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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH:*TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 18c6-TWELVE PAGES.
GEN. LEE’S INAUGURATION.
THE CAPITOL CROWDED WITH IN
TERESTED SPECTATORS.
A Simple Ceremonial, Follows hr Ueartj
Congratulations—Only Two Negroes
Present — Tlie Inauguration
Delia Brilliant Success.
Richmond, Vjl, January 1.—Governor
Fitzhugh Lee was inducted into office to
day in the presence of the General Assem
bly of Virginia gathered in joint convention
in the hall of the House of Delegates, the
galleries of which nnd every inch of avail
able standing room being occupied with in
terested spectators, including many ladies.
The rotunda and approaches thereto were
also crowded with people, all eagerly striv
ing to gain admission to the hall or catch a
glimpse of the new Governor as he passed.
The Joel Parker Association, of Newark, N.
J., which arrived this morning, were as
signed to privilege places on the floor
of the house and attracted much at
tention by their fine appearai ce. At J l :50
a. m., tue Sjeaker called vhe House to
•rder and proceedings were opened with
>rayer by right Rev. Dr. A. W. Randolph,
ishop of tne Episcopal Church. Clerk
igger then read the journal of yesterday,
nst as he concluded, Hon. John W. Daniel,
Jnited States Senator-elect entered the hall,
id was escorted to a seat He was greeted
ith much enthusiasm. At 12 o'clock
he Senate of Viiginia was announced,
ind that body filed in by twos and took the
ieata assigned them. The Speaker then
ailed tlie joint convention to order, and
mmodintely named Delegate li. M.
•tabling and Senator Taylor Derry as a
mimitteo to notify Governor Lee that the
eneral Assembly of Virginia was
Iv to receive him. In a few min-
ites loud cheers on the outside announced
the approach of the gubernatorial party, and
xm afterwards Governor Leo, arm in arm
ith the retiring executive, Governor Cam-
on, entered the hall, followed by a nura-
r of ladies and gentlemen,including Hon.
oel Massey, Lieutenant-Governor-elect, and
Irs. General Lee, wife of the Governor,and
ira. Beckham, wife of the ex-mayor of Al
exandria, escorted respectively by Frank W.
jDawson, of the Charleston News and Cou
rier, and Dr. G. W. Ross, of Richmond.
The appearanco of the partywwas the signa-
lor a perfect ovation o£ enthusiastic ap-
lause, which continued several minutes,
he two Governors were escorted to the
peaker's platform, whero Hon. L. L. Low-
r., president cf the Supreme Court of Ap-
teals of Virginia, administered the oath of
•ffice to tho new Governor and Lieutenant-
o vernor. The joint convention was
isbanded, and tho House took a
■ecess for 15 uinutes. Congratulations and
land-shaking then became the order of the
ty, i ae Governor descending to tho floor
d meeting friends and strangers alike
th a pleasant word for each. The Joel
taker Association were individually pre-
inted, the first member introduced fasten-
ig to the lApel of Governor Lee’s coat tho
ndsorno badge of the association. A
ticeable incident to the ceremonies was
ie almost total absence of colored people
tho hall. Only two colored delegates
ere present and a colored man wearing
bo badge of the Joel Farker Association*
Tie latter joined in tho stream of visitors
ho passed the Governor and congratulat-
him. He extended his hand to the
vernor, and with a smile on his face
d: *'Governor, let me congratulate yon.”
•vernor Lee looked at him and
•reaking out into langh exclaimed:
My friend, don’t you think the country
is safe now.” The colored man
I laughingly replied; "Governor, 1 believe it
is." It was an Amusing incident, and none
enjoyed it more than Governor Lee. Cap
tain E. M. Hayes,of the Fifth United States
Calvary, who was a bosom friend and
companion of Governor Loe when the lat
ter was a lieutenant in the same regi-
ent before the war, and who camo all the
ay from Indian Territory to be
resent at the inauguration, was among
:he crowd, and when Governor Lee spied
him he hailed the cAptain with: "Hello,
Zack! how are yon to-day,” to which Capt.
Hayes replied: "Very well, Fitz. Allow ine
to oongrAtulste yon,” and a warm and cor
dial grasp of the hand followed. After the
assemblage had dispersed, Governor Lee
proceeded to the gubernatorial office in the
capitol, where tho retiring Governor
turned the office over to him.
Ex-Governor Cameron remained in
the hall during tho reception, and was
frteted by many of thoso present. The
Nowark Association were token in charge
by tlie city Democratic committee and hand-
aomely entertained.
THK INAUGURATION HAI.L.
