Newspaper Page Text
VOL. XXVIII—NO. 26!)
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1886.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MURDER ID II® HEARTS.
A Negro Family at Shellman, Georgia,
Play Havoc.
i legro Ulrl Taken Umbrage at Notlilnir-llcr
Brothers Assault the Kamlly from Whom She
Received the fancied Insult—A Fatal anil
Blood j Result.
Montgomery, Ala., November 6.- The
Bufituln Times telegraphs the Advertiser
the following special, received from Shell-
man, Ga., familiarly known as Ward’s
Station: “In this county there was to-day
the scene of a dastardly attempt on the
B art of a family of negroes to take the
ves of several of the best citizens of this
place, in which they partially suc
ceeded! and in which one of their number
■was shot dead on the spot. George Oliver,
one of the best citizens of the place, is post
master, express age t and telegraph opera
tor, in which he is assisted by his son
Joe, a voung man just attaiuiug manhood.
Yesterday a negro girl named Francis
Ooleman went to the depot to look after a
box. While there she took offense at
something, and returning home half a
mile from the station, reported the matter
to her brothers, two young bucks who at
once determined to resent the wounded
dignity of their sister. Arming themselves
this morning with sticks and knives thev
repaired to the depot, and seeking out Joe
Oliver at an opportune time, set upon him
suddenly, plunging a knife into his throat.
The negroes then fled, but were pursued
by Jesse Oliver and his brother, father and
■nele of the unfortunate lad. When the
negroes arrived at home their mother ran
out with a musket, which she handed to
one of her sons, telling him to shoot. He
did so. and Jesse Oliver tell from his horse
•hot through the arm. One of the negroes
was killed Dy the Oliver brothers and the
other fled to the woods, where he is now
being hunted. The third negro man, girl
and mother were arrested and brought
here this evening under a heavy guard. It
is thought young Joe Oliver will die, and
Jesse Oliver is dangerously hurt.
LUCKY JENNIE WILSON.
Salvation Army Captain (.'upturns Another
Jury.
Elizabeth, N. J., November 6.—The ir
repressible salvation army captain, Jennie
Wilson, has bobbed up serenely in the
Union county court once more. The case
of the state against Mrs. Berger, ‘he name
the fair Jennie now-bears, was moved b,y
Prosecutor Wilson this afternoon. The
charge was that of ail assault on a female
friend. A jury was soon impaneled, which
the u atchtul Jennie eyed critically. She was
seemingly satisfied with her inspection, for
she smiled coniplaoentlyand cast sly glances
at the more susceptible jurors. The ease
occupied only a short time, and the jurors
were out only five minutes, when notwith
standing the prosecutor’s eloquent plea in
behalf of the state, they returned a verdict
of not guilty. Capt. Jennie fired a triumph
ant glauco across at the prosecutor, and
amla the half-repressed plaudits of the
spectators the court quietly adjourned.
The young heroine of many trials was
the recipient of countless congratulations
on her acquittal. Elbowing her way
through the crowd, Jennie singled out the
young men of the jury, and, extending her
pretty hand, murmured in their ears: “I
knew you could not help but acquit me.”
Those young men now swear by ber, and
say that as long as she keeps those beauti
ful eyes of hers fixed upon a jury box it
will be utterly impossible to convict her of
any offense, be the charge heavy or light.
CHARLEY RANSOM’S FORTUNE.
Ruuhtttr ant] Not Fart Yielilel Must of His Quar*
tiT Million.
New York, November ti — Gambler
Charley Ransom’s big fortune is attracting
attention owing to tne contest over bis
will. There is §250,000 at stake, and all oi
it made, as it is claimed, by ‘-square”
gambling. It was ever the boast of Ran
som and his friends that he was one of the
verv few gamblers who could be depended
on ‘ to deal fairly with his customers.
“Probably no one desires to dispute the
deceased Crmsus’s claim to honor,” said an
expert, “but a study of the exact source of
I is wealth reveals some things that are
suggestive. He ran two or three establish
ments. The most famous and the one
from which he drew the greatest
profit, if not the bulk of his entire for
tune, was the CLcan Club House at Long
Branch. In this palatial den there was
one faro bank and usually six or more
roulette tables. No more than this need
be said to the professional gambler to
point the moral. The man who gamblrs
as a business tackles the roulette table, or
‘the wheel,’ only when he is excited with
much success or much failure, he is either
desperate or ho don’t care a continental
whether he wins or not. He knows that
the big winninings that induce the amateur
to risk his money there arc really made in
the face of tremendous odds, that the per
centage in favor of the house is so grant
that steady play at the wheel is sure to
bring ioss to the buyer of chips and gain
to the banker. So he settles
down to the quiet, slower
of faro, because there the
in a fair game has nearly an equal chance
for his money. In fact, in faro tiie bunk
has only two advantages over the player in
a fair game. One is the splits, where t\\o
cards of the same denomination are turned
from tile box at once; the other is the priv
ilege Of placing a limit to single bets, so
that the player cannot take advantage ol a
long purse to double his bets indefinitely
in a run of bud luck, with the idea of get
ting everything back when once the hi, k
changes. It is a difficult matter
to figure the margin in favor ol the bouse
in faro. The banker will usually assert
that it is less than one per cent., but, con
sidering the effect of placing a limit to the
size of bets, it is probably considerably
more. . .
