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Tl|e flriffin \ Daily Dews VOLllMK 17 h ■ A iffin, Griffin is tile liveliest, pluckiest, most pro gresaive town in Georgia. Tlxis is no Uj per diva', description, ns the record of the last fire years will show. During that time it lias built and put into most successful operatiou a $100,000 cotton factory and Is now building another w ith nearly twice the capital. It has pnt up a -urge iron and brass foundry, a fertilizer fac- ory, an immense ice and bottling works, a sash and blind factory, a broom factory opened np the finest granite quarry in the I’uited States, and has many other enter¬ prises in ontemplatiou. It has secured another mlroad ninety miles long, and while ocatcu on the greatest system in the Seuth, the Central, has secured connection with its important rival, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. It has just secured direct inde¬ pendent coaneotian with Chattanooga and the W< st, and has the President Of a fourth railroad residing here and working to its ultimate completion. With its live white and three CJlored ohurches, it is now building a $10,000 new Presbyterian church. It has increased its population by nearly one fifth. It has at¬ tracted around its borders fruit growers from nearly every State in the Union, until it is now surrounded on nearly every side by or¬ chards and vineyard. It is the home of the grape and its wine making capacity has .doubled every year. It has successfully inaugurated a system of public schools, with u seven years curriculum, second to none. This is part of the record of a half decade and simply shows the progress of au already admirable city, with the natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and winter, in the world. Griffin is the county scat of Spalding county, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a healthy, fertile and roiling country, ll. r >0 feet above sea level. By the census of 1890, it will have at a low estimate between 6,000 and 7,000 people, and they are ail of the right sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to welcome strangers and anxious to secure de sjrable settlers, who will not be any less wel eome if they bring money to help build up the town. There is about only ore thing we need badly jnst now, and that is a big hotel We have several small ones, but their accom¬ modations are entirely too limited for our business, pleasure and health seeking guests. If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬ tion for a hotel in the South, just mention Griffin. Grisvin Griffin is the place where the N kwh is published—daily and Weekly — the nest newspaper in the Empire State of the Georgia, Please enclose stamps in sending far sample copies. This brief SKfltoh will answer July lBt i»8S. By January 1st, 1889, it will have to be changed to keep up with tire times. Pr(Gf-ti)Sl.0NAL dlrfcCfJl H ENRY C. PEEPLES, T T O li Is E Y AT L A W HAMPTON, OEOBOIA. Practices in alt the State and Federal ttouruv. octad&wly JNO. J. HUNT, A T fOSNEI AT L A VV aitimjf, GEORGIA. Office, 31 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H White’s Clothing Store. mar2t!dAwly JO. DISMUES. N. M. COLLINS PISMUKE & COLLINS, LAWYERS, GRIFFIN, GA. o dice .first room iu Agricultural Boilding Stairs. marl-dAwtf (THOS. R. MILLS, TTORNEY AT LAW. GRIFFIN, GA. f j will practice in the State and iedora! tiourU. Office, over George Ai Hartnetts »ruer. nov?-tf. < JIN V. 8TBWA.RT. KOHT. T. DAN I EL STEWART & DANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Over George & Hartnett's, G rDLn, G;i Will practice in the Stat* and F*dera vourtg. iaul. D. L. PARMER, attorney at la w WOODBURY, : : GEORGIA. ..uiaptattenUo* given to all business Will practice in*11 the Courts, and where •ver boeicess calls. aprfidiy j., yjy Collections a specialty. . Pure MticU Bye WHisWes -AND- HEADQUARTERS FOR FLAT SHOALS CORN WHISKY. Also, all kfcfe of Wines, Liquors stud Cigars such •< are kept ma first class establishment. Everybody is nviusd to call and see Gie at No. Id, West side Hill street. s 21d&w3m JOHN ISON. Felts JT8T RECEIVED!) AT MRS. M. L. WHITE'S MUlinery Store. dark BuiMtaf. Corner oCHdl and ■J1UFFIN. (GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12 , i8sa. liEiTli.NS. Eleven Million Votes and How They Were Cast. THE CHAMPION FLOATERS heavy performance A l~cat Acte,m|i)ighed .November nth—-Vot¬ ing la five bille re at Tow tut—A Cleveland amt Harrison Man Alternately— Notes. ( HKAUO, Dec. 11.