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( THE MO BN ISO HEWB. 1
3 f-tabushfi 1850. IHOOBTOKATU) 1888 k >
J J. H. ESTILL President. I
ATLANTA’S DEAD LEADER
THE BURIAL TO MAKE TO-DAY’3
HOLIDAY A BAD ONE.
Friends Take a Last Look at the Be
loved Face The Body to be Re
moved from the Residence to the
Church This Morning—The Unosten
tatious but Imposing Cortege.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 34.—AH the arrange
ments for the funeral of Hon. H. W. Grady
have been completed. While the funeral
■will not be a public one, in the usual mean'
ing of the word, it will, nevertheless, be i
most solemn and imposing demonstration j
All day to-day friends of the dead ha*
been calling at the family residence to pajr
their last tribute before the body is reraovd
to the church to-morrow. Many prominent
people from all over the state and the south
were among those who called.
TO BE TAKEN TO THE CHURCH.
To-morrow morning at 10 o'clock the
body will be taken to the First Methodist (
church, where the procession will start for (
the cemetery. Committees from the citjj
council, chamber of commerce, and all the (
other orders and organizations of the city.
have been appointed to escort the
from the residence to the church. Fron
the church to the cemetery the orders ant j
societies will attend in a body. No uniforn (
or regalia of any sect will be worn, at th<,
request of the family, and the funeral wii (
be conducted as quietly as possible. ,
THE FUNERAL SERVICES. T
The funeral services will be conducted bl al
five of the leading divines of the city, aui
the pall-bearers and honorary escort ar bt
composed of prominent men from all pot ui
tions of the state. A notable feature of th w
funeral procession will be the presence ovi
the employes of the Constitution in a oodytl
They will form an honorary escort to thidi
remains and family, marching on eithe.
Bide of the hearse and carriages. tt
telegrams of sympathy.
Telegrams of sympathy and regret con”
tinue to come to the family from friends”
from all sections of the country. A large”
number of floral offerings have also been”
received from other cities, among them a
beautiful crown from citizens of Boston. 1
On Thursday memorial services will be held
at the opera house. Prominent men from
other cities and states will speak, paying a,
tribute to the memory of the illustrious
dead.
ACTION BY THE EDITORS OF MEMPHIS.
Memphis, Dec. 34.—A largely attended®
meeting of the daily and weekly press of g
Memphis was held to-day, at which feeling
tributes were paid to the late Henry W. (
Grady. The following was adopted: c
In the death of Henry W. Gradv his profes- ~
sion and his country have suffered an irrepara
ble loss. He occupied a position and possessed
opportunities which fell to the share of
lew men In public life. He was in i
©very sense a representative man, knowing by
intuition and firmly grasping the consensus of
seutimeht of the Southern people. From it he
sifted the chaff, garnered the grain and planted
the seed of tolerance between the people of
our common country. In the fire of his
eloquence was welded the first golden
link in the chain which must soon
bind the North and South together.
His capacities were equal to the calls which
boundless ambition mad < upon them. Uupon
all that he di i he impressed his strong per
sonality. His efforts were persistent
and intelligently directed. They were
productive of immediate and tangible
results which can be seen and felt and
understood and traced easily back to him
as toe moving cause. He has moved men not
only to laughter and to tears, but to the accom
plishment of vast undertakings. Weighed in
the balance of any time, place, or oooasion, he
was never found wanting.
BOSTON FEELS BEREAVED.
Boston, Doc. 24.—The following letter,
sent ytsterdav, expresses the sentiment of
the Boston Merchants’ Association concern
ing Hon. Henry W. Grady’s death:
Boston, Dec. 43, 1889.
Constitution Publishing Company, Atlanta,
At "a meeting of the directors of the Mer
chants’ Association, held at their rooms, to take
action upon the death of Heury W. Grady ol
Atlanta, Ga., which occurred so soon after ms
visit to Boston, tt was voted that we are grieved
beyond expression at the sudden death of our
distinguished guest and friend; that we are not
able to recall any social relation with entire
Bt rangers wno have come to our annual banquet
which has been more enjoyable or more profit
üble than the one which has been so suddenly
and so sadly ended. Mr. Grady s bright, sin
cere and hearty manner, his sympathy, interest
and appreciation of everything that was done
for him and his friends; his manifest sincerity
in his views, joined with an earnest desire to
know just what we felt and believed, and to
find, if possible, a common ground °f devotion
and loyalty to our country and rignt,
beared him to those who came in contact with
him and who heard his eloquent words that his
death, in the midst of a career °” JJ?
great promise and influence, wo must
regard as a public calamity, in which Atlanta
anil Boston, Georgia and Massachusetts, equally
suffer: that in tnis event we recognize an all
wise providence, who can save to our country
all that is most valuable in the lives °f i in
fluential men ; that remembering the last words
of our friend as he left us we shall abide in the
belief that his deep felt predictioniofgreat .good
in the attainment of the ends that all good men
are aiming for. our re-unity of country, will be
sooner realized from the visit toßostonand
Plymouth of tnis distinguished citizen and his
conclusion, we render to the of Mr.
Qradv, and to his friends bo recently here, sym
pathy for which we have no adequate words.
Jonathan A. Lank, President.
Beverly K. Moore, Secretary.
A committee consisting of President Lane,
J. R. Let son, chairman of the executive
committee, and Stephen B. Simons, wasap
pointed to attend the funeral, provided it
could reach Atlanta in time. The following
dispatch, however, shows that this is impos-
sible: , _ ,
Jonathan Lane, President, Boston.
