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VOL. XXX—NO. 23.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1888.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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A f MAY ME DONE «1N CONGRESS
THE PRESENT WEEK.
printer Fatally Shot at Montgomery
4 Had Character Killed In Bir
mingham—Other Casualties—
The News of the Day.
ASHINGTON, Jan. 22 —The senate has
programme of work for the coming
k beyond the consideration, and, if
pible, the passage, of the deficiency bill
the education bill. Should there be
time to spare, it is likely to be con
ned In the consideration of mlscella-
us matters on the calendar. Aside
n the extra iltlon treaties, the senate
little in secret session *, and aa Senator
erman, chairman of the foreign relations
tnmittee, is to be absent after Wednes-
y, it is thought probable that the treaties
11 not be considered at any length, if at
during the week.
fhe Thoebe-Carlisle contest is expected
take precedence of all other business in
e bouse of representatives, since it is the
esent determination of Mr. Crisp, who
8 charge of the report of the elections
mraittee, to insist that it shall be dis
ced of before anything else is done,
ould the republican minority persist in
fusing to vote, it is doubtful whether a
iorum can be secured, and the Indie*-
ins are, that several days will elapse bo
re the matter will be finally settled. The
nsion appropriation bill has already
reported, and the appr.o-
■iations committee will endeavor to have
considered before the end of the week.
A PRINTER FATALLY SHOT.
>11 Bray Attempts to Stop a Criminal and
Catches a Bullet.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 22.—Special:
be police, to-night, attempted to arrest
o men supposed to be James and Reu*
n Barrow. One of them was captured,
it the other made his escape after shoots
g, and fatally wounding, Neil Bray, one
the compositors on the Advertiser. Bray
a passing along the street, when Police
ptftin Martin called him to catch the
an who was running away. Bray started
oboy and was heading Barrow oft when
The Barrows live in Lamar
unty, Alabama, and are accused of train
bbing near Texarkana, Texas. .On the
hinst., five detectives went to arrest
eiu, but one of them was not at home,
d tbe other made his escape, although
e detectives fired fifty shots at him. The
there then made their way to this city,
ere they arrived to-night. Conductor
8. Callahan of the south bound train,
d telegraphed ahead that these men
re HuspioiouQpharacters, and an attempt
as, therefore, made to arrest them on
eir arrival. Tbe one who is now in cus-
dy, had an edvelope in his pocket, ad-
essed to James Barrow, which places his
entity beyond doubt.
The two young men went to Texas, from
mar county, several years ago, and bad
ways bo ne good characters in their na
ve county, but the detectives say that, in
i, they are known as desperadoes and
rain robbery and large rewards have been
ffered for their capture.
The police officers are scouring the city
or the one who escaped. Neil Bray, who
as mortally wouuded by tbe desperado,
a young man of excellent character,
he physicians pronounce his wounds fa-
lle will probably die before morning,
e has a young wife and one child. The
arrow boy who was captured bad |350
a his person. Most of it was in gold.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
The Ceremonies Attending tbs Presenta
tion of the Constitution to the Pope.
Baltim re, Jan. 22.—The following
cableg am, from Rome, was to-day re
ceived by tue Bun: The gift of President
Cleveland to Pope Leo XIII was presented
to him Saturday afternoon, in the throne
room of the Vatican, by the American del
egation. There were also present mem
bers of the noble guard, in their bright,
fhowy uniforms, and attaches of the papal
courts. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia,
in presenting the bound copy of the con
stitution of the United States, said:
“Holy Father: We feel most honored
and happy in being selected to present to
your holiness this gift, expressive of tbe
veneration and felicitation of his excel
lency, tbe president of the United States
of America, upon the occasion of the aus
picious jubilee of your holiness’ entrance
to the sacred priesthood. It is a tribute
paid your holiness by tbe ruler of sixty
millions *of freemen; a ruler elected by
them, who feels ‘deeply the responsibility
of his exalted position, his dependence
upon God’s providence, and who has had^
the wisdom and fortitude to discharge
faithfully and conscientiously all impor
tant duties devolving upon him. He is a
ruler respected by the people, and one
who has publicly declared bis solemn con
viction that Christianity furnishes a true,
permanent basis of real salvation and per
fect social order, representing at once
moral conquest over the greatest flations
of the earth. This conquest, your holi
ness, which received respectful recogni
tion fronft the kings of the world, receives
through the most worthy president the
tribute of a free and independent
people of the freest, largest and
most progressive nation. They are natur
ally Christians, brave, just aud generous,
and will be iu the ihture, as in the past his
tory of the nation. Remember, too, fa
ther, that the shepherds of Judea, repre
senting tbe body of the people, came to
the manger at angelic invitation before
the King, aud that he whose vicar you are,
was not only the King of Kings, but the re*
puted son of a carpenter, a man of the
people, living and sympathizing with the
people. In the American republic the
Catholic church is free to act and to carry
out its sacred and beneficial mission for the
human race,by the fundamental right of the
constitution, guaranteed, as demonstrated
in this volume, the appropriate gift of the
president. In the United Slates the Oath-
olio church is entirely free from state do
minion, and liberty in all speeches. In
her history the United States has clearly
proved that ignorance of the real doctrine
of the church and hereditary prejudice,that
great obstacle to progress, are gradually
disappearing, and that Catholics, and non*
Catholics, are beginning to understand
each other. We beg of you, then, Holy
father, to bless the young republic that
has achieved so much in a single century;
hless the land discovered by your saintly
Compatriot, Columbus; bless the wise and
toanly president of the United States.”
pope listened with the utmost satisfaction,
examined the gift carefully, and expressed
his admiration for the exquisite taste and
neatness of its execution. “It was an
especial pleasure,” he said, “to receive a
copy of the constitution of the United
States.”
