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Irwin County News Official Organ of Irwin County. A. G. DeLOACH, Editor and Prop'r. PROFESSIONAL CAROS. ■yy is HToity, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Sycamore, Georgia. jyjAHl ANTHONY. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Sycamore, Gbobqia. Will be looted for tho present at tho Dod- Bon House. Patronage respectfully sol.cited. T. W. KLLIS, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Ruby, Gbobqia. Calls promptly attended lo at nil hours. 1 respectfully solicit a Rhare of the public patronage Office iu 15. H Cockrell’s stole. JJU. J. b\ GARDNER, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Asbburn, Georgia. Cailt! answered promptly day or night. ti?~Sjieciul attention to discuses of women and childiwa. . 1QENXON STKANGE, M. D. V CORDELLE, SPECIALIST. GEOBQIA, Diseases of women, Strictures, Nervous nnd all private diseases. Strictures dissolv¬ ed out iu 2 to 5 minutes by a smooth current of Galvanism without pain or detention from bu-iuess; and given to patient in a vial ofi 'Icoliol. Correspondence solicited and IxL references given. Otlice uortU-east cor¬ ner Huw.meo House. B. M. FHIZZELLE, LAWYER, McRae, Gkoegia. Practices in tbu £5tutu and Federal Courts. Real Estate uml Criminal Law Specialties. w. A. AARON, LAWYER, oAsdburn, Georgia. Collections and Ejectment suits a Special¬ ty* Room No. 4, Betts Building. VV. FULWOOD, LAIV, REAL ESTATE & COLLECTIONS, Tifton, Gkokgi Prompt attention given to all business. IsgyQttiee, Love Building, Room No. 1. J OAIN HARRIS. SHOEMAKER, Ashbubn, Georgia, My prices are loiv aud ail work Guaranteed. DIRECTORY. CITY OF 8YCAMOKE. Mayor—A G. DeLoaeb. Councilman—W. B. Dasher, I. L. Murray. HI. AV. Cockrell, E. R. Smith, J. P. Fountain, Superior Courts—First Monday in April ond October. C. C. Smith, Judge, Hawkins- ville, Solicitor Gn. General—Tom Eason. McRae,Ga. Clerk Superior Court—J. B. D. Paulk, Ir¬ winville, Ga. Sheriff—Jesse Paulk, Ruby, Ga. Deputy Sheriffs—C. L. Prescott, Irwin- ville, Ga.; Wm. VanHouten, Monthly session, Kycamore, second Ga. Monday; County Quarterly Court — session, second Monday In January, April, July and October. J. B. Clements, Judge, Irwinville, Ga. County Court Bailiff—William Rogers, Ir- Winville, Ga. County Commissioners’ Court—First Mon¬ day iu each month. M. Henderson. Commis¬ sioner, Oeilla, Ga. Ordinary's Court—First. Ordinary, Monday Vic, in each mouth. Daniel Tucker, Ga. School Commissioner—J. Y. Fletcher, Ru¬ by. Ga. Treasurer—W. R. Paulk, Irwin- County Tnx Receiver -I). A. Mclnnis, Vic.'Ga. Tax Collector—J. W. Paulk, Ruby, Ga. Surveyor— M. Barnes, Minnie, Ga. Coroner—Daniel Hall, Miunie, Ga. Board of Education—Jno. Clements Chair¬ man, Irwinville, Ga.; Henry T. Fletcher, Ir- l3. winvilie, Ga.; L. It. Tucker, Vic, Ga.; L. Taylor, Irwinville, Ga.; S. E. Coleman, Ooalla, Justico Ga. Dist. G. M., Second Courts—901 , Saturday in each mouth. Marcus Luke, N. | and ex-ofii. J. P.; Wm. Rogers, Bailiff, . JS^Distrirt" G. M. McNeese, Second J. Saturday F., Kissi- in each month. J. H. Ocala, Ga. inee, Ga. James Roberts, Bai'iif, 1388 Dist. U. M., Third Saturday in each moritii. it. V. Hanley, J. P ; David Troup, Bailiff, Minnie, Ga. 983 Dist G. M., Third AYednesday in each month. C. L ltuyal, J. P.. Sycamore, Ga.; A. Jones & P Royal, Builiffs, Syoumoro, Ga. 982 Dist. G M.. D. A. Ray, iN. P. & Ex- officio J. P,, H ycamore, Ga. _ LODGE DIRECTORY- Svcanvuv I.ndo'M. No. 210 F. & A M Regular communications, "nd Saturday. AV Story, AY. M.: A. D. Ross, Secretary. Oeilla Lodge, F. & A. M.