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t§| f q% f .", -A. 1ST I ■y-.tfrv? -to -.W-teS 'V , - ’OLUMX 18. \a» ito*4*n t .Fregrant! | Lasting! The Leading Price S3 Cts. lanTAao.' st DrnggHUf. IBS ' S "# D!'BULLS C mJt V f pf I. TO 1. £ CJ 1 RES COUGHS & COLDS FOR, 25 C Salvation PP /W«« only 26 Cl*. Sold by ell druggist*. Oil Will relieve Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Swelling*firuises,Lumbago,Sprains, Headache, Toothache, Sores, Bums, Cuts, Scalds, Backache, Wounds, So. cm* OBIFFIN, GEORGIA, U S. A. OnSu-is the beet and most promising little ity in the th. Its record fop the past half decade, Its many new enterprises in oper¬ ation, building and contemplated, prove this o he a business statement and not a hyper- olical description. ■ ■ j During that time it has built and pnt into most successful operation a $100,000 cotton acfcory and with this year started the wheels of a second of more than twice that capital, ft has put up a large iron and brass foundry, a fertiliser factory, an immense ice and bot¬ tling works, a sash and blind factory a broom factory, opened up the finest granite *<juarry in t!je United States, and now has our large oil miils in more or less advanced stages of construction, with an aggregate au¬ thorisedcapital of over half amilliondoUars. • It is putting up the flnest system of electric gfating that caw be procured, and has ap¬ plied for t»o artere for street railways. It has has secured secured another another railroad railroad ninet ninety y miles miles ta long. and while located on the greatest systin» %, the South.-the Central, has secured connect tion with its important rival, the East Tetg neesee, Virginia and Georgia. It has obtain- <1 direst independent, "connection with Chat tanooga and the West, d will break groun a a few days fora fpnrth road, connecting with iVith a fourth independent system. its five white and four colored church »t has recently coJOPfated Presbyterian church. It has increased it^ pop¬ ulation by nearly one fifth. It*has attracted around its borders fruit growers from nearly every State fn the Union, until it1* now sur¬ rounded on nearly every side by orchards . mad vineyards. It has put up the largest tu it evaporators in the Btate. It is the home of the grape and its wine making capacity has doubled every year. It has successfully in uugurated a system of public schools, with a seven years curriculum, second to none. This is part of the record of a half decade and simply shows the progress of an already admirable dty with the natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and winter, in the world. Griffin is the county seat of Spalding coun¬ ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet above sea level. By the census of 1890, it will have at alow estimate between 6 000 and 7,000 people, and they are all of the right sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬ sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel come if they bring money to help build up the wn. There id about only one thing we eed badly jusluow, and that is a big hotel We have several small ones, but their accom modations are entirely too limited for our usine s, pleasure and health seekig nguests It you Bee anybody that wants a good locaj tion for a hotel in the South, just mention Griffin. Griffin is the place where the Griffin News a published—dait y n n dy fgkiy—the best news- paper intho Empire State of Georgia. Please adose stamps in sending for sample copies, and descriptive pamphlet! of Griffin. This brief sketch is written April 12th, 1889, and will hare to be changed in a few months o embrace new enterprises commenced and ompleted, 1 WMMTEBPLL -IN- . . VELVET AND PLUSH Velvet Velvet llibbons, Baby Caps. Call and see the new arrivals from New ^ffiack^l^Vehfet at $1,25 and upwards, Colored Silk Velvet 75c. “ $1 Cardinal Plush, extra width @ “ -ALSO,- New lot Velvet. Baby Caps at $1 and upwards. Handsome Bucbing at 10c. to 50c. -(ORDERS.]