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VOLUME 11. FROM FOREIGN LANDS. IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OVER THE BIG POND. A London Murderer’s Sensational Address Before the Court Other News Notes. London, Dec. 26.—Geo. Mcßae was found guilty at Northampton Assizes of the murder of Annie Pritchard. The trial has been going on since Monday. There was a dramatic scene in the court when the jury returned and the verdict was announced. The prisoner, in reply to the judge’s usual question asking why the sentence of death should not be pro nounced upon him, calmly said: “What ever sentence your lordship passes will have no terror for mo. I could say many things in regard to the evi dence produced here, but it is | useless. The witnesses’ statements about conversations had with me are a mass of abominable lies. You, gentlemen of the jury, this day each become what you make—a murder. You have widowed a good wife upon this Christmas Eve and have orphaned two children. As long as you live your conscienceswill accuse you. Now, your lordship, pronounce my doom in a few words as possible.” While the prisoner was speaking his brother, who had previously been ejected from the court for interrupting the judge, attempted to enter and was again ejected. A crdwd outside the courtroom cheered upon hearing the verdict. The London Globe Burned Out. I London, Dec. 26.—A fire broke out Saturday morning in the machine room of The Globe, the oldest evening paper in London, the offices of which are 367 Strand, W. 8. The flames spread rap idly, and despite the efforts of the fire men and the employes of the paper, communicated to the composing rooms, the editorial rooms and the stereotype foundry, all of which were completely gutted. It was impossible to get the {>aper out at the usual hour, but the ater editions were issued ns usual, the matter being prepared and the paper printed at the office of The People, where The Globe office will be located temporarily. An Appeal for Aid. St. Petersburg, Dec. 26.—Count Bo binsky, marshal of the court, has issued an appeal for aid for the famine suffer ers in the province of Tula. There are said to be 173,000 persons dependent upon outside assistance, The crops are an utter failure, and th conditions of the farmers is even worse roan in 1891. The poor have become beggars. The • 'lOy’xsnta use the root of their huts for luel. The typhus fever is also raging 4to an alarming extent, the sufferers I lying huddled together in roofless huts without attendance and without bread. Italy at the Exposition. Rome, Dec. 26.—The Italian govern • ment has appointed Deputy Ungare as chief commissioner of the Columbian exposition at Chicago. The deputy has for associate commissioners Count Brazza and Signor Guylielmo Grant. The ironclad Umberto will sail to New York in July to take part in the great American naval demonstration. Com mandant Bettleloni will be charged to personally deliver to the president of the United States an autograph letter from King Humbert. Senator Jones Still in Brussels. f Brussells, Dec. 26. —Senator Jones still remair*i at the Hotel Bellevieu ov'' ‘ng the translation into French of hib iast speech before the monetary conference, bestowing great care on the work. t The Belgian secretaries have nearly worried him to death by their constant altering of the text. The sena tor’s wife and beautiful daughters are much lionized in society. Novelist Doyle’s Suggestion. London, Dec. 26. —Conan Doyle, the novelist, writes to The Times suggesting that it would be a graceful act on the part of the British government to offer three of the crack British bands, in cluding the Band of the Guards, to the World’s Fair in Chicago, and a squadron of the Life Guards to take part in the opening procession. f Raising an African Relief Fund. Brussels, Dec. 26.—The fund for the i expedition to Lake Tanganyika to help Jacques Jouberts and other anti-slavery stations in view of expected trouble, has reached only 25,000 francs, although King Leopold headed the list with 10,000 francs. Krupp Wants to See the Kaiser. Berlin, Dec. 26.—Herr Krupp has ar rived at Berlin and has petitioned for an audience with the Emperor, in order to explain to his Majesty the offer made by Krupp in 1868 to supply the late Louis Napoleon with guns of his manu facture. A Detective Killed at Dublin. Dublin, Dec. 26. —An explosion oc curred at 11 o’clock p. m. outside of the detective office in Enchange Court. Detective Sinnott, who was passing at the time, was killed. German Goverinent Clerks on Strike. Berlin, Dec. 26.—The clerks employed in the Internal Revenue Department in Berlin have gone on strike against a reduction of wages to 60 cents a pay. France Rejects the Swiss Treaty. Paris, Dec. 26. —The chamber of dep uties has rejected the commercial con vention bet ween Switzerland and France and then adjourned until Jan. 10. An Important Decision. Philadelphia, Dec. 28.