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MACON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1884.
VOLUME LVIII—NO.44.
STAR route frauds.
^'WS3KSr Bfno *'
thin implied promise «u recognized by James
and MacVeagh. McDevltt added that he would
freely communicate any further Information
within his knowledge If called on by the gov
ernment. Notwithstanding this hill disclos
ure on th* part of McDevltt and the implied
otuinise of iminunlly which be had received
from Woodward, the Phlladephla indictment
was pressed to trial and McDevltt was con
victed and sent to the penitentiary for one
year. Woodward protested to the President
and Attorney-General that In the trial and
conviction of McDevltt the solemn pledges of
the government had been broken and urged
executive clemency In his behalf, which
was not granted. Woodward testifies
also that McDevltt was the witneft
he would have relied upon to break Into the
Salisbury combination and to show their
methods of doing business, and that he was
the only witness accessible to make proof
S ainst the powerful combination; hut that
e government took that witness and sent
him to the penitentiary. It is due to MacVeagh
and James to state that the pledge of immu
nity to McDevltt waa violated alter their re
tirement from office.
"The means of procuring expedition '
reduced to a science. The affidavits of
tractors and others were used as a foundation
upon which expedition and increased service
were allowed. The brazen effrontery of these
affidavit makers is without parallel In the his
tory of criminal prosecution. Affidavits sigued
and sworn to in blank were kept on hand by
contractors, -just as they laid up supplies of
grain fut their horses. These affidavits
were the sole measure of the cost
of expedition, and no other evidence was
required by the department for
granting an increase of service and Increase of
speed,which cost the government hundreds of
thousands of dollars. A stock of these blank
affidavits waa kept on hand and the blanks
lllled when occasion was required to use them
and the papers filed with the department were
the basis of securing large and valuable addi
tions to the contract. Thus perjury was made
the basis of all the frauds perpetrated."
Relative to the employment and compensa
tion of attorneys, the report aays A. M. Gibson
was employed in April, 1881, upon tho recom
mendation of Woodward, and that U|»on the
... Nature and Extent of tho Croat Con-
.Dirac Plainly ®»own - Coor*e
Bliss's Sham Prosecution—
James and MacVeagh.
[,,1.E0BAPHEI> TO Till ASSOCIATED PKK1S. [
Washington. September ».-The committee
„ ,, n endi!ure« In the Deportment of Justice,
■hlchdurlnftthe last session of Congress In-
.ertisated the star route proaeouttons, hai
its report lor tmbmlnion to the
House on reassembling. The report is signed
bv Messrs. Springer (chairman), Van Alstyne,
Hemphill. Fyau » nd cri, P' thc Dem0 « r <“ 1 «
members ol the committee. It says:
• purine Davos’s administration certain con
tractors in tho star route mall service entered
a conspiracy to defraud the gorern-
l„ the letting and performance
S mall contracts. The contract
Aivtaion of the Post-office Department
SSJ, the supervision of the Second Assist-
iSTpmtmastcKleneral. During the letting
*J; iertnrmsnce of fraudulent mail service
SSjffi'jjSW sued this office. The fraud,
unnn thi* service could not have been com-
Ed without his knowledge, co-operation
■nd Mfttstanee. The attention of the country
tn the*star route frauds was first attracted by
thelnc rented expenditure under Urady.a ad
ministration of that service. There was a
uicc deficit reported to Congress, and a de-
ffi v appropriation was asked for the pur-
ol meeting largely increased expendi-
CL "partial investigation into the frauds
vu made* by aaub-committce of the commit- ^ -Jgt
JJ on appropriations, and a report adverse to recommendation of Gibson, Wm. A. Cook was
£ muting 1 of the increaae required by the employed. Both Gibson and Cook formally
irJLffi, e Department was made by the com- terminated their connection with
2JL.- but so great waa the pressure of tht
for services in these cases w as $144,846, of
which George ltliss received tho greatest
amount, his compensation being $YT,f£L In
addition, $6,727 was paid to Allan Pinkerton
for thc services of detectives. $1,500 for other
detective work and $1,5?J to James M. Temple
for services in summoning witnesses. The re-
S ort says: "In this connection the committee
nd it impossible to ascertain thc whole
amount of expense to which thc government
has been subjected on account of the star
route frauds. The amount paid detectives
is correctly stated above, but It is
impossible to determine how much
the expenses of the courts in the District
of Columbia were increased by reason of tht
many indictments considered aud presented
by thc grand juries, and by reason of the long
aud expensive trial in the Dorsey and Brady
case. There was also a largely increased ex
pense In thc post-offices. Incident to the Inves
tigation of thc star-route mail service, through
special agents and otherwise. The expenses
jf the trial and the nppearance of witnesses
before grand juries were largely increased
from the fact that tho government's counsel
reporfsays: "In' the report of the post-office could not Intrust the service of court pro-
intMetoiv made under bis directlonTthe re- cesses to United States marshals and their
* deputies, but were compelled to employ spe-
cla 1 agents for this purpose. They were sent
to all parts of the country, at great expense,
in order to serve subpo nas. procure tho at
tendance of witnesses, and arrest parties In
dicted." , .
After taking up and passing separately In
his manner each feature of the star-route
frauds and tho litigation connected with
them, the report concludes aa follows:
"Your committee is of the opinion that
there were many causes w hich ojicratcd to
prevent a successful prosecution of the star
route offenders. Whatever these causes may
have been, It Is doubtless true that those who
will take pains to read carefully tho testimony
taken by your committee on this subject com
prising nearly a thousand pages of printed
matter, will reach a different conclusion.
There wa
and man,
irreconcilable, except upon t . - -
ful perjury. It Is suSclent, however, for the
Si, root? controctors, their in
Uckol by the powerful InBi
pSfofflre m-iartment, thot on anproprlatlon
made to meet ■ Urge port ol this denclon-
.. Tie fraudulent contractor, thus obtained
.lease olbower aud continued to draw
lms'-en.e rum, front tho treasury for Iraudu-
Imtind Bctltloui service’•
■ftrem-e I,here made tothe Inauguration
olhwident Garfield aud his appolntm.nl ol
T L Junes tothe postmaiter-feneralihlp.who
entered upon tbcdutle. of this office with the
determination to reform abuse, and tun the
ttrrlee on strictly Dualneu principle.. Tbe
"EpIlSdeirt OarfleM wee of the opinion that
there had been great extravagance, if not
corruption In the department, ead directed
J.oics to proceed with a thorough and exhsus.
tire InveillgUlon.” A review Is made of the cf-
ioni of 3>. H. Woodard, who, aa confidential-
uenl, was given tbe details of the lave,lisa-
noo, of the removal of Thot. J. Brady and hie
chief clem, John L. French; of ecudlngpoit.
