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jOOPED THE JHOYi N.
Charleston Lumberman’s
Little Game
0 brilliant FAILURE
trv Ptirlner Flood* tlif City
rCa*Ul. N°‘ cs ,,e “ r,nB nu
^or-et..o"t-P r °P" rt »' T™"*-
F ,err'd to HU Wife.
uBJSTOK. April 3.-J. A. Hennecker,
r merchant, assigned last week for
W fit of hil creditors, and it was stated
VuUabLlitiea were $30,000 and assets
'*7 It now turns out that the liabilities
Jt h perhaps $70,000.
--Iter was doing business with J. C.
“"owner of two, lumber mills in the
t Rigby flooded the town with ne-
% no tes at thirty, sixty and ninety
.endorsed by Hennecker.
. banks cashed the notes on the en.
of merchants and others to whom they
been given, and the merchants are new
,ith "the bag to hold.
-aeektr conveyed hla property to his
({vera l weeks ago. A meeting of credi-
.ill be held to-morrow,
ELIt'TlI LIKE TINDER,
jesses l>y K.roTit Kockville, Con.
nectlcut.
1B T F0R 'i, CONN., April 3.—A disastrous
juration occurred in Rockville last
. 1, itarted soon after 9 o’clock in the
«ent of the Second Congregational
j. the heart of the village, and in
nidet of business houses The flames
■.I nnidlvand the church, which was
food burned like tinder. Next to the
reh and separated from it only by a nar-
leeway, was Fischer's block, fonnerW
u a skating rink, mis sour, a.... i™«
In the meantime the church was en-
Kher's°bloc'k is a business and dwelling
jin* On the ground floor were seven
1 and on the upper floor three families
their homes. This building went rapid-
id the occupants had barely time to es-
Um'.'aid wae asked from this city
its sn engine company left,
n fire was extinguished early this mom-'
jetore it had damaged any but the build-
mentioned.
ie total loss was $95,750, with insurance
11,200.
BKXJ. HARRIS BREWSTER.
Arthur's Attornej-flencrnl Dies nl the
Age of Seventy-one Years.
I1LADELPHIA, April 4. 1 —Benjamin liar-
re ester, Attorney-General of the United
1 during President Arthur’sadministru-
snd during whose term of office the
ns star route' cases was pushed to suc-
ulconclusion, died early this morning
his city, aged seventy-one years. lie
I;;; j.m.. ft., with a
se of the kidneys, but hi. condition did
ecome serious until about a month ago,
1 which time he has been confined to
house. About a week ago it was dis-
red hy his physicians that paralysis of
iladder had set in, and his failure since
time has been marked. Early this
line he sank into n heave slumber anil
si quietly away.
■. Brewster was 011c of the oldest and
prominent members of the Pbiladel-
Mr. lie was born October lfi, lain,
.. c.unty, N. ,1. He hml been tw
itJ, but was a widower at the time of
lalh, his second wife having died about
ynnsgo.
A DE.VIHyY l-.YN IC.
People Ki.leil VYouiiilnl nt 11
Mexican Bull Eight.
ICInnati, April 4.—A- spfecial from the
ol Mexico reports that while a hull fight
irogressing yesterday, at the Celaya,
■closure took firdt It-wns composed of
light and inflsmimithle woodwork and
«g, and while it burned rapidly it was
1 broken through by the people inside,
tmendou* panic.'.eilsi/oil, which was
tened by the built Waking out of their
then the flames readhc; 1 . them. They
M through the ttruggliiig multitude
»me persons werit.jfoied and trumpled
uh by these aniniits. '
‘deaths from burning and trampling
■feightcen up to this morning, and
Heaths were expectedl Sixty-eight
■■were badly burned uud fifty were
. .1 being irninpled in the rusn. The
is incendiary, und was started by tome
7? who had been permitted, as a
nwor, to attend the spectacle under
■ these rascals all escaped in the con-
COLUMUUS.
■siloScoop the Ilucnn Vlotn nml Elln-
’**• hoad-Dropped Dead.
■eleiram to Macon Telegraph.
1 BM “' “> April —It is reported here
Mr ', U ' B - Harrold, of Amerious, is in
■ Ms endeavoring to buy up stock in
Vi,t ennd Ellaville railroad. Mr.
d i"etor in the Columbus and
™ hulroad, and it is thought that the
B ,WT“ rl “g to scoop the road in or-
em.i.L- ' a * )art of the Columbus and
ted r° n ’ A meeting of the Buena
■b- . n lern rni " 1 * has been galled to
T7‘ Buena Vista Saturday;
listin' ,'? ot \ dropped deaf on the
«inffer.. 0 ,n ‘ , "k ,lt - Ile hns been
I to hiv* n w *th asthma, which is sup-
!ii,‘* V ? ,c,n ‘be . cause of hi. deatli.
