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ARRAIGNING WRiGHT.
THE SUB-COMMITT E’S REPORT ON
THE MARSHAL AND HIS MEN.
The Majority Sustain the Charges and
Recommend Removal and ( riininal
Prosecution—The Minority I>ls
sents —Congress’ Last Days.
Washington, Feb. 28.—Representative
Springer, on behalf of himself and Represen
tative Van Alstyne, of the sub-oommittee ap
pointed to investigate t he conduct of Marshal
Lot Wright in the Ohio October election, has
prepared a report. Representative Stewart,
the remaining member of the sub-committee,
will offer a minority report when the subject
is submitted to the full committee on expen
ditures in the department of justice. The
members of the committee have not received
the printed testimony taken in the investiga
tion. They assort that they will not agree to
any report until they have had an opportun
ity to examine it.
Springer will submit the views prepared by
himself and agreed to by Van Alstyne at n
meeting of the full committee. He declines
to give the rejMtrt to the public until it has re
ceived the attention of his committee. It is a
ver; lon r document, and contains a rev nt
■ t ' ton; Liken both in h • i .c . a
cmnati. It concludes as follows:
“From the testimony taken by your com
mittee it will appear that the deputy marshals
appointed by Marshal Wright were largely in
excess ui the necessities of the situation; that
they were appointed as republican partisans
and |K>litical workers, and in most
case- prostituted their official position
to partisan ends; that they were armed with
revolvers and other deadly weapons fur
nished by the national committee of the re
publican party; that many of such deputy
marshals so apjxiinted and armed were notor
ious criminals and mon known to possess vi
cious and brutal habits, and. many of them
were non-residents of the state of (>hio; tliat
many of such deputy marshals, acting under
orders from Marshal Wright, aided, abetted, |
and encouraged fraudulent voting, the intim
idation of voters, and committed gross out
rages uj>on the elective franchise and rights of
honest voters: that the employment and j>ay
ment of the special deputy marshals on
the d. after the ele*-ion was without
legal warrant, and all moneys paid such |>er
sons for services that day were illegal, and
the sums so pad should I>e returned to the
United States tret..- ry; that the apjiointmnut
of deputy marshals who were non-residents of
the state of Ohio was without warrant, and
constituted gross usurpation of authority,
and that the appointment of deputy marshals
was in many ’’ re-o an irregular, iiie
gal and abuse of his official
trust. Wherefore your committee ar •
of the opin. j dial L>t Wrigli:. Uninsi
States mashal for the southern district o!
Ohio, ha< bet n shown by the Ussumony
to have comini c’d hi;. : crimes and misde
nu'anorw; that he has lx en guilty of usurpa
tion of uut Lori t\ and violation of law in the
manner set forth in the preamble to the reso- i
lution adopted by the house of representatives
on the 2d <»f lit •• uriber last. Tn view of the
impracticable nature of impeachment pro
ce 'dings, and especially at this late day of
this congress, your committee will not recom
mend the adoption < f articles of impeachment
in his case, but they do recommend the |
adoption of the following resolution:
’‘That the clerk oi the house of representa
tives I* instructed to transmit a copy of the
rejMirt and testimony in the case of Lot
Wright. United States marshal for the South
ern district of ’ >hio, to the president of the
Unit* 4 States: and that the president l»e re- i
speed v ely requested to immediately remove
said Wrig-bt from office, and cause the after- ’
ney general to institute such criminal pro
ceedings ■ i ihe courts as may l»e deemed nec
essary in order to recover the sums illegally
paid out by him as the facts in the case may
require.”
Stewart, it is understood, will radically dis
sent from Springer’s views, and will assert
that the latter’s report has no basis to rest
. «jX>n in the evidence taken by the sub-com
mittee; that, on the contrary, there was good
reasca fpr the employment of deputy mar
shals, and that there wn< no intimidation and
no oitf < ,e-t<pon suifra except the arrest of
republicans bv the police to prevent their
voting, and a vaults upon peacable citizens by
democratic thugs.
CONGRESS’ CLOSING DAYS.
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I’asnagr of the Naval Bill and a Fight on ,
the Expo-Uiou Relief Clause.
Washington, Feb. 28.—After some debate
on the prrci.Hlpncte of bills, on Mr. Hale’s mo- !
tion, the senate pr< »ov«.*de<i to the consideration
of the naval bill, and the senate amendments
thei etz* were read.
On motion of Mr. Hale, an appropriation
of $112,000 was addl'd to the bill for the pur
chase of Ericsson’s submarine gun. The bill
with all the senate amendments was adoptel,
the only other important change being an in
crease in the tonnage ofthe two crusier.s pro
vided for. The senate then proceeded to tho
consideration of executive business.
Home.
Washington, Feb. 28.—The house passed
the senate resolution authorizing the loan of
flags for the inaugural ceremonies.
The sundry civil appropriation bill came up '
and the substitute for the exposition clause
proposed by Mr. Horr was adopted. It ap
propriates $300,000, requiring it to be applied
first, to the payment of outstanding claims ;
outside the state of Louisiana; second, to the
payment of all premiums heretofore or here- '
after to be awarded.
Mr. Potter (N. Y.) moved to strike out tha
clause thus amended. Lost.
On the question of the engrossment and
third reading of the bill, Mr. White (Ky.) de
manded the reading of the engrossed bill.
Mr. Randall (Pa.) said that, anticipating
that some member would make this demand,
the precaution had been taken to have the bill
engrossed, but to avoid delay he moved to
suspend the rules and dispense with the third
reading. Mr. White demanded a second,
which was ordered, which gave him fifteen
minutes to oppose the motion to suspend.
Osborne Wanted for Bigamy.
