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THK TELEGRAPH ais'D MESSRSGERs FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1885.
FROM WASHINGTON.
>MPARATlONS FOR THK INAUGURA
TION OF CLEVELAND.
The Intention Expressed Of Makirg It
the Moat Brilliant In Our Hlatory
—What Is Said of Smyth’s
Defalcation, Etc.
[tklko
ratio
) TO TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS.]
n, January 1.—The inaugn-
ttee desire that organizations,
/ or drio, intending to visit
Washington on the 4 h of March next,
should communicate to the committee the
number of persona included In the organ
isation, the Intended stopplrg place and
oilier particulars, so that positions in the
line of the proceteekm me, be reeerred for
thrm end other neweear, arrangement*
nude. The oonunUtee on public older ex-
press a determination to bare Pennijlra-
n!« ivenue from the capital to tha White
House cleared of all rehicles and
ekstrnctioni on tha fourth of
March, so that tha proceaeion
may not be thrown Into disorder. Specta
tors will be oonfintd to the eidewalka. Tha
comm ttee state thet the Inaugural ball
will be made a prominent feature of the
occasion, and it is intended to surpass
anything of the Uud erer attempted in
this country. Work is progressing rapidly
on tbs pension building, and the grand
ball-room will undoubtedly be completed
In season. The court of the budding,
which will be rooted over to form a ball
room, is JX6 feet in length by 114 feet in
width,.surrounded by three t of oorri-
don twenty-two feet In width. This
magnificent structure affords opportunity
h r decorations of tha most striking and
elatK iate descriptio i. which the commit
tal guarantee ebsll be proTided. It la es
timated that 15,000 guests can beaccom-
modstcJ, bnt the number of ticketaiato
timiied to 12.000. Quite a lively contest Is
in piogreat between the musical organisa
tions of the country for the honor of fur
nishing the mnslc for the ball. Dods-
worth’s bsnd of New York, the Germauia
orchestra ot Philadelphia, and the Marine
hand of this city are the meet prominent
competitor!. The committee bare practi -
rally decided to have three bends, one sta-
IIORRORB OF THU BIB.
Terrible s.p.rienc.. of Horw.*:«n Sail
ors Off tha Virginia Coast.
[TKI-t'J a*.I'll ID TO THE ASSOCIATEI> rr.Ir.-.l
PuiLsnii.ruiA, January 2.—Two Nor-
wegfan sailors entered the oflico of Lars
Weatergasrd, the Norwegian consul, to
day. They wrre the only eurriTore of tit
Ill-fated bark Lena, which went to pieces
oil’ Ilog Island, Va., laat Sunday. Up to
thia time the Information received regard
ing the diameter has been meagre, but the
story ns told by these eeamen gives all the
det mile ot what proves to hare been a moat
t. rrible catastrophe. CapL Albert Mon
ter,ten, of Arendel, Norwey, whence the
bark bailed, had loat him bearings in the
dense tag which bed hangover the sea for
days, and waa considerably out of hla
course. It was during tha mate's watch,
aboat 4 o'clock, when the read ebook
fiom stem to stern, End those on board
knew In an instant that aba bad strand
ed. The wind was blowing a gale, and
sea running very high. In a moment the
IS HE A FREE TRADER?
FRANK HURD TELL® A REMARKABLE
STORY ABOUT CLEVELAND,
UtliiUCU My U«»C tuicc uauuo,uuu
tinned in the centre of the hall for dance
music and the others for promenade mu-
surra's DBAPrrsmxca.
Paymaster-General Rochester said to
night that all information received here
concerning the diepappearance and al
leged defalcation of Major W. H. Smyth,
paymaster et Savannah, Ga., was a dis
patch from the clerk at that office which
came to him yesterday, stating that Major
Kn.vth drew 15,500 from the Merchants'
National Bank of Savannah on Monday,
and had not been to the office since, but
had been seen on Mooday with his mous
tache shaved off; riding in a carriage, on
which was a new end cheap looking trunk,
and that it was supposed he had left the
city by a southern tram and gone
to Florida. General Rochester said
Oelonel Carey, of the paymaster
WflUiiri VBlCjr, vi euu joaej magim
General’s office, has been directed to go to
Bavinnab to taka charge of the office and
the papers there, and will leave the city
to-nighc for that purpose. He also said
that $5,000 was about the amount of gov
ernment funds subject to Major Smyth’s
draft n Savannah, bnt that $5,000 more
was subject to his draft in New York. He
did not know whether Major Smyth had
drawn this last sum or not. Major Smyth
had been in the pay department of the
army for about two years, and until last
February was stationed in Montana, but
was transferred at that time to Savannah.
He is about 30 years of age and unmarried.
He is a son of John F. Smyth, of Albany,
N. Y., formerly 8tatesnperintendcat of in
surance. General Rochester has notified
General Hancock, in whose department
Savannah is, of the disappearance of Major
Smith.
raxsiDKXT Arthur's last exception.
The reception at the White House to
day, President Arthur’s last, was more
than usually brilliant, but beyond that
circumstance was devoid of incident. The
decorations of the house were simple bat
t&stefal. and were almost entirely of ferns,
palms and cut flowers from the White
House conservatory. The full Marine
Band, stationed ia the vestibule, furnished
the music. The President stood in his us
ual place in tbe blue parlor, surrounded
by the wives of his cabinet officers and
those of a few Senators and Representa
tives and his sister, Mrs. McElroy. Tne
programme was carried «out promptly, and
a quarter past 2, the President was out
8AVED BY HIS SON.
The ThrliUng Story of a Young Man's He
roic Act at Sea.
Phcadklphia, December 31.—A thril
ling dory of heroism at sea is reported
here to-day. At the risk of what appeared
to be certain death, Capt. Edward Rice, of
the schooner J. A. Griffin, was resened by
his son, who plnnged overboard after him.