Funeral 2 o'clock Wednesday. He spoke tre- 1
quently of th ■ exceeding kindness of yoirt asso
ciation and city. 8 - It ' MAN '
AMERICAN SHIPPING LEAGUE’S SORROW.
The American Shipping and Industrial
League, whose vice president for the state
of Georgia was the lata H. W. Grady,
adopted a set of memorial resolutions ex
pressing high appreciation of Mr. G-ra y
sympathetic encouragement of the work of
the league, the severe loss the league sus
tains in bis death, a id the utmost sympathy
with his widow and family.
THE SOUTHERN SOCIETY’S SORROW.
PNew York, Dec. 24.-A
of the ext cutive committee of the Southern
Society was held last night at their rooms
No. 18 West Twenty-fifth street, to take
action on the death of Henry W,• Rr * d {-
A subcommittee was appointed to draw up
suitable resolutions, and before the meeting
adjourned the following was sent to Mrs.
‘ New York, Dec. 24,1859.
Mrs. Henry W. Grady, ,
The New York Southern Society. profouiMl'y j
affected by its sense of the P 1 )” 110 . ! c £!
tained in the death of your distinguished bus
band, offer you tbeir heartfelt sympathy in
great affliction you have suffered
J. H. Parker, Vice President.
At a meeting of the Southern bociety
this evening, resolution* of sympathy to
Mrs. Henry W. Grady were adopted for _ber
late husband. John C. Calhoun, presiden
of the society, will attend the funeral.
TO HALF-MAST ITB FLAG.
New York, Dec. 84.-The llag of the
Mail and Express will be placed at haU
mast to-morrow in honor of Henry w.
lirtuLc
CALIFORNIA'S CAVE-IN.
No fiope that Any of the Sixteen Men
Escaped Alive.
ft N Andreas, Cal., Dec. 34.—A dis
aaffous cave-in occurred Sunday evening
ir the Lane mine, owned by Howard &
fobart, and located on the west edge of
lageles, by which sixteen men were
buried. They were supposed to be dead.
Nineteen men were seat into the drift on
the 4UO-foot level to repair timbering which
had become loosened. They had not worked
ovr an hour when the supports of the
upper timbers suddenly swayed to the
rl|bt, and the roofing, earth and rocks fell,
birying sixteen men underneath the debris.
TJornas Corwin and two Indians were
, working near the mouth of the drift, and
I managed to escape, although Corwin was
kdly injured.
AN UNNOTICED DANGER.
Corwin said a portion of the timbers were
waning badly when he went into the drift,
mt no one suspected that there was danger
fa cave-in. When it came they were all
mprepared. He and the Italians escaped
iis soon as they heard the timbers crack.
; The others also stated to run, but were too
.far in the drift to be able to reac i a place of
,safety. Immediately after the accident
s tnen were let down the shaft, and, entering
Jthe mouth of thedrift, commenced digging.
They found the attempt almost useless, as
the timbers seemed to have been woven to
gether, as though the sides of the drift had
fallen toward each other, and had been
covered by the roofing. By last evening
the rescuing party had succeeded in g -tting
eight feet into the pile of earth and timber
and none of the victims had been reached.
There is no prospect of getting the men out
at all.
Working parties have found two dead
bodies, but will not be able to reach them
until to-morrow, and it is feared that they
will not be able to reach some of the othe
'victims for several weeks. It is believed
’that all of the sixteen men were crushed to
'death by falling rock.
3 - Information reached here this afternoon
that the surface of the mine has caved
iown to a depth of forty feet, and the cave
qli extends along the vein from the north
jdhaft to the south shaft at a width of
fC iiirty feet. This makes it necessary to
, u top the work of trying to recover the
a iodies. There is little doubt that the hoists
u ave been drawn into the cave-in.
m BT. LOUIS’ GAB COM PANT.
Laclede Company Bide It In at
Auction for $4,000,000.
St. Louis, Deo. 34.—The franchise, priv
ges, and property of the St. Louis Gas
ght Company were sold at auction to-day
the Laclede Gas Light Company for
000,000. President McMillan of the
clede Gas Light Company was the only
der, and the sale was at once ratified by
sident Thompson of the St. Louis
Light Company. This means that
I Hollins syndicate secured the prize with
oompetition. As there are 13,000 shares
took in the St. Louis Gas Light Com
y and the plant only sold for *4,000,000,
stockholders who did not sell to the
t will receive s333>£ per share.
COULD HAVE GOT MORE.
iey were formerly offered $375 aJ share,
only stock outside the syndicate lately
200 shares held by the city, 100 held by
•leß Green, aud five more controlled by
It is stated that Mr. Green sold his
;to the syndicate within the last few
. He was conspicuously absent from
ale to-day, and if he has not sold will
übtedly go to law with ttye syndicate.
SILOOTT AND HIS GIRL.
troal Police Report the Presence
of the Pair in That City.
intreal, Dec. 24. —The police author
lere have discovered Silcott, tho ab
iug treasurer of the United States
of representatives. Accompanied by
aramour, Herminio Thibault, he ar
in Montreal on Dec. 7. Herminie
to the house of her married sis
.Sanguinet6troet, where she remained
Friday last, when slie left for New
on an early morning train. The New
police have been notified of Her
’s return to that city.
CRONIN CASE BRIBERY.
w Indictment Just Returned by
the Grand Jury.
JAGO, Dec. 24.—A new indictment
ispiiacy to bribe Cronin furors has
iturned by the grand jury against
!. Graham, A. L. Hanks, Fred W.
