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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 301)
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1880,
BRICE FIVE CENTS
The Adams Express Robbery Mystery
Solvod at Last.
hitherto Respoctnblo Hon.
■ uch of the Money Becovcreil-Pinkorton’n Men
»» IlKun 1 Do Some ScleMItlc Dcteetlve Work-A
1 drilling Story.
Chicago, December 27.—A local nnner
says that from new evidence discovered it
ap Dears that the man arrested here iu con-
?H e nnt°?h Wlth tlle St " Lullia express robbery
min™ w. perSon ] vho wrotu ll ‘e Jin Cum
mings letters, and was traced from one
HnaHv ?n a pM her in K , ansas > Missouri, and
flually to Chicago as ulledged, nor yet one
of the men who boarded tue train with
the gang ot robbers that did the work. On
the contrary, he is the diplomat of this and
similar gangs; or in other words, the
S^otiator who, by tine work, discovers
bank officials, express messengers, and
others in positions where large quantities
ot ready cash are handled, who have weak
sides to their character, and by his skillful
P'! t3 U P jbhs by which these
trusted officials sometimes get robbed ac
cording to a programme of their own
le truth is that Frotheringham
told the whole story upon the promise of
partial immunity from punishment mnde
him by the officials. It was to she effect
that he neither knew the actual robbers,
much less their whereabouts, but that a
certain man whose nnme is as yet
a secret, except to the few who
negotiated with him the plans of
the robbery, which were afterward
carried out, that this man didn’t appear on
the scene himself but had met the perpe
trators of the crime soon after and received
bis own and Frotheringham’s share of the
plunder. The name of this man and the
description by which the detectives were
able to identify him were given by Froth
eringham, and from this the case was
worked up and the man tracked to this
city, where he was arrested on Friday
along with two others who are suspected
of being members of the gang. As yet
there is but li tie evidence except what is
employed of a well founded suspicion
against the two men; but as to the other
man, there is now no doubt of hi3 identity.
He it was who drew Frotheringham into
the scheme and who planned the whole
robbery, sharing the spoils, and he is now
lodged in Pinkerton’s upper story under a
strong guard along with his two comrades.
BILL PINKEKTO'-r'S BIG TALK.
“We have nothing to tell the newspapers
about Jim Cummings or the express rob
bery case,” said Win. A. Pinkerton this
morning. “ Vou fellows are so sharp about
finding out things that we won’t interfere
with you if you will do the same with us.
I’ll tell you this much: We have Jim
Cummings beyond all doubt, and we had
two of his pals Friday and got two more
yesterday; besides recovering a large
amount of the money. That in ikes five ar
rests, but none of them were made
on Halstead street. There never
was a woman mixed up in the ease, and
the clues which or > published in the papers
never existed. We have all the parties
Bale in custody. Never mind where, but
they are in the' state. No, they are not in
St. Louis, and they are where you news-
paper fellows, either hero or in sit. Louis,
can’t get hold of them until I get through
with them, and am good and ready to lei
them be interviewed. Neither Superin
tendent Damsel or Oscar Cooke nor any
detectives from St. Louis arc in Chicago,
or will be here.”
William A. Pinkerton this afternoon
made his first, statement respecting- the
arrest of the pnrtiis for participation in
the Adams Express robbery. He began
by declaring that the stories printed by
the Chicag a papers as to the affair were
wild and mainly misrepresentations. He
then declared that the agency had arrested
three men here on Friday forenoon, ne-
tween 10 and 11 o’clock. One of these was
the man who wrote the letters signed
“Jim Cummings” to the St. Louis p ipers,
and the other two were his Cornell
erates. They were - positively identi
fied by five witnesses brought here
from St. Louis yesterday. Tno three men,
together with Oscar Cooke, arrested in
Kansas City, and Bill Jloight, arrested m
Nashville, Pinkerton declared, wer.- now
in Missouri, which carries the prt-sunip-.
tion that the tl.ree men arrested her" were
taken there last night. Pinker on ȣte., I
however, that they were not tiiktn t° Ht. ,
Louis. The detective states tno of the ,
men were considered as bnsmvs »“ < ,
that none of them are ot tue de.perado
type.
How the Arrest IVus 'lade.
Chicago, December 27.— the c miplete
dm-i s of the chase after the AuamsBx-
press robbers who robbed the 311 ; on th“ j
mghtof Octob . - tin ie by the
were , r '^ Pi-fio rto^ National Detective
Agency to-night to j
Associated 1 rcss. • 'j - m ,; Mi namely: I
cueded in w ho is the author of
Frederick Will oca. « ... and w ho n.
the “Jim Cumming' , perpetrated
claimed to be lheM» ho pc l an
the robbery
ex-employe
who
W W. Haight,
,t- the Impress company,
jposed to DR
S'Ki" ^ther-iinlaivof WUmek,
Oscar Coot. Who mo ( , ml iled
robbery and divided the money d ^
the. “Jim Cummings je.ee m(w , ■
lives have turned up - i,
lives _ i
tinvate taat
uiuce.iuiited
lias all U;
featu
from |W,0» to
• The story ot <i
f romance aad
of it would be rogardec^- ^
still
base
tain
rob-
ted
feiitiavjo. n —- j OIl was a.recueu
able in “: tl0 ,s’, he had once been
against 8 "„ne run Irave'j- by
a and was die-charged ne
)iigh
tters
I )■ ibcrat
. ,\vas
lvilie,
i have
ntly.
