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< THE MORNING NEWS. I
ESTABLISHED ISM. INCORPORATED 1888 -
| J. H. ESTILL, President. (
MOVES OF THE MURDERER.
Arrest of Meyers for the Rilling of
Yonng Crowley.
Erratic Flight of the Aecused-He is
Traced From a Covington, Ky., Bar
ber Shop, Where He Had His Hair j
Dyad, to Cincinnati—A Confession
Implicating: a Number of Doubtful
People—Lynch Law Advocated.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 21.—About.2 o’clock
this morning Chief of Police Connolly i
was aroused from his bed to receive a
telegram from Cincinnati which an
nounced the arrest pf Will Meyers, who ,
was identified and taken in custody by {
the Cincinnati police about 1 o’clock last
night. Meyers had registered at the In- !
diana house under the assumed name of
John Cunningham, and to further avoid |
identification had his hair dyed a deep j
black, its natural color being light brown.
Moyers has confessed the murder of For
est Crowley, although placing the
guilt of the actual deed upon
a local gambler named Brown
Allen. Allen has not yet beeu
arrested but the police are making every
effort to catch him.
J W. Conley, who was yesterday ar
rested in Chattanooga, is also implicated
by Meyers’ confession. Conley was re
leased by order of Chief Connolly of this
city last night, but re-arrested again, and
will be brought back upon a warrant
charging him with murder, to morrow.
A young man by the name of Drake, who
was employed at the coal office of Keilley
t Dunn along with Rev. Sam Jones’
nephew, Charlie Jones, who was arrested
yesterday, has also been arrested. Charlie
Jones is implicated by the statement of
Meyers, but in an indirect way. Jones still
contends that he can establish an alibi
and takes the accusation of Meyers coolly
enough. According to Meyers’ confes
sion Brown Allen is the arch fiend in
the horrible plot. Allen’s character is
bad. He has been out of the chain-gang,
where he served a sentence for gaming,
only a short time. A woman. Alien’s sis
ter, is also brought into the case as an
other conspirator, the one particular
cause of young Meyers’ fall.
The detectives struck Meyers’ trail yes
terday by the positive discovery that he
left Atlanta on the northbound
Hast Tennessee train Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock. lio made no
effort to conceal his identity on the
train, but on the contrary introduced
himself to several passengers and took a
hand at whist with them. He also un
dertook to get up a flirtation with a party
of school giris, who were en route to
Shorter College at Rome.
Meyers was then followed to Chatta
nooga, where he was seen in company
with Conley, the man now under arrest.
Conley is another notorious character,
having figured in a number of seusa
tional cases, but never in anything like
the present ono.
It was not known where the supposed
murderer had gone from Chattanooga un
til the police of Covington, Ky.,
heard that a young man answer
ing his description had paid
a visit to a barber shop in this city to get
his hair dyed. Upon the suspicion that
the young man with the dyed hair was
Meyers ho was followed by the Covington
officers to Cincinnati, and finally located
at the Indiana hotel. Yodng Meyers
had evidently been out taking in the
town, for it was after 1 o'clock this morn
ing when he putin his appearance at the
Indiana house.
The detectives, who were waiting, al
lowed him to go to his room before they
made the arrest. Twenty-five dol
lars was all the money Meyers had,
but was provided with a pistol.
At first he denied his identity,
but admitted that he was Meyers
when the officers began to go through his
pockets. He also denied the killing of
• low ley, saying that he Knew all about
it. but was not the murderer. He left
Atlanta, he claimed, because the men
who committed the crime were trying to
fasten it upon him. Hater on in his con
fession to Chief of Police Deitet of Cin
cinnati Meyers implicated Brown Alien.
Alien, he said, had acquired an influence
over him through His sister that he could
not resist, and had used this influence to
force him into leading Crowley into the
trap set for his murder and rob
“Or.v. After the deed was done
Allen gave him half of the money
Meyers said in explaining Alien’s alleged
power over him, that he was infatuated
with Allen's sister, and the two plotted
against him. The woman, hesaid. had led
bun on until when he fouud himself in a
i I compromising position with her. her
rother suddenly appeared upon the
scene and, under threats, forced him to
become a party to the plot to rob and mur
h’T Crowley. Meyers’ part was to get
Crowley out to tlie ap|K)inted place, which
he lid, and then he claims Allen conimit
•' 1 the murder.
•deters will arrive in Atlanta in charge
officers to-morrow morning, having
a, reel to return to Georgia without requi-
Jj 10,1 papers, it was reported here to day
mat an effort would be made by friends
, 1 row ley to take Meyers from the
•ra.n when it roaches Cobb county and
phen him. To prevent anything of the
111,1 • Uov. Nortben has telegraphed the
>1 of Cobb county, instructing him to
: ' pared to protect the prisoner at any
ex '*rtion.
o ease has been the only thing dis
c'd on the streets today. This after-
I fhe excitement over the murder was
-iri ' q to a lively pitch by the appearance
Pvening Commercial, which oon
' and a double-leaded editorial in almost
!•. , u i' "°rds calling upon the people to
■ 'foyers and his confederates,
v : ' 1 rowley murder is the fourth cold
-1 butchery that hns occurred in
' -u.ta within the past throe months
11 indorsing Judge Lynch the Com
' ,: d things a desperate remedy is
v 1 c investigation by the coroner, which
[ ls l:l keu up to day, developed no new
■ except to show conclusively that
murder was deliberately planned a
II before it was final!v executed. To
- Trow Meyers will be put u|>on the
I ’o give iiis confession to the cor i
* ■ jury.
