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The CarnesWlle Tribune.
VOL XVI.
LADY BUTTON-EYES.
When the busy day is douo
Amt my weary little one ,
Boeketh gently to ami fro ;
When the night-winds softly blow
And the crickets in the glen
Chirp and chirp and chirp again
When upon t he haunted-green
Fairies dan e around their queen •
Then from yonder misty shies
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.
Through the murk and mist and glv.ua
To our quiet, cosy home,
Where to singing, sweet aud low,
RoeltS a cradle to an t fro ;
Where the clock's dull mouotouo
Telletli of the day that's done .
Where the moonbeams hover o'er
Playthings sleeping on the floor —
Where m.v weary woe ono lies
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.
Cometh tike a fleeting ghost
From some distant eerie coast.;
Never footfall can you hour
As that spirit fareth near—
Never whisper, never word
From that shadow-queen is heard.
In ethereal raiment dight,
From (be realm of fay and sprite
In the depth of yonder skies
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.
Layeth she her hands upon
My dear weary little one.
And those white hands, overspread
Like n veil the curly head,
Seem to fondle and caress
Every little silken tress ;
Then she smooths the eyelids down
Over those two eyes of brown—
In sm-h soothing, tender wise
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.
Dearest, feel upon your brow
That caressing magic now :
l’or the crickets in tho glen
Chirp and chirp and chirp again,
While upon the haunted green
Fairies dance around their queen,
And moonbeams hover o'er
Playthings sleeping on the floor—
Hush, my sweet! from yonder skies
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes!
—Eugene Field, in Chicago Record.
TWO PIECES OF SILVER.
BY LEWIS H. EDDY
UERTEa los grin-
gOH
hi Black Rosa's
small. angular
i term shook with
y rage Her face
* g r o w blacker
m than its natural
J Sy possible. hue, if that Treui- were
1 hi bling in every
nerve, she glared
viciously, a n d
e shook bony linger a long, in
the faces of tlie
group of miners who, with jests and
jeers, had met her supplications for
charity.
“Get out of this!” one shouted,
“We hftve had enough of you. ”
She’s got plenty of money,” cried
another.
“Wears diamonds in the city,
sneered a third.
“Get out! No beggars allowed
they all shouted.
“Muerte a los gringos!’ repeated
the woman, with a shriek which would
have chilled the blood of men unused
to her vicious ways. The crowd pushed
and jostled her, and laughed at her
murderous denunciation
Manager France, of the Bull Do-
mingo, heard the disturbance between
the miners aud the miserable old wo-
man as he came up the gulch
“Here, my good woman,’ said he,
“here are two silver dollars. You had
better not stay around lien he
added, kindly, as she took the money
and called blessings upon bis generous
soul. “The men are not used to giving
alms, and they will only treat von nn-
kindly
“He’d a better be savin’ them two
dollars to help out the pay-roll of the
Bull Domingo remarked saloon
keeper, who had been keeping a slat
for nearly three months for the at
cominodation of workmen on that
property.
“It’s a woman ns always breaks a
sucker’s heart” urged a miner. And
then the crowd fell to discussing the
material affairs of a camp, and for a
time forgot the Mexican woman who
occasioi lally came up from Durango
on a begging expedition
Senura Rosalina Ortiz once enjoyed
ll happy home iu the City of Mexico,
her birthplace. She had all the op-
portunities of education, both in
Spanish aud English, and in her early
married life had traveled much. But
misfortune caiue to her in the death
of her husband and two of their three
children, after the loss of all the prop-
trty they possessed. They had for
several years made their home in the
United States, where Senor Ortiz had
died, leaving his widow penniless.
Poverty and sin were her undoing,
and when the Colorado mining fever
filled the mountains with fortune-
seekerK of high and low degree, Senora
Ortiz drifted to Durango. She had
sunk so low in vice and crime that
she was accounted well fitted for any-
thing from begging and petty thiev-
ing, even to the cutting of a throat.
She was married to a hardened char-
acter known as “Robber Dan,” an
American whose life both in and
of the penitentiary was a series of
misdeeds He had earned his title as
she had earned hers. They were well
mated in their criminal careers,
though the woman thus far had known
no more of prison life than is afforded
bv county jails had
The ill-treatment she received at
the hands and tongues of the miners
at Rico had burned into her soul like
a hot iron, though the wound was
largely healed by the solt words and
silver so kindly bestowed by John
France. But, since she was not likely
CAKNESVlLLfi, FRANKLIN (OftiA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1SJU.
ever to be able to carry out her threat
of death to all—save her own race—
and equally incapacitated to insure the
blessings which she had invoked,
neither her curses nor her prayers
were heeded However none who
knew her had any faith in Black Rosa’s
possession of good will toward anyone
of American or European blood,
Even Robber Dan’s male companions
in crime—who formed tho most no-
torious and daring band of robbers in
Southern Colorado—did not escape
the vindictive spirit of Black Rosa.
