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MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEL’ IE vi Ufa ft 27, 1887.-T'WELVE PAGES.
VOL.LXII.NO 24.
rill.'wd MatRinori*. VI. tied by »
of Terror Amid
In .Hot Wind., Cro.hlDBTlln-
yr.and Roaring Waters.
have been paitially nmoofed and rendered
uninhabitable, Raphael's magnificent res
idence was badly damaged and many others
antlered similarly.
A barge and steam launch at the ferry
landing were sank. The telegraph wire to
Fort Isabel is down and it is not known
hew thing? .re there.
There is great suffering among the poor,
many of whom are without r.nonice.
Sheriff Brito has succored many families,
bu' it i“ atill possible to niil only a portion
of tboee in need. Tbe river is very high
and is overflowing its banks.
IN Mi'lAHnllA*.
In Matamoras tbe Darrow streets during
the storm were seas of water from ankle to
BEFORE THE GOVERNOR.
FURTH*R TESTIMONY BY WIT-
NESSES FOR THE DEFENSE.
Cup’. Rt»rot* Makes a Statement In Reply
to llr. Bondoranl’s Charge—A Doc
tor ’Who Could Find No Scarry
at the Aagmta Camp.
A8D EARTHQUAKE.
, ggvrll* SHOCKS FfLT IN
[«« ISLAND OF CUBA.
4fttltn From Fire to the Extent of
L. ilnndred Tliou.autl Dollars-
Ltows In Ontario Swept by >»
Sheet of Flame.
.JUU.I, 8eptemb< r 23.—A oyolone
tti city Wednesday night, carrying
Jjje in 1U path. The rain acoom-
-ike.torai deluged the country for
™Ike lce> in proparty and crops U
ml, bat cannot yet bo estimated,
hra'o lives have been reported lost.
riilHje of Santa Crus, oppo-
Brownsville, was entirely
for several hours.
Grande resa rapidly and raged like
ud the back waters overflowed
silts of fertile country.
HE HU EMC AH A* S FOBC*.
_nad reached a velocity of over
[ (lies an hour, blowing a perfect
i ] for a couple of houts. The rain
iaisg Wednesday night by actual
nut reached ten inohes. The
tl almost as much damage as the
Macon Tancorura Braun,
NO. 3g WniTKIIiLL STSirr,
ATLarrra, Oa„ SsmuDan 24. 1887.
The inveatigation of tho convict lessees
hip deep. Even in tho more central parts | was roaumed at 10 o'clock this morning,
of tbe town tho streets are encumbered D r Engene Foster, of Augusta, was the
dwi Uiugs were prostrated, while from 400 | physician to the Augusta camp. He ex-
to 600 were ucrocfed or shattered. The pressed tbe opinion that the condition and
unfortunate lagoon distriot south of the treatment of the conviots at the camp com
KSffSWBSrtsaL: U* •»<*-. —**
The water was from knee to waist deep I and the conviots of Richmond county,
from 12 o’clock Tuesday night to noon yte-1 Judging from thsir pbyslesl condition the
terday. The police andtroopa were ordered l , 00 j 8np piy mn8 t have been good, as they
Inbablfants'aad thei'refli'ots^ ‘^ presented a fine appearance for convicts,
Women and girls were couched on beds, I Witness mentioned several instances in
in scanty attire They were oblige i to face | which the Bick convicts were treated with
driving ruin and gnats to reach a place of 8pecial kindness by cimp officials. He re-
“tlo suffering in Ihe town end country la ired to eome convicts who expressed a
very severe. I desire to remain after their terms had ex-
At the railroad station iheds were blown plied,
down and the line reported inundated at I sickness among convicts.
several point*. I witness was engaged a short while
Jacuo^SSTpuiSr*! —A fire »B<> by Oapt. Lowe to examine the camp as
broke out in a bakery Id Sioford this morn-1 an txpert. This followed the reoent charges
ing at 1 o’clock and destroyed almost the I 0 { 8n unusual amount of sickness among
emiro business portion of the towa. the oonviots. Tao investigation was made
JSittSi.SSSSXtS *—>•»“
J. E. Adams, wholesale grocer; Oalemont I give in full the raault of that inveatigation.
bakery, George Allen’s bakery, B. A. Wheel- By consent of oounsel Dr. Foster road from
cr’s saloon, T. 0 Cohn's saloon, A. Chaire-, the report which he then mado to Cap!,
drugs B. W. Sima, two saloons; H. Dench, Lowe. The report was very lengthy and tn
dry goods; Birrett’s gun store; J. 8. Vsnl-1 a large measure technical. The report,
bre. groceries; H. L. DeFurest, turr irate; while showing a large number of ca-es of
E. U. Parkharet, dry good-; J. M It re, sickens?, seid they were not ettnbnted to
drags; H B. Lord, jow- I inaanitary conditions, insufficiency of food,
elri; Brnmley Harrison, hardware; eto. A large nnmber of cases oonld not
Tomlinson A Co., wbeles.le grctn.s; M. have resulted from snob causes. Tbesick-
8 Brown, clutbini,; Ereryl.de Hotel; M. J. I mss reported, witness thought, oonld not
Davie it Oo . wholesale grooirie.; U Jones, I have been prevented by any management,
saloon; W J. Hill. sash, doors and blinds; | A week a ter Dt. Westmorelands visit to
Teaher Hotel; W. Liffl-r, groceries; E. I the camp the witness examined the camp
Simons, general ator*; Buokbanm, general for scurvy.
store; Robinson, groceries. 1 ** to scoxvr. .
