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THE MONROE ADVERTISER. FORSYTH. GEORGIA. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF MONROE COUNTY. BY McGINTY <f- CABANISB. Only fifty years ago, says Sir Spencer Weils, the average duration of human life in Great Britain was thirty years; to day, according to statisticI*, 1 *, it is forty nine years. In this fifty years the popu lation has increased by 8,000,000. At least two cut of this 8,000,000 of in crease may be put down as the fruit of improved sanitary and medical work, and of victory over preventable sickness. While a jeweller was chatting to a New York reporter a colored lady, at tired in the latest devices of fashion,pur chased n brilliant and planked down $240 v. ithout a murmur. ‘‘Some of our best customers are colored people,” said the jeweller. “When they have money they wear good clothes and good jew elry. Diamon 1 ear-rings are s .‘t off bet ter on a dark background, and the colored ladies understand it." An ancient naturalist once declared his belief that monkeys were able to talk, and the reason they did not use the gift of speech was because they were cunning enough to know that if they were to talk they would be put to work. If this theory is sound we may expect monkey dom to burst into speech at once, for a Kentucky man—J. B. Parkes of Kings ton—has trained seven large monkeys to work in his hemp field and break and prepare hemp for market, and has sent his brother to South Africa to get ten more Simian slaves. The Rev. Jonathan Crossett, who for seventeen years has been a missionary in China, says that one section of China is still untouched by the missionaries—the Mongols living to the north and west. Tho Mongols go down to Lnssa in Tibet ns to a Mecca, and evidence can be found among them of the teachings of the early Christians. They arc tho most tenacious ns to their religion of any people whom he had ever met. Their deity is called Borhan, or “light,” and their belief— Lnmaism—is founded upon tenets held by all Christians. They observe one day in every seven, and although they wor ship idols, they have ten commandments, and their system of morals is very high. On the 31st of May, 1883, Marguerite Bogenval, of Origny, France, went to Bleep, and has not wakened since, nor so much as stirred a finger. She has been kept alive by the administration of milk and highly concentrated beef tea. De spite the most careful attentions of those watching her, she is now emaciated to an extreme degree, and her bones are piercing her skin. Siie lies perfectly still and rigid, her eyes closed and her teeth set fast together. A peculiarity of the case is that in raising one eyelid and allowing the light to fall upon the eye, a shudder is noticed, followed by an im mediate lowering of the eyelid, or an at tempt to do so. Marguerite’s respiration is p rfectly normal in its regularity, and lnr pulse, though feeble, is not much below the ordinary rate of beats. Love laughs at the locksmith more frequently than at the law, but a youth ful cvup'e, the children of residents of Sellesburg, Indiana, are laughing at both. Having escaped from surveillance at home th y went t> the county clerk for a marriage license; lor, as 1 hey were both under age, the clerk refused to give them one. i licit next step was to induce the gir.'s mother to grant her consent, whereupon the young man went to a judge to have a guardian ap pointed who would give the consent that the would-be groom’s father denied. The guardian was appointed, and the consent given, whereupon the young mans father blocked the game by i notify ng all the clergymen in town not to marry the eoup’e. But the young people saw the stern parent and went bun several times better. With the written consent of the girl’s mother and the young man’s guardian, they fled into another county, obtained a license, and were united. Y\ hethcr they will live huppi v ever afterward remains to be seen. A Soldier’s Sword. In hi< wii : , the late Gen. Durbin Ward of Ohio, gave to his neice, Ella W ard, the j we.-mounted sword which had becu preseutc 1 to him by the privates of his old regiment. He enjoins her that she shall “deliver it to her eldest son, should she ever be blessed with one, ami if he shou and die, to the next eldest in succession, and with it the charge never to draw it in a bad cause, and to never leave it sheathed should a goxl one require its aid, and command him also to send it down to posterity to the eldest son in the direct lin' so long as any Ward blood can weild a sword, until that blessed time shall come when all swords shall be beaten into ploughshares.’’ The Foris Around Paris. The forts which have becu constructed round Paris since IS7I are so far outside the old forts and form so wide a circle that it would require an incalcuble number of men to invest the city. It took 300,000 Germans to encircle the old line; tiiere are not enough men in Ger many to encircle the new one. It would accordingly be impossible to prevent the garrison of Paris from receiving supplies and reinforcements, and the city could hold out for ever. The only way to capture it is by assault, and as this method was considered impractica ble in 11*70, it is not likely to be tried iv xt time, [Times-Democrat. THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1887.