.See Ini ector. into the tv«t and Southwest,
to Investigu’c the .tor rentes upon which the
tocreasee which were most glaring; of
tbe testimony of Montfort C. Reer
dell, of which the Attorney-General
did not rra'ise tho value to the government,
sad aliened Keerdell to return to his old a*
■oelitei without securing hi. papers or affi-
dsrlts, aed whose credit as a witness subsc-
mmtly was much Impaired by contradictory
affidavits made under the Influence of hi,
former employers,” and of the report of A. M.
Gibson on the star route frauds. Of the re-
rt prepared by Woodard thc committoo'r
joittayi: -ffiffi Ife hdmfe UU
ioipeetom mad.
portofClbsonawd theteatira-ny of witnesses
before tout committee show that glaring and
•tupetuWus fraud' were perpetrated on thc
fovtrntMUt in the star rente mail service, and
that not only contractors but that many other
peiions ia high offirial position in the govern
ment were either criminally cognizant of tie
frauds or guilty participants therein. The
exact amount of which the government was
defrauded In the atar route mall aenrlco
daring the Ilsyee administration can
never be ‘ accurately known. Henry
l). Lyman, tbe present second assistant po»t-
maiter-general, submitted to your commUt e
a statement showing tbe number and term,
nation of forty rontef, tbe namea of the con
tractors and tho amount paid for expedition,
less fines and deductions tor failure to per
form service. The expedition of ihne forty
rentes was bb'alned through fraudulent rep
resentations or false affidavits, and the »gvre-
gate amount citlmated’to be due tbe govern-
S t for over-payments <>a fraudulent service
$i,17-2,U2. The whole number o! routes
i »hlch fraudulent service waa proven
amounted to ninety-three. In case civil
nits are b ought against the contrsctori to
recover over payments on account of fraudu
lent expcdltion. the amount thc government
would claim on forty routes U tbe sum ju*t
named above. No estimate baa been made
by tbe Post-office Department of amonnta due
upon the fifty other rentes implicated in thc
fraudulent transactions. Tno whole amount
pot of which the government was defrauded
in the star ronte mall service during thc
Hayes administration «y HJBVyOk*
Among the routes tho eighteen controlled by
the Dorsey combination arc cited, showing
the amount of increase secured. The report
•sys: "The evidence showed that the receipts
from the offices on these route* for mall mat
ter carried over them were inconsiderable in
comparison with the vast amount of money
required for the service. On the Mtnera
Park and Pioche route, which wu expedited
•oasto coat about $50,000 per annum, tbe
cmoliimenU of all the ottoss on tho route were
tuit $7f,i per annum, and this amount after ex
pedition ran down to $W. During thirty-nine
o»y* It appeared that not a single letter or
P«r«r passed over this rente, although the gov
ernment was paying n< arly » <•,'•») a year for
csrtylnfthe mails. On another route it ap
peared that the contractor carried the entire
in the leg of his boot over the
mountains and received 190,000 a year for the
•Smew. The orlginalpay of the contractors
oisll these rentes was $11.1» per year. It wu
increased so that it became $448,670 a year.
Tat revenues from the offices depending sole-
{MPJMwui routes amounted i he first yc “
•W.B7, in the second year to $1 «.16t and lu .....
"did year to $11,62?, artually diminishing du-
IJfIhW year, when tho pijfor t nr
Was the gye*te$U The government wu
HJlngat that time nearly $i A<00a year for
ajtjjbf, malls tooffi.es that yielded leas than
tizorool revenues."
JStSlm expeditions are cited, on ono of
which therorvlcewas let
Mf mUe aml^-lght-one hundredths per
■•Tw* M,uc “ ■»ower than a horse couiu
5 1 “j- # HeUtivet° the route from Us Vegas,
Vlneta, Indian Territory, tbe rep**rt
, “ r .* *n*r» otors r- i>ortcd some of the offices
reuid not be found, and that several ethers
found; that
fiSfipJcd that these offices were all estab-
ImW.- 00 t ^®. r *c«» m tnrndaUou of ex-8euator
J2"n. and that Woodwanl testlfle<l that tlio
tevenue derived from all the offices which de
for lhelr m ‘ u * u pp l y
SSr.i???® reached the sum of $151 for 1
which are essentially military there were
valid reasons for the exclusion of colored
men, the Secretary docs not think these rea
sons would apply to the signal service. In his
opinion Us military name and its military
methods of administration do not affect the
fact that all of the work done by ita members
is as essentially civil u that done by clerks of
the War Department. Indeed, with the ex
ception of a few telegraph operator* at mili
tary posts, they have in fact u little to do
with any branch of military duty u if they
did not exist.
To this Gen. Hazcn answered that the Secre
tary's indorsement did not overcome the diffi
culty, saying: "The aignal corps and
other organizations mentioned are ail equal
ly legal parts of the army. The men are all
similarly enlisted. The fact that no colored
men havo been enlisted in this, while four
regiments are exclusively colored, is proof
that there Is either law. or in place of It, a cus
tom of the service which up to this time hu
exclusively controlled the subject aud pre
sented mixed enlistments. The recruiting
officer has informed me that from this fact he
does not feel authorized to enlist Mr. Greene,
except upon an order of the Secretary of
War. In view of the foregoing statement of
the Secretary of War, I withdraw all objec
tion, If I ever had any, to Mr. Greene’s enlist
ment in the signal corps." i
TAMMANY IN LINE.
A Full County Ticket Put In the Field—
Kelly's Remarks In Opening the
Meeting—Much Enthusiasm
Shown-—Nominees.
. early stages I
of the proceedings. It appears, however, that
suspicion* of their fidelity and thu propriety of
Intrusting the proceedings to them had arisen i
luthe minds of their associates at an early
date, so that their actual participation In
the work practically ceased in December. I
|1«81. Benjamin Harris Brewster and George
Bliss'were retained early in September, llQj
b was great diversity in tho testimony
nany contradictions will be found wholly
oncilablc, except upon the theory of will-
..erjury. It is su9clent, however, for the
rposenl this investigation to state that,
lie the evidence against the star route con
tractors waa strong and conclusive as to their
guilt, and that the government was defrauded
of large sums of money, and that large sums
were also expended to secure indictments and
conviction*, yet no person was convicted or
punished and no civil suits have as yet been
Instituted to recover the vast sum illegally ob
talned from the public treasury." p
sum FILED.
