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VOL. X.
FRIGHTENED LONDONERS
THE DYNAMITERS AGAIN AT THEIR
DEADLY WORK.
Several Simultaneous Explosions at the
Parliament Houses anti the Tower of
London —Many Persons Injured—
Measure* in Congress.
London, Jan. 26.—A terrific explosion oo
curred in the crypt of Westminster Hall
which forms the vestibule to the houses of
parliament. The spot at which the explosion
occurred is close to the house of lords. An
immense amount of damage has l>een done to
the buildin.; and one policeman is severely
injured. Thus far one arrest has been made.
The rei>ort was heard for some distance and
thousands ot people rushed to the scene. A
cor Jon of police has been placed around St.
Stephen’s Palace and the excitement in the
vicinity was Indescribable. Parliament and
other streets leading toward the houses of
parliament were so thronged w ith people as
to be impassible.
A fearful explosion also occurred in the
lobby of the house of commons and within
the walls of the tower of London, which was
full of visitor* at the time. Sixteen viators
were seriously injured. All the explosions
occurred at the same moment, 2:09 p. m. At
the tower, the scene was one of chaotic terror,
guards and visitors tumbling over each other
in their effort to esca|>e.
As soon as the cause of the detonation was
realized the gates were closed and visitors
permitted to pass the sentries, one by one,
after being searched.
The wildest excitement exists throughout
the city, and the police had difficulty in re
straining the crowds who flocked to West
minister and the vicinity of the tower, who
ex; ro'Hf-d thei 'selves determined on qni<k re
venge. Loud threats aga nst the Irish dy
namiters were heard on all sides.
The London tower outrage was the most
successful yet made upon any of the public
buildings since the inauguration of the pres
ent era of dynamite warfare. The famous
old tower was crowded with visitors at the
time of the explosion.
The attack was made on the portion of the
building known as "White tower.” It was
fairly filled with visitors at the time, and rhe
most, if not all us those hurt were moving
about in the tower at the time the
explosion occurred. The White tower was
almost completely wrecked by the force of
the » -plosion. The roof was blown clear off
the structure. All persons known to have
been injured were visitors. The jx lice the
moment they realized the nature of the explo
sion, effectually barred all egress from the
tower and grounds, and subjected every per
son detained to the most rigid search, upon
the theory that the attack was |>erpetrated
by some person or persons inside the building.
Saturday being the usual visiting day at
the houses of parliament, the buildings con
tained a great number of sight-seers at the
time of the explosions. The first explosion
occurred in the crypt of Westminster halt
The second took place in the straugers’ gal
lery in the house of commons.
Immediately before the first explosion a
lady visitor, who was alone and about to en
ter the buildings, beckoned to a policeman,
and ra: ’ his attention to a package lying
upon the steps outside the crypt. The police
man pick<* I up the package carelessly, not
suspecting anything, and went with it out
into Westminster hall. He had no sooner
reache 1 the hall than the {jackage exploded.
This explosion knocked the policeman down
and injured him seriously, and his case is con
sidered critical. Its force also knocked down
two other policemen, standing m the vicinity,
and stunned them. A lady aud gentleman
standing near the officer who had the pack
age were also prostrated. The great window
over the main entrance to Westminister hall
was smashed to atoms and all the side win
dows were blown out
In the interior of the house of commons
and upon the floor the only seat damaged by
the explosion was that which Mr. Gladstone
occupies. A small chip was also torn off the
top of the speaker’s chair.
The explosions caused a panic among the
visitors. Those who were in the house of
commons fled precipitately and many ladies
were braised in the crush.
Edmunds After the Dynamiters.
Washington, Jan. 26 —Mr. Edmunds
left the chair and offered a bill to prevent and
j unish crimes committed by means of explo
sive compounds. He stated that some time
since his attention was drawn to what seems
to be the duty of the United States with re
gard to such matters, and having no time of
Lis own at his disposal, had requested a friend
to draft the bill for this purpose, which was
the bill now submitted. He introduc 'd the
bill In the hope that the judiciary c< *o
might be able to perfect the measur o h
would meet the ends proposed, The bi.x was
r ad twice, and referred to the judiciary
committee.
The bill provides that any person, who,
* ithin the United States, shall make, buy,
s 11 or manufactur any dynamite, or explos
ive (specifying the different scientific names}
w ith the intent that such explosives be used
in the United States or any foreign couutry
f r the injury or destruction of public or pri
vate property, or the injury of any person or
p. rsons, or with the knowledge that such ex-
I >sives are to be used by any other person
f< r such a purpose, shall be deemed guilty of
f« ! >ny upon conviction in any court of the
United Status, be punished by imprisonment
in a penitentiary for a term of years and
fli.ed; and any person aiding or abetting by
sk lied labor in the manufacture of such com*
p inds, knowing the use to which they were
t t e put, or acting as agents for the princi
p.ls of such transactions, should be dr emed
principals aud be tried and punished h like
manner.
The bill also provides that any person
transporting or delivering such explosives on
board any vessel, railroad car or vehicle, em
pl ed In carrying passengers by hnd or
water, between any place in the United
States and a foreign country, knowing that
th- same was intended to be used for such
fei uious purposes as above indicated, should
in like manner be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and subject to like punishment.
Rossa Delighted.
New York, Jan. 26.—O’Donovan Rossa
the mysterious manner which
u.- illy comes over him when an exph sion in
Ei)-land is reported. He expressed himself
as <1 -lighted with the news, but would not
su whether he knew anything about it or
not.
