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DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1890.
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.,
Importers and Dealers in Dry Good and Millinery.
OUR STOCK ABOUT COMPLETE
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practicable, avail themselves of these September days and serve their own interest and convenience
by slightly anticipating their wants.
New and Stylish Dress Goods.
We stand ready and prepared to meet your demands on us for anything pertaining to this de
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As you enter the door on our Dress Goods side, to the right, you will see an assortment of double
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Flannels ih Plaids and Stripes, 38 inches wide, to run at 25c. These are splendid goods for school
Next will be an exquisite assortment of colors in 40-inch Flannels at 40c. But the prettiest and
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50c. They can’t be matched in the city.
Outing Flannels lor Blazers.
Our assortment of new styles 'of Outing Flannels embrace the very latest designs and most
beautiful combination of colors. They are simply superb.
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them. Silk curtains, in new designs and colors; pr ce 90 to 935 a window. Portieres at all prices
and all sizes, from 6 to 14 feet wide.
Great Bargains in Art Squares.
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yards 93. Others will ask you $3, <12 aud 914 for goods no better. Ask to see our Smyrna Squares
at 925, 935 and 950.
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T1IE BLUE AND GREY
TO UNITE IN THE ERECTION OF A MONU
MENT.
Lexington, Mo., September 25.—A cal)
has been issued requesting the survivors of
the battle of Lexington, both Federal and
Confederate, to forward their names and
addresses to John McNulta, Bloomington,
111., J. D. Connor, Lexington, Mo., or G.
S. Grover, 520 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo.
A monument is to be erected to the mem
ory of the fallen dead, and it is the first
time in history that the blue and grey have
joined hands to perpetuate the memory of
those whom they left behind on the field
of battle.
IX A FRESH PLACE.
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS . ANI) STATION
AGENTS GO OUT.
Chicago, September 25.—The telegraph
operators and station agents of the Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois railroad, be
tween Evansville and Terre Haute, Ind.,
went on a strike this morning, demanding
an advance in wages to the standard prices
paid by other railroads.
The station agents and telegraph opera
tors on the Peoria, Decatur and Evans
ville railroad are also reported to have
struck for the same advance. These two
roads are part of the Mackey system. It
is not known how many men have gone
out, or whether the strike will become
general over the whole system or not.
Several officers of the system in this city
have gone to the scene of the strike to
effect, it is said, a compromise with the
strikers.
A RIOT IN COLORADO.
TWO MEN KILLED AND A COURT HOUSE
BURNED.
Denver, Col., September 25.—News of
a serious riot of some sort is reported from
Bent county, in this State. It is reported
that two men have been killed, and that
the court house is burned to the ground.
THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS A BALE.
Montgomery, Ala., September 25.—
George F. Gaither, manager of the Ala
bama Alliance Exchange, announces offi
cially today that arrangements have been
perfected by the Alabama Alliance Ex
change to advance $35 per bale on 500
hales of insured cotton in warehouses.
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS.
Petersburg, Ya., September 25.—J.
F. Epps, of Nottoway county, was today
nominated for Congress by the Democratic
convention of the Fourth district.
DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN OF
HARRIS.
Hamilton, Ga., September 25. —
[Special.]—Mr. B. C. Kimbrough, a resi
dent of this place, died at his home last
night at 10 o’clock. This morning his
soul is with the saints above. Mr. Kim
brough was a Christian gentleman. He
was ever faithful in his devotions to God.
He was present at every tolling of the
churcli bell to occupy his pew. Mr. Kim
brough was much beloved by all who
knew him in any and all associations.
The remains will be interred in the Ham
ilton cemeteryj at 4 p. m. today. He leaves
a wife and daughter to mourn his loss,
who now have our heartfelt sympa
thies while his soul has soared away to
God who gave it. May heaven’s blessing
be showered upon the widow and daugh
ter. . . •
CHATTAHOOCHEE SUPERIOR COURT.
Cusseta, Ga., September 25.—[Special.]
Chattahoochee Superior Court convened
here Monday morning, Governor James
M. Smith presiding. His charge to the
grand jury was given in his usual clear
and comprehensive manner. The follow
ing visiting lawyers were present: Hon.
John Peabody, T. B. Hatcher, Esq., Hon.
James Worrill, Judge XV. B. Butt, Solic
itor-General A. A. Carson, Col. G. E.
Thomas, Leonidas McLester, and J. E.
Chapman, of the Columbus bar; Z. A.
Littlejohn, Cordele, Ga., and E. T. Hick
ey, of Lumpkin. The civil and criminal
dockets are heavy, but it is thought that
the court will get through the business by
Saturday, as many of the cases will be
continued upon the sickness of Col C. J.
Thornton.
The most important case on the civil
docket is that of J. B. Phillips against the
Savannah and Western railroad, in which
he brings his action for $20,000 for per
sonal injures. McNeill & Levy, E. J.
Wynn represent the plaintiff, and Peabody,
Brannan & Hatcher the defendant.
The most important case on the crimi
nal docket is that of Henry Cook, char ged
with the murder of his wife.
THE AUSTRALIAN STRIKERS.
Melbourne, September 25. — The
shearers in New South Wales and Queens
land have gone on a strike. The em
ployers in Sidney insist that the unionists
shall accept the principles laid down in
their recent manifesto before they will
consent to hold a conference with the
strikers.
THE MAHARAJAH ABDICATES.
