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IJ. H. ESTILL Editor and Proprietor, f
CORNERING THE BULLS.
THE BEARS IN HIGH FEATHER
OVER THEIR VICTORY.
Kershaw’s Promises Like Unto a
“Phantom DreamFailure*, and
Amounts Reported Yesterday A
Startling Total of Nearly Two Million
Lost in the Pit.
Chicago, June hi.—J. Kershaw & Cos.
tay in a local paper that they will meet all
the demands for margins made upon them
to-day, notwithstanding their failure to go
through the clearing house yesterday. The
money is in the American Exchange Na
tional Bank to their credit, and will be
checked against as fast as the demands are
presented; so that if the stability of the
market is dependent upon that firm’s meeting
its obligations, as many claim, no violent
fluctuations can be expected to-day. The
announcement of the firm’s complete sol
vency comes in an official way and from
sources that cannot be questioned, although
the permission to use names is denied, the
parties making the statement stand close to
the firm and to the officers of the bank in
which the money is deposited, and are
thoroughly familiar with the intentions and
resources of Messrs. Joseph Witshire and
J. B. Hoyt, the representatives of the Cin
cinnati end of the great wheat deal.
yesterday’s failures. “
When the market opened at 0:30 o’clock
this morning the first sales were at 71c. for
June and 73c. for July. The latter then
sold down to but quickly rallied to
73Kc., and at 9:38 o'clock was at 73Uc.
The failures of yesterday numbered fif
teen. They were as follows, with estimate
of liabilities: Crosby & Cos., .$75,000: H. K.
Mathews, §60,000; J. A. Edwards & Cos.,
$50,000; M. B. Crafts & Cos., $40,000; B. J.
M'-'Cleary & Cos., $35,000; Pickering &
Cos., $30,000: S. D. Eldredge & Cos.,
$18,000; Gregg, Bon <fe Cos., $15,000;
Hord Brothers & C'o., $10,000; Hubbard &
Cos., $10,000; M. S. Robinson & Cos., $8,000;
Youst & Brearly, $5,000; S. C. Orr & Cos.,
$5,000; in all a total of $1361,000.
Including the failures of the day before—
M. Rosenfeld& Cos., Harnill & linen and E.
IV. Bailey & Co.—there is a total of nine
teen, with liabilities approximating $2,000,-
000. Some of these failures were caused bv
inability of the parties hi reach their outside
customers, while others were caused
by the failure of Rosenfeld & Cos.
aiid the suspension of payments by
Kershaw & Cos. It is said that, in the ma
jority of cases, the embarrassed firms will
time out all right, aud that in one or two
instances the books will actually show
profits. In addition to those whose failure
was brought about by either of the causes
given, there are some who were in the deal
on their own responsibility and simply got
caught where they could not help them
selves.
ALL ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT.
The exciting scenes of yesterday awl the
day before were not witnessed at the open
ing of the Board of Trade this morning.
The few people who had gathered in the
galleries before the opening, tirod of the
calm which prevailed, and departed.
It was given out that Kershaw would
announce at 11 a. m. whether he would be
able to meet the claims against him or not.
It is generally conceded that everything
depends on Kershaw’s action.
Home of the members are of the opinion
that he will pull through all right. But the
majority are very doubtful, .scarcely any
trading being done and the prices a roborelv
fluctuating at slight fractions. There arfj*
many . amors of impending failures, but
everything awaits the announcement to be
made by Kershaw later.
SMALL FISH SEEKING FOR CRUMBS.
The appearance which the wheat pit pre
sents at 11 o’clock Is ludicrous as compared
with the interesting excitement which has
prevailed during the past few days. A few
members, dealers in a small way, have
taken possession of the pit and are sliouting
themselves hoarse in their efforts to buy or
sell a thousand or two bushels of wheat. No
one seems to care to transact any business,
and all is listless expectancy. The more
prominent dealers aro strolling about the
hall or sitting in the cool window recesses,
gossipping about the situation.
A BETTER FEELING PREVAILING.*
Just at the close of the morning session.
John J. Bryant A Cos. announced that they
desired all their trades be dosed out. This
is a heavy failure, involving as much as
that of B. J. McCleary yesterday. No exact
estimate of the liabilities can he given, but
it is thought that they will amount to
$150,000. T. E. Bolding & Cos., who sus
pended yesterday and then announced their
solvency, again requested that their trades
be closed out. At the close, although nothing
definite had been heard from Kershaw, the
feeling of confidence became general and
the members at once began trading moder
ately and prices became firmer. Julv
wheat advanced slightly, closing at
and June at 71%. A s{x>ciul from Minne
apolis says that Griffith, Marshall & Cos.,
grair brokers, have suspended, owing to
their close business relations with the Ker
shaw firm at Chicago.
THE KERSHAW MATTER.
The facts in regard to the deposit of the
money for Kershaw- & Cos., yesterday, ut
the American Exchange Bank, on which he
founded his promise to pay in full,' nre made
public to-day hi a semi-official way. It
seems that Sir. Wiltshire did deposit 8600,-
, (T3) to the credit of Mr. Kershaw yesterday
morning. When C. J. Kershaw left there
at 8 o'clock, after an hour’s consultation
with Mr. Wiltshire, President Irwin, of the
bank and several of the directors of the
bank, there was nearly SBOO,OOO on deposit
subject, as he supposed, to his check. He
hurried down to the office of Armour & Cos.
and there told P. L>. Armour of his {station,
and his ability to stand up to everything
down to 70c. It was not until 10:4.1 when
he went into Armour’s office again tliut lie
was told that his checks wpro being thrown
out by the American Exchaiigo Bank.
SHARP PRACTICE.
The trouble was that Immediately after
Mr. Kershaw left the American Exchange
Bank, and when Sir. Wiltshire produced
the s*>oo,ooo to go, as he supposed, to the
credit of Mr. Kershaw, Irwin. Green 5: Cos.
demanded half of it. President Irwin is
the senior partner in this house and hail this
advantage, that ho could credit the money
us he was disposed to. When Mr. Ker
shaw’s check for $300,000 from the clearing
Rouse went down for certification, ft was
!In own out. Some big checks had, how
ever* gone through all right before. Among
thorn were checks to Schwarts, Dupoo &
U<>., P. B. Weave & Cos., and a few others,
aggregating, perhaps, $150,000, so that Mr.
hei-shaw’g promises wore made in good faith,
li it ha/1 hot happened that the President of
the bank was an applicant for more mar
gins, Mr. Kershaw’s checks would have
been certified.
