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HS news. TOCOOA, GEORGIA. THE LEGISLATURE. bills fused bt the senate AND HOUSl 0» REPRESENTATIVES, A four mile prohibition law 7 for Pope's chapel in Wilkes county. Also a four mile prohibition bill for Independence church in Wilkes. A bill to incorporate the Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railroad company; to incorporate En- terprise Street Railroad company of Sa- vannah; to amend the charter of the Empire and Dublin Railroad company. A 2} mile Baptist prohibition church bill for Moore's Grove in Clarke county. A hill to incorporate the Ha,ilia Hirer Transportation for company. A resolution the relief of Baldy Rvalis, former tax collector of Dodge county. A bill to authorize the mayor and council of Lin- coluton to issue municipal bonds for the purpose of raising money to build an academy; to relieve Eugene Begnin, of Baldwin, on account of a surety on a for¬ feited bond of Turner; to establish a school district in Lumpkin county; Sa¬ to authorize the mayor and council of vannah to establish harbor lines; to provide a punishment for any executor, who administrator, guardian or trustee shall fraudulently convert trust property to bis own use; to amend the tax act of 1888-89; to provide for the establish¬ ment of the line between Georgia and Alabama; to authorize the mayor and council of Athens to levy a tax to pave the sidewalks of that city. A bill to incorporate the town of H'l- ton, in Early county, one-half mile in every direction from Hilton’s storehouse; to incorporate the town of Trenton; to incorporate the Empire Mills Tele¬ graph company; to incorporate the Germania Havings Bank of Savannah; to authorize tbe mayor and council of Savaunah to establish and control harbor lines in the Savanuah river, at the cross tide above the city to the sea, to prevent the building of piers and bulkheads so as to prevent the shoaling of the river;to amend section 509 of the code, by in¬ serting thirty days instead of ten days; to amend tbe act establishing public schools in Carrollton, by increasing the number of school trustees; to require the registration of voters in McIntosh county; three mile prohibition and Baptist bill for churches, the Ray¬ town Methodist except iu Sharon, an incorporated town. A bill to repeal the act creating a board of commissioners of roads and revenue for the county of Emanuel; to amend the net authorizing the sale of the arsenal lot in Savannah; to prohibit lotteries, gift enterprises and games of chance,and to provide a misdemeanor penalty for the violation of the law; to incorporate the Farmers’ Banking and Storage company of Jackson county; to prohibit child la¬ bor; to authorize the Atlanta Gaslight company to use electric lights as well as gas aud to issue,bonds; to prohibit hunt¬ ing on the lands of another without con¬ sent in Telfair county; to prohibit the catching of fish with seins or nets in Tel¬ fair and Montgomery; to make the or¬ dinary of Gordon county a member of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues for that county; a resolution to have the portraits of distinguished cit¬ izens in the old capitol cleaned, reno¬ vated and hung in tbe new capitol. Fifty dollars appropriated; a bill giving landlords special liens on the crops of renters superior to all other liens except those for taxes; to change the time of holding the the superior court of Crawford from third Monday iu April to the third Monday in March; to amend the wet for the forclosure of liens; to author¬ ize the governor to issue bonds of the state to pay off the debt falling due iu October, 1890; to amend the act estab¬ lishing a board of pharmaceutic exam¬ iners. ATLANTA GETS IT. THE ALLIANCE EXCHANGE TO BE LOCATED AT THE CAPITAL OF GEORGIA. The alliance exchange will be located in Atlanta, Ga., and will be opened for business just as soon ns the building can be changod to suit the alliance. The ■exchange will be located at the corner of Forsyth and Hunter streets. The offi¬ cers of the exchange, into whose hands the location had been placed by the al¬ liance, met Monday morning to consider the bids submitted for the location of the Felix exchange. There were present, Hon. Corput, of Cave Springs, presi¬ dent; lion. L. F. Livingston, vice-presi¬ dent; Ellis Ledbetter, of Cedartown, secretary, and W. A. Broughton, of Madison, treasurer. Propositions from quite a number of towns were received, but monied bids were submitted by three only. Atlanta, Griffin and Cordelo were willing to pay the alliance for the loca¬ tion. The vote was unanimous for At¬ lanta. The directors of the exchange will meet again in Atlanta next week, when the action of the officers of the exchange will be submitted for ratifica¬ tion or rejection. At the same time a trade agent will be elected. THANKSGIVING IN GEORGIA THURSDAY. THE 17TH INSTANT, DESIG¬ NATED BY GOVERNOR GORDON. by Tho following proclamation was issued Governor Gordon, at Atlauta, Ga., on Wednesday, in compliance with the re¬ quest of the State Farmers’ Alliance and the State Agricultural society: “In ac¬ cordance with the united request of the State Farmers’ Alliauce and of the Georgia State Agricultural society, com¬ municated to me by committees of those bodies, I, J. B. Gordon, governor of Georgia, do issue this my proclamation designating Thursday, the 17th iust-ant, »» a day for thanksgiving to Almighty God for abundant harvests; for His mercy and