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VOL. XXX--NO. 163.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1888.-SIX PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
NEWS OP THE DAT GATHERED FOR
THE ENQUIRER-SUN.
A Ills Salt for DAmages Agaiaftt the At-
lanta and Went Point Kailroad—A
Verdict Against the Central.
A Wayward Preacher.
Atlanta, May 12.— Special: F. G. Smith
ol Gainesville, a young white man, was
arretted on the streets yesterday by Patrol
man Reeves of the police force. Smith has
been here two weeks, and left Gainesville
on the 18th of last month. He was under
bond to answer two charges against him,
and there was another case against him.
While a resident of Gainesville he ran a
butcher shop, and it is nelieved there that
he has stolen a good many head of cattle
from Deople living in the vicinity of
Gainesville, butchered them, and sold the
meat. To-day the sheriff of Gainesville
reached Atlanta and took charge of Smith.
The sheriff left for Florida to-night, taking
with him his prisoner. A reward of $100
was offered for Smith, which will be di
vided between the sheriff and Patrolman
Reeves.
Charles Jarrctt this morning filed a
damage suit for $10,000against the Atlanta
and West Point railroad. The petition
avers that while jumping from a train at
the Mitchell street crossing he was thrown
heavily against a pile of railroad iron, the
result of which was that one of his legs
was broken. He claims that had the train
been running at a legal rate of speed he
would have escaped injury.
The damage suit brought against the
Central railroad by Mrs. Georgia Nash,
for the killing of her hnsband. H. T. Nash,
near the Forsyth street crossing, in Sep
tember, 1886, was concluded to day, the
jury after being out a short time returning
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for (3304
and costs. Nash was a brakeman on t he
road, and while stepping out from between
two cars after making a coupling, he
caught one of his feet in a sice rail, was
thrown down and so badly mangled that
he died soon after the accident occurred.
Another fish car containing 3,000,000
shad eggs arrived iu Atlanta this morning
from Washington. Artesian water was
turned in the jars and if there is no hitch
hatching will proceed, and in a few days
all the eggs will be batched. They will be
placed in various streams in the state.
HATTERS IN MONTGOMERY.
News of the Day From the Capital -el
Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., May 12.—Special:
The Montgomery True Blues leave to
morrow morning for Austin, Texas, to
take part in the great drill. They will
carry a strong team, and are confident of
success. Capt. P. B. Bibb will command
the company.
A Wayward Preacher.
Montgomery, Ala., May 12.—Special:
Something of a sens ition in high colored
life was caused here yesterday by the ar
rest and incarceration of S. J. Adam, a
prominent negro-preacher, on the charge
of rape. His alleged victim is Sarah Gil
mer. a middle-aged colored female who
has been a shouting member of one of bis
churebes. He made Montgomery head
quarters and was the pastor of three
churches. He dcuies all the charges ana
awaits trial.
The Butler Tragedy.
Montgomery, Ala., May 12.—Special:
A special to the Advertiser, from Green
ville, says that J. H. McCue, who was shot
and wounded six miles from that place
Thursday evening, died Thursday night.
Rice Unison and James M. Morgan, both
white, are the men who did the deadly
work. Just before his death MeCue made
a dying statement. He said that he was
out in his field plowing when Golson and
Morgan came along. Golson called him
to the fence, they had soma hot words,
and soon went to fighting. MeCue said he
was getting the best of the fight and had
thrown Golson down, when Morgan
rushed up and held him, while Golson got
his shotgun from behind a tree near by
and tired upon him. Warrants were issued
for Golson and Morgan, but they are still
at large.
Supreme Court. ,
Montgomery, Ala., May 12.—Special:
The following supreme court decisions
were rendered to day :
Stone, C. J.—Union Warehouse and Ele
vator company vs. Hamilton McIntyre;
from Montgomery circuit court. Affirmed.
Clopton, J.—R. E. O’Brien vs. Berry
Tatum; from Montgomery city court. Re
versed and remanded.
THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS.
A Communication for Ihe American Bap
tist Homo Mission Society.
Richmond, Va., May 12.—The second
day’s session of the southern Baptist con
vention opened with devotional exercises.
The treasurer’s report was presented and
ordered printed. G. W. Norton of Ken
tucky, was unanimously re-elected treas
urer. W. L. Larnes Thomas of Kentucky,
was elected nuditor. A communication
was presented from the American Baptist
Home Mission society, in relation lo the
matter of co-operation in the border states.
Referred to an appropriate committee.
Committees on time and place for
holding the next convention and on new
actions were appointed. Rev. Dr. F. M.
Ellis of Maryland, chairman of the joint
committee of two boards, appointed at the
last annual meeting, submitted a report.
The committee say they are satisfied and
impressed with the eminent wisdom of the
general method of the convention. Its
great need is not of new plans, but more
effective work. The first section of the
report refers to the action of the com
mittee on state organizations recognizing
the paramount importance of avoiding
any appearance of conflict and securing
for the convention the heartiest sympathy
of brethren who are charged with state
work. The committee recommends that
state organizations prefering to devise and
execute their own plans of raising money
for the boards of the convention, be re
garded as agencies of the convention for
raising the quotas of their respective
states, and in case it shall at any sime ap
pear to either board of the convention
that any state will probably fall short of
raising its quota, it shall be the duty of
said board and vice-president to employ
such means as may be deemed best to sup
ply the deficiency.
Section 2 recommends that ar
ticle 3 of the constitution be so
amended that the convention shall con
sist first, of brethren who contribute funds
or are delegate of the Baptist bodies con
tributing funds for the regular work of
the convent ion on a basis of on3 delegate
for every $250 actually paid into the treas
ury of tne boards during the fiscal year
eliding on the 30th day of April, next, pre
ceding the meeting ot the convention;
second, of one representative from each
of the district associations which co-oper
ate with this convention, provided that
such representative be formally elected by
the association and his election certified
to the secretaries of the convention;
and third, of one representative for
every #500 collected and expended
co-joint ly with either of the boards of this
convention, by any state convention or
general association.
Section three urges the encouragement
and formation of women’s missionary
circles an 1 children’s bands in all churches
and Sunday sehoola, and that the societies
bo formed, use established channels for
conveying their contributions to the ob
jects for i ich they are designed.
