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Chrorlcle, feat. 1877.
YEAR
Plea for Better Arms and
Equipments for Militia.
TEIAL8 WITH 8M"KELE88 POWDER
RriHirt of th* KipurUtloc* of fleef Cot*
li«* f«r th« 1**41 Twenty Years—Ambu<
It it nyon lf*s a Wordy War With
the (•« rinan OillnaU Over Their ltetalla-
tory Metlio>U Agninat mu (toveruuirnt.
Washington, Nov. 2.—Iu his annual
report to the secretary of war General
Fiugler.chief of ordnance, makes a strong
point on the insufficiency of the appro
priation!! for arming and equipping the
militia. He says there is an urgent de
mand from most states to have their
arms changed for a later and better
model. The efficiency of the national
guard in actual service demands this,
ami the present appropriation renders it
impossible to effect the change of more
than a small percentage of arms each
year.
Jlxpcrimcnts are still being made with
smokeless powders, although contracts
have been already placed for over 20,-
000 pounds, of which 5,000 have been
delivered. It has not been found that
these powders are bettor than black
powder for the Springfield rifle. IJnring
the year ended June 80 last there were
completed at the Watrrvliet arsenal the
following heavy seacoast guns: Kight-
inoli, 11; Hi-inch, 11; 10-tncn (Crosier
wire iKiuudf, 1; 12-inch, 6; 12-inch (mor-
tarn, 1.
A chapter in the report tells the story
of long experiments with wire bouml
guns—four of which have been tried.
All have failed but the Crozier, now
under trial, and when that trial is com
pleted the department will have all the
information necessary for a comparison
between the wire gun aud built up steel
ordnance gun. Under the head of pro-
? ectile the icpirt states that experiments
mvo been made hero and abroad to pro
duce projectiles that will penetrate Har-
veyized armor plate without breaking
up, but so far without markod success,
and it is probable that the most satis
factory solution of the question will be
to increase the caliber of the gun, em
phasizing the already admitted neces
sity for ltf-inch guns for our seacoast
defenses.
DID NOT WITHDRAW.
ElsSorraUry Po«t«r*a Official Kucord Wai
ISrought Oat Agaimt His Word.
Washington, Nov. 2.—The Republi
cans in the south and west have been
trying to make political capital ont of
the issue of bonds by the administra
tion, and Mr. Dockery, in making the
defense on the stump that the policy
was forced upon the Democrats by the
extravagance of the Republicans them
selves, has charged that Secretary Fos
ter made preparations to issue bonds
while Harrison was still in office.
Foster was asked by a Kansas City
newspaper to make a denial of the
charge. He first wrote to the treasury
department asking if there was on rec
ord a letter from himself on the subject.
None could be found, and. feeling safe,
apparently, ex-Secretary Foster wrote a
letter to the newspaper denying that he
ever content plated the issue. Soon after
he was informed that no letter was on
file, this letter was found in the depart
ment: .
Treasury Department,
Washington, D. C. Feb. 20, 1893.
To the Chief of the Bureau of Eugraving
and Printing.
Sn:—You are hereby authorized and di
rected to prepare designs for the 3 per ceut
bonds provided in the senate amendment
to the sundry civil bill, ndw pending. The
denomination which should first receive
attention are f-lOOs and 21,000s of the
coupon bonds, and 2100s, tl,000s and $10,-
(KWM of the registered bonds. This au
thority is given in advance of the enact
ment. in view of pressing contingencies,
and you ure directed to hasten the prepa
ration of t lie designs aud plate in every
possible manner. I inclose a memorandum
lor your guidance in preparing the script
for the IhhIj- of the bond.
Respectfully yours,
Charles Foster. Secretary.
Mr. Foster was notified immediately
c-f the find, but he did not see fit to
withdraw his denial.
STICKS TO HIS COUNT.
Nicholas U t Becomes the Ruler
of all the Russias.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE ORDERED.
Clark Dtfmt Says Hill's N-w York wi
Brssklya Vote* Will Swaatp Martaa.
New York, Nov: 2.—The Democratic
state convention has practically conclud
ed its work for the campaign. The
managers have received a report from
every election district iu the state and
! are engaged in tabulating figures.
I Clerk Defreet is making a computa-
Ha Takes Great Consolation la the Kuowl- fc on Q f the probable number of votes
edge of the Devotion of His People to which each ticket Will receive. He baa
the Memory of the Dead Csar—The Got. . not yet made any specific SUnounoe-
ernmeut at Washington Has Received i ment of the number of votes he expects
official Notice. j the Democratic and Republican dele-
1 gates to poll, but he adheres to the
St. Petersburg, Nov. 2.—Emperor statement that Morton’s majority above
Nicholas II has issued a proclamation Harlem will not exceed 40,(KX) or 42,000
Carlisle and Olney Disagree in
the Cabinet Meeting.
