be surprised if in y r our
first efforts at doing good you are not very
largely successful. Understand that useful
ness is an art, a science, a trade. There was
an oculist performing a very difficult opera
tion on the human eye. A young doctor stool
by and said: “How easily you do that; it
don’t seem to cause you any trouble at ail.”
Ah,” said the old’ oculist, “It is very
easy now, but I spoiled a hatful of eyes to
learn that.” Be hot surprised if it ‘takes
some practice before we can help men to
moral eyesight and bring them to a vision of
the cross. Left-handed men to the work!
Take the gospel for a sling and faith and rc
pentatice for the smooth stone from the brook;
take sure aim—Qod direct the weapon—and
great Goliaths will tumble before you. When
Garibaldi was going out to battle ho told his
iroops what he wanted them to do, and, after
he had described what he wanted them to do,
they sad: "Well, General, wliat are you go
ing lo give us for all this?” “Well,” he re
plied, "I don’t know what else you will get,
but you will get hunger and cod and wouuds
and death. How do you like it?” His men
stood be ore him for a li .tie while in sileuce,
and then thev threw up their hand* and cried:
“We are the men! We are the men!” The
Lord Jesus < hrist ealis you to Ilis service. 1
do not promise you an easy tune in this world.
You may have per*eruuons and trials and
misrepresentation-, but afierward there comes
an eternal weight of glory, and you can bear
the wounds aud the bruises and the misrepre
sentation-if you cun have the reward at\er
ward. Have yon not enough eullmsia-m to
cry out: "We are the men! We are the men?”
1 learn also from this subject the danger of
worldly elevation. This i.glon was what the
world called a great m in. There were hun
dreds of people who would have considered
it the greatest honor of their life just lo have
him to speak to them; yet, although he is so
high up in worldly position, ho is not beyond
the reach of Ehud’s dagger. I see a great
many people trying to climb up iu social posi
tion, having an idea that there is a safe place
somewhere far above, not knowing that the
mountain of fame lias a top like Mouut lllanc,
covered with perpetual suow. We laugh at
the children of shinar for tryinz to build a
tower lhat could reach to the heavens, but I
think if our eyesight were only good enough
wc could tee a Babel in many a door yard.
Oh, the struggle is fierce. It
is store against store, house against
house. street against street, nation
against nation. The goal for which men are
running is chairs and chandeliers and mirrors
and houses and lauds and Presidential equip
ments. If they get what they anticipate, what
have they got? Men are not safe from calum
ny while they live, and, worse than that, they
are not safe after they are dead; for I have
seen Bwinc root up graveyards. One day a
mangoes up into pub.icity, ad the World
does him honor and people clim'o up into
sycamore trees to watch him as he pas-cs, and
as he goes along on the shoulders of the peo
ple there is a waving of hats and a wild huzza.
To-morrow the same man is caught between
the jaws of the printing press, and maugled
and bruised, and the very san 3 persons who
applauded him before cry: “Down with the
traitor! Down with him!”
Belshazzar sits at the feast, the mighty men
of llabylon silling all around him. Wit
sparkles like the w ine and the wine like the
wit. Music rolls up among the chandeliers;
the chandeliers flash down on the decanters.
The breath of hanging gardens floats in on the
night air; the voice of revelry floats out.
Amidst wreaths and tapestry ana folded ban
ners a linger writes. The march of a host is
heard on the stairs. LaughCer catches in the
t hroat. A thousand hearts stop beating. The
blow is struck. The blood on the floor is
ri her hued than the wine on the table. The
kingdom has departed. Belshazzar was no
worse perhaps than hundreds of people in
Babylon, but his position slew him. Oh, be
content with just such a position as God has
placed yon in. It may not be said of us, “He
was a great General,” or “He was an honored
Chieftian,” or “He was mighty in worldly at
tainments;” but this thing may tie said of you
and of me: “Hewaeagood citizen, a faith
ful Christian, a friend of Jesus.” And that
in the last day will be the highest of all eu
logiums.
