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..u OF THE CITY, L XXII HRECTORY. . Carmichael. . < Beauchamp, , \Y. Crawlord. ufvtyoi — B. J. Jinka, Treasurer —T. L. Williams. Tax Collector —T. j. Cole. Tax Keeeiver--C. R. Carter. Coroner —Simon Hardy. C lerk Superior Court—Joe Jolly ; court 3rd Mondays in February anu August. Roau Commissioners—6ls G. M., J. L, Barkley, H. G. Asbury, T. O. Woouvrard ; OIH G. M , J, M. Ball, J, !-,. ilale, .J. \V Fietctier; 601) G. M., J. VV. Minlei, J. L, Bye, S. K. SluiHi; 014 G. M , J. W. lioloway, J. il. Cole, J. Van \Vright; 552 G, M., D. B, Moore. K. M. Harper, F. M. Maddox; 012 G. M. f W. O. Crawley, Cornelius McCluare, T. 11. .Nolan; 610 G, M., T # P. Bell, K. M. Fietouer, J. G. Coidweli; 616 C. M., J. H. Maddox, J. J. \Vilon, J. C. Barnes. Board ot Education-*W. M. Mal let, A. G Hitchens, J. T. Goodman, l), JN. Carmichael, J. M. McMichael. E. E. Pound C, 8. C. Ollice in court house. Jury Commissioners—H. N. By ars, 4. L. Williams, W. B. Dozier, Ij. J. Bail, T. P. Ball, Alex Atki nson. Justices Court-615 Dist., R. A, Woodward, J. P.; J. G, Kimbeli. M. P. 613 Diet. H. L. Brown, J, P.; H. C. ilirtXLun, IN. P, GOD Disi., VV. A. Waldrup, J. P,; Bleye Moo e, N. P. 552 Diet, tames Jolly, J, P.; J M. Maudox ln. P. 012 Dist., .Howard Ham, J. P.; F. Z. Cui ry , is. P. OUJ Dist, T. J. Collins, J. P.; T. P. Lull, IN. P. 010 Dist., O. B. K turtles, J, P.; J Barnet, N. P. 0:1 in t., A 11. Ogleiree, J. P.; C , ;■>. DuuglalN. P. c. L Y : rut me IN) BY. May or i . E. Pound. t ~u '. J c<! no, 1. VV. Car- I . ; y, 0. M. Em low. eiiURuUKs i lot I- v. i. .Ut il, pastor, h -i'*> ivt . . t.<iaj. at 1L a.iM., 7 p . 10 ycr nit' iug . ury VVoilnes- II .light. i t -K v. b \V. Gardner, pas -1 ..no \ . Bunday at It a. i . i p.i.i. i iver meeting every i : v. Mr* Phatr, pas t o.\ y 3rd feuuday at 1 . 7 p.m., and every Ist : \ \y in 7 y.ivi. i I’CKKT SOCIETIES. F. & A. Al. —Chapter meets 2nd and 4th Monday nights. Blue Lodge, Ist and 3rd Monday nights. Bedmcn— 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights in each month. PIUimsIOKAL CARDS. M. V. McKIBBEN, Attorney at Law, JACKSON, GEORGIA. M. M. MILLS, attorney atlaw. Office iu court house, Jackson, Georgia. W. W. Anderson . Frank Z. Curry. ANDERSON & CURRY, ATTORNEY'S AT LAW. Negotiates loans on real estate. Office up stairs over the Yellow store, Jaekson, Georgia. Dr.T.K.Tharpe, DENTIST, FLO VILLA, - - GEORGI. 4. Crown and bridge work and all the latest methods of dentistry. Teeth ex tracted without pain. Prices moderate. Satisfaction guaranteed. Dr. 0. H. Cantrell DENTIST, . jackson, Georgia. LEVEI AND HOUSE. .-Ai .HOC, - - - - 0-4- ,* oi.-'- ’ • el let ween Atlan ta ,1 Mm con. and 00 per day. : nc& Prop. and. 14-l_‘m STOP AT THE J orrison House. £ 11 YTIIIXG xe w ./. 1-in LSI-CLASS. CinvesienUy Located. Free Sack to Depot, C. R. Gresham, Propriety t. “DEMPSEY HOUSE. SOUTHEAST CORNER PUBLIC SQUARE, JACKSON, GA. Strictly first-class in all respects. Give it a trial when yon come to Jack son. Terms moderate. Satisfaction guaranteed. - nits. A. M.IESTEB,Prop. dec!4-3m gggggggggggg OALYONEMASKNOWS And He Will Soon Face Death on the Scaffold. THE CONVICT'S IMPORTANT SECRET. Sensational Development in the Trial of a Criminal In th. Utak Prison—Why KlTort. Were Made ln Hi. Be half, Without Friends. Salt Lake, April 19.—Enoch Davis lies in the Utah penitentiary awaiting the death sentence as an atonement for the murder of his wife. He is a poor man, without friends. His case was appealed to the supreme court of the United States, and the decision of the lower courts, ordering the infliction of the death penalty, was sustained. People of the Territory who are con versant with the facts connected with the cruel murder for which he was tried are anxious to know why he is not executed, and are equally con cerned about the cause for so much as sistance having been rendered in at tempts to secure an acquittal by prom inent men. It now comes to light that this is the only known living person who owns the secret to a great gold treasure hid den in the dark canyons of the Wah satcb mountains. The gold fields are supposed to be the richest in the great west. They are situated in an almost gorge, about sixty-five miles east of Salt Lake City, on the Uintah Indian reservation. The Indians will not per mit prospectors to pass within five miles of the alleged treasure vaults. The American Asphalt company, com posed of Denver and New York capi talists, almost succeeded last spring in securing a lease upon these lands for the ostensible purpose of working the deposits of a nhaltum. Some inter ested pa.