The reception and inaugural boll at tlie
( ^.nnory Haul to-night, which completed the
ndnction of General Lee into the guboroa-
orial chair of Virginia, was the grandest
ocial event which has illustrated the his-
ory of the commonwealth since it east
if its royal Governors and
asnmed its own sovereignty over a century
igo. Tho hundreds of "fair women and
>r*ve men” who were present, in intellec-
ual acquirements, in manly and womanly
iresence, in dress and demeanor, and,
hi fact, in the possession of every
. in tribute of the better class of liti-
>nity, would have graced and adorned
occasion either of American or European
vvttins up. Tho crowd began to pour into
the hall about 8:30 o’clock, but it was 9:30
,.iKrfore Governor Leo and his escort arrived,
when the band, composed of some thirty
musicians, struck up Baseler’s grand
■larch, "Fitz Lee,” os an initial welcome
Of the Governor to the hall. Ho was
Qpuuediatelv escorted to the dais at the east
ind of the noil, where, after being intro-
'uced to the lady patronesses of the ball,
he ceremonial part of the affair began by
f » intro taction generally to his friendis
d fellow-citizens. Some of the
rmer had come many leagues
see this happy consummation
their good wishes for Lee. Everything
loved smoothly, showing the perfection of
**'• arrangements. The nail was decorated
th National and State flogs in profusion,
Jiost gracefully disposed and intertwined
I J; ith those of many foreign nations.
The tout ensemble, both of decora
tion and of the hundreds of beautifully
ladies as they moved, a living pam-
orama of beauty, left nothing to be desired.
On the walls were seen many palmetto
Slaves, and at the entrance a splendid spe-
• Hnien of that tree, sent hither from
fkmth Carolina especially for this
jycasion, spread its branches to
the friendly encircling air. The formal
inteHlnctions ceased abont midnight, when
dug wm begun. The ound of tripping
in answer to the cadences of the Land,
was accompanied br the tramp, tramp of
huirying hundreds bound for the banquet
■V' A* about 2,600 persons were present,
on J po^ble for a portion of them
Jt And room at tne tables. Fro-
f T<* Ch * rl ee L. Seigel was general design-
A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH*
A Foreman** Coolcua and Courage .*nve
h Gang of Workmen.
Cincinnati, O., January 1.—The coolness
and heroism of John Breckley, foreman of a
gang of street workmen, probably saved
several lives yesterday. Eight or ten men
under his direction was repairing a leakage
in a forty-inch main at the corner of Eighth
street and Eggleston avenue. They had dag
a hole about twenty feet square and ten
feet deep and were quietly ai work this
morning, when suddenly a sound like an
underground explosion was heard from
the east bank of the cAvity. Then the earth of
or e Bide began to slip away rapidly and
was followed by an overwhelming flood of
water. "Jump for your lives, boys.” the
foreman shouted. "Climb ont, climb out,
or drown.” The men began to scramble
up, but it was almost impossible, and the
water poured in iike a mill race, and the
heavy banks of earth began crumbling in.
It looked as though tne men would
lie caught and drowned like rats
in the nit before help could
he given, when Breckley called to them to
climb up on his shoulders. In that man
ner every man was saved. Breckley was
the last to be pulled out of the ditch, and
when he left it the water was up to his arm
pits. Just os he was drawn out, two sides
of the hole caved in, carrying several tons
of 6arth into the place where the men had
been struggling but a moment before. Bat
for Breckley'8 action several would have
been caught in it and inevitably drowned.
Prolbltlon In lawn.
Deh Moines, I a., January 1.—The path of
offices who attempt to enforce the prohi
bition law in Iowa is not always strewn
with roses. Wednesday night Deputy
.Sheriff Pierce went to the saloon of |Loren-
*zo Ill, in the Des Moines House, with a
a search warrant. Not finding any
contraband in the bar-room, he
tried a door lending to the cellar,
but found it locked. When the bar-keeper
refused to open the door, Pierce broke it
open. Descending the staircase by a dim
light he saw a beer keg in the cellar, and
started for it, but walked into a pit about
nine feet deep, the bottom of which was
set with sharpened stakes, ho then threw
ont his anas And canght on the sides of the
hole, nnd by the nid of Constable Hanson,
who accompanied him, ho was rescued be
fore falling on the stakes. The officers say the
pit had been freshly dng, and had every
appearance of having been especially con
structed for a trap. When released. Pierce
seized the beer keg and carried it up stAirs
and placed it in the hand of Constable
Hanson. Meanwhile, the bar-keeper had
sent for the police. Two officers came and
arrested Pierce on the charge of injuring
the building. Lorenzo Ill, also filed a com
plaint against him for malicious injury to
the building. The case has not been de«
cided.
A GREAT FIRE AT DETROIT.
