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VOL. XXX—NO. U.
HAVOC AT HAVERHILL.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1888.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SPREADING OP A TRACK CAUSES A
TERRI RLE ACCIDENT.
Nine l'w»pl« Killed and Over Fifty IiiJii
-How tlie Accident Occurred aud
the Detail* of the DUarter—
Happened on a Bridge.
land at 1 o'clock, met with a serious acci
dent at Bradford this afternoon, while
crossing the Haverhill bridge, over the
Merriiuac river. The train consisted of a
locomotive and eight cars. It had passed
on to the bridge from the Bradford side in
safety, when suddenly the forward trucks
of the smoker broke. The smoker was
hurled upon its side, and two coaches were
thrown off the track and completely
wrecked, being piled up agaiust the Bran-
lord car house. The train was on time,
running at ordinary speed. The fire alarm
was given immediately,and the department
responded, but their services were not
ueeded, a- the cars did not take fire. Phy
sicians were summoned, and the wounded
and dyiug were rapidly cared for. The
work of clearing the wreck was immedi
ately pushed forward with energy, and at
3:30 six bodies had been taken from the
wreck. Several of them were disfigured
beyond recognition. The list of killed, as
far as can be ascertained, is as follows:
John O’Brien, John Madden of Bradford,
railroad section man; C. P. Ooodwin, wife
and child of Kinnebunk, Maine; and an
unknown man, having in his pocket a card
on which was the name of J. Hazelton.
Two of the dead men and one of the
mos» seriously wounded were railroad sec
tion men, who were in a small pump house
by the side of the road, which was de
slroyed by the cars crashing into it. Nine
bodies have been taken out of the wreck;
fifty-two passengers were wounded, some
of them badly. A number of them have
been taken to the city hospital. The acci
dent happened between Bradfort station
and the Dridge, and was caused by the
rails spreading near the frog on a curve,
where a turn Is made to run on the bridge.
The smoking car ran on to the bridge aud
turned over: ^ • • •
water tank n>
sleeper.
This train does not stop at Bradford, and
was going at great speed. The George
town branch train wa9 standing on tne
track near the water tank house, at the
Bradford eud of the bridge, waiting for
the express to pass over to Haverhill.
As the express rounded the curve, two
cars left tne rails and went crashing into,
aud demolishing
house. In this
of section men _
J. O’Brien, a retired merchant of Brad
ford, was talking with the section hands j of Mobile and Alabama.
and was killed, together with Taylor,
water tank
house a number
eating dinner.
were as follows: Messrs. W. H. Hubbard,
E. P. Morrisette, Henry Booth, E. R.
Hastings and I)r. 8. I). Heelye. History
will probably never repeat itself on this
queer piece of business.
Alabama Decisions.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 10.—Th<
lowing supreme court declsio is were
Jered to-day:
Stone, C. J.—W. W. Lectio vs. Jos. Hin
son; from Lowndes circuit court,
firmed.
Somerville. J.—The Alabama Great
Southern Railroad company vs. 8. Urab-
felder & Co.; from Tuskaloosa circuit
court. Reversed and remanded.
Clopton, J—1). A. Watson vs. the State;
from Butler circuit court. Reversed and
remanded.
MOBILE MATTERS.
Railroad—Funeral of Mr. Whcele
Mobile, Ala., Jan 10. -The funeral of
Daniel Wheeler this afternoon, from the
Government street Presbyterian church,
was largely attended by all classes of peo
ple. The services were conducted by Dr.
Burgett, son-in-law of the deceased, and
Rev. M. H. Andrews.
The iucorporators of the Mobile and
Hattiesburg railroad met yesterday and
resolved to organize the road in this state
under thf general laws. A canvass for
stock subscription will begin at once.
The contract for a preliminary survey was
completed, and engineers will take the
field next week. The road is to be eighty
miles in direct line from Mobile to Yazoo
Valley, and open a productive farming re
gion and immense virgin pine tract.
The democratic county executive com
mittee has appointed inspectors, and or-
deacd a primary election of the party in
this city, February 2, to no niuate mayor,
tax-collector and municipal boards for
Mobile.
The annual meeting of the chamber of
commerce was held at noon to-day, Hon.
Leroy Brewer presiding. Reports of the
standing committees were read.
;ased in membership
:>od financial Hhmfie,
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
The chamber has
during the year, is i
and its convenient
of a mercantile
mending it m
by year to the c
the harbor
i for the transaction
business, is coin-
re favorably year
mmercial community,
nmittce, Chairman T.
YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS OF THE
HOUSE AND SENATE.
DiHcuMlon of the Hill to Refund the Cotton
Tax. 1 ii11lie Senate—The Blair Educa
tional Bill Dlscuaaed — Bills
Introduced In the fiouae.
Washington, Jan. ID The president’s
messages as to an inte , ional convention
for the greater security i life aud proper-
tv at sea, in relation to fixing a prime me
ridian and universal day, and as to the pro
tection of submarine cables, were presented
to the senate and were referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations.
Also, the president’s message
jtion of the rei ** *
aud. which was r<
on Indian affairs.
Also, memorials of the New Orleans
Maritime association and of the Merchants
exchange and board of trade of Portland,
Maine, favoring the proposed exposition
that
mince, vvu.ii a rec^muieuuauoi
of indefinite postponement of Mr. Butler'
resolution for the appointment of a select
committee on the postal telegraph. The
resolution was indefinitely postponed,
with the remark by Mr. Edmunds, that he
should not wish that action to be under
stood as a determination that the propri
ety of special inquiry into the subject, at
r •’*— lion, nail been decided ad-
future
versely.
The bill to credit an i pay to several
states and territories and the District of
Columbia all monies collected uuder the
direct tax act of August, 1861, reported by
Mr. Morrill front the committee on finance
of the 13th of December, was taken from
the calendar and considered.
Mr. Berry offered a resolution directing
in cases where tax w-as collected from cit
izens, either directly or by sale of prop,
erty, that the amount shall be paid to the
governor of the state in trust for such citi
zens, whether the state be or be not in
debted to the United States.