loving kindness, aud for the innumerable blessiugs the people of Georgia have received from His bounti¬ ful hand. I would earnestly call upon all the citizens of this state to unite in this special thauksgiviug service; and to those who have been blessed with abundance, I would recommend that they signalize the day by generous gifts to the poor aud afflicted among them. Given under my hand and the seal of the exec¬ utive department, at the capital, iu At¬ lanta, the ninth day of October, A. D. 1889. J. B, Gordon, Governor.” The Pennsylvaniia Railroad is making experiments to mitigate the horrors of burning the trains. It is proposed to place on steam-pump, engines a connection with the attached aud by which a hose can be used to quench fire, a trial v,as made the other day in West stream Philadelphia, and the pump threw a over the highest buildings. If further experiments prove successful, a number of passenger engines will be equipped, tho aud the train crews exercised Ui fire drill. GENERAL NEWS. CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS , AND EXCITING EVENTS L The Isthmus of Panama is marked by dullness and distress. A violent gale prevailed on the Massa¬ chusetts coast Monday. Cl«rk A Kem, manufacturers of worsteds, Philadelphia, made an assign¬ ment Monday. Rev. Dr. Talmage’s Tabernacle at Brooklyn, N. A'., was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The triennial national congress of Con- gregational churches met in Worcester, yias*., on Wednesday. A , cormcl of was helu Pam on »ar m “ on,lay ' 11 ™'deeded to strengthen thl! * ro “ t “ ir - °-d board of directors of the Western Union telegraph company was re-lected Wednesday without opposition, A movement to combine all the cracker and cake oakers of the northern cities into a kind of tiust to regulate prices, is said to be progressing. The regents offered ex-Queen Natalie a large sum of money, provided she would accept their proposed conditions aud depart from Servia. Up to the recess Tuesday night 627 jurors had been excused in the Cronin case at Chicago, four accepted and sworn in and four temporarily passed. The magnificent store and residence of Clem Studebaker, in Evansville, Ind., which cost $300,000, was almost de¬ stroyed by fire Wednesday morning. Sister Martha Elden died Tuesday at the convent of Mount St. Josephus, Frederick, Md. She was ninety-four years old, and had been in the sisterhood seventy-six years. General IL Faulkner, the convicted Danville bank wrecker, of Buffalo, N. Y., on Wednesday gave bail in $20,000 to await the result of the appeal of his case now pending. Judge Jameson, in the superior court at Chicago, on Monday, granted a bill to close up the affairs of the Treacy Carbon Lamp be company. The company is said to a tremendous swindle. York LaBourgogne. Sunday, which arrived at New had on board Millet’s pic¬ ture, the L'Angelas, recently purchased at Paris Exposition for the American Art association. $110,000 was paid for the picture. A dispath from Brainerd, Minn., an¬ nounces that tbe requisite number of sig¬ natures to ratify the sale of the lands of the Mille Lacs Indians have been ob¬ tained. 'l'he sale embraces 3,000,000 acres of land in Minnesota. has Judge Day, at Auburn, N. Y., decided that the electrical execution law is constitutional, aud remands Kemmler, under a death the sentence by electricity, to tbe custody of warden of Auburn prison. Fire broke out in Cook’s lumber yard at Serpent River, Ont., Saturday after¬ noon, and fanned by the wind, soon de¬ stroyed the greater portion of the city. Fifty million feet of lumber were con¬ sumed. The loss is estimated at $300,- 000 . James Morgan, an Indiana farmer, who lately advertised that lie would give $5,000 to any woman who would marry him, has been accommodated. Miss Hetty 8. Wilson, aged forty-seven, has accepted the offer. Morgan is eighty- two years old. Since the first of September there have been five deaths from alternating electric currents in New York City alone, and fifteen accidental deaths from contact with electric wires outside of that city, nine of which were caused by alternating electric currents. An estimate has been made by the audi¬ tor losses of incurred the Pensylvania railroad of the floods, which shows during the Johnstown that $1,500^000 will have to be expended in repairs, while there was a comparative incidental loss iu earnings of nearly $1,000,000. It is reported that William Warldorff Astor, at a banquet, given by himself to Mayor Grant, on Wednesday night, de¬ clared that the World’s Fair at New York, must be a success, and that if necessary he would foot the entire bill, estimated at $20,000,000, himself. W. R. Robinsou & Co., oil dealers, of Providence, R. L, made an assignment Thursday to J. Swift, of New 7 Bedford. The firm was established in 1829, and has an oil refinery in New 7 Bedford, aud an office in Providence. The firm’s in¬ debtedness is placed at from $250,000 to $300,000. At Terre Haute, Ind., Axtele, the great trotter, was sold to Colonel Con¬ ley, of Chicago, for $105,000. Colonel Conley is supposed to represent a syndi¬ cate. Andy Walsh, of Hartford, and John Madden, of Lexington offered $101,000, but it was refused, This is the highest price ever paid for any horse. The Daily News, of Loudon, prints a letter from Crete, which confirms the re¬ port that Chakir Pasha, the governor, allorved Turkish troops to pillage and persecute Christians after gaining