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VOL. XXXI. NO. 222
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24 1889.
o UNTIL,
MR. SNELSON DENOUNCED
Few Days Longer
WILL WE CONTINUE OUR
GREAT CUT PRICE
AND
MOYI1TG SALE.
For a few days we offer seventy-five pair Knee
Pants at 2o and 40 cents a pair. Two hundred pair
liner grade at a nominal price.
Boys' Windsor Ties,
Elegant goods. 10 cents each, for two days only.
See the many bargains we offer in every department.
We are anxious to get room and clear our shelves
before moving.
Chancellor & Pearce
lgegr^Loox out for our great Shirt sale on Monday.
SORROW AT KNOXVILLE.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE TER
RIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
The Cause of the Accident Still Unknown.
Business at Knoxville Entirely Sus
pended—List of the AVounded
and Tlieir Injuries
grounds and will meet regular each week
for practice, shooting at clay pigeons.
There will be a tournament during the
fair, and every effort vvill he made to
make it a first-class contest. All the gun
clubs in reach will be invited to enter.
Charles Simmons and Warren Dent got
into a difficulty yesterday afternoon,
which resulted in Mr. Simmons receiving
a severe blow on the elbow with a brick.
Dr. Copeland dressed the wound and
pronounced it a bad hurt,
Cotton is now coming in very fast, and a
great deal of it is covered with cotton
bagging.
Knoxville, Tenn., August 23.—The
coroner’s jury to-day returned a verdict
completely exhonerating the Knoxville,
Cumberland Gap and Louisville road from
all responsibility for yesterday's accident
at Big Flat creek. The cause of the acci
dent remains unknown, as experts are
totally unable to explain it. The roadbed
was examined and found to be in perfect
condition. The wheels were tested before
the train started. The cars were just out
of the shops. A small stone found be
tween the plank crossing and rail may
have lifted the flange from the track, but
this is considered improbable. Knoxvilie
has a fever of unrest to day, and business,
except at the newspaper offices, is per
fectly suspended. Large crowds are on
the streets, quietly but earnestly discus
sing the accident. Scarcely a man injured
but was a prominent and popular citizen.
All public associations met to-day to
take action and fittingly commemorate
the sad occasion. There have been no ad
ditional deaths. but Chairman of Public
Works Young is now dying, and Alderman
Barry cannot live. County Judge Ma
loney’s condition has taken a turn for the
worse, and his friends are very anxious.
The following is a complete list of the
wounded and the extent of their injuries:
Alexander A. Arthur, slight iuterual in
juries; bruises not considered dangerous.
Isham Young, chairman of the board of
public works, internal injuries; will die.
John T. Hearn, editor of the Sentinel,
very painfully but not seriously injured in
ternally.
Edward Barker, compound fracture of
the right leg and hurt in the groins; ampu
tation necessary.
A. J. Albers, simple fracture of the bin
bone, two ribs broken and right arm frac
tured.
W. W. Woodruff, simple fracture of the
left leg and left arm.
Rev. R. J. Cooke, dean of the theologi
cal school of Grant Univei sity, Athens,
two ribs of the left side fractured.
Alex. W. Wilson, assistant to the chief
engineer of the Knoxville, Cumberland
Gap and Louisville railroad, compound
fracture of the right hip bone and bruised
about the head and shoulders.
General H. Schubert, simple fracture of
the left leg below the knee and fracture of
the right thigh bone.
J. F. Kinsei, left shoulder dislocated and
injured internally; not serious.
Peter jKern. member of the board of
public works, left shoulder, head and face
bruised.
John B. Hall, of Middlesborough, Ky.,
cut and bruised about the head and face.
Judge George Maloney, one rib broken
and thigh bone probably fractured; verj
dangerously injured.
Hum McKiiden, of Athens, ribs broken,
injured internally.
P. H. Taylor, two ribs broken, cut and
braised about the head and face, and ankle
sprained.
Dr. A. W. West, city physician, injured
infernally, probable fracture of ribs.
~. W. Adkins, bruised on the leg and
c nt in the neck.
•L E. Barry, cut in the side by glass:
pounds considered necessarily fatal, as
cavity of the abdomen is fi led with
Powdered glass.
I Q § erso ^> right leg cut kRfl
jd- B. Wetzel, head and body injured,
a \ Ca ^rously.
w> .„: Samuel, fractured left arm near
pjV CQt and braised in face,
scalp ^*? r Samuel, aged ten years, severe
f r ^,,.f^^ m idt, left shoulder and two ribs
riJL A- Park, state inspector of mines,
C .A a P d s oine slightly injured.
a' A c -°be, slightly bruised,
the 'rT raian Perry, bruised about
W r 8 head - ^vere cuts,
lured elTy ’ flagman, internally in-
p Eulaula Gun Club.
gun clnhXf’ Ada ” ^-ngnst 23.—Tho Eufaula
1 club have secured the use of the fair
BROWNELL DISCHARGED.
The Slayer of United States Marshal Weller
Acquitted by Magistrates.
Jacksonville, Fla., August 23.—The
preliminary hearing in the case of Brow
nell, charged with the murder of Deputy
United States Marshal Frank Weller, at
Westville, on the ith inst., was concluded
at Cerro Gordo late last night, having
lasted nearly twenty-four hours. A special
j from Westville to the Times-Uuion, says
| the prisoner made a clear, deliberate state-
| ment of the whole occurrence, being sub-
! stantially corroborated by the two princi-
| pal witnesses for the state. His statement j
j was that he believed his life was in imini- i
! nent danger from a mob, when he at- |
I tempted to make his escape, which re- !
! suited in his killing Weller.