A FAKED CONFESSION.
it, c T' of Police Connolly, with a squad of
u "us been scouring the city to uigiit
m* lining
I
in search of Emma Allen, the girl Meyers
claims was the evil genius of his life.
Her address was given as Decatur street,
but Meyers could give no house number. I
The police have been unable to find any
one approaching Emma Allen's descrip- |
tion. and the young fellow’s confession i
is regarded as the product of his imagina- j
tion. The man Allen was located in l
Birmingham up to last night, but has ;
gotten away.
SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE-
Interesting Hatters Touched Upon in
Their Session Yesterday.
Chattanooga. Tenn., Sept. 21.—Upon
the resumption of business in the
Sovereign Grand Todge this morning, the 1
report of the commission on the patri- j
archs militant was taken up. Repre
sentative Rixey of Missouri sought to
amend the report by making all members
of the Scarlet degree eligible for admis
sion into tiie patriarchs militant, but the
proposition was defeated.
T he preamble and resolutions from New
York touching the status of aged mem
bers whose lodges are defunct were re
ported on ana adopted.
The foreign relations of the order aro
reported in fine condition, and SSOO was
donated to extend the work in Europe.
The report of the committee adverse
to allowing lodges the privilege of making
a minimum benefit of >1 per week for a
| limited time, and to increase it to $2 after
wards, was laid over for another year.
The judiciary commission reports that
support of widows and the maintenance
of orphans of deceased Odd Fellows is not
a charity but a legal obligation, and that
in the discharge of this sacred duty a
grand lodge has full power to make rea
sonable and necessary assessments upon
the subordinate lodges to provide and
maintain homes for such dependents.
The special commission appointed to in
vestigate the misappropriation of funds
at Fargo, N. D., reported that the Fargo
local commission had received ¥12,000 and
disbursed to the brethren $8,000; and that
the disbursement was not to sufferers by
fire, but to those who were able to at once
j donate the same to their lodge to be used
|in payment of mortgages on lodge
property. The actual relief extended
was only about *2,200 and the balance
was used as above stated. The commis
sion found that the action of the Fargo
brethren was censurable in the highest
degree, and ordered the grand lodge of
North Dakota to at once seo that all at
tention was given to relief of actual dis
tress—the original purpose of the call—
and ail other funds at once re
turned to the donors. The peculiar
feature of this case was that the
grand lodge of North Dakota found that
it was a misappropriation of the donation,
but took no active steps to force a resti
tution of the money, and the report
adopted this day censures in emphatic
terms this apparent indifference done
the real sufferers, as weil as those whose
liberality was so fraternally shown to
ward them.
At the close of the afternoon session,
the '‘Kansas matter'’ was reached, but
the body adjournod before wading into it.
This is a question in which the Kansas
brethren are deeply concerned. To them
it involves their ownership or control of
a property valued at SIOO,OOO, and natu
rally every Odd Fellow in Kansas, as well
as the civil courts of the country, are
looking anxiously for its termination
At the third annual meeting of the Odd
Fellows’ National Press association held
to-day, the title of the organization was
changed to the Odd Fellows’ Interna
tional Press Association, and the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: A. L. Voorhis, Topeka, Kas., pres
ident; John Reynolds, Indianapolis. Ind.,
vice president; John Bourlet, Concord, N.
H., secretary and treasurer.
COAL MINE TROUBLES.
Report That 300 Alabama Negroes
Would Start for Massilon.
Massilon, 0., Sept. i\. —Massilon was
full of miners this morning discussing the
situation at every street corner. The
operators had suggested that if the min
ers would accept 65 cents a ton instead of
the proffered 00 it could probably be ar
ranged. The union officers wanted 75
cents, however, and said the proposition
of the operators was not sufficiently fav
orable to justify calling a mass meeting.
State Arbitrator Bishop is actively at
work and continues liopefui. One oper
ator stated that 300 negroes had started
for Massilon from Birmingham this
morning, but this was denied by another
operator.’
NEGROES GOING NORTH.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 21.—A special
from Birmingham, Ala., sa\s: “Three
hundred negroes left here to-day in
charge of labor agents to tako the places
of the striking miners in tho Massilon
(O.) districts and 1,000 more will follow
soon. It is said the Ohio strikers have
threatened to slaughter southern negroes
if they attempt to go to work. Trouble
is expected on tlie arrival of the negroes,
as they have not been apprised of the sit
uation.
A HITCH DEVELOPS ITSELF.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 21.—A large
number of negroes were gotten together
in this city yesterday to be shipped to
Massilon, ()., to take the places of strik
ers, but the shipment failed to material
ize, owing to a misunderstandirg as to
rates. The negroes were much wrought
up over tlie matter, and several who had
sold out their effects nave sued the con
tractors.