Mr. Sherman argued that the amend
ment would create grave embarrassment
in the execution of the bill.
Mr. Berry explained the purpose of the
amendment and advocated its adoption.
G. Bush made a verbal report. He stated
thut the steamship lines here, are demon
strating that cotton can be shipped from
this port, and this year's exports give an
idea of what could be done, if the channel
was deepened as it should be. He de- w _
scr bed the amounts available for hnprov- I members of the finance committee and
ing the navigation of rivers, und said the ! that they were generally opposed to
committee, appointed by the obumber, to j thinking it would be in the way of a final
settlement, and that the better way
urge the claims of the Harbor of Mobile,
would see that the rivers had the proper
) complimented Congressman
Jones, and said that gentlemen had done
all that could be done in congress in behalf
to have the money paid to the states and
leave the citizons to pursue their remedy
against them.
The resolution was rejected—yeas 14,
nays 38.
Mr. Beck stated that as all direct taxes
ho uniform, It would be necessary
of the laborers.’ 'fhe car that crashed into * Mi** Campbell** Blx u
the tank house knocked the fouudation I New York, Jan. 10.— 1 The jury in the I either to collect direct tax from the states
out, letting the heavy tank down upon the [ case of Miss Campbell against coffee mer- | which bad uot paid it, or to refund to those
imgu the top o£ the ear | Arbuekle, for breaehof promise of ( a laU.-> which had paid it tLi> amounts
, crushing _
ano doini* fearful work
The next car behind telescoped the
ahead of it, adding to
havoc. The killed and wounded were
mostly in those two cars. The ctrs behind
these two ran down alongside the George
town train, barely escaping a collision
with the engine of that train. The people
in the smoker had a fearful experience.
One of the wheels on the front truok
broke, and the car jumped agaiust the end
of the bridge, causing it tocareeu, aud the
car ran upon the bridge tor some distance,
then careened the other way and leaned
against the iron work of the side of the
bridge. The passengers, of whom there
were about thirty, fouud themselves at the
top of the car,while it seemed to those who
hud sufficient presence of miml to think,
that the car was tumbling off the bridge
to the river below. The passengers man
aged to crawl out, none being very seri
ously injured. Such as were able rushed
back aud helped those who were impris
oned in the wrecked cars.
The entire force of physicians in the city
was summoned by telephone, and was
. quickly at hand, and the wounded were
cared for as soon as released. Following
is a corrected list of the killed: Clarence
Hazlewood, residence unknown; John
O’Brien of Bradford; C. P. Good
win, wife and child, of Kennebunk,
Maine; William Taylor, section hand;
A. L. Walker, of Harrison, Me.; Charles
Tburlow, of Newton Junction, N. H.; and
Jos. Shaw, of Boston.
Fourteen people are tor seriously hurt to
be moved trom Haverhill. Some of these
will undoubtedly die. A majority of the
wounded were able to proceed to their
homes.
The accident is supposed to have been
occasioned by the switch-rod breaking
after the engine and three forward cars
had passed over the switch. The wheels,
axles and journals were found to be sound
alter the accident. The switch and its
connections are so oadly broken thut
it is impossible at present to
ascertain the exact damage. The train
was one of the finest equipped on tho road.
The train was running, according to the
engineer’s story, at about eighteen miles
an hour. After the smoking car had
broken apart from the rear portion of the
train aud bounded forward on the bridge,
the air-biake on the car was automatically
applied ami the car was thrown on its side.
It is probable that, but for this
brake, the car would have fallen into the
ice-bound Merriniue river It) feet below.
The hard pine stringers of the bridge were
badly splintered, but the bridge, which is
of iron, withstood the severe straui and
was in no way injured. There were about
forty passengers in the smoking ear, os
near us can be learned, but they all escaped
without severe injuries, although nearly
all of them were badly shaken up and a
number had their clothing torn from their
bodies. All the cars were equipp'd with
the Baker steam heater, and no portion of
the cars caught fire.
MATTER* IN MONTGOMERY.
Montgomery, Ala., Jun. 10. The gov
ernor, ou yesterday, made two executive
appointments, as follows :
Jesse M. McMillan, constable, heat 13,
Talladega county.
W. C. Ward, jr., notary public, Selma.
Base Bull.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 10.—The local
devotees of the national game are en
deavoring to get Montgomery to go into
the southern league, and support a pro-
fesaioual team during the coining season.
The Highland Park Improvement compa
ny has ottered to furnish the grounds free,
•uu cur | cuuui .vruucuic, uu orcacu oi promise ni 8 laU..i
with;,,. I marriage, returned a verdict for the plain- I spectivelv naid bv them. Tho latter was
till in the sum of $15,000. j what the bill proposed to do.
Mr. Gay favored the passage of tho bill,
On ’Change. i hut argued that as the states had dealt di-
New York, Jan. 10.—The stock market rectly with the general government, so
was not so strong or active os yesterday the general government should deal di-
and speculation lacked vim, the general 1 rectly with the states in refunding the
feeling being rather bearish. The weak- | amount. Ho moved to strike out
ness of Louisville and Nashville was the the proviso in the third section,
most conspicuous feature. London was a | that where the tax was collected either
seller and the decline was attributed to directly or by the sale of property, the
the dissatisfaction at the action of the di- sums so paid were to be held In trust for
rectors. The bears were more active and
aggressive than they have been tor some
days post and the natural strength of the
market was resisted at every point, which
gave the list a feverish and wavering ap
pearance. During the early tradiug no
impression was made on anything except
Louisville, however, and tho market soon
asserted its usual strength. St. Paul was
the leader of the murket, being bought
heavily, though there was considera
ble pressure against the stock
and there was also covering
in it to a marked extent. Reading was
freely sold, but its support was of the best
and somewhat mystified dealers, but the
pressure was relieved late In the day, and
ginia, held in celebration of the jubilee of
Pope Leo XIII.. at which resolutions wert
adopted, thanking the president “for tin
honor he haa paid to our holy father’i
f jolden jubilee,” and at which the follow
ug remarks were included liu an address
made by the right Rev. John J. Kean,
bishop of Richmond:
“ w bile we are glad to see all tender
their remarks of congratulation to our holy
father, our hearts are particularly affected
by the tribute of honor aud affection for
warded this week by the president of the
United States, who has sent his holiness a
beautifully engrossed copy of the constitu
tion of our country. Bigotry may howl
about our ultramontanism, Jesuitism, Ro
manism and the like, hut the president, al
though himself not a Catholic, showed
himself man enough to act independently
of all narrow-minded influences. All hon
or to the president, who generously inter
preted by his action the spirit and letter
of our glorious constitution.”