1 learn further from this subject that death
comes to the summer house. Eglon did not
expect to die in that fine place. Amidst ail
the flower leaves that drifted like summer
enow into the window, in the tinkle and
dash of the fountains, in the sound of a thou
sand leaves fleeting on one tree branch, in the
cool breeze that came up to shake feverish
trouble out of the King's locks—there was
nothing that spoke of death. But there he
died! In the winter, when the snow is a
shroud and when the wind is a dirge, it is
easy to think of our mortality; but when the
weather is pleasant and all our surroundings
are agreeable, bow diflicult it is for us to ap
preciate the truth that we are mortal! And
yet my text teaches that death aoes some
times come to the summer house. He is blind
and cannot see the leaves. He is deaf and
cannot hear the fountains. Oh, if death
would ask usjor victims, we could point hint
to hundreds of people who would rejoice to
have him come. Push oack the door of that
hovel. Look at that little child—cold and
sick and hungry. It has never heard the
name of God but in blasphemy. Parents in
toxicated, staggering around its straw bed.
O Death, there is a mark for thee', Up with
it into the light! Beiore those little feet
stumble on life’s pathway, give them rest.
Here is an aged m -n. He has done his
work. He has done it gloriously. The com
panions of his youth all gone, his children
dead, he longs to be at rest, and weari y the
davs and the nights pass. He says: “Come,
Lord Jesus, come quickly.” O Death, there is
a mark for thee! take from him the staff and
give him the sceptre; up with him into the
light where eyes never grow 4:m and the hair
whitens not through the long years of eter
nity. Ah! Death will not do that! Death
turns back from the straw bed and from ibe
aged man ready for the -kies, and comes to
•Die summer house. Whatdoest thou here, thou
Ttuny, ghastly monster, amidst this waving
qcrMs and under this sunlight sifting through
taetPße-branches? Children are at play. How
qnttskly their feet go and their locks toss in the
wind> Father and mother stand at tbe side of
the room enjoying their glee. It doe* not
seem possible that the wolf should ever break
into that fold and carry off a lamb. Mean
while an old archer stands looking through
the thicket. He poiuts his arrow at tlie bright
est of the group—he is a sure marksman—ihe
bow bends, the arrow speeds! Hush now. The
quick feet have stopped and the locks toss no
more in the wind. Laughter has gone out of
the hall. Death In the summer house.
Here is a father in miff-life; his coming
home .-t night is the signal (or mirth. The
Children rush to the door, and there arc books
on the evening stand and the hours pass awav
on gad feet. There is nothing wanting in
that hornßeligion is there and sacrifices
on the altar morning and night. You loos in
that household and say: “I cannot think of
anything happier. Ido not really believe the
world is so sad a place as some people describe
it to be." Tlie scene changes. Father is sick.
The Boors must be kept shut. The de.vh
watcli chirps dolefully on the hearth. The
children whisper and walk softly where once
they romped. I’assing the house late at night
you see the quick gtaneiug of lights from
room to room. It is all over! Death in the
summer house!
Here is au aged mother—aged, but not in
firm. You think you will nave the joy ot
canug for her wants a good while yet. As
she goes from house to house, to children and
grandchildren, her eotuing is a dropping of
sunlight in the dwelling. Your children see
her coming through the lane and they cry:
“Grandmother's come!” Care for you lias
marked up U. r face with many a deep wrin
kle, and her back stoops with carrying your
burdens. Some day siic is very quiet, fine
says she is not sick, but something tells you
you will not much longer have a mother.
She will sit with you no more at the table, nor
at the hearth, tier soul goes out so gentl ,
you do not exactly know the moment of its
goiug. Fold the hands that have done so
many kindnesses for vou right over the heart
that has beat with love toward you since be
fore you were born. Let the pilgrim re-t.
She is weary. Death in the summer house!
Gather about us what we will of comfort
and luxury, when the pale messenger comes
he does not stop to look at the architecture of
the house before he comes in; nor, eutering
does he wait to examine tha pictures
we have gathered ou the walls; or, bending
over your pillow, he docs not stop to see
whether there is color in the check or gentle
ness in the eye or intelligence in the brow.
But what of that? 3lust wc stand forever
mourning among the graves of our dead?
No! no! The people iu Bengal bring cages of
birds to the graves of their dead, and then
they open the cages aud the birds go singing
heavenward. So I would bring to the graves
of your dead to-night all bright thoughts and
congratulations nd bid them sing of victory
and redemption. I stamp on tne bottom of
the grave and it breaks through into the light
aud the glory of heaveu.
