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, • — THE NEWS IN THE STATES. THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, DECEMBER ‘>0, 18£5.-TWELVE PAGES. A CHINESE CONTRIBUTION TO THE GRANT MONUMENT. Report of tlw Ordnance Committee—Mur der at Orlando, Fla.—A Murderer'* Narrow Khcupe—The File Re cord—An Indian Rattle. WAR ON THE APACHES. Washington, December 24.—-The fol lowing is the reply of Secretary Bayard to the lettc r of the Chinese minister, enclos ing a check of $500 os a contribution to the proposed monument in New York to the memory of General Grant: Jefabtment or State, Wa^hington, D. C., De cember 2*2.— Dear Mr. Minister. It give* me great pleMure to acknowledge your Excellency’* note of the 21at Inst, accompanied by a check for #500 In <..V of the completion of the monument proposed to «>e erected in New York to the memory of General and ex-Prosident of the United States Grant. let me, for myself and all my countrymen, and not in * merely formal way, but with much feeling, ex- **ese my own and their gratification in this ■evidence of the wldrapread human sympathy for the American people in aiding •them to perpetuate the memory of one ■who was their chieftain In military •odcWlgo^ eminent. I beg you to convoy to toe iUuMou. Viceroy ld»n too ezvnwlon of my high epprocU- tlon of hi. gift of *:*»>. aud Accept my equal thank, for your own contribution of $300* The toUl .urn *1,1,11 ijo trAD.mitted to too cu.todl.nof the monu ment fund In Now York with a copy of your letter, and with renewed acknowledgment of your proof of aympathy and frlendehip to too people of the united States snd one of their moot heroic repre- .cntatlvo., I am, my deir Mr. Minister, veiy .in- nnlyyonro, • T. F.Batabo, A QUARREL WITH GERMANY. Consul General Mueller’* Report Likely to Lead to Ilia Recall. Washinotom, December 24.—The Even ing Slur has the following: Coimul-General Mueller, whose report upon the feeling of the German government towards the United State* U likely to lead to a diplo matic correspondence between the two countries and probably to a demand on the part of Germany for Mueller’s recall, comes from the same town with Represen tative Foran, of Ohio, who knows him very well. Foransays the report is very charac teristic of the writer, who he asserts isa man of very advanced liberal views and a be liever In the republican form government. He reported that the German government is afraid and jealous of .the importation of I American pork, and still more so of the importation of American ideas. He is what was known as a Forty-cighter, having been obliged to leave Ger many, his native country, on account of participation in the revolution of 1818, when the liberal Germans strove for con stitutional form of government. In this country his Republican ideas have hod full growth, as well os his antagonism to mon arches! government. When he went back to his native land as representative of this country, he carried with him all his Ameri can ideas. Foran says, farther, that he would not have been received by the Ger man government when appointed by Presi dent Cleveland, but for the fact that during ho Franco-Prassian w ir he viaitod the tath- orland, and though an ardent Republican, his sympathies in that struggle were with his people, and ho rendered the German soldiers valuable service in the hospitals and elsewhere. On account of this, tho German government extended to him pardon for his previous offenses against the government, so that when appointed consul-general to represent tho United States there was no objection raised against him. It is felt to be pretty certain, says the Star, that Germany will demand Mueller's recall, and this government will have to comply, but Mr. Bayard will not recognize the right of any nation to restrict the liber ty of speoch of American citizens, and that it is not held by the United States to be an offense to entertain republican ideas It is thought that this little episode will render our relations with Germany still more strained, and she will be placed on oar list with Austria. FIGHTING ON CHESAPEAKE BAY. An Oy.ter Police steamer Engages a Elect of Dredgers. Bai.timoue, December M.—A special from Easton, Md., says: A fierce battlo took placo in the Poplar Ialand Narrows Tuesday night between n fl-et of eight dredge boats and one of the Uyster Police steamers, probably Captain Onfflth's boat, the Governor Thomas. Tho steamer camo into the narrow* about 11 o’clock at night, found tho dredgers at woork and attempted to arrest them. They resisted and opened fire on the steamer, waich was returned, nt first, with small arms. A fiuilako was kept up for some timo. The dredgers made it hot for the steamer until 1icr captain opened on them with his can non. This silenced their fire and put them to flight. They started off down tho bay, burned by the steamer firing cannon shot at them, and passed out of sight of tho spec tators on shore, many of whom had been aroused from sleep by the noise of the bat tle. Witnesses of the fight from tho shore could not tell what damage was dono to cither tide, but the firing was so fast anil furious and lasted so long that they think there must have been some killed or wound ed. PENNSYLVANIA MINERS. A Determine to Continue the Strike for Advanced Wages. Prmnt'Ba, Pa., December 21—There are no new developments in tlio miners strike. The situation along the Mononge- licla valley this morning is quiet and no trouble is anticipated to-day. Tho minor* of the first aud second pools met in Wyliek's grovo to consider tho advisabil ity of returning to work. It was tho largest .Mtlmrini? since the inauguration of the Uloodhoumls to lie Employed to Trail tlio Red Murderers. Dfmixo, N. M , December 23.—Leading citizens of Silver City h 1 a meeting yes terday to devise measures for a war of ex termination against the Apaches. It was at first thought tho government would pur chase forty lor fifty Jbloodhounds to track Indians, both Generals Crook and Bradley favoring the proposition as tho only really available means of pursuing the red butch ers. Word wns received from banta Fe that the army officers were willing to re commend tho employment of blood hounds, but thought it would be severs] months be fore tho War Department would act upon the recommendation. Upon learning this, tho citizens called a meeting and determin ed to raise the money by subscription for the Jpurehase of a pack of bloodhounds and for ngain equipping and putting tho local malitia in the field. Wealthy ranch men in attendance pledged over $3,000 for the purchase ‘of bloodhounds. It was de termined to raiso a picked company of three hundred experienced Indian fighters from several districts in the territory, who will immediately take tho field and campaign tho remainder of tho winter. A ltlomly Iltot at Limerick. Dubijn,December 27.