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THE CONSTITUTION
VOL. XVII.
ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MOMLN&. AUGUST 12 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE BAY STATE.
OUR BOSTON LETTER SUMMARIZ
ING THE SITUATION.
The Political Situation aa Viewed la Boston-Ths
Dude la Politic*???The Groat * Party Spirit-
Cleveland'* Prospect* Other Yankee
Kotiona???Steking the Resorts.
Special correapondence to the Canstitatlon.
Boston, August 4.???'???Where will it strike
next??? lias been the cry of the republicans in
this state ever since their late lamented nomi
nation, when the placid and ponderous party
hock of jqprnalism, the Boston Advertiser,
suddenly bucked, threw the party harness oil???,
and bolted untrammelled toward the de:i
oralic pasture,and day and day has seen tho
men who have been towersof strength ti> the
republican party in private life coolly leave
those ranks and give in their time, money and
influence to defeat the samo parly they had
loved so well. The disaffection among such
men is numerous. Beginning with tho com
milteo of one hundred, of whom Colonel Charles
B. Cod man is chairman, and who presided
over the independents' convention in New
York Tuesday, end which committee took its
birth from n mass meeting held in Tremont
Temple, June 13, it lias gone steadily forward
until the whole stato committee is honoycomb-
cd and dismayed. Well they may feel bluo
as they tee the ???bar???ls??? being removed from
their political cellar to tho rival establishment,
newly renovated and with a nice largo addi
tion rapidly being finished. With tho execu
tive chairmanship vacant for several months,
Secretary Flagg rust resigned and Chairman
Henry Cabot Lodgo going out in September,
the ge&tlo render can stake his pilo on, tho
fact that it is a house of mourning at tho re
publican headquarters; that thoro is considera
ble wailing and sumo gnashing .of tooth
amongst the younger members, (tliriUis to say,
what few tlicms are,) and that everything por
tends that extreme frigidity which is charac
terized by snow in the wood box or ico in tho
teakettle. It is a singular (?) fact that at tho
republican ratification the speakers were all
cfliceliaiders and cx-officeholdcrs who wonted
to recuperate, and all of these men who canto
into the ???grand old party??? after it had got
well started and hove stuck there ever since.
Some there were, such ns Governor Itobinson
who, tlu ugh lukewarm toward th
???plunk-11-plunk'* statesman from Bque
dunk, . Mill considered that his otli
cinl position, the gift vt the republican party,
constrained him to indorse tho party???s nominee,
but there is little question whore his heart is.
Also John 1>. Long, tho young and versatile
representative to congress and ex-governor.
But it is much to bo feared that honest John
bus put his foot in it, ns ho ha3 always trained
with the independents, and tin y have put him
lot ward and hir chances for United State sena
tor (his darling ambition) are somewhat dam
aged either way. It is r.o secret that l:is moral
backbone 1ms yielded under tho blows of that
terrible club, tho word ???dude. And now just
here let mo eny that this word, formerly sode-
.vriptivc and effective, baa lost its forco and
??? iiift-i iug by being misapplied to every oao
who dietxs anyways decently, and it is there
fore ecu; ideml rather a compliment than
ethetwife. V-
1
oi.es* ie(erred to under That name in Masui-
chiuctt* ere doing such effective work, a thing
no ten! dude would do. The ???(esthetic??? Hcu
of Ln* ing ideas is something tho regulars can
lOttoIciT.to in the independents, but ns tin
rej uj/icen party owed its oxtatenco to tho ab-
olithn him or sentiment, they would do well
to remember tho past history. They would
have di no well tohavo taken up with some now
ideas niter having worn out tho old
cu es. The memorable question of Flanagan,
of Flanagan???s Mills, Texas, ???What aro wo hero
for if not for the offices,??? us propounded in tho
republican convention in all its brutal frank
ness, mm* to be the only issue for tho repub-
. licnn party, and all who behove there exist
??.ther and inoro living issues for this ouco
great party, aro denounced U3 pharisoos and
??????holier then tlious,??? and since tnoy havocom
bined to compel attention to their views they
rro classified under tho uudeflnable mysteri
ous genius ???mugwump.???
Cut this calling of names does not seem to
terrify tho bolters, as n visit
to their headquarters disclosed
the (net thut 8,000* republicans will vote
Against lllaino anil Logan, being pledged to
do so over their own signatures. This will
undoubtedly give tho stato to C???lcvoland un
less Butler runs on tho anti-monopoly and
greenback tickets. Tlio labor nue??tiou4leetni
us though it would take a more important part
in this campaign than ever before. A party
who saw tho legend over tho door of tho
Boston Journal couched In thsso words, ???Pro
tect American Labor,??? laughed outright aud
said: ???There fs one of tho lea ling cords to
be played in this campaign. Biit what a
farce it is.??? The labor vote will center on But
ler if be should stand on his tainlmi nomina
tions, which I am assured he will do by men
who ought L> know. But Butler is foxy, and
his best friends admit that ho has said nothing
definin' ns yet. If he docs not ???consider it
advisable??? (or him to run it will b) bi-caiuo
he knows what will be fur hia ovru bo*t inter
ests.
The real reason, ns far as I can make out as
to the alleged opposition on tho part of tho
workingmen to Governor Cleveland, is that
their It :.*????? rs consider that the democratic par./
lms not given its sanction to the planks brought
forward by Butter at Chicago, which wore
in the inti iest of the working classes, and so
Cleveland's vetoes aro brought forward again .1
him. There is no concealing tho fact that
down among the trades union knight* of
Inlior etc., there is widespread discontent
which is Tormented by the lender* for some
special purpose, and they would even risk the
defeat ot their natural party (tho democratic)
tif cure mj as* their end.
