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COLUMBUS GEORGIA, MONDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 8, 1888.
\ COMPROMISE TICKET.
Til K PROIIlllfTIOSISTS TO II.UK A
VOICE IN Ml'MCII’AI. MATTERS.
PROGRESS FROM POVERTY.
Thr Hlat« l» Mml«* Up of Both “Prolils" *nd
••Ant!*"—Two Candidates for Mayor.
Thry Want On» to Knlun.
ihf Mat* legislature.
Atlanta, Oct. 7.—The elections Wednes
day verify the summer prediction that the
next legislature will be an able body. A
glance over the list of members is convinc
ing that most counties of the State appre
ciate the importance of the next session
and determined to send up good men te
the General Assembly. The peoale can
afely indulge the hope that they will be
How a Shrewd Tanker Speculator R»«c
Prom Penary to Wealth and Influence.
Chicago, Oct. (.—t nt.il to-day remarka
bly little has been known ol the early life
of B. P. Hutchinson, whose manipulations
in the wheat market are the wonder of
many people. This morning the story of
his career is told in detail.
Old Hutch is a New England vankee.
He began his business career in the little
village of North Reading, N. H., about
forty-six years ago, when he entered the
employ of a man named Edwin Foster,
who kept a country store. Here he was
paid $20 a year to look after the store, and
when not so employed to mend children’s
shoe* in the rear of the store. Mr. Foster
employed another lad in the store to whom
he gave $30 a year. Ben did not like this
TO BE CALLED UP TO DAY
l*l ; CrS".IOX OX THE substitute to
BE OPENED IN THE SENATE.
senator Allison Will Open the Ball—Final
Action May he Postponed Awhile.
A Recess Suggested. Instead
of an Adjournment.
uble to satisfactorily dispose of the great distinction in salaries and rebelled against
questions that must come up. iL The other boy was paid $10 a year
In looking over tbe election returns a
notable defeat is that of “Wheeler, of
Walker.” Mr. Walker has figured in the
Georgia Legislature for years as the great
objector. His'
the previous question made him a terror.
While hit name it not on the list for the
next session, it is more than probable that
his place will be amply supplied.
TIIK CONSERVATIVE ELEMENT.
The conservative citizens' movement
which started out as a prohibition Trojan
horse, has been forced by the pressure of
public sentiment to change front. The
great body of real conservative citizens
who have been approached to support the
movement demanded a genuine compro-
iniv ticket as the condition of their sup
port, and the first ticket has been remod
el' <1 and purged of its prohibition predom
inmee with much better chances of its
ratification. The ticket, that will be pre
sented to the mass meeting to-morrow
night is evenly divided on the prohibition
juestion, and if it is accepted will elimi
nate that issue from tbe municipal elec
tion. The real issue, however, is the
Mayoralty candidate. Shall it be John T.
Glenn or Walter R. Brown? Bitb are
dr mg men. An effurt will be made by
the friends of those gentlemen to have one
or the other withdraw. Both are antis. !
THE REAL SUFFERERS.
A p 'e, sad faced young woman walked
mto t polioe station this morning and
asked ‘r. Foute if her husband was in the
i irk u{. He had not returned home last
night. Tlie husband was locked up last I
night, and being a third drunk offender
will go to the stockade. He is an invalid, ;
ind had not been out of his house for ;
some time until yesterday, when he went j
nut long enough to get drunk. When the;
woman retired the tears were streaming
from her eyes.
Another young woman, good looking
md neatly dressed, visited the station last j
night to inquire for a missing husband. |
She found him. When he left home in '
more because he could read haodwriting
and was therefore more valuable to his
employer than Ben.
Finally Ben obtained permission from
I object,” and his case of Mr. Foster to use part of an old shed, which
he built into a kind of store with patched
up door on the side and an old window in
front whereupon was inscribed: “Ben
Hutchinson, boots and shoes.” Here
young Ben made boots and shoos on his
own account. Every tSiturday he would
go to Lynn on foot and buy stock and sell
the shoes he had made. He employed
several boys about tbe neighborhood to as
sist him. When he returned from Lynn
he always brought some “jimcracka" with
him which he would trade off to the boys,
and although he p^id them money for
their work on Saturday, by Monday he
managed to get it all back in trading with
them. Ben was a natural trader.
After a while he got tired of his small
business and decided to go into business in
Lynn on a larger scale. While in Lynn he
discovered that some men iu the commis
sion business were making more money
than he without doing any hard work, so
he concluded to give up the manufacture
of shoes and go into the commission busi
ness, which he difl in 1350 on Pearl street,
Boston. After remaining there two years
he went to Milwaukee, where he started
in general business. 8umo years later he
moved to Chicago and engaged in wheat
commission trading.
Ben P. Hutchinson is now in Chicago
worth millions. The other lad employed
by Foster is still hard at work managing
the interests of the United States Hotel in
Boston. He is known all over the State as
a generous, genial gentleman, and his
name is Tilly Haynes.
THE PUBLIC LAND GRANTS.
How tIi« Laud Commissioner Has Disposed
of Several Large Slices of Country.
Washington, Oct. 7.—S. M. Stockslayer,
commissioner of the general laud office,
has submitted to the Secretary of the Inte-
thu afternoon she had given him the last 1 rior his report for the fiscal year ended
money she had—five dollars—to buy food i June 30,1883. The figures show the amount
of lands covered by new entries during the
year, and the gross cash receipts have
already been made public.
