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Sawuml) Sunbiw (Times.
VOL. 6.—NO. 68.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST ADVICES BY CABLE AND
WIRE.
Tbe New Administration Cutting Down
Expenses—No More Luxurious Car
riages at the People’s Expense-
Movement to Perpetuate Gen
eral Gordon’s Memory—The
Mahdi Gains Another Vic
tory-Preparations for
St. Patrick’s Day-
New Orleans Ex
position, etc.
Washington, March 14.—Secretary Lamar
has issued an order directing that all the
horses, carriages and equipments which are
the property of that department, excepting
those used for trucking purposes, be disposed
of at public sale, and that the proceeds of the
sale be covered into the Treasury. The re
sult of this order will be the return to their
regular duties of seven employes who have
been used as drivers. .
Attorney General Garland lias issued a sim
ilar order respecting the horses, carriages and
equipages of the Department of Justice.
THE MEMORY OF GORDON
To be Perpetuated iu England—Narrow
Escape of the Du a e of Edinburgh.
London, March 14.—A meeting of the com
mittee recently organized to devise and pro
mote measures for the perpetuation of the
memory of the late gallant General Gordon,
held a meeting at the Mansion House to-day.
Among those who attended were the Prince
of Wa'es and Duke of Edinburgh.
While on his way to attend ihe meeting,
the Duke of Edinburgh had a narrow escape
from serious injury. One of the horses at
tached to his carriage becoming frightened,
suddenly reared and losing its balance, fell
backwards on the vehicle smashing in the
glass and panneling of the front portion. As
sistance was at once rendered and the Duke
was extricated from the wreck without re
ceiving any serious hurt. He walked unas
sisted the remainder of the distance to the
Mansion House, where the meeting was be
ing held.
SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Receiver Appointed by tliePederal Court
Takes Possession in Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., March 14.—Austin L.
Boulware, the Receiver appointed by the
Federal Circuit Court of the Eastern dis rict
of Virginia, for the Southern Telegraph Com
pany, telegraphed to-night to the marshal of
this district to take possessio i of the property,
lines, etc., of said company In Alabama,
under order of the Federal Circuit Court of
the Midd'e district of Alabama. The marshal
took possession promptly. W. G. Hutchison,
the receiver appointed by the Chancellor, is
still in possession, but the marshal will un
doubtedly secure con’rol, his appointment
being prior, as the Federal Circuit Court of
Virginia had already appointed a Receiver,
and the bill filed in the Federal Couit for
this district being an ancillary bill. 1 here
may yet be a conflict between t oe State and
Federal authorities, al hough not probable.
This is simply a renewal of the proceedings
had about three weeks ago.
THE PENNSYLVANIA MINERS.
Evidences of Weakening Among the
Strikers.
Pittsburg, March 14.—The situation among
the striking miners to-day indicates.a slight
weakening in their ranks in. certain locali
ties. At Brier Hill and Willard Grove, mines
on the Panhandle Road, a meeting was held
this morning, at which it was determined to
resume work on Monday at the old rates.
From the Fourth Pool on the Monongahela
river, conies the report of a break among
Neel's miners, 20 of them having returned to
work this morning at reduced prices. This
had no perceptible effect in weakening the
determination of those remainingout to win,
and an additional effort will be made to in
duce these men to again join the ranks of tne
strikers.
THE OKLAHOMA REBELLION.
United States Forces Preparing to Expel
tbe Boomers.
Arkansas City, KAN., March 14.—8 y to
morrow night Gen. Hatch will have the en
tire Ninth United States Cavalry In camp six
miles south of Arkansas City Inorder to
drive out the Couch Cavalry of Boomers who
yesterday formally announced their inti n
tion of marching upon Oklahoma on Mon-
ashington, March 14.—General Sheri
dan received a telegram from Genera' Hatch
to-day stating that the Oklahoma boomers
had postponed their contemplated Invasion
of the Indian Territory until the l«th Inst.
The postponement was determined upon be
fore the receipt of the President’s proclama
tion in regard to the proposed invasion.
Army officers express the opinion th t the
invaders will now disband, and not a tempt
to settle on Oklahoma lands.
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
Tennessee Hay Enthusiastically Observed
—G rman Day to be C lebrated 1 o-day.
New Orleans, March 14.—The Friends of
Temperance attending the convention at the
Exposition have held thirty meetings among
the colored people in various portions of the
day has been observed with e real
enthusiasm. Gov. Bates an t stall, a majority
ofbeth houses of the Legislature and many
eminent citizens are in attendance, lion J.