Calcutta, September 25.—Order has
been restored in Manipur. The Maharajah
has abdicated in favor of his brother.
NO. 231.
A THRIFTY POSTMASTER ! 0 PP°“rted to investigate the Silcott
11 1 v/oigtaoian. defalcation, called up a bill defining the
THE HOUSE MAIL CHIEF BLACK- dl ? ies of the Sergeant-^ Arms. It is in
MAILING HIS SUBORDINATES , substance as follows: It enables the Ser-
geanCat-Arms to make a requisition di-
HE WILL BE investigated-—the tariff U P°“ tbe Treasury for the pay and
mileage of members, and constitutes him,
in explicit terms, a disbursing officer limit
ing his compensation to his present salary.
Under the present system, members are
COMPROMISE—A MILLION FOR
NICKEL—ANXIOUS TO
GO HOME.
Washington,September 25.-[SpeciaL] reqnired *?« iTO written receipts in ad-
„ , . . . J vance of the actual payment of their sal-
Jnr. Enloe sprung a resolution on the | aries by the treasury. Under the law here
House today to investigate the official acts proposed a receipt can only be required
of James L. Wheat, the House postmaster, j from th e member when the payment is
The Republicans had wind of Mr. Enloe’s “ taaUy made him Iff .* h ? Sergeant-at-
proposition, and Reed tried hard to shut
him out, but Enloe is not a man to be
shut out, and so he got in his resolution
and had it sent to the committee on ac
counts. Wheat is charged with blackmail
ing one Culberson, the contractor for
hauling the House mail matter. The sum
of $5,000 is annually appropriated for this
service, or so mnch thereof as
may be necessary. When Wheat was
inducted into office some months ago
he found Culberson doing this hauling for
which he received the full amount appro
priated. This fat take excited the cupidity
of Wheat, and the result was that Culber
son was forced to pay the postmaster $150
per month or lose his contract. Culber
son is an aged man, and had considerable
invested in wagons and stock, and rather
than lose the job he agreed to the divide.
This unlawful and rascally act of Wheat’s
has been known to Clerk McPherson, and
to Reed and other Republicans since July,
but great care was taken to cover it up.
It is made public now by accident. Wheat
is an ex-warden of the Joliet peniten
tiary, but is accredited to Wisconsin. He
lost an arm when Harrison was elected by
the premature discharge of a cannon
used in firing a salute. He was Reed’s
candidate for doorkeeper, but had to take
the postoffice in the general divide. When
Enloe gets through with Mr. Wheat he
may be entitled to further serve at Joliet,
but not as Warden.
ANXIOUS FOB ADJOURNMENT.
The House settled down today to hum
drum routine and rounded np a lot of mis
cellaneous business. Everybody seems
to be anxious to get away, and after the
tariff bill is finished up and agreed to an
exodus will follow.
The conferees on the tariff bill held two
sessions today, but no agreement was
reached. Sugar and binding twine are the
two items that give worry. It is thought
tonight that a compromise may be reached
tomorrow and that the bill will be hustled
through the two houses by Tuesday.
A rumor was current today that the
Democratic Senators would ask for eight
days to further debate the conference re
port, but this is hardly probable.
GEORGIA PERSONALS.
Judge Crisp is so unwell that he speaks
of starting for Georgia tomorrow.
Representative Grimes has returned from
New York.
Jas. H. Blount, Jr., of Macon; J. F.
Caldwell, of Atlanta, and Wm. Evanson,
of Thomasville, are late Georgia arrivals.
E. P. S.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, September 25.—On mo
tion of Lacey, of Iowa, a resolution was
adopted directing the Clerk of the House
to forward to the Governor of Arkansas a
copy of the resolution declaring that there
was a vacancy in the House from the Sec
ond Congressional district of that State.
The House then proceeded to the con
sideration of the conference report on the
land forfeiture bill.
Wheeler, of Alabama, was opposed to
the conference report because he believed
that the bill, in its present shape, would
still further postpone the restoring of the
public lands now belonging to the people
to their rightful owners. It attempted to
do what it had no right to do, and it
failed to do what it should do, and there
Arms. A bond of $50,000 is required of
the Sergeant-at-Arms. The bill was
passed.
Boutelle, chairman of the committee on
naval affairs, reported a bill appropriating
$1,000,000 to enable the Secretary of the
Navy to purchase nickel ore or nickel
matter for the manufacturing of nickel
steel armor, and asked for unanimous con
sent for its consideration. In advocating
the measure Boatelle refen ed to the re
cent tests of armor made at Annapolis,
and complimented in high terms the re
sistance offered by nickel plate armor, and
likewise the tenaciiy of surface. In the
opinion of experts and of the Navy De
partment the superiority of this nickel
had been remarkable. The purchase of
this nickel was absolutely important and
imperative at this time for reasons which
it was not advisable or well to state in this
public manner.
Blount asked whether the gentleman
urged the measure on the House for rea
sons which should not be stated in public.
Boutelle replied that there was nothing
that could not be stated. There was no
mystery about the matter—no secret. But
all that it was necessary to state was that
this material was absolutely necessary for
the completion of vessels now under con
struction. The bill was passed, and the
House then adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, September 25.—The re
quest of the House for a conference on the
deficiency bill was complied with, and
Hale, Allison and Cockrell were appointed
conferees on the part of the Senate.
Butler asked Hale if he had reported a
joint resolution authorizing the Secretary
of the Navy to purchase nickel for the use
of the Government.
