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Weekly and Messenger. ETABUSIBD 1826 » aiTlO nCRTS I lor General Grant. In viewot these tacts RFN. I O LMLDIOv yn'd ol a letter ol General Grant to Cymj U'- 1 ’ | | V. Field, further action injure it riterwas vaNDE rb.lt •WWV.T"' 0F ' F £* TO MRS. CHANT, MACON, F’ iDAY. JANUARY 16, 1885. VOLUME LIX NO. 7. „ , „ rd tha General Refuse It and ,u * lit on tne Forecloeura of the Mortgage on Their heal and personal Property. ■ -.a.-ntrllSD TO Til* ABSOClATgD PRESS.] York, January H.-The following ^rMpordence he,taken place: MO Firrit Asian*. January 10,1885.- u„ V. S. Or«m-0*AB Madam: So many miireoreseotationa have appeared in rc- “rd to tbe loan made by me to General Or,nt and rellrcting upon him and myself, Ih.t it teems proper to briefly recite the On Sunday, tie 4th ol May last, 0 acral Grant called at my house and „kfd me to lend him $150,000 for one day. J .„ him my check without question not because the transaction was business- Hke but simply because the request came from Gen. Grant. The misfortunes which 0I , r ,belmed him in the next twenty- four hoars aroused my ajmpathy and the of the whole eountiy. You and he lent roe within a few days deeds to your St property to cover this £hi,Mtk>u. end urged my acceptance, on that At. was the only debt of l ,hlch the General had personally Stunted, and th »’ e de< ^* 1 returned. Dodo! mv absence in Europe the Gen erst dellveretl to my attorneys mortgage, nnoo all his own real estate, household “k.and the swords, medals and works nl srt which were memorials of bis victo- rtesend present* from goTernmente al. overJhewoild. These serurltlee were, in mr-rni'nt, worth $150.100. At liis so licitation 'he necessary steps were taken bT judgment, etc., to redace these proper ties to lO-sess'on, and the articles men- tioLcd hare been thi* day bonght la by °>e end the .mount hid applied In the reduction of the debt. Now that I am at liberty to treat there things as my own, the disposi non of the whole matter most In accord ttdh ray feelings Is this: I present to you a, sour separate property the debt and judgment I bold against General Grant: also I be » orte-eea n pon bis I eal estate and allhousehn'd furniture and ornament-, coupled with the condition thattbe swords, commissions, medals, gilts from the United States, Mates, cities and from foreign gov ernments, and all articles of a historical valoa and interest aball at Gens rat's death, or, 11 you desire it. sooner be presented to the government at Washington, where the< will remain as perpstual memorials of his fame and of the history ol bis time. 1 enclose herewith assignments to yon of the mortgages and judgment*, a bill of isle of the perrons! property and .deed of trust in which the articles of blttorie value can best be enumerated. A copy of this trust deed «i I, w thve-ur approval, be forward- rd to tlie President ol the United States for depo.lt in a proper p'ace Trusting that this action will meet with your acceptance and approval and wlln ain-'est regards to your hoaband, I am, icry respectfully, W. II. Vaxpemilt. Naw You. January 10.—Dear Sin: Mrs. Grant tells me to answer your letter olth-i evening and to aay that while she appreciates your great generosity In trans- (erring to her t e mortgage given to secure my debt of $150,'X 0. sht canuot accept it in whole. She aircpta with pleasure the trust which applied to the articles enu merated In your letter, to go to the gov- nnment ol tb. Unite.I States at my death or sooner, at her option In thlsmat'er you bate enllcfovte-l the d'sfiositlon which J have contemplated making of th* arti cle". They will he fowarded to tho govern ment at soon *• arrangements can be made for their reception The papers relating to all the other p'op- Wy will b« minted, with tho request that you have it s >M mid the proceeds a:»- plied to the liqnidntioii of the debt which I ■o justly owe you. You have stated in four letter with the minutest accuracy the hlitory of tho transaction which brought me in your debt. I have only to add that 1 regard your giving me your check for the amount without Jmuirv as an act of marked and unusual friendship. The loaawastn m«> |.»Twonally. 1 got the money, as 1 belli fed. to carry the Marine Nation- al Dank over a day. being assured that the bank was solvent, bin ow ing to several *•11* seeded asdstance till It could call in its loans. I was assured by Ferdinand Ward that Grant and Ward had over 9600,• 000 to their credit at that time in the Muiue Dank, be,ides f 1.300,000 of un placed securities in their own vaults. I cannot conclude without as min* you that Mrs. Grant's inability to avail herself of your great kindsoat In no way lessena either her sense of obligation or my own Yonrs truly, U. 8. Ghaut. W. H. Vnnderb it, E*q. NtwYomc, Jan. 11,18*5. Gen. U.&Granl ~Mr DBAKbin: On ruyreturn home last n'pht, 1 found your fetter In anawer to mine to Mrs. urant. i appreciate tuiiy the icntinienta which actu at«- both Mra. G. and yourself in declining tbe part of mv proposition relating to the real estate. I regret the feels it her doty to make this decision, as I earnestly hoped that the spirtt In which the otier was made would overcoat* any eartitot Is MMPttaS It: but 1 must iuBist that 1 snail not he defeated in the purpiio to which 1 have given ao much thooght and obich 1 have so qmch at heart. I I will therefore, on fast aa the money ia received from the aaiea of the real eatate, deposit it in the Union Trust Company. With tha mor ey thus realised 1 will at once create with that company a trust, with proper provisions for the income to be paid Mrs. Giant during her life, and Pvtng the pow« r lo her to make »nch dU- poaition of the principal by ner will as ahe may select. Very truly yours, WM. H. VA5DIRDILT, Gen. U. 8. Grant. New Yo»k City, January 11.1835.