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Weekly Telegraph and Messenger.
1826
WASHINGTON.
»,.uro-P"«>>n’® nl “ BIM A “ n ' n Tnk,n
* in the Senats—Ths Talk About
sale ot Cuba-Juduo
Reagan—Note*. Etc.
Jttported
UPUID TO THB ASSOCIATED ««**.]
Lwrox. April 2»-- In 8en,t ?'
Kon. from the committee on rail-
reported an original biU to establish
Vusion to regulate inter-State com-
A synopsis ot this bill has recently
[Wished. Mr. Cullom said he in-
t as a substitute for several bills
to the same subject that have
L been Introduced. The other
indefinitely postponed and the
ed was placed on the calendar,
rattle diseases bill was taken up
.lie,! business, the question being on
ion to recommit the bill to the com-
on agriculture. The motion was
Coke moved to except the disease
in a* "Texas fever" from the diseases
ded to he included, within the
alng of the act, so far as it concerned
r transportation to market. Nobody
,ver called on Congress, ho said, to
late against Texas fever. Thirty per
If the cattle coming to Chicago last
“aheenTexas cattle, and thetesti-
,V from the Chicago stockyards was
there had been no disease found
in- them. The amendment was agreed
alter another debate upon the const!-
Itionality ot the bill.
* [. lilumb moved to amend by striking
ih reference to the slaughter ef anf-
U was then agreed that with this
■e Stricken from the hill a smaller
nriation was required to carry it into
* Jtr. lTumb accordingly moved to
, the amount$150,000. Agreed to.
motion of Mr. Harris, an amend-
Lwas agreed to confining the opera-
Jll the bill to cattle from which there
is danger of disease spreading from one
> to another.
r Plumb wanted to secure unanimous
^t'nt that debate on the bill should close
i J o'clock to-morrow and a vote be reach'
I but this was not agreed to. The Sen
i adjourned at 8:10 p. m.
hocse.
I On motion of Mr. Singleton, of Minis-
i .senate joint resolution was passed
ngfor the attendance of the two
at the ceremonies at the unveiling
itatue of Chief-Justice Marahall,
cfoiiowin'g'billi introduced and ro-
breed: By Mr. Curtin,ot Pennsylvania.
haliTting jurisdiction on the Federal and
ute courts to take testimony in ease*
Ending in the sun* on the request of the
jommisstoner of Pensions. Ily Mr. Tar-
part of the Spanish government as that
with which this report credited it.
Senor ltomero, the Mexican minister
thought the report highly improbable, He
aaid lie did not think the national pride
would permit Spain to sell Cuba, and be
had no intimation from his government
that they wanted to buy it. He aaid be
had never heard anything about
selling Cuba, except that at one time, some
years ago, it was said that negotiations
were trending (or Its sale to the United
States.
XOTBS,
Judge Reagan’s condition continues
to improve and his (rieads are more hope,
fulof uls recovery. When inquiry was made
at bis rooms late this, (Sunday) afternoon,
us to his condition, he was resting qul-
etlj
MACON, FJ [DAY. MAY 2, 1884.
; OHIO CYCLONF
VOLUME LiYIII—NO. 21.
have Ireen Introduced in the House of Hep.
resentatives. In the last Congress (lur
ing the name period the number of bills ir.
troduced was 6,021.
Wabuu^otoe, April 29.—In the Senate,
bills and resolutions were favorably re
ported from committees as follows: By
Mr. Oarland, from the committee on the
judiciary, an original bill constituting an
amendment to the Thurman act, relating
to the Pacific railroads. Placed on the cal
endar.
By Mr. Cockrell, from the committee on
military afiaira, a House joint resolution
to authorize the Secretary of War to loan
200 flags or as many as can be conveniently
spared to the city of Charlotte, N. C„ for
the celebration of the Mecklenburg decla
ration of independence. Read three times
and passed. Also, from the same com
mittee, a similar resolution to loan flags
and bunting for use at the fair to
be held in Richmond in May next, under
the auspices ot the First Regiment of Vir
ginia Volunteers, to aid in the erection of
a home fur maimed and disabled Confed
erate soldiers. This was alto read three
times and passed. Mr. Cockrell, while re
porting these measures favorably, re
marked that the committee hod con
cluded that legislation ot this character
was not judicious, and would not in future
be recommended.
TbeSenate took up the
nia bill. In the course ot the debate Mr.
Plumb remarked that somebody must
execute the law. He had confidence in the
Secretary ot the Treasury and had no idea
that that officer would abuse any power
given him by the bill.
Mr. Morgan said the dulcet tones o( as
surance given by the Senator from Kan-
sas (Plumb) in the officers of the govern,
ment were not warranted by recent histo
ry. He (Morgan) had himself within a
short time shown to the Senate that a man
who bad been indicted in the UnitedStates
Courts tor the crime of perjury had ac
tually been appointed UnitedStates Mar
shall of Middle and Southern districts
of Alabama. The department! of this gov
ernment, as Senators could not but know,
were so conducted as to subserve personal
products of the citizens of different coun
tries. Every hindrance to the importation
ot foreign goods was an embarrassment to
commerce, for to the same extent it pre
vented tlie exportation ot American goods.
The country could not have a large expor
tation without having a large Importation.
Every tariff duty was a burden on foreign
commerce, and it was doubly so because
it gave foreign nations an excuse for keep
ing out American goods. More injurious
still was this system on the carrying trade,
and it was a question of only a little time
when under ibis policy the American
flag would entirely disappear
from the high seas. The tariff prohibited
the importation of foreign vessels, and
American capital, when it desired to en
gage in the carrying trade, must do so un
der a foreign flag. On the shlp-bulldlng
interest protection had been most disas
trous. Nothing was clearer to Ids mind
than that the destruction of the foreign
carrying trade was the result of the prohi
bition of an American registry to foreign
built vessels and the htghjoricc of raw ma
terial to ship-builders. The oceans were
t ee to all. Any person might sail whither
soever lie pleased, but in this free-for-all
race where was America. The skill of sail
ors of every nation was there, asserting it
self, except ours. Fortunes werebeingbailt
up for people ot all nations except ours,
and yet this was an ocean bound republic.