I Saunders, the United States deputy mar- !
shaijwho was in charge of the posse, swore j
that he informed Brownell after waking i
him up that he was a United States mar- j
shal, and had a warrant for his arrest.
Brownell positively denies this, and is 1
corroborated by Turvin, one of the posse, |
who swore that he was present and heard j
everything Saunders said, and that Saun- !
ders did not tell Brownell that he was a i
| L T nited States marshal, or that he had a
• warrant for his arrest.
McLeod, also one of the posse, swore the
! same thing.
j Brownell established his reputation as a ;
! peaceable, quiet citizen by the testimony
j of leading citizens of the county. The ar- j
j gaments of counsel lasted several hours, I
j Brownell's lawyer resting his defense on j
the ground that he client was justified in j
believing that the parties who came to '
| arrest him intended to rob or kill him.
I The committing magistrates took the
! case under consideration for an hour and
a half, when they decided that the evi
dence would not warrant their committing
I Brownell.
j The United States officers still hold war-
f rants against him for illicit distilling, and
1 he may” be rearrested on that charger
COMMANDER KELLOGG'S REPORT
Concerning the Two Sailors Who Were
Abandoned on Avenas Keys.
WASHINGTON, August 23.—The navy de
partment has received reports from Com
mander Kellogg, commanding the United
States ship Ossipee, describing the rescue
of the two sailors from Avenas Keys. Yuca
tan, who were abandoned, together with
the mate, who died before he could be
rescued. Acting Secretary Walker, after
reading the report, referred it to the judge i
advocate general of the navy with instruc
tions to look at the legal aspect of the
case. It is undoubtedly a fact that Captain
Kellogg recommends legal action against
the master of the schooner Anna, who
abandoned the men. The report will be
sent over to the department of justice to
morrow, presumably with the request to
prosecute. There has been considerable
indignation expressed by naval officers
over this case, and one says that he has
recollection that a number of sailors were
abandoned from the same schooner several
years ago. In that case it is likely to go
hard with her master for this act of ;
abandonment.
Broke His Leg.
Durham, N. Y., August 23.—Intelligence
has reached the Globe from Charlottes-
ville Va., to the effect that General James
Madison Leach, ex member of congress
from North Carolina, had his leg broken
a day or two ago. He was on his way to ■
Washington, and on the arrival of the
train at Charlottesville got off while the
train was moving, falling with the ^above
result. Gen. Leach is over seventy-five
years of age and the accident may prove
fatal.
From Mexico.
City of Mexico, August 23.—Messrs, j
Ellis & Ferguson, commissioners of negro ,
immigration, have had the offer of a large
tract of land for negro colonists. j
Cotton goods manufacturers mave formed j
a combination for the purchase of cofron |
in the United States.
PRONOUNCED A FOOL, A COWARD AND
A LIAR IN THE HOU-E.
An Exciting Scene—The State Road Lease I
Bill Reported to the House—Sen
ator Johnson Presides Over
the Senate—Personal.
Atlanta, August 23.—[Special.]—The |
bill providing for the lease of the Western
and Atlantic railroad has finally been per-
, fected in the committee of the whole and
: reported back to the house. The debate
in the committee has been protracted,
sometimes exciting, often eloquent. The
great questions of a lease or a sale of the
road were thoroughly and ably discussed
by the leading members of the house, and
the question of sale went down by such
overwhelming vote that it is not likely to
be seriously revived. The perfected lease
bill represents the best wisdom and patri
otism of the house, and whatever defects
J it may contain, they have been earnest
i and conscientious in bringing it to its
| present shape. It is the special order in
the house for next Tuesday, and, while
there may be some further debate on
amendments similar to those defeated in
the committee, the bill will probably be
adopted without material change.
Adjourned Till Monday.
The senate adjourned over to Monday,
and most of the members left this after
noon on an excursion to Tailuiah.
Senator Johnson Presides.
Senator W. O. Johnson, of Columbus,
who is very popular with his colleagues,
was called to the chair this morning, and
presided during the passage of quite a
number of bills. He acquitted nimself
with decided credit, and wnen he stepped
down received many compliments.
Personal Mention.
Among the visitors about th6 capitol
were Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Everett. Mr.
George O, Berry and Miss Berry, of Coium-
bus. The party were on their return
from Rome, where Messrs. Everett and
Berry were in attendance on the grand
lodge 1. O. O. F.
Mr. L. M. Harris ,of the Enquirer-Sun,
was also at the capitol this morning.
The state Tax.
The state tax for the current year will
be 4 mills. The governor aad comptroller-
general fixed it to day, under tne provision
of the tax act, which requires the levy to
be made as soon as the tax digests show
the amount of taxable property. The re
turns foot up 43SO.OOO,OO.j.
Snelson Salted.
Mr. Sne son, of Meriwether, got a dose
this morning that he has been laying the
basis for all” the session. The venerable
member from Ware, Mr. McDonald, rose
to a question of personal privilege, and de
nounced the gentleman from Meriwether
in no mild language. His severe arraign
ment of Mr. Snelson created some little
excitement and members, including the
victim, gathered around the speaker.
When he concluded, Mr. Sneison rose to
reply, but the point was raised that he
was not at his proper place. While the
gentleman was sailing across the hall to
his seat, the house went into committee of
the whole and cut him off. Toe episode
will be feund in the report of the house
proceedings.
IN THE HOUSE.
After the journal was read, Mr. McDon
ald. of Ware, rose to a question of privi
lege. It was understood on the floor that
something rich was coming, and mem
bers crowded to the vicinity. Among
these was Mr. Snelson, wno took a seat
just in front of the speaker.