—Regular 4lh Sunday com- tuuuicalLon Thursday before the iu each month. J. A. J, Henderson, Ga. W. M.; D. AV. M. AA'hitley, Beo’y, Oeilla, CHURCH DIRECTORY- SYCAMoaiC CIRCUIT. Sycamore— 2nd Sunday and Sunday night. Cyclometa—Fourth Sunday. Dakota--Third Sunday. Ashburue—1st Sunday and Sunday night. T. D. STRONG, Pastor. UNION PRIMITIVE BAPTIST. Brushey Creek—4 h Sunday and Saturday before, Sturgeon Creek—2nd Sunday and Situr- Salem—3rd Hopewell—1st Sunday Sunday & Saturday Saturday before, before. and ISld. Ay. H. Harden, Pastor. Little River—3rd Sunday and Saturday before. Saturday Turner's before Meeting House—2nd Sunday and Oaltj* Grove—itih Sunday aud Saturday before Emeus—1st Sunday and Saturday Pastor. before Eld, James Gibbs, NOTICE. Parties are warned tU.it,no hunting N"S or fill¬ ing will he' Unwed on lots of laud 15, ii, 17. 13, 19 uta 3rd district of L em wornix. 1EI va E u wasmt “In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.” SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., AUGUST 1891. CURRKMT EVENTS Epitomized in Paragraphs, Giving tho Cream of the General News. One hundred and fifty Pullman strikers have returned to work. The National Tubo works strike, McKeeeport, Pa., has been declared oil. Tho Illinois state troops, except 3,000 in Chicago, have all been order- ed home. The house committee on military allairs has prepared a bill to establish a soldiers’ home near Knoxville, Tonii. Tho senate committee on Territo¬ ries lias decided to recommend the ad¬ mission of Arizona and New Mexico as states. At a meeting of the local Trades and Labor Assembly, of Chicago, the name of president Cleveland was jeered and hissed. The United States mints at Phila¬ delphia, New Orleans and San Fran¬ cisco have received orders to resume tlie coinage of standard silver dollars, Monroo, La., lias had a $40,000 lire. It occurred in the business center of the town and destroyed, among otliot buildings, Garretson’s opera house and hotel. The safe of tho Mobile & Ohio rail¬ road company at Brookville, Miss • > was cracked and a large sum of money taken out. Detectives have been sent to investigate. The Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railroad shops at Kansas City, Mo., closed on account of the strike, have bc3ii re-opened, employ¬ ing 500 men. The miners’strike at Bevier, Mo., lias been declared oil and work will be resumed in all mines in ihat dis¬ trict except two, which will not ope; until September. The grand jury at Meridian, Miss., has returned two bills of indictment for arson against W. C. Schamber, proprietor of the Queen and Crescent hotel iu that city. A supply of commissary stores suf¬ ficient for 30 days has been sent to the naval forces ou duty at Oakland, Cal,, and they will remain there an indelinate period. Advices from Seoul have been re¬ ceived to the etloot that tho Japaueso commander is concentrating forces to attack the Chinese and Coreans en¬ trenched outside the city. The strike among the potters al East Liverpool, O., has been declared off; tho men accepting the wage scale of the Trenton, N. «J., compromise— 12 1-2 per cent reduction. A house owned by the Frick coke company at Leisenring, Pa. was blown up by dynamite, A deeertei from the strikers, who was sleeping in tho house escaped uninjured. St. Louis reports a slight earth- tremor observed at 7:10 Wednesday morning, and three distinct shocks were felt at Memphis about 0;30, with vibrations from north to south. Seventy-five masked men overpow¬ ered the guards and burned the Hock Island bridge at Wankomies, O. T. The soldiers at Hound Pond were firod on. The situation calls for more mil¬ itary force. The British bark William Lelchur was wrecked off Cape St. James on Provost Island 600 miles from Singa 1 poro. Her crew, consisting of four Englishman and eight Chinese, were ail lost. The chief of police of Pensacola, Fia., has been notified of the arrest at Mobile, Aia., of I lie white man, John Bobbins, who is charged Avith at¬ tempting (o outrage tho young lady, Miss Hartsoog. At Sacramento, Cal., over 400 men reported for work in the shops. Mati^ of the old employees were given theit former positions. They filed into tM yards under the protection of a strong military escort. Small pox is said lo have broket out at Mountain Grove, Wriglv county, Mo. Eight cases have beeit reported prevails in aud the community. much