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VOL. XXVIII-NO. 282
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 'U, 188R.
A Busy Day and Much Good Work Done
in the Legislature.
J <lgi' Harden Confirmed ax Judge of (lie City
Court of Mnrnnmill—The Judiciary Committee
Report Adversely on the Hill Providing for the
Appointment of Judges and Solicitors by the
Uovernor.
Atlanta, November 23.—The house pro
ceedings were opened with prayer by Sen
ator (Rev.)'R. H. Jackson.
The special order of the day was the con
sideration of the general appropriation
bill, but the copies oi the bill which had
been ordered printed for the ueo of the
members not being ready, the order was
postponed, on motion of Mr. Glenn, of
Whitfield, until Friday.
Under the call of counties unfinished yes
terday the following new business was in
troduced:
By Mr. Huff, of Rihb—A bill to change
the place of holding justice’s courts in cer
tain cities, and to create a board of police
commissioners for Macon.
By Mr. Evans, of Washington—A bill to
i.icorporate the Royal Legion of Honor, a
mutual benellt association.
The joint resolution of the senate, pro
vlding for religious services Than ksgiviuf
dajy, was passed.^
t S
Belt, of Burke, was added to the
committee on agriculture.
Under the suspension of the rules a num
ber of bills were read the second time.
Senate resolution appointing commit tee
to investigate subject of changes iu judicial
circuits was concurred in.
The committee on lunatic asylum from
the house and the sub committee form the
senate will leave for Milledgeville this
afternoon to visit the institution.
A number of reports from committees
were received, among them one from the
committee on public buildings recom
mending repairs oil the executive man
sion.
Mr. Gordon offered resolution calling
upon committee on public printing to in
vestigate cause of delay on part ot public
printer in furnishing printed copies of the
general appropriation bill. Unanimously
agreed to.
A considerable portion of the session
was taken up in debate upon a bill to allow
A. W. Word, of Cherokee County to peddle
without a license. Objection being that it
was a local bill and had not been adver
tised. Mr. Brown finally withdrew his bill
to have it properly advertised.
Adjourned to to-morrow.
Kcliull' l’i
■lallngK.
Atlanta, November 2.3.—The senate
was called to order at 10 o’clock, Presi
dent Davidson presiding.
After prayer by the chaplain, roil call
and the reading of the journal, a sealed
communication was received from the
governor, to which he invited the atten
tion of the senate in executive session.
Mr. Powell, chairman of the finance
committee, reponco upon a bill to carry
into effect the amendment of the constitu
tion in reference to maimed soldiers, al
lowing the introducer of the bill to with
draw the same.
Mr. Jackson submitted a memorial in re
lation to the teachers’ institute, which
was referred to the committee on educa
tion.
Mr. Doan offered a joint resolution as
follows :
Whereas, it appears that several bills
have been introduced into the legislature
to organize new judicial circuits, or to
change counties fioni one circuit to an
other ; a.id whereas it is desirable to ascer
tain whether or not there is a necessity for
such new courts or such changes of coun
ties ; and whereas, it. is also desirablo to as
certain whether or not the redistricting of
the circuits would not save the necessity
for the proposed new circuits and changes
of counties;
Therefore be it resolved by the senate,
the house concurring, that a joint commit
tee composed of eight from tne senate and
fourteen from the house, no two of whom
shall he from the same judicial circuit, be
appointed to investigate—
1st. The necessity for organizing new
judicial circuits.
2d. The necessity for changing any
county from one circuit to another.
3d. The advisability of redistricting the
judicial circuits of the state so as to equal
ize the labors of the judges of the several
circuits.
Upon motion of Mr. Hawkes the senate
went into executive session and confirmed
the following nominations by Governor
Gordon:
William D. Harden, to be judge of the
city court of Savannah for the term otfour
years from January 20, 1833.
John B. Pilsbury, to be county judge oi
Sumter county for the term of four years
from January 24, 1888.
T. N. Hopkins, to be county solicitor oi
Thomas county for the term of four years
from September 19,1887.
The executive session having been dis
solved and the senate resuming its regular
session, Mr. James moved that senate bill
No. 3. to incorporate the Salt Springs and
Northwestern railroad, be taken from the
tabic and read the third time and put upon
its passage. The motion prevailed, and
the bill, after amendments by the commit
tee and members, was passed.
A message from the house was brought
in announcing the passage of certain
house bills. . _ , ,,
Upon the suspension of the rules Nlr.
DeJarnette introduced a bill providing lor
suits against persons confined in the peni
tentiary, defining how service upon the
defendant shall be made, and in what
county suit shall be brought.
Mr. Hawkes, chairman of the'judiciary
committee, reported against the bill pro-
viding for the appointment ot judges and
solicitors by the governor.