—Evidences of more than ordinary had feeling among the local factions in Ireland have forcibly shown themselves recently and continue to give the municipal and police authorities very treat concern. An example increasing the rritation manifested itself yesterday, when a house in Cerogh lane, Limerick, occupied by a man named Bbtke, was be sieged by his political opponents. The assault is said to have been expected, and the friends of Blake were not slow in rallying to his defense. They immediately engaged in a desperate conflict with the beseiging party. Women as well men took slues in the battle, and sticks, stones, guns and pistols were bandied with savage earnestness. It was fully two honrs before the police, who were calicd upon to disperse the crowds and arrest the rioters, succeeded in restoring order. The latest accounts record at least twenty persons, in cluding several women, dangerously wounded in the battle. The police, who were not at first able to command peace, were reinforced ns soon os that fact was evident, and with their augmented force succeeded in making a large nnmber of arrests. gathering since the inauguration strike l’ully 1,500 strikers were present and considerable enthusiasm prevailed. After several speechea, nostly in favor of continuing the strike, a resolution to stand for 3 cents was carried almost unanimously. A general convention will probably be held at Monogahela City early next week. On Monday next a mass-meeting will be held at the Alequippa mines, for the p pose of tryiiK i ersua.lo the worki miners to come out lor an advance. A Ilull.llnir’s Sudden Collapse, IUltimouf, December24.—Thetopstory of the three story bnck warehouse No. GO Hanover street rave way about half past six O’clock to-night, and corned tho entire interior of the building down to the cellar. The third floor was used os a store-room by Wm. Rudolph, wholesale drater in pa in r - the second floor by tho Bntish Amer ican Coal Compound Company, and the first floor by A. B. Schulz, manufaetnn of show casi s. Tho building was know •o |m> unsafe, and arrangement were made a few days ago to strengthen it None of the occupants will ^"-inin nmch less, with the excvpP''U of Schulz, whose entire stock, vatnedst into fragments. The p».opk cmi 1« } • the building, including annmberof girl-, lud been out of it about half an hoar, and, fortunately, no one was injured. The Irish Problem. London, December 34. lhc rimes, ,a aawSSBjSJSRsS Commons end the proclamation of martial law in Ireland. DETROIT'S RiOTOUS POLES. ANOTHER OUTBREAK OP ST. AL BERTS CONGREGATION. l-'itriou* Attack on tlio IIouso of One of tlio Polish Louder*— One Man Killed by tlio Police In Dispersing tlio Mob. A Murderer'* Narrow Escape. Denver, Con, December 24.—A special from Springer, New Mexico, to the Repub lican says: Six masked men rode into Springer last night, and after taking the koys of the jail from the jailer, took there from Theodore Baker, charged with mur dering Frank Unmp, a wealthy ranchman, with whose wife Baker is supposed to have been criminally intimate, and hanged him to a telegraph pole nearthe jail. The jailer in the mean time gave the alarm, and the citizens, after a brief skir mish, drove the mob out and cut Baker down just in time to save his life. Springer is the place where in March last a mob attacked the jail, in which fight four outlaws were killed. Great indignation is expressed by law-abiding citizens ovor this last outrage, os they are endeavoring to rid tho country of the bad element which has been largely predominating for several years past. The Houston Horror. Austin, Tex., December] 27.—The chief of police received a telegram from Son An tonio last night stating that Mrs. Eane3, whoso little son Claude was found dr id in the back yard of her premises in Clarks ville last night, had been arrested in San Antonio, and would be brought here to day. The city council and citizens' com mittee on safety both held long sessions last night with closed doors, considering means tor unearthing the particulars of the senes of crime, that have horrified the city and for preventing the summary execution of the criminals who may be apprehended. It is believed the committee have discovered an important cine. Several thousand dol lars have been subscribed in this city to aid in ferreting out the assassins. Holding Ills Ofllce by Force. Milwaukee, Wi*.,Dec. 21.—Among Pres ident Cleveland’s appointments before the meeting of Congress was that of Dr. Ever- hard, as postmaster of Ripon. The ap- pointer received his commission but failed to qualify before Congress convened. This morning Dr. Everhurd appeared at the office, presented his commission and the dischareg papers of the old postmistcr and demanded that tho office be turned over to him. His demand was ignored and he was kicked into the street by the present incumbent of the offico, who has held the place for four years. The United States marshal has been tele graphed for, and ho will go to Ripon thia afternoon. A Party of Indians Stampeded. San Francisco, Doc. 21.—A special from Eposo, Texas, to tho Chronicle says: A band of Indians was surprised by a body of volunteers while encamped near the rail road track between Clifton and Lordsburg. Eleven Indians were killed and thirty-three homes were captured. The asaaulting par ty was mainly oompoaed of Mexican resi dents, under tho guidance of a “Big Jim,” a colored deputy sheriff. The attack took place before daylight The Indians, though well armed, were so completely demoralized that those who escaped fled without mak ing resistance and are now scattered through the mountains. Prosecutions in Utah. Salt Lake City, December 23.—The jury iu the case of Brigham Young Hamp ton, an official of the city and a saint in the Mormon cnurch, who was charged with complicity in a plot to bring disreputable women here for the purpose of incriminat ing Federal officers and Gentiles, rendered a verdict of guilty, after being out one hour. Gentiles are rejoicing to-night over a tele gram from United States Attorney Dickson to Governor Murray, stating that he bad withdawn hit resignation. Almost a Riot at Orlando, Florida, Jacksonville, Fla., December 23.