B •McWhorter.Commissloner of Tennessee, iu
conference with the Exposition committee
arranged the programme, which was earned
out in everv detail. This morning the
Tennessee! ns went by steamer Ir mi the
Canal street landing to the Exposition, and
arriving there ere greeted by a salute, an.l
• wereescorted to 'heir building, where the
Commissioner formally presented the ex
hibit to the Exposition authorities. Com
missioner General Moorehead responded in
their behalf. This being the birthday of An
drew Jackson, Hou. Mr. Dodd, of the Tennes
see delegation, delivered an appropriate and
eloquent oration.
All regular trains entering the city come
loaded with visitors from a distance, while
special excursions, run on unlimited tickets
at rates lower than one cent a mile, add every
day to the throng. At the present ratio
of increase, before the end of another
week the average gate receipts
will have'more than doubled. German citl
.eus are making great preparations for i heir
day, to-morrow (Sunday), many having ar
rived from other cities to participate in the
proceedings, in which music will predomi
nate. _
Fifteen Years !
JNO. L. CLARK, M, D., Waterloo, N. Y., in
1881 was prostrated with Bright s Disease,
crick in the back, rheumatism and malaria.
From the latter lie had suffered for fi I teen
years without help. In 1884 he says, -War
ner’s Safe Cure cured me and I am sound
and well ” If you doubt, ask your neighbor!
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1885.
FROM ATLANTA.
Desp rat- Battle With Moonshiners in
North Carolina—The Lonisvilles
vs. the Atiantas.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, March 14.—A desperate battle
between revenue men and moonshiners is
reported near the North Carolina line. The
raiders arrested two men in Rabun county,
charged with retailing whiskey. They took
the prisoners to a hotel at the Highlands. A
rescuing party of miners attacked the hotel,
and was fired on by the officers, and William
itamsey was shot through and through and
died instantly. Another one of the attacking
party was captured and two more are miss
ing. Details so far are very meagre.
The Louisvilles beat tha Atiantas three
straight games, though the Atiantas have i
improved. It is understood the Atiantas are ,
playing for practice, and wjll play against '
the best clubs in the country until the season 1
opens, and will then expect to walk off with
everything in the Houthern League. Ar- ]
rangements are already made for playing
several of the best clubs in the country. <
VALUABLE FIND.
A Forty-Karat Diamond Picked Up on a
River Bank.
Cleveland, March 11—Dr. Ayres, while ■
walk ng along the bank of the Licking river,
[ about ’en miles south of Mount Vernon, one (
| day last January, observed a bright stone i
lying on the ground. A few weeks l iter he
presented it to a jeweler for examination.
The jeweler pronounced it a diamond, where
upon the Doctor took iiis prize to New 1 ork,
wh a re it was pronounced genuine and the
largest ever found in the United Slates. The
stone w ighed forty-two karats in the rough.
Dr. Av es refused an offer of 56,(KM) for it, be
ing confident it was much more valuable.
DEATH OF MRS. HERBERT.
Railway Changes—Lower Rates to N<w
Orleans.
Montgomery, Ala., March 14.—The re
mains of the wife of Congressman Herbert,
who died in Washington to-day, are expected
here Tuesday for interment. The deceased
lingered many months. She was highly re
spected and admired in the community, an<>
universal sorrow is felt at her decease.
The Western Railway of Alabama gets pos- ‘
session of the Selina-Montgomery division
May sth. It is rumored the c ompany will
take charge of the Selma & Akron Railroad,
connecting with the Cincinnati Southern t
Railway and steamship pool also.
The general passenger agents meet in New
Orleans Monday and Tuesday. Lower rates
are anticipated, and many interested will
attend.
LABOR’S TROUBLES.
'
Prospect of a Railroad Strike To-Morrow. ,
1
New York, March 14.—There is a prospect
of a strike on the Delaware, Lackawana and ,
Western Railroad next Monday, owing to j
t lie company’s discharging several engineers ,
because they have been readmitted to tbe ;
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. They ,
left under threats of dismissal by the com
pany al the time of the strikes in 1877.
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A TOBOGGANING PARTY
!
Meet With a Serious Accident.
'
Montreal, March 14. -A serious accident (
happened at the Tuque Blene Toboggan Slide
last evening, in which seven persons, some of ,
them ladies, were thrown over a high fence, ,
and all severely injured. One gentleman re- ,
ceived an injury to his spine which will lay
him up for some time. The s-irious accidents
at this sport here this winter have been very 1
numerous.
