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VOL. X.
CARTE BLANCHE.
Discretionary Power for Wolseley
and All the Troops He Wants.
BULLER’S DANGER AT GUBAT
LIFE STORY OF WOLSELEY, THE AN
GLO-IRISH FIGHTER-
Vigorous Moasures Adopted by the Glad
stone Ministry —Gordon's Fate Still a
Mystery—The Mahdi’s Promise to
His Fanatical Followers.
London, Feb. 7.—lnterest in foreign news
is now concentrated on Gen. Wolseley and
his situation in the Soudan. His force is both
divided and entirely out of reach of supports,
and will certainly be attacked by the False
Prophet with an army very many times the
larger. Wolseley's record is such as to lead
to a hope that he may yet achieve success,
but he never before fought such odds. He
arrived in Egypt and assumed command on
September 9th of last year, and his advance
from Cairo to a. [mint near Khartoum has con
sumed most, of the time since.
Gen. Lord Wolseley comes of an old family,
the Staffordshire Wolseleys, of Wolseley ball.
He was born July 4, 1833, and is the son of
Maj. G. J. Wolseley, of county Dublin. At
the ago of nineteen he entered the army as
ensign, and the same year. 1852, first smelled
powder in the Burmese war. At the storming
of Myat-toon he led the party which first
scaled the walls, and was severely wounded
in the left thigh by a rifle ball. Returning to
Xn-’and ho received honorable mention in
tl- IL . les. Stthe outb of th-■(
m i. i i> ar in 18.14 he landed >vivb the Nine
teenth light infantry, and served in the
trenches as assistant engineer. Conspicuous
services in the attack on the quarries in the
assault of June 18, and in the third, fourth
and fifth bombardments of Sebastopol won
for him repeated mention in dispatches. On
August 30, 1854, while he was in charge of
the advanced line of sappeis, the Russians
made a sortie, and in the ensuing skirmish
Wolseley received such in juries to his head
and face from splinters of stone caused by a
round shot striking a gabion, that not only
was he compelled to retire on the sick list, but
his eyesight was considered for some time to
be in peril But this caia' iity was averted,
and he once more joined his regiment, and
was wr. i .-d in 1857 in the straits of Banca,
while proending in H. M. S. Transit to
China. During the Indian mutiny he took
part in the relief of Lucknow, in the siege and
capture of the same place, and in defense of
Alumbagh by Sir James Outram. together
with the several engagements which took
place in connection with that struggle. After
this he was in Oude with Sir Hope Grant, to
whose force he actol as quartermaster
general. He continued to serve in India
during 1858 and 1859, and in 1880 served
upon the qimrtennaatir-geiieral’s staff during
tlie Chinese war, and was present at the tak
ing of the Tiiku forts. When difficulties wen*
threatened between the United States and
Gres' Britian, owing to the affair of the
Trent. Wolseley was sent to Canada by his
govern- ent. He afterward visited the con*
fedeiai- army. Later, in December, 1862, he
was engaged in putting an end to troubles in
the Red river settlement. When a general
was needed to conduct the war in the Aslian
tee country, Wolseley was selected for the
honor. The manner in which be carried on
the campaign proved highly successful, and
upon bis return to England he received the
thanks of both houses of parliament, a grant
of >,090, ami an offer of a baronetcy. Tbi>
was declined. A special mission to Natal in
1875.a bri- f experience as ad inetrini governoi
of Natal and a member of the Indian
council, and a residence in the island of
Cyprus as high commimioner and commander
in-chief, alter tlie Earl of Beaconsfield an
nexed the island in 1879, are the next, inci
dents of his career. The Islandhwana (or
Islandula) disaster in the Zulu war caused the
British ministry to send Wolseley out to take
command. He found the war nearly over on
his arrival, but he used al! toe powers he pos
ts-sexi to settle the questions relating to it.
From J “74 to 1876 he was inspector general of
the auxiliary forces, during which period he
made himself popular with the volunteer
soldiers of the United Kingdom, an army of
civilian troops numbering about two hundred
tbousnud men. Tl.--1»> .l.rirdmentof Alexan
dria. July 11 and 12, 18*2, followed by Arabi
Bey’s retreat into the interior mid threatened
serious resistance by the rebels against the
Khedive government, led to Wolseley being
again ent rusted with the command of a British
army. He was given full command of the
land forces, with orderstooperste jointly with
Admiral Seymour of the navy. He sailed on
August 2, 1882, with the horse guards
and the second life guards, arriving at Alex
a Iria on August 14, two daytf after Arabi
had been declared a rebel by the Sultan, and at
once issued a proclamation declaring En
gland -■< object to be the , estoring of peace
to Bgvpt. On Wednesday, September 12,
the decisive battle of Tel-et-Kebir was fought,
resulting in the complete rout of the Egypt
ian rebels. On the 14th of September, Gen.
Wolseley entered Cairo, Arabi Bey surren
dered, and the rebellion was practically at an
end. The British parliament rewarded Wols
elev with a grant of £50,000 for his services,
and by the queen he was created Baron Wols
eley of Cairo and of Wolseley in the county
of Stafford. After receiving these flattering
honors he lived in their quiet enjoyment until
the rescue of Gen. Gordon from Khartoum
was entrusted to him.
Opinions vary greatly as to Wolseley’s cm
-pabilities as a soldier. "Nothing succeeds
like success,” however, and there can lie no
question os to his pre-eminent good fortune.
REINFORCEMENTS FOR WOLSELEY.
Given Carte Blanche as to His Campaign
and All the Troops He Needs.