Columbus, 0., F sb. 28.—There are some new
developments in th j Osborne affair. It is stated
now that he has been in this city since last
week, notwithstanding the statement that he
had gone away to clear up his record and
then claim his bride, whom he married at
Bucyrus. Obi. Sterling, the late guardian of
.Miss Kearsley, and Adjutant General Finley
went before Esquire McFadden and had a
warrant issued for Osborne on a charge of
bigamy. The warrant was put in the hands
of a constable, but tvhen he went to look for
Osborne tho bird had flown. The constable
left the city on a north-bound train, expect
ing to capture his man at Upper Sandusky or
Fostoria, and take him from there to Bu
cyrus. It is stated that the charge of big
amy is based on the statement of a detective
who has worked up tho case and discovered
that Osborne has a wifein Pennsylvania, hav
ing been married there about three years
ago. . _
INAUGURAL DECORATIONS.
Sointi of the Floral Work to be Displayed
on the Fourt h of March.
New York, Feb. 28.—-During the last
week, fri'in daylight to dark, a crowd has
hu». r around the window * of a prominet Bow
er v florist, 'i’hey stopped to look at the floral
designs prepared for the inauguration ball at
the order of the comrunittee of arrange
ments. Those who went inside to get a better
view of all the designs exjjosed, viewed with
i awe a wire fratne decorated on top with a
horse-shoe. This will be a canopy of Howers
when it is done, and the presideilt will stand
under it.
'[’here was a chair, also, in which it was
claimed Mr. (‘leveland would rest. As it was
about half the size of the governor’s old office
chair at Albany, and as it was composed of a
wire frame filled in with immortelles, this
claim may be taken with skepticism. The
frame was purple and the cushions crimson,
and when it is finished red roses, pansies and
heliotrope will hide the groundwork. This is
the case with the other designs. They are all
in immortelles, which serve simply to show
their forms and coloi’s, and as a soil where
fresh and rare flowers may l»e planted.
The design for the department of justice is
a scale of yell-w, a scroll of white and a
purple book rack, on which rests an open
book against a scarlet background of immor
telle*. Across the book in red letters is eni
biazoned. “Fiat Justitia,” and on the scroll,
•‘Department of Justice." Two yellow can
non, crossed over a royal purple standard and
surmounted by a scroll traversed by a quill,
is the emblem of the war department. A big
y< How standard on which a purple ship with
white masts form a bold bas relief, un<l hav
'fi;’ a careless scroll thrown over the top, was
iearly meant to typify the American navy.
The interior department’s emblem had evi
lently taxed the resources of the establish
me:;t. Against a purple standard rested a
real tree stump, into which a woodman's ax in
white had been driven and left. There was
a yellow plow at the base, cheek by jowl with
a sheaf of wheat. The treasury was repre
sented by a purple safe with a white' knob and
the usual lettered scroll that nobody might
. chink it was a kidney cure ralvertLsenient.
; The state dejjartmeut was very gorgeously
i set forth by a white American eagle sur
mounting the national arms, and the postofiice
!m 1 a sac-simile of a letter with the stamp on
nud a nea: |«»sl man’s bag hung over the cor
ner of a purple standard with a white satin
ribbon.
THE GALLOWS CHEATED
f»V Neal’s Respite, and Judge Lynch to b<j
Invoked.
Grayson, Ky., Feb. ..s.—After tho respite
< f AVr:. Neal for thii y :,j . >, ponding intro
hicti'H. of new •vbh n.'t- which promised to
i ,-.v *hc con-’■•mtb'd .a innocent of the
■ klan !murder, a; confessed by Geo. Ellis,
j ; ii 'i dT i ■ •Ic-rn b, with deputies, ran him
o a ; ’ace of afety, gr at fear* being en
(•eh?.l ..at Neal wool ■ be mobbed. The
‘ vn wa . filled with st rangers.
s|b- ial from F/. okfort says: “Neal
•lainv'd John Russell and A. C. Campbell,
; niinent citizens of Ashland, had him con
tinued by false w. : tn>oses. Thursday ho
>egged fmgivene <s <;• Campbell and exon
•raGd both. The publ’l • is g 'a tly excited,
and bloodshed ill inc- i•< >lv follow, a* Ash
land fieople are determiu >1 to have justice
’■mu. This bitter spirit is augmented by
sow l «r sympathy with Neal."
Another s]>oeial from L'.'xingtou, Ky., says:
‘P is rejiorte-i that th'* has been d-'sn. art.»
i/htii!g at Eartei a K n’m-ky junction with
’ .cimob, who are searching for Neal Two
iicn are said t > have b<3en killed. Neal is in
VIL Sterling ja'l.
Lbidignffled I.egislators.
| Columbia, 0., Feb. 28.—1 n the house of
. representatives, when kUeu 0. Myers, got
jth floor he liegan abusing members of his
own side of the house. Two gentlemen he de
nounced as thieves, and charged that they
.were introducing Tib; here and receiving
■n-atiou for the &<i ne, and that he could
‘ prove it and als<) give the sum paid for such
bills. Dr. Lyle, of Licking county, was de
nounced as the Licking county horsethief.
Lyle was about to attack Myers, when friends
urged him to settle the difficulty elscwhei’e,
pleading that the Franklin county member
a.-- drunk. Every effort of the speaker
oh d t<» restore or ler. Myers sneeringly re
i 1 »d to the syieaker ih it he could not run him,
oid that he should say just v hat he pleased
without let or hindrance. Tho galleries and
• obbies were full, many ladies who were on
!i he floor being greatly shocked. The meni
. s b came di gusted and denounced Myers.
I ft is likely that Myers will be officially repri
| landed.
A Play House in Ruins.
i Washington, Feb. 2^.—All the front and
ide walls of th>? National Theater, over which
was the famous billiard saloon of Miller &
Jones, have fallen. Tho scene beggars descrip
tion. W. W. Rapley, owner of the theater,
estimated the value at $l(X),000. He says the
m>urance amounts to about |40,000. The
furniture, scenery and properties of Rapley
are valued at *50,000. Lotta, the actress,
>wned $50,000 of the theater stock. Miller &
Jones estimate their loss at upwards of
*26,000, part of which is covered by insurance.
