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, E DAYLIGHT TItIP AND how he
r LIKED IT.
|j order of Judge Gustin, Tom Woolfolk
(token to Atlanta on the daylight train
tiidiy mornicg.
her® Weetoott received thelDitrnctiona,
to in torn put the prisoner in obarge
Her Birdsong and Bailiff George Baa-
ind, withoat letting any one know
ling about it, quietly slipped off.
lire leaving the j dl Woolfolk drank an
ions tmount of water. As Uaoon
is the purest in the world, and as At-
i veter is sometimes muddy, the j diet
;M his prisoner simply desired
I np on good water before
t Ilf-con. It seems, however
foulfolk had something tlso tn view
i the twin was near Boliugbroko be
id his guards to raise the window
id he was very sick and waut.d to
. It then flashed upon the jailer
Wooif.dk bad drunk such ot pious
'll of water. He saw that the ptiao-
i sick, but he was determined that
window should not furnish a chsnoi
upe and it was raised jost high
to let him get his h.ad oat. Sov-
tints curing the morning was the re
issue to raise the window,
coirc 1 k said the eentenoe made him
hat did cot , soars him.
did not sleep a moment
jut, end only once or twioe uid he
Lu kind in a position to sleep while
train. The guards are not sure that
it, and on the o'.hti hand ere t.f tbt
n that he only itigned eleep. He was
ccch averse to being carried away.
IN ATLANTA.
frllowing is lr.tm the Atlantabn'rron:
Woolltlk, Bibb county'a meet oele-
marderer, was Lnded safely io
c.UDt) jell Ibis mo nlog hy J„tl,,r
tt, who brought him to ibis oily
M»od on the early train. 8 on after
mral i f Wool folk at tbe jail he was
• in cel* No. 9, tne of tbe moat at cure
tlntldirg. A little Utter in tbe diy
:y Sheriff Tbnmss celled nt ih" jail
jd a abort talk with his gueat. Wool-
*W to be b! owed tbe privilege
hallway, hat the eh riff refuted to do
I will require him lo remtdn in hi*
"'colfolk does not appear to be uueb
TO TALK ABOUT BIS CASK
newer to a question with reference
* • • he Mild:
t-u he sold: ets. Ooeol tbe b y-', uiVr Uie.kli.toH,
tare don't talk aBout'flTal; it"la “iuo* ’♦oirruTwh lo thelr otighbor’s bouse, W. K
m . a Supply of the Good Water ot
jficoo a* <t Ueta Nick on the C»r»
His Rfccplloa in AtluntA-
Iteftuoa to Talk, Kic.
From the Euf«al^ Times.
Meters. W. B. Brown sod G. B. Lewis
,** county, came in last night to
give the Times a piece of news which evi
dences a diabolirm that is lard to believe
oau exist in this conn try. Everybody in
Bsrbour aud Henry counties knows Mr.
Bead Johnson, ono of the best snd most
popnlar men in that ooanty. a few veers
ego he was sheriff of Henry, end has thous-
ends of friends who will be shocked at the
horrible crime we are now to narrate. Liv
ing with Mr. Johnson and his wife were
Ben, 0. a John and Robert Johneon, sons
of tLu old oonplo. They were 30, 27, 20
and 18 years old respectively, John and
Bobtrt spent Thursday afternoon in Abbe
ville, and when they went home at night
someiMog dispiea-ed them, and together
n k ?, s “ ^Veturoed "* Abbevdie, when
Itiberl and John got drunker than before.
Voutug bnm* sbont eight m»,s from Abbo-
ville in beat lo, they tonnd Charlie in bed
and began to worry him. Finally Charlie
got his gun and told them to go awav rr he
wonl i bnrt them. Ho then
i t b w d o lh 1,8 ? nn b Y hta ,i( '« thitking
his brothere bad gone to bed in auother
room.
Tue hoys, however, returned when Charles
wa< asleep, enatebed hie gnn sway from
him, snd with thetr ki ives cut lifm ill to
Aicee. He was cut all over the l.g, in the
isck uiid through tbo groin. Their mother
came in the room at.d thev kuoolred her
do wu. 1 heir father st the mi zzle of a gnn
was tuadn to b-g for meroy, aud their broth,
cr-in-law bad to leave. Tne old psople
wera torced to see their boy orrved alt to
ptioes, for restating them aa Charlie
wss there cou d be no hope
that be oonld overcome Us pow»rfol broth
corad to think about, if you ere
'than those miserable Macon people,
mono particle of bnrnen pity In
Mart, don't ask mo about it."
Iktn tat bis head drop into tbe pal ns
Unds, and for some time remained
■Jyquiet and motionltsi. He says
j has no bopeof escaping tbe gdloas,
Ri oses to put his ttn>t In the Lord.
Jrtl’ool will keep a oloao watch on
tU to prevent bie receiving assist-
!nm anyone ahonld he desire to te-
Talker, o’ oonnsel for plaintiff, says
i* oew trial ta not granted the oase
t- the Bupreme Court.
mi) ANTICIPATED A BKTU11N
TO ATLANTA,
t,k»n Steps to Escape—Two Ropes
w la tlio Mattress Hs Usd Lsft
ileblnd Uliu-Friday's
Sliootlus, Etc.
Macox Tklcosaps Ccskau.
No. as wmiteiuu. imn.
