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L T r H ,ched ISSO. INCORPORATED 1688. V
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A LOUISIANA RACE WAR.
PJCHNDIABIBM FOLLOWS A VOL
LEY OF BULLETS.
Conflicting Versions of the'Affair
Oiven by the Whites and Blacka-
Gouldsborotbe Scene of the Trouble
_ A Policeman and Two Negroes
Wounded During the Fusilade.
v gvr Orleans, La.. Sept. 1.-Between 2
\ ■ -1 ck this afternoon, an excursion
train oomposed entirely of colored people
arrived at the Gouldsboro depot from Baton
R-uze A large number of colored men
Witten were near the derot waiting
/ „ tra ;n, which was due afc II o clock.
Astfevtain neared the depot, one of the
excurV oists attempted to get off and fell
to th.^/ r ou nd - s,me U!lkno ' vu P arsan
made fcVsoual remark, when the negro
and ew al' U and fired four or five shots in
' .lotion, one of which struck a
r hi-fl nu ' CC ° C ed William Milier, a brother
white uai. .. . ,
of one of'the Gif " Qa P? hca \ l ? tue no se.and
lodged itself in tije Lack of bis nock. T hen
the shooting became general, some 400 or
L shots being fired in less than fifteen
minutes. The above account of the trouble
is from the police of Gretna.
a terrible panic.
Y t err ihle panic occurred, women and
children running in all directions shouting
aid screaming. Ed Levy, a colored man
living in Algiers, was shot in the left arm,
and a colored woman named Fleming was
also fatally shot in the back. John Rainey,
siroerintendent of the Algiers and
Gretna horse railroad, was about
two squares away with two cars
waiting for the excursion. He stated that
the panic caused by the rapid dischargo of
fire arms was dreadful. He did not know
■what caused the trouble, but the cars on
their way down to Algiers were fired into.
Supt. Ramey stated that for a time he and
Lis drivers were in imminent danger of
losing their live*.
A .NEGRO CHURCH FIRED.
About 4:30 o’clock this morning a large
reflection was seen near the line between
Aig ers and Jefferson parishes. An alarm
of fire was turned in. Tbe Algiers fire de
partment started to tho scene, and found a
large number of men armed with muskets
etc , mid a negro church oil tiro. There was
no water at hand, and the church was en
tirely emsumod. .Just after the fire a
colored man named Ron Watkins, aged 75,
was shot in the breast and slightly wounded
by some unknown parties.
STORY OF TUB NEGROES.
Several negroes who claimed to have
formed part of the excursion party, being
interviewed, state that when the train was
rearing the Gouldsboro depot, it was fired
on by men who were secreted along the line
of the railroad track, and when the shoot
ing commenced tho train was
yet in motion, and as soon as
it stopped a general stampede took
place. The place where the shooting
occurred i- not thickly settled, and all those
living in close proximity of the depot, when
iutervied said they heard the shots, but do
not know who did tho shooting or the origin
of the trouble. It is very difficult to locate
a single person who witnessed the begin
ning of the shooting outside of the police
force at Gretna.
THE OTHER CASUALTIES.
The rest of the casualties in the riot are
as follows:
Wiiliam .Miller (white); shot in the face
and seriously wounded.
Ed Levy (colored); shot through the left
forearm.
The wife of Elder Fleming; shot through
tbe shoulder and very seriously hurt.
Mary Carroll (colored); shot through the
instep and pai fully wounded.
Ben Wat Kins; shot in both hands and
D! 'EAst and seriously wounded.
The stories of the blacks and whites as to
tae origin of the trouble differ widely. The
Mgroes say a large body of armed white
® ea . wer ® awaiting the train’s
and that about ten minutes
nnin t ? top P 0d th ®y, without provocatipn,
Opened fire on the negroes who were going
f e street cars. The whites say that only
nail a dozen white men were
ln tho affair and
came , T 2-' 05 ’ before the train
bov ‘ a n firecl two sbots at a white
S Burmeistor. William Miller
camn'm, e f o „v'' ? “egro. As the train
attended f° P Ml ' er ?Mother, a policeman,
tHr F h 110 arreßl the murderer, when the
began and became general. The
to ta k a^°Ut hiouldsboro seem disinclined
Mississippi has a scare.
All the Whites in Le Flore County
Called to Arras.
dlisv" La, Se Pt. I.—A Grenada
ceiveil “A telegram was re
negr h we thls corning saying that tho
IqWj ' re maßßln g near Shell Mound,
between 8 ÜBty ' Mlss -> and that a conflict
lmecf n Whites and blacks was ex
cutnumborod Th* cal 1 | i 9d for > as the negroes
volunteer ®i lfl h ® W f h, ‘ ea to one. A
raised here in l an T of ab °ut forty men was
th 12:15 o'cloet e ho ) Ur .° r two ’ aa d left on
under e in - tU ° 800110 of tbo
Longstrwt “ command of Hon. J. C.
