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THE MACON TELEGRAPH. li H III UK Strong Report Made by the Grand Jury. Bow in Session That City. LAWS MUST BE ENFORCED. Jobbery, Perjwrjr, Gambling and Sue day Liquor Belling Are Among (lie Things Co Which the ACCentloa of (be Court Ii Called* New Orieaais, Dec. 24.—Tthe grand Jury! which has been in conlnoious ses sion 'two inontihs, made ttoelr final re port today. Judge Ferguson thanked the jurors for their distinguish©! ser vices and personal sacrifices they (had made donning -the past two months, and discharged the jury without date. The report mentions the alarming ex tent to wtt$dh -wilful perjury has in creased; the large sums squandered in the nc*w court house and- j-ail through robbery or divided &3 spoils; the utter want of decency and self-respect nvami- fested by indicted oouncalmen, strongly condenfiiinig the mayor for not sus pending itihelr ’tria'.B; the evidence of official corruption, and recommending the closest scrutiny of future ordi nances granting contracts and fran chises. The action of the poCflce In the recent levee troubles SB Btirongfly con demned. Prize fighting or so-called glove contests ought to he summarily suppressed. In 'reference (toperjury the jury says: “Willful perjury for tfli unposo of shield ing criminals is either becoming more frequent or presenting a more alarm ing stage, and unless checked by the sternest measures will soon 'become a method df hiding crime and defeating the inflicting of its penalties. Your jury has been start tiled by thJe dharac- ter of some of the evidence sworn »fco b afore, evidence -which wenlt far enough to satisfy us thalt we were 'hot on the trail of bribers, toult that was 00 guarded and witnesses “coached” so as 'to stop just short of revealing itr.d criminal and fixing on him the responsibility.*' POLITICAL JOBBERY. - In -referance «to municipal jobbery the . report says: ‘The bold sale of officio!! votes for privileges which beHong to the fulture as well as the present; «t!he sworn evidence of citizens that council- men in ch'.unrpionmg’ their just uild proper applications for ordinances warned them t'-hait (their passage was Impossible unless paid for; the unblush ing effrontery with 'which ci'bi'zens were wayiaild in the city hall oorridors Ito have dishonest proposals made to them; 'the mysterious paymenlt for framchilaes of hundreds of thousands of dollars which never Toadied the pubCf-c treasury; the official •favorltls'm w.ildi secures carotracts to one and excludes another; the charging of ex tra fees by dorks in the morljgnge and conveyance offices and cut the city Will in -that partt of* the comptroller’s office known as the tax mortgage office, re quire bu>t a recital to show the degree to which oflTciial debauchery has gone, and we recommend an unrelenting wir upon all such methods amid tthe infliction of the severest penalty upon each exposed offender.” CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISES. On the subject of ipubbc contracts and franchises the report says: “The evidence of official corruption arnd Individual cortporalte (greed going hand in hand—tiro an© used to filch fnorn the people ehtr pufbllc assets for the aggradizetment of the other—and i!h« sworn testimony oif cltlzone that tlho public treasnary is not the first coca* Bideraitlon -whom contracts are to be let or when franchise tne caught, called for the rtigihteous Indignation of all hon est <men and 'the cflostist scrutiny of fu ture contracts and franchisee, is rec ommended.” Under the oaiptlon of “Sundaty Law Violations” the Jury say: ,, “Your jury ichargets that ih© fleet lie tfjurce of crime Is tho unclosed saloon, openly and -parslstenltly violating the law every Sunday” RoCerrlng ito gambling, the report states that the Jruny Is of the opinion hhn.l “gacrtbllng le carried on in the ctotty to an alarnmlnig oxten-t, notwithstanding the stringent laws aigalnst it. We fur ther believe tiua.t these gamibltng roome are not unknown to our .police and tfnat for reasons best known to them the .places continue 'to operate in open de fiance of the la*w.” “Your Jury,” .the retport goes bn .to say, “notices with great intoretst the Investigation 'being made by tihe Lexoiw committee in New York city, and la confident, should our legislature create such a committee to operate along the same lines, it/would result in the great est good to this city and state.” NEWSPAPER SUED. Martin, ©ay* H© WlU Vote to Suspend Co.pt. Sbbnrifittbeirtgor. New Yartc, Dec. 24.