“The fact remains, however, that in a
square deal the player lias nearly an even
chance in faro as m any gambling game
known. But in roulette 1 The wheel has
■ thirty-six numbers on it and two zeros,
making, as the player can bet on the zeros
if he chooses, thirty-eight chances. Abet
played on any number will pay tnjrty-nvc
for one if it wins. Now in the long run
each one of those numbers is bound to ap
pear once in thirty-eight times, 'i lie play
er .only getting thirty-five for one then
plays against a margin of eight per cent, m
favor of the house. The player who de
sires to buck against the smallest margin
in favor of the house must play the colors
or the odd and even. There are
eighteen red and eighteen black
numbers, and the same in odd and eve’*
But bets placed oil these features Oi tiie
game may lie swept away by the appear
ance of one of the zeroes. The margin in
favor of the house therefore is 5 per cent.,
ami althougii this does not seem large, it
alone is enough to ruin the steady play: r,
for in addition to it the bank is always re-
nforcod with a large capital to s. m,1 a
game
player
bad run of luck, a thing the player is rarely
competent to do. And when it comes to
‘straddle’bets, where the player, for in
stance, covers two numbers with his chip
and gets, if either of them appear, seven
teen for one, the percentage is about
eleven in favor of the bank. And the
more numbers the player straddles tiie
worse is his chance in the long run. It was
from roulette, the innocents’ game, that
Ransom made his money. His faro table
was for the accommodation of the profes
sionals or the few amateurs wbo knew bet
ter than to fool with the wheel. This is
verified by the fact that in the city house,
where the whims of fashion did not bring
so many of the rich idlers ns at Long
Branch, he had only one roulette table and
made very little money from the faro bank.
This does not mean go and play faro, for
there the chances are badly enough
against the player, and if they were even
they had better be taken from outside than
inside the tiger’s lair. There is some
money made now and then by betting, but
more is made by not betting.”
ON CHANGE.
A Quiet but Busy Dnjr.
New York, November 0.—The stock
market to-day exhibited none of the heavi
ness which bus characterized it for the
past few days, but was firm to strong with
out any marked improvement in prices
until towards the close, when the usual
Saturday realizations sagged prices off a
shade. The change in the temper of specu
lation was due almost entirely to the
change of front of foreign operators, who
seem to have recovered from tiie alleged
election scare, and came into the market
to-day us buyers. A great feature of the
market was trading in Richmond
and West Point, which after open
ing up a small fruction, fell
5, only a small part of which was recover
ed toward the close. The most conspicu
ous cause of the break was the general be
lief that upon the closing of the books,
which occurred to-day, the deal would be
over. The oueniug was strong, first prices
showing advances ranging from 4 to i, the
latter leading. Early trading was quiet
and nearly monopolized by the same half
dozen stacks, all of which were strong, ex
cept Richmond and Wes, Point. A smull
rally just previous to the close steadied
the market. The great majority of stocks
to-night show advances, but they are for
fractious only, except in the case of Colo
rado coal, which is up 1. Bales 423,000
shures.
ON THE TRACK.
The national Jockey Club Races.
Washington, November 6.—This was
the lourth and last day of the extra meet-
iug of the National Jockey Club.
First ruce, for two-year-olds, seven fur
longs; Dunbine 1st, Count Luna 2d, Relax
3d; time 1:30.
Second race, one mile, for three-year-
olds and upwards; Hermitage won, Bessie
2d, Harry Russell 3d; time 1:44. Hermitage
was sold utter the race to Walter Hanson,
of New York. Price not stated.
Third race, handicap sweepstakes, mile
and a furlong; Tele Doe won, Frank Ward
2d, Gonfalon 3d; time 1:604.
Fourth race, heats six furlongs, all ages,
selling race; Error won the first heat,
Frankie B. 2d, Tom Berlin 3d. Second
heat; Frankie B. won, Error 2d, .Tom Ber
lin 3d. Third heat; Frankie B. won, Error
2d: time 1:16, 1:10,1:194.
Fifth race, one mile; Biggonette won,
Mamie Hunt 2d, Bonanza 3d; time 1:44.
Fiiilina Finns.