THE CHATTANOOGA CONVENTION^
A l’ermaiitMit Ooguiilzution Perfected und
Committee* Appointed.
Chattanooga, Jan. 10 —A convention
composed of more than 100 delegates from
the leading cities of Alabama, Georgia,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Florida and Tennessee, assembled In
this city to-day to take action for the pur
pose or securing cheap rates on all south
ern railroads for excursionists from the
north who desire to take up their residence
in the south, or visit this part of the coun
try to make investment. Most of the
delegates were appoint' .1 by llie hoards of
trade in the various The fol
lowing committee was appoin'. d to con
fer with the railroads a >1 t*e iat could
be done: Edward He t. 0‘< tlanonga,
committeeman at large \V It. Golden,
Alabama; W. K. Hyer. Florida; John T.
Graves, Georgia; J. W. Rekford, Mississ
ippi; T. A. Frierson, Tennessee; W. B.
Owinn, North Carolina, R. M. Anderson,
South Carolina. A resolution was adopted
approving the object of the convention
which will be held at Decatur, Alabama,
on the 17th, to ask congress to appropriate
money for the completion nt the work on
the Muscle Shoals canal.
This is the first convention of the kind
ever held in the south, and was called by
the Chattanooga chamber of commerce.
It haa been a great success.
A (>ermanent organization, to be known
as the Southern Immigration and Devel
opment society, was formed, with the fol
lowing named officers: President, I). B.
Ltvenmn of Chattanooga; vice-presidents,
W. K. P. Wilson of Alabama, W. I). Chi(>-
ley of Florida, Z. W. Carwile of Georgia,
J. W. Eckford of Mississippi, W. B. Owinn
of North Carolina, B. H. Desports of South
Carolina, and T. A. Fryerson of Tennessee;
secretary and treasurer, J. C. Bass of
Rome, Georgia. The following resolutions
were then adopted:
Resolved, That this convention, repre
senting many of the most enterprising
cities and towns of the southern states, in
vites residents of the northern states of the
union to assist in the development of our
unsurpassed natural resources and partici- I
pate In the benefits to result th
NATIONAL NEWS.
MATTER* OF INTEREST FROM THE
CAPITAL OF THE NATION.
' National Ban
Bill The Deficiency A|>
Washington, Jan. 10.—The bill in
troduced by Senator Voorhees to-day. In
relation to national banking associations,
was prepared by Comptroller of Currency
Trenhoim, aud embodies tho amendments
to the national banking laws, suggested
by that officer, from time to time. A
statement prepared by the comptroller, of
the provisions and purposes of the bill, is
submitted with it, from which it
appears that the measure forbids that
officers of a bank shall constitute a
majority of the board of directors;
requires that the directors shall take an
oath to inform themselves as to the busi
ness and condition of the bank; forbids the
organization i-f national banks with
branches; divides national banks into two
classes, those with a capital of $250,000 aud
less, and those having more than that
amount of capital; reduces the amount of
bonds required to be deposited by smaller
banks from one-fourth to one-tenth of their
capital, and that by larger banks from $50,-
000 to f75,00O; provides for the customary
and periodical examination of the plutes
and dies used in printing national
bank notes and for the destruction
of material no longer in use; permits na
tional hank notes to he counted as a part
of the cash reserve of the banks; repeals
the requirement that banks expending
their corporate existence shall, after three
years, deposit lawful money to the amount
of their outstanding circulation; extends
to the entire natioiml bank circulation the
provisions of the law which reserves to the
United States whatever profit arises from
tiie failure of banks extending their cor
porate existence to redeem their notes; re
lieves the hunks oi the obligation of keep
ing a cash reserve against govern
ment deposits; gives more elas
ticity to the present provision of
the law which limits to one-tenth
of the capital of the banks loans of money;
provides a penalty for making loans con
trary to law; reduces from $100 to flG per
day the penalty for delay in transmitting
reports; amends the provision as to semi-
"X!r iI)e ‘ ,d " d, '' r \ FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
Section 4. Congress shall not supervise
the expenditure of the appropriations
herein provided for, but it may require a new* of THE DAY from across thf.
report from the state officer, or officers, I
disbursing the same, and if it shall app DEEP II* UE SEA.
from said report that the aid so grant — ..
or any part of it, has not been expended f| .
for public school purposes, then it may ; ■ ry ' n 1 lot Against the Life
withhold from subsequent appropriations oftlieCnr Condition ofthe Emperor
an amount equal to that not so expended.
Tillman 1 * Dill.
Washington, Jan. 10. Mr. Tillman of
South Carolina, introduced a bill in the
house making it unlawful for the secretary
of the treasury, in purchasing bonds for
either the sinking fund or cancellation, to
pay a premium exceeding 8 per cent above
par.
banks from tax on so much
culation as is predicated in the minimum
deposit of bonds required by law; secures
to the national bunks adequate protection
against such state and municipal taxation
and assessment as places them at a disad
vantage in competition with corporations
doing the same business under special
names, and makes it a forgery to place a
signature without authority of law to cir
culating notes printed for national bunks.
The Marine Canal Company.