—At Orlando, Florida, to-day Enoch Carter, a bartender, shot and instanly killed L. D. Beasly, a policeman, who had ordered Carter to movo on, as the street was crowded. Carter resisted and secured a pistol, when Beasly clnbbed him and Carter fired. Great excitement ensued and allot was imminent, hut Carter waa safely lodged in jail, which U now guarded by a company of militia. Expulsion of German-Amertcmns. Berlin, December 24.—Tho foreign office notified Mr. rendleion, the United Htatee minister, that it is intended to expel Ger- man-Amoricans reaid ring at Bchleewig »ho emigrated to the United States just b, <..re becoming liable to military service ami returned after bring naturalized. The recent order of expulsion of other German- Americans remains suspended. Detroit, December 26.— A fresh outbreak oc curred yesterday among the parishioner* of St. Al bert’* church (Polish Catholic), which grew out of the suspension of Father Kahuiuski. An attack was made by a mob on the bouse of Uaail Lemke, a prominent Polish politician, wbo i* regarded aa an opponent of Father Kalaninski. The police were obliged to interfere in considerable force to protect Lemke, and in the course of the riot one of the mob leaden waa killed by the police. The mob then dispersed, having done a great deal of damage to opertv. Early to-day the congregation of St. Al- _ jrt’* church began to gather about that building. The crowd scattered and fora time there were h >pe* that no trouble would occur. However, the crowd soon increased until by 10 o'clock fully 2,000 people ha 1 become massed in the street* about the church. Jn the trouble during the past few weeks the men have stood aloof, leaving their wives to do all the lighting, but to-day strong er band* were raised against the peace of the com munity, although the women were not absent Col. Lamer bad been retained by the Lemke* for for their defense or< the charge of shooting the man last night and this morning he visited the house of hi* clients to investigate the case. John Wagner, a sewer contractor, was in the buggy with him. It so happened that Wagner is ldentilled with tbe anti-Eolauinshl faction of the church, and the sight of him enraged the crowds. On the return from Leke’s house, they assaulted the buggy with bricks, stones and frozen nieces of mud, accompanying these missiles with a storm of imprecations. Wignor managed to escape injury, but Col. Lamed was struck on the forehead with a stone and stunned, a heavy fur cgp being all that prevented a fractured skull. Others who had in various ways become obnoxious to the mob were assaulted, but none of them wore seriously hurt The crowd about tbe church doors were quiet and orderly, except when old John Lemke appeared at one of his broken windows, 'id then their shouts snd Jeers were almost deafening. Link ia 76 years old, snd after escaping through the back door from last night’s mob be pssoe 1 the cold night on the commons west of his home. About 11 o'clock the crowd seemed to t^> of this mild sport and began quietly moving away, but be fore going a block they broke into a run. spreading over several streets, but all going towards Bastings snd Ontario streets, where Thoms* Zoltowski, an other of the anti-Kolssinski party had his corner grocery. The small force of police on duty at the church sent in an appeal for help, to be sent to the store, and three wagons were immediately sent out. Before they arrived at Zolotow- be cro$ d had commenced their attack on the building, which had beer strongly barricaded. In lea* than a minute all the glass in the building was shattered to fragments. At sight of Zoltowski through one of the windows, cries of ••hsng him,” "shoot him,” "break down the doors,” coupled with abuse and profanity, could be heard above the sham rattling sound of the stones, mud, bricks and clubs agalnrt the building, and through the paneless windows Zoltowski snowed his re volver. but the crowd only yelled louder and drove him from sight by a well aimed volley of their favorite missiles. A moment later he appeared with a Winchester repeating rifle, which he fired twice, evidently with tbe hope that he could frighten sway the mob. Instead of quelling the disturbance, this seemed only to incite them to greater frenzy. The police on hand seemed to be almost helpless. Reinforcement* arrived at thia time, and the police endeavored to force the mob away from the grocery. The streets were <» packed with’people that thia was extremely dlfli ult as well as dangerous work. Sergeant Nolan, with a squad of police, was trying to force the crowd back on Leland street when a man In tho mob threw a large stone, crushing in the Sergeant’s hat, bruising bis head considerably. The fellow was arrested and immediately officer Ewing, who aided in the arrest, waa felled by * blow with* snow ahovel. lie staggered to his feet snd helped handcuff his assailant. The crowd closed in on the officers, and for a few minutes the squad seemed doomed. The crowd pressed them so close that It was impossible to defend themselves. De tective Smith was thrown on his side In a gutter, when ho waa considerably beaten by the mob, who were wedged about him so densely that he could not draw his revolver. After a considerable time be managed to regain liie feet and helped his companions onoe more In the fight Help came to them, and they finally landed their man in the patrol wagon, although overy inch of the way had to be fought desperately. Another patrol wagon was summoned soon after to help the officers, and at two o’clock Captain Uigler marched to the church with forty-six policemen, followed by several hundred citizens. A detachment was sent to reinforce those at Zoltowskl’o, and the police did their utmost to drive the crowd away entirely. When driven from one street the mob invariably congregated on another, leaving the police to do their work over again. Thi« unsatisfactory work continued throughout the afternoon, and it was nearly dark before the church people finally die- S rscd. All saloons on the east side have been or- red closed until the difficulties are settled. I Is the intention of tbe police to use every effort to quell the disturbance. The situation has become serious to-day and the outlook for to-night is far from satisfactory, trouble being expected at any moment It is stated that Bishop Bargees is satis fied that the deposed priest. Father Kolailuskl, ia the cause of these disturbances, and under no cir cumstances will he allow the priest to be reinstated. The bishop's secretary says all the trouble has been traced directly to Father Knladuakl, whom he con