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Catamite iMutcir yOL. XXVIII —-X O 23 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27 1886 PRICE FIVE CEN1S THE DEAD STATESMAN- Ike flu.te DeTttM a Day t> tta< Menny of Its Lets President. ■■!•■!«■ mm the Elf* Ckinttw ml ▼lm-PrHniricki-fk* Cahl- nl Dim «■ Iks B.batc's d«m<- Olkir *•»• Pram WuklMlw, Washington, January 26 — Vaor- taees was tbe first of the senators to pronounce a eulogy on Hendricks. ■For the eminent oil‘nan of the re public," he said, "who lately fell from his place and who now sleeps in honor <n the bosom ot the state be loved so well and served so faithfully, we can do no-more than has already teen done by tongue and by evcrv method which humau affeotion can Inspire. By heavy drapery we had darkend alike the publio building, the stately pal ce and the hum* ble home. The proud colors of the union have drooped at half mast throughout the U oiled States, and in every civil z d land beneath the eun elt q ience in the o um and in tbe sacred deck Las paid its rich- eat tributes to his ixified abilities atid to his stainless character. Toll Ing bell, mour ful dirge, booming silent minute guo, mighty multidute of mourners, have all attended tbe burial of Thomas \ Hendricks, and b'.iri e wlin> si to fie deep love and grief whith which he was low- eml iuto his last resting pbee. All honor due to the moat llluslrium d'ad have beeu paid by the chiet magistrate of ihe government, by tbe authnritirs of the states and by tbe unrestrained aifeotlon of thejpeople. In the senate, however, we may not be silent, even though the cup ol honor to his memory is full and ovei flowing. Iu this exalted theatre of notion, hers on this bril liantly lighted stage, he fulfilled hie last official engagement, and closed hlB long and commanding publio career ”» Th-n in strong and graphic E g- llsb, Voorheet reviewed the life and publio services of Hendrloks. Iu dealing with Hendricks’ political views, Voorhees said It had been, and especially late in hie life, charged as a reproaob against him that he was a partisan. It by that, tbe speaker said, wa* meant he sincerely believed in tbe principles and purposes of the party to whloh be belonged and songbt by •all honorable methods what he bes lieved to be the public good by plac ing its measures and its men in con trol of the government, then the.ao- cotation was true and tbe term of reproach became a just tribute to an bones', man. It w: s partisan of deep, bocest convictions, dealing justly with opposing viewB, who, in all ages of the world, in every field of human progress, had led the way. In conclusion, Voorhees said as long as American history treasured up her 11 v< a and faithful publioser vices, as long as public and private virtue, Btalnleee and without blemish, la revered, so long will the name . f Thomas A Hendricks be cherished by the American people as an exam ple worthy oft mutating. Monuments of b’ass and marble will lift their heads to heaven in honor of his name, but a monurflent more precious to hie memory and mote valuable to the world fcp.s already been found in the hearts > f the people whom be served so long, so faithfully and with auoh signal ability. In the busy har vest of death of the year 1885, there was gathered into eternity no nobler spirit, no higher intelligence, no fairer soul. HAMPTON FOLLOWED When death, he said, laid its inex orable hand on T? o:nas A Hen dricks, vice president of tde United mates, we had a new and faith ul il luetratlon of the truth of the old adage that "death loves a shining mark ” Hendricks was beet loved wherever he waa best known C owned with almost every civlo honor which a gra'.e ful people could bestow, blest by domestic happiness as perfect a? it was beautifui, he did Indeed tiler a shining mark to the iueatlate archer when one of the great actors in th- pollttcal arena fell. All animosity, Hampton said, were buried with him. Iu tbe awful preienoe of death friends and foes alike strove to do justice. Recognizing this faot, why ff could we not well believe that men might be honest and oonedentioua In their beliefs, even when they dif- fared with ue? The deathbed, he sail, proved the brotherhood of mankind and showed that one touch of nature made the whole world kin. This