M*as)u
d, l»«t
Mciinghajjb ^ lcU , n o, o
inmitns av’o.. , ear
od ill the ‘ 1 “;; J ^. qu ainted '.vim
ages, lie «•••• i v ,. re true
ham- The other i.i ' (jf „
a clue furnished >. |
to the tft. -ho II ii
signed “Jim A .litlleuiry in
located Without , vt . ru fima"
aad his cireums- • tfce Dei ter
changed greatly 1 lul) i 0 yed for} 11
After having ‘ ,-at- 1 a c >«'
by WiU-oeU.nl; o ope ...
W nr.se' sc rue. ^ ,, n ■
the robbery, ” “ ftl)Se nt 1 , d
found to have hi t , , rv wa- coin 1 > _
about the time the 10 • \y,jock - ,
whileI Kinn-y e“' a Xiisef - ^V ?
ness. Anions the eoW (he union . *
left by Jim Cum i} ., onc of -
were some ballad 'V Jl1 ... ,m
was found w ,. re ioiind 0
St. Louis, and h-J w.icii 1 ,; c
and herdaught ■ • -\ v ,and
Chicago, ido' 111 ' : 1 ^ hers. In , ! „
: former lodg<.J:
time some of
iiirrespm'd
th Jim .S' 1 "',’’;
compared with ;,
and ioumlto „iimv
tion about tin a t i-'-‘
Couk, formerly i^ lu “ J
and a close friend ofWitrock, had gone to
Kansas City, where he wu found to be
working as a cooper in East Bottoms, The
story was correct, then, that Cook
HAD WON A LARGE AMOUNT OK MONEY IN
A LOTTERY,
but this idea was soon exploded. It was
discovered that Cook had made several
trips away from the city, and his journeys
were always followed by the appearance
oi one oi the “Jim Cummings” letters. A
Pinkerton operative finally became a bosom
triend of Cook’s, visiting gambling houses
with Cook and continued to shadow him
until his arrest last Saturday. In
the meantime the shadow on Wit-
roek was maintained without result
until last Tuesday night. On that night
the Pinkerton men found another shadow
whom they did not know. They saw him
enter No. 10, Lincoln street, the residence
of Witrock, and afterwards a large man,
who corresponded to the description of
\S itroek, also entered the house. In mean
time Kinney had gone to Quincy, where he
received a telegram announcing the return
of Fred Witrock to Chicago. A Pi akerton
operative had followed Kinney to Quincy
and managed to secure these telegrams,
which were signed “Rose Witrock,” the
wife of the man the detectives were seeking.
The Pinkerton office in Chicago was warn
ed, and it only tended to confirm their sus
picions. Witroek’s house was closely
shadowed until Friday morning, and it was
feared Witrock had escaped. Meantime
Kinney returned to Chicago and he and
Weaver were seen to cautiously enter the
Witrock house, the blinds of which were
constantly drawn, although lights could
be seen inside. Oil Friday morning the
mysterious shadow came outof the Witrock
house as did also Kinney, and after
making a careful survey, Witrock ap
peared. The men went south on Lincoln
street,
SHOWING EVIDENT ALARM ALL THE
WHILE,
and finally eutered a liquor store and res
taurant, kept by an Italian, on Madison
street, near Lincoln. Robert A. Pinkerton
and two operatives shadowed the place
until Kinney went out, when they en
tered and arrested Witrock after a sharp
struggle. The latter attempted todra.va
revolver, two of which were found on his
person, lie protested against the indignity
but was searched and ffllO was taken from
his pocket book found on his person. The
shadow was searched and f450fi was found
on his person. The shadow turned out to
he a young mail named George. W. Barn-
ham, whom Witrock had met in Savan
nah, Ga. He explained that he had come
north with Witrock and hud shadowed
the hitter’s house as Witrock had explain
ed; that he had hot a man in Chicago
in a row and wished to escape ar
rest. He was afterward released
when lie had explained to the
satisfaction of the detectives that he had
no knowledge of nor connection with the
robbery. When Kenny reappeared he was
searched, and $1000 in loose money was
found on his person, while in a belt around
his waist was found if JOOO additional. These
men were ironed and taken to the Pinker
ton agency ill a close carriage. A search
of Witroek’s house resulted in finding a
skirt on Mrs. Witrock, into which ijitOOO
was sowed in S)0 notes. A bunch of
money, $460 in all, was ul30 found on her
person, together with a four carat
diamond. Weaver was arrested in the
cod yard about the sutne time, and in the
I basement of his house was found $3000 in
some fruit jars. The arrest of Cook and
Height was then ordered by telegraph.
