Georgia Historic Newspapers

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VOL. XXVIII---NO. 244
OOUJMBUS, GEORGIA: FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1886.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Judge Gary Refuses the Motion for a
New Trial.
Thf Prisoners llrow Kxcltnl anti Mnkr Si obcs
In Tliclr Own Orfcnxr— Sploi Delivers »
Usrttiigm'—Tallis liy Ollier Det'endents,
Chicago, October 7.—Judge Gary in the
the criminal court this morning overruled
the motion for a new trial in the cases of
the eight anarchists charged with the
Haymarket massacre, and confirmed the
verdict of the jury that Spies, Parson,
Fielden, Schwab, Engel, Fischer aha
Lingg should be hanged, and that Neebe
should suffer imprisonment for fifteen
years in the state penitentiary. The court
did not conclude his decision nntil 12:30
o’clock, and owinp to the intercession of
counsel for the prisoners he deferred pass
ing sentence upon them until 2 o’clock
this afternoon.
When the court was opened this after
noon the defendant, Spies, at once ad
dressed the court with manuscript in
hand. He spoke at great length, and
said: “Not the slightest evidence was ever
S reduced to show that I had anything to
o with throwing the missle, unles you
believe the testimony of the accomplices
of the state’s attorney and Bonfield, and
the testimony of Thompson and Gilmer.
If there was no evidence to show that
I was responsible for it, then my execu
tion and the execution of the verdict is
nothing but willful, malicious and deliber
ate murder. We were convicted by a jury
packed to convict us. I charge the state’s
attorney and Bonfield with a heinous con
spiracy to commit murder.”
The prisoner then dissected some of the
evidence given for the prosecution and
declared that the witnesses for the defence
were spirited away. The speech was very
rambling throughout, as the following
extracts will show:
“The system of wages is the root of the
present social iniquities. Iniquities so
monstrous as to cry to heaven.”
“Grinnell has informed ustliatanorchism
was on trial. Anarchism belongs to spec
ulative philosophy and not a word was
said about anarchism at Haymarket, but if
anarchism is on trial, I am proud to say
I am an anarchist. You may pronounce
vour sentence, on me, honorable judge, but
let it be known that in the year 1833, in the
state of Illinois, eight men have not lost
their faith in human progress.
It is an old question. Look over the pages
of the history of Greece and Rome. There
you will see the records of the self same
struggle, the ruling class dominating the
poorer one. Honorable judge, the demons
of hell would join in laughter that follows
upon your sentence. If the opinion of the
court is to become the law, then there
is no person in this country
who could not lawfully be
hung. If you carry that ruling into effect
you will be responsible for the blood that
will be shed, and the blood of the innocent
will come upon you. Let the world know
what a civilized and Christian country in
this, in which the Vanderbilts, Jay Goulds
and the rest pose ns the rescuers of law
and liberty.
“Grinnell has repeatedly said, ‘Our
country is an enlightened country.’ Well,he
may put that in" his album. If you want
to stamp out conspiracies and agitators,
you must stamp out every factory lord
who has made his wealth upon the unpaid
labor of his employes, and landlord, who
has made his money from the
ground-down and oppressed laborers
and farmers. It is a fact
that a few men control all the mechanical
appliances, out of which they make gold
by sacrificing the lives of little children,
while able-bodied men are starving. But
we cannot go back. We are advancing.
The tide will not be stopped. In social
ism is to bo found the doctrine of co-oper
ation. It teaches that labor-saving ma
chines are the property of the state, as are
all the mines and natural resources of the
country. Society will eventually come to
this and will demand its rights, though
you erect a gallows on every street corner.
If you think you can crush out these ideas
which are gaining ground every day by
sending us to the gallows you will fail.
Then flourishing his arms widely. Spies
fairly shrieked: “I shall die proudly, de
fiantly for the cause of justice!. There is
Socru'tes! There is Galilend! This is
Giordano Bruno! There is Christ! Why
the number cannot be estimated of those
who have trodden in these paths, and we
are ready to follow them!”
Michael Schwab then began : “It is not
much I have to say, and I would say noth
ing at all did I not fear silence would look
like cowardly approval of what has been
done here. lain condemned to die for
writiug newspaper editorials.”
The anarchist then went on to justify
these articles by going over in detail all
the real or imaginary evils of the accumu
lation of capital and the injustice of tin-
relations between the employer and em
ployed. He concluded b,v disavowing all
knowledge of the man who threw the
bomb, and protested that he intended to
do no violence at Haymarket.
Oscar Neebe, the next speaker, had no
sooner taken the floor than he burst into
violent abuse, calling Stale Attorney Grin
nell a cur and his assistants,Messrs. \\ ailar
and Furthnan, scoundrels; saying that
there was only one gentleman in t lie crown,
and that was Mr. Ingham. Tite police
were assailed, and in short, Neebc’s speech
was a tirade of abuse, vilifying the police
and the authorities.