The damage Is estimated at $300,000, with He made a close rumination of each
- 1 oonvlot and failed to find any Bymptoro
Tho Governor's coart convened at 10:15
this morning.
Dr. Howard, physician at the Greeston
camp, was sworn as a witness for No. 2.
He was examined touching the caso of tbe
woman and boy who wero left together at
that camp. Witness stated that the wo
man was over 10 years old, sod be thought
her a proper person to take charge of the
boy. Tbe boy was about IB years old,
Idiotic, thenmailo and dropsical. It never
occurred to blm that there conld be any
harm or wrong In the arrangement.
Under cross examination witness stated
that after a time the boy was pot to light
work and no longer reported as tick. He
was well enough, strong enough and bad
sense enough to do liRht work. The wo
man referred to was the only one at the
oatnp, and kbS tb« oeek. She had b'*n in
the penitentiary tso.ve or thirteen years
Dr. Howard gut hie medical diploma
February, 1880, and took medioal otiarge of
tide samp in the November following,
a ouaiur txamnra.
Meriwether Lewis was B«rorn. He is
employed with the Cbaltahooche Brick
Company, and last August was a guard for
the m on tbe Georgia Midland. Ho remem
bered the night that tho oonvicts were
whipped at tbe Bingham camp, hnt wna not
present. As to the oanse of tho whipping
witness had no personal knowl
edge. He had removed a pick
handle from Slaughter's bunk before the
whipping and reported it to Bingham.
WitneBB, in all, removed tho pick handle
from tbe same bnnk three times. Ho beard
threats mado by Slaughter, which tie re
ported to Bingham. Witness heard of the
threats from the night guard. Witness Was
not allowed to repeat the threats from hear-
say.
THE BROOKS TRAGEDY.
PARTICULARS OF TH if MURDEROUS
SHOT BY TUB MAD WIFE.
VIRGINIA PROHIBITIONISTS.
Conference Held at Htaim on—Clal.i XU*i
llie Third Party Ha. Come to Stay,
Bxatnmnr, Va., September 23. —TheSlate
Prohibition Conference met here to day,
and 110delegates, abontone-fourth colored,
Hu»E,llT..u,....-ud Drinking Exmdm. j representing nine eonntles
1 and nine oitiee.
lion. T. E. Taylor, of Loudon, member
of the national prohibition executive com
mittee, culled the conference to order, and
his opening address declared that the third
Wrecked the Happiness of a Family
—Causes that Led to Mrs.
W. M. Brook*** Insanity.
viry small imuranod.
A TOWN IN ABBES
•jj a tree is left standing in
| Kelly of the oily, and several
Wiens of valuable ingaroane were
■ id to the earth. Tbe root of the
IrBdl wa* aantod away, ImIw’i
Innhouis was demolished, end many
kmilenoe* were unrooted sud Lad
faints mined by tho heavy rain.
Hnlean families, whose frail
■ nn toppled over, wore oared for by
i ml comfortably lodged In publio
Telegraph wires sro prostrated,
i million dollars damage.
s rider. lay that the damage Is ca
ttles, million dollar*. In l!:own»-
| study small houses wore blown
. Three hundred others were un-
.4ud tendered unfit for occupancy,
liaisorw a dor. m housoa oE the bet-
1, md from one hundred and fifty to
-idled small hooaea w ere prostrated
Iniad, while nearly five hundred otk
-Wi ta roofed.
Ilrwuutry, on the Atnerioin side of
t, incalculable damage wav done,
ahead, of crttl. and shoep were
1,4 troys of cotton, corn and eugar
pae completely prostrated and de-
rsx raiviotrs vuitob.
kiboetayearandaday bad passed
,4i Cherabrueo calamity of 1886, and
aioder of tho funds oolleoted for
4 of infferera by that atorm was ho
nied, when threateulng elgns of
uhot another of tbcso'awlnl vial-
uoted. The telegraph several
iNigeve notice of a hurricane south-
KHivana and moving this way, and ^ ^
t*or three days weatner indications I n0 coadjutor.
4iheapproach of I iWi irwtKPTR.