D. M. FERRY & CO.’S ESTABLISHMENT
DESTROYED,
IN MEXICO
The Torre* Party Create a ltlot In Mata-
inonu—The City Without a Government,
St. Louis, January 3.—A Matamoras,
Mexico, correspondent of the Globe-Demo
crat telegraphs as follows under yesterday’s
date: "Yesterday was the date fixed by law
for the installation of the new board of city
officers. The Torres clement, which, it is
alleged, was secretly supported by the mili
tary, were evidently bent on creating a riot
and thus cause martial law to be doclArod
in the city, and perhaps pave
tho way for the downfall of the State
government nnder Gen. Cuellam, who is
favorable to ex-President Gonzales.
At an early hour Colonel Torres, the de
feated candidate for mayor, and his sup
porters took possession of the city hall and
a howling mob of their adherents filled the
square in front Mayor Hinajose, at their
approach, took his hat nnd went
home, nnd the police wero shat up in
their quarters with strict orders, under uo
circumstance to interfere. Villareal, com
manding the military, had a cavalry regi
ment under arms at the barracks around
the corner, and one hundred infantry at the
jail. Torres and his mob had every
thing their own way, while
Y'Tania, the candidate who received most
votes, and who bad been declared elected
by the State congress, did not appeur
to take charge. At two o'clock in the
afternoon two dmnkcn men drew knives
on each other in front of tho police
headquarters, and the chief of police, Arne-
din Trevano, went out to separate them,
when he was greeted with a storm of bill
lets from the mob, falling, shot twice
throngh the right thigh. Firing was then
{ iromiscnons, six or seven of Torres' party
>eing shot. The military then took cuargo
and heavy cavalry patrols were sent out to
provent disorder. The city is without any
legal government at present.
THE INDIAN QUESTION.
Together With a Theatre and Other Build
ing*—The Total Loss Estimated at
Over •1,500.000—Killed by a
Falling Wall—Incident*.
elind manager of the entertainment, which
wa < in all respect* a success. Mr,. Lm ae-
toi panted the Governor and received with
biin.
; “jywju a “W' Paatenr hae rgraad to re-
ahmtolia to .tad, kuecfenci of
Th.pby.kmni.
Paiteur to Have a Pupil.
General Sheridan Kxplaln* III* Plan for
Their Settlement.
Washington, January 3. —In response to
a request for additional information ex-,
planatory of the recommendation of his last
animal report in regard to the Indian ques
tion, Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan hAS written a
statement saying that in that report he re
commended that each Indian family be
given and located upon the 320 acres pro
vided for them by law; that in case of actu
al settlement tho government then
condemn tho remainder of each »uranee on Ferry's property oggrega
reservation and buy it in at $1.25 per acre, WCO.OOO. One policy^in the Lion, of El
and with the proceeds purchase govern
ment bonds, to be held in trust by the In
terior Deportment, giving to tho Indians
each year the interest on these bonds for
their support. The General gives a sum
mary showing the workings of the method
proposed in the coses of the various reser
vations and the tribes located thereon, and
concludes as follows:
"The Indian reservations of the United
States contain about 200,000 square miles;
their population is about 200,000. Twenty-
six thousand square miles would locate each
family upon a half section of land, leaving
a surplus of about 170,000 square miles,
which, according to tho plan I have pro
posed, would prodnee annually $4,480,000.
This amount exceeds by about $060,000
the entire snm appropriated for the pay-
of their annuities and for their sub-
ment t
siatence and civilization. The policy advo
cated in my report would be most advan
tageously applied gradually, the general
government of the Indians being continued
according to methods now in vogue or
such improvement of them ns
time and experience may suggest.
The ultimate developement of the
suggested policy would, m the Indians ad
vanced in civilization and intelligence, re
sult in a return to them of the principal de
rived from the sale of their lands, which,
nntil such measures were authorized by act
of Congress, would be held as a trust for
their benefit, and its income applied to
their support/]
liable* In France.
Pas* January x—There ha* been an alarmlns
Increase of rabiM throughout Franca. Official* of
various town* and province* have ordered that the
severest meeaurte be adopted to rid the country of
■tray doe*. The police hava been ordarad to eel»
all degs found aturge.
A Pasteur Institute.
New Yoas. January X—The American Paateur
Institute filed it* certificate of Incorporation to
day. The object* ar* in giataltona cars and treat
ment by the Pasteur system of Inoculation of all
persons threatened with or uttering from hydro-
Detroit, January 1.—Shortly after 9
o’clock this morning smoke whs observed
issuing from D. M. Ferry A Co.’s mammoth
bnilding on Brush street, between Croghan
and Lafayette streets. An alarm was
quickly turned in, a second and third alarms
following in quick succession, there being
promise of a big conflagration in the heart
of the business part of the city. The fire
department turned ont in force and soon
surrounded the burning building with hose.
