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■state CONVICTS.
MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
... vdamkl. will hay nothing
■ISdbfbnbmof his CONDUCT
, ctarriunc tlm Lo »«« of IVnltintlury
,„:p»oy x». 3-Colonel Towers
c,,, the Present htutiis la
••All Bight."
The UaCox Tklixik.U'h Bubsau,
No. 3} WarwHAW Btbibt,
Aieahta, September 10, 1880.
ii the citizens’ meeting nttbe opera Iioiifo
before last, a full roport ot which was
£ tne TEnEonarn, Mr. Hoke Smith, in
Sipecch, made some statements and
t,nei in reference to the culivicU und
adr present management, which have
i’ n t'ie eubject of eoneulerablo comment
touch “P on 8 “> 8tt< ' r of publio concern,
itatemeuts made wtro substantially
^jer the contract between the State and
talwiees, the latter wrre not allowed to
JL, 0 f their interest in or sub-let the
■"Vi-ta to third parties. Notwithstanding
* .Uion in the ewtmeA ont of tbe
Seinal'iessees of Penitentiary Company
5*1 only one of them retains any interest
itbe lease, W. B. Lowe. Out of the orig-
r. lessees of Penitentiary Company No. 3,
Stone of them now lias any interest in
Seleasa. The lessees have either sold out
gsreiiead.
FORFEITED LEASES.
TcJer this state of facts Mr. Smith
a,md that the rights of the Companies
1 snd 3 had been forfeited, and
nder the Jaw the Governor should have
jrtsdy declared the lease forfeited, and
Ueo the convicts back.
Ur. Smith made the further statement
(Ut he sent to the ex eutive office on the
Ur before to hod out what parties or les-
eis itre in control of the convicts of Fen-
gat, J Company No. 3, and no one ooold
irelimthe information. Attention has
ben called to this etatn of affairs from
faito time before; but in view of the pob-
Sott giver to the changes Wednesday, yonr
sntsBocdent called at the executive office
•linked an interview with the Governor.
THE GOVEBNOU WOX'l TELL.
Tit interview was accorded, but after ex-
I (fciaj the object of the visit, repeating
Ittcbugcs pnblicly made at the opera
lime, tad submitting the qaesUoM nat-
I till; mggeeting themselves on matters in
I mb the people of Georgia have no small
I fetin', and in which, to a certain ax*
Itat, the discharge of the official du-
||n ic;posed npon him by lav hava
Iten somewhat called in question,
lth Governor deolined to maka any atata
lam a Kply for publication, giving aa a
l>- i nude it a rut', diiriii.;
Ifeilaiuistration to maka no pu'.li i or of
dstunners in tbe si.ape ofintervie
■U’lltKl' ids communications
Ip.' j tatters to tho Legislature.
I Itatleiviug the Executive Department,
IpuuMpuudeut directed his Bteps to
Ifcdtatf Colonel John B. Towa% lha
I nriadpti keeper of tho penitentiary. Coi.
I Wins found comfortable seatsdina
Ipu (tar, placidly conning tbo columns
lUtteGrut and Good Teleobaph. When
I tie elj set of your correspondent’s visit
|>sluted, he announced himself wiping to
r eallthH information on the subject that
tu -Me. From him yonr correspon-
Ifaipltand the followiug, although in tbo
ItiiiiDi facts were in his possession and in
■fcpausion cf the public before.
1 WHO TBE LESSEES AUF..
The following were the original convict
[O! Peni'eotiary Company No. 1—Tho
’»Cool Company, by ita president, Hon,
J>h E. Brown.
>Penitentiary Company No. 2—B. G.
felt, Juhn B. Gordon, W. B. Lowe, L.
Jkwisn, C. B. Howard.
IK Penitentiary Company No. 3—W. D.
PW. Tom Alexander, W. W. Simpson,
Psjtuphj and Wn. H. Howsih
I hthe p r , scn t time the following parties
P* the convicts:
[nnitentiary Company No. 1 remains tbe
to No. 2. W. B. Lowe owns seven,
interest and tho Dade Coal Company
| L, 3 is owned—by tlm Dade Coal Com
1 one-fourth, James English one-fourth,
'■ «mes one-fourth and James M. Smith
-fourth.
hoy ronveraation with CoL Towers I re
^ especially to Penitentiary Company
A»hete not one.of the original lessees
“a interest in tho convicts. They are
nead or have sold out, Bnd have re-
A money value for their interest.
■wjn. towles says it is all uioht.