THE ST. LOUIS STRIKE.
. Hostilities About at an End.
St. Louis, March 14.—A conference between ]
the Governors of the States of Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas, the railway officials and a l
committee of the strikers is being arranged '
for to-morrow. No attempt to move freight
will be made until the outcome of the con
ference is known, and active hostilities have
almost ceased.
AN ILL-TREATED WIFE
Commits Suicide iu Baltimore.
Baltimore, March 14.—0 n Thursday la-t
an elegantly attired lady came to the board
ing house No. 42 South Eutaw street. Th s
morning she was found in her room in an un
conscious condition. She had taken a tea- 1
spoonful of sulphate of morphia. l?r. Cleggett
states that she cannot recover. She told the
landlady yesterday that she was the wife of 1
an official in the Navy Department at Wash- ;
ington who treated her st cruelh that she ■
was obliged to leave home. As far as can be
learned her name is Baxter.
ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE
Gone to Her Death.
Richmond, Va.. March 14—The body of an
unknown white woman, young and neatly
clad, was floating in the city reservoir to
day It evidently had not been in the water
more than ten hours. The woman would
have become a mother in a few months. The
oody has been taken to the City Morgue,
where it will be kept lor a day or two for
identification.
HORRIBLE CRIME.
A N gro Woman Murders Her Child.
Raleigh, N. C., March 14.—1 n Anson
county, a few days ago, a negro woman named
Lockhart, in a fit of passion, killed her 10-
year-old daughter with a blow and threw her
body upon a grate fire, to cause a belief that
the child had fallen into the flames and been
burned to death. The wound on the child's
head led to an investigation, and the woman
is now in jail.
A GEORGIA FAILURE. .
The Southern Agricultural Wo ■ ks Make an
Assignment.
Atlanta, March 14.—The Southern Agri- ,
cultural Works, one of the largest enterprises '
iu Atlanta, has made an assignment. Liabili
ties are placed at 8200,000 Nominal assets 8290,-
000. The failure is attributed to low prices,
causedby competition and hard collections.
MRS. CARRIE D. T. SWIFT, Rochester, N.
Y., for 25 years suffered from hereditary
rheumatism, many times being utterly help
less, especially in warm weather. In July,
1883, she used a few bottles of Warner s
Safe Rheumatic Cure, and in January, 1880,
said her restoration to health was as com
plete as miraculous. Cure permanent. Try
It.
ENGLAND AND DUSSIA.
THE WAR EXCITEMENT SUBSID
ING ON ALL SIDES.
Improved Feeing in (Financial aad Com
mercial Circles—Amicable Tone of the
Press in both Countries—Stringent
Ord rs to Russian Soldiers to
Avoid any Collision with Af
ghan Tribes—The Queen
Anxious to Maintain
Friendly R lations
With Germany.
London, March 14 —The more peaceful ut
terances of the government officials and the
milder tone of the press with reference to the
threatened outbreak of hostilities between
England and Russia, are reflected in a more
hopeful leeling to-day, both iu finan
cial and commercial circles, and 1 lie Stock
Exchange dealings are carried on with more
confidence than ou any preceding day of the
week. Consols are firmer and % higher for
both money and account, while Russian se
curities are strong and show an advance of 1
per cent over last night’s business
It is stated in court circles here that the
Queen is decidedly anxious to maintain
amicable relations between England and
Germany, and that as evidence of this, she
has decided that her two sons, the
Prince of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh
shall convey her congratulations and repre
sent her at the festivities and ceremonies at
tending the attainment of his 89th birthday
by the Emperor.
St. Pbtbksbtiig, March 14. The st. Peters
burg Journal Chis morning publishes an arti
cle asserting that it lias tlie highest authority
for stating that an agreement had been
reached between the Russian and English
governments by which it is believed the
threatened war between the countries over
the Afghan frontier disputes will not only be
avoided, but t at a more solid and amicable
adjustment of all questions iu dispute will be
reached.
Reports of further encroachments by the
Russians on the Afghan frontier are indig
nantly denounced as troublesome fabrica
tion by the police officials. On the contrary
it is stated that the commanding officers
of the Russian forces stationed iu Asia has
received stringent orders from the Minister of
War to not only prevent any conflict between
uls troops and tiie Afghan tribes, but use his
influence with the Turcomans and other
tribes to keep them from committing any ag
gressive actsou the Afghan border.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
The Movements in Wall Street Yesterday.