--The police com mission did not meet today. J.t was ex ported rthey would have a special meet ing to consider itfcte confeuaion made be fore dhe Lexow committee Oast Friday by Ca$>t. Schmi'itbergv?r, who charged In?ipectx>ns ‘Williaum and IMctAvoy with camuptotan. All nil© members were at headquajttem during the day, but It was decided theme would (be no meeting until Friday. Superintendeot Byrnes was in ooaxsul.ta:tlon with Commissioner Murray late 'today, and In3pc»ctor Wi.-l- iams had a confleronce with OommLs- b'loner Ahca^han. What was disoviei^l by Byrnes and Murray could not be learned,, a-nd Ocmintiw6i/>ner Shedhasni a ml Inupedtctr WilUaans refusal to say any- tiulng about their corifertttn'ce. Presi dent iMarttn, eald It was noth inter new. So far as could be Jeanmed. the board wifl'l, ait meeting an Friday next, take same oic-tlon concerutlng the gen eral chang(ct3 o»f corruptlbni awl bribery made by Capt. fcVhunittioeuw^r. Con- ccrtning •SonlmlWlbMiyper, Coniunissloinor Sheehan said -fcMs afternoon that if the ease eff nth© Tanderlpjn dial riot eaune up before .the board, tie would certainly vote 'to auap^nd; him from duty. “I was opposed to put ting Capt. Cree- don baric on duty,” he EUid ( “and 1 wlW take tihe siim© .position In Schm'.lti- beitger’a ciuse. (Main .who conlfet’a to hov- i'rtg •coirumiuted crjini.'s are not, in my opinion, fit <to act as police officers.” GENICES NOT ENCOURAGED. rhe Bank Plunderer Arraigned in the United States Court for Sentence. Policemen Say They Were Not Bribed by Policy Men. Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 24.—Chauncey H. Oakley, mayor of Fort Wayne, brought suit today against the Journal Company, Howell Rockili and A. J. Moneyhan for libel and 225,000 damages. James N. Lig gett. superintendent of police, also filed Hutt for libel and 125,000 damages against the Journal. Both stilts are based or loged defamation of character conveyed in an articles which charges the mayor, su perintendent of police and twenty-one po licemen with taking bribs from policy shopkeepers. The twenty-one policemen fove given Instructions to bring suit. READY FOR A NEW YACHT. New York, D*c. 24.—There was no meet- ing of the New York Yacht Club commit tee today, but Messrs. Smith and Can field met at the office of the former and bad an informal talk. Within the past few days the opinion has veered around to the belief that an International yacht race next year Is almost a certainty, and discussion is now* devoted molly to wnat style of boat shall meet the one from the other side. It is rumored that eral enthusiastic yachtsmen are ready to contract with th© HerreshofTs for a fender of the cup within a few days artec Dinraven’s challenge reaches these shores. A BROKEN DYKE. Berlin, Dec. 24.—During the preva- of tfcto jjale in Germany the dyke fci. iixrbu: g broke and a large area of UCKl nvtn submerged. Many wreefls in Gerf&immd* ’2nd A’.tom- were Inun dated, and In Hamburg the Hamburger Hoff on the Al»bei>Bas»in, and the quays *$urrouiii«ng ^ihat fiheet of wat© were greatly damaged. The water I: now bein.^ pifm,>hJ out by fire engines The damages tx> the dffckn, it is said, reach ut least 2,000,000 marks. An Inventive Mooneliiner Placed in the Jail. Florence, Ala., Dec. 24.—The United States revenue officers who (have been raiding illicit distilleries in. thie secton for the past itiree weeks, made a re markable discovery yesterday. At the home of R, O. Williams, seven miles east o>f Lexington, in this coun ty, the officers found a mootishine out fit which coneisfed of a. one gallon coffee pot, tmnsformed onto u still capable ot making half a gallon' of whisky per day. The stlli was operated easily and worked perfectly. The unique outfit ■was brought to Florence and placed on exhibition, hundreds viewing it with curiosity. Williams, the g?nius. who is said to have originated the device, waa arrested and placed in Jail on the charge of operating ah illicit distillery. The arresting officers were Deputy Collector J. D.. Coffee, Deputy Marshals J. A. O’Rear.. J. W. Barker and Mr. Ed. Behler. They captured an eighty gallon still near where they captured the coffee pot outfit. Within the past three weeks they have raided fully a dozen moonshine distilleries In this sec tion and Limestone county, and havo made several captures oC notorious wlld-catters.** TELEGRAPH SUITS. Judge Smith Says They Will Abate by Repeal of the Law. SO INTERCESSION FOR HIM. Th« Prlioair K«»djr and Willing to AatUt the Bank Ofiolali In the Work of Straightening Out His Tangled Accounts* Abbeville, Dec. 24.