Colonel Towers if tbis state of
vis not a sub-letting of convicts, to
' lent of it. Ho said, according to
nilruction of tbe authorities, it was
he was unable to express any opin
. < .* on * | l not, os to tho legal
C1 “e matter. Ho recognized the
jSfhhJ named and now in posses-
. convicts aa tho lessees. He in-
Ji®* **** t i l8le etill in absolute con-
w me convicts and has fall supervision
but that, ot course, does not
JJ* ‘lotion of leasee interest under
k^N ! . t '.l ththeSU t 0 .
h/ijl h) Mr. Smith’s charge that he
"wit to find ou t a t tho executive of-
(i I* 1 ® c °nvicU of No. 3, he said
nithhad applied at the office of the
Vusinf* ‘‘‘■purtment, the proper place,
-j,?*® obtained the desired infor-
without any trouble.
, ' ’oanow still besfohsible.
D t,ll °u whether the! pnblie will-
*r with this statement in reply to
'sArgti made by Mr.
, whether Governor
! nO'lUilted along with other
iWtUnl 0 * * De Rlect of official dnly
ajJ'Pk the convicts of the State to
|— jT®!®* and forth for money, when
. ■; . I *r*s to the contrary. It is
«Wev®r, in further explanation,
l. leaaaaE aro etill held
isltl?® and are summoned
goes wroDg.
•»i;l^ M .^. ,llro ' r «»y with Hon. Jas.
1 Gittt' 3 * treatment of eonvicts.
'mi ,. 1 **• aammoned by tho Gover-
i— ’ present during tho whole in-
u» i.****?* °v CONVICTS.
■lKii *- ln the penitentiary
Dm, eonvieta; of these IDO ar- at
®“* mines, G25 undr-
"Micto
Ang
Z?'r'' , However, it is claimed
that this use of the eonvieta is especially
provided for by tbe law. 1 y
It is plain that the Governors of Georgia
f.'®. 1 ® ? interfere with the lessees, and
that all of onr legislation since the lease is
in the interest of the lessees. Three suc
cessive Legislatures have investigated the
quesimn of anb-letting the convicts, and, so
tar as 1 can learn, not one report has been
made coverirg the point.
TO UK HELD AT HAN ANTONIO.
VOL. LX I, a>U.24.
“THERE IS NO WINTER IN 1LV i
MAYORCOUKTKNAY’S NEAT ACCEP
TANCE OF MR. CORCORAN’S GIFT.
The lleli. f Fond Already Orel
e.l and Sixty Tlluusvnd
No MrrftMhockitn Clmrlr
The Nation'll tieuerooi
Tho Lttrnt Orile
Depart.
i the War
muni Relative to <ai)ronliiiu,
TVashisotox, September 10.—General
Drum, acting Secretary of War, hns given
instructions that Geronimo, Natch* /. and
^ other hoatiles who surrendered with hi
ued there until a de truncation is
led hk to whi t course of procedure can
bo nndertuk* n gainst them. It is officially
known that tho nurrender was not made
ithout conditions, but what the conditions
were, beyond an agreement that they
should not bo surrendered for trial in Ari
Z'jua, has not yet been reported It was in
compliance with this condition that General
Milts started with tho hostiles for Florida.
Tne determination of tho course of proce
dure will probably be made by tho Presi
dent, but not nntil tho terms of surrender
and all attendant circumstances shall bo
officially known. With the present knowl
edge, it seems probable that tho offenders
•n Deiiher bo tried by military court-
martial nor by civil authorities, but
that they may bo tried,as the Modot-s wer**,
by military commission. This is a tribunal
for the institution of which there are many
well-recognized precedents in onr history,
though it is one which as yet has no recon
dition in statutory law. The atrocities of
these prisoners, terrible as they were, are
not thought to be such as would bring them
within the jnrisdiction of a court martial,
which is very limited, nor would tho civil
courts, in the absence of witnesses, meet
tbe requirements of the case, although their
guilt is notorious.
Geronimo on Uni Way Co Florldn.
Denver, Col., September 10.—An El
Paso special to tbo Associated Press says
* Geronimo,with thirty-two hostile Apaches,
in charge of Captain Lawton, who
mainly instrumental in bringing about their
surrendor, passed through El Paso at ~
o’clock yesterday morning on their way to
Fort Marion, Fia., where they will proba
hly be tried by murt inuitul."
a bridal Party poisoned.
Hrlde am! Groom anti About Fifty Others
Ujltetlootiy Poisoned atSn|>i>«*r
Chicago, September 1\—A special from
Decatur, 111., says: Aoout titty peopl
were mysteriously poisoned at a country
wedding about five miles weat of here
Wednesday night; and yesterday all availa
ble physicians were hard at work attending
tho ftliiicted pers'u s, who sreirvWiuu^i
vomiting violently.