"4 cavalry to be sent.
to-night *'a ri ;'r cavair y will leave here
tongstreet a R w ? atc n re ? aived here from
throughout th l. tur a tde a vailablo men
of thf governor h UD £. Et once - By order
P*nied bv severnf lnona Rifles, accom-
at ij o'clock- 5/‘. 129:15 ' left on a special
jvood.from wh ch ," S o'tornoon for Green-
M °und to aid in cn PlaCe t ‘ ley wUI E° to Shell
aid in suppressing the trouble.”
jack?;/ overnor ° n the sckne
“ew'hto! yet M wA Sept ' No feliable
l r r the near!!? f 6 , ceived from Green
lber Citv ti l 1 tele ß ra PWc office to
ra cu riot. 'n£. 809110 of the threatened
tnomi 81 , bv 00 f°J e raor was advised this
‘hat sou armcj °{ Lo Flore county
flat all 6 gf. rts . !r”T'' e 8 collected and
ld to dls hand them were futile
tremor jj, a aid at or.ee. The
If 8 o’clock th „ 011 . n special train
P e Capitol I ta™?* accoru P a nied by
Wifl &uards - Companies from
e tre ' & lB and Durant are also
hy Oliver r “ Sa , <l to ha ve been
,rl npi.rrr C ’ ln i^ rell ’ an e x-convict
or a Co^flw l^ 613 But No Nows
Pittsburg p** * Yet Kecelved
"heeling vv v A ’’ pt ‘ f-—A special from
‘ :!d l?!tui lefv J*"’ ’’A 7 *: ’‘There is a good
El:d race w ar ths news of tb threat-
V yet t cemutv New river valley,
lirt - its origm n_.. U 6 trouble seems to have
tEoh 110 the s 'or(*of a ne J? ro
neri t ho l a ud bralffilh eary ’ Co °P o r & Cos.,
t 0 do *.p’’ thi hlng a club . tnreat-
Z? Al ‘ effoJta ® ntl ™ force of em
nz b’ ooß of the °i ijatdfT him were
8 a b *d blow £r n eoie f; ks ' ,after receiv
from the Club, drew a
<Tljc Jlofttiitg ffeto£.
revolver and shot the negro, killing him
instantly.
A MOB OF NEGROES. wi',
“Echo is the center of a considerable
colored population, and last night informa
tion was received at Charleston that a mob
of negroes had collected on New river and
that a concentrated onslaught on the whites
was in contemplation. Orders were also
received by the Charleston hardware stores
for all tho Winchester rifles available, and
a considerable shipment of these arms was
made. The citizens of Charleston were all
getting arms, and it was apprehended that
tho military would be ordered out. Noth
ing additional had been heard up to 10
o’clock to-night.”
NO SULKING IN OHIO.
The Democrats iu Line and Ready for
the Fight.
Columbus, 0., Sept. I.—The Post to
night has the following interview with
Allen W. Thurman:
“Howdo you like the result at Dayton?’
asked the Post of Allen W. Thurman this
morning.
“I suppose you mean how do I like the
nomination? Well, I preferred Neal, of
course, but I mean to do everything in my
power to assist Mr. Campbell, aud every
other adherent of Mr. Neal will do the same
thing.
“The platform is the best adopted by ar.y
democratic convention for years. We took
no steps backward, but forward, on the
subject of the tariff; and I promise you that
we will make it so warm for the republi
can on that issue .and tho wav in which it
is connected with local self-government that
they will have uo time to spate in discuss
ing other issues. The space devoted to
abuse of Mr. Campbell by the republican
papers this morning shows plainly that
they desire to turn tho issue iu other direc
tions.”
“All of this talk about Mr. Campbell be
ing controlled by other people is nonsense.
No man ever lived or ever will live who
can own James E. Campbell. He is not
built that way. I thought Mr. Neal would
make the stronger candidate, aud think so
still, but a man whose persona* character is
as pure; whoso integrity is such that no
one can assail it, and whose ability is con
ceded by all, as Mr. Campbell’s is, cannot
help but make a most formidable candi
date.”
“You don’t take any stock, then, in this
howl about the Hamilton county gaug in
fluence?”
“Everybody knows just what I think
about that kind of business, and if Mr.
Campbell is elected, the people of this state
will find out that Mr. Campbell thinks just
exactly as I do. There will be no George
Cox appointed by Campbell to fill one of
the most important offices in the state. ”
TO MAKE IT HOT FOR TANNER.
The Crusade to Oust Him to Take on
a New Impetus.
Washington, Sept. I.—Corporal Tan
ner aud Assistant] Secretary Bussey are ex
pected back to-morrow and Secretary
Noble on Tuesday, when the struggle for
the removal of Corporal Tanner will be
renewed. Corporal Tanner being some
what strengthened by his Milwaukee
“Qualified indorsement’” and somewlffit
weakened by his Milwaukee “Widow’s’,
speech Gn the balance he is perhaps not
stronger than when he left for
Milwaukee. Therefore the chances of his
removal are thought by those who are seek
ing it to be good. Republican Represeta
tive-elect Flood of Elmira, N. Y., who was
so savagely attacked by Corporal Tanner
on his wav to Milwaukee, is here to do what
he can to have Corporal Tanner removed.
A NATIONAL DISGRACE.
He said to-day that it was a national dis
grace to have such a man at the head of the
pension office. He also s-tid that unless tho
republican administration relived the Re
publican party of this burden promptly
that ho (Flood) would resign his seat in the
House and let the democrats elect his suc
cessor, so as to cut the republican majority
down. This throat, he think3, may facili
tate the removal of Corporal Tanner.
FRUIT BRANDY TAXES.
Alleged Attitude of the Southern Con
gressmen on the Subject.
Washington, Sept. I.— J. W. Bradfleld,
agent for the repeal of the tobacco and fruit
brandy taxes, says he has received letters
from the southern republican representa
tives elect indicating that they will support
uo one for speaker who does not favor t tiis
repeal and will make pledges for it a condi
tion precedent to going into the caucus. If
they should delay voting it would hurt
McKinley on the first ballot, as he counts
on most of the votes.
Argentine Republic Delegatee.