Section lour refers to the dissemination
of missionary information, and recom
mends : First, that the boards of the con
vention use the columns of our own de-
'njminational newspapers to disseminate
as much information as possible
in refere-r o the progress and needs of
tneir wo' id that each board publish
besides, discretion, a journal, putting
the price. iw as will cover the cost of
publication; s>-oud, that the boards con
tinue to print tracts, leaflets and circulars,
in amounts as large as they can use advan
tageously, and distribute them through
all suitable agencies so as to give them
wide circulation; third, that the bureau of
missionary information, already estab
lished in Baltimore, deserves comenda-
tion, and that others of a like char
acter should be organized with
periodicals in other countries: fourth, that
we earnestly recommend tbe establish
ment of a monthly concert of prayer for
missions as the most effective means of
keeping np an interest in the evangeliza
tion of tbe world.
Section five urges a systematic benefi
cence, and rt-com mends a scriptural plan of
Christian giving as simple enough for ap
plication to *.11 churches.
The second section, recommending an
amendment to the constitution as to a
basis of representation, gave rise to con
siderable discussion, and for the first time
in the history of the covention a
call of the house was ordered
upon the adoption of that section.
Tbe vote stood 550 in the affirmative. The
negative vote was not counted, as it took
511 votes to make the necessary two-thirds.
The report was then adopted as a whole.
The remainder of the day’s session was
consumed in ordinary business. To-raor-
row afternoon a memorial meeting will be
held out of respect to the memories of
Rev. Dr. P. H. Me l, late president of the
convention, and Rev. Dr. M. D. Yates, late
missionary to China.
The evening session was given to the
consideration of the work of the home
mission board. Dr. B. H. Carroll of Waco,
Texas, made a cbareristic address upon
the growing demands of the great empire
of Texas. His plea was based upon his
state being a world in embryo, and pre
senting all obstacles in the way of advance
ment of religion that are to be found in all
sections. He was followed in a pathetic
and deeply interesting plea from A. J.
Diaz, tbe convention’s missionary in Cuba.
He reported the organization of six
churches and the conversion ot one thous
and persons.
THE SWOLLEN MISSISSIPPI.
The Waters Not Far From High Water
Mark—Much Damage Done.
Davenport, la., May 12.—The Missis
sippi river has been above the danger line
for four days, and is steadily rising. Art
midnight the water was within cine
inches of the highest mark recorded,which
was in tbe great freshet of 1880. Several
manufacturing establishments have been
compelled to close, and many families
living in the lower part of the city are
moving as rapidly as possible. The dam
age caused directly and indirectly by the
giving awav yesterday of the government
water power dam, connecting the arsenal
with Illinois, is placed at over $200,000.
The Mississippi now divides at the head of
the island at Rock Island, and the current
of ten miles an hour carries the water
downward, endangering business blocks
both here and at Rock Island.
Dubuque, la, May 12.—The Missis
sippi is withiu six inches of high water
mark here. The damage yesterday, done
in tbe washing out of railroad tracks,
levees, and the destruction ot dwelling
bouses and lands is heavy. A majority of
the manufacturing establishments in the
city have been obliged to shut down, and
many men made idle. On the levee all
stores have several iDches of water on the
first floors, and it is impossible to receive
or ship goods. Many families who have
fled from the flooded district are living as
tenants, or seeking shelter in pub
lic buildings. Tbe river in some
places is several miles wide,
and entire farms are under water. Tbe
damage all around will reach into hun
dreds of thousands. The railroad tracks
are under water. The steamboats cannot
do anything, as freight cannot be handled
at the levee, and business is paralyzed.
Keokuk, la.. May 12.—The river has
risen to such a depth over the track of the
Keokuk and Northwestern road as to com
pel the abandonment of the train service
netween here and Quincy. Alexandria,
five miles below this city, is in danger of
being submerged. The water is already
making its way through the levee in spots,
butcitizeus are lighting it in the hope that
the rise will stop before the
water pour i over and floods
them out. In the low lands below town
the water bos spread over a vast area,
and the farmers will suffer great damage.
Manufacturing here has been almost
totally suspended. The Rock Island car
shops are flooded, and access to them is
bad by means of skiffs.
Quincy, 111., May 12.—Apprehension is
felt for the safety of the levees, and they
are being constantly patrolled. It is feared
that they will be washed away, in which
event great damage would ensue. The
farmei s report heavy losses of crops in
consequence of overflowed lands.
St. Louis, May 12.—The river is in an
ugly mood here and rising rapidly. Tele
grams from Canton and Alexandria say it
has reached ihe flood stage of 1882, and
that the railroad tracks are under water
and the inhabitants panic-stricken at tbe
outlook. The farmers on tbe river bottom
between Alton and Cairo are greatly agi
tated and fear a repetition of the great in
undation of 1882.
FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
A Fatal Kailroad Accident.
Yuma, Ariz., May 12.—A Southern
Pacific west-bound passenger train was
badly wrecked near Gila Bend early this
morning by jumping the track while pass
ing over a new trestle. An emigrant car
and a smoking car and two day coaches
and one sleeper fell from the trestle to the
ground, a distance of four or five feet,
turning completely over. Mrs. Good of
England, an emigrant passenger, was in
stantly killed, leaving her husband and
three small children, who were traveling
with her. Two other passengers had legs
broken and a number of others sustained
slight injuries. The emigrant car was
completely wrecked.
Tlie Lexington Races.
Lexington, May 12.—First race, one
and one-eighth miles; Unique first, Myrtle
second, Two-Starts third. Time, 2:15}.
Second race, one and one-halt miles;
Hypocrite first, Julia L. second, Delia
third. Time, 2:12.
Third race, one mile; Lepanta first, Kil-
meny second, Princess Blondina third.
Time, 1:451.
Fourth race, one and one-quarter miles;
Hector first, Alamo second, Insolence
third. Time, 2:11.
They Hang Negroe. In Illinois, Too.
Chicago, May 12.—The horrible and un
justifiable murder of little Maggie Gaughan
has just been avenged by the hanging of
the colored murderer, Zeph Davis. The
execution took place in the northeast cor
ner of the county jail at 11:17 o’clock a. m.,
and on the same’ gallows from which the
anarchists were swung off a few months
ago. Davis was the first colored person to
suffer capital punishment in Cook county.
The Dead-Lock In Tennessee.