thought had made a deep impression on the speaker’s mind, ana that impression, contin ued Hampton, was indelllbly fixed by the extraordinary spectacle beheld at the funeral of Genera! Grant. We all remember the imposing and touching ceremony on that mourn ful occasion,and certainly no one who witnessed them, could ever forget them. But the U a'ure that struck me ae most significant and moat im preesive, was the tact that amoug those who bore the body of tbe great captain of the United Skates armies to the grave was confederate eoldiers, Who a few b.lef yea s ago, were his mortal enemies. Democrats aud re publicans wore the blue, and the men who wore the gr.y, met at his tomb to pay the last tribute of re spect to his memory. Here to day, while honoring ourselves by doing honor to the memory of our late vice- president, we see exhibited the same kind and generous feeling which marked the obsequies of the dead ex- preudeat. If then our political aud personal animosity osaged at the grave, should not we be tolerant and charitable in judgments? We p:si eu our contemporaries, even though they are our political opponents All of the United S'ate* sooner or later must olalm from tbe living tender recognition which w» now bestow on the dead, for our hearts, like mi ffl d drums, are beating funeral marches to the grave. Hampton spoke warmly of the po litioal and private virtues of tbe dead vice-president. SENATOR RANSOM believed It almost impossible at this time to measure the worth to our country ot the great oharaoter like that of the late vice-president. W were yet too near life to write his history. He had lived forty-three years oonsptouously before the public guzi and had always proved himself an earnest, faith ful ohampion. of the people’s rights. He had proved himself a lover of ble whole country aud its liberties. The soutbern states in this emergency felt a deep, sincere and oveifi >wing sympathy; sorrow at the bereavement of their northern sister. Thak Almighty God, said Ransom, that everlasting coveraut of rur union is established in the heaats of all our people, and through the clouds of his sorrow we can behold the peace tl at Is never to be broken SPOONER, OF WISCONSIN, while not believing that he could add to the '.'fleet of whar had bpen said he deslroi, ae a nativi- of Indiana, to apeak a word of trihire to the memory of t! e deceased, H was a man of s' : oog convictions and bud little respect for those who were not. He had shown that above all thiDgs he was no trimmer in politics. Hendricks, raid Spooner, was heart aud soul a democrat. He thoroughly believed iu hie party and in Its principles. Indeed, I think if he might give di re'Ion to our words to-day, he would say that he was a partisan demoorat. He rightfully thought that polltioa should be matter of convic tion, and every man of political faith owed It to himself and country, and to be partisan in this at le: s , that he should labor earnestly In all fit ways best suited to his mental make up and to his surroundings to promote the suooess of principles in which he believes. To him no political partisanship, honorable in its methods, was offensive. In party he saw only an instrumentality through whloh, and through whloh alone, might be wrought cut triumph of his principles. In active, faithful, honorable party servloe, be said, therefore, devotion to prioolple, not mere lust lor < fflee. He believed (hat the party, olothed by tbe popular will with responsibility of adminis tration, should everywhere eutrust (he t xeoutiou of its policies to those who were in political sympathy wl'h it, and who had atheart Its continued and complete success. He believed that the ruling party, who had done most, and sacrificed moat In honorable effort should if fit for pub lie du'y by that party everywhere first called to public service. Spooner hud a tender feeling in hie heart for a ma> who for twenty years in suno shine and in storm had led hie party again and again to certain defta who had kept the organization la every state and county, and town, and who, by uns w .verlng allegiance and effort had made possible its ultimate suc cess, aud he could not brook with any degree of patience the suggestion in the hour of t's party’s triumph that suoh men should be reproachfully termed poli