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THE MACOH TELEGBAPH: TUESDAY MOHNTNG, DEOEaCBJSB 25, 1584.
WILL RESULT IN ‘A DUEL
Pis tola at Twenty-five Pace3 for
Two Hot-beaded French
Stateamen.
ETORMY SCRNK IN THE CHAMBER.
(The U« P*H#d By Two OapatUi Over
the PnpwlUM to Pooloh All
Army Ipli* with D«otb->
TMt Bill PaSiod*
■ Paris, Dec. 24.—Gen. Mercier, min-
W06T Of ‘War, Introduced today in the
ctwjm.'ber of depufeius •a. hill providing
tho d/satSi penalty for military traitors
eucb tw Capt. Dreyfus.
Deputy Jarjrcs, Social 1st, wan. -dele
gated lay hto party to demand the abo
lition dt tho ftoeCb penalty In the army.
In the course of this attack upon the
government lie Mid thafc Dreyfus ea-
ojupod the deatlh sentence because the
govrowment feared tflno consequences of
executing /him. Premier Dupuy re
proached Jaurew for Buying this.
“You ore the Internationalist," Whcut-
od Jfttmee In Site rqply. "You favor the
iiitorttvJoaofllsm of Hebrew caplUtHists,
wviam you ecreon and protect. Yet
these Hebrew ofiottBMi whom you
ndopt «« your wards are swindtem and
acaunp*."-
Til chamber was brought Ito a high
pitch of exxAMment by this harangue.
»nhe SodaMets cheered approvingly.
line ministers dntoemjjftod dhe spool
er frequenty with their protests. * A*
JOures roadbed he dffmax of hds charges
M. Danttttw sprang (to his foot and
Shouted:
, "You lie, and you know you He."
i Jaures* reply was drownXSl In a tu
mult, whWh was stilled after five min
utes' by the presidents hell. There
ware many colls for ihs censuring af
J&ures, and eventually Do Brlonon, tho
president, requested him to rdlradt his
vcmatikme. Jaunt* trefusdd fla/ly. Ho
was censured ‘by 4ho president and ex
pelled temporarily from itfve chamber.
Tfte sitting was adjourned: in confu-
s*>n.
JOures sant his seconds to Barthou.
According to the urttangementflfmde
|iy «jhe seconds tflio Jauree-Barthou
duel win be fought with uftsota at
twenty-flvs paces. The duel was the
main topto of discussion dining the
Intormtofttan «tnd tho deputies were
still la Iking of it whon tho Billing wns
rem&med.
The previous question was demanded
by tho government as soon He the
charriber «cmno to onler, and was carried
against A!. Jaurro' proposal. Alexander
Buttonuid (radlraJl) /vrgu<*l In a speech
on Gen. Mender's blU that oxatng law*
would enable the govanmont to punish
Dreytius with Lawyer Isvlelto
(jvpulfllcan) dented this. (BkooUttUy
urgenoy was voted on tflw Merder bll'l.
Vl\e Germn&t wmbalwy has tassud a
onto denying that anybody connected
wfth It ever had tlircri. or Indirect rela
tions wWh Cspt. Droytue, or ever made
run effort to hnvu Osipi. /Dreyfus tried
In cosneni Instead of open court.
This sweeping demibn Is /the German
govommcnit's answer to the sentencing
,of Dreyfus iflor nflio alleged betrayal or
Trench plans ito 'the embassy in Baris
nnd to the violent a>!«u'ks made upon
the embassy hy tho Paris pree*. Trie
motvHpapon* (have contlnruel to lay the
Iranian of Dreyfus' treason «it Count
Oluenetorte doorr, despite his orffteM* to
IM. Ibiin.itnux ttigaJnw; their ■* haw*. In
the lost few* day** they twons rotors ted
nvl/tlh great POtttfmn— ihat Count
LUu orator endeavored 10 wotoure a secret
'trial, so us to keep from general knowl-
*\lgo UJio ifadt that *t ho protjeoutlon wan
based on an IracrimlnatSng letter taken
•from tho BBVbansy, Thu Gotnmn note
dosed with tho declaration “that all
sixth si£»iuinv*nte» are malicious tfabrlca-
ttona."
; NO FUND FOR THOMPSON.
Montreal. Doc. 24.-*Cartlsta Lehoouf
pubUs'.n* nn arUcto In the French p-i-
8M m protecting fuguUttt coiYtfcWmtiona to
uhe .llr John Thompson fund on ’he
part at Fronidh Can Mian*. He nays
thttt U te ibalMi ito exipsct Fikmoh Can-
«•.i -iu*, who aro 00 poor that Uunr can
ned place Mmidnouro on lib* perinatal,
atxl muoh lem « reot a caaiyuront to
< ’bt-nl-M*, i'i 1 ’. ' • mh w ho have not hoon
ublo to pay lV>r .tlu* imamimfm mvlJoau !o
when ths Thomjwmi fund meeting Id
<o ho hold, will give their few omits to
a».vklow who did ciatHUng for the French
Canadiaua a/nd at wu\* iirved in wenitii.
d/Yt her millionaire) eomMnol sugar
rtltaSStA *tihoae wh\> BM rlcli out of
Uhe Queboa haSbor, WfilUnKton bridge
n:il *»th*v imWifc) 'works, and vew all
(protected by Sir John—lot these sub*
scribe, he nays.
