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MACON, FRIDAY.'JANUARY 9, 18«5.
VOLUME LIX-NO. 6.
A CONTESTED ELECTION
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A County Clerk Holds His Place by Force
and Fighting Ensues - A Question
in Which tho Whole Stato Is
Much interested*
[telegraphed to the associated press. I
Moorefield, W. Va., January 6.—The
city is grektiy excited over the attempt to
get possession of the office and records of
the county clerk. Women and children
are hid in darkened rooms and the streets
arc foil of excited and angry men. Fights
are numerous. The question is a curious
one and involves the seating of the Demo
crAtio State ticket elected at the October
election. At that election a constitutional
amendment wa9 adopted, changing tb#'
time for holding State elections from the
second Tuesday of October to the first
Tuesday of November. A number, of peo
pie, believing the election held for State
officers was void, prepared a ticket for
State officers, which was voled for Novem
ber 4, rdceiviug about 2,000 votes in the
State.
On oue of theee tickets Wm. Loch, who
had been for years the clerk of this county,
had his name printed and he received at
the November election a number of votes.
As no other candidate was voted for, he
declared himself legally elected and an
nounced that he would retain possession
of the office. His term expired yesterday,
and Wm. Wilson, who waa elected at the
October election, appeared to claim the
office. Trouble bad been anti- ipated and
a crowd of the friends of each from all
parts of the county, were on band. When
Wilson anpeared at the door of the county
clerk's office with his bondsmen, he was
ordered off by Loch. A fight ensued in
which the office fnrnitare was smashed, a
dozen were knocked down and the party
finally driven from the building. The
mayor issued a proclamation closing all
the saloons aDd an extra police force was
put on duty. In the meandme the
clerk’s office was befog barricaded and
preparation for a siege made. In a short dollars with no indications oh the face of
Ume the attack wss renewed by the WJl- the act of the specific nse to which any
son men. Wilson was struck over the
head by a son of Clerk Loch and, it is
feared, fatally wounded. Loch would have
been lynched bad the crowd succeeded in
getting at him. The sheriff organized a
posse and charged the court-house, ar
resting a number and taking possession of
the tgiildiDg. Guaids were placed, and all
night long pickets paced the court-house
grounds. Soon after the opposing forces
find separated, and while portions of them
built bonfires around which they discussed
the “war," the larger portion adjourned to
h&Us, where speeches were delivered on
the legal aspect of the case. Loch has
taken possession of the office.
The afiair, simply from a legal stand
point, has a' State interest. If Loch
succeeds in retaining the office, it virtually
seats t tbe Prohibition State ticket, to the
exclusion of the Democratic State ticket-
■ elect.
j THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
Mr. Carter, the Hawaiian Minister, Makes
an Explanation.
Washington, January 4.—Mr. Carter,
the Hawaiian minister, in a conversation
with a representative of the Associated
Press, said to-day that while several of the
Eastern papers, in discussing the Hawaiian
treaty and its proposed extension, had
treated the subject with justice, yet much
that had been written and said adverse to
the treaty had been based Upon a misap
prehension of the facts. The value of
such a treaty to the United 8tateswa*
such, he said, that whenever it had been
discussed before either house of Congress,
or before the committees, it had in every
instance been sustained. As evi
dence of the advantages derived by
Americans from the treaty, he stated that
the American export trade to ihe
islands had, under it, grown from almost
nothing to 14,000,000 a year. The import
and export trade of the islands was prac
tically in American hands. The entire
shipping and commercial plant engaged in
txthe trade with the island* was of American
ownership, while the inter-island traffic
was carried on chief!v by American mer
chants in Honolulu, with imerman capital
and ship* built in the United States. The
greater portion of the banking capital used
in the l-laods was borrowed from the
Uni ed States, and the ruling rate of inter
est paid upon it was 10 oer cent It was
estimated, ho said, that $20,000,000 of Amer
ican capital was invested in the islands,
and that six-sevenths of it was created by
and through the treaty.
AN ORANGE OUTBREAK.
American Priests Imprisoned In Their
Houses—Proteotlon Demanded.
St. John's, N. F., January 6.—Yesterday
at Bay Roberts there was another furious
Orange outbreak. Several Redemptorist
fathers from New York, who are holding
a mission at that place, were besieged and
imprisoned in their dwelling. An Orange
arch was erected near the Catholic Church
and hundreds of armed Orangemen
paraded tLO streets. When intelligence
reached St. John’s, the United States con
sul demanded from Gov. Glover protection
for the lives and liberty of United 8tates
citizens. An extraordinary meeting of the
executive council has been summoned.
The British corvette Tenedos bai been or
dered to Bay Roberts. A large body of
police, under Inspector Cany, has been
dispatched by special train to the scene of
the trouble. *
St. John’s, N. F., January5.—The latest
dispatch from Bay Roberts says: Bishop
McDonald is prevented by the Orangemen
from holding services in the church, which
they have surrounded. Affairs are grow
ing darker and more threatening Hun
dreds of armed men are parading the
streets. The police are unequal to the oc
casion. The British man-of-war Tenedos
has fust arrived to reinforce the civil au
thorities. The Orangemen refuse to take
down their arches or flags.
HIGH REVELRY IN TEXAS.
Four Hundred Bottles of Champagne
Broken by Wealthy Cowboys.
From a Fort Worth Dispatch.
A very Sensational trial waa concluded
before Justice Zion yesterday, the defend
ant in the esse being discharged from cos-
tcVy. George B. Holland and TomWil-
eoiV ai proprietors of the theatre, and
Cora Davis and Ella Gardner, two wine-
room women. had been ari'ested on a
charge of robbery, preferrei by J. 8. Eu
banks, a prominent stockman of Montague
county*
Eubanks swore the money, over $500,
had b i taken from him by farce, bat the
trial developed a different state of affairs.
Ho had become enamored of the Gardner
woman, and from 8 o'clock until 5 in the
morning he was in the theatre and wine-
rooms It was shown that hehadsliow-
ere J silver dollars on tho stage, and spent
the balance in wine at the solicitation of
the woman and her friend Cora Davis.
