Georgia Historic Newspapers

    ( THE MOR*NIJfO NEWS. 1
Established 1850. Ikcgbporatcd 1888. v
( J. H. EBTILL, President. j
A BOMB STARTS A FIRE.
MILWAUKEE’S INCENDIARY GETS
IN HIS WORK AGAIN.
An Electric Railway Plant Burned to
the Ground—Oyer $5,000,000 Worth
of Property Consumed In the Past
Two Months—No More Insurance to
be Written on Manufacturing Plante.
Milwaukee, Deo. 28.—A bomb was
thrown into the mam building of the south
•ide plant of the Milwaukee Street Railroad
Company at 3 o’clock this morning. There
was a tremendous explosion, and in a mo
ment the interior of the building was in a
blaze. In a few minutes the flee was be
yord control, and in less than an hour the
entire plant was consumed, entailing a loss
of $510,00u. The plant is located
on Kinniekinnio avenue. It in
cludes immense storage stable! for
eieotrto motors and maculae sbp3 a .and
•tables. In the Earn were fifty new electrio
motors and nearly all the summer cars
owned by the oom; any. he ma-hino shops
were built during the pa-t seaso and were
fitted with, very fine machinery f r the re
building and repairing of cars. The build
ings were the principal depot of the .Mil
waukee titreet Railroad Company ami the
fire greatly cripples the company. The
bomb ihrower is not known. ' He is sup
posed to be the man who started fully a
dozeu other disastrous fires within the past
month. The grand jury will be summoned
to investigate.
THE WATCHMAN'S STORY.
The only person who saw the alleged
bomb thrown was Night Watohman
Worden. He says that he was standing
near the main doorway > f the t arn in which
the motor cars were su red. There was a
whiz, a flash and a terrifio explosion. If
there was a bomb thrown, which many
doubt, it came through the main
doorway and struck a car near
the entrance. Hardly ten seconds elapsed,
acording to the night wa.choian's story,
before the oars In the building were in
flames. Manager Lynn of ttiej company is
convinced of the truthfulness of the watch
man’s story. That there was an explosion,
every one in the neighborhood will testify.
A small cottage next to the plant of the
street i aiiway company was also wrecked.
At 3:30 o'clock this morning the fire was
under ooutrol, having been confined to the
buildings of the Milwaukee Street Railroad
Company.
A REWARD OFFERED.
The mayor this afternoon Issued a procla
mation offering #2,500 reward for evidence
that will lead to the detection of the in
cendiaty. The entire police force has been
set to work and private detective agencies
will probably go after the reward also. One
hundred special police have been placed on
duty and will remain for two weeks.
STORY OF THE INCENDIARISM.
The it oet diary t eory, at firs’! laughed at,
or at least doubted, except by insurance
men. is now generally accepted. To-day a
number of insurance agents, representing
leading companies, received orders to cease
writing insurance on manufacturing planti
in this city.
The firebug operating in Milwaukee
has oost the oity more than #5,000-
009 in two months. The trouble be
gan on the night of Got. 29, when 300 build
ings were destroyed and $4,000,000 worth of
property was consumed. While the con
flagration was raging on the east side an
attempt was made to burn the west side.
A LIST OF THE SUFFERERS.
The week following Koch & Loeber’s
wooden ware auction store was fired, the
ice- there being #75,000.
A week inter T. L. Kelly's dry goods
store was destroyed, with a loss of #185,000.
The Milwaukee Mattress Company was
burned out a few days later with #20,000
loss.
The Hennereke Company art store came
lies; with a loss of #50,000. The origin of
this fire is uncertain. <
An attempt was made to destroy the
groat Allis works and later in the week the
Pabst theater was fired, with a loss of
$103,000.
The Keenan mill was burned at the same
time where the loss was $20,000.
Then came the fire yesterday whereby
$350,000 worth of properly’ was consumed
and to-day the car barn fire.
A special meeting of the city council is to
be held to take action toward stopping the
reign of incendiarism and it is likely that a
special grand jury will be called to Investi
gate the matter.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS SUSPECT .TP.
Chief Janssen of the police department
believes the only firebugs at work here are
dishonest owners of property, who have
taken advantage of excetsive insurance to
burn their buildings for the insurance.
Chief Janssen’s investigation will De mainly
along this line. President James of the
Northwestern National Insurance Com
pany bolieves with Chief Janssen thut
about half the tires have been purely acci
dental, perhaps one or two sot by thieves
or tramps looking for plunder and all the
rest started by the owners of the buildings
burned. It Is notable that in almost every
caso the insurance lias been as great Jr
greater than the loss.
A search in the ruins of the Con
rad tannery fire for the remains
of Firemau (Sullivan brought to
light the body of a tanner named Stephen
Yiruvere. He had not been missed. This
makes four known deaths from yesterday’s
fire. ,
PENSION CHECKS RAISED,
Crooked Work Traced to One of An
Agent’s Employes.
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 28.—One day last
week a man presented himself at the coun
ter of a bank in Holton, and asked for
money on two checks for $4,100, bearing
the signature of Barnard Kelly, United
States pension agent at Topeka. The cashier
recognized the signature as genuine, hut
the amounts were so large for pension
cheeks that he was suspicious that all was
not right. He managod to retain posses
sion of the checks, and, as soou as the man
left, telegraphed to Topeka asking Mr.
Kelly if be had issued them. Mr. Kelly
promptly wired the cashier to hold the
checks and then he began an Investigation.
