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he People’s Party Paper VOLUME 11. SPAIN’S ANARCHISTS. A FIERY TUMULT CREATED BY THEM IN MADRID. A Woman Mounted tho Platform and Preached Powder and Balls to the Maddened Throng. Madrid, Jan. 3.—Fifteen hundred anarchists held a reunion Sunday even ing in Barcelona to celebrate the New Year. There was much incendiary talk, and several of the speakers pre dicted a reign of bloodshed and terror in Spain during the year just opened. The loading anarchist, one Volas, de clared that ho meant to inaugurate 1893 with a baptism of blood. Great shouts as approval and torrents of denuncia tion of the grandees and middle classes followed this declaration. A female anarchist named Theresa Claremunt sprung to the platform. She is as fierce an enemy of the established order of things as Louise Michael, and a good deal handsomer. “Go Home,” She Criod, with flashing eyes and tossing hair, “go home for tha present and save the cen times your oppressors allow you toearn, While they revel in wealth; save the pittance to buy rifles, and prepare to ex ecute on the 'blood-sucking capitalists and their misc able tools the destruc tion that is provided for them in the an archist program.” Howls and she -,s of applause broke in upon the word.- of the speaker. “Give Them No Q.uartor,” 4 she cried, “no quarter. ¥ will lead to the points of the bayonets.” The whole audience seemed frenzied by the woman's wild utterances, and there might have boon a dangerous demon stration but for tho interference of some of the cooler heads who succeeded in calming tho excited gathering. DISTURBANCES IN GERMANY. ! Troops Called Out to Sui>pross Rioting Minors, Hacked by Socialists. Berlin, Jan. B.—The authorities are considerably agitated by the serious na ture of tho coal miners in the Saar dis trict, and Sunday four battalions of the 29th and CGili regiments and a large force of gendarmes were ordered to the scene of disturbance. The number of strikers has iuureusod, and Now CUo Number is About 53,000. Many of them have arms and rioting la reported at many points in tho dis trict. The leaders of tho strike have forced thousands to join them who would have preferred to remain at work. The authorities have rocoivod informal tioii that socialistic orders are behind the movement. The military are under instructions to enforce order without mercy for the rioted. wed to i retact those who w’ c ’h te »• ohx n rut ruing io the mines. Tue rioters,- it is s:iid, will be sup pre sed if it takes an army of troops to crush. them. . I KENTUCKY CONVICTS. Yltey Are About to Fall Into th.o Hands of the State oa Short Notice. Frankfort, Jan. 3. —One of the most Important communications that has been penned in Kentucky recently has been received by the board of sinking fund enmmissaoners and ex-officio man agers of the stete penitentiary from tho Mason-Foard company, the present les sees of tire convict labor. The commu xric?jion is of vital importance, for tho reason tiaut if its expressed intentions ore adhered to, tho state will have to tube charge of all ita hundreds of con victs next April, at an annual cost to the tax pavers of over SIOO,OOO. The communication finally notifies the board that the firm will not avail itself of the option to extend for four years the lease which expires next April. They aro willing to continue the existing lease indefinitely on tho proseix monthly payments, to terminate on ninety day’s notice from either side, if the state will provide shop room for 800 convicts now idle. If any shops are destroyed, and the state fails to rebuild in ninety days, the lease shall terminate. The governor, who is ex-officio chair man of dio sinking fund commissioners, has never been able to agree with the lessees about the proper and legal con struction of the contract of lease. The lessees claim that the state owes them a balance of several hundred dollars, while the governor thinks the balance should be double as much <_t> the other side of the lodger. The legislature will most likely be called on to take a hand in the vexing question. MURDER AN NORTH CAROLINA. Details off a Horrible Affair Committed in Stokes County. I Richmond, Jun. 3.—A special re ceived hero reports a horrible murder in Stokes county, North Carolina, near Neatman’s post-office. Ira Voss, Sandy Stevenson and Peter Keyser went to the of Mrs. Polly Watson and asked for admittance, and were refused. Voss and Stevenson entered the house by tearing down the door, Stevenson dragged the woman out and, about ton steps from tho house, beat her head into a jolly. Voss remained in tho house, while Stevenson camo back and attempted to shoot tho e-y ear-old boy of Mrs. Watson, and would have done so had it not been for Vo<s striking his hand as he fired, causirg tlxo ball to go over him. Mrs. Voss vras found the next morning near tho hmise with a log across her head and shoulders that Would weigh about 1.200 pounds. It ia supposed that Voss is im plicated in the murder. The parties are in the hands of officers. Memphis Gambling Houses Close. Kjemphis, Jan. B.