Every ripple of the wn.ers on tlie sea shore
was an invitation to enjoy the wealth of
foreign nations, and every stormy wave
that beat upon tlie crags s|K>ke in thunder
ing denunciation of the policy that would
lock America out of the markets of the
world. (Loud applause.] God speed the
day when the divine thought of man's
brotherhood to man would succeed the de
grading and humiliating oqe of national
isolation and foreign exclusion. What
was tho effect of this ruinous system on
the farmer? It increased the price of all
articles which entered into his dai'y con
sumption, and this increase amounted to
an annual sum of $460,000,000. For
this there was absolutely no compensation
In the protective systom. The system op
erated to Increase the price of transporta
tion of grain from the West to the sea
board and to E, .ope. When the grain of
the American farmer reached Liverpool, it
came in competition with the grain of
every other farmer of the world. The pro
tective tariff of America was unable to
help him there. Every dollar of increase
of price which the transportation occa
sioned to him diminished the profits of bis
HM ■ tariff m
An Immense Amount of Property De
stroyed and Several Lives Lost—
Telsgraph Communicator!
Interruptsd —Details.
rTELaoBAraao to the associated razes.]
IJaytox, Ohio, April 28.—Shortly before
5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the most de
structive cyclone ever known in this pert
of the country passed over the southern
part of Montgomery and Green counties,
devastating everything in its course. It
appears to have originated near Woodburn,
a small town ten miles south of here, and
eye witnesses describe it as appalling in its
fury. An authentic statement is that the
cyclone was formed by tlie union of two
light storm-clouds from the south and
northwest, which immediately assumed
the form of a water-spout, rising
and doicending like waves of the
and - destroying everything
in its way. E. Beit, of this city, who was
near enough to observe accurately, says
Us path was fully one-eighth of a mile
wide, the storm moving over the country
like an immense cloud of smoke, while ev
erywhere in Its course the air was filled
with trees and the ruins of heuses. Forests
were blown down like weeds, fences de
stroyed for miles, and it is estimated that
in this county alone at least twenty resi
dences are in ruins, to say nothing-o( tlie
loss on other buildings, live stock and furm
property. At Alexanderaville, six miles
south ot here, several persons are known
to have been injured, and one lady is
reported killed, while a saw mill,
barns and other buildings are de
stroyed. At Carrollton Friend's paper
mill and other public buildings were badly
dam ,ged, and is reported that a number of
residences were destroyed. The telegraph
lines are down in all directions and the
roads are impassible. Near Wodobum
the residence and other bniidings belong-
TVnm-Vo-e for the enlargement of were so conducted as to subserve personal
i$g=t%g3igr“ -
e counuuusr, »4RLMUii, Atuii.
Mr. EUis, ot Louisiana, from the com-
lute on appropriations, reported a bill to
redde tor the World's industrial and
otton Centennial Exposition. Referred
i the committee ot the whole.
Mr. Hewitt, ot New York, in the coarse
J a personal explanation as to a ipeecli
|ade by him on Friday hut on the naval
pproprittion bill, reiterated his charge
Jit the Secretary ot the Navy had violated
I t law in not covering into the Treasury
le proceeds ot the sale of condemned ves-
Bk He did not charge that the Secretary
LdscteJdijhonestly.but thatheliod not
■readied with the provisions of the act
Fhlcb authorized the sale.
I The House then went into committee ot
I t whole to consider business relating to
Ire District ot Columbia, and soon lost a
bonrtu without having made any progress
■ business. A recess was taken until
(There was a very small attendance of
■ tellers at the evening session of the
loose. Watford, of Ky., made no earn-
fttappealln favor of the tariff bill, ami
I tore-1 the beneficial results which wonld
| i.---. The Morrison bill wa-
■ -.'ti<- eh-rnai swir-.eiple r;
l» il-l I--1,hil--1 by future gem
Intharbinger ot freedom in 11s purest
ns.
I Storm, of Pennsylvania, said that tbo
perse ot tbs discussion might lead to the
fi-ei that there were two parties in this
xree. one maintaining protection for the
ksof protection, the other arguing for a
ml for revenue only. He believed in
r theory; neither truly represented
Ion which the pending bill was based,
[hat trade one. Itwas the unconcealed
ppresof the Morrison bill that gave rise
kdUctixsions. It authors and friends bad
Pdand that It was only the first step in
r* l-wniey for revenue only snd ultimate-
hoc free trsds; that this particular bill
R* SmT earnest of what waa to coma—
[halt lost which was better than no bread,
pwss not what was In the bill, but what
[*» net in it which should make the
Itrere pause. it was this menace
K^hiTM.fflS %
F* sga nst the consideration sf the bill,
P® would induce him to vote against Ha
pssge. He favored encouraging the
fopieto enter upon the pursuit of manu-
Fmnng interests, and con tended! hat no
|“> cisild ho read om w- mo-
c party who held views similar to
k.• host of Democratic
psemeat intha pe t. The wisest ami
conn* which Congress could
to, repeal aU the internal rev-
PSJa 1 *- He deprecated the policy of
tho2mi r a**f»Hog the tariff question,
retaining that a bad tariff with few
F>K« was preferable to a good tariff with
He admitted that there
inequities in the tariff and
l h»t wete too bScb. and a gen-
C£’“’on at tbs proper time was a
u-hratnin; but the MU under considers-
secondary considei
the marshal referred to was bringing to
the admlnistraUon waa that he traveled
from county to county in his district for
the purpose ot influencing colored Repub
licans to vole for Arthur for PresidenL
Several speeches were made for and
against tlie bill, and effort! to amend and
adopt substitutes failed. The biU was then
read the third time and passed.