—Dear Your letter of this date is rtceived. Mrs. Grant and I regret that you cannot ■«*pl our proposition to letain property Which was mortgaged in food faith to se- 8 n a debt of honor, but your generous termination compels na to no longer re- •1st Yours truly, U. 8. Graxt. Ur. W. B. Vanderbilt. „ lm Niw Yoek, Kuinl.v. Janniry 11, 1886. JW Jfr. Vanderbilt: Upon reeding Jour letter ol this afternoon. General want and myself felt that It would b* ungracious to rafuie your prinoaly and (vneron* offer. Herce hie note to you: Sot upon resection l find that I cannot and will not accept your munificence ia any —not -^Ueation that will always re- main, I temaln, youre. very gratefully jcua D. OnaxT. Mr. W. H. YnndethUt. , Tbe following statement Is made by a fner.d of General Grant as to the actum that was taken to protect tbe General and why tha movement (or raising n fund waa It, juet maSe known, hu preiorved to General Grant and tbe American people the treunred object* it we, the purpose ol bie other friend* to protect.” THE COUNTRY'S MONEY SUPf LY. Annual Report of the Director of the Mint on the Subject. |TELEGRAPHED TO TBE AUOCIATID PRIM.] Waehisoto-, January 11 —The director ol the mint bn* made hi* usual annual statement and estimate of the changes end increase during the year fn the United titates ol the gold and tilrer coin in tbe country, both the total and in circulation outside of the treasury. Tbe coinage, leas recoinagc hu been, ol gold $23,726,852 and of silver $28 119.978. The imports of Unit ed Btatea coin have been, gold $4,239,875 and of sliver $725,150, n total gain of $57,- 491,618. He estimates tlist $4,875,000 of A CYCLONE VISIT. Houses Destroyed, Corn and Fodder Blown Away, Large Oak Trees Twisted Like Straws and a Few People Injured. Millidoivilli, January 12.—About 12 o'clock last night n terrible cyclone passed over tha eastern portion of Jones county, about three miles north ol Haddock's sta tion, going in an easterly direction. So far M heard from no great damage waa done until it struck the place ol Mr. D. W. lis ter. Fortunately none ol the honsee were in its way, and the damaj -.i.iv-o t, u,„ wv was slight. United-dates gold" and ijio.Ooo"of"' silverf The next piece was that of Mr. It. D, Lester. Here the cyclone seemed to go nearer the ground, and swept away every thing in its track, The grove around Mr, Lester's house is cim cosed of large oaks. These were twisted and beaten about as il they lisd been so many straws. The or- ,is,0.0 ioi.no Ol saver com »«. chard, which was a large one; and filled net gain during the veer was in gold com with veloab'. Mid whole* fruit twee, is al- coin weretuelted for use in the mannfaffi tores and arts, and that six millions .)> trade dollars, constituting a part of tlip silver circulation In previous years, bav« been withdrawn from clrcn'ation. The export, of Untied States gold coin were $11,878 151 and of silver coin $522 43L Tbe net gain during the year was in gout com $11.213 573 and in silver coin $21,100 Tail, added to his estimates ol the total amount in the country January 1, 188$ makes the circulation on the flrat ol Janu ary. 1885. $563 000X00 gold and $281.000,6)0 silver—total, $827,06',000. A comparison of the corresponding amounts of paper in the United motes used as money, or at* tepietentallv* of coin, shows at the close of the year an in crease In gold certificates cf $28,599,232, of sliver coin $28,269 680, and a decrease In oink notes of $21,324,206-* netinersase of over $35,000,000. / In gold bullion in the mints awaiting ....... . nit ,t deit'oyed. Every outhouse on the place except one wee blown away, hardly vestige ol them being left. ITS WOE* OX THE BOISE, The dwelling house le greatly damaged The roof on one side is almost a complete wreck; both chimneys were partly brown down. All of the columns under the from porch except two were wrenched out end this pert of tbe house Is demolished. The cyclone pasted directly through the front yard, ami but for the strong manner in which tbe dwelling via constructed, It wonld have suffered much more damage. None of tbe Inmites of the home were hurt except Mr. Loiter, who waa Handing of the previous year. coinage on the first of the present monL — was $63,422,017, a reduction of nbonl$3,- in front of tbe fire at the time. He sue 000.000 from that on hand at the beginning mantelpiece anc on bis forehead. There is not t rail left on Mr. Lester's place, end at this writing It is difficult to estimate his lose. - Tbe neat place visited was thatof Mr. JYrdne He lost two horses and all c irn and foider was blown away. From here the storm passed over Mr. Cad Digby's place, blowing off the top of his honse. and went into Baldwin connty. It struck the northeast- edge of the connty, doing OBIAT OAMAOE and devastating everything in its track. The following list o( casualties end losses have bean reported up to this hour. At the place of Lee William", colored, on j Mopped: i "Two c fob* < three week* t re appeal i of urat ant's Ibedi medals, lidy. s countries and other H Hearing JM him to do ao, and that Mr. L»gatawa$tha only on* who could mantes him. Legate received a reply, but Willard didn'ri know iU content!. Scon alter Willard, at Legate's request, lent a telegram to tit. J ahn, in New York Steta, the wording of which be did not fully comprehend, bat It was sufficient lo convince him that legate telegraphed to 8L John for InffimcUpn*. and afterwarde, when ha asked Legate If be had beard from the dispatch, the latter replied that everything waa lovely. Nearo Lrnchad. Oalvkstox, December 13.—A News Greenville »pedal says: At on* o'dock yesterday morning Tcm Faddy, went to the house of Mr*. Webb, a widow, broke in ~ door and attempted to outrage the /. Her outcries caused tb* negro to See. He was apprehended some hour* af lerwarda and jailed. Lata last night 200 masked man demanded ihs prisoner. Th* sheriff, seeing that b* waa powerless, sur rendered the negro and the mob bugad h of a Co THE STORM IN ALABAMA. Great Damns.. Done to Property ni Several Persons Injured ITBLEOBAPHKP TO TH* ASSOCIATED rREeS.1 8clha, January 12.