11 >lf 'it if.'m a wile.
BOND PURCHASE HIL
Text I>1 till- Substitnto for the .Uiiimrs as
Passed hj the Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 5.—The following is
the text of the bond purchase bill as passed
by the Senate to-day:
That section 2 of the act making appropri
ations for sundry civil expenses of the gov
ernment for the year ending June 30, 1882,
and for other purposes, and which is as fol
lows: “That the Secretary of the Treasury
may, at any time, apply surplus money in
the treasury, net otherwise appropriated, or
so much thereof us he may consider proper,
to purchase for redemption United Suites
bonds; provided that the bonds so
purchased or redeemed shall constitute
no purl of the sinking fund, but shall be
cancelled,” as was intended to be a perma
nent provision of law, and the same is here
by declared to have been, since its enact
ment and to be now in full force and effect.
Sec. 2. That whenever the circulation, or
any part thereof, of any national bank not
in liquidation shall be surrendered by a de
posit of United States notes in the treasury
or otherwise, and the same or any equiva
lent amount is not taken by other national
banks within thirty days thereafter, the Sec
retary of the Treasury’is hereby authorized
and directed topurehase, at the market price
thereof, ail equivalent amount in silver bull
ion in excess of the minimum of $2,000,000
worth per month for coinage purposes,
which snail be coined and used as provided
in the act passed February 28, 1878, entitled,
“An set to authorize the coinage of the stan
dard silver dollar and restore its legal ten
der character. 11 , provided that nothing in
this act skill alter or repeal the said act of
February 28, 1878.
HIGH LICENSE.
The Minnesota Experiment Meeting With
General Favor. §
St. Paul, Minn., April 5.—A local paper
publishes interviews with about two hun
dred prominent Republicans of Minnesota
regarding the workings of high license in
this State, where the law has been in effect
for about eight months. It is agreed that
the law has worked well in all cities and
that tne elfect has been good, not oniy in
the sense of an increased revenue, but in
lessening the number of saloons and in bet
tering the character of those that are in op
eration under the law.
With one single exception the replies
show that the sentiment is favorable to the
retention of the law, and in nearly every
case the statement is made that the people
would not consent to return to the old or
der of things. In Cass county, where there
are a great many Germans, the law has been
disregarded, but the sentiment there has
been‘strongly opposed to any restriction of
the traffic.
MR. BLAINE* IIEALTII
THE nEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY - , APRIL, 10 1888.—TWELVE PAGES.
! THE STRIKE OFF.
"Business Resumed in all .t he
Chicago Yards.
llAltRALSON'S COWHIDE,
e Didn’t Whip Hr. Fry and \V
ONLY THE BURLINGTON' STRIKE OL
rLANTA, April 3.—A very sent
• occurred in the jewelry stori
under the National Hotel, a
rk this morning. The pon
i i'-tor was behind the counter
Hnss'Meoting of Engineers' 1
Resolves to Lftits tlie Hr
on tlio Burlington to \\
Own Salvation.
of nil Roads
*1VE PERSONS ckehated.
JlU ** Fflnr ’* Point, Mississippi, De-
,tro J«l by Fire,
irih’t TKN ' X ’ 3.—Just before
.Miss n 8 »he jail at Prinr’a
, Bas discovered on fire. Pes-
... 18 w *fe made to rclessa the live
it, but without success,
CoH , ed in the flames. They were
u,!’ “ n df r “entence of ten years for
Fred Powers, a pal of
K - , wa * also under sentence
td r Jobbery; Andy Brown,
a L d . Pr d? -‘-b sentea-.o lot murder
8 boy, aged fifteen years, who was
‘ hat °t«y set the
iii threatened to do so.
Bu k*tantial brick building, a
it 0c jupied by the chancery and
i i* . r J clerks, who sue-
saving the county's records
1*®° to Wo *k at u Reduction.
*tdini i '* 4.—The managers of
«?*! ” or k* have effected aset-
r ^°7W by which the
1 v»p-.° a 7 per cent, reduc-
to dft y orders were issued
idb on ^ w ork nt all of the com-
K)0 n ,dl * Work will thus be given
•. TkJ 1 M, ho bave been idle several
d Q n n a llU were shut down because
••rto trade, the management
en»u» r ' <0 ?* M *be men would accept
n ** reduction,‘but a compro-
»ii:i| ew f s eflected. Tiic Keystom*
mttl kJiu 1 production is mostly ,
ZIP.th* Bexfint Iron Works, re-
P*f»bons to day with 200 hands. I
A Traveler Says Ho Looks to bo Seventy
Years Old and Can’t Live Long.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 5.—The Chronicle
Telegraph this afternoon said: James W.