—hi the following table official returns of the vote for presidential electors are given for most of the state-. It siiows that since 1884 the republican vote lias increased by 384,oHj in ih,, tliirty-seven states, the democ ratic by toT.;’,*>9. and the prohibi¬ tion vote by 93,388. while the union la¬ bor party gave 30.444 less for Streeter than the greenback party did for Butler in 1884. The loss on the combined labor vote will be somewhat lower than 80,444 when all the returns of the united labor party lor t owdrey are made. The total vote of the four leading parties was 10.- 956,742, against 9.985.907 in 1884 , an in crease of 970,775. ~ E 1 2 d J I s: • I & I £ 1 ! -X £ w I Alabama . . .. . 57497 117.3101 5S3 Arkansas.. 58,7515! 85.9SI!. 614 10,613 California ..... - VU,m\ W.76«i' 117.7V9 5.761 ' ' 1&5 Colorado 1 37,54*2 *2.100 Connuftifiit 74.581 74.9*20 4.234 Delawan . — 12.1)73 16,414 109 Florida . 39.561 413 Georgia 40.443 100,172 1.80*2 136 Illinois . 370.6.30: 318,591 24.562 8.45f Indiana. ! 263.361 : 201.013 9.881 2,694 Iowa . *211.508 179 sr; 3,550 9.105 Kansas . . . 182.6'>2 102.541 6.452 136.236 Kentucky l.*»*i ) U 183.80 > 5,'2*25 6*22 Louisiana :]0.1 h 1 84.941 130 Maine 73. i 31 :jv is- 2.690 1,345 Maryland,. 1)3,98(1 1 (Hi, 108 4.766 Massachusetts 183. $47 151,990 8.6-41 Michigan. 2:i6,307 213.404 •20.942 4,542 Minnesota. . 136 359 TO. 664 15.<W0 Mississippi . 30,090 86,471 218 22 Missouri ‘236.253 261.954 4.5 40 18.7,89 Nebraska 1 OS.425, 80.552 9.1-29 4,2*26 Nevada 7.')S8 5 149 11 New Ilanipshii» 45.728 43 -358 1 592 13 New dcr.se> 3 44,341 353,19 i 7 904 New 5 ■ »rk 650,338 6:3.5,965 30,2.31 620 North (Urolimt 131.784 117.902 Ohio....... . 4! (7054 396.155 21.356 .3.496 Oregon 33,293 26 524 1,677 ■363 Pennsylvania 526.091 446,033 20,91. 3.873 Rhode island 21.960 17.5.3.3 1281 South ( 'arolina ' 13.700 6.5. s-r Tennessee , 139.98.*: 158.7 8! 5,969 Texas 88.28i • 234.883 1 719 29,159 Vermont 45.192 16.788 1.159 Virginia : 150.138 151.977 1,678 West Virginia . 78.491 79 Wisconsin .. 176,5.53; 155.282 14.27; 8.552 Total .5.236 565 a.:»4 215 295.084 112,233 Plurality 97.8*0 A H.OATEK’S DAY’S YVOIUi. Voting in I ive Towns and Promiscuously as to Politics. Middletown, S. Y.. Dec. 11. -The story of tiie feat accomplished on fith of November b . the champion repeater and "floater." in voting at the polls of no less than five different towns—three in Chenango county and two in ( ortland county has not vet been fully told.. It now appears that in order to make the rounds of the five polling places lie trav¬ eled something like thirty miles, sunrise even ami inch on foot, and between sunset. The reward ean.eel by this ex¬ traordinary diligence in the exercise of the glorious right of suffrage is said to have averaged $3 a vote, or $1-5 all told: doubtless the biggest day’s wages in that this i articular floater ever got the course of his life. He foil under the blandishments of the poll-workers of both parties, and. as it chanced, he di¬ vided liis favors quite impartially candidates. be¬ tween the ballot two presidential Harrison, his His tirst was for sec¬ ond. third, and fourth for Cleveland, and his fifth for Harrison again. The champion floater is now resting unmolested on his laurels, and his ex¬ ploit is recounted as a good joke by the politicians of the country side. Won’t the Ko|Miblirfiu«t Kv«*r OuJt? Charleston. W. Va.. Dec. 11.-—The decision by the supreme court in grant¬ ing the democratic application for a writ af mandamus against tiie county court has turned out to be a bad thing for the democrats. Th# object sought by the democrats in getting the decree was to throw out the vote of the Lewiston pre¬ cinct. which gave nine Thursday republican ma¬ jority. This was done Yesterday tlui county court likewise threw out Coalburg pro met. which gave a democratic majority- of twentv. and McGinnis, republican, The for republicans congress, is therefore one ahead. last night were jubilant, and predicted that before the last lias been hoard of the mandamus L i-ine-s McGinnis would have a large: majority than was ever Credited up to him. Beautiful Blonde on Her Mqscle. MAKC0BKrF.it. N 11., Dec. 11.—Titos. J. O’Donnell, a lawyer and claim ag.-nt. it is repo.ted. has been paying attention to Miss Maggie Hamblin a beautiful blonde. 1'riday evening the young wo¬ man called at O'Donnell's office, smash ed the furniture, dashed a typewriter large lamp and pu the floor wrecked the threw a euspidore at the man's head. While tin- melee was at its hight O'Don¬ nell's wife ap] eared on the -cene. With a wild scream Miss Hamblin rushed at her. hut intercepted by the husband. Miss Hamblin thumped his he id. then famtel She was arrested Memphis amt Little Km k Purchase. Memphis, Tenn.. I* 1 - - 1|.