Adolph Fischer’s turn came next, and he
was on the point of admitting iiis connec
tion with the “revenge” circular, when
Solomon, mindful of the bearing it might
have before the supreme court. Intel to
cheek him. It was useless. Fischer sanl:
“I protest against being sentenced
to death, because I have committed
no crime. I was tried in this
jury room for murder, and I was
convicted of anarchy. I don’t deny J
was one of the parties who summonea
this meeting in Haymarket, but i know
no more about the throwing of the bomb
than Grinnell does.”
Here Solomon rose, and going over to
Fischer, whispered something in his ear.
Fischer, turning round, said sharply:
“Don’t interrupt me. I know what I am
talking about.”
Solomon retired and Fischer continued:
“I do not deny that I got up the circular
and had a line put in calling on the work
ingmen to come armed. I bad ray
reasons. I am prepared to die for the
principles on account of the holding of
which I feel I am to be sentenced to
death. That is all I have to say.”
Lingg then began speakink.
Tlilm-s In a Cliurrli.
Notre Dame, Ind., October 7.—Early
yesterday morning thieves broke into the
church of the university of Notre Dame
and stole two crowns from the shrine ol
the Blessed Virgin. The larger was a;
magnificent piece of artistic metal work j
presented to the university by thirty i
American ladies, among them being Mrs. i
Gen. Sherman. Five Parisian workmen
were constantly engaged for three months
in making the crown, and twelve others I
for two weeks. It contained twenty-three |
and a-half pounds of pure I
I silver and nearly two pounds of pure gold, ;
| sixty-five torquoises a-:.' thirty-six I
■ other precious stones ft:..* - ixteen m’inin- 1
turn paintings on pon„ ..mi, decorated,
' embossed and hammered work. The
smaller crown was an exquisite piece of
workmanship and the gift to the Notre j
j Dame from Empress Eugenia. It was I
j awarded a prize for the best jewelry work i
j at the Paris exposition of 1867. The thieves
broke the crowns into pieces and ran away
j with their booty. They were followed and :
j the one who carried the spoils was e-ip- i
tured and is now in jail in the neighbor-'
] ing city of South Bend. The crowns are:
j ruined beyond repair and are a great loss.
THE COTTON CROP.
A Ill-port Slionlnp Its Conilltinii In the
Dlstrht.
Memphis, Tenn., October 7.—The cotton
hie rains uf L:\nOR.
The Proceedings of the Convention
Richmond Yesterday.
Tit Inis Coimiiitln-S Ib-pui-l
HiiIimI Out of tbs Sow Yo
i- Aiurnatu Strikers to In-
inL-i- ol' tirei-tllips, Kir.
Richmond, Va., October 7.- Before the
hour off) had struck the delegates to the
Knights of Labor convention in several
of the •hotels and boarding houses had
finished breakfast and groups of neatly
dressed, intelligent-looking men were
seen proceeding toward the armory hall
through every street leading to it. Fifteen
, „ ,, , , minutes after the hour fixed for the ho-
crop report for the Memphis district, ginning of the session even the latest
winch embraces west Tennessee, north | stragglers had arrived and the work of the
Mississippi, north Arkansas and north , fourth day was underway.
Alabama, to be published to morrow by * -
, As to the do
tails of tliat work the four walls of the
armory barred out the outer world into at
least temporary ignorance, and not until
the close of the session could even such in
formation as was decided should be made
public be looked for.
At the close of the morning session mat
ters were exactly in the same position as
they were last evening. The discussion of
the Morrison case which had then begun,
was resumed immediately after the open
ing ol' the session and was continued until
the adjournment for dinner. The hour of
adjournment is 12 o’clock, but to-day it
was nearly 1 o’clock before a recess was
taken. When the afternoon session began
the Morrison case was once more taken
up, and it was expected it would be dis
posed of within an hour and that the ease
of the St. Louis delegation would then be
proceeded with. It is not expected that
this case will occupy much time, us no
issues such ns were presented in the Mor
rison case ure involved.
