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1 J'l . (the MACON TELEGRAPH MACON. GA., MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1894. SingtcOopy, 0 le fa Big Hotel at Albany Came ear Being Fuel for tho Angry Flames. 'E REE PEOPLE WERE INJURED :v«»rli Married Couple Among Those WhJ Were Uoit Seriously Hurl- Will Die and So Qe Non Will Another Guest. AJfcany, K. y. t Dec. SO.—The Delavan | House prore r was gutted by fire to* j nl Therv were 100 guests In the {house. All fscaped, although two wo- •n and oi e man, who Jumped from 1 Uhfc third*6t/,ry window Into the street tne Steuben street side, were badly Injured. Jenjaji^i Heilman and his wife of {Brooklyn, who were on their wedding tour, of i Mr. Fookes of Dayton, Ohio, were hlured. Mr. Fookes was internal ly, in juifj, and will die. C\Ir H&iman was badly burned filbout the chel: and * internally injured. He will pro'dLbly die before morning. His *-e 1s afcso badly burned about th*.» ftwt, -her liose split open and she was cut on theiankle. She will recover. The injured wfre taken to the City Hcs- FINE CHIJRCH RUINED. Chattanooga Baptists Suffer n Sovere Loss. [ ikership tight was on in its I tonight when the cry of Are J>ug'h the corridor of th* Dele- |se at 8.44 o’clock. The heud- ! the candidates were on the ; over the lobbies, otherwise Chattanooga, Dec. 30.—At 1 o’clock this afternoon dense smoke was discovered pouring from the roof of tho First Bap tist church. Fire hall No. 3 was notlfled and responded. Meantime the flames ate their way through the church and burst through the roof on the cast and north, while the black smoke was whirled up ward by the wind attending a fierce snow storm. The fire gained headway so mpldly that it waa beyond control be fore the rest of the department arrived. Even then the firemen seemed perplexed, not knowing what to do. The furniture in the basement was saved meantime. The fire started over the furnace in the rear of the pulpit, which the platform pro jection from a semicircular recess built over the furnace room. The most reas onable supposition Is that the fire was the result of spontaneous combustion. The building la warmed by heated air, whloh is piped from the top of the fur nace in large pipes. These pipes pass close to tho celling, which was ignited by the heat, else the heat melted the solder, and escaping gas, which smelled very strong, was ignited, causing the fire. The edifice is of brown sandstone and w<as perhaps the most handsome of its kind in the South. It was but recently completed at a cost of 375,000. Six streams played on the fire from different points, but the Interior was doomed. The high walls alone were left standing, a mere skeleton. Several narrow escapes were witnessed from flying slate and timbers. The'church waa richly finished in stucco work and rare fresaoings, all of which were ruined. The three large square towers guarding the entrance *vere un harmed, but once a fireman sealed sev enty feet up the Interior- of a tower to extinguish a burning window with a small line of hose from the chemical. Loss 325,000 to $10,000; insurance, $30,000. his mm ■ it Liu-Knn-Yi Has Been Undo Com mander to Succeed the Great Li Hnng Chang. ALMOST A VICTORY FOR CHINA They Couldn't Altogether Forget Thoir Tactics of Retreating and Lost the Day—Japanese In Favor W ith the People of Mauclmri. JOHN FITZGERALD DEAD. He Was One of tho Loading Irish Citi zens of the West. tbs large| crowds which filled the cor ridors anc rooms would not have so i ( !u. fclly esc ipC d. The fire started In the m the Broadway side, di- er the elevator shaift and spread wit & the rapidity of lightning. d time to save unyihlng main floor, and before tho guests and politicians had pon the s?reete, the flames :i through the loot. The el«• t was adjacent to the Broad way amd the flames cut off ,of the guests In the north- tile hotel, in which nearly tw o-thirds Ijf the guests were located. Those who! were not able to get past the glevaiuwr shaft so as to pass down tJhe main ■.stairway on Steuben street wore wlthmut hope of -escape for so-me m.nutes, their may was directed to the servaffl^is’ stuirway in the north structure. > time after the alarm the department respond* every cfort was made to were In the upper stories, section of tb it was soi so «nded befoi ed. Mean wiiih tn vo those L. A. Manchester, tho postmaster of this city, came doxftn a rope on tho Broadway sio e from a fourth story window and es- : ca:>ed;wItVi l0 injury except to his hands. E * W. Angola of Rochester also reached in this manner. Edmund orter, who, as soon as he terra firi Wdsh, i _ heard the q fy 0 f flrc, went through tho Ins’ the guests, found his cs- houss alarm IH'O fc.ie |,UVR.S, l,,n to" T» ut .5- on ranching the upper sto- ceeded in getting out on tho centre annex, and, with Kd- anothcr employe, was rcs- ho aid of ladders. Walsh’s iged and his hands and arms burred. He was taken to the W rlca. He sue roof of tho win Murphy cu d with 1 hotr was si wi re badly hospital. it mun j^md his wife who wero on tho sa-ne ro<J£f would not let each other be sa ed iJtatll the firemen carried them ao.vn ladder. The man was afraid to vcntLV- e down, and to add to this, his wro did Jnot want to be left alone for a minute. 