The detectives state that Cook distributed
j the money after the robbery and was a go-
! between. They charge Height , with out-
' lining the robbery and alsomding in the
i forgery of the letter presented to Fother-
ingham. Witrock appears to have
been the only mau on the
! train concerned in the robbery, unless
- Fotheringhnm was his accomplice. Wit-
| look after the robbery, it is declared,
[joined Cook at East Bottoms, in Kansas
City, and was hidden by him until he went
south. Witrock, it is claimed, was never
before known to have been engaged in any
criminal enterprise. He was employed as
a bookkeeper for six years at Kansas City.
The detectives never stated what they
knew about the wife of Witrock. She has
disappeared, but while she is not
under arrest she is under close surveil
lance. The Pinkerton agency still decline
tosav where Witrock, Kenney or Weaver
are incarcerated, but it is pretty well
known that they are still in Chicago.
They state that their instructions from the
express company were to pursue the
thieves without regard to expense or the
hope of recovering any of the money.
They will not give any expression of their
view's ns to the guilt or innocence of Foth-
eringham.
ON ’CHANGE.
Small Sale,anil Sonin Fluctuations.
New York, December 27.—'The stock
market to-day, while reporting a larger
aggregate of shares sold than on Friday is
dUferent in degree as to dullness. To-day
being hank holiday in London, there was
arbitrage business which aided the pre
vailing stagnation. The influences over
the market to-day were generally of an
unfavorable cnaraeter, of which the dis
cussion of t he interstate commerce bill,the
strike upon Reading and the rumored re
duction in the rate of dividends upon St.
Paul were the most conspicuous. Money
was easy with a maximum rate of 7 per
1 cent. There was a small pressure to soil
1 in the early morning which, however,soon
j disappeared, but a general heavy tone was
I noticeable throughout the day, and it de-
1 veloped into a decided weakness among
' ;l "few stocks toward the close of the board,
! and over one-third of the entire day’s busi-
ness was done in the last fourteen minutes,
j gt. Paul was a' conspicuous feature in the
: late decline for the reasons noted above.
' Union Pacific yielded steadily throughout
the day, while Louisville and Nashville,
i after the first hour, remainedcoraparativo
le firm. Most of the list was remarkably
dai! and without feature. The opening
was firm in the morning, first prices being
j j to A per cent, below Friday’s closing
I figures.
Striking Glass Glowers.
I Sandwick, Mass., December 27.—A
' strike has occurred in the Boston and
I Sami wick glass works, owing, it is stated,
: to the glass workers being “docked” on
: last week’s work. It seems that in making
"salts” l.'iOO constitute a “move,” and that
; three workmen were short from 100 to 200,
; and in consequence their regular week’s
pay on Friday was not as much as usual.
The difference amounted to !l 7 cents to
each man. The reduced amount was ac
cepted by the men under protest, hut as
no settlement of the difficulty could be
reached the men quit work and the glass
already melted had to be ladeled out. A
committee has been appointed to make a
settlement.
Blizzardm and Freeze*.
Marshalltown, Iowa, December 27.—
A blizzard raged here yesterday. The
thermometer fell gradually from four
degrees below zero at 11 a. in. to twenty-
one below zero at 9 p. in., and at 4 o’clock
this morning it was twenty-eight degrees
below zero, the coldest of the season, It
is perfectly calm and clear this morning.
EOT. Jfli 1, LOGAN
The Story of His Sickness and Death
as Told by the Eloctric Wires.
The Illinois Senator 1’asNrs (Juiotly from Knrtli.
Mrs. iiOpran ('rostrated With (Irlof—Consulta
tions About thp Time* and Plaro of th* Four rut.
Many Toons Claiming Him. but no Derision
Benched—A Pension for the Widow.
Washington, December 20.—John A.
Logan died at three minutes before 3
o’clock this afternoon. His death, which
! came with startling suddenness to his fam
ily and friends, had not been unexpected
by his physicians for some days. A lurk-
j ing tendency to brain complication, which
; had been present in greater or less degree
i and constantly increasing i:i severity dar
ing his entire illness, had protmrod them
| to expect the worst. The racking pains
! which ho suffered during the early days of
his illness yielded to treatment, but left
him in a weak and exhausted condition,
from which he never rallied, and upon
which fever preyed with increasing
violence, until the hour of his death
THE WEAKENING PULSE.
After last midnight his pulse grew
weaker and weaker, and at 4 o’clock this
morning his condition was such as to
cause great fear of his immediate death.
