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^STATION AND DEATH. ■«»««» with
„n t:YA TERRIFIC CYCLONE
* l SED ".I MINNESOTA.
THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY* APRIL 20, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
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After dark the scene was a ghastly one.
JN MINNESOTA,
„ S „ M „, Through ‘w“ T"""**- ,,e -
"‘t " - Honclrml. of Home, and
“ Kim»* »» d w ""” d,n * M,D *
“ women and Children.
A D ril It.—St. Clond and Sauk
■.. swept by a terribly destructive
I" ’ *; !„ 530 o'clock this afternoon,
k- ' 110 i'lnowl'edge of the disaster was con-
EfSfSSuS ««* “> Mayor Ames
Ps Cloud reporting the disaster and
aw a special train be sent with pby-
5 A similar dispatch was received
{““JLbUapids. Immediately upon the
P messages preparations were
Sto the* call for help. A
f rSt Cloud left at« o'clock,
i, information at hand is very meagre,
■ . rational reports are current that one
were killed. It is believed
5 dr . list forty persons have been killed
JlnuVventy-five wounded, but it is
J " ’i l0 cet much information as yet.
Iwitement and the streets are filled
li men and frightened women and ohfl-
1“ The disaster is certainly appalling.
I |v aa can be learned, scores ot houses
|. r . been entirely wrecked. Twelve phy.
I;\. ero aboard the relief tram which
ft i. T <\ Cloud.
n\iv.te advices say the storm struck the
r . the round house and the
hold depot and swept a path COO yards
R! ArnSh the city, leveling between 150
T'K“„ s . M. H. Clark, a well-known
fL-rmsa who lives in St. Cloud, says
P“f. were killed in that city and
tVto 100 injured, many very seriously.
Kueerintendent Wakerann of tho Mam-
F 1 road says between thirty and forty
were tilled at Sank ltapids a few
Jjes south vest of St. Cloud and nearly
luhle that number injured.
i telegraph wires northwest of this
■v are all down and no news direct from
Iter St cloud or Sank Rapids has been
reived or obtainable since 7 o'clock,
the latest reports received at 10 p. m.
(t b e number killed in bt. Cloud ns fif-
I„ u,,! the injured about twcnty-flve, and
Ismt ltapids fifteen killed and twonty in-
Another terrific thunder storm is
(v prevailing here, which interferes
fcatly with the wires.
CmcirA April 14.—Tho Inter-Ocean’s
l Paul special referring to tho St. Clond
jrkiMsavs: The cyclone began about 3
Iktira the basin of the Masonic centc-
r, farming a whirlwind about 1,000 feet
I dimifter. It t8ok almost every tree in
L circle from the ground or twisted it off
Itiietrunk. Great stones were tom up
Id carried along with tho wind, moving
1,1, in a northeasterly direction.
Bt racked the Oathobc chapel and several
less is its course across the prairie. Strik-
cthetian, it completely demolishedJ.
(nitre's large brick house anil scattered
for or more smaller frame houses like
Ethers. In most cases nothing was left to
Irk the site of tho dwellings but thecollars.
[the prairie is strewn with timbers fund
's sad clothing. Freight depot of the
rnitobs ILilroaa was a total wreck. Cars
Mo’ with freight were borne along half a
he sad the rails wrenched from the ties,
■tpnwd the limits of tho town just
>t of Lisntenont Governor Gilman’s resi
les. killing several horses, and crossed
Uississippi and Sauk ltapids wagon
II.-, which it demolished. It hero wid-
I d to sir hundred feet anil leveled Stalin-
fit grist mill. From there it swept
tough the centre of the town, taking the
Ft of the business portion, including tho
pit house, public school and every im-
' at building in town except Wood's
The village U virtually washed out, four
ths of the buildings in it being leveled,
vhe facilities in St. Cloud, though great,
J not equal in number to those in Sank
Bpids. In every house oil the inmates
Ire more or leas injured.
Pile dead at St. Clond, so far aa known,
|ol*r I I. and at Sank Rapids 11.
vrom Sank ltapids tile storm went to Rio
“am, Kenton couuty, demolishing tho
*ge and killing or injuring nearly the
I* population.
Phe wires are all in bad condition, and
■Unite iniormntion is unobtainable from
uuk ltapids.
Pi. ('uiiid, Mins,, April 15.—A few min-
P,. 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
e ikies oecome overcast with a dark cloud
J*» b'veat black mass over the hills south-
id of the city, and coming with a terrible
focity toward the western outskirts, in a
►«t line for the Manitoba freight yards.
