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VOL. XXVIII—NO. nil COL l’MBI S, GKOKGIA : THURSDAY MORNING. JULY s, lssii. PRICE FIVE CENTS Yesterday's • Proceedings of the House and Senate. A Spirited lIlHi'umlun of the I'rmlilonl Slid Norm* of IIIn VptaOH—The Dcmoi'rat* Stanillnir I p to Him—Senator Hrowu Prtnalu s Kiduitlon of the Appropriation for tlic Chattahoochee Hirer, Etc. Washington, July 7.—The speaker laid before the house 21 veto messages trans mitted by the president yesterday. The first message read was referred without comment to the committee on invalid pen sions, but the disposition of the next mes sage vetoing the bill granting a pension to Edwin M. Harrington consumed more time. Matson, of Indiana, moved its refer ence, pending which Holmes, of Iowa, stating that reference of the bill would be an end of it, moved that its consideration bepostponed until Friday next. Tlie motion being defeated—yeas 98, nays 121—Burrows, of Michigan, moved to amend Matson’s motion, by adding in structions requesting the committee on in valid pensions to report the bill and mes sage back on Friday. Matson hoped that this would not e done. He could see no good reason why the bill should be singled out for a report on Friday from among the number of vetoed bills before the committee. Jackson, of Pennsylvania, attacked the veto policy of the president, who he de clared was not actuated by any regard for the worth and merit of private pension bills. His reason for vetoing the bills was not that they were unworthy, his reason was apparent on the face of his message. He was in sympathy with the party op posed to the pensioning union soldiers, and he did not propose that any union soldiers should be pensioned if he could avoid it. It was said that the president meant right. He did mean right to please a certain ele- m lit in the country, but not right to please honest, loyal people. McMillan, of Tennessee, said the present president has signed more private pension bills than any other president in the same space of time. Jackson—“And he has vetoed ten times more good ones than all the othe presi dents put together.” Perkins, of Kansas, addressed himself to the consideration of the pending message and criticised the position taken by the president that the government should not assure its soldiers against quarrelsome pro pensities or unprovoked assaults. Matson thought that the messages should be considered carefully. The gen tlemen on the other side seemed anxious to get at the president. The democrats were determined that the president should have fair play, and they would stand by that position. [Applause.] it was no. fair play to the president to undertake upon hasty consideration to pass a bill over his veto. Bragg, of Wisconsin, said that there seemed to be an idea in the house that it was i he duty of the president to abdicate his office in lavor of a majority of the com mittee on invalid pensions. Whenever in the exercise of the constitutional prerog atives given him he examined legislation to see whether or not it was provident and wise, it was charged that be" had perpe trated an outrage o i the America a pet pie. He Braggi maintained that the presiucm was honestly discharging his duty. When in the exercise of his judgment lie sent leg islation back to the uoase with his reason for withholding his approval the house snoL.ll act upon tile question, not with demagogical speeches, but with judicial and deliberate consideration, lie Braggi was glad to find that at last there was u man in the executive chamber who had the nerve and the courage to place his hand upon legislation when he thought it improper, whether it were pension or rail road legislation. [Applause on the demo cratic side.] Congress had gone altogether too fariu the way of pension legislation,but there was a class of soldiers for whom there never was a voice raised in the house. They were the men who in April, May, Jund and July, 1S61, filled the ranks of the army, actuated only by patriotic desires to sustain the national flag. Before the house went further in pensioning the dead wood of the army it should make some provision for the men who went to the front in 18lil. He sent to the clerk’s desk and had read a letter from one of these men who is at the Hampton soldiers’ home, commending his course in regard to pensions, ridiculing t he policy of congress and making use of such strong expressions as to lead Browne, of Indiana, to inquire sarcastically whether it was a veto message l b .: was being read. Burrows’ motion to instruct was lost- yeas 109, nays 134—and the message was re ferred to the committee on invalid pen sions. The next message was or.e vetoing the bill granting a pension to Catherine Mc Carthy. Matson moved its reference to the com mittee on invalid pensions and Browne moved instructions requiring the commit tee to report it, back on or before Monday next. Browne criticised the action of the president and invoked God's mercy on the man who had the heart to veto a bill for the relief of the widow of a man who died in the line of duty to his country. He sarcastically re flected upon the manner in which an ex perienced soldier, a commander in chief of the army, treated his comrades. His excellency belonged to that class of men w)io during the war were afraid of noth ing but danger, but none stoood valorous- ly armed, cap a pie, with vetoes in his hand between the unfortunate soldier and the treasury of the I'nited States, and President Cleveland would go down to pos terity as the great American obj ctor. Conger, of Iowa, resented the language used by the president as throwing slurs upon the motives of congress and as in sulting union soldiers. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, took the same view, and suggested that the democrats who stood by the veto would have their manhood severely taxed. Cannon, of Illinois, read a statement that while Cleveland was president there would be no further pension legislation. There were great questions in this country call ing for the attention of the executive, yet the president brushed them all aside and appeared anxious to cater to nobody ex cept that little solid knot that came from the solid south. He wanted to get their applause. They cast solid votes in the nom inating conventions. There lie stood,looking through a gimlet hole with a magnifying glass, hunting for excuses, and heaping de rision upon the heads of poor men who lost their health in the service of the country. That was statesmanship. Ap plause on the republican side which was received with answering applause and laughter from democrats.; “Oh! yes;” continued Cannon, "and still you say that you will have to defend il be fore November.” [Renewed applause on tlie democratic side]. “The gentlemen who are clapping their hands can't defend it. they have the kind of constituents who believe in it.” Applause and laugh ter on the republican side], "\ou will have to defend it be fore November. These men. who are entitled to their pensions, with their friends and with public opinion and a sense of justice, in this country, will send a congress here which. ■* ,,, pass those bills and other pension It union over the president’s veto.” [Applause on the re publican side.] Matson drew a comparison between the work of the republican and democratic congresses for the purpose of pointing out that nearly all the pension legislation of importance had been enacted by demo cratic congresses. Only a few days ago the republicans had filibustered against a proposition to raise money for the payment of pensions. The gentlemen in talking about these vetoes forgot that nearly all of these bills had been vetoed by a republican com missioner of pensions years ago. Weaver, of Iowa, thought that no dis respect would be shown to the president by immediate action on the veto, and he therefore opposed its reference to the com mittee. The motion to instruct was lost; yeas 115, nays 128, and the message was referred to the committee on invalid pensions. The next message was referred without objection, but a contest arose over the fol lowing one, vetoing the bill granting a pension to Sally Aim Bradley. Matson moved its reference, and in or der to shut oif debate, demanded the pre vious question. Gras ,'eaer of Ohio,who origin illy intro duced the bill, desired some time to dis cuss it, and upon Matson declining to yield the republicans refrained from voting. This broke the quorum. A call of the house was ordered and the doors closed. The house then industri ously refrained from doing anything for a quarter of an hour, w’hen further proceed ings under the call were dispensed with, and having shus completed the circle, the house started out upon another one, the republicans again refraining from voting, when another call was ordered. The only thing whicli prevented the completion of a second circle was the hour of 5 o’clock, when, under its previous order, the house adjourned. Senate. Washington, July 7.—Berry, from the committee on public lands, reported a bill to donate to the town of Tampa, Fla., the military reserve at that point for the bene fit of the public schools. Calendar. Plumb presented the petition of John A. Kirkpatrick, a pension bill in whose favor nad been vetoed. The petition was real in full. He asks the senate to do him a small act of justice and pass the bill over the veto. It was evident, he sail, in ve toing the bill the president had relin quished his office ana made himself “mere ly the mouthpiece of some quill-driving slave of that circumlocution shop, the pen sion office. If the president had read the papers he never would have been so silly.” He appeals to eongree against “the malig nant injustice of the president.” Referred 10 the committee on pensions. On motion of Edmunds it was ordered that tlie senate meet at 11 a. ni., and for the next six days, alter the call for and the j disposition of resolutions, the time remain ing until 12:30 shall be devoted to the cal endar, beginning with the first case there on. Every matter objected to shall be I passed by, and debate shall be limited to 1 five minutes. Tlie senate then resumed the cousidera- ! tion of the amendments to