That tills rupture exists would?)'- worse than
useless to Ignore that is for any who pretends
to observe the signs of tho times, and chronicle
lb* in faithfully. As yet you have not in your
ffctinn that large system ??? of iududry
which masses population in citiei
i.iid greet manufacturing centers
ml which, according to Rev. Washington
tDtddtn, in the current number of the ???Con
ti ty,??? afford* mi explanation for the increas
ing t fleet of tho ???Three Dangers??? of which bo
treats. Under this head he consider* the
1 ails rf intemperance, the deterioration of re-
??pert for the family life and gambling, Irs
???considering the first he present* in no way ex-
tune views, but show*, in a coa*crvative yet
energetic way, tho destroying element* m-
gendered. In???a manner not easily refuted.
Ae to tbc second danger, he presents a tew
fetls it relitten to Massachusetts which arc
lather interesting, iu view of the remarks of
Fcr.atcr Brow n in the United State* senate.
???The population of Ma??aehu***tL?? inerea*e;l
percent from Ivd to IviU, while than tm
Li r of tnc rritns only iucreov.d 25 pc- cent,
an? the i.vn.!?? r of Uivorv* in r. .:-el It per
(fat. In there wa* one divorce ter every
fifty-c!. marriages; in 1878 on - divorce fo.*
rvt???ry tvittr i jif marriage*. In other state*
the pr-1 ??? rt:??? 1. I* even worse.???
1 he got..???ding in stocks now so prevalent
i- l anded iu terse and vigorous style*.
Thera three ??-vi!s are indeed irritating
t. the brdy politic, and in the firrt and
tmrd may be found two {powerful
1 caroi i d???tlrc of trade* union* and their
inevitable conflicts with employers. This hai
censed the. latter to transfer their banner*
where trades unions are * not and will lead, as
no doubt it has done, to many Now England
cotton and woolen manufacturers transferring
their business to the south.
In tho meantime tho laborer turns to the
ballet for relief, and hence on element is in
troduced into this as well as previous cam
paigns which demands rather loudly more re
cognition than it has yet received.
The ???dog-days!* aro now upon us and tho
goy biuls of passage flit through the city on
tlicir way to the White mountains, Newport,
Mount Desert and the Beaches in
countless swarms and divers colored plu
mage. Tho Eastern, waters aro ntivo
with yachts and tho roads ore overrun with
touring 'cyclists. There was n large party
who ???wheeled??? quito a largo portion of the
way from Chicago. All things considered, it
Eccnis as though this great American nation
wi s giving up more time at this season of the
year to tho simple business of amusing them
selves and thus driving away tho demon dys
pepsia than ever before. Dickens's criticism
o! us as a ???nation of shopkeepers,??? is rapidly
Using its force, ns pcoplo begin
life,
e that ???business??? is not everything in this
fo. -
Tlio tendency is to recognize and reward
merit higher ond more fully than it ever ha*
been, ns for instance the case of Lieutenant
Itbrdcs in the City of Columbus disaster. This
ho been more fully exemplified by tho 011-
thurinsm here over Lieutenant Grecly which
would have culminated in the grandest time
e ver seen in the old town of Ncwburyport, his
rid home, had lie been able to stand it.
VTilhud.
THE MURDERED CAPTAIN.
The Story of the Tragedy on the Jalln
Raker.
Kkt West, Fla., August 4.???Mato Walker,
of tlio schooner Julia Baker, who has been
personating Captain Lewis, the dead master
ot that vessel, was to-day arraigned before
Ocmtnisiionor Locke, on the chnrgo of running
away with Jhe vessel and disposing of her
cargo. Tlio testimony proved that the master
was &iek when tho vessel sailed, and
continued so for six days. On the
sixth day tho men at tho
wheel cow the captain fall from his chair in
the cabin. He was picked up by the mate and
teaman and Utyed 011 a mattress on- the cabin
tlcor. They then administered something to
him from a bottle. The master died in a few
minutes. The mate imiucditcly changed tho
vcseel's course so as to reach tho Bahann
islands. She was originally bound for Trini
dad. Arriving at ???Fortune Island??? the mate
told the deck load of lumber and then went to
lignin, where' he sold some flour ami bread.
Tho vessel was' taken to an un-
inhabited island, where she met
a small schooner. The meeting ha l
probably been arranged in Inguin.
Th?? vcsspl took on bonrd 12(1
barrels of flour and departed, Mato
Walker going with her. Walker returned with
her in five days, having been able to sell only
twelve barrels of flour. Ho gave the small
sdicenerlwenty barrels for the service, an l
the left. The steward ran away in her, jump
ing on bonrd over the Julia Baker???s ??tern. Tno
latter came directly to this port when tlio bal
ance of her corgo of (lour was offered for sale at
five dollars per barrel. Walker was held in
tlie sum of ??2,000 for trial at tho November
tci m of tho court.
A WILD CAT FIGHT.
most remarkable fights in the history of-sport
ing occurred at Coal Valley, twelve mile*
north of heie, Inst night. It was a fight for
$500 a side between u wild cat or mount!*!
lynx, weighing twenty-two pound*, and thiv
bulldog*. At five o???clock time was called,
ai d n < ut Mid a dog were placed on oppodto
rides of tlio pit. Tlio eat was fastened by n
ebl!ii to prevent its escape. Tho dog sprung
toward the cut. The latter slipped
Mid alighted ou tho dog???s back,
fight grew furious. Tho dog rolled over nud
over, but was unable to dislodge th* cat.
Finally ho secured a hold of tho feline???s log.
The cat backed the dog into a comer and tore
is leg loose. Bull caught the cal on .the left
boulder. The cat twisted its bond Ground,
and catching bull by the hack of tho n?????ck
began to tear tho flesh. Iu two minute* the
deg was dead. The round last eleven minutes.