—The gambling hoams of the city closed Saturday night, in advance of an order to that effect from the city authorities. The order hud been determined on in consequence of made by the press upon the fire and police commissioners for por*- mitting tno games to run, notwithstand ing that the state law makes faro and roulette felonies. These, as well as all other games, have been allowed here in oonrideraticai of sums amounting to ab0ut.53,590 monthly, paid by the gam blers tew the city treasury. * f EC<q[X-X»l Z to Jk.ll X z> to Nones.” A FEARFUL TRAGEDY. fatal Termination of a Watch Night Play in Nan Francisco. San Francisco, Jan. B.—-The old year was closed Saturday night by a terrible tragedy, in which Sydney McCoy, a young lawyer aged 83, lost his life, and Miss Grace King, aged 19, is in an un conscious condition. A party of about fifty friends assem bled at McCoy’s house to watch the old year out and tho new year in. A fea ture of the evening’s entertainment was the production of a short play written by McCoy and performed by amateurs. The plot of the play was the betrayal of a band of ruffian nihilists by one of their number. The nihilists discover their traitor and condemn her to death. They decide by lot who shall perform the execution andtho number fell to tho character portrayed by McCoy, Miss King playing the part of traitor. She is given the choice of being killed or etabbing herself, and chooses the latter alternative. McCoy handed her a stout dagger which had been in his family for many years. In the play, instead of stabbing herself she was to stab her executioner, and when Miss King received the knife she reached to touch McCoy on the breast with the knife. At the same in stant McCoy started towards the girl, when she stumbled and falling forward with the dagger in her hand drove it through McCoy’s heart. McCoy showed wonderful vitality and presence of mind. He walked into the next room and asked for a doctor and then fell dead. The girl knew there had been an accident or some kind, but did not know McCoy was killed. She was taken home and afterwards, on the advice of friends, gave herself up to the police. She was taken to the city prison at 3 o’clock, and when she entered the prison fainted, and has since remained uncon scious. McCoy’s two brothers secured her re lease by giving bond for SIO,OOO for her appearance. The girl was taken homo, and is in a critical condition. The accident is explained by tho fact that recently Miss King suffered from a sprained ankle, and has been using crutches to walk with, but had laid them aside to practice her part in the play. As she mado a motion to stab McCoy she rested her weight on the weak foot, it gave way and she fell for ward. , A METHODIST DAILY. Ono Will Be Started in Chicago on Ad vanced Religious Principles. St. Paul, Jan. 4.—lt has developed in the last few days that the Methodists propose something unique in daily jour nalism. At a convention of the Ep worth league of northern Wisconsin, at Hudson, a resolution was passed Wed nesday recommending tho Methodist church of America to .begin the publi cation of a daily Christian advocate at CL thuedivuiiuis ro hour advanced liberal religious thought, with sensa tional and objectional nows eliminated from the news columns. It is estimated that there are 5,000,000 members of the Methodist church in America, and the promoters of the echemo say the daily could be started with a million subscribers. The in fluence of the paper, it is claimed, will bo far-reaching. Epworth leagues throughout tho country, it is understood, will pass similar resolutions, and tho new venture will be launched in March or April. A MURDERER CAUGHT. He Has Been Hidden Away in tlie Moun tains for Seven Months. Knoxville, Jan. 4. —Edwards, the desperado who killed Deputy Sheriff James Taylor, near Jellico, Tenn., seven months since, was captured and brought to Clinton Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Hembroo and A. Taylor and lodged in jail. At tho time of the killing, Ed wards was mounted on a horse behind Taylor, being under arrest for larceny. Ho loft Taylor to die in a lonely valley and made his escape. A reward of SSOO was placed on his head, but he eluded the officers until last Saturday, when the theft of a mule led to the discovery of his hiding place in Elk Valley, Roane county. He has lived by peddling moonshine whisky to secluded mountain hamlets since the murder of Taylor. CRI&P CAUGHT COLD. He Has Been Quite Sick for Several Days But Not Seriously. I Washington, Jan. 4.