Baltimore, November 6.—P. Hanson
Hiss Jt Co., decorators and manufacturers
of fine furniture, have filed an assignment
for tiie benefit of their creditors, to Chris
tian Duryes, trustee, wbo gave bond iu the
sum off100,000, indicating assets of one-
half that amount. The firm has been re
garded as one of tiie most substantial ill
this city, and the failure is considerable of
a surprise. The trustee states that the
dullness and depreciation of values caused
a failure, which lie thinks will be tempo
rary, a» if is probable that a compromise
will be effected and continued. There is
still au absence of information re
garding the failure of J. I.
Middleton &■ Co., who made an assign
ment yesterday. Skipwith Wilmer, trustee,
to-day filed a bond in the sum of §100,000,
indicating assets of £50,000, but be is
unable to give any idea of the liabilities.
The business of the firm has not been very
extensive of late, and Middleton is believed
to have become involved by bis connection
with several other enterprises, among
which were the Walker liorse Shoe Com
pany, and a phosphate and manufacturing
concern, both of which were faili.rts.
Bank officials refuse to say what amount
of the firm’s paper they hold, but it is pos
itively stated that the Marine, the presi
dency of which Morrison resigned yester
day, will not be in the least affected by the
failure. ^
A MEAN, BLOODY CRIME.
A Family Fired
From a thicket and One
Killed.
Chicago, Nov. 6.—A special from Knox
ville, Teun., says: A dastardly attempt
was made to assassinate Win. Carr and
family of Union county. Wednesday, Carr
and his son were unloading corn at the
barns, a daughter of about nine years be
ing on top ot the wa on, when they were
surprised by volley of shots from a thicket
near by. Lkioh of the three received a
portion of two loads of buckshot, and it is
thought that all were fatally injured. Carr
cannot possibly recover. Tom Berry, a
distant relative of Carr’s, lias been ar
rested and lias made a confession. He was
lodged in jail, and it is feared now that he
wifi be lynched in spite of all that the offi
cers can do to prevent it.
Di stil From Falilnsr Timber.
Montgomery, Ala., November 6.—A
special to the Advertiser from Wetumpka
savs: While the workmen were engaged
in'hoisting heavy pieces of timber to their
places on a new bridge across Coosa river
one piece got loose and fell, knocking
Olmstead Miller into the water. His body
has not been recovered. Three other ne-
:>roes named Murphy, Young and Rose
were also knocked off, the first two being
seriously injured.
Dirtl at Ills Post.
! Baltimore, Md., November 6.—John
! Klein, aged 14, a switchman in the employ
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad com-
i pany at Locust Point,slipped and fell under
I a moving train this morning and sustained
j injuries from which he died in a few hours.
■ William Grove, a brukeman in the era-
! ploy of the same company, was killed tins
j morning while engaged in coupling cars.
J The two casualties occurred within a short
| distance of each other.
The Flakes are l alling.
’ Washington, November (!.—A slight
snow fall is reported at Clinton, 111., St.
Paul. Detroit, Pittsburg, Cincinnati ami
Buffalo, and two inches at Watertown,
I N. Y.
Jjmes Crow, an Expected Groom, De
serts His Bride.
A IVr'Iiling Feast In the l.mihville Jail la Indefi
nitely I’mdimnetl—The Bride Still Ibis Faith—A
Blind Mail and One with a laueor On Ilia Fare
Are Refused theOroum's I’iaee.
Louisville. November fl.—Disappointed
faces peered through the bars all over the
county jail Inst night, and a crowd of 500
or 600 persons who visited the vestibule left
without seeing what they went to see.
The marriage of Mallnda Meyers, a female
moonshine prisoner, and James Crow, her
lover, who followed her here when she
was arrested, was to have been solemnized
at 8 o’clock. Much lias been published
about the approach of the peculiar
nuptials, and all was in readiness
for the event. A handsome bridal
dress was lying for inspection in
the office below. A supper, to be spread
in the main corridor of t lie jail, had been
prepared, hut one drawback to the affair
was the absence of James Crow. The ex
pectant bride had let Crow have £17 of the
savings which she had brought from the
mountains to buy a few little articles
which she expected to need, and he has not
been seen in the city in the last twenty-
four hours. Malinda was impatient to don
the bridal attire, hut she could only peer
from her cell room window through bars
and tears into the street and darkness be
low. Admittance to the banquet and
dance in the corridor had been promised
all the moonshiners, and if they had had
the chance they would have mobbed the
deserter.
In their desperation the jnil officials
offered |50 to a ulind moonshiner and one
with a cancer on his face if either would
take Crow’s place. The blind man had
never seen Miss Meyers and seemed will
ing to do it. Miss Meyers objected to both
and refused to believe that Crow would
not come. She said with tears in her eyes
that she loved Crow better than herself,
and she belie ed if he would come soon
with a good excuse she would be his bride.