* S? 1 ™ bung low and roiled over and
i use smoko on a battlefield and were nc-
by a loud roaring and crackling
pad that resembled a condugration in its
F7- Ine cloud was funnel-shaped and tho
r, dtsgged along ttioground like tlio tail
L* ,e Ke *"’»! beast, lashing every-
g thst came in its path into atoma.
sns hail hardly time to tlee to their cel-
, *?“ •*« uluer points of refuge before
I , anwiihl was on them and tho air
“king boards, shingles, bricks
““bris that was strewn over the
7 uid piled in promiscuous heaps. It
ml *be southeast and moved in a
ma-tatetly direction until it reached the
La re its course diverted and fol-
the nvtr bank until it reached Sank
f j'*7 ew .it diverged to the left, pass-
•aTi** trough the centre of that
’, “kaioHt excitement prevailed.
i J 1 children lied from their honsea
rushed aimlessly about in tho midst of
cl nid of dust and an avalanche of
ntr,,! 01 * ^ nc ** Men lost their presence
Itt. Sn “ tood in silence and inactivity
i h.2v* <iac ®-°* *ke wind demon. It
i u, i ■. n ." Uc " 1 before it was on the
t , , ,'ts f« r y. and the people were not
am i .v - danger before it was upon
L,. 1 ’b'-y fcll like grain stalks before
^'“kersaicldo.
£*•*«&• cl W. Cloud struck by the
the southwestern and was the
„ l°[tion occupied by the laboring
atisJ, “““y them tieing for-
4be railroads. Their
' >ttK *'ght-bnilt houses and be*
rjriufm b rt, y to the monster that had ao
n P° n ibem. They were
du,7l " hell ".'n the grasp of the wbirl-
o-j' pickevl op and tensed in the
ueentmtoa thousand pieces. The
l Plowed up in the line of the cy-
Widii! ltl ? pa'h over which it passed to
■ u ik°* “ w 'y * quarter of a mile
it had been npheaved by a
Il k**? lr » , >>o eruption.
W it .. "‘y it* terrible work be-
--U.1 “ hriished, and the acane that
fnrw r,m of those who had escaped
rito.Kia 0 ® ““ed the stontest
itwfed , n ! 9 , i®* »ud abrieka of the
»nwiih tt iV Ul f S'“d the ground waa
bo,1, «‘ °f the dead. There
dal.‘r,« w JS' 0 - *; ak women, and weak-
>l«| to Citizen* almost to a man
• i„ demolished districts, and snm-
tg U ’ ^ sictaes began their work of rra-
from he-
lr »im„i » 11,1 »od fallen buildings.
; mi hMn telegraphed to for
k) mm, .i,9’ , “he imm-ali itely respond-
t,I'hyaicisns anilaur-
•’•tieo !Tk’** hut it was lata in
ba»i —,?' n they arrived on the ieene.
“ J Minnempoli* waraMaoappealad
The ram ponred down in torrents and him.
dreds of men wandered over the gronnd
many carrying lanterns, searching for bodl
ies among the rains. The hotel lobbies
were filled with excited people, many of
whom yet suspected that some portion of
their families or their friends had fallen vic
tims to the terrible disaster. Women
seemingly unconscious of the rain that wait
falling, were in the streets, and ignoring the
gutters and turbid streams, glided about
sobbing and moaning in their fright.
St. 1’acl, April 15.—Reports of the cy-
clone at St. Cloud, Sauk ltapids, Rye Station
and other points in that vicinity lost night
and early this morning were not exagger
ated. At 3 o'clock this morning in the
places named there were forty-nine dead
nearly 200 injured, with many still missing
whoso bodies will probably be recov-
ered to-night. -lust enough honsea are
left in Sauk ltapids to form a fringe around
the village limits. The debris is not piled
in heaps but scattered far nnd wide. The
sign “Sauk ItapidB" on tho Manitoba depot
and a basket full of books were found at
Rye Station, fifteen miles distant. These
Blmw the terrible power of the storm.
No reports have yet been received from
outlying districts, where it is believed great
destruction of property and loss of life bus
been wrought. The storm extended from
Jamestown, Dakota, through Minnesota and
into Wisconsin, though its most disastrous
effects ure to he found in the three places
first named.
On the crrivnl of the train yesterday with
surgeons work was at once begun to relieve
tho wounded. Eighteen dead were taken
to the Little Giant engine-house and
stretched out on the floor, while the wound
ed were Bent to Et. benedict Catholic hos
pital, where they were promptly cared for
by a corps of physicians and nurses, among
whom were numerous lady residents who
had volunteered their services. There were
fifty-four wounded in the hospital laBt
night, besides a large number that were
taken to the private residences. To-day
there are about forty-three, two having died
and others having been removed. The
bodies at the engine-house Were neatly
dressed to-day and placed in coffins. Funer
als will probably take place to-morrow.
Scarcely a vestige of any of the wrecked
structures remained intact. The ground is
covered with all kinds of timbers promis
cuously tangled together. It is estimated
that ilk) structures were blown down, all of
frame and not costly. The Manitoba de
pot was unroofed and wrecked, thus almost
entirely cutting off telegraphic communica
tion. The only building of any consequence
asjde from the depot injured was tho brew
ery, and this was badly warped and twisted.
The small residences were mostly occupied
by foreigners, whose names it has becu im
possible to secure with any degree of ac
curacy.
The money loss is disproportionately
small. It is estimated that sixty thousand
dollar? will rep 1 »ce the buildings destroyed.
Tho force of tho storm was such as to
wrench off the door of the safe in the post-
office and carry it some distance from the
building. A church bell weighing 1,IKK1
pounds was found among the debris 400
feet away from any bniiding.