—The special correspondents Sunday night sent out the statement that Speaker Crisp is a very sick man. Dr. Sowers, the attending physician, was to see him twice Saturday. Mem bers of the family were greatly alarmed, but Sunday night Judge Crisp was much improved, and the worst appears to be over. Whilo in New York Speaker Crisp caught a severe cold which settled in his stomach. Dr. Sowers said that he was attending Speaker Crisp for an attack of indiges tion; that the speaker was not seriously ill, and that he has not been well since his return from New York. A Tin Plate Combination. Pittsburg, Jan. 4.—ln order to more closely oement their interests and to stop the cutting of prices, the plate glass manufacturers of the United States havo appointed a general agent to soli the product of their factories and dis tribute the orders. The agent selected is S. E. Wheeler, general manager of the Standard Plate Glass works at But ler. All orders will pass through his hands, and will be distributed by him between tho eleven factories in the country on the basis of production. Sir. heeler will have his headquarters in Pittsburg, and will begin work about the middle of January. A Democrat from California. SaCßambnto, Jan. 4. —A sensation has been caused here by tho withdrawal of W. W. Foote, Democrat, from the sena torial contest. He and his chief sun porters declare in favor of Stephen M. White, the only other Democrat in tho field. This insures the election of White to succeed Charles N. Felton, a Republican, ATLAJU,’ A., FRIDAY. JANUARY 6, 1893. 1 1 CARLISLE’S WIFE. SEE TAKES A LIVELY INTEREST IN HIS AFFAIRS. Her Wishes Will Have Much to Do with His Acceptance of a Cabinet Portfolio. Naw York, Jan. 4. —It has been learned that Senator Carlisle had left the question whether he shall become secretary of the treasury with his wife to decide. Mr. Carlisle was asked by the president-elect to como over from Washington to talk over the question of accepting the portfolio. He spent the better part of two days at the Cleveland residence. Ample op portunity was afforded to discuss the momentous proposition. After all his other objection had been gone over, the senator is reported to have given his weightiest reason. It was that his Wife was Seriously Opposed to It from the moment his name was first mentioned. A close friend of the senator said: “Mrs. Carlisle has begged her husband not to think of becoming a member of the cabinet.” From the same source it was learned that, on leaving the president-elect, the senator remarked that he would leave the final decision to Mrs. Carlisle. A recent writer said of Mrs. Carlisle: “How strongly her personality had be’en stamped upon the senators life, how much her influence had counted in keeping him true to himself; and in such lines best calculated to bring him. Tho honor and distinction which, From Extraordinary and Mental Gifts, were his due, perhaps never will be fully known.” Mrs. Carlisle seems to think her hus band will be greater as a senator than as a cabinet minister, so those who know her say. Her main reason, how ever, is that his income does not yet warrant it. As a senator comparatively little is expected from him in entertain ment. As a cabinet officer it would be impossible for him to make the salary of SB,OUO pay his bills. THE MYRA CLARK-GAINES WILL. An Effort to Establish It in Louisiana on a New York Decision. New Orleans, Jan. 4. —Judge King, of the civil c Istrict court, has decided an important point in connection with the will of the late Myra Clark-Gaines. The ruling was on the petition to regis ter the probate of the will of Mrs. Gaines, dated Jan. 5, 1885, by the surro gate cjurt for the county of Kings. New York, and to order an execution or the will. The Tiouisirna court had p.evicusly iuUwHl d»Leuvive in lorm arjCL i not entitled to probate, which decision has been confirmed by the supreme court. The court decides that “the will of Mrs. Gaines, having been made in Louisiana, is governed by the laws thereof, and having been de clared invalid, can not be taken to Now York, the last domicile qf the testator, probated there and made valid by the law of New York and brought back here for recognition and execution in this court on property situated in this state and in possession of officers of this court.” A New Bank for Charleston. Charleston, S. C. Jan. 4.—A new bank has organized here known as j the Columbian Banking and Trust com pany, with the following officers: Pres ident, Henry W. Haesloop; vice presi i ‘lent, Jaoob Knobeloch; solicitors, Hol lings and Dothage; directors, L. Dunne man, D. Rhode, Henry Haesloop, Jo ' soph Dothrage, James McAllister, I. M. Pearlstine and Jacob Knobeloch. Capital stock. $50,000. The new bank is to be located in Upper King street and is backed by the merchants and capitalists of that growing portion of the city. An Unlawful, Beer Trust. Philadelphia, Jan. 4.