’ VXTA, ua., OicaBsss It, tsa*.
‘Yooifolkwat caught at one of his
hicks to day by Jailor Osborn. He
lug to imogg'e Into his eell a couple
M. one ten feet long and the other
if hat long. Just wbet uae be would
Ptt th<m to can only Im> surmixed, as
114 failed to get hta hands on them
"trwllh
•I the furniture of Tom Woolfolk’s
ifalton county jail during hta eLy
tuparatory to being oerried back to
•toty to stand trial for the murder
■VocUolk family, was a now mattress
• le Paid tor himself, and a hammock,
t>u purchased and given him by hta
hy, Mr. Frank, Walker, of this city.
--A slept on hta mattress at night
day scrambled into hta ham-
'** passed huuis and bears in esse
apioent About tbe last remark that
he wee leaving the jail on hta
•Micouwu addressed to Jsilere Os-
Kd Pool He eurg cut to them,
" Pod cere of my mettrese; I may
jack to eeo you, und if I do I wtU
S'yain." Tom wee told goodbye by
-*ia end tbe pari lag wes without any
bjadtbt of note. When the oell wav
the mattreea was a owed away
* Yi 12, whtoh is oalled tbe petlor, cn
h-jot its being tastily decorated, the
hetn HiU, who occupied U suiae
The bammtek was not found.
*** snppoeed that Woolfotd hail
•thet* 1 * lilU ’ liUl ® * lleBl1011 w **
j**»ttreee remained undisturbed until
•; *h*n Woolfulk asked that it be gtv
I 'ttup tbe mattrese, oommenced tx-
* l! ‘ j r the purposo of Seeing if at.y-
w.;.''conceited about it before pas-ii-g
folk'* oell. While twisting U
g ,tf *•» every portioncf it, he de
lta .v®*®**^ among the con-
- " mattrr ,* C oiling a hole Into it
aont some et the content# and
ill, ,? ‘h* total length of whiab
is‘f lr *L Three rope* were made
co.ei o£ lbs bsiuiuoch, sbcaicg
....“'“meek bad been rlfp-d to
■^•“dthe cords twisted trguner so
ku n*'? n ‘* k * • •Hong rope that
l - bol d the weight of a heavy
hallway* wa**”
om of file k
* h « w ‘o
s^uL'vt ,he v, bf,ty ^
aiifaS'-srrsst!
stance r,fused the request*' 1
TW0 ' ««^ TUKllS CUT ANOTHER
BROTHER To DEATH.
They Knock Dowu Their Mother and
Thrrateu Their Father’. Life-Details *
of the Fiendish Deed - Henry
County, Alabama, Aroiued.
I. _ 'SflMwtll r as VUt. IT, Is,
Iirowo, Aid wonted bin to co np ind nee
Charlie.' Wright, tLo bro her in-law, had
already been down, and Brown waa ac
quaint* d with tbe sitoation, aohAsbool*
derwi bit gnn and weni with Johnson. Ho
found Charlio daad, tbe bad bting covered
with blood and tbe (videnota of tb* bard
strnitgle. On® of the boja, when Brown
c*nij ont of tha botiMo, acknowledged that
they did it, wbiatled a lively air, dai ced a
f-w flgnr#a acd trgether the Cairn went
thnr way into the night.
But H nry U atirred from centre to cir-
cumferanot) and tbe bo>a, should they bo
canght, will be bnng without judge or jury.
Brown wcnld bate arreated item bat there
wan no one to help and, my properly, ha
a aa afraid to undertake it.
OFF THBTUA N IK HER SL^EP.
Htrnng.Caee ef Hnmusuibntletti on nLonle-
vlllenml Nrehvi l« Train.
From the Hanlsmsery Adr.rtleer.
Gonducti r It U. l’col, wno runs a Louis
ville and Neat,tribe passenger train between
Montgomery aud Nashville, tells a thrilling
etoiy ot a remarkable incident tbat ocf arred
on his train a few me hta ago of how a
young lady walked eff the train in her sleep
and wsa afterward rrsoued safe and sound.
On tbe night spoken of imocg the p-e-
- ngenwho came out ot NsebviiicooC n-
duotor Pool's train were eu elderly lady and
several cbildreo, ones daughterrf seven
teen or eighteen yeerj of ege. Hood attar
they got on the train the lady oompleined
of being nnwelL The oondnulor flxrd her
np as comfortable es possible and she soon
went to sleep. The y>,ang lidy alec went
to sleep. They Were in the regain psseeu-
ger coftob.
The train slopped to take water at a tank
about tUriy miles this side of Nashville,
end the conductor wont into the sleeper to
"ehock up” with the sleeping-oar conduc
tor. The train lett thn rank strt bad rna
five or eix mile# when tbe newtboy asked
iho conductor it a lady did not gel off at
the tank. The oenmetor replied no;
tbat be had no passengers for
tbat pises. The newsboy add he eaw
a lady get eff tbe train while it was
s'opped at the tank; that ahr wu here-
heeded and bad a water cup la her baud.
These statements caused an investigation
and it wu disoovt red that the young lady
wu missing The conductor waked her
mother an t to'd her tbat the youog lady
could not be found. Tbo lady wu greatly
sbocktd by the startling intelligence
and said at onoe that her daugh
ter had walked off the train in her sleep.