AFTER THE HFOILS.
The clerk’s offices in the court house hnd
hardly opened to-duy before the attorneys
Jor toe suffering Hoard of Trade speculators
begin crowding in with their affidavits for
attachments on which to have the service of
garnishee secured. Among the first to ap
pear was Attorney Riddle, whose cant* reads:
’ Joseph W. Wiltshire and Howard Eckert,
d,h p j I [ nriviiiD i\
doing business as Wiltshire, Eckert
* Cos., against Maurice Rosen
feld and Prank Johnson, doing
business as Maurice Rosenfeld & Cos.: tres
pass on a case on promises $2,000,000.'’ The
complainants assert that they were sold out
without authority and without giving them
mi opportunity to put up margins. They
further claim that the funds furnished to
the firm were not used according to instruc
tions, and that if they had been so used, the
firm need not have failed, and the market
would not have been depressed. It is also
claimed that the defendants owe Kershaw
<&: Cos. $75,000; also, that they are liable to
repay all money advanced as' margins.
\ ictor W. MacFarlane commenced a suit
against B. J. McCleary for $25,000, and
secured an attachment in the case to protect
him, and B. J. McClaary & Cos. confessed
judgment on a note given yesterday to Wil
son & ‘Boyd for $6,000. This is "the first
piece of preferred paper during the panic
which has yet appeared in court.
AFTER BIG MARGINS.
Mr. Rosenfeld yesterday began a suit
against Wiltshire, Eckert & Cos., for $1,000,-
000 margins, claimed to be in default. The
report that Mi - . Rosenfeld had begun suit
against Mr. Kershaw is a mistake, and he
has not garnisheed Mr. Kershaw’s bank
account.
KERSHAW & CO. IN HOT WATER.
About 11 o’clock there seamed to be a rush
after the firm of Charles J. Kershaw & Cos.
\\ atson F. Blair was the first to apply for
aii attachment, which he succeeded in get
ting, the amount being $1,462. He was fol
lowed by On* & Comes, who secured an at
tachment for $20,000, and William Linn,
who got one for $15.1j2. J. J. Bryant
& Cos., it is said, were carrying
500,000 bushels of cash wheat,
for Mr. Kershaw, and are probably per
fectly solvent, but their money is ail tied
up. Nobody was willing to take cash wheat
at a figure tliat wbuld Stisfy Mr. Kershaw,
and so Bragart & Go. thought that the
easiest way out was# to order their open 1
trades closed.
GETTING DOWN TO ROCK BOTTOM.
The range in prices in wheat to-day were
a very fair indication of the business done.
The range was narrow and the business
extremely light. Most of the firms on
’Change were refusing business, owing to
the muddled state into which their accounts
have been thrown by the wild fluctuations
and the numerous failures of the last few
days. Several conservative concerns
declared that no more orders
would tie executed bv them until tliojr Imoks
and accounts had been straightened out.
Confidence has not, as yet, been restored,
though it is thought the worst is over, and
that, no new failures are imminent. But
one occurred to-day, though several were
crowded quite hard, and it was expected
they would be forced to the wall.
HARD CASH BETTER THAN PROMISES.
The oft-repeated promise of Kershaw &
Cos. that funds would lie forthcomin ivere
again renewed to-day, but they fell with no
effect on the ears of the crowd. They had
been fed upon promises too long already.
PRICES DURING THE DAY.
Julv wheat opened at 73c., which was
We. higher than at the close yesterday.
During the whole of the morning session the
price fluctuated between 72%c. and 73%c.,
and after the first flurry of the morning
was very quiet. June, which was another
of the months which hnd hern finder such a
heavy fire, started in unchanged at
71c. and sold as high as 71%c., and
as low as 71c. during the morning.
Trade in it was light, anil at no time inter
the first half hour around the otiening .tjj
the wheat pit comfortably filled. July
closed at 73c. and June at Corn was
quiet, but, as in wheat, there was some show
of returning confidence. July opened at
\Yi%c. and 3TVc. , against 37c. last night, and
by 12:30 o’clock it was selling at
87%c. For the greater part of
the session July aas between
37c. and 37V R c., and its strength, as in
wheat, came toward the close of the morn
ing session. The announcement of John J.
Bryant’s failure caused a little weakness
both in wheat and com. but it was nly
temporary. July closed at 37%e. and
Oats showed considerable strength. The
new crop deliveries were strength
ened, probably, by the reports of
the dry weather, and under a fair
demand with light offerings there
was about 3-<r. advance. Cash and near fu
tures were also firmer, but for these the im
provement was not so marked. Julv opened
at 20%c. aud closed at 26%c. Provisions
were only moderately active. The course of
lard and ribs was about the same as in corn.
Julv lard started at $6 50 and sold down
to $6 45, and then hack to $0 50,
closing at $6 52, ’ j. July ribs opened
at $7 3734 and sold down to $7 30,
and back again to $7 32; j, and closed at
$7 53WT.
. KERSHAW DEALS RUIN TO ALL.
Minneapolis, June 16. —Griffiths, Mar
shall & Cos., brokers of this city, have sus
pended. They acted as Kershaw & Go's,
agents bore and at Duluth. They have paid
out SIOO,OOO during the past two days and
have met all claims, but it took every cent
of their capital. H. P. Smith alsr suspend
ed with liabilities of B*o.ooo.
A BRUTAL RAVISHER.
He is in Jail, But a Mob are Trying to
Get Him Out.
Montgomery, Ala., June 16.—Several
nights ago West McClure, a negro of Troy,
went to the house of a poor widow, who
lived with her two little children in a retired
part of the town. He dragged her some
distance from the house, outraged her and
fled. He was captured, and last night a
mob attempted to break the jail at Troy,
where he was confined. They broke all the
doors until they reached the inner case
hardened cell, which was proof against
the sledge hammers. Another attack is ex
pected to-night, and the jail is guarded by
a strong posse and the Oates Rifles, a local
military company. The 1110 b was fifty
strong last night and nil indications point to
a much larger one to-night. The iroy tele
graph office close's early and it is impossible
to get further information.
