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VOL. X.
JElil’s TALK STRIKE.
THEY WANT FA?R PAY AND TO BE
TREATED AS WELL AS THE HORSES.
Au Outbreak Feared in the West Virginia
Coal Regions Wabash Kmployvs i*ro
test Against a Reduction —Three
Hundred Men Out.
Nkw York, Feb. 27.—Delegatee from every*
Street car line in the city attended a secret
meeting of car drivers a few days ago. It
was agreed to send a formal fietition to the
president of every conumny asking that
twelve hours be made a day’s work, and that
the pay be fixed uniformly at $17.50 a w *ek
for each driver. The proposed petition is to
include a request that the present system of
docking drivers for delays caused by fires
and unavoidable blockades be done a ay with.
The meeting voted to give the coaipauies
twenty days to answer the petition, and to
tie up lines and go on a genera!
strike on April 1 if the petition in
not answered. They also voted to petition
Mayor (irace to rais * the foe for a driver'u '
licence from fifty cents to $5. Their notion is [
that’.hi change would pre n incoiuj*eteut ■
men from rushing to supply vacancies on th** i
lin . A lr : ver vho has lieen t -enty vein ii ’
. in th< ty recited ~u- an
which prompt the drivers to petition fur
relief.
“Thu conqtallies go on paying out big divi- j
de-cds to stockholders,’’ he said, “and never
take a single step to lessen ihe haiddti|» of
their employes. Drivers ha •»* to work sixteen
hours a day on many of the lines. On the
Third avenue line they are compelled to make
five iound Harlem trips, th-:•<»<-» hours to the
trip, and get only twenry-eight minutes for
dii ' •’*. They have to cat their dinners on tne
cars most of the time. No excuse is taken for
delay in making the trip, no matter w hat the
cause may bo. It the delay is long, as some
times happens in case of a fire, the
drivers are often fined the pay* for
the entire trip. In any event they are
comjiellud to work extra time, without pay,
to make gnod the delavs. This sort of thing
has been going on so Jong, while the big divi
dends have been police 1 into the stockholders’
pockets that the drive >■ can’t stand it, unv
Ion." Thorax hors > • m toriou- Liter
treated and more humanely cared for than
the human beings who are hi mi to drive j
them.”
The drivers will hold a meeting in Turtle !
Bay hall on March 15 to take further action.
They are now perfecting a car drivers associ
ation, to become part of the Knights of
Labor.
strike on t'le V abash.
Springfield, ill., reb. 27.- At a meeting '
of the employes of the abash road a:im u a
reduction of wages, nearlyMl persons were ;
present. The discussion was warm nu«i .astel
late into night. A b illot taken sin ily bo- i
fore midnight showed ti'to I ola\ <r a strike !
and 31 opposed to it Later 11.*• objectors '
were mostly won over, a,. . it was ugnsxl not
to return to work at the i iuced rates, and to
request all m-s hanics of o. her cities to remain
away and let Ila n; alone while the strike is
on. This takes out 350 men. The inr c ession
is that the strike will lw -neral and will ex- '
tend into Indiana and ‘ uri A 1.-ter has
been received from CL . o saying ,'e men
there would support the action of the Spring
field employes.
An Outbreak Feared.
Coal Valley, W. Vh., Feb 27.—Serious
trouble is appreheudtxl al Union coal wonts ,
Sevurtu <lays ug<> a reduction of half a rent in |
viage* was ordered, and the men struck. |
TVedne. luy the operator- put on - hundr<-d
negroes to work at the old f de Th# wh e
miners held a meeting. p.-i 4 resoL.di- is, and
’ l.ti the negro .must com- out or
they would Burn the works. Several vi
flghts have owurn-d. It is L-arud a deadh
outbreak w ill take place.
BRUTAL SLUGGER SULLIVAN.
Ills Wife Asks for a Divorce from Her
Drunken Hnsband.
Boston, Feb. 2.—Trouble gather thick j
about the head of John L. Sullivan, the rois
tering champion slugger. Now Mrs. Ani)i‘- i
Sullivan, his wife of les-, than three veai
tiles in the supreme coirt..rough her couu
Bel, Gen. B. F. Butler, an appli a'ion for d .
voree from him on the ground of cruel avl ■
abusive treatment and gross and confit c. I !
habits of intoxication. Her libel sets :
forth that she mat i i>si him in b s I
city on May 1, L>S2, and that they have sin- e 1
continued to live as husband and wife here; ;
that ■ue has always been true to her marria ■
vows and obligations, but tba* he. bein i
wholly regardk -of the same, has lx*ji ■
guilty of extreme cruelty toward 1 -her; that 1
has frequently inflicted blows upon her per
son, and D-at and Lriiscnl her to her great in
jury, and thnatened to kill her. The partic:
lar dates on which it is claimed tbit he Las:
abused her are Sunday, August 17 ; Septem -
ber 29, and December L, IV4. She furl ; i
asks for an attachment • f hi.- real and person
al property to the amount of for the ■
suitable support and ma.iitenanue of her - i I
and their child, John L. Sullivan. Jr. now J
about ten month- <-ld, and mpiest-j that
the son be committed to her care
and custody. Ac«- panyiag the libel is an
affidavit of Mrs. S; j ..an setting fortn that
she has reason to fear and believe that during
the pendency of the libel her husband will in
flict bodily harm upon her and impose a
xesi rarnt ujx>n her fM-rsonal liberty, and a-.ks
/or a restraining order of tne court to enjoin
tile libelee from so domg, which Justice De
vins has grant-d until further orders of the
court. Mrs. Sullivan asks for a suitable ali
monv pending divorce proceeilings. The libel
is returnable the first Tue.*lay in April uext. ;
No answer has yet l*en tiled io the libel
The Moon Eye<l Must Go.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 27.—For some time
past great numbers of Chinamen have 'oeen
flocking to the city of Tacoma, W. T., and
overrunning the place. A large portion of
these celestials are contrabands, having vio
laiedthe restriction law, and having been
smuggled across the border from Brittish Co
lumbia soil. A mass meeting of citizens of
Tacoma, just held, proposes taking active
measures against these steady encr< »achmeute
of :h- celestials. Strong resolutions were
unam... >usly adopted excluding Chinese in
the future from lacoma, and urging it to be
the duty of all good citizens to discharge the
employment of Chinamen in any capacity.
