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VOL. XXIX—NO. m
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 81, 1887.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Twentieth Day'* Proceedings of the Ad
journed Term.
in Kxphmst Ion—Payment of Bond. Stolen From
Mrs. E. 11. Bedell—The Sew Capitol—An Amend
ment to the Count Hut Ion Proponed.
Atlanta, July 30.—The house was called
to order at 9 o’clock by Speaker Little.
Mr, Wilson, of Camden, rose to a ques
tion of privilege and said he desired to ex
plain that certain questions which he had
put to the speaker yesterday in the session
of the committee of the whole were simply
that the remarks of the speaker might be
understood by himself anil the house. He
I ii not taken offense at anything that had
been said by the speaker in reference to
negro criminals.
By unanimous consent a number of bills
were read the second time.
Reports were received from standing
committees on special judiciary, temper
ance, finance.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED,
The call of counties being continued, the
following new bills and resolutions were
introduced and referred to proper commit
tees:
By Mr. Chappell—Amending section 1969
of the code; also, providing for the pay
ment of certain gold bonds stolen from
Mrs. E. H. Bedelij of Muscogee; also, a reso
lution providing tor carrying into effect the
provision of the constitution against mo
nopolies, and referring consideration of
the matter to the railroad committee to
report a proper measure to the house for
currying such constitutional provision into
effect.
Mr. Morgan, of Pulaski—Amending sec
tion 3976 of the code.
Mr. Lamar, of Richmond—Authorizing
citizens to use the name of the state in quo
warranto proceedings.
Mr. Calvin, of Richmond—Amending
the act creating a board of assessors for
real and personal property of Richmond
county; also, amending an act creating a
reformatory institute for Richmond coun
ty; also, amending section 2850 (a) of the
code.
Mr. McCord, of Richmond—Incorport-
ing the Augusta Steamboat Company.
Sir. Simmons, of Sumter—Repealing an
act providing for the distribution of lines
and forfeiture in the county court of Sum
ter; also, amending section 4574 of the code
i 1 reference to disturbing divine worship
by substituting “improper” for “indecent”
in said section; also, amending section 1046
of the code.
Mr. Mouney, of Union—Creatingla board
of commissioners of roads and revenues for
Union county.
Mr. Wheeler, of Walker—Amending
paragraph 7, a-'ticle 7, section 2 of the con
stitution so as to provide that bills before
the legislature shall be read the first time
by caption and second and third time in
full.
Mr. Gresham, of Walton—Prohibiting
the sale of liquor in three miles of Carmel
caureh in Walton county.
Mr. Whaley of Wayne—Establishing
game laws in Wayne county.
BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
The roll of counties having been com
pleted the following bills and resolutions
■vu*<j -introduned by unanimous consent:
Mr. Howell, of Pulton—Resolution pro
viding for the appointment of a furnish
ing commission for the new oapitol, to be
composed of three state house officers ap
pointed by the governor, two members of
the house appointed by the speaker, and
one from the senate appointed by the
president of the senate, of which the gov-
ennor shall be ex officio chairman, which
commission shall report to the next legis
lature the furniture required andanc-iti-
muted cost of the same.
Mr. Watson, of Douglas—Requiring en
gineers on locomotives to pass examina
tion and receive a license before running
trains.
Mr. Poaples, of Berrien—Amending sec-
l.on 671 of the code.
Mr. Smith, of Glynn—Appropriating
fuuds raised from liquor licenses to educa
tional purposes in the county in which the
I quor Is sold.
Mr. Humphreys, of P,rooks—Amending
section 3, paragraph 7, article 7, constitu
tion, so as to require bills introduced in the
legislature to be regd only twice instead of
thr-ee times:
Mr. Hudson, of Irwin—Creating n board
of commissioners of roads and revenues in
Irwin county.
Mr. Humphreys, of Clinch—Making
riding on tops or under cars, or in any way
stealing a ride, a misdemeanor.
Mr. McLendon, of Thomas—Amending
section 710 of the code: also, providing for
the registration of the legal voters of
Thomas county; also, amending rule 98 o
the house so as to require a constitutional
majority of the house to accept senate,
amendmrnts to house bills.
Also—Allowing judges of the superior
court to accept pleas of guilty and sen
tence prisoners in jail during vacation.
Mr. Russell, of Cnatham—Incorporating
the town of Ocean City, on Tybee Island.
Also—Incorporating the Savannah, Ver
non and Roseview Railroad company.
Also—Appropriating $437.50 for tiie pay
ment ot certain coupon bonds held by
James Hunter.
Mr. Foute, of Bartow—Amending section
1910 fa) of the code (referring to jury c'm-
missious).
Mr. Stewart, of Rockdale—Incorporat
ing the Long Shoals and Rock'and rail
road.
Mr. Atkinson, of Coweta—For the relief
of J. G, Carmichael
Mr. Gordon, if Chatham—Providing for
the better discipline and organization of
the volunteer military of the state.
A CALL OP TftE HOUSE.