Nothli g o >uld l a done, however, until tbe
train rraobtd the nix' station, about ten
miles from the tank. There wu telephonic
oonneotiuD between the station aud a mill
at or near the tank wb-ro the young lady
had disappeared. Tbo conductor teli-
jhooed ton u-en at the mill anduked them
f they bad seen or beird anv.
thlrg cf tbe miseieg young
answtied
MR. RANDALL BRL1EVKD TO BE WIL
LING TO make thumb.
The Cordial rersouat BaUgus of tbe Op
posing aides or thn Hnns«-8eve»l
Opinions on n Government
Telegraph, Etc.
any.
■- n uuituts Nltu um It Be KtT- »>l*» V* — - s—s lady.
*■ ■’aliir Osborn enured the oell The) answtied Hut the young lady
l ' : K up the msttress, oommenced tx- was safe; list after the tram lett they
Osbcni it onoe put tbo mattress
_T* heek Into the oell and gave
mattreu, which wu a to
■l*Aimined til ire it wes ya sed Into
Mtei.m * different mi tires wu
35? Woolfolk ha mad# a kick, and
can that Lo bad left behind biu
found ht'r walking mar the r i rmwl trvok.
i .till sslttpanddM n-.t wsko until
hbt Wii* Hill Mlispoiittu-S “••• - •
one ct ihe u«n ctogti hold <f her,
De (>i mt men ciygn uu.%* »a un.
The dt mother %ud put eff »t tb«
•/tttlsu end e»iu?u unl'I bet oeogbier
breast t> hrr on lb* B'Xt min.
Tbe jmug Udy Ujaied in me
Kdlioro MmmttiH.
VtrxxA. Dumber 17.-E .itara cf news-
were «oujacD*«i topuiicw ouit*a to*
Murm »w» —— 1* Jiiwv ■*
Ci y end leaded*) of tbe le e prohibiting
as * t I! I.a st t wnAV.tmSlllff (|f ||JO||
a* y «ta ivuiiumtai v. — -
the publics>n of movomt-uta
and uu.tr military preparations
Ft.Public I’nstsrKusade Ds^,
Omaha, Nxa, D camber 17.-B _ r.
R ottos, editor and proprietor of Iba Oma-
he B Lubltean, dl*> this oTcelng of pce*-
Bf,n>A Hewls tubllo prinUr in VS sabinf-
ton outing Arthur's administration.
[8pecUl Correspondence Macon TxLronAm.]
T*LE«IUra flUEjCAt', )
SO. 615 FOL'RTUMTU Hthekt, N. W„?
Wabhinoton, December 17,18 7. )
It le known that Bpeaker Carlialo is im
pressed by hta recent interviews with Mr.
Randall to this extent: That be thinks the
Uttar is willing to have a bill framed whloh
shall give uttafaotlon to the oountry at
large. I am informed tbat, notwithstand
ing be 1s not publishing his views, that
he i, still opposed to the President’s pci-
Hon. Mr. Randall is believed by Mr. Car-
lisle to bo
IN A COKCTLIATOBY 1IOOD.
Frequent conferences between tbem indi
cate pleasant personal relatioi s, not only,
out < norta on somebody’s pari to arrive si
an understanding. My authority for this
statement is very Ugh.
Too following are the (xnreesions of
views from one of ihs ablest' men in the
Boose: “I have been impressed by the oor- “f' " w ,“ Bn ,no *t to scAndalixe the id-
dial feelingJtere which ta not confined to nut reacts on Its authors,
one party, but ohanotorizing the entire lNo “» n b Rtves Color ol Lamont tetd offl
membership. Thte argues welt for the dis- * nn »l't'ge to enable him to dabble in
patch of pufclio business. Of oonrae when th * *“cks of I he roads,
the tariff and some other questions ocme , Qov. Gordon lift for home on the 4:36
"" there will be differenocs developed * r **n thie cu. rnoon. During hta stay he
„ rdiog revenne legisletloo, I am not sto “ 8 J*«:^»nt ot many attentions. Yes-
hopeful es other gentlemen. There is a h , 8 h' 1 ** 1 Iniorutslly with tbe Ptu-
diversity of interoata and polioies. In the , ' 8nt t ““d to-isy oalled again at the White
House we shall have the subj-ot of Ihs ,° 880 ' WMto It is believed hta
retinotion of rev-nnes looked at from ftand- M nnrelv u s’etsA tn *»-■■>
points ot m«n> 8t ties and industries which,
in some me-suro oonfliot, anti when’
‘ f ,h **„ he possible, wo rgreo
here on bill there la another chamber con
stituted differently from onrs^and controlled
by a different party which would fanoy it
bad other purpose! to oarry out It ta 'aid
tbat Mr. Randall’s friends are now willing
to make some oouoeseionx. The difficulty
will buto arrarg') the details of tbe mess-
ure. On tbis side the spint of conciliation
is strODger than ever, lhta tiguuio ear-
f lua ta becoming Intolerable. It must be re-
duood, for the ; e plo
WILL STAND IT NO LONGKB.
Then think of the enormity of the high
.taxation r,f four thousand ar iulm. One
thieg t, sure, whether or not wo hr.vo an
agreement on tbe tariff measure, there ta
Usa bitterness In the country The wsr
feeling passes away, alt bough Mr. Gioh-
veuor did say some ugly things of Mr. La.
mar in bis reeoln’Uns before New Ycrk
Republican e,uha.» .