Nashville, Tcnn., May 12.—The con
vention met at 9 o’clock. After wrangling
over the appointment of electors and com
mittee men for an Hour, balloting was pro
ceeded with. The twenty-second ballot
resulted: Taylor 684, Trousdale 498, Mc
Connell 97, Caldwell 48. The twenty-third
ballot resulted: Tsvlor 678}, Trousdale
4801-6, McConnell 951-6, Caldwell 62},
Richardson 13.
An Excursion to Anniston.
Baltimore, May 12.—A special excur
sion train left this city this afternoon for
Anniston, Alabama, which point it will
reach at 8 p. m. to-morrow by the Kenne-
saw route. It is under the auspices of the
land company of that city. The excur
sionists include about fifty of the most
prominent business men of Baltimore,
representing every department of trade
and commerce.
Decorating the Graves.
Memphis, May 12.—The graves of the
confederate dead in Elmwood and other
cemeteries were decorated to-day with the
usual ceremonies. Hou. Wm. Sanford of
Upton county delivered the oration.
Among the floral offerings was a large
basket of flowers sent by Memphis Post
No. 3, G. A. R., to southern mothers.
Depew Endorsed.
Albany, N. Y., May 12.—The republi
cans of the nineteenth congressional dis
trict to-day elected John M. Barclay and
Walter M. Brannan delegates to the Chi
cago convention. Resolutions endorsing
Depew were passed amid great cheering.
A Rolling Mill Shut Down.
Belyidere, N. J.. May 12.—The rolling
mill at Phillipsburg has shut down, owing
to a dearth of orders and the workmen are
seeking employment elsewhere. The out
look for a speedy resumption is not en
couraging. ‘
Two Months Yet.
Butte, Mont., May 12.—From present
indications, it will be folly two months be
fore the Northern Pacific can use the
Malian tnnneL
NEWS OF THE DAY FROM ACROSS THE
DEEP BLUE SEA.
The Weekly Budget from Berlin—The
Emperor’s Condition Rather Alarm
ing—A War Cloud Spreading
lit Europe—Irish News.
Berlin, May 12.—[Copyrighted for 1888
by the New York Associated Press].—The
emperor has agaiu passed a good day.
The baseless reports circulated this after
noon that there had been a recurrence of
inflammation caused general excitement til
the results of inquiry at the palace weie
published. The official news concerning
his condition is not entirely trustworthy,
as the doctors join iu tbe concealment of
the worst phases of the malady, and in
making the best of the change for the bet
ter. The favorable symptom is his in
creasing strength to-day. His efforts to
walk about the room were fairly success
ful. A week ago he could not move his
limbs, now with slight assistance he is able
to take an occasional walk up and down
the room. The fever in the morning
very slight, but increases towards night.
He enjoys intervals of repose, deep and
refreshing. His breathing is now seldom
labored. Tbe empress visits his bed-side
every morning, awaits his waking, and re
mains until the doctors assemble tor con
sultation, when she withdraws to meet
her daughters to go out riding. The regu
lar medical counsel, now consists of Drs.
Mackenzie, Wegner, Krause, Hovel 1 aud
Leyden on Tuesday of each week, Dr.
Seuater on Thursdays, aDd on Friday, Dr.
Bardeleben. Both adherents of the treat
ment practiced by Dr. Mackenzie, attend
special consultations. Since Tuesday the
weather has been bitter cold. The great
est precaution is taken in airing the rooms
to prevent the slightest draught or change
in temperature. The emperor is receiving
fewer official reports than formerly, while
the empress endeavors to limit the busi
ness by curtailing the number of recep
tions and Reems to alleviate the tedium by
a perusal of light literature. The emperor
feels gratified at receiving choice bouquets
and wrenthes daily from all parts of Ger
many, England aud Italy. He also re
ceives an immense number of letters,
many of which he insists shall be read to
him. The doctors are hopeful
that they will be able to
remove their patient to Preichenburg
palace in Pottsdam eariy in June, when
Dr. Mackenzie will take a week’s holiday.
The dowager Empress Augusta, accom
panied by tne grand duchess of Baden,
will some time go to Babelsberg so as to
remain near the emperor.
The result of to day’s examination of tbe
emperor’s throat discourages every hope
of more than momentary recovery. Dr.
Mackenzie reports that the local malady
is making gradual progress. The oesopha
gus is still unaffected. The difficulty in
swallowing is slight, but the check placed
upon the extension of the disease has been
only partially successful. Every one who
sees the emperor is struck by his wasted
apDearauce. Before the last relapse he
did not look like a sufferer from mortal
ailments. Now he is worn and pallid, and
the marks of his long illness are on his
face and form.
Bismarck’s solicitude to prevent the pub
lic mind being lulled into a deceptive calm
regarding the chance for war, was shown
in ihe promptitude with which he made
denials "of the peace predictions placed iu
his mouth in connection with the Schurz
interview. Schurz did not communicate
to any person the subject of his conversa
tion with the chancellor. He is, therefore,
not responsible for what an official note
in tbe North German Gazette terms an ab
solute invitation. The chancellor’s latest
efforts have been directed toward bringing
England to closer relations with the triple
alliance. During the visit of the duke of
Rutland to Berlin the chancellor so im
pressed him with the imminence of a great
European conflict that he was led to re
port to the English cabinet in terms that
scared Lord Salisbury into a renewal of ne
gotiations with the chancellor and Count
Kalnoky, Austrian minister, looking to
a conference of the powers to set
tle the Bulgarian question and revise
the Berlin treaty. The duke’s report also
had the effect of hastening the English
government plans for national defense,
which seems here most meagre and in-
snfficient. Von Sch mvaloff, Russian am
bassador, was present at the final inter
view between tbe duke of Rutland and
Bismarck. 3ince the duke returned to
London Lord Salisbury is reported to be
approaching Russia with the approval of
Bismarck, inviting a conference and offer
ing to concede the deposition of Prince
Ferdinand as a preliminary measure to
a coalition with the English and a
triple alliance. Tbe solicitation of the
co-operation of Russia, would appear to
lead to a solution of tbe eastern question,
but no effective settlement is hoped from
a conference of diplomacy. It is not ex
pected in official circles that the czar will
listen to tbe proposals for a conference.
The Russian press is more than ever in
spired with the Panslavist furore. It pro
claims that the coming war will make
Russia master of the Bosphorous. Russia’s
only terms oa which she will cease her
armaments are described as the with
drawal of Austrians from Bosnia and the
recognition of Russian supremacy in the
Balkan peniusula. A newspaper sums
up the position as a short spell of ap
parent peace. The nations, it says, are
slumbering on a crater,wb ich will erupt in
a day, and surprise even those evil influ
ences which are trying to form a war. If
the central powers find the czar unyield
ing, they will not wait for him to mass
men on tbe frontier, before giving battle.