A dog of celebrity vfas next introduced iuto
the pit. Tho fight was fully as terrific ns tho
Jiist, but at the cud of seven minute* tho sot
and dog was dead. A Charleston sport had
deg which lio oflered to wageo JjloO the cat
mild not kill in fiftcccn minutes. The cat,
alter the most furious light of the day, kill oil
hi* third antagonist in thirteen minute*. Ona
them and persons witnessed tho fight.
EXPELLING PAYNE.
THE FROZEN N0I$j
THE DEMONSTRATION IN'#*:
OF GREELY'S RETURN. '
^JgP
Tbe Leaders of ths Hstom Takes a Drlvjtp
Portsmouth???Tbe Review YcsterdiijNr
Ten Thousand Persons on the W(R
A Kaanlflocnt Naval LijplsyJ
Doi.TioiorTH, N. II., August
Grcely hod a refreshing night???s ??
day night and took a drive through th* navy
yard and around tho city Sunday
miral ond Mrs. Wells. All day Si
tort* of water craft plied between th
tho lower harbor laden with visit:
war vessels lying at anchor,
crurse, centered in the Arctic fle*
estimated that 8,000 or 9,000 person
the Bear, the Thetis and the Alert,
gcons have decided to permit Moj
and his littlo party of survivors to to
demonstration. Tho entire party
cntly well and in tho best of spirit*,
is absolutely packed with stranger!
the hotels in this section have mnro n^pli
tions for rooms then they enu possibly fill.
Nearly all the buildings in the city nffhmd-
comely decorated.
TIIK DEMONSTRATION. i
Portsmouth was carried away with Enthu
siasm to-day over the demonst'ratiimkfiih inor
of Lieutenant Greeley and his It
was a joint affair between naval niaHl au
thorities. Tho procession was hendeJBy the
officers and crews of the rescuing*ilel't. tho
Thetis, the Bear and the Alert, and in it, in
carriages, were tho officers of tho Nor A Atlan
tic squadron, the city authorities, nlcrctary
Chandler, General Hazen, Congress it. ??n I5??n-
A Military Rnid la Progress Against tho
Oklahoma Invader*.
Cai.dwkll, Kansas, August C. ??? General
Hatch has moved his headquarters from thi*
ily into thu field yesterday, his camp being
Iwenty-flvo miles southeast of tho
Chiebuckio river, whore six companies
ot th?? Ninth cavalry are eoneenfratod. Hi*
future movements havo not been made public,
but there is no 4??ubt that from this time for
ward tho blows will fall thick and fast until
the last intruder has been expelled from Ok-o
lr.kcma. An impression prevail* that the Noit
t IkchfinlIs, a few mile* below Ilunncwell,
rill be raided first, tlio printing press and
belongings confiscated, and tho content* of
the Eotoriona drug store destroyed, and tint
Payne end his ringleaders will bo marched to
Smith to answer numerous Indictments
in the federal court. Tho valley settlement
will probably Ic eleared un next by a detach
ment of troops, Etriking nimnltaneouslv from
numerous camps along 41)1! Cimmarron anti
North Fork of the Cnnndian rivers. Every
deration possible will be showu women
and children, but the men,
rcciolly the old offenders, mail
ko the consequences of their unlawful
M.d high-banded conduct. All their improve
ments will b??* destroyed. The best informa
tion cttoiwtbh* place* the number of ???iloom-
pt _
CHEATING IN WHISKY.
Hour n Western Whl*fcy Hou???? Trio* to
Podge thu Law.
l ft til suto x, August 4.???Information In*
receive*! ftt the treasury department that
the ini* motional distillery company, of D 1-
MoinCs, Iowa, is ??biptdn/' distilled spirits ito
dr. under export bond, and without ua-
oaulng it frcni the ear*, attempting t?? bring
it beck into the Uuitrd .State* at tho more out-
rn poits. The laws of the dominion of U??n-
* 'o nut permit the importation of distilled
j.nits 'in |??ckagcs of le*s
???paeiiy than one hundred gallons, and
> domestic spirits arc put up in package* of
css than that size, the foreign custom.* mho
(rtifieate necessary to cancel tho export bond
??? iiM net bo procured, instructions have ac*
1 niingly teen i??.u??e*l to refuse bond au-i ??? b*ar-
thc spi i
o.uy Have gone kc
tiliterB ure ui??truc
and turn them ov??
inttmcl revenue f<
ortho
id to hold them o;?? crrival,
r l<> the proper olfi*er of the
r the payment of tbe tax.
Baldwin Locomotive Work* Horned.
PufiaDELrHU, August 4.???A fire broke out
in the* engine room of the Baldwin locomotive
works, corner Broad and Hamilton streets tbis
city, to-night, and deatroyed tba machine and
loci shot i end a large number of valuable pat
terns. The total loss Is estimated at $>4,9#0.
Tto ir.itirsrcc cannot be learned lo-r.ivbt.
The fire i* supposed to h&vc been causad by
lightning.
a detnehmene of marines, tho saiiqfi< fri*M tho
fleet, tho local military aud civil organizations
and citizens. Tho town is felled to itH*tmo<t
capacity with visitors, who camo by rail and
water long distances. The roscucd nt&tt con
tinue to improvo daily.
TUB KVKNIXO CELKBBATION. *?????? ?