Washington, Sept.' I.— The Argentine
Republic has appointed three delegate! to
the international American congress. They
are Don Raqua Pena, at present minister to
Uraguay; Don Manuel Quintana, a promi
nent lawyer who has never held office, and
Don Vincente Quosada, minister to the
United States.
A FIEND’S CLOSE CALL.
How He Escaped Lynching by the Mob
by Three Votes.
Jasper, Ala., Aug. 29.—Robert Gray,
in jail here on a charge of criminally as
saulting Miss Mamie Saunders, escaped
lynching by three votes. A mob number
ing 100, was organized to take Gray from
jail and lynch him. Some of the relatives
of the young lady met toe mob outside of
town and begged them not to lynch Gray,
as he had not been fully identified as the
guilty man. After much parleying the mob
agreed to take a vote on the question and
abide by the decision of the majority.
Two managers of election were selected and
an empty cartridge box was used for a bal
lot box. When the votes were counted it
was found that a majority of three were
opposed to the lynching, and the mob dis
persed.
DEAD WITH ANOTHER’S MISTRESS.
A Mysterious Double Murder Brought
to Light in Texas.
Brownsville, Tex., Sept. I.— Friday
night Eben Garcia, a wood seller, who
lives at Tomales ranch, and Larcita Soldi
varo, mistress of Eugenio Vargas, corporal
or manager for Mr. Cottingham, were
killed at Norias ranch by some unknown
party. They were found in the house of
Vargas, lying one in front of the other,both
shot through tire head. Garcia’s pistol
lay by his side. Evidently a terrible and
mysteriou- crime has been committed.
Sheriff Britto, County Attorney Calaya,
and Dr. Macy went out to investigate the
crimo.
Death at Trenton.
Trenton, Ga_, Sept. I.—Dr. M. J. Cor
put died Thursday of typhoid fever after
au illness of six weeks. He was a rising
young physician, a son of J. H. Corput of
this place.
A drummer came near losing his life here
Friday by trying to get aboard a moving
train. He was, however, not seriously
hurt.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1889.
LEAPED NIAGARA FALLS.
GRAHAM SAID TO HAVE MADE
THE TRIP IN Hl3 BARREL.
The Strange Cralt Undamaged by Its
Plunge of 200 Feet in the Seething
Waters Below—The Daring Adven
turer Taken Out More Dead Than
Alive, but Not Fatally Hurt.
Niagara Falls, N. Y. Sept. I.— Last
Sunday afternoon Carlisle D. Graham made
a successful trip through the whirlpool
rapids, maelstrom and Foster’s flats, before
an assembled multitude of 15,000 people.
That was preparatory to his effort to-day to
pass over the falls, which, according to
Graham himself and a few eye-witnesses,
was accomplished in safety. The same
barrel was used.
THE TRIP OVER THE FALLS.
At 6 o’clock < his morning it was towed
out into the rivor by Andy Horn aud Gar
rett Stahley, and at 6:45 o’clock it was let
go at a point opp sito Caippewa creek.
Down the current it swept, plunging over
the reoli, often out of sight, till at 7:30
o’clock iTapproached the brink and dropped
200 feet into the abyss below. The barrel
soon rose intact aud was discovered in the
eddy.
GRAHAM MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE.
Elmer Jones swam out from the Canadian
shore, caught a rope fastened to the barrel,
and towed it to the shore, where Graham
was lifted out by Jones and Mr. Cahill.
Graham was quickly brougut, more dead
than alive,to Horn’s saloon ou this side. Ho
says: “The first I knew was when someone
struck the barrel aud said: “Graham, are
you alive?”
TERRIBLE PAINS IN HIS HEAD.
Ho complained of terrible pains in the
back aud head f ora the racking he had re
ceived, and could talk but incoherently.
Abuut a dozen people verify tho statement
that Graham was iu the barrel, and many
more will say that they saw the barrel go
over. Graham was probably led to hii ex
ploit by the appearance horo of Steve
Brodie, with the avowed intention of jump
ing the falls.
WHY KIMBERLY DIDN’T COME.
The Adams Had Not Arrived, and He
Was Awaiting Her.
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. I.—Among
the passengers who arrived on the steamer
Zcalandia yesterday from Australia, via
Samoa, was Lieut. W. D. Rose of the United
States store ship Monongahela, now sta
tioned at Pago Pago. He reports that the
United States steamship Adams bad not
arrived at Samoa when the Zaalandia left
there on Aug. 17, but she was expected
every day. It was on this account that
Admiral Kimberly did not leave for San
Francisco on the Zealandia. He expects to
return next month.
malietoa’s return.
King Malietoa and several chiefs who
were deport and with him by the Germans
two years ago, arrived at Apia from the
Marshall islands on the Gar:nan gunboat
Wolff a few days before the Zealandia ar
rived at Samoa. Ki g Malietoa’s return
was made the occasion of general
rejoicing by the natives. His
health is reported to be broken
down, owing to his long exile, aud
for this reason he will not attempt to re
same control of affairs for tho present.
Mataafa will still continue in office. The
political situation on tho islands remains
quiet Tho natives are also re -overing from
the famine. The Monongahela, some time
ago, distributed among them 15,000 pounds
of bread aid large quantities of rice and
other provisions.
BURIED BESIDEBHER FATHER.
The Impressive Funeral of Mrs.
Christian at Lexington.
Lexington, Va., Sept. I.— The funeral
services over the remains of Mrs. Julia
Jackson Christian took place this morning
at tne Presbyterian church. The services
were conducted by Rev. Thomas L. Preston,
D. D., pastor, assisted by Rev. Ebaaezer
Junki i, D. D., of Houston, Tex. The
church was jammed, the entire popu
lation of the place being out.
