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VOL. X.
GEN. GRANT DECLINES
TO ACCEPT HIS PROPERTY AT THE
HANDS OF VANDERBILT
The Old Hero Willing for the Sake of Hh
Wife, but Mrs. Grant Firmly Refuse* —
Gen. Grant's Present* Likely to Be
come an Heirloom of the Nation.
New York, Jan. IS.—Mr. W. H. Vander
bilt on Saturday bought in the real est ate
and presents of Gen. Grant under his judg
ment on the $*.50,000 note and presented the
property to Mi’s. Grant in the following let- I
ter;
“No 640 Fifth Avenue, Jan. 10, ISSS.
Mrs. Ulysses 8 Grant Dear Madam I
So many misrepresentations have appeared !
in regard to the loan made by me to Gen. <
Gram, and reflecting unjustly upon him and j
myself, that it seems proper to briefly recite
the facta.
“On Sunday, the 4th of May last, Gen. !
Grant called at my house and asked me to I
lend him >150,000 for one day I gave him 1
my check without question, not because the t
transaction was business like, but simply l»e- '
cause the request came from Gen. Grant. I
The misfortune which overwhelmed him in
the next twenty-fuur hours aroused the sym
pathy and regret of the whole country You
and he eent me within a few days <>f time
deeds of your Joint properties to cover this
oqligation, and urged my acceptance on the '
ground that this was the only debt of !
honor which the general had per
sonally incurred, and these deeds
I returned. During my absence in
Europe the general delivered to my
attorney mortgages upon all his own real
estate, household effects and swords, medals
and works of art which were memorials of his
victories, and presents from all
over the world. These securities were, in his
judgment, worth the >150,000. At his solici
tation tlie necessary steps were taken by judg
ment, etc., to reduce these properties to p*.-s
session, and the articles mentioned have been
this day bought iu by me, and the amounts
bid applied in reduction of the debt
“Now that lam at liberty to treat those
things as my own, the disposition of the whole
matter most in accord with my feelings is
this: I present to you, as your separate es
tate, the debt and judgment I held against
General Grant; also, the mortgages upon his
real estate, and all of thebousehold furniture
and ornaments, coupled only with the condi
tion that the swords, commissions, medals,
gifte from the Unite! States, states, cities,
foreign governments and all articles of his
toric&l value and interest sfiajl at the Gener
al’s death, or, if you desire it sooner, be pre
sented to the government at Washington,
where they will remain as perpetual memori
als of his fame and of the history of his time
.“1 enclose herewith assignments to you of
the mortgages and judgments, bill of sal • of
personal property and deed of trust, in which
the articles of historical interest are enumer
ated.
“A copy of this trust deed will, with you’
approval, be forwarded to the president of
the United States for deposit m the proper
department.
“Trusting this action will meet with your
acceptance and approval, and with kmdes
regards to your husband, I am yours respect
fully, “W H. Vanderbilt
The general, however, wrote to Mr. Vu i
derltilt declining the offer on the part of bis
wife, as follows:
New York City, Jan. 10, 1885.
Dear Bir—Mrs. Grant wishes mo to an
gwer your letter of this evening, to say t ; iat .
while she appreciates your great g-.n-n >. y \
in transferring to her the mortgage given to
secure my debt of $150,000, she can not ac
cept it in whole. She accepts with pleasure the
trust. which applies to the articles enumer
ated in your .etter, to go to the government of
the United States at my death, or sooner, at
her option In this matter ybu have an
ticipated the disposition which I ha 1 coo
teniplated making of the articles. They will ,
be delivered to the government as soon as ar
rangements can be made for their reception.
The papers relating to all other property will
be returned, with the request that you have
it sold, and the proceeds applied to the liqui
dation of the debt, whi'-h I so justly owe you. i
You have stated in your letter, with minui- j
eet accuracy, the history of the transaction
which brought me in your debt. 1 have only
to add that I regard your giving me y« nr
check for the amount without inquiry as an
act of marked and unusual friendship, The
Joan was tome personally. I got the money, as
I believed, to carry the Marine National bank
ovei a day, being assured the bank was solvent
but owing to unusual calls needed asbistanco
until it could call in its loans. I was assure 1 ,
by Ferdinand Want that the firm of Grant X:
Ward had o\er $660,000 to their credit at that
time in the Marine bank, besides $1,300,000 of
unpledged sureties in their own vaults.
1 can not conclude without assuring you '
that Mrs, Grants inability to avail herself • f
your great kindness in no way lessens either
her sense of obligation or my own.
Yours truly, U. 8. Grant.
W. H. Vanderbilt. Esq.
Mr. Vanderbilt then said that he would, as
fast as tiie property was sold, deposit {
the proceeds in trust for Mrs.
Grant. The general accepted this in a brief .
note, as follows:
“New York City, Jan. li.
“Dear Sir—Your letter of this date re
ceived. Mrs. Grant and I regret that you
cannot accept our proposition to retain the
property which was mortgaged in good faith
to secure a debt of honor. But your gener
ous determination compels us to no longer re
sist. Yours truly, U. S. Grant.
“W. H. Vanderbilt.”
At a late hour on Sunday Mrs. Grant wrote
Mr. Vanderbilt that she found upon reflection
that she could not and would not accept his
muni Science in any form. Her letter is as
follows:
“New York, Sunday, Jan. 11, 1885.
“Mt Dear Mr. Vanderbilt—Upon read
ing your letter this afternoon, Gen. Grant
and myself felt it would be ungracious to re
fu«e your princely and generous
offer. Hence his note to you. But,
upon reflection, I find I can not—l
•will not accept your muniflcsnce in any form
I beg you will pardon thfi apparent vacilla
tion, and consider this answer definite and
final.
With great regard, and a sense of obliga
tion that will always remain, I am yours,
very gratefully.