EXPELLING A. P. A’s.
St. Louis Labor Unions Conaidc r Their
Expulsion.
St. I.ouis, Mo., Sept. 21.—'The subject
of expelling members of the American
Protective Association from trade and la
bor unions in this city is creating consid
erable excitement in labor circles. The
Bricklayers’ Union, at the meeting last
night, considered the question of expell
ing members of that organization belong
ing to the American Protective Assocla
tion. After a heated discussion the mat
ter was tabled until the next meeting.
Tho American Protective Association is
numerically strong in tills city, and if its
members are expelled from tho labor
unions it will result in the local disrup
tion of the latter organizations.
SHOT AND KILLED.
A Virginian Called to His Door and
Riddled With Bullete.
Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 21.—James Darcey,
a merchant at White Top Mountain, Va.,
was called to his door and shot by un
known parties Wednesday night. Darce.v
was suspected of giving information to
revenue officers in regard to tho location
of illicit distilleries oil tho mountain,
which resulted In the arrest of a moon
shiner named Woods. It is believed the
murder was committed by friends of
Woods.
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1894.
COMBAT OF THE CRUISERS.
Conflicting Statements as to the
Losses in the Naval Fight.
The Statement is Made at Shanghai
That the Japanese Official Dis
patches of the Encounter are “Pal
pably Incomplete”—Thrae Japanese
Cruisers are Admittedly in a Bad
Plight—The Flagship Changed.
London. Sept. 21.—The Times’ Shang
hai correspondent telegraphs that a
special cable dispatch from Japan s’ates
that three Japanese warships, the names
of which are not given, were destroyed
and the Hi Yei Kan was seriously dam
aged by fire during the recent naval bat
tle with the Chinese. The Matsushima
and Sotikio were also seriously injured.
The dispatch further says the Japanese
official advices are palpably incomplete.
The Times will publish to-morrow
morning the following dispatch from
Tien Isin. dated Sept. 21: “Wounded
officers of the Chinese fleet confirm the
original report of the engagement on the
17th inst. They say that the Chinese
fleet arrived at Yalu river on the after
noon of the 18th, and remained teu miles
outside of the mouth of the river while
the transports were unloading.
THE FIGHT IX DETAIL.
At It o’clock on the morning of the 17th
they sighted the smoke of the Japaneso
fleet, which were approaching in two col
umns, converging on the flagship. The
Japanese fleet consisted of twelve s lips,
while the Chinese had ten ships. The
Chinese admiral opened fire at a distance
of 6,000 meters, but the firing on
both sides fell short until the
opposing lines came within 5,000 meters.
The Chinese endeavored to come to close
quarters, but were lire vented from ac
complishing their purpose by the superior
speed of the Japanese ships, which, keep
ing for the most part two miles off, ma
neuvered admirably and made splendid
practice with the long range quick-firing
guns.
CHINESE MAKE A GALLANT FIGHT.
The Chinese cruiser Chili Yuen, Capt.
Tang Shi Chang, early in the day closed
with one of the enemy’s ships at fuli
speed, intending to ram her. .Whether
rammed or torpedoed the Japenese ship
turned over and sank. Four Japanese
vessels then closed round the Chih Yuen,
and she was ripped up by shots under
the water line, and went down
with all hands, including Purvis, the
engineer. Meanwhile the battle raged
furiously round the flagship Ting Yuen,
and her consort, the Chen Yuen. Nich
oils, a gunnery officer on the Ting Yuen,
was killed The Japanese ships were
difficult to identify, but it is known that
the cruiser Yoshino received some dam
aging shots at close quarters, which en
veloped her in smoke and made
her invisible. Some of the Chi
nese gunners devoted their attention espe
cially to the Japanese cruiser Naniwa
and succeeded in setting her on fire, but
none of the Chinese officers saw her sink.
At 5 o’clock the five Japanese vessels still
engaged in the light turned and fled. The
Chinese vessels pursued, but failed to
overtake them. Next morning the Jap
anese flotilla returned and torpedoed the
stranded ships. The casualties oil the
Chinese fleet were exactly as previously
stated.
The Japanese losses are uncertain, as
all the vessels wore busy and no one could
see the whole field of action. On compar
ing testimony from various sources it
seems certain that four Japanese ships
were destroyed and the remainder were
badly damaged.”
CASUALTIES TO THE CRUISERS.
The Central News has received the fol
lowing dispatch from Tokio regarding
the recent naval battle. The dispatch is
dated Sept. 22,8:45 am: The Japanese
flagshipMatususima with the First.squad
ron, had a rendezvous at Haiyanthaus.
The lighting lasted five hours. The
Chinese cruisers Yang Wei, Chao Yung
and Ching Yuen, and the bar
bette ship Lai Yuen were de
stroyed, and the barbette ships
Ting Yuen, King Yuen and Ping Yuen
were set on fire. When darkness fell the
Chinese vessels fled. The Japanese pur
sued them, reaching Hope Sound at day
light. The enemy, however, escaped,
and the Japanese returned to Hai
Yantau. Of the Japanese vessels the
most damaged were the cruiser
Matsusima, Hi.yei and Akagi, which
were in the thickest of the
fight. One of the Matsusima’s
guns was dismounted, damaging the ship,
and she returned to Sac bo for repairs.