It is his practice, havingover 100,0<K)checks
■to sign every quarter, to sign in
blank in advance. Keferriug to
bis check book he dlsoovered
that five signed checks were missing. He
at once suspected an employe in the office
and in an hour he had forced the man to re
turn three cheeks which he had not disposed
Of. Mr. Kelly declines to give any par
ticulars of the thoft until he has completed
the arrangement* for the arrest of all the
parties in the steal.
Randall's Estate.
Philadelphia, Pa„ Dec. 38.—The first
and final account of the eeiate of the late
Congressman Samuel J. Kandall was filed
this tnotniiig. It shows that he left prop
erty valued at #789. while the fees of the
undertaker nnd physicians who attended
him were $1,194.
Four Days Overdue.
New York, Deo. 28.—The Umbria, from
Liverpool for New York, is now out eleven
days, and there is -growing uneasiness
•bout her. Sbu has a large passenger list.
I
Stye fHofning ffctog.
DALTON NOT TO BE A MARSHAL.
Emmet Dalton Apt to Escape Trial for
Lack of a Jury.
Coffetville, Kanv, Dec. 38.—Emmet
Dalton, although having recovered from
the wounds which he received at the time
the citizens of this town repelled the attack
on the bankß of the town by the Dalton
gang and killed four members of the band,
has not vet been brought to trial. He has
been indicted for murder, but the county
attorneys have had the case postponed until
spring. It new seems that Emmet Dalton
cannot be tried. The state, of course, cannot
take a change of venue to another
county and Dalton will not. In this oounty
it will be imp (wible to get an unprejudiced
jury and Dalton will probably escape trial
in ihe same way as did James Brennan,
who killed Sma'i w ood In Stevens county
and for whose trial a Impartial jury could
not 1 e obtained. Following close upon the
appointment of Rill Dalton, brother of the
noted Dalton boys, as a deputy United
States marshal, comes the announce
ment of the appointment of Bill
Lipsy to a similar position.
Li sy was formerly a member of tbe noted
Starr gang, a rival of tbe Dalton gang.
The Hta r gang is under command of Henry
Starr, who recently shot and killed Deputy
Wils n, while resisting arrest. Lipsy was
heard to remark at tne time that Starr did
exactly right in shooting Wilson, and ts>at
he hoped Starr would escape.
DALTOH WOT TO BE A MARSHAL,
Fort Smith, Ark., Dec. 28.— Jacob
Yoes, United States marshal for the
Western district of Arkansas, has sent word
to the various news agencies that there is
no truth in the report recently sent out
from Kansas City that Bill Dalton,
brother of the outlaws recently killed in the
Coffeyville (Kan.) raid, had been com
missioned a United States deputy marshal.
The marshal says that there never was any
intention of giving Bill Dalton the position
iu question, and there is none now. He
characterizes tbe whole thing as a pure
fabrication.
A THIRD PARTY MANIFKBTO.
Legislators in the Close States Urged
to Make No Fusion.
Indianapolis, Ind., Doo. 28.— The Peo
ple’s party leaders issued the following
manifesto to-day:
To the People'i Party Legielatore-elect in
Hebrai*a, Wyoming, Montana, California,
Xortli Dakota and Other Staten'
Wo hereby request that all and eeota one of
you stand firm when it comes to balloting for
United States senator in your respective states.
We caution you against fusion with any of tbe
two dominant parties. Make a square fight for
our principles, vote for no man unless you know
that he will advocate aud defend them in the
United Btates Senate. We have arrived at a
period in our movement when we must make a
square stand-up fight for principle. If the two
dominant parties warn to fuse on a candidate
to defeat us. let them do so. The sooner they
do that the better it will be for us.
You canuot afford to consider the personal
interests of any Individual, no difference how
good or great he may be. that will leave a tinge
of barter, traffic or compromise attached to our
party or principles. The people look to you to
cnrry out the promises made in the last cam
paign, and unless you do your utmost in that
direction you will fail to do your full duty.
We algo lundly request that the People's
party state, county and local committees in
every state in me union, do all In their power
and lend a helping hand to organise an indus
trial legion. Push that organization on to every
mate, county, precinct and school distriot In
the land. H, K. Tauueneck, Chairman.
J. H, Turner, Secretary.
M. C. Rankin. Treasurer.
LYNCHELB RAID A COURT.
A Ravisber Seized by an Armed Mob
and Hanged.
Bowlins Green, Ky., Deo. 28.—80 b
Harper has paid the penalty for his assault
upon Miss Anderson, and the people feel
that the terrible crime has been avenged.
When court opened this morning the wit
nesses for the commonwealth were exam
ined and the state’s attorney announced
that the commonwealth would rest. Judge
Dulaney retired to the witness
room to consult with his witness,
when a mob entered the court room
armed with guns. It was just 11:40o’clook.
The mob leaders seized the wretch and
dragged him from the court room. He was
taken to the fair grounds, one mile distant,
lifted to the seat of a wagon and allowed to
make a statement. He stoutly protested his
innocence and died game. The wagon was
pulled from under him at 11:57 o’clock, and
he was pronounced to be dead ten minutes
later. Not a shot was fired, and the crowd
dispersed quietly. The mob was composed
of over 1,000 men.
FOUR BURNED ALIVE.
Three Dwellings Destroyed With Lose
of Life at Oaawatomle.