Mark Solomon, Jeremiah O’Din-
Thoias Kavanaugh, and Joseph
j It differs only in form, in more
and technical phraseology nnd
counts, from the omnibus indict
sturued by the special grand jury
last investigated the conspiracy.
REDSKIN TOURISTS. S
Express Themselves as Pleased
With the Hampton School.
Monroe, Va., Dec. 84. —A delega-
Sioux chiefs, who have bean in
j igton for some time, arrived hero
rning and passed the day at Hamp
jol, where many children of their
• from their agencies are pupil--.
I vere welcomed by Indian Com
er Morgan and Gen. Armstrong,
ir eased hearty appreciation and ap
on of the school and other eastern
ions of similar character.
REE CUT WITH A RAZOR
hken Affray in Delaware Ends
in Murder.
idelphia, Dec. 24.—A special from
Del., to the Inquirer describes a
1 affray at Hartley, in which four
nen were engaged. One of them
ezor with such effect that one man
| id, his lungs having been laid open;
had his throat cut and is dving,
ird man was badly hurt and has
ired. The n urderer escaped to tbe
jut he is being hunted by crowds of
;h dogs and guns, and will probably
if found.
Suicide on the Rails.
pence, R. 1., Dec. 34. —James
years of age, a jewelry merchant,
I been ill some time, left his house
s morning and wont to the track
and Colony railroad, waited for a
e train, placed his neck aoross the
I was beheaded.
Candle Works Burfled-
I’NATI, Dec. 34. —Thomas Emery’s
ensive caudle works at Ivorydale,
north of the business part of this
e burned last night. The loss is
lat SIOO,OOO. Th Emerys, being
L-erty holders, carry their own in
jMontana’s Legislature.
[a, Mont., Dec. 24.—A1l the
I the legislature have adjourned uu
kber 27, without any new devel
krisag ui the wvuaiioD.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1889.
BURKE IS IN HONDURAS.
HE IS SAID TO HAVS $250,000 OB
$300,000 WITH HIM.
He la on His Way to tbs Mines from
Whloh He Expects so Muoh—The
President of the Country Gives Him
a Warm Welcome —The Route He
Traveled.
New Orleans, Dec. 24.—The Times-
Democrat to-morrow will oontain the fol
lowing: “A gentleman who arrived
yesterday states that Maj. K A. Burke
arrived at Tegucigalpa two weeks ago and
was most cordially received by President
Bouquan and ot.er officials of Spanish
Honduras. The Dallas also brought
a letter, under date of Dec. 17,
from a prominent merchant of Puerto
Cortez to a leading broker in
New Orleans which contained the follow
ing reference to Maj. Burke’s arrival:
‘Maj. Burke has arrived in Tegucigalpa,
and is there now. He came by the Ham
burg line to Jamaica, from there to Colon,
thence to Panama, and so on to Amapola on
the Pacific. It is said he has $250,01X1 or
$300,000 with him, and he is going to his
mines.”’
PHILADELPHIA'S PRINTERS.
Their Threatened Strike Not Inaugu
rated Yet.
Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—Edward T.
Plank, president of the International
Typographical Union, arrived in this city
from Indianapolis to-day to confer with the
officers of Typographical Union No. 2,
relative to the demand of the printers on
five morning newspapers for an advance
from 40 to 45 cents per tuousand in the
price for typesetting. He saw some of the
local officers, who explained tho situation
to hiiu. The demand the printers made
was to have gone Into effect to-night, but
the refusal of the employers to grant it
served to complicate matters.
feeling of the men.
Most of the men are not satisfied with 40
cents per thousand, and they are not in
clined to accept the employers’ aotion as
final at presont. President Glaser of the
local union said this afternoon that no
trouble would be experienced in any of the
newspaper comp >sing rooms to-night A
meeting will probably be held in a few
days, he said, at which the situation will bo
considered.
NO POWER TO ORDER A STRIKE.
In the meantime other members of the
executive council of the international union
are expected in the city. Eveu if it wanted
to, it is said, the local union could not order
a strike without the consent of the execu
tive council. A prominent member of the
local union said that there was a disposi
tion on the part of the members to turn
the whole affair over to the care of the in
ternational union.
William N. Singerly, of the Record, has
granted to his printers an advance from 40
to 45 cents per thousand setting minion.
This action, however, it wai said, was
purely voluntary, and has nothing what
ever to do with the demands of the typo
graphical union, the latter being still in
abeyance.
FIGHTING OVER THB BPOILS.
Secretary Noble and Senator Allison
are at Outs.
Washington, Dec. 34.—There are serious
differences between Secretary Noble and
Senator Allison, said to have grown orig
inally out of the failure of ex-Governor
Stone of lowa, assistant commissioner
of tho land office, to be advanced to the
commissionership upon the retirement of
S. M. Stockslager. " When Mr. Stone ac
cepted the assistant commissionership it
was with a pretty distinct understanding
that he was only to retain it while being
broken in for the commissioners lip. At
any rate this was the idea of the friends of
Mr. Stone.
SOME PLAIN TALK.
The crowding of Mr. Stone into second
place led to some rather plain talk between
the secretary and tbe senator, which is em
p adzed by the attitude of the St. L uis
Globe-Democrat, published in Mr. Noble’s
home and edited by the secretary’s personal
friend, J. B. McCullagb, which is hostile to
Senator Allison, and advises lowa repub
licans to dispense with his services.
“Senator Allison knows where these attacks
originated,” says one of his warmest friends
in the Senate, “and ue will not endure them
patiently. He is tne chairman of the
Senate committee on appropriations, and
Dave Henderson is on the same committee
in the House. Just bear what I say in mind
and see if every one of the appropriations
of the secretary is not pared right down to
tne core.”
