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j£fXBLlSHED1826.
\ES, OF BIN6HAMPT0N
ns IN DANGER of impeach-
£\T BY THE LEGISLATURE.
, intent 0 Enoltomenl la the New
Senate—T!> 0 Itepublicaan Kxan-
inrnted by » Bulla* o! tire
Lieutenant-Governor.
. . , ...' .1 ririK an.l aiHor.Ierly
tho orssent Bessi.n. Daring the
iMTU rnmored that Governor Hill,
1 of Wednesday’s discussion over hit
nil of the nominations of Arm-
Rnekbee, Labor men, ns railroad
^““proposed to withtow the
£ oM of Rogers and Baker and send
hi mines of Armstrong nnd Bnck-
Ldne business was almost com-
Lrtlj after 12 o’clock, when Mr.
fgKtobUoeO,) of the Canandngna
laottsd to adjourn until next Moo-
Khi Senator Marpby (Democrat), of
~Fak. took the floor and doclared tnat
“litresmade for the purpose of
,1(00 0 message from the Gov-
o„ nts authorized to state that the
oi tu ready to withdraw the nomi-
sf Dakar and Rogers and send in
uosmes of Armstrong and Buok-
•<e the Republicans chance to
it sincerity and confirm these
,j» These wero the burden of
’titmarks, which ho reiterated for
ipparentiy.of oonaumlng time,
(lisp ). of the Troy dis-
[JeiTjdenied that the Governor enter-
s r itch purpose. While he was
m Oovernor’s privato secretary
hjitily on the soene at the rail.
,pb; called attention to his appear-
proof of the truth of his assertion,
lice, the Governor's private seoreta-
the sergeant at-arms then appeared
it tar and drew a message from
paid to his request. He then stated that if
if no explanation would be accepted, he
would leave the matter in that shape. The
Senate ho then declared adjourned until
Monday evening.
After the session the sense of the Repub
lican Senators was almost unanimous in
favor of asking the Assembly to institute
impeachment proceedings against the Lieu
tenant-Governor. A Republican Senate
conference will bo held hero Monday night
to decide on tho course 16 be pursued
The Impeachment of the Lientenant-G ,V-
ernor is governed by tho proceedings pio-
vided in tho case of an impeachment of a
Governor. A majority vote of the Assem
bly is competent to prefer artioles of im
peachment. Tho court consists of the Sen
ate and Court of Appeals, sitting together,
and a two-thirds vote of that joint body is
necessary for removal. The Senate and
Court of Appeals number thirty-nine to
gether. The Republicans have twenty-
throe of that number and the Democrats
sixteen. On a partisan trial the Repub
licans are not strong enough to remove.
The Governor's message which created
ell the trouble was a mild protest to the
Senate ncralnat banning nn bla nominations
for varions ofliceB instead of acting upon
them one way or the other. The Governor
closes hia messago as follows: “I eeek by
this communication to inform the Senate
that I respectfully decline to be placed in
any false position on the one hand or to do
tho Senate any iojostice or discourtesy on
the other. If the Senate actually desires
farther time to consider the nominations
of Armstrong and Buckbee, or if desirous
of confirming them, I am anxious to oblige
your honorable body. If by resolution or
in aome other proper formal manner, the
Senate Bhall communicate its desire or will*
ingoess to consider these nominations or to
confirm them, I announce to the Senate
that I will cheerfully withdraw tho present
nominations and transmit the nominations
of Armstrong and Bnckbee for its favorable
action. I await tho pleasure of the Senate
in this matter.”
1 !.
jim took tho floor and insisted
j roll call for an adjournment,
[via hilt finished, the Rtpublicans
a the affirmative and the Democrats
ilive, be concluded. The chair
to out of order. Ur. Raines then
|-i to deoouno* the oourse of the
iot-Governot as arbitrary and revo-
Ese words the Lieutenant-Governor
(oandieg with bis gavel and the
(chamber was in a turmoil. Ur.
Iciaimned speaking, hut tho noise
hiel vu so great that his voice was
Lilt loot away. The Republican
h Unrated to Runes to proceed and
JcocrtU called to Lientenent-Govor-
letoitand firm,
il Bice stood immovable daring the
I until Lieutenant-Governor Jones
(dork to his side The clerk took
i, the words of Colonel Rice, “I
jibonoT lo transmit a mess igo from
wnor,” being olearly audiblo above
Lieutenant-Governor Jones held
„l in bis heads, l'ilts, Vtdder,
iFaiwttand Hendricks, Republican
% begun speaking, but no words
|i beard.
ling the message lo Deputy Clerk
i, Lieutenant-Governor Jones direot-
I to lead it, bnt evidently fearing it
leieiied, he retained it and himself
oretdlhe message. Harliv a won!