At the afternoon discussion the report
. . . of the committee on credentials on the
which jell in portions of the district on | ease of the delegation from District Assom-
the night of October 1st were not i bly No. 126, of New York, headed by John
damaging, and the fair weather that has j Morrison, was continued and it was finally
since prevailed gives assurance of favor- I decided to admit the delegates from that
able conditions, which adds to the bright ! district with the exception of Morrison,
prospects of the planter and enables him to j who was rejected and bis alternate sub
gather his crop in aelean and satisfactory I stituted for him. This result was reached
manner. The staple is moving rapidly to , about I o’clock. As the committee on
the market and there is no disposition on ] credentials desired further time for con-
Messrs. Hill, Fontaine & Co., will
“The weather during September was fairly
favorable. Heavy rains prevailed after the
15th, which did some damage and delayed
picking in some localities. The season,
however, has been more favorable than
iast year up to this period, excepting in
Mississippi, wh -re too much wet
weather is complained of. Pick
ing is progressing rapidly throughout
the district, and it is estimated
that 15 per cent, of the crop had been
gathered up to the first of October. The
damage to the crop from the drouth, the
shedding and rust sustained in August,
has not been aggregated by the unfavora
ble seasons and the prospective yield of
the district indicates an increase of fully
7* per cent, as compared with last year.
Arkansas and Tennessee show most favora
ble prospects. In the former state the
increased yield is placed at IGA percent.,
Tenuessee at 13 per cent., Alabama at 21
per cent., while Mississippi shows
a decrease of J per cent. Light li
the part of the planter to hold his cotton
for higher prices.
ON ’CHANGE.
Very fill tie Activity uml Scarcely Any Excitement.
New York, October 7.—The stock mar
ket to day showed much less activity than
aiiy day this week, and with the exception
of the first hour was free from excitement
Soon after the opening the situation at
Chicago in regard to the proposed return
to the 10- hour system created an unfavora
ble feeling in Vanderbilt’s and grangers,the
former yielding materially. The rumor
that President Hudson wrote another let
ter to Commissioner Fink practically with
drawing from the pool, also the unsettling
effect of the prospects of the pool in the
northwest were not regarded as favorable, , , , , , ,
and this helped the early decline. ! to send you and your noble knights frater-
Later, however, tin improved feeling ! nft l greetiugu. May success attend your
was given to the dealings by the : everyeffort, andjnay the power and lnflu-
heavy buying of Reading and the proba- ‘ “ “
siderntion of the case of contesting delega
tions from St. Louis, rules were suspended
and the convention proceeded to discuss
the question of giving the support of the
order to the locked-out cotton workers
of Augusta, Ga., tbe curriers and tanners
of Peabody mid Salem, Mass., and the
journeymen plumbers of New York.
There ure 3000 men in each of the first
named bodies and about 1400 in the latter.
It was decided to support them. It was
5:30 when this business was concluded and
a recess taken to 7:30, it being decided to
hold an evening Bession to consider the
report of the committee on credentials,
which it was expected would be ready
at that hour.
During the session the following tele-
grnm was received by Mr. Powderly:
Pittsburg, Pa., October 7.—The Na
tional Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers pauses sufficiently long
bility of a renewal of the interests in New
England roads. The opening was strong
and the first prices were J to S above last
evening’s final figures. New England,
however, opened up 1 and Canada South
ern was S lower. There was a marked de
crease from the activity of the past few
days, although the prices were feverish
ancl irregular, but generally firm. They
soon gave way under the lead of Western
Union and Vanderbilt’s. Towards noon
the decline was checked and a general
advance ensued which was marked by tho
special strength of Canada Southern, Read
ing also being extremely active and strong,
blit just previous to the close the market
declined and closed weak.
ence of organized labor march on uninter
rupted till its aims and objects are fully
attained.
(Signed] Wm. Weciie,
Wm. Martin, President.
Secretary.
Tho following telegram from P. J. Mc
Guire, president, of the Brotherhood of
Carpenters, was read:
“As compatriots the Brotherhood of
Carpenters greet the Knights of Labor.
May the general assembly establish a last
ing fraternity with the Trades’Union, rec
ognize them as auxiliaries in tho labor
movement and haste the federation of all
earth’s toilers.”
Enos Bouldt, colored, junior vlce-coni-
, oratic leaders. Willi Governor Hill, Judge
j Peekh-inuind friends of President l love-
. land said to be in favor of insistl .g upon a
j union, the County Democracy lenders were
naturally placed in an awkward position,
j Some of Ilium saw in t ho stories of admin
istration interference in local factional
; quarrel.-, a triek of the friends of Gov. Hill
■ to bull the “union” sentiment. They nut
j only scouted the, truth of the assertions
! made as regards Mr. Manning and Judge
Peekh.tin. but declared that any Hindi In
tevferei'cc: would be the very thing to
j make harmony impossible,
j The leaders of the county democracy
wore in conference until late at night at
i the New Amsterdam club. They dlseuss-
j ed the situation thoroughly, and it was
I after midnight when they separated.
Nothing definite regarding union was de
veloped. It wasannomieed that ex-Mayor
Cooper had not ns yet signified his inten
tion of becoming a candidate for mayor.
FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
Whtil Is Triinsplrln* mi tho Other Side of the
Witters.
