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Established 1826. ■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.