“Julia D. Grant.
“To Mr. Wm. H. Vanderbilt.”
They’d Rather Trust the Judge.
Chicago. Jan. 13. —The defendants in the
Bra nd-Leman election frauds case have de
cided to waive a jury trial and rely on Judge
Blodgett's decision ia to whether they are
guilty or innocent. They have more confl
dence in the integrity of the court than ir
the partiality of the juries, which, as a rule,
are employed in the federal courts.
Assignments Follows Suicide.
Cincinnati, Jun. 13. —Isaac Zeiier & Son,
commission merchants, whose kookkeeper,
Herman J. Mack, committed suicide on Sat
urday in the Allemania club rooms. hav<
made an assignment. Personal asssts, $50,00Q
and real assets, $20,000.
Daily Tolumbns Times.
CAREER OF A CONTINENTAL SCAMP.
A Forger and Gambler Whose Operations
Cover Two Countries.
Youngstown, 0., Jan. 13.- LouisLonivk,
representing himself as a traveling surgeon
from Bellevue hospital, was in this city in
October, when he tried to pass a certified
check payable to that institution for S4BO.
Wbi’e here he was joined by Emma D. Lem
on. an elocutionist, - f Elyria, O. They
left here together after three days.
While here Lonick was recognized by
an ex-penitentiary official as a man sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary from Cleve
land for forgery under the name of Louis
Brandt, alias Oswald. He was born at
Frankfort-ou-the-Main, Germany, his father
being a wealthy banker of that place. Louis,
his oldest s<m, was finely educate*!, but l»e
--came an inveterate gambler Driven to ex
tremes, he forged hi i father’s name f- r $50,-
UOO, which crime the father denounced His
mother warned him and he fle«I to America.
She kept up secret <x)inmuni<*ation with him
and sent him moiey. Louis continued to
gamble in New York, and became one of
the most exp n foi\ rs known to the police.
While i-rviug his .erm in prison his father
diet! and cut him off with S6OO. This money
and a copy of the will was sent to the prison
warden. No one but hints. If and the warden
saw it. Bur three persons iu America know
Lis r<*a! name. The high standing of his
parents caused all the rabbis and influential
Hebrew s in, Columbus to use their influence
for his pardon. Gov. Hayes, in 1875,
finally pardoned him, with the promise
of bis friends that they would send
him back to Germany. Instead of go
ing to the coast with him they gave him
money for his fare He went, only to Pitta
burg, where he swindled a Hebrew out of
s'o,ooo. He was arrested three weeks ago in
Helena, Ark., for forgery His manner of
forgery is to get a small certified check from
a bank ami forge the certificate. Hu is forty
five years old, of medium height, w iih heavy
brown mustache, and speaks wveral lan
guages. |He had at least live certified checks
With him here.
IJngiiieer’s Ingenuity.
Cfirt A. -\ND, fc Jnn: 13 Thu chief engineer
of the Bee Line has adopted a plan that gives
any casual observer a perfect idea of the state
of all the locomotive and passenger equip
ment on his great line of road. Itshows how
many and what engines are in service on
each division, their con iitl m, how many arc
in the shops and what repairs they are under
going, and how many are out of s. rvice. The
arrangement is a large board full of holes,
divided into sections representing each di
vision. Each peg stands for an engine, the
Columbus division engines being repre
sented by red pegs, Cincinnati divis
ion by white, Indianapolis by red and the In
dianapolia and 8? Louis by green. When
taken from th* line f -r repairs they are re
moved from one division to the section devot
es! to either the Cleveland, Delaware, Bright
wood or Mattoon shotis. The rem • 1 of a
Columbus division engine to the Indi . ap< its
divisi »n is shown l»y a red peg among the
greens ones. Thus, any officer on the read
can see at a glance how the engines are dis
|x>s< <i. The pegs are also labelled, showing
which engines have air and which driver
brakes.
Ohio’s Colored Sons in West Point.
Me- i Point, Jan. 1-i The result of the
semi-annual examined ion at the military
a ademy, which his been in progress since
January 2, was announced Saturday evening
and caused much excitement in tiiej corps, n
the numb'r who terminated their niili'ar
career abruptly is quite large. The fourth
class alone loses twenty-five per cent.
I .ve from the third class were
returned to the fourth, the t»u
colored cadets from Ohio, Alexander
<r the third, Young of the fourth doing fairly
well, the former rank in ; about nineteen in a
class of seventy, the latter in the neighboi
h od of fifty, in a cia-s «f seventy-wx. The
eighty-two members of the second class all
pa-setl All the thirty-nine members of thn
first clfcHs will probably graduate. The list
shows that ii fluence does not protect iucom
pi tent st udents, for the sons of Henator But
ler end Gen Williams, of the adjutant ge i
rraljs department, of Washington, are amr/ig
the unft 4rt iintde.
A BoHtyn Banker Missing,
Boston, Mass., Jan. 13 T. W. Clark, of
the firm of T W. Clark & Co , bankers, of
Stub street, left Ids office last Saturday stst
ini; that he wis g hag to visit a sick chil I in
Maine, and has no! sin< e been heard from
The sup]Position is that he is in Canada. Th ■
safe in his offi “ was forced open
to-day, but nothing was found in
it to throw any light upon the no, »-
b-i .pus disappearan e of Mr. Clark. The
nn-juug bntikvr has 'oe uj living very expen
sively. it is said, of Sate, and one of the
latest transactions charged against him is the
procuring of betweer. S4.GK) and SS,(XK) worth
of furniture on credit for his house in Cam
bridge, awl then mortgaging the same to hi
cure a loan for £10.00.i. The work of finding
the exact condition of loans made by Mr.
Clark will necessarily be slow The
ficiency, if any, will not exceed $13,000.
The Arkansas Senatorahlp.