They Took the .. ailor By Surprise.
Helena, Mont., Feb. 27.—Five prisoners
escaped from the Ty jail Wednesday night.
They concealed themselves in a wadi sink and
took the jailor ’ey surprise when he weut in tc
lock the cells. They gagged him and made
gcyxl their escape. None of the prisoners have
yet 1/een re'aken. Men are scouring the city
and country in all directions.
< riminal CareleHsness.
Decatur. Ind., Feb. 27.—A culiisiou oc
curred at the crossing of the C. and A. and >.i.
R. aud I. roads, between two freight trains. N
one was seriously injured, but the engmet-n
were badly bruised up. All trains are bloc..
aded. The terget man gave the right of waj
to both t rain*, and this was the result.
RICHES WRECK A LIFE.
Life Ilifttorv of a Beautiful and I nfortu
tunate American Girl.
New York, Feb. 27.—One of the romantu ■
phase- of life in large cities has been exempli i
I tied in the case of Miss Virginia Gertrude
j Stevens, who died at the New York hospital
Mon.lay, and was buried by lawyer Shel ■
bourne at Woodlawn. Miss Stevens was 1
once the rage of Parisian society. She vw
the daughter of Abraham Stevens, who many
years ago was the mayor of Houston, Tex.
lie came originally from Texas, went into the
business of cattle raising, and in a few years
accumulated a large fortune. He mar
ried the mother of Miss Btevens on
his death-bed. By his will he left his
large estate to his wife, and imposed upon her
the duty of maintaining, supporting and edu
catin her daughter. Soon afier the d- ath of
Mr Stevens, the mother and child, who was
the ten years old, came to this city. They
i- I h.Ta a short time and then went to
a . , .. here Gertrude sjieut several years at
a fu^'iioua.>le school. She was bright men
tally, an I a great favorite socially; attended
strictly to her studies, acquired several Jan
gua e ,a id when launched upon the gay
l world of Paris captivated every one by her
wit, intellect and lieauty. She traveled ex
j teirsively abroad, and was admired every
| where.
Dr. Marion 11. Sims met her in Paris,
! where he was studying medieino, about IN»3,
i a.. 1 spoke o; hcr a ha' mg tho reputation of
I b- ng tlie most beautiful American woman in
i Euro;;- After leav.ng Paris the doctor
i i. a 1 nothing from li«»r until he recmMsl a
I in French, signed by her, on Sunday
I tasking iiiiu to call upon her at her board
ing house. Wnen he c to the house he
f<<m d the lieautiful girl who had captivated
tu i.eartsof manv of the noblest families in
Fur hh<, lying in b*d, a }x>rfewreck bodilv
an I menf.illy, the result of a long coijtinutul
orphine habit and <1 tec par ion. Mrs. Ste
ven- atei ’ icrirud" came ba • • to this country
in 1871, and went to live upon Staten Island,
where she l)ecaine acquainted with Henry J.
Fiske a fine loo! ing and scrupulously neat
y« img man, who was a clerk in the wholesale
(te n • house of McKesson & Robbins. There
was an apparently mutual falling in love be
tween the young couple, and “Gertie” was
i’h > theme of conversat ion of Mr. Fiske. After
i short. <->urtship they were married, and by
: -Pl r' wiJi Miss Htevens liocame heir
te-'rl.om. Mr. Fiske obtained control
u his w’te's fortune ari th-* two went to live
I m Montreal, where be invested largely in furs,
Ih ■ I List a larg • part of the m mey. T': ■ir
temjiers were not suite*l t **•■•. h other, and
alv ii Mrs Fis\ - informed her husband that
h>: larried her only to g- t her fortune from
ti . father's e.stato there was au open rupture
between them. Mrs. )• isk » went, to the serac
o her early hap?'uess in Paris, and enter*-:!
u »•!! a gay and re -kies ; career, that sooji
' jcjsihl the i - pe. table el ic.i; in the Am -ri
i ca: colony t > turn it- buck upon her, and to
I refuse to recognize her. She sink deeper and
IL rp r into the whirl of Parisian life and was
I*.-• > nt of by her I irmer friends, and lost.
,?:<•! L-/ uty of mind p ! a* eof former days.
"• menti »n in co:. ,i:j o. th.-, country was
L> ]«> ■•. .on*.! ii ■ '•!)■>.i of her estate
f<-an her hiisbaud, fro n whom she was di
vorc'd about .x mont h , ngo, and go bark to
die fi'ivoliti".- of Parte an : sp rl it. Her hut;
I In i i lives still iu M- .iti-.'.ii, and j»ysa tiyiug
|vi ,>t on-j and a wiiile Lo this city.
DEATH’S UNERRING SHAFT
Striked Dowa an Illinois Legi-Uator--Jutlge
Logan's Sudden Drath.
Chicago, Feb. 27.—Representative Logan,
] of Whitesides <•« - mty (republican), was st-riek
i en with heart di-ease in the Illinois legislature
j and fell dead a* tte* head of the house
stairs as he was on lils way to the
chamlfM-r. The elevator was not nmning,
aud ho attempted to walk up the long stair
w.iy. Mr. Logan had iieen a .ing all session
with heart disease and could not stand excite
ment of any kind. \Vli -n • *lrop'>t lon the
house i.-.ior, < jos.te to ' • main entrant•• to
Che ciiamber. U - ■aspic...d by friends and
carried into an ante-r*xim and doctors called.
Five minuhis later he was pruimuneed dea !.
This gives the democrats amajoriey of one on
i jo.nt. ballot, and in Hires them the election of
a United Stat*-s senator.
Ac«*UHe<l by His Aboriginal Wards.
