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THE TELEGERAFH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1884.
* r>x nimil IJ I CTTCR seeks to harden th,* xaen of its road wlt b year, Im due to reduction* in the commit' alb Ah Y ITEMS.
CAri. nAUUL 6 Lt I I tin ltilotses. The I .end r oad* are th« South- lionrra' rater I hi* rear over the commit-
M REPLY TO STATEMENTS OF COM-
M138IONER WALLACE.
tuni.rf.m Errors of Foot and Infer.nc.
Corrected, and a Plain Statement
clron of tho Condition of
the central Sretem.
Atlanta, Ga„ Decrmbtr 11,1834.—Jim.
T. H. Colley, Chairman af the Senate Com-
Ttilke o* Jtoilrcodz—Dka* tin: Since I re
sponded to the Invitation of your conimlt-
teo to express my view" on the workings
ot the present Railroad Commli-
skm law," I hare seen In the
Atlanta Constitution the views of Major
Campbell Wallace (one of tho com
missioners) presented by him to the com
mittee after my return to Savannah. Aa
ifeel eonfdent that I can remove the er
roneous iroprrf atons his elatements may
create, I, in justice to our stockholders,
take the liberty of submitting to you the
following:
I am not qnoted by the newspapers or
hy Major Wallace, who baa apparently
taken his quotation from the papers,*witb
absolute correctness. My statement was,
%''in my opinion, If the same percentage o(
depreciation in rates continues for the next
ire years, ss has obtained for the past five,
there will not be a solvent railroad company
in Georgia; and further, with a continu
ance of the rates now In effect, if the roads
are called upon to face (or three years, a
depression in trade and business, equal in
severity to the commercial and financial
stagnation of the several years succeeding
the financial crisis of 1873, it is a matter of
grave doubt if any of the roads In the Stale
can earn the interest on their fixed
charges.” I base my conclusion upon the
following facts and figures pertaining lo
the Central and Southweiiem railroads.
The commissioners’ rates were put into
effect daring the last three months of the
fiscal year ending September 1st. 1SS0, and
though affecting the earnings but little, 1
begin with that year;
lead.
jBnrataj|» over operating «xpeaMMl,fifjM&2.79
Net for owners....—.. ■ ~.$ 801,253.79
'Which canals about 10? j per cent, upon
the capital stock.
Train mil—— — mMM .2,028,400 mile*.
1881.
Earnings over operating expcnieMl.%7.029.28
Tlxcd charges 71M8MO
it* lowea. The I /v?d road* are the South
western, Augti xe and Savannah and the
MilledaeviUe, Batonton branch. Tho
Central JOjtMud Company i* now paying
for these attbe rate of 7 per cent, to
their p\**tnt capital stock. The capital
stock represents a very much smaller
•wc/mt than the cost of construction, for
ib'4 reason that they were originally built
Vtth the money subscribed for the stock,
and the proceeds of a large amount of
bonds. The property brought into exis
tence by the expenditure of these sums,
represents a value equivalent to the money
expended. These bonds have been paid,
and the capital stock in these enterprises
is very much smaller than its real cost.
This is practically a reinvestment ot
money legitimately earned. Will any one
say that the projectors of nsefnl enter*
prise * should not make a fair rsVuin on
their original investment, aid also on ail
their earnings reinvested in the same ru-
terprise, for (he purpose of extending and
expanding its usefulness nu*J i»roti»ahl«j*
wsa? If so, where is the inducement to
enterprise?
The figures given you by M tjor
Wallace, showing the net earnings
of the roads from 1879 to 1S»4. are not ac
curate. The net earning* of the roads
from 1S80 to 1SJH are 86.172.518 instead of
\4J.278.P37, aa stand by him, a difference of
1106.419 in favor cf the proposition he is
seeking to prove. This would make th-
earnings average 81.231 503 per year, or
8177.269 more ihau the average annua,
earnings for the five year* ending ls79.
To any one engaged in any kind •*( busi
ness during the distressing embarrass
ments that followed the crisis of 1873,
nothing i* needed save a bare reminder to
recall tbat the earnings of railroads, like
the earnings of all other business, were d»-
S retted to the lowest point, and tosutisty
icm tbat this is no rule of comparison by
which to measure what should be the prof
its in years when the business of the coun
try was most prosperous. Yet noivwth-
standing the past five yean have been a pe
riod of unexampled prosperity to all other
interests, the railroads have only moder
ately increased their earnings over the pre
ceding five year*.
Maj. Wallace says: “The average net
revenue per annum fer the past five rears
was 81.057,231. and tbat for the second five
ears was 81,255,787, which is an increase
n the average net revenue per annum of
over eight per cent.” If Msj. Wallace
meant what he seems to ssy, that the an
nual increase in revenue has been at the
rate of 8 per cent, per year, from the aver
age per year of the five years ending in
1879, and he was not mistaken, 1 would
not be pleading for the interest of tue own
ers of this property to dsy. For, to use
bis own figure*, the average earnings from
1875 to 1879 have been 81.057,231
per year, 8 per cent yer year in
crease from this for five years, would
have made the earnings in. 1884 amount
tloners’ rates this vear over the commis
sioners’ rates last year. Very ranch of it
is, yet some Is due to a lessening in the
volume of bu»ine*s passing over the road.
Before concluding. 1 desire to correct
one other misleading statement. Major
Wallace in his effort* to establish proof
tbat the roads are earning sufficient money
under the present commissioners’ rates,
■ays: “The Georgia railroad is a part of
tjie Central railroad system. The net
earning* ol this road during the year just
passe i are reported at $593,000, an amount
equal to about 14 per cent, upon their cap
ital stott of $4,200,000."
No one knows better than Major Wallace
the distinction oetween net earnings of a
road and net income of n company. No
one knows better than be does, that to in
clude all the outside inoo.uc of a company
in a statement Intending to show the net
earmnga of a road, does not convey a cor
rect tnip/isdon «h to the revenue derived
from the operations of the road, and this
is »he point at tissue. In all fairness, if be
frltituece sarytouse the operations of the
Georgia railroad to illustrate his proposi
tion, tie s non Id have told you that the
leaseesof the Georgia railroad earned upon
operations of the road—
$177,545 32
Received from Atlanta and West
Point stock 58,908 00
Recel ed from Western railway of
Alabama 2K.1V0C0
Kerelred from Rome railroad 7,44»» 87
Received from WeltOB ra lroad 1.8BO 00
Received I om other investments.... 24,3.7
Total net income $.'02,227 5?