The other Japanese vessels remain on the
station. The total number of Japanese
killed and wounded is 180. On the flag
ship the commander, lieutenant anl
thirty-four of the crew were killed and
four officers and sixty-nine of the crew
were wounded. Seventeen men have
since died. The cruiser Yaye.vama re
places tho Matsusima. The admiral’s
flag has been hoisted aboard the cruiser
Hasidate.
CHINESE SUITS ALL DAMAGED.
London. Sept. 21.—A disoatch to tho
Central News from Shanghai, dated 6
o’clock p. m., Sept. 21, says: “The com
manding officers of four of the Chinese
warships were killed in the engagement
oil the mouth of the Yaluriver. Admiral
Ting was wounded in the cheek and leg.
but in neither case seriously. Five of the
transport ships are still missing. Three
Chinese transports ire reported to have
been captured. All of the Chinese war
ships that were not sunk ure badly dam
aged. The Japanese ships are preparing
for another attack.”
WANT TO EXTEND OPERATIONS.
The Times correspondent in Shanghai
telegraphs: “The Chinese authorities
have strictly confined the Chinese fleet to
the defence of ' the approaches to t'ekin,
specifying the limits within which the
vessels are to cruise. Officers and men
have been impatient to carry operations
to tne Korean coast ami aro embittered
by what they consider the fatuous policy
of the government.”
THE CHINESE LOSS.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 21.—A dis
patch received at the Japanese legation
says tho Chinese loss in the great naval
engagement is uefluitely placed at four
vessels sunk and one burned. The Jap
anese fleet, it >s officially stated, was
compatatively jninjured. It is reported
further in dispatches received by Minis
ter Kuriiio that the enthusiasm among all
classes in Japan is very great. The em
press as chief patroness of the Red Cross
society in Japan with her court iadies, oc
cupies herself daily In preparing ban
dagra and other articles for the Japanese
and Chinese wounded.
TRACED THROUGH A WOMAN.
Skilled Counterfeiter Caught A
Nearly Perfect S2O-Not?.
St. Louis, Sept. 21.—The Unite 1 States
secret service officers of this district have
arrested Adam H. Hofliey of Ashley, 111.,
and J. C. and H. S. Wilson of Jonesboro.
Ark., upon tho charge of making and
shoviug counterfeits. Letters found on
tho men showed that they worked in
harmony.
At Hoffiey’s home tlie officers found a
complete counterfeiting outfit, including
two presses.pa per, ink. acid, thread paper,
plates, etc., in quantities large enough
to make $250,000 of the queer. Hofliey
has always stood well in Ashley, and his
arrest is a surprise there. The counter
feit is of the S2O silver certificate and is
dangerous.
A XK4RLT PERFECT NOTE.
Washington, Sept. 21.—'Tho arrest last
night of A. F. Hofliey, alias Waterman, at
Ashley, 111., is regarded as a very import
ant capture by Chief of the Secret Service
Hazen. The plate which be counter
feited (the S2O Manning notoi was
so well calculated to deceive that an
Arkansas sheriff who mado tlie first
arrest in tho case sent to the treasury
a genuine note along with one of tho
counterfeit notes as samples of tho coun
terfeits. The counterfeit had been mado
less than two months, and it is believed
that not more than $4,000 were printed.
The plate was made by a photo-engrav
ing process on copper. Young Hoffiey,
who ci*d the work, is only 25 years old, and
it is believed at one time was employed
in the. bureau of engraving and
printing in this city. The Wilson
Bros., who were arrested at Jones
boro. Ark., and were “shoving” the coun
terfeits. are wealthy stave dealers. They
advanced the money for the plate, it is al
leged. Young Hofilcy came to grief
through a woman. He was traced to
Buffalo through her and captured on his
return to Ashley by means of directions
sent to the Buffalo postoffice about for
warding his mail.
HANGED FOR MURDER.
John and Jasper Atkinson Executed
at Winnsboro, 8. 0.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 21.—John and
Jasper Atkinson, white men, were hanged
together at Winnsboro, 8. C., to-day.
This is probably the first time that two
white men have suffered the death pen
alty simultaneously in this state. The
men were uncle and nephew. Their crime
was the killingof John H. Clamp, a highly
respected farmer, whose wife was re
puted to be John Atkinson’s paramour,
and the community has always believed
that Mrs. damp was accessory to the kill
ing. Such was the feeling against her
that last night there were rumors that
she would be lynched.
The Atkinsons met death without
flinching. They made no protestations
of innocence on the scaffold. Jasper, the
younger, said: “The people of Fairfield
(Ount.v and South Carolina did not give
me a fair and impartial trial. Gov. Till
man, who claims to have the
nerve and backbone to do the
right thing, allowed the prejudice
of the people to govern him in the matter.
I wish to say to the young men: You who
have wives stay at home with them; if
you have no wife, with your parents.