The remains of the dead are almost un
recognizable, being completely crashed
nnd blaukoned. There are a remarkable
number injured about the bipe and spines.
Many of the survivors will bo disabled for
life. A delegation of doctors from St. l’aul
and Minnetpolis worked all night under
the disadvantage of having no spirits or
drags, as the drat£ stores were completely
demolished. Splints were made from shin
gles with which the ground wns strewn in
the track of the storm for miles. One for
tunate thing was the fact that tho school
had been dismissed, ns the fatality among
the children would have been appalling.
TTie school house was raised to the very
foundation.
Sack Rapids, Minx., April 15.—A cy
clone struck this city shortly after 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and in Jnst six minutes
the best portion of tho town was in rails.
Not n single business house is left standing
on Main street and uiuny residences are de
molished. The wind came with such force
from the southwest that it swept every
thing before it (or the width of about font
blocks. The storm clond was black as
night, witli a bright ciearsky on eitherside.
The court house is now a heap of runs and
several of the county officers were killed. The
Union school house, the Presbyterian and
Congregatl >nal churches, the post-office,
a flour mill and a large machine shop were all
converteil into kindling wood in less time
thau it taken to tell it. TYhat was the centre of
tho town is now all covered with nil sorts of
debris, timbers, doors, pieces of furniture,
etc. Only the City Hotel remains standing
intact. The Northern Pacific depot is lit
erally blown away and a large number of
f reignt can were overti rood upon the tracks.
At the present time twenty-two dead
bodies have been .recovered from tbc rains
and a Urge number of people are injured.
Tbo lobes are laid o it in the nearest bouses
left standing, and several half demolished
buildings are made to answer the purpose of
a morgue. The spectacle U s sad one, the
living being not only deprived of their
frieuds but of all their earthly possessions
at the same time. The total loan will prob
ably not be lets than 13011,000, without a
dollar of cyclone insurance.
The town u well nigh rained. The Uviug
are caring for the wounded as well as possi
ble, nnd physicians from Ht. Paul, Minne
apolis and lirainerd ore in attendance.
As returns come in from the country, in
the track of the storm, new deaths are dis-
covered and the maimed are being brought
in for treatment No pen can depict thu
horrors of the scene. A final muster of the
casualties will sorely swell the list of deaths
to one hnndred.
Hr. Paul, April 16.-The City Council
this morning voted 15,000 in cash to aid the
cyclone sufferers, and Governor Hnbhard
dispatched a carload of provisions to Rank
Rapids. The car waa accompanied by a
committee of the Jobbers'Union, who will
offer all the assistance in their power.
A mere enumeration of distressing in
stances that are coming to knowledge would
fill columns. Dr. Denslow, who, with others,
went last evening by special train to Kt.
Clond, return'd this morning. Upon arriving
at Kt. CUnd he said the physicians from Ht.
Paul and Minneapolis divided, some going
to Hauk Rapids. Dr. Denslow was on the
force sent to the Ht. Benedictine bisters’
Hospital, and they were kept busy until
o'clock tUin morning.
On. probably fatM caw U that of a wo-
mnii who hi? i broken collar bone. Both
bones of the kft forearm and both bones of
the left leg are fractured, all comminuted,
and the pelvis broken—an accident seldom
chronicled in anrgery. Her head and face
are bruised be < oml recognition. Strange
to say, tho woman U conscious and talks
freely, saying her hip hurt*, but otherwise
^Another p^bshly fatal caw b that of
mau twenty years old. Both leg* are i
badly crashed that they tad to be ampu
taled midway between the knee and the
thigh. One man lying in the hospital badly
injured said three of his children were dead.
Another man in the next bed to him re-
enooded. saying his wife and three children
werekldedi by th« storm. Terra litU.boy*
by shreds.
Drs. Denslow and Kitchle shortly after
midnight went across to Kauk Rapids to
render what assistance they coala tLere.
Twenty-three dead bodies had been found,
and the doctors from Minneapolis were busy
caring for the injured.
Drs. Highce and Dalliver of Minneapolis,
jnst from Ht. Cloud, told an Associated
Press reporter that new bodies were being
recovered hourly from the debris and being
brought in from the country in the track of
the tornado. Twelve injured people were
brought in, several of whom will die. Drug-
S 'st Heuah's remains had just been fonnd.
e hod only been in the city two weeks.
Four have died of wounds since morniDg.
At a church east of Rye Station 13 mem
ber* of a wedding party were killed, in
cluding the officiating minister.
At Hank Rapids 31 are already dead. The
list will he swelled to 40.
Dr. Ames of Minneapolis, who in on duty
at Ht. Cloml, told Dr. Dalliver that at least
30 deaths can but result from the visitation
there.
At Sauk Rapids a man named Van Etten,
who weighs 250 pounds, wns carried 400
feet through the air and fatally injured.
A dead baby was fonnd on the stroet; no
owner for it can he fonnd.
At Ht. Cloud, in the track of tho oyclone
stood the Manitoba freight house and cars,
filled with freight Heavy cars were lifted,
thrown from the tracks and cast in pieces
in a shapeless mass. The iron rails were
torn from the tie. and twisted like the
smallest wires. Telegraph poles wore torn
np and wires twisted into curious masses.