PATIENT JUSTICE.
Little Progress Made Yesterday In
Sharp’s Trial In New York.
New York. June 10. — At 9:30 o'clock
this morning Jacob .Sharp came into court
with Under Sheriff Sexton and Deputy
George Curran, his legally constituted
guardians, who had spent tho night with
t heir prisoner at his Twenty-third Railroad
street mansion. But few people wore in the
court room ami four of those were ladies.
Mr. Nicol! resumed his address at 9:45, re
viewing briefly the points he mado last
evening.
FULLGRAFF ON THE SPIT.
Mr Nicoll concluded his opening address
and ex-Alderman Fulgraff took the witness
stand. He told aliout the same old story of
the “combine” that lie did on the former
trials and was put to the torture hi the
cross-examination as on those occasions. He
did not stand it as well to-day as formerly.
A Fatal Cyclone.
Minneapolis, June 16.—A report has
just reached here of a cyclone at Grand
Forks, l)ak., aud that five meu have been
killed.
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE IT, 1887.
CURIOUS JUBILEE PLANS.
AMBULANCES AND A MEDICAL
CORPS IN READINESS.
Preparing for Queen Vic’s Big Show
Tho Programme of the Day—Russia’s
Dislike of American Competition-
Mr. Blaine Arrives But Vic Isn’t There
to Greet Him.
London, June 16. —Lieut. Col. Sir Charles
Warren, head of the metropolitan police
force, has ordered that the ambulances lie
longing to the jiolice force be stationed at
the various points along the route of the
jubilee nrocssaion of Tuesday ne:taf The
order 01 St. John and Jerusalem will also
supply a number of ambulances.
It*, is • proposed to secure tho
services of the companies of a volunteer
medical staff corps. Many policemen, who
formerly served in the army hospital corps,
have aen selected for special duty on
Tuesday. It is officially explained that all
these phenomenal preparations are made
simply with a view to lie prepared in case of
accidents, sunstrokes, etc,
programme for jubilee week.
The Queen is in excellent health. I!w
programme for the jubilee week is as fol
lows: Monday, the court removes to Lon
don ; a dinner party in the evening. Tues
day, thanksgiving serVires and a reception
at Buckingham Palace. Wednesday, re
ception of congratulations, and the Queen
will visit the children’s fete at Hyde Park;
the court removes to Windsor, and the Queen
will receive addresses and unveil her statue
on Custle Hill. On Thursday, the reception
of further congratulations and the review
of 200 volunteer fire brigades at Windsor
Park. Oil Friday, probably Jjns iiwestiare
•of orders.
AN INDIA MUTINY.
Advices from India say that 500 men of
the garrison at Herat mutinied on Juno 9.
A short and sharp tight ensued, in which
thirty loyal and fifty rebel troops were
killed. The mutineers fled, but most of them
were captured. The leaders of the revolt
were sent to Cabul.
RUSSIANS FEARING COMPETITION.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Times learns that a large tract of country
near Merve, in Turkestan, lias been pur
chased by a Russian company for cotton
plantations, and the investment is already
proving satisfactory. He says that the
Russian government will illow foreign
comp At tot:, an American Co* many haling
lieen sod permission t\ engage in
a sii enterprise. He 'also learns
that .msian petroleum is being* sup
plied lma;-' quantities to Persia.
Kklyajuln IN ENGLAND. '
Mr. Blainn a™wl at Southampton to*
day, and will probably remain in that city
for a few days. He emphatically reuses
to disclose his programme. All his jwty
are well. Mr. Pendleton, the United States
Consul, met the party at the wharf and
conducted them to their hotel.
THE KAISKt FEELING BETTER.
Berlin, June™6.—The Emperor is re
covering from the attack of influenza from
which lie has been suffering for the past
flays.
THE JUBILEE YACHT RACES.
The Dauntless Only Sav%-‘ by Her
American Skipper’s Smartness.
London, June 16.—The relative positions
of the yachts in the Jubilee race are st :, l un
certain. The haze around the eoa .there
prevents them from being seen. ®>Mr.
Popham writes to the papers protesting
against the gross negligence of which the
Captain of the Pandora was
guilty in running into the American
yacht Dauntless. He says the collision took
place at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, and that
the Dauntless had her mizaengaff carried
away and hor sails split, and only escaped
being cut into amidships by the Pandora
through the smartness of the Dauntless’
skipper.
THE YACHTS HEARD FROM.
The Sleuthhound, the Aline and the
Gwendoline passed Lowestoft, Suffolk coun
ty, this afternoon. The Sleuthhound was
in the load. A yacht, supposed to Is l the
Sleuthhound, passed Flamberough Head,
Yorkshire, at 3:45 o’clock this afternoon.
The weather at the time was fine. The
water was smooth and a fresh southerly
breeze was blowing. Tho Gwendoline passed
Flamberough Head at 5:15 p. in. She was
ten miles from land. Tho Aline or
Selene passed Flamberough at 8 p. m.
It is reported that one of the yachts has
passed Arboath or Forfar, on tho coast of
Scotland.
A GENTLEMANLY ACT.
Mr. Smith, owner of the Pandora, which
ran into tho Dauntless, has written u letter
to the owner of the Dauntless, expressing
grout regret that the collision occurred and
offering to pay all damages without entering
into the question as to the blame. Mr.
Smith was not on board the Pandora at the
time of the accident.
JOHN BRIGHT'S APOLOGY.
He Likes Gladstone but not His Policy
—Debate in the Commons.