Ho M*yw tlia-t while s*lr Jolm Thomp
son iwas a i^peotabio his i*oUcy was
dot /<tabl«, ntid In* ftnnlly urtveulertd
"In' ivdixion mul Aiuueuago Uf ttlie bYeticH
Oinudlnna Into tho hiunda of their ene
mies.
Ho «proinstead tiiisg a aulmcrUv
l'.»n 1<q toketi up to buy bread for the
torttltat of rhe 8,000 men who linvo re-
eenuly beeev vtertttnic the city halt and
Vtoli do-ipoir might toad them to re-
. grftt'blo acQs.
WILL NOT ATfflT BA8S0UN.
Oomstsavtitiople. X>0Q. 24.—Owing to
the tsvtrny Of the winter, It will per
haps be Impossible for the v»mmlsala»
or inquiry infa tho ArUHfiton outrages
to vtelt ftlsmin Uorwver. It will be
dlfilcult to procure rye-witnesses of the
fina^icreA tor tho Burvtvon* have dls»
* Dereeu Into other provinces. Tho Porto
denies the report that Uw aivhbUUop of
UManttb is jmprieoQed ut Aleppo; that
ipthor btehoi* aro ImpfOsmod else whore,
find that thirty Anno?dans haw beau
.'executed at lOrseroum. It la admitted
Jthtft twelve have ocen sonCrnced to
’d oth and five to fen years liniuuavn-
meat for murtler and r4j»e, but it Is
uatd that tho sentences have not boeu
effected.
was buffeted about for twenty-tour
hours before she went on the rocks.
The damage caused hero by the storm
is about. &00.000 florins.
At Zaatvoort, nmr Harlem, the sub
marine cables from England have been
laid bare, unusually they are under
six foot of saod.
GERMAN PAPERS KEEP QUIET.
London, Dec. 25.—The Times corres
pondent in Berlin eays the German press
makes congratulations upon Its attitude
during Its bUeot phase of the i»py ma
nta in France*. It waa not dhown in the
Dr?yfus trjsii in which the German em
bassy has b#*en mixed up, but there has
been no «lgn of an attempt to deny the
articles 4n Krwich papers. Public opin
ion is unable "to soak** off the impres
sion that Capt. Dreyfus was condemned
before tola trl&J. It te to be hoped that
German minisUiers will exercise the same
restraint in this matter, If later the
obscurity which overhung the trial be
cleared up.
MADAGASCAR'S PROPOSITION.
Paris, Dec. * 24.—A dispatch from
Arimnnrlvo eiyg that *.he Madagascar
government Tuas published in fuSl «1jc
correspondence botwean Le Meyre de
Vill'-r.M IV- Fn-inh fh<- min
ister of foreign affairs. As already re
ported, the goveramnnt, while* grant
ing tho French demands ns to diplo
matic representation, French enter-
prJses on the kslind, the Adjudication
of Hova-French disputes and the boun
daries of Dlogo Suiraz, to
forego The right to import munitions of
war.
THE GUATEMALAN TROUBLE.
City of Mexico, Deo. 24,^The Ouato-
nvaJiain mlnteter will be ofhcdally re
ceived on Thvmvday. It Is learned from
a tru^flirortfiy iminco tlia.t he will ac
knowledge the binding force of Che
treSy of 1882. but will endeavor to ef
fect a compromise as to a oertUn por-
tlbn of <he disputed territory, or will
propose orbltnrtilun wit/h the United
States, England or Spain as the arbi
trator.
•OHUIbOHrLIi AT LONDON.
London, Doc. 24.—Lord Randolph
ChunchKl reached Victoria start ton at
7:30 Chla evening. He looked wreWhedly
ill. He was lifted carefully from 4he
train to Oils carriage.
atOROANFIELD MAKES TROUBLE
Habeas Corpus Proceedings In the Odn-
dnaatl Count.
Cincinnati, Doc. 24.—‘Charles A. Mop*
ganlield, wwpeored of tQnla robbery,
kept the poiico busy today. The hear
ing ou -the requisition was to !li.k« place
before Judge Evans. '.Morganllolcl was
sent tor and his counsel, (Mr. Shay, em
ployed 'the thn.o preparinig an applica
tion for a Afrit of habeas corpus, claim
ing 'till© prisoner Was uMaiwIully re-
stralue<l of Ih1s liberty by itho chief of
police. Tho lajutcr fwias not present wlien
tho writ was sermt and he had turned
the prisoner over to thd county nnd
safely lodged him in Jail in the custody
of tho wharlff. Marganilefid protested
agtifist leavingbospUnl nnd refused
to dress. Tho officers wrapped bed
clothes nround hlni and carried him to
Uiu \v»Lgon, .which mover made a faster
run than the one ito <tho Jail from tho
hospitlal.