Mr.'Butkhead. snoceasor to Proteciion-
int Mariin, of Alabama, tbit ks w» shall
have tariff legitla ion this season through
aq vgretnioLi Hiuocg D> Loiram on dotaili
of metHtiro wbioh fciiall roonoo tbe snrploii
witheut shook or ir juty to any interest.
Mr. Bankhead ta a live revenne reformer.
His
VIEWS ON THE POSTAL TKLBOBAPH
are, in brief, that the gov rumen at powers
ahonld not be increased, hut betwesn the
regulation of rates and government
ownenhlp he favors the for-
mer. He sees that it would
bo esaler for telegraph lines to be con
trolled hv the general government than for
nilrosd lines to be so controlled. In f ,ot,
he ta opposed to tbo inter Sisto commerce
Mt on to# gtonnd lUtki i nombtr of ohmii.
eepeoielly that ol the Louisville sod Nash-
ville catalogs of roads are enlarged beyond
natural bound* since the paarng,* of the
bill.
Tbe subject, governmental control of
teldgraph l!n<* ta eogagieg ettacUon. Mr.
Glover, of Miseonrl, will tntrodooe a bill
whtoh he thinks will obviate the objection
raised by States rights men. I am indebted
in a small pert to ih* tut for the toliowing
Information: Mr. Glover say* that ha be
lieve# an amendment to the inter-8 tats
commerce act extending under proper re
strictions tbe control ot the oommtasion to
inter state and foreign |. telegraphing
wonld answer eveiy putpoee and
Involve tbe government in
a risky and diffionlt experiment. He makes
many citations Irorn Supreme Court re
ports toeustaiu the eoustitutiunal power to
regulate telegraphing, but hi* argument
(privately printed and not before given to
public) ta also bated on the o >mmon lew
right or the poblio to limit charges for the
Use of prrperty clothed with the publie in
terest. He instate that tbe right to ragu-
late com mero is right, and that it carries
with it the right to fix rea
sonable maximum rales and ohargea.
From the beginning, he eeys, it seems to
have b eu assumed tbat Congress might
aid in di veloping tbs system, toy tbe first
totcgiapb lion if any considerable extent
was > reared, only a little mors turn forty
Itears *«••. with money appropriated by
Cohans, f -r -.se purpore. Mr Gtevee eil»«
decisions »f u.e Supreme Court in css * of
Weitstn I'ci >n T legrsph Company vs. the
Atlantic and P tcifio Telegraph Company; the
oecnpies the a am* relation to oom-
mer.o m the carrier of meeatages
that arsilroid oompany does as a oarrier of
goo is. Both ootnpaqits are the ioetrumeote
of commetoe, end Unfr buitocsi it oom-
mercH itetlf. They da their transportation
In different woy B ; their liabilities are, in
some respeote, different; but they
are both lcdtapenstb'.n to these eJ-
gagtd to any oooslderable extent hi oom-
meroial pursuits. In these easts (refetriig
to tbo Penssools Telegraph Ootup tny vs“
tne WtMetyUnion Tolegr»ph Oompany, 90,
U. 8 I; arid Wtttirn Uoicn Telegraph
Company vs. Texas, 111, U. 8 400) the an
promo authority of Cotigroes, over tbe sub.
jeot of coqtmeroe by tue telegraph with
foreign ootintrjea or among the Stales 1s at-
firmed wtjilivi-i that body ubooees to nxert
lie po*eu I |l |g slso held ih tt the States
ceu impf u-imnanlmtut to tbe fttedom
of that Ojidnicrce.” Ibis Is the opinion of
•W'JE • e) in the Pmdletcn oaae 122 U.
D., 347 3891
n 1 *_ h »t bWi known here leveral days that
the 1 loMtteift intends to setd seceoial mes-
■age to Cor grtas on the sut j ct of
the pacuto bailboad courission's
““ D ?® *® Two reports were made,
and ha tried herd to win over one of the
commissioner* to the views of Governor
Patterson. There is severe re probation of
*h° Philadelphia Press for permitting
Its Washington correspondent to brtog
untenable ohargea against Private Beore-
Liiscut is connection ^rith this salt
ter. It was an effort to scandalize the ad
TUE HOPE OF REFORM
IS THE CARRYING OUT OF THE
PREBIDENT’8 VIEWS.
visit was purely os stated to witness
hta sen a martins, it is thought that tbe
subject of th. Mexican mission formed a
part of the couvarsarion with the Presl-
d«.tt, ito lalt r natnrally desiring to have
hi* Tiewp, m Hftvonl Georgians uro appli
cants for tbe t-t>ic3, t
now believed on itfdrmation that
zowerRepnbUoana th..n w*ro »opposed yea-
ttrday mli vu)# agaioat Mr. Luaitr'i con
firmation. (j # yj' |£^
8KNLY HOSPITAL OPEN.
Dedleatlun ol a Blelhotllat Charltabl# In-
Kttiutlon lu Brooklyn*
FpecUl to tb« Boston Harold.
New Yose, Deucmber 15.—The Methodist
Benorsl hospital, better known as the teney
Hospital, on hivth street, Brooklyn, was
dedicated this afternoon, end the western
paviilton we. formally opened.
