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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 4S3.onlyuI^I» MOST PERFECT MADE Prepared with special reesni to haalth. 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