The flames had started in the packing de
partment on tho corner of Lafayette and
Brush streets, , and soon envel
oped the whole building, which was
a mere shell, having but one solid wall in
side of the outer walls. Bravely and intel-
n tho firemen kept at their work,
efforts seemed futile, the flames
spreading rapidly, until at one time there
was a probability of the whole district in
which the burning building is situated
being doomed. The buildings on the op
posite side of Brash and Croghan streets
caught a number of times, but the de
partment managed to keep the flames
from totally destroying them. Aoross an
alley from D. W. Ferry & Co.’s building, in
the same square and facing on Randolph
street, are White’s Grand Theatre and tin
\yesson Block and a small building used u
a restaurant. The flames leaped across the
alley and began to ent into the theatre.
First the roof CAUght And soon fell
in with a crash, firing .the whole in*
tenor of the building. After driviug
away the men who hnd been working on
the Ferry block through the windows of
the theatre. The crashing of window glass
was the signal for increased fury of the
flames, which seemed to laugh at the efforts
of the firemen. An immeuso crowd block
ed the streets in every direction, and at times
were in the wav of the firemen. By 10 o’clock
the Ferry block was n mass of flames and
the walls had commenced to full, creating
something of a panic among the throng of
idle spectators. Numerous narrow escapes
occurred among the firemen, who worked
close to the flames, wrapped in repeatedly
soaked but rapidly drying clothes. By half-
E ast ten White’s theatre had been seized
y the tire, and by eleven tho firemen
were compelled to turn their attention
more to saving buildings on the opposite
side of Randolph street, although still keep
ing numerous streams playing on the burn
ing building. At 11 o'clock Uie men of No.
3 Fire Company raised a ladder in front of
the theater to get a better chance at the
flames. Finding tho rapidly advancing fire
wonld prevent any effective work at that
point the men were descending the ladder
and had abont reached the ground when
several feet of tho cornice fell on the ladder
wagon. CAptain Richard Filbin was struck
on the head by bricks and instantly killed,
and Fireman White was badly, but not
fatally injurod. Soon after the flames
spread to the Wesson Block
on the corner of Randolph and
Craghan streets, and that building was soon
enveloped in flames. Although tne build
ings aero s Croghan street were threatened
and canght once or twice, the department
managed to keep it within the square
named, and by 12 o’clock it was folly under
control To-night the flames are still
raging fiercely, . but have been
confined witbin tho walls of the bnilding
already mentioned. During the work of the
fire the wind had been from the south, and
the bnilding on the corner of Lafayette and
Randolph streets was not seriously in
jured, but all the rest of the square was a
total loss. The burned district belonged to
what is known as the Brush estate.
D. M. Ferry A Co. built their mammoth
establishment six years ago. White’s The
atre was originally bifllt to accommodate the
Peninsular Soengerbund, a Michigan off
shoot of tho North American 8a-
engerbund. The company was or
ganized in 1880, nnd this music hall
was built At that time, being
opened with an annual test August 31,
1880. D. M. Ferry A Co.’s building occu
pied half a square, being one of the largest
in the city. Their seed business was prob
ably the largest in the United States. In
the building bu.nedto-daj 400 people are
employed, besides 400 more employed on
their immense farms outside the city. It
was fortunate that the fire occurred on a
holiday, os otherwise the loss of life would
have probably been very groat.
Definite figures of the losses cannot be
given, but the total will reach not less than
$1,500,000. Tjie stock in D. M. Ferry A Co.’s
building is estimated to liuve been worth
$1,000,000 to $1,200,000, and their building
was valued at $250,000. As to the origin of
the fire, there are no well defined theories.
Homo of the employes hint at iucendinrism,
claiming that there were no fires in
that part of the building first
attacked by the tUrnes, and
that some outside agency must have
been responsible for tho fire. The officers
were but few passengers on board, all of
whom succeeded in netting ashore,although
four persons, one colored woman and her
child and one black man and one white
man, are missing; but it is believed they
got on cotton afloat, or got out on the Ala
bama side end are not yet heard from.
No one was seriously hurt or any fire oc
curred to do any damitg *. The cargo, about
four hundred bales of cotton, tumbled into
the river. The boat settled nearly ou an
angle of forty-live degrees in switt water,
thereby causing the cabin to soon go to
wreck. It is believed the boat will be a
total loss.
The Chipley was not quite two years old.
She belonged to the Merchant’s, Mechanics’
nnd Planters’ lino of Columbus, nnd cost
$18,000. She was insured for $5,006.