Capt. Rice makes the following report of
his rescue: “When oar vessel was a lit
tle soath of Henlopen it was struck by a
terrific storm, daring which I was
knocked overboard. I sank into the
sea thinking that my last hour had come,
and I gave up all hope. Those of the crew
who could see the accident were horrified.
Without a moment’s hesitation my eon,
fastening a rope to the tmfirail, lumped
overboard with the coil in his hand. I was
just’-'t of-the abip, rising from my first
ainL » '. He swam but to me, tbonzh how
he l Kited those waves in that cold water
God only knows. A moment later he had
me in his grip, and, with a power that was
almost superhuman, kept himself afloat
while he passed the rope around my waist.
Then catching the rope himself and hold
ing me np, for I was helpless, he signalled
the crew to draw us in. They got us along-
aloe, and we were safe. I waa palled up
first, more dead than »'»*«, and my son
was then hauled up. My boy is only 21
years old.”
A TOWN OVERWHELMED
By the Bursting of n Mill Dam—More
Damage Feared.
[telegraphed to the associated press.]
Medford, Out., January 2.—By the
breaking of Vain’s mill dam here a great
body cf water which it held back came
sweeping down Front street, and what was
once a fine avenue is now the bed of a
river, which rushes over the incline into
the lower part of the town, where a Urge
number of houses have been swept away.
Tbe hard frost has caused ice to form and
somewhat impede tbe How of the water
through the broken dam, bat if a stroeg
west wind blows within the next day
or two it is feared the waters of
Ge^-gian Bay will be blown Into the town
aii.. sweep the place before iL Many
handsome dwelling places have been car
ried away by the Hood, and spots that were
yev.-ility tmely cultivated orrhur,' . : o
gardens are now barren wastes. A fine
bridge across the stream has been de
stroyed and Vatu's mills been damaged
almost beyond repair. It is Impossible to
estimate tbe extent of the damage done ao
far.
A Cfeat State for Twins.
New London, December 30.—The twin
epidemic recently reported in Bridgeport
hai spread Into eastern Connecticut. Mrs.
Leris Browning, of Palmertown, a manu.
factoring village about eight miles north
of Ibis city, where enough bed quilt 8 are
manufactured to supply naarly tbe entire
population of the United States, ushered
In tbe holiday season by presenting her
husband with twin daughters, whoteag
gregate wright waa eighteen pounds.
Not long before this notable addition to
tbe Browning family Captain George
Keeney, of Palmertown, waa surprised by
a similar event in his home circle. The
Keeney twins were girls, and weighed
eight pounds each at birth.
Lena was well up on tbe bar which she
bad struck and the waves were beating
over her with wild fury, which threaterea
destruction. The weather was bitteriy
cold, and there was a coating of fee oo the
deck and on the rigging, which made the
movements of those on board exceedingly
perilous. An effort, however, was made
to launch the boats. The effort was a dis
astrous failnre, each waa in tom broken
to splinters by tbe raging sea, and the
crew were then left without means what
ever for escape from the etrauded vessel.
They dung to her, however, as best they
could tn the hope that the sea would sub
side and that something might trans
pire which would insure their
safety. After twenty-four hours of this
wretched experience, daring which they
were nearly frozen, their bands and feet
bennmbed and frost bitten, tbe bark, under
the force of the heavy sea, sprung apart
and went to pieces. Every person on
board was precipitated into the waves, and
with tbe exception of the two men who
reached Philadelphia to-day, it is supposed
that all were drowned. These two survi-
vors, Anders Itafcsen and Peter A. Ton-
nersen, were fortunate enough to seize
some planks from the wreck, on which
they were carried ashore. They
saved nothing besides their lives,
however, and were compelled to borrow
from the station agent of the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad at
Bird’s r est, Va., sufficient to pay their
way to this city. Tbe body of Captain
Marteneen, who was 30 .years old and
leaves a young wife in Norway, and that
of Abram Carlsen. a sail maker and Swedr
by birth, were washed up and buried on
tha beach of Hog Island. Noas of the
other bodies have yet been recovered.
Georgian Gorgesen was the mate and there
were seven seauen, of whom five are
missing and are doubtless lost.
FOOLED BY AN ADVENTURESS.
How a Farmer Became the Victim of a
Woman'e Wiles. >■
Rochester, Deoember 31.—Edward Tim
mons, a well-to-do farmer of Northport,
Canada, has just departed from this city
after a vain tearch for a fair female who
had fooled him. He owns a fine farm a
few miles east of Northport He is a
widower with four children. He i« 40
years old. After the last harvest he visit
ed the Thousand Islands, where he made
the acquaintance of Jennie C. EUecner, a
waitress at one. of the hotels. She was
22 years of age. Before a week had elapsed
he proposed marriage and was accepted,
upon condition that sbe liked the appear
ance of his house. He returned home
alone and at the end of a month sent his
lady-love $20, and she visited him, ex
pressing herself pleased at what she saw at
her prospective home.
Hhe,however,positivaly declined to marry
before Christmas, giving as a reason that
her brother’s death had occurred Decem
ber last and she would not marry uutil
after a year from his death. At his solic
itation she agreed not to seek employ
ment, but would spend the ^intervals
at the home of an auut at Clayton. Be
fore her departure he ga ’e her $100 to de
fray her expenses while out of employ
ment On November 10 he sent her $100.
On December 10 she wrote olm that on the
urgent solicitation of her aunt living here
tbe marriage would be at ber house. The
narns of the aunt was given as Mrs. Sa
mantha Jane Zwickeu, and 'he street and
dwelling very definitely located.
Mr. Timmons came to Rochester and
found that there was no such street or
number in the city as had been written
him, nor was there any Mrs. 8. J. Zwicken.
All search tor his betrothed aleo proved
fruitless. It dawned upon Mr. Timmons
that be bad been the victim of an adven
tare.-s, and he is now on bis way to Clay
ton, to ascertain how badly he has been
fooled.
A LUNATIO IN A BANK.