At a quarter before 12 o’clock a motion
to change the order having been put three
times without securing a quorum vote, a
call of the house was ordered by the speak
er to ascertain if a quorum was present.
The roll call showed sixty absentees and a
quorum nresent.
On motion the house adjourned.
NEARLY A PANIC.
Caused by the I ni'\l'hdtied Alisenoe id a I loiul-
npiit Healer.
ew York, July 30.-The selling yes-
lay. which caused a heavy liquidation
he afternoon, developed into a panic at
opening of the exchange this morning,
1 stocks were sold at any sacrifice, the
y object of brokers seeming to be the
ling of the accounts of mined specula-
i. The greatest cause ot the decline was
non-appearance oi Harry Powers, who
k the place of Russell Sage as the lead-
writer of puviieges on
street. His businers was enor-
us, and many operators held bis puts
l calls as security against these stocas,
the office of Goul & Henr>, who do
st of Powers’ stock exchange business,
statement can be obtained, although
s of the attaches admitted that Powers
i embarrassed but would nrobabiv coine
all right and settle everything in full,
ere need be no suspension tO'd a y ; <
'Ugh he is bankrupt, as the half holiday
vents any stocks being put to him to-
Colliding Trains.
d £i°/ C ? RD ’ N ’ ?■’ Jul - V 30 -A frightful
occurred Oil tne Hooksett branch
of the Concord railroad this forenoon. An
accommodation passenger traiii was re-
ported nine minutes late and coming via
frn m 8 pn 0 f 0 S k m branch> Th0 mixet1 tr ain
ft?® Pittsfield was on time and started
south fiorn Suncook to Hooksett to con-
nect with the lorenoon train at Pittsfield.
“ .'f 1 " oil a siding a short distance
this side of Hooksett, when the passenger
train, by reason of a misplaced switch, ran
upon the siding and crashed into the loco
motive of the ni’xed train. Both locomo
tives were badly wrecked as wore the bag
gage and mail car of the passenger train
and many freight cars on the mixed train.
The engineers and firemen of both trains
had time to jump and escape serious injury.
George A. Rench, express messenger,
and frank Baruy, brafteiuan on the mixuci
train, were instantly killed and others in
jured. A relief train was sent from this
city with surgeons to attend the injured.
A large gang of men were also dispatched
to clear the wreck and remove the ob
structions from the track. The pecuniary
damage will he heavy. This is the first
serious accident that has happened on the
Concord ruad for many years. A later re-
liort placos the total number ot killed at
lour.
murdered his father.
John Scares Shoots Joseph Scares to BentJi in
Bracken County—The Trouble Orer the Father’s
Will.
cm m cost.
The Event* of the Day in the Capital of
the State. 1
Applications foe Paitlons—The Governor (Inina to
Latinuigi—Ftpcl for Contempt ot. Con..—An
other Coulfty llc-o'il From.
Augusta, Ky., July 27.—Information has
just been received here in regard to a most
atrocious and horrible murder that took
S lace at an early hour this morning near
eaves’ Cross Roads, a village in this coun
ty near the pendleton line. The party
who did the killing was John Neavos, eld
est son of Joseph Neaves, an aged and
wealthy farmer of that vicinity,and it was
b<s own father whom he shot. The trouble
that led to the cruel deed had grown out
of a will that the deceased had
made, by which his son John
had been disinherited. There had been
repeated quarrels between them on the
subject, and on the son’s side threats of
violence, but it was only this morning that
the matter culminated in murder. Know
ing that his father had left him nothing in
his will,John Neaves had repeatedly asked
his brother and other relatives to talk to
the old man about the matter, but th’s
they had refused to do. Meeting his fathe-
tbis morning, John made a final demand
that tae old will bo destroyed and a new
one made. This his father refused to do.
It was then that John Neaves, with a vol
ley ot oaths, draw his gun and fired, the
shot taking effect in the old man’s body,
killing him instantly. Realising what he
bad done, young Neaves dropped his gun,
turned and tied, and nothing lias yet been
heard of his whereabouts. The authorities
of Falmouth and other points have been
telegraphed to arrest him it seen attempt
ing to escape. There is great excitement
over the matter.
Tile Stock Exchange.
New Yook, July 30.— I’be sum, session
of the stock market to-day was the liveliest
that lias be- n seen since the b eak of July
24, and the d scou.-agement of the bulls
noticed .vesltu’dav quickly developed into
« psn'c, stocks being -throan over right
and lent and very many accmm* t v.’ipeo
out on the long side. Stop orders wore
noticed in nearly ail tho active list, while
the only liuj big noticeable was by London,
and the earnings of the sho.ts aid d tile
depression. T be privilege broker, i umor
eri yesterday to be in trouble, did not make
his appearance upon the street and his
collateral was dumped upon the market.
Dealings were very largo and the market
extremely feverish throughout, with vio
lent fluctuations. The iact. that
the session would last but two
hours adding to make the demoralization
greats:, as every one was in a hurry to get
out, there was not a stock on the l : st thut
was held but u!l declined together, the
losses difteiing only In degree, while coal
stocks, Reading anil Lackawanna recorded
the heaviest losses among the. active b'st.
