Georgia Historic Newspapers

    THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
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MACON. GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1894.
Ml 111 1 PIPIT.
The Church of the Holy Cross Over
crowded With Friends of
tho Eloquent Doctor.
OLD PARISHIONERS THERE.
Tb» Crowd Bo Great that Om« Lady
Valuta aad Had to Ho Removed.
Tito Doctor to’lsoavo Very
Boon for Neubnrg.
New York, Dec. 25.—The Rev. Dr. Ed-
ward McGLynm crtebra»ted hl^.h mass
tihlB morning at -the dhurdfc o£ .uhe Holy
Cross, on FoiUy-oocond street. R 4s el« r at
years since Dr. McGlyisn was removed
from St. St-ip&em' Church l>y \Arch-
b.i3hcAP Corr&an, ami on tfliLa Chridtmas
day he Is restored (ugoto .to full connec
tion- wfrh Uhls aocihdiooese.
Thit? imaas which-Dr. MoGlynn ce'.e-
brar-.ed began at 4:30 in tlhe morning.
l>iit tfotere was nl>t dbMUnlt room In dll
church long 1 before the cerviuosuy began.
Hundreds of ipeo^jle stood adoiig *Uhe
tDialen of tihe church and the -wars'up
pers extended out Unto <tCie street. The
pj-rirhibners af St. Staphen’a Dr. Me*
Glynn’s old tohuivCi, came In great num
bers. anxious to hear *their fawner pas
tor once more from a Nttw York xmlpii.
The crush mn so givut .that several
women had -to be assisted cut of the
ohurdh' In a ihalf-falntlng conditioiv. Af
ter the fliot gijepefl was read, Dr. Mc-
Glymn delivered a 'brief sermon. an the
iT'.'Stped, italcingj for his text the words
"G.ory ‘to God in tile Jifijiheet, notice
on earth, good w^.l toward men.”
Aif »trr the naaiss the doctor held quJie
a levee Un -the eucrlrtly. His old .parkfo-
tom'irs of St. IStcplhen’s crowded a-ibund
“‘•R* shook total warmly by the hard
wished him a happy Chrasamdo.
The doctor looked very happy as he
received the corngnatulalons of his
attends. Hu preached at Mhe 11 o’clock
maaj aaso. He will doom start for his
now iparidh, S:. Mary’s church, New-
. r ^‘. wMtfc to© has been asslgTieid by
ArdhbkVho/p Corrigan.
GERMAN PYTHIIAiXiS WARMED UP.
They Want niho Right 'fo Use Their
Language in Their Dodges.
Baltimore, »Md., Dec. 25.—At ti recent
Joint meeting «of -the saven Genman
lodges of Knights of Pythias located
In Baltimore, action mis .tuken on the
order of The supreme lodge in its last
<nmuul mecCng immllctlng -the use of
any but itdie English language in the
conduct of tire r.tuul of the aider. Res
olutions wvre odoptod requesting 'the
Grand Lodge of Maryland, to urge 1foe
Supremo Lodge ito restore tihe (right to
use 'the German rituals in fcheir lodges.
The resolutions Include n <V. inundation
of Past Supreme Ohancellor Blackwell
and the Supreme Lodge Is requested
to call upon hum .tio “retract his slan
derous expressions ugainst the Germqn
brethren «>f -the order.”
Two Germain 1 "(ongrs (have surrendered
their dm’ters and have organized the
Independent Order of Knights of Py
thias ns a result of 'the order proscrib
ing the use of tAio Genman ritual.
. HDRM’ANN AICH (HAS FLED.
Indio bed by ithe Grand Jury forUndcr
vafi'ua'tiora.
Ni'v York, Dec. 25.—Heiima/nn Alch,
who %na -Indicted by ¥h Federal grand
Jury for entering false Invoices ivnd
'imdervailu^Hflons at Uhe custom hbose,
(has fled. •Aiuguat 'W-uonocfa, a contract
or. iwerot on this bond for $5,000. The
(bond iwos ordered florUeited In the Un!-t-
Voltes circuit court .yesterday. lAilih
•was tho head of (the dkssn-lvcd Imtport-
6mg firm of Hermann Akfi & Ck>. He
•was arrested on. November 16, last,
charged wlflh having sworn fal»2ly, on
Juraa H, 1892; (that a cei*balHni Invoice cfc’at
Bcoownpaniied two lots of enameled iron
ware correctly epreueroted the value.
The true value tif itlhe (ware was set
forth On a seeder invoice which arrived
by a later Steamer, and •which showed
that lAtefo toad sreeaiMy amdervnlued the
goods.
It is said ‘that these methods >h« d been
(practiced by tJhe fl'nm Cor several years,
nr#l all at Uhe loan to (the (govennmewt
Amounted «to $100,000.
BIG GROODRS ASSIG'N.
An Effort Will Bo Made itx> Continue
the Business.