Drape, of this city, Is in recept of a letter
from a personal friend, a Pittsbarger, now
in Vicuna, a prominent citizen and wide
awake politician, in which this passage oc
curs: “1 saw Mr. Iliaine quite often at
Khiri'ijci- and ii is evident that lie is very
greatly broken in health, lie looks every
day of seventy years, and yet is but fifty-
eight. Washington excitement and too
much hard work have been his trouble, and
any one who secs him will know the reason
of his withdrawal from Presidential as
pirations. Ife.-rliis life will not be spared
naf.” ' ^
SAVANNAH.
npln
How visiting Knights Te
tertolned.
Apodfi Teireuun to BBon Telegrai'K
Savannah, April 3.—Palestine Com-
nundery, Knights Templar, met to-night, to
arrange a programme for tlie reception and
entertainment of visiting commandei-ies on
April 18th, when the Grand Commandery
Georgia will meet here. The Georgia Com
mandery, of Augusta; the St. Omcr, of Ma
con, and t'a-ur de Leon, of Atl ntu, will
be the three visiting commandcries. They
will he formally received by the Savannah
Knights. After the first day’s reception
the public exercises will be held at night in
the Independent Presbyterian Chur. h. The
next dny the visiting "Knights are to be
given an excursion to the seashore and a
banquet at the Ocean House.
Death or JncoD nnnrpe.
Nkw York, April 5.—Jacob Sharpe died
at 9:20 p. m. at his late residence, 334 West
Twenty-third street. His two daughters and
his grandson, George Sharpe, were present.
But lor the cold, which indirectly caused
his death, Sharpe might have lived for sever
al years, despite his other troubles. The im
mediate cause of deatli was heart failure,
though he had been troubled with heart and
kidney trouble and diabetes for years. In
his last hours he was taken with fits ol
coughing, followed by coma. At 9:20 ho ex
perienced a more severe coughing spell and
teU hack in bed, dead.
Not Yet Delivered Up.
Toronto, April 3.—Charles E. Cross and
Samuel C. White, the absconding hank offic
ials of Raleigh, were again before the police
magistrate this morning charged with bring
ing stolen money into Canada. Their coun
sel asked until Friday to plead and this was
agreed to. Further proceedings have not as
yet been decided upon. District-Attorney
Bu«bee received a dispatch this morning
from the Comptroller of the Treasury at
Washington asking him to preserve the pack
ages of money intact that were taken from
the prisoners.
Etk Point Out or Danger.
Sioux City, A pril 3.—A special to the
Journal from Elk Point says: The water
has not risen any during the night and no
further serious damage is expected. The
people, with a few exceptions, nave moved
hack to their homes and there is no need of
outside assistance. The immediate esure of
the partial submerging of FJk Point was the
railroad grade, which backed the water up
until it was washed away. At 8ioux City
the river is running full, but no damage has
been done.
Danger From lire Ice Gorges over.
Stoux City, Iowa, April 4.—The gorge
at the mouth of the Big Sioux broke last
night and the water is now running off rap
idly, greatly to the relief of the country on
both sides of the river above this cily. The
Milwaukee u..d St. raul track for two miles
is washed out and much more badly dam
aged, but the work of repairing will begin
at once. All danger I* now over.
Hurdor .Speedily Avenged.
Fort Collins, Ontario. April 5.—Thos.
Howe, a laborer, who lisd been on a pro
tracted spree, last evening brutally mur
dered his wife by cutting her throat. He
then kicked the body into the street and
then went to bed to sleep off the effecta of
the liquor. At 8 o’clock last night 300
masked men took possession of the jail
where Howe had been placed and hanged
him in the courtyard.
Boulanger to Issue Another Card.
Parih, Aprils.—Gen. Boulanger will make
uo reply to the question put to him by the
Radical cm.gf«** tut will probably issue
another circular to the electors of the
department of the Nord. The Word oppor
tunists’ committee will support Fonrcard as
a candidate for. the chamber of deputies in
opposition to Boulanger.
CHICAGO, April 4.—The final result of th
meeting of the employes of tlie various roads
in this city which began yesterday afternoon
and lasted until a late hour last night, is an
nounced this morning in the declaration that
the boycott of “Q” cars has been permanent
ly raised, and that henceforth the contest
will be confined Strictly to the “Q” system.