—Special, to the Times report that acyclone paaaed through Hale, Perry and Bibb connties, this State, last night. Its direction was from soath- west to northeast. Great damage waa done bonsea ard farces in its path, which waa about a mile wide. In Bibb connty, near Centrevili*, a man is reported to hare been killed and Mrs. Mason received serious injuries Several milla were wrecked and near Randolph two mules were killed. House* a mi e away from the path of the cyclone shook so the in mate. thought that the trembling was censed by an earthqo.kc. The damage to bonsea and other property will reach thousands of dollars Fore.ts are greatly damaged, nearly one thousand trees lying acro.s tbe road near Randolph. Moetooheby, January 12.—A cyclone passed about fifty miles north of this city and swept down timber lor the width ol hall a mile. A number of boure* were b'own down, but solar only one death is rejtorted. Trains cn the North and 8onth road are delayed several hours. The cy clone came irotu the southwest and went in n northeasterly direction. WILL MORE UTIOSTION ENSUE ' Two Will* of Mrs. Myra Clark Oalnss Of ferea for Probate. [TBLIUBASHED TO THE ASSOCIATED rails.] Naw Oelxaxs, January 12.—Attorneya rtpresenting Mrs. Maria Perkins Evans, wile ol W. R. Evans, to-dey opened suc cession proceedings and offered lor probate will ol Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines dated January 8. 1885, nam ing Mra. Evans as admlntatrlx of her estate. Mrs Gaines lravs* prop erty to this State and Washington Ctly. This will, the clerk stated, waa to Mra. Gaines's hand-writing, goon after these proceedings an attornev appearedI Inloonrt with another will, naming Wm. H. Wilder and James Y. Christmas as exeenton. Those persons were Astonished to hear that suectssion proceedlags had already been begun, and asserted that Mn.Gaineacould not write on January 8th, as she was too ill on that date. The will, they offered ta dated January 5, 1855. to nunrupative form, and signed with her mark, in the presence of five well-known ciUsens, who slaued as witnesses*. Alter a fewbequeita, Mr*. Gainee wills that her estate b* dis tributed equally among her six grandchil dren. BOILER EXPLOSION. gavarat Man Kilted In n Pennsylvania Mill- ITXLKOttAPHXD TO THE ASSOCIAT1D PRESS.] Williams poet, Janaary 12.—Tb* boiler to the sawmill of Weigel * Bobat, oppoaita this city, exploded this afternccn. F.t.r Houser andThoma* Parris were instantly tilled end seven other* seriously bnrt. j n - u,, judge of the Supreme Court of the Tb* force of the eiplodo nwas terrific, and District of Columbia to appolat a not a timber ol the mill wss left standing. The boiler was of 48 home-power capacity, This morning a visitor tv the ml eaidtc tbe fireman, Parvis: "That boiler tent safe.” To which Parade replied: "Oh. I'll risk it” It Is Staled that the boiler waa full a f holes and that aomeoltkem wereplnrgednp. _ . _ Chablestox, H. C., January 12.—The hollar to Flabbarn’a Phosphate Works, near Jacksonborv, exploded this morning, wrecking tha works. T. E. Thames, Geo. Hlott and Ransom Edmondston (whites) were eerioo.ly injured. Tnames will prob ably die. Five colored toborsm were nieo badly hurt. ST.JOHN'S CANDIDACY. Stas* Eiatns's Negotiations to Hass Him Withdrawn. [TELEGRAPHED TO TH* AMOCIATBD raisa.1 Leavexwobth, Rut., Jan. 13—Frederick W. Willard, ol the Timet ol this city, and a nephew ol James F. Lagata. pubhabae a card this morning in which h* lay* that at Mr. Legtta'a request he wrote and mailed a letter to & B. r.lkins, of tha Republican Ai inn piHcu Hi ajcc nniisiu^vuii/tLu, uu the old Cobb place, now owned by Mr. Samnel Evans, tbe dwelling boose wav blown down, also the stables, cribs and all out-houses, with corn, lodder, etc. Wil liams was badly hurt about the ehouldera by f.lliag timbers. The gin honse of Andrew Banks was blown away. .... A couple ol negro cabins on Mr. John Roy’s place were demolished. Mr. Tatum lost his gin house and all ol hts cabins. The chimney to his dwelling honse was blown down, and a colored wo men in one of the cablne on the place waa badly mashed by (ailing timbers and a negro man badly bruised about the head. 8TARLX8 BLOWX AWAY, Mr. Willie Hawkins had hit atables blown down and lost a valuable horse and had three mulei badly crippled. He bad a cyclone pulley on his stock. The path of tlie cyclone passed within a mile of town, striking tbe upper edge of Mr. I.. Carrington's and Mr. JakaGamut • places, doing no damage ol any conse- nenoe, however, at th* two latter placet, lere tbe rain poured down to torrents, and tha lightning waa fearful. Your correspondent was about eight mils, from th* path of tbe cyclone, and coni J hear th* roar distinctly. THE STORM IX MACON. About midnight tbe wind Yas fierce and strong. A noise like distant thunder waa heard over the city, and this mutt have been tbe roar of tbe cyclone on Its way through the upper portion of tbe connty. Abontl2p'clock or a few mlnntee there after the rata fell to torrents. No damage was dooe, ao (tr as we hare •en able to learn, except ■ slight damage to tbe roof of the dty ball mule lot. The wind rolled up a portion o( the tin roofing like a scroll, and tor* out one of the prop*. As the males belonging to the city ere quartered under this roof, they stood In gteat danger. Workmen were engaged yesterday to repairing tho damage. WASHINCTCN LSW. lorn* of Its Absurd Provlslona—Th* Compilation of n Coda Proposed. ITautoaAraan to tux associated frets.] Wasbixotox, January 12—The mem. hers of tbe House river and bsrbor com mittee are quoted u laying th* Mississippi river commission will receive about $2,000,000 under the river and harbor ap propriation bill, against an eatimat* of $10,060,000, and th* M aaourl river com mission will receive $509,000, against an as- SiSeStc c! J1,300,000. Tbe House