Little R<> k. Jan. 13. —Nearly all the
members of the legislature have arriv <l. The
senatorial succession is theabsorbing pr- ’ •.■•■m
of interest which is enhanced by the growing
belief that Garland h sucu* -sor must also be
elected before th;* adjournment. The more
prominent candidates are Gov. Berry and
Congressmen Jones and Dun, all of whom
will Im* very nearly abreast on the opening
ballots. Senator Walker's withdrawal from
the rare has had the effect of unit
ing strongly the democratic north an 1
wi s’ upon Berry. W. M. Fish bark, the
auth< r of the constitutional amendment
forbidTng the payment of eleven millions of
rMhway and 1 vee bonds. Den. T. Duval,
i. id W. W. Mansfield, are also candidates.
The r publicans will hold no caucus, there
being only fifteen in the legislature.
Incendiary Suicide.
Huntington, In 1., Jan. 13.—A barn on
the Bush farm, adjoining Roanoke, ten miler
this city, burned. In the ruins were
found a charred humah trunk and
a prwtion of a human skuil, a
pair of false teeth, a razor and a
knife. The latter has been identified as
the property of Wm. I’. Thorp, a man
of good standing, a memberof the town
board of Roanoke, and of the M. E. church.
He left his home early this morning, not tell
ing where h** was going. He is supposed tc
have set the barn on fire and cut his throat
irith the razor. Financial troubles are as-
Dean Irvine's Trial.
Quincy, 11l , Jan. 13 —There was an in
tense I }’ exciting scene at the cathedral, grow
ing ou ; of the trial of Dean Irvine. Th<
prosecution in arguments as to certain evi
dence used rather bard language in speaking
of Dean Irvine. Maj McClintock protested
to the bishop with a good deal of vigor aftei
the adjournment of the court against tbu
abuse of the dean, and was followed in th«
same strain by Mr Newcomb. It bocaxnt
necessary for spectators to interfere in urdei
to restore peace. There was a similar sceia
out of doom among others
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14. 18S5.
A LORDLY FIREMAN.
An F.ngli h Nobleman Kuns With the Ma
chine in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Jan. 13.—St. Louis has at vari
ous intervals since the memoral visit of his
royal highness, the Prince of Wales, been
favored with the presence of members of the
nobility, to say nothing of the array of gal
lant captains retired from her majesty’s
service. Some of these young men
have dissipated large fortunes in their
efforts to lend a carmine hue to the
architecture of the city, and some notable
instances might be quoted. But these men
all had th *ir day. and of late public opinion
has Ixivn principally confined to the erratic
performances of Lord Chas. Dundas—a gen
uine lord ho is, too, and a son of the Earl of
Melville. For mad pranks and unique forms
of amusement, he is ave itablo J/ord Tom
noddy. Being something of an athlete and a
fine b x•! he has cultivated the fancy, as
they ar found at Tom Kelly's To the hack
man be has proved a bonanza, and to the
bars a constant source of Income. He has
often given several performances in public
pla- i>. notably a leading theater and the
southern hotel rotunda. Some three years
aim, after a brief stop iu St. Louis, he went
to Texas and purchased a ranch, which he
still owns. ( ailed home to Scotland on busi
ness, about, t wenty years ago, he create*! a
sensation by falling down a set of stall’s or
through a hatchway and breaking a log. He
arrived in St.’ Louis a short time before the
meeting of the cattle convention, and stop
ped over to attend its session. Hu was very
popular among the T< xas cowmen, and
when it came to celebrating bo taught
them lessons. He has slept for the most
part since then, oftenor in a rolling car
riage than in bed, and the sunrise long
since lost its novelty for him. One
evening recently, bo fell into the arms of
morpheus and a southern hotel office sofa
simultaneously. When the stalwart head
]>crler assisted him to the exterior, where
the cool night breeze could fan his fevered
br-iv fiu lordly bjpod bailed, and after it
boiled awhile he sent to the stalwart pdrter a
ehallenge breathing defiance and revenge,
concluding with a gener- us offer of SSO if
the violator of his pei>.»u vynuJii consent to
meet him nt Kelly’s and stand up against him
four rounds, .Marquis of Quoonsberry rules.
The duel failed somehow to come off.
A few days ago the festive lord suddenly
appeared in a new role, and now the Ht.
Loui- tiro department, for tho first time in
its history, has in its number a genuine son
of an earl, who runs with the machine, and ,
“lines ’er up” with the enthusiasm of one of
tho “bhoys” of the old volunteer days. Fot
some time the gay sprig of nobility has taken
great interest in the flre department, and was
happiest when with the blue-shirted lads.
One evening last week be dropped in—yea
that is the word, ‘dropped in”—to the Fif
teens, at Fifth and Almond streets, and ex
pressed a desire to become a fireman “Cer
tainly, my boy,” said Jud Bame, “we would
ho glad to have you, but just now we
haven’t room for one more. All the beds air
full.”
Lord Dundas concluded to live in hope.
At last the opportunity arrived. On Monday
•vcning Lorn MObh was put on the sick list
and went hmne. The lord appeared and at
once volunteered to fill the vacancy until
Mom< returned, though he preferred to be
•onsiderut las enlisted for thirty days. One
>! I lie boys loaned him a bhjp. uniform slurt,
•Hid another a regulation ’ Ito went to a
store and bought a heavy pair of. fire liqots,
and reapfieared a full fledged flrAflTan, b(Hhg
as-'gmsl to Moss’bed. During the first day
he Hsteuishe i the boys by the remarkable
manner in which ho climbed the iron «uj>-
porting posts in the engine house. While he
was at supper on Tuesday night the
fifteens had a run, an*! the aristo
cratic' volunteer was sadly disajipointiMi.