The meeting of citizens at Music hall thi*
evening to extend tho official welooraa'of tho
city of-BorUniouth to Lieutenant Gr-cl.. and
the rumiindcr of his erew, was hirgol/atLmd-
cd njnd was chnraeterize??l bpr tinbotiudc l en-
tliusioMn. In tlio auditorium then was a
r?? presentation-of Portsmouth???s forenwit iti-
zciis. On tbc stage wero tlio otVio<m??p} tffB'
NcitliyVtlautic squadron and tho ArtfejBjMtat;
licet. In the front scats iu tho orch:???.-U , a . h;
the crews of tho Thetis, tho Bear - u l th--
Aleit. These sailors wero enthusiasti ally r ???
ccived by the audience when tjioy 0:1 r-il, -
wero their officers when ilu*y shot-:!/ 1 1.-r
wards took scats on Clio stnVe. .S'or^.i.-)
Ctwndlcr, General Hazcn, Admiral' L < ?????'
Commodinjo Wells, General B. F. BhU . il >u
S. J. Knuunll, Congressman Itoitiii io-:. 1 X 1
York; Governor llulo, of New Humpi'ia^ni
Fcnntor Hale, of Maine,* also
teats *oii (ho stage. Tlio
ing was celled to or.l r : f??y
liev. ^V. A. McDiugley, who very IwicfiV
stated in eloquent terms tho obj ^iu
meet ing, ltov. W. 11. Alder th- 1:1
ting prayer and was followed Ly ':..y
4i *>i v X ,,..
... :
- . _ jr presided and gave his au-
dimed n history of Greeley's expedition and
of the different attempts to rriiovo it.
Sr.CXKTABV CIIANDCP.R'm KUI.OatUM.
8??cretnry Chandler closed with a high ou-
!cgium ni'on the offiesrs anil 1 ion of tho roseu-
ing (Xpcuition, thanking each of the three
roinmacdiug officers j*cr.??onally lor their gal
lantry and success.
Governor Halo followed in a memorial nd-
dress.
Next curne ex-Snuiker Ilnndall and Honator
Hale.
Mr. Chandler hero announced that it was
iini'ossiblo for Lieutenant Greolyand hi* parly
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Tlio Terrible Disaster to the United States
Hotel lit Washington.
Washington, August 4.???Tho back part of
the United States hotel building, on Pennsyl
vania avenue, a short distance west of tho esp-
itol, fell in without warning Sunday evening
and buried in tho ruins a number of inmates.
Tlio building lias a frontago of 125 foot on
Pennsylvania avenue and a depth of 185 feet,
the rear end opening upon an alley lending
frem Third to Four and a Half street. A small
)wrtion of tho rear wall was first to give way,
ond a general collapse of tho whole rear por
tion immediately followed, sending up great
clouds of dust. A general fire alarm was
stundod, which brought to tho scono of tho
disaster n number of fire engines aud
hook and ladder companies and
a force ^ of tho police. There
were about forty-fivo persons iu tho hotel nt
tlio time tho disaster occurred, including
S ursts and employes, and it was impossible at
r*t to ascertain how many *voro buried in tho
mi ss of debris which occupied tho ground
upou which tho rear portion of tho building
kid riood. Cries and groans could bo heard from
the ruins, showing that all who wore thero im-
1 risenrd M ere not dead. A largo forco of hands
went to work,.and in the course of an hour
Enimst Snooks, a boy eleven years of ago, and
Annie Dickson, a colored chambermaid, were
taken out, both alivo but badly injured.
Til 1C NUMHKK IXJL'RKD.
gs Iu tlio meanlimo it lias been ascertainol
^fliflt the number of persons buried in tho ruins
did not, probably, exceed aoven, vis; Mrs.
Beldcn, wife of tlio proprietor; Enrueat Snooks,
0 boy cloven years of age, son of a restaurant
keeper next door, and live colored survant*. It
is feared tlintthoso who havo not yet been res
cued are dead. The part of tho building which
foil contained chiefly rooms appropriated to
the 11*0 of employes ot tho hotel, and it is be
lieved that none of the guests havo boon killed
or injured. The United States hotel is ono of
the eldest structures iu tho city, and is snbl to
have keen lor a long timo in nu unsafe condi
tion. Tho barkeeper is reported to havo
made complaint to tlio inspector of
buildings some days ago with regard to it*
conditlon.dangerous cracks in the walls having
beer.mo visible on tho outridu. Tho poftiou
which fell was erected about twontr-flvo yovrs
ago, and was livo stories in height. Up to
midnight but three persons htu boon taken
out tr tho ruins???nil of them alive. Theso
were Lad Buooks, Anna Dickson, chainlior-
maid, and Mrs. Bolding/ wife of tho proprietor
of the hotel. The latter was rescued nt 11:30
6???cUmk,. after having been iniprisouod four
hours. She was on tlio first floor of tha bask
building, and was caught iu n narrow V
shaped spnc??formed by a part of tho socond
fir or resting in a riant mg position agaiust tho
side Wall.
tub wonu or rkmcuk.
After tho firemen und volunteers hnd work-
id two hours, digging down* into tho debris
from tho surfacei a force , of firemen under
Ur.T-tain Cronin jxttered from tho front of the
Inst tho bfcck of whteh the tim-
c bad pertly lodged, and lie
by rom
to-day???s ccHtinonlu*. # He then introduced O.
A. Nesmith, brother of Mrs. Grecly, who read
tho following letter from Licutcuaut Greely:
Navy Yai??i\ roarsMOimi, S. 1!., A mint 4.???
??c< rc-taty t'hundlcr, Governor JIalo and tno city of
Fcrtnnouth: No reason lo* serious than inability
from Irek of strength and health, could prevent
the pifsenco to night of tho living member* of tlio
Lady Franklin boy expedition.