—EIGHT PAGES SOUTHERN PROGRESS, THE IMPROVEMENTS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH. Manufacturing and Other Banin©*® lat#r e®t® Booming Nevr Railroad®, Etc. A soap factory will be built at La- Grange Ga. The Presbyterians will build an SB,OOO church at Gainesville Fla. An axe and pick handle factory is to be erected at Floyd C. 11., \ a. O. A. Johnson and others will build a large hotel at Hot Springs, Ark. Bowman <fc Spriggs are opening man ganese mines at Tunnel Hill, Ga. A company has been formed to build a street railroad at Maryville, Tenn. An ice factory and a cotton compress are to be built at Brookhaven, Miss. A company has been formed to build a large wagon factory at Selma, Ala. J. C. Stevenson and others will start a steam cracker factory at Wilmington, N. C. A stock company has been formed to build a large rice mill at New Orleans, La. A broom factory will be started by H. E. Carter and J. H. Copeland at Marshall Ga. The Presbyterians of Sweetwater, Tenn., will build a church to cost $9,- 000. The Texas legislature has appropriated $50,000 to build an asylum at Austin, Tex. A $25,000 bank building will be erected on Noble street at Anniston Ala., by D. F. Constantine. The Jesuits will build a fine church at Macon, Ga. F, J. M. Daly can give par ticulars. G. N. Henson, of Chattanooga, it is reported, will build a furniture factory at Loudon, Tenn. •T. W. Bentz will erect a stamp mill and hoisting machinery at Bear Ark , at a cost of SIO,OOO. The Texas & Pacific Railroad Cos. will build a round house and repair shops at Maringouin, La. Eagan & Cos. are erecting brick works at Chattanooga, Tenn., and have pur chased machinery. The TeDsas, La., Land Improvement Cos. has been organized with a capital stock of $3,500,000. F. Muench, of Charleston, and others, contemplate starting a canning factory at Mouut Pleasant, S. C. The Raleigh Street Railway Cos. will, it is said, build a short street car line at forehead City, N. C. B. F. Avery & Sons are building a our-story addition to their large plow works at Louisville, Ky. A wagon manufacturing company, of Decatur, 111., have decided to move their plant to Little Rock Ark. A $50,000 cornpan; has been organized at Fort Worth Texas to erect w T orks for manufacturing car wdieels. The Knights of Labor Co-operative Cigar Manufacturing Cos. has been incor porated at Covington, Ky. The Georgia and North Carolina Man ganese, Iron and Marble Cos. has been in corporated at Nashville, Tenn. The Little Rock & Ft. Smith Railroad Cos., is to be extended from Van Buren, Ark., to Fort Gibson, Ind., T. The Carolina Iron Cos., of Pittsburgh, Pa., are erecting machinery to develop mines at Kings Mountain, N. C. The Fork Shoals, S. C., Manufactur ing Cos. have purchased considerable new machinery for their cotton factory. The Fort Negley M. E. Church, at Chattanooga, Tenn,, will erect a new building at a cost of about $20,000. The Decatur Ala., Laud, Furnace & Improvement Cos., are negotiating for the location of a rolling mill at that place. The Central Railroad & Banking Cos. will erect another cotton compress at Columbus, Ga., to cost about $05,000. Simmons Bros, and others have pur chased 100 acres of marble lands 8 miles from Burnet, Texas, and will open quar ries. The Tampa Hotel C“., capital stock $50,000, has been organized to build a hotel at Tampa Fla., to cost about $150,- 000. A company has incorporated at Greens boro, N. C., to manufacture and sell to bacco. Their paid-up Capital stock is $13,800. The Cherokee Iron Cos., of Cedartown. Ga., A. West,president,will build an ad ditional furnace, with a capacity of 100 tons daily. S. L. Carter, L. H. Davis and brothers of El Paso Texas, have organized a stock company to erect a powder factory at that place. The Hiawassee Railroad Cos. has been chartered to build a railroad froip Chat tanooga, Tenn., to the North Carolina State line. A company is being organized with a capital stock of $50,000 to establish a large dairy farm and creamery near Bir mingham Ala. William H. Ford, of Lynchburg, Va . has recently purchased a large tract of timber land near Rustburg,Va., and will erect a bark mill. Adou <fe Lobit have organized a com pany with a capital stock of $500,000 to build a large bagging and cordage factory at Galveston Texas. The Southern Car Heating and Illum inating Cos. has been chartered at Nash ville, Tenn., to build machines to light and heat railroad cars. 1 fie Little Buck A: l exasßailroad Cos., capital sock $5,000,000, has been incor porated at Little Rock, Ark., to build a railroad from Little Rock to llackett City. N. K. Mead and associates of Cincin nati. 0., have organized a $50,000 stock company to build a saw and planing mill and a sash, door and blind factory at De catur Ala. Chattanooga, Tenn., will decide by popular vote on April 21 whether or not to issue the $500,000 of bonds for public improvements recently authorized by the State legislature. The Athens Mining A Manufacturing Cos., capital stock $1,000,000, has been organized at Athens, Tenn.. and secured 1,000 acres of land and proposes to spend $500,000 in building three large cotton mills, a large woolen mill, water works, a $40.00 hotel, and a SIO,OOO school building. Messrs. Alfred Tyler and Samuel No ble, of Anniston, Ala., and others have purchased the entire property of the Ca haba Coal Mining Cos., for about $1.000.- OOU. and. in addition. 