their confidence by promises of protection. The letter gives a list of killed, banished aud imprisoned and describes the atroc¬ ities iu detail. Two thousand women workers in Lon¬ don, England, held a meeting Thursday, at which they resolved to organize for the purpose of improving their condi¬ tion. The Bishop of Bedford presided, and among the well known persons pres¬ ent were Lady Sanhurst, the Rev. Messrs. Price, Hughes and Clifford, and Messrs. Burns, Tillett, Mann and Champion, la¬ bor agitators. Exports of specie from the port of New York for the past week amounted to $721,017. of which $58,100 w r as in gold and $662,912 silver; of the total exports, $11,000 in gold and $652,662 in silver $10,255 went to Europe, and $47,100 in gold and silver to South America Im- ports of specie for week amounted to $27 964 Ofl’in of which$9 ’ 351 was in ^ trnld and ‘ ciivpr ' A s p e cm, . Paso » Texas, says: Mexican * . onora » -Kxico, two companies of soldiers were caught in swim- ^ ming by the Yaqui Indians, and all of them were slaughtered. The dead bodies of the men were found terriblv mutila- ted and stripped of all clothing and valuables. The Mexican government : has sent 40.000 men iu pursuit of th« I Indians. j Great dissatisfaction is reported in tin Conemantth valley over the failure to #3,000,000, intended half for tl,erehef the flood fund sufler.; of ers. There are many cases of great des { titution, are detailed. and some Gross very mismanagement pitiful instances o: j the funds is charged. It is ; j that clerks and reported expert accountants ar« ; fund. drawing extravagant salaries from th* A wreck occurred on the Cleveland, Wheeling and Lorain railroad, two miles west of Bridgeport, Ohio, Friday morn- ing between aa engine and caboose car¬ rying about one hundred laborers. One train was going north and a freight with a caboose coming south. A general smash-up whose was the result. Four men, names could not be learned, were killed and twelve were fatally injured. The corner stone of the New \ T ork a^P.tk V 1 b rank * or t streets, w as i laid • i Friday i ufternoon , bv Joseph Puut- “■ Jr - r»-r-r-oia-s„o of the pro. prietor and editor of the World. Col¬ onel John A. Cockerill, editor of the World, represented Mr. Pulitzer, and made the opening address. He was fol¬ lowed by Chauncey Depew and Governor Hill. AmoDg those who attended the ceremonies were Governor Green, of New delphia Jersey, George W. Childs, of the Phila¬ Ledger, E. Furlong, of the Cam¬ den Post, and Mayor Grant. RECOVERING THE BONDS. THE NEW ORLEANS GRAND JURY RECOVER MOST OF THE MISSING SECURITIES. The grand jury at New Orleans, Wednesday, made the following report regarding the stolen bonds: To the Hon. R. II. Marr, Judge of the Criminal District Court: “We have the honor to report that the following missing bonds, known as Constitutional bonds, have been recovered aud have been turned over to the attorney general of the state, to wit: Two hundred and fifty-two $1,000 bonds, numbers 249 to 500, $252,000; two hundred and thirty $500 bonds, numbers 31 to 35, and numbers 76 to 300, $115,000; one hundred and sixty- three $100 bonds, numbers 88 to 200, $100. Total amount recovered, $383,400. We have deemed it our duty to make this announcement to your Honor, so from au official source of information it may reach the public, and to some extent tend to settle the condition of the finan¬ cial affairs of the state.” Attorney-Gen¬ eral W. H. Rogers states that of the stolen Constitutional bonds there is still out the following: One $1,000 bond, number 199, $ 1 , 000 ; forty-nine $1,000 bonds, numbers 201 to 248 inclusive, $49,000; forty $560 bonds, numbers 36 to 75, $20,000. Total Constitutional bonds un¬ recovered, $70,000. The impression now is that all the stolen bonds will be re¬ covered by the authorities, most of them being held in New Orleans. THE VETERAN PREACHERS PASS RESOLUTIONS OF REGRET AT THE RESIGNATION OF CORPORAL TANNER. The Veterans’ Association of Ministers of the Genesee Methodist Conference, numbering about fifty members, held its annual meeting in Lock port, N. Y., on Thursday, and adopted tbe following resolution: Resolved, That we have heard with sincere regret of the resigna¬ tion as commissioner of pensions of Corporal .Tames Tanner, forced from him by the influence of politicians, and that we depreciate the subordination of the pension department to political wire¬ pullers, so who, that it cannot be administered by a man like Corporal Tanner, has the true interest of the soldiers at heart, and we call upon the President of the United States to place the granting of pensions iu the hands of those who will administer it in the interest of the coun¬ try, and to bestow upon Corporal Tanner such recognition ag befits a man who, in every position, has shown himself the true friend of the soldier. A DEADLY GAS PIPE. DISASTROUS AND FATAL RESULT OF A GAS DISPLAY. A second accident in the history of the Kokomo gas belt occurred at Jerome, fif¬ teen miles east of Kokomo, Ind., on Monday night, in which Chusa Mormon was instantly killed; Frank Little had a leg broken, necessitating amputation; Iliram Overman had his skull fractured, and John Hogue probably fatally burned, whiie a number of others who were in close proximity were more or less injured. A large crowd had gathered at this well, which is the strongest one in the state, to witness the gas display. Sixty feet of four-inch pipe was laid from