The report shows that during the year,
titles to 8,605,191 acres of land had been
conveyed from the government, either by
patent or by certification..under specific
grants. The detailed tabular statement)
Birmingham, Oct. 7.—At a lave hour shows the number of patents of each class
last night tbe meeting of the idirectors of issued by the States and territories, from
the Age and Herald adjourned, and it was which it appears that 47,150 patents had
announced that no consolidation would be been issued during the year. Dakota re
made. It seems that both companies ceived the largest number, 16,684, and
This statement does
for herself and children, as there was not
a bike in the house. He spent the money
for drink, and at nightfall was in the
hands of the police beastly drunk.
NO CONSOLIDATION IN BIRMINGHAM.
Itotli Papen Want the Earth ami the Full-*
ness Thereof.
Washington, Oct. 7.—In the Senate to
morrow tbe tariff will be taken up and
i Senator Allison will make a speech in sup
port of the Senate substitute. The bill
will be temporarily laid aside. Whenever
the conferees on the general deficiency
bill reach an agreement with this excep
tion, it is expected to command the atten
tion of the Senate until disposed of. The
assertion is made by some Republican
Senators that the bill will be passed with
in three weeks and the Democrats express
the hope that such may prove to be the
case.
The opinion, however, is widely and
freely entertained on both sides that
before the expiration of three weeks the
Senate will find itself without a 'voting
quorum, aod will assent to a recess. If, in
the meantime, the Heuse doesi not send
over a resolution to adj yarn, the proposi
tion to take a recess, and re-convene alter
the election, would probably meet with
considerable favor, even as against one for
a ijournment, since two or three weeks
practically added to the beginning of the
next session could be made to advance
next year’s work materially.
Iu spite of the promises and resolutions
to the contrary, nothing is expected of
Congress under ordinary circumstances un
til after a holiday recess, but wish the
period before recess practically doubled,
and especially if the anuuai estimates are
made ready, there is little doubt that the
committee’s work on several of the appro
priation bills would be greatly advanced.
In the House of Representatives the final
conference report upon the general de'
flciency appropriation bill will be pre
sented for action early in the week. After
it is disposed of nothing of interest is likely
to occur, unless some influential member
shall spring upon the House the adjourn
ment resolution. In the absence of a quo
rum, however, the immediate success of
such a movement will depend upon the
poasibility of avoiding a siDgle objection.
KXCOI R AGING PROSPECT'..
The Tide of Battle Seem* to Turn in Favor
of tbe Democrat*—Fighting Ahead.
Washington, Oct. 7.—Representative
Springer, of Illinois, who has been doing
tom? campaign work in New York and
New Jersey f jr the pa.st ten days, has re"
turned to Washington. He is enthusiastic
over the prospects of Democratic success
in New York, and is much encouraged
by the news he has received of Democratic
activity in Illinois.
Congressman McMillin, of Tennessee,
who has been campaigning in New York
and New Jersey, returned this morning- j
In response to an inqairy he said that
Domocratic protpocts in New York art
most encouraging. There was no doubt,
he said, but that C.eveland would carry
both Jbese States by a good majority.
WITH A MIGHTY
A LIGHTENING EXPKE" TRAIN
LIOES WITH A FREIGHT.
Engines and Cars are Piled in a Gigantic
Pyramid—{somebody slept aud thus
the Mistake—A List of the
Dead and the Dying.
“Washington, Oct. 7.—The Cincinnati
and St. Louis express, which left the
Baltimore and Ohio station in this city at
10.40 o’clock last night, whirled, at light
ning speed past Dickerson Station, thirty-
seven miles from here, on the Metropoli
tan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad shortly before midnight. It ran
CR \SH HORRIBLE CRIME IN CfBA.
A -tore Clerk Stabbed Twenty-Seven Times
and Beheaded.
COL- Havana, Oct. 7.—A horrible crime was
committed here early this morning. Cries
of murder Wfr« heard from a gVocery
store, and a psliceman who heard the cries
tried to obtain an entrance. While he
was endeavoring to force the door tbe
proprietor opened a side door and asked
what was the matter. The police enter
ed, when a horrible sight appeared. In a
i corner of the store, on a cot, was the
clerk of the store lying in his own blood,
dead, but still warm. He had been stab
bed twenty-seven times, and his head had
been severed from the body with a sharp
instrument. It appears that the victim,
Inocencio Duran, had some money on de-
EDITOR MARTIN IS DEAD.
JACK90 VVILLK DRAPED IN DEEPEST
MOURNING AG \ IN.
This Time for the N >bl<*. Self-Aarriflping
Kiiitor of the ttuies-l'niou — Resolu
tion* of Respect and Condo
lence — The situation.
. . posit with the proprietor, Jose Abel lei ra,
Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, ran in who. aided by a mulatto who was found
from his district to-day. He said the cam'
paign in the S:ate was being {conducted
with a great deal of vigor on both sides.
He expressed the opinion that the Demo
crats would carry all four of the congres
sional districts and that the majority for
Cleveland and Thurman would be about
6000.
Hon. Beriab Wilkins, of Ohio, who was
sent into the Buckeye State by Chairman
station, with accelerated speed, from down
a heavy grade, and collided with an east-
bound freight train, from Martiusburg.
W. Va. Hardly a moment’s warning was
given, and the two struck with fearful
force. Three trainmen were killed aud
six others injured. By almost a miracle
the passengers escaped injury.
A SUDDEN FLASH OF LIGHT.
Suddenly there was th6 flash of head-
in the store, committed the crime. While
the victim was crying murder his murder
ers were applying the dirk. Both are
now in jail. Crimes here are getting so
numerous that people are afraid to go
upou the streets after dark. It is nothing
bat murder, kidnaping and arson on all
sides. The press is calling on the govern
ment to take active measures.
