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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1 m.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Capt. Paul Boynton, the Great Swimmer,
Gets Drunk in Atlanta.
Vfce Crowd II* Deceived at IIU Kxhililtlon Trips to
■ob Him—A Bill to Abolish tlio Dc|iartmeut of
Agriculture. Other Sewn.
Atlanta, November 11.—Under the call
of the counties the following new matter
was introduced:
By Mr. Howell, of Fulton—A bill to
amend the charter of the Atlanta Loan
and Banking Company and to change the
name of the corporation to the Atlanta
Insurance and Banking Company; also, a
resolution for the relief of the Imperial
Fire Insurance Company, of London; also,
for the relief of the Norwich Union Fire
Insurance Society of England; also, for the
relief of the Continental Insurance Com
pany, of New York: also, for the relief of
the New England Mutual Life Insurance
Company. *
By Mr. Bray, of Fulton—A bill to amend
the charter of the city of Atlanta, go as to
authorize the issue of bonds bearing not
more thon 4J per cent, interest, to replace
bonds of the -city falling due from time to
time.
By Mr. Weil—A bill amending the act
ceding to the United States jurisdiction
over the Atlanta barracks property, so as
to cede aut hority over 250 acres of land in
stead of 200.
By Mr. Perry, of Gilmer—To repeal sec
tions 281, 313 and 310 of the code so far as
they apply to Gilmer; also, to repeal the
act providing for compensation of county
oourt bailiffs, so far as relates to Gilmer
county.
By Mr. Brown, of Henry—To amend the
charter of the town of McDonough.
By Mr. Williams, of Jackson —A resolu
tion for the relief of A. H. Pendergrass
and D. L. Hancock.
By Mr. Way, of Liberty—A bill to amend
the act to require the tax collectors of the
several counties of this state to keep rec
ords of persons who have not paid their
taxes: also, to amend section 4533 of the
code by striking out the words “and affin
ity” in the definition of incest.
By Mr. Felton, of Macon—To amend the
char er of the town of Marshal ville.
By Mr. Stewart, of Mitchell—A bill
amending section 4627 of the code, in rela
tion to carrying concealed weapons, so as
to except officers authorized to make
arrests.
. B y Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee—To ex
tend the city limits of the city of Colum
bus; also, to amend the charter of the
Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Com
pany; also, to determine and declare the
effect of usury upon titles to property.
By Mr. Calvin, of Richmond—A bill pro
viding for a bureau of labor and- industrial
statistics ; also, to provide for the better
organization of the volunteer troops of the
state; also, to amend section 1231 of the
code.
By Mr. Watts—To incorporate the Bank
of Lumpkin, in Stewart county: also, to
amend tile act fixing the fees of the sheriff
of Stewart county; also, to allow certain
laud owners in Stewart connty to erect
gates.
By Mr. Simmons, of Sumter—To amend
section 2971 of the code.
By Mr. Hill, of Wilkes—To amend Sec
tion 1955 (a) of the code.
By Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield—To allow
amendment to criminal pleadings and for
other purposes.
_ By Mr. B ell, of Campbell—To authorize
C. M. Dodson, of Campbell county, to ped
dle without license.
By Mr. Denney, of Floyd—To incorpo-
rathe the Merchants’ bank of Rome.
On motion of Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee,
the report of the committee on rules was
taken up.
The rules were prepared by Hon, L. F.
Garrard, when he was speaker of the
house. Pending the reading of the rules,
Mr. Russell moved to have 200 copies print
ed for examiuasion before adoption by the
house. The motion prevailed.
On motion of Mr. Wheeler, of Walker,
the boose adjourned to meet at 10 a.m.
to-morrow.
Senate Proceedings.
The senate was called to order at 10
o’clock by President Davidson, and prayer
offered by Cliaplain Jones. The roll was
called and
y Uliaph
d the joi
,he call c
journal read.
Upon the call of counties the following
new business was introduced and read the
first time:
By Mr. Jackson, of the thirty-seventh —
A bill to establish a city court in Franklin,
Heard county.
By Mr. James, of the thirty-sixth—To
incorporate the Salt Springs and North
western Railroad Company. Referred to
the committee on railroads.
By Mr, Northcutt, of the thirty-fifth—To
change the manner of granting licenses
for the sale of intoxicating liquors, allow
ing ordinaries and commissioners of roads
ana revenues to have the same discretion
in granting or refusing to issue licenses for
the sale of intoxicants in quantities leas
than one gallon that they have to grant or
refuse the right to retail. Referred to
temperance committee. Also, to amend
and carry into effect the last sentence of
article 7, section 1, paragraph 1 of the con
stitution of 1877, as recently amended by a
etc. Referred to
amounts to be pai
band, foot, eye, ear,
finance committee.