After this he rallied somewhat, and at a
consultation, which was held at 9 o’clock
this morning, his pulse was found to be
somewhat stronger, but his general condi
tion was not such as to give any hope of
ultimate recovery. Dr. Baxter relieved
Dr. Hamilton at the conclusion of the con
sultation and continued in constant at
tendance until tlie general’s death. The
physicians again met in consultation at
1:30 p. m., at which time it was apparent
that the patient was rapidly sinking and
could not live but a few hours. At2 o’clock
the genera 1 revived sufficiently to recog
nize his wife, who has been at his bodside
night and day during his entire illness. As
she spoke to him he looked up into her
face and all who were present knew that
he recognized her.
THE SLEEP IN DEATH.
This was the last manifestation of con
sciousness. He then wearily closed his
| eyes and sank again into a lethargic sleep,
from which he never awoke. While the
' public has been aware for a week or more
that Gen. L>gan was confined to his room
with rheumatism, many even of his most
intimate friends were as late as yesterday
| afternoon unsuspicious of the serious
i character of the attack, and to the masses
| the announcement m this morning’s
j papers that the statesman lay at death’s
i door, brought a shock of sorrowful sur
prise. All day long the carriages of sympa
thetic callers have occupied the space in
j front of the Calumet place, while hun
dreds of pedestrians of all walks in life
j have climbed tno hill upou which the
! Logan mansion stands, to ask if it were
• true that all hope was past.
INQUIRING FRIENDS GALL.
Among tnose who thus actively express-
! ed their grief and sympathy were Secretary
; and Mrs. Whitney, Secretary and Mrs.
J Manning, Senators It insotn arid Walthall,
| General and Mrs. Cockrell, Mr. and Mrs.
• Bancroft Davis, General Mahone, Senator*
j Piatt, Mitchell and Eustis, Congressman
Hitt, of Illinois, and Byrnes, of Colorado;
| General and Colonel ohcriaan; Professor
I and Mrs. Bell; Senator and Mrs. Payne;
Justice Matthews; Senators Harris and
Whitthorne; Senator and Mrs. Miller; Sen
ators Voorhees and Blair and Congressmen
Burrows and Townshend. A series of tel
egrams of condolence have been pouring
iu during the day from all parts of the
country, among the latest being one from
ex-Senator Conkiing, expressing his ina
bility to credio the reported imminence of
danger, and asking for information.
Though the doctors have given no word of
hope during the day, yet the attendants as
late as this noon, refused to give full cred
ence to the alarming bulletins,and whisper
ed to the inquirers something of the chances
the sturdy frame of the sufferer and the
united staff* of consulting physicians would
bring a revival of vitality sufficient to
dominate the insidious poison in his frame,
but after noon no one ventured to express
a hope that the sufferer would last during
the day. Intimate friends gathered with
the grief-stricken and almost frantic rela
tives about the bedside, while in the
spacious hall and parlors below, a sad-
faccd throng remained in expectancy.
The stifled nobs of the wife and children,
and the inarticulate utterances of the dying
man were audible at times throughout
the mansion. At five minutes before three
Dr. Baxter came out of the sickroom ami
said to one who was waiting for intelli
gence: ‘‘Simply say he is dying.” Then
the voice of prayer at tlie ' bedside rose
above the sobs of the stricken mourners,
and, with its end, euded the life of the
warrior statesman.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.
Senator (Jullom, who was at the dying
man’s side continuously from last evening,
was requested to temporarily take charge
of matters. He sent at once for the dep
uty sergeant-at arms of the senate, who,
upon his arrival half an hour biter, entered
upon the usual preliminary arrangements
for the funeral by summoning an under
taker, and telegraphing to the sergeant-at-
arms and others at a distance. General
Logan’s system was very sensitive to
weather changes of a particular kind, and
he has often been hoard to remark in a
half jocular way that he believed lie could
accurately foretell the coming of a snow
storm. The seeds of his disorder were
sown during the war, his first attack of
rheumatism having, followed immediately
the end pf a tweuty-foar hours’ march
through a blinding snow storm. His last
attack, too, resulted from a brief exposure
to the snow storm of a fortnight ago, and
his deaih was preceded by but a few min
utes the beginning of a heavy flurry,
which, though brief, covered the earth
with a thick carpet of white.
THE FUNERAL.
Washington, December 27.—One who
saw the remains of General Logan this
morning, theembalmers having completed
their work and the body being ready for
its casket, describes its appearance as life
like and but little wasted. Mrs. Logan’s
condition is gradually mending, some
portion of last night Having been passed
in deep sleep, the first which she has
taken for several clays. No arrangements
have yet been made for the funeral. Mrs.
Logan has, however, expressed the wish to
see the members of the Illinois lega ion,
who are in the city this afternoon, and u
meeting has been called for 3 o’clock, ai
which Mrs. Logan’s wishes will be learned
and arrangements for the funeral decided
upon.
A PENSION FOR LOGAN’S WIDOW.