Anti-
Brice, is here again, and said to-day that and the trainmen on the two en- The Difference
gines were appalled at the coming disaster
which they immediately sa wcould not be
averted. The two engines were almost
upon each other ana the engineers saw
that nothing could be done and that it was
useless tc apply the brakes.
“Jump boys,’ shouted Engineer J. E.
Hampshire. “It is a doubtful State,” said " e l L 'h of the freight train, and he sprang granted the demands of the miuere. These
Mr. C. J. Ellis, of Rochester, N. H., to-day, ca ^ to *he trac ^ s > but ten are ; n the Belleville district and
at the St. James. “The Republicans, have bis fireman, J. B. Nirtz, had no time to running to their full capacity. The
been weakened by their prohibitory legis- out °* ^' s P^ ace at the furnace, jority of the mines controlled by the trusts
lation, and the Democrats will probably an ^ George Ridenbough, a brakeman who ar e idle, and the principal reason given by
elect their candidate for Governor. A "a 8 a ‘SO on the engine, was so paralyzed President Ridgely of the trust for not
hard fight is being made against Congress- w ’th fear that ho was unable to heed the grautiug the demands of the men is that
engineers admonition. J. W. Hand, fire- if he did more coal mines would be sunk
the Democratic prospects in Ohio were
very encouraging. When asked if he
thought the Democrats would carry the
State, he replied by saying: “We’ve only
25,000 Republican majority to overcome.”
One of the States which may hold a sur
prise for politicians next month is New
Between Trust.' ami
Trusts.
St. Louts, Ort. 7.—The difference be
tween a trust and no trust was shown to
day in the Southern Illinois coal fields.
The representatives of ten coal mines t hat
are not members of the Consolidated Coal
> Trust held a meeting this morning and
n
are
ma-
man McKinney in the First district, and a
lot of outside influence is put against him.
He fought this whole tariff question two
years ago, and is not weakened by the
issue, as some Democrats are. The State
would be safely Democratic if it were not
for the French Canadian vote, which can
be manipulated at the last moment, and
which has generally been captured by the
Republicans.”
AFRAID OF A FAIR COUNT.
FAVORABLE FOR COTTON.
The Weather Has Favored the Southern
Staple—No More Weekly Bulletins.
Washington, tOct. 7.—The weather
crop bulletin issued by the signal officer
says: The weather has been favorable for
man on the passenger train, jumped and
escaped uninjured.
FASTER AND FASTER TO DEATH.
The express left Washington on time,
but lost time, owing to trouble with the
engiue, a short distance out of the city,
and then ran ahead of speed, forty miles
an hour, to catch up. A mile west of
Dickenson station, the road makes a sharp
turn, and then goes down a heavy grade
and into a deep cut, the banks of which
are twenty feet or more above the level of
the tracks.
Around this curve, the train dashed just
before midnight, and began its descent,
gathering momentum each second. The
! in the district, and consequently there
i would be more oppositiou to the trust. A
| general strike in all the trust miues was
ordered this morning, but the miners did
not all obey. About 3000 men are out,
with prospects of more trouble.
They Drew the Line at the Ghost. 4
Youngstown, Ohio, 0:t. 7.—Early in
Jacksonville, Oct. 7.—EJwin Martin,
editor of the Times-Union } died at IS
o’clock this morning. He had rested
quietly until about 4 a. m., when he be
came delirious and restless until death re
lieved him. He stood heroically at hia
post through the entire epidemic, and the
conservative, cheerful tone of his editorial
opinions had done no little to allay th e
fear and keep up the courage of the peo
ple.
He was born in Tennessee, entered the
Confederate service at the age of fifteen,
practiced law, and subsequently edited a
weekly paper in one of the northern
counties of Georgia. He served in the
Georgia Legislature two terms. He was
tor some time on the editorial stafl' of the
Savaunah Morning News, and came to
Jacksonville in the latter part of 1 SSL ms
managiug news editor of the Times-Union.
In March, tSSS, he was made editor-in-
chief of tue News-Herald, and upou the
consolidation of that paper with the
Times-l’nion, became managing editor.
He was about forty-two years of age.
He leaves a wife and three children, at
preseet in Sivatinah, G»., aud a sister aud
aged mother near this city. His death
cast a gloom over the entire community.
He will be buried with Masonio honors
to-morrow forenoon.
THE SITUATION IN THE CITY.
A striking feature to-day is the small
: number of now cases and largs death roll.
Nine in number, and all white. Dr. Neal
| Mitchell reports as follows: New cases 33,
i deaths 9; total new cases to date correct
ed) 3151; total deaths 291.
The names of the dead are George
Stieuhauser, Edwin Martin, James Keys,
Mrs. M. S. Fairlee, Mrs. Felix. Uribe, D.
Laterouretti, Nelson Wiseman, Charles S.
| Deforest and Jennings Hood.
Dr. J. Y. Porter is engaged in formulat-
the history of Mahoning county, William j U g a systematic plan for tbe thorough
O. Moore, residing five miles east of here, disinfection of the city at the close of the
Chairman Huston Will Not Agree to a New
Committee to Prevent Kleetiou Frauds.