Other mountain girls giggled at the con
fession of her love, and as Crow did not
come the deserted girl would speak no
more.
Striking Miners.
Mount Carmel, Pa., November 0 —
Eight hundred miners employed at Came
ron colliery, the lnrgest in operation in the
Sharaoken valley, have decided to strike
on Monday next, unless the Mineral
Mining Company advance wages 10 per
cent. The advance is improbable. The
500 Excelsior miners are still on a strike,
and the Luke Fiddler and Hickory Swamp
miners will probably join them.
AN UNWISE ORDER.
A General Strike Ordered In Chicago.
Chicago, November 6—2:30 p. in.—The
executive committee of the Knights of
Laboa have just issued a general onler di
recting all tne men employed in the pack-,
ing establishments ut the Union stoc' *
yards in both La ef and pork packing estab
lishments to stop work at 3 o’clock this af
ternoon. This makes the strike general
and causes nearly 25,000 men to stop work.
It is not yet known whether the men will
obey the order.
Tne strike became general shortly after
3 o’clock. All the men in thegruat bouses
of Fowler Brothers, John Cudahy, and
nearly all of Armour’s men left their work
by order of the executive board. About 4
o’clock this afternoon there were very few
men left in the yards. Due of the promi
nent pacKers said : “I am ready to shut
down sixty days if all the other packers
will do tiie same. The strikers then,” he
said, “would have a good opportunity to
rest all they wanted to.” It is not exactly
known what policy the packers will now
pursue, hut it is understood that they will
at once advertise for men to take the
places of the strikers The demand made
on behalf of the men, it is understood, was
that eight hours should constitute a day’s
work, the men agreeing to accept 10 per
cent, reduction in their present wages.
Fourteen thousand men stopped work in
response to the order, but it. is estimated
that the order indirectly affects from 6000
to 8000 more.
WORSE THAN NIGHTMARE.
front of his residence. The man ran away
os soon as he saw Mr. Griffin. Since then
at least a dozen persons claim to have seen
the man in various parts of the village.
Some think that he is the same man who
troubled tile peace of North Kcnslco and
Salem last f ill.
Capt. Conklin, chief of the New Rochelle
police, says that he feels mire that the man
is no criminal, hut is some ill untie, who
has escaped from an asylum. Capt. Conk
lin has the entire police force of the vil
lage, numbering eight men, on the watch
every night. Six young men also are act
ing as volunteer policemen. The New
Rochelle people treat the matter very se
riously. It is asserted that the recent
death of Mrs. Lynch, who lived across the
road from tiie Iloyles, was hastened by the
alarm she felt after the visit of the strange
man to lnr neighbor's house.
GATE CITY GOSSIP.
IVlint till 1 Objects lit Hie National 1'rlson Associa
tion Arc.
Atlanta, Ga., November 6.—Atlanta is
enjoying the luxury of a rain. It is not a
trash lifter, blit a persistent little drizzle,
that is as cold as Christmas. It seems to
have set in for nil day, and umbrellas and
waterproofs are in demand. Atlanta has
been without rain for three months, and
the dust 1ms been intolerable. Various
events have been looked forward to for re
lief. It was thought that it, would he cer
tain to rain when the antis and prohis
agreed on a fusion ticket, but the say re
mained unclouded. Then came the mvs
meeting, then the legislature, then the
National Prison congress, and at last we
have rain. It came high, hut we had to
huve it.
The National Prison Immolation.
Atlanta, November 6.—The National
Prison Association was convened to-night
at 8 o’clock in DeGive’s opera house. The
•following programme was carried out:
Prayer.
Address by Hon. R. B. Bullock.
Address of Welcome by His Excellency,
the Governor of Georgiu.
Address of Welcome by His Honor the
Mavor of Atlanta.
Response by Hon. Rutherford B. Hayes,
President of the National Prison Associa
tion, who was followed by other distin
guished speakers.
The assembling of the National Prison
Association in Atlanta is regarded with in
terest, and much good is expected to result
from it. The object of the association is
the amelioration ot the laws in relation to
public offenses and offenders, and the mode
of proceudure by which such laws are en
forced; the improvement of the penal, cor
rectional and reformatory institutions
throughout the country, and of the govern
ment, management and discipline theico 1 ’,
including the appointment of boardB ot
control and of other officers; tiie care of
and providing suitable and remunerative
employment for discharged prisoners, and
especially such as may or shall have given
evidence of a reformation oflife.
The association has about 225 active pay
ing members, and it is expected that 125
delegates will be in attendance on the
present session. The officers are:
President—R. B. Haves, of Ohio.
Secretary—Win. M. F. Round, of Now
York City.
Treasurer—Morris K. Jesup. ol New
York City.
Much good is expected from the present
congress and it is hoped to largely increase
the membership.