Hale—“The Senator refers, I presume,
to the joint resolution which I introduced
yesterday authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy, in certain emergencies which now
exist, to purchase nickel and nickel mettle
to l>e used in the construction
of a new ship. The resolution was re
ferred to the committee on naval
affairs, which held a meeting yesterday at
which the instructions were unanimous to
report it to the Senate. I have no doubt
that the Senate will pass it as soon as it
appears, and I had intended to make a re
port this morning, but I am informed that
the House is likely to pass a like joint
resolution this morning, and under these
conditions I thought it advisable to with
hold the report for a short time, so that if
any resolution comes to the Senate it can
be taken up and passed, thus giving the
House the opportunity, if it be so inclined,
to pass it first. But I will not delay
long.”
Butler—“It is a matter of mnch impor
tance, and I hope that the Senator from
Maine will not lose sight of it.”
Hale—“No, I will not delay it.”
The Senate was then under rule 8 (bills
unobjected to) and the only bill of public
importance that was passed was the Senate
bill requiring the United States to defend
the title of homesteaders under the laws of
the United States in all suits where the
land is claimed to be mineral because of
phosphate deposits.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the Senate bill to establish a United
States Land Court, and to provide for the
settlement of private land claims. The
bill was discussed by Walcolt, Ransom,
Stewart, Heai s% Mogir, Pasco and Rea
gan. Before it was closed, Ingall pre
sented, as a question of privilege, the con
ference report of the bill for the establish
ment of Rock Creek Park, in the District
was no help in it. Referring to the j 0 f Columbia. The report went over until
Northern Pacific lands, he said there were i tomorrow, there taking objections to some
forty million acres which belonged to the | G f jj s provisions, and, after a brief execu-
people which the corporation held within tive session, the Senate ahjonrned.
its grasp, and yet that corporation came to
Congress and acquiesced in a bill which
forfeited four million acres which it did
not want, which it had never earned, and
which it never would have earned. In
consideration of forfeiting the lands, they
did not want the company a iked to have
confirmed to it forty million acres worth
$200,000,000.
Herbert, of Alabama, said that the bill
might not be a perfect bill, but it was the
best bill which was likely to be passed and
he was in favor of it.
Forney, of Alabama, was ready to take
what the bill proposed, because it settled
all difficulties in his State.
Hooker, of Mississippi, said that while
he thought that there were many things
that should be added to the bill, so far as
it affected the railroads in his State, he be
lieved that it was the best that could be
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
B&king
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The conference report was adopted.
Grant, of Vermont, endeavored to secure
an order setting aside tomorrow for the
consideration of bills appertaining to the
District of Columbia, but as Anderson, of
Pennsylvania, objected, unless the Atkin
son bill was excluded, and O’Neill, of
Pennsylvania, objected unless it was ex
cluded, the proposition fell to the ground.
Hemphill presented the conference re
port on the bill for the establishment of
Rock Creek Park in the District of Co
lumbia. There was some opposition to its
adoption, and in advocating it Hemphill
remarked that the bill was substantially
similar to that passed by the House. He
thought that the report should be agreed
to, as this was one of the first times in the
history of the House that the Senate had
agreed to anything the House had done.
The report was agreed to—yeas 123,
nays 65.
The conference reports were also agreed
to upon the bills granting a pension of
$100 monthly to the widow of Gen. Hart-
ranft and for the relief of settlers upon
the Northern Pacific indemnity lands.
Enloe then presented a resolution which
recites that it is alleged that the postmas
ter of the House, J. L. Wheat, whose duty
It is to let the contract for carrying of the
mails, let the contract to one Samuel Cul-
berton for $5,000 a year on condition that
Culberton should pay to him (Wheat) $150
per month out of the money received from
the Government for his services, and that
Wheat did receive that sum for five months,
and directing the committee on postoffices
and post roads to investigate these charges
and such other matters as pertain to
Wheat’s administration of the postoffice
of the House of Representatives.
At Bingham’s suggestion, the commit
tee on accounts was substituted for the
postal committee.
Hopkins, of Illinois, further suggested
that the resolution be made broad enough
to include an investigation of the action of
the last Postmaster in regard to the same
matter. Hopkins remarked that he under
stood that this contract, which the gentle
man claimed was unlawful, had come
down from the Postmaster of the last Con-
Caswell, of Wisconsin, said that his in
formation was that this practice on the
part of the Postmaster had obtained dur
ing several Congresses. The Postmaster
had become satisfied that this money was
not a proper and legitimate perquisite He
had, therefore, covered every dollar into
the Treasury. The resolution was
amended according to Hopxins’ sugges
tion and agreed to.
Payne, chairman of the special commit-
MORE LABOR TROUBLES BREWING.
A THREATENED TIE-UP OF STREET CAR
LINES.
Chicago, September 25.—Trouble is
brooding between the West Side StreetCar
Company and its conductors and drivers.
The main body of employes claim that the
company is fostering the opposition union
in its effort to break down the regular
union and seeking to force the political
action of the men in the coming election
in November. The company, on the other
hand, denies these allegations and says
that the men are nnruly and seem to be
seeking to make trouble. A stormy con
ference between the manager and a com
mittee of the employes was held yesterday,
and as a result of it a general meeting of
conductors and drivers has been called for
Saturday night to consider the situation.
The men freely threaten to tie up all the
West Side lines.