Indianapolis, Oct. 7.—Concerning the
proposition of Chairman Jewett, of the
Democratic state Committee to Chairman ■■ freight train, which had orders to remain
Huston, of the Republican Committee, on a gw itch at Tusacreira, one mile be-
that each name forty five members and j yond, until the express passed, had a few
the Prohibitionists ten members to con- m i nu t eg before left the switch, and was
all growing crops during the week through- j stitute a committee of 100, whose duty it j s i 0 wiy toiling up grade,
out the cotton region, and cotton picking : shall be to prevent illegal voting, Chair- piled in a gigantic pyramid
is progressing rapidly. In Northern Texas man Huston replied to-day that there is j In an in3t ant the two engines ran to-
the crop is reported about two weeks late, now a committee of 100, made up equally | get her with such fearful violence that they
T i r. L t fn/vcto in t hn nnF ^ Vi OPn nAI*. 1 nf to nrwj D nnn Kli/vn nrkink knn I _
seems
wanted the earth and the fullness thereof, I Kansas next. 8744
not include mineral patents, of which 1034
J were issued.
Lands were patented or certified to rail-
, road corporations to the amount of 889,162
! acres in the Slates of Arkansas, Iowa, YVis-
. consinand Minnesata. Lands were certi
fied to several States under the swamp
grant to the amount of 95,515 acres, and
under school selections, 99,205 acres.
Pleasaut to lie Persecuted.
Salt Lake City, Oct. 7.—The Mormon
Semi-annual Conference opened here to
day. Apostle Ljrenzo Snow presided.
His remaks were to the effect that it is
'■ bleasant to suffer persecution while doing
the work of the Lord, aud urged the
establishment ol .private Mormon schools,
; for which no sacrifices are too great, but
they must have good Latter Dav Saints to
teach in the wards. He said there has
never been a time when the membership
of the church was increasing sc rabidly as
now. Elder Jacob Yates said as the proph
ets of old broke down the prison walls, so
the power of the priesthood of the present
day would break down the prison walls.
and at the last moment they failed to
agree on a basis of consolidation of tbe two
papers. They will now proceed to fight
it out if it takes all the winter. As the
field is far too small for two morning pa
pers, both have been and will continue to
lose money.
SITUATION IN DECATUR.
The yellow fever news from Decatur to
day is not encouraging. Four new cases
and two deaths are reported. The deaths
to-day were Doctors W. G. Gill aud P. V.
Williams. Dr. Gill was one of the oldest
residents of the town, and had been prac
ticing his profession there since 1S50. The
weather there is still warm and the out
look unfavorable. Provisions and medi
cines were received to-day in sufficient
quantities to relieve all pressing needs.
THE PRIZE FIGHT THAT WAS OFF.
l'he prize tight announced to take place
this morning between Fran McHugh, of
Cincinnati, and Sol. Robinson, of this city,
for $500 and the bantam weight champion
ship, did not come off. It was announced
that a special train with the sluggers on
hoard would leave the city at 3 o’clock
tins morning, aud a crowd of 300 people
gathered at the depot and waited until 4 a.
iu., when It wasannouuced that the special
train could not be secured. * The backers
would not agree to have the fight take
place in this county, so there was no fight.
A DISGUSTED CROWD.
McHugh’s friends claim that t he no train
story of Robius >n was a trick to avoidjthe
tight. McHugh says ho will claim the,
stakes,but it is not yet known how the mat
ter will be settled. The 300 people who
paid $2 each for a ticket aud remained up
ill night are very much disgusted.
Business Failures iu Kufaula.
Kufaula, Oet. 7.—T. W. Oliver & Bro.
'signed yesterday to J. B. Stewart, as-
gnee; their liabilities are about J3.500, as-
>ets ?2.700. Too stnmg competition and
• sck of capital caused the failure; they
bad only been in business six months.
I'he Broad street market house has been
removed, and now the view to College
Hiii and the Union Female College is un
obstructed.
Mr. R M. Hanna, representing the New
York Underwriters, is in the city on his
vay down the river, to adjust the loss by
e of the steamer Thronateeska and
cargo.
Quarantine officer E. M. Butterfield, of
l uion Springs, to-day brought his wife
down to see our beautiful city.
A big excursion is billed to come to Eu-
tauia from Ozirt and intermediate points,
October IS. Very low rates are offered,
and it is expected that over 1,000 people
" ill visit the Bluff City.
The Times Has a $rh«me.
London, Oct. 6.—It is reported that the
Lines has resolved that as it incurred great
expense in bringing witnesses to London
to testify in the O’Donnell trial, and as it
is ready to pursue the same course in con
nection with the trial of Mr. Parnell’s suit
against it for libel, which is to be tried in
Scotland. It will not incur large expenses
in appearing before the Parnell Inquiry
Commission, but will simply supply evi
dence enough to justify the commission in
summoning Mr. Parnell to the witness box
and compelling him to show his hand.
Tbe Times it is said, will furnish the corns , Vice-President. Senator
mission with tbe names or other witnesse- j au< j others,
whom the commission is authorized to
summon to testify.
The Parnell indemnity fund has reached
he sum of $28,000.
Light frosts occurred in the northern por
tion of the Gulf States during the first part
of the week, and some damage resulted to
tobacco in Carolina, Tennessee and Ken
tucky. In some sections of the State last
named, one-fourth of the late tobacco
crop has been injured. In| Tennessee the
weather was favorable for the seeding of
wheat, and an increased average is re.
ported.
The first heavy trost occurred in the
Middle Atlantic States during the week,
killing ail of the tender vegetables in
New Jersey, but most of the crops had
been secured previous to the frost. A
killing frost occurred in New England,
and a slight freeze is reported in the north
ern portions of this region, resulting’in
some damage to the fruit, but the corn
crop is reported in a fair condition.