W, W. Ramsay was in court ropro*
senUntg tho Attains Express Company,
and w<ltfli (him were Sheriff Charles Ken
nedy and FrofiooutJng Attorney White
of Stafford county, Va., ito which coun
ty It Is sought ito take Morganfleld to
be tried for Ills life. ’Wheax It was
leu rood that' tho prisoner was no longer
In -the custody ot the police, the habeas
corpus wtiB dismissed by consent and
tho Htuto iwurramt was served on Moc-
ganfield b.v tho sliorlff. -Mr. Shay
promptly fi-ppoaml with' another tui-
beas corpus directed against Wio sboriff.
Mongunfltffl being unable to avalk or
stand, wus brought 4uto court on a
slrobcher and tho aaso proceeded. Mr.
Shay clalinoil itlui.t. h's rlU-mt. could
I>rovo an alibi; nluit he was not In Vir
ginia at the time of tho robbery In
which ho (is Mid (to harvo implicated.
Messra. and White Insisted
that this was a matter of defense to
be proven at 'the 1rlal ilwforo tho Vir
ginia court ami that this court tv)uld
consider nothing but tho regularity of
Hu* nqulsitien and the Monti deal Ion
.»f the prisoner as tho .person iiullot^l.
Judge Evsiih, however, comitluuetl tho
ease to Jamury lo -to give Olr, Shay a
chance to (take depositions.
GO TO tha Loaders for your Christmas
fresh lobsters, salmon, splnaili, caull-
nflw**rs niul mmIiuoii at ttiu hlgh-cltuui
rrocery ot Kahn A lllrsch.
BIG FLORIDA O-INTIERPRISE.
i threatening vns-HAX-wSL
l Iyjndon, Dec. 14.—A special to the Cen
tral News from 8'nanahel nays: "Japa*
fi:cso orutsers lately have been examining
She 8han Tung coast. They ncem to be
Selecting a landitvg place from wbonce
ko threaten WebHal-Wel 8hao-Yeo-Leon
At tnollgitga to the peace mloslon to .inp-
wbsMi owing to the fact that he ottered
ix reward for Japancee heads when ho
tvrms governor of Formosa.
scraps From the storm.
* Uwidoo, Deo. 24.—Tho British Alp
Arklow, CapL Thonvw. which sailed
December 19 firom Ureieuvk for Ship
lshttal. iwa rooo on die iwkn and la
badly xhattered.
The Brtiiah tvirk Homubff, Capt. An-
d« i>on, from Belfast, December 16 for
Savwnhah or Pasoct^iuaki, waa picked
up in Im channel on Sunday and towed
back to her l»rt of deptrture. Sbo
had her fore and main masts.
V'uhmg boats returning to Grimsby
oml Norwich in battered condition,
bring r<i*i'rii of fcwdaied dmawlng*.
Th*‘ fishing b^at Daley, founded off
P-risoy, Scotland. yi«t -rdtiy and JtB
tour ocvupauta wore drowned.
THE KTORM JN 1IOLL.AND.
Rotterdam. Dev*. 24.—The Norwegian
steamer. 1.300 tona, xraa wrecked off
the Jutland v^Jast yesterday aud her
crew **f twelve were lo*t Tue steamer
wjt» hriplesa on (Saturday uud
Now Ortoa/ns -MVn to Inaugurate Indus
tries at Tallalhassoe.
Tnlllnhrtvssoe, Deo. 24.—Tho fact
has boon deveflopod tflaat tho prime
objedt of rtftie visit Vrf Messra. 8. B.
Allison and A. L. Center of New Or
leans to organize here a Joint tOock
company wttlv a caipltaft of 3200.000 for
tihe inirposw of fixiugurattog x-arious In-
diMirlwi In tfhln evodon. Tho plan pro
posed ft* this:
Allison and Bonter will take one-third
of the attack, tho Carrabelie, TViUebbesee
atal Georgia rn?lrottd people a third
ami ftbe romfilndcr to be token by pub-
Ito subscript Ions; plant fttxn 500 to
l/to fiats to rains cotton nnd pQacft
a a*H»rtK>aUng p<l»vTvt here. Tltese gen
tlemen are deiHphtod wWb this seoton
nnd feel that’they wtSU suoeeeil In form-
tag a oompahy boro. ’When once estab
lished <bcy will embark in Other entcr-
'Ttrisep. ftMnBrlr ivlro/dv i>ncorpomtcd
tNe cotiton factory of McDougaa Bros.,
with a view of orpunlzinx w company
tot <be purpen of ctikuvriinff than plant
and opersitUBt an imnuMveo cditon mill
I at Twibthatwwv.
Mr. Ceaibir It a pMalMM xnanufac-
vurer nnd Mr. APtoon is tbh Inventor
of the decorticating machine, for which
he wilt receive a prize of 9125,000. Ho
hs« been omotaHy notttted that the
money Is ready for him and be will
visit India to redvo U in pesvon.
FTREWORKS.
Ws wtll be open until 12 o'clock to day.
Have only a few fireworks left. Will
Mb at W cents a dosen. Two-Inch cannon
crackers, 40 cents per hundred; woven and
nine Inch crackers, * cants per box:
eleven loch, 4S cents per box; twelve Inch,
J5 cents per box. Singleton A Porter.
THE RUN'S COTTON REVIEW.