—The cases of sev eral petitioners against the Telegraph Company came up before Judge Smith for a final hearing last Saturday. Judge Smith decided that the suits should bate by reason of the * fact that the bill re- pealing the penalty law had been passeA,, by the legislature. The attorneys for tt;5 ’ petitioners, However, will-take the cua „ v . u „ w tion* 18 8l ^ reme cour * * or ftnal adJndlcg^- {jtiinTmum punishment. He said Seely had New York, Dec. 24.—Samuel C. See ley, the defaulting bookkeeper of the National Shoe and Leather Bank, who was arrested in Chicago on Deoember 11 and pleaded to guilty to defaulting the bank by making false entries and converting the bank’s money into per sonal cash, was arraigned before Judge Benedict in the United States circuit court today for sentence. The specific sum mentioned in the indictment as misappropriated by Seeley is only 25.080, though his peculations from the bank flor the benefit of Frederick Baker, which fias been going on for several years, amounted to 1354,000. Out of this fabulous sum Baker merely gave Seeley 220,000. Seeley was brought from Ludlow street Jail to the federal building at 11 o’clock by Matehal John E. Mc- Avlney and taken to the office of the United States marshal. The directors of the Shoe and Leath er bank had a long private interview with Seeley in the marshal’s office this noon-. Seeley tohl them he would tell All he knew of the defalcations from 1885 to 189'4,'a.nd aid them us well as he was able to straighten out the tan gled accounts for that period, even If h'e should b? sentenced to ten years. Lawyer Angel made an earnest ap peal to the directors to Intercede with Judge Benedict in Seeley’s behalf, but thTey positively declined to do so and simply ' said they would not spxik a word to the judge one way or ’the other. President Crane did not see Seeley this morning. It was 2:23 o’dlock when Seeley was called to the bar. The court room was crowded with curious speeftftore, attracted by the notoriety which the prisoner’s crime has gained. •Seeley responded quickly to the call of his nani? and walked to the bar with a llrni step, but he looked pale, de jected and crestfallen, in fact almost dazed. He wae tin charge of United States Marshal McCarty and a deputy marshal. His wife’s uncle, Milford F. HhlenCack, stood with him in court. , Lawyer Frank W. Angel lnterteceded for his client and said that he thought the ends-*of Justice would bo met by the Washington, Dec. 24.—The House end ot the cspitol wore a deserted look today. At noon scarcely a dozen representatives had made their appearance on the floor. Speaker Crisp came up a little befoe that hour and spent some time in hta com mittee room reading his mall. The only representatives in evidence today, except ing Mr. Russell of Connecticutt, were from the extreme West end Northwest. Col. Isaac Hill, the assistant sergeant-at- arms, said that all the representatives east of the Mississippi had, with few ex ceptions, gone home, with the exception of Mr. Holman of Indiana, who will re main during the rccese and work On the Indian appropriation bill. This bill, Mr. Holman explained, will carry no specific appropriation for contract Indian schools. The appropriation for Indian schools this year Is $L0W,000. p the next year the ap propriation will be 21,200,000, an Increase of 2160.000. The secretary of tho Interior will have the entire control of tho dls. bnrsement of tho appropriation and the intention, It is understood, will be in the future to substitute government schools for those now contrlled by sectarian in fluences. Thero will be no change, how ever, In the appropriation for the schools at Hampton and Carlisle and the Lincoln school at 1‘hiladolphla. The senate end of the c&pitol was abso- lute .v deserted today, the chamber Itself beintf locked, while the private corridor was closed to the few strangers who hap pened to drift into the building. During the morning some few senators spent an hour or so onsworlng their mail, but by noon not a senator was to be found in the big building. Those who showed their presence wero Messrs. Blackburn, Voor- hees, Pettigrew', Blanchard, Lodge, Dolph, Teller and Cockrell, The latter put in some time on the appropriation bills, it being his intention as soon as the senato reconvenes to report the urgency defi ciency bill, whlfch carries the amount nec essary to enfefreo tho collection of tho Income tax. The pension and Military Academy bills have been reported and are on the calendar. Mr. Cockrell has on his desk the army and fortifications bill, but does not expect to get them before the sub-committee during tho recess.* ANOTHER INDHCTMENT. Now Orleans, Dec. 24.