to-day passed a bill Inatruct- *“ Supreme a to appoint a com petent lawyer to prepare * criminal cod*forth* dlitricL The report which aoeompanic*this bill aay*: “Tbacondi tion oftb# stalute law ol th* District of Columbia fa deplorable. Congress never foond time to ties the subject the atten tion abeolutely necessary. Repeated at temp a to provide a cod* have resulted to repealed failures. Th* chance of eneoees grows leu a* th* voinm* ol Congressional IrgUlation Increase*. To attempt at this time to pau a code would surely fall. But somethin! may yat be done which will meet tb* p resent needs and acre* aa a basis for a code In future. Tb* condition of tbe criminal law* in force her* is a public al. The laws of England prim July 4th, 1776, and the laws of Maryland aa they existed Febru ary >7, 1801. constitute the body of laws for th* punishment of crime to thi* dla- tricL Congress at lime* bu spasmod ically patched th* system, fanbetanttolly there hu been no development or Improve ment on th* laweot Maryland in fore* in 1801. Daring 83 year* some penalties and even crimes have become obsolete. Naw crime* hava been frequent that are diffi cult to punish under existing statute*. Confusion and delay result, which an able end upright bench cannot prevent, w, are told that unusuel difficulties arise to classifying offeneu na miadem or or leionlu, uncertainties u the result* o! conviction, mpe< _ disabilities and forfailnra, th* right of de fendants and tb* government to challenge' the qualification of Jurors, tha utection of talesmen securing the attendanceot witnes- tes from beyond tb* Jurisdiction and their compensation. Tb* laws against gambling nr* vary iooae. Thera are no degree* in mortar. A Jury is compelled to find mur der, or manslaughter, and criminals thus escape srith inadequatepunlahnicnL There is no penalty for incut. Adultery escape* with tha slight penalty of 4u0 pounds of tobacco, whit* blasphemy tha law punishes with boring throngh the tonga* srith a red hot Iron. Anon In tha daytime and anoa at night nr* not differeoUy punished. It was tong doubted whether the apprtltog crime ot Goitean could be tried and pnntahad to the district. Enough instances have Dean cited to show th* need of a criminal code. Other* should "Slow Thl*^* d ' n ^ Uo?: not be delayed. ALMOST A TRACEDY. A Drunken Canadian's Brutal Attempt to Murder HI* Famllp. Toboxto. January 12.—West Toronto Junction was tbe soen* Saturday night ol what came near being a tragedy ot more than ordinary atrocity. A family named Purielle reside near tbe Canadian Pacific depot Saturday morning Mrs. Purielle gave birth to a child and the husband went into the city to oelcbrate tbe event. He returned at 7 o'clock In the evening very drunk and ugly. After smashing furniture Purtelle seised a bnge carving knife, forced hia way Into hi* wife's bed room and asked It she was prepared to die. The wife faltered, “Not yet, John." Tbe brute tbeu left her to hunt his little daughter, who succeeded in getting away. He then cha.ed his two little eons at the point of a knife. The wife, tuou.lt inn weak condition, . caped to the residenca of a uei<hbor:ng magistrate, clad only ia her night garment. When the magistrate opened the door he ,was astonished to see a woman In white latl useless on the floor. Sne waa not recog. ..,ted at firat, but directly alter her little dknghter entered with a child fifteen nattitiie old and tbe trouble was explained. TJte magistrate issued a warrant 1or the er st ol Purtclie, and he was handcuffed d taken to Parkdaie, n suburb of Toron- L, then brought to tbe dty jail. Mis. urteile suffered frost the stiock and for ome time was not expected to live. For- ucately Purtelle was so much under the nfluence of liquor aa to be unable to direct is movements, or undoubtedly several, if ot all of the family, would have been murdered. Mrs. Lockwood's Petition. Washixutox, Jannsry 12.—Mra. Belv* [Ann Lockwood, the candidate of theeqnai /rights parly for Preeldent in thelatocam- paign.in her petition to the Hunts thr ogh Senator Hoar, asks that the votes cist for her in New York, New Hampshire, Indi ana, Iown, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland ai d California be counted, and that the electoral rote ol Indiana be given to her. She charges that the vote* cut for her were fraudulently and illegally counted dor tbe alleged majority candidate, tbe kaiite being antagonistic to - be letter and spirit ot tbe law and subversive ol every principle of equity and justice. tJbe also asks that tbe Senate "refuse to receive the electoral returns from tha State ol New York or count them for the alleged majority candidate,” (or had 1330 votes polled In said State tor your petitioner been counted (or her and not for one Gro ver Cleveland he wouli not have been awarded tbe majority ol all tlie votes cast at said election in add Suteb” Her reason for ukiag that the electoral vote ol Indiana becaet for her, the eeys that after tbe Electoral College of that State had cast Its vote tor the aforesaid Grover Cleveland itchnnged its mind as it nad a legal right to and did oist Its united hallo: (or your petitioner. ATELE6RAPHIC SUMIYIAhY a FRANOe - A Terrlfio Dynnmtte Explosion In Pern. erlvanie—Deetruotlve Fires In Au gusta a nd c no nnati—Buel. tea* Failures, Etc. MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY. Strarse to Say Detectives are Baffled*- Yet Soma Hava Oplrlone. Piranuao, Paxx., January 12,-One of the most mysterious robberies that haa been perpe:rated hereabout" for a long time past, occurred in Alleghany early yesterday morning. Thieves entered the residence of Dr. John D Shanor, at No. 50 Chestnut street, and secured $1,8001a cash nad jewelry valued at $400, allot which wero In a ears to tbe doctor's front cities on the front floor. Not a door or window to the honse showed signs ot hav ing been tampered with, and It is Impossi ble to tell bow entrance was affected. M rs Shanor stated that she bed rant her father to the bank on Saturday afternoon to draw $1,500 for her, and afterwards sent him back for $300 more. The money was placed in the oifieo safe. Mra. Shanor retired early and was awakened shortly after 1 o'clock by hearing come one walking about down •fairs. A few moments later the Wat startled by bearing tba front door slam, and going down atalra, fonnd every thing in di.order. In the morning she sent for de tectives. So far no aatfifactory doe baa been found to work upon. Someoftbeda- tectlva* are aald to b» of tbe opinion that th* robbery wss committed by tome one who WII thoroughly familiar with Dr. 8banor's csttbliahmentand knew the mon ey was in tha safe. SENATOR SHARON'S CASE. More Rich Developments Promised In the Celebrated Divorce Suit. Bax Fbaxcuco, January 12.