Washington, September A suit on a star
route contract waa filed by District Attorney
Worthington to recover $11,904, with Interest
from September 15, 1880, from A. li. Brown,
who,waa the contractor on tho route from
Monument to Lake Bord, Colorado, between
February, U7». and June, 1882. ll la charged
that Brown obtained the sum sued for by
fraud, in cUfi *
and twenty-K ... „.— , -
but three men and four horses. The total al
owed on thu contract waa $27,810.22 cents on
the basis of stock and carriers employed and
it Is alleged that It should havo been but f 15,-
rtul District Attorney also entered suit t»day
to recover $12,u00 for the United States from
W. B. Moaes and I*. II, Rogers, sureties on the
bond of Henry W. Howgale, latu disbursing
officer of the United States signal corps.
ENLISTMENT O • NEGROES.
They are Hereafter to bs Admitted to
the Signal Corot
Washington, September 29.—Tht corresj
pondence which passed between Gen. Hazcn,
;!»!cf signs) officer, and $h? ffccretery Qt War,
reacnea the turn of $151 lor the I
•SkS* 1 . 11 * Jane *UW9; W for the year
tt.n.h* 1** and $^ for thc nine
■wotbsendingllarchll, IsM, to offset an an-
“tJ MPjndlture of $150^02.”
effortl of Bliss to arbitrate the]
JSS* ur F end Parker cases, one of
ah*. .k WM • route mentioned above,
dK r .£?u* I M»d jury had failed to In*
arsthna mentioned by the committee:
stoKSJf?' * r ?® the testimony of Bli«s, that
SJRHcUkm for arbitration in the Salisbury
ron.M 1r . C **es was proposed, pending the
B hdfieration before the grand Jury, but that
££, effected surprise when- •»>*>
FSJi,, Jury ^ failed to Indict,
fr ,m. 11 , ly *l®cWcd to secure something]
•reck by concealing the fact of the
fit. l >r )' * failure to Indict from tht attor-
fiiiiLt» wtd Sallnbnry until there
® renewal of the efforts at arbUra-
♦o ° *ud agreement to submit the cast, so as
tts ftretaro to the government of mon-
by their combination*.
°f Attorney-General Brew-
Merritt and Kerr.aeetns to be
refk il e . iha.t Blisa had no expectation, or
t fiiM IJ..I
• 1 that the
eyl-uV^i' 4 *' uau isnta to indict. There is I
.o* 1 . record also that the evidence
gttaasrajSaa!
Ltherharaeter and ex
The effort to arbitrate
J|of these,part^j
l-'tl
pssgyj
UHgJJgJ pending the ■
*”" u procetaings the statuteofllmlti
I tcttMi nfi**** Un Met In the crimiai
Bow. ud u
M lh *> th' prop*"*
■«tiS«i Inn Uw
liwo, ” *‘I I • or. from tho i
k BBSS
■!1 . iU 11•*'l b. .11 i
MU-itlphU f r fraudulent bid<l
« ,n TeXJ «v * matter.qu
thw in whirh his . \idence i
rf.V i 5° ,, 4wanl was dirtctcl b;
:• •‘J MacVeagh an.t l'«>*ttiiaM
relieved’v one who will act In accordance
with tho views of the Secretary.
"By order of the Secretary of War.
[Signed] "John I. Weedale,
"Chief Clerk War Department.
"September 28, 1884."
The correspondence was then referred to
the recruiting officer interested, Lieutenant
Pearsall, of the signal corps, who contributed
to the matter as follows: "The recruiting
officer has been fully advised of
the views of the Honorable Secretary of War
at each stage of thla correspondence. The
recruiting officer’s personal feelings and sym
pathies arc all in favor of allowing Greene to
enlist in the signal cores or any other regiment
of the army, but he believes that he has no au
thority of law, custom or precedent to do so.
The recruiting officer will with pleasure enlist
Mr. Greene Jit any time, provided he be author
ized by the Hon. Secretary of War to write on
the papers, ‘enlisted by order of the Secretary
of War.’ and I respectfully request that he be
-.Hthorued,"
General Hazcn write* under this that he be
lieves the position taken by thc recruiting
officer is correct. Secretary Lincoln winds the
matter up with the following:
"War defaktmknt, Wasiunuton, D. C.. Scp-
temer 12.—The |chief signal officer of the
army, is hereby ordered to give such order*
aud instructions to officers now or hereafter
serving under him as recruiting officers for
the signal corps of the army as will prohibit
the rejection as recruits by any such recruit
ing officer of any applicant for enlistment in
the signal cores on account of color or on ac
count of tbe African descent of such appli
cants. The chief signal officer will report to
the Secretary of War thc action taken under
this with special reference to the application
cf Wm. Hallett Greene.
[signed.] "Robt. Lincoln,
"Secretary of War.
LEFT TO PERISH..
Miss Welton’a Death Now Charged to the
Criminal Cowardice of Her Guide.
Watebbcbt, . Conn., September 27. -1
Carrie Welt on, whose death from freezing
while descending Long’s Peak, Col., as re
ported in yesterday’s dispatches, was born
in this city In 1842, and resided here most
of her life. She was finely educated and a
brilliant horsewoman, with propensity to
do uncommon things, and achieved a rep
utation for courage and* physical endu
rance. Her home here. Rose Hill Cottage,
is the handsomeat residence tn tbe city.
At her father's death the house was left to
her mother and the grounds to the daagh
ter. Her father was a wealthy manufac
turer and was killed several years ago by
a kick from his daughter’s horse. Miss
Wei ton bad already this season ascended
Pike’s Peak, and had written horns within
a month of her exploits performed and
contemplated. Her mother is now on the
way home from Europe. Tbe body will bs
brought here ior interment in Riverside
cemetery.
DiNVta, September 27.—Later informa
tion of the death of Miss Carrie E. Wei-
ton, who perished in tbe snow storm while
makinB tbe descent of Long’s Peak Tues
day night, are received. The opinion has
become general that Miss Wclton was de
serted by her guide, who did not return to
the rescue until next morning. Mr. Gil
bert, the liveryman at Estes Park, says
that, obedient to Miss Welton’a orders, be
drove over to the guide’s bouse Wednes
day morning to meet her on her return
from the summit aud drive her back to
Estes Pork hotel. On reaching tbe guide’s
house he was informed of Miss Weiton’s
death, and told that father aud son were
on the peak bringing the body down. The
THE NORTH CAROLINA FAIR.
New York, September 29.—Tammany
Hall hell its county convention to-day
and nominated a straight ticker. Tbe hall
was crowded. John Kelly was greeted
with extraordinary enthusiasm. In call
ing the convention to order Mr. Kelly said:
So far as I understand, you propose to
hold this convention as representatives of
the Democratic party, without regard to
any other organization. (Loud applause.)