—The grand Jury today presented City Engineer L* W. Browa with a Christmas present in the shape of" another indictment for extor tion In offloe. The presentement was made together with their report. It is charged that on the thirteenth day of September, 1892, City Engineer L. W. Brown, corruptly and unlawfully, by color‘of Bis office icxtort, demand and charge and receve, dd from the (Me- Ewen & Murray Lumber Company, limited, 261 more than any lawful com pensation to which he was entitled for a switch track, which the above com pany was authorized to construct by an 5£dl<n<mco presented by the city coun cil*. FAILURE AT MILWAUKEE. Milwaukee, WIs., Dec. 24.—Receivers were appointed today for the Hub CloUh- intg Company, whose stock Is worth 2S0,- 000 and debts aggregate 2120,000 for the Chapman Carriage and Sleigh Compa ny, with assets of 228,000 and debts of 240,000, and Charles Voigt, Jeweler, with assets of over $15,000, made a voluntary assignment at 12:05 o’clock this morn ing. Twenty-two minutes later, the sheriff came around to attach the stock for a New York creditor, but Voigt’s attorney stood him off with a revol ver. ^ WILL PROSECUTE ASHE. San Francisco, Dec. 24.—Thomas WHIfl* tamo, Jr„ exipreatdjcr.t of the CaQIPomla Jockey Club, has accused Porter AiOie, line well known horseman, of dei'jber- aluely robbTng Mrs. Sarah Altihe Terror, tho ola/imaavt in the c©\forated will case, and who is now in an insane asylum, while acting as hier guardian. WilMioima says Ashe squandered 'th© woman's for tune, orfwl be Intends to crkmi'mully pros ecute lhhm. Thu allegations Have caused a great sensation. TH1E * GARNTOG-IE REDUCTION. Pittsburg. Dec. 24.—The new wage scale for th© Cargieigie Steel Works at Homostead was posted in the several dqpcrtmenbs of bh«e works todaiy. and disclosed an av©rage reduction of 35 per oervt. Beeldes ctois, rthe services of a number of bighipirt'Ced men are dispens ed wlttlh. The ren'ts cm company houses were materially reduced. There was some d4sKa.tkrf.icflIon, but d££<plte tho grumbling the scale /will be aocerpted as presented. FOSTER CONFESSED. Pans, Ill., Dec. 24.—Noah Foster, the murderer of young Arthur Ii. Binnoii, made a fuU confession of Ills crime this morning. He said his only motive In killing the boy was for a box of clgaas, a pint of whisky and his cloth ing, of jvhfcih lie robbed him of ter the murdeb. Foster, who 4s a married man, in company with 'he boy, was tramp ing around the country, when in a lone ly part of th© railroad yards he (Fos ter) urderod tHe boy. THE ARCHITECT’S OFFICE. Washington, Dec. 24.—Secretary Carlisle today Issued an order reorganizing tho supervising architect’s office of the tr»an. ury department, his action is taken to separate the technical work of the office from the executive branch as much as possible, and Is the direct outcome of the conflict between Secretary arllsle and the late Supervising Architect O’Rourke. whlCch led to the reltrment of the latter. THE TREASURY BALANCE. Washington, Dec. 24.—The treasury's stated balance today at the close of busi ness stood at 2153,756,998, of which $89,041,- 277 is gold. The figures represent all re ported and known gold withdrawals at the several sub-treasuriee. EARTHQUAKE In IDAHO. Boise City. Dec. 24.—Two distinct shocks of earthquake .wece Holfced here this morning, one so severe ns to knock the petering from th* buildings aud to rinff bells. told him openly that he was guilty and deserved punishment. He said that Seely had over COO accounts under his care. His first'mistake was an error. He had not placed the government to any expense or the trouble of a trial. A^e also asked that tho-sentence bo executed in the Kings county penitentiary. Judgo Benedict then setenced Seely to eight years In the Kings county peniten tiary. Seely was at once removed from the court room and taken back to Ludlow Street 1*111. The maximum penalty for his crime under the statute is ten years imprisonment, and tho minimum five years. With the allowance for good con duct, the actual time Seely will have to serve will be about five years and four months. In passing sentence the judge said: "The law must protect tho banks and is Intended to deter others from commit ting similar crimes." Just before Seely was called to the bar, President Crane of the Shoo and Leather Bank and Director Beach entered tho court room and took scats in tho rear of the gallery. M. Beach Is the director who had an In terview with Mr. Seely In the marshal’s office and refused to Intercede with the Judgo In his behalf after Seely had told him all he could abount the bank’s ac counts and how to trace missing checks. After Seely was taken from the court room back Into the marshal’s office to get the commitment papers, ho said to the deputy marshal who had him in charge: ”1 am glad it Is over. I would rather serve twenty years In prison than suffer as I have done during the past ten years. The past ten yeurs have been terrible to me and the anguish indescribable.” RAN A TRAVELING DISPENSARY* Ohieraw, S. C., Dec. 24.