the river and ! harbor bill, the pending question being an | amendment appropriating JISO.OOO for the purchase of Sturgeon Bay, tlie Lake Miehi- i gan ship canal and the Harbor of Refuge. Spooner offered an amendment as a sub- ' stitute. It appropriated #15.090 for tlie , purpose of making free of toll commerce 1 through the canal.. He explained that his substitute did not recognize the canal : company as owner of improvement. It j simply contemplated what the original act of congress contemplated making I of this canal free to commerce, and i it was to be done b.v reimbursing to the senate, or what was the same thing, the canal company, such sum of J money as the secretary of state after care- j till investigation should find to have been I expended over and above the receipts from [ lands and tolls. After discussion the substitute was agreed to and the amendment as thus amended j was agreed to. ! The next amendment on which any question was made was the one reducing tue appropriation foi the I'hoetawbatehie i river, Florida and Alabama, from #15,00(1 to #7500. Pugh argued against the amend- j incut, and il was rejected, the item remain- I ing at #15,000. I Brown argued against the amendments 1 reducing the appropriations for tlie Chat tahoochee river, in Georgia and Alabama, from #20,000 to #10,000, and that for Flint river, in Georgia, from #20,000 to #10,000. Both amendments were rejected. Pugh argued against the amendment re ducing the appropriation for the Black Warrior river, in Alabama, from *75.000 to #50.000, and the amendment was rejected. George argued against the amend ment striking out the item of #50,000 for l he Big Black river, in Mississippi, and moved to add a proviso that the state of Mississippi should first cause the bridge over the Black river south efthe Mississippi and Meridian railroad to be so constructed as not to obstruct nav igation. George’s proviso was agreed to and the committee’s amendment was re jected. The river and harbor bill was temporari ly laid aside. The chair laid before the senate a mes sage of the president vetoing the bill authorizing the construction of railroads through the Indian reeeri ation in northern Montana. The mes sage was • rend. It states that several similar bills had been pre sented to him during the present session ant! had received his reluctant approval, but he hud hoped that each of them would he the last of the kind presented. This bill invited a genera] invasion of the In dian country. Il did not sufficiently guard against an invasion of the rights of tile In dians. nor was he satisfied that tlie legisla tion proposed was demanded by any exi gency ot the public welfare. Daw is moved to refer the bill and the message to tile committee on lndien af fairs. and he desired to go with this re markable message section of the treaty which had affected the president so sensibly. The committee which had re- ported'the bill had, he said, thought that It was regarding the rights of the Indians. That article was in these words: "For the purpose of establishing traveling thorough fares through this country and to better enable me president to execute the provisions of this treaty aforesaid, the nations and tribes do hereby consent and agree that the l ulled States' may in the countries respectively occupied and claimed by them construct roads of every description, establish a line of telegraph and military posts, use mate rials of every kind found in the country, build houses' for agencies, missions, schools, farms, shops, mills, stations, and for every other purpose for which they may be requir ed, and permanently occupy as much land as may be necessary for the various pur poses above enumerated, including tlie use of wood for fuel and land for gr i dug, and that the navigation of all lakes and streams shall be forever free to citizens ot the i’nited States.” The motion was agreed to and the bill and message were referred. The senate resumed consideration ofthe amendments to the river and harbor bills. Harris mid Whitthorne argued against tlie amendment reducing the aojrroprla- tion for Cumberland river above Nashville from #100,000 to #50,000. McMillan defended and explained the action of the committee. The amendment was rejected. Harris argued against the amendment I striking the item off'2500 for Hiawassee i river, Teun. McMillan defended it, remarking that the senate was taking on itself the respou- j sibility for an appropriation not recom mended by the committee on commerce, | nor asked for by the board of engineers. The amendment was agreed to. Pugh argued against the amendment re- ! ducing the appropriation for the Tennes see river nt Mussel Shoals from #350,000 to #250,000. McMillan defended the amendment. He stated that the total amount already ex pended on this work was #2,574,000. Tlie amount necessary for its completion was ' #1,470,000, and the amount which could be expended for the ir xt fiscal year was esti- j mated at #5,500,000. The committee had agreed to recommend 53 per cent, of that amount. The amendment was agreed to. I Pending the consideration of an amend- j ment reducing the appropriation for the | Kentucky river from #250,000 to #100,000, : the senate adjourned till 11 o’clock to- | morrow. Tlie Ailjoiiniilirllt iil't'rinifross. Washington, July 7.