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' 'v • ' ' 1 * . ... . » t J. ...,j .. . oi ■«*--- , _ , _ ; t ’ . ■ ; •• ■ Weekly Telegraph and Messenger. ESTABLISHED 1826 macon, Friday January 2, ishs. VOLUME LIX NO. 5. RANDALL IN LOUISVILLE. ... eNT-USIAnTIC reception given AH him by bu»ine*s men. ... Hall *0 Packed that Mr. Randall la forced to Enter by n Window ..Hie short speech Confined to Business Topics. ITUtuSAPdSO TO THE ASSOCIATED TEESS.I Louisviixs, Ky., December 29,-Hon. gjrouel J. Kendall arrived oft a epccio! tnin ai !> o'clock last night. He was im mediately driven to the residence ol Hon. Ot.-sr Turner. To-day he will formally be tecrive l at the Board of Trade, and will speak st Liederkranz Hall to-night. A committee coin posed of Judge W. Ii. Hoke Dr. W. H. Wattren. Colonel C. E. Bears. Colonel J. 3. Miller and W. Beed met the train at Winchester and accompanied Mr. EimtaU’s party to the city. Mr. Randall is accompanied by Mr, Randall and Con- ^t^nTla^.f^d.^.r^K. this to yon in any partisan sense I speak it in the broader sense of statesmanship, if I may be allowed to apply the term, for we are all advised that statesmanship con sists in knowing the rfcourcos of a country, and it Is in my judgment the duty of an intelligent people to study out the details of her con dition as they relate to her exchange of products with foreign countries, so no harm mav come to invested capital nor lower lug of w gesto American mechanics; and I ray to yon deliberately that this can be done, and done only upon a business basis, about which your perfectly well un derstand. You must study out for your- •elves, each individual, each commercial and trade Interest, because the condition § are never alike in two diffeier.t countries; and I 8*y in conclusion that that should be the great object of onr rulers at Washing ton, and the fulfillment of the duties re quired of anch officials Is not * pond noted unless they give thatimpplrfe, as far as tbo laws will permit, to the business interests of tbacountry, for nil understand that the business interests of the - coun try when prosperous indicate the success, comfort and happiness of the entire people; and in like manner, therefore, whets the business interests of the country are neglected, or from gressnnn McAdoo. of New Jersey. The trim was delayed A couple of hours at Backner a station twenty-five miles out, bv th- h^aking down. Lon-vin-z. Ky., December29.—Atnoon tailaV Hon. Hanmel J. Randall waa for niilir welcomed to l.oni»vill« at the Board of Trade room', John E. Green, deliver ing no address of welcome, at the coticlu sion of wbic i he introduced the distiii iuisbtd rliitor. Mr. Randall responded in t brief speech, in which he etated that he came booth to etudy the customs and needi of Ibe Bonthem people, their naonrcea and indnatrlee. He spoke of the coming administration as one that would open an era o> prosperity, peace and pirn *£#!£?TciToffollowed in bref talk o:> the interests of the country in general and the South in particular. Attke conclusion of the reception, Mr. Ratniall and party were driven to the Pen denni- Club rooms, where they werediue.J • bv the dab. _ . This morning Congressman Randal breakfasted at the residence of John E. Green, Fourth avenue. At breakfast were present by invitation Congressman Mc Adoo, Bishop Dudley, Maior J. M. Wright, Colonel C. K. Sears, Albert Fink and General Ba Jl W. Duke. It had be-n announced that Mr. Randall would arrive at the B >ard of Trade rooms promptly at 12 o’clock. Half an hour before the ap pointed hour the room in which the recep tion was to take place was a perfect jam Among toe large crowd of representative business men gathered to greet Mr. Ran dall were the following well known gentle men: Capt- 8*las F. Miller, Col. J. F Faulkner. Col James W Bnckner, Jr., Capt. M. F. Fiebback, D. L. Graves, Gen. Green Ulav 8mitb, Bishop T. As. Dudley, John G. Roach. Judge Hsrian, Major Clint Mr Cleary, Ex Governor Luke I*. Blackburn, Senatoi Rodney Haggard of Clarke county. Lewis Bsrkhouse, Henry T. Jefferson, J. B Rich ardion. George Gailbert, J. A. Mann, Judge Flsnnagan of Clarke county. Dr. W B. Caldwell, John llrannin, Jacob Kaizer. John Byrne, John Dodd, John D. Taggart, .’ I ’! • • > • • '1 i:-v I H * til | • Mr. Randall's arrival was delayed, and it was 12:40 o’clock when he appeared. The room waa so thronged that was difficult to force an trance through the doorway, and Mr. Randall found it necessary to enter through a window from the committee room to the platform which had be<-n arranged for the speakers. Close behind Mr. Randall, who walked behind Mr. Grern, waa Congressman McAdoo. Toe G rtv was accorded A hearty raotption. in i words of welcome, Mr. Green waa very complimentary to Mr. Randall. He said that tbe visitor was engaged in the honor able »nd commendable task of working to secure tbe best interests of business men 1 and laborers everywhere; that it was his mission in the South to acquaint him self with bn : i • in its prosperity and depression, that be might tie better quali fied to as>ist In national legislation and advance measure* in relation to tbe Impor tant question of the tariff that would ade quately and sa Lfactorily meet the wauls of the people. Mr. Green felt confident that tbe incoming administration won..I exert itself bcncficia ly fo- oil parties cun earned. At the conclusion Ur. Green in troduced Mr. Randall. There was a wild clapping of hands, and after tbe excitement had died away Mr. Randall advanced m the front of tbe platform and. in a slow, measured v< l« e, spoke for twenty mioutes Mr. Randall said: i ‘'Ptesidcnt and Gentlemen of ike Board of Trade of Louisville: Raised as I have Mkn in mtrc«QtU*life. like moat of those around me, you ean understand why I ap preciate more than might be under differ ent relations the honor which this bodv «*f business men fender. and 1 say that it is proper in the out set that you beiog a bo ly of business men composed of every politl oal party, should be given to understand tbst I am here present today with out any personal political motive. I come among yoa to Wftnest for niytclf. to study the detui * that prevail in tbe great South, the busi ness relation that it bears to the couutry We tie passing through a period of great depression, and I think I can show that this depression is phenomenal In Its char acter and nnlike all others that have pre ceded ft in tbe UbLad 8t*tes. In what it known os the panic of 1837, which I know ’** wiiiy perhaps irom reading nod hearsay, there was antecedent to that period for sev en years a balance of trade against the United States aggregating $150 000,000 value. Again in 1857 the that year was preceded in panic ____ by eight years in adverse trade against the United Hta’rs in foreign countries, aggri* Siting $350,000,000, and the more recent panic of 1873came upon na afier tenyears of balance ot trad*’ against tbe United Btitea, aggregating $100,000,000 in value, *ad yet to-day we are in tbe miriat of a de pression. when for the last nine years ihe balance has been in favor of the United State* to iheextentof 1300,000000. There- fore we cannot measure our present de prtss on In business by those rules in trade which I have indicated aacontrolling, my judgment, the panics of prior years. 