Upon motion of Mr. Wright house bills
were taken up and read the first time.
Mr. Peek moved that the bill to amend
section 3910 (a) of the code in reference to
the selection of jury commissioners, the
amendment providing for the appoint
ment of jur, c .mmission rs by the grand
jury instead of the judge. The bill was
read the third time. Messrs. 1 eek, James
and Roberts spoke in favor oi the bin.
Mr. DeJarnette opposed the measure.
Upon motion of Mr. Peek, the report of
the committee recommending the passage
of the bill was reconsidered
in order that an amendment
proposed by Mr. Hand, from the eighth,
be received. Mr. Hand’s amendment
provided that the grand jury nomi
nate twice as many as were to be appoint
ed by the judge, and he select from them.
The amendment was lost. Upon a calf of
the yeas and nays upon the passage of the
bill the vote stood: for the bill, 8-3; noes, 7.
A message from tho house announced
their concurrence in the senate resolution
appointing a committee to arrange for -
ligious services on Thanksgiving day.
President Davidson announced Messrs.
Jackson, Gucrry and B. F. Wright as the
senate committee. . .
The bills providing for the appointment
of judges and solicitors by the governor,
and fo incorpor ite the Salt Springs and
Bowden Lithia railroad were read the sec
ond time, after which, on motion, the sun-
ate adjourned until to-morrow at 10
o’clock.
A ItiilUvny .a a Si-rain..
Atlanta, Ga.. November 23.—W. T.
Mayers, attorney for Augustus Day, of De-
J troit, commenced proceedings this morn
ing in the superior court for placing flic
Gate City Street Railroad Company in the
hands of a receiver for the benefit of cred
itors. The hearing is set for Thursday,
i The president of the railroad company
I says, in an interview, that they owed Mr.
Day about $100 for a lot of track scrapers.
The scrapers wore worthless, and the com
pany refused to pay for them.
what will you do about the application
for a receiver?
I guess we will pay Mr. Day for the
scrapers.
They Skipped.
Atlanta, November 23.—Geo. Kyle and
John Coppage, serving a term of imprison
ment in the city stockade for drunkenness,
where they were employed as trusties, es
caped to-day.
Arbor tin) In Atlilntn.
Atlanta, November 23.—Arbor day
will be observed here to-morrow. The
city prisoners and road hands will plant
trees around the stockade and public
schools in the presence of the mayor and
council.
Engineer O’Neal, on a Richmond and
Danville shifting engine, was seriously in
jured to-day while passing under the bridge
at Bell street. He loaned out of his cab to
speak to some frien l on the street and 1 a
head struck a bridge post, fracturing his
skull. Atlanta has had another drizzle.
The governor has issued an order closing
the state house offices on Thanksgiving
day.
Tin* Little Toy Pistol.
Atlanta, Ga., November 23.—Ashbury
McCormick, a boy 11 years of age, while
handling a pistol ill the village of Buford
to-day, accidentally shot a bullet through
the heart of his sister, Lizzie, aged 16. Death
was ulmost instantaneous.
FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Tim Knitter Killed niul Two Sons Hudlj Hart.
Leavenworth, Kan., November 23.—A
fatal shooting affray occurred yesterday
afternoon near Edgerton, Mo., In which
an old man uumed Rees was killed and his
two sous seriously injured. It is said to
have resulted over a lease of some land
wherein Rees had leased his property to
one man who sub-let to a third party,
named Shaekelfprd. Rees was gathe--
ing corn when he was ordered
off by Shackelford. The former
with his two sens refused to go, when the
latter drew a ■ pistol and fired one shot at
Rich, which missed. Shackelford’s son
then took tire revolver and fired three
shots at Rees, all of them taking effect and
killing him. The two assaulted Rees’ son
unu beat him in a brutal manner. Young
Shackelford left for parts unknown, hut
hie father gave himself up.
Virginia's Papular Vote.
Richmond, Va., November 23.—Tbe
official canvass of the vote of the state by
counties with the exception of Buchanan
county, returns from which have not .vet
been received, shows the following of the
popular vote:
Democrats, 102.221; opposition, consist-
| in;; of independent democrats, republicans,
j etc., 123,080; opposition majority, 20,83P.
in the gubernatorial election in 1885 the
J vote stood: Dee, democrat, 152,544; \i r ise,
j republican, 130,510; democratic majority,
10,031. 'file total vote of the state in 1885
| was 289,539; this year, 188-i, it was 225,301—
I showing a decrease in the popular vote of
! 03.753, divided as follows: Democratic de
crease 50,323; republican or opposition de
crease 13,430. Buchanan county may in
crease the opposition majority 103.
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Hun IVlio Hud no Further line for Life.
Anderson, Ind., November 23.—Ethan
Allen Maynard, living near Moonville,
Richland township, Madison county,
vesterday shot and killed William H.