Sofia, October 7.—A new newspaper,
the Independent Bulgaria, stigmatizes
General Kaulbars as “a rebel fermenting a
rebellion among the people and the
army.” It also urges thu government to
bind General Kaulbars umi send him
across the frontier.
THE ANTI-RUSSIAN PARTY.
Tlie bureau of the party supporting the
government has issued nil appeal to the
people and the army not to allow General
Kaulbars to drive or bribe them. The ap-
peal^says “rather uphold the honor of the
country and army and show yourselves
worthy of independence.” The officers of
the Shumla garrison have telegraphed to
the government asking if it is true, as is
reported, that Bulgaria intends to make
war on Russia. The government has
promptly denied that any such
intention was entertained and
warned thu inquiring blllcers
that they would he punished if they again
questioned the government about, ilsnf-
iairs. Tho government iius notified the
foreign consuls at Sofia that General Kaul-
bars through the Russian consul at Rust-
chulc, ordered the military commander
there to release political conspirators in his
custody, threatening to hold him re
sponsible if lie disobeyed, promising
him as a reward for a compliance promo
tion to the rank of commander general
when the Russians arrive, and informing
him that the penalty of a refusal would be
put down to the ranks. The commander
informed the troops under liis command
that ho hud received and delivered the
command, and the soldiers applauded his
conduct. Gen. Kaulbars on the route on
Plevna summoned the mayor of the city
to meet him, and urged the official to pe
tition the czar to occupy Bulgaria.
RESIGNS AS REGENT.
M. Karaveloff has resigned as regent.
Friim-e.
WILL ATTEND THE UNVEILING.
Paris, October 7.—Senator Lafayette
and General Grevy, tho presidentjjs
brother, will represent the French senate
at the ceremonies attending the unveiling
of ibe statue of liberty at New York.
THE REVENUES SHORT.
The revenue from indirect taxation for
the pant nine months is 51,800,000 francs
under the estimated amount, and 43,600,-
000 francs less than the amount for the
corresponding period of 1885.
U in: in ml.
FIGHTING AGAINST THE DRAFT.
London, October 7.—The royal In-
niskilling fusileers, stationed at Aldershot,
went on a riot last night in resistance to
the draft that was being made lor service
in Africa. A savage fight, ensued and tbe
Irishmen were only subdued after a
number of soldiers and police were
wounded. Forty-one of the rioters were
wounded.
A DEFICIT ANNOUNCED.
Sydney, October 7.—Sir P. <). Jennings,
the premier of New South Wales, has an
nounced a deficit of £1,000,000 in the reve
nues of the province for the pnst fiscal
L J’jIIiJW JXIUlUt. CU1UIUU) juiliur WWIMJIII”
A great ina- | mandor of the John Brown Post, Q. A. It.,
jority of the active list to-night show ina-! No. 50, department of Illinois, sent the I year, which tie says was characterized hy
terial declines, and the advances are few j following : | the greatest commercial depression known
in number and for fractional amounts only,
‘ Please accept our thanks for the manly | in twenty-two years. Greenland and
excepting Reading and Tennessee Coal, j steps you have taken in behalf of our j South Australia will both contribute to the
each of which is upjl, Michiga ~
ran Central and people.
Omaha each is down U; Lake shore 1, and
others fractional amounts. Sales 405,000
shares.
establishment ofa permanent imperial eo-
S EC RE TAM Y MANNING.
lidunt Senas His Si
the State of llif
At 7:30, the committee on credentials not | Jonial institute, but both colonies will op
being ready to report, it was decided not ! pose the reopening of the colonial exbibi-
to hold an evening session. The conyen- j tion.
tion meets at 9 o’clock to-morrow morning. I
An extra force of police was on duty to
night at both the Richmond theatre and
the Academy of Music as| a precaution
against trouble, if any further attempt
should be made by the Knights of Labor
j to introduce colored men to seats from
I which thev are excluded. No attempt
was made, however.
Washington, October 7.—Colonel La- (
mont has returned to Washington from i
New York. His visit to that city was! . . .. .. ...
made at the request of the president for! An , r >
the express purpose of ascertaining the I Washington, October 7.--! he Phoenix
exact state of Secretary Manning’s health | plaining mill, a large three-story brick
and the prospects of his resuming his building on Ohio avenue, was almost to-
dutics at the treasury department. Ac- I tally destroyed by tire early this evening,
cording to Colonel Lamont’s report Score-I The loss on the building and machinery
tary Manning is in good condition and I will amount to $15,000: insured lor I
shows no sign whatever of his recent ill- 1 $12,000. Clark Bros., who had just taken t
Sjnil n.
THE CABINET TIIUEATJ2NS TO RESIGN.