1} is due to your intelligence that I should give you tbe reasons which I think have contributed to bring about our present trade condition. I consider that ills ow ing to an exhaustive taxation and in some degree to trade restrictions which ought to Mswept aside. [Cheers ] 'J he goverment should be administered economically, and there ought not to be collected a dollar of revenue from the people of the Ubited States in excess of that which is necessary to economically administer the govern ment of this people. [Cheers.] Ii i» a trite JJJing. and some of us have realized the truth of It, that a man who spends more money than he makes will become era- honraased, and I nay according to my Judgment the country which imports more than it exports must become embarrassed; nnd the i treat object of government to a free people like ours is to have laws enact- ®a and honestly and intelligently adminis tered that will promote the great objects of trade and commerce of the country. [Cheers.] And 1 therefore feel that when lam hera, I am among representatives of the energy and enterprise of tbe gateway to the Booth and her industrial relations. I *m here, as I said before.without personal object, and i have to come to see the great •oorces. You are to-day. in many of the products of the soil, competing favorably with the North, and I have no earthly ob- X’Uon. I am free to say, to see the South- ■n States, and many of them, Kne into successful competition >t-i the Northern; but I am womtely unwilling to ace both aeo- oov Interfered with in their progress and trei-r to tbe destiny which God in his in- Mte wisdom has endowed upon this, the £ vateet country on earth, by such refa* \ ynt aa will make both sections tbe vie- \ m of fort n !«tw labor and for* i.u low j tercets. * uevt* And I don’t speak j t- fort and unhappiness come to the entire body of onr citizens. It is the duty of an administration, therefore, to look after tbe business and trade relations of our coun try.” [Applause.] After Mr. Randall bad resumed hfs seat there were loud calls for M r. McAdoo. In response, that gentleman expressed thanks for the honor that had been shown him. Mr. McAdoo said the people of bis 8tate had a warm interest in tbe success of the new South. His speech was a beau tful rhetorical effort, full of sound logic, sensi ble and to tbe point. After adjournment, Mr. Randall shook hands with a number of frlei ds. He was driven to the Pendennis Club room, where be dined with a number of friends. Chattanooga. December 29.—A commit tee of citizens left here on a special train t -night for Nashville, to formally extend the hospitalities of Chattanooga to Hon Samuel Randall. SAND ALL IN TKKNKSSKE. Nashville, December 30.-Hon. Samuel J. Randall and pirty arrived here this morniug at 8 o'clock. The party comprised Mr. and Mrs. Randsll, Congressman McAdoo, of New Jersey, with Mr. A 8. Colyar. Colonel Thomas Claiborn, Hon. M. T. Bryan, J. M. Dickinson, Captain Pitcher and Messrs. Considioe, Austin and Justs, of Nashville, tbe committee appointed to meet Mr. Randall at Louisville and escort him to this city. Colonel Colyar was ac companied by Miss Lila Colyar. The fol- lowing press reper ers accompany. Mr. Kandall: Alien O. Myers, Cincinnad En quirer; F. D. Mussey, Cincinnati Commer cial-Gazette; 8. E. Morris. Chicago Times; John A. Baird, Louisville Post, and bam. VV. Small, Atlanta Constitution. An immense crowd was present to we! come the distinguished visitors. When Mr. Randall alLhted from the car, Gen. \V. II. Jackson, a brother of Senator How ell E. Jaftkson, stepped forward ai d, on tbe part of the reception committee, said: “Mr. Randall, it affords me great pleas ure to welcome yon to the State of Tennes see and to its beautiful capital city. We are proud to welcome so distinguished a citizen of the gre^t State of Pennsylvania ms yourself, not alone for what you have done, but also for the part you have taken in preventing others from doing that whicn they ought not to have done. I bid you welcome to tbe 8tate of Te» nessee.” Mr.-Randall said: “Sir, it glv»s me great pleasure to be here. I know bat one country and brotherhood. I am proud to be with you.” Mayor Phillips then welcomed Mr Ran dall and tendered him 'he freedom of the city. The members of the committee, ac companied by Mr. Randall and party,than entered carnage! and were conveyed to tbe Maxwell House, where breakfast was served. After breakfast Mr. Randall met ei delegation of citizens from Hanfe- vllie, Ala. Judge Richardson, on the part of the delegation and tbe peooleot Hunts ville, invited Mr. Randall to extend bis trip to Huutsville. Mr.. Randall replied that be would be alad to do so, but as hi* time was limited he would bo forced to de cline. He said, however, that he would visit th<* Near Orleans exposition some time within the next two months, and he would then make it a point to visit Hunts ville A committea of citisens of Chattanooga was present, composed of Mayor Hugh Whiteside. K. M McCuilum. J- U McCul- lui* , H. O Ewing and John C. Griffin Mr. Randall will return by way of Cbatta< nooga. The psrty entered cartiagesat 11 o’clock and drove to the re&iaence of Mrs. Polk, wbeie they were received and entertained royally. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Fall did the honors of the occasion and made the meeiirgof Mia. Polk and Mr. Randall a memorable one. Mrs. Polk is most r» mark able for her physical strength and endur- ante, considering her advanced age She received her guests standing, and seemed but little fatigued by the many introduc tions. Mr. lUrdali, upon being being in troduced, said it affoided Mrs Randall and himself greater pleasure than was otherwise possible to thus meet face to face the widow of the distinguished statesman and patriot, the well-beloved President James K. Polk. Mrs. Polk replied to Mr. Randall that it was an equal pleasure to have the ::riv;L-gc of knowing one of the foremost men of tbe times, and worthy to be the successor of her own lamented husband. After further conver sation. Mr. Randall and bis psrty left tbe mansion, noted the inscriptions -m the dead PreMdenl’a tomb, and took car riagessnd wero driven to the Tennessee Cotton Mills and other places of interest about the city. Mr. Randall dined at the residence of Col. A. 8. Colyar at 4 o’clock. At night Mr. Randall spoke to the largest audience ever assembled in the Grand Opera House, which was packed to the walls on ev ery floor, including the galleries, parquett* and dreaa circle, with a large number on the stage. Many were nnable to g*t standing room within the building. The distinguished guest was introduced by A. S. Colyar, editor of the CIV:L SERVICE REFORM. « w«m«£iw«»ion In Letter and Sp ! rit—His Correspondence with O. W. Curtis’s Reform 8o- clety—He Discourages the Petition Rullders,ete. American, wno slid thi. large outpour'ng of tbe people was to do honor to a diaiin- gulibed public seivant.bat more especially to honor fidelity to public truat. In • long and useful career. It waa an Indication that the people were nerer »ready aa now to reragofze fidelity in the public icrrice, and Ihediallnguiabed citizen of the country who would now addreaa them throughout bis career had nerer btoken one pledge to the people who entrusted him. Ur. Ran' daU then replied. Blrmlnabum and Randall. BlKMi'GilaK, Ala., December 31.—Tbe Joint committee appointed by the local Democratic organlaatkma had arranged to ao to NaahrlUe today to eaeort Hod. h. j. Randall to this city, but Joel before train time they recelred a tele gram laying It bad been decided to aeod Mr. Randall and party through on a apeclal train, leaving Naafirltlo at midnight tonight. In- ■tead of the regular paiaenfer train Marina at 8 p.m., and that it wa. Impoaaibla to ac commodate the committee on the can. The commute, therefor, did not go. Tbe early houdat w hlch tbe party will nrriee will not pre vent n biting reception. Aa tbe train pulla In the whittle, of railroad loeomotlrea, furnace., foundries and machine sbope will blow and the Birmingham Artillery will lire a lajute. The reception committee end Blrmloiham RtUce will eecort the rlcitor. to too Florence Hotel, where tbe7 will beentertalned. In the lorenoan the parly wilt vl.it the i’ratt Vine., Ih. moot exten.lv. bltualnoue coal property the world. During the afternoon evening Mr. Randall, atilatcd by Hon. Jno. M. Martin. L'ongreeiman elect fromthMir dliirirt, and Mrs. Mortis and a nuniiif ui writes of this city, will receive callers at the Florence Hotel. Friday morn ing the party will visit tbe furnacca and Iron r * **-- -**- down tbe Louisville i peer tbe city— SHU&ilia and Birmingham mineral raff ds. In the evening Messrs. RatdaJl and i to meet Mr. BsaasU here. ■ In'areUbST , u iwM^ia.?wr8sss: Iraqi mber ol prominenticltlxenap tourer ut a loan J |TELEGRAPHKD TO THE AriOCIA' NewYobk, December 29.—The follow ing correspondence explains itself: National Civil 6ervice Reform League, 4 Pink Street, New York, De camber 20. 1884. -//on. Grover Cleveland— Sir : We have the honor to address you on behalf ot the National Civil Service -Re form League, an association composed of citizens of all parties, whose sole purpose is indicated by its name, and which takqs no part what ever in party controversy. Tbe vast increase in the number of persous en gaged in the civil service and the grave mischiefs and dangers arieing from the general proscription in the set vice nhich for half a century batfollowed a change of psrty control of the national administra tion have produced so profound an im pression upon the public mmd that the first effective steps toward reform were taken with theco-operatfon of both parties, in the passage of the reform act of January 10.1883. The abuses which that act seeks to correct, however, are so strongly In trenched iu the traditions and usages of both parties that there is naturaby a wide spread anxiety lest the party change in the executive effected by the late election should show them to be irreparable. Ii t believing as we do that tbe reform system cannot be held to be securely established until it has safely passed the ordeal of such a party change, and recalling with sati-faction and confi dence yonr public expressions favorable to reform and your official acts as chief ex ecutive of the 8tate of New York, we con- tiueo’ly commend this cause to your patri otic care in the exercise ot the great power with which the American people have en trusted you. Respectfully yours, Oro. Wm Curtih, President. Wm. Potts, Secretary. John Jay, Moorfieid Siorey, J. Hall Pleas ants, W. W. Montgomery. Everett P. Wheeler, Frederick Cromwe’l, Morrill Wy man. Jr.. Carl b’churz, Silas W. Burt, A. S M&cD.mough, Wm. Carey Sanger, Wm. W. Aiken, executive committee. PRESIDENT ELECT CLEVELAND'S REPLY. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 25. -Hon. George tVm. Curtis, President, etc.—Dear Sik: Your communication, dated December 20, addressed to me on behalf of the Na tional Civil Service Reform League, has been received. That practical reform in the civil service is demanded is abundant ly established by the fact that tbe statute referred to in your communication to se cure that result was passed in Congress with the assent of both political p^rtie* and by tbe’furtber fact a sentiment is gen erally prevalent among patriotic people calling for a fair and honest enforcement of the law which has thus been enacted. I regard myself pledged .to thii* because my conception of true Democratic faith and public duty requires that this and all other statutes should be in good faith and with out evasion enforced, and because in many utterances made prior to my election as President, approved by the party to which I belong, and which I have no aisposition to disclaim. I have in effect promised the people that this should be done. I am not unmindful of the fact, to which you refer, that many of our citizens fear that the recent party rbange in the national executive may demonstrate that the abuses which have grown up in the civil service are ineradicable. I