He then should have shown tbat the
value of tbc Georgia mPriad
represented by its bonded debt
and capital stock is 86,881,000.
ami the net earnings of the railroad prop
er being $477,515 32 or an Interest ou the
value of the property of the Georgia rail
road proper, of less than 7 per cent
for the year. Tbc value ot all the proper
ty leaied from the Georgia Railroad ami
Banking Company amounts to$10875 300.
and the rental paid for it i* $00 ’,000 pe.
year, which is about per cent, on i s
value.
Major Wallace is simply mistaken in his
conclusions on this subject. 1 have the
honor to be. very respectfully, your obe
dient servant. W. G. Raoul,
President of the Central Railroad aud
Banking Company of Georgia.
THE DROWNED OYATERMEN.
Failure to Convict n Lot of Brutal Mur
derers, Etc.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM.]
Albany, Ua., December 1 i*—Mr*. E. A. Cm*
ger, one of the oldest and most highly-es
teemed ladies of Albany, died yesterday and
was buried to-day.
Conductor William Welch was robbed of a
valUc and overcoat while the train was at the
depot. HU engineer caught one of the thieves
and policeman Kemp the other two. All arc
in jail.
Calhoun County Court adjourned yesterday.
The grand jury found truo bills against four
white men, charged with murder, committed
midnight a week or more ago,
by assaulting Calvin Mike, colored
in hU bouse with guns and pUtols. Mike and
wife escaped by pulling planks from the floor,
parsing under the house to the opposite side,
and taking refuge In a swamp. After the par
ties ceased firing, supposing the inmates had
been killed, they fired the house, earning up
an aged negro woman and two small children.
HoDcitor-Oeneial Watters was taken alck and
mUtrial was made.
The female baseball club played to a good
crowd this afternoofi.
ONCB UPON A TIME.
Into my >ap to hear me tell
The Christmas tales he lovea to well-
A tale my mother told to me.
Beginning “Once upon a time.”
It U a tale of «‘.Ues that rang
. The thepherda saw one winter night-
And of the glorious stars that innr
An anthem once upon a time.
This story of the hallowed yesrs
Tells of the sacrifice sublime
of one who prayed alone and wept
While hU awearled followers slept—
And how his blood and Mary’s tears
Commingled once upon a time.
And now my darling at my slue
who are anxious to secure seats in Ccni
“^esa.
-Ex-Governor “Dick” Bishop, of
Ohio, denying rane recent stories stout
bimaelf. declares that be has not lost
business last year, but baa since aucceeded
ia a tale ot line, tbat ran. lo huuself financially oomforta-
tvith angel rhapsodies lubllme;
Ot that ,raat boat, serene and white, —Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, of
Mtoalitippl, advises the Proteatant Bplico-
pal'ani not to employ negro clergymen for
the Bon them negroes. Separate congrega
tions with white rectors are what he re
commends. He believes tbat the blacks
entertain no respect for ministers of their
own color.
have mads the earnings in amount
to 11,563,423.57, while, In point of fact they
only amounted to $1,007.472 39.
Major Wallace goes into an elaborate
statement of Ibe cash the Central has paid
to Ita stockholders from the earning, ot
— ItjA.
Kct for owners. I 651,163.78
‘ 'Which equals stout t-K per cent, upon
the capital stock.
Trala mileage. 2,417,7M miles.
ltsc.
Taming* over operating eipensei..$1.021.29!M
Fixed charges 1.010,920.50
Kct for owners..— .3 10,313.15
Which equals about 14100 of I per cent,
up. 11 the capital atock.
Twin mileage ...•■V'i»,789 miles.
1SS3.
Earnings over operating cxpenser.il,268,126
Fixed charges.. 1,0.9,527
Which equs
capital itock.
Train 1 '
Kct deficit for own err .1 02,978.81
Train mileage...— —. ..2,805,742 mllce,
In fixed charges are included Interest on
bonds and rentals. A default on the rent-
da would forfait the leases and break down
the earning power of the system and result
in a default on the interest which would
place the road In the bands of a receiver.
The large cantina* of 18*0 were due to
the largo crops ami the general prosperity
of.the country, and to the fact that the re-
factions made by the commission were
only in operation dating three rammer
months. The small earning* of 1884 were
dm- in part to small crops, but
chiefly lo the fset tbat
Were feeling Ibe full force of the
reductions In rales mafic during the pact
four yesrs. Tt e train mileage has steadily
increased daring sll this time, indicating
that the volume ol bus!nest has increased,
or the character of traffic has chai ged, sc
as to involve a heavier expense in con
dneting it.
The fixed chargee Increased for 1882
account cl tl a issue of ceitificatee of in
debtedne’B. It haa keen, and may again
be urged that this was a virtual watering
of the stock, and Increased the fixed
charges wllbcnt a corresponding increase
in properly. This is cot true. The prep-
ertjr of tee Central and Southwestern
railroads has been largely increased by
expending thaearnings upon it instead of
paying dividends to the stockholders.
The expenditure of these earnings
has added to the value of the
property (built by the original
rabscription and borrowed capital) much
more Ilian I* represented by the issne of
these certificates ot indebtedness, and the
value of all the properly under dlsctuaion
ia more than equal to the sum represented
by tin, stock, certificates ot indehtednr,,.
and tho bonds combined: and besides this
the diatrlbution among the stockholders,
of tliia issue of certificates, does notreiund
to thou with simple Intereetat OpercrnL,
all the money they originally expended to
build up a commercial highway through
the State. However. I am not dcoand.ni
upon this point to support me In tha opin
ion 1 have advanced. If the quea ion of
certificates of Indebtedness be eliminated
altogether, if wa aay nothing about the
large amount of new capital that has been
expended to bring np the tllidenry of
these road* to lb# point of meeting tee de
mands now upon them, if the sufficiency
. '
of earning, over rentaia
and interest is to be measure! by the
unfair standard of the per centege of in
terest it yields upon the original capital,
even then I aay, it has not been fairly re
munerative. Even upon this compara
tively small capital, legal Interest has not
been earned through the four years, and
the earnings do not show healthy fluctua
tions sa they would if only Influenced by
the usual business conditions of the coun
try; on tbs contrary, they show (with ana
exception) a continuous decline. Leaving
out the ctrtificatea of Indebtedness, and
retimating tha per cectage of Interest
earned upon tha original capital, the com
pany earned—
in i*aaabend WJ$ per cent.
r 3 , per cent.