—Last Friday nig'ht Collector Stackhouse und Mar- Gregory and Edgr/worfh capltured oil Lwndhes river, in Chesterfield coain- il, D. (H. Tiller, Jim, John and Tom Blackwell, Ed Jones and Murray Til ler (far violating -Che revenue laws vmd brought them to Cheraw, 'Where they 'gave »bond the next day. Thvae men are arid ito have been carrying on a lively trade In liquor and yet the dis pensary oc'nfcrfaJbles have never caught any of flhem. Only three gallons of liquor ainx! a (Horse ami wagon were captured. The re«r of (tho liquor which these men had w<ia carried.off where tihe officers could not get it. THERE ARE TWO RECEIVERS. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 24.—The cazo of the Water Company of this city came up again in the city court this morning. Two sots of receivers having been appointed, one by the state court and one by the United States court, the question wne as to who was in. pos- s»?KSlon. In tho state court nn appeal was taken to the supreme court and a supersedeas bond o/f $10,000 given. This move stays further proceedings in the matter until th? aupreme court can pass upnn the receivership of the state court. In the meantime, the stock holders will have the mann<g>mer»t and operation of the water works and the plant will be continued as usual. MUST GIVE A VERDICT. New Orleans, La., Dec. 24 —Hie Kane- Thrlffil-y jury having arrived at no verdict, the court at 2:45 o’clock was adjourned until Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock. Unisys tln»v conclude to bring \n a verd ot In the meantime, they wilt spend Christmae In the new court'ffo*jae. Judge Ferguson, upoq no tification. will receive their verdict at any time. THORPE WILL CONTEST. PeerAburg, Va., Dec. 24.—Mr. R. G. Tfcortp* of Meckwmburg county, who aa Republican candidate for congress from the Fourth district of Virginia at She «fle© ion ih*ld on the 6th of Novem ber laat,trMl.iy through attorneys served mftlce of contest* on Hon. W. R. (Me- Kenney of his city, the Democratic ovndV^te and to who certificate of election wae awarded* (MRS. GREEN HiAS A WHEEL. Says Ooneplmtoiu MuKe (Frequent At tempts On Her Life. New York, Pec. 24.—One of the mowt remarkable cases over brought iiyto tho American counts promises 'to be that of Mrs. Helijty Groan, one of >bhe richest women in AjneWca, cigains!t tho execu tors 'and trustoefi of her ffl'thor’fi estate, involving millions. According to the story (told today by her lawyer, Williaim H. ^bayton, Mrs, Green is in'fmr of her life. A belief, firmly fix?d, that a txtnrl of conspira tors took tthe lifo of her father, Edward M. Robinson,* awl of her auuit, Sylvia Ann ‘Howland, of Now Bedford, years ago, and are dally seeking her life and tho life oil her ohiUften, contlunlly haunts her. Glass, she deala res, has been placed dn 'her food not six months ago; blocks of wood and stones have been hurled at her flrom windows as she was passing oft'the sidoiwalk, und on numerous occasions her Mfe has been threatened. Whether or not 'Mrs. Greco is the f Je tton of n strange hallucination remains to (bo seen, but 'that her feaus lmvo In cited her -to lead a life of a recluse there ctin be no doubt. Tbe Race Trouble in Brooks Not so Serious in Results as Was Supposed. TROOPS ORDERED OUT. Governor Atkinson Determined Thnt Doke—The White Mob ■HU Hauling Wnverly Pike*; WHITBQAiPS AT MARIETTA. Moor© Taken From His Homo and Bru tally Beaten. Atlanta, Dec. 24.—(SipodaJ.)—The will tec a ps of north Georgia are work ing down ito ward Atlantia. Saturday night *Mr. Jacob (Moore, /who clerks in tho storo of tho Eads, No©l Coonpany, who resides »wi'tb his family at'Marietta, twenty miles from lAJUanta, in Cobb county, tons dragged out of his bad, carried 'to 'tin? woods and .then subjected to n onoat brutal beyting. Hl« nose was broken and such other injuries in- fl'.olod upon bis body ifoat he is now candled in bed. To add «to <th© bnfbality of the out rage, (Moore’S wlfo was lying danger- ous’y ill in tdi© house. When 'the masked men, six jl number, took hint out she was horrified. She loft her bed end tried to follow .the mob. .Finally eh© cam© upon her husband's prostrate and insensible body 'lying where he had been loft after the boating. Tho only cause assigned for the out rage is thoit ‘Moor© had 'had a difficulty with another man several months ago, in which he administered a thrashing to his advemaiy. • The people of Marlotlta are deeply in censed a t Who outrage. ■Moore has an ex<x4'©nt reputation both in Atlantia, and Marldilta. CHANGED HI« NAME. Mr. Turpin That *Was ta Now Mr. Rcmlck. Atlaniia, Dec. 24.