THE DE0BI0N OF JUDOS LA00MBE.
Morton MnU.
i Sho’vinsr.
WILSON’S CAMPAIGN.
Secretary Morton, of tin 1 department
of agricultur-*, has furnished the num-
Ix-r of e;< i • expelled to the unit-id
kingdom <4 Great ilmaiu during each
year since 1ST 1. together with the value
of the entile, in dollars, each year.
It shows t '.nit the United States sent
into the uu ;ed kingdom of (li ■•at- Brit
ain only 123 head of cattle in 1874, while
up to the present date in 1S94. the Unit
ed States ii.i- already furnished Great
Britain 8-le.734 head. The United States
sent no ‘"resit lteef into England until
1K77, when 49,210,090 pounds were sent,
and returned to the farmers of this
country $4,552,432. This year we havo
already stopped into the united king
dom 195,331 292 pounds of fresh beef,
which brought $ I(>,(>59,814.
Germany took no live cattle from the
United States until 1878, when that
empire received 1,171 head from the
United States, valued at $'■>7,648. Dur
ing the year 1891 Germany received
frcin the United States its largest num
ber of cattle, 5,223 head, valued at $427,-
2(56.
In 1893 Germany received only 419
head, valued at $41,800. Thus far in
1894 she has received 3,069 head, valued
at $285,792. Germany took no fresh
beef from the Uuited States until 1887,
when it took 9,398 pounds, and in 1894
all Germany took of fresh beef from the
United states was 1,066 pounds, valued
at $80.
In view of these facts. Secretary Mor
ton said he does not think it worth
while to exploit or magnify as a matter
of any importance the loss of the Ger
man market to American cattle and
meat producers.
Kunyon ’las > Little Spat,
A dispatch from Berlin says that the
prohibition by Germany of the importa
tion of cattle has led to a lively exchange
of words between the American embassa
dor, Runyon, and Von Bieberstein, the
German foreign minis-,ter. Mr. Rnnyon
charged it as unjust, unnecessary and
severe retaliation against the duties im
posed l>y the United States on German
beet root sugar. These duties, he said,
had l>een advised by President Cleve
land, though congress would be certain
to annul them.
Von Bieberstein, in reply, admitted
the severity of the order, but not the
epithets employed by the embassador.
He said Germany would not barter the
soundness of her cattle for a prospective
lowering of the sugar duty. The incu
bation period of the Texas fever, he
added, was six weeks. Therefore, cat
tle leaving the United States in an ap
parently healthy condition might after
wards be attacked and spread the infec
tion.
Mr. Runyon disputed this claim on
the ground that the contagion is propa
gated by insects which are non-existent
in Europe. He also argued that dead
meat can not convey the Texas fever
germs.
Killed Two Women.
Columbtavillk, Mich., Nov. 2.—An
unknown man broke into Fred Skin
ner’s house and crushed the sknll of
Mrs. Staudloy, Mrs. Skinner’s mother,
with a hammer. He then struck Mrs.
Skinner three times on the face aud
head and attempted to brain Skinner,
but the latter warded off the blow with
a pillow. The murderer eluded capture.
Mrs. Standby’s npsbaud, from whom
she separat J some time ago, is suspect
ed of the me. Both women will die.
Fiv- Annrclilati Sent Dp.
Paris, Nov. 2.—Five anarchists—Re-
clus, Poete, Martin, Duprat and Pon-
get—were sentenced, in their absence,
to 20 years' imprisonment, having been
found guilty of belonging to a criminal
association.
Good Clieer Greet* the West Virginia
Statesman at MarUnubarff*
Martinss urg, W. Va., Nov. 2.—Five
t housand people listened to speeches by
William L. Wilson and Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Hamlin. It was
the largest and most enthusiastic meet
ing in the history of the city. A cho
rus of men aud women sang a song en
titled, “William L., Our William L,”
written by a lady of this city, to the
tune of “My Maryland.” The audi
ence joined
Louis Bell, a negro man, presented to
Mr. Wilson a handsome floral tribute in
behalf of his negro supporters, and a
negro preaeaer assured him that he
would receive more negro votes in Mar-
tiiisburg than uuy candidate ever re
ceived.
announcing the death of his father, !
Emperor Alexander IU, and concluding
as follows;
“May we be consoled by the con
sciousness that our sorrow is the sor
row of the whole of our beloved people,
and may tbe people not forget that the
strength aud stability of holy Russia
lies in her unity to us and her un
bounded devotion to us.