Nowton Gotthold says everything he had in
i • ae world was in the ruins, including the man
uscript of anewplav. “A Wayward Woman,”
which was to have been produced next sea
son. All members of the company lost their
: wardrobes. The properties and special scen
ery were also destroyed. The loss to the com
pany exceeds $12,000. The origin of the lire
a mystery.
Battle With Our Bird.
New York, Feb. 28.—While Israel Platt
and Henry Conklin, of Babylon, L. I , went
»ut hunting, Conklin discovered an eagle
in a tree. He fired at the bird and as it
: stretched its wings to fly he fired the other
bairel. When the shot struck the eagle it
arose in the air, circled two or three times
and then shot like an arrow directly at Conk
lin. Conklin aimed a blow at the bird with
ais gun. The bird passed him. Has
tily wheeling it again attacked Conklin, who
dipped and fell, and in his fall flung his gun
ten feet away. A fierce struggle between the
wounded bird and the . terrified hunter took
place, which resulted in the latter being badly
wounded and the former being finally stunned
by a blow and captuml. The bird was found
'» be the largest eagle ever taken alive on
Long Island. It measures seven feet six
inches from tip to tip.
Fat Plum for Found Heirs.
Houston, Tex., Feb. 28.-—Since the Perez
W. Morton claims against the government for
the loss of nine ships by a French fleet, about
1801, have been validated by the jiassage of
the French spoliation bill by congress, law
yers have been looking up the heirs. Seven
;>f them have been found in Texas, as follows:
W. W. Dexter, of Houston. Bradstreet
Agency; Mrs. Thomas B. Gale, Houston; Mrs.
Joseph F. Campbell, Galveston; Mrs. H. S.
Dexter and Samuel, Alfred and Harrietta
Dexter, Palestine. These people are all
floscly connected, and have in their possession
jld family paintings of the Mortons, and
papers from Perez W. Morton bearing upon
the spoliation claims. The claim is about
120,000,000. These heirs will get a large
ihare of this immense sum of money.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 1. 1885.
“GOLD BUG CABINET.”
DISSATISFIED DEMOCRATS SPEAK IN
SILVER TONES,
And Jubilate in Criticism —Breakers Ahead
and Silvery Rocks But Cleveland
Appears to Have the Strength of
His Convictions—Gossip.
New York. Feb. 2 .—The World prints the
following interesting dispatch from its special
Washington correspondent:
The silver men were triumphant over their
success in the house in defeating the proposi
tion to place legislation repealing the coinage
of the silver d- liar on the sundry civil appro
priation bill. The majority obtained by the
silver men was quite large. This vote is
called a serious setback to tho new adminis
tration, on account of the fact that Mr. Cleve
land has written a letter to Congressman
Warner favoring the suspension of silver
coinage.
'This letter was not written to influence leg
islation in the house, but was sent in answer
to a letter from Judge Reagan, Warner and
others, asking Mr. Cleveland to withhold his
opinion upon the subject until after the ques
tion had received consideration in the house.
The fact that Mr. Cleveland declined to accept
this suggestion and was very explicit in the
decla ion of his own opinion in favor of the
suspension of silver coinage shows that he has
the coura >f his convictions and that he is
not to be controlled in his policy even by a
majority of the democrats of the house. It
must lie further remembered that his admin
istration will have nothing to do with this
house.
'The next house is the one that will have to
pass upon this question. There has been a
great deal of foolish talk on the floor of the
house, for some of the silver maniacs of that
body have claimed that Mr. Cleveland will
now probably call an extra session of con
gress for the sole purpose of putting a stop to
the silver coinage. Such 1 liocy as that has
apparently found some believers. Some silver
men among the domocats are very much dis
an“>i’U('l o’. >-r ’ ! vela id’s position, but
it \/ui be loimc ua vote comes to be taken
in the house that tins silver question is not
and can not be made a party one.
The republicans are as much divided
ujx>n that subject as are the democrats.
When it comes to a vote ;q'on the inde
pendent proportion it will be Lnposible to
draw pa: y lines. A number voted against
putting th ■ reiioal in the legislative bill for
other motives than friendship with the silver
men. A number of members do not believe
that special legislation sh< uld go into an aj>
proyrintion bill; others thought the passage
of tit ? >.;;-oj)r ’ion bill mi Jit have been en
dang'Ted in the senate by the putting in of
this special legislation at this time. The sen
ate rules forbid any amendment of the logis
lation upon ay t ■■ print ion bills, and if tho sil
ver coinage clause had been putin by the
house it certainly would have provoked pro
tracted debate in tho sen ite.
It is true that there are a number of demo
crat- who api ar to be more anrious to find
matenal lor criticizing the new administrar
tion than if it were a republican one. Such a
mai: as Judge Reagan speaks of Cleveland's
cabinet as a “gold bug cabinet.” Much of
this criticism of the house members arises
from a certain jealousy of the senate. They
claim that he should have consulted with
leading house members more than he has, and
that he should have come to that body for at
least one of his cabinet members. Some of
the revenue ref< •rmers are uneasy over Mr.
Manning’s -election as secretary of the treas
ury, and kike it for granted that he is against
them, without waiting to find out exactly.
The semi-official announcement in the
World of fiv- members of the cabinet, has im
pressed the fact upon members of the predom
inance of -ciritorial influence in unking up
the cabinet. A number of the western mem
tiers are displeased over the possible fact that
there is to be only one western man in th€
cabinet, and that man not what they consider
a representative man. The fact that Thur
man and McDonald are to be ignored has
added fuel to this fire of cross criticism.
