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ESTABLISHED MACON, FRIDAY.'JANUARY 9, 18«5. VOLUME LIX-NO. 6. A CONTESTED ELECTION g 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