Cheap Riding.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 26.—A fierce
and bitter rate war is being waged by the
railroads here, both on freight and passenger
bu-i .ess. The Nashville and Chattanooga
ra; • ad, learning of the secret cutting of
ra • • to Memphis and the west by the East
Ten >?ssee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
this morning lowered the price of tickets
from |9.30 to $2. Memphis freight rates in
western business from St. Louis points have
be ; restcred. The Nashville road to-day
am; unced a reduction of 50 per cent, on
freight rates.
Uailn Srl
A DUEL POSSIBLE-
Young Holman Floors the Wrong Man so»
Insulting a Lady.
Washington, Jan. 26 —On Friday even
ing Mrs Stewart threw open her elegant
spacious rooms for a general reception of
official and fashionable society. Stewart
castle was ablaze with lights from step to
cupola. A big crowd was there Among
others present were young Holman, ujn of
the hoosier congressman, and Don Carlos
de Castro, secretary of the Venezuelan
legation. During the bah which fol
lowed the reception, some underling of
one of the South American legations insulted
a lady friend of young Holman, and she com
plained of it to the young hoosier He and
the other young monos the party were some
what exalted with wine and the pleasures of
the dance. He got from the young lady a
hasty personal description of the offender,
and rushed off to find him. He found De ('as
tro in the gentlemen’s dressing room. White
with passion he walked up to De Castro:
"Take that, you infernal scoundrel!” The
words were accompanied by a stinging blow
from the shoulder, planted tremendously on
on De ('astro’s mouth. It was totally unex
pected and it floored him. Holman bent over
him to give him another, but other young
men in the room interfere! Young Holman
was caught by Charley Poore, of Syracuse,
N. Y., son of Admiral Poore, and remon
strated with. Holman turned instantly ujxjn
him with threats. Then a burly California
friend interfered and said that Mrs.
Stewart’s bouse should not lie made th*
scene of a disgraceful brawl. By this time
the drossing-room was crowded. Before
young Holman could be j>acified several blows
were passed between members of the hot
headed crowd, and a young society man by
the name of Guiton was knocked out, and a
general fight seemed imminent. The burly
Californian, however, played policeman so
effectually as to put an end to the affair. It
is sai 1 that young Holman only regret* that
he hit the wrung man, aud has apologized to
De Castro.
The latter has spurned any apology and
will demand personal satisfaction. Mean
while young Holman is looking for the real
offender, and at the same time is not unwill
ing to fight a duel, if necessary. The inci
dent is one of the greatest social sensations of
the season.
GOV. IRELAND EXCITED.
He Wants Protection for Texan* Livlnrj
on the Mexican Borders,
Austin, Tex., Jan. 26. Gov. Ireland, in tin
inaugural address, uses the following Isn
guage: “Since my late message to the two
houses was penned, th * knowledge has
r« ached me of the perpetration of a series of
horrible crimes, murders awl thefts on Texas
soil by incursions of predatory brands from
Mexico Since it has become known that
neither Mexico nor the United State* will
surrender one of their own ci izens to be
taken to the other government to be tried for
crime, the people on the right bank of the Rio
Grande have become emb »ldened, and they
tand on Mexican soil covered with the blood
of our women and children, and tht-ir booths
in sight of our people. I have niada
repeated efforts through the secre
tary of state, to induce a discussion of the
propriety of so amending the treaty of 1861 a*
to permit any one, no matter where hi» al
legiance my be, to be extradited, but no re
sults have followed. Commercial treaties and
money affairs seem to be of more importance
than the blood of our people. In the last few
days I have written to the president, giving
him full account* of the condition of affairs
on the Rio Grande, and have also informed
him that Texas can, if need be, protect her
self, and minute companies and state troops
on that border have been directed to protect
our people without deference to nice point* of
international law. If the federal troops,
whose duty it is, under the constitution, to
do so, are too tender to patrol the border, or
if the few companies in the interior consider
a show at dress parades of more importance,
it would seem that their presence on our soil
is of little practical use.” The governor con
cludes with the statement that bis remarks
were not into ided for criticism of the com
manding officer in Texas, (meaning Gen.
Stanley,) but a criticism of the general man
agement of the war department.
Astounding Election f raud.
Chicago, Jan. 26—A recount of ballots
just completed by the county special grand
jury shows definitely that the proposition to
appropriate f 100,(X» for an additional police
force, declared by the canvassing board to
have been carried, was in reality l<jst by sev
eral hundred votes, and that through fraud,
aided by stupidity and carelessness, SIOO,OOO
of the city’s fundshave been misappropriated.
Not a single precinct of the 171 in the city
was found from which a perfe-. t y correct re
turn of the vote on the police appropriation
was made, and the proposition actually re
ceived over fourteen thousand less votes than
were credited to it by the canvassing board.
It is stated that indictments will be voted
against seventy-five per cent, of the 513
judges who served at the election, and that
they will not be indicted jointly, but several
ly. The clerks of the election will not be in
dicted. The expectation, it is stated, is that
the indicted judges will be itn.-d from $lO to
SSO each, and that the majority of them will
go iato court, plead gudcy and pay their
fines.
Uxorcide and Suicide.