But tho woman was useful to them ;
and, when plentifully supplied with
drink, there was no crime too black
lor her wicked heart, nor scheme too
deep for her cunning brain. If she
possessed a single redeeming trait, no
one had been able to discover it.
Durango was ablaze with the glory
of frontier life—a glory which comes
but once in the lifetime of a new town,
But there was then little regard felt
for the future by the fortune-hunters
who swarmed the streets aud tilled up
tho hotels and held high revelry in
the saloons aud dance halls of that
new camp.
Honest men with capital, seeking to
double their investments in a fort-
night, stood on the same level of asso¬
ciation with tho horse thief aud the
road Rgent Mine prompters and
gamblers drank over the same liar.
The crack of . the stage-driver’s whip
was but the echo of the pistol shot.
John France stood leaning'with his
back against the end of the bar in the
saloon attached to the leading hotel of
the town His hands were thrust into
tlie side pockets of his sack coat, while
his face wore a puzzled look John
France’s handkerchief was missing
That was a mere incident, yet he eon
tinned to look puzzed.
“Goi ng back to the mine in the
morning asked the clerk of the
! hotel a minute later, as Frnnce ap-
preached the desk aud asked for writ-
mg material.
Yes, sure!”
“Stage leaves at 2 o’clock.”
“Well, call me a half-hour earlier,
1 and don't, for your head, let me miss
1 tUe I^t be at;tbe mine to-
j morrow hy nil means, white, By silk the handier- wav, 1
have lost a large,
! chief, with a black border. Look out
! for it
'A fexv minutes later, while France
! W as still busy writing, Sheriff Barney
approached him and presented a little
Mexican chap, in whose possession had
been found the silk handkerchief.
“Wliat shall 1 do with him?” asked
j the sheriff
“Lock him up,” answered the
manager of the Bull Domingo, sternly
j —“look rascal who him up to That few is the minutes little
: came me a
ago begging for monej I gave him
I two-bits, and he shows his gratitude
j by stealing my handkerchief.”
The attention of the loungers about
J the hotel office was attracted to these
loudly spoken words of John France ;
but they did not hear what he said in
ja hurried undertone to the sheriff, so
there was a murmur of indignation
j against the man who would seek the
punishment of a child for stealing
a silk handkerchief—and that after it
had been returned.
John France laughed and went to
his room, while the sheriff smiled, as
he always smiled in danger and out,
and led the boy away. The crowd
j looked puzzled,
j “He had my boy locked up, did
he !” shrieked Black Rosa when the
i details of this little episode were re-
1 lated to her. The face of the little
Mexican woman seemed ablaze
indignation. “He shall pay for this!”
“Benorn forgets the two silver
dollars!” taunted Robber Dan; “I
j thought the senora might feel sorry
j ihnt we hud planned to rob this flue
Americano But it’s all right now
| —is it, dearest?” he added mockingly
“Rob him ! Murder him ! veiled
Black Rosa, and she staggered from
her chair as if she would carry out
i ow n command, but fell on the floor iu
j a heap.
Dan and his pals lifted the woman
to a bed, aud the leader remarked
that she would sleep tilt morning
be neither help nor hindrance
had been known for twenty-four
that the money—some ten
dollars—for the Bull Domingo pay¬
roll had been received, but, until an¬
nounced by Manager France, it
not known when that gentleman
j would start for the mine.
At twelve o’clock that night four
j j men, heavily armed, rode out of Du¬
rango.