The Indiana members do not think that the
reason given for not taking McDonald is e
good one. They say that there sire no fac
tional fights in Indiana, and that if Mr. Mc-
Donald is kept out it will be solely owing tc
the influence of Mr. and All’s. Hend
ricks. All this surface talk may or may
not lead to more serious criticism. The
cabinet, so far as it is supjxised to Im
made up, is made of men who understand the
temper of congress and the makeup of the
next house. It is not reasonable to suppose
in advance cf any action that the administra
tion will not be thoroughly in accord with
the next house in matters of general policy.
Bayard, Garland and Lamar are pronounced
revenue reformers; Vilas is also supposed tc
be a moderate revenue reformer. Mr. Man
ning is the only man suspected of not being
an enthusiastic advocate of revenue reform,
so it is pretty ciear the democrats show signs
of dissatisfaction, such as were exhibited in
the house Thursday. Mr. Cleveland's lettei
is in strict conformity with the old hard
money gold standard doctrine of the demo
cratic party of the past.
The silver men among the democrats have
kindly volunteered to act as guard!am
of Mr. Cleveland. All the men who signed
Judge Reagan’s letter to Mr. Cleveland met
to protest against the publication of the an
swer received from Albany Wednesday night.
Mr. Warner, who holds the letter, favors its
publication, but as all the signers of the first
letter object strenuously, Mr. Warner tele
graphed Mr. Cleveland upon the subject. He
replied, saying: “I have no objection to the
publication ui the letter."
Even this was not enough. The silver mani
acs still protested against the publication.
They say that it must not be printed unless
Mr. Cleveland orders it. They would not as
sume the awful responsibility of permitting
such a “gold bug” opinion to go forth in ad
vance of the inaugural. They would still
give Mr. Cleveland grace, hoping that he
would change at the last moment.
They said they would not be pai uies
to the responsibly. Mr. Cleveland must
himself give out the letter. This al>
surd attempt to suppress the letter will only
result in making the silver men supremely
ridiculous. Os course the letter can not be
prevented from reaching the public, and ol
course Mr. Cleveland will not change his
“gold bug” decision.
Bell Punches Wanted.
New Orleans, Feb. 28.—The official re
turns of the gate receipts at the exposition
during the past week have just been pub
fished, an<l are causing considerable com
ment. On the 17th it was published that 125,-
000 people were in attendance Monday, where
as the gate receipts show only $10,482. There
were over 40,000 paying admissions on the
16 th, without doubt. It is reported that then
was over $7,000 taken in at one gate, and
there were five gates in operation. Some ol
the officials claim there is a mistake in the re
turns, while others boldly assert that there
bas been a clean steai Many of the exhibit
ors and some of the state commissioners say
they expect tho final oraah to come in a fe«
days.
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ALL LONDON EXCITED
Ou tho Possibility of Defeat —
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Buller Safe -Anarchists Raided.
London, Feb. 28.—Verbatim reports of the
discussion in the houses of lords and commons
on the vote of censure arc published through
out England, and the excitement consequent
on the possible defeat of the government is in
tense. In all places of public resort the one
topic of discussion is the censure
' motion. Even in the streets of
London and other large cities.
? knots of men gather to discuss Gladstone’,*
j chances. Preparation* are bei'i •, made by the
large dailies for the publication of sjiecial
r editions should a division be reached in decent
. season. At all the clubs in the west end,
2 progress of the debate will be followed by the
. “tape” for th-' tionefit of the crowds who sur
} round each ticker. The difficulty of obtaining
3 admission to the house of parliament apj>ears
. to have the effect of increasing the public in
. terest in the battle between oppoMng parties.-
j
r Swiss Anarchists Raided.
Berne, Feb. 28.—The whole of Switzer
. land was thrown into a state of semi-panic
-by a well planned raid on members of an
[ archist societies. Wholesale arrests were
I marie in all sections of the country at the
. same moment, and the plans of the police
were so well laid, and the secret of the in
t tended descent was so closely kept, that
. nearly all the prisoners were taken from their
j beds. Ten arrests were made in Berne, and
, in other cities and towns where the anai ch
-3 ical propaganda has taken root the numbers
, i were in about tho same proportion. What
t ' course the government intends to pursue in
. ; the matter of punishment further than the
i 1 usual expulsion has not been made public, but
• a firm determination to stamp out anarchism
i has evidently been reached.
i i
t ‘ Buller*** Successful Retreat.
t 1 London, Feb. 28.—A dispatch from Gen.
I j Wolseley to the war office states that Gen.
. I Buller has evacuated his intrenched position
, 1 at Abu Klea and reached Gadkul in safety.
. ■ The movement was accomplirhed with jxjr
. j feet success and without a casualty of any
description. During the march the Arab
; ; Scouts were constantly seen. Buller’s force
( i Is now believed to be perfectly safe. The
. march from Gadkul to Korli, whore he will
join ;he main force, will probably l>e accom-
I plished with comparative ease.
The Shoeburyncss Explosion.
London, Fob. 28.—Among those who lost
1 their lives by the explosion in the royal school
; of gunnery at Shoeburyness are Col. Fox
Strangeways, commandant of the school, and
Col. Lyon, head of the royal laboratory at
’ Woolwich. Both men had their legs torn
from their bodies and were otherwise muti
! lated. The exact number of persons killed or
. injured by the explosion lias ir -t yet been
learned.
PIPE LINE IN THE DESERT.
, American Engines to rump Water for the
British From Suakim to Berber.
London, Feb. 28. —The Briti: h government
■ is actively moving to construe: a pipe line
I from Suakim on the Red sea to Berbjr on the
■ Nile for supplying Gen. Graham’s army with
i water on ita advance across thu desert to join
i Wolseley. The war office after long considar-
1 ation sanctioned the plan some time ago.
I Contracts for the pumping er.y in- > have been
' made with the house of Henry R. Worthing
i ton, of New York. A dozen or twenty en-
I gines will probably be required of from 150 to
: 200 horse power each. By th- tor ms of the
! contract an engine is to be shipped each week
, until its terms are fulfilled. The government
has received advices that the first one was dis
; patched by the Adriatic last Saturday.