”3
Treting the opinion I have advanced, by
this rule, I yet feel no encouragement to
modify my conclusions.
I wnb hereto emphasize the fact that
(here figure! endmy conclusions thereon
are hated cntheopeialione of the Central
and fcnutbweetern railroads, •• railroad,
only, eliminating all the outside property,
•u<n ae tLipa cn tbs arean, railroads in
other Malta, and the banking buaineis,
with which it la (ought to contrite this
qu- alien. Three piujtrtua were here
with their vmhiee and their debts when
the Batlroad Commission was created. 1
aaeome tbit the iotention of the lew was
toper ■nit them to make fair interest npon
the capital expended ipon them with
out considering the amount of prop
erty the company owned outride of
tbc Hide. It ia not a question of the
wraith of tha corporation, or of the ootaide
resources erf the stockholders, but the
quest ion le what ia a lost and reasonable
rata for tbs uteri of railroads to pay. ami
what ia a rtaaonable return upon capital
invested in a (pacific property, and how to
adjust and harmonic* there two neceeseri-
ly conflicting interests and lo do justice
“iaMi to stale briefly cne other objection
that baa been and may again to made to
It will to taVi that the amount paid lor
the leaaa of enbw roads ia loo much—chat
the Central baa made bad bargaiaa and
1 he question at Issue. His figu res and ar-
g uments, however, go to demonstrate that
e, as a commissioner to execute the law
ot the Stale, which commands iu-t and
reasonable rates to be made, Is taking into
consideration aa an element in fixing these
just and rtaaonable rates, the property
owned and operated by the company out
side the State ol Georgia, and that be feels
justified in depressing rates
a railroad in Georgia ti
point that makes it impossible for
it to earn anything for ita stockholders be
cause that company owns properly out
ride of the Stste, the profile upon which
will ensble it to sssure lie solvency. One
of these properties, the Ocean 8h amshlp
Company, ha- proved to be of Incalculable
service lu advancing the commercial in
terests ot this titate. Should not the en
ergy, the enterprise and contributions o
Ua projectors also reap some of its beue-
Why does not Msj. Wallace, Instead of
confusing the subject with earnings of
properly outside the State, increase of thu
assets of the company and such other for
eign matter, confine himself to the subject
at isaue, which is, is the Central and ita
teaaed lines in Georgia earning a lair re
turn upon the amount of capital tbat It
would cost to produce the property 7
Why does be uot make a plain business
statement of the earnings of theta roads
year by year, deduct from 'he rstno the in
terest on the fixed obligation!, aud show
you what is left to divide among the stock
holders. and say whether or not he thinks
it a fair return T lie does not do this.
lie allows you tbat tba aggregate earn
ings for the put five years have Increased
over the earnings ot the five yeare previ
ous. He does not tell yon tbat the five
years preceding the commission were years
ol extraordinary depression in all business
and it wu n uriout struggle with all the
roads lo escape bankruptcy. He does not
tell yon that to tbat atrutgle and during
that period the Atlantic and Gulf lailroad,
the Iiraniwlrk and Albany railroad tha
Macon and Brunssrick railroad, and the
Atlanta and Cbarlotta Air Line, went
under and passed through the haudv ol a
receiver, aa did nearly all the roads In roost
of the Southern StaltL He does not point
out to you that during these five years
ot “plenty” the net return! to the stock
holders show an almost steady di-
dins. Ue doea not tell yoo
that the train mileage ot a road ia a mass-
oreabiy correct indication of its volume of
business, and that In the five years, end
ing in .879, the earnings were 15.286.171,
and the train mileage wu 8.(11)3.500 miles,
and the nut five years the earnings were
$6,172,131, (not $6,278,907). while the train
mileege wu 12,017,519 miles, an increue of
f-V'fl.'JU) in earnlnn, bat an increase in
train mileage ol S 951.050 miles, indie sting
an Increue of tonnage ont of all propor
tion to tha Increase of levenuc. T his ex
cess mileage largely exceeds the total ol any
two whole years between 1875 and 1879.
Under such a rule, u the busincia
expands the profits must contrscr. To
earn $880960 more money wamuit per
form an additional train urvice equal to
tha traffic business of the road tor two en
tire yean.
Major Wallace says:
“It is true that during tba yaar rating
September 1, 1884, the grou revenue • of
the Central ra lrosd have decreased about
$400,600. u compared with the previous
jear, but an analysis of the rep irts w.ll
show that thedecreaae Is upou iVough
business, over which the oomuilsalo-i have
no jurisdiction, and not upon the local
business, rates upon which are fixed by
The Dleaeier Said to Be More Serious
Ihen at First Rsportsd.
FanaiucKSBuno, V*. December 13.—
The reported drowning of 27 men in the
Rappahannock riter Tuesday last Is Dot
confirmed, two steamers having arrived
here since then (root that locality A-ho
bad heard nothing ol 1L Another steamer
will arrive to-night.
Baltimoxx. December 13.—The steamer
Westmoreland, from Rappahannock, ar
rived to-day. and th.-se on board report
that the deetruction of life by Tuesday’s
storm is much greater than heretofore re
ported. The Evening News, lo its account
of the disaster, says:
The officers of the steamer Westmoreland
report tbat ol the party ol colored men
whose boats were capsized in the Rap-
E abanriock.near Urbans, twenty-eight are
nown lobave been drowned. In addi
tion to those already reported, at least six
men were drowned at Canoe House Land
ing, on the same river. At Mill Creek, an
other landing on the Rappahannock river,
a young whila man was drowned.