I Madrid, October 7.—The whole cabinet
' has decided to resign. It is believed the
queen will ask Sen or Sagasca to form a
j new ministry.
Tin* Ravages uf Cliuloni.
London, October 7.—-During the twenty-
I four hours there were reported nine deaths
I from cholera and twenty new cases iu
Hungary, and in all of Italy live deaths
and fourteen new cases.
XKXmVN
More Particulars of the Mysterious
IJnburied Casket.
A fhiltiiiit Cuban Vuliuitoi-
trill}- uml is Killisl Tin.
ol' Hu- ulus.
In- I'iiiiIYiIi'
i- Tubes Clu
ness beyond a slight lameness. The I possession of the mill, Jose $1000 on h..,.
secretary earnestly desires to go back I About an hour before the fire broke
to the treasury and expressed confidence | the. building was put u.P for sale
in his ability to again take up the work of
that department, temporarily at least.
He said lie would come to Washington as
soon as his bouse was ready to receive him
and his family, and he expected it to be
ready by Saturday next. Therefore the
prospects are that Secretary Manning will
occupy bis old office in the treasury de
partment by Monday next.
On n Ph'iixiirr Trip.
Boston, October 7.—The Jno. Andrew
post (4. A. R., No. S8, the uniformed mem
bers, fife, drum and bugle corps of thirty
men and a supplementary of forty-three
ladies and gentlemen, left Boston by the
New York and New England railroad at
8:20 for a trip to Gettysburg, Shenandoah
Valley, Lurny caverns, Natural bridge,
Richmond. Petersburg, Old Point Com
fort, Washington, Baltimore and Phila
delphia.
The Overdue Anrhorln.
London, October 7.—The Anchor Line
steamer Ethiopia, which arrived at Glas
gow to-day from New York, reports that
on the 29th of September they passed an
other of the same line. The latter was
probably the steamer Anchoria. which
left Glasgow September 10 for New York
and has not reached her destination. The
owners of the Anchor Line believe that
the Anchoria is safe, but delayed by some
accident to her machinery.
Thii of Tlirin tonvii-tril.
Washington, October 7. — The com
missioner of pensions has been notified by
telegraph of the conviction in the United
States court at Chattanooga, Tenn., of
William Sharp for the false presentation
of a prisoner, and Thomas Smith,
charged with perjury in a pension
claim.
Nominated for Congress.
Charleston, October 7.—The demo
crats of the fifth district have re-uominated
J. J. Hemphill for congress.
limit of $20,000. Nineteen thou
sand dollars was bid, but the
owner, W. ii. McLeon. refused to sell at
that figure. During the lire Lieutenant
Arnold arrested Melvin M. Washington
(colored), foreman of the mill, on suspicion
of having set the building on lire. After
being locked up he sent for the lieutenant
and made a confession. The lieutenant
refu ,-d to .s ,y what the prisoner had con
fessed, except, that a very influential and
weal*' : had- oaid him to set fire to
the place.
THE D135J.-JITED FACTIONS.
Brlughia Pressure to lit
New York, October 7.—Thu talk of
democratic unity in this city was general
last night about the Hoffman House and
otherpolitical resorts in the neighborhood.
Thu Tu
lli rising flu- ConstilulioB.
Montreal, October 7. -The constitu-
ion of thu Knights of Labor has been re-
| vised by the members of the clergy in this
city, and under the auspices of Archbishop
Fabre, with the object of expunging the
provisions contrary to the rules of the
Roman Catholic church, i’owderly, grand
master workman, when here promised the
archbishop to support the passage of the
amend munis before I lie annual convention.
Two delegates from the Knights of Labor
organizations have h-f. to attend the con
vention in i'i -iiinond, Va., and have taken
there.used uonslitu' i u with them, it is
stated that the :i: .-..bishop delayed action
until the pi-.. ..ml time because of the as
sembling of the. Richmond convention.
Il.-strii.vcil h) Fire.
Grand Rapids, Mich., October 7.—The
Union Fur Company’s works, located at
the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee
junction, just north of this city, was
burned last night. Loss $50,000, insurance
$22,500. Surrounding lumber yards were
also damaged.