know that they aredeep\y rooted, and that the spoils system has been supposed robe intimately related to success in tbe maintenance of party organization, and I am not sure that all those who profess to be frieuds of this reform will s*aud firmly among its advo cates when they find ft obstructing the way to patronage and place. But fully ap predating the trust comniittel to my charge, no such consideration shall cause a relaxation on my part of an earnest eff rt to enforce this law. Thee is a cla^s of government positions which u>e not within tbe letter of the dvil ser vice statute, b it which is s> disconnected with the policy of an administration that ihe removal therefrom of present iacutn bents, in my opinion, should not be made during the terms for which they were ap pointed solely on partisan grounds and for the purpose of putting in their place those who were in political accord with t \e ap pointing power; but many now bold ing such positions have forfeited all just claims to retention because they have used their places for pony purposes in disregard of their duty to the people, utul brexuse, instead of being decent pnblic servauts, they have proved themselves offensive partisans and unscrupulous manipulators of local part* management. Tbe lessons of the past should be unlearned, and such officials, as well as their successors, should be t.ugbt that efficiency, fit: e«a an 1 de/* t on to pnblic duty are the conditions of their continuance iu pnblic place, and that a quiet and unobtrusive exercise of individual political rights is a reasona ble measure of their party service If I went ftuuicajiug BCBfi but party frier ds * should deem it entirely proper to r« ra ni them that though the oraiag adiuioUtra ion i* to to Democratic, due regard for the people's interest doe* not permit faithful pirtv work to be always rewarded by appointment to office, and to say to them that while Democrats mav expect all proper consid eration, selections for office not embraced within the civil service will be based on sufficient inquiry as to fitneAS, by those charged with that duty, rather than on persistent Importunity or eelf sollcited re commendations on behalf of candidates for appointment. Youra very truly, BROWN ON THE TARIFF. Accompanied by Loea of Property and Probab>y of Life. r [special TELCO 11AM.] Avgusta, December 29 —A terrific explo sion took place at tbe works ot tbe .\ngusta Gas-Lfgbt Company about II o'clock thin morning, the report of which was heard all auH^O p lern portion of the city. irrrd with the main pipe and meter,completely wrecking everything within range and setting fire to the adja cent buildings. The office, bui'diug and contents were completely destroyed. Thro workmen employed in making repair were injured, one it is thought fatally. Mr. Wm. rendletoo received a number of severe bruises. The flames were prompt ly subdued by tbe engines. The loss is estimated at $5 000. The city will sutler no inconvenience in consequence of tbe explosion aa the supply of gas on hand is sufficient to meet immediate demands. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. # Augusta, Ga., December 2*. -Tnis morning at 10 o’clock an explosion occur red in the office building of the Augusta Gae Light Company, adjoining the works, m this city, demolishing the two-story brick structure sad wounding three workmen. The process ot connecting tbe stttlon metre with a new gasometre: , was nearly completed and the workmen were boring a hole iu a pipe leading from the metre to tbe gasometer. After tbe hole had been drilled and before the valve waa adjusted, tbe building was tilled with escap ing gas, and the flames from the photometer light in the second story ignited the surcharged air. Theexplo.-i >n was insiautaneous and ter rific. William Pendleton, foreman of Pm diet on's f-mnory, was blown on bis back in the middle of ' nekton street and was b idly brnUed and shockfd. Two colored men named Dennis and Pompey, su«da»nri In juries, the former’s being painful hut not dangerous. The building is a total loss and the station metre which metsured the quantity of gas paued from tbe retorts to the gasometers ts probably ruined. Th* loss is about $5,000. The ruins caught fir<, A fire alarm was sound*! and the streets around the gas works soon filled with people. The su» rounding buildings and worxs were not Injured and the retorts, exhausters and gasometers remain intact. The city will be supplied as usual to-nicht with gas. The explosion sounded like tho report of a cann ra and created much excitement. Secretary Hookey hod just left the bolHing when the aacidenthap pened. The escape from loss of life and more damage to property was miraculous. DEATH IN THE SNOA/. Two Man’s Dreadful Experience In the Mountains In Colorado. Denver, December 28.—The first report of hunger, cold and death in the rooun- tains came from Eagle county. X. R. Smith, of Dotzero. started a week ago last Tuesday, In company with Elbtidge For syth and two teams, from that place for t'offee Pot Springs, for lumber. That ulgh* the xtorrn began. On last 8unday the mail carrier reached Do z*io from Carbonate with the information that these men had not been seen since Wednesday, and as the storm had raged with unabated fury, it was known that something had gone wrong with them. A relief party of fiv». men started at once, and after a struggle through the dry. flying scow and gale, they found Forsyth, half dead from hunger and unable to move. When asked for 8mith. the famished man pointed some distance away and gasped: “He died yesterday ir orning,” and “Boy*, you are <eo late tor either of us ” The white mound was examined and Smith’* body found, half covered with snow and frozen hard. In Forsyth’s clinched hard waa a acrap of paper, on which he bad written with hia benumbed fingers a brief word to hie wile, as follows* “Dear Addie: W« can’t live another ni^ht. I want you to have every * Mug. “Klbridoi Ko^yth.” He was carried to Widow Springs and cared for. His feet are badly frozen aud he will be crippled for life. Smith, the dead man, came frbm Rochester, N. Y. BEECHER DEFENDS HIMSELF. Grover C*-bvklard. FROM WORSHIP TO SUICIDE. A Wealthy Maasaohuaetts Citizen Cuts Hia Throat after Leaving Church. Boston, December 28.