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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1 1888
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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the D< pardutuli-Oreal idLfldcnrn
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Washington, DecemUr 31—Al)
(be goverLineut departments closed
at noon to day.
The cnmptrcller of currency ha*
■received Ir ^-"matl'Ti of the suepen-
leton of ttn First Nu'lonal bark, n;
I Lake Ci'y. Minn. The bank has
I been plac'd in obargeof Bank Ex
lamluer T»ylor, unu bib report »e
ltw-dlcd lu disclose the condition ot
I the inatltmirn.
I WHY THEY V ERE ORDERED TO ARI
ZONA.
Governo Zuliok. of A lzona, he*
tele graphed to the secretary <f the
interior calling attention to &n erro
neous Impression that the purpos*
! for afbieh the troopu has been recent
ly ordered from San Ftanchoom
Arliona, la merely to protect ti e In
dittos from threatened attacks by the
lawless white element. Governor
Zulicb - aye bis appeal to the gov ru-
ment for troops w.o for the protection
of the lives and property »rtheclti
»“tie from the attacks of 'he murder
rue and tbievirc renegade Apaches.
No people on earth, be adds, have
exhibited a higher sense of Iaw«ub!d-
ing qualities thin the Arizonians
have shown under tbtelr terrible
t HUctlon of the past eight months
Be remarks that bis j> reclamation
last week, warning all itte evil-dis
posed persons that the p were of tl e
federal and territorial g overumen s
would be envobed to preserve the
rights of all persons wit-bin tbe bor
ders of A 'zona, was directed agaiDst
an Ii flammatory publics'lou In a
newspaper, and Bays: j“It bee bad
its (fleet; (or the entire! press In tbe
territory i» cow arrajjed dpon tbe
side of 'aw and order.”
He assures tbe seer* tary that be
will see that tbe Ban ('a rlos reserva
tion and Ibe rights of peaceful In
dlsus ate protected, ant in conciu
■ion aeks Ibe seorttarjf I ur an author
- itative statement 10 , diesel the
erroneous impression st to the pur
pose of his appeal for it tope,
In reply. Secretary M ildfojwtoday
telegrapt ed the govtib ir tbit tbe In
terior department rec rived no die-
patch from him suggea log tbe need
for troops to protect It e Indians on
the Ban Csrloe reserv at'or., and no
notion has hem taken ly (he govern
thi
pur;
troops in
trppse indi
Tbe purpose
been and is
knzoua in
tetn of tbeir
p mlsh law
out aws and
th it territory,
Ta ity.
I) Jrom Waeb-
attend tbe
r F. zhugh
[tbit the Penn
ny has made
and is ir -
delegation to
ment to concentrate
that vieloity lor the
•ated. Muldr w adds
of tbe government hi
to prot< ot all poraonn
the peaceful ei Jqy
rights and property
bieakeis, supprei
maintain pe«o° wlthll
AN EXCURSION
A great many pt
tngton are e xpect i
inauguration of G'
Lee, so many, in fadt
sylvan la railr ad cod
special excursion raj
paring to carry a bei_
Richmond to morrnvfl
THE H STILE APACHES.
Aujuiaul'Gaucral D cm said to
day he thougntit wound be uuneces
sary to organize th« proposed body
of frontiersmen to bunt the Indian-.
He is of the opinion that General
Crock will 1 ave accomplished tbe
task of sut j . g&ting the hostileB be
foie the frouiier trosops can be organ
lied Gaueral Cr:> k hr..- a large fore
of men and has been supplied with
everytbk g ho dtsiud t» carry on the
campaign,andGecernl Dru u thought
he would soon be successful in etthei
■uljngatii g or exeitninafirg tbe
hostile Apaches
bharon’s will recorded
The i geuis ot the es aio tu Halts oily
of the late • x Hioaior Si.nron, of N- -
veda, to day pii.oed ou record itie
deed which was made by Sharon Nr-
veto bo 4 b, 1885 » short time before
his death, by which he transfers all
hie property m this city and else
where to his eon, Fred G Sharon,
and his son-in-law. Fra tel. GNew-
IttDds, la Irnst for tbe heirs whoaie
mentioned in tbe deed by name and
division of estf.'a described. This
deed has already been published in
full. The property waa withdrawn
from the market beoauee of Mrs
HiuV claim lo thk right of dower.