I'mneter and the tide In the gnlf mu- OEN. PRYOR ACLt.I Th.
|fHVuutcgof oomtng bad weather, I ^ the Caee of the Aii.rclit.u «mt
even, except tn one instance. This was the
due the flames proved unavailioR, owing to hreiioto K opinion on this
tbo ii.tliiumble n'itorM of tbe bolWlof?**- Ur 1 _ Westmoreland waa
exeltemont was terrifltk T’ho fire originated « , jr- ^ poeilirely whether it was a
lu Nower a Jjandry at the north end of the »Wo P Th|> faftd ob8oreed
town and aided by a strong north wind, „ ca.M—of swelled logs—for four
the north side of Main etreet was soon H mong ccnvlcs. He had never
completely swept. J’” r y bminess phoe Int|J* 0Bght u , c K nrr y, and dots Dot think so
tbe town vras dislioyed. Tuo ioaa wui ex i tut he was uuablo to clawify tbe dia-
ceed $150 000. The insurance is unknown, j • to 88 tie(aotorlly assign tho cause,
but is small. There are no provleion. in ^ ft tigb compliment to Dr. West-
the town. I morelaud's adminittr.uon as principal phy-
juaiBQOaxx « c ? .t, n .v sician. He found everything In chaos when
Havarii, September 23 “| h 0 C ame into cilioe He had avitemalUvd
of earthquake wm felt in Santiago do Cabal no ram rcdnoed t ho death rate, and
to-day, tbo vibration lasting half a minnto. I ~r , J n as It w as possible to have
Tb/waa foliowed1 ati hour late, by two higher'“admiration for
other ebooks of 1m. tnUpW^I D, Wistmoreland than tbo witness had,
sons were Injured and some bmtmwtn do slro to bo considered as
damaged. The .hooks were also felt In ^ , loto with him.
The shocks were
Guantanamo and Kingston, Jamaica.
ARCHBISHOP lkroy.
OEOBOU UtOLakD CONVICTS.
M«i Green, ehtef engineer of the Gsori
ea Midland railroad, was sworn. He hoB
oeen a civil engiueer einoe 1845. and an
gaged in railroad building during all of
n . D . - r.t. at. - r t fha fnlir
D.ath of th. Cathollo Archbishop of New
wSSraSsara
/'^ ’^’r’ ^poinM^emdjriof^ra -vkU TL'Ztfi* M.diand b^‘b‘« ^ ^ tr8 8 „ ;d he had vi.-ited tbe ..tap
18i<, ana appo i H. better cared for and better fed than free onco wben the death waa reported. He
tlio archbishop here In October, _}»<'• | ».j h.ttor. indeed, than b ack with tho coroner a verdict.
Witness said tbo oonvicls who were
whipped were very nnrnly, and getting
worse from Jsy to deynutil tho whipping.
Under cross-exomination witness said he
hud beon abont tho building for several
days. He did not know why he was not
put on the stand yesterday.
Mr. Smith asked vrltnesa what his oondi-
lion was yesterday. There was ol jeeflon
bnt it was withdrawn.
Mr. Smith then asked witness If he was
not tight. ..... coo u
Witoeii said "no/ but bo bad drank
some beer. . * . ...
Under cross-examination witness said he
didn’t know cf bia own knowledge that the
convicts mentioned were unruly. Ho heard
Slaughter and Barney had a fight three or
four weeks before tbe whipping.
TUB wniPPINO AT THE DISOHAM CAM?.
Arnold Leo Conyers waa sworn. Ho is
also employed by the Ghattabeochee. Last
August ho was a guard on tbe Georgia Mid
land. Witness was prefont at the whipping
of tho conviots at tbo Bingham camp, and
helped to hold tho convicts. They slipped
upon tho oonvicts when they whipped
them. Slaughter picked up a stick to ro-
gist, but it was taken away from him. Ho
never heard any threats from tho convicts,
slaughter resisted the whipping as much as
ho could, but there wero seven or eight of
tho guards handling him. Bingham hid or-
derod tho convicts taken down for whipping.
He heard no complaint* from any of them
next morning. Did not soCjBingham hit con
victs when they camo out next morning,but
heard him. Witness had soon Bingham on
other mornings hit conviots with the strap
as they camo out of tho barracks.
At this point there «as a oonaultation as
to the further proceedings. There were no
oth» r witnesses present. There were other
witnttses, but they were guards unablo to
bo away from tho camps to-day.
DEATH OF OONTICT BTTnOIS
Judgo Aleo Erwin was present as oounBel
for Col. James M. Smith. He proposed to
introduce evidonce touching certain charges
against Smith's camp. Ho called Colonel
Tower* and asked him as to tho esse of
Htnrgls at the Wrightsvllle camp, about
whom it was cbargul that ho was killed
with a tail
Baisdbidob, September, 23 —Yon have P«‘y in Virginia to stay.