Mr. McDonald said that a published
speech of Mr. Snelson reflected upon him
self, and he wanted to know if the gentle
man was the author of it.
Mr. Snelson said he was.
“Were you the author of your own
euiogium ?” said the gentleman from
Ware.
“I tell you emphatically,” said Mr.
Soeison, “the speech is mine ! I am the
author of that speech.”
Mr. McDonald then said he thought the
speech an unwarrantable attack upon tne
whole house. “There are 175 of us here,
and Mr. Sneison claims to be the only hon
est man, except the speaker. The rest of
us would rob the treasury ov prolonging
tne session.”
At his request the clerk read a part of
Mr. Snelson’s speech, which charged that
Mr. McDonald had received more fraudu
lent per diem, and had mote fraudulent
dignity than any member of the house.
The speaker defended himself from this
charge, with so frequent interruptions
from Mr. Snelson, that the speaker had to
call him to order.
Said Mr. McDonald: “When he went
with the committee to visit the Georgia
asylum, one of the inmates came up and
asked who they were. He was told they
were members of the legislature. ‘And
what county are you from?’ asked the
lunatic, approaching the most solemn
looking of the legislators. ‘I am from
such and such a county,’ said the member.
‘Then I am sorry for that county, for it
has a d—d fool to represent it.’ ” Mr.
McDonald said that, leaving the d—d out,
he would say that Meriwether had a fooi |
to represent her in the legislature. He |
denounced him illr. Snelson j as a liar and I
a coward, and said some one must answer !
for the charges made against himself. He
demanded proof from the author of the :
charges.
Mr. Snelson tried to rise to reply, but.
Mr. Simmons, of Sumter, made the point j
of order that he was not in hi3 seat.
While Mr. Snelson was rapidly crossing j
the hail a motion was made and carried !
that the house go into a committee of the
whole, which choked off the gentleman
from Meriwether.
Mr. Allred introduced a bill to appropri- 5
ate the whole of the rental of the State j
road to common schools.
Mr. Carleton, of Troup—A bill to |
amend the charter of LaGrange. _ j
Mr. Mathews, of Houston, when discus- |
sion of the Western and Atlantic lease bill j
was resumed in the house this morning,
made a sDeeeh in support of his amend- j
ment to sell ail the property indicated in j
schedule R as not ueedful to the running |
of the road. He amended further by add |
ing that this property so excepted from j
the lease bill in the city of Chattanooga !
shall be used by the lessees until the state j
shall provide suitable switching facilities j
on the line outside the city.
Mr. Mathews estimated the value of j
the property at §750.000, and said it was
being slowly absorbed by Chattanooga.
Mr. Gordon, of Chatham, offered as a
substitute to the Mathews amendment that
the property designated in section 1 should
not include the reai property in schedule
R. but that the governor be authorized to
advertise for the iease of said property at
the same time and on the same terms as
those for the lease of the road, giving an
option of bidding for one or more nieces
of property, excepting the lot three'miles
south of Chattanooga.
Mr. Lamar’s amendment, adding after
the Candler amendment forbidding sub
letting, the proviso that the lessees may
sublet any property not needed for railroad
purposes, was adopted, as amended by Mr.
Tatum, that any improvement nut on tne
property shall Delong to the state.
The bill and title was then adopted by
the committee of the whole.
™ "FOUR MURDERERS HUNG.
Senator Hail introduced a bill to require
all railroad or other companies, when ~
they sell or lease their property, to post: t
notices and otherwise advertise the same.
Several minor local bills passed,_ after j
which the senate adjourned till 11 o'clock ,
Monday.
A I.L MURDERED WOMEN IN
NEW YORK CITY.
THE TROUBLE AT SELMA-
j The Four Meu Strangled to Death—A Shock
ing Spectacle That is Probably Un
paralleled—History of the
Another Villainous Sheet Appears Despit* }
Efforts to Suppress It.
Montgomery. Ala., August 23.—The I
Selma correspondent of the Advertiser ;
telegraphs his paper as follows:
Another negro weekly sheet, i
called the Southern Christian Recorder, !
W. E. Bryant, editor and manager, and
published here, was circulating around I
the streets this evening and contained j
such incendiary articles as have appeared
in the Indepe'adent. and its policy is
equally the same. People here say this
evening they won't tolerate such a paper
and it must go at ail hazards.
Excitement had about died down but is
now having an upward tendency again.
During the absence of Bryant, Elder
Shaw has charge of the above mentioned
paper. It seems that the negroes are go
ing to continue their villainous paper
despite the action of the whites to sup
press it. This paper will be taken in
hand to-morrow:
In the issue to-day Bryant writes the
following:
To my Fellow Editors and'White Friends,
Bishops, Eiders and Members of the A.
M. E. Church, and Race and True White
MeD:
An article appeared in The Independ
ent with which I had nothing to do. It
has caused trouble and my blood is sought.
This may be the last issue of this paper.
Before another issue I may, and probably
will be, dead, probably swinging to a
limb.
Tell the world I died as a man. I will
meet my accusers and pursuers at the bar
of God. Das'ring peace, I bid the world
farewell and commend my spirit ;to God.”
The la3t week’s Recorder published the
Alliance as thieves and scoundrels and
also attacked a young white man in 3am-
merfiela because he Knocked a negro girl
off the the sidewalk for insulting him.
The paper must go.
Crimes They Committed.
CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED.
Twenty-Four Horses Killed—Other Ani
mals Injured—A Scene of Confusion.