-As coon as the nijnaitea notify tbe
agents here, all th ; property belong
ing to ibis estate, which oousis s of
unimproved pres rty lying entirely
in the heart of I .< > raf-st fashionable
part of the cl'.yju id Is valued at
qaarler of a milto n dollars, wllf be
placed again ini't e market. Moat of
this property win acquired by Sha*
ton in sath f cif: n of a trust whief i
he had givtn t£ii x Senator Stewart
land, members of
-- iforoU syndicate,
iught large blocks ot
restern section of
and Ju 'gf Burt
the famous
Which, it: 187.1,
land lu the aft
the city.
RKDUl
The servlcsl
tfflio of the cc
Will he d.epen|
and the vacat
1
Tbe resign
register of th
■ornery, Ala/
George O ,
Springs, Ten*
chief of tbe
poet office de;
George, resign
pled a third cb-» clerkship in the
P ti
ufl.
THE HELP,
six clerks In the
ptroller of currency
with after to day,
es will not be filled.
S NOTES.
id oi Tnomas J Scot',
and office at Mont
,s been aooepted.
owatd, of Dixon's
has been appointed
,mp division of the
latent, vioe Edwin B
Howard has ooou
stamp dtviein- sluci- July 16 1877, at
a salary of $1600 per annum. Tne
salary attached to the position of
chi' f Is 12250 per am.um
R W Gurley, chief of the free de
livery ter vice in the pos. < fflee de
pirtnient, has handed his :es goatlnn
t- li e postmaster i eners). « ho hse
app -ln'r d Colonel J hn F Bates, of
Dnbi que, 1%, to the vacancy Colonel
B ites wag chuirmnn of the Iowa deb-
gallon at the : a ioual demo-’ atic con ■
vention at Clnc'nrati in 1880.
Terrible Fir* la taaitMt-r,
Nashville, f enn. December 31
- A telepbone message was tccfived
hem Lebanon, TenD, at an early
hour this moruir g, saying a discs-
trou- fire had broken out In the cei -
're of lowr. and aehlrg for aid from
thiB city. Eugints wen forwAided
by special rain. There is no tele
graph i ffl?e at Lebanon and tele
phone connection cannot m-w be bad.
owl; g probably to the tffloe being
burned. Though the towu is thirty
miles from here, the light of the
flames was distinct ty seen at the time.
Late Dews from Lebanon is to thp
(fleet that the Are, after oonsumiDg
five oi the most promfremt busine- s
houses, was rubdu-’d b' 3 o’ehek. N->
e-tlmate of I he losns can yet be
given, though the amount w'll be
quite large, ami is almost entirely
c vered by ineuiaoce. i
FROM LEBANON DIRECT
Lebanon,.Tenn. Dec 31 —A dis-
as-rous fire broke out here at mid
night last night F ve two story
brick bui'dlnus were destroyed Two
of ’be l ui'dlt gs belonged 'o Lester A
Williams, one lo Mlse Jennie Me
Kei zl». one to E W Neal, aDd one to
W K Lewis. They were occupied
by L E Jones, grocei; W Morgan,
grcoeiy and hardware; W A Lewis,
millinery, Oldham A Settle, dry
goods stor-; Leste: A Williams, fliur
Tbe Lsbauon Register pubiisbing
company and the Masonic lodge had
rooms In (be second s'ory of tbe
building which was occupied by Old
ham A Bet'le The total loss Is esti
mated a {26 000, and Insuranci |19,
000 The orglglu of the fire is un-
kutwa,
A GENERAL UPRISING.
OlMnaliitS eulM* PelltlflBBi Ai-
liavt IB IBCIIB iBBBirBBilu.
IpBeial to Kuaolrar-Smi.