AT TIPPERARY COURT
THE ARRESTED IRISH LEADERS
PUT ON TRIAL.
excitement of the populace
THE MOB ATTACKED BY THE
POLICE AND THE PEO
PLE CLUBBED.
GORDON AT M’RAE.
HIS SPEECH HEARTILY INDORSED BY THE
PEOPLE.
McRae, Ga., September 25.—[Special]
—Governor Gordon spoke to one thousand
people here today, the larger part of whom
were Alliancemen. The speech was well
received and heartily indorsed by the peo
ple generally. Judge McLaughlin, the
leading Allianceman of this section, au
thorizes me to say that the people here are
almost unanimous for Gordon. No reso
lutions were offered bearing on the Sena-
torship,
FOUGHT TO A FINISH.
TWO CADETS POUND EACH OTHER TILL
ONE DIES.
Richmond, Va., September 25.—A spe
cial from Lexington tonight says that two
cadets at the Virginia Military Institute,
Frank W. McConnico, of Texas, and W.
T. Taliaferro, of Gloucester county, Va.,
today engaged in a personal encounter in
which fifteen rounds were -fought. Two
hours afterwards Taliaferro died, it is pre
sumed from punishment received at the
hands of McConnico. The affair has cast
a gloom over the entire community.
BASE BALL.
Rain postponed base ball at Louisville
and Chicago.
Cleveland (League)—Cleveland 3, New
York 4.
Buffalo (Brotherhood)—Buffalo 6, New
York 10.
Cleveland (Brotherhood)—Cleveland 10,
Boston 4.
Pittsburg (Brotherhood)—Pittsburg 6,
Brooklyn 4.
Pittsburg (Leagne)—Allegheny 3, Bos
ton 4.
A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FIRE.
Fort Monroe, Ya., September 25.—A
fire at Hampton last night destroyed
Btackmore’s feed store and Darden’s resi
dence on King street, and broke the plate
glass fronts in the Schewlz and Slaughter
blocks. The loss is $50,000.
DEATH OF EX-MAYOR CARRINGTON.
Richmond, Va., September 25.—Col.
William C. Carrington, who served as
Mayor of this city for four terms, died in
Williamsburg tonight after a lingering ill
ness.
Dublin, September 25. — Patrick
O’Brien, who was arrested at Cardiff on
Tuesday, was brought to this city yester
day and placed in prison. The police re
fused to give any information as to when
he would be taken to Tipperary for a hear
ing, but late last night the Nationalists
learned that he would be conveyed there
by the morning train today, when they at
once made preparations to give him a
worthy escort. Much to the surprise of
the authorities a large delegation of prom
inent Nationalists boarded the train at the
same time that the officers appeared with
O’Brien. Among these were John Mar-
ley, who has been in Ireland some time
studying the Irish question; John
Dillon, Alfred Illingworth, a member of
Parliament for Bradford; T. M. Headly,
commoner; Harrington, and several others.
On the arrival of the train at Tipperary,
the Nationalists started for the court house
in a body. They had not gone far when
they stopped at a street comer and entered
into conversation. While standing there,
in no way disturbing the police, they were
ordered by the police to move. John
O’Conner, member of Parliament for
South Tipperary, took very vigorous ex
ception to this order and showed his con
tempt for the police by calling upon the
crowd, which by that time had become
large, to give three cheers for John
Marley. The cheers were given with a
hearty good will, much to the exasperation
of the police, who thereupon charged upon
the group and attempted to force it to
move forward. In the melee that followed
the policemen did not hesitate to use their
batons. One burly constable aimed a
blow at John Marley himself, but John
O’Connor, who stood near, warded it off.
The Nationalists then continued their way
slowly toward the court house.
AT THE COURT HOUSE.
As this was the day fixed for the trial
of the arrested Nationalists, the streets of
Tipperary were filled to overflowing with
people interested in the case. The Nation
alists had thronged to town from all adja
cent parts, many of them carrying the na
tional weapon—the shillelagh—and pre
pared to use it if provocation would arise.
Early in the day it became known that
still another arrest had been made. The
victim this time was Thomas J. Con Ion,
the member of Parliament for East Tippe
rary. He was taken this morning at Lim
erick and also brought to Tipperary.
When the hour for the sitting of the
court arrived, an immense crowd had col
lected before the court house ready to rush
in the moment the doors were thrown open,
The authorities thereupon decided not to
open the doors to the general public, but
to admit only those who were immediately
interested in the trial. The crowd did not
take kindly to this treatment, but pressed
forward, trying to force their way into the
court house
THE PEOPLE CLUBBED.
The police stoutly resisted, charging re
peatedly upon the crowd and using their
clubs freely on whoever happened to be
within reach. Many of their blows took
effect, but the crowd did not yield instant
For fully five minutes there was a
stand-up fight between the now ex
cited throng and the police. At
last, however, the crowd was gradually
forced back, and the police succeeded in
maintaining a clear space in front of the
court house. The leaders of the crowd
continued to make vigorous protests
against being excluded from the court
house and the police were jeered at and
taunted. Many people were hurt by the
policemen’s clubs. One man had his teeth
knocked down his throat, and several re
quired surgical attention. Among the
wounded were Timothy Harrington, mem
ber of Parliament for Dublin, and Mr.
Haliford. Both had their heads cut and
came into court with blood dripping over
their coat collars and faces. Their ap
pearance created a profound sensation, as
O’Brien was at the moment denouncing
the wanton clubbing of the populace,
which he had just witnessed.