It wee In h -t.nary, 1881, that George I
Beoey, thelut^ee, aunonoo.d the munifi
cent gift «■' '.000 to found a Methodist
JyWL?R'}l te: t sA-kV-Cn- c^»ss Sl««s .1
“WWWBS stractare «as told May
27,1882. The work t«i brought to a sad
den halt in 1886, in ,ooDacquenee of the
financial diearier that befell Mr. Heney.
Mr. rienoy had then expended 1410,(XJO.
Appeals were made for the accessary funds
t complete the etrueture and $70,000 was
raised and in the spring work we# resumed.
The mein atrueture, with pavlllooe, forms
one of the moat peifcot Instltotione of tbe
kind In the world. The building is of
btiok, trimmed with Jersey. freestone, and
fronts on Sixth street The grounds oover
3 1-5 sores, and extend 696 feet 9 inohes
from east to west, and 2 0 last from north
to south. While the hospital la to remain
forever uadee Methodist Episcopal man
agement, lu suoordeno* with the provis
ions ol its toundar. Us dews art to It open
to every class and ooadition of men and
women.
Tbe servies ot the dedication took plaoe
in the pavilion, which if ready for oeea-
penoy, snd were witnessed by several fanu-
dred persons. Rev. Dr. James M. Book-
•®Ji prwud#nt cf th# board of manaiiars,
pri sided. There were addresses by Prof,
llorslio 0. Wood, of tbe University of
Pennsylvania, and Prof. Luther T. Town
send, of Boston. Bishop John F. Horst
dedicated Iba bnitdiog and formally da-
dared it open. The pavillion has been eo
arranged that eeveoty bade are now reedy
for ocoupanoy. The ultimate intention ta
b V*^l°® bQlldlc W “ d '* »ill rtqnlre
$1,21)0,000 to pnt the hospital in It* con
templated finished state.
THEIR FINAL BURIAL.
The Part the Tobacco Tax Will Play In the
Coming Legislation — Tin, HMio
Committees-Lamar's Record
—Carlisle's Visit.
[Special Correspondence Macon TsLxuaAVu J
Maoox TxLxoiurE. BtntKAU,
| thotity, will bo the only Important oommlt-
I too appointed before the races, will be an.
■tout csd to morrow, snd an early adjourn-
ment will be hod in order to enable th»t
oommltteo to formally organize end prooeed
to the consldesation of proposed ohsngcs
of the rales which have already been re-
firred to ii. The oommlteee will e deavor
to submit Its nport Tuesday or Wednes-
day, thus making it possible for tho IIouso
to consider, debate and adopt tho report
bi-foro adjournment on Thursday.
The llodles of th* Asarchlsta Laid to Rest
Yesterday.
Cbicaoo, Decembtr 18 The bodies.of
the Austohlsta who were hung November
!i!’ . M e wd j “ tfc,t of Wer « pieoed lo
their final resting place In WsMhtim oeme-
tary to-day. There wsa no disordtr. Mrs.
Parsons fainted st the grave. Th* special
funeral train contained not over 800 people.
Ther* vw no aorrow diaplmyad bv the oo-
oupente. In feet, the demeanor
of- the people wee that of a pic-
S* 0 P" 4 ?;, ““«klug was indulged In
by nearly all tbe men and the women dta-
S 1, L* d - 0 Sl y ,5; ,i ,°* U7 ' When the train ar-
rived at Waldheim station a stampede was
mid*for the cemetery. Tho undertakers
removed the lidt from tho oofflns ot tho
earn* time that the chltf mourners took
* •'.iuo ■e r K rspau^mpan);iuo ™ “mo lost tne chltf mourners took
^osaoo * T. lesraph e .mp.ny sgstoet, too their ptaees. Among the Utter were Chris
Western U-iui.iVltt * rj L'ui nsgainst, th* Hod Ferdinand Hpies with their aieter
Htato of T-x-st and the W-tsWrn Union Gratooan and thtiragrd mother, Nina Van
agsir-At, Toud j oa. In the first ot these Zendt with her father, Else Fried-L Lioga'e
decisions it is stated that mors than eighty Kiri, Mrs. Fuoher with her daughter Mn
pero. ntofel: meeesgra by tel< graph relate Engtl, and elce* to her was Mrs. Sofawab
to oomatetc-; good# are sold and money whoso hatband ta in penitentiary. All of
paid u; - n i-:* graph orders; eontreots ore the wom~n were dressed In heavy mouinlus
mad* hs trlsttAphln c -rrs-pondsoos; Tbe features of‘ell the dead wen life like
O-ta a sreiuad st.it movo-ueuts ot ships
direct*,! PdigtapMo snocuocements of
L.tr>>t4 ?»hrn*d r.guute ptleee at
b.rno, and the pin lent merchant
rarely enters npon an important
trios-clion without using the telegraph
fttcly to see- re inf. rotation. It U net only
important to the pro)id but to the g- verr:.