Grand Rapids, Mich., October 7.—The
lire in the Union Furniture Company’s es
tablishment was under control after 2
■lock this morning. The total loss is eft
rn. I 1 • I . I 'J LIULIX WHO JIl'Jl linin' A lie tUld> 1Uoff 1 .*) l
rhe Tammany leaders were industriously I timated , lt *00,000 and the insurance at
circulating tiie report that in a day or j *22500
two, great pressure would be 1 7 ’ * — m ■ ^ -
brought to bear upon the lead- 1 The Peubody fund.
ers of the county democracy to agree New York, October 7.—At the meeting
to a union, file fact that Governor Hill to-day of the trustees of the Peabody fund
* ..... f 0 ii ow j n g executive committee was
arrived in the city last night and that Sec
retaries Manning and Whitney were ex
pected to-day, if they had not already
come, paved the way to many rumors ns
to the kind of influences that would be
brought to bear. It was said by the Tam
many men and by the friends of Governor
Hill that the county democracy would be
forced to make terms with Tammany Hall
no matter how unpalatable the dose might adjourned!
seem. I ■■ • ■
Judge Rufus W. Peekham was said to Noniliiuti-il for Congress,
have gone to Mr. Manning and other | Elizabeth, N. J., October 7.—The
close Friends of the administration, and j third congressional district republican
appointed: A. if. if. Stuart, Senator
Evarts, Chief Justice Waite, ex-President
Hayes, Jumes D. Porter and Chairman
Winthrop. A resolution was adopted to
increase the allotment to the state of South
Carolina in view of the devastation caused
by the earthquake. The amount will prob-
alily be fixed at $10,000. The board then
New Orleans Times-Domocml.
“Imperial Ciesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away,”
are the words of the immortal Shukspearc;
und while they may not literally apply to
him whose morlnl remains have lain in
Cosanave’s undertaking establishment, on
Marais street, for nearly ttve-and-twonty
years, yet they teach people to philoso
phize and to reflect upon tho base uses to
which man may come when he has shuf
fled off this mortal coil. “Stopping a hole
to keep the wind away,” is only one ofa
very great variety ol base uses to which
the mortal part may ho applied when man
has passed to insensate dust. And thus it
is that the time-honored but silent occu
pant of the undertaking establishment on
Marais street has been assigned to
THE CURIOSITY DEPARTMENT
of the corner at the central station.
After tho appearance of tho Titnes-
Democrat yesterday morning, the street
fronting N’o. 37 Marais street was the
sot ne of a motley crowd, who had gone
thither for the purpose of getting a
glimpse at the iron casket and its awe-in
spiring contents. In the meantime, how
ever, it occurred to Juke Butler, tho
worthy colored person in charge of the
promises, that he had a bonanza in
tlie back yard, so Unit with
the material at hand he at
once organized a sideshow, fixing
THE ADMISSION FEE
at tlie very reasonable sum of 15 cents
each, with iio “deadheads” save the talent
as brought into requisition in the business.
Butler had succeeded in raking in a few
dollars, and the venture had begun to
promise exceeding well, when Coroner
Stanhope Jones presented himself for ad
mission at No. 37. Butler mentioned the
15 cents. He was doing business on a
strictly cash basis, and if I lie show was
worth seeing it was certainly worth being
paid for. To this insinuation Dr. Jones
pnid no attention, simply saying that ho
was a city official, und il he (Butler) was
not particularly careful lie would, hy legal
process, compel him to pay $60 for every
day the remains of tho unknown man had
been on tho premises. Butler had already
stated that they had been there
OVER TWENTY-NINE YEARS.
Hence, matters and things “kind’er took a
turn,” as it were, and Butler expressed
his willingness to retire from tlie show
business, in fact, make a complete sacrifice
of all previous aspirations in that line, and
to immediately make a transfer to Dr.
Jones of his right, title and interest in the
property in question. Suffice it to sav. the
casket aud its contains were thereupon
placed on one of the city vehicles and con
veyed to tlie Central station, on Carondelet
street. Along the entire route
THE RUSTY R15GKPTAOLE
was the absorbing attraction, and crowds
followed it to tho station, where it was
borne by reporters of the city press and
court officers to tho coroner’s curiosity
room, oil the second-floor of the building
A reporter of tho Times-Democrat wns
out yesterday for the purpose of obtaining,
if possible, some clew to the identity of
the deceased, blit in vain. He does not
even enjoy the luxury or the fume that
usually attaches to that which Byron is
pleased to term
“A MISSPELT NAME.”
Ills name has dropped from the annals of
the living as though it had been written
upon tlie sands.
“What dre.-ims of pleasure long forgot,
Nor hope, nor joy, nor love, nor fear,
lluveleff one 1 race or record here.”
Among those seen and interviewed yester
day was an aged colored iiijin, Joh Bap
tiste by name, now employed at Joseph
Mansion’s undertaking establishment, No.