Cleveland, Jan. 26. —The police on being
notified that a murder and suicide had been
committed in Mulberry street, discovered the
bodies of Michael Roche, a young Irishman,
and his wife, Annie, fairly weltering in
blood. The wife was dead, but the man,
with his throat cut from ear to ear, was alive,
but unable to speak. Ho gazed at the officers
with wild, glassy eye balls, and with bis hand
Btili clutching the razor with which the
butchery had been committed. No one
se>»med to know the cause of the tragedy.
Rx’he and his wife arrived from Liverpool
on Ne v Year's night, since which time quar
rals ajd family broils were frequent. Friday
flight, Roche, in a drunken condition, and
sith a huge knife, chased his wife through
the streets in her bare feet He was probabty
intoxicated when he committed the deed. He
died in a few hours. t
She Excused His Clothes.
Americus, Ga., Jan. 26. -When Carey
V'llliams, an attache of Harris & James’
store, looked up on Friday he saw before him
Miss Ada Breedlove. She had grit as well aa
love in her eye. Carey begged for time to
put on his Sunday clothes. “I’ll excuse
your clothes,” said the damsel aa she caught
his arm and le i him off to the ordinary's
office, where they were married. “You see,”
paid the newly made wife to an officer, “I
was a little foolish to begin with, and this
marriage was necessary ”
A Boy Assassinated.
Newcomerstown, 0., Jan. 26.—Tommy
Jones, a boy about thirteen years old, wai
mysteriously murderer! in a stable Thursday
night, about five miles from Granville, Lick
ing county, and no trace can be found of th*
murderer. The boy was going out to the
stable to put away a horse his uncle, Mr. R.
Jones, township treasurer, bad been driving,
and had oj»ene<l the stable door, when th*
aisaasi n shot him.
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27. 1885.
MURDER SYSTEMATIZED
BY AN ASSOCIATION OF ASSASSINS IN
FLORIDA.
Banded Together to Rill All Who Incur
Their Enmity—Horrible Stories of the
“S. S. V. C.’* —(•nfeMlon* of Mem-
ber* of thi* Terrible Society.
Braidentown, Jan. 26 The discovery of
the existence at Sarasota, in this wtate, of an
organized as*A*sination aiKiety was followed
at the examination by sensational develop
ment*. The discovery of the society was in
cident to the murder of C. E Abbe, post
master and Uniteii State* land commissioner
at Sarasota, a few day* ago. A* he was paw
ing A C. Bidwell’s store, in company with a
friend named Moorehouse, two men stepped
from liehind the building, one of whom shot
Abbe dead without warning, and ordered
Moorehouse to walk on or share a similar
fate. Moorehouse saw the corpse dragged
across the beach, place'! in a boat and carried
down the bay. Since that time it has not
b *en seen. Moorehouse is *ai ito have recog
nized tne man who fired the *hot as Charles
Willard. Subsequent discoveries led to the
arrest of eight men, several of whom are
said to have confessed to their connection
with the assassination society and described
Its working*.
The organization was called the S. 8 V. C.,
the cab listic letters standing for Sara Bota
Vigilance Committee. It* object was the re
moval by death of all pe. son* objectionable
o its member* • Meetings were held, but no
successive two sessions at the samt place. Its
officers consisted of two judge* an! a captain,
the former pronouncing *entence and the lat
ter at ten ling to the detail* of it* execution.
A physician is said to have founded the or
ganization. After becoming acquainted in
the town after his arrival, three or four years
ago, he i* said to have first taken Bidwell
into his confidence, telling him that he tie
longed to a similar organization in the west
where mercy was shown to none, even women
aud childreu have been sacrificed when hus
bands aud fathers could be reached in no
other way. Bidwell is said to have eventually
acquiesced in th« doctor’s proposition and
the membership of the organitation at Sara
sota 1* said to have grown to eighteen ar
twenty It is also alleged that chapters of it
exist in other places, but none of the prison
ers have as yet confessed where. It has been
asserted, however, that a branch exists as
Tampa, and that a physician is one of its offi
cers. Person* considered above suspicion, are
said to have been found to belong to the gang
Wheu a man’* membership wa* desired b>
wa* led to believe that the organization wi*
similar in character to Masonic societies.
Once in, betrayal or withdrawal is said to
have meant death. How many have fallen
victims to the organization’s vengeance is un
known.
It is said to have been confessed, however,
that in addition to Abbe a respectable citizen
of Beeridge, named Riley, was one of the
victims. At a meeting he wa* pronounced
worthy of punishment Sentence of death
was pronounced upon him and four men
were appointed to kill him. This occurred
six mouths ago, and other* are Haiti to have
shared a similar fate. Biley was shot while
riding along the n>ad, dragged from his
horse and his throat cut. Beyond the fact
that two men were implicated in the crime
the authorities could learn nothing concern
ing it. 3'wo roads led from the {jostofficu to
Riley’s house. Louis Cato and Thomas Dry
man were said to have been concealed on one
of ti em and Joseph Anderson and Dr. Hun
ter on the other. Riley, as the yarn goes,
took the Cato-Dryman road and perished os
already mentioned.
It is now suppowd that Abbe’s throat was
cut after he wa* shot, as one of the prisoners
is said to have confessed that the mode of
death prescribed by the society’s constitution
called for three charges of buckshot and th*
cutting of the victim's throat to make death
beyond doubt. The eight men said to be un
der arrest are Dr. Hunter, Mr. Bartholomew,
John and James Fletcher, Thoma* Dryman,
Louis Cato. John Tippit and Dr Andrew.