—An opinion just delivered by Judge Biddle declares tho association, which was formed by the beer brewers of Philadelphia in 1886, and known as the Brewers' Pool, to have been an unlawful combination, because it was against public policy and restrained trade. This association was composed of some forty-five brewers and firms engaged in the beer business for the avowed purpose of controlling the trade in Philadelphia and Camden and fixing the price for which beer was to be sold. Withdrawals from the Combine. , New York, Jan. 4. —The coal depart ment of the Central railroad of New Jersey, known as the Lehigh and "Wilkesbarre Coal company, will, it is i announced, withdraw from the Reading combine and sell its own coal. From the time of the formation of the Read ing combine the company has sold its output to the Reading. The reason given for the action announced is an anxiety over the litigation against the combine. Thornton Stringfellow Comes Clear. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 4.—Tho jury in the case of the state against Thornton Stringfellow, for killing Charles H. Pratt, editor of the Gaines ville (Fla.) Daily Leader, was out only ! fifteen minutes. Stringfellow caught Pratt in flagrante delictu with his wife, and killed him. The verdict of the jury, “not guilty,” met with popular approval, and caused a ripple of ap plause in the court room. Whitelaw Reid’s Present. New York. Jan. 4.—The French consul general in New York has just delivered to Whitelaw Reid a large Serves vase, transmitted to him through ! the French minister in Washington by the French government, which bears the inscription: “The government of the French Republic to Mr. Whitelaw Reid, late minister of the United States cf America, as a souvenir of his mission at Paris, 1889-1892.” The Paragon Mills Sold. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 4.—The Paragon cotton mills were sold at sheriff's sale to i H. H. Epping for $58,800. - J CADETA UNDER ARREST. Boys Who Hare Fallen Below Par at Annapolis. Annapoli§, Md., Jan. 4.—Naval Cadets J. M. Shaw, of Minnesota; Em ory Winship, of Georgia, and several others are under arrest at the naval academy for alleged violation of that article of the regulations which forbids the lessening of respect. due the com mandant of the post. While the sixteen cadets were recently confined on the Santee for escorting Fred L. Perkins, a dismissed cadet, to the main gate in a body after his fight with another cadet, Shaw wrote a letter to his father, saying that the Santee was not fit to be quartered on and complained of alleged indignities to the imprisoned squad. Several of the squad certified to the correctness of his statement. Cadet Winship wrote to his congress man complaining of his treatment, and the letter found its way back to Super intendent Pyhthian. TWO SCANDALS- The Ohio Lcajislature Will Bo Called Upon to Investigate Soon. Columbus, Jan. 4.—Early in the pres ent session the legislature will probably be confronted with the necessity of in vestigating two very nasty scandals. For more than a year tl ere have been charges and counter-charges in connec tion with the administration of Hon. Daniel S. Ryan, as executive officer of the Ohio World’s Fair commission. The recent controversy between Mr. Ryan and Colonel Poorman has given the un pleasant affair additional prominence, and doubtless an effort will be mado to probe to the core. General Pocock’s now famous Chicago trip, accompanied by Miss Lucy Rhoades," of Zanesville, will demand proper attention. Complaints Filed, t Washington, Jan. 3.—There has been filed with the interstate commerce com mission a complaint by H. W. Behlmer, and other merchants of Summerville, South Carolina, against the Memphis and Charleston railroad, East Tennessee. Vir ginia and G eorgia railroad. Georgia Rail road and Banking Co., South Carolina Railway company, receivers of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail road, receiver of South Carolina Rail way company, Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia and Southern Railway and- Steaffiship Asso ciation. The complaint claims discrimation in freight rates in favor of Charleston, S. C., and against Summerville, on ship ments from Memphis, Tenn., higher rates being charged t > Summerville, the shorter distance. Heavy Suita Against Kentucky Firms. Louisville, Jan. 3.—J. Kennedy, Ted & Cd., of Now 3 ork, have brought in * v.rt against Louisville Trust company, the Kentucky Union Loan company, the Three Forks City company, E. T. Halsey, receiver of the Kentucky Union Land company, Hamilton Bean, receiver of the Ken tucky Union Railroad company, and others to recover on bonds, amounting to $195,000. J. Kennedy Tod & Co. claim five de faulted payments of coupons of $5,850 each, together with interest from the date of maturity of the respective coup ons. The plaintiffs also ask that their liens be enforced. Big Cur Works in Tennessee. Knoxville, Jan. 4.