15.000 acres of coal and iron h-nds. They will spend about $1,000,000 in developing the prop erties, opening new mines, etc. 500 < <>ke ovens will be built to supply the twonewr furnaces at Anniston with coke. The Iberia Opera House Cos, capital stock $20,000, has been organized at New Iberia, La., and will soon begin er ecting an opera house. The Brazoria Land & Cattle Cos., of St. Louis, Mo., are arranging to establish a large abattoir on Dickinson Bavou, 16 miles from Galveston Texas. The Palatka A Northwestern Railway Cos., has been formed to build a railroad from Palatka Fla., to a point in Gadsden county, with several branches. It is reported that the Pepper Mining Cos. will resume the development of their mica mines in Stokes county and open coal mines near Stokesbura. N. C. The Portsmouth, Va., water works have been purchased by Charles D. Ward, of Jersey City. N. J., for $81,150, who will complete the building of the works. It is reported that the Notasulga Gran ite Cos., capital stock $500,000, will be organized by Birmingham parties to de velop granite quarries at Nostasulga, Ala. The Fort Worth Texas Machine & Boiler Works will build new works at a cost of about SIOO,OOO. Plans have been prepared and work will shortly begin. The I.ttele Rock Automatic Refrigera ting Cos., capital stock $75,000, has been organized at Little Rock, Ark., by Logan H. R oots and others. THE LINES TO CONNECT. A Contract Between the Louisville Ac Nash ville and the Nerfolk dc Weiier®. Official announcement is made from Philadelphia that a preliminary contract has been executed between tbe Louisville and Nashville and the Norfolk and Wes tern railroad companies by the terms of which each cornany undertakes promptly to cause surveys to be made, with a view to construct an extension of its lines to a point of connection in Wise county, Virginia. The extension of the Louisville and Nashville railroad will be from Cor bin station, on their present Knoxville branch, through the Cumberland valley of Kentucky, and the extension of the Norfolk and Western railroad will be from Graham station, on their New River di vision, through Clinch valley of Virginia. The total length of the line to be con structed is about two hundred miles, and as the meeting point will be east of the Cumberland mountain, in Wise county, Virginia, each company will have about one hundred miles to construct, and the work will be pressed to completion as rapidly as possible, Engineers have been engaged for several months past in loca tion of the line. The Louisville and Nashville railroad company has already thirty-five miles of their portion of it un der contract and to be completed during the month of August of the present year. It is expected that the entire line will be completed and connections made within the next twelve months. THE PRESIDENTS LETTER. Wliat the Toronto (Bob© Hum to May of the Document. Toronto, Ont., — The Toronto Globe of Monday says: The letter of President Cleveland to the president of the fishery union is a remarkable and important doc ument. It is not. such a letter as Ameri cans interested in the fisheries desired to receive from the president, but the letter was evidently intended as a warning to Canadians, also. While we desire that the rights of Canada be firmly and effi ciently asserted and maintained, we hope that American fishermen will not be re fused any privileges to which they are entitled, and that they will never experi ence unjust or unfriendly treatment from those employed in the protection of out rights. It would be folly, however, to put out of sight the fact that many in the United States, including, apparently, the president himself and members of his cabinet, assert that fishermen of the United States have rights in our waters which we believe they have not undi r the terms of the treaty now in force, and that there are privileges to which they are entitled, in the opinion of the presi dent, to which we say they have no title, whatever. From the misunderstanding if we assert what we believe to be out rights, greater misunderstandings may arise. This letter although studiously moderate in tone, intimates plainly w lit may follow. The position is, to say tin least, exceedingly serious. FOREIGNERS FIGHTING. A Bloody Kiol at a (hristeuing F© rival in Dearer, Col. Denver, Col. — A bloody riot occur red Sunday night between rival Swedish. Polish and Hungarian colonies at 34th and Blank street, which resulted in the fatal shooting of one man and the scrim wounding of several others. It grew out of a christening festivity. When the christening party had eaten and drank, they went out upon the sidewalk and made war upon the inhabitants of a neighboring house. Others in the neigh borhood became involved and the up roar became so great that it required a detachment of a dozen police, armed, with Winchester rifles to quell the dis turbance. Three or four police first made their appearance, when the rio'ers postponed their contention and joined forces against the common enemy. They could not stand against a platoon of rifles however, and about thirty were lodged in the calaboose and some in the hospi tal. But one or two of the prisoners can speak English. They are ail ragged, dirty and spattered with blood, and have the appearance of belonging to the lowest type of humanity. Many of them arrived in Denver