— During tbe argument of the question ol alimony in the Sharon divorce case to day, tbe itfl la- vlt ot Nellie Brackett, one ot th* witnesses during tbe trial ol the eta* introduced, •tated the "My Dear Wile" letters were fixed by plaintiff alter the salt against Sbsvon wee Instituted. Th* affidavit ol Senator Sharon «aa read. It charged tb* testimony ol tha expert who swore the “My Dear Wife" letters were gtnn- toe, was given In accordanca srith a con tract wi'bG. W. Tyler, plaintiff's attorney, by which Gumpet was to racWV* $20,000 If until,tiff won tha anlt Tha contract waa duced. Tyler testified that he wrote contract and signed both bit and Gum- pet’s name. lleeald It waa a trap to find who waa distributing Sharon's money. W. H. Barnes, defendant's attorney, testified that 1. W. Lee, captain of tba dty detec tives, introdu.-ed him to John McLaughlin, clerk in Tyler'a office, ot whom Barnes purchased the contract for $25000. Con cluding hia testimony, Barnes said: “I believe now the piper le a fraud, and with draw U." Tha case was continued until Friday. BCIIUYLKR COLFAX DEAD. Ha D tt (Oddanlr In n Minnesota Rail road Station. [txleukafhed to the associated raxas.l Maxkato, January 13.—Bx-Vica-Preal- dent Schnyler Colfax dropped dead at 19:35 this forenoon at tba Omaha depot to this dty. Ha uriyedon the Milwaukee and 8L Pant railroad from tba East at 10 a. m., and walked to the Omaha depot, a distance of three-fourths ol a mile, with th* thermometer 30 degrees below aero. After arriving at tb* .depot, he lived about five minutes. It le toppoeed that tha axtreme cold, tbesuheeqnenf heat and over exertion caused a stoppage of tb* Alqcbta, Oa., Jantury 14.—Oto. P. Cur ry, banker and formerly proprietor of tba Summervi-le Mills, has been on trial In tbe Sopenor Court since yesterday morning, charged wilh larceny after treat, having misappropriated a $1,6)0 bond belonging to tbe Downer orphan fund, ot Bench Is land. 8. C. Foster & Lamar anil Harper Bros, represented the defendant, and So licitor-General Boykin Wright, asiistsd by L. A. Dugir, conducted the prosecution. The jury relumed u verdict of aullty, and Judge Roney sentenced the accused to five years In the penitentiary, the limit of the law. Immediate notice was given of n pe tition (or n new trial. This cats has elicited an intense interest, on account ol tbe prominence of the defendant and the auppoaed bearing tbe decision will haveon other cases pending ol salmllarcbaracter. The Bullock case in Savannah is the only other ease ol a conviction in Georgia on the same charge ol partial ol high stand ing. A disastrous coufitgratlon ruined the ■lock ol tbo wholesale dry goode house of 8, H. Myers last night about 1 o’clock.' Tbe employes had been taking itock, and are at a ioaa to acconnt for the origin. Tbe slock was vainad at $73,000, and waa In sured for $49,000. It will prove almost a total loss from fin and water together. No jasnage was done to adjoining build ings, IRON MANUFACTURERS. Tnav Propose to Reduce Workmen's Waxes Nearly 23 Per Cent. tTILBOBArHID TO THI ASSOCIATED rlist. I Pittsburg, January 14.—Tbe Western Iron Manufacturers' Protective Alliance held its third annual meeting here to-day. AU district* west of th* Alleghany moun tain! were represented. It was the largest gathering ol the alliance since tba organi sation. It wte unanimously oonclud-d Ui-t at the clcse ot tbe scale year. May 31, the rate for puddling shall he $4 per ton. The prevent rata is $550. The wages in finishing mills will be reduced in like pro portion. Tbe Amalgamated Association will this month begin the consideration in its lodges of next year's scale. An officer of the uaocietioo, upon being iutervlewd relative to th i action of the ntannfactu'erv, aald: “I have nothing tossy. It’s their privilege tomakeanv proposition that suits them. Four dollars >er ion hai not prevailed since 1801. Dnr- ng the winter of 1875 the rate waa $4.75 for a few months, which was preliminary to the adoption of the present yearly scale system.” EXPLOSION OF DYNSMITE. flaw of blood to th* heart. remains war* taken to charge by th* Odd Fallow*, and now lie In elate at Dr. Harrtogton’a reel fence. Word hu been sent tha family of th* deceased, end the President haa also been notified, and orders are now awaited. < Ohio Wool Growers. Columbus, O., January 13.—The Ohio Wool Growers’ Association adopted roao- lntion" calling upon all industries of tba United States to anile tor common protec tion against the fallacy of tariff for rsv- enua only, urging tbun to oppoa* the Span ish treaty on tha ground that It wonld de stroy tha sugar, no* and tobacco Indus tries, and calling upon wool growers to un ite in tba demand (or a restoration of tbe tariff of 1867 on wool, pledging them to support the party which rccogmxed their tolerate and demands. lien, and af- llw rank ot E"-atraI A Brave Conductor. PSTBRUCBO, Va„ January 13.