The aucicutsused to think that the straits
entering the Bed sea were very d-ngerous
places, and they supposed that every ship
that went through those straits would be de
stroyed, and t) cy were in the haliitof putting
on weeds of mourning for those who had gone
on that voyage as though they were actually
dead. Do you know what they called those
straits? They called them the "Gate of
Tears.” Oh, I stand to-night at the gate of
tears 'hrough which many of your loved ones
have gone, aud I want o tell you that all are
not shipwrecked tha hare gone through those
straits into the great ocean stretching out be
yond—the sound that comes from that other
shore on still nights, when we are wrapped
in prayer, makes me think the departed arc
not dead. We are the dead—we who toil,
we who weep, we who sin, we are the dead.
How my heart aches for human sorrow! This
sound of breaking hearts that I hear all about
me! This last look of faces that will never
brighten again! This last kiss of lips that
wil never speak again! This widowhood and
orphanage! Oh, whan will the day of sorrjw
be go e?
After the sharpest winter the spring dis
mounts from the shoulder of a southern gale
and puts its warm hand upon the earth aud
in its palm here comes the grass and there
come the flowers, aud God reads over the
poatry of bird and book and bloom aud pro
nounces it very good. What, ray friends, if
every winter had not its spring and every
night its day and every gloom glow and
every bitter now its sweet hereafter r- v .,,.
have beoi . Ml _
passes in the night u. . a pho- h .r
track left behind it; and- .r ■a.o r
they toss with unimaginable ■ udor. \\
across this at ocean it human trout
Jesus with . on, um ...... ‘ —~
track of ms feet we ml - '
ilhimi.u t!
The .is a ."‘-•’ooian in a railroad car wlio
saw i -' in..- jar turee passengers of very
differ. ’ instances. The first was a ma
niac. ..as carefully guarded by his at
tendants. His mind, like a ship dismasted,
was beating against a dark, desolate coast,
from which no help could come. The train
stopped, and the man was taken out into tbe
asylum, to waste away, perhaps, through
years of gloom. The second pas enger was a
culprit. The outraged law hud seized on him.
As the cars jolted, the chains rattled. On
his face were crime, depravity and despair.
The train halted, and he was taken out to the
penitentiary, to which he had been con
demned. There was the third passenger
under far different circumstances. She was a
bride. Every hour was g.iy as a marriage
bell. Life glittered and beckoned. Her com
panion was taking her to his father’s house.
The train halted. The old man was thereto
welcome her to her new home, and his white
locks snowed down upon her as he scaled his
word with a father’s kiss.
Quickly we fly toward eternity. We will
soon he there. Some leave this life condemned
culprits. They refused a pardon. They carry
their chains. Oh, may It be with us that,
leaving this fleeting life for the next, we may
find our Father ready to greet us to our new
home with him forever. That wilt be a mar
riage banquet! Father’s welcome! Father’s
bosom! Father’s kiss! Heaven! Heaven!
A PRODIGAL TWICE OVER.
A Son Disappears and Turns Up Once
l ight aud Again 23 Year* Later.
Bristol, Conn., 3larch 27.—Thirty-cne
years ago Edward Deegan, son of Patrick
Deegan, of this place, disappeared while
in Boston, and all inquiries brought no
tidings. Eight years later, while Mr.
Deegan was hoeing back of the rolling
mill, a young man came into the field
and the old man asked where he came
from. The supposed stranger said:
“Father, don’t you know me?” The lad
had been in tbe regular army, and saved
from his earnings SSOO, which he wished
his father to accept, but the latter de
dined. The son again disappeared 23
years ago, and from that time no traces
were obtained until last week, and the
father, now 74 years old, had considered
him dead.
A letter, dated Philadelphia, March 10,
was received by a priest to-day. It read:
“I wish to inquire if Patrick Deegan, his
wife and son, are buried in Bristol. lam
their son, and if they are dead—as I have
long supposed them—and there are no
gravestones, I would like to place one
over each grave, such as my means wil!
permit.” _ A letter was at once sent to
the son in Philadelphia, informing him
that his father and brother still survive,
anxiously awaiting to welcome him
home.
TO BE SHOT IF ACQUITTED.
Two Brother* Who Will Avenge Their
Sister’s Wrong.