other Numberi slcknesj of people have fled to other towns. I At Burney’s station Ind., on tin big Four railroad, eitgheen miles east of Columbus, six masked men tied George Herron, a seller of whiskej toy the quart, to a telegraph pole and gave him 53 laskes with beecl) switches. The plant of ilie Columbia Iron Works company, builders of the work ships Detroit and Montgomery, has been damaged to the extent of $80,000 by fire. File pattern shop, in which the plans of the ships were kept, was destroyed. ^ s 'VegO, N. Y., rioting long- shoremen entered the houses of James Sexsmith and Isaac Densinore, non- union tneu, during the night and brutally assaulted them. * Sexsmith’s wife came to his assistance and was beaten also, Joe Flatt, a quiet and peaceable man living near Marion, La., wat decoyed from his house and killed. His father-in-law was seriously wounded by the same parties, The sheriff, with a posse, is after the mur¬ derers, who are known. A Honolulu mail tins been received at Arkland, New Zealand, bearing news of tho proclamation on the fourth of July of the republic of Ha¬ waii with Sanford II. Dole as presi¬ dent. Many inhabitants had taken the oath of allegiance to the new gov¬ ernment. J. 8. Cochran and A. II. Sayre pres- Went and treasurer of the first national bank at Del Norte, Cal., having been convicted in the United States district court of making false reports to the comptroller of the eu rreacy, have been sentenced by Judge Hallett to five Years impri8onm«nt at. .iniifit. tii Orders have beeiJissued for the re- moval of tho United Slates forces from Chicago. It is thought that tho slate militia and city police will be able to preserve order. The federal forces go to Fort Sheridan, whero they will constitute a reserve force vvilhin easy call in case of an cmer- ’ey- Cl.'cago has tiad another big blaze. The Wholesale market of Nelson, Mor- ris & bo. was burned, and with it $50,000 worth of meats and property. There is no doubt I hat the fire was incendiary. When a batallion of ma- litia reached the scene great crowds on the street were cheering at tho burst of fire through tho plate glass front. Three men were instantly killed and three seriously hurt by the breaking of an elevator drum at a brewery in New York city. The men were on a large grain elevator, 10 feet square, loaded with kegs, and had started from the Gth floor, when the drum broke and they went down to the collar with a crash. At Louisvillo, Ky., John Asch- backer was abusing his wife, when his daughter, Mrs. T. F. Meagher, aged 32, shot him through the heart. He died instantly. He had beaten his wife and kicked her unmercifully, and she is reported to be dying. Mrs. Meagher drove witli her husband to Ihe jail and surrendered to the author¬ ities. A small crowd of rioters attempted to stop a freight train in the Grand Trunk yards in Chicago, and attacked officer Linclgren, who interfered, with Stones and coupling pins. He fell, bruised in a dozen places, bnt regained liis feet and fired, wounding Alexander Hurt perhaps fatally, and a striker named Donnigau, slightly, Only one rioter was arrested. Washington E. Irving, ainephew of the famous author, was supposed to have died at Escandido and Ids funeral was held. After friends had passed tho casket at the close of the services, a knocking was heard from within and, the lid having been hastily re¬ moved, Irving rose up. He was in a dazed condition but soon regained his Benses fully and was conveyed to In- home., People desirous of visiting Texas will bo glad to note that the Queen & Crescent Iloute propose to sett round trip tickets to alt points in that state at the rate of one fare for tho round trip, on July 24th, 25th and 26th., with stop-over privilege at points west of the Mississippi river. J. ii McGregor, T. P. A., 2005 1st avenue, Birmingham, Ala., or A. J. Lyttle, 1). P. A., Chattanooga, Tenn., will give further information if requested. Marshal Ilyau of East Point, Ga., had arrested two