A SLAVE’S BONDS JUST BROKEN.
She Didn’t Learn of the War’s Result
Till Three Weeks Ago.
Kansas City, Dec. 34.—A unique oase
was decided in the probate court of Cooper
county to-day. It was that of a colored
woman who bad just discovered that she is
a free woman and not a slave, and who
brought suit against her late master’s estate
for $1,400 wages. At the commencement
of the war Joseph Hickman, now the
wealthiest farmer in the county, bought the
nogiess as a slave in the market and took
her to his farm as a sew ing maid.
A PRISONER SINCE THE WAR.
Since that time she has never been
allowed to go beyond the bounds of the
farm, and in her petition she alleged tnat
she bad been permitted to hold converse
with none of her race, and none of the
family were ever permitted to tell her the
result* of the war. When her old master
died three weeks ago she ran away
to Boonvdle, and while there heard that
the slaves bad been emancipated and that
she was a free woman. She told her story
to a lawyer and be has brought suit to re
cover $1,400 for wa.es at $5 a month for
twenty-Uve years from Hickman’s ostate.
The court decided for the plaintiff, and
allowed one-balf of tbe amount claimed.
PERISHED IN THB PACIFIC.
Four Drowned by the Upsetting of a
Boat from tbe Albatross.
Vallejo, Cal., Dec. 24.—A boat con
taining eight sailors from the United States
fish oommissim steamer Albatross, and
a crippled newsboy, left the Albatross at
the Mare Island navy yard last night and
started for Vallejo. The night was dark,
the tide running strong, and the boat
upset when near the United States steamer
Tnetls. A boat was lowered from tbe
Thetis and five men were rescued. John
Enright, a sailor who was on the Trenton
at Samoa; Robert Padgett, a machinist; W.
W. Lee (colored), and the newsboy were
drowned. i
Purchases of Bonds.
Washington, Dec. 24.— The bond offer
ings to-day aggregated $21,300. All
were accepted at ,104J([ for 4%5, and 127
for 4s. Ten thousand dollars which had been
held as security tfor deposit* is now 4reiin
quished.
HSR SWIFT BEVSNGE.
A Girl Shoota Her Assailant Dead
Within a Few Minutes of the Assault.
Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 17.—An in
quest was held at the Epperson farm, in
Callaway county, to-day, over the dead
body of Julius Hofer, tho young German
who was shot and instantly killed yesterday
by Miss Louisa Epperson. The testimony
at the trial showed the facts to have been
entirely different from the story told by the
brother of the deceased.
Her story is to the effect that yesterday
morning the deceased used language toward
her which Impeached her character. Her
father and mother wore absent. Bhe called
Hofer a liar, and told him she would kill
him if the language was repeated. He went
to the field with the other hands, but re
turned ahead of them a few minutes, anil,
entering the house, repeated the offend ve
language used in the morning. She ordered
him out of the house, but, in
place of leaving, he made a criminal
ass utt upo i her. She fought
and tried to scream, but Hofer choked her.
She still fought, and Hofer, thinking that
the other hands were approaching, released
her. Tom Williams, ft o dore- —and, came
to the house and the girl said: “Why did
you not come when I calledf” Williams
answered: “I did not hear you. What was
the matter?” “O,” said the girl, "I wanted
you to take that Dutchman aivay from the
house. He treated me awfully, and I will
kill him if he was the last Dutchman on
earth.’’
After this conversation the girl went into
the old house—a new house is being built,
all of which is not yet in use—mid rtu ued
a minute later with a 88-calibre Smith &
Wesson pistol in her haud. la the mean
time Hofer, bis brother, and a negro hand
had seated themselves at the table. Will
iams, seeing the pistol in the girl’s hand,
tried to stop her, but was too slow. She
stepped close to H .fer, who was catting a
Eiece of meat, and, before he was aware of
er presence, shot him just above tho right
ear. The girl then went iuto the old build
ing, threw the pistol on the bed, and
fainted. Hofer was killed so dead that he
did not fall out of his chair, but remained
at the table, a grim sentinel of the unfin
ished meal. Tuo body remained in this
position until taken away by the coroner
to-day.
The testimony of Williams, and, in fact,
all who witnessed the tragedy, is Hubstan
tially the same in regard to the shooting,
and the staiement made by the two negroes
corroborates the girl’s evidence in all they
witnessed or heard. The coroner’s jury
was compose iof farmers. After a careful
examination the jury returned a verdict of
justifiable homicide, qpd consequently tho
girl was not held. The prosecuting attor
ney was satisfied with the verdict. The
young lady is suffering greatly from nerv
ous prostration, and has not left her room
since the shooting.
A SHREWD GEORGIAN.
How He Scooped in Florida Phosphate
Lands for a bong.
Tallahassee, Fla., Dee 24.—There is a
good joke on the natives in connection with
the purchase of the phosphate lands on
Peace river by Col. Geo. W. Scott of At
lanta, which has never been published. All
who know Col. Scott are aware that he is a
shrewd trader. Having decided that the
richest and most extensive deposits of phos
phate were between Zolfo a,id Arcad a, the
question arose how to buy the lands
at the lowest prices. Col. Sc >tt had it
noised around that he was thinking of start
ing works to extraot tannin from palmetto
roots, and if the owners would sell him the
lands at a nominal figure, it would rid the
country of a great nuisance and give em
ployment to all the natives.