IxiNDON, Feb. 7.—The cabinet counsel after
a long anil stormy session on the Soudan
crisis, decided to give Gen. Wolseley carte
blanche and discretionary p< wer in the whole
matter. Telegrams were f< rwarded to Korti
to this effect. Gen. Wols< ley was directed
to state his needs rithout reserve,
as he can have all the men and
material from England tl at he pleases, or
should he deem it best, a large contingent of
Indian troops will be forwarded to upper
Egypt. The broad measures resolved upon
by Mr. Gladstone and his co" •'gues have
somewhat satisfied the public ila.se, and a
feeling of greater satisfaclii n is expi-essed at
the determined attitude the ministry has de
cided to assume.
GEN. BULLER’S DANGER
From a Combined Arab Attack on Hit
Small Force at Gubat-
London, Feb. 7.—Gen. W c seley has beer
in almost constant communication with the
war office since the news of the fall of Khar
toum and messages interchanging views ot
the situation in Egypt have been flashed tc
and fro as rapidly as possible. The cabinet
officials seeru fully alive to the danger ol
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farther delay, and are actively discv.sing end
devising means by which prompt relief can ’oe
afforded to the army in Egypt. The latest
dispatch reoaived from Gen. Wolseley at the
v ar office is couched in such terms as to leave
no doubt that the situation of the British
troop. is desperate.
i He says he is in receipt of a communication
from (Jen. Sir Redvers Buller, commanding
officer at Gubat, urging the immediate for
warding of reinforcements. Buller stales
that since the news of the capture of Khar
toum by the Mahdi’s forces the enemy has
become bold and defiant. At intervals they
approach in large bodies to within a few
hundred rods of the British position, and lie
expresses a fear that should they combine for
another attack they may overwhelm and an
nihilate bis small force. ‘'Of course,” he adds,
“I can embark my forces in the steamers
here, but I have de term in-xi not to abandon
; the position which was so gallantly obtained
by my predecessor while one of us is left alive,
unless otherwise commanded by you.”
(fen. Wolseley telegraphs that in the face
of this information he has conclud* d to ask
further instructions from the war office, and
meantime remain quiescent.
Mr. Gladstone, upon lining made acquainted
with the tenor of this dispatch, resummoned
the nionilters of the cabinet, and they held a
session, the result of their deliberations Ixjing
anxiously awaited
GORDON’S FATE.
His Life Spared That the Capture May
Grace the Victor’s Triumph.
London, Feb. 7.—Opinions .differ greatly
a- to the fate of Gen. Gordon. He has al
ways averred that he would never be taken
■div* , and those who know him be;-' believe
that he has been killed. Still, it is known that
the one point toward which El Mahdi
lias <le voted his best energies dur
ing the past year has been the cap
ture ol Gordon alive. So long ago as
August, 1884, Gen. Gordon wrote to Its sister
in London that she need have no tears for his
1 ;-s.oi;:ii afetv, because he bail a charm for
his life which he would not explain to hei
b yond saying that it came from bis trust in
the Al* iigbty. Other private letters received
a! about the same time, and only now ma E
public, say that El Mahdi had ordered that
all h • soldiers must shoot wale of Gon.
Gordon, and that anyone who killed or even
■ ’ he great inffdel should be punish* 1
with death.
i a* uuj.le field at El Obeid, where the
army of Hicks Pasha was slaughtered, is
staked off with posts to show where various
oi.'icers met their death, and El Mahdi ha
solemnly assured his followers that he would
some day show them Gen. Gordon chained to
the jx-st which marks the sfot where Hicks
was kill'd, butthose who know Gen. Gordon
believe that before he shall be chained to any
P - t th'-re wili be many killed, and tha’ he
will be among the number. The lielW among
the army officers is that, if the fight v.h’ch
resulted in the surrender of Khartoum, oc
ti cred after a mutinous upidsingof thena
ti\e troops, Gen. Gordon is d ad.
I oiidon Pi’cmm Comments.
London. Feb. —Then orning papers are
- > ’rely devoted to tlr-news al u. Gen. Gur
d n and expr -sdons of ia<* countrys feeling in
regard Jo liis misfortunes.
'the Standard says that all pai’i} spirit
must lie dropjjed and one supreme, united
« rt be made to save Gordon, in a-r .'is
■■ hi- h can only be compared to the beginning
of the Indian mutiny.
The News thinks Col. Wilson’s steamers
might have arrived at Khartom earlier than
they did. It ieels convint?ed tha’ ther.ational
calamity can not be utilized in furtherance of
p.'irty feeling.
The Daily Telegraph says: “The situation
is one <»f grave and compli<*ated difficulty. 1
is right that all should wait for the
division of the ministry, upon
shoulders the responsibility rests, and who
must jMjssess the most complete military in
f(.rr dicn. ' oibirig ca i lx; gamed by wild
rfproaciivs for bygone delays. If the ; iverr
•■•nt cunnot :■ ‘scue Gen. Gordon let it dare
no longer, but retire. The Mahdi must be
* > ushed. The government has a great mis
fortune to rej‘air. But it is no disgrace to la
ment. All that is now needed is for our
stah'smen to rifia to the heroic level of our
soldiers.”
Was Loifl DiiPerin shot?
Ottawa, Ont.. Feb 7.—The govern'»r gen
eral received a cablegram to the effect that
Lord Dufferin had been shot Ln India. This
caused great excitement. <;r-d Lord I.ans
(• .wneatonce *abled to L lon for a con
firmation of the statement, but none Las yet
been received.
STUPENDOUS STEALING-
The Old Commonwealth the Victim nf Al
leged Kc.bberies for Fifteen Years.
Lorisviu r, Ky.. Feb. . —A special from
Frankfort ays a superficial n ve-tigation of
the records of the state of Kentucky shows
be vond question that a system of robliery has
lM‘en carried on for fifteen years past, which
rivals anything ever heard of.
At the sane time it been conducted
under cover of law. It is evident that the
amount stolen will not fall far short of >2,(X)0,-
(XM). It is not easy to gel at the de ails by
which the plunderers secin-ed the spoils, but a
simple' at of figures readily establishes the
fact th t a deficit of that magnitude exists.