Riddle, a neighbor, after which }re walked
to his stable about a quarter of a mile off'
and shot liimself through the head, dying
almost immediately. The trouble grew
out of Maynard having seduced Biddle’s
wife last spring. Biddle leaves eight
children. Maynard was married but had
no children. Biddle and his 14 year old
sou were in a cornfield near Maynard’s
house loading fodder o:i a sled when
Maynard came up behind Biddle and
emptied four barrels of his revolver into
him, causing death instantly.
Tin* Mrljiiiulr Jiirj.
New York, November 23.—A great
! crowd of spectators gathered in the gen-
i eral sessions court room to hear tire verdict
: tliis morning in the ease of ex-Boodle
Alderman MeQuade. Ten o’clock was the
hour set by Recorder Smyth for receiving
: the result from the jury. At noon the
| jury was still out,and had not sent any word
to the court for instructions or anything
! else. At 2:30 p. m. no agreement had been
! reached, and it was then said with an air
I of authority that they stood 10 to 2 for con
viction. The belief that the long absence
1 ot the jury means permanent disagreement
| is gaining strength.
i 9 P. m.—To-night the MeQuade jury re-
I ported they were unable to agree. They
! were then looked up for the night.
The President's Jli'ssiigc.
Washington, November 23.—All mem
bers of the cabinet were present at the
! meeting to-day except Secretary Manning.
The session was devoted entirely to con
sideration of the president’s message. Tne
! document is nearly iiriisheil. The presi-
! dent has received all data necessary ior
I compilation except such as belongs to the
: war and navy establishments and this will
i be furnished him in a few days. The pres-
! ident read the completed portions ot his
1 message to the cabinet Urday. It is under
stood that the message will be much short
er than the one submitted to congress last
| year. ,
A Dakota Blizzard.
| Bismarck, Dakota, November 23.—At
noon to-day the snow stopped falling, and
the greatest blizzard ever experienced in
north Dakota was brought to an end. the
wind is still strong but no snow Hying.
The citizens are out in force shoveling
drifts and making roads. The stage driver
between this city and Fort Yates, who
was due here at 5 o’clock last uight, has
not been heard from, and much alarm is
felt on his account..
lUllrood Tragedy.
' Oskaloosa, la., November 23*—Two
freight trains collided near Lacey, -a.,
on the Central road, five miles north of tins
city yesterday morning, instantly killing
fireman Martin and seriously injuring an
engineer and brakeman. The engineer ot
the train going south disobeyed orders to
side track his train at Lacey. He claims
to have had no sleep for sixty hours, and
was asleep when he passed Lacey. Ihe
loss to the company is estimated at sjoO,UOU.
F5o9ton Come9to the Front With a Gigan
tic Embezzler.
Ii* Purloins Hu* .lltiiii*). tiiiilDr.-'r-lsMtios the Stork
of n Hz I bin y Hi t'n nt rub Wlien ('might He
Cursi-s llimselt'nml Confesses All- A Suit Stor.i.
Boston, November 23. -William Reed,
treasurer of the South Boston horse rail
road company, was arrested this morning |
nt. his home in South Boston by Inspectors
Hanscom and Houghton upoii a warrant
charging him wilh the embezzlement of
$35,000 of the railroad funds. In the
police station Reed confessed his guilt, rind
acknowledged the embezzlement of $00,600
in cash and an over issue of 345 shares of
the stock of the road having a
cash value of $34,500, making the
total amount of the defalcation
$104,000, Reed became treasurer of the
company about eight, years ago. Ho had
been very active and efficient in looking
after the' affairs of the company and had
the fullest confidence of the hoard of di
rectors. His unauthorized use of the
company’s funds began, it is stated, in
1881. lie invested heavily in Mexican
Central securities at high prices, and suc
ceeded until a few days ago in concealing
his illegal operation's from the oilier
officials of the company. The discov-,
cry "of his irregularities was caused
by the election of Chus. H. Horsy to the
presidency of the company. That gentle
man and Hon. Benj. Dean, one of the di
rectors, began an investigation about ten
days ago, which resulted in an application
for a warrant for Reed’s arrest. Reed had
been ill at his home for three or tour days,
but he accompanied the officers to the po
lice headquarters. Soon after his arrest ho
turned e ver to the directors ail of his prop
erty, worth about $15,009, and his secur-
ties worth about $10,000. He also
made over his stock contracts
which he and the directors believe will
nearly if not quite make good the full
amount of his embezzlement. Reed was
arraigned in the municipal court this after
noon. He waived examination, and was
held in $50,000 bonds for the grand jury, in
default of which he was committed to Jail.