Terrible Struggle of an Insane Physician
with Chicago Bank Officers.
Chicago, December 31.—Dr. Edward
Prentice is a prosperous veterinary sur
geon and has an office at No. 165 Michigan
avenue. He has been acting strangely, it
is said, for the past few days. Aboat 11:30
o’clock last night he entered the First Na
tional Bank as the janitor, Charles Brandt,
was sweeping out, aad declared he wanted
r sum of money he had locked up In one
of the vaults. The janitor informed him
it wu too late to get his money, and ad vis
ed him to come in the morning. At this
Printice became enraged. Officer Nash of
Pinkerton’s attempted to eject him, but
Prentice struck Nash a powerful blow
knocking him down, and then leaped to
ward Brandt.
Tbe latter, thinking he faced a bank rob
ber, pointed his revolver and fired just as
Prentice sprang forward Tbe bullet struck
a gold watch in Prentice’s vest pocket and
dropped to the flxH, not inflicting a
scratch. Officers Cox and Duffy arrived
at this'juncture, and with the assistance
of tbe other two men. held Prentice a
prisoner until the arrival of the patrol
wagon. As tbe party drove to tbe Armo
ry Prentice wrenched his hands loose,
and seizing Sergeant Bohan by the neck,
choked him until he was helpless. The
police beat him with the* clubs, and it re
quired four men to make him relinquish
his grasp. Prentice had $306on his person
id is evidently Insane.
Outlined In Blood.
Chicago, January 2.—While engaged in
the search yesterday for the remains of the
five victims of the recent tug explosion, a
crowd of men gathered about the spot
where the mangled remains of William
Borne, fireman, were picked up Wednes
day night. Glancing up tbe tail side of the
grain elevator, they were startled to see
pressed in blood on the slate wall, a per
fect outline of the hnman form, tbe hands
spread apart and held high over the head.
The impress of the face, body and legs
were on the side of the great building
nearly fifty feet above the dock level, and
it was evident that Borne bad been pro-
i ected with terrific force from the deck of
be tug up into the air and against the
elevator wall, dropping back crushed horri
bly to the dock below.
The Value of a Ton of Gold.
Mechanical Engineer.
One ton (2,000 pounds avoirdupois) of
gold or silver conUlns 29,163 troy ounces,
and. therefore, the value of a ton of pure
god is 1002,799.21, and a ton of silver $37,*
704.84.
A cubic foot of pure gold weighs 124,875
pounds avoirdupois; a cubic foot of pure
■*ver weighs 065.25 pounds avoirdupo's.
)ue million dollars In gold coin weighs
3.685,8 pounds avoirdupois; l.000,(L0 in
weighs 58.929.9 pounds avoirdu-
Saying He la President of the First Free
Trade Club Formed In America*
and la RaUloal In His Views
on the Subject, Etc*
[TELEGRAPHED TO THf ASSOCIATED PRESS.]
Chicago. January 1.—A Ciadnnatl tele
gram quotes Frank Hard, the Toledo Con
gressmen, who has been spending several
days in Cincinnati attending to legal busi
ness, as relating the following In the pres
ence of ex-Meyor Means and several Dem
ocrats of local prominence: “The first
free trade club in America was organised
in Buffalo after the civil war. A meeting
wu ca'lcd by leading Buffalo Democrats
and a few free trede Republicans. They
met in the law office of Blssell A Cleveland
and perfected the organization of a free
trade dub. This organisation extsti to
day. Grover Cleveland is its president.
He was elected president at the start and
has continued to be ita president ever
since.”
Mr. Hurd was asked how these facts
were kept quiet daring the campaign. He
replied that when Cleveland became prom
inent in politics etch member of the club
was instructed to keep the 'matter secret,
for fear proteefiouist prejudices would In
jure bis prospects. Out of personal good
will toward him, all the members have
been very close mouthed about tbe matter.
Some time ago Mr. Hard had a conversa
tion with Mr. Blssell, in which both ex-
E ressed surprise that the secret had been
eptsoweil. According to Mr. Hard’s
visits, Mr. Cleveland Is a radical free
trader, who will advanoe his Ideas when ia
power.
A PRETTY WOMAN'S CAREER.
Shs Marries a Coachman, Then a Polios-
man, and la Finally arrasted for
Forgery.
Detroit, Decern w 31.—About eighteen
years a$o Miliy Drew’s mother married
8ol White, of Windsor, now a member of
tbe Provincial Legislature for the county
of Essex. Mrs. Drew was a Detroit widow,
worth <200,000 Shortly after the marriage
White and bis wife removed to Cookstown,
Ont., where White opened a large vine
yard. Miss Miliy was young and pretty,
and before long fell deeply in
love with their handsome young
ooachman. Weeks by name. A clandes
tine marriage resulted, and when it became
known the coachman was driven from the
house. After a time, seeing that the girl
refused to leave her husband, a reconcilia
tion was effected and tbe young couple
were placed in charge of a large farm in
Wed Sandwich, belonging to Mr. White.
There they remained until two years ago,
when Weeks died. Mrs. We ks, with her
son, a boy of ;0 years, removed to her step
father’s nouse in Windsor. The dead
coacuman was soon forgotten, aad the
wife fell in love with Andrew Cody, a
handsome yonog patrolman on the Wind
sor police.
This was almost as bad as a coachman's
love affair ia Mr. White’s eyes, bat when
a few months ago Cody fell heir to a for
tune of $30,(XX) matters changed. He re
tired from the force and married the still
young and handsome widow. Mrs. Cody,
it ts said, had a passion for dress, and it is
also whispered that Cody has not yet re
ceived the fortune. This is the only appa
rent reason that coaid have caused Mrs.
Cody to commit the forgery, for which she
is now iu jail, having been arrested yester
day on complaint of the First National
Bank, where she recently presented an or
der with Mrs. White’s name signed, she
being owner of valuable Detroit property,
of which J. Huff Jones is agent. The order
was on Jones for $250, bnt he being away
the bank did not hesitate to cash it. The
forgery was not discovered until yesterday
and the woman was arrested on the street
today.