LOSS OF THE OltPHAN BOY.
of the company are completely at a loss to
account for the origin of the fire. Tho in
surance on Fern’s property aggregates
up
land, is for $30,000. The remainder is dis
tributed in sums from $10,000 down to one
thousand.
FIRE IN LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, January 1.—A special to
the ^Times-Deuiocmt reports the burning
of Dr. C. M. Hitman A Co.'s store and stock
at Greensbcrg, La. The loss is $7,000.
Wreckage of the Mluiluf Schooner Comes
Ashore—All the Crew Lost.
Grasp R*vw, Mini., January2.^—Speculation st
to the fair of the mlaaing acliooufrOruuau Coy were
many and varied by tbo*e who are thoroughly '
the Life-Saving Sen-ice, received laat night a letter
from the keener of the Orand Point au Sable station,
dated December :*), saying there was a great deal of
wreckage in bis vicinity that baa been coming fehui
for nearly throe weeks. He aaya that from the
booms, NparH and other articlea found, he judges It
to be the wreck of a tbree-tuaated schooner. Among
other things In the stern of a yawl, which bean the
nameof "Orphan Boy.” This, it la thought settles
positively the fate of the vesael. There la no doubt
she went down In the fenlflo storm of December
0th, with all bands. The Orphan Boy left St. Ignaco,
Mich., on the morning of December 1st She
loaded with dry lumber, a canto which,
under ordinary circumstances, would preveut
her sinking in a storm, “ * * * *
i though she had aprung
met
a leak. The laat seen of her was on the afternoon
of December 4th, when a fisherman at Beaver
Island saw a vessel answering her description off
that bleak and de«olat< const The wind waa blow
ing forty miles an hour and the mercury had mu
down to ten degrees lielow Eero. The vesael waa
Bailing on a northwest course, but from the mo
ment the fisherman beheld the achoouer beating
down before the horrible gale, not a word has been
beard from her. Two searching parties spent
nearly two weeks looking for her without success.
Her master waa Capt Aaron Halliday. The first
mate, Bert Smith, waa a married man. Bo lcavca a
wife and family who reside in Chicago. The cook,
J. E. Htickney. and the soamen, John Davidson.
Jas. llogers, Stephen Levin and Edward Downey,
all o m
were all unmarrieu.
FIRE IN AN ASYLUM.
One Wing of The Home For The Insane at
Newark Destroyed.
Newark, N. Y. January X—As keeper Michael
Cdrbett waa passing through the batement of the
county insane asylum on south Orange ave. about
9*1 fl n'plAab Oila aflurti
A PECULIARLY TOUCHING CASE.
Arreatof a Wealthy Planter Charged With
Murder Committed Long Ago.
Houston, Texas, Special.
(Sheriff J. J. Rankin, of Fayette . .Minty,
arrived in the city lost night with Col. II.
F. Alston, a wealthy and prominent plan
ter of Gregg county, in custody, who is un
der indictment for murder and assault with
intent to commit innrderin Fayette county.
The crime for which Colonel Alston is
held to answer was committed two years
before the war. Tho facts in the case are
as follows:
Alston was then residing in Fayette
county, and was a bold outspoken friend
and advocate of General Sam Houston. A
bitter antagonism, the result of a lawsuit,
sprung up between Colonel Alston nnd Dr.
Wren, a prominent citizen of Fayette
county. The suit being decided in Alston’s
favor so embittered Dr. Wren that he swore
that he would kill Alston on night. Both
were known to be men of great courage,
and their friends attempted to heal the
breach, but without success. The 5th of
November, 1859, was election day, and Gen
eral Houston was chosen Governor. Colonel
Alston, although a strong supporter of tho
"Hero of Son Jacinto,” hesitated about go
ing to the polls, but be had been in Texas
a long while and felt he would not be do
ing his duty if he did not go and vote for
his friend. Consequently ne Wont to the
polls at LaG range, the county seat of Fay
ette county.
While there he encountered Dr. Wren
nnd his overseer, and, as Alston bad at-
ticipatcd, they made An attack upon him.
While Dr. W*on was endeavoring to draw
his revolver it canght iu his susponder and
Alston shot the doctor through the heart,
killing him instantly. Then turaiog sud
denly ho stopped the overseer, who was
approaching Alston from the rear with %
drawn bowie knife, by putting a ballet iu
his body. The overseer begged so lustly
for his life thnt Colonel Alston refrained
from killing him. After tho shooting
3:15 o'clock this afternoon he noticed is tongue of
fiame that shot out from about midway or the eaa-
torn part of the wing, lie gave the alarm and the
R rivato fire alarm box waa resorted to for
ic purpose of ■ntumonlngthe fire department. The
flame* ahet up a ahnto to the attic,which was soon *
■cctlilng him* of fismea. Dr. Kinckly, the mediral
Mipcrintomlcut, summoned hia staff of assistants,
and in * few tnluutos l-'K) patients,who occupid that
wing, were mustered to the yard. the patient*
taken out, 32 were women and 71 men. Very little
difficulty was experienced In controlling them,
they apparently having more control
over themselves than had those In charge- l’rivtte
Watchman McLaughlin was asleep in the attic when
the fire broke out and barely escaped with hla lifo.