[ Two hours later the stage followed
1 them, with one occupant on the inside
1 and the driver alone on the front boot,
j It was a lonely ride. Bloomer, the
driver, might as well have been en-
tirely unaccompanied so far as the in¬
; side occupant of the coach was con-
cerned. But he was used to these
lonely rides, and when a passenger
preferred to be exclusive it simply ex-
; hibited to Bloomer the poor taste
the passenger. So lie talked to his
! horses, and sang to them, and passed
the lonely hours as comfortably as if
he had been surrounded by a half-
dozen passengers, aud soon forgot the
' fellow on the inside,
| Coming to a bend in the road, where
the ascent of the first steep mountain
is begun, Bloomer fell into areflective
mood, and remarked to the uigh-
i wheeler that the fellow on the inside
might possibly “rise to an apprecia-
| tion o’ the society of a stage-driver
and his hosses if the muzzle of a
double-barrel shotgun should happen
to appear at the window of the coach. ”
Of course Bloomer was not real’y
expecting such a surprise for his un¬
,
sociable passenger ; so when the shot-
gun appeared, with three others, and
accompanied by an order to “throw
, down them ribbons and throw up them
hands,” he was himself so completely
surprised that he obeyed without a
, word of protest.
j If he was surprised at this sudden
appenrhnee of road-ftgents, he win
really dumfouuded at what followed.
For five minutes there was a rattle of
teSKA" wound¬
two stage-robbers were fatally
ed and the other two surrendered to
Sheriff Barney—and the man of straw
on tho inside was literally shot to
jnoces Anil this is the way it all hiqi-
penetl, as Bloomer himself was fond of
telling it:
“You eee, they didn’t put me on.
Never seen a sheriff yet that thought a
stage-driver had nerve enough to play
his hand out in a game like that; an’
I don't know but a feller would git a
leetle bit rattled a-wonderiu’ hour he s
a-goin’ to come out at the end o’ the
game. It’s purty ticklish bizness to
be n-sittin’ on a stage through the
long, dark hours o’ the night n’ a-
guessiu’ whether yer goin ter drive
back or ride ’n a box. But the way it
all happened was like this :
“You see that kill wa t stole tho
hnndkorcher done that for a blind. His
ol’ woman she put him on. She writes
a note ter France V tells the kid ter
drap it in his pocket ’ll’ steal his hand-
kercher er anything else he could git
his hands on n’ then kinder loiter
’rotin’ so’s to git caught. Well, sir,
that o.l’ Black Rosa was a corker. She
gives the whole snap away in the note,
’n’ she tells France ter have the boy
put in jail, ’n’ that’d be a tip fer her
that he gets the note. Then she sets
up a howl n throws the gang ofl, an
havin’ bin drinkin considerable n,
feelin’ a leetle bit sheered that- her
play wouldn’t win, she was knocked
clean out—excited—’ll’ fainted on the
dead square.
“So France, w’en be gits the ol’ wo¬
man's note, he lie just quietly lets Barney
in, ’n' Barney tells him his system,
’n’ they plays it to win. W’en France
he goes up to his room, Barney he goes
’n’ gits his team V meets France at the
back-door, n’ they goes out ’n’ lays
for the gang ’3 only one place on
the road where a job o’ stage-robbiu
could be done ’n’ the robbers git away
an’ Burney he knows the place an
that's where they camps V waits for
the gang—an’ they gits ’em dead to
rig ' tht.s.
“That inside passenger's w’at knock¬
ed me cold. They puts the stage-
agent onto the play, ’n’ he fixes up a
straw man—w’at ye calls a dummy—
V he loads him into the stage so’s to
fool me V the road-agents both.
“I reckon Black Rosa didn’t know¬
how hear. she. was a-callin’ the turn
w'en she prescribed death for gringos.
She didn't git the ones she was after
iu the fust place, but 1 reckon the
death of her ol’ man ’it’ Pete Johnson
suited her notions better, w’en she
come to size up the job, fer they was
both gringos—one was American V
t’other a Swede.
“They say them Mexicans has al¬
ways got a grudge ag’in’ somebody,
but never remembers a, kindness ; but
the way that play was made, it looks
liked Black Rosa didn’t fergit John
France’s kind words to her w'en the
miners w as a joshin’ her.
“Yes; perraps the two silver dollars
did have somethin’ to do with it—sil¬
ver was a great power ' u Colorado u
them days. San Francisco Argonaut.
Swallowing a Fin.
I have often looked with alarm nt
the amateur and professional dress¬
maker, who invariably makes a pin¬
cushion of her mouth, regaidless of
possible consequences, anil in my ignor¬
ance I have wondered, “Now, if one
of those pins lodged in that dress¬
maker's throat, how should I attempt
to extricate it.”
To-day I am wiaei If there were a
brisk tire at hand, I should instantly
proceed to make a stiff little dumpling
of flour and water, bake it till it was
quite hard, and then give the unfor¬
tunate victim a piece about the size of
a small walnut to swallow.