This raising of the boycott means that all
strikes now on except that on the “Q” are
to stop forthwith, and that all those which
were imminent are to be averted. The busi
ness of Chicago is to be restored and main-
Jained by the strikers with * etriet
Other roads are absolved from the require
ment of neutrality, and violence is to be dis
countenanced according to the well-known
policy of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Kngineers. The arrangement agreed upon,
it is stated, is directly due to the exertions
of Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of En
gineers, Grand Master Sergent of the Fire
men, Grand Master Monagan of the Switch
men's Association, and Mayor Roche and
Mr. Crawford, who also represents switch-
ini’ii.
TnE FINAL SETTLEMENT
was reached in the mass meeting with closed
doors last evening, and which was addressed
by General Manager Jeffrey, of the Illinois
Central road. Fifteen hundred railway em
ployes were present at the meeting, repre
senting the elements which had previously
been at times antagonistic. When the ap-
jMiiiiti il linn* rnnu* this mornimr for tin- cc—
tuition of the. strike on the St. Paul all hands,
firemen, engineers and switchmen presentee!
themselves for duty and the usual course of
things, so far the Milwaukee and St. Paul
company is conccniodi was resumed at once.
At the Fort Wayne yards there was a hitch
and the strike on that road continued. The
engineers and firemen were ready to carry
out the understanding, but the switchmen
were obdurate.. At 9 a. m., however, elrcry-
thing was satisfactorily arranged and the
great Burlington boycott was, apparently,
everywhere at an end.
DUE TO MANAGER JEFFREY.
There seems no room for doubt that the
speech of General Manager Jeffrey, of tlie
Illinois Central road, at the strikers meeting
last night, had greater influence in bringing
about a suspension of the boycott than any-
thim: else that was done. Jeffrey spoke for
two hours and was listened to with respect
ful attention. He explained to men the ob
ligations placed towurd the community at
large; told them ihul in their impulsive de
sire to help their brethren on the Burlington
road they were not injuring the Burlington
bat were working* incalculable mischief on
themselves, and lie promised to use his per
sonal effort with all railroad managers in the
city against black-listing or visiting any pun
ishment on strikers beyond what they suffer
from loss of wages. This promise, lie fulfilled
as soon as the meeting adjourned by colling
upon all that he couia reach so i ate "at night,
and he completed his undertaking to-day.
All the managers, without exception so far
as is known promptly gave the required aa-
FRBIOUT MOVING.
The Lake Shore road delivered a large
train of freight to the Burlington this morn
ing at Sixteenth street. The Quincy yard
officials were busily engaged in making up
trains to send to other roads, and the yards
were very lively. The Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific sent a train of cars to the Bur
lington this morning for the first time since
the Quincy strike began. This indicates
that the boyoot Ims been completely raised
by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
eers and that the Rock Island officials no
longer fear any complications with their
men because of exchanging business with
the Burlington.
THE WATER A FLAME.
Coni Oil From Burning Warehouses
Spreads on the Water—The Damage.
Baltimore, April 5.—At an early hour
this morning a large one-story storage ware
house on Hopper’s wharf was discovered to
be on fire, and the firemen responded
quickly. Its contents were coal oil and
phosphates, belonging to Griffin & Co.,
which were destroyed.
The burning oil ran under an adjoining
warehouse containing 600 barrels of coal oil,
which, with its contents, was also destroyed.
The damage is now estimated at $40,000.
The burning oil ran over the wharf to the
water in the harbor, which, for a time was a
sheet of flame. A number of small vessels
were lying near, all of which escaped serious
injury, except a small sloop, which was
caught and her sails and rigging destroyed.
A change of wind, which blew the flames
back toward the wharf, materially aided in
saving sailing craft.
FIRE AT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, April 6.—Fire on Canal
street to-day burned out the Cornua Cotton
Seed Oil Co., Greer & Co., and Mohlen.
Ksnip' & Binn, machinists, causing a total
loss of $15,b00, with insurance *12,0u0.
A OREAT FIRE AT AMESBURY.
Amesbury, Mass., April /».—The largest
fire ever known in this town is now raging.
The Babcock Carriage Company is burned
out; also, J. II. Clarke & Co., Walker,
Shiels & Co., A. N. Parry & Co., Lambert,
Holleoder & Hume Carriage Company,
while nearly a dozen dwellings have been
burned. Tne fire is spreading, and threat
ens destruction to a large amount of other
property. The low will probtbly reach sev
eral hundred thousand dollars. Help has
been received from Lawrence, Merrimae and
Haverhill. ______
A Munificent Donation.
Galveston, April 6.—Henry Rosenburg,
a millionare banker of this city, in a com
munication to the board of school trustees
to night, donated $40,000^ for the immediate
erection of a substantial public school
building in the east end of the city for the
education of white children exclusively.