A TRAIN ROBBERY.
A Couple of Men Hold up a Delaware
Train In Approved Western Style.
itelegraphed to the associated press.]
Wilmington, Del., January 3.—A spe
cial to the Every Evening gives the par
ticulars of a train robbery in regular Mis
souri or Iowa fashion on the Baltimore
Central railroad last night The road is
part of the Pennsylvania railroad system,
and runs in a round-about way from Per-
ryville. on tbe Susquehanna river, to Phil
adelphia. T«o uuEnown men boarded the
train at a way station, and after it started
they “held up” the passengers and de
manded their money or lives. The prin
cipal loser was George O. Geary, editor of
the Northeast Star,whom they compelled to
surrender a valuable watch ana chain.
After several passengers had been plun
dered, tbe robbers discovered symptoms
of the return of presence of mind, and ran
to the platform and jumped off while the
train waa in motion. Its speed is never
very high, and they escaped without in-
jury. _
FROZEN AT THE WHEEL.
Terrible Sufferings of a Couple of Seamen
on an English Schooner.
Portland, December 31.—A pitiful story
of suffering and freezing at tbe wheel is
told by Charles Mitchell snd Stephen Saun
ders, two youug colored .sailors who
shipped on the English schooner Florence,
Captain Holmes,jwho arrived here a dav
or two ago, and are now undergoing medi
cal treatment at the marl ie hospital.
They are both suffering terribly from frost
bite, and the arms of Saunders and the
feet of Mitchell will have to be amputated.
They state that in consequence of there
not being a sufficient number of able
bodied seamen on the vessel they were
kept at the wheel, exposed to the weather,
■sp" •»» iuo tuooi, iu tug ncatuei,
until their hand, and feet were frozen
Captain Holme, explain, that he wa,
made the vlcdm of a ,hipping master, and
did not know that the men', oonditlon wu
as bad u it really wu.
Cold In the Northwest.
8r. 1’acl, Mian., January 2 —The ther
mometer reel.ter, 20 degrees below zero.
The weather i, eery qntet and clear and
railroad, rnnnlnx northwest report little or
no trooble with train,. Train, on roade
south ere delayed by storm, in Iowa. The
signal officer sey, the cold spell will be
broken to-morrow.
St. Paul, January 2.—Last night and
to-day have been the coldest of the present
winter and one ot tbe coldest periods on
record in this city. The thermometer In
the signal office thla morning marked 86
degrees bel iw aero, while othem show.d
it 50 degree below. The common clus of
thermometers retired entirely from busi
ness. Keporla hare been received from
the following point., all indicating a tem
perature below zero: Stillwater. 60, Ihe
coldest ever known; Lacrosse 23, Bismarck
45, Mlnnedcsa 50, and the wind blowing
forty miles sn hour; Winnipeg56 and a
regular bliuard blowing: St. Vincent 40,
A rKUlM UIIMIIU IMUWM*g . VJle TlUbCUt W,
Mooeehead 48, Helena 15, Huron 44, Dolnth
35.
PaTXUBoao, Jznuzry 2.—The weather
here has been very cold all day and the
thermometer has fallen forty degrees with
in the put twenty-four hours.
pois,
Smile Annin on M.I
iglied Tom to his beloved. He knew
10 what gave her such a charm in hfs
lyes. Her teeth, preserved by Sozodent
which she had used from girlhood, did his
business. She held her lover by virtue of
SoaodonL
Safely Intrenched.
Globe-Democrat.
If Mr. Cleveland's letter la to be accepted
as a declare hm of Ills Intention to remove
only tho-e Federal officers who have taken
an active part In politics, all the Federal
officers In St. Louis may rcatsecure In their
places. They are entitled to allthebonors
and emoluments that properly belong to
political Imbecility.
Tiiokabtun, Ui., January 8.—Tbe mu
nicipal electiou here to-day resulted In
the triumph of the prohibition ticket by
forty-five majority. This places Upson
on the list of prohibition counties, as tho
county commissioners refuso to grant a
license in the county outside of Thomss-
ton.
Prohibition Suooessful.
[sriOIAL TXLXOtAH.]
Bsttrumu, Ga., January 5.—At an elec
tion for liquor or no liquor here to-day the
prohibition tloket wu elected.
INAUOURAT.QN PAY DETAILS.
The Oommlttee Dally (It In Solemn Con*
clave to Arranse Them.
WASHOfOTOit, December SL—The very
Industrious people who have In charge the
ceremonies of Inauguration are as hard at
work already u If the snoeeu of the next
admlnletralion depended upon their ef
fort., and they expect to spend at leut
,00,000 upon the details of this affair. The
ceremonies attendant upon Inauguration
day have been Increasing from administra
tion to administration until the work of
preparing for the same ocenples the at
tention of at leut one hundred citizens for
tbe graater part of two months. There
la a dally meeting ot the lnangnration
committee, who sit In solemn oonclave to
oonstder the serious question of bowotany
pounda of brau shall be pot on to a badge.
S UUII3 Ul IHHI cuaii are jiut via lv a ut»uf,v,
e width of the atzhes of marshall and
kindred matter* of equal Importance. The
inauguration ball if alwaj* a matter that
that occupies an endless amount of bother
and expense and never gives any satisfac
tory returns for the trouble. It is always
as crude an affair as a country barbecue.
Tbe attempt to give a ball to five or six
thousand people gathered from all classes
of society generally results in a regular
scramble for tbe semblance of entertain
ment that is proffered under the guise of
circus parade splendor. The poor Presi
dent-elect is dragged around as the lawful
prize of every looal triumphal chariot.
The sappers st the inauguration balls
might be considered royal feasts by hungry
soldiers on the march, but hardly by any
one else.