In the meantluie the fire department had arrived,
owing to the fact that
work inside waa of oiled pine,
had gained so much headway that the
chief sent out a second and third alarm, which
brought all the engines in the city to the scene, but
they were of little service after they got there, as
no supply of water could bo obtained, although the
asylum is located within a quarter of a mile of the
high service reservoir. The flame* spread rapidly
to the third floor and along the entire length of the
wing in both direction*,-a distance of COO feet.
At the west end it waa atopped by a blank wall
twenty two lnche* thick, which prevented it* spread
to the centre and other wings of the institution,
By hard work the firemen confined the flamea to
two floors, although the lower floors are badly dam
aged by water. The total lots will probably amount
to $75,000; rally insured.
Later in the evening all the patients from the burn
ed wing ware returned to the asylum, temporary
■ asylum, n
accommodation for them having been fitted up in
tho dining rooms, corridor*, etc.
THE AUSTIN MURDERS.
A Large Reward Offered for the Arrest of
the Criminal*.
Oai.vkstok, January 2.—A special to the New*
from Austin s*y*: James Phillips, who was so se
riously wounded on Christmas eve. when hla wife
utraged and murdered, is ntili in a very criti
cal condition, but he waa placed under arrest
Thursday night, charged with being hi* wife's mur
derer. The Mexicau, Martinez, arrestid a few days
ago on suspicion of being implicated In the recent
mysterious murders, turn* out to be a rag picker,
which account* forth* bloody clothing and ladies*
handkerchief* found about his premises. He i*
stUl in custody. Mrs. Eaves, charged with the mur
der of her son Claude, wa* remanded to Jail yester
day without hail.
UALVKirroN. January X—A special to tho Ne ?a
from Austin aaya: A. P. Wooldrige, chairman of
the citizens’ committee, to-day officially announced
a reward of f 1,'NiO for the arrest and conviction of
the p*rson* guilty of the murder* in this city of
tho following persons; Mr*. Lula Phillips, Mrs. M.
II. Haucocs, both white, and Mollio Smith,
Eliza Hhooley, Irene Cross, Mary Ramsie, Orange
Washington and Oracle Vance, all colored. The
first victim, Motes Hmlth, was murdered December
itlsdi ubtful if John Phillips, who waa found se
riously wounded tho night his wife was murdered,
sud who waa arrested Thursday night, charged
with being her murderer, will recover from uia
injuries.
A Illaolismith’* Accident.
Oolkthorpr, January 2.—Tom Baisden, a negro
blacksmith of this place, in attomt>Ung,with an iron
g lace, in attempt _
• drive out a loaded shell from
Charley Willis's gun (not knowing it was loaded),
the shell exploded and the rod narrowly iu Used
Tom’s bead, making an ugly hots in the joist.
Tom’s hand was not so fortunate,** it received part
of the load of shot making an ugly wound. Tom
was arrested for shooting iu the city, but upon the
facts being stated he was discharged.
A STEAMER GOES DOWN
Into the Chattahoochee ltlver Near Fort
Gaines—A Total Loss.
Columbus January 3.—Intelligence was
received at the Enquirer-Sun office this
morning of the sinking of the steamer Chip-
ley at Starks Cluy landing near Fort Gaines
last night about 7 o’clock. It is supposed
that she struck a rock while making the
landing. The steamer is a total wreck, and ;
three hundred bales of cotton which she had :
aboard was on Are this afternoon. She also |
hod a large miscellaneous freight. Six lives
were lout, including two white and three
colored mutsengeni and one colored deck
hand. The names of the missing pas
sengers are not given and particulars
of the accident cannot be obtained.
Proposed lie forms for Ireland.
London, January 3.—Lord Randolph
Churchill has submitted to the cabinet a
proposition for a reform administration
government in Ireland. Tlie scheme is
supported by Earl Carnarvon, lord lieuten
ant of Ireland, and Baron Ashbounc, lord-
chancellor. The project involves the aboli
tion of the vice-royalty and castle executive
and placing Ireland on the same footing
as Scotland, having a secretary in tlie cabi
net. If the cabinet adopts the measure it
will be presented to Parliament, together
with a scheme for local government, which
has already been decided upon.