1 lira. Z*|h. of Hillsdale, Columbia coun ty who tftniy last week was removed from « 4 hospl iJtal here to the hotel, was enr- rlcd out i by ex-Congresaman Henry C. Birlelghjof Whitehall, Judge C. B. Me* LtughllrJ 0 f port Henry an.1 Deputy fv>n- Bti tiitlon | a x Convention Compiler McGoni- ga*. Wh.l, wrapped her In his overcoat. Mrs. :i\ioore, the wife of Mr. Moore of Herty Moore, the proprietors of the hotel, ijvas sick abed and had to be car ried our Mrs. lFookes jumped from the third story vjindow above the main floor tn S’ 5 k? 1 8tre8t * striking on the roof of th,5 balcony of the main floor and rolling ot l on tllie sidewalk, a fall of sixty feet. ‘ k H ‘\llman jumped from a window °u Y 10 . 8 l arne floor * but Jumped clear of It co ,l n ir* falling on a snow hank. Mrs. I tollman '/ al8 ° jumped, but struck the bal cony, at M likewise rolled off into the street bjqow. All three came down,- it Bftomed, ijalmost together. Mrs. Heilman's - * aI1 w -jas broken somewhat by striking th-nt heads and shoulders of three men J7" 0 y ere passing. Mr. Fookes availed hlmseli^ 0 f the rope fire escape in his rojrn lowered himself down as far nice of the window below* his there he waa rescued by a as .the c» floor. Frotf ladder. P * *5°°* of New York city was out on the ; Jum in forcing the window of its room. % He was rescued from the room with th.l 0 aid of ladders. Aesemblyma'V Keck of Johnstown went through the fa |. C ond and third floors noti- fylng^ the gut Jats 0 f their danger. Ho people to an exit and had pe himself. THE ARCHITECT'S OFFICE. The New Head Will Not Be Appoint ed Immediately. Wasihlngton, Dec. 30.—Secretary Car lisle has decided that ho will not ap point a supervising architect of the treasury umtil about the middle of January, at which time he thinks the new reorganization of the architect office, which goes Into effect on Tues day, will be in smooth working order. Any friction that may develop In tile changed conditions, he thinks, can be better adjusted r oy the old men famil iar with tile former workings rather than by the introduction into the onto? at one aind the tnme time of a- new head and a new eystem. Whom the mew architect 1m installed, ho will find the office moving along smoothly and he cam devote hlms.-lf as is contemplated by -tile new orgunlzatiion to the new technical und scientific work of the ofllce. Air. Charles F. Kemper, the chi?! clerk and for the past two months the acting supervising architect, has re signed his position, and his resignation ha« been accepted. He has b£en ap- f-olnted by Secretary Carlisle executive officer of the bureau, and will have ab- ealuto alurge of the office force, and will have nothing whatever to do with tile purely scientific work! All *the other ohlefs of division, with the ex ception of Fred Knowlton of Maine and E. W. Combs of Kansas, havo been re tained, and these two were dropped only because tUnelr divisions were con solidated with other*. London, Dec. 30.—A Central News dlspurtcb from Pekin says that Liu Kun-Yi, viceroy of Llang-KLang, Sros been appointed to the clilef command of all 'the Ohineee forces, ousting LI Hung Ohang. Th central News oorreapondent at Ar.i;on tel eg rape: “Details fppm Ivuhg-Wa-Sai confirm the first reports that (the recent battle wus fought with great obstinacy. The Chinese were greatly entrenched. They had eleven fldld pieces and some ma chine guns «nd were wed handled. The Japaneo6 charges were repulsed with heavy loess. Their reserves from Hd-Jtchiong, who had experienced great difficulty on ithe march owing to the snow, then Joined them and they made another charge with hurrahs and shouts eft victory. They carried the fort. The Japanese admit they had 50 killed and wounded nnd way that <ih Chinese had 300 killed mid wounded. The snow prevented a successful pur suit <it the retreating Chinese. The villagers of Juainlng drove awhy the Chinese soldiers seeking refuge. They said ithey preferred to be governed by th Japanese,' who uaptured die vMktge •previously.” A ditepatch from' Tokio says: "Gem. Nodzu. who commands the Japanese army in Manahurl, reports that tin* natives have been greatly influenced by Japamese cOt\moncy and that many residents who had lied from their homes are returning with their fami lies and are willingly assisting the in vaders. MarkcHs have been opened, Japanese currency clrculateu freely and the Japanese administration is working well. WENT IDOWN WITH THE GREW. A British Bark Plartcd On (the Shore anti Twenty-Six Men Ferislitd. London, Dec. 30.