Jdible, u the Republican Senators
I nearly the whole proceeding de
pth-act, rote to the point of order
led objections, the Democrata mean-
Lm *l on the LienteDant Governor
When' the reading was con
i'll* Reunblieans began explaining
tee. Mr. Vedder (Republican) of
njoa district. Bald: “I wish to
1 I speak it in tho name of thn
Jeplsoi the Slate ol Hew York, th at 1
In; plu. denounce tin m-u.m uk n
giuiding officer of this Bsnate
bavutanled, despotic and arbitrary,
loutnge upon the people of this
Kuponthalaw, and that it is adis
Mhj legislative body."
resident—^“The Senator Sa out of
|rid 001 •J T * DB rcaaon -"
giving my reasons.
• duty of the people of the State of
rf 10 prefer articles of impeachment
l“e pretiding officer of tuis Senate
■peach him."
■uphy-"You will have to go to tho
PI to? that”
l*^”— "Certainly we will, bnt when
I” y lb* representatives of the pso-
JJotats is thus usurped r.i. l il. ir
(•med them in this despotto way,
|donothing slas to maintain onr dig
The psople will d ii .i d it
' »ui accept of nothing ehort of
MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1887.-TVVELVE PAGES.
VOL.LXII. ivul.
RAVAGED BY TORNADOES. I THE charleston earthquake.
MANY LIVES LOST AND MUCH PROP
ERTY DESTROYED.
A TnrnMo Visits Far!-, Kentucky, and a
Cyclone Sweeps a tVIde l*ath
Tlitougli Missouri — Reports
of Great Damage.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
[ An Interesting ltcport From Captain Dat-
ton to tlio Academy of Science.
Washington, April 19.—At the meeting
of tbe National Academy of Sciences to
day Captain 0. E. Dalton, who is in charge
of the division of volcanic geology in n..
geological enivey, gave an int-*te«"ng
| abstract of the tt suits of the investigation
of tbe Charleston earthquake. Captain
| Dntton said:
“It is the best observed earhjuake an
Die Rochester district and
«the Senate pro tem.—"I regret
l,o?i haa taken place In this
TJ®** ®Ofnin^ We l.u t pro. i i d, il
L. T"“ *°oh good feeling there
■it- 40 evident desire <m tin-
L* chair to nU fairly and eoawi-
Iv.'*•! U»t in the history of lag-
ILr-T®* ,. no inatance can bo found
CPf.® the toll the preaidmg
It iJyUy and without any authority,
or otherwise,
[T*l the C *H to be anspended and
Jbnm * Irak bead a
officer to that body.
■ uuicallon properlv belongs tc
The President haa nut Declined a Itenoml-
nutlon—The Treasury's Policy.
Wasbbtoto*, April 23.—The President
was engaged this morning and conld not bo
seen with reference to the statement tele
graphed from 8t. Lonis at a late honr last
night to the (fleet that in a conversation
with a prominent Senator he had expressed
an unalterable determination not to accept
renomination. Colonel LamonL bowl
ever, npon being questioned on the snb-
, eot, said: "I am qnito snre that the
President bos never said that he would n t
accept a renominntion. That question it
not now conc- ruing him, and I know of no
occasion for its decision ut this time,”
Secretary Fairchild has practically decided
to omit tho nanal monthly call for three
>or cent bonds dnring the present month,
it is esimated at the Treasury Department
that the balance of that loan outstanding,
amounting to about$20,000,100, will rema n
undisturbed nntil after Jane 30th next, so
that it may he applied to the purposes of
the sinking fund dnring tbe next fiscal your.
Secretary Fairchild was asked to duy in
regard to the above proposition, but de*
dined to commit himself further than to
say that ho had the question under oonsld
oration, and might possibly oonclade to
take the coarse indicated.
The President has directed the appoint
ment of Surgeon George U. Sternberg,
11. S. A , to investigate tho merits of inocu
lation tor the prevention of yellow fever, as
practiced in Bnx L The sundry civil ap
propriation bill passed at the last see ion of
i .’ongress provides for this investigation.
Rev. W. K Tally, of Florida, haa been
appointed a chaplain in tbe army.
Secretaries Lamar and Fairchild, W. W.
Corcoran, Senator Yoorheea and Oommis-
sioner of Edaoation Dawson, will leave
Washington to-morrow morning for
CharlestnD, & C., to attend the unveiling
of the Calhoun monument. They w ill reach
Charleston early Uonday morning and will
remain there soveral days.
The Acting ComptrolU r of tho Currency
has authorized the following banks to begtn
business: Birmingham National Bank, of
Birmingham, Ala., cipitai $230,000: Mer
chants’ National Bank, of Toscalooaa, Ala
capital $100,000.
The commissioner of Indian affairs to
day received a telegram from Agent Ander
•on, at tbe Crow Creek Indian agency, in
response to an inquiry sent yesterday, stat
ing that no conflict baa taken place be
tween settlers and the military; that the
troopB from Fort Snlly had reported, how
ever, nnd that'tbe Bottlers will be removed
an soon aa the weather permits.
