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VOL. XXX. NO. 317
COLUMBUS GEORGIA, S iTURUAY MORMXG. OCTOBER 13, l.W.
BY THENECK UNTIL DEAD
I'AI LIVK M OOT MEET* HER F ATE ON
HIE MURDERER’*. GALLOWS.
THE TREASURY AND THE BONDS.
aecretary Fairchild'* Vi«it and It* (»uw.
No Change In Method*.
THEY WANT TO GO HOME
After the discussion had been carried on
SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
ANXIOUS TO ADJOURN.
*h«- Admit* Choking Annie Jordan to
I>eath — She *ee* Angel., and Hear*
Their Voire*—Riding to the
Gallon* on Her Coffin.
UNION Sprinos, Ala.. Oct. 12.—Pau
line McCoy, who wss tried and sentenced
last August to be hung for the murder of
Annie Jordan, was executed here to day.
She was taken from the jail about 10
o’clock and carried to the gallows. Hav
ing been granted permission to speak
she uttered the usual harangue about
having made her peace with Ood.
Promptly at 1:24, the drop fell, and her
neck was broken. Her heart ceased to
beat in mx minutes, and in fifteen minutes
after the tall ot the drop the body was cut
down. This is the first woman ever hung
in the history of Alabama.
Her trial consumed two days of the Cir
cuit Court, held here io August, ana re
sulted in her conviction. After a fair and
impartial trial, in which she was ably de
fended by M aj. D. 8. Bethune and J. D.
Norman, she was found guilty of murder
in the first degree and death penalty rec
ommended by the jury-. She was subse
quently sentenced by his honor. Judge
Cormichael, to hang on Friday, October
12th. i'he murder was committed Feb
ruary l »;h last, near Midway, Ala., Bulloch
county.
Mis* Jordan, the victim, strayed from her
home in Montgomery last February. She
was accompanied as far as Union Springs
by a negro girl from the same place, who
separated from her at this place. Miss
Jordan made a request for lodging at a
negro’s house inside the incorporate lim
its ot the city and spent the night there.
Next morning Pauline made her aupear-
ance at this bouse and the unfortunate
girl asked her to go with her to Euiaula.
They left here early in the morning, going
up tbe railroad toward Columbus.
Mr. Raborn, the Marshal of Union
Springs, had been informed that this girl
and her companion had left in that direc
tion. He immediately followed to see if
he could identify her as the one who had
strayed from Montgomery, an account of
her action having been sent him by mail
which was delayed in reaching him. He
enquired along the road, but no one had
seen them, and he turned back having
lost all trace of them. It was afterwards
learned tnatthey had diverted their route.
They had gone but a short distance when
they turned across Dr. Frankliu’s field to
wards Eufaula.
Two or three days later Pauline return
ed alone and reported that Miss Jordan
had gone to Eufaula. She had in her pos
session several articles of w-earing apparel
and a few' dollars which belonged to Miss
Jordan. This was kept quiet, and was
only known by a few negroes with whom
she associated. They had left here Wednes
day. Ten days later, Saturday afternoon,
the corpse of Miss Jordan was found by
two negroes near the railroad track, be
tween Three Notch and Midway. They
immediately reported their ghastly dis
covery. An investigation was made at
once, und Pauline was arrested at Union
Springs and carried to Midway for a pre
liminary trial.
Sue endeavored to fix the crime upon
Work Drag* Slowly Along — Interest I*
Elsewhere Than In Congre**. and
Everybody I* Tired—The senate
Spared a Long speech.
Washington, Oct. 12.—After the trans
action tms morning of some routine busi
ness of no public interest, the Senate re
sumed the consideration of tbe tariff bill,
and Mr. Cnase continued the speech,
which he had oegun yesterday, and which
was chiefly directed to a review of the mer
its and demerits of the two parties in re
gard to the postal service.
At the close of Mr. Chase’s remarks, Mr.
Allison, with an assumption of gravity,
moved tnat tne tariff bill be now taken up,
and feigned surprise on being informed by
the presiding officer that that bill was be
fore the Senate. Mr. Dulph said that there
was 6ome anxiety felt on the Northern
Pacific coast in regard to the provision of
the Senate bill to the tariff on coal, and he
asked Mr. Allison if the Senate bill put
Washington, Oct. 12.—It is authorita
tively stated at the Treasury Department
to-day, that Secretary Fairchild’s visit
there yesterday had nothing to do with
tbe matter of bond purchases, and further
more, that there has been no change in
the policy of the department in that re
sist. except as to limit the purchases for
tbe present, to bonds other than those
held as security for national bank circula
tion. This action had been determined
upon before his arrival, and was, therefore,
not the result of any conference he held
yesterday with Speaker Carlisle and tne
officials of the Treasury Department.
Secretary Fairchild will deliver a politi
cal address in New York to-morrow, and it
is understood that he came over to Wasn-
ington to confer with the President and
Speaker Carlisle and others in regard to
that matter. The statement that the De
partment has practically decided to limit
future bond purchases to a few million a
month is emphatically denied at the De
partment. An official, who does not want
his name mentioned, but w ho is in a posi
tion to speak with authority, said this af
ternoon that there had been no change
whatever in the policy of the Department
!n^!, ni f tU;r ^ ff>Uy t n? b ° nd ' i a exc ! p L M coal on the free list in any form
indicated in tbe notice issued yesterday
that the offers of bonds held as security for
national bank circulation will not be ac
cepted for the present.
The reason for this, he said, was simpiy
because deposits for October had already
reached the limit fixed by law. In the
matter of future purchases, he added, the
assertion of the Department will be gov
erned altogether by the ‘Tates at which the
offers are made and the exigencies of the
situation.”
It is an open secret, he continued, that
the Department prefers to apply tbe sur
plus to the purchase of 4j per cent bonds,
as a loan nearest. maturity, and therefore
one for the payment of which the pro
vision must first be made; but it mast not,
therefore, be taken for granted that the
purchase of 4s is to be discontinued until
theljsare all redeemed.
It is, however, not likely that any 4’s
will be bought for the present at least,
unless there is a decline in the price at
which they are offered, or unless some
changes should occur in the financial sit
uation. which would make such a course
advisable, "’’osum it up, said the official,
there will be no change in the treasury
policy unless something unforeseen ren
ders it necessary.
THE STOCK LAW DEFEATED.
The Election in Alexander City Goes Against
It—The Rules' Drill.
Alexander City, Ala.. Oct. 11.—The
Alexander City Kilies gave their second
prize drill last night at the school building.