four the well in terminating height. m a vertical elbow, applied feet The young man who the down torch foolishly ground, turned this elbow to lie on the and just as the gas ignited the tremendous force flung sixty feet of pipe around, striking and burning everything within its reach. DEADLY WIRES. MAYOR GRANT, OF NEW YORK, ORDERJ THE ELECTRIC WTRES DOWN. hastily Mayor Grant, on Saturday morning, called a meeting of the board ol electrical control of New 7 York, and as soon as it was assembled, a resolution was adopted ordering the immediate re¬ moval of all electric light wires that were of this not properly insulated. The cause Friday, hasty action was the killing, on of a lineman by electricity from badly Mr. connected wires. An interview with Edison, the iuVentor, has been printed, in which he says that no insula¬ tion will make an electric wire safe; and that sub ways and insulation will alike prove ineffective, aud that the only way to prevent loss of life is to regulate the pressure the same as the pressure of steam boilers is regulated. POISONED WINE, Rev. James Kelly, of Oneida, N. Y., is is seriously ill, and the circumstances connected with his sickness point to a crime of murderous intent. He celebrated piags in the rink Wednesday morniug, and partook of about two teaspoousful wine » se j z ° d with great . he P aiD9 re ^ arded as °, f P°! 80D ’ He quickly rttlr - cd . frorn % altar and sent to had adrug the store for all anodyne, which desired effect of relieving him. The theory is that some one entered the pint and p U t a deadly drug in the small bottle of wine used. * WILL BUILD SHIPS. „ organized in charleston, *. c., for that purpose. m. There was forwarded . 7T to the secretary the'dld^UmT^l’l,!'c'h'irt°r South Carolina Naval Construction aud Ship-owners' Association," o,odo, of Charles- 6took tl0 iu shares of $50 each. The names of the incorpo- patois will be published later. The ob- jects and purposes of tbe new enterprise ship are, brieflv, yard‘for to establish in Charleston a carrying the building of a fleet of marine vessels, combining with this tho insurance. SOUTHERN NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA¬ RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH. A CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS OOINQ ON OF IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. Montgomery, Ala., last week, beat any the same week last „,, .. , SrAiS: ,, . , . f ., e , judge, y a -! was Thursday. again postponed by the chancery The trial of Edward Brown, charged with the assassination of Colonel Roger J- Page, late editor of the Marion Time a- Register, was begun at Charlotte, N. C., Friday, iu McDowell superior court. The general Assembly of the Knights of Labor will be held in Atlanta on the 12th of November, and the executive committee of the order, now in session at St. Louis, are arranging business for the assembly. An agreement was reached between the striking miners at Coalburg, near the Birminghiin, Ala,, on Wednesday, and miners will icturn to work. It is re¬ ported that the terms of the operators were accepted. A fire in the Montgomery, Ala., ware¬ house, Marks & Gayle, proprietors, Mon¬ day morning, damaged about one thousand bales of cotton. Insurance $64,500; loss about forty per cent, of the insurance. Cotton men at Savannah, Ga., say that indications point to an attempt by New York parties to corner OctoDer cotton. It is reported that all the friegqt room from there to New York for the rest of the month has been engaged, or, in the language of the street, “swept cleau.” The property of Hillman, the electric health resort, at Washington, Ga., was sold on Tuesday at auction and was bought by Mr. James Btnson for $8,000. There are about 150 acres of land. Mr. Benson is one of the persons whose health was restored by it. lie says it will be kept up as a resort. Coke iron was made in Anniston, Ala., for the first time on Friday. The two furnaces have been in course of construc- tion for two years, and ere among t e largest and best in the couutry. The ton¬ nage of iron, when both furnaces are in blast, will be more than that of the cot¬ ton crop of the whole south. A dispatch from Fiemingsburg, Ky., says: At least five hundred thousand pounds of tobacco in this county has been entirely destroyed by the frost of the last three nights. The auditor’s re¬ port places the average crop of the coun¬ ty at 4,700,000 pounds, and this year the crop was above that figure. About half of the crop had been housed aud cured. The Tennessee conference, now in ses¬ sion at Murrretsboro, Tenn., has a pecu¬ liar question before them. In passing the characters of the preachers, the charge w T as made against Brother Hag¬ gard that he had been engaged to two women at the same time, marrying one of them within a week after writing a letter to the other pledging referred his undying love. The case was to a committee for trial. Last June the town of Liviugston, Sumter county, Ala., was almost entirely destroyed by fire one night, causing heavy loss to the business men. Recently evidence was discovered tending to show that the fire was of incendiary origin, and citizens of Livingston sent detective Robins, of Birmingham, who went down Thursday and arrested Andrew Moore, Andrew Ivy and Donham Jones, charg¬ ing them with the crime. Nine negro men and three negro wom¬ en were arrested at Charlotte, N. O., on Saturday, charged with robberies extend¬ ing ovet several mouths. Over 100 res¬ idences and business bouses in that city have been raided by these thieves. In one instance $500 worth of jewelry was taken from a store, and losses traceable to the gang aggregate nearly $100,000. The whole gang will probably be hung, as burglary iu the state of North Caro¬ lina is a capital offence. The supreme court of Georgia, now in session at Atlanta, has already com¬ menced passing upon the acts of flic present legislature. Sometime ago a bill was passed which provided for the pay¬ ment to Hon.Tom Glenn and Capt. Ellis, former solicitors of the city court of At¬ lanta, certain insolvent costs, said to be due them by the State. The supreme court had the matter up before it on Monday and declared the act unconsti¬ tutional. On Saturday, Attomey-Gencrad Ro gers, before the civil district court of New Orleans, sued out two writs of se¬ questration—one and against Maurice J. llart another against Miss Laura Gaines, a sister to Mrs. E. A. Bunte, both to recover certain portions of stolen state bonds, which he alleges to have been transferred to these parties by Ex- State Treasurer Burke. After deducting the amount of the bonds so far recovered from Burke's deficit, he is still about $400,000 shoit The New York Sun's cotton review of Friday: Futures declined 8to 11 points under an unexpectedly weak report from Liverpool instead of the advance which the bulls expected. On this decline there was a brisk demand to cover Con¬ tracts, and r.S the day w r ore on the com¬ paratively small crop movement gave strength to values. An exceptional feature was the further development of October cotton, which caused this month to close dearer. Cotton on spot was steady but quiet. The great fertilizer factory of G. Ober & Sous, established in 1857, at Locust PoiBt > Baltimore > burned Thursday. It consisted of three large buildings which cost $125,000. The first building, iu which 100 men were at work, burned to the ground and the flames, driven by the winds spread to another large building, completely gutting it Fitly $260,000 of damage had been done to the buildings before the flames were got on under Control, which a member $00,000 of the firm says cost $200,000, and worth of stock. - GRAVE JROBBERS YT CONCORD, M \SS , STEAL RALPH WALDO EMERSON’S SKULL. On Monday afternoon while attending a burial at Sleepy Hollow cemetery, tw 7 o gentlemen of Concord. Mass., discovered that the grave of Ralph Waldo Emerson had been disturbed. The authorities were notified and found that the grave had been opened during Saturday night exposing the casket. Whether the re¬ mains were taken out or not is not known at present. A watch was at once placed is at the grave, but the general opinion their that the miscreants accomplished the skull, object and secured at least which was probably what they were after. There is great indignation over the affair. STOLEN DOCUMENTS. ALL THE RECORDS IN THE CRONIN CASK, AT CHICAGO, DISAPPEAR. A dispatch from Chicago says: A startling rumor was current, early Satur¬ day morning, that the entire official re¬ cord of the Cr-min case had been stolen. The record includes a copy of the pro¬ ceedings before the coroner’s jury, the 3 worn affidavit of witnesses before the grand jury, portions of the hair, blood clots, cotton batting, and other tangible evidences of the crime found in the catch basin, the Carlson cottage and the bloody trunk. An cx-employe of the state at¬ torney's office, who had full access to all the valuable pieces of evidence, is now missing and may be in Canada. \ olu- minous documentary testimony and mote precious, but still bulky, material evi¬ dences were kept in what was considered a safe place in the state attorney’s office, to which only trusted employes had ac¬ cess. The times ex-employe been is in said proximity to.have of several seen this vault, which, when he wss in the employment of the county, he had abun¬ dant opportunity to learn every nook and crevice. The discoveries were made Friday morning, when the necessities of looking up the addresses of witnesses in compliance with an order expected to be entered by Judge McConnell at the morn¬ ing session of the trial, made a reference to affidavits taken before the grand jury imperative. Then, it is said, that the awful fact presented itself to the state’s attorney and colleagues, that the result of their labors since May 4th had van¬ ished as if by magic.....A1 Hanks and Mark Solomon, criminal court bailiff's, are under arrest, charged with Racking the CroDin jury. The first suspicion of the fact, was the failure of the men to report for duty Saturday morning. Tlieil absence was due the fact that they were taken to a Northside hotel by several de¬ tectives, and were kept there in close surveillance. Two men have also been discovered in attempting to corrupt McCon¬ ve¬ niremen summoned to Judge nell’s court, and to instruct those favora¬ ble to the prisoners how to answer ques¬ tions of the state’s attorney in order to bo retained as jurors. IN DARKNESS. CITIZENS OF NEW YORK FEELING TTIEIR WAY TO THEIR HOMES. It has been decided that all electric wires above ground in New York City must go. All companies doing business in the city have gotten out injunctions restraining the mayor from interferring with their wires, 'but the wav around these injunctions lifts beefl discovered. Under tbe laws of the state, no injunction can be served on the board of health unless