sidered the originator of tho different moves. ally, without having raodo an exhaustive research which would involve some con.dderablo labor There are very few amounts of £1,000, and probably ®^„ihat exceed this sum by more than £100 or And in regard to the fabulous fortunes locked up in ..'baneery he says: “To , 4 odgs from the letters received at the legation from tlnf United States, in referenen to unclaimed funds iu chsn^ry, many of our countrymen must imagine tho instttuilon to be the depository of in calculable millions, a goodly share of which can be easily withdrawn on the mere institution of a claim to the same by the American minister aud without requirement by tbe court of any particulars ns to tbe name of the auit, relationship of the datellt to parties mentioned therein, or to tho original owner of the estate claimed. It ia very rarely that in any communication sent in on this subject n smaller sum is mentioned than several millions, and frequently our correspondents state that they are entitled to twenty, fifty, and even more millions. It will doubtless cause surprise and disappointment, to such as these to be informed that the whole amount of money in tho custody of the Court of Chancery at the present time is about £84,000,000, of which £83,000,000 belong to owners who are known, leaving about one million only of unclaimed or dormant funds.” DYNAMITERS IN CHICAGO. AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE RESIDENCE OF JUDGE TREE Only Falls Itecaxse of Defective Fuse—T1 ->lu« h I ii«> Exploded by a Pol iceman— A Tremendous Detonation— No Clue to the Criminals. AUSTIN INTENSELY EXCITED. American ClnlniauU to English Estates. Washington, December 26.—A paper on the sub- Ject of unclaimed estate* in England, prepared un der the direction of Minister Lowell by Henry White, one of the American secretaries of legation, has been sent by the Prtaidsnt to Congress with other state papers* 'There seems to be no doubt,” Mr. White says, "that many are led to believe themselves heirs to vast estates in Great Britain by designing persona on both sides of ths ocean, who, with a view to personal gain, insert notices in local newspaper* in the United (Mates to the effect that Urge property left by a person of the same name with that of a family of the district, or that omo exceedingly common name likely occur anywhere, such as Smith Jonas, or who distribute and wide lists of unclaimed estates which do not exist. Large sums of money are annually thrown away by the dupes of these advertisements end fictitious lists, and a handsome revenue Is made by the agents, as they emu Uiemaelvaa. for the discove ry of lost heirs and the recover* of unclaimed es tates, Tbe Modus •ntnsndi ostial v adopted by these agents u to first ask for a remit tance of £2 or £3 to cover tbe copying the will upon which the claim purports to be based, then a Urge sum for the ex pense of instituting inquiries, aud at each succes sive stag* more blackmail U levied, the correspond ence being so cleverly conducted that several yean frequently eUpae before the fraud U discovered. Bone should contribute a dollar to unknown agents, especially towards any expense connected with es tablishing claims to estates in thU country, until inquiry has been made of counsel here, first as to Fighting In HurranK Mandalay, December 24.—Tynedah, the Bureau s..* prim© minister, has b©end»- roicsed from the English service. The Madras cavalry, while marching along the river Link, waa compelled to retire by Da- coits In low Ava. Reinforcements have been deopatched to the scene. Two More Added to the Long List of Mur dered Women. JGalveston. Tex . December 26.—A special, dated yesterday, from Austin, Texas, to the Mews, Hays: Two terrible crimes were committed in this city last night after midnight, which will undoubtedly result in three deaths, and there is no telling how many lynching*. During tho past year Austin has been horrified every few woeks by Home dastardly attack on servant women, both white and colored. Fully a dozen servants have been outraged and eight murdered within thia period. Tho crimes all boro evidence of being perpetrated by the same person. Every effort was made to appre hend tbe criminals, skilled detectives'being em ployed. Many negroes were arrested and put through a rigid examination, but nothing came of the efforts. Many citizens aud some officials held to the theory that the crimes were perpetrated by some insane person who cunningly devised how he could shed woman's blood without apprehension. About midnight last night Vi. II. Hancock, a well- to-do carpenter, residing at 203 Water street, was awakened by groans. Entering his wife’s chamber he found the vacant bed covered with blood spots. He followed the trail ont of the fro *t door, around the house and into the back yard, where he fo .nd his wife weltering in a pool of blood. She had been struck twico across the head and face with a blunt axe, and her skull fractured. Although still alive the physicians say she will surely ale from herwounds. Mrs. Han cock is forty years of age, and a handsome woman. I She bears an unblemished character. In the midst of the great excitement produced by this outrage, the citizens were appalled at learning of a still greater crime that had been jierpetrated about the same hour several squares distant. At one o’clock, Mrs. Phillips, residing at 308 Hickory street, was awakened by the cries of her grandson. Entering the room of her son, James Phillips, she found the infant on the bed covered with blood, aud Phillips lying senseless, from a terrible blow on the head. I Ella Phillips, the wife, was missing. Tlio affrighted neighbors followed the bloody track and found her body lying in the beck yard of the adjoining prem ises. Doath had resulted from a blow on the fored heed with an axe. . Across tin body lay a heavy rail. Her person had been outraged. There Is ncvclne re either case, j I The excitement on the streets daring the daywarl very sveat. Christmas was forgotten. The mayor] called » meeting of citizens at the State house, and nearly a thousand responded to the call. A com-1 mittee of publtc safety was organized. The feeling] over these last outrages is intense. A house-to- house search for the bloody-handed murderers will probably be made. A News special from Austin says: "No clue has yet been unearthed to the mysterious tragedies of Christmas eve. Mrs. Phillips, one of the victims, was buried to-day. Mrs. Hancock is still uncon scious, aud Is slowly dying. Jas. Phillips Is also dying. HU