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A CLASHING OF GIANTS.
HARTINGTON TO TAKE UP GLAD
STONE’S PROPOSAL.
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Tlie Government Debating on Its
Next Move—John Bright’s Opinion of
Gladstone-Evictions atßodyke Con
tinued-Gunboats to be Employed
Also—Liberals Displeased.
LonqON, June B.—lt is expected that the
Irish Land bill will reach the House of Com
mons next week and that the government
will ask the second reading of that measure
before taking up the final stage of the
Crimes bill. Lord Hartington will
speak at Manchester on June 34 with refer
ence to Mr. Gladstone’s proposal for a con
ference.
JOHN BRIGHT ON GLADSTONE.
John Bright has written a letter in which
he says: “Sir. Gladstone, while in Wales,
spoke as though there was no province of
Ulster and no Protestants or a loyal Catho
lic population in Ireland. It is sad to see so
great a man descend to artifices so trans
parent to deceive his count rymen.”
LIBERALS DISPLEASED.
Mr. Gladstone’s recent tour does not seem
to have forwarded the cause of the Liberal
reunion. The English Libeial Association
lias passed resolutions regretting that while
Mr. Gladstone makes minor concessions with
reference to his Irish bill of 1886, he adheres
to the plan for an Irish Parliament, and ex
pressing the conviction that his speeches .in
Wales will discourage the hope of the re
union, which the Liberal-Unionist® desire.
A CHANGE OF FRONT.
Lord Hartington and Mr. Chamberlain
had an interview with the members of the
government yesterday, and it is reported
Fhat the result was the dropping of the
venue clause of the crimes bill in favor of
the provision for a trial by the Commission
if Judges.
UNIONISTS MAKING CONCESSIONS.
The Unionists are willing to support the
proposals to substitute for the change of
venue clause of the crimes bill a
clause providing for the trial by a
commission of judges. Mr. W. H. Smith
spoke at a banquet of the Constitutional
U nion last evening. He gave no indication
of the measures he proposed to adopt in re
gard to the crimes bill, but said it was the
government’s duty to press forward the bill
until a final verdict hail been obtained. He
gratefully acknowledged the sacrifices made
bv the Unionists in support of the govern
ment.
DEPLORABLE EVICTION SCENES.
Dublin, June B. — The gunboat Banter
took the Sheriff of County Clare and a body
of police to Clare Island to-day, where they
evicted twelve tenants. The scenes wit
nessed while the write of eviction were being
executed .were deplorable.
THE WOMEN DEFY THEM.
During the evictions at Bodyke to-dav
two women belonging to the Tushy family
defied the Sheriff and police for an hour
by throwing water and whitewash upon
them. The family was finally evicted and
the women were arrested.
bishop walsh’s good advice.
Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, in sending
to Mr. Harrington, secretary of the Irish
National ljeague, the £3OO which had been
forwarded to him by the Irish residents of
Kimberly, Africa, together with a letter
expressing the hope that the people of Ire
land would avoid crime, despite coercion,
trusts that the moderate councils of Parnell,
Harrington and other political leaders will
not be thrown aw "as long as the national
movement is kept within its present lines,”
writes the archbishop. “Irishmen may
safely defy most of the vicious efforts made
to slander them. At Rome, especially, may
they disregard, with the utmost confidence,
the efforts to persuade the Pope that the
Nationalists are revolutionists.”
DAVITT SAYS ITS “TIT FOR TAT.”
Mr. Davitt made another speech at Bodyke
to-day. He said he had received a letter
from Mrs. Davitt intimating that if he
should lie arrested she would speak in his
stead. He said that for the last eight years
by had counseled moderation, but the brazen
English Govt rnors had given the Irish kicks
nud insults for their moderation. As soon
a. the Tory blackguards showed modera
tion, he would return the favor.
BOOMING BLAINE.
Early Mid-Summer Start of the New
York Republican Club.
New York, June B.—The Republican
Club of New York adopted a report this
evening, with only one dissenting voice,
which contained the following: “The confer
ence with the leadens of the Irish Americans
who voted for Blaine in 1884 discloses that
they will again vote for him and prefer
his nomination to that of any
other man.” A member moved to strike
out the attempt, to boom Blaine. He said
he voted for Blaine and would vote for him
a?ain, but lie deplored any direct in
dorsement of the candidate in ad vance of the
convention. Mr. Mahlon Chance ex
plained that the report simply stated facts
and that the manes of Foraker and Kherman
"ere suggested to the leaders. They, how
said they emphatically preferred
'>mmo as the only man who hud excited the
' [approval of their English enemies. They
not object to Foraker and Hherman, but
tne.v did prefer Mr. Blaine.
GOOD-BY, BOYS.
Hon. J. g. Blaino and Editor O’Brien
Sailing Across the Waters.
New York, June B.—Mr. and Mrs. James
'• Blaine and their daughters, Misses M.
”'l Hattie Blaine, left the Fifth Avenue
• Intel shortly after 5 o'clock this morning,
a , I reached the North German IJoyd pier,
V Hoboken, nt ti :30 o’clock, where they
oarded the steamer Ems. which sailed for
(iJi ‘'r’niipton at 7:30 o’clock, having been
pourin'. an Hour waiting for the mail
%Vir Adriatic, on which Mr.
o yi~T l ?, n Brien is a passenger, sailed at 7
uoc * this morning.
PRISONERS DISCHARGED.
T-e Alleged Train Robbers Held in
foxas Are Discharged.