—A strong com pany with John M. Baes, of Ft. Wayne, Senator Brice and Sam Thomas as lead ing stockholders, has been organized and will erect car works and a car wheel foundry at Lenoir City, twenty miles west of Knoxville. The car works will have a capacity of liifteen complete cars per day. A quarter of a million dollars will be expended on the plant. Already machinery is being purchased for the factory and the foundry, which will be one of the largest industrial es tablishments in the south. Confederates in New York. New York, Jan. 4.—The third annual banquet of the Confederate Veteran camp of New York will be hqld in the Scottish Rite hall on Twenty-ninth street and Madison avenue at 7 o’clock, Jan. 29. Among the speakers will bo Senator Butler, of South Carolina; Col onel George B. McClelland, Colonel John R. Fellows and General George H. Sharp. Edward Owen is chairman of the reception committee, aided by Rev. W. W. Page, J. Hamilton Hunt, C. E. Shorburn and P. W. Esiger. A Job Offered to Mrs. Lease. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 3.—Governor elect Llewelling announces that ho has decided to offer Mrs. Lease a position on the state board of charities. It will bo one of the first appointments he will make. It is reported here that Mrs. Leas© has manifested her willingness to ac cept the position, but it |s to be well nn derstood beforehand that in accenting this position she does not in any way re linquish her claim to the senatorship. May Be Professor McGlynn. New York, Jan. 3.—lt is said by a man in Catholic circles in this city that Dr. Edward McGlvnn is likely to be come Professor McGlynn. He will bo, it is said, offered the chair of sacred orator in tho Catholic university at Washington. Bishop Kean, president of the institution, Dr. O’Gorman, Dr. Bouquillon and other members of the faculty, are among the restored priest’s close h-iends. A Noted Minister’s Death. Savannah, Jan. 4.—Rev. William Royall, D.D., fell dead in the street in this city. He was on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Powell, and was prepar ing to return homo to North Carolina when overcome with heart failure. Ho was a native of Edgefield, S. C.. and was once pastor of a Baptist church in Georgia. Sale of a Railroad. Nashville, Jan. 4.—The Decatur, Chesapeake and Now Orleans railroad has been sold by decree of the United States court to Judge G. P. Haws, of New York, representing the reorganiz ing committee. The price paid was $100JJ0& _ . „„ AFFAIRS IN FRANCE. The Orleanists Seem to Hp.ve Designs Against the Government. London, Jan. 3.—The Orleanists have by no means abandoned the hope of re gaining the throne of France through a revulsion in the republican sentiment caused by the revelations in the Panama affair. What the present intentions of the Orleanists are, is hard to gay, but it is evident that some project is contem plated that is intended to lead to the overthrow of the republic and the es tablishment of a monarchy. The Count of Paris has telegraphed to his son, the Duke of Orleans, who is now traveling in Indo-China, to hasten his return, in order that he may take part in the deliberations of the Orleans party. In English circles it is believed that there is no chance of the machinations of the French Royalists and Imperialists proving successful. It is thought that the French government by pursuing those implicated in the Panama scandal to punishment will establish the repub lic on sounder foundations than before and will render such an evil as the Pan ama affair hereafter impossible. FEARS FOR GLADSTONE. Detectives Are Guarding Him Against Conspirators—The Queen’s Message. London, Jan. 2.—The authorities ap pear to be so strongly convinced that the Dublin explosion, by which Detect ive Synott lost his life, was part of the work of a band of conspirators that they have sent a detective to Biarritz to keen guard over Mr. Gladstone and protect him from outrage. Mr. Gladstone has not been made aware of the precaution taken, as it is known that he would re sent any protection of the kind should he be aware of it. Home Secretary As quith is also protected when he goes out in public by a detective in civilian attire, who keeps near enough to interfere in the event of an attack upon Mr. As quith. ' In view of the precautions taken the opinion prevails that the authorities are in possession of definite and important information as to the existence of a formidable dynamite conspiracy. Queen Victoria was among the earliest to congratulate Mr. Gladstone on the ar rival of his 83d birthday. Her telegram was unusually gracious in tone. Complimenting Flower. Albany. N. Y., Jan. 4.—Governor Flower was at the executive chamber all the morning. About noon an im mense floral piece eight feet long, rep- ! resenting the ship of state and named ; “Empire State,” was placed upon the governor’s desk. From the mast heads floated two, streamers, one bearing the words, “I don’t care a d—n for votes,” the other words, “no debt, no cholera.” It was a gift from James Oliver, of New York city, sergeant-at-arms of rhe Dem i uci arie national committee, and it pleased the governor very much. John Hopkins Open for Women. Baltimore, Jan. 3.