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vol. mu. OAiLY ENQUIRER - SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING DECEMBER 27, 1890. WE NEED MONEY! And have entirely too many WRAPS, therefore we will not refuse any reasonable offer tor any of our Fine Plush Wraps, Newmarkets and Jackets. A choice lot of Fine Jackets, worth $8 to $15, reduced to $5. Another lot worth $4 to $6, reduced to $2.50. A similar cut in Children’s Wraps. Buy a Silk Dress for Christmas. To encourrgi you to do so, we will make a special reduction of 10 per cent to any one buying a oilk Dress to make a present of. Iq Our Millinery Department Can be found many suitable articles for Holiday presents. Received last week a choice stock of Infants’ and Children’s Silk Gaps. They are the very latest in design and are lovely. We continue to sell our Trimmed Hats at half price and our Felts at greatly reduced prices. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS For Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, Table Sets, Handkerchiefs, and anything in the Linens. It is a well known fact that our Towels are lower priced and altogether better values than can be found in any other house. Kid Body Dolls 25c. Our stock of Dolls is growing beautifully less. The reason for it we are selling them at less than others. We are turning out from our Millinery Department Doll Hats and Caps made from scraps at 25 to 75 cents. They are exact duplicates of the prevailing styles. J. A Kill YEN & CO. HOLIDAY STATESMEN. CHRISTMAS HAS BADLY DEMOR ALIZED BOTH CONGRES SIONAL BODIES. iNO. 319 HUNDREDS OF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN CROWD DAILY THE E OH 1 - Chancellor & Pearce, Purchasing Christmas Presents Slaves to Please All. Kid, Fur-Top, D03- Skin, Fie* ce Lined, Drivers’ and Ftyilroad, and any style, from 25c to $3 NECKWEAR Suited to old and young, ladies and gen tlemen. Mufflers, Initial Silk Handker chiefs (50c to $1), Socks, etc. 5 Dozen Xmas Slippers Will be opened today. We sold more Fine Slippers last Xmas than any two houses. This season we expect to do better still. On Men’s Fine Patent Leather, Calf, Kid and Kangaroo Shoes we have no competition—simply do the business. Our close prices and immense stock the secret. Note this fact and examine the line. CHANCELLOR & PEARCE. N. B.—Great reduction on Overcoats. They must be sold. THEY WITT. GET ABOUND NEXT WEEK. SENATOR BUTLER FEARS THE FORCE BILL—THE CLOTURE RULE. Washington, December 20.—[Special.] —The House assembled today at 12 m. o’clock, persuant to adjournment, but it was apparent to all that a quorum was not present. Napolean McKinley was on band in command of the Republicans, and Mills was on watch for the minority. A mess tge from the President was presented, and then a motion to adjourn was agreed to after some slight sparring between the two captains. Reed was in the chair. The House will meet again next Tuesday. The Senate will assemble tomorrow, but the session will be merely formal. It is difficult to forecast the action of the Senate on the Force bill next week. Sena tor Butler, of South Carolina, in a con versation with Judge Twiggs, of Augusta, last evening, expressed a fear that the bill would eventually pass. The opponents of the bill are counting on Wolcott, Teller, Plumb, Haddock, Anderson, Quay and Stewart to cast their votes for it when it comes up. Some think that Ingalls and Cameron may vote against it, but the two are regarded as uncertain. Mr. Cutclieon, chairman of the House committee ou Indian affairs, is trying to get his committee together so to report the McAdoo resolution to inquire into the kill ing of the Sioux chief, Sitting Bull. He has failed to get a quorum up to date. Treasurer Huston has consented to with draw his resignation tendered some time ago, and will stick to the ad ministration through to the end. His resignation is said to have been in duced by the treatment Mrs. Huston has received at the hands of the Harrisons since her residence here. They are all Hoozters, and when at home in Indianap olis the Harrisons and Hustons were quite chummy. After they came to Washington the White House family drew the line on the bureau chief,and so, soon they failed.to speak as they passed by. ABOUT THE CAPITOL. ter part of the session being mainly be tween the lowest point named and 97fc. The closing price was 97* to 97fc. There was some trading in July, and the ten dency was towards an increasing discount between May and July. The snow, which cast a damper on the spirits of bulls on wheat, was not re garded unfavorably by the corn crowd. The opening price for May was 51£, and it sola down to 51J. It then advanced to 51 5-8 to 51$, reacted, and sold lower than before, closing with a slight tendency toward recovering some of the decline. Oats were qniet and steady, ranging from 43 5-8 to 43$ to 44 for May. Near futures were only nominal. May pork from $11.10 at the start, ad vanced to $11.17$, declined to $10.92$ and closed at $11.02$. May lard opened at $6.45 and closed at $6.42$. The fluctuations in ribs covered a range of 5 to 7$c. The highest prices were made at the start, and the closing was 2$c under those at the opening, but 5 to 7$e higher than at the close on Wednesday. MASONIC LOSSES. ATLANTA ITEMS. HAVE THE INDIANS GOT HIM ? SERIOUS CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT AND A MEAN ROBBERY. Atlanta, December 26.