Rev. Mr. Lowe, it is rumored, wa* sentenced
to be whipped on account of a misunder
standing between him and his stepson, but
the sentence was eventually reconsidered.
The alleged high standing of the society’s
members makes the disclosure* all the more
aatouuding.
Excitement tn Gen. Toombs* Town.
Macon, Ga, Jan. 26.—The town of Wash
ington, in this state, the home of Gen.
Tooms, the birthplace, by actual count, of
forty-three members of a single Georgia leg
islature. has alway* maintained an exclusive
social stan ling. It was the first town ever
named after Gen. Washington. Just
now now its people are in a fever of
excitement over an article which appeared
in the Sunny Routh, of Atlanta. The
article was signed “R. 8.," dated from
Washington, and stated that the crying
evil of that place is the betrayal of married
women by married men. As no marital
scandal was ever known there, profound in
dignation exist*, and Gen. I'ooolß is said to
have exhausted his wrath against the writer.
The funny part of the story Is that there is
but one person in Washington with the in
itials “R S . and she is the wife of a colored
preacher. The editor of the Sunny South
had no knowledge of his contributor’s color,
and thus fell into a trap, out of which he will
m&ke haste to free himself.
Frozen Cattle.
Daul ar, Tex., Jan. 26—The cold *nap con
tinues in Texas, and reports from all part* ol
the state ahow the loss of cattle aud sheep to
be appalling. The extremely dry sum
mer left the ranges in a bare condi
tion, and the cattle were unable to live
thnjugh a severe winter. It is probable that
thirty per cent, of the meat cattle and sixty
per cent, of all the sheep in the state will be
loet In Bosque county half the sheep died
Wednes lay before last, and it is thought that
Thursday night’s heavy sleet killed most of
the remainder. The aggregate loss will not
rAn short of $4,003,000.
Cremated In a Smash Up.
Smith’s Falls, Ont, Jan. 26 —The east
bound Montreal express, on the Canadian
Pacific Railway, met with ah accident at
Carleton Place Junction, thirty-five milee
southwest of Ottawa. Three pat>sengei
coaches were derailed, and the baggage and
one other car burned. Baggageman Mc-
Donald and an unknown passenger wen
burned to death, and several persons wer<
injured. A wrecking train from Carktoo
Place cleared the track and removed the dead
•nd injured to that village.
A Widow Robbed by Her Son.
Phillipsrurg, N J., Jan. 26—A few day*
ago Mrs Margaret Eckert, a widow, re
ceived $1,200 pension money, her husband
having been a soldier and killed in the late
war. The funds were kept in a bureac
drawer, and were intact yesterday. Bine*
then John Eckert, her son, has di»appeare<L
and with him went eight SIOO notes andsomi
smaller bills, in all S9OO. H* is believed te
be with an old chum somewhar* in PbiU
4*lphia
A PLEA FOR THE BOOMERS.
Tlie Feeling in Kansas as to Oklahoma—*
Hon. Sidney Clarke’s Views.
Lawrence, Khs., Jan. 26 —The Oklahoma
boom enmes great excitement here, as well
as throughout Kansas in general. The sym
pathy of the people is nearly unanimously
with the boomers, as it is regarded as a con
test lietwecu the cattle kings and the settlers,
the former wauling l,0«X),000 acres of land
each and the lat er being content with 160
acres each for cultivation.
“Why,’ said 1! n. Sidney Clarke, “if Sen
ator Plumb really wants the settlers instead
of the syndicate to get the lands, he can
easily accomplish his object; at least he can
prevent the butchery of citizens of his own
state. Time and again did 1 prevent by in
terposition with the war department a colli
sion between the ti’ooiw aud the settlers
on the Joy ' lands Mhy does not Sen
ator Plumb go to President Arthur and
say: ‘Mr. President, the matter of the dis
position of the Oklahoma lands is before con
gress. I have a bill before the senate for that
purpose. Mr. Ryan, of my state, also has a
bill on the same subject. 1 ask you to with
draw the troops from Oklahoma and prevent
a butchery of citizi ns of my state, and
during the ponding ol this quoition, and until
the matter is disposed of by legislative
action, I have the honor respectfully, but
firmly, to protest in the name of humanity,
anti in behalf of the rights of American cit
izenship, a troops being used to drive
out peaceable aud law-abiding citizens from
that country.*
“In my judgment, if any congressman or
senator would earnestly and honestly enter
upon such a course, bloodshed would l>e
avoided by the withdrawal pf the troops and
the relegation of the quesdun to congress for
action.”
Topeka, Kr., Jan. 26—The latest mani
festo from the colonists says:
“We are not here to defy legal authori
ties. We are hero as law-abiding citizens,
and demand our rights as such under pro
tection of the law. The law gives us the
right to settle on any lands belonging to the
United States when the Indian title is extin
guished, whether it is surveyed or unsur
▼eyed, offered or unoffered. (Se 4 revised
United States statutes, section 225). The
Oklahoma land belongs to the United States,
was bought of the Creek aud Seminole In
dians in 1866, and has been paid for in full.
It has bi»en survey ed by the United States
government, surveyed in townships, sections,
and quarter sections. No Indians reside on
it. or claim any right to an acre of it. No
Indian or Indian agent ever made a com
plaint to tho secretary of the interior, or
president that we were invading their
country. Our colonists have claimed the
right to peacefully settle this country. For
over five years we have done everything pos
sible for us to do to get the question settled
in the court, and finally in November last
Judge Foster decided that there was no
offense committed in settling on these lands
on the grounds that the lands belong to the
United States. Notwithstanding all these
things the United States army is employed
again to eject us. We deny their right to dh
so, and shall refuse to submit to it. We dfr
sire no conflict with the United States troops.