Thomas W. Jacobs and Miss Alice Glasgow
were married at the house of the bride’s
father. Supper whs served at 9 o’clock,
and included chicken salad, fried and
boiled chicken; and all ate heartily. An
honr later tbe bride and groom were taken
sick, manifesting symptons of having been
poisoned. Part of the company had left,
but those remaining were also taken sick
Great flight ensued. The mother of the
groom and others wero brought to De
catur, aud tbe parties were so ex
cited they hod to be carried into
a house before reaching the physician’s. It
has been learned that the chickens for tho
Halad were cooked and salted in a copper
kettle. It U supposed the salt caused thu
metal to corrode aud impregnate the chick-
t ns. Tho people are all quite sick, but no
fatal termination of any of tho coses is ap
prehended.
A GHASTLY SUENF.
Fatally Cat In tlia Stomach with a Four
teen-Inch Knife.
Cbicaoo, September 10.—While supper
was served to fifty people in a restaurant
on west Madison street last night two fig
ures rushed through tho place, ono with
blood streaming from him and flourishing a
butcher knife, tho other running for his
life. John Morris, cook, and Frank Foster,
waiter, quarreled about an order, when Mor
ris grabbed u knife fourteen inches loog and
plunged it into Foster’s abdomen. The
weapon inflicted a frightful gash, coming
ont directly below the right lung. Morris,
tho cook, palled the knife from tbe wonnd
and laid it on tbo table. lie started to run,
when Foster grabbed the kmfo in time to
slash Morris across the heel os tbe latter ran
up stairs. The cut severed tho tendons and
arteries of the leg. Foster was taken to his
home, where tho physicians pronounced his
injnri-s fatal Morris is very weak from
loss of blood, and ia in the county hospital.
THE REVOLUTIONISTS DEFEATED
The Mexican Government Troop* Itout the
Rebels Untilr Maurice Crux.
St. Louis, September 11.—The Mata
tnoras, correspondent of the Globe-Demo-
ciat telegraphs that tho revolutionists,
ono hundred and fifty strong, under
Maurice Cruz, were overtaken by troops
under Colonels Hernandez and Bohazos,
near Eltnrro, about 150 milt* up the coun
try, and signally defeated, with heavy
loss in killed and wouuuad and 30
prisoners. The loss of the troops
was light. The government is taking
prompt measures, and will send here the
Seventh infantry, first cavalry, and the
corps of the famous Roural Guardi, from
tho City of Mexico.
ACCIDKN TALLY SHOT.
The Kx-Msyor of Vashvflle Accidentally
Ki lsd While Duek Hiiootli g
Aberdeen, Dax . September 11.—A party
of Southern ^eDtlemeD arrived last night
with tho remains of C. Hooper Phillips, ex-
major of Nashville. He was accidentally
shot by Junes Raines at the mno-mdo
lake yesterday while dnch hooting.
Seven Hundred ChrUtlane 3L*«asc
Finis, September 10,-The Univera pub-
lisbes a telegram from the bishop of ion-
n dn esvincr that 700 Christiana hara been
massacred and forty
province of Manhoa, and that 9,OUO Chris
tians aro perishing of hunger.
Cbarlestov, September 4 10.—The night
tu.-M <1 quierly. Tlit-rt* w» ru i.*• shocka in
the city, aud with th« appearance of tho
sun this morning there wero renewed sigua
of activity in removing debris, and an in-
dispf.sition on the part of the peo
ple to return to their honKaa
Mayor Conrteimy boa scut the following
legrom acknowledging tbo receipt of a
contribution:
l W. W. Corcoran, Washington, D.
C.: Five thousand dollars received. Only
tho loftiest sense of duty and citizenship
could prompt your noble deeds. Charles-
ith one voice honors the Ame*ican
citizen who ever rises to the height of liis
privilege, andol whose bounty it may truly
--1 imiu, ‘There is no winter in it.*
[SignedJ “\V. A. Courtenay, .Mayor.”
The rains of yesterday have just begun to
affect the shattered walls, several of which
fell to-day.
Threo Blight shocks were felt in Summer-
villo yesterday.
The relief committee arc at work distrib
uting both provisions aud money, and their
chief concern U to prevent tho falling of
relief to unworthy persons.
Two hundred and ninety tents were re
ceived to-day from tho Governor of Now
Jersey. They were accompanied by his
private secretary and an officer of the quar
termaster’s department. One hundred
and sixty-a x tents have also
been shipped from Ohio. The committee,
with many thanks to the American people,
anthor ze the statement that they have tents
enough to meet all pressing needs.