, . , , .... . Hon. W. J. Shollbnrne, of Montgomery,
received by wire n briof statement of t be W#H cleoted temporary and permanent
killing of Mr. W. M. Brooks by his wife. obtt i rn)a n t 8nd R. n. Bell, of Augusta, and
which occurred a mils below town this 1 J. A Smith, of Nottaway, aeeretatii s.
morniog. The following are tho portion- Short ad.lresaes wero delivered by J.
. I* i , ,t.. ,i_„. Lloyd Thomas, State orgaDizor, and Rev.
lara ns developed up to thia time. Mr. Yonng, colored, and olh< rs. After the
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks have boon in this j appointment of committee, the ooufuienoe
community only a few years. He bad a took a reoeca nntil 2 o'clock,
comfortable littlo farm on tho Quincy road, The delegations ombraoo hitherto P'oufl-
... „ . ..nent leaders ot both political psrtieH. I he
where he haa lived with hla wife and fouI I oonferonoo is a determined and Intelligent
littlo children sinco coming hero. As » I locking body of men. Tho utmost bar-
farmer ho was above tbo average. But he | monysnd enthmiasm prevailed.
wlf« Ihnv hav. I Tbo evening seesion oi ibo cuoieii-uoi
® . , , I was prinoipvlly oecnpted In disen-sing the
ing many quarrels and often threatening to j,i a t[ ornli objection having been made le
kill each other. Mrs. Brooks is a lnnatic, I } bo introduction of any isonu save prohibi-
and a party who knew them before coming tlon, but by an overwhelming majority the
"■*>»•“ sssuSi'asff p
bnsband’s threatening to shoot her. It ‘jomftnda prohibition of the mannfac-
a child a debcbution. I (.ujeancl Hftloof alcoholic beverngcH, by both
Your correspondent, with others, went 8{Bte ftnd nftt ional lawe; that riuch laws be
out and gathered the particulars from tho v |taH ze< i by a party based npou tbe prin-
eldeet child, a little boy of eight or nine I c j p j 0 an ^ xmcompromisingly committed to
yeare, whom they met on tho way to town. I ^ enforcement of tneb laws; it ffttora the
He rolated that oarly this morning his ^| BGn ( rftnc bi8ing of men who bny or «ell
parents wero quarreling, and w*iilo nw I voto«*; restricting immigrAtion; favors ar-
father was hitching np hia team, his mother an d the eBtablishmont of a State
deliberately walked out and shot him. I Jabor burcftu t 0 guard tho safety o! miner*’
When your corrcspoLdent reached an d manufacturere*employee; favuiBgiving
tonHe, tbo dead body of the man was found I mec i 1 anica first liens; opposes the further
at the wegon beeide a small pool cf blood, Rran ti 0 gof public land except to settlers;
within about ten steps of tbe house. T° | tavor8 p re vonti 0 n 0 f discrimination against
tho rear «»£ the body and wagon a fine mule £ arincrg aU( j 0 f discrimination in railroad
was fastened to the Htable with the gear I ra ^. f 4 voT8 free Eohools and the Blair bill
already on. I ftn <i Uke measures. On th©
POSITION OF THK DODT. Htato debt it declares "wo believ©
Tbe body wasetretchodont on tbe ground, |bo p emoora tio and Republican partie©
tho hands crossed and tho faco literally rid- bfty0 ugcd lbe Slite 88 a distracting la
dled with shot and epattered with blood. I Blle j n g lata politicp, and thin »b»ftiDg:
Near tbe holy, on the odgo of a potato I poUo - j, a , del yed its Bettlement. SV© hi-
natch, waa & rrnall bole with shoe in it, f ipvn R n UB i Hettlemfnt. mutually sat!
b gave no immediate indication of I
the ft rchbUhop here in UJtoner, I J^or* '"and* treated better, indeed, than
sippl and Texas. Aichbubcp Leroy b 8d( } ,j U8 t e I( »aon»by they thouli not hav#
wor.od, ,
CSABOII AOAINST CAPT. BTARNRS.
OoL Towers was recalled, and in answer
to JadgaHilljer stated that Capt. Engltah
told bim yesterday that ho wanted to aend
Capt Sturms to the brickyard, and asked
bis permiaeion, which waa given.
Under croe«-e lamination by Jnago Hop
kins, Col. Towers etated that as Boon aa
Capt Ecgliih heard tbe testimony of Mr.
Briudnrantyesterday afternoon involviog
Oept. StArnes, he telephoned out to the
camp for Starnes to como back, that the
matter, with which he was charged must bo
Cl WitBMa stated that tbo charges ogeiost
SUnree were new to htm, and had ntver
1.™ hi him bv Lowe or anv one
else. Ho hoped they a'otrid be Investigated.
In a conversation since lha
at'ionrnment of the oooil yrjeterday,
wtih Capt L rwe, tbo latter talked abont tbo
ohargea agrii.tt Capt Starnes, and laid he
did not believ. them.