Gen. 0. 0. Anger, U. 8. A. (retired), will
command tde encampment at the national
drill. He is now a resident of Washington,
A heavy storm of snow snd sleet, a r.gtt-
lar blizzard in fact, prevails over the Mich
igan Peninsula to-night, and the weather U
growing colder.
Cikcixnatt, April 22.—A tornado swept reoord, as reports have b.en received from
hrongh a p r'iou u. Kentucky south 0 f I ovcr sixtncn bnudrt-d localities and from
Cincinnati to-dly. A Paris, while a vio- overtwentT.fivehnndreddifffrontreporurs.
tent rain stotm, with thunder and light- l The outer limits at ehich thsshook waateii.
uiog, was iti pr* greao a continnotis turn- I were Boston, St. Johnsbory, \l; Barling*
bling W4R heard, whicl * proved to be a tor- j »*•» Northern Adirondacks, To-
a ado whicJb passed in a few minntoe, leav- I ron to, Green Bay, Wit ; Pnint dn Cbien,
ing a track 400 yards wide, in vbich trees I Moines, Springfield, Mo.; SewOrUanB,
were leveled and bo bcs unroofed. The I l ft Grande, in Onba, and Bermuda,
roof of Terry, Clark & Oo.’s livery s*able Tho distances reached were about
vas carried across tbe street and left on I a thousand miles and tbo area shaken from
John Griffith's reside? ce, crashing it in. I an ^ one-hilf to three million sqnaro
Overbrie’s tob*cc» wa chouse was also nn- I m >l eH * Everywhere within two hundred
roofed. Mrs. Uem k’s boarding house I fifty miles of Charleston the shocks
o]qrv druioP- White's uis- I w ® x ® bevere^nongh to shake down chim*
- .jry .wot won hiowii uut of --7 2 and crack wa!!f, dcatroy
Bight and several residences wero unroofed, overturn light objects and generally crcato
Tbe steeplo of the Baptist Church "raa left I a profound fueling of aUrm, especially
leaning in a dangerous condition, and tho I ftCQ oDg the negroes and mor ignorant clas-
heavy roof of the Paris Hour mills was I VVithin one hundred miles few build-
badly wrecked. At Saundersville, near fsoaped some Injury.
L.xington, tbo roof of the Commonwealth I " The central portion of tho shock, com-
Company's distillery and warehouse was P™» n g ft n area about eighteen miles wide
blown off. A heavy rain fell hero nearly all and thirty miles long, has been studied
day, os well as throughout the valley, with special care. There were three foci or
tfear*Portsmoutb, Ohio, Warren Carroll, on centres, from each of which a distinct
a raft in the Ohio river, was -truck by light- 8hock originated. The most powerful one
ning and killed. ^ situated about sixteen and a half miles
T _ I northwest of Charleston, and tho other
pfiATn AND DZSTBUCTION in uissociu. two llt intervals of six miles alont! a line
St. Loois. April 22 —Liter dispatches extending southward from the first."
from Nevada, Mo, confirm the reports „„„„„„
that a fatal cyclone awept over the north-1 Dxrrn of tiik earthquake.
era part of Vernon county last night about I Captain Dutton has devised a new meth
8 o'o ock. The o}clone seemed to come I efi of computing tbe depth of the focus,
down the Marmauon river from the Kansas I which gives a depth of twelve milos, with a
line, dealing death and destruction wher- probable error not greatly exceeding one
ever it struck. 80 far as can bo learned, I m ilc* The depth ot the Charleston focus
the first place it touched was at Metz town- proves it to have been one of tho deepest
ship, passing tbrt ugh Metz,Osago and Blue I fccaoug the earthquakes of tho laat 150
Mound townships. Fences, houses, barns, j }®ars, estimates much greater than twolve
and everything ia tho line of tho “^cs being regarded as probably orrono-
storm, which was about half a I ova. The most surprising result rcnched
mile wide, were picked up rent into spliu-1 * 9 tho great epetd with which the impulses
ters and cast down hundreds of yards away. I travelled, the velocity exceeding throe miles
Trees were torn up by the roots. The roofs P<* seoond. Forme r estimates, based upon
over thirty houses were destroyed and about I insufficient and Inaccurate time reports,
fifteen persons killed. Only a partial list of bavo given returns varying from onc-third
the dead has as yet been obtained, which is I to one-eighth of that velocity. In this
as f jllowa : Mr-. E C. Bhrout, Miss 8hefel, tarthquako tho time records, thongh not
daughter of Mr*. Shrout, Mayor Stenerest, 1 quite so accarate as could bo Wiahtd, are
John Miller, Mrs. John Miller. There were uot much superior to those obtained in any
five members of the Miller family, four of preceding 0D eB
whom were killed. A baby, aged twoyoars, I ^ ^ l ,th regard to tbo question whether the
was found unhurt this morning. Parts of I Charleston earthquake throws any new
Miller's house nnd fnrnituro are found upon the cansei of anoh events, the
strewn over the fields fora mile from whero | Captain s views are non-committal,
tho house formerly stood. Reliable news
has been received from Ouige township, and
it is thought that the death roll will be I Probably tlio Iteglniilngofn War In the In-
swelled to over twenty-five. A heavy gale I «uan Territory,
passed over Nevada, damaging tlm MeLh-1 cmcioo, April 23.—A Times special from
M. SC1INAEBELES’ ARREST.! Cleveland will not run.
TUB INCIDENT CAUSES
UNEASINESS.