Laredo, Tex. D e8i — Asergeant
ot ibe United States army stationed
a Ringgold barracks, some sixty
miles dowD th • Rio Grande from this
place, arrived here Wednesday nigh:
and reports a general uprising is
takiog place In all the small Ameri
can towns along tbe river, between
here and Brownsville M jor Kel
logg, commanding the United B'atee
troops at the above mentioned poet,
is now en route with a body of troops
to Reno, a Bmall city on the Ameri
can side, where ov r 300men, mostly
from Mexico, are in arms and express
n e r intention of taking the city r f
Medelgo They have plenty of am
munition, and are of the desperado
border ruffian c'a<s. McJ r Kellogg
proposes to disperse them or force
them (o leave the American territory
In ordet to prevent a breach of tbe
neutrality laws between the Iw-
republics. Tbe movement originated
among a ftw dieaaihfi d politicians
who were defeated at the recent city
elections in Mexico Mex’oan troops
are now being sent from Monteray
and Saltillo (o reinforce those already
stationed in tbe cities of the stale of
Timtailppats, wnere the next cu .
broak is daily expected.
LATER NIR 8
Galveston, D cember 31.—A R >
Grande City srxoia! to tb< News say.-:
Mayor K-ih’gg to-day, relumed t<
RinggoUi canacks from hia scout up
tne river In !he vioinity of the re
ported encampment of Mexicaua
Arriving at ranch De Lthaichu,
■Sheriff Shelly, under pro ectlon of
the troops, arrested four Mexicaus
Among them was Roderigo Ma
dardo, the reputed leader o'
the Insurrectionists. Maldard-
denied th-t be coniemplaieil
attacking Mi'Rand a ;d said the only
obj ot ot the Mtxtoaus in c mii g
over to the An eioau side of the river
was to avoid arrest for pr-riiclpating
in an election riot at McRaud. Tbe
M' xicar- were greatly alarmed les'
Major Kellogg should deliver them
up 10 the Mexican authorities. On
heari ng tbeir story and discovering
no large body of Mtxicaus, Major
Kellogg released the prisoners, great
ly to their satisfaotionB
' —* SkM Mt m sarglar.
Spfolttl tn Enquirer-Ban,
rxlTSBUBO, PA, December 31b—A
special from New Cssile, Pa, psy-
James K'nkaid, a promlnen. citlXen
FOHIilGN AFFAIRS .
Feglind I' > ms'ly Do lares ill In-
nexa io’< of Bn malt
SUlia.l HbiId CaprrkBi.a I! I. VI, ara aa
I'oui) I.ulx lor l.ilauS-Tbr H.iBaon
< «htor: Trader Tllt-lr Hi r-l«oi.ilo«B-
•liM For ■ N aa Fn-atb I'Bblail, Sift
pnolbl'i E'-Qn'rpr-Han
London, Dee 21 - By a proc! iua-
tiou, w on will be ibPUtd in Iudia
and E' gtnnd to-morrow, Bn'Oiab
will be formally an (X°'l to tn-. Brit
ish implre. Tbe proclamation will
ay iba: .he 'trrl orles fcrmeily gov-
tri td by K.ug Tbc-elaw will no
longer bounder his rule, but btonme
a n»ri of ibe <'.omiuions oflbt que u
! Great Britain aud Ireland anu • m
presaof L dia, and ti a' tbe govern
ment of ihc country will be adtninis
tered during her mije9ty’e pli aeurt-
by the ffljcr* appointed by tbe vice
roy of India. ,
MICHAEL DAVITT’S VIKW8.
Michael Davitt in an interview
esi. : ‘If heme rule is granted to I:e
land it is u fflcul' for me to ee« bow
he- Irish members can continue to
sit In parliament It. Westminster,
units the colonies are similarly rep
resented In that b dy Tbefippnint-
meut of a prince of the royal family
ae vicerov oi Irelard would be a mis
take, a- Ireland r quires sta'epoifti
of Laoklaud brains toadmlnisier tbe
gnvtrnment—not a royal - bow ”
OVERTUREB TO PARNELL
A in rule of liberal members of
the home of commons have b»eu
privately making overtures to Par
nell, wi'h the object of having him
formulate a dlsm ct piopo-itioD for
home rale in Ireland, giving the
limits i f his d< maods, with a vhw to
further negot.la'ionB.
A BANKRUPT COMPANY.
Eugene Shari i A Co West India
merchants, have become bankrupt.
Their liabilities are reported a 1500
000, and their assets said to be sh. d •
owy.
of Mabonlnk, a town near here, was
fatally shot by ft
an uukuowu burglar
i burg!
at an*early hour this meriting, Tne
burglar had secured Kinkaid’s money
and gc-t away with the clothes, and
was leaving with the money t hen
Kinkald awoke. He followed tt.e
burglar, who turned on him and
drawing a revolver shot him through
tbe breast, the ball passing through
his body,morning out of the back.