SHOT WITHOUT TRIAL.
Thi 1 Murilcntr t'etiri) KosmhIi'Z Illegal Uxrcuthm.
Lareijo, Texas, November 4 —One of
the most extraordinary executions that
ever took place in any country occurred at
sunrise this morning in New Larudo, just
across the river from this place. The
victim was Pedro Rosendcz, the Mexican
who assassinated his alleged mistress,
Senora Joselia Gomez, and tier daughter,
last Sunday morning, in the passenger
coach of the Mexican National rain as it
entered the station in New Laredo. Ros-
endez was executed by tiie legal authori
ties of Nuevo Leon three days after the
crime, without tiie pretense of any henr
ing or trial of any character. It
is this fact that causes great
sensation along the border. He
was led from jail about 6 o’clock by a
squad of six policemen. Justus they were
ready to blindfold the prisoner he asked
them not to blindfold him, hut to permit
him to smoke a cigarette. This privilege
was readily granted. The doomed man
stood facing the six Winchester rifles, de
liberately rolled his Spanish cigarette,
struck a match, took half a dozen whiffs,
and then raised his right hand as a signal
for the officers to pi ocecd with their work.
Of tiie six guns four had been loaded, and
simultaneously they rung out and Roseii-
dez fell, pierced with tour bullets. Ilis
brains were scattered all around the spot
where he stood. In halfan hour, and be
fore the public at large realized that the
execution had taken place, his body had
been carted away.
The death warrant for the execution hud
the residence of John Doyle a week ago to- been telegraphed from Guerro, the sc-at of
night. He entered the house by a lower the judicial authorities, and the latter
window, and made his way to the bedroom could have known no particulars of tiie
upstairs where Mr. Doyle and his wife crime further than what they had read in
wore sleeping. He mane a noise near the | the local paper at Guerro, which had a
bed which awoke Mrs. Doyle. Shu | telegraphic aeeount of the murder of
says she fell the man’s hand on the lied j Senora Gomez. An investigation into this
clothes over her feet, and she remained ; remarkable execution showed that it was
dumb with fear while lie passed his baud j unproved by President Diaz by telegraph.
“ ' ' ” ‘ The execution took place under a law tliat
New Roc tie!Ic People* Roused by s Mysterious In
truder Touch hie I’llelr Knees.
New York, November 6.—There is great
excitement iu New Rochelle over as'range
man who goes prowling half naked about
the streets after (lurk and wakes people up
by getting into their houses ut midnight
aiid rubbing his hand over their faces.
Women and children are frightened half
to death, and men go home early in tiie
evening.
The man made his first appearano
upward over the bed. when it reached |
her face she screamed, put out her hand. I was passed by the federal
and touched his hare leg. Her husband j spring which declared that
jumped out of bed and Hie man ran down
t...ii.s. Tile ne.glibors were aroused, but
no trace of the intruder could he found.
Mrs. Do.yie says i hat he had nothing on
save a torn woolen shirt.
On Saturday night a colored girl in tiie
employ of Mrs. Watson, residing in an
other part of the village, while at work in
the kitchen at about!) o’clock, saw u man’s
bloated face pressed against the window j on learning of his hasty execution.
pane. She fainted and the face disap- — ■ »
peered. On the same night at about 1! |
o'clock some one moaned and screamed iu |
front of Win. Gleeson’s liouse. I »-
Mrs. S. E. White keeps a boarding house j Tllc |,|| oc , „r * Parent With H’ltat It.- Thought
at and Hudson streets. She and her | Was an (hiiouilni Upvolvcr.
daughter sleep together down stairs. They j
burn a dim light at nightin their bedroom. I „ .. , T . _
Mrs. White savs that on Sunday night at I . ^ |,jW Y5P K » November (».—Chas. Greas*
12 o’clock she awoke and found a man I hovur > of Grw( ;“ avenue,near Calvary
moving about in the room. He had on a j cemetery, called bis hve-year-old son,
shabby black suit, an old blue shirt, and I . * inn .V» , to his side to-day, telling him that
had a black Derby hat pulled down ov
ress las:
le caught
in t he act of interfering with a railroad
train should be shot to death at once. This
is t he first execution on the border under
new law. Among more intelligent Mexi
cans the approval by President Diaz, near
ly 2000 miles away from the scene, is re
garded as an outrage on justice that not li-
mg can condone. Rosendcz had many in
fluential relatives who were dumbfounded
SHOT BY HIS FATHER.
he was about to be shot. Thinking it great
his eyes. His face was pale, and he had a ! *J°h |in y ran toward his father, but was
v moustache. He disturbed stopped by a bullet winch struck him in
very heavy gray moustache. He disturbed u - , . , ,, ......
nothing in the room. Once or twice he “»> forehead, ann will probably kill him.
approached tiie bed and endeavored to see ! “ efo . r ^ 1,118 Greashover hsd been brandish-
if Miss White or her mother showed signs i >"* the revolver around the room, pm .t-
of awakening. With great difficult v Miss 1 !"•* ll ,l his vv i.e s head. She warned linn
White pretended to be still n-loon. I ??.be careful, but he sail he did not
Tiie man stood
quietly for some minutes, and
then suddenly rushed out of it
and left thehou.se by a rear door. .Miss
White arose and bolted the door and tlmn
screamed “Murder!” “Fire!” “Help!"
mid what not, at the top of her voice.