Qvarlortfotu, S. O., Dec. 25.—The Boll-
man Brother* Company of Charleston,
w1lal«»le -grocery dealers, have made
an assignment to T. iMou'Jtrie 'Mordecal
for .the -beaeflit of Hhelr creditors. Their
liabilities are $125,000 find tihoir as
sets amount >t*o -twice as -much. A
meetJug of the crcdibors will be held on
Friday next, when an effort will be
made to arrange for the continuance
of the 'buainrss. The house is aoa old
one but has been crippled Iby two bad
crop yearn in succession, «s «5iey have
made large tidv'ances to country mer
chants tind planters. Lnibility to make
collectious induced .thorn to fiwke an
assignnpMit $o pi\)Joct itieir’creditors.
DEATH AT LA ORANGE.
I/i Grange, Dec. 25.—Opeclal.)—-Our
Ik tie city wow 9hocked and saddened
yesterday morning by the death of
Mr. A. I. Ravenscroflt, the effletent
dcot agent. Ony a few knew tint he
was dangerously 111, wind his death fr*>m
congestive pncumonSa at_3 o’clock In
th»? morning cast -a gloom over the en
tire community. Mr. Rivensoroft Was
been agent of the A&UQta a«d Weslt
Point mil road here for about flour
years and wus .reepected by aCl for Ms
PJdlity m tduty ewid lover! by his
friends for his imny -worthy itratts »>f
ebaracter. He leav'ew bniuiera amd
(«v> stators to moura hds dcMth. Ho
buried here this afternoon. Rev.
S. P. CalhKvvay reading in an l.njpi^e-
stv*f» manner the besautlful and cmn»-
f.vrtfng wards of the Episcopal burlhl
servlc"
HEAVY WORK FOR TODAY.
Niue Police Captains Summoned Be
fore the Lexow ComiMtibee.
New York, Dec. 25.—Nine New’ York
poOice oaip taints end tiinee inspectors
have bewn (subpoenaed io appear be
fore the Lexow committee .tomorrow
morning. The oapta'iiis ere Ryan of
HJghbridge. AViaR.vburne of Kftngs-
brldge, K1lli>a ot Wettt One Hundred
and Flfty-«eoond street, Westervelt of
East One Hundred and Fourth streets
Gollatgjhoi- of East Twenty-second
sreet, SttriMlSB ofEXut Sirity-seventh
atreet, ^fuiThy of West One Hundredth
sired:, Del-aney of Charles street and
Martens of East SwAty-seventh s’reet.
Superl.pt rndonlt Byrnes summoned
the cartHlm named to the ceivral ofnee
today <and served 'tihom with the sub
■pocTJAsi which had been left, with him.
Besides the precinct comnnanders,
mentioned, InspccborB WiMiams, Mc-
Avoy anil Mc.Laughin dtso received
subpoenas to appear before the com-
mkltee t>> morrow. superintendent
Byrnes -was a-sk^d Whether Tie ii.i'i been
called aa r\ witness boHoire the knspect-
ors. He declined to oiy.
It is understood ihok the committee
•will auk Inspectors Williams and Mc-
Avoy vind Captain MiTtens same ques
tion a concern lug t he dhnrgas made
agaiinsr r h4qi by SchmUttberger in his
n. It ;s also uiii.b'i'st*>o.l that
ihe bamfnlttee will do cv ‘lkt/Je probiug
ina police affair sin tihe Tenderloin
dte>t riot.
It was learned fhls (aiOenniDoa that
.Supor.nlciitdent Byrnc-s 'hu t received :i
«nbp<jena to produce certain records of
the police depcLntimant bef-are .the Lox-
ow commute*. Wlhar. records the com
mittee 4s afer Mr. Byrnes declined to
etalte.
SOLD FRAUDULENT NOTES.
RIG FOUR COLLISION.
L» Fayette, tnd., Dec. 25.—Two
fre’gbt trains collM*M <u. I o'clock rhis
mrimirvs ^n the Big Four n->ad, about
three miles sontieuat of here. Both
^ngtn* 1 * ere demoliibi-d. Engineer Eli
jah C.iimpbeH was kERcd and buried
utriei rhe wreck of tiho eaiiglrne. An un-
kiv jwn traanp. stv?xKng arWo, wasalfe?
killed »!>J s*e\vnil were injured.
SPECIAL ENVOY RECEIVED.
Pnrie, Dec. 25.—President Caslmlr-
P^ii^r received cod-iy «he czar’s spe
cial »irvoy, M. Tchertl»ff # with much
occemocTy.
Tlie Cause of (Lawyer Brack’s Death
iHas Bean Discovered.
Paw Paw, Mich., Dec. 25.—Citizens
hero are shocked sat ’the repona that
George E. Brock, ia wealthy la wyer and
stock (breeder, atfho died suddenly
couple of weeks ago, killed himself to
escape tho results of xaudulent business
transactions. Iinv-k iw is cngtgixl In a
mortgage loan business on an extensive
scale. In addition, to loaning money he
also soul imortiguge notes to ciUen'ts. He
woukl teflil a olienf itliu-t dm had an 8
per cent, mortgage for say $1,000. The
client -would accept ifhe ‘mortgage note,
but it is alleged ittoait Brock sold a num
ber of notes idem.cal will Uhe original
and secured money by the same pro
cess. From whit cau be loamed, It is
belloved that Breck could not succeed
In exithnding these notes, and, Jlndiqg
himself in a itight (place, took his own
life.
■Sixteen thousand dtx3ars* worth of
fraudulent mortgage notes sold by him
l».\ve l>een (found already. Dr. Hoyt,
who made tho autopsy on iBreck’s
body, Insists ihatMoath came from nat
ural causes.