A gentleman familiar with the inside facts
connected with Treasurer Reed’s embez
zlement, and who has known him for
years, said this afternoon that
it would be impossible for some time yet
to state positively how much the loss will
be. An expert has been at work on the
company's books for a week, and from the
present appearances, says this gentlemafi,
it would seem as if the company has been
practically ruined by Reed’s defalcation,
undoubtedly it.*, capital stock and surplus
will be wiped out entirely. Reed has been
engaged some six or seven years ill de
frauding the company mid it is a
matter of surprise that his
crookedness was not discovered
long before. The discovery came about
in this way: Reed had been speculating in
stocks for a number of years and losing
constantly. After losing all tin- money
stolen from the company, Reed put up
overissues of the company’s stuck as col
lateral for margins on stocks being carried
for him. Bo mu b of the company’s papers
lacing offered without apparently any
reason for it, ns it was supposed the com
pany had m ney on hand to pay bins
aroused suspicion and the directors wore
notified. *
An examination was begun, and while
it was pending Reed was kept under con
slant, surveillance at his residence by men
hired by the company. Reed broke down j
completely. He fairly cursed himself into :
a severe sickness, and was unsparing in |
his denunciations of his folly and crime. !
It is stated that this is the first defalcation
by an over issue of fitoek known in ibis
city. It is probable that when the
certificates of stock are offered
for verification at the- company’s
office in about one month’s time it will be
known just how much stock has been
over issued, and not before. Treasurer
Reed lost all his money in stock -pecula
tions. Ho was of a retiring disposition,
moderate in his expenditures, and with no
bad habits as fur as they are known. Do
mestic troubles are believed to have
hastened him in hisdownward career. Itecd
did not own a share of stock in the
road. He is said to be largely
interested in prices in Utah as well as iu
mining, railroads and other speculation
schemes in Mexico. He is also treasurer j
of tho Mexico Telegram Company, the I
funds of which lie asserts are in good con- j
dition. Owingto the doubt as the genuine
ness of the stock certificates of the South i
Bostan Railway Company, the sales of its j
sbare3 were enjoined in the brokers bourd |
this afternoon.
of its connection, Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
St. Louis unit Chicago being memners of
the p o'. In seeking for grain freight,
however, it will probably do iis iiriueip.il
business through St. Louis, operating al
that point over the Evansville and St.
Louis. It is stated that it will make the
same through rate via Newport News
ns is now being made via
New Orleans, and if this means
a barge line rale it will cut considerably
under pool rates. In this connection it. is
stated that a rate is being made from
Kansas City to Liverpool, all rail to New
Orleans via Fort Scott, Springfield and
Memphis and connections, of 55 cents il
hundred. This, it is slated, is sufficient to
turn Hoar and corn and wheat in that di
rection, 8t. Louis also participating in the
trade to a large extent.
CALLED BY HER DEAD LOVER.
THEY DIDN’T WANT IT.
An DIIIim* Dot'S Begging III IVlHt'onsiii.
Washington, November 23.—The presi
dent is experiencing some difficulty in fill
ing the office of United States district at
torney for the eastern distric t of Wiscon
sin. A. K. Delaney, former incumbent,
resigned the office at the suggestion of t.ho
president in order to accept the demo
cratic nomination to congress from the
second district of Wisconsin now repre
sented by Gen. Bragg. The election re
sulted in his defeat, am! he has since made
formal application to Attorney-General
Garland for reappointment as United States
attorney. Some time ago the president
tendered the position to Gen Bragg, and
after some delay received a letter from him
saying that it would be impossible for him
to accept. The office was then tendered to
another prominent lawyer of Wisconsin,
and he also declined with thanks.
Sen- Ji'i'sf-y Kli'i-tlon.
| Trenton, N. J., November ‘23.—The
state noard of ca vassers met to-day and
submitted the following official figures:
j For governor: Green, 109,930; Harvey,
101,919; Fisk, 19,810. Green’s plurality
I 8020.
J For congress: Hires, republican, First
I district, 3334 plurality.
j Buchanan, republican, Second district,
2703 plurality.
Kean, republican, Third district, 630
I plurality.
I Pidcock, democrat, Fourth district, 23
I plurality.
Phelps, republican, Fifth district, 2830
j plurality.
i Lehlbach, republican, Sixth district, 1773
! plurality.
McAdoo, democrat, Seventh district,
4253 plurality.
. — rr ~
Through Bute* to Liverpool,
j Chicago, November 23.—General Man- '
i ngcr John Muir, of the Chesapeake and
Ohio line, is in the city arranging for quo- :
tations of through rates from Chicago to j
Liverpool on grain and other traffic. The
Newport News new steamship line of the ;
Chesapeake and Ohio to run between New- j
port News and Liverpool will go into op-
eration December 15, semi-monthly ad
vice to be established, and it is claimed that ,
rates will bo made that will attract
i business by that route. There is a hitch
in its operation in this territory by reason
Strange fiiTUiiisfnnri's 1'veeeiling tlie Dentil of a
Voting (lirl.