Arnold Los Conyers was introduced by
Mr. Hill and .worn. Ho was withdrawn,
however, ae Mr. Hill deiirrd to defer hia
Will Apply < or » Writ of Krror.
i Nrw Yoax. September 21.—^Capt. Buck,
a xioBt or TXnnoa. ’ fro £, Chicago last night, waa
* Jdock'Tuesday evonrag, tho north-1 who . G en Roger A- Fo or » l 11
»W been blowing for soveral ‘U^ek W-day to preae/t IbeoaHOofthe
M ia Herein tea, witn heavy gnats of o cl-ck to y f' lbe j„,, er with a
Mia e.hotl time tbo bnrricano was I condemn ^re tho clpo t0 the United
[triova iu lie awlul forca. All night I vl«* to c l g ^ Gcn Pryor had
eoetiauedhowling, tho roar SSoit[SwvM not commit himsolf to
N »o« and thou with the crash ol add that bo woum o ^ ^ , MJit not
KSCTfSirS'i&^SS "mbTS?!*. —an
Kinor Dwiunor. j wnen ci»P “ wreatted in imllos.
••oraiag dawned on a eoeno of 1 !?"?!”?} ,Liv say^ however. “I have won
J 1 w ‘ter filled the etreels, through I 1?®®"°, PrTO / OVP ^i having explained o»*ry-
no, th wind drove the ram I Oenoral Pj „ ® d conT incod him
'PHtvoUty. of small shot. FalUn I thlogto WJ sauawonoBj^,,
AjUtuina ot honsn and fallen fenoM, it the 1“?*^ 1 ^ d; - I am convinced
."Emerged, rendered passage drffl- lll R t , 1 * r oi n t 7 made by C.pt.in Black are
“ttU»«dangerona. whnt' ud Srt •» apflicatlon fora
„ »torw coxomori. 1 exceltnnr, be granted. Idonoteoo
m. ti.. uiimi i.,n.A »nd there 1 wnto_f error will gran , ,
It created
PJ»p. m. u« wind 1' iud and there »rit ot error •• ^ ^ refngedi Md we exMs i 0rt | 0 n. Arnold Lee Conyers swsg.
E‘*»>tadeaiodmqu!.UaO, whsnthe bow the sppii o t ^ l8rTjill g Ke red nnt of oonrt and «« evidently con ;
W “wo from .the eonth ahidl not^ ^ Wai-Licgton I »I b ’ L -
o*t ’.thot tho vortex of . fo H[ am now connected with thoooae.
w.« the c^e Intbe storms I , , tb8 n t btain a writ in
tad 1WG, posed dlrwrtly over tbie tbe exeentiou of tb* oon-
,J P* ® »th© wind again b©-1 P r n jadgu'.ent, formed
W S tM»H mt itom ©oo- I deimned h » R loIcs, the record will
UtdUris morning, when th© hard-1 ^roui ^JP • (Rcn that no gust exertion
be .rid to have ceased. Tb® ,h .? 1 V 5 Jo” “e to win Th.nn.x-
Jr*'Of th. atorm may be safely ealeu- “ haDDeD of oomu, bnt I have
fire hoots. The wind wss pocted m»J happen,
..“>rtbea«t veering to northw.tt I do toara —
jH'oaing and from Hie sonthwi at dnr- A Batri. Wlih
*IHbri h 'i , ' Th ® T * iuUUw “ Vtrjb ®*' ,y Sax Arrroxto. T*x , suteamu
average temperature I « 0f8 ^ v «ui m&I from the Uni ed
Of tho word, while it & t Ooo to Bio O>»do0lly»
Wrerier than that of tbo burn- R0 t0 cptura a gang of
Jeer, did not appear to sbo* “daboutlfty mrlea
^ioring inlden guaU. Tho diame- j“ nnd lb em camped in btmb Lear ra.
^ ilorm was much greater and its , j Vrf and a demand for son’ nflt4
‘IISSS I thedeaUxOf
C*J«tke
-liLiV. lt - # pecplo '.ere better pre-
“ i ^,^-iog. and that weaker build-
, _ n *»«?•- away by tbe atotm of
LilU* only Aaain to
rioree of the borrloan exoeodad j . tattle eoau-.d, hso'” 1 -* • y,,
‘ mer years, bnt not so greet f 0 „ of tbesmnggl*i» tnA tbe»pW«
tb* one of 18M. Tbe f.ot that , ud , number of horsori «»•
patch, waa a email bole with shoe in it, | f ieTea Q u .l settlement, mutually catiafac-
whlcb the child called tho grave. t t0 lbo a tat8 8Dd its creditors, can bo
Mrs. Brooke, In her mad tavlcgs, begged 8nd t \\ Dgislution upon this m»Me*
to be allowed to kill lereelf, saying sho bad I hoU bo d i, c0U ri to that end.