- We keep constantly on hand a large and varied stock of elegant trimmings for the se¬ lection of patrons and orders ore promptly executed by accomplished artists. MRS. L. L. BENSON’S Art Temple. ! No. llO HILT. STRBET. Merchants and Planters BANE, JGriftln, Georgia, eaoi. : : : : $ 100,000 1,1889. I business intrusted banks, films THE REPUBLIC SAFE The New BroziUsm Government Generally Recognized. EMIN PASHA FATALLY INJURED. He Palls from HI* Window at lk|«liiojo, Violent JLu<>iC«»C* In the Itelglan Cham¬ ber of Deputies—KWo !'ei-*»ti* Perish In the snow—Right Men Killed by the OoUnp.e of n Bohemian Sugar Mill. Lisbon, Dec. 7. —Advices received from Brasil by the arrival of a steamer from Rio. state ttiat the troops and pro¬ file at Pwa Acclaimed tile new goeern- mu at without hesitation. The governor of the province endeavored to resist such action lut was coerced .into ac¬ knowledging the republic. The conser¬ vatives demanded a share in the new government, but this demand was re¬ fused. The troops and a majority of the peo¬ edge ple at the Bahia republic, refused at but first yielded to acknowl¬ learning whole had upon that the country ac¬ cepted the change. Support front the Ifolhsehllds. The provisional government cabled to the Rothschilds asking that house to continue its financial supp .rt, which those condition capitalists that order consented and the to union do upon of the Brazilian states should be preserved. Baron De Penedo, Brasilian minister to England, has been dismissed and his name because stricken of his display from the of hostility diplomatic to the list to Brazilian the republic Senhor to a Itzjuba degree has injurious been state. appointed to succed him. EMIN PA SHA’S MISHAP. Caused by Near Sightedncsa—His In- jnriea Probably Fatal. Zanzibar, Dec. 7. —After enduring the hardships of many years’ residence in the interior of Africa and the fati¬ gues and dangers of his journey to the sea, it has been the fate of Emin Pasha to receive an injury which is liaely to result in his death. The pasha is very near sighted and habitually Habitually wears, wears, glasses. glasses, Yesterday xesteruay he lie attempted to go about his room without them and unconsciously falling walked out the of a window, some distance to ground. He immediately picked and was into the house, where up it conveyed found that he hat! sustained fracture was a of the skull, which all of the doctors at favorable pud* circumstances, be removed from Bag&moyo for at least ten days. Political Biot in Bruucla Brussels. Dec. 7.—An excited debate occured in the chamber of deputies over the suspension of administrator of pub¬ lic safety. M. Bara (Radical) sprang to his feet and denounced Minister Lejune as a liar, for which, however, he subse- which expression crowd was outside, "immediately con- veyed the mob to the shouted: “Resign! whereupon resign!” The police charged making i upon the crowd and dispersed it, many arrests. Perished in the Snow. Vienna, Dec. 7.—Five persons per¬ ished in the snow Waag, during West the storm Hun¬ which prevailed As at of communication gary. means are re-established it is learned the des¬ titution and loss of life -r ting from the snow storms widespread of the and last three days have been great. A Ga* Workers’ Strike. London, Dec. 7.—A committee repre¬ senting 1,780 gas workers of London waited upon the masters and gave no¬ tice that a general strike would be be¬ gun on Dec. 73 if the employers didn’t by that time concede the demands of the men. ■’£ __ Eight Persons Kilted. Prague, Dec. 7.—A large sugar mill at from Swoleniowes, weight of Bohemia, the collapsed which the sugar, of there were 1,500 tons stored within. Eight persons were killed and many in¬ jured. _ Influenza Attacks Royalty. Sr. Petersburg, Dec. 7.—Many per¬ sons of high rank, including Sir R. S. Morier, ate British ambassador, and Grand Duke Alexis, brother of the czar, are suffering from influenza. Delamater’* Candidacy. Harrisburg, Dec. 7 —Politicians who are known to be cloee to Senator Quay announcement expressed no surprise of State on learning Senator of Dela- the mater, of Crawford county, that he will be a candidate for governor at the next Republican state convention. They say they always understood tnat Delamater would be a candidate, and that before the last convention it was given out that he had gubernatorial whether Senator aspirations. Quay has No one knows yet declared in favor of Delamater. though both are on the most friendly low terms. It is to thought drift the along senator for will time al¬ matters a before making known his choice for the nomination . _ Wholesale Poisoning. Indiana, Pa., Dec. 7.