—<»ponlal.)-<Mr. Miles Jackin Turpin, who was known throughout flho eta.to, Tecoived a Ohrlst- m*as gift from Judge 'Lumpkin of the Superior court today in (the shape of an order changicg his name fnorn Tur pin to Renick. The young man Is 22 years of uge. Ills mother is now the wife of Mr. E, J. Ken!ok, chief of divis ion. in tho depatuiiiwnt of tho '.nterior and also n member of the government board of exiponition comm»is«!iOne.n». Mr. Turpin < li »mg»vl hi* na,me it that of liis step-father, ^ctrfck, so as to inherit his property. POLICEMEN RELEASED. St. Louis, Dec. 24.—Judge Edmundo today unversed the ruling of Judge Mur phy of the court of criminal correc tion in the contempt proceeding* against policemen and ordered them released. Th* cnee grew out of tho as sault 2J*t Thursday upon a negro pris oner who was discharged by Judge Murphy nod was attacked and fearfully beaten by some policemen a* h* was leaving the court, room. Judge Murphy issued an order that, no policemen car rying concealed weapons should be al lowed In court, anil upon seven police men violating this order, they were sentenced to tw 4 -nty-flve days hi jail for contempt of court. GLENN ON WILLING TO SQUEAL New York, Doc. 24.—Ex-Wardmrm Oleonon, who was mrmenderwi by Wn bondhnvin on fia'furdav. has failed «s yet to secure bail and is fbeked up In <he Tomba. There is a rumor that Glennon is willing 'to tell what he knuw# of polle* tiribery, ppwided the charge* against Mm widl not be pressed. A number fit wltn«rf*e* nre bekn*? ''X'Jmlncd ;*n the dUKricft attor ney’s office as to n>:nor matters con cerning prospective poUoe indictments. Quitman, Ga., Dec. 24.-^Ful!©r in formation concerning tho killing of ne groes in tills conuity might (beifior© last by a. ipos8© Cn pursuit of th© murderer of Jo© Isom shows that tho total num ber of victims is 'three. These tire Sam Taylor, Eli 'Frazor and (Harry Shared. The band of numull men, about 150 strong, nro now at 'Rod 'Bay, a swamp on the Oooptico Crook, about throe miles above th© seen© of ithe murdor. Tho swamp is tmnnoundeid and is being thoroughly searched by men and dogs. No itraco of Wavertly (Piike, Isom’s mur derer, has been found, and the opinion is tbait ho bus left ibis suction and is now a good many miles from (till© seen© of the crime. The body of imen. in pur suit are kociping up tho search in a des ultory mannor and havo not much hopo of finding him. An inquest was held today over tttic bodies of 'thoso win© have 'been killed. Justice Byrd of tho (Moruin district acted us coroner. The verdict was tha t Sam Tayior oa:mo to hie doa.th at the hands of E. W. Tillman and itho others at till© (bands of unknown parties. Till man Is a broth'or-dn-ifliw of Isom. Henry Tillman, anotiion forothar-in-lawt of Isom, and Isom hiimself took an active part -in (fallowing up and arresting Jerry nnd Sherman Jeffero, ah© negroes who murderod Tip Mauldon about] three weeks ago, and P«.ke, Lsoui’a murderer, said at tho (time flhttt Isom and Henry Tillman avciro -taking 'their lives in their hands. . Two ngnae* toy the name of Hulett, whb iwero* 'p.vSETTTg V'i a vta/gon at the Omo Bike 'murdered bom, (have been pult in JoCl. Both say th'ait West Mc- CoOil ,thc negno wthto was with Pike, at Cm time, fired rtlhree shot!* cut Tillman. When MbCa’ll was anresited a pistol was found on him iirwl tthreo of its chambers Were empty, pike seams if) have -boon aiho only ;one who flrod on. Isom arid he fired tout one Shot. Tat* two 'Hul'e’tt riegroos are euspected of tUkJng 'P2ke In ithelr wa^an^fmmodla! e- ly 'jdtier the at looting lading In hla escape. ^ • ' Every thing is qule«t Mound Isom’s, home now. The onosfll *»f men still searching for Pike haV% quieted dbwn and are uoit likely to commit <any furtlher acts of viblenco. *fVi© probaibil- i'ty is that ahoy will disperse after lo- filghitwnd rhttt tho worst oif -the trouble its over. Later information ways Governor At kinson has, upon request of Deputy Afldierson, ordered the Va'ldosfcoi Vi- drttos 'to report h^ro for duty. Thu troops -will <probatoly get here on the St. Louis trtnd Tampa express, d'u© here at 10:50 o’clock tonight. Sheriff Thrasher returned from tfhle Boon'G of th© trouble about i ( wo hour* O'go, and his oplniion 1« 'tthiat no further violence will! too attempted. TELEGRAM TO THF GOVERNOR! AtilaiVtu, Dec. 24.—(Spocial).