The chair laid before the Senate the next
special order, being the shipping bill re
ported by Mr. Frye, from the commerce
committee.
The Senate then adjourned.
BOOS.
On motion of Mr. Wellborn, of Texas,
Saturday, May 3, was set apart for the con
sideration ot business reported from the
committee on Indian affairs.
Mr. Lamb, of Indiana,called up the joint
resolution directina the President to bring
to the attention of the government of Ven-
eauelathe claim of J. E, Wlieelock, a citi
zen ot the United States, for Indemnity for
grots outrages and tortures inflicted upon
him by an officer ot that government and
to demand ad cob-re io such ooimu-r *-
be' may deem best the Immediate settle
ment of the claim. Mr. Lamb gars a brief
description of the outrages committed on
Wheelock by the officer/In order to extort
from him a confession ot a crime of which
he was not guilty, and the joint resolution
vii then passed.
Mr. Washburns, of Minnesota, asked
leave to report from the committee on ap
propriations a joint resolution appropriat-
infllOjOUO Lidefrajrthe expenses attending
to the
JecUd.
The morning hoar having been dispensed
writb, the House, at t -JO. went Into com
mittee of the whoietMr.t'ox.of New York,
In the rhair) on the tariff MIL
Mr. Hiscock, of New York, insUtuted a
comparison between the condiUon of
buslnesapriortothe tariff ot 1861 and its
condition at the present time, and from
the com)>arisoh deduced the conclusion
that a protective system was ths better
one (or the people. He asserted that t
organized manufacturer* and labor. It
incited the inventive genius of the people
•h-in-tremedy a-ingle evil.
Indiscriminate reduction,
lJS ,0 ' ln d principle. it _
. ■ measure of agitation
?! •Ritation— agitation be-
j!2r‘S, n “i 0 ritjr of the Democratic side
Ireagtaois.- Boris fatly and madness
a Presidential election were
(“JPrehentiM*- Its* bill was a com-
^ronfewfioo of incompetency or indif-
g-saS&K’
" £ »«** oMgwkocc 1 commit the
dsnsj^r* **** *°°' e tl,at l»U the
fcJJJLJipejJ Mr. Lawrence, of
via 10 “RPoeWon to. and by
hm I 32?V I Muaiisinpi, in favor of
the House, at l-i o'clock, ad
TUX TAUT ABOUT CIS*.
'^“Wished ta New York this
£g th? wspsttiUns
by C1 th°’ l ookln K to the ttans-
■'[,1 .„ ,0 [mcr to the latter
Lem < i2 b4 ',? > ? tin lt* nt upon the
a .jlt ft* Cul*™, expressed
n to tisa transfer
I'niEt'si .obtaining from
LewtbvuS&.&i* guarantee of
Is -liicrLioifk?.'? purchase mon-
** theflpmush and Max-
r if SAttons in this city, lienor VaSS,
said to-night to
' reporter that
Able an<l abaunl.
never consent to part
^ unie« thatUloc ««wtestod
JKSf. “2! permit
.* n HP otherwise. Even should
sales. But the protectiveMMMMMHM
injury to the farmer in the injury it occa
sioned to hi* foreign markets.
Mr. Geddes followed with an argument 1
in favor of a tariff for revenue, judiciously
adjusted for the protection of straggling
land infant industries.
Mr. Turner, of Kentuckjr, advocated the
Morrison bill and spoko in favor of placing
trace chains on the free list.
Mr. Dingier, ot Maine, answered what
he characterized as the follies of the free
trade idea and carefully discussed the
[bearing of the tariff question upon the
E Brice of labor and of merchandise. I'end-
ijt the completion of bis speech, the com-
[mittee row.
L Mr. Forney, of Alabama, from the com-
mittee on appropriations, reported the
army appropriation Mil, and it was re
ferred to the committee of the whole.
■The House then, at 6 o'clock, took a
■cess until 8 o’clock, the evening session I
[to bs for debate only on the tariff bill. MM
■ Tbcre were very few members present it
the night session. After a quarter of an
hoar's speech by Mr. Winans the House
[adjourned.
Hons,
I Secretary Chandler received last night a I
telegram from Commodore Luce, stating
that the Portsmouth bad arrived at New
port with yellow fever on board; that the
disease waa not serious, however, and that
all the patient* were convalescing.
The army appropriation bill, as reported
to the House UHl - :q-l.nq.i - fJ I .
150, being $423,800 lees than last year's
propriation. The estimates for the i:
year amounted to S-V-.-U-rs.
I’ost-offiee InipOl 0-r Myler yesterday ar-
rived cz-Assistant L'ostmaet. r Wiu. A
in-...: I ui -11,8.0., for st eulm/ registered
yards. Thellarrla* house and bam were
destroyed. A child was caught in the
cyclone, carried 200 yards and dropped to
the earth slightly injured. Mitchell's
house and barn were partly rained. The
IUdenona property was badly damaged,
and Abner Harris • bam and other build
ings destroyed.
The name* of other losers connot be as
certained. Considering the large number
of houses destroyed the loss of life must
have been heavy. In the neighborhood ot
Mlamlsburg the damage la heavy. In this
city there was a heavy rain, accompanied
by hail, but there waa little wind. One
freak ot the cjrclone was that in Dayton
and five miles south of the city there was
rain and hail, while still further south
there was rain and no hail, and still
farther south was hall and no rain,
and from some sections ot the country it
is stated that there was neither rain nor
hail. At Bell Hrooke, Greene county, at
least fifteen farm houses were more or tees
damaged, but the occupants generally es
caped by'taking refuge in the cellars.