Wednesday evening fortune favored
him. The “15s” were called to the Walnut
street fire. Dundas rode on the reeland the
win 1 b:< w his hair back, while he peered for
ward like a pilot in the fog At’ the flre .he
covered himself with glery and mud, and was
bapjjy. So gallant a fireman did he prove
that the boys all voted that he was cut out
for a Pompiorman, and yesterday morning
he was transferred from the reel to the lad
der truck Yesterday afternoon he was given
his first drill as a member as the life-saving
corps, and for two hours achieved wonders
on a rojio hung from the beU-tower into the
al. v, in the piesence of an admiring audi
encu He was voted a success and may be
considered a fixture of the “!55.”
The “R«-ad-Outs ami the “.StrHiglit-Onts.”
Sacramento, Jan. 13. —The existing-dead
lock in the state senate is ffkely to beiircnren
by the republicans voting with the “Read
outs” f->r Knight. The senate consists of
twenty democrats and twenty republicans,
and G >v. Daggett in the chair. Five sena
tors (“Read-outs”) of the democratic party
in the late democratic state convention
insist that Knight, one of their number, be
elected s]> aker pro tern. The other demo
cratic members known as “straight-outs” . by
refusing to v->te with them caused the dead
lock. On a tie ballot, the chairman would
cast the deciding vote with the democrat*.
The World’s Fair.
New Orleans, Jan. 13. —The mam-meet
ing for the consideration of the affairs of the
exposition brought fourth great results. Ex
hibitors are jubilant and the board of man
agement satisfied that they have taken a
great stride toward obtaining the much
wanted funds, the appointment of the com
mittee on flnan -e, transportation and recep
tion giving general satisfaction. L. F. Whit
man, of <’hi< ago, has been appointed super
intendent of the bench show of the Exposi
tion. Entries close February 5.
“And He Fell to the Kurth.”
Toronto, Ont., Jan. 13.—A sensation was
created in the East King Street Methodist
church Sunday night. The pastor, Rev.
Kennedy Kieighton, choose for the first les
son Paul s conversion on the way to Darn ascus.
He ha i just finished reading the words 6 A’nd
he fell to the earth,'’ when he wan struck
with paralysis and dropped unconscious in
tho pulpit. There is little hope of his reoov
ery. He celebrated his golden wedding re
cently.
Alfonso at the Ruins.
Madrid, Jan. 13.—King Alfonso has ar
riv'd at Alhama. A hurricane in the
province of Malaga completed the ruin of
man f places that had suffered by the earth
qaa’ies. The camp in which the fugitives
froiA Percana had taken refuge wa« de
stroyed.
Arrest of a Bishop.
Philadelphia, Jun. ’3.—The Rev. Jabes
Pitt Campbell, a colored bishop of the Meth
olist Episcopal church, has been arrested on
the charge of forgery. The prosecution Is
brought by Edward Young, who alleges that
the deponent committed purjury in •we&nng
that he was the executor of the affiant’s
fathers estate.
Dead in the Streets.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 13.—The body of Ed
ward Little, a teamster, nineteen years old,
was found lying in the streets of Lincoln.
His head was smashed to a jelly and battered
so that tha features ware not recoguizabJiu
PHELAN CALLS IT A TRAP
.... ..
AND GIVES THE DETAILS OF THE AT
TEMPT TO MURDER HIM.
Aii Interview with Hossa His Explanation
of His Absence at the Time of the
Stabbing—Says He was Friendly to
I’hclan —Dettcr to tho Captain.
New York, Jan. !3. —O’Donovan Hossa,
w hen seen by a reporter, and told that Capt.
Phelan said he was concerned in the plot to
lure him on here and then assassinate him,
replied:
“It’s a lie,” said Rossa angrily, “and I’ll
settle it right here, although 1 know 1 hadn't
ought to speak of it. 1 was a little short of
money a week or so ago, and I wrote a letter
to a good friend of mine named Tom Dwyer,
who lives out of town, to lend me SIOO. I |
expected an answer on Friday morning, and '
went to the postottice and got it. There was
a check for SIOO and I went to the bank and
got it cashed. Tha cashier wanted to know
(f I hail any dynamite in my clothes, ami I
told him he needn’t fear, as we never blew '
up anybody who gave us money. 1 then
went to my printer, 25 Beekman street, and
paid him a balance that 1 owed him.
Then I started home to give my wife
the rest of the money. I was hungry, and as
it was Friday, I kept an eye out for u place |
where I could get some fish. I saw a sign in
front of a n-stauraut near Dover street. I
went in and had a plate of fish and coffee.
Then 1 started for the ferry, and as I wm
going on board I heard a man say that
o’Donovan Hossa had been shot. 1 went
home and gave my wife all the money I had
left, and then started back, telling my wife ,
she needn’t ba frightened if I didn’t come '
home, as I might lie lodged in jail. 1 said
that jokingly, d’ye see. When 1 got back to
my office the first man I saw was a reporter,
and that was rhe first I beard of the trouble,
ami very much surprised I was.”
“Were your relations with (.'apt. Phelan
always friendly?”
“Os course they were, and to prove it I’ll
mow you a copy of the letter I sent him, |
and which is now in the hands of the police?” (
Mr. Rossa took from his pocket a piece of
brown pajs*r on which was written the fol
lowing letter:
“New York, Jan. 2, 1885.
“Dear Captain Phelan —Here is that List
of Kansas City subscribers’ you ask mo for ;
when you were in New York. 1 don't like to
be asking my tenants for money, but I think
of writing to you now, as the papers are talk
ing of an “interview” of yours in a Kansas
City journal. lam thinking of printing the
interview I want you to send it to me.