Advices from St. Petersburg state that
the Dew Pan-alavist re-organization is em
bracing most of the military and civil
officials. Glen. Ignatieff, who openly
advocates a friendly alliance, has in inter
views, expressed confidence that Russia
singly can beat both Germany and Austria,
and united with France, can extinguish
the triple alliance.
Bismarck Did It.
London,May 12.—The St. James Gazette
says that the settlement ot the dispute
betweeni the United States and Morocco
was due to Bismarck’s sending a private
commission to the sultan.
What it Means.
St. Petersburg, May 12.—The Novosti
says that the object of strengthening the
English armaments is evidently not solely
to be prepared in an eventual continental
war, but also to enable England to pursue,
with an armed hand, a policy manifestly
aggressive.
The Kempton Park Races.
London, May 12.—The race for the
Kempton park great jubilee stakes at the
the Kempton park spring meeting to-aay
was won by Vigner’s five-year-old bay
horse, Minting; G. Houghton’s four-year-
old bay colt Cobbler, second, and Wyoung-
er’s five-year-old chestnut horse Tyrone,
third. Tne starters numbered nineteen.
Dillon Convicted Again.
Dcblin, May 12.—The trial of Mr. John
Dillon, on the second charge of offending
under the crimes act, was concluded to
day, and be was convicted. He was again
sentenced to imprisonment, without hard
labor, as he was on account of the first
charge. The sentences, however, will run
concurrently.
The Empeior'i Condition.
BERLIN, May 12.—The emperor had a
good night, and his sleep was refreshing.
He has risen from his bed and is in excel
lent SDirits. His appetite is good. He will
spend the day in his study, reclining on a
sofa, or in a chair.
A Conference Will be Held.
London, May 15.—All of the Australian
colonies have agreed to hold a conference
on the question of Chinese immigration.
The Pope Will Investigate.
Rome, May 12.—The pope has charged
Cardinal Monaco to have an inquiry insti
tuted by the congregation of the Propa
ganda to ascertain whether the methods
employed by the Irish league embrace prin
ciples or regulations that are contrary to
religions or moral laws.
A Precautionary Measure.
London, May 12.—The bill which Sir
Edward Stanhope, secretary of war, pro
poses to introduce in the house of commons
for the strengthening of the country’* de
fenses and the re-organization of the fort-
1MM| provides, among other points, that
any person who shall enter an arsenal,
camp, fortress, ship, or other work, intend
ing without authority to make a sketch or
plan that would be useful to an en
emy, or acquire a document, medal,
or Information; or being outside,
shall attemDt to make a sketch or
plan, having by any means acquired a doc
ument, or made communication, or intends
to communicate the same to a foreign
couutfy, shall be guilty of treason-felouy.
If he communicates the knowledge thus
obtained to other persons, he shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, liable to a year’s
imprisonment and a fine. Similar penal
ties are to be applied to officers who
violate the provisions of the bill.
BOOMS GO GLIMMERING.
Badly Wilted by the Heat of the Big Blaine
Revival.
Washington, May 11.—The revival of
the Blaine boom marks the languishing of
every other republican presidential boom.
All the others are now in a wilted and
thoroughly demoralized state. The Sher
man boom Is in by far the most pitiable
plight. The Ohio senator started in with
the claim of having the southern republi
cans solidly at his back. He was to carry
thiDgs by their aid with a rush at
Chicago. But he finds to-day, nearly
six weeks in advance of the convention,
that his southern following has divided,
and much the larger portion has deserted
him. The other portion may desert any
day, leaving him with only his own state
ir. a uke-warm condition behind him. Mr.
Sherman is in anything but a pleasant or
hopeful frame of mind. He cannot shut
his eyes to what is going on, and how
manifestly the drift is away from him.
The frankest of his friends confess that
his prospects are poor, and are probably
saying as much to him. In Kentucky, the
other day, instructions were denied him
by a vote of800 to 200.
Ex-Goverucr Kellogg says Blaine will
capture tbe majority, if not the whole, of
the Louisiana delegation. Mississippi will
follow to the Blaine camp. Mahone can
not swing Virginia lor Sherman, and if
he could it would avail nothing. Sher
man’s strength has run down to nothing
in Tennessee, and in North Carolina,
where Sherman was the first* to raise his
standard, Blaine has the hearts of both
the people and the delegates.
Ex-Goveruor Kellogg says of the south
ern delegates: “Their desire is to
see a man chosen who can win.
Southern states will give the re
publican candidate no electoral votes,
so it would be manifestiy improper for
them to insist on naming him. Mr. Sher
man has a great many friends in the south,
but if the s;ates where the battle is to be
fought call for Mr. Blaine or anybody else,
he will be chosen. It is not a question of
personal preference, but the man must be
taken who can carry enough northern
states to give him the election.”
Visiting Kentucky republicans here who
have for years been Sherman men are
talking in this same strain. Biaine, indeed
is easily first, and ShermaD and the rest
are nowhere. '
SALVATION SINNERS.
The Army Liable to be Driven From At
lanta by the Police.
Atlanta, Ga., May 11.—It is probable
that the salvation army will have to leave
Atlanta. For some time past reports have
been circulated about there being more
deviltry than religion ubout^ the army
headquarters. Husbands have visited the
mayor and chief of police aud begged that
something be done to save their wives.
Women nave pleadtd for their sons
and husbands, aud now the chief
of police will make a thorough in
vestigation, and if the army is the
nuisance it is claimed to be it must go.
Time and again the recorder has been
called upon-to punish persons who had
raised disturbances in tbe army headquar
ters ; and while the guilty parties were
not members of the army, yet they were
part of the audience who regula ly at
tended the meetings. The recorder has
always treated the army as a religious
body, and has shown the soldiers
every consideration. This morning a lady
called on Chief Connolly and told him that
her husband bad deserted bis family and
spent his time in the Salvation Army’s
headquarters. Several persons have been
to the mayor and chief of police with
stories of moral depravity existing among
the members of the army, and have
named witnesses by whom they say
the charges can be proven. All of these
things have had enough weight with the
chief of police to cause him to decide that
an investigation of the army and its doings
is necessary, and it will be most thorough.