—Morrison to-dav | said that the Bate of adjournment of con- I gress depended upon Randall, that if he cared to cal! up his tariff bill lie could do it and thus prolong the session. Randall said that he was not responsible for his tariff bill, he had performed his duty when he introduced it, and it remained for tlie war’s and means committee to take such action as it saw fit in the matter. Edmudds said to-day that he feared the day of ad journment would be nearer t lie first of August than the 20th of July. Presidential Nominations. j Washington, July 7.—The president j to-day nominated to be postmasters, John I T. Erwin, Washington, Ga.; F. M. Sexton, | Hazelhurst. Miss. IN A BOX. llow So mo Public-Spirited Citizens of Maysrllle Beeami’ Involved for SRLuiul. Maysville. July 7.—Iu April last a “citizens’ committee,” representing some twenty-eight solid, enterprising Maysville gentlemen, ent-red into a writ- 1 ten contract with C. P. Huntington guar anteeing to furnisn and vo ure foi him the remainder of the right of way lor the Maysville and Big Sandy railroad lrom Ashland to the Campbell county line, provided he would build said road within two years. The several counties along the i proposed route have indorsed the action of these public-spirited men by voting a ' subscription of #79.000 to the capital stock ; of the said railroad, which sum, by the terms of the contract, is to be used by the i “citizens’ committee’’ in purchasing the right of way. Mason county, on the 12th of June, voted n subscription of #50.000. So far, so good: but these gentlemen now find them- 1 selves in an embarrassing situation. Most I of the said subscriptions are not available until after the road is completed, and the j estimated cost of the right of way is #92,000, which will leave a deficit in the subscriptions of #13,000. Of course this public-spirited “citizens’ committee” at the start did not expect to be called upon to advance a single doilar, much less 1 e | out of pocket several thousand, pro bone , publico. They have found out that it takes cash to secure the right of way, and j just how to obtain the requisite money without great trouble and ineouvenince to ' themselves is puzzling them. As one way to t relieve them of this embarrassment, they have asked the city of Maysville to sub scribe #60,000 to the road, upon the express I condition that all of it shall be redeemed and canceled except so much of it as equals i;i amount the deficiency remaining after the subscriptions from all other sources are exhausted, and such deficiency if ai.y. shall he the actual amount of the city’s subscription. The guarantors claim that in this the city would be merely lending them her credit to enable them to raise sufficient ready money, and that as a mat ter of fact the citv's subscription would not in the end exceed the deficit of #13.MX). The proposition was only made known to the people on Friday, and is even now the subject of hot discussion on every hand. The election will he held next .Saturday, but enough is now known to predict tlie defeat ol' the proposition in its present shape. THE LAKE SHORE STRIKE. Tie 1 Ilcjtririm, l'i ill fur a share Itmrnl:. • Chicago. July 7.- -The Lake Shore com pany continues to move freight without opposition from the strikers, although every train so moved lias a guard of armed detectives. Almost every one in the town of Lake sympathize with" the strikers, and the new men, detectives and reporters, come in fora full snare of abuse. An ex tensive boycott has been inaugurated against all of the men who go with the trains, and ot a tradesman in tin vicinity of the stock yard will accept pat ronnge from them. Haifa dozen rej oners w In, w. nt to the groceries, saloons and restaurants mi I2<1 strict, were informed that they coaid buy nothing, as a boycott hail been made in the vicinity. Some excitement was caused at the'yards, shortly after noon, by th" moving of Lake Shore trains by tlie packing nmisc employees. Sticks and rocks w ’c t •’! ow ii. but i.o one was struck. Til.. - . ::.e : ... win chased In the pohec. -in no arrests will iiuale. Joseph s;u."P'. Srin.a. k and I'li.r Sevcski. tnip.m.sS of I lie McCormick Reaper works, who engaged in the riot May !, in w.V h four men were killed and from which l)u mnre serious events of the dav following obtained impetus. w< re ar raigned for trial la fore Judge Garnett this morning. Each is specially indictid for assault with intent to kill and some (let ply interesting narratives w ill come out hi the evident 1 e. The trial was begun at 2 o’clock, 1 some slight trouble being encountered iu securing a jury. tirii/iiiir I.mills. Little Rock, Ark.. July 7. Ail Indian territory special says: "Negotiations are in progress for the leasing of nearly all tin- available grazing land belonging to the Osage, i’oncn. Pawnee and liter Indians In this territory.” The parties who desire the lease are cattlemen from Kansas, Texas, and elsewhere. The land in ques tion embraces several million acres. The recent rulings of the courts olthe District of Columbia In relation to the inuepeiident position occupied hv the t’herokees, is held to apply to all the tribes named, they having obtained their lands from tlit* Cherokees, ami iu nee their right t" le isc lands can not be questioned. The price will be only a lew cents per acre. A tdttnil Itrnkcr Fail**. New Yoke. July 7.