—[Special.] — Willie Morgan ami Albert Sternheimer, two white boys, while lighting firecrackers over a can of powder yesterday, were blown up and are now in a critical condi tion. A. J. Murphey, a well known street beggar, with neither arms nor feet, was last night robbed of $15 and a new mer- chaum p : pe just presented to him as a Christmas gift. The money was taken from his pants, which had been placed, on retiring, beneath the pillow on which he slept. Fortunately for him he had taken the precaution to turn over his vest, con taining a much larger sum, for safe keep ing to a one-legged in in who roils him through the street and plays the organ to attract the attention of passers by. AMERICUS NOTES. Amebicus, Dec 26.—[Special.]—A quite serious accident happened to one of the electric cars this morning. While crossing thi> bridge over the S. A. M. Railroad at Leeton, by some means, the car jumped i the track, broke the railing and fell a dis tance of some twenty feet or more to the track below. Luckily the occupants, I though all hurt more or less, escaped with their lives, the most serious casualty being the breaking of the arm of Hon. W. M. Ilawkes. Mr. Cbas. F. Stanfield, one of the oldest employes of Harrold & Johnson, died last night of pneumonia, and was buried this afternoon. Christmas is passing off quietly. NOTHING HEARD FROM COL. CARR IN THIRTY-SIX HOURS. Washington, December 25.—General Schofield this morning received the follow ing telegram from General Miles, under date of Rapid City, S. D., December 25: “I have not heard from Coionel Carr for thirty-six hours. He started to intercept Big Foot. Should he succeed, or turn him to the Cheyenne Agency, it will be favora ble, as General Brooke reports messengers from Little Wound, Big Road and Fast Thunder, who are leaders of the Indians who went to the Bad Lands, who say that about half the Indians are coming, an l the rest will follow. Should this not be inter rupted by some unforeseen event, it will be almost favorable. BIRMINGHAM S BUDGET OF NEWS ITEM Birmingham, Ala. December 20.- EFFECT OF THE HOLIDAYS ON BOTH HOUSES. Washington, December 26.—The holi day season has afil'eted the Senate heavily in the matter of attendance, and but seven Senators put in an appearance at the north wing of the capitol today. It was understood when the Senate adjourned Wednesday that its session tomorrow will be purely formal, and, in fact, it was or dered only to escape the constitutional in hibition against an adjournment over three days. So nothing can be done until Mon day, and then the elections bill will be taken up again. There is to be no cloture, no finances, no anything, for a whole week to create division from the dreary debate on the, elections bill. A Republican Senator—a strong champion of the bill—said today: “We will go on talking about the bill next week, and many speeches will be delivered to vacant seats and empty galleries. We can’t help it, you see, for the proceedings the other night, when Hoar tried to drive the Demo crats into night sessions, was proof con clusive that we could not muster in force during the holiday season. But I believe that about January 6th we shall have a fighting quorum and then you may look for a division.” The Senator was asked if a majority could be secured for the cloture resolution. He replied that Aldrich, who had it in charge, had been instructed to canvass the Republican side of the Senate before put ting in the new rule. Aldrich was a cool- headed, shrewd man, and it was hardly to be presumed that he would enter into as great a struggle as this promised to be without some sort of assurance of sufficient power behind him to win a victory. IN THE HOUSE. The Sergeant could hardly secure enough members who were present in the House this morning to constitute a skirmishing squad, and, if he had succeeded, it is doubtful whether his squad would have proven to be a very efficient one in either a military or a political melee. An air of lassitude hung over the chamber, and politics being tabooed for the nonce, the time was employed in an interchange of holiday greetings and tender inquiries as to how Christmas day had been spent by each individual member. Here and there, however, a few gentlemen would gather in groups, and in a desultory manuer, talk over the bus ness now pending in the two Houses. The concensus of opinion, es pecially on the Democratic side, was that tiie debate on the shipping hill would be prolonged to a much greater extent than had been expected, many representatives on both sides of the House naving signi fied their desire to deliver speeches on that measure. Of course, the representatives are in the dark as to the action of the Senate on the cloture, the financial measure and the elections bill. That the first will be. adopted is considered doubtful. As to the s -coud, the feeling on the Re- HEAVY DAMAGE OCCASIONED BY THE BALTIMORE FIRE. Baltimore, December 26.