—A most im portant cash register decision has just been rendered here by the United States circuit court of appeals, the highest court in patent cases, sustaining the National Cash Register company’s pat ent upon the automatic cash drawer, and awarding a decree against the American Casn Register company. The court of appeals was composed of Judges Dallas of Philadelphia, Wales of Delaware, and Buffington of Pittsburg, and the case was the first one appealed to this court after its organization un |er the recent act of congress, * PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER. Right® to Special Privilege® to None.” CAUGHT THE Two Sharpers Who Begged the Poor Have Tuck. Chicago, Dec. 28. —A trick played by sharpers is just now the talk of the town. Just north of the Clark street viaduct two men stationed themselves. One of them unfolded a paper parcel and brought out a placard. Printed across it were the words: I bet on Harrison. I agreed if I lost to beg $lO in pennies to pay my debt. Please help me out. He pinned it upon his breast, pro duced a cup from his overcoat pocket and assumed the attitude of a beggar. The second man pointed his cane at the placard until passers-by began to stop to read it. Then he said: “I won that bet. But I have agreed that the money shall go to the poor. So, gentlemen, you are really doing an act of charity when you drop a penny into that cup.” For nearly an hour the two men stood there. The passing throng laughed pood-naturedly and contributed very liberally. From time to time the cup was filled and emptied into tho capacious overcoat pocket of one or the other of the two men. Then a policeman came in sight, half a block away, attracted by the un usual crowd. “Thank you, gentlemen, one and all,” said tne beggar. His companion bowed, waved his hand, and the two men walked away. Half a block from the scene they turned into a saloon, sat down at a table, emptied out the pennies and divided them equally. “We are the poor,” said the man with the cane. ‘ ‘Hot whiskies for two, please, barkeeper. It’s beastly weather for standing out in the open air—but $5 per hour, I think we can stand it.” SHE IS TRULY AMERICAN. Prince Leopold Must not Presume Upon Ills Title When in America. Baltimore, Dec. 26.—Society is en joying with very much zest now the snub administered to Prince Leopold Von Isenburg, nephew of the Emperor of Austria and the reigning social lion, by Miss Rerdie Von Lingen, the hand some daughter of Mr. George A. Von Lingen, agent of the Loyds, and Ger man Consul. The Prince was convers ing with Mrs. ’John M. Robinson at the Bachelors’ cotillon the other evening, when he remarked that he would like to have an introduction to Miss Von Lingen. The young lady was on the other side of the hall at the time. Mrs. Robinson requested her husband to tell Miss Von Lingen that she desired to speak with her. Miss Von Lingen, who was entertain ing several gentlemen at the time, ex cused herself, and, walking to where Mrs. Robinson was sitting, asked what she wished. “The Prince desires an in troduction,” remarked Mrs. Robinson, with a smile. Miss Von Lingen is an American, and has great native pride. “If the Prince wishes an introduction,” she replied, “he can do as American gen tlemen. Let him seek the lady,” and with this she turned on her heel and walked away. Later in the evening tho Prince walked over to Miss Von Lingen and was introduced like an American. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. The Floors Gave Way Under a Largo Gathering With Fatal Results. Tennessee City, Doc. 26.—A horrible accident occurred at a Christmas cele bration here Saturday night. Over two hundred people were gath ered in Masonic hall, where a Christmas tree had been arranged. Mr. A. O. Gusenger, of Chicago, had just con cluded some remarks of a pleasant na ture when the floor gave way and all the people were precipitated to the lower floor, a distance of sixteen feet. There was the greatest excitement and the groans and screams of the injured at tracted the whole town to the scene. It was forty minutes before all the people were gotten out. Nearly every one was injured moie or less, but the most serious is a son of George Craw ford> who was injured internally and will die. Mrs. C. C. Moody, Mrs. D. McCord and Mrs. F. McGary were seri ously injured. The Count Will Go On. Helena, Mont., Dec. 28. —The fact that two members of the canvassing board of Choteau county have skipped out will not interfere with the recount of the votes of that county, including Box Elder precinct which was elimina ted before, thereby electing a Democrat to the legislature. The peremptory writ of a mandate ordering the recount and the issuance of a certificate to the can didate having a plurality was addressed to the board of canvassers, the assessor, the sheriff and the county clerk to act as members of the canvassing board in the order named. The claimants for the one seat from Choteau will, it is be lieved put in an appearance next Mon day. A Battle-Scarred Couple. Denison, Tex., Dec. 26.