Lit ite.sTt)-.’, Moat., Fe : . 27 -Int<*lli.cental
| just re e;ved from the Crow agency s ( a. s
i th.u fourty J. Arm troug, agent of the (h’ow
i fndiuns, will resign Ins pu.siti.jii very soon,
j He isa* *nised by the Indians of conniving to
| re iu* ** their rations and to secure a lease to a
j Uo.ojiido cuttle syndicate of jjart of their res
i ‘rvatiou by frau'lulent means. In his defense
; he .ays that he only <an .e<i out wi it-ten in
• stru'H ions from the interior department, di
recting him to obtain the signatures oi the
Indi.'ns to the- Spoiled Tail and Bear
\\ ug, two cmefs, are now m the Fort Custer
£iiard house They were arrested Jjecause
they interfered with other Indians summoned
to give testimony before sjiecial agents of the
micrior department now at the agtmcy. P"ti-
I tionsare bung circulated for the appointment
»f S. F Dawes, of 80.-emm to succeed Arm
strong a-> agent. Th • Indians are upon quar
ter rations, game is scaice and there is much
■ flittering. : _
SJeighing ?.<;ci<leut.
Reading, Pa., Feb. 27. A sleighing party
of twenty kulies aud gentlemen
from this city had a sad experience while on I
their way borne Wednesna mormng. VVm'ie
they were <1 ascending a st. < p hill the tongue •
i t>f tne sleigh broke, and, rushing on the horse’s j
heels, caused them to run away. The sleigh |
with its o«vupants was precipi’.ated Gown a ‘
twenty-loot embaukmenr., throwing some of ;
tho party iut« a creek. Several w. re severely
injured. Mi-.s Millie Hemrnig found after ,
: %1 mg search unconscious m a snow drift. !
S:i was taken home, and it is feared sho re- i
i cci/ud concussion of the brain and may die. ■
■ Tlie i our horses which were attached to the
dcigh were found a mile away, tom com
pletely out of their harness.
Kansas City’s New Industry.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 27.—Detective
Hanshaw, of New York, who is heio looking
after < 'apt. Phelan, states that he nas authen
tic information that this city has been mbe ted
a. the centre of operatioirs of a dynamite
lea ?ie and socialistic orgamzaiioiiM in the
United Sta < s. and that arrangements are now
being perfected to manufacture dynamite and
infernal machines at the Crystal '-ity glass
works o.’i the Mississippi river . > v St.
Ixjute. He says Dr. R. VY .S iu ■ . of this
rity, a prominent !*>cal socialist, has one of
chn machines, which will be used as a
model. Gen. Polzwateki, a prominent mem*
ber of a Russian nihilistic organization, has
arrived in the city en route to .Sitka, Alaska,
and nad a long conference with Dr. Sauer.
Lamar Won’t Talk.
Washington, Feb. 27—When Senator
La’nar returned to Washington, he appt ? ed
in the .-enate and Viok ins - ‘ar, as quietly as
.1 ual aud as if he had not Ixien away. Be
j j.-«veral quiet ciiacs with his fellow sena
te. .. dnmo ratic and republican. Pugh- Hi,
■i . Jackson and Coke wei-e the ii.*st t, I
greet him, then Ransom, Colquitt an*i Ga:
laau. He declined to be mtei viewed by an
jiie upon the subject of his visit to Albany.
Nuthwitiistandiug Mr. Lamar’s reticence, it
is generally understxxjd that he is to go into
the cabinet as seex etary of the mterior.
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COLU’ BUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY M>R IN FEBRUARY 28 85.
(ENGLAND'S OLD ENMITY
BARS JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY FROM
THE DOMINION SOIL.
His I’ropoNcd Visit to Montreal on St. Pat
rick's Day Stirs Up the Irish Orango
luen'n Bile —Will He Be Arrested
if He Crosses the Border?
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Montreal. Feb. 27.—The Boyle-O’Reilly
incident threatens to assume inter-colonial
impirtanc* 1 . The president of St. Patrick's
society, Mr. Dennis Barry, a lawer in g*xxl
stand ng, says that the Irishmen of Montr< al
ha*l not abandoned the hojxj of seeing Mr.
O'Reilly in Montreal on St. Patrick's day.
They wen-, he said, bringing all the political
infiuHwe they could command to lx«ir on the
t’anudian government to givF Mr. < I’R-dllv a
guarantee that he would not Ix 3 arrested if he
came. “The question has now,” he
continued, “gone beyowl a jiersonal
one. We want to know if a man
who has cnnspinxl and lieen found guilty of
attempting te d •strov Bri. ish rule in Ireland,
even : I•, .q. s i m t’-o p? i<i,is lo be
prevented from vi ng a country that is
?veri nominally connected with the British
•rown. When we shut out English manu
factured go Is from our markets v*« pro-laim
our freedom from the influence of Downing
street, and I see no reason why we should
make a rotr. grade movement when jxihtical
jiris* mers are concerned.”
A dispatch from Ottawa says the minister
if justice and the secretary of state are in
favor of allowing Mr. O'Reilly to come, even
in the face of English opjxisition.
Mr. Cumdii. M. P.; Dr. Bergin, M. P.; the
H ai. Job., (’ Lstigan, minister of inland reve
nue; the lion. John O’Donohue, of the sen
lteft.be Hon. Frank Smith, memlier of the
cabinet, without jxjrtfolio, and others, Uxjk a
rimihir view of the situat ion.
The only men who oppose Mr. O’Reilly’s
visit are the Irish orangemen, aud they are far
’rom bitter. The in- idont is likely to lie
brought up in parliament.
The Toronto Globe, the exponent of reform
>rinciples in Canada, says it sees no reason
why Mr. O’lLiilly should not bo allowed to
visit Cana la. It accuses Sir John of fjeing
of the small minority who place Eng
ish influence above Canadian sentiment. 'Pho
irange Sentinel, of Toronto, calls on the gov
■rnment ’■ >t to allow Mr. O’Reilly to visit
'ana la. Orangemen says they do not see
*ny harm in the propose*! visit. The article
n the Sun, describing Mr. O’Reilly as an
linericau citizen, has ixien much coiumeuted
ipon.
THEY WON’T PLACE THE BONDS,
And Want Advances Made to tho Chicago,
Milwaukee and Nt. Daul Railrmad.