New Yrtrfc. Deo. 24.—rhe Son's cot
ton nrtteto will *\y: It wms tvatoraftly a
very <jui*< day in the <\>tton tmde, ha
irbe »' xvthfwxge olostst. Mob No re
ceived LtOO telra and Nvwh^JK 2.700, or
j proetlncOIy the frame In «woht rose as
j un «be aasne day Uiit wvek. Largo re-
I I'elptfi are kx>ke\t for during the present
week. It to stated rhuft <ta» b«4ro this
J are at lear*: hen pounds brovier
iban iflhta t5nve last year. A Boston
telegram my** "Tho <v*dxr Manufac
turing Oon*pany has tlecVared a divi
dend of 2 jw ront. ‘The Kialter tMcimi-
fnctaring Company baa deoCtored w. di
vidend of 3 -per c*OL Tile Habea Manu-
fttotartng O^mfwuty bus declared Its
Seventy-fifth arcukxnnucU dlvldond of
3 per cent.
GO TO the leaders for your Christmas
fresh lobsters, salmon, cauliflower*. 1ft-
tucs and aplnnch, at tho hUh-claas gro
cery ot Kahn A Hlrsch.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Washington. Dec. 24.—Itec Gev>rgla:
Fair; warmer, South winds,
SHORT STORIES OF THE TOVK
Interesting Hems of News Gathered
Yesterday hy the Telegraph
Reporter?,
JUST TOO SHORT FOR BEADS.
i«n« City Itanu Wklctt Are of Coaasld-
•r*W» Interact Is Many af Uta
flasidents of tha City and
the Snbnrbs*
CHRIBTMAS SERVICES,—There will be
services and holy communion at 8t. Bar
nabas church this morning ut 720 o'clock
appropriate to Christmas day. No serv
ices will be held at this church tomorrow
evening. Christmas services will bo held
ut tit. John's church In East Macon to.
morrow evening.
OLD VET CRAZY.—Samuel M. Patter
son, an old Confederate soldier who
draws a pension for wound.-t ruvlved In
the service, was adjudged Insane yester
day. Mr. Patterson was badly wounded
Jn the head during tho war, and It is
thought that the wound in his head
perhaps had something to do with his
Insanity.
MUCK FOGG MADE GROG.—Muck
Fogg, a typical moonshiner from Monroe
county, was bound over In tho xum of
%‘M by Commissioner Erwin yesterday
on tho charge of illicit, distilling. Fogg Is
said to have made a pretty good article
of corn whisky, but a* it didn't bear the
government stamp when put on the mar
ket it woa pronounced no good, and the
first thing Fogg know he ran amuck ot
the government deputy marshals.
CAPT. GILBERT DEGLINES.-Col. Wi
ley has received a letter from Capt. Price
Gilbert, who woa recently elected major
In the Second Georgia regiment, expres
sing his thanks for the honor conferred
on him, but declining to accept the posi
tion on account of business engagements.
It Is probable that Capt. O. T. Kenan,
Capt. E. Y. Mallary of Macon Jand Capt.
W. C. Davis of Perry will bo candidates
for tho position.
TOOK THE HONORS.—Miss Mary An
derson llough, tho little 10-year-old
daughter of Capt John D. llough, who
Is In the fifth year class in the public
schools, took all tho honors of her class
at tho close of the schools for tho holi
days. Little Miss Mary Is unusually
bright for her years and Is withal a
winsome and charming little miss,, who
has many friends to rejoice with her
parents in her well deserved honors.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.-Joe Lls-
oey, the negro who fell from a Southern
railroad train and was run over by a
Macon and Northern train Sunday morn
ing, died Sunday afternoon at ltoff Home.
Coroner Knight hold an Inquest over the
remains and tho verdict of the Jury was
that Llasey came to his death by being
run over by a train on the Macon and
Northorn railroad and that in their opin
ion his death was accidental. Tho Jury
attached no blanks either to tho Southern
or tho Macon and Northern road.
AN INDIFFERENT FOL1CEMAN.-A
well known and responsible gentleman
who saw tho negro Joe Llasey. whose arm
was crushed on tho Macon and Northern
railroad Sunday -morning, informs the
Telegraph that Lissey's Bufferings could
have been mnoliarated and perhaps hts
life saved had the policeman who was
present shortly after the negro was found
notified tho railroad authorities or made
some effort to liavo the- man removed
from tho cold ground Instead of permit
ting him to He there for acveral hours
without assistance. Tho gentleman furn
ishing tho information did not give the
namo of tho policoman, but ho was very
Indignant at what appeared to him hot
only a gross neglect of duty, but of Indir-
ferenoo to suffering humanity.
WENT AGAINST EDISON.
Important Decision on tho Invention or
the Phonograph.
Washington. Dec. 24.—A decision was
today rendered in tho supreme court or
tho District of Columbia In tho ault which
has been pending for two years brougnt
by the American Graphophono Company,
nominally, ngalnst tho Columbia Phono
graph Company, but tho real defendant
being Thomas A. Edison and tho Edison
Phonograph Works. This Is tho first Ju
dicial settlement of tho question or wno
really invented the commercial phono
graph and. graphophone, how so largely
In use.
Tho Edison Company withdrew counsel
and allowed Judgment to bo taken by
default.
The court finds for tho American Graph
ophone Company on every point. Issues
a decree of Injunction against tho de
fendants and orders an accounting by the
auditor of tho court.