negroes and was taking them to tho station house, when one of them suddenly turned and shot him. The ball hit him fairly in ihe breast, but luckily glanced on a rib and followed it round his chest. Before the negro could lire a second lime the marshal shot him through the heart. The other priso¬ ner bolted, but after a i uu of a hun¬ dred yards was brought to a stop by s Bhot in the leg. Three hundred men are engaged in work preparatory to starting up tho Pullman machinery. The applications of 325 more who desire to return to work have been received in the com¬ pany’s office. On Thursday, while 100 workmen who were on their way to Pullman, they were stopped by tho strikers and a fight ensued, whick resulted iu an agreement on the pari of the new men to go home. Later they reached Pullman by anothei route, and wont to work. The ware house and stables of Geo. VV. Knox expressjcoinpauy, occupying more than a fourth of a block at 2nd aud B. streets, northwest, Washing¬ ton, D. C-, were burned. Two hun¬ dred and live horses perished in the flames. The Adams express company’s stables were almost entirely consumed but the horses vvere saved. Ten othet houses were burned. i’hroe firemen were killed by falling walls and four luiured. One of Knox’s stablemen was severely hurt. Loss $500,000. Two hundred citizens of Pond Creek, O. T., haze been arrested for train wrecking. Their lookouts posted an tho house tops reported the ap¬ proach of tweuty soldiers from Pond L’reek station. Seizing their Winches¬ ters the citizens fell into line in high (flee, prepared to defy the littlo squad »f soldiers, Suddenly two companies af federal troops swarmed off of a (rain that had just arrived. This lit¬ tle circumstance modified the defiance Mau-oof the proceedings. In fact the brave goo surrendered at discretion. At Nashville, Tena., Oliver Neely, , colored, applied lo J. A. Thomas, ticket agent at the union depot Tor a ticket for himself and a half fare ticket for his child. Tho latter was refused on the ground that tho child was not entitled to a half fare on ae- eount of her age. Hot words ensued. Neely became very abusive and whe “ lle niadc a suspicious move to- P u ’ ,ls ‘“l 1 P oc f et ll }° »JU‘ut seued P’ 1U J 0 vtl ,ll ! ( 8 10 t 11U 1 nl ' •nlhcUng . , a pa.ulul . . but not ‘‘“ugerons wound. Mr I bomas was ki i es u jxiu No A. It. U. Mon Wanted. The Mobile and Ohio ltail way Coni' pany issued order last Sunday that all members of the American Railway Union in its employ would be imme- dialely dismissed. This atlects several | bundled men on the Jackson ami St. i Uouis division. About ten men in tho shops of the company in this city were discharged. The order issued by the company says that the men will he taken back as soon as they’ receive withdrawal cards from tho union. A number have already applied for with- drawal, but there are a great many on the St. Louis division that say they will remain in the union. Trouble , is expected. A Fight at Last. Advices from Seoul, Island of Corea, Slate that a battle lias been fought there between Corcan and Japanese i troops, iu which tho Coreans were defeated with considerable loss. The Corcan troops, together with some Chinese, soldiers, made an attack upon Ihe Japanese garrison and attempted to take the Japanese positiou by storm, A. sharp fight ensued. The Japanese fire was more than the attacking party muld stand and they were compelled lo retire. The assault upon the Jap- Diese garrison was made on the insti- patiou of the Chinese residents at Beoul. Explosion of Natural Gas. Several distinct explosions of nat. ural gas occurred in a natural gas well just north of Coffeyville, Kansas, last Tuesday morning about 2 o’clock, The whole town was illuminated, the earth trembled and a shower of rooks, continuing several minutes, rattled down on Ihe houses, some of them crashing through the roofs. An areo of 80 acres around the well was torn np, toppling over-houses and barns, moving huge boulders from their beds and leaving holes from 15 to 30 feet deco. The people for many miles around were terrified by the strange phenomena. After Nineteen Years. The dishonesty of an employe ot Ihe Bank of. California has just been discovered after he had been in tho iorvice of the bank, in a confidential 'apacity, 19 years. About a month i.