Dr. O’Connell then read to the pope, the
following letter in French:
Holy Father: I experience the great
est satisfaction in transmitting to your
holiness, the personal congratulation
which his excellency, Grover Cleveland,
president of the United States,
by his letter of November 17th,
specially requested me to present to
you on the occasion of your golden jubilee.
I had the honor to see the president short
ly after my return from Rome, when I
communicated the kind sentiments your
holiness was pleased to express to me in
his regard. Highly appreciating the
friendly message of your holiness,.he de
sired me to convey to you his respectful
homage and his sincere wishes for your
wellfare. The president subsequently
wrote me a second letter, desiring me to
transmit to your holiness, with the least
possible delay, this especially prepared
copy of the constitution of the United
States as a testimonial of veneration for
your august person, and as an expression
of his felicitation, and we beseeoh you,
holy father, once more to bless, with
all the affection of your paternal heart our
beloved country, in whose proeperity you
manifest so lively an interest. Invoking
your benediction upon myself, I am your
devoted son,
“James (Cardinal) Gibbons,
“Archbishop of Baltimore.
“Baltimore, December, 1887.”
The pope then read his reply to Arch
bishop Ryan in Latin, expressing pleasure
in receiving a jubilee gift from the presi
dent of the United States. He continued:
“I have received offerings from all parts
of the world—from Italy, France, Ger
many, Hungary, Spain, England, and one
from the president of the United States, a
most pleasing one.” As archbishop,”
he added, “you enjoy the respect
and freedom that we admit is highly ben
eficial to tbe friends of religion. As the
bead of the churoh, I owe my duty, love
and solicitude to every part of the churoh,
but toward America I bear especial love.
The care of your nation is great. Your
government is free, your future full of
hope. Your president commands my
highest ad nlration, hence this .offering,
which I have received to-day, has truly
touched my heart. It affords me pleasure
to pour forth, through you, to your presi
dent and your great country, my most
profound sense of appreciation and grati
tude. In conclusion, I grant you my bless
ing, and ask that of yourself, aud of the
presldent of your country.”
Turning to O’Connell, the pope said:
“I desire you to make this known to
your people. Describe the solemn manner
in which I have received the gift of their
president.”
Afterward the pope received tbe delega
tion privately, was delighted with Cleve
land’s gift and engaged in conversation
with the delegates for nearly an hour. The
prelates present brought jubilee offerings
amounting to f80,000. Tbe delegation in
eluded Archbishop Ryan, Philadelphia;
Bishops Ryan, Buffalo; Burke, Cheyenne;
Seiderbusk, Minnesota; Mgr. Quigley,
Charleston, Soulh Carolina; Revs. Mac-
donnell, New York; Farrelly, Nashville;
Cashaldi, Buffalo; Nevoe, Chicago, and a
correspondent of the Biltimore Sun, who
en rusted by Cardinal Gibbons with
tbe delivery of the president’s gift to the
rector of the American college in Rome.
The pope ordered that the president’s gift
be placed on exhibition among those of
the kings’. Tbe members* of the papal
courts say that the American presentation
was the most successful event of the jubi
lee, no other offering having elicited from
the pontiff so rich and spontaneous an ex
pression of thanks and appreciation.
THE READING STRIKE.
WHAT l'KKHIDENT COHI1IN MAYS A1IOVT-
THE GOMl‘ANY'8 POSITION.
He Review, the Situation and Show.
I'p HI. Side of the Ca.e — Kell,
Tell, the Story for the Strik
er.— Both Side. Heard.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 22.—President
Corbin of the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad company, ha. furnished to tbe
press a long statement reviewing the his
tory of Its relations with Its employes, and
defending its course in refusing to yield to
the demands of the striking railroad oper
ators and minars. After narrating the cir
cumstances of the strike which began at
Port Rtohmond, Ur. Corbin says:
“The men who left the service of the
oompany had never made, and have never
to this day, made any complaint that they
were workod an unreasonable number of
hours, that their wages were not fair
wages for the work performed, or that in
any single instance they had been treated
otherwise then kindly by the management.
Notwithstanding this, and that under the
terms of their employment with
tho company, they were bound
to render honest and faith ful
service, complying with all reasonable
orders It might make in the regular trans
action of Its business, they violated every
obligation of this character, and by their
own act cancelled any obligation there
might have been on the part of the com
pany to retain them in Its service. Over
2500 voluntarily left our service. The same
number of new and competent men pre
sented themselves for service with the
oompany. They were employed, and will
be retained so long as they perform their
duties falthiully.