“We, however, in this sad and solemn
hour, when ascending the ancestral
throne of the Russian empire, and the
czardom of Poland and grand duchy of
Finland indissolubly connected there
with, we, in the presence of the Most
High, record our solemn vow that wo
will always make our sole aim tlio
peuceful development of the power and
glory of beloved Russia and the happi
ness of our faithful subjects.”
The proclamation concludes by direct
ing that the oath of allegiance be
taken to him. Emperor Nicholas II, and
also to Grand Duke George, his lineal
successor, until God shall vouchsafe to
bless with a son the anion into which
the emperor is nbont to enter with the
Princess Alix of Hesse—Darmstadt. -
inckley on the prospects
Wilson** Campaign K ’sourcr*.
Grafton, W. Va., Nov. 2.—The chal
lenge of Chairman Wilson’s campaign
manager to the Republicans to make
public the list of campaign contributions
stolen with other documents, has not
beeu accepted, but it is learned that the
largest contributions from New York
were $200 from ex-Secretary Fairchild,
$100 from Francis Lynde Stetson, Mr.
Cleveland’s law partner, and $100 from
C. B. Rouss, while not one cent was re
ceived from New England. The Wilson
committee has been so pressed for funds
that Mr. Wilson has turned over to it
a check for $200 from the North Ameri
can Review for articles written by him.
Services for the Dead.
Livadia, Nov. 2.—The remains of
Czar Alexander III, having been em
balmed and attired in the uniform of
the Preobrajensky regiment of tho
guards, wore conveyed to tho small pri
vate chapol of the palace. The bier
was surrounded with lighted candies,
and is watched by relays of priests aud
officers of the army.
At the religious services which were
afterwards held in the chapel, all the
members of the imperial family and the
imperial household were present. The
official officiating priest, after censing
the remains, Wigan an impressive lit
urgy. The wuolo ceremony was impos
ing, and produced the deepest effect
upon those present.
THE TRAIN WRECKERS.
THE TESLA OSCILLATOR.
votes.
This, he calculates, will be swamped
by tbe Tote for Hill in this city aud
Brooklyn.
The managers of the campaign are
loolaug to. Brooklyn for a heavy Hill
vote.
John Boyd Thacher said that the re
ports from Brooklyn were more encour
aging to the Democrat* than those from
any other part of the state.
Matters were comparatively quiet at
the Park Aveuue hotel. Hugh J. Grant
was one of the earliest callers. He weut
to state headquarter* to compare notes
with Major Hi;
in this city.
The major told him he admired the
manner in whioh he was working.
“Next to Senator Hill,“he said, “you
are doing the hardest work of any can
didate iu the campaign of whom 1
know.”
Senator Hill i* not expected iu this
city before the election. Governor Flow
er will arrive iu Jersey City tomorrow
evening.
He speaks in Brooklyn and will prob
ably remain In this city ovsr Sunday.
Speaker Crisp speaks in Brooklyn with • If that be the proinr aud necessary oou-
11 Kata vs a Feeellur QMltoa at Law—U».
•awed b]T a Washlastoa Lawyer—Car.
IDU Wins Superlateadsut st Immigra
tion Stamp Over to HI* Stale—Htmton
of tho Cab tart Will Not Talk.
Washington, Nov. 2.—The Howard
deportation case has become a more se
rious question than it at fin t was looked
upon by the heads of the government
here.
The decision of Judge Laoombe of
New York, which wan that neither Mr.
Morton nor Howard had violated the
contract labor law and yet that under
the act of congress it still was in the
discretion of the secretary of the treas
ury to enforce the opposite view of the
law has raised much disenssion among
lawyers as to tho constitutionality of a
law which admits of such a construc
tion.
One of the leading lawyers of tbe city
iu a recent communication on tho sub
ject said:
“ju substance the court held that be
cause the man was charged with violat
ing the act, aud arrested on motion of
the treasury department, and the act
empowered that department to deport
person’s guilty of violating the act,
therefore that department- most decide
whether he shall he deported, and there
by decide whether he is guilty after the
court has dec ded that he is not guilty.
A* A. It. D. Xu X«k« a Culmlu am* ft. Toaag Xmteupli'i lavratta* mm*
Implicate* Other* at HI* Orrisr. 1 what n Claimed Ter It.
Woodland, Cal., Nov. A—In tfc“ tri- | Tesla’s latest invention, the "oscil-
al for murder of S. G. Worden, one of lator,” is one of the most remarkable
the five A. R. U. men under arrest for appliances of tbe age. It is aptly de-
having caused the railroad accident scribed as being tbe core of a steam en-„
which resulted in the death of Engineer gine and the core of a dynamo, combin-
Clark aud four United States soldiers ed and given a harmonious mechanical
dnriug the recent strike. C. J. Still- adjustment This combination consti-
well, a private detective, testified to an j tnt(M a machiDiei wh ich has in it the po-
alleged confession, which was produced. I . . ... . . . . , . *7.
iu Worden’s handwritiilg, iu which the I tentislity of reducing to the rank of old
prisouer on trial coufexited complicity iu
the crime, aud implicated the other
men arrested.