Watertown, N. J., August 23.—The
second train of the Barcum & Bailey
show was wrecked late last night about
two and a haif miles east of Pottsdam,
while en route on the Rome, Watertown
and Ogdensburg railroad from Governeur
to Montreal. A broken axie was the
cause. Twenty-four ring horses, including
one of the four chariot teams, and two
camels were killed. Six cars were derailed
and two telescoped so that everything in
them was crushed. Tnere were three
trains conveying the show. The first train,
which carried tne tents and their belong
ings, passed into Canada safely, but the
second train, conveying all the animals,
met with an awful disaster.
The sqene is one of confusion. At either
side of the track are the distributed bodi' -
cf the dead horses, with here and there
poor beasts, which received injuries that
render them useless, tethered to fences.
On the side of the highway are one camel,
sacred cows, steers and various other ani
mals, which were rescued from the de
railed cars. The cars are crushed and
twisted into all sorts of shapes, and piled
upon the track in seemingly hopeless en
tanglement. The elephants, which were
in the first car that was derailed, were not
hart, and have been taken from the car
and are swaying their bodies angrily, as if
displeased at their unusually long confine
ment. Barnum’s partner, J. A. Bally, is
at the scene. He says it is difficult to esti
mate the loss at present, but it will be in
the neighborhood of £40,000.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Extent of Business Done in Listed and Un- j
listed stocks Yesterday.
New York, August 23.—There was j
a cessation in excitement in the stock mar- j
ket to day. and trading was again dull and I
fluctuations small and generally insignia- j
cant, though the tone of the market was |
feverish and unsettled throughout the ]
day. The action of Judge Cooiy became j
known this morning, and was accepted as
an explanation of the heavy sales of yes- j
terday. The money question had little, if j
any, weight to day, though rates on call !
were held at from 5 to 6 per cent through- |
out. There was, however, no stringency.
The opening of the market was made at
slightly lower figures than last evening, as
a rule. Ih the first hour the downward
tendency was soon checked, except in C.,
C., C. and St. Lou’s preferred, which
scored a drop of lie. The market then
became dull, remaining feverish and un
settled, with a general upward tendency
until the afternoon, when the news of the
meeting of the cut by the Chicago and
Kansas City road, was the occasion
of another attack upon grangers. The
rest of the list sympathized to a limited
extent. St. Paui and Missouri Pacific
were the chief sufferers, until Lackawana
made a sudden drop of 11 to 11a on the
announcement that Judge Cooley was in
conference with the omeiala of the Chi
cago, St. Paul and Kansas City road and
the Chicago, Burlington and Northwest
ern. Then folio wed an arrest in the de
cline and prices gravitated upward again.
Trading at this point was marked by a
sudden rise of 4 per cent in Pullman to !
ISO. No further feature was developed j
and the market finally closed dull and !
steady at insignificant changes for the \
day. Sales of stocks aggregated 150,000
shares.
IN THE SENATE.
The Macon and Birmingham railroad
charter bill, which yesterday passed the
senate with the most perfect smoothness,
and was afterward reconsidered, proved
an unexpected bore of contention when it j
came to a final vote to day.
The original design of the railroad was
to run by LaGrange and Greenville, and
one of the provisions of the charter was
that it was to do so.
The bill in its present shape provides for
running by LaGrange, but leaves off
Greenville to avoid expense.
Senator Ballard tried long and hard to >
have Greenville put on the same platform
with LaGrange, and Senator Bartlett as
vigorously opposed such action. The con
troversy was long. Ga the vote, the bill, .
having failed cf a constitutional majority, t
was tabled before the chair could declare
it lost. „ , . ..
The minority report favorame to the .
passage of the bill to lease the oid state
CHICAGO MARKET.
Review of Speculation in the Gram and
Provision Market.
Chicago, August 23.—Wheat was more
active but weaker, at somewhat lower
prices. A prominent local operator was
a steady and large buyer all day. His
purchases checked the decline more than
once, when December got down to 1 < £;
out the market finally gave way from
him, and during the last hour settled to
77 j. The close was steady at 773 tor De
cember, or |c under yesterday’s latest
bids. August and deferred months were
correspondingly lower.
In corn a large speculative business was
transacted in this market early to-day,
and the feeling was weak and prices
lower. Later in the session the market
became quiet and steady on the decline.
Cash property met with a fair demand,
with liberal offerings, and prices averaged
i to jc lower than yesterday.
Trading in oats was more free. Near
deliveries remained steady. May was
offered freely aad prices declined §c.
Tnere was considerable changing of con
tracts from September to May and some
selling of May.
Quite an active speculative trade was
reoorted in hog products. Offerings were
liberal, the demand only fair and the feel
ing unsettled and weas. Prices only de
clined on all leading articles, with deferred
deliveries showing fully as much weakness
as near. Trading"was largely in contracts
for September, October and January deliv
ery. At the declining scale purchases
were fair, but not sufficient to improve
prices to any great extent. Pork went 17j
to 20c lower, lard 10 to 124c. and ribs 30 to
32jc.
Colton Futures.
New York, August 23.—The Sun says:
Cotton futures were favored by a sharp
advance in Liverpool and early in the day
there was a rise of one to six points, which
was lost later owing to the circulation of
August notices to the amount of about
15,000 baies, so that the market closed quiet
and steady at a decline of one to four
points on most months, new crop options
showing the most depression, with the
exception of September, wnich closed the
same as last night. There was a good deal
of switching from August to September
and October. Crop advices were favora
ble. Receipts at ports to-day amounted to
1130 baies, against 262 this day last week
and 4334 last year. Cotton on spot was
firm.
Lowers ihe Reccrd.
Chicago, August 23.—The three-year-
old stallion Axtell trotted to beat his own
record of 2:14*. late this evening, and cov
ered a mile in 2:14, beating all records for
three and four year olds.