wounds are worse than at first supposed. I The community was horrified to-day by th* discovery iof a series of crimes even more Inhuman than tbe I others. The remains of Claude Eancs, a little eight year-old white child, were found to-day iu the I back yard of his mother’s premises in the village of Clarksville, two miles west of Austin. Swine were I devouring the body wten it was discovered, and had eaten all the flesh from the bones, but I tbe features were recognizable. Last August Hugh Eanns, the father, mysteriously died. The coroner's Jury doclared he had been poisoned by a person unknown. About the time of Eanes’s death Charles |Courtney became a boarder in tbe family, which comprises Mrs. Esnes and two children, Doule, aged ill, and Clauds. The unnatural mother tried to give the children away, pleading poverty. A couple of weeks ago she told her neighbors sue bad given Dollle to a school I teacher down the river. On Monday night Mrs. Kanes visited a neighboring family and asked the privilege of spending tbe night. She said I had also given Claude away to a family lnL__ pass*, and Courtney being absent she wm afraid to sleep in the bouse alone. Next morning I the woman departed for Austin, saying that she bed received a telegram from Illinois asking her to ^attend the funeral of a relative who had left her a legacy. Courtney retained to-day and found the house deserted. He discovered the body Claude, which had been buried ■ foot deep, and afterward uprooted by bogs. There waa Intense excitement when news of tho murder reached Austin. 1 1 Courtney waa arrested on suspicion. A search is being made for Dolly. Fire In Alabama. Chattanooga, T*nn„ December 26.—A deetrncj tire fire visited Collinsville, Ala., lastntgnt* It originated in the post-office, and eight stores and the depot of tbe Alabama and Great Southern rail- _lChicago Decembe. 26.—A little after 9 o'clock tliis morning a quart can, of peculiar construction, Iwas found on the front porch of Judge Lambert Tree’s residence. No. 40 Cass street, by bis coach- iman, who tenderly picked It up and carried it into ~ vacant lot in the rear, and then started cn a ran >r the Chicago Avenue Pol tee Station. He waa pale with fright when he reached there, and telling Lieutenant Hhepbard that he had found a can of dynamite, and where he had found it, asked that an officer be sent down to investigate. Officer Gal lagher was sent back with him, and together they took the mysterious can to the lake anorc, at the ifoot of Chicago avenue, and touched a match to the foot of the dynamite fuse, which was wound about tbe can. The explostou made a terrific noise,which w as heard distiuctly at tho station, and tho earth was torn np for several feet. When tbe can was first found it w*as standing under the door way. Tho fuse was charred at the end, show ing that it had been lighted aud gone out. Tm deadly aeatslvance looked like a common lamp, ahd thinking it was putthere by someprac- leal joker, tbe coachman removed it to the yard, u laying it down bo was horrified to notice that a fuho was attached to the machine. A hurried in spection showed that it was not the innocent thing it was (deemed to be. It was left unrouched till Officer Gallaher’a arrival. He carried it to the Cen tral Station. His appearance created the wildest excitement and the olficers lost no time iu getting outside, Many of them, mindful of Otto Funk’s experiments with infernal machines, ran pell- Imell out of tbe Station, and GaUagher was forced ^ dispose of the machine himself. He carried Jto a powder dealer ou Lake street, but tho man refused to touch it A clerk in tbe store, however, examined it and at first sight pronounced it a fine ly constructed dynamite bomo. "Take it out of hero and explode it at once,” shontod the frighten- rlork. "nr It will tilnw tin thn whom itrMt." (tsl. clerk, "or it will blow up the whole street 1 lagher and the clerk hastened with the machine to the lake front where preparations were made to explode the bomb, and a fuse five feet long wm at tached to the machine and fired. Both men ran with all siieed to a safe distance, bnt none too soon, for they bad not gone two hundred feet when the machine exploded with a tremendous noise. The report waa heard as far as the West Fifth Avenue, snd an idea of the force o* the explosion may be had by tbe way the ground was torn up for a depth of six feet. The hard frozen ground was scooped np as if it were so much water. Officer Gallaghers companion,an expert wm of the opinion that the explosive wes nltro-glycerlne, and declared that enough of it was in the machine to blow up the city hall. Thus far tho police have no idea of the parties who are responsible for the con templated outrage. It is not known that any mo tive existed for the comm Iasi on "f rnch a barbarous act There have been no arrests m&de. The Tree residence ia one of the moat elaborate and costly houfos in the city, occupving one-quarter of an en tire block in the fashionable residence district in the northern division of the city. The building E 'obably represents #200,000, with its valuable cou nts. It is a two-story structure of brown stone, rock-faced, and covering a wide area. It bu been occupied for some time by General K. McClung, of the targe publishing house of Jansen, McClung * Co. the existence of the estate, and then m to the chances of Its recovery. 1 wm told that not one claim in a thousand of those referred to them by the legations hM had any validity whatever, end very few daring this long experience of claims from America have been successful.” The paper ia s long one and th* subject ia treated exhaustively. Mr. white aaya tbs archives of the legation show that a considerable proportion of its foreign correspondence is composed of letters upon thia subject. Mr. White describes the re sults of inquiries relating to tho Jennens' estate, to which there were *»*uny American claim ants, showing the property went to the helro-et-law long before the American claimants were ever heard of, and that the latter never bad a shadow of title to tL Moreover, bad tbe title once been a good one, ~ would have long since become worthless by ti operation of the statute of limitations: Any attempt therefore,” contours Jr. White, "to recover reel estate* from tbs crown or individuals after a lapse of 12 years, which ma> be extended to thirty under cer tain circamstances, and pereonal property after ths lapse of 2U years, however valid tbe claim of the person making tho attempt may have been origi ns Uy, to certain to end in failure." Ail