Inactive stocks were comparatively neg
lected, though a few of them showed that
very wide fluctuations was made, a.id the
presumption is that the leaders of the hour
movement were afraid to let thedeclinego
further. The opening was generally heavy,
though declines from from last evenings
prices were for .small fractions only, but
great p essure to .-.ell knocked the prices
oft iramediatolv, ami the declines, ranging
up to 15! ner cent, were made,
in the first half nour n slight reduction wr
followed Immediately by a renewal of d
clinc and everything went off with a ru«h.
The lowest figures were reached about
11:15 when the leases ranged up to nearly
5 per cent, from yesterday’s final figures.
A smart and rapid recovery of 1 to 21 per
cent, followed, but its force was soon spent
and prices again settled down the final
fisures. In many cases being the lowest of
the day. The market was active, ever’sh
and unsettled at or near lowest figures.
The business done amounted to 236130
shares. Everything is materially lower,
tbe principal declines being Reading 31,
Canada Southern 2P. Tennnsscs Coal 21,
Richmond and West Point 2;, Now Eng
land 21, Northwest 21, Omaha 21, St. Paul
Pacific Mail, Oregon Transit Continental
and Manhattan and Lake Worth 2, and
others small amounts.
A Failure in ClintInnoO**.
CHATrANOOGA, July 30.—Tabler. Crudup
6 Co., railroad contractors, of this cit \
J) G. Crudup & Co., ore cont-actois, of
Inman. Tenn., and Table,--C-udup Coal
and Coke Company, of Daisy, Tenn., three
firms renresented by J. H. Tabler and D.
G. Ciuduo, of this city, made an assign
ment to-c.ay for the benefit, of their credi
tors to V.' E. Basket! anil T. P. \\ ing.
Their liabilities are about $100,009, and their
assets are said to exceed -250 0C). lhe
cause of the assignment was the pressing
demand of some of tiie credilo s. rho as
signees express the opinion that the credi-
tors will be paid in full. ,. ......
Chattanooga, July 30.— Hie liabilities
of the va. ors Tabler A Crudup companies
are *75,(to. also tbe bonded indebtedness of
£50,1 W. About *30,000 is due to banks and
me •chants in Chattanooga and the balance
to merchanls in Nashville, Louisville, Cin
cinnati and New York. The failure will
not affect anv other business interest about
here.
Tin- I.miL.-’Oiort-im-n Ketiirning to Work.
New York, July 30.—About 200 of the
longshoremen, who were out on strike at
tbe National Line pier, returned to work
this morning at the old rates. The only
concession Superintendent Andrew made
was to discharge colored non-union men
he had employed. All the strikers will be
taken back as fast as vacancies occur. No
further effort will now be made by the
longshoremen of other steamship lines to
enforce their demand for an increase oi
wages for night work.
"Lav thv sweet hands in mine and trust
j in me.” he said, but she only remarked
that she had neuralgia and must hold her
I head. Then he bought ner a bottle of bal-
I vntion Oil for twenty-five cents. Now he
• bolds her sweet hands by the hour.
Atlanta, July 30.—Petitions for pardon
continue to be urged upon tho governor.
Just now one is being urged in the interest
of young Wingard, of Savannah, recently
sentenced for four years for voluntary
manslaughter, in billing his stepfatherjnnd
for cruel treatmeut of his mother. The
peti-ion is not for pardon, but recites the
brail condition ot young Wingard and
asks that he bo sent to some kind-hearted
lessee who would treat him considerately
and not try to get a man’s work out of
him. The petitioners do not suggest wh%e
jiueh a lessee may be found. Anotifbr
. etition now before the governor
was brought to his attention some time
ago by a fetter from .the convict himself,
since which time the governor has been
making enquiries into the ease, and it is
not improbable that favorable action may
result. Henry Redding was sentenced for
life from Houston county in ’69 for arson.
The circumstances wereithat Redding was
in jail for stealing cotton uud set fire to
the door to buru off the lock and egeapb.
A decision of the supreme court Iteftlc 53d
Georgia reports declares tbtt such
attempt at escape is not arson. Two
others engaged witli Redding and sen
tenced at the same time have siuctj es
caped. Redding is now a middle aged
man, having spent half of his life at Cole
City.
A Veto Uexlreil.
Atlanta, July 30.—A fight is being
made before the governor on Candler’s
bill to prevent unlawful traffic in dead
bodies. The bill havins passed the gen
eral assembly, its opponents are now try
ing to persuade the governor not to sign
it. He will hear an argument on it, but
will probably sign it.
The Governor Goins to LaGriuise.
Atlanta, July 30.—Governor Gordon
S oes to LaOrangc on Wednesday and to
latonton on Thursday next to re unite
with old confederate veterans.
l-'lneil for Contempt ol Court.
Atlanta, July 30.—Col. Fry and Mr.