-' thought the company in tended to seek for gold, and. through the e • r ' , legate Rawlins, pre vented t u> being granted. Several m men of Salt Lake ( ity are very mu ited over the s' ry. A man in Sa : a county has the ly diagram m. Davis descripth s of the country, h e prisoner has offered to go in shea i:h and chains to the old sluices worked by old man Rhodes years ago Ihe is assured protection and his life is spared. The old timers of Utah have looked longingly at those canyons for my years in the liopo that some day they might be permitted to inspect the supposed rich pockets of go\d. THE 10 PER CENT BANK TAX. Mr. Swanson, of Virginia, Has Foiled th# Democrats of the House. Washington, April 19.—Mr. Swan son, of Virginia, who has been making a poll of the democrats of the house relative to a bill repealing the 10 per cent bank tax, says that 121 democrats favor unconditional repeal, 37 express themselves for repeal with safe restric tions; 31 are opposed to any measure, believing only in the extension of a na tional banking system, while of the re maining democrats, some have no opin ion upon the subject and the rest are absent from the city. Mr. Swanson finds, however, that only about ten democrats who favor unconditional repeal will refuse to vote for a compromise measure based on the lines suggested by him in these dis patches. PHOSPHATE FIND IN TENNESSEE. Long Knowledge of the Deposit and Ignor ance of the Value. Chattanooga, April 19. —A tremend ous phosphate deposit has been discov ered in Bradley county, Tenn., about twenty miles above Chattanooga. The vein so far as known is sixteen feet wide and about nine miles long, the depth not having been ascertained. The owners of the property have known of this deposit ever since the war, but until a week ago, never knew what the strange substance was. They have re peatedly tried to burn it for coal. There is considerable excitement over the discovery. WERE PROMPTLY ACQUITTED. Texas Official* Charged With Misappro priation Come Clear. San Antonio, Tex., April 19. —Peter Jonasi. Sr., Joe Dwyer, William Boener and Frank Umcheid, county commis sioners, have entered suit in the dis trict court for §50,000 damages each against Henry Pauly and others. These suits grew out of indictments of the four commis'ior, ws on the charge of Imi .pi ’ public funds in con nection wi: . construction of Lie new county " house. The plaii ' Ts. were tried or -he indictments aid promptly ac aL Spanish l .s Befor* the Pope. Rome, April J h— The pope received and addressed r. large body of Spanish pilgrims in .■■ eLr's yesterday. Car dinal Benito ,azy Fores, archbishop of Seville, presented the pilgrims to his holiness. In his address the cardinal referred to the strong feeling of attach ment which Spain had always enter tained toward the papacy. Electric Railway Fraehiie Sold. Nashvh.ee, Tenu., April 19.— The United Electric Railway franchise waa sold under a decree of the United States circuit court yesterday to Nat Baxter, Jr., representing the bond holders, for >138,500. The sale is sub ject to $1,516,000 underlying bonds. The company Operates forty miles of railroad in this city. __ Nominated by the President. Washington, April 19.—The presi dent yesterday nominated to be post masters: Georgia—Charles R Pendle ton Valdosta. Tennessee—lsaac B. Williams Paris. Also Commodore Jo seph Skerrett to be rear admiral. Cap tain Jos. N. Miller, to be commodore. JACKSON. GA. THURSDAY APRIL 19, 1894. FAILURE OF MARK TWAIN’S FIRM. Charles L. Webster & Cos.. Publishers, Are Hr.ven to tbe Wall. Nf:w York, April T 9 assign ment of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and his partner, Frederick J. Hall, who compose the firm of Charles L. Webster <fc Cos., hook publishers at 07 Fifth avenue, was tiled in the county clerk's office yesterday just at the close of business. The assignee is Bain bridge Colby, of 40 Wall street, with Stern & Rushmore, attorneys. The assignment was without preference, and the deed was signed by Mr. Clem ens in this city. Bradstreets reports that the business under the firm name of Charles L. Webster & Cos. was started on May 1, 1884, by Charles Webster and his wife’s uncle, Samuel L. Clemens. The firm started in to publish the works of Mark Twain, but afterwards added the works of other authors, principally subscription books. They also handled miscellaneous books. The financial strength of the firm was centered in Mr. Clemens, who was supposed to be worth several hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Webster with drew from the firm in 1888 and died on April 26th, 1891. Frederick J. Hall succeeded Mr. Webster in the firm upon the latter’s withdrawal in 1888, and has since continued as the active manager of the firm’s business. Besides Mark Twain’s works, the firm published memories of General Grant, the life of Pope Leo and other books. In 1891 the firm began the pub lication of the “Liberty of American Literature,” in which it was under stood they put SIOO,OOO and which tied up a part of their capital. They continued to have a subscrip tion branch, but were making trade books the feature of the business. Their certain resources in the business amount to $150,000 to $-?00,000 above any debts. Mr. Clemens is worth from $300,000 to $400,000 outside of his in vestment in the firm. TREATED TO A SURPRISE. Representative Meyer Pre-cuts a Bill to Bland's Committee. ■Washington, April in. Mr. Bland’s coinage committee met yesterday for the first time since the silver seignior age struggle, and were treated to a genuine surprise. Representative Meyer. < f Louisiana, was present to urge his Li ii for coining the seigniorage and L r low interest bonds, and in doing so he stated au thoritatively that the in ensure had the approval, and was uggested by, Secretary Carlisle, and in the judgment of the secretary would he signed by the president. To this extent the bill was regarded as an administrative one and as satisfactorily overcoming 'the objec tions of Mr. Cleveland’s veto of the Bland bill. The members of the committee came together after many weeks, no meet ings being called after the Bland seign iorage bill was reported to the house. There was a large attendance at this meeting, however, Bland being in the chair. The measure was discussed, but no conclusion was reached. Secretary Carlisle was shown the statement made in the coinage committee. He declined to discuss the merits of the Meyer bilL It is learned, however, that the bill, as originally prepared, was presented to Mr. Carlisle, who, at Myers’ request, dictated a revision of it, the presump tion being that, as revised, it met with his approval. It is not believed, how ever, that the matter has been brought to the attention of the president, and whether he would approve it if pre sented to him, is problematical. I TO MEET IN ATLANTA. Southern Passenger Agents Will Convene Again on May Ist. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 19. —The meeting of the Southern Passenger Agents’ association, which has been in session for two days at Lookout moun tain, has adjourned to meet in Atlanta, May Ist. The matter of stop-over priv ileges on summer tourists’ tickets was deferred until the next meeting. It was decided to place summer tourist tickets on sale for the various resorts as last year. Tickets to resorts on the coast will be placed on sale May 15th as usual, but tickets for mountain and interior resorts will not be on sale until June Ist. Two Indian* Killed by Another. ' Mount Vernon, Ala,, April 19.—Yes terday afternoon an Apache Indian prisoner of war, named Belle, and Nahtorabghun, a member of the In dian company stationed at Mount Ver non barracks, wer shot and mortally wounded by Hugh Seeltol, also a mem ber of the Indian company. After shooting Bell and Xahtbrahghun Seel tol shot and instantly killed himself. The cause of the shooting was jealousy. The Grain Men Adjourn. Wichita, Kas., April 19. —The na tional grain convention, which has been in session here during the past two days, adjourned yesterday, to meet again at New Orleans the second Tuesday in June. The annual meeting will be held at Mobile, A ... ;ext April, (Strong resolutions were passed, throw ing off the yoke of the east and advo cating the closest commercial relations between the west and south. Democratic Convention n Tennessee, g Nashville, April 10. —"J he demo cratic convention to nominate five can didates for judges of the supreme court met here yesterday. Hon. Luke Wight, of Memphis, was chosen permanent chairman. The convention is attended by about t.OOO delegates. Hnng Himself and Children, Parkersburg, W. Va., April 19.