1 am now unable fittlnslj to express liow deep
ly we fed the honor dono us by your assembling
bere to treet, with kind wonts of welcome, thu
ilviiiK, snd toKivovoicoto tender symimthy for
tho dead. During our service north wo tried to
do our duty. If In our efforts
aught is found of work accomplished or of actions
done which touch tho heart* of tlio people, we
>haJl ftel I bat our labor* and hard*blj>*nre more
than rewarded. Time and inclination aro equally
welding in which to dwell on the work done
cr tho hanlshipa endured. I must, how
ever, stato that never for n moment in our
dmke*t or Rloomic*t hour, did wo doubt that tho
American pcoplo wero planning for oiirroscue
thiGnsh their rrpn tentative*. All that lay In
human power and skill, from day to day, as food
/ailed and men died, that faith aud that certainty
rave strength to u* who lived. I need not tail
what you well know, how tho secretary of tho
navy ret Ills heart and soul on onr relief, and by
iinL'jilug his subordinate* with hi* own Indomit
able energy started the re-Hof ve*u)l* In an
miprtccdeutcdiy brief time. You know
of the* untiring ze??I and deter
mination which animated Ujmmaiidc;
Itlc-n nud locality, and thus avoided
thnrouuh end sweeping search from Capo York
Ri:d Cary'* J??kind to tnv Life Cave, the 1 / could not
have rcm hed Camp Cleary lu tlrno to hive stvc I
niiothr r life. None but thoso nt arctic e-xperiencs
an fully realize the wonderful work done by tho
quadron, and no ono know* better than
how inadequate U this tribute
o tho navy tor fti lab irs, not
lira glorious In their work of pew-e Hum they
have always l??eon lu time of war. Wo think you
for your kindness, thoughtful consideration und
tender sympathy to aud tor 11* all, living aud
dibit. Must sincerely and cordially,
A. W. Cur.ELY,
First Lieutenant 5thCavalry, etc. .
CLEVELAND AH A WORKER.
The Routine ns ???Observed for One Day???Tho
Letter About Ready*
Albany, N. Y., August a.???Governor Cleve
land cams down to bis office al 8 o???clock thi*
tnvrtiir.g. Everything xrcs in readiness for him,
He pulled off bis coat and jdtebed into his
woilt in tegular workingman???s fashion. If???*
rabl to his privnto secretory, who, by tho tv.17.
ermes in alter the governor, that In would
like to do Feme work if ho could. ???But,??? !?????*
tided, ???if anybody cull* I an* at honis.???
Then he went over his mail, whi-h gr????w*
larger day by day. By the time ho bad
i.e through with a basfcntfb! tho
I' jrrams began ;>ourIng in. Then ho die-
luted a numtK-r ot Utter* and exauinatsd a
lundlerf department papers, which kyt him
occupied till hi* lunch hour. But l.w dealino I
ocut, saying that be wanted to JiuLdi that
???r. Tbi* is eupiw ??ti to Kave re'errol t>
U tter of acceptance. He remained in liU
e for nearly fourteen hours, and then en
tertained a number of visiters, nfn-r which b*
ctni*- Lark to hi* office, ororhruled some more
papers, took a long walk ond then went to the
r.sion.
Tli* Sprague Estate*
Pbovidcnbe, li. I. t August 5.???Tba creditor*
of A. and W. Sprague rejweAeutiiigclaims
abrogating $1,000,900, have formally de
manded an accounting of F. Chf fee, trustee,
lie is also requested to sell n s toon as powibla
all the remaining estate held by him as trai
ls?? and assignee.
d, but very fnticb oxhausted, and ffithtoa ai
??riio wos carried out. Meantime tho toiott nt
work on the fnco of tlio ruins continued their
Ichors, to which they *voro nowand then sti
ulntcd by tho groans and appeals of at loA3t
two persons who wero beneath tho mass of
'rubbirh. About fivo o???clock tho rescuers talk-
<d with ono of the imprisoned men, who said
ho wan not badly hurt, but was hob??? ??? ???
01 ni being caught between two joists. ???
told to keep ui?? his courngo and tho firem-m
arc now working vigorously to got to him.
TUB LAST VICTIM.
Tlio dead body of Addio Fletcher, eolorcdi
tho head chsmbermaid, was recovered from
tho ruins nt half pint ten this morning. ltd*
now believed that but ono victim remain* to
be found. This is Henry Holt, Colored, a
pantry boy, employed by tho hotel. An
imiuenso maos of debris remains to bo removed
from tho *|>ot where it fell, and no Jdox of the
locution ot Holt???s body beneath it ha* bjon
gained. Tho main part of tho hotel, that
fronting on tho avenue, is intact, but is of
course deserted by the guests, and h under
guardionrhip ef tho polio**. As largo a foroe
of laborers iib can bo ad vantngeosly employed
at work iiro overhauling und removing tho de
bris. AVblo cracks in tho rear walls of that
portion of tho building which remain stand
ing, mokes the t??3k of tho laborers ono of sum *
???longer.
A second body was taken to-day from tho
wreck of tho old United States hotel. It is
thought that every body has now been ox-
humed from tho dTcbrfc. Ono of tho dead is
U colored woman named Addio Flotcher, re
cently from Knoxville, Tonn. Of tlio fivo iu-
jurc??f persons ono may die, but tho othor* aro
nfit seriously hurt.
Washington. August 5.???Tho. coroner???s jury
invistigatiiig tho causo of tho collapse of tho
rear building of tho United Mtatci httel,
whereby two lives were lost, brought iu a
verdict in which they say:
From the evbler.eo wo believe that tho building
hut* bun unsafe for a long time, and that U* c ??:?????
ilUion was well known to both tho owinrs anl
tbe It fm'w, and Gist tlicv, particularly tho own *r*.
should Lo hcl<l rcspon???ilblc, and to that e el w*
rcspectfolly call tho attention of thodiitrlet alter-
n< y to tilt! umllcr, for such lejal pro*-uc)liuqg a*
the case dimunri*.