eight days’ notice has been given, and should the court make the injunc¬ tions against the mayor permanent, the board of health will take the matter in hand, and before the eight days have passed, not a wire will be left above the ground. The sudden determination of the Brush and United States companies on Monday to shut off their city circuits plunged a large sectiou of the city into darkness, the time being too short to ar¬ range for the lighting of thousands of gas lamps which have fallen into disuse since the introduction of electricity. Iu Madison square and Union square parks, afound -which the life of the city clusters reigned at night, and almost impenetrable gloom pedestrians in crossing the open squares were obliged to take their bearings from hotel and theatre lights. A large num¬ ber of streets were also darkened, and on that portion of Broadway occupied by commercial houses, closed at nightfall, the scene was dismal, The sky was starless, and the clouds served to intens¬ ify the effects produced by big tbe store absence had of artificial light. One one vS olitary candle in a window with a card bearing this legend: Still “There’s live.” no electric light, but we On Third avenue, up to Eighty Ninth street, where the Mount Morris company’s lamps begin, the effect was even more pronounced, the elevated structure con¬ tributing to the funeral aspect. In some stores oil lamps, candles and even Chin¬ ese lauterns were called into play. ROASTED ALIVE. A HOUSE AND ITS INMATES BURNED UP BY THE EXPLOSION OF GAS. At Davis Switch, a small village, thir¬ teen miles from Bradford, Me., the dwelling of Patrick Daily was burned, and his wife aud three sons aged thir¬ teen, eleven and nine respectively, were roasted in the flames. At 6 o’clock Sun¬ day night, while the Daily family were at supper, the father went to the stove to partly turn off the gas, He uninten¬ tionally shut the throttle tight, and on reversing it again the house was filled with gas, and an explosion followed, and in an instant the entire house was in flames. The three boys and the mother fell prostrate on the floor, overcome by the heat and flames. The house was entirely consumed in a few 7 minutes. The charred and blackened bodies pre¬ sented a most sickening sight. Mr. Daily was severely but not fatally burned about the head and face, and is almost crazed with grief. A PROPOSED CHANGE TO BE MADE IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THl KNIGHTS OF LABOR. At the coming convention of th« K nights of Labor, to be held at Atlanta, Ga., an effort will be made to amend the constitution of the order bo that Mr. Powderiv will have the power of select¬ ing his own advisers. This amendment, if successful, will give the general master workman the power to surround himself w ith men of his own choice. Opposition to the proposed amendment is to be ex¬ pected, but the local authorities state that the amendment will carry neverthe¬ less, As the general assembly meets on November 12th, all lcsolutions to amend the constitution must reach the general office uot later than October 12th to per¬ mit them being acted upon by the gen¬ eral assembly. AN ANARCHIST MEETING- HISSING THE STARS AND STRIPES AND CHEERING THE RED FLAG OF ANARCHY. When anarchist the stars and stripes meeting were in raised Var- at an mass waert’s Turner hall at Chicago, Sunday afternoon, the flag was thousand greeted with hisse 9 by probably half a men and women in the room at the time. Ihe red flag was then unfurled, and was greeted with enthusiastic applause. One speaker declared the hanging of the an- archists the gravest crime ever committed Chicago, in America. He was proud of as it would one day be the Paris o America, a city of revolutions, Smoul- dering discontent would §oon break fort! in fiery revolutions. WASHINGTON, D. C. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND MS ADVISERS. AITOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Edward D. Olmstead was on Thurs¬ day appointed postmaster at New Deca¬ tur, Ala. The President on Thursday appointed New Edward D. Olmstead, postmaster at Decatur, Ala. The government dry dock, ju9t opened at the navy yard in Norfolk, Va., is o 30 feet over all, and will hold 8,0 0»00d gallons of water. It has cost $500,000. Francis Fava, son of the present Ital- ian minister to this couutiy, qualified the as a citizen of the U mted States at state department, Monday. A. G. Riddle, attorney for the District of Columbia, aud Henry E. Davis, assist¬ ant attorney, on Saturday, tendered to the district commissioners their resigna¬ tions, which were accepted. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Bussey, on Wednesday, rescinded the order of Commissioner Tanner, shall provid¬ be ing that no disability pension month. less than four dollras per John Henry Ilaynes, consul at Bagdad, Turkey, writes the state department, cholera un¬ der date of August 22d, that was raging then in Bagdad and surrounding country. Iu Bagdad 59 deaths were re¬ ported in one day. Secretary Tracy issued an order Thurs- to the contractor of the petrel to deliver vessel at the Norfolk, Va., navy yard for acceptance. Her electric light plan* will will be placed aboard, and then she be complete and ready for service. The surgeon-general of the marine hos¬ pital service, received a telegram Thurs¬ day morning from Dr. Posey, at Jack¬ sonville, Fla., saying that the state board of health reports several cases of