Before, when we conferred with other
bodies, we bartered away our rights—in
one instance by mekns of a lottery. Oar
party has lived through good and evil re
port, and to-day stands pre-eminent
ly high before the people. 1 mean
people who are willing to look at both sides
and decide according to their consciences.
Truth is truth; the light of heaven will pre
vail. Gentlemen, in selecting yonr candi
dates, remember Thomas Jefferson's
words. ‘Is he hones ? Is he capable?’
If so, he will do to send before the people
The world may say what it plsases about
us. We believed that the nomination at
Chicago was an unwise one, but Grover
Cleveland is the nominee of the Demo
cratic party, and we will not separate from
the party we have all known and loved so
long. We shall give Cleveland and Hen
dricks a full, fair and honorable support."
A communication was received front the
executive committee of the people’s party,
suggesting candidates.but no attention was
paid to it. A. B Tappan was elected
chairman, with a vice president from each
assembly district. The committee on res
olutions reported in favor of indorsing
unqualifiedly tbe nominations made at
Chicago and those for the Court of Appeals
made at Saratoga. Both reports were
adopted. Toe following ticket was then
unanimously nominated. For mayor, Al
derman Hugh J. Grant; comptroller. ex-
Congressman P. Henry Dngro; dUtrict
attorney, ex-Senator Geo. H. Foster; pres
ident of the board of aldermen, Gen. (ex
alderman) John Cochrane. AU the candi
dates. especially Alderman Grant were
heartily cheered. After appointing a com
mittee t-j arrange for a ratification meet
ing the convention adjourned.
A TEXAS SENSATION.
THE PEABODY FUND.
body, which was found only a mile fur
ther on. It was then 10 o’clock in the
mornings six hoars from the time the
S aide says be found the body. The real-
ents of the peak discredit the guide's
story, and charge him with criminal cow
ardice, possibly responsible for the lady’s
death. The coroner will investigate.
A MURDERER'S CONFESSION.
The Manner In Which John Baker Choked
Mrs. Tuck to Death.
[TELKORAFUED TO TUI ASSOCIATED PRKSe.]
Augusta, Mr., October l.-John Baker,
of Albany, arrested jesterdsy on suspi
cion of having murdered Mrs. Newell
Tuck, of that place, has confessed. His
man for* enlistment Into the aignal eorpa, is Was cleaning oul a hog-, en in UtC mot&*
given to the public. Thc mau'a name la wJ
Hallett Green. lie is a graduate ol the College
of the City of New York, lie has since this
ourrvspuuuviii-v WiB tuio tu« *•■»«*
eorpa as a pH vale. In a letter, dated July 23d,
Gen. llozec refers to a former communication,
In which he stated that the general policy of
the government has been opposed to tbe en
listment of colored men in any part of the
army except the four colored leglraenta
especially set apart by Congress for that pur
pose. General Haxen savs that tbe appll cant
haa been nollfiad to hold himself In readiness,
and if the Secretory of War dtrerta he will be
enlisted, but that he Is informed by the en
listing officer that without this order of the
Secretary be would not feel K gaily authorized
to make the cnllstmeiit. General ilazuli then
reiterates his belief that be waa not in error
In stating what the customs of the seivlce
wete, and tuat excepting in the four regi
ment* named all branches of tha army have
np to this time been closed to colored men,
**•1 Sidnot deem it my province, as chief of
one of tbe branches of the aimy, to depart
from that role, any more than for the colonel
of any of the thirty-six white refdments to
bare done so^ but publication* lead; to the In
ference that I, by narrow prejudice, had grat
uitously taken advantage of the custom in
Greene's case. Tha appointment of colored
civil officers and of colored officers to fill col
ored regiments, referred to In the Secretory ■
iadoesement. are not of the class of cases to
which this question applies. Thc affirmative
iagfltafion creating four colored regiments by
always been construed to exclude
colored enlisted men from other
positions in the army, and this con-
HracUou hu .Iw.n ,nnmeJ tnlirtratpu.
11 It U lnlmdcl thu the ■Ifftul corp. thj.il b.
itncled oat u . .oparmte branch o( lh« um»
where mild enlistment, .ball uk« pl««.l
feet It my doty to tho beit Inter*.!, of tho
eorpa and tho urrtco to recommend thu thl.
be not done. HU duo Mr. tlrten. to m; thu
hte prellmlury eumlnuton taper, pluo
him mu the hud of .ppllcutu for .nlUunent
'"tohuindonemrnt upon thU Utter,fleor*-
Ury Lincolnuj.h«Me.noteuoo tomodily
>il. former Ttm roncernin.the enl itmentof
colored men Into tho .IfitU corpt
It U not cotuldered ueemrr
todiecuM the propriety of u.lfnlni colored
re mit, of the line of the army to other or.,n
frj.tl.in. of tho line than the four rextmenw.
rto.lred tryUw to be com,,*edof color*.!
men. Itrwm, obit h mlehtbe rood uUntf
.u.'ti action would not apply to the employ
ment «.f colored men of good character and
sufficient attainments in any other position
under the War Department any more than to
their employment under other departments.
There ia rnuiniy ti'ri, in the view cf tbs. Sec
retary, any pcrtillanty in tbe character
of lb* oruntutlon or the duties of adruce
•lcU.1jmcnt.ot hocplul.toward.,, ornmlcur
..meant.. or.ln.nc. .emtant, nr the alfnU
' ‘ Icrtral force of tbe Wu De
nial. . It proper !, on lu.Ie
J men from employment In
;hci<. onrant/Ationa. and be know, of no law,
regulation or r.Wn t,> a lo' h any of them
lave been ro .toted, ft la thou.bt prop, r Ui
tat *1.0, that even If tn tic-.- t.ran. In . of the
tag. back of the bam, at 9 o’clock, and
aaw Mr. Tack and another man working
onlbe roadoppo.it. tb. barn. I knew
Mrs. Toek stone, snd !«8»!>>s my
work, cat meroaa tbe field, and throngh
the wooda toward. Mr. Tank’, reaidenre
Tbe dtatanc. ia about three-quarter, of a
mile. I found Mrs. Tuck in an oathoaie.
I .aid ‘good morning,’ and aba repliei
'good morning’ I then jumped for tbe
woman and caught ber by tbe throat.
She attempted to acream, but I had auch
a grip on her throat that ahe could not
otter a sound. She fell back, and I, becom
ing alarmed, ran. I did not tuink ahe
waa dead when 1 left ber. I immediately
returned borne. My object was rape."
(loping With a Oypay Ctrl.