me ’. B- >o*sn« of it beads of Ute depart-
mei.ta la WoAhlrgton era kept In close ectu-
DiULicaticu sifltsil ttclr various eg neiet
at home sod abroad, an.i can know at * Imost
any tour, by trjury, what te Irtnipiilog
o> wbtre that all ou Iba interest they have
inchsrga. Unoar each circumstsncte it
oatn >t for • moment be donbtad that tbia
powerful agency st eommerce and iat.-r-
eomunDicationoosoA within tho oubtro',1-
lug pewsr uf . — »-T
la the Western Union Telegraph Unmpet-y
u the thereof Texas (IDS U. tt 481) Chief
Julio* Wait*, in rendering the d .tsitacf
theoonrtsaid: "Into* PcnsscoliTsIi graph
Company es. th* Wcetarn Union Telegraph
Company (9® U. tt. 1), this court held
that the telegraph wu an instrument of
oommeree, acd tbat telegraph companies
were entjeet to the regatauve power of
Coogrose to respeot to ihsir foreign acd
inter-Btata tuainess. A telegraph company
and no trace ot decomposition wu to bo
eeen. Before the addressee began
a memorial hymn wu sung by
» Maenor ehoir. K TheJ
Cept. Black spoke. After Cspt, Black
came Pint O-oUen, of Mllwenkee, who
wu followed by Albert Corriin, cf 8t
Louts, the speakers were frequently sg-
pUnded. Mr*. Fischer Uid a cabinet pho
tograph of her 2 year-old daughter on th*
glass of her husband's ccffiu, and eimul-
taneonely » man plaeed to Engel’s eoflto
uw«l oop M ot the ArbeiUr Eettung. Jut
u the word wet given to th* undertaken to
remove the oeeketa a representative of lbs
(.'level. I'd tie.— ..' V . If®
• •epscssDtsura or ut*
Cleveland Brewara Union stepped to th*
front and Uid a wreath ou too cuketof
LUgg. The bed is* were then lowered into
iho ground and placed In position. Th*
bottom oc tho grave ta of graima blocks, u
are the tides, and the top is of two blocks
of granite a foot tbiok, tons forming s com-
pie to stoue encased receptacle.
Rncklsn’s Amies Hairs.
*h® •sirs Is tAs watts for Cow, Bralsas.
gersu Clasts, eatt BNsem. fan, SonJ, tma,.
sun TXLsoiurx bubkau. I
No. tit FOVSTUXTH Htuckt, N. W..!
. WAsxtxoiyN, Dec*uibar la 1»S7. J
The hope of tariff reform tain the bold
attitude of the President and the oonoil-
latory disposition of tho Speaker. After
the Aim pressure by the people themselves
the President's message is exciting a pow
erful indlreo: influence. Tbe Speaker Is
probably tho only man who can influence
Mr. Randall, If anybody. While there ta an
undercurrent of friendly oiitioism In the
party at tho former’s gtaoious attitude, it te
seen that such oourse ta boat, provided it
ta not oarritd too far. It ta piesible always,
u Mr. It itdali it a wire-worker who never
give* advantage, that be may «s ort and
yield nothing, going to the oonnlry at last
as a man who hu vanquished hta adversa
ries in tao ics. It la not possible, however,
to wring concessions from snob men u
control the Demceratio. party that would
affeot the future of the low ter: fl* movement,
acd Mr RindaH's only hope U to gain
somethlr g to whleh he oan ding,
WHIN BIB WBKCK COMES A MW YEAHS LATEB.
Tbo two great lesdicg Htatesmeu ot toe
Democr.cy, President Cleveland and Mr.
Carlisle, aeo through nil hta plane, but the
one only takes LU breetb assy wh le the
o h’ r restores it in order to knock him down
—Cleveland, the bold, mulerful fighter;
Carlisle, the broad-gauge thinker. Republi
cs): strategy ibis aessi <n has begun in the
matter of repealing the tobuooo lex. ‘ Tlmt
party will support that meuuro as au inde-
E eodent proposition. Democrats wholavor
igh tariff and Democrats who favor low
tariff, bnt who liva to inch States u Vir
ginia end North Ctrolios, where internal
taxes are odious, wil oombine with the Re
public ns and carry the measure through.
Now, to oircumveut tho K‘publics)) pro*
gramme, some revenue reformers opposed
on general principles to a repeal of iuternal
taxation, suggest tbat it would be a Rood
t Itn to take up the tobaeco bill Aral, psta
it and then ooneldtt the tariff. This would
risk very little, es it would simply
l-OUKHTALL UKPOHUUAN TACTICS,
and leave a clear deck tor a revenue meas
•rawsswivwvirsi ugutIUI It ILVCUUO TTltSmi- .. . , » AJULlYto, Ml, A2 l Jlinr IB
•Roatjwssrjs &m-
whil# # tobtcc? Ux repeal is alreadly •Kr W . ( l q«*nui«. lo my opinion b# wilt m»k<
npcwi u « part of gen«r*l leKtulution. 5fow, MMa *
y. n ,
. r , “ r— ■ ssv.s. * lEHtoWUUlJ, aWU
to forestall the Republio-na would bo ■
muter stroke, t speciillv at toe chmeee for
redaction of auetoms duties are eroeltant.
* email hill of sixty millions is bound to
go through If proper diaotimlnariou ta
made in artlolea touched. Aid twenty
millions on tobseeo a- d a ute margin will
be left for contingencies.