The President Said to Have prepared a I.«t-
fi * r ItefuHlug u Itenomlnatlon. «. tgm
A Great- Fall In French Securities Car
ful Investii;i(ti«>n to Precede French
Olllclal Action—The German
side of It.
odist chutch and. other buildings, but no q jrLa i 1| Ttxaa, saya: Iutelligenco that the
one was seriously injin d. t Kiowa and Comaoche Indiaua are oa the
St. Iddu, April 22 —A brief special to I trkrewth. and that a prominent cattleman,
tbe Post-Democrat from Nevada, Mo.,says: I yj ^ StiusoD, and one of his emplcyoa
A moat terrific cyclone swept through a I were murdered by them in Green c.uniy,
part of Vernon county laat evening, doing I nrftr t jj e Navajo mountains, haa creatod cx»
great damngo to property and lulling a I c |tomcnt throughout this nnd adjoining
number of people. Thirty yneee were j ftq^yillef. So far as can be learni-d, tlie
known to have been destroyed und fifteen I mifng c f Stinson and hia mon is only the
persons are said to have been killed. | beginning of a general outbreak contcrn-
— I plated for aomo time by that part of tho
TUB (’Al’TIVK INDIANS. | Cuiimi,rho tnli t known a« tho »nli-leMHe
f.lotion, to which fully half, if not a con
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND DECLINES.
u properly belongs to
m **een%« s«aalon. Thi* U to
Er tom* It if I Baid anything
F t I aS “«wl»t«* In the heat of de-
• fiwonnee the action of the pre-
1 ^It * “ ubi t»«rjr and " IL
U... that ho is
I *hich S'* nawort ®J to occnpy the
^MAhewM tl.vated by the peo-
rat^eDtoV^ WM ‘nggeetod—lm-
(•unW^ *2 ^ uk *n. It ought
1 tt.-i.u ** Iaea w ®° “• oalltd
KtW m A Mn * th “ should
oonrteey to the
l l -t bar. “* «“•<* to preside,
fng “* * llh without
T«tonu!rl et «y contention,
1 anddealn^to no
M *2? l * to P*»B0OU I remtm-
1 ia thT .®? aotnt * hud a
wnt in 4n< i Governor
uil rt iq i* m *-*5*eo, they would
(• !•** an< l laid it npon
am, iLrf on the motion
l ik?S i ?^ 0airifII ®r Jones
•«t»4. £jL ,plln * Uon . when Mr.
rWto ^{‘““‘•Governor Jones
H ccwteevof Mr - Jon< *
I **lhi i I . v Senate to hear
** » tut no attention was
lilt Letter In Reply tonn Invitation to Visit
Cliarletton.
Charleston, April 22.-Mayor Henry E.
Young, chairman of the committee on invi
tations, baa received tbo following letter
from President Cleveland:
•‘Executive Mansion, WAsa»oro», D. O n
April 19, 1887.—Henry E. Young. Eiq-—
My Dear Sir: lam sorry that I must de
cline the invitation which I hare received
to be present at tho unveiling of the mono
mint erected to the memory of John O.
Calhoun on the 26 b tost. The ladles of
the monument aseodation hare gooarea
for pride and congratulation in the com.
p'.ete anoeese of their ifforto to fittingly
commemorate the virtue* and MriMsrf
thU loved and honored eon of South Caro
lina. I believe it would be well if aU be
did and even all be believed and taught and
all his aspirations for tbe welfare and pro*-
nerity of our republic were better known
pemy r . u
Tlioy Will ho Removed from Fort Marlon I 8 i(j era ble majority, of the tribe belongs.