Fire rnd Nuldde at Opelika.
Columbus, January I.—-A (Ire to-night in
Opelika, Ala., burned Iludmon’s warehouse,
said to contain $1,500 bales of cotton.
R. II. Harris, a prominent citizen of Lee
county, Alabama, and a member of the Al
abama Legislature in 1880, committed sui
cide vesterday by shooting himself with a
pistol. Financial trouble caused the act.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Fobt Gaines, January 3.—A bout 10 o’clock
last night our town waa aroused by reporta
that the steamer Chipley had sunk near ns.
All aorta of rumors as to how and where it
occnred were and afloat, everyotfe mast give
it greater magnitude—stating the lose ot
life and property waa immenae. Cotton
waa found drifting in the river and * good
many bale* were picked up here ;aome at
PMnklinV I .a nit i n ir Inal anivwa aitra* •
The Meeting of The Kniperor*.
IijtKl.lN, January J. .\< K"tiati>ms are in pro-
grewi fur the pronoaed meeting of tho em-
perora. l’rince liiamarrk haa made over
tures to Count Kalneky, the Austrian^ re
nder, looking to a favorable arrangement. If
Emperor William ia unable to attend the
meeting, he will be repreaented by Crown
Prince Frederick William.
Franklin'a Landing, jut acroas the river j
from na. Upon more definite information
wa learn thiia morning that the ateamcr j
W. D. Chipley while at Stark. 1
Clay Landing, aeven or eight I
muee above Fort Ovine, encountered a I
detue fog. It being vary dark and cloudy, .
tba bout at rack a aolid marl or rook bank,
amaahing in a very larg. hole near tba bow. I
She waa In ten to fifteen feet of water when j
ahe aank, the bow being in deepest There I
He Wanted a Rest,
Yonkers HU teaman.
“Don’t yon want to go to a better world,
Tommy!" naked a Sttnday-achool teacher of
the new acholar.
“No, mam," promptly replied the frank
little fello !fi§B
“And why not. Tommy?"
“Ob, when I die I want to go where a fel
ler can rent.”
"Well, my boy, you can rent there."
“Well, in that song we'anng it aahl we’d
all ahine there.”
“Certainly; don't yon want to ahine
UterwT’
“No mum; I get enough of that h-ro.Im
a bootblack, mum."
from killing him. After tho nhooting
Alston fled into Eaatern Texas, living in
Cherokee ami ltnak counties. He waa re
aiding in that portiou of Hindi county which
waa out off to form a part of Uregg oonnty,
and here hehna reaided tor thopaat twenty-
aix yearn, honored and respected by all
elaaaea of citizens.
Colonel Aleton ia now uixty-fonr veara
old. lie ia a tall, hale, hearty, robuat look
ing man, with a strong ragged face, which
lights up with a kindly expreaeion when in
oonveraation. Alston haa accumulated a
large property in Oregg county, and Sheriff
Kaukin aaya no man is a better citizen,
standa higher or baa more friends than the
Colonel where he Uvea. When ho went to
leave the poople flocked around the Colo
nel in crowd., nnd he could have given bail
in any amonnt if ho (liankin) had authority
to take it. On tho train Colonel Alston
Huid to tho .beriff: "lam an old man, I do
not want to get awnp from yon, but want to
go nnd get ont from nnder the ahadow of
this cnae. So do not take me along aa a
prisoner. I could have resisted yonr ar
rest and made it very lively, bnt I knew
you oould ultimately arrest me, and I didn’t
wnnt any more trouble."
Sheriff Rankin took the Colonel at his
word and kept uo watch over him, allowing
him the utmoat freedom of action. Colonel
Alston's arrest, however, is having a very
depreasing effect upon him, although he
haa no fear* cf the reanlt and haa aaauratxoea
from the best oitlzena of Fayette county
tba* they are ready to go on hit bond to any
amount Snch n long time haa elapsed
since the killing took place that in all proba
bility there will be no wltneaaes obtainable
when the case cornea up for trial. Sheriff
Rankin and bia priaoner left for LaOranga
to-day, and tba reanlt of the trial will be
awaited with keen interact by the many
frienda ot Colonel Alston throughout Texas.
A NOVEL SUICIDE.
mowing Ills Head otr With a dun Loadrd
With Powder and Water.
Valentine Drelsher. forty-seven yean of
ago, living at GU7 Courtland avenue, Now
York city, blew out his bmina in his bed
room Monday afternoon. Officer Modigan,
of tho thirty-third precinct, heard the snot,
nnd going to his room foand Dreishor across
tho lied with his head blown completely off.