All the leading pipe mamtfai tn-ers of the
i United States have submitted estimates for
■ the fine to the government, but so far no
orders have been placed here or abroad. The
i pipe will be four inches in diameter—the
same size as the pipes through which oil is
pumped from the Pennsylvania licids to the
seaboard, a longer distance than the proposed
water line. The contract for the pipe will
amoiint to about $750,000, and there is a
strong feeling among officials that English
manufacturers should have the work. It is a
question with some engineers, however, if a
portion, at least, of the contract should not
be place 1 in America, owing to the superior
quality of the pipe made there. The plan
meets with general approval among those who
have studied the workings of rhe oil lines in
America. The same general plan will be
followed for the water lines, and the engines
will be duplicates of those in use there. With
such a pipe line in operation it would seem
that the end of the Soudan difficulty, so far as
the movement of reinforcements is concerned,
would be reached.
Senator-Elect Payne Dined.
Cleveland, 0., Feb. 28.—Senator-elect
Henry B. Payne was tendered a compliment
ary dinner by Win. Edwards, previous to his
departure for AV ashington. All the promi
nent professional and business men in the city
were present. During his speech Mr. Payne
spoke of the electoral commission, of which
he was a member. He said that if the presi
dential controversy had not been settled by
the commission, a civil war would have been
the resuit, as 560,G00 men were ready and
willing to adjust the matter by arms. He
was chairman of the committee that consid
ered the bill and established the tribunal, and
was offered political advancement if he would
report adversely on the bilk He refused, be
cause he believed the commission for the best
interest* • f the country at large.
General Grant’* Autobiography,
New York, Feb. 28.—The Century com
pany will not publish Gen. Grant’s auto
biography, as at first supposed. It is
not that he objected to the Cen
tury company’s terms, but personal rea
sons led him to accept the proposition of Mr.
Charles L. Webster, Mark Twain's agent and
publisher, who ha* just taken one of Gen.
; Grant’s sons in the business with him. The
Century company and Gen. Grant are the
best of friends, but the claims of Mr. Webster
are of a longer friendship.
Mail Robbers Shackled.
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 28.—A United States '
marshal passed down the Texas Central rail-'
road from Hamilton county with the three 1
prisoners, Curtis, Moore and Bruner, charged
with mail robbery, and said to be members of
the same gang to which Pitts and Yeager,'
the murderers of Marshal Gosling, belong.
Their last offense is said to have been the rob
bery of the postoffice at Pottsville. They
are being taken to Waco for trial in the fed
eral courts.
The Lasli for Mormon Missionaries.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 28.—Information
has been received from Gainsborough, Jack
son county, that several men visited a house
on Martin’s creek recently and severely lashed
a Mormon elder who had been L.J ■ ng in the
neighbornood. Another elder Jaded the
. crowd in the darkness. The elders and sev
j eral converts left the place next day.
Slugging Match for Gate Money.
Columbus. Feb. 28.—80 b Farrell, of this
city, and Tom Hammond, of England, have
arranged a four-round glove light, “Police
i Gazette” rules, for the net receipts of the
I house. The match is to come off in this city
between the 11th and 14th of March.
FALSE TG THEIR TRUST.
' j SHOCKING CHARGES PROVEN AGAINST
,! IN aNA OFFICIALS.
Immorality am! Incompetency in the Man*
agemeat ofthe Knightstown SoldierH*
Orphan** Home —Unheard of
( I'neltie* Practiced.
> Indiana? ) > Fob. 28.—The investigating
committe appointed to inquire into the
abuses at the Knightstown institution ro
' | parted to the house, in regard to Trustee
t ' John M. Goar, that his general moral charao*
] ter is bad; that he has been guilty of grow
, J immoral conduct: that his general chmaeter
' for virtue and chastity is bad; that he has
t been guilty during his term of office, as trustee,
of having illicit intercourse with a female in
mate of the institution of about the age ol
tii iccn yeais. and has been guilty during hw
term as such trustee ol attempts to w duce two
other female inmates, each of the ages of
about fifteen, who were and are orphans ol
deceased soldiers of th- stole of Indiana.
As to the charge against Superintendent ■
White, the committee find that his charactei
for robriety. chastity and virtue is above re- :
proach, and that the charges, so Lir as they
relate to the conduct of members r£ his fam
ily, and each cf them are untrue And whollj
false. As such superintendent, however, he
has been ,■,.-<>■ ! v negligent in this: That he
has repeatedly allowed things to go unchecked
that should have ree ved his immediate at
tention. He has negli ently allowed severe
punishments to be administered by Uie attend-.
ants, governesses and teachers. He has al
lowed children in both departments to b
locked in close and dark closets and fed only
on bread and water for one day in a week,
and permitted two boys to l>e handcuffed to
gether two days and one night in a dark
closet, and compelled them thereby to Leos .
together whit- haftdeuffed, which punish*
ments, in th. . .union of ti: * committee, were
excessiv >, cruel and inhuman. He acted in-:
discreetly at various times by locking himself
in his private office with f- . tale teach ts and '
others connected with the institution, bus •
the committee is of ojauiuii that it was at ne '
time for an improper or c’ uniual purpose.
The cononittee further find that Superin-<
tendont W nice allowed Charles Morgan, an;
employe of the in dilution, to retain Lis situa
tion after he had milicted upon a feeble- j
minded boy named Ed Boi* ’’ and a soldier’s !
orphan tilt-most cruel and mhiiman treat
ment. He permitted one of .n other attend*
ants to remain after it had been brought tc |
his knowledge that he had bean gu'lUv of re- I
pealed acts of sodomy with bqys from ten to i
fourteen years of age.
•.tie conmm.iee rp : -(.. i .ien.l ti e removal of i
John M. Goar from th trusteeship, and ol
John W. White from die superintendency by
legislative ona tment, neither of them being
fit or proper person ■- to longer hold their pres
ent office?. Also, tha. a bill I>e immediately
passed dele; cting to the governor power to
remove eii at the super; men lent or trustees
for cause, and that at i* a-' one of the trustees
shall be of op; politic sto the other-two.