Osawatomib, Kan., Dec. 28.—Last night
three large 2-story dwellings on Crouch
avenue, owned by William Chestnut, caught
fire from natural gas and were entirely con
sumed, nothing being saved. Four persons
were cremated alive and several made mirao
ouious escapes in their night* clothes. The
namee of the dead are: Mrs. Louisa Kindle,
Miss Griffith, Miss Fletcher, a servant, and
an infant child. Nothing but a portion of
the oharred bones of Mrs. Kindle nnd the
infant remained. The unfortunate woman’e
husband was killed by a train at Holden,
Mo., a few months ago. The timely actiou
of several young men, who broke Into the
scores and turned off the gas, prevented the
lire from destroying the entire block.
THREE MORE CONVICTS DEAD.
Thirteen Have Now Succumbed to the
Arsenic In Their Food.
Little Rock,- Ark., Deo. 28.—Three
more convicts, victims of the mysterious
poisoning at Helena, died this morning,
making thirteen who have died since the
fatal arsenio was mixed with their food.
Six of the men died at Helena, one while on
his way to Litt.e Kook, and five more in
the prison hospital.
A Hotel and Armory Burned.
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 28.—Fire at
Statesville to-day destroyed #75,000 worth of
buildings, including the Carolina hotel and
business block, and also the Statesville
armory. The fire la bald to have been in
cendiary in origin.
Bantams In the Ring.
Coney Island, N. Y., Deo. 2a— Pllm
mer.tbe champion bantam-weight of the
world, and Joe McGrath, the champion 110-
pound ruan of Ireland, fought to a finish
here to-night. McGrath was knocked out
in the eighth round.
A Court House Burned.
Muncie, Ind., Deo. 28. —At 2 o’clcok
this morning flie broke out in Delaware
county’s elegant new court houte anil the
building, valued at #300,000, was ruined.
The fire originated iu the court room.
A Newspaper Owner Dead.
San Francisco, Dec. 28.—Lorlng Piok
ering, one of the proprietor* of tbe Morn
iny Call and Kveming Hu lletin, died this
morning; aged 8L
SAVANNAH, GA„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1892.
CARLISLE WILL ACCEPT. 1
EB WANTS TO NAME SOME OF HlB
COLLEAGUE?, HOWEVER.
He Would Want William R. Morri
son, John Randolph Tucker and
William C. Whitney m the Cabinet
If He Accepted the Secretaryship of
the Treasury—No Talk With Cleve
land.
Washington, Deo. 28.—Senator Carlisle
will accept tbe secretaryship of the treas
ury in Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet. Ee is ex
pected to tell Mr. Cleveland so within a
short time. He will probably go to New
York to do so, the intimation that he oould
have the treasury portfolio if he wauted it,
having been given to him, verbally,
and also for tbe reason that
he would want to talk with
Mr. Cleveland, and Mr. Cleveland would
want to talk with him about the other
members of the cabinet. Benator Carlisle
is more intimate with Mr. Cleveland than
is any other public men. Mr. Cleveland
has more confidence in hie judgment than
in thit of any other public man. Whether
Senator Carlisle was going into the cabinet or
not, Mr. Cleveland would consult him more
frequently and with more confidence than
anybody else. But Senator Carlisle real
izes that for him to give up bis present
place, which is comparatively easy and Is
practically bold by life tenure, to ta ;e the
laborious aud exacting and vexatious sec
retaryship of the treasury will lie such a
self-sacrifice tor the sake of his party and
his friend Mr. Cleveland, as to give ■ him al
most a right to make recommendations os
to filling the other cabinet place a
WHO CARLISLE WANTS.
For example, it is understood that Mr.
Carlisle would like to see his friend. Col.
William R. Morrison in tbe cabinet with
him aud that be haa a similar desire in re
gard to his friend Jobu Randolph Tucker.
He is also said to think that if he can make
the sacrifice asked of him, Mr. Whitney
ought to be willing to tase tbe secre
taryship of state. It is quite pos
sible that Mr. Carlisle’s acceptance
may be conditioned upon the
presence of these gentlemen or others in
the cabinet with tdm, and therefore that In
tbe eud it may be withdrawn if they, by
reason of personal unwillingness or other
wise, should not ba appointed.
It is well understood here that Senator
Carlisle’s action with regard to tbs treasury
portfolio is the pivotal point in the cabinet
situation. Until Mr. Cleveland has Mr.
Carlisle’s definite acoeptanoe or deolination
be will not undertake to fill tbe other places.
Hie desire is to get Senator Carlisle at the
bead of tbe treasury and then to frame a
oablnet which will harmonise with that
faot. Therefore all the rumors about other
•elections are mere speculation.
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
Representative Dookery Making Soma
Startling Discoveries.
Washington, Deo. 28.—Representative
Dockery of Missouri, a member of the com
mittee on appropriations, spent some time
at tbe treasury department to-day endeav
oring to ascertain the actnal state of its
available assets, especially theoash in band.
He wants the information for the use of the
appropriations committee, whloh will be
influenced by it in preparing the appropria
tion bills. Among other things ho learned
that nearly $15,000,000 for tensions have
been drawn from tbe treasury during tbe
present mouth, or at the ruts of $180,000,000
per year. This Is way above the appropri
ation* for tbe year, or the estimates for the
next year, anu will force the treasury bal
ance for December $1,000,000 or $2,000,000
below tbe figures of a mouth ago. The bal
ance at that time woe *30,3*8,018. It is
now *28,423,153, of which *11,439,567
is on deposit in national banks, *10.575,723
is in subsidiary silver, and $.737,751 Is in
minor coin and fractional paper. There will
probably be a slight gain for tbe remainder
of the month, but not enough to prevent a
net loss. Customs receipts have been coming
in well during the month, aud will reach a
total of about $15,000,000. Every cent of
the amount, however, goes for pensions,
and the current expenses have to be met
from other source*. Tbe gold in the treasury
shows a slight gain over tbe figures of Dec.