By Mr. Wood, of the thirty-fourth—To
reorganize the Stone Mountain judicial
circuit; also,to amend article 6,section 12,of
the constitution and provide for the ap
pointment of judges and solicitors by the
5 overnor and confirmation by the senate,
udiciary committee. .
By Mr. Faver, of the twenty-sixth—To
incorporate the Griffin, LaGrange and
Western railroad company. Referred to
railroad commtttee.
By Mr. Foster, of the forty-fourth—To
incorporate the Florida, Chicamauga and
Northern railroad company; also, to amend
the act incorporating the Cincinnati,
Georgia and Florida railroad company.
Adjourned to 10 a. m. to-morrow.
bunion's Secretary and Adviser.
Atlanta, November 11.—Gov. Gordon
has made no appointments yet, but it is
S ven out that Hon. James T. Nisbet, of
aeon, will be appointed his secretary
and legal adviser. Mr. Nisbet will enter
upon the duties of his office next Monday.
He is the eldest son of the late Judge
Eugenius A. Nisbet of the supreme court
ana a lawyer of marked ability. He will
prove a most excellent appointment,
Entertaining the Scribes.
Atlanta, November 11.—Messrs. Chas.
Dudley Warner, A. S. Harper, Horace
Bradley and party were complimented
last night with an elegant reception at the
- ‘laTf-
nate in the southeastern section of the i
state, and the movants allege that the de- j
partment is a useless expense to the state,
from which it derives no benefit. The j
champions of the department declare that
this annual attack is a legislative chestnut
that comes up every term and is each year
overwhelmingly snowed under.
Fined Two Hundred Hollars.
Atlanta, November 11.—Two hundred'
dollars fine was paid to-dav for the escape
of Julius Strickland from penitentiary
camp No. 3.
A Seeret Soelety.
Atlanta, November 11.—The biennial
congress of the Alpha Tan Omego Secret
Society will be held in Atlanta about the
29th of December, instead of in Charleston.
lie Visits Familiar Seenas.
Atlanta, November 11.—Ex-Governor
Smith was in the executive office to day
for the first time since he lost his place on
the railroad commission by Governor Mc
Daniel’s appointment of Colonel Erwin to
succeed him.
The riirlsllan Churi'li.
Atlanta, November 11.—The state con
vocation of the Christian church hnd its
second day’s session to day. The question
of employing one or more state evangelists
was left in the hands of the executive com
mittee. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, T. M.
Foster; Vice-President, B. W. Golightly;
Secretary, A. C. Smith ; Assistant Secreta
ry, F. L. Adams; Treasurer. S. H. Broad
nax.
floorin' Hlalr (10101011.
Atlanta, November 11.—Mr. George
Blair, secretary of the prison reform com
mission of the state of New York, ap
pointed by Governor Hill to represent the
working men upon the commission, will
address the Knights of Labor in Atlanta
to-morrow night.
Our Military.
Atlanta, November 11.—Adjutant-Gen
eral John A. Stephens to-day completed
his annual report. It makes an interesting
review of the state military law and forces.
The recent inspection under the direction
of the advisory board shows that the com
panies are, as a rule, in good condition, as
far os the number of men and discipline
are concerned. But it also shows that
nearly every company is either in need
of new equipments Jor of additions
to those already in use. The
report recommends an annual encamp
ment of six days, which will give the state
military the benefit of a congressional ap
propriation of $5000 annually. The report
concludes: “I would call attention to the
fact that the state does not appropriate
Sill
It is Reported Ended and the Report De
nied.
Now Mon Arriving noil fllil Ones lining II,irk to
Work—I’owilorly Smuts 0 Mon From lloston to
flrenso tlie Troubled IViitom—01 her Nrws.
vthing for the support and maintenance
of her military organizations. They have
to rely solely upon themselves and upon a
small annual appropriation made by con
gress which is utterly inadequate to meet
their requirements. This appropriation
amounts to a little over |5500. It was made
under an act which was pussed during the
administration of President Jefferson. At
that time it was deemed that this amount
was sufficient to properly equip Georgia’s
militia. Since then the state had quad
rupled her population, and the amount ut
terly fails to do more than to partially
equip a limited number of companies.”
esterday in the house, Mr. Calvin, of
Chicago, November 11.—The situation
at the Union stock yards shows an im
provement this morning. All the packers
report that their forces are increasing and
among the applicants for work to-day are
many of the old men. Contrary to the
general expectation the army of workmen
which was engaged by Fowler & Co., in
New York last Monday, arrived at the
yards and readied their employer’s
establishment without any molestation.