yellow fever at Key West. The surgeon says there is no need of apprehension, and that every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Acting Rear Admiral Walker has or¬ dered the purchase of libraries for ten of the new ships of the navy for the special use of the enlisted men on board. These books are generally novels of the better s it, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray and the like, and miscellaneous works, and aie intended for the entertainmet of the men in the forecastle, (where they will be placed) when off duty, Each ship will be provided with about three hundred volumes. T he present term of the United States Supreme Court will be confronted with docket of 1,325 cases, and it is esti¬ mated, diligently as court may sit, it can dispose of not more than 400 during the term. Virginia coupon cases will be called immediately^ as will also be the case of Cross and While against the state of North Ci.rolina. This latter is a criminal case which, in pursuance of a previous order of the court, has been advanced on the docket. T lie president, on Saturday, made the following appointments: Andrew 7 W. Smythe, of Louisana, to be superintend¬ ent of the mint, at New Orleans; Charles A. Cook, of North Carolina, to be U. S. attorney for the eastorn district of North Carolina; Simon S. Matthews, of Missis¬ sippi, to be U. S. marshal for the south- era district of Mississippi; Benjamin S. W. Walker, Of Alabama, to be U. mar¬ shal lor the middle aud southern dis¬ tricts of Alabama. A statement prepared at the treasury department shows that the total amount of‘standard silver dollars iu the treasury, against which certificates may be issued is $5,176,171. Of a total coinage of $341,199,650, silver dollars, there is in the treasury $282,829,333, against which there are in circulation $277,753,162 of certificates, The amount of standard dollars in circulation is $38,370,377, and the colint of silver certificates in the treasury is $2,582,205. The necessity of making some prepa¬ ration for the meeting of congress has compelled the president to establish the following rules for the daily transaction of business at the executive mansion, which w r ill be strictly obeyed: Senators and members and others having business with the president will be received every day, except M onday, between eleven and half-past twelve, and at no other time. Public receptions in the east room at 1 p. m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, will be held as usual. Cotton returns of the first of October, to the department of agriculture, show a large plant growth, active opening of bolls, the fibre in good condition, and generally fine weather for picking, yet the plant is everywhere reported late, and fears arc expressed that frost may seriously shorten the crop. The crop has been injured more by moisture than drouth, though some soils and localities have been too dry in September. Worms have wrought considerable injury, not¬ withstanding the general use of insecti¬ cides, especially west of Alabama. Com¬ plaint of adulteration of paris green is made in certain quarters. The following state percentages were presented: Vir¬ ginia 58, North Carolina 72, South Car¬ olina 81, Georgia 87, Florida 88, Alaba¬ ma 87, Mississippi 79, Louisiana 83, Texas 78, Arkansas 83, Tennessee 82. This makes, as a general percentage, 81.4 of a full crop. Prospects on the first of October, compared with 87.9 per cent, last October A BIG SCHEME. CONSOLIDATION THAT WILL REVOLUTION¬ IZE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY TRAFFIC. A gigantic railway consolidation that will connect the two oceans and revolu¬ tionize the international railway traffic, has just been revealed signed at Chicago, the III. Contracts have been whereby Baltimore & Ohio railroad is to enter into an agreement with the consolidated Wisconsin Central and Northern Pacific lines, connecting tho oceans. The Atcli- i-on, Topeka & Santa Fe system is in tbe deal, reaching Mexico and southern Cal¬ ifornia. Chicago will be made the centre for operratiDg the three great lines. The Northern Pacific will be extended from Puget’s sound and built into Alaska, making a continuous line from New York city to Sitka. BANK STATEMENT Following is a statement of the asso¬ ciated banks at New York for tbe week ending Saturday: Reserve increase..... ..$ 960,02 1 Loans decrease........ .. 4,070,300 Specie increase....... .. 1.335,300 Legal tenders decrease .. 1,152,300 Deposits decrease..... .. 5,107,700 Circulation decrease.. 13,200 The banks now hold $705,708 leas than 25 per cent, iule calls for. Since 1800 the population of Europe frya iust doubled itself.