New York. August 23 —Tne four mur
derers of women, Patrick Packenham,
Jack Lewis colored , James Nolan and
Ferdinand Carolin, were hanged in the
yard of the Tombs prison this morning.
There were two scaffolds, and two men
were hanged on each. Packenham and
Nolan were first executed on the scaffold
which had been erected on the Franklin
street side of the prison. The drop fell at
6:55 o’clock. Eight minutes later Lewis
and Carolin were hanging from the scaffold
on the Leonard street side.
Sheriff Flack and Under Sheriff Sexton
entered the prison from the Franklin
street side at 6:35 o’clock. They were fol
lowed by twenty deputy sheriffs, all in
black clothes and wearing silk hats. Each
official wore his badge of office and carried
a staff. They marched through the corri
dor into the yard. Ten of them went to
the Leonard street side, and the oth-rs
took their places at the Frankiin street
wall. At 6:40 o'clock the first jury of
twelve men, all newspaper representa
tives, were given the signal to enter the
prison yard, aad two minutes later the
second set of jurors filed in and marched
to their places. Simultaneous with the
marcning out of the second jury, Packen
ham and Nolan were taken into a cell in
tne new prison. At 6:45 Carolin and Lewis
were removed to the boys’ jail, on the
Leonard street side. The la3t rites of the
cnurch were then administered, the cere
monies occupying eight minutes.
At 6:54 two of the condemned men,
Packenham and Nolan, emerged from
the jail, accompanied by the priest.
Father Prendergast supported Packenham
and Father Gelinas walked alongside.
Tne procession was brought up with
Father Van Reun3eller. The arms of the
condemned men were pinioned and over
the shoulder of each aung a black cap
with its long streaming ribbon lapping in
the wind.
Packenham’s face was of a ghastly pal
lor, but his step was firm and he looked
unflinchingly into tne faces around him.
Noland hardly appeared to realize his
position. There was a half defiant look on
his countenance, and he cast his eyes up at
the cross beam from which two ropes
dangled with something akin to curiosity.
The rope around his neck, with the knot
pressing against his left ear, seemed to
chafe him, for he moved his head uneasily
once or twice in his brief walk to death,
from the prison door to the place, and it
took thirty seconds for the condemned to
reach the spot waere they were to die.
Nolan took his place under the rope hang
ing nearest Frankiin street. Packen
ham was four feet away from
his companion and the next person. Both
men turned and grasped the priests by tne
hands, wringing them fervently, then
Hangman Ackinson stooped down and
tied a white cord about the legs of Nolan,
just above the ankles. His assistants did a
tike service for old Packenham. In a
twinkling the black caps were adjusted
and Atkinson rapped three times in rapid
succession on the side of the box, wherein
a third assistant stood with a hatchet.
The third rap had hardly been given
when the bodies of the murderers were
jert ed into the air.
At the expiration of four minutes there
was a mighty throe, almost together, in
the suspended murderers. Paekenham’s
pulse sank rapidly to fifty beats a minute.
Noian’s pulse at the fourth minute was at
seventy, but it, too, became weaker, and
at the expiration of five minutes was no
Ibnger perceptible. At 7:10 o’clock both
men were pronounced dead, but were per
mitted to bang for fifteen minutes longer.
While this scene was being enacted,
preparations were being made for what
proved to be the most shocking spectacle
that has ever taken place within the wails
of the Tombs prison. The hanging of
Carolin aad Lewis in several aspects is
probably unparalleled. The two murder
ers, at 6:45 o’clock, received the last spirit
ual consolation. At two minutes af.er 7
o’clock, Carolin and Lewis, with the
priests, came through the door. Lewis
walked unsteady the first dozen paces, but
quickly recovered himself. He was smil
ing, and as he caught sight of a deputy,
who had oeen specially kind to him, he
walked over and seized his hands. Tnen
he shook hands with two more. Father
Gelinas gently urged him toward the rope
that was to strangle him. He smiied and
looked fearlessly around him. Carolin had
the butt of a cigar between his lip s, and
was puffing vigorously, blowing* great
clouds of smoke into the faces of the at
tending priests. His face was as pale as
the face of the dead, and a scowl upon it
almost demoniacal. He glared at the
priests as he turned around and felt the
rope touch his snoulder. Spitting the cigar
stump from his mouth, he broke out into
blasphemy that horrified the spectators.
Atkinson had just pinioned his legs when
he spoke. Loosing sullenly at the priests,
he suddenly exclaimed:
“I die an innocent man. G—d d—n it,
I didn't do this thing.”
Lewis, who had then been pinioned,
haif turned his head, and addressing his
companion, said:
“What’s the matter with you, any way?
Why don’t you die like a man ?”
“I will die like a maa!” shrieked Carolin,
his face turning perfectly white.
“I will die like a man: an innocent—”
The words were scarcely out of his '
mouth before Atkinson had clapped the
black cap over his face. Tne assistant
hangman covered Lewis’ face. At the
same moment Atkinson gave the signal,
and the weight fell. Instead of bounding
up as Packenham and Nolan had done,
the wretches went into the air with so
little force that there was scarcely any re
bound at all. Lewis immediately began
to struggle in a most sickening manner.
He threw his legs about so violently as to
kick off his slippers. Then he began to
gurgle and chose. The rasping, wneezy :
sound came from under tne horrible black
cap for iully ten seconds. His body turned
and swayed, and tne contortions were 30 ■
nainfui that half a dozen men turned j
away their heads. The poor creature was 1
slowly strangled.