Rosenborg is a native of Switzerland. lie
came to Galveston forty-four years ago a
poor boy. _______
Prosecntlo
i>f Majo
Templar.
LONDON, April 6.—The trial of Major
Templar, of the Seventh Rifles, and chief of
his battalion of the army, for divulging army
secrets, was begun to-day at Chatham. The
prosecution is conducted by the treasury.
The French Cabinet Distrusted.
PARIK, April 6.—The Paris journals say
that yesterday's voting in the Senate and
Chamber of Deputies on motions to adjourn
indicates that tne cabinet is distrusted.
N*»w York Democratic Convention.
Nkw York, April 5.—The Democratic
State committee niui decided to hold the
Hute convention in New York at noon, on
May 16.
of Abe
bout 10
y built
only a
portion of liia head showing above a show*
case as Frank L. Harralson, the State libra
ria», entered the store with a pistol in one
hand and a cowhide in the other. liar-
raison made an effort to cowhide Fry by
leaning over the counter and striking
him with tlie whin. The short whip, the
high sho\vcase ana the fortunate brevity of
the proprietor, prevented him from bein
hit. liarr&Ison then raised his pistol anti
threatened to shoot Fry, but did not carry
out his threat.
A moment or two later Ilarralson sus
pended his war-like operations, and leav
ing the store, walked down to the police
headquarters and gave himself up, as he
did so making the statement that he had
cowhided Abe Fry.
About a quarter of an hour later Fry
appeared at the police headquarters and
asked if he wa* wanted. He was informed
that he was not, but afterwards, while ex-
nrejwing his opinion of Ilarralson’a actions
in a moat vigorous manrier, spoke unpar
liamentary in the presence of a blue card
that hangs on the wall near the station
bouse keeper’s desk, and a case was made
against him for using profane language at
police headquarters.
A ease was also booked against Harral*
son charging hini with disorderly conduct,
and botli were required to give a bond for
their appearance in police court to-mor
row morning to answer the charges pre
ferred against them
Ah may be imagined from tlie above,
Ilarralson and Frf had previously had
some trouble. A few days ago Ilarralson
met Fry on the streets and told him that
lie had a colt that lie wanted to trade ofif.
Fry’s answer was, “Bring him dow'n and 1
will give you a watch for him.” Fry says
that lie thought that IIurruh»Ou was only
getting ofi'some joke, and that his answer
was meant in the same way.
Yesterday Ilarralson called at Fry’s
store and telling the clerk, a young man by
the name of Fritz, to hand out a waten
that ilarralson pointed out in tho show
case, looked at it for a few moments and
then put it his pocket. Ilarralson made
some remark to Fritz about keeping the
w atch, saying that he was going to give
Fry a colt for it. The clerk and Ilarralson
W’ere having some words about the watch
when Fry came in and the matter was
taken up by him. Fry refused to trade,
and Ilarralson left the store in a laughing
mood, telling-Fry that it was a trade and
that he would 6end him tlie colt. Frv did
not relish Harralson’s joke, if
was intended as such, and turning to Fritz
informed him that lie would hold
him responsible for the watch.
f THE CASES TRIED.
Atlanta, April 4.—The cases against
Mr. Frank L. Ilarralson, State librarian,
And Abe Fry, the jeweler, were called in
police court this morning.
Mr.dFry was represented by Col. Hinton
Wright and Tlyimas F. Corrigan, wi ”
Mr. ilarralson appeared for himself. The
recorder placed a fine ol fifty dollars and
costs upon Harralson for disorderly con
duct and he was bound over to appear
before the City Court under a two hundred
uutiKr tniMMj V
other. Mr. Fry was fined fifteen dollars
aud costs for using profane language
the Station house. No further hostilities
are anticipated between the two parties.
EDWARD ATKINSON.
Ifln Views on Type of Manhood as Affect
by Natural Advantages.
Atlanta, April 5.—Quite a number of
Atlantiana assembled in the council cham
ber to-day at noon to hear Mr. Edward
Atkinson, of Boston, speak. lie was intro
duced by Col. E. P. Howell -in a short
speech. lie chose as his subject “Do nat
ural advantages develop the best type of
manhood?”
Among other things, lie said
The purpose of life is to develop men.
Where will the best type of men be devel
oped hereafter? In which section, aye,
even in which race, will the best qualities
of mankind !»<■ brought ••m 7 l am far
from sure that the bent material advantages owner *
will develop the best type of man.