London, June 16. —John Bright has writ
ten to Mr. Gladstone an apology for inaccu
rately quoting his Swansea speech and ac
cusing him of talking of Ireland “as if there
was no province of Ulster,” the fact being
that Mr. Gladstone made a long and dis
tinct reference to Ulster and Its peculiar in
terest in the home rule question. Mr. Bright
says he made his "somewhat inaccurate
quotation from memory.” Heu/lds- “I still
contend, however, that there is no hope in
Mr. Gladstone's promise to consubtetheca-e
of Ulster Protestants in his plan cttling
the Irish question. Mr. Gladstone must
know that any {flan of dealing with Protest
ants, apart from the rest of the population
of Ulster, is impossible. The recent astound
ing revelations made by tho Times must
have increased a dread § U Iter
to be subjected to the rt'nrn*’i\V
rule. The letter concludes ns follows:
grieve that I cannot act with you us in thw
years past, but iny judgment and conscience
forbid it. If I have said a word that seems
harsh and unfriendly, I will ask you to for
give it.”
THE COMMONS’ DEBATE.
W, 11. Smith, intimated in tho House of
Commons this evening that a letter from
Cardinal Howard had been received by Lord
Salisbury announcing that the Pope had
sent an envoy to London to congratu
late the Queen on her jubilee. Mr.
Smith added tliat a law was required to eu
ahlo the sovereign or tho government to re
reive a diplomatic representative of (lie
Vatican. The announcement was received
with chcera.
Sir James Ferguson, Parliamentary Sec
retary for the Foreign Office, Announced
that England hail incurred no pecuniary
obligation in I'espoct to tho Egyptian con
vention with Turkey. ...
Col. Kiug-Hiunuon, Parliamentary Under
Secretary tor Ireland, in reply to a ques
tion of Mr. Pease (Liberal), said the govern
ment, was powerless to suspend tin 1 evic
tions in Ireland. They would be susumdeu.
however, during the period that Parliament
devoted to the jubilee celebration.
MR. DILLON PUGNACIOUS.
On the resumption of the debate on the
crimes bill this evening, Mr. Dillon moved
to adjourn, in order to call the attention of
the House to the Bodjrke evictions. After a
long and acrimonious debate Mr. Dtflou's
motion was defeated by a vote of did to 165.
A BUSY COMMISSION.
Hearing Complaints and Unraveling
Knotty Legal. Points.
Washington, June lnterstate
Commerce Commission spent the lay in
hearing the complaint of the Chicago und
Alton Railroad Company against the Penn
sylvania Railroad (4 >mpany and the Penn
sylvania Company fir refu.:'"" to exchange
business with the Alton company because
the latlcr wou|l not come into an agree
ment not to ay commissions to agents.
The Alton company ehurg< * three distinct
violations ot the üßeijtate. law.
The counsel for the I Aiunvlvania
people laid it down in so inßivJproJxsitions
that the Pennsylvania Company floes not
render itself . bnoxious to the interstate
commerce lair,-if it Concludes that it will
sell uo ticket/ whatever for any other eom
panyin the United States. That it may
elect, to sell tickets over one foreign ’■ailroad
and exclude all tlie other railro”i, in tlie
United States, no tri’c .nias any
l igltf to question itFjudpmcnt ,i. if mutter.
1 THEIR BROAD fROI'OSITIoJF.i
Tnat the Pennsylvania conipar./iniy "'■'Ot
to sell tickejk over all except rojp* foreign
road, and rjffuß‘ to sell for that road, no
maintained that the sale of tickets over
another road as not pertaining to the duties
of the company as a common dirrier was
neither mentioned nor contemplated as a
duty imposed upon the persons mentioned in
the act. It, is only in respect to the exercise
of its peculiar functions as I’miiwa can iers
in the transportation of persons or property
that the law applies, or that tha Pennsyl
vania company can he compelled’to act in.
the same manner toward all persons and,
corporations. The broad question is. may
the railroad companies, whose termini con
nect, negotiate with each other for the
arrangement of the terms upon which
through tickets shall be issued over their
own lines, or does the few compel such com
panies mutually to issue tickets over each
other’s lines and compel one to accept all
tlie tickets of the other lines without an
agreement.
To-morrow the complaint of the Chicago,
Rock t imid ami Pacific against the New
York Central, a cose similar hi many re
spects to that heard to-dav, will come up.
LIQUOR DEALERS WORRIED.
The Prohibitionists Oiving Thom Much
Trouble- Funds Wanted.
\kCHlCAGO,National Asso
'Vltion of Dealers hclfi tui
important iv cling hey night. .1. M.
Atherton, of jjfcy.. ln
addition to tlfe local Jgatuhi rs a
Texas delegation wits inWuttendunce.
Whether il*i v discussed uyal tigh' ||i
Chicago is not known. One gentleman sJlk
they did not. They say (Tioy hnd"
enough to do in preparing for the prohibi
► tion fight in Texas. The prohibit!'m, amend
ment there wplU' votrsl upon Au|fcfci, and
the fight is ♦’WPl'.ot one. the
kwholesale men says the SIOC
assessment is for in prohi
bition in Texas. Mr. A'flPhW, the Presi
dent, admits it will be a bal’d battle, but
thinlcs the liquor men will win.
The prohibition act in Tennessee comes to a
vote Hept. 0, und it must be met. That is
not all. West Virginia, Oregon, Dakota,
VVyomifig Territory, to say nothing of
Michigan ami Missouri, all are causing the
liquor men much trouble. The National
Association did not ovu here to help the
Chicago dealers, but, rather to be helped.
An assessment of 10a Jpcr barrel was made on
old rye and Bourbon, and requests for funds
made to the wholesalers. Each distiller, he
said, does his level best, ono in Cincinnati
giving $lO,OOO.
SUICIDE IN CHARLESTON.
A Prosperous Merchant Shoots Him
self—No Cause Shown.
Charleston, 8. C., June 16.—The suicide
of William Minzennaier, a well known resi
dent of the upper wards, has caused quite
a sensation in that section of the city. The
tragedy is shrouded in mystery as tho de
ceased left no sign behind him. He was a
prosperous and successful merchant, and
has been in business here for ten years past
and had a thriving business at No. 617
King street. The deed was committed at,.
0:30 o’clock this morning in his bed chamber
At that hour his wife and three children,
hearing the report of a pistol shot, entered
his room to find the body of the husband
and father lying on the floor in a pool of
blood, a terrible wound in the right
temple and the still smoking
inst/fl grasjied in Ids quivering
hand. A doctor was sent for, but it does
not appear that anyone answered the call.
