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DEAL.
Will Pave the Way to
Stanley’s Release.
IY PAPERS TAKE LITTLE
STOCK IN IT.
Osman Evidently Desiree to Totally Ignore
Egyptians in the Matter—A Groat
British Authority Believes
In the Chiefs Story.
. Losoos, Dec. 17.—[Special.]—Lord
Salisbury has held a private interview
of i >rotracted duration with the queer,
manifestly with the object of paving the
way for a ministerial council atWind-
ec r today or to-morrow, when the Sua-
kitn policy of the government will be
definitely settled. Mr., Smith's answer
to Lord Randolph Churchill in the house
of Commons this morning foreshadows
this, and ah o attests the certainty that
Lord Salisbury has re.-oived tc rnaUe r.
determined light i:ga n.-t the tory-uemo-
crat ieader. if not against his entire tine
of argument with reference to the new
Egyp'iun campaign. The premier lias
already gone so tar that he cannot at lord
to ii'K a change of tactics, and the
queen s sanctum of his programme is
absolutely necessary to tho carrying out
of its details, which cannot be "de . rated
from on the strength of the enemy’s
documents.
lire fact that Osman Dignas letter
was adtires.-ed to the Chr.stiau gov
ernor of Suakim is .porientious,
however, and indicates that he is
w > ling to treat directly with the
Ei gi sh, entirely ignoring the Egyptians
in the iran-netion. The. e is no doubt
tiiat ling and a one can anive at definite
t -rms of pc ce. an i Osman Digna, who
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HHHDI
GEORGIA DECEMBER
R8HGHM
IT WILL BE BLAINE.
The Maine Statesman Will Sorely
Get the Prize.
WHAT CONGRESSMAN DINGLEY
THINKS.
is half iiurop, an himself .unquestionably
favor-? such a conclusion of hostilities.
The only complication involved in this
mode of seitlcinent is the fact that Eng
land is specifically pledged to maintain
the suj r a y of the khedive, but even
tnis obstacle may be surmounted by dip
lomacy or chicanery. Any way, Lord
Salisbury will attempt to solve the prob
lem and extricate England from her di
lemma on Monday.
Mr John Coles, the librarian of the
Briti-h Geographic society, expresses his
belief in an interview this afternoon that
Stanley is a prisoner in the hands of the
mahdi. This ti.eory, lie asserts, is tiie
only cue accounting for Stanley's long
silence. The mahdi is friendiv to
the /andbaris, and this fact,
lie a- niiuus, renders it likely
mat Stanley and Emin were surroundetl
in their stockade by the natives until
their provisions gave out, when they
surrendered to the Zanzibar* tc save
their own lives, and were turned over to
t.ie mahdi for a consideration.
ihe tory press are diligently throw ing
doubts upon Osman Digna's story, and
in doing so are possibly preparing the
way of th.sgovernment to yn anti-slavery
crusade in i he Soudan by which they
expect to popubiri: e their warlike efforts
a-.d possibly enlist the active assistance
«>f Prince Bismarck, in view of the Ger-
nt.:? complications in Zanzibar. This
tncory is plausible, in connection -vEh
the fact that Germany is earnestly seek
ing an excuse to vigorously push her
claims to terr tori.il domination in east
Africa, coveting the most productive
part of the soil of that region.
So Reason Why Blaine Should Not be Sec
retary or State—He la In Good
Health—Morion’s Visit an
antl-Rlalne Movement.
Washington, Dec. 17.—[Special]—It
seems positive now that Mr. Blaine will
go into the cabinet.
A reporter asked Gov. Dingley if be
thought Mr. Blaine would accept.
“I do not see any reason why he should
not,” was the reply. “He is as vigorous
and active as any man in public life, and
is taking an active interest in affairs,
lie is not tho sort of man to retire from
public iife: there is Uo much valuable
service in him. I know that the e is
nothing in the objection that his health
is not good. There are very few men in
this house more active or in better health
than he is. All these re; orts of his
breaking down have been without foun
dation. and In. ve been set a-going for a
puvj.ose. Ti e r authors, when known,
nave been men who are never brought
into contact with Elaine. His friends
who are intimate with h m have known
al. that the reports arc without
truth. I have been with Mr. 1'lninc
with a a few days,” continu d Gov.
Dinyly, have n.-ver seen him looking
better than he doe- now. and there is no
questioning his interest in a airs. Why.
it would exeicise some of these men to
walk with him. 1 consider myself a
pretty good walker. 1 always walk at
a brisk pace to the capitol from mv
hotel and back. 1 am a brink walk
er. but I found it somewhat diai-
cc.lt to keep up with Mr. Blaine. 1
walked with him some time. He moved
with a bold, lirm stride that showed the
remarkable vigor there is in him. R
takes long walks every day, and is in io
bust health. He is too active a man and
takes too much intrre t in affairs to re
tire, and 1. do n d see why he should not
serve the puciio from this post.”