The cost of grubbing out the palmetto
ro its from an acre of ground in that coun
try, is from $25 to SSO per acre. The na
tives, becamelonthused, feeling confident that
after they had scooped in CoL Scott’s money
for grubbing out the roots, they
could buy back the laud for almost
nothing. They jumped at the bait, and the
colonel bought ail tho lands he wanted at a
very small price, and has already made big
money from the Peace River Phosphate
♦Yorks. It was quite a while before the
natives caught on to the racket, and some
of them are yet waiting for Col. Scott to
send down tne machinery for his tannin
extracting works.
MILWAUKEE FLOUR BLOCKADE.
A Serious Problem to Railway Men to
Raise It.
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 24.—Milwaukee
at the present time is the last terminus of
the flour blockade that extends as far west
as Minneapolis, and bids fair to last for
several weeks. It is reported that the St.
Paul road alone has 3JO cars of flour here
and on s.de tracks along tue line, while the
Wisconsin Central is in the same predica
ment and has filled its sidings at other
points.
The trouble is that the roads on
the other side of Lake Michigan
are not taking fl mrYast enough, partly be
cause the Michigan lines are short of cars,
and partly because the bar at Grand Haven
insists in coming up and keeping boats out
side every time the wind gives it a chance.
The flour block ad i 1* becoming a serious
problem to local railway men, as they are
in dread of a freezeup that will further
hinder navigation.
TRYING TO BOOM RUBBER
An Advance in Price of 100 Reis Re
ported from Brazil.
New York, Dec. 24—Charles R. Flint,
treasurer of the New York Commercial
Company (limited), has received a cable dis
patch from the Companhia Mercantile Com
pany, in whose favor the province of Para
granted a special ooncession, advising of a
decline in exchange of three-fourths of a
penny and an advance in the price of
rubber of 100 rels, with tbe market
strong, and holders not free sellers. The
stock is estimate-1 at 750 tons. Flint & Cos
have a cable from Rio tnat the rate of ex
change is 25%. Tne receipts of rubber
since Dec. 1 amount in ail to 950 tons, being
40 per cent, lees than the average receipt*
for the corresponding periods of the previous
three year*. From this Mr. Flint infers
that the unsettled condition of affairs In
Brail is interfering with tbe gathering of
rubber.
PENSACOLA POINTERS.
Coleman Acquitted A Judgment
Against a Steamer.
Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 24 Tbe jury in
the case of the state vs. Thomas Coleman
(colored), charged with having committed
an outrage on the person of Laura Rey
nolds (white) on July 16 last, to-day ren
dered a verdict of acquittal, after a deliber
ation of three hours.
A judgment was obtained before United
States Commissioner Oiliphant to-doy
against tbe steamer Falc m, which was
libeled for seamen’s wages. Tbe vessel,
which plies the Choctawhatohie river be
tween Cary villa and Geneva, will be sold to
.wiiats tba iudgowaL
DANGER IN INFLUENZA.
INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS
FOLLOWS IN VIENNA.
Several of the Btrioken Carried to
the Grave—Sixty-Eight Scholars At
tacked in a Jeeult School at Kalks
berg—The Disease Rapidly Spread
ing at Brussels aud Elsewhere.
Vienna, Dec. 24.—A frequent sequel to
cases of influenza here is an attack of in
flammation of the lungs. A number of per
sons in the hospital who had boen suffering
from influeuza were striekeu with inflamma
tion of the lungs. Beveral of them have
died. Influenza has made its appearance
in the Jesuit school at Kalksberg, the
pupils of which are children of conserva
tive aristocrat*. Sixty-eight of the scholars
have been attacked by the disease.
SPREADING AT BRUSSELS.
Brussels, Dec. 24.—Influenza is rapidly
spreading in this city. Thirty per cent, of
the sc.iool children of the city are suffering
from the disease, and the schools have been
closed in consequence of the epidemic. The
disease has spread to all the government
offices, aud a number of officials are pros
trated.
RAGING AT PARIS.
Paris, Dec. 24.—The epidemic reigns and
rages. A conference of lawyers which was
to have convened yesterday did not take
pi Mi because a majority of the speakers
were lu.
Reports from Berlin are to the effect that
there is an abatement of the evil there.
In Brunswick it has assumed a malignant
type, aud there have been many deaths.
At Frankfort it is increasing,. Tramways
there have ceased operations because the
employes are all 111,
Mannheim has been very severely visited.
At Munich the cases increase, and t ie
transaction of business is much interfered
with. The theaters announce that the pro
gramme* of tho plays are not to be de
pended upon, as illness of actors may make
it necessary to change the names ut any
moment, or even to change pieces.
At Antwerp the disease is increasing, but
it is diminis.ling among both the garrison
and people at Amsterdam.
It has appeared at Dordrecht among the
soldiers and sailors aud in the factories. It
is very serious in the barracks at Brussels,
ami half the carbineers and grenadiers of
the Corps des Guides are ill.
GERMANY AND STANLEY.
A Berlin Paper Telle What the Coun
try’s Attitude Should Be.
Berlin, Dec. 24.—The Vossisclie Zeltung
has an interesting article on Germany’s at
titude toward Stanley, in which it says
that it German enthusiasts for colonial
development should attempt to follow the
lame attacks upon England by assailing
Stanley they would prove theinselvet a
mean-spirited people in the lowest boiisb
of tho word. In the reception of
Stanley tho pooplo of Berlin should
not allow themselves to be influenced by
any other feelings than those of admiration
for his oourage, bis resolution, and his
achievements. Thov must honor him at
once as the greatest living African explorer.
PANIC IN A THEATER.
An Accident to the Electric Light
Causes a Cry of Fire.