A study of tI.U books shows that in the de
partment of criminal prosecutions the steal
lias reached at least a million in fifteen years.
In the cost of keeping idiots during the
same time there has been a steal of $500,000,
whUa in other expenditures which have not
been examined closely there are indication.*
of other crookedness, which may add $500,00t
more to the robbery. It is believed that in
most cases the money can be traced to county
and district rings which have i>een al>etted by
the legislature.
Some Other Big Fees.
Washington, Feb. 7.—lt was developed
in the examination before the committee on
pensions, bounty and l>ack pay at their session
Thursday that Geo. E. Lemon, chief agent
and proprietor of the National 'Tribune, had
P tid to Col. Robert Ingersoll $2,500, and to
SheHabarger and Wilson SI,OOO for theii
services in securing the passage of the
law by congress last session allow
ing ciaim agents to file contracts for a $25 fee
in pension cases instead of $lO, as formerly.
Mr. Lemon exhibited the drafts to the com
mittee which he had paid to these gentlemen.
If one claim agent can a!ford to pay S3,:XX) to
secure the pas-age of a law in their interest,
it would indie ate that this is one of tire most
formidable lobbies which infest the capital.
By the Ears.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7.—The house of
representatives is agog over an attack by
Representative Patton upon Will Fortune, a
reporter of the Journal. Patton took offense
<t a remark in the Journal, making
tight of his oratorical efforts. Seizing
F- ‘rtuiie by the ear he kicked him several
times, and attempted to force him from the
cloak room. The reporter feebly resisted,
and got in the last kick before the other mem
bers of the press came to his rescue.
h rry Jack, a negro murderer, at Wythe
ville, Va., was taken from jail Thursday
night, bound to a post and riddled with
bullets.
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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1885.
: ROSSA AND YSEULT.
1 THE DYNAMITER HAPPY OVER H|g
ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
1 Pat Joyce Thinks Yseuls Crazy —Said Thai
Kossa Will Not Prosecute —.Mrs. I>ud-
! ley’s Excitement—Short and Ills
Victim in Court.
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O’DOKnVAN ROSS'
New York, Feb. 7.—Rosssa is very happy
over his escape from death. ,
“Anyone may shoot a man,” he said. “If
one person makes up his mind to kill another
he may usual! v carrv out his desire, 'fl ere is
no way of protecting oneself from secret ene
mies. That is the principle the dynamitei’s
fight on. That was th*; principle of tliis tool
of the British government.”
Patrick Joyce, now the temporary head of
the Fenians in America, has his hands full.
He was up to his eyes in work when a reporter
saw him.
Joyce has blood in his eye and intends to
>pf-n a war upon the Chambers street hospital
uithorities.
“Th** treatment Rossa received is disgrace
ful,” he said, bringing his generous fist down
apon the table, and makihg the paste pot
jump. “Here Phelan was mad * a pet of and
given everything that the palate could crave,
while poor Ros a, a bigger man in a minute
than Phelan could hoj>e to be in his whole life,
was outrageously neglected. Now, some
body’s going to get i: sLgated, that’s all.”
Just then a messenger handed Joyce the
following note:
Patrick Joyce, Esq.:
Sir--Being in the newspapers, and hearing from
various sourcs. that you are anxious to have ar
interview wi h me in order to establish my ;den
tity as a British emissary—a spy. an informer
and the wife and daughter »»f several diilerei.t
people—l beg to assure you that x will willingly
grant you one iutervi w—as long as you desiie.
Being undoubtedly unarmed, I cannot do you any
personal injury.
If you apply in your capacity as a newspaper
ed ter joii A ill have no difficulty hi obtaining ad
mitt ince.
The •'blarney'" you say you would have ‘used"
is now rendered unnecessary, but as a seini-Ir'sh
woman ad e.v me to infurni you tnat 1 always
meet those who have kissed the blarney stone on
their own ground. I remain sir, yours truly.
Yseult Dudlky.
“The woman is crazy,” said Joyce. “Why,
I don’t want to see her. We are satisfied who
she is. We know that she is a paid assassin in
the employ of the British government, and
when the time comes to tell what we know we
will speak.”
Joyce s refusal to meet the woman met with
the hearty approval ol’ the dynamiters, who
are laying a deep scheme, it is s®id, to get all
the advantage possible cut of Rossa’s wound.
It is said that Joyce aud old John Kearney
put up a job to Uirow the blame of the at
tempted assassination upon the British consul
and Minister West.
The story goes that Rossa will not prosecute
the woman, pn derriiig to pose a > a magnani
mous martyr to the cause rather than run The
risk of convicting the woman of insanity, and
tii us ruin his claim that the woman is a hired
assassin.
This is pointed to as the true rea_xon for 1 lie
refusal of Joyce to see Airs. Dudley.
ELEVEN FITS IN ONE AFTERNOON.
Bow .Mrs. Dudley Became Excited When
Beading of Dynamite Explosions.
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YSIULT DUDTJET.
Feb. 7.— Thursday afternoon
Newark paners announced that Mr, and Mrs.
Sneyd could not- be found at their home, No.
47 Plane street, where Mrs. Dudley was a
boarder for two weeks, but when a reporter
/ailed at the house he was admitted by Mrs.
Pneyd, who escorted him to the jiarlor tc
fchow him that she did not have English batr
tie scenes on the wall. Instead, there were
photographs and engravings of rural scenes
and ancient statuary. She said she had been
out during the afternoon to see Miss Chal
mers, who is nursing a society lady who is
very low.
“It would not be right for me to tell you
where Miss Isabelle Chalmers is now," Airs.