Thomas, the lawyers who engaged in a
fight in tho city court a few days ago, were
fined *25 apiece by Judge Van Epps to-days
Clemmons’ Murderers.
Atlanta, July 30.—Cloud and Sims, the
alleged murderers of Preacher Clemmons,
hud their hearing postponed unt’l next
Tuesday. Dorsey Harper, charged with
complicity in the crime, surrendered him
self and gave bond to-day.
Another Count) Heard From.
Atlanta, July 30.—Digests from Miller,
Bullock and Stewart counties show $108,-
585 increase. From Walton and Schley,
$33,323 decrease. Total net increase in 68
counties, $2,036,272.
tTre-Nuniiiiii-.'i Hirer Flood.
Augusta, July 30.—'the river com
menced rising yeste day morning, it was
then six and a half leet at the bridge. At
this Lour, u o’clock p. m., it registers
thwty-throe feet six inches, being the
higliest. since ISi'h Cotton ana corn cron:,
in the Savannah valley hav r e been suo
merged and destroyed. Hamburg is en
tirely under; water. The upper and
lower portions of Augusta nre sub
merged. The l iver is slowly ilsing and
apprehensions are felt that the f-eshet
mav result ia serious damage to the city.
The water is nearly uo to the new bridge
of the .South Carolina rail toad. Trains
have been stopped on tile Port itoyal.
Western Carolina, Central and Georgia
railroads. The floods have done groat in
jury to the railroads, especially to the.
Georgia road. The damage to tne cotton
cannot be estimated. No such Restrictive
f'reshe’ • have occurred in twenty-two
yeats. Telegrams to the Chronicle .'rota
upper.Savannah valley report al 1 bottom
lands flooded and the damage cannot be
estimated. Continued rains have fallen in
the up-eountr”. 9 here has been no hea.y
rain in Augusta Ic day. No loss o. life is
reported.
Siimloiei Burrs.
Saratoga, N. Y. July 30.—First race,
Spi-iawa.v stakes, tor fillies, 2-year-olds,
5 lurlongs; Los Angeles won, Blithesome
2d, Cokena 3d: time 1:02).
Second race, j of a mile, Lewis Clark
won, chestnut gelding by Cates’ Roy 2d,
Erebus 3d; time 1:16:;.
Third race, merchants’ stakes, mile and
5 fin longs; Durboine and Elkwood were
the only starters. Tins was one of the
most exciting races that ever took place
on the Saratoga track. The horses were
lapoed or running bead and head the
eutira distance, and they passed
under the wire on exactly
even terms, making a dead heat
in 2:51). Godfrey, rider of Durboine. made
a coiup'aiut to tlic judges of a foil., but
Bay lock, El wood s jockey, denied the
charge and a dead heat was officially an
nounced.
Foeth race, 1 mile aud 70 yards ; Big-
gonet won, Or:id 2d, Buffalo 3d; time 1:45.
Fifth race 1 1-16 miles; Irish Pat won,
Unique 2d btinthspey 3d; time 1:52.
The deua boat for merchant’s stakes, be
tween Durboine and Elkwood, was run
off at the close ot the last race. West rode
Elkwood iu place of Baylook. Elkwood
Won er-ily hy ton lengths. Time, 2:52).
IVavliInglun lllsrpllnnv.
Washington, July 30.—The Thomasvillc
National bank, of Tbomasvdle, Ga., has
been authorized to begin business; capital
.*100,000.
It is estimated that a reduction of the
public debt during the month of July will
amount to fo,000.000.
The president nas written the following
letter in reply to ail invitation to visit St.
Paul and Minneapolis;
Hon. O. R. McGill, governor of Min
nesota, It. O. Smith, mayor of St. Paul, and
A. A. Ames, mayor of Minneapolis—Dear
Sirs: I thank you for the cordiality and
heartiness manifested in your dispatch uud
piomise to consider your invitation with
an earnest desire to accept, but may 1 sug-
g ,st that no delegation be sent here during
this trying weather to emphasize your
wishes. I will determine the question
soeedlly and I hope to your satisfaction.
Yours, &c., Grover Cleveland.
Fatal Kiiilnmtl Aiwhlent.
Cincinnati, July 30.—The east bound
passenger train on tho Ohio and Missis
sippi railroad last evening, broke the axle
of the tender while running at full speed,
just west of Cochivn, Indiana, about thirty
miles from here. The postul car was de
molished and Clerk Robert T. Bauer was
killed. Charles L’rchering, of this city,
who waH walking beside the track, was
j also killed. Every car left the tr ck except
the president’s car, in which was Presi-
' dent Barnard. No passengers were badly
I huit, though all of them were shaken up.
I’lm.Uitc Gallty.