New York, March 14.—Money closed easy at
I@l% per cent. Exchange closed firm; posted
rates, 84 Bl@4 87; actual rates, 84 83%
for 60 days, and 84 "85%@4 86 for demand.
Governments closed firm; currency 6s, $1 2.5
bid; 4's, coupon, 81 22@ b’d, 4%’s do. 81 11%
bid; 4%’s do, 8110% bid.
Business on Stock Exchange was on an ex
tremely small scale, but the tone of the mar
ket was flrm and prices were well maintained
except in a few Instances. The most import
ant of these was New York Central, which
was pressed for sale and declined 1 per cent,
from last night’s prices. The strength of the
general list was attributed mainly to support
ing orders placed on the market by some of
the leading bull operators. There were no
news or reports current having a tendency
to affect values, and dealings dragged along
in an uninteresting way. The market con
tinued dull throughout the afternoon, but
prices were well supported. Fluctuations
were only fractional and prices closed at
about the best figures—the advance ranging
from % to 1% per cent. The specialties were
dull. Sales 157,500 shares. Closing bids as
follows:
Union Pacific 47%
Missouri Pacific ’">%
Western Uniou Telegraph Co f b/ 8
Pacific Mail I'2
Lake Shore «4
Louisville aud Nashville 31%
Texas Pacific
Denver aud Rio Grande S
Michigan Central 62%
Delaware, Lackawanna & West n 105
Northwestern 95%
St, Paul <3%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy J2o
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 43%
Rock Island 115%
Jersey Central 39%
Meniph Is iind.Charleston 41%
East Tennessee, Va. A Ga (coml 24%
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 8
Philadelpliiaand Reading 17
Omaha (com) 25%
Omaha (pfd) 3 J %
New York Central - 88%
Kansas aud Texas 18
Erie 1»%
Erie (pfd) 29%
Northeim Pacific (pfd) 43%
Central Pacific 34%
C & A _ 134
C A '?%
N nrth western 9p%
Northwestern (pfd) 130%
O&M >6
St. Paul
St. P ill (pfd)
RAD 51%
R&WP •“%
R & A A-
N A W, pre! 2»%
N& C $
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 14.—Flour dull and
unchanged; buperflne 52.25a3.00. Southern,
dull. Common to choice extra, S 3 20a5.50.
Wheat closed quiet and unchanged. Spot
sales of ungraded spring. 84; No. 2, red winter
for March 88Corn steady. Spot sales of
No. 2, 53%; No 2 Mixed, for March 52. Oats
steady. Spot sales of No. 2, White State, 38;
No. 2, mixed for April 87%. Pork dull. Mess
8 3 50a13 75. Lard closed steady; for March
72%. Sugar nominal.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, March 14—Wheat opened lower.
Corn easier; Oats heavy; provisions iairly
traded in at closing Wheat closed 74%, April;
Corn, 38%, April; Oats, 28, Apiil; Pork 12.62%,
April; Lard 6.95, April.
Chicago Republican Convention..
Chicago, March 14.—At the Republican
city convention to-day Judge Sidney Smith
was nominated for mayor by acclamation.
Ex-Congressman Finerty was also chosen by
acclamation to make the race for city treas
urer. The convention held in Battery B on
the Lake front was unusually large and en
thusiastic.
Two St. Patrick’s Day Parades.
New York, March 14.—There will be two
St. Patrick’s Day parades here on the 17th, on
account of a split in the A. O. H. societies.
Each faction expects Mayor Grace to review
the procession.
Text for a Sermon to Everyone.
REV. S. P. SMITH, (Universalipt) of Marble
head, Mass., suffered for years from bilious
attacksand gall stones. In January 1883,
he was cured by Warner’s Safe Cure. Juna
2nd, 1884, he says, “There has been no re
turn of the bilious troubles; I have not ex
perienced the least pain or suffering since
my restoration by Warner's Safe Cure.”
Cure permanent.
THENEGRO PROBLEM.
Views of a Prominent Ethnologist on the
Subject.
Special Correspondence to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, March 18.—The presence of Mr.
• George W. Cable in Atlanta on Wednesday
calls to mind a talk I had a few days ago
with Col. Theodore C. Cone, the eminent sci
emlst, who .created such a sensation here
lately by his lectures on “Ingersollisin."