Madrid, Dec. 24. —During a performance
at the cq>era house this evening an accident
to the electric light machinery caused a
panic, a cry of fire having boen raised. By,
the efforts of the actors and managors the
alarm was cheeked and the audience dis
poned auietly. The Queen Regent and
Infanta Isabella, who wore in tne royal
box, remained standing during the commo
tion aud were the last to leave the house.
. A MODERN GHOST STORY.
A Woman of Standing Tells It to the
Psychical Research Society.
Ottawa, Due. 30.—The English Society
of Psychical Research is vigorously pursu
ing its Investigations, and is about to pub
lish Part XV. of its proceedings, contain
ing articles on apparitions, duplex
personality, and seances with the oelebrated
medium, I). D. Home.
The following case comes from Wilfred
Ward (and Lord Tennyson, for whom it was
lirst committed to writing some vea s ago).
It was sent by Mrs. Pennee of St. Anne (le
Beau’pre, Quebec, daughter of the late Will
iam Ward (a conservative M. P. hand sister'
of the late Rev. A. B. Ward of Cambridge:
Weston Manor, Freshwater, Isle of
Wight, 1884.—1 t was in the year 1850 that
my husliaod took me to live at a house
called Hi ns toad, about five miles from Char
lottetown, Prince Edward Island. It was
a good-sized house, and at the back had
been considerably extended to allow of
extra offices, since there were about 200
acres of farm land around it, neces
sita ing several resident farming men.
Alt lough forming part of the house,
these premises could only be en
tered through the inner kitchen, as
no wall had ever been broken
down to form a door or passage from up-
Btairs. Thus the farming men’s sleeping
rooms were adjacent to those occupied by
the family and visitors, although there was
no communication through the up-stairs
corridor. It was always in or near the
sleeping apartment immediately adja ent
to the men’s that the apparition was seen,
and as that was o:ie of our spare bedrooms,
it may frequently have been unperoeivel.
About teu days after we had established
ourselves at Binstead we commenced hear
ing strange noises. For many weeks they
were of very frequent occurrence, and
were heard simultaneously in every part
of the house, and always appeared to be in
cloee proximity to eaou person. The noise
was more like a ru übling, which made the
house vibrate, like that produced by drag
ging a heavy body, which one so often
hears in ghost stones. As spring came on
we began to bear shrieks, which would
grow fainter or louder, as if someone was
being chased around the house, but always
culminating in a volley of shrieks, sobs,
moans, and half-uttered words, proceeding
from beneath a tree that stood at a little
distauc i from the dining-room window, and
whose branches nearly touched the window
of the bedroom I have mentioned.
“It was in February (I think), 1857, that
the first apparition came under my notloe.
Two ladies were; sleeping in the bedroom.
Of course, for that season of the year a
fire hod been lighted In the grate, and the
fireplace really contained a grate, and not
an American substitute for one. About 2
o’clock Mrs. M. was awakened by a bright
light which pervaded the room. She saw a
woman standing by the fireplace. On her
left arm was a young baby, and with her
right hand she was stirring the ashes, over
which she slightly stooping.
Mrs. M. pushed Mi* C. to awaken her,
and just then the figure turned her faoe to
ward them, disclosing the features of quite
a young woman with a singularly anxious,
pleading look upon her face. They took
notice of a little check shawl which was
crossed over her bosom. Miss C. had pre
viously beard some tales concerning the
bouse being haunted (which neither Mrs.
M, ujxl fa*t er teMUb. *3, ..iMmßiag wa
the conclusion that she beheld a ghost she
screamed and pulled the bedclothes tightly
over the heads of heiself and her com
pauim; so that the sequel of the ghost's
proceedings is unknown.
“The following spring I went homo to
England, and jjst before starting I had mv
own experience of soolug a ghost. I hail
temporarily established myself in the room,
and one evening, (hiding my little daugh
ter (now M s. Ainyot) far from well, had
her bed wheeled in beside mine that I might
attend to her. About 13 o’clock 1 got up to
give her some me licme, and was feeling
for th matches, when she called my atten
tion to a brilliant light shining under the
and >or, 1 exclaimed that it was her papa, and
threw o;>en the door to admit him. f found
myself face to face with a woman. She
had a baby on her left arm, a check shawl
crossed over her bosom, and all around her
shone a bright, pleasant light, whence ema
nating 1 could not say. Her look at me was
one of entreaty. She did not enter the
room, but moved across the staircase, van
ishing iuto the opiKwite wall, exactly where
the inner man servant’s room was situated.
Neither my daughter nor myself felt the
slightest alarm: at the moment it appeared
to be a matter of common occurrence.
When Mr. Fentiee came up-stairs, and I
told him what we hail Been, he examined
the wall, the staircase, the passage, but
found no trace of anything extraordinary.
Nor did my dogs bark.
“On my return from England in 1858 I
was in ormed that "the orcaturo had been
carrying on,’ but it was the screams that
had been the worst. However, Harry
(a f il m servant) bad had several visits, but
would tell no particulars. I never could
get Harry to tell mo much. He acknowl
edged that the woniau had several times
stood at the f ot of his bed, but he would
not tell me more. One night Harry had
certainly been much disturbed in mind, and
the othor man heard voices and sobs.
Nothing would ever induce Harry to lot
any one share his room, and lie was most
careful to fasten his door. At the time I
attached no importance to ‘his ways,’ as we
called them.
