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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.