As a general thing tbe season about in
auguration times is bitterly cold. The ball
being conducted upon such a large scale
is usually given in quarters which cannot
be properly heated, so that inexpenenoed
people who go in ordinary ball-dress in-
ttead of dressing as one would to visit the
Arctic regions, often rain their health, and
in some cases contract fatal maladies from
the exposure. No friend of Mr. Cleveland
need flatter himself that anything coaid bs
said or done todsoourage the work of
making inauguration day one of hideous
discomfort and uproar under the gaise of
the form of a celebration fitting
the occasion. Mr. Cleveland himself
wonld be powerless to lop off one of the
simplest of the smallest items of tnis pa
rade nonsense. Tbe affair is being worked
np solely to please those who are connected
with toe District management The peo
ple of Washington love spectacular dis
plays and feel defrauded if every occasion
for one is not improved. One can judge
how much sentiment then is in it, how
ever, when one considers the fact that the
people of this District are for the man who
is on top. If tbe King of the Sandwich Is
lands were to be enthroned here to-mor
row the people of this District would get
up an immense parade and pat him in
with all the honors. [
THE WATTERBON-RANDALL FEUD.
The Causes that Led to Their Antagonism
as Told by a Friend of the Ex-Speaker.
Louisville, January 1.—Froln a gentle
man intimate with Mr. Randall and also
long acquainted with Mr. Watterson year
correspondent to-night obtained some in
side facts as to their row from the Randall
standpoint. 4 When the Texas Pacific rail
road bill to guarantee payment by the
government of interest on certain bonds ot
the road was before Congress, said this gen
tleman, it was understood that Tom Scott
had offered a contingent fee of $25,000 to
the Co rier-Journal to support the meas
ure. Mr. Watterson consequen'ly boom
ed the bill, but it was defeated by Ran
dall’s opposition. When Mr. Watterson
went to Congress, to fill the uuexplred
term, Mr. Randall put him on the ways
and means committee, but refused to be
influenced by him to support certain
schemes which Randall thought to be
wrong. This was tbe foundation of the
grudge, which was increased by other in-
cidente. Watterson ipoke harshly of Ran
dall, and the latter did not conceal his opin
ion of Watterson.
When the late Speakership fight was be
ginning, Watterson, who was bent on his
hobby of “tariff for revenae only,” as
sumed that Carlisle held identical views,
and supported the latter by vigorously at
tacking Randall. Watterson then went
East, and through a mutual friend tried to
gain an interview with Randall, bnt the
latter declined to see him, saying that he
aad nothing to tell Watterson nor to hear
from him. Henry made another effort
for an interview and was so sAnguine of
success 'hat he sent a telegram to the
Courier-Journal one night that he would
meet Randall at Greystone the next day,
but Randall again firmly declined to meet
him. Subsequently Watterson. while at a
dinner party in New York, told
those present that he had in
terviewed Randall and that the latter had
agreed to withdraw from the Speakership
contest in consideration of the support of
Carlisle's friends for the Presidency. This
was reported to Mr. Randall, who prompt
ly and emphatically denied that there had
been any interview. The accuracy of the
denial Mr. Watterson has never question
ed. When approached on the subject.
Randall remarked: “If Watterson said
all this when he didn’t see me, what would
he have said if he actually had seen me?”
So it ia plain that the trouble between Wat
terson and Randall is of a more personnl
nature than a mere difference as to tariff
and whisky bills. “What I have told
you,” said Mr. Randall’s friend, in conclu
sion, “isfcnsceptibleofproof.”
Randall at Birmingham.
Birmingham, .Ala., January 2.—Bir
mingham’s distinguished visitors were fa
vored with the best possible weather on
their second day here. It was cold and
raw yesterday and last night, but the sun
shone brightly all to-day and the tempera
ture was much milder. Mr. Randall and
party, with several distinguished gentle-
It Occur* on the Underground Railway
—Mnny Person* Thrown Down, but
Nobody Seriously Hurt and
Llttlo Property Destroyed.
CO RATHE
K ASSOCIATED TRESS.)
London, January 3.—A dynamite explo
sion occurred on the underground railway
between the Gpwer ztreet ami King’, Crou
•tallou at 0:80 o’clock this evening. The
window* of a passenger train were shat
tered and gaslights ektlngulshed. Heyond
this no damage wu done. The passenger,
were greatly terrided, but no one was hurt
Tbe train resumed lta Journey after a de
lay of twenty-five minutes.
Lott do*, 1 a. M-, January 3.—Tha shook
.of tbe explosion wu felt by residents of
Button road, between 8L Fancrai Church
and Judd atreet The railway runt tbe
whole length of Button road underneath
the roedwey. A crowd epeedlly collected
at the vent of the shaft at the head of Oz-
aultan street, -from which at tha time of
the ezploalon a quantity of amoke issued.
As eoon u possible after the explosion a
number of porten were sent to tbe spot
with lamps and applianoea for clear
ing the line. Up to the present
time nothing hu been found. Residents
In the locality are greatly alarmed.
The ebook overthrew several wayfarers on
Euston road. It wu with great difficulty
that horses on the road were restrained
from runnlag away. The gu lights in the
Gower street station were extinguished.
The ticket oollector in the station wu
men from Alabama and soma twenty-five
cilizens of Birmingham, devoted noarly the
whole day to a visit to the Iron properties
on Ihe Birmingham mineral railroad, a
short road of two arms, striking the’Lon-
Isvllle and Nashville, one about four and
the other six miles soath of Birmingham.
The first place visited wu the Slots mines,
tho southern terminus of the northern arm
of the Mineral road. They afterwards viz
ited the Woodward Iron Company’s fur
naces and coal mines and Morris mines at
the southern terminus of the southern urn
of the Birmingham Mlneralrallroad. The
party then returned to the dty.
The Man Cleveland Sent to the Front.
Bu»au>, December 30.—Deputy County
Clerk Orr to-day found In a war record the
following entry on a draft lilt:
''George Brniskl, enlisted August 21,
1863, substitute for Grover Cleveland,
drafted Augusts. 1863, for three years j
hzzel eyes, dark heir, light complexion, 6
feet 3Inches in height; occupation,
sailor; place of residence, Canada."