No shocks have been felt to-day and the
streets are now unusually lively.
ESTIMATING TIIE DAMAGE.
Not much is stirring to day beyond tho
evidence everywhere of putting things in
shape again. ’The board of survey is busy
at work aud has recommended that several
buildings Le polled down. Most of tio
massive front of the News and Conner
building and its job office must come down,
bntthe tmilding cont&iuiog the composing
room and press room is pronounced ab»o
lately safe.
There i* little room for doubt that tbe
injury will exceed the ettimate of $5,001),-
0U0, as every day develops damages pre
viously anknown, as in the ca->e of the
Nows and Courier building for example
The relief committee has opened tne reg
istry for mechanics desiring employment,
whore citix ns can communicate with them
uni ii>ivUt ei v; igcmenls
Ah First Pr» vbyterinn Church R in ruin i
and as tbe ootiEregation'nre unable to re
build, they appeal to member** of their de
nomination rDewbere for assistance. Rev.
W. T. Thompson, D. D., is pastor and will
receive remittances.
PRINCE ALEXANDER
Now Shjh It Whs Not Hit* Intention to Exe
cute thn Itehelr.
Berlin, September 11.—The North Ger
man Gazette pronounces hr untrue the
statement attributed to Prince Alexander,
and exti naively published h* re, that one of
the reasons for bis abdication was the fact
that all the members of tho triple alliance
forbade him to carryout tho intention he
had formed of executing the leaders in the
coup (fttut. The Gazette denies that tho
Pnuce resolved npon any executions, and
ways the powers advised him, in the inter-
*st of peace, not to allow any executions to
be inflicted, for tho reason that if he per.
mitted them he would incur tho danger of
retaliation, if a fresh political outbreak,
uhioh was possible and oven imminent,
should occur.
So it a, September 11.—The Regency has
>sued a decree convoking a national os-
rably for tho 13th inst.
The following dispatch has been sent to
rince Alexander, signed by *20u deputies*.
"We deeply grieve over your absence
from your beloved country. Wo earnestly
desire to see among us our hero Prince, tbe
defender of our national liberty and inde
officers of all tbe garrHODR have telegraphed
similar mesHages to tbe Prince.
Metropolitan element and Zankoff aro
detained under guard in nouses, but aro
permitted to see friond*.
DYNAMITE AGAIN.
TRYING TO BLOW UP THE LAKE
BHORE SIGNAL STATION.
SINGULAR EXPERIENCE
Of Captain Msraden oti Lake Superior One
l» •> I. W•■. u.
Chicago, September 11.—Captain Mars-
deu, of the propeller DonaldMon, r< lutes a
Ml tit-.’. . \|" I’ll'’ll.’.- fit till* trip to Cui.'i.t'n.
One night last week, while coming up Lake
Superior with the schoonerH Brightio and
Nellie Mason in U w, a furious gale from
the nortbea-t was encountered. The wind
attained a velocity of fully forty miles an
hour, and continued w ith unabated fury
for .several hours. It was ac
companied by a vicious chop sea,
t to w ives running very high, even for Lake
Superior. The stunner labored very hard
in the heavy seas, and it was with much
diffioultv that she succeeded ia weathering.
Suddenly and without any apparent cause
the wind died away into a dead calm, and
in less than five minute** he white-capped
waves flattened into a pettectly smooth sea.
Tho crows of all three vessels were greatly
mystified by the phenomenon, and all
agreed that they had never setu anything
lixo it on tho lake before.
Turning to his mate, tho captain re
marked that there must have been some un
m il disturbance on laud. On reaching
•ault the captain went auhere and see
a newspaper. It was then ho burned that
about the lime he witnesMed this singuli
tion of wind and wave, Charleston ha
been badly shaken up by an eaithqnake.
coal
^°® 2, ard
Of
W. B.
■ILaktfl*.—*•<
I. ll.-iul.-s ill.-.
Midl.ni
as if tin-
lVosectitlag lha Chrl.l[ail obterrer.
A .pscial from Louisville to tbe New
York Times iu regard to tbe trul of tbo
pnblLbersnf tbe Christian Observer, lays:
The trouble is the resnlt of a split in tbe
church on tbe teaching of tbe science of
evolution in the Presbyterian colleges, snd
is closely connected with the case of Prof.
Woodrow, of H mth Carolina, who he* been
a aonree of dissension in the Southern
Presbyterian Chnrch for .eversl years.
The Messrs. Converse are anti-evolution sts,
and it is alleged by the prosecution in tbis
case that they used their paper to circaUtc
false charges and misrepresentations
against those favoring that it be taught as a
science in the chnrch colleges.