In speaking ot the fact
tbit so few who were out in Iheir boats es
raped from drowning, an officer of the
We-tmorelaml explained that the squab
broke in all its fury without * moment’.- no
tice, and Ibeir boats wereawauu el before
they were fully aware of what had taken
place. Tho negroes sll along the river,
and especially in the neighborhood of Ur
bans, arc greatly exercised and fright,
ened.
juoce Mccava mind civea wav.
Forced Adjournment of His court—
Caussa of the Calamity.
[SFZCIAL TELEGRAM.]
Atlaxta, Dccepber 12.—Tho friends of
fudge 11. U. McCay have for some time known
that his mental and physical condition wu
failing. Within a few days there bat been a
rapid developmentjof the tymptoms.and to-dty
It cannot be longer concealed that his mind
a very unsettled condition, and
tho Judge utterly incompetent to tho
discharge ol his duties as judge of the Feder
al Court ior the northern district of Georgia.
There was In consequence a forced adioura-
ment ot his court this morning, and his
friends are looking after him solicitously.
For some yean lt is reported he haa had do-
mcatlc trouble and a physical affliction, which
have affected his habits to an
extent causing him to me stimulants for re
lief, which altogether have bad a distressing
effect upon bis mental condition, with the re-
suit at stated. The ardcous labors of
Ms court have doubtless contributed
much to the result. Judge McCat
has two brothers lo Baltimore, wealthy ant
prow lnent citizens—Prof.Cbas. F. McCay and
Robert T. McCay-who have been telegraphed
(or. It la thought a change of scene and good
treatment will have a beneficial effect, and he
wilt be induced to go to Baltimore for
the preaenL Judge McCay ia about sixty-
three yean old, and a native of Pennsylvania
Be came out to Georgia when a young Br
and read law under Judge l.umpkin. IBs
reer since ia wed known to the readers of the
Tklegkafh.
A Singular Accident fn it. loula.
6t. Lotus, December 12.—About 10 o'clock
Itat night two of the Urge iron columns of the
old gas meter at the corner ol Fourteenth and
Slnaleton streets, belonging to the 8L Loula
explosion of gas Immediately folrowed, which
lighted up the entire city and caused much
alarm; but the illumination lasted scarcely al
minute Extraordinary as it may seem, no
surrounding property was damaged. It will
cost from $,5.wo to $100,660 to replace tho tank,
and in the meantime the atorsgo capacity oI
the company will be reduced near-y one-half,
which will occasion tome Inconvenience,
Tbo mighty deeds that men have told
In ponderous tone or fluent rhyme,
Like misty shadows fade away—
But this sweet story ’bides lor aye,
And, like the stars that sang of old,
We aing of “Once upon a time.”
—Chicago Kcwa.
The Paris Petit Journal ha* readied
a circulation of K25.000 copies, without
a doubt the largest newspaper circulation
in the world.
The Druggiat estimates that the an
nual production of canned goods In the
United Stales equals 500,600,000 packages,
or ten for every person.
The members of the House Judi
ciary Committee have but small hope tbat
Ibey will be able to secure a hearing fur
the bankruptcy bill this session.
“No.” said an old maid, “I don’t
miss a husband very much. I have train’
ed my dog to growl every time I feed him,
end I have just bought a clothing (tor©
dummy tbat 1 can acold when I feel like
“Those currants I bought from you
were nearly half ffiei.” said a manto a
grocer, ’the other half is all right, la it?”
“Yes, but—” “Oh, that's all righL Just
bring the fl'ea back and I’ll weigh 'em and
make]a reduction.”
The crepe veil has received a deadly
blow from a Baltimore phyiician, who says
that the crepe veil io jurea the complexion,
and carries poisonous matter into the
lungs. Black silk and Idack cotton goods
also produce bad effects.
Democratic Congressmen estimate
that there are twenty-five applicants for
every poat-efflee appointment Aa there
are about forty thousand poat-officra, this
accounts for just one million of Cleveland's
supporters, leaving etill four million who
prefers foreign miaaloo or a clerkship.?
""Cali vorsia" has 'choice ”of ninety-
four varieties of grapes from which to ex
tract ita wines. These ere exclusively
wine varieties, the table varieties being al
most without limit. It is predicted that
the dty la not far diatant when all foreign
wine countries will be overshadowed by
California.
The uneducated palates of a Wis
consin total abstinence society did not de
tect the rum iu the lemonade on a festive
occasion until gallons had been swallowed
and visible intoxication bed been produced
The wicked mixer of the beverage had told
them that tha peculiar flavor was due to
something new in augar.
the commission.'
I do not know from wbat report Major
Wallace has drawn these conclusions or
bow be bee analysed them, bat it le evi-
now DVBH liu«ij*cu LUC All, uui Ik ia c$i
dent that wbat he terms "through Irright
is tbat buslneat which comet from or
goes beyond the State line, and over which
■he commissioners have no conlrol, and
that he terms “loeal,” that budneis with
in the State and over which the commis
sioners' rates do control, and tbs' be hat
fallen into tome contusion In separating
three distinctive elaesee of traffic.
By reference to the published annual
report of the company for the year re
ferred to by Maj. Wallace,ending Septem
ber 1,1884, it will be seen diet the revenue
upon the traffic entirely within the juris
diction cf the commissioner*, ia about aa
luilows:
Between Columbns, Eufaula, Albany,
Fort Gainee, other tmaller stations on the
Southweitern railroad and Savannah, and
freight (nun station to staticn on Soulh-
weateru Milroad, there is $118,810.97 de-
crest*.
Between Atlanta, Griffin, other smeller
stations on Atlanta Division and Savan
nah, and from station to station on Atlan
ta Division, 'here ia $14.000Mdecreaia
Between Macon, Milled eville. Kalon-
ton and other tmtiler stations end Savan
nah, also from station to station $68,(03 43
decrease.
It cannot be questioned that the frieght
rates between the above poln't ar* under
the control of the commission, and the
aggregate falling off amounts $200U6M2.
When w* take into consideration ibe
fact that a large amount of traffic under
the control of ccmmlsetonera' rales it not
included in the above statement, and
when we consider the great Influence the
local rates of Georg* have upon the
through rates, limiting in a great many
instances the ore portion we can claim (or
the tinea of Georgia, we could very
safely add SO per cent to
the flgnrea above submitted.