Chicago, July 30.—Nothing that has
happened in connection with the
“boodlers” caused such a sensation as the
announcement of George C. Klehni, presi
dent of the board of county commission
er, that lie wished to withdraw his plea
of not guilty, and enter one of guilty. After
the examination of McMichaels, lat i yes
terday afternoon, the state presented a lot
oBdocumentary evidence, and announced
ta the court that the prosecution had
ctfised. The slate’s attorney, Grin-
nail, had just ffinistoed this announce
ment, when Kluhui addressed tho judge
a 4 noted hbo*c. The affect on
bjs uo defendants was remarkable,
ey seemed the picture of consternation
d hardly knew how to take Ji. The
jllMge. after#expjjiinlug that law- tt^Klohm,
nasepted Uie plea, hut oi Jjtlie request of
3»tes Attm’nev Gtinnell sentence was de-
|rcd. Court Wins been adjourned until
t Mqjiday, when a further sensation is
lectnff. It is no les-ia feature than Presi-
d(fLt George C. ttlehra in the character of
a.Witiftss lor the state, aud a volume of re
liable corroborative testimony is expected.
Sjftles Attorney Grinnell, in announcing
toe closing of the state’s case, said they did
itjwith the understanding that the counsel
fob t.bo defense would consent to the in
troduction of any supplementary testi
mony they might wish- to intro
duce, but had not then at
.hand or had forgotten. As
the first, business next Monday morning,
council for defense consented to this ar
rangement, which had no sooner been
arrived at than Klehra advanced to tie
bar of the court and formally entered his
K lea of guilty. Then it was that a new
ght broke on the situation, and it became
apparent to all that further testimony, not
nr hand but certainly not forgotten, would
be furnished from the commanding posi
tion of the witness stand in court next
Monday morning by the chairman of the
commissioners and ex -officio member of all
the committees—Geo. C. Rlehm.
A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE.
1, COLUMBIAN M FAILS
With Liabilities Amounting to Nearly a
Million Dollars.
Tile Causes of the Failure—Ailvanves Maile on
Shipment!* of Korelvn (iooiK- Ihimiuretl hy the
Failure of the Baltimore an<l Ohio Deal—The
Oflit'lals Reticent.
The Mnnnitifr Family In a llltrli State of Excite
ment over the Claim of RelatlonNlilp Made by
Deserter William J.
Chicago, July 29. — Young Manning,
whoso story of cruelty while In the mili
tary prison at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas,
was published Monday, nnd which was
flatly denied by the recruiting officers in
New York, sayB a local paper, is ready to
stand lor the truth of his assertions, The
s’Ttement ot Sergeant Bartley that Man
ning's mime is DfcRiqueles, and thut he
came from Cincinnati, where his father is
npusic teacher, the young man says cannot
true, inasmuch as be has never been
in Cincinnati in his life aud
his father is not n musician. The
author of liis being, he claims, has al
ways lived in Buffalo, and that he is at
present there a dealer in malt. His resi
dence is in one of Buffalo's suburbs, called
Black Rock. “When I went to the recruit
ing headquarters in New York,” said Man
tling yesterday, “1 did so in response to a
note which l received from a stranger,
whom i first met at Deimonioo’s on the
night before. The stranger, I afterward,
discovered, was Barge-ant Thomas Bartley,
who was tiie prosecuting witness at the
g ion barracks court martial, and
testimony convicted me. Every
if .iis testimony was a lie, and I’m
“u-i: he knew fie was lying when he
gave it. I have never had any name but
that of W. J. Manning, and have
never used any other. The fact that
Bartley says I hail from Cincinnati,
and that mv father is a music teacher
there, and that his name is DeRiqueles,
shows that at least it is a case of mistaken
identity oven if my imprisonment was not
the outcome of Bartley’s malice. But,
why should he bear mo any malice—I
never saw him before the night we met in
Delmonico’s. Bartley’s statement that I
admitted my name to be DeRiqueles is
false, and that lie knows well.”
Young Manning repents a pitiful tale of
cruelty in prison, and says the picture of
what he satv will never fRdc- from his mind.
Buffalo, July 29.—Wm. J. Manning,
Whose story was telegraphed from Chica
go, is believed to be an imposter. His
claim that his father lives here nnd that he
is a malt dealer relates to ex-Mayor John
15. Mnnnitig, brother of ex-Secretary Man
ning. The Chicago man is not a sou of tx-
Mayor Manning, but evidently has some
knowledge of his family.
As far buck as January last he wrote let
ters to Secretary Manning, brnthe.r of John
B. Manning, in which he claimed to bo
his nephew, and asking him to exert his
influence at Washington to procure his
pardon. This was whim he was
under arrest at Fort Leaven
worth for desertion. He claimed that
ho was a student at Davercaux college,
from which in. titution lie had run away in
a freak of boyish fancy to New York,
where bo had enlisted in tbe regular army.
Secretary Manning at once wrote lo his
brother in this city, commiserated witli
him orer bis son’s misfortune, and prom
ised to lend nis assistance in straightening
out the matte. Needless to say that when
Mr. Maiming received tho letter he was as
tonished. Ho went, home, counted noses
in his family circle, and found none rniss-
inz. He then sat down and wrote a letter
to his brother, denying any responsibility
for tho young man’s paternity,and thought,
the matter was ended. Now the young
man has again asserteii his claims in so
public a manner that the family wish the
matter contradicted once for all.