taken tbo life of her boat friend and sne ^. ()0 j #b j p i an k deolares, "Wo be-
mnat go where bo was. The four lutlo J ixiatlng bossism and oorrnption
children stood around, dumb speotatorB ol 1 Jq po mi oa i methods »nd partis n u'.minia-
tho sad soeno. Afur killing her huaband, »*j on o( tbe a ft a i, 8 an d Iniquitous inter-
Mrr. Brooks took a drink of whisky std ( erence ( n icgUlatiin by orrporalions and
then fell down exhausted. I Hquor lobblui havo all nnltod to defeat tho
uns brooxs. bl8 -. Interests of the State. We then foie
She Is a woman ot rather small stature, ~ n aU good c itu. n s to j in In an ad-
perhaps not over thirty, jet black hair and ministration of tbo pnbllo altalrs for th.
dark, mnddy blno eyes—a forcible reminder I „ ood Qf ^ ba ritate ratbtr tbbu tho benefit of
of Elitau Veddcr's Lost Mind. Her nearest » h6 ,
relatives ore her brothers, who are aaid to I The plan of tbo orgauixttlon provide
reside in Errly county. Tho little children for o c J ntra i committee of 100 and an exeo-
wilt uodcubt bo amign»d to thorn. I ntlvo oommlUoo of one In each OonRree-
For tho preeent, Mrs. Brooks " l11 , 1,0 I .i on ul distriot. An rxtontlvo oommlttee
kept iu jail, Tbo life of tnls .. h “* was electrd as followa:
been a sad one, its termination still Bidder. I ^ Hassell, Aooommoc; T. M. Ramsey^
Tbe came of it was whisky and two un* I M 01 folk; J. B. Crensbaw. UkUmond; J.
governable tempers. Mre. Brooks bad I 1 Baltb, NotiWlj; J. M. F«w©, Dinville;.
ready been an iu mat© of the asylum. | t! T. Fishbum, Roanoke; M. M. tiibert,
WBATHElt CROP BULLETIN. ^ Newton,'^
Th. Drought Ha. Il.en Vary S.rlou^A t 0D| and d . H. Fulls, at largo.
kmi t t:*r'r Fm.t.
Sr^^reottve. Tbe
klT.' 1 ®*** of a million dolUea.
the chief BuffereM
P*tween sixty a&J
claa* of dwcUiDU* have 1
«owa and fully three hundred
Ure U ***** j~*ttu
ULM which L J
Uderebly the woiao tor kquor.
some amusement Id conn.
the c ax an as dexied.
CapL Starota asked to be allowed to make
• statement. He denied tbe statements
mad. yesterday by Mr. Bondnranh There
had been f.tliog between them tor months.
B ndurant thought witness was being |uid
too much and the feeling resulted from
that Ho Bird every mtana to get him to
qcit. Witness waa at the oamp to protect
Ur» iatenat of Capt Liwe, tod Bondorant
warned bim away. He knew he bad
been batcblcg op three chargee for eome
time. The company owed him money—
about (400. He bad charged np ngeinat
faimaelf e -rtaln thing- from tho commieear i.
Ha bed Ueo trylogtoget a aetilamenr with
Bondormot, bot Bonaor.nt claimed Capt
Htartns, on the evtdebceof certain negroes,
bad kept out goods from tho commissary.
On bxmrdty witnee. hid employed cor.: --1
to soe lbe eorrpany tor tls money. Capt.
Gd.. had told n:tn t. did D"t believe the
ebar 'ea. Vr'ltni re a.id a bl.cktr falarhood
tm never uttered bj any m.n. Bondu
rant knew It w.a fxl.e. Bondorant said on
Saturday be L* 1 not heard cf tbe charge,
until Friday, wnen it appears he has been
retailing th-m for weeks.
Adjoarn-<l to 10 o'clock to-morrow morn
l ing.
which ho repotted to the Governor. No
charge was made against Smith based on
tbeeo charges. „ .
Judge Erwin said ho hsd made overy ef
tort to get tbe coroner's verdict from the
cfllclal records, bnt these reoords have
beon bandied so much recently that it had
been misplaced. The court snggeatod a
copy might be obtained from the original.
Judge Erwin read Col. Towers report of
this case to Col. Smith, the leasee. The re
port entirely vindicated superintendent or
Whipping Boss McGuire, In charge of the
camp. The report • as to the death ot Stur
gis were very damaging to McGuire.
URDU CEOeS-EXAMlNATlOX.
CoL Towers elated as a matter of fact
that the death of Sturgis occurred iba firat
day ho waa put to work. Ho was worked
till he went ctaxy. He was then chained
to a tree, and shortly after he ditd. Tbe
report ixrnerating McGuire simply re
fined to the charge that tb* death
of Sturgis resulted from a blow
with a rail. Wbelber he was
killed by overwork was not investigated by
Col. Towers. Sturgis waa a negro.
M-Goiro was aobai quently discharged »t
tbe request of Col. Towers for overworking
the com icls.
Judge Erwin closed with lbe introduo-
tion ct OoL To ircis CarUin documentary
evidence pertinent to OoL Smith’# cm# haa
already been submitted by other counsel.