Carolin's body was violently contorted
also, but he uttered no sound. Tne weight
fell at 7:03 o'clock, and at 7:10 both men
were dead.
The four bodies hung for half an hour,
and were then cut down and placed in a
coffin. Ali four were strangled.
Caarles Ferdinand Carolin was not be
lieved to be of sound mind. Although
experts on his triai declared him saue,
tnere seemed to be a screw loose some
where, and every prisonkeeper or deputy
sheriff who ever had to watch him said so.
He murdered a woman named Bridget
Quinn, who passed as his wife, in a small
room in tenement 47, Stanton street, on
the afternoon ot March 16,1389. He butch
ered her with a hatchet.
John Lewis, alias Black Jack, shot and
killed Alice Jackson in the kitchen of
noose No. 84, west Third street, where she
was getting breakfast on the morning of
July 17,13SS. He came from the south.
The crime for which James Nolan died ,
on the gallows to day was a most cruel '
one. He was a wild young fellow, and at
a dance in the Bowery one night made the
acquaintance of a handsome voung woman
named Emma Buck. She was a married
woman, aad nad lived happily four years
with her husband, who loved and provided
for her. She was true to aim un-|
til she met Nolan, for whom she
conceived an unholy passion. This could
only have oue result. He induced her to
leave home and husband and ;cast her lot
with his own. He took to drink, and
after a number of quarrels with the i
woman who had forsaken ail for him,
murdered her November 20, 1383. He
came home much the worse for liquor,
called her out into the hall and shot her.
Patrick Packenham was the patriarch of t
the quartette of murderers who were
hanged this morning, and yet no one of
them, perhaps, more richly deserved the
fate. He was an intelligent well educated
man, whose besetting sin was drink. ;
Through its influence he lost many good ;
situations, and he was once a member of
the New Orleans police force. He had a
good wife, a woman who took Jthe best
care ot her home and children, yet he
butchered her brutally. He caught her
by the hair and palled her head over
1 backward. Robert, his son, sprang at his
; father in an effort to save his mother,
I but it was no use. A keen edged blade
, was used with deadly effect, severing the
i jugular vein. The woman was released,
i and crawling out in the hall died there.
Packenham was cleaning his razor and
washing the blood from himself when
i the police came in and arrested him.
; While in jail he expressed regret at his
; crime.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
! The Monetary Pressure Modifies the Im
provement in General Trade.
New York, August 23.—The following
; is R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for
: the week ending the 24th:
The monetary pressure, of which so
many warnings have been given, has
operated this week to modify* the improve
ment in general trade, due to the excel
lent crop prospects. It is quite the fash
ion in stock exchange circles to represent
a rise in lending rates as artificial and in
tended to affect the prices of stocks, but
( the truth is that speculation of various
sorts had previously withdrawn too much
! money from the support of legitimate
business and productive industry, and the
i tendency of apprehension as to the future
has been cut down still farener, while !
many of the lenders have preferred
I to place their money on call
' with readily negotiable collateral. Tnus j
i supplies for carrying securities and fl iac i
I ing trust stocks nave been increased, even
| while the lack of commercial accommo- i
! dations has caused failures of importance.
; The treasury meanwhile has been collect
ing its surplus revenue from the people at
large, but disbursing it to holders of bonds
and so to lenders at monetary centers.
I The treasury has no other means of die- 1
| burning the surplus which the failure to !
reduce the revenue has caused, but the re- !
suit has tended for months to cause faulty
distribution of the money supply.
The suspension of important mills, re
sulting from recent failures of commission
houses, comes just when there were
brighter prospects for manufacturers than
at previous times in mild weather, and the
’ over production last winter witn orders in
: sight. If the mills could go on, it is said,
I ali liabilities could soon be met, but if this
| be the fact, it shows the extent of the
pressure in the commercial money markets.
The immediate consequences are the
greater question as to loans and the quick
arrest of purchases of materials for wool
and cotton manufacturers.
I At Boston the wool market has been
i completely unsettled again, sales for the
; week amounting to only 100,000 pounds.
; all in small lots, and concessions of 1 to 2
! cents would be Decessary in order to move
! iarge lots. It is observed also chat while
I rates for the best strictly commercial
j loans are not materially advanced, the |
j demand for single name paper has almost
i ceased, and many who have practiced re-
I lying upon that method find loans impos-
| sible. At Philadelphia the money market
| is light and banks scrutinize closeiy be-
| cause they have little to spare. At Boston
the banks supply customers, but di3crimi-
; nate vary closely and tne prevalent cau
tion retards the movement of paper seri-
( ousiy. Here the demand for commercial
j paper is very light, and four months '
i paper ranges from 6 to 7j per cent. The ]
! money markets of ^interior cities are far ;
• better supplied—at Chicago by liberal ,
; receipts from the country and at most |
j otner points because the demand has as |
! been only moderate, but some closeness is 1
j noted at St. Paul, with slow collections.
Prom all quarters Jan imorovement in
i business is reported, with fine prospects
| for fall trade, consequent upon large crops,
i At Cnicago actual transactions are aoout
: equal to last year’s in clothing, a little
I larger in boots and snoes, and IS per cent j
j larger in dry goods. The grocery trade ;
: improves at most points, excepting as to i
i sugar, for which the idemaud has been \
! much affected by operations of the trust, j
; and raw is a quarter cent lower. Coffee is !
in better d-mand and one-eighth cent
! higher, and serious injury to the eastern
I potato crop by wet weather has caused a
| sharp advance. Batter and eggs are also
! higher, and cotton three-sixceenchs higher
j at Liverpool, notwithstanding a decline of
one eignth in print cloths.