—Tho British bark Osatw -was wrecked in a gale at Holy- head early this moroiiujr, anti with her perished her entire crew of twenty-^ x DEBS . MEN WANT MONET. Without Contributions They Cannot Ap peal the Case. Chicago, Dec. 30.—At a meeting of the representatives of several labor organiza tions held last night, an appeal was for- # initiated and addressed to all labor or-' ganizations asking for contributions of money to pay tho expenses In carrying up tho contempt case of Debs and the other officers of^the American Railway supreme Union to tho United States court. Tho appeal says that tho case has al ready cost $25,000, that it will cost a largo additional sum to carry it to the supremo court and that there are absolutely no funds on hand for this purpose. In order to carry it up It will bo necessary for tho defendants to alio wtheir sentences to be cumulative and to serve doublo as long a time In jail os they would other wise. The document declares* that tho various decisions In the case covering the abuse of injunction proceedings and defining conspiracies to stop the matls are so ’ road, sweeping and unjust that they wi.l be tantamount to suppressing by the strong arm of the law all tho Libor organizations in the country. BYRNES PACKING UP. The Great Policeman Preparing to Leave Headquarters. F HALL BURNED, de., Dec. 30.—A Are which toilet room of the city this morning completely building down to the first [ building contained the police bonks, a law office, four ; room ,clty council chamber, Offices, city library.opera house city 3lddeford, started in biUding ea gutted the r-tory, Tho station, stares, eou municipal # , w|rvfi . fJL* Mas^fnlc hail. The fire first worked Falong between the floors and cell- ffling all endeavors of the firemen "locate or subdue it. After hours of | rd work the firemen thought they had miiered it, but the flames suddenly J r st out through the celling of the po ke station and one of the stores, then L-ead throughout the building, and not became uncontrollable, but filled the ,-rMors and halls with smoke so dense i to prevent the firemen’s entrance to I two upper stories. Assistance was lemoned fom Saco and Portland. It i with considerable difficulty mat feur loners were rescued from the cells of | police station. The loss is estimated Ji00,000. The building cost over trirt*y years ago and has been greatly in ; r* )Veil t | nce . it was Insured for $».- (Many of the municipal court docu- were lost. postoffice was completely burned n v . “• nd some mall was destroyed. T -lm cI ty 1® * n total <*8ricness tonight in lueuce of the breaking of the elec- ght wires. Thel rtc U- ' -Vav-VHER INDICATIONS. ’*'Jsria0ton, Dec. 30.—For Ocorgii: n jjcr sa>w: cooler soutlied/ wiDils, M -las uriUnesterty. New York. Dec. SO.—Superintendent Byrnes went to police headquarters this morning and spent four hours there In packing up hla private papers and yct- tlns them ready to be removed In the event of the acceptance of his request to be relieved. Tho superintendent's ac tion was tho sole topic of conversation amons the police today. Regret at Mr. Byrne’s probable departure, howevor, seemed to be completely overshadowed by curiosity as to what would happen after lie had gone and where a competent suc cessor could be found. Inspeotor Conlln Is the next officer In rank to the superintendent. He enjoys the distinction of being the only Inspec tor unsmlrched tn the testimony given before the Lexow committee. SCHEIDER IS MISSING. Knoxville, Tonn., Dec. 30.—ephero !s con siderable exettesnent here over tho mys terious disappearance of William A. Schelder, shipping clerk of a prominent dry goods house. Ho has been missing since Wednesday night The last seen of him, he took a drink In a saloon with some friends, about midnight, and said he wns going to his home about three miles In the country. It Is feared that he jumped tn the river. WAGES REDUCED. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 30.—Lest night twonty-flve employes of the C. It. Ham mond Packing Company's canning works were laid off. The remaining employes were notlfled that eight hours would con stitute a day's work. Mon who were re ceiving 31.35 a day will now earn 31 .at Young girls who formerly earned 45 cents a day can earn but 35 centa TABERNACLE WILL REORGANIZE. Brooklyn, N. Y„ .j*c. 30.