—The failure of W. IL Bead, cotton broker, is announced 'his morrdnir on the cotton ( >' 1 ok • 1 h! 1 t > h • -h * . Review of the Field of National Legisla tion. A liood Pros blent ini Urcurd —Wind Congress Has i l(ono anil H«ii* Owiitteil In lln — fHistrartinn KrnM the Republicans— I’hfJ- Have mil liens ’ I,nan i Enough la tlie (‘old, Washington, July 5.—The present ses-| sion of congress is so near its end that no : more general business will be done. The fiscal year of the government closed with the last day of June. The democratic ad- i ministration has been in power sixteen ] months. The two houses of congress be ing of opposite politics, tlie tendencies of j both parties have had opportunity to show I themselves. It is a convenient time to , take stock of the political situation. administrative reforms. Concerning tlie work of the administra tion, it can be said that it has instituted without making a fuss about it, a great number of needed reforms and economies, and that it has carried on the business of tin country honestly and efficiently and in \ a very conservative spirit. The prophe cies of republican lenders and the fears of | republican voters that a democratic ad- muiistrutiou would make wild work with the financial and other in;.rests of the country have been ludicrously disappoint ed, The management of the treasury has been in every respect admirable; its finan cial situation is very much stronger than when Mr. Cleveland came into power, and l he revenues have been more thoroughly and honestly collected auh the general | work of the treasury carried on with bet- j ter system and greater accuracy than for 1 some years past. REFORMS IN THE DEPARTMENTS. I The state department has looked vigi lantly after the rights of American citizens abroad, and as recent developments show has successfully endeavored to secure the I removal of commercial restrictions on | some parts of our commerce. In the inte rior. Indian aiul pension departments abuses have been checked and stopped, and so far as bad laws permitted, the mon strous maladministration which had ex isted in the land office for many years and which made that place the stronghold of greedy corporations, has been remedied. No one can pretend that tlie whole work of necessary administration reform has been completed. This is not possible with out the co-operation of congress, and the republicans controlling the senate have played the game of obstruction very skill fully and unscrupulously. But enough has been accomplished by the administration to prove both its will and capacity and to show that if both houses of congress were democratic the country would be greatly benefited by more effective reforms. THE PENSIONS. The honest and courageous attempt of t he commissioner of pensions to adminis ter the pension Jaws brought upon him a prolonged and vexatious investigation by republican senators, who at the same time, with curious disregard of a law in a law-making body, passed hundreds of special pension bills which have no war rant in the general laws. Those are the bills of which the president vetoed so many. The senate had the indecency even lo send nearly a hundred such bills to the president at one time, putting upon him an impossible labor in the time—ten days -in which, under the constitution, he can retain bills for examination. REPUBLICAN OBSTRUCTION. The cry of the republicans in the can vass of 1884 was that if the democrats were allowed to eo ne in they would do too much—they would carry the country to the dogs. The complaint now is that they have not done enough. They have cer tainly omitted to do some things which needed doing, and which, no doubt, they would have done had they controlled both houses. But the skillful and unscrupulous obstruction of important measures by the republicans in the senate shows that, no matter how active, determined and united the democrats might have been in the house, their measures would have been defeated in the senate. They have cer tainly not been a harmonious party in the house, but if they had been that would not have helped them, as many instances, some related above, prove. THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. What is to the credit of tlie democrats is lhat they have done no harm and have al lowed the republicans to no no harm, and they have shown in the administration and in congress the disposition to deal honest ly with tiie people’s affairs. That they have shown a cert am lameness or unskillfulness in administration is undoubtedly true, but that is because they had been out of power for nearly a quarter of a century. The habits of a