During the autumn and winter months
the weather crop bulletin will be issued at
the close of each month and the weekly
issue will be discontinued from and after
this date until the next crop year.
of Democrats and Republicans, which has
for its object the preventation and pun
ishment of illegal voting. It can certainly
be more effective than a new committee.
“With the hearty approval of our com
mittee I have forwarded to the treasurer
stood locked together on the track, and
formed a base, upon which was piled in
confusion a pyramid twenty feet high, con
sisting of three wrecked freight cars, two
express cars, mail car and baggage oar.
, These cars acted as a buffer for the passen-
of this committee ray check for $500 as a j ger coaches attached to the Western bound
reward for the apprehension of any per- eX p res8) an( j the through passengers were
sons violating the election laws of this
State.”
Mr. S. Sheerin, of the National Demo- !
WANTED TO DIE IN THE CHURCH.
A Negro Who Was Shot by a Blood-Thirsty
Fellow Wants to Die Near the Lord.
Atlanta, Oct. 7.—Will Brown, a street
car stable hand, and Jim Henderson, a
drayman, both negroes, had a dispute
about a pistol, in front of the colored Bap
tist church at West End to-night. Brown
fired three shots at Henderson, one enter
ing hi9 mouth. Henderson ran, scream
ing, into the church, the blood flowing
from his mouth, and crying out “I want
to die in the church.” Brown fired two
shots at another negro, standing by, and
escaped, and has not been arrested yet.
Henderson was carried to Dr. Westmore
land’s office, who examined the wound.
cratic Committe, said thD evening: “I
regard Chairman Huston’s reply as a pub
lic declaration that the managers of the
Republican campaign are not,only not in
favor of an honest election, but absolutely
opposed to it. We want a fair and honest
election, aud will go to any extent to
bring it about. Chairman Huston is un-
i truthful in his statement that ‘this
j committee is made up equally |
of Democrats and Rspublicans. The |
j truth is that two-thirds of the
local committee of 100 are active working
Republicans and the remainder Democrats j
| Independendenesand Prohibitionists and
that its Executive Committee, which has
full control of the whole business, is com- '
posed of fourteen members, only five of
whom have ever claimed to be Democrats.
; Chairman Huston is simply trying to
make this committee a convenient excuse
! for refusing to enter into an organization
j for the enforcement of the law without
fear or favor.”
MAYOR HEWITT DENIES IT.
He Says He Does Not Fear the Mills Bill and
Never S lid He Did.
New York, Oct. S.—Mayor Hewitt said
yesterday that he never told Quarantine
Commissioner Allen or anybody else that
Cooper & Hewitt would shut down their
Nothing short of this gospel covering the ^he negro is seriously wouaded, and may iron works if the Mills bill passed.
whole earth would ever content the Lat- ; die. ^ | “If tne works ever do shut down,” he
ter Day Saints. J A G irl Gave Him Love Powders. said - wil1 De becaase they cease to earn
A New Scheme in Politics. Chicago, Oct. 7.—Fernando Brown, of
New York, Oct. 7.—The hall of the Har- this city is dying at Adrian, Mich., and
rison and Morton Dry GoodsClub is one of 1 asserts he has been poisoned by his land
lady’s pretty daughter. He boarded with
the noisiest political rendezvous in the city.
Nearly 2,000 Republicans gather there
daily and sing themselves hoarse. One of
the attractions of this politico-musical en
tertainment is the presence of a beautiful
youug woman with a Psyche knot and blue
eyes, who sings the solos. She sells Repub
lican campaign songs at the door between
the meetings. These daily services of Re-
publiegn song are mildly ridiculed by Dem
ocrats, who nevertheless confess that they
are more attractive than tne ordinary cam
paign meeting.
The Carolina Rice Crop In Danner.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 7.—June rice is
now in the milk and a first-class frost,
^hich is threatened every night now,
would kill it. It frost does not come in a
week the rice will have time to mature.
The heavy rains first crippled this crop,
and then came the flood, which seriously
hurt it. The loss has been considerable in
ripe rice from the frequent handling which
was necessary to dry it. Rice sprouted
badly, and stacked rice hastily harvested
burned and entailed a loss in the deterio
ration of the rice. Until the rice has been
placed in the hands of the millers the ex
tent of the loss cannot be known.
Hlowu Into Atoms.
Roanoke, Oct 7.—John Brown, a farm
hand, was killed by the powder magazine
emlosion near here last night. This morn
ing fragments of Brown's body were
found, some over three hundred yards
from where the magazine stood. A revol
ver with two chambers exploded was also
found, and it is suppased that Brown shot
aMW magazine and caused the explosion.
Houses here were greatly damaged, and
the shock was felt fifteen miles away.
Mrs. Flagler, in this city. He thinks that
one of Mrs. Flagler’s daughters was madly
in love with him and gave him potions to
influence his feelings toward her. The
members of the family ware surprised to
learn of Brown’s illness. They said last
night that he had been in the house about
three mouths and expressed himielf as a
woman hater. He was always morose and
irritable and was humored by all. Brown
was an employe of the Adams & Westlake
Manufacturing Company. Ha left there
last Friday without asking leave. Brown’s
foreman believes he has been insane for
some time.
Pattin; Blood Hounds on the Trial.
London, Oet. 7.—Sir Caarles Warren,
chief of the Metropolitan police force, has
decided to employ blood hounds in his ef
forts to discover the peroetrator of the
Whitechapel murders. The police place
confidence in the story of Jeorge M.