Sneyd said, “for her patient is so ill that it
reporters calleci at the house it might make
her nervous. Miss Chalmers was very much
shocked when I saw her, for she had no idea
that Mrs. Dudley would ever do anything sc
rash as to shoot a man. They very in
timate friends, although it was in the Rovse
velt hospital, New York, that they first bo
came adquainted. Mrs. Dudley is subject tc
epileptic fits. One dav she went down town
with me to do some shopping, and when
we returned home and read of dynamite
explosions she had eleven fits on that sofa. 1
was alarmed, because the spasms w ere verj
severe. She said she had those attacks fre
quently when over-worked or excited. She
would sit on the sofa all daj
reading, but at times she would
spring up suddenly, throw up her arms,
utter an exclamation, and then clench hei
hands and walk back and forth. She acted s<
on the Sunday she read about the dynamite
explosions in Loudon, and I asked her whal
was the matter.
“ ‘Oh, I don’t know,’ she replied, 'but I feel
sometimes that lam weary of this life.’ She
was so excited and queer that sbe made nu
nervous aud when 1 told n J husband hi
Raid Rhe rmrt cjn. Tdo not think she is re
sponsible fin hat >lie L;h«low*, for people
who l.uve < j i I .<• ilts are not ri rht at times.
1 will never receive another woina i as a
boarder again unless I know all about her.
“She L finely (educated and, I understand,
speak- !i c dill’ cm, language.'* and is . ! her
w iso nee*nnplished, That she was not brought
up to hard work was plain to me, tor she
would fling things carelessly about and keep
me busy putting the room to rights. She uf>-
parently knew nothing about housekeep
ing. but was very ladylike except wiien
she lie* amt excited in discussing some
question. Sh* would not admit that
anybody was rir ht but herself in any argu
ment, and jus .vhatshe said you must side
with. Th.re was no such thing as reasoning
with her. Ido not think that Miss Chalmers
knows much about Mrs. Dudley’s family his
tory, for she is not a woman who says a deal
about her pri\ate life. She boasted of being
an English woman, and she appears to be
proud that she was.”
Phelan and Short in Court.
New York, Feb. 7. —An unusual number
of dynamiters were in attendance at the
Toombs police court, fox' word had gone out
that Short, Phelan s assailant, was to be ar
raigned.
Shortly after 10 o’cloc k Phelan appeared,
pale and thin am his left arm hung in a
si.ng. “I feel preUy weak, but am mighty
glad to get out of doors,” said he. When
Phelan was making his statement, Short en
tered the room and was placed at the bar.
He wore a new suit of dark clothes and a new
beaver overcoat. Phelan identified Sh* rt as
the man who assaulted him, and Justice Pat
terson heal Short for examination under
s3,e:w bail. Short nodded his h> ad at this,
and Phelan said: ‘Judge, I should like to
ask for the protect! >u of the police while I re
main in the city, as I do not feel safe
from the attacks of that man,” pointing to
Short. Judge Patterson said lie was sorry he
could not give him a bodyguard, but told him
to apply to tiie police for iiennisdon to carry
a revolver. Short s examination will take
place at 3 p. m. Saturday.
AN ENGINE’S FATAL LEAP.
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Jumping a Trestle While the Crew are
Toasting Their Shins in the Caboose.
CTncinn’ati, Feb. 7.—While coming down
the steep, long grade just outside of the city
proper, the midnight freight on the Cincin
nati Northern started over the long trestle
over Deer creek at a terrible speed. The en
gineer, James Flannigan, tried to check his
engine, but the train was too heavy for the
little engine to brake, and on she dashed. The
crew saw they were doomed, and prepared to
jump, but a moment later the locomotive
pitched headlong down to the ground, thirty
feet beneath, followed by six cars, which were
rent into splinters.
I’oliowhig is a list of the dead and ir/
jured:
The fireman. John Squires, twenty-fbe,
who resides at Massillon v.ith his wife and
ci ild. jumped just as the engine left the track,
and was picked up dead and horribly
mangled by his heavy fall against the frozen
ground.
Engineer James Flannigan, thirty, mar
ried, of this city, was picked up with his arm
broken, his skull crushed, and probably in
ternally injured, from which he will die. He
was hurried to the city hospital.
Conductor Chas. Perkins, of 64 Webster,
escaped w ith a mashed hand and cut head.
Taken home.
Pat. Bristol, brakeman, leg broken, and
Henry Willis, brakeman, bruised about the
head and arm and will be taken home.
The three latter saved themselves by jump
ing. Squire’s body wj»s taken to an under
taker:* and his brother at Dayton, 0., notified.
Five hundred people stood on the high bunk
and were strung along tlie track at the scene
of the accident, half a mile beyond the depot,
speculating ujxin the accident and watching
the removal of the wheat, corn aud dour With
which the cars were loaded. The ’vest side of
the trestle is badly wnvked by the v. of
the runaway engine, which left me track at
the last curve, a dozen rods above where it
now 1 i<?s on its side, wedged between the tres
tk i and the bank, apparently little damaged,
but a genuine problem to the wreckers, who
are preparing to remove it piecemeal Traffic
wili be resumed before evening, as the east
Hack is conn .'n atively cleat .
The most g**n. rail aeceptefl opinion is that
if the crew hail been at their post-. insiea<! 'if
toasting their shins in the caboose it wouldn’t
have devolved upon the engineer to mak • a
fruitless effort to check the fiying train at the
peril of his life.
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Gambling in Human Lives.
Baltimore, Feb. 7.—A suit was brought
some time ago by Elias Ebert, of
I York, Pa., against the Phoenix Guarantee
; Mutual Aid association, of Baltimore, to re
; cover $2,000 insurance placed on the life of
Jacob Bott, who was eighty-four years old
I when ihe policy was issued. The defendants
I demurred against the bill on the ground that
the complainant had no insurable interest on
the life of deceased, and that the transaction
was of a gambling nature. Judge Brown sus
tained the demurrer and dismissed the bill.