Mr. Manning is at present out of the
city, but his son, John Manning, Jr., gay,
the statement. He said: “This fellow is
evidently posted on our family, i have a
brother,William Ii. Manning not William
J. i, who nas been a constant student at
Dcveraux college for some time past. He
mis never left tho institution, to my knowl
edge since entrance. We have not the
faintest Idea who this other fellow is. We
had a young fellow clerking for us ut the
Monteagle house, at Suspension Bridge,
who embezzled a sum of money from us
and left. He was a well-dressed and plans- |
ible cha]
lie him.’
Philadelphia, July 30.—The Colum
bian bank, a state institution, closed its
doors this morning, and on the door a no
tice was posted stating that by order of the
board it had made an assignment for the
benefit of the creditors. At noon another
notice was issued saying that the assign
ment had been made to S. Edwin Megargoo
nnd F. P. Kernan, two attorneys. All ef
forts to obtain any statement as to the
amount of liabilities ond assets proved
futile, both bank officers nnd assignees de
claring they had not time to inquire into
the condition of affairs as yet. It is be
lieved, however, that the failure is a com
plete one.
President Bell, of the Farmers and Me
chanics’ bank, with whom the Columbian
has kept an account for several years,
stated that the cheeks of the latter were
dishonored because they had no money to
their credit, and furthermore had no secu
rities on deposit, us was claimed by the Co
lumbian’s officers. Mr. Bell said that the
securities referred to consisted of checks nnd
drafts on outside banks, and that tho
farmers and mechanics would not except
them except lor collection, and if they
proved good the money would be paid, but
uothing would be advanced. It is under
stood from reliable sources that tbe chief
cause of the iailure were heavy advances
made on drafts of the Ives-Stayner party
of New York, and advances
made on consignments of merchandize
shipped from South America, and
other points which was not taken up by
tbe consiguees, thus leaving the bank in a
crippled condition. It is doubtftil if any
thing definite can bo learned before a
thorough examination has been rnado, and
this will consume considerable time. The
failure caused some excitement in the
city, although among financial men, it was
not much of a surprise.
Ives, of the Ives-Stagner party, has been
n very large customer ol tho bank, a single
item of his business recently reaching tho
suir of $600,000. It is positively staled by
the bank officials that Ives is not in Phila
delphia to-elny. They assert that ho went
west lost night, and say that it ho had been
in the city he certainly would have been at
the bank/ They decline to state whether
or not he Is at present indebted to the In
stitution to any great extent. The assign
ment was decided upon, it Is said, in order
that the collateral in which the bank
funds are locked up might be judiciously
realized upon, and some think, that with
proper handling, the assets can be made to
meet all liabilities iu full. The capital
stock of the bank is $200,000. According
to last statement, they had on deposit
*400,000, and owed to other banks $150,000.
There are other liabilities, amounting pro
bably to *2-35,000, making their total lfabili-
I ics $985,000.
The bank had a branch at Germantown,
the business of which consisted mostly ol
small deposits, made by the working class,
aud this Was also closed this morning. The
assistant cashier, in charge of tho
Germantown bank, assured depositors that
they would be paid in tiili. The L'oliiinbinn
were agents of the American Exchange
In London and American exchanges in
Paris. A gentleman, who is in h position
to know, said this afternoon : “l’liq status
of affairs is just this: When negotiations for
the purchase of the Baltimore ami Ohio
stock from Robert Garrett were in progress
Ives deposited a considerable amount of
money as margin or premium, and when
negotiations wr.ro df.olr -ed at an end Ives
did not get his money back, and Garrett
went to Europe, thus leaving it tied up for
some time at least; therefore, Ives was con
siderably crippled and was probably iinn
bletoset le with t“e Cqiu’.nbtan. The
solicitor for the bank states: There are
probably (100,000 of funds tied up ill
merchandise, which was bought
in foreign countries on letters of credit is
sued by the Columbian, and tiie bank paid
the drafts attached to the bills of lading
when presented. They were unable to
realize on these goods and they are now In
storage.
IAI,MOTION TOPICS.
Al) Abont tin- Main— Konipthlii* Aliont tho Fn>
niiiipmoiit nt Warm Sprlnga.
Talbotton, Ga., July 30.-—Enquirer-Sun:—It
commenced to rain Wednesday last, and has
rained almost IncoBoantly since then. Tnursriay
night it rained all night. The bottom lnnds are
all under water. The creeks are all up and hun
dreds of acres of corn are under water. No esti
mate can he made at tills time of tho damages
done. The cotton crop Is xmslderahly damaged
by tho wlud whipping nnd bi Rising the stalks.
If the bottom land corn is ruined this will mnko
the third year the dinners have failed to harvest
a crop off of them. At this time it Is still rain
ing, aud as all “signs fhfi in dry or rainy weather”
our best weather prophets can't tell adieu It will
fair off.
The Southern Rifles ore making preparations
for the encampment of the Sixth battalion.