Dodge, a seaman, who states that iu Au
gust last he met a Malay cook named
Alask with whom he had previously been
acquainted on shipboard, in a music hall
iu London, and that Alask told him he
had been robbed of ail he had by a woman
of the town, and threatened that unless he
found the woman and recovered his
property he would kill and mutilate every
Wniteehapel woman he met. Tae police
are searching everywhere for the Malay.
enough to pay the workingmen their
wages. That will be the result of circum
stances, and not the will of the owners.
However, the mills have kept on for forty
years, and it is not likely they will shut
down. I am not opposed to the Mills bill.
I have objections to it. For example, it
does nof remove the tariff on iron ore. I
wish it did. My objection to the Mills bill
on general grounds is that it does not go
far enough.”
The Mayor said finally, in contradiction
of a newspaper report:
.. “I never said that Cleveland and Thur
man would not carry New Jersey. I do not
see how any one can mistake my position.
I am ia favor of Cleveland and Thurman,
and I think they will be elected."
only badly shaken up and frightened by
being thrown violently forward. They
were not injured at all.
The passengers immediately set to work
to extricate the trainmen from the debris,
and a wrecking train arriving a few hours
later, assisted in the work. At 5 o’clock
this evening the track was not free from
the debris, although all of the men had
been taken out.
THE DEAD AND DYING.
The killed are Wm. H. Wiley, postal
clerk, of Fairmount, John Casey, postal
clerk, of Washington, and George Riden-
haugh, brakeman, of Berlin. The injured,
are Engineer Jas. Jeffries, of the Express
J. B. Virtz, firman of the freight, Thomas
Landon, conductor of the express, A. C.
Crook, postal clerk, L. W. Garden, express
messenger, and H. M. Jackson, postal
clerk.
All of the dead except Wiley and Ro-
denburg were brought to this city; the
bodies of those two were sent to their
homes. The injured were conveyed to
their homes in Baltimore, with the excep
tion of A. C. Crook,iwho lives in Wash
ington. It is not thought (that anybody
else is injured, except Virtz, who was
bruised and shaken up, and Engineer Jef
feries, who wis severely scalded about the
head and neck, and may die. Jefferies
was found in his cab underneath the wreck,
and strange to say would have escaped un
injured but for the|e3caping steam.
THEY WERE WEARY AND SLEPT.
The accident was due to a mistake on
the part of of the freight train men. They
say they had orders to lay off on the switch
at Tussarora and wait for two sections of
the Pittsburg express and the express train
which caused the collision to pass. They
had been on duty for thirty-six hours, they
9ay, and after seeing the first section of the*
Pittsburg express pass, had gone to sleep
at their posts to secure a little rest. They
awoke as the second section thundered by,
and as it was running on the schedule time
of the Central and St. Louis express, they
thought it was that train which had just
passed, and therefore palled oat of the
siding and came down the right track.
Senator Voorhees and Postmaster Dal
ton, of the House of Representative, were
on the train on their way home.
was arrested for the murder of his house
keeper^ Mrs. Stewart, whose body was
found, With a stone around her neck, iu a
marsh near his house. Moore served part
of a twenty year sentence in the peniten
tiary and was pardoned. Freight crews
on the Pittsburg and Like Erie railroad
reported here to-day that every night for
a week they had seen the ghost of a young
woman wanderiug around over the rail
road, near where the murdered woman
was found. Conductor Hickman, Brake-
man MoLaughlin, and othars of the crew
asserted positively to day that last nighl
the apparition came up to the train and
then vanished. The employes are thor
oughly frightened and threatea to resign
unless the ghost abdicates.
Nine Coaches Derailed.
Batavia, N. Y., Oct. 6.—Every one of
the nine cars composing the New York ex
press on the New York Central railroad
left the rails at Byron Station, eight miles
east of Batavia, at 6:30 this morning, being
derailed while the train was running at
an unusually high rate of speed in an
endeavor to make up a half hour’s lost
time. Not only were all the cars de
railed, but the passenger coaches actually
cleared themselves from the track and
ran several rods on neither rails nor ties.
The smoking car went down a ten foot
embankment and turned over on its Bide
and three of the sleepers crashed through
the station platform, narrowly missing the
building and went at least four rods be
fore they came to a standstill with the
wheels and truck buried iu the earth. It
was a remarkable wreck. Had it not oc
curred where the laud adjoining the track
was comparatively level a frigbtfnl disas-
tar would have resulted. As it was, nobody ^ on ber °i e ar d self-sacrificing con
duct of these men in meeting death upon
epidemic. He is in daily telegrauhic con-
j sultatiou with Surgeon-General Hamilton,
and will soon have authority from the
latter to begin preparation for the work.
The weather is clear and cool, and with
very few exceptions the sick are doing
well.
THANKS TO THE FRESS CLUB.
At a meeting of the Jacksonville Press
Club, held this afternoon at tbe bureau of
the Savannah Morning News, the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, the New York press club has
shown quick aud genuine appreciation
of the loyalty of the newspaper men of
Jacksonville who have remained at their
posts of duty during the epidemic, and
whereaa the sentiments to which its ex
ecutive committee recently gave expres
sion, and which have been echoed by the
press of the entire country, have done
much to cheer us through the many dark
days and darker nights, and will be long
remembered as rays of light across a
gloomy pathway: Therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Jacksonville Press
Club is duly appreciative of all the kind
expressions of the press, and sympathy
which have been made with teferenoe to
its members, by the newspapers of the
country, and desire to thark the entire
fraternity for the deep interest they mani
fested. It is especially grateful to the New
York Press Club and to Alias Cora Tanner,
for their generous effort to assist the fam
ilies of those who have fallen in the fight.