The Coroner was more prompt, and in a
short time the usual ungrammatical verdict
was rendered: "Death from a gunshot
wound inflicted by his own hand in a fit of
temporary aberration of mind.”
The deceased had a wide circle of friends.
He had been drinking heavily for several
months, and one of his intimate friends
claims that this was caused by his bad
health and by domestic troubles of which
they aro reluctant to speak. He was
48 years of age, in comparatively easy cir
cuaistancee, as regards business matters, and
no other cause can be assigned for his act
than extreme mental depression.
It is remarked in this connection tliat the
suicidal mania is generally develujxxl he v
about this season of the year. This is the
second suicidal effort this month, and it is
recalled that two or three suicides have oe
curred here every year about this time, and
that the majority of the suicides are Ger
m inn. The doceised was of German descent,
but was born in Charleston.
HOPEFUL WQRD3.
Gov. Lee Intimates That Virginia’s
Debt Will bo Settled Soon.
Richmond, Va., June 10.— Gov. Leo, in
an address liefore the State Firemen’s Asso
ciation to-day, in referring to the State debt,
said: "I hope I am safe In saying that
the debt of Virginia will be set
tled. From information I pos
sess I think a final’settlement will lie
made in the near future, and when that is
done there will be nothing between Old
Virginia and great prosperity,”
The Governor did not state the nature of
the information he referred to.
MURDER AT KISSIMMEE.
A White Man Bhoots a Laborer
and Escapee.
Kikhimmee, Fla., Juno 10.—Foreman O.
W. Miller (white) and John Huger (colored),
laborers on tho St. Cloud plantation, owned
by Capt. R. E. Potto, bad some trouble day
before yesterday. Huger was put in another
gang, arid Miller went to the gang and shot
him dead with a double-barrel shot gun yes
terday . Miller escaped and has not yet boen
cantured.
THOSE SILENT BANNERS.
THE PRESIDENT REVOKES GEN.
DRUM’S ORDER,
No Existing Law Authorizing Their
Return - Wild Utterances of Gen. irtiir
child The G. A. R. Members,* day
Many Harsh Things That gTiy do
Not Mean rLisans Excited. *
Dks MoiNEst, —(tan. Tuttle, Com
mander of the Mud A. my of the Republic
for lowa, yesterday asked Gov.sJar:"diee to
protest to President Cleveland against' the
Confederate lags raptured by the’ lowa
troops lieing invade ml to the Sent .W und
to take legal wyps to enjoin aiW suoliVur
rer.der if it is contemplated. ‘ iip. Isirrnlieo
telegraphed the an emphatic pro
test, and lie take legal steps, y' neces
sary, ti nurli the protest The
followiiaF sent last night- by * >v. Lar
rabee: \ jJ i
To the Presi.lent of United NWej, U’ofe.
inytnnW f ' y
i semi herewith avquest niadeJi’ion me, J $
Goverr.or of tftwn, ihe (Mnungiidrr of Ua
Grand Army f the Repnblto is Ahls St.itg,
against lhe proposed return loti;,. Ivli of gtte
wii(i lings rHpJ uni bv the Union IWnps (Itirmg
thejrebi lllon.s I mi l to this the *#[uest ;i*i
•irtjfest. of Ihe a rrtvfng Union <toWi. In lawn.
tv it the respitp til, lull equally iftng iirntMt.
0t%.,e people of the State, nisi stiuiUneein It .
to use uU proper endeavors tigfirovent '
such return of thalLattle tings captured hy the
lowa troops. ~ W lIUAM I.AJtll AIIEE.
GROVER ■SETTLES THE *
letter was sent if ; he Secretary of War bv
the I Yt^ dent to day in regard to the di fv
dositiew of the tkqfs by tho Union
f taces miring tlielate war: *l
T have to-day considered \( ifhV:or*v' ; ’.re than
when the subject was orally presented to ros,
the notion of your dejiartmentnUreotiug letters
to he addressed to the Governors of nil the
States, ottering to return to the loyal St a textile
Unlou flags raptured during the war of the re
bellion by the Confederate forces and after
wards recovered hy the Government, troops,
and to the ('onfederate States the flags captured
by tlie Union forces, all of which, for many
years, have been packed in boxes and stored lit
ihe cellar of the war Department. lam of the
opinion that the return of the flags Ns not
authorized by the existing law. nor justibed as
an executive act. t request, therefore, tliat no
further steps tie taken in tho matter, except to
examine and inventory these flags, and that
proper care be taken for their preservation.
Yours truly, Orovkb Cleveland.
THE PRESIDENT’S VIEW.
The following statement with regard to
tho Preeiilent’s action concerning the pro
posed return of the btttt.lv> Mags was made at
the White House to-night to a reporter of
the Associated Press: "When the question
was | goosed to the f’lv-ident by the Adju
ta* 1 * wnet-ni -m important featuresuggosted
was i % return Aft the loyal States of the
flags wnich had Iks> captured I*2 !,| *> *' u
federates and n tiAi I>* our at
1 -n- of the coilnp- si' the rebellions Tin y,
With mulrUonfod la e fiat-' 'isl’qJfßsu np
red fr- A the eitcr.. tr>'opchad.**-
was rep. taken, to. a long t ime lain i neared
f'*inil r dßt’tixi packeii away iny ..vis, in
the Hpllar otVlie Wm Department, uid hud
ffieen removimtethe aWie as a iv tter place
Tor tbeit m <li:-p.> vn of
these Ik.. > be answering
no where was ft.
main point; and the considerattou
was presented to Aiie Presideqt that,
some flags ,had returned~Tb the
loyal States upon their request in iniM /idmil
cases, and Ihe rest, if desired, .ite/,!it as well
all lie returned together. The reftiim of the
I.L-' ■.lerutii flags, \Qjli h were with the
otlmrs in the depurtriiAv . was suggested,
nut tbf a was not the slightest thought of
interfering with the captured flags now held
by the States. The right, of the department
' make these returns living ({uesttoned hy
the President, such right was distinctly
asserted and precedents alleged, and there
upon his oral assent was given to the pro
posed action The matter was dismissed
troni Ins mind until the comment thereupon
within the last day or two brought it again
to ids attention, when upon personally
examining the law and considering the sub
ject more carefully, he satisfied himself that
no disposition of those flags roald lie made
without Congressional action, win i cutinn <
he directed the Dimension of operations by
tho letter made public this evening.”