The trank presented the appearance of a
victim of tne guillotine. The suicide hail
worked in Jordan L. Mott’s foundry for
seven years. Last July he waa snnstruck,
and did not fully recover from the effect of
it. At the time lie fell on his iron wheel
barrow and fractured hla shoulder
blade. For six month she has
been doing odd Jobs, but
never appeared right in bis hand. Every
possible effort on tho part of the police tc
discover tho whereabouts of the bullet fail
ed until one of them found ono of the dead
man's friends in a saloon near by who said
that Dreisher had often told him that the
most effective way of committing suicide
wvs a plan he bad read of in a German
paper. It waa to taka a gun and put into
it a largo charge ot powder, upon this place
a thin piece of cork as a wad, then to fill
tho gun with water np to aithin a few
inches of its muzzle, above which to place
a cork and ram it down to the water. It ia
■apposed that Dreisher adopted this plan,
and, sitting down on the edge of his bed,
put the muzzle of the gun to his threat and
used hla foot to discharge the weapon.
THAT FORGED DRAFT.
How a Swindle Was Attempted on Mont
gomery llanks.
Montgomery Advertiser.
About the ffild or 24th of December the
First National Dank and the Merchants and
Planters’ Bank of this city, each received a
letter having all the appearance of being
genuine, from the Stock Growers National
Bank, of Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory.
The letter was for the purpose of identify
ing George Handera, to whom it alleged tne
cashier of the Cheyenne bank had issued
hia check, No 3,112, on the Fourth National
Dank of Now York fortO.tJOO, and requested
ti behalf of Mr. Handers tho usual courtesies.,
U(ion the receipt of the letter by tho F'irst Na
tioual Dank Mr. Chambers, the cashier, re
plied acknowledging to tho hank at Chey
enne. This letter of Mr. Chambers to the
Cheyenne hank waa the first intimation ita
offlceis hod of Mr. Handers nnd the letter
purporting to bo written by them, and a
dispatch waa promptly sent here that they
bad written uo anch letter and had issued
no snch check. The arrest of Handers, if
he presented himself, was requested. Himi-
lar letters, it ia evident from the dispatches
in yesterday's Advertiser, were tent to other
banka. It haa not been ascertained t i
what extent Handera wa* successful in his
schemes. Letters ot identification were
sent to muny points and he no doubt ex
pected, in due time, to preeent himself and
reap the awards of hia rascality. If it had
not been for th* Utter of Mr. Chambers to
the Cheyenne Bank he might have swin
dled several banka. He has never been
here, and consequently the surmise that a
Montgomery bank had been victimized U
incorrect. Borne bank, however, has been
canght for *6,MX), and the probabilities are
that it wait Texae bank, aa Ur. Chambere,
yesterday, received e telegram from Texas
warning him against any cheek purchased
by 8anuen from the Cheyenne Bank, ee he
wee a forger.
Mns, Hxwzis carries her very dainty,pret
ty figure very well, and I know, write* Mr.
Caster to the Chicago Tribune, she is
clever, not because she hae written a book
herownself, for we all huuw “of making
them there is no end," hut because she is
the appreciative companion of a more than
c rdiu.li.. man, and he ia proud of her. Hbe
ia so fresh and youthful t hardly can credit
her own story of the fourteen-year-old boy
she has left at home. I do want to tell you
about her gown. Don’t shrink from me in
fear of my telling tho fashion of it, for I am
not up in stylos, but tho culm unconscious
ness sue seemed to have over the fact that
it hnd been doing duty at dinners evidently
many seasons. Very few women in our dear
lund could have so enjoyable a time in even
a last year's toilet, bnt then the calmness
may have risen from tho serenity any wo
man might foei over the heirloom -‘|>oint do
Venice" that seemed to cover over halt tho
skirt.
—Sir. William Allen Butler, the author of
'Nothing to Wear,".is reported to have
completed a new novel which ia to make s
great sensation. Mr. Butler's laat literary
production similarly heralded, did not
prove much of « success.
An Knit to Hone Scraping.
Kdward Shaphsvd, of UarrUburz. IU.. ssjrs:
ilavlns rerelved so much benefit from Eleotrlo
Hitters, 1 feel It inr duty to let auirerinz humanity
know tt. Hare had a running on my lag tor eight
yean: my doctor* told me I would have to bare the
bone aenped or leg amputated. I uaed. Inated-
and well." Klectrlc Hitters are sold at fifty oenta
Houle, ami Ducklen'a Arnica Salve at fide, per boa
by Lamar, Rankin k Lamar’s
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DU. DIGGERS HUCKLEBERRY CORDIAL.
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BOWELS AND CUILDILIf TILTH I ML
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remedies for *11 Rummer complaint*. At s m*>
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