Troy, N. Y., 31arch 29.—Francis Kelly,
of this city, aged 19, married a Cohoes
girl two years ago. On 3londay last he
came to this city and married Miss Sbut
ers, a pretty girl who lives in the lower
part oi Troy. To-day his first wife heard
of his second marriage and procured his
arrest. The detectives found Kelly at the
home of Miss Shuters, and when they
made their errand known her two stal
wart brothers seized revolvers and vowed
their intention of blowing out Kelly’
brains. Kelly cowered behind the officer ,
and the latter, drawing their weapons
ordered the brothers to throw up their
hands.
Kelly was handed over to the Cohoes
officers. He said he contracted a mar
riage because his first wife, instead of at
tending to her duties, spent her days in
skating rinks and her evenings with ques
tionable male companions. Miss Shuter’s
brothers say that they will be present at
his trial, and that if he is not convicted
they will shoot him dead. Miss Shuters
is prostrated by learning of her lover’s
perfidy.
Grant’* Condition.
New York, 3larch 30, 4 a. tm.— The
usual weekly consultation on Gen. Grant’s
condition was held yesterday. Doctors
Barker, Sands, Sbrady and Douglas were
present. The irritation of the nerves,
which had produced a train of symptoms
which had induced the iamily to send for
the physicians last night, had
been relieved so that the General
had a sleep of four hours
from 3 to 7 yesterday afternoon, and
naps of more or less duration during the
morning, making seven or eight hours
sleep during the last twenty-four. The
General presented at the consultation a
much improved appearance. Last night
he was free from pain and reasonably free
from the annoying discharge which had
troubled the family Saturday night.
Oliver Bros’. Men Appeased.
Pittsburg, March 29.—The strike at
Oliver & Roberts’ wire mill has been sat
isfactorily settled, and work will be re
sumed in all the departments to-morrow
morning, after an idleness ot three
months.
Snow Alone the Hudson.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March 29.—A
severe snow storm prevailed along the
Hudson river last night. The snow here
this morning was seven inches deep.
I PRICE *lO A YEAR. |
} 5 CENTS A COPT. \
COIMRETAKRS LANGSOU.
NEGRIER SHOT AND HIS FORCE
ON THE RETREAT.
Utter Annihilation of the French Threat
ened at the ilanda of 50,000 Chinese
A Piteous Appeal to Ferry for 30,000
Reinforcements—An Ominous Silence
as to the French I.osses—Wild Excite
ment at Paris and the Dissolution of
the Ministry Threatened.
Paris, March 29.—The Chinese forces
gained a victory over the French at Laug
sou on Friday. They carried the key of
the position and entrenchment. The
French troops retreated beyond Dong
Dang. They are falling back on Long
Koi. The French loss in men and guus is
unknown. The Chinese, it is estimated,
aro 50,000 strong. They menace tho
French lines of communication with the
south, ft is reported at Paris that Gen.
Briere de l’lsle asks for reinforcements to
the number of 20,000 men. The French
reverses have increased the political ex
citement in Paris. Tho narrow majority
obtained by the government yesterday on
the vote of confidence leads to an expec
tation that the Ministry will be defeated
in the next Tonquin debate and will then
resign. The Radical and Monarchist or
gans predict an early fall of Premier
Ferry.
GEN. NEGRIEK SEVERELY WOUNDED.
The following dispatch has been re
ceived from Gen. Briere de l’lsle, dated
Hanoi, March 28: “1 regret to announce
that Gen. Negrier has been severely
wounded and has been obliged to evacu
ate Langsou. The Chinese, in three
large columns, made an impetuous attack
upon our | osltion before kilua. Col.
Herbinger, in the face of the superior
number ot the enemy and the exhaustion
of his ammunition, was obliged to retreat
to D >n< Dang and Hanoi. I am amassing
forces on tho Chu and Kep roads. If the
enemy still increases 1 shall retire to
Songkoi. Whatever happens, 1 hope to
be able to detend the whole delta. Please
send reinforcements as quickly as pos
sible.”
THE DISASTER TOLD IN DETAIL.