Governor i ’ineb-y s report ns to Mr.
Blaines health.'agrees perfectly with
the information of others who have re
cently met "the man irom Maine.”
R.pre entative Boutede received a dis
patch this evening from an intimate
friend of Mr. Blaine, in Augusta, saying
that the report that the premiership'had
been offere.l to Mr. BLun-t was a news
paper report, and was not true. There
are some men in Washington who seem
convinced that the visit of Mr. Morton,
the vice president-elect, to Indianapolis,
is an anti-Blaine movement: tiiat Mr.
Morton will be influential in keeping Mr.
Blaine out of the cabinet. Mr. Morton
is a \erv agreeable and accomplished
man. and those who know him tne best
credit him with a skill in politics that
will come near carrying sny point he
wants to maze.
Hawes* Children Were Well Off, and a New
^ Feature^ to Added^to the Case
AiliANta, Ga., Dec. 17.—[Special]—
An old gentleman who was well ac
quainted with Mrs. Emma Hawes’ fairi
ly says that Mrs. Hawes had two sisters
who died a short while ago possessed of
considerable property. One of the sis
ters willed her personal and real estate
to little May Hawes, her niece, and the
other left all she had to little Irene.
The gentleman thinks if Hawes killed
his little girls he mav have had an eye
to their property while getting them out
of the way so he could marry again.
It is said that Mrs. Emma Hawes'
properly was all tr-ra-f erred to her little
son Willie several months before she was
killed.
Birmingham, Dec. 17. —[Special.]—
There has been no new developments to
day in the Hawes tragedy. The inquest
over the body of Irene Hawes was con
eluded. The evidence was simply the
same chain of circumstances which tend
to prove Hawes the murderer of his wife
and two children, and the jury returned
a verdict that Irene came to her death
at the hands of her father, Richard R.
Hawes, and that the killing was unlaw
fully done. -
Hawes had no visitor* to-day, there
being strict orders to admit no one to hie
cell. The prison officials say he read the
morning papers with evid'nt interest,
but had little to say to any one. and in
no way referred to the crime with which
he is charged.
An enterprising gentleman of this city
has announced a history of the Hawes
tragedy in book form, which will uproar
in a few days, and will he profusely il
lustrated.
An Opium Smuggling Conspiracy.
Sr. Paul, Minn., Doc. 17.—[Special]]
United States secret service officers hen
are on the track of a gigantic opium
smuggling conspiracy. They have learn
ed that an organised band of smugglers
have for years been operating aero is the ■
nor*, hwestern border, bringing dru *
into this state. One of the gang " as ar
rested recently at Derover. and he con
fessed. Acting on the information given
hv him, the deputy collector at Stincent,
Minn., went west to a point oa the Da
kota line, and intercepted a wagon load
of 800 pounds of opium in a crude form.
It was concealed under a layer of buffalo
hide<. The authorities here freely admit
the existence of a smuggling conspiracy,
but decline to go into details. There'is
every reason to believe, in tho light of
recent dsvelo- ments, that a quarter of
all the opium which has come into this
country in the last live years, has been
smuggled iu over our unguarded and
unsettled borders.
HAS HIS EYE ON US.
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The Coming President Wants a
Southern Republican.
GENERAL LONGSTREET NOT A
POSSIBILITY.
In.Migural rrrparationa,
Washington, Dec. 17. — Cliairmnn
Britton, of the inaugural committee, has
received favorable answers to his re.
quests for the use of the interior and
postolLce d.*j artmenc buildings for sleep
ing quarters for troops during the inau
guration. The available space will ac
commodate fUxv.it 1,300 men.
The sub coe mitteo ( n civic o ginira-
tions ha? rlreaidy received applications
for position in the parade from i5 organ
i: alums, aggregating IJ.OuO moil. 'j his
is li.ikH) move than were in the par&uc
four year ? ago.
Tire following names have been added
to the reception committee :
Coi. kreu Grent, Waiter Blaine, Em-
mon? Blaine, John M. 'ihursu n, T. W.
Noyes, A. W. V. yman, H. D. Barr, Ho
ratio King, H. B. Eduards and Seaton
Monroe.
Horrible Trafflcking la Reiuf Bodies.
Baitimohf,, Md., Dec. 17.—[Special]—
Health Commissioner Stewart has sworn
oat a warrant for the arrest of L. K.
Wiley, dean of Baltimore University
and several of the professors on charges
of tra licking in tne bodies of persons
who died in :he institute. The attention
of Hr. .Stewart was dta -v n to the mailer
from the iaci that nop.-rmit. as required
bv law; hud been obtained to bury Fran-
cif> Shea, the o> stor dredger, who died in
the institution Wednesday from brutal
tieatuu nc of the ov -ter captain. Invest
igation showed that man >• other bodies
have not been accounted for.
Col. Dudley’s Letter Investigated.