Corporal Cooper Bennett, who won the
handsome gold medal at the first drill,
was again victorious. First Sargeant J. J.
Hodo was his closest competitor, the dif
ference in their score being just one point.
After tne prize contest a squad of the com
pany gave a short drill on the square. The
Rifles “still hold their own.”
Col. Moore and Maj. Conwell, who are
working the gold mine near here, have
asked the company to accept twenty-five
pennyweights ot gold, Tallapoosa gold,
gotten from this mine. They propose
having the gold made into a badge to be
won by the model soldier of the company.
Mr. Allison said in reply that he had
had several inquiries in the same direction.
Coal slack, or culm of coal, was put on the
free list, but that was one of the mistakes
in the bill, and should have been corrected
before the bill was reported. It was tne
intention of the Finance Committee, at
least of the majority, that coal slack, or
culm, should pay a duty is now, or per
haps an increased duty.
Mr. Doiph—Will the Senator state what
that article is.
Mr. Allison—It is refused coal, which
passes tnrough the haif inch screen, ac
cording to tne Treasury regulations, but it
is difficult to distinguish coal and coal
slack, so that the committee proposes to
put all coal on the dutiable list at the rate
now provided by law, 73 cents per ton.
That is one ot the amendments which the
committee will propose at the proper
time.
Mr. Call reviewed Mr. Platt’s; argument
of yesterday as to a section al conspiracy
against labor.
fhe attempt to connect the financial
questions of economic question with the
old difficulties that existed between the
people of the United States was, he said,
equally unworthy of the Senator, and of a
reasoning mind outside of tne Senate. It
could not address itself to the judgment
and iuteligent thought of any class of peo
ple.
How, he asked, should taxes be reduced?
The Democratic party had formulated and
placed before the country a proposition
to affect tnat the method of reduction
snouid be to reduce the taxes on articles of
general consumption. Tne Republican
party had antagonized that proposition,
and insisted that the duty on a large pro
portion of the articles necessary for human
life should not be reduced, but should be
increased, and that such taxation was a
benefit and not an injury to the people of
the country. That was the great issue to
be considered by the people. As
a friend of order and conservatism,
he deplored the doctrine on which
the Senate bill was founded. It was not
in the interest of wise protection; it was
not in the interest of just distribution; it
was not in the interest of protection of
for some time, it was suspended
long enough to enable Mr. Hooker
of Mississippi, to present, and the House
to agree to. the conference report on the
bill to retire Alfred Pieas&nton with the
rank of Major.
The consideration of the Nicaragua bill
having been resumed, tbe question was on
Mr. Fuller's amendment. The vote stood
2S to S. and Messrs. Turner of Kansas and
Lawler of Illinois raised the point of no
quorum. The committee, thereupon, ;
arose.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, asked consent to !
print in the Record some remarks upon
the subject of the tariff. It was due to the
House to state that what he desired to
Drint was an essay by G. W. Stone, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, '
and was more of a legal than a political
argument.
Mr. O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, had no eb-
jection to the request, but he expressed
his disappointment that Mr. Oates had
not asked the unanimous consent for tne
passage of bis final adjournment resolu
tion. to which he, Mr. Oveill, was sure
there would be no objection. Mr. Far-
quhar, of New York, however, objected
to Mr. Oates’ request. If the House
started to print the essays of outsiders, he
said, it might as well print the Democratic
campaign book.
Several efforts were made to secure an
adjournment or recess until evening, but
they were all rejected for the first time in
two weeks, and the roll call was ordered.
The motion being made to adjourn. The
motion was defeated, yeas 25, nays 43.
A subsequent motion to adjourn prevail
ed, and by a vote of yeas 32, nays 31, the
IIouse adjourned until Monday.
A DYNAMITE BOMB.
THE EMBARGO RAISED.
SPECULATION IN TRADE.
JACKSON OPENS HER DOOR* TO HER
REFUGEE CITIZENS.
The Occasion Made One of General Re
joicing-Hundred* Flocking Home.
Situation in Decatur. Jackson
ville and Elsewhere.
Tlie striker* are Trying to Blow Up the
Cars—No Riots Yesterday.
Chicago, Oct. 12 —A torpedo of some
sort was exploded last night under the
wheels of a Sedgeweck street car. This
was at first supposed to be only an ordina
ry railroad alarm torpedo. Later however
it was stated that they were powerful dyna
mite bombs of a small size, and again that
they were perfectly harmless and that
some were found which had not exploded,
and that they were practical jokes, being
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 12.—The quaran
tine was raised this morning. A great
number of refugees have returned to the
city from all directions. Stores have been
opened and business generally resumed.
Ir will be several days before the passenger
trains on any of the roads will stop at the
depot here.
Situation at Jacksonville.
Jacksonville. Oct. 12.—Tne official
bulletin for the twenty-four hours ending
at 6 p. m.. gives new cases 66, deatns 4—
Jessie Jenkins, colorea, Mrs. L. S. Chad
wick, H. B. Allen, Edward \V. Huger, col
ored. Of the Dew cases 19 are white.
There are rumors of a sad state of affairs
in South Jacksonville. Much suffering is
reported there on account of an alleged at
tempt to conceal cases of fever. As there
is no resident physician there the confer
ence committee will investigate, and Dr.
Porter will be asked to establish a hospital
there under the charge of the government
officers.
Contributions acknowledged to-day by
the financial committee aggregated £2975.
Situation at Decatur.
Memphis, Oct. 12. — The Associated
Press has received the following from
Decatur, Ala.: Three new cases in the last
twenty-four hour*—Mr. Ed. Young, Miss
Rindy Parker and Martha Westmoreland,
colored—and one death, Dan Wilkerson,
colored.
[Signed.] Jerome Cochran. M. D.,
State Health Officer.
Fever at Green Cove >*|»riug*.
Washington, Oct. 12.—The report of
yellow fever at Green Cove Springs, Fla.,
has been received at the Marine Hospital
bureau.
Surgeon Hutton telegraphs from Camp
Review of the Week hr R. O. Dun A Co.