—At Yellow Creek, Calhoun county, this state, Mrs. Lloyd Radsbaugh found her husband and two children hanging to a rafter in a barn. The children were strangled before being hung. Whisky Dealers Assign. Louisville, April 19.—W. H. Thomas k Son, well known whisky dealers and distillers, have made an assignment to the Louisville trust. Liabilities be tween $500,000 and $600,000. ANOTHER LABOR RIOT Trouble Between the Detroit Wa ter Board and Polish Laborers. CULMINATES IN WAR TO DEATH. The I.nborprK Spent a Restlens Night, Cau cusing and Planning as to Further Developments—More Trouble is Hourly Expected. Detroit, Mich., April 19. —The Polish laborers spent an excited night and held various meetings looking to some steps as to yesterday’s trouble. This trouble had been brewing between the water board and the Polish laborers en gaged to lay the pipe extensions east of the waterworks, near Connor's creek, four miles east of the cit3% over the question of wages for some days. These men were quarrelsome, and re fused to go to work themselves or allow anyone else to do so, but no serious outbreak occurred. Yesterday, however, an angry look ing mob began to gather, and later there were more than 500 men, carry ing pick-axes and spades, patroling the road. Four policemen were sworn in as deputy sheriffs and a force of thir teen men were put to w ork. The strikers threatened to kill the finst man who dared to attempt to do am’ work, and wnen one of the men, more daring than his fellow workmen, jumped into the ditch, he was savagelj’ assaulted. The handful of deputies were overpowered and the strikers were left in possession for the time being. The mob further armed itself with clubs and cudgels. Sheriff Collins was telephoned for and hurried to the scene, taking with him half a dozen deputies. After a eonfei-ence with the water board it was decided to abandon the work for the day, and then the clash came. When Engineer Williams attempted to withdraw liis men peace full y the strikers became furious and made an onslaught on one of the men. Sheriff Collins ordered the mob to disperse, threatening to shoot if the order was not obeyed. The mob ap peared maddened, however, and con tinued the attack. Then the sheriff ordered his posse to fire. He suited ac tion to the words, and tired three shots from his own revolver in rapid succession. This was the signal for a yo lev from the deputies, who emptied their revolvers at the,advancing mob. Two strikers were shot dead and at least fifteen others are more or less dangerously wounded. This had a de moralizing effect on the mob, and it fell back. Foreman Cathey then jumped into the excavation and began taking up the pump. One of the strikers yelled: “Are we going to stand this? Let us all strike together.” At this speech there was a forward rush of the strikers, who held their shovels and picks aloft. Cathey was struck a blow on the head, which knocked him to the bottom of the exca vation. Sheriff Collins waved his arms wildly and fairly shrieked to the mob to stand back, but his efforts were wasted. No attention being paid to what he said, instead of retreating, he drew his revolver and aimed it point blank at the crowd. He fired three shots as rapidly as he could pull the trigger. Then a long-handled shovel upraised behind him, descended swiftly, and a corner of it pierced his skull. He was struck again and again, and was probably fatally injured. Foreman Cathey is also fatally injured. One member of the waterworks po lice was seriously cut. The two strik ers killed and all the wounded are Poles. The trouble is not yet over. In the afternoon and evening deputy sheriffs scoured the Polish quarter for the rioters, and fifty of the lawbreakers were gathered in. The corridors of the jail were filled with them. About 6 o’clock a group