Scratch out any part of it that you do not
recognize, as coming from yourself. The
enemy is in pretty good fright at present,
and if we could frighten her out of Ireland
by threatening her with the Irish furies I
would hjive the Irish people throw the Irish
furies at tier. Your interview will add to
the fright, and 1 will publish it. Perliaps :
some sutiscribers in the inclosed list are paid '
ftp already. I know Dennis "Whalley han
<ent me money a couple of times. Yours,
much the same os ever,
“Jkr. O’Donovan Rossa.” j
“Did you notice that I address him as
dear?” asked Mr. Rossa, “and do ye think I’d
dear anybody who wasn't a good friend of
mine? I hadn’t the slightest idea the captain
wm coming on and no man was half so sur
prised as I was when I imanl he was here.” |
Counsellor Jimmy Oliver, who is looking
after the interests of Dick Short, Phelan’s
assailant, was asked what Line of defense he !
would j>ursue. “Our plea is not guilty,” he
relied, “an<l we will let the other si*le bring
forward the witnesses to prove otherwise.” I
Phelan, ths wounded man, has supple- '
monied his ante mortem statement | uad« to
the coroner by the following:
Saturday or Sunday I received a
letter m Kansas City from Kearney, in which
he told me that my interview in the Kansas
City Journal had occasioned a great deal of i
excitement in Roswa’s office, and asked me W |
iwisi him a copy. I telegraphed him: ‘l’ll Lio
Ln New York next Thursday.’ Giving him j
to understand that I would explain anything i
that peemed strange, on my arrival.
hen I got here 1 called at Kearney's
place, and asked him to walk down with me '
to Rossa’s office. It was not that I feared
anything or wanted protection, but he used (
always to take a walk with me when 1 camo
to town.
“When we got to Kona's place two strang- 1
ers were sitting there. Oue was a man with j
bright auburn whiskers all over his face, sit- r
ting ala table and writing. He appeared to |
be thirty-eight or forty years old. The other i
was sitting in Rnssa’s private office, doing 1
nothing. Neither Hossa or Joyce was in. |
Seeing that, 1 proposed to Kearney that we
should go out and come in later. He said:
“‘No; sit down; they’ll be in right away.’
“I bail hardly been seated two minutes
when Rocky Mountain O’Brien came in. He
shook hands with me, and asked how I was,
in an ordinary ton® of voice, looked all
around, and went out again. He did nothing
out of the way, but still 1 could see by bis
look there was something wrong.
“He ha<i h'd time to go about as far as the
engine house, when he cafhp back again. He i
looked in both rooms once more, and, I think. ■
naked for Russa. 'Then he went out a letcond
Unw, leaving me sitting Close to the door,
with my left aide toward the door and my
face towards Rotsa’s private office.
“As he went out I looked after him closelj .
and noticed him nixi hu* head awl sign tc |
some oue in tho hall.
“He had hardly leftiwben this man Short
rushed in with the knife in his bawl. He i
held it in tus right hand, with the point j
downward and toward himself. Without a |
word he raised it awl struck at me. I lifted ,
my left arm to defend myself, for I had ex- !
ported nothing, and received the blow on the
small of the arm instewl of in the heart, as i
he intended it. It cut through and broke the
bone.
' “Before he could raise the knife again I
got up nnd ran around tho table, trying to
getaway from him. He followed and stabbed
me nine times before I left the room. I was
struck in the arms, neck and face. Finally
I mauaged to get out of the door aud ran for
the stairs. My broken bone made me dizzy,
and 1 could not go fast. He followed me up
with the knife and stabbed me twice in the
back as 1 ran down the stairs. When I
reached the sidewalk I fell, too weak to go
any further. Tho cold sweat caused by the
pain was running into my eyes
r.nd blinding me, awl I asked one of
ihe men who were there to raise my
head, but he would not do it Then I rolled
over and over to Roesa’s steps, and leaning
the broken stump of my left arm on the first
step, I reached around and managed to get
out my pistol with my right. The man who
stabbed me had beeu brought back, and I
fired at him. Then I f*W.ted from the pain.”
The only visitors who were admitted io
Capt. Phelan were a lady who gave her name
as Mrs. Welch and who said site was a cousin
of the captain and the Mr. Reilly who called
ujMin him on Saturday. The captain is doing
veil
Nearly 1,000 men and boys idle by the
ckssng ol Red Ash Coal Company’s collieries
at Wilkesbarre, Fa.
ALL ABOUT JEFF. DAVIS
A HEATED DEBATE IN THE SENATE ON
GEN. SHERMAN’S PAPER.
Senators Grow Warm in DiscuHsing the Kx-
Confederate President -Vest Believes
He was Loyal to the Ixist Cause
Bartholdi Statue Bun-hard
for England.
Washington, Jan. 13 In the senate Mr.
VanWy *k, from tho committee on public
lands, reported favorably the house bill to
prevent the unlawful occupany of public
lands, with an amendment authoring the
president to use civil and military force to
remove the illegal fencing.
Mr. Mitchell introduced a bill to increase
the pensions of widows ami minor children
from $8 to sl2, providing the mustering into
the service should be prima facie proof of
soundness.
Mr. Hawley’s resolution calling f6r General
Sherman’s historical statement filed with the
war department was then taken up.
Mr Harris a|ked Mr. Hawley whether
there was anything in the papers filed by
General Shenutui in relation to a personal
controversy between himself and Jefferson
Davis which required the action of the senate.
Mr. Hawley replied' that the documents
were an interesting contribution to history
and could not be published in the War of
Rebellion Record for some years to come.