lo Alabama. I They constitute tho moat ravage and war-
Wabihsoton, April 22 —Tho ApAche In-1 portion of the Comanobes. AU those
dims who were moved from Arizona to 1 who are under the immediate control of the
Fort Marion, Fla., laat fall are to be removed, I half-breed chief, QaanaU Parker, havefroin
by direction cf the Secretary of War, to I tho lint been opposed to tbe leasing
Mount Vrrron barrack*, Ala. They nam- l 0 f their lands to white cattlemen,
ber about 450, in addition to Gerinomo and I ] ho immediate '^canBe of tho killing
tbo se venteen bucks who are confined at I was tho ref usal on the part of the whites to
Fort Pickena. The wives of the latter I aopply the Indian4 with beef according to
will not be removed from Fort | their demands, but it is evident from what
Marion to Mount Vernon, but will I oaQ bo learned that this was only hatched
be permitted to join their husbands at Ft I up as a plausible excuse for firing the first
Pickens. Capt. Pratt, anptrinUndent of the I gbota in a long contemplated war against
Carl ale Indian school, has gone to Fl Mu- I their mutual enemy, the white intruders on
rion to select thirty or forty young Indians their soil. The Indians have threatened to
before removal to be instructed at his in- I take the Uvea of all seitl ra in Green conn*
atituiion. The removal is made on ac * 1 ty, anil somo of the resideuts are apprehen
c mnt of tbo crowded condition of the B i Te 0 f forays into the country and the
quarters at Ft Marion, and although the I towns bordering oa this side of Red river,
h-i dtli of the Indians haa been l Indian war m the Territory at this day
good, it was thought advisable to send would necessarily be of short duration, bu.
ih* m to a healthier looation whero they dariDg a brief period a vast amount of life
will have plenty of room and be free from I and property might bo destroyed both in
the gaze of hundreds of curious peopl) who I the Territory and the border counties of
fiock about thorn every time they appear in I Texas. It is more than probable that if
public. Mt. Vernon is Oousidtred as j the Comanches and Kiowa* put on tbelr
peculiarly well adapted to their I wur paint in earnest they will be reinforced
needs, being situated in tho southwest I by the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, their
portion of Alabama on tbo Mobile I neighbors on the north, who would be only
river, not far distant from Mobile too glad of a chance to do some fighting.
and oonsistlng of a tract of 2,1001
acres. The barracks are occupied by two | \ MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE,
uoii.|. Uti. -s < f « r ill* ry. Tm- Ii.«1iHns will
Paris, April 22 —Tho arrest of the French
commissary, M. Schnaebeles, of Pugny sur
Moello, by the German police, alter ho
had been decoyed over the frontier, ia re
garded ns a serious matter inofficial circle*.
M. Gobi t, pniuo minister, and M. Flour-
ens, foreign minis .er, wore in conferenoo
until midnight last night, for the purposo
of detorminiug what action to take in the
premises, and they again met this morning
to further consider tho subject. The Pays
says that tbo government haa demanded
an explanation of tho arrest from Ger
many. French newspapers generally regard
tho oocurronco as a direct provocation on
Grxuiauy'a ptui, nuu tukumi luo people iu
be calm and not play Prince Bismarck’s
game.
London, April 22.-—Tho arrest by Ger
mans of M. Scbnacbeles hns caused a de
pression in tbe London stock market.
Paris, April 22. —M. Schnaobeles’ arrest
is badly interpreted in tho stock market
and rentes have further fallen. The quota
tion of 3 per cent at this honr ia 79 francs
80 centimes, a fall of 1 frano and 10 cen
times for the closing price last evening.
Paris, April 22.—Tho government will
not complain to Germany of the arrest ot
M. Schnaobeles until farther inquiries have
been made into the canso. The Intransi-
geant, of which Henry Rochfort is editor,
is the only paper that ia rabid in its com
ments on the affair. The other Paris pa
pers are moderate in their reference to it.
Lator dispatches confirm tho statemoi t
that M. Schnaobeles was arrested on French
territory. M. Flourens will await the
result of a minute inquiry on the Hpot be
fore demanding repartition from Gormany
for tho arrest.
The performance of Wagner's opera Lo
hengrin, which was to have taken placo nt
tho Edon Theatre in Paris to-morrow, has
been postponed, owing to the feeling that
haa been aroused by tho frontier occur
rence.
Bkblin, April 22.—The arrest of (aSohnae-
beles was theoutcomeof an ordinary judicial
proceeding. Tho judge who ordered his ar
rest did so, it is stated, oa evidenco impli
cating him in an attempt te subvert tho al
legiance of Alsatians to Germany. Tho Ger
man authentic* consider that tho fact of hi*
being ft f-»r. igner doos not except him from
mnishment. They s^y that the moment he
s caught on German territory ho is under
the jurisdiction of tbo German courts.
The Kreux Z itung says that much sur
prise haA been caused by the unexpected
arrival at Diodenhafen, on the French fron
tier, near Metz, of LieutenAnt-Gencral
Count Von Waldsnso, com inis mry-general.
and numcruua other oncers of tho general
staff, who subsequently proceeded to No}
eone. a few miles south of Diodenhafen.
Berlin, April 22.—Tho Nachnchton says
that Schnaebles is strongly suspected of
being a French spy, and that inquiry will
prove that German authorities have been
duly vigihuL German account* of the af
fair ignore the French assertion that t*ehnae-
bles^was enticed into German territory, and
that statement is believed to be false.
