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I j. H. SBIILL, Editor and Proprietor. |
CABINET resignations.
ui MCKS SOON TO BE AS THICK
AS FALLING LEAVES.
, < orresponriente Always Skeptical
'"f particularly Confidential Pointers—
“he |{ and Home Woman who Succeeded
x w eet—Several Hedhot Fights
~l fr the Minor Otllces of the Houie In
prospect.
WpIIIMjTO.v, Sept. 12.—About this
m ,.'i, iU k out for Cabinet resignations,
lu fact, from now until next spring you
minimi resignations and rumors ofresig
nations in the air every week, if not every
, , l have already been informed of the
, n , 9 |. t etive resignations of two Cabinet
ullicers, in addition to Postmaster Gen
„al \ iias, who was summarily super.
„deil the other day by a “business man
kuown to favor national aid to maritime
•■■mmeroe” in order that Paeiiio Mail
Bip-htgo up one point during one hour
and then go down again on the contra
■iiction of the report. Yes, if
~ v informant is correct Secretary Man
niincand Secretary Whitney are both very,
v „ rv tired of their offices, and will resign
, ,ust as soon as they can make the
imivsiary arrangement’s. The trouble
with this’news is tbatitlsn’t true. That’s
what's the matter with so much news
taut one hears. If It is given toiyou with
i ji.ii breath, with much circumstantial
detail, with many reservations and hxplu
i.i :s, so much the worse for it. It is
a [most certainly false on its face. For
0!l '. i am always suspicious of a Cabiuet
r. signation story. I happen to know
. wething about the Cabinet, and so when
a man, usually well-informed, perhaps,
tunics to me clothed in an elaoorate air
~f secrecy and breathes into my ear a
detailed story ot how the President and
l,is Attorney General, for emample, have
lad hu awful row over the appointment
Hi a di-trict attorney for Idaho, and how
the Attorney General has vowed on a
whole stack ot Bibles that he will never
, e t foot in the White House again—no,
i oteven to hand his resignation to the
President on the end of his old hickory
walking stick, and how the resignation
the Attorney General has been already
written and will be mailed to the Presi-
Vat to-night, and will be promptly ac
.■epled by the President to-morrow—when
iu tuts startling intelligence is poured
Into my left ear in the most theatrical wav
I it" not scratch you off a hasty dispatch
uidrush my messenger boy up to the tele
graph office with it. Oh, no; 1 know that
hai sort of "news” will "keep”—at least
until i can see the President or the At
torney General.
THE NEW CHICAGO PENSION AGENT.
Jlrs. Mulligan, who was appointed Uni
ted'tales Pension Agent at Chicago the
other day, vice Miss Ada Sweet, resigned
t -ii into husiuess.is a handsome woman,
-he looks to he about 40; is tall, graceful,
i+iiKutly and very agreeable. Her man
ners are charming. She is the widow of
the late Gen. John A. Mulligan, organizer
• t the Mulligan brigade, a gallant Irish
man. whose memory is kept green by the
surtiv is of the Chicago regiment
wuieh he led in the Union army torough
the w ar, failing in one of its latest battles
in:ally wounded while leading a charge,
ii Mulligan was a Democrat, and the
Democrats of Chicago have always
I- aimed him as their own particular war
.tn I heard a Democratic ex-Uongress
mau from Chicago say last winter: "After
1 had got well into my tirst terra in Con
in'- I began to look around with a view
tu re-election. 1 found that my opponents
j It the oarty were circulating "a story .to
the effect that Mrs. Mulligan, the
of the p allant and sainted
Mulligan, had asked me to
appoint her son to West Point, and
lat I had refused to do so. The
stir was hurting me dreadfully, and I
eaw at once th at I must answer it or re
EmpGsb all hope of getting a renomina
tiou. So I ‘hired a hall’ and made*
speech on the subjeot. The heads of iny
delenae, 1 remember, were: Firstly, no
vacancy has occurred at West Point dur
ing my terra which could be filled by an
appointin' i t from this district; secondly,
Mis, Mulligan never asked me to appoint
her -n to West Point; and, thirdly, Mrs.
Mulligan never had a son. That last
argument was a clincher, and I got my
renoniinatlon.”
SCHiMIILE FOR THE OFFICES,
llit- opening of the Forty-ninth Congress
v iil witness a novel situation of affairs.
" r tbe first time in many years there will
an no, such thing as a contest for the
>- aktrsbip. if Mr. Carlisle lives be will
'fi cctcrl hy the unanimous vote of the
ins'hrtty. I here is some curiosity as to
will be the candidate of the ltepubli
(,|Uious. it will he an empty honor,
j 1 it wiil pc eagerly sought af.er, never
iDeioHH. So far, three men have been
unt-d in tins connection: Mr. His
“V",/ 1 >’ew York; Air. Heed, of Maine,
.i. Long, of Massachusetts. Mr.
t*ud Mr. Heed entered Congress
-htneously. Kach has served four
-’lr. liiscock has been particular-
K "till* and with the work of the Appro
'* - au . < ' r,H Elommitteo. Mr. Reed lias been
ernahle Rupert of debate. Every
‘>i which bis party tins taken a
■j t uas (mind him always in the tront.
tut- there is little or no intercut in
- 1 anrship, Mr. Carlisle being uui
' .'arded as having nothing to
... r '>ii‘ any quarter, yet, when It cornea
'tiiei officers of the House, one
tu .f 7 1 nj uoii trouble iu finding out
fee!, *' Vf ' ral ri ( l bot fights have already
I 1111,1 -‘drated Hint are in progress.