The chances are that the point of
the pin would adhere to this, and loose
its tension of the flesh. Another thing
to do in the event of swallowing a pin
or tack is to make a stiff (ion Rice and
to swallow quite ft quantity.—The Gen¬
tlewoman.
Curious Anatomy ol the Snake,
Tho anatomy of the snake is po
culiar, and has much to do with its
peculiar motion. The ribs are loosely
articulated with the vertebras, and arc
movable. By bending the body in
lateral curves, which is the only mode
of motion, aud not the vertical bend¬
ing, ns many think, the scales, which
■ are attached to the ends of the ribs,.
are separated, aud, by their free
edges, take hold upon the ground.
When the body is straightened out,
the ends of the riba approach each
other, aud so force tho body forward,
then, by the bending of the other side,
this movement is repeated, and so the
snake glides along. The same move¬
ment of the ribs and scales forces the
animal through the water, hh it swims
with the head above the surface, and
with its body slightly submerged.—
New York Times.
Nome tjueer Lnll allies.
Such lines as these the Chinese
mother chants over her infant;
Snail, snail, come out and be fed,
Put out your horns and then your head,
And thy mamma will give thee mutton,
For Ibou art doubly dear to me.
The Arab tawny treasure seems to
be easiest sent into dreamland with the
following bucolic verse:
bleep, my baby, hale, sleep ;
bleep a slumber
hweetly rest till morning light,
JfyUttie farmer boy, so bright.
And the little Zulu goes to
Hush thee, my baby,
Thy mother s o er the mountains gone
There she will dig e little the garden pat"h
.And watershe'li fe tch from rivpj i
Xli* aucient Romans had a xuimbex
of lullabies. One began
LaJia, Ialla, I all a.
Aut doruu, aut la';ta.
HOWARD &TICTED.
He Is fttt (Hilly as CMriet n EMI
Ills Friends M ill Not Desert Him nud
Will Ask for a New Trial.
A Jackson, Tejin., special says:
“Rev.” George Frederick Bugerne
Howard, tho great, foreign claim
swindler, was found guilty ns charged
on tho eight indictments, and ho will
ilo time at tho United States prison,
at Columbus, O., unless the su-
promo court of the United States to
which he appeals. ) •verses tho decision
of the lower con-f Tho verdict of
tho jury lias said the defendant, under
bio various aliases, is guilly, aud tho
general public upholds it,' D’ho son-
fence, however, is a small one, com
pared with tho maguituilt uf liis crime
and the large territory over which he
operated. Thousands of deluded, il¬
literate people have been taken in by
Howard.
Tho case went to the jury at 8 o’clock
Tuesday night. They brought in a
verdict of guilty Wednesday morning
in all tho twenty-two counts set forth
in the indictment.
The result was not a surprise to the
public.. The defendant and his wife
received the news coolly, and it did
not seem to take them by surprise in
least
HOWARD'S REMARKABLE HISTORY.
No more remarkable case has come
tip in recent years to puzzle the de¬
tectives of two continents than that of
tho Rev. G. F. B. Howard, alias a half
dozen other names, whoso trial has just
closed at Jackson. Term.
Howard has lA'n known in this
country as a stre ofj^fei aBing Baptist minis
ter, president of^H^i uoniinationnl col
lege, editor preHiil^^Bi igious paper and
railroad t was sought in
the trial of follo^ffg his o show that while
nominally the peace-voca
lions stated ho really was engaged in a
systematic and elaborate scheme of
villainy cal requiring the arts of a practi¬
schemer and ti e adaptability of a
polished man of no world. The op¬
erations with which lie was charged
have been AmeriA, ourrie/ into 'thousands of
homes in while in England
leading statesmen »nd diplomats have
been used unwittingly to themselves,
but with great edict by the shrewd
manipulator; and during the fruitless
trial just cut,’ id w sacs whose names
are familiar in public nffsivs in both
countries have appeared to testify.
THE ENGLISH ESTATE I-’KAUD.
Several years ago thero began to ap¬
pear iu all parts of this country post-
ers having the typographical appear¬
ance of English prints, which were
displayed in conspicuous places, gen¬
erally in the postoffiees in rural locali¬
ties, and which bore a long list of sur¬
names which were represented to be
the names of families to whose scions
in America belorm^jl estates of more
or England. less value Th^^B^ers whi^^were unclaimed advised the in
connections to “William of Lot^Kloore, q^HVamilies 5 Ingersoll to write
road, ShepherdV Bush, London,
Eng.,” on tint chance that they might
be the heirs to such estates.