Where la George Bentakl now? Did he
really go to the war, or desert and skip to
Canada, u has been lilnted?
Tiiehk ts nothing that can be placed on
the nldeboard ot a well regulated family
that will give Ihe satisfaction and receive
the praises of your guests like Malt Whis
key.
Burnett’s Coooalne
Promote! a Vigoroul and Healthy Grouth
of the llalr. It lias been used In thou
sands of cases where tbe hair was coming
out, and has never failed to arrest its de-
thrown from hie box, and an engineer
working In the incandescent electrlo light
machinery wu thrown from hie seat a.
distance of three or fonr feet, lending on
hi* face. Tbe lights in other trains in tbe
tnnnel were extinguished by the explosion.
The passengers were greatly alarmed, and
many ladles feinted. The Gower street
platform wu literally strewn with
tbe prostrate forms of persons
thrown down by the ebook. The
house in tbe vicinity were, shaken and
the roadway oscillated. Two trains were
passing each other at tho time of the ex
plosion, and In both the lights were ex
tinguished, windows ehattered and the
frame work of several carriage doors'wu
smashed. The green, red and white lights
at the front and rear of Iho trains were
extinguished. The ticket collector at
the Gower atreet station describes Ihe re
port of tne explosion u sharp and ringing
In character, like the discharge of
a small niece of field artillery. The point
where the explosion occurred is directly
under the road leading to the main en
trance of the London and Northwestern
railway station. A lady's nose wu cat by
S en end one gentlemen had bis side and
ce and another his wrist cat. These are
the only serlou casualties reported. All
the paesengera left the train at the Gower
street station, many of them In a half
fainting condition.
SPAIN.
DETAILS Of THI TiazIOLX DISASTER.
Madbid, January L—It is probable Kin;
Alfonso will visit Andalusia to personally
inquire into the condition ot tbe earth
quake snflerars. Government delegates
are visiting the ecene to affoid relief to suf
ferers. They found the roads knee-deep
in mnd. Terrible galea have passed over
the half ruined Tillages. The delegates
caused the bodies of those killed by the
earthquake to be interred. Albnrnelss
presented an appalling sight Half of
the town is completely turned. The
churches, convent and town hall were
thrown to the ground. The inhabitants
ire gathered ontside the town, where they
are shivering around fires. Women and
children are nnddled together In carts and
wagons. Sixty wounded persons sre In
temporary ambulances. One 'hundred
and ninety-two corpses have been taken
from the rains, and active efforts are be
ing made to recover others. The mayor
and several wesltny residents are among
the victims. The mayor’s wife remained
buried waist deep in the ruins for eighteen
hours.
Many persons were resened alive, after
being partly burled for 26 hoars. Some
were half crazed with fright. Piteous cries
were heard in the rains for 24 honrs, bat
it wu impossible to render any assistance.
The troops have since brought provisions
for the needy.
Similar tales are told of the disaster in
Alhama, where the scenes are described u
fantutic and weird. The inhabitants
daring the day wander about their rained
homes risking their lives in their endeav
ors tours something from the wreck.
They remain at night In an improvised
camp ot carts, tents and sheds. All
aronnd the rained towns tower snowclsd
mountains. The Plenum is altogether
striking and impressive.
The shock at Grenada lut night wu
more severe than any since Thursday. The
people were afraid to remain in their
houses, and occupied the streets all night,
tc being the tenth shock since Thursday,
tho panic already prevailing among ttie
Increased. Ten thon-
people wu greal
sand persons left the olty yesterday,
Madbid, January 1.—Shocks of earth
quake e nttnue to be felt at Jaen, Malaga,
Ben a, Marlagoaa and Velea Malaga. Sev
eral severe shocks were experienced at
Torrox on Wednesday and Thursday, de
stroying mors buildings. Tho town ts
completely abandoned. The church
at Terje ia damaged, and
services are held in the open
air. Ttres hundred and fifty corpses have
been discovered at Arenpa del Rey, and
250 persons there now are suffering from
injuries received. At a meeting ot the
premier, the ministers of finance and in
terior and senators and deputies for Gre
nada and Malaga, held to day, it was de
cided to adopt measures for the imme-
diitc relief of the sufferers, and
to provide shelter end provisions for
the homeless. A national fund hu alto
been opened, to which the government
employes have been invited to subscribe a
day's pay, and the land tax hu been re
mitted In the suffering districts. A com
mittee of the principal Inhabitants hu
been formed in each town to distribute the
fund. It li reported that a government
loan of 3,000,000 pesetos will be raised for
the relief of the Inhabitants ot the .filleted
districts.
OFF FOR CANADA.
A Kentucky Bank Cashier Joins the
Hnpor Colony, *
iTSLSOBArUSD TO TUI ASSOCIATIB »I£S.]
Lxxikotoh, January 3.—James G,
AAiAutuAUii, Jituunt y o.—jnuiea VJ.
Hcrugham, teller and assistant cashier of
the Lexington City National Bank, has de<
faulted for about $40,000 and fled to Can
ada. He has been taking money in small
sums for months and covering nis tracks
hy false entries in the books. Ho only
fled when Bank Examiner Gettman came
to examine the bank's books on its
application for a twenty years'
renewal of its charter. Scrugham
bet heavily on Blaine and also speculated
in stocks. He is aboat 30 years nf age
and has a wife and two children, whom he
left here. He was a member of the Main
Street Christian Church. He left a note
for the bank examiner, saying: “Am
$37,000 short and am off for Canada. You
needn’t look for mo nor the money.”
A Third Set of Teeth.
New Castle, Ky., January 1.—Dr. Band-
ford Brent, one of the oldest citizens of
this county, now upwards of e’ghty years
old, Is now cutting his third set of teeth.