—The insur ance on the Masonic Temple aggregated $95,240, and on the furniture and fittings, $8,000. The old United States court house building now vacant, has been secured as a temporary home for the burned out Ma sonic bodies. The loss on the building is variously estimated from $50,000 to $100,- 000, but the majority seem to think that the rebuilding can be done at a cost of about $80,000. A very large additional loss was on the fixtures in the shape of the remarkably handsome carpets, furniture, and the historical relics. The commandary rooms of the Templars, in the top story, were entirely destroyed, with contents, involving a loss of $25,000, to which is added individval losses to the Templars of regalia, uniforms, etc., aggregating $100,- 000. Grand Secretary Medairy fortunately had the greater portion of the valuables stored in a safe in a warehouse. Fore- paugh lost every bit of scenery which belonged to him, and Gray & Stephens lost all of their scenery and other effects, except a small amount of clothing, whiph was still in trunks. The loss of Forepaugh is about $10,000, and of the traveling com pany about $20,000, as stated by one of the managers. A GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY THE STATE OF TRADE. DUN AND COMPANY’S REPORT FOR THE WEEK. TO FLOOD THE COUNTRY WITH SPURIOUS COIN. Pittsburg, December 26.—A gigantic conspiracy to flood the United States with counterfeit silver dollars has been un earthed, and to the energy and intelligence of the officials of the first police district of Pittsburg is due the credit. Nineteen per sons are already under arrest, and $1100 in spurious coin is in the hands of the police. The money was brought from a Central depot in New York city to Pitts burg by a gang of Italians. The money was all in silver dollars, and United States Detecteclive Sweeny says it is the best counterfeit of the standard silver dollar that was ever made. The coin is perfectly framed in every detail, and the ring is identical with the good coin, the only fault about it being that it is a little light in weight. From the persons arrested here, information was gained that the money was made in New York, and they had been sent here to dispose of it. Similar gangs were sent to other cities, but the men could not tell what particular cities were being operated on. Not a mold or die of any kind was found in the residence of the gang arrested here. THE HEAVY HOLIDAY BUSINESS—UN USUALLY LAKGE EXPOBTS—THE MONEY MARKETS EASIER. FAILURES THIS WEEK. New York, December 26.—Business has progressed as well as could be expected in a week broken by the Christmas holi days and a great snow storm. The holi day trade was remarkably heavy here, and at nearly all other points good, which is by no means an evidence that the tightness of the money market springs from any gen- j eral embarrassment of business or iudus- l try. The volume of payments through the banks continues larger, though but about three per cent, larger than a year ago. Railroad earnings thus far reported for December also show a gain of four per cent over those of the same weeks last year. The foreign trade is very heavy, in spite of causes which were expected to in- ; sure a material decrease. The uncertainty in regard to monetary legislation and its possible effects, is still a great obstacle, but even this has less disturbing influence than it had a week or so ago, as the pros- j pect of unwise action seems more remote, and the money markets have generally grown easier during the past week, not, only at the East, but also at Western and Southern centres. Reports from omer ! cities disclose no important change in the condition of trade, though at Pittsburg Bessemer iron has sold at $16.25, the low est price for the year, and all pig iron is at bottom prices. Manufactured iron is in fair demand and rails unchanged. At ! points farther West the expectation of irn- j provement after January 1 is general, ; though trade is quiet in wholesale lines, but fully up to last year’s mark. At other . points in the Northwest the monetary sit uation seems rather better. Reports from the South also indicate some improvement. Trade at Atlanta improves; cotton is mov ing mors satisfactorily, and at Galveston the receipts exceeds last year’s. New Orleans reports a fair trade, larger re ceipts of cotton, the crop being there estimated at 7,700,000 bales, and good re ceipts of sugar and molasses, wLh steady prices. Throughout the South the prices maintained last summer and fall for cotton have caused some embarrassment, being followed by the inevitable decline as the crop becomes known. But more than 5,000,000 bales have already passed out of the hands of the producers, mainly at fair prices. It is especially encouraging that thus far there has been so little embarass- inent and so few failures among the im portant manufacturing works recently established in that section. in the steel rail business, a crisis and destructive competition seem