These posters were mailed from New
York to postmasters in all parts of
America. The postmasters were told
that if they hung up the notice in
their office they would receive $1,000
in cash in case any of these heirs came
into an estate through seeing it. This
offer was signed “Felix Howard, 15
University street, London \ppli
cants were requested to address the
latter, inclosing 25 cents for reply, and
they were told “ive charge nothing for
reply. ”
Thousands of answers were sent
from all purls of America These
correspondents did not hear again
from “Felix Howard,” but fr in “A.
Goodfellow, 5 Friars street, Blaclc-
friar’s street. S. 1 London ”
HOW THE SCREW WAS TURNED.
The ancestors of a very largo per
cent of the people in this country
came from the “old country,” and if
the hope of acquiring a largo fortune
were not sufficient to attract the coin
from many such, the anticipation that
they would bo found to bo connected
with the landed gentry of Great
Britain was an additional inducement
for them to yield a few dollars on the
venture How many people reached
at the alluring bait will never be
known, but they numbered up in the
tens of thousands Die expense was
made light at first, then came further
information from London arid further
demands for cash. Very few of thoso
who yielded to the first call for cash
failed to respond when subsequent re¬
quests came, especially as each request
was accompanied with significant
though vague intimations that every¬
thing was moving smoothly. Thero
were bonds to lie made, stamps to bo
purchased and other incidental cash
expenditures which the hoirs-expectant
were required to meet. Each applicant
was mulched to sums not less than $100.
“William Lord Moore” and “Felix
Howard” cut into the correspondence
quite frequently.
SQUEEZING THE DUPES.
Finally would come a letter like
this:
No. 5 Ingf.bs OLI. Hoad, Kh PAR od’s Bush.
% N. F.NO , unc 22. 18M.
Mr* Lear -I have the plesi-
urt of informing j our claim is gained,
The ; court tviii a)\ 4hii lirty to nineiy days
to e JtipM before on in order to al-
low any other f 'd pfuay wish to claim
the prop pri v ( G after that time thry
will ha f orever Lair > as you will 1«, nott-
fie<3 by the court, lub after thirty days
iiiat tl e'al voiild advise you
11#-noil (o 1 <Iu days, r any or lengthy until
you get as you Are is
th* JM [•Looking MtHI tak af-
t<r o *
wrt fot resort
in It wilt t.e u« eloH* for you to writs noth you
get a letter from me, less you writs immedh
atslv. lho propart; y gained is worth about
*a, 000 , 000 , Your truly, M
WllU.UM I,OBI) unite
In duo timo tho elnimant roeoived
tho following communication from
Now York.
Domin’ ion Bureau, 451 8th Avenue.
Nmv Y hk. Heptembir 15, !NIC.
Mrs.---, Bear Mn dune—By order of the
court I inclose n copy of ttio drci'fo in your fi»-
ver. Send urn tho $.15 by registered letter, directed, so
that I can make my rep i t at once ss
The only other way of raising the money would
he by selling the property for tax qh at a ruin-
ous sa orifice. Yours respectfully,
Josarn Ledger
Following is a sample of the decree:
SUVREME COCUT CHANCERY.
Whereas, the decree hi votofove made in fa¬
vor of Mrs.--in tier, hy confirmed and the
tid -b of tho properly declared ves'od in the
s»id Mrs.--forevei no porsi iii having ap-
pearod in the lime spoil llloil to il ispnto sail li-
tie, wherefore the olTi.' : al re; nrative of this
court, to wit: Joseph commanded Led or. at present notify the in
America, is hereby to tho
l Mrs.---, amt after receiving taxes on
lot logacu ami ies and In quests to issue possession papers
to report. to this court at once.
(Signet). ' Pe Longer, Oil ancollor
August 20, 1812. $1
Amount of laxos. United Htatcs moi icy,
(Seal.) G. \V. Rawlings, As sensor.
XII Fi rOLIC’IS TAKE A HAND.
The real cause of William’s retire¬
ment to a watering placo was not so
much fatigue, tho result of the ardu¬
ous labors in “looking up this claim,”
us the fact that the London police had
been apprised of his little scheme to
rob the unsophisticated I letter to
ono of tho claimants from the Scotland
Yard authorities says that “William
Lord Moore," alias “Felix Howard,”
was a swi ■idler, ami left England for
America about the time Joseph Leger
began to figure in New York About
the same time the United States post-
office department learned of the oper¬
ations of the gang in New York. Ever
on the alert, the schemers got Aind of
an intended arrest and decamped
hurriedly. of letters
An examination of scores
written by “William Lord Moore,”
“Felix Howard,” “JosephLeger,” “E.