A prominent district attorney from
Western Texas was in the place at the
same time, and squandered $700 on
another womm, making tho revelry su
perb, live persons opening over 400 bottles
of champagne. The wine wa* emptied
SECRETARY CHANDLER
Writes a Lon* Letter for Money for the
Unpaid Navy.
Washington, January 4.—Secretary
Chandler has written a long letter to Rep
resentative Randall, chairman of the ap
propriations committee, in reply to a
communication from the latter, asking
whether the amounts proposed by the Sen
ate for the pending naval appropriation
bill will be sufficient to maintain the nava'
establishment. Secretary Chandler say*:
“In making the investigation necessary
to answer your inquiry n y attention has
been drawn not only to the bill H. R No.
7791, but also to the bl'lH. II. No. 4710 and
the bill H. B. No. 7(110, all three of which
have pasted the House, have been amend
ed in the Senate, and are now pending be
tween the two houses. I venture to express
my regret tha', with these three bills thus
conveniently awaiting the concurrent ac
tion of the two houses, it was found im
possible to pats any one of them before
January 1,1885, and that therefore, aeri-
ous embarrassments have arisen in
administering the naval establish
ment. May I not ask the earnest
attention of your committee to the impor
tance of speedily terminating the anoma
lous condition of affairs which make it
necessary to maintain a naval aervioe with
out the assistance of some of the ninal ap
propriations therefor. The Senate having
dropped ail propositions for appropriations
for additional cruisers aod completing the
monitors, the prese t question iu contro
versy seems to oe only tuis: On one side
whether the appropriation bdl for the bal
ance of the fisotfl year shall be framed after
a consideration in detail of the estimates
which the law requires to be submitted to
Congress for the special needs of the ser
vice for the year, and whether the specific
amount to be applicable to feach object of
appropriation shall bs distinctly named in
the bill; or, on the other aide, whether
without such consideration there shall
appropriate! In general terms
per cent. of the amounts
granted In last year's bill for the
various objects specifically named in that
bill. Surely this question is not a vital oue.
The first method » undoubtedly the wisest
and the safest, conforming to the practice
which has never been and never should
be departed from, except in an emergency.
The seoond is loose, irregular and danger
ous, taking from the treasury millions of
HENDRICKS QUESTIONED
Ha Thinks Enough Vacant Places Will
' bs Mads to fatlsfr tha Democrats
and Hasp tha President Busy
• •Other Matters.
• TEIiBGBATHED TO THE ASSOCIATED PEBSS.
dollar is to be applied. But that is certain
which may be made certain, and it is bet
ter to make the appropriations by a statute
giving general authority to the depart
ment to spend as mnch as it spent last
year, than to place it in a position where
it is compelled to struggle along without
any appropiatiou. An approp* ration by a
vicious method is better than no appro
priation at all, where important govern
ment functions may come to be au«pended
by reason of nun-action by Congress."
He then gives a detailed tabulate J state
ment of the amounts proposed in the
several bills for the respective bureaus of
the Navy Department, followed by esti
mates of the amounts actually required.
He thinks the amounts proposed by the
Senate will all be insufficient, except those
for the bureaus of construction and repair
and of steam engineering, which will be
ample unless the present 20 per cent, limi
tation upon the authority toropalr wooden
ships is enlarged. The "whole question,"
he says, “of the amounts needed for the
routine work of construction and repair
and steam engineering in the navy yards,
depends upon the national pulley concern
log the repairs of old wooden ships."
NORTH CAROLINA*8 DEBT.
Moat of the Old Bonds Funded, at d In-
tareat Promptly Paid.
jTELXGRAFBXq JO J&HE afiMpATETW'T$fg|.y
Raleigh, N. 0„ JannsryC.—The report
of State Treasurer Worth, just published,
shows that the amount of old bonds au
thorized to be funded into 4 per cent bonds
was $12,627,045, of which $9,627,445 have
bpen funded, making a new debt of $2,803,-
796. If the Legislature extends the pro
visions of the funding act, now expired,
and the remaining bonds are fnnrit d, th*
total issue of 4 per cent*, will be $13,589-
511. Two million and tbit ty thousand dol
lars of new sixes were issued iu exchange
for the like amount of North Caro
lina construction bonds, $765,000 of
which are still outstanding. The
interest on the new debt has been prompt
ly mot. The public fond on hand at the
close of the fiscal year was $926,026. The
treasurer recommends that the tax be onl
10 cents on $100 worth of property for the
next year. The State finances are in an
excellent condition. Tbs estimated amount
of expenses, exclusive of interest charges,
is $480 000.
Last night the new art building of St.
Mary’s school, of which Rev. Mr. Smedt s
is rector, was burned. Loss $12,500; no
insurance.
tlmA-
thwfioorlng
theVe^taurant beneath
torr.ey did n it com pi
com, percolated through
, the guests to
B district at-
of robbery, but
A BAD CORN.
Rev Dr. SohenoK Dies from Haylns a
Corn Removed.
Brooklyn, January 4.—Rev. Dr. Noah
Hunt Scbenck, pastor of St. Anns, on the
Heights Episcopal church, died of blood
poisoning. About three weeks ago Dr.
Scbenck, who was then in robust health,
had a corn removed from the second toe of
his left foot by a chiropodist. 8hortly af
terward he complained of the toe being
painful, and the physician who was called,
found that gangrene had set in. His med
ical attendants amputated the toe, but the
poison had spread throngh the clergyman's
system. For three days prior to his death
he was in a comatose state. The deceised
was fifty-nine years old. and leaves a wife
and ten children. He married a sister of
Menator George H. Pendleton, of Ohio.
One of his daughters is married to Erastus
Corning, Jr., of Albany.
&HE WANTED REVENGE.
A Woman Wreoks an Express Train In
Virginia*
Grafton,W.Va., January 5.—Ever since
the wrecking of the St. Louis express near
this place last Wednesday night, the au
thorities have been searching for the mis
creants, and their efforts havo just been
rewarded by arresting Mrs. M. Blake, who
has admitted her crime. Her husband
was arrested two weeks ago f r robbing
cars, and since then the woman has been
going abont in a anit of men's clothing,
waiting for an opportunity to revenge her
self for the arrest. Wednesday nigut she
decided to wreck the train, and securing a
bar of iron, she concealed hertelf near the
quarry switch, and after the train had
passed she wedged the iron Into the trog
and hurried away, knowing that the St.