Washington. Jan. 10.—a bill was intr
Washington. Jan. 10. The judiciary
committee of tne senate took final action
on the nomination of Lamar this morning,
and will report it hack probably at the
first executive session. The majority re
port fa adverse, and the minority favorable
to the confirmation. The nomination of
Y'ilas, to be secretary of the interior, will
l»o reported favorably and unanimously,
and tnat of Dickinson, to be postmaster-
general, will probably bo reported by Sen
ator Sawyer, of the post office committee,
at the same time. There is an understand
ing that if action in the senate is delayed
upon tne nomination of Lamar, those of
Vilas and Dickinson’s shall be taken up
and acted upon.
The Contract Awarded.
Washington, Jan. 10. The postmaster-
general to-day let the contract for carry
ing the mails in covered wagons provided
by the department between postotfiees,
railroad stations, station offices and steam
boat landings, from July 1, 1888, to June
30,1892, as follows: In Wilmington, N. C.,
A. ii. Sandlin, *840 per annum; Charleston,
S. C., Theo. H. Gailiard, 12400 per annum;
Savannah, Ga., R. Y. Woodlief, #2187 per
annum; Chattanooga, Ten n.. K. Wad kins, ■
11393 per annum; Knoxville, Teun., Pryor
Brown. $890 per annum; Nashville, Tenn.,
R. Y. Woodlief, 12075 per annum; Louis
ville, Ky., R. Y. Woodlief, $6793 per an-
THE BEADING TROUBLE.
A Hlrtker Attack* an Engineer -The
Knight* of Labor.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10.—One of the
Reading strikers, at Norristown last night,
attacked an engineer upon his locomotive
und knocked him down with a coupling
pin, and it took three men to drive the
rioter from tho eugine and arrest him.
He is now locked up awaiting trial.
There was no meeting of the general ex
ecutive hoard of tho Knights of Lai
bor to-day. because only tlxree could
be got together, and it requires
four to constitute a quorum.
Messrs. Berry, Aylesworth, aiul Secretary
Haves are here. McGuire, Carlton and
Hatley are moving about tho country
can’t bo fouud promptly. If c
Id appear tonight the
and the Rriti*h Pilgrims.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 10.—Tho Bourse
Gazette states that the Budget for 1888 will
retrench 20,000,000 roubles, of which 8,000 -
000 roubles will be on account of the re
ductions in the expenses of the war and
marine department.
The Journal do Ht. Petersburg, says that
political blackmailers and calumniators
are profiting by the fact that the authors
of the forged letters sent to the czar,
have not been found, and pretend to
attribute their authorship to high Russian
diplomats, who they can with impunity
defame, as the personages they try to
criminate are too highly placed to lower
themselves by repelling suspicions which
cannot affect them. Arrungements for
the movements of the court have been al
tered, and the imperial family will make a
shorter stay in Ht. Petersburg than was in
tended. The czar and his family will come
here Thursday, and will hold the cus
tomary New Year’s reception Friday,
but after that is over they will
immediately return to the palace
at Gatschina. The court ballas w hich had
been announced will be abandoned. All
these changes of the programme are due
to the discovery of the plot against the
life of the czar. A large number of per
sons have been arrested here for partici
pation in tlie plot. Among them are sev
eral officers of tlie army who had just ar
rived in Ht. Petersburg from the provinces.
Th.
eh A lin
Paris, Jan. 10.--The chambers re-af-
Hcmhled to day. M. Blanc,as senior mem
ber, acted us president, of the chamber of
deputies at the opening of the session. In
un address, he expressed the hope that the
session would be fruitful of legislatral re
sults, and appealed for tiie union of tho
republican groups, in order to effect re
forms, and show to foreigners united
Franco. The balloting for president of
the chamber resulted in the re-election of
Floquet, by ft vote of 258 to 38.
In the senate M. Carnot, father of Presi
dent Carnot, in senior member, and ac
cordingly took the president’s chair. He
said that the congress of the senate and
chamber of deputies, had manifested by
its recent choice of president. a desire for
peace at home and abroad, and res|»ect for
the laws. A change of the highest otlicial
of the state bad neon effected so easily
that it should inspire confidence in the fu
ture of the nation.
tung says it hasr
nd i reliable sources ii
f them I plot against the c
malities I nod that n numb.
■ has been discovered,
the benefit of the heirs of those from
where they were collected. He considered
the oroviso as hampering the bill.
Mr. Edmunds moved to amend the pro
viso proposed to be struck out, by making
it apply only to cases where the tax was
collected by the United States. Agreed to.
At 2 o’clock the bill was laid aside with
out further action.
Mr. Chandler offered a resolution in
structing tho judiciary committee to in
quire into tho suppression ot the votes
of colored citizens of Jackson,
Mississippi, at the recent mu
nicipal election in that city,
and iuto the alleged participation in such
nidst.
suppression by the United States district
attorney and by the deputy collector of in-
o , tern til revenue, and the deputy United
land attracted some attention, hut the : States marshal. I .aid on the table,
movements in the list were very small and Tho senate then proceeded to the con-
uuim portrait. The market ranged within slderation of the Blair educational Dili,
fractional amounts all day, and closed ! and Mr. Wilson of Maryland^ made a
steady, at irregular changes^taM^^Mjij^jHH|MMMMfcg~'jM|aj
Mu.It*
The total sales
Assign*
stitutional argument against /t.
At the close of Mr. Wilson’s speech, Mr.
thorizing tho secretary of the treasury to
Baltimore, Jan. 10. Jno. L. Sykle and retire all outstanding army and navy cer-
Jobn F. llallen, trading as Sykle, Mullen tificates to lands in South Caroliua, by
.» Co., notions and white goods, made an payments to the holders of certificates, of
assignment to-day, for the benefit of their ] iho amounts actually paid on the same
OKSON, Tenn., Jan. 10.—At this term
of the circuit court, wh ch convened yes
terday, one of the most interesting suits
for damages ever tried in tho state, was
called, it is tiie case of Rev. Frederick
Howard, D. I)., pastor of the Central Bap
tist church in this city, for $60,000damages
against sixteen of the leading members of
the First Baptist church, including the
pastor, ami also against the Forked Deer
Blade of this city. The Tennessee Baptist
at Memphis, and the Baptist Reflector of
Chattanooga, papers included in the suit,
published a strong article in 1880, signed
by the sixteen members of the First Bu(>-
tfst church, in which tlie past record of Dr.