From Carrollton the cycleue took a direct
easterly course, and its force was not in the
1- a-t spent,when it reached Jamestown, a
thriving village of 800 Inhabitants, which
it is reported was entirely destroyed, only
a few -building* being left standing.
I be meagre telegraph reports received
herestatetb.it six i~ r-ons are known to
have le-t-n killed, while twenty are more or
-ngothers, the residence
AN IOWA SEN8ATI0N.
A Man Murdsied by Son and Sons-ln
Law.
(TELgOESrilXD TO TUI ASSOCIATED PBXiS.j
Acst-ax, Iowa, April 29.—Cicero Jeffer
son has confessed that be, with bis two
brothers-in-law, murdered his father last
Friday night by hanging him. Justice
Rogers held Jefferson to await the action
of the grand jury, and he and Wilson, his
brother-in-law, will be examined to
morrow. It appears that Wilson had been
told that his wife had not always been vir
tuous. He accused her, and she admitted
having been intimate with her father,
through compulsion, and she had been
once in trouble by him. Tilts angered
Wilson, and he said that be would either
leave her or kill the old man. She wanted
him to do neither. He consulted with
Smytlic, and tho tragedy of Friday was the
result ot the consultation. Many believe
that Smythe was the real party who
S at the girl in trouble, and caused
er to charge it to the eld man. The
prisoners are in no danger from the citi
zens at present. Rumors that their friends
in Carroll county would raise a mob and
come down and liberate them caused a
ripple ot excitement, anil has resulted In
increased vigilance to the part of Sheri H'
Herbert, who has them behind three-inch
Iron doors. Tho people here will stand by
him and assist him in the discharge of Ills
duties. He has the jail strongly guarded.
NEGROES IN CONFERENCE.
Meeting of Repreeentatlve Colored Men
■t Pittsburg.
[TELxaaArnaD to tux associated raxss.j
Pittsiu-ro, Pa., April 2-L—The Inter
State conference of colored men assembled
in Municipal Hall this morning, seventy-
five delegates being present from Connecti
cut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Dis
trict ot Columbia, Illinois, Kansas and
Louisiana. Among them were Fred
Douglass and Bishop uree n of Ohio. Tlie
convention is composed of a fine body of
men and a determination is expressed to
prenent it being used for political
purposes. At 10 o'clock the convention
was called to order by Rev. 0. L. Smith,
of Bloomfield, III., who made a stirring
address, stating the objects of the confer
ence. IL|U. Jackson, of Pittsburg, was
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS : ?S^^:T£ T BuStck 0 kS^S
county; Warren Mil:
REPUBLICANS IN COUNSEL IN MANY
STATES.
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachu
setts, Iowa.Kansas,and Michigan
Dsclare their Preferences—
Butler's Democrats.
like a whirlwind. The
Democratic party Is still unlit, in the judg
ment ot the country, to assume its gov-
ernmenL He referred to the administra
tion of President Arthur as wise and judi
cious Massachusetts, he said, would
have a vast influence in the coming na
tional convention. There had already
In this State been a pronounced sentiment
in favor ot the nomination ot the diatin-
AULC. r, --1I, UI lllUUUI|j.
elected temporary chairman. The address
ot welcome was made by William Banks,
of Pittsburg, whicli was responded to bv
Robert Pelnara, Jr., of Detroit. The com
mittee on permanent organization was ap-
-vlnted and will report this evening.
-ed Douglass was nominated for tempor
ary chairman, but the convention approv
ed the nomination ot Jackson.
less mmri-il.
of I.. Wicker
xt ,
loltc
CHEAT FIRE IN NEW YORK.
I*!®!? 00 to dafrav Us
i visit of a special embassy from Siam
the United States, but Mr. Weller ob-
Loss Nearly Half n Million—A Reporter
Killed.
iTKLtotAniSD TO TUK AStOCIATED rxxssj
New Yoek, April 30.—The total losses at
the fire in Van Valkenburg A Leavitt's
stores, at No*. 31 and 33 Thomas street
and 62 and 64 Worth street, foot np about
$3tn.u>A tti which $360,OuO, in a round sum,
fails upon Van Valkenburg A Leavitt.
Their insurance amounts, it is said, to
$730,000, distributed among a large list of
companies. The other losses areas fol
lows; No*. 62 and 61 Worth street, B. H.
Smith A Co., dry goods commission mer
chants, $lo,OAI; Lewis S. Cox A Co., agents
ot the Brighton Mill, $10,000; the building,
property of the Manhattan Real K
Com;-.my, $12,000. Water damaged
27,29,35 and 37 Thomas street, occt
bj Vpbaru, Tucket A,
iisston
was lilted from its
foundation and cnrrii-l quite a distance.
Owing to tlie country being only partially
settled ami the fil l kodsd condition of the
roads, accurate details annot be bad, but
with such dvstnietinn of property the loss
ot life must he terrible. Near Xenia there
was considerable des-mctlon. Tho Sol
diers’ and Bailors’ Orphans' Hum
badly damaged, and the barn, laundry
and other buildings destroyed. The hos
ts] and other structures were unroofed!
iss Harvey, th* matron. andMB
merchants.
.. Nos.
. occupied
. dry goods com-
The lost there izi
end rave capital an opportunity tor sale —, -
lavestment, and he dented it bod the effect $50,000; Pratt A Fanler, fancy goods,
of of building up monopolies. $7,C“ “
Mr. Morse, of Massachusetts, wished
that be could sup|>ort a hill which would
reduce tho revenue one hundred million
dollars, and he would vote (or the Morri
son bill, because iu author had informed
him it would result in a reduction ot $30,-
000,000.
Mr. Hurd, ot Ohio, took the
floor in advocacy ot tlie bill.