New York, Feb. 27. —AU the talk <>f the
iiills and iie irs is ax to the report*■<! action of
Messi .■». Blake Bros. & Co., the Boston bankers,
with branches here and in Lindon, in regard
/) the $3,000,(XX) issue of bonds made by tho
Chicago, Milwauk**© and St. Paul railroad
jonqiany, and which tho firm had made
i provisional engagement to place* It
was stated in the most circumstantial
way by the brokers that owing to
.he tack of a market the Messrs. Blake had
lotified the < ompany of their inability to
jlace the bonds, aud has formally requested
be return of the advances made on tne first
nillion, the Ixh ds, of course, to L>e returned to
be comjjany and the optioner, tho lust 2,(MX),-
x)0 to be (.'anceiled. Mr. 8. F. Savin, of Sa
rin & Vanderhoef, states that the facts as
tbove had lieen communicated t* > him from
tuthorized sources, and that the return of the
idvance mad ■ tqiori the original million would
xj male within a few days. It was impossible
o obtain any statement from the company,
be resdent view president, Mr. Julius Wads
vorth, being absent from the city.
HE CHALLENGES INGERSOLL.
\n lowa Lawyer to Furnish wn Anti dot*
for Infidelity.
Chicago, Feb 27.—C01. Bob Ingersoll has
•eceived the following letter:
»i. Robert G. Ingersoll:
Dear Sir- I respectfully invite you to engage in
i joint discussion with me in Chicago, in which I
viil affirm either or all of these propositions:
1. Christ was raised from the deal.
2. Delirium tremens is demoniac possession.
i 3. Insanity is demoniac possession wherever it
’ uisumes a violent or vicious form.
I 4 The sick can be healed and devils cast out in
: he gm ;*e of Christ through faith iu His name and
■ jroniises.
I Should you accept this invitation, 1 will agree to
' iealt lie sick and cast out devils in the method
xjiiited out in the scriptures, and to t hat end you
I nay select any sick or insane person. * ♦ •
Youn* respectfully,
Chicago. Feb zB. Liston McMillen.
Mr. McMillen is a lawyer from Oskaloosa,
a. He hax. he says, withdrawn from his law
' )i*actice entirely for the Ixstter prosecution of
iis new work. The gentleman mentions sev
eral cases ii. which he says he has driven out
levils and cured delirium tremens. Ho . ays
hat he is sufficiently well off to disarm the
barge that he is working for mercenary
iiids.
Young Desperadoes Held.
Philadelphia* Feb. 27.—Four young
nen, David McLeash, Ulysses Graham, Frau
ds McKeudry, and Frank Gei -.elman, who
v ’ am sted Wednesday evening for attack
nga woman at Thomas L. Leedom & Co.’s
mil. ere given a hearing and held in SI,OOO
)a.< each for inciting to riot. McLeash and
fraiiam also were held in $1,2-X) bail for as
ault and battery, and Geisehnan in SOOO bail
<o keep peace.
Isn’t This a Little Early?
Lawrence, Kas., Keo. 27.—Tne horticul
•urai siKdety at its regular monthly meeting
iac reports of the death of probably the en
ir* peach crop and also many of the younger
»!•< card;. Apples are probably not dam
.geL Berries are injure*! considerably,
rhe winter on fruit is the severest knowii for
. ear..
Sharon Appeals.
San Fkancisco, Cal., Feb. 27.—The de
endant’s counsel in the Sharon divorce case
las liiel a notice of appeal from the superior
nurt decision, granting a uivorce, judgment,
dicuouy and counsel feaa.
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NEXT WEEK’S PAGEANT.
j The Big fnniigiiration I’latlo. n, the Doe
orations ami Some of the * i dtors.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Tho inaugural
platform, in front of the main portico of the
gallery, has been complete*!. It is t'ie largest
one yet construct**<l, boin v level with the
middle landing of the portico steps and ex
tending out nearly thirty feet, with semi-cir
cular front, and the outer edge protected by
a tbrte-foot rail. In the center is a platform,
four by six, and one foot high, on which the
President will stand while taking the oath of
office and delivering his ’ mugural. The front,
which is closely Ixiarded, \ . 4 l>o appropri
ately festooned and decorated. The decora
tors have begun their preliminary work in the
hall of tbe jjension building. Tlie roof will
be hung with bunting in the sluqie of half
moons. There will be suspended from the
roof tliirty six pennons seventy-two feet long,
between which will swing garlands of natural
flowent The columns supporting the
roof and galleries will bo wreathed with smi
lax aud flowers. Between th** ai dies of the
upper gallery will be placed various devices
bearing tbe coat of arms of various states.
Beneath the gallery will lie suspended 14a ele
gant silk banners. Within the arches on the
lower floor will be placed large American
shields, draped with flags and adorned with
si Ivor-pointed spears. At one end ot the ball
r<xim will I>o placed an immons** plate glass
mirror, sixteen and a half by ten and a half
feet, in a frame of cur. glass, and at the op
posite end i.lks president's floral ehair under a
Japau*‘.s*' canopy. Pyramids of alms and
tropical plants will lx A placed in each corner
of the bail room. One* if the features of the
floral * lee* iiua ions will Im devices symbolical of
the various executive dt'partnieuts of govern
nicnt. Tho curtains and other hangings of
the ball room wifi be of the richest fabrics.
New York, Feb. 27.—New York will l>e
rt epreseuted at the inauguration ceremonies
tiy several military and political organiza
tions, who will leave here on the 3d. his
computed that fifty thousand New Yorkers,
at least, will lie present in the national capital
on the 4i.h of March. Tammany hall will go
ii x lnmdro*l strong, and will have a prominent
position m the procession. A committee of
twenty-four men—one from each assembly
district —is making arrangements for t he trip.
The c<mnty <lemo* ra*'y will ex<*eed in numliers
the Tamilian* hall delegation, and wifi send
•Mght hundn d men, while Irving hall will
number two hundred and fifty del
‘gat.es. The Veteran Firemen’s Asso
riation will take with them their ap
paratus which they have preserve* 1 as a
iouvenir of their old time service, and mini
bering ISU men. The Volunteer Firemen’s As
sociation will combine with the Jillerson
flub, and will carry with them their appar
itus, which will be given a place in the grand
onx’es.sion The recently organized Gi\*na
liers Roriiambeau, composed of Ftf irl- resi
louts of thu city, wishing to do th ■ govern
nent honor, will attend m a body. The .‘h ty
linth regiment will be the only regiment of
:.his city attending in a body, an I will leave
m Tuesday afternoon.