—Miss Mary Eliz abeth Garrett has made possible the opening of the proposed medical school of the John Hopkins university, in which women shall receive the same opportunity for study as men. The 1 school, by vote of the university of the , trustees, will open in October, 1893. I Miss Garrett has placed at the disposal I of the trustees $306,977, .which, with the amount already in hand, will make up $500,000, the sum -which was required. The gift is to be called “The Mary Eliz abeth Garrett fund.” A Meat War in San Francisco. San Francisco, Jan. 3.—There is a ? prospect of a lively meat war in San Francisco as thp result of the establish ment of Philip D. Armour’s big stock yards and slaughter-house plant in South San Francisco. The local slaugh ter-house men are trying to mako the retail butchers boycott Armour’s estab lishment. Armour’s representative says that if the boycott is attempted his com pany will open retail butcher shops all over the city, and will sell meats at rates with which other butchers cannot hope to compete. An Aged Couple Murdered. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 3.—News has reached here of a double murder in Chatham county, the victims being Adam Siler, aged 80, and his wife, aged 72. Their bodies were discovered lying on the floor of their house by their 10- year-old grandson. Siler had been shot three times and Mrs. Siler twice. The house had been seafched for money, al though little was found. The coroner's inquest failed to yield any information regarding the murderer. Mr. and Mrs. Siler were buried in the same grave. The Mexican Veteran Bill. Washington, Jan. 3.—Just previous to the holiday season, President Harri son disposed of all bills sent to him for his signature, and those that had not reached him at the time of the holiday recess, he requested should be held at the capitol. Among the bills is the Mexican pension bill. CARLISLE AND CLEVELAND. Their Leng Conference in New York Closed—Some Topics Discussed. New York, Jan. 2.—Senator John G. Carlisle, after an extended conference with Mr. Cleveland at the latter’s resi dence Saturday afternoon, returned to Washington. Mr. Carlisle has been the guest of Mr. Cleveland since Friday. He came' to Washington on special invi tation of the- President-elect, conveyed to him through ex-Mayor W. R. Grace, who went to Washington two or three days ago. It is said that among the topics that were given prominence in the discussion was Mr. Carlisle’s disposition as to a place in Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet, which, it has been semi-officially de clared, has been tendered to him. After he left it was said that he had given Mr. Cleveland no definite answer on the question. Some of his friends say that would be influenced to some extent by the wishes of Mrs. Carlisle in this matter, and it was also said that she did not look with favor upon it, preferring to see her husband remain in | the senate, which is conceded to be be practically a life position with hifh. It is said that the Democratic tariff pol- j lay was ajiotijer toj?mj>fJUggussion. NUMBE R 1 6 TERSELY TELEGRAPHIC. News Items That Flash Over the Wires from All Points. Akron, 0., is suffering from an epidem ic of smallpox. The sugar bounty was decidedly more this year than last. Diphtheria is causing many deaths In Carroll county, Ohio. Samuel Tryce, of McKeesport, Pa., is crazy from the effects of being frozen. Supreme Justice Somerbv, of the Iron Hall, has bseu arrested at Philadelphia. The Kansas City waterworks is having a hard time getting money from the city. Meade, the Atchison, Kan., embezzler and absconder, has been located in Lon don. The farmers near Fairbury. Ills., are. much excited over the appearanca of glanders. Asa P. Potter, of Maverick bank failure notoriety, will be brought up for trial at Boston on January 24th. Charles Church is in prison at New York cn the charge of attempting to blackmail Wm. R. Grace & Co. out of 55.000. John Scott Harrison, of Chicago, is wanted at Covington, Ky., for the murder of Harry McGreevy Christmas night. Captain Reilly, of the New York police force, was nearly mobbed by a gang of tough juveniles while ‘ arresting one of them. \ J. H. Todd, cashier at. the St. Paul and Duluth depot, West Duluth, Minn., has left. His accounts are said to show a shortage of $2,000. The state board of railroad commission ers, of Kansas, is booked to go uuder the incoming administration. They will mako a fight, however. Postmaster Deerfield, of Sheridan, W. Va., was surprised in bed by a masked burglar and gave up all his money at the point of a revolver. The Standard