Other suits are pending In New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois
and Kansas. It in said that over Niu.uuu.-
000 arc now Invested In tho graphophone
and phonograph In this country, and this
doereo is of special Importance, as it nr-
fects directly or Indirectly every user or
tho Edison phonograph and every- cylin
der containing a sound recorder.
ONLY PUNCHED THE BAG.
Cricagtx Doc. 24.—In commotion with
the recent sweeping order against box
ing exhibit Iona and prize fiiphtu oi uH
kinds, tanned by Chief of Potto* Bren
nan, Bob «F.ilZHimuYons ha« out (boxing
ou: of his show and HuUn.uutvd bag
punching. Fits gold tonight:
"Wlhem I arrived (hero I (heard tfliat a
boxing bout had been etopiped last
week by Oho pollco and Hurt Hyatv and
Chcvynflkl hbd been . (pruwwUxl froan
having a ««Mo at a local theatre. That
wan enough for me, for I do not in
tend to make myself Baton* to the
law
The droth of Bowen and my sparring
partner, Rlotdan, caused this order.
The la*jt wn riot oven an accident. His
death was due to apoplexy. Ttnw fn-
tftUtfeea. odnvhvg clone togothsr* wi$Y \he
balk or Rhe big fight for hho oluunpion-
ahip, brought tho wonld to «t different
way of thinking. The result trtwaore to
extreme measure*. They will not (be
lasting, at leant outride af (Sikxgo. Al-
roud.v ojvraiUons are going on fcn Ntnr
OAh'sn« tor 'the boxing carnival during
Mart)! Gnu, arid i:i New York tho dubs
are going ahead wi*!h their pro*
grammas."
FOR THE VATICAN LIBRARY.
"My Country 'Tts of Theo" as a Present
to the Pope.
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 24.—Th* state
ment Is published here that the original
autograph copy of tho American national
hymn. "My Country 'Ti* of Thee."wrmen
In 1S32 by Hev. Samuel Francis Smith. Is
now en route to Rome, and by New
Year’u day it will rest In tho famous Vat
ican library as a gtft to the pope from
the American people through the tnatru.
mentality of Da\id Peel Secor of Bridge
port and William Maher, D. D., or Mil
ford. ’Ito copy has been la Mr. Secors
posfe-nelon for years, having- been pre
sented to him by A. R. »n!th. the au
thor, Mr. Maher wan shown the manu.
rertpt Last spring nnd he suggested It
would be a grand thing to send it to the
Vatican library, where so many raiuaote
curios are stored as a present from the
American people, it a as !*ome time be
fore a!! the negotiations through Mgr.
Satoll were completed but on December
8 the manuscript was sent, with a saetco
of tho life Ot tho author.
TROOPS UNDER ARMS.
Precautions Agalnrft a> possible Lynch
ing in Augusta.
Augusta, Ge~, Dec. 24.—A* a matter
of precaution the JUchxncmr Hussars
•were put under arm* tonight to be in
readiness in caca of a ivy attempt at
lyndh'tng. There -was a comgregatJon erf
curious crowds at the Jail test nlghJ.
and aocne tiaJk of (Lynching, bug no fib
tempt has been mode to assault the
Jail. The grand Juny ha* been called to
meet Saturday, and court wJU con
vene Monday week for the trial of Wig
gins, the smipderar. The sroxmded. fx>-
licemen are doing well, tHiough not out
out of danger.
BADLY HURT.
White Boys Seriously Injure an Old
Negro Man.
George Joriian, an old negro man,
was assaulted and badly bea-ted by a
crowd of young white men near *Che
knitting mills last night.
Tho old man was on his way home
Whn the young white men, Who were
drunk and carousing, met bint. With
out provocation they assaulted him,
and during the conflict seme one
stabbed him. The old man ils. seriously
inured, but it i*t te not thought danger
ously. The names of she young men
could not be learned.
KILLING IN ATLANTA.
The Slayer Said Ills Victim Was a High
wayman. t
Atlanta, Dec. 24.—An unknown white
man shot a’nd killed John Coleman, a
negro, In front of the Capitol at a late
hour tonight. After the shooting the man
qrho did It said that Coleman tried to
take his grip fro mhim. The white man
asked the way to the police station and
started in the direction Indicated. At 2
o’clock a. m. he had not reached there.
TWO WOMEN BURNED.
Melrose, Mass., Dec. 24.—Mrs. Sid
ney Howe and her servant, Maggie
Callahan, were burned to dehtli yester
day. The servant was shaking down
the kitchen stove when a live coaJ fell
on her 'dress. In a minute her clothes
were ablaze. Her screams attracted
Mrs. Howe, who seized some cflothes
and tried to£pu4 out tho flames. Mrs.
Howe's clothes caught fire and she ran
to thd door to call assistance, falling
Insensible in tho doorway. Several men
happened to 'be near and they rushed In
and extinguished the flames. Miss Cal
lahan wuie terribly burned and died one
hour later, Mrs. Howe died about four
hours later -without recovering con
sciousness. She was 26 years of age.