Louis express would be due in fifteen
minutes and nothing but a miracle could
aave the passengers.
Suffering Negroes.
Laweence, Ks„ January 6.—The cold
weather has caused much Buttering among
the poor class in mo«t of the lar<e cities of
this State, especially among the oolored
people, many of whom have recently come
from the 8outh and are destitute. In To
peka there are 700 people receiving aid,
and of these 600 are colored. It is esti
mated that If the cold weather continues a
mon*h longer at least 3,000 people in
Shawne* county will be compelled to ask
aid of the authorities.
The Illinois Senatorehlp.
iiicago, December 6.—The Daily News
it* a Springfield, IU., special
atea that t
i Uei
who has hern
II act with the
at the F
wisely borrowed ISO from an attorney here > j ( i 6ncy 0 f ti,« Senate The statement i»
and went home. The two women in the „ )90 mwJ , that 0wl . I/0i[an baa been asked
Eubanks earn proved np percentage cbeoke to go to Springfield, and that he will reach
to the amount of $76, | there next Thursday.
Chicago, January G.-In an interview
here to;day Vice-President-elect Hen
dilcks, speaking of tho recent campaign
said bo waa convinced the proper mode of
conducting a presidential contest waa to
dlaooaa the political Issue* involved and
not make attacks on the presiutmtial
nominees. He was not fully prepared.to
admit that Ihe attack on Gem Gurfield'a
connection with the DeGolyer pavement
contracts benefited the Republican note
nee-for President In i860, as be claimed
that the main fight on Onfield was on ac
count of the latter’s connrctlon with he
electoral commission ot 1870, amj.sjraa
therefore a political Issue antfl proper
■object for discussion. Mr. Hendricks at
laded to the excitement attending the re
cent election, and said that for a short
time after election dsy be believed
a second promoted struggle, like
that of 1876, waa in store fur hint
“it is very unpleasant, I can assure you,"
continued the Vl-e-Prealdent-elecL “This
Is the fourth time that an election in which
I was a candidate has been .n close that
both sides claimed It till the official count
was declared."
While not admitting that he was in the
least posted on members of President-elect
Cleveland’s cabinet, Governor Hendricks
«aid he believed that the S^nthem States
should be represented among the Pnal-
dent’a advisers. .He had received letters
from Southern gentlemen who had sug
gested the propriety of Jeaviqg on. the
Joulh in the selection ot the cabinet. In
bis replies he had expressed the opinion
that such a course would be a virtual ad
mission that the statesmen of the South
were not qualified for cabinet positions,
an admission that was wholly unwar
ranted.
-Mr. Hendricks laughed over the current
report that his meeting with Cleveland had
not been of the most pleasant character.
He said he had no intention of Interfering
with any of the President’s purposes, polit
ical or otherwise. Mr. Cleveland he had
regarded as a man of most decided char
acter, but this impression was gained more
from hia record as Governor of New York
than from personal inteniews. Referring
to the Preiident-elect’a letter on the civil
service law. the Vice-President-el* ct said
he believed that the removal of intensely
8 artisan officeholders, as was indicated by
ov. Cleveland, would satisfy the Demo
crats and keep the President busy for
some time filling vacancies.
Mr. Hendricks thought that Blaine
made a mistake in dismissing the libel suit
against the Indianapolis SeHtinel on the
md that he could not secure justice at
bawls of a jury iu Indiana. He
claimed that it wou'd have tteeu better if
the case bad been dismissed without such
reflections upon the people of Indiana.
WRIGHT’S DEPUTIES.
Ex-Convicts, Thieves and Murderers-
Half of the Revolvers Stolen.
(TELEGRAPHED TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.j
Cincinnati, January 6.—The Corgres
sional committee examining the appoint
ment of United States deputy marshals in
this city \t the. last Octubitt. .election re-
ahthed the examination of Marshal Wright
this more Ing. The general method of
questioning was to read tho names of the
deputies appointed one by one and a&k the
marshul if he kuew 4 he m* n, where tiny
lived and who recommended them. Mr.
Follett would ask if the witness did not
know they were thieves, murderers and
ex-convicts just out of jail or the work-
house and charged with crimes, etc. Tbr
witness in most cases could not remember
the persons asked about, nor who recoin
mended them. He said it was possible
that some were appointed who were not
recommended at all, though his aim was to
get men qualified for the work. In refer
ence to oue colored man, he said he km w
he waa reported to be a bad man. but lie
did not believe -the reports well founded.
At any rate, the man was well qualified to
meet the emergency which called for the
appointment of deputies, namely the dan
ger of repeating. He was aware that tome
of his men were not strictly pious but in
making his appointuu n*s he had regard to
tbo elements bis deputies would have to
dsal with. He had never heard of a sin
gle iubtance where any deputy had in any
way prevented aoy citizen from casting a
legal vote.
Mr. Follett asked the wltneis if he did
not know some of his deputies were keep
ers of crop houses and low dives. Tne
witness replied that bo did not know the
meaning of those terms. In the appoint
ment of so many men in anch a short time
it would be difficult to get all with a per
fectly satisfactory histoiy, and still be
good meu for deputy marshals at au elec
tion. The witness repeated that he made
m great effort to get good, efficient men,
and most of them were such,
Mr. Follett asked how many of the 600
revolvers distributed had been returned.
The witness said between 300 and 400.
“Sti)l,’’ laid Follett, “yon had good men
who retained nearly halfjiyour revolvers."
The witness said be expected to get more
of these revolvers yet. He admitted hav
ing appointed thirty deputies to serve in
Reading, which is not u * city of 20,000 in
habitants, and from which he bad no
written application. In the wit
ness’s view be bad the power
to rend general deputies to
every voting place in the southern Ohio
district, but wonld not have been entit ed
to allow them psy for such service. He
denied having had consultation with But-
terworth and Brown or with the Republi
can Committee, except in a carnal way. In
general, he followed bia own jndgment.
THE WORLD'S EXPOSITION.
HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SPRINGER
COMMITTEE.
The Mannar In Which the Revolver* Ware
Distributed—Why He Refused to
Appoint Hla Deputies Fair Ir—
A Lame Defense.