DA1NGHR OF LYNOHliNG.
Reese »Arre»bed in El ©as0 Por a Hor
rible- Crime.
Ed Paso, Tex., Dec. 25.—<A. H. Reese
wws arrested here yesterday on la. charge
of attemupting 'to assault 'throe Kittle
school girls, ra>nging from 9 to 12 years
of -age, itlhe children of lii^hily respecta
ble citizens lof mils .place. Reeso was
linst 'taken (to the police station, ' but
threats of lynching causexl the chief
of police 'to Tomovc him ito the county
jail.. Reese .was at one time superin
tendent of tho (Denrolt, Lansing and
Northern railroad, and has boon In El
Putfo «but a shout time.
REQUISITION FOR FLAGLER.
Governor Mitchell (Has Honored tho
Texas Papers.
Tallahassee, Fla., Doc. 25.—Tho requi
sition papers which Governor Hogg of
Texas forwarded ‘to. Governor Mitchell
fr Henry M. Flagler, (the Standard Oil,
railway ami footed magnate, were duly
honored .today. The extradition papers
-were executed and mailed today to
Governor llfogg of Tetfas. It Is sup
posed that as soon as the papers reach
the Texas governor he iw41i send an
officer to arrest Mr. *Flap£er and take
him ito Teras. lit Is said .that Mr. Flag
ler Is no»w in New York.
SHOT A NEGRO FIEND.
A Huslbandb Quick Revenge Upon Ills
Wife’s Asoalibrnt.
GaSnetavtl'le, Fla., Dec. 25.—Mr. W. S.
Jones, a (prominent farmer who lives
•near ithttt place, shot ami killed a Mack
■fiend noday Who had ahte«Vi®(ted to rav
ish Mrs. Jones.
Mr. Jones appeared a few minutes
after 'tho negro (had fled, (Mrs. Jonv.*»
'having miooensfully defended herael'f.
Mr. Jonen krramedlaitcfliy punsual the ne
gro. overtook him, ajid emptied a re
volver Mto him. The negro died in-
titan My. iMr. Jones has not been ar
rested.
LANDED IN SHANGHAI.
Count Satgo Occupies Shaho, Near Chee
Foo.
New York, Dec. 26.—A special cable
gram from Shanghai to the Herald says:
“It la reported that Count Saigo, at the
head of fhe third army, which left Ujina
some time ago, and which constats of the
garrisons of Osaka and Sendai, hus land
ed on the coast of the Shanghai province
and is occupying Shaho, to the west of
Chee Foo.
NOBODY WAS HURT.
Bar thou and Jaures Eximiiiged flhots
on the Field of Honor.
Paris, Dec. 25.—M. Bart horn, mi.iinter
of public works, and Jean Ju*a re*. So
cialist member of the chamber of depu
ties, exdtaaaiged nhrrts tod-iy on the
field of 'honor. Neither w"i« hurt. The
duel wn« the remito of Che violent de
bate in -the dhanVbT yesterday in
which Bafltfrou gave the lie to Jaures.
PLOT AGAINST MORAJEfl.
New York, Dec. 26.—A special cablegram
from Rio Janeiro says:
“Eighty persona or more, most of them
noMtare. have been arrested on charge ot
complicity in the plot to aasanlnate Pres
ident Moraes. The conspiracy, ft Is said,
has ramification* In Pernambuco and Rio
Grande do But, where fresh outbreaks
have occurred. Governor Cartllho has re
fused to accept the conditions offered him
by President Moraes, and it is bolleved
that he has left Port Alegre.’’
DISRESPECT TO THE KAI8ER.
Berlin, Dec. 26.—The Vorwserts says
that the decrease of the respect In which
the empire used to be held is seen $\ the
comments of fortgn newspapers upon the
kMlser and his actions, which comments
It is kmposslMs to reproduce In Germany.
Ill IS III IH BROOKS.
The Tncps Fnm Valdosta Went to
Their Homes Yesterday
Afternoon,
WAVERLY TIKE STILL AT LARGE
Brook, County Cltli.n, Think th. Kill,
log ot tho Thr.o Kegroea Urn
Altogether Iin.re.ecry—Ue-
porla W’nr. Uxogg.ratod*
Qultmm. Dec. 25.—(Special. —Tlic
nice n-ar in Brooks county, ntoout wtfck
so muck has "been said In tho newspa
pers for She last two days, Is ended.
Much Chat has been said ablaut the
trouble Iran bean in use nature of wfM
exaggeration. Only three nesnoes have
been killed, and they all lost chelr
lives In tihe troubCe of Saturday.
Tho Valldoeta V.d«te», who were or
dered here by Governor Atkinson,
reached Quliinan lust night, nind C.i(pt.
Oiffery, DteuKs. SlatDn and Peoples
and Dr. Baos proceeded Immediately to
tihe scene of the riot. The found that
the services of the troopa were not
needed, a» peace hud been eatlrly re
stored. The cOcizena assured them that
no furtlhcr trtouble need be expeoted.
as the men on both sides had become
cooler and Wiere was nt> danger of
fubiher conflict, ns 'the men who lmd
galSKTOd hud been dispersed' through
tihe advice of the leading nren of the
communilty. The offleem returned to
Quatonaa about 2 o’clock ttoday and .the
soldiers returned ito Valdosta on the
evening train.