; Splendid crop prospects begin to have
[ their legitimate effect upon prices of bread-
| stuffs and provisions. Hogs have declined
; this week 20 cents per 100 pounds, lard 12
| cents, and pork 50 cents per barrel: oats
and corn one-half cent each, the latter
; with sales of 9 0<XJ,000 bushels, and wheat
| has declined 11 cents, with sales of only
j 7,500,000 bushels here. The speculative
' movement in wheat nas been defeated by
' lioeral receipts from farmers, and when
; the farmers market ireely early in the sea-
; son, the prospect for fall trade is excellent,
I and the monetary pressure is not usually
’ of long duration.
The iron and steel business appears still
, more encouraging to most producers and
I dealers, and some fur-^ces have this week
; been added to the producing force. But
i the rapid increase in the supply renders
| consumers more confident as to the lower
j prices in the near future, and for the mo-
j meat there is firmness of the market rather
than activity.
Secretary Windom's confidence that |
bonds would be offered freely in c?se of !
an advance of rates for money appears to I
have been justified chus far, offerings and
purchases this week having been quite
liberal. But the treasury, nevertheless,
holds §2,000,000 moi*e cash tnaa it held last
Saturday, and, a - has been explained, bold
purchases do not put much money at the
right spot to meet commercial needs.
Happily, the foreign trade at present
threatens no decline, and while imports
here have been 28 per cent larger than in
August last year, tnere has also been an
increase of 22 per cent in exports from
New York.
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days, as
reported to R. G. Dun a Co.’s mercantile
agency by telegrapn, number for the
United States 190. and for Canada46, or a
total of 206. as compared witn a total of
211 last week and 213 the week previous
to last. For the corresponding week of
last year the figures were 214, made up of
137 in the United States and 27 in Canada.
MRS. MAYUR1CK ILL.
HURLED INTO ETERNITY.
A TERRIBLE COLLISION ON THE BAL
TIMORE AND OHIO.
Tw® Trains Crash Together and Go Down
an Embankment—Three Men In
stantly Killed and Fifteen or
Twenty Wounded.
I
Petroleum, W. \ a., August 23. A ter -
I rible collision occurred about 11 o’clock
i this morning on the Baltimore aad Ohio
railroad, between Petroleum and Silver
Run tunnel, about twenty-three miles east
i of Parkersburg, in which three men were
instantly killed and many wounded. The
accommodation train coming west, due at
Parkersburg at 12 o’clock, crashed into a
special train occupied by railroad mag
nates on a tour of inspection.
The cause of the wreck is said to have
been a conflicting telegram. Tne one
received by Conductor Flannagan and
Engineer Layman, of the accommodation,
ordered them to pass the special
at Petroleum, while the special
train, engineered bv Capt. Cephas
Rowland, is said to have had tele
graphic order tojoass the accommodation
at Silver Run. J he result of these mis
constructions was to hurl into eternity
four men at least, and to wound fifteen or
twenty others. The trains came together
with a crash at a curve east of Petro-
lium, and between that point and Silver
Run. Both trains were running at a
rapid speed, and when they collided the
special tram and engine, tender and
baggage car of the accommodation went
over the cliff.
James Layman, engineer of the accom
modation, one of the oldest engineers in
the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio
road, was crushed to death.
Abe Bailey, fireman for Layman on the
accommodation train, was also crushed.
Cephas Rowland, also one of the oldest
engineers, was caught under the wreck
and had one leg broken and received in
ternal injuries, from which he cannot re
cover.
John Fletcher, fireman of the special,
was also killed. Fle.cher stuck to nis en
gine, and with his helpmate preferred
death to his desertion of his post, and
went over the bank in the wreck. He was
cut and crushed to death.
The special car occupied by the officials
on an inspecting tour, was smashed. Road-
master J. A. Hunter was badly injured, to
gether with several others. George Doug
lass, in the same car, was also badly in-
j ured.
On the accommodation train were many
passengers, ali of whom received a terri-
cle shaking up, and fifteen or twenty of
whom were more or less injured.
R. J. Malley, trackmaster, of Parkers
burg, and member ot the city council, was
badly injured.
Jefferson Rose, baggagemaster of the
accommodation, was also seriously hurt,
A large number of passengers were more
or less injured, but they were hurried off
on trains going east or west,and in the con
fusion following the disaster it was impos
sible to get their names.
The bodies of Layman, Bailey and
Fletcher were taken to Parkersburg on
the evening train, where they were en
cased in coffins and sent to their homes.
Layman was seat to his home on Depot
street. Rowland was taken to Grafton.
When the train bearing the bodies ar
rived in Parkersburg it was surrounded by
thousands of people, many of whom were
friends of the dead, while others had
friends who they believed to have been on
the wrecked trains. As it was impossible
to hear from their friends, and as rumors
of the accident nad grown to colossal di
mensions, ihe anxiety increased, until the
crowd nuxiioered thousands at the depot.
TROUBLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
A Race Riot Threatened Because a White
Boy Accidentally Kills a Negro Woman.
Charleston, S. C., August 23.—At
Mount Pleasant, Berkeley county, this
morning, a white lad, seventeen years old,
named Shaffer, shot and killed a negro
woman named Holmes. The shooting
was accidental, bat excited the negroes,
who threatened violence. The boy was
lodged in jail and the jail was guarded by
fifteen or twenty white men. Application
has been made to the governor to pre
serve the peace. Gen. Huguenin has
ordered the German Fusiliers under arms
and will proceed to Mount Pleasant by the
first boat. Tne negroes threaten to storm
the jail and take out Shaffer and lynch
him. It is probable, however, that the
affair wil pass over without serious
trouble.