All our colonist* are good loyal men, and a
majority are old ex-union soldiers; but if
tbqy attack us and Use violence on us we will
defend our lives and property, as we believe
we have the right to do so under the constitu
tion and laws of the United States.”
Tho latest, advices from Gen. Hatch’s head
quarters at (tamp Russell are dated January 19,
having been delayed by storms. Gun. Hatch
and Lieut. Finley were thou waiting for
Maj. Dawes, who left Fort Reno
the day before with three troops of cavalry,
ihe latest count of the boomers say there
are 375 of them. On Tu- slay notice was
serve'! on Couchus' colony at Stillwater that
the president had given orders for their eject
ment aud warned th* boomers t at tho ki.ling
of a soldier lor obeying these orders was
simply mur ter. The colony is urged to a{>-
peal to the law for an adjustment of their
grievances.
EGYPTIAN SPOILS*
Hobart Paelm’s Conference Rumored
French Defeat.
London, Jan. 26.—The Pall Mall Gazette
publishes, under reserve, what purports to bo
the text of an agreement between England
and Turkey regarding the government of
Egypt. The {taper says the agreement pro
vide* that Turkish troops shall o 'cupy Egypt,
with the exception of the ports ot Alexandria,
Damietta, Port Said and Suez, which Eng
land will continue to oecupy; that Turkey
shall undertake to maintain order in the inte
rior after the capture of Khartoum; that
England shall retain the garrison on the Red
Sea littoral and abandon the Soudan to Tur
k *y, and that Tewflk Pacha, the Khedive of
Egypt shall be deposed, the Sultan of Turkey
to appoint in his stead a pacha who <l<jes not
belong to the family of Meheinet Ali.
A telegram to the Times from Hung Kong
asserts that the French troop* operating in
Formosa have been defeated at Kelung with
heavy loss, but no confirmation of the state
ment has been received by the French offi
cials A dispatch from Admiral Courbet to
the French minister of marine states that
large reinforcements have arrived at Kelung.
Hobart Pa'-ha, marshal of the Turkish em
pire and commander of the Turkish fleet, has
arrived at London as a special emissary from
the sultan to England. He an I Hassan Fehmi
Pacha, the Turkish minister of justice, who
has been here for the past week,
will hold a conference with Lori Granville
on Egyptian affairs. The proposed confer
ence was suggested to Lor i Granville, who
expressed a strong desire that it should take
place. Hobart Pacha, after leaving Constan
tinople proceeded to Toulon where he in
spected the navy yard and arsehal. Hobart
will hand many valuable presents both to the
queen and the Prince of Wales, brought by
him from the sultan.
Bodies Dug Out of the Snow.
Rome, Jan. 24.—Further disasters from
snow avalanches are continually reported
from the Aljjs districts. The village of
Chiabrando has been completely buried.
Scores of dead bodies and many injured per
sons have been dug out of the snow. Nine
persons were killed by a fall of snow at
Bronasco.
Turkey has notified Italy that she will op
pose with 20,<KX> troops au Italian occupation
of Tripoli
Tomahawked in a Bank.
Perth, West Australia, Jan. 26.—The
manager and accountant of the branch of
the Union Bank of Australia, at Rdeburne,
West Australia, have been found murdered
in the bank, having been tomahawed. The
assassins escaped.
Frozen to Death.
Quebec, Jan. 26.—A report from St.
Francis says that four men were frozen to
■death in that vicinity on Saturday. The
bodies of two of them have -been recovered,
and the ether two are supposed to be covered
by snow. A Mr. Langlois was found frozen
to death last Sunday morning near his resi
dence in the village of Acton vale. A. farmei
was also found frozen to death iiear the latte]
flace after tue great storm.
CURRENCY RETIREMENT
NATIONAL BANKS NOT WANTED AS
FACTORS OF CIRCULATION*
So Says the House, by the Defeat of the
McPherson Bill -How Will the Contrac
tion be Met? —A Washington Shy
lock—Grant’s Retirement.
I ,
Washington, Jan. 26.—With the house
under leadership which plainly indicates a
pin »ose to permit no important legislation
except the passage of appropriation bills,
there is small hope that it will be possible to
get through the Potter refunding bill, or
even the bill from tho senate which is known
by the name of its introducer. Mr. McPher
son. The senator from New Jersey, in talk
ing with a reporter, said that the defeat of his
bill in the house to authorize national banks
to issue cireulatio 1 equal to the par value of
their bonds depoa ted in the treasury is the
end of all such legislation by this congress.
He thinks the defeat of tho bill is
an indication that the national banks
ore not wanted by the house as a
factor of national circulation. Senator
McPherson also thinks that the failure of
tho present congress to enact legislation of
some kind to provide against the contraction
of the currency, which must result from the
retirement of national bank currency, will
be a source of embarrassment to the coming
administration of the treasury. He supposes
the contraction will have to bo met by the
further issuance of silver certificates, which
may eventually force the payment of gov
ernment obligations in silver. He says that
four-fifths of the customs receipts are being
paid in silver certificates, while the govern
ment must meet its obligations in gold. The
McPherson bill would have enabled national
banks to increase the aggregate of their cir
culation by about $32,009,000, without depos
iting any additional security. That, says
Mr, McPherson, would have provide*! $32,-
009,090 more of currency which is exchange
able for gold, and would therefore have
given relief to that extent.