Colonel Cone was expressing tbe belief that
the English would defeat the forces of El
Mahdi, and said that the white race would
naturally conquer the world as rapidly as it
attempted It. Colonel Cone says that a close
study of the matter has demonstrated to him
that the negro can be kept civilized only by
> being hedged in by white civilization; that
" left to himself, be would relapse into heath-
J enism and barbarism, his natural state. This
i opinion of a distinguished scientist and
» traveler may be very
DISCOURAGING TO PHILANTHROPISTS,
• but Colonel Cone has a very strong argu
. ment to support his position. He says the
j matter is decided for him by a law of nature
• expressed in color. Not that one man is
. white and another black, but that one
[ changesand another does not. He says the
same rule applies to all the animals, and even
} to the flowers.
i “For instance,” said he, “take the eggs of a
I quail and hatch them under ah nin a barn
} yard. The quail is the same everywhere, un-
J changing in its plumage. Not so with the do
! m ‘Sticated fowls. At half grown the quails
turned into the fields would seek their own
. live’ihood, acquire the
HABITS OF THEIR ANCESTORS
and never again seek food at the hands of
‘ man. A man who has seen one lion has seen
' all lions. They are alike and unchanging.
Take a lion cub, bring him up like a dog,
feed him and tame him. When he is grown
J turn him into the jungles, and he is again a
; lion with a lion’s instincts and all a lion's
, fierceness. He ceases to expect food to be
supp ied Um, hunts it himself after a lion’s
, fashion and forgets that he ever kne.vofman
' and civilization. The negro and the Indian
> are changeless rac s. Their eyes, their hair,
' their complexions never change. If you
’ hav#» seen one negro or one 1 ndian you have
’ seen them all. The/ are all alike. Not so with
. the white race.
ONE WHITE MAN
1 has black hair, one brown hair, one red hair
1 another yellow hair, and so on. One man has
' bla :k eyes, another blue eyes, another brown
’ I eyes, another grey eyes, aud so on. One man
’ has a dark complexion, another is a pro
i nounced blonde, and still others have the
various shades bet wen these twoextremities.
! This is the changing race. The race of civil
ization, of change. of progress. The change
less races may be bolstered up, but when the
, props are removed they relapse into their
former state."
“Then you believe that if the negroes were
: put to themselves and not interfered with
i by white men they would relapse into heath
enism and barbarism?”
Colonel Cone smiled and said, “There is no
, doubt of that. It s true.”
i WHAT THE PROFESSORS SAY.
[ This is the opinion of a scientist who has
few equals in this country. I give his views
for what they are worth, It will at least open
■ up a new field for thought on the negro ques
. tion, It proves, if true, that the negro race
l is inferior to the white race, which I under
stand Mr. George W. Cable denies. Atlanta
■ is a right good place for the study of negroes,
i There are four b g negro colleges here, sup
ported in the main by Northern philanthrop
ists. They have from two to four hundred stu
: dents each. In visiting one of these institu
. tions the Atlanta University, to which the
. State yearly donates eight thousand dollars—
I was struck by the great number of bright
1 mulattoes among the pupils. There was
HARDLY A BLACK NEGRO
to be seen. I was at once seized with the
. idea that the management of the college re
garded the negro as Colonel Cone does, and
intentionally begun the work of education at
that side of the race nearest to the white
man I mentioned the matter to « member
of the faculty who replied:
“01 course we do not agree with < 01. Cone’s
idea. We are not responsible for the prepon
derance of mulatto pupils We could not
change the matter if we so desired. We see
| no difference in the capacity of the mulatto
pupils over the darker ones. We think the
blackest do as well as any."
I have given the theory; it is a new one, and
has never been published before, as I am in
formed. It will at least be an interesting
thing to study over and talk about during
the long summer days that the warm sun
shine < i spring tells me are fast approaching.
Pickwick.
CANADIAN ANNEXATION.
The Irish in the Dominion Heartily Favor
the Idea.
New Fork, March 14.—A special despatch
from Quebec to the Evening Telegram to
day, says; “Archbishop Lachereau, has
written tbe Irish National Association pro
testing against the carrying of the American
flag in the St. Patrick’s procession, on the
ground that such action would be misunder
stood and taken as evidence of disloyalty,
and that the Irish people of Canada favored
annexation to the United States. A crowded
meeting of Irishmen last night to consider
His Grace’s letter adopted a resolution de
ciding to carry the American flag,and respect
fully representing to the Archbishop that
nothing of a political character was intended
by it, and that st. John the Baptist and other
national societies simply honored the stars
and stripes. Prominent Irishmen protested
against disavowing the political import of
the American flag in the procession, and
said if a vote was taken 90 percent, of all
present would be found to favor annexation-;
OUR GREAT STAPLE.