w consequently of tbe Jennens association United bates of America may assured that their subecriptiona are simply money thrown away, if the object be the recovery of the Jennens estate. Recently a letter waa re ceived from e member of the aforesaid Jennens As sociation. wbo had Just been notified that a general assessment of #6 bad been levied for Ike end of K r ending June uo. K*i4, and who before raying seme inquired whether the legation could fur nish any information regarding the Jennens s^ate, ■aid to be pending before the Court of Chan cery in England. The **““ * ' sundry interesting documents association, one of which states that the "finance committee are fuUy satisfied with our agents’ prog reee in the case,” and further ou. that **it becomes neceeaary for each and every member of this asso ciation to respond with cash m liberally ae their means will affiwd to carry oer case to e fine! issue, which we have every reneon to believe will be sac- cessfnl, provided funds be famished.” Similar to this cess are the "Hedges "Bradford estate." tbe "Hj«te retete,” the "Horne estate," sad many others which ere described among ordinary myths by which so many of our countrymen have been beguiled. With maid to large ram* .upprard to be await ing American claimants In the Bank of England Mr. White quotes from e letter written by the chte accountant of that Institution, as> follows: •There are no large amounts of urn datroed stock on dividends standing ia our book, spuakiag road; were burned. No detail'received. Chattanooga. Tunn, December 2».—The Times hM received full details of the conflagration at Col linsville. Ala., list night. Th* fire originated in the post-office, and wm the wsrk of an Incendiary, and no clue to his Identity exiats. The following are the losses: K. W. Cain, druggist, #20,000. no in surance: K. W. Reed, general store, #1,600^ insur ance #1.000; W. D. Mackey, general store, #1,000^ tally insured; G. W. Roberts, store, #4.000, insurance $1400; T. J. PulUn, druggtet, $2,000, no insurance; Oliver, Hall * Co., stow, #5,000, Insur ance $500; J. Weaver, livery stable, $2,0uo. no in surance; Petty k Miller's block of offices, $2,000. no insurance; J. H. Collins, store, $1,500, no insur ance; K. R. Reed, postmaster, $1,000. The Ala bama and Great Southern depot wm also destroyed, and that loss will reach #2.900. The entire con tents of all the burned buildings, including, the post-office, were destroyed. Governor Stoncraan's Tart Reply, Ratbamokto, December 26.—Governor HU.neman to-day received a dispatch from Hccretary llayard. in which be say* bis attention hM been called by tbe Chinese minister to a movement In different cIUmi in California for the expulsion of the Chinese, end the minister suggests it is more preferable *~ K vimt violence than to repress it. In reply retary Bayard. Governor btimeman telegraphed m follows: 'There hM not been a single act of violence to ward Chinese in this State, nor do I anticipate any trouble which cannot be controlled by the local authorities There is deep seated and unanimous feeling tm this com! against the further immigra tion of Chinese. Thousands of good citizens are unable to obtain a livelihood owing to their 11 In conclusion, he says: "As fo the beet method of preserving good order in this State, 1 may say that we are capable of performing that duty with it gratuitous suggestions from that quarter." A Suit Against Timber Thlevee, Washington, December 26.—Ths Secretary of the Interior, after considering a numberof cases which have been brought to his attention, relative to the cutting of Umber on certain lands in Alabama, which In 1656 wen granted the State to aid in the construction of tbs Mobile and Girard railway, hum requested the Attorney-General to inaUtute a test suit against several timber depredators, to the question of UUe to these Ian-is, which some 200,000 acre*. It is claimed the railroad has no valid UtK because of its alleged failure to com pute the terms of the contract on which the grant A Captain’s Fortunate Discovery, Captain, Coleman, schooner Weymouth, plving . etweet Atlantic City and New York, had been troubled with a cough so that he wm unable to sleep, and wm Induced to try Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. It did give him oni/ instant relief, but allayed the extreme sorsnees in his breast. His children were similarly effected snd e single dose had the earn* happy effect. Dr. King's New Discovery Is now the standard remedy in the Coleman household end on board tht schoon er. rree Trial Bottles of this hUmlard Remedy * Lamar, Rankin k Lamar's Drag (More. Tho Silver Question. Washington, Decembe. 96.—The Star aing says that ft is impossible to judge of the strength or weakness of either side of the silver octnuut question in the House. Many of tbe mem- Nra, it eeys. ere in donbt end tbe opinion is pretty generally expressed that neither aide hM a majority ae U now stands, but that the he lanes of power is held by those who have not yet made np theU minds. Tbe fight wUl be to win these doobtfu votes, end some compromise ueasara Is likely “ come In for pretty strong support. A Sheriff Murdered, Savannah. December 94 —Four miles from Val dosta. lest night, tfwrW fcfcrsomrf Bradford county. Florid*, wm shot dead by Richard Town send. colored, and Policeman Cooper, of Valdosta, wee shot la the sbonlder. Towweend then escaped. Tbe sheriff end poses were attempting to arrant lies boil In two am! three-quarter days O W. Small, a ontractor. with flRMffihnnda. took off the old ro<>f f tho Methodist chim h ;tt Bfifidtr.;vf)le and nut on new one that required .10,000 jiblog^as. For'y-eiglit out of tfc* seventy-five Georgia week- local paw* thin week with ••(.'liriste ihah Is here,” thirty-two insued half hIioo'h, and. twenty-threo suspended (at tho holiday*. A pogro Darned Wash Harris made n desperate break from the jail at Thomuston, hint week. Sheriff Foster’s nose wm broken by a fall at tho time, but Wash was captured by a cruwd after a long chase. In 7ort Valley Thursday tho lambrequin over the mantel in the house of John A. Houser caught fire and came near causing a serious fire. In putting it out Mm. Mary Houser burned her hands severely. Saturday, while Mr. John Buabee, who lives on the Hartley place no ir Fort Valley, was standing up in his wagon, his mules started off suddenly, throwing him to the ground and breaking his collar bone. pine tree, on Major John Knight's plantation, eriwetber county, ha* been cut down and measured. It wm flvo feet In diameter, 315 feet in