IT WAS QUITE WARM
lien Ex-C'oiuinixsioner Dudley aud Chair
man W arner Met.
Washington, Feb. 27. -Ex-Commas loner
)f Pensions Dudley continued his testimony
jefore the house committee on pensions, boun
ty and back pay, and .stated that, he did not
jxercise the functions of his office while en
gage* I in ixflitics.
“Were not men travelingabom Ohio dur
ng the campaign, representing themselves to
x* iu your employ?” asked Chairman War
ner.
“No, sir. and 1 so wrote you during the
3am)3a:gn. If you will rememl* r you wrote
:ne during the campaign if th* re were not
nen going through thu state taking part in
flie campaign for the republican party, and
"epresemting tiwmselves to be in my employ.
I nnsw* r< <1 no such men bad ixs*n employed
jy me.”
“Did you sign the letter olucialiy ?”
“I did not.”
“Sure of it?”
“You have the letter and I challenge you
X) produce it; it will throw some light on the
jubjecu”
“I think you signed the letter ns comrnis
lioncr, but am not sure about the reply,” re
z>r:<xl Chairman Warner.
“Well, 1 know what I said,” letorted Dud
ey. “Produce the letter.”
“I am not on the witness stand,” said the
fliairmnn.
“1 wish you were,” said Mr. Hart, of Ohio.
“If I were I would testify to somethings
which you would not have go in the record.”
jxcluimed Mr. Warner, a I dressing Mr. Hart,
who readily shot back the retort:
“You may testify to all you know if you
will only 1* t me Lave twenty minutes to cross
examine you.”
There was a good deal of agitation in the
committee room al this time, ard one member,
jailed for order.
BUSINESS IN CONGRESS.
Washingtons Monument Our Indian
U ards Contested Election Cases.
Washington, Feb. 27.—The chair laid before
senate the credentials of Mr. John P.
Jones, of Bcvarla, elected tosucccxjd himself,
| ind a communication from the secretary of
' >he navy was read, recommending an appro
priation of 59.340 for the completion of the
laval .Tuisor.s sud dispatch boat; also, a com
minicatioii from the secretary of the interior
rarumitiing information in possession of the
Icpartmc nt respecting the progress which has
mxii made iu the education and civilization
jf the Indians. On motion of Jones (Nev.)
;he resolution was adopted providing for the
! completion of all contested election cases.
House.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Mr. Dorsheimer (N.
Y.) offere* i a concurrent resolution of thanks
to Col. Casey, for his services in the couiple*
Jon of the Washington monument.
Mr. Thomas (Ill.) opposed it on the ground
that the honor should be conferred, if at ail,
upon the engineer who designed the work,
rather than on the one who executed it. Ai
tor a sharp debate the resolution was laid on
the table.
Bradley Wan tn the Hoodie.
ClNCl* nati, Feb. 27. —George W. Bradley
uas brou. nt. uit against the Cincinnati union
jase bail association to recover > Brad
ey claims to have entered into a contract
with thu defendants, they agreeing to [>ay him
j;2,500 in customary installments for the sear
x>n of 1835, to be paid on tho Ist of No
vember, 1884, and the balan e h equal
uid semi-monthly installments on the 15th and
Ist day of the month during the plaj ing sear
joe, commencing on the 15th of April and
mding on October 15 next. He also ciamis to
xj holding himself in readiness to cai ry out
/he terms of his contra/.*., and that tbe associ
ition refused to r ay him the S6OO or any part
. >f it.
Colorado's Young Millionaire.
| .n:w York, Feb. 27.—-At the Denver and
lio Grande railroad election, Daniel H. Mof
m.ri presi lent of the First National bank of
/ * ■ er, wa made a dire* \or an*i elected presi
ient. W. 8. CheesemaiL a wealthy land
jwner of Colorado, aiso became a director.
Ur. Moilatt is the youngest of Colorado's milr
MAMIE SEEKS LETHE.
SORROWFUL AND TRAGIC ENDING OF
A I OVER’S QUARREL.
A Beautiful Young Girl Prefers Death to
liesertiou—Probably Crazed by Love
She l> ownx Herself in a Cistern
Hei Despondency
Cincinnati, Feb. 27.—About eight years
ago the husl.; ii * . Mrs. Bridget Van Hatten
ditxl, 1 in charge of four young
daughter - j.i.- i blossoming into young woman
hood. The mother herself was a cripple, but
the elder girls found employment, whereby
the wolf was kept from the door. Tho eldest
daughter, Mamie, was a petite little creature,
and a general fa .'orite among the reqs'etable
young |>eople <>f the west end. She was a
pretty girl, with blue eyes, dark hair, clear
eumplexion, and shapely figure, and as a dress
maker, emplu ■<l for threei years nt 27 Bet us
sti-.et, has uviitributed largely toward the
support, of her mother.
Something over two yeani and » hall ago
Mamie met a young machinist named Charles
Baters, who soon became recognized as her
regular company. About two weeks since
Baters quit calling on Mamie, who immedi
ately grew <l< i.ondent. < hi Wednesday night,
when she did not come homo, her relatives
became alarmed A* one of the people living
in (be house came in, he found the “istern in
the side y .it! i’>L’ open, and fearing that
some one won id step in, placed the cover
on it. No new-*being received from the miss
ing girl, the matter was ruportel to the po
lico.
Next morning a woman living in the build
ing went to the cistern to draw some water.
The pump appeared to be clogged and would
not work. She removed the cistern cover to
ascertain the cause, and peering down
saw what she thought to be a bundle * f
clothes. While the cover was off her son
Charles begun poking at the clothes with a
polo and was horrified to see the body of Miss
Van 1 bitten lying face upward in about
eighteen inches of water.
A rojx* was placed around her and after a
severe ettorl she was dra' a .•'r«»m the cistern.