—At a meeting held In the Centennial Baptist church on Adel phi street this afternoon by the members of the Brooklyn Tabernacle It waa decided to reorganise under a new name. Dr. Tat mage wns not present The members will meet again on Thurs day evening next, when a place for hold ing services will be decided on. ENGINEER SCALDED TO DEATH. Knoxville. Tenn., Dee. 30.-Last night near Sweetwater on the Southern rail way the arch pipe of an engine drawing a local passenger train from Chattanooga to Knoxville exploded and the engineer John W. Ramsey, on. of the oldest men on the road,was so Mrloualy scalded that he died at noon today. Tho Osseo ev.is ttrivwt nedwro Hack of the Holylhvul Iireakwator. llor sig nals of distress wero first heard by tho coast guard about * o’clook in Hie morning. Ait ithat time it was pitch dark and groat waves iworo. washing tho'breakwater. Tn spfto of iho din ger of being washed Info the sea, ihe guard proceeded along the breakwater, and, having rigged up the rocket appa rains, began firing l.fo linos Into tho direction of the wreck. Tho faint llglst of tho rockeis soon distiosod the fact that ihe vessel had brokoilin two amid ships and that the mainmast had fallen, crushing the lives out of several of ihe crew. A few survlvlors could he seen clinging to each half of Tim vessel and their piteous cries for help could be heard alwve tho roar of the storm. After many failures, the coast guard succeeded in firing a line over wreck, hut by that time all an board bad perished. A life fooait vainly tried again a nd again to approach tho wreck. Not a vestige of Mm bark could be seen today, and there is no prospect of any salvage. Severai bodies have been washed ashore. The Osseo was n hark of 1,300 tons. She arrived alt Falmouth on December 15 from TaWal, and had been ordered to Andtlossan. Reports of storms continue to be re. colved fom all parts cf Europe. Nu merous wraeks und casualties are re ported in Great Brltatu ami Ireland. Many liver were saved by lifeboats. A heavy gale is blowing on the Bat tic and navigation is suspended at Co pehagen. A heavy snow has fallen tn north Scotland and tiwto railway trains have been blocked. Boats an<l wreckage washed ashore on tho coast of LsncasMro Indicate that the Brltsh bark Lowenwater has been lost. She left Garston In tow on December 1 with fifteen persons on hoard, The haw ser with which she was being towed parted in a gale and the tug took refuge at Llandudno on December --. since when nothing has been heard of . tho Lowes- water. Llnoon, Neb., Dec. 30.—John Fltz- gemid, cx-prcsldent of the Irish Na tional League, died at Ills suburban home'near this city shortly before 3 o’clock this morning Ho waB 05 years Old. Hiss illness, while of long stand ing, was not until a. few days ugo con sidered orltlcaS, ad some hopes were entertained of hla recovery. John I'Ttsgerald eovea years ago was need ub a three times millionaire. Buslnns reverses recently have cut down Ills fortune materially. Ho was a cum of liberal tendencies nnd con tributed large sums to the cause of Irish Independence. Bom In County Limerick, Ireland, ho emigrated to America, when a young mun. and In an ucrly day of Nebraska's history as a state drifted to Plattamoutb, where ho laid the tfoundirtton for a. fortune as a railroad contractor, loiter he re moved to Lincoln and lias been a prominent figure In the city's develop ment. He was ai steadfast supporter of Patrick Egan during the stormy period when that gentleman mas president of the Irish National League, und suc ceeded fill to the office. H* wus a de vout Catholic and one of the main stays of th* itoeaO churches. About five months ago—but u day or rwo after he .won his suit uguillst the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Involving neariy half a million dollar*—Mr. Fltsgemti was attacked' with brain froul'bo and a cwmploai ton of other discuses,', from which h never fully ral lied. Ho leaves a widow and tbreo chlrtlren. The funeral will occur "Wednesday. ■MICHIGAN'S SENATOR. Tho Fight for th Boat of tho Late Senator stockfirldge. Jvuislng, Well., Dec. 30.—The cn- test for he short term for United States senator to fill out the unoxplrcd from of the late Senator StocWbrldge hits begun in earnest and all the asplranta have opened headquarters. The incum bent by appointment, John Patton, Jr., bas the lead, backed by Goveroir Rich, but the workers for J. C. Burrows claim that they have 00 out of 130 votes. This an dm was cut down this after noon when tile "Wayne county delega tion. which Burrows' workers relied, on as solid for him. announced that ton of tho debtsutlon ould vote for Patton. S. O, Old claims to hold enough voles to dictate terms for him self as a dark horse. Congressman Stcphnson lays claim to the upper peninsula, but neither Patton nor Olds will concede this. For ihe long term Senator McMillan will ho re-elected, getting every vote In .the lglslnturo except Donovan of Ray, the kuio Dem ocrat, who will vote for E. F. Uhl, as sistant, sC"cretary of citato of tho United States. S 1H GERMANY Some of tho Pleasures Afforded the Children ot the Emperor’s Family. SOME GERMAN POLITICAL GOSSIP The Social Democrats Continue to Fight —Ilohenlolle to Leave Soon for Ills Visit to Blimnrck—Goeelp About Gerntnn Notnbtei, OUTLAWRY IN TROUP. An Educated Negro Who Is a Holy Terror Around I/tGrauge. ILoGramge, Ga„ Doc. 30.