length, and shingle blocks had l»een sawed from the trank to the distance of 243 feet. Civil Engineer O. Morgan Eldridge of Americue. recent graduate of ReneeUaa Institute, nt "Voy. N. ., lias been engaged to surrey the rome cr ;*epro- posed Savannah, Dublin aid Weal mi railroad, and will begin his duties on the 1st inst. As a young man nan,,-* brewer 8wofford wiu? on la way from Rome to his home, eight miles dis tent, on Tuesday, he was dealt tv severe blow ott the bead and Ills pocks* rifled by a negro w ho had fbte lowed him. lie is in a critical condition. negro boy employed by Haywood, Gage A O., made- a wager with a coin nan loot CbristniM eve that heeould drink a quart of whisky without taking the glees from his Mps. The wbtekw wm purchased and swallowed aud tho bet won. He will probably die. Friday, in 8avannab, • little son #f Caiwel Kabo, went up behind a mule anil struck the animal on the hind leg* with a switch. The poor litUe fellow wm nicked up several feet away with his forehead crushed in. Physicians lifted the bono off of tho brain and picked out some pieces. Tho kick will probably prove fatal. On Saturday night last, in Tattnall county, John Ray, colored, and his brother quarreled over a pair of pants. The older brother struck John, and their father attempted to separate them, when John » knife, and, reaching over his father’s shoul der, stabbed hla older brother Just above tbe heart. ”e died Iu a few minutes. On Wednesday a man registered as J. W. Miller ; tho Barnes House, Albany, and claimed that ha came to arrest a man named ltegan, who was stop ping at the same house, and who*, it waa said, w»a wanted in Orlando, Fla. After securing the man, both went off without paying the beard bill. Land lord Crtne telegraphed to Waycroes to have them arrested. IN A TIGHT PLACE. Hippopotamus Tries to Have an Extra Christmas Dinner. Philadelphia, (Pa.,) Special. Head Keeper Byrne, at the Zoological Oarden, had a thrilling experience yesterday with one of his pet*—the large hippontamus. The animal hM a large double cage ana on one aide hla comforts are provided for in a Urge water fount The habits of tbe large beast are such that be spends a great more of hla time in tbe water than doe4 ont of it much to the disgust the garden’s patrons. Tho keeper raised one of the iron bars in the hlppopotamus’i cage, and, climbing in, witL a stick in his band, proceeded valiantly to investigate tho reason wh; the animal stayed under tlio water much. II crossed a narrow plank bridge over tho basin nea tho wall, and be^-an prodding and spUshing around with the stick in the search for evidence* of animal existence beneath. He had the plcM- ure of discovering it quicker than lio ex pected and the opportunity of looking, for the first time in his life, down into the bcrrld depths of a hippopotamus’* jaws The big. clumsy beast be came angered. Ills Urgo'hc ad bobbed np from the surface of the water at a point where it effectually cut off Keeper Byrne's retreat. The keeper saw this with dismay, and what wm worse, ths large beast wm slowly waddling ow toward him, with jaws open wide. There only one avenue of escapo left to the Imprisoned keeper, a narrow eight foot ladder on the wall on the side of the bMln. and it 1* said that no science conld calculate the fractional Interval of time it took the keeper in hla terror to monnt to the top. The hippopotamus did not drop th# siege, how ever. He moved over toward the ladder und kep his mouth open for Mr. Byrne to look into. The keener called lustily for help, which did not turb the animal in the leMt. HU eyee looked wicked satisfaction at ths frightened krejw crouched on the top of the ladder. Mi Byrne looked hojK-rully over the wall into the next cage, where there la a small but naughty African zebra, which hM the worst re] utetlon for kicking in the country. He said to lo capable of kicking tbe life out of a n inside of ten minutee, and the keeper on the top of the ladder thought twice before tempting fate In that direction. After calling for nearly an hour Mr. Byrne attracted tho attention of the under keeper in charge of the elephant bones. "8ey, get me out of this, won’t you, please?" Mid the head keeper, imploringly dashing a glance at hie subordinate, with one eye still on the terrible - - "Call ‘ ‘ Nevvnnn'* Memorial Monument. Ncwxan, December 26.—Tbe monument erected i commemoration of eur Confederate dead will be unveiled on Tuesday next, toe 29th inat., and the ceremonies of the rame will be conducted by lion. ThoraM Hardeman, wbo wUl deliver an address for the occMion. ’ Much credit is due to Miss Eugene Palmer. Mrs. Jm. Stacy and Mrs. J. B. Wllcoxon and other mem bers of the Ladies’ Memorial Association, who after persistent effort* for ten years have raised #2,000 for the monument erected and paid for. Fires In MUledgevllle. Millkdgktillr. December 26.—Thursday night Fox k Ailing’s stable. In tbe rear of their planing- tnill, caught fire and burned down. Supposed to be the work of an Incendiary. On tho same night C. T. Whilden’s livery stable caught fire, bnt it wm extinguished before muck *vinaco wm dono. Early yeetordvy morning, the Baptist church, sit uated in the new Capitol square, wm discovered to be on fire, and it was cntirclyp onsumed. Tho or gan and a few chair* were saved. Opinion m to the origin of the fire is divided. Some Uiink it wm in- cendiansiu, while other* My It was nrelsesnrse of the ton. Tbe building was insured. About $2,600 have been raised toward replacing it. open jaws beneath him. "CaU him away, quick, won’t your’ repeated the keeper. '•Why don’t you get over in the other eager Mked the man who had come to the reecu*. "Why, that zebra's in there—I saw him,” Mid the keeper on the ladder. Then the nnderkeeper made vigorous efforts coax the hippopotamus over toward the bare, bot required greet argument to remove him. Mr. Byrne tried to scare him sway by making feces and shout ing at him, but the animal wouldn’t scare. lie just stood there expecting e big dinner, end if the head keeper's fingers bad not been frozen to the ladder he might have got it After the lapse of an hoar and a half tbe hippopo tamus wm coaxed back to the bare with tempting morsels of food, and the imprisoned keeper wm given one more chance for life end a prospect * eating hla Christmas turkey once more. He hM solved to give tbe hippopotamus the cold shoulder after this and will not again make any attempt to fraternize with him. OVER THE STATE. Th# new court house at Cuthbert is nearly com pleted. Tbe police in Karan nab mad* thirty-four