“In the autumn of the following year,
1850, my connection with Binstead oe sed,
for we gave up the house an 1 returned to
Charlottetown. I left Prince Edward
Island in 1801, and went to Quebec. In 1877
I happened to return to the island, and
spent several months there. One day I was
at the bishou’B residence when the parish
priest o ime in with a latter in his hau l. He
asked mo about my residence at Blnstead,
and whether 1 could throw any light on the
coutents of his letter. It was from the wife
of the then owner of Blnstead, asking him
to come out and try to deliver them from
tho ghost of a young woman with u baby
in her arms, who had appeared several
times.
“After I went to livo In Charlottetown I
became acquainted with tho following
faois, which seem to throw light on my
ghost story. The ground on which Hi,stead
stood had beon cleared in about 1840 by a
rich Englishman, who had built a very nice
house. Getting tired of colonial life, he
s ild the property to a man whose name I
forget, but I will call Plgott (tha'. was like
the name). He was a man of low tastes
and Immoral habits, but a capital farmer.
It was ho who added all tho back
wing of t e house, and made the necessary
divisions, eta, for farming the land. Ho
bad two sisters in his service, the daughters
of a laborer who lived In a regular hovel
about three miles nearer town. After a
time each sister gave birth to a l>oy. Very
little can be learned of tho domdktie
arrangements, since Plgott bore so bad a
name that the house was avoided by re
spectable people; but It is cort, .in that ono
sister and one baby disappeared altogether,
though when and how is a complete
mystery. W hen tho other baby was between
1 and 3 years old Pigott sold Binstoad to
an English gentlemsu named Fullovto,
from whom we hired it, with the Intention
of eventually buying it. The other sister
returned to her father’s bouse, and, leaving
tho baby with Mrs. Nowbury, her mother,
went to the states, and has never returned.
Before leaving she would reveal nothing,
except that tho boy was her sister’s, her
own being dead. It was this very Harry
Newbury that we had unwittingly engaged
os farm servant, lie came to hid me fare
well a few months after I left Binstead,
saying that he would never return there.
In 1877 I inquired about him, and found
that he bad never been seen since.”
Crete’s Turmoil.
Loudon-, Dec. 35, 8 a. m.—The Daily
Neu/s’ correspondent In Crete writes t at
tho recent decree of tho Turkish govern
ment, granting amnesty to political of
fenders on the island, only makes the situa
tion worse. The Christian residents are
agitated at this turn of affairs, but are
cheered by news that the Greeks will soon
make fresh efforts in thotr behalf.
Portugal's Claims In Africa.
Lisbon, Dec. 24.— The semi-official press
Is confident that an early agreement will be
reuched between England and Portugal in
the HiUth Afiican controversy. Henhor
Gomez, the Portuguese minister of foreign
uffairs, has mode no proposition to sub
mit the question to arbitration.
Spurgeon Has the Gout.
London, Dec. 24.—A dispatch from Men
tone says that the throat ailment of Hpur
ge >n, the well-known L mdou divine, has
assumed a grave aspect. Thedoolori in at
tendance here diagn Stic ited the case as one
of gout. Mr. Spurgeon also suffers severely
with pain in his knees.
Blame Book Makers Assign.
London, Deo. 24.—The long expected
assignment of J. J. Preble & Cos., blank
book manufacturers of 10 and 12 Thomas
street, was made to-day to 8. Bosford, one
of the firm’s lawyers. The terms are about
as anticipated.
Disorder In Brazil.
Buenos Ayres, Dec. 24.—Private tele
grams from Montevideo confirm the news
of recent disorder and riots in Brazil.
They a!a> stare that the situation of the
present Brazilian government is critical.
Rise of the La Plata.
Bcenos Ayres, Deo. 24. —A heavy rain
storm, whicn has prevailed since Saturday
lad, has caused the La Plata river to be
come greatly swollen, doing much damage
to the harbor works at Montevideo.
Genoa's Cotton Fire.
London, Dec. 4. —The cotton that was
burned on the dock at Genoa was mainly
tiec&rgoof the British steamer Pawnee,
Capt. Phillips, from Savannah Nov. L
Italians Called on to Revolt,
Berne, Dec. 24.—The Italian anarchists
have posted placards in Lugano calling
upon the Italians to follow tho example of
Brazil and overthrow the monarchy.
Knapp to Return to Samoa.
Berlin, Dec. 24.—As soon as the Samoan
question is finally settled, Herr Knapp will
resume bis position as German consul there.
Kilraln to Become a Professor.
New Orleans, Dec. 24.—1 tis stated
that Jake Kilrain will be offered by the
Southern Athletic Club the professorship
of boxing, and that he will aooept thb posi
tion and will make New Orleans his pertna
pant bumo,
< DAILY, $lO A ICAR .
4 5 CENTS A X)?Y. I
I WEEKLY.II.JS A YEAR. |
CHRISTMAS CLEMENCY.
OOV. GORDON PARDONS BIGHT
MSN CLOTHED IN STRIPES.
They Will Be Liberated To-Day—The
Banks of the State Notified to Get
Ready to Pay the Expense* of the
State Bank Examiner*—Other News
of the State Capital.
Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 24.—The governor
pardoned eight convicts to-day, and they
will he liberated to-morrow. The laoky
men are :
I.ovi Shuford of Fulton oounty, convicted
of burglary in the night time, and sen
tenced in 1873 to serve twenty years.
Miiledge Usher, who was sent up from
Henry county for twenty years f >r rape ia
1880. The woman Usher was charged with
assaulting, and on whose testimony he was
convicted, turned out to be a vile character.
A. T. Tor row, who was sentenced to
serve four years for simple larceny con*-
mitted In Clayton county last year.