„o Mr. Nl ell vi lie, correspondence clerk in tho bank, disappeared, An investigation disclosed a shortage in his accounts and lie was followed and brought back, lie has made a con¬ fession by which it appears that ho has been stealing from the bank £ot 18 years, during which time he has disposed of $35,000 of the bank’s money. Ho was quite prominent as » society and club man. Minister to Russia. Clifton It. Breckenridge, of Arkan¬ sas, has been nominated by the presi¬ dent to be minister to llussia, to jueceed Andrew I). White. Mr. Breckenridge has represented the 2nd district ot Arkansas twelve years, and has been a consistent tariff reformer. In Ihe extra session hist summer he favored die repeal of (he purchase clause of the silver coinage act. It is believed that this led to lvia defeat for renomination to congress. This is an itsit anec ot t ie folly of retiring an i able and faithful public servant on I account of a difference of opinion in regard lo a single issue, and ihat of minor importance as compared to some others. A Brief Proclamation. Jamaicans and natives have expelled ihe Nicarauguaus from Blttefields, Hie conflict was short and sharp, and the proclamation of the Mosquito thief on assuming the government vas equally brief. It is as follows: ' FllOCLA RATION. Mosquito Reservation, Bluefields, fitly 6. 1894. - I, Robert lleury Clar¬ ence, hereditary chief of Mosquito, fere by proclaim that I have assumed toy rightful authority as chief of Mos- ind juito, loyal and residents I call upon all law abiding •ty and to obey my author- that of my officers. Robbkt Henuy Clarence. _C hief of Mos quito A Bail Man Ivillctl. Aaron Hammond, colored, chief of a gang of barn-burners, and who stood confessed to have burned the barn of Chase Bros., at Huntsville, was killed by Chief Davis, while resisting arrest. When ordered to surrender, lie made j at Hie officer with a pruning knife, I when he shot and killed. 1 was Tom Stone and John Hammond, two other members of the alleged gang, wore jailed. A Town Laid Low by Fire. The entire business portion of Che- ! uoa, Ill., east of the Anon tracks and south of the Toledo, Peoria aud West- ern, Ims been wiped out by fire, with i a loss of $100,000, $ 1.00 a Year in Advance. VOL. V. NO. 12. AT THE CAPITOL. A Synopsis of What is Being Said and Done at Washington from Day to Day. One Hundred and Eighty Six*b n I llouSE ._ Tho 8 , )eaUe , anil0unc0(J the regular - order to ho a voto on the , Joint io]ulioi| providing foi tho elcc . . ^ > o£ seuiUor8 by t|l(J As (hi3 | involves a change of the ^constitution a vote of two thirds iu its favor was necessary to its passage. The yeas and nays were demanded and the re¬ suit was 1J7 yeas, and 49 nays, and j the resolution was passed— 1 The house declined to concur the senate amendments to the Indian appio | priutious and asked u conference. The bill providing for tho reappointment, j as fast as vacancies occur, of railway j postal clerks dismissed when tho postal j service law, was taken put under •Without the civil servico action was up. ou it the house, at 3:90 adjourned unlij Monday, The senate held no session today, One Hundred and Eighty-Seventh Day. Senate. —Upon I he expiration of the routine business, Senator Voorhces called up the conference report on the tariff. A warm debate, led by Mr. Gorman of Maryland, ensued, and was followed by the presiding officer’s announcement that the next order of business was the consideration of the resolution to recede from the senate’s position point Mr. on Cockrell, coal and Missouri, ore. At inter¬ this of posed a motion to proceed to executive business. The motion prevailed and, at 