Tho reports as senlt out to some pa
pers concerning this trouble have been
greatly exaggerated. There has never
■been a galthortog of armed negroes, and
no armed forces of whites and blacks
have been drawn up, except a weak at
tack in one inutance. The subsequent
exclfemeat may have brought together
probably 75 oi 100 men.
The people of Brooks county as a
rule deplore the killing of the negro.es
and regard It aa having been largey
wtShout provocation. The Wets appear
to be ViA Che nogibcB killed wore sup-
^Tesed to know'Che whereabouts of Wa-
verly Pike and refused ito reveal the
hiding place of loom's murderer. Mainy
people here say that they will use their
utmost etPerts 'to bring the men who
killed the nngroes <o trial.
■Waverly Pike, who was the negro
who murdered Mr. Isom, has noit been
heard from' and It Is more than likely
that while che men were hunting him
In the neighborhood tie used tils tegs
ito good use and has put many mites
between Mlm and 'those who have been
searching for hiim,
IjYnohhd by enxjHOES.
A Fiend iMeels B-ls Death at tho
Hands of His Own Race.
Ocala, 'Pla„ Dee. 25.—Uist Friday
night u white man from Evanelton and
a negro from iBbiMtObm vvenlt to the
home of Henry Williams, colored, and
attempted to (inter 5>y battering down
tho doom mnd 'WioduwH, but nn alarm
souTcd them ott.
They (then went (to Phil Douglass'
bouse and repented ithclr aats of vio
lence In aitltenwfltans to gain entrance,
but wore again nor red away by neigh
bors coming to tho renoue. These par
ties then repaired to fhe (house of Fred
Jordan, n oolond nrvin, wl.'.ch is an
Isolated ponce, broke Into tho house,
throw 'tho baby on (the floor, and both
criminally ansi lilted tho woman. Tlie
dastardly tints wore unknown until Sat
urday afternoon, when » crown of ne
groes tisjomiblcd and took, possession
of tho negro rapist, whoso name was
Beniamin, aiDl who confessed to the
crime, and also said ho nvould have
killed the .woman had .not Mu accom
plice, whom ho said was Brooks, pre
vented.
The negro was carried ttou lonely spot
and hung. His body wus out down
and placed In .tine'middle of anoldfldd,
where it was afterwards discovered
with feet and bands SHU bound.
The white trim made good his es
cape, but Uhe citizens demand tint he
bo apprehended and undo to pay the
penalty mihich ho so richly deservra.
TRIED TO ESCAPE.
Tli'oy Found tha.t the Ga'te Had NUt
Been Left Open.
Jeffersonvlllr, lnd„ Dim:. 16.—A quin
tette of convicts nunivd Evans, Hu Id van.
Thompson and Jasprr, dei'i.vwte men
employed on tlbe Paitton Hollowware
Manufacturing Company's corJ'.ract.
were battled tant night In an attanypt to
escape from prison. For several days
the prl^vhcns hnd been tpianmlntz choir
escape, end itook Into their conlldcnce
Lewis Jenfcngw, a noiortous horse Chtof.
JeOUtOg* /wna handed a burglar’s saw
with insinuations from ChiO gang o <ut
(fire door of Che south lower leading to
Che prison dial Ion. .Vs U he men marched
to supper tbso flve broke from ithe ranks,
blit found the door securely fnstened.
After the sehenw. .was planned JenntngB
fell out with one of >r.ho nrs.n nvl failed
in hts part tif. '3he programme. The
prisoners, ftrvdlng tilitir the door had not
been fixed, tried to climb a will, but
were frustrated. They sough* refuge
In a lumber rtle. w'here .they hid uryM
again aipprehended.
ATTACKED NON-UNION MEN.
WELL-FIXED TNDIANS.
Members of the Yankton Trtbo Must
Be Counted Among the Red Plulo-
crwtB.
Ohamberlaip, 8. D., Dec. 20.—The
tmity negotiated bv the govexument
with the Yankton lud ans renriera this
tr.be one of the most waikrhy lu the
coumtTy If they exercise oid.nary judg
ment. The treaty was completed De-
ccmibec 81, 1S02, and by its pravdslous
the Indians wj recoire fflO.Odu us pay
ment for «he 170,000 aerra relinquished
to the govemmenlt, and Ito be opened to
wb.to sottlemenlt wheunwer President
CkiveJund la-ues a proalumaltlon to that
effect, .which nvil! pwbjhly not be until
next spring. Fifty-one i'anktou In-
d.aas noted as scouts for (Jen. Alfred
Sully Jn 1S81, and for addittonal com
pensation were by nine 'treaty granted
$225 each, or u total of $11,475. This
amount hna already been distributed
among tihom. The difficultly now ex
isting Is over lie payment of $100,000,
the 11 ret payment by ithe government
for the land surrendered. Tihe traits'
saju the.amount is .to bo paid nud di
vided among' the Indians per capita.