Cott n Movement at Home and Abroad.
Liverpool, March 14.—Spot cotton firm,
middling uplands, 6d; do Orleans, 6 l-16d. |
Sales 6,090 bales; arrivals closed steady.
New York, March 14.—The receipts at our
ports to-day are about 5,000 bales, and com
pare with 4,600 last year. Three thousand five
hundred bales are due to’day at New Orleans
and did not arrive in time. Spot cotton is 1-16
dearer than middling uplands, being quoted
at 11%. The sales of the day are 131 bales to
spinners and 1,900 bales delivered on con
tracts. Futures are in good demand and ad
vanced gradually 14,100 above yesterday’s
closing prices. The total sales of the day are
79,000 bales and the market closed firm.
March 1 l-:34a11-35; April 11-31all-32: May 11-44a
11-45; June 11-56a11-57; July 11-64a11-65; August
1 l-71al 1-72; September 11-30all-31; October 10-80
alO-81; November 10-63a!0-64, December 10-63a
’ 10-04.
Dea h'fa Distinguished Journalist.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 14.—Mr. Charles W.
McClure, President of the Buffalo Courier
Company, died at ten minutes past three
, o’clock this morning of typhoid fever. He was
taken ill in New York February 18th, and re
turned home, where he has been confined
ever since Mr. McClure was a member of the
Democratic State Committee and secretary
1 an) Treasurer of the State Associated Press.
: His death is greatly regretted here. President
Cleveland sent a message ol condolence to
l his family.
i Never.
! Mrs. HELEN LEIKIM, West McHenry, HL,
two years ago used Warners Safe Nervine
for complete nervous prostration, August,
1884, she wrote, “I have never enjoyed such
good health; have bad no return of my old
trouble.” Try it.
THE CENTRAL CITY.
BIG STRIKE ON THE E. T. V. AND G.
RAILROAD.
Twenty-five Locomotive Engineer, on the
Maeon and Brunswick Division Quit
Work—Freight Trains Stopped—Both
Sides Determined— Conflict Be
tween the Railroad Authori
ties and the Engineers*
Brotherhood—Efforts to
Hold the State Agri
caltural Society
Fair at Macon.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Tinies.
Macon, Ga., March 14.—The strike of 25
engineers on the Macon and Brunswick
division of tbe East Tennessee, Virginia aud
Georgia Rai road, last night at eight o'clock,
has stopped all through freight trains on that
, road. Superintendent Fry came down from
i Atlanta last night and brought two engineers !
■ for the passenger trains, going South this
( morning. This morning three more engineers
came down and took out the local freight
i trains. All through freights arc held in until
i Monday or Tuesday, when Superintendent
• Fry says lie will have men to carry them out.
Both sides are very determined. The en
i gineers claim to have been very badly
l treated by the authorities of the road, anil
say they prefer to quit entirely than to work
under so many disadvantages and unfair
treatment. Superintendent Fry denies that
1 such is the case, and offered to hear
1 their complaints as employes but
• not as members of the Brotherhood
1 of Engineers. Chairman Porter, of the Com
mittee on Grievances of the Brotherhood,
• telegraphed to Chief Arthur, of Cleveland,
1 Ohio, to come down immediately, and re
-1 ceived an answer that he would be here Mon
-1 day morning.
A committee of citizens appointed by
Mayor Price met at the Brown House to-day
to devise a plan for raising 82.500 lor the State
Agricultural Society, in consideration of the
| fair being held here in October next. Geo.
B Turpin was chairman of tbe meeting.
After a short discussion, Chairman Turpin
was authorized to appoint a committee of
five to solicit subscriptions. The fair is
wanted here and no trouble is expected in
raising tlds fund.
The fireman have decided to have their an
nual parade and tests ou April the loth, but
not on the grand scale st year.
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Caught Over the Wires from all Quarters.
Dublin, March 14.—TheGazetteannounces (
that Mr. Clifford Lloyd has been appointed (
Resident Magistrate at Londonderry.
SrmNGiELD, 111., March 14.—Only a dozen
Democratic votes were cast in the Legisla- '
ture to-day for United States Senator. The :
Republicans were all absent.
Brechlet, 0., March 14.—The Akron fur
nace blows in to-day at a rate of 40 cents a
ton. The miners threaten to dynamite the
works.
London, March 14.—Zeebher Pasha, the
noted Egyptian Statesman and General, lias
been arrested and taken aooard tlie British
man-ofwar Iris.