20, and shows the result of the efforts of
Secretary Foster and bia assistants to hus
band their resources and prevent the drain
for export.
NEW YORK’S SENATOR9HIP.
Cleveland’s Interview Creates a Sen
sation at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 28. —Tbe senators and
representatives who are still in Washington
found plenty to talk about to-day in the
dispatches from New York. Of oourse the
interview quoting Mr. Cleveland as opposed
to the eleotion of Mr. Murphy to tbe United
States Senate was the chief topic of conver
sation. It really created a sensation, for
while it was well known that Mr. Cleve
land bad made similar statements
privately it was not expected
that he would make them publicly. How
ever, tbe boldness arid straightforwardness
of it was recognized us eminently charac
teristic of Mr. Cleveland. Opinions dif
fered as to the policy or tbe effect of euch
an outgiving at this time, hut the demo
crats who considered It impoiitio or likely
to be ineffective, or both, would not say so
for publication. The men who are known
as Cleveland democrats pronounced it jußt
right and predicted that it would prevent
Mr. Murphy’s election. If, as they expected.
It sbould be followed up by efficient work
on the part of Mr. Claveland and his
friends.
MACUNE MAKES A DENIAL.
He Didn’t Circulate Campaign Docu
ments for the Democrats.
Washington, Deo. 28.— Dr. Macune,
the alliance leader here, when shown the
dispa toil from Topeka purporting to be an
editorial from tbe Alliance Advocate charg
ing him with aiding tbe democrats by cir
culating their campaign documents, and
afterward trying to fasten it
on Gov. Tillman of South Carolina, and
with punning Col. Polk, national
president, to as to causa his death, said:
• ‘The story was gotten up here (Washing
ton) by schemers and Is a fraud from be
ginning to end. Nobody ever charged or
said that 1 sent out democratic literature or
tried to fasten it on Gov. Tillman. Tbe
story regarding Col. Polk is also false.”
Ben Terrell, national lecturer of tbe al
liance, who was wita Dr. Macune when the
article was shown him, laughed at it and
said that it was wholly without foundation.
W ben asked what effect. If any, it would
have on the contest in Kansas for tbe sena
torsbip, Mr. Terra!! said: "Lees than drop
ping a pin into the ocean," with which
statement Dr. Maoune agreed.
Blaine Still On the Mend.
Washington, Deo. 28.—Ex-Secretary
Blaine continues to mend.
A NATIONAL QUARANTINE.
The Subcommittee of the House
Agrees on a Bill.
Washington, Dec. 28.— The subcom
mittee having charge c f the subject of es
tablishing a national quarantine, Repre
sentative laidor Rayuer of Maryland
chairman, have agreed upon a bill which
they will report to the fall committee at
its next regular meeting, alter tbe recess
on Friday next. Tbe bill is a combination
of Benator Harris’ Benato bill and of the
measure introduced in the House by Mr.
Kayner. It puts the national quarantine
into the hands of the hospital service of tbe
revenue marine. Its leading provisions
are;
1. That wherever state quarantineregulations
exist the hospital service t the revenue marine,
under direction of the secretary of the Treas
ury, shall nave power to enforce the laws end
regulations of the different statea
2. Vi here there are no state quarantine regu
lations. or where in the opinion of the marine
hospital service the quarantine regulations of
the states are not sufficient to prevent the intro
duction of contagious diseases into the United
Ntates, the marine botpiiul service shall report
the facta to the Secretary of the Treasury, who,
if in his judgment it ts necessary or proper,
ehall order the marine hospital service to make
such additional rules and regulations aa are
nrcersary to prevent the introduction of such
diseases into the United tides trora for-lgn
countries, or into one stole from another s' at •
If in such an event t e rate or municipal
authorities shall tail to enforce such rules aud
regulations then the President may detail
officers for that purpose,
Other sections of the bill provide for the
collection and publication of statistics of
contagious and infect! us diseases, consular
inspection of foreign ports, enforced disin
fection aud suspensiou of immigration.
CHILE'S INDEMNITY FUND.
Secretary Traoy in Doubt as to Its
Distribution.
Washington, Dec. 28.— The $75,090 ac
cepted by this government from Chile in
settlement of all damages in the Baltimore
riots at Valpariaso are now in the United
State* treasury awaiting determination of
the doubts in the minds of official* as to their
authority to disburse t in a way that would
fully and effectually protect tbe government
from tbe demands of such of the claimants
a* might be dissatisfied with their allotment.
Secretary Tracy has expressed grave doubt*
ou this subjeot himsi lt, and, therefore, hesi
tate* to assume the responsibility naturally
placed on him. It was at first thought that
be would apnplnt a board of naval officers
to consider ail tbe ciuuus ou file iu connec
tion with the Baltimore affair, aud to re
port a plan for an equitable pro rata distri
bution of the fund. Discussion of suoh a
oourse developed all sorts of possi
ble legal complications and technicali
ties, with tbe result that it has
been temporarily abandoned and the
secretary Has practically concluded to ask
tbe President to refer tbe matter to con
gress with a view to the euaolment of
special legislation which will insure the dis
tribution of the award in proper legal form,
and at the same time reduce tbe prospects
of future litigation in regard thereto to a
minimum. There are said to be no prece
dents to guide tha navy department In this
matter.
DIXIE'S COLLEGE ATHLETES.