The young men boarding in the n mse
rushed down stairs, armed with revolvers,
and t hough they hunted all the re t of tiie
night they found nothing to shoot
if it did go off.
Greashover was arrested, lie says he
tried to shoot the pistol off in the woods a
few days ago, but unsuccessfully, and he
thought it was useless.
Tin* Daticfiter ol’ the U-inletleniry.
New York, November 6.—Miss Minnie
Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis, in com
pany with Gen. Jos. K. Anderson and wife,
of Richmond, Va., arrived at the New York
On Monday night Mr. Ulrie Giiffin found | hotel last night. Miss Davis left for her
I the man, hare to the waist, crouching in home at Beauvoir, Miss., early to-day.
Mr. Kennay's Encounter With a Myste
rious Stranger in White.
A Telenrnph O|o*rntor Has a Terrible Kxiiorlencn.
Driven from Ills Instrument by a Fearful Ap
parition tVIdeli tVus Flesh unit Bliiml Trains
Brought to a Hull h> Ilis Absence from Ilis In
strument.
Pittshurg, November 6.—Peter Ken-
nay, a telegraph operator at Ingram Sta
tion, on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St.
Louis railroad, had ail exciting adventure
early this morning. Ho was ut his instru
ment about 1 a. m. when he heard a noise
as of some one trying to open the door, but
thought nothing of it, nor even looked up
from his work until startled by a touch oil
liis coat sleeve. Ho turned partly around,
and to his horror saw a tall, gaunt figure
dressed in white, with a long knife
in his hand standing direct
ly over him. Kennuy cleared the
railing round his desk aL a hound, hut the
strange visitor was between him and tiie
door, mid Kennuy began pleading for his
life. The mysterious man made no move
to follow him, except to prevent his es
cape by tiie door. As the ghostly creature
made no advance, the, operator in a meas
ure recovered his self-possession, midstood
on tho defensive in the furthest ooriier of
the room. The visitor then seated himself
iu Kennay’s chair before tiie telegraph in
struments, keeping a close watch on the
movements of the operator.
They maintained the same relative posi
tions for nearly an hour, during which
time trains on tho railroad approaching
tliat point were brought to a standstill for
want of tiie signal to go ahead. The crew
of the first train finally walked up the
track to the telegraph office to find out the
cause of the delay, when they discovered
the operator’s predicament uml subdued
his captor after a desperate struggle. It
was learned that the visitor wus a crazy
man who resided at Sheridan station, a
mile away.
SAM SMALL SETTLES.
Abu Htelnan's Suit l sulnst Him in Dlsmlsst-tl,
Both (Jcittlemrn Write Letter* of Retraction,
ami the Amount of tiie Rill Is I’alil Over.
Chicago, November 6.—The money dif
ference between Mr. Abo Steimiu, of this
city, and Mr. Sam Small, the evangelist,
was fixed up yesterday morning satisfac
torily to both parties, and the suit which
hud been brought before Squire Bloom
whs dismissed. Mr. T. B. Paxton acted as
Mr. Small’s lawyer, while Mr. Howard
Douglass looked after Mr. Steinau’s inter
ests. Mr. Paxton first proposed u compro
mise, stating that Mr. Small could not
raise the full amount ;$J30j which was due,
mid asking Mr. Steiuau to accept the re
turn of tho gold watch and chain which
he had purchased, in part pay
ment. This Mr. Steinau refused to
do, insisting upon Having the full vuluc of
the watch ana chain, and also of the sil
verware which Mr. Small had bought
from him. After another consultation
witli his client Mr. Paxton returned and
stated that the full amount would be p lid
if Mr Steinau would sign a letter absolv
ing Mr. Small from ill) intent to defraud in
the transaction. Mr. Steinau accepted ti.is
proposition on condition that Mr. Small
would write a similar letter withdrawing
his clinrg s of blackmail and slander. But n
gentlemen agreed that they had been
laboring under a misunderstanding, mid
Steinau, in order to gut Ilis §330, signed t he
following, which was written by Mr. Pax
ton:
Rev. Dr. Small -Dear Sir: In justice
to you, I desire to say that ut no time did I
ever circulate the report you had refus al
to pay the claims I held against you for
merchandise, and that you were seeking
to defraud me out of The sumo. Tho infor
mation communicated I o you, mid upon
which you prcdii ated your letter to me,
was not furnished by mo. Our relations
prior to the receipt of the letter hud al
ways been pleasant and agreeable, and if I
had not been misrepresented to you, I am
sure we would Imve hud no controversy.