Worden, in his statement, says the
train wreckers were given the dyna
mite which they used to shatter the
bridge, by Comptou, a member of tho
mediation I’omwitiee.
Wordou also makes the somewhat re
markable statement that he hired a car
riage aud drove with the tram wreckers
almost to the bridge, but he left them
and returned to Sacramento before they
began their work of destruction.
NOT A SUFFRAGIST.
Mourning in Berlin.
Berlin, Nov. 2.—The emperor in per
son called at the Russian embassy at 11
o'clock and tendered his condolence to
the Russian ambassador, Count Schou-
valoff. The Prince of Hesse, all tbe
Prussian princes, and members of the
diplomatic corps iu Berlin have called
at tho Russian embassy aud siguod
their names to the visitors’ list.
All the official buildings and many
private residences are draped with
mourning, and flags throughout the
city are flying at half mast.
Mrs. J>-ir>rK»n Davis Denies That Her
Daughter Favors Woman’s Suffrage.
Richmond, Nov. 2.—Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, in a letter written to a friond
hero, indiguantly denies the report that
her daughter, Miss Winnie, is a woman
suffragist aud has said that she would
vote the Republican ticket if she had a
vote at all. In speaking of this rumor
Mrs. Davis says:
“It is false in every particular. Miss
Davis is not in favor of woman suffrage.
She thinks it would be a misfortune to
our sex if it were conferred and a right
which it would seldom be in their pow
er to exercise, at least in tho cities. .
“The idea of her saying that she
would vote the Republican tioket is too
monstrous for it to impress the majori
ty of our people as the truth. Yet we
are mortified that the allegation should
ever have been made.”
Announce*! In Washington.
Washington, Nov. Secretary of
State Gresham has received a dispatch
from the Russian foreign offi'.’C an
nouncing the succession of the new
emperor.
President Cleveland later received a
message direct from the new emperor
announcing the death of his father.
Suitable responses are preparing.
Governor Flower, but will stop at the
Park Avenue hotel.
Mr. Thacher has appointed Perry Bel
mont and Walter Stanton a committee
to receive Mr. Crisp on Ins arrival.
PERMITTED TO LAND.
Killed American* Allowed to Raturn and
Clone Up Ituslnea*.
Washington, Nov. 2.—The Nicara
guan government has acceded to the re
quest of the Uuited States, and has per
mitted the two exiled Americans—Will-
bank and Lampton—who were given
asylum on board the steamer Marble
head at Bluefield, to laud at that port
to close up their financial affairs.
Nicaragua lias also guaranteed to
grant them, full amnesty upon their
agreeing to respect the authority of
Nicaragua over the Mosquito coast.
This action is extremely satisfactory
to the United States, us both of these
men were exceedingly active iu the last
revolution; one being a member of the
revolutionary council and the other act
ing as a judge under Chief Clarance.
This action of Nicaragua practically
ends the Mosquito Incident and permits
the last remaining American cruiser,
the Marblehead, to leave Bluefield*.
VICTORIOUS JAPS.
Italian Court In Mourning.
Rome, Nov. 2.—Flags on all publio
buildings are at half mast. King Hum
bert has ordered the court to observe the
period of mourning.
WILLIAM SPEAKS.
lie.it OItcs tip His Southern Trip.
St. Louis, Nov. 2.—On account of
the low stage of water in the Mississippi
river, ex- Speaker Thomas B. Reed de
cided to forego his intended boat ride to
Memphis aud tour of the southern
•totes.
Railroad Rut* Catting.
Memphis, Nov. 2.—The railroads com
posing tho Memphis Passenger associa
tion are cutting rates. Tickets from
Memphis to St. Louis and Chicago sold
at $0 to St. Louis and $13.50 to Chicago.
Tho Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwest
ern and the Iron Mountain railroads be
gan the cutting, and the Tennessee
Midland aud the Louisville aud Nash
ville have been drawn into it Each of
tho principals is going to fight into the
last ditch. General Passenger Agent
Lynch, of the Chesapeake and Ohio, is
here, and the general managers will'
take a hand.
They Come to Terms.
St. Louis, Nov. 2.—Representatives
of the river and rail freight lines inter
ested in the cotton carrying business to
and from Memphis have ratified an
agreement to restore the tariff and
traffic division in force before the de
structive rate cutting, fake billing, eto.,
began last season.
Prominent St. Louis Men Arrested.
St. Louis, Nov. 2.—Colonel D. P.
Slattery, J. Brooks Johnson and W. H.