The weather was fair and warm.
The body was interred beside her father’s,
Gon. Thomas J. (Stonewall; Jackson. The
scene at the church and grave was unusu
ally pathetic. Many of the battle-scarred
veterans of the confederacy, with heads
bowed and in tears, watched the remains
laid to rest.. Choice fl >ral offerings came
from mar,v places. The funeral party from
Charlotto, N. C., left here to-night for home.
HARRISON STAYS INDOORS.
An Outline of His Plana for the Next
Week.
Deer Park, Mi>., Sept. I.— The President
remained indoors about all day and did not
attend cjhurch as usual. It is probable that
he will leave Deer Park the middle of this
week, perhaps on Wednesday, and go
to Washington. The President has been
urged to go to the culebraiion of Log
Cabin college, in Pennsylvania, the fore
runner of Princeton university, and on
Thursday he may go there. A week from to
morrow he will pr obably attend the indus
trial parade in Baltimore, and arrive back
in Deer Park Tuesday morning.
FIRE TAKES A SMOKE.
A Tobacco Factory at Lynchburg
Completely Destroyed.
Lynchburg, Va., Sept. I.— Fire early
this morning completely destroyed the
large three-story tob tcco manufactory of
Vaughan & O’Keefe, situated on Sixth
street, just below Main. Each floor was
stored with largo quantities of flue leaf and
manufactured tobaccos. Nothing was
saved. The stock is insured for about
145,000, which will nearly cover the logs.
It is stated that the building was insured
for 80,000, and the loss is about £15,000.
NEWS FROM MEXICO.
Trials of Krupp Cannon Prove Very
Satisfactory.
City of Mexico, Sept. I.—The trials of
Krupp cannon before the President and
army guard were very satisfactory.
Anew bank will soon be established in
Chapas. *
Vice Counsul General Edgar Took, who
is in charge of the United States consulate
in Michoacan, is sending samples of coffee
to the United States.
A company here proposes to bring Irish
colonists to Mexico to people the lands.
The negro emigration scheme meets with
very little chance of success in the southern
Mexican states. The Mexicans have no
faith iu it.
Opening a New Extension.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. I.—The Louis
ville and Nasuviila railroad will to-morrow
open for busiae-is its extension from Piae
ville, Ky., to Middles borough, anew town
at Cumberland Gap.
STRIKERS BOUND TO BTICK.
Tho Maas Meeting at Hyde Park Gives
No Sign of a Surrender.
London, Sept. L —Two thousand coal
heavers and bargemon, employed by Parker
Lambert, have joined the strikers.
The council of the strikers held a meeting
last eveuing, and, after a long discussion,
decided to c ntinue the strike.
A monster meeting of the strikers was
held in Hdt park this afternuon. Burns,
the soci-.list agitator, aud other labor load
ers made speeches. Resolutions declaring
that the men would continue tho strike
until their demands wero fully conccdod
wero unanimously adopted. Tbe enormous
crowd dispersed in an orderly manner.
WON’T BE A BENEFIT.
The Economist prediols a disastrous re
sult for the strikers if they obtain the 6-
penoe rate with a four-hour minimum, it
says: “Tho uuinber of men seeking work
at the docks will largely increase. The
companies will employ more permanent
men, or avail themselves of fow. r cas al
employes. Only a few will bo benefited.
The lot of the many will be harder than
ever. The law of the survival of the fittest
will be exemplified by the strike, the wnle
reaehing consequences of which will be
unprecedented jn London’s history.”
THE CROWD IN THE PARK.
It is estimated that 150,000 persons took
part in the demonstration at Hyde park.
During the progress of tho meeting Mr.
Burns and others passed through the crowd
and took up a collection for the benefit of
tho strikers. The money was received iu
hats and parasols, and a' largj sum was ob
tained. An American gentleman who was
present gave a handsome donation.
Five thousand railroad men held a meet
ing at Darlington to-day arid decided to
strike unless shorter hours of labor were
granted.
CONGRATULATED BY THE CARDINAL.
Cardinal Manning sent a messenger to
Hyde park to request Mr. Burns to visit him.
In co iiplianco with thisiuvitati mi Mr. Burns
called upon the oardmal after the meeting,
when his eminence expressed admiration
for the excellent order maintained, anil
congratulated Mr. Burns upon tho general
good behavior of the strikers.
A mass meeting of dockwen aid others
was held at Southwark, at which a project
was mooted to form a separate committee
for South London in order to have a better
voice in the conduct of the strike. Mr
Quelch, as leader of the social democratic
federation, denounced the manifesto calling
for the general strike. But for that he be
lieved the dock directors would have yielded
to the strikers’ demand.
The riot insurance rate is advancing.
CanuiffLiddon of St. Paul’s has subscribed
to the relief fund.
In a sermon at York to-day Canon Flem
ing expressed sympathy with the strikers.
Meetings of sympathy are being held
througnout tho country.
BEHRING SEA RIGHTS.
A Claim That Russia Possessed No Ex
clusive Jurisdiction.
London, Sept. I.—The Observer , com
menting on the Behring sea question, says:
“The American company could not buy
what Russia had not to sell—namely, the
right of exclusive property in Behring sea.
A most unanswerable protost against Rus
sia’s claim to Behring sea wai issued by
President Pierce’s administration.”
FRANCE DECLINES To ANNEX.
The New Hebrides Islands to Main
tain Their Present Status.
Paris, Supt. I.—Tho French government
has declined to accede to the request of the
people of the New Hebrides for annexation
of the islnnds by Franca. The refusal is
based on the ground that France does not
wish to infringe upon her convention with
Eugland relative to these islands.