All matters pending between us have been
honorably adjusted and fully paid. Very
truly yours, Abe Steinau.”
The attorney went away with tliiH, and
after mi absence of four hours returned
with a letter from Mr. Small, and what
was more important, the money which
was duo on account. Mr. Steinau gave a
receipt in full for goods purchased to date,
pock ted the letter ana then ordered tile
proceedings before ’Squire Bloom dis
missed. Mr. Small’s letter, which was also
drawn up by the attorney, reads as fol
lows :
“ A. Steinau, Jr.— Dear Sir:—In response
to your communication oftliis date, I de
sire to say that my Toronto letter to you
was based upon inlniinution tliat you were
making ‘si vero’ and unwarranted threats
against mu upon the streets of Cincinnati.
At that distance and under those circum
stances my indignation took the expres
sions used ns proper. Upon your represen
tations Unit you laid made lio such remarks
I am free to withdraw the letter mid its
offensive terms. As you say, prior to this
misunderstanding our business transactions
were pleasant and satisfactory.
Yours very truly,
Sam W. Small.”
Appended is a list of tiie silver ware
which was purchased by Mr. Hill ill i, and
which wus returned to him after the at
tachment wan lifted. The watcii mid chain
were also returned:
Soup-ladle $12 BO
<Inivy lod:c 4 75
Berry spoon 0 75
Salad ' noon
Salad fork............
Kish fork
Kish knife
Pie knife
Butter knife
Pickle fork
1 sheer
Hubove
I i-eieam disli (plated)
Ice-cream plates 1 plated),..
Diamond locket
weather for next week when the state fair
• opens, Visitors and exhibitors are pouring
I in. The grounds look well. There is aP
ready more blooded stock on the grounds
than ever before. The main bnilding, ag
ricultural and machinery hall, will bo
crowded with exhibits.
K.ngr
:i 40
IS no
is 00
30 so
Another Baltimore Firm Hone.
Baltimore, November 0—Kerngood
Bros, wholesale dry goods, made an as
signment late this afternoon to Henry
Dunueborn, trustee for the benefit of their
creditors. No bond was filed to-day, but
the trustee will on Monday give bond
in the sum of of.J300,000, indicating assets
amounting to $150.000. The Messrs. Kern
good estimate their liabilities about §200,-
000. and say their trouble was caused by ii
failure among their customers in the
south. They expect to pay in full and re
sume. Tho firm lias been established over
thirty years, a ,d lies always enjoyed a
high reputation.
Ihits from ilniiltpimery.
Special to Enquiror-Sun.
Montgomery, Ala , November 6.—The
Alabama legislature meets next Tuesday,
but few members are arriving. A nice
rain set in to day and laid the dust, and to
night its cold, with prospects of fine
The Augusta l itrhint's Will Sturt Monday.
Augusta, Ga., November 6.—The facto
ries have voluntarily reduced the hours of
labor from 68 to 66 hours per week, and all
tiie mills will he iu operation on Monday.
Committeeman Wright, who compromised
the differences, is engaged in paying the
debts incurred during the lockout. He
will pay out about #25,000 for groceries and
supplies for the knights.
HOW MORRISON WAS BEATEN.
Tint Tariff Men Orwmizn a Still lluut for HU
Sralp anil Ret It.
tempt to answer my tariff arguments^ h it
pitched into the republican party.
g a Put Canton, a saloon k
Pittsburg, November 4.—Mr. John Jar*
rett, secretary of the Tin Plate association,
has returned from Illinois, where lie has
been conducting; the campaign in the
eighteenth district against Col. Morrison,
lie received a large number of congratula
tory telegrams nil day over Mr. Morrison’*
defeat. In thin city the tariff men, one
and all, are highly delighted. Joseph
D. Weeks, secretary of the Western
Iron association, said: “Let tho
honor he placed where it properly
belongs, and too much cannot be
paid to John Jarrett.” In an interview
Mr. Jarrett said: “I made a couple of
dozen speeches In the district and I tell
you tiie light was hot. The tariff men
early in tho summer laid out their cam
paign. Then we made arrangements to
hold tariff demonstrations in Cincinnati,
St. Louis, Nashville, Birmingham and
other southern cities. All our plans wore
made out and the free traders were noti
fied that we would be after them. It was
only following this plan that I spoke in
the south at all.”
“Did you meet Col. Morrison at aU?”
was asked.