! That Washington is infested with a class
of money lenders who grow rich by extorting
outrageous rates of interest from all they can
get into their clutches, is known to a good
many government clerks and others who
have been their victims. A case in which
Secretary McCulloch’s assistance was asked
in aid of the money lender, and which has
just come to light, is an excellent example of
the methods of some of these so-called
brokers. The widow of a naval officer, who
lost his life during the war, has been sup
porting a large family for several years on a
salary of $9 )9 a year ns a clerk in the treas
ury department. In 1881 one of her young
sons died. She was without means to give
him n decent burial, and applied to a broker
for a loan of S6O. Tho money lender de
manded interest at the rate of 11 per cent, a
mouth, and in her extremity the widow
agreed to tne terms. She paid the $6.60 reg
ularly each month, and tried hard to save up
enough to pay the principal, but another s«»n,
who was a page in the senate, was taken sick.
He was ill for a long time, and finally died.
His sickness and burial exhausted his
mother's salary, and the loan remained un
paid. A few months ago the widow made a
; calculation which showed that she had paid
: the broker $l5O in interest and still owed the
S6O principal. She told the money lender
that she would pay no more interest, but
would repay the loan as soon as she could
save it out of her salary. After annoying
the woman almost daily in an effort to force
her to continue pacing the eleven per cent,
interest, the broker recently went to the sec
retary of the treasury and urged him to com
pel the widow to pay the debt at once, under
penalty of dismissal from her position. Sec
retary McCulloch, after investigating the
matter, has written to the money lender that
the treasury department, will not lend itself
, to assist in recovering such a claim.
1—
I On tho second Monday in February, under
I tho operation of a rule permitting motions to
suspend the rules to be made by individual
members of the house who can secure recog
nition by the speaker, it is just possible that a
bill to retire Gen. Grant may betaken up and
passed It is scarcely to lie hoped t hat the
adversaries of the general will abandon their
position, but if they should decide
to abstain from further humili
ating Gen. Grant In his day of
misfortune, they will have an opportunity.
Mr. Randall is very much disgusted with the
smallness of some of his associates, and says
that if ho can secure recognition from Speaker
Carlisle on the day mentioned he will move
for a suspension of the rules and the passage
of the Edmunds bill. He very frankly says
that he regards it as a contemptible thing to
quibble over the difference between the Ed
munds bill and the senate bill first passed
j naming Gen. Grant for retirement. Mr.
Randall has not yet secured a place on the
speaker’s list for tho day, but will make an
effort to do so.
Mrs. Matthew*’ Funeral.
Washington, Jan. 26.—The funeral of
Mrs. Stanley Matthews occurred at the fam
ily residence on Connecticut avenue at noon.
The services were extremely simple, consist
ing of the reading of the scriptures,
singing of a hymn and a prayer.
Rev. Dr. Giles, of Cincinnati, and Rev. Mr.
Hyncoop, of this city, officiated. Among
those present were Senator Pendleton, Gen.
Hazen, Congressman Jordon, Washington
McLean, Coh Nick Anderson and their fami
lies, Mr. Blaine, Hon. R. T. Merrick, Solici
tor General Phillips, Minister Foster and the
justices of the supremo court. The
■ remains, which were enclosed in a
black cloth covered casket, were borne
from the house by the messengers of the
supreme court room, the justices acting as
honorary pall bearers. The funeral party
left by the B. & O. The party consists merely
of Mr. Matthews and family. They go in a
private car kindly tendered them by Mr.
Waite, son of the chief justice, and vice pres
ident of the C., H & I).
Hunting Down the Greaser Bandits.
Yuma, Ariz., Jan 26 —Gov. VTllegrana,
of lower California, has arrived here. Hs
left Enuanada, Mex., with a volunteer force
of twenty men. They encountered a party
of the escaped Mexican mutineers, and killed
one and captured nine. These are being held
in Mexican territory. One of the governor’*
party was killed. The object of Villegrana’i
visit is to secure the return of the prisoner*
captured by the American troops. Doubt*
exist whether his request will be complied
with. Lieut. McDonald is in close pursuit of
the remainder of the gang, and it is almost
certain that aJI will be captured or killed.
Arrested for Murder.
Rockford, 111., Jan. 26 The police have
arrested one George Fox, of Chemung, foi
the murder of a man named Holliday. Foi
ha<i made charges concerning Holliday’*
moral character, and when they met a fight
ensued. Fox pounded and kicked Holliday
about the head and face so vigorously that h*
died soon afterward. Fox then took th*
first train for this city, where he wm an
| rested.
THE CONDENSER.
Fresh, Pithy News Items Boiled Down for
the Hurried Reader.
Lachlan C. Dallas, postmaster at Saline*
ville, 0., was arrested for defalcation.
James Comode, a miner, near Delphos, 0.,
was found frozen to death in his hovel.
Capt. Bankhead, of Virginia, was strangled
to death ut Philippi, W. Va., by his false
. teeth,
I The imports of dry goods at the port of
| New York for the week ended January 23
were $1,866,000.
The Pittsburg postofflee has been admitted
to the privileges of the clearing house associ
ation of that city.
Loss of thirty per cent, of meat cattle and
sixty per cent, of sheep, by cold, in Texas.