Indianapolis, Dec. 17.—[Special. J—
The federal grand jury, after a recess of
nine days, reconvened this morning and
resumed the investigation of the famous
letter alleged to have been written by
Col. YF. W. Dudley, late treasurer of the
National Republican committee. The
jury, in obedience to the explicit in
structions of the court, are retienn*
about their proceedings, an l therefore
nothing ab?oiu:ely Tenable about the in
vestigauon can bo obtained.
A number of witnesses have already
been examined in the ca-e, and it is ex
pected that the editors of the Sentinel,
who are supposed to know who received
one copy of the Dudley letter, will be
examined to-day or to-niorrow.
Chairman Jewett, of the democratic
state central committee, who was exam
ined before the recess, was on hand again
to-day. It is supposed that the copy of
tho letter published in tho sentinel was
furnished by him. The investigation is
causing a go;d deal of excitement as it
progros-jet. At first many professed to
regard it as a movement for political ef
fect, but now it has assumed a more se
rious aspect, and tha result is watched
by politicians and all parties.
St. Lonto Excited Over a Deal.
St. Louis. Dec. 13.—[Special.]—The
representatives of the Chicago syndicate
who are negotiating the purchase of four
St. Louis street railways—the Citizens',
capital stock,$1,5U0,000; the Cass avt nus
and fair gr-,und railway, capital slock
$'00,100: the Union Line, capital stock
$600,000, and the Northern Capital, cap
italized at $200,000—reached here this
morning.
The brokers and street railway men of
this city are terribly excited over the
deal, which it is expected will be con
summated to dav.
Sunset Cox is Happy.
Washington, Dec. 17.—Sunset Cox
is one of the happiest men in Washing-
t< n. He received a telegram from some
enthusiastic democrat at Huron, D. T.,
in which it is was stated, perhaps in fun,
that the new state of North Dakota
would be named •‘Sunset.’ with Cox-
ville for iis capital, I-urthermore, say
the enthusiastic Lakotaus, if Mr. Cox
will immigrate to their country they
will send him to ;he Uni.ed States sen
ate. Cox is now the great Dakoi a spe
cialist in congre ss. Ho is a walking ana
talking encyclopedia of Dakota.
More Trouble for Germany.
CAPETowN.Dec. 17—Advices have been
received from Dam.-.raland to the effect
that Chief Ramalieiero, at a conference
with the German commissioner, H*ri
Goering. finally repudiated German au
thority ano Claims, upholding (he prior
codeess on to Robert Lewis. Tne coun
try is disturbed, and the Germans are
leaving.
lighted HU Funeral Pyre.
Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 17.—Ebor (Dur
ham, of Sadsburyville, Chester county,
started a fire in a hollow tree, near Lea-
man Place, one night last we and
went to sleep. The '.re burned through
the tree, and it fall on him. crushing
him to death. He was in search of work.
The President A co-opts an Invitation.
Washington, Dec. 17.—One of the
president's callers was Hon. I. M. Wes
ton, of Grand Rapids. Mich., the chair
man of the Michigan democratic com
mittee during the recent campaign, and
a wealthy manufacturer and lumlier-
man. Mir. Weston has always been a
great admirer of the president, and
when he in-ited. Mr. t ie? eland to lie hi?
guest next summer, in Grand "Rapids,
and enjoy some ot the fishing, for which
Michigan is justly famous, the president
accepted the invitation with pleasure,
and assured Mr. Weston that lie would
like nothing batter than to go to -Michi
gan and become acquainted with tho
Michiganders. This snows that Mr.
Cleveland will ba in America at least a
part or next summer.
Morton Disappointed.
> JndianaPOLIS, Dee. 17.— [Special.}—It
is believed among prominent republicans
they Mr. Morton left here in a disap
pointed mood, having been told by Gan.
Karriii n he would not appoint Platt ?ec-
rotary of the treasury. He told Morton
candidly the treasury had already been
given to Senator Allison; that he hid a
reason for selecting a western man; that
there'was opposition in many eastern
cities to any New York man, on account
of the discrimination he would likely
make in favor of tho merchants of New
Y’oik city.
In Congt-OM.
■fa abhington,Dec. 17.—[Special.]—The
house parsed a bill incorporating the
American Historical association, of
which Hon. George Bancroft and A. S.
Spofford and numerous other literary
men and historians are directors. The
object of the as oeiation is to obtain and
preserve historical matter pertaining to
matters of national record an l interest.
Baron Jomini Ib Potd«
Sr. Petersburg. Dec. 17.—[Special.]—
Baron Jexnini, chancellor of the foreign
office, is dead.