It desires to record its sincere thanks for
all that has been done for the members of
the journalstic profession in this unfor
tunate city.
MEMORIAL TO EDITOR MARTIN.
Whereas, Death has a<j;ain entered the
ranks of the Tlmes-Umon’s staff, and
stricken down its chief editor, Edwin Mar
tin, who throughout the weary weeks of
the scourge, has stood bravely at the helm
and daily spoken words of etieer to this
frightened and afflicted people;
Therefore, be it resolved, That the
Jacksonville Press Club, whose members
were, through long association, bound to
esteem and love botfi Mr. Bowen and Mr.
Martin, it here records its high admira-
was severely hurt.
Postal Statistics.
Washington, Oct. 7.—The report of i
William A. West, chief inspector |of the
postoffice department, shows that during
the last fiscal year 7,916 persons were ar
rested for.offenses against the postal ;laws, |
of 213 were postal employes, 172 "were bur- '
glars and mail robbersjand 406 were per
sons unclassified. The report shows that
during the year 12,957,611 pieces of mail \
were registered, of which only 845 were
lost, or one piece in every 15,334 pieces
handled. A comparative statement is
given which shows that in 1885 there were
10,531,642 pieces registered and 1,243 lost,
one in every 8,472 pieces handled.
COLLISION WITH THE POLICE.
the field of duty. It feels their loss as friends
and co workers, and is duly sensible of the
loss which the profession of journalism
suffers in their death. It mourns with
those whom they have left behind, and ex
tends to them its sympathy.
[Signed] I. W. Hawthornb,
S. A. Adams,
H. W. Fleou,
Committee.
A .loiirnali'tic Fnnii for His Family.
Savannah, Oct. 7.—Edwin Martin, the
editor who died in Jacksonville to-day of
yellow fever, was for two yeas assistant edi
tor of the Savannah Morning News. He
leaves a wife aod three children, an aged
mother and sister. Tomorrow the news
paper men of Savannah will start a jour
nalistic memorial fund for his family, and
will appeal to the newspaper men of the
entire country to make the testimonial a
profitable one. A contribution committee
will be appointed here to-morrow.
the
Betrayed by a °riest.
Ch.cagd, OiL 7.—About two months
ago 3. Ep?teiu was found dead in his room
with hi3 face buried in a basin of water.
He boarded with David Glicxmaa. wao is
considered a hard character, aud was ar
rested to await the verdict of the Coro -
nerisjury. Tue evidence pointed to sui
cide and Glickm an was discharged Y’es-
terday Rabbi N. S. Haveratein went to the
Twelfth street station and told Capt.
O'Donnell that Glickmaa had confessed to
him that he killed Epstein. Glickman
has been arrested, bat denies having made
any statement to the rabbi, and says it is
all a case of spite-work.
Married a Title.
Detroit, Oct. 7.—The marriage of Baron
Bartholdi Hoyningen Hueae, First Lieu
tenant of the Regiment of Chevellieres
Gardes of Her Alajesty, the Empress of all
the Russia*, to Miss Anne Lothrop, the eld
est daughter of George V. N. Lothrop, re
cently Minister to Russia, took place at St.
Paul’s Church this evening.
Trouble Between the ’Striker* and
Officer* of tbe Law- in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 7.—-The support of the
trades assembly has been pledged to tbe
car men. Mayor Roche to-day issued a
proclamation requesting the people of the
city not to congregate in the streets. The
street car strike renders it necessary, the
Alayor says, that the collection of a crowd
should be avoided if the authorities are to
maintain good order.
The first collision between the police
and strikers, occurred about midnight at
the LaraDee street barn. Captain Suack
and a company of hLs men, brought sixteen
imported laborers to the barn in tbe guise
of special policemen, and were trying to
get them under cover without attracting
attention, when a few of tbe strikers be
gan to cail out, “Scans! scabs!”
This infuriated tne Captain, and spring
ing from bis buggy, he called on the of
ficers to clear the streets. The men were
slow about obeying the order, in fact they
behaved as if they would rather that some
body else would clear the streets. The
A FRIGHTFUL ACC IDENT.
A H.i
Verily Levi Live*.
New York, Oct. 7.—The Republicans
turned out last night in a campaign parade
with about 10,000 men in line. The pro-
Mr. Mills in Illinois.
St. Louis, Oct. 7.—Hra. Riger Q. Mills,
of Texas, will address the Illinois Democ
racy at Edwardsville Monday night
at S o’clock, and great preparations are
being made for his reception there. The
reception committee will arrive in St.
Laois by the 9:30 train Monday morning
A Rattle in Hayti.
Washington, Oct. 6.—Tne State De
partment ,has been ‘informed by the
United States Minister at Hayti that a
fignt between the forces of .Gen3. Thele-
maque and Legitime on the 28th of Sep
tember, Gan. Taelemaque was killed. Tae
fight lasted through the night, commenc
ing at 7 in the evening and ending about 6
tbe next morning.
For Conviction of Frand.
A Fitting Memorial.
Berlin, Oct. 7,—The Common Council
of Berlin has adopted the motion to vote
500,000 marks to found a benevolent insti
tute in memory of Emperor Frederick,
and also the motion to open a public fund
for the erection of a momumeat to Fred
erick in Berlin.
itily Built Floor Give* Way, Filing
•i«»n Feople in a Contimed Ma»*.