ticians, and denied recognition lest some political mithet ehould eay it Is a reward for party service, The imputa’ion that ho was a spoils man rather angered t ; an grieved Hendrloks, for he knew it came from those who had either been of the h'os- 'iisoampor if his own had been left to linger in the shade and slumber while he aud tbe boys, as he s me- limes loved to call the party workers, had borne heat and dust and burden of battle, "Spoilsman or not, he went down to hie grave loved, Dusted aDd mourned by his party, aud I dare to believe that the element of party fealty which brought to him this re proach will not cause his memory to suffer with the great mass of his op ponents. There is a melancholy oom- fort In the manner ol his d< ath,” said Spooner, in conclusion; "he died as one might wish to die who wbb well prepared to die. God’s fin ger touohed him and be slept.’ ’ This was Spooner’s maiden speech In the senate, and attracted general attention, not only for the directness and foroe, but for graceful add feel ing delivery. THE CABINET DISCUSSES THE SEN ATE’S DEMAND. The cabinet meeting to-day was attended by all the members exoapt the postmaster geueral, who Is un well. The session lasted about three hours, the principal part of which time was devoted to considering the action of the senate in ixecutlve ses : nion yesterday In making a format demand of the attorney-general f r copies of all papers In his depart ment lelatlng to the re ent change In < tfljo of the United States a'torney lor the southern district of Alabama. Gan.ral discus sion ensued, and showed slight division of sentiment as to the proper policy to be adopted by the president in this particular case, which is gen erally regarded ns an Issue and action on which will ueceasarily establish a precedent. No action was had on the general proposition of complian ce or aon* compliance with the ,. ImUeu of the senate, and tbe exact form of am war to be made to t! • communU cation from the senate w s left open for hitu-« oons'd radon. FORM OF A PREVIOUS LETTER. The following isa copy ol the form of the letter addressed by tbe secreta ry ot the treasury prevou* 'o 'o-day’e cabinet meeting, in amwer to the re quest from the senate commit'ee on oemmeroe for papers and information lu regard to certain appointments under the treasury department: "In response to the communication from the committee on commerc* under date of — Instant, I have the honor to transmh herewith papers touching the Domination of — hr collector of customs for the district of to adnseyou that as o other papers and information asked for, T have as yet reoeived no direction from tbe preeideht, acd inasmuch as they re late to an sot whlobfdevolved on him alone, I cannot, in the absence of snob direction, comply with the re quest.” Several letter-' of this char acter ware c a'led to the committee on c imtneroo yeslerday. FORTY NINTH CONGRESS I’rneeorttnifs In the Hobik • Dll VfUAlr* Washington, January 2i3 —Pur •<uuo t to the -rder of the hou e mad* yest rtay, (he speaker proceeded to the call of states, under widen cal) a number of bills and resolu ioua were iutr; ducted and referred. Amo g'hem were the following: By D :.v.djon of Florida—To make Tampa a port of entry. By Dougherlv of Florida—To in veat'gaie tne issue of fraudulent land warrants and to project eo.diers aud eath r-i from loss therefrom. By Townshend of Illinois—Pro posing a canstitu ional amendment providing that the president and vice president shall be eleoted by a ma- j irity of the people, abolishing the e'eotoral college and regulating the method of couuting tbe votes by the two bouses of congress. B> Swinbor. e, of New Y rk—De claring tbe silver dollar legal tender By Merriman, of New York—To enforce the 8- :our law. By Caldwell, of Tennessee—To pro hlbit the Importation of pauper labor By Willis, of Kentucky—Provid ing that in the employment of labor on publio works preference shall be given to oil I zona of the United States, and prohibiting the employment ol oonv et lBbor In tbe morning hour Thomas, of Illinois, on behalf f the oommlttee on naval affairs, called op the bill autbor'zing the voluntary retirement ol oerlaiu officers of the navy, who have rendered ooniplouous servloe in battle or served thirty yea s In the