Mayor Cooper, who has always had an
antipathy to the army, says it must go.—
Savannah News.
THERE’S BILLIONS IN IT.
How Arid Public Land Might be Made
Valuable by Irrigation.
Washington, May 10.—Superintendent
Powell of the geological survey,in response
to a senate resolution, has prepared an
answer,in which he states that to properly
investigate the practicability of con
structing reservoirs for the storage of
water to irrigate the arid public land of
tbe United States would necessitate an
appropriation of $250,000.
In a broad sense he says that most of
such arid land is west of the 100th meri
dian. He estimates that there are 1,300,000
square mites of arid public land, of which,
under any circumstances, one-fifth is too
rugged to admit of irrigation. About
1,000,000 square miles could be irrigated.
This laud, at the minimum price of gov
ernment land, is worth$800,000,000, which,
when irrigated, would be worth $19,200,-
000.000.
Until the investigation is made he can
not, he states, say where reservoirs should
be established, as, to determine that, it
will be necessary to know the quality of
the land, the amount of water that could
be secured from the water courses that
run through the country to be irrigated,
and other details that can only be ascer
tained by scientific investigations.
On ’Change.
New York, May 12.—To-day the stock
market showed the influence of the up
ward spurt of yesterday, and opened firm,
at advances of i to 1 per cent. LoDdou
had purchasing orders in trunk lines,
grangers and coalers, but the bears were
inclined to resist the advance, and the de
mand soon slackened. Richmond and
West Point, and East Tennessee preferred,
however, were strong, and the latter
moved up 1}. Cotton centrifugals also be
came a feature, and after a fractional loss
moved up 1 per cent, but closed at the
opening prices. The bank statement
proved more favorable than anticipated,
and seme shorts were covered, the market
closing about steady, at irregular changes
of small fractions for the day, except for
Manhattan, which is up 1 per cent. The :
sales aggregated 67,000 shares.
The Army of the Potomac.
Richmond, May 12.—Gen. Horatio King j
and Gen. George H. Sharpe, representing !
the committee of the Army of t he Potomac, i
arrived here to-day and were met by a
committee of the Army of Northern |
Virginia. These gentlemen came here to i
perfect arrangements for the grand re- '
uion at Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3 and 4. Gen.
King stated that co.igress proposes to fur
nish money enough to give the soldiers ,
shelter and furnish transportation to those ]
on both sides who are financially unable to 1
attend. Gen. Sbarpe stated that the war ;
department would send batteries to fire
salutes and soldiers to do guard duty.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING.
GEORGIA DEMOCRATS GIVE RAN-
DALLISM A BLACK EYE.
The Effect of the Convention's Action on
Washington Politicians—Matters In
the Republican Camp Are Not
Moving Very Smoothly.
Washington, May 12.—[From our Spe
cial correspondent],—One by one the dem
ocratic conventions are putting themselves
on record for the great council at St.
Louis, on the 5th of June next. Never be
fore in the political history of tue country
has there been greater unanimity in the
demand for the nomination of any man
for the presidency than the various state
conventions of the democratic party
show for the nomination of Mr. Cleveland.
It is practically unanimous. North, south,
east and west, in states and territories, in
county aud ward meetings—everywhere,
there is one uubroken demand for Grover
Cleveland to lead the great democratic
party to victory ag&iD.
For a while before the preliminaries for
the convention got well under way, an ef
fort was made to turn democratic atten
tion away from Cleveland, and to cloud
the issue by a movement in the interest
of Governor Hill of New York. The
scheme was gotten up by the Randallite
faction, and extra time and effort were
given to its details in all the states; but it
didn’t work. The democratic mind was
fixed. The people were reselved to re
turn which refused ti re-nominate him,
going, instead, for an open free trader.
And it is thought that Foran and Seney,
two other Randallites from that state,
will go to join Wilkins for like cause.
And the pressure from Pennsylvania on
democratic protectionists to supoort the
bill is equally strong and determined.
Very decided gratification is felt among
Georgians here at the prospective renom
ination of Tom Grimes. It would be
something unheard of to supplant him at
the end of the first term, in view
of »the earnest and useful record
which he has made, and is still
making, iu the iuterest of his constituents.
He is a democrat of tbe iron-clad sort that
can always be counted on. He is as solid
as a granite hitching post, and the party
leaders always know where to find him.
And so the prohibition leaders in Geor
gia are going to engage in the folly of try
ing to undo the local op ion settlement
of the liquor question, in the hope of ac
complishing something more radical.
They should read the fable of the dog that
was crossing the stream with a piece ol
meat in his mouth, and saw the enlarged
shadow of the morsel reflected from the
water below. Greedy, he grasped at the
shadow and lost the substance. Tha les
son which this teacnes is too plain to need
a formal application. “The prudent man
foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but
the simple pass on and are punished.”
S. L.
IHE WALKING MATCH.
Littlewood Cornea Out Altead, but Falla to
Break the Record.
.New York, May 12.—At 10 o’clock —il-
.. tlewood tied the best record for tbs 130:h
nominate Cleveland, with his tariff reform hour which is Hazel’s, of 572 miles and 88C
mooennro na U lalottnrm 9TlH I.flPV lllSl WfiOt I . * rv 1 l • a 1 A I : 11
message as a platform, and they just went
ahead, brushing away all the obstacles to
that end. The Randallites, amazed by the
aggressive unanimity of the party, have
now ceased to impose any obstructions iu
the way,and aave either fallen in with the
tariff reform current, or have dropped out,
to await the action or the republican con
vention in Chicago.
In no state in the whole country has the
defeat of the Randallite scheme been more
complete, or more humiliating to the
plotters than in Georgia. It has
been overwhelming beyond all pre
cedent. No event of such vast
political significance has happened in Geor
gia before, since the overthrow ofBullock-
ism. A small, but intense and virulent
political faction had dominated the
national democratic politics of the state
for years. This faction was in active and
earnest sympathy with the purpose to dis
credit Cleveland with the democratic
masses. It9 views on the tariff question
are at variance with those of the president
and of the democratic masses of the state,
but being accustomed to the manipulation
of conventions, it had no doubt of its abili
ty to control the great convention of the
9th of May in the interest of factious oppo
sition to the reuomination of Cleveland on
a platform in accord with his tariff mes
sage. Failing to secure tbe nomination of
Hill or Randall, or some other man of their
faction, they were williug to accept the
inevitable Cleveland, with the proviso that
he should stand on a platform of their
choosing. Defeated in the selection of
delegates to the convention by an unheard
of majority, they still hoped by appeals to
the convention of the mock martyr sort,
and by an imprudent surrender of the ma
jority in the interest of the most comical
“harmony” ever before heard of, to carry
their point and to send Randallite dele
gates to St. Louis. But the majority in
the convention were in no humor for such
nonsense: and. like wise men and true
democrats, they embodied the wishes of
their constituents in the resolutions
adopted and in the delegation chosen to
impress them on the greut national con
vention.