Westminster, Mo., September 29.—A
aenaation hu been created here by the
disappearance of George Griggs with a
beautiful young gypsy girl, lendayaago
a gypsy band arm ed here and bare at
tracted much attention. Among them
wu a young girl remarkable for ber beau
ty, which wu ao fa-cinating that the wo
men of the town paid ber much attention.
At a dance given at the bonae of a citizen
the girl met young Grigg«, who waa at
once infatuated, much to the diagnat of
tbe tribe. Lut night the two diaappeartd,
and it la auppoaed they have gone to llal
timore. Tba tribe are greatly enraged and
have started to search for them. It is
feared they will do Griggs somo injury if
they find him. Griggs wu engaged to
marry a young girl here.
A Young Carman Officer and Hia Sweat-
heart Kill Thamsalvas Rather
Than Separate.
Dallas, Texas, September 27. -A shock
ing double tragedy was developed this
afternoon by the discovery in the woods
jnst beyond tbe corporation limits,
on tbe west- front of Trinity river,
of the victims. When first .Uncovered
they lay side by aide, the man’s arms ex
tended and partly lying on that of hia
love, as if in the agonies ol death he
sought to embrace her in his con
vulsive grasp. She wu apparently
aged about 18, wore a diamond brooch and
wu dressed in excellent taste, which bore
no outward evidence of poverty. Be
appeared to be a few years ber
senior. Between them lay a revolver
with two chamber! empty, tell-
log tbe atory of rauider and suicide. Near
by wu fonnd a note written tn a clear,
bold band, uylng: "As we cannot be
united in life, we will be in death George
Fanateck and Annie J Mailer.” The
appearance and examination! of
the bodies lead to the con-
cltuioa that tbe note wu written before
reaching tbe fatal scene, and that after the
final leave-taking, be fired the pistol in ber
moutb. Thus killing her, he placed tbe
weepon to hie right temple and again poll
ing the trigger, and fell be-lde her. Death
wu inatantaneona with both. Beyond tbe
namee on the bit of paper, nothing fur
ther is known which might give acme to
their identity. Tbe bodies, still warm,
were taken in charge by tbe nndertaker.
and will be held nntll a claimant appeara.
Dallas, September 28.—The lovers’
tragedy of yesterday, wherein Geo. Font-
tech slew Miss Annie Maaler and then
committed anicide, baa been theall-ab-
eorbing topic of.convereatlon to-day. Tbe
bodies have been visited by hundreds.
Further Investigation aa to tbe identity of
tho victims shows that they came from
Fort Worth, and that their visit to Dallas
was to consummate their mnrderone ends.
Miss Mauler’s body was claimed by her
brother tide evening, and taken to Fort
Worth, while that of Foustech waa buried
here. Later developments reveal tbe fact
that Foustech was a young officer in tbe
German army, visiting America on a
year’s leave of absence. Fonstech and
Miss Mentor had been stopping at in ob
scure hotel for severe! weeks. His parents
sanction hia mar-
absence abont ex-
to die rather than
separate.
A SOUTHERNER IN TROUBLE.
Henrs L. Crajblll Arretted tor Forgery
and other OfTenaet.
Saw You, September 28.—Henry F.
Graybill, a representative ol one of the
oldest and matt aristocratic families of
tbe Sooth, was arrested Friday last on
cba'geeof forgery end obtaining money
of false pretences. OrayblU bu been op
erating north of Muon A Dixon's lint,
but wu not heard from in tble city nntil
August 21st, when be called o > the firm
of McKesson A Robbins, druggists, and
representing himself ae 0. F. Jamei, amer-
ebant of Savannan, mule arrangements
to tell them 2,000 ponnda of beeswax. He
obtained permluion to draw against the
consignment on tbe invoice and bill of
lading. He drew a draft for $484.89 on the
firm through the Shoe and Leather Hank,
which draft wu accepted and a certificate
of deposit for the amount given him.
Later McKesson A Robbins heard that
the bill of lading and invoice were forge
ries and consulted the police. The certifi
cate wu cuhed by tbe proprietors of tbe
New York Hotel The police traced Gray-
bill to Philadelphia, and then back to this
city, where they arrested him.
A Magnificent Display of the State's Re-
•ources»>Senator Hawley's
Speech.
ITELEOBATOID TO THE ASSOCIATED PnESS.j
Raleioh, N. C., October 1.—To-day at
noon the North Carolina Stale Exposition
was formally opened. There are here
thousand! of people from all parts of tbe
State and from beyond its borders. Tbe
city Is decorated with flags sod banners oi
every description and wears a brilliant at-
pect.
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, arrived
last nigb*. and this morning wai accorded
a reception at i be office of tbe Governor of
the State, which waa largely attended. At
10:30 fonr battalions of State Guards,
comprising twenty-one compani.s, with
six military bands, received Senator
Hawley, Gov. Jarvis, other State officers,
judges of the Supreme Court and (li- tin
guiihed visitors at the north gate of tbe
capitol, and took np the line of march to
tbe exposition. The day ia fair and the
display wu magnificent. Promptly at 12
o'clock the opening exrrcisea began with a
rendition of ‘‘America” by the military
bands, and tbla wu souowed by a prayer
by Rev. Robert Burwell, D. D.,of thla city.
Gov. Jarvis delivered an address ot wel
come, closing by introducing tbe orator of
tbe day, Senator Joseph R. Hawley. His
oration was patriotic and eloquent and
about two boars long. President Prim
rose, of the exposition committee, then
formally declared the expotltlon open.
All tbe banda played in concert tbe "Old
North Slate.” ana Gov. Jarvis, Senator
Hawley and other distinguished gentle
men proceeded to the main exposition
building, the door* of which were opened
os their arrival. They passed to tbe great
engine, turned on the steam and put tbe
machinery in motion. The exposition is
a splendid exhibit oi the State’s exhaust
less resources. Sixty-three counties are
making individual cxliibita independent of
the flue State display made at Boston,
which itself haa been greatly enlarged and
improved.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
StAen Men Rescued from n Collapsed
Caisson.
I TELEGRAPHED TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.]
Wilmikotox, Del , October 1.-A special
from Elkton, Md„ lays: Intelligence bu
reached here by telephone that caiaaon
No. 9 of tbe Baltimore and Ohio bridge
over tbe Sueqaebanna river at French
town snnk at 8 o’clock Ibis morning, with
twenty men under it, seven or eight of
whom are supposed to be drowned. A
bulletin displav ed at tbe telephone ex
change states that between six and nine
men are imprisoned in tbe caisson, sixty
feet under the water. Air ia being pumped
in, and there is a possibility ot ellecting
THE STATE ELECTION.
Murder at a Poilttcat Masting.