Aggregate loss, $40,000,000.
George H. Fox murdered John Holliday at
Chemung, 111., because of the latter’s abuse of
his wife, who is Fc t’s aunt.
Reports from tlu country districts of Can
ada are to the effec t that a number of per
lons have been frozen to death.
Thomas J. Chapman was hanged at
Charleston, 11l , for the murder of his em
ployer, Nicholas Hubbard, last fall.
The Indiana legislature defeated th* bill
for a constitutional amendment. The civil
rights bill was recommitted to the committee.
The daughter of Chief Justice Chase, of
Maryland, was burned to death at An
najMjlis. Her night dress caught fire from an
□pen grate. 3ssl
The gorge of ice in the Susquehanna at
Port Deposit has resulted in flooding the
lower portion of the town to the depth of
three feet.
An infernal machine was found in the
room of Otto Funk, a Chicago medical stu
dent. Tho discovery was made through his
arrest for the larceny of books.
I Nightly meetings in Kansas border towns
urging that the Indian territory should be
’ opened up to settlers, and censuring the gov
ernment for prohibiting the same.
i Anthony Walker, regularly ordained min
ister of tho Christian Church, was hanged
yesterday, at Marhal, Tex., for killing Wm.
Henry, a white man, in Noveml>er 1883.
The Central Trust Company, of New York,
has brought suit in the circuit couit at In
dianapolis to secure $17,900,000 of stock of the
Wabash railroad by foreclosure of mort age.
The amount of the outstanding indebted
ness of last year’s whisky pool is found by
the auditing committee to be about $70,000,
which, it is claimed, it will be diflcult to
meet.
Wm. Berry, brother-in-law of Wm. Davis,
luperintendent of the Mexican Contrail Rail
way, was murdered by Mexican bandits,
twelve miles from Simulco, Mexico, aud a
posse is in pursuit.
Tom Dudging, an old trapper and Indian
hunter, was killed and eaten by wolves within
two miles of a logging camp near Metropoli
tan, Mich. He had killed thirteen of the
wolves before being overpowered.
CALLING HIS FATHER AS A WITNESS.
Russell Sage’s Brother Will Not Swear the
Boy His Wife Bore Him Is His Son.
Troy, Jan. 26.—Albert Sage, a nephew of
Russell Sage, the New York millionaire, was
convicted in the police court here on a charge
• of failing to provide for his three motherless
| children and was sentenced to imprisonment
j at hard labor in the Albany penitentiary for
six months. Tho defendant called his father,
■ William Sage, as a witness. Mr. Sage is a
■ benevolent-looking old man, and his answers
to the interrogatories of the magistrate
evoked considerable merriment.
; “Is the defendant your sou?” inquired the
: court.
“I don’t know, but Iguess he is,” responded
the witness.
“Well, you ought to know,” said the
court.
“I don’t know for certain any more than
you,” was Mr. Sage’s reply.
“Well,” said the judge, “there Is a saying
that it is a wise child that knows its own
father, and although there is nothing said
about a father knowing his son, it seems to
' me that you ought to be able to give a posi-
I tive answer to my question.”
| “Well, can’t tell about those things, you
know, nowadays,” said Mr. Sage.
| The court having ascertained that the de
fendant was thirty-nine years old, said;
“That is not nowadays. That was a good
while ago.”
“Yes, but things went about the same
then,” replied the witness.
“Is your wife living!” inquired the court.
“Yes," replied Sage.
“Is she in court!”
“No, sir,” was the answer.
“If she were, ’ said the judge, “she would
feel complimented by your evidence.”
Then Counsellor Neary said: “Are you a
brother of Russell Sage?”
“No,” responded the witness, “Russell is a
brother of mine.”
A Trio of Murderers.
Marshall, Tex., Jan. 26 Anthony
Walker, a negro aud a regularly ordained
minister of the Christian church, was hanged
here for the murder of William Henry, a
white man, in November, 1883. When sen
tenced to death on the 19th of last month, he
acknowledged his guilt and asked that the
sentence be carried out at the earliest day.
He at the same time appealed for charity to
his wife and six children, and passed a hat
around the court-room himself, collecting six
dollars. On the 3d of August last, after he
had been convicted of murder in the first de
gree, he had a religious service in the county
jail, and preached an eloquent sermon.
j St. Louis, Jan. 26.—The jury in the case
of Charles Williams, after having been
locked up all night, came into court Friday
morning and fonnd the defendant guilty of
murder in the second degree and assessed bis
punishment at twenty-five years in the peni
tentiary. Williams killed another colored
man named James Lincoln on the 13th of No
vember, 1883, in a quarrel on account of a
drink which Williams refused to pay for.
Charleston, 111., Jan. 26.—Thomas J.
Chapman the murderer of Nicholas Hubbard,
in Humboldt township, Coles county, August
17,1884, was hanged at Charleston at 2 o’clock
Thursday ______
An Aged Policeman Pensioned.
New York, Jan. 26. —Policeman Richard
8. Eldridge has been retired from the force,
and will hereafter receive a pension. Eld
ridge has been in continuous service as a
policeman in this city for fifty-two years and
is now eighty seven years old. He was one
of the four men who stood guard at Castls
Garden when Gen. Lafayette was received
by the citizens of New York, and wo* the
officer called by the mob after the murder of
Helen Jewett many years ago. He it was
who found the hatchet with which the mur
-1 der was committed and the cloak of the mur
derer. For a number of years past he has
been a public school truant officer.