“Yes, and he told me he would be elected
by 4000 majority. He said: ‘You are paid
to come out hero to work against mo.’ I
replied: ‘Morrison, you can't prove it, but
I can prove that you were wined and dined
in New York by the Free Trade Club.’
‘Yes, but I’m not a free trader,' said the
colonel. ‘Oh, Mr. Morrison, you are not
in Washlngtoninow.’ There was a Judge
Dudley along with him, tho editor of tne
Belleville News. He jumped right on me
with: ‘You’re sent here by the iron barons
of Pennsylvania, with hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to beat Col. Morrison, but
you can’t do it.’ I told him: ‘Judge Dud
ley, you can’t prove u word of it. I’m
ready to make affidavit to the fact that I
came here with only $318 to pay my per
sonal expenses.’ "
Mr. Jarrett continued: “ That man vili
fied me in his paper, and to-day I sent him
a telegram Btatiug that villuinous lies, like
curses, come home to roost. Morrison
wouldn’t meet me in debate. The work
ing people out there said: ‘ Now, Colonel,
just nave a talk with Mr. Jarrett on this
tariff question,’ hut ilis invariable answer
was: ‘I haven't time; my engagements
arc all made.’ He was very polite to me,
hut told me ho was sorry I was out there.
Tne only lime I met him wasono week ago
today.’ Last Saturday night I debuted
with Senator Wike at the town
of Alton. The chairman of the
repu’.liean committee had received
a challenge for the debate some
time before, but could not uccept it, not
knowing my wishes in tho matter. I ac
cepted it at noon and spoke to the largest
crowd I met anywhere. Wike did not at-
Ifl ' " - —*1, b
Then
t hey sprung 11 Put Clanton, a saloon keeper,
on ine. I claimed that I must have time
to answer him. It was granted. Before
he got through Clinton was claiming that
labor-saving machinery should he taxed
out of existence. By that time the demo
crats in tlie crowd were shouting ‘Time!
Time!’ There was hut little need to an-
rwer him. The fight was intensely hot.
One incident will show it. I was going to
leave for home Sunday morning, hut
the edmmitteo wanted me to make
a speech at Wharton, a little vil
lage of 300 or 400 inhabitants. How many
people do you think were in that little
town? Why, at least 4000. They had
come from forty miles around. I made my
speech, and one of the local democrats, a
physician, attempted to answer it. He
didn’t talk anything but good democrats
and laid republicans. I only answered him
by asking one question: ‘Doctor, if, in
milking a diagnosis of 11 case, you directed
the patient should he given quinine, and
instead of that you gave another drug, the
patient takes it, and dies. Who killed the
Dalient, you or the drug ? Well, they just
wanted to curry me off the stage. One
big farmer, larger than Bill Wiche, was
going to do it anyhow. Then they wanted
me to help myself to anything in the
town. Oh, tiie democratic leaders all
kicked against my coining to the district,
hilt I tolu them tliat Morrison spoke in
Philadelphia, mid I certuinly had the
right to come out there. I made two
speeches in Carlisle’s district, but did not
meet liiin. T felt assured he would not
have an easy thing of it. We were es
pecially after Morrison, and we got there.
I’ll not lie able to estimate the full force of
these tariff demoustrations for a week yet.
I know enough, however, to predict a
strong protection majority in the next
liouse. Beating Morrison, though, is glory
enough.”
11 i n 11 Ottilia.
St. Paul, Minn., November R.—Both
parties claim the election for governor, the
republicans by about 3000 and the demo
crats by 1000. Several counties in the
northern portion of tiie state have not
b :en heard from officially, and charges are
freely made on both sides that gross frauds
kave been perpetrated in that section. As
near as can he judged, without official
count, McGill, republican, is elected by a
very small minority.
Sr. Paul, November 6.—At midnight,
with theolfleiiil returns from sixty-five of
eighty counties, and pretty complete re
turns from the rest, the Pioneer Press fig
ures McGill’s majority at 2S74. The Globe
still claims the election of Ames, though
not giving the exact figures. A largely at
tended mass meeting wus held By’ the
democrats ut Minneapolis last night to
protest against Ames being counted out,
and a considerable sum was raised to pro
tect his rights in this respect.
A Shot'll in Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., November 6.—
j Greenville, sixty miles below Montgom
ery, reports a slight earthquake shock at
12 o’clock to-dny. This is the only place
in Alabama where it was felt. Rain fell
here this morning until a cold wave came
along in the afternoon. There is every in
dication of a bud spell of weather.
The Alabama state fair opens here to
morrow.
Tn
I'ldt*
Toledo, Novmber 6.—J. W. Allen ant
; Thos. li. McLain, respectively genera
' ticket agent and auditor and cashier o
the Toledo, Columbus and Southern rail
way, whose general offices are in this city
have skipped to Canada, their account
I being short something less than athousiun
dollars. Both are youug men.