DRGWNED,ON AN ICE POND.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 24.—A sad ac
cident occurred at St. Paul park this
rifternoom resulting fa the death of Mat
thew Uhl, aged 19, ami his two cous
ins, Frank and Alphonso Landers,
aged 19 and 22 years. The young men
were skating on the river when Uhl
and Frank Landera fell into nn air
hole. Alphonso Laadens went to the
rescue, when Ji», too, was drawn into
the river and drownea. Matthew is a
son of President Uht of the German
Methodist Episcopal college. Ail bodies
were recovered. \
STRUCK BY~A NEGRO.
Winston, N. 0.. Dec. at.—Air. Daniel
Hendricks of Davis county, Nontih Car
olina, a waihfthy fanner* avas attack on
the head (With an axe on. Saturday
ovenlng while walking over his farm
by a negro, whose object was robbery.
Mr. Hendricks was found hy his wife
in a critical condition late Saturday
night. IIo is still alive 'but has not re
covered consdousaesM.
HE USED HIS PISTOL,
Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 24.—Robert
French and Charles Phillips, desperadoes
belonging to tho Kentucky side or the
Tug river, entered tho bedroom or Ed
ward Haines of Logan county In this state
Sunday night with a view to assaulting
him on account of an pld grudge. Haines
fired Into them with a Winchester, killing
French nnd badly wounding hllllpe. No
arrests have yet been made.
KILLED HIS COLORED MISTRESS.
Savannah. Dec. 24.—William Schwarz,
white, shot and killed Agn*e© McKnight,
colored, at tier home tonight. The wo
man wus called to the door, supposedly
by Schwarz, who shot her and then
fled. The police are on his track. The
woman was Schwarz’s mistress, and
tho shooting was the result of a quar-
ivl &arly In the Any. Several shots were
fired, one of which struck Another col
ored woman, fracturing heY skull.
TRAIIN WRECKER GODS FOR LIFE
Terr© Haute, Ind., Dec. 24.—Geerffe
Roberts, one of the six men arrested
for wrecking th'e passenger train on
tho Big Four at Fontaine, July 12, dur
ing tho strike, and which resulted In
tho death of Engineer Mehrman aud
Fireman Fleck, today pleaded guilty
and by consent the Jury was Instructed
to bring Hi a verdict for a life sen
tence. HJs confederates have not been
Arraigned. ~
CONFESSED THE MURDER.
Roanoke, Ala., Dec. 24.—A C. Hill
has been arreeted and confessed to be
ing tha murderer of Dr. J. H. Card,
who was enticed from that town one
night last week and shot end robbed.
Hill says he did the deed alone nnd
usued two platols of different calibre.
The dead man’s watch and chain have
been recovered. Hill came from Texas
and has been attending -college ai Roa-
rnoko until recently. •
* THREE MINERS KILLED.
Boise City. Ida,, Doc. 24.—In tho ’Frisco
mine, near Gem, today, Pat Sullivan, Fred
Snell and James Carney wero at wont
in one of the slopes when tho timbers
gave way and tho three men were hurled
down the shaft a distance ot five floors
to the bottom and Instantly killed. The
three bodies were terribly mangled.
M31LK-TCKET DIPHTHERIA.
Columbia, O., Dec. 24.—Dr. Probat,
awrettty of the state board of health,
in his report on tho Canton, O., diphthe
ria epidemic, holds that the spread of
the ten whs not due to tile of
ml lie, though there were good grounds
to believe that, the contagion was car
ried by milk tickets.
What a Minister Says.
Dv B.
of but year I suffered
from itonimsUsm in
X left shoulder and
w. ~
many
online—
££?V afford relief.
Prom the time I beam
Doctor Pierce's Ootoeo
al D
felt
iinlk' TnSfi.
teck iMUd. I dnd
• (TMt Ml. ud ooujd
not dress or undress
tar.W.Wiuun. 2*«K-
IS yearn old. I now re
gard my health as splendid. I had spent a
great deal of money previously, in various
PIERCE trr CURE.
kind, of n»rtlnH«. ba» tM * DMmrr." tnm
tJ» tay 1 (nuMoni uaHi I «M veU. oaat
OOJr IOC* DOLLAR*.
_Acy mj(i*tttu**^Dd n»»towUcrlte
a*r, wuaon muuo.
XMAS OFFERINGS
BLANKETS—ioo pain elegant blankets, ranging
in price from $1.00 to $10.00 pair. At New York Cost
BROADCLOTHS—All our 62-inch $1.00 and
$1.26 Fine Cloths at 99c. yard.
WOOL REMNAN TS—100 remnants all kinds
Woolen Dress Goods on front counter, 25c, on $1.00.
. RIBBONS- -New lot Fancy Colored Silk Ribbons
just in, cheap.
TABLE SETS—$10.00 Hemstitched Table Cloths
with 1 doz. Napkins to match, for $6.60 each set.
CANTON FLANNEL—15 yards fine 10c. Can
ton for $1.00, all this week.
OUR CLOAK STOCK at New York Cost for
Ladies’ Styltsh Capes and Coats.
50 CHILDREN’S CLOAKS-Toomany to
carry over—25c. on $1.00 will get them.
GENTS’ SOCKS—50 dozen pairs 26c Tan Socks
at 15c. pair.