Trouble was expected when these 3000
men arrived and every precaution was
taken by the military to prevent it. Com
pany D of the first regiment marched to
to the corner Fifty-fifth and Halstead
streets shortly after 5 o'clock this morn
ing. Shortly after that hour
the Grand Trunk traiu with the im
ported workmen arrived and the men
disembarked guarded by Company D.
They then h,ul to march two miles through
the roughest pnrt of the slock yards dis
trict to the yards proper, and although the
streets were crowded with strikers and
their sympathizers, not the slightest inter
ference was attempted. The New York
ers are safely housed at Fowler’s. Reports
to Gen. Fitzsimmons at 8 o'clock from all
parts of the yard report everything quiet.
The presence of blue coats was about the
only indication this morning of the strike
being in progress. Hundreds of men went
to work, and there seemed to be
no lack of business at the prin
cipal packing houses. Armour & Co. are
running almost at full blast, they having
received a number of men from the east
last evening and a number of both old and
new men have been put to work this morn
ing. The firm has now nearly 3000 men at
work. The Chicago Packing and Provis
ion Company received fifty men last night,
and now have about 600 at work. Nelson
Morris and Fowler Brothers have each
fully as many, and Swift & Co. have about
1500 men. The great topic of con
versation this morning was the row
in the camp of the knights and the split
between Barry and Butler and Grant,
.Harper and Dolan. Each side has its sym
pathizers and constituents of men who
have defied the wrath of Barry and Butler
and those who are going to work. The
Barry-Butler element lines the sidewalk
on Halstead street and endeavors to dis
suade the men, who desire to go to work,
from doing so. No violence is attempted,
however, as the blue coated pioketa line
the approaches to the yards and inspire
due respect in the minds of even the moat
pugnacious of the strikers.
Chicago, November 11.—The indica
tions this afternoon are that the great
strike at the stock yards is drawing to a
close. A. T. Carlton, of Boston, of the
general executive board of the Knights of
Labor arrived in this city this morning
and after consulting one or two “old
heads” of the order went oat to the Town
of Lake. When he arrived there he was
j to have them know, and an export pon-
I man, who was before the grand jury last
Saturday, states that the three letters
1 signed Jim Cummings were written by
: one and the same man aud ex
presses liis belief that that man
was Fortheringhum, and that he wrote
them before the commission of the roo-
bery. It now transpires that the messen
ger's trunk was searched soon after the
robbery and a number of sheets of paper
were found covered witli copies of the sig
nature of W. J. Barrett, manager of the
express company. It is supposed that the
messenger became able to forge this signa
ture so that he might affix it to the orders
which the robber presented, which allowed
him to enter the car. Altogether it looks
bad for the messenger.
Yesterday In the house, Mr. Damn, or met by Barry, Marshal, Butler and oth.
Richmond, introduced a bill apprqprUUiig K&ighto ofli*or,.-Ti».W«de
|15,00° per year to be spent on tie military £ f the 8trik * with Carlton os a ne
sory
It is said Adjutant General Stephens will
retire from his office in December to his
home in Wilkes county. Capt. J. McIn
tosh Kell, executive officer of the famous
war ship “Kearsage,” is beiug urged by
many friends as his successor.
Poor Itr. Woodrow.
Atlanta, November 11.—The Alabama
synod to-night by a vote of 5 to 1 ondemn-
ed Dr. Woodrow, and telegraphed the
Georgia synod now in session at Sparta to
pass concurrent resolution ordering a
meeting of the trustees on the 8th of De
cember at Columbia to receive his resigna
tion, and dismiss him if he refuses. The
synod almost unanimously approved the
Augusta assembly’s interpretation of the
bibie account of the immediate creation of
man, soul and body.
Thu flmit Swimmer
Atlanta, November 11.—Captain Piul
Boy ton, the great swimmer, gave an exhibi
tion in the Chattahoochee river a few miles
from Atlanta to-day. Special trains carried
quito a crowd to the scene. Besides the
unpleasantness of a rainy day the captain’s
performance was a dismal failure. It is
said Boyton wgs so drunk that he could per
form none of his advertised aquatic feats
and the crowd became perfectly indignant.
He was threatened with violence and had
to remain in the water to save himself. It
is said that he was obliged to land on the
opposite side of the river. So much for
trying to swim in a dry town.
flordon'u KeeeptUu. *
Atlanta, November 11.—Gov. Gordon
tenders a reception to-morrow evening
from 5 to 7 to the members of the legisla
ture and the prison congress at the execu
tive mansion.
Thu PrlKoa AhmocUUob.