Austin, Tex.. June B.—United States
ominiNsioner Hugging to day discharged
r i 1 train robbers, Joo Barbour,
hr 1 1,11 1, Child Craft, and the Ussery
■ n< rs, an alio] having been established
The evidence against them
The only evidence
o "arbour was the finding of
)n'., W v'm *')e Georgetown Sun
tv,,,., nte'-'oil station having Bar
larner ""‘"i <m H- Notwithstanding the
the or iHe apprehension of
lit,,| ~,, , s authorities are unable to
1 due.
,■ Mexico Still Shaking
.* h ."! Mkxico, via Galveston, June
*hvk , last three days n few slight j
Hr iijo-K, have been felt during
felt. “ ut 00 special apprehension Ls
HOMELESS AND RUINED.
A Waterspout Causes Great Destruc
tion in a Pennsylvania Town.
Pittsburg, Pa., June B.—A special from
Johnstown, Pa., says the flood yesterday
was caused by a waterspout west of Hoov
ersviile, Somerset county, a village on the
line of the Somerset and Cambria railroad.
The village was entirely under water, and
the destruction of property is great. Many
thousand logs belonging to the Latrobe
Lumber Company passed here yesterday.
The bridges above here w r ere carried off.
" he Keeruville bridge was jiartly destroyed.
One at Coopersdale was entirely swept
away, as was one at Von Lumen’s, neartne
town.
The destruction of property is enormous,
but the amount cannot be ascertained now.
At Hooversville the work of the flood is
appalling. Upward of twenty residences
were washed off their foundations and de
posited on the ground. At least 100 families
in this borough alone lost everything in the
lower story and cellars of their houses.
ruined homes and ‘property.
The water having subsided, the scene to-,
day is one of demoralization and ruin. The
yards and streets are blocked with the debris
and rubbish, and houses are filled up with
water. The merchants’ goods are filled
with sand, mud and water. Lots of women
and children are standing about weeping
and mourning over their ruined homes.
In Grubbtown, Conemaughborough, Mor
rillville. Minersville, Cambria City and
Coopersdale the same scene is presented, and
it is estimated that in the suburbs and in the
city 300 people were temporarily rendered
homeless and dependent for shelter on the
charity of their more fortunate neighbors.
No estimate can be made of the damage at
present, but it is thought that it will reach
$150,000 in this vicinity alone.
No lives, so far as known, were lost.
sad features of the disaster.
Mrs. D. J. Morrell, the widow of the Hon.
D. J. Mon-ell, died from heart disease about
13 o'clock last night, produced, it is sup
posed, by the excitement caused by the
water surrounding her home and being sev
eral feet in the lower story. Col. James M.
Cooper, a wealthy and influential citizen of
Coopersdale, also dropped dead from over
excitement. He and Mrs. Morrell were
each about 65 years of age. A number of
other deaths from the flood are reported.
WASHINGTON BY WIRE.
Dismissal of the Only Colored Man in
the Signal Service.
Washington, June B.—W. H. Green, the
only colored man ever admitted to the sig
nal service, has been dismissed from that
service without a character. The only
significance in this order lies in the fact that
he is a colored man and is-the man over
whom Gen. Hazen and Secretary of War
Lincoln had a controversy. Mr: Green was
a graduate of a New York college and was
highly recommended, and the Secretary
overruled Gen. Hazen’s order. Green, soon
after the appointment, was assigned to duty
at Pensacola. The Sergannt in charge of
The signal office there refused to accept
him as his assistant, and was
courtmnrtialod and reduced to a private for
his disobedience of orders. Green was then
placed in charge at Pensacola, but did not
give satisfaction either to the signal office
nor to the community he served. He was
sent to Rochester, New York, where his
record has boon very unsatisfactory, and it
is stated that had he been a white man his
connection with the signal service would
have been summarily cut short a long time
before this; but they decided to give the
colored man every possible indulgence,
which led to his retention until his own con
duct necessitated his dismissal.
CAVALRY FOR VIRGINIA.
Upon the recommendation of Gen. Sheri
dan the Secretary of War has decided that
two companies of c-avalry shall be perma
nently stationed at Fort Myer, Virginia,
which has been abandoned since last sum
mer, when it was used as a school of in
struction for the signal service. It has not
been definitely settled what companies will
bo ordered there.
LAMAR FOR THE JUDGESHIP.
The expressions used by the Prosident in
a conversation about the vacancy on. the
United States Supreme bench led a gentle
man, who talked with him about it before
he went away, to believe that he wopld ap
point Secretary Lamar if Mr. Lamar wished
it. It is said by the friends of Mr. Lamar
tliat, he does wish it, but in the absence of
both the President and Secretary Lamar
these statements cannot be verified.
MR. CORCORAN NO WORSE
The conditition of W. W. Corcoran has
changed very little during the day, and
what little change has occurred, however,
has been for the better. He rests quietly
and takes the nourishment freely. There
has been no extension of the paralysis as
yet.
A MISSOURI CYCLONE.
Lifts up Houses, Destroys Property,
but No Lives are Lost.
St. Louis, June B.—A special from Mar
shall, Mo., says: A cyclone visited this
county yestorday afteynoon, about 4o’clock,
doing much general damage, but very se
vere damage at Little Rock, about one
hundred miles from here. The storm carne
from the .southoast, striking the front of
Oberdock's house. The house was lifted
from its foundations, turned partially
around and dropped almost a complete
wreck, several feet from its former place.