Baxter or Tennessee Hae a Boom—So Hus
Davis of West Virginia—Bullook of
Georgia — Other Men for
the Coveted Tloce.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 18.—While
the New Y'ork situation is bothering the
eastern statesmen, Gen. Harrison is de
voting more of his time to the consider
ation of the south and the representation
it shall have in the cabinet. It is known
that lie has been going over the not very
large list of southern republican states
men carefully, in the hope of finding a
man who shall be of cabinet size, and at
the same tiiue a fair representative of
that part of the country. Malione would
be one of the most distasteful men, per
sonal .y, that Gen. Karrisoa could have
in his official family. He leans to men
less well _no.\ n and less dulitod by the
bulk of the southern people. The nature
of the material from which he has to se
lect, moires it natural that the attorney-
generalship should be tho place most
thought or in connection with a southern
man.
Georgia ought to be able to furinsh &
fair repiesen.ative of this element in the
sou'.n, but no special names from that
state are mentioned yet. It is not be
lieved that Gen. Longsireet is among the
cabinet possibilities. He belongs to an
oid regime, that is good enough for dip
lomatic places or subordinate places at
home, hut will not ruix wolf witn the
young aud energetic blood that General
Harrison expects will dominate his cabi
net aud his administration.
Young Lawyer Baxter, of Tennessee,
who was put" in the miming early by
Congressman Houck, is still talkid of.
His father hud a narrow escape from be
ing Garfield's attorney general. Judge
Hammond, the well known ex-Confedi-r-
ate.but guaranteed now to be thoroughly
reconstructed, is said to be among the
few men whose names me down on Gen.
Harrison's list us cabinet possibilities.
Ahern of Mississippi, and Bullock of
Georgia, are other fellows whose re
cords are being looked over. If the law
yers tail to pan out an available man, or
if an at.ornoy general shall be selected
from some other section, .the new and
pushing business element that lorms so
prominent a feat ere in southern life at
present, may get recognition. For such
a case Gen. Harrison has his eye on
Henry G. Davis of West Virginia, with
whom his personal relations are inti
mate. but whether Mr. Davis would ac
cept such a place is doubtful, in view of
his extensive financial interests that
need personal looking after.
Mine. Haiti in l’nrls.
Paris, Dec. 17.—’ Special.]—Mme.Pat' j
returned from England to-day, and will
give eight additional performances of
Juliet in this city. Two weeks ago she
closed an engagement here which was a
success pecuniarily aud artistically. Be
fore' her depurti.re for her castle ia
Wales she, in i esionsc to the appeals of
M. Gounod and M. Kitt, manager of tho
opera house, supported, it was under
stood, by President Carnot, consented to
return to again captivate Paris with her
Jubilee.
Itulgarfa at Liberty*
St. Petersburg, Dec.. 17.—[Special.]
A* far as this country is concerned Bui.
garia Is at liberty to work cut its own
destiny. M. DeOiers, the Russian prime
minister has informed fair R. M. Moriee,
the Briti-ih auiioissador. that after today
tiie Bulgarians are free to do am thing
they choose,, even to declaring »heir
country an empire. After this declara
tion England must Iks convire d that
Russia do3s not im< n i to r . o e a war.
An Internal Mnoliino.
Brooklyn, N. Y r .. Dec. 17.—Mr. Mich*
ael McHugh, of 653 Washington avenue,
Friday evening, received a neat box with
an anonj ip.ouh note fastened to tiie lid
of it. lie extracted a lot of yellowish
suuff, supjioscd to be gun cotton, and
slid the lid back, when a riiarp explosion
loilowed, showering glass and nails
around the r< ora. Neither of tiie gen-
tlerneu were injured. No clue to the
sender.
Boston Corbett In Mexico.
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 17.—Boston Cor
bett. the man who killed J. Wilkes
Booth, and who escaped several months
ago fiora the Topeka asylum and mys
teriously disappeared, has been heard
from. He i- now residing in Old Mex
ico, believing he is safer there than in
the United t-taies. His farm in Cloud
county is cared for at present by an ad
ministrator.
Win Ralxe Cattle.
Yankton, Dak., Dec. 17.—A company
has teen organized here with a capital
stock of $100,000, to breed Aberdeen cat
tle aud Co tin wold sheep. Three farms
have been purchased, and importations
will begin next ApriL English capital
is believ ed to be at tho head of the pro
ject.
Jjonjg >ota Candidate.
Washington, Dec. 17.—Congressman
Long denies the report that he is a «*n-
diduto for the Breton collectorehip.
Furnishing the Men*.
Fowler’s distillery a ene of the
features of Athens in the way of sup
plying pork and beef for the market He
is now making abont 25 gallons of whis
ky a day, anil the slops from this is fat
tening hundreds of hogs and beerea.
which are sold readily in Athens at
good prices. We saw yesterday, three
ho-s that, weighed over 800 a
piece, that never saw a grain
and tre.-e rsisedjon the elopa
A Parnell Commlulon Sensation.
London, Dec. 17. [Special.]—A sen
sation was created this morning by the
reported resignations of Justices Day aud
Smith, the two judges who with Sir J-
Hauen compose the Parnell-Times com
mission, which Las jnst adjourned to
January 15th. The autumn se*sion of the
court* begin to-morrow, and Smith and
Day, discovering that no substitutes hail
been appointed for them, inferred they
were expected to go on circuit as usual.