Mr. Carlisle has had unntual rmb rasi-
pent in the formation of oommittcee, bnt
It is believed that when they are announced
•heir general high txeellenoe will be ad-
taem^" • ia,4>0 ** *“• h** n *° oonetrnot
IN TBI DEBT Ur.-niST or LECUSLATIOM,
with rati ranoe to tbe whole Union. Hs le
endeavoring to make a etion committee
on wtyilend mesne, with special reftraoor
to a tariff maesure. Another matter ot
greet importance I* the formation of the
FAdfio railroad oommtttae. Ti oTeriito-
riee, too, fonn a sntj-ot of aetivo interest
at Uita sus-.nn, a* Wubiogtoi,, Montana.
T^toto and New Mexico knock at the door*
of the Union.
1 he fine start made by the*. House In the
choice of tbe eleotions committee ta retard
ed u prapbetlo of the Speaker's appoint-
ment*. If all hta chairmen cotUd be as com
petent u Jodge Crisp ta, tbe handllug cf
the House In the FifUeth Oougru* would
WhUo bitter pertlsane usell Ur. Lamar
is afire-eater and disloyal, it U interrating
to know that he has made forty-ore mare
appointments or Coion veterans since he
“»s been Secretary of the Interior than hta
Repnbiioan predeoeasor made.
caxu- le's toob.
Fpeakcr Oarltalo will not be able to vtelt
other ptaees then Atlanta and Uaoon in hta
tour In Georgia. Ho has been pleased st
the popular cxpreision of regard for him,
but says time and strength will not sufils*
for the acceptance ol too kind invitations
to address the people at Gr.ffla and Colum-
h“- hlr- Oarltalo will apeak st Atlanta on
the 231 of January, snd at Macon on tbe
evening of the 21th. He ta preparing a let-
tarttaUoghis regretfpr inability to txtend
iiui tonr.
Georgia members generslly will remain
bero till tbo lut momoot of tbo omiIod.
rUdy to oireomToot any possible tteonbli-
tbo diiodMioooD ral^TUy
wtU probably leivo for homo Tbursiay
“•fiht. O.W.U.
A RELIGIOU8 CRANK AND A FOOL-
ISH NEGRO WOMAN.
Klorrlbla S'ory From Sclmn In Which i*
F*lll» Doctor Flays a P«rt-Nrgrocs
Kxolte«y f »nd Thrcutcn to Form
a Lj nchlnff 1'Arfy.
Silua, Ala., Deoember 18.—A horrible
murder wsa oommlttid hers to-dey. A. M.
W. Jordan, a faith dootor, has bo*n living
in Selma for the put twelve months, and
huin that time acquired great irflaenoe
over the negroes, whom he told that he had
come to redeem the Jew*. He arranged
for a passover festival at tbs house of two
negro women In the outskirts of tho oily
this morning snd told thorn that • sacrifloo
wuneoeuary. Franocs Driver said eho
was willing to offer hereelf u a sacrifice,
and laid her hoad on the table. Jordan
thereupon took a sword and struck her sev
eral blows on tbe neok snd stabbed her a
number ot times, killing her instantly, The
body was then dragged out into the street
by-the two ether wc men, A white woman,
wlintucd iho affair snd gave the alarm.
Folios Offloer Fayne, after a ttrrlble strag
gle, encoeeded in overpowering Jordan,
and, with the aid of uveral other officers,
oonvejed him to the oliy prison. Two ne
gro men who were present at the feast h vo
e'eo been arrested. The negroes ere greatly
excited over the murder, and there are
threats of lynching, but tbs polioo have a
strong guard at the oity prison aud eay
they will be able to prevent mob vlolenee.
Chief of Folios Rosier eeys that Jjrdan la
unquestionably orazy. Tho murderer has
a brother Uvlog lu Shreveport, La.
A Great Lawyrr uu Ml*. Lstnar.
Osorsa Ticknor unttu In New York Ben.
As a m. mbrr ut too bar of the Supreme
TRI» WEEK UV CONGRESS.
Nothing Anticipated Except Rsport of
Haas. Committee on Unite.
Washington. Deoember 18.-There ta no
joint purpose on the part of senators either
to door abetaln from doing any given thine
daring the coming week, nnltse, indeed, e
unanimity of opinion in f tvor of Ugtonlrg
the holiday reoteson Thttrid y oresiUor.be
eooonnted e purpose. Ths 8enaU oslandar
oootaius only three bUle which oen be taken
up for aotiou, one of whloh provides for is
landing to btata* tbe direet tax of 188L A
dezsn measures Ue on the table, some of
whloh will donbtle/a be called ud
daring the week by their origina
tor^ as texts for sot speech**, B *nd
wlu then be referred to proper otmxriUee*.
The matters of greatest general ioicreet be
fora the Bootle in executive erosion ere
esbtnet.nomluMioD*, and throe teem to be
await log ih* motion of the judiciary com
mlttoj to which the nomtoutons of LvSJSr
end Yitas wsr* sent. The belief ta general
among b jneton that no action will be taken
upon tress nominations until after the h I
utay news. The total number of nomir.s.