—When Mrs. 8ampeon Morse, of the Charlestown dis trict, returned borne this afternoon after calling upon some neighbors, she missed her husband from the house. For several days he had been acting strangely. When she missed him she prepared to go out to search for him. Then it struck her she would look in the bflffiiroom first. When she did so a terrible sight met her gaze. On his knees, beside the tub, was Mr. Morse, and his head bad been almost completely severed from the neck by a sharp razor, which his right band still clutched. The head bung down into the tub. being held by a small piece of flesh which ha had not lived long enough to cut through. He had taken the precaution to place his head in such a position that the blood would all run into the tub. Mone waa 58 years old and for many years bad been a respected resident of tbe Bunker Hill District He waa in the millinery botiae?* and had accumulated considerable property. He worshipped in the Baptist Church this morning and appeared then to be in hie natural state of mind. Sansy's Resignation. Nrw York. December 3i.—In the letter of re»l*nation of hfs directorship which George L Seoer banded yesterday toPrasIdantThom as, of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor- •—■A Mr. fleney ■#/»: ”Tbe apparentio those who I few days. II. Tail. HI. Flock That if rti.y Don't Want Him H. Will Co. Niw York. December IS.—Her. Henry Ward Beecher, after he ooncluded hi. mon In Plymouth Church to-day. touched upon Jhe disaffection which existed among •ome of hie congregation, cauied by hie action io the late campaign. He ailuded to hia forty year, of paetorata, and Mid he never mixed politic i with hit theology io tbe pulpit. He aald be did not know bow la the trouble lied epreed, but only learned it front the iiewipapera. If there were any pew bolder, offended, he did not know them. He did not want a die- Mt'aiied per,on to sneak away. Let him come to 1dm (Beecher) fees to facn and tell hint he is diuatisfied, end he (Beecher) would bless him. In relation to pew rent., he did not care It they were diiuiobhed. He had lived on a •alary of II,SCO when he fint became a f ireacher. and if Lecc.Mry c raid lire upon t now. If there wee a majority of tbe church or a strong minority woo no longer wsnti d him, he wou.u go. If a great tux- jnrUv wiiilja>< hltjj In Stay, h* w..nl<* tjja with" them, ami nothing would fitive him away. I f he stay*l the c ragregstion would have to receive him not on a pitch fork but on tbe palms of their bands. THE E. T., VA. A GA. The Njw Financial Sohsms Adopted by ths Board of Dlreotors. [telegraphed to thb associated PRESS.I New York, December 29.—The directors of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor gia railroad, at a meeting to-dSy, decided to presviit to tbe bondholders a circular which will request the funding oi about $2,500,000 of coupons during the next year, for which they propose to issue new bonds based on these coupons'and bearing 6 per cent interest. The company will owe no floating debt 6n the first of January, and will have sufficient (means on hand to pay oil interest on the divisional or underlying bonds due January 1. This step Is taken by the board in order to secure sufficient funds during the yean 1885-86 to p!ace the property in first-class condition. The road needs a large amount of steel rails, ties, ballast and general new equipments. The directors were offered temporary loans to meet interest charges, but they did not deem it wise, when the securities were already selling at such low prices, to obtain money in that way. The holdara of lane amounts of the securities affected by the above plan concur with tbs director* in the recommendation. The board will lit again to-morrow. A BRUTAL LYNCHING. A Negro Boy's Hands Burned to «a Crisp to Force a Confession. New Orleans, December 28.—Last Fri day Jordan Parker, colored, and hia son, Daniel, were arrested at Purvis' station, charged with having placed obstructions on tbe Northeastern railroad track, wreck ing a train and causing the death by scald ing of engineer Turner and hia fireman. A dispatch from Mobile last night reported the lynching of Jordan Parker by a mob near Highland station. The Times-Dtm ocrat this morning prints a long account of the lynching, showing that a confession of guilt was extorted from Daniel Parker, a marc youth, by thrusting bis hands into the flames in a hot stove, and Peer f ““ them there till they were burned to ad Hs Would Olscrim nato In Favor of Ameri can Industry. .ffhe following letter ha* been aMress'd to Hon. A. R. Wright, of Rome, by Senator Brown: Washington, D. C.. Dec. 18, 188t.—Ifon AugustusH Wright. Rotne, Ga.—Dear Sir: I thank you for > our letter of the 15'hum I was not aware there were parties at work seeking to divide the i temocratic party of Ueoryia on the tariff question. I hive done nothing whatever to encour age inch a course, and 1 do not thin* the party ought to divide on the is-ue. There are shades of different e of opinion aruon* Democrats on this question, but we abotild always have a litt'e toleration towards each other, and not sunder party ties and become personal antagonists b -cause we do not fu Iv agree. There has never been a tariff bill passed upon a strictly party line, so far as I can gather, during the whole history of ihe government. There hftve been some Fed eralists that voted one way and some the other, some Repuhlii ausoue waynndaome the other, some Whigs one a a y and nonie the o her, aud soon. In other words, the pariiea have always been divided on tariff bills. You are perfectly right, however, when you say I wm not for protection per se Y«u say you have regarded me aa for a tariff for revenue with incidental protec tion. That is exactly my po-ition. I am in favor of aholising tbe internal revenue system in toto, as you are, and getting rid of that terrible nuisance to our people. I am for collecting the revenues necessary to snpport the Federal government at the port* by a tariff. 