3:38, the senate adjourned until to-morrow. House. —No business was transacted iu the house to-day. One Hundred and Eighty-Eitght Day. Senate. —At 12:30 consideration of the tarill conference was resumed and ^ir. Hill spoke in the defense of tlie president, advocating a recession from tlie senate’s position on coal and ore, Mr. Caffrey followed with a motion h> instruct the conferees to insert a provision to pay producers of sugar, far the year 1894, a bounty of 9-10 of i cent a pound. He also spoke in defense of tlie president’s letter to Mr. Wilson. Without closing his speech he gave way to a motion to adjourn, which was agreed lo. House,— Fourteen bills from the committee on public lands were passed. One of these was to settle claims be¬ tween the United Slates and the state of Arkansas, and another provides for the separation of the mineral lands in the Northern Pacific grant in Idaho and Montano, and granting patents to settlers,—The hill relating to the re- I employment of railway postal clerks i j was passed.—Mr. Tabor of South Carolina introduced a resolution pro- j . viding for die free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and requesting tho committee on hanking aud currency to report hack to the house some one or all of the Litis before it looking to a change jin the monetary system.—At 4:40 the house adjourned. One Hundred and Eighty Ninth Day. Senate. —Ten bills were taken from the calendar and passed during the morning hour.—The conference report on the legislative, judicial and execu¬ tive appropriations was agreed to, and a resolution was offered, and went over, calling for copies of all tele¬ grams and correspondence of the de¬ partment of justice with the represen- tutiyes of railroad companies and with the district attorney al Chicago on the subject of the recoin industrial troubles in Ihat city.—The debate on the tarifl conference Avas resumed and continued until 2:30, when the senate held an executive session and, at 3:20, ad (ourned. House. —Three bills were passed amending the pension act of 1890, so as to provide for widows and orphans of soldiers who died or were killed in the discharge of duty and therefore did not receive discharges from tho service; authorizing fourth class post¬ masters to administer oaths to pension¬ ers, and extending during the term of their natural lives pensions granted to insane, idiotic or otherwise perma¬ nently helpless orphan children of soldiers.—A senate bill granting a pension of $100 a month to the widow of Gen. John M. Corse was passed.— The conference report on the legist a J tive, executive and judicial appropria¬ tions was agreed to. Tho appropvia- tions can . iet i by ( hc bill aro $557,507 less tlmu those for the year ending June 80. -Adjourned. ,,Jn0 Hundred and Ninetieth i>ay Senate. —The conference report on the fortification appropria- tions was agreed to, and that on the army bill went over.— The resolution calling for the official correspondence relating to tho Indus- trial troubles at Chicago, was agreed lo__At 2 p. m. the message from the house asking further conference od tlie tariff uill was laid before the sen- ate. Mr. Quay withdrew his motion to amend ilie pending motions so as to put sugar on the free. list. Mr. Vilai addressed tho senate in a two hour? speech at tho conclusion of which ha withdrew his motion lo strike out the ilillerenlial duty of 1-8 of a cent e pound on refined sugar. Mr. Stowart, of Nevada, spoke and at the close ot the debate Mr. Hilt’s motion to pul Iron ore and coal on the free list wa? put and lost by 65 nays to 0 yeas, the vote being taken first on iron ore, and then ou coal. Mr. Callrey withdrow liis motion to provide for a bounty oe sugar for tho present year, The senate being then about lo vole on the motion to agree to further conference. Mr. Washburn, republican, of Illi* nois, renewed the motion lo strike ou* the 1 8 of a cent additional duty or refined sugars. A point of order wap raised against it and discussed until 6:15, when the somite adjourned. ilousn.