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
At the request of Gov. Fornker, of Ohio,
tliat counsel should bo retained .to institute
legal pro/xiedings to enjoin the return of the
Confederate flags to the Governor* of the
Southern States,, Gen. H. V. Boynton to-day
selected Samuel Shellabarger, of Ohio, and
George H. Boutwell. of Massachu
setts, to take charge of the case.
These gentlemen expected to have
an application for a mandamus
filed in the Supreme Court of the District
at 1 o’clock this afternoon, but were de
lated by tho non-receipt of the necessary
telegram from Ohio. The paper* were ba-vil
upon the claim that the Secretary of War
was about to dispose of tho public projicrty
without tho authority of luw. The letter of
the President made further action by the
attorneys unnecessary.
THE G. A. R. IN ARMS.
At the reception to Gen. Fairchild, Oom
mander-in-Chief of the Grand Array of the
Republic in New York, last night tendered
by the Alexander Hamilton Post, Gen, Fair
cnild delivered an Impassioned speech upon
tho proposed return to the Southern States
of the flags captured in the late war.
Visitors were present from every Grand
Army Poet of New York and vicinity. The
gathering was a representative one. Among
them were men who hod attained u high
rank in the civil war. Post Commander A.
M. Underhill {irixiiliil. Among the •
cut were Senior ?i-.- Commander Lafferty,
Vice Commander Charles Hull Grant, Past
Htate C/Mnmander Tlodges, of Hnrerstraw,
and Corj Kind Tan tier. Gen. Fairchild spoke
under grout excitement, and almost Ids tirsi
uttorauco was: "May God palsy the hand
that wrote the order. i*fcy Gihl palsy the
brain that conceived it and may God palsy
tho tongue that dictated it.”
BLIND PASSION’S PREJUDICE.
After Gen. Fairchild’s ad%fta resnhiuons
were adopted that the President of the
United Status, having approved the recom
mendation that all the battle flags in the
custody of the War Dupai tment belonging
to the Southern States in the rebellion, dur
ing the late civil war, be returned to the re
spective States which bore them, for luch
final disposition as they may determine, this
Post views with surprise the anion of tho
President, and rocoWls its proleet thereto.
That the sacrifice of blood which captured
the emblems is a sacrifice to liberty, national
union and to God. That no sentiment of
generosity and no expression of magnanim
ity is involved in the surrender of thi*<e cove
nants of the national honor. Tliat It qnly
now remains to direct that the battle flags
of tho Union lie distributed among the ri [>-
rcsentat ives of the so-cailod Confederacy us
a fitting ai knowledgvment of the righteous
imaot the "Lost Cause." That this Post
cxproteen its dLsapprolsition of this art of
tije first president of tho United Suites, wiio
has held office disassociated from tho
memories of tho war for the Union.
OTHER PROTESTS RECEIVED.
The telegraph to-night is bringing pro
tests from u manlier of Northern States,
sortie of them through the Governors of
their respective fStatcs. Among them are
the following:
Milvackkr, Wis.. .Tune 16, ISBT.
A special I" Ihe Hrciittit/ ron-'.iu toon
M : ! . RAfßt Ooi Kuak,whoisgreatly
wmi.-u-iI hy the determination of I In- ii-U -.oiNlrn
•>**. "j* |ll flie nllel fia.'S to the ~i \
Noutlieni^W<j|„t m ee fa'll wlifch t|„. v
taken, u liwAt to Adjt. Otn. Drum re
iiU'-tlng l| if til.' relief flags rapt 111' I k
\\ 'He 1 ’ ! re. 0.- in the lute \nr Im* retunnw n?
that SI nfe.
Gov. Rink atso wiretl a protest to Presi
deiii AJi. vi l.ufli against the Art uni of the
idle Grand Army of the Republic
Ports in Wisconsin "iU hold meeting* to
protest against 4|io*W tion of the War De
partment. A
KANS.Vs\u/\tn FROM.
Topeka, Iv.Av Jiv*e !H—Much indigna
tion is expressed here over the return of aLe
Confederate tings to their respective Stiit‘-\
A large nutulier of the Grand Army of the
Kepulili'xinon oh lied upon Gov. Martin i• ta
day, who at noon sent Alie following tele
gram to I'resideut. Cleveland:
t 111 tlie uameof 100,000 citizenH Kansas, who
eriedlnthe runts of tin■ I'ulowurmy during
I * In' ".ti. ami in J 'half of all people of
■fills Slate, I enfj an (iifignauvpmtest uiiin.-.l
'lie return of !' fi afi" I'MMI 4T las eafifu#d in
baffle hy the sotßMs repubm I
protest against artl*A as ... ililllt
ip the heroic dead rijHtin oimfcre on tlvirair
vivinA eomrados, Ti#. goveiC, hf a*'*®'‘d,
of thes® flag* I'iVk •
hy An patriotic eAdlets of Tli# aJ
saijod trust, andll proft stA-fhat tu>tfMM|lJF
I’l/iiideel iif fii~
"Itleer (if file govt
, moral 4r legal, to surrrntlermhani. *
' JOHN A-AaHTIN.
Gove||M' Sf Kau M i
f k ILLINOIS POSTS PROTEST. * 9
Hrß* ifielp, rLL„ June Id. —Renrotent-
, atiAfc of alirtnf SiFirty <Jihuil AnnyVif tin-
Ale.iolie pasts ofllMnoiJFinet at the
house to-day and iitop , i resoMtions |irvT
,ii sting in vigorous language against the re
of the wfptuised Confederate /lags to
the original y fjoWtsnrs, n.s contem
plated in the order recently announced
h\% the War Department, of the United
Qtntiw and asking Gov.JjglrJliy to telegraph
ti I’resideut Cleveland an itrgcn* protest
against such action, and -request tor such
action as may In- necessary to preserve and
protect for the Illinois soldiery the flags
and trophies captured by them in the war.