It was understood before adjournment
that the court next week would be seven
hours a day.
Adjourned to 9 o’clock Monday morning.
Wasuikotov. September 3J.—Following la thn
weather crop ballads, leeued bj tho sl«D*l office
for tho woek ended September 34; During tho
week ending September 34. the weather hu been
colder thou ueuel In districts OMt of tho MUelo*
nU.pl, md on tho Northern I’acUI j com!; tbe groot-
•al doporturca from aarmt o«ror»liia In etttii
bordering on tbe lower lakes and on tbe
Booth Atlantic and North Feclflo coeet
where the dolly average temperature aria about
U.reo deanaa below normal. It wae warmer than
tuna! In the MUeourl end lower Mississippi valleya.
and thence westward over the Becky Mountains,
the dally excess ranging from one degree to four
degrees; from Texas northward to Dakota the tem*
peratnre for the aeaeon. from January let to Sep
tember itib, waa slightly below normal; from
northert New England westward to North Pacific
Coast and Uonth * tlantlo States. It baa been warm
er than a anal in all other Alttxlsta. the great*et de
parture ■ occurring In ceatret ialley* where lha
average diilj excesa for season ranges from oneto
three degrees, while the dally temperature for the
eeaion near Lake Superior and on the South Atlan
tic Coast, wae from one drgree to three degree* be
luw normal.
The rain fall for the week baa been Um than
ninal,except In Lonl-Una. MUslaelppl and Ten-
ntuee and from Northern Ohio westward over
Ncrtbern Indiana and Northern Iilinolr, where
light excesses are r»ported. . _
During the past f nr week* lees than one-fourth
th«* qkxI amount of rain ha* occurred tn the
wheat region (from Mhuourl eaetvr rd over eouthem
portions cf Lllnot*. Indiana and Ohio, thn* ehow-
ing a continuation of dronsbt In thU reglor. Dur
ing tame period about 2i per oent. of the serial
amount of rain ha* re Mir red In New Ex gland, and
leu than U per cent In ibe South Atlantic bute*
and Virginia. The tain fall In the Western portion
of the wheat region and from Texas Northward to
Dakota and Minnesota daring tbe past four weeke.
bu been abnndaot, and generally ba« exceeded
‘a) per cent of the amonnt for that period. The
ririvnAuiftnewUi apply to the belt of conn try
H Erie westward to Iowa. Tbe
rainfall for the muuo has been lea* than usual, ex
THE KANSAS AY AY.
Heventcen Tears and a Twenty Thonaand
Dollar Fine for Selling Liquor.
Wichita, Kans , September 23. — James
A. Btewart, of this city, w*#t yeeterdAy sen
tenced to seventeen years and four months
in the county jail and fined $20,800 for
violation of th* prohibition law. He was a
clerk in a West End drugstore, and p’ceded
guilty on lu indictment embraciog 208
count*, as did Hermon, the proprietor of
tha pises. The lat.er can not be found, and
it it is thought that ho bu left the county.
The punishment imposed npon Stewart is
the heaviest ever given in the SUlo Cor
violation of the liquor laws.
Killing Fro*lln Ohio.
Dation, Kept«-U.ber 2 4—A hard frost this
mr.-aing killed the late leaf tobtcoo et»r d,
which will amoant to about 2,' boxew of
i-eid lrxf to toe grower* of Thu falley and
extending from Lake
rein fail for the isuuQ —. .
cent In the centnd portion of the Middle
AUnntie BUtee. at laolaied Rocky Mountain »ta*
tloee and in ureg- n aud Wxfthicgton Territory,
wber. tb. rriof.lt Dm Kio >1 xbll; giMUMhu
Donori. Tb. tars, .miod dritci.ac; in outrri
Vrilrr bit tata.uamenUA darln, tb. put raoniu.
Tbo area In trblcti tbu atnoMecv retire Inna
ton to rigbl«a Incbei. lDclnSu Nonbcra letU-
taaa aab rilulirippl, and portion, ot alab<m.,
Ttbowrio, Arkaarec. Kcntackj, XodUna lllUoU
aao Iowa Tbo wretboc bu breo generally faror-
.ble daring lha vaat week In tbo co4-
ton regioo, and tbo baevret ot tbl. crop ta
[riiirrenicsrepldly. Tbod.Soi.acy of ulotejl la
I< r.iob.ot Arkeuu .Ld klUaUrippI may reduce
lbo yield of UrU crop. . . .
Report, from ib. greeter portions of wtator
when region ebow tbo woik of preparing groand ta
beta, retarded oa account of lb. ooblloiud dr.uth.
Report, from Tcatnee., Kiddle aUaatle aid
Now'Em land Htrire .to . Iba wretber favorable for
crope. sod that Ure reodlcg of wte.t ta la provvsa.