It is otlicially announced that the Chi
nese troops on the Tonquin frontier yes
terday made a desperate attack upon the
entrenched camp, which had been estab
lished by Gen. Negrier, between Langsou
and Kilua, and from which Gen. Negrier
had been making reconnoissances beyond
the frontier separating Tonquin from
China proper. The Chinese drove the
French back to Langsou aud recaptured
that town. During this series of fights
Gen. Negrier was grievously wounded
and the French casualties were very seri
ous. The latest accounts represent the
Frencn troops to be in full retreat, with
the Chinese vigorously pursuing them. A
vast quantity of commissary and other
stores have been lost.
nbgrier’s wound.
Gen. Negrier received a gunshot wound
in tho chest. lie was brought from the
field, but his recovery is doubtful. The
total French loss in killed and wounded
is not yet known. Gen. Briere de l’lsle,
who is in chiel command in Tonquin, tel
egraphs lor assistance in an imploring
tone, which leads Parisians to expect a
further disaster. A council of war was
held to-day with Uou. Lowal, Minister of
War, presiding. lutense excitement pre
vails wherever the bad news has become
known in France.
A report is in circulation to-night that
Gen. Negrier has died from his wounds.
TIIIC CABINET MEETS.
The Cabinet met at 8 o’clock this even
ing. Another meeting will be held at 9
o’clock to morrow morning.
J.:t ./-in••/(. --s (Mata says: 'l'Yaee.c
- . >’iak .ue liocessary effiTl m be..
■ i • Tonquin.
will i* it. not to-iaorro-.v. but i
T - ‘ % however, we shall t. with
e res’ :!ity rests.”
1m ili,. • TDedltiOi-
Pekin. It says '"'‘’•rv w -|i,
make a statement in the Chamber of
Deputies to-morrow,
NEGRIER’S RECOVERY EXPECTED.
Paris, March 80, 3 a. m.—Gen. de
l’lsle. in another dispatch, says: “Gen.
Negrier is at Dong Dang. It is expected
that he will recover. Col. Herbinger is
with the column at Thannoi. The French
evacuated their positions without moles
tation from the Chinese. Provisions and
ammunition are plentiful at Dong Dang.
The military stores at Chu will suffice for
all the needs of the French.
The telegrams maintain absolute silence
regarding the French losses. The Cabi
net has decided to dispatch reinforce
ments to Tonquin immediately and to
ask in the Chamber of Deputies to-day a
credit ol $40,090,000, half for the Ministry
of War and half *or the Ministry of
Marine.
AI. Clemenceau has called a meeting of
the members of the extreme left for to
day to decide upon their oourse. Several
deputies who support Premier Ferry are
in lavor of a plenary meeting of all the
Republican groups.
DUELING WITH CLUBS.
A Successtu] Lover Itadly Beaten by
Bis lllval—The Fair One Goes to HU
Bedside.
Pittsburg, March 27.—A duel with
clubs was fought at an early hour yes
terday morning In a ravine near the Fin
ieyville branch of the Baltimore and Onio
Railroad, a short distance from Six-Mile
Ferry. The principals were Petro Cavan
ni, an Italian, and Paul Candist, a Hun
gnrian. Both boarded at the house of
J avero Mandrisky, a Hungarian, at Six-
Mile Ferry, and were in love with Mal
vina, the pretty daughter of their land
lord. Cavanni possesses a little money
and is a leader among his countrymen.
Candist is a foreman in a brick yard.
They were close friends until a short
time after the arrival from Europe of
Mandrisky’s daughter. Cavanni speaks
several languages and Malvina was
greatly pleased when she heard that he
was familiar with her native language,
and they gradually grew to love each
other. Candist was persistent in his at
tentions, but when lie found that she pre
ferred Cavanni, be became jealous and
purpdfcly insulted the Italian. The re
sult was a challenge to a duel, which
Candist accepted, naming as the weapons
clubs about the thickness of a police
man’s billy.
Yesterday morning the principals and
their seconds met. Candist proved him
self an expert with the club. He struck
his opponent several terrible blows and
finally knocked him senseless and then
beat him while prostrate. The seconds in
terfered and Cavanni was removed to a
friend’s house. Ho is dangerously in
jured. When Miss Malvina heard of the
affair she hurried to the bedside or her
lover and refused to permit anybody else
to go near him. Candist has disappeared.
Death of a Russian Diplomatist.
Paris, March 29.— Prince Orloff, the
Russian diplnmn+?t, is <>. ~ -•<
bleau.
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