At the same time he took occasion to charac
terize the defendants as a graveyard com
] f.ny, and scathingly nc'ie '.ed their so-called
business transactions, closing by saying that
V, was plain that they conducted nothing but
: a speculative and gambling bu.dness contrary
. to the law.
Her Own tvenger.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 7.—A special from
Sharpsville, Pa., a station on the Erie and
Pittsburg railwav. gives an account of the
fatal sho< »ting of Edward Schell, a railroad
engineer, by Miss Katie Be d, Wednesday
night, as they were returning home from
church. Miss Reed was amediately arrested
and locked up. In explanation of her con
duct the states that Schell had repeatedly at
tempted her ruin, and bad only succeeded in
accomplishing his purpose after having given
her candy to eat, which was drugged. “I
gave him a year to fulfill his oft related
promise ot marriage,” she said, “and told him
if he would nut I would kill him, aud which I
tried to do.”
Unmercifully Whipped in School.
Chicago, _’eb. 7.—A war ant is out for the
arrest of S. A. Barnes, a principal of one of
the public schools, for alleged maltreatment
of a twelve-year-old boy named King. The
boy is covered with bruises and cuts caused
by a whipping with a hor e-wl.ip. The prin
cipal alleges that the boy refused to perform
some duty, and re fused to mke off his over
coat. for whi*‘h causes the punishment was
more severe than usual.
To Contest a Will.
Easton, Pa., Feb. 7.—' 1 .<> will of the late An
drew Herster «s to be con seed in court under
an opinion filed by Ju'i_‘ Vvers, who has
heard evidence in substantiat ion of t he ground
that the testator hail made his w ili and added
codicils under improper influence, fraud and
misrepresentation. Old Mr. Herster died
leaving an estate valued at about §266,000.
Ituniors of h Massacre at Khartoum.
Cairo, Fob. 7. —Rumors have reached here
that 2,000 non were ma-sacred at Khartoum.
The newse f the disaster lias cast a glocui
uver tha entire European colony iu
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CALLINGON CLEVELAND
HIS HOTEL THRO4GED WITH A CON-
STANT STREAM OF VISITORS.
Distinguish*'*! Men from All Sections of the
Union Pay Their lte*pe<’ts Ami Urge
the Claims of Their Favorites —
A Crank Bounced.
New York, Feb. 7.—President-elect Cleve
land received a perfect stream of visitors at
the Victoria hotel. Hour after hour he sat
patiently listening t<» the suggestions, hints,
instructions, pleadings and demands showered
u)M»n him. Mr. Cleveland was in excellent
spirits, and gave himself freely to his guests,
everyone of whom was invited.
Every section of the country was repre
sented and every shade of democratic opinion
had its representative. The CQurteous clerk
had bis patience severely tried, as questions
by the score were shot at him, whi?“ the bits
of pasteboard carried up by the bell boys to
Col. Lamont would have filled a bushel basket,
and as far as possibl ? each caller wasaccorded
an audience. That is, Col. Lamont made the
best use he could of the time at the disposal
of the president-elec , and gave as many in
terviews «-• v as possible in the ten hours or
more devoted to tha; bu<ucss.
To each aud every one who earne into his
presence the ex-govemor first gave a cordial
welcome and then lent his ear. He listened
until his visitor poured out the burden of his
mission, and then when the talker paused to
catch the reply of Mr. Cleveland, there was
only a genial smile of thauks lor the effort
made by the speaker, a promise that bis sug
gestions would receive due consideration, and
a quiet bowing out to the attentions of CoL
Lamont.
Mr. Cleveland received his first caller in
the pei’son of Mayor Grace, who presented
him with the freedom of the city.
Senator Gorman was the next visitor, and
he had the longest interview of the day, but
the senator smilingly informed the reporters
that policy, cabinet and politics did not enter
int* > the conversation.
A delegar ion from Virginia was introduced
by Roswell P. Flower. The next nowd caller
was G n Hancock, who is credited with hav
ing received an invitation to become secretary
of war. Georgia had a large delegation, and
Senator Vanee repre emed North Carolina.
Judge Lowery, of f’orl IVayne, headed the
It:’a.:a '<■ ' 1 r. i-.nand th** Hoosiers calmly
told the rep .iT.cr ihat Indiana wanted Joseph
E. McD* maid in the cabint and that they had
called to Udi .dr. Cleveland so. All sorts of
rumors were floating about the hotel, concern
ing the visit of an Illinois delegation wliien
was said to have pressed Gen. J. C. Black for
a cabinet position. The callers from Illinois
were Chain >.an Oberly, of the democratic
state contra! committee; R. S. Dement, of
I.* angton, and A. E. Stevenson, of Bl« oui
ington.
Senators Lamar and Gorman and Con
greisman-cle('t Joseph Pulitzer were shown to
Air. Cleveiand’s pario’-s. CoL James G. Bar
rett, of Washington, chairman of the in
auguration committee, called later in the day
to pay his re jects. lie was introduced by
Senator Gori..an, but did not slay any length
of time. About four hundred well Known
soldiers and statesmen called during the after
noon. .Mr. Cleveland dined with G. Winslow
Paige, brother-in.law of Thomas A. Hen
dr eks, at the Brevoort house, Thursday. The .
covers were laid for fourteen, but at the la t i
moment William C. Whitney, a prospective
cabinet officer, sent word that he
could not attend, and the fated
thirteen sat down. They w'ere Mr.
I’uige, Mr. Cleveland, Mayor Grace, Ed
ward S. Godkin, of the Evening Post; George
Jones, of the Times; Oswald Ottondorfer, of
the Staats Zeitung; Francis M. Stenson,
Judge Ashbel Green, James Harper, ex-
Mayor Cooper, A. E. Dimock, Mr. Benedict
and Col. La m>nt. The *linner was informal,
and pc' Les wore not t en-! *-d , save in eon
g. i.iuia. n , ti. : di .Anguished guest. Mr.