—(Special.)— Some time ago a negro man who thought to use his "edicashun" to keep out of work was sent up from this county for a crime. 'He soon escaped, and is now supposed to bo running at torse around 1.0.0range with n baud of about ft«M u down other negro out laws. A few mights ngo Mr. Philip Green was reluming from West Point, where he hud been lo sell cotton. Ho iwum fired upon from ambush, but, divining the Intention of bin assail ants, jumped from the wagon and pur- wood the highwaymen after Hearing them oway with »»voral shots front his own pistol. Mr. George Godwin ai’so has been bold up by a gang sup posed to be the si mo. He, too, got anvay without loss. Several negroes fire nrnv lit Jail charged with these attempt ed robberies. Before the arrest of the negroes, it was a very common thing for farmers and wealthy men Ini town to receive threatening anonymous letters, de manding that certain sums of money bo loft nt specified places. The pcunlty for 'failure to heed these lettors was the throat to bum' out the barns or othenwiso destroy the property of tho parties named In tho letters. Two sta bles were burned out, ome ot tuem con taining a number of fine blooded horses. Hon. Seth Tatum nnd Mr. Wat Davidson arc reported to have been recipients of scurrilous letters appa rently from the authors of the letters threatening fire. Tho whole county seems terrorized, but It Is thought that the capture of tho negroes now In Jail will put an end to the troubles. Berjin. Dec. 30.—The week began In flue holiday weather—dear, mild and sunny, but It dosed in raiu -and cold. Nevertheless the Christmas trade waa admitted to be good, if not the best 1n tho last few years. The Christmas festival In the new palace ot Potsdam opened on Christmas evening with tho customary presentation of gifts. Every member of the Imperial family had an Individual fir tree cut in the Potsdant wilderness and set up into the Shell 11011, under the emperor's personal su pervision. The size of the trees was graduat'd carefully according to tho Importance and ago of the possessors. Tho emperor's, as also the empress' was twenty feet high; tho crown prince's ten feet -high; little Frederick's nine feet high, and so on dawn to the little princess who had a sapling hardly above three feet. La to In the nf tcriioou the family dined In the Apollo Hall, The party consisted of the Empress Frederick, the old Princes Alexander and George of Prussia, the ladles 111 waiting, the officials of the court and the children’s tutors. All Joined the imperial family in a hearty merry' making, unmarred by tho restraint of court etiquette. After on hour at the table, the party went directly to the Shell Hall, which wsts ablaze with tho light of the chandeliers and number less tupors. The trees had been deco rated und lighted under tho emperor's eyes. He had passed tiho greater part of tho day in preparing tho spectacle and smiled complacently over the won der which ills work excited among his children. The little company sung tho carol, "Helllcho Naeht" and tho em peror and empress distributed tho pres ents which had I wen rolled in voluml- nouo wrappings to stir too curiosity ot •the children. The adults had a romp with the imperial princes during the exhibition of tho bundles, after which they left for their homos. Loiter tho em peror aind empress entertained a few intimate friends nt a dinner In their private apartments. On Wednesday nt tile emporor'rt com mand ai matinee performance of "Han sel und Grotel" wns given nt the opera house for the amusement of the impe rial' —rluces and the other children of the cour!. Although Iho house wtia not half filled—a fact showing a great deolino of Interest in. the doings at tho Imperial family, ,as usually these occa- CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Knoxville. Tenn.. Dee. 30.—Yesterday near Mlddlcsborough, Ky., two children, aged 1 and 5 yeara, of John and Barah Timmons were burned lo death. Tho parents had gone to a neighboring gro. eery, leaving the children at home. Tho youngest, while phiylng near the fire, caught lire, and the other while attempt ing, to put out the blaze also caught. Both were burned to a crisp when their parents returned. The oldest was alive, but died halt un hour Utter In great agony. FACTORY AND COTTAGES BURN. Tampa, Fla., Dec. 30.