GOULD GIVES |500.
N.w York Has llu vil MB,IXX, of Which
Char teuton Ifa* Received 9-G,50O.
New York, September 10.—Tbe Churl
ton relief committee of tbe Chamber of
Commerce met to-day. It was reported by
Treasurer Brown that up to tbe present be
bod received $33,12*2, ont of which tbe
mayor of Charleston bad been paid a draft
of $20,500, leaving a cash balance of $12.-
622. Since yesterday the tie&snrer had
received $7,122, which included $500 from
Jay Gould, $1,100 from the Bunk of Arner*
ica, $500 from tbe United Btatee National
Bank, and $500 from Robert Lenox Ken
nedy.
MUNIFICENT BALTIMORE.
Its Contribution Am mats Air*ady to 127,
. OOO— Cardinal Gibbon*'* Circular.
Baltimore, September 10.—The Charles
ton relief fnnd up to to-night amounts
to $27,000 and is still growing.
Cardinal Gibbons has issued a circular
letter to the clergy of the country, advising
the taking up of a collection in all theCath-
olio Chorches on the 26th for the same
cause, and the bisters of Mercy in this city
have signified their willingness to assume
charge of twenty-five orphans if necessary.
A FJecdlrh 1» >rt Which Would, If Snc-
Cd«nful, Him* Imperlllofl a Loaded
Passenger Train—A Signal Op
erator's I'Ap-rlenre.
Cnicioo, September 11.—An attempt was
mado last night to blow up ono of tho sig
nal stations of the Lake Shore road at tho
intersection of the main track and tho
stock yard track. Tho attempt was bo far
successful os to cause several thousand dol-
to dibble lor a time the
working of the machinery hy which the
switcher, signals and gates for a long dis
tance along the lino aru turned. Tho ope
rator of tho signals was in tho stutiou at
tho time, but was alarm d by tlm smoko
which filled his room nnd ran out just be
fore the explosion and was unhurt.
A night operator, named James Calvin,
was alune in tho top of the tower, aud hud
not cod nothing i.mi-ual, when ho was
startled by seeing a column or smoko arise
at ono side o* tho structure. It was bright
moonlight, ao he was uw’ure of tho naturo
of the cloud, and a moment later his little
room was completely tilled
ith blinding smoke, which
almost suffocated him. Calvin started to
ruHQ down stairs to investigate. As he
reached the landing a deafening explosion
took place. At that moment Calvin saw
the figure of
A TALL SLENDER MAN
dart away from the building and run w*est
towards the stoak yaids, where he was lost
in tbo labyrinth of cars which cover tho
tracks. Calvin was thrown t
ground with extremo foxco and his
hat was blown off his head
through tbo window. Such was the force
of tbo explosion that a dumber of tools
were lined from the floor nnd crashed
through tho windows. Calvin did not lose
convc.ouhucss, and rushed ont on the
trackM.
Officers Donovan and Costello wero on
guard at the time at tho Root
street crossing. They heard tbo detonation
and ran to the tower, wliero
they found Calvin terribly frightened.
Then a search of tho tow
low arded by finding a 20-inch piece of
shattered gas pipe. Attached to It was n
package cf something which looked like
cotton, which had been soiked in boiuo
kind of daik liquid. Smok<
from it, and bright sparks were thrown oil
A bottle containing what is supposed to b
add was picked up near by. Tho door c
the signal tower w .i* ajar, and the cungc
cm »*xplo*dve hud Ik on thrown on tbo iloo
The explosion shattered all tho gla
front of the house. In tho cellar aro hat
PROHIBITION IN ATLANTA.
'attirr to hi* i*ou-(irrat I-os* of Busi-
iio4* with no Moral Improvement.
Galveston News.
lanta, Ga., September G, 1RS6. — Dear
: Having seen some newspaper re
ports in regard to prohibition and its effect
Atlanta as to busiotHsand property
aloes, you clip some of thorn and Hend
to me and ask me, "what about it?”
ewnpapSTH are correct when they say
that "Atlanta has been greatly damaged
y prohibition.” Except in two or three
tu, which aro tne dry goods streets and
lesale streets, the buHtneas, I should
is off l 1 ) percent., and property worth
in about the same ratio. Our popnla-
hus diminished, some say 10,000, I will
et hast 5,000. These are mechanics
ud lab >rtTH mostly. Oh course mor-hants
ose business ban been stopped have hIho
to elsewhc re. Hundreds of thousands of
itnl has been trausfemd to other plucep,
and a vast deal of property made vacant. I
should say that rent is off 25 t<> 40 percent.