They called the attention of the chancel
lor to the hardship this would impose
upon them, and this action caused the
rumor of their res gnaiion. The lord
chancellor called a meeting of the
queen's bench division at once and two.
royal commissioners, J. Mclntv re and J.
C. Lawrence wvre selected to supply the
places of Smith and Day at the assizes.
Chicago Bate Wr.r.
Chicago, Dec. 17. —[Special.]— The
rates agreed upon at a recent meeting of
the reprasantatives of the Central Traffic
association, went into effect to-day.
There are many reasons for believing
that the agreement will not last many
days. Tiie fact that tha cattle rata is
S roportionateir muck lower than the
ra.Led beef rate, is sufficient of itself to
disrupt the compact. This discriiuina-
nat on has occasioned a vigorous molest
from P. D. Armour and other die sed
beef shippers. The maintenance at the
rate will depend largely upon the good
faith of tha various roads in the associa
tion, as theca is nothing beyond the
terms of a formal resolution to restrain
them from resorting to illegitimate prac
tices.
Blaine Declined an Edltor*bt]i.
New York, Dec. 17.—It ia positively
assarted that Mr. Blaine was offered the
editorship of a weekly illustrated paper
the last time ha was here. The paper
was to have been tho one started here
after the deflection of Harper’s Weekly
from the republicans, called Munsey a
Weekly, but which did not nav. It was
to have been revival and backed with
$5,000 capital. Mr.BIaine.however, while
exprea log his thanks for tho offer, de
clined.
A Cigarette Canted It.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17.—[Special.]—
Kate' Hosmer, an inmate ot a disrepu
table house is dead. Saturday night she
went to bed with »lighted cigarette. In
a few moments smoke was seen pouring
from her room, and cries of “Save me"
issued from the same room. She was
badly burned, her clothes having ignited
from the oigarette. She died Sunday
evening at 5:30. Nothing is known of
her real name nor where she came from.
Kate Findley Snlcld-a.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17.—I Special.]—
Kate Findley, a young white woman
who lived on Gate City street, commit
ted suicide Sunday. She had had a quar
rel with her lover, and used morphine
to end her life. She was about twenty
years of age and very pretty.
Will Adjourn for tho Holidays.
Washington, Dec.17.—[Special.]-—'The
home has passed a resolution to ad.ourn
from December 2ist to January 1st.
APT'_Y ABRIDGED.
Be Rules the Il.ni~.itor ot a Man Who Was
HI* Bondsman. s • • *>, —
New Albany, Ind., Doc. IP.—Wm.
Gregory, one of the alleged White Caps
of West Fork, Crawford county, under
$1,000 bond, came to the city yesterday
and called at the residence of M. V,
Scott, a resp; ctable merchant on State
street, and met Miss Lilly Davis, daugh
ter of G. W. Davis, a neighbor at West
Fork, who is on his bond for $1,000 to
answer for White Capism. The young
lady, who is scarce eighteen years old.
bad been to Mooresville, this county, on
& visit to her aunt, and told her that her
brother, Will Davis, was in tho city,
drur.k at the Farmers’ hotel. Previous
to that. Gregory had met young Davis
and induced him to take a drink from a
ll&sk of whisky.
As soon as young Davis recovered and
learned that his sister and-Gregory were
seen together, he reported the fs.cts to
the police. A watch on the trains was
kept, but nothing could be discovered
of the whereabouts of the guilty pair.
This morning early young Davis met
his sister on the street, and she at
first denied all knowledge of the where
abouts of Gregorv since early last
evening. The girl finally admit
ted to a detective that site and Greg
ory had occupied a room in some hotel
in Louisville, where, she could not tell,
and that he had accomplished her ruin.
The girl heretofore bore a good reputa
tion in Crawford county. She is a large,
fine looking country girl, weighing about
165 pounds.
Gregory has a wife and three children,
and lives a neighbor to Davis. His wife
has been ill in bed for several weeks,
and both families were very intima.e.
Oid man Davis has been telegraphed tc
con.e home at once, and is expected
home, it is bulieved that if he or his
gnu meet Gregory, there will he blood
shed.
Gregory is the store keeper at West
Fork who is believed to have been
wounded in the fight with the white
caps at Moreland's house )a»t summer.
It is believed ihat Gregory has :i<-d >ht= .
country, and will forfeit his bond when ;
the white cap trial comes off. The girl
says he bid ner good bve at louisviile,
saying he was going home.
P0WI
Absolutely Pure.
This powder Bever varies. A marvelo
beatv, strength and wholtsomencns. More et: t
nomlcal than the ordinary kinds, and r.tnnot >
sold in competition w<tli the multitude of lotv
est short weight alum or phosphate powders.
Sold onlyln onus.