An Intercollegiate Association Formed
at Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 28.— At a meeting
held at tbe Exchange hotel here to-day for
tbe purpose off vmiDg an intercollegiate
athletic association for the promotion
among southern institutions of learning
of baseball, foot ball aud other sports, there
were present representatives from the uni
versities of Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Alabama, Johns Hopkins Univer
sity. Sewanee University, St. Johns and
Wake Forest. Breckinridge Robinson of tbe
University of Tennessee was chairman. A
constitution and by-laws were adopted.
THE CONSTITUTION.
After the temporary organization had
been perfected, the matter of framing a
constitution was gone into. The Southern
Intercollegiate Association was obosen as
tbe name of the organization, aud Its
objects are to unite, foster and
advance interest in athletics in the south.
Every college and university In the asso
ciation is to furnish a foot ball and base
ball team, and no institution will be ad
mitted except by a unanimous vote. A
trophy of the value of $75 is to be given to
the champions in eaoh game each year.
The presidency of the association will be
given every year to the winning college in
base bail and tbe vice presidency to the
winning college in foot ball.
One regular meeting will be held each
year on the last Friday in December. The
next convention will oonvene at Lynoh
burg.
NO PROFESSIONALISM.
No man can play in tbe association more
than six years. Stringent rule* were
adopted against professionalism.
Tbe ass elation was divided into two sec
tions, tbe northern to oonslst of Maryland,
Virginia and North Carolina, aud the south
ern to embrace Alabama and Tennessee.
Tbe ohampions of tbe respective sections
will play for the championship of the
south.
Tbe final contest In base ball this year
will be played in Richmond on May 13. and
that in foot ball will take place on Thanks
giving day.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi
dent, J. Breckenrldge Robertson,University
of Virginia; vioe president, W. S. Sirning.
ton, Johns Hopkins University; secretary
and treasurer, Prof, W. H. Oiaham, Uni
versity of the Houtb, Hewanee, Tenu.
FALL HIV- R’S COTTON MILLS.
The Fast Year an Unusually Prosper
ous one.
Fall River, Mass., Deo. 28.— The
financial year of the local cotton manu
facturing corporation* has closed and haa
proved a remarkably prosperous on*.
Thirty-six corporations, operating fifty-nine
mills, have paid out in dividends tbe past
year $2,156,800 on a capital of $19,518,000,
or an average of 11.04 per cent. In
1891 the average was 4.90 per cent.
Included in tbe 1892 dividends are an extra
dividend of $350,000 paid by tbe Union
mills from the accumulated earnings of
twelve years and a dividend of *348,000
paid to tbe Pocahontas mill stockholders
from tbe proceeds of large sales of real
estate. Eliminating these, the average re
mains 7.36 per cent or an increase of
nearly 2>£ per cent over 189 L
CONTESTS IN KANSAS.
Two Mora Populists Atm to Oust Re
publican' Legislators.
Topeka, Kan., Deo. 28.— There are two
more contests of republican seats in tbe
legislature by defeated populist candidates.
One is against Solon Thatcher, senator
elect from Douglas county, the ground of
the contest being alleged fraud, and tbe
other is against Mr. Hberman of Shawnee
county, the ground of action being tbat
Mr. Sherman, at the time of hit election,
was postmaster at Ro*s, aud therefore In
eligible.
ASDRIEI’X’SBOID FRONT.
THE GOVERNMENT F AILB TO HAVE
HIM ARHE TED.
Rtbot Refused to Vest Him on the
Field of Honor Despite Andrieux's
Fersistent Attempts to Force Him
to Fight The Extreme Hoclallets
Aroused.
Paris, Deo. 28.—The effort of M. An
dneux to draw Premier Ribot into a duel
has failed aud it is not considered likely that
M. Andrleux will resort to violence, as was
at first intimated. There is no disguising
the faot that M. Audrieux has galued much
admiration by the boldness and sucoets , f
his course. There is no doubt that the gov
ernment intended to order his arrest on a
eiiarge of treason, the arrest to lie effected
suddenly, and to strike terror to the plotters
for the overthrow of the administration. M.
Andrieux checkmated that scheme by
boldly proclaiming the government'* inten
tions an 1 purp l ses, os claimed to silence
him in the tavk of exposing the Panama
frauds by committing him to a dungeon. He
also proclaimed that he had made sure of
the security of the evidence in his possession,
or under his ooutrol, so that the purpose of
the government wouhl lie defeated.
mad* thk ministry hesitate.
This, it is reported, made the ministry
hesitate in their purpose ol arresting
Andrieux without having clear aud unan
swerable evldsnce to establish a oase against
him. The ministry feared that the public
Would interpret a hasty in rest, without pos
itive evidence to sustain it, ns proof that the
statements of M. Andrieux as to the motives
of the government were true, and this
would mean the rum of the cabiuet. When
il. Audrieux arose Monday morning,
still at liberty and without the threat
ened order having been executed,
he determined on a still bolder move, and
that was to give Premier Kibot the oboioe
betweon a duel or retraction of the words
in which he had accused M. Audrieux of
•udeavoriug to excite disorder ,aml virtually
of beiug an instigator of insurrection, M,
Andrieux sent a challenge to M. Kibot, on
the ground slated. Ihe premier replied
throusb bis secrotary that the utterances of
M. Ribot had not gone beyond legitimate
public critioism.