navy. Pending action the mornfi g hour expired and the house, a. 4:50, adj;urned. SSI1TS. This being tbe dby appointed for the senate addiesses in memorlam of the late Vice-President Hundr.chs, 'he galleries of the senate began to fill at an early hour. When, there fore, at noon, President pro tempore Sherman called the senate to order, all the seats in the galleries were ocs copied—a larger proportion of the oc cupants being ladies. The chair laid b. fire the senate a letter from the eecretary of the treasury, relating to the payment of the sal tries of collec tors of customs, not coi.firmel by the senate: also, a letter statiug that thi- iuformation called for by a recent r- sdu'tou of 'be senate, relating to claims paid ut der the Freuch and Spanish treaties, could be mos. speedily furnished by tbe state de partment, The letters wore appro priately referred. V jorbees then called up his reso lution expressive of the si note’s deep sense of publio loss In the death of the late Vioe President Hendricks After hearing the speeches of V )or bees, Hampton, Sherman, Hauls- bury. Evarts, Ransom, Spooner, Ves an l Harrison in memory of the late Vice President Hendricks the senate adopted tbe commemorative r bjIu- tlou heretofore submitted by V ior« bees, and then, at 8:10, adjourned. Daatk fr« ■mall rax. SmoUI to Xnaalnr-Bau. Ban Antonio, Tex, January 26 — Light Hall, a quack doctor and pat ent medicine vender, waa stricken with small pox Friday evening and with a number of others was quar antined by the authoritlea, died last night. Hie death waa aooelerated by his persistence In drinking Ice water after puetu'ei had appeared, Throughout Texas Hall was every- where known aa the “Dia mond King,” because of bis oonspiouous display of an inordinate taste for large diamonds As a ven der of quack nostrums he succeeded in beating the Texans out of a fortune estimated at $50,000 He was ouly 30 years old. Tuere are over a >1 zsu email p x patients out of 31 ■ ftl-oied In this city, who are not expected to recover. WARLIKE CL0DDS- Ore c'Slid England Assuming Throat- talng ttlt dee. Srtni Bchm ta Dliaim aaS Baslaaa OwmbiDi Her FlMt «• Bava-Tk" e«i«ik»lStlnMS ■■ tka Ham ml Cmmmmmm, Mta. T'io * utheru Pool Bpea'al to E quire.' Sun. Cincinnnti, J inu»ry 23 —It haB been settled oy hs conference be tween General Manager Gault, ol th* Q leen and Crescent, and Presi dent rinith, of iha L uisville and Nashviile road, all other roads agree ing by previous correspondence, that J R Ogden, general freight agent of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road, shall be cimmlssioner ol the southern pool. It Is under- o'.Ootl -40 iVi.l A0CCp«a London, January 26 —Sir Michael Hicke Beaob, conservative leader, gave notice in the house of commons this afternoon that the governmem would introduce on Thursday a bill to suppress the Irish national league aud other dangerous societies, to pie vent Intimidation, to protect life and property and to maintain public order In Irelai d. This announce ment was greeted with loud cheers. Sir Michael said he would ask ths house to give ihe bill precedence; he ndded that this measure would be follow e l by a bill dealing with the Irish land qu.s Ion on the lines of policy indi cated by the land purchase sot of th“ Iasi session- An urgent appeal has been irsued by tbe lory whip lo tin conservative members of parilameu 1 to be present to participate in th 1 iltvisi ins to tuke plac.' to night, ae defeat wi'l involve tbe resignation of .ho c .bluet. HOUSE OF COMM NS, Iii the house ol commons . ^plgli Parnell moved ti a d> bite on Hit u s diess of reply to the i-percii > f in throne have prtcedeme over'.he hill to t uopres* the ua ional le^gu-i, ol which Sir Michael Hicke Bead, gave notice. This motion was strongly opposed by 8 r Michael, Parnell later withdrew hik motion No! Ice given by the coueervatlve leader of the government of his In tentlon to Introduce a bill to sup press the national league was greeted by the Parnellltea with otles of "coward'!” “ehamt !’.’ and with ironical laughter, the uproar contin uing for some minutes. Mr Callings moved ble smend- ment to ihe addrets on the euhjeot ot allo'men s. Gladstone strongly supported Cal lings’ amendment, and the M& q be of Hartington opposed it. ■ Blr Michael Hioks B .