The comm . tee also recommend that the sol
diers' orpL<.as’ department of rhe institution
be separate 1 from the feeble-minded depart
ment, so taat said classes i!iay not come in
c< ntact with each other, as they deem that
the mingling and commingling of said classes
would ii' be product!' eof desirable results.
The statements and rgg< stions of the report
were inforced in sixiecii-is L . the chairman ol
the committee, Mr. Loyd, i id its counsel, Mr
Boyd.
ESCORTED BY GOPS.
Two Hundred Philadelphia Police Charge
a Jeering Mob and Save Cameron.
Philadelphia, Feb. 28.—Notwithstanding
the mayors proclaim* on calling on < itizens
in the vicinii of r >-t i.iills n A; n :ng
ton to remain o.i the streets, to prevent £
repetition of Wednesday night's riotious dem
onstrations, there was again, Thursday night,
an immense crowd in the neighborhood oi
Leedoni’s mill, where the non-union loorc
fixer, Cameron, is employed. The sidewalk
and some of the streets were blockaded. Jusl
before the t 'me tor the hands in Leedom’s
mill to stop work, 200 policemen marched
to the building and drove the crowd
back for a block on each of the foui
streets leading to the mill. Twenty po
licemen then escorted Cameron from the mil 1
and walked with him on the sidewalk. Som<
of the crowd ran through the side streets and
caught up to Cameron and his escort. Tha
mob then followed closely, hooting and jeer
ing and throwing snowballs, ice, stones and
other missiles. The policemen were finally
ordered to draw their clubs and charge upor
the mob. A brief but furious fight ensued.
Several of the policemen were knocked down,
and several of the mob came out of the melee
with broken heads. Seven of them were cap
tured. Ln the excitement a p oliceman slip
ped away with Cameron, and he was taker
home without being further molested.
SENSATION REVIVED
By the Happy Marriage of the Heroine t<
a Wealthy Frenchman.
St. Louis, Feb 28.—At the Planters’ hote
the signature of “Mr. and .Mrs. A. Neuville
Chicago,” a honeymooning couple, lec
to the discovery that- Mrs. Neuville, novi
the wife of tiie American ag -nt for several
heavy European concerns, is none other that
the former Miss Zerelda Garrison, of St
Louis, whose alleged gjxiuction furnished th<
daily press with a first-class sensation in th*
spring of 1882, At that time the young lady
started one morning, as usual, for St. Mary’l
academy, St. L< »uis, but alleges that she was ab
ducted and bold in a secluded apartmen!
three days by four young men, whose namei
she gave, and who, when arrested, admitted
her statements as true in par., but main
tained that her detention wa * not compulsory
I No prosecutions followed, and the yourij
lady’s departure from St. Louis made par
tially effective the ciforrs ox her people t<
hush up the incipient seaxt She is verj
: beautiful and accomplished, aa4 her husband
I I is regard* d in Chicago as a most estimable
i gentit man and correct busiuc « man, thougl
not a citizen of the United States.
Maud Will Not Trot for Money.
1 15ew York, Feb. 28.—Robert Bonner, th*
ownai’ of Maud 8., has wri- v.: to the presi
dent of the Plymouth Conn ' (Mass.) Agri
cultural Society declining allow the mare
to trot at that society's auuuul fair. He sayi
( he has declined all applications to exhibi
Maud S. during the coming reason, except i
t conditional promise made last fail to Col. Ed
wards, pr 'ddent of the Cleveland driving
i park. “I shall,” he says, “probably let hei
I trot this season on the grounds of that asso
i ciation; but neither there nor an v where else
so long as 1 own her will she be allowed tc
trot for money.”
The Week’s Fuilure*.
New York, Feb. 28.—Failures the last sevei
! days in the United States were 243; in Can
! ada, 40; total 283, compared with a total o’
> 290 last week. The great bul <of the casual
! ties are in the Western, Southern and Paciik |
states.
THE CONDENSER.
Freth, Pithy New* item-* Boil* 1 Down for
the .lurried Reader.
Great foreign demand for cotton at New
York port.
N reinac. jx-'h strian, lias made his 5,100
miles in 100 c!; s.
Rhode Island prohibitionists will vote a
ticket of their own.
The Nati ual theater, Washington, D. C.,
burned. l/>ss SIOO,OOO.
! Cyrus W. Fields sues the London Truth and
New York Herald for libel.
Henry Meisner was fatally limbed while
telling a tree near Wabash, Ind.
G. G. Gill, Homer, La., merchant, failed.
Assets $115,000, liabilities $85,000.
The widow of ex-Gov. Samuel Mcdary died
at Columbus, ().. aged seventy-nine.
Jack Burke has challenged Paddy Rvan to
a four-round Marquis of Queonsbury fight.
Ro’oert Bonner refuses the exhibition of
Maud S. at a new England agricultural lair.
German opera at the Metropolitan, New
York, has proved a failure. Deficit S4S,(XX).
Neal, the last of the Ashland, Ky., murder
ers, was respited bv Gov. Knott until March
27.
A nun at Omdurman states that 2,000 per
sons wore massacred at the fall of Khar
toum.
Ohio legislative Hocking valley committee
will sit during the recess to examine wit
nesses.
Bertha Stein is held in SI,OOO at Lawrence
burg for forging her husband's name to a pos
tal order.
In the wrestling match at Chicago, Bibby
defeated Faulkner in seve minutes and forty
five seconds.
Mrs. Maria Henter, Mingo, 0., had just
made a rev ival prayer when she fell dying of
heart disease.
Josejjh Burbridge, Louisiana, Mo., farmer,
suicided through financial reverses. His life
policy is $20,000.
Tom Bostwick (married) and Mrs. Gue
were found dead in a room of an assignation
house in St. Louis.