Stevenson were arrested on federal
warrants charging violation of tho lot
tery laws. They, with E. L. Welles
aud G. McDonald, were recently ar
rested at the instance of the post-office'
authorities for conducting a business
known as the Nevada Guarantee Invest
ment company, which Was declared to
be n lottery scheme. On a technicality
the case was quashed. All the accused
are prominent and wealthy.
Th* Steamer Falcon Uoet.
St. John’s, N. F., Nov. 2 —Tho miss
ing steamer Falcon, famous for her
wqrk in the arctic regions, has been 28
days but from Philadelphia, and at
Uobn hear owners posted her as missing.
There is no prospect of her being above
water, and the chances that her crew
escaped ar* the rerj slightest.
He AddrcMca His Officers Upon the Death
of the Russian Ruler.
Stettin, Nov. 2.—Emperor William,
who was dining here with officers of
the grenadier guards when the death
of the czar was announced, after re
ceiving the news and dictating a mes
sage of condolence to tbe czarewitch at
Livadia, arose and addressed the officers
at the table.
He said in part:
Just as the death shadow rested on my
father’s head for an entire year before his
sufferings ended, thus now comes to our
ears the news of a far reaching and seri
ous event. His majesty, the czar, has just
died, and Nicholas U. has just ascended
the throue of his fathers, one of the heavi
est heritages a prince can enter We,
here assembled, throwing our eyes back
upon our traditions remember the rela
tions which., In olden times, united us in
a brotherhood of arms with the Russian
imperial family.
We unite our feelings for the emperor
who has newly ascended the throne, wish
ing that heaven may lend strength for the
duties of the heavy office which is just as
sumed by Emperor Nicholas.
At the conclusion of the emperor’s re
marks cheers were given for Nicholas
II, and the bands played the Russian
hymn.
MARRIED A NOBLEMAN.
Armies Marching on to Moukdan, Which
They Expect to Take Next.
Yokohama, Nov. 2 —It is announced
here that the investment of Port Arthur
by the Japanese forces of land and by
sea has been completed, and that the
forward movement of both the Japanese
armies in the direction of Moukden is
being rapidly pushed.
It is added that a portion of Field
Marshal Count Oyama’s force will at
tack Kinchow Asoya, which is occupied
by tbe Chinese troops.
Iu the meantime. General Nodzus’
advanoe column is approaching Fang-
Whang, a fortified town on the main
road between Wiju and Moukden, to
which place all the Chinese troops re
treated after leaving thieir positions
north of the Yalu river.
The Japanese expect to defeat the
Chinese at both places, and then unite
their columns before the walls Of Monk-
den.
Big Fir* In Omaha.
Omaha, Nov. 2.—G. H. Hammond’s
packing house at Sonth Omaha Is on
fire. Already it is certain the loss will
be $200,000, and may reach $1,000,000.
Three hundred men are already thrown
ont of work.
A Tennessee Widow Bseomss th* Wife of
sn Austrian Baron’s Son.
Nashville, Nov. 2.—A marriage of
unusual interest took plaoe here. Ber
nard Francis Seraph de Grueuebaum,
son of an Austrian baron, was united
to Mrs. Elizabeth P. Franklin, the wid
ow of Captain James Franklin, the not
ed turfman. The ceremony was per
formed by a justice of the peace and af
terwards by a priest.
The groom suys he is a nobleman and
the sou of an Austrian baron and that
his present home is in New York. There
he and Mrs. Franklin met a year ago
through a common friend, and an inti-
Two Firemen Killed.
Omaha, Nov. 2.—Tw o firemen belong
ing to the Hammond fire department
were caught under falling walls and
instantly killed.
Bud Money in Ssvsnnah.
Savannah, Nov. 2.—Savannah h*n
had a flood of bad money within the
last day or two, similar to that floating
around Atlanta a short time ago. A
large number of bad $6 biUs has b<
found floating around here, audit seems
that those who float them have pat iys
their work on ignorant and unsuspect
ing people who did not know of their
loss nntil they tried to pass the money
somewhere else, and found, much to
their sorrow, that it w$s no good. The
extent of this work has not been folly
determined, but several of these coun
terfeit bills, which are poor ones, hsvs
been found.
struction of tho language of the act,
then it is, a> that extent, unconstitu
tional, and tbe prisouer should have
been discharged as being deprived of his
liberty under u void act. A11 uucousti
tutional act is as if it had never been en
acted. It is not a law.
“Tbe reasoning of the oourt would
land us on a very startling proposition.
The act denounces doing a certain
thing, bat makes doing that thing
offense only when done by an alien.
Suppose the prisouer had admitted
doing the thing charged, and that the
employment charged was within the
act, but had shown that he was a na
tive born citizen? He is still at the
mercy of an executive department with
out the protection of the writ.”