-acb said the government would williDgly aooept a decision of the bouse, as they had assumed office with reluctance and we. 11 resign without regret Tne ameudment was t d >pted by a vote of 329 to 250, and the govern ment was defeated A DYNAMITE SOARS . The dynamite scare was revived Id N Twloh to-di y by a terrific explo sion at V.o’orla railway station, which partly demolished the build Ing. No one Is reported injured. Tbe cause of the < xploeion is a mystery Sir Henry Hawkins, judge of the court of Justice, had left Norwich on a train starting from mother depot a few moments before the explosion. It was believed by many that the explosion was the work of enemies, Who wished to i> jure him and made a mistake in regerd to the elation Judge Hawkins sentenced dyna miters Cunningham aud B irton to penal servitude for life on M ly 18, 1885. A PARTY TRICK Thomas O'C-mnor, iu an interview to-dny, said Ihe inlroduollon in par liameut of coercive measures foi Ireland was a parly I rick, based on the hope of whig support, a hope that would probably prove delusive, He th u;ht the anti-Irish feeling in Ireland was no's 'great ss the government supposed It to be The ministry, he declared, would certainly he defeated and Gladstone would form a home rule ministry which would have the ful support of tbe liberals and Parnell ites. O'Connor charaotei z d the ac tion of il e government as dire frer zy Win O'Brien, member of parlia meat for Mallow and editor of th' Uuited Ireland, was also Interviewed on tbe ooercion question. He agree i with O’Connor, that in suppressing the national league the government he eaid, might as well try to over throw a le w of l a'ure. HOW IT WAS RECEIVED The result of the division In the house of commons on Calling’ amendment was received by the Irish members with derisive cheers and oriesof “boycotted.” The house, at tbe suggestion of Bir Michael Hicks Bvaoh, adjaurned till Thursday. Lord Hanlrgtou, Gaeohen Courtney, Bir Jihn Lub back and other moderate liberals voted with the conservatives. Glad StoDe, Chamberlaio, Sir Charles Dilke, Trevlyn, Labourobe, Brad- laugh, Lord R ohard Grosevner, aud all the Parnellites voted against the government. flrfti#, A THREATENED!) BREACH. Athens, January 26—The govern nneDt organ asserts that Sir Horae R tmbold, British minis'.er, in iru- p.irtiDg to the Greek government Premier S lisbury’s note informing Greece of England’s attitude, used lar-guige tending to hr ak the rela tions existing between E ,g!aud and Greece. Noon.-A cabinet council, with the king presiding, Is now in session and is dipcussi: g ihe political situa tion. A new ; caoinetis beii g rapidly formed for active service. GETTING READY. London, Jauuary 26.—The British Mediterranean fleet, under Admiral Lord John Huy, has been ordered lo Piraeus, the port of A'hens. Athens, Janua y 26 —The Greek 11.el iiffe* dwp«*a.cl .*.mi ... avoid being blocknded by the British fleet. The Greek fleet comprises 33 snips, including two iron clads and six gunboats. S.weu Turkish Iron clads are cruising in the vicinity of PreveBa Epirus, on the north side of the entranoe of the gulf of Ast. GLADSTONE ON GREECE London, January 28 —The people ol Athens, through a oommlttee, have telegraphed to Gh d.tone as fol lows “We place In your hands the hsllsnloa cause, with the firm hope that It will find tu you a gonerous ohampion.” Gladstone, In response, tel* graphed: Considering the authority attaching to the action of the powers, both on general grounds and by reason of their Intervention In the formation of the Greek kingdom, I hope Greeos will think well before plaolng heisdl on this oooaslon in oni fltot with their deliberate and united reoommenda-, tton.” THE GREEK MINISTER INTERVIEWED London Jan 26-A.dl»patoh;»rom Vienna to ihe Times says that Lord Salisbury's note to Giesce was due to the fact that he had heaid that Greece waB about to issue letters of urn que to privateers Ii is reported that the finances of Greece are not tn a 11 un-hli g con' •liiion. The public le ohary to sub Biribe to a naTiotto loan I'ho G-eek minister has beeu interviewed In refer- c: no to the p. a bility of war Lb west. O.i’ ouH' d In k< y. He d r a ni-d that the government of Greece hud any intention of Issuing letters of marque in the event of hostllhlns brshkiog ou’. His govorninen', he said, had a nifflciHUt number ol vl - sets to cope witn Turkey without re sorting to such an extreme measure. Ore* ce had uo desire to follow Ala bama experiences iu E igland. REFUSES TO DISARM London, Jau 26.