Ida not daim that all this (ailing off to
revenue, aa eoopaiad with tha previous
RANDALL COMINO SOUTH.
Ha Cornea to S)a Hla Friends at Blr.
mlnRham. Ala.
(TlLkORArHID VO TUS ASSOCIATED CRESS ]
Washikutoh, December 13.-The Eveu-
ingStar aimounne that Hon. Samuel J.
Randall will leave Washington immedi
ately npon the recess of Congress and start
to tha West and South.
He will visit Nashville and go
far south as Birmingham, Ala.
At tha latter plica he will arrive about the
let of January, and will remain two deyr.
Mr. Randall )• to v alt there cities at ibe
cordial Invitation of Democrats residing
therein. General Forney, of Alabama, a
warm friend ot Mr. Randall's, say*
there will be “a rousing oration”
to tha ex Speaker at B'rmingham'and at
Nrahvilla. Theta is no special occasion or
event of a cub ic character at either of the
cities which lakes Mr. Randall there. He
has many frienda and admirers in tbat
section of ibe South who bare repeatedly
extended invitations to him to come
among them. Ue now proposes to take
advantage of the recess to meet bis South
ern friends, and, as In Atlanta, be will
make public eddr«is»s.
Murder in Arkansas.
Little Roci. December IS.—Sheriff
Worthen tbi* mornint: went to the I ate
plantation, where Lewis Fox was rout-
dined while writing at a table Friday
night. Hr fouuil that the body bad been
robbed ol $00, a gold watch and a pistol.
Tree colton pickers, W. N. Hopkins and A.
M. Branilelt, white, amt L l’arktr, colored,
weiesuaiMCled.and they were arrested in
their cabins on the plsntallon. Barker
conferred that robbery had been planncl
several days ago. in the belie! that Fox bad
a large rum oi mon- y; that lfopkinr Hied
the fatal allot, ai d that he (Barker) had
entered and taken the hootv. Both white
men dray teii g piment A sack
containing the money aud watch wa- found
In Barker's cahin. The prisoners are now
In jail here.
The Murphy Murder.
Naw Orleans, December 13.—During
the past week the grand jury have been
Invcstlgatlrg the murder of A H. Mur
phy, ami have examined 103 r linens) s.
This afternoon Ibe grand jury ban all the
accused brr tight into court, and one hy
oneccnfrnntm with the witnesses, where
by all but one were lully i Untitled At 6
o'clock Ibis evening the grand jury
p ren-nted true bills sgalust Re
corder Thomas J. Ford, his brother,
Batri'k J. Ford, court officer* W. E
Caulfield and W. A. Buckley, pol'ceman
John Murphy, Ihe porter Of the recorder's
court, Baptiste Farelio and com t officer
Charles Bauer, for willful murder, and not
true against policeman J. 4J. Errlse. The
accused are in ibe parish prison. The
trial will probably take piece In January
next. _
The Iren Traaa.
Milwackee. December 13.—The tner
chant iron mills anil fiih plate and rail
R Iatr mills at Bay Vlrw will resume opera-
una on Mondi y. The tu'lte had been
gradually leyirgoff men and curtailing or
ratiraly impending work for several
months, a wttk ago the entire rolling
mill shutting conn. By the reaurupt on
of work 1,490 men will be given employ-
Readi.no, December 13.—The Scott
Foundry, of the Rradirg Iron Works,
which has a large trade in cotton presses
with cotton mills tbrooghout the South,
haa diacharnd one-half of Ita hands, about
100 to number, and 1 educed the wtges of
the remaindrr 10 percenL
Pmaai’EU, Ba . December 13.—A 10 to
16 per cent, reduction in the wsgei of em
ployes of the Union Iron Mil»lies been
accept'd, and workwill be continued after
Monday aa usual,
THE CONFERENCE AT BALTIMORE
The Bishops to letue is General Pasto
ral Letter to aaetbodiats.
[VCLXGBATHED TO THE ASSOCIATED 1'IIKSW.]
Baltimore, December IS.—Hon. G. D.
Sliands, of Mississippi, a prominent mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal chnrch,
presided this morning over the conference
After the reading ol tho minutes of yes
terday, a number of resolutions were of
fered and appropriately referred.
A resolution oderei by Dr, Kynett tbat
Ibe bishops of this conference prepare a
pastoral address to the ministers and peo
pie of Methodism was adopted,
A genera) disenssion on Ihe subject of
revivals ensued, after which Rev, Jno. A.
Williams read an essay on the “Rise aud
Progress ot Methodism in Banana,” fol
lowed by an ersay by Rev. Chai. J. Little
on “.Methodist Pioneers and Their Work.”
At the afternoon session Governor Rob-
ert Pa'.tison, of Pennsi Ivania, presided.
After devotional exercises. Bishop S. T.
Jouea read a paper on “Is Methodism
Losing ils Power Among the Massea?"
General discussion followed up to tbc
hour ol adjournment.
Tomorrow there will be a general cele
bration of the Metho-iist Huudey-school*
of Baltimore, in which 25.000 scholars will
take pert, exercises to be held in twenty
one churches.
GREAT BRITAIN.
SENTENCE COMMOTED.
London, December 13 —Tlie sentence of
Cap). Dudley end Male Stephen!, the
Mignonette cannibals, baa betn com
muted from hanging to eix months' im
priaonment without labor.
LONDON SHAKEN HY AN EXPLOSION.
London, December 13,6:30 r. m —A ter
rific explosion haa just occurred in this
city. The report was similar to that caused
by an explosion of dynamite. One r: port
is tha; the explosion was of gas lu the
railway arches >» Tooiey street,
another ia that a bridge over the
Thames has been exploded. An inquiry
will be made into the circumstances of Ihe
explosion.
London, midnight, December 13.—1 ho
explosion it etill inrolved in mystery. In
quiry at various police offices elicited the
statement that no serious na’narr wa*
done. The general belief ia that some tx-
nlodve article was thrown from beneath
London bridge.
A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.