Report, from Kaneae. F.orreka and .ret portion,
of Mlreoari and Iowa, radicals that lb. wcarter for
tbo woek cm farormbto to growing crop*.
a klliloa front occurred a. far eoatt u Oratra
IUaola, Sorthetu lodiaae, Ohio and tileblgen
daring tbe Utter potuon of tbe week.
BORROWED MONEY.
llocr abaoealton \Y»* Spoiled l,y the Can,I r
of CommUrioner Little.
New Yore, September 24.—In tbe Tri
bone tbi. moreing wav ■ etmmunlcatron to
the i fleet that, afur Investigatibg tbe Cia
tral PdCifio IUilrotri Company at tire Fran-
cisco, tbu 1’acifie Rtilroad Commisvion bad
berrosed money ot tbe investigated com
pany to p iy its hotel bills and get out of
town. The writ.r of tbe article thought
tbe etory .bonld be denied.
••It cut be debit J," »«i'i Co til iu mtiiu
Little, at this mart log', session of tbs o
n-ie-ioc; “beesaM it s trne. We did bor
row four tboueand dolltra from tbe Central
Facifio lot that very purpose. We thought
that nobody waa more beholden to the gov
eiLu.tnt then tbla road. Within an bout
after we bail borrowed tbe money, we re-
TKL1 URAl’IIIU BREVITIES'.
Advices received from tbe Couro Frv,
State show that anarchy pmreila at Htanl.y
Falls. 9
Th* war between the trank line, and the
Chicago, Rock Island and Facifio ends*
yesterday.
Admiral Luce, commanding tfce North
Atlantic rqnadroD, has withdrawn bis re
quest to bo relieved, aud will retain hi,
command.
Fifteou Anareblsta belonging to a society
In Madrid, whoso ol j.ot wra arson and
murder, have been arrested at Kr. aal.mw
and Caidova.
John Kerngban waa bangod at noon yew
terday at Ban Francisco for tbe mnrdtroC
hia sistcr-ln law, Martha Ann Hood, 1st
October, 1885.
J. Babbot, a widower 48 years old, residing
at Haverhill, Mass., shot and killed bis
daughter Mrs. Mamie F. Camming., and
tbeu shot and killed bimstlf. He vis
drank.
Paris police officials obtained pifocs of
tbe .kin of Frai/.ini, the mutdtrer recent
ly executed, and bad aonvenlr pnr.es mtilw
from them. They have been disniis.ed
from ibe service.
B.ron Van Schloerher, llnsalan Envoy to
tbo Vatican, baa returned to Rome. It i,
reported that bo carries important propo
sals from tbe government cf Russia and
Baden for revision of their religions laws.
The conttover.y between the Ch'cago,
Rock Island and Facifio r.ilasy »i.d cer
tain roads of tbe Eastern Trunk I-lne As
sociation, regarding tbe payment of uciu-
miaalons by Western reals in Euitern
Trunk iiue ieniiuiy, ha* UiurimU* 2. —'
vor ot the Rook Island road.
Tbe agent of Col. Dopptog in Donegal,
while atumptieg to evict a woman from
her hovel to-day, was ic.ldsd with boiling
tea. Tbo crowd that bad asH-mblfd yelled
and groaned at tbe eviotors, and was
cbargtd by the polico and diaper.eJ. Sev
eral houses on the estate will be leveled.
©Tbe Midland Railway Company admit*
its liability for tbe councqaenoee of tbs fatal
aeeident OO its road *4 Don can tar, tn tbo
lfi.h init., by which ovtr twenty persona
were killed and over sixty injured Th,
r. u | ,.i \ | r< ti.i h to .1* .si lii.-rally ailh
the injur. J and the families of those killed.
Secretary Frirchlld returned to Washing
ton from Htuckbiidge, Mats., late last night
with the President, ne will Rails in tbw
city bnt a day or two, and will not, daring
bis a.ay, R.rume tbe formal dnti.H of hi*
effios. When seen by an Associated l’re*e
reporter this afternoon b* did not »i pe.r to
feel very anxious respecting tho financial
•itnation.
Tbo coroner’s jury In the case of tb,
railway collision on the M dland railroad,
England, haaiendtreda v.rdict cf man
slaughter against both Taylor, th.* engine
ilriv. r. and lb., flr m.-u . f tt e . ipreiw tram
from Liverpool. It VU daiswd by tbs'
express that there were no danger s’gnale
up. bntthejury fonr.d ott<.-*ii>-
The evening Telrgrapb, of lrublin, home'
rule organ, stales iu Its issue of lo Ly
tbat tbe government autbnnties have de
cided to put into force tho .oppressive
cUu.ee of the coercion act Tbe Teltgrwph
> ImpcMjbU
QisLtal'A Jug
Trea ' iry that money hail been pUc-.d to I mean* that over 200 cf the branches of the
li* ( ind we paid Ihe loan next I Iri*h National Ij**<ni* will immedialtly
n.oruLg." I prohibited from holding am tings.