On. last Tuesday the question of
Howard’s deportation occupied much of
the time of tbe cabinet meeting. Aud
it is stated that Attorney General Ol-
uey aud Secretary Carlisle occupied de
cidedly different positions on the ques
tion; Olney believed that there was no
case against HowdN, and Carlisle in
sisting that he should be deported. Sec
retary Carlisle has been engaged, since
Tuesday’s meeting, in examining
farther into the case, while Attorney
General .Olney has been fortifying his
position during the time.
Members of the cabinet are very
guarded iu what they say regarding tne
matter; all of them professing igno
rance of the details of the case, having
matters in their own departments to
engage their attention, and not being
directly interested in this one.
Secretary Carlisle talked the matter
over with Superintendent Stump re
cently, and the superintendent was in
clined to take the view that although
Howard did not come into the country
with Mr. Morton, he was constructively
a domestic servant within the meaning
of the law, as he had served Mr. Mot
ton in England, as Mr. Stamp under
stood it, but when Mr. Carlisle pointed
out to Mr. Stump the evidence that Mr.
Morton hired the services of Howard
not from Howard himself, bat from
Spencer, Mr. Stump fell into accord with
the secretary and agreed that Howard
oould not be held to be entitled to re
main in tbe country.
CHICAGO’S MAYOR.
11* ObJsete U Being Called 17*ly Ms
and Seeks Redress.
Chicago, Nov. 2.—John R. Tanner,
chairman of the Republican state com
mittee, was arrested on a warrant
sworn ont by Mayor Hopkins charging
criminal libel. Mr. Tanner furnished
bond. The libel was printed in a circa
lar issued by Tanner’s committee, in
which the mayor was charged with
“levying blackmail on the vices of the
city.
The mayor said:
“I propose to make this man prove
his charges against me or I will know
the reason why. I went before the
grand jury and cannot see how it can
avoid returning an indictment.”
Mr. Tanner says ho will try to prove
his charges.
A FELTON RECRUIT.
Surprise la Democratic Circles nt tbs As
MURDERED HER BABE.
Tl»a Horrlbla Crime of m Demented Moth*
or li lenneuee.
Jackson, Nov. 8.—News has just
reached this city of a most horrible
murder at Bolivar, Tenn., a few miles
sonth of Jackson. Mrs. George Sheets
gave her 7-year-old daughter a picture
book to amuse her. aud while the child
turned the pages the mother stepped
out and came iu with a footadze. The
first blow the child's brains were scat
tered over the floor, and the crazy
woman showered 10 more upon the lit
tle innocent. After the murder she
coolly lay down upon a cot and went to
sleep.
When asked about the crime she con
fessed it, and said that she expected to
die soon aud did not want to leave the
child alone iu the world. The mother
is under arrest.- There is no doubt of
her insanity.
The Dengue In tbs Wire*rest.
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 2.—The dengue
is prevalent in many communities here
abouts, aud deaths are reported in sev
eral instances. Physicians are busy in
attendance upon the sick, and the sick
list does not diminish to any percepti
ble extent, although patients recover al
most every day in the various comma
nities. When a person has recovered
very often his friends are attacked by
the disease. However, the dengue will
soon disappear, as the cold weather has
begun.
The Cabinet In Session.
Washington, Nov. 2.—The president
aud five members of the cabinet attend
ed the regular cabinet meeting. Secre
tary Smith and Secretary Gresham and
Postmaster General Bisseii were absent,
the last two suffering from very severe
colds, and Secretary Smith absent
iug himself because of recent exposure
to coutagiou. Mr. Bissells illness, may
possibly place him in the same category
as Mr. Gresham and prevent him from
going home to vote.
bell metal half the machinery at pres
ent moving on the face of the globe It
may come to do tbe entire work of the
engines of an ocean steamship within •
small part of the space they now* occupy
and at a fraction of their cost both of
construction, and operation. It will do
tills work without jar or pounding and
will reduce to a minimum the risk of
derangement or breakage. There is
nothing in the whole range of meohau-
ical construction from railway looonio-
tives to stamp mills, which such an in-
ention may not revolutionize.
The essential characteristic of the
machine is the application of the pres
sure of steam to produce an extremely
rapid vibration of a bar of steel or pis
ton, which in turn is so adapted to a
set of magnets that the mechanical
energy of the vibration is converted in
to electricity. Tho extraordinary result
is that practically an absolutely con
stant vibration is established, and a
power is attained greatly beyond that
obtainable in the fRost costly expansion
engines using a similar amount of steam.