Ross” and others concerned in the
conspiracy shows that the text of it- all
is about the same They were all die-
tated by the sumo person Somo of
the claimants failed to pay the bonds
required, but many of them did, and
enough money was paid to aggregate
probably seven hundred thousand dol¬
lars for tho schemers.
HOWARD AS A LAWYER.
About this time tho Rev. G. F. It.
Howard arrived in Jackson, l'enn.,
where ho had formerly lived and occu¬
pied a conspicuous position. Ho hung
out his shingle as a lawyer. Ho was a
learned man and had traveled exteu
sively. He had some success ut the
practice of law in Jackson, lmt ho de¬
voted himself more particularly to
arousing the interest of the citizens of
that placo to a railroad enterprise, tho
Gulf aud Tennessee railroad project
which had been agitated long before,
but never brought to a focus. Dr.
Howard went at the business energeti
cully, lie went to England to interest
capitalists in it. He organized the
company and was himself made, presi¬
dent, after which ho established elabo¬
rate offices at Jackson, with many
clerks and assistants.
Although making a specialty of col¬
lections Dr. Howard did not permit
his railroad enterprise to lag, but got
the matter to such shape that the citi¬
zens of Jackson were about to vote on
a proposition to give the road a cash
bonus of $150,000 in order to secure it;
but some events transpired which
brought minaiion. these affairs to an abrupt ter
AT THE END OF HIS ROPE.
Some of tho gillies who had been
biting continually at lho English estate
scheme from tlio time it was first sprung
in London began to make inquiries re¬
garding Howard. The federal author¬
ities were interested in the ease. Es¬
pionage was (dared upon liis actions,
his business and bis mails. Ho went
to Chicago early last August, and while
away his office was searched by officers
armed with a warrant, and such dis¬
coveries were then made that the Chi¬
cago police were notified to arrest
Howard in that city, which instructions
were carried out and Howard was con¬
fronted with fraud and illegal use of
the United States mails, the purport of
which was to tlie effect that G. F. B.
Howard, William Lord Moore, Joseph
Leger, E. Boss and Felix Howard are
one and tho sum* individual.
THE GRAND OLD MAN
Celebrates His Eighty-Fourth Birth¬
day--Hearty nud Vigorous.
A cable dispatch from London says:
England’s grand old man, the lit. Hon.
William Ewart Gladstone, entered his
eighty-fourth year Friday. He cele¬
brated his anniversary by working
hard in his study during the morning.
In the afternoon ho went to tho house
of commons, and in every way rigor¬
ously attended to the dutios of his po¬
sition. Mr. Gladstone received many
telegrams of congratulation from dis¬
tinguished people in all parts of tho
world.
Mr. Gladstone was born December
2!)tb, 1809, at Liverpool, where his fa¬
ther, Sir John Gladstone, was a mer¬
chant of considerable importance.
From him, Gladstone inherited a for¬
tune and, what is more important, the
baggage of tory opinions he had when
he entered political life.
Whltecaps Released.
A Jackson, Miss., special pardnJ sax
ernor Stone Saturday
Reeves, Martin arid
Simmons, James 1
ben Leonard, sen
Chrisman for twol
Brookhaven for 4
P. Tyson, sentencei by
Copiah county often
for the same
went to the prison .
them r. kindly talk.
Kverjruody should read
keep UP with the times.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL
Condensed from Onr Most Important
Tclegraptiic Advices
And Presented In Pointed and Reada¬
ble Paragraphs.
A New York dispatch says: “Fran¬
cis p. Walton, familiarly known as
“Plunger Walton," proprietor of tho
Grand hotel, at 1,2114 Broadway, made
«n assignment Tuesday,
Tho Now York Herald in its issue of
Tuesday tho Nitys that John L. Sullivan
ex-champion, has stated that ho de¬
sired to challenge the winner of the
Corbett-Milchell cab tost and that he
thought that by good handling and
conscientious training on his part ho
would stand a fair show.
A dispatch from Bolvira, O., Tmts-
day suvs About one-half of tho coal
mines in this part of tho Ohio vuley
were closed down on ncoount of the
miners refusing tho reduction of 10
per cent, demanded by tho operators.
