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.1 ! ^pHLlSHED im. jJepiGELEMENTS. rfifSBVHUBHICANP, FLOOD. . i:.\utiiQI'ak 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.