“We have never made any objection
to labor organisations. In employing
labor, we have never asked
the question whether the employe
was a member of one or not. So long as
the men perform the duties they owe to
this oompany properly, we shall stand by
them, whether they be union, or non
union men. No mau shall be ousted be
cause he does not belong to a labor organi
zation. Our employes will be expected to
render faithful service, and take orders
from the management, In relation to Its
business, promptly, and without question.
long as they do this,
they will retain Its confidence
and friendship; but any action hereafter,
such as has been taken heretofore by em
ployes, will merit and reoelve the same
treatment. The trouble on the railroad is
ended and will never be opened up again.
Mr. Corbin then reviews at great length,
the history of tbe Reading company’s
trouble with the coal miners, recites the
terms of agreement with regard to wages
between the miners and tbe company, In
September last, and Bays:
“Notwithstanding the terms of this
agreement, the miners refused to
continue at work in the
mines after the 1st day of January, as
they had promised to do. I am Informed
that they did this for two reasons: First,
because we would not reinstate men who
were discharged on the railroad; and
second, because we would not continue
tbe 8'per oent advance, which we had, un
der this agreement, paid tor four months;
and we are informed that they would, on
do basis of wages, have been will
ing to return to work, unless wo
had first reinstated the railroad
men, or arbitrated that question.
As I have stated, that question Is ended,
and no matter in connection with that
strike will ever be submitted to arbitration,
and as to tbe question of wages to be paid
to miners we have always paid, and have
always been willing to pay, as high wages
for bringing coal into the market as any
company in competition with this one. To
pay more than our competitors for the
mining of our coal would practically drive
what lie called victimizing and leaving no
alternation, but to strike. Be decided
that the men were not fighting for arbi
tration, and that tho first strike was not
tbe i-sue. The miners, he dealaros, will
stand by the railroaders.
A COUP AOAINST BALFOUR.
Churchill Said to ho Arranging to Cru.h
the Irish Secretary.
London, Jan. 20.—By far the most Inter
esting rumor in connection with politics is
that which represents Lord Randolph
Churchill as meditating a ooup against Mr.
Balfour. His friends aver that he Is dis
posed to Bet himself against the manner In
wbioh eoerelon Is now carried out. Ono
f them goes so Ihr as to say that Lord
Randolph la atiU at St. Petersburg, whero
he remains till next week. But bis corre
spondence Is large, and no mtn keeps him
self bettor Informed of what 1s going on.
Should he become convinced that coercion
Is unpopular with a strong seotlon of his
party, no step ho might take would be sur
prising.
He and Mr. Balfour formorly were allies.
Between them they constituted just ex
actly half of the fourth party. They
never, however, worked together very cor
dially. Mr. Balfour never really came to
the front in publio life till he became chief
seoretary for Ireland. Then he eame with
a rush, whloh astonished nobody so much
os Lord Randolph. He undoubtedly stands
at this moment between Lord Randolph
and the house, the post whloh. the latter
covets beyond all others, and for wbioh ho
has shown suoh singular oapaoity.
Wore Mr. Baltbur to retire from the
ohlef secretaryship, It would be Surprising
that he retains his present ascendancy in
the party, to take the plaoe Which Lord
Randolph might otherwise hope speedily
to regain. This It Is whloh, to Syuical ob
servers, lends an air of probability to the
stories of Lord Randolph’s dislike to ooer-
oion. They ere set afloat on the eve of
his return. They will serve et least to
elicit opinions by which he may be guided
when he does return.
There Is to be added: If Lord Randolph
really resolves on a trial of strength be
tween himself and Mr. Balfour! it will be a
struggle in which he will put his whole
polltioal fortune at stake. There is not
the least likelihood that Lord Salisbury
would abandon the ohlef secretary, with
whom his personalities are very olose, end
whose policy in Ireland la a practical ex
pression of Lord Salisbury’s own convic
tions. It would be a duel to the death.
These tragic possibilities have, however,
to be recoueiled with the (sot, If It be a
fact, that Lord Randolph baa written a
letter of explanation to Lord Salisbury re
specting his proceedings at St, Petersburg.
This epistle, more or leas penitent, was
not extorted by any request from Salis
bury, but was volunteered and Is supposed
to supply a much needed acoount of Lord
Randolph’s relations with tbe Russian
court. Russian goaaip is persiatently to
tbe effect that the young English tory haa
been encouraging the czar to harden his
heart against Bulgaria.
FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
DOWN AT APALACHICOLA.
Apalachicola, Fla., JAn. 20.—The firm
of Combs A Cot, who have done such an
extensive «aw mill and"* mercantile bus
iness here for several years pa9t, waa yea-
terday purchased by Mr. S. N. Kimball,
one of the partners, and tbe mills will be
put into operation again at once. Tho firm
closed down several months since, to set
tle up their business, throwing a large
number of hands out of employment, and
seriously affecting the general business of
the place, and tbe prospect of the mills
starting again is viewed with pleasure by
the merchants and workmen. Mr. Kim
ball, being a gentlomon of great energy
aud push, will no doubt have the mills run
ning at an early day.
Mr. A. Stevens, a prominent manufac
turer of Boston, and president of the
NEWS OF T1IK DAY FROM ACROSS THE
DEEP HU E SKA.
The Pope Anxious for a Renter Alton of Ilia
Temporal Power—Enthunlanni Among
Irishmen—Reportn tn^jegnrri
v to the Crown l'rnme
Dublin, Jan. 22.—An attempt was made
last night to serenade Wilfred Blunt, who
Is confined In prison at Galway. The police
interfered and ordered the musicians away.