- Greece has re plied to the second note from the powers refusing to d sirm. The British amLamador at Coustantiuo> pie has not'fi d the ports of Eng land’*) action In regard to Gi.ete. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE- mi ikbix Em ■ r soo.ooo slut. Siwetal to E’-qtilror-Snn. Philadelphia, January 20.—The five-story brick building, 715. 717 and 719 Arch street, was discovered on fire a> 12:85 this morning An alarm was sounded, but t'.e fire had evi dently been burning some time. When the firemen arrived the whole bulldlDg was in fl ime*. The flames quickly commuoloait.d to 721, aud tne heat beoame so intense the fire men had great difficulty In reach ing the buildings with streams of water. The guests in tbe Bt. Cloud hotel had retirdd for the night and were aroused by criiB o' fire, rushed from the rooms, partially dressed, Into the corridors, and down stairs to the (fflee. They were soon quieted when they found out that the fire was in an adjoining building, aud ihat there waa no hum dia e Gauger. The fire spread to N 712, 714 and 716, and then across the aireat to tho Harris building, but was prevented from spreading further by the fire' oien, who directed several streams on the building N >s 723 anil 725 were entiroly burned out. Shortly after 2 a m it’ was evident that the B Cicud ho'el was doomed, a» grea volumes of heavy dark smoke came pouring through the flf'.h il lor front windows. Durii g the early stages of the fire aud before it had reached Iho hotel, the police ren through the latter building to awaken the guests, who hud not previously been warned. Bime of them were too sleepy to be arm s'd and tbei ffleers were obliged to breuk in a lew of the doors loget tiie people out. Therj ri a great scarcity of water and the firemen were almos helpless in oous quenca. For u long lime only one stream could be directed upon the fire from the front of the hotel, and it reemed as though it was practically usefeis to a'templ to stay the ravages ol the flames. B, 3 a. m , the cornice ami a portion of the top story of the hotel fell Into Arch str.e',, se> ding up myriads of cinders. At 3:45 a m, the Are was under control. Tne loss will reach about half a million dollars. The principal individual losses as far as ascertaired are estimated as follow-: Monroe Brothers & Co, shoes, $50 000; L“hm»n & Bolton, lithographers, $100,000; 8' Gioud hotel and furniture, $160 000; W H Butler, lithographer, $50 000; F GutO' kli si. photographer, $15 000; May & Bros, millinery, $20,000; Bcnroeder A Hillary, kid gloves, $15 000; Geo B Harrii 1 & Bon, printers, $10,000; Lon- d >n house. $16,000; A Rice, milli nery, $7000; Gallagher & CaBey, leather goods, $10,000. Wt«l»n *urr«n«ter» filmic If. Special to Enquirer'Bum. Pittsburg, Jinuary 26 —At 2 o’clock 10-day Miltou Woeion, con, victed of bring acc story lo the mur der of Obadiah Haymaker, who was killed during the Murruysville riots, appeared iu ihe rce r let’s < fllce with hi- bond men and gave himstli up. He was placed In custody of Hie sheriff by order of Ju I re Biiley, anil will hi lukuu to the Riverside peni tentiary a. once to uuderge a ten teuce of live years’ imprisonment. It is expected that petitions for his par don are already in circula’ion. Ob 'CfcBnie. Hpeolal *o Kr q’llrer-BaD. New York. Jan 26.—Tbe condi tion of the stock market at present Is iich -Hat the b'.r, s ".re ox’.rear'y timid and rush to o< vsr any short c >ntraots : u standing on a slight pr'V oation. The pa t week, how ever, lias created a larger short in* lerietiban u-ual, and leading bull n anlpulatojs have thereby brought abiut an advance In quotations. Prices aie j tc j higher, and on active covering of suorts as well as good huying by the bulls further decided advances were established during the forenoon. Later the market waa steady until towatds 2 o’olock, when it again beoame strong, but rallied a fraction iu the last hour and closed firm at from small frac tions to nve> 2 higher than I ■* eve ning. Liokawanua and Bt Paul were the only real aoHve stocks. St Paul, Lake Shore, New York Cen tral and Louisville and Nashvilie were up 1 or more, others J to |. The Lou'svllle and Nashville’s state ment for the third week In January was better than (or some time past. Baler 369,000 snares. STATESMAN FROM TEXAS A Gliinpie or ron*r«iB»» nn# Iom« Furls About Ufa Lift. Washington. January 20 - One of me it ailing figures in Washington is R.