Germany Celebrates Sedan.
Berlin, Sept. I.—The anniversary of the
battle of Sadan was observed here by a pub
lic meeting and a grand pyrotechnical dis
plajr.
'lue National Zeitung, commenting on
the anniversary, observes that pence has
been prolonged beyond the expectation, but
that the cost of armed peace is enormous.
Servia’s Intentions Peaceful.
Sofia, Sept. I.—Tho Servian charge
d’affaires hero ha* assured the government
of the peaceful intention* of Servia. He
explains that the Servian military authori
ties are merely reorganizing the re
serves, and that no warlike action is con
templated.
Boulanger to Submit to Arrest.
Paris, Supt. 1. — La Sicgte announces
that Gen. Boulanger has decided to submit
to arrest the week preoodi g the election, in
ordor to avoid seizure before his arrival in
Paris.
English Papers Excludod.
London, Sept. I.—The porte has excluded
four English papers from Turkey for com
mooting upon the outrages in Armenia.
Assistance for the Cretans.
Athens, Sept. I.—A committee has been
formed to assist the Cretan insurgents.
JURY OF THE CRONIN CASE.
A Special Venire for Fifty Farmers
Issued by the Judg’e.
Chicago, 111., Sept. L—Fifty farmers
will march into Judge McConnell’s court
to-morrow morning as candidates for jury
duty during the trial of tho Cronin suspects.
A special venire for them was issued with
out the knowledge of the attorneys for the
defense. Judge McConnell yesterday
quietly issued the venire and had Sheriff
Matson dispatch county bailiffs iu 6earch of
tha jurymen.
NO STRIKE AT FERNANDINA.
The Captains Accede to the Demands
ot the Stevedores.
Jacksonville, Fla., Hept. I.— Advices
from Fornandina to-night indicate that the
longshoremen’s threatened strike did not
materialize. The captains of the lumber
vessels acceded to the demands of the steve
dnros and will pay advanced prices on all
vessels. This advance in rates is to apply
to that portion of the cargo already in holds
and to the balance to be pat aboard.
OUTRAGED BY A NEGRO.
Horrible Fate of a Woman Awakened
by the Touch of a Hand.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. I.— Mrs. Lizzie
Herrington, a respectable white woman,
who is in delicate health, was outraged at
Fort Payne Friday night by a negro. She
was awakened by a touch of his hand. As
she started up her assailant said: “Be still
white lady, or I’ll kill you." He accom
plished his purpose and fled. Fort Payne U
anew Hmw Ragland town in DeKalb
county*
A DRUNKEN CREW AT SEA
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF TWO
MEN WHO KEPT SOBER.
Their Refusal to Supply the Debauch
era With More Liquor Followed by a
Savage Beating aud Incarceration
ln Jail at Baracoa—Nearly Naked
and Half Starved When Released.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept L—Fuller
detail* concoruing tne detention of the
steamer Jose M. Gonagano (formerly the
Rosa of Jacksonville) at Baracoa by the
United States government authorities, are
learned from Philip Harris, who shipped
on her as a stowald when she left this port
on July 9. She was bound for Carthagaua,
United States of Colombia, where
she was to be used on the Magdalena
river. She proved very unsoawortiiy, and
was detained three days at “Cotton Key,’
ono of the Bahamas, by stress of weather,
afterward putting into Baracoa for coal.
Unable to secure fuel there, she was about
to sail for Kingstou, when tho trouble
occurred.
MEN ON A DRUNK.
Some of the officers and men aboard had
been drinking heavily aud demanded more
liquor of Quartoruiuster Maloney. Upon
his refusal, they set upon and beat him
severely. Steward Harris came to his
defense and the officers sent ashore for
guards, who arrested Maloney, Harris, and
two colored ilrenieu a,d put them iu jail.
The United States consul there refused to
aid them, because, as ho alleged, the vessel
was sailing under the Colombian flag. The
The United States consul at Havana was
induced to intercede for them, aud they
wore finally taken to that port.
NAKED AND HALF STARVED.
The men were nearly naked when they
arrived there and say they suffered great
hardships in the Baracoa jail. They were half
starved and destitute. Their clothes had
been stolon from them by the jail guards.
On arriving in Havana harbor tho cap
tain put them iu prison again, because the
United States consul was absent from the
city. Ou the consul’s return
they were released and
sent to New York, where the circumstances
wore reported, and the government ordered
the detention of the steamer at Baracoa
bo ause --he was flying a United Btatei flag
at the bow and the Colombian flag astern.
She is still there awaiting the disposition of
her case. Harris says the -teamer is un
seaworthy and ought to be condemned.
GOGEBIC’S S I’AGE ROBBER.
The People of Bessomer Full of Liquor
and Ready to Lynch Him.
Marquette, Mtcil, Hept. I.—Holzhey,
the Gogebic stage robber, was to-day turned
over to the sheriff of Gogebic county who
reached here this morning accompanied by
a strong posse. As the crowd gathered
about the officer who had him in charge at
the station the prisoner scowled and said :
“If I had my guns and was free you fellows
would not bo so anxious to got close to me.”
not very talkative.
“He refused to talk concerning his exploit
to any but Officers Glode and Vveiseli, who
captured him, but to these he mude a state
ment last night while they were with him in
jail in which he a Imi tod that he is the man
who wen through tho Minnesota and North
western train, bet weon Maple Valley and
Elis Junction last May, and a Wisconsin
Central train in August, beside having held
up several stage coaches in norLhern Wis
consin during the past, six months, and com
mitted numerous other small robberies.
recognized by the driver.