The French papers are unanimous in the
statement that Schnaobeles was arrested on
French sod by German officers. The
Temps publishes a dispatch from Strasburg
stating that German officials Huspecteu
Sobuaebeles of having relations with per
sons in Gormcny for tho pnrposo of ob
taining information conoernfng military
meinuro* being taken around Metz, for the
use of tho French military officials. The
authorities of the foreign oftlco believe that
the German government will mako an ex
planation of the affair that will calm the
present indignation felt. French political
and financial circles take a gloomy view of
tho situation.
Berlin, April 22.—It is announced that
arrest of Schnaobeles was ordered by tho
judges who bad been conducting inquiries
into treasonable practices in Alsace-Lor
raine.
Paris, April 22.—M. 8arrien, minister of
justice, ha* sent tho procurator-general to
the nfnMiratnr at Nancy in making
an investigation into the arrest of Schnae*
holes, and to report tbe facts in tho case.
Tba prefect of Mi urthe et Moselle, the de
partment in wbioh Pagny snr Moselle i*
situated, ha* arrived here for the purpose of
conferring with Premier Goblet iu regard to
tbe arrest of M. Kcbnoebeles.
live IQ tents. It U hoped that they may 1 A New Orleans Bittiness Man Thought
ha taught to becotpa self-supporting. Go- I Have Committed Salchle;
ronimo nnd bis bu:ks are rot kept in sol-1 New Orleans, April 23 —Wilhemus B.
ttary confinement at Ft. Pickens, bat are I Conger, a well known merchant and mem
required to work under gu*rd. | ber of the firm of Conger A Kelly, cotton
■ ■■ ■■ j factors, baa dbaj puared under circutn-
A GHASTLY SPECIMEN. I s'antes which lead to the belief that ho has
committed suicide.' Io 1873 Patrick Folsy,
Kt. Loris April 24.—The Republican’s
special Washington correspondent, again
referring to the President’* re-nomination,
gives the following; A «torv haa come tc
tho correspondent of the Republican tol
night significantly confirmatory of the con-
ve:saticn between the President and his
Senatorial visitor. This story is to the ef
fect that tho President had quite recently
prepared n formal letter, to be made public,
setting forth his view* in regard to a second
term in plain, distinct words, and unquali
fiedly declaring that he would not bo a can
didate for re-elfcotion. Yielding tn the
earnest persuasions of his ‘ friends,
he consented, however, to withold
tho letter for tho present at least,
if not lo wholly abandon hi* intention of
giving it to tbo public. Thi* story i* told
on the authority of Colonel Doruhtimer, of
New York, who wa* in Washington a few
days ago. He tol 1 several of hi* friends
while hero, immediatey after coming from
tbo White House, that ho had been shown
».uG uanfl oi n letter tmuii tut im* been
already characterized, and hi* advice wa*
naked regarding the policy of ruch a publi
cation. He said tho letter referred also at
length to the opposition of a certain ele
ment of the Democratic pnrty to the re-
eleotion of Mr. Cleveland and the chance
that this might defeat the ticket. After re
ferring to thi* well-known factor in the ex
isting political situation. Colonel D>r-
sheimor says tho Prosident went
on tn his letter to say that he
deemed it wise, iu view of these
circumstances, to withdraw his name from
all oon*ideration in connection with the
nomination. He announced in unequivo
cal tormH that ho was not a candidate and
uggested that somo other leader who coaid
command tho united support of tho whole
pnrty be selected us tho hiandaiu bearor in
1888. Colonel Dorshtimer stated that he
at unco protested agulnst any public u*e of
such letter ns proposed. lie told the
President there wa* no ueed for him to
adopt this step now, whatever might proto
to bo wise hereafter. He urged tbo Presi
dent to abandon tbo idea, for tho present
at any rate, nnd finally induced him to yield
to his persna«ter*i.
TIIE MONTREAL FLOOD.
Tho 'Wholesale Sccuon of tho City Under
W'ntcr ami Itutlncs* SuMpeudvd*
New York, April 23.—A Montreal special
to tho Post Bay*: Tho water has recoded
about half-foot,but this gives no practical re
lief to tho poor people ct Gritliotou. The re
lief cominittco of the city council has
utarted out a licet composed of torty huaia
to distribute food to people who remain in
their half-submerged Uouiuh in Griffiutou.
The water reachc* tho uecoud story. Dur
ing a shower which occurred oarly this
moining a largo thrto biory house oi L*-
l’rairiu wa* ourru d away, and a barn o m-
talning 30J tons of coal passed down the
back river on a uheet of ioe. A trick house
at Tuilr JOU Lao boou douavitalitxl.
