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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1885. NO. 40. VOLUME XXIX |
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Sonnet to a Pumpkin Pie.
0, luscious, toothsomo Pumpkin Pie,
To th co ft humble kneo wo bond,
And pray that Providence to us may lend
A mouth and stomach t-qual to our eye,
Which could devour intimtndes of thee,
As there tliou licst in such matchless stato
Upon the ancient browned and blackened
plate,
A work of art most rapturous to see.
Thy dimpling surface, round as Luna's orb,
Is flecked with changing shades of mottled
brown
Which could defy e'en Titian's glowing
brush
And make of Tintoretto's work a daub.
Thou art of pie-" the king, with fitting crown
Of pearly pastiy lined with softest plush. I
? boston Globe.
DARK DAYS
HUGH CONWAY,
Author of " Called Back."
CHAPTER YII?TIIE MELTING OF THE
:>-\u >>.
The first stage of our flight toward
safety accomplished, I sat down to
once more review the situation, and to
take such council as I could give myself.
I endeavored to foreshadow the
consequences of the inevitable discovery
of Sir Mervyn Ferrand's death. I
tried calmly to ascertain in what quarter
the danger of discovery was situated,
and how best to guard against or
turn aside the peril.
Undoubtedly the chief person to fear!
was Mrs. Wilson. She alone knew j
that the man intended to reach Roding j
that night. She alone knew what relation
or supposed relation, he stood
toPhilippa. The very night of his death
would be lixeil by the snow storm; and
I felt sure that as soon as the dead man
was indentified Mrs. Wilson could not;
lau to associate utrr guesi s suuucu departure
and subsequent illness with
the terrible event. The moment she
revealed what she knew or suspected,:
suspicion, must point to the right person,
and pursuit must at once follow.
My heart grew sick, as, think how I
would, I could see no loop-hole by
which to escape from this danger.
About secondary things I troubled
but little. Upon calm consideration
I did not believe that 111/ stolid William
would for a moment jump at the
right conclusion. If he were led to
suspect either of us it would be me,
not Philippa; and I well knew that he
was so much attached to me that, although
he felt certain I had done the
deed, he would feel oqually certain
that I had good and proper reasons for
doing it, and no word to my detriment
would pas? hi3 reticent lips. No,
there was little to fear from William.
I had blamed myself deeply for the
Impulse which had urged me to hurl
the fatal weapon away. Why did 1
r\r\t 1rafln if on/1 l%nrtr if -fafVinma rloan 9
uuv ?? ""'.7 ?w ?vv,, .
If that pistol were found, it would possibly
furnish a clue which might be
followed up, and undo every thing
my only hope was that I had thrown it
to some spot where it might lit
undiscovered, until all association between
it and the murder had disappeared.
To sum briefly, 1 was bound to decide
that the damning circumstancia)
evidence which could be furnished bj
Mrs. Wilson drove me back to my
original idea. There was no chance oi
my poor Philippa's remaining unacused
or unsuspected of the deed she had tinwittiDgly
done; so her only hope ot
safety?indeed, considering all, I may
also say my only hope of safety?was
rapid flight. We must gain some
land in which we could dwell without
fear of being arrested. What land
was there ?
Many a one. The date of my story
is before 1873, when nearly all the extradition
treaties were made. At that
time such treaties existed with only
two foreign countries?France and th?
United States; so that our choice of n
resting place was not so limited a9
those who are flying from the clutches
of the law find it to-day. However in
order to make certain, I paid a visit tc
a legal friend of mine; and by quoting
a supposmtious viise, uuiuugcu iu uu-|
quire a good deal ot' information r&
specting the dealings of one nation
with another, so far as fugitives wer?
concerned.
I found that although, with the twc
exceptions above-named, there was nc
settled international law on the subject,
there was a kind of unwritteD
aubstitute, which was known by the
name of the Comity of nations. Under
this code of courtesy, a notorious criminal,
who had sought refuge in th<
arms of another country, was not un
commonly, although there was no la\i
under which he could be arrested
given up to his pursuers, by being
simply driven across the frontier oJ
the country in which he had hoped
to find security. However, I gathered
that this so-called comity was scarcely i
expected to be exercised by the mosl
friendly state, unless the fugitive had I
fled almost red-handed, and so placed 1
his guilt beyond doubt. No one exact
lv Irnpw how fur this oblicrimr exDul ;
"J ? o tk
sion might he counted upon. It was
generally supposed to be decided bj
the amount of influence or persuatioD
which one government exercised on
the other.
This information rather upset mj
preconceived ideas as to the ease with
which safety might be obtained; but
reflection told me I had little to fear
Tbe case against Philippa could be
nothing more than one of suspicion.
No one, not even I, myself, had seen
the deed done. A warrent would, nc
doubt, be issued for her arrest; but ii
our flight precluded its execution, I did
not believjfcjhat any government would
put itself out of the way to aid the English
law. There was no one, save j
myself, who could postively sweat i
that Sir Mervyn Ferrand had been I
killed by Philippa.
I learned that Spain was then, even as |
it is now, the land safest against En-!
glish law. Perhaps the reason is that:
the grave, yet at times hot-blooded, !