ROYAL BAK NG POWDER TO.,
106Wall Street. New xro
KILLED IN SELF-DEFENSE.
BACK HORSE LOST.
We learn from a gentleman just from
Augusts, that Bqueeler, the celebrated
Jackson county racehorse, was pot np
against two hundred aullsra, and that
Sqneeler got beat and is uow the prop
erty of Mr. Hiram Ward.
SHIPPING PROM
EASTERN.
PT Orr A Hunter baulad a large quanti-
Mrs. Lilia Crabb Suicide*.
Ckdartown, Oa, Deo. 16.—[Special.]
Mrs. Lilia Crabb, nee Griffin, wife of
Charles Crabb, suicided by shooting her
self through the head with a pistoL She
was a bride of two months. No cause
has been ascertained for her action.
The News of tha Day Given in a Terse and
Spicy Maimer.
Most of the French papers consider the
rejection of the Panama canal bill a mis
take.
A large party of New England gentle
men are on their way. to "Decatur, Ala.
to investigate i.a mineral and industrial
attractions. -
The river bank bevond protecting le
vees, at St. Joseph, La., is caving. Dis
astrous results are feared from over
flows.
Rev. T. Alfred and two children have
died suddenly at Jasper, Ark. The
mother and two remaining cinidreu are
dying. PoLou is susp ected.
A dispatch from Chicago says that tiie
whisky trust ha? decided on a war of
extermination against the dis.filers who
have refused to join the combination.
Senator Beck’s health is such that hi
has conclude i to pay a visit to the seu.h,
and remain during the Christina* holi
days. But he is reported io be improving.
Teirible storm* have been raging for
three davs ia the department? ef Pyre
nees, Orient-tie, France, hooding villages
and causing wrecks, and also much lost
of life.
A dynamite bomb was found on the
piaa/.a of Alderman Hoimes. of ..ock-
ford, ill., on Saturday morning. H-: had
previously been ordered by the v/bite
Caps to leave town in forty-eight hours.
New England tobacco growers in ses
sion in Hanfort, passed resolutions call
ing for the repeal of the internal revenue
lax oa tbh&coo product*, and forin-
crea-ed production on Certain liues of
goods.
Advices from South Africa say that
the king of Switzerland recently caused
the mas acre of his premier and rix
chiefs and their people, who were sup
posed to io concerned in n plot to dot
throne him in fnvor of his brother.
No 1‘ope From tills Conntry.
Rome, Dec. 15.—[Special.]—The rv
ports recently published in American
newspapers that there is a possibility of
either Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore,or
Cardinal Taschereau, of Quebec, being
selected for the papal throne on the death
of Leo XIII, have reached the Vatican
and are causing a good deni of amuse
ment. It requires no prophet to predict
that neither of the churchmen named
will ever receive the tiara. The pope
has passed the Bibliea! age —three score
and ten—but, is siill vigorous, and he
may oat-live Cardinal Gibbons and Car-
dinal Taschereau, who are muoh
younger. In ecclesiastical circles no one
doubts that the successor of Leo will bo
an Italian. The Italians are ia a mu jor-
ity in the cojieg® of cardinals, which
elects the pope, and as they are pat note
as well as churchmen, their pref-
•tence is naturally for one of their own
nationality.
Comparatively few cardinals, who are
not Italians, could Attend the election of
a pope, as those at s. long distance, kucli
ns the Canadian, A merican and Austra
lian cardinals, could not reach the eter
nal city in time to vote, and voting by
proxy "is not allowed.
There is no rule in the church that pre
vents Ihe election of a pope from any
nationality whatsoever, but the fact re
mains that only very few pope*?, who
were not Italians, have ever filled tits
chair of Leier. Adrian VI, who wore
the tiara 800 years ago. was a German,
and the last pope who was not an Ital
ian.
Jeff Lae, a Clayton County BalUflr, Shoots
a Negro.
Jonebboro, Ga., Dec. 18.—A homicide
has been committed in Clayton county.
Anegionaire l Homer Griffin used force
to recover a horse which had been sur
rendered to satisfy a fi. fa. from the
plaintiff in fi. fa., who was taking the
norne io ltis home. The plaintiff sought
his arrest; under a warrant, and two offi
cers went from Jonesboro to make the
arrest. The officer* became separated,
and one of them, a bailiff, named Jeff
Leo. found Griffin and attempted to ar
rest him. The negro resisted, fought
and stoned and lieut. Lee until he was
fotced to shoot him in seif-defense. The
negro .a dead.
A Colored Woman Turned White.
New York, Dec. 18.—At Rock street,
near Summit avenue, Jersov City, liver
a woman who is now white, hut was
formerly black. Her name is Julia C isco >
end she is about fifty-two years old. It
was said that she is a negress, and a re
porter called on her to get an explana
tion of the anomaly.