Director-General Bur**’* Explanation of
the Difflcultlaa
(telegraphed to the associated fresh J
New Orleans, Jad nary 0.—Inferring to
the reports in circulation In respect to the
financial embarrassment of the World's
Exposition, Director-General Bnrke said
lust evening : “There is nothiug to con
ceal in the matter.' The expenses tb Jan
uary 1st have bvn *250,003 more than the
management estimated.’ Tde money ex
pended for the building, for the govern
ment and State exhibits and the hppro;»rl-
aliens made by theraeuaaefltRA&nul 1 the
8t»tes and Territories in mak1ngi:i*llectlve
exhibits amounted to orem$500,000,
onc-balf of the govemt^ihl loan.
Our total expenditures to Dtwmb-r l*t
were inside of the subscriptions, Joans and
donations. Instead of opening with
full receipts from admissions on De
cember let, the exhibits were relet ed, and
• ho construction waa retarded by the.
weather and bad roads, and >he enormoutr
demand* for space mude additional build
ings necessary. Wo had thlrijftlive days
of almost continuous rain dating this
time, with impassable roads, ami railroad*
bltckaded with freight. We have, removed
from the terminal utation over five thou
sand carloads of domestic exhibits, dis
charged this freight from tb** cars, im
mense quantities being heavy wtmbinery,
aud conveyed it to the Hpaces allotted to
exhibitors. Not only th a, but>:we have
had to advance over $30,010 fur freight ou
exhibits not prepaid, wbl-h is. however,
all collectable from ‘ho exhibitor*. It be-
c ma necessary to lay u railroad to con
nect the trunk lines with the exposition
grounds and put inside tracks, at a cost of
4(50,000. It would huye taken three month*
to dray the vast number,taft exhibits
through the streets, and even longer if the
rains continued. Barge lines, at a heavy
expense, bad to be employed to
handle the immense foreign shipments
to the exposi'ion. Two thousand
men have been at work day and
night (In therein and mud during the leak .'L.'JIT ~
month), working over time and for extra
pay, wiih every nerve strained in thesffiirt ^5? .5*
to surmount the obstacles which at times dSL’Stg^gAgfia t S!t.t!Sg?i^?Ag
seemed simply appalling. These are the
. a. . . Te doubled
MaJ»S<AL WRIGH
[telegraphed to the associated PRESS.j
Cincinnati, January 7.—At the session
of the Springer luvedfgating committee to
day, Mr. Follett, having obtained the
hooka recording the method employed in
distributing the pidols furnished to depu
ty marshal", resumed the direct examina
tion of Marshal Wright on that point. He
elicited tbo fact that the revolvers were
not Issued to- individuals by Marshal
Wright, but in quantities to peradns in the
different Wards, to be issued by them to
Individuals. He gave some to C*pt.
Mi-Lie, of Covington, Ky., to ha used for
arming men recommended by him to guard
thefUMpent-ion brioge. They .were mostly
distributed the night before the election.
Tho eroea-exsmination led mainly iuto a
justification of the marthal'a course. He
de'.ied that he authorized any instructions
abont the use of revolvers, exoept for the
utiea from other citie* «o meet oases of al
leged intended repeating by persons from
tbo*e places. He gave an instance in the
case of one Gallagher, who came to Cin
cinnati from Chicago with a guard, but
lett when he saw toe preparations made
lo prevent repeating. Gallagher Is the
man now charged with con»ectlon with
the Chicago elect ion frauds. Similar cases
were reported to him from other points.
His informatioi was that the
proposed fraud* were solely in the interest
of the Democratic party. He knew that
152 colored voters were imprisoned in the
Hammond street station bouse, without a
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.
More Than a Hundred Millions Invested
In New Enterprises Last Year.
[telegraphed to the associated press.]
Baltimore January 7.—Ths Baltimore
Manufacturer*' Record, in its annual re
view of 8onthern industries, will to-mor
row publish s list of manufacturing and
mining enterprises organized in the South
era States in 1884, giving tho name, loot*
tiou aod character of business of eech.
The lilt tliows 1,865 new enterprises, with
an aggrtgate capital reaching the enor
mous anoi of $105 209500, divided among
fourteen Southern States as follow*:
Alabama. 187 e*tabli«hments, with a
oapital of $10,925,000; Arkansas 40, with
a capital pf $2,010,000; Florida 05, with
12 323,030 capitMl; Georgia 190, with $5,-
455,000capital; Kentucky 137, with $21,
702 0U0 capital: Loiihriat*a 53, with 46631,-
000, capital; Maryland, 105, with $7,121.-
500 capital; Mississippi 40. with $1,195 000
capital; North Carolina 220. nith >4.110,-
OOOoipital; South Carol-na 53: with $2 -
174.000 capital; Tennewre :50, with $7.-
610,000 cai-ital; Texas 212, with $10 778,00
capital: Virginia 188, with $13 450000 cap
ital ; West Virginia 77. with $4,392 000 cap
ital. In Kentnrky, Alabama
and Virginia some extensive
mining and iron companies with
la ge capital were organ<z*d, which runs
up the total of investment in those States,
though they also (added many small In
dustries. The list shows that almost ev
ery branch of general manufactures is rep-
purpose of keeping the peace and securing resented. Cotton and woolen mills, raa-
a fair election. He nppointed general dep- chine shops, foundries, blast furnaces, ice
(dements that have doubled our expenses
and kept people from the grounds.
When asked if the exposition manage
ment wonld apply to Gotigreps, Major
Burke said the board had expressed no
iptention. Hu continued: “The board will
apply to our own people to incragse their
subscriptions and pay the amfcotvdue,
and the exposition will be perfectly ub e to
carry itself without aid from tb* govern
raeitL
Washington, Jan. 0.—Mr. F. C. Monro
head, president of the National Cotton
Planters' Association, called on (the Presi
dent tc-dav. with Senator Gibson, and
formally invited him t»S be preMiit at tbo
opening of the iiuivn-sal conveniion. to h
held in the Grand Hall of the World’s Ex :
position at N*-w Orleans, under the aus
pices of the National Cotton Planter*’ As
sociation on February 10th. '^he Presi
dent evinced much interest in the conve.-t-
ti n and said it had been bik intention
and earnest desire to visit New Orleans
during the exposition, audit w-juld afford
him additional pleasure to be present at
the opening of the convention. He there
fore I-copied the invitation, and said he
would attend unless offirial duties should
interfere lo prevent his going.