Whether on the whole to be without great
natural resources won’t tend to develop
more fully the qualities of men is
question which has engaged the
thought of New England. Down here
in Pennsylvania and South you have
the original aurentian shale, elements of
fertility. All through your Atlantic coast
your shell formation, which a New Eng
land man thinks will grow only mullien
stalks, upon that 1 found the greatest
yield of substance for beasts that I have
ever found. Subjected, as you were, to
the burden of slavery, not much was to be
expected until your country was born
again in 1803, 1804 and 1865. You have
just reached the adult age. Perhaps it is
an advantage to me not to come of tener, to
observe the great progress of the country.
With all former habits of thought over
thrown with no inherited capital, the
whole system revolutionized and changed
and subjected to the competition of inher
ited application, and yet in these twenty-
one years your industries have come to
adult growth.
In the exchanges, State with State and
section with section, there will be the sur~
vival of the fittest. You are passing
through the first stage of great individual
fortuues. The dejecta membra of your
railroads are brought together as they
were in the North. Then the wealth of
the individual results in the advantage of
all. Then conies better service for lower
all the skill and knowledge that can be
applied. To this period you have not
come.
You have the greatest iron deposits in
the world, and now I se^ little shops
springing up all around.
Here we have sixty millions of people,
among whom tho common school is Be
coming tHe solvent. You will have to
look to it that your colored men don’t be
come better mechanics than you.
What U the difficulty of dealing with
the trained mgro compared to tnat of
dealing with a foreign population carry
ing with them the seed of socialism and
anarchy? We have a vastly harder prob
lem than you.
Mr. Atkinson said that it gave him cour
age to see the colored people acquiring
property in the Nonfth.
THE EKE IT.
Mr, llli>.« Sish«ar, of lliomanTillf, on tlie
DaniageM by the Late Colil Spell.
Atlanta, April 4.-^-Commissioner of
Agriculture Henderson received the fol
lowing letter to-day from T. E. Black^hear,
of Thomasville, proprietor of the Home-
wood Nursery and a member of tlie St:
H >rti< ultun I Society, n latire to tlie pr
pects of the fruit crop:
“A few days ago I made a report to y
in regard to the status of the present fruit
crop. ^ Le Conte and Kiefer pears are our
chief fruit here, and from a more careful
inspection I think the damage done by the
recent cold not more than fifty' tier cent,
of a good crop. Other varieties Jiavo not
bloomed out and may make a crop, but
tl\?se do not amount to much, as there are
only a few trees in this section.
“Strawberries have been killed three
times this year, and they now promise
very poor yield.
‘ We have very few peaches and plums
and apple trees in this section. The two
former are nearly all destroyed, while ap
ples are not yet in bloom.
The crop of everything except oats are
very backward. At present the ground is
wet aud there is no sun to dry off* thirtgs,
and prospects are not very flattering.
MURDER AT GRIFFIN.
A Nfgro Shoots His Enemy Through the
Hefty as He Knters Church.
Correspondence Macon Telegraph.
Griffin, April 4.—Last niglit about' 10
o’clock, right under the eyes of the sane-
that Charlie Thomas and Will Mitchell,
both colored, had a misunderstanding, and
perhaos harsh words passed between them
on Saturday night, at which time Thomas
was heard to say lie would kill Mitchell
upon meeting him again. They met again
at the door of tlie colored church, known
as the Union Baptist, on Solomon street,
last niglit.
Mitchell was in the act of opening the
door to go in, and hearing some one near
him he turned, and ns he did so Thomas
fired upon him, the ball passing through
the body and producing death in about
ten minutes.
Up to this time botli men have good
reputations.
The negro portion of our community is
alive with excitement, and four sijuads of
men are gone out iu as many directions,
determined to catch the murderer if possi
ble. It is thought Thomas has gone toward
Columbus.
AT ST. PHILLIP'S.
Marriage of Mr. Henry M. Atkinson and
Mil. Mary Peters.
Atlanta, April 5.—To-night at eight
o’clock in St. Phillip’s Episcopal church,
in the presence of a large conconrso of
friends, Mr. Henry Morrell Atkinson,
nephew of Hon. Edward Atkinson, of Bos
ton, was united in marriage to Miss May
P. .rs, daughter of Mr. itichard Peters.
The ceremony was performed in an impres
sive manner by Bishop Quintard, ol Su-
wanee, Tenn., assisted by Kev. Byron
Holly. >Tho church was profusely deco
rated with the rarest flowers and the art
istic display of the florist called forth the
admiration of ail who were present. The
costumes, 'arid the bride’s trosseau was a
poem of loveliness.
After spending a few hours at the resi
dence of Mr. Kichard Peters, where at. ele
gant receptJpn »»d repast wire given, Mr.
and Mrs. Atkinson left at midnight for a
trip to Denver and other Western cities,
where tlie honeymoon will be spent.
A Country Cow Gel. Kxeiteil.