imminent, the provisional agreement during the past week in this city having been defeated by the refusal of an Eastern mill to sign. Woolen manufactures clearly enjoy a larger demand for most products since im portations were checked, but as yet no considerable improvement in prices has been found practicable. The readjustment of prices in the boot and shoe and leather industries seems to be progressing fairly, lumber mills, on Black river, forty miles from here, two persons were killed and a number wounded. Engineer Wiley Sloan and Superintendent John Angus were standing in front of the boiler when the explosion took place, and Angus was blown into a lumber heap, breaking his limbs and tearing away portions of his skull. No traces of the body of Sloan can be found. A large portion of the boiler was shot through the deck of the steamer Golden Gate, anchored near by, and then across the river 100 yards wide. WILD WINTRY STORMS. THE FIERCE SWEEP OF SNOW AND SLEET. DESTRUCTIVE GALES ON LAND AND SKA. STREET CARS STOPPED—TELE GRAPH LINES AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS SUFFER. RESISTING A SENATE JOB. THE HOUSE REFUSES TO PENSION SENA TORS CLERKS. | Washington, December 26.—There is an interesting little fight going ou be tween the Senate and House over the ur gent deficiency appropriation bill, (made up principally of appropriations for the Government printing office) and unless the dead lock between the two bodies is broken, there may be somewhat of an in terruption of the work of the Government printing office. The Senate added to the bill a provision for the payment of salaries to the clerks to Senators during the interim between the two sessions of this Congress. The effect, of , this provision would be indirectly to make the clerks to Senators annual instead of session employes. The House refused concurrence in the Senate amendment, and the Senate conferees refuse to sign the conference report and permit the other items of appropriation in the bill to be come a law, unless the House yields. The fight is really a continuation of the strug gle between the two bodies begun last session. The Senate, by an amendment to the regular annual appropriation bill, made the Senators’ clerks annual employes, but the House re fused concurrence, and finally carried its point, the amendment being stricken from the bill. In the closing days of the session, however, the Senate j passed a simple resolution to which, of j course, the assent of the House was not necessary, providing for the payment of Senator’s clerks during the recess from the Senate contingent fund. There was no money available in this fund, and it is now sought to increase the fund to the requi site amount by a deficiency appropriation. The House is steadfast in its determina tion to resist this and the members of the appropriation commit tee say that such a : thing as paying regular salaries from the j contingent appropriation was never con- • templated, and that to permit it would be for the House to abdicate its power of ! scrutinizing and providing for the ex penditures of public monies. A CHATTANOOGA FAILURE. A BIG LUMBEK COMPANY MAKES AN AS SIGNMENT. Chattanooga, December 27.—Last night the Hughes Lumber Company, of this city, filed a general assignment to M. H. Ward, for the benefit of its creditors. D. W. Hughes, president and general manager of the company, who has made himself personally liable for the debts of the company, also filed an assignment of his property to M. H. Ward. The liabili ties of the Hughes Lumber Company ag- A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. BRUTAL MURDER BY A NEGRO WHO IS INSTANTLY KILLED IN TURN. Atlanta, December 26.—[Special.]— A special to the Journal from Gainesville, Ga., reports tne murder of Chief of Police Kittrell there by a negro, Bob Pruett, yes terday, and the immediate killing of the negro by H. H. Towery, another police man. A daughter of the negro insulted two white ladies. The police were telephoned for, and Kittreli and Towry responded. They found *Pruett standing guard over his daughter with a pistol. The chief ordered him to drop it. Instead of doing so, he fired on Kittrell, shooting him down, then turned on Towery and shot three times at him. The patrolman returned the fire. Three bullets from his pistol took effect, killing the negro instantly. Towery was not hurt at all. Kittrell lingered till ten o’clock last night. A DAY OF TRAGEDIES. [Special.]—At Bessemer, yesterday, George [ publican side is that, no financial bill can House ai:d Charley Sanders, two negro j pass the House that i3 not purely a Repub- dray drivers in the employ of Rosenbaum j lican measure, one that is agreed upon in Bros., got in a quirrelanJ House struek the party caucus, and one that is not put OUTFASTING SUCCI. Martin’s Ferry, O., December 26.— Martin’s Ferry has a woman who has ac complished something that Signor Succi, the faster, cannot do. She is Mrs. Timothy Callahan, seventy years old, and she has lived on milk and tea for four months, or 122 days. Her son Dennis says that for seven years he never saw his mother eat a bit of bread. This abstinence was not on account of poverty, but stomach trouble. Mrs. Cal lahan has seven children. She is Native and is able to do housework every day. WILL NOT YIELD. Glasgow, December 26.