President Garrett, of tho Balfimore and
Ohio railroad, tendered to the President
hia private car for the use of hia party,
*ith such special railroad frcdi'let «r
may be needed. Tho statement that the
President would visit the exposition on th«
15th inst. i* a mistake, aa it wit- be imprs-
bio for him to leave Washington tbie
New'
rejoict
There
At the exhibiterh’ meeting in the aft*
noon every no moer answered the roll«a-I.
A resolution to appeal to C-mgre** for red
erel aid was tabled; also another re oln
tion to appeal to the citizens o> Ne.w Or
bans to make lip the deficit. The meeting
concluded by Juyii g over all bmiucss un
lii Thursday.
A special to tbo Timet-Democrat repor t
that i he steamer Belle of Shreveport, s ink
about s xty miles above Arkansas Ci y to
day. Two live* were lost. The other pas
sengers were rescued by the steamer Kate
Adams.
OLD FOLKS IN THE NU TMKQ 8TATE.
More than 0,000 Octogenarians Teach
the Leaaon of Corieut Llvlnc
Brxdgkp-.rt, January 3.—The popula
tion of Connecticut, was, in 18 % 0, about
622,000. It is increasing, and during the
presen year will, without doubt, reach
700 000. In January, 1884. Mr. F. H.
Nash of Wes I port, ihe legislative reporter
for the Standard, undertook to gather etc
tistics with regard to the number of aged
people in tho 8tate. He began by inter-
viewing members of the two houses of the
Legislature, to learn what they know of
the veterans in years of their respective
towns. From many be obtained complete
fists of living old folks, from other*
partial lists, and from all such information
as put him in the way of reaching the end
desired.
Statistics were consulted, old people
were interviewed, and correspondence (»-
tahlished with people in all the towns who
Ha denied there waa a plan agreed on after
consultation to appoint as m«ny extra po
licemen aa possible, which was afterward*
abandoned and the other plan adopted. He
toukfsome advice about the appointments
from E. G. R&thbone, of the Pension De
partment, who waa a general deputy of
his, having been appointed a year or more
*% « examination of Marshal Wright was
not ended.
A Lynched N.(io Reanpeare.
Riuron, January S.—The recent lynch
ing at Clayton, when two negroes were
•hot and thrown into the river, receives
•emotional lnternt by the alleged reap-
B -araoce of one of the negroes, Henry
•vis, in . neighboring county. The
officers have gone to -bring him here. A
rigorous and searching inyesiigation will
be male a, to the perpetrator-, with a view
to bringing them to punishment. It is
expected that Governor Jarvis, in hi,
message to Ihe Legislature, will call atten
tion to the matter. The members of the
Legislature are arriving. No opposition
to the re-election of Governor Vance to the
United States Senate has yet been dis
covered. .
Thousands Say Say.
Mr.T. W. Aiklni, Gtrar.l, Kan.,wrl'ei:
•I never hiettate to recommend yonrEiec-
trie Bitters to my customers: they give
entire satisfaction and arc rapid sellers."
Electric Bitters are the purest and best
medicine known and will posi ively cure
kidney and liver complaint*. Purify the
blood and regulate the bowds. No family
can afford to be without them. They will
save hundred* of dollars in doctors’ bill*
eyery year. Sold a 60 cents a bottle by
Lamar. Rankin ALan-ar.
worn likely to possess the information de
sired. The number of persons interviewed
couldnothave been loss than 10.(XR In Sep
tember 6,223 names had been recorded,
and the work was done. During tho ten
months’ labor twenty-three centenarians
weie discovered, three of whomhavetiuce
died.
This investigation affords evidence tlia’-
the duration of human life in this State i*
greater than it was a generation ago
Then only ono person In 500 lived to see 80
years. Now oue per cent, of tao popula
tion live to that age. The average age of
0,223 persona is 83 years. The number of
ages ranting from 8 i to 89 years is large,
and those who are 90 and over number 051
nine are 99, thirteen are 08 and elfcven are
07. No age of lois than 80 years has been
recorded.
It may be pleasing to onr grandmothers
to know ttat In this ilstof more than 0,000
more than 4 000 ^r*- women, and that only
eight of the twenty centenarians are men.
The JUt adds strength to what has already
been held as true that married people live
longer than single, and it al*o shows that
two spinster* have begun their second cen
tury. They ate accompanied by two sturdy
b icbelors, who in their second century
will pe:hapa tee more to admire in
the fair aex than they did in the first.
Suicide at Aucustn.
Augusta, Ga., January 5.—John 0.
Francis, a well known and i espected citi
zen, for mauy year* engaged In business
here, committal suicide to-day by catting
hit throat with a razor. He waa a great
euffertr from neuralgia and took morphine
freely to deaden the pain. After inflicting
the wound, he said the pains had driven
him to desperation ond he could bear it no
longer. He was at one time connected
witn H. B. Claflin & Co., of New York.
Plymouth Pewa.
New York, January 0.—The annual auc
tion renting of the pews m Plymouth
Church Brooklyn, came off to night The
highest premium on any. pew was $800.
and the total of premiums, $15390—total
of premiums and rentals, $27,200. Lost
yeAr this total $34,839.
Gove
nor Perry Inaugurated.
Jacksonvit.le, Fla., January 7.—Geo.
Edward A. Perry wa* inaugurated as Gov
ernor of Florida at Tallaha?-*oe yesterday,
H. M. Davis was e'ected Speaker of the
bly. The retiring Governor, W. 1).
were then discharged without a hearing
and without record. To Chairman Springer
ne said hia knowledge of this Hammond
street station bouse outrage came to him
after the election was oyer and therefore
did not influence hia official acta on election
day.
To Mr. Van Aistyne, of the committee,
he raid the fact that thirty or more of
these colored m>n were taken from one
house did not create the impression tha
they were there for tne purpose of casting
fraudulent votes.