Spaniard reckons human life at a
lower value than more northerly
nations. Any way. It was to Spain
that I turned my eyes; Spain that I resolved
to reach without an hour's un
enforced delay.
The very next day I broached the .
subject of foreign travel to my mother.
Although so short a time had passed
since they first met, I was overjoyed to
seethe terms upon which she and Philippa
stood. The girl seemed to cling
to her as to a natural protector?seemed
ready to install her in the place of her
mother she had lost. After all, the
love of her own sex is indispensible to j
a woman's happiness. It did my heart j
good to see the two together. Philip- ;
pa talked to my mother as she had j
never yet talked to me; and 1 knew
that when the day came upon which I
should ask for the only reward I wanted.
my mother's kindness to the forsaken
and shame-stricken girl would
be an advocate that pleaded strongly
In favor of my suit.
But, could it ever be? Could we j
know happiness in the face of that j
Hart niorht.'u wnrlr 9 Ah mp' mv heart ;
sank as I thought that any day might !
briccr the cruskioxr Linur. Lot t.iior? iia .
no delay. Let me not blame myself
hereafter for any negligence of false
security. Let us away from the peril.
"Mother." I saidx 'will you come
abroad with Philippa and me?"
"Abroad, Basil! I have only just I
come home."
"No matter; come with us at once.
Let us go to some place where there is
warmth and sunshine. Let us go to
Spain."
"Spain! why Spain? Besides, surely
Philippa is not fit for a long journey!"
"It will do her good. Her recollections
of this country are but sad ones."
"Well, in a week or two I will see
bout it"
f
"No, at once. Let us start to-mor
i row or the next day. Mother, I ask
: it as a favor,"
"Give me some good reason, 13asil'
! and I will do as you wish."
"Look at me and you will see the
; reason. Can not you see that [ am
1 ill, worn out, nervous? I must have a
change at once."
j She gazed at me with solicitude.
"Yes, I know you are not well; but
why Spain?"
"A whim?a sick man's fancy. Perhaps
because it is Philippa's father's
country put it into my head. Mother,
tell me. how do you like her ?"
"She is the woman you love; She is
very beautiful; she has been cruelly
treated; she is blameless; to say more
after so short an acquaintance would
ue exaggeration.
"You will come to Spain with me?
with her?"
' She kissed me and gave in to my
whim. Then I sought Philippa.
"My mother is going to take us
abroad," I said with a smile, which
was forced, as all my smiles now were,
"She will see to everything for you."
"She is kind?she is sweet," said
Philippa, clasping her hands. "Basil,
I am beginning to worship. But why
are we going abroad?"
"To get away from sad thoughts,
for one thing; for another because I
feel ill."
She gave me a quick look of apprehension
which brought the flush to my
cheek. "Oh Let us go at once!" she
cried. "Let us leave this land of ice
and I will nurse you and make you
well. Where are we going? When
are we going."To
Spain?to-morrow or the next
day."
She looked at me with the troubled
gaze which I had so often noticed.
"Basil," she said, "you are doing this
for my sake."
"And my own, I fear."
"1 threw away your love?I spoiled
your life. You saved me! Y'oudidnot
scorn me. You brought me to your
mother's arms. Basil, may God re?
quite you: I never can."
She burst into tears, and left the
room hastilyTf
ii'no Mfftll T fV?n r\f
XI/ U <W VT CIA L OUbtltU taw ItUtVVVI Vk
the foreign journey then. That afternoon
the wind changed and a thaw set
in?a thaw that slowly but surely
drew away the thick white veil which
covered the whole of England.
That night I had little sleep. I
could do nothing but lie awake and
picture that white tomb slowly melting
away, until the white face beneath
peered out of it and made the dread
secret known to all. Who would be
the first to discover it? Doubtless some
country man or woman passing that
way in the gray of the morning. I
drew pictures of the discoverer's horror?the
shriek of terror he or she
would give. I scarcely dared to close
my eyes; for I knew that if I dreamed
my dreams would take me to stand
over the snow-drift, and force me to
watch it melting away! It seemed to
me that until i'hllippa was out or the
range of pursui, 1 should not sleep
again.
Faster and faster, now it had once
begun, the thaw went on. "Warm
wind, heavy rain the next day, helped
it. That tremendous fall of snow
ViQfl inrfnn/1 lippn flip 1 f'fTnrt". of thp
winter. I dreaded what 1 might see
in the morning papers.
For it was the third day from that
on which I spoke about going abroad;
yet we were still in London. "When
it realy came to making preparations
for the projected trip, there were a
thousand and one things to be done.
There was the needful passport to be
obtained; my mother had many purcha
es to make for both Philippa and
herself. She was now fully contented
with a prospect of a long sojourn on
the continent; but she liked travelling
in comfort, and objected very much
to being hurried. So it was that, in
spite of the pressing need for immediate
flight, we were still in London.
The dangerous delay made me nervous,
excitable and ill-tempered.
This state of mind was not without
benefit to our cause, as my manner as
well as my looks fully convinced my
mother that my own health was the
sole object of the journey. So like a
good creature, she set to work in thorough
earnest to get everything ready
for our departure.