Besides saving in mechanioal friction
the 35 per ceut of )o6s in the working
of the engine, the 15 per ceut of Ices by
belt friction and Abe 10 per cent wasted
in the dynamo, making altogether an
addition of 60 per ceut to the available
energy obtained from the steam for the
purpose of producing electricity, It is
simpler, smaller and lighter than tbe
mechanism it is destined to r iplaoe, ab
solutely constant in its action, automat
ically regulated and subject to the least
possible amount of wear and tear. The
utilization of this machine in any branch
of industry would result in an appre
ciable lowering in the oost of produc
tion, aud it is quite possible that its
first general employment may be in
electric lighting. In the face of this
marvelous invention a recent statement
of Tesla seems hardly no longer vision
ary. The young Montenegrin said, “I
expect to live to be able to seta machine
in the middle of this room and move it
by no other agency than the energy of
the medium in motion around us.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
About Alabama’s Convict*.
Montgomery, Noy. 2.—The board of
convict managers met here to deter
mine what course they should pursuo
in the matter of renewing the convict
leases. Bids had been advertised for
and some good offers were mitde, bnt in
view of the fact that the meeting of tho
general assembly was so close at hand,
it was considered best to await the ac
tion of that body before any further
steps should lie taken by the com
mission.
DAILY MARKET REPORTS
l.lu-
ProUuce and Previsions.
Chicago, Nov. £ —Cash quotations were
aa follows: Mess pork. $12.i*i®$!2.13!'
hard. fii 02Snort ribs, loose. Sts.
O20.SU. Dry salt shoulders, boxed, f5.62V<
$5.7->. Short clear sides, boxed, $8 3:).
io.au.
Cincinnati. Nov 3.—Pork, mess, $13.00.
Lard, steam leaf. $7 35. Kettle dried. $7,871$.
Bacon, shoulders. SU.3754. Short rib Bides,
$7 25. Short clear. $7.75.
IS MARS INHABITED?
Naval Stores.
Savannah. Nov. 2.—Spirits of turpentine
opened ;.t 25H325V4 for regulars, with sales
or 75 casks at the former and 41-5 casks at the
laiter price and ciosed Arm with sales of 2>«J
casks at 25U: receipts, l.ulu casks. Rosin
firm: sales 2.5i® barrels: A. B and C. Si.DU;
D. $1.05: E. $1.15: F, Sl.3n. G. SI.5C: H. $1 70;
I. $2.10: K. $2 25: M, $2.50: N. $2.40; window-
e'ass, S3 85; waterwiute, $3 U>.
Wilmington Nov. 2.—Rosin, firm: strain
ed, 05: good strained. $1.U>. Turpentine is
Arm ut 3i. Tar, Arm at $139. Crude tur
pentine remains Urm; hard. $1.10; soft. $1.50;
virgin. $1.7o.
Methods Employed by Modern Selene* to
Find an Answer to This Question.
A striking example of the march of
modern science is demonstrated in the
discussion which has been going the
rounds of the learned over the question.
Is Mars inhabited? The fact that such
a debate is in progress is not of particu
lar significance. Wandering Arabs of
the desert havo regarded the silent stars
With thousands of such speculations
from time immemorial, but learned doc
tors of theology, accustomed to dis
course upon the standing room of a
needle’s point for angels, have waxed
choleric aud indignantly eloquent in
these disputations over the habitability
of the planets.
The moderns, however, refuse to at
tempt- to prove such matters by hair
splitting logic of the schools. They
simply construct machinery to bring
the planets nearer to the vision. 80 far
as Mars is concerned, through the tele
scope they see that at certain seasons an
accumulation of color of one kind sur
rounds the poles of the planet and runa
down to the equator a certain distanoa
At some seasons these zones are larger
than at others. Hence they conclude that
Mars has seasons of some kind—possi
bly the color around the. poles is snow
and ice.
The spectro6cope reveals the presence
of water on the planet And each suc
ceeding year brings into possession of
humanity some new facts. Knowledge
of the planets is limited only by the
machinery of the astronomer. And in
this fact lies tho difference between the
spirit of the ancients and moderns.—
Kansas City Times.
Chicago Grain and Produce Tatars*.
Chicago. Nov. 2
Wheat- -December &Vv$a58
Corn—November 5:44®
Fork—January *ll.77>$(£
Lard-January S 8 83
Lard—May
Ribs—January
Ribs—May
$ 7.0U
Its*
Death of a College Treasurer.
Washington, Nov. 2.—Rev. William
H. Duncan, treasurer of Georgetown
college, has jnst died as a result of an
apopletio stroke suffered some time ago.
He was a prominent member? of the
Jesuit order. Prior to entering the or
der he was vicar general of the diocese
of Mobile, Ala, and for 20 years pastor
of St. Mary’s church, Boston, Mam.
Saluted Carnot’s Tomb.