A SECOND CHALLENGE,
M. Andrieux,not satisfied with this reply,
sent two friends to the premier to demand
satisfaction. Tbe friends represented that
M. Andrieux considered Premier Ribot's
words as implying tbat M. Andrieux was
guilty of a oriminal and ignoble
act, and was seeking an illegitimate
manner to arouse disorder aud
bloodshed. M. Andrieux therefore in
sisted, they declared, on such satisfaction
as a duel would give. Premier Mbit re
plied quietly that he had nothing to add to
the explanation already given through his
secretary, except that he considered that
the explanation ought to have dissipated
any doubts of M. Audrieux as to the seuse
in which the words, whioh M. Andrieux
considered offensive, had been used.
Premier Ribot did not speak apologetically,
nor did he offer any retraotion, or even pro
pose to mitigate or extenuate the meaning
of what had been suld. He deolined, at the
tame time, to ditouss tbe matter any
further.
M. Andrieux now states in a letter to the
newspapers that M. Ribot’s words oould
be taken aa equivocal. M. Andrieux adds:
“They are botn acceptable to me, but 1
thank my friends for tbe measures that they
have taken toward dissipating doubts as to
wl.at M. Ribot meant." The incident is
considered ended. It is not understood tbat
the government has abandoned its purpose
to make arrests, although none have as yet
been announced.
a damaging book found.
Tbe Figaro states that a book containing
copies of letters has been found In the office
of tbe Panama Canal Company, wbioh
compromises a large number of senators and
deputies. Tbe book in question contains
copies of correspondence with Ilerz and
Arton relating to the sale of votes in the
Senate and Chamber of Deputies in behalf
of the Panama canal schemes. There are
letters demanding money, together with tbe
dates ou which payments were made.
Tbe book in question it one of tbe most
valuable pieces of evideooe tbat has yet
fallen into the hands of the government
and will be made the basis of additional
prosecutions. It establishes beyond doubt
that Here was not a mere blackmailer, but
was an active go-between in the corruption
of legislators, having apparently been
treated with implioit oontldeuce by Baron
Keinaoh and others.
EXTREME SOCIALISTS AROUSED.
F.xtreme socialists are now takiDg an
active part In the i'anama confusion. M.
Allemalne, M. Guesde and other leaders
advocated a union of all factions of the
party with a view to common action. The
meeting was attended by great excitement,
some speakers denouncing tbe efforts of the
reactionists to take advantage of the trou
bles of the republlo in order to re-estahlieh
an empire or monarchy, and others
urging that prompt aotion be taken
to overthrow the bourgeoisie and estab
lish a genuine popular government. A
motion was offered to the effeot that the
people should be summoned to the Pnlaia
Bourbon on the day that the chambers
ayain reassembled and that an appeal
should be Issued to tbe army not to take
arms against the people. Heveral speaker*
denounced the motion as untimely and
likely to injure the popular cause by rally
lug the bourgeoisie to the support of tbe
government. This action on the part of
tbe extremists does not cause any serious
anxiety to the government.
DIKD FROM NATURAL CAUSES.
The report of the physicians who con
ducted the autopsy on Baron Reinaoh de
clares that his death was from natural
oausee. The report, though official, is re
garded with suspici >u in certain quarters.
SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE.
The Little Republic Sore Toward Her
Larger Bister.
Berne, Deo. 28.—1n consequence of the
failure of tbe Franco-Swis* convention
Swiss manufacturers and traders will en
deavor to limit their purchases in France to
those articles which they cannot got else
where. The great bulk of the orders
hitherto placed in France will bo given to
Germany and Austria-Hungary. The feel
ing against France is very hitter among
Swiss commercial men.
Cholera’s Revival.
Paris, Deo. 28.—Four fresh cases of
obolera and two deaths occurred at Dun
kirk yesterday.
two new oases at Hamburg.
Hamburg, Dec. 28,-rTwo new hospital
obolera patient* and one death are reported
for yesterday.
Dublin's Dynamiter Still Free.
Dublin, Dec. 28.—An irishman named
Kevane has been under arrest at Benagh
on suspicion of being tbe dynamiter of the
police station, but the more he was investi
gated tbe better be appeared, so that tbe
polioe have been obliged to release him.
ARGENTINE’S INSURRECTION.
Later Advice* From Corrlentee More
Favorable to the Government.
Buenos Ayres, Dec. 28. — To-day’* ad
vices from the seat of the Insurrection in
the province of Corrlentee are more favor
able to the government. Tbe report that
the town of Cosmos bad been captured by
the rebels turns out to be untrua The in
surgents, numbering 1,500 men, made four
assaults upon the town, but were repulsed
with heavy losses by tbe garrieon of 500
men.
CHOLERA HIDTERB SBNTENCBD.
Eight of the Seventy Tried to Be
Strangled and Four to Be Exiled.
Bt. Petersburg, Deo. 28.—The oourt
martial In Tashkeud ha* passed sentence
on the leaders of tbe cholera riots on July
6 last. Seventy men were tried. Eight
were sentenced to be strangled, four to lots
of all civil rights and deportation to Hibe
rea for life and thirty-three to long terms
of imprisonment. Twenty-five were ac
quitted.
BLOOD FLOWS AT SAN JUAN.
Maddened by tbe Sight of Gold Forty
Men Engage in a Battle.
Denver, Col., Deo. 28.— The San Juan
miulng camp lias followed the precedent* of
all great mining excitement* by baptizing
itself with human blood.
A courier arrived at Bluff* City early
this morning and reported a terrible battle
yesterday, in whloh over 100 shots were ex
changed. Elevou men were killed and a
large number wore wounded.
(ieorgo Ferguson, an old prospeotor, and
James Cody, known as "Blind Jim," on* of
the liest known characters in tha Arizona
and New Mexico mining camps, are among
the slain.