From Hie Malt Lake Herald, Nov. 3.
A few days ago we chronloiletl the death
of .Mias Athuliall Gilbert, of South Cotton
wood. At the time of tho announcement
there were reporta current that some
events out of the ordinary were connected
with hot decease, but at that time there
were no means of ascertaining the particu
lars. Yesterday, however, Mr. James Gil
bert, flic young lady’s father, and several
other Cottonwood people were In tiro city,
and from them a reporter learned the
tacts which ibLuv.'. Al! l:._ :
tinned arc those of responsible and well
known citizens, and unreal as the nev: -
tlon sounds there can he.no doubt oi Us
authenticity.
The young lady was 10 years old at the
time of her death, and appears to have
been possessed of one ot those warm lova
ble, bright and even-tempered dispositions
which endear the owner to every one with
whom she comes in contact. Though so
young, she took a busy part in all church
duties, and in improvement associations
and tho Sunday senool her name always
had a prominent place. Some throe or
four years ago she formed an intimacy
with a youth named John Cunliffe, the soil
of a neighbor, and despite the tenner years
of both, they became strongly attached to
each other, and provoked no end of com
ment ab their old-fashioned devotion and
steadfast affection for one another.
This state of affairs continued
until tue girl was fifteen years
bid, when the association was rudely
broken by the doatu of young Cunliffe. lie
lost his life from the kick of a wild horse
about a year ago. When the intelligence
■ was brought u> Miss Gilbert, her father
says, it gave her a shock from which she
never recovered. She almost sank beneath
the bio tv, and at his funeral her paroxysms
of grief were so violent that it was feared
her reason would depart. In time, how
ever, she resumed her accustomed dulivs,
but it was evident that the blow she hud
sustained had sunk deep into her life. Blie
seldom roused herself from a deep let.nargy
of sadness, and day by day her color and
strength and the freshness ol youth seem
ed to he ebbing away. A few months ago
she alarmed her sister by Lolling her that
“John” had visited her chamber and bad
told her that she musl prepare to come to
him. She manifested no tear, but, accord
ing to her sister, had told him she could
not leave hor parents, but lie had only
said again that she must come. Once again,
Inter, she told her sister boat he h id coma
to her with the same message, and idio
hud now evidently given up desiring to
roimpn, as she told her sister liow she
wished to be dressed at her burial and
whom she wished to dress her. Boon after
that young Cunliffc’s father came to Mr.
Gilbert, sorely disturbed, ami told him
that, one nterning as lie was lying down,
his son had come to him and stood lit the
foot of ids bed. His father Had asked
him what it was he desired, and he
replied: “I came to sec you,
lather. I am staying at Gilbert’s, and L
am going back there now. I have been
there ever since I left you. Where elsu
should I be?” Mr. Gilbert attempted to
reason the old gentleman out of ids notion,
but he insisted that it was no dream or vis
ion, but thut his son hud actually visited
and spoken to him, and thill in broad day
light. In tlie -meantime, Mias Gilbert con
tinued to maintain that her last day was
approaching, and no amount of persuasion
seemed to shake her belief. One week jjgo
last evening she and her parents
were attending a birthday party
at a neighbor’s. Miss Gilbert
was sitting ai the lunch tablo chatting
with some companions, when, without a
word of warning, she fell to the floor
motionless. Her father and mother raised
her, and both said her heart had ceased to
beat. Their erics and lamentations and
their frenzied attempts r.o arouse her, they
state, rallied her for a few moments, ami
she was hurriedly conveyed home, where
she expired shortly afterward, leaving her
friends almost stupefied with grief. Her
funeral was one of Uic largestconvoeations
of mourners ever seen in that locality.
An Importunt Kidlrinul .Viliam e.
Chicago, November 23.—An important
conference with far reaching results was
held here to-day between Traffic-Manager
Mair, ol' the Ches.ipeak and Ohio road;
General-Manager Walker, of the Kanawha
Dispatch Line and a committee from tho
Central Traffic Association, it. W. Geiger,
of the Pennsylvania Company; J. M. Culp,
of the Louisville and Nashville; G. J. Gl um
mer, of the Evansville and Terre Haute
and Commissioner Blanchard, repre
sented tile Central Traffic Association.