General Logan lived in an old-fashioned
bm comfortable and substantial house on
Thirteenth street, just outside the* city
boundary, which he' purchased about t-yo
years ago. This property, though stii!
encumbered by a mortgage, has incrc i.vd
considerably in value since General L - *
became its possessor. Together with the
Chicago homestead, also said lo
be mortgaged, it constitute:-:
almost the entire fortune left for ih« •
port of the widow, her chief r n ; '
resources being the expected proceeds ol
the sale of the general’s book. Air. ady t !:<•
project has been privately discussed a.jdun.'
{ congressmen of providing for her future
by a pension bill based upon the general’s
military service, and none have been
heard to question the propriety of this
course.
CONTENDING FOR LOGAN’S BODY.
The correspondence was still in progress
at a late hour this evening between Senator
Cullom and the authorities and personal
friends of Gen. Logan in Chicago regarding
the arrangements for the burial. The first
tender of a burial place was received yes
terday from the authorities at Springfield,
who tendered the choice of places in that
city, one ot them being the cemetery in
which Lincoln is interred. Then came
tenders from places in southern
Illinois, the neighborhood of
Logan’s earlier home and from Chicago,
the home of his later years. During the
day urgent representations of the claims of
Chicago have been coming from various
organizations of that city and from influ
ential friends. There is reason to believe
that if Chicago makes a definite and seas
onable tender of a burial place in that city
it will be accepted.
THE LATEST ABOUT LOGAN.
The members of the Chicago delegation
in congress, who are now in Washington,
held a meeting at the Logan mansion this
atternoon in compliance with the sugges
tion of Mrs. Logan for consultation
There were present Senator Cullom and
Representatives Hitt, Henderson, Howell,
Payson, Springer, Thomas,Townshend and
Neece. Mrs. Logan’s wishes with regard
to the funeral arrangements were made
known by Representative Henderson, with
whom she had been conferring. Her in
clinations favored a funeral in the senate
chamber after the reassembling of
congress and an interment in the congress
ional cemetery here. The matter was dis
cussed, but no conclusion as to the nature
of the cunsel to be tendered was reached,
the subject being postponed until to-mor
row. The probabilities, however, at I he
time of adjournment pointed to the post
poncment of the funeral until Wednesday
of next week and the temporary interment
of the remains in a receiving vault here,
pending the decision as to the place of
permanent burial. Since that time further
conferences have informally taken place
and the members of the delegation are
now of the opinion that the funeral ser
vices
WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT FRIDAY
in the senate chamber, and that t he re
mains will then immediately be conveyed
to Chicago. Senator Sherman was at the
| mansion this afternoon and was in consul
tation with Mrs. Logan, who sought hi)
advice regarding the arrangement. He
lias already made a selection of tue com
mittee to represent the senate, hut wilh-
I holds its announcement until tHe arrange*
, mentb shall be determined upon. At half
| past 0 this evening a guard of honor, sent
I by the secretary of war, consisting of a
sergeant and four privates of artillery fully
! uniformed and equipped reported at
Calumet place. A sentinel was placed at
the front door and another at the door of
the chamber in which lie the remains. A
guard of marines, to be sent by the secre
tary of the navy, will report to-morrow
morning. Mrs. Logan’s residence was to
day connected by wire with the main
Washington office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, audits facilities were
freely placed at the disposal of the family.
More than two hundred messages of sym
pathy and condolence were received Irotn
all parts of the country.
RIOTING STRIKERS IN ’FRISCO.
j Hu i y Mob Car UoinhiePti’N anil Fitfiit tin* Bolin.
I San Francisco, December 27.—Earlv
• this morning a number of strikers of iln*
i Geary street cable road gathered ut the
I corner of Geary and Franklin streets with
| the determination to prevent the ears from
being run. The first car coining into the
city was attacked, and the conduct.#r and
gripinan were driven from the ear which
went flying down the street, with the
strikers following it and smashing the
windows. The ?)olice officers managed to
stop the car and were pelted with stones.
An officer drew his revolver and fired
several shots into the crowd. Two per
sons, whose names are not known, were
said to be injured but not seriously. At
the same hour that this trouble was taking
place in Geary street a number of men
attacked an incoming car of the Butter
Street Line, and its conductor and gripmun
received similar treatment. A man named
Geo. W. Kelly, who was recognized ns a
former conductor on the Sutter street road,
was arrested.
Trouble Annuo* tin* Knight*.
Philadelphia, Pa., December 27. —
Unless word is received from the general
executive board of the knights of labor to-
| day, granting the demands of Mm assem-
I blies of the machine constructions fora
j national trades charter, nearly 4000
knights in this city, and thousands in
j other parts of the country, will withdraw
j from the order. Twenty-one assemblies
| throughout the country notified the gene-
| ral executive board that unless the trade*
charter is granted they will leave the
1 order, and most of those in this
city have given notice that unless the dc-
I tnand is acceded to to-day, they will with
draw. The machinists claim as a right
j under the constitution of the order that.
| they shall be allowed to direct the business
j pertaining to their own interests. Three
■ mean bo s of the general committee are in
favor of granting these demands, hut Mr.