There is some apprehension that the battalion
will not now be nblc to secure the tents until lata
in August. From a letter received hero from
Col. Kell, tho adjutant general, it appears that
the war department wrote him that the contract
for the tents would uot commence until August.
1st, ond that he did not think they would arrive
by the sth of August. Every t'lLu'l will he made
to have the encampment. It is a shame that tito
state makes no provision for tier volunteer sol
diers. I don't believe there is a mau iu this
ouuty, white or blnck, hut what is In favor of an
annual appropriation for the support of the valitti-
John H. Carter, a rising young lawyer of Mari
anna, Kla., is visiting relatives here.
Correspondent.
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
Story of a Former MethodInt MinlNtvr’H IVrflrty.
IIoKIo|)on to St. IjOiiIn With a SorvAiit Clirl, Who
Diet* Under SuNpicioaN Cin uniHtAmc*.
. \ ntimKo Fire.
Chicago, July 30.—At two o’clock this
morning, n lire broke out in the Wells ami
French companies’ bridge awl car building
works, near lhe corner of Him* Island
avenue and Wood street, and before the
flames were extinguished, a los*, of $150,000
had been caused. The fire started in the
saw mill of the works. Sixty men work
ing in the blacksmith shop adjoining, made
their exit from the building barely in time
to save their lives. So rapidly did the
flames spread, that within fifteen minutes
from the time the blaze started, the entire
works, composed of two planing mills,
machine shop, saw mill, bridge shop, store
bouse, and shaving mill, were on fire. The
Jjmbor yards in the immediate neighbor
hood were in some danger for a time, but
the efforts of the firemen to confine tiie
tlames to tlie; building in which they sta. t-
ed were successful, and a big conflagration
prevented. Tiie cuuse of the fire is un
known.
Clih-
lliir I itiinr
Chicago, July 30.— 1 The long looked for
settlement of affairs of the defunct wheat
clique house of ( J. Kershaw & Co. was
given to the public to-day, arid shows thut
the liabilities aggregate £1,80.000; gross
assets >1,700.000, including £1,000,0* ) due
from Wilsbire, Kckcrt <V Co., and other
j Cincinnati parties. This leaves th< assets
outside of the Cincinnati parties only
| £260,000.
Wrcnchf"! Ills Hack.
_ 2,1885.—About a year ago i imprudently
—• n j stepped off the Hudson river cars while
A N**w Cabinet to in» Form***!. » they were in motion, in trying to save
Rome. July 30.— Owing to the death of! myself from a fearful fall I wrenched my
Signor Depretis, pi into minister, the other , hack terribly. Tho next day 1 could not
members of the cabinet have tendered 1 walk, and 1 suffered pain from my neck to
their resignation. Signor CrUpo, minister my heels. Various applications were made,
of the interior in Depretis’ government, j Hut nothing which was done abated my
will form a new cabinet which will be com- ! suffering. living anxious to get up and at-
posed of members ol the ministry. tend to business, i determined to place
i ^ i three Allcock’s Forous Plasters, one above
Itoiilmiiter sod D-rrv. j th “ ,n >' lr ! , abol 't b °‘ir
anda half they caused considerable itching.
Paris, July 30,—Gun. Boulangers’s sec- | The pain and soreness sensibly decreased,
onds have had an interview with ex- and I rested pretty well that night. The
Premier Ferry, and have formally present- | next morning the itching began to be quite
uil the general’s challenge to fight a duel. I severe under the plasters. To get sonic rt-
M. Ferry referred the seconds to two gen- ! )j,;f I haul my back well rubbed cross-ways
over the Plasters. I was surprised within
tleme-n, friends of his, w ho, he said, were j OV er the Plasters. I was surprised
willing to act for him. Some friends of M. two hours afterwards to find the pain and
Ferry are now urging him to fight Boulan- soreness almost gone. I stayed in bed that
Her. I day. and tbe morning afterwards I got up
■■■ 1 • | and attended to business.
Another AtK-niiitsil Kulrlds. j O. Y. I’ETTMAN.
New York, July 3b.— Charles A. Reed, — “ "
one of the lawyers who defended Ouiteau, j There’s one tooth-wash, the Indies pride
attempted suicide this morning by jump
ing into the North river from a ferryboat, i
but was rescued by a police officer and
taken to the Chambers street hospital.
Thu paddle-wheel of the boat struck Rued
on the head. :
Beloved by belles o’er every “wash’ r beside.
One dentrifrice there is supremely blest,
A sweeter, better one than nil the rest;
Aud you will find, in every land the same
That SoZodont’s its old, familiar name.
St. Louis, July 20.—On July 2 a man cal
ling himself Thomas Abbott, with h's wife,
Annio, several years his Junior, a bright,
handsome blondo, came to this city nnd
took cheap lodgings. They were very
poor, and said they came from Canada.
Abbott was a small, thin, clerical-looking
man, and claimed to bo authorized to
preach, and was very piously inclined m
acts and manners. He was a sliver-plater
by trade, as well os preacher, and obtained
work at the silverware establishment of M.