—It is cur¬ rently mmol aj here that C. P. Hunt¬ ington has purchased riv Memphis and Little ibxk railroad and will u-c it *- sonthwe t r* feeder for the Mississippi valley system Ki- butonri Terminal Klaerten Ki< HMOND. Va, Dec It,—(Special.)— The annual meeting of ti* reockholders of the Richmond and West Point Ter- 1 Warehouse company ef&ere * All t* old ii Till HIKMINilH AM TKACiFllt Hav. uv liii> Mmlp no (.'ouiVtiiiuu—Urainlug tli# I uke Still Progressing*—Tlir Peo¬ ple <Ju let, and Sheri ft’ Smith Rp- i id* tat ml by the Governor. Birmingham, Dec. It. -—[Special.]— There is absolutely no truth in the re¬ port that llawes lias made a confession, lie says lie has made no confession, and still doggedly maintains his innocence. The terrible mvstery, notwithstand¬ ing the carnival of blood and death that Birmingham has gone through with, is yet unhappily unsolved The two ne¬ groes Walker Martin and Jeff Brown, are still in jail. The mysterious trunk has been more closely examined this morning and blood spots discovered in the bottom. There is little doubt now in the mind: of the officials that this trunk was used to carry off the body of little Irene, but it lias not yet been discovered. The draining of the lake at Lakview pro¬ gresses slowly, although since the dis¬ covery of the trunk pver on the moun¬ tain, it is not thought that the body will be found in tiie lake. The soldiers are all here. The governor lias issued i.o orders, and it is hardly probable now that the murderer—Hawes or his accomplice— will be removed. Sheriff •Smith has given $25,000 bond, and the governor is going to reinstate him in his position, and will order him and Gol. Jones to take charge of the jail. All is quiet," Tliat “Real llorrid” Justice ( hittj, London, Dei. 11.—(Special.]-—-Justice ('bitty declared the will of Rev. William Wright, an eccentric clergyman of Chislehurst, invalid to-day on the ground that the testator was not of sound mind at the time of his death. By his will the minister provided for founding a college for ladies—to train ladies for the important duties of wives and mothers. Woman, lie asserts in his will, should Ik* something more useful and noble than a pretty doll, a butterfly or end a plaything for her husband. To this lie provides for the early rising of the ladies at the college and for cold baths in the motiving. He also piovides for quarterly <-, aivcrsaziones, and di¬ rected that tw<i thirds of the invitations should be sent to single gentlemen. lie ordered that lie himself should be bnried m the garden and near the grave of his Labrador dog. Statue to the Duke of tVeHliigfiru. London. Dec. 11. —[Special.]— The large granite pedestal which is to ho?1 the new equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington was placed in position op¬ posite Apsley House Piccadilly to-day. The surrounding ground has been laid with asphalt and planted with trees, af¬ ter the -ante style as Trafalgar Square. t)n the pedestal, which is of plain brown marble, are the words " Wellington" and Waterloo." The ceremony attending the erection of the statue, which will take place early in January, will be of a semi- officittf character. Out* of Dakota’* Freaks. Yankton, Dak., Dec. 11.—A veritable volcano vomiting tire, ashes and lava has asserted itself in Charles, Mix coun¬ ty, within a few miles of the hot springs which discharge into the Missouri river near Fort frightened. Randall. People in the vicinity are badly \sbury flaw kill* ffangiHl. Rivkiuihad, L. 1., Dec. 1!.—[Special.] Asbury Hawkins was hanged at 8:35 this morning for the murder of his mother on October Is!, ! x s;. Hawkins died without flinching, maintaining up to the last moment the perfect indifference he Has exhibited throughout his imprison¬ ment. The execution was wholly with¬ out incident. THE l.t imi.lt I.KGIst.ATt KK The bill under discussion was that ap¬ propriating $18,000 for the support of the chord of technology. spoke Mr. Atkin-on, of Coweta, in high terms of the requisite school of aud technology. He considere ! it necessary school. that the state should have such a The negroe- have such a school in this city, supported by northern receiving capital, admira and where negroes were an hie of vast education. importance, The and race the question supremacy is one rests entirely with the subject of educa¬ tion. and should we deny our children what is furnished the negro? But of ai- though