Powderly, with a majority of the board, is
! opposed to the scheme and it i.-i not likelv
i that any word will be received by the dis-
! satisfied assemblies to-day. Sonic of the
j mechanics assemblies have decided to |
J await until the first of the new year and if
! a national eh na.-r is not granted by that
I time, they will follow llie lead of the Phil- i
! adelphia assemblies and over 50,(XX)
knights will sever their connection with
I the order.
A UuiKlsnini* < lirisl inas Pn*s#-(tt.
Rochester, N. Y’., December 25.—On I
Christmas day Mr. II. If. Warner, pro- |
1 prietor of Warner’s Safe Cure, made a lYoi* I
; will offering to his responsible employ* ot i
. a choice of *250,000 worth of stock in War-
, ner’s Safe Cure Company, or the *ume
amount, in cash, derision to on rendered by
July first next. This interest, includes
j Warner’s safe y- ast business and Warner's !
i remedies,business headquarters in Roches* I
I ter and branch establishments in Canada,
• Australia. England, G< rmany and India.
> Mr. Warner is the well known founder
i of the Warner astronomical observatory j
. and sole organizer and director
I of the largest proprietary medicine busi- I
ness in the world. This gift is in line with 1
: a purpose whr*h he long since formed to
| give his responsible employes a share in
; his business when it was successfully estab-
| fished all over the world, and it is a very
i influential testimonial to the good policy
; that unites faithful labor with successful
capital on a proprietary basis.
Dm wing tin* Firm.
! Baltimore, December 27.—Baker Bros.
S and Swindell Bros, agreed to draw the fires
; in their glass works th is morning. They
! will employ no glass blowers who refu:.»*
to work with apprentices and who will not
withdraw from the league. John Coffey,
president of the league, is expected to
come to Baltimore and discuss the matter
| with the manufacturers if they will meet
I him.
How the Domestic Wine Got in Its Work
at the Capitol City.
Olio M.in Murdered ut h Dnnco—Anotlior SIiooIk a
Woman -A Young Mini Wound*, I'orlmpN Fa
tally, Mr. Martin Man toy—An ('iirmiMcionnblo
Kirk F|> in the Uato City iicmrnlly Durimr
Christ mas.
Atlanta, Ga., December 27.—The fruit
of the jug trains has been prolific during
the past few days and the list of Christ
mas casualties is a long one. Several of
them were seriously but only one has
thus far resulted fatally, though one or
two of the wounded men lie in n danger
ous condition.
Grifllu Page, alias Chess Pace, after leav
ing a hall-room Christmas night, decided
to return; when he sought entrance a now
admission fee was demanded, which he re
fused, and pushed his way into the room.
Boon after the lights were put. out, a gen
eral fight ensued, and soon after Page was
found in the street with two serious cuts
across his abdomen, from which he died
next day. The doorkeepers, Bert Artor-
iiiiis and John Riders, are under arrest for
i he crime. All parties are colored.
Mr. Martin Manly, father of Captain
Manly, of the police force, attempted on
Christmas day to separate William Cullom
and his father, who were engaged in a
fight at their residence on Bummer Hill.
This enraged voung Cullom and he picked
up a large stone and struck Mr. Martin
Manly over the head. A physician was
summoned and it was found that Manly
was seriously hurt, his skull having been
fractured.
Bob Brown and Bob Love, colored, quar
reled about a woman on Tat nail st reet and
Brown drew a pistol and shot. Love through
the thigh. Brown was promptly arrested.
A man named Johns shot Brant, and
Henry Freeland in north Atlanta Christ
mas evening. Johns, while playing
with Henry Freeland, became angry
and went after a gun. Be
fore he returned Brant Freeland came
up, and Johns, when he arrived, fired both
barrels of the gun, inflicting a wound in
Brant’s foot and Henry’s leg.
John Sharp and Eugene Lewis were
fooling with a pistol when Blmri) acci
dentally discharged the weapan, indicting
a fatal wound in Lewis’s stomach. Sharp
has been arrested.
John Trimble, colored, is behind the
bars charged with shooting Ella Brown in
tno head. Trimble claims the girl acci
dentally shot, himself.
Will Martin is lying in a critical condi
tion from a knife wound inflict* d by Pool
South on Christinas eve night. There
were a number of other minor eusualities.
Tutiini; Strikers’ I'hiros.
Atlanta, December 27.—One hundred
and fifty unemploy* b railroad men ldt
hero on the afternoon train for Louisville,
whore they go to dll vacancies caused by
the Louisville and Nashville strike.
Bin! ItiiHrr.
Atlanta, December 27.—Four hundred
and fifty pounds of oleomargarine wen.
seized by the Called States collector to
day, consigned as genuine bufcu r t,p a him
chant here by P. Moran tfe Go., of Chicago.
hooNcil in .binnary.
Atlanta, Ga., December 27.—Principal
Keeper John R. Towers, of the peniten
tiary, furi^ohes tin* following list, of eon
vie is whose, terms will expire in January,
and who will be discharged from the peni
tentiary :
John Williams, ofChutham county, five
years, discharged January 2.