Keep out of bad company, because if any
thing happens you aro judged by the coin
panv you keep.”
Circumstantial evidence convicted the
Atkinsons. In a tree near Clamp s
dead body several of the bullets
from the assassin’s guns stuck together
with some of the wadding. John Atkin
sou was one of the men who on the night
of the murder went, for the coroner, and
his actions were so suspicious that ho was
watched. In his room was found a torn
newspaper and the particles of the wad
ding were found to fit precisely in this
newspaper.
SNAPPING UP SECURITIES.
Capitalists Take Bonds for $3,000,000
and Will Take as Much More.
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 21.a—Tho news was
given out to-day b.v representatives of tho
Farmers’ State Alliance, which organiza
tion is very strong and influential in
Texas, that $8,000,000 worth 'of the bonds
of the projected North and South Rail
road Company, from the Manitoba line
to the gulf, chartered as tho Inter-state
and Gulf Railroad, have been sold to
Fnglish capitalists, and that negotiations
are nearly closed for the sale of
$J,000,000 more. The scheme of the
promoters is to have state identity in the
construction and ownership of the line.
The Fnglish capitalists say they prefer to
invest in the bonds of a road thus con
trolled than in the bonds of an exclusive
railroad corporation as there is less possi
bility of too great an amount of oblipa
tions being lodged on the properties, and
that they believe such a road would earn
at least 6 per cent, and be built at cost
not exceeding SIO,OOO a mile.
The line as surveyed through
Toxus was contemplated to run east
of Dallas but the Fnglish capitalists in
sisted before agreeing to purchase the
1 loads that the road must be built through
the larger cities of the state in which it
runs, as it would not tie good policy to an
tagonize those communities.
It is claimed that with the *6,000,000 of
money, which the English financiers have
agreed to furnish' the road can be built
and put in operation from the gulf coust
of Texas to the Kansas line.
ALL OF ONE MIND.
Manufacturers Will Pay Old Wages
When the Mark it Improves.
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 21.—A number
of the more prominent manufacturers
who were seen to-day regarding the mill
situation were all of ono mind. They
said that they did not propose to start
tho mills at the old rate of wages unless
the market went to 3 , cents, and they
were convinced tbat the demand
was strong enough to take cure of the
product at 3 cents. They stated further
tbat they were not anxious to resume at
present even at a reduction, as the trad
ing proved to them that business was
dull and tnat they could not dispose of
any quantity of ciotli at tho curreut quo
tations.
DENIED AN INJUNCTION.
Failure of Proceedings Against the
Sugar Trust.
Boston, Mass . Sept. 21.—1n the su
preme court to day Judge Barker denied
tho application of Attorney General
Knowlton for preliminary injunctions to
restrain the American Sugar Refining
Company, known as “The Sugar Trust,”
from doing business in this state until It
shall file a statement of its financial
standing up to March 1, last.
BRECKINRIDGE'S BROIL.
Yonng DcsTia Draws a Knife on a Man
Who Struck at Him.
J. Duane Livingston, a Strong Owens
Man, Severely Cut in the Hand-He
Probably Saves His Life by Grasp
ing the Weapon-Details of the En
counter.
Cincinnati. 0., Sept. 21.—A Commer
cial Gazette special from Lexington,-Ky.,
sa\s; Desha Breckinridge had a sensa
tional altercation with James Duanno
Livingston, formerly of New York city,
in the Fhoenix hotel at 5:80 this after
noon.
Livingston was standing at the news
and cigar stand reading an afternoon
paper when Desha Breckinridge catso in
and bought a package of cigarettes. Liv
ingston spoke to Desha and extended his
hand, saying: “It is all over now; wo
ought to be friends. Shake hands.’’
Breckinridge, with an angry look on
his face, replied: “No, you one-horse
scoundrel; 1 will not tako your hand.
You profess to boa mans friend, and
then stab him in the back.”
Livingston replied to this by saying
that he had done nothing of the kind,
when Breckinridge called him a G— d-d
liar.
Then Livingston struck at Desha and
knocked his glasses off, following this up
with a blow on the neck. Desha reached
for his hip-poclcet and instantly flashed in
the air the long, bright blado of a big
dirk.
Both men were as pale as death. Liv
ingston In a moment of desperation
grabbed the glittering blado which
Breckinridge had aimed at his heart. Tho
knife went between the second and third
fingers of Livingston's right hand, cutting
the third linger to the bone. The cold
steel sent a shudder through Living
ston's frame, and ho grasped his right
hand with his left, in order to
stop the terriblo flow of blood
that was dyeing the tiling of tho
lobby. Desha seemed to want no more
blood, but gave Livingston two strong
kicks The hotel clerk and several by
standers rushed in and siezed Breckin
ridge, and at the same, instant Matt Laue,
a strong Breckinridge man, ran ut> and
said he would take a band and help
Desha.
Two witnesses say Ijiuo also flourished
a big knife, but Lane denies this.