The burglar then made his escap>.
Kiakald Is still living, but no hopes
are entertained ot his recovery.
Pell Dbwb emirs sis Bcsks Bis Hack,
Smbim ib Jsssirw-Sss.:
Baltimore, Diosmber 31.—Wil
liam McCormick, aged flfty-nlue, re
siding at 87 Stiles street, got up at 10
o’clock this morning, dressed himself
and started to come down stairs from
the third story. In descending he
tripped, and falling headlong, he
broke his peck and died lnvantly,
PREMIER BR1SSON RESIGNS.
Paris, D cember 31. — President
Grevy accepted the resignation of
Brlsson, premier, last "V'-cUi S \ and
this morulng summoned D Frecy-
net, minister of foreigu afliirs, to
form a new oabicet, D Freoyne%
however, Is reluotant to accept snob
responsibility at tbe present moment.
In view of tbe gravity of the politi
cal situation of affairs In France, be
has atkid the presideni to grant him
lime to consider tbe proposal and to
ootsult with bis friends and the re
publican leader*.
THE NEWARK CHILDREN.
Pasteur to-day finally tuocoulated
the four children from Newark, N J.
Pasteur says ibe children are pro
gressing fav rsbly, sod be 's corfl
dent that all of them will e*eap<i
hydrophobia*
Ir«luu4.
THE BOYCOTTED LINB.
Dublin, December 81 --The C>rk
f-:e»m pcck<- company, which la boy-
cotied by the cattle dealers' atsocls-
tioo, nos declared a div d<nd of'he
past yeat’s earnings of 2j per cent.
Laat y r ar ho Company paid a dlvi-
dirud oi 5 ,e cent. The shaiehold
ers l ave instructed tbe dlrcc'ors not
t- yieiu to or trout with the boyoot-
ters. A' a meeting to-day of th« op-
p.;sitiou packet c mpauy, o*mc-d re
cently by the cattle dialers, St whs
slated that the -ew company would
be able to eart- £4000 yearly and (o
declare rn uni u .l dividend of 8 poi
o-iut. It wbh also HtuD d that if neoes-
saro the c r mr,Sny Would become a
common carrier.
TERRIBLE TRICHINAE.
IVkult fAAilii Aiti Prom
PrtAtfltl DlittiWi
for 1885 are only threi- per ieut less
In number than in 1884, the liabili
ties ! ave decrtABtd nearly HPy per
cent. 1
Tbe number of trotfer- r'-'P- r d i'
(he bu-i .t8»i" 1885 w k- 'Jiii.ilUO Of
il c-e, one- lu ev. y eigbiy-ox failed.
1 . 1878, with 0"4 iitio .tsiiers, one .in
six y fi ur - arm. tu grief.
The^iversge amount qf lisbilitlen
of each fiillure in 1885 was $11,678,
agslDt' $20 6321: 1684 ami $22 369 m
1878 It Is aepu from these flgure*
that while business casualties have
decreased but slightly In number,
they «re lur !< as significant in amount
aud impoitance.
A Bmivissi Sim,
<• JtoM «ir.
Mu Carmel Pa. December 81.—
The E;: e prise colliery ai Excelsior,
i perated by Charles Birtngarde: &
Co, of Lancaster and Philadelphia,
suspended work to-day, pending u
set 'ement ot the suit brought by
Mine Inspector Ryan. Tbe main
slope of tbe mine has been equet zing
'or ibe past month aud ihe woik of
the mint re has hteu very dai gsrous
Four hu died bauds are thrown ou’
ol employment.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
TUE CIVIL SERVICE.
IVhy the .'nines I tppllcaots c ,, i-
Drnpp d After 8?x .Hou lis.