The examination was here snfpended to
' ermit M. K. Ingalls to testi y He told
of his interview with Marshal Wright, in
the capacity of chairman of the citizens’
committee, which he said was a commit
tee of Democrats organized to raise money
for the Democratic campaign. His pur-
pose in seeing Wright was to get him and
the mayor to aot in concert, so that the
pofioe and deputies might be appointed
irotu both parties, and thus avoid the ap-
finin'uient of deputy aber If*. Marshal
Wtight refused to adopt his satrget-tions,
and they parted in anger. IngaUa said he
endeavored to satisfy Wright that as one-
third of the police were Republicans, t. e
same proportion of deputy marshals
should be Democrats. Wright's po
sition on this subject was that
as the mayor and eherff were
Democrats their forers would be Demo-
crate. Therefore liis force should be Re
publican. The witness desired toavoid the
appointment of deputy sheriff*, and hence
bis anxiety to,have good meu appointed a*
deputy marshal*.
On coAS-examlnation he said that his
fore the election over his railroad,
thought there were fifty Democrats and
about twenty live Republicans eo favored.
They came from Iiicago and other points.
Marshal Wright, resuming, said
he ha>l information that J. M
D*W4on, the present, chy solicitor
of Cincinnati, wa* in Covington a few days
rwfore the October election getting prison
er* released from jail on straw hail. Daw-
*<>n is the 1 iw pHrincr of Follett. Mr.
Foilett objected to this testimony but with
drew the objection.
A bill d ig revolver and cartridge and
club, puch as wero used by tho deputy
marshals, were put in evidence.
Frederick Colton, a lawyer, testified that
hewMuto the United Btatcs courtroom
ou business on the d «y of the October elec
tion, ond was refused admittance by an
a-in«d deputy marshal till he said he wuh
a member of the bar. He found the place
bill of men, many of them negroes. The
United Stales commissioners were ut-ing
the court room for the examination of
prisoners. When he went out he fouud an
armed colored deputy marchal guarding
tie stairway, preventing citizens from
coming up to the court room.
Adj jurnod till to-morrow.
Tha East Tenneisae, Virginia A Georgia.
New York, January 7.—All matters of
Ihe Kah Tennessee Virginia and Qporgia
railroad under disputo have been amica
bly settled in the directory. Senoy re
mains in the board and Nelaon Robinson,
lii* son-in-law, goes back a* a director.
The whole board atands pledged to carry
out the funding rcheine. The interest on
the divi-innal bonds has been paid, hut
the coupons on the console will be funded
for a few years. Maj. Henry Fink, one of
the directors, has been appointed receiver
by Judge Baxter, and K. W. Colo succeeds
Fiuk as vice president and general man
ager. The now directors will be elected
next week. The large bondholders intend
supporting the directors in carrying out
the funding aoheme. The clearing house
took round amounts of the company's so
ciritini from the Metropolitan Bang dur
ing the May panic. However, the clearing
homo i* amply protected, and lisa 59 per
cent, margin.
Cenoral Cra* t Refuses Halo.
New York. January 7.—The Msil and
Express to-day publishes the following
letter:
“Naw York City, January 6,1885.—My
Dear Sir: Ttirougn the press and other
wise 1 learn that yon, with a few other
friendh of miue, are engaged in raising a
subscription for my benefit. I appreciate
both the motive and friendship which dic
tated this course on ynnr part, but on ma
ture r» flection l regard it aadne to myself
and family to decline this proffered gener
osity. I regret t^at I did not make this
knjwn tarlier. Very truly yours,
“tJ. 6. Grant.
“To Cyrua W. Field, Esq."
The Mail and Express then argues that
Grant should be restored to the rank in
the army which waa created for him and
which he gave up when he became Presi
dent. t
Wages Reduced.
Pittsburg, January 7.—Oliver Bros. &
Phillips, lion manufacturers, controlling
four mills, have ordered a redaction ot
from 10 to 12J4 per cent in the wages of all
their employe*, except those governed by
yearly contract?. The reduction will af
fect between 3000 and 4 000 men and will
go Into effect in a few days.
.NORFOLK, Jan. IDB iBrtfH lour-oiurj
brick building occupied by A. T. Edwards,
wholesale confectioner, and R. P, Vofirht
& Co., wholesale grocers, was destroyed by
fire Rt an early hour yeiterdaymornlnc,
together with the contents. The louts
nearly $40,000, covered by Insurance.
factories, saw mill*,planing mills, build
ing material factories, furniture factories,
carriage and wagon factories, handle fac
tories, etc., are very numerous. There are
many flour mills and more tobacco facto
ries and a large number of cotton seed oil
mills, as well as mining enterprire* of all
kinds—gold, silver, copper.mica, ore, coal,
etc. A noticeable feature Is the amount of
Northern and Western capital going into
the South, though the Southern people are
themselves showing remarkable energy In
developing their resources.
Tha Aggregate Presidential Vote.
Columbus, O., January 4.—Hon. Georgs
L. Converse, member of Congress from
this district, has received from the Libari-
an of Congress the official vote for ail tha
States at the lata Presidential election, be
ing the aggregate vote received in each
Btate by the highest elector, and the foot
ings for the whole United States are given.
The footings show that the total vote caat
was 10,040,868, Cleveland receiving 4.010,
875; Blaine. 4 845.022; St John, 151.413; This is the treasure house of Vanderbilt.
Butler, 13<,428 Cleveland’s plura'ity over Human skill conjd not build it stronger!
Nearo Mir.era for tha Hacking Valley.
Lynchburg, January 7.—Agents of the
lock ng Valley mints nro at work here
enriug negroes to take the places of the
fixing miners. Seventy-five left for the
A.-eiubly. The retiring uerernor w. I) I ^ lnes “, aat „| gttt and others have been
Uloxham, states that the bonded d*bt of B#rilrp .« Thor made a contract for one
the State actually outetanding i* $524,000.1 JSS be/ore Uay^f
Blaine is 65 953. The divLion of the
States into Republican and Democrat
ic disclose some interesting facts to thote
who Are interested in political matter*.
The Northern Democratic vote was 3.19J,-
832; the Southern Democratio vote was
1.716,143. The total Republican vote in
Republican States was 2,609,331: the total
Republican voto in Democratic States was
2,246,091. The 8t. John vote in Republi
can States was 99,082; in Democrat io
States 52,369. The Butler vote in Repub
lican States was 93,127; in Democratic
States 40,301. The Democratic voto in
Democratio 8'nte3 was 2,719,098; Demo
cratic vote in Republican Spates was 2101,-
777„ The Northern Republican voto was
3,539,056.