Julia VVbitfield of Fulton county, oon
vio ed of infanticide and sentenced to life
imprisonment ill 1885. The evidence against
the woman was not conclusive. Bhe and
Torrow have both been pronounced mbecile*
by doctors.
George Thompson of Walton county, who
was oonvicted of murder and sent to the
penitentiary in 1880 for life. The evidenoe
points to a case of manslaughter.
Wash Simmons, who was convicted of
burglary in 1878 in Chatham coun y. and
has served eleven of a twenty years sen
tence. Simmons wai young at the time of
tho oriine, which was only technically more
than -imple larceny.
Jack McGrady, who was sent up front
Marion oounty for perjury in 1887, and sen
tenced to s >rvo four years.
Jack Weeks, a life convict from Jeffer
son county, who has served fifteen years.
TWO MOONSniNEIUt PARDONED.
Judge Newman in the United States
court to-day ordered the liberation of two
moousliiiiers—K. M. Ayers and Robert P.
Hall—who were nering uumpired sen
tencee in the Atlanta jail.
TAXES OX SLEEPING OAR COMPANIES.
The controller boa assessed the sleeping
car c unpanlos for taxes, and issued fl. fa*,
against them for and üble tax amounting to
$3,100. The sheriff has been ordered to
make a levy.
A CONVICT MURDERED.
The penitentiary department has just
been no ified of the murder of a convict*
named John Kelly by a convict named
Daniel Thomas, at James’ camp, lu Johnson
county, oil Dec. IS. Thomas stabbed Kelly
lu tho head.
AT ATE BANK EXAMINERS.
The controller has notified the state bank*
to make a return of the amount of their
capital stock for assessment under the new
not, requiring each of these lustltut one to
furnish n pro raia share of the bank ex
aminers’ salary anl expenses. The law
goes Into effect Jan. 1, after which It will
a no longer necessary for tho banks to
make semi-annual returns to the governor.
a neoro bot Biior.
Yesterday afternoon Gid Morris, a 13—j
year-old negro, was fatally shot by a white i
barkeeper named Eitod at Woodstock,'
Cherokee county.
WHITE CAP OUTRAGES.
Tho Journal to-day publishes a sensaH
tional arc unit of White Cap outrages ia ■
and around Woodstock. It Is stated that '
houses have been burned, women and cbll- <
dren driven to the woods in their night
clothes, and various highway robberies
committed by two gangs of desperadoes
who are torrTiring the c r untry about!'
Woodstock, Aoworth, and Jasjier.
ROBBING the’mail.
The Daring Deed of a Gang of Train
Robbers Near Charleston.
FVom the Charlr.tton New* and Courier.
Nows reached the city Monday morning,
that a robbery of the mails hod been dis
covered at Berkeley station, on the South*
Carolina railway, just this side of the Seven-'
ruila junction. The iutormation was given,
to Postmaster Mowry, who notified Alai. R.
K. Mansfield, superintendent of the railway'
mail service, and two agents were lmmedL:
ately dispatched to the scene to look infer
the matter.
It seems that at about 10 o’clock in tha*
morning a number of empty freight on re'
were run into tho Berkeley phosphate*
works to be weighed. Tne cars were from
the Charleston and Savannah railway,,
win ae tracks are parallc 1 to tnoee of tha
South Carolina railway at that point.
While weighing them one of the bands dis
covered a tin box hid away in the corner ofi
the car, which, upon examination, was
seen to coutai i a lot , f mail matter.,
The box was labeled in gilt letters with,
the name of Capt. Samuel
a conductor on the Coast Line.!
I*ater In the course of the weighing
there was f .und in another car two iriau
pouches out open and robbed of their con-'
tents, which were scattered around pro-"
miscuously. Envelopes were tor i open,
and Christmas cards, letters, eta, wen*'
lying about in confusion. One of the cardw
was from a little girl to her father in Jack
sonville, wishing him “a merry Christmas,’ 1 '
and signing herself, “Your dear liitla
daughter Mary.” Among tue letters were*
found checks from W. L. W> bb;
Brown & Evans, and a number of others.
The pouches wore easily identified as those
made up .t the Charleston port. ifflea on Sun
day night, one for north of Wilmington,;
which was sent out at 1:35 o'clock on Mon
day morning by train No. 78, and the other*
for Savannah, seut out by tram No. 28 and)
at 3:40 o’clock on the same morning. NcS
mail agents were on these trains, the p >ucheet
being sent out in the baggage car in chargej
of the conductor. It Is evident that wherf
the trains reached the junction the pouebea
and the conductor’s box were stolen trout
the carsand carried into the empty boxes,
where they were leisurely rifled.
Superintendent Mansfield says that tha
work was evidently done by men who*
knew their business, as they took with,
them nothing which they could not uses
without fear of deteotion. He now has aid
the matter found in his office awaiting in-1
structions from the department.
Will Make Their Christmas Happier*
Bcranton, Pa., Dec. 24. Notice watf
given to-day to the steel mill and blast oinw
ployes of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal
Company that on Jan. 1 an i crease of
wages of from 5 to 10 per cent, will go into!
effect. This affects over 3,000 men, and id
justified by the increased price of steel rails.
Three Killed by a Train.
"Wilmette, 111., Dec. 24.—Three persona
lost their lives in a railroad accident herd
to-night. They were John D. Rapell, for*
merly station-master at Wilmette, and his
wife and child. While crossing the track
tho three were struck by a passing train.
Clothiers Assign.
Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 24.—C. A. Dixon
& Cos., olot iers and furuisuers of this city,
made an assignment to-dry. The liabilities
are nearly (35,000, and it is thought thatf
the assets will cgual that amount.