—Great excite¬ ment prevails m this village over the serious illness of forty pupils of and sev¬ eral members of the faculty the state normal school, who took sick after par¬ taking of dinner. The meal was be¬ lieved efforts to of have the faculty been poisoned, have been and directed the ever since to discovering the perpetra¬ tors and keeping matters resulted, quiet. medical Fortu¬ nately no fatalities as aid Was prompt and efficacious. The school is a state institution for the edu¬ cation of teachers and is attended by 350 scholars from western Pennsylvania. Mr*. KIH*»«d D»n*artm»!y 1H. Laurel, Del, Del., Of isec* Dec. 7.—Mrs. * Jtm* Marion EUigood, wife of Surgeon J. A. daughter Eltigood, of of Governor W. W mva sstrtjs county’s richest resident, oualy ill. Professor consul- son Medical has been in lation with the GRIFFIN GEORGIA SUN DAI MORNING. THE JERSE Y SILK INDUSTRY. Coaatry Shops Furnish a Part of the Work Hitherto Done by City Oporatlvo*. Paterson, N. J., Dec. 7.—Creditors »t the silk throwing firm of George Frost & Sons, who have given formal notice of their inability to meet obliga¬ tions, are busy perfecting a joint settle¬ ment with the firm. Preliminary ar¬ rangements were made at a meeting of ■ tile creditors. Hie failure of tbe firm calls attention to a change which is taking place in a branch The business of the of siik what making is technically industry. jailed “throwing" is being parcelled silk firm out among shops. Nearly three every shops in the in Paterson has two or country where labor is cheap and unor¬ ganized. The wages paid in the countary range from $1 to $2.50 per week.. In Paterson $5 or more is demanded by silk operatives. Frost & Sons paid the latter wages and refused to take advantage of country would labor, believing failure. that It spread, the system how¬ prove a ever, and the firm was unable to make silk as cheaply as their competitors and went under. shqbs Manufacturers will eventually predict displace that country all city mats in the business of throwing silk, unless, as the operatives hope, the coun¬ try laborer# organize and demand as high wages as are paid in the city. Inca))* Elected President Pro Tem. Washington, Dec. 7.— After a and num¬ ber of bills had been introduced re¬ ferred in the. senate Mr, Regan dressed the senate in advocacy of his bill for the repeal of so much of the third for the section sale of or bonds act of 1875 to as produce provides so as a reserve der for the The redemption vice president of legal having ten¬ notes. informed the senate that he would be absent two or three days next week, Mr. Ingalls was on motion of Mr. Hoar the elected absence president of the pro president. tempore during Vice Forth Amboy Customs Officers. Perth Amboy, N. J. , Dec. 7.— William. T. Hopper, of Long Branch, recently of appointed to the colleCtorship the port of Perth Amboy in the place of Oliver Kelly, duties whose term expired, John has assumed the of the office. H. Tyrrell succeeds John E, Scully, re¬ signed, Abel as deputy takes and the inspector, position and of Coleman coast inspector, which was field by Mr. Hendrickson. The new collector was inspector of customs at Sandy Hook under Collectors Houghton and Edgar. Minstrel Ilockstacler Files to Canada. New York, Dec. 7.— Dockstader’s theatre was closed last night owing, it was stated, to the illness of Mr. Lewis Dockstader. in fact, however, Mr. and Mrs. Dockstader, under assumed names, left the city yesterday afternoon for “The Can¬ ada. Mr. Dockstaders new play. Tallapoosa,’’ had proved a failure and his creditors is stated that were Mr. becoming Dockstader numerous. has sunk It all his money and $7,000 of his wife’s money in his recent theatrical ventures. A Fatal Hotel Fire. East Tawas, Mioh., Dec. 7.—The Minor house The here charred was partially remains destroyed of by people fire. found in the ruins. One-of two were them is supposed to be that of Edward Roney, the clerk. The other is uniden¬ tified. assisting Five persons the fire, were but injured fatally. while at none The fire is believed to have originated from a defective chimney. The hotel was one of the oldest buildings in the town and was partially insured. Governor Jackson's Boiler Bursts. Marion, Md., Dec. 7.— The exploded. boiler in Governor Jackson’s saw mill William Dennis, Dixon aged 22 probably years, was killed. William is fa¬ tally hurt. Richard Martin had a foot blown off. George Jones and Samuel Lowe, of Wicomaoo Howard, county, anil Henry Town¬ Tull, Henry Wimbrow, Edward Somerset send and John of county, scalded. were all seriously injured and • _ Virginia Good Templars. Roanoke, Va., Dec. 7.