—Amotion to transfer the bill to prevent the adulteration of foods and drugs from tlie committee uu commerce to the committee ou ag¬ riculture was carried by yeas 126, nays (0.— The conference report on tho bill authorizing tho Metropolitan Street Railroad company to extend its lines and change, its motive power was agreed to.—The house went into com¬ mittee of the whole on business from :he coinmittoo ou interstate and foreign commerce. 'The liouso bill to provide for keeping iho life saving stations on Hie Atlantic and gulf coasts manned from August 1st to May 1st. instead of September 1st to June 1st, was amended so as to in¬ crease ihe salaries of surftnen at stations kept open for ton mouths from $00 to $05 a month, and pussed. —Bills were passed extending the privileges of the marine hospital ser- vice to employes of the life saving service; to transfer the lightship on Tiiuity shoals, Gulf of Mexico, to the south puss of tho Mississippi; and to authorize a wagon and foot bridge aver the Chattahoochee at or near Co¬ lumbia, Ala.--The conference report on the fortification appropriations agreed to, and. at 4:50 the house adjourned. The Deadly Electric Wire. Orville II, Johnson, an 8-year-old boy of Lancaster, Pa., is lying at the point of death as the result of picking up the free end of a broken electric wire charged with 2,200 volts. The wire passed over a tree, the end being just within reach of the boy. When he caught bold of it he was drawn from his feet, and swung back aud forward like a pendulum for fully five minutes, flames flushing from his hand ali the while. His screams at- traded a number of persons, who secured clubs and knocked the wire out of his hand. O J. Steigerwnit, a young mail, also caught hold of thl wire and was badly burned, but his Injuries will not prove fatal. Commissioners Named. Tho president has announced the commissioners to investigate the con- troversios between certain railroads and their employes connected with tbs recent strike as follows: Carroll D. Wright, who is designated by the statute as one of the commissioners; John I). Kernan, of New York, and Nicholas E. Worthington, of Peoria, 111., selected by the president. Under Ihe law he was obliged to appoint » jitizen of Illinois as one of the com- luissioners. _ Hebrew 1 ‘rayer Book. The editorial committee appointed by tne recent conference of the Jewish Reformed church in America is com¬ posed of ihe Rev. Drs. G. GotthelL of New York; David Phillipson. of Cincinnati; Rudolph Grossman, of New York; Jacob Voortzanger, of San Francisco, and Derkovvalz, of Philadelphia. After four days of labor at Cape May, N. J., they have finished the revision of the union prayer book and it is now ready for the primer. The work has been in progress for two years._ More Sugar Investigations. The sugar committee has takon th' Initial steps looking to the renewal ol the investigation of charges againsl senators in which they are alleged to have made speculation. This was caused by recent publications in tho New York papers. Harry Walkei was summoned, but declined to an¬ swer any questions. He is tho Bams correspondent who declined to testify r,t the first investigation aud is tho only one of the three correspondent!; who escaped indictment. AVunis to See It. The British admiralitv, learning th« emperor of Germany had expressed a desire to see the United States cruiser Chicago, have sent an invita¬ tion to Admiral Bonham to be present of vvillt tiis flagship on the occasion the Cowes reggtta, which tlie kaiser will attend in tlie Imperial Hoheu- colleru. Fearful Earthquake* A dispatch, under (late of last Thursday, says: An earthquake &hO‘k split tho earth open at Littll Chute, Wis., for several hundred feel yesterday. __ __ Ordered lo Bluefl Ids. The cruiser Columbia has been or* dered lo proceed immediately to Blue* fields, Nicaragua, to protect American interests in tho disturbed condition of affairs there. • >