While the tariff, he said, was
first paid by the importer, it waa ultimately
pald by the consumer. When it was levied
for the purposes ot government, itwas
called a revenue tariff: when it was levied
(or the purpose of aiding Individuals in
business enterprises, it was called a protec
tive tariff. To the first, when laiu fairly
and without discrimination, he bad no ob
jection, but to the Utter he was unalterably
opposed. On what ground should the gov
ernment interpose to help the business ot
one citizen at the expense of another $ If
a man's business were a profitable one. it
did not need the protection of the govern-
. Richardson
of the children were hum Between Jasper
and Cedar creek, on the Narrow Gang*
road, the damage U great to (arm property, but was shot and seriously wounded. His
and at tbU point aoms trains aro unable to son, Albert Wood, beard th* shooting and
move, on account of th* winds, while ' ” ' ‘
others did not dare pass over the Cedar
creek trestle during the cyclone. In all
directions south and east of here the scene
of dc.itructlon defies description.
CisciasATi, April 28k—A Cummerrial On•
wife Jamestown, Green county, Ohio, spe-
otal says: A terrible cyclone struck James
town about 5 p. m. Sunday- Two-thirds
of tlie town waa completely ruined. Six
persons were killed, as follows: Miss HteUs
Jones, of KaeaU Springs, Ky.; Mrs. Anna
Lettie Jenkins, daughter of G. K. Jenkins;
Miss Kate Boliver and a colored woman
and her son, James Saul. Several persons
are badly wounded. Hundreds of people
are turned out of their homes. No esti
mate of the damage U possible now.
piy two priori.
article be mad* In order to make good bis
If be (Hurd) were compelled by
on to pay $150 (or what would
r is* coat $100, then the seller would
have been armed with the taxing power of
th* government to take from him $50. He
denied the right of lb* government to sur-
. ,000;’ Brown, Wood A Klngmond, wooll
cm and domestic!, $6,000.
T. F. Donnelly, reporter ot the New York
Nim, who was Injured at this fire, died to
day in the hospital from (lie effects ot his
injuries. Donnelly was proprietor of a
Western newspaper at one time and was a
Western correspondent of the New Yotk
f/rni/if. Latterly be bad been doing
piece work on the Sim.
Paupers Burned to Death.
Kalamazoo, Mich., April 30.—The c
bouse of Van Boren county, near If art-
ford, Michigan, was burned lost night.
Fifteen or sizieen of the inmates fast
their Urea in (he flames. The lots on the
inkling is $10,000; Insured.
The building was a frame structure and
burned rapidly. Tb* patients who perished
i all in one wing, and, most of them
r smothered in their beds, but several
I found together Only one body found
recognizable. All that could be found
of tb* other thirteen bodies was put Into
oo* box, in* size ot an ordinary coffin box.
Tb* first known of the Ore was through
the cries of the paupers, and the wing
in which they were waa at that time all In
fiamss. The building contained forty-five
The lacs on the building it
nakes they were bis own. and be had the
rlidit to expend them where be pleased.
IfM could make a belter contract with a
Frenchman, a Canadian or an English
man (ban with an American be had the
right to do it, and the government bad
no right to interpose, except into tar as
the needs of its revenue were concerned.
He rested bis whole ease on this proposi
tion, that, subject to the needs ot tlie gov
ernment, every man bad the right to sell
where be could get th* beat price (or what
be bad produced and buy where he could
buy the most cheaply. This waa an ap-
K nred doctrine of political economy and
iptainaat spirit ot justice. It individu
alised men; It garo them th* spirit of in
dependence ; it turned their eyes from the
Judgment Against th* Ceorgla Railroad.
New Yob*. Aprill 30k—'The Supreme
Court to-day »»*n*«d an attach mint
'.isoi-.ha H an
on. and night watch-
i Injured, but non;
Steamship Burned,
Ipostlaxd.Mb., April 20.—The steamer
Falmouth, of the International Steamship
Company's line, caught fire at her wharf
at 1 o’clock this morning, and at 2 a.m. is
Iburaing. She will probably be totally de-l
stroyed. She was valued at $100,000 andl
Insured for $80,000. At 2-30*. m. three
men were thought to bare been burned
to death. They were sleeping on board
[anil have not been teen since the fire.
■The Falmouth has boon ljring above the
railroad wharf lorAome time, undergoing
extensive repairs, which were nearly com.
pleteil. About a dozen ot the officers and
crew slept on board. The fire waa discov
ered haU an hour after midnight In
the alter part of the vessel and
spread so rapidly that th* memberel
of the crew who escaped did to with greatl
difficulty. Three ot them perished, wil
liam Merrison, a fireman, was taken out
alive, but too died. John Gillls, fireman, ot
[fit Johns, perished. His body, badly
burned, was found this morning. James
Murphy, fireman, of SL Johns, is mlsaing
and was doubtless burned to death. These
men were sleeping In the firemen's room
below. Two other firemen escaped from
tbit room, badly burned. The lots is esti-d
mated at $175,000.
Bold and Bloody Robbery,
Chaxlestowe, W. Va., April 29^L*»tl
night three unknown persons entered Uie
rv-t-lenco st Jack Woods, a farmer, In this
I county, for the purpose of robbory. Woods
made an effort to drive the roLLcr* outs
ventlon favored the nomination of Oeo. B.
Edmunds for l’re-idcnt and the son of the
illustrious Abraham Lincoln for Vice-
President, it would go there with no
factious disposition,
A letter was read from Got.
Robinson declining a candidacy as
delegate. The convention resolved to ballot
for delegates at large upon one ballot The
ballot resulted in the choice of George F.
Hoar, W.W. Crapo, John D. Long and
Henry Cabot Lodge.
saw UAMrsHtax.