Mrs. Cisco said that until recently pen-
pie had always thought her a negress le
cause she was so dark, but that she was
the daughter of a Hooiac Indian and a
Black Hawk squaw, lu i860, wnen sin
lived in Mulberry street. New Y'oric, s!ie
one day noticed a large white sj ot oil
her neck. It remained and tho wore
cloth arpund her neck to hide it. She
was treated for it by Dr. Morton, of
Grand and Elm streets.
The white spot went away, but soon
afterward a number of -them came. She
was washing for foreign sailors, and she
feared she had leprosy, but Dr. Morton
quieted her in this respect, in lb?l she
moved to Jersey City, where one day
Wlfat the Commission has Done.
London, Dec. 15.—[Special.]—The Par-
aoll-Timcs commission adjourned to-day
for one month. The general verdict on
the testimony so far presented is ihat the
portion of it that is reliable is unimport
ant ar.d that the portion intended to con
nect the league with the agrarian out
rages is not trustworthy because it was
given by witnesses in the pay of the
Times, by self-confessed criin'n .Is, by
prejudiced land agents ami politicians,
or by men who had lieeu driven in dis
grace from the organization.
No evidence, up to tiie present, haa
been adduced to snow that Parnell
countenanced the outrages, but on iho
contrary, several witnesses have testified
that he'condemned them and denounced
the per; etrutors of them to violently
that at one time his life, was in a* much
jeopardy a» Hue'.a hot Foster’s.
It is how generally believed that the
Times will not undertake to prove that
the letter* which Parnell, in and out of
parliament, h s pronounced forgeries,
are uenuino. There are not a few who
incline to the opinion that tho wholo
case might be abandoned, and that
the commission may not reconvene.
iSucli a fiasco, however, is not genera lv
regarded as probable, although it is w. 11
known that both sides are weary of the
heavy e: pense which tho investigation
has entailed, but public opinion would
feel outraged at an abandonment of t he
case, or even at a compromise, heuoe it
is expected that many months will
eiapbe btfnre tiie end is reached and tho
investigation completed. Parnell and
the Times are satisfied with the case a*
it now standi. The former claim? that
it Isas been shown that na and his col
leagues exercised every resource at their
command to enforce obedience to the
law, while the latter asserts it has al
ready practically convicted the league of
liaving hecn a lawless mob, whose chief
she spilled some hot fat on the skin of | to terrorize those who failed to
her wrist and it became permanently ‘ impiKnUy execute its orders.
— i » j T hp ;n vr»srif?n.t;on nn* 11m
Creation of Cardinal* Postponed.
New Y’ork, Dec. 18.—The Catholic
News has published a dispaioh from
Rome slating that, contrary to expecta
tions, the pope has postponed the area
tion of new cardinal* until the March
consistory . ecau e of a disagreement
with f- ranee over the nominations. The
dispatches;) mentioned the recent con-
ctsiiuus made by the Vatican to Russia
with regard to episcopal appointments
ia that country and other matters, and
intimaie t that the benefits to the holy
see will come sooner or later in the res-
lo.a ion of the temporal {lower of tiie
pope.
white, and soon after that she burn; d
her other hand with an acid. It and her
arm became white as marb'e. and white
spots appeared on her neck and face.
These gradually increased in size until
she became absolutely white.
Dr. Pyle said he had attended the wo
man for fifteen year*, and that hlv*- is
Buffering from leucoderma or vitiligo,
which, he sa d. meant a loss of colorin '
matter in the skin. The on-e of Mrs.
Cisco is tho first he ever heard of. ex
cepting the case of a white woman in
Scotland, whose body became covered
with spots whiter than the skin.
Diphtheria at Sioux City.
Sioux City, Iowa, Deo. 18.—There i*
serious prevalence here of typhoid fevst
and diphtheria. There are scores oi
diphtheria cases, and the disease has
proved unusually fatal, deaths among
children being especially frequent, u
was hoped that a* soon as cola weather
sot in there would bo a diminution of
tho cases, but the red card* are as nu
merous as ever.
F11031 WASHINGTON.
It fs said that Lecturer Crawford haa
fdsigfied the Chairmanship of the repub
lican executive committee of McIntosh
county. The exectuive committee of the de-
Edward Williams and Mrs. Avis Davis mocratic party of the county met Tues-
cf Henry county were marri.d while d ?y * nd rec ^ ed and “ioptedthe report
, ,, _ , . of the committee appointed to investigate
sitting u a buggy at McDonough a day ! |h# of cuuin p g on the part of s lbo
cr two ago. | legislative nominees, Du Bignon, Gordon,
The mail that was dispatched from Clifton'and Reilly. They were all ex-
Darien on Wednesday, November Seth onerated. John Driscoll, who was
A Republican Caucoe—3Iatter* Before the
National Cengrcu.
7 Washington, Dec. 18. —[Special.]—
A caucus of republican senators was
held to discuss the question of adjourn
ment. At i}s conclusion Senator All tom
said:
“We have about determined to hold
the senate here through the holiday sea
son. We will agree to a resolution per
mitting the house to adjourn, and we
will remain in session. The question of
adjournment was the only one dis
cussed.”