1 deny that Ct ngress has the power to raise a dollar more than is necesa try for the support of the government, including the necessary expenses and for the pay mant of the public debt. The government should be economically administered and no more funds raised for that pur pose thin are absolutely necessary. To t' nt extent I believe in a tariff for revenue only. * In collecting the amount necessary for the support of the govetnnunt I In-lie ve we should discrim-n-tte in favor of American manufactures and labor as sgiinst foreign manufactures and foreign labor. J^'iave frcquentlv used this illustration Suppose my part of the tax on suffer and coffee to be ten do.lars a year. Now, so far as the amount is concerned, it is imma terial to me whether I pay it all on sugar or all on coffee, or five dollars on each. Bat at we do not ra’se a pound of coffee in this country and aa we have an import ant sugar Interest, 1 prefer to pay the whole ten dollars on sugar and protect that interest to the exteut of ten dollars and get my coffee free. I pay tbe same amount of money in either esse. If I pay I all on coffee I pro tect no American industry; if I pay it all on sugar I give ten d•‘liars protection to an American industry. However, you hgve a letter from tne, Judge, on tb«s sub jrct some time since that gave you my views correctly, and I have no reason to change them. I have made two or three speeches on this question that have been published and smt all over Georgia. My own mind has undergone ro change whatever since their delivery and publication, so that the p*o- E le of Georgia can have uo misunderstand- ig of my position. Now. 1 know there is class of Democ~st« in the case I sup posed who would prefer the ten dollars a:l on coffee and no part of it on sugar, be cause in that cose they will protect no American industry. I prefer to discrimi nate in favor of American iadustry; they prefer to discrimins'e against it. Now you will find a large wing of the Democracy of Georgia who favor my view of It, and another wing what would take the other view of it,-but why is it nec essary that we should draw a party line and make divisions out of the differences ot this character. It seems to me it would |>e very unwise to do so. I want to protect, as far as l can on fbe rule laid down, the capital Invested in manufactures, and 1 especially desire to protect, as far as I can under tbe rule, American labor, and the class of men who do tho labor, and who are properly char acterized by yon as wealth producers. I thank you for calling my attention to this matter, as I highly appreciate, your good opinion, aud I know there Is no reas on for misunderstandings between uv. With kindest regards to your good wife, I am, very truly, your friend, FRANK HURD MILL CONTEST. A False All-nation that Mr. Rome's Ii Not a Naturalized Citizen. Toledo, December 28.—Political circles were disturbed to-day by tbe publicatk n in a morning paper of the basis of tbe contest which Frank Hard will make fnr the seat Ip Congress to which M«yor Rom* els.was elected. The article purported to come from the friends of Mr. Hurd, and was in substance that a thorough exaiii- tion of the records fn Buffalo bad been made, and the result was that Romels was found to be ineligibje because of aever having beep naturalized. Romels came here from Buffalo, and it waa stated the. he was 24 years old when his father re ceived his final naturalization papers The affair naturally created considerable of a stir, as the constitution requires a member of Congress to have been a citizen for seven years. Frank Hurd was seen to-night, and was much pruvokfd at tbe publication, which he said waa without his authority. “I do not believe Mr. Romeia is a citizen,” said Mr. Hurd, “but that will not help me any. I: will simply disqualify him and create a ncy.” Vili you contest the election?” was •skid. ”1 have finally decided that I shall.” “On what grounds?” ”1 shall not give my causes until I give them to Mr. Rorneis. I shall leave for Washington within a week, and before I go I wdi serve notice on him.” In addition to this attempt toonstRom- ele, Hurd will charge fraud. An intimate friend of his says 180 illegal votes have been found. Mayor Itmoeis was seen to nLht and exhibited the family Bible, showing be was born in 1835, and bU father’s final citixen's papers were leaned by Judge Moses Taggart and Deputy Clerk Andre in 1852, making him 17 years old and therefore a citizen at this time. AN EXPLORER'S SUICIDE. Delirious from African Fever, Henry N. Austin Takes His Life. Milwaukee, December 28.—The dead body of H. N. Austin, the Oriental traveler and explorer, was found yesterday in the town of Wauwatosa. He shot him self through the heart on Friday night while delirious from African fever contracted in his travels with Henry M. 8tanley. He was only 28 year- old. aud was born in this city. He lived here until 16 years of age. when he went east and entered the employ of a Boston firm. After a lew years he crossed the ocean. and for eight years be traveled through Turkey, Palestine, Arabia. India. Persia, Afghanistan, Egypt, and pushed into the interior of Africa. He made one trip with Stanley into tbe heart of Africa, the latter taking a great liking to him, and they cor responded regularly. For some time he held the position of United Btates consul at Aden. Arabia, but resigned owing to poor health, which also caused bis return to America. . About three months ago he married the beautiful daughter of a retired wealthy merchant. It was Mi intention to leave for Boston, where he wee to start a mer cantile business on Thursday, but a few days previous he had an attack of the fe ver. Becoming delirious, he wandered into tbe woods near the Soldiers’ Home, where he was found by friends acd return ed to his home. The last time ho was toen alive was when he left home Friday even ing- AN IOWA LYNCHING. Joseph E. Brown. FLOODS IN A»KAN8A9. Many Milas of R<var Bottoms Overflowed —Ths Damage Crent. Itbleoraphed to the associated press.| Little Rock, December 31.—The rainfall here continued until 0 o’clock yesterday after noon, wften it slackened. Telegrams from all quarters of tbe 8tate record continuous rain. Tbe Aikauaos river at this poiut bod risen up to leal night four feet In the preceding eigh teen hour*, when It was one foot ten Inches helowthe danger line and still rUtng All other riven, north, south and ea»L con tinue to line, and additional damage to feucea, bouses and stock are reported, but tbe extent can only be conjectured, aa miles of bottom land along tbe river* an flooded. Tbe total rainfall here for December has been over sixteen inches, two thirds of U distance ol ten milra. Three mllea north of Arkadelph'a there la a break over 'AX) feet long, through which the water rnabee at tbe rote of twenty-five milec an boor, while there THE HOCKINQ VALLEY. Demonstrations bv the Strikln* Miners that Amount to Nothing. ITSLEURAPHKD TO THB ASSOCIATED PKKSS.] COLUMBUS. O., De ember 31,-Officera of the Hocking Valley Railway and Coal Exchange report everything qniet in tbe valley this morning, though they express the opinion that there will be some trouble to-night. They ■ay the demonstration* lost night failed to take active form forth# reason that the atrik era were met with such a strong force of guards at tbe point where they expected io make an at task. They consider the unusual demonstrations at this time as an tflfbrt to keep miners from breaking from their ranks, as many of them bad decided to d'). Early this morning several shots were fired at Hap py Hollow, but without doing any damage, and this waa the extent of tbe outward demonstra tion on the part of an unlawful element. LAMAl^ RaXKIM A KAMA it* ii U* plSOO (O jet U r *.