|-reseutatlv Ragan, who sur passed Book by t 8 ittack upoh' the I resident iu the bouse. Rasg a has long ‘'eon a character in the im ional picture gallery. He was a na'tuber . f congress ' efo.o tbe war, end began tils Washington life in the earlier days i f Buoh an's admin's'ration. He left the house lo lake part iu the Confeder oy, was one of the men who te k part iu the convention which took Texas out of the union, at d on the fi.tmatton of tne Confed- oram government he was made post master gei.e ul. He also acted lor a r art of the war as the Confederate secre'ary of the treasury, and lie is now serving his sixth term In congress pi nee the war. Mr Reagan is a Teuneseean by birth, but he left Tennessee at 21, in the last year of Viu Bureu’s presidency, to go to T xas. He at tl !s time had a fair eduoa’ion, and he at once took a high stand iu tne then republio of Texas. He prao icid law, and was trades judge. He Is still a lawyer and a farmer, and tn the hou^e of represent t dives he has made himself noted as the frhnd of the farmers by his hob by of tutors a’e comuacroe. He'is not ushamed of his country friends, and Is, In his manners, as plain ae the plainest of t' em. Mr R "g»n dresses In blsck olotbes out Indifferently aa to style, and ho wer.ra here a slouch hat, alternating It with a plug now and then. He lives ly, likes society, and talks vi"H every one. Ia looking at Mr R«o- gan, one is Impressed With the evi dent honesty of the man. His face Is very dark and is always smoothly ehaven. It is made after that of the statesman of our colony day**, and ie ola character to command attention from the galleries Ho has bla_k hair still, though he is now nearly 70, and his eye Is bright and his step as firm aa that of many of the younger mpmbers of die bouse. He site in the centre of the democratic s'de of the home, acd stands in front of hi* desk when he talks. His speeohes iu congie?s are devoid of muoh elo quence, save that which s found in uis evident earnestness. He utters his words in guttural tones, and g'"S tureo but little. * 7S OO Fire, Hpco'sl *' Eaqalror-aun, Pittsburg. J anuary 26 -A special fr in Y ju igetown, O, say-: At ab ut 6:80 '’clock this moralng the G.ais* hopper mill, situaied in Bm)ky Hol low,and valued W. $50,000, was burned t.o the ground through jarelesinesa of a lad named James Buiket, who dropped a lamp into a pit where lie was at work. The total loss on 'h-> building, maohinerv and s oak is $78,000 and insurance $42 000 iu good companb'B A large amount of Insu rance was dropped a short time ago. The mill had Juat started up yesterday, aud had enough ord‘ rs ahead to last through the summer. The mill was owned by Arms, Bill 4 C>, a d had been idle for three years on account of financial trouble* . snifeir anaw ana*. kMlil l. Burntwm —■ Durango, Col, January 26 — Au- other snow slide horror is reported from the southwestern part of the state. Leonard Sutton, who hab been at work ou Silver Lake, in the Li- Platte mountains, reached Djraugo last night with a frightful aooouut of a slide whion wrecked the oablns at the Delight mine. Tuesday last while he was sitiing In a cabin with ThomaB, his partner, a slide from ,he mountains suddenly struck the cabin and demolished Button’s home. He was hurled some distance and burled fifteen feet under theBnow. Ho man aged to dig himself out. Mm it.red br Her Kaibaatf. StfcUl lo ATr.aNTo,, Js inary 26. -A. dlspatoh fr"inti. liln,<J», mnorta thedaa.li, by shoot" g, <>t Mr- Duiel, by her has- baud, Georg'- D one', who had eloped will* ills sister-in-law. His wife waa in pursuit a', the 'inis. ■ lurntd tu Dumb, Spiff.! to Xasairsfoua. Memphis, Jinuary 26 —F'ro this m rini.g at O leans and Linden s raets deatroyed three buil lings. Fred HcUmidt, a German living in the rear of his grocery, was burned to death. When John L Sullivan Is sober h* bays hlmeelf numerous oostly saspen-