he favorpd the support the school, he considered tne appropriation of $ 18,000 misplaced. The bill had been wrongly constructed. It was contrary to the constitution to insert such a see tion in a general appropriation bill. He favored letting Thomasvilie the branch and Milled colleges at Dah onega, re- ville take care of themselves without aid from the state. Of 560,060 school children in the state, 465.600 live outside of cor : {•orated towns, be and given accordingly the more support should to country schools He hoped the bill would not pass. Fleming, Richmond spoke in _ Mr. of favor of the appropriation, and adduced some very conclusive legal speech, argument. though He held that Mr. Felton s clothed in sentiment and beauty of ex- i piesaiotJ. was full of logic and covered every phase of the question. He claimed that the condition of the treasury fully ! warranted the appropriation being made Hon. Sam P. Maddox was ehteted judge for the Cherokee circuit to fill th< vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Fain. In the senate* the president announced | the following as members of tiie joint committee to inquire in what {articular* ! the purchase of sto*k iu th-- Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia and the leasing of the East Ten- Ttranrr Virginia ' irgima and ana Georgia vxeorgi* n railroad by £h* Rmhtuond :hu Terminal com, many Urn iates Kept* the be Barter*, cohsuSuuon con»UtUUO<> Lyle md of^ A .NOTH EK SAD FKIil). A Kentucky Ftabar Killed by His Offspring. Et al. FATAL WORK OF A REVOLVER HATCHET AND KNIFE Out- of tke rartiriptnia Beaten uml Shot to Death—Aim oat Fatal Work of an hie ran-Year-Old I «<1 — Ken¬ tucky Show*- 1 |t Again. Lot tsviu.K. Dec. 11. [Special. j - Jaa. Demumbrum, a farm i, of Metcalf coun¬ ty', was waylaid and killed by latcli Walk up and his eighteen-ycar-old son. Tom. Demiimbrmji «nd his eleven-year oJd hoy started to town to make pur¬ chases They had proceeded but half a mile from home when they met Walk up an i his son going in an opposite direc¬ tion. Demumbrutn attempted to pass the two men, but old Walkup stepped in front of him. At this time the latter had his right hand at his back, and with the words. •’Right here you die,’’ pulled a revolver and tired point blank into his victim’s stomach. Demumbrum was staggered from the shock, hut recovered sufficiently to grapple with his murder¬ er. And, Ixting a very powerful man, a hand-to-hynd struggle commenced, and young Walkup, seeing that his father would be imprisoned, advanced to ward Demumbrum. and while at the latter's back carried a hatchet and with the blunt end of it struck him a number of blows, cracking the skull and knocking him senseless. The little son of Demumbrum, when lie re¬ alized that his parent was hurt, pulled out his knife and went to his assistance. Grasping Walkup's arm with his left hand, he plunged the knife into his cheek, and then into his neck, nearly severing dull Walkup's which windpipe. The probably- knife was a one, fact saved the old man's life. Old man Walkup here came to his son's aid, and the two men took the knife away from the lad and threw him down an em¬ bankment twenty-live feet in height. After the child had been disposed of the two murderers again turned their attention to the elder Demumbrum, who was showing some signs of life, and again commenced pistol beating him over the head with the and hatchet, and in a short time the completed victim their bloody Demumbrum's work and boy left fled and told of dead. his father's murder. A number of neigh¬ bors collected and started for the scene of the tragedy. They found Demum¬ brum s head beaten into an unreeogniza l»i*» sttuua »»*»<1 JttM.lv lifulttvo Tlta.UA mains were taken home. Officers were sent to the home of the Walkups, old where had they found the son, hut the man escaped. wounded, Young Walkup was the fearfully time be and ceuld not at removed. Edmonton Yesterday and the elder himself Walkup went to gave up. He was committed without bail to await the result of the examining trial. Demumbrum and tiie About Walkups were neighboring farmers. a month ago some of the hogs belonging to Walkup got into Demmnbrmn's held-, several times when the latter killed one of them. For years the men were on the friendliest terms, and frequent partners in a number of business transactions. Hullo! \ Pottory Trimt. London, Dec. 11.—(Special.)