He lost his second set about twenty.five
years since—the last of them. He has
cay.
Give your boy Smith’s ^or* Oil*
never worn false teeth, and now his third
pet, which ftre as beautiful as pearls, are
fast appearing, just in the order and man
ner that children cut their teeth. When
the drat three made their appearance the
family was greatly alarmed, tainking it an
omen of sudden death, but he still lives,
and they are cutting gums and getting the
others through, and the old man ia (loinp
na well as could he expected. This news ii
gathered to-day from the members of Dr.
Brent's family. He Urea near Campbell*-
burg, on the Short Line railroad, and all
incredulous can easily write to the Doctor
or go and see for themselves.
MAJOR SMYTH MI88INO.
Ineaplloablo Departure of nn Army Pa»*
Paymaster General Rochester, United
States army, at Washington, D. C.,was
yfsterday notified of the somewhat Inex
plicable departure from this city of Pay
master W. li. Smyth, with $5,000 of gov
ernment fund? in Ids possession. The Co-
tidCfttiou was given by telegraph by W. F.
Bassett, clerk of the missing paymaster.
In reply to the telegram a dispatch was
received from Gen. Rochester ordering
Mr. Bassett to assume charge of he office
and detail full particulars of the affair by
mall.
STORY Of THK FLIGHT.
The first intimation of the departure of
Paymaster Smyth reach Mr. Bassett Mon-
day afternoon, when be called at the reel-
denoe of Mrs. Hirscbbaok, South Broad
street, where the Major a suite of rooms,
to take him out for a drive. An Inquiry
for his friend developed the Information
that he had departed from the house but a
low minute* previous In a hack, taking hla
luggage with him, for a trip out of town.
Not being aware of the Major’s Intention
to depart, Mr. Bassett was eurprised, and
pressed hla inquiries further, when he
learned that the affair was enveloped In
considerable mystery.
LEAVING HIS LODGINGS.
Monday morning Major Smyth Informed
Mrs. Hirshback that be would leave town
that afternoon, and said that as he might
not be back on January 1st, be would pay
her his rent at once. Having done ao, he
packed moat of his effects in a cheaply-
constructed new trunk, which he had just
purchased, and rolled a couple of over-
costs in a shawl and did them up in a
strap. The trunk which he brought to
Savannah, a considerable quantity of cloth
ing and several toilet articles were left un
packed aboat hit bed chamber, apparently
indicating an intention to return before
many days elapsed. At 3 o’clock a hack
drove np to the door, the Major's effect*
were put in it, he stepped inside, took a
teat ou the rear cnshion, and was driven
rapidly away;
MR. BABBITT'S SEARCH.
Having heard the story Mr. Bassett was
completely nonplussed. At first he was
inclined to believe that the Major bad
merely gone to one of the inburoan re
sorts to spend a day or two, bat the m >re
he studied the facts the more untenable
the theory became. At last he determined
to make a search, and instituted inquiries
concerning hi* missing superior. All ef
forts to ditcover the identity of the hack-
man who drove the Major away failed. It
was learned at Mrs Hirtbbach’a that the
driver was a very black man with a heavy
mustache, and that his team oonaisted of
a gray and a brown horse. Inquiries at
all the livery stables in the citv ended in a
conviction that the conveyance is owned
in one of two stables, bat in each instance
the drivers deny having been employed on
the occasion in question. Whether the
man who filled the engagement was paid
to maintain secrecy or what is the cause
of his silence is unknown.
GOVRRNMR.NT FUNDS GONE.
A call at the Merchants' National Bank
where the government funds in Major
Soiyth’s possession were deposited, evoked
the information that the balance in the
bank, aggregating a trifle over $5,000, had
all been drawn ont shortly before the close
of banking honrs on Monday. Every
effort was made to keep the matter quiet,
and private detectives were employed In an
effort to find the Major and effect a settle
ment without publicity. The failure of
these efforts necessitated the notification
of the Washington authorities, with the
result already detailed.
CAUSE Or THK DISAPPEARANCE
Those best acquainted wi»h the Major’s
affairs are of the opinion that the explana
tion of his action is to be fonnd in a series
of financial reverses of which he has lately
been the victim. He is reputed to have
loet about $500 on the result of the recent
Presidential election, and other yen lures
of a gaming nature are said to have de
pleted his pockets of almost as much more.
Inability to meet these losses at once are
believed by the Major's friends to have
preyed upon'his mind to such an extent
as to have made him temporarily irrespon
sible for his actions, and while suffering
from an attack of this nature, as his friends
believe, he took the unexplained step
which fed to the present predicament.
MONEY L08T BY POSTAL NOTE8.
Figures Showing nn Utter Laok of Se
curity In Their Use.
Washington, December 31.—The report
of the superintendent of the money order
division of the Post-Office Department
contains eome interesting figures, which
show the utter lack of seenritv in using
the postal notes. During the fiscal year
the publio confidingly purchased upwards
of $7,000,000 worth of this paper, and at
the end of the year tbe department held
$157,000 to the credit of the postal note
land, which had not been claimed by its
lawful owners. Daring the same period
upwards of $22,000,000 in money
orders were sent through the
mails. Of this amount about
$800,000 was repaid to the senders and at
the end of the year $150,000 remained un
claimed. It will be seen that although the
value of money orders issued was three
times as great as the value of postal notes
sold, the amount of tbe latter unpaid at
the end of the year exceeded the former
by $7,000. Of course, a considerable pro
portion of those funds may have been paid
to the payees daring the thirty days suc
ceeding the olose of the year. Judging
from statistics of the money order service
and of the dead letter office, however, it is
more than likely that the postal note de
lusion will add to the money order funds
piled up in New-Yorkbyat least $75,000
for tbe fiscal year of 1885. This money
order fund now amounts to nearly a mil
lion and a half. Its existence shows the
one weak spot in the bvsinejs methods of
the money order office.
BOSTON'S CHAMPION BRUTE.