—Early tills morning the cigar factory of Loznao & Co. was destroyed by fire, together with six cottages. The fire I* thought to have been Incendiary. The wal ir pipes -were frozen, nnd tho flrem n could do nothing. The load is about 320,000. Insurance unknown. CUBAN CUSTOMS. Madrid. Dec. 30,-The cabinet has ap proved the proposal to open an Inquiry Into tho Cuban customs system. Honor Abarazuza, minister of colonies, denies the report that ho suggeated that the Washington government arranged a tar- lit Hat with Cuba directly. SNOW IN AUGUSTA. Augusta.- Ga.. Dec. 30.—It bega snowing here this afternoon about o'clock, and has been filling contb contin uously over since At S o'clock the fall is very heavy, with prospects of con tinuance until morning. ARMY OFFICER DEAD. Omaha, Nab.. Dec. 30.—Col. John O. Parke, U. 8. A., retired, died this af ternoon at Fort Omaha from injuries received in a runaway accident last week in this city. notes from tweed. Tweed, Dee, 80.—(Special,)—The depart ure ot Christmas Is attended with consld- eable change In the weather—for It lias been extremely cold, the wind blowing from the north chilling everybody ami making them hover around tho hearth before a blazing (Ire. Mrs. Smith, the estimable wife of Mr. Wesley Smith, died at her home last Sat urday, the 22nd, after a short lllneis. Sho was burled Sunday. Tho distressing news of the sudden death of Mrs. Molllo Smith, wtfe of Mr. Oeorgo Smith, at McRae last Thursday morning was Indeed sad to her many friends here. She was burled Friday at the family graveyard. Mrs. Smith was a Christian woman of noble Instincts and was loved fur and wide for her Christian traits of character. She waa a daughter of 'Squire Joe Smith, a prominent citizen of Johnson county. Cola. Phil Howard and Jim Hicks of Diiblln attended court at Flat Rock, a country precinct near here, on the 22nd. Both were Interested In a tombstone case, Col, Howard appearing for the defend ant, while Col. llloks represented Morris Bros, of Tennessee, the plaintiff* Both lawyers furnished much amusement cross* firing at each other, tr.'lng to get Judge Drew to give his decision as to continu ing or discontinuing the case. Finally the Judge decided In Howard'a favor, and tho nane went to trial. A Jury wan secured and the lawyers timed each other to a five minutes, peroration. Howard spoke a minute over the prescribed limit, when Col. Hicks attempted to stop him. did no good. Howard told Hicks his time was wrong and proceeded. Hicks then addressed the jury and made a good speech. Now and then Howard would In terrupt. and, together with their sharp rallies, created much laughter. The jury dbeigrccd. Although quite young In the legal profession. Col. Hicks la attaining gradually a high position. Col. Howard needs no praise. His knowledge of the Intricacies or the law Is giving him as much as he can attend to. 3lr. Rachel* and family have moved here. He Is a brother of the Irrepressi ble Math Rachels, the boas wheelwright of Dublin. Calvin Oliver and wife and Louis Mad dox of Bruton spent Christmas with rela tives and friends. OHCRcnirArs condition. London. Dec. 30.—Loud Randolph Church'-Tii return to annscioueohm hag Irosened h!s immediate danger. Other wise the gravity of (Us condition !» un- altered. At midnight bis dwora ported no change s'-aco the lest bullotin. of sympathy and encouragement. They are urged to stand firm against tho antl-doctoilleilo toll! and the emperor's abtempt to muzzle them iu tho n-Icli- stag. Wlltom Llebknecht, the Social Dcmocitutlo leader, said 1n an inter- low on Friday that while unwilling to predict ithe immedlale future, ho was confident tiut the antl-Soclallstlc. campaign would evenuiuaJIy. help hla party. ■'Whalt a giant like Bismarck failed to ocoempUsh," ho said,' "Lilliputians like Hohcnlohe, Mlquel nnd Iiooller will utterly Impossible. I cammed be lieve that the Omperor will risk such a coup as the dissolution of ttiho relch- stng and the abolition of universut suffrage, <bor. the Boctol Democrats are prepared for any event. I feel confi dent that tho anti-SocJultst (bill will not pass In Its present form." Iddbkneehlt spoke also of the govern ment's proposal to prosecute the So cial Democratic deputies Who refused to cheer for tho emperor. The defeat of this proposal was a hard blow to the government and tile 2>laiv would bo repcaeted If 'the ehanoellor should try thesamohhlng again. To persist In such si course would bring tho government into direct and bitter conflict wUh tho rcWlHsUag. Whatever the