Atlanta, November 11.—The prison
reform congress this morning visited the
camp of the Chattahoochee Brick Co.,
seven “miles from Atlanta, where 400 con
victs leased from the Georgia penitentiary
are employed. At a subsequent session of
the congress, prison labor was the topic
for discussion. The opening address was
made by Charles E. Pel " ~
Tfie first people of the
is DE
Capital City Club.
city were present. Nothing is being left
undone to make the stay of the tourists in
Atlanta pleasant and interesting.
War on tlir AgrlculturUte.
Atlanta, November 11.—It is said that
a bill will be introduced in the present leg-
i slature to abolish the department of agri
culture. The movement* is said to origi-
_ 'elton, of Chicago.
Speeches' were made by Warden James
Massie, of Toronto,Capt. Nicholson, of the
Detroit house of correction, Warden Cas
sidy, of the eastern penitentiary, Philadel
phia,and Warden Brush,of Sing Sing. There
was a great difference of opinion as to
whether the contract or piece system, or, - ,
the state account system of labor is best, guaranty. This rule will apply to the
At the afternoon session the same subject j men now at work as well as those engaged
was continued. James Maylon of Canada I 111 the futuie. , , . _
presiding made the opening address. Dr. I , LATEB.-The report te egraphed from
g II. Tucker, ex chancellor of the Geor- I here early this evening that the strike
So HioEo TTnlvemitv. delivered an ad- i was at an end was based upon direct in
formation from the packers. At 10 p
new
angel of peace repaired to the
Transit House and held a long secret con
ference. Carlton is a conservative man, it
is said, chosen by Powderly tis the agent
moat likely to be able to bring about an ad
justment of the trouble.
It weis reported on the board of trade to
day that the following dispatch was re
ceived by Barry this morning :
“Order the men back. The eight hour
movement at this time is considered im
practicable, and has not onr approval.
[Signed] “Powderly.”
Barry refused to affirm or deny
the truth ol the report when inter
rogated by a note, replying that
• he “waslbusy.” Armour’s manager said
that they had heard a similar report from
their manager at the yards, but they had
no confirmation of the reports, although
they believed it. So many new men had
come in from all parts of the country that
the packers report this afternoon that they
need no more. At Armour’s 1000 cattle and
2000 hogs were killed to-day with the force
at work in their house, which is composed
almost entirely of new men.
The strike at the stock yards is at an
end. Late this evening Barry, who has
been on the ground ever since the strike
was inaugurated, aud who was all day in
consultation with Carlton, of Boston, of
the general executive board of the Knights
of Labor, announced that an order send
ing the men back to work will be issued.
The men will go back on the packers’
terrtis, viz., ten hours per day. What pro
portion of the strikers will find employ
ment is rather doubtful. At the end
of the last strike the packers an
nounced that none of the new men
would be discharged to make room for
those who left them, and they were anx
ious to give the new hands permanent
employment. But soon after the strike
was over the new men left in droves with
the explanation being given that the old
men would make it so unpleasant for them
that they could not stay in the
packing town. All boarding houses
there virtually boycotted the new
comers Whether this experience
will be repeated now or not is a question.
The puckers say not and further state that
they have made every arrangement to pre
vent it. All boarding houses that have
started for new men by the packers will be
malr.tnbied. It is further announced that
the packers will require of every man in
their employ a written guaranty that he
will give the urin three or four days notice
before leaving,and a money deposit willlbe
required Irom every employe to cover his
dress defending the lease system as
regulated in Georgia. He adduced
statistics to show that the death
rate under this system in Georgia
is less than in any penitentiary
in the United States except in Wisconsin
and Vermont. He thought the system
better for the criminal in every way than
confinement in prison walls, and that it
brought his labor less in competition with
free labor than any other prison system,
as he is not engaged in any skilled indus
try. Dr. P. D. Sims, of Chattanooga, at
tacked the lease system. He said it must
not be judged by experience in Georgia,
where it is remarkably free from abuses of
all kinds, but by its general results in the
southern states. Though the death rate
in Georgia is only 20 to 1000 convicts an
nually, It has gone higher, as high as 140
to 1000 in Mississippi, under the lease sys
tem and in Tennessee will average 55 to
information is reeei ed from the same
source that the report proves to be with
out foundation.
A Strike Ended.
Jersey City, N. J., November 11.—
Strikers at the hog abbattoir on Hacken
sack Meadows all went back to work this
morning at an increase of wages. The
company refused to dismiss two foremen
as the strikers demand and also refused to
treat with a committee from the Knights
of Labor, who waited upon them. After a
conference with a committee of strikers
the bosses succeeded in making an ami
cable settlement to the satisfaction of all
concerned. Both parties made conces-
sions.