-—propo¬ sal for a trust in the pottery industry is now in a fair way to pass into an ac¬ complished fact. This scheme, which embraces the {lottery industry in general and the manufacturers of chinaware in particular, cannot fail to have an impor¬ tant effect on the North Staffordshire production. For sometime clilna manu¬ facturers have complained of the low prices at which their goods have been sold, and efforts have tieen made with¬ out substantial result to form a china manufacturers' association with a view to raising prices. if this movement should succeed, the price materially of English increased. china Already gojds wiii be the cost of many articles has been ad¬ vanced fifty per cent. The operation was originated by Ixmdon capitalists who bought up all the calcined bone aud ash in the markets of Rio Grande, and also control cargoes for a long way ahead. These purchaser were made stealthily and silently, and it was greatly to the surprise of the pottery manufac¬ turers that so .--trange a cause was dis¬ covered for the advance in prices. The only hope of the manufacturers outside the syndicate now is in a proposal to* use river {date, calcined bone arid bone ash which sells for aliout half the price of the Rio Grande supply. be used, English although cal¬ cined bone can also a against prejudice its exi.-ts general among adoption. manufacturers It is stated however, that contracts for at least a year ahead hate been made by one firm. break This fact combination -a [11 have a tendency to up the < art*! HarrUou Tlr**! of finuAgn. ( nit ago, Dec. 11. —[Special.]— Ex- Mayor i arter ii. iiairison. who since his return to the city after his tour around the world has been busily en¬ gaged in revis.ng the manuscript of the book which he proposes publishing re lating his observations abroad will start on atrip to South America at the begin¬ ning of the vein Now Ilnyti Ylill Citrh II! Brooklyn, N,Y’..Dec. 11.—The United States steamer Galena received sailing orders to day it is lettered she goes dire-d to Port au ITince, Hayti tIlium- Granger* Meet. Hpkisgfield, 111., Dec. 11.— [Special.j The Illinois state grange are holding than seventh annual convention to-day The proceeding* of the recent national convention al Topeka. Kan were ap proved. The annual report of the aecie tary shows that the membership has iargety io-rrsifd during the year, and that the organuaUoe m rapidly spread lag in the state Most<» ■* III SIMtH.WIJ t VI Unit. Au IHftlimati Wlio Ha* Four I *•'«■»«* anti It lio to 1 m* IihIym iM«* Boston. I >rc. I!. To-day or in the election of mayor and school coiumis sinners. IVrhiqis the most interesting feature of the day will be the vote of the women, who are allowed in this State to vote oil certain vli<>. 1 matters. Some time ago an effort was m.tde to bring out the vote of the more wealthy and educated classes of women more fully, and it was charged in certain quarters that this movement was antag¬ onistic to the Catholics The result has been that a counter ntmi rnetit to bring out especially the Catholn vote in full has I icon made, and it is expected that there will lie many interesting scenes at the polls today. llugh The O'Brien, mayoralty democrat ■ on test is between present iluve incumbent, who Inn served terms, and the Hon. Mr Hart, re publican candidate. Hugh O’Brien came to America with his parents when he was three <u four years old. He was sent to school in the old Fort Hill district, but at 12 he was fihood. put to work to help earn the family lice He learned the printer's trade in the Boston Courier office, and at 15 was fore man in the printing office When Ilia printers' union ordered a strike he went out with the rest, ami never went bark. He became part owner of a trade paper known as "The Commercial and Ship- ping lie List, which still flourishes, which continued to publish until Im became interested in {oldies. In 1884, during his tirst aduiinistra tion as mayor, the legislature passed a new charter giving the mayor cxeO|i- tional and extraordinary powers. Din¬ ing his administration he lias removed many officials, and the manner of these removals considerable has displeased some democrats ins and opposition in ow n {•arty is alleged to exist against him on this account. The ( otiiitig Immigration Convention. Montgoukh v, Dec. 11, —The Southern Immigration convention, which will meet in this city on Tuesday, will Is 1 the most important gathering ever assem¬ bled for this object. Gentlemen will be present from all the southern states and the territories of Arizona and New Mex ico. Governor .Seav. who issued the in vitation. will preside at the opening meeting, and tla-ro will be delegates from fifteen states. Texas and Arkan¬ sas will lie