—A odd mar ried couple has just arrived here from Tom Green county. They are register ed at the hotel as Mr. and Mrs. Friday. The groom lost his left leg, right arm and right eye in the Confederate service under General “Dick” Taylor. The bride is minus the left arm and limps on a cork leg. The arm was amputated owing to an encounter with Comanche Indians in the spring of 1862 in the Pan- Handle. She lost her limb in a railway accident near Quemah, when the Fort Worth and Denver railway was being built. She boasts that she can consume a bottle of snuff in two days. They are en route to the Indian Territory to visit relatives uutil after the holidays. A Christmas Tragedy in Kentucky. Mt. Sterling, Dec. 26. —At a dance given near Ticktown, this county, John Shepard, while intoxicated, went into the room with a drawn knife and drove out the dancers. Stanley Anderson tried to pacify him and get him to leave the room when Shepard turned upon him and cut him severely in the left hand. Anderson retreated, Shepard following, vainly endeavoring to cut him. Ander son managed to escape the infuriated man, and going to Salyer’s store secured a shotgun and was ’en route home when Sheyard again met him and renewed the attack. Anderson emptied the shot gun into Shepard's breast, killing him instantly, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1892. THE HOG SHORTAGE. Packing House are Experiencing Dull Times —Many Men Idle. Chicago, Dec. 28.—There is a dullness about Packington nowadays that has not been paralleled for many years. Since December 15,000 men have been discharged, and the plants of the big packers are hardly working at half their capacity. The indications are that unless the supply of hogs is speedily increased, further reduction will be necessary. This condition of things has been brought about by a most unusual short age in the hog crop. From November 1 to December 22 western packing was but 2,280,000, against 3,820,000 for the same period last year, a shortage of 1,540,000 nogs. Chicago for the same period this year packed 780,000 against 1,470,000 last year, showing a shortage for this market of nearly 700,000. Leading packers, while they assert that this condition of affairs was fore seen in part, yet admit that the short age greatly exceeds all calculations. There does not seem to be any immedi ate relief, since the shortage is daily be coming greater, and some packers assert that no relief can come until the next spring crop. The shortage is accredited to a variety of causes, chief among which is the floods of last spring, which killed off the young pigs in many sec tions, and the low price of corn last spring also, which enabled farmers to fatten and market their hogs earlier than usual. THE BORDER BANDITS. Mexico Wants to Be Permitted to Pursue Them Into Our Lines. Monterey, Dec. 28.—Governor Reyes, commander of this military zone, has written a letter to President Porfirio Diaz recommending that the Mexican government make an arrangement with the United States government for the pursuit of border revolutionists over the international boundary lines. General Reyes and other high military authori ties of this country claim that if such an arrangement could be made, the border troubles would soon be effect ively overcome. Under the existing law the outlaws, when hotly pursued by the troops of one country, escape capture by crossing the river, where they are perfectly safe until discovered by the troops or Federal au thorities of that side, when they are chased across the river again. This game of hide and seek has been going on along the Rio Grande border for the past seventeen months and the Mexican mili tary authorities here think it time to adopt some new measure for stopping the troublesome raids. AN IMPORTANT RULING. Belonging; to a Labor Organizat ion Is not ' Sufficient Grounas for Discharge. Macon, Ga., Dec. 28.—Judge Emory Speer, of the United States Court, has rendered a decision in the case of the striking telegraphers on the Central Railroad against the receiver. Judge Speer said that the fact that a man was a member of a labor organization was no reason for his discharge. On the motion of the strikers asking the court to reinstate them in their positions. Judge Speer decided in their favor so far as to order the receiver to replace all the men except where their positions had been already filled. In one sense this is a complete victory for the labor organizations, inasmuch as it establishes the precedent that a laborer cannot be discharged, for the sole reason that he has allied himself to labor un ions. Judge Speer stated that there had been very inconsiderate action on both