He was at once recognized by tho driver
of the Gogebic stage as the man who had
baited and fired on tho stage, and ho recog
nized the driver iu turn. Ho rntner
facetiously inquired of the driver if he had
been hurt in the affray, anil seemed plua-ed
to hear that ho escaped uninjured, but did
no evince any desire to talk further with
him concerning tne tragedy. A dispatch
from Bessemer says that crowds are
thronging the streets and awaiting Holz
hey’s arrival. There are thre its of lynching
and the people are ugly a id full of liquor.
BRIERLY REACHES BOSTON.
He Bays He Paid tha Costs of Mrs.
Maybrlok’s Defense.
Boston, Mass., Sept. I.—Albortßrioriy,
the Liverpool merchant who has gamed
world-wide notoriety through his connec
tion with the Maybrick murder, was a
cabin passenger on the Cunard steamship
Scythia, which arrived at East Boston this
morning. To a reporter he said: “I have
no statement. When I left England 1 told
all that there was to say. I came to America
to escape the notoriety, and do not want to
figure in tho daily journals.” He skid he
heard of Mr*. Maybrick’s reprieve at
Queenstown.
HE PAID THE COSTS OK THE TRIAL.
“Is It true that you paid the casts of tho
trial, amounting to U6,500f"
“Yes,” he answered, “That was the
sum.”
“Do you care to *iv anything regarding
your relations with Airs. Maybrick?’
“Nothing more than I have already said,”
he replied. “All I oan say is that I have
figured more prominently in the caso in
print than any real coime ition with it wa -
ranted. Besides this, I have nothing
to say as to where 1 am going
m Boston, or after 1 leave there. I have
nothing to say regarding anything, and you
wilt oblige me by bringing your questions
to a close." He then went Lelow, refusing
t> talk further. After leaving the steamer,
ail trace of him was lost.
BOTH BURGLARS BAGGED.
They Were Up in a Tree Near the
Scene of the Murder.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 1. The
burglars who killed John Lawrence at
Montevallo, on Friday night, when Law
rence discovered them in the act of robbing
his uncle’s store, were both captured yester
day. One of them confessed this morning.
When found they were up a tree within 50
feet of where the murder was committed.
Base Ball Games.
Washington, Sept. 1. —Base ball games
were played to-day with the following re
sults:
At Philadelphia—
Athletic o 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 b— 4
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0
Base hi's: Athletic 7, Cincinnati?. Errors:
Athletic 2. Cincinnati 2. Batteries: Weyhiug
and Robinson, Smith and Baldwin.
At Columbus —
Columbus 1 1 1000200 1— 6
St. Louis. ..1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0— 5
Base hits: Columbus 12, Bt. Louis ft. Errors:
Columbus 7, St. Louis 3. Batteries: Baity
win anti O’Connor, Chamberlain ami Boyle.
Telephone Stations Seized in France.
Paris, Sept. I.—ln France in accordance
with a law recently passed the government
to-day took format possession of the tot -
phone stations. The company protested
against the govern meat's action as illegal,
and only submitted to force.
HOMES OF OFFICIALS.
Members of the Cabinet Getting Their
Mansions in Order.
Washington, Bcpt.*l.— The mambors of
tho cabinet are getting their houses in order
for the season of genuine social enjoyment,
which follows the assembling of the supreme
oourt of the United States ou Oct. 14. This
is ihe most satisfying portion of the year to
the resident official mi l unofficial life of the
capital. The ,Id Seward mansion, which
has teeu overhauled for tbe occupancy of
Secretary Blaine, is now ready for Its dis
tinguished tenant. When .Secretary Reward
I°L i [ it became a government office, aud so
it remained until a second Secretary of
State secured it I r a residence.
In the modernization of tbe structure the
aucieut cubic style of VVasbiugton architec
ture was not disturbed, therefore four great
brick walls, w ith wide, old fasuioued win
dows and a pitch roof, constitute the ex
ternal features. Within but little cuange
has been made from tho arrangement of the
rooms when Secretary Seward did tho social
honors of the Lincoln aud the Johnson
cabinets. Mrs. Blame and her daughter, it
is understood, as soon as the family retire
before the jieiietra: lug easterly winds,
which sweep over Bar Harbor in Septem
ber, will make their plans for furnishing
their new home.
i he secretary already possesses an elegant
outfit of household furniture iu his spacious
mansion, now leased by Mr. Loiter, a
Chicago merchant prince,but that is subject
to Mr. Leitor’s eo.itrol for a year or two.
Secretary W indom, after looking the field
over, has leased for the remainder of his
presout probable cabinet service a flue
brown-stone residence iu one of tho most
attractive parts of Massachusetts avenue
and next door to tue home of Justice Lamar.
In the same square resided Justice Miller,
ox-Secretary Bayard and Senator Hearst
all last winter. The secretary has left the
city aud will bring Mrs. Windom aud two
daughters back to tho capital in about two
weeks.
Secretary Tracy having purchased the
house occupied by Postmaster-General
Dickinson, has hud it much improved, aud
will have his family here very soon.
2Postniaster General Wauamaker is the
only memiior of the cabinet who has been
settled iu his own home. All the others
have been bivouacking in appartmeut
houses or hotels or have been occupying
temporary quarters iu houses vacated by
their owners during their summer outings.
Mr. Wauamaker has kept up au establisu
ment, aud his interesting daugbtor-lh-law
held drawing-rooms during tho spring
months.
Secretary Noble and Attorney General
.'oilier have selected their residences, but
will not occupy them until the return of
their families during tho coming mouth.
Sourotary Rusk still clings to his old hotel
of representative days.