They nro awaiting the action of tho
state convention at Columbus on Jan¬
uary 9. Twelve hundred employes
are out of work.
The Globe theatre at Boston, Mass.,
was destroyed by lire early Tuesday
morning. This is the second time that
tlio (ih)be has been visited by lire, tho
first time being on Decoration Day,
18715. During the whole conflagration
not an accident was reported. The
total loss will undoubtedly be nearly
u million dollars. All the property is
well insured.
A Rock Island freight train crashed
into the rear of a Union Pacilic freight
train,ten miles cast of Lawrence,Kan.,
Tuesday morning. The Union Pa¬
cific caboose and a passenger coach, a
car load of lumber and a ear load of
hogs were burned. Later advices from
the scene state that four persons were
killed, four injured -two probably
fatallv.
The boiler of the locomotive pulling
the through freight into St. Louis ex¬
ploded near Higginson, Ark., early
Tuesday morning. The train consisted
of thirty-five cars, foiirteeu of which
were loaded with catth About tweu
ty cars were wrecked and a great num¬
ber of cattle killed. • Head Erakcmuu
Boss was instantly killed, tho fireman
fatally and the engineer seriously in¬
jured.
One hundred populists, of Missouri,
representing each congressional dis-
1 riel iu flic state, assembled in con¬
vention at Kansas (' i t v, Tuesday. W.
O. Atkinson, of Butler, was elected
chairman ami J. W. Long, of Warrens-
Imrg, secretary. A committee was ap¬
pointed to report a plan of campaign
to carry the slate for the populist
party at the next election.
The New York State Assembly, of
1894, was called to order at Albany
Tuesday morning. After organization
ballots were taken to fill different po¬
sitions for which nominations were
made in caucus, each member rising iu
his place and naming his choice for
the different positions. The nominees
of the republican caucus were duly elec¬
ted from speaker down to tho minor
positions.
At a meeting of citizens at Hinsdale
county Co)., Tuesday, resolutions were
adopted instructing their representa¬
tives in the general assembly to bring
impeachment charges against Gover¬
nor Waite and then work for an im¬
mediate adjournment of the extra scs-
sion I’liis is brought about by the
governor’s determination to call the
legislature together and his recent row
with the warden of the penitenttary.
A motion was made before Surro¬
gate Fitzgerald at New York Tues¬
day which may reopen the litigation
ovei the $10,000,000 left by William
15. Ogden, the first mayor of Chicago,
who died in 1887 The executors of
the will nro his widow, his nephew,
William Ogden Wheeler, his brother-
in-law, tho late Edwin A. Sheldon, of
Chicago; Andrew II. Green, of New
York, and General \V. F. Strong, of
Chicago.
According to advices from London
a blinding suow storm, accompanied
by heavy wind and a furious sea, pre¬
vailed in the English channel Tuesday
night, Tho Packet service between
the English and French ports was in¬
terrupted, and some of the steamers
suffered damage. Tho Packet from
Ostenil wait unable to land at Dover,
owing to the tremendous sea, and put
out into the channel again to await
high water.
A robbers’ roost, rich with plunder,
lias been found beneath the floor of
tho great, agricultural building at the
world’s fair grounds. The thieves es¬
caped, but much valuable stolen prop¬
erty was recovered. The den was
sumptuously furnished with Turkish
rugs, fabrics from foreigh looms, rich
draperies and comfortable divans.
Fine brandies, high wines and import¬
ed cigars were scattered about the
placo in great profusion.
Burglars blew open the large safe in
the Franklin Grove bank south of
Rockford, Ill., Wednesday night and
made away with everything of value iu
the vault Die concern is a private 1"
institution with a capital of $25,000 14
an avi rage deposit of $50,000, the
ners being in the main wealthy
loss in cash and papers
K.' bank officials at
’ L not, the slightest
i the work.
Hft.f Wk the United States
Chicago on Tues-
K American Building,
HTient H(er, Company in the
the action being
Aiquest of the president
directors. In their bill
statu that the downfall
Sciety i» duo to tho threat* of
NO. 2.
proceedings against it made by the law
officers of Illinois. Insolvency is con¬
fessed, w ith liabilities of $900,000 and
assets of $70(1,000.
Advices of Tuesday from Pernam¬
buco state that the Brazilian dyna¬
mite crusier Nietheroy has again been
put in readiness to sail south and get
within reach of the insurgent vessels
under command of Admiral Mello.