Thv IiniHfnic Nunbir «t»r the
nieiit* Ttoffit Whh '• (it Ks
; o« u- A Word A bom Wby P«w Fcniuh
L tpklctma Arc Not Dti&rcd,
-r K' quiver Sog
Btreat r, 111, December 31.--
About two weeks ago u physic)a:
waa ctd ed >ipom loattbiid the family
of an -. id German named Augur
Feldt, the ititaibns of which weie
euflorlng from a strange disease The
doctor ascertained that tbe family
had eairn ! eirllly of pork purobased
from a buieher (u this piece, and ob
tain! i g some, proceeded to exumli e
it with a microscope, finding unmis
takable evidence of inubmae About
a wtek luteroneof toe children, eged
ten, died, and the following day an
other hoy of Jour lean was. taken
away, Tbe mother was then pros
tinted, and in a fow day
she, too. died. During tue tin e
several doctors were c/illsrt, but ccula
do nothing toward checking (tie dia
eaae. , On Monday ' laot another
member of ihe, fsailty, a gl/1 of 12
died, and the father now litis lo a
condition beyond all h -pe of recovery
Feldt .purchased ;# quantity Of this
pork And had it eslftd down. Tbe
children had been in thi habit of
going to the barrel and c-atltg of tbe
meat, and being rather caul as, he
permitted them to do so. The house
lu which tbe family Uvb is wretoh
edly filthy and this hes probably
aided irlohiuasis in Its deadly work
r*lla.T«atks Past Year,
S*B«fel ti ZmnS-sr-SsB.
New York, Dm 81.-R G Dun A
Co’s mercantile age.my roporta tbai
the t» tal number of hudness foilures
in tbe-United B.ates*durlng 1885 was
10.637, with liabilities ot a little more
than $124,000,000; as oumpared witn
10,068 /allures in 1881, with liabilities
If *220.00:,COO, While Ik's lallares
^iiltiayki Lett (o r.»«e III* Ontb of CJlB e
t k tro »•».
dpecUl E> (julroihMTm
Richmond, Va, December 31 —
Thegeieral ae ernbly met to day at
noon. After being lu te sion a few
ml u es the toll call in the houss
showed only foity five members
present, six less than a quorum, and
Ttceea was thmupon taken tl J: 4pm
In the senate,with s quorum present,
a joint resolution waa adopted re-
questing Governor-eleot Lee and
L'euhnant-Goveruor-eUo'. Massey to
,sko (he oath o( iffloe to-morrow at
noon, in tbe hail cf me noust- oi del
egates, In the presence of bom t, dies
of the gensrai assemb'y, before one
of tbe Judges of the supreme c urt oi
appeals. 8 me time was spent in
the discussion of t! e report of tbe
committee on cmrts of Ju*'lee, to tbe
effect that tbe term ol fil-ie of All
o uofy oourt Judges expires January
Is , 1886, ri^ardlesa of the dateof their
election, after which It was ad' p ed.
The senate then went into executive
se-slon.
Iu accordance with tbt J ilnt reso
lution adopted by the gemral as
sembly to-day, Gsn Fi'ahugh Lee,
goveruor-dtet, will take the oath of
effi'e to-morrow at noon in the hull
of the house of delegates in the pres
et) ce of both bodice of the legislature
He will be sworn in by Judge L L
Lewis, president of (he court of ap-
peMeol Viigiuia. There will be no
address or other formalities and tbe
wnele proceedings will occupy bat a
Bhmrt time, nor will there be any or
gac.'zel publicd-monstrs ion durirg
tbe day, but at night there will be a
reception and ir augural ball In tbe
ball orf the Firs Virginia regiment’s
armory, which prom’:ei to be ’be
greatest event of the kind in the his-i
tory of the stale. Many invitatioi s
have been sent out to pr< mh.ent p>r-
■ins abroad, a number of whom linve
expressed thoir luiecitioii to be pr-.-e-
eut.
A 8BLENDID SHOWING.
TH* Gmwtfe a a 4 Duvslanmaat •)
ChtolMitH ffinUePtiit ¥e»»»,
Charleston. Dsc 31.—The Nows
and Courier will print to mormw it
revuw of Ibe industrial giow.n
resources of Biu'.h Carolina, cov^rioti
a period ol five years since the Uni
ted States census of IBS').
TH* nview sh ws an increase ol
$25 142 805 in ih • vaius of real d
personal property, r - tally twenty
per ceil, and a denies 'O of more tba ;
$660 000 in the pubiie eiit of Uie slute
during the same period.