government did now. Whether It advanced or re treated, file situation was bound to bo of great advantage to itlte Social Ddmo. erode- , . All Boclal .Democratic prejudice aside,IT- is felt, that iho presen t HI niriuro of tho South Gorman atalteu has be come one of the potent factors with which Ihe emperor miu»t reck up cytaor. While ithey View wlm Jealousy and fenr tho no wattemptk alt. Prussian domlna- itlon, the emperor will not dure to ex ert much pressure on the rcufinrag or resort to 'a dissolution. It Is understood that the king of Saxony gave iho em peror some very strong advice io tails effect during tho recent (hunt at Koenig. THE VISIT TO BISMARCK. Chancellor Prince Hohonloho expects to go to Frledrlchmihe on noxit Wednes day. Tho appointment ttf his son. Alexander to Ibo chancellor of legaithvn. has worried the Radicals. Who say tho chancellor is homor-homnd to resign bln seat In 'IWe reichstag. The Krouz tloi- tung explains thait the appttfnltmont is morely (honorary, brings with it no salary nnll ithereforo conflicts in no wu-y wMhi Oho chancellor's executive ditties. With hho adjustment of tho French olia'iriher the cxrtlemenlt df tlhe Drey fus scandal has been lillaiyeid tempor a rily, although more debate Is expected later. Princess Glselo ot Bavaria has aono 'to Troppau to see her, daughter, the Princess Elizabeth, who ran away to ■marry Lieut. -Ilaron Zofriond. Tho Brinoess Elizabeth Is on her ltrst child ben! and him boon watched for days Ihy her husband's mother. In Munich, tho meeting of tho mothens is Bald »o I m ini ntcifl'iDil 1m *n. I’m'ftfiAilhu'inn. Tt ill ,7 »«« MOMAiljr IIRBIJ tnx'tt- slonn hOiVP nttr.iotod cronv/lfc. The nc* •tlon <»f tlH> op»rn. wns followed with keen interest H»y the emperor's boys, who ilicl not lienitafo lo nunko loud fltid frequent demonnttuitions of their d< light. Wednesday wns .tlio cmpcror'» lust holiday.. Wince then, ho has boon absorbed In Ills state duties, ami his family have boon left to seek their own umuHcmotits. THK CH'RISTMAG CAKES. •Oapt. von Pliwkow of tho Fl^st Foot Guard* had tho honor of elvlnjr tho Imperial couple, in nocordance with n time-worn custom, the Christmas pep per oukcH, which all Germans, rlch-nnd poor, emsdetote with holiday fcstlvuls. The emperor recelvpd the cakes with dignity, and had them piled In proper order on 111* table before him. In Ihe Emperor Frederick Hospital tor Clildren the Empress Frederick paiwed an afternoon in> going from bed to bed nnd handing toys to the young sufferers. The Prlnco and l’ttnee™ Adolph of Hohculm burg-1,1 mm nccom- pflnlcd her to the hospital. A noteworthy feature of th» ipoopto's hol'.dfiys this year has been Iho ab sence of the rowdy Jofllly which pre vailed In farmer years. The custom of street carousals seems to he dying out and 'iho police records, which- unco swelled enormously before, havo been thus far aa meagre as In the tnlddlO of July. CONGRESS OF MINERS. The first national congress of Ger man miners met on- Thurwlny and Fri day In E«*e. There was only limited Interest tn Its proceedings. The dele gates, moody Social Demon rats, voted for an eight-hour day, reform of tho laws to prevent accidents nnd appoint- •ment of mine Inspectors independent of the mine owners. They recommend ed after short debates the abolition of cliMd and femaDo labor, (the suppres sion of the system of peoco work and Che natlotiaUsailon of all Gcrmun mines. The Social Democratic bias of the delegates was shown plntny by their hostllilty to the Chrls’lnn Miners’ Association, a concern which mixes theology and socialism tn tts cnnstUu- irton ami forbids the membership nf avowed Social Democrats. The deb- gaitPs agreed that religion, politics and trades unionism should he kepit dis tinct, although resob’lng tn afimost the same breath that social democracy and Infidelity wet® essential principles of trades unionism. Yesterday the Polish miners cldbed a tore.' days' conference in rirrotau There th* delegates avowed openly their adherence to social d emocracy and prepared a plan of agitation Which will be exit ended over sfl the dlwrlcts of Posen nnd Silesia. While proclaim- loer the spread of socialism In the cities the speakers deplored the Indif ference of the rural population to Bo- dlaletlc appeals. This population Is Caithollc and has turned a deaf ear to social Democratic attacks upon their faith. It lias shown persistently Its detestation of the agitators from the chics and bus clung to the pries Is for advloe. Dr. Lexer, delegate from Cra cow, urged tho extension at the so cialistic campaign to Austrian Sties!