There seems to bo no energy in the city,
d all tho efforts of the prohibitionists to
iao n lu> m have most signally failed.
They tried to recapture tho Scute fair; the
Gcuigir* mmwM imirOcVa Uiutt-
They lmvo tried to bnild a
railroad from Atlanta to the Savan
nah river, and ono from Atlanta to llaw-
kinsville. They swear Atlanta is not hurt,
and try to bulldoze the anti-pros to swear
it, too. They have now organized a
witfi everything in running order except the
money. In fact, iu every instance where
ffort has been made to revive and rein-
igorato the city there has been a complete
failure. Want of confidence is one r< son.
Old friends aro estranged from each other,
I assure you that itepublicans ami Dem
ocrats were never so wide apart a- the
fanatics and conservatives are. Yon
never have thought of it,
but it is the truth, nevertheless,
man crazed on the subject of
religion is tho craziest man on earth. To
day wo have all the evils of intemperance,
with no modification since prohibition went
into effect. We have ns imual drunkonm hh,
debauchery, usianlt of all degrees, murders
occasionally, and any and all other evils
that infest a largo and populous city. Pro
hibition ban not changed Atlanta one iota
iu any of these particulars.
Prohibitionists deny these tliingn and a
thousand men of Atlanta, I suppose, would
go on the stand and there make denial, but
I have written you thu truth all the Hume.
Youu Father.
A STARTLING RUMOR
Ch< l-u
Sepbmbt
i Italy sin;
—Tbe eboler
. la.it report.
S*l’l"
♦•ml |
A Clertfjmvn Hang* Himself.
Chicago, Btptember 11.—Tbe Rev. Nels
Ryden, ex-pastor of tbe Svredi>h Methodist
Church in this city, was foand tbis after
noon hanging to a bed post in bis room,
dead. Recently he was compelled to re
sign hU pastorate on account of his liberal
views on religion, which conflicted with tbe
creed of the church as interpreted by bis
congregation. Then he took to driok, and
a few days Ago his wife left Litn. It is be
lieved that he committed suicide when part
ly Intoxicated.
Acrcptlnff Lindon’* Offer of Aid.
Washington, September 9.—The Lord
Mayor of London, tbre ngb Miaister Paelpt,
recently offered to open subscriptions in
aid of the Cbarlehton sufferers. The offer
was communicated to the mayor of Charles
ton, and gratefully ac*epted by him on be
half of the homeless of his city. Minister
Phelps has been inatruded bv cable to
convey to the Lord M tyor the grateful ac-
kfiowlcdgment* of the President of tue
l mtf.l .Mat*-*! tor the geueroui wtinu of the
-•its or. IvOOih® .
Swaicsboro Pine Forint: Tt
>it:nat Y juiuam. Mr
iu, wtu «b Hth Occurred no
fan the post master.
iUiubridge
.-It r»-.v!ily f >
Tliul Fris’dsnt Cl»relanrl Woe Shot .-Tele
grams Atklrg Ah .ut It.
Prospect House, New York, September
11.—The most ustonishing incident of a
somewhat uneventful day was tbo receipt
of several telegrams asking if President
Cleveland had really been shot, and if he
wss much hurt.
Editor Buvier, of tbe llnffalo News, asked
for an immediate answer. From tbe West
ern Union office in New York esme an in
quiry about tbe President’s condition, And
this afternoon a similar dispatch was re
ceived from Piattsbnrg, from Dr. Ward,
who had reached that point on his way
home in Albany.
As Cleveland was in the enjoyment of
perfect health, and no accident had befallen
him, of oourso only ono answer could be
made.
What puzzles tbs people here is how snob
a rumor was set afloat. It c mid hardly
have hAd its origin in tbis vicinity, for no
such absurd statements were sent out from
tbo telegraph office at this iun, and no dis
patch of such a tenor was sent from tho
only other telegraph office in tho neighbor
hood, that at lTial .Smith’s, 17 miles away.
A BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY.
The Body of a Yoon? llUcovered In a
Trunk ut » Depot.
Toledo, O., September 11.—This fore
noon a trunk arrived by tho Wheeling and
Lake Erie road which exhaled so hor
rible an odor os to drivo tbo bag
gageman from bis post. It was
paced on tbe platform and the police
authorities notified. Boon after the arrival
E. Wilson, who had oome from Bellevue, on
the Lako Shore railroad, arrived with n
<1ray and presented a chock for the ' r ink.
He was immediately arrested, and the
trunk opened, when it was found to con
tain the body of a woman packed in hay.