The oourler was In a state of breathless
excitement, and had left the grounds after
the last shot was fired to obtain medical
aid. A private dispatch this afternoon
from Dolores to John Eddy, a Denver
mining man, confirm* the terrible report.
cause or the conflict.
The direct cause of the trouble was the
dlsoovery of large nuggets in the bottom of
a small stream. Up to the moment of the
rich strike everything was all right, but the
eight of the large nuggets had the same
etfeot on tbe prospectors os a red rag on a
Mexican hull. Keoh man claimed loot bn
had first located the ground, aud to settle
the dispute guns were brought to bear.
Over forty men were engaged in tha con
flict. Few, If any, escaped unhurt.
TILLMAN’S PROFANITY.
A Controversy Over the Word Damn
Applied to the Railroad Men.
Columbia, H. 0., Deo. 28.— An editorial
In to-day’s Ilegitter has got the railroad
men who compose the committee that vis
ited Gov. Tillman last week, in regard to
tbe railroad bill, bopping mad. It i* all
about that "damn," which they gave out
that the governor used. The account the
ooiutnltteo prepared said tbat the governor
rematknd that the opposition of several
thousand railroad men “didn’t amount to a
damn," etc., and was telegraphed in this
correspondence. Tbe editorial says tbat no
suoh sentence passed the governor’s ilpe.and
"it Is one of those balls of concentrated
journalistic potash, mode of the doubly
distilled lie." The committee will meet to
morrow and prepare affidavits aa to the
truth of the Interview, and they declare
they will make It hot for somebody. C. K.
Robb, one of the oommlttee, has written a
card for the .Stale In whloh he say*, “Any
man who says Gov. T illman (on the night
interviewed by the committee of tbe rail
road men) did not use tbe the word ‘damn
lies."
CAPT. A. C. HAMMBT DIAD.
He Was a Poet, Politician and News
paper Man.
Charleston, 8. C., Dec. 28.—Cap*. A.
C. Hamrnet, a well-known citizen, died here
suddenly to-day aged 64 years. He bad
left his residence, No. 28 Amherst street, at
the usual hour this morning for the pursuit
of bis daily duties and was taken eiok in the
street and died very soon afterward in a
ueightioring residence. Tbe deoeased had
spent nearly all of tils life in the servloe of
the Houth Carolina railroad. He was, at
the time of his death, in tbe eervloe of
the wharf company. He was the
organizer of the famous Butler Guards,
whioh played a prominent part in tbe elec
tion of 1876. He was also very friendly
with tbe newspaper man, for whom he did
manv kindnesses. At one time be was on
the staff of the Charleston Journal of
Commerce. Capt. Hamrnet was a poet and
a politician, but never sought office. He
will be sincerely mourned by bis newspaper
friends.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND'S PLAN.
Priests of St. Louis Adopt Resolu
tions of Indorsement.
St. Louis, Deo. 28. —The course of Areh
bishop Ireland and his educational ideas
received rather unexpected publlo support
here yesterday in tbe form of a series of
resolutions signed by forty-four priests of
this city, whioh were sent to Mgr. Satolli.
The precipitating cau.e of tbe preparation
of tbe resolution* was the oonbtant assault
ing of Mgr. Satolli’s speech on the school
question by a local Catholic paper.
Ihe resolutions were intended originally
to disclaim all responsibility of the priests
of this city for the paper's utterances, but
in them the authors took occasion to
praotically declare their adherence to Arch
bishops 1 relaud, Mgr. iSatolll and the Fari
bault plan.
MILLS AT ALBANY.
Brave Advocaoy of Principles the
Secret of Success.
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 28.—Senator R. Q.
Mills was dined to-night by Ibe Mills Club
of this city at tbe Fort Orange Club house.
In his speech he said that the Demooratlo
party has lost three battles through coward
ice and had won tide year because of manly
aaherence to right principles. He concluded
as follows: “ When we shall have organized
the House of Representative* In harmony
with Grover Cleveland; when we shall
bavo organized the Senate of the United
Htetes in harmony with Grover Cleveland,
with full possession of tbe three branches
necessary to make a law, let us see that a
tariff for revenue only is written on the
statute books of the nation."
A Nurse Badly Burned.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 28.—Lorene Jones,
a negro nurse employed iu the family of J.
W. Jansen, was horribly burned to-nigbt.
anil tier Injuries may prove fatal. (She was
sitting before tbe fire with her feet on the
fender and nodded, or in some other way
allowed her skirts to catch fire. She was
dangerously burned before the fire oould be
extinguished.
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DYNAMITE DEALS DEATH.
SIX KILLED AND TWHNTY-TWO IN
JURED BY AN EXPLOSION.
The Mouth of a Shaft of the Long
Island Tunnel Company the been#
of the Accident The Cartridge*
Being Thawed Out When They Ex
ploded.
Long Island City, N. Y.. Deo. 28.—An
explosion, which shook tbe length and
breadth of this city, occurred at 8 o'clock
this morning, at the mouth of a shaft re
cently sunk by tbe New York and Long
Island Tunnel Company, In Fourth etreet,
causing the death of six persons, fatally
Injuring two others, and wounding twenty
more.
Tbe following is a complete list of the
killed, so far as could be ascertained* to
night: Mary Ooyden, aged 21, waitress;
Henry O’Brien, Grover Clark, aged 33;
Mr*. Roooooo, wife of Petro Koooooo, a
barber; John Hopkins, aged 22, proprietor
of a restaurant; Nicola Lodauo, brother oC
Mrs. Roooooo.