KhNEW York, March 14.—Frank Tovsey, the
publisher, made an assignment for tbe bene
fit of his creditors to-day, to Stillman R.
Walker, giving preferences amounting to
about 84’,000.
Columbus, 0., March 14.—Hon. Allen G. I
Thurman, in an interview says, there is no
office in the gift of the people to which he
aspires.
Boston, March 14.—John Vila, at one time
a leading brokerof this city, was arrested to
day charged with the embezzlement of 86.000
from Mrs. Sarah C. Page, of Hallowell, Maine,
which amount she had sent to him for in
vestment In stocks.
Nashville, Tenn., March 14.—A fire at
Pulaski, Tenn., this morning, burned four
business houses. The loss will be about 840,-
000; partially Insured. A man named Mun
roe Belazee, a resident of this city, and two
unknown traveling men, perished in the
flames.
Reading. Pa., March 14—The Henderson
Steel Syndicate, which star ed in a year or
so ago expecting to make steel of abetter
grade than Bessemer, and at much lower
cost by the Henderson process, has collapsed,
after an expensive trial of the new process. •
THE SOUDAN WAR.
Another Victory for the Mahdi.
London, March 14.—A dispatch from Sua
kim states that news has been received there
from Wassowah that Kassala has been cap
tured by the rebels. The source of informa
tion is not known, and the fate of the belea
guered garrison is still considered here to be
uncertain.
National Commercial Convention to be
Held in Atlanta in May.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 14.—The project of
holding a national commercial convention
in this city on May 19, 20 and 21, has taken
definite shape, and a general attendance of
business men from all parts of the country is j
already assured. Questions of bankruptcy,
finance and trade will be discussed.
Grant Still Improving.
New York, March 14.—This morning Gen.
Grant arose earlier than usual. He looked
better and says he felt better. Breakfast in
liquid form was partaken of generously by
the General, and he began work on his rem
iniscences shortly before noon. He passed a
comfortable night.
A Reverend Father Suspended.
New York, March 14.—The Evening Tele
gram states that Bishop Wigger, of New Jer
sey, has suspended Rev. Father Corrigan for
two weeks for publishing a pamphlet enti
tled “Bishop and Priest.’’ This document
• criticized the custom of appointing Bishops i
in this country.
Probabilities.
Washington, March 14.—For the South
1 Atlantic States, fair, warmer weather, winds
shifting to southwest and falling barometer.
A Case of Delirium Tremens.
Aquilla Von Velson, the German who
attempted to commit suicide on Thursday
last while on board the steamship City of
, Savannah, which arrived here on Friday
morning, is still at the Savannah Hospital,
where he is doing as well as could be ex
pected under the circumstances, jje rested
very quietly Friday night and spent yester
day quietly al-o, until late in the afternoon,
when he became again delirious and inco
herent,talking as though he was still in New
' York He is about 30 years of age, lived at
I St. Augustine, Fla., whether he was bound.
' His attempt to cut his throat with a knife,
will not result in anything serious, and
when he recovers frem the debauch which
’ he has been on, he will probably be glad
that he was unsuccessful in his attempt.
He hasnot second trial, aud proba
bly will not. It is expected that he will be
j in a sane frame of mind to-morrow, and
• will be able to talk. No danger of his
[ dying is apprehended. The worst phase of
of his illness is deliruim tremens.
S6OO A YEAR
AN INTERESTING CASE.
Jurisdiction of Local Courts Over Foreign
Sailors.
Lars Peters J-msei, who was arrested by
| Justice Molina at a written request bearing
j the seal and signature of the Norwegian
I and Swedish Vice-Consul, Mr. C. M. Holst,
; on Thursday last, had a hearing before the
above named Magistrate on Friday evening
last, for the purpose of determining whether
the State authorities had any jurisdiction of
i his case. The facts as published in the
I Times were these: Jensen had deserted his
! ship, the bark Deodata, Captain Kjol, as
I soon as she arrived in port. The captain
applied to Magistrate Molina to have him ar-
I rested for desertion. The sailir claimed that
he had been beaten and maltreated at sea,
. and was afraid for his life; hence he would
not go back. He emj loyed counsel to pro
cure his discharge and ciuse the captain to
pay him his salary. J. J. Abrams, Esq.,
was counsel for the sail ir, and when brought
in from the jail W. R. Leaken, Esq., stated
to the court that Messrs. Chisholm &
Erwin were counsel for the consul and cap
. tain, and that as both gentlemen were
J otherwise engaged, requested that
the case be continued. Mr.