88 Bourbon strci t. John had been in tin-
service of the Ciisanuves, father and son,
for over thirty years and was well acquaint
ed with their business methods. On being
asked with regard to
TIIE REMAINS FOUND
in the rear of Marais street, ho said : “Oh,
yes; I remember about that body. Tin
man, whoso name l have entirely forgot
ten, was a Cuban, who volunteered for the
defense of tho confederacy. lie was an
officer in tho confederate army, and was
among the very first killed in battle. The
remains were forwarded to old man I’u-
j ter, the father of Gadane Cnsnnnve, with
the request t hat ho keep them in his pos-
! session until they could be
HIIIPI’KD TO CUBA
! for interment, il has been no long ago that
j I have forgotten even by what train the
remains were brought to thu city. Until
some time after thu close of the war we
S took considerable care of the body, expect
ing tu hear from Cuba, but when Gadane
I Cusunavo succeeded his father iu the busi-
I ness he removed the remains to an out-
j house, where they remained undisturbed
until a few days ago, when the building
was demolished, i do not even now ru-
I member how tlie body looked, hut am cer-
| tain that its life-like appearance was pre
served for many years. If you had come
I to me three weeks ago, I
COULD HAVl-1 GIVEN YOU THE NAME
I of tiie deceased from the books belonging
j to Mr. Casanave. When hebcenmea niem-
| her of the famous returning board, which
was contrary to my advice at tlie time, be
lost a splendid business, and shortly before
his death, his stock, etc., was seized and
sold to pay the claims of numerous credi
tors. 'I iireo weeks ago the books and
records of Casanave were taken back of
town and destroyed. Shortly aftei it came
to light that a great mistake had been
made and that tiie books thus destroyed
contained t he names of
A NUMBER OF PERSONS
whose embalmed remains now in Cosa-
nave’s receiving vault, were awaiting ship
ment to different portions of the United
Status and Europe.”
Mr. John Hchroeder, a carpenter, at pres
ent employed in a shop on Customhouse
street, between Marais and Franklin, says
lie went to work for Casanave in 1809. The
body of the unknown was there then. The
man, he said, had been an officer in the
Confederate army, but was a foreigner by
birth. He was one of the first killed after
the war begun.
Mrs. Vigors, No. 32 Marais street, said
that when she first saw the remains, about
twelve years ago, they were quite perfect.
The deceased was in a Confederate officer’s
uniform.
jeet I bus of extending so far south is to get
an open and direct route to the Gulf of
Mexico, which is now blockaded to the
Baltimore and Ohio by the Richmom and
Danville's syndicate. By agreement with
large capitalists we -ire to locale fifteen or
more blast furnaces at Birmingham, Ala.
The extension of the road will run
through tho Cranberry iron mines, where
the best of ore is obtained for tlie manu
facturing of Bessemer steel. The new
line, as is understood, is to tie completed
inside of two years and is to have all tho
northern iron traffic of Birmingham, Ala.,
north to the eastern market, which trade
alone will bo a large feeder to the line.
A POOL MAN'S VIEW.
Wliat K\-I’rt*Hiill-til Ootri-li, of the Kisullng Until,
Says oniainrniir Patllson's Ft-1ter.
Philadelphia, October 6.—In an inter
view to-day with a reporter for the In
quirer, relative to Gov. l’attison’s letter to
Attorney-General Cassiday, regarding rail
road combinations, cx-i’resident Gowen,
of tlie Reading road, said: “I cannot un
derstand it. The governor seems to think
that Pennsylvania products should not
bring good prices. Wo mine every year
about 35,000,000 tons of anthracite coal in
Pennsylvania, of which three-quarters is
sent to other ports. The commercial
prosperity of Pennsylvania depends upon
her ability to find steady markets at good
prices for all her products. But tho
governor seems to think that it
is better for Pennsylvania to
dig out its valuable coal and
give it to the other status for nothing. This
confounds all my ideas of political econo
my. Again, there arc probably 100,000
workingmen engaged in the coal traffic.
The better tho price of coal the more we
get for wages; and it is now too late to
deny that good wages and prosperity go
hand in hand. If the governor and the at
torney-general got after these 100,000 men
with their quo warrantos to compel them
to reduce wages, there will tie a pretty
kottio of fish about election time in tho
coal region. I hope Lieutenant-Governor
Black will be able to see that the row is
not laid to his door.”
“But cannot the attorney-general do
anything to the Reading Railroad Compa
ny 7”
“You might ask him that question. But
one thing appears iucongruous iu tho
whole matter.”
“Wliat is that?”
“The combination this year has been un
der the control of the receivers, and every
body knows that the result of their com
bination has been to reduce prices, and
tlieir balance sheets show it. You can see
their idea of managing the trade was to re
strict production and reduce prices. They
have a cloud of lawyers advising thorn, ana
I suppose they had a legal opinion that
combinations to advance prices were
illegal. But they had heard that a combi
nation in the coal trade was important,
and so, in order to be on the safe side, they
determined that their combination should
reduce prices, and when the attorney-
general gets after them, they can prove an
alibi.”
The I'rntvHtiint K|klHco|inS fmm'ntiun.