Reading. Pa., Oct. 7.^\>ver 10Q people
injured is the record of an accident which
took place at 4:30 this afternoon during
ceremonies attending the laying of the
cornerstone of the new St. Mary Catnolic
church in this city. Previous to the cor
ner stone laying there was a street parade,
participated in by all the Catholic socie
ties of the city, knights of St. John of
Lancaster aod visitors from Wilmington,
Del., Lebanon, Shenandoah and other
places.
ProbablvTOOQ people were gathered at
the site of the church this afternoon to
witness the ceremony, about 1000 of whom
were crowded on a temporary floor laid on
tbe joist and walis o> tue edifice, which
had been carried up on the stay. Arch
bishop Ryan, of Philadelphia arrived this
morning aud personally conducted the
ceremonies, assisted by priests of three
Catholic churches here.
After the corner-stone had been laid,
Father Libichi, pastor of the congregation,
arose to speak, and had scarcely com
menced his remarks When the newly
Captain, who had advanced to within a few consecrated wails gave way and one-fourth
feet of the possition occupied by strikers,
observed the situation, aud turning upon
the line of blue coats, he shouted:
“Cowards, disperse this mob.” The offi
cers evidently nettled at this, rushed at
the little knot of strikers with drawn clubs
and scattered it in every direction.
The strikers have learned that the
alleged Morey &. Boland specials, who
were arriving at the barns, were, in
reality, imported laborers, who were hired
to take taeir places. So when a wagon
load of them arrived last night,
they informed them that it
would not be wise to attempt to enter the
barn. The specials made the attempt,
but broke and fled when the strikers
and escort Mr. Miils to Edwardsville by
the6p. m. accommodation train. Car- York. Oct. 7. Chairman Quay, of
ria^es will * wiUine « opper ie
cession was reviewed by Hon. Levi P. pot and the party will be escorted to the to the conviction of persons violating the
Morton, the Republican candidate for St. James Hotel by the Eaterpriseiband. registration laws in New York City. The
Matthew Quay money is deposited in the Garfield N»-
H&nged for Killing Hi* Brother.
Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 6.—Philip Pal-
ledoni, the Italian who murdered his
brother during a qnarrel about money on
■ the evening of June 22, 1887, was hanged made threatening demonstrations toward
to-day. He was the third victim of capital T - ‘———
punishment in the history of Fairfield
county. Pailedoni was twenty-four years
old, coaid neither read nor write and could
speak few words of English.
them. In this
blood shed.
instance there was no
He Ha* Ordered His Carriage.
Fair and Warmer.
Washington, Oot. 7.—The indications
in the
tionaT Bank,'and is certified by President
A. C. Cheney. Two thousand dollars will
i for Georgia are fair, warmer,
1 winds.
variable
Berlin, Oct. 7.—Emperor William has ■ be given for the first conviction, $1,030 for
ordered that his state carriage, horses aud the second, $500 for the third and $250 for
servants be sent to Rome for the purpose j each conviction thereafter until the whole
of driving him to the Vatican in state. 1 sum is exhausted.
The World's Championship.
3t. Louis, Oct. 7.—There is s bitch in the
arrangements for the world’s champion
ship between the 3t. Lauis Browns and the
New York Giants. Boston declines to per
mit the ase of her grounds for less than 25
per cent of the receipts, and President
Von der Ahe announces that the dub will
be left eut, and the game played either in
Cincinnati, Brooklyn or Philadelphia.
Berlin International B*ak.
Berlin, Oct. 7.—The International Bank
of Berlio has been founded with a capital
of five million in absorbs. Goldoeger’s
banking business, without taking liabili
ties of the directors, include Goldbeger
of the floor fell with an awful crash, pre
cipitating 200 people to the ground, a dis
tance of from fifteen to nineteen feet.
Men, women and children were thrown
into a confined mass—ths joists,brick,stone
and mortar on top of them. Tae excitement
was intense, but willing hands at once
commenced the work of extricating tbe
unfortunates, many of whom had to be
carried out and placed in neighboring
houses, wnere their injuries were attended
to, and they were then removed to their
homes or to the hospital.
It was fully two hours before the wound
ed were well cared for. It is said that
several children are still missing.
The Road St-ullicg Match.
New York, Oct. 7.—About 3,0U0 per hods
were in Madison Square Garden to-night
to see the opening of a road sc ulling match
in which prominent oarsmen were to com
pete for $10,000 in prizes. Twelve men
were designated by numbers, aud started
in four rows, three in each. Twenty-
five feet being between the
rows. Tbe starters and their
members are:
and Dessauer, manager of Rothcbild’s | members are: 1, Wm. O Connor; 2, John
Vienna House, who are also President and Peember; 3, Jacob G. Gaudaur; 4, George
— — Bobear: 5, Wm. G. East; 6, Peter H. Con-
Vioe-President respectively.
In bii speech at Detroit on Wednesday, Mr.
Blaine turned from trusts and the tariff to the
Preeident’* peoaiun retoea, and was guilty of
diahoneal and contemptible misrepresentation of
the reaaons, on account of which the Preeident'*
action wm taken —New York Tinea, lad. Rept.
l e Y) 7, Wed Plaisterd; 3, John McKay: 9,
Geo. W. Lee; 10, Albert H. Hamm; 11,
John Largan; 12, Wallaoe Roes. The score
at 12:30 this morning was: O’Connor 6
miles, Teeman 5, Gaudaur 6, Babear 3,
Conley 3, Plaisterd 5, McKay 6, Lee 1,
Hainan 3, Largan 6, Roes 9.