Steamboat Sunk,
Arkansas City, Ark., January 7.—The
steamer Belle ot Shreveport ran ashore
near Island Sixty-six Monday, aud saok
in forty minutes. She will prove a total
los*. The steamer had 100 passengers ond
1 700 tons of freight Jos. Loon, of Alba
ny, Itid.. was drowned. The Kate Adams
passed the wieck at daylight yesterday,
r escuing (ho passengers from tbo island.
Most of the passengers wero exposition
visitors. Part of the freight was iutended
■for tha export tion* The value of -the boat
was $10,000. She was insured for $12,000.
How a Prince Goes Gunn’ng-
Loudon Telegraph.
Yesterday the Prince of Walci had a
third day’* sh otingin the Earl of Dud
ley’s covers at Willey, and thore was a far
larger bag of game than on either Wed
nosday or Thursday. The party consist
ed of the l’rince, Lord Ednatu, Earl do
Grey, tho Earl of Uosfortb, tho Earl of
Hardaickc, Col. Montagu, and the Hon.
T\rwhitt. Wilson. The Deer Barn (cop
pice near the court was first beaten,' and
yielded over a thousand head of game
Luncheon was served in a movable camp,
*t which every provision was made f-ir
the comfort of the party, which included
tho Princess of Wale*, the Earl and
Countess of Dudley, aad other guests at
the court.
A little presentation was mado to the
Prince ana Princess after the luncheon tu
ft resident of Tonbury, who had brought
across the country a basket of fine Wor
cestershire apples for the acceptance of
thrtr Royal Highnesses. Shootii g waa
then resumed, and the Dingle and the
Wilderness were visited in snooeitim.
The finish was shortly after 4 o’clock, and
a great number of phesanta were added to
the slain in the last twenty minutes The
total of yesterday’s sport was about 1,800
head; on Wednesday. 1,200; and Thurs
day. 1.000. The Prince is reported to have
said that It waa the finest show of gamo
he had seen this season.
An accident occurred to Lord Dudley’s
pony carriage at midday, in consequence
of the animal becoming restive; and the
incident seems to have aiven rise to a ru
mor of an accident to the shootlog party.
The affair, however, waa of an unimpor
tant character. and occurred after Lord
Dudley bad alighted from the carriage.
Of Course Not.
Detroit Free Pres*.
“Was dis yere not is meant for rao?" he
asked, as he entered the water office yester
day with the usual form of notice that the
water would be abut off K he did not pay
his assessment.
“Yes, air," replied the man at tho win
dow.
“Gwino to ahetde watah right off, ch?”
“Yfs.sir."
“Got to come down wld do cash or molt
up snow, baa 17"
“Yon have."
“Well, sab, I’d like to aak dis yere bo’d
a few queFbuna. In de fast place, I had
to buy de ole woman a pa’r o’ Christmas
•hoes, which coat two dollars. In de nex’
place I bad to upend fo’ dollars fur pres
ents fo’de chil’en. Den dar’a my sister
an’ her five chll’tn: my annt an’ uncle an’
three chil’en; my fodder an’ mudder, de
boy who bring! ray paper, de man who
trusts me fur wood, an^ de woman who
ten’s my wife her washtub. Do yon recktn
1 kin take car’ of all dem people for Chriate
mas an’ pay water tax, too?"
MODERN ALADDIN’# CAVED.
The Vault* In which the Millionaire*
Store Stocks and Bonds and Jewel*.
New York Sun.
The vast fortunes in stocks and bonds of
the millionaires of this city are not stored
In the brown stone dwellings of ihe -ve
nue. The thin wall,, black walnnt dour.,
and easily pfoked looks of those hoimea
wonldoHerllttleorno resistance gainst
the violence of a mob or tho togwinlty of
a burglar. The da;s when ek
men could capture large quantities of rat
lublo property In rich men', b unea
have almost passed away. Taught by
experience or admonished by exam pirn,
i ersoai with portable valuables have
been forced to leek places of atorege and
•eenrlty. Within nearly tb. last d inn ot
yeara there have sprang np in answer to
thatd.macdbuilding,of massive struct-,
uro aud exceptional atreugtb. All that Jn-
vent!ve«eniu» could discuver or money
command has been employed to render
these places lire aud burglar proof. There
•re many of them scattered through the
ci'y from Wall street to Harlem, tlTagiW'
Ing In their main features of ma-sive
strength and Inspiring sot dlty. rhc<o
are kDOwn aa safe deposit vaults. They
usually oocupy the gruuud It tor of sonio
■taanch Arc-proof s ruclure, and the mass
o' looks, bars, bolts, aomblaatlono and
burglar-rcs'etlng contrivances is rosily
wonderful.
A description of one up tows near the
centre of tne dly will answer for the rest.
Entering from tne street yon pass up io a
wall of eolid steel bars, every bar as thick
•• a man’, wrist, nnd twelve or fifteen fret
high. These are firmly fastened to each
other and into the stone 11 uor, and acre s
them Is placed astout Iwlr. screen. Two
keen eyes sharply survey you from the in-
terctlce. of the erreen. If their owner is
Impressed favorably there Is a dieting of
looks, . rattltDg of bolt., and slowly the
ponderous Iron gate ewlngs back. Next
yon falls Into the hand ot the superintend
ent who ffives -yon enother ketn tur^
ver, and then, unlocking on .iron
wicket, ushire yon into the vaults.
Two massive doom, e.nbnoarly eigbtlncbi s
thick, Btand slur. Each of the three en- ‘
trances Is doubledoored and every door is
sreured by tlmn and combination looks
and six largo bolts ot steel. Leaving tbo
daylight with tho outside world nnd pstn- 1
ing Into the interior, the brightly burning
gas jets revolt a low ceiled, square apart
ment. Thefloortsatone.i'onandcement;
the colling is Iron, and four Iron walls are
concealed behind four rows of Iron safer.
mortal genlti. has not w. !dsd steel and
atone into a firmer combination, *
When one's eyes beoonre accustomed to
the light of this Iron chamber ono per
ceives that tbo surface of the walls Is di
vided into little tqnares ol various sisea.