especially well represented. The specific' purpose for which the convention was called is to devise better ways and means of advertising the rich and varied resoueecs of the several southern of other states, sections thereby inducing Un¬ people and parti, ulariv, of the a-’well union, the north west as of EuJope. to seek southern In The tide mime of immigration object ui view to is the to south turn the in greater volume. The movement lias lieen very generally indorsed throughout all the southern country. Tin- pe. pie, as a rule, advocate the principle of at¬ tracting to this country a . lass of {»eople who will Is■ homogeneous with them¬ selves. R. T. Kalb, the state agricultural commissiont-i of Alabama, lias for weeks lieen receiving letters from delegates and others ex pre-sing full accord in the movement. Several governors will Is- among those present. KiillroutU (ii'Hing On I of a Hole*. Sr. Pa it.. Dec. 11. [Special.]— The railroad commissioners of Iowa appeared in the federal court to-day and submitted evidence to show that the injunction issued by Judge ffr.-vver, restraining them from putting into effect their schedule of rale, adopted Novemliei 3d, should he dissolved. The commissioners presentod a mass of testimony to show the reasonableness of the schedule now in force under their decision in the Dubuque and Davenport cases. Sim e the tirst hearing before Judge Brewer at Leavenworth the com¬ missioners have materially modified their rates by the adoption of the western classification, and they believe the evi¬ dence will incontrovertibly sustain the equity ami reasonabl- m of their sched¬ ule. Attorney General Baker, < f low a, holds that Judge Brewer’s restraining order does not affect the rates now es tablished by the commissioners, an i that there is nothing to prevent shippers from bringing suits to redress grievances and he further holds that the commissioners may direct the attorney general to insti¬ tute suits against the railroads under section 28 of the iatv on the ground of extortion, having no reference to tln.jr schedule OVN4MJTK iN IHII tl.M Anarchiitt* SukjMicteil of Committing a (•rave find DiaholUttl Deed. t'HicAGn, Dec. D. a tremendous explosion occurred to day at Khufeldcs distillery, corner <>f Hawthorne avenue and tnrabee street, smashing windows for blocks around are! creating wild ex¬ citement in the neighborhood, eajrf-cially i as it followed the anarchist ex dement I of yesterday, packages of it dynamite was discovered that | ! two sticks, each fourteen inches containing long seven hqd b -er. thrown on the roof of a store room The packages were tilled with fulminating can and fu-e- One pie * age had exploded and tearing an immense j hole in the roof, shooting downward had more or less damaged fifteen barrel- of spirits. Tiie <8her package had tailed 1 to explode as the flier went out i«fore reaching the cap There is no clue to ! the perpetrators € Knrrlan*!'* # Ain on a 1 mtluct D§b-.i«<I, t levkland, Dec 1>.~ [Special — The central viaduct wa- formally opened to¬ day with a public demonstration A sa¬ lute of guri* w as fired at early morning, anti at 10 o'clock there was a grand pa rade of the military and civic organiza¬ tions. which was reviewed by Mte mayor. The procession moved along Peer, street to the viaduct, where fitting exercise* were liebl Several line ni nate *• etches were delivered by promm-nt c.t /ens at Mimic hall where a meeting we* held after the paradD and Hu* display even ng t there fire- will he a oanqurt o I T,IIKl! AIKD I.A!!()](. Knights of Toil Evidently Mean Business. OF THE BALTI- t MORE AND OHIO DISCUSSED. A f Alllnx ..ft In C..1I..U HeporleG—l*r*■*. - .U-i.tfi.! Nuliilftalloni— An KnglUh Eltember of 1'trllflmrnl tin n V rvy Soft Sn*i». 1ST. Lot ts, Dec. 11.—{Special. J The com .-niion of the American Fed of labor was called to order to m Central Turner hail by President (Jumper* Tho basis of re{iie;.e,utatioii is. for iiatiomd and international unions, fi r less tiiii-i 1,000 member*, one dele¬ 4.000 or more, two delegates 8,000 more, three delegate*; 16,060or more, four del. gates, and so on: and from each local or district trades organization not nee toil with a national or internation¬ body affiliated with the American Federation of La Dm, one delegate. The avowed object of (hi. organiza¬ tion i* to improv e and establish upon a better iiasls tiie condition of the- work ing masses throughout the country. As n means to tills end it proposes the thor¬ ough (< deration <>f all trade and labot unions and tin* Ystahlishnient of unions in