Atlanta, April 5.—A cow belonging to
Mr. Hughes, a butcher on Decatur street,
created quite an excitement on that street
yesterday afternoon.
Site was a country cow and not uteri to
city life, and was being driven by a small
boy, when she became frightened at an ap
proaching clreet car.
With a violent plunge she jerked the
rope out of tlie boy’s hand and rushed up
the street. When near the corner of Cal
houn street site seemed to be perfectly in
furiated at the attempts made to stop her,
and charged full tilt into a number of
children, all of whom escaped unhurt.
The cow then rushed into tho store of
Mr. T. J. Buchanan, upsetting barrels,
boxes, chairs, show cases, and everything (
else in her way, and doing considerable!
damage. She was there caught by several
men and held until taken in charge by her
ALEXANDER’S SUIT.
The Former Prince of Bui
garia .Seeking a Wife.
TKCHNOLOGICAL PRESIDENCY.
Dr. Hopktns, of Emory College, Elected l>y
the Hoard nnd WillProbnbty Accept.
Atlanta, April 5.—The technological
commissioners met this afternoon in regu
lar monthly 6essiot, with a full board
presenL Rev. 1.8. Hopkins, president of j
Emory College, was elected president of j
the technological school. |
He was present at the meeting, and, I
while not agreeing to accept the position, j
he laid fcc would take the matter under
consideration. It is the opinion of the
commissioners that he will accept the
position.
After some routine business the board
adjourned.
AUGUSTA.
Tlie King 81111-Sand Hills Hotcl-The Ex-
position—Railroad Accident*
Special Telegram to Macon Telegraph.
Augusta, April 6.—The King mill is
adding two spindles and 176 looms to its
capacity.
The Sand Hills notol Company organized
to-day, electing Dr. W. H. Tutl president,
Jacob Phinizy vice-president, and Clias. I
Estes, Alfred Baker and E. Ii. Schneider
directors, and Geo. Fargo secretary. The
directors authorized a hundred thousand
dollar building at once.
The dates of the exposition are extended
by the directors to-night. It wil! open, as
f » _ A-t.U.. 1ti.lt knt
aireauy uuuouuu.u, wa •
will close on November 17th instead of the
3d. The directors will leave for Kansas
City, accompanied by Mrs. Frank
Leslie, on May 16th, for .Bir
mingham Memphis and Kansas City
inn private car. The lumber and brick
work** ill be commenced on the building on
the 16th inst. , . . _ .
Lost night at 11 o'clock a cab of the South
Carolina freight train was capsized at Elko,
forty miles from here. Four men were se
riously hurt and one brakeman, Williams,
wot internally injured and is expected to
die. Further particulars could not be
learned, as the South Carolina railroad
bridge over the Edisto river is on fire and
the wires are down.
French War Department.
P.4RIH, April 5.—DeFreycinet. minister of
war in the,new cabinet, will allow the new
war department to retain an exclusively
military character and will refer to a special
secretaryship all parliamentary questions.
BISMARCK THREATENS TO RESIGN 4 .
The Rumor not Credited Abroad, Although
Published in Positive Terms by Ger
man Papers—French Minist ry
Coldly Received.
BERLIN, April 5.—The Cologne Gazette
to-day publishes the following: Great ex
citement prevails in diplomatic circles iu
Berlin over the possibility of the speedy res
ignation of Prince Bismarck because of the
proposed marriage of Prince Alexander ol
Battenberg, and Princess Victoria ol Prus
sia. Prince Alexander wishes to accompany
Queen Victoria to Berlin, as a snitor for the
hand of the Princess. The bearing of the re
ports is so seriousthat they cannot be pawesl
over until the Bulgarian question shall have
been settled by all the powers. The projeeft
ed marriagp oan -enly Y>» judged *■*—
ieal point of view, and on that accountUre
marriage is an impossibility. The German
policy has its root in the eiiihiivom*
avoid anything that would be likely to arone
the slightest suspicion, and m
the Bulgarian question Germany murt, in
accordance with the declaration made by
Bismarck in the Reichstag, remain wholly a
disinterested party. As long as Bulgaria ia
in question, tfiis course of action affords the
only means of retaining the full confidence
of the opposing governments. That confi
dence would be disturbed in an instant if
the Czar’s most detested antagonist were to
become the son-in-law of Emperor Freder
ick. As a German patriot Prince Alexander
cannot take a step which can only be the
reverse of beneficial to the fatherland. The
intel igenre of tlie Prince is so highly esti
mated that it is impossible for him to attempt
a suit which would assuredly cost the Ger
man people their chancellor.”
Puolic opinion in Berlin is emphatically
in favor of Bismarck.