To morrow morning we were to
start. I prayed heaven that it might
1 <?fn? fKnf thu novf fwunti*.
nut UO IUU KUU, 111UV WAV ii^.w miv/iivjfour
hours might pass without what I
dreaded taking place. For I knew
that by now that ghastly object on
the roadside must be lying with the
light of day on its pale face!
With an effort I opened the morning's
paper, and ran hastily up and
down the colnmns. What cared I for
politics, foreign news, or money-market
intelligence? Here was the one
paragraph which riveted all my attention.
The white tomb had given up
its secret! liead! To me those words
were written in letters of fire'
"Horrible Discovery near Roding.?The
melting of the snow has
brought to light what to all appearances
is a fearful crime. Yesterday afternoon
a laborer walking on the highwsiv
rlicrnvprpil t.ha lmriv of a cpntlp
man lying by the roadside. Ilis death
had been caused by a pistol-shot. It
is supposed that it must haveoccuned
on the night of the gr?at snow-storm
and that the body has lain ever since
under the snow, which had drifted to
the depth of some feet. The facts
that death must have been instantaneous,
and that no weapon can be found
near the spot, does away with.thf1 theory
of suicide. Letters and papers found
upon the corpse tend to show it to be
that of Sir Mervyn F'errand, Bart.
The unfortunate gentleman's friends
haye been communicated with, and
the inquest will be opened to-morrow."
For some minutes I sat like one
stunned. Inevitable as it was that
the discovery should be made, the
shock seemed scarcely lightened by the
foreknowledge: the danger seemed no
lass terrible. Oh, that we had started
J nn l/N f f nrf
jwieivluj wcic cvcii ouuu .
What might not happen before tomorrow
morning! My first impulse
was to go to my mother and beg her to
hasten our departure: but reflection
showed me how unwise this course
would be. I should alarm her?alarm
Philippa! I could give no reason. My
one longing was to keep the news
from my poor love. Let her read
that paragraph, and who could answer
for the consequences? Looking as a
medical man at her ease. I knew that
there was something about that nurht
which troubled her; some dream, or
semblance of dream, to which, fortunately,
she could as yet give no coherence.
Let her learn that Sir Mervyn
Ferrand had ever since that night been
lying dead where she met him, the
fearful truth must come to her. Xo,
not a word to excite her suspicion.
My task was a twofold one. I had to
save hpr not only from what I suppose
I must call justice, but also from herself.
It seemed to me that the latter
was the hardest part of my work; but
I would do it?I swore I would do it.
I would keep watch and war d, to see
that nothing reached her?that she
heard nothing which could awaken
memories of those mercifully absent
hours.
I tore the paper to peicesand burned
it. 1 think of all my dark days that
one was the one I would be the least
willing to pais again. I trembled at
every footstep on thestairs. Any man
who paused for a moment outside our
windows sent a chill over me. And
in the midst of my misery I had to
wear a cheerful face, and talk to Philippa
and my mother about the pleasures
of our projected journey! Ah! if
we only reached the end of it in safety,
the pleasure would not be altogether
imaginary.
Once again I say, lr you cannot feel
with me, throw my tale aside. Heaven
I knows it Js a sombre one! I was
1 breaking the law ; concealing what
! the law calls a crime; doing all I could
to save the criminal. But the criminal
was l'hilippa, and I loved her! I
myself would have stood face to face
with Sir Mervyn Ferrand, and have
I freely given my own life if I could
i have assured his dying like the dog he
i was. Why then should 1 blame Philippa,
who had done it in her temporary
madness what I would have done in
cold blood? Yet why trouble to extenuate?
1 loved her! Those words sum
up everything.
The morning dawned. Xo fatal
messenger had arrived. 1 glanced
hastily at the papers, which, however,
contained no more information about
the tragedy. Shortly after ten o'clock
we started to drive to Charing Cross,
i The rattle of wheels over the stones
i seemed to send freso life through my
I veins. We were off on the road to
i safety.
! "Westarted in plenty of time, as I
j wished to call at my bankeis on the
way. It was my intention to take
I with me a large sum in gold. Notes of
! any kind could he traced, but the
bright sovereigns would tell no tale.
I changed my check, and while doing
so asked if there were any letters for
me. Several persons addressed letters
to mo at my bankers. The spruce
cashier sent to inquire, and, with my
bag of gold, passed under the brasswi
re railing a letter with a woman's ]
handwriting on the envelope. I thrust I
it into my pocket, to read at my leisure.
AVe travelled bv the tidal train lor
Paris ria Folkestone and Boulogne.
It was not the pleasantest weather
in Ihn world for .'i innrnpv lint T
I wrapped my charges up warmly, and
| did all 1 could to mitigate the hardi
ships of the voyage, undertaken ostenj
sibly for the sake of my health. My
j mot her, who was by now an experienced
and seasoned traveller, settled
herself clown to the journey, although
she little guessed how short the rest 1
meant to give her until we reached our
destination. She laughingly protested
against the cruelly of dragging an old
woman like herself away from Kngard
just as she had returned to it; but
hero was that in her voice and manner
which told iue she would for im
sake make a far greater sacrifice o*
comfort than this.