The latter thereupon embarked in boats,
and held a torchlight procession
on the river, beneath the walls of the
prison. The seamen from the war ship
Banterer gave chase, but failed to capture
the serenaders.
General enthusiasm has been caused by
Mr. William O’Brien’s release from Tulla-
more jail. Last night bonfires and beacon
lights ii'uraiuated large districts in the
south of Ireland.
Kilrush was illuminated this evening,
and the streets were crowded with people.
The government proclamation, prohibit
ing the meeting announced to bo held
there to-day, was publicly burned. All
bonfires and blazing tar barrels were ex
tinguished by tho polieo. There was a
conflict between the police and the people,
and one policeman was severely injured.
Mr. O’Brien, who is almost prostrated
with emotion, intends to attend a banquet
given in his honor by his electors,
and then to rest a few weeks in
accordance with the doctor’s advice. In
spite of the endeavor to prevent his where
abouts from becoming generally known,
every mail brings him many congratula
tory letters. He is residing with friends in
Dublin. In an interview to-day ho said :
“I felt so well on leaving prison that I
have overtaxed my strength, and as a re
sult I am sleepless and worn out. There
waa a portmanteua full At letters awaiting
me at the prison on leaving, and the
number I have received siuoe is so great
that I am quite unable to deal with them.
Those I have read affected me more
than I can describe, but it is surpris
ing that I have not received one threat
ening letter. I have formed no plans
for future action yet, but it matters little,
because the spirit of the country, among
ail classes, has amounted to a degree alto
gether beyond former experience. “The
National league,” he continued, “instead
of being effaced, as the coercionists pro
phesied, is more firmly rooted than ever.
The action of the land commission has
been equivalent to censuring the modera
tion of the plan of campaign. Mr. Bal
four has found that tho league can only be
suppressed by suppressing the society
The action of the government in prosecut
ing the priests shows that the hopes of
muzzling thereby the means of iutrigue,
all means has been frustrated. It is an at
tempt to outrage the people into an exhi
bition of violence as a set-off against Bal
four’s brutalities. If Mr. Blunt had never
revealed B&llour’s intentions toward tho
Parnellites, tbe course pursued by the
chief seoretary would be very different.”
He said he believed that Balfour would
push mutters to their extremities until
public opinion daunted him.
Fire In Her Hold.
Queenstown, Jan. 22.—The steamer In
dians, from Philadelphia to-day, report*
that on the 14th inst., fire broke out in the
cotton in her after hold, but tho flumes
were finally quenched. There was great
excitement among those on board during
the fire. The steamer Larermandi, from
New York for Havre, passed Lizard last
night.
The Meeting 1’reventeil.
London, Jan. 22. — The socialists at
tempted to hold a meeting in Trafalgar
square to-day, but were prevented from
doing so by the police, who arrested two
of them. There was no disorder.
She had become suffocated and lost her
way in tho smoke. Her recovery is not
expected. T. D. McKellip, rooming in tho
building, is also in a precarious condition,
the result of injuries received while mak
ing his escape. A few of tho people had
to be taken from tbe upper windows by
ladders. Wallaco L. DeWolf, a lawyer,
owned the building. His loss is f30,000,
felly insured. About $10,000 worth of fur
niture and clothing, half insured, belong
ing to nine families, was destroyed, and
$10,000 additional damage, also partly in
sured, tv as inflicted on the stock of several
storekeepers occupying tho ground floor.
SPECIAL FLORIDA CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
A Hud Character Killed In a House of Ill-
Fame In Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 22.—Special: J.
L. Vincent, proprietor of a disreputable
saloon, was shot and fatally wounded about
7 o’clock to-night by a man named John
Bailey. The shooting was done at a house
of ill-fame kept by Mary Guy, and on try
ing to prevent it, she received a severe
wound in the left breast. The men were
friends and both frequent visitors at the
house. They quarrelled about some triv
ial master, and Vincent drew a knife.
Bailey shot him three times, twice through
tbe breast and lung and once through tbe
arm. He then blew out the lights in
the room and made his escape from the
house. Vincent lived long enough to tell
the officers who did the shooting. He was
a married mau and his wife, who waB in a
delicate condition, was brought to the
house in a carriage. Her screams were
heart rending, and she soon exhausted
her strength, and was carried from the
house in a critical condition. •
Bailey killed a man several years ago
while he was serving on the police force of
Chattanooga, Tenn. He was for several
years a member of the southern detective
agency, but for a year has been working
at his trade, shoemaking, in this city. He
is about thirty-five years old and unmar
ried. Vincent was regarded as a bad
character, and was frequently arrested for
selling liquor on Sunday.
News From the Hamoan Islands.
San Francisco, Jan. 22.—Samoan adi
vices received by the steamer Zealand,
state that the natives have been forced to
borrow money from the Germans, to pay
taxes imposed by the new government.
The Germans have arrested and im
prisoned the natives, for visiting friends
aud relatives in the neighboring islands.