Secretary Noble’s residence is the fi leit
of all the o ibmot houses. It was occupied
by the higli joint commissioners when they
suttled tne Alabama damages and signed
the treaty of Washington. It then passed
into the hands of historic Bon Holliday, if
pony express and frontier mail contract
prominence, but Ben died, and it was not
occupied. A few months ago it was bought
up for a mortgage of 143,000. Since then
* 10,000 have been put on tho interior In t ie
most elaborate finish. Mrs. Noble is a lady
of marked literary tastes, and her two
sisters, wiio constitute the other ladies of
the household, have the baino refined in
stincts. The Noble residence will bo tho
scene of some of the most brilliant gather
ings of the coming season.
Throe doors from the secretary’s home is
one of the hist ric residences of the capi
tal, purchased last fall by James Richmond,
a wealthy Philadelphian. It is not onl>
one of tlie most spacious and well arranged
houses for the demands of Washington
fashionable entertainment, but it has a
most interesting record of distinguished
occupants, probab y not sec rad to a y
other private residence at the capital. It
was built by Maj. Go ,rge F. Lindsey of the
marine corps, who, during the Buchanan
administration, entertained brilliantly. It
was next occupied by John S. Clark of New
York, whose wife was a daughter of Cos -
nelius Vanderbilt, and then by Senator
Latham of California. The spin .dor
of tho mansion for entertain
ments now attracted the attention
■if tho members of the diplomatic corps.
Honor R unero, the Moxioan minister, was
the first to occupy it, and was followed by
Sir Francis Clare Ford, first secretary of
tne British legation, who guvo a lunchoon
there to Prince Arthur, and then by Oennr
Roberts, Spanish minister; Col. E. Freyro,
Peruvian minister; Matquis de Mantilla,
Spanish minister, who gave a brilliant ball
in honor of the majority of his young King
Aipbonso; Seuor Cavaihoro Borges, Brazil
ian minister, and Baron Blanc, Italian min
ister. it then went into senntoriul hands,
Warner Miller and Roscoe Cmklijg or
New York and George H. Pendleton of
Ohio having been its tenants in turn. It was
occupied by the Lindsey heirs when Mr.
Richmond beeamo its owner.
AN EPIDEMIC OF BURGLAR'S*,
The Hou3 obreakera Making Life a Bur
den for Householders in New York
York and its Suburbs.
(Copyright 1889.)
New York, Aug. 31.—Fashionables and
well-to-do people living in New York and
its suburbs have been In astateof something
akin to terror this summer owing to the
numerous burglaries. Daylight house
breaking has become the rule rather than
the exception among the knights of the
cold chisel aud jimmy, for they get quite as
much swag and stand les* chance of arrest
than when working under cover of dark
ness. Their plan is to “spot” the residence
of some family who have gone out of tow
and to effect an entrance between 10 o’olock
a. m. aud 4 o’clock p. in. This leaves them
with several hours of uninterrupted ran
ackhig.
“There’s one thing a daylight burglar
will never and said an old headquarters
detective yesterday. “He will not tackle
a good, old-fashioned bolt. Ail the fancy
locks in the world won’t faze him; but w.ien
it come* to a stout bolt, fastened with a
good hasp anil well driven in. Mr. Burglar
can’t burgle worth a cent. Now, I feol ce -
certain that if the people would only adopt
this suggestion un i put holts gu their base
ments and halls, as well as in the backdoor
where they are now, they might almost
defy intruders. Of course, burglars at
night will seek entranco in a variety of
ways. The most expert come in either by a
rear window or by the second-story front
windows. But people prepare for tne :n at
night, and are not so well guarded in the
daytime.”
One of tho very latest devices to frighten
off burgla s is a cracker that goes off with
a loud detonation when a door is opened.
It can be attach.d to a window with equal
facility. Naturally the intruder ii startle 1
at the tremendous racket, and either pauses
or bolts incontinently. In any event, it is
enough to alarm tbe neighborhood and
waken any one who may be asleep in
the bouse at the time. Tho explosition Is
not sufficient to do any damage fa the house.
R. A. Burton.
Col. Isaac Laeatieti-x Hill, who died a few
days ago ln Wanhiuirten oounty, Texas, in the
7i,tu year of hi, *£, wa* a pioneer of that stale,
and a brother of the late be eater b. ii. Mill of
Ueoraria.
. DAILY. $lO A YEAR I
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J WEEKLY. $1.26 A YEAR. |
SIN Til’S THE SCALES.
WHY MEN ARB FOUND WANTING
IN THE BALANCE.
Tho Striking Illustration in tho Story
of Babylon and Belshazzar—Earthly
Balances Frequently Unreliable—
Christ the "Weight That Overbad
ances Sin ln Behalf of the Christian.
Omaha, Nkb,, Sept. I.— Great interest
was manifested here to-day, tho Rev. T. Da
Witt Taltnage, D.D., preaching to an im
mense congregation. His text was: “Thou
art weighed iu the balances, and art found
wanting.”—Daniel v, 27. The preacher
■aid:
Babylon was the paradise of architecture,
and driven out from thence the grandest
builuings of modern times are only the evi
dence of her fall. The site having been se
lected for the city, two million men were
emplovod in the rearing of tier walls and
the building of her work . It was a city
sixty miles iu circumference. There was a
trench all around the city, from which the
material for the humbug of the city had
been digged.