The owner* of tho building aro Judge C ??x,
of the supreme court of tho district, tin judge
before wtiom Guitcuu wa* tried, and tho Fol-
ittOsbco family. Tho lessee* arc Messrs. Bold
ing A Clark. Bclding???* wife is ono of tho mat
seriously injured.
THEINDEPENDENT HEPUHLIGAN3.
AHomewlmt Uprowrfon* Meeting In Drank-
lyn.
New Yon, August 5.???Tho Brooklyn Inde
pendent republicans held a mass mooting to
night in tbe grand opera house in that city.
Every seat wi:* filled from orcheaUa to cock
loft, and many who desired to do *0 were una
ble to c fleet on entranro to tjro building. A
large |H>rti<m of the uinlioiteo was democratie
and thero were not a few Blaino rcsubli m i*
present who succeed ad in making them* -ive*
particularly prominent before th* meeting
was over.
H. W. Maxwell called the meeting to order
and intrmluced Horace Yr. Doming a* chalr-
mnr.
Mr. Denting said that such an irorn'*n^'*a , ^-
rerublsge was an Indication of the wideipra wl
diutUiiulkti of repubSicans, and their d tore
oh Annricon ritiz- n* ter g*??.*d gwarnmmt.
They bell*. v??d that the n-publicaii c indidwte
was not a fit u r??on to hold the office of p.* >f-
???I.nt. Th-y were 00--^. i to hi* rie-te).
[Cfcevninmt hiVe*.] Darning wo* frequently
wlerrcided by rimtlur dcmonatnitlon* wh . i-
cv' r tl.Q nimisof candidate* warn in * ??ri >:n I,
and L' fore i*?? finished iho uproar wa, sogr .it
that lit- could not be ln-ard.
Carl HcJ.urz was tb??-n introduced. IL* said
he wished to addrt -a himself to rep'ibli-
cans, ond to appeal to their reason n* m-*n w.i >
Wtd tfcrir pouatiy. Tho tarlfF wn not tin
question which they had to niic-t, and the
charge that they ware free trader* vrx 1 f??Uc.
Tlfdan???* Prediction.
Kiv Yoli. August 4.???Ex-Governor THden
said to an intimate friend that ho had n?
dog^t Olovelaiid would curry Now York, not
withstanding the opposition of & turbulent
fet kc.
A MURDERER KILLED.
Ueet* Death at th* Hands or* Pom* or Oltismswho
Followed Him Into th* Wild* or Sand Moun-
Uin-n*Hakes* OameZtMtstano* and
Is Shot Dead in III* Track*
An exceedingly interesting case camo up
before tlio governor last Wednesday.
The readers of Tux Constitution will reeol
lcctthe terrible ??? tragedy which occurred in
Murray county last week in which a man
Domed Pink Pettis killed his wife and fled tho
country.
Pettis was a farmer, but a very shiftlo.rs sort
of a fellow, and owned a farm six miles from
Spring Place. Ho was quarrelsome aud did
not get on well with his wife. Hi* treatment
became very harsh ond his wife had a warrant
issued for wife beating and Pottis was jailed,
lie broko jail last winter with n lot of other
S riionero and escaped into Dado county, whero
c worked for a man named Hanuuontree,
near Sand Mountain. Near by wo* a notori
ous settlement largely made up of very des
perate people jncl 1 nod to lawlessness. Among
these people Pettis found congenial compan
ions.
Aiter living in thi* quarter for a white
Pettis doeidea] to return to hi* wife mid do-
mu ml of her a deed to a
certain tract of land that he had given
her on their marriage. Ho made the journey
Week before 18st, nud on Saturday of that
week left a horso that I10 hnd borrowed with
Mr. J. W. Wood, a few miles from Dalton.
He mad?? the rest of the journey on foot.
Jftn reaching his wife???s homo ho went in and
demnmtcd the deed, which sho refused. Pettis
drew a large pistol nud fired at her, but with
out effect. She ran out aud ho followed her,
firing oh he wont. She ran into a cotton patch.
With Increased deliberation ho tired threo
inoro shots, nil of which took offect, nud his
wife fell dcud at his feet.
Pettis then rushed to Woods, and taking
a fine liorsc, instead of hi* own, departed for
unknown quarters.
All this history is mere or less familiar to
tlio renders of Tun Constitution, but it is tlio
developments of the last few days that provo
so interesting.
With bis stolen horse nud his hands red with
bis wife???s blood, Pettis turned his face toward
the Band mountain settlement.
As scon ns tho news of the terriblo and
brutal murder gained circulation n posse wn*
organized to cupturo the unnatural husband.
It was easy to track tho fugitive, a* tho ln*r.*o
was shod with n peculiar shoe. lie rode liko
fury. Mid it was ascertained that ho made a
hundred miles in one day. The pos.10 was
composed of. five men???Mr. Wood, of Whit
field, Mr. A. C. Johnson, of Murray county,
and threo men from near tho Alabama lino.
They carac upon tho fugitive at tho housa of
??? labam-i. between
It developed that
a man in.CulImai
irming
t the
hi
red to
art, to
mgr-
y/
???ash and daring that would havo dono crod
it to a dime novel b^ro, lie,drew the ??amo pin-
tol that brut killed Ids wife, and, defying tlio
pursuing party, dashed out of tho house, und,
ns ho ran, fired two shot* at
Mr. Wood. A double-barrelled shot
gun was tbrown down und a mountaineer???*
eye glanced along tlio barrel. At its rojiort
Pettis foil dead. Ho was burled out thoro aud
the pursuers returned to tlteir homes.
Tho story does not quite end thoro.