London, December 13.—In epUe of the
great denression in the Bfiti-h iron and
tied trade, it is reported that the govern-
tuent intend* to give the contract tor the
making of Ibe heavy gnus (or the new
ironclEili to German firms.
ife, I tvi»h you could make pies
that would male as good ns my mother's
used to." "Well, my dear, you run and
bring in a pailful of water aud a hodful of
coal sod an armful of wood, ju:t as you
used to lor your mother, anil maybe yon
Till like ray pics as well.” He concluded
the pies would do just as they were.
■It In said that u feature of this sea
son’s church (airs is tbo familiar “Cat
Duet,” sung by a handsome young couple,
whoso heads are thrust through a canvas,
which is painted to represent a back yard
fence, while attached to the huottn neck,
are the bodies of cats, so made that their
backs cun be raised, iheir tails waved, and
their paws operated. The effect ia comi
cal, but a Connecticut minister condemned
it ns irreligious, and suppressed it on the
•pot.
It is said that it would be difficult to
imagine iuu>io more artistic amt turilling
than tbat nndered bv the Mexican band
now at New Orleans a few days since.
I hey played a number of very difficult
pieces with remarkable rhythm, melody
and execution. Whila the several part* of
an air or romance were being softly played
there would start a ripple o! wild variations
on the Ie!t ot the band gradually roil with
increasing tnd then rrceding tones to tha
extreme right; then (gain from the rear
of the centre a wave of melody would
swell and die away In the distance, leaving
with the listener a desire to be again thrilled
with IU tone*.
No living monarch, Kuropcan or
Asiatic, not even the Csar of all the Rus
sia* i an boast ol such a service of plate as
that owned hv Queen Victoria, to whore
f urs'* It is often exhibited, on huge Luf-
eis a’, either er.d ol the banqueting table
in St. Georga’s Hail—rarer, plateaux, cup*
and candelabra, all wrought in the pre
cious metal, the net value uf which la said
to exceed 12 000,0H0 sierling. Conspicu
ous among the trophies are the mimic
"lyre bird” and tlger’a head taken from
Tippoo Salb tighty-odd tears ago, and
£ resented to her Majesty’s grandfather,
lug Georg* III. The lyre tlrd’e body
rad tall are computed of lolid gold, richly
studded with brilliants, rubies, emeralds
and pearls. As he atendt in all hla jew
eled pride, one ot Ibe costliest follies ever
devised to gratify the whim of a lavish
Grieotal potentate, h* represents a perpet
ual income of Xl,500 a year, calculated at
5 per rent, upon his intrinsic worth. The
tiger’s herd once (erred Hjr.lrr AH’* mas
terful son as a fu-itstool, it l« a life-size
model, fashioned in solid silver, richly
gib, iu iusita 01 rock crystal and its tongue
of pure gold.
—Cardinal Manning, whoso health
was lately the subject of such serious con
cern, has so satisfactorily regained bis
strength as to be able to resume his usual
active habits. Though several yean be
yond the traditional three score years and
ten, he contrives to get through more
work than most prelates for hla juniors
would dare to face.
—Fanny Blaster died at Vienna on
tbeZ7th ult., apainlesa death. Her health
bad been failing for a twelvemonth, but
she had preserved her beauty; her eyes
were nndioinird, her countenance was
unwrinkled, and her brown hair was
scarcely sprinkled with gray. She had
Inst much of her fortune, but left about
$200,000 to the daughter of her only child
Mme. da Webeual, and a cousin. She hsd
written her memoirs but burned them not
long before her deatji. It may be added
that only a tew months >lnce ahe told a
friend (In Vienna that not only had she
never er tsrtsined Intimate relations with
the Duke of Keicbstadt but she bad never
even seen him to her knowledge.
A Facetious Eattor.
Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette.
In the conrze of a yeartbe general office
of a big railroad gets some queer, tome
funny, some solemn, and some “other*
wife” requests for passes. General Pas
senger Agent Ford, of the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg, showed one yes
terday which he exile “Ibe modest and
facetious kind,” from a Western editor,
living on one of hie lines, Mr. Ford
thought It too good to “keep," and it Is
glvtn below, except the names and locali
ty:
, hare a modest request to make. I
want lo get a pass for myself and wife
from to Washington, D. O.
and thence to New York, wltn atop privl
lrges at Baltimore and Philadelphia, and
return. I know that the general rule ia lo
refuse such requests aa this. I wish, how
ever to state my case:
Firaly—This Is to be my wedding trip,
and country editors, you know. In each
caies depend npon their railroad friends
standing by them In the worthy eilorl to
mske their bride* believe they have
caught a millionaire when they hook on
to a country editor. Poor little innocents I
They think that all they have to do will be
to ride free over the country and be tbc
honored guests of the great of the land.
Utile do they dream of the painful truth
that they will have to eke out a scanty
subsistence from tickets to snide min
strel shows and Uncle Tom’s Cabin
troupes; orders on corner stores which
will be coldly honored for goods at four
timet their value; contracts for organs
and aewing machines; by means of which
editors are permitted, after giving severs-
hundred dollars’ worth of advertising, to
purchase an initrument after paying eight
•eventha of its value in cash.
By the courtesy of railroad officials ed
itors usually succeed in, concealing tbesr
unpleasant things from allies, and! there
fore, fellow the custom acd tone you for
tha parses..
I am postmaster at , an! be-
^self-raising
Cj) oread
rrepamUon.
THE HEALTHFUL AND NUTmTIC-lJ,
BAKING POWDER
restore* to the flour the itrength-eton.
Phosphates that are removed wlStt!
bran and which are requred by the
No other baking powder doc.{[T
less, is healthier and stronger than
other powder. ,D “J
HOME
TESTIMONY
FROM
J. Emmett Blackshear.M.D.
Macon, Ga„ July 14, 1884.-I takepleu.
nr* in adding my testimonial to the supe
rior excellence of yonr Horaford r Brssd
Preparation (Baking Powder) as sn am-
ele healthful and nutritiousJJo long asm.
perfine wheaten flour is made use offer
bread-making, to long will there be tut
cesaity for restoring to such flour the cu.
tritiye elements o! which lt ia deprived by
the refining process; and so far as Ism
aware, this I* the only baking poWcr In
the market that possesses tbat
while to giving lightness and porosity to
the bread, whether made of superficr.or
unbolted (Graham) flour, there is noce
better. Youre respectfully,
(Signed)
J. KMMETTBLACXSHRAR, M. D.
encc,
for cutaneous
an Invigorating tonic.