There were twenty-five gate* on each side
the city; between every two gates a tower
of defense springing into the from
each gate on the one side a street running
straight through to the corresponding street
on the o her side, so that there were fifty
streets fifteen miles long. Through the city
ran a branch of the river Euphrates. This
river sometimes overflowed its bmks, and
to keep it from the ruin of the city a lake
was constructed into whioii the surplus
water of tne river would run during tha
time of freshets, and the water was kept In
this artificial lake uutU time of drought,
and then this water would stream down
ovor tha city. At either end of tho bridga
spanning this Euphrates there wag a palaos
—the oue palace a mile and a half around,
tho other palnco seven and a half miles
around.
The wife of Nebuohadnezzar had been
born ami brought up in the country, and la
a mountainous region, and she could not
bear this fiat district of Babylon; and so,
to please his wife, Nebuchadnezzar built iu
the midst of the city a mouutai i four hun
dred feet high. This mountain was built
out into terraces supported on arches. On
the top of these arches a layer of flat stones,
on the top of that a layer of reeds and
bitumen, on the top of that two layers of
brick* closely cemented, on the top of that
a heavy a! e‘t of lead, and on the top of
that the soil placed—the soil so deep that a.
Lebanon cedar had rmnn to anchor its
roots. There wero pumps worked by
mighty machinery fetching up the water
from tho Euphrates to this Hanging garden,
us it was called, so that there were fountains
spouting into the sky.
Standing below and looking up it must
have seemed as if the clouds w ere in blos
som, or as though tho sky leaned on tha
shoulder of a cedar. All this Nenuchad
nezzar did to please U.s wife. Well, she
ought to have been pleased. 1 suppose she
was pleased. If that would not ple-tse her
nothing would. There was ln that city
also tho temple of Bolus, with towers—oue
to/rer the eighth of a mile high, in Which
there was an observatory vviu:ro astrono
mers t dkod to the stars. There was in that
temple ou i cage, just one image, which
would cost what would he our fifty-two
million dollars.
0 what a city! The earth never saw
anything like it, never will see anything like
it. And yet I havo to tell you that it is
going to bo destroyed. The king and his
princes are at a feast. They are all intoxi
cated. Pour out the rich wine into tha
chalices. Drink to the health of the king.
Drink to the glory of Babylon. Drink to a
great future.
A thousand lords reel, intoxicated. Tha
king, sealed upon a chair, with vacant look,
as intoxicated men will—with vacant 100 it
stared at the wall. But soon that vacant
look takes on intensity, and it is an af
frighted look; and all tho princes b>gill to
1 ok and wonder what is tio nutter, and
they look at the same point on the walL
And then there drops a darkness into
the room nn l puts out tho blaze of tho
golden plate, and out of the sle -ve of
tho darkness there cornea a Anger—a finger
of fiery terror circling around and circling
around as though it would write; an I then
it comes up and \vitb sharp tip of flame it
inscribes on the plastering of the wall tho
doom of the king: “Weighed in tho balan
ces, and fou id wanting.” The bang of
heavy liits against the gn es of the palace
are followed by the breaking in of tha
doors. A thousand gleaming knives strike
into a thousand quivering hearts. Now
Death is king, and ue is seated on a throne
of corpses, in that hull there i- aba a iee
lifted. God swung it. On one side of t,e
balutico a o put Belsiiaxzar’* opp > tuuities,
ou tho other side of tne balauee are put
Belshazzar’s sins. The sins c nue down. His
opportunities go up. Weighed iu the bal
ances—found wanting.
There has been a great deal of cheating
in our country with false weights and
measures and balances, and tic govern
ment, to change that state of things, ap
pointed commissioners whose business ifi
was to stamp weights and measures and
balances, and a groat deal of the wrong has
been corrected. But still, after all, tlfcre is
uo such thing as a perfect balance on earth.
The chain may break, or some of the metal
may be clipid, or in some way the equ ipott
may be a little disturbed.
You cannot always depend upon earthlj
balances. A pound is not always a pound,
and you may pay for one thing and get;
another, but in the balance which is sus
pended to the throne of God, a pound is a
pound, and right is right, and wrong is
wrong, and a soul is a soul, and eternity is
eternity. God has a perfect bushel, and a
perfect peck, and a perfect gallon. \\hey
merchants weigh their goods In the wronf
wav, then the Lord weighs the goods again,
If from the imperfect measure tne merchant
pours out what pretends to boa gallon of
oil and there is less than a gallon, God
knows it, and ha calls upon his rec irding
angel to mark it: “So much wan tin. iu that
measure of oil." Tho farmer co lies in from
the c mutry. He Uis apples to sell He lias
an imperfect measure. He pours out tha
apples from this imjierfect me isure. God
recognizes it. Ho says to tho recording
angel: “Mark down so many apples too few
—an imperfect measure.” we may cheat
ourselves and we rnay cheat the world, but
we cannot cheat Gpd, and in the great
day of judgment it will be f mnd out that
what we learned iu boyhood at school is
correct; that twenty hundred weight make
a ton, and one hundred and twenty solid
feet make a cord of wood. No more, no
less, aud a religion wuich does not take
hold of this life as well as the life to com*
is no religion at all. But, my friends, that
is not thestyle of balances lain to speak 1 1
to-day„that is not the kind of weights and
measures. lan to speak of that kind ol
balances which can weigh prin
ciples, weigh churches, weigh men,
weigh nations and weigh worlds,
“What!” you sav, ‘j a jj p, w .
sible that our world is to be weighed**
Yes. Why, you would think if God put on
one side the balances suspended from th*
throne the Alps, and the Pyrenees, and tb*
Himalayas, and Mount Wash! gton, ana
all the cities of Che earth, they would oru-b
it. No, uo. The time will come when God
will sit down on the white throne co see t..
world weighed, and on one shin will be the