Feet ahd Hands Amputated.
Barton, Vt., Jan. 26.—Ixmis Gougan, for
merly a saloon-keeper at Paterson, N. J., who
jumped from a train near here while suffer
ing from delirium tremens and was terribly
frozen, has had both feet and hands ampu
tated to save his life. He has a good prosper
tor recovery.
NO. 285
CELEBRATED
® TOWACII
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Hostetter** »ton?*rb Fitters Is the srt|ot<» for
011. t stii) nhte* t e fatting e> ■ e« invpor
ate* the bo«y *»» i beer* the mind. It entbie*
lesyewmt threw ff the detilhU+lne efl rt*
••fund e f kVnu-. elves wne-ed vlsnr to ths
cna 0 ot < gettion. Brons** th<» llv-r when fn
•othe rn’twß be jaded apueti e e.i cout
sb« »ltli*ul rep >*e. It* ineredieu'* are s«K,
*nd It* 0 eden'KD which const tin the hearty
end* rs« memos p r»< n»* of e*»ryc *• eol scol
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r* e by *ll Tt r* *nd D-s'ers
e*nersUv,
» 1 hoi FILKBII * ILEblli
Bure cure for Burd, Bleeding and Itob-
Ing Pllee. One box hue cured the woret
'•awe of 20 years’ etanding. No one need
differ tlv minutes after uelng Wllilnm'e
Indian Pile Ointment. It ebeorbe ttunora,
allays Itching, ante ae poultice, gl.ee ln«
jfHnf relief. Prepared only lor Plica,
itching of ihe private parte, nothing ejae,
Hon. J. M. Ceffenbury, <’f Cleveland, °aye:
“I have used eccrea ol Pile enree, and It
affords me pleasure to eay that ] have
never found anything which gives such
•ronaedlate and perm><nent r< He' we Dr.
WlHlarn'e Indian Pile Olntnu nt.” Sold by
ifUgglete aud mailed oi receipt of price,
sl. For sale by Brann'n Sr. Osre< n, B.
Carter, John P. Turner and Geo. A. Brad
ford, Columbus, Ga.
Dr, Frailer’. B.ot Fitter
Frazier's Knot Bitters are not a dram
-hop beverage, but are strictly medicinal
In every eenee. They act strongly upon
the Liver end Kldnevs, k'“ p the bowels
open and regular, make the weak atrong,
heal the lunge, bulla up the nerves, end
cleanse the blood and syelem ot every Im
purity. Be Id by druggists. SI.OO.
For sale by Brannon 4 Carson and Jno.
P, Turner, Columbus, Ga,
Dr. Frailer’* Magic Ointment
A sure cure tor Little Grid s in the Hkln,
Bough Bkm, etc. it will remove that
roughness Iron 1 the ha. de and face and
make you beautiful. Price We. Sent by
mall. For sale bv Brannon A Careen and
John P. Turner, Columbus, Ge.
Mrs. Dr Walton'. Periodical Tea.
Mother Walton has prescribed tttpval
liablemedleeire tor a great many years
hei private practice. It has proved an
unfailing specific In tbe treatment otte.e
many oteordere to which the female ton
-tltutlon la eubjer t. It is a sure cure for
'ho monthly troublee that eoirar y women
airfier. Mailed on receipt c.l price. We.
Fore ale by Brannon A. Carson and Jno
P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Saratoga High Bock Spring Water for
nalr by al! druggists ml 29eodAw
Male AhD P. Male AGiDINT.
CUSSETA, UEORGIA.
The wo k of this o<> will begin again
JANUABT 6 lsßs(flre< Monday)
1 union $1 BO BO and 83 80,
Aceoidlng to gmd . Boaid nev r more
Tit nit *S. Per IWoiitli
MUSIC #:s. PER MONTH,
LOCAiIoN HCAI.TH' 81.
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Inrlwlr-emfwß Prlncpal.
DR. JOHOoTWODD;
OTFKE AT
BREEDLOVE &. JOHNSON’S Drug Store,
Bandolph Street,
Besldence with H. L. WOODHUFF,
Crawford, between Troop and Icj*j il Enret
It. E.
Physician and Lurgeou.
OFFICH:
T. H. EVANb & CO. 8 Diw Stere.
Residence, Jackson fir., fcast Coart House .
janß-ly
wTa.TICNER. Jr?
Attorney At law.
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CQI UM BUH, -.- GFOE GIA
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At Phillips’ New Shoe Btoie, 46 Bioadet,
Oolumbue, Ga, Stock all mw, fine and
heap. dcTsJfcwtf
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TO
Farmers, Hucksters and Gardeners.
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And a Very Low Bate of Freight
le offend by the M< bile 4 Girard B. B
Bv analysis of the State Geologist this
MABL contains from 5 to 8 per cent, ot
Phosphate with otb’ r tertlllzlnw qumlHlpb.
For enmposth g and broadcast Ing for
grain flelds, orcnaids and lawns it will be
found)
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Tnle is not a Guano, but a EICH MABL
Anyc. rder» forwarded to
R. J. ORB, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mobile 4 Girard Ballroad, will men. with
prompt attention. deoij-tf
NOTICE*!
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I Broe», hß’b.nd or Brof’.. <1 r>ld
< oßrt’ »n« St'tc. beret-. »'»e nrtl-' to tb.
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