DRESSMAKING —Mme, Graham still in the rush.
Suits the people. Work turned out on short notice. Every
thing Guaranteed.
Burden, Smith. &> Co.
O’FERRAIjL IHDEGeiAjOT.
He Will Bring Suit Against ®ia Nor-
Norfoli Pilot For Libel.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 24.—Tho Norfolk
Pilot of Sunday i>itntal a lengthy state
ment about tho American Book Com
pany and ito Virginia state board ot
education, do Which If oras charged a
corrupt deal batnreen the hook company
and the state 'board by ■which "die books
ot 'the company were put on tho state.
It Is charged by lnferemoj that (the su
perintendent of tpuMlo dnaUiuotiioo-, 'Hon.
John E. Massey, was bribed and that
Governor OtFerrull and AJbtoraey-Uen-
oral Soott; the other members of tho
board, were guilty at least of gross neg
ligence. Mr. Massey andi Attorney-
General Soott are not In .the o'.ty, but
Governor O’Fem.ill Is very indignant at
tiho charges against himself. IIo says
that he (Will proceed against, the paper
himself. He says that ho will proceed
against the Pilot for libel and will ap
point a committee to Investigate the
charges, all of which are maliciously
false, he says, so far cis they relate to
himself. In ooncludiBtt his statement
he tuj-s that the publication in the Pi
lot Is libelous -and he o,.'}s attention of
the press to that fact. ■
W. J. Womack, agent i*f the Ameri
can Book Company, who is charged in
the attack upon 'the state board of edu
cation with bribing Mr. Massey, super
intendent of public instruction, de
clares that all ithd dtarscs, so far as
they relate not orily>to Mr. Massey or
,*py other member of the 'hoard, jointly
and severally, are false. Ho says he
never offered a bribo, and courts the
fullest investigation.
CAULIFLOWERS, lettuce, spinach, fresh
salmon, codfish and. lobsters. Kahn &
lllrsch, Armory building. ’Phone 29.
CORN FOR Tine WEST.
Let «he South Show Flty for Their
Suffering Fellow ctruntnymen.
BailtSmore, Dec. 24.—PS view ot the
greait destitution reportefll from Nebras
ka because of the almost total loes ot
the <fom crop (tho May cron of the
season), which according to tihe agri
cultural department averaged only six
bushels an taiore for ithe slate, the Man-
ufaaturers Record suggeets that a solid
train of corn and meet bo contributed
by 'the South rind ohlpoed to Nebraska.
Mr. EdmMids. the editor of the Man
ufacturers Record, say* tihe South has
been blessed with an enormous corn
<s*op rids year, and Jfcnt its tnea-t
houcus are filled to oversowing. Out of
this abunlace the South should gladly
avail of toe chance of sending a Christ
mas greeting to 'those who are In dire
distress in the Northwest. Nothing
that the South could do, says the Rec
ord. would do more ito cement the feel
ing of frtendsfltlp batween, that, section
and the West, and tiohtlng else would
so Oppress .the dauntry with ithe bless
ings Chat Itho South flnjoyn this year in
the abundant)* of It supply at grain and
provisions.
ALL THOSE who have not supplied them
selves with their Christmas dinners, and
desiring something good and delicious,
should call and aeo our stock ot fresh
Salmon, 'Lobsters and Cod; alBO let
tuce. Spinach and Cauliflowers, af the
first-cboss grocery of Kahn & Htrscb.
’Phone 29.
MINERS ON STRIKE-
Massllon, O., Dec. h.-The district of
ficers of the United Mine Workers have
called a convention to meet here- on next
Thursday to act on the arbitrators’
award. The men at the Pococock mutes
decided today, after having worked an
hour, to Join tho miners at Kraux’s No.
Lakevlew and Brewster’s Banks and re
fuse to work at 60 cents a ton. McBride
advises the men to accept tho terms tor
the present, but there Is an incipient
movement to disregard such counsel.
FINE STALLION SOLD.
Lexington. Ky.. Dee. 24.—Emperor
Wilkes, 2:2044, bay stallion, 8 years old,
by William U, dam. Pilot Anna, by Pitot,
has been sold by O. H. Chcnault of Rich
mond, Ky„ to G. W. Leavitt of Bo seen
for 86,000. The stallion Is purchased for
an unknown Boston party. .
D. J. M’CARD DEAD.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 24.—D. J.
McCord, on ex-Confedentte and * prom
inent and Influential citizen, dropped
dead untight al Ills home of heart dis
ease. He was prominent and his doath
has thrown a damper over the suburb
avepues where he resided.
SALE OF ASSIGNED STOCK.
Talbotton, Dec. 24.—(Special)—The
stock of Kimbrough Brothers, who
failed three weeks ago. was sold at pub
lic outcry to Sol Wnxelbaunt & Son of
Macon for 24.SOO. The stock involved
over 26,000.
CAULIFLOWER, lettuce, spinach, fresh
salmon, codfish and lobsters. Kahn A
litrech. Armory building. 'Phone £9.
Assort*** Apple* Going Abroad.
