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( ESTABLISHED 1850. ) 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 ■■