Paris, Nov. 2.—President Caaimix
Periere presided over the cabinet meet
ing and then attended requiem services
mate friendship at once grew up be- j in the Russian chapeL After services
tween them. Herr Grueuebaum has
been in this country four years, as his
speech clearly indicates.
A SaloonUt Held for Assault.
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 3.—George
8mith, a well known saloonkeeper, has
been arrested on the charge of having
committed a criminal assault upon An
nie Staples, 12 years of age. He was
released on $5,000 bond, pending a hear
ing.
iu the chapel the president and M. Bor-
deau went to Pantheon to salute the
tomb of the late President Carnot, in
conformity to French customs at visit
ing the dead on AU goals’ day.
Tha Ivanhoa Lost with All an Baaed.
Portland, Ore., Not. 2.—The ship
Fannie Dubsrd has jnst arrived at Port
Blakely, bringing news that tha Ivan
hoe, which has been overdue for over a
mftntii c^inir with all on beard Bapt, 28.
*>«w York Cotton Fsisfes.
New York. Nov. 2.
Cotton future* opened steadye.
November At'
December 6.4'
January 6.61
February 5 09
Ms rob 6.65
April 3.W
A New Mode of Duel in*.
Gil Bias, a lively organ published in
Paris, gives a description of a duel in
India between two English officers,
whose names are given, which it is pos
sible will be the first news that those
gentlemen receive of thetneonuter. It
appears that they caused a venomous
serpent to bo shut up in a dark room.
An hour later tho two adversaries si
multaneously entered the room by differ
ent dears. Ten minutes afterward one
of them was bitten oml died within a
short time. As for the other, whose* hair
had turned completely white, he is t-o
be court martialed.—London Tit-Bits.
Cissy Loft us’ Lovers.
I have heard that no young woman—
not even Miss Nellie Bass, the heiress
—ever received as many proposals of
marriage in the course of one short year
as did Miss Cissy Loftus daring her
brief, bright reigu over the hearts of the
jeunesse d oree. And her offers were good
ones—at least many at them were, from
a worldly point of view. There was at
least one son of an earl, and a youthful
and wealthy baronet, perhaps more, far
all I know to the contrary, for Misa
Loftus was not boastful, and there were
at least half a dozen young men whose
5 65 rent rolls or less aristocratic income
touched £10,000 a year. As for the in-
eligibles, their name was legion, and
there would have been more gossip
anent Miss Cissy’s love affairs than
there was had she not been so circum
spect a maiden aud so extremely youth
ful that her marriage seemed a remote
contingency indeed.—London Letter in
Boston Transcript
Atlanta, Nov. 2.—Surprise has been
created in Democratic circles by the
announcement, in a special from Dal
ton, Gm., that Hon. W. R. Rankin of
Gordon, had, in a speech delivered in
Calhoun, espoused the cause of Dr. W.
H. Felton, Popnlist candidate for con
gress in the Seventh district against
Judge John W. Maddox.
He is qnoted as saying he “found
bigger chunks of pure Democracy in
Dr. Felton’s record and the People’s
party than anywhere, in this congres
sional district.”
■loped with m Trims* Negro.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 2. —A Miss
Williams, a lovely young white woman,
has created a sensation in the little
town of Ariosto by eloping with a trif
ling negro. The negro is said to havo
stolen $25 from his employer with which
to pay the elopement expenses. The
authorities pre after the couple, and
have traced tnem through this city to
Birmingham. The woman is of a re
spectable family.
Herbert Bismarck May Ba Chancellor
New York, Nov. 2.—A cablegram
from Berlin to The Herald says: It is
believed that there are further surprises
Count Herbert Bismsrck has
Hi* visit is unexpect- secretary, of Leicester; the Rev. Sam
■-,vs an ern- uel F. Smith of Newton, the author of millinery store in New Albany. They
in store,
arrived in Berlin.
Only Four Left.
Since the death of Holmes there are
only four surviving members of tbe
class of 1829 of Harvard—namely. Dr.
Edward L. Cunningham cf Newport,
R. L; the Rev. Samnel May, the class
Four Honeymoons With One Mrldo.
j Philip Stntz. a farmer of this county,
and his wife Mary have had a remark
able matrimonial career. Being lovers
in childhood, they, were early married,
bnt failing to agree were divorced. Aft
er a few years they came together and
were remarried. Again were they di-
j vorced aud remarried, and even again
I did they seoure a divorce and last week
were reman led at New Albany, thus
being three times divorced and remar
ried. Mr. State is well to do, and as
. evidence that his wife can maintain
: herself in single blessedness she was,
when last married, the owner of a largo
ed. It is thought he may hivs anew- uel F. Smith of Newton, the author 01 miumery store in new AiDany. may
bossy or be made nonariUor to the "America,” and Charles & Storrow of declare their intention of separating l*