James Warmer, of Chatham county,
twelve years, discharged J.-unary 17.
Charles Reese, of CiiaLtahnnckc county,
two years, discharged January 1 1.
Lewis Thompson, of Chattahoochee
county, two years, discharged January II.
Gabe McG’iintio, of Floyd county, two
years, discharged January IS.
Lewis Griffin, of Floyd county, two yearn,
discharged January 13.
Anthony Henderson, of Floyd county,
two years, discharged January 13.
George Pascal, of McDuffie county, two
years, discharged January 29.
Robert Lynn, of Harris county, two
years, discharged February 1.
John Sloan, of'Polk county, live years,
discharged February 1.
John Talbert, of Polk county, five years,
discharged Fobruury 1.
Richard Williams, alias Yancey Richard,
three months, escape, discharged February
FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Mr. S,o«rccljt' 1
Burned lo A*.ties.
Philadelphia, Pi., December 27. A
lire broke out in the basement of the Tern
pie theatre <*n Jiostnui street, between
•Seventh arid Eighth, nhou it o’clock this
morning and was not. g rtten under control
until the handsome structure was a com
plete wreck, two firemen had been killed,
one fireman severely injured and a great
amount of damage done to the adjoining
property by the smoke and water. The
theatre was owned by Wm. M. Bingerly,
proprietor of the Philadelphia Record.
Hie building was formerly known as the
Musonic Temple, having neen built by the
grand lodge, of Fn e Masons of Pennsylvania
and occupied by the Masons for lodge pur
poses from 1855 to 187.1. Bubseijuently the
building wn> used for various theatrical
and mercantile enterprises. Mr. Bingerly
transformed the building into the Temple
theatre, and as such it has been kn nvn
since the opening night, Septemhci 14,
Us85. The theatre was entirely remodeled,
tHe improvements costing Mr. rsingerly 1
about .■f'200/XK). Mr. Bingerly said to - j
day, while the lire was in progress, i
that he had endeavored to make
the theatre the handsomest in the country,
and iic was of the opinion that he succeed
ed in doing so. A portion of the building I
Was used as a museum under the title of
t'ic “Egyptian museum.” and it was in the |
basement section, in tills department the \
fire w.w first discovered. Its origin is he- I
lieved to have been accidental, being can.-,
cri by the igniting of some drapei.v from u
gas-jet. Tiie entire building was soon tilled
with a dense smoke which seriously ;
impeded the work of the firemen. Two ;
scrub women and three malt: attaches of
tiie museum were in the upper floors and I
were all rescued uninjured by trie firemen, I
who lowered them on ladders from the
fourth story window. The flames ran
quickly from the basement through an |
elevated shaft to the upper stories and
tue entire building was soon enveloped.
The fire burned stubbornly and the !
constant falling of burning Umbers pre
vented the firemen from reaching the \
centre of the structure. A general alarm
was sent out, and almost every fire uppa-!
ratus and fireman in the city were put to i
work t) prevent i he fire from reaching tiie
surrounding vain dde property. The Wasn*
ingfcon hotel adjoins the theatre on the
east, and when it was found that tiie
flames were gaining on it, the firemen
began the work of removing the effects ■
(irul the proprietor hi.: furniture. After
the fire had been burning about three
hours the roof of the theatre fell in and
carried a portion of the wail with it. Sev
eral of the firemen who were handling a
line of the hose just inside the main en
trance were buried under a heavy mass of
stone and timber and two of
their number, John Johnson and
John Gibson, were instantly killed. Their
bodies were not recovered up to a late
hour to-night. Hugh Colgan was dug out
alive, but sustained severe injuries. The
tire at 7 p. m, is still confined to the thea
ter building, but is now thought to be un
der control. The loss, including that of
various mercantile llrpis by smoke and
water, will aggregate nearly half a million
dollars.
THE FIRE IH OVER.
The fire was gotten under control at
about 8 o’clock to-night, the flames having
been kept within the walls of the t heatre
building. The building and its contents,
however, arc completely destroyed. Por
tions of the front and back walls are stand
ing, but will have to bo torn down when
a new building is erected. Bingcrlv paid
for the ground and building f2&,000, and
expended 5175,000 on remodeling the
structure, lie also paid out $50,000
for figures, etc., in the muse. On
these losses there arc insurances amount
ing to $127y000. Mr. Bingerly claims, how
ever, that there has been a decided in
crease in the value of the ground since he
purchased the property and that his net
loss, after deducting the insurance, will be
less than $100,090. George C. Hrothcrton,
lessee of the theatre, will lose about $25,000
on scenery, stage settings, etc., on which
there is an insurance of $825. The loss on
the Washington hotel, owned by John
Tracey, is $7590, fully insured. The sales
room of Niles’ Tool Works, of Tiffin, Ohio,
was located on the first floor of the theatre
building, their loss is estimated at $20,000;
insurance $12,000. Fairbanks Sc Co., scales,
in the same building, lose $0000; partly in
sured. Wyekoff. Beamans & Benedict,
agents for the Remington type writers,
whose office was in a room occupied by
Fairbanks, lose from $l(XK) to $5000;
insured for $2000. AI. H. Eaton, stationery,
on Chestnut street adjoining the theatre,
loses $12,000 to $15,000;' nearly covered by
insurance. Hubbard Brothers, publishers,
nlaoe their loss at $6&«000; insurance $27,001).