Up to a late hour to night the Renter tele
gram agency had received no confirmation
of the report that Bismarck would resign:
hut little importance, however, is attaches
to the rumor.
A London dispatch says: A dispatch re
ceived here to-night confirms the report that
Biswar k is about to retire from tiic German
chancellorship.
A dispatch from Berlin at a late hour says:
It is rumored here that if Prinee Bismarck
resigns Count Herbert Bismarck will also
resign.
A CASE OF LOVE.
A strong affection has existed between the
young people since Prince Alexander’s visit
to Berlin In 18S5. Tlie late Emperor opposed
tlie match, hut it is believed that Emperor
Frederick, the Empress and Queen Victoria
look upon it with lavor. Bismarck has had
aloug conference with the Empress, snu has
also laid before Emperor Frederick a com-}
prehensive statement in writing cf the posr.i-
ole coiiMiquenctM of the marriage. The re
sult, according to the iatesr. report, is ihai
the marriage lias been postponed for the
present and that Bismarck retaius his posi
tion.
The report of Prince Bismarck'n resigiot-
tion came first from the Cologne Gazette's
Vienna correspondent. It is supposed that
the Chancellor took this incans to make his
Gazattc appeared in the evening edition ot*
that paper.
CANADA AND THK UNITED STATIN.
A Strong Plea for Unrestricted Fi«w> Trmde
With tlie United States.
Ottawa, Out., April 5.—-There are sign*
of a debate in the House of Commons on
Cartwright’s resolution in favor of unre
stricted commerce. The discussion was re
sumed to-day hy Mr. Laurier, the leader ol
the opposition.
He said that while Canada was a grand
country, witii all the natural advantages she
required, yet it would be criminal not to ad
mit that there wasa wound of Jong «tan ding
threatening the sources of her life. While
Canada was losing her population by thou
sands every year the conclusion was inevit
able that there was something wrong
somewhere. Canada had an ahundunce of
natural products. The trouble lay in not
having an outlet for them. The history of
all nations showed the record of their efforts
was to broaden the area of their trade and
commerce, but Canada’s efforts in tliis direc
tion since 1867 had been a succession of fail
ures. The only course for Canada to pursue
was to opeu as wide as possible all the nyo-
nues of trade. Unrestricted reciprocity
would be of incalculable benefit to Canadian
farmers, who constituted seventy per cent,
of the population of the country. He ad
mitted that under this arrangement Great
Britain would be discriminated against, hut
this was not u question of sentiment; *
it was one of duty, and when it
came to standing by Great Britain
and by his native land lie stood by
Canada. [Cheers from the opposition.] The
only way to appease the discontent of the
maratime provinces was to give them their
natural markets. No one supposed that the
present relations of Canada to Great Britain
would last forever, and whenever C»»*nda
chose to stand by herself the separatum
would take place in peace and friendship.
He admitted that there was force in the ob
jection that unrestricted reciprocity would
he a step towards annexation, but he did
not fear it. He appealed to those who be
lieved that the world could not remain
stationary, to men who believed that the
present position of Canada was false and
dangerous, to support the proposal for free
trade with the United States.
Dilke Out in Famphlet.
London, April 5.—Sir Ch.iricb Dilke, in ..
pamphlet, denounces the county governmenl
(lilt on the ground that the licensinir provis
ion* are defective ami that control of the
police is not given to county authorities.
A CASK FOR LYNCH.
A Negro Brutally Heats Two Young M«u j
Whoso Mother Dies From the Shock.
Nenv Orleans, March 5.—A Picayune’s
Aberdeen (Miss.) special says: A terriblo
tMMriv niiQriinil near thii citv last even
ing in which George Washington, colored,
brutally beat two young white men with a
heavy stick and an earthen iag.
When the news reached the mother of the
young men, Mrs. Edney. she swooned, and
Wiicu she €sw her beys brought home with
their heads gashed and bloody and one with
his brains oozing out, she fainted away and
.lift! ;M l I... k. B- :h ti.- ii arc Mill living,
hut it is believed that the younger, aged l7,
cannot recover.
A posse is in search of the negro and shot
at him several times, aDd it is believed that
he was either caught or killed.
COLUMBUS.
Death of Col. T. C. Hill at tho
—Casein City Court.
Special Telegram to Macon Tr!e Kr *ph.
Columhcs, April fi,—Col. T. C. Mill,
g(j years, one of the bt*ft citiseus of 4hr •©«■'
ty, died this afternoon.
Most of Judge Ingram’s time in the City
Court txlaj eon-umnl in the trial of a
bastardy cat*** mraiiiht Thomas 1‘redy. Tltc
parties are white, and the rase is mk inter
esting one. A verdict will he reached to
morrow.