The d.shurs.ng ciruvr. wlu) Is now at.
the agency, caihnncnced paying Iho In
dians wi'ffii cheeks, as Is customary, and
this caused a protest on itilto part of fhe
Indians. It vwis understood among 'he
bankers 1n tlie adjoining foavns tihdt
the checks avonAd cached r.virbout
discount, but 'the, Indians appear not
to relish the trip which avotud bo neo-
eesary in going from die agency to any
of tfao tdwnn. They avantt the amount
paid In aish at 'olio agency. As tho
whims oi the Indians are usually uc-
coded 'to, l't.ls likely shatlthey will win
%>ir x»mt.’
The roaulniivB 5500,000, .placed to
tho credit of five tribe, (Will be payable
to the Indians at the pleasure of the
Uniitcd Statvs after the expiration of
twenty-live years..But during the trust
period of twaatyhlvc years, If itho ne
cessities of the Indians shall require it,
the United (States amy pay such part
of tire principal sum as 'tho secretary
ot (the Interior -may recommend, but
not exceeding 520,000 In any one year.
Upon the payment of such sum the
amiounli snmy bo deducted from the
principal sum in aho 'treasury, and tlio
United Staits shall tlvorellarc pay inter
est on the remainder. Not to exceed
50,000 .Is 'to be expended oaoth year for
the 'malntonamoo of ottphans, (tho aged
and inJlrm.'or' such other hdljiless on em
bers of 'tiie tribe as may be unable to
tako care of tliidnisolves; and for schools
nnd eduoatioiKil ipunpases for (the tribe;
also for courts oPTnstlce,
Bach person iwbo signed fhe Kreofy Is
to rertm a wv<vf1v-<V>Bar g>ld piece
struck in tho year 1802 as a 'memorial
of tho year In which illvc> treaty wms ne
gotiated. THkho radians Wave aukett
their oUcAments of tand to soveradty,
and It is the surplus which is to 1)9
opened to soWnmiertt. Tlio trea ty pro
vides ahat w-tiero any Indian cannot
cultivate nis land or othomviao use It
tulvUntugoonsly' It may bo leased for
ono or 'more yoars at h time. To jire-
venit illhe TosslblUty of la nd sharks (>o-
curiing po«(Csslon of the tmd, dll lenses
must 'be approved by llbo Indian agent,
By and w.tfli the consent of the com-
mlsslomer of Igdlnn'unViWt. This pro
vision applies nliko to 1»th sexes a.nd
to all ages, paronita-acting for tholr
children who are under aho!r control,
and thelndlan agent iiotlifg for minor
oh'jdroa who have no guardians.
STRUCK AN EXPttRSB TRAIN.
Ono PasBdngor Klllod and Bight Oth-
ors Soriously Injured.
Altoona, Pa., Doc. 25.-Tho first soe-
riou of the forit Philadelphia express
on tho Pcnusylvam railroad ciurivcd
into the rear and of an Altoona wreck
ing craw at'9io lower oral of'the yards,
two 'miles east of here, last night. The
wreck was «au»od by (the Holograph op
erator leaving iiific tlwo 'tritfns on tho
samo block. Sle, Hhinklng itliat the ex
press train was ruUuina very late,
wanted to got the working train started
as early ns possible ito dear the tracks
at Spruco Oreak, where a big freight
wreck occurred early to the evening.
No person on the passenger train was
hurt. The express (train was running
thCrly-flvo miles an hour >9*00 it dtiliek
tho 'wTOoking train, which had Just
pulled from tho sld'jog onto the south
Bound 'track. Tile puseongeu engine
fairly.telescoped the cabin oar, which
demolished iho <-ar. On" mail, John
Francis, of ibis city, who was sluing
on a bomih seat of uhe cabin, was struck
by tho pussouger engine and Instantly
killed. Eighlt ethers are lxidly but not
totally injured. The injured men all
reside in this city.
HIS VEST WAS GONE.
Hereafter They Will Be Quietly Asked
to Leave.
Martin's Ferry, O., Dee. 25.—Non.unlon
glass workers are arriving to work In tho
Buckeye Glass Works, which aro about
to resume operations, and the local union
glaas workers are greatly excited. Nine
different non-union men have been as
saulted. two of whom were terribly beat
en. The union passed resolutions denoun
cing violence arvt appointed a committee
to see alt now arrivals and quietly ask
them to leave the town and pay Ihelr
fares to any place where they wish to go.
company says the works will be
started If It Is ne. essary to appeal to the
atate tor protection.
BRIGANTINE wrecked.
London, Decv 25.—The British brigantine
Madeline Ann has bee nwrecked on Gal.
bron Rocks, Argglc, and all hands
drowned.
CHURCHILL'S CONDITION WORSE.
London. Dec. 25 -The physkrlrtno at
tending I/rod Randolph Churchill is
sued a. buletfn (IH* evening raying
that bt is In a crttlout ondtooa.
A Barber-efioip “ixiperlenice Which Cost
Dorian Heavily.
St. Louis. Doc. 25.—(Sneak thieve"
made a good basil In a liallK'rwhoo here
posterdoy. Ilf (they cam reolllie on their
booty. Michael Doran, aged 85, went
In 10 gelt a shaive. He took off hln vest.
In the lnnldc ipockot of Which tte had
1100 In (gold and paper money end a
promissory nOtodraiwn by the COl rip Milt
Broriliera' College for 520,000. which Do
ran olofmed Co have advanced them.