The depositor Inserts . thin key ot curious
make in one of the tqnares. He begins to
haul on, the rquare, and it lengthens oat
into an ohl.ms box near y throe feat long
and div ded .Into compartments. These
boxes are movable, aod tnoy be taken out
and brought lot r a private room, whore in
the strictest privacy the contents ot the
box may be examined. Other sites are
firmly fartnod Into the wall, and have -
changeable combination locks. The looks 1
of tne outside doors ot the vault. 1
are both time and combination locks,
snd the tlmo locks arose arranged tbit the
doors, once closed, cannot be opmetTuntU
0 o’clock In tbe morning. Ontslfie and In
side at least adorer, perrons ere within
earshot, and could ersily hear the slight
est unusual noise. It le calculated that if
by any accident tbe looks should all get
outoforder.it would require more than
four day, of constsut labor to eficet an
entrance.
These vaults contain almost every varie*
ty i f valuable property—gold and silver
ooln greenbacks, diamonds, nod cfher
nrcciouS sroeeti, faintly plate, sftvctware,
jewelry, mementoes, b nds, deed)*, and
valuable papers of every descrip.
tfo ’. Families breaking up honstltoeping
and removing or going abroad, are ob
liged to store tbelr plalo snd valuable! for
safety's sako. Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt his
an im meosu amount of property stored In
this way. and frequently goes to the vault
to cut olf the Interest coupons ol his boud.
with Ills own fingers, or to read the tally
of fits golden hoard in all the seclusion that
this sluuc-steel vault can grant. Private
papers of immense va ue lie there 111 per*
[cot security. Lawyers use the Utile safe. -.
ss depositories foa» importaut pipers,
nnd tho key to many . bitter liti
gation Is locked within those walls. .
Many fsshlonabe ladles keep their jewel,
there, taking them out for an evening
ami putting them back tbe next mornlag.
Watchmen guard the vaults with'll aud
without, and tnat all-potent agent, elec
tricity, protects them by Ingenious sys
tems of bells and alarms. Even should a
mob set out to pillage and destroy the city ■
It would rrge in vain against these iron
clad structures. The companies generally "
guarantee tbe safety of goods left In their
care, ami charge only a lew dollars . year
for all Ibis bolting, barring and uncorking
vigilance. A email box costs twenty or
thirty dollars. From that fignro the rents!
of tho boxes runs up into the hundreds,
but nil have the same measure of protec
tion.
Coins to the arkanaew.
Charlotte, N. c„ Dispatch.
At the Trade street itaUi n In Charlotte, I
a body of 00 colored people, from points
along tbe Carolina Central rstlroad, took
the Air Line train for Little Rock, Ark.
They said they were going there on the
promise made them by an agent that the
government is to give them each 40 acres
of public land In that State, and this wu
the Inducement that decided them to go.
Invrstlgatlon shows that at least 10) fsmt-
llet have left North Carolina for Arkansas,
and that the promise of 40 urea has been
bald oat toaU of them. There are now
half a dosen agents for western railroads
In this State hunting np colored men, col-
lecUng them in gangs and selling them
tickets over their fine*. It la believed to
Ibe. gene to SMnre travel for railroads,
and though the fare going west la cheap
enough, It takes more than doable the
earn* amount of money to get back cast
over the asms line.
Each Haa Its Own.
New York Sun.
“Now, there ir Bunker Hill I" said a
>at‘in young lad/, lottlly; “a grand hla*
riespot! What has New York to equal
Id a pretty young
A RE'L LIFE ROMANCE.
Haw a Poor Track-Layer Became Poi-
•eised of Piv. Millions.
Huntington, Pa., January 4.—Since tho
announcement ten daya ago by an official
paper of (be Spanish government In this
country nf tbe death of Oliver Perry Yc-
Oeben, who, fitly years ago, waa arcMden(
ot this country, and wbo died in Spain,
leaving an esta e valued at J5.000.000, the
search for bis heirs has cxclicd great Inter
est In this part of (lie Btato. Ho olid in
testate und left no descendants or other
relatives abroad. At first It waa difficult
to obtain any Information hi regard to the
history of tbe deceased millionaire, bat .
few persnns have been found who have
some recollection of him and hie father
and other members of the fcmi:y.
He was the son of Samuel Meban, .very
poor man, wbo lived at Newton Hamilton,
Mifflin county, and waabrougbtupby John
Haiti,wait, near Mount Vernon, ibis ■ oaa-
ty. The oldest cltlaene of that neighbor
hood remember him as a lid of 16 yexrs at
tho time tbe Pennsylvania canal wa. -
being made, in 1830. One of the oontrao- .
hirton the tbe cant), named Dnrrow, who
had a brother carrying on tbe btulnes. uf
silversmith at Hollidaysburg, Blair oonnty,
became acquainted with Perry, u he waa
cailedjand took him to that place to leva
the trade.
Beth tbe Darrowe were bachelors and at
thair death, which aoon occurred they
left tbelr money and property to the boy.
He then went to Phllidelpbia and learnod
dentistry, and from thanes to Cub. where
be practiced hia profession and bought a
sugar plantation. Becoming Intended, ,
through hie business as a planter, In com
merce with Spain, ha went to that country
and acquired an ownership In a line of
steamers running to Cuba and Ml parts of
the worlds
Rumors came back to Mount Union years
MO of McGehan's wealth j that he hid be
come very prominent end popular in Spain,
and that a title of nobility bad been cun
(erred on him. Bat he WM altcrtva.d lost
sight of and almost forgotten. He had
brothers and slaters, and tbe names of tbs
men whom the latter married are remem
bered, but none of them have been fouud.
Uulcaa the eearoh, whlehUstillh, mg proa
eeuted, should be successful, this v.i.t for
tune will escheat to tbe flpanlih crown.
Wasted opportunities,
"I wm rich onoe and drank win*,” said
a tramp, sa he poured oat a atilf drink ol
“When wa* lintT’ 1 datnxnicd the ban
tender.
“A good while ago. ' he replied wiptnr
•w»y u t -»r.
“Well, what ai
• I am crying t
te drink wine w
tiave bad gin."
‘ii <:r> inu ub rU 7"
link whut a foul 1 was
i 1 might just aa w«U