The freight house wss totally wrei-knd The
roof was lifted and blown several hnndred
feet. The sides next succumbed, and over
$3,000 worth of freight was scattered pioco-
meal over au area or a quarter of a mile.
Fifteen freight care were demolished. Tho
operators in the telegraph office nnd the
employes at the freight depots saw the cy
clone coming and fled into a cellar, and they
escaped.
It was H-,30 in the evening when the spe
cial car arrived from Ht. Paul and Minneap
House ot lUpreuntaflTM.
Washington, April 14.—In the House,
Morrison, from the committee on rales, re
ported a resolution granting' leave to the
committee on public lands, at any time
during the present session, after the morn
ing hour, to call up for consideration hills
reported from that committee for forfeiture
of land grants to railroads and other corpo-
.rations, to prevent speculation in publio
lands and for the reservation of public
lands for the benefit of actual bona fide set
tlers, the same not to interfere with prior
special orders or with revenue And appro
priation hills. Adopted.
The House then resumed the considera
tion of the Uurd-Romeis contested election
NEGROES WANTING A TERRITORY.
olis. Tho ran was made in two honre
through a terrible thunder storm. Tho
skies hung low with clouds as block ns the
curtains of Kednr, nnd zigzag streaks of
lightning made livid rifts in the black pall,
while peals of thunder too deep to he
drowucl by the roar of the car wheels
shook the air. Through the air drove the
hail and min with sufficient force to almost
break the car windows, but the locomotive
drove at the rate of 35 miles an honr.
Along the road were signs of terrible storms
apparent on either hand, and streams, tur
bid and swollen, liad burst over the con
fines of their banks ana covered tho prairies
uutil the country bad the appearance of a
world of augry waters.
Terrific Cyclones In Missouri.
St. Lons, April 15.—A Skidmore, Mo.
special sajs: A fearful cyclone passed over
Monroe township, Nodowny county, Mo.,
last evening, destroying dwellings, barns
and outhouse* nnd killing thousands of dol
lars' worth of stock. Three persons were
killed nnd many are injured. Many of the
wounded are not expected to live.
St. Lotus, April 15.—A dispatch from St,
Joseph, Mo., says a destructive cyclone
nnssed over Burlington, Mo., lost evening.
The railway station was blown to atoms
and great liamage done in the town and in
the surrounding country. Two hoys living
near town were killed, and many other por-
sons were seriously injured.
There was a heavy thunder storm at Lou
isiana, Mo., at 9 o'clock this evening. Fred
Flye and Robert Stewart were struck by
lightning at the raw mill of the Freeman
Mnnnfnctnring Company, nnd Stewart waa
instantly killed.
Two Iowan Towns Visited.
Chicago, April 15.—Tho Inter-Ocean'
Exiro, Iowa, special says: A cyclone struck
Exira and the country south of here yester
day about 4 o’clock, wrecking the home of
William Brintner and a school house near
him. The storm then took a southeasterly
coureo and wrecked the houses of McDonnel,
Reynolds, Virginia Smith, James Pnttereon
and Nicholas Martin. The storm was ac
companied by a sovero fall of hail, which
did no damage in Exiro other than breaking
window glasa and frightening women. The
wind was exceedingly violent. Trees wore
twisted aronud and carried off ns if they
were straws. The only person hurt here
was a boy, and his injuries are not serious.
The Intcr-Ocenn's Council Bluffs special
says: A cyclone struck the town of Coon
ltapids yesterday afternoon and laid it in
rains. The telegraph wires ore all down.
shouts:? year*of age were brought in
midnight wounded cruelly. A woman wi
Fifty houses were blown down.
A Small Cyclone In Dnkotn.
Jamestown, Dakota, April 15.—This town
was viaited yesterday evening liy a small
cyclone, followed by heavy electrical storms.
Several building* and sidewalks were tom
np. The brewery was torn down and the
Rule Watz House completely wrecked. As
far as can be ascertained, no ono was fatal
ly injured.
REVERE N D RASCALS.
A Shameful Story of Human Cruelly
Orphan children.
Habusbubg, Pa„ April 15.—As the
suit of personal inspection relative to recent
nllegations of the Philadelphia Record ebarg-
ing gross mismanagement in the soldiers
orpliun schools in the State and the abase
and neglect of scholars, Got. Pattison to
day demanded the resignation of Rev. R.
E. Higbee as State Superintendent of
Pnhlie Instruction and summarily removed
Rev. J. W. Sayres, male inspector of the
soldiers’ orphan schools, and Mr*. K. E.
Hotter, a female assistant inspector. The
Governor says: “A sadder or more shame
ful story of deliberate human crnelty conld
not be exhibited. Making allowance for
c over-statemnnts or inaccuracy
of witnesses and giving due consid
eration to errors of jndgment
abuse of confidence reposed, the weight
facts is snch as to lesve no doubt that the
bounty of the State has been wasted and
misappropriated, that the commonwealth
has been defrauded by dishonest and crafty
speculators, and that many of the onfortu-
mite orphans have been in a worse condi
tion than if they had bran left to the
certain charity of the world."