Howard was painted in very dark colors.
They charged that he had b<
Hewlett” and “Howard”
eloped with another man’s wife m
Carolina; had associated with negro
been guilty of malfeasance while s
ial, and other damaging charges.
Mr. Edmunds, from the judiciary com
mittee, made an adverse report on the
nomination of Mr. L. Q. C. Lamar,to be as
sociate justice of the supreme court, and
Mr. Hugh, in behalf of the minority of the
same committee, submitted a favorable re
port. Calendar.
Mr. Edmunds made a favorable report
from the judiciary committee on the nom
ination or Mr. Win. T. Vilas, to be secre
tary of the interior. Calendar.
Mr. Sawyer, from the post office com
mittee. made a favorable report on the
nomination of Mr. Den. M. Dickinson, to
be pnsmaater-general.
After ten minutes devoted to executive
business, the doors were ro-opened, and
the senate, at 3:55, adjourned.
Washington, Jan. 10.—Tho speaker
• had announced the appointment or Mr.
* ofil i Wheeler of Alabama, and Mr. Phelps of
**— Jersey,®- L *
members of the board of
Howard la an Kngllabman by birth, and I rngenta of tho Smithsonian instituto.
his fathor lives in London. Both aides A resolution wa» adopted authorizing
have taken volumlnoua teatlmony in Ku- ' tho commtttaoa on waya and meant and
rone, and attorney* Bulloc k, for the de- naval ailalra to have certain paper*
rente, and 8. N. Ilaya, for the plaintitt', printed. .
have iust returned from Mouth Carolina i * r - burns of Missouri, from the com-
and Georgia, where they have searched the I mittee on appropriations, reported the
court records aud taken depositions com; | urgent
prising hundreds of pages. Eminent legal 1°,
will
utfi
Down at Troy.
Montgomery, Jan. 10.—A special to the
Advertiser from Troy. Ala , says: Peter
Dowdy, a negro, fell dead Saturday after
noon on the streets.
The norma! and graded schools resumed
A Bloody Fight.
Montgomery, Ala., Jau. 10. News has
been received here of a bloody fight be
tween two negroes on the Hall place, in
the country, east of the city, last S inday.
Henry Fitzpatrick and Mathew Stevens
did the fighting, and they were ied into
the tuss by a difficulty between their
wives. Henry used his knife on Mathew,
and carved him in several places. The
cut* am bad, but not serious.
State Finances.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 10.—The fol
lowing is a statement of the business ti-
i quar-
Chattanoooa, Jan. 10. -During
rel between Lew Owens ami J. D. Barnes,
of the boot and shoe firm of Barnes & Nix,
this morning, the former was shot three
times by Barnes and the latU r was cut by
Owens. The wounds ol Owens are mortal.
Tlie Be*
I Rail Hu
Bulletin of the A
association is this week enabled to gi
complete returns of the product
Bessemer steel *- * u, “ i
not including
>Uing .
luding all rails rolled by
referred
The call of states for tho introduction of
bills, unfinished yesterday, was proceeded
with. Bills wore introduced and referred
as follows:
By Woodburn of Nevada—Directing the
purchase of not less than W,000.000 worth
of silver < uilion per month, and the coin
age of the same into standard dollars.
By <lalligher of New Hampshire- For tho
proiecti >n of the public service. This bill
requires the dismissal of all persons in the
pimlic service who are not citizens of tho
. | United States either by nativity or natur*
ers tfiu J alizAti<
Philadelphia, l*a , Jan. io.
Uie_ courtesy^ of ^the ^manufacturers,^tno ^ By White of New York To authorizi
ami Steel
ails in this country in 1887,
the refunding of the national debt into o
Yiniform consolidated bond.
By Henderson of North Carolina To
prescribe the term of office of (lersons ein-
ons which were ,,| 0 y e ,i | n the civil service,
filed by iron rolling nulls from Imported Rv Ni.-hol«« North Ci
By Nicholas of North Carolina -For a
uiouiun, ./«*., ---■ ' o nu^eiiwal «f the internal revenue laws,
the Bessemer steel works. I he Bulletin By MoClany of North Carolina—For the
sayB: The production of steel rails by tionofa public building at Fayette-
our Bessemer steel works in the first vi „ e F
half of 1887 was 1,030,690_ t yrows j By Cowles of North Carolina To pay
aud
it v
gross to
second half of 188'
1,019,108 tons, or 2,049,63*
in the whole year. This result
487,228 tons greater than the total pro-
duction of 1,582,150 gross tona|
steel rails by the B«
188*1. The product!
1887 was only 11,122
first half. The new
auspiciously for oi
Many large
works wine
still idle.
Pin the lust half of
tons bss than in the
year does not open
or our steel rail friends.
Jers are still withheld, ami
lowed down in Decern tier are
Will H*
Madison, Win
Wisconsin suprei
. Jail.
To-day tho
mrt, through Justice
Paul ~ '
Irottka
•acted in the state treasury yesterday: Re
ceipts, f88rt»i.34; disbursements, f1030.92; Cassidy, in the c
balance at close of busmans, fJk9,381.89. | Milwaukee, appealed Mn kM
affirmed the judgment of the Mliwauaee
Clrruit Court. municipal court, and directed the
Montgomery, Ala.. Jan. 10.—The I tfon of the * Mitence. Theeirors
Montgomery; circuit,court^convened ^ , ^^^tr^cTrt to^S as.de th
trial. _
Continue in for the request of such a new trial,
salaries to marshals and deputy marshals,
and to collectors of internal revenue.
By Manner of Pennsylvania To in
crease tiie (tensions of thom who have lost
eyes or limtm, or who are deaf. This is the
bill endorsed by the United States Maimed
Soldiers’league and the Grand Army ot
the Republic.
By Tillman of South Carolina To pro
hibit the use of stoves, or oil lamps on pas
senger trains.
limit the premium, above par,
... a
By Vhelan of Tennemee To extend the
free delivery system to monthly periodi
cals.