-------- 4 THE TABERNACLE BURNED. THE REV. DR. TAlMAOE’s CHURCH, AT RROOKLYN, N. Y., DESTROYED BY FIRE. The famous tabernacle, at Brooklyn, New York, of which Rev. T. DeWitt the Talmage is pastor, was on Sunday, for second time in its history, totally destroyed by fire. At 2:15 o'clock in the morning, a policeman discovered flames issuing from the small windows over the main entrance, and rushing to the nearest signal box, sent the alarm. The firemen found the fire had assumed large proportions, and it became evi¬ dent that the edifice was doomed. Desparing of saving the church, they rected their efforts to the adjoining property. The three-story frame struc¬ ture No. 353, Schermerhorn street, ad¬ joining the church on the east, was the first to take fire, and No. 355, a similar structure, followed. No. 357 was also damaged. On the west side of the church the flames extended to two brick dwellings, and on the opposite side of Schermerborn street, a row of three-story brick dwellings numbered 338 to 348, were greatly damaged. In the mean¬ time, the doomed church building was being rapidly consumed, and iuau hour’s time only the tottering walls remained. Dr. Talmage was on the Scene soon after the first alarm, and did not leave until he had seen the edifice, which had been his pride, laid in ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown. Edison’s men were in the building until 5.30 p. m. Saturday, arranging a new electric plant, and it is thought that during the thundershower, which prevailed during the night, the lightning had been carried into the build¬ ing by wires they introduced, aud which ran arouud the gallery about on a level where the flames were first seen. The loss on the church building, including the organ, which was one of the finest iu the country is $150,000. FATAL RIOT. ALLIANCE MEN AND TOWN AUTHORITIES HAVE A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER. A bloody riot occurred at Dotlien. Ala., on Monday, in which George M. Strin¬ ger, proprietor of the alliance warehouse, and Jeff Walker, an alliauce man were killed. J. L. Domingos, town marshal, and Parker Powell, deputy marshal were mortally wounded. Peter Tew, an alli¬ ance man, Green Stringer, and B. Strin¬ ger, were seriously wounded. The riot grew out of the town council passing an ordinance imposing taxes on drays in the town, which was disregarded of by which the alli¬ auce men, the consequence was a general fight all around with the above results. Dothan is a small town about one year old, with 800 people, having sprung into existence in anticipation of the Alabama Midland railroad, which now ruus in half a mile of its public streets. There has been no feud what¬ ever between the alliance and the town, but on the other hand, the best of feel¬ ings have existed heretofore. BURNING COTTON. TWO COMPRESSES AND 4,000 BALES 09 COTTON BURNED IN SAVANNAH, GA. The lower hydraulic and the Tyler cotton compress, with their sheds and 4,000 bales of cotton were burned Wed¬ nesday morning, at Savannah, Ga. The tire was discovered in the lower press on Bay street at 2 o’clock. Everything was fery dry and the fire swept from yard to yard rapidly. The wharf frontage was over five hundred feet and the depth to Bay street was about two hundred and fifty. For three hours all of that space, two acres and a half, was ablaze. Three vessels, the Napier, the Cypress and the Carlton, all British steamships, were lying at the wharves in front of the burning buildings bales, andjards. All of the cotton, 4,000 on the wharves took fire aud wero complexly destroyed. The presses are valued at something like $75,000 and the build¬ ings are protected. The toifd loss on the cotton and presses is $400,000. ALLIANCES IN ALABAMA. BOTIT WHITE AND COLORED ALLIANCES BEING ORGANIZED AND BOOMING. The following is from Greenville, Ala.: “Thirteen colored Farmer^ Alli¬ ances have thus far been organized iu this, Butler county, alone, and before the close of the year similiar organizations will he formed in every township. The membership is not large,but it is rapidly increasing, and bids fair to be strong. The white and colored Alliances are united in their war against trusts, and in promotion of the doctrine that farmers should establish co-operative stores and manufactures, and publish their own newspapers, conduct their own schools, and have a hand in everything else that concerns them as citizens or affects them personally or collectively. A manufac¬ under turing and commercial company, the auspices of the Farmers’ Alliance,has been organized here, with a capital of $125,000.” NEW OFFICERS ELECTED. WHO WILL MANAGE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AFFAIRS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. The grand encampment Knights Tem¬ plar of the United States, in secret ses¬ sion at Washington, D. C., cn Thursday, elected the following officers to serve for the next three years: Very Eminent Sir J. P. S. Gobin, of Pennsylvania, most eminent grand master; Very Eminent Sir Hugh McCurdy, Very of Michigan, deputy grand master; Eminent Sir Warren Lome Thomas, of Kentucky, grand generalissimo; Very Eminent Sir Reuben Hedlin Lloyd, of California, grand cap¬ tain general; Very Eminent Sir Henry Bales Stoddard, of Texas, grand senior warden; Very Eminent Sir Nicholas Van Slyck, of Rhode Island, grand junior warden; Very Eminent Sir II. Wales Lines, of Connecticut, grand treasurer; Very Eminent Sir William B. Isaacs, of Virginia, grand recorder, The next conclave will be held in Denver. TO COLONIZE THE NEGROE8 THE BILL FOR THAT PURPOSE PASSED BY THE MEXICAN LEGISLATURE. Advices from Mexico say the bill to grant a concession to Henry C. Ferguson and William H. Eilis, two colored men from Texas, who propose to colonize lands in Oaxaca, Guerrero, Vera Cruz, Michoacan and San Luis Potasi with Ne¬ groes from Texas and other American states, has passed the lower house of congress and has gone to the senate. It is believed it will be passed expected and be signed by the president. It is that 2,000 Negroes from Texas will move to Mexico and raise cotton on these lands, and many thousands of industrious blacks, skilled iu cultivation, will follow then* from states east of the Mississippi.