The husband, wife and several children,
seeing the storm coming, sough! safety in
the cellar, while the house was lifted from
over them. Oberdock's barn was de
stroyed, three horses killed, the orchard
uprooted and twenty acres of wheat
wipid out. The two-story residence of R.
B. Davidson was unroofed and lifted from
its foundation. The frame resilience of J.
Hendricks was almost totally destroyed.
The houses were all in the same vicinity.
The storm covered a space of fifty yards
wide, leaving destruction to all outhouses,
fences and trees in its scope. The storm
whs accompanied by the heaviest rain ex
perienced here for months.
AGAINST PROHIBITION.
The Constitutional Amendment De
• foated in Massachusetts.
Bouton. June s.—-The constitutional pro
hibitory amendment was defeated in the
House to-day. It was not necessary for a
two-thirds majority. Of the memliers re
conled in favor of the measures 126 were
Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 Independent
Republican, 1 Independent Democrat, anil 1
Independent. <>f the 77 recorded against, it
17 were Republicans, 58 Democrats, and 3
Independent Democrats.
ANOTHER COAL PIT HORROR.
A Fire Damp Explosion Kills Forty-
One Miners.
Berlin, June 9. —An explosion of fire
damp In a mine in the coal pit at Gelsen
kirchen, in Westphalia, has occurred. The
Ijodies of forty-otic persons, killed by the
explosion, have been recovered and twelve
more are belie ved to be dead.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1887.
IRRITATION OF THE CZAR.
THE ANGLO-TURKISH CONVENTION
CONTROVERSY.
Strained Relations of the Powers—The
Sultan in Hot Water—England Pro
poses to Hold the Fort—Dismissed for
Publishing State Secrets Stanley
Heard From.
Berlin, June B.—A dispatch from St.
Petersburg says: “The Czar is incensed at
the tone adopted by the Russian press in
regard to his foreign policy. The Czar aims
at maintaining jieace, and his policy em
phasizes the tradition of amity between
Russia and Germany.”
the crown prince's condition.
Dr. Morell Mackenzee, of London, to-day
performed a second operation upon the tu
mor in the Crown Prince’s throat, and suc
cessfully removed another portion of its
growth. Cocouine was used to deaden the
sensation in the throat. The spirits of the
Crown Prince were much raised by Dr.
Mackenzie’s assurance.
ENGLAND PROPOSES TO STAY.
Constantinople, June B.—Sir Henry
Drummond AVolfe, the special English rep
resentative in charge of the Egyptian ques
tion, and Sir William A. White, the English
ambassador, discussed with the Ottoman
Commission last evening the objections of
Russia and France to the Anglo-Turkish
convention relative to Egypt. The French
and Russian ambassadors had declared,
in presenting the objections of their
governments, that the convention was
contrary to the Sultan's sovereign rights.
It is announced that the adhesion of the
powers to the convention will be invited
after it is ratified, and that if any of the
powers fail to give their sanction within
three years, such refusal will be regarded as
constituting an external danger to Egypt,
and the British evacuation of the country
will be postponed.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS DISMISSED.
London, June 8. —A dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from St. Petersburg,
says that M. Saburoff and M. Tatiseh
off, formerly the Russian Ambassa
dors at Berlin, have lieen dismissed from
the diplomatic service of Russia for
publishing secret official documents in ♦con
nection with the controversy between the
North German Gazette and the Russian
press, and that editor Kafctkoff, of the Mos
cow Gazette, has been reprimanded for
publishing the documents.
STANLEY ALIVE AND WELL.
A dispatch from St. Paul de Luanda says
the latest Congo advices are to the effect
that Stanley’s expedition was making a suc
cessful hut slow progress up the river owing
to the fact that the vessels were heavily
laden. A slight accident had happened to
the engines of the steamer Peace which was
soon repaired, otherwise all was well.
TllE DANUBE MUST BE CONTROLLED.
Vienna, June 8, —An exceptionally
stormy winter and the numerous heavy
snow-falls account to a large extent for the
present disastrous floods in Hungary. It is
stated that no amount of dyke inspection
can prevent the occurrence of the floods in
the Theiss valley until the Gova-nnient un
dertakes the regulation of the Danube at the
iron gates, as provided for in the treaty of
Berlin.
GREAT SUFFERING IN HUNGARY.
The inhabitants of Lele in the flooded dis
trict have been rescued in boats and are
now camping round Moko, where 1,000 men
are working with frantic energy. . The
water is now within 300 yards of the town
and the place is doomed unless the flood
soon subsides. The government has sent
funds to relieve the immediate want® of the
sufferers.
RUSSIAN TROOPS AT ASKABAD.
Vienna, June B.—-The Neue Freie Presse
says that Askabod has been oceupiod by
26,000 Russian troops.
HAD BETTER REMAIN THERE.
Cairo, June B.—The Mahdi, at the re
cent council of war at Omderraan, decided
to refrain from making any attacks on the
frontier because such hostilities would pro
long the English occupation of Egypt.
THE POPE’S JUBILEE.
Rome, June 8. — The Vatican authorities
have received SBOO,OOO with which to cele
brate the Pope’s jubilee.
DEATH OF PROF. HERMANN.
Carlsbad, June B.—Prof. Hermann, the
prestidigitateur, died to-day, agod 00.
FRANCE UNSATISFIED.
Not Suited With the Plans of “Per
fidious Albion”—Police Censure.
London, Juno B.—The French govern
ment ha;; informed the French Ambassadors
abroad that France cannot assent to the
Anglo-Turkish convention, except as a basis
for further negotiations.