sides. The case against Haggard and Heppinestall for contempt was postponed until after the holidays. SHORT ON COTTON. A Cotton Man Who Could Not Let Well Enough Alone. New Orleans, Dec. 28 —Frederick Frisch, who stood well in local cotton circles, has been convicted of embezzle ment. He was sent here in September, 1891, as the local manager of the cotton firm of Gassner & Co., of Liverpool, England. He was not a partner of the firm, and by agreement was to get a salary of $12,000 per annum and 20 per cent, of the profits of the commission business which he was to manage. He had speculated on both his own and firm's account, and had lost about $35,000 in all. Os this amount $16,000 had been taken for his own use. Murdered a Man and Slept Soundly. Golden, Colo., Dec. 28.—David Rit ter was shot and instantly killed by P. P. Shafter, at Shafter’s ranch in the western part of this county. The weapon used was a shotgun. After committing the crime Shafter lay down and slept all night. In the morning he went to a neighboring ranch and an nounced his intention of coming to this city to give himself up. He failed to appear and officers are searching for him. No cause is known for the crime. Suicide of a Priest. Cincinnati, Dec. 28.—During mass at St. Aloyesius Catholic church, Bernard Schwalen, a young, priest but recently ordained, suicided in his room in the church residence by shooting himself with a revolver. He had been an assistant pastor of St. Aloyesius and was about to be tranferred. He had hereditary tendency of insanity. The act interrupted the mass and for a time stopped the ceremonies, Caught an Embezzler. Gadsden, Ala., Dec. 28.—Sheriff Burnes has returned from Staunton, having in custody Allison D. Ament, who is charged with embezzlement. He was the agent of O. Mohundro & Co., of Chattanooga, at this place, and he is charged with collecting money and ap propriating it to his own use. The last grand jury returned a true bill against him. He made bond. An Unknown Suicide. Houston, Texas, Dec. 27.—The body of an unknown man was found in the lower part of the city. He had killed himself by firing a pistol ball into his forehead. Fifteen dollars were found in his pockets but nothing to reveal his . identity, - —*— > HERE’SKLATE THE NEW YORK EVENING WORLD SAYS IS GOOD. It Is Claimed to Come from Inside Sources, and Seems to Bo a Straight Tip. New York, Dec. 29.—The Evening World says: “It is predicted that when Cleveland announces the names of his official ad visers the shrewd judgment of the close political observers who have made up this list will be pretty conclusively vin dicated. Secretary of State, Wm. C. Whitney, of New York, or Edward J. Phelps, of Vermont; secretary* of the treasury, John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky; secre tary of war, Gen. Patrick A, Collins, of Massachusetts; secretary of the interior, Isaac Pusey Gray, of Indiana ; postmas ter general, Hugh C. Wallace of the state of Washington ; secretary of agri culture, some western man; attorney general, George Gray, of Delaware, or J. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia. “Possible changes in the above list may be the selection for secretary of the treasury, if Carlisle should de cline to take the place. In that case there is now a possibility, according to current report, that George C. Williams, president of the Chemical bank of this city, may be se lected. Williams was a Republican until 1888. Since then he has been a supporter of Cleveland. All the slates given out so far have included two Grays and in the minds of the politi cians it is apparently settled that Gov ernor Gray, of Indiana, will be secreta ry of the interior or postmaster general, and that Senator Gray, of Delaware, will be placed at the head of the depart ment of justice. “Usually well informed politicians who frequent the Hoffman house say that Daniel Lamont can be in the cabi net if he so desires. With Whitney and Lamont, New York would again have two cabinet officials, and according to the predictions in the above list, it is probable that the south may have two, which would fully satisfy the delegates of that section.” This slate The World claims to have gotten from tho best informed sources. MRS. MAYBRICK’S CASE. The .Doctor Says She Is Not Suffering from Any Constitutional Trouble. London, Dec. 27.—The medical of ficer of Woking prison has reported to the home office that Mrs. Maybrick is not suffering fros?tm:f4prious |jonstf;a tipiAil ‘df/eat'd. * e ' morrhage, about which so much was said, was the result of self-inflicted in i’ uries, the convict having used a tin :nifc to wound herself in a horrible manner. It was many days before the bleeding could be stopped, and her weakness at that period was extreme. Since then, however, she has gained Strength, and though she still remains in the infirmary, the physician sees no medical reason why the sentence should be interfered with. Whether Mrs. Maybrick really intended suicide, or merely wished to create a compassion ate feeling calculated to lead to her re lease, is unknown, but the medical of ficer inclines to the belief that it was an attempt as self-destruction. An Embezzler Run Down. Wilmington, N. C. Doc. 28.