After some discussion the fact v.as con
ceded that the Chesapeake and Ohio was
not necessarily to bo regarded as a form
idable rival of the Central Traffic Associa
tion. Both parties then agreed to do the
best they could to promote each other’s
interest. The Chesapeake and Ohio prom
ised to maintain by its all-rail lines
the Central Traffic Association’s all-
rail rales. The differentials heretofore
awarded the Chesapeake and Ohio road
on the business taken by its water route
will be continued. That road will also
charge Baltimore rates on husiucss taken
by it to Newport Nows. It was also
agreed that the Central Traffic Association
and tile Cnesapeukq, and Ohio will hero-,
alter exchange statistics, that each may
know the amount of business carried by
the other.
rile "HonuiUuanlA” Fire.
Charleston, November 1.3.—The Brit
ish steamer “Horse Guards” was examined
by the board of survey to-day, which rec
ommended that her cargo be immediately
discharged. All the cotton in the forward
hold is more or less burned or scorched.
That aft is thoroughly saturated with wa
ter. The cargo is being discharged to-day
and tbe vessel \\ ill not suffer very serious
damage. The losses by insurance compa
nies so far as ascertained, are 2000 bales, in
surance company of North America; 500
bales, British Lloyds; 200 bales, British
Marine Insurance Company of Liverpool,
and 100 bales insured on the continent. The
cotton war fully covered by insurance.
An Kill tor firing.
New York, November 23.—Erastus
Brooks, the veteran editor of the New
York Evening Express, is very ill of pleu
risy and inflammation of the bludaer. He
is not expected to live through the night.
Princess Beatrice, of Batlenbury, Gives
Birth to a bon.
■ eii. KiitdltiU's Being Censurcil Tin* (iernciti
Censul Dill I’rnndse In I’riili'i't Russian Snli-
Joels in Utilgiirln Tin' ltillii.n Ib'iM'ii IU, L
Tulles of I’eiit,' nml Hie liuli'iieinleiinu of tile
lilt!kiln Slnles.
Bombay, No vein her 23.—A party of
merchants who arrived here from Ghazni
report Ghilzais have beaten the ameer of
A tghnnUtan’s troops. They also say that
rebellion is still rapidly spreading under
I lie influence of religious fanatics " ho lend
the insurgent". Many of the a m., i’ troops
arc also joining the rebels, owing to the
honorable reception given to members of
tho British Afghan boundary commission
by tlic ameer, which gave rise to suspicion
tent lie intended to yield to British oecuj a
tion.
Tin* Biiilin'l Amemtcil.
Pebth, November 23.—it is stated that,
under a pressure from the German and
Polish members ofthe Austrian delegation
ttie budget committee’s report has been
amended so as to contain censure of Gen.
Kuulbnrs and to make less emphatic the
passage referring to tbe peaceful character
of the relations between Austria and Rus-
II I’leiiKi'K tlie Press.
Berlin, November 23.—The entire press
of Germany express delight over tlie re
port of the government’s refusal to assume
protection of Russians iu Bulgaria on the
occasion of Gen. Knulbnrs’ departure.
Tho Truth of II.
Berlin, November 23.—It is officially
denied hero that the German consul at
Sofia refused to take the Russians remain
ing in Bulgaria after Kaulbars departure
under German protection when requested
to do so by the retiring agent. An official
denial states that what happened was this:
The Russian government asked Germany
if the official who remained at Sofia iu
charge of Russian archives might, in case
of necessity, ask the German consul to
protect the. Russian subjects. Germany
replied “yes.”
IVhul Ihr (Jri'pa Jlook Sips.
Rome, November 23—In the green book
just issued by the government it is shown
that Count DeUobilant, minister of for. ign
affairs, lias sent a circular letter to each of
the powers assuring them all that Italy is
desirous of European concert to maintain
[ peace on a basis of the Berlin treaty ami
Hide.nendence of the Balkan states. The
green book states that iu a recent conver
sation with Sir J. Buville Lutnby, British
.ambassador to Rome, Count DeRobilunt
argued that it was immoral for a great
power to morally support a small power
unless prepared to furnish it material .sup
port when the small power needed it.
Snc'.llstie t'limiililol*.
Berlin, November 23.—in spite of the
closest watch kept on the barrack a'
Berlin, Pandan and P ntdum, thousu ids
of couies of socialistic pamphlets lei ■■
been round among the troops. The mut
ter seized consists mostly of a newly is
sued appeal to the soldiers to join w-uk- j
ingmen in Hastening social revoluti ,m. I
Tho source oi' the pamphlets has he- u ,
traced to men frequenting soldiers’ In
houses and several men have been nrro - i
ed.
Herr Bobwarzbaoh, partner of Herr j
Bleiehrador, hanker, has returned from |
St. Petersburg, having succeeded in ne. o i
tuitions for a proposed Russiuu loan of
125,000,000 marks. II is reported that since
his interview with Bismarck, Bleiehrador I
demanded heavier terms for the prop.is d i
loan, which Russia has declined to con
cede.
A liny is Horn.