I thought that Philippa's spirits like
mine, rose as we left London behind
us. She smiled at our sallies and feeble
attempts at making merry, which:
that now we were fairly on our road
to safety, were not quite so forced as
they had been during thelast few days.
She listened with interest to the pictures
I drew?immaginary ones, of
course?of the beauties of the south:
and I was glad to believe that the
thought ot visiting wnai mignc in- i
most be called her native land wasbeginning
to awaken lior interest
Only let me be able to show hei
that life could still promise a pleasant
future, and the moody memories oJ
the past months might be banished
forever.
I am sure that no one who could
have seen us that morning would have
ireamed that out of that party of three
consisting of a comfortable, pleasant,
looking English matron, a strangely
beautiful girl, and myself, two were
! living from the hands of justice. Our
i ippearanco was certainly such as to
, Jisarm all suspicion. "But where are
we going?" asked my mother. "I object
to go wandering aboui without
snowing where our pilgrimage is to
end."
j "We are going to Paris first, then to
Spain?to wherever we can find
warmth and sunshine which is n^ces
1sary to my existence. If wen can't
i 3nd tliem in Spain, we will crois over
'.o Africa, and, if needful, go down to
. '.he equator."
I "Then you young people will have
I '.o go alone. I draw the line of my
I good nature at Europe."
I glanced at Philippa. Her long
curved lashes hid her eyes; but a tell*
tale blush was on her cheek. I knew
that the day was not so very distant
when she would answer my appeal
as 1 wished. I knew that, could I but
sweep away the record of that one
night, all might yet be well with her.
Dh that she may never recall what I
alone know!
As we were nearing Folkestone 1
[ remembered the letter which had been
given me at the bank. I drew it from I
: my breast, intending to read it; but the |
j sight of the Roding post mark on the
! outside made me change my intention,
j I remembered Mrs. Wilson's halfpromise
to send me some communication.
I longed and yet I dreaded to
i . . 1 t *..14. l.a
| oreaK xne seai. j. icn it
better for me to read that letter alone.
Whatever might be the tenor of its
contents, I was sure it had some bearing
on 1'hilippa's relations with Sir
Mervyn Ferrand.
"We weie soon on board the steamer
and under weigh .Although the Arctic
rigors of the last three weeks had departed,
the air on the sea was too keen
to maft the channel passage an enjoyable
one. I persuaded my mother
and Philippa to take refuge in the saloon;
and then I found a quiet spot
where I was able to read my letter \
without fear or interruption, or of j
betraying myself by the emotion its
contents might cause. It was well I i
did so, for tne first words blarched my j
I cheek. The letter began abruptly, so:
'I know or guess all. I know why
Sir Mervyn Ferrantl did not reach my I
house that night. I know why she
left my home before you came to seek |
j her. I know how ho met with the
; death he deserved.
iitl.l cl.nlo liMvuplImn r Jim. .Shf>
has done what years ago I swore 1
i would do; and yet I had not (he couri
ajje. I was base enough to forego re1
venge f??r the sake <?t? the beggarly
j maintenance he offered me?for the
j sake, perhaps, of my children.
"Fearnothing for your sister, if she
be your sister. Tell her my lips are
j scaled to the death; and for the sake
of her brave act tell her this.
! "Sir Mervyn Ferrand's first wife died
j on the JSt/i of June, ISli?, three
i months before Uio tiny on which he
| married your sister. She died at LiverYn
s;ilv?r ?t rppfr. Xho was
j hurried in the cemetery under the
| n;une of Lucy Fcrrand. She has
friends alive. It will he easy to prove
j that she was the woman whom he
! married. Her maiden name was King.
J lie hated her. They paited. lie gave
her a sum of money on condition that
she never called herself his wife. He
lost sight of her. I never did
I told him of her death; but I
changed the date. I would not tell
; him where she died. Part of his obI
ject in coming to Koding that night
! was, to endeavor to wring the infor!
mation from me. He would never
have it.
"Now that he is dead, you can tell
your brave sister that she may if she
! likes, take the name, title, and what
! wealth she can claim. Fear nothing
from me; I will be silent as death."
fro BE CONTINUED.]
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.
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I
Henry M. Stanley is about to publish a
;wo-volume work on his African labors.
Ex-Senator Thurman, it is said, proposes
writing a book of political reminis
- cnces.
J Secretary Manning is the only member
I of President Cleveland's cabinet who is not a
| lawyer.
j General George B. McClellan is to
deliver an address ut Antietam on Docoraj
tion day.
|. Queen Elizabeth of Itouinania has been
granted a meial by the Toulouse academy for
j literary merit.
Mr. Blaine is contemplating a foreign
tour of a year or two as soon as the second
j volume qi bis political history it finistei .
! NEWS SUMMARY
!
Fnniern nnil Middle States
The strike of miners in Pennsylvania embraces
lo2 mines, employing ovor 10,OIK)
i colliers. It is considered tho greatest strike
j the miners have ever had.