every trade where none already exist. With its constituent local unions trnw numiicring over 7,000, the federation has a membership of over 500J 00. It holds that a material reduction iu the hours of laD.r is neeeasay to the welfare of the working < ta >■ . and- at this convention it will ti x a time, not lat* r than June 1st, 1H<»0, whi n the eight hour working proposed day shall l« put iu fore . It is to Niibimt the proposition national for adojition and local to all international, trades unions, and to declare that it two- thirds vote shall bo necessary t-> adopt. Tltf €itiotl Oltl-I aahioiH'tl Stthlmtli. Washington, Dee. it. |S|*-ciaI.J— A convention under the auspice* of the National Sabbath l ni.-n in thu interest of .Sabliath oIiservaiK o convened in this city to day. It w ill I.- in session three days. Chief Arthur, General Master- workman I’mvderly and Senators Blair and Cob,nit have Dun invited to deliver address-s. The National Sabliath Union wav organized by official action of the recent Methodist general conference in conjunction with the two Presbyterian g. neral n-s -in. lie, and the Baptist home mi siomrry ass-* i.it,on and other cccle- Kiiistical bodies. Tlio question* to D- dis- ,i . "Tt. Wvxw-W-r es* Lilt rrl VW- Senate," "The Snlibath as related to civil hD-rty ," "'I lie Sabbath and the foreign the population," labor problem." "The Sabbath The in Sabi relation ath and to ‘ the press. ‘ The Sabbath and the church." l-’nlllng Off i*i Colion. Washington, D. C\, Dec. 11.—The re¬ turns (ff average plantation price* of cotton f.r all grade* reported the first of December, show that they run a little lowei than those of December, 1887. The averages are a* follows: Virginia, 8.3 South cents Carolina, per pound; North Georgia, ( arolina, 8.5; 8.5; 8.5; Flori¬ da upland Iziuisiana, 8.-); Alabama, 8.6: Texas, 8.5; Mississippi, 8.5; 8,4; Arkansas, 8.5; Tennessee, 8.5. The average plan¬ tation value is nearly eight and one-half cciiis. Distance to market and scarcity of gins in M)tm> districts in Texas and Honda make a slight reduction in price. The vv. ather for jacking was only mod- - rately favorable during the past month. There has treeu a large numlier of rainy day-, and killing fro-ts have generally occurred couqaratively early in the month. IVklflfnt of tl.o II;tUimor«* au<l Ohio. Bai TtMoitK, Md., Dec. 11.— [Special.]—. It is currently rumored here that (diaries F. Mayer will succeed Samuel 8. Spen¬ cer us pres dent of the Baltimore and Ohio at tin- me. ting of director* to be in Id on the i’.itli. The board comprises twelve stockholders, directors recently elected with Charles F. Mayer, James Sionn and Wm. 1 . Frick as accented haler,-, who put up the ticket that'was elected and -tarrleo the street by it* un- ex|«- te-1 radical changes. Spencer’s warm friend ay Mayer will certainly succeed Sjieiicer, and that the stock¬ holders have treat'd Spencer shamefully in not imparting to him their business confident <• An M, I’.’* MihJIme !ti(lB|>«iifj(‘Oci>. Dt’BLiN. IAN . 11. -[Special.]-A curi. ous question will arise in connection w ith the tine of vr %J impOMd bv Judge Hunan, jo.-id, nt of the Times-Parnell comm is ion. c,;. ,e Edward Harrington, mern!» r If <-f parliament, for contempt of court «» j.robaUv will D- the case, he cannot or wiii n<.t pay the fine, an order will issue io levy upon his good*. But his goods, which consist pnn ipally of his newspaper and [iresses. are in the county Kerry, arc!, according to high legal opinion, the writ of the commission «!(*■ not run in Ireland. u. Ho ran therefore n. infest all the contempt he feel* for th- - oirt with impunity. l>rrjr 15 hufiiit for \N a.’nHINui 1 >s. IKmt XL —[Special,j— The presid' nt nt to the s. nate the nomination of Berry Belmont, of New York, to D- iniu;--ter of Bjaiin : Howard Fili*. of New Jersey, to 1# consul at Rotterdam iiow G. Chapman, of Maryland collector of internal revenue for the tli-tri't of >jf Maryland : John J. Enright, Mi' i.igati, to be assistant commissi, uer of Indian affairs: .Samuel All.ro. c.f N<-iv York, to lie tuperint* nd- ent of Indian school-*: Jeremiah O. Fowler, jiostnia-ter at Milledgevflh*. (la. r>ul < ullUiun Iu XusKhiiMttx Woiu EsTEK. Maas., Dec 11. — The through freight on the Boston and AD bony road >an into a freight standing on a riding at A .