By Enloe of Tennessee To punish deal
ers in counterfeit money, or pretended
counterfeit money.
By Mr. Wise - For the erection of a pub-
Also, to limit tho premium, abov
at which the secretary of the tr
Urday morning. Judge John P. Hubbard fusal of the trial court to set
on the bench. The docket i» up to the i diet and grant a
averse, and the oo.rt wllle.mtlnue In , £r UOngp^ , nH
duct of the jury. By the judgj
disposed of.
veral weeks befoie the cases a
suprei
Five Little liable*. go U> jail for one year, i
__ » .,„ rv cision of the trial court,
Montgomery. Ala., Jan. 10.—A very ^
'nciaent occurred at the Pres-
. By Mr. Wise For the erectk
lie building at Manchester, Y’a.
By Guenther of Wisconsin To create a
commission for the investigation of com
binations having for their object the en
hancement of the price of articles of inter
state commerce.
By Norwood of Georgia For the erec
tion of a public building at Brunswick,
Georgia.
Adjourned.
Resolutions were adopted plodging tho
society to memorialize the legislatures of
the several states to pass laws making it a
misdemeanor for brokers or scalpers to
deal in railroad tickets unless Authorized
to do so by the railroad companies.
Augusta was named as the next meeting
place, and the society will meet again
the second Tuesday in October next.
LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS.
MeKnery Admit* Defeat.
Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 10.—The demo
cratic state nominating convention, met at
noon to-day. Judge JamesJeffries of Rap-
edes parish, was elected temporary chair
man. The McEnry delegates concede the
Nichols party 170 uncontented delegates, a
clear majority over all. Tho convention
took a recess untilnfier nix o’clock, to al
low the delegations time to hand hi their
credentials, and to give the committee
time to act.
Judge Jeffries called the convention to
order at 6:30 o’clock and announced that
the committee on credentials had sent
word that it could not make any report, to
night, and would probably not be able to
make a report until to morrow noon. The
convention accordingly adjourned till that
time.
It is now very generally conceded by tho
McEuery delegates that McEnery is no
longer a possibility in the gubernatorial
race, and in caucus they determined to
stand os ono man in favor of anything
honorable to beat Nicholls. Assurances
have been given them; they say, that the
Moncure delegation would co-operate
in that purpose. A committee of
nine was appointed to make any combina
tion for the governorship, and a:iy slate for
minor offices to beat Nicholls before the
convention. Judge Jeffries ol Rapides, wan
first approached by the third man
schemers, hut declined the honor, saving
he shoula support Nicholls to the tast.
Judge R. U. Davey of Orleans, and other
prominent Nicholls’delegates,were spoken
of as third-man candidates for governor,
but as far as known, all have declined to
enter into any scheme. It does not now
seem possible that, any combination can tie
made to weaken Nicholls’ strength before
the convention. Hit friends claim that he
will be nominated on the first ballot.
New Orleans, Jan. |10. — 1 The Picayune
has a Huton Rouge special, showing tho
agreement of the conference committee of
the McEnery and Nicholls caucuses. Tho
McEnery committee conceded a majority
of uncontested delegates to the Nicholls
party, and that they aro ready and willing
io use all their influence to secure a just
and honorable organization of tho conven
tion.
Nigniiig (lie Kralc.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 10.-Jones A
Iaiughlin,of the American Iron works,
signed the steel* scale of the Amalgamated
association to-day, and work will be re
sumed at once. The Amalgamated ol-
ficiais are now satisfied that ail their
scales will i»e signed before tho ond of this
week. There are no indications of a Mit-
tlement at the Ivlgar Thompson and
Cloalng Down Tlielr Oven*.
PlTTBBURO, Pa., Jan. 10.—On account of
the great falling off <n coke shipments
within the past month, the coke operators
have been compelled to close down their
ovens two days a week to prevent an over
stocked market. A few months ago the
operators complained of a scarcity of ears,
but at present they have more ears than
they have use for. The cause of tho reduc
tion in the demand of coke,
is the shutting down of rail mills.
It is stated that a struggle
is now in progress between steel rail man
ufacturers and railwuy managers. Tho
latter decided not to purchase any ruils
until the price was reduced to |30 per ton.
The nil manufacturers still demand from
$33 to $35 per ton, and upon one pretext
after Hii'ii her have closed down their
mills one hy one, some to make reuairs.
etc., until to-day nearly all the steel rail
mills of the country are Idle.
Trying to Burn Out the Army
Montreal, Jan. 10.—At the conclusion
of the services of the French contingent of
the Salvation Army, in the Theater Fran-
raise last night, an attempt
ijlUDAIiy oi *>o.urag
for the cons!ruction of a ship canal fr<
the Atlantic to tho Pacific ocean, through
Nicaragua, partly through Nicaragua and
partly through Costa Rica. The capi
tal stock of tho company is
to consist of one million shares
of $100 each, with power to increase the
number of snares ‘
of the company »
board of fifteen directors, chosen for three
years, who are givOTl authority to make all
rules and regulations not inconsistent with
the laws of the United States, or the treaty
stipulations with Nicaragua and Costa
Washington, Jan. 10.—Inquiry into the
quality of the steel used in building the
cruiser Charleston, at Han Francisco, is
still progressing at tlie navy department.
The stat* inent published a short time ago
to the effect that some of the steel beams
hud broken while in the hands of the
workmen, was denied on all sides. It ap
pears t tint the report from Constructor
Fernald, who is superintending tlie con
struction of the vessel,has been received at
the navy department ex plaining the facts in
tho case. Access to this report is at pres
ent refused to the press, but the officers,
through whose hands the paper has
passud, admit that it, shows that tne bcama
wore fractured while being bent slightly
to serve as deck beams. It also appears
that the steel of which they were made
had successfully undergone all of the se
vere teats imposed by tlie steel hoard, with
a view to securing reliable and serviceable
material.
N«*«'relHry Luntar Go*** Ont.