— The grand lodge of Good Templars elected the fol¬ lowing officers. Col. J. Kuser Miller, of Pulaski,- G. C. T,; Oscar Hudgins, of Matthews county, G. C.‘, Mrs. A. G. Pyle, of Richmond, V. T.; George W. Hawthurst, of Falls Church, 8. I.; N. King, of Front the Royal, place T. Alexandria was selected as of the next an¬ nual meeting. American* Get a Caban Contract. New York. Dec. 7.— -Rumple, Smith & Co., 40 Wall street, have been awarded by the authorities of Havana, Cuba, a contract to erect a system of water¬ works The for firm that city bid against at a cost number of $2,000,- of 000. a European houses and express surprise as well as gratification at their success, preference for as a rule in Cuba. Europeans are given the Statehood for Idaho. Washington, Dec. 7.—There fa very little doubt in the minds of the leading Republicans in the senate and the house that at least one state will be made dur¬ ing the present session of congress. Idaho is to come into the union. It fa mitted also possible statehood. that Wyoming will be ad¬ to Eight Killed; Many Injured. New Orleans, Dec, 7,—The Picayune’s Caihoun’s Boyee, La., special say: The boiler l of cotton gin, at Colfax. on killing the Meridith and plantation, exploded, and Ay injuring KUUU( six men two women many oth of tbe boiler was blown sixty feet. A Verdict of Volnotary Manslaughter. Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 7.—In the murder trial of the State vs. Berry Clen- dening, charged with the murder of Jacob K. Alshire, at Winifrede two or three months voluntary ago, the manslaughter. jury brought in a verdict of Greenwald on tbe Gallews. Brooklyn, Dec. 7.—John Greenwald was hanged Lyman early this Weeks, morning while for the murder of com¬ mitting burglary. The coffin which re¬ ceived the body bore the murderer’s real name, John wild. CoL Rath bone Cannot Recover, Lula, Q., Dec. 7.—Col. J. H. Bath- bone, the founder of the order of Knights Of Pythias, who fa lying ill at this place, cannot recover. lleadt or « A*e« Merchant. - ■............. .... - ' ........ HYNES HASffiS Concerning the Memorable ing of Dr. Cronin. EVIDENCE OF rat oomraAOY Reviewed end the Flan, of the Triangle Inferred—The Df*t«r’a Clothe. Were to Be IHeOove ed ,» toe. eat. the Victim Oenoi need > a Traitor to 1 ^ Ireland. kMlw **'■ v ' ■ < :• ■' Chicago, Hynes was to Cronin eloquent Irish to the jury himself i 3lose oijr guards, said Mr. Hynes, have been thrown by the law around the rights of men accused of crime. Hearsay testi¬ mony had been excluded and the strict¬ est rules had been laid laid down dowi defining the limits of evidence nee which which might be adduced against a ma$. ma|. All A1 this had been done emor 1 order that that it it might mi not be first possible badf and and accused that kided*behind MM afterward.” wTboSSSlkd ‘ ‘ not be ac- defense Evidence ol Conspiracy. “The m this case has been very much narrowed since the 4th of May,” said Mr. Hynes. ’“On that day Dr. Cronin was taken from Jus friends, home and murdered. On the 3th his becoming anxious, avowed that he had been murdered, tin the 6th and 7th* the facts were published to the com¬ munity. Then the work of attempting to destrov the character of the dead man was'begun. Dispatches points were that re¬ he ceived from numerous was alive and well; that he had been seen there. On the 8th John F. Beggs said he knew Dr. Cronin ’was all right and would turn up;' that he was in the inner circle and knew what he was talking about. It wa* denied by all the dupes of the triangle that Dr. Cronin was dead. He was alive and was all right, they said. The Flan of the Triangle. Continuine Mr. Hynes said: “There fa no doubt but that the plan of the trian¬ gle, which miscarried, was to have taken the clothes- of the dead man to England, where they: would be found, and then to.their the triangle dupes and could point ‘He this out say: was a British spy and went to England to tes¬ tify against Mr. Parnell in The London Times suit’ “Even at the beginning of this trial,” said Mr. Hynes, “the defense actually contested the identification of the body. That has been abandoned, of course, since of the discovery of the clothes and . the instruments:‘ established beyond Judge ’Wing reasonable asked, 'Is it a doubt that Dr. Cronin died from blows an the head as charged in the indict¬ ment? 1 This fa really a