Jams Jacnson, Chief Justice of 0l
tog one of the rascals who must go, I will
have to hump myself to get back in time
to be kicked out, and wilt not be able to
move a peg until that momentous cveni
occurs. I think I have made my csso; 11
you think uot, let me know aud I will add
an amended and supplemental petition
Mark your answer "private.” I have not
yet billed the town nor requested any
one’s "presents" at my wedding. I might
say “burn this,” but the words are pain
ful.
Mr. Ford says in this case it was ton
much for him, and fearing an "amended
E etition” be yielded and sent the passes;
nt he desires it to be underatood that this
will not to he regarded as a precedent or an
example (or others of the fraternity,
.X.
Young Men!—Beaa This.
Tb* Voltaic Beit Company, ot Marshall,
Mich., oiler to send their celebrated Elec
tro Voltaic Belt and other Electric Appli
ance* on trial for thirty dayr, to men
(young or old) afflicted with nervona de
bility, h»« of vitality and manhood, and
all kindred troubles. Also for rheuma
tism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many oth
er liner- Compute restoration lo
health, vigor and manhood guaranteed.
No risk la iocorrad aa thirty days trial
allowed. Write them at uoc* lor liluetr
ted pampbltt free.
FRANCE.
LOUISE MICHEL TO BE RELEASED.
Paris. December IS.—Louise Michel, the
Anarchist agitator, now to prison, will re
ceive a free pardon January 1. The So
cialism have held another meeting to the
Salle de Rivoli in the interest of the unem
ployed. M. Voiila-it presid d. A few per
rons attempted to create a tumult, but
thay were prevented by a majority of those
present.
The Geuiois say* that Prince BUiuarck
ia in favor of the resignation of Nubar
Pasha from the office of premier of Kgypi
and will Insist on the abdication ol Me
hammed Tewfik. tb* Khedive. It is re
ported that a strong party ia working lo
replace Ismail Bash* npon Ibe Kbedival
throne.
Baris, December 13.—The Gaulois says
France has purdiawdseven UrUUtistcam
era lor use in carrying additional troop a to
China. ^
OERMANV.
rSRUAHEXTARY MOVEMENTS.
Berlin, IWmber 13.—A union haa been
formi-d consisting of 180 members of the
Reichstag to coiniiier the monetary quea.
lion, which is aron-ting renewed interest in
Germany. Herr Van Scborlemeratst, one
of the leaders ol the UUramontranes, is
president.
Blaine's Libel Suit.
Indianapolis, December 13.—In the
B sine-Sentinel libel tnlt in the Federal
I’.iurt to-day, lohnC. Shoemaker, presi
dent of Ihe Sentinel Company, Bird an affi
davit asking that further proceedings be
stayed until the plaintiff bs* answered Ibe
interrogatories which were filed with the
amended bill of disco very. The suit it set
for trial for December 23, end Judge
Woods will probably rule on Monday on
lb* request for a auy of further proceed-
Dcaaax r Salad Dressing and Cold Mast
Saucs la Blade from It* fresbesl, purest,
ffitfdi ciutiswDta fdntlnihir lo
using it, warn a labor anxiety, and disap-
pointatot us poTCttlid.
PERSONAL.
—Mr. Randall denies that he has
been in conference with Mr, Tiiden on the
question of accepting a cabinet t (lice under
Mr. Cleveland.
—Head Waiter John Trutnpley, of
Ihirnuiu's Hotel Baltimore, has accumu
lated ami saved $129,000 during thirty years
In thst position.
—Secretary Smalley, of the Demo
cratic national committee, thinks tbat
Senator Bayard and William 0. Whitney
ti booked for cabinet places.
—Dr. Mary Walker says she haa half
a notion to marry Ben Butler. "Do,
Mary." urge* the Philadelphia Call; “it
would serve him just righL”
—'The wife of Justice Field, who is a
fine Shakfinerean scholar, haa organized a
class uf student* at Washington, number
ing many of the leading ladies.
—Barrister Adame thinks he ia as
good a* any ot the Coleridges, since the
daughter tie meant to many was only
the old man's housekeeper and the second
son of the family sells cheap wine* on com
mission.
—Mr. P. M. Baker haa been pro
moted to ba managing editor of the New
Orleane Timea- Democrat, vice Major E. A.
Ilurke, resigned ou account of his on
erous duties aa director-general ot the ex
position.
—It is xaiil Senator Sherman will ad
vocate recoining the standard dollars on
hind into 470 grain dollars, aud make this
the weight of all uur future dollars. They
would then, he thinks, rule the world and
came business to boom.
—President McCoab, of Princeton
College, bs* kindly assured Ihe boys that
there is no inconnsteney in the evolution
theory and the Scriptures, but some of the
evolutions of the loot-ball game ar* etill
under serious consideration.
—Tho Pope, last Sunday, in his ad-
drrss to the pupils of tho American
College at Rome, said tliat he had always
felt great affection for the American clergy,
and he wu much gratified at the progress
which Catholicism had made in the United
States,
—Senator Vest, in hi* speech against
the Dakota reheats, vary appropriately
characterised that Sort to fore* tbaiowaz
half 0$ tha Territory into tb* sisterhood of
States as the work ol a gang of politicians
Turn the Rascal* Out.
Cleveland Flalndcalcr.
Bills of various rorts have been intro
duced in Congress already, the true intent
of which under one disguise and another
Is to keep Republican office holders in of
fice after tho new Democratic administra
tion takes hold.
After having held office all these years, grew wot
having lied about Democrats, abused I Erst tat
them, slandered them, and having con
tributed money and time to defrat the
Democratic party, these fellows do not
want to tow to tue popultr verdict that
commanded them to g«t out. They want
to be kept iu. They want a Democratic
administration, that th-y did their best t->
d feat, to keep Ibtm in Iheir offices.