Musrionffur Fotherinirhnm Is a Hohhor.
St. Louis, November 11.—The evidence
1000 while in non-leased penitentiaries it I in the express robbery ease, so far as made
is onlv 24 to 1000. ■ public, goes to prove that Messenger j
At “the night session Charles Dudley David S. Fotheringham was an accessory, |
Warner read a paper on the extirpation of or at least a willing victim to the affair. :
criminals. The secretary submitted a re- I Discrepancies in bis statements to the de- 1
port showing the rapid extension of the | tectives indicate that he knows more of
association and the large increase in mem- 1 the manner in which the robbery was |
bership planned and executed than.he would like
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY,
As Explalneil Ip- Scimtor Voortiuus, in ffhleli He
(lives the Causes Which Led to lte|iublican
Success in the Indiana Statu Election.
Indianapolis, November 10.—Senator
Voorhees arrived in tho city last evening
and was found by your reporter surround
ed by a party of friends at tile Grahd
Hotel. I11 answer to an inquiry as to what
had cans, d the defeat of the democratic
state ticket the senator said :
“ W by, my dear young man, this is sim
ply the history of every ingoing administra
tion, except that we liavo most certainly
got the best of it. This is the year of dis
content, something that always follows
the distribution of political pat
ronage. In 1868 General Grant
carried this state by about: 12,000. In
1870, after the patronage had been dis
tributed and many, of course, who had
sought appointments had got none, the
democrats carried the state by at least
8000. In 1872 Grant again carried tho state
by a large majority, and we won by a
grea'er majority in 1874. Hayes di i the
same in 1870. I had been appointed United
States senator to fill the unexpired term
of Governor Morton, and came out as a
candidate for senator with the election of
a democratic legislature in 1878. We car
ried the legislature notwithstanding that
infamous gerrymander Morton, and I
was elected to the seuatu. The majority
on popular vote represented by the eiec-
tio i of that legislature was about 33,000. In
1880 Garfield carried the state, and we hud
a tremenduous victory in 1882. In 1886
Cleveland carried the slute, and we only
lose our state ticket by a small majority,
electing a legislature.”
“Then you don’t think tho administration
is to blame ?” asked the Enquirer.
“Most emphatically not. As I said be
fore, this is thfe year of discontent. To
have lost the state would only have been
in accordance with history. It is the
philosophy of politics. Previous to the
war it was an axiom that whether a whig
or a democrat was elected to tho presi
dency the succeeding houBe of representa
tives would be of opposite political faith.
Such has been the experience since the
war not only in this state, but all over the
country.”
“ Do you think that Morrison’s free-trade
ideas had anything to do with his de
feat V ■
“Not at all. You see Morriaon has really
stolen that district in Illinois for years. It
is a republican district, and he has always
had weak opponents. This time it was
different. L know his op(>onent. He is a
htalMjfeUow, and, of course, wastoo much
Tor Morrison. Now this free-trade Is a sin
gular one, aud I don’t believe that one-half
of the men who advocate it know what
they are talking. Hurd, I believe, does,
and is honest in his convictions. Talk of
free-trade is folly. Very few know tho
significance of the expression.”
“ Are you not a believer in the system,
senator ?”
“Not by any means. I am, however, a
tariff reformer, between which and free
trade there is the widest difference.”
“What, then, do you think of Mr. Car
lisle’s close race?”
“It was due to general apathy of voters
in his district. Of course, it was generally
supposed that Mr. Carlisle would be elected
without a question. Do you know that I
would have looked upon his defeat as a
public calamity? Mr. Carlisle I consider as
the cienrest-hrained man in congress.”
The Smitherii Kuilway and S S. AnhocIrIIoii.
New York, November 11.—The South
ern Railway and Steamship Association
had a meeting here to-day. Virgil Powers
presided. Chas. A. Sindall was secretary.
Of those present were Sol Haas. Joseph M.
Brown, E. R. Dorsey, W. II. Stamford, T.
S. Davant, G. R. Knox, S. B. Pickens, A.
Pope, G. A. Whitehead, J. M. Culp and G.
S. Barnum. The routine of business oidy
was done, and no conclusion was reached
as to the rates to be charged. It was un
derstood that dry goods men were to be
given a hearing to argue for a concession
in the matter of charges, the same as has
been allowed them by western roads. Two
merchants were heard and others will
have a chance on Saturday, to which day
adjournment was had.
A Frightful Explosion.
Philadelphia, November 11.—An ex
plosion occurred in the cigar box manu
factory of Henry H. Sheep & Co., Nos. 1704
and 1706 Randolph street, this afternoon,
which blew out the rear wall, setting the
building on fire, badly injuring a number
of young men and women and girls, and
imperilling the lives of over 100 more. Saw
dust is used for fuel, and the bin is close to
the furnace. The engineer had just filled up
the fire from the Inn and stepped out ot
the fire room when the explosion occurred.