THE PARIS POLICE CENSURED.
The Municipal Council has passed a vote
of censure on the Prefect of Police, the
Minister of the Interior and the Minister of
Fine Arts, whom the Council hold responsi
ble for the recent disaster at the Opera
Coniique. The Council has also adopted a
resolution granting the theatres three
months within which to substitute electric
light for gas.
BIG WHEAT DEAL.
Chicago’s Elevators too Full to Receive
Any Further Shipments.
Chicago, June .—The Inter Ocean to
morrow will say: The regular Chicago ele
vators are now practically inaccessible to
grain, while the prices for the cereal are up
and more shipments are coming. There
Ls estimated to be 38,090,000 bushels
of regular storage room, ami there are 32,
000,000 bushels of grain in store. The aver
age daily handling of the receipts and ship
ments of grain is aliout 8,000,000 bushels.
This leaves 4,000,000 bushels of storage room
yet unoccupied, but this is all well held and
unobtainable by the shorts.
HOW IT RESULT*.
The result of this closing of facilitieii for
terminal storage has been to close up two
railroads for the receipts of grain. The first
road to serve notice that no more grain
would be received for to* present was the
St. Paul, and this fact, to some, is consid
ered very s.gnitirant. The result has b"n
to bring the limiter before the directors
of the Board of Trail" and they have started
an investigation in the matter. A commit
ted* has boon appointed to look into the
htorago question and see if some means can
not be adopted to relieve the paralysis of
trade here.
PAY THE FIDDLER.
The clique that lias now the wheat ninrket
in its koening can send prices up to $1 and
hHvo it all to themselves. All the shorts
will have to sit down and pay any differ
ences that the clique may fit to ask.
DID HIS DUTY.
Boston’s Collector trines a Steamship
Company for Disobedience.
Boston, June B.—Collector Holtonstall to
day imposed a fine of 81,000 upon the Can
ard Steamship Company for permitting an
insane pauper woman to land from one of
their vessels after being notified not to do
so.
UNCLE SAM'S PRECAUTIONS.
Revenue Vessels to Maintain a Sea
Quarantine On Their Districts.
Washington, June B.—Secretary Fair
child to-day issued a circular in regard to
contagious diseases, in which he says: “In
order to assist the local authorities in the
maintenance of the quarantine against the
introduction of any infectious diseases as
provided in section 4702, Revised Statutes,
act of April 39, 1878, and the appropriation
acts authorizing the President to maintain a
quarantine at all points of danger, the Pres
ident has determined to establish, by means
of the vessels of the revenue service, a
national patrol of the coast of the United
(States, so far as it may be practicable, un
der the existing laws and consistent with
the performance of their other duties con
fined to that service. The circular contains
special instructions to the commanding
officers of the revenue cutters to
cruise actively upon the outer lines of their
grounds, and to exercise a special vigilance
in speaking all vessels arriving from foreign
fort®, or from any infected pats of the
fluted States, directing them inquiries,
first, as to the ports from which the vessel
sailed, and, secondly, as to the health of
those on board at' the time of them de
parture, during the passage and at the time
of the hailing, mid should the information
gained indicate a condition of contagion or
infection in the vessel or crew, or that the
vessel has loft a port at which contagious or
infectious diseases were prevailing, her
master will Vie directed to proceed for exam
ination to the outer quarantine station pro
vided for her port of destination.
REGULATIONS FOR INSPECTION.
The following regulations will be observed
relative to the Inspection ol vessels: If the
vessel be found with any Sickness on hoard,
or in a foul condition, the revenue marine
officer will immediately notify the proper
quarantine officer. In snob rase no person
w ill be permitted to hoard the vessel until
the meqical officer in charge of the quaran
tine station shall have given the usual per
mit. Should the pilot, or the master of the
vessel when hailed, report cases of recent or
present sickness on board, the revenue offi
cer will not board, but will semi her imme
diately to the quarantine. Quarantine of
ficers will be recognized as follows:
the medical officers, or the acting assistant
surgeons of the Marine Hospital Service in
charge of the Gulf, the South Atlantic, the
Cape Charles, or the Delaware breakwater
quarantines, or any officer of said service
on duty at any port on the interior rivers,
the great lakes, or on the Pacific const, and
all quarantine officers acting under the
proper Htato or local authority. Special
regulations to aid the local quarantine
authorities will be promulgated hereafter,
should occasion require.”
MISHAPS AND MISDEEDS.
News which People will Read but
Don’t Wont Published.
Beleford, Ont., June 8. -Toe dwelling
of A. Brown was burned uiis morning
Four small children, all under ten years of
age, porished in the flames. The parents,
with a baby, barely escaped with their lives.
railroad accident.
Hannibal, Mo., June 8. —The accommo
dation train on the St. Louis and Hannibal
railroad was derailed last evening near
Frankfort. A lady named Dickinson was
probably fatally injured, ami another lady
had an arm broken. Conductor Richard
son had his leg crushed, and brakeman Mai
lery had his collar bone broken. No cause
is assigned for the accident.
A RIGHTEOUS PUNISHMENT.
Carrollton, Ga., June B.— Last night a
crowd of masked men visited the house of
Buck Boswell and carried him out and
whipped him severely. This occurred in Car
rollton and was for his cruel treatment to
his family.
A BRUTAL CRIME PUNISHED.
Mansfield, La., Juno 8 — W. L. Wash
ington, a negro, was lynched here on Mon
day for outraging a white woman. He
confessed the crime. An accomplice named
Abraham could not lie found by the mob.