Wash I not n. Jan. 10.—Secretary Lamar
took informal leave of his a sistants at 12
o’clock to-day. Assistant Secretary Mill
drow assumed the duties of the office of
secretary pending the confirmation of
Washington, Jan. 10. Thu principal
members of the Corean embassy called at
the department of stale to-day and paid
their reapects to Secretary BayArd. Ar
rangementx wore made for their presenta
tion to tho president in a few days. It is,
therefore, practically settled that the em-
Wahiungton, Jau. 10.—The deficiency
appropriation hill, reported to the house
to day, Is one made nee unary by tho fail
ure of the deficiency bill of last, year, mak
ing appropriations for defleienees for
1887 and prior years. Owing to Un
changed condition, the present bill omits,
or alters in their terms, a number of items
included in lost year’s 1*111. The appropri
ation for printing silver certificates anil
ono and two dollar notes will he increased
from $27,000 to $49,800, to meet the ex
pcnditurcs during the remainder of the
fiscal year. The bill appropriate'*, in all,
$2,951,303, while the last bill, as agreed
upon In conference, carried a total upurn-
priation of $4,275,023. Among the princi
pal items omitted, is one for about half a
million dollars on account of (sistnl de
ficiencies, and another of $260,000
the navy that was not
luded In tBo revised estimate.
The only legislative feature of the bill is
the following paragraph, which was in-
rted at the instance of tho attornoy-
XI ii >ti t 125 cars of coal passe
Rending road to day, all froi
mines. Such of these mines „ r w _
the Reading road huve a capacity ‘of !150 j in Ht Petersburg, and that It
day, but some of it is dropped along usual magnitude as regards to l>oth the
- t.i i*—- 1 ■ ‘ and position of the persons impli-
•everal army officers, have been arrested
Berlin, Jan. 10. Private dispatches,
received here from Warsaw, say that the
conspiracy against the czar had its center
tho road' before reaching Reading,
oral offers, some ns high as 20 per cent
above the December basis,have been offered
by the owners of individual mines, hut their
men refused, if tho coal was to paan over
the Re id ing road. None ol the Schuylkill
miners have as yet experienced the effects
of the strike in a financial way. There is
still due them two weeks’ pay, which they
will get Haturday. The company will dis
tribute then among the minors over $350,-
000.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10.—I*ate develop
ments bring an early settlement of tin*
Rending railroad difficulties entirely with
in the range of probability. It U learned
that General Manager H. B. Whiting ot
the Coal und Iron company, held unite a
lengthy conference with General Manager
McLeod, and other Reading officer* <*!'
high rank, to-day, and although all of
those concerned arc entirely reticent ns
what transpired, the belief is generally tu
tertaincil that preliminary steps wor
taken looking to a settlement within
short time, by either a compromise,
or arbitration. It is now regarded
as a certainty that no further steps will Im
taken in the matter by tlie general execu
tive board of the Knights of l<Ahor. There
has not boon a quorum of the board in the
city nt any time since the strikes began,
and while tiie expression of an opinion
favorable to the strikers, by those members
of the board who were present at the con
ference to-day with tho strikers' repre
sentatives and others, was entirely in
formal, representatives of the strikers
express themselves as satisfied that they
have the moral sup|ioi't of tiie order at
largo, and say that, as It was not at any
time intended that the matter should be
placed in charge of the general board, this
favorable expression is all they want.
Potthvillk, Ph., Jan. to.-The most
important action in the strike situation to
day was the formation of a committee of
leading mercantile men of tho country to
wait upon President (’orbln and urge an
arbitration. Pottsville, together with the
principal outside towns, arc r.q.r. united
.his ci
" idlmK.o ,t II o’clis lz to-i
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 10. News was
received here yesterday of the shooting of
Paymaster Ruffin, at the railway camp on
the Birmingham Mineral railroad, lie be
came Involved in a row with a negro, and
another negro compelled him, at the
mouth of a revolver, to hold up his hands
while his assailant shot him. Ruffin is
still alive, but will almost certainly die
The negro who did the shooting escaped,
but bis partner is in jail hero.
New York, Jan. 10. The steamer
floiiHwernda, before reported disabled at
sea, has Arrived and been docked at Brook
(a.
tendent Russell of the Han Pablo mine in
Honors, arrived here yesterday. Ho say?
that a prospecting party of fo
cated.
Cork, Jan. 10. I >r. Philip Cross, former
ly surgeon in the Flfiv-thira regiment, was
hanged here to-day for the murder of his
wife hy poisoning. Ho walked to the scaf
fold without /'altering. He made no re
marks
l(«
general:
part
That ... ,
made for the judicial
United 8tales snail he |
any appropriation
tenses of the
J to any civil
Who has neglected to make his
lument return, under section 833, re
vised statutes, in such manner as tho attor
ney general shall direct; and the attorney-
general is forbidden to appre '
payment
forbidd
•count, unless he is
fleer has faithfully
the official earn-
he included in
that for making
ilockets and indexes, taxing costs and all
other services on the trial, argument or
hearing of a question of (oersonal prlvllejp
satisfied that the
unted for a
ings that shou
is
endered, the fee
unku
selves during tin
theater
shavings
id the
rviceo, and after 1
piled a quantity
‘ “ opt
atoiies together,
the contents of a bottle of coal oil on this,
and then set fire to it. Fortunately »he
police were attracted by tne glare and
managed to extinguish the flame*. Great
indignation is expressed among the better
for Choctaw J'
river claims, or compensation of aided
Pacific railroads for government trans
portation. One of tin* largest items of
> appropriation is $500,000 for the re-payment
i ! to importers of excessive deposits in cun*
. ! toms suits, and another of $101,111 tor
e army transportation.
f
ig party ol
attacked nine miles south of V
Christmas, hy the Apaches.
HKHUni,
of the
i, named /acoba, was killed, and
Itig iake OfFord wan mortally wounded.
The other men fought the Indians off and
then escaped. The Indians aro thought
he the same that escaped fro
at the time of Geronlmo’s surrender,
have since been raiding southern Horn
Mile;
- \Vll*<
I)km Moines, la., Jan. 10. Honator Wi
on was ri-nominated by the republieu
aliens of the legislature, this evening.