Afler bf-i'ng shaved he noticed 'that ht*
vea; had Dorn taken off a cOtalr and
was hanging on a hook. When he
looked for hui Wallet it was gone. He
reported the csmc -to tire police, aiud
Albert Amlenscn and a young man
named 'I>1, Blonde were arreated on
suspicion of h: tvlrig done the deed.
CLOTHING COMPANY ASSIGNS.
St. Paul, Mima, Dec. 25.—Utuieaeona-
bte weather, wlflh corwquenft Halit
trade, caused ifhe United Stale" Cloth
ing Company, wl.h a hrnnoh ah 5111-
waukce. under 'the nmic Of Uochsaadt-
er & Co., go -put Its property In the
hauls of a receiver yealerd'iy. Poier
Van Vrewjwn of Milwaukee U She re
ceiver for bo;h houses LtaJbllltlee will
amount to aliout 1120,000.
TOM OAIlfLL DEAD.
Scranton, Pa., Doe. 25.--Thomas On-
blU, munug.-r of I Be Stnntin bmeliall
club of the Bisforn Iioagne, died today
from hemorrhage" of the lungs. He
was with the Troy club before coming
b«Te. His home iwa* in Fall River,
Mass., wtoore he will be buried.
BOYCOTTS CALLED FOR.
Berlin, Dec. IS.—Th" Vorwoerts say* the
boycott committee of the Soelallet organ
isation has Issued a call for the holding
of mass meetings between Christmas and
New Year. The object of the meetings
Is to sanction an stgraememt relative to
the beer boycott, which waa signed yes
terday by Herr blnger and (he brewers.
■this mm.
What the Guo Powder and Whiskey
Celebration Cost in the Way
of Human Life.
JOHN K. LANCASTER DEAR
HU Cousin Shot Him Down In HU Own
Ilona*—Reported Killing From All
Parts of tho Country—Plor*
Ida Took tho Load*
McRae, Dec. 25.—(Special.)—Jolm R.
'Lancaster, one of the men convicted
four years npo In the murder of Capt.
Forayitili of Noimnadalo and who *jk
lately released from the federal prison
at Columbus, «0., wouRl have been bet
ter off tad fols >tmn lasted until after
Christmas. Early this morning h\s
cousin,.Wash Lancaster, who managed
his form daring Ills four years’ Incar
ceration, wont <tx> his (hiou.se drunk nnd
demanded tlie possosaian of a Winches
ter rifle which foo had lent .there on a
previous oooasion, tout for some reason
John K., who wus also drinking, refused
to give it up, whereupon Wash got mad
a<nd a fight resulted. John K. struck
Wwsh over the bead w)tli iho AVinchefl-
ter two or ithroo limes, wounding him
severely, and Wasfli ittoon riiot John
through (tho brain .with a pistol, killing
him instnritily.
Jolva K. Lancaster’s wife utiteanpted
to stop jtfoe flgh't (but, seeling that her ef
forts were futile, locked berscW In her
room and refusedtto witness 'the killing.
Tfovejvo years old Km Dctin, ewn of
W. H. Deun, a mercfoaplt. went out this
morning in oompany 'with tlwo other
boys for a Glirlst'mus bunt In <he woods
near McRae and, owing «to itbo careless
handling of his gun.j^hiot himself, tlie
entire load entering undier tods clvln nnd
lodging In the (top of bis head, passing
through lilsa brain and remilting lu In
stant death.
Outside of (this casualty Christmas
passed off quietly in McRUe.
BLOODY RECORD FOR ATLANTA.
Atlanta. Doc. 25.—The forenoon hot*
was bright and sunny, but the afternoon
was cloudy and at night there wore sev
eral showers, ho -rain marred the flre-
w'oks display somewhat. A great many
persons were more or less seriously hurt
accidentally and In Hghl8.
Clarence Bowles, a negro boy, was ac
cidentally kilted hero today. Some boys
were examining a pistol. One of thetn
fired It accidentally, but who did It Is
unknown.
Miss Mattie Folsom shot herself Acci
dentally through the head. She wrlll re
cover. She Is the daughter of Montgom
ery M. Folsow, a weH known newspaper
Jule Cross out the throat of an old
man named McGhee today, Cross was
drunk. McGheo may die.
Giles Check, ft 15-year-old white boy,
surrendered himself today to the police,
stating that ho killed the negro John
Coleman in front of tho capttol last night.
Cheek wa® trying to help a drunken man
home. When near tho cnpltol the white
man brushed against Coleman, who was
with some friends. Coleman struck Check
with a stick and knocked him down.
Coleman kept up tho assault until Cheek
shot him. Cheek will probably be re.
leased tomorrow.
NEGRO JDAiLOUSY.
LikoCIty,'Fla.» Dec. 25.—Today Jemo
Gain, colored, shot and killed AA!c*e
Johnson, also ootorod. The murder oc
curred in rtfoo heart of «the (town. Cain
nnd Ribo Il-olt*wore talking ho Mary
Johnson, a sister of -the murdered wo
man. 'Allco came along mnd Gain or
dered her to step uncktoaUr (to him. Rho
refused. Cain 'told her If she did not
stop foo would kill her, alt Itbo same umo
asking Holt for bJ« pistol. Adloo ran
Just us 'Holt founded Oaln tho ptaol.