of Polanders gath ered about the jail and made ugly dem onstrations. One of them was shot in the leg by a deputy sheriff and was carted off to a hospital. The crowd about the jail, mostly spectators, con tinued until midnight. The Polish quarter is all excitement. A meeting was arranged in a Polish hall, from which it was declared the Polanders would march to the jail and wreck it, but the police were watchful and the meeting did nor materialize. Poisoned Her Relatives. Antwerp, April 13. —Madame Marie Therese Joniaux, wife of M. Henry Joniaux. chief state engineer of roads and bridges in the province of Ant werp. has been arrested by the police on a charge of having poisoned several of her relatives in order to obtain the amount of insurance on their lives. As Madame Joniax occupied a promi nent position in society at Antwerp and in other social centres of the king dom, her arrest has created a profound sensation. The succession of sudden deaths at Madame Joniaux's residence of persons whose lives were insured for her benefit aroused the suspicions of the police, and their investigations have developed overwhelming proof of her guilt. Electric Plant Burned. , Sacramento, Cal., April 19. —The en tire electric plant of the Capital Gas company, which holds contracts for lighting the city and running street cars, burned yesterday. Twenty-four dynamos were burned and a half dozen of the most powerful engines on the coa6t were practically destroyed. The plant was one of the largest on the coast. Loss. S3OO,(KiO. IMMIGRATION TO THE SOUTH. Prominent Railroad Men to Confer With Governor Nortben, of Georgia. Atlanta, April 19. —On Friday morn ing a number of the most prominent railway officials in the south will gather in Governor Xorthen's office for the purpose of consolidating upon a plan to induce immigration into the south. Exactly what the character of the meeting will be, especially since Gov ernor Nortben will be present and will take an active part, is not known. It is stated from good authority that the governor has an original plan to sug gest which will bring about the hap piest results along the lines of the pur : poses of the meeting. It is also pretty certain that all the | leading Georgia railroads will combine ; and possibly appoint a man in charge j of a railway immigration bureau,which - shall be headquarters for information |of travelers and prospectors in this di- I rection, and which further shall be the repository of the funds furnished by j the various railroads, j The action of various roads in other I parts of the south than Georgia in get i ting together, and making earnest ef i forts to call the attention of the north western, Norwegian and German pop ulations to the south and her advan- I tages of soil, climate and situation, has spurred the Georgia roads to make similar efforts. CRIMINALS IN CAMP. Coxey’s Advance Agent and Unknown Smith Collect Money and Skip. Hancock, Md., April 19. There was a lively time after the commonweal | reached Hancock. It was found that I Pizarro Smith and “Cheek” Childs, formerly the advance agent of the com : monweal, had reached Hancock to ! gether, and representing themselves as 1 authorized agents of Coxey, had raised j a considerable sum of money, how' much -could not be learned, and de camped for Williamsport, the next town on the route. Browne and Coxey at once issued a manifesto to Charles Hubbert, sheriff, | and the public, denouncing the recent i commonwealers as imposters, and asking their arrest should they be ! found. Childs, the advance agent, was a young man of better appearance than the average of the army, who had rep resented the commonweal since the start from Massillon, and consequently had credentials from Coxey on which the money was raised, lie is said to be ■ a nephew of H. C. Friek, of Homestead, and has a bad record. WILMINGTON PAYS A TRIBUTE. ' nthusiasltc Memorial Meeting Over the ■* Death of Senator Vance. Wilmington, N. C., April 19.—Wil mington responded grandly to the call on her people to assemble and do honor to the memory of the late Senator Z. B. Vance. A full hour before the time fixed for the meeting- the people were gathering- in and around the opera house, and by 3 p. m. the building was filled to its utmost capacity with men, women and children. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Fishblate, and opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. P. H. Hoge. Dr. T. S. Kingsbury presided, and short addresses were delivered by ex- Congressman R. T. Bennett, A. M. Waddell, C. W. McClammy, Colonel T. G. Burr and T. B. Kingsbury. Vance's Escort Remained Over. Asheville, April 19.—The funeral train which brought the remains of the late Senator Vance here did not leave yesterday, but remained over till today, to give the escort a day of rest in the mountains of North Carolina. NO STRIKING FEATURES. Small Cotton Market, With Disappointing News to the Bulls From the South. New York, April 19.—The Sun’s cot ton report says: It was a small market, with no striking features. The early news was disappointing to the bulls, both from Liverpool and from the south. There was no sharp fall in the temperature in Texas reported, although it had been predicted that there would be a drop of 30 degress. Another depressing fac tor was the large crop movement. Prices declined slightly. An advance followed on some local buying and the covering of shorts. Later in the day there was some disposition to realize, and prices dropped slightly below the final figures of Tuesday. Southwest ern planting in some sections is several weeks late. GALLOWAY FOR GOVERNOR. Oregon Democrats, In Convention, Endorse the Administration of Cleveland. Astoria, Ore., April 19.—The demo cratic state convention met here yes terday. The fight was over the chair manship, the silver and anti-silver fac tions being the contending parties. Before a vote was taken, however, two or three candidates withdrew, leaving the field clear for Weatherford, a free silver man. The platform, as finally adopted, endorses the administration of President Cleveland, favors an in come tax,'declares for bimetalism with out specifying free coinage, and up holds the course of the party in con gress i-s to tariff reform. Judge Wm, G. Galloway, president of the state board of agriculture, was nominated for'g'overnor. ACCIDENT ON THE TRACK. One of the Horse# Killed While Racing With Prince, the Wheelman. Charleston. April 19.—The twenty mile race between John S. Prince, champion bicycle rider, and two racers at the baseball park in this city yester day afternoon was terminated by an accident to one of the horses. Bloomfield, a well-known local race horse, stumbled on the track and broke his leg in the fourteenth mile. Morris, his jockey, was thrown and had his head cut The horse had to be shot The horses were over a mile in the lead of Prince when he finished his thirteenth mile. After the accident Prince finished the twenty miles, making the distance in one hour and thirteen seconds. WASHINGTON COSSIP. Matters in Consideration Before Both Branches of Congress. REPORT OS THE DEFICIENCY BILL. The Tariff Debate Continues in the Semite, Mills to Speak Tuesday Next—Move ments of Members—Wash ington City in Brief. Washington, April 19. —Attention was called to inaccuracies in the house journal of Tuesday, but action was postponed. Resolutions were agreed to providing for the printing of various reports and laws, and the house went into commit tee of the whole on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. In the Senate. The tariff bill was taken up at 1 o’clock, and Mr. Morrill addressed the senate. At the close of Mr. Morrill's speech, Mr. Mills gave notice that he would ad dress the senate on the tariff bill next Tuesday. Mr. Turpie then took the floor and spoke in favor of the bill. Agreement on the Urgent Deficiency Bill. The conferees of the two houses on the urgent deficiency bill met yester day and came to an agreement on prac tically all the items in the hill. The senate added $700,000 to this bill, but as all the items are in the na Dire of court expenses, and absolutely neces sary, the house eoi.ferees will agree to them. Expected Retnrn of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson, chairman of the house ways and means committee, is ex pected in Washington in about ten days. He is the guest of Governor Hogg, of Texas, this week. After leaving the executive mansion he will start north, making the journey by easy stages and arriving in Washing ton about the 28th or 