—The Caledo nian Company claims an improvement in i the working of the road, and gives out that it is more determined than ever not to ! yield to the strikers. Sanders in the stomach with a brick. Officer Mims appeared and arrested both men. Before jail was readied Sanders died. He had been internally injured. House is held for murder. THREE B’S DELAYED. It was expected that the Brierfield, Biocton and Birmingham Railroad, a divis ion of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, would have been completed and had trains running into Birmingham by January 1st, but a big land slide that has occurred in Gentry’s gap, in Shades Moun tain, will delay the operation of the road until February 1st. The cut caved in for 500 feet and a month’s labor will be re quired in which to remove it. Otherwise the road is finished. It runs from Monti- cello, on the main line of the East Ten nessee, Virginia aDd Georgia, to Biocton, twenty-three miles, and from Gurney to B-s emer, twenty miles, and will get into Birmingham over the Queen and Crescent, which is controlled by the East Tennes see. A CHATTANOOGA HOTEL BURNED. Chattanooga, December 26.—Fire broke out in the Kennedy House, a large hotel, this morning at 4 o’clock. The ho tel portion of the building was damaged by fire and the store rooms beneath were damaged by water. All the guests were removed without injury. The loss is $15,000, covered by insurance. Highest of all in Leavening Power,—-U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Baking Powder ABSOLUTE!^ PURE through the Senate with the aid of Demo cratic votes. That the prospect of the elections bill is not very bright, unless the pendin>j debate is brought to a speedy end, is admitted by all, a prospect which is deplored by Republicans and openly re joiced in by Democrats. DIED AT COLUMBIA. HEART DISEASE CARRIES OFF A DISTIN GUISHED SOUTH CAROLINIAN. Columbia, S. C., December 26.—Hon. W. D. Simpson, Chief Justice of the Su preme Court of South Carolina, died at his home in this city, this morning, of heart disease. He was a native of Laurens and about sixty years of age. Judge Simpson was elected Lieutenant-Governor with Governor Hampton, on the restoration of the State government in 1876 to Demo cratic control. He succeeded to the Gov ernorship on the election of Hampton to the United States Senate, and before the close of his term as Governor was elected Chief Justice, Hon. J. C. Sheppard suc ceeding him as Governor. Fiags are at half-mast on the public buildings. THE STRIKERS NOT SUFFERING. Glasgow, December 26.—The railroad strike continues to hold business at almost a stand-still, and is a cause of inconven ience and annoyance to many thousands. The statement that.the families of the strikers are beginning to feel the effects of the strike is denied by the men who are out. The latter claim that they are in a position to hold out at least six weeks, without, in any way, causing distress to their families or themselves. Up to the present, with the exception of hooting and occasionally stoning obnoxious employes who may have remained loyal to the rail road- companies, there have been few act of violence. This is, to a great degree, due to the admirable precautions taken by the police. CHICAGO MARKET. Chicago, December 26.—The BIRMINGHAM KEEPS IIEP. PLACE IN THE PROCESSION. Birmingham, Ala., December 26.— [Special.]—At Irondale, Berger Jones, colored, cut the throat of Charlotte Moor man, colored, in a fit of jealousy. The wound is fatal. Jones is in the county jail in default of $5,000 bond. At Irondale, Lee Williams was drunk while out hunting. He dropped his gun and it went off, killing him instantly. At North Birmingham, John Foster, colored, shot and killed Clayton Cross, colored, in a duel about a woman. Foster is in jail at Atlanta. Alex. Morgan, a negro, while drunk, resisted arrest and assaulted Constable Hartley. The officer shot and killed Morgan. SUFFERING MINERS. l^any of the striking miners are suffer ing on accounts of their funds running short. The miners’ committee say they will get aid from the North. Many of the men threaten to return to work out of necessity. IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL? with less prospect of any serious embar- j gregate $173,573. The schedule rassment. of assets at gregate $33,088; the On the whole, labor has never been ' schedule of D. W. Hughes aggregate more fully employed than in the latter j $86,785 liabilities, and $475,277 assets, part of 1890. The monetary situations The excess of assets over liabilities in both grew more satisfa:tory because the Treas- j assignments is over half a million. The ury disbursements continue, and the ar- assignment was made necessary owing to rivals of gold have given aid, and the j the pressure of claims on which Hughes enormous excess of merchandize exports I was endorser. He has had extraordinary over imports is felt. In three weeks of ! demands made on him by reason of the December, exports from New York have j failure of three concerns which he had be- been seven per cent greater than last year, j friended with his endorsement. Hughes made an assignment, he says, to prevent clamorous creditors from attaching the properties, from getting into court, THE COLUMBUS SOUTHERN FIGHTING THE COUNTY TAX LAW. Atlanta, December 26.