Cleveland said that he had no engagement to
visit Mr. Tilden as had previously been re
ported. The inevitable lunatic turned up at
the Victoria m the person of Eugene C. Aus
tin, of Attica. N. Y., a political crank of the
Guiteau stamp and one who has frequently
annoyed Mr. Cleveland. He claimed to have i
a telegraphic'. rdcr : med Grover (!level.-md, |
calling him to the e . A detective pix ui ptly
collared Austin and ct him out walking. .
TROUBLE AMONG THE MINERS. |
Be<tuctions Causing: Great Discontent
Mine No. 35 Still Burning.
Columbus, 0., Feb. 7.—The pronuncia-1
inento -cut out by the officers of the miners’
union, recommending that all the coal miners ■'
in the state accept a reduction of ten cunts
per ton, which makes the rate fifty cento per j
ton. has created a decided sensation among |
the ;liners, and thus ' in some of the Uhio
Central region refused to go to work until
the price is definitely agreed upon. The rate
demanded in the Hocking valley is sixty cents
pei' ten, the same as was offered by the opera
tors in that region eight mouths ago. There
is no longer any ffort made by the managers
of the Miners’ Union to disguise the fact that
the great and only effort of the leaders ha
been to crush out the operators in the Hocking
valley, where coal can lie mined cheaper than
at any other point in the state. At New
Sti ailsville the miners have as yet done noth
' ing. Yet many are free to express their con
! victions tliat they have been sold out by John
Mcßride, the president, and other officers of !
the union. Some few men were given work. ■
But the men appear dazed and can us yet
hai liy appreciate the situation as it now ex
ists. While the hundreds remain idle the out
put of coal is constantly on the increase, the
amount now being 350 cars per day. Last
week the contributions foil off fifty j>er cent,
and now that mining lias been redu z, ed in
every other section the men refuse to . nger i
contribute to the supixwt of the Hocking ‘
Valley men, who arc ordered by the officials
to hold out for sixty cents. ’Die coal op rators
can only conjecture what course the strikers i
will now take. Many predict that the men ■
will accept the fifty cents, and get work while
they can, while *; her .ar that the strikers,!
madden*d by defeat after a struggle of eight
months, will be led by ihe lawless and reck- j
less element to acts of violence and incendiar-:
ism. To a certain extent the communistic
spirit pr*”. ails in the Hocking Valb-y, and it
is not do:ibted would manifest itself should a
favorable opportun.ty present itself. Mine
No. 35, which was finxl ten days ago, is still
burning furiously, and all hupesof saving it
have been abandoned.
To Go to New Orleans.
Cincinnati, Feb. 7.—Vice President-elect
Thomas A. Hendricks and wife, Judge W. S.
Holman and wife, Judge William I-leadoi-sion
and wife, Mr. Hughes East and wife, and Mr.
Thomas McGill, left this city "Wednesday
morning by the Queen and Crescent route in
the Maim car Gerster for New Orleans.
Reversing the Usual Order.
Baltimore, Feb. 7.—Robert Yarwood,
charged with forgery and embezzement, by
which he obtained $10,660 from the Mer
chants’ Bank of Cana la was arrested in this
city and delivered to Canadian officials, whe
tell with dim im Canada.
I I
THE CONDENSER.
Fresh, Pithy News Items Boiled Down for
the Hurried Render.
Richard Hawkins, of Ghent, Ky., suicided
ly shooting.
James McCarthy, farmer, near Cable, 0.,
hanged himself.
The state sanitary aas*<'iation of Ohio met
in Columbus Thui'sday.
Mrs. Dudley is being terrorized by the Irish
patriots through the mails.
Howard Martin assaulted Ed. Green in
Cuba, Mo., and was shot and killed.
The Cinch ii lati board of trade has passed
resolutions favoring a registry law.
Matilda Lee, a colored woman, was burned
to death in a shanty flru in Cincinnati.
The Order of Cinciimatius will take in the
Maidi Gras festivities in N*»w Orleans.
Five hundred men have struck at Moor
head & Me lean’s rolling mill, Pittsburg.
Dr. John Romig, who established the North
American Review, died in Allentown, Pa.
Kitty Reid shot Edward Shell at Sharp®-
ville, Pa., because he would not marry her.
Patrick Ford, of New Orleans, admits that
he killed A. H. Murphy, but claims self-de
fense.
The Republican caucus of th 9 Illinois legis
lature nominated Gen. John A. Logan for
senator.
zllbert Anderson, night yardmaster of the
Panhandle railroad, was killet by the cart
at Xenia.
Memphis merchants’ exchange will estab
lish a call b Kird for gram, pi\ visions aud
produce.
Indiana military companies threaten to die
band because the legislature failed to pass the
military bill.
Joseph D. Adair, prominent Texan, was
shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Parker at
Colorado, Tex.
Theodore Stuck was drowned near St.
Mary’s, W. Va., aud Miss Shillenberg near
Newark, same state.
Steamship Wilmington from San Francisco
to Victoria, B. C., is seven days overdue and
is believed to be lost.
A destructive fire occurred at Laurens, 8.
C.. Thursday morning. Eight stores with
merchandise were consumed.
Mr. Stanley Hunter, author of the Spoop
endyke pap»ers. has become chief of the
Telons, one »>f the Sioux tribes.
The Japanese government has offered a
piece of land in Tokio in fee simple to the
U iiited States for legation purposes.
Battle Lake, Minn., a village of 500 inhab
itants, in Otter Tail county, was nearly
destroyed by fire on Thursday.
A test was made of the Webster Gillette
telephone between Chicago, New York and
Meadville, Pa, which proved satisfactory.
Frank Bonham, returning to his home near
Radical City, Kas., found there the murdered
bodies of his mother, brother and sister.