Bonaventure he* five foot of water and
all trains leave from St. Henri. There is
no appearauco of tho Ice gorge giving way
and the fiood may be expected to lu»t for
some days yet. The ilood has reached Vic
toria Square and flooded the go* and elec
tric lignt work*, uiui half tho city wa* in
darkness lost night. Ottawa and William
stretts are uibnuiie* of tho St. Lawioace,
and uru currying into the square* ton* of
ice and doLn*. At noon y outer day dust
was flying around Ohadboullo’s Square and
lout night It had seven feet of water
and wa* a waste of ice. The entire whole
sale burtiiith* of the city in the neighbor
hood of the river is suspended. Common
and Commissioner street*, tbe Hoeno of ho
much traffic, are deflation itself. The
stores are dosed. In Wellington street the
water reached to the window bill*. The in
habitants, with such of their hoaHthold
{oods as could be rescued in time, have
Lieaten a retrmt end may have been seen in
hundreds leaning out of upper window*
interested in tbe straggle going on below
them. Sidewalk* torn from their fasten
ings are eagerly utilized a* float*. Many
casualties are recorded, two drowned child
ren being among the number. The lias,
although great, is not so heavy as last year,
many of the wholesale merchants being
prepared for it. Oa the uou'.h uide many
v<»lu.tble houses have been destroyed and
on the back liver grist mill* have been
swept away.
FRIGHTENED INTO INSANITY.
^d underaWl If IU* were », much
would be found to enl'Rbten and encourage
those charged with public duty end much
to ■ Imulato enthusiasm, the oeromontee
attending the unrolling ct ■ monumeut
erected by hU ardent edmtrera In » B»U
which bears the impnee bf bis renown
thonld fnrnW. auoccrei^ torsuch an in-
stxnctire iUustratiou of his character
shall inspire in the minds of aU Lh ooun-
try mtu gnu nine rsspcct sed admiration for
bis courage and .elf-^negn.U°n and toL
(•ration, when upproral cf “• ■
withheld, an.l universal prido to the gr^'
n«a of thU illustrious American. Youre
"[sienjui •<G»oT*a CtUTBJum.”
Young La die m* Rotany Claoa Find a Sol- j Rut time Conger's business partner,
clde'a Corpse. I leaving an estate of nearly $60,000.
Birminouxm, Ala, April20.—Thismorn-1 C mger was by will appointed executor,
ing a botany class of young girls from the I AU the ii!t>?U of Foley*e widow to obtain a
city high school, wbil* hunting specimens I ae tlemeut of the estate of Oongrr have
in the wood* at Lakevfew Pork, ran acr s* I fail-J. A rule cf court had taken on him and
the dead body ot W. L 1\ Muller, an old I ho bad b* en summoned to appear on the
man who has been living here for several 1 16*h instant and answer tor contempt at
yt ar*, engaged first in one kind of small I failing to obey the order of the court direct-
bOfciaeM or t>n »th*:r. He had fallen from a I ing him to render an account as executor
liustie seat. Near him lay a bottle of aome I ot Foley'a estate. Seven days ago Conger
white liquid, with which be bad evidently disappeared and nothing haa been heard of I
killed hram if. A note was found taring I him su.ee by the court offieUls or bis fam-
there eeemtd no peace for him in tbe world I ily. Mrs. Foley expresses confidence in
and that havirg twice before tried to kill I Oc nger’s integrity, and hopes that the stocks
himself he would m*ke one more attempt, I and bonds left by her bunband, amounting
and thought he wculd succeed, end that he I to $35,000, have not been dissipated, i
had •« lected a place outside the city, so that l — ■
tbe county would have to bary hrai. He I John Rrlght ami Free Trade,
also directed that his brother, George Mul-1 London, April 23.—John Bright, sdvp-
ler, of D*iatbonj avenue. Chicago, be noti-1 eating the continuance of free trade In
fird of his end Bed health, c cabined with (England, has written m letter in which he
poverty, drove the old man to >.uicid*. ^He [says ihai_the reason other nations maintain]
The Rrutal Practical Joke Played Up*
llrlfflit Young ltoy.
Cmcioo, April 21.—A case which pre
sents some remarkably sad features is under
investigation in Judge Prendergast's branch
of thA Criminal Oourt to-day. About
month ago Max Dnher, a fat, bright little
boy of 15, was apprenticed to a Well* street
baker. He soon became a favorite with the
journeymen, but at tbe same a butt for their
practical jokes. One night, (Ml mu
than a week ago, they sent him for a pail of
beer. Into the liquor they spat a quantity
of tobacoo spit, and then compelled the boy
to drink it. He soon fell into a drown*
but wa* at an it'd by an unearthly naiso nu
a epectacle which so frightened him that h
lost bis reason. He woa carried horn
in convalrions, and the next day token to
the Jeff er*on Hospital for the insane, pend
ing an investigation of bis condition at to
daj's session of tbe court. Tbo phyiiciaus
say that the child, who is very violent, may
never recover his reason, an i Judge Pr«.n-
dergast has privately «.xpressed tbe opinion
that the offeose was more heinous than
murder.