t '.'''l ''"crest will centre In the ques-
I t !, h 7° the successor to the
• ", k^l"' r Wintursmitb. There arc
1 '•“tea in the field—Mr. Higgibs,
ti' iii clerk of the Tieusurv De
■'h'l Mr. Donelson. of Tennes
ln ■- 14 ? n e ®Ploye in tbs Houso fold
in')'"]’"!'., ll, ere has been some
1 -tV ! ’ ‘ "h-’gins would not enter the
■ dd remain content'd with
"' position In the Treasury. Tills
'.t . ' ! l , Muk ' Mr. Higgins is a candl
in,. - ! ;,' UHt ho says he Is, and ho Is not
i '' ’ 'Mistaken on that point. He
ii; 7 ‘' /Mat viand delegation, and, it Is
h" will uio ie backed by the
, atic Congressmen In Indiana and
" '* ANDTHK DOOKKKKI’KItHUIP.
and . ’■pcuklng on the subject only a
in ,' ’ , M KO. Mr. Higgins said he had
viKin,,,', onhls party yet, and ifit
n (i, Itl to ho doorkeeper he would
give .1‘ e ’ 141 any rate, he proposed to
Wit, 7 ‘’Y'y * chance to sav whether be
Itntig,;., o not. The Ohio and
him Uln p r “t* were said to be lor
leivi*.. “V* of hl# record on the civil
be *, |j, 1,1 tjuestlon. One thing may
nn. | >r ' 11 a* certain—Mr. Higgins does
to tin, rl‘ wr the doorkoiqiershlp
w f 'hrough bl , finKcrß ft bar^wor {;
D ’ t ..r lth,n *“• Mr.
lritmu ....,*¥'*<! “ Ter >' ffulet canvass,
ioni lioniLi lh * Roul| *weß. There are
n 1* m..—5" “ oo'ineotton wlih bis record
l*ln,.u whloh will have to beox*
raiorta nl. 0 ? " numu 0,,n seriously
■hie *ut his friends sav that he Is
Tln( Mo*ihlmsslf. Mr. Donelson la
trying to play the role of the horse of the
sable hue. The fight will be between
Field and Higgins, with the odds in favor
of Field as the matter stands at present.
If Mr. Higgins should be able to puli up
so as to endanger Mr. Field’s chances,
then Mr. Donelson will try to step in as a
compromise candidate. Failing in this,
he hopes to be able to elect the winning
man, and will expect in return to be
made Assistant Doorkeeper. For Clerk
of the House Gen. Clark, of Missouri, has
little opposition so far. When Gen.
Clark was elected two years ago lie was
one of the most popular men in Washing
ton. There is some quiet opposition to
him now, however. This is due, not to
the fact that he haw not been an efficient
officer, but owing largely to a marked
change in his personal manner.
HOW GKN. CLARK CUT HlB FRIENDS.
As soon as he was elected he seemed to
think that every man wmo had helped
him in his canvass did so merely to get an
office, and shunned them accordingly.
There were several lnlluential men who
worked bard for Gen. Clark and who do
not relish that kind of treatment. They
are quietly looking about for some man
who has a good backing and who would
stand a good chance of being elected. As
far as can be ascertained they have not
seleoted the opposition candidate. For
Postmaster, Mr. Lvcurgus Dalton, of
Indiana, will undoubtedly receive a re
election. The House never had a
more capable and efficient officer. For
Niergeant-at-Arms. the present incumbent,
John P. Leedom, of Ohio, is the only can
didate in the field so far. There will be
plenty more before Congress meets. The
first thing that Leedom did alter he was
elected was to arouse the bitter opposi
tion of the Democracy ot his own state.
He has patched up matters so that he will
be able to control the majority of the Dem
ocrats in the Ohio delegation; yet there
is a strong minority which will fight him
tooth aud unit. Outside ol his
own State several such men
as Gov. Curtin. of Pennsyl
vania. will oppose him. Gov. Curtin’is
quoted as having said openly that he will
not vote for Leedom under any circum
stances. It Is quietly whispered that the
Pennsylvania Democrats will bring out
ex-Con gresßin an George Post, of the Key
stone State, as their candidate. It is said
that as Mr. Randall has consented to
allow Mr. Carlisle have a walkover for
the speakership, he and his friends have a
right to dictate at least one of the im
portant offices of the House.
MR. RANDALL’S NEGATIVE POSITION.
So lar. there is no evidence to show that
Mr. Randall is in the scheme; but one
thing in certain, Mr. Randall’s most Inti
mate friend and supporter, Gov. Curtin,
is most assuredly pushing it with all his
might and main. Mr. Post was the sec
retary of the Democratic Congressional
Committee in the last campaign. Holding
that position he was able to assist nearly
every one of the Democratic members of
the House during tbeir campaign for
election, and is, therefore, a strong candi
date. He has not openly announced him
seir as being In the field, but will proba
bly do so some time next month.
He confidently expected some sort
of official recognition from the
President, and was earnestly urged
for thejppusition of Assistant jec
oretary of the Interior, hut Mr. Cleveland
quietly ignored his claims. He has been
mentioned in connection with several
other prominent places, but the President
has gone on appointing other men just as
though there was not such a person as
George Post in existence. Mr. Post is
determined that th" country shall not
lose his services, however, if he can help
it, and so the announcement ot his candi
dacy may be expected at any time. The
tight over the offices ol the House is
always vigorous aud severe It is no
more’nor leas than a genuine scramble lor
personal friends, political strikers who
wish to spend the winter in Washington,
aud baukiupt relatives.
MARITAL ROMANCES.
Kstnrn of a Runaway Wife—The Corpse
of a Ki nsway Husband Sent Home.
Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 13.—About a week
ago the wire of James Thurmond, the
magazine keeper, left Atlanta, taking her
two children with her, and upon leaving
htndcd her servant a note to be delivered
to her husband when he returned home
from his work In the evening, stating that
she had gone to her relatives in Detroit.