Richard Godman, of Lafayette, Ind., has
brought a $30,000 suit against the Lake Erie
and Western railroad for the alleged discrim
inatiou against him in freight rates.
A romantic story comes from "Washington
to the effect that a blacksmith of Worcester
county, Md., has fallen heir to $4,660,000 and
an English earldom.
Governor Bourne, of Rhode Island, accom
panied by Mrs. Bourne, membere of his staff
and others, will leave on Saturday for the
New Orleans exposition.
Threatening Him With Dynamite.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 7.—About three
weeks ago the merchants of WUkesbarre
agree*! to close their stores at 6 o’clock in the
evening in order to give their clerks time fur
recreation. Among those signing the agroe>
meut was Elias Lowenstein, a shoe merchant.
Lowenstein tailed to live up to his agree
ment, however, and kept his store open eve
nings. The clerks, knowing that would
ti e cause of the other stores keeping oj»en,
called ujk>u Mr. Lowenstein and tried to in
duce him to live up to his agreement, lie
said he would do as he pleased in to ■■ matter.
Un he received a communicat ion
signed “The Boys,” wherein it stated that
unless he kept his store closed in the evening
they would blow his store up to the sky with
dynamite. Mr. Lowenstein has placed the
matter in the hands of the authorities.
Double Execution.
' Abingdon, Va., Fob. 7 George Gibson
and S. Wayne Powers were hanged at iistiil
! ville, Scott county, in this state, for the mur
! der of Win. Gibson in April last. The mur
• der was commited by these two men for the
purpose of securing a few dollars and a small
quantity of brandy the murdered man had in
his possession at the time.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latest Quotations of the Stock, I’roduoe
and t attle Mai'kets.
New York, Feb. 6.—Money, I‘iper cent. Ex
change quiet and firm; guverumeuis strong.
Alt. A Terre Haute. 19 Morris & Essex.. .118
Bar. & Quiucy Missouri Faciiic. 95*4
Canada Pacific.... 8* N. Y. v Erie 12
Canada Southern a N. Y. Central
Central Pacific Northwestern. .... 91%
Chicago A Alton... 181 Pacific Mail . 54%
C., C-, C. A 1 Ruck Island... 109 •
Del. & Hudson.... »r 4 St. Paul 73/g
Del., Lacs. A W .92 a Su P. A. S. C. . .. 2J/Z
Illinois Central 124 do preferred ...
Jersey Central.. Texas A Pacific.. . 12%
Kansas A Texas.. 15 j U. Pitctfic 48%
Lake Shore West. Union. . .
Louisville A Nash . 23‘ 2 Nusii. A Chatt ....
General.
Cincinnati, Feb 6. FLOUR—Fancy, $4.15®
4.50; family,
i WHEAT—Na 2 red, M6o; No. 3,82 #Bic.
CORN—No. 2 mixed, 42; a c; No. 3,4 T 2 o; ear,
44c.
OATS— No. 2 mixed, No. 3 white, 34c.
RYE-No. 2, ;*j.
BARLEY —Spring, fall, 79t£80c.
PORK Family, a ; regular,
$12.75.
BACON—Shoulders, short clear skiea,
-te. Lard—Kettle—‘gc.
i CH ELSE—Prime to choice Ohio, lO New
York, 12 ..(*nl3 2 c; Northwestern, ZV^.**B‘„c.
POULTRY—Fair chickens, $2.5uy*2.75; prime,
s3.uaaJl.2s; ducks, $3.50; geese, per
doz.; five turkeys, dressed,
HAY—No. timothy, Na 2, 11.50
@12.00; mixe*'. wheat and rye straw,
oats straw, s.'.ou@k». -0.
' New York, Feb, 6.—WHEAT —Na 1 white, 90c;
No. 3 red, : 4)., b C.
] CORN-M.?> *d western, 40.^52’ic; futurwj,
1 @SO->|jC. Oats—Western, 36@40c
New Orleans, Feb. 6.—SUGAR -Refining, com
mon, 4‘pil’oc; inferior, 3 ib.j z c; choice white,
sc; off winie, .»@s%c; choice yellow, 5
MOLASSES -Good fair. 2 > prime, 34<j»i ic;
choice, 44c, centrifugal prime,: » u33c; fair, 20c.
Detroit, Feb. 6.—WHEAT Nu. 1 white, 87c;
No. 3 red, Die; Michigan sub ed, 87J4c.
Toledo. Feb. WHEAT— No. 2, No. 2
•Oft, 83(085> 2 C.
Live stock.
Cincinnati, Feb. 6.—CATTLE—Good to choice
butchers, $4«4.85; fair, $4.5u@5.25; common,
@2.75; stackers and feeders, $3 75; yeariingt
and calves, $2 50«A50.
HOGS—Selected butchers, $4.80@5.00; fair to
good packing. fair to go*xi light. $4.35 ;
@4.<5; common, $3.75@4.35; culls, £s3.<s.
SHF.EP (\>nunoo to fair, $2.50@3.55; guud to '
choice, $3. weathers, $4.t0^4.7*. Lambs.
common, $3.00@3.75; good $4><J4. 75.
Cuicauo, Feb. U.—HOGS— Fair to good, $4.25® j
4.60; mix -d packing, $4.5u@4.60; choice heavy, |
$4.60@5.00.
CATTLE- HxporLs, $5.60@8.55; good to choies
shipping, $3.20*t>5.50; common to fair,
Mockars aud feeders.
NO. 246
mtteR 5
By *b- u** es Ho»t» t r’a Mort ch Bl**ere the
b ftgwrrd »ipe« uce o> the <ouD<cn»Lce and
Hti.o n an d sp*pt*a a e by a
o a thi riook t a*a a the icod a aa«*lmPa ed,
the b‘ d acq'i ree Aip'tte ia ra
-torto, uid the n»rr ua pyrt* m re rt bed v'»h
mi’c ntwjcte a timer, tb'onw b* o* th<s
u e*m‘ne, which i« **♦ b* u« floral t p*r«< ra of
a rbeiima It t»nrf i c> , anc an ires iaable pr*»~
\ai U ive f f anr. e.