-4 lit goods. the outoound train, on their way to Pensacola, but none of them ware hurt Rise Morris's special car, containing herself and Mr. Har riott, with Frank Goodwin, her manager, was attached to tbe train, but suffered no damage. A special train brought the injured bock to this city. The East Tennessee, Virginia A Georgia. New York. December 30.—The directors of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor gia railroad were in session to-day and discussed leveral plans for a reorganize tion of the road and the refunding of its hoods. Nothing definite was decided upon, and the nonpayment of interest on ihe consols due iu January was the chief topic of Interest An adjournment was mad subject to the call of tbe chair. An Eeeentrlo Character Dead. J. Little Bock, Dec 36 — Intelligence waJ received to da* ot the death, at his mounl tain home, in Searcy county, northwestern Arkansas, of Wil Uni Snow. He was an ecoantr.c character in private life, and bis career shows him os a he - j ot two wars— the Mexican and tbe la*i dvil war. He wa# 70 years of age. He was born in De- Kalb county. Ten .. For a quarter of a ceit'ury ha has resided at the ptace of his d<atb, a lomly and Hoisted spot at the I foot of fie Boston Mountain, his only oomponioa being bU childless wife. A rude log ca n was his habitation. Train Wrecked In Florida. Jacksoxtillk, Fla., December31.—The 7:40 west-bound train on the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad collided with an incom ing train twelve miles from this city, causing s serious 1 ogttggskl •erimulr injured. Cl.» Morrte’e troop,: took .trrchnlni In ...loon on Bondar,t»r- wblch plajred here Ure ulfhtbefore^weraop mlnated In a verdict pf euicide. Th. d«- ITILIdlurBID TO Till ASIOCIATKD TRII-I.] Ottumwa, Ia., December 30.—Pleasant Anderion was bung by tight masked men last night near the town of Itlabeeburg, io this connty, fifteen miles weal of her*. Tn.oansM which ted to ihe lynching a ta follows: In November. 1632, near Blakesburg. Chris McAllister waa mur dered at hia residence. A few monllm thereafter Pleasant Anderson was arrested for the murder, end Busily was tried one year ego at Oekalooes, the trial luting two « eeka. There wu e strong erray of clr cusutanliel evidence against him, but he wu acquitted. Tbe (Xinric.lon prevailed at Blakesburg that be was guilty. Bad feeling prevailed, and lut Light he wee Mixed at the bonae ot bit father- in-law, taken iu a sled to a ■cbooluuuee, a mock trial had before a jury of eight men, and by them he wu untenoed to be hung. Nearly 10U person! bad gathered at th. aeboolbouae, among whom Anderson seemed to hare no Iriendi, and about lv -JO Jut night they took him to the arena of Ihe murder ot McAllister and hung him to tfaa limb of a cottonwood tree. He protested his inno cence to the lut. The body wu left hang Ing two bnura and Dually was taken down by order of a magistrate, who want to the scene ot the tragedy, and tha coroner wu rent for. From the temper of the crowd it wu evident they would brook no inter ference. THE WORLD'S EXPOSITION. Crerrbozr in Hlch Splilta—Th. Street Care Running Again, [TKLXnXAruan to ths amkjc'iatku rmns.j New OaLEAits. December 30.—At the World’s Exposition to day everybody ap peared in the happiest humor. The re sumption of street-car travel and the bright, aunihiuy day were causeg con tributing to the general feeling of satisfac tion. Work, auaptnded owing to the re cent rains, wu rerouted on Ihe roads, and pushed with rigor, and delayed exhibits came in with a ruab and found place u tut u received. Pert of the New York Bute exhibit, which wu delayed by the railroad blockade, has arrived. Special Commis sioner Truman, reprteenUUra of the Btata’a commissioner, D. J. Johnson, bu been working energetically to get bie bibit arranged, and aaya it will equal aoy on the ground. A apeclal feature ia tha exhibit furnished by New York of the State geological surrey, which is being v tanged by Charles E. Hall. Suicide of a Priest. Sr. Louts. December 30.—The Inquest to day on the body uf Father Rupplio.who AN EARTHQUAKE SHOCK M.’Kfft All Europe Tremb'<*--Hundred# of Lives Lost In Spnln. [TELEGRAPHED TO THE ASSOCIATED PSS88.] Madrid, December 28.—Official reports rLow that 2G6 persons were killed IniL* provinces of Malaga and Grenada by tba recent earthquake. The population of Grenrda aie still encamped in the rqusres and the richer classes are lodging in car riages along tbe promenade. The facade of the cathedral was seriously damaged by tbe shock. Many houses were destroy ed in Jlmena, and a whole family killed in the village of Cajor by a fnl'ing chimney. Over half of tbe inhabttams of Albunu-dril were killed. Albania Is mostly in ruins. The Province of .Malaga suffered equally as much^lamage as did Grenada. Com merce is paralysed. Two hundred houses at Aifarnetejo were damaged The panic is subsiding. The shock was not felt in tbe northern and northwestern provinces . The government granted $10,000 from th^ national calamity fund for rhe relief of the sufferers in the province o’Grenada. Madrid, December 26.—Laser siivu-es •how that 300 lives were lost at Albaina. Seven hundred and fifty houses and a church were destroyed and thirty persons killed at I'oriana. The town hall and many houses were damaged at Torrux, and tbe inhabitants fled irom the town panic-strickeu. It is now estimated that six hundred persons were killed in th* province of Malaga, including those killed at Alhama. Madrid, December 28.—Fresh shocks, more violent than the flraf, have occurred at Torrox and Alhama. The panic at tho«H plates haa been revived. ■ Madrid, December 29.