Market* Everywhere Agitated
New York, Oct 12.-R. G. Dun * Co.’s
review of trade for the past week has
shown the mischievious influences of spec
ulation and the artificial nature of current
prices. Wheat rose about S cents per
bushel, broke to 11 cents in two days, and
again rose rapidly, closing 1$ cents higher
than a week ago. Corn advanced a frac
tion. but receded. Oats have risen j and
coffee about i of a cent, but lard has fallen
nearly 1 cent, and the fictitious prices in
cotton have yielded with the quotations 4
cent lower. Oil has fallen lj cents, and
the sudden advance in hides having re
sulted in dullness, prices have yielded j
cent. Tnese fluctuations in the main,
without any reason in the conditions
of the demand and supply have a tendency
to retard all legitimate oil business, but
the gambling swell* the volume of the
transactions so that the clearings at cities
outside of New York show an increase of
IT IS DI E TO DEMOCRACY
GOVERNOR HIM, s|’E A K* ON THE FIVE
ISSUE* IN INDI ANA.
He Sny* That It i* Dm
land that (innllmu ot
Economy Can he IM«<
Instead of sect innail
Grover Cleiw-
I I'nlltlcal
Indianapolis, (ML 12. -Gw. Hill an1
party arrived to-night. He made brief
speeches at Seymour and elsewhere on
the route. At Seymour he said:
“Fellow-Citizens: I thank you for this
cordial greeting. Four years ago our opp v
nents predicted that the country would oe
ruined by the advent of the Democratic
party to power. They predicted that
we would assume the Confederate
debt [laughter]; that we would
lfi per cent over last year, with gains of repudiate the national debt that the col-
311; per cent at Chicago aud 4 per cent ored people would be restored to slavery;
composed of plaster of paris made toresem- j p e rry that this morning’s report shows the
, ble the track torpedo. • arrival of fifteen refugeesand the discharge
Tnis confusion arose from the fact that of thirty-five. There now remains in camp
two kinds of bombs ware found, one on
Sedgeweck street, the other on State. The
latter was harmless, and the officials at
the police headquarters got the two re
ports mixed.
Last evening, after the bombs on Sedg
wick street were found, Captain Shaack
sent for an expert connected with one of sugar, coffee, tea, milk, lard, and the like
142 refugees, and six in the fever camp.
Fernandina Cries Out for Help.
Fernandina, Fla., Oct. 12.—The aura
ber of new cases to-day is fifteen, of which
two are white. Supplies are needed, such
as salted or smoked meats, flour, grits,
the big powder houses of Chicago, and
gave him the packages. The gentleman
took them home, and this morning
brought them back. “It is dynamite,” said
he to the captain, “and there is enough of
it to blow up this station.”
One of the packages was taken to the
city limits this morning, it is said, and ex
ploded. It plowed a great hole in the
The demand to-day for aid is overwhelm
ing, both from white and black.
PLUCKY JACKSONVILLE.
ground, be,id« bre.ki5g .largo piece of | 'iffry
Directors of the Sub-Tropical Exposition
Will Open It in Spite of the Fever.
Jacksonville, Oct. 12.—There has been
a misunderstanding in regard to the
her father, Jake McCoy, who proved an ; The twenty five pennyweights, when made capital. It was based on a wild theory
alibi, as he was twenty miles from the
scene, anil had not left the plantation in
several weeks. This was sufficient proof to
everybody that Pauline was the murderess.
.She made no further accusations and
steadily refused to talk any more of the
crime.
• It was proved by Dr. Maymes, who ex
amined the corpse, that the girl had been
i hoked to death, the marks about her
throat being sufficiently plain to form this
conculsloo. There was ,no indication of
Im*i> Iiiii ntamnri
into a badge, will be worth >30, and will
he invaluaole to the gallant Rifles.
The election here Tuesday, to decide
whether we should have stock law or not,
resulted in the defeat of stock law by forty
votes. The 'negroes voted almost to a
“kink” for no stock law. The laud owners
worked hard to secure the success of law,
but were defeated. Here everybody of age
was allowed to vote, whether he owned
land or not.
iron placed under it, to test its force.
Keesberger, who placed the bombs on
the track, is said to be one of the strikers.
Aside from the sensation caused by the
discovery of the deadly character of these
bombs, the day has been the quietest one
since the strike was inaugurated. On the
North Side, cars were running all day,
with a diminished force of the protective
blue coats, and very little trouble was ex
perienced at any time. The crowds were
smaller and less demonstrative than here
tofore. On the West Side cars were run
steadily. On the Madison Street line,
tried make believe her father bad done.
Pauline had a fair and impartial trial. A
great dual more evidence against her could I
have been produced, but it was clearly I
shown that euough had already been
gathered to convict her before any jury, j
She committed a great crime, and has suf- j
fered the full penalty of the law. This is
the first woman ever hung in the State of j
Alabama. There was a strong sentiment 1
in favor of her meeting her fate, as well as ,
a minor petition to the Governor to com- j
mute her sentence to imprisonment for j
Life.
Pauline McCoy was visited this morning
by reporters of the Enquirer Sun, Mont
gomery Advertiser, Dispatch and Union
Springs Herald. This corps of reporters
was ushered through the long corridors of
Bullock county’s jail, to the iron cage
which held the murderess of Annie Jor
dan. She was neatly dressed in white, a
white tie and gloves. She said she had slept
but little during the night, ate no supper
or breakfast, and had no appetite. She j
expressed a desire to have her picture
taken, but this was not granted.
She talked quite freely and expressed
herself as ready and prepared to meet her
late. In answer to a question as to wheth
er she preferred life imprisonment to
death, she replied that she would take the
latter, adding that she was ready when i
they came for her on the morrow, said she
knew if she was commuted that she would
he better ofl than if permitted to live.
Said she, that she had made peace with
God, and that Christ with a legion of an
gels would be there to bear the spirit
home, where witnesses, juries aud earthly
judges would be no more.
She said she would lace death calmly,
and would admonish th; crowd to take
warning and shun evil temptations. She
confesses freely the awful crime
She saw her mother last Saturday, and
has not seen her since. She was visited by
several preachers, Mr. Solomon, Methodist
minister here, being among the number.
Drs. Hogan, Jones and Hunter had also
visited her.
When asked by Sheriff McRae if she
was ready, she replied in the affirmative,
and told those around her that she had
been well treated by the sheriff aud his
deputies during her imprisonment.
When the sheriff unlocked the great iron
doors she exhibited great nervousness, and
had to be supported while the manacles
were being placed on her wrist. She was
conducted from the cell a. 12:40 and seated
in a wagon on her coffin. When the
march to the gallows was commenced,
great throngs of negroes followed.
The gallows was erected on the south
side of the town, it being the same one
which Sheriff McRae has hung two others
upon. The gallows was enclosed with
bagging, shutting out the ghastly sight
from the great crowd. Represent Gives of
the press, with about twenty-four others,
were allowed to witness the execution.