King Tamasse maintains bis authority
solely by support of the German man-of-
war, and it is stated that if this support
were withdrawn, he would bo deposed in
a day. Three German men-of-war left
Apia for Hong-Kong in November,leaving
two to guard the island. A correspondent
writing under date of November 29, Btatc*
that a meeting of the chiefs was held in
defiance of Tamasse’s order, to consider
what course to take concerning tbe pay
ment of the tax, and that it was decided
to pay tbe tax, with the understanding
that it should not be delivered to the Ger-
us out of the competitive market, and tbe | Uypress Lumber company of this city, is
only market to which we could bring
our coal would be to such points on
the line of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad as are, by reason of their
location, compelled to buy from us and
could not buy from other people.
“We regret exceedingly that this action
on the part of the employes of our road,
as well as the action of the miners, pro
mises to bring such disastrous results to
that portion of the state dependent upon
theloutput of the Reading collieries, but
there is no alternative for thia oompany
that I can see, except to insist upon, first,
the right to manage its own prop
erty; and seoond, the right to
employ labor in the ' mining of its
coal, so that it will have at least an equal
chance with its neighbors in every com
petitive market to which anthracite coal
goes. For twelve years, commencing Jan
uary 1, 1876, and ending January 1, 1888,
this company has mined 61,000,000 tons of
coal; paid for it to its miners $57,110,000,
and has received as the net pro
ceeds for the coal so mined, only
$44,840,000, making an actual loss in
the raining of its coal of $12,270,000
during that period. In other words,
we have distributed throughout the coun
try fifty-one million tons of coal, and the
miners have received every dollar of the
net money we obtained for it, and we lost
in the operations $12,270,000 betides; and
during all these twelve years the stock
holders of tbe railroad company which
transported this coal who have paid up
forty millions of money for their stock,
have not received one cent by way of divi
dends, and they have just been called upon
with a portion of the junior securities to
pay in by way of assessments,!12,000,000 of
fresh money to make good the losses of
tbe company. In view of these results, it
is not time now, according to my judg
ment, to undertake to pay more money
for the same amount of labor than is paid
by other competitive companies.”
After reading President Corbin’s state
ment relative to the position of the Read
ing company on the strike, John B. Kelly
of the railroad’s executive committee, and
master workman of local assembly 107,
said that tbe men had never denied the
right of the company to manage its prop
erty, and that the railroaders did not
strike originally because objectionable
men were not Knights of Labor, but that
tbe strike waa due largely to the
action of the company in over
running tbe Port Richmond yards with
here looking after the extensive interests
of bis oompany. Their mills are undergo
ing repairs just now, but will start up
again in two weeks.
The Ruge Brothers Packing company
are running their oyster-canning establish
ment on full time. They employ a large
force of men, women and children, aud
put up one of the finest brands of oysters
known to the trade.
The Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf
Railroad company are rapidly pushing the
gradiug from our neighboring city of Car-
rabelle towards Tallahassee. They have
eighteen miles of grading done, and ex
pect, daily, two oargoes of steel rails from
Philadelphia, when track-laying will
begin. They expect to complete the
road to a point where tbe sur
vey intersects the St. Marks railroad,
ten miles from Tallahassee and twenty-
eight miles from Carrabelle, by June 1,
next. They began operations with their
new saw-mill last week, and expect to saw
ninety thousand feet of lumber per day.
Mr. B. F. Howland is the general manager
and agent of the company here.
Thomas Williams, a negro deck-hand,
was killed Thursday, on board the tutf Til-
den, by being struck on the head with a
tow-line, which parted under a heavy
strain.
Mr. W. H. Hoskin, a wealthy lumber
merchant of Boston, is in the city. He
does an extensive business with southern
mills.
Messra. Affleck, Maxwell and Bohnell,
representing three of the enterprising
firms of Columbus, are here.
A Now Way to Make llunlnem.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 28.—A promi
nent official, at Chison, of the Topeka and
Santa Fe system, said to day that his com
pany has decided to buy 10,000 bushels of
wheat and ship it to western Kansas, for
the spring trade. The company will
charge nothing for transportation, and
will sell it at cost, taking note* from the
farmers, due in one year at 3 per cent. It
is thought the action by this company
would be duplicated by the Missouri Pa
cific company.
A Fatal Holler Explosion.
New York, Jan. 22. The boiler of the
tug Zouave exploded while she was lying
in quarantine, in tbe lower bay, this after
noon. The engineer, two firemen and the
steward were terribly scalded.
German A Hair ..
Berlin, Jan. 22.—The emperor and em
press drove to the castle to-day to attend
tbe festival of coronation orders, and the
usual ceremonies wore performed. Priuco
William presided at the banquet which
followed, and toasted tho old and new
knights on behalf of the emperor. The
crown prince of Greece and Princess Wii
liam led the procession to the chapel. All
the cabinet ministers and members of the
diplomatic corps were present. The em
peror conferred the grand cross of tho
order of Red Eagle upon Count von Holtz-
enfeldt, German ambassador at London.
Adverse rumors about the crown prince
have not been confirmed. On the con
trary, advices from Han Remo say that his
healtn is good, and that he drove out this
morning and took a walk in the afternoon.
It is reported that he will come to Berlin
to attend the marriage of Prince Henry
and Princess Irene.
Warm Weather ami Spring Vegetables
-Hume Personal Gossip.
Orlando, Fla., Jan. 20.—Tho torribio
cold wave that has ravaged tho union since
last Thursday, gave Florida “tho go by.”