Wcod is n poor man. Tho horse was a valua
ble animal and had almost boon kilted by tho
ride of a hundred miles iii a <lnv. Ho did not
capture Mo murderer alivo but ho brought
down his body, and ho think* ho is ontHlou to
the reward of $300.
Mr, If. C. Hamilton, of Whitfield county,
???lerl^ of tho superior court, ??pine to tho city
/esterday to zee tho governor in roforenco to
the matter. Tho reward, of courso, cannot bo
paid but an effort will bo made to sea if tho
legi' laturo cannot do something for tho tiinti
who rid tlio earth of such a debused wretch a*
Petti*. Tho pistol that Pettis used wn* iu Mr.
Hamilton's possession nud wo* show to thoio
who elm need to bo in tho exociltivo office.
CLEVELAND HOPEFUL,
III* Letter to bo Given to tho Public In a
Few Days.
Littln Bock, Ark., Aiiaust 4.???A prominent
politician of this stato white in Albany lost
week called on Governor Cleveland. On learn
ing that his visitor was from Arkausas, Mr.
C'levilatid said: ???That???s a stato I???m proud of,
Fir. It has long been held back by circum-
ri&iiccs over which its people havo no control,
butus timo goes on it is coming more und rrioro
rapidly to the front. 1 havo been watching
its advancement with a great deal of interest,
nud expect to seo it at no distant day rank
among our foremost states. I nnr deeply
grateful, too. for the firm support it gave mo
through its delegates ^tho convention, and il
I Din elected I shnlifctrivo to so discharge
tlio diitkso! the office Unit they inuy never
have causo to regret' their choice. Personal Iv,
ti n, I wn* very f??>orablv impressed with the
AtkoiiFiiH delegation. They are said terepro-
*<r.t the intelligence and wealth of thost ito,
and from nUothcr members of tho eon volition
I heard naught but praiso regarding them.???
???What cro your plans regarding tho cam-
lent??? asked the gentleman.
??????They are net yet fully matured, but w??
Loll go to work immediately, and shall mako
n strong, well organized fight. My friends
and tbe friend* of the party aro communicating
with me constantly, and we shall soon bo at
wqik. You seo 1 havo not yet written tnv tet
ter of acceptance, but in about ten day* 1 will
have the letter Loforu the public. 1 havo not
yet expresied my views on tho leading quo*-
lion* St Issue, have not been asked to dp so,
but when my letter I* published the people
will have my honest opinions regarding
them.???
What <lo you think of tho outlook for the
ptrty????
???jo my mind It was nevermore favorable.
Tl.e people arc-generally satisfied with the
TirinJlpb a of our party asset forth in the plat*
.oj m, and at the same time there is much dfs-
ml is in ct ion with the other. They see the need
change, and, altogether, I am satisfied
that we riiuil i' me out ahead this fall. At all
mil go into the fight confident of
shell Itrivo for victory with a
valor which will surely win,???
(.bnmller Wnntstoh* n Senator.
Washington, Augbst 7. ??? The state-
< nt made fcoiretime ago that Secretary Chill
er's vizit to Now Hampshiro U partly for the
lrpoHC c.f attempting to secure the senator-
hip from I hat state as a Miceeasor to Blair i*
onfirmed by n statem r.t from na inthnit??
IHend of UiS/io-day. H ??? soys the aaorctarf
* * ???Vw Hampshire to look over the field
briber or not there was any potdbil*
By of rucces*. Before leaving he says C???hvn-
do r said Unit Blaine would aid him in sumr
ing the position. A New England maa pretty
familiar with the situation, end also a friend
of Chandler, raid to day, however, that he did |
r.ot believe Blaine would work against Blair. 1
II scur.a pretty well settle J, though, that
Chandler intends to make tbe fight.
MORE THAN fiO YEARS AT THE CASE.
A Printer whose Hand in Setting Tyjio h:??*
Traveled More tlinn 07,727 Miles.
Erik, Fa., August fl.???Western newspapers
nr?? boasting over a printer in tho employ of
the Gan Francisco Chronicle who Im* com
pleted half a century of a *???sit??? at tho ca3e.
There Is a printer in Erie named Michael J.
Quinn, known among tho craft as ???Father???
Quinn, who has a longer string than tho
golden gate man. Father Quinn was appren
ticed when a lad to a printer in tlio city
of Waterford, Ireland, in 1830, and,
after serving his apprenticeship, got
a ???sit??? ou the Loudon Time* and had several
???fot takes??? of tho accouut of tho queen???s mar
riage notice. Coming to America, Mr. Quinn
got cases on the Now York Evening Post,
which ho liekl for seven years. During that
period he had tho personal acquaintance and
confidence of William Cullen Bryaut, Pa-ku
Godwin, John Bigelow and others. Turning
his face westward, ho camo to Erie, mid
served nearly twenty years on tho Erie
Despatch. He now holds coses on tho Erie
Daily Herald, and although almost 70,use* his
eyes without the aid of glasses. Father Quinn's
years of toil present startling features in tho
way of figures. For instnnoe, assuming a fair
average rate of speed, token from hi* best, at
10.000 ema, and his rate of 5,000 oms at thu
presoni day, giving 7,500 oms for an average,
it will be found that the enormous amount of
119.340.000 oms of matter has been set up by
this compositor during tho . past half u
century or more. In setting this it
was necessary to handlo over 358,020,000
pieces of metal twice over, including tho dis
tribution. It will further interest tho reader
to know that tho typo so set would weigh H7,-
900 pounds, or 94 tons, which this old man
has lifted ???piece by pieco in tho specified time.