—Gov ernor Atkinson •await*! new« from Brookso ounty with anxiety 'to day. Durlrig the morninP ic received a telcgruan Hli^nied “Th© Coawtd Peorilo of Brook* counity wfih anxriiy to- proteoilon, and advice of Ito how to conduct -ihcmselvea «o a* stay the vlolenco of the mob. -About 5 o'clock th'to afteiswon tihe governor received a dl*paitioh from the sheriff ot Brooks county, sayUng he could do noilhlng with the onbl», and asking for military juwfaitlamice. In re sponse to this itllie governor Immediately ordered t/he Valldasta Vide Ito* to the saene, arnd also ordered the Waycivsis Rifle* -to iptoceed <rp the »oone ot the ■ftrouibl© on a spocWl train, 1f their as- atoiamiOQ la refiuirdd. UoprefaunJtativo Humphrey* of Brook* county, one of tho -miumberA who fought tJlw* mllftary appropriation tn the bouse, toletgms&ed tho governbr to (haivo the mlliitaiy dallied out. SHOT THE CONSTABLE. engine. All were horribly mangled. But a short time before the accident occurred, the horse balked on tho West Jesey tracks. 1,000 yards away, but It was lea across in safety. Richland i* thirty-seven miles south of Camden on the road to Capo May* YOUNG ENGLISHMAN SHOT, No One Known Wtiflt Brought About th© Killing* Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 24.-Archie W. Line, a young lEngtiabanan, who worked flor the Little' Brbttoere Phos phate Company, waa allot and almost inatanttly killed oft G^25 tills afternoon, by ©Ithex’ Joo or Robert Hilblxund, in South Jacksonville. * Tho only wltne«?<» >to the murder weir© ‘MiMay Bnawdey, Mlm Ada Warner a ud Litrikfon lograhe.m, an old colored man. Non© of these, however, can 'toil which of th© Hubbard brothers fired the facial ah cl. • Tlh© cause of tiie murder is unknown. Th© 'Wlt uosao*. ovho were About tiwcaty yard* dlatunt, saw* 'tho three men clinch, (hoard a pistol nhirit, saw Lino fall and th© ntvoroe* flee. Lino \ytas dead auhon tiidy reached him. The ball wit ©ml his right cheek about an inch from itho comer of ililw mouth ami paAsed tlu'oiudi the Jawbone and sev ered the Jugular vein. It iwias ©vidently tlrwl from a 32-©aIltoro pistol, held not uwr© than ti float from bis face. Offloem are trow in pursulit of ‘the ne groes. From Lititfl© Brothers is was learned! than Line o.vme to thorn on November 20 and said /that ho was tonoko and wupud work. He was an- tEngUshmaii, of good appearanee, and evidently oumo from a good family. He was about 24 years old and well cnlumted. AN EMPTY PISTOL Dempera’te Work of a Negro in a Borith Carolina Town. Ba/mberg, S. C., Dec. 24,—Two ne gro men named Grayson ce’-ebrarfed Ohirlatinvae eve by getting drunk and disorderly and wore wre-ated and (placed in jail. U. W. Mboy a»sftl»ted Uhoma/r- Sbjl In making the arrftflt. They w<ve released by Ufoo tow-n niltlhoriiles about 8 o’clock, and shortly afterward met Moody on 'Main atreet ami picked a quarrel with tolm. MJootfy struck one awl clinched -him, «>nd -a* he did Both© ouher, his brother, ran up and shot tolm in the back, inflicting -bwo extremely dangerous :nnd probably fOjta.1 wourwis, one >bUH entering near the *pln-.rtl co- umn, going dlw/tiy fnward, ond <he other sb^riily to -tiic side, ranging up ward. Tho wounded ran Is now under the care of Drs. Wanna maker, B’-ack and Ott. The negroes /►souped, btst constables are in pursuit and will prob ably capture (them before morning. 'Moody is a w^hit© man o-nd has-proved an efficient cowr-a/ble for Trial Justice Bow© for several yoats, * BALKED ON THK TRACK. An Unruly Horse Caused tho Death of Three Persons. Richland. N. J., Dec. 24.—Three person* were killed outright and two others tod- ly Injured by bring struck by a south bound express train on the rtouth Jersey railroad here at 9:25 o’clock last night. They wero in a buggy, and tho horso balking on the track, the buggy was run down by the train before tho occu pants could escape. The victim* were members of the family of F. Lewis, a farmer living near here. The dead are: Anna Lewis, ogc-d 60. the mother. Mary Lewis, a daughter, aged 18. William Lewis, a son, aged 1«. The other occupants of the carriage, two sons, aged about 12 and 14 years, whose names have not been learned, were se riously injured and were taken to. Cam den for treatment. Tho horse waa barely across the track when It bilked and It escaped injury. The front and rear wheel* of the vehicle bring on the track, the engine struck tne carriage and threw it and the occupants Into the air. The body of Mary, the daughter, was found on the pilot of the Makes Sad the Reunion of Three Fami lies. Orlando, Fla., Dec. 24.