confession of the weakness. ” . , O’Sail!van'* Alibi. The alibi of O’Sullivan engaged the attention of the attorney to considerable length. The testimony that created the alibi was sifted until veiy little re¬ mained. The absurdity of the being story told by the saloon Hylands about Sunday, their May in 5, Niemans’ on with the iceman was held prominently to view by citing the who evidence that of Nie- the man and Anderson, swore saloon was full of revelers, whereas was the empty, n saloon upported the absurdity. Nie- Moreover, one of the men whom man swore to have come to his place on Saturday night, of May German, 4, with O’Sullivan something had the accent a an Irishman does not posses*. Wliere Kiinxe Wh«*1»p«| HU Feet. Kunze's intimacy of with Dan association, Coughlin and the constancy their it was held, was sufficient argument that as Kunze was so much at home at 117 Clark street, that he washed his feet there, the place. Coughlin very likely fre¬ quented Dan Coughlin’s alibi then taken was up and some very interesting views were- presented. bring Smith Trie into failure the station of Cough¬ when lin to he found him was also argued iiis with telling de¬ effect, as was the erroneous scription of Smith, driver of the white horse. IlnrkeV Altbfc To Suspect Burke’s alibi Attorney Hynes next gave his attention. After commenting on the contradictory na¬ ture of Matt Donahy’s evidence, lie re¬ ferred by to witness the pitiable who had impression attempted made the to refute the story of the hack driver, Swanson, by declaring that be was drunk. The motive of the great conspiracy was the next theme for the orators elo¬ quence and thought. He said it might possibly be that the appointment of a secret committee at the Meeting of Feb. 8 was not for the purpose of murder. But, if it had an innoceftt origin, why had not the members of that secret com¬ mittee come here to tell for what it was appointed? , Beggs* Appeal to Spellman. and The District correspondence Oificer Spellman between Beggs then was read ferring and interpreted. Cronin reading Beggs the in it, re¬ had bemoaned to the opening of old report, sores and had declared that something must be done to stop it. To this the district officer replied that he could do nothing, and ml the day the senior guardian re¬ J. ceived B. that month letter rented a man the by the flat name 117 of Hi at Clark street and purchased the fur¬ niture at Revell’s. On that day the re¬ moval of the clothes from the body was determined upon, for the satchel in which to place the clothes was bought. To Pi* p«*e or thfi Bo ly. It was determined that the body must not be found here. It would not do to let it be known that the murder was committed in this country; that would have been acknowledgment accusation against of the truth of Dr. Cronin's the triangle. And this was not desired, be¬ cause the executive wanted to continue to prey upon the honest cause. A FiendUlt Crime. Aberdeen, Miss., Dec. 7.-A little ti 8 years old, who a lives daughter about of mile James from M. a was snet to town on an errand, retura in due begun. Tbe b Kl r« * = FEDERATION OF Tib# *“ * * as ®Ee on the part of tiie delegates about hotel corridors the Knights of time wUl be looked on as a consummation that wiU be reached now or this year, it fa thought that the ti ne of a general union of labor will not be deferred long. Kooueil la bolte.i Lead. 1NTT8BURG, Dee. I.- A red hot tap slipped in.^ffi^ id^drmi^aStot, froti of tiie workmen terrific j- explosion explosion ’ ' followed, prostrat* ing the workmen by its force and scat¬ tering a mill. shower Patrick of molten O' Brien, iron through¬ laborer, out the a was literally encased by a splash of the liquid metal and was burned in a horri¬ ble manner. He was removed to the ’ hospital ’* * mm* in a dying ’ j condition. James and McBeth probably and John fatally, Kel ally burned. were also badly, . The Klee trie Sugar Fraud*. New York, Dec. 7.—What remains Olive of the electric Friend. Mrs. sugar Emily quintet—Mrs Howard, E. George A. Halstead and Orvin Hal¬ stead, who, Electric with Parson Howard, swin¬ of dled the dollars—were Sugar company brought bro out thousands of sessions down from plead the Tombs guilty to the i general three to grand to one or indictments for larceny in tbe first degree. The quartette will be sen¬ tenced on the indictment of grand lar¬ ceny, to which they pleaded*guilty. Gant. Howard tin* a Large Tow. Cambridge, Md., Dec. 7.