In 1830 the value of tbe produoMo \
of the sta'e <-f *«-'■ ul:>r«» rut,-
obine.ry *TS $71 189 870, in 1885 the
value 1^ $114 008,677, an lucrense of
$40,718,798, made up as follow- : L •
cteased value of liveuiock $0 018 350;
agricultural productions, $8 329 221;
agricultural aaccic.ery. $1 405 078;
mannfaotuted products, $21,665 249
Individual deposit 0 in state and
national ba^ks during th« past year
show an Increase of $911 066. The
commercial capital 1b t-stimuted a*
$46 082 000, as compared with $40,-
166 000 lu 1680.
There ait 3263 manufacturing
eatablishmenfs in tbe state as com
pared,with 27'J8 in 1880 Tbs caiiltal
employed bus iiicrtaseu iion, $11,205,
894 to $‘:3.367.510, while products
have liiOieauett from $16 738,008 to
$38 403,267 During the five years
240 miles of a11 mud has btcu built
a. a cost of $2 600,000.
In fine, tbo review shows that the
Decide hive tidded In five years
$363 OOO.OJO Lo tbe total wealth of
Souti) GarMina.
A Sew Bski-sillB.
Spsctsl to Enquirer.Re*.
Whkelino, W Va, December 81.
—The committee on machinery from
W-'dst.'iwu >teel rail comptiuy, ra-
ceiuly organ:zed,by the -ron nailers,
rollers and heaters, arrived lu this
city to-day arid placid a cmlraot for
sixty -five inaontnus with the Wheel
ing makers. They will go to Pitts
burg to-morrow, where they will
place a contract for engines, rills,
shears, ato. The new mill W to be lo
cated at Wlllston, Jacksou county,
Ohio. The cmapuoy has a pa d up
CSf-lal'-: JX5'J,003,
VsMtal 1* Ms*ln--SM.
Wasiiinoton D C , Dscembtr 81.
— C 'mmlsslonti Eu'on ba^ just made
thefolli wiDg report . dative to drop
ping applicants from the civil s-. rvice
records: It was anticipated when
the civil service > ximinatiot s were
provided for that the lime would
come when, for various states and
i ffl.res, there w uld be so great and
nc d!c?s » number o' applicants as to
iiK.ke j ices, ary some llmltatloj of
time they should be allowed lu re>
tain their places upon the
record books kept of those
seeklDg to be examined. As tbe
commissioner is required, with cer
tain small exceptions, to uollfy all
applicants for examination In tbe
order of entry of their names upon
these iecords, It is plain that so la<ge
numbers might In a short time have
their ti fines en feted thereon as to
prevent for j ears, per Pane, aDy other
persons being rr aotn d for t-xamintt-
'ion To ecut’le the c-'min'SHinu to
prtvent so unreasonable a monopoly,
ruk 13 authorzes it to provide by
regulation for the dropping from
the records of applic&n's whose
names have Lesn thereon for six
mouths ;r more without buying beeu
reached In due oourse of examina
tion. A regulation of that kind,
while preventing such monopoly,
would allow : qual chanc s to all for
being examined. If any of those
dropped desire another cha; ce of be
ing reached fur exam na'lon. they
can make new applh-a ton uud be
entered upon '.he foot of he record
"It hardly iie-d Uei-'a'od 'hat the
object of the cxamioatlona Is not pri
marily (o examine all of those wbo
may apply, however excessive their
numbers, but to give the applicants
rqual opportunities for tXsmination
and to rxamlneso many of tb'm as
are nquired to secure a sufficient
number from whom to make he se
lections of oampetent persons for
fllling vacancies In tbe public service.
The number examined is sure to be
many times greeter than tbe number
appointed. I‘ w uld obviously be a
waste of time of tbe examiners and
needle" 0 labor lo <?n on wi'h unlimi
ted examination, tfgaid.cst of pubiie
needs, by which the chances of every
one examined for an > fflee would be
made more and more remote.
"It may take sometime tooauee the
■apply aDd demand in tbe matter of
examinations a d appointments to
fl ly adjust 'h 'mst v-s to each other,
Uu: wt.ica is the pi. per regulation
f r dropping applicants from the reo
ord, it need not be doub.ed that in
this matter, as in all o.bers, such an
adjustment will before long be reach
ed.