She was fully Ii - sud an I w<x>len leg-
gings and rubbers. He --as pirn I on
and a blu< veil covert d a part of her once
handsome but now bloated tea. urea.
CONVICTED MURDERER DISCHARGED.
Henry Diabv After Five Years’ Incarcera
tion Snitls Freedom’# Air.
MoLt'ALbBGRO, 111., Fob. 27. Henry
Digb\, who five years ago was convicted of
tho murder of John Sinkler, a farmer, near
Me Loans! ioi •. and has lx>en in prison since,
was given a new trial by die supreme court.
llis <*asi< came up on Tuesday, wheu he was
disch.trgixl.
The btoorv <>f tho crime is #<«,mewhat re
markable. Sii'klorwas u recent arrival in
the w i’hborh > I from Kentucky. He lived
a short time r w receiving 'be dual wound,
and >al ■<! he 'as arou “J from sleep about*
midirght an I s-iw man in b* room. Ho
sprang upa ■■ eang'it th ■ man, when a scufile
ensued aid he was shot. Tho murderer
fli'd. Sin ;<*r- wore that de believed tho man
v ar-*, voiv he beard was Henry Digby, a son
of John 1 ’•-,!»>'» with whom ue i>oarded.
Henry l.i;_ t»v was convicted and sentenced to
so irteen y* ara in the Chester |>enitentiary.
>.inkier w:-«■ to have be* u married
the n -xt S i . I . - t > Eliza Digby . Ib nry’s sis
ter. Sin..lei aid his two brothers. Dick and
Ferry, w*-- irtnorx m biines at Digby
town. It j rd that Di'*k vis in Jove with
his broth* s b ■ r*- ■ .*3. and '• ’iai. he swore that
no man sh.'iild live with h«T Not long after
.John Sink? * death and Digby s conviction,
Dick and Eliza Digby were married. Two
years ago Di'k Siu kier was imprisoned for
lite for murdu. mg a man It was stated he
had conlcs.s< I ( wo >(’•* * convicts that hn
mm- ■ I his 'ol'ii ii, siu filling
two other men i lore ho caino to Illinois.
Three of the men, whose evidence went far
towards convicting Henry Digby, were after
wards sent to the pern ten Liar y fur various
ciimea
ILL-FATED WELLSBURCi.
Natural o is < •">»- itliin an /«cr of Blow-
ing l |> I Ince Hundred I'evpte.
Wellsburg, W. Va., Feb. 27.--Another
tire on ‘ iruT -s street, uear the scene of the
recent disaster, spread rapidly, and burned
Hedge’s saldlery store, Hall Bros.’s rink,
McCleary’s furniture store and I) acre Bros’,
brick dwelling. Several other buildings were
badly damaged. Ixjss, 125,000. The town
presents a desolate appearance. The file was
of incendiary origin.
A sensation was produced here i >y the nar
row (-icapc of three hundred people from an
awful death.
A large crowd was at the M. E church
Wednesday night, which is I ighl <xl with na
turalgas. When the services were half over,
a man entered hurriedly and whispered to tbe
sexton, the sexton whispered to tbe minister,
and the congregation was immediately dis
missed.
An examination was mode, and a break iu
the gas pipe, half an inch wide, was fouud.
Ten minutes later the gas would have reached
the light, and tbe church been torn to atoms.
Many women fainted when they learned of
their escape.
His Unpopularity Fulled the Trigger.
New Castle, Pa., Feb. 27.—An unknown
person shot and instantly ; i • 1 Sabaiiue
Crallettu, a filler at tho ItobC-ui urna 'o. The
mui’derol man was at work ill. ; a east with
limestone, wh* n a man concealed lichind a
stone heap discharged a gun loaded with
buckshot at him. The shots took
eilwt m Cralletta’s chest. The mur
dered man was very unpopular among
his countrymen, and was shot al some time
ago in the same mysterious mamht A few
days ago he had, so it is said, thu loading Ital
ian merchant of this city arr«ksiv.l on a cliarge
of rape, and was arrested himself on a coun
ter charge of conspiracy vo money. It
is now believed the Italians formed a secret
society and drew lots to put. him to death.
There is uo clue to the assassin.
Bayard Defeated in Delaware.
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 27.—The general
assembly of this state, after a bitter !acti*)nal
fight, defeated the bill ratifying thu consQtu
tioiial amendment providing for an increase
of represeuiati* »n for Newca ■ county in the
legislature, a measure to w; iea two state cou
ventions pledged themselves, and which was
the chief local issue in the last -date election.
The bill was supported by Senator Bayard,
and heartily ad vocated by the *tate adminis
tration. When the bill <*a uu up lor final
passage in the nouse, th vote was 15 yeas to
6 nay s, one less thau tbe requisite three
fourths majority.
Expatriated Socialist*.
Paris, Feb. 27.—Th<- police officials, m com
pliance with a request ••* -ently made by ihi
German ambassador asumg for tbe expulsion
from France of ail German sixfiaiists who aL
tended the funeral oi tbe late Jules LouL
Jos* pii Valle , the s*xnalistic journalist, have
issued order s directing all such persons to
leave France at once.
THE CONDENSER.
Fresh, Pithy News Items Boiled Down foir
the Hurried Reader.
Five prisoners escaped from the jail at
i Helena, Mont
American railway shares are strong aud
higher in London.
i Mexico sends $70,000 more to the Spanish
earthquake victims.
I Hon. Henry L Morey, of Hamilton, 0., is
■ named for governor.
Edmund Yates expects immediate release
from prison because of his ill health.
Daniel W. Mason, a lawyer of Richmond,
Ind., has been indicted for embezzlement.
Parnell urges Hie Irish national league ot
! Ameriea to “stallisha parliameulary fund.
A freight train was wrecked near Albion,
Pa., by a broken rail. One man was killed.
Two cotton wr rehouses at Norfolk, Va.,
were destr* >yed by tire. Total loss 5145,000.
Keen & Haggerty, manufacturers of tin
; ware, Baltimore, assigned. Assets $150,000.
Thomas B. Harrison, broken cotton broker
of Baltimore, cut his throat in des|xjnduucy.
i Two j.iassenger trains collided near Che
-1 banse, 111. One man was killed and ten others
! injured.