minority, of an opposition party, had grown upon them. But, after all, no one who remembers the coming into power ofthe republicans in 1 sill can say that tlie democrats in 1885-11 have show n themselves less capable or less skill ful than the republicans 'when they first took power. LESSON’S OF HISTORY. It Delirious to recall that in 18iil-i>2 it was tie- democrats, long in power and cor rupted and made insolent by their long reign, who haughtily sneered at the repub licans as imbeejics, ridiculed their mis takes. inisri presented their purposes and obstructed, so far as they wro able, their work. Precisely the slum insolent and un scrupulous spirit now distinguishes the re- " I'liev si eik of Air. Cleveland re" me same tone and in ,.ids which tlie democrats a ’ ' ago used toward Mr. i ’.Lillet. In 186! tile dem- aVed hemselves before the • i ristiicnitic, the wealthy, the refined, tin educated people, and the "black republicans" wen mere scum. .Just so. now the republicans assume airs id’ superior intelligence, greati r n tint-incut, Wealth and cull lire, and sneer at the demo crats a- mere ru!!’scroll'. NOT Mil: run I'KOI'I.K's INTERESTS. I m the whole, it must he said these re publicans have not yet been long enough “out in the cold." They have not repented of their party sills. They need, for their own saki'. and still more fur the country's sake, to lice ;n tile desert some years long er. They are a skillful, unscrupulous, eager minority, and may by and by play a useful part us an opposition. But tlie spirit they* have shown during the long session of emigre sought to lead tlie American voters to the determination to keep them in the minority for at least four or six years more. They are so far, thinking not ol the coun try, hut of themselves. tlie part ot the room traders and some Chicago representatives to depress prices of grangers on unfavorable reports, but after a slight decline the market became strong and was well sustained all day. The prevailing opinion was that the unfavora ble reports had been exaggerated. London helped to hold the market up and gave considerable character by buying freely of the leading stocks. Well known brokers claim that the reduction of the sterling rate will cause an outflow of stocks and bonds instend of gold. There was some sales of large blocks of stocks, but they were readily absorbed, but they did not check the rise. During the after noon there was a general upward move ment, the room traders changing over to the bull side of the market ana the closing prices were near the best of tlie day and generally higher than last night's closing prices. Sales 232,000 shares. FROM FOREIGN SHORES. Severe Shod, iifKiirtluiuake In S|mln—The Purlin- meiitur) Elections, file. London, July 7.—The latest totals of members elected are : Conservatives 231, unionists 47, Gladstonians 115, Parnellites 55. The Full Mall Gazette, commenting in an early afternoon edition on the re turns, says the liberal defeat is now de generating to a route. Yesterday's defeats assumed tlie proportion of a catastrophe. The last hope ofthe Gladstonian vote in the counties has failed. English counties are going unionist. The counties of Som erset. Warwick, Hereford, Derby, Denbigh and Shropshire, in which centres the ag ricultural vote, have returned conserva tives. Scotland continues Gladstoniun. Numer ous county polls have not yet been taken, but it is impossible to reverse the defeat of the government. The unionists are confi dent of an ultimate strength of 370 against 300. The conservatives arc certain that with a compact phalanx of 300 members Lord Salisbury will forma purely conserva tive ministry. S|itiin. A SEVERE SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE. Madrid, July 7.—A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Malaga to-day. The heat in this city was so overpowering to day that the cortes was compelled to ad journ before reaching a vote on the budget estimates. Italy. DEATHS FROM CHOLERA. Rome, July 7.—The cholera returns to day are as follows : Venice, 2 new cases, 1 death ; Brindisi, 189 new cases, 71 deaths ; Lateno, 70 new cases, 20 deaths; Sanvito, 32 new cases, 4 deaths; Fontana, 70 new cases, 34 deaths. THE LAKE SHORE STRIKERS. Tine Curse the Head 1 ini!y <,f an t'nfnrtunute suitehuian. sailors, who climbed upon the steamer, de serting their boat at the first shock. The Gazelle went ahead a short distance and the captain then sent a boat to the rescue of the party struggling in tho water. Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Lord were picked up unconscious.hut Mrs. Wilson was drowned. Mr. Wilson was taken from tho water unconscious, and for a short time it was feared that he would not recover, which he finally did, only to become distracted over the tragic fate of the young wife he wedded only a few months ago. Mr. Wilson is confidential man to P. I). Armour, and is one of the chief men in Mr. Armour’s office on La Salle street. The Amount Iteturneil. Philadelphia, Pa., July 7.