—The state steamer Thomas, Capt, Laving Howard, ar¬ rived in Qembridge, under ar¬ rest the pungy Ella C. Robbins, Capt. Wash. Robbins; the pungy Anna Francis, Capt, Richard Robbins; the pungy Frank and Murray Me.” cNamara, Capt. Jeff Davis, all of Cambridge, ^ e,an4 and tiie pungy James Ai Whiting, at Smith’s 8 Island, xsiana, Capt. vapv. Evans. avails, These were arrested in Sharp’s lllUTUVVS. __ Election Contents. Annapolis, Md., Dec. 7. — Messrs. Randall, Stockett the and Munroe, the as coun¬ sel, will contest election of Dem- date, owing Basil, to irregularities, who returned falls behind J. S. M. is as hav¬ ing been elected by to votes. A recount to asked and a petition has been pre¬ pared to be submitted before Judge Miller. The Virginia Legislature. Richmond, Va., Dec. 7.—A hand- sngroxsed resolution of thanks before the senate from the Irish the British house of commons courtesies extended to Sir Thomas Esmonde during his visit here a year ago. The legislature was November engaged in counting the vote cast in for governor and lieutenant governor. A Reverend Unseat. Atlanta, Ga., Dec, 7.—The investi¬ gation of the charges against Rev. Wal¬ ter. R. Dale was closed, George P. Hor¬ ton, of Wades* orb, N. C., Nnttali, identified Dale as being J. O. H. who married and deserted Horton’s sister. Dale has been bigamy. pkiced under arrest, charged with Jimmy Carroll’* Fight Poatpnned. San Francisco, P-c. 7.— The fight between Mike Lucie and Jimmy Car- roll, which was postponed last month, will take place Jan. 22. Fought to a Draw. Boston, last night Dec. resulted 7.—The in McAuliffe-Daly draw. fight a Tfr* tYmthef, Rain; westerly winds;slightly warmer. NUGGETS OF NEWa Charles A. Dana, editor of The New York Sun, returned fyom Europe on the steamship Hispania. The reported Manager insanity Barnie, and the confine¬ Balti¬ ment of of more Baseball club, fa denied. Two men were quantity fatally of hart by the, in ex¬ the plosion of a sawdust shavings room in Horn Brothers' furni¬ caught ture factory fire at from Chicago. the boiler The shavings and room there was instantly a deafening report. Thomas president D. of Messier, the Pennsylvania comptroller rail¬ and vice road company, who was attacked with congestion last attending .Inly, has fully business recov¬ ered and is to as usual. The petition of the depositors of the Lawrence bank, assignee asking' and for the the appoint¬ dis¬ missal of the ment of a receiver, has been refused by Judge Stowe, at Pittsburg, on tiie ground of illegality. , The secretary of the treasury has made the following appointments'In J. W. Man- the internal revenue service: beck, storekeeper and gauger, Pennsyl¬ vania. first district; M. K. Manbeck. storekeeper and gauger. Pennsylvania. James DeLong, engaged residing cutting near down Topton, Pa., was in a large oak tree when it fell upon him, fracturing his* skull and causing in¬ ternal injuries. He almost bleu to death doubtful. before help came. His recovery fa Secretary Blaine, ha’ wing recovered from hfa recent attack of if lumbago, re¬ sumed hfa duties at the de state depart- nient. * ■. A call has been issued Car a I meat .a.-*™ te^he -£3-3 NGRESSMi S* V iier Biloott witM72.006 .fIi. A WOMAN AT TEE BOTTOM.OF IT. * i US' fn. h« Im« Tfcawil.reirnek hr thm »•- -e »t Ka-ercaanl-nt-Arua flam'* r«W.,-n,. -alarlre Of I Member* Involve*! — I Mint stanrt Ilia loam—Mr. Leeilom wT7<Tn I'm -CESilet the sergeant-; if congre**, fa amount of about $82,< mrnot which fa government ey. He has a bond' on file ” for ' $50,000 with good se- ourities, so that the government will not suffer as severely as individuals. The chief sufferer will be the sergeant- at-arms of the last house—J. H. Lee- dom, who loses $10,000 cash and fa held responsible for the shortage of Silcott above the amount which may be recov¬ ered from hfa bondsmen. Silcott to supposed to be in Canada. It Areata i a senaplloM. . The announcement of the defalcation created a sensation in the house. Sil- cott was well known to at least 100 of the old members, Hfa little stooping figure and hfa gray head was familiar MS s draw money in the last congress. The letter from es Hergeanbat-AArms Leedom Silcott’s to Speaker defalcation Reed informing not received him of was with any manifestations of feelings be¬ yond complete surprise when laid before the house. The members seemed letter. Mr. LMdoni Interviewed. Mr. Leedom Beemed to take the mat¬ ter quietly and with some fortitude, al¬ though be told the newspaper inter¬ viewers who crowded about him that he was in no condition to talk. “All of SW he ’ SNjr the . back Siss of : reporter, as sat in room his little office, gazing at the stream of anxious congressmen who poured in the door to look at the big empty safe and to “We ask questions did not and offer suspect sympathy. anything absolute wrong,” knowledge he continued, of the “and extent we had of the no defalcation until just before I made the report of it to the house. tire(■ in*Bailee* of (lie IMsrovarjr. telling “Silcott went that he to had New to York collect Saturday, me Thfawtfeto^Cwotod be^ day night. We did not know what had happened to him when he did not ap¬ killed. pear, but We thought expected that he had the been absence never truth until hfa became prolonged, when we began to investigate. We did not believe tiie worst until we had gone to the treasury as % last resort, hoping that he had not drawn the money. There we found that he hud drawn $183,000 since Wednesday, apparently with the intention of carrying it away. Then I determined to report the matter immediately to the Mill house and await '!■)■..... its action, “Tin Hie shortage fa $71,892. I- had $10,- 000 in the safe and Silcott had a like amount I up to Saturday. Sileott has That it with fa him all gone. Canada.” suppose in Slleatt’i Uoiul-man. Silcott came from,Youngstown, O., where he was a merchant for many J* bondsmen, ears. .. His fifteen bond is in for .....P number, $50,000 , and hfa are a residents of Ohio aud of the vicinity where he lived. The only names which Mr. Leedom could remember among these men were those of W. A. Blair, Wil¬ liam McCormick. J. T. Willson, R. H. ldlison and Samuel LYennan. The bond fa in Mr. Leedom’s private safe out west. Mr. Leedom says tliat the bondsmen are ail good men. . Silcott’* ffife Ha* a Fit. Silcott’s son, a young man who had recently married, fa employed in the document room of tbe house. Hfa was at hfa work as usual when informed of hfa father's disappearance. The an- nouncement was first intimation that father, anything and the was effect wrong it bad with him his on startle! bis fellow clerks. He fell to the floor in a faint and then was attacked with a fit from winch lie did not recover for some time. He was taken to hfa home when he regained consciousness. I tic Woman in the (:**«. Silcott was a frequenter of race tracks and pool rooms and had gained a repu¬ tation as a heavy better. Although did Silcott’s family live in this city disguise he bis not seem relations to make with any effort to a woman known as Louisa Barrett, whom he bad at a bouse of ill fame here. On this woman lie lavished all sorts of inxuries and this is thought to have been the principal Barrett cause cannot of ot hfa be disgrace. iound and The it woman fa fa believed believed that that she she fa fa with w________ Silcott. She fa a French Canadian and has been L ing in secentiy Washington lier for three years. Sil¬ cott took from the * of ill fame where they had d met met and es- ta)dished her in a very respectable respeci lo- caiity. _ Supreme Court Joitlee* to Retire. Washlngtos, Dec. 7.—The president expects to be able to make a practical reorganization within about eighteen of the supreme months. court Mr. Justice Miller, Mr. Justice Field add intention Mr. Justice Bradley retire have within signified that their to time. Mr. Justice Miller was anxious to retire several months ago. soon after Harrison entered the White House, but the presi¬ dent desired him to remain until the then existing vacancy was filled and until after the retirement of tiie other two justices. Bv the retirement of Jus¬ tice Field tbe Democrats will lose a mem¬ ber from the supreme bench, as {resi¬ dent Harrison will not appoint any one vacancies as they occur. I Fraalr Offer**. . . . . Dec. 7.—The cent. I jw cent, l mostly by water. The ” clpally to 0 I Jb* Croaaan.who b°t*l wa» coi as has a - Stem m? ami Smith eav-e I were united with i of upwards, two incl: j sex, Thes child; the < terlyt tian county ii by* call SSfeKW sri® atwi Iin re Catasai Fritz, of met with i cause Ids men were t down trees. jm’ivtdteterm* 7®**y*P» :--- CharUr* Granted a HARBSSuna, ; follows: were granted.* The SW* sociation, of 1 The best tbe t twyj est clods in the . most whsatt In I r-%; 1