Hood at >1"
il 22,
Montreal, Ap
flooded in the lower part
the depth of lix feet <
street a* f*r as Lecuou*c
^Montreal i* oga
ig the
places. McGill
leaves a wife and two children in Meridian, I high tariff* is that those who are protected
Mi*«. Lately he haa been running a hock-1 are an organized army while the consumers
■ter shop. He was a druggist bypr. f w- are merely a mob. The United SUie*,
fioo, and is said to have been burned out | under a «tem of protection, are burdened
ot a Rood buvioess by the great fire to | with a Urge aurplus reveone, jet refuse to
Chicago. {le^.en duties, thn* promoting a system of
corruption un.qnal’ed in any other country.
Hurkner Will Re Nominated
Loruvnxz, April 23.—The Democi
primaries to elect delegates to the con
tion to be held h»-r»! May 4 h, which
nominate a State ticket, wi-re held thro
out Kentucky to-day. Ix>ui*tiUe go *
large majorttv for Gen* r%l S mon J:
Baakser t r Governor, and the f<*'
oTt in '•I.** St*te ir.di''*»«-* that thi (? t
I will have a wa.k over for the loiuu.a.io
The Florida Seoatorahlp.
aha-ks, Apr.I 23.— In the L*v
day tbe vote tor United State-*
is: Perry 19, Bfexbam 24. IW«
ing 1C Goodrirh (U publican) 1
*U-
A FIOIIT WITH A BURGLAR.
A llrave Servant Girl Fatally Wounded by
a Hrntul Ni'|(ni,
Louisville, April 24.—The brutal assail-
ant of Jenny Bjwuiuu, a white dome«tic,
was fatally beaten by a LurgUr last
Thursday ha* been captured. The arrest
made )a»t night and the guilt of the
man eatalltahed by hi* own confession.
The mi c cre»nt is a bmiy bhi k negro named
Albert Turner, lie entered the house, lo
cated in a fnshiorable residence portion of
the city, between 11 and 12 in tbe morn
ing, haring first observed that all the in-
mute* bud left. While he w<t* run-im king
the pi-co the girl retnrned and fought him,
giving him several severe ga-h. * in the face
with a tumbler. The brute knocked
her down, crushing in h*r skua *un
ahr.iM poker, andotherwi*edi*flgnnng her.
and then made hia escape, lie said he had
gone to the hou^e for the purpose of rob
bery, a mi had ransacked several room* wnen
MU? Itowm&n ease is. The brave g.ri
seized him at once. He tried and he oouid
not get away from bf-r r.ntii he struck her
on the bead, lie knocked her do * n, bat
she sprang up again and struck him with
the g!s^s, and ho caught up tLu poker and
struck her again and again, but th9 gl *s
was shivered on hi* bead before *h* wo*
overpowered. He then, when *be fell for
the lrw-t time, ran ont of tho backwuy, und
escaped. The girl atill linger* at the poiot
of death, with blight hopes of her recovery.
A Piece of Hone In HU Lung.
Bloomin'.ton, Ixd., April 22.— Dr. Jas.
Dodd, living south of Bloomington, has
passed through a strange experience in the
last few yean*. Four year* ago l*-.t July,
while dnving some stock out of the yard,
he accidentally stumbled, swallowing a
small piece of chicken bone, which lodged
in hU windpipe, and, later, passed down
into tbe long. Since that time he LaG., t n
tanfferiug almost cot.^Uiitly from tho effect*
of th»- bwii* npn the lung. Ur.til the Uit
ye.tr it thought h“ r.wl o mnaruption
and of late hi* condition has been very
critical. Yesterday, while coughing vio
lently, the bone wa* thrown out. Tbe
doctor immediately begun feeling better,
and now Le ha* yr»-*»t hope- of rtcovery.
The practice of i-»>i
sc many people poor.
g toil* is whut k*„-t
North American.
IVrmltteil to Kntrr Fort.
HuiS'iTox, April 23.—{a fsponse to a
»t from tho customs c Cic* r* at Key
i.*, the 1 r. -- .r> Dt-put-
sd that the *
'boat
meat ha* directed that the schooner Nel!
libtL' li*, wb'i li - i l"l from M* x:co *iibo
pipe
i cn*toii)H offio
r at that t>oint
.iy a
be permitted to
Full'
Baltimoi.k, April J3. lalienfelter Itro*.,
big manu(actnr»*n*, n wte an KA*itfnxent
lute to-»luy to Tho*. Fmharty, for the ben
efit Of their creditor*. The bond of the tm»-
Ue i* findic-itmg $7.Vi_•*») aaseta.
Madame Burrio*, widow ot tbe late South
uericuu txrant, i* called “The t^ae--n of
internals "by N-w York society, « f which
t she i* a leading attraction.