GOV. PERRY’S VETOES.
Two Votoos of the Last Bills Import
ant Measures Now in Full Effect.
Tallahassee, Fla., Juno Hi.—Gov.
I’erry lias finally disposed of all the bills
enacted by the recent session of the !*,'gisla
turn, nearly all of which werft presenh-d to
him during the last few hours of the session.
The lust bill signed is an act for the assess
ment and collection of ivvoim<Jj*r the years
ISM and 1888. Gov. Perry vetoed Ihe hill
to incorporate the Palatka tiavings flank
and Trust Com party Im-on uni -it proposed to
make a depository for the funds of in
dividuals nnd for perram.'i acting in fiduciary
ipaoities without givliig the ns** safe
; m'.rdn.and in addition to thU the hill pro
pi.-d*" relieve all tile trustees who do
fiosited tr|rti firnls in the institution which
would have Im<jj reckless legislation, calcu
lated to ruin Fie [■ 'pleas and injure all *ou
ccrned. II fcantii A to Isnno Mghden
and Isam Wtphens iiutjlority to clorr out
WacassarsH river mi'Wstributaries in levy
comity iniij giving . exclusive rights in
the tAd s'ftptm na Jcuwl, because t grant
this rigln in so useful a stream
would prejudice the rights- ' the general
public. The third bill voped was one for
the purchase and urfservation ofjiew town*
ship.mappo the State UandUiSt the
veto was imposed maps are
needed they can be prTx’uml without the
aid of a special statute on the subject.
UF.CAME by lathe of time.
The Governor has allowed the following
hills to liecome laws without his signature
by not filing his objections within the time
prescribisl by the constitution:
An act declaring the town 'government of
Rockledgo of full force and effect.
An act authorizing the town of Live Oak
to raise money for water works and fire pro
tection.
An act legalizing the city government of
Eustis, in Orange county.
, An act for the appointment of harbor
masters and to prescribe their powers and
duties.
An act legalizing the town government of
Titusville, in Brevard county.
An act. prescribing the minimum tonnage
for pilot I Mints in certain i-irls of the State
and regulating the business of piloting.
An act. removing the political disabilities
of William A. Bferpall, of Monroe county.
An act granting lands to the Orange ('anal
and Transit Company and for other pur
poses.
The Supreme Court is in session daily
witli all the judgee on the bench. It is now
thought that ('liief Justice McWhorter will
consent to remain on the Supreme Is-nch
fora short time longer at least, as he is
urged to do so hy the Governor and his
friends.
VISITING LEOAL LIGHTS.
Among tlie visiting attorneys attending
the Supreme Court are Hon. W, A. Blount,
of Pensacola, Hon. R. W. Davis, of Palat
ka. Col. A. W. Cochrell, anil Hon. H. Bis
iss* and others, of Jacksonville, Col. Joint
W. Malone, of Quincy, Messrs. Fleming and
J. C. Cooper, of Jacksonville, Hon. B. B.
Black well, of' Live Oak, and ex-Judge P.
W. White, of Quincy. 4k
A LIVE TOWN.
Hawthorne A Good fiuar
antir.e Doctor—Fine Hunting*
Hawthorne, Fla.. Jimo QSq Hoarif
of Health of Putnam county* %'**ftlisht'd
their western ijuarantine station at this
place alsiut two wis-ks Hgo and appoirttdl
Dr. W. C. Johnson as inspector, who lt<)ards
every east-ltoimd train and subjtx'ts each
to quarantine regulations.
Weller sold his orange grove of flfty
mi. acres, two miles soutkof town, last
Im-k to Cincinnati eMpltalifßjor SB,OOO, and
left with his estimable fnmifWjatm Guy for
Cincinnati, their future horn' ll
J. H. Harter and family, of Nevada, Mo.,
wlio have spent the winter here left last
week for Huntsville, Ala., which will bo
their homo hereafter.
W, s. -Misire returned a few days ago
from the blue gross regions of Kentucky,
where ho went u> inspect it Stock form, for
which he is to ti u-le the Cos~a! Hotel
mid grounds at this place, “lr. Moore will
not give possession until Jan. 1. The prop
erty which changed liuuds in this transac
tion is worth i 1 j.oUO.
Mrs. F. M. Jolly left Monday for Fort
Meade and Trabue, on Charlotte Harbor, on
a vis.t to friccds in that section whom she
knew at the North.
T. C Holden, L. W. Fennel and O. \V .
Hawthorne have just returned from acamp
hunt on Crystal river. They killed five deer
and much smaller game, and report having
bad a gisxl time generally.
Mrs. F. M. Weight, former remdent of
Hawthorne, and the owner of the Florida
House, returned yesterday, and will again
take up her residence here.
C. W. Agin and bis well-known and popu
lar family, left last, week for Cincinnati,
their future home. They will probably re
turn winter and spend u few months
on their grove near town, which is'one for
the finest and best improved in this part of
the county.
i PRICE fifO A YE< R. |
) S CENTS A COPY, f
GORDON'S NOBLE WORDS.
•‘WJ. \VAS*T PEACE, GOOD WIU
AND FRATERNITY.”
ot-orgia'is Go-' lnor Bends the Navr
Yoriq i tup Qpinlpn.of an ex
> -Soldle Incogi\ c ' < atUern
\ . yws>*'pany'lncorporated —q
.♦ 'troW'iJo!t.t Battalion, y *
Atlaxt ~ June lti.— djma
g"gu -. .uni *he Gi\vf Arn^y
men, pm to tic the
voluntarily mtnle' at Walhington to retain
nil tlie Southern in the custody of tha
War Department t?> their proper States.
• ho Governor reeeivivl such a tender last
veck from Adjt. Gen. Drum in betfalt of
the Mar Depart ment. Jn rc.iponse to a tele
grain, I c sent the following to
tiie Niav Yofik Wor/d this afternoon: “YouP
telegram asking my views of the proposition
to rotuwj the Southern lings received. u
isition first reached me / *ie
jSrdcd it as additional* evideofe
™ restored cqncord and
L-eutiment. * Ask sueh Xmy heart
res|sMksl Liost wlnnly t'ij#i- movement,_
but a* lAiion sf ilic N.'Wl'ia/ I
I"- i3r 09 make it the oJEion tor yi.
jiieAvi-d and latt^sss^/wor.id
Bircter It have fw> Hags wiij df lUn(i'. t
s|M'nk as an mil amt nT''xWl|jka'it
ns o ivilliiut cpnsiiHuim.