"In most of the states thus far the
number of applicants have not been
ncyon-i the number needed at the ex
am'iitt'ioD“. wi.ile i-- sense of th»m,
and also at .sever-,1 of the pist < fll :ss
and custom Hives, and In the Dis
trict of Columbia esprc'slly, the
excess has become consiil- 'acle. I'
was t alural that the solicitation for
placeg and skill in s’fc.irl"g them
--onld b« o. s: developed in looait-
ne» utm W,JUlJingUJLB The natural
result has been that in
these localities the numb:r
of applicants Is most excessive.
"The primary rbjeot - f Ihe provi
bleu In the civil s rvice act that Ap
r poimments theteunder shall bo ap-
iKitnted among s ates ai_d territories
in tb« ratio of tie population, was
d-'ul-ti- ■ a to p i-veu 1 r »iu."il con
stquujua oi thi. e title■•■■se.king
IvjdKb r.etr the cipl'al, but it ia in
spirit not the less app.io-' !o lo <x-
ces.-ive oflic* s eking in ot.hf-r nla'es.
* On the (1-st of 5Tiv tnlier la.d the
record" of :|«> con ni -Hn • -In.wed
the following fsc't: The District of
Colutnhia iu tntitled to only f or an-
potu'roentB out of a thou-aud I.
had 235 applicants seeking examina
tion, l/elog mt re titan nar public In*
iervst r quires to be examined io the
o»‘Xi five years. Maryland, whiclr
Is entitled to nineteen appoln’meuts
out of 1060, had 284 appliuauts.
more than twice the number from
all the New Eugleni stutrs, with
New Jersey and Delaware added.
Virginia, which is entitled to thlr'y
appointments out of 1000, hid 201
applicants, or mere than twice as
muLiyaa alt those from Texas and
all t ue other etwes bordering on thy
Gulf of Vexioo, wit j tor«B from
a./uth Carolina added. 1):1swarn,
which Is entitled to thres appoint
ments i at oMOOO, -.had more appli
cants tnan Wtsconsln, Minnesota,
Fluids aud Vermont combined
E'ut ther- are other state- not
so near Washington from which the
rxcess is coneh.erablo. Pnnoaylva-
nm, which Is entitled to cigl iy*x
appointments out of 1000, had 258
implies Us, ivven y-nlne more tbuq
New York, which la entitlrd t" K'2
appoiidmcnte out uf 1000. Ohio,
which Is entitled to sixty.four ap
pointments oat ol IG00, had 232 ap-
plicaut i ou the records, being uimori,
twice as many ec I hors are from
, wtdoh the applies its most tend toon.
I excess.
• Few persons, I think, can regard
| it e- Jusf to all w those who ba'He
' nie'llcHcly crowded on to ttiese re-
| coid" to monopo 1 zr all the opporhT-
i ni l'-tt of being ottllid for examina--
I dor, for a long 'Ime, which mast
elapse before thi y will all be > xaru
ined Where nil who may present'.
I tb"m-.'iIves cannot be - xtuuned, H
.'erms pittin that e»uh should have a
fair and i qual uh«uce, and (hat if not
rertclied, itiey should give way
to others absolutely, or If they prefhr
to go to the f ot of the records for a
second opportunity. It is especially
worthy of notloe that the excess of
f. male applicants Is much greater'
than that of males More than one-
haif the applicant from tbe District
ot C ilumbta, and also those from
Marylar d, ire females. There are
elghty-one f.nisle applicants from.
Virginia, seventy-five from
Pennsylvania and seventy-five
from Ohio. But aa many/
as six times as many males as icv>
males are r< quested by the di-part-
ments for appolu'msnt, and the
commission has no authority, what
ever, on the subject.
Buuh facts may well be oonetderedl
by persons who are in the habit of:
advising an excessive n-inibir'of
women to attend examinations and.
of complaiuirg bo a use no places-
can be found for them. Rule-
18 has long since given gen-
e-al notice that applicants not',
needed within six months,
sre likely to be dropped, but tumakw
• be matter very clear in future. I
iniLk mere shou.d be d finite rega
in! ions a- contemplated by that ru'e t
and I herewith submit a draft ol such,
regulatlo: s ”
i he report was aooepted and the
regulation tins been adopted for car
rying Its recommendations Into ef
fect.