No effort will bo maae to-night to reach
the two unfortunate firemen, their bodies
being buried under twenty feet of brick
and stone.
Sumy Storm in Fnidninl.
London, December 27.- -Though private
gossip interprets tiie political situation lo
be unchanged it is known that tlie bulk of
I he conservatives are opposed to Lord
iI irlington as the successor of Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, and wish to maintain a
purely conservative cabinet, holding that
t He vacancy in the ministry should be filled
by one of their own number. Joseph
Chamberlain’s recent speech at Birming
ham lias greatly impressed the home rulers
with the prospect of a reunion of the lib
eral party.
a snow storm.
One of the severest snow storms t hit over
visited this country passed over England
to day. Railway trains were blocked and
telegraph wires borne down by tLit* storm,
in many places.
LATER NEWS FROM THE STORM.
New Yoiik. December 27.—George G.
W mi. general manager in New York of
tli" Commercial Conte company, has re-
oeivefi Uk* following information from the
I agent of tue line .a Bristol, England, re
garding the snow storm i:i England yestcr-
“Tho snow storm in England yesterday
appears to have done an amount of dam
age to telegraph w'n s which i« unprece
dented. The London Daily says the
telegraph wires in the city last
night were snapping with alarming
rapidity, and the Fleet street
policemen curled the broken ends around
the lump posts. A train on the Midland
line was delayed over an hour by the full
ing of telegraph wires across the truck.
A large number of t< legraph and telephone
wires tail last evening over the Metropoli
tan area. There was very severe weather
at Reading yesterday. The snow that fell
in the afternoon was heavier than has been
experienced for years, whilst the wind
blew a hurricane, causing considerable
damage to the roofs of houses. Trees
were also injured by the branches being
wrenched off by the violence of the wind.
In Banning (Jutting, on the Great Western
railroad, trains were delayed by snow
drifts. On the line from Paddington to
Reading and from Meath to Bristol, all
the telegraph poles are a perfect wreck
many of the poles being splintered like
match wood arid lying in all directions.
The railway block lines being down, trains
arc considerably delayed ana arc signalled
all along the line by nags. It seems prob
able that the wires between Bristol and
London will not be restored for two or
three days. Telegraphs in other directions
have suffered equally as bad so far as can
be a oertained.
Tin* I'nsidvnt’K Illness.
Washington, December 27.—-The presi
dent, although suffering from rheumatic
pains, is somewhat easier to-day. Absolute
quiet and rest being necessary for his case,
he was obliged to deny himself to callers,
and the usual afternoon reception was
omitted. He remained in bed most of the
day. Dr. O’Reilly, his attending physi
cian, said that the president vv is improv
ing and would, lie thought, be able to
move about to-morrow, but lie would have
to keep very quiet for a few days yet.
He attributes the recurrence of
| the trouble to the president’s
unwillingness to remain quiet
any length of time. The president, said to
Colonel Lament last evening, “I had my
own way when I was sick before, but 1
guess I'll let the doctor have his way this
time.” The president’s attack is not so
serious as was at first supposed, and it is
expected to yield more readily to treat
ment. The president expects to be able
to carry out his programme of receptions,
beginingvvith one on new year’s day.
Tin* Ki'uilinu* .Men in Itciclint'-N.
Reading, Pa., December 27. -The trains
of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
are moving regularly to-day. but the trou
bles *it Port Richmond are generally dis
cussed by the employes in this city, and
unit sa settlement is soon c flee led it is
predicted that there will be trouble along
! lie entire line from Philadelphia to the
e »al regions. Nearly all of the employes of
the company in Reading are members of
the knights of labor, and largely attended
meetings were held in this city yesterday
afternoon. Last night’s'situation at Port
Richmond was considered in its various
aspects. But the only thing done was to
appoint a committee to confer with the
strikers and ascertain the tone and nature
of their grievances. The local assemblies
of the knights of labor hold themselves in
readiness t.o co-operate w.th the organiza
tions ut Port Richmond and eisewhc.ro.
Aqiliyxiiitnl in Unhuidda.
Columbia. S. C., December 27.—A. II.
Bmith, <’f Maysville, B. C., upon retiring
for the night in the house Julius Kreutz-
i in, failed to entirely turn off the gas and
was found iu a state of unconsciousness
this morning. The efforts of the physician
to resuscitate him were unavailing and he
died to-day. His body will be sent to his
family tliis evening.