Chicago, October 7.—This morning the
I delng.-.tt s to the Protestant Episcopal con-
vent'ou attended morning Berviocs, Rev.
' Hoi...,-. Pottwood, of Oakland, California,
I officiating, and Rev. John Scarborough
pronouncing the benediction. The busi-
I ne-ei meeting was called to order shortly
| after 10 o’clock. Secretary Hutchins r> -
| quested tho confirmation by the conven-
| non of iiis appointment of Revs. Henry
; Mnisten, A. G. Hiison, E. Worthington and
| J. Miller as assistant secretaries. Presi
dent Dix then announced tho names of
members of standing committees.
At 11 o’clock tbe regular order of tlie
day was taken up, which was tlie resolu-
i ion offered yesterday providing for a com
mittee of five bishops, live clerical and five
lay delegates, to whom should be referred
all resolutions with reference to the sub
ject of the liturgical revision. The discus
sion was opened by Rev. W. R. Huntiug-
j ton, of Massachusetts, who opposed the
resolution.
Tlie Ooloroil Oilil Fellows.
Philadelphia, October 7.—There was
a grand parade to-day of colored Odd Fel
lows, who have been holding a biennial
meeting here. Tlie weather was delight
ful and brought out immense crowds of
people, many trains from tiie country
bringing in loads of excursionists. The
delegates in the lino were clad in full re-
xceedingiy at-
'i'/iu proces-
u . The
•' I ’.formed
" ylvania.
i .. of lodges
i . II. u*.. Rhode
oid e third
!-. ’ -ges from
, North
i--s. After tlie
V.. li by Prof.
galia, pi
tra. Mv
enli
■re appi amnia-
divided into tlii-ce
first was composed or
palriarchus und i he loo.-v >
The second division w
Island iind’Mn.ianV.11
division was cnmuu.sed i
Dela rare, M irvlaun '.V-.sl
Carolina and West \ b; i
parade l he oration was u„.
W. Howard Day, of Harris
Allot tier .11 on .'Shi
Ralkigii, N. C., Oetoi
si.
urged that the strongest efforts be made
to make a union in New York. The
friends of Governor Hill had told him
that there must be union in this city or
else he would be defeated. S. W. Rosen-
convention nominated John Kean, jr., by
acclamation.
.Not Nolil.
Fortress Monroe, Va., October 7.—'The
dale, one of Judge Peckliam’s closest I Hygia was not sold to-day. The executors
friends, was in the city last night, and fixed the limit at $45,000, but there were
had talks with some of the local demo- I no bids.
Tin- Slieniiniloiili Till ley.
Baltimore, October 7. -It is pretty well
understood in railroad circles, though tlie
fact is not officially stated, that President
Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company, while in Europe, perfected
arrangements for securing the funds neces
sary for extending the Shenandoah Valley
railroad south to Pensacola, and that work
is to be commenced within thirty days.
The route is said to bo over the old’line di
rect into Salem, Va.,via Buchanan, thence
south to the famous Cranberry iron mines
of North Carolina. Birmingham, Ala., Dal
ton, Ga., and to Pensacola, Fla. The ob-
W. II.
Binum, who was nominated for chief jus
tice of the supreme court by tbe state re
publican convention, having declined to
lit: a candidate, Ralph Ii. Buxton has been
put on the ticket in his place, with J. W.
Albertson and V. S. Lusk for associate
justices.
Tlie Ten Hour Itule.
Chicago, October 7.—Notices were this
morning posted in all the stock yards and
packing houses to the effect that on and
after Monday the hours of work would be
ten instead of eight as is now the rule.
The notices were signed by nineteen firms,
comprising all the packers of consequence
in Chicago.
A Holiday.
St. Louis, October 7.— To-day being
big Thursday of tlie tire week, tbe mayor
lues,according to the custom, proclaimed
it a holiday, and the banks and various
business houses are closed.
Tin. Kltuutios al Sliarlrston.
Charleston, October 7.—Charleston
has had no return of earthquak i disturb
ances for four days and everything is set
tling down. Refugees are returning from
the country in increasing numbers every
day.
Mr. Uayarrt’a Eiluration.
Mr. Bayard is probably a member of
more literary and collegiate societies and
has more enthusiastic friends among the
educated young meu of the country than
any other public man. Yet he is not him
self college bred, but is in the main self-
educated. His early studies were in Wil
mington, Del., and in Long Island.—Inter-
Ocean.
A Coiiktilutiuiiiil (JoTernnr.
Governor Pattison is still laboring under
the conviction that the state constitution
means something, and it is intimated that
he thinks it may mean that certain rail
way magnates are guilty of conspiracy and
liable to criminal prosecution. Mr. Patti-
son may feel that he is out of politics, but
he is still the chief executive officer of this
state.—Pittsburg Dispatch.