$60,000 LOSS BY LIGHTNING.
Houghton, Mich., June 8. —The Quincy
Rock House and the Drum House were
struck by lightning this morning and totally
destroyed. The loss is #60,000 and the in
surance is unknown.
KENTUCKY FEUDS.
Two Desperadoes Shoot a Town Mar -
shal and are Themselves Killed.
Louisville, June B.—A special to the
Evening Timex gives the following particu
lars of the reopening of hostilities in Ken
tucky's most lawless county (Rownn), and
the citizens o) Murehead are again startled
by the killing of throe men vosterday. The
. town marshal of Morehead, John Manuin,
had a warrant for the arrest of Jack anil
Bill Logan, sons of the notorious Dr. Henry
D. Logan, who is now in the lxington jail
on a charge of murder. Manuin went to
the house of the Logan boys to arrest them.
An old lady told him they were not in,
and be told her that lie would have to
search the house, and proceeded to do so. As
he asi ended the stairway the Logan boys,
who were concealed above, fired upon him,
inflicting fatal wounds. Mannin’s posset* of
two men who wore with him, then returned
the Are of the Logan loys, killing them
both. Mannin never took any part in the
Marthi-Tolliver feud. The Logans were
active Martin supiiorters.
SELECTING THE JURY.
Yesterday's Proceedings In the New
York Boodle Case.
New York, June H.—The work of secur
ing a jury to try Jacob Sharp continued this
morning. The sixth seat was the only
vacant one, and it was filled shortly after
noon by placing William R. Mead in the
box. The prosecution then stated that they
were satisfied with the people as it stood.
The defense then excused Elector John
ston, of the <'entury Magazine. James
G. Bennett, with R. G. Dun & Co.’s Com
mercial Agency, was given the fourth seat
in the box, and the District Attorney ex
pressed his satisfaction with the Jury as
then constituted. Til ■ counsol for the de
fense then challenged Mr. Bennett. This
reduced the number of Sharp’s peremptory
challenges to two.
MURDEROUS APACHES.
Already Beginning Tnoir Work of Ra
pine and Murder.
P.enhon, Ari., June B.—Thirty Indian*
are now stated to be on the war path, In
stead of seventeen, ns at first reported.
Their first victim was iiLai|tteiwi. It
is feared that, two white meiiVt work at
Tabic Mountain, on ) fIsHRN.h trail,
have aim> fallen victim
Button’s Bidoo(H#istar}.
Lynchburg. Va., JuaHK' Wmtles W.
Button, formerly the | <> tßM'Ster rupfc, pub
lishes u card in reply lc, ilhc natgidMbiin i,v
tin* .Sherman brother < v< d which
lie say*, that the failure of tliel||#ijji tpitnakc
a success of the Lynchbujl .JpK, aiu.
due to their own tuanagcmAtyjMHK any
nilsr. weseiitatiwi* made
SHOT ON IIIS DOORSTEP.
A TERRIBLE HOMICIDE IN CRAW
FORD COUNTY.
Neighbors Have Words Regarding In
truding Hogs and the Ever Ready
Shotgun is Used With Fatal Effect
No Verdict Yet In the Moore Lynch
ing Case.
Macon, Ga., June B. —Meagre details of
a most unfortunate homicide In Crawford
county reached the city to-day. Owing to
the distance from the city the account is
necessarily imperfect. From the most re
liable information obtainable it seems that
the affair really grew out of an old feud be
tween two families, who ure among the
best known and most highly re
spected in Crawford county. Yesterday
afternoon John C. Hancock discovered Bur
nett's hogs in his field and told Burnett to
remove them, at the same time going into
his house and returning with his shotgun,
saying that unless they were removed ho
would shoot the hogs. Words passed be
tween Jack Burnett anil his son, Jerome,
on the one hand, and . Mr. Hancock
on the other. They were standing
about sixty yards apart, and Hancock (so
the report says) opened fire on the Burnette,
a few shots striking the younger Burnett,
whereupon ho discharged both ban-els of his
breech-loading gun at Hancock, riddling
him with bullets and killing him almost in
stantly. Jerome Burnett is a. lad 1(1 years
old, and Hnnoock’s age is between 50 and 60.
NO VERDICT YET.
The trial of Johnson was concluded in the
Superior Court to-day. The court room was
[lacked to hoar the closing arguments in the
case. R. W. Patterson, in a lengthy speech,
that drew tears all over the house, appealed
to the jury for the prisoner. He was fol
lowed by Attorney General Clifford Ander
son, who, ns it is conceded by
everybody, made the effort of his
life. His arraignment of Johnson is
pronounced the finest, legal effort ever
delivered in the court room. The Judge's
charge was closely listened to. It covered
all the points in the ct.se, anil was lair and
impartial throughout. The case was given
to the jury at 12:30 o’clock. Late to-night
a verdict hail not been agreed upon. A mis
trial will preliably result.
THOMASVILLE DOINGS.
An Era of Good Times for a Flourish
ing Tovfn.