—Junius H. Penny, charged with robbing United States mails, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Bunting. He was required to give bond in SI,OOO in default of which he was committed to jail. Penny was a clerk in Wilming ton postoffice and abstracted considera ble sums of money from registered let ters. He left here about seven months ago and eluded arrest until the early part of this month when he was run down by a detective in Denver, Col., where he was living under an assumed name. Penny is a young man and has a wife and two children. He is a citi zen of this place. < Genoral Swain’s Golden Wedding. Sing Sing, Dec. 28.—General James B. Swain, of this village, and his wife celebrated their golden wedding quietly here. The couple were married on Christmas Eve, 1842. General Swain has had a remarkable history. He be gan life after leaving school as an ap prentice in a printing office in 1824. Horace Greelej T worked with him. Later General Swain and Mr. Greeley went into partnership, but dissolved in 1840. The firm was known as Horace Greeley & Co. They started The Log Cabin, and were co-editors of it. Gen eral Swain later edited the life and let ters of Henry Clay. Th© Inaugural Committee Completed. Washington, Dec. 28. Chairman Berret, of the inaugural committee, has completed his selection of members of the executive committee of twenty-one. They are James L. Norris, James L. Barbour, Henry L. Briscoe, General H. V. Boynton, Alex T. Britton, John J. Franklin, Lawrence Gardener, Curtis J. Hillyer, Robert C. Holtzman, J. Har rison Johnson, J. Fred Kelly, Charles C. Lancaster, William Cranch Mcln tyre George W. McLanahan. Theodore F. Noyes, Francis A. Richardson, John W. Ross, Richard Smith, Michael I. Weher, Beriah Wilkins, A Dreary Day at Homestead. Homestead, Dec. 28 —Never perhaps in the history of Homestead has the town presented such a appearance as characterized it Sunday. It was an ideal Christmas so far as weather goes, but no one seemed to take heed of that fact. From morning till evening the same dreary aspect presented itself, the residents of the borough seeming to prefer to remain indoors. Special ser vices w ere held in all the churches, each of which gave Sunday-school scholars a treat. A Fatal Fire in Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Dec. 28.—Becker’s tan nery has been burned. The loss is SIOO,- 000. One fireman was killed and two badly injured. Another fireman is iniss- Me is probably in the rms. _ x TERSELY TELEGRAPHIC. News Items That Flash Over the Wires from AU Pointe. The Home Bleach and Dye works. Val ley Falls, R. 1., burned. Loss $70,000. A Pittsburg (Pa.) and Rochester (N. Y.) syndicate has bought the Indianapolis street railway. Nelson J. Alexander, postmaster at New London, Conn., has disappeared, leaving a shortage of $4,000. Over $4,000,000 will be invested in the building of whaleback steamers for the great lakes next season. Druggist Ross, of Chase, Mich., on trial for burning down that village last April, has been acquitted of the charge. All trains in the extreme northwest have been delayed and seriously crippled by heavy snow storms and drifts. Little 11-year-old Sibley Herrington was accidentally shot and killed while shoot ing Christmas guns in Macon, Ga. A train on the Mexican Southern rail way was derailed. Four persons were •killed and a number severely injured. A Mexican street car can be hired for personal use for $3.50 a day, with a right to stop at any one place for two hours. The Homestead poisoning prosecution at Pittsburg is now waiting for an analy sis of the stomachs of the alleged victims. E. N. Mellor, a lumber merchant who failed for $500,000 two years ago, at Anti go, Wis., killed himself with a revolver. Absinthe is an alconolate composed of anise, coriander and fennel, flavored with wormwood and colored with indigo and sulphate of copper. At the time Shakespeare wrote bis plays there were not in all the world as many English speaking people as there are now in New York and New Jersey. John McCormick and William C. Cow an, employed in the yards of the Pennsyl vania Railroad company, were struck bj’ an express train and instantly killed.' The statistics of life insurance people show that in the last twenty-five years the average of man’s life has increased 5 per cent., or two whole years, from 41.9 to 43.9 years. One of the largest meteorites in exist ence was found some days ago at Bacubi rite, Mexico. Its length is 11.65 feet, height 5.25 feet, width 4.35 feet, weight 25 tons. Numerous experiments to test the best fire resisting materials for the construc tion of doors have proved that wood cov ered with tin resisted the fire better than an iron door. It is asserted that waterproof sheets of paper gummed and hydraulically com pressed, make a material as durable as leather for the sole of shoes. It also makes very serviceable horse shoes. Oysters come nearer to milk than al most any other common food material as regards both tho amounts and the rela tive proportion of nutrients, the food values of equal weights of . 