—To-day while Nov 6 east bound fraignt train on tbe Norfolk end Western railroad was pasvii a point five miles from this city, on* of t. wheels of tha caboose bunt, throwing tha romthe track out leaving the trucks he rati*. Thi* train wastoilowed by da pas- SoTSS Ktdnetor cf No. « iin, which : uponby Wort? toe' bSS . t.ie . the nr< k am! i*r *• 1 i- i U« D’fclit. ordarto u. lie vat thrown over ■: *1 ciaa*i<ltr«bljr bruited Two Men Killed and a Town Badly Shtv ken Up* TaLEQBAFHED TO THE ASSOCIATED Fain.] Sohxrset, Pa., Jsnuary 14.—At tha 8om- wet Chemical Works, two milra east ot this place, where nitroglycerine and all grades ot high explosives are manofac tared, five men were at work In the pack ing house to-day. when dyriaufte was ig nited from a red-hot poker, with which one of the men was hiring a hoi* to a door. In a second tbe entire mit'dlng was in llamee. and the men, with their e'oibing all on fire, started to ran. and ware but a abort distance (r >m the building when 500 pounds ol dynamite, packed ready (or shipment, lvtog outside ol tb* bulkttog. exploded with terrific noise. Two ol the men were found about slaty rode away, burned to a critp. The other men were not leriotulj injured. Tbe ahock was eo great that people In this town ran Into tba ••reels, thinking their home* were falling. Window giaas was broken In booses half a mile from tba lean* ol tbe disaster. HACKED TO PIECE*. Diabolical Deed br a Murderous Nephew. CtiATTAEoooA, Jan tary 13.—News ol e most cowardly deed near Lorraine, Rhea county, on tba lint o( the Cincinnati Bonthcra Railway, reached tb* city yes terday. Monday night about 8 o'clock, an old _*n named Erane, who had been to Lor raine, started home up the railroad track. Ha had gone bat a short dialanoa when be was met by two young men nemed Jack Thompson end Henry Dunlap; the former !i hi: nephew. Seeing they were drank th* oilman tried to evade them. This seemed to irritate Thompson, and drawing a bngs knife, he plunged It Into Evens’ back. When the latter tried to escape he was seised by Dnntap and thrown down. Thompson then threwblwi*Uon|the help less man and literally becked him io piece*. Evans terged piteonsly for bis life, bnt the merciless ss’taalns paid no heed to hlspteadlng and finally left him, aa they snppoeed dead, within a few feet of the track. About five boars afterwards a section foreman dlecovered Evans in a dying condition. He was removed to bie home, where he related tb* detail* of th* •seueinetlon. Evans stated that b* rec ognised tbe two men when they tint at tacked him. and cave them no provoca tion whatever. News reached the city yesterday that Evans died about 0 o'clock yesterday moroiog. His body was cover ed with wounds and braises. The crime hu created wide spread indignation. Thompson la to cos tody. Phelan Catting Well. Naw Yoaa, Jan. 11.—Captain Thomas Phelan, who waa ■ tabbed to O'Donovan Rosin's office, continue* to improve, bat mi nnaal* to attond court to-dey. Naw Yoaa, January 12.—At the boepltal to-day it was reported that Captain Phelan wu progressing very laUifactorily. moat of tb* stab wounds'to tb* head and cheat being already healed. It ia exr-ectad that th* wound which fractured th* bon* of the left arm and th* moat •arione flesh wound of all to the lalt arm will b* healed by to- night. Tha Captain's wife ia with him, having arrived (onlay from Kansu City. Failure ot a (bo* Kaetora- BtxoHANrrox, N. Y., Jan. 14.—Tba firm of J. B. Gregg Jt Son, of this city, boot and shoe manufacturers, mad* an assignment thi* morning to Edmond O'Connor. Tb* liabtlilice ate from $120,000 to $140,000; nominal assets $117,000, rail assets $120,000. The Basqaehann* Vallay Bank I* among their preferred creditors for $7500. Th* employes of th* establishment ora also preferred to th* amount of $1300. The senior member of th* firm, J B. Gregg, le thought to he fatally prostrated bydne Premier Ferry Announces n Determina tion to Cor quer nil Tonquln, fTEIXUBAPUED TO T8I ASSOCIATED FEES*.] lr xdox, January 14—The Central News acconnt of tha proceedings In fhe French Chamber of D putlrs is as follows: Paris, January 14.—Jules Ferry, the French prime minister, this ermine, in th£ Chamber ot Depatien made an official dec laration ot the government’! Intention with regard to Tonqaln. Tbe declaration was partly in answer to an .interrogatory put forward by tbe opposition respecting the retirement of Gen. Campenon from the ministry of war. General Campenon re signed bis port folio on tbe 3d instant, be cause, contrary to hte advice the ministry persisted in tbe Ton- quin invasion He contended that ti e task wu unprofitable end unworthy of tbe repnblic, which conld not, be argued, afford to spare tbe 20.000 French sold ers eiieutid to tbe sncceu of the en terprise, to vie wo! the European situation stid tit- nr- vaing necessity of a more per fect mobilisation of the army of France. General riantpenon’s Idea was that this mobil aatlou was tho imme diate and supreme duty of the hour, aud it should it once be undertaken, with a view Pi giving tbe republio an available nt lliarv strength af tbree million men. Oenersil Lewel, of the Seventeenth army corps, who commended the Bhlne army dart- g the Franco-German war, anil who ia in tnomugli sympathy with M. Ferry’s views, waa at once installed as Gcd. Cam- penon’s successor. M. Ferry went bluntly in the point at once and announced ttiat tbe government Intended to immediately Increase It* energies in Tonqaln, end would not slop till It occupied tbe entire country up to the frontier of the Chinese empire. This declaration prodnerd n pro found sensation, and wu received with cheers and eonvlderabie disapproval. Among tha distinguished visitors who were present to hear tho ministerial announcement wu Frince Hubenlobe, the German embutador. U. Ferry, continu ing, said tbat the operations necessary to the proposed conqneat of Tonqnto wonld In no wise compromise the French mili tary strength at home orlnterfere with tbe ne-.es-ary general mobilisation. In say ing this the Premier fortified himself with the authority of Gen. Lewel, than whom there could be no military authority