Thomasville, Ga., June fi.— I The season
just passed has been the most successful
Thomasville has evpr known. Hit hotels
and boarding houses were ail crowded to
their utmost capacity, and this would have
lieen true if there hail lieen double the means
of aooommi station. The effect of this crowd
coming yearly, and consisting ns it doe*
mostly of very wealthy people, i* of no
small benefit to Thomasville. In the first
place, aliout #IOO,OOO of Northern money
has lieen invested in real estate in and
around this city since Jan. 1. Only a few
days ago a real estate agent rereived'a check
for $3,500 from a New York millionaire to
nay for a small iniproved city lot
in the business portion of Broad street. This
same nabob while here in the winter paid
SO,OOO for a farm four miles in the country,
and i* now having erected thereon a $40,000
dwelling. This is but one instance out of
many. The demand by Northern capital
ists for Thomasville real estate of course
stiffens our citizens in their confidence in its
value, and there is at present going on a
regular boom in real estate. The spirit of
improvement seems to liave struck the
place, and all of our citizens have their
shoulders to the wheel, working for the fu
ture prosperity of the South Georgia me
tropolis.
Mr. 8. L. Hayes, a well-known capital
ist and financier, will next month open a
National Bank. Mr. Hayes has for a num
ber of years been doing a private banking
and brokerage business but, has concluded
to enlarge his operations. He has purchased
a building in the business eentre'of Broad
street and is having it handsomely fitted up
inside. When completed it will be one of
the tastiest and most conveniently arranged
bank buildings in the Htate. Our mer
chants and business men generally have
subscribed very liberally to the stock, and
the new bank will open under skillful man
agement and with abundant capital. Mr.
W. C. Pill man's new three-story brick store
on Lower Blond street, is nliout completed.
The grand Jury which adjourned last week
found 175 true bills for illegal voting. It is
rupposed that the only evidence liefore the
grand jury was the tax defaulters’-list, and
nr. this list was made out aliout two weeks
Ixjfore the voting, and many paid after the
defaulters’ list was made, very few, if any,
convictions will likely be had.
The commencement exercises of the South
Georgia Agricultural College will come off
the last of this month.
ORANGE BLOSSOMS.
Wedding of a Savannah Resident-
Mill Accident—To be Incorporated.
Columbus, Ga., June 8. —William But
tolph, a prominent young cotton dealer of
Savannah, wm; married at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, at the residence of the bride's
father, to Mbs Halite Peabody. The bride
is a daughter of Hon. John Peabody and is
one of tne most popular young Indies of this
city. Itev. W. A. Carter, of the Presby
terian ehnroh, officiates!. After the cere
mony the bridal party left for Warm
Springs, on the Georgia Midland road, and
from there will go to other points of in
terest.
FINGERS CRUSHED.
A. N. Elliott had three fingers and his
hand badly crushed in the card room of the
Eagle and Phenix mills to-day.
• A RISING TOWN.
Citizens of Woodbury, on the Georgia
Midland road, want their town incorpo
rated. A meeting was held last night and
steps taken to that end.
A Colored Brute In Jail.
Athens, Ga., June B.—This mowilng a
negro by the name of Miles Ford was ar
rested by Wellborn Tucker on a warrant
issued for assault with intent to raj**, nj*m
Hat! le Divm, n colored girl of 13 years of
age, living on Charley Hardeman's place.
Ford's statement is tnat fcbo girl’s brother
saw a negro with his sister and heard her
screaming and inn to her assistance. The
assailant seeing that he had been detected
left the girl and made his escape. Ford is
lodged in jail to await the decision of the
Huperior Court The Colored people of our
city are very indignant over the affair.
Quitman’s Melon Shipment.
Quitman, Ga., June B.—Two car load* of
meJnqn were shipped from this <*ounty to
day to New 'York. They were very fine.
Shipping will lie in full blast next week,
and will continue for more than a month.
The crop is perhapi finer than any of pre
vious years, and there will be about 500 car
loads shipped.
Southwestern Tariff Aaaociation.
Fortress Monroe, Va, .June a- 4'feis
Houtheustem Tariff Association la iiohtthaN
its convention hero •, ij ”p(
TALLAHABBEE_ GOSSIP.
Speculations Rife Concerning the New
Railroad Commissioners.
Tallahass' e. Fla., June 8. —All man
ner of speculation is being indulged in as to
whom the Governor will appoint un the
Railroad Commission. Applicants are
plenty and persistent. It is quite probable
that the present Chief Justice of the State,
Hon. George G. McWhorter, will he one or
the Commissioners, as he desires to retire
from the bench. No better man could bo
found for the high trust.
Should Judge McWhorter resign, the
present Associate Justice, Hon. George I’.
Raney, would most likely be made Chief
Justice. It would not be surprising if Hon.
E. J Vann, of Madison, were appointed
to the vacancy that would be made by
Judge Raney's promotion. He hits recently
retired from the circuit bench, wljere lie
made an enviable record.
NEW BILLS SIGNED.
Gov. Perry to-day signed the following
ucte: Creating a railroad commission and
making an appropriation of $'35,000 for the
expenses and salaries of the railroad com
missioners: reducing the price of laws and
Supreme Court, reports; prohibiting the con
solidating of purallel and <-ompetiiig lines of
railroad; to tncorjiorato the .34. John’s River
Conference College; providing for a levy of
taxes for this year and next year; regulat
ing the payment of the costs in criminal
prosecutions bv the State; providing punish
ment for disposing of or receiving goods
under the statutory lion with intent to
defraud the lien holders; authorizing Wil
liam Miller to stretch a boom across the
Choctawhatchio river; providing annuities
for the disabled soldiers and sailors of
Florida; prescribing a penalty for penning
cattle on public ranges; requiring clerks
of the courts to keep separate criminal
records; to apportion the damages collected
of railroad companies; to reward persons
who kill or destroy certain beasts of prey;
prescribing rule.; of pleading and practice
in the county courts; regulating the practice
of dentistry; relating to registration and
elections; regulating the appeals from the
justices’ courts; to incorporate the Ocala.