Pauline, with the assistance of the jailor,
mounted the scaffold. She said that she
was surrounded with angels aud would
soon be running all around in Heaven.
The sheriff'then asked if she was ready,
she replied:
"Yes sir. 1 am readv.”
The drop fell at 1:24. Her heart ceased
to beat at 1:30. and Doctors \V. K. Jones,
H. M. Hunter and C. S. Cowan pronounced
her dead. The body was cut down at 1:39
and on examination by the physicians,
they found that the neck was broken.
Her body was turned over to her uncle,
who will bury it at Chunnenuggee.
***»>.<. 44MnIi ii i Fto
, , , . . ,, , . 1 favor ot a reasonable tarifr. but hi
ml Forged Notes Coming to the Top. , , ...
which every thoughtful economist knew
to be utterly uutrue—the theory that re
strictions on trade, that taxation could
bring prosperity and comfort, and wealth
and invention. It was a fatal mistake—a
mistake which concerned the rich as well
as the poor, the manufacturer as well as
th Thta moment for tariff reform was not, i t fe°3; d3 ’
as Mr. PiMt had alleged, a Southern con-! fJ nong the s . trik «jP circulated among
spiracy. The South had but little to do
with it. It was an up rising of the intelli- addition the P ecautions in that
* - - eveQ a
at St. Louis, where wYieat speculation
rages, and 21 per cent at Boston, where
stocks have been fluctuating wildly.
Flour has advanced from *1 15 for ship
ping grades to £2 40 per barrel for patents,
or 30 to 43 percent, and such an advance
is likely to cause a great decrease in the
consumption.
Exports have been virtually stopped
from the Atlantic parts. Only 276,435
bushels went out last week. M an while,
the corn crop is estimated at 2.110,000,000
bushels, and the cheapness of corn tends
to lessen the bom demand, for which
later advices as to cottou are less satis
factory, and in Louisiana, Mississippi and
the Eastern Gulf States, the yield will fall
below iast year's, but the m irKot declines
because the previous prices were fictitious.
At the current figures there is scarcely any
margin for a profit ou exports.
The interior reports show that business
continues satisfactorily active, excepting
where traffic is still interrupted by the
quarantines at the South.
The early frost which cotton-growers
dread, is anxiousi.v awaited by the busi
ness men, who long for an abatement of
the fever and the alarm, and a return of
normal activity in distribution aud collec
tions. At Nashville and New Orleans,
money is somewhat lighter, aud at
Baltimore, Southern collections are
reported very unsatisfactory as yet, part,
because of the lateness of the cotton crop,
and the delay in marketing it. On the
other hand the higuer prices for grain,
prompt, greater activity in Northwast, and
nearly every report from that quarter in
dicates better trade, an increasing demand
tor money, with surplus generally adequate,
aud collections fairly satisfactory, or im
proving. *
The capacity of the iron furnaces in
blast October 1 was 119,189 tom weekly, of
anthracite and coke iron only, against 114,-
623 tons September 1 and 128,563 tons a
year ago. The changes in charcoal iron
are probably not iarge. but while the mar
kets are firmer and $18 50 is quoted at Phila
delphia, the Thomas Company contrive to
sell No. 1 anthracite at $18. Bar iron is
firm at a recent advance, and the fact that
only $5 per ton is asked in exchange of the
were run at first, and the number was i
sequently increased to seven.
A light steady rain had the effect
of
have the luxuries of life
ries.
he would
not the necessa-
lave been over-awed.
TRIED TO CATCH HUM NAP RING.
covered up to date >15,000, and there is
every possibility that owing to the ample
opportunities which Bosworth enjoyed
that it will reach more.
The mill people are not iuclined.to say
much regarding his crookedness, but it is
known that one turnea up in New Bedford
and the other in Boston. The mill direc
tors have not yet taken any measures to
bring back the fugitive treasurer, although
it is understood that the disclosures in re
gard to the two notes will allow his extra
dition wherever he may be.
PUT THEM IN A PEST HOUSE.
Reporters Have a Brush With (Quarantine
Officers in Birmingham.
Birmingham, Oct. 12.—Lucas M. Ad
kins, who has been in Jacksonville, Fla.,
for the Louisville Courier-Journal, passed
through the city last night en route, hav
ing come through Camp Perry via Atlanta.
He had eluded the quarantine officers, bu'
just before his train left they heard of him
and started out to huut him up, intending
to send hitn to the pest house. Reporters
of the Age assisted .Mr. Adkins in gettiug
out of the city.
Late this afternoon an officious quaran
tine officer without instructions from any
one higher in authority, arrested Mr. J. H.
Hallay of the Age. because he had talked to
Adkins. The officer was going to send the
reporter to the quarantine station, but
Mayor Lane came to his rescue and order
ed nis release. Mr. Adkins went on to
Louisville at 2 o’clock this morning.
Miner nurses.” These were sent down by
Harry Miner at his own expense, and had — j __ ^
not, therefore, been enrolled at the bureau j new steel for old iron rails, there has been
of nurses and medical attendance, but now held small sales, of which 12 000 tons are
the committee can receive no satisfactory ! reported for the Eastern mills. The mar-
communication from Mr. Miner. Presi- | ket for rails is disapp Milting,
dent Schumacher has been authorized to The boot and shoe buyers are slow. The
telegraph Major H. Durkee, and request West reports that an advance i 1 prices
him to have a personal interview with Mr. j cannot be made, and with the leather at
Miner, and arrange matters ir possible. about the prices of last year, it is reasoned
A petition is being issued by C. r. | that the manufacturers can afford to meet
Rogers, a prominent merchant, asking that | the market in dry goods,
all the relief stores, except one, be closed; There is a general complaint of dull
after 10 o’clock in the morning, three cars j J^and pafd froiTt'he publ^TundTa^d S fhe “lecrion°° T^ merchaXe^m-
| that the indigent cripples and aged be ports last week were 11 per cent smaller
provided for. ! than last year, and exports from New
This is asked in order that the money York also show a shrinkage of 6 per
may enter the customary channels of trade ce nt.
and thus help to restore business to its , Railroad earnings continue large, but
normal condition. The petition is being j the crop prospects do not favor confi-
generally signed. j deuce in the continuance of the traffic
l The following circular was issued to-day: through the winter on last year’s scale.