Uous before tho Bentta is 42U, not fliurt
tbxn a dozsn of whuh b%to yst boon re
parted book from committoeo. Tr -* f,-%-
‘he Hours will b-
io S€Mion during the Mm*
‘ n K to sU prcbal: tty,
bedr.vute-J t-j U.o di-tii.-.on - t),.- r-;.- ,
wt.ua are to t:-.r,rr, ibe pr- - - 0 f tL-
ti )n«- for its pr.-w.tC -ogr,,) i Le .■ :
miltoe on rttlM, which, it is learned on an-
Court of tbe Uulted tttatee, I wish to ex-
press bow mujh I am Rrsriflsd by the Free-
tdent* nomination ot Mr Limsrtobotho
suoot-Mor of tbe late Mr. Justlos Woode,
snd ,my hope* that the Domiumion will bo
oonfltmod by the ttensta. Mr. L .mar Is an
ncsllcntjswm. of studious habits, tiwit,
■WrotaHa uT T lfl < »'•
■lUtlitlis. to my opinion be will make a
very ustfnl j odge. Ute age is about sixty.
Ho or®, u^ion tho oidinory ob&noM
of life, teu yean’ wotk at least
rsmaibLg to him. If ha serves
tor ten )can, nd raaebes the
ege of seventy, he wUl be entitled to retire
ou half the salary for the remainder of bis
lira. 1 happen to be ooosi J< rably older them
Mr. Lamar, and perhaps there ere those who
think tbat old mra are sot likely to appre
ciate the importance of pnttiug yonnger
men Into plaore tbat can bo held daring
good Itbavlor, Hut win n a man of sixty
Is In good pnetrvellon It dote not seem to
me. with great dtferruo* to people who
tLtok otter wise, that ho la to bo coneld-
“V! M ■“ MtaUfJbl# for any place. I never
held a public place of any kind, bnt I sup
pose my constitution has been about as good
» one ta Mr. Lamar's, ’and.
that, like him, I lived to
m “ jV 4 ,** xl J bsoanie I led a regular
lift, and having lived much bojond be ago
of sixty, without any abatement of ectrvjtv
or lose of tbe power to labor, I cannot bo
expeoted to ooncurln tbo opinion that it is
*,**$■, uuoerosry to look for youug men to
fill judical and other offlots., Mr, L mat's
•eoraelon Ic the btnoh will,’ as I think,
greatly etrengthen It. There . .u be no
qMellon cf the importmee of takii g a
? on f*® , “““ •«' ‘he poeUion, »n 1 a man
familiar with th* taw* end cniton... tbe
group of Btetro oompoeing th* circuit to
which Judge Woode wee aaeigntd.
t: ii gin mi.
Ziorgoal Winning OwnuralQ
From ib« FhlUd«lphi* liroord. *
w Number of Kumber Amoont
Mr _*- . hot999. of wlua, won.
I H «HB
Mr. Ablr ftonV.V.V.M**: S3
l>ok» ol kfiaport 7
16.094
if sa
Iftkftftt
16.147
H.«IO
Q
11 173
• Til
M«
7/.W
7/a»
6.740
6.114
17
4661
Mr. Vjncr
Lord Caliborpo y
(»in$r»lo WuitoaM.... 13
HrF iohnjtoo* 6
Duke of 1'ortUnd 4
WmlmlniUr... 6
L -rd E fiomrrMt 3
Lord Ilodnajr 10
BirO. Cb«t«)nn la
Mr- J. Hammond 9
Mr. H. lieB*miu 17
Mr. II. T. £ard»y 3
Mr. T Cann'.n \r,
Dak* of Hamilton 3
Mr. O. Cltreiud. V
LulJ Zssroto!.
Mr. •». it. Ilomfroj!!!!! I
Ix>id Lon toodcrrjr 4
Mr. OUMwtck s
Mr. W. b;.k« 3
Lord DurLdru 10 __
. d *P f H*mplon. U tbo Urgeot
Individual winning horse io 1887. be having
Alt) 659 to hta credit. Fritrt Bil.atn (2L
by Hermit, is second, with Ait,0(6, and
b A 1 ’ t . 11 ‘““rto, with
£8 368. M ood heads the list ol winning
j 'Okays, with 151 wineont ol $10 mounts
watts is second, with 110 out of 451. and
G. Barrett third, with 106 out ol 681.
412
ATM
3£33
3416
> IMP
£164
KMt
4040
Latter T&i. f Arr, *t«d.
New Yobk, DootmUr 17.—Joortpb L%eh-
oo. ADomphyoin iho ipeoHl doUvtrydo*
partareotof Ihs post efflos. was arrrotad
uaday f ,r robbing ths mails, ttpeoial de-
Iivery lattare were found in every one of
bis poeksu when arrroted-twenty^evea
inalL Usiea meek looking yonog mao
nineteen veer* of ege, livug with hit pa-
ere ,tnU *♦ »® 1*3 Curie tie street. Lush an
was appointed tael Jan*after pvteliur a civil
eervle* txamtoatioo. Ho mad* a eonfes-
stod at oxoe and said be lei been punning
hta notations business f r over a montoT
The pr ,3cer was taken before United
ttutro Oom ssiot- r Shields snd held on s
oM.d of 83, UX) to arts wsr. Hu recsiVed a
oill-ge sdue.tion and wra eoi-:dtred c
mwltl yonug m«n. Ilia parents «r. n -.rly
broken at tho dtai mea brought upon
Ritic
CLivnAND, December 18—Ta
)n, ihira snd last muid.tor of
olligan, of this efty, was today fouad
K'.i ■■ At Ear-:.i , Olno, of mTUriu the
flf '• -i gteo.