only a week ago direct from Hungary, Poland, Bohemia and other ports of Europe. THEY STRIKE OIL. A special from Chattanooga, Tenn., say 9: A brief dispatch to the paper* Tuesday, announcing that oil had been in James county, twenty miles east of Chattanooga, threw the city into a good deal of excitement and at Ootelwah, where the -well was drilled, the people are fairly wild. Two months ago, James Laman & Cos., of Pennsylvania, begun to bore for oil in the White Oak mountains, but they attracted no especial attention until Monday, when the off begun to flow. There is no doubt but that oil has been struck. Two companies were formed here a few months ago to bore for oil and gas and the discovery Monday had a very stimulating effect, as they will begin work at once. PNOW STOKJIS IN MICHIGAN. Chicago, III. —A special from Han cock, Michigan, says: Decidely the worst snow storm of the season is just over. The snow is thrty-four inches deep, and drifted badly. The Hancock and Calumet railroad is blockaded. The Mar quette train was delayed several hours, and it took the Mineral Range train sev enteen hours to go thirteen miles, from Calumtt to Hancock. For the first time for the season all traffic on the street was stopped. WASHINGTON GOSSIP, ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL. What 1® B®l®( Dob© by tb© Head® of Oar Governßient—The Week'® Review. A CIVIL SERVICE DECISION. The district supreme court, iu general term, rendered a decision Monday iu the case of Morris S. Miller against the civil service commission, brought before the court upon a petition of right, in which the petitioner complained of acts of the commission and asked to have the civil service law declared unconstitutional. Judge Hagner, who delivered the opin ion, said that the court had given the pe titioner a hearing, but could not grant the relief prayed for. The application was, therefore, dissmissed. The inter state commerce commissioners are beiuo flooded with petitioners from every sec tion, and from present indications they will have their hands full for some time to come. The following rule of proceed ure has been promulgated by them : Ap plications made for official action by this commission shall be made by petition which petition shall set forth’ the facts on which they are founded, and be ver rified by the oath of the applicant or some authorized agent. A CABINET MEETING. The cabinet met at 11 o’clock. Thurs day according with the plan for the sum mer months, and remained in session over three hours. The meeting was devoted almost entirely to the consideration of international questions, the most impor tant relating to the Canadian fisheries, the policy of Great Britian in regard to the island of Hayti, and the seal fisheries of Alaska. In regard to the fisheries question, it is understood that informa tion has been received to the effect that England sustains the position taken by Canada, and is in no w ise disposed to make the concession requested by this government. The question was consid ered by the cabinet with a view to the advisability of suitable action by the president under the provisions of the re taliatory act. The alleged demand of Great Britian for the possession of Tortugas islands or payment by the Haytian government of $1,000,000 in settlement of old claims, was considered at some length. The United States have great interests in Hayti, commercial and otherwise, and are deeply concerned in its welfare and prosperity. Correspondence will be opened with England on the subject. Alaska seal fisheries were discussed with a view to their better protection from foreigners. It is reported that in terests are now threatened by wanton and wholesale slaughter of seals on the open ocean. It seems that during the day female seals leave their young, on the shores of islands in charge of the males, while they go miles away in search of food, with which they return at night. Recently the practice has sprung up of catching the female seals while they are in search of food. Their young perished, as a matter of course, and the perpetuation of the animals is endangered. The difficulty of controll ing this matter arises from the alleged want of jurisdiction of the government over those waters beyond the three miles limit. The question will be again con sidered at a future meeting. ENDKOTT AND MAYNARD DISAGREE. We clip the following from the Eve ning Slar of Wednesday: There have been nnmi r jus points of controversy be tween Second Controller Maynard and Secretary Endicott. The secretary of war has not in all cases been willing to accept the decisions of the second con troller, and has tried on several occasions to have them reversed or overruled in some way. There has been a conflict of authority and Judge Maynard has held the key to the situation. Two or three months ago, Mr. Endicott wrote a letter to the second controller in relation to the accounts of Surgeon Billings, Lieutenant Ray and Captain Wheeler for mileage while journeying abroad, which had been disallowed, reopened by request of the secretary of war, and again disallowed; and also to certain accounts of Capt. J. B. Rawles, Majors Smith and Tucker and others. In the letter Mr. Endicott an nounced that he intended to submit the cases to the court of claims under the provisions of section 3 of the act of March 3, 1884, which permits matters