—[Special.]— In the Superior Court, today, a temporary restraining order was granted to prevent the Comptroller General from advertising for sale property of the Columbus Southern Railroad, to enforce the payment of county taxes levied under the Glenn bill. The road contests the consti- tationality of the law. BIG FOOT’S TREACHERY. Washington, December 26.—General Schofield has received a telegram from General Miles, dated Rapid City, Decem ber 24th, as follows: Colonel Sumner re ported his command at Big Foot’s camp on the Cheyenne River; that Big Foot as sured him he would do whatever he said, and bring all his people to his (Sumner’s) camp, blit that he deceived him and eluded his command, going south in light order. This was most unfortunate just at this time, and may turn the scale against the efforts that h ave been made to avoid an Indian war. Up to this time, the pros pects looked favorable, and in one week 244 of the worst element have been re moved. KILLED AT EAST POINT. Atlanta, December 26.—[Special.]— John Coleman, white, was killed today at East Point by Rufus Johnson, a negro. The two had words about a trifling matter, wheat market today was lifeless and the trading was almost entirely confined to local scalpers. The range in May was from ' but the affair seemed adjusted before Cole- 975 8 to 97$e and to 97 to 97$e. The high-! man started to leave the store where the er figures were made during the first hour , quarrel took place. As he did so, John- of trading, the fluctuations during the lat- ■ son suddenly turned and shot him down. which would indicate heavier exports than in any previous month, while the increase in imports has been but two per cent. These facts point to an excess of exports as large as $37,000,000 over last Decem ber, and in November, the.excess of ex ports over imports was more than $45, 000,000. There has not been much activity in speculation this week, though corn has fallen 2$c, and oats lc, and cotton 3-16«, but wheat is 5-8c higher, coffee £c, and oil 4$c. The stock market has been left to professionals, who have chosen to do but little until the new year has begun. It is, by all classes, believed that the monetary pressure will cease soon after January 1, at least for a time, and, if no disturbing legislation comes, trade may be expected to revive with vigor. It is a good system that, instead of increasing toward the end of the year, failures have become less im portant and less frequent. Failures for the week number 303, against 262 for the same week iast year. THE PARNELL PROBLEM. WHAT THE DUBLIN NEWSPAPERS SAY ABOUT IT. Dublin, December 26.—The Express accuses Timothy Healy of making untrue statements, to put it mildly, about the Kil kenny election. For instance, the Express says that Healy’s statement that 400 Unionists voted for Scully is untrue. The newspapers of this city in general concur in expressing the belief that the in terviews which are expected to take place shortly in Paris between Parnell, O’Brien and other Irish leaders will not result in any compromise agreement which will allow Parnell to retain the leadership. J These papers ask what Archbishop Croke would say on the subject, what Gladstone’s and after long and costly iit’gation to be sacrificed. He expects to secure a settlement with his creditors within 30 days, as he only reqnests indulgence, rat ing his assets at $3 for every dollar of liabilities. The principal creditors are local banks who are all amply secured. D. W. Hughes began ten years ago, a small planing mill in this city, with $1,200 capital. He has been remarkably successful and is estimated as one of the best inform ed lumber men in this section. His assets, aside from a principal interest in the lum ber mill, which is one of the largest and best equipped in the South, consists chiefly of real estate. The assignment mentions 46 different lots of real estate upon which there are nearly 100 small houses that yield a rental of over $1,000 per month. Hughes is the principal stockholder of the Electric Light and Power Company of this city, having, by his personal means, built the large plant. It will not be affected by the assignment. lie is also identified with numerous enterprises in this city and else where, none of which will, in any manner, be affected by the assignment. -«►»•»- — AN EMBEZZLER ARRESTED. Long Branch, N. J., December 25.— A heavy sea again plays havoc with the piers, board walks and cottages at the summer resorts along the New Jersey coast. A good deal of damage has been done at Long Branch, Asberrv Park and elsewhere. A big schooner is pounding to pieces on Sandy Hook, where she anchored yester day, expecting to ride out the storm. Her rudder was torn off during the night and she had to remain anchored, and today the crew was taken off by the life-saving erew. The sea is making a clean break over her. THE WEATHER IN CINCINNATI. Cincinnati, December 26.