Hence these many bills to extend the civil
service regulations, and provide against
the removal of this and thaAsort of office
holders.
The Democrats in Own should not
allow themselves to bMpffappt d Into any
of these schemes. should r
teed to the squeals a; the office
wbodonot want to go. The civil ser
vice nonsense has gone about as far as
there ia any need.
The understanding has been that when
the Democrats came into power there
would be a general cleaning out In the civ
il service. It was underatood that the
chai ge should be thorough and complete.
It ought to be. Democratic rule will not
be for long if ills not.
We hold this duty to be foremost.^There
CSS NtS&SSCvdaiiu iwutiu witii Repuo-
licans in office, especially of the sort who
have been in >0 long. There can be no
sucres?ful administration with the office
in the hands of the enemies of the Demo
cratic parts who will use their official po
sitions aa they have ever done to injure
and defeat 1 Itn Democra ic parly. Ills
ail noorrn'M to suppose otherwise.
Tbeie office holders assume that the
country cannot get along without them.
They ere insolent in that way and their
insolence should be met by ebowieg them
the door. We hold that the country can
get along very well without any Republi
cans in office. Wc want to make a practl
cal damorntration of that.
We still believe to tun ing the rascals
ouL
Tho Supreme B*nch.
Atlanta, September a^ttsb-fna* apart.
. I think 8. 8.8. e vary valuable remetv
utAncons diseases, and at the uur -
AN AGED BAPTIST MINIATE*.
Two More Important cussr.
■Your agent being to Colambus, G*., t lew
days ago, and meeting tbo venerable brother
B. II. Campbell, we asked him for the news.
H reply urn: “I have two more Important
■« effected hr Swlft’e 8peelfle to report."
The vi-ncrablo man to known tor and wide for
Ihto unremitting labors ofloveln the behalf ol
the poor of Columbus. It will be remembered
that the Hwlit Specter Go. has donated quit*
an amount of iheir famous medicine, to be
distributed by Mr. Campbell among the poorol
the city, hence hto remaeks. lleaaid:
“1 have Juii eeen a lady who baa baen great
ly annoyed by a tetter In one ot her hands. It
huf given brr much trouble tnd pain. She
■aid she had been treated by several phut-
clans during the paat three or four years with
tho old remedies, but without giving any ro
ll- f. I inggeitad Hwlft’a Specific, and th*
took four buttles aud is now apparently per-
fi-rtly well. Iter hand to smooth and not t
zln.Ierlgnof the dtoeaae lefL IC to marvel
ous how ibto medicine renovate* th* artlea."
“What about the other osar’
“Wall, that was a lady (too. 8be had bees
affected with tb* scums lot font yean. Bex
lace, hands and arms, as well aa her body,
was *0Tried over with sores end rcabi. U
was one of the wont oases of this terrlhls dis
ease that 1 bare aver eeen. The suffering of
the poor creature was beyond expression, fib*
tried every remedy el command, including
mercury and ' -did* ot potash, but sbaenly
Lrow wora*. 8he was in tbla condition when
w the cue. I soon had ber taking
and the has now rakru only
It every mark ot the dtoease hu
BHHMy disappeared. Bar suvagth
and general baalth hava greatly improved, n
its one of the most reraavkiMecum tbtvbu
r^cXWLWv^i'ad a long and va
ried exper'cnce to mingling with men, ai d
obtervlng their affllctlour aud Ua remr.Het
used -what Is yonr opinion u to Ue merit* of
Hwlft’a V Mi
maniiy, moon uireaaea tie me most „
our and the moat diffleult 10 remove. It ic
a rata Judcmentthal Swift’s 8 pacific lath*
rat blood pnriEerererdbcovered. Thera
ling comparable to IL There to nothing
too good to say about Swift's Specific."
Treatise on blood and skin diseases milled
ThbEwirr arxcincCo., Atlanta. O*.
'MONEY LOANED
liunn*r-t Mil ‘Hr
«. F. LAWTON,
The Bratso Returna to Europei
Gidraltar, December 13.—Th* steamer
Ustti-O Braize, an Italian vessel engaged
in tr*u»poriing emigrant* to South Amur.
ics.hu put in here for coal and nrovi
sions. She left Genoa for South
America two months ego, but
cholera broke out among the passengers
end twenty deaths occurred. In conse
quence ot this, no South American port
would permit the passengers to land, and
the ship was forced to return with them.
Relief for Cnciera Sufferers.
Nr.w Yorn. Decembej 13—The rabscrip
tion ol the Courier des Ktata Uni* for the
victims hi the cholera in France closed to
day with e grant total of $12,971. The
Courier bad already lorwatded lo the re
lief committee in Paris $11,561. and the
balance $1 III. will be forwarded to France
by the next steamer.
Protest egalcattn* Spanish Treaty.
New York. November 13 —The leaf to
bacco board of trade ot this cilv held a
special meeting to day and resolved by a
munimLUtvotetoproteatsgainst the rati-
ficstion of the pending treaty between remedy. This li no quack prepare
Spat a tn.l th* Untied State*. The protest re** 1 *)'? prescribed liy U*_m*dli
will be engrossed and tent to member* of
Congress. .
hankkh.
8eo»
r WILBOB’S COMPOUND 01
PURE COD LIVER
w OIL AND LIME.
_ L'utlxh,
U* varto^^^H^^ffi
and In Consumption?
Purport
_ .. . -WitUOTL
re rod-Ilrerou and Lime,” a safe sadrar*
Burns*.
NoaroLk, Va.. December 13.—^Th*stores
of Bernard. Kahn A Co., hate and gratis-
men's furnishing goods, and K. Ball, dry
good*, wera destroyed by fir* this morn
ing. The toss is taumatad at $38,006; in
sured. Tfieorlflin of tb* fire is unknown.
Naw Yosr, Dae. IA—A. F. McCoy, 1
•toil tost r umen'e, Chattanooga, Trap., has
THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE STATE
GORDON I SilTUTE.
ixt ttUact. OT«r 2» j
Room lot 100 more. Xom
.. ir&ha^'i&a
CHAA K^ZiSaPiJ?, PrmidMl
• xll* uaAwl y jUtv. 1;«% 0*.