Frank Tousey, a well-known New York
j printer mid publisher of chrap books and
1 story papers, lias gone into bankruptcy,ow ing
about $1(50,000.
The body of Newberry Hills, formerly a
prominent 'merchant of Chicago, and well
known as a writer, was incinerated at tho
I crematorium in Lancaster, 1'enn.
General Grant felt so much bettor the
j other day that he went riding.
I .... ./ 4U?
IVISAtll-r-^ ?? . ]J11>|J1JULU1 ?'*. l*lc
Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier, and a Democrat of
prominence in State politics, died a few days
1 ago. President Cleveland sent a telegram
of sympathy to Mri McCune.
The Connecticut liouse has passed n bill
allowing women to vote at school elections.
Attorney-General George Gray has
been chosen by the Delawuro legislature as
United States'Senator to succeed Mr. Bayard.
Mr. George Gray is forty-four years old and
is serving his second term as attorney general
of Delaware. He was bom at New
Castle, Del., and wa? graduated at Princeton
in 18551. He is an intimate friend of
j Senator Bayard, whom he nominated for tho
presidency in the convention of 18S4.
JosErH Cohen, ono of the rccent contestants
in the six-dav roller-skating race in
New York, died from tho effects of tho exertions
made in tho match.
Charles Briggs, who ended a spree in
July, is&'i, by killing his wife, expiated his
crime tho other day on tho gallows at Philadelphia.
Ex-Governor Cornell and other prominent
Republicans have been debarred by the
New York Republican county committee
from voting at the party's primary elections
because they refused to say whether they
voted th~ Republican national ticket at tho
last electit 1.
A v ftrnlrtciAii r\f rrflcnlmo in tlin rollfir ftf
a Pittsburg (Penn.) saloon resulted in fatal
burns to James McCullough, tho proprietor,
serious injuries to nine other persons and tho
destruction of property valued at *l(i,OU0.
Gordon W. Blbnham, a well known New
York millionaire and business man, died in
that city a few days since, aged eighty-two
years. Mr. Bnrnham was a widower, but at
the time of his death was engaged to tie-married
to Miss Kate Sanborn, a grand niece of
Daniel Webster und an authoress and lecturer
of considerable prominence. Miss Sanborn
nursed Mr. Bumhain in his last illness.
South and Weit,
John West (colored) was hanged in Montgomery.
Ala, for murdering Claiborne Wilson,
a rival in love.
Pope & Cole, Baltimore dealers in metalshave
failed for $000,000.
The Southern Agricultural works, one of
tlie largest enterprises. in Atlanta, (ia., has
failed, with liabilities reaching #210,000.
Woman Suffrage in Dakota lias been defeated
by the governor's veto of tho bill giving
women the right to vote.
A crowd of 1C0 armed men forcibly entered
the jail at Independence, Mo., took out
Frank Bonham, a young farmer charged
with the murder of nis mother, brother and
sister and hanged him to a railroad trestle.
The great strike of employes of the Missouri
Pacific railroad has ended in a victory for the
strikers. A St. Louis dispatch says that at a
conierfllui: IIL-IU ill tuu?vu; mu IEII.1.1 j.. V,
posed by the strikers were practically accepted.
A body of miners surrounded a hotel in
Highland, 2*. C., wherein a number of revenue
officers had taken refuge with two men
captured for illicit distilling. The miners
demanded the return of their companions,
and fired off shotguns. The fire was returned
from the windows of the hotel, resulting
in the instant death of one miner and the fatal
wounding of two others. Tho miners then
turned and fled.
"Leo.m," a tight-rope walker, while giving
a performanc e in the open air at Stockton,
Cal., fell and broke his neck.
John Perky, a farmer of Princeton, AV.
Ya., was murdered and robbed by Arthur
Jackson, a colored boy of eighteen." Jackson
was taken from jail by citizens and hanged
to a tree.
The losses to miners and their employers
through the recent strike in the Hocking Valley,
Ohio, is estimated at about $2,000,000.
During discussion of a bill in the Texas
Senato members became excited, pistols and
knives were drawn, and but for tho timely
entrance of tho lieutenant governor bloodshed
would doubtless have ensued.
More than 1W) persons, including several
women, a minister, two doctors unci a lawyer,
wore indicted at St. Mary's, W. Ya., for
playing dominoes in public.
The Civil Service Reform association of
Maryland, at a meeting in Baltimore,adopted
resolutions protecting against the recent appointment
of Eugene Higgins us appointment
clerk in the treasury department, and re
4UeaillJ? U13 tcitiu?ai.
Reports from ! Lexington mid Waverly,
Mo., state that an immense amount of damage
has been done to property up and down
tho river in tho vicinity of the latter
placa by the overflow caused by
an ice gorge in the river. A family
of six near Waverly perished, and it was
stated that many other persons had also lost
their lives. Alftho cattle of tho country bordering
on the river have been drowned.
On the first ballot by the Arkansas senate
for a United States Senator to succeed Attorney-General
Garland, twelve candidates
received votes, and there was every pro?pout
of. a protracted struggio for the coveted
honor.