Coscoao, N.H., April 30.—The Repub
lican State convention was organized with
B. F. Pechcott as president, who adilros-
ed the convention, saying that no candid
ate bad been united upon, but that the
business Interests must be respected. He
said the vote of the solid South has got to
be met at the next election, and the unity
ot the North was requisite, though with
out hostility to the 8outb. The resolutions
of the convention congratulate the Repub
licans ot other 8tates upon the flattering
prospects for another triumph for Repub
lican principles, commend Arthur's
A Big Failure,
St. Lodis, April 28.—It was announced
this afternoon that Moses Fraley, a prom
inent grain and stock speculator of this
city, had (ailed for a large amount. It is
stated that Fraley was short about seven
million boshcla ot wheat and corn in Chi
cago, and that bis losses on this will b*
upwards ot $400,000. He Is also said to be
short of a large amount of wheat In New
York, and it is reported that he
lost $190,000 in Union and Texas
Pacific stock. Fraley, is president
of Ute Fraley-Carter Commission Com-
-, bat tlist concern is In no wise inter-
I in tills affair. Fraley’s speculations
being conducted solely on his individual
account. Fraley was formerly a junior
member of the brokerage firm of Donalds
A Fraley, and was known as a successful
bull ness man and was something ot a
figure in local politics at on*
time. It la said by his
friends that be mad* some $3,i>k),OCO on
wheat and corn daring the hut break in
prices in Chicago, and that since then
there has been a combination formed
against him which waa too strong for him.
The Filibuster* at Key West.
Kit West, Fla., April 27.—The seboon-
ran into Ih* room and was shot dead
by the robbers. Miss Mary Woods, a
daughter, ran in with a pistol and
•hot at the robbers, who ran off. It Ump
ired on* ot the robbers was shot by Miss
oods, as blood was seen In the yard tbU
morning. The robbers an supposed to be
th* same who •ho’, and robbed ex-Sbertff
Adkins in Boone county two nights ago.
There U much excitement, and a posse U
In pursuit ot the robbers, who, if caught,
will be lynched.
Closing Mills,
Feaxeux, Mass., April 29.—Tha Ray
casslmere mill b to abut down aa soon aa
the work on hand is completed, and part
ot th* force has already been discharged.
It U understood that tlie mill of A. D,
Thayer will also close.
Tboy, N. Y„ April 2D.—The Clinton
stove foundry, the Urgest in the city, shut
down this morning, ths moulders refusing
to work with non-union men. The mould
ers were sent home by tlie proprietors.
Similar action i* expected in other foun
dries,
PxTsaxicxo V’A., April 29,-Tbe hands
In the t*vs*iugdepartment ot the Kttuck
Cotton Manufacturing Company have
•track, In consequence oi a reduction ot
- . — , Jackson
county. The convention Instructed
the delegates to vote for lllainu aa long as
there was a reasonable chance of his
nomination. Thb resolution was fought
bitterly, but was passed after a warm de
bate on both sides by a good majority.
MAIXI.
Baxuor, Mx., April 3a—The Republican
State convention met to-day. Orville I).
Baker presided. Gov. Frederick Robie
was renominated by acclamation. It was
carried by a rUlng vote. The following
delegates at large to Chicago were clioeen:
J. B. Bodwcll, GeorgeC. Wing. Josephs.
Wlieehiglit and J. II. Drummond. The
resolutions adopted favor a protective
policy, demand that our civil service lie
>r strictly business princi-
that it be placed boyor
[TKI.COUArilCD TO THE ASSOCIATXD rKXSS.J
Bostob, April SO.—The Republican
Slate convention waa organized with H. C.
Lodge aa temporary chairman. Lodge
made an address, referring to tho redemp
tion of tho State from the rule ot Buffer
by the election of Gov. Robinson.
After the usual formal preliminaries,
Hon. J. D. lying was mailo permanent
president. He addressed tlie convention
for about an hour. After referring to the
past history of Kepublicanism in Massa
chusetts, ho turned to the present Con
gress, saying the country is disgusted with
the branch o( Congress which sits for
months, doing nothing, afraid of its own
shadow, and devoid of a policy. Such has
been the reaction from last year’s possi
bility of Democratic supremacy, and
now tlie tide of that reaction is setting in
strongly that it needs but the naming of
the biggest, cleanest and best two names
for the head ot the Republican
ticket, and we will sweep the smith. lledtleW Froctpr, Fred Biliingi ami
field like a whirlwind. The
controlled
pies and that it be placed
party strife; urge a prudent though firm
foreign policy; present the nnmo of Jama
G. Blaine as their choice for tlie Presiden
cy; approve tlie present administration;
express revere disapproval of tho action of
the Democratic majority in Congress upon
tlie Morrison tariff bill and on toe shipping
bill; commend the fidelity of the Republi
can Congressmen; indorse Governor Ito J
bie's administration and reaffirm tbeir ap
proval of the policy of prohibition. After
appointing a State committee, the conven
tion adjourned with cheere for Illalne.
VIBMOKT.
MoXTrxuxs, Vt.. April 30.—Tlie Repub
lican State convention was organized here
to-day, with James M, Tyler as president,
who made a speech favoring the nomina
tion of Edmunds and Lincoln, anil asked
the convention to indorse the administra
tion of President Arthur. J. Gregory
Smith. Redfleld Proctor, Fred Billings and
to Chicago. The resolutions reaffirm alio-
fiance to Republican principles, approve
lie system of protection, demand tlie re
vision ot the duties on wool and woolens,
ami a reduction of taxation, present the
name of Edmunds for President and in
struct the delegates to vote for him as long
as his name it before the convention.
i»$jii»iui.iw, iuxAi April ou.—IJIC nwiic
republican convention met at Footer's
a House, In this city, at 11 o'clock, and
ailed by selecting Ex-Governor M. M.
Wz'den, of Monroe, as temporary chair
man. After tlie appointment of commit
tees, the convention adjourned until2p. m.
The district conventions were held this
morning. The entire delegation is for
Blaine.