To-day Mrs. Thurmond, accompanied
by her children, reached Atlanta
and was driven to her home. Since reach
ing there she has been in a semi-uncon
scious condition, attributable, It is
claimed, to nervious prostration. While
no intormatlon as to where she has been
or he l- cause lor returning can be pro
cured at the houso, an impression pre
vails that afior reaching Detroit she re
pented of what she had done and took the
first train for Atlanta. Thurmond Is over
joyed at his wile’s return.
CAME HACK A CORPSE.
About twenty years ago an Italian by
the name of Valentine left his wife and a
large fam ly of grown children In Atbmta
and ran away with a woman, going West.
Since leaving nothing lias been heard
from him, but his wife believed that some
day he would return, and al
ways when speaking to her chil
dren about their father told
ihem that she was satisfied that he would
repent of what he had done and come
back. Ilor predictions were verified by
the ar ival ol the dead body at the door of
the Valentine residence to-day. He had
died in the West. The funeral, which
took piaoe Irom the Catholic eburoh,
w as well attended.
Killed by a Flash ft-om the Sky.
Canton, Miss., Sept. 13.— Yesterday
afternoon a heavy rain and wind storm,
accompanied by much thunder aud light
ning, visited this section, blowing down
trees and feiioes and damaging crops. At
Wcatbersby’s plantation, near here,
Thomas Weathersbv and three negroes
took refuge in a ginhou“e, which soon
after was struck by lightning. One of the
negroes, named Austin Carson, was
killed. Mr. Wealhersby was rendered
senseloas and ti e others were stunned.
Murdered In His Hod.
Lewiston, Idaho, Sept. 13.—D. M.
Frazer, for twelve years Auditor of
Shoshone oouuiy, was to-duy found
murdered In his lodgings In the rear
of his store at Pierce City. His body bad
been hacked to pieces. The object of the
murderer* was evidently ronoery, as a
blanket had been hung over the window,
and an tiiiHiicaesstul attempt made to
blow open the safe. The tracks leading
from 'he room indicate that the deed was
done hy Chinese.
Defaulter Nichols' Estate.
Fort Worth, Tkx., Sept. 18.—The will
ol John Nichols, late Vice President of
the City National Bank, waa probated
yesterday, Mr*. Nichols being qualified
ns executrix. A. M. Britton. President
of toe bank. Immediately began suit
against her for the recovery of $30,000, the
amount of Mr. Niobols* detaleai ion. The
Nichols’ estate is rated at SOO,OOO.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1885.
SOCIETY’S GAY OUTLOOK.
MRS. ASTOK’S ANNUAL BALL
AND DINNER PARTY.
Addison Csuimsck Head Over Heels In
I.ove with n Beautiful Belle Met at
Haratuita—New Novelties as Favurs for
Bunch and Dinner Parties.
New York, Sopt. 12.—Fashionable peo
ple are returning to town quite early this
tall. The houses on Fifth avenue are be
ing renovated for the return of the New"
port cottagers. Saratoga visitors are
returning by the hundred every day, and
the cold weather at Long Branch this
weok and last has made it almost de
serted. It is rather too early in the
season to anticipate coming entertain
ments, and yet many people have arranged
for their winter balls and receptions, and
will secure their boxes for the opera
season as soon as possible. Many ladies
have ordered their opera dresses this sea
son to match the new decorations In the
old Academy of Music, and everything
points to an early and gay season. Mrs.
Astor wiil return to town in October, and
although she has no young daughter to
bring out sbe will give her annual grand
ball and weekly dinner parties. Y oung
Willie Astor will soon graduate from
college, and promises to be a welcome
presence in the ballroom. Mr. and Mrs.
Orme Wilson, nee Astor, will also return
to town next month. Mrs. Wilson will
have weekly receptions, and is arranging
tor a grand musicale In November. Mrs.
August Belmont will spend the winter In
town. It is not known whether she will
give any large ball this season, but her
series of elegant dinner parties will be
continued. Her new turnout, a Danmout,
with four horses and outriders, will be
one of the novel sights in the park. At
Newport this week yachting parties,
dinners, receptions, and balls have been
enjoyed. Ex-President Arthur has been
dined by the Astors, Belmonts, and other
prominent people, and has been the lion
of the hour. Mrs. Heber R. Bishop,
whose house is one of the most elegant in
the city, wiil introduce her young daugh
ter, who is engaged to Mr. Lanier, at a
large ball, and it is said that the wedding
will take place some time about mid-win
ter. A large number of other engage
ments have been announced, and it is
probable that the fall weddings will be
numerous.
ADDISON CAMMACK IN LOVE.
Among the list of nuptial events which
will take place at no very distant day is
one in which the South will take a special
interest, lrotn the tact that the bouncing
bridegroom got his start on the road to
prosperity on the lower side of Mason and
Dixon’s line. Wm. H. Vanderbilt, Hon.
Cbauncey M. Depew and other gay old
fellows are tick led to death over the affair,
and regard it as a huge joke. Addison
Cammack, or “Olu Cam,” as be is famil
iarly called by the boys on Wall street,
has’seen 39 summers pass over his head,
but love has a grip ou him tighter than
that of a bulldog on a grenadier's trousers.
Ail these years he has been a stranger to
the grand passion, but at last the old bear
is in for it. Toe subtle charm bound him
in its rnagio spell before he knew it, and
the man of dollars, whose one mania
has been to work stock quotations,
like puppets lu a side show, forgot all
else except his new-found delight. A be
witching belle, whose name is, for the
present at least, concealed from public
ity, made a centre shot at Suratoga this
summer, where both of them spent the
greater part of the seasou, and as u re
sult brought "Old Cam” a willing cap
tive to her feet. Mr. Cammack has a his
tory, and is another illustration of self
made men. He started in life without a
dollar, and now he can count his wealtn
at about $7,000,000. He drifted down to
New Orleaus from Kentucky, and found
employment in a cotton house. At last
he oanie to New Y'ork with his modest
saving to speculate in cotton. He saw
an opportunity ever and anon on the
stock market, which he did not permit to
get out of sight. He kept on trading un
til at last he became a leader, lie specu
lated on his judgment, wbloh is
almost unerring. It was so good
that he could pocket a loss and
"run” when there was occasion for it.