The democrats of other states, which
have not acted, will follow along the same
line, so that by June 6, it will
be found that all the democratic
roads lead to Cleveland and tariff reform.
The result of all this is encouraging to the
president and [which is of much greater
importance just now) to the democratic
majority in the bouse—-now engaged in an
earnest effort to give the tax-burdened
people relief by reducing the revenues to
the necessities of economical government.
And so all of the friends of democratic
administration here rejoice in the outcome
of the Georgia convention, regarding it as
a guarantee of absolute unanimity and ac
cord at St. Louis—the main condition to
an overwhelming triumph before the coun
try in November next.
But matters are not moving on so
smoothly in the republican camp. The
G. O. P. is broken ud iuto factions, which
even now are beginning to make war
upon each other. Matters were moving.,
along in good-tempered uncertainty until
a few days ago. The candidates all felt
assured that the man from Maine was out
of the race, and that no “favorite sou”
could possibly come to grief because of his
candidacy. Taking that view of matters,
the contest was jogging along at a free and
easy gait, with a “favorite son” picking
up stray delegates here, there and yonder,
while yet other favorite sons were per
forming similar feats iu other directions.
But it so happened that many of the stray
delegates who consented to be gathered
into the wallets of the favorite sons, did so
with the distinct understanding that it was
a second choice proceeding—their first im
pulse being to go for the man from Maine,
if he should be within reach. And so it
happened that when the double-
leaded announcement that Blaine
is in the hands of his friends for
political honors was made in the Philadel-
E hia Times, an incalculable amount of un-
appiness settled down on the squads of
the various favorite sons. Some of them
were dazed, others were alarmed, and all
of them were indignant. The first of all
the favorite sons—the man of Maine, of
yards. Heavy odds are given that he will
break the record. Six men will probably
cover the necessary 525 miles to entitle
them to share in the gate receipts. The
latter will amount to about $20,000. At 11
o’clock Littlewood was one lap ahead of
the record. If he goes at the rate of four
and a half miles an hour until tbe finish
he will beat the record of champion Al
bert.
New York, May 12.—Early in the even
ing it was learned that the trouble with
Littlewood was in his right foot. His
trainer said he cou d not possibly break
the record. For three days Littlewood has
been suffering with the split toe-ache
which was so bad that the bare bone
struck the bottom of his shoe every time
he stepped upon it. At 6:30 Captain
Reily stationed one huudrea and fifty po
licemen about the garden, but their pres
ence was hardly necessary, as the crowd
was not disorderly. Theorder maintained
throughout the week has been admirable.
At 7 o’clock tue odds were
three to one that the record
would not be broken, with no takers.
Littlewood left the track twice, between
6 and 7 o’clock, the la«t time at 6:30. His
trainer announced that he would leave
tbe track for good at 9. Ilerty and
Golden had the track to them
selves at 7 o’clock, but Guerrero
came in immediately afterwards. At
7:30 Littlewood came in, so stiff that he
fairly wabbled. He was heartily ap
plauded.
Hughes came up at 8:03, having been
off nearly five hours. He was a pitiful
sight arid could hardly move. He was
five minutes making his first lap, and
seven to make the second. Some indigna
tion was expressed at his being allowed to
continue, and he left the track. Guerrero
received several presents and money,
which up to 9 o’clock amounted to $43.
Golden completed his 529 miles at 8:08, and
left the track, but not for good.
Littlewood’s backer, says to-night
that his man had only one week’s
traiuing and twenty-five pounds toomuch.
and would never have made so good
a speed but for grit and patience.
Littlewood ran a lap just before 9 o’clock,
but could not maintain and left the track.
Golden returned at 8:30. Littlewood came
back at 9:24 to stay to the finish, it was
announced, but made only one lap. Old
Sport came in at 9:35 in a street costume
to say good-bye. He was cheered. His
score was 380} miles. Littlewood tried it
again at 9:40, but was so badly broken up
that Guerrero helped him around
the track. The winner was presented
with a horse-shoe of flowers.
Then Littlewood left the track for good.
Guerrero carried an American flag around
the track, ana Herty an Irish flag, which
caused a great burst of applause. They
left the track together at 9:17, and Nore-
mae and Golden followed them soon after.
Up to 6 o’clock to night, the receipts for
the week were $14,195 50. The estimated
receipts for the evening, were $4500. Half
the gross amount is to be divided among
the men making 525 miles, and assuming a
total of $18,659.50, the money goes as fol
lows : „
Littlewood will have $4673, Guerrero
$1869, Herty $1402, Noremac $934, and
Golden $467. The official time of each
man is as follows: Littlewood, 611 miles in
141 hours and 44 minutes, resting 22 hours,
7 minutes and 47 seconds; Guerrero, 589
miles and 138 yards in 141 hours and 49
minutes, resting 24 hours and 25 minutes;
Herty, 613 miles and 1130 yards in
141 hours and 49 minutes, resting 21
hours and 21 minutes; Noremac, 533 miles
and 510 yards in 141 hours and 58 minutes,
resting 25 hours and 44 minutes; Golden,
629 miles and 250 yards in 141 hours aud 43
minutes, resting 21 hours and 11 minutes;
Hughes, 492 miles aud 880 yards in 140
hours and 9 minutes, resting 30 hours.
At 10 o’clock Referee O’Brien declared
the race officially closed. In five minutes
the garden was deserted.
PRAISING T. V. POWDERLY
Resolutions Adopted by National District
AHHeinbly No. 226.