The entire building was in flames in a few
minutes, and the inmates escaped with
great difficulty. One young girl is missing,
supposed to be burned to death, and eleven
persons are bad'y burned and bruised.
(live Him Hope.
Chicago, November 11.—A Times special
from Courtney, Texas, says: The mullato
Polk Hill, who fired the shot election night
which killed Dewee Bolton, a wealthy
planter at Leweilyn precinct, was captured
yesterday morning by Sheriff Davale, while
asleep in a cabin seven miles from Bren-
ham. Hill had eluded tile bloodhounds by
rubbing his boots with tobacco. He was
carried to Brenham anil placed in jail. As
soon as the prisoner’s presence was known
at Brenham, the friends of Bolton began to
make arrangements to hold a lynching car
nival last night. The sheriff hearing of the
danger hastened the murde-er by a back
street to the noon train and carried him to
Comeron county, the seat of Milan county.
Cattle doing Gait.
Albany, N. Y., November 11.—Twenty-
six car loads of cattle on the hoof, for
dressed beef houses, were received here to
day. The agent of Swift & Co. has secured
a hog abattoir and has non-union batch
ers slaughtering cattle there. Some of the
stock received was driven to Cohoes, where
another non-union slaughter house is in
operation. Thirty car loads of dre&sed beef
from Chicago reached here this morning,
twenty of which were for Hammond & Co.,
and ten for Armour.
Alabama’!* Plum.
Washington, November 11.—The presi
dent to-day appointed Frank Coleman, of
Alabama, to be register of the land office
at Huntsville, Ala., vice Wm. C. Wells,
suspended.
A Justice of tho Peace Knocked Sense
less by Unseen Hands,
White SlHiulliip ill Ills ifoorwny, nntl nt the Post
OIII re Cul Him fur II Ih Jluil \ Stmmre
Story.
Spruceville, N. Y., November 11.—
Tho people of this villugo are greatly ex
cited over a mysterious case which has
puzzled the two medical men of tho town,
and which some of the residents odsert is a
new and peculiar outbreak of spiritual
manifestations. The man who has to en
dure the attention of the spirits, witch
craft, or whatever it is, is a well known
citizen and a justice of the peuce named
Alexander Carpenter.
Two years ago Mr. Carpenter, who, in
addition to his legal duties, is tho pro
prietor of a drug store, was made the guar
dian of Miss Emma .Saunders, a beautiful
young lady, 10 years of age, whose father,
John S. Saunders, hnd just died. Mr. Car
penter was ail intimate friend of Mr. Saun
ders, and was appointed trustee of the es
tate, which amounted to $20,000, and was
willed to Mr. Saunders’ child, Emma.
The young lady was willful and roman
tic, and few people were astonished a few
months ago when she suddenly disappear
ed 011c evening, leaving no trace of whore
she hnd gone. Mr. Carpenter doVlnred that
his ward had eloped, and had probably
gone to New York, as she had boon in
communication forsome time with a young
man named Charles Davis, of East Twenty-
third street in that city. Mr. Carpenter
went to New York, but could not find Da
vis or the girl. Most people accepted this
statement without question, hut there
were a few who intimated that Carpenter
knew more than he would divulge, and
they asserted that, as he was the one who
would most benefit by tho girl’s death, ho
should produce her in order to satisfy pub
lic opinion.
Carpenter paid no attention to these in
sinuations, and the gossip died out, but has
been renewed since the extraordinary de
velopments which have lately occurred.
On the morning of October 4 Carpenter
was standing in the door of his drug store
when he was suddenly struck a terrible
blow in the back of the bead, which
knocked him senseless. He fell out upou
the sidewalk, with tho blood gushing from
a long cut in his head. Charles McDonald,
a lawyer, who was crossing the street to
speak to Carpenter, saw him fall, but as
there was nobody in the store or within a
hundred feet of him, the lawyer supposed
that the druggist hnd fainted. Mr. Mc
Donald hastily called Drs. Hunter and
Palmer, and after considerable effort they
restored Mr. Carpenter to consciousness.
The druggist was dazed at what had
happened. He declared that there was
nobody in the store or vicinity at the time
he was struck, and L awyer McDonald was
equally positive on thiB point.
The medical men found a gash three
inches long and an inch wide on Carpen
ter’s head, and they assorted that there
was no doubt that the injury had been in
flicted by a blow from a club.