Mr. Vest regretted the introduction of the
resolution not as an ex-con federate, but be
cause it made the senate a party to
controversy. He said: “la it right, fair or
nanly when Mr. Davis cannot be heard on
this floor except thrmigh the mouth of some
tine who chooses to espouse his side, to use
the government of the United States in a
peiwnal controversy, no matter what may
be its merit?” He continued: “1 was a niem
ber of the confederate senate and op
posed with all my force the measures
advocated by Mr. Davis, lint I believe he was
true an*l loyal to the cause he espoused as
ever was wife to busband or religious vo
tary to the God ho worshiped.” He ex
pressed his earnest opinion that Gen. Hiber
nian was mistaken in 'the assertion that the
people of the (Confederate states did not sym
pathize with their Iflkder in the den-
test, “and wo have no more use,” he sdid,
“for the periojial opinionsdf Gen. Sherman.”
Mr. George wanted to know what the sen
ate had to do with a controversy between
two citizens.
Mr. Conger did not understand this was a
controversy between two citizens, and sqme
action was neeeMary on the 'part us Mr.
Davis and cougress before Mr. Davis became
a citizen.
Mr. George replied that jmsterity would
pass upon the acts of Mr. Davis, and ho had
no fear that its judgment would be adverse
either to his honor or his patriotism.
Mr. Hawley expressed tho opinion that
Gen. Sherman was in the right both in the
per onaland military side of this controversy.
These pa])ers established clearly, to* Lua (Mr.
HaWle/’s) mind tfia there wujb a,deliberate
conspiracy in the city of Washington, at
early ns 1861, for the establishment of the.
southern confederacy, and it was determined
to make the city the headquarters. Mont
gomery, Mason and Slidell were deputed to
attend to this, while the other senators re
mained here to attend to the necessary legis
lation. «
The yeas and nays were then demanded on
the passage of Mr. Hawley’s res* 4utiofa call
ing for the publication of the papers.*
Mr. Morgan, in explaining his vote, said
although it was true that Mr. Davis hud en
gaged in a war ngninst the United States, he
was no more guilty than himself (Morgan),
and many Senators on this floor. Mr. Davis
was still beloved by millions in this country,
and whut connection had Sherman with the
army that authorized him to make rojioru to
that department? If the senate published
Sherman's attack it conid not, in justice, re
fuse to publish Mr. Davis’ reply.
Without reaching a vote on resolutions,
the senate went into executive session on the
Nicaragua treaty.
Representative Nutting, of New York,
from the house connfiiittee on the library,
prasetyted for printing and recoin mi tai n
favorable report on the joint resolution intro
duced liy Mr. Cox, of New York, appropriat
ing $1(M), h(X) to aid in the completi <n of the
pedestal for the statue of Liberty Enlighten
ing the Work! The report says: “The
statue was a magnificent gilt from the jieople
of France to our whole people, and not to the
people of New York, and it belongs to the
people as a
for the state of New York to pay for the pod
esta.l and claim the statue as its own. The
statue is a national symbol. It is a national
property, and congress should, in the opinion
of the committee, finish what has been so'
well begun.
In the discussion of tho cansular and diplo
niatic bill iu the house Mr. Robinson, of New
York, said that the measure was pne to enablC
Americans abroad to make fools of themselve*
and to forget their Americanism. He wai
opposed to appropriating money to pamper s
lot of incurable snobs. There was no use foi
American ministers abroad, except tc
d«gra<le their government. He did not
want a democratic snob to suco*ed
the republican snob (Lowell). !>et Dr.
Barchard be api»uinted to succeed Lowell,
He wa., tt man of express ideas and a fair rep
reeentaiive of democratic Americanism. Th*
wonderful speech of Dr. Burchard had not
turned a single vote from B|ame to Cleve
land. In the coal's® of his cougretMiiona]
career he had said many things which had
been called foolish by the snobs and dudet
that ran the American press, but all his ac
tions had been prompted by a love for Amer
lean institutions. It would always tie hi»
pride and pleasure to lie able to state to hu
children and his children’s children thal
while a member us the house he had stood up
for American principles against the contami
nating influences of foreign aristocracy.
Women and Wine.
Glen Easton, W. V., Jan 13. —-A decided
sensation was caused in this aristocratic
community this morning by the discovery ol
the flight and defalcation of J. C. Weidman,
the leading merchant here, and agent for the
Baltimore and Ohio railway Ugly rumors
connecting Weidman’s name with an advent
uress who periodically appear*'! here have
been afloat for some time, but people were
loath to believe them. He took the evening
train, saying he was going to Wheeling. Ht
failed to return, and a note from Weidniar
was found, saying he had left It is not
known how much he owes tbe railroad. Tht
liabilities are very heavy, as he has not beer
paying his bills for some time, on the plea ol
dull times. His credit was good, and he ii
known to have taken several thousand dol
lar with him. He leaves a wife and five
children. The sheriff is in possession oi
Waidinan’s effects.
Severe Gales at Sea.
London, Jan. 13 —The gale which set ii
Saturday off the coast still prevails Tkw
velocity of the wind has seldom tieei
equaled, and grave fears are entertained so
tho safety of vessels now due. The coasl
guards report that much wreckage has bee,
washed ashore.
ANOTHER MINE FIRED.
Excitement in the Hocking Valley Increas
ing Guards Increased.
Columbus, 0., Jan. 18 -The “No. 5 mine”
at New Straitsville lias been tired by men,
who bored through fifteen feet of masonry,
brick work and timber to accomplish tne
deed. The mine has been closed for some
time. The loss will tie very heavy. The
coal and iron company announce that they
will put themselves on the defensive here
after.
The guards at Straitsville have been rein
forced and the sheriff is on hand with depu
ties to assist in maintaining peace The de
velopments since Saturday have added flame
to the excitement, aud the indignation of the
law-abiding people is very strong against the
general lawlessness.
Another Kdigioun Murderer.