Abrams objected to this, stating that the
prisoner was unable to give bond. Justice
Molina Hen announced that the case
, must proceed, unless the captain was
willing to alow Jensen to go on
, his own recognizance. This he was unwilb*
I ing to do, and the case went to trial, the
point of argument being whether or not the
State authorities had jurisdiction over such
matters, except to arrest and turn over the
prisoner to the Consul under the existing
treaty between the United States and the
l United Kingdoms of Norway and Sweden.
; After able argument on both sides, Judge
Molina decided that he had no right to in
j quire into the mer.ts of the case, and that
j the only thing he could do in tbe premises,
was to arrest and hold the pris mer subject
to the order of the Vice Consul, who alone
has entire jurisdiction of the matter. At first
i this decision created some surprise among
I the large number present, but when that
portion of the treaiy bearing directly on
the subject was citedi as the basis of the de
cision, it became clear to all. It is as fol
lows, ard is found in ar.iclel3 of the Unit
ed States and European treaties:
I “The Consul, Vice-Consul or commercial
agent, or the person duly authoriz’d to
! supply their places, shall have the right as
■ such to sit as judges and arbitrators in such
differences as may arise between the cap
tain and crews of the vessels belonging to
the nation whose interests are commit'edto
their charge, without the interference of
he local authorities, unless the conduct of
the crews or of the captain should disturb
the order or tranquility of the country, or
the said Consuls or Vice-Consuls or com
mercial agents should require their assist
ance to cause their decisions to oe carried
into effect or supported.”
The law being plain on this point, the
prisoner was remanded to jail, and will
await the orders of the Consul. The matter
is of vast importance to all foreign masters
of vessels and to shipowners generally.
(Jouimissiou Withheld.
On the 3rd of March Wm. H. Woodhouse,
the Justice of the Peace of the Fourth Dis
trict, called upon Judge Hampton L. Fer
rill and asked to be qualified as a Justice of
the Peace, by virtue of his recent election,
and to receive his commission, then in the
hands of the Ordinary. Judge Ferrill de
clined to qualify Woodhouse, or to give
him his commission, on the ground that in
the opinion of the Ordinary, he could not
i legally do so, in view of the recent convic
tion and sentence of Woodhouse for mal
practice in office. Others differed with the
Ordinary in bis construction of the law,
and in order to settle the matter, Judge
Ferrill communicated with the Governor
and solicited his and the Attorney Gener
al’s opinion, to which letter the following
reply v. is received —which is published in
full as it is a matter of importance in all
cases of malpractice:
State of Georgia, 1
Executive Department, 5
Atlanta, Ga., March 14, 1884. J
■ Hon. Hampton L. Ferrill, Ordinary' Chatham
I County:
"i Dear Sir : Referring to your letter. of
the 3rd instant in regard to the commis
; sion of W. H. Woodhouse, Governor Mc-
Daniel directs me to say, the question pre
sented therein has been held up for submis
sion to the Attorney General. That official
has been sick for a week or more, and reach
ed All inta only yesterday. He is of the
opinion that a commission should not be
delivered to Woodhouse, so Lng as he is
under conviction. In this opini n the Gov
ernor c- ncurs. Very respectfully.
J. W. Warren,
Secretary Ex. Dep’t.
The Streets of New York.
On Friday night the programme at the
Fords’ Opera House was to have been Dion
Boucicault’s famous play, “The Streets of
New York,” by the People’s Theatre Com
pany, under the management ol Mr. W. M.
Paul. The play was not produced, how
ever, and “Oliver Twist” was substituted.
The cause of this was that the manager of
the Huntley Dramatic Company threatened
to enjoin Mr. Paul from playing the piece,
claimirg that it was given to Mr. Huntley
by Frank Mayo. No injunction was issued,
however, as Mr. Paul decided not to pro
duce the piece. He, however, states that
during the present week he will produce
the play on his boards in spite of all oppo
sition. Mr. Paul claims that the play is
published and for sale at all book stores,
and is public property.
United States District and Circuit Courts.
Hon. Emory Speer, Judge, presiding.
Court met yesterday at 10 a. m., when the
following proceedings were had :
United Stales vs. Thomas Scott, of Rich
moud county, retailing liquor without li
cense- Verdict of not guilty rendered and
witnesses impeached.
> United States vs. J. B. Amason. Case
I nol prossed.
United States vs. J. B. Amason et aL
f Scire facias. Dismissed
Court adjourned to 10 a. m. to-morrow.