-falani to-d^y. and both trains were a. t riled It is rumored «h«t were I ■ ly.;-, 0 ;/J — NUMBER 245 AN wtCtlltfT* ASlt DTNAItmfc -yp II, , \1, , h illr.1 amt Many hrwetf ; fiiMKl a* 4 I. sn|u. ' < i x IVe. 11. -[Special] to sin- 11 ' i g a terrible exploeiOQi i •! in i -fiver'* oatmeal mill,Mowing ( tic- d»- of the bud.i.ngand retting t to. I on fi.e. Tip- mil! wbh is < and t ii DlDvefi three men |4t Tien u Miller, i-ii >m>ih millman: and Erneit _ Cte . ■fid miller. John ti.. -«w ud engineer, W» and WM lags nr. seriously. The utterly< buddin an-1 i the rear were ■a i the f indy in tn adjoining bt . the ii house l iiuiost being miraculously, blown off/ The wei i > Tons xcitern of nt prevail around the ruin* arc |ak*l oa thft the and the fiery firemen are Naturally jffaying *tr th# mass. lar impression is that tbs e* was the work of the at but the fir. department officer* I the boiler burst. 1 he pecuniary ImM I ] 13.fiOO, extinguivlked After the fire was *h.d Gaiii el cornmeni-cd inveatfr* and vat .ailed in marlf that only lim e l.oxi;es in the i Ernest <' nisir, John (. hrDtiaa ott Churlc > Miller. Caspar was the man and worked on the top of The cupola was burled a hot) away, and the Dxly of the victim I the ruin t'Ivrislian-a.n was Hln and Ids body is in tiie tout! corner of the mills, coverew ton* of debris. Miller wm- U»cd up I K no 'iToid.it T.uii.sE near Marshal Gahrici has a force of men digg ng in the ruins. The I have Ds n uncovered, and fo they wer not expk dfi. aOfi s the of ills- ex plosion mn un* to D> d unm- ed. Th* I .ai ding w as i n ■ hundreri f by forty, and lour stories lugh, -/M Latek.- - But one victim haslxtetit Out of the ruins, tliat was Miller, th# t ginccr. Mr. Oliver thinks thei" was caused 1>y the explo««B O# dust. 7 m Mills In Cougrm*. stmu . Wa hinutun, Dec. 11. — [%«olal.] In the senate Mr. Cloudier presented a •petition of citizens of South F who had If' n Jen’ed the right of l*p j tering for tin* November ejection# of . 18-y 8- fiaf -r i ix. k i ell introduced « WWlr tv ii m .m:ing into certain expense* in- ec-i i,, c,. n . llattciKtk in entertaining i , ih'Ii visitor* to Yorktown in 1881. wiiieh wus agreed to. '■■■*■ t*-r Fre./s agreed .Samoan resolution The tariff wj* Mil '$ taken up and to. we taken up and Mr. t est spoke. of the r' i if denied that the result t ion wa - an endorsement of the i tariff bill, aud said th# election was i greatest mistake ever made by the peo- The efVe. Is of it would last four j to come. Herald he would right to . ritiefso everv clause In the I ale bill with which he disagreed, 31« though it look up the entire *#s#ion. did not lelime the bill was a reduction of ten per cent, of the present duty, BREEZY, THOUGH BOB-TAILED. Clsver N«m T«l<*n#i Cnrtsllad M ** th* Hasty B«at«r. The military forces of the state have D- -n or*I* n d to lJevoir, Mo., to nmnh coalminers. tin* atetfi <1 riding on the part of striking ’ It lux Dj'ii diacovtired that $240,000 hasb-criBUffm from tiie governmental de|*s.it bank m Mmlnd. The robber* at# unknow il T. \V. Huskey, book-keeper in the Norfolk national tank, was arrested for embezzling sums of money at rarione tune*, ay r. g firing only |3w. Aliout 150 refugees arrived in Jack- son vile und r the resolution of the D»trd of health permitting entry, Vidwi the |ieopl** go out again at night - ( ol. Bridgers, with of Columbia, SL while C.. w M stricken down apoplexy ad- ; . dr. -ring the way* and means committee S of tile legislature yetteruay, and died in aD.ut an iiour. John A. Martin, V* drepfif - atelv in love with Mrs. an B. engineer, Merrill, id# W, lauuLidy. and knowing that his love w unroquit > hot her then killed liim**^ The w oman is probably fatally wounded. Robert Danforth was found at La- Fay c-ttc. Alabama, with his *k till - rushed killed in. He i- supported to have been by We-1 y Chisolm, a negro, who woe th o n w ith the deceased. threat I cinf.ir- it w 1-. a. nching a popular made., young man, and cl are ■ Mr*. 1 ti. Junes, wife of the editor id the sr. i -Mi* Republic, is dead, after Her an ' eok's duration. maiden name wa* Elizabeth C. Ate). natliv .-he was a lister of J. A. Alter. md lit p o'e sor of English literature in the Adelphi -cademy, Brooklyn, N. Y.. ar». :i DAiLY MARKET REPORTS. /ill - Kt:. :* .i Ri-iriBTta m mmadok a aif/mL - - . rtuxu. <Js., UecMubw- u Ofi \"thi ouauuien* oott f.j Im-'** in >• « o-da>" ; Op"*jing i &» sr 'J S4® tc.r 9 .-.Tft FiHiruary 9-7. % Mar< u • 914# IT April tJmn to oea ..... i'b.. . M*) i June 1J OftlO.IS tai Juij !U8 Mnm. .^.JOST sort Augus: September October -*4i SerembiT a m * Olvwtsl ■ cw-iv. Ssje*. ei.roa. _ _____ ubs;* 9 ~ out- 0«: .--xpere* Mtttet;" woes y r « > t l.rrajo Market. Chkaqo, Bl. tt. - WbMt t»c«rob«r January i-UM " W*J Qorc December Jaauarv ■*» fort. Dacwtbin am HITS -c A