A misty rain to-night makes tho weather
uncomfortable in the open air. Last Sat
urday and Sunday, while people were
freezing to death in Wisconsin, a party
from tbe hotel bathed both afternoons in
Clay spring, and when we came out,
dressed in open air by moonlight. This
climate cannot be boasted about too much.
This city is the largest iu south Florida,
situated on the Tavares, Orlando and At
lantic and the South Florida railroads.
Being the county site of Orango county,
and in a fine orange and vegetable section,
it has grown wonderfully. It has built a
little too fast. But it is growing up in
population rapidly. Flue three-story
brick buildings are common sights. Or
lando is dotted with a chain of small lakes
that flow into the St. John river, twenty
miles north, and another chain that flows
into the gulf.
Tho market house is a spacious three-
story brick building. The second story is
occupied by lawyers aud the third is the
armory of tho Orlando guards. Columbus
might take a lesson from Orlando on mar
ket houses. This ono is only about two
hundred and fifty feet from the court
house. The city agreed to rent the lower
floor for a market before the building was
erected, paying therefore $200 a month.
This market is as clean as a pin. To-day,
fresh from the gardens, were green peas,
cauliflower, egg plants, turnips, cabbage,
tomatoes, eschalots, lettuce, radishes
and strawberrries. A building like
thiB ought to be built by the city
of Columbus and tho upper story given,
rent free, to the veteran Columbus Guards.
It should bo placed on a lot, and the un
sightly one that blockades First avouue
torn away.
The California liar is circulating tho re
port that yellow fever is in Tampa and
Plant City, Florida. This is not bo. The
report haa been officially denied by the
mayors ot these cities, aud tho stato board
of health.
Dr. Foster 8. Chapman, formorly of
Columbus, received all but three votes out
of over 700, for mayor, and if there is any
man more popular with the citizens of his
town than ho is, his friends can break
Orlando ou beta. Singleton Coart and
Major Matt R. Marks are two of tho
pioneers of Orlando. The latter has
brought more residents into Florida than
all the other real estate agents in the statq,
and as both are old Columbus men, every
will be glad to know of their pros
perity.
Winter Park, four and a half miles north
of hero, boasts of Gen. 8. G. Frenc h and
Maj. Wiley Abercrombie as among its most
prominent citron ». The college there and
the hotel are models of eleganco, and well
filled
Florida, everywhere, Is noted for Its fish
ing, hunting, boating and bathing. Its
great drawback 1ms been tho idea that
strangers had, that money grew on trees
here. This is not so. It requires labor.
But there is no country where a man, who
is willing to dig in tho ground for a living,
can get it easier. While he in working his
vegetables and tobacco, he can enltivate
his orange grove, with but little outside
expense. In five years he owns a grove
that will then pay him handsomely. This
grove is just so much more than he would
havo made, with the same work, in cooler
climates.
Heretofore people from abroad went
wild on orango groves, and Floridians
dosed them severely. Now Florida’s
citizens have found out that
groves must be bearing in order
to soil. This has created a great change.
Floridian are now planting tobacco
largely, so that a crop which will bring
the cash, right at their doors, is to be ex
pected after this fall. Of course, lack of
experience in tobacco culture will handi
cap many for atime, but in three years tho
tobacco crop of Florida will be its great
source of wealth. The pincy-woods sandy
land is finely suited for tho “Bumatra” and
“Cuba” tobacco seed.
The demand for nursery orango trees has
been light, except to fill orders from Cali
fornia, up to now, us Floridians are too
busy with vegetables and proparing land
for tobacco to set out riany orange trees
this year.
Tho Daily Record of this clly is edited
by M. C. Rordell of Augusta, Georgia. The
Southern Progress was moved from here
to Clay Springs this week. The weekly
Reporter and weukly Sentinel are tho
other newspapers.
Travel from the north has increased
greatly in the past four days. Tho En-
quiRER-SUN keeps me posted. We anx
iously look for tho Columbus Southern
railroad news. R. A. B.
PEN-PICTURE OF MRS. GRANT AT SEN
ATOR STANFORD'S RECEPTION.
Mr. Randall'* Net-Hack In Pennsylvania—
Gossip About Scott, His Antagonist-
Win. M. Springer Compared
to a Louisiana Lagoon.
Washington, Jan. 20.—A short, plump,
middlo aged woman, almost portly, and
dressed in the deepest of black, stood be
side tho wife of one of the senatqre at her
reception last night. Her features were
plain, verging on homeliness, but her dark
eye was kind, and her slightly wrinkled
face showed many signs of culture. Her
senatorial friend was resplendent in dia
monds, and her tallness made the short,
stout woman look smaller. The parlors of
the senator’s mansion were crowded with
people, and the creme do la creme of
Washington society was there. Noted
generals chatted with ladies well known
tho United States over, and the dark, grave
face of ex-Hecretary Boutwell shone out in
contrast with the florid complexion and
silvery moustache of ex-PostmaHter-Gener*-
al Tyner. Horatio King was there,and the
jovial Gen. Van Vliet bobbed about with
his shock of white Rilver hair. Many dip
lomats wore present, and all, I noted,
bowed low to tho short, little woman in
block. Tho eyes ot somo were filled with
tears ns they spoke to her, and tho water
glistened iu Van Vliot’s eyes, as ho re
called a past meeting. Ex-PostmaHter-
General Cresweli bowed low, and senators
and supreme court judges put on the kind
est of faocB. It was Mrs. Gen. Grant, who
had come back to Washington to Bay
good day” to the friends of some of the
happiest years of her life. She was re
ceiving with Mrs. Senator Stanford, and
the friends of her husband packed tbe
parlors tho whole afternoon. She is still a
comparatively young woman, and the gray
has not crept into her hair. Her history
has been, perhaps, more remarkable than
that of any other worn? » in America; her
ups and her downs have been many, and
their range has been from tho bare farm
house to the president's mansion, and
from working almost liko a servant to be
ing the entertained of kings.