Chicago, Jan. 10. A special fro
Talequah, Indian territory, says: Ti
Cherokee national council was organize
here yesterday, after months of wranglini
An investigation of the contest for sc.it
resulted in the seating of two members <
the lower house, making the house no
stand: Nationals twenty, Downing’s nim
teen. Chief Mayes issued a proclamatjo
Rome, Jan. 10. The pope to-day ra-
ceived the British pilgrims, who were
presented hy tho duke of Norfolk. The
nope, roi lying to an address presented to
him by the pilgrims, said be felt grateful
for the interest i^ue::n Victoria took in her-
Catbolio subjects, and prayed for her pros-
:>ei • y with that of her nation, whom lie
lo\ land admired. He honed for a restora
tiie different parts
oat tho irritating
ivide it would l>e
equity take their
pope
of peace betw
• ’ rdo
ind
»sku'
vhat he could do for the good of so im
portant a nation. One of the bishop* men
tioned the proposed new education law.
The pope answered that ho would like
them, before leaving Rome, to draw up
definite proposals on tho subject, and lie
concluded: “I hope something may soon
he done. I have already alluded to Hie
subject In iny letter to tho queen.” The
British pilgrims presented £16,000 to the
. Willoughby Exiled.
an. 10. Advices fron
r say that the Hoya go
Mada-
fm
exiled Gen. Willoughby, formerly Mada
gascar ambassador at ” London, who is
charged with misappropriating a large
sum of money, to a northern out-post,
pending his acquittal or expulsion.
The Emperor'* Condition.
Berlin, Jan. 10.-Emperor William re
mained in bed yesterday. He had a fairly
goodnight’s rest, and 1* frte of pain to
day. The emperor, replying to an address
from the salt workers of llalc, containing
a new year’s congratulation, said thut the
ivs regarding tiie crown prince was cx-
ellei
id tha
ty. He
xported that the
id< id
Rev. John Lowther,
London, J
cctorut Button, near Wiglonu, lias
allied suicide by shooting. I’reviui
he act he had received a summons t<
ver tiie charge of indecent assault u|
The dec
'dale
:! i 1
ol a relativ
Made
tiiat Minister
gn, paving the way to accession to
callin'-t with a protective policy.
ckmharre, Pa., Jun.
iaii Powderly is slow!;
adily gaining strength
>ort that he intends going t<
pro
the exposure of
a also riispostd of tv
Tlie
Prendergas
louse, hrothe
vs. Action a
The
of the
remarkable ,
byterian church iu this city last Hunday
afternoon. The o/dinance of infant bap_
h£ b fi£, b «™ 1 ffi 1 ' taSltuu”' S I iota tied iu do!tar. «d CU.
Pueblo, Col.. Jan.
court house, at Las A
I*.m*e Burned.
,1., Jan. 10.-The Bent county
nimai,
The
ml tha Catlioili-*.
Washington, Jan. 10.—The president
today received a beautifully engrossed
copy of the proceeding* of a public meet
ing of the Catholics ot Richmond, Vir-
Forest, the silk i
rumor that they
of $1,500,000.
Chamberlain, Hall A I.
n. 10. -Nothing definite
it the liahilitiis of D>
• reliant, but then? is a
re in the neighborhood
n, importer
> it.-
Wash:noton, Jan
.-roans committee to-day adoj
tlon, looking to the distrihn
house of the pr.fiident’s message
the appropriate committees
I'helaii
Washington, ,
nensee, introduce
joint resolution,
amendment to th
Article xvi.. Hi:
schools systems o
U Section 2. The
I it ri'Holn aniieipaieu, .too me quc-nnu
„ mint Ot lauds and leasing Ol
go among : * ,ri P’ w ' 111 * oon ho Ul S e, ‘ U P
further trouble is
l the question of the allot-
I leasing on thu Cherokee
stitution, namely
1. Congress shall
aid to the public
several staten of the
ho granted shall not
ally,to be dintrihut-
states on the basis
legisiatu;
Ten* senator. In the h<
lay a James B. B«< k, de
»g Bradley, republics
Beck Ite-KD
Jan. 10. -TI
oted to-day for United Hu
•ky
lilted,
r rfupfic
. idants dm
having Bert bold \a
the I tilt
I the
al hank.
in the prosecution, committed for con
tempt, lie h ivu.g said he would give f 19,090
ro have Mix N-whouse sent to Joliet.
t by.
nd commission «!• tiers in sil
Broadway, made »tn assignment today,
Without preference. The assignment, it is
said, is due to endorsing paper. Their at
torneys said to day that they had indorsed —™
DeForest’s paper U» the amount of $70,091) Section 3. The appropriations so
Except for such endonement. they would I made shall be paid to the
be perfectly solvent. Their nominal as person or persons designated
sets are $17,000; sUs:k, $28,960. Their busi by the act of tho legislature of each slate,
ness liabilities are only $J»,000. I which shall specify that the aid so re-
, tiie ballot r
M>crat, 66, Hmi. VV. < >.
i, 24; A. Cardin, labor,
i-i'k'JH, Hraitlev". Til- 1 .Ill'll?. PrundertfUt do,'lined to
i joint ballot will be 1 I/kv
* nakiug Bf< '
iHial.
other term of six years
Niil 1
All
Threatened
' N, Nh Jan
mipany, at Galsqiia, is bl<
An Expel
! Ch aoo, Jan. 19
bri k building at the
Urge four-story
The Cra
ing *
one of its furnaces. It also!
(M?r cent reduction, to take effect January
15. The employes threaten to strike If the
reduction is insisted upon, and have noti
fied the company to that effect.
pi u: tl .«d v insured T .e H.v. p*nts were
tbs N nta k r’t'k 'I'"'-
soda a id cloak., John \ i.rilflth .» Co.,
anil Ta. I- tn .1 u.."'Z"; T S. bisw .* Co.,
boot* and shorn. The stocks ot all arc a