30th. Senator Morgan in Alabama. Senator Morgan left for his home in Alabama yesterday, where he went for the purpose of delivering an address on the Nicaragua canal before the com mercial convention to be held at Bir mingham on the 21th inst. He will also deliver several political speeches in the state while there, and expects to return to Washington by the 3d of May. Invitation to General Gordon. Senator Gordon was called on by a committee of prominent Philadelphians and asked to respond to the toast of “U. S. Grant,” on the 27th. He was forced to decline on account of the Confederate reunion in Birmingham, Ala. Washington in Brief. Senator Palmer, of Illinois, will speak on the tariff question early next week. J. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, en tered the house yesterday and was warmly greeted by his old friends on the floor. The senate has confirmed the nomi nation of the following Virginia post masters: Robert G. Howerton, at West Point; Fannie S. Williams, at Lex ington. The total loss of the Kearsage leaves the Hartford, Admiral Farragut’s flag ship, the only vessel in the navy, aside from the frigate Constitution, around which historic memories cluster. The committee recommended liberal appro priations for her preservation. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. J. C. Anderson, of Knoxville, Tenn., Shot, and His Barns Burned. Washington, April 19.—A special from Knoxville, Tenn., says: An at tempt was made Tuesday night to as sassinate J. C. Anderson while he was lying in bed at his home near Rockford. Two shots were fired by someone, who entered the house through the dining room window. One of the bul lets took effect in Anderson's hip. The assassin followed up his attempt at murder by setting fire to the two large barns on the Anderson plantation, both of which were entirely.consumed, together with five mules, two horses, eleven cattle, forty loads of hay and six hundred sacks of corn. Yesterday a young man named T. J. Shoemaker was captured near Marys ville. Circumstantial evidence is very strong against him, although he denies his guilt. Shoemaker was recently in the employ of Anderson, but had been dischai-ged. BRECKINRIDGE WILL SPEAK. The Lexington Opera House Engaged for the Opening Speech. Lexington, Ivy., April 19.—A letter was received yesterday from Colonel Breckinridge by one of his friends here asking the latter to engage the opera house, saying he would be in this city at noon May sth and would deliver his opening speech here. The entries to the congressional race are now no doubt all in, and Breckinridge, Owens and Settle will be the starters. Breck inridges’ friends are coming to his aid with cards in the papers. One of the morning papers here contained six cards for him and none against him. WHISKY DID IT. Former Man of Met ’ Reaches the Work house at Last. Louisville, Ky., April 19.—William Harding, who formerly was one of the best known hackmen in the city, was found lying across the sidewalk at Tenth and Jefferson streets, too drunk to talk or walk. He was at one time worth $25,000,but has squandered all of his money. When he. was fined $5 in the city court the fine might as well have been SSOO so far as his ability to pay it is concerned,and be was sent to the workhouse. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TOE 001)011, NcWS BRIEFLY STATED. Happenings Gathered from all Tarts ®f the Country by Wire. A branch of the Harvard observatory will be built at Flagstaff, Ariz. The coming international tourna ment of strong men will probably be held at St. Louis, Mo. Bloomington. 111., elected an inde pendent republican mayor, by a plu rality of 124 votes. Edward Morrell, who assisted Chris Evans to escape, was at Frenso, Cal., sentenced to life imprisonment. The boycott of the Miners’ union, and Knights of Labor on the merchants of Deadwood, S. D., is declared off. The will of Dr. C. L. Ford, professor of anatomy in the university of Michi gan, leaves $30,000 to the general library and SIOO,OOO to charitable ob iects. Henry S. Carter, representatives of Jaffe and Pinkus, linen merchants of this city, dropped dead of heart disease at the Burnett house, Cincinnati, Ohio. FOREIGN NEWS IN BRIEF. Two German women in the Lebel cartridge factory, at