I11 setting typo the average distance over
which th?? hand travel* is a foot and n half or
thereabouts. Consequently his hand has trav
eled over 510,000,000 feet or a matter of
07,727 miles, or within a few hundred f vtof
king four . times tho circumference of tin
earth. This docs not include the
distribution, which would incivifti
the distance to about fivo and a half ti:n.??*
around tho globo. Father Quinn???* ???stri ??g???
would fill about 10,015 column* of spnc.*. It
stretched out in n continuous lino it would
form a belt two inches wido und over t v.-ii
miles long in solid rending matter. Put th ???<,,
lines in < iie continuous line, and it would ex- ???
tend 158 miles. Father Quinn expects t-??
spend ten years more ut the ???????????*<>, llu is quit??
spry. nud.observes all tho fast days auu.-U.
Patrick???s day with groat regularity.
ALABAMA** ELECTION.
Iso fitete, ns ^^iiisl, Guito Overwhelmingly
^^lemoerntlci
M01m.1t, Ala., August 4.???The state cb ?? t: 1
to-dnv in n \cry quiet affair, a* tlicro i* .nlv
ono ticket, the regular democratic, In the : ???! I.
The county election is progressing and exci
ting much interest. Three tickets arrrunning,
the sdraigkh-utdemocratic, the regular ??? .1
erotic and tho republican. Some mh;U lrin-tL*
I cing indulged 111, nrnl the- contest i
watched,
regular d
to tho def
ected to
If ioi
) (hi* )
state ticket, Tin d very lift Iff 6T a'
ter in any of tho. county contest
otience no cxcitemoiif prevailed, except wli ro
tno candidates wero running in count! m th r,
made no nominations. This was thocuse in
tunny instance*, ond the local Issuoi botwem
1 he democrats brought out a fair vote. Tin
hottest fight was in Mobile,between th - dome-
emtio nominees nud tho indepomtent ticket,
and in Birmingham, botweon tho demo.irat*
and a combination of rctmblicnus ami gromi-
Ltickets. Tbcso two points wore tho Initio
Mound of tho state. Not half n dozen ropiib-
licou legislative candidates were nmniug in
the state. The rop* in this city was about
1,8??o, all democrats, as thero wa?? no oppail-
BiBNixafiAM, Ain., August d.???ffipccisl.J???.
The returns from tho various precincts iu tho
county show Unit we havo *vou a grand demo
cratic victory of tho entire ticket, from gover
nor down to constable, against tlio strongiMt.
fight over inmlo by tho republicans anti inde
pendent*. Thu two latter combined to defeat
11m democrats but woro inglerlously boatuu.
Tho chy is wildly enthusiastic, and a grand
display of fireworks is now taking place iu
frout of tho ojiera houso.
Tli?? Election In Anniston.
Anniston, Ala., August 5.???The county elec
tion Just closed has been very exciting, tho
main issue being tho courthouse removal ntioi-
tion. Anniston has sustained herself even be
yond tho nqioctatteri of every ono, Whitosid ???*,
a young man, was ??>lccted to reprosent Cal
houn county in tho tegislaturo over Captain
Jinnies. Whiteside will Introduce a bill lit the
legislature, giving tho voters of tho county tlio
right to soy where the courtkou.w shall bo lo
cated, whether at ntahl old Jacksonville or at
the live, progressive, aud goahead Anniston.
When that ??lection is hail, Anniston will win
as she did yesterday. Over nine humh c l
votes wero polled boro, Whiteside getting ??v r
eight hundred aud fifty of them. Tho i f!I
ballot cannot be given, but enough has h on
learned lo accede Whiteside's election.
THE TAMMANY PUZZLE.
Mr. Hendrick* littsnTnlk with Sir. Kelly???
Duller???* Letter. ???
Baratvoa, Augunt 7.???It h roported hero
that John Kelly lms issued hi* ultimitum,
which i* that Tammany inu*t ha Vc control of all
New York city offices. Otherwise tho organist-
tion will bolt tho ticket. While Ciovriand and
Manning are said to bo inclined to ignore ???
Taiurniiny, Hendrick* I* for conciliation, and
ha* had repented interview* with Kelly. J
???1 think,??? be said to-day, ???that the lie': t
is daily gaining strength. Of course, t!> . ??
ore little difficulties in the state of Now York,
and some of them are of an unusual nature. \
Tho luborlug class??,???. nru s*imowbat di4*ati*.ic I
ond some of Kelly's friends nrn s*??rc, but they
ore nil democrats, aud will bo all right before
election day.???
Mr. Hendricks???s letter of acceptance i??
nesriy completed. It will bo briftf, und will
probably be published nt the same line; n itii
that of Governor Cleveland.
He was visited by lion. Boswell P. F! >.v r,
whotays: ???1 on* not authorized to speak for
Tammany. 1 toko no port in local i??.??!? ,
but 1 ran sey, however, that 1 think T; a-
many will come to tho support of tho r?;i! ??r
- - ???1 Uak| I believe wo shalL- :??
Political Amenltle* In Kentucky.
Lnxikgton, Ky., August 4.???Tho cl i>n
to-day wss orderly, and resulted in a dour*-
croelc majority of 1,221 for sherilT. A . ???
??? outthouie a dispute arcs?? between (??eorg??
Ktewsit (democrat) and J. J. fleers (rcpubH-
ran)and resulted in Geers Ihootlng St-.. t
through the head, killing him instantly. An
other row occurred'between Jock Cleary a id
Dick Murphy, in which Cleary was dlsom-
Lowlcd ami he ha* since died.
The Raid on th?? Gauthier*. H
Butaid, August 7.???Tho stoppage of p??l 1!
Ing ??t the Dufiklo trotting park to-day was a
plbhcd by mean* of ?? warrant sworn out I
law and order association, and asalnsl the
authorities. It create<l roiuldcrabl?? oxclt
among the fraternity, but la generally ap;
by the people.
1 INDISTINCT PSIN*