Wilson and the trunk wero then taken to
the police station, where the coroner exam
ined the body. It wai that of a woman
about 2.', much emaciated, und partly
dre-sed in nnderclothing of tho finest
quality.
Wilson is a school-teacher of Ithica, O.,
And lost winter was a student of the Toledo
Medical College. He is held on a charge of
grave robbery. He refuses to talk.
CHARLESTON Bar aND HARBOR.
Tbe Government Engineer KrporL* Two
Channels Deepen tl hy the Nbock*.
Chaklkston, September 11.—It is bright
and beautiful to-day, though it rained heav-
ily early in the morning. People are grad
ually rcoccapyir g their houses, and tbt
number in anelters and tents is rapidly di
minishing. There was three nr four slight
shocks of earthqusKe during tbe night, but
none serious, and few persons were aware
of tbe occurrence.
Tbe subeistence committee has changed
the plan of operations, and appointed visi
tors for each ward to ascertain cases of dis
tress, all of which will be supplied at th
homes.
Tho board of are still at work
surveying the buildings, and continue to
coniemn those which are unsafe.
The latest reports from points along the
South Carolina railroad indicate that i
porta of du-tr< •* at LiLcoln»viUo and el
where were greatly mgpnlM Whttci
li *-n • ir\ u I l b«i <lon»; r-.r them.
CHARLES!«
JKKaT NKF 1).
i to the M.I
htre.
dollar per bunhel <
l»rgf.
ut l*
there ah* nl-1
' th..n cott a
havi
ugh. The great work
n the next sixty day
•r by rebuilding and repairing
i (or the j»oorer cl
-1 ft r ele
iguals. Th*
hundred butt 1
of the o thirty-four were broken.
nxnatio tribes used in eiguaBlni
torn nnd twisted, and tho whole ayatc
utterly rained. It will take $1,000 to repiii
the damage.
finding thk explosive.
When daylight camo another search
mado for inoro explosives. There is n little
•ili.’-l !i< .ir ;li • to* « r. In this t* small hnndl
supposed to contain another oxplosive, wi
picked up. It was wrapped in paper, aud
tied with a black cord,
soaked in «ome substance, nnd was laid i
an old mattress. Tho police wero afraid to
opeu it, and it was removed to tho tow
hull.
What makes tbe attempt more daxUrdly
is tho fact that the outward-bound pas
aenger train No. 12 wan duo at tho tower
few minutes after the explosion occurred.
the tueoby or tub police
is that tbe wreckers hoped to blow u
tho tower, and when tho p<*ssen K c
train cune along to throw
tbe switch, and tbis tram would hnv
plunged into a mass of freight curs. Th-
explusiou woald have done greater damag
had the door been closod after the package
was ignited.
There wero also other attempts mado to
destroy property on tho Lako Shoro roa-
lost night, uno of which was succosHful
tho other resulting in tho arre
of tho men ooncernod in tho affair. Abont
8 o'clock tbis oveniog the Lako Shoro roa-
received from tbe Illinois Central a train of
twenty-eight oars. While these wero being
taken over the Root crossing, the switch
was thrown abont after the cars had passed
causing a general wreck.
niTEEN CARS WEIIE DERAILED,
and though no loss of life or serious dam
ago resulted, tho contents of tho cars were
badly shaken up.
About midnight John Fagin, an c
switchman of tho Lake Shore road, was i
rested at Forty-third street, jast as ho w
abont, it is charged, to throw tho switch
derail the train drawn by eDgino No. 5!
Tho urrefti of Faviu w hh made by a Pink-
ton officer guarding the tracks at th- poin
Fagin was seen in his cell and explain
follows:
paoin's story.
In connection with & man named Mu
pby, who U also a Lako Bboro switchnmi
ho was walking along tho track, and
that neither of them noticed tho ap;:
ing freight train nntil it was so close to
them that they were separated by it. He
Bays that when arre-tod he was looking
under the train as it pa^ed to see if any
' arm had come to Murphy.
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.
A bhock Kelt In Mexico on tbe 3d Imtxnt~
<M Ii» i hliox k«.
Cm or Mexico, September 12.—Tbe
official repo it of thn government from
Tequisixtlan, State of Mexico, says a shock
of eurthquake, with oscillation-* from ea-tt
to west, wm felt there between 4 ami
5 o’clock on the morning of tho 3d
UStant. Tho la*»t severe ahock here w.ih
four years ago, when a mosaivo building
occupied by tho London hunk was crAcktd
and other edifices injured. Great interest
i> t -It thr- ughout M- iico in r«ccnt ntvcre
earth-iuuktH iu th-- I i.it* «1 States.
WILFUL l*il*i
oityMc
Ami
i II -
> liY A Mull.