London, November 23.—Princess Beit-
rice, wife of Prince Henry, of Battonburg,
and youngest daughter of Queen VioLoriu,
has given birth to a son. Both mother
l and son are doing well. Lord Randolph
1 Churchill was minister in attendance at
j uccouchement.
A Iteivttehlng Smuggler.
i New York, November 23.—Lace goods
! of a large amount, and of much value have
been smuggled into New ‘York througli
\ various elmnels for sometime past. On
complaint of Deputy Collector McAvory,
| .Miss Josephine Hchovicns, n young mid
lovely Belgian, living in East Twelfth
street, in this city, wus to-day taken into
custody by United States Marshal JeH'rt vs
' and arraigned before United State:-. Com
missioner Shields. She was committed to
the house of detention for examination.
, The young woman stated that
| she has relatives in Belgium,
whom she frequently visits. They
' send luce by her to sell in this country,
j The last time she returned by the steam
ship Switzerland, landing in Philadelphia.
, She then had $5000 worth of luce in iier
possession. It is allege d that she brought
it to this city and peddled it. In hor apart
ments was found lace valued at nearly
J3800. The young woman made no secret
’RICE FIVE CENTS
cause her calendar said something about
the unforseen and accidental. My girls
gauge their gowns and their reading, and
even their iove affairs by Mrs. Whitney
and Mrs. Browning; and I’m bored to
death by their repeating of disjointed
scraps which are supposed to have some
miraculous bearing upon the events of
their lives, day by day. Calendars are pop
ular not because they tench the people
anything, but because they cater to a
childish and ridiculous iove of peer
ing into the unknown relations of
life. It is barbarous to debase literature to
such purposes. How can it be possible for
Lowell and Tennyson to know whether
beef or lamb is the most suitable dinner
for viinr wife or mine to order on the 22d
of October? What.right bus n young woman
to d off! • in reject or accept a man because
her Mrs. Browning calendurtears offsweet
or .stern on Ihe morning of (lie day she is
to give hor answer? The old-fashioned way
of peeping into tho Bible for a guiding
verse was u good deal more sensible.” —
Boston Record.
ON 'CHANGE.
] 'ill' Stock Market Arllvc, lint Feverish tin.! !i-
j regular.
New Yoitk, November 23. —The stock
market to-day, though falling below yester
day in amount of business done, was still ex
tremely act ive.und during tho early part dis
played some irregularity and feverishness
noticeable in yesterday's transactions; for
all except few slocks were made upon a
lower plane. There was considerable soil
ing of long stock early in the day, creating
a general weakness throughout tbe list.
Tho room traders turned bears fertile time
being, and mainly through their operations
a break of 10 per cent, was made in Mem
phis and Charleston, and heaviness spread
to southern specialties. Rending was the
great fcaturc.nl the day. and under good
demand,a great pnrtjof wnicl) was for inside
account, it succeeded in reaching higher
figures than ever yet attained. Transac
tions at the highest prices of the day
toward the close being extremely heavy.
Reassuring advices from Baltimore created
a renewed demand for Jersey Central, and
in point of strength it soon became the
banner stock of an unusually active list.
Specialties yielded to-day. Tho only ones
showing any strength being Mobile and
Ohio, South Carolina and Columbia and
Greenville preferred. Tho opening was
Irregular, but generally lower, declines,
ranging from A to A per cent. West Point
was n notable exception, being A per cent,
higher. Prices were irregular, but gener
ally heavy in early dealings and noon
prices well- a fraction below the opening.
The strong stocks of tlie morning were
Jersey Central, New England and Texas
Pacific, while specialties generally were
weak. There were material recoveries in
the afternoon, but toward the close the
market again became weak, closing about
steady at, fractions below the opening fig
ures. The total business of the day
amounted to 513,000 shares. Almost every
thing on the active list is lower this eve
ning, but Memphis and Charleston, with a
decline of 4 ] per cent, nml Philadelphia
gas I per cent., are the only oni.; showing
more than fractional losses. South Caro
lina, M bile and Ohio and Jersey Contr il
show advances.
id i.i/unf. 1 . am! Kwzi'S.
Chicago, November 23.—Tho signal
Servico reports a don e storm m Dakota
uio.rg the line ofthe Northern Pacific rr.il-
road. At Fargo and Jamestown a blizzard
is in progress, with the rboraiomstor at
zero. At various points throughout. Iowa
ii is snowing with the thermometer rang
ing- from 17 to 3.8 degrees'above zero.
Wri'i'kiHl liy n Kwllr.li.
Mobile, November 23.—While a freight
train on the Mobile nml Ohio railroad was
going out of the city this morning the last
three cars went through a switch. The
conductor, Mr, Frazer, and W. E. Cole, of
Richmond, Va., who were in the caboose,
were hurt. Cole’s injuries weru slight, hut
Frazer hud his hip broken.