*. Private emissaries, carrying literature and iTgiament Info th# workingmen's homes, bo thought, would be the best means rd spreading socialism among the Austrian Pales. Thus Gernzwi police decided that ls>*er wss a dangerous nrm and conducted him to rho Aus trian frothier on Friday, after notifying tbelr Austrian colleagues Chat he would bear wvchirtg. The next time he opens his mouth In public he will bo dapped into Jail. It was remarkable that neither the Essen nor Breslau congresses debated the xn14-wWall*t btl. There were oc casional ullus'ons to the government's repressive programme, but no attempt to consider k seriously. The Vooerwarts says that the So- cWI Democratic deputies are receiving from all countries letters and telegrams l lave r.\culii.l in 'a reconciliation, s honed that, Prinoa 'Leopold can bo persuaded to forslve 4i1h runiuwuy daugh ter 'and let her return to tho Bn- wvrlnn court, whore »ho always has bean a fawarlto. Baron Zwfriend who Is a lloutenant In the Austrian army, has lived since his marriage in scclu- sloit In Tromxiiu. Ex-Deputy iLour, senltenoed lo litrrj labor for ipuriuring himself In a di vorce cn*e, is working llmiwtone near Limburg for the governonont's benefit. Brrlrn puhllHhor offered him a otg prlt'e for a Hiwry of his experiences in prlncn, but Lotto was forbidden to oc- nut luuur swi u'tiuvn i'» uu- ospt It n,s ouch an underUiklng would be contrary to tho toitma of ids sen tence. ’ Isirenz, an Annrchbit, nnd feur ac complices, wore unvoted ycaterdny for culnrnk enairk pieces. ri'hlem.icke. urojsurer of Uie Htlde- Irelm affiodntlon of OemcnJ.-ntln cnemt •workO-s, btui alhwxmdeil Kilo money ds t pasl'led with him. Among tho tariff amendment con- teniptetcd by tho govcrnmepit la nn doorcase at tax on cotton seed oil from 4 to 10 marks. Tho newspapers admit- t'hait Ibo United Staten will feci tills Increase most keenly. COTTON MONOPOLY GONE, Col. Walters Tolls Ills Reasons for the Hard Times. Albany, Dee. 35.—(Special.)—During my visit to Albany In tho Interest of th* Telegraph I called on Col. Jesso Walters In his cosy law office. As his faco wore a rather serious expression for Christmas, I Inquired tha subject matter ot his med itations. Well," said ho. "I can't- keep out of my thoughts tho ‘hard times' so oppres sive Just now to all our people. The country has not emerged from the panto yet." "Whnt produced these 'hard times’ of which you apeak?" I asked. "It will not pront to go Into the va rious causes of the present condition ot things that would amack too much of u post-mortem examination, but there nrn certain matters which affect our ruturo that are practical and which concern roe much. You see," continued Col. Wsltero, "tho Mouth lias lost her monopoly of the cot ton business, and the farmers do not know It. This la a calamity which stores the South In tho face. It la tho pmb- lam to solve. I know our people wilt solve It In tlmo, for our Southern peoplu are hard to down. They are a heroic people and this question wns born amid hard times.” But, Col. Waltsri. what new conditions have arlucn so threatening to our cotton production?” •The Tacts are thess. For a long se ries of years the Republican party. In of the Northern manufactur- a monstrous tariff on all for- ' The effect of this policy has mukite cotton production In of the world. The policy of tho Republican party forced foreign na tions lo build. In eelf-defense, railroads and extend tbelr transportation acuities, and now the so countries can market cot- ton. Egypt. India, the Russian provinces. Central America, Africa and Mexico have Increased Immensely their cotton produc tion, and to such an extent as to deeply affect the cotton market this year. It la our future more than the present which makes me blue. The high tariff policy of the United States has tnkon from tlio South her monopoly In cotton. And this fact the Southern tarmore should know, and upon our ready adaptability to tha new conditions depends our success for the future." A great many Dougherty county farm- era are In doubt as to what to do for the year 1896. To be or not to be; to do or not to do; to farm or not to farm—that Is tho question. the elf liec nth DEATH AT 6HITLLMA!N. Shellnmo. Dec. 30—(Special.)—Ai If.mm baa been cast nvnr ihe cctmui- nOty by HU* wad death of MJwi Fannie Crtfitondm. After a fingering and painful Illness at four months her spirit winged H<i flight to tt* name tn heaven. Sho Uxwes a large circle of friends, who, wt’Ji her bereaved fam ily, mourn tlu-ir best. "Life's fitful fever over, she ntveps well." WAREHOUSES BURNED. River Junction, F>l,, Dec. 30.—The freight warc-houscH .idJ offices of tho LouIbvIIIc nipt Nashville. Savannah, Florida and Western and Florida Cen tro! ond Peninsular railroads were db strovod by fire ill!* morning. The cause of the fire wits u defective flu*. Th* loss Is about 310,004. . ;