Charleston, S. C., August 23.—Fred
Shaffer, the white boy who killed Malsie
Holmes, colored, at Mount Pleasant this
morning, was brought to this city thi3
evening by a detachment of soldiers and
lodged at the station house tor safety.
After the military reached Mount Pleasant
the sheriff of Berkeley county arrested
seven of the ring leaders of the negro mob
and lodged them in jail. The negro wo
men were particularly violent in their
threats, but no serious trouble is antici
pated. Tne trooos have been quartered in
the town hail at Mount Pleasant, but wili
probably return to the city to-night.
Baseball Yesterday.
At Chicago—Chicago 2, Pittsburg 1.
Base hits—Chicago 5, Pittsburg 6. Errors
—Chicago 2, Pittsburg 3. Batteries—Hutch
inson and Farrel, Staley and Fields.
At Boston—Boston 7, Washington 3.
Base hits—Boston 13. Washington 3. Errors
—Boston 1, vYasninzton 1. Batteries—
Daly and Ganzel; Fearson, Keefe and
Mack.
At Cincinnati—Cincinnati 4, Brooklyn
10. Base hits—Cincinnati 13, Brooklyn 13.
Errors—Cincinnati 3, Brooklyn 1. Batte-
r i es _ilaliane, Vian and Baldwin: Terry
and Clark.
At Kansas City—Kansas City 7, Ath
letic 6. Base hits—Kansas City 3, Athletic
9. Errors—Kansas City 2, Athletic 4. Bat
teries—Conway and Hoover, McMaacn
and Robinson.
It is Believed She Will Nut Live Long.
Bri&rly sails for Boston.
Liverpool, August 23.—The official
messenger bearing the announcement of
the commutation of Mrs. Maybrick’s sen
tence did not reach the jaii until 2 o’clock
this morning. The news was at once com- !
municated to the prisoner, who betrayed :
some emotion, but not to the extent that
was anticipated. The chaplain visited her
at breakfast time. A revulsion of feeling
had then prostrated her, and she seemed
weaker than at any time since ner arrest.
It is feared that she wili not live long.
Brierly, her alleged paramour, sailed for
Boston on the steamer Seaythia, which
ieft Liverpool yesterday.
London, August 23.—The Maybrick
committee has resolved to agitate for a
pardon on the ground that there is rea- \
sonable doubt whether Maybrick was
poisoned.
TH^ LONDON STRIKE.
The Striking Dock Men .Joined by Other
Trades—Trouble Feared.
London, August 23.—Members of other j
trades are joining the striking dock men,
and the car men oi Peckford & Co., gen- |
era! carriers and agents oi the London and
Northwestern, and other railroad compa
nies, have already gone out, and the rail- :
way car men are joining them. The la-I
borers at Spratt's biscuit factory have i
struck, causing an entire stoppage of work.
Adi classes of unskilled labor in London
threaten to join in the strike, and trouble
is feared. The police are making prepara
tions for an emergency.
Thou lands of vessels lie idle in the Lon
don docks, and. Indian mail steamers are ^
detained in port. Four thousand lighter i
men have struck. Mounted police patrol
the street, and the situation is becoming
critical.
Faust Won the Race.
Evanston, Wyo., August 23.—Faust,the J
wonderful tnree year-old, the pride of
Evanston, won the stakes in the three- ;
year-old race at Butte, Mont., yesterday,
beating the full brother of Pat Ronin in
two straight heats. Time 2:13. This is
the lowest three-year-old record ever made
in a race.
At Iadianaooiis—Indianapolis 7, Cleve
land 6 Base'hits—Indianapolis 10, Cleve
land 10. Errors—Indianapolis 5, Cleve
land 3. Batteries—Russia and Sommers:
Gruber; Zimmer and snyder.
At New York—New Y'ork 7, Philadel
phia 3. Base nits—New York 7, Pailadei-
Dhia 6. Errors—New York 5, Phiiadelpaia
2. BaUeries— Welch aad Ewing, Gleason
and Clements.
Second game—New York 2. Pniladeiphia
11. Base hits—New York 6, Philadelphia
10. Errors—New York 16, Paiiace.phia 2.
Batteries—Crane aad Brown, Buffeney and
Clements.
6arato Races.
Saratoga, August 23. — First race—
Five and a naif furlongs; Experience won.
Fellowship 3ecoad, Lsmere third. Time
1:05 - •• .
second race—Oae mile; Eight to seven
won, Cheney second, Boccacio tnird.
Time l:45j. .
Third race—Six furlongs: 3c. Luse won,
Everett second, dead heat fortmrd oe-
tween Happiness and and Fiddie. Time
’ Fourth race—Five and a half tarlongs;
Gyda won. Sunshine second, Viente third.
Time l:09j.
Fifth race—One and one-sixteenth miles:
3am D won, Maid of Orleans second,
Fonsie third. Time l:49jj 1
Morris Park Races.
New York, August 23.—First race—
Mile and a furlong; Seymour won. Barn-
side second, Rupert third. Time 1:59.
Second race—Seven furlongs; Lela May
won, Climax second, Bradford third.
Time 1:27.
Third race—Five furlangs; Village Miid
won, Fordham second, Tom Hood third.
Time 1:01.
Fourth race—Mile and three furlongs:
Barrister won. Niagara second, March-
mont third. Time 2:22.
Fifth race—Three-fourths of a mile. Miss
Bell won, Centaur second, King William
third. Time 1:14.
Dr. Knox Dead.
Richmond. Va., August 23.—Dr. John
Knox, one of the oldest resident physi
cians of this city, died suddenly this morn
ing, of heart disease.