1). Deggs. He seemed to be very fond ot
his wile und was very attentive to her. A
few days later his wife was taken very ill
with what her physician culled “oholera-
morbus heart dtsense,” nnd on tho r’ght of
July 17 died, nnd next day was buried.
The certificate of death was regular, and
nothing had occurred to at .nise suspicion
that anything was wrong. The next day
Abbott went to Mr. Degge’s shop, appa
rently in great distress, and ve-y much de
pressed by grief ut the loss of Ills wife. Ho
wrote several letters and went out to mail
them, nnd that was the last Mr. Deggo
siu of him. By the 4 o’clock mail
t'uil afternoon, however, Mr. Deggo
received a letter from Abbott, ill-
closing another, which purported to have
been written by Mrs. Abbot, in which sbe
says sbe feels sue is a burden to him, that
she has caused him great trouble, and that
she had taken arsenic with suicidal inteid.
Abbott's letter referred to theone from Ids
\ * 6 .h-monped his sad fate, professed great,
h i for her, said nothing Would console
• j", but a reunion with her, and that his
i, -y eraild be found in the river. Mr.
Di-i/gc discovered a marked similarity bo
utu the writing of M rs, Abbott’s letter
uni! -i i.i:rt of time of Abbott, mid Ids eus-
pinh-u was aroused. 11< consulted the po-
: !-<•. but was told there was uothing partie-
; j lh> vane, and the coroner could do
• Ibii.g ’xlthout further information: and
i ■ i lie. matter rested. Yesterday j* package
o’ arsenic was found in Depge’s shop,wIu'cls
i,:id been purchased by Abbott when lie
whs employed there. They do not use
arsenic in the shop, und additional sus-
i Inion was excited. To-day two dispatches
u i re received by tiie cliiof of police from
Chesterton, Porter couiiiy, Indiana, asking
iur a fid! description of Abbott and ids
wife, and stating Unit it was thought Ab-
b..u was Rev. Dr. West, of that place, who
emped with a girl a few moot ha ago. A
description was sent, and to-night response
w.-s received that it lilted Dr West exact!,)
H bus since been learned that Abbott's
right name is William Thomas Abbott
Wesi; that he is a Methodist preacher in
' Large ol’ u church at Charleston, Ind.,
nnd has a wife and six children. The Head
gill’s name was Music Beck. Hiu was a
i nrse in West’s family last February, wnen
Mis. West was Kick, and subsequent I;. silo
and Mr. West became, not only intimate,
but it is said their intercourse becalm a
. -aii<lul. Home time In May last V', : sl
came to Chicago, ostensibly for medical
treatment. The girl also went tiie "C and
they are raid to have remained in
that city until June 2S, when limy c»:ne
here. West, it appears, when be left here
on the 19th, went directly home, but the-
death of Mrs. Abbott iu this city became
such common talk that b, tell again In
two days and has not been heard of since.
It has further developed that West lived
in Kankakee, Ili., before tie moved to
Charleston, and that tie was a preacher
there in good standing. Prior to that he
lived in South Bend, ind., where lie ua,-.
employed in Studebuker’s wagon factory.
The. body oi the Bock girl was exhumed
by the coroner Mils afternoon, and is now
at the morgue. A post-mortem will be
Hold to-morrow to determine whether sho
was poisoned, but even though arsenic
should be found in her stomach, it will be
difficult to decide whether she took ii vol
untarily, or whether it was administered
by West. Dr. Albin the physician who al-
tended her when she was sick, says lie dis
covered no poison symptoms. Tho case is
a very mysterious one, anil will bo investi
gated thoroughly.
tlminioulli I’ari* Ihtr
Monmouth Park, July 30.—First race,
ii miles; Saxony won, Pocosa second, JI ,i > ■ -
num third. Time 1:59j
Second race, '1 mile; Fit* James won,
Now-or-Ever second, Fordhaiu third.
Time 1:164.
Third race, li miles; Laggard won by six
lengths, Hanover second, Bradford third.
Time 2:1-14-
Fourth race, 12 miles; Linden won, Bar-
num second, Argo third. Time 2:’’ r >t.
Fifth race, - mile; Mona won, Milton
second, Nailer third. Time 1:01.
Sixth race, 1 mile; Suitor won, Easter
Sunday second, Grenadier third. Time
1:451.
Seventh race, steeple chase, full course;
Pickett won, Ilarborough second, Hardy-
man third. Time 5:05.
ItniiU Statement.
New York, July30.—Following is tho
.statement of the New York associated
banks for the week :
Reserve decrease t-UkviM)
Dmns increase 48,000
HpBCie decr-use 1,381,700
Legal tenders increase ;i7r,!KiO
Deposits ileereut-e Z.di ‘i.boO
Circulation decrease io,300
Hunks in w hold 8,130,075
In excess ifz5 percent rule.
I.) ii- ueil by Nearoes.
New Orleans. July 30. A special totho
Picayune from Greenwood, Miss., says:
George Evans, colored, who killed Bob
Harris Monday, was lynched last night by
negroes.