more respected by France. Thera were three millions of men in tbe Bepubllc, the beat soldiers in the world, ready to merch at a moment's notice in tbe cause ot France. It waa Impossible to longer keep tbe army In Tonqaln conch ing idly like banters, with their eyee fixed K n a single poinL That wu unworthy n army ol France. That army must be occopted otherwise. Tonqnto most he entirely occupied. The task was not dial cult. It would reqntre but an insignificant mobilisation. M. Ferry's speech, besides producing a great sensation in tha chambers when it wu delirered, hu astounded Parisians generally and mad* them quite serious, fhe general Impression it hu mad« may be described u grand. The pecple discuss it as il they disliked to he forced to templets the possibility of trouble. lbe Figaro aud Gauiois stale that France and Germany have come to a complete agreement In regard to the Egyp tian, Chines* and Cot go questions, r ranee engages to protect German oommare* to French colonies, end Germany promises In eonvidrrstion thereof to rapport France in her colonial schema. CENERAL CORDON'S PRIVATE CLERK. Secrotn'y of the Croat Intvr-Cnntlnentnl Railway and Steamship Associa tion Mlselng—Can the Entar- prfse Stand the 8hock? New York World, A messenger wee sent frumkhe office ol the International Railroad and Steamship Company, at No. 80 Liberty strut, Friday, to No. 101 West Fourteenth strut, where William H. McKinley, an employe of the company, lodged. Ex-Senator John B. Gordon, ol Georgia, tha president of tbe coutpacy, intended to go to Atlanta and rcqui-cn some valuable papers in the safe, the key* of which bed been totrnitedtoihr care of McKfnlay. Nothing had b -,-:i heard ol the latter since Wednesday, i.n.1 some anxiety wm manifested u to hfi absence. The landlady could give no Information u to McKinley'* whereabouts. Hs hsd , gone to his room, where he bad lodged for * a year, early to the evening. Alter taking s bath hs loft the boom about 9 o'clock. Nothing strange in bis appearance or man ner was noted. One fact, however, canted considerable comment. He wai a method ical man and very prods*, and, therefore, when bis bunch of office keys wu found on the floor the neat day, this exhlbtiim ol care earnest wu remarked. General Gordon called at the house yes terday. and after interrogating tba land lady, it la aald ha inatracted a detective tgenoy to discover, If possible, McKiuley'* wbereabontt. Inqulrln tbns instituted resulted lo partially aovIlLg another mys tery. Wednesday night jnat before tha terry boat Jersey City left tbe Deabroeses street slip on her 10:15 o’clock trip tor Jer sey City, a deck band picked up a high hat and an overcoat ot fine materia). Superin tendent Bl-tomshnrg, ol the Pennsylvania railroad ferriu, took charge o( the arti cles In tbeoverooat pockets tvalntble gold watch and chain were f- und and also an Adams Express Compaoy receipt tor a f tackvge. Thau were found to have ba nged to McKinley. His initials were on tbe watch and bis name waa on tbe re ceipt. No trace ol the ml-etog man haa yet been found. It la behaved that ha committed sale Ida. A vhort time before Christmas he appeared vary despondent He had not been to good epirits (or wukinn account ol a re duction in bis salary. But he gave alriend b understand that hia dsp euion waa due to an unsuccessful lure suit He had for a long Urn* bun desperately in love with a lady in the Snath, and intimated that be haa been given to nnderetand that his hopes of making her hie »ito conld not be realised. Between ChrUtmai end New Year’s be drank to excess sod appeared at h'S haute intoxicated every day loir a week or more. But he hail apparently fully re covered from the effects of this debauch when he disappeared He wsa a man of fine appearance, tail end dignified, Hie age wu about thirty- five and he ie said to be a native cl Geor gia. Ha formeriv resided In' Chmrlestoa, 8.0.. end hsd no relative* in this city. For Gen. Gor.lon he had the highest admi ration and that gentleman aerated to take great interest in him. He if reported to have been seeretary of the International Ballroad and Steamship Comp ny. and at any rate wu a trusted employe. The a-x- hock. Th* tailor* throve 125 men out of cmploym.nL An Anawer Wanted. Can any on* bring us a case of kidney or liver complaint tost Electric Bitters will not speedily cure! M e uy they cannot, u ‘ ‘ t of caws already permanently who era daily recommending Bright'* dia- or any urinary St gutcaty cured. They purify the gnlato the b»weli, end act direct- u las aud parte. Every boott* GREAT BRITAIN. COMMkXT ON THE FaBLAX FBACAI. Loxoox, January 11—All the newspa per* speak In a satirical manner ol O'Don- ovao ltoisa's prudence In being abient from bis office during th* fracas od Fri day. ibaTtmea eaye: “If there baa grain of truth iu ITidan’s rerelatlous they would offer sufficient cense to warrant the demsnditg ol Kearney's extradition. It hu Man a great nilvforrane hitherto (hat respectable Americans bare not sufficiently realiie-1 whit has transpired la tbefr midst. Their eyes are uo* opened and American law will uiuke short work ot Koua and his accomplices, if thsir guilt can be proTen. Tbe time has certainly arrived to set the law to mo tion.” stvcaa (tour. Loxoox, Jan. 12 — A severe gale prevails along lit* whole ol the British coail Dis patches from points where telrgrsph lines have not been pr istrated rep-rt a number ol veuels wrecke I and manv lives lost. fuxlax's SToar naxtto. Livekfoul, Jan. 12—Tbe uffi-.ers ot the National Llua Steamship Company atate tost Phelan’aatory about dynamite having been sent to Eugfitul on tbe Queen la nil Invention pure aud simple, fodvnamite wu ever found on any ol tbe National Ltnesleanierf. •Boar's AXTgcanxxTs. Loxoox, January 12—Richard Short, who mad* the attack oo Phelan, was ins pected by tba Irish police authorities to nave been connected with the Cork dyna mite conei-lrecy. Wbao