Knooker-Out 8ulllvan Beats and Kloks
an Unoffending Woman.
Boston, Decembet 30.—Between 5 and
6 o’clock Sunday evening John L Sullivan
entered Yeaton’s saloon, at No. 805 Wash
ington street, and called for supper. Rose
Booth, a waitress, asked him what he
wanted, and he made an insulting an
swer, to which the girl replied with spirit.
Sullivan arose in a towering temper and
struck her on the face with a wet driving
glove. He then hit her a heavy
blow with his clenched fist, cut
Ung an ugly gash over her right
eye, from which the blood spirted out
The girl fell heavily upon the floor. Not
satisfied with the knock-out he commenced
kicking her and caused her very eerioas
Injury, from which she Is reported to be
soil euffering acute pain. There waa no
one in the saloon who was able to under
take the task of putting him obt and he
sat down and coolly ate his suoper. His
team bad been standing at the door all the
while, and when he finished eating, the
champion went outside and began kicking
tho horse. When this ceased to amuse
him he got into his vehicle and drove lels-
iurely away.
When Miss Booth revived she was taken
to her home at Nc. 220 Harrison avenne
land attended by physician Roeth. Sulli
van called upon her yesterday and offered
to pay all her doctor’s bills and to make
every pecuniary reparation in his power,
and the helpless girl, who is a stranger in
the city, was doubtful, when interviewed,
as to the propriety of prosecuting the cow
ardly wretch. Mr. Yea»on. who keeps the
isaloon, io non-committal, but says he Is
prepared to tell tho truth at all hazards
when the time comes. Sullivan has not
Icalle i on her to day, and It is said he has
left for New York, fearing the consequen
ces of his brutal act.
TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO.
Cleveland Loader.
When Buchanan war inaugurated on
the 4th of March, 1857, Washington
hardly more than a village, iQAtipftqjl <
territory Ur*, enough /or an !ih..
city. It contained iesi than sixty thous
juat
faeh-
innabltan
ed the finest house*
capltol and above th>
able northwest part of t
a swamp, snd even the negro hnu' 1 which
later sprang up had not yetapueared The
whole country containei Isos than thirty
ndUtons M population. Still, the rectrJs
state that 150,000 strangers came to the In
auguration, and on the nirht of tbe 3d of
March thousjnds walked the street* to
keep warm, being unable to procure lodg-
logs. Several of the hotels, sma 1 as they
were then, had 800 guests regittt red, and
every boarding house was packed, hails,
cellar and garret.
March 3 was a bleak winter day, and the
rata .4 ki.
Prc»ident-elect roie before daybreak at his
borne at Wheatlands, Pa., ann had finished *
breakfast before he started for Lancaster^ i
InM*9*ril»gp. He had written and re-r
written hla inaugural message, and had
made only one change in it after he got to
Washington, A crowd of Lancgster citi
zens came to Wheatlands to eaoort him to
the depot, and a baud of music played
while he rode into town with hi* private
secretary, Mr. Henry, Harriet Lane, and
and another young lady in his carriage.
At tbe Lancaster station he found a spe
cial car waiting for him, built for the occa
sion by Robert Magrew, a railroad friend
of his. This car had painted window*, and
these ^presented the scenes about Wheat-
lands. Buchanan’s home. All along tbe
road from Lancaster to Washington ova
tions were given the President-elect, but
he arrived tn Washington two hours ear
lier than was expected, and the programme
of hia reception here was rather thin
He was driven at oface to the National
Hotel, which still stands on Pennsylvania
avenne, half way between the canitol and
treasury, and here he was crowded with
visitors. Nearly everybody was admitted,
and politicians, office-seekers and disinter
ested parties pushed this way and that to
get at him. That night, says Gohlght, he
received invitations to dine wiib President
Pierce, Stephen A. Douglass, and others,
but he declined all invitations.
All night of the 8d of March, 1857, Con
gress was in session. The 4th broke oright
and annoy, with an atmosphere full of tho
blanduess of spring. Aj it did so hun
dreds of people were already at their
stands to get an early watch point for the
procession, and the city hall steps, where
it was to organize. Were crowded.
At 12 o'clock the procession was formed
and it marched to Willard's Hotel, at the
head of Pennsylvania avenne, near tha
treasury, where the two Presidents, Pierce
and Buchanan, were to meet and to go
to the capitol in the same carriage. Presi
dent Pierce was a few minutes late. He
came in a private carriage, and the crowds
cheered as be and Buchanan shook
handset the Fourteenth street door of
the hotel and entered the open barouche
prepared for them. With them rode Sena
tors Bigler, of Pennsylvania, and Foote, of
Vermont The procession was long. It
was made up of military organizations,
citizens, and dabs, and in it were two
Ptonnlvaiiiaiii
walked sixty i
the inauguration
called him. One'
war, commerce
a liberty pole in
entyfeet with _ .
its top. The President elect was near the
head of the procession, and near nim,
throughout tne ceremonies, was a
physician ready to administer medit
c nes should the little touch which h%
had caught of the National Hotel dis*
ease prove dangerous. At the cspltol 60,-
000 people were present, and it is recorded
that Bean Hickman was among them,
passing from one to another and soliciting
small loans. The inaugural address was
delivered on the east portico of the capl
tol, and the President was duly >worn in.
As the oath wts administered it is said
it was as s'ill as death, and at the
close of the inauguration there were cheers,
salvos of artillery, and mnslc by the Marine
Band. The President then proceeded to
the White House, which ex-President
Pierce had vacated, and here Buchanan
received tbe people. The inauguration
ball that night was held It a room prepared
for it in connection with the city hall,
and thousands were present As
Buchanan came in. at 9:30. the band
struck up “Hail to tne Chief,” and here
another reception was held for several
hours, when the President left at about
midnight He took sapper before he went
away, and It Is said that the feast on this
f cession was very fine. Good wine flowed
like water, and there were 500 gallons of I
oysters and 800 chickens.
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