Muskegon, Mich., Jan. 13.—Peter Boultz,
who was charged with murdering his wife,
has been acquitted on the ground of insanity
The murder took place on the 12th of August
Inst in I'Yuitport township. Boultz went crazy
on religion and imagine* 1 that Christ hod
commissioned him to commit the crime. He
pounded his wife's head with the butt of a
gun. H wanted the sheriff to send to Ger
many f.ir a christ, as he had no faith in the
one in this country. Boultz will be taken to
the Kalamazoo asylum. His three children
are being cared for by the county.
Lightning Wrecks a Church.
Carmi, HL, Jan. 13.—Lightning struck
the Methodist Episcopal ilujrch Sunday
evening, making a wreck of the spire, cupola
and front of the building. About fifty per
sons were in the church, waiting for the rai
to cease, the Sunday school exercises bavin *
closed, but, although several were in the vr
tibule, where the lightning tore the ceil in (
splintered the door and tore out the weather
boarding, no one whs injured beyond
slightly shocked. Their escape seems almost
miraculous.
More than Their Match.
Deadwood, D. T., Jau. 18.—A report is
just received that a party of cowboys visited
the store and ranch of James Davis, at Sand
Creek, Wyoming, Saturday evening, and
attempted to run the place, but met more
than their match. Davis turned loose a six
shooter, killing three of the rustlers, an!
escaping injury himself. No further partic
ulars yet.
Perished in the Blizzard.
Missouri Valley, la., Jan. 13—David
Schenck was found frozen to death nine miloe
s< »uth-west of Long Point. He perished in the
recent blizzard. One hundred and sixty dol
lars in currency were found on his person.
Governor Gray Inaugurated.
Indianapolis, Jan. 18.—Col. Isaac P. Gray
w’as inaugurated governor, Gov. Porter re
tiring after a brilliant administration of four
years. Gen. M. D. Manson succeeds Lieut.
Gov. Hanna.
CONDENSED NEWS.
Assistance is asked fur the Virginia plague
sufferers.
The New Orleans fair commissioners call
upoh the state for aid.
Cholera and typhoid fever am6ng ths
French troops at Tonquin.
Counterfeit Bank of England notes in cir
circulation in this country.
One side of the public square, Hamburg,
Ark., burned. Loss, $30,000.
Secretary of war refuses to court- martial
Garlington on Hazen’s charges.
Pinos Altos, Mexico, is destroyed by flre.
Hundreds of people are homeless.
Capt. Chas. W. Foiger, forty, only son of
the late ex-secretary of the treasury, is dead.
Parkersburg, W. Va., will lie ruled Ly re
publicans, with the exception of tw< officers.
Newly coined gold last year, $ j3,72«),852;
silver, $725,150; 6,000,000 trade dollars called
in from circulation.
Miners are afraid of a cave in of No. 9,
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company at
Sugar Notch, Pa., and refuse to work,
Chicago has been ail torn up over socialist
invasion. The invincible army that was to
obliterate tbe town is 100 strong, rank and
file.
A Wolseley messenger has been to Khar
toum and returned. He found Gordon and
his men all right.
Steam tug Mike Dougherty exploded her
boiler near Elizabeth, Pa. William Holler,
steward, and William Matthews, deckhand,
were lost. The captain and two others were
badly seal*led. Loss, SIS,(MX).
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latest Quotations of the Stock, Produce
and Cattle Markets.
New York, Jan. 12. -Money, I,' j per bent. E.\
.change firm but quiet. Governments Iriu. Fol
“lowing are latest quotations:
Ait. A Terr*- Haute. 21 Morris A Essex ... 117
Bur. A OunieV’. 11V Missouri Pacific.
, Cduaila Pacific. 44 N. Y. & Eiiu
Cartada Southern 30 N. Y. Central S 8
Central Pacific .. 34 North western ....
Chicago & Alton .128 Pacific Mail 55- 1
(J., (J., C A 1.. . 32 Kock l>Jar 1 .. . 108',
Del. & Hudson . . 78% St. Paul.
Del. Lacs. A. W... 8»-J St. P. &. 8. C.. 26U
Illinois Cent ral. 120 eio pi’eferred. ... 88l a
Jersey CentJ-al. . Texas X Pacific.. IM/u
Kansas & Texas 17 U. Pacific ... 4U,»
.. ttl‘4 West. Union.. ..
LousviHe & Nash.. 25} 4 Wash. & Chat 33>ji
General.
*(sincinnati, Jan. 12.—FLOUR—Fancy, $4 <54.40
family,
WHEAT N 1 »- 2 red, H«c: No. 3, 78T£S3o.
CORN—No. 2 mixed, 40* Na 8,41 c; ear,
42c
OATH--No. 2 mixed, No. 2 white,
KYE-No. 2,58 c.
BARLEY—Spring, 53®56<j; fall,
PORK- Family, regular,
BACON—Shoulders, -jc; aiairt clear sales
Ij»rd- Kettle, 7^g.'<' ; 4 c.
CHEESE—Prime to choice Ohio, lF$12o; Nev
York, 13; /:; North western, msloc.
POULTRY -Fair chickens, prime,
ducks, geese.
per doz ; live turkeys. dreased. iOcillc
per lb.
HAY—No. 1 timothy, No. 2, $10.50
@h.oo; mixed,
$8.0(x57.00; oats straw,
Nrw York. Jon. 12.—WHEAT No. 1 white,
KJc; No 2 red, Jon., Feb-,
CORtf—Mixed western, 4'a^s3' 4 ; futures, J
OaU - Western, 36(yi41c.
“ Nsw Ohleaxb, Jan. 12.—SUGAR—Refining, com
sion, inferior, choice white.
4 4 c; off white, .< choice yellow, sc.
MOLASSES- Good fair, 25cJ26c; prime, U0432c;
choice, 48c; centrifugal, prime, 1>«(925c; fair 18c.
Detroit, Jan. 12. — WHEAT—Na 1 white,
No. 3 red, 77c; Michigan soft red, 88> a c.