APPEALING TO THE COURT.
Then John Marley arose and addressed
the court, manifesting great agitation both
in tones and manner. He earnestly ap
pealed to the court to protect the populace
against the wonton use of clubs by the po
lice.
Meanwhile the Nationalist leaders con
tinued to protest against the exclusion of
the general public from the court room.
Both Marley and Dillon appealed to Col.
Caddill, the presiding magistrate, to re
verse his decision to keep the doors shut
against the public. For some time he re
fused, but at last he yielded and ordered
the doors thrown open. The room was at
once filled to its utmost capacy and all
the proceedings were followed with in
tense interest.
At the outset, Dillon objected to being
tried before the resident magistrate, Shan
non, upon the ground that he had had a
personal encounter with Shannon on one
occasion. At that time, he asserted, Shan
non had grossly insulted him. He urged,
therefore, that there would be a manifest
impropriety in Shannon sitting at the pres
ent trial.
Shannon refused to admit the validity
of Dillon’s objections. He knew of no
reason why he should not go on with the
case. He declared that he would perform
his duty without bias.
William O’Brien also objected to Shan
non. Tbe last time he saw Shannon, be
said, Shannon was at the head of a body
of police, who were using their clubs upon
the people. Moreover, Shannon had al
ready tried him three times on similar
charges. His sitting in the present case,
O’Brien said, was an indency aud insult.
The Magistrate answered O’Brien’s ob
jections in the same way he had disposed
of Dillon’s.
Ronan, counsel for the crown, asked the
permission of the court to make some
slight alteration in the charges against the
prisoners. The latter protested vigorously
against such permission, urging that it
would be illegal. The court paid no heed
to their protests, but permitted the c >un-
sel for the crown to make the desired
changes.
Ronan proceeded to open the case for
the prosecution. He reviewed the cir
cumstances which had led to the arrest of
the Nationalists, back to the time when
the plan of campaign was put in force on
the Smith-Barry estate at Typerary. That
happened in May 1889, and he proposed to
present the evidence to prove a conspiracy
on the part of the defendants from that
time down to the time when the arrests
were made. Daring all that period, he
proposed to prove that the defendants
were conspiring to prevent the payment
of rents to Smith-Barry, and were inciting
the tenants of that gentleman not to pay.
The defendants protested against the in
troduction of evidence touching matters
that were anterior to the dates specified in
the warrants upon which they were ar
rested. After considering these protests,
the court decided that the prosecution
might produce testimony of a general
character to prove the existence of a con
spiracy prior to the dates given in the
warrants, but that no evidence could be
permitted concerning acts of the defend
ants which were done anterior to the dates
mentioned in the warrants.
SEVERE STORM AT UNION SPRINGS.
Union Springs, September 25.—[Spe
cial.]—Yesterday afternoon a severe storm
passed over this place. The streets were
flooded for more than an hoar. Severe
lightning and thunder frightened many
persons who are free of superstition. The
wind in the southwestern portion of the
city resembled a cyclone. One crib made
of heavy logs was demolished, the timber
being scattered in all directions. Much
damage was done to cotton, and corn in
bottom lands suffered. One negro woman,
of about 250 pounds avoidupois, claimed
to have been struck by the lightning, but
she was only frightened. The weather is
still damp and cloudy. A fine rain has
been falling all day.
There is some talk of extending the
street car line and putting on passenger
coaches.
STILL JUGGLING.
THE TARIFF CONFEREES HAVE NOT YET
AGREED.
Washington, September 25. — This
morning the Democratic members of the
committee of conference on the tariff bill
joined their Republican associates in the
room of tLe Senate committee on finance
and began an examination of the amend
ments agreed upon by the Republicans
since they were last present. The situa
tion at 12:30 o’clock is just as it was last
night. No agreement has been reached
respecting sugar and binders’ twine, al
though the conferees said in answer to in
quiries that they hoped and expected to
come to an amicable understanding today
and be able to report the bill tomorrow.
Congressmen not connected with the com
mittee say that they understand that the
conferees have decided to make No. 16
the dividing line between free and
dutiable sugars, the lowest duty
on the higher grades to be six-
tenths of a cent per pound, and that a
duty of 1 cent per pound will he imposed
upon binders twine. This cannot be con-
finned by the statements of the conferees,
and yet it may be correct. The clerks of
the ways and means and finance commit
tees are at work upon the conference re
port, which is taken to be an indication
that an agreement :s in sight at last. It
was suggested that the report would con
tain a disagreement upon the disputed
subjects, but one of the conferees said he
expected the report to cover the affirma
tive position on all the amendments. The
next few hours will probably develop a
solution of the situation.
At 1:45 o’clock the conferees on the
tariff bill separated, after having been in
session since 10 o’clock.
Carlisle said that a report was not prob
able before tomorrow.
Hiscock said that the situation was just
as it had been—no agreement had been
reached on sugar or binding twine. A set
tlement of the differences might be made
at any moment, and there might not be
an agreement at all.
It can be stated with the utmost abso
lute certainty that the bill will be reported
tomorrow morning, but upon what basis
the expected agreement will be made is
still unknown. The iron and steel men
have given up all hope of securing a change
of the rates on steel in the bill, which re
main as fixed by the Senate, 4-10 of a cent
per pound when valued at less than a cent
a pound; 5-10 of a cent when valued at
one cent per pound.