THE AUSTIN H0RROR-
1 aultiw Arr-Btrtt a* Ssaslelss cS
■•lit IbsIIm'bS la the Meet at ■sa
le lane aaiSeta.
■selal le Setursr-Ses.
Galvkbton, Texas, Dec 31.—&
"P' Otal to the N * ws from Austin,
says: Enstncco Martitira.' a M xlcan.
about 40 years old, was arrested laat
t ight on suspicion of being implica
ted in 'he mysteiious murders which
recently startled the oi' sens ot Aus
tin.
He lived In a secluded spot qear
the river, and a search of the precu-
ists resal ed in the dlscov ry of!
bloody garaunts and sevrral artte'e?
- f female apparel. MartlnFZ has no
family. Among 'be articles found
was an ice hook, such,
as the experts testified uitgxt.
have b°eu used in the murder
of Mrs Ramey and her daughter sev
eral months ago A praver book:
Wi’h tbe name, ‘ Eltu R Ramey. ,r
written ou the ti le page was also-
tout)'.*, together with two haudker-
chief-, one of whloh bore the Initiate
“3 R” worked in silk Tbe other
was marked "A ” The deteotlvair
think Ihe arrest of Mar'lDra will
clear away \\ e mysteiy of the out
age and murder of tbe Ramey wo
men.
Evidence was also discovered d >n--
oen'tng the prisnru-r with tbe recent
murders ot Mrs Huutvck Mil Mt»
Pinions and i b<- Ht-.auU upon ihe-
la ter’s bu-ber d. The wcutida in-
fllo'ed ou Mrs Priitllp ' bead are.very
slmibtr to ibe oues on the R,u ey
girl, aid were probably ii.tic.edl
wi'ti the lame justrumeul.
Marti) z shows signs of btfcng a.
"crank ” He admits lit wauimpsiw--
oned for w. years in B’-ownsville-
for aseuul'irg >t woman. The old.
nlood Htauis on the clothing are bo*
iug txamiued t y scientists.
PASTEUR’S PROCESS-
r’r*r»t »f io»a *:*> n*i.iri« , *i iS%r
the rr»v. :mt«u( II7 *\
4 o T r **qtj|rfir*Hnn,
Bt Louis, Dec 31— All the ar-*
raugLm. i'.ts hnv< been perfected iii
this city f r the treatment of hydro--
phobia afi.er (he method followed by
Pasteur In three w«.k3 at the out-
Kid-'* potients may be treated. The-
a ov' iiieut is one of more than ordi—
r ary interest and all engaged in Ik
are milking the most (boroughs,
prrpara'intis for tbe experiment.
A barn and yard have been eecuretf'
where degtt suspicted or rabies will
be kept anil ctoscly wutehed, -Beven"
dogs which shewed slight symptoms:
of hydrophobia have bieo tkdt
up, hi d yesterday afternooa
one c f Ihe canines gave aim er,
uumisiakabie eviper.ee of tbe disr.
ease, hu' developments will be wait,-—
ml. If ihe dog proves really mud, Per
skull will bo trepanned aud a por-»
tlon of the brain removed This wiiR
he it 1 j-’nted into the brain of a second
dog Rabbits will also be used.
After the operation ou the first det*;
it will be sixieozi dips before the.
virus can be teemed with which«
bnonn being muy be tnoconlateiiv
Then itie virus farm will be iu full
r peration, and a iy number of pa»
tiehts may be tuuieil.
A nuriir«r Nu:4*r>4.
Galveston, Tex, Dec 31.—A
special to the News from Biossontw
many at more are rmra Prairie rays thi.'. Garrett, Ur- mur*
the states of Mich gau. Whccodn, | direr of Deputy Buenff Davis, waai
Minnemttt, I ws, Missouri and Km- | surrouuded In the woods, severed!
sas. Indiana, wniob is entitled to 401 miles from town, yesterday aud cap-*
appointments out of 1600, hsd 132 ap- tured. Ho fl 6/ on his pnrsue.tWA
pticxnte on the records, which ex- wounding John Anderson. Garret*
oeeds all these from the six states I received five wounds, any of which.
l*st named West Virginia and would have been fatal. He has elnoe>
K'n'.uoky 'me tbe next stale* from 1 died,
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