The convention of National District As-
magnetism, and of Mulligan memory—is i semby No. 226, Knights of Labor, com-
actually being denounced by the mere | posed of surface railway employees, which
local favorites, and their organs are join- 1 — ot Mtilitonr w»n on
ing in the denunciation. The Newberry-
port (Massachusetts) Herald declares that
“an expeditious way to extinguish the re
publican party entirely would be to nomi
nate Mr. Blaine by acclamation at Chica
go.” Just think of that from a loyal re
publican organ! And the Journal of Day-
ton, Ohio, a virulent sheet of the Foraker
type, says, in speaking of the pur
pose to stampede the conven
tion for Blaine: “If any trick
of that sort should be played at Chicago,
Grover Cleveland will have a walk-over.
All the powers of hades could not stop the
rush of honest people to resent the in
has been in session at Millitary Hall on
the Bowery since last Monday, ladjourned
yesterday afternoon. The following reso
lutions. offered by National Master Work
man Magee, were adopted by a standing
vote, in explanation of the assembly’s po
sition in regard to the numerous charges
recently made against Master Workman
Powderly:
Resolved, That National District assem
bly No. 226, in convention assembled, does
unanimously endorse the official acts of T.
V. Powderly, and pledge him our hearty
8U Rcsolved, That we endorse the special
, r „ „ educational call which he has just issued
suit.” It is ea«y to see, from all this, that j as being wise, conservative and an ad-
matters are not moving along as agreeably i vanced step in extending the principles of
and lovingly in the various camps of “tbe | our order.
grand old party” as they might, and that
the democratic outlook is much tbe
brighter of the two. The democratic
party has never, within my recollection,
entered a presidential contest in better
shape. It has never before had
Made An Assignment.
San 1 Francisco, May 12.—The firm of
J. Lnske & Co., operating a large establish
ment for canning fruit and vegetables,
made an alignment last evening. The
liabilities are not given. The president
declines to be interviewed. Wm. J. Cole
man, head of the commission firm that
made an assignment a few days since, is
the principal creditor. Coleman is largely-
interested in these canneries. The liabili
ties are estimated by outsiders to be $200,-
000. Coleman & Co. have endorsed much
of tbe canning company’s paper floated in
the east. It is thought the assignee will
carry on the business and that the affairs
of the company can be straightened out.
The Work Suspended.
FORT Benton, Mont., May 12.—The
work on the Missouri river bridge has been
suspended for a short season, owing to
the high stage of the water. Old timers
report this as being the highest stage of
water known at this point tor twenty
years.
so wisely led in all matters pertaining to
the principles at stake and to the methods
of the campaign. The party has never
had a wiser or more determined leader
than the quiet man in the white house.
The general debate on the tariff bill will
close on Wednesday of next week, unless
the time should be extended. An effort will
be made to do this, and there is a proba
bility that it will be successful. For one, I
hope the effort will fail. The question has
been thoroughly discussed. Those mem
bers who fail to appear on the floor of the
n, use will be able to appearin the Record;
and there is no reason for believing that
the final result will be affected disastrously
for either side by such deliverance. Mc
Kinley and Reed for the republicans, and
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be presented to tbe general master
workman by our delegates.
Resolutions were also adopted endorsing
the position of National Master Workman
Magee of this city, who was unanimously
inspiring issue. It has never before been re-elected to that position. C. D. Brown
:—i— i..a :.a «.a.— ! Qf Lvnn, Massachusetts, was elected
worthy foreman, Mortimer O’Connell of
New York was made national secretary,
Treasurer Horace Field of Detroit was
chosen national auditor, and the executive
board was made up of W. H. Blackstock,
Detroit, Joseph Fallon, Jersey City, Ed
ward Saunders, Brooklyn, C. D. Brown,
Lynn, and Robert Van Ness, Chicago. It
was decided to hold the next convention
in Chicago, the first Monday in August,
1889.—New York Star.
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Cotton Futures.
New York, May 12.—Hubbard, Price &
Co.’s circular says: We had a regular Sat
urday market. Notwithstanding unfavor
able reports from Liverpool, our market
_ .. j n -» , for certificates did not respond to the de-
Breekinndge and Carlisle for the demo- |j ^ t opened only a fraction below
last night’s close. .With an entire absence
general debate on Tuesday aud Wednes- j 0 f any°orders, trading was left to room
day next, and alter they have spoken scraperg w ho, as a rule, were short of oon-
there will be no need of ^'"“‘er general ;raols an< j could not find sufficient cotton
debate. Some doubt is expressed as to ot f6i- e( l to satisfy their desire to cover dn
Randall s speaking at all, but * "S)* ' their outstanding engagements, and to
share it. He has been conspicuous by h. , vin ,-j uu their week’s interest. Under
absence from the^dubates^oi ^^t e b^. 'such a demand,.prices were raised three
He is no doubt indignant over
its consideration at all. And
yet I can but believe that he has the
hardihood to array himself openly agftins
it on the floor of the house, and take ch-
co lences.
i,e developments of the past week or
two have been favorable to the success of
the measure. The Louisiana members
have been driven into the support of the
bill by the fear that reduction by
the republicans would embrace
tree sugar. The only democratic members BankiTnow hold'
of the Ohio delegation who have been en- ! In excess of tbe 25 per cent rule,
dorsed by their constituents and rewarded
with re-nomination, are those of them
to four points above yesterday’s closing.
Bank Statement.
N SW Yokk, May 12.—Following is the
* t’f nent of the New York associated
1 a - s for the week:
Rererve increase —I $ 4,0.6,000
Loans decrease 1,143,600
Specie iucrease 348,480
Legal tenders increase — 1,701.500
Deposits increase 4,668.800
Circulation decrease - 3,coo
22.276,075
YESTERDAY’S PROCEEDINGS IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A Continuation of the Tariff* Discussion.
The Time for Debate to be Extend
ed-More Purchases of Bonds.
Fast Mail to be Put On.
Washington, May 12.—The house met
this morning at 11 o’clock.
On motion of M.\ Logan of Louisiana,
the bill was pass d, extending the limits
of the port of New Crleaus, so as to in
clude a portion of the parish of Jefferson.
Mr. Hopkins of Virginia, introduced a
bill to prevent convict labor competing
with organized labor. Referred.
The house then we t into a committee
of the whole, Mr. Springer of Illinois, in
the chair, on the tariff bill.
Mr. Haugen of Wisconsin, concluded
his speech, begun last night, iu opposition
to the bill. Ho criticised the bill as being
political in its features, and iu that it but
slightly interfered wi;h the demo
cratic sugar, rice, iron, coal and
whisky, while it selected the repub
lican * wool, lumber and garden
products upon which to try the experi
ment of free trade.
