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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.