When Mr. Merrill’s resolution for
evening sessions came before the eenate
to-day, Senator Vest said there would
not be any factious opposition to the
tariff bill, but he gave notice that the re
publican senators could not force the
senate to meet day and night, and could
not force the senate to remain in session
through the Christmas holidays.
1b tne house to-day, Mr. Springer said
he would call a meeting of the commit
tee on territor.e* to-morrow, to deter
mine upon the best time lor calling up
the South Dakota blit.
'The house then took up the legislative
appropriation biU.
Vice-President Smith.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 18.—It fe stated
oa good authority that Orland Smith
will continue the vice-presidency of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
in nf earn, tv of cetton from iiheir compress at the j w vryewieb-&rtL ■ charged with catting Gordon and Reilly,
;\,V£ Hawimwiteetetei:—•|5S3*2.' ,mi|p,rro " ,fa
DRESS PARADE.
Nearly all the students have received
their uniforms, and the campus presented
a military appearance yesterday. In
the afternoon Capt. Snellings -called a
dress parade, end inspected the differ
ent squads. The boys have not com
menced handling guns yet, but are wait
ing for their new breech loaders.
Magnificient line of Christmas cards at
New York cost, at Haselton & Dozier’s
music store. 14*
Wrecked by 0)ilum,
Looansiort, lad., Dec. 18.—For some
tirna past the Cumberland Presbyterian
ehurch e<. ugregation and ©‘Ivr friends ot
Rev. Baxter Barbee, minister of that
church, have been much aggrieved and
alarmed concerning the unfortunate
mental condition of the reverend gentle
man. Ha has a desire to wander, and it
ha* required much exertion upon the
E art of hi* wife and friend* to prevent
ten gratifying his wishes in this reared.
Some mouth* ago Rev. Barbee had men
severely ailing with chronic diarrhoea,
and went south in hope of recovery.
Southern physicians recommended for
his condition small doses of opium as a
sure remedy for the exhaustive com
plaint. This the Rev. Burbee did. The
Habit of opium eating soon got po: session
of hi* appetite. The desire increared
with every amount taken, and the size
of the doses was enlarged until its use
began to affect the brain. Rev. Barb.-e
is al~o an inveterate smoker, and the
combined effect of opium and tobacco
wrought a dreadful destruction with i lie
mental faculty. He continued growing
worse, until he was soon di. covered in a
lamentable plight. Rev. Barbee is Z5
years of age, and has a wife and one
child. He came to Logan-port from
Tennessee, and is talented ana brilliant.
Two Cocoannt Ships Overdue.
New York, Dec. 18.—There is reason
to fear that two vessels consigned to
Leopold Schepp, cocoanut dealer and
manufacturer at Hudson and Duane
streets, are lost. One of them is the
fchooner'Frederick E. Schepp, from San
Bias and the Mosquito coast. She is
several days over due, and it is believed
that she was near the coast during the
high winds of Tuesday. The other is
the brig Nile, from the same region, and
due about the same time. The Schepp
bad 600,00 ! ) cocoanut* on board, besides
a lot of ironwood and tonoi.se shells.
The shells are of considerable value, and
the cargo all told is worth about §'15,uUU.
The fact that a great many cocoanuts
have wa-lied Upon the southern Jersey
coast during the past two day* adds to
the anxiety concerning the vessels. The
brig carried a small cargo. There were
at least twenty men in the two crews.
Btemarefc’s Residence Burned.
Berlin, Dec. 17.—[Special.]—“Gast-
wirthschaft,” the country residence of
Fjince Bismarck, took fire yesterday
and was totally destroyed. Tiie furni
ture, pictures, books arid valuable docu
ments were saved.
The Canadian Banka.
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 17. —Radica.
changes, in the federal banking system
will be adopted in 1890. The principal
charge will be the adoption of an enact
ment authorizing the government tc
practically control the issm? of legal ten
der and correspon 'inglv ras.ricting tiie
issue of notes by the various chartered
conks. The change, if ca;ried out. wiil
be borrowed fi oin tire American banking
system,
The investigation lias done one thing
which, it is feared, will remit disastrous
ly to tlio Irish movement, and that is
that it has widened the breech between
l-’amell and Da-, itt. Tiie relation* of
Parnell anil Paviit have been strained
for years, but now they are totally rup
tured. 'Ihe remaik of Parnell, "a* re
lated in the witness boxbv Capt. O'Shea,
that he reluctantly signed the manifesto
denouncing the Ph xnix park assassins
on account of its phraseology, which he
alleged contained too much evidence of
Daviit's vanity. This was too much for
the founder of the land league to bear.
It lias keen noticed since then that al
though he and Parnell sit in court to
gether day after day they bane not ex
changed a word. It would not surprise
those who know Davitt intimately to
; nd him at an early day leading a revolt
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