Delano Spanish Sheep Breeders’ association has elected among its officers John Kugler, of Stanbery, Mo., as its first vice president. The largest seizure of smuggled opium in years has been made at San Francisco. It consisted of 1,200 half pound cans, tiro value of which is $12,000. Reed & Craig’s paper warehouse and A. B. Duphin’s wholesale biscuit and con fectionery establishment, Toronto, Out., were burned. Loss SIOO,OOO. Chicago is soon to have another foun tain, a magnificent granite structure, sur mounted by a brOaze statue of Hebe, the gift of Joseph Rosenberg, of San Fran cisco. A serious cave-in occurred at th© Calu met iron mine, eight miles west of Salida, Colo., in which four miners were caught, but were rescued after being seriously in jured. Yellow fever has become almost epi demic in La Guayra, Venezuela. The mor tality in Caracas continues to increase, and in the smaller towns it is spreading in every direction. A court at Cincinnati refused an in junction asked by two theaters against a paper to restrain it from publishing con tracted “ads,” on the ground of unfair criticism of the shows. The case against Registrar Brown and Deputy 7 Falk, of San Francisco, charged i by Dr. C. C. O’Donnell, independent can didate for mayor, with having falsified electioe returns, has been dismissed. The affairs of the Order of Solons, at Pittsburg, are now in the hands of tue re ceiver, the Mercantile Trust company.and by an opinion of the court, there will ba no effort made to speedily wind up the af fairs. A premature explosion of a, blast oc curred at Milnesville, Pa., recently, by which eight Italians and Hungarians nar rowly escaped instant death. Three are dangerously wounded and the other five seriously. The Ohio board of health, ijj its annual report, says that if immigration is not re stricted it is doubtful whether the present quarantine defenses will be able to pro tect the country against an invasion of cholera in 1893. There is a lively fight at New Orleans between the district attorney on one side and the mayor and chief of police on the other, brought about by the refusal of the mayor and chief to arrest all parties found violating the Sunday law. The schooner Eleanor, Captain McCov, owned in New York, with a cargo of resin and turpentine from Georgetown, S. C., for New York, became waterlogged Dea. 28, during a gale, and was set afire and abandoned. The crew made their escape in boats. Trouble seems to be brewing among the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians in Wy oming, arising out of a decision by »jhe government to reorganize the reservation with the Arapahoes as joint owners. The Shosfiones claim, the reservation as theirs exclusively. ■ Washington Notes. Army officers find much that is distaste ful in being assigned as Indian agents. G. M. Lambertson, of Nebraska, has as sumed the duties of assistant secretary of the treasury. Mr. Crisp and his friends are now talk ing enthusiastically of Mr. Cleveland and his policy, indicating absolute harmony. Legislation on the immigration ques tion in so far as it pertains to the impor tation of disease, is promised in the near future. Senator Allison, in an interview ou the Brussels conference, expressed himself very hopeful of an agreement being reached by the world’s nations next May. The Republican senate caucus will nob appoint a new “steering committee,” but will leave the work to be done to the members composing the present commit tee. Chairman Harrity has formally notified the Cleveland and Stevenson electors to meet on J an. 9 and cast the el ectoral col lege vote as prescribed, by act of congress of 1887. An investigation regarding civil appro priations has developed a piece of very questionable legislation by the last con gress regarding artificial arms and legs for pensioners. The free coinage men have determined to filibuster, if necessary, to prevent the repeal of the Sherman act providing for the monthly purchases of silver by the government. It is said that an armor plate plant, which will be equipped for the manufac ture of guns, shot and shell and heavy forgings of every description, is to ba erected on the Pacific coast. / The agitation about the depleted condi tion of the treasury has brought forward the argument that the government has gained millions by reason of the annual destruction of its securities, whiih, conse quently, will never have to be redeemed. Foreijrn Notes. Emperor William delivered his custom ary New Year address at the palace. Laboring men at Madrid, while parad ing the streets, collided with the police, and a terrific battle ensued. The pope intends to take important ac tion soon to end the dissensions iu the Catholic church in the United States. The Tory papers are making a desperate effort to have England believe that tfijl Dublin explosion is the beginning of Eh* other series of Irish dynamite outrages.