—According to of ficial news of the earthquake up to mid night, 520 persons were killed in the prov idence Grenada and ^00 io Malagt. At Alhama over 350 bodies have already been recovered. At Periana, a village in An dalusia about thirty miles from Malm:*, K at damage waa done anti many lives :. Sixty bodies so far have been recov ered. Many persons died of fright. The convicts in the state prison at Seville to >k advantage of the excitement occasion»\1 by the earthquake to create a nratinv, with the hope of escaping. Tbe disturb ance was quelled, however. Madrid, December 29—A fatal land slide has occurred in the mountains near IVriaiia. This destroyed many booses and burled forty-eight persons. Of tb^n eighteen were rescued alive. It is reported that ninety-eight persons were buried be neath the r ins of buildings at AJbunt:el*t«. Three churches at Antiqucra were left iu a rottering condition. Toe inhabits'its nre encamped in the fields. Vienna, December 29 —A severe earth quake shock was experienced in Carinthia to day. Considerable damage was done to many buildings. Lonp in, December 29.—An earthquake was felt in Wales to-day. Many houses were injured. EGYPT. NEWS FROM GORDON. Cairo, December 28.—The Mudir of Dongola telegraphs that a native who left Khartoum a fortnight ago lias arrived at Dongola. He reports that »be rebels are suffering severely from famine; that many bodies are strewn about the country tin* buried; that tho rebels are discouraged by General Gordon's repeated attacks, and that many dispersed on bearing of the British advance. He repeals the report that a large number of the Mabdi's regu lar- have joined General Gordon. Suakim. December 29.—Tbe Haddendo- was killed a chief of the BemaiuRcr tribe and many of his followers while they were trying to relieve Kaesala. 1 ho rebels have captured the Iloweyah salt mine*, one hundred mih * north of this place, kilii many merchants nnC inbaiitan . I - . - r- luivc 1* f' l:-) - - ■ ’ t». t expected to arrive here to-morrow. sion In tlu* Bulgarian purlin OT hi (] !!,(■ pui : -i 11 W«jr, ami liin bordered on way. anil hinted llm bordered on ncculalion. H- in- forth with let upoL bjt anmula-r <d tba su|-|x)rL era of the Koremment, who teat him t- «r- Ijr to death, and left ulm Iring in a pool of blood on tho floor of the Houre. Lula Hur.t In Chicago. CatCAOO. December Sl.-T.e Daily New, - •aya If MU. Lula Hunt ia porteeredof force other than muscular or nervous she failed to exhibit It lut night to tbe large audience gathered In Central Muilo Hail, hba failed In uaarly all her iierformaace,, and it waa apparent that any nun of ordi nary itrooifta and ntrroua force could per form the triohs which the attempted. THE HOC CHOLERA, Exp.rlm.nta to Prove rh' *>raoucaDilitr of Prev.ntirg it Or inoculation. [TCLXuaxrugD to rnx ajuocutid rates.] WuxsLiaa, W. V*., December 31.-A eerlM of experiments Is now In prof rees, the retail of which will bn awaltad with lntorcit by the ,dentine world. Tbe eeriee la trtanfular, one point beinf nt tbe Department of Agriculture, another at Jobne Uopklns Dnirereity. Balti more. and the third et th. omce of Dr Reeves executive of tba West Virginia health boar 1. The flrxt remit achieved baa been the dltcor- ery that the term ol Hof cholera u a .peeiin germ baeillai, and can be reproduced. If experiment, verity the pret.nl hopre, hcigi .ml otherxolmat. may he inoculated with the vine of cholere, and by ptodnelnf In them th.dlKiMlna mild form the ravage, by th. plague In a fetal shape may b. prevented. AP reedy cattle may be inoculated lor Tuna, fever oat In Ibi. Stale. ceased left letters and certificates tbowing that bit foil ntme waa Bar. Ferdinand Ba ron Von {tuppiin, Ca Iholic priest One of tbe letters read: -I committed tulcide on account of pov erty and Incurable sickoeta. I bad no •belter, no bread, no home, nomean.* and may Qod help me!" Another latter hi the hand writing of tbe deceased aaya that be waa bom atFrauen- feld. Can too Th argon, Switzerland, March 7,1641; that be waa a ion of Baron Joseph Von Uupolin, and that be wu ordained a Catholic lrieat at Buffalo, N. Y„ December 17,1870. by Bithop Stephen Vincent Kysn. The body will be burird from tbe morgue A Mad Spiritualist. PobTLAXD, Ca., December 30.—Near Che- hallz. Wyoming Territory, on the line of tbe Northern Pacific railroad, nlcfat before lut, William Pearzon, a well-to-do farmer, who is a stone believer In Hplritnalism, im agined that he receivn! an order from a higher power to MU hie Infantthlld. This he did with a hammer. When he had fin ished, he showed wbat be bed done to hie Wife, who it giro a HpiritualivL He then ■aid that if the would cut her threat he woniddolhaaama. Both ware fonnd yes terday, hair frozen, with their throats cut, but not yet deed. Penrnos ban revived sufficiently to atate wbat i« above related. Ha and hit wife will probably die. THE FAITH CUHf FOLLY. A Child's Lite finer.Heed by th. Fanatics In Colorado. Daevas, December a.-A pecnltar Met, whreo headquarter* an in Chicago, and who believe eoltlv in the efficacy of prayer in cur io, human ailments, bu been dlicoren* here. Tbe uUbUihmeot, which la known u the "Tabernacle of Ihe Lord," ta eonductedby W. T. WlUlami, who ta aeatated by hi. wife and teraial old ladles. II ta run something like «foundling.’ home. Children who hare been abandoned by their parents and other walta of Under are are taken ta from the poue hnoae, railed unul they are itoot boy* and gtrta and then lent lot farm near Boulder, belon,tag to the aame recL A cue occurred Htturdsy ■bowing th*t their reliance on prayer had been mtaptaced. A little waif named Dolly Ford, aged Ure month*, died after • *hort Itinci*. In order to ■ecure the neeeuur certificate of dcitha physician wu called In. but he refuied to •tan tha paper, stating that the child had dtad from Inattention. He asked why a doctor had not bem celled ta time to relieve the ruffeKA Williams replied that be replied upon prayer Instead, which had always cured the children batata. _____ Jr will pay yon to *eo Lamar, Rankin A La- mar’s goods and get prices before bnjring joiz Christmas presents. merchants bare met engagements promptly and are movlcg cautiously in making ar rangements for ihe new year. There Is mo scarcity of labor, despite local emigration of co.ored people, and too prospert ts ths* mueh attention will be giren to r*l*J- < provNioos for borne consumption, fbe pa^pfe **neruly will live down to the Iowr»t probable Income and so be lu condiUoo to reap the full benent ot the better times which are «**p*ett»d, or to ^ c “ u “-“ ocv * ^ 8.8. P. (8wilt's Speelfie) U a thoroughly gsa sis?issfcr* ^