—The total amount of loan certificates returned to the office of the Chesapeake and Delaware Ca nal company, up to this afternoon, is #1,97(1,648. (if legitimate outstanding loans there are #1,993,750, so that this leaves only #17,102 to lie accounted for, or about #625,- 000, including the fraudulent issue, accord ing to the fugitive treasurer’s figures. The directors are very anxious that the holders of this surplus will make a return of their certificates without further delay, thereby facilitating the work of the ac countants in clearing up the intricate af- fairs ofthe company. From allthebonds that have been turned in the directors have not been able to detect a single fraudu lent one. This gives some plausi bility to tlie theory that they are held by people who are unwilling for some reason to return them. If this is the case interesting developments may follow after the amount of the legitimate outstanding loan is balanced. TRIAL OF THE BOYCOTTERS. The Jury Finally ('iinqileleil ami I he Cu fur the People. Opened publicans, and his cab' tiie snv" quarter of a Lincoi.. a. . oerats uisp public as tii ( Strainer Si 11 hi. Watertown, N. Y., July 7.- The steam er Oconto, of tiie Northern Transportation line, struck a lock at Fisher's landing on the St. Lawrence river, about 7 p. m. yes terday and sunk et I o'clock : iiis morning. She wns loaded wi'ii hall'a million feel of lumber. Passengers numbering fifteen and her < rew of twenty-eight persons were taken ofi'm life boats and will lie eared for at i’i dier's binding. I Inn Chicago, July 7.—Among those over come by the intense he.it of yesterday was Lemuel Close, one of the imported Lake Shore switchmen. While riding beside a top break he fell between the oars and was: ground to a shapeless mass. The body was allowed to lie as it fell until an ambn- innee came for it. In the vacant lot ad joining the tracks where the body lay a large number of the wives and daughters of the striking switchmen or their sympathizers collected and cursed the remains. The deceased hud only been here a few days. His home is at Delta, Ohio, where he leaves a wife and three small children. He had been in the employ of the company for thirteen years as a freight brakeman. The weather to-day is greatly improved and at. last there has been a let-up on the almost intolerable heat of the last few days, which reached the maximum yesterday of 9|- in cool shade. At the signal office, at six o’clock this morning, the mercury stood 78 degrees, it continued to fall rapidly all the morning, being only 71 degrees at nine o'clock. The sudden fall is attributed to the fact that at 5:30 o’clock the wind, which had been blowing steadily from tlie south, vered around suddenly to the north west. A SAVANNAH SENSATION. A l’rum!iH>nt Klee Healer Ni’gotiutus I,nuns un Heine. (leceipls .mil SuddenI) skips till’ ( It). Special to Enquirer-Sun. Savannah, Ga.. July 7. A considerable sensation was produced here to-day by tlie announcement that W. T. Owen, superin tendent of tin Planters’ Rice mills, had left the city under suspicious circum stances. An investigation shows that Owen had been obtaining money from the hanks on bogus rice receipts since last Jan- uurv. The loans negotiated by the broker with whom lie entrusted tlie business and who considered the receipts genuine and the rice on hand, amount to #21,00ft ob tained from the difi't rent hanks here. The National Bank of Savannah made a loan oil some of these receipts, but after a short time culled it in. The money was paid by a loan oil the receipts being negotiated by another bank. They were all call loans. This was frequently done, Owen always putting up an additional margin and meet ing t he interesl. Owen left the city June 28. Not returning in several days and hearing nothing from him. an investiga tion was made by the directors, resulting in tlie above discovery. Ilis whereabouts are unknown. Hi* was popular, well con nected and bore an excellent reputation. THREATENED BY A MOB. Ih, UiP .11 iirili’rcr \Ulilmun liiinu Ir Ilis self Inllii'li’d m.iincl. Atwihii), III.. July 7. Twenty-five men under the lead of * he sheriff stood guard around tilt home of Henry Wildinaii last night. There had been so much talk dur ing l In- day of lynching, that a strong guard was dt emed a wise move in the interest of law and order. Last evening the news was given out that Wildinaii was sinking fast, anyhow, and the mob would be only cut ting death out of a job, as Wildmun him self would welcome death in almost any form. This morning he was refreshed af ter a fair night's rest and asked for a slate and pencil, "sorry, very sorry." were the first words lie w rote, re ferring to the murder of his wife. He is willing and anxious to die, and begged his nurse to give him a pistol in a stand drawer and let him finish the job. The wounded mail has been unable to take nourishment since he cut his throat. The water given him to drink runs out at the wound. I'll less matters mend he will litterally starve to death for but little stimulation can b" given to him by injection. 