Silver Springs and Park Street Railroad
Company; incorporating the Florida Nor
mal and Business Institute at White Springs,
Hamilton county; providing a general law
for the incorporation of collegia mid atlu r
institutions of learning; to amend the law
incorporating the St. Augustine Yacht
Club; fixing the terms of the Circuit Com t
for Die Soto county; giving the assent of the
State to the establishment of an agricul
tural ex jieri mental station in Florida by the
Federal government; incorporating the Pen
sacola and Birmingham Railroad Company;
authorizing the provisional government of
Pensacola to erect aud mortgage the city
building; extending the charter of the
Green Cove Springs and Melrose Railroad
Company; legalizing the change of the
gauge of the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway; incorporating the Floriila and Gulf
loind Company; limiting the rights of cor
porations under the general condemnation
law; also an act relative to the estates of
descendants.
TOWN TOPICS.
An association is in active operation here
making preparations for an elaborate dis
play or our products at the Florida Sub
Tropical Exposition at Jacksonville.
There is no excitement here over the yel
low fever status in southern Florida. The
general impression is that, the reports arc
greatlv exaggerated, and nil are confident
that tne disease will not reach Tallahassee'.
JACKSONVILLE POINTERS
Reception to the Graduates Embez
zlement The Druggists In Session.
Jacksonville, Fla., June B.— Prof.
Pasco, Principal of the Duval High School,
tendered a reception to the graduating class
to-night, which was attended by many
fashionable |)eople.
Dispatches received here to-night from
Key West assert that Cuban doctors stab'
emphatically that it is not yellow but typho
maliiria acclimatlvo fever of a severe type.
Several cases fronj private houses are re
ported and two deaths—Mrs. McLean, wife
of the restauranter, previously taken, and
Mr, Jamison of the Democrat. Jack
Vaughn, formerly of Kissimmee, is among
the new cases. The cable manager, Atkin
son, is better.
T. P. Williams, clerking for W. Cohen’s
cigar store, was arrested to-night for em
be/.r lenient, and a report reached here
to-night that, his brother, Williams, had
failed in Lakeland.
Father, the suspected accomplice of W. H.
Hamilton, who was arrested here last, week
for the sawdust game, was discharged from
Custody t-day, but is held as a witness for
the next Circuit Court.
The grand jury delivered their present
ment to-day, severely censuring the County
Commissionei-s for the condition of the
county and ojty jajL
Quit* a llutter was caused in business cir
cles to-day over the fact of the assignment
of Mrs. A. Morgan, one of the largest mil
linery stores in Jacksonville. The asset-,
are tti.OO o; liabilities #1,500. Her assignee
is Julius Drew, a lawyer. Mrs. Morgan
has preferred creditors in Liverpool for
$2.1)00.
Druggists from all over tbo Btate met in
convention here to-day. They propose to
establish a pharmaceutical society, and are
taking steps to prevent the ignorant hand
ling or drugs. Nothing was done beyond
organizing. A banquet was tendered them
this evening at Murray Hall, l’ablo Beach.
YELLOW FEVER NOTES.
National Aid Given in Certain Cases—
Key West Reports.
Washington, June B.—The Marine Hos
pital Bureau is in receipt of numerous ap
plications from the lower counties of Florida
for governmental aid, to prevent the spread
of the yellow fever. The applications are
evidently based on the idea that the
government may be called upon to
act at any time, whereas, according
to the terms of the appropriation
for the prevention of the spread of yellow
fever, the Marine Hospital Service can only
net m conjunction with undin aid of thr
local authorities, in case of necessity. No
such necessity is do-mind to exist at the pres
ent except at Key Went and Tampa. The
bureau has no information of the exintemje
of an epidemic at jwint except Key
West.
TWO NEW CARES YESTERDAY.
Key West, Fla., June 8. —There has
been two new eases of yellow fever since
yesterday and otic death, that of Mrs. Mary
McLean, who died at the hospital.
DAN RICE A BENEDICT.
The Veteran Showman Glvee the Best
Exhibition Last.
Galveston, June B.—A special from
Hchillenbeig, Tex., says Col. Dan Rice, the
veteran showman, was married here yester
day to Mrs. M. C. Robinson, a wealthy
widow and owner of one of the finest, cattle
ranches in J,avaca county. Mrs. Robinson's
daughter end other members of her family
vw ' r.“i .i i " o. ice :.i i ■ The
( PRICF, mIU A YEAR.>
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LEVEL - HEADED TYPOI
THEY DO NOT JNDORSE ANY SO?
CIALISTIC IDEAS.
Work at Yesterday’s Convention at
Buffalo Resolutions Against the
Anarchists’ Press Attacks Passed—
Over SO,OOO Raised to Add to the
Childs-Drexel Fund.
Buffalo, N. Y., June B.—At this morn
ing’s session of the International Typo
graphical Union Convention, Mr. Mc-
Daniels, of Indianapolis, offered a
resolution, which was adopted, that
an inquiry lie at once made into the
usefulness of the officer known as the Chief
Organizer. Mr. Ogden presented a resolu
tion, at the request of the Cincinnati Union,
that nine hours constitute a day's work, ex
cepting on morning and evening papera,
and Mr. Wilkins, of Boston, moved that a
committee lie unpointed on female cheap
labor.