*,ut I Iml iev/ fliis wHI In' found fcoJs> tha
sense hiji! sentiment "FOtie Southern pciple.
weary of st ridQmd lAjilVe wunt
(since uml giMsl Will, anil prm'i*hcse to a
.return of eveh so ri'lics., if their
V'tfcrn to ls> made At Such a Njst.” ”
* A BIW RAW,ROAD. ’ - q
A certificate ihcorporation was
by the Governor to the Chattonoojfit (
Southein Railway Company), which i&
run through Walker, and Chattoogq)
counties from a fsiint on ihe Tenneswe Mna
at Bowling Springy, ton iiointon fhe Alan
bamaline, at Alpine. The road wifi extend
southeast from Chattanooga through Geor*
gin into Alaiiuiiia and is intended toopen up
tlie rich coal fields of that, section. Tha
incorporators are W. Crutchfield. Robert
Dougherty, John T. Wood, C. W. Evcnett
J. F. Hmith, G. W. Hill, Hirain Smith am*
J. c Henderson. The capital stock is
$1,000,IKK).
the sixth battalion staff.
The Adjutant General to-day comraiSx
sioued W. K,' Kimbrough, of Talbotton,
Commissary; L. E. IV lute, of Columbus,
Paymaster; J. J. Joiner, of Columbus,
Quartenimster, to nerve with the rank of
First, Lieutenant., on the staff of the Bixth
liattalion, Georgia Volunteers.
FOR Till! GEORGIA MILITIA.
Adjt. Gen. Kell received from Washings
ton to-tjay a circular showing the amount
due each Htnte under the annual distribu
tkm of the $400,000 appropriated for militia.
Georgia's portion is $11,060 01, but she haa
■ iready largely overdrawn it, and will only
receive next year alioiit SO,OOO.
A LIGHT CRIME PONTSHED HEAVILY.
An application comes from Hcrivei
county for the |hi rilon of Luster Blount. *
negro SO years old, convicted of simple lar
ceny in t lie *lieft of property of the value of
10c. The rifitition is signed by a largo nurn*
Ik>.- of citizens, including the county offi
cials,
4 APPOINTMENT.
Siinon Htciiiheimer was appointed Com
missioner of Deeds for Georgia in New York
to-day.
Tile (,'liarleston and Havannah railroad re
turns 40 property for taxation.
I*at year it was $144,83!!. ' -
GOV. GORDON’S MOTHER DEAD.
Ludicrous Plight of a Steamer—Acd*
dont in a Barrel Factory.
Colombl'b, Ga., June Bs.—Mrs. S. A.
Gordon, wife o Z Rev. Z. H. Gordon, died at
the residence of her grandson, W. T. Gor
don, at fi o’clock this morning, in Russell
county. Ala. Hhe is the stepmother of Gov.
John B. Gordon, was K 0 years old, and:
hailliecn a memiier of the Buptist churchi
for sixty years. Her remains were interred
at Cave Springs.
The steamer Milton H. Smith left here at
8 o'clock lust Tuesday morning, with pas
sengers and freight for the lower river, and
lias been stuck on a sand liar, twenty-flv*
miles Isilow this city, ever since. The river
has been falling very rapidly for the past
four or five days, and it will take liard work
to get her nlloat again.
A whip- man named W. W. Kemp, whil*
working in the Imrrel factory, had nis right
arm caught in the machinery to-day and so
badly mashed that it hail to lie amputated
YELLOW JACK’S VICTIMS.
Fatal Only to Unacclimated Person*-
What Would Stop ite Ravage*.
Key Wkht, Fla., June I.—There have
I icon two now cases of yellow fever to-day,
making a total of ‘J9. Sixteen patients are
now sick, three have been discharged cured
and ten are dead. The sickness has been
confined to the class of mechanics who
Hocked here after the lire. Many of them
were dissipated and, unthrifty and had not
saved enough money to get away with. If
the Board of Health could send fifty
of these people to New York,
at a*ost of about <I,OOO, nothing
is thwg'at, would l*i heard qß*the feiSt
and tifllclty and it* interwSfc would
■RL-vid nfdjutiicutm, of a quarantine, and
' tllPadjuecnffountry free from
gion. ”
Jacksonville's favorable report.
Jackson v i lle tine I fi.— *k
a well knißTk Ni
'(KN’ 1 1 tor of tlio Jlk/'i'l,iini and
from I’tmta Gordo. Ill' reports Usc ladm*,
count of that section as greatly-exagger
ated. .
Judge Bailer, the Circuit Judge, was
quarantined at Baldwin to-day several
hours, and had to telegraph the Jackson
ville Board of Health for his release. He was
returning from lake City.
Tho quarantine restriction is Is-ing
strictly enforced all over Floriila just now.
THE COKE STRIKE SETTLED.
The Hungarians Decide to Go Back
nnd tho Native3 Will Folio* Suit.
Pittsburg, Juno IB.—The backbone of
the great coke strike was broken to-gay by
the Hungarian strikers at the Sterling and
Jimtown works of Hehoomalmr & Cos re
turning to work at the old wages. It is
understood that the Hungarians held a
meeting yestenlay and decided to waive
their demands ami go Iwck at the ofierntor’*
terms. This virtually settles the strike os
there are 4,000 Hungarians in the regions
and the natives will lie forced to follow or
lose their pbu-iK. The operator* are prejiar
iug to resume anil by next Monday it ia
expected that all of tiio men who liavc bem
on a strike for the punt three months will be
at wor k.
AN ATTA' ns fa Chicuzn circus went to sleep
on top of the lion's cage on Wednesday night,
and in his sleep rolled over, leaving one of hi*
leg*, hanging over the side, The lion struck the
young marts toot with one of his claws ar.*
~SSK’ ‘ii'l ...aw ■■