, Thos. Bostwick, a steamboat bartender,
killed the wife of J. B. Gue, at St. Louis, and
then shot himself fatally.
i Ran Smallwood, a law and order man, shot
and instantly killed McClelland Adams, out
law, in Letcher county, Ky.
‘ Indiana public school instruction will in
j elude scientific information on the effect of
, alcohol on the human system.
i At Rome, Ga., Mrs. Carrie Thompson made
an abortive attempt on the life of John Van
divir, accused betrayer of her sister.
t The inaugural platform, in front of the
i main portico of the gallery, at Washington,
j has been completed. It is tlft largest one yet
! constructed.
■ Germany announces her annexation of the
’ West African coast between her Caineroons
territory and Uid Calabar including the C am
eroon mountains.
Thomas J. Barthalow, of St. Louis, mer
chant, went on a spree, married a cyprian,
sobered up and repented his folly by an at
tempt at suicide.
Gen. C. R. Woods, fifty-six, of Newai’k, a
gallant Ohio veteran, and brother of aa asso
ciate justice of the United States supreme
bench, was found dead in bed.
An unknown party rapped at the door of
L. G. Grantham, Indian Territory. He
opened it and was immediately assassinated
in the presence of his wife and daughter. ,
Daniel Weidner fell down while hunting
with h;s friend, James Seilers, near Shelby
ville, Ind., planting a fatal load of shot be
tween the iaiier s shoulders; a pure accident.
The Ohio house of representatives, by a
vote of 85 to 5, adopted a proposition to sub
mit to the people an amendment to the consti
tution to change state election from October
to November.
The horses attached to Col. Ingersoll’s cab,
while awaiting the close of his Brooklyn lec
ture, hr. I - ;!<•.r hoofs frozen so Lally that they
dropped off on their return to New York. The
horses were at once killed.
Forty-two students of the Kentucky state
college at Lexington, marched out iu a
body, owing to the dismissal, without investi
gation, of J. O. Holliday, student from Hmes
county, Miss., who was sick.
Wm. Br >ok, colored, about to r- ceive *hirty
days for disorderly conduct in Louisville,
Ky., police court, was accused as a fugitive
murderer from Clark county by Anna Dean,
and was held on that charge.
An infantry battalion revolted at its ban
racks in Choirillos, Peru, and dispersed,
the men throwing away their rifles
and taking to the mountains, where
their homes are and whence, only a few weeks
ago, they were forcibly drafted into the ranks
of the new Peruvian army.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latest Quotations of the Stock, Produce
and Cattle Markets.
New York. Feb. 27.—Money easy, 2 per cunt
Exchange quiet and firm. Governments firm.
Ait. A Terre Haute 25 M.-rris A Essex. . 121-fc
‘ Bur. A Quincy. ... Missouri Paeiiic....
Canada ja< ili>' 39;-* N. Y. & Erie ....
Cauada.Soutiiern.. 82 l 3 N. Y. Central. ...
Central Pacific Northwestern.. .. 95>J
Ciiicago A Alton 132 Pacific Mail 55
C.C.C.&I 37 Rock Island 118>4
Del. A Hudson .... 78 l z£ St. Paul
Del. Lack. A W ... 102 « St. P. &S. C 28
Illinois Central ... 125 o do preferred ..
Jersey Central 37% Texas & Pacific.... IB
Kansas A Texas .. 17’U. Pacific 47%
Lake Shore 05 3 4 West. Union . ... 58%
Louisville A.Nash.. 82‘ b Nash. & Chatt
General.
Cincinnati, Feb. 27. —FLOUR- Fancy,
4.G0; family, Bl.ikMgH.oo.
WHEAT No. 2 red, 84c; No. 3, 80 ' '3c.
CORN—No. 2 mixed, 43’ 2 c; No. 3,43 c: ear, 46a
OATS—No. 2 mixed, 3Ac; No. 2 white, 35 a c.
RYE—No. 2, 71i<j>72c.
BARLEY—Spring, 55 cjkssc; fall, 7t»<pß()C.
PORK—Family, $12.70@13; regular. $13.25.
BACON—Shoulders, .» 1 - 2 c; short clear sides,
7% Lard -Kettle—7' 4
CHEESE—Prime to choice Ohio. 1 1 ■< He; Now
York, 12’ 2 <O3 2 c: Northwestern, 7‘ a -c a c.
POULTRY -Fair chickens, §2.7.5 prime,
5h<£4.00; ducks, $4.00; geese, per
doz.; live turkeys, 10 t^lO 5 a c; dressed, 3(k 13’ a c.
HAY—No. I timothy, No. 2, $11.50
($12.00; mixed, $10.0U(g)11.00; wheat and rye straw,
$6.<X).a;7.00; oats straw, $7.00 (pB.OO.
New York. Feb. 27.—WHEAT —No. 1 wliita,
91 : 2 c; No. 2 red,
CORN—Mixed western, 51.(553e; futures. 4b
5P/ 4 c. Oats—Western,
New Orleans, Feb. 27.—SUGAR -Refining,
common, 4 1 .,(0,4tie; inferior, 8(((,3‘- a c: choice
white, stic; off white, choice yellow, .»%
@5 7 8 c.
MOLASSES—Good fair, 25/yß2c; prime.
choice, 44c; centrifugal prime. 25 <u2 ’.c; fair, 82c.
Detroit. Feb. 27.—WHEAT—No. 1 white, 85c|
No. 3 red, 76c; Michigan soft red, «7‘ 4 c.
Toledo, Feb. 27.-WHEAT—No. 2. No. 1
soft, s3Ati'b'>c.
Live .Stock.
Cincinnati, Feb. 27.—CATTLE —Good to choice
butchers, ©4. lair, $.->oo/5.2.>; common,
$2513; stockers and feeders, yearlings
and calves. $2.50(gj3.50.