SOKNM or TH* EXPLOSION.
The scene of tba explosion it tbe most
thickly eetl led portion of Hunter's Point.
In the vicinity are the Ixing Island Savings
Bank, Davrena's fiats,a row of 4-story brioh
buildings; the poatomce, Petro Koccoco’*
barbershop, John Hopkins' rostaurant and
K. P. I-alne's jewelry s’ore. Next to the
postoffice is Frank McDermott's saloon,
with two apartment doors above. Seven
teen families occupied these building*.
The tunnel company’s shaft Is about
25 feet long by 12 feet wide. A few feet
beyond the lower end of Ihe mouth of the
shaft was a rude shed in whioh steam ohests
for thawing out cartridge* of explosive*
were kept. Till* *ned was within ten feet
of the rear walls of the postofiloe and Bare
her Kocooco’s rooms.
OAUSB OF THB EXPLOSION.
No one has yet been found who oan tall
exactly bow the exploslou occurred, but th*
following facts have been learned: Some
fifty cartridges of Forsyth's powder bad
been brought from the storage house on
tbe meadows, early this morning to be
prepared for soiidlng down to
the drillers working in the
heading whioh is being blasted
out under Fourth street at a depth of
eighty-five feet. As the explosive wav
frozen tbe foreman placed the cartridges in
steam chests to thaw them out. They bad
been there about fifteen minutes when tbe
exploefpn occurred aud all that was left of
the chests aud sheds was a few splinter*.
A bole in the ground about three feet deep
by night feet wide told the story of its down
ward force.
Davrena's flats suffered the worst of th*
building* in tha neighborhood.
Broken glass did most of the mischief to
the dead and wouuded. One mau’s throat
was cut so be died Instantly. Wooud* from
that cause are innumerable.
Many people were hurt by flying brick*
and splinters and by being caught under
falling walls and timbers.
FIRE BURSTS FORTH.
The horror of tbe occasion was inteasifled
by tba bursting out of flame* on tha third
floor of one of the apartment building*.
The fiainei spread rapidly, aud before tba
fireman gut them under control nearly tha
whole row of buildings was gutted.
T he damage was not oonfinod to tha flat*.
For half a mile in every direction window
panes in stores and bouses ware blown out,
falling on the beads of many people passing
along the sidewalks, by which
means many were nut and other
wise Injured, and score* of
men and women could be seen rushing to
drug store* and dootor's ' dices to have their
wound* attended to. Tbe sidewalks were
oovered with broken glass. In many of tha
•tore* articles were thrown from tbe shelves
and oounters. At least twenty families
were rendered homeless, moat of them
toeing everything they possessed ex
cept a few things on their baoks.
Nine workmen were in the tnnnel when the
explosion occurred. One of thorn seid they
felt the shook and thought the shaft bail
collapsed. It was nearly half an hour be
fore any of them would venture to investi
gate and ask to be drawn to tbe surface.
CRISP IN NEW YORK.
He Galls on the President-elect, But
Declines to Tell What Passed.
New York, Deo. 28. —Speaker Crisp, who
arrived here to-day, woe asked whether be
bad seen Mr. Cleveland, and replied: "O,
yes, 1 was with him to-day from 12 until 2
o’olook."
“Did you ditousa the spaakershlpT
"Weil, now I cannot tell you anything
about that or whether or not the matter
was mentioned by us. I had a pleasant call
on Mr. Cleveland and I found many thing*
to talk about I assure you. 1 will tell you
one thing, I’m not an anti-Cleveland candi
date for tbe speakership. I am not an anti-
Cleveland anything."
“Have you seen Ellery Anderson, Mr.
CrlMgy’
“Yea, I have seen him—or rather be saw
me—he called on me.”
“Well, bow do you feel about tbat mat
ter, Mr. Crisp F’
The speaker waved away tbe subjeot with
hi* baud: “1 had rather not say a word
about It. Too muoh baa already beau (aid
about it.”
WHIPPED A RINGEH-IN.
The Be9t Welter-Weight Fight Ever
Fought at Wheeling.
Whxelino, W. Va., Deo. 28.—“ Jimmy"
Rowan of Steubenville, ©.', fought an “un
known” from Parkersburg in this state,
who turned out to be “Billy” Smith (sup
posedly from Chicago), an 11-rounij fight
here at an early hour this morning, knock
ing Smith out. The men weighed in at 119
pounds aud fought with 5-ounce gloves for
SSOO in tbe pre*euce of 300 Ohio, Pittsburg
and Wheeling snorts. Tbe mill was busi
ness from tne start to finish, and the best
welter-weight toniest ever wit nessed here.
DEACON SUES FOR DIVORCE.
The Action Brought in the Supreme
Court of New York.
New York, Deo. 28.—Edward Parker
Deacon, who shot Emile Abellle iu the
Hotel Splendid*, at Cannes, France, be
cause of alleged Intimacy with his wife, has
brought aotion In tbe supreme court for an
absolute divorce from his wife, Florence
Deacon, upon a charge of adultery. On
the ground tbat Mrs. Deacon is now resid
ing in France, Judge Lawrence has given
permission that the summons be served by
publication.
Michigan’s Election.
Lansing, Mich., Dec. 38. —The state
board of canvasser! to-day issued cortid
ea fin of election to all the stn'oeuful candi
dates. Attorney General Eilis is the only
democrat elected. The proposition to hold
a constitutional oouveutiou was carried by
000 majority.