The Entire Block on East Side of Jackson
Street In Ashes—Total Loss $12,*
OOO: Insurance About S7,-
OOO—Particulars.
administration. demand such
erdre of power by the national
government aa will insure the enjoyment
of his constitutional rights to every dth
in the 8onth; condemning a horizontal.,
duction ot the dnUes and maintaining the
doctrine of protection; favoring a reduc
tion of the duties or. the necessaries of
life and increasing those upon luxuries;
urge the eradication of polygamy and re
form in the civil service; demand a suspen
sion of ths coinsae of sliver dollars snd
approve Die national educational bill
passed by the Senate.
Charles H. Sawyer waa elected for dele
gate at large on the first ballot. He la for
Edmunds, witli Arthur second choice.
Hon. Geo. H. Stewall was the second del
egate chosen. Blaine is his first choice
and Arthur his second. On the fourth bal
lot E. H. ltollins was elected the third
delegate. He la for Arthur. James B.
Clark was elected the fourth delegate at
Urge, lie i- for Edmunds nud apposed to
vreotxiA.
Richmobd, Va.. April 30.—The
out Republican State convention
tort HaU at
straight-
m met in
abont 120
IIawkixsvillb, Ga., April 29.—This
morning, at about 3 o'clock, the fire alarm
waa given. The flames were leaping up on
|tbe rear ot the building occupied by S. J.
Shepherd. This building was of wood,
surrounded by wooden buildings, RhMk ]-
burned like tinder.
The Pulaski* were early on the ground
and did admirable work. Putting on two
line* of how, they continuously played two
streams—one on the northern limit and
the other on tlie southern limit of tbo fire,
a' -1 1 - - I a- hri.-i-l- r -k .'■turuw-ki’-i hriek
building on tbc south, and Watson ,t
Lewia’a brick building on tho north, al
though the wooden buildings were jammel
up to these.
The entire block on tho cost side of Juck-
•on street from Schneider ABtarowikl'-i
brick store, on the south, to Watson -t
Lewis's brick store, on the north, was
swept away. As near as I can learn the
' nos and insurance aro ns follows:
Schneider A Slarowskt's building, very
little damaged or injured; Oeo. V. Mar-
ken, baker, Io- »2uu,Insurance $500; Mrs.
R. L. l'artin. two -itore-hon-c*. loss $70i,
In-urance $ >0. * 'has. Fitzgerald, liquors
and groceries, ] >s-s $.'•>). -n-tiraoee $37d;
Itagan, Bozeman A-to., -..-corral merchan
dise, storehouse $l,.'s») insurance, loss in
I stock $1,001. Insurance $3.*s»); 8. J. Shop-
. , _ present. John J. Dozen-
dorf, chairman ot the State committee,
called the convention to order. He ex
plained that the convention had assembled
In response to the call of the national Kc-
C bhcan committee and the State comn-it-
v A so-called Republican convention
had met here a few days ago, and had
placed In tb* field an electoral ticket
with bat a single man on it who bad ever
voted the Republican ticket lie likened
Mahone • RepubUcaniim to that ot John
Kelly, in New York. How many Republi
can votre wonld he get in New York lor a
eo called Republican ticket composed of
twelve Democrats and oo* Hal
The contention mint atlont 1
which would declare to Uie world Out the?
stock $1,000, Inetlratios $32)00: Il J, ■
herd, liquors and groceries, loss S—i
surance $500; William KulVerman, liquors
and groceries, loss $2,500, insurance $2,0 <);
Watson A Lewis, two wisxlrn stores, $1,-
600. insurance $500, damage to brick ah >re
$500. Both large plate gl.ni windows ot
McDuffie’s store and olio of Laidlcr’s Real
Bar were cracked by tlie Intense boat.
The fire waa the work of an incendiary,
and when first seen it was on tlie ont.-ide
ot th* store occupied by shepherd, and
burned as If kerosene had been poured
upoo the building.
(tori I. .
B vemment to tbemi*tfes;'it fixed
undary line between governmental power
and personal right; it limited the au
thority ot the public administra
tion; it taught men there was
to strong for their jnpport as
guaranteed the payment of ■■■■■
bonds, representing $500,000 ot tb* Port
| Royal Railroad Company. Tbs interest
upon tbs bonds was not paid by tht other
company. Fuller, at a purchaser of inter
est coupons that became due In 1873,
brought suit against the Georgia Railroad
and Hanking Company as guarantor of
hnich interest, the amount being$17A00.
Murderers Captured.
Chaelutox, W. Va., April 30 —Scott
Hill, Brownlow Hill and Charts* Spurlock,
the robbers who shot and killed AUkti
Woods snd fatally wounded A. J. Woods I
on Monday night, near SL Albans, this
county, were captured this afternoon In
tb* mountains and taken to St. Albans
lata to-night. About 3A) citizens had been
In pursuit of the murderer*. Tht
Lam is about 100 miles distant up the
reef snd about thirty miles from where tb*
sgainst the propen- U -tv '.ivorina fed- (»**»* ?•*»}* h Wat- Such thefts are
road and Banking Company Io in*, irott I uausnal, and ..is ..Knight . ...u!j1j
brought by Wilihuu J. A. Fuller. Th* I «»toer email party ot revoludoniu may
Georgia Railroad ami Banking Company b » Te . Ai,b '2p!’ ,! i c
1 - - - -* -*- ——rosed leader of the nest expedition is
here, it is rumored that some men are
missing. That another expedition lias
started or will start is unquestioned and it
Is generally beltereil that only funds are
wauling. Tlie apparent watchfulness of
the present Federal forces would arail
nothing on this chain of islands of '3»
miles extent, if the filibuster* were ready.
A Rleer Running Up Stream.