Office of Florida Sab-Trop.cal Dxposl- j Unless the prices of exportable products
| tion, Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 12, l&SS. To yield, the export movement for some
. ' the Citizens of Florida: The management months to come may fall much below the
Mr. Hawley said that he had brought ! More charges by Dr. Mackenzie, Against j of the Florida Sub-Tropical Exposition expectations,
his notes and documents with the inten- j the German Doctor. i hereby gives public notice that the expo- The business failures occurring through-
tion of making a speech of an hour or so _ „ , - • sition will be opened on the 15th of Janu- out the country during last week were, in
duration, but he frankly confessed that he London, Nov. 1~—JDr. Mackenzie, in 1888. the p- nited s tate s 193, Canada 31; total 227,
had not the courage. His heart failed him, “ ls book on the case of the late Emperor The ve n 0 w fever epidemic in Jackson- against 211 last week.
partly because his heart was in another r rederick, states that after the Emperors v jjj e necessarily limited the comprehen- .
place. He was very glad that the substi- d eat b attempt was made to entrap him g j ve plans for alterations and additions to exposi tion notes.
tute had been reported. He thought it a in * , ° a fal 343 position, and it was therefore pi an t of the exposition contemplated
- - . ,ut — — - • ’ ‘ —- Subscribers to Exposition Slock Are Re-
qesteil to Settle.
There is still due on the last installment
of the stock subscriptions a few hundred
dollars and the management earnestly
request that all who have not paid should
do so at once. This money was due Sep
tember 15th, and the company expected it
would be paid at that time, and made
their calculations accordingly. All par
ties who have paid in full caii get stock
certificates by calling at the Exposition
office.
All the Confederate veterans in this
city or adjacent who desire to send the
circular to their friends, surviving com
rades, can procure copies by calling at
Exposition office. The plan of Mie com
mittee is that these letters will be disdrib-
uted through surviving Confederates in
this community! All veterans interested
False anil Kurgail Notes Coming to the To|
The Total Amount Uncertain.
Fall River, Mass., Oct., 12.—As the ex
amination ot tne books of Stafford mill
progress new evidences of the rascality of
Treasurer Bosworth are discovered. To- ■
day two notes turned up, one lor jlO,000
and one for £15,000, which Bosworth
hau issued without the knowledge of
his directors. This, with the £20,000short- — t — , ... , .. .- , . .. , .— —, .
age already discovered iu the booas,makes i very good bill, perhaps the best first draft : £ hat n ? po9t mortem examination by the Board of Directors, but it will not
tne total amount of his defalcation dis- i ot a tariff . b M ever suomitted to Congress, snouid be made. I close the doors of the building, through
Dr. Mackenzie was urged to write his
opinion as to the nature of the disease,
doubtless in hope that, thinking himself
safe from exposure, he would answer
ambiguously; nut he disconcerted his
enemies by declaring tne disease cancer of
the larynx.
Dr. Mackenzie admits that the published
forecast of the contents of his book is ac
curate, and says that he is not aware how
the matter was disclosed. He is much
CLEVELAND VETOES THE BILL
It was built on a definite principle, the
maintenance of the old doctrine of protec
tion; that which had been, excepting at
intervals, the doctrine of the country, and
that was the doctrine of all large civilized
nations with one exception.
The bill had been presented, and its pur
poses aud general character had been set
for it. The$e Senators who descend to
speak upon it could do so, but people were
not looking to the Senate, nor caring what , , . ...
it jsaid or did in the matter. Nobody ungered a t the premature publication
believed that the bill could be discussed ~
item by item and disposed ot this session, j
it had inevitably to go over till December.
In his humblejud^ement the best thing that
the Senators could do was to go nome, aud
he for one was going.
Mr. Reagan next addressed the Senate.
He favored the House bill as against the
Senate bill, though he would not say that
he would vote for every item iu one, or
against every itemin the other.
Iu the course of bis speech, a statement
by Mr. Reagan as to the amount annually
transferred to the pockets of the manu
facturers through the operation of the
tariff, aud which was stated variously at
600, 1,600 and 1,S00,100,000. attracted the
attention of Mr. Aldrich, who desired an
explanation of the statement, but Mr.
Aldrich's inquiries and Mr. Reagan's ex
planations seemed to embroil the matter
more and more, and after spending nearly
an hour over the matter, the effort
He Could Not Shield
Buffalo. N. Y., Oct. 12.— Over a bushel
of partly destroyed letters addressed to
business firms of this city were found on
the street this H oming. They had been
rifled of all their contents that c ould be
turned into money. One New York draft
of £250, drawn by Smith's Bank of Perry,
New York, was found in the middle of the
street, cut in two. Many of the letters
were scorched, showing that the thief
tried to burn them, but was frustrated by
a rainstorm. The perpetrator of the thelt
has been arrested. He proves to be the
night clerk iu the office, named Johu
Shields. He was appointed September 1,
under the civil service law.
The great development in the post office
robbery is the fact that this evening
Ashields, having recovered somewhat from
a drunken spree, made a fuil c oufession of
his guilt and asked for a speedy examina
tion.
entangle it was abandoned on both sides.
Tne conference reports on the bill for
the Fourth of July claims, and on the bill
to retire General Pleasant as Colonel, were
presented and agreed to.
Mr. Doiph moved that when the Senate
adjourn to-day it be till Monday. Mr.
Hoar asked. “Could we not adjourn witn-
out the day?”
The motion was agreed to, and the Sen
ate, after a orief executive session, ad
journed till Monday.
To Pension a Soldier’s Widow Who Has
Married Again—His Reasons.
Washington, Oct. 12.—The President
to-day vetoed the bill to pension women
who had been soldiers’ widows and as such
drew a pension until she re-married, when
her pension ceased. Her second husband
is still alive. The President, iu returning
the bill disapproved, says: Many cases
have occurred in which pensions
have been awarded by special
acts of the widows of soldiers
who having re married, were a second time
made widows, and rendered destitute by
the death of their second husband. I have
not objected to suen charitaoie legislation,
but I tnink this is the first time that it has
been proposed to grant a pension after
such re-marriage, when the second hus-
to dis- band still survives.
which sixty thousand delighted people
have passed this year, praising the re
sources of Florida, and the energy of her
people.
Such improvements as our means and
efforts can effect, will be made. It rests
now with the friends of the Exposition to
make the second annual season more suc
cessful. If ever our State required the
united efforts of all persons, now is the
time, and every strong arm should be rais
ed in the intererest of progress and pros
perity.
Let not our troubles discourage as.
Other communities have recovered from
disaster by fire, flood and epidemic
through the pluck and energy of their cit
izens, and we can do the same. We have
the reputation of being an enterprising
people. Let us deserve the distinction.
[Signed] B. F. Dillon, Act. Pres.