Fr 9 a eby «H i,. vtaca and D*a’ei«
MLd Fltutbll I ILEMII
bui» cur< loi and Hob-
ilk Hut'a. Olc box bae eur«! the worat
•ifHr ot JU yraie’ataiidlDK. No oue tteod
offiot flv. mil utee allot u-luw William's
liiiliui P>9 Ointment. Il abeorbe tumors,
I. j e Iti'tilnK, aete at poultice, gl»H» in*
stain tenet. Piepmed only tor 1 Ilea.
itcbUiK ot tbt private parte, notbiUK . lee.
turn. j. Coffeubui y,ot Ulevelanit, eaye:
1 Lave UerU I tcteb Ci pile CUree, al,d It
affords me pleasure to e»y that 1 have
uevei to'.uil any ibln»{ wblcb gives euch
immediate and jnm .un.t rertei ae Dr.
rttnfam'B luulnti Pile Ointmint.” t-old by
u i.K'glntb HLd malted o reieipt id rrlce,
H. Foi eale by Brann n A Care- u, B.
Carter, John P, lurner and Ueo. A. Brad
ord. L< uu.bue, Ua.
Dr. Frasier'* haot Bitter
Fruzit i'b Boot Blttere are not a dram
•bop beverage, but aie ettlctly medicinal
(■ every c. oat. rtey act etromriy upon
't»e Liver and Kidteyt, Beep tbe bowels
>pen and regulat, make tbe wer.k etiomr,
'real tiie lur buiin up itie neivee, aud
ji anse trie t loorl and ryetem ot evet > lm
; urtty. l<cid by di UKKtets. si.uo.
hoi rule by Brat,non A Cat bort and Jno,
. rutuei.Coiumbue, ua.
Dr. Frasier's Magic Olntmeat
A euie euie tor Little Glut's in tbe Skin,
douuti Skin, etc. it wili reu ove teat
.'V.biieee Hom tiie Uto de and tace and
Lake yi.ubeuutiiut. Puce tie. bent by
.'iiati. hot eaie Ly Bui.lol A Caret.L uno
iotiu P. lurner, Coiumbut, ba.
Cine. E Giover, tn tniormilo, M xlro.
oily 16 tat Hay ; 1 nfc. pe.hbun In
dtii nKuaj •u c l e tin-, o : y<u m>v«
been el nieei bet.eflt to m>. 1 anile to
yt Uebom <re and or.-n it v air > ao,
< ti- Atiit na, lot Di, Wii.l w’e ii dlau
fl On mi it. i tn eivta i urri It <uied
m.- <ot le y. 1 B'lli bed ►< me O inu.ent
m I inn. will; w- |< r: 1 rave cnieu t>< ven
r eight m<.ie It iewendu ui.
Saratoga High Bock bprtng Watrr tor
h 5 pl! rG • pp-lpfo n- ;
Mar AND PkAlf Ai7bUY.
CUSSETA, GEORGIA.
Ih’ »■ kO’ I I'b Sc,- pt* wfii I Pg|! Hg£lL
lAM’AEi 5 teßs-ti Mom-’. 1
)UiWDSISO S 2 &O Mini S 3 50,
Accoidn g ’o >-ri . Ltenid uev*-r acre
Tlinu SS. P« r month.
niSIC srs:}. PER MONTU,
1.0 A.1..K lilAlTo Ui.
W E A. On* I LY,
!»rlwV-ern ! »3 Prli r-pal.
UH. JOHN NOr.WOOO.
OFFICE A.T
BBEEDLOVt &, Drug Store,
Itanor lph btreet.
Beeldenee with H. L. WOOD!'CPF,
rawford, be*ween Trcnp and F< raj it Hi<et
t*lrt-lM
It. E. < BIGGS,
Physician rr.o Surgetn.
OFf 1< El
T. H. EVAN?' & ( O. 8 Drug Store,
HesldtDce, Jackson B*. East Court Bouse.
jaufi-Jy
W?A.f ICNER. JlrT
Attorney At l aw.
JfFICE IN bAhEAIiD lIUUKG
iOiUMFm, • ■ • GEOE GIA
Great Bsrgalus
It Phillips' New biiue ISlote, *C Broad st M
Jolumbue, Cta. (Stock all n w, Urie and
ne«p. Awtt
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, Truckstus and Gardeners.
1 will furrith on board the Care at Hera,
Al> ba ma, a very
Rich Marl
IT -IX »OE*.A tS PEiCTOX
!
And a Vorv Low Hate of Freight
1b offered by the 12. bite A Girard N. U
By atialyelß of the btate (tioioirlet this
MABL cotitHlne tn m 5 to 8 per ci nt. of
Phobpha'e wttn ottr r tei tlllzim. qudlltlea.
For << mpoßtfi g and bioßdesß'li g for
vihli fleide, oieuaide ard lnwut It will be
found;
A Valuable Stimulator.
Lt Ib.lb not a Guuno, but a hICH MAKIi
o
Anycrderr fotwntded to
R. j. OHR, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mi bite A Girard B uroed, will n ett with
rr.-n o' "of .
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G’t FORGI* MUSOOfiIF * UTBTT I Jarsb
I liTO-’a, bu’baurf or R*aa F’fta, <4 »at*
point' Mid Bt*te. betelj g notks tv it*«
I public of nay co •«'!»♦ tl »< my « wife. ’ cbb
Fro », Fbft'i tend becone trow vr after thia
< dete e public or tree tiader. with ass nf fee
r ghta and under the but' te la eu«h
I oaves made aud provided* IACOU IhODA,
.January K . |ftßs-lm