The affair remained a mystery, and, al
though it caused a great deal of talk, there
was 110 explanation to be hail. The resi
dents of BprqcavlUe receive their mail
matter through a small window in the
store of Mr. James Duncan, who is post
master. Mr. Carpenter stepped to the
window at noon on November 1, and was
handed several letters by tho postmaster.
While the latter was conversing with
him there was a noise, us of the blow of a
hammer, and Carpenter fell to the floor.
Mr. Duncan had a olenr view of the front
store at the time, and he is positive that
there was nobody in sight.
Dr. Hunter was again summoned and he
found that the old wound had been re
opened and that there was a fresh lump on
Carpenter’s head an large as an egg. Dr.
Hunter says that the lump could not have
been caused by the fall.
Carpenter wore a sot felt hat at the time,
anil this was smashed as if from a heavy
blow.
There was more gossip and excitement,
and various theories wore offered as to
what had caused the injuries. Carpenter
became very nervous and was afraid to
walk the streets after dark. While he was
riding along the main street yesterday af
ternoon in company with Samuel Nevins,
tho latter felt a hot wave, as if from a
blast furnace, pass him by, and at the
same time Carpenter shouted: “ I’m struck
again!” and almost fell from the buggy.
Nevins caught him and found his head
covered with blood and two large lumps
at the base of the brain. As Carpenter hud
not fallen or struck anything, there was no
chance of the lumps beiug inflicted in that
way.
He was driven home, ond is now deliri
ous, and fears are entertained that a few
more visits from the mysterious club-
swinger will kill him. The physicians
have invited Dr. Knight, of Philadelphia,
to investigate the case, and the result is
awaited with extraordinary interest.
“Mother” Spellman, u fortune-teller of
the village, asserts that the spirit of Miss
Emma Saunders, who, she declares, met
with a violent death, is haunting her guar
dian. The general opinion is that, if the
fortune-teller is right, Miss Saunders'
spirit must be accompanied by another
spiritual visitor, who was once a stake-
driver in a circus.
MISS ROSE'S IRE.
Hie President'll Sluter Write* A Stinging Letter.
New York, November 11.—Miss It se
Elizabeth Cleveland writes to the Post
this evening as follows: “Will you kindly
permit me through your columns to reply
to many who still inquire concerning my
real present gelation to the little Chicago
magazine that all connection with this
paper was irrevocably severed more than
a month ago. Also that the reported in
terviews with the publisher oi
that paper have contained so
little truth in what they have
said of me, os to deserve only Tennyson’s
stigma of “the worst of lies.” These false
hoods would he as harmless as they are
ridiculous except for the sad fact that they
are widely circulated. The newspapers
which receive and scatter them to many
readers, among some feeling kindly to
ward me, may sorrowfully believe them
until they are denied.”
llelle! Central.
Cincinnati, November 11.—The opin
ion of the United States circuit court in the
case of the government against the Ameri
can Bell Telephone Company was deliv
ered this morning by Judge Sage. It is
very voluminous. The bill was dismissed
for want of jurisdiction and without preju
dice to instituting suit elsewhere.
Taking up first the defendant’s motion
to quash the return, the court granted the
motion on the ground that service, accord
ing to the marshal’s ■'eturn, had been made
upon the local corporations in Ohio desig
nated in the return as agents and partners
of the defendant. The court found that
the local corporations were not such ugents
as are contemplated by the Ohio statute
defining the method of obtaining service I
upon foreign corporations in Ohio. Taking
up then the plea in abatement which, by
election of tho government, had been sut
down for argument instead of being
put in issue, and thereby became entitled
to treatment by the court as if its state
ments had all been established by proof,
the court found that the proper elements
forgiving this court jurisdiction, namely,
carrying on business In Ohio; second, car
rying on business in Ohio through general
agents, and third, the local statute provid
ing that service should be made on such a
general or managing agent, did not exist.
The telephone business in Ohio is done by
local cempanies, who lease the in
struments from the parent company.
There is no general or managing agent of
the parent company ih Ohio. As to tho
claim of the government, that dealing in
a patent, made the company domestic in
the entire territory of the United States,
co-existent with the patent, the oourt held
it could not tie sustained. A grant to a
patentee is a right to exclude others from
making or selling his patent. His right to
sell is only 11 common law right, and is not
a franchise from the government.
BULGARIA'S THRONE BEGGING.
I’riiiro lViililumur Fleeted, Hut Unwilling.
Tiunova, November 11.—Prince Wal -
dcniar lias sent a telegram to the re
gents expressing his grateful sense of the
honor conferred upon him by the sabrange
in electing him prince of Bulgaria. He>
states, however, that his acceptance rest.-*
with his lather, the king of Demark, ami
adds that other duties nmy prevent his as
suming the ruiership ot Bulgaria. The
prince's reply is considered to presage his
refusal of tho throne.
throttling the nij\n.