Galvxstox, April 29.—A dispatch from
Dallas to the .Viari aays: One of the
heaviest rain storms ever known in this
section occurred Sunday night, submerg
ing the country for miles around, between
Dallas and Hutchinson. On the Houston
ami Texas Central railroad, ail miles south
of here, a washout occurred, into which a
south-bound L-ain was precipitated. Tb*
tor* would name Uie next President of the
UnitedStates. He concluded by naming
Major E. O. Hines, of Fairfax, as
temporary chairman. A committee on
credentiahi was appointed, and during it*
deliberations General WilliamC.Wickham
addressed the convention. He said It had
been areertad that the Republican party ot
\ irglnia was dead, but it was not Those
who wanted to kill it would be buried long
before its death occurred. Power bad been
brought to bear to crash and oppress Vir-
ginia Republicans, but they had stood It
manfully, and .they were now propose to
representalChlcago th*real Republicans
of the country. They would carry forward
such a column that there would be no
more a solid South, and wonld
put in the field a ticket wlthasolidman on
It, If a Judicious selection were made, that
would bring a fallowing that could only
besttrredbythe memory of Lincoln, and
aa the first man James (i.'Blalne. of Maine,
and then, In (pile of all the Mahone* of tb*
remarks.)
A nomber^ other tpeechee were made,
after which the credentials committee re
ported that all counties and cUies were
represented except nine.
A committee on permanent organization
wa» appointed, and subsequently reported'
retainliig Mr.Uines as permanent chairman
and “»mlng a number of secretaries and
vfafpraridsBta, a committee on resolutions
and a committee to n«m. delegate* to the
Chicago convention, and electors were
then, appointed About S o’clock tha
reading,of the platform was begun.
The platform embrace* eerentaen planks
eery largely derotad to formulating the
Ufoo** of Virginia Republican* 3 ths
band* of Arthur’* adminutration. It de
clares in faror of Blaine and Uncoln.
EAXSAS,
Tonga, Kax., A]
can State concern
E r cent In tbeir wage*. The strike
row* out ot empiopment between 150
and 20Ohands.Thetactoryhas been closed
for the prcsenL
Yellow Fetcr on the Portsmouth.
PaovtDxxcx, R. L. April ii.—Ilr. Turner,
city physician of Newport Oil* morning
boarded the United States ,:team*r Ports
mouth. just arrived from SL Thoms', and
obtained details of th* sickness on the
vessel. Captain Wise and two others,*
boy and a bugler, bare yellow fever un
mistakably. There is no other serious case
and all are doing well. There it no danger
of contagion.
MEXICO.
a aavoLcnox no sable.
Galtestox, April 30.—A special to the
AY** from Laredo says: Authentic adricat
from Mexico are to th* effect that Gen.
Trerino a tew days ago received a polite
intimation to report toheadquarter* fn th*
Ctv ---) M-xir;. to which he failed to re
spond. A second sad official summons
was met with an excuse, whereupon, yes
terday, be was given warning that unless
he romtdied witn the summons within 24
hour* he would be taken under guard,
lien. Trerino will not obey, aa U mean*
certain imprisonment, and will precipitate
a revolution. It i* further asserted aa a
(act that a British steamer loaded with
good* tor Vera Crux ha* been ordered by
tfsss toh£ rasaswatt t sszssrws
ftk—The Republi-
night elected
last :
Senator Plumb. Joseph 8. Merritt J A.
Wood and a. W. Mim dri*££?.t
SOUTH AMERICA.
A naa at taxama.
■ (via Oalyrrox), April 28.-A
terrible On raged here from 11 o'clock last
night to 4 this morning. Thera was no
water available with which to extinguish
tha flam**, and the market and two l.l.x-ks
pt houses were totally destroyed. The lota
la estimated at $150,0*). llow the tiro
started la not known. During Its progress
a large mob of men, a portion of them
armed with revolver* and matches, did
became Intoxicated. The" soldiers VenT
called out, but quarreled among them
selves, when tho owners of the burning
property fired upon the plunderers, killing
several of them.
Latbe.—The ruins were still burning at
The damage is now estimated at
Soma bouses were demolished to
th* progress of ths flams*. During
rt of the fire there was a per-
-, ofChineso crackers and occa
sionally heavy explosion'. Most of the
buildings burned were wooden structures,
and nearly all contained stores ot petrole
um and spirits and gunpowder in consul-
cmhla quantities.
It l> said that one soldier was -hot dead
by an officer for disobeying or-lers. An
Italian felt into the flames ami was con
sumed. Hamburg Insurance offices an-
th* chlsf losers. The native* are busily
searching for treasure among the
Tb* Chinese residents antlered
heavily.
PORTUGAL.
IEB1TATI0X TOWARD TUB EXITED STATES.
Loxdox, April 29.—A dispatch from
Madrid to the Haws tars the American
reeognitfon of th* flag of the African In
ternational Association, with th* evident
intention ot ignoring Fortagoee* rights,
lias caused great irritation in Port ig*L
Such recognition looks ilka a piece of very
sharp practice, novel in international re
lations, and hxrilly contemplated by inter
national law. If sovereign rights should
be ignored because slavery has been curried
on and high protective duties been forced,
America would stand badly, as she wav
Portugal's beat customer In the halcyon
days of th* African stave trade, and her
protective duties are four times higher than
those stipulated by England In the Anglo-
Portuguese treaty.
Mexican porta.
a saxk ctoexD.
City or Mexico, via Galveston, April».
■The NatU/cul Bank ot Monte de Piedad,
I thladty, theoMe.4 financial institution
in Mexico, etoeedlta doors this morning.
There had been a run on the bank for
the administration of Chester A. Arthur,
unde; circumstances of great
i!L to th *.» p P ro T» 1 of thewhota people.
Theresojuttou* also favor inch legislation
at will afford to labor just remuneration
CHEAT BRITAIN,
a LETT** raoa aw sabeel sake*.
Lobdob, April$0k—Sir8amu*l Baker bat
written a letter to th* Timm, in which be
refers to General Oonlou’a appeal to the
millionaire* of England and America, lie