Livingstone was hurried into tlie wasli
room where his wounds were bathed, and
he was then takeu to the office of a physi
cian, where his hand was dressed. A
friend took Livingston home in a buggy,
and Desha Breckinridge went to his
rooms across the street. After the row
the Owens men began to talk, and
one of them, who has tho reputation of
not knowing what fear is, said: “If
Desha Breckinridge and his friends in
tend to exterminate all the men who
worked for Owens, as they seem to want
to do, they will have to enlarge the cem
etery. This sort of thing won’t do, no
matter how sore they are. They may
just as well take their medicine.
“J. Duanne Livingston is a man of
about 30 years, and is the financial
agent of J. Kennedy Tod, owner of tho
Kentucky Union railroad. He was a
strong Owens man and worked night ana
day for the victorious candidate. He is
from New York city, and it is said that
he there belonged to Tammany ball.
When seen by your correspondent while
his wound was being dressed, he said:
“I took Desha’s abuse and made no at
tempt to resent it 'till he called me a liar.
Then 1 had to hit him. 1 think 1 saved
myself from a fatal stab by grabbiug his
knife.”
BLACKGUARDING OWENS’ MEN.
Just before the trouble occurred with
Livingston. Desha and Lane, who were
walking up Main street, in front of Breck
inridge's headquarters, met Judge George
B. Kinkead, who made several speeches
during tho campaign, denouncing Col.
Breckinridge in the most scathing terms.
Desha Breckinridge said to Judge Kin
kead that the election was over and he
wanted to tell him that he was a
d—d liar.
He also applied several other vile
epithets to the judge, who replied that he
was unarmed and did not want to have
any difficulty in the open streets. Desha
told him to go and arm himself, and be
would meet him anywhere or at any time.
He repeated this several times.
Then Lane, who is a comparative
stranger in Lexington, having recently
come here from Mount Sterling, said, ad
dressing the judge, “So this is Judge
Kinkead is it! When you said that
decent people would not entertain Col.
Breckinridge you lied. My sister enter
tained him in Woodford county, and 1 say
to you that you are a G——d and and son of
a.”
.Judge Kinkead again said that he
wanted no trouble on the street, and that
he was not armed, when Lane threw his
coat and said that tie was not armed
either, and ttien repeated the language
that he had previously used to the judge.
Kinkead then walked on out of the street.
When seen by your correspondent Lane
said:
“Yes, I called him a G—d d—d s—• of a
b—, and 1 will fight him anyway be
wants to tight, and wtiat is more, if any
of his friends want to take it up, I will
fight them, too.”
By this time a number of strong Owens
men. at least one of whom has already
killed his man, began to crowd into the
lobby of the hotel. One of Col. Breckin
ridge's friends, fearing that there would
bo trouble with I-ane. got J. Breckin
ridge Vllley. a strong Breckinridge sup
porter, to go in and persuade Lane to
leave the hotel. At first Lime declined
to go. but aft*r taking a drink with Vll
ley, he listened to the latter’s advice and
went home.
Judge Kinkead is a great grandson of
Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Ken
tucky, and is a first cousin of John T.
Shelby, Col. Breckinridge’s law partner,
who slapped Attorney Johnson In the
lace during tho famous Bollard trial
Judge Kiukead is about 42 years of age.
He has always been considered a inan of
the highest physical couruge, and every
body expects tbat more blood will be
sued before this trouble is over.
RECORD BREAKING RUN.
A Musical Director Transported at
a Breakneck Kate of Speed.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 21.—A special over
the Seaboard Air Line carrying the musi
cal director of a theatrical company
which played here to-night made the on
tiro distance between Portsmouth and
Ralolgh—lSO miles In three hours and
fifteen minutes The run from Ports
mouth to Weldon eighty miles was
made in eighty minutes; between Hender
son and Raleigh—forty-four miles the
run was made in exactly forty minutes.
This is said to be the fastest time ever
made by s southern railroad.
AFFAIRS OF THE TREABURY.
A New Plan to Govern the Supervis
ing Architect’s Office.
Washington, Sept. 21 The republican
congressional committee to-day decided in
the contest for the nomination from the
Seventh South Carolina district, between
Messrs. Ellery M. Braytou and Johnson,
in favor of the former. Mr. Bray ton is a
white republican, formerly collector of
internal revenue and chairman of tho
state republican committee.
The statement is made at the treasury
department that it will be a month or six
weeks before Secretary Carlisle fills tho
vacancy caused by the enforced resigna
tion of Supervising Architect O’Rourke,
and that when lie does make the appoint
ment the new architect will go into a
thoroughly reorganized office, with tho
scientific and technical brandies segre
grated from tlie purely administrative
branches. This will be a departure long
contemplated by Secretary Carlisle,
as the principal source ’of trouble
in the architect’s office during tho former
and tho present administration tins been
the clash between tho scientific and non
scientiflc branches of the office. Tlie
architect’s duties in the future will ho
confined as much ns possible to the purely
scientific and technical branches of the
w ork, such as engineering, drafting, con
struction and repair work, while the ad
ministrative branches of the officesueh ns
the awarding of contracts, theaccountsof
divisions, and the clerical work, will be
under the supervision of tho Secretary of
the Treasury.