3 milk and oys ters being nearly the same. • It is somewhat singular that, notwith standing the great advanres made in chemistry and metallurgy, pother more satisfactory silver alloy has J)t been dis covered coining and ot. 1 '■ ijd sw xby Quail love potato bugs as of diet. One of these birds was recently opened which had 101 of these farmers’ pets concealed in its crop. It will pay the average potato grower to have a flock of trained quail among his other live stock. At Wilmington, Del., E. Wright, a freight conductor on the Delaware road, was run over and killed. Two hours later, Benjamin Brittingham and his brother Edward, farmers, were struck by a train and instantly killed, six miles south of Delmar. Miss Viola Fuller, of Mitchell, S. D., will present to the Chicago World’s Fair a unique opera cloak. It is made entirely of the feathers of prairie chickens. It took Miss Fuller ten years to collect and sew on the small feathers, each prairie chicken caught yielding only four or five suitable feathers. Foreign Notes. Brigands in Poland stopped a train and robbed every passenger on it. < The oldest theater in Guttenberg, Swe den, built in 1816, has been destroyed by fire. # The United States consul at Hamburg has resumed the issuing of health pass ports. The pope bestowed the apostolic bless ing upon the whole world as a Christmas greeting. The wife of Bonaparte Wyse, the well known engineer, died She was an American. Hamburg fears another cholera epidem ic, and the plague is devastating Rus riau Poland. Edward Parker Deacon, in an interview at Paris, characterized his wife as a noto riously immoral woman. The Prussian cabinet has unanimously approved a bill to reform the present sys tem of voting in Prussia. An attempt in the chamber of deputies at Paris to vote “no confidence” in the government, was met with a decisive de feat. Spain will send three war ships to take part in the naval review at New York next year, in connection with the Colum bian celebration. A letter from Rome, published q,t Pa ris, shows the utter failure of the emieSa rias of the French Royalists to induce the Holy See to alter its present friendly feel ing toward the French republic. A Roman has offered King Humbert a novel instrument of warfare. This is a projectile which, on being shot from a cannon and striking an object, will pro duce a luminous disc of 100.0t)0 caudle power, and thereby expose to vjow $1 em emy’s position by night at a distance of from three to four miles. Washington Notes. Mr. Harter, of Ohio, denies that hp has been offered or would accept a cabinet position. Senator Washburn is confident of get ting his pet measure—the anti-option bill —through the senate. Congressman Cobb talks of the obsta cles in the way of effecting an equitable increase in the whisky tax. The president has recognized Frank S, Pratt as consul from Hawaii for the Staten of Nevada, Oregon and Washington. A bold scheme of Republican tariff bar ons to retain their grip on the United States senate by corrupt methods, has de veloped. Internal Revenue Commissioner Mason has appointed to office a negro removed for questionable conduct in connection with the Baums. Inquiries of members of the Italian |e fation elicit the reply that there is ho ruth in the statement published in one of the Italian newspapers of New York that Baron Fava, the Italian minister to the United States, had been transferred to Lisbon. The Indian bureau has received a tele gram stating that O. E. Simmons, th© agent at Fort Belknap, Mont., who wa» shot by an Indian several days ago, die 4 from his wounds. Commissioner Morgan has requested that an army officer be im mediately detailed to NUMBER 15 BRAJDSTREET’SREPORT. The Stock Market Has Recovered Crons the Recent Stringency. New York, Deo. 26.