—The ther mometer holds about to the freezing point, so that the snow is not melted in the streets save from underground heat. It is estimated that at least seven inches of snow fell. It drifts in many places to depths of two and three feet. Street car travel has been impeded and the double trolley electric street cars are comDletely stopped. The snow interfered with their motors. They had to be taken off today, although the horse cars traversed the same tracks a portion of the day. On the other hand the single trolley road has expe rienced no difficulty at all and has not even been delayed. The cable lines kept their tracks clear by running cars all night last night. A SEVERE STORM. Utica, N. Y., December 26.—A severe storm is being experienced along the Mo hawk Valley. The weather is quite cold, the wind very strong, and the snow is fall ing in large quantities. The entire system of over thirty miles of electric street rail way in this city is tied up, the cars being stalled on the streets, and in soma in stances, off the tracks. The stoppage of street railroad causes much inconvenience to business, and people begin to think that the electric roads are of little use in win ter. THE STORM AT SEATTLE. Seattle, Wash. December 26.—A vio lent wind storm prevailed on Puget Sound yesterday. Several vessels were broken from their moo rings. Telegraph lines were prostrated last night by falling tim ber and two laborers were killed by trees striking them. A number of windows in this city were broken and several frame buildings blown down. A GREAT SNOW STORM. Washington, December 26.—A heavy snow storm, accompanied by intense cold, prevailed all day over the entire country from Virginia to Canada, and from the Atlantic ocean to the Mississippi river. Railroad and street car traffic is much im peded in Pennsylvania, New York and New England, and the mail service is much delayed. bishop o'connell’s opinion. Dublin, December 26.—Dr. O’Connell, Bishop of Raphoe, in a letter to the Irish Catholic, says he regrets that the Irith people did not immediately place the blame upon Parnell for his offense against mo rality, instead of giving him a handle with which to ruin the party and the country. 1 WINTER IN VIRGINIA. - Ricamond, December 26.—Snow, fol lowed by rain, has prevailed throughout the State during the past twenty-four hours. Tonight the weather is the coldest of the season. A SNOW BLOCKADE. Staunton, Va., December 26.—Eight inches of snow fell yesterday and it was last night followed by sleet. Snow to the depth of two feet blockades all the coun try roads. “LITTLE JOHN IS QUITE BIG.” THE THIEVING COLLUSION OF TWO CON FIDENTIAL CLERKS. Albany, N. Y., December 26.—Daniel W. Talcott, head book-keeper in the em ploy of II. W. Sage & Co., lumber dealers, was arrested this evenfng on the charge of embezzlement. Bail was found at $5,000. The exact amount of his thefts is not yet known, but it is believed it will run high up into the thousands. After Sage-A Co.’s confidential clerk, Joseph B. Abbott, who killed himself on December 3d, had been opinion would be, and what view Morley caught stealing from the firm, an expert would take of a compromise arrangement. They add that these gentlemen must be consulted before terms are decided upon between the church leaders as to the con tinuance of Parnell in power. TEMPORARY WORK PROVIDED. Newark, N. J., December 26.—Notice has been posted on the gate of the Clarke thread mills that work will be resumed in the twisting mill Monday. This will give temporary work to about 1000 girls for two or three weeks, until the supply of cotton on hand gives out. This does not affect the condition of the striking spinners, or the locked out carders, or framers. The girls will probably accept the work. Gen erous contributions are pouring in for the striking employes. A BROKEN BANK. Woonsocket, S. D., Decembe# 26.— The Sanburn Couty Bank, run by Leon L. Stevens, closed its doors this morning. The county treasurer had $80,000 of county money in the bank, and a number of mer chants are caught. Stevens has made an assignment to George Corking, a former partner. Stevens was the city treasurer, and had the funds in the bank. There was a ran on the bank, and the reasons given for the suspension were poor business and slow collections. Stevens was Secretary of the Republican county committee and stood high. COLLAPSE OF A DEPOT BOOF. Albany, N. Y. December 26.—Two sections of the roof of the New York Central Railroad round house at West Albany, collapsed this afternoon under the weight of snow. Three men were in jured. EDISTO PHOSPHATE WORKS BURNED. Charleston, December 27.—The Edis- to Phosphate and Fertilizer Works, about three miles from this city, burned tonight. The loss is about $200,000, fully covered by insurance. _ FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. Newport, Ark., December 26.