Ear] of Durham wants a divorce from his
1 insane wife, who be claims was crazy at mar
; riage
Senator Jackson does not understand how
■ he came to be mentioned as a. candidate for
I the cabinet.
* The *temocrats aud greenbackers of Michi
gan have made up a compromise ticket on
state oil leers.
Chicago courts denied Dong Ting, a Chi
nese portrait pi* inter, the right to adopt an or
phan white child.
Henry Jennings was horribly mangled by
machinery at Akron, 0., his right arm being
torn from its socket.
Frederick Rattch, charged with murdering
Martin, Philadelphia real estate ageut,
has been acquitted.
Reported that President Arthur will ap
point his old associate, Gen. George 11. Sharp,
as Swaim’s successor.
The men in the Wabash railroad machine
shops at Moberly, Mo., threaten to strike if
wages are not restored.
Mary A. Fletcher, of Burlington, Vt., who
died Tues lay, bequeathed $290,000 to the
Mary Fletcher hospital.
In Bloomingsburg, N. J., Mary Caldwell,
seventy-ei . lit, stood forty-seven days of star
vation and die*] painless.
Three girls aud two boys, of a coasting
party of nine, were injured by collision with
a tvagon, at Pittsburg, I'a.
Pittsburg detectives raided the room of John
Grilliu, a local crook, and relieved him of
SIO,OOO worth of stolen property.
A recent victory of friendly tribes over
the HaJendowahs, in the Soudan, embrace
the slau.;hter of 3,600 of the latter.
Thu ‘>prm.. r er committee censure Marshal
Wright and r<-commended his removal, aud
that half ot his $ 14,000 claims fur deputies be
disallowed.
AL Philadelphia Walter Cameion, a strik
ing weaver, was mobbed by 2,000 strikers Ijo
cause Lu had gone to work in disobedience to
union orders.
Virginia Sunns Fiske died in dishonor and
poverty in New York, after reigning a« a
belle in Paifle aud Gotham for many years,
and losing her fortunes by her husband's spec
ulations.
Thomas N* ins, ex-mayor of and fugitive
from Adrian Mich., will return there from
Wyoming Uriilory for fraudulent issue us
SSU,UOO city bonds.
The Spaniards Bide Their Time.
New York, Feb. 27.—1 t is said on ’change
on good authority that Minister Foster and
the Spanish minister have just been empow
ered by their respective governments to draw
up an a j 'x in* nt by which the time originally
fixed for tbe ratification of the Spanish treaty
can Ix 3ex ten* d The agreement v ill lie
signed in u few days. Both government*
saw that no decisive action would be taken
before March 4, and the Spanish governm* nt
sent a dispatch to its representative at Wa h
ingtou instructing him to sign the ugruo
rneut.
Big Suit Easily Settled.
Dovrk, * J , Feb 2 The suit of Eliza
beth P Hurri md against the town of Hom. .s
--worth for damages, for injuries cau ed
by a defective highway, has been settled lor
$759.
Fire in an Art Store.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Fire destroved
property valued at $190,900, uud Milne *.v
Proctor, the art lurmtuie dealers, were (he
heaviest losera
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
yuolMlions of the Stock, Produce
anti Cattle Markets.
Nkw V okk. Fe». 26. -Money easy, V 2 per u»-nL
Excliang** quiet, fit in and higher at
Govern meats . trong.
Alt. & L*-i o' Haute Morris A Essex 12-i‘4
Bur a Quincy. 121j£ Missouri Pacittc .. i i
Cana*la * Lu N. Y. Erie Ji e
Canada Southern.. 82’4 N.Y Q-utral.. .. V*i4
Central Pacific. Northwestern V?
Chicago A Alton 131 Pacific Mail
C C C A 1 . Rock island ILI |
Dei. <k Hudson . 32> 4 St. Paul 73%
Del Lack. W -Di x St. P. &S. C 2
Illinois Central . 122d0 preferred ... HO
Jersey Central. . 3s- b Texas & Pacific
Kansas & Texas . 14 2 U. Pacific 4S ,
Laue Sh -re ... ‘i/ West. Union 4
Louisville & Nash.. 41 Nash. & Chatt. 4d>-
GeneraL
Cincix3*4 i. Feb 26.--FLOUR- Fancy, $4 I's
4.6 u; family, 2 '-GU'*.>koo.
WHEAT No ml, Ssc: No. «, 80.o>H2<«.
CORN—No. 2
OATS-*No. 2 mixed. 31c; No. 2 white, 36c.
RYE—No. 2, .1 . 2c.
BARLEY Spring, fall, 75(®85c.
PORK -Family, regular, $13.37.
BACON—Shoulders, :>%‘cy^c ; short clear sid .
7% t. De. Lard Kettle—7 >2 4)7%c.
CHEESE- Prime to choice Ohio. 1> He; N.-w
York, 12 2 ,j».3,. a c; Northwestern, 7 1 2 c.
POULl'Rt’ Fair chicken®, prime
$.; su*j»4.<K); ducks, J 6; geese, S3JO» •
duz.; live turkeys, a c; dresned. 3v• ;y-
HAY-No. 1 timothy, No 2, &i
(<ji2.ou; mixed, wheal aud rye straw,
su.'ju oats straw, 37.00
New York, Feb. 26. —WHEAT—No. 1 white.
•1 jC, No. 2 red, s7
CORN—Mixed western, 51 future-, 4M u
Bi s 4 c Oats- V\ eslern, 38(<0O!/ 3 c.
New Orleans, Feb. 26.—SUGAR Kafini .g,
i comipon, 4 4 tirie; inferior, u u: chv.c-i
j white, s.?ftC; oif white, choice yell >w 4
i
MOLASSES -Good fair, 25 p: ie. ; - -
. choice, lie; coin rifugal prime, 25 j/Z-c. ;a 32*
Detroit, Feb. 26.-WHEAT—No. 1 while, • ;
N 6. 3 red. 76c, Michigan soft red,
loLKDo, Feb. 26.-WHEAT—No. 2, 7dXc; N*.
suit,
Live Stock.