1 Sit,I ,111,1 I it;,! Il lit. Clin ago. July 7. Mr. and Mrs. Kverett Wilson and Mrs. Dr. s. Lord went riding inn boat in charge of two sailors last eve ning. At 9:20 o'clock the\ were off Taylor strd 1 will’ll their craft was rmi into by I he excursion steamer Gazelle. The party was thrown into the water, e.Mi I ting t ,ie New York, July 7.—At the boycotters’ trial to-day, during the progress of the ex amination of candidates for jurors, Thus. Edwards stated that he was prejudiced against the boycotters because of articles in a socialist German paper which so threatened tiie jurors who convicted the accused in the Theiss boycott trials. Judge Barrett caught the answer and he said sharply: “It is clear to me that the article in question has had the effect to intimidate jurors, thereby inter fering with the administration of justice. I shall direct the district attorney to pro ceed at once against the paper in ques tion.” it £ii “We have already done so,” replied As sistant District Attorney Colfellows. Editor Schewitch, of tlie Volkes Zeitung, is the writer referred to and is to he prose cuted for criminal libel. The jury box having been filled, the district attorney opened the case for the people. Airs. Landgraf, a widow, had been persecuted by the Bakers’ union. Before the strike she had a good business. The profits of her business were.#1500 annually. The Bakers’ union destroyed all this. Her wnskmen were satisfied with their wages, but went out upon the fiat of the union. The widow now had not one stove to serve with bread, and she had been forced to sell her horse and w agon to pa her rent and to furnish herself with bread. In the name of labor the. widow had been con signed to helpless poverty. The union, the speaker said. Imd won tlie noble knights to reduce the family to beggary. Now the. laws’ turn had come ami tlie intn who had molested the law should suffer the penalty. Widow Landgraf was t iien placed as the first witness, and her testimony up to tlie time of adjournment was on the line of the facts indicated in the opening for the people. A Fire In h.illii'. Galveston, July 7.--A special to tlm News from Dallas Shys: Yesterday morn ing a fire, supposed to have been caused by a piece of burning paper thrown through a window, broke out in the upper story of the Jones building, on Main street. In a few moments the upper floor, occupied by Meyer & Hew itt, dealers in religious hooks and tiie printing of the “Labor Bun,” “Evening Herald” and “Yolkisblatt,” was in flames. Tiie firemen succeeded in confining it to this floor, but a large stock of the Western Ncwspupsr union on the ground floor was badly damaged by water. The loss to the Western Newspaper union is estimated at #ti(KX), insiiiani’-.’ on stock #5000. The loss to the Volkeshlatt is #200. while the Even ing Hi raid's loss in nominal. The Labor Sun loses #2000. The imilding was dam aged to the exti nt of #VH0. The total loss i-#23,000; total insurai..’ *13,000. A Vrr) Im|ioi'liiiit lii’iii. New York, July 7. Frederick Louis Thompson, aged 15. son of Rev. Howland Thompson, a colored minister mid mem ber ofthe legislature at Montgomery. Ala., was held in #1000 hail in Yorkville police court to-day to answer tile charge of burg lary, having broken into a restaurant in east Seventeenth street and stolen about #30 worth of old coins ami which were found in his possession. The boy ran away from home and wns arrested for petty lar ceny in ^Brooklyn hist month. Hi was begged on'and given in charge of Rev. It. L. Parry, a friend of Ii is father's w’lio in tended sending him home, but tile boy rail away again. Mitxni'll ItcTiivil II Neil Trial. S-r. Lons, July 7. Judge VanWagniier, of the criminal court, to-day over-ruled the motion made recently fry Maxwell's attorneys for a new trial. As soon as tlie prisoner shall have been sentenced, an ap peal will be taken to the supreme court. If this shall prove unsuccessful the case will be taken to the I'nited States supreme court on the ground that the state law which allows the prosecution more chal lenges of jurors than the iMcnse is uncon stitutional. To He GmiiIpiI Full Aiiini'slj. Ottawa, Out.. July 7. All tlu* half- breeds now in tlu- Stony Mountain peni tentiary lor participating in the recent re bellion, are to be granted full amnesty bv the government, and are likely to be re leased before the end of the month. Of the Indians it is said it is hardly likeh that Big Bear will be allowed to have his lib erty. A Hamlet Htirneil. Milwaukee, Wis., July 7.—The entire hamlet of Home was burned at 1 o’clock this afternoon, including a saw mill, a planing mill, live million feet of lumber, a store, boarding house and the dwelling of Win. Vanhoeser. The loss is £ 150,000, in surance *50,000. The woods are on tire and further particulars cannot Ih- obtained I lie ( lu'Mi|n'iiki' ami Ohio. Xkw York, July 7.—The comparative statement of the Chesapeake and »>hio railway for the month of May show* gross earnings for ISSii, 1885, vJ 17.11 J - an increase of .*00,180. Tlie operating t x- penses for lsSd were .*210,051; 1885. an iner« ase of *40.050. Surplus to. WSe, *(i7,'2.T>; 1.\S5, * 17.100 an increase of •2l>.l , Jl. h*- Quitman Fn aullv injured ar nth. that