The exact timo of her departure has
not been nnoouuced. When she does
start she will be accompanied by the
Brazilian crusier America. The Unit¬
ed States crusier Kan Francisco has
finished coaling and will go south at
once. Her destination is Rio de
Janeiro
A dispatch of Wednesday to the
London News from Paris says exeava-
tions in Oisseau Lipitit, department of
tho Harthe, have revealed a Gallo-
lloman city, which nppears to have
been destroyed by an earthquake.
The city probably contained some
150,000 inhabitants, but its name is not
known in French history. Tho ruins
include a great temple, part of which
is still standing, also a theater and
monuments. A number of medals
have been found, which include one
of the time of Emperor Constance.
Fire at Detroit Wednesday night
caused a loss of one and a half million
dollars. It broke out a few minutes
after <1 o’clock in the elevator of F. N.
Quale & Co., on the river fronting on
Madison and Water streets. The
icause isms yet unknow. ’• ' •..tbwion
on of dust caused a gei.
< 1 1 • \ II1 1 • I . With its , tit te
destroyed. A strong northwest
carried the flames across Madison
street to the elevator and the business
block of C. A. King & Co., which is also
a total loss.
A 8t. Louis dispatch of Tuesday
says: Another has been added to the
list of broken building and loan asso¬
ciations, the Blackstone, F. McEu-
tire, president, and H. \V. Lindhorn,
secretary, assigning to Henry O. Sig¬
mund. Inability to find the hooks of
flic association or Secretary Lindhorn,
who Iihh disappeared and is believed to
he iu Chicago, puts a sensational phase
upon the affair. It is, therefore, im¬
possible to learn the assets and liabili¬
ties, though estimates place each at
about $25,000. Lindhorn is bonded
for $20,000.
A large crowd of unemployed men
marched to the city hall at Cleveland,
Ohio, Tuesday morning and demand¬
ed work from the city authorities.
They were accompanied by fully 100
women, many of whom carried child¬
ren in their arms. When informed
there was no work for them, the men
became angry and many threats were
made. “We will have work or tear
down the city hall," said one of the
leaders. “Our families lire suffering
and we must have employment or
bread The police were called upon
and the crowd dispersed.
A dispatch of Tuesday from Vi¬
enna says that Cracow, I’olaud, news¬
papers contain accounts of a recent
attempt to poison the czar. On the
12-ttli anniversary of tho founding of
tlie imperial order of St. George, a
grand dinner was given to all who had
been awarded the decoration The
first course was but half consumed and
the czar ordered what was left be sent
to the Nicholas orphan asylum. Later
iu the evening the czar, the guests at
the banquet and the orphans were all
taken sick and »n investigation re¬
vealed that the fish had been poisoned.
THE CENTRAL TO BE SOLD.
Justice Jackson Issues a Decree to
Hint Effect.
A Washington special says: The
light is breaking through the financial
clouds which have so long obscured the
Central Railroad of Georgia. It now
seems almost certain that the junior
security holders of this corporation
will receive a fair and equitable benefit
from some scheme of reorganization.
The hearing beforo Justieo Jackson
Thursday morning lasted something
less than an hour. A large number of
prominent lawyers representing both
sides were present.
After listening to the arguments on
both sides, the justice decided that it
would be manifestly unfair to dispose
of the property iu such times us these.
Ho therefore ordered a decree that the
road be sold on July 1st, if mortgages
were not satisfied after eight weeks of
advertising, which virtually makes tho
sale September 1st. This was satis¬
factory to all parties.
It is the opinion of nearly all inter
estod that since the Central’s good fair
showing on December fflst, some
(dan of reorganization will be effected
before September 1st. if thero should
be none before that time, there is a
certainty thut the road will bo then
sold.
Altogether, the prospects of tho
holders of stock and debentures are
much brighter than over before The
receivers of the Savannah aud Western
made au application certificates. for tho 'Die issuance hearing
of receivers’
will lie had on March 1st.
Fifteen Drowned.
Advices from Melbourne, Australia,
utate that fifteen lives were lost
through the wreck of the steamer
Alert, from Port Albert to Melbourne,
which went ashore off Jubilee Point
during the terriffic gale which swept
over Port Philip Thursday night. On¬
ly one person on board Ihc wrecked
steamer was saved.
Valuable Horses Burned.
A Lexington, Ky., dispatch says. lost
Charles C. Railev, of this county,
by lire Saturday night his barn and
fourteen head of tine saddle^ horses,
among them being General Echols, a
valuable saddle stallion. The horses
had been prepared for tho New i ork
market.