Chaklewtox, W. Va., October 1.—Daring
a Democratic demonstration here to
night, John Nunly, who wu intoxicated,
began shooting into a crowd who were lie-
toning to speeches, and Charles Slaughter,
colored, wu struck Just above the heart,
and Albert McCormick, white, wuahot in
the neck. Slaughter died five minutes
after the ahooting. Tha bullet wu ex
tracted from McCormick’s neck, but his
condition Is still aerioaa.
DAMACK BY STORM.
A Hldaoua Crima.
Chicago, October L—A hideous crime
was committed bere lut night, which is
almoat unparalleled in Its atrocity.
Michael bbay, tiring tn a miserable hovel,
at 409 Clark strwl, wttt homo during tne
night In a drunken state ami with tbe
body of a dead infant, to which hia wife
hau given birth during the night, beat her
to death. When arrested tihay was tn
au«ha condition that nothing intelligent
cotrid bs obtained from him.
— M il.- Rhea, sp--;iking of American
theair. g.e-r-, •«>■> tVy app.aud wl.„n they
ought to cr>. and cry when the applause
Several Ohio Cities Vlalted and Water
works Badly Worsted.
[TKLXOEAPUEO TO TUI ASSOCIATED PEERS.]
Dattox, 0., September 28.—A wind
storm of nnuaual violence swept across tbe
country twenty-five miles north of Dayton
Saturday, the cloud-bunt giving a fall of
five Inches of rain in forty-five minute*,
and raising the Miami river at Dayton
five feet in a short time. At Swift Run,
two miles north of lYma, the banks of the
lakes connected with the Piqua water sup
ply gave way, and the tiotxl rushed into
tbe canal, breaking its banks. There are
two breaks in the hydra .He canal at that
place. Tbe Siiluey feeder also broke. Foot
booses at SL l’aris weredamaged by light
ning and north ot St. Paris a number of
hip.'t ■ were unro-.ft-i. North ol Mu-han-
fcabnrg houaes ami bams were biown
down. At Dayton it rained harif vester-
lay for an hour, Hooding the lower part of
tbeir rescue after tbe tide hu fallen.
Wilmington, October 1.—The snnken
caisson is one hundred feet from the Cecil
coonty shore. The river is sixty feet deep
at thla point, and tbe top of the caisson is
cover d with three feet ot water. The
caisson caved in from below. Reports dif
fer as to the number of men imprisoned.
William S. Smith, tbe contractor, says
five, and tbat there ia no immediate dan
ger, as air is being pumped in to them.
There is no communication with tbe 1m-
K riled ir. en, and bow to get them oat is a
otty question.
A special to the Every Evening, dated
Elkton, 1:22 p. to., says tbe seven men
confined in the caisson were rescued at 12
o’clock, at low tide, not one of them being
in the least injured.
ATTEMPT TO LYNCH A MURDERER.
An Ohio Mob Surround a Jail all Night—
Tha Man’s Crime.
[telegraphed to tbe associated pxess.]
Middleton, 0., September 29.—Henry
Slapy was murdered bere yesterday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock by 8-ndy Jackson, a
rongh character. Jackson wu drank and
attempted to stir np a row. Slapy ran
away and was struck with a stone, which
broke hia neck. Jackson wu arrested Im
mediately, together with a confederate, a
young man named John Flaherty. The
murder caused much excitement among
tbe citizens, threats of lynching being
made. Special policemen were called In to
guard tbe jail. At midnight a large crowd
surrounded tba building. Tba lynching
of the murderer had been determlrrd
upon, and the signal for the attack on the
jail wu to be the putting out of tile elec
tric light. When ibis wu done tbe mob
approached the prison with ropea and
weapons to foroe an entrance, but some
one turned on the e'ectric light and the
crowd, having no mukt, retreated for
awhile, but soon returned. At 2 a. m. an
attack bad not been again attempted.bat
it wu thought that Jackson, if not Flab-
erty. would be taken from the jail before
daylight. _____
BALLOON ACCIDENT.
Attar tha Accident the Prop Falla, Kill
ing One Man and Injuring Others.
Erie, Pa., September 20.—A terrible ca
lamity occurred at tbe Erie coucty fair
grounds this afternoon. Profeesor Oscar
Hunt, the aeronaut, bad inflated hie bat-
loon. and, after giving tbe rpectitatora due
caution about one ot tha props, gave the
word and sailed up. The pole aa soon as
relesiied fall, crushing down a number ol
people and instantly killing Samuel C.
l’heron. horribly mutilating hia bead and
face. James J. Woodsworth, en old show
man and turfman of Girard, had one aide
crushed and ia anppoied to be fatally in
jured. William P. Edwards, one of the
fair directors, living in Harbor Creek, bed
hie leg broken end wu otherwise iujured.
Several other pereone were injured, among
whom wae Miss Unfa Pheruo, daughter
of the man who wu killed outright, nbe
la now in an nnconactous state. Several
women and children were trampled and
Injured daring the panic which reinltcd.
The aeronaut, eeeiug whet had happened,
became ao poralyma Ire fear ana Merer
that he bail bard work to bold on the bu
and finally came down in tbe lake. When
found by a pa-sing flab yacht be was al
moat drowned.
The Tallanoosn.
Woon’e Hole, Mam.. October 1.—Tbe
wreckere bare succeeded in railing tbe
Tallapoosa aufficlently to remove ber
about two mOea towards Edgarstone har
bor. tbeBOwlieeiBalxtattionieo! water
off the entrance to the hubor. Hie next
lift srill take her in, away from disturb
ance, except by violent gales. It appears
probable that In a few days the wiU be
got where ahe can be worked upon and
temporarily repaired.
MeetlnK of the Trustea«-*Dr. Curry's Re
port of tha Distribution of tha Income.
[TELEURArilED TO TUB ASSOCIATED TRESS.]
New York, October 1.—Tbe trustees of
the Peabody educational fund opened their
annual session to-day at tbe Fifth Avenue
Hotel. There were present Robert C.
WInthrop, president; Hamilton Fish, Gen.
U. 8. Grant, Wtlliaui Aiken, William M.
Kvarta, Chief Justice Waite, Henry R.
Jackson, Col. Theo. Lyman, ex-Presid$nt
Hayes, Thomas C. Manning, Anthony J.
Drexel, Samuel A. Greene, James D.
Porter and J. L. M. Curry, LL. D. Dr.
Curry, the general scent, presented his re
port, showing the following distribution
of the income of the fund: Alabama $5,-
000. Arkansas $2,950, Florida $2,100. Geor
gia $4,900, Louisiana $2,G15, Mississippi
$3 650. North Carolina $G,‘ 75, South Caro
Una $4 400. Tennessee$13,475, Texas $5,750.