controverted in the departments to be sent to the court of claims. Yesterday just before retiring from the office of second controller Judge Mayn ard wrote a sharp reply to the secretary of war. He said that the cases had been settled and the papers turned over to the second auditor; that the re-examination had resulted in postponing the decision reached in the first instance, and that the matter would not be again reopened. As to the announcement that the secretary of war intended to send the cases to the court of claims he calls attention to the fact that the cases are entirely under the jurisdiction of the treasury department i and cannot be taken to the court of claims by the head of any other depart ment. Moreover, he reminds Secretary Endicott that the court could only give an opinion and not a decision in the cases, should the secretary go there. In conclusion he says: “If the secretary of war had any doubt with reference to the correctness of his own views upon any or all of the abstract questions of law propounded in his let ter, the opinion of the court of claims thereon might be of value to him; but as this office has no doubt, and, so far as it can be learned this department has none, with reference to the correctness of the adjustment of accounts referred to, it is not seen how a reference of these cases by another department to the court of claims can affect the past or control.the future action of the treasury department thereoD." COL. LAMONT S ANSWER. A delegation of Irish-Americans called at the white house Monday to invite the president to attend a meeting to be held in the city to protest against the coercion policy in Ireland. They saw Col. La mont and were informed that whatever the president’s private views on the sub ject might be, it would be manifestly improper for him to attend such a meet- i ing in his official capacity. The commit tee were convinced of the wisdom of this reasoning, and withdrew without further effort to see the president. The president has accepted an invita tion to review, on Monday next, a pro cession of colored people on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia. Ax eighteen-year-old young man of Richie county, Indiana, fell ill with measles. His grandmother, anxious to j effect a speedy cure and “bring them | out,” placed him betweeu two ticks of feu there, with hot stones at his feet and j a live sheep alongside of him. He died. ' A TERRIBLE DISASTER. A Naraber of Mm are Suffocated ia a Mlaa t Savanna, I. T. A special from Venita, Indian Terri tory, referring to a mine disaster at Sa vanna, says: The body of gas fired must j have been immense, to’ render flames of i Bu ch magnitude. It was followed with ! such concussion as to startle every one tor miles around, and people in tlie im mediate vicinity were severely shocked. The engine house and lifting works struc ture, over a hundred feet long and two stories high, was blown into splinters by the current driven out of the slope anil ; in a few minutes was enveloped inflames, j From the character of the building and I being literally saturated with oil, it was not possible to save anything from the flames. There were six men in the mine at the moment of the explosion, which occurred at ten minutes past one o'clock. ( These men were all killed. Their names I areas follows: Miles Jarrett, Dave Jones, I Hugh Dooley, William Baines, Charles Parsons, and Bert French. The most distressing part of the accident is the suffering of thirteen more, who were at tempting, with others, to reach the fated men through an adjoining mine. Following are their names: James | Ward, James McGinniss, Fred Rates, : Thomas Noven, Mike Kelley, Thomas I Daniels, George Hill, Pat Glaney, Robert j Miller, Pat Fagan, John Williams, Peter j Renold and William Hudson. The workings of the two mines run together far down in the mine but these means of communication have never been attended to or the men could have been rescued. Out of the first party attempting to reach number two, five were lost and are still in the mine. A second party of twelve or fifteen went down. At this writing, eight of these are reported lost in the mine, over come with fire damp. This makes thir teen already sacrificed to inattention. There is no telling what may be further loss of life in the attempt to rescue the bodies of those now in the mines. Cut ting is now being driven through into one of the upper lifts or entries. When done, it is hoped they will be able to at least rescue the bodies of the unfortun ates. Fans have been started in No. 2, by attaching the boiler of a switch loco motive to steam pipes. Everything that is possible is being done to enable the men to reach the bottom of the slope. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Th® Vata® of Wine® Rejected at a Wis consin Election. Associated press dispatch from Mil waukee, Wis, dated Tuesday, says: The election to-day was for state associate judge of the supreme court. Harlow T. Orton, democrat, vras re-elected without opposition. Milwaukee county voted on judge of the circuit court and judge of the superior court. The democrats and republicans placed a fusion ticket in the field ogainst the labor party. At 10 o clock to-night twenty-five precincts have been heard from, giving D. H. Johnson, democrat, and George H. Noyes, republican, fusion judicial candi dates, 1,14 > majority over the labor can didates. The seventeen additional city precincts will probably neutralize this majority, but seven towns of the county will go strongly for the fusion candidates, who are probably elected by 2,000 major ity. The labor party will elect about half the aldermen and about one-half the supervisors. Both bodies will probably be democratic, as two-thirds of the al dermen hold over. In many cities of the state, by preconcerted arrangement, ladies iu bodies wont to the polls and offered to vote, claiming to be entitled to do so by an inference conveyed by the recent law allowing women to vote in school affairs. In Sturgeon Bay one hundred of them voted, but elsewhere their ballots weie refused. In Delavan, eighty prominent ladies marched to the polls in the morn ing in procession. A lively discussion followed, speeches being made for and against their right to vote. After con siderable excitement the board refused to accept the votes of the ladies. The polls were blocked until after 12 o’clock by ladies who persisted in offering their votes. A test case will be made and carried to the supreme court. Reports from the interior cities are meagre. Co lumbus, Delavan and Tomah have elected republican mayors. Iu Depere a fusion of republicans and democrats won over the labor party. Kenosha elected a full labor ticket. A NOTED ACTOR DEAD. John T. Raymond Dies in Evansville, Ind.— His Wife Prostrated, Evansville, Ind.—John T. Raymond, the celebrated actor, died here at a quarter to one Sunday morning. He ar rived here from the soutli Friday after noon, quite ill from an intestinal disor der, complicated with heart disease. About midnight Saturday night he com menced failing rapidly, and became un- I conscious. He was attended by tbe mem- j bers of his company, who were grief stricken over the sad occurrence. Mr. Raymond’s family live in New York and are not here. John T. Raymond was billed to appear at the opera house here last Friday from Hopkinsville, Ky., where he appeared on Thursday night. The previous night he appeared in Nashville, Tenn. Although not at all well, suffering from a severe cold, he kept up, and it was not until 4 o'clock in the afternoon of Friday that he consented at the urgent request of physicians here, not to appear that night. He was in bed from that time until the time of his death. Friday afternoon he slept a little for the first time in several days. Drs. Candel and Herr, who wait ed upon him, say that he was in a dying condition when he arrived here. The immediate cause of his death was heart disease, complicated with severe cold, nervous prostration and congestion of the stomach and bowels. A dispatch from a friend of Mrs. Ray mond, in New Y'ork. to Mr. 'Walter J. Lamb, Mr. Raymond’s manager, stated 1 that Mrs. Raymond was so prostrated by the news of her husband’s death that she was unable to give any directions, so it was decided to take the remains to New Y’ork. ACCIDENT AT STEEL WORKS. At the Edgar Thompson steel work*, at Braddock, Pa., abjut 10 o’clock Tues day morning a heat of steel had been dumped to a portable ladle, preparatory to pouring it into ingot molds, when the liquid metal exploded and was scattered in all directions. Five pitmen were frightfully burned from head to foot. A coke boy passing to the pit at the time was caught by the flesh and his clothing burned from his body. Two pitmen, it is thought, are fatally burned. All oth ers very seriously. All the physicians in Braddock were promptly summoned and everything possible done for the relief of the sufferer*. ANTI-COERCION MEETINGS. M©ella(® Held Is Various Place® to Eapres® Sympathy for Ireland. An immense mass meeting was held in the Academy of Music, of Philadelphia, Monday evening for the purpose of pro testing against the proposed coercive legislation by the government of Great Britain. Fully 1,000 were present, ami a large number who were unable to gain admission had an overflow meeting in the streets. Besides Governor Beaver there were present all living ex-governors of the State and many prominent persons of the State and city. The regular meeting was called to order by ex Attorney General Brewster, and after several stirring speeches had been made resolutions were adopted ex pressing the sentiment of the meeting, and the following was ordered telegraphed to Messrs. Gladstone and Parnell: “An immense anti coercion meeting this evening. Five thousand people present. Thousands unable to obtain admission. The governor of Pennsyl vania presided. Every living ex-gover nor consenting to be present to express his sympathy. No speaker Irish. All Americans. Strong speeches were made denouncing the bill and expressing amazement that such a measure should be proposed in the 19th century by a civ ilized government. “Resolutions expressing the sentiment of our city of one million inhabitants, and our State, of five million inhabitants, in favor of Irish home rule, were unan imously and enthusiastically adopted.’’ The cablegram was signed by Governor Beaver. AT BOSTON on the same evening Faneuil hall was packed by a thoroughly American audi ence, the occasion being a meeting to express condemnation of the Irish crimes act. Governor Ames, Lieutenant Gov ernor Brackett, Mayor O'Brien, Senator Hoar, Revenue Collector Fitzgerald, Mayor Russell, of Cambridge, John Boyle O’Reilly, deputy collector, were among those present. Governor Arnes, Senator Hoar, Mayor O'Brien, Rev. C. A. Barton, John Boyle O’Reilly, Lieutenant Gover nor Brackett, Rev. A. A. Miner, Rev. Father Teeling, of Newburyport; John E. Fitzgerald, Rev. Father Connally, of Worcester; ex-Miyor Donovan, of Low ell; Father McKeniiv, of .Marlboro; and W. E. Lord, of the Advertiser, were the speakers. Telegrams were seut to Messrs. Gladstone and Parnell, and over $l,lOO collected for the Irish league. AT DBS MOINES a large and enthusiastic mass convention, representing the people of lowa, was held to express sympathy with the people of Ireland, and denounce the Balfour co ercion lull. Governor Larrabee was pres ident, and speeches were made by him, Lieutenant Governor Hill, Secretary of State Jackson, Auditor Lyon, Congress man Conger, Judge Gwinn, severaF Pro testant and Catholic clergymen and others. AUGUST SPIES DISAPPOINTED. ll** l-'nil!* I*> Elicit ili<* Support of llio Tur ner’s Association. Chicago 111., —A bitter set back was given to the friends of August Spies, who have been endeavoring to enlist the moral support of the Turners here for him, and his condemned friends, but the anar chist sympathizers refuse to acknowledge themselves defeated, and declare that they will carry their efforts before the highest authority in the order, and make the is'sue a national one among the Tur ners. Spies was a Turner and a promi nent one before his incarceration. After the death sentence was .pronounced against him and his companions, a friend ot Spies, Chairman John Gloy and the members of the Turners’ executive board of this district, issued a circular to all the subordinate Turning societies in this vicinity, requesting them to notify the board whether they favored the adoption of a resolution declaring the verdict against the anarchists to be unjust, and asking for anew trial. The result was a storm of protests against the action of the board. To-day the district convention of the Turners was held for the purpose of deciding upon the question of impeach ing and depositing the district executive board, and especially John Gloy, chair man, for over-stepping their authority and disgracing theiroffice. Seventy-seven delegates were present, including repre sentatives from every 1 urncr society within a radius of fifty miles of Chicago. After a stormy discussion, a resolution to depose the executive board was carried by a vote of 42 to 35. AN INFURIATED ANARCHIST. Hl* Strnnji*; Art* nipt (o Wreak Vengeance on u Railroad. Chicago, 111.—L)r. W. N. Williams, of No. 3,262 Vernon avenue, had a nar row escape Wednesday evening from death at the hands of an infuriated an archist. He was called to attend a seven year old son of Frank Moeek, the boy having been run over by a Thirty-first street car. Dr. Williams, who is em ployed by the street railway company, was engaged in amputating the boy’s leg, when the father, who had heard of the accident, arrived at home. Moeek was furious when he saw Dr. Williams, and was imbued with the idea that he could have revenge on the corporation by kill ing the doctor. Seizing a pistol he leveled it at the doctor, but it failed to explode. The doctor escaped through a rear win dow, carrying the sash and all with him; but returned later with two medical men and finished the amputation, Moeek hav ing been induced to see the necessity of it by the expostulations of neighbors. TAR HEEL. MOONSHINERS. Information has just been received in regard to several cases of crookedness in the management of the government dis tilleries in Rutherford county, N. C. Two of these establishments have been seized by a government official from Washington, who, as a detective, worked up the case. The storekeepers and dis tillers were in copartnership and con spired in defrauding the government. The parties have fled. They are charged with wholesale violation of the revenue law’s on a large scale. WRECKERS AT WORK. Ihe south bound passenger train on Mobile and Ohio railway was wrecked at Carol! station, eight miles from Jackson, Teun., Monday night. No one was in jured, though the passengers were con siderably shaken up. The accident seems to have been due to train wreckers, a* the switch was partly thrown and an iron bolt was found jammed between the rails. The railroad authorities lay the deed at the door of residents of that vicinity, who they claim are seeking revenge on the engineer tor running ove'r vome of their live slock recently. RAILROAD THIEVES. 4 GIGANTIC SYSTEM OF ROBBERI DISCOVERED. Wholesale Arrest® Yladein Pittsburg, Pa. aad Other Town® Along the l.lneor the Panhandle Railroad. PiTTSBi-RG, Fa -The most important ai rests ever made in this part of the coun try were begun at an early hour Monday morning, by which the officers of the Panhandle railroad have in custody the most daring gang of railroad robbers this country has ever known. How many members belong to it are not known, but they run up into the hundreds. Their stealings extend over a period of two or throe years, and the amount stolen reach es nearly half a million dollars. Sinnil taueous arrests were made all along the line of the Panhandle road between heir and Columbus. Telegrams from Cadiz, Steubenville and other places, report the arrest at those places of a large number of railroad men implicated in tbe robberies. Spe cials from Dennison, Ohio, report