Chaeles S. Adams, Sec.
pe<
that the industries of the country would be
paralyzed and disaster of every kind would
overtake this land.
To-day we can say that all these predic
tions of our adversaries have come to
naught; we have now had thre-e and a
half years of wise state on mship in the ad
ministration of public affairs. In
the last thirty or forty years we
have not had better administration than
that which na* been given us by Grover
Cleveland, our President. [Enthusiastic
cheering.] The question which is now-
presented is whether there snail be a
change of administration.
I think that the business interests of the
country are satisfied with the present ad
ministration. The country is reasonably
prosperous. Our industries are flourish
ing. Our people in main are receiving
better wages. Everywhere there is con
tentment. No one. no matter how bitter
a partisan he may bo doubts thesineerety
of the President.
lie may have made mistakes, I cannot
recall what they are. He has submitted
to the people suggestions in regard to the
tariff. What he proposeses is the best in
terest of this lana.
The Democratic party proposes to re
lieve the people from the burden of un
necessary taxation. That, my friends,
is the issue of the hour. We
believe that under the present
system—rather under the present high
tariff—we are raising an unnecessary
amount of revenue in this country. We
believe that the place forthe surplus taxes
is in the pockets of the people, and not
in the federal Treasury.
We believe the reduction should be
made, and we believe it can be accom
plished without injuring any industry and
without injuring the wages of a single la
boring niau. We want a system so ad-
justedthat the people may have the bene
fits of a moderate taxation.
I am satisfied that the people of Indiana
appreciate the importance of this cam
paign, and that you propose to do your
duty. It is impossible in this weather to
speak at any length. I thank you for the
compliment which you pay me and the
friends who accompany me, by coining
out to hear what little we have to say on
this inclement afternoon. [Applause.]
Mitchell, Ind., Oct. 12.— Gov. Hill, ol
New York, addressed a great meeting of
Democrats here to day. In the coarse of
his address he said :
Four years ago we were engaged in con-
si iering the questions growing out of the
sectional animosities between the various
sections of our country, and to-day, my
friends, we are permitted to discuss the
economic and industrial questions of na
tional policy, because under the wise and
statesmanlike administration of Grover
Cleveland the country has been entirely
pacified. [Applause.] Therefore, the first
point that I make in favor of the Demo
cratic party in this election is, that the op
portunity for the discussion of theie ques
tions that concern every citizen at his own
home is due to three and a half years of
National Demor’eatic administration. [Ap
plause.]
4My friends, the Democratic party pro
poses the revision of the tariff. It does not
propose the destruction of the tariff, but
it propses a simple modification of it. Wo
think that raw material, wherever it is
pijssible so to do, snouid be admitted free
of duty. We believe, in tbe second place,
that the taxes upon tbe necessaries of life
should be made as light as possible.
Upon these two points we may confi
dently appeal to tbe people in the cam
paign.
Governor Hill discussed the tariff ques
tion at length, and said of the Republican
Senate bill:
“I am not here to discuss the wisdom or
details of that bill, but I am here to sav
in the light ofthese claims, in the light of
true facts, in the light of the attitude of
the Republicans in Congress and out of
Congress, that the report of the majority
of the Senate committee and the presenta
tion of any bill whatever by them, is a
confession of judgment in favor of all posi
tions taken by President Cleveland and
the Democratic party in December last.
[Applause.]
“My friends, it is too late to cry for
tariff: the reform which has been spread
ing over this country has received such an
MISSOURI MINERS STRUCK.
Labor
Imported—A Battle Follows,
Which a Stranger is Shot.
(lagged the Clerk ami Robbed the Pouch.
Houston. Tex.. Ovt. 12.—This morning
two men entered the postoffiee, forcibly
gagged and drugged the night cierk, and
went through the pouches just brought in
ou the traius from New Orleans and the
East and San Antonio and the West. It is
House of Representatives.
In his opening prayer in the House this
morning, tae Chaplain feelingly referred
to the disasters which have recently oc
curred on sea and land, and invoked di
vine protection and blessing udoq those
who nave been bereaved by the loss of rel
atives aud friends.
The already depleted House was still
further depleted by the granting of half a
dozen leaves of absence. One of them was
to Mr. Cheadle, of Indiana, who expressed
a desire to visit his constituents.
Mr S:one, of Missouri, presented and
tbe House adopted the conference report
on the bill for the payment of the Fourth
of July claims. Mr. Whitthorne. of Ten
nessee. ask-d the unanimous consent to
set apart December 12 for the considera
tion of a bill to organize the naval
reserve. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas,
said that he was under the
painfful necessity of objecting, but
It seems to me that such a precedent
ought not to be established. If in the pen
sion legislation we attempt to determine
a case of this description, in which the
second husband cannot or does not prop
erly maintain the soldier’s widow whom
he has married, we shall open the door to
much confusion and uncertainty, as well
as unjust discrimination.
WENT DOWN IN A WHIRLPOOL.
A Piece of Laud Slippe^ Into the River Car
rying the Engineer With it.
Vicksberg. Miss., Oct. 12.—A slice of
land at tbe wharf 15 by 150 feet caved in
to-day, and carried with it into the river
Payton Harrison, Chief Engineer at the
Vicksburg Wharf and Land Company,
who hat charge of both the road and
steam machine from wharf boat to the top
of the bank.
Harrison was warned of his danger, but
replied: "It is nothing; it will slough off
as it did before.” Tbe bank soon com
menced sinking. Then the railroad track
broke and a car load of cotton and the
wharf-boat tumbled into the river.
The unfortunate men went down in a
St. Louis, Oct. 12.—A speciai from
Macon, Mo., says Thomas Warden, a
wealthy coal mine operator, was killed at
Bevier this afternoon by tbe striking
miners during a melee. Nearly all of tbe
mine owners have engaged new men, and
these have been coming in from abroad
for several dayR past.
This action of the operators has greatly
incensed the the strikers, who have been
bitter in their expressions against their
employers, especially Mr. Wardeil.
Threats have been made by the strikers
agains: the new men, but there was no
violent demonstration until to-day, when
some of the men were set upon by ; the
strikers, and a general battle followed.
During the riot. Wardeil was shot and
killed. There is intense excitement at
Berrier, and fears are entertained of
further bloodshed. Tne Sheriff and
a posse have gone to Berrier.
NEW YORK POLITIC!*.
secured. Al Roberts, the clerk, has not
vet re 'overed consciousness.
Two Cliiuese Test Cases.