Virginia $0,200. West Virginia$3,550-total
$59,995. The report was accepted.
The treatorer'e report, unooi (WMF
things says: "The first work of the fund
was to aid in the establishment of a public
school system. Tbat being unalterably ac
complished, the obvious duty now is to
look to tbe character of the ichools. so aa
lo direct your helpful appropriations so as
to co-operate most efficiently in making
them better. It is gratifying tbat public
sentiment, having been WOO tothe fivof
of free cchools, is now lodcally directed to
their elevation, which is of coarse to be
wrought throngh the agency of better
teaching.” The report then speaks
highly of the improvement re
corded in the public schools, normal
schools and teachers’ institutes all over
the broad field where the fund operates.
The Hampton Normal Hchool and Agri
cultural Institute of Virginia, says tho re
port, is nlmost an anomaly in educational
work. Its success has been extraordinary
and important. A change in the cours**
of study is to be tried hereafter, hach
class will be cent out for one year for teach
ing or other practical work. It is thought
that after a year of real life work the stu*
04»n will come back with a valuable ex-
pei i« nee and new purpose Tbe repot t of
the tre&surer was read and adopted and
the old board of officers and old commis
sioners were continued. The board of
trustees will meet again to-morrow.
Suicides*
Btracusb, Oc ober 1.—Dr. Babcock, who
was under arrest on a charge malpractice,
and who took morphine, it is supposed
with suicidal intent, died this noon from
the effects of tbe drug.
Dbtroit, October 1.—Gen. William A.
Throop, of the firm of Lapbam <fc Throop.
a well-known citizen and politician, shot
himself in the head at an early hour this
morning He is still alive. No cause lor
the act is known.
8t. Louis, October 1.—Mrs. Nicholas
committed suicide this morning by stand
ing in a wash tub foil of water and holding
ber head in another tab of water until
death ensued. Tne deceased was seventy-
two years of age and had been ai ing for n
long time.
Intense Heat nnd Drouth.
Lykchburq. Va., October 1.—The heat
here is excessive. Tbe ihermometer ha*
not fallen below ninety degrees night or
day for s week. The effects of the drouth
about Piedmont, this 8tate, are unparal
leled. Vegetation is burned up and tho
ground parched to a great depth, which
makes ploughing impossible, and prepara-
The Regular Democratic nominees for
the Legislature fleeted, (Almost
Without Esosptlon—The Me*
gro Wilson Re-electecf*
the city. The i
i was seeded.
dons for fall aerdlng are delayed'in con-
teqnence. Tbe ha; crop is dretroyed. In
portions of Southwest Virginia grazers
are driv>ng their stock into Tennestcc for
water. Small streams are drying up. and
in many localities forrit trees are dying
and lerioas forest Area burning.
Cleveland’s Visit*
Alsaky, October 1.—Governor Cleve
land. accompanied by Hon. Eraatua Corn
ing, B. B. Banks, mayor of Albany, Hon,
pinion W. Rosertdale, Hon. John A. Mc
Call, Jr., and General Austin Latbrop. cf
tbe Governor'e stall, will leave Albany tor
Buffalo on a special train at 12:10 p. m. to
morrow. Tbe party will arrive at 8 20 in
Buffalo, where elaborate preparations tor
the Governor'e reception have been made.
The train makes no stopa Tut Governor
leaves Buffalo oo tbe regular train Friday
night.
Chicken Thlaf Killed.
Danville. Va., October 1.—Wm. A.
White, residing in Pittaylvacla county,
'ast night turprised a negro chicken thief
named Geo. Lee in tbe act of robbing his
henhouse. He captured tbe negro, who
broke looe* and attempted to escape.
White shot and killed tbe thief, after call
ing upon him to stop, which eummone
was diaregarued. White promptly inform-
ed the authorities of tbe occurrence, and
at a bearing to-day before two magistrates
was diacharged.
Train Wracked.
Denver, October 1.—An outgo'ng Leail-
villa express train on the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad, collided with an incom
ing Balt Lake train, al 8 JO o'clock last
nlsht, near Acefuia seventeen miles south
of bere. About twenty passencera were
injured, but none fatally. One ot the en
gines and a sleeper were wrecked. Tbe
telegrajih wires were thrown down, and
nothing was known oi thc accident until
tbe ermal here at noon of the wrecked
train.
Killed by a Cloud Burst.
City or Mtxico. September 29. via
Galveston.—A cloud burst occurred at Pa-
chocs, on tbe afternoon of tbe 27th inat.,
causing a terrible inundatioo. The Amal
gamating Worka were destroyed and con
siderable silver which was under treat
ment was lost. It is estimated that thirty
persons were killed. A great deal of prop
erty wm destroyed and many cattle were
drowned.
mvu jiead, u i., uciuucr t.—vurmK
a game of Boiebail played oo tbe Suffolk
county fair ground, Roscoe Cockling, aged
17, of Catcbogue, was instantly killed by a
baseball bat, which slipped from the hands
of the striker. The ball struck Eugene
Hillock in the face, cracking his jaw
Praylnsfor Rain In Virginia.
Prxissuso, Va., September 28.—
Prayers were offered in tlie churches here
today for rain, which is badly needed in
this section on account of the damaging
effect the protracted drought ha* had on
the crops. The beds of creeks and small
streams are perfectly dry in some places,
so that, unleu there is an early fall of
rain, difficulty must necessarily be expe
rienced in getting water for stock.
A Mysterious Murder.
Chattaxoooa, September 30t—A special
dispatch to the Timt$ says: Patrick
Morri-, a hotel keeper at Courtland. Ala.,
wa» mysteriously mordered this morning.
No clue tothe perpetrators of the deed.
Buchlen’e Arnica Salto.
The beat «alve in the world for cuts.
> of a fre
ays the
to-day by running orer a hone. The fir**
it.an K'erehevet, »u scalded to death.
I he engineer was slightly injured.
ITALY.
TBS POPE’S HOSPITAL.
Home. October 1.—The Pope has an
nounced his intention of making the Lat-
eran palace a cholera hospital should ne
cessity arise for inch action.
Roms, October 1.—The reports of the
cholera epidemic in Italy for the past 24
hours show a tMai of 43d fresh caset* and
197 deaths, against 421 eases and 229
deaths for tbe previous 21 hours. The to
tal reported to-day includes 13*5 cases ami
56 deaths in Naples and 52 case* and .30
deaths in Genoa.
Warning Symptoms.