CINCIRjJjAn, Feb. 26. CATTLE—GIaxI to v.
butchers. jl.zs<(4 <.00; fair, $1.50 ■; cornu
■. stoekers and feeders, $3.75*tA30; yeu’ lrvo
and calves,
HOGS—Selected butchers, fail
good packing, 3H.W; fair to good tight, S o
(u»4 9);c ■ union, 50; culls, $3.2 70.
SHEEP- Common to fair. $2.50(2|W 2>; good to
choice, j;l 2>. wethers. $4 Limp-*-
Common . ;goud, $4.25.tf;5.u0
Chic vjo, Feb. 26. -HOGS- Fair to goud, ?4. lug
4.55; ii <\<- l packing, $4.3u,y4.50; choice heavy.
$4.60&4.W
CATTLE -Exports, $6 0000.40; good to choice
i shipping SS. rMr >.(N; common to fair, s4.uo jri.7s;
1 Mmuxm* uud Hx-dars,
NO. 263
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1 k stomach
»ITTER s
By the or** of Hostr lt< r’s btoD »ci* Bitters th«
brggßMd «Ht>»rai c<' oi the countenance and
sallownsns of dyspeptics are supplanted by a
b-aithDr look, and *a the food la avalinilated,
the bodj acquires hu bat a nee. Appetite la re
stored, and the nerv ue Hyatem ref re* bed with
n»neh a’rwber, throng*' ’he wsa of thia
medicine, whicu U» a*a.> htnefloiai to ptrecuH of
a rheumatic tend noy, and an itiea imable pre
vei tative of Liver and ag
F >r r.aie by DTUMgtaca and Dealeta
renerallj.
3 Pli£Bl PTLKSH FILKSHI
Sure eure for Blind, Bleeding and Hob
lu« Flies. One box hue cured the worst
cases of 20 yeare’standing. No one need
suffer (tv. minutes after using William’s
Indt.u Fl! Ointment. It absorbs tumors,
ulaye Itcldng, acts ae poultice, giro's In
•tant relief. Prepared only for Pllee.
itching of tbe piivate parte, nothing “lee.
Hon. J. M.Coffeubury,of Cleveland, says.
‘1 have used scores oi Pile cures, and It
affords me pleasure to eay that I have
i ver found anything which gives eutjh
immediate uud peimanent relict as Dr.
William’s Indian Pile Ointment. ” Isold by
druggists and maileu or. receipt ot price,
sl, For sale by Branne n .t Carson, B.
Carter, John P, 'furrier anti Geo. A, Brad
ford, Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Frailer’* Knot Bitter
Fnizler's Boot Bitters ate m,tj a dram
.■hop beverage, but are ettlci ly medit tnal
it: very tenet, Ji hey act 6; longly upon
th'’Liver and Kidneys, keep the bowels
open and regular, make the weak strong,
ii«e.i the Jutigs, bullet up the nerves, ano
cleanse the blood end system ot every Im
lurltv. Bold by druggists. JI.CO.
For sal u by Branpon & Cereon uud Jno.
>. i uiuet,Columbus,Ga.
Dr. Fratler’H Magic Ointment,
A sure cure for Little Gt uhe in the Skin,
Hough Skin, etc. It will remove that
tui:r.huese from tlie hat de end face and
make yen beautiful. Price 50c. Sent by
man. Kot sale i v Br*t'.t.< n H Carson and
lotin P. 1 urner, Columbus, Ga.
Ohae. E Giover, iltumoraello, Mexico.
■ltily 16 1888, myr; ”1 tnke pleasure in
•ddreet.it g y u ■ : e net te, lor you have
'->ei t: tit great benefit to me. I wrote to
you : bunt vi>e anti ope-baif years ego,
trem Anient, tot Dt. William's Indian
PH“Olu'iuent. 1 i, etved it and It ruled
me entirely. 1 still had seme Ointment
■’mdelng, with wid. h I t- 'v.- itireti seven
>r eight more. It fe wonderful.
t. .r do.. High Bock Spring Water for
1’ hy all dri gglßts mcaaeodAw
IMPORTANT
TO
fanners, hucksters and Gardeners*
l wtlffurnleh on board the Cars at Flora,
Alabama, a very
Rich Marl
AT MX UOLIAItS PKKTO.V
t
And a Very Low Rate of Freight
le offered by the M. bile A Girard K. B
By analyst i ti e State Gioiogist thl»
MAIiL contains ft .u.i 6 to 8 per cent, ot
Phosphate with <db> I tertllizliig qualities.
For ci mpostir g end broadcasting for
..■rain U Ids, orchards and lawns it will be
uud
A Valuable Stimulator.
I. tile is tiot a Guano, but a BICH MAEL
At yerdere rorweided to
K. J. OKR, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mobile A Girard lie broad, will meet with
prompt attention. deell-tt
OH. JOHK NORWOOD.
t
tomCE AT
3REEDLOVE & JOHNSON'S Drug Start,
Randolph Street.
Residence with H. L. WOODRUFF.
Crawford between Troup end Foraytb htreet
B. E. < RIGGS,
Physician and Surgeon.
orriCKt
T. H. EVANS A ( O. K Drug Htore.
evidence, Jackeon Nt., Bonth< aat of Court
uHoaec with W. H. Glaae.
L. H. CHAPPELL,
BROKER & INSURANCE J6l.
11V Broad Bt„ Columbae, Ga,,
Heme ti New York,
Ic-pt rial of Loudon.
Guardian of London.
Wo»th«vii of
CUSSETA, OEOBGIA.
she wo>k ot tble Bctoo! will begin again
JANVABY i. 1885(ilrei VoudayX
■! union *l5O •» SO and S3.M,
Accerdt! g to grade. Board never more
Than *B. P«*r Month.
MUSIC #3. PER MONTB.
LOCATION HtAlTßmt.
W, E. MURPHEY,
lanlwlt-emlwS Principal.
DR. J. M. MASON,
DENTIST.
St. Clair St., Columbus, Ga.
| > KSP»/IrPLLT uedn* bl* iirviM* to Ik
uCclßwbo* u>d *nncundlDv .not