Gain -took deliberate aim at tit* fleeing
woman and fired, Hio 'bullet entering
tho (back of her head and at using in-
dtnnlt doiith. Cain and .Holt fled In op
posite directions. Holt escaped but
Cain (was captured and lodged In Jull.
White people ure now guarding 1hc Jail
to protect .tho negro’s life againut the
infuriated negroes. Jflnloosy etuiscd the
rnunder.
TRAMP KILLED A BAILOR.
Gainesville. Fla., Dec. 25.—A tramp
known as “Texas” shot and klllad a
West Indian sailor named Ferries. Per
ries was advancing on “Texas” -when
the 'latter shot. The murderer escaped.
Perles was from -Savanah, Ga., whsro
he had a mistress named Mabel Wfu-
iams. A letter was found on his P«r-
son^frarn >tho 'woman, begging him U>
return.
A CHRISTMAS CAROUSAL.
Arcadia, Fla., Dec. 25.—This morning
about 1 o'clock John Haygood, a young
white man, was shot and killed In W. H.
Shearer’s saloon by Miles Hard, a police
man. There wa« a crowd In tho saloon
carousing and Ward, who was drinking
himself, attempted to put them out. A
fight ensued, the lights were turned out
and Ward fired four lm«s. John Haygood,
who was an onlooker and not drinking,
was shot three times, twice in the head
and once In the arm. Ward’s fourth bul
let wounded C. Zermons In the arm.
Ward fled and posses are In pursuit. If
ho is caught he will be lynched, ss Hay-
good was a popular young man and hta
murder by a drunken policeman has
aroused much Indignation.
BHOT BY A PLUCKY WOMAN.
Gadsden, Ala,, Dec. 25.—Bob Higgins was
shot and probably fatally wounded to
night by Mrs. A. J. Dempsey. Mr. Demp
sey waa absent from home and Higgins,
who wan drunk, went to her houae and
tried to get in. Mrs. Dempsey, without
opening the door, warned him several
times to leave, and on his continuing to
hammer on the door and curse her she
placed a pistol against the door and fired.
The ball went through the door and en
tered Higgins' body, breaking hta shoulder
btade and ranging downward. Higgins
formerly lived In the house, and It is sup
posed in his drunken condtlon he thought
It was still hta home.
ABOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE.
Gadsden, Ala., Dec. 25.—A serious cut
ting affray occurred In East Gadsden this
morning. Charles Harris and Hldney Cox
bad a dispute about a Christmas tree
Monday night, hta morning they met and
Harris cut Cox’s throat from ear to ear
and he will probably die. Both aro prom
inent ucltlzens of Gadsden Harris has
not been arrested.
TRAOEDY IN A LUMBER CAMP.
Seney, Mich., Dec. 26.—Timothy Kane,
camp foreman for th« Mantatekuo Lum
ber Company was murdered by Isaac
fltelcher last night The trouble arose
from an ol dgrudge. Kano tried to asault
Stelchler, when the lattor drew a pocket-
knife and atubben Kane to the heart
There was no attempt made to aredl Bted-
chler at the time, but later friends of
Kane became ao violent In their thr&cats
to lynch the murderer that the officers
placed him in Jail and are guarding it-
A BOWEN KILLLN'iG.
BaJUmore, Dec. 23.—Ed word X. Swto-
ler, 20 year, old, 1, looked up cbaixed
with rhe murder of Tom Haxrigan,
used 23. The 'men qnrrejled yent erday.
Harr!pm was knocked down by Biv.a-
ler. Hie heofl struck :the curbing, and
his aktiall waa fractured. Ho walked
several aniles to Ills home after the
affray, aud died this afternoon, having
tieeu unconscious several hours.
FELL UNDER A TRAIN,
Jacksonville, Eh., Dec. 25.-(William
Lood, a colored switchman, whllo at
tempting to Jump on the cow-catcher
of an engine to-day, fe.1 under the
wheels nnd .was criMned to death. The
wheels passed over his left leg, and hi*
head was truck with uch fore t»lia.t hia
neck was Broken. He lived la Fer-
nsnd'.nrt, and was not scurried.
SHOT INTO A TRAIN.
Reddick. Fla., Dec. 23.—Florid* South,
ern train No. 35 waa shot Into here this
evening and James Speights, a passenger,
was probably fatally wounded. Joe Good
win, a negro, haa been arrested charged
with the crime.
QUIET Al? CHARLESTON,
Charleston, S. C„ Dec. 25.—Christmas
here passed off very quietly without Inci
dents or accidents of any kind, except
two small (Ires, the damage from which
will be covered by $100.
KILLING A A BALL.
West Palm Beach, Fla„ Dec. 26.—At a
negro ball here tonight etta Dickson cut
Josephine Jqjinson's throat, killing her
almost Instantly, The murderess escaped.
Drunkeness and jealously caused the mur
der.
CHRISTMAS AT THE CAPITAL.
Many Cabinet Dinner* With Carotin
Duck oa the Menu.
Waehlngton, Dec. 26.—Tho preside!
raid the member* of the cabinet ep-.n
the day ftt their respective homes.