arrests on ChruttuM day. Captain Joe Deevergera is now sol* proprietor the tSharon House, Bainbridge. At Banderevillc. to-morrow morning, Mr, Hines will wed Mia* Core L. McBride. JohnA.001, In Meriwether county, committed suicide lest Tuesday by taking laudanum Prof. J. H. Wilson, of Savannah. wlU open the InaUtute at Certersville on January 4th, T. 0. Coo noway, of Oalveeton. hM been elected principal of the High School at Greensboro. Tbe four-year-old child of Henry Dart, colored, near Jssup, wm hom'd to a crisp Wednesday. Blakely's fire engine hM arrived and will thoroughly tested, and a fire company organized. A young carpenter named Hobbs wm killed a few days ago on the line of Dodge’s railroad, near East man. Wm. Paula’s residence, near Eastman, wm entirely destroyed by fire C?rtstniM Eve, at night He w< fully insured. ChriatmM in JeJup: The Sentinel says."instead a Lunch of fire-crackers our boys are carrying flask of whisky. Raymond Cangblin. of New York, a tramp, had his leg broken at Jesup, Tuesday, in attempUng ‘ get off a freight train. Mr. Mitchell Moore, agent of the Brunswick end Western railroad at Ty-Ty, wm married on Wednes day to Miss Lula Maund. A Banka county man named Rowe Gaines is in lock-up at Harmony Grove forgiving thirty or forty mortgages on the sam W. If. Donahue wm arrested in Rome, Thursday, for gaming. He wraps a (5 bill In a package eoap and sells three packages for $2. John Spencer and Mark Morrison are in Fulton oount> jell in default of bond. They are charged with running a Blind Tiger In Carterevtlle. On Thursday, nine miles fro ford wm shot ny Julius Ward. __ ford will die. It wm e Christmas-eve frolic. Two thousand oo* hundred and twenty-eight dollars has been subscribed at Montezuma toward bnihling a new Methodist Episcopal church at that *>!•«* The tux amassment of tbe county of Putnam amounts to flfi,H7. The collector he* received $14,00. and expects In two weeks time to collect im contractor in Florida, then stealing $#00cash for Rev. Mr. Crum pier. formerly c tbodJetCh xt year. wlU preach hie first i t Sabbath in January. Ily the Way. It is a difficult a job to set a hen or a good exam ple.—Boston Bulletin. One arm around a pretty girl’s waist is said to be worth two arm* around a frosted lump-pout.—Chi cago Telegram. Why woadcr at tho coiivivtal habits os tho printer Is perfectly natural that boshonld llko toRct’em up.—Burlington Free Press. Truly this is a manrclona ago of invention. A. Portland man lias Invented a combined wagon jack and stepmother.—California Maverick. Natural gas may bo best dcvelopod by giving a inan a stiff kIshh or whisky and encouraging him to talk about his rich relations.—Fall Iliv«r Advance. Sometime* it happens that the greatest good and most charitable act that a man can do for his friend ia to run away with hla wife.—Full River ilsrald. Tho mother makes tho man. but the wifo man- U r .i t’irt M him." I li-r- :»r.’ \rr\ f< w men. wn may remark, wbo are not benefited by being madn over.—Puck. Neither bustles nor corset* are worn la Japan, and when a Japanese maiden xluidownlna skat- Ing rtnk she gets her money’s worth eveiy time.— Burlington Free Ptom. When a ilon-tamer finds be can no longer manage his 1*jc be send* fora New York hunter who weare pluk cost, and the kiug of beaut* slink* abashed Into the farthest corner of lii* cage.—Courier-Jour nal. Tbe poet who wrote "man want* bnt little here below, aor want* that little long,” wa* either crazy or knew nothing about politics. Man want* the earth here below and wants it all tho timo.—Lowell Citizen. Ohio bot«t* of a wooden-legged cow. That’s nothing. There wm one died in ht Paul tho other day made entirely of wood, jngdlng from the beef- eak that our landlady set beforo us this morning. St. Paul Herald. A great many women who started to read thn President’s message gave it up In dixguitt when they found it said nothing about the style* of winter bats, or under what circurnMUnce* a hus band should tie allowed to rarry a latch key.—Phil*-, deiphla Herald. Purple und Fine Linen. New York Exchange. Buttons grow bigger and odder. Violets ere to be very fMhlonable. Buckles of all kind* are In high favor. Thia promises to be a real flower scmod. Old-fashioned lynx far* are again in favor. Natural flowers are again worn in the hair. Waifterats or plastrons are the rale uu all imports Tbe "Cloak. Suit and Ladies’ Wear Review” calls this the shaggy season. Tinsel-decorated and silver and steel beaded slip pers are all the rage. Heliotrope and violet eb&des are chosen for reeeee for evening wear and full-drea* occsHlons. Pretty chatelaine bags are made of pearl or tan. colored kid daintily painted. Pretty boose slippers are of tan-colored.undressed kid. Iney are beaded with steel or glU beads. Plush grows In popularity for dresses, wraps, bon nets and hats, aud is worn by old and young alike. A hat of smoke colored velvet is trimmed with & bunch of ostrich tips. 1h* muff to go with this la of velvet and is trimmed with embroidered quilbs with tinsel outline. A new brvrstot -a gold band bent into a spiral— hM appearmL tilled the 'Theodora.” It sprlnpi over the bud and fits perfectly to the arm. a most beoontlng enable to boot A lpcket or charm may be worn suspended from one of the coils. Tlio Cause of Kelley** He lection. New YonE, December 27.—The Tribune will to-morrow pnblUli nn interview with John M. Franci*. lately United States nin- ister to A nutria, in which he rays ne did not understand tbe Anatrian government to bane it* objection to receiving Mr. Ktiley either on tbe tact that his wife wuk a Jewess or their marriage only by civil contract, nor ia there any tenth in the statement that the rejection waa due to the entarvention of Italy. Mr. Fnwcia attributes the rejec tion of Mr. Keiley to his want of political tact, aa manifested by his ,|>eechea. Tho Atwtrian government, he rays, li es a most friendly feeling lor the United Staten, and in bia opinion the breaking oil of diplo matic relations between the two conctries would operate injuriously to our interests. The Hendricks Monument. Imuanapolu, Ixd., December 21.—The executive committee of the Hendricks Mon ument Association has been disenming a ■Jggeetion in the ties spa per. that Congreea appropriate $10,000 in aid of the construc tion of the memorial. The result of tin- discussion waa the unanimous adoption of a resolution Uut no such appropriation should be expected or asked, hut that tl - association should depend alone upon vol untary donations by the people for thn money nrceuary.