—Bradstreet, in his weekly report of trade says: The stock market shows a disposition to recover from the effects of the liqui dation and temporary stringency in money which marked the beginning of the week: Speculation, however, is ac tive and apprehensions of farther gold shipments check any decided improve ment, while they give place to bearish attacks on prices. Reading is now a weak feature on rumors of bonds issue and conflicting opinions about the extent of interest payments on junior securi ties. Manipulated industrials have re covered somewhat from the depression, but seem likely to be a less prominent feature. The foreign interest in the market is at a standstill, financial opin ion abroad inclining to the belief in United States government bond issue. The silver market was weak on the ad journment of the Brussels conference and the price of bars declined to 83, a little above the lowest quotations on re • cord. The fall was, however, checked by the action of the Indian government in reducing its offerings of council bills'. Foreign Exchange Is Finn Again, the supply of loan bills caused by the strengency of money having ceased. Gold engagements for shipment early next week are anticipated, but now seem unlikely in any large amount until after January Ist. Throughout the south activity in holi day specialties has ruled with compara tive quiet in other lines. At Birming ham and Memphis collections are said to be only fairly satisfactory, but at Nashville, Charleston and Atlanta pay ments by country merchants are being made with promptness. Sales have been fairly large and dealers regard the out look quite hopefully. Sugar is active at New Orleans at an advance, with pros pects of higher prices. Receipts of rice there continue heavy. A MODERN PYTHIAS. For the Love He Bore His Friend He Goes to Jail. Memphis, Dec. 26.—Among the con victs pardoned by the governor, under the influence of Christmas charity, was George Berie, a Sicilian, who was sent up seven months ago for five years for stealing a watch. Angelo Milazza, an other Sicilian, and a chum of Berie, was also suspected, but as it was shown iai the trial that Berie had pawned the ■ watch, as he refused to implicate Mi lazza he had to pay the penalty. At the time it was whispered among tho Italians here that Berie was not guilty of "the theft, but had sacrificed; imself to save Milazza, the real crimi nal, because the latter had a helpless family dependent upon him. ( A mr/ith a,Milazza <aod, and then tho whole truth came out. It appeared that Berie had actually done as reported, and after his friend Angelo was beyond the reach of the law he acknowledged that he was suffering wrongfully. A peti tion for his pardon was immediately gotten up and sent to the governor, signed by the judge who tried the case, together with the story of Berie’s self sacrifice, and yesterday the pardon was issued. A COOL OFFICER. He Saved the Lives of Many by His Pres ence of Mind. Cincinnati, Dec. 26. —A serious panic was narrowly averted at St. Xavier’k church in this city Sunday morning. At 6 o’clock, at the celebration of high mass, the church was crowded to its utmost capacity. About the altar and walls were profuse decorations of evergreen. The candles on the main altar were lighted and the service begun. Suddenly a shrill scream startled the worshipers. Some one had noticed that the evergreen had been ignited by the altar candles. Instantly the cry of fire came from a thousand throats, and a scene of wild excitement and terror was begun. A mad rush was made for the door, and every ene attempted to get out of thef building at once. Police Sergeant Casay, who was at the exit, quickly sized up the situation and closed and fastened the door, refusing to allow any one to leave the building. The decorations were destroyed, but no other damage done. MR. WATSON’S CHARGES, Upon Which He Will Contest the Seat of Mr. Black. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 26. —Mr. Watson has in a formal and official manner served Major Black with notice of his intention to contest his seat in the fifty third congress. The papers have been served upon Major Black by Mr. John T. West, of Thomson, Watson’s friend and legal counsellor. The communica tion is quite lengthy and charges of fraud, bribery, corruption, intimidation, illegal and frequent repeating of votes are. all contained in the THE M’GLYNN CASE. A written Statement Given Out by Arch bishop Corrigan. New York, Dec. 24. —Archbishop Corrigan has given out the following written statement respecting the Dr. McGlynn case: “The archbishop has learned with great pleasure the good news published in tha morning papers of the return of Dr. Mo- Glynn to the communion of the church. At the proper time, I will not say when, I will express to the most reverend dele gate apostolic, my thankfulness for tha f;ood offices his excellency has tendered n the premises.” • The reporter afterwards had a per sonal interview with the archbishop, and asked him if Dr. McGlynn would be assigned to his old parish of St. Stephens. The archbishop said: “I must decline to say anything fur ther than is contained in the written statement given to the press.” Got His Cards. Tommy had just returned from Sunday school, and his mother asked him if he had been a good boy. “Not very,” he replied. ‘‘Then you didn’t get a good behavior card?” “Yes, I did. I saved the money you gave me for the heathen and bought two cards with it from the other boys.”—Harper’s Bazar. /