At th.Whlte House It was children'
day. Th" Cleveland babies e.njoyc
their first Christmas tree, which wn
pdnced in ihie library. It was beaut
fully trimmed and decorated. Mrs
Cleveland putting the finishing touenr
to It. The little ones wore the reeij
lent* of many-present*. Preceding tn
dlnnr, a luncheon was served to til
children of tho cabinet, who came t
the Whift" ‘Houae to see the tree. Mri
Perrlne, Mrs. Cleveland’* mother, ira
th only gue,t .of the family at dlnnel
Secretary and Mr*. Carlisle probaol
had the largest family party, eutei
toinlng their children and grnndcliH
dron. A part of the in. -nil of the cab'
net Mmjera was duck* klllod by ill
f ireeldent oat hi* recent hunting trl
n South Carolina.
The president and Mr*. Cleveland ri
membered *11 the employes of the hous
%ul tilElteys, and the a.qunta receive
gift* In money. ,
GOLD FINDS AT L/EADVILEE.
V/Xna of Untold Wealth «ra Being DI«-
covered.
LaidvlMe, Colo., Doo. 25.~onie Jler-
sW-Domocnat «cijw: 'Rhe Leadville of
the past will foo forgotten In tho Lead-
Tlllo of (the 1 mmedlalto future. Tlio goCd
product io>n for 18fH from throe produc
ers twill roach $2,000,000.
Tho recent strike fin Ubo Rex Mine
has clovdlopoff <a body of hl»h grade
gold ore th'.rty-slx feet Jn fflklckncss,
while Immedhuely beaotHb. tills is a
body of fo»d silver oro of unknown
doptto.
Jn the Triumph imlne iflio etoaft tae
bfifin mink 200 feat in a body of r«oh
gold ore, wjtlh iv> toortoni in sight.
Many now prospoctlng an<l«mlningooin-
p.\$Ues ore being (tamed, und (there is
great activity in every dlrootlon.
GATLLAH1D IS DEAD.
Ho Commahdod .the Constnifolefl la the
Itarllnglbon Dlnpanaary Wflr.
ChaWenton, 8. C., Doc. 25.—Theodore
8. GnlUard died hero tills ovun’.ng. Ho
was chiefly •noted for ills oervlce as
ono of the fttoto dispensary conMtnbfo?s,
and WHS one of'the party of cone tables
w'ho 'brou^it on tho rwnr at Darlington
last April. <IIo <wus not iinetficnut, how
ever, when the row actually occurred,
as Ire Wad Idft (towai before 'the lighting
began. After tihe dlHpunwiry trouble at
Darlington 'll was appointed trial Jim.
lice for Charlmfon county toy Governor
Tillman. He w.ih reappointed by Gov
ernor Evans, ttfoo Hla-ou senate confirm
ing tois eppotnoniciut tn executive ».-s-
slon on Monday Ight.
ATTEMPT AT TRuVIN WRECKING.
CromttM Put on tlm Truck a»t Five Dif
ferent Places.
LaiKa, 8. C.. Dec. 25.—Art attetmot
wab made tonlabt 'to -wr*ck «traln No.
23 brtwetan Latta and Sellfm. Orooatles
-were piled Kn five dlttbrenlt olacen
on the track, but the engtrte
in ./hrtow!n« all exc<*p.t on»i from tho
traok. Thta orw waa lodged under the
•plow ot. the on-gin<*. foul -was iak«*n out
before any damaire waa done. The «t-
tc'n'kp'. wan undrwiJlVu-dily .mado by four
vftvlU/i <m#*n iwho wi*re«ct-n :iR a fil e n**ar
«he firm ob»tonactf(/ii ju»t toefloTO the
triUn paused.
CHAMPION bridge jumper.
Poughk^pale, N. Y., Dec. 25.—Henry
Menler, of New York, the young mm
who with (he aid of a parachute made
a •ucoeae/ul jump from tho Brooklyn
bridge a rfhor-t 'time ago, Ph'« wfiern^on
made a miocasnful loajp from the hlgh-
««t span of the Poughkeepsie bridge, a
dtafanco of 217 feet, into the water. \
boat toi watting »W*k<«rl rtfcm up. an<l he
•was not Injured irvthe least. Thin ta tho
11 net time anyone has jumped from thta
(bridge, and lit ia the highest leap ocx
record.
REvcn/ra in south America.
New \ork, Dec. 26.—The Herald's boffi
cial cahie from Panama myn:
"There have been mutinies, more or
leas serloua, among the Venezuelan garri
son af Asuncion Island, Neuva, r.wpurta
and Caracas. That In Ascunclon. prob
ably tho moat serious, was promptly
quelled by troojm brought from Port La
mar. The trouble grew out of a drunken
bawl during the commander's temporary
absence, and the Incident ta without sig
nificance."
JOHN BURNS IN PRISON.
Columbus, O., Dec. 25.—John Burns, th«
labor leader from England, was an Inter
ested spectator at the Christmas exer
cise* of th* Ohio penitentiary. He occu
pied a seat on the platform and took
notes of rhe different speciality acts. He
seemed to be delighted with the perform
ance. and after the exeroise# he made a
tour of the prison. He left here at noon
for Cleveland.