READY TO REPORT.
Washington, September 25.—The Re
publican conferees on the tariff bill have
definitely decided to report the bill back
to the House. The conference report will
announce an agreement to each and every
item in dispute between the two houses,
and will not, as has been stated, be only a
partial report. It will be presented to the
House of Representatives very soon after
that body meets tomorrow morn
ing, and there is a confident ex
pectation entertained by the conferees
that the report will be considered
and disposed of before the House adjourns
for the day, although there is a possibility
that a vote on the adoption of the con
ference report may be delayed until the
following day through the desire of the
members to make explanations of their
views on matters with regard to which it
has been necessary to make concessions.
All the Republican members of the
ways and means committee got
together this evening and the deci
sion to make a report and move
its speedy adoption was decided upon
full consultation. There will be a meet
ing of the full conference committee to
morrow morning before the House meets
to formally pass upon the report before its
presentation to the House. The only ques
tion yet left open to be decided in the
morning is the date upon which the bill
shall go into effect. The period between
the approval of the bill and its enforcement
will be brief, and it is thought will not
exceed two weeks. The sugar and binders
twine clauses, which have been the chief
obstacles to an agreement, are regarded as
at last agreed upon, and the matter is now
considered closed. The following is
very near to what the agreement on these
two matters will be: Sugar, free below
No. 16, as fixed by the House; above 16
dutiable at j cents per pound. The bounty
to be paid native producers will be applied
to only such sugars as grade above 80 de
grees, poiarscope test. Between that and
90, the bounty will be If cents per pound;
above 90 2 cents per pound. Binder’s
twine dutiable at approximately f of a
cent, liable to vary slightly from this
figure.
AFTER TRAIN WRECKERS.
THE NARROW ESCAPE OF
CROWDED TRAIN.
THE FIENDS PURSUED BY OFFICERS WITH
BLOODHOUNDS-A NATURAL GAS
FIND—THE LOTTERY
AD. CRUSADE.
Birmingham, September 25.—[Special.]
—A dastardly attempt was made last
night to wreck the south-bound Louisville
and Nashville limited express near Falk-
ville, twenty miles north of here Two
crossties were placed across the track, and
the tram was running fifty miles an hour
when it struck the obstruction and knocked
it partly off the rails and ran over it. No
damage was done, but the escape was nar-
i-ow. There were over two hundred peo
ple on the train, including Superintendent
W. M. Newbold. Detectives with blood
hounds have been sent to chase down the
fiends who did the work. This is the
fourth attempt that has been made re
cently to wreck trains near Falkville.
The repwrt comes from Pratt Mines
through officers of the Tennessee Coal
Iron and Railroad Company, that a party
of men at work under Engineer Hamilton
for that company, near Adamsville, in this
county, this morning struck what is sup
posed to be natural gas. They were en
gaged in prospecting for coal and other
mineral veins, and had bored several deep
holes into the ground. When one of these
holes was bored gas rushed from it and
rose six or seven feet high. It was tested
and appeared to be natural gas. The
matter will be fully investigated by the
company.
It was learned from a United States
official here tonight, that the postoffice in
specters are preparing to bring action
against every newspaper that has pub
lished lottery advertisements since Presi
dent Harrison signed the anti-lottery bill,
on the 19th. Several papers here have
published these advertisements, and this
morning copies of one paper containing
the “ads” were seized by the post office
authorities and held.
THE CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
REVIEW OF THE SPECULATION IN THE
GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKETS.
Chicago, September 25.—Wheat—This
market, after displaying dullness, devel
oped more life and, taken altogether, a fair
business was transacted. The indications
were for a dull day, and although the
market opened } to } higher than yester
day’s closing prices, eased off }c without
any fluctuations of consequence. But
some of the local traders commenced to
buy at the decline, and as prices began to
take an upward course the short
interest took fright and covered
fair quantities. A few of the larger
floor traders bought moderately, evidently
for the purpose of scaring some of the
weaker shorts, believing the market to be
pretty well over sold, and this action ad
vanced prices 1} to lie, hut the market
was not any too strong, a degree of uncer
tainty being noticable and prices eased off
fe, again recovered and closed } to 7-8c
higher than the closing yesterday.
Corn—There was a fair trade at higher
prices, a steadier feeling being prevalent.
The better tone was due, to a considerable
extent, to the Price Current’s estimate of
the crop at 156,500,000 bushels, or 548,000
bushels below last year, which is a little
better than the Government figures. The
market opened witli sales at yesterday’s
closing prices, subsequently advanced }c,
reacted 5-8 to }c, ruled steady, and closed
with a gain of [ to |c.
Oats were traded in fairly, but an unset
tled feeling prevailed. Prices ranged
lower early, but good buying by the shorts
produced a firmer feeling, and prices for
May advanced 5-8e. On the bulge there
was good selling for May, and prices
yielded }c, and tbe market closed steady
at a slight advance over yesterday’s close.
Mess pork—A moderate activity existed.
Prices advanced 15 to 18}c, eased off 7j to
10c, and closed 121 to 25c higher than yes
terday.
Lard—There was fair activity, and a
net gain of 5c as compared witli yesterday’s
closing.
Short rib sides attracted considerable at
tention. Tbe improvement, which amount
ed to 5 to 7}c, was well maintained to the
close.
ever money he could spare under a certain
stone and assured that it would reach its
destination. He was liberal in his ideas,
and told the medium he wanted his angel
to dress as well as any of her celestial
neighbors.