Secretary Carlisle will devote much of
the time intervening between now and
tlie appointment of the new arctiiteet in
perfecting the reorganization of the office
on tlie plan, a rough outline of which is
given above. A no! her reform of great
importance that Secretary Carlisle con
templates making in the architect’s office
is in the matter of specifications for pub
lic buildings. Heretofore the practice
has obtained of permitting bidders to des
ignate what kind of stoue they propose
to use. and to give their figures accord
ingly. Then the fight would be carried be
fore the Secretary of the Treasury as to
the selection of tlie material for the
building, and the bidder proposing the
cheapest stoue would, everything else be
ing equal, be awarded the contract. Sec
retary Carlisle will now first decide
whether a public building shall be con
structed of granite, limestone or marble,
or of any other material, and if so of what
kind, and then bids will be called for that
material.
BUREAU OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
Secretary Gresham lias summarily de
molished the scheme recently made pub
lic to make the bureau of American re
publics self supiKirling by the insertion of
paid advertising in its publications. Ad
vertising Agent Wilson, iu New York,
who had been appointed the canvasser of
tlie bureau, was last night notified bv
telegraph to cease his operations, and
Director Furbish of the bureau was or
dered to recall his circulars and cancel
his contracts at once. It is declared at
the state department that the project
was undertaken in tho absence of anil
without tlie knowledge of the secretary,
while the secretary was away on his va
cation. As soon as tho secretary heard
the nature or the olan he called Mr. Fur
bish in and directed him to suspend oper
ations in regard to the solicitation of ad
vertisements for the bureau’s publications,
and cam el all tho contracts ho had made’.
Tlie practice of selling the bureau hand
books, instead of furnishing them for
gratuitous distribution, which formed part
of the new regime, is not included in the
secretary's vacation order, and it is pre
sumed will be continued. There have
boon vory strong protests filed against
tho practice, however, by senators and
representatives in congress, who have
been put to considerable personal ex
pense in purchasing bureau handbooks to
supply tho demand of their constituents
which have heretofore been met at gov
ernment expense.
THE TREASURY REVENUES.
Two-thirds of tlie month of September
have pussed and show that treasury ex
penses for that period have exceeded the
receipts by nearly #3,000,000. tho figures
standing: Ueeoipts *18,000,000, expendi
tures $21,000,000.
This difference will grow less as the
month progresses, bringing the total al
most together, even if the receipts do not
exceed the expenditures, as all tlie heavy
payments have been made. Tho gold re
serve has increased from 551,216,000 to
nearly *58,000.000. This increase has
come almost solely from tho west, only
$1,400 in gold having been received from
customs dues at New York.
MORE REGULATIONS WANTED.
It was rumored at the treasury depart
ment to-da.v that Secretary Carlisle
would shortly call for the resignations of
George H. Bartlett and Thomas J. Hobbs,
the disbursing agents of the department
hero. The question of dismissal has been
considered and it was learned that they
would probably be called upon to resign
within sixty days. No complaints so
far as can bo learned have been made
against them in their official capacity.
Mr. Hobbs has been in the department
three years and Mr. Bartlett twenty
years. They are both republicans.
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS SQUAB
BLE.
Majority and Minority Factions Fight
About Nominations and Offices.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 21.—The majority
faction of the republican committee for
this district met to-day, and Issued a
manifesto repudiating the nomination for
congress of the convention of the South
ward-Mitchell faction, and reading the
latter faction out of the committee. The
manifesto also calls upon Gen. Mahono to
fill tho vacancy in the committee.
SUICIDE OF A PUBLISHER.
Sickness, Disappointment and a
Hopeless Future Caused it.
Henderson, Ky., Sept. 21. C. C. Mc-
Illler, publisher of the Meade County
Messenger, committed suicide at Brand
euberg Wednesday by pistol. He left a
note stating the act was deliberate and
the result of sickness, disappointment
and a hopeless future.
BIDS FOR A BUILDING.
Government Will Erect It at Roan
oke, Va.
Washington, Sept. 21. Bids were
o|>ened at tho treasury department to-day
for tho construction of tho Roanoke, Va.,
public building.
K. A. Wilson of Macon, Ga., was the
lowest bidder at *29,090, and F. R.Alay of
Roanoke, Va., for sandstone at *20,015.17.
Furscb-Madi Dead.
New York, Sept. 21.—Mine. Fursch-
Madi, the noted opera singer, died last
night at Warren vllle, Somerset county,
New Jersey, of cancer of the stomach.
1 DAILY. *lO A YEAR, I
v S CENTS A COPY. >
I WEEKLY, 8 TIMES A W EEK, It A YEAR, i
HOW TRADE IS TRENDING.
Weekly Review of Business Conditions
by Dnn and Bradstreet’s.
In the Aggregate, Business is Bettes
Than Last Year, Though Accounta
Are so Conflicting That it is a Hard
Matter to Strike a Balance- Clear
ings Show an Increase of 0 Per Cent.
Over This Time Last Year.