San Francisco, Oct. 12.—Judge Lorenz,
Sawyer, ofthe United States Circuit Court
returned yesterday from Oregon, aud in
the court issued two writs of habeas cor
pus, designed to test some of the questions
to be raised over the right of the Chinese
arriving here, after the exclusion act went
into effect, to land. One writ was for a
Chinaman arriving by the steamship Bel-
gua, having a return certificate, and the
Dead Lock in Looi*iana.
“New Orleans. Oct. 12.—The Democrat
ic Convention of the fourth district has
been in session for three days at Monroe.
The two-thirds rule has been adopted
ninety-oae ballots have been taken, the
last being Judge Clinton 163, Congressman
Newton 148.
connection with the new liorary building.
The report, which completely exonerates
Apppoiutmeut* and Continuations.
iiiww , " touuww Washington, Oct. 12.—The President
question raised is whether 1 Congress can has nominated E.P.Eau-ie, of Alaba:ma, to Mr. Stahinecker. was adopted without dis- dyfoTthe present’situation.
constitutionally deprive the Chinese hold- be Consul ot the L mted States at Cognac. cussio n. J
ing custom house certificates of the right The feeuats has confirmed the ollowing
- - postmasters: L. Smith. Gadsden, Ala
bama, W. R. Kelley, Fernandina. Florida.
B. S. Chase, Natchez, Mississippi.
to return. In the other case, the question
is as to whether Chinamen without a cer
tificate, in transit to this country at the
time the act went into force, come under
its provisions.
A Fire Near Eufaula.
Eufaula, Ala., Oct. 11.—Wm. Davis
gentleman living three miles from the city,
A Wedding at StnithviUe.
1 Smithville, Oct. 11.—Mr. John Bowton
and' Miss Stella Wells, both of tnis place,
were joined in marriage Wednesday even-
; ing. Tne ceremony was performed in the
lost a gin house and its contents by fire Baptist church, by Rev. M. o. E. Bin on.
last night. There was no insurance on it. This was the social event of the season in corporation of the Maratime Canal Com
Mr. Jamie Rhodes, junior member of the ; Smithville. pany of Nicaraugua. Mr. Fuller, of Iovra,
firm of Long & Co., holds ticket No. 46.755 „ „ , Tusterdai offered an amendment, providing that the
iu a lottery this month and will get $15,000 Bjml 0ffir, “ 8 ' directors, with the approval of a majority
* • ® -■ -■ Washington, Oct. 12.—The bond offer- ol the stockholders, may adopt regulations
inrs of the treasury to-day agregated and by-laws, but no change in the by-laws
$4,418,100; accepted $2,006,000c all 44s, at
in cool cash, this ticket being one-twentieth
of the one drawing the capital pr>ze. His
many friends congratulate him on his good
fortune.
from 10Sj to 1084-
these letters and sending them out to their
former comrades in arms. It is earnestly
hoped by the management tnat this be
promptly done. The following is the
text ofthe lerter:
Dear Sir—For reasons as per enclosed
circular, the opening of the Chattahoochee
Valley Exposition has been p istponed to
November 15. As per the newly arranged
programme, the 16th and 17th days of
November has been set apart as Confeder
ate Veterans’ Days, and it is proposed to
have a Grand Reunion of Veterans.
It is hoped that all Confederate Veterans’
Associations, and all survivors of the Lost
Cause, whether officers or privates, will be
present Very truly yours,
A. A. Dozier, Survivor 4G:h Georgia Reg
iment, Chairman Veterans’ Association;
F. B. Gordon, Secretary Exposition Com
pany; Robert H. Harris, Survivor 29th and
57th Georgia Regiments, Chairman Vet
erans’ Committee; G. M. Williams, Survi
vor 6th Alaoama Regiment, Chairman
Exposition Committee.
Mr. James L. Banson, manufacturer of
knitting machines, at Philadeipma, Pa.,
will make an elaborate exhibit in Ma
chinery Hall, and will show the process of
knitting socks and other articles. This
exhibit will be very interesting.
All Honor to William.
Rome, Oct. 12.—Early this morning,
Emperor William, accompanied by Gen.
Driquet, commander of the Eighth
Italian Army corps, visited Camp Cen-
tocelio, where the military review will be
held to-morrow. He returned to the
Quirenniai, veere he received King Hum
bert. The Enperor ti>ok luncheon
with Herr Van Schloezer, Prusaian
Representative to the Vatican, after
which he proceeded to the Vatican
to visit the Pope. He wore the uniform of
the life guards, and was attended by Count
Herbert Bismarck. Enormous crowds
lined the streets leading to the Vatican,
and were very enthusiastic in their mani-
festitationsin honor of the Emperor. The
proposed displays in the Vatican district
were abandoned.
Did Not Want to Teach Him.
Astorly, L. I., Oct. 12.—Eighteen weav
ers employed in Josepa Wildes & Co’s
Sunswick Carpet Mills nave gone out on a
strike for a peculiar reason. Nearly all of
the 175 employes of the firm are Scotch or
English, aud the eighteen mentioned
are mostlytScotchmen. Yesterday Super
intends Armitage put forward a German
who is a native of the United States. The
other weavers immediately demanded the
new comer's discharge on tne ground that
they did not want to teach him the busi
ness. Their demand being refused they
went out. The superintendent has sent to
Philadelphia for weavers.
The Darkies Will Contest.
Atlanta, Oct 11.—Lectured Crawford,
the negro candidate for the Legislature
in McIntosh countv, who was defeated by
C. M. Tison, has filed with the Governor a
notice of contest on the ground of illegal
ity. It is probable that Anthony Wilson,
the defeated negro candidate in Camden
coun ty. will also contest.
Going Home to Work. — ■ ■
New York. Oct. 12.—The conference of An Advance in Coflee,
the National Democratic Executive Com- I New York, Oct. 12.—The coffee market,
mittee being over, the distinguished com- i which had been comparatively active of
_ _ Washington, Oct. 12.—Indications for ■ mitteemen are departing, one by one for late, influenced by the higher prices
shall be made except by a majority vote of j Georgia are fair, warmer, and Westerly home. Only a few of the committde are abroad, to-day advanced over half a cent
ims cummuunj . o.n Muerans tuiereoiaju . t that lt wi]1 aKaill p i ac(J Cleveland
in the reunion can lend a helping hand to- j \ h Presidential chair. [Prolonged
ward; making it a success, by calling for 1
I come to tell you that we propose to
give the vote of the Emu ire State toCleve-
Thicg* Growing Interesting in tiie Metrop
olis—A Reformed Republican.