After a while the calls for new robes be
came numerous and exigent, and the
money put under the stone by Mr. Hill
disappeared so quickly that he suspected
it was removed by other hands. He con
sulted his friends and they advised him to
bring suit.
Counsel for the defense will argne that
there is no proof that the money was not
taken away by spirits nor that it was not
handed to the Lord.
AWAKENED BY A BURGLAR. ]
HE WAS CARELESS IN USING CHLOROFORM
AND AROUSED HIS VICTIM.
Bordentown, N. J., September 25.—
Mrs. Allen D. Wood was aroused from
sleep early this morning by a peculiar sen
sation and saw a strange man standing at
the side of the bed, who was attempting
to hold a wet cloth over her mouth.
She jumped up and caught the man by
the arm and screamed, thinking to alarm
her husband, who was sleeping in an ad
joining room. The burglar succeeded in
getting free from her, and made his es
cape. He had entered the bouse through
a rear window.
It is supposed that it was his intention
to chloroform all the inmates and plunder
the house at his leisure. He, however, did
not secure anything of value.
GRAVESEND RACKS.
New York, September 25.—First race
—Five furlongs; Nellie Bly won, Loan taka
second, Volunteer third. Time 1:00}.
Second race—One mile and three-six
teenths; Raceland won, Buddhist second,
Tristan third. Time 2:02}.
Third race—One mile and a furlong;
Sinaloa won, Demuth second, Worth
third. Time 1:56}.
Fourth race—Five furlongs; Eclipse
won, Verd second, Stratagem third. Time
1.02}.
Fifth race—One mile and a furlong; St.
Paris won, Little Jim second, Sam Wood
third. Time 1:58.
Sixth race—One mile; Longford won,
Wilfred second, Castaway third. Time
1:45}.
A FARMERS’ INSTITUTE.
Richmond, Va., September 25.—The
first Farmers’ Institute ever held in this
State began its session today, a few uiih*9
below this city. Among the speakers
were Professors Alford, of Maryland;
W. F. Massey, of North Carolina, and N.
Danforth Curtis, of New York.
THE BALTIMORE AT KEEL.
Washington, September 25. — The
United States steamer Baltimore arrived
at Keel, Germany, today from Stockholm.
She will be docked and scraped there, and
then proceed to Lisbon to wait further
orders.
FEAMAN FOB GOVERNOR.
Denver, Col., September 25. — The
Demcratic State convention this morning
nominated Judge Caldwell Yeainan for
Governor, and then took a recess.
CHOLERA AT BRISTOL.
London, September 25.—A death from
cholera is reported to have occurred at
Bristol.
RAILROAD RACKET.
MACUNE ANSWERED.
GORDON CHARGES HIM WITH WILLFUL
PERVERSION OF FACTS.
Atlanta, September 25.—[Special.] —
—Governor Gordon returned late tonight
from Telfair county. He says, in reply to
Macune’s card: “The letter abounds in
perversion of facts. Dr. Macune did ac
cept a directorship in the company and
went on to attend the Arkansas State Al
liance, where he had the matter favor
ably reported by a committee. On
his return through Atlanta he
asked to have another name,
which he suggested, put on
the list instead of his own, so that he
might not appear publicly, but that in his
character as editor of the Economist he
would boom the enterprise. The proposi
tion give blocks of stock to the directors
simply another means of paying salaries
to men whose time and talents are neces
sary to made a success of big enterprises.”
He promises a fuller answer iu a few
days.
ENFORCING THE LAW.
NEWSPAPERS CONTAINING LOTTERY AD
VERTISEMENTS CONFISCATED
BY UNCLE SAM.
Montgomery, September 25.—Under
instructions from Chief Inspector Sharp,
Inspector Booth today seized all the issue
of the Birmingham Age-Herald of this
date, and the issue of the weekly Atlanta
Constitution of this week, and all other
papers coming here for this place and for
distribution in this section which, upon
examination, were found to contain lot
tery advertisements.
The officers of the Advertiser company,
of this city, were also required to give
bonds for appearance at the November
term of the United States Court for pub
lishing lottery advertisements last Sunday,
although they announced in the next issue
that, having learned that the law became
operative at once, lottery advertisements
would not be again inserted in their col
umns.
SUN S COTTON REVIEW.
New York, September 25.—Futures
opened at 4 to 5 points advance, closing
steady at an advance of 1 point on Septem
ber, and from 10 to 14 points on other
months, from yesterday’s closing prices.
It was a field day on the Cotton Exchange.
Speculation showed more vigor and activ
ity than has been seen in a long time, and
the transactions foot np an unusually
large aggregate more than in the previous
three days. The continued heavy rains in
various parts of the South, supplemented
by a smart advance at Liverpool, were the
basis of the bull argument, but specula
tion for a rise had run its course
by 1 o’clock. Then it began to dawn
on the boils that the heavy rains
bile they may impair the quality
of the crop are generally the cause of a
large yield. It was so in 1882-83, when
the oat-turn per acre was the greatest
ever recorded. Besides, there might be
some exaggeration in the reports received.
At any rate the selling to realize not only
checked the advance, but slightly weak
ened distant options.
Spot cotton was steady but quiet.
THE AGE-HEUAI.D SEIZURE.