His health has been very bad for some
years, hut is good once more. He used
to remain up nearly all night playing
social games of chance, which, on ac
count of his speculative nature, were par
ticularly attractive to h.m. When the
time comes lor him to settle down be will
have a stable that tew can equal. “Horse
talk” always lnteresls him. He came
from a horse region, and ho can see the
points of a horse at h glanoe. He hacks
up bis opinions with CHHb, end they inva
riably yield him a profit. Mr. Uaminack
is a good story teller, and that is one of
the things that put bun and Mr. Vander
bilt on such good terms.
"FAVORS” FOR LUNCH AND DINNER
PARTIES.
The fashion oi bestowing gifts upon the
guests at lunch and dinner parties has
led to the manufacture ot sets of small ar
ticles, all of the same general stylo, but
no two quite alikj. These are known to
the trade as “favors.” They come mostly
'“sets of six. On pretty set consisted
of six small hnarUrhajs'd cream pitchers
and sn equal number of tiny open sugar
howls, all whi.s without and lined with
different colors —pink, mauve, blue, yel
low, green, and red. Another, and even
more showy set were larger sugars and
creams In opaque Ivory glass and
tinted edges and trimmed with 1
flowers and leaves with transparent
glass tinted In the colors of nature. The
newest jelly and ice cream dishes are of
porcelain, instead of gla“s and silver, as
before. The jelly dishes are oval, with
fluted sides, the whole richly painted hy
hand. Ice cream dishesof the same ware
are in semi-circular shape, with one
straight and one rounded side. Decided
ly new and beautiful, though fragile, ate
table iiellsof Vienna ware, the clapper ot
tnetul, tbe handle und bodv of porcelain.
To match these bells are butter dishes of
this same Vienna ware, which is very
rioh in appearance and Covered with dec
oration like Japanese iraarl.
an interesting incident recalled-
The recent serious ending of a drive
which nearly coat tbe lives of two young
ladies of prominent Filth avenue families
calls to mind the rare presence of mind
displayed by Lady Sykes not so very long 1
ago, her forethought making her the talk
of fashionable l*ondon. Lady Sykes was
being driven in her own coupe to one of
the receptions ol the London season, when
the horses became unmanageable, and,
seeing tbe Inevitable, the fair occupant
of the carriage carefully wrapped her
opera cloak about her head and lace and
then, drawing her voluminous train
tightly about her, jumped, fortu
nately landing without accident.
Shr further showed her tang
jroid by ordering a cab and driving to ber
original destination, wbere sbe entered
tbe drawlug room as if nothing bad hap
pened. Her admirable loiethought saved
her bead and race from any poaatble dis
figurement which might have reaulted
from the fall, and, strange to say, her
coiffure w T as hardly disaiyanged. This is
perhaps one case in a hundred, but It
should serve as an example to those who
feel that they must jump at such a time.
Advice for an emergency of this kind Is
hard to give, and never Is It easier given
tbau after the accident has occurred.
MRS. THURUER’S MORAL BALLET.
In theatrical oircles in the city this
week the project of a ballet composed of
sixty American girls of irreproachable
moral character Is exoiting the brisk
comment of the showmen. Mrs. Francis
B. Thurber, wile of the millionaire mer
chant and anti-monopolistic politician,
has planned a season of grand opera in
English hy American-born siugers alto
getber. She has hired the Academy of
Music for a term, beginning in January
next, has engaged the principles of a
company, and all the arrangements are
under way on a large scale. Mrs. Thur
ber insists that every performer on the
stage shall be an American. She was told
that it would be impossible to get a ballet
of that sort. She had already placed a
native chorus jn training, aud she said
that she would institute a school of danc
ing to graduate a ballet by the time they
were required. Moreover, every pupil
should bo of undoubtedly good morals.
She could not be persuaded out of this
part of her undertaking, which Is
deemed ridiculous hy old managers, but
is lauded hy the lady’s enthusiastic
friends. It is said that a premiere
danseuse of American birth, though of
Italian training aud foreign stage ex
perience, has been secured, but the
coryphees and other members of the bal
let, are to be procured, if possible, from
reputable New Y'ork girls willing to go
into such employment.
GOSSIP ABOUT CONK LING.
According to the latest rumor, an effort
Is to be made to nominate Koscoe Conk
ling for Governor at the Republican State
convention on Sept. 20. This is not im
possible. His is a name to conjure with,
and If elected be could go to the Senate
next winter or wait for a presidential
nomination In 1888. It, would be a good
opportunity for the distinguished New
Yorker to return to politics If he so
desires. At any rate, I am convinced
that be will not sanction the nomination
and election of Kvarts lor Governor. I
have heard him denounce William M.
Evarts most vigorously for the part he
took in confirming Mr. Hayes’ claim to
the Presidency in 1877. amt class him
with John Sherman and (Stanley Matthews
as fellow-conspirators in the Louisiana
bargaining. M.
VOWED TO KILL THE JOKER.
Husband and Wife Estranged hy a Bet
ter from an Unknown scoundrel.
Norwood, N. J.. Sept. 12.— George
Pine, a gentleman ot very nervous and
irritable temperament,lives with his wife,
an attractive lady some years his junior,
in a neat little cottage at toe junction of
two roads north of here. Recently Mrs.
Pine went to visit some relatives in Pat
erson.
When she had been gone several days
some friends of Mr. Pine agreed to play a
joke upon him. They induced a young
lady to write a note from Paterson to Mr.
Pine, pretending to be his wife, and tell
ing him that sbe had eloped with a young
man she hail met there.
The husband received the note in the
evening, and, frantic with rage, procured
a horse and started lor Paterson with all
possible speed. He drove to the house
where his spouse was quietly sleeping,
and rapping on the door demanded to
know the direction his wile had taken.
He carried an immense revolver, which
he flourished over his head to the terror of
the servant girl, who stood, lamp in hand,
in the doorway thinking he had gone mad.
His wile hearing the noise appeared on
the scene and explanations ensued. Abe
said she would return with him and to
gether they started for home.
The joke may result seriously, as Mrs.
Pine threatens to leave her distrustful
husband, and he In turn vows he’ll kill
the person who played such a oruel trick
upon him.
Fear* of a Telegraph Strike.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. lA—At a pnb
lto meeting ot Western Union operators,
held here to-duy to take action on the
subject of extra work demanded withou*
cxira pay, a committee of five was ap
pointed to wait on the Superintendent
immediately, and a>-K for the restoration
of the extra compensation. The Supet
inteudent will he given until Sopt. Ift to
answer, and in tbe event of tho refusal
serious trouble Is feared.
Struck hy Mgluning in n. Boat.
Washington. Sept. Li.—An official of
the United States Geological Survey re
ceived to-dav a tolcgrara from * banker at
Bozeman, Mont., stating that on yester
day, while several member* of the party
went out on the survey for field work in
Yellowstone park they were sailin*. a lake
in the park when tbe boat was struck by
lightning. Mr. Thompson, ot the party,
was instantly killed. The rest were
seriously injured.
Aid for Parnell.
Cincinnati, Sept. 13.— A large meet
ing of Iristi-Aiiierican elt zens was held
here this evening. Several hundred dol
lar* were subscribed and $5,000 more
pledged. Toe meeting lu-uructed its
president to send the following dispatch:
"Charles Stewart Parnell and associates,
Dublin —A muss meeting of Irish-Amer
icans held here to-uigbt pledge Immediate
assistance to the parliamentary fund and
home rule.”
Stanc Ho I, hers at Work.
Miles City, Mont , Sept. 13 A stage
robbery Is reported from near Forty-Mile
ranch Friday night. Three masked men
stopped the stage and secured the Wells-
Fargo treasure box, containing sobo, en
route from Ku Custer to Ft. McCunney.
Twelve thousand dollies in government
money for the troops hail been sent through
only a day er two before.
An Explosion of Fire Damp.
Pittsburg, Sept. 13.—Yesterday while
150 men were at work in a coal mine at
Guffey’s station an explosion of fire damp
occurred. Killing William Bradley and
fatally burning James Hamilton. A num
ber or others were slightly injured. Tho
damage to the mine Is very great.
Irate Arrival* at New York.
New York, Sept. 14, 1 a. m.—The fol
lowing arrivals have just been reported:
Steamer Cttr ot Columbia from Charles
ton, Seneca from Newport News, Chatta
hoochee from Kavaunab, Wysnoke from
Richmond, and Aurania Irom Liverpool.
Arrived out, Servla.
A Great 4-Year-Old.
Sacramento, Sept. 13.—1n the 4-year
old trot yesterday Antevolo trotted a mile
In 2:lflt{. This >eate the 4-year-old
stallion record by ‘l% seconds. The horse
has never worn *u> thing but Ups, having
never been shod.
Han* Canon Dead.
Berlin, Sept. 13.—Hans Canon, the
famous Austran artist, la dead.
1)11. TALMAGE IN EUROPE.
A CHARACTERISTIC LETTER
FROM BROOKLYN’S DIVINE.
The Doctor Prophesies War Between
Fngtaud and Russia, and Frnnce aud
Germany—‘‘The Hemorrhage of a Con
tinent”—The Cholera as Affecting
Waterluß Places on the Continent—
The Comtnk; World Feast.
London, Aug. 28.— War must come*
We have hoped against it, but a visit to
Great Britain and the continent this sum
mer will couvince any one that unless
there be speedy providential interfereuoo
France will not much longer keep her
hands off Germany, while England and
Russia cannot much longer be
at peace. Nine out of ten Eng
lishmen whom I have met want
immediate arraignment of Russia.
They say war must come, and the soone r
it comes the better. They are glad tha 1
Mr. Gladstone is out, and Air. Gladstone,
as 1 saw him the other day, looks as If he
felt relieved at being out. Meanwhile the
Frenchmen waut to get hack Strasbourg
and Metz, and will be in irritation until
Alsace and Lorraine return. When these
wars break out the nations of Europe
have so mauy grudges to settle that there
will be the hemorrhage of a continent.
Blessed are the United States in being
8,000 miles away Irom the field of inevit
able strife.
This approaching collision has nearly
ruined the cities dependent on the patron
age of foreign tourists. This apprehen
sion and the expectation of cholera make
plenty ot room for travelers, and give
them the choice of places at hotels. Be
sides this the cities of Northern Europe
are unusually clean, and all the laws of
sanitation have been better observed.
While in Spain and Southern France
the pestilence has been ter
rific, the death rate in the
mosi, of Europe has been very moderate.
Baden-liaden, Carlsbad, and many of the
German health resorts are as full us
ever, the lack of American and English
patronage more than made up by the
coining of the more affluent classes of
Spaniards, who havo fled from home to
escape sickness.
ENGLISH WATERING PLACES.
There is no better place in which to
study character than at the watering
place. The Etiglish w atering places are
to us a great fascination.
Brighton is like Long Branch. Wav
moutn is like Cape May. Scarborough
is like Saratoga. Isle of YVlghtislike
heaven.
Brighton, being within an hour and a
half of London, the great masaes pour
out to its beach aud take a dip in the
sea.
Hut Scarborough Is the place where the
high prices shut cut those of slender
puree. It combines more of natural and
artificial beauty than any place 1 ever
saw. It is built on terraces. Its gardens
rise In galleries. Two great arms ot land
reach out into the seas, and hundreds of
gay sailing craft float in. A castle 700
years old straggles its ruins out to the
very preolpice. The air is tonic, and the
spectacle bewitching. Lords and ladies
hnd gentry come here lor a few weeks.
The place is cool in summer and warm in
winter, lit December the thermometer
hovers about the 60s, and the people
breakfast with open windows, while
others are skating in London. Of all the
summer watering places 1 have ever
seen, in some respects Scarborough is the
most brilliant, and is appropriately called
"the Queen of English resorts.” But the
prices are enormous aud not mauy oould
meet them.
B ighton is best known to American
theologians as the scene of the late Fred
erick W. Robertson’s ministry. We at
tended bis little eburoh, which holds, per
haps, 000 or 800 people, but from whose
pulpit he preached alter death to thou
sands of clergymen in Europe and Amer
ica there strange, powerful, original, and
rnelan .holy sermons. What a life of pain
hu Uveu, sleeping many of his nights on
the door with the back of bis bead on the
bottom of a chair, because he could sleep
no other wsy without torture; his wife a
still wors torment. Home of the
English clergy tiave had wives cel
ebrated In the wrong direction,
hut more of them have home*
decorated and made memorablo with all
Ctmjugal affabilities. In the evening of
the Sabba h we worshiped *u Robertson’s
enured. Wowenlintr “the extramural
cemetery” to see bis grave. Though dead
thirty-two y?ars his tomb bears ail the
marks of fresh affe* tUn. on all sides vim s
and flowers in th" highest culture. Two
bronze medallions, cue by his congrega
tion, the oiucr by the working people,
who GtuOHL idoli/od him. On th * one
medallion his church has inscribed:
"Honored as a minister, beloved as u
man, he awakened ’he holiest Leungs In
poor and rich, in Ignorant and learned;
therefore is be lamented as tbeir guide
and comforter by ninny who in ’he bond ol
brotherhood and In grateful remem
brance, have erected this monument.”
On tiio other medallion, the work ng peo
ple, whoso practical friend he proved him
self to be, preferred the inscription: “To
the Rev. K. W. M. A. In
grateful remembrance of his sympathy,
and in deep sorrow for tbeir loss, the
members of the Mechanics institution
and the workingmen of Brighton iiave
plaoed this medallion on their benefac
tor's tomb.” How independent ol time
and death an earnest man lives on! That
is a poor life which breaks down at the
cemetery.
ROBERT HALL’S CHAI-KL.
Many of these illustrious English
preachers bad Insignificant looking
churches. We went to Bristol tosee Rob
ert Hall’s elrapel. The present sexton
remembered ttie great Baptist orator and
preacbor. The chapel in Robert Hall’s
day would not hold more than 000 audi
tors, but there he preached discourses
that rung round tbe world and will ring
tbrougli tbe ages. The size of a man's
shop is riot of so much importance as the
style of work he turns out. Ole Bull
coaid play the "Hallelujah Chorus” on a
corn-stalk fiddle, lib-sed are all they
who do their best, whether in sphere re
w->utiding or insignificant.
But the Isle of Wight, as already
bluicd. has a supernal beauty. If a poet
you will go there and see Tennyson's
summer residence, and find hltn saunter
ing among the corpses with his inevitable
pipe. If you are an Invalid you will go
there to bless your lungs with tbe soft
atmosphere ol Its valleys. If you are
fond of royalty you will either get into
tho Queen’* castle at Osliorne, or see her
equipage on Ita dally outing. If you are
a Christian you will go to the village
which Leigh Richmond has made Immor
tal, stop at the inn called “The flare and
Hounds,” und visit tho grave at tho
northeast of the church, reading on tbe
tombstone: "Bucr*d to tbe memory of
Elizabeth Walbrldge, the Dairyman’s
Daughter, who died Mar kh, 1801. aged 31
years. Bho being deaff yet speaketh.”
Or the tomb or the schoolmaster or
chuck clerk whose epitaph, 1 should
think, had been written by some lad who
had felt the switch of the pedagogue and
took post-mortem vengeance:
"In yonder sacred pile
His voice w as wout to sound;
And non- liis boilv rests
Beneath the hallowed ground.
He taught the peasant hoy
To read ami use the pen;
Ills earthly toils are o'er,
lie’s cried Ins lust Aiueu.” •
Or, if you are fond of antiquities, you
will go to Carisbrooke and see the room
where l’rincess Elizabeth, heartbroken at,
tbe imprisonment anddeath of her father,
Charles 1., was found dead with her head
on tbe open Bible, at the text: "Come
unto me all yo that are weary and heavy
laden, und I will give you rest.”
LOSS OF THE EURYDIUK.
Or, if fond of tragedy, you will stand on
the bank at sundown and look off upon
the water where a few years ago the
Eurvdiee sank with all on board under a
sudden squall. A gentleman described
tbe socne anil how the bodies looked as
they were brought upon the lieach. Oh,
how wonderful for all styles ot Interest is
tlilß Isle of Wight! The hay, the yachts,
the hills, the mansions, the harbors, tbe
bridges, the 72,000 souls, augmented by
the temporary population from the
sweltering cities—Ventnor and Under
cliff, and Shanklin Chine, and Hlackgang.
Thu isle, 23 miles long by 13 wide, is one
groat dream of beauty. What trees aroh
Itl What streams silver it! What
flowers emboss It! What memories
haunt It!
“The sgiarkling streamlet, joyous, bright, aud
free,
Loaps through the rocky chino to kies tbe
Sea."
Memorable among my wanderings of tho
summer of IKHS will be tbe day spent on
tbe Isle of Wight. Tho long storm of
weeks lilted that morning, aud there were
gardens above as well as gardens beneath,
groined roof ot cloud over tesselated pave
ments and fleld. Fleets sailing the sky.
Boats racing In the bay, and regattas of
cloud on the sky. The scene seemed let
down out of heaven ou two crimson pul
leys of sunrise and sunset. If you want
to mingle with the jolly masses of England
let loose for a holiday, go to Brighton, if
you want to see the highest fashion of the
realm and relieve the plethora of an apo
plectic pneketbook, go to Scarborough.
But if you waut to dream of eternal
woods, and eternal waters, and eternal
sunshine, make your pillow somewhere
on tho blissful und enchanting Isle ot
Wight.
From this scene we take express train
for Scotland, and alight in the evening at
a hotel halfway between Edinburgh castle
anil Holy rood palace.
There Is something about the Bcotch
character, whether I meet it in New York
or London or Edinburgh, that thrills mo
tbrougli and through. Perhaps It is be
cause I have such a strong tnie of Scotch
blood In my own arteries. Next to my
own beloved country, give me Scotland
tor residence and grave. The people are
in such downright earnest. There is such
a roar in their mirth, liko a tempest
in "The Trossachs.” Take a Glasgow
audience and a speaker must have his
feet well placed on the platform or he will
be overmastered by the sympathy of the
popalaee. They are not ashamed to cry
with their broad palms wiping away tbe
tears, and they make no attempt at sup
pression of glee. They do not simper or
snicker, or chuckle. Throw a joke Into a
Scotchman’s ear and It rolls down to the
centre of his diaphragm and then spreads
out both ways toward foot and brow
until the emotion becomes volcanic, and
from the longest hair on the crown of the
head to the tip end of the trail on tbe big
toe there Is a paroxysm of caohinnation.
NU HALF AND HALF.
No half and ball about the Scotch char
acter. Wlrat he hates he hates. Wbat
he likes he likes. And he lets you know
it right away. He is altogether Liberal
or altogether Tory. Ills politics decided,
his religion decided. Get him right, and
be Is magnificently right. Get him wrong,
and he is fully wrong. A Scotchman sel
dom changes. By the time he has landed
fairly on his feet In this world he has
made up his mind, and he keeps It made
up. If he dislikes a fiddle in church you
cannot smuggle It In under the name of a
bass viol. We like persistence. Life is
so short that & man cannot afford very
often to change his mind. If the Israelites
in the wilderness bad had a few Hcotch
leaders, instead of wandering about for
years, they would In three weeks have
gotten in the Promised Lund or some
where else, just as decided.
But national characteristics are gradu
ally giving way. The Tweed is drying
tip. Tbe Aliuntic ocean under steam
pressure is becoming a Fulton ferry.
When 1 asked John Bright if he was ever
coming to America he said, “No; America
come* to me!” Besides that, American
hreadstußs and American meat must
have their effect on European character.
All careful observers know that what
men eat mightily affect* their charac
ter. The missionary among tbe Indians
cotniielled to live on animal food gets some
ol t iie nature of the aborigines, whether he
wilt or not. The Auohor line of steamei*
going to Glasgow lakes great cargoes ol
American mi ats to Kootlund. The
meat of animals butcher and In America
1* kept on steamer* In a
cool draught especially arranged for
that purpose. The meat market of Scot
land is being revolutionized. Tbe Scotch
men eating American beef and American
mutton and American venison become* j
partly American. English farmer* de- j
plore the coming In of so much Amen,
can bread-tuffs. Tbe EiiglisliniMn eating
Amerleuu wheat, American lye and
American corn, must laicomo In pait
Americanized. And here i* an element
of safety which political economists I
would do well to recognize. Tho cereals '
and the meats ol one nation becoming Him
loud of the other nation. It prophesies as
similation and brotherhood. It will be
very difficult for American beef to fight
American lieef, and American mutton to
tight American fBUttOO, American
corn to fight American corn,
though it may he found on tbe op
posite side of the Atlantic. The world
is gradually sitting down nt one
table,and the bread will he made of Mich
igan wheat, aud It will be cut with Shef
field knives. The rice will be brought
from Carolina swamp*, and cooked with
Newcastle cnal, and set on the table in
Iturslem pottery, while tho air comes in
through the window upholstered with
Nottingham lace. And Italy will provide
tbe raisins, and Brazil the nuts, and all
nations add tbeir part to tbe universal
festivity. Wliat a time of accord when
all tbe world breakfasts, and dines, and
*up* together! T. DrYVitt Talmaue.
Dime Drowned While Hailing.
ROCKLAND, Man*., Sept. 13.—An acci
dent occurred thi* afternoon hy which
three young married men—Charles
Yeung, E. H. Curtis and Arthur Wheeler
—of this place lost tbeir lives by drowning.
They had been sailing all day in Aoccnlr
point. At the time of the accident tbe wind
had Increased, and, coming In gust*, the
boat was upet, throwing all three into
the water. All were good swimmers and
started for the shore, about 300 feet dis
tant, hut sank before reaching it.
( PRICK SIO A YF.AR. |
I 5 CKEUH A COPY. (
BOMBARDED WITH FILTH.
MORMONS BESMEAR THE RESI
DENCES OF OFFICIALS.
Great Indignation Expressed—Chinese'
Mleers ’-ear Seattle Driven Away and
Their Bodging Place Burned-The Ru
mors of the Revival of the Mollte Ma
guire*Pronounced Unfounded.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept, is.--
At 1 o’clock this morning some persona,
evidently Mormons, threw two quart
jars, containing offensive matter mixed
with sand, through tho window of the par_
lor of United States Commissioner Also,
kay, who has heard most of tho unlawful
cohabitation cases. One of the jars
burst, splattering the flooring und furni
ture and ruining them. Two were also
thrown at the window of the bedroom of
United Mtates Attorney Dickson, but
struck outside of the window ctsing,
bursting over the outside walls. Two
more were thrown into the house of
Assistant Secretary Vitrian, where hi*,
wile was alone with a sick child, doing
much damage. There is no clue to the
perpetrators. Much Indignation prevails,
CHINESE DRIVEN OUT.
Seattle, VV. TANARUS„ Bept. 13.—A largo
building occupied hy Chinese laborers at
the Coal Creek mines, 20 miles Irom hure,
was uttuckcd by a mob yesterday morn
ing. The Chinese, atieut. fifty in number,
fled into the woods. Tbe Chinese lodging
house and cookhouse were burned. Tho
buildings burned belonged to tbe Oregon
Improvement Company. The attacking
party were all masked. None of tne
Chinamen were hurt. The attack,
so soon after the Squitk valley mas-acre,
has created an uneasy feeling here, and j
trouble at the Newcastle mines is feared, i
MOLLY MAGUIRE RUMORS DENIED.
POTTSVILLE. PA., Wept. 13.—Cnnt,<
Alilerson, chief of the coal and Iron police!
of this district, with headquarters in tbi*’|
city, pronounces the dispatch irom |
Hhamnfctn describing the alleged law-]
lessness and terrorism prevailing In
ihut region as absolutely baseless.
He declares that the Mollio Alagulre*'
have no aotive existence in the *-oal re
gion, and that affairs were never in a con
dition of more perfect quiet and security^
GrountlM of Spain's Claims.
London, Wept. 13.—The note of Honor
Eduyan, the Spanish Foreign Minister, to
Prince Bismarck, claims Wpanish sover
eignty over the Carolines on the ground;
of discovery, exploration, missionary
work, protection, recognition hy the na
tives, and the existence of Spanish trad
ing pests.
Tho German government appears dis
posed to Insist that the dispute concern-,
ing tho Caroline islands lie submitted to*
arbitration. Spain Is negotiating for thai
purclmscof two raen-of-war, which are be
ing built In Eugiand for the Chinese gov
ernment.
Tbe British Vice Consul at Han Sebas
tian has offered to protect the German
Consul there in the event of another riot.'
REGARDED AH GERMAN PROPERTY.
London Sept. 18.—A Berlin dispatch*
says 1 hat the Carolines may be already
regarded as German property. The en
tire affair can only terminate with an
assertion of Germany’s claims.
Alsnoe and Lorraine.
Paris, Sept. 13.—The intention of the.
nutive residents of Alsace aud Lorraine )
in this city to run two candidates in the.
election lor members of the French Cham
ber of Deputies has been abandoned, in’
consequence of articles tn German official'
orgsns threatening more severe measure*
in tbe government of Alsace and Lor
raine, If the idea is insisted upon.
Mexican Communlsta.
City of Mexico, Sept. 13.—A Comma'*
nlst uprising in the canton of Cardova,-
in tbe State of Vera Cruz, Is giving great
annoyauce to the planters of that section.
The Governor of the State prolcsse*
ability to put down tbe rebels without
the aid of Federal troops. The Com
munlsts demand a division of all property.,
India’* Military Umnniand*.
London, Sept. 13.—The government of!
India proposes to abolish the military
commands of Bombay and Madras and to*
reform and oentralizs the administration;
or Southern India, with headquarters at!
Bombay. The Duke of Connaught will Vet
given one of the chief command*.
Germany and the Vatican.
Rome, Hept. 13.—Baron f,von Schoezer 1
Is coining to Rome b-aring an autograph)
letter from Emp* ror William to the Pop*]
looking to a settlement ot the religious;
'disputes that have been pending between'
Germany and the Vatican.
France aud the Uovas.
London, hept. 13.—Advices frona’
Tam stave say that the Italian Consul has
failed in his mediation butw e n the Uovas j
and Frenob, and the latter are resuming,!
hostilities and have bombarded Muriaa—l
Juva.
Npaln’s Commercial Negotiations.
Madrid, Hept. 13.—1 tls stated
the Spanish government will gladly re
open commercial negotiations wlih Eng-,
land anil America upon the arrival of the
new M misters Irani those countries.
Yellow Fever at Guayntas.
Guay. mas, Sept. 13.—Seventeen deaths
from yellow lever have so lar occurred 1
here—l 2 soldiers, three native*, aud two
Americans. Toe "limber ot new oases is
rapidly Increasing.
China’s Knllroad Loan.
1/ONPON, Hept. 13.—A Chinese loan of
$ Pi,(hni.imhi has iteeu negotiated at Paris
and Berlin tor the construction of a rail,
road from laku to Tungchow, 12 miles
south of Pekin.
The Iron Trade Kerfval.
IjONDon, Sept. 13.— There has boon a
great rival in the iron trade In Dear!
Ko et, Gloucester. The demand coinest
chiefly from America.
The Boundary Question Nettled.
Lon don, Hept. 13. -The Afghan bound
ary question is considered definitely set
tled. Most ol the cable companies have*
roduoed rate*.
Tho Cholera Record.
Madrid, Hept 13. Throughout Spain
i to-dav there were 1,4t>4 new case* of ;
I cholera and 428 deaths.
Drownotl In I heir Cah.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 13.—Tbe loco
motive and catiooae on the Lexington and
Southern brunch of the Missouri l’acitio
went through a bridge into the Litt'a
Outgo river near Pleasant Hill to-day,
and Engineer Fred Karlaud and a fireman
were drowneA
Homo Ball.
Washington, Hept. 13.—Toe following/
game was played today:
At Cleveland—Sandtuky S. Forest City 0.
John L. Sullivan pitched for the Forest
City*, and at the close of tbe game waa
arrested for violating tbe Sunday law. 1