Don’t neglect these. If iron have symp
toms of Consumption, Catarrh, Bron
chitis. Neuralgia, or the indications of
any other disease which may keep its hold
upon you until it becomes chronic, do not
neglect the warning indications. Meet
the enemy upon the very threshold, and
while your vitality is yet unimpaired. If
your regular physician fails to reach the
case, then we advise you to try the new
Vitalizing Treatment of Dr*. Starkey A
Palen. 1109 Girard street, Philadelphia.
It will be found an almost certain mean?
of restoration—the way back to health-
ail agent that may save you from a life of
invalidhni, or from premature death. In
saying this, we are not speaking Ughtly,
nor from mere profomonal interest, nor
from theory or genera! assumptions. In
proof, you are offered an array of facts
and results so large, so well authentica-
ted. and ?•* ;•<>».ti\r. tl.n> one in the — -
habit of weighing evidence can doubt \ote of Troup county
them. If you write to Dr*. Starkey A » f .
Palen, they will send jon such documents * ,
AI..I reports of run a, will enacto you tie-, thcto.l by about .UO uni;
cide for yourself whether this treatment
will benefit you.
[special telegrams.]
Sandersville, October 1.—The election
is progressing quietly. Judge Green Brant
ley is running as Independent candidate,
with the indorsement of tbe Repnbl.'can!*,
for Representative, and is making a deter
mined fight, but will be beaten by a large
majority by both the nominees, Meaerd. J.
K. Hines and G. R. Pringle.
Sparta, October 1.—The election is pro
gressing very quietly indeed. The negroes
seem to take but little interest in the ele<>
tlon, though they have a full ticket in the
field.
Gbiffik, October 1.—A g’orious victory
for the Democracy. Independentism
snowed under. Flynt’s majority about
250.
Thomson, October 1.—Dr. E. C. Hawes
elected by about 175 majority over George
P. Stovall, repeal candidate.
Milledgeyille, October 1.—'Theelection
in tills city passed off quietly. The follow
ing is the vote polled, thus far heard from:
For Governor, H. D. McDaniel, 378; for
Secretary of State, N. C. Barnett, 379;
for Treasurer, R. U. Hardeman, 376; for
Comptroller General, W. A. Wright, 37S;
for Attorney General, Clifford Anderson.
327; for Senator, W. J. Northen, 378; Tom
Winn, 39; for Representative, R. N„
Lamar,365; D. H. Kenan, 68; for bonds,
379, against bonds 10. Dr. Kenan's vote
was a complimentary vote, as he was not
considered in tbe race. Three more pre
cincts to bear from.
Forsyth, October 1.—The election passed
off very quietly here and at all the country
precincts heard from. A light vote has
been polled, but James H. Sutton and
RobertC. Berner have been overwhelm
ingly elected Representatives. Five pre
cincts gave ihem a majority of about 5C0.
The negroes had only one candidate, A. J.
Woodward, for the Legislature, and they
voted solidly and singly for him. The vote
for Senator and the 8tate ticket will per
haps reach 1,500.
Cokyebs, October 1.—The election passed
very qniotly. Only 250 votes were polled,
McDaniel received 215, Carlton (for Sena
tor) 244, Stewart (for Representative) 237,
There was no contest.
Gainesville, October 1.—The election
was quiet. A fair vote was polled here.
The returns are not all in. For the Senate,
Oliver Clark (Democrat) leads. W. L.
Marler (Independent) received 300 votes in
this county. Butt and Montgomery, the
nominees, are certainly elected by good
majorities.
Barnesville, October 1.—Prohibition
was given a black eye in Pike. The Dem
ocracy is still triumphant. Gardner and
Baker carried the county by one hundred
and eighty majority, with oue precinct to
hear from, which will swell the majority
to over two hundred.
Jonesboro, Ga., October L—The total
vote ii 929. For Governor and 8tate house
officers, 029; for Senator, W. A. Tigner,
009; for Representative, I. A. Ward (the
nominee) a majority of 150 over J. L. Doy-
al, independent. *
Louisville, October 1.—In the rsec isz
he Legislature In this county to-day the In
dependent ticket, A. K. Tarver and J. W.
Brinson, is probably elected by a majority
of five or six hundred over the nominees.
Eaitman, October 1.—The election
passed off quietly, 8. D. Fuller for the
Senate, and lu A. Hall for the House.
Both were elected by large majorities.
Quitman, Ga., October 1.—The election
passed off quietly but a full vote was cast.
J. William Hopson, Esq., Independent,
was elected over the Democratic nominee
by about two hundred majority. Colonel
Robert G. Mitchell was elected Senator
without opposition.
McRae, Ga., Ootober 1.—The election
was very quiet, but a full vote was polled.
Six precincts have been heard from, giving
Eason five hundred and seventy-two ma
jority. Two other prtcincti are to hear
from which will not materially affect tbe
result.
LaGrange, October l.—A gloriously red
sunset closed a quiet election Five hun
dred and sixty votes were cast bere.
McDaniel and Traylor (for Senator) nnd
Crenshaw and Jones (Democrats) for the
noute, have 325; John II. Cloptoa and
Upshaw (negroes) 213. So far four pre
cincts have given a Democratic majority
of four hundred.
Sparta, Ga., October 1.—A very quiet
election here, with a small vote. Old
Hancock is solid for Democracy—not a
single Republican vote cast in the county.
Such a slate of things was never before
known.
Talbotton, Oa., October 1.—At Talbot-
ton and Geneva the vote stands: State
ticket, 3C0; Willis (Democrat), for Repre
sentative, no opposition. 310; Alien
(Democrat) for Senator, 253 ; 8harman
(Republican), 96. This is more than half
the vote.
Smituyills, October 1.—Hon. W. C.
Gill, the Democratic nominee for Repre
sentative, is elected by a nice majority.
Newnan, October 1.—The election passed
off qnietly. There waa no drunkenness on
the streets. Turner and Goodwin, whites,
were elected, over Wilkinson and Arnold,
colored, by more than 300 majority. The
vote polled was light, being about 1,500.
Darien, October 1.—Hercules Wilson,
colored, was re-elected to the Legislature
to-day.
Valdosta, October L—Lowndes gives
250 Democratic majority. T. G. Crawford
is elected to the Senate and J. W. Harrell
to the House. All quiet.
LaGrange, Ga., October L—In the
county convention OoL J. H. Traylor re
ceived the nomination without a dissent
ing vote; in the Senatorial convention he
waa unanimously nominated on tLe first
ballot, and to-day received the full vote of
Troup, Heard and Carroll counties which
compose the Thirty-seventh Senatorial
district. This is certainly onpsecedented.
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J11><Ak at New Albany, a* announced.