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2 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.