Washington*
President Cleveland has issued his firs*
proclamation. It is directed against the il"
legal occupation of tho Oklahoma lands in
uie Indian lerrirory. ana ioroms lueir invnBion
without authority under penalty of tho
law.
Secretary Manning has dismissed forty
oflicinJs of the special agents1 division of the
treasury department on the score of economy.
The Senate in executive session confirmed
the nomination of Charles S. Fairchild, of
New York, to bo assistant secretary of tho
treasury.
Further nominations by tho President:
Colonel Nelson H. Davis, to bo inspectorgeneral
with tho rank of brigadier-general;
Lieutenant-Colonel Absalom Baird, to bo inspector-general
with tho rank of colonel;
Major Robert P. Hughes, to bo inspectorgeneral
with tho rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Miss Cleveland's second reception at
tho White Hous3 was attended by about
2,310 people. Among the visitors were Mrs.
and Miss Blaine an?l Mrs. Logan. Miss Cleveland
was assisted in receiving bv her sister,
Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs. Maiming, Mrs. Endicotu and
Miss Bayard.
Secretary Lamar has ordered that all
the horses and carriages belonging to tho interior
departme.it, except those used for
trucking pur|x>ses, be sold and tho proceeds
turned into tho treasury. The result of this
order will be the return to their regular
duties of seven employees who have been
used as drivers. A similar order has been
made by Attorney-General Garland.
I Secretary ok the Navy Whitnev ha;
| ordered a number of American war vessels,
belonging to tho North Atlantic squadron, to
proceed to Central American wat -rs, for the
purpose of watching General Barrios, presiw
mwln-it'nrincr to
I make himself ruler of the wiiolo of Central
j America.
I Secbf.tary Lamar lias ordered that notice
be published that the Texas Pacific railroad
lands have been restored to the government.
and are for suit: at ?2.."0 an acre as
provided by the homestead, preemption and
other land laws.
Senator Evarts and two other gentle
men forming a committer called h,>oti oxPresident
Arthur and, as the representatives
of 2'?0 prominent New York city business
men of both political parties, invited hitn to
a banquet to be given in his honor at Delnmnim's
in \?w York. Mr. Arthur ac
cepted tho invitation.
The President nominated Mr. Joseph sMiller,
of West Virginia, to Ira coininis-iioiicr
of internal revenue, in place of Mr. Walter
S. Evans, of Kentucky. Representative
Thompson, of Kentucky." had Ix-cn strongly
pushed for the phve by Speaker Carlisle
and tho two Senators from Kentucky, while
Mr. Miller's claims had been urged by Congressman
Randall.
General IIazkn testified before the court
j martial trying him that his letters to the
I secretary of war were written to clear liimI
self of the imputation of being responsible
j (or the fate of tho Ureely expedition.
The nomination of General John C. Black,
of Illinois, to bo commissioner of pensions, has
j been confirmed by the Senate.
Further confirmations by the Senate: Ed*
j ward I). Clarke,of Mississippi, to be assistant
recretarv of the interior: Colonel Nelson II.
Davis, inspector-general, with rank of a
brigadier-general ; Lieutenant-Colonel Absalom
Baird to be inspector-general, with
I rank of colonel: Sidney D. Jacknian, of
I Texas, to be United States marshal for the
western district of Texas.
I The St. Patrick's day procession in Wash|
ington was reviewed from the jiortico of the
| White House by Presiden.; Cleveland.
Secretary Manmnu, in obedience to an
| act of Congress.has issued a warrant for
j *:J,!).-)0.7.'S to reimburse ex-1 resident Hayes for
I payments made for tho expenses of the commission
sent to J.oaisianain April, 1S77. War|
rants have also been issued in tho name of
: ctuirU'eH. lien 1 for S i.O'.M). and of Ueorne
Scovillo for fcJ.CKH) for services rendered as
j counsel for Charles J. fJuitoau.
I)r. John M. Gbkooiiy, of the civil service
! commission, left Washington the other inorn,
ing to hold examinations in the West.
The President sent the following nomina|
tbns in one batch to the Senate on the 18th:
. Ex-Congressman Milton J. Durham, of
i Kentucky, to bo first comptroller of the
j treasury; William Garrard, of Nevada, to
j be superintendant of the mint of the United
State* at Carson City, Nevada; Joseph R.
; Ryan, of Nevada, to bo coiner of the mint at
Carson Ciiy, Nevada; MalcomHay, of Pennsylvania,
to be first assistant postmastcr-genoral;
Martin V. Montgomery, of Michigan,
to be commissioner of patents; David S.
Baker, jr., of Rhode Island, to be attorney of
the United States for the district of Rhode
j number of other jwrsoiis were injured.
Dispatches received from the various ob|
servatories indicate that successful observa'
tions of the partial eclipse of the sun wore
. made.
; The revolt in Cochin China is spreading.
I Annamites have attacked and captured the
j town of Ocnom, and massacred the European
! residents, burning alivo the native prefect
i and his wife. The northern provinces are
I held by insurgents, who massacre native adI
herents of the French.
Two thousand more troops are about to
| start frcm Franco for Tonquin to reinforce
General Delisle's army.
Russia, it is stated, will not advance any
further toward the Afghan border except for
some extraordinary reason.