New York, Sept. 21.—R. G. Dun A Co’s
weekly review of trade to morrow will
say: “Plenty of material for encourage
ment, and also for discouragement, can
be found by those who seek that and
nothing olse. But business mon who
want to seo the situation exactly as it is,
find accounts so far so conflicting, that it
is difficult to strike a balance. In those
departments of industry and trade in
which deferred business and the
demand for replenishment of stocks
havo not been exhaustod, there
is obvious improvement, and
in somo the business is not only larger
than last year, but larger than two years
ago. In others the exhaustion of the
temporary demand has h/ought disap
pointment, bucauso it was smaller than
was expected, and because tlie remaining
demand appears uncomfortably light. In
tho aggregate, business is about a tenth
iargor than last year, but still falls about
5 per cent, below a full volume for the
season.
“The iron business, after Us great in
crease of output last month, shows dis
appointing weakness at all eastern and
contral markets, with consumption not
targe enough to keep fairly employed tho
mills in operation. Bessemer pig is lower
at *11.25 at Pittsburg, and tho business
iu most manufactured products there and
at Philadelphia is generally done at some
concessions, though in structural work
and in sheet the demand is excellent.
Wire rods and nails and barbed wire aro
weak, ami steel billets and bars n shade
lower.
“The volume of domestic business re
flected in clearings is for tho month !* per
cent, larger than for the same weeks last
year, but 25.2 per cent loss than in 1892.
The level of prices for commodities of all
sorts Is now 3 per cent, lower than a year
ago. Foreign trade does not answer ex
pectations, exports from New York for
tho month thus far being *3,700,000, or 33
percent, loss than last year, while im
ports from this port aro *2.200,000, or 18
per cent, larger. Tho money markets
continue easy, but thore is somewhat bet
ter demand for coniiniJrcial loans, and for
western and southern needs.
"Failures in two weeks of September
show liabilities of only #2,867,764, of
which *1659,716 were of manufacturing
and #1,796,048 of trading concerns.
Failures during the week havo boen 212
in tho United States against 321 last .year,
and in Canada 48 against 40 last year.
AS REPORTED BY BRADSTKEBT’S.
In their report of the state of trade
Bradstreet's to morrow will say : “The
condition of geuoral trade this week is an
improvement over ono week ago, in that
favorable features reported then have
been maintained. The surprisingly good
reports of business south, and, with some
exceptions, west, are indicated by our
special advices from Baltimore, Nash
ville, Chicago, St. 1-ouis, Portland, Ore.,
and San Francisco.
Baltimore Jobbers in all leading lines
report tho volume of inerchandiae dis
tributed in excess of expectation, es
pecially dry goods iu South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama, except in
the fruit and coal regions. Other
southern products being In good
supply, orders continue liberal
and mercantile collections easy. Nash
ville, while rc|H)rting no improvement
over the favorable features noted last
week, remarks their continuance and that
collections are prompt. Ono sale is re
ported of 10,000 tons of southern pig iron
this week.
“Activity reported in almost all linos
at Chicago a week ago is continued,
merchants being satisfied with the vol
ume. Far western buyers, who used to
bu.y in eastern markets, are purchasing
stocks at Chicago. Greatest activity is
shown in dry goods, clothing, millinery
and shoes.
“Wool is active. St. Iytuls manufac
turers and of clothing and hats
report business heavier than in their
preceding (experience in like products.
Sales of millinery and dry goods are
largo, as well as thoso of lumber.
"Charleston telegraphs that general
trade is fair, without new features; Chat
tanooga, that there has been some slight
improvement in business; Memphis, that
business is quito active, especially In dry
goods and groceries; Atlanta, that collec
tions are freer ami trado is improving;
Savannah, that the volume of business
continues to improve and that extraordi
nary heavy dealings in spirits of turpen
tine have taken place.
“Dry goods Jobbers at Augusta have
beeu doing a larger business than for some
time previous, while at Jacksonville local
trade has been cut into by heavy rains.
Only a fair volume of business is re|>orted
from Birmingaam. and at New Orleans
there has been very little change Gal
veston reports sales of drv goods will con
tinue smaller till the middle of October,
when new orders will b# received. Texas
cotton is beginning to move, which helps
business and collections.”
PRODDED INTO ACTIVITY.
Officers Think the Whisky Trust Can
Weather the Storm.
Pororia, 111., Sept. 21.—The resignation
of Nelson Morris, the adverse decision of
Judge Gibbons in the quo warranto case
and other incidentals of like nature in the
distilling world scorn to have prodded the
whisky trust directors into sudden ac
tivity. A quick summons was issued,
calling the directors together a day or
two ahead of time, and all the members
are closeted at headquarters to-day
with the solitary exception of Nelson
Morris, aforesaid. Several of the gen
eral distributors who handle trust goods
are also In the city, and tho entire cam
paign and condition of affairs are under
close consideration.
Thus far nothing is given out for pub
lication, but President Greenbut and
others express unwavering confidence in
tho staDility of the company. They seem
to consider the craft seaworthy in every
respect, and able to weather the hardest
storms.
Tin Plate Works Close.
Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 21.—The big
tin plate mills of tho .+ltna Standard
Company, employing several hundred
hands, announce to day that they will
shut down to-morrow night indefinitely,
pending settlement of wage scale.