Mr. Randall’s defeat in Pennsylvania
makes no difference in bis manner in the
houso. His dark face has grown, if any
thing, more determined than over, and his
big under jaw looks more and more like
iron. He is ono of thor.a men who thrive
under defeat, and he never seems to know
when he is beaten.
What a difference there is between Ran
dall and Scott! And who would think
that Scott could beat tho iron-jawed Ran
dall? One of Randall’s gouty legs weighs
about as much as Scott’s whole body, and
if Randall clioso to practice the pugilistic
power which he displayed in his younger
days, he could knock Scott out in the first
round. Randall is fully six feet. Scott is
not more than five feet eight inches,
aud his shoulders are as bent as
those of a college professor. Randall
is a brunette. Scott is a decided
blonde, with h s hair fast growing thin at
the top of hiH head. Raudall always
dresses in statesman’s black. Scott is a
business man, and he has business clothes
and ways. Starting life as a page, he made
himself worth $12,000,000 by tho use of the
same brains which have enabled him to
capture the Pennsylvania delegation over
Randall. The acquirement of wealth has
not taken away his common sense, and he
is a much more approachable and genial
man than Rtndull, who, by the way, lives
in a house here worth about $5000. and
who pays rout for his country estate’ noar
Bryn Mawr. Scott stands very close to
President Cleveland. He gave, it is said,
$25,000 and more, to the last campaign.
“The distinguished Wm. M. Springer,”
said one of his colleagues to mo last night,
“is one of the most industrious men on the
democrat'c side of tho house, and tho
beauty about Springer is that he never
gets mad. He may have a fuss with you
to-day, but ho will bob up smiling in tbe
morning, uiul he docs not let a small mat
ter like a fiery debate in the house alter
his friendships. He is a good member, but
his breadth of thought is not'half so great
as that of his overpowering ambition. Ho
reminds me of one of the shallow lagoons
ot my state (Louisiana). They look to be
five miles across and equally wide, but you
can wade from ono side to the other with
out wetting the tops of your gaiters.”—
Frank G. Carpenter.
mans until a satisfactory settlement was wuw 0
reached. One chief sent word to T^asse ! p^ertoiTdeiectlves before the result of
that bis twenty relations all had
their repeating rifles, and that was all they
would pay taxes with.
A 93A.OOO Fire.
■ u»m U* MO SPRINOFIELD, Mass., Jan. 22.—The en-
The member*" 'of "the" “delegation, tire east wing of the Holyoke Water Pow-
kneeling before the pope, re
ceived the apostolic benediction
f or tberase ve« and for their people. Dr.
O’Connell, rector of the Amerioau college,
Patented an album to the pope, and trans-
lAted the president's dedication. The
er company’s mill in Holyoke, 220 feet
long and 72 feet wide, which was occupied
by the Holyoke Envelope company, and
B. F. Perkins’ machine works, was burned
this afternoon, entailing a loss of aeout
$35,000.
the first the conference had become
known. A large number of men, he says,
had become indignant at this treatment
even before the matter had been discussed,
and left work of their own • accord, with
out waiting for any order from their as
semblies. Tbe men were willing t< con
sent to the disch *rge of the five crews aud
their leaders in tflA-movement, but hun
dreds of men along the line were turned
away with tho information that there
■turned t« Death.
Chicago, Jan. 22.—The Times’ special
from Tjwer, Minnesota, says: Fourteen
men perished in a boarding-house fire Sat
urday morning. Seven bodies have been
taken from the ruins and seven persons in
addition are missing. No names addition
al to those of previous dispatches are given.
Extreme cold at tbe time, the thermome
ter indicating 40° below, made tbe Buffer
ings of those who escaped very great, and
also made it almost impossible to do ef
fective work In sup pressing the Barnes.
The bodies of all the men taken out are
He Wants Temporal Power.
Rome, Jan. 22.—The popo on receiving a
deputation of Austrian nuns to-day, ex
horted Austrian Catholics to bo in readi
ness with all other Catholics, to ameliorate
his present intolerable position, and to
enable him to regain temporal power,
which he said was essential to the pros
perity of the church.