By an explosion of firo damp in a coal
mine at Camphausan, Prussia, 217 miners !
were imprisoned. The explosion occurred at |
an early hour, and hite in the afternoon sev- ,
enteen men had been rescued and ninety!
eight bodies recovered. This left 102 men
i and boys unaccounted for, and it was conI
sidered certain tlmt they had all perished, as
i the main shaft and air apparatus wero do
i stroyeu uj tin* uapiumwu,
An army of 15,00) Mexican troops has boon
j ordered to the Guatemalan frontier,to watch
I President Barrios and balk liiin in his
1 scheme of annexing the other states of Cenj
tral America.
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LATER NEWS
| The Rhode Island Democratic and th-j Ro- j
! publican State conventions were held on tho
same day in Providence, the former nomi- j
j nating a full ticket headed byZiba O. Slocum
: for governor, and the latter putting a ticket j
in the field with George P. Wetmore for gov- |
| ernor at the head.
Colonel F. E. Whitfield, a prominent .
Mississippi lawyer, fell dead the other day on j
i tho deck of a steamer in Florida while sing- |
iag to his wife and a party of friends.
An* epidemic of cholera has carried off i
hogs by hundreds in several Virginia counties.
Widespread public intorest and excite- !
ment has been created by the discovery of the \
j body of Miss Fannie Lillian Madison, a beau- i
| tiful and accomplished young lady, in tho j
reservoir at Richmond, Ya. Marks of vio. 1
lence on tho corpse led to the belief that she
bad been foully dealt with and
then thrown into the water. Miss
i Madison had been employed as a governess
I at Millboro, Va., and had gsne on a mys|
terious visit to Richmond, stopping at a
uoieJ, wueresne was vjmicu uy a )uuu6;
Oflicers from Richmond went to King nnd j
Quei-ns county an:l arrested T. J. Cluverius,
a 3*oung lawyer to whom suspicion lad
pointed. Mr. Cluverius denied all knowledge
of the young lady's movements prior to
her death.
Treasurer Davis, of the Miners' Union ,
in the Hocking valley, telegraphs that th9
j long strike of nine months is at an end. The j
I miners havo concluded 'hat further resistance
i is useless, and have succumbed to the ojx;ra* ;
! tors.
At a cabinet meeting the revolutionary
trouble in Central America was considered.
American vessels having been seized by
I Central American insurgents, the United
| [States ship of war Alliance has been ordered
to the scene of disturbance with instructions
! to the commander to use force in recovering
i the property 01 American citizens,
i Fifty-one persons were rescued alivo from '
| the coal mine at Campkauson, Prussia, I
j where 217 miners were at work when the exj
plosion of fire damp occurred. The dead
numbered 100.
A leading Paris paper says that President
Cleveland has requested Mr. Morton to romniu
at Paris as United States ministei.
The Duke of Richmond, the largest owner i
of rented property in London, has reduced all'
his rents ten jier cent.
A syndicate of Hamburg merchants has
| acquired a vast territory on the east and
I north of Lagos, a British colony of "West
| Africa.
' The Senate Kpcrial SeKBlon?'Twelfth
Day.
Mrf Saulisbury presented the credentials of I
' Cieorgo Gray, elected to fill the vacancy I
. 1 >? ,u. _ L!? ?/ \r.. !
i ruusuu uy iuu resi^iiutiuu ui ?ui. mu.
! Mr. Grny was escortod to tho President's \
'lesk and the oatli was administered to him
j .... Mr. Dolph offered a resolution nuthoriz- i
| ing tho committee on coast defences to sit j
' iluring the recess at such p'a?e in tho United j
| States as they might see proper to select. Put
! on tho calendar Mr. Van Wyck called '
j lip his resolution relating to the sale of j
j lands granted to the State of Florida to
I aid in building railroads. It was referred to
the committee 011 public lands....Mr. I11Uftll's
resolution calling for information re- |
| lating to the alleged illegal occupancy of j
Oklahoma lands was laid before tho Senate.
I Mr. Ingalis said that since tin resolution was I
j offered it had bom practically answered by 1
tho President's message. Ho moved that it J
he laid on tho table. Agreed to Mr.
Manderson oltcreil a resolution providing
that a committee* of five Senators be appomto i
J to proceed to Ala<ka to make certain in vesti'
Rations. Mr. Harrison moved that the rtisoj
lution be referred to the committee on Territories.
After discussion the resolutions went
! over. ...Mr. EphraimK. Wilson. Senator-elect
i from Maryland, upon petition of Mr. Gor!
man, was sworn in.
I MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Patti likes San Francisco. The people
there pay ?0 to hear her sing.
j The National theatre, of Washington, re!
cently burned down, is to be rebuilt.
i T lino lh l. I r?or*r*ln who tlllHr
living l?y appearing in public on tho stage.
J Baiitlky Oampbem,, the dramatic author,
is bent on opening a new theatre in New V ork.
Hkhr Vo.v Astex is tho latest German
I tragedian who threatens to do America in
j 0.
New theatres aro in contemplation in New
York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Nashville and
Baltimore.