Large shipment* of apple* are going
abroad to European ports, Boston lead
ing the way in sending about 15,000
to 60,000 barrels a week. The price on
the continent ranges from f J. 50 to $8.50
per barrel, while here the price is
$1.40 to $1.80 per barrel, which means
a clear profit of about 50 cents per
barrel to the exporter, ^
BUCK’S NEW CLOTHES
Fifteen years bare passed slnoe John C.
Buck and X published The Allen County
Bye at Scottdale, Ky.
The Bye was a small sheet and was
printed on a press that took an impression
with a loud slap. All the announcements
that our paper uttered were strong, for it
required but a few flaps of our press to
turn the hair lines of light faoed type into
the black swipes of boldest exclamation.
Wo lived in the offioo—cost us no rent,
as It was believed to be haunted—and took
our meals wherever we happened to find
them.
We had been running along for several
months when ono night, as Buck and I
lay on the floor smoking, he turned to mo
and said:
“I am in love.”
“What!” I exclaimed. «
“I am in love, I say. Givomeamatob.”
Ho relighted his plpo, puffed awhile and
continued:
“Finest looking woman you ever saw-
fat, weighs about twico ns much as I do,
but sho's beautiful. Never met her until
day before yesterday. Went down to the
bluff after a bucket of water. She and old
Hillard’s wife were sitting near the spring,
eating a lunch. I asked them if they didn’t
want soino water. Girl said she did.
Handed her a gourdful; sat down beside
hor. 'Won’t you have some lunch?’ she
asked. Well, rather. I nibbled hor cheese
and crunched her crackers and snatched
tbo meat off the leg of a chicken. I found
out her name—Miss Crcgg—Helen, at that.
I have met her several times, since then.
Slio gavo mo a poem for Tho Eye. We’ll
print It, though it’s tough. Now, don't
object. We'll print her matter now, and
if wo are ovpr married I’ll choke her off.
Got nn appointment with her tomorrow.
Slio lives ten miles out in tho country, but
a lover can walk that distance without
any trouble."
I went out into the country, and upon
returning, aftor a stop of soveral days,
Buck told mo that ho was engaged.
“This is nonsense,” said I.
“How so?” he asked in surprise.
“Why, you have got nothing to get
married on.”
“Got married on credit,” said ho.
“That’s all very woll, but you’vo gotuo
clothes, and there's not a man in town
would credit you with a suit.”
"Ob, the question of a suit of clothes is
settled. The county clerk will give $ 10
for printing the delinquent tax list, nnd
with that amount of money I can get a
first class outfit. I went down to see tho
proprietor of the woolen mill, and be told
mo *tbnt for f 5 he would sell me enough
jeans to answer my modest purposes.”
I went with him. The jeans was of a
yellowish cast and was woven in ribs that
woro almost aa coarse as gridiron, and,
atlll worse, it was greasy and smelled like
a wet dog.
We printed the tax list, and Book took
the goods to a trilor. The old fellow
turned away and held his nose when it
wrfs unrolled.
“I'll take ’em,” the tailor said, “but.
you must have tho oloth shrunk first.”
“That's all right. Let mo put them on,
and they may shrink until they get tired.
Push the work on as fast as you can, for
an exceedingly Important event depends
on those clothes. I'll be around to try them
ou tomorrow.”
Early one cold but beautiful morning
we hired a shaokly old haok and set out
for the residence of the bride’s father. A
drug clerk had given us a box of cigars,
and onward we went gayly smoking.
I think that they were the worst oigars
1 have ever seen. They burned like apiece
of hickory, and when we attempted to
knook off the ashes it was rare that the
cigar escaped being broken in two.
“Buck, you are sure tbe girl loves yon?”
I asked.
“Of oourao I am. Do you reckon she’s
marrying me for money?”
“You aro not going to compel her to
sleep in tho office, are you?”
“No; sho'll stay with Mrs.—forget the
namo—until I can sorter fix up a little.”
“But suppose you do not succeed in fix
ing up?”
“Well, then she'll either have to stay
with Mrs. Slouoh or go baok home.
What the deuoo is that odor? WJbewl I
never smelled anything as bad. It almost
takes my breath. ”
“It’s your clothes,” I answered.
“Why do yon persist In making fun of
my wardrobe? From the very first you
have spoken ungenerously of these gar
ments. Yon have not only spoken ill of
their appearance, but have slandered them
hy declaring that they smell bad. As a sin
gle and consequently a thoughtless man I
could bear Insults, but as a married man
—as a man who feels the responsibilities
of life—I most protest against a continu
ance of indignities. By George, what is
It that smells so?”
Just then Book lifted the blanket, and
a volume of smoke rolled out. We stopped
the horses and jumped out of tbe hack
The tails of Buck's coat were burned
off, having caught from one of our hick
ory cigars.
“Wbatought I to do—jump in the creek
or bury myself?"
There was in my mind a sharp fight be
tween the ludicrous and the sympathetic
but finally pity bade the ludicrous lie
down.
“It Is unfortunate,” said I, "but not
fatal. It Is but little farther to the bouse
of your tether-in-law"—
“Stop,” he said, bolding up his hand.
“ Enough! Speak not of wives nor of t*.
there-in-law. Get In, and we will go back
to town. Farewell, vain ambition,’’ he
continued, waving his hand, ‘‘texowell!”
—Oplo Head in Banner of Gold.