The Courier-Journal Hlrike.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 22.—Tho Courier-
Journal this morning has an editorial con
cerning the printers’ strike, which took
place a week from last Thursday. Neither
the Courier nor the Evening Times has
missed a single edition since the inaugura
tion of the strike and boycott. Tho edi
torial is headed: “Tho Contest Ended,'
and says the Courier-Journal, this morn
ing, is back again to its old staudard, a
triple number of twenty pages. The in
conveniences occasioned by the strike
have passed away: The obstacles that may
seem insurmountable disappear when con
fronted by skill, knowledge and
determination. The strike was not
our work, we neither provoked nor
precipitated it. Wo contemplated uo
reduction of wages, or any diminution of
work. When the old force, led by a few
foolish agitators, left our office at a time
and in a manner that was meant to coerce, Sa.v Francisco, Jan.
we simply accepted the issue as presented, Giosou, ex-prime miniate
and instead of turning over our property Islands under King Kulakua, died in this
to the strikers’committee, to bo operated ( city last evening of consumption. The
by them as our trustees, we concluded to j body will be taken to Honolulu for inter-
mlinage it ourselves.” | inent. ,
~ . t- . The Catholic Fair.
Fire iu Chicago.
ClllCAflO, Jan. 22.—About forty people
barely escaped being burned to deutli this
morning in a fire that destroyed the greater
part oi a building apartment and store
building at the southwest corner of Ains
worth boulevard and Cottage Grovu ave-
were no place* lor them, and this was burned to an unrecognizable
Will Hull re.
Washington, Jan. 22.—Sevelon
Brown, chief clerk of the state department
for tho past fifteen years, will retire
shortly, and will lie succeeded by J. Fenner
Lee of Baltimore, at present secretary of
the legation at Vienna.
Filled Willi Ice.
} Louisville, Jan. 22.—The river Is closed
to navigation. Heavy ice fields are
ing down, and at several points, both; hands. The American merchants of the
above and below, it is in an impassable pro-ent day are quite as enterprising, ad-
condition. Considerable lo*. bn* been venmnnw and Ho«ral a* wero tholr pred-
caused by the blockade.
22.-Walter M.
to the Hawaiian
The Catholic fair will be opened to night
An Opulent Iluut-Illauk.
As I placed my boot on tbe box of a boot-
black tho other day, 1 noticed the end was
inluid with coppers, and I picked it up to
examine it. “My box ain’t no good, mister,
hut I know a fellow over dure dufc’s got do
dundy ono. It’s got a whole lot of $5 gold
pieces in It,” said tho Arab. I bribed him
to guide me to tho haunt of “de feller
what’s got do dandy.” On the corner of
Madison and Dearborn streets ho pointed
out a clean-faced, intolligentrlookiryj lad
of fourteen or fifteen years of ago. Ho
stood with his box under his arm
gazing into a window, and softly
whistling. On my request for a look
at his box, ho politely handed it to me,
and it proved u most interesting object.
Every available space was neatly inlaid
with old coins, some of considerable value
and interesting as to date. In one end of
the box was a $5 gold piece surrounded
by other gold coins of smaller denomina
tion. A little round mirror occupied the
center of ono side, and wus neatly encir
cled with small silver coiiis. Tho lad gave
his name us Arthur Sherman. Hu is ail
extremely bright and well-mannered boy.
and has been a bootblack from his earliest
recollection. He had often been offered
a price for his box, but would not sell it.
“A man once offered mo $35 for it,” said
he, and tho statement was probably true,
as the box was certainly worth more than
that, if only as a curiosity.—Chicago Jour
nal.
Our Foreign Commerce.
Forty years ago the merchants of the
United States were in a fair way to secure
control of tlie trade of South Aifterica;
that trade is nearly all in foreign
■i. Tho American merchants of the
prudent day are quite us enterprising, ad
venturous and liueral us were their pred
ecessors, but they cannot keep up tho
struggle with foreign rivals for commer
cial supremacy when they are handicapped
by a hostile tariff policy.—Philadelphia
Itecord.
Why They arc So Follte,
A chance traveler on tho suburban train
of tiie Illinois Central could be pardoned
for going away with the impression that
the conductors on that line are accorded
more detereneo than the directors of any
other corporation. As the official travels
down the car, punch in hand, a watchful
Utrrutt’* old ^od.'corner o'FBroad ftiid | P«'» 0 ", may notice that m, u out ol ten of
Eleventh Htrtels. The publl ■ is cordially •>«* malt patrons doff their hats.with great
"*• - • ••• be a very , apparentrespect atjiisapproach, and only
ited to attend. The fair will
pleasant social event.
Mr. R. A. White Very III.
Mr. R. A. White of Chipiev, one of the
DUO. Not one of the forty had timo to j moat prominent citizens oi Harris county
give the .llghteat attention to dresa, and , *“ W)r '^° rtod 10 b<: *" a dyl,,B 00udltl<
many, including several ladies, were
dragged out by the firemen into the frosty
•Ir, unconscious. Miss Birdnail, a teacher,
was found lying in a foot of water in a
cellar two hours after the fire started.
yesterday.
i.«*t No One Doubt Hereafter.
Who says this isn’t a free country, when
^ | replace them after he has pawed by. The
I explanation is very simple. It lies in the
1 habit contracted by tbe regular pwsou-
gers of carrying their commutation tickets
iu the inner bands of their hats, wheuco
they may bo extracted without the trouble
of diving in one’s pockets. Visitors from
outside cities who observe the show with
out discovering its caus • go away with the
very satisfactory c.hioairo
Denis Kearney goes to a diplomatic recep- suburban^ residents
lion ut the white house, arrayed in i
digau jacket? Boston Herald.
w .. that' Chicago
, the politest race of
men oil the face of the eaitn.—Chicago
Journal,