"Theodora" cost tho Paris manager ?17.V
OOObeforo tho curtain roso on Bernlmrdt's
latest success.
, A house that walks the tight-rope blind"
j folded, or with open eyes, is tho wondor of
j London just now.
I "The King of Gyges'' is the title of tho
I new opera now in process of construction by
Cainillo Saint-Saens.
The name of Gilbert and Sullivan's new
/\nnrn -inef. r?r lnrr?/l in T*011flnn. is
' The Mikado:"or the Town of Titipi.
William Horace Linoard and Alico
! Dunning Lingard nre the very latest stars
I booked for this country for tho next season.
During tho season at tho Metropolitan
Opera house, Now York, ns many ns <?T>8 people
have been simultaneously under pay
there.
Edwin Booth will go from tho Boston
(Mass.) museum to Philadelphia closing his
season in the latter city. He will rest until
next season.
Island; Benjamin H. Hill. jr., of Georgia,to bo
j attorney for tho United States for ths northern
district of Georgia.
The 18th was President Cleveland's forty"
| eighth birthday, and ho received many congratulations
from visitors. Among the
j callers were W. H. Vnnderbilfc, of New York.
I Generals Hancock and Howard, and Senators
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, McPhorson,
1 Harrison and Voorhoes.
The Senate continue 1 tho nomination of
! Joseph S. Miller to be commissioner of internal
revenue vico Evans removed
Dr. Francis Wharton-, LL. D., of Pennsylvania,
has boon appointed examiner of
1 claims in the state department, to succeed
Judge Henry O'Connor.
Foreign.
j In the British house of commons Premier
i Gladstone announced that an agreemont had
j been arrived at between Russia and England,
| by the terms of which neither the Russian nor
I Afghan forces would advance any further oil
| eitiier side of the frontier.
Dueling still prevails to a great extent in
Germany. In a duel tho other day between
| two ollicers one was killed after twenty-seven
j 6hots had been fired.
| An immenfo sensation has been aroused in
j Paris and in Irish circles everywhere by tho
! French government's arrest and expulsion
! from the country of James Stephens and four
j other prominent Fenian*.
President Barrios, of Guatemala, has
I issued a decree proclaiming himself chief of
] tho republic of Guatemala and the Central
American union as a single republic, assuming
tho title of "Supreme Military Chief of
Central America," taking as such absolute
command, and declaring that any one pronouncing
himself opposed to the union or
embarrassing his movements will be treated
as a traitor to the great cause of nationality.
General Aguero, the Cuban revolutionist
most feared by the Spanish authorities,
has mot his death in Cuba through treachery.
He was betrayed by two negroes, who vioI
lently assailed him, and with a machete split
I his head open. Jose Morejon, Aguero's sec
retary, was also killed in the struggle.
At a meeting of the Gordon Memorial
committee in London, the Prince of Wales
presiding, it was decided that the memorial
to the defender of Khartouin should bo a
| great hospital and sanitarium, to be erected
j at Port Said, Egypt, and to bo open to the
people of all nations.
A fire has destroyed tho town hall, six
! mills and several other buildings in Hull,
, England. One policeman was killed and a
i ATTACKED BY ARABS.
! General Graham's Troops Advancing
From Suakim.
|Un Arab3 Get Within Ten Yards
of the British Line,
The whole British force started from Sua.
| kim at 7 o'clock, a. m., with a day's rations
and a hundred rounds of ammunition to each
! man, in the direction of Hasheen. Befor?
! the order was given to march, General Gra
I ham inspected all the troops except tho
Shropshire, Berkshire and Surrey regiments.
Five hundred of tho enemy were seen on tho
hills near Hasheen. The cavalry, the
mounted infantry and the Indian infantry
were sent to reconnoitre, while the guard8
acted as a reserve. The enemy retreated beicre
the British advance.
j The mounted infantry and scouts, supportj
ed by the main body of all tho troops march|
ing COO yards behind, advanced to the base of
the range of low hills near Hasheen. The
Indian contingent and tho cavalry in this
movement scouted and skirmished on both
sides of the line of march along the entire
front. Th9 scouts reached tho summit of the
i hills, and discovered that the Arabs had
i massed in the valleys. The Arabs at once rej
tired into positions of shelter, only fifty remaining
in sight. They jemained in this
I position until tho British advance
j reached the ridge of tho hills. The Hadendowah
tribe of hostile Arabs then rushed
I from tho ambush in which they had lain and
! made an attack. In this skirmish Captain
! Birch was speared through the shoulder. The
j Arabs succeeded in getting within ten yards
I of tho British lino before the latter opened
a regular fire, which the enemy promptly replied
to. Three of the infantry and several of
the Hadendowahs were wounded. Four of
infantry vvere killed. Am^ng these was Lieutenant
O'Connor, whoso horsa had been shot
from under him.
The object of the reconanissance having
been obtained the British retired, the Arabs
showing no disposition to follow. The British
infantry and the guards were left on the
road half way between Suakim and the
Hasheen hills, supporting the Indian contingent.
In the brief engagement on th6
ridgo tho Bengal cavalry took many prisoners.
It was ascertained that the Arