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A SCRATCH OF THE PEN.
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CLEVELAND- I'KGKO TO SIGN
THE lIIVEU ANDHAHROKBILL.
Claims tlist B has a Logsl Eight t
iaK ur m Dfeiptt*' Hie
Adjoaromeut of Cougreifi—The I*rem-
Urnt ft Kid thi Attorney General T*ke
ft Opposite View.
. Washington, March B.—An effort has
*een made since tne adjournment of Con
jK r ®®s to induce the President to sign the
Wver and harbor bill, and those interested
5n securing this action assert that there is
eiothing lu the constitution to prevent his
poing so now, if he is so disposed. Several
jtnembers of Congress, including Hepre
(kentatives Willis aud Dibble, are of the
(opinion that he has the power,and have en
deavored to persuade him to sign the bill,
i Mr. Willis said to-day that there was
toothing in the constitution which pro
vided that the President should sign the
will before 12 o’clock on March 4, or that
me should report the lact of bis signature
(to the House. The only provision with
relation to bills not signed belore the ex
piration o( Congress, ue said, was that the
roil days limit should not operate to make
ja measure become a iaw. Ue called
bn the President to-day and suggested to
wim that he sign tae bill now unless he
[Objected to its provisions. The President
jintormed him mat he could not do so, as
jhe was fully convinced that his constitu
jtlonal power to sign or veto acts of Con
ferees expired with the adjournment of
ithat body. Attorney General Garland
(agrees entirely with the President on this
question.
rrs STILL AT WORK.
- JJ®“ e members of the House Committee
nifti vers atcx llarhors have been labor-
P lag all day, and will contiuue to exert
themselves to morrow ana Monday to
Induce the President to sigu the bill.
been able to hod no precedent,
ana nave found omy one judicial decision
Which would authorize the President to
do what they say he has a pertect right to
do. This decision was rendered by the
Doited States Supreme Court in a case
Irom Illinois entitled the Five Hickories
Vs. Ellery, reported in IU3 United Slates,
In which the Supreme Court held that
Ibe Governor of Illinois,under the consti
tution of Illinois, which in this particular
Is precisely the same as the constitution
of the U nlted States, had the right to sign
a bill ar er the adjournment of the Legis
lature any time wiibin ten days from the
lay when it was placed in bis bauds.
President Lincoln did this on .March 12.
1862, after the expiration of the Thirtv
faeventb Congress when be signed the
Saptured and abandoned property aot,but
ihe Thirty-eighth Congress, at the lirst
(Session, passed an aot legalizing the aot
of the resident.
EXTRA SESSION CH ANCES.
The Failure to Pass a Tariff Bill
May Necessitate One.
f Washington, March u.—There is a
prospect that an extra session of the next
(Congress may be called in the full. If bo,
■t will be because the present proceeds ot
Taxation will then have piled up over
($60,000,000 surplus In the Treasury, aud
tithe three per cents having been all paid,
There will be no outlet for it. Speaker
■Carlisle would not be surprised to see an
(extra session culled to ment the revenue
•problem which Mr. Randall "prevented
*be late Congress from solving.
f Speaker Carlisle says he would be well
satisfied with the late Congress if it hud
ymly reduced taxation. Hu appropria
tions were less than those of me b'orty
jcighth Congress, and it passed more use
ful legislation, hut it failed in its cuief
duty. The Speaker said that he bad not
read Senator Hoar’s attack upon him
except wbat had been reported in the
newspapers, and that but to-day, aud
(bat he did not propose to give it serious
consideration. lie thought Air. Hoar
was unlortuuate in citing Mr. Blaine by
way or contrast with himself, because
It wqj\ on recc-d that Mr. Blaine
had once recognized a man, and
then .when the man announced
that he took the floor to move the passage
of a bill under a suspension of the rules,
MCBialne withdrew uis recognition aud
took the member off the floor. Mr. Hoar
was a member ot the House at that time,
but it ie not on record that he protesied
against Mr. Blaine’s action, as be said he
would have done had ne been a member
ot the House when Mr. Carlisle refused
In advance to recognize Mr. Randall. 'The
speaker thought Mr. Hoar ought not to
have misrepresented the issue between
himself and Mr. Randall. Air. Randall
did not submit a larifl proposition, as Mr.
Bear asserted. Mr. Randall submitted
kn Internal revenue proposition and that
Iras exactly why it was nut accepted.
, CONGRKsS’ APPROPRIATIONS.
Total of $250,000,000 Called Tor
by the Various Bills.
■Washington, March s.—The aggre
gate or the appropriations bills passed by
■be Forty-ninth Congress is about $230,-
1000,000. The total is exclusive of the
yams appropriated by the river and har
bor and deficiency appropriation bills,
(Which tailed of enactment. Tae appro
priations tor the current fiscal year air-
Sgregate $261,000,000, which amount would
pave been equaled by the appropriations
acted by the last Congress bad the two
hills mentioned become laws. Some idea
tot the manner in whiou the Forty-ninth
jCtfjgreßS wound up its work may be
Bound in the declaration of a member ot
Song experience that tbe record revealed
Ibe fact that one-quarter of the legisla
tion ol the session bad been enaoted in
■be last lew legislative days. Au enrol I
tng clerk ol twelve years’experience said
bat never in that length ol time bad be
twltn* ssi and tbe haste exhibited in tbe last
gwenty-four hours of tne Congress which
A) us just expired.
The < reuelinw Muddle.
Washington, March 6. —Collector of
auternal Kt-veuue Crenshaw, of Atlanta,
ps here trying to have Special Agent
of the internal revenue ser
vice, who has been stationed at Atlanta,
removed. Senator Brown is assisting
They complain toat A cent Chap,
limn inierieies every time Collector Cron.
Khaw removes a Republican deputy. Co!-
lectot^^f haw Insists'hat these inter
ifereny impair the efficiency
)of the eCTtiTie. A tent Chapman stands
jvevy well at the Internal Revenue Bureau
Wnd witl not he removed, although he may
lie transferred to some other point to pre
sent further friction.
ut .he Deportment.
WOvrfc,. < w.; lc iy\\ March S.—Ex-Congress
fnan Hanot, jft > was contirmed yeater-
Pay as ThiiaVtxsjstant Postmaster Gen
eral, called at the Post Office Department
Him morning and uad an interview with
pVasislant Postmaster General Hazen,
whom be succeeds, Mr. Davis, the Chief
Merit, and other officials. Mr. Harris
ttatid that be intended to go to his home
hi Georgia and would return about March
2a. Mr. Barrie will assume the duties of
*is new office April 1,
't rude Dllar Redemption.
(Washington, March 6.— Acting Score
ftry Fairchild has suspended action in
eaard to tne redemption of trade dollars
lor a few days. He is not exactly satis
Bud with the proposed plan to confine the
L. (redemption to New York and 8a . Fran-
I *l*oo, and hopes to be able to devise a
i jplsn for prompt redemption in all cities
Bavhere there are sub-treasuries. Regula
■|" T1 * to govern the matter will probably
Mr issued on Monday.
CLEVELAND'S NOMINEES.
l ive Rejected and 41 Left Unacted
S pou by the senate.
Washington, Aiarch 6.—Only four of
the President's nominations made during
the session just closed were rejeotad by
the Senate, as follows: J. C. Alatthews,
of Albany. N. Y., to be Recorder of Deeds
for the District ol Columbia; Charles W.
Hirsh, of Indiana, to be surveyor General
of Nevada; Charles fci. Daily, to be Reg
ister of toe Land Office at Tucson, Ariz.;
Oliver Shannon, to he Receiver of Public
Aioneys at North Piatte, Neb. Forty
one nominations remained unacted
upon, of which thirty were Postmasters.
U. A. Tanner, of De Land, Fla., and C. T.
Litchfield,of Abingdon, Va., werefbeonly
Southern Postmasters whose nominations
lapsed. The other principal nominations
which failed are the following: James
Curran, Supervising inspector of Ves
sels lor the Third district; B. W.
Coghill, Collector of Customs at
I’etersburg, Va.; J. Al. Brooks, United
States Attorney for the Southern
district ot California; Israel Green,
Indian agent at Sisseton, Dak,; J, H.
Wagner, Pension agent at Knoxville,
Tenn.; Second Lieut. J, F. Alcßlaln, to
be First Lieutenantof the Ninth cavalry;
H. A. Emnger, Consul at Clenfuegos;
Lewis Getihart lieed, Consul at Barba
does; James Al. Adams, Register of the
Laud Office at Spokane Falls, Washing
ton Territory; F. Al, Maine, Register of
the Land Office at Blaokfoot, Idaho;
Samuel Deners, Register of the Land
Office at Concordia, lian.; J. R. VVnite
side, Register of the Laud Office at Dead
wood, Dak.
SEATED FOK THE COMMISSION,
Morrison to be l.hairinan gnd Two
Yet to be Chosen.
Washington, Maroh 6—The Presi
dent has, it is now understood, definitely
determined upon three ot the interstate
Commerce Commissioners and they have
all signified their willingness to accept.
They are William R. Morrison, of Illinois,
Chairman; Gen. Gragg, of Alabama, a
Democrat, and Judge Cooley, of Michi
gan, a Republican. Tne latter at first
declined because be wished to fully exe
cute bis trust as receiver of the Wabash
railway. Gut he has finally, it is under
stood, signified his willingness to accept.
The remaining two members of the com
mission the President would like to take
from the New England and the Middle
States. Charles P. Clark, of Boston,
would undoubtedly have been the New
England member had It not been for
the controversy over the bonds of the
New York and England railroad. All
the proceedings in this matter were sent to
the I’resideut and carefully read hi him.
lie came to the conclusion after reading
them, without passing at all upon the
merits of the questions involved, that
the appointment of Mr. Clark would
excite noatiie criticism and theretore
was Inadvisable. Prolessor Hadley, of
Connecticut, is considered us buying the
best chance now. The other member
will not b 8 taken from New York. This
may be considered as settled, tie will be
taken if he can only he found from either
Pennsylvania or New Jersey.
BISHOP’S MIND HEADING.
Another liemurkable Exhibition of
His Wonderful Gift.
New York, March s.—lrving Bishop,
the mind reader, gave a public exhibition
to-day. A party gathered at the Hoffman
House, and Mr. Bishop requested four
gentlemen to aot us a committee. They
were Col. Thomas W. Knox, Dr. Hoyt,
H. C. Gunner of Puck, and Henry Guy
Carloton of the World. He took a scarf
pin from Mrs. Frank Leslie, which he
gave to the committee and told them to
take it to any place they might designate
within a mile ot the hotel and conceal it.
The committee droveoff in a curriage and
wore gone about half an hour. On
their return Mr. Bishop asked one ot the
committee to blindfold him. This was
done by tying cotton batting around bts
eyes. Then a black hag was put over bis
head and fastened around his neck. A
carriage was waiting at the door and in
this Mr. Bishop and three members ot the
committee took seats, and Mr. Bishop
took the reins and drove off through
the great crowd of people and vehicles,
guiding the horses with remarkable dex
terity, considering that be could not use
nis eyes. He drove almost directly to
tbeGramercy Park Hotel, into which he
turned without hesitation. He walked
into a room and placed hia hand on a vase
which rested upon a table, and under the
vase was the scarf pin. The success of
the exhibition was a surprise to all. /
lOKRES lilcH i ING THE WRONG
The Commander of the Invaders
Ordered Surrendered.
Nogales, Ari., March 6.—Gov. Tor
res, of Sonora, Mex., and his staff, ac
companied by Cos). Arvizu, arrived ibis
morning from Hermoslllo. Gov, Torres,
on learning the particulars of the affair
of Thursday, censured the Mexican Con
sul, Sener Labodie. in unmeasured terms
for not delivering Lieut. Uuliterez, who
led the soldiers iu the attack on the
Americans, to the American authorities
immediately. Col. Arvizu, in order to
clear himself, stated to Gov. Torres that
tbe Americans were at fault where-
upon tbe Gov. said: “The Americans
are not in fault. They were not in
Mexico fightiniAyou. What business bad
your soldiers iwibo United States armed
and fighting the United States authori
ties?” Gov. Torres is highly indignant
at the action of the looal .Mexican authori
ties. Upon learning that Vasquez, chief
of tbe Mexican piUice, had be6ti removed
tor relUßing tu tare a band against the
Americans he immediately reinstated
him. He was ordered to take a force of
men to secure Lieut. Gultterez and turn
him over to the United States authorities.
Tbe Chief thereupon dispatched ten
mounted men, ru 11y armed, to scour the
country and bring in Guitterez dead or
alive. This, it is believed, will prevent
further trouble.
NEGRO RIVER PIRATES,
■Laborers on tho Levoea the Vic
tims of Systematic Assaults.
Memphis, Tenn., March />.—lnforma
tion obiaiued from steamboat men shows
a bad state ol affairs down the river be
tween this city and Arkansas City, lu
Ibis district hundreds of men, mostly
whites, are engaged In levee work for
the government and tbe State of Mlssis
eipi. Those men are paid off weekly,
and every pay day some of inem go to the
larding* to await tne steamer for Mem
phis. These land ngs are otten isolated,
und gangs of negro river pi
rates and thieves watch them and
assault the laborers and rob them of
their money, and It Is estimated that no
less than twenty murders have been
committed this winter by these outlaws
and at least a hundred Instances of rob
bery. The levee camps are generally
several miles hack from the river, and at
tbe only police < fficers are tb Bnerlff and
bis deputies, who are usually Hhout the
country towns, the unprotected laborers
■ all an easy prey. These laborers are
mostly Irish and Italians, who dritt to
tofs seotlop at the beginning of tho win
ters.
The farmer’s friend has tor many years
been Dr. J. H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Lin
iment, lor bersee, cattle, hogs and sboop.
It bat proved Us worth in thousands ol
oases.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1887.
BRENHAM MEMORIALISTS
WITNESSES TRY TO WHITEN UP
THEIR CHARACTER*.
A Deni*) tb-t
Brother** Widow Out of Insurance
Money— Karl led Potter D**ulmm that
He Urged the Negroes to Arm,
Washington, March 6.—The Texas
Investigation Committee resumed its in
quiry this afternoon. W. S. Buster, a
white policeman or Brenham. and R. P.
tlaekworth, brother of the memorialist,
were recalled in rebuttal. They testified
of their own knowledge that it was un
true as had been stated in the evidence
that Haokworth, the memorialist, had
defrauded his brother’s widow. Asa
matter of faot, they said the insurance of
tbe dead brother had lapsed in default of
assessments, and nothing was collected
or due. Copies of the statutes of Texas
with regard to interference with ballot
boxes were submitted and put in evi
dence, the purpose being to sbow t.bat
under the Republican administration
such acts were made felonies, while
under the Democratic they were only
misdemeanors,
O. B. Potter, a white Republican, was re
called. He denied that ho ever advised the
negroes to arm and resist tbe whites, aud
he declared that no man living in Bren
ham was unaware that he had never done
so. He had published a card denying the
charge. He ridiculed the idea of a negro
uprising. In fact, it was riiitioult to get
a negro to “stiok bis head outof his cabin
—they were too much scared.”
VALUE OK THE PROPERTY.
James Hoffman, County Assessor and
a Republican, was recalled. He testified
with regard to the value of the property
owned by Moore, the memorialist, and
sacrificed by him. He was the possessor
Of valuable property. Moore was a man
of standing, having been High Priest and
several times Master of his lodge of Ma
sons, and Chief of tbe Fire Department.
Seheuize, the memorialist, stood well with
the Germans. He defended Scheutze
against the charges ot Immorality. Both
Aloore and Sobeutze were received In
good society until they were ostracised in
consequence of their poliiics. Moure's
property was assessed at $2,000, Hack
worth’s at SI,OOO and Scheutze’s newspa
per at SSOO. These men are memorialists.
The assessments were made a' about naif
of the market value ot the property.
NEWS TO FIUCKE.
Paul Fricke (white) was recalled and
said the alleged meeting ot colored men
at bis office, at which it was decided to
kill certain other colored men, was news
to him. He had never heard of It until it
was testified to in Washington.
N. E. Deaner, Sheriff of Washington
county, testified that be went with a posse
of a dozen men in response to a summons
by telegrams irom Graball to afford pro
tection against a possible insurrection.
Ue met armed men on the way who had
come out for a like purpose aud who
joined him. The next day the negroes
arrested as accessories to the murder of
Bolton were removed to Houston in con
sequence of a fear that they would be
lynched. The witness did not himself
think there was any danger, and he was
not present when the prisoners wore sent
away. The witness had left a military
company on guard at the jail.
Charles Bauer, a white merchant,
was recalled and testified to the good
standing ot tbe memorialists in respect
to everything but politics.
TELEGRAMS NOT PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Joseph E. Slater, a Western Union tel
egraph operator at Brenham, was
subpceoacd to bring somo telegrams b<-
fore tbe committee, but his superin
tendent ordered him not to bring them
L. C. Bakef, of St, Louis, is his supenu
dent, in tbe course ot the examination by
Mr. Evarts allusion was made to a tele
gram sent by Judge Kirk to Bolton on
the election day. The witness could not
remember its contents. Mr. Evarts was
proceeding to make inquiries about the
telegram when Air. Eustis cautioned the
witness against disclosing its contents.
Mr. Pugh said that so far as he was
concern‘d he was willing the contents
should be disclosed. Alore importance
would be aitacbed to it il it were sup
pressed than if it were made public. But
tbe witness should be first asked it he w as
at liberty under his instructions and the
rules ot his company to disclose it.
A POINT BLANK REFUSAL.
Mr. Evarts asked if the telegram re
lated to the elfection. The witness could
not answer for two reasons, first, the
transmission of telegrams was mechani
cal, and it was impossible to recall them;
and seoondiy, that his obligations as a
telegraph operator torbade him doing so.
In answer to lurtber inquiries tbe wit
ness said that be had seen tbe message
and could slate its contents U be would,
but (here ih • witness arose and became
oratorical and emphatic) “with all
the respect due this honorable
body” ne positively declined to
make tbe disclosure. The witness
bad beard since he came to Washington
that the telegram in question bad been
iound upon the body ot Dewees Bolton.
He appealed to the committee to excuse
him Iroin stating who had told him this.
After some disoussiou between the mem
bers ol the committee the witness was
required to make the disclosure.
He tben said J. G. Tracy, now of
this city, but formerly United States
Marshal of Texas, was uis iuioruiant.
A LEADING QUESTION.
Mr. Everts asked the witness if the
telegram in question was in substance
this: “Things look mighty gloomy. Gist
in your work.” Mr. Evarts said he did
not want to lead the witness into a trap,
and submitted to tbe committee whether
tbe question was a proper one. Messrs.
Pugh and Eustls said they bed no objec
tion to the matter being disclosed, but if
tbe rules of the witnesses’ em
ployer forbade the disclosure
tney objected to the question. The
Witness then said, with empnasis, that
he could not answer any questions with
regard to the contents of that telegram,
both on acoount of the rules and tbe un
written law which governed telegraph
operators in regard to iliselosures. The
witness was thereupon dischaiged.
T. D. Jordon, council for the memorial
ists, testified to sundry matters lu re
buttal.
The committee adjourned without de
lay.
Sir Micks Beach Resigns.
London, March 6.—lt was offioially
announced this afternoon that Rt. lion,
Sir Micoael Hicks Beach had resigned
the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland,
and that Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour,
Secretary of Slate for Scotland, had been
appointed to succeed him. Sir Miotiael
is suffering from a cataract, and his
resignation was due to that cause. He
will proceed to Berlin for treatment by a
celebrated oculist iu that city.
Married at Tiftmi.
Tifton, Ga., March 6.—An interesting
event occurred here Wedmday evening.
Oscar Sbepphard, of tnis place, was mar
ried to Ml*s Carrie l.e Green A large
number of friends from a distance, and
also the surrounding country, were pres
ent.
C, J. Peterson I), ad.
Philadelphia, March fl —Charles J.
Peterson, author and publisher and pro
prletor ol Peterson’s Ladles’ National
Magazine, died suddenly at bis residonoe
last night, aged 8H years.
The worst oases cured by Dr. Sace’s
- Catarrh Rcmod*
CHICAGO’S FORTY THIEVE*.
The Crooked Commissioners Shak
ing in Their Boots.
Chicago, Maroh o.—The Even
ing Journal, in an article respecting tbe
expected prosecution of certain members
of the Cook county Board of Commission
ers, says: “The dilemma of tbe boodlers
grows worse daily, it is time for all
honest pe pie to rejoice when a state’s
Attorney can approach a member of the
County Board of more than ordinary
prominence and tell him that if be will
resign his place on the board and tell us
all he knows he will be spared criminal
prosecution. It Is said to be a fact that
at least one member whose name Is very
familiar to the publio ear is now seriously
considering that very proposition.
PAYMENTS STOPPED.
As if to add to the consternation of the
ring, the State’s Attorney has requested
that the payment of all orders to a long
list of suspects be stopped. Warden Var
nell made the discovery late yesterday
when be asked to have an old warrant
reissued. Tbe board clerk said the reis
sue had been stopped by State’s Attorney
Grinnell. The news was quickly con
veyed to tbe gang of Commissioners and
the wardens, who are known to be in tbe
same .box. At Attorney Grlnnell’s re
quest, Gen, Stiles, who rendered such aid
in the Mackm case, has been retained to
assist in the prosecution of the county
thieves. The tying up of a large batch of
warrauts is expected to bring in some
more squealers. One prominent man, a
furnisher of supplies at extravagant
prices, is thought to have turned iniormer
since Attorney Grinnelt’s order to stop
the payment of the warrants.
IN DESPERATE STRAITS.
Twe things show very clearly how
desperate tne suspected ones leel. The
tlrst is that they have retained Luther
Lafliu Mills for their defense, and have
made repeated efforts to retain other
prominent attorneys. The other indica
tion is the suspicious movements of cer
tain of the gang’s members, as if tbey
contemplate spending tbe summer
abroad. All these things reach Attorney
Grinnell much more quickly than the
shrewdest of them suspect. This is not
all. Their efforts to travel suddenly are
anticipated, and papers to legally hold
them are even now in the hauds
of the officers. Next week will
open with much anxiety on
the part of the wardens, Commissioners
and employes, because on Monday tbe
venire for the special grand jury will
issue and will be returnable at once.
After the jury Is impaneled Tuesday
the guilty parties will not know the day
or hour when they will be invited to go
iu before the tribunal and tell the story
of their crookedness. As time is precious
to the attorneys preparing the evidence,
it is probable that the special jury will
be engaged (or a time with other matters
that would properly come before the
regular March grand jury.
FRUITLESS INCENDIARISM.
Three Attempts to Burn a Ferry
Boat Prove Unsuccessful.
Jersey City, March s.—Another at
tempt to set on fire the Jersey City pas
senger depot and the ferry houses of the
Pennsylvania railroad, making the third,
was discovered to-day. The first attempt
Thursday niirbt was by means of a bottle
of inflammable liquid placed in tbe gen
tlemen’s closets,which sot the building on
fire, but did oniy slight damage. The seo
ond attempt was made about the same
time and apparently by the same man
who placed the bottle in the depot closets.
He placed a similar bottle under one of
the seats in the ladies’ cabin of one of
the company’s finest ferry boats, lying at
tbe dock waiting for passengers. One of
the deck hands discovered the bottle, and
thinking it a forgotten nursing bottle,
threw it and its milky contents overboard.
BURSTS INTO FLAME.
When he tried to sweep atvay some of
the liquid which bad spilled, It Durst into
a flame which was difficult to extin
guish, and tilled the boat with stifling
ttimes ol phosphorus, it had been placed
where any lady’s foot or the sweep of her
skirts would have ignited it. Passengers
were coming on board when the flames
broke out, but tbev were sent ashore ami
the boat was sent into midstream and
ventilated. Tbe last attempt was also,
probably made Thursday night, or pre-*
vious to that time, because no one would
have tbe hardihood to attempt it since
vigilance has been aroused.
THE LAST SCHEME.
A piece ot cotton wadding about 16
inches square and nearly 2 inches thick
was found tacked near the wood work on
the outside of tbe northern end of the
gentlemen’s closets, where it was con
cealed from view. A hole about 5 inches
in diameter had been cut through tbe
partition large enough to admit a man’s
hand from the inside of the closet. An
attempt bad been made to light the cot
ton, as tbe edges were partially singed.
The perpetrator of the villainous act evi
dently worked from the Inside of the
closet. It rained heavily that night and
the cotton quickly went out. It had
probably been saturated with a chemical
mixture to make it burn.
FIRE AND DROWNING.
Sit, Houses Burned in a Suburb of
Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., March s—At
2:30 o’clock this morning fire was discov
ered in the houso occupied by Mrs. A.
Hamlin, on Monroe street, in La Villa.
In a short time the next house, which
was occupied by Mrs. Bueslng, suc
cumbed and tbe flames communicated to
tbe next one, which was occupied by a
Mrs. Sevier. Tbe Are being out of town,
the fire department did not arrive In time
to prevent the destruction of six houses.
H. H. Manager owned three of tne houses,
and two houses and a store were owned
hv J. D. Lipscomb. The loss is about
$9,000,
About 10 o’clock this morning little
Eddie Vanßuren, a 10-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Vanßuren of thisoity, was
drowned In the St. John’s river near the
old tee fc ( ory dock in Brooklyn, a suburb,
and nearly opposite to his parents resi
dence. The gref-strickon parents have
buried two daughters, nearly grown,
within tbe last two years.
A Crash at a foiling.
Rome, Oa., Marco s.—At 6i>’olook last
night a south-bound freight tram on the
Alabama division of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railway o illided
with freight cars at At lanta Junction,two
miles from this city. The cars were on a
sido track, but not far enough to clear
the main line. A negro fireman was
badly injured, and a negro tramp who
was stealing a ride was seriously in
jured.
Molly's Cholera Plague.
Catania, Sicily, March s.—Six new
cases of cholera and four deaths have
been reported within twenty-four hours.
Lnng Troubles and Wasting
diseases can be cured, if properly treated
In time, as shown by the roljowiog state
ment trom D. C. Freeman, Sidney:
“Having been a great sufferer from pul
monary attacks, and gradually wasting
away ior tbe past two years, it affords me
pleasure to testify that Scott’s Emulsion
ol Cod Liver Oil with lime and Soda has
given me great relict, and 1 cheerfully
recommend it to all suffering In a similar
way tnnn* If. iu addition, 1 would say
that it is very pleasant to take.”
MINISTER AND POLISHER.
AN ODD GENIUS WHO IS THE
HAPPIEST MAN IN GOTHAM.
A Strange Out of the Way Littlo Nook
in the Basement of the Metropolitan
Hotel—Hie Abiding Faith in the Lord
—Tlie Exhibition of the Stewart Art
Collection.
New York, March s.—The happiest
man In the city of New York was found
in the basement of the Metropolitan Hotel
about 9 o’clock at night. The gorgeous
barroom overhead was flooded with light,
and there was the tread of many feet on
Its tesselated flooring. Judges, Aider
men, a State official and other dignitaries
sat at its three little marble tables, and a
host of theatre,habltues stood at its
splendid bar. Tbe happiest man in the
city was on bis knees beneath the main
stairway. He was blacking boots. The
music of hie brushes was deadened by tbe
soft clicking of billiard balls in the room
above, and by faint strains of melody from
Niblo’s Garden, where the showy ballet
of the “Black Crook” was displaying its
giories. The man was first discovered by
Ed Gillmore, the theatrical manager,
who is makiug a fortune out of Mrs.
Langtry. It was rather a curious dis
covery. Gillmore had been standing at
tbe bar, umbrella in hand, treating a
squad of Southern gentry, llis diamonds
shone like stars of the first magnitude.
He is the pink of perfection in dress, but
on this night the streets were sloppy, and
his ■ s were in a sad state. Brought
to pripir sense of their condition by a
joe.. comment, he invited the writer to
visit the boot-room. There the happiest
man was found. He was 60 years old and
nearly as black as a coal. His wool was
tinged with the frost of time, and the
white of bis eyes and his moustache vied
with each other in relieving the darkness
ot bis complexion. He wore doeskin
trousers, and a striped gingham jumper
as clean as a brand new check apion. His
own shoes bore a polish that would have
done credit to a Filth avenue dandy. The
room was beneath the mam stairway oi
the hotel. It was as neat as wax. No
nousewlfe’s boudoir could be more cosy.
It was turnished with rugs and four or
five cuspidores of abiniug metal. The
gaslight was softened by shades of ground
aiass. A portrait ot Andrew Johnson,
flauked by engravings of favorite steam
ships under full sail, bung on the wall.
A low bench was fitted into a uicbe be
neath tho stairway, it held a marble
slab oovered with blacking. The slab
looked as though it might have served to
distribute ink on the roller of a proof
press. Several bottles of water and shoe
polish stood near, and an array of brushes,
both soft and stiff, awaited a summons to
arms. YV hisk brooms were suspended it)
odd corners, and clothes brushes peeped
from plush pockets close bv. There was
a raised platform opposite the bed of
polish. Four easy chairs were ranged
upon it, inviting us to seats near two
window embrasures. Iron pedals were
reared before each chair to keep the
shoe in position while a “shine” was be
ing given.
As we entered the room its acoupant
was singing an old negro hymn, each
verse ending with the retrain:
“My Lord’s gone to Galilee.”
He stopped singing as we mounted the
platlorm and took seats, and began to pay
strict attention to business. The dried
mud was oarefully rubbed from Gill
more’s legs, and a coarse brush removed
the dirt from his shoes. Blacking was
then applied and the soft polishin/
brushes were brought into play. Several
bound volumes lay on the window sills,
i examined one. To my surprise it proved
to t>e a copy of Baxter’s “Saints’ Best.”
The surprise was intensified on ascertain
ing that its companions were “Edwards
on Revivals,” a stray volume of “Adam
Clarke’s Commentaries,” and a Moodv
and Sankey hymn book. A giance at Gill
more showed simlar astonishment on bis
part. His tongue had suddenly become
silent. He was examining a Bible as
large as a city directory, and he seemed
deeply interested in its old-t.ime wood
cuts. He eazed at an engraving of “Ely
mus Struck vvith Blindness” for a minute
or more, and be was apparently much
impressed with an illustration of “Zao
cheus Up the Tree,” but a delineation,
the fate oi Ananias and Sapphira, startled
him so that he abruptly closed the book.
Tho titles of the other works did not
tend to steady his nerves. He fidgeted
uneasily in his ehair, regained his com
posure and said:
“Men in New York think they know it
all, but they don’t. I’ve run Ntlilo’s
Gulden lor ten years, but [ never was in
this place belore. I took it for a bootblacks’
nest, but it seems to be a regular Gospel
shop.”
The proprietor moistened a shoe with
his brsatb and drove his brush vigorously
over its surface. The gaslight danced
within the figured shades to the sonened
strains of the “Black Crook” iuusio. Gill
more touched him on the shoulder witu
the tip of his umbrella. “Uncle,” he
said, “do you black hoots or praise God
here?”
“With all due respect, sir, I do both,”
said the meek negro', without betraying a
particle of the Ethiopian dialect.
Gillmore looked nonplussed, but he had
struck a quaint stream of inquiry, and
he followed it to its logical sequence.
“Which pays the best?” he asked,
as ne withdrew his right loot from the
iron pedal.
“Tho Almighty Father, sir,” was the
bumble reply. “He is the Paymaster of
the Universe, sir. His workmen never
strike for wages. He declare* a dividend
of Jove and peace every night and morn
ing, sir. It sends sunshine into the heart,
lifts tho cloud from the brow, and it light
ens the heavy burdens on tbe road of life,
sir.”
Gillmore blinked and began to whistle.
He seemed disturbed in mind. The old
man was again silent. He had bent bim
sell to work on tbe left foot with a brush
in each hand, and ne was running both
brushes with tbe regularity of a piston
rod. The manager of the theatre made
another break.
“Brother Johnson,” said ho, “1 sunpose
you read these books whan you’ie all
alone hr " uVL.
“Wiiti'uif(rn#treetvot. sir, 1 never was
all alone.” was the humble response.
“A man as pious as iou pretend to be
ought never to copper the truth,” Uillmore
dryly observed.
“1 don’t understand you, sir,” tbe negro
replied.
••To copper the truth meats to lie,”said
Uillmore. “Don’t you Know anything
about faro?”
“I know that he was drowned in the
Red Sea, sir. but l don’t know that it was
for lying. The good book says it was be
cause Hod hardened his heart, sir.”
“This won’t wash,” Uillriioro continued.
“You're double banking me. Como off.
Didn’t you just, tell me that you were
never alone, and isn’t that a lie? Every
man is alone sometimes.”
“Wdh all duo respect, sir, I told you
the truth,” the blackamoor answered. “1
am never alone. God is always with me.
No man is ever out of his presence. He
is always with you, sir. The preachers
wouldn’t aooept your invitation loses
the ’Black Crook,” sir, but Uod accepted
it. You migbtnot have seen Him, but He
is there every night, sir, U watches
and guards you better than he watched
and guarded the Rrooklvn theatre, sir.”
Tne old man bad put a Anal gloss on tbe
msnu.er’s shoes, and be stood, brush in
band, in the rapture of a religious fervor.
He turned a stream of fiery exhortations
udoii hie questioner. Glilmore sat as
though spellbound. Such imagery,
metaphor, warmth, sincerity and elo
quence he had never heard before. Tears
welled from the old darkv’s eyes as he
warned the manager, in pleading tones,
to flee from the wrath to come. It was
probably the most condensed revival ser
mon that was ever delivered. The whole
plan of salvation was covered in less
than five minutes. Gillmore was fairly
paralyzed. He seemed fascinated by
the rude sophistry of the negro. No
psychologist ever had a man more com
pletely In his power. The sinner was
fairly on tbe point of conviction and con
trition when a blare of trumpets from the
heart of the “Black Crook” broke the
spell. Satan had put in some of his doe
work, and Gillmore was again adrift on
the sea of sin. He drifted away right no
bly, however.
“That's worth a half a dollar to me,” he
said, as he dropped the coin in the old
man’s palm and disappeared without
w aiting for my polish.
Four days afterward I met Henry
Clair, late Superintendent of the Metro
plitan. On nearing the story he said that
the bootblack was a regularly or
dained minister of tbe Gospel." His
name is the Rev. E. G. Thomas, and he
has a church, as Clair put it, “up coun
try somewhere.”
“He’s the happiest man in the city,”
Clair continued. “Ho makes enough by
blacking boots to run hischurch and sup
port his family. He’s the most pious
man 1 ever saw. He never eats even a
bit of cheese without saying grace, sfttd
he is singing psalms and praying all day
long.”
1 saw the Rev. Mr. Thomas a day or two
alterward. and asked him whether It was
true that he was the happiest man in the
city.
“I would be,” he replied, “if I could
only be the means of saving the soul of
Mr. Gillmore. He needs the saltpetre
of salvation powerful bad, sir—powerful
bad.” Amos J. Cummings.
11.
The most complete arrangements were
made lor the vast crowds which were ex
pected to visit the Stewart pictures. An
entrance has been out through to
I'wenty-seoond street from the American
gallery, so tuat the crowd can surge
'hrouah from Twenty-third street and
rush out unimpeded on the south side.
But the crowd does not come. Tae peo
ple for some reason have elected to stay
away from the Stewart show. It is an
extraordinary exhibition, but curiously
enough it is not an attractive one to the
majority of sight-seers. Moat of the peo
ple who go there are anxious to see the
great Meissonier, the Viberts, Kosa Bon
iieur’s “Horse Show” and the numerous
specimens of Verberkoven’s superb skill
in sheep painting. But alter these have
once been seen—and no one but art stu
dents care to study them any great
length of time—there is a dreary waste
of American painters whose pictures
were bought while their authors hap
pened to be popular. Tne craze has now
died out and the pictures no longer at
tract. The exhibition is below the stan
dard of the recent superb collection ol
Mrs. Morgan.
If you wish to form a picture gallery
in New York you will have to pay a high
price lor the paintings. A clique ol four
or five dealers coutro! the trade, and
you must pay wbat they ask or go with
out examples ol the masters. They have
a fixed rate (or Bouguereaus, Van
Dykes, De Neulville, Meiseoniers, Meyer
Von Bremens, and like artists, and never
change their price except to pusu it
higher. They have arrangements made
witn the Paris dealers so that all the
fresh work of great painters is picked up
before the American buyer cau get a
ohance at it.
Tbe buyer may hope to get a picture at
moderate rates at some of the large auc
tion sales of collections occasionally. Hr
can ouly do so if the pictures of the par
ticular artist he wants are out of the
market. The dealers attend ail the auc
tions, and they take care that ihe market
price of their pictures is not injured i>
low sales. They will raise their own bids
to prevent this. At the Graves sa.e re
cently 1 saw a well-known dealer raise
his own bids two and three hundred dol
lars at a tune to prevent a Meyer Von
Bremens going too cheap. He has other
Von Bremens tor sale. Knnedler & Cos.
bought in a Bouguereau for the same rea
son. 1 here wasaßousseau—there are none
in sbe uiar.et—and it. sold for one haif ol
what :\lr. Graves paid lor it. Tuedealers
had no object in piotecting it.
U begins to look as though the public
had become heartily tired or the Stewart
family and everything connected with it.
Tiie washingof the dirty linen of this par
ticular lamily has been going ou so lone
in public that nobody cares a rap now
what Judge Hilton bas done or expects to
do or what his plans are. Nor do people
care particularly who buy* Mrs. Stew
arts’white bouse, old gowns or strange
pictures, The name or Stewart itseif
has become so thoroughly identified with
sensationalism, trickerv and scandal
tuat a sense of reliet will be felt from one
< nd of tbe town to the other when the pic
tures are sold, the house passes into other
hands, and the end na come lo the iDter
minable cbatier resulting trom Ihe wealth
of a rich shopkeeper and hi* narrow
minded, prejudiced and silly wife.
Blakely Hall.
BISMAKCK’iS IttUN HULE.
The Beptonnste Bill to be Passed at
a Single Sitting,
Berlin, March s.— The Reichstag will
begin the debate on the army bill Monday.
There are 221 Septennists against 176 op.
poneuts of the bill.'This estimate sup
poses that 97 Centreisis will adhere
to tho trionnato, but when the
division is taken it is probable
that through the Centrelst-Sepleunlsi
votes and abstentions the government
will obtain a majority of nearly 100. The
lenders ot the Conservative and National
Liberal parties and of the Reiohepartei
nave exchanged views on accelerating
the passage of the till). It has been de
cided to use the lull strength of the ma.
jority to limit the discussion sole
ly to the plenary sitting, and to
try to close the general debate
in a single sitting. The committee
proceedings will be merely formal. The
bill, therefore, will be practically passed
on Monday. The septennate question he.
log settled, iuteiest is directed toward
the government’s financial pioposal*.
There are rumors that l’rtuce Bismarck,
r lying upon tho unity ot the three sep
tennial groups, is determined to renew
the spirits hill, and contemplates a to
hacco monopoly, (lovernment circles
have not beard anything of these nlans,
RUSTCnUK‘B REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS.
KUSTCHUK, March 5.— A court-martial
here tried ten officers, eleven subalterns
and six civilians as leaders iu the recent
revolt. The accused all plead guilty.
All the foreign consuls attended the trial.
Among tho wounded prisoners is a Rus
si in subject, who was formerly an officer
in the Bulgarian army.
Mm nr >1 illeilgoville.
Millkdoevillk, u a., March s.— About
11 o’clock last night W. Caraker’s stable
uud two other outhouses were destroyed
by Ore. The loss is about $BOO. The in
surance is s2.>o, The fire is supposed to
have been ol incendiary origin. The wind
veering alone prevented a general confla
gration.
To Neutralize OHViieiveness.
Impure breath, caused by bad teeth, to
bacco, spirits or catarrh, is neutralized
by 80ZODONT. ’Tie a healthful beatilifier
aud a great luxury as a dentifrice. Ihe
repulsiv s breatn is bv Its use rendered ss
fragrant as a rose, and coldness by rrlends
or lovera will he no longer noticed.
BEECHER ON A DEATHBED
AN ATTACK OF A POPUP XY FOI
liOWfc.l> BY A STUPOR.
No Siena of Rallying at Last Account,
-ll>o -Stroke the First of the Kiud He
Ha* Suffered—The Lecture Platform
Abandoned to Pueh Hie Llterar*
Work. J
New \ ork, March s.—Henry Ward
Beecher is so seriously ill that his physi
cians are issuing bulletins in regard to
him at short intervals. He has had an
attack of apoplexy.
MAJOR POND NOTIFIED.
Washington. March 6.—Maj. J. b
Pond, who was here to-day on business
for Henry YVard Beecher, received a tele
gram from Mr. Beecher’s sou about i
o'clock this afternoon stating that Mr
Beecher had been prostrated by an at
tack of apoplexy. At 7 o’clock
before he left for New
York, Maj. Fond reoeived another
telegram from Mr. Beecher’s son stating
that Mr. Beecher was still In the stupor
which had followed the attack, and
showed no signs of rallving. Maj. p oa(1
stated to the News correspondent that
this attack was the first, and not the sec
ond, stroke of apoplexy which Mr. Beech."
er had received.
THE CHICAGO ILLNESS.
It will be remembered that last season
while Air. Beecher was lecturing in Chi
cago to a large audience, he was sud.
deuly obliged to suspend and to leave the
platlorm on account ot illness. This ill,
ness was supposed at the time to he a
stroke of apoplexy, but it was not. it
was merely an ordinary disease of the
bovvels. Maj. Fonil stated that when he
saw Mr. Beecher yesterday he seemed as
well as he had ever been. He was then
hard at work on a paper he was preparing
lor the Century Magazine on the visit
made to England in 1863, whioh was to
be inculcated in their lorthcoming volumes
of war articles. •
HARD AT WORK.
He had canceled all his lecture engage
ments for this season in order to devote
his spare time entirely to literary work
Re was pressing the second volume of
his “Life or Christ” under a contract re
cently made with E. L. Webster & Cos.
by Maj. Pond, and was planning aii
autobiography to be published bv the
same firm. Mr. Beecher was look,
ing forward with much pleaeure to
next summer, when he would have cele
brated in Juue his seventy-tourth birth
day, and iu August his golden wedding
and the fortieth anniversary of his pas
torate in Plymouth Church. If ha
recovers from his present attack he will
probably be obliged to suspend all his
literary work indefinitely, and to retire
for a time at least from his pastoral
labors. Mrs. Beecher who is nearly
seventy-four yearsold is in ill health, and
would probably not long survive hiir
should he die.
DEATH CONSIDERED INEVITABLE.
New York, Alareh 5, 11:15 p. m.—At U
o’clock to-nigut Mr. Beecher seemed
slightly easier and his mind was olearer.
It is evideut that the physicians have
small hopes of prolonging nis life many
days, altbougn they do not put that
opinion into words. The utmost they
have said of encouragement is that they
think he will not die to-night.
STRELT IMeaLOVKIYIHNrS.
The Right of a City to Levy on Lot*
at Stake in tbe Coarts,
Augusta, Ga., March 6.—Judgt
Roney has decided another test case
against the city authorities, which is not
only full of interest, but in whioh many
property owners are involved. Being a
test case.it will probably be followed by
others. In January Messrs. Hook and
Montgomery, representing E. J. Murphy
aud others vs. the City Council, filed a
oiil of injuuc.ion restrain! g the city
from collecting the assessment made
on lot owners, adjoining whose premises
work was aone ou tbe streets opposite
and charged against the lot owners. To
day Judge Ronev sustained the argu
ments ol Messrs. Hook and Montgomery
aud granted the injunction, whtoa will
be permaue.it uuk-ss reversed by the
Supreme Court. City Attorney John B.
Davidson has not yet decided whether he
will take tno case up, but it is very I
probable it will be tested in the Supreme
Court, if this decision holds tbe city’s
assessments on similar cases will be
shown to oe unco stitutioual or beyond
the power of Council, and it will stand
along with Judge Roney’s decision in
relerenoe to real estate assessments in I
the interest of taxpayers aud property
holders.
Toe Katie acd Alice Clarke took down
the river 1,275 bales of cotton to-day, and
have cotton cargoes for six trips anead.
UilCOA’s Pit z . mUIiL.
Some of the Crack Companies
Which Will Compete.
Macon, Ga., ilarob s.—The committee
in charge, through their chairman, Lieut.
Col. C. M. Wiley, of the Second Georgia
Battalion, gave notice to-day to tbe com
panies entering tbe competitive drill in
tnis city in May to choose from among
tneir lady trienus a “sponsor” to rrpre
sent them on tne day of the uoutest. Eaeii
“sponsor” will select for herself two
maids of honor, and dull indeed must St'
the spirit ol auy uody of young soldiers
who would permit waut of preparation
or zeal to cause them to waver
while under the fire of such a battery of
beaut) as will be massed in tbe sponsors'
balcouy on May 17. Tbe contest will f’ 8
one of the most sunned ever seen in
Georgia, lor when such companies as tbe
At I aula Rifles, Columbus Guards, C linen
Rifles, Hancock Vanguard, Savannah
Cud, ts. Talbolton Rifles, Clarke Ligbl
lnlantrv, Milledgeviilo Light Infantry,
Middle Georgia College Cadets aodSoulb'
ern Cadets meet in battle array “
will indeed be “Greek mew
Greek,” and any young law
may deem it a privilege to grace tbe col
ors of either of them. Tbe names of toe
judges will be published to tbe command"
in a few days. Everything is W" r ' n ’
smoothly and energetically to a most suc
cessful anti pleasant day. Tne Governor
anil stall will honor the occasion by beim
present in full uniform.
MACON’o YY Y ’t-.R CONTRACT.
lhe People Refuse fo Ratify ,h ®
Contract at the Polls.
Macon, Ga., March ft.—The question 81
whether tbe ten-year water contract o
fire purposes reoently made by the BoW
ol A dermen witb tbe Macon Gas Li*
and Water Company, should be r lltit
or rejected, was submitted to the P*®\
to-day. This question has been the i
lug one for some time, has been ww
discussed, aod has created coneluer
interest on account of tbe inl ®
connection with which It has been .
ciated with tne building of tbe P*°P
canal. It was made a sort ol boom •
i’be result was that the contract wj
10 year clause was heavily
tier, the rots standing 112 lor
and 687 against ratification. Ane M
tract lor a shorter term of years w
made. _
HOKvI'OKD'S ACID FUOsFB* lE
In Slaap l ••!•••- ...
Dr. E. L. H. Barry, Jers*y vl,, ’
saya: “1 used it in aoßseofsW
ness, anti it acted like a charm-