Pesth, November 11.—After the election
of Prince Waldemar to the Bulgarian
throne yesterday the Austrian and German
ambassadors at St. Petersburg were in
structed by their governments to inquire-
of Russia the name of the candidate she
favored as Prlnec Alexander’s successor.
If RubsU refuses to accept the election of
Prince Waldemar, or to nominate another
candidate, it will be considered that she
entertains designs against Bulgarian inde
pendence, and in this event England, Ger
many, Austria and Italy will arrive at au
understanding similar to the one that ex
isted among them at the period of the
Berlin congress.
Copenhagen, November 11.—Danish
papers generally advise Prince Waldemar-
to refuse to accept the Bulgaria nthrone.
England.
A LETTER FROM THE GREATEST OF LIVING
MEN.
London, November 11.—Mr. Gladstone
publishes a letter inviting the liberals to
reunite. He says: “After reading the
Marquis of Salisbury’s speech, it Beems to
me that we have arrived at a testing sta
tion for all liberals really desiring a liberal
union. Wo have no right to demand when
the government have produoed their plans
that they shall pursue An altered course
upon them, but we have already tolerated
a long delay In the production of these
plans. The beginning of new delays in
February will virtually be making indefi
nite the production of plans. I am unable
to understand how anybody promoting or
inviting such a delay, can be said to desire
a reunion of the liberal party.
Italy.
death by flood.
Rome, November 11.—The rivers Po and
Adige have overflowed and submerged the
country along their courses. At Albuitgo
the high waters of the Po dislodged the
railway bridge while the train was cross
ing, precipitating the cars and passengers
into the river. Five persous were drowned.
The town of Comasubo is submerged.
Railway service between Nice and Genoa
is interrupted.
ON CHANGE.
The Market Feverish mill Inactive.
New York, November 11.—The news of
the day was not generally of a character t»
affect values on the stock exchange, and
usually active shares presented little feat
ures of importance throughout the day.
The extraordinary interest recently devel
oped in low-priced southern and south
western shares, however, suffered no
diminution and they were ugain active
and strong, monopolizing most of the in
terest taken in speculation. The market
was active and feverish in tile early part
of tho day and weak throughout almost
the entire day on account of the heavy
realization by room traders. The opening
was strong, first prices generally showing
ndvances of k to S. Trading was very ai t-
ive, but prices were feverish and
generally weak, and towards noou
the market became dull, fluctuations
being confined within a very
narrow range and transactions featureless.
There was a reaction in the afternoon and
slight fractions were gained with some in
crease in activity; but the lost two hours
the same decline resulted and the market
became weaker as well as more active as
the close of business approached, and the
final figures are generally the lowest of
the duy. Richmond and West Point was
first in the amount of business done. The
final changes in the active list almost in
variably show declines, the most impor
tant of which are: Manhattan 3j, Lacka
wanna 2, Jersey Central 18, Missouri Pa
cific and Northeastern 1( each, Reading
H, Western Union and Pacific Mall 1 each,
and others fractions.
A Fire in Fhlcjiyo.
Ciiicaoo, November 11.—'Flic Union
coffee and spice mills of McLaughlin &
Co., on the corner of Suite and South water
streets, were burned to-day. The entire
stock consisting of coffee, teas and miiees
were destroyed, involving a loss of $7500,
which was fully insured. The loss on tho
building is only from $1000 to |2000. The
fire engines were greatly delayed in reach
ing the building owing to the impassable
condition of State street, which is being
torn up by street car companies.
Slaying Fun! Ofllcea.
Washington, November 11.—The post
master-general to-day ordered the discon
tinuance of ninety-two fourth-class post
offices, mainly for the reason that there
were no candidates for posmasterships. la
a large number of these cases the business
of the offices did not justify their contin
uance. Nearly every state and territory is
represented in the list. During the elevea
days of the present month there have been
139 offices discontinued and twenty-four
established.
The president’s message to congress was
the principal topic of discussion at to-day’s
cabinet meeting Secretary Whitney wu.s
the only absentee.
I: Hun Avvu) Like a Hume.
Philadelphia, November 11.—As en
gine 334 of the Baltimore aad Ohio rail
road was appr'v’ehing N-n- Bridge, at
Gray’s Ferry, to-day the bonnet, blew off
the Bteam chest. The engine oceanic un
manageable and ran ahead until it plunged
into an open draw bridge over the Schuyl
kill river and disappeared in the river.
The engineer and fireman jumped from
the engine just in time to save thouiiiolYua,