UNION NO. H INDORSED.
The most important business was the
adoption of it resolution indorsing the act ion
of New York Union No. <, in which they
protested against the denunciation of the
New York Sun by a clique, in the Knights
of Labor. Delegates Kcndlehoe aud Hazard,
of New York, protested against the resolu
tion being referred to a committee, and no
cured its Immediate adoption.
NO RKI'IVESENTATIVK WISHED.
Preamble and resolutions are prepared,
and will lie presented, that no delegates ha
sent to the. American Federation of Labor.
An effort will be made to have the
Craftsman again named as the official pa
per, but without the mandatory clause com*
lielling all union men to subscribe for it.
At the afternoon session I). P. Boyer, of
New York, waa re-elected Chief Organizer.
old craftsmen enthused.
The reports of the delegates in relation to
the Childs-Drexel fund shows that tie print
ers entered ir.to the mailer with great en
thusiasm. Many, who had left, the ease to
accept I'ditorial positions, drooped their
pens and took up the stick on Mr. Child's
birthday and "set up” 1,000 ems of type and
contributed it to the fund. Among these,
mention was made of Col. C'ockerelh of the
New York World: Mr. A. J. Cummings, of
the New York Sun; Mr. John Mevlcar,
managing editor of the Detroit Evening
News, a former President of the Inter
national Typographical Union, who had not
set type for over seventeen yeaafr„A uuiagg
her of employing printers c plicktod ttat
amount of tlii> contribution ajUtfieir IK
ploy os, notably Mr. Pulitzer, jK, the SUB
York World; Col. Taylor, of the BostiS
Olobt; Mr. Childs, of the jjfbUadelphH
I'nblii• Ledger, and others. TluftDZpertjK*
Hi.' Board of Trustees c.-,t taal;Ullli
contributions to Hie fund on gfc vMMfc
birthday will reach jUi.iKk.) m jjjfifi
$1,030 already conti'ibuted on
birthday. |p|
DELEGATES ('HOSKVu
This afternoon Messrs. D nieltt gf M
dianapolis, Ogden, of C.n ilfMatfe’ wfl
Koken, of St. Louis, were e l<v(W wPUfSMB
to the next convention of the Amencafll
Federation of the Trades. Lansas Cit.fc
was chosen as the place of the meeting fqH
next year’s convention. Denver nod llifl
neapolis comjietod. * f
IRON AND STEEL WORKERS.
Important Resolutions—Skilled Coll
ored Workmen to be Admitted. ] *
Pittsburg, SV- . June B.— At the convefll
tion of the of the Amalgamates
Iron and Steel Workers this morning a ros<fJ|
lution was adopted providing for the ap
[•ointineut of a committee to regulate the
output in the different mills, and to secure a
uniformity of the various classes of the
work in the different mills. The manufac
turers will meet flic wage committee on
Friday next, and will endeavor to seure a
reduction in the guide mill and the sheet
mill scales. The rnen will ask for
85 50 per ton for puddling on a
2c. card rate. One of the principal
cliauges to be made in the constitution it
the introduction of a clause admitting the
colored skilled workmen to membership.
This is to be done as a precaution against
their joining tho Knights of Labor, and
thus causing trouble in the trade. There
are two mills in this city run by
men—the Black Diamond and the Pennsyl
vania Iron Works The men at both these
works are anxious to become organized, and
those at the Pennsylvania iron Works have
held several meetings with that object. If
they are admitted a heavy fine will be
exacted as a penalty for working as “black
sheep.”
THE COKE STRIKE UNCHANGED.
Everson, Pa., June B.—Nothing has been
accomplished yet by the committees of the
labor organization t iward bringing alxrnt a
settlement of the coke strike. The leader*
are evidently trying to get the men to ac
cept the situation and return to work and
use the power of their organization then U
effect what they now see is impossible to
accomplish while they are idle.
CHICAGO CAIIPENTERA TO GO OPT.
Chicago, June 8. — Another strike of
large proportioni! is expected to be inaugu
rated here Monday. The carpenters, whose
last strike ended less than two months ago,
will lay down their tools again and refuse
to work unless their employers go back on
their determination to re-establish the nine
hour day-system.
NINE OR TEN HOURS.
St. Paul Contractors and Carpenter*
Fighting Over the Question.
St. Paul, June B.—Twelve hundred car
jiciiters, who are on a strike now for nine
hours to constitute a day’s labor, held e
meeting last evening, at which they reiter
ated their determination to hold out until
their demand is acceded to. The contract
ors held a meeting and passed n resolution
fixing ten lionrs to constitute a day’s labor,
and (wiling on the citizens and officials ta
sympathize with them in this action, and
expressing a determination not to yield an
,/ich to the demands of the men. Building
operations all over the city are practicallyt
suspended, so far as carpenter work ia con
cerned.
HARMING THEMSELVES.
Chicago Workmen Idle on Account ot
the Coke Strike.
Chicago, June B.—The coke at the North!
Chicago Rolling Mills is exhausted, and the
tires will be hanked this evening and over
six hundred men will be thrown out of
work in (onsequenoe. There is still a suffi
cient quantity of pig-iron to keep the bal
ance of the works running for a week, by
which time it is hoped the strike at the
mines will have ended. Should it still con
tinue. the entire works will lutvn u> suspend
operations, and 2,500 men in all will be out
of work.
Western Union Declares a Dividend,
S'* kw York, June B.—The Western Union
tflpny declared a dividend of one per cent.,
. S' tide July 15-