HOGS-r-Se.ected butchers, $4.5(X55.25; fair to
good packing, fair to good light, $4.50
common, $3.sJ •. ».47»; culls,
SHEEP -Common to fair, $2. 2>; good to
choice, $3 5U(j l.2'>; wethers. Lambs—
Common. s3.t)" ■ • : good, $4.2* -tA JM).
Chicago, Feb. 27.-HOGS—Fair tn good, s4<«.
4.55; mixed packing, choice heavy.
$4.5.xg,4.!k'.
CATTLE Exixjrte, $6.00@6.80; good to choice
lihipping. S5.J(' u 'i.OO; common to fair, $4.50 jdsJis|
atockei aidl e< ae»k
NO. 264
* 3 " CELEBRATED ** Q A
STOMACH
Fitter 5
The Flitoat Bnbjeeta
For kxna, nnd ram'ttenia, ara th. da.
hint,ted. bitlinnß and nervou,. To «neh per
acua, Houthi 1 , vt’s btomacb Blltora afforda ade
quate oro’cctlou by iuor. vit.i atamtua and
the reaiatant power of the ooratltotion, and by
oqocktoq irr. gutarttiea of ti e ilver, rtotnach
aed bo. eia. Moieover, Il eridK-atra u.alarl.l
O' 1 . plainta of an obatinate ty e. and atande
alo. e um qua’l d among our national r mediae.
For eeie by all Urtrngiata and Dealer,
eenerally,
I FIUSI PIL.Ii.HII t'lL.h.hlll
Sure cure for Blind, Bleedlug and Itch
ing PUe«. Oue box han cured the worst
euoea of 30 yeure’ etarirttng. No one need
•uifler five mluut.ee after using William's
ludbui I’ll Ointment. Il abeorbe tumora,
.all ye Helling, act* as poultice, gives In
-taut relief. Prepared only tor Files,
itcluug oi the private parts, nothing else.
Hon. J. M. Cofteubury, ot Cleveland, says.
“1 have used scores ol Pile cures, and It
.-.Horde me pleasure to say that 1 have
never found anything which gives eueb
immediate and permanent relief as Dr.
William’s Indian File Ointment." bold by
.ti ggistt- and mt>iHd o.: receipt of price,
fl, Foi sale by Brannon & Carson, K.
Unr er, John F. Turner and G*c. A. Brad
ford, Columbus. Ga.
Dr. Frailer’, float Bitter
Frnzler’o Boot Bitters are nc. ; a bran,
■ti- p beverage, bui are r-trtutly medicinal
In rvi f> -enee. Irey act strongly upon
.Ur L.vei anti Kidneys, Icet-p the bowels
pen and tegular, make the weak strong,
heal tbi lungs- bulla up the nerves, and
cleanse the blood ..nd syetnm of every Im
purity. Hold by druggists, fl.oo,
tot rale by Brannon AClareon and Jno.
i n j Columbus, Ga
Dr. Vmiler’. Magic Ointment.
A sure cure tor Little Giubs tn the Skin,
iu .-ii Skin, etc. it will remove that
* i .tfin-ie fron? tee horde and luce and
like . 'Ubeei’tlti . Price ISCc. Sent by
—ah. to. t.y Bi-si vu Jr Uatson and
John i . turns., c. mmbue, Oa.
(Jbse. E. Glover, Bermorseilo, Mexico.
July 16, 188 S, save; “I take pleasure in
''tliiieeSlt g yon ' n< e triers, lor you have
been o: ..eat tteceni to ute. I wrote to
.■ u abc iit one and onr-half years ego,
from Arliona, for Dr. William's Indian
I’l O n mei.t. . received It and It cured
meentii -ty. I s'lll tied some Ointment
rmr'nlrir, with vhfeb I have tnied seven
oi eight uioie. it le wonaertul.
■*. .ratcii.; High Kock Spring Water for
■th ie by all druggists. mhMeociAw
IMPORTANT
TO
Farmers, Hucksters and Cardeners,
—o
1 wiil.turnteb on board the Uareat Flora,
Alabama, a very
Rich. Marl
AT SIX UOLI.AKB FEB TOV
cash i
And a Very Low Rate of Freight
Is offered by the Mobile A Girard B. B
Byanab-deot the State Get legist thia
MABL ooululne irout 5 to 8 pel cent, ol
Phosphate with oth r fertilizing qualities.
For composting and broadcasting tor
grain fields, orchards and lawns It will be
found.
A Valuable Stimulator.
Inis le not a Guano, but a KIUU MAKL
Any c rders forwarded to
R. J. ORB, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
Mobile A Girard Bailroad, will meet with
prompt attention. decij-tf
uTjijiflofiwooo,
h 1
"OITF’ICIE ATT
BHEfciiLOVE & JOHNSON’S Drug Stars,
Randolph Street.
ResWenoe with H. L. WOODRUFF,
Ortwfor 1, hetw.on Irony >nd Fonytti street
■«pßo>bln
K. E. ( RIGGS,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFF ICE l
T. H. EVANS & CO. 8 Dtn* Store.
Residence Jackson 81., Southeast of Court
■ House with W H. Glaae.
IsDB-]y
L. H. CHAPPELL,
?HOVISiOH BROKER iINSUMNCEAGI,
IIP Broad St., Columbus, Ga,,
Home ct New Ycrt,
'?r peris; of London.
Guardian of London.
Northern o* Larger
Male and female agademy.
cu&seta, gjeorcua.
The » kof this School will begin again
JANUARY 5, 1885(flretMonday).
TUP ion 8150. SO and 83. M,
Accord rg to grade. Board cover more
Thun SB. Per Month.
MUSIC »*:». PER MONTH,
LOCATION HEALTHVUI..
W. E. MURPHEY,
Janlwlt-smlwS Principal.
DR. J. M. MASON,
DENTIST.
St. Clair St., Columbus, Ga.
maul ill, MrvUM to U
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