Birmingham, September 25.—The pos
tal authorities at Montgomery this morn
ing seized the Age-lleraid sent there to
subscribers and for transmission to points
below. The paper contained an adver
tisement of the Mexican Lottery, but was
sent by express on the accommodation
train. The business management had no
tified the postal authorities here that the
paper would discontinue all lottery adver
tisements whenever the law went into
effect, but the postmaster had received no
notice from Washington, and was sending
the paper out as usual until the seizure at
Montgomery this morning. Of course,
the Age-Herald will contain no more lot
tery advertisements, either in the mail or
city editions.
FOOLS NOT ALL DEAD YET.
HOW JOHN HILL WAS PERSUADED THAT
HIS WIFE, IN HEAVEN, NEEDED
NEW CLOTHES.
Cabbondale, Pa., September 25.
John Hill has brought suit here against
Samuel Wyeth for the recovery of about
$4,000, alleged to have been obtained un
der false pretences. Mrs. Wyeth is a me
dium and Hill was a strong be
liever in spiritualism. When his
wife died Hill consulted Mrs.
Wyeth as to her condition in the unknown
world, and was told that she would tie per
fectly happy but for the fact that she was
not so becomingly dressed as the angels by
whom she was surrounded. This grieved
Mr. Hill, and he asked Mrs. Wyeth what
the milliners up there charged for dresses,
bavin" perhaps, dismal recollections of
what their bills were in this mundane
SP Mrs. Wyeth said she would ask the de
parted spirit, and afterwards told Mr. Hill
that prices for dresses in the prevailing
style ranged from $10 to $1,000. His
wife the medium said, was not disposed to
dicker about the price, but assured him,
through her, that whatever would be ex
pended for her would be duly returned to
him by the Lord.
Finally Mr. Hill was told to put what-
OOSSIP ABOUT MATTERS PERSONAL AND
OTHERWISE.
The Augusta Chronicle lias this interest*
ing editorial paragraph reviving an old ru
mor, concerning which Mr. Gabbett stated
he knew nothing: It is reported that Cecil
Gabbett will leave the Central and go with
the Richmond and Danville, with head
quarters at Washington, and that Capt.
W. G. Raoul will return from Mexico and
manage the Georgia, Carolina and North
ern.
Maj. Y. F. Dabney, chief engineer of
the Savannah and Western Division of the
Central, and engineer in chief of the Mo
bile and Girard extension, was in town for
a short time yesterday, and reports that
satisfactory progress is being made with
the work. Heavy iron rails for the exten
sion have been purchased, and Capt. W.
J. Turner has a large force of hands at
work getting crossties. Capt. Strother
has several sub-contractors at work with
the grading south of Troy. Maj. Dabney
returned to Troy yesterday afternoon.
Thomas J. Scott, who has just returned
to Montgomery from Washington, where
he has been looking after the interests of
the company which proposes to extend the
Mobile and Girard railroad to a connection
with the Louisville and Nashville in South
Alabama, reports that the extension is now
being pushed rapidly through, anil it will
develop some of the best timber lands in
the State. The building of the extention,
Mr. Scott says, will also secure the estab
lishment of a magnificent college, to he
erected by Maj. W. J. VanKirk at a cost
of not less than $250,000.
Brooklyn Eagle: Mr. William H. Ha
worth, contract agent for the Ocean
Steamship Company, is the patentee of an
ingenius device called an “order-pad calen
dar,” which is attracting the attention of
transportation lines throughout the coun
try. The article consists of a handsomely
gotten up calendar, to which is attached
an order pad, so related to the calendar
that when the consigner orders goods there
is left a tel-tale duplicate record showing
the whole transaction, when the goods
were ordered, how shipped; etc. No mis
takes can occur when this device is em
ployed.
Several important recommendations are
contained in the report of Grand Master
Sargent, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen. One is that the brotherhood
erect in some central city a building for
officers of the grand lodge, to cost not less
than $150,000, the money to be raised by
general assessment. Also that steps be
taken to secure legislation in various
States prohibiting the employment of
Pinkerton’s or other armed forces in time
of strikes. The report shows a member
ship of 19,000 and $03,000 in the insurance
fund. The report also states that the
brotherhood raised by assessment $459,000
to support the great “Q” strike between
February, 1888, and January, 1889.
The Order of Railway Conductors is
preparing to get up a big union meeting
on Sunday, <X-tober 20, next, in Atlant?.
The committee in charge of preparing for
the entertainment of the visitors is busy et
work, and the delegates will be extended
every courtesy during the meeting. Di
vision No. 180, of Atlanta, is at the head
of the movement to get up the union
meeting, which will be very largely at
tended by conductors from all over the
country. The purpose is to secure an in
terchange of views on subjects pertaining
to the welfare of the order. There are a
number of important issues unsettled that
will come up for consideration, and it is
hoped that every division will send one or
more delegates, and that all other mem
bers of the order who can get away from
business will be jp attendance. An ar
rangement has been made with the Pied
mont Exposition directors to set aside Sat
urday, October 25, to be kuown as the
railroad men’s day, and a program oi
extraordinary interest has been arranged.
The delegates are expected to be in At
lanta by the morning of the 25th, so as to
enjoy the courtesies and partake of the
hospitalities of tbe managers of the expo
sition. The union meeting will be held in
Odd Fellows’ Hall, corner Alabama and
Whitehall streets, and will open at 10
o’clock on the morning of the 26th, and
the grand chief conductor will be preseut
with other grand officers.