Mr. Tow.ishend of Illinois, spoke in
support of the bill. I’he issue preseu-od
by it. he said, had often been misstated in
debate. Tin: issue was not between pro
tection and free trade. No one insis’sd
that this was the issue, except some
desperate western republicans, who were
torced by the party lash to betray their
constituents by ouposing a measure which
would bring relief to the people from the
curse of unjust and excessive taxation.
There were no free traders in con
gress, even in theory. Those who nelieved
free trade preferable to protection realized
that the amount of the public debt and
the necessary appropriations for pensions
rendered free trade impracticable. The
only issue raised by the bill was whether
congress would reduce the high tariff
created during ihe war, which was wholly
unnecessary now, ana produced distress
among the masses of the people. The
pending bill only produced a reduction of
less than $54,000,000, and this leaves a tariff
tax ujgr, gating $136,000,000. It would
only reduce the present rate irom
74 to 36 per cent. The bill did not
go far enough. It did not
go so far as the president had indicated it
should go, nor so iar as Senator Sherman
had declared it might, safely; yet it gave
relief to an over taxed people and would
have his cordi il support. He denied the
assettion that the bill was a sectional one,
drafted for the benefit of the southern
states, and he declared that that assertion
would have no weight with the people
whom it was intended to deceive. The
time was at hand when the democratic
party must redeem the pledges it had
given the people. The line of demarca
tion between the two great national
parties was clearly defined in
the bill. The special enunciation
in the president’s message was the only
political issue before the couutry. The
president stood on the principles of the
democratic party.
Mr. Milliken of Maine, denounced the
bill as relegating the industries of the
states on tne norihern border to the tender
mercies of New Brunsw'ick and Canada.
The bill was framed uot lo reduce the rev
enue, but to lavor democratic states and
make votes in doubtful districts.
Mr. Kean of New Jersey, advocated a
reduction of the internal revenue and
characterized the bill as . sacrifice of the
industries of the couutry to the interest of
President Cleveland.
Mr. Allen of Mississippi, advocated the
pei ding bill and attacked the protective
system. Referring to the remark
made bv Mr. Morrow of California, that
the recent failure o f Wm. T. Coleman &
Co. was attributed to the fact that the
Mills bill put borax on the free list, he
said that the firm was in a combination to
raise the price of borax from 6 to 7} cents
a pound.
Air. Morrow suggested that before a na
tive article of borax was produced the
price had never been below 28 cents per
pound.
Air. Allen hoped that the Mills bill would
treat every other trust in the same way.
If there could be no graver charge brought
against the measure than that it burst a
trust, he said let the grand bursting go
OI AIr. Lehlbach of New Jersey, said that
the president deserved the admiration of
the republican party for having taken
away all possibility of a deceptive cam
paign in the manufacturing states of th3
union.
The committee then rose.
On motion of .Mr. Forney of Alabama,
the bill was passed authorizing the con
struction of a bridge over the Tennassea
river at Gunter’s Alill. Alabama.
On motion of Air. Neal of Tennessee, the
bill was passed authorizing the construc
tion of a bridge over the Tennessee river
at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Adjourned.
The Debate to be Extended.
Washington, May 12.—The democratic
members of the house committee on ways
and means have decided to consent to an
extension of the general debate on the
tariff bill, which was to have closed Wed
nesday next, to the following Saturday.
This decision was arrived at this morn
ing after a consultation with the leadiDg
republican members, and the assurance
was said to have been given that the ex
tension would not result in any postpone
ment of the final action on the bill.
Another Fast Mail.
Washington, Alay 12.—The postmas
ter-general has arranged for an additional
fast mail train netween Louisville, Ken
tucky, and Montgomery, Alabama. The
train will leave Louisville at 6:30 a. m.
daily, arriving at Montgomery at 9:45 p.
m. It will make close connection at
Louisville with Ihe evening mail from
Chicago and Louisville, will overtake the
Montgomery mail which left Cincinnati
at 8 o’clock the evening before, and which
passes through Louisville at 12:45 a. m.,
making the time from Louisville to New
Orleans 25 hours and 25 minutes, gaining
nearly six hours over the present sched
ule.
More Bond PurchaHes.
Washington, May 12.—The treasury ac
cepted all the bonds offered to-day at a
price not above $1.27 for 4’s and $1.08 tor
4} ’s, aggregating $883,550. One tender of
4’s. registered, at $1.27 1-16 was rejected.
The total amount of bonds purchased to
date is $18,779,700 Their cost to the gov
ernment is $22,484,704, which is said at the
treasury department to be $6,549,879 lt-fS
than these bonds would have cost in prin
cipal and interest had they been allowed
to run to maturity.
A Severe Wind Storm.
Chicago, Alay 12.—No serious damage
appears to have been done by the severe
wind storm in northern Indiana last night,
except at Wanatan and Winslow Sidings.
At the former place several buildings were
unroofed, trees, chimneys and fences
blown down, and some live stock injured.
At Winslow Siding, four miles west of
Wanatan, sixteen empty box cars stood on
a side track of the Nickel Plate railroad.
Every car was blown off their wheels and
turned over. Fifty telegraph poles on that
road, and over one hundred on the Fort
Wayne are prostrated, aud for several
hours telegraphic communication was cut
off.
Work to Suspend.
Morristown, Pa., May 12.—The Stony
Creek Rolling Alill company, this fore
noon, posted a notice in their mill inform
ing the men that with the close of opera
tions to-day the work would suspend for
an indefinite period. The reasons given
are to the effect that the cost of sheared
iron, freight, and the expenses of running,
are in excess of the receipts from the
products of the mills. The fiimhasno
orders for irom
Killed by an Insane Man.
Wheeling, West Va., May 12.—Near
Bloomington last night, Jas. Baughner, a
well-known citizen of Garret county, was
thrown over a cliff 125 feet high by Pat
Farly, and instantly killed. Farly is in-
They Want to Unite.
who are earnest supporters of the bill, | Indianapolis, Alay 11— In the African
while Wilkins, a Randallite member from | Methodist Episcopal conference to-day, a
the Cleveland district, has been instructed j vote was taken on the question of union
to vote for the bill by the recent conven- with Canada and it was carried.
Instructed for Blaine.
Chattanooga Tenm, May 12.—The re
publicans of the Third congressional dis
trict sent delegates to the Chicago con
vention instructed for Blaine.