the ar rest there of J. R. Dunlap, leader of a gang, and also of James and W. Colies j with several thousands of dollars’ wortll of velvets and high priced dry goods in their possession. The articles were taken from United States bonded cars cn route to Chicago, St. Louis and other points west. One Busby, the worst man in the gang, slipjied his handcuffs and reckless ly threw himself from the train whilst it wa> going and escaped. The arrests have created the greatest excitement among railroad employes of this city. The scenes about the jail doors, where relatives of the prisoners had ga thered to learn the causes of their arrests, were of the saddest descriptions—wives, children, parents, brothers and sisters, with tear-stained faces, stood around the entrances to the prison eager to hear the latest developments and pleading with the officers for admission to the jail to see the prisoners, all of whom are em ployes of the road. A prominent officer of the Panhandle road in speaking of the a tresis said: “ 1 hese robberies have been carried on systematically for several years. The company have long been aware that there was a leakage somewhere, and as early as September, 1886,they quietly commented an investigation. Detectives were placed on the work. AYe had already discovered that the robbers were employes of the . company. In September there were ■ eighty crews of freight trains on the Panhandle railroad, coming into Pitts burg. of these eighty crews, no less than seventy-five were found to be crooked. “Depradations were committed all along the road,and losers reside at points as far west as Denver. Fences were es , tablished in this city where the stolen property was taken and then sold, the money being evenly divided among the crews. It is estimated that at least $200,000 worth of goods were taken, for , which the company had to pay. In Au gust last we got a clue, and the company determined to push it to the end. De tectives were employed, who followed up every scent and finally we had informa tion upon which to proceed. “When everything was ready, we de cided to make a move all along the line ; from Columbus to Pittsburg, and two o’clock this morning was fixed to strike (lie blow. About eighty warrants were issued for men in this city, and arrests have been accordingly made. There were over three hundred warrants issued, and no doubt an arrest will be made on each of them in due time. The men arrested include in some in stances whole crews. J. R. Dunlap,who is regarded as a ringleader of tin- gang, has made a confession to the detectives in which he implicated several outsiders and located fences at Dennison, Ohio, New Philadelphia and other places. A MINE EXPLOSION. A Sait Arriiient by \\ hirli a Y®un|| Sliutenl ot Vnsser is Killed. Pottsvii, le, Pa., —A shockin'? acci dent occurred in the mine of the Cham berlain collery, St. Clair, Monday after noon. M iss Berlista Sliaul, of Sharon Springs, N. Y'., a student of Vaasa r college, was visiting Miss Minnie Keiter, of St. Clair, a fellow-student. The two young ladie-. in company with a young man named Harry Short, and Edwin Thomson, one of the operators of the collery. entered the mine for the purpose of giving Miss Shaul an opportunity to inspect the o|wr atiou of mining coal. The mine had not been working for a week and none but the party of explorers were inside at the time. An explosion of fire-damp wn* caused by their lamps. Miss Keiter was killed. Miss Shaul had a leg broken and is badly burned, but may recover. Short still lives, unconscious from many inju ries and will probably die. Thompson is painfully but not seriously hurt. HE WANTS DAMAGES. A Tci® Editor filling the Member® or th* Htat© Legislature. Mr. H. S. Canfield, of Austin, Texas, who was recently imprisoned by order of the state house of representatives for having caused the arrest of the speaker during the recent session, has filed a suit for damages againßt J. C. Carr, sergeant at-arms of the house, and fifty-eight members of the body, who voted for hi* imprisonment. He claims $25 for actual damages, SIO,OOO for damages in charac ter and reputation, and $1,000,000 for punitory damages. The members against whom the suit is brought were served with oitatations Monday, and shortly after the legislature adjourned, the mem bers held a meeting to decide upon what course to pursue. Those present agreed that each would pay his pro rata share of the expense of defending the suit. THROUGH TO (OLOIBIS. Columbus, Miss. -The Georgia Pacific railroad, between here and Birmingham ls now completed, the last rail being laid ninety miles from this place last Mondav afternoon. A special train from Binning >am arrived bunging the officers of the road and a few prominent citizens. It is believed that this road will begin build mg west from here at once, connecting with their Greenville. Miss., branch. c completion of this road gives Colum ms a direct route to all northern and eastern markets, resulting in great sav ings in freight s- , especiallv on cotton. the new war vessels. The secretary of the navy has invited ■ealed proposals from ship builders of he United States for buiiding five new vessels; the “Newark," authorized by . nava * appropriation bill of 1885; two nineteen knot cruisers known as numbers four and five; and two 1,700 ton trun boats, designated as number* three ani four.