Thi' Eire KulMlueil.
St. Johns, N. F., November 23.—The
fire on the steamer Barrowe has been sub
dued and all the burning and heated cot
ton and grain has been discharged. Tlie
steamer will proceed for Liverpool to
morrow.
Tfa> Innri'hliti.
• Chicago, November 23.—Attorneys rep
resenting the interests of the seven con
demned anarchists to-iluy applied to Jus
tice Scott, of the Illinois supreme court,
for bu persedens. Thu matter lias not yet
been decided.
II. >1. Iff,ilr llrail.
New York, November 23. H. M. Iloxie,
general manager of Gould’s southwestern
system, died Lliis morning after a lingering
illness at Broadway.
ofthe wuy in which it came into her pos
session. Bhe seemed to he unaware that
she had committed a crime in smuggling
lace into the city.
A loMTi-liiHure.
Memphis, November 23. A foreclosure
suit in the United States court at Oxford,
Miss., has been filed by Skatzorberger
Sons, of the Mechanics Bank of this city,
against the Mobile and Northwestern Ruii-
1 way Company, of which Col T. A. Lyons
is president. It is a railroad fifty miles in
length, extending from Helena, Arkansus,
j southwest toward Mobile.
IVliy J’ocln' I'JiJi-mJiir.s ure rupufiir.
“Do you know why the author calendars
I are so popular?” asked a Harvard profes
sor, famous for his social philosophy, dur
ing a ride out to Cambridge in that great
’ social and philosophical promoter, the
j horse-car. “It’s a more serious matter
I than one would think,” pursued the pro-
j fessor. “Calendars are casting woman-
I kind hack into superstition. There is no
i hope for the full emancipation of the race
while the feminine mind is the abject slave
| of tlie callendar. I mean this. Every
woman, every girl, nowadays hies a
, calendar hung up in her room,
a Lowell calendar, or a Whit-
I tier calendar, or a Browning, a
Holmes or a Mrs. Whitney calendar.
They are to be found in the humble
chamber of the housemaid as well as in tlie
[ boudoir of the belle; and every Eve’s
i daughter of the whole lot tears off her
morning’s rations of sentiment with a
1 superstitious thrill as to the effect of what
1 she shall road upon her day’s actions. I
i mean to abolish the nuisance in my house.
| It has become unbearable. My wife is
, fairly sensible about her Emmerson ealeu-
! dar. She takes her bits of literature some
what less personally than my daughters
do; but she refused to go
' into Boston one morning to do
some shopping which she had declared
absolutely' necessary the night before, be-
A Clever Thief.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean gives tho fol
lowing account of a dexterous female thief
arrested in that city the other day on the
I charge of obtaining money under false ;:re-
| tenses: “A search of her person, by the
! matron at the station, revealed a new
phase of criminal cleverness, which is as
j hold uh it is ingenious. The young woman
I was arrayed in the garments of a lightning
I change artist, anil could, without the re-
| moval of an article, change her dress into
' four distinct styles. When the prisoner
! saw that her trick was discovered, she did
not hesitate to illustrate its operation for
the entertainment of her captors. When
arrested she wore a black cashmere
dress, a tight bodice of tlie same
color and material, and a bat with a wide
brim. A swift displacement of hooks, eyes
and buttons: a deft adjustment of unseen
fastenings here and there; a crushing
squeeze oft lie hat, nml the lady stood with
a brown woolen dress with corded front
bodice, and a neat little turban upoq her
head. Another sot of manipulations, and
the dress was transformed into a gown,
the turban gave place to a coif, a chaplet
fell from the girdle, and the woman stood
arrayed as a brown nun. Once more,
presto, change, a tug of the skirt, u yank
at the coif and waist, a flush of hands
everywhere ut once, and the nun was
transformed into a young lady
of aspiring fashion in bright col
ored alpaca and tho original wide
brimmed hat. Miss Fitzpatrick is a pretty
but very depraved young woman. During
the past few weeks she has been going
about in the various garbs she could so
readily assume, begging money for Father
Dorsey’s church, as She claimed she has
reaped a rich harvest from the wealthy
and liberal Catholics of the north side.
The police have been on her trail for more
I him a week, but her many guises baffled
detection. Yesterday morning Lieutenant
Schumacker met her on Clark street, when
siie was in the black cashmere raiment,
and recognized her from descriptions.
Less Tliuo a Kourtli Were I’ure.
Out of 439 samples of wine analyzed at
the municipal laboratory of Paris in Sep
tember only ninety-five were found to be
pure.
I'litthu; Duos in .Mourning.
A new absurdity is to put a crape bow on
the collar of a pet dog whose owner is in
mourning.