Fbatherstotie was arrested in Much, 1383, Short’s house wu searched. Short thereupon went to Ameri ca. Hu wits returned to Cork aoms tims •go, anil ia now in tlie work-house there. Phelan u-iated Kearney ts leave England when tbe Utter wu ins pected ot being a dynamite conspirator by tha Glasgow pultce. Kearney used to be a signalman of tba Caledonian railway at Glasgow. He left bis signal box just be fore tbe railway company a works and the co.poratfon gavw.uks were mad* tba ob- jrcla ot ailvmtniiti: outrage. He had at tended dynamite meetings and associated wilh Fratbentona. Kearney wu traced to Edinburgh; (nun there toN*wcutle-oo- fyn* ana from there to HnlL From Hull he escaped to America. Kearney, ft seems, wu not suspected ol being ooone.ted with th* dynamiters and remained in tbe Mr- vloa of Caledonian railway till March, 18(0, whan his connection with them was dU- Closed during the trial ol ten Glasgow dyn amiters at Glasgow, FRANCE. oraaATioxs ia tie bait. Paris, tannery 11.—Admiral Courbet hu been ordered to occupy Tamsut before February and after garrisoning Kalnng endTamauitorale*th*blockade ol For mosa. Admiral Peyron, minister ol marine, hu sent an official c-rmmanlcatlon to tba cbtafa of th* marina department, in which b* refers to aprobattteexpedition to Pekin, and says tbat to tba aveot of tbe expedition being mad* tb* Out will b* place tba airect control ol Gen. Sewal, ot war. Gen. Brier* da- L'lal* telegraphs from Tonqaln to Gan. 8*wal announcing tb* ar rival of 3 200 rein forcamanta to th* best of beallb and spirits, and atatat tbat be la ready to march upon Langaon. A DUEL. A duel wilh swords, arising out of tb* acquittal of Mmt. Hugues, has taken piece oa th* Belgian (rentier. The medeme'e champion wounded hia adversary aereraly, CERMANY. A xrattle at ababchists. Bsbux, January 15.-At Frankfort-on- the-Malnlut night a police commissioner named Rumpff, who bed been active to tb* prosecution of Socla'iste, wu found dead to front of hi* own house, stabbed to the heart with two wounds. Hts aasurin la unknown, hot tbe act ia charged to th* at count of friends of thr Anarchists re cently tried at Lsipslc. to whose trial he wsa concerned. tbat McKinley had atone time been en gaged to that lady, RAIDED BY ROBBERS. On tha Ssccnd Attack Thtiv s Find $),- OOO Of n Farmer’s Mon»r. Delaware, Onto, January 11.—News reached this city late Saturday ai -nonn of the robbery, to the Mthwi. irtof th* oounty, of Mr. Levi JUIck i th* Thursday night preceding. Mr. L'.dick, with his wife aud (laughter, ay mg wo men about twenty years old, lire in a comfortable home on tbe east able of tlia Scioto river. Their ncar-»t neighbor liver nearly half a mile from them. Between 8 and 9 o’clock they were sit ting in the kitcliei Jurt previous to rotir- to«. when they v-ere surprised to hetr a knock on the outside door. Mr. Lhb-'k arose to answer tlie summons, bnt bet-ire he could do so two ntisked men opened the door and entered. Tlie ttenllemui demanded of them their tuvinesr, when they each drew a revolver and order ed him to throw up his hinds. This lie refused to do and bscke-i, thr.-ugh the do)r to an adjoining room, with me inten'ion ol securing nls ihotgun. He was closely pursued by the burglars, one of whom pressed itis revolrer close to him and nr-Iered him to stop or he would shooL Mr. Lldlck then said: ‘Tt'e no damned use for yon fellows to try litis game on me, tor I know you both." Thli teems to have scared them, for the larger of the two men, after trying uniuccvsafully to kick open the door, nicked upachair nod threw it through the window, when they both jumped out end escaped in tne dark. Mr. L. then started for a neighbor’s hou-o to get aid, an-1 u aooa uheK.’t ths honse they returned, and after tjtog tlie two women, SO that lh»y conld nos give anv further alarm, they went up-"tairj, white, after a little ra; sacking, they utr- ooverej $1,000 wrapped np to an old drets, which Mrs. Lldlck ba-1 recently got from her father's estate. Afi-r ucuring this they left, going east toward tha Colnmbns, Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad track. Upou tha gentle man retn-niug lie found me thieves had gone, and owing to tba dm knees ot tha :,ight he wu un Ale to track thtrn. why the matter wu not reported t j tbe authorities ft Is impossible to stale, bat inch i* tbe cate, and no newa cf the a:!air reached this city nntU yeaterdss Mr. Lfdick is vary well to do, bnt feels hi* lou heavily. lie says he bu no i-lea who the pettier were, bat th:ulu they mast have been well acquainted wim the premlMs. The prevailing theory Is that they ere the same partis* whomur- dered tlie night watchman at Coiambus on that night, and they had just about tirna to make th* night express on tha Coluta- la., Hocking Valley and Toledo road aftar committing the burglary, an-1 their da- scriptlon tailies exactly with the murder- It Is thought that through Ihl* alistr • cisw msy ba obtatoad to the perpe trator* of both jobs, aul that they will prove to bt the ume parties. WOULDN’T LET THEM SKATE. Ten Suita Under ths Civil H *ets Law-A Mother-In-Law W.th Btood In Hsr Ere. Mount Ybbbox, Obio, Jannsry 12—The first css* probably that bu occurred ia this State under th* ctrtl rights bill passed by the Legislator* Iut winter la now agi tating this community. Cunningham Brothers, of Indiana, Penn., erected a roller-skating parilion at this point, which wu opened to the public on tha 7lh ineL Bererri colored persons, male and (smalt, applied to'ad mission and tendered rnonen hot they were refused. They consulted attorneys, and u a ruuli ten eulti were commenced to-day against th* propriaton of the rink, to each case damages being fixsd at $100, Jukii iTbrYte. rt Morri. towuahlp- wu arrested today on n warrant aw* out by Mrv. Jenny Coiemtn chs'g da the plaintiff. They mm her 11, but Jackson, who l twochUdxe-r, (i(S"rted bisc said, ard made himself n: ! L rlftwrx bring bia lo ■