New York, Oct. 12.—The Tammany
Democracy of the Thirteenth Congres
sional district to-night nominated Asbbel
P. Fitch. Fitch was the successful can
didate on the Republican tickec two years
ago. but split off from that party on the
question of tariff reform.
Hon. S. S. Cox was renominated to-
whirlpool, sorrounie^ with .pars, railroad D ‘ s . ht
tios t£d ba.es of cottoo. So other lies*,
were! lost.
Lard is ton ■slippery for.Bank*.
Mason City, la., Oct. 12.—Iowa had two
^ bank failures yesterday. Beaver Valley
not known how much money the thieves yielded"to~the persuasive eloquence of Rank, at Woodbine, and Caldwell Bank,
a ii ° 1 * Mr* Whitthorne, and withdrew his objec- r J A T_J ””
tioD, .which, however, was immediately
renewed by Mr. E. B. Taylor, of Ohio. Oa
motion of Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee,
joint resolutions were passed for the print
ing of the first and second annual report
of the Convention of Labor and the annual
report of the Director of the Mint.
Mr. Rice, of Minnesota, Vailed up the
report of the special committee investi-
at Logan, closed their doors. Judge King
was appointed receiver. Both banks were
operated by the same firm. The total de
posits will not exceed £50.000. The failures
are attributed to too neavy speculation in
lard.
nominated Mr. Cox also this evening for
the same district.
The County Democracy Committee of
the Twenty-fourth to-night, adopted reso
lutions to the effect that the interest o f
the Democratic party demanded a union
on Congress, the Assembly and the Board
of Aldermen nominations. A committee
of-conference was appointed to mee; with
Tammany Hall:
Their Last Resort.
Paris, Oct. 12.—In an address at a politi
cal banquet Floquet. the Prime Minister,
although he had been apprised that a ma-
gating the charges of misconduct on the jority of the guests were against the propo-
oart of Mr. fitanlnecker. of New i or*, in sition to revise the
the constitution, intimated
that the Government was determined to
proceed with the scheme as the only reme-
eussion.
Mr. Lanham. of Texas, said that, in
view of the notice given by Mr. Taylor
and others that no business should be
transacted, he would not ask to take up
private business, but. in lieu thereof, he
moved that when the House adjourn to
day it be to meet Monday next. This mo
tion was agreed to.
The House went into a Committee of the
Whole on the private calendar. The pend
ing business was the Senate bill for the in-
Wheti Floquet Would Resign.
Paris, Oct. 12.—Prime Minister Floq uet
declared that he will resign if the project
for the revision of the constitution is re
jected. or has been adopted by a majority
secured by a coalition. He farther de
clares that he will only accept the vote of
the Republican majority adopting the
project.
struck Oil.
London, Oct. 12.—A rich petroleum
well has been discovered at Anderton, in
Cheshire. •
Defaulted But Did Not Dust.
St. Louis, Oct. 12.—A special to the
Post-Despatch fro^p Alma, Kansas, says:
Mr. Fields, the outgoing conaty treasurer
of Waubansee county, was to-day discov
ered to be a defaulter in the sum of £30,000.
His bondsmen are perfectly good, and the
county will lose nothing. He made an
assignment for the benefit of hi* bonds
men, but nevertheless has been placed
under arrest at the in*tance of the County
Commissioners.
Accidentally Shot.
HOGAN3TILLE. Oct. 12.—Two little negro
boys were oat hunting near here yester
day afternoon and one accidentally shot
the other in the hip, inflicting a painful
but not a dangerous ‘flesh wound from the
cotton wadding on the charge of powder.
The boy is now doing very well. About
twenty-five hundred bales of cotton have
been delivered here this season.
Fair aud Warmer.
the stockholders at a special meeting, winds.
at headquarters to-night.
all along the line.
land and Thurman in November. [Great
cheering.] There will be no mistake about
it this time, and by a majority that will
not be counted by a few thousand!. [Ap
plause.]
Our people are alive to the serious ques
tion ofthe hour. We agree with you that
something ought to be done to subserve
the interests of the people. Our National
Congress has legislated in the interests of
classes and in tbe interests of monopolists
long enough, and we propose to do some
thing for the interests of the people.
That, my friends, is the issue and that is
all there is to it. You confuse it by mis
statements.
I notice that the distinguished gentle
man from Maine, wno is now in the State,
is telling the people that all your pros
perity is due to a high protective tar:*l
You would have no crops but for
the tariff. I suppose [laughter] your
population would not have increased
but for the tariff'. Your lands would not
have been cleared, your farms would not
have been cultivated, except for the
tariff. My friends, this is simpiy nothing
more nor less than clap-trap, and it will
not deceive an intelligent people of this
8 late.
AN IMI'OKI l.VT MEE I ING.
The Executive Committee to IJetermine tl»#
Methrxi of Nominath:;; Candidate*.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
Muscogee county will meet at the office of
Chairman Samuel Hatcher, at 10 o’clock
this morning. The object ofthe meeting
is to consider a: d determine upon thj
manner of nominating candidates for the
county offices.
It is generally believed that the com
mittee will orde' a primary election, but
this is not certain.
It is expected that a full committee will
be present.
*i*ty-Thre*- Dead Irientilieii,
WilkE8BARRE, Pa.. Oct. 12.—Detective
J. O’Brien, of the Lehigh Valley railroad,
visited the stricken towns to-day and en
deavored to prepare a complete list of the
dead. He has the names to-night of sixty-
three.
Kire iu a Powder Store.
Fort Worth, Tex., (Jet. 12.—A loud ex
plosion was heard on Main street last
evening, and shortly after the gun and
ammunition store of A. Steed, and the
shoe store of 3. M. Fry, adjoining, were in
flames. Several hundred thousand cart
ridges exploded before the flames were
extinguished. Forty-five thousand dollars
worth of property was destroyed.
On<* of Oar Conaul* iu Trouble.
Brussels, Oct. 12.—A Madrid dispatch
to the Independence Beige, says that there
is a renewal of the conflict between Mo
rocco and the United States. The latter,says
the dispatch, demand! thaithe authorities
at Fez shall be punished for the arrest of
the American Consuls portege, and that
an indemnity shall be paid.
Cheating amt Swindling.
At the request of Albert Summers yesterday.
Judge Moon issued a warrant against A. H. Ab
bott. on a charge of cheating and swindling. He
was arrested by Bailiff W. S. McMichael. An in
veetigation of the uarge was made at f p m
; After the examination of several witnesses, the
. judge held that the charge was not proven, and
’ accordingly daanissed the case.