Hummer Cot luge
Quin
, M.\
Boj tember 9.—Twenty
>n trial hero this atiurnoon
for rioting. Tin so twenty tivu were part
f tho gang of forty moil who diHccnded
ipon Squuntuiu a few evenings ago troiu
uuiaicu l’laiu in two four-horse 1 urges.
eld !
ntiun Ilo
place of resort for guy Ronton driving par
ties, bus I ron tint subject of controversy
between tho owner, Henry W. Hunt, of
Neponset, and tho contractors for building
tho great Moou Inland hew-r, which is
intended to carry the druin.tgo of Bos
ton far out to tea. Tho house ih in tho di
rect path of the l»ig sewage tuunel,
and bus beeu guard* d hy two annul men
against tho expected Intrusion. Lust Wed-
ntsdiy night toe twe men went away for a
few hours, leaving threo women alone in
tho house, aud it was then that tho forty
men from Jamaica Plain stormed the undent
hotel.
They took a ho ivy timb* r for a batte ring-
ram, and first mado a tottl wreck of tho
cUmbako pavilion. Thou they HiuuHhod
tho doora and windows of tho hotel proper,
aud did o'Ler sorious damage to the pretn-
iu... ’Hu; c .ttagt tif (b orgti \Y. Power, of
Boston, was next attacked A d< or w-o*
uniting- tl and utilized ui a battering-ram
tlu r**, and when tin v c. unpb t* «i tho w«»rk
tho place looked hh though it hud been
struck by n cyclone. Every window
had been smashed, tho furniture was bro
ken np and tho crockorywnre demolished.
Bedding und clothing wiih dragged into the
middle of the floor ai d piled up. The pile
whs then Maturated with kerosene oil, with
which tho floor was also freely sprinkled,
und tho rascals then attempted to set fire to
it, hut it failed to ignite, l'ho milk house
of J. P. Murphy was next raided, the milk
poured upon too ground and the honso
demolished. Tho evidence against the
twenty-flvo men in court to-day whh very
corn 1 -sive, und there U no doubt they will
bo held to-morrow for the grand jury. War
rants aro out for the other fifteen of tho
K an K®"
Dugor Car Thro
i trui
j thi
Hartford, Con
ous accident to i
division of the N<
railroad took plac
City A train co
combination car,
turned on its side
bankment, ami sixteen passer
and bruised. None was sen-
The accident was caused by
switch.
ptember 11. Aucti
on tbe Providence
rk and New England
afternoon at Jewitt
BK of u brggHge cur,
>* passenger car was
»>y injured,
k misplaced
II •
Four llui.ilrrd la
here this e
and Warm
through h<
i-la, by wn
war tb rnei
mowl rids
trouble*.
mi* fur Kloiida.
uWr 12. A sp.,
le. New Me XI
■kitted Press, d.t
:i«r»l Mile* arn
At
ent
LHH1NOTON, hen
noro letters b
tho Geological
parts ■
Kurthquakc*.
ruber 11. -Twenty
fO been received
Survey from dif*
utry mak
ing suggestions, and ottering advice
with regard to the prevention of rarth-
qr.nkf*. One cf the latest proposes that
holes, he bore-1 through tlm earth’s crus', to
give de-truetivft gaseH an outlet. The
writer is os yet unknown to fame.
Mlul.l. rt -.t < online Horn*.
Cc-nstantinople, September 11. S. 8.
Cox, United States minister to Turkey, ia
about starting h- ute on furlough, owing to
ill health. <». II Heap, secretary of the
American ligation, will conduct the affairs
Of office donog Cox's abience. Heap will
continue negotiating f r a new tariff treaty
between the United States and Turkey.
Charle*tou'« Cull* ge* Open October 4th.
CnAiu.5 -1--s, S. C., September 11. No
vell to-day that the exercises of
itou colleges will Le resumed Oc-
tice um.s ki
the Chaik
tober 4th.
Furcbgott A Benedict, wholesale and re
tail dry froOiU snd carpet dealers, have
bought out the old estHbliithed dry woods
ix.se of McLoy, Rice A Co. for SlUO.OUO
h.
ng Indiana, who will p«Mi l'robal»l> Killed Ml* Own H-a.
from the Kau Car- L-wki.l, Mash.. Beptember 10 John
i going to Fort Marion, Fior- : Kh»y, in a drunk n quarrel with another
Mt. Louis. ’ These are the I man to-night, threw a brick at him, but
f the Apaches, and their re- hit hi.i own son, four years old. It in
t Southwest of all Indian I doubtful if the child can recover. Bhay
' hu\ been arrested.