—By the explosion of a boiler in Kelly & Wells’ was employed to examine the books, and in this way Talcott’s dishonesty was dis covered. It appears that Talcott and Abbott operated in collusion. Their operations were facilitated by the fact that the firm trusted them implicitly and left blank checks signed in the bookkeeper’s hands for business purposes. These he filled out and cashed, and the money he pocketed and charged to some fictitious expenditure. Talcott is elderly, and had always been thought to be the soul of honor. ^ sun’s cotton review. New York, December 26.—Futures opened lower, further declined, quickly rallied and further improved, closing steady at one to five points advance from Wednesday’s closing prices. We had quite a market today, notwithstanding the ab sence of news from other points. European markets were closed and the storm cat us off from communication with the South. The opening was weak, and there was a further decline due, it was said, to the free issue of notices for delivery on January contracts, and to the freedom with which these notices were thrown upon the mar ket, the. latter being ascribed to the re latively high figures at which quotations for low grades of spot cotton were main tained. Subsequently the notices for January delivery were taken up. The crop movement began to show up com paratively small, then came a demand to cover contracts, causing not only a recov ery of the early decline, bnt some further advance, especially for distant months. Spot cotton was dull HE WILL RESIGN. London, December 26.—John Pinker- son, Member of Parliament for Galway and a supporter of Parnell, announces that he will resign his seat if his constituents desire him to do so because of his alle giance to Parnell. A GAINESVILLE TRAGEDY. Atlanta, December 26.—While at tempting to arrest Bob Pruitt, a negro, in Gainesville last night, City Marshal Kith- ell was shot dead. Policeman Lowry then shot and killei Pruitt. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SWIN DLING SCHEME OF WM. DUVAL. Washington, December 26.—Wm. Du vall, the man who has victimized a large number of Senators, has tried the same scheme upon Postmaster-General Wan- amaker, who today received a letter from Duvall, enclosing tickets for an entertain ment for his benefit, and adds: “Little John, your namesake, is getting along well. He is quite big now.” A dispatch from Baltimore says the ad dress given by Duvall in his letter is a saloon kept by a man named Donahue. Duvall requested permission to have his mail received at Donahue’s place. Duvall was formerly a mail carrier. He is mar ried, but is separated from his wife, who has never had a child. The police are in vestigating the matter. TRIED TO SWINDLE WATTEBSON. Louisville, Ky., December 23.—Du vall, the Baltimore sharper, who has just buncoed several United States Senators through the medium of a bogus baby, did not limit himself to the Congressional field, but has certainly been operating on an extensive scale. About six weeks ago Mr. Henry Watterson received a letter from him overflowing with fulsome com pliments, stating that he had named his first burn Henry Watterson Duvall, en closing a richly engraved baptismal cer tificate and five tickets to a church enter tainment, marked $1 each, but Mr. Wat terson did not bite. Being interviewed today he said: “The first thing that arrested my attention was the post mark. It did not impress me that Baltimore was just the locality where I might expect a namesake. Then the bap tismal certificate was too elaborate and circumstantial. It looked like a gratuitous offer of excessive proof. Finally, the indirect demand through the tickets for money seemed conclusive and I threw the big envelope and its contents into the waste basket, satisfied that it was a very original trick of a very clever confidence man.” THE PARNKLL-O’BRIEN CONFERENCE. Paris, December 26.—The Temps an nounces that after tne meeting between Parnell and O’Brien, a conference of Irish leaders will be held. Among those who will take part in the deliberations will be McCarthey, Power, Redmond, O’Kelly, Sexton, Kinney and Arthur Con nor. The arm of conference will be a reunion of the two sections of the Irish party, based on the temporary retirement of Parnell from the leadership. The Debats asserts that Parnell will come to this city without having made a previous arrangement with O’Brien for a meeting; also that O’ Brien does not expect to discuss his position with Parnell per sonally. VIROQUA’s BIG FIRE. Yip.oqua, Wis., December 23.—A fire, originating in Lendeman’s building, swept away the entire block of buildings, except ing the Tremont House, involving a loss of fully $150,000, with but $16,000 insur ance. It was only by great exertions on the part of Die firemen and citizens that the remainder of the town was saved. PROSPECTS OF A SETTLEMENT. Edinburgh, December 20.—As a result of a conference here today of the railway directors and delegates representing the strikers, it is stated that there are pros pects of settling the strike. At Dundee today an unsuccessful at tempt was made to derail a train, ^