Toledo, Jud. 12.—WHEAT—Na 2, bOc, Na 2
soft,
Live Stock.
Cincinnati, Jan, 12.—CATCLE—Good to choice
butchers'.34^4..<>, lair. common, S2(J
2.75, stockers and feeders, yearlings and
calves, $2. >43.50.
HOGS Selected butchers, fair to
good pocking, fair g>x«d light, $4.2u
common, culls, U-0.
SHEEP Uuminon to fair, $3.1KX<53,50; good to
choice, weathers, sl.s<X<ss. Lambs,
common, $3(cp3.75; good, $4 *0.75.
Chicago, Jan. 12. -HOGS—Fair to good, s4.l&£
4.45; mixed packing, $4.2tX{0.40; choice heavy,
CATTLE—Exports, good to choice
shipping, common to fair, $4.2505.0);
Stockers and feeders,
NO. 224
-STfcTTEfe--,
,' s > CELEBRATED \
FITTER 5
Tbe re r ssity for f rompt srd < fflclent house
hold em die* is da ly lowing mure’a perstivo
s d of H ess r's HtoDisch Bitters is ths
r bief tn i trit «ud tbe nio*t to.ulsr. Irrsgu*
Isritv of tbe nt on. noli and b’ els. mslarisl
ever*, liver ocwplslnt, y rheumstt as
aud minor ailnmi ts. a-e thoroughly o*n« uered
ty this ’no mpa>-abl6 fanlij restorative and
mdciial »aiegu '■rd, and it is ju- t’y reward !
a th< i ure»t si d iro* t comprehensive remedy
<f-taol»se. F>r silo b. all drug* hits and
< J ea e»f e-ai'v
. ii 1 LILLbli 1 ILJLani
Ship cure for Bind,BleedlDK and Itcb
li K Piles. One box hae cured the worst
fax of 20 yeere’Htandinß. No one need
-I'iT' i fly mti.utee utter uelng William's
Indian Pil< Ointment. It nbeorbe tumors,
ullayu ItehluK, acts hb poultice, gltea In
>Hiit roller. Prepared only tor Plies,
itching "l ibe private parte, nothing Hmu
Hou. J. M. Coffenbnry,of Cleveland, gays:
"I have weed r cores ot Pile cures, and It
afi' ids me pleasure to say that I have
in vi i round anything which gives such
immediate eud permunent relief as Dr.
Wtiilam’s Iridian Ptle Ointment.” Bold by
di ugglsts und mailed on receipt of price,
fl. Foi t-ale by Braun u <t Carson, B.
Carter. John P. Turner and Geo. A. Brad
:ord, Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Frazier’s R«ot Bitter
Frasier's Kvoi Butera are not a dram
Ii: p beverage, but are strictly medicinal
In • very j ense. They art strongly upon
ttu Diver and Kfdpoye, kw-p the bowels
P-L . nd regular, make the week strong,
heal the lunge, butid up the nerves, and
it arise the blood encl system of every Im
vmltv. Sold by dtugglsts. 11.00.
For t ale by Brannon A Carson and Jno.
I'. Turner, Oolumhue, Ga,
Dr. Frazier's Magic Ointment.
A erne l ine lor Little Grurs in IbeNkln,
Bough Skin, etc. It will remove that
ro"j hneee irom the Mauds and face and
make y< u beautiful. Price 60c. Bent by
met For sale by Brannon 4 Carson and
John P. Turner, Columbus, Ga,
Mrs. Dr Walton'. Periodical Tea.
Mi.ttiei Waltm: nae prescribed thtaval
iisblemedlcelne tor a great many years
het private practice. It has proved sa
.infalling specific in the treatment of tha
i i.my oleorflers to which the lemale con
t'tntlon !s subject. It Is a sure cure tor
he monthly troubles thatsomany women
i Per. Mulled on receipt ot price. 60c,
For s ate hy Brannon A Carson and Jno
P. Tin ner, Columbus, Ga.
Nsratoga High Bock Spring Water for
=iale by all druggists. mh22eod*w
It. E. OIIIGGS,
Physician end Surgeon.
OFF ICR:
T. H. fcVAN & ( 0.8 Drug Store.
Regidr nee* J«< k«or> BL. East Court House.
JauS-Iy
Male AND HMaLE ACADEMY.
CUSSETA, UEOKtOJA.
The wo k ot this Hehooi will begin again
JANUARY 6. 1885(firsi Monday).
7 ninon St 60, SO and S3,SO,
Aocoidlng io grade. Board never more
Than 88. Per Iflonth.
MUSIC #3. PER niONTU,
LOlAiloN Hl AI.TH-UI
W.E. MUKPHKY,
jp' lay smlwS Prlnu.paL
or. JohTWood.
OFFICE AT
BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON’S Drug Stun,
Randolph btreet.
Eiisidenoe with H. L. WOODBUFF,
■riwford, between Trcup *nd Korsyifi Htrset
•GpIO-Sfli
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TO
Farmsrs, Trucksters and Gardeners.
1 wbl furnleh on board the Oars at l lora,
Alabama, a Very
Rich Marl
IT IX OLt A ttS PȣK TOX
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And a Verv Low Rate of Fre'ght
Is cfl.trid by the M bhe 4 Glratd B. B
By analysts of the (State Geologist thia
MABL c.i ntalns irout 5 to 8 per d nt. of
Pbo. ptis'e with i.th r let ill’ziug qualities,
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grab 11 ids, orcuaida and lawne It will be
found
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Tuk L nota Guai o, but a k BICH MARL!
A' yoid‘ r» 'oi welded to
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vtiblli » Gliarii Kaliroad, will meet with
n .mp 1 attention. dec 1-ts
W. A.TICNER. Jr.
Attorney At Law.
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d.'e > public or Ire>- tr.der with »I1 ot the
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