Belfort, France, have been arrested as spies. Queen Victoria arrived at Munich Wednesday by special train, and pro ceeded for Coburg. At the Epsom spring meeting Wed nesday the Westminster plate was won by Attar. Sauteur second, and CardrOss third. The British steamer Tvnehead, from Bremen, put into Deal Wednesday t > laud eighteen German stowaways. The lower house of the Hungarian diet voted Wednesday to accept the civil marriage bill without further discus sion. Sir Charles Russell, attorney general of Great Britain, has accepted the po sition of lord justice of appeal in the place, of Lord Bowen, who died on April 9. The opinion is general that the bill to readmit the Jesuits into Germany, which passed the Reichstag Tuesday, will be rejected by the bundesrath. The Paris Gaulois says the Baron de Rotschild has won the first prize of 100,000 franc- in the Marseilles munici pal lottery. The sum will be given to charities. Rev. Morris Addison, rector of the Episcopal church, Fitchburg, Mass., has taken a six months’ lease of Heath fern Lodge, Hampstead, England, in which Mr. Gladstone lived in 1892. ■ A stonemason and bricklayer named Julius Thiede was arrested in Shoene berg, a suburb of Bi rlin, Wednesday, believed to be the murderer of the young Sister of Mercy found dead near the Grunevvald colony. ROMANCE OF THREE PLANETS. Joint Jacob Astor'* i chut an an Author on Friday. New York, April 19. The scientific romance by John Jacob Astor, which bears the alluring title of "A Journey in Other Worlds; a Romance of the Fu ture,” and which is to be published on Friday by D. Appleton & Cos., is more than likely to score a distinct popular success and achieve widespread vogue both as an amusing and interesting story and a thoughtful endeavor to prophesy some of the triumphs which science is destined to win by the year 2000. It is distinctly a story of the Jules Verne class, and Mr. Astor has fol lowed his great French guide into the realm of imaginative scientific research with a boldness that has developed some vastly thrilling situations and re vealed some amazingly interesting features of life on the planets of Jupi ter and Saturn, which are the regions that he has chosen for his characters to explore. ACCIDENT CUTS NO FIGURE. In Spite of it, Ed Corrigan's Vassal Won the Peabody Handicap. Memphis, April 19.—Ed Corrigan’s Vassal won the Peabody hotel handi cap in spite of the accident he met with Monday, beating the favorite, Strathmeath, in a fighting finish. The sensational win of the day was Addie Buchanan in the second race. Dora Wood got off first and ran a quar ter m 22 t-2, leading her field ten lengths. Linseed was well up in the bunch, and came to the stretch on equal terms with the Buchanan filly. Dora Wood quit as soon as she straight ened out for home, and Addie Buch anan won easily, with L.'nsetd sacoudj The favorite, Dejure, could only get third money from Dora. NO ADJUSTMENT YET. The Alabama Miners’ Strike Still On—No New Developments. Birmingham, Ala., April 19.—The coal miners employed by the Tennes see Coal, Iron and Railroad company and the Sloss Iron and Steel company, who struck Saturday last on account of a reduction in price are still out, and there seems to be no prospset of an early adjustment of differences. Of the 7,500 free miners in the dis trict 3,000 have joined in the strike. No new men have yet taken the places of the strikers. Seddon refuses to talk, except to say that the mines of his company are open and the men may re-enter and work whenever they conclude to accept the price. PICKANINIES CREMATED. Three of Them Burned to Death In a Negro Cabin. Pineville, Ky., April 19.—The cabin of John Duncan, a negro living about five miles from this place, caught fire last night and burned down, cremating three small children. The children were left in the house alone and were too small to get away from the burning building. A Fireman Instantly Killed. St. Loins, April 19. —While at work on a small fire, at noon yesterday on the corner of Thomas and Dickson streets, a number of firemen came in contact with a live electric light wire. W. L. Gannon foreman of chemical No. 4, was instantly killed. Firemen Thomas Dolan, of No. 32, was fatally shocked, and Fireman Ben Shively seriously in* jured. _ NO 16