—A tragedy to day marred the Christmas reunion of the three Prescott brothers who live near this place. The children found an old pistol which wus supposed tp be unloaded and wore playing with it. One or them point ed the rovolver at llttlo Alice Prescott, aged 9 years, and pulled tho trigger. There was an explosion and little Alien fell dead* shot through the heart. KILLED A DEPUTY SHERIFF. Kmoxvltle, Tenn., Die©. 24.—Deputy Sheriff Payne of Campbell county had a terrible experience with n mob of aiegroes today and was mortally wound ed. He wan taking two negroes from JelHco to tiie county Jail at Jacksboro. At Oswego station, near Jelllco, n largo number of drunken negroes boarded the' train, and seeing two friends un der arrest, commenced an assault on the officer. He was cut in several places arid cannot live. The n>groea all escaped. ALL ABOUT ONE HOO. . YorkvlUe, B. C., Dec. 24.—Jake Miller and Austin Pea. tw-o negroes, had a dif ficulty near Clay Hill in this county to day about a hog belonging to Pea which Miller had fattened for him on shared. As a, result ot tho quarrel each was shot several times by the other and .they are both supposed to be mortally wounded. Miller, it is said, exhausted his revolver and then went for his shotgun, but was prevented from using it. A BAR KEEPER’S SUICIDE. Nowttou, Al«., Dec. 24.—J. D. Mans ©I'll, a bar keeper at Pinckard, Ala., committed nulcide ycoterday by drown ing 'himself in a mill pond. Ho ha* been drinking of late. He left a rooto saying “I am crazy, financial trouble and weakness. Dan^t drink. a<vi save my family find people.” ALL ABOUT A \VOM\AN. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 24—Jdm Green fatally stabbed Ike Atkin* this after noon They had prevlouoly quarrelled about a womri'n-. Atkin* was in custody, of an officer when he was stabbed. THE ST. JOHNS PANIC. Financial Affairs Aro More than Even CarmrilicAted. St. Jrihnw, N. F., Dec. 24.—Thi© flnan- clal comiplloAtlon here received a new develapeivt 'today from a telegram prib- Ulsheid in a government organ to the it’- foot tlhat a bill to guarantiee the Union Bumk’s paper would ibe Introduced in the legislature either tonight or next Wednesday. Tho soridme* put forward for Uhe solving of tiie financlUJ diffi culty 'multiply daily, the latent of iwhdh Is for the csta/bHrfli/mcnt of a new ba-nlk, rhe ppctWot concerns -to go into liquida tion, 'their paper being trukon care of by tho new bank at 4t» valuation. Somo opposition «hn* developed liowatda Uhe propoaltton for -the Koveiwnont no extend aid to any banking insttutl/jw, wheither solvent or not,and »Wluit the*, re sult of 'th* opposition will be romalrui to toe detenmlnod In the Tvnr future. Tho Umioq Sank r/111 *tun<U liilgh in the general eoUmaUcm of the public, and Tis note# are being taken in Undo •veryWhere, but 4110 agitation for Ch© prosecution ot th© directors and man- agenr**nlt©f tiue Commercial Sink Wu>ws oo align© of cessation. It Is imp/*fe4lhb» •to semi (postoffice money ordiors now to eliher Europe or America, a* th© postal an toorltib* have no mean* of lrun:;mlii- ting money. BAR All ALTHEA’S FORTUNE. Porter Ashe Bays tho Old Lady Never Had Anything. 8t. Louis, Dec. 24.—R. Porter Ashe, jho I* in the city with his raring »tab If 'to day read the charges made against iim by T- >1. Williams concerning Asho s guardlanriilp of Barah Althea Terry. Ho emphatically denied tho charges or th?(t and nilamanagcmrnt, alleging that her •atate amounted to nothing and that he was compelled to go into hla own pocket to support her properly at the Insane asy lum. According to Mr. Ashe, both Barah Althea and her husband went bankrupt lighting Senator Hharon and /Is heirs. When Judge Terry waa klllefy his estate was found to b« valueless, «o Mr. A^fte says, and his wife hud nothing but her personal effects and a mortgaged house at Fresno, Oal., when she was placed un der his care. “Wllllama Is cither making this a per sonal fight on me.” said Mr . Antoe, ”or so mo people In ’Frisco are using him ns a tool to get poNursHlon of Mrs. Tarry's private papers. She had some documents in connection with the Sharon suit mat have never been made* public, and if they are made known r.ome people on the ra- ctfic coast would be badly smirked. \v hen It comes to an accounting I will snow what ridiculous fools my enemies havs made of themselves.” LETTER CARRIERS* CLAISIB. Washington, Dec. 24.—The United States court officials today handed duwn a decision In favor of forty letter car riers for over-time duo under the eight- hour haw. The claimants were ’ocatM in Baltimore. Bay City, Mich . and Haute, Huntington and J<*ffer«on, Ind. The amounts varied from a few dollars t oflevera! hundred.