Rev. Mr. Sayrea is chaplain of the Grand
Army of the Republic of Pennsylvania, and
Mrs. Hntter is president of the Board
of Msnsgeis of the Northern Home and
Soldiers' Orphan Institute ot Philadelphia.
Poisoned by Katluc Corned Hear.
Galekbubo, Ill., April 12.—Mr. and Mrs.
Ik T. Davis, a visitor and a domestic were
nil taken very ill on Saturday night shortly
after eating some pressed corn beef. For
boars it wss ilonbtfn] whether Mr and Mrs.
Dsvis wonld recover, and Mrs. Davis is still
low. One of the batchers, Peter Anderson,
who prepared and sold the beef, is also ill
from the effects of sating some of the same
lot. The symptoms are identical with those
of poisoning with antimony. The event
has created a sensation, and the (sets are
being investigated by the board of health.
Death of a govaset Cltlsea ot Macsa.
Dr. O. McDonald, formerly of Macon,
died in this eity Tuesday afternoon. Hav
ing lived his fourscore and five yean, he
knew bis hour waa at baud, so he wrote a
few days ago full instructions sa to his body
and his effects.—Brunswick Advertiser.
After speeches by Hall of Iowa, Ely of
Massachusetts, Hopkins of Illinois, Green
of North Carolina, Pcttibone of Tennessee
and Breckenridge of Kentucky, the floor
was accorded to the contestant, Hurd, to
speak in his own behalf. Ue took his stand
for back on the Democratic side at the desk
which he occupied during the Forty-Eighth
Congress, and from which he delivered his
speeches upon the tariff question. The in
attention which hnd characterized the con
duct of the members during the previous
discussion wns suddenly transformed into
attention as Hard openod his argument
with tho statement that bo would not have
addressed tho House bnt for the fact
that he wished to show that he
had good cause to claim he hnd been elect
ed in the Tenth Ohio district. Ills sense of
duty to himself, to his friends and to his
constituents, who hnd so ofton honored
him, compelled him to speak to-day. Nor
did lie overlook the interest which the pub
lic had in the question he wontd discuss.
Before and beyond all tho interest wbich
either the sitting member or himself hnd in
the controversy was interests of thepnblie.
It made but little difference who the legisla
tor was, provided the source of liis power
was pure mid uncontaminated. Lastly, above
the question and greater than the question
os to who was the representative, was that
other question, “Has tho election on which
he relies been fair?" He then reviewed tho
testimony taken in the case, and in conclu
sion snid:
I do not deem it improper to call atten
tion to the election at which I was defeated.
It was the October election in Ohio in 1HH4.
Tho Democratic party of that Ktato was
engaged in the first great battle of that can
vass. All its forces were concentrated on
its soil. The fate of the Republican party
was held in its hand. If Ohio went against
tho Republicans, Ohio was lost to the Repub
lican candidate for the President. It is
matter of public notoriety that whatever
wealth, or power, or organization could do,
was done. Members of the different depart
ments at Washington were in Ohio; the
campaign was managed under the
eye of the great leader of the Repub
lican party, and the Republican candidate
for President waa in Ohio, in my district,
in my city, on the night before the election.
The eyes of thu whole Nation were turned
to it. Tlie battle everywhere cine waa sus-
lended, but it went on in Ohio, and
low it wont on, with such effort,
against such fearful odds, with such pains,
strength nnd vitality, none can know except
the gallant Democrats of Ohio who were
engaged in the controversy. It was in this
battle in which I was stricken down. If 1
had been fnirly stricken down I should have
waited for the tender hand of a UiudiUcr
day to lift me up. But having been un
fairly stricken down, as I honestly believe,
could I do leas than come to this llouso and
me
not
through sympathy or poitisnnvliip; God for
bid; but in i.unteliment of wrung nnd in
vindication of right."
As Hurd ended his speech be was greeted
with loud and long continued applause on
the floor and in thognllcries.
Turner of Georgia, niter carefully review
ing the testimony which had led him to con
cur in the findings of tlie majority report,
dwelt on the necessity of the House examin
ing impartially the evideuco presented in
election cases, and deriding on these coses
without partisan bias.
The vote was first taken on the resolution
of the tuiuorily, which .deciaree that Jacob
ltomeis is not entitled to the seat. This
was defeated—yeas 105, nays 166. The fol
lowing Democrats voted with the Republi
cans in thu negative; Beach, Blanchard,
Blount, Boyle, Candler, Catehings, Durgnu,
Dockery, Dunn, Kindi <y, Ford, Gay, Gib
son of Maryland, Hide, Hammond, Harris,
Heard, Hemphill, Henley, Herbert, Hewitt,
Holman, Lanhsui, Lawler, Lore, Lovcriug,
Lowry, Morgan, Neal, Nraee, O'Fsrrenl,
Perry, ltsndall, Rogers, Seymour, Shaw,
I.owdin, Spriggs, Stewart of Texas, Ht.
Martin, Swope, Tillman, Turner, Ward of
Illinois, Warner of Ohio, Wilson, Wise,
Walford nnd Worthington.
The majority resolutions confirming lto-
meia' right to his seat were agreed to with
out division.
Then arose a contest for precedence in
the conaiderotion of the vnrions appropria
tion bills. Willis of Kentncky, having in
charge the river anil harbor hui, steered it
successfully around obstacles presented by
the military academy and the consular and
diplomatic appropriation hills, bnt his
course wss delayed when the obstruction of
Appealing to Coagrea# for Separation from
Southern Whites.
Washington, April 12.—Since the recent
massacre of’ negroes in Miasisippi a large
number of petitions and appeals from that
race asking for protection nave been.receiv-
ed in Congress. Some ask for an inveati-
gation to show that they are denied proteo-
tection from such crimes; others assert Unit
the massacre is an attempt to keep them in
political nnd social anbjection and they oak
for further legislation to secure them their
equal rights. Still others ask to be assisted
in emigrating elsewhere. One of the most
singular of these many petitions was pre
sented in the Sedate to-day by the President
pro tom. It was signed by H. D. Weekly
and other colored mon of Texas and was
as follows: -
To die Honorable the Senate sad House of Repre
sentatives In Cons-ess assembled: We. the under
signed, do sincerely pray the separation from the
white population on scconnt of disagreement and
Impoaure by eome of the whites. The whites do
Indeed treat us very badly. We do not wish by any
means to break out In open revolt against “
United states, bnt It seems that we will be c
pelted to do eomethfng it we cannot obtnin some
relief from the United States government We do
sincerely desire to live in a separate State from the
whites under the United States government as the
Indiana do in Indian Territory.
Many thouaaud colored men have emi
grated from Southern States this winter,
nnd though efforts are made to prevent the
faet from having publicity it in stated on
good authority that tho emigration hta been
greatly accelerated by the recent maesacre
and tho refusal of the lawful authorities in
Mississippi to take any action to punish the
guilty poreonm
Alabama Polltlca.
Montoomeby, Ala., April 14. — 1 Tho Demo
cratic State Committee met to-day and
called a State convention for June 9th<
Resolutions were adopted calling connty
conventions to_liect in Montgomery daring
the Stato convention and with representa
tion on the suns basis. Judicial oouven-
tinns of seeond-tthird, fourth and fifth cir
cuits were collgq (ot the same time and
nits. The members of
i Committee and several
are constituted the Ex
ecutive CommittfO for calling the conven
tions to nominate Judges. J. M. Rush of
fered some resolutions designed to settle
the trouble in Perry county, by recommend
ing a basis of representation in the count/
convention. These were withdrawn, dis
cussions followed and the matter was finally
disposed of by a resolution recommending
that all beats in the State should select dele
gates anil county conventions on the basis
at vote caat at last election for Governor.
FROM BLAKBLY.
The Whisky Question—-fudge Clark—Some
Gubernatorial Gossip.
Blabei.y, April 15.—This is the second
week of the spring term of Superior Court.
Many cases have been disposed of, few of
which amount to muoh. It has been de
cided that tho town must pay for a fire en
gine bought by a former council and re
booted by the present ono and, further, that
the “liquor men” can still sell whisky.
Daring this session of coart, yonr cor
respondent has had several venr pleasant
conversations with His Honor Jadgo J. T.
Clark. He is not only a very learned jnrist,
bnt a most scholarly gentleman, nnd U,
withal, polite, affable and entertaining.
As onr local paper has studiously avoided
the Gubernatorial question, I have availed
myself somewhat of the excellent oppor
tunity afforded by this term of oonrt of as
certaining the views thereon of some of the
representative men of Early oounty.
There may be aomo adherents to the
cause ot Gordon and Simmons here, bat I
have certainly never been able to find a
single one. The average voter here eannot
forgive the former for a certain "bargain."
The troth is, away off down here in the
pines, the latter is wholly unknown. Every
man to whom I have spoken is heartily /n
favor of Bacon. From present indications
Augustus will have a solid delegation from
old Early.
THE MOUND BUILDERS. >
the agricultural appropriation bill waa
reached. The delay, however, was but tern-
|>orary, for in half an hoar tho agricultural
hill waa taken np and passed. There was
no discussion of the measure except over an
amendment offered by l'rice of Wia-
ennsin, having in view a redaction of the
force of employes in the department of agri
culture. This gave Skinner of North Caro
lina an opportunity to attack the Commie-
sioner of Agriculture for retaining “Repub
lican pets" who did not come within the
civil service rales.
The river and harbor appropriations hill
was then taken up long enough to make it
tbc unfinished bnsinees, after which the
House adjourned.
Mad Dogs In Klbert Gounty.
We learn there is great excitement in the
lower part of this county on account of mail
dogs, and that three or four were in the
name neighborhood on the samo day. One
gentleman, while out with his gun trying
to kill one, left his wife nnd children at
home, and a mad dog came along in his ab
sence, entered his honso and the room
where his family were, and remained in the
house for some time having fits. His wife
and children saved themselves by going into
another room and looking the door, where
they remained until a number of their
neighbors, hearing of their condition, came
to their relief. The people have become so
nlsrmed on account of them that they are
afraid to send their children to school, or go
abont unarmed.—Eiberton Gazette.
A Carload ot Noted Indians.
Thomasyilli, April 14.—A special train
carrjing about seventy-five Apache Indiana
to St. Auguatine passed through here to-day.
It was known here yesterday that they
wonld pass through this morning, and in
conseqncnoe a large crowd collected at the
depot, where tho train stopped a half hour
or more. The Indiana wero very pictur
esque in their native garb —some with war
(sunt ornamenting their faces. To a great
many of those who had never before seen
an Indian the event wns as good ss a circus.
Gerenimo’s wife and daughter were said to
bo in the party. About thirty of the regu
lar army, also a novelty to the younger gen
eration here, were in chargo.
The Oeorgla Midland.
CoMiMBirn, April 14.—Contractor Dickin
son nnd Chief Engineer Green returned to
the city to-night, after an inspection of the
Georgia Midland rnnte. The contract for
grading fifty miles of the road, beginning
at Locust Grave, has bran awarded to J. W.
English A Co., of Atlantx The work Is to
begin as early as possible.
Kent lip for Fifteen Years.
Dan Mitchell, the notorious colored bur
glar who robbed the residence of Sheriff N.
E. Mitchell in Wilcox oounty, some months
ago, plead guilty In Wilcox Superior Conrt
and waa sentenced by Judge Kibbee to
serve a term hi fifteen years in the peniten
tiary.—Ilawkinaville News.
The Athens l*ost-Offlre.
Capt. W. II. Burnett sinco assuming con
trol of the Athens post-office is having the
boxes and office in general thoroughly over
hauled and placed in first-class order. The
Captain and hie effi- ient oorps of aaaiatauta
an aptly fitted to thia position of trust and
convenience.
Home Rftllcft llfwntly llnruTthrt! In Wil
kinson County.
On exhibition in this placo last week were
throe earthenware pots, in a splendid stata
of-preservation, wnieli were plowed npa
short timo sinco by a young man in thin
county. Tho field in which they were found
held several large mound*, anil no doubt
these pots are relics of tho race of aborigines
known as the Mound Builders. When fonnd
they were systematically placed one abote
f.iie other, tho mouth of the pots turned
downward. There were four found, though
oue was badly shattered by the plowshare
striking it. Two ot them resemblod in
shape the common dinner pot, bulging out
ward in the middle, then curving inward
toward the top, bnt flnring outward nt the
rim. The bottom* of two were round in
stead of fiat. The third reaembled a bowl,
gracefully shaped, with flat bottom, and
artistically ornamented around the rim.
The completenesa of the job is surprising,
and the design on the bowl shows no little
artistic taste. They will hold about one-
half gallon. By them were found the de
composed bones of a skeleton. Many curi
ous objects have hcon dug out of the
mounds, near where tho pots were un
earthed. In one, a complete skeleton ot a
tin man frame of enormous size waa found,'
which indicate* that* “there were giqnts in
those days."—Irwinton Southerner.
A TOWN THREATENED.
FIGHT WITH A MANIAC.
A Lunatic Kill* m< Wire Whits lU.ulInt
the Constables.
MiLWAiizaa, Win., April 12. -A tragedy
occurred at Kuwaekum to-day, following a
teirible straggle with William Helm, who
has exhibited symptoms of insanity for two
days past. Two deputy sheriffs were sent
from West Bend to arrest Helm nnd hring
him here, as he had bran threatening the
life of hhi wife and four children. Y««t<*r-
■lay Helm mixed a dose ot poison, which ha
desired the wife to tnk?, saying that be had
but a few days to live and did not wish her
to survive him. The woman managed to
escape from him and destroyed the poison.
When the offieen arrived to-dsy they were
met by Helm, revolver in hand. Several
attempts were made to induce the maniac to
part with his weapon, bnt these were un-
suecessfnl.
It was at last decided to make a rush for
him and trust to his excitement for missing
bis sun. As the officers sprang toward hilu
Helm fired, the shot failing to take effect.
Before they could close on him he fired the
second time, the boll striking Mrs. Helm in
tbs breast, penetrating the heart and killing
her Instantly. The officers then closet 1
with th* maniac, and, after a fierce straggle,
succeeded in wresting away bis wrapou and
securing him. II* was lodged in jail at
Watt Bend. Poor children, the youngest a
beb i two weeks old, are left orphans by th*
bftjedy.
A CIvIl-nighta-Lovlug l*reaeher Writs* S'
Curious Letter.
Last Saturday night, a man giving hi*
natno as Chaa. S. Sargent, hailing from
Macon, apponred at the honso of Mr. W. R.
Davis iu UnUoilcn, and asked for lodging.
Ho wan recognized as a man whom it -was
said was traveling about in Crawford oounty
eating nud sloeping with negroes, and early
Sunday morning Mr. Davis ordered him to
leave the house. Sargent left the house
und rotnrnod to Macon. He then addressed
a letter to Mr. Hornea, of Culloden, com
plaining of the trentment received at the
hands of Mr. Davis, lie conclude* th*
letter in this manner:
“I wished to say that I am employed by
a large missionary association in the North
to do general missionary work, and I have
the sympathy auil support o! antne of tbs
viryhcst men in the country. I have not
y.-l male the matter public. I write to you,
asking yenr a lvice anil sympathy. I would
willingly spare the good name of your town
from tlie reproach which such an onlnga
would htiug upon it. I am a regular corre
spondent of a Boston paper, but will not
make it pnbllolf the gcoddtizons of Gnllo-
den will come to my uld by way of eympa-
thy and friendly adtrico. I shall expect to
hear from you or eome of the citizens of
Culloden within n week. I shell wait that
length of time before taking further steps.
If I do not bear anything be'ore that, I
shall proceed as I think proper to get jus
tice for such an outrage.
■Cuas. 8. Baroxst, Box 063, Macon, Ga." ' *
I.j Ing on a Dstl of Darning Ktubers.
Wednesday morning while Mrs, H. (»,,
Findley at Fcirmouut, waa ont looking
after her work, sbo waa attracted to the
house by cries of n child she hnd left in the
family room a few moments before. Hur
rying into the room she fonnd that Col
quitt, a ten year old aoo, hod been taken
with an apup'tclio lit, and was lying full
length on s bed of buraing embers. Tho
barn is a frightfnl one. (tno side of his
(ace, one car, Ins right band and thigh was
burned to a crisp. One eye and hi* tongue
are also hadly horned. His death U only a
matter of time.—Calhoun Times.
Accidentally Shot.
Mr. J. I,. Miller, n young former of Hous
ton county, while out bunting on Saturday
happened to the accident of shooting him-
sell severely in the right arm. He was
climbing a fence, and cuught the hammer pf
his gun under a rail.— Haakinsville Newt.
A Negro Drowned.
Watcsoss, April 14.—Henry Tboutas,
colored, waa drowned in the natills river
this morning, ne waa piloting a raft of
log* down the river, and fell in and tits suc
tion of the raft drew him underneath and
he waa drowned before be conld be rescued.
Why It was Ho Named.
“Poverty Hill’' is the name of the place
over the branch in the western portion of
Eastman, where two editors, two lawyers, a
school teacher and a retired merchant have
invested in land*, npon which they expect
to build at an early day.
To Italao Uu Nprtt*.
Savannah, April 14.—The owners of the
pilot boat Sprite, wrecked oo St Catherine’s
Island last week, made a contract to-day
with John Jenkins to raise the vessel and
w her to th* city.
A Careless Driver.
Savakwab. April 14.—A city scavenger
cart driver drove over a negro child in Yani-
acraw this evening, injuring it, perhaps fa
tally. The driver waa arrested and held to
await the result
Mr. Willie Cosby, who accidentally shot
himself in the foot recently, at Barnett,
while tryipg to arrange himself for an elope
ment witli one of Barnett a fairest daughters,
is able to be out- McDuffie Journal.
A HtgM-lon riant.
A gentleman from Byron informs ne that
over (onr hundred screw will be planted In
watermelons te r shipment in that vicinity
thia season.—Perry Journal.
rir.t of the
Mr. Jo* Stevens yesterday showed na
some ripe strawberries picked from big
Tinas.—Americas Recorder.
The Telegraph in Taylor County.
Butleb, April 15.—Iu yesterday's issue
of the Butler Herald appears an attack upon
the TzLEotiArit. I have endeavored to find
out who the party ia, bnt have failed ao far.
The friends of the TaLEitSArn are stirred
np over it and can't imagine who the party
is. In all eases where truth ia draired
either by friends of the Constitution or
other paper* the Tri-niEArH ia sought
Drought to Light by the Freshet.
The freshet uncovered many mysteries
among wbieh was a root twenty aaven fast
in length atpi about one inch in diameter at
the largest point, known s* cowitch, also
many earthen vessels supposed to have
been left there by the Indiana. Mr. J. H.
Cantrell, J. P., presented to the writer one
holding about one-haU gallon, other* found
snppoaed to hold abont five gallons.—Mari
etta Journal.
Tho Flood la Tot sail County.
The big waters of Upper Georgia have at
last reached the great Xltamaha, and such a
tide of water, bringing with it snob dee trac
tion to crops, fences, stock, cattle and hogs,
have never been witnessed at this season.
Tho water came like an immense ocean tide,
sweeping everything before it.—ReidviUe
Enterprise.
The In tar oat Ravcaaa Law*.
Washington, April IS.—The Bouse Com
mittee of the Judiciary to-day instructed
Representative Bennett to report favorably
the bill to ameliorate the harshness of the
internal revenue laws. The bill abolishes
the minimum punishment for violation of
internal revenue law* and provides that no
warrant in any case under those laws shall
be issued except npon affidavit of an officer
of the internal revenue service or an affida
vit setting forth that the facts an within the
personal knowledge of th* affiant
A Windmill far aa Artesian Well.
At the last meeting of the City Council a
ron-nrittce was appointed to maze arrange
ments for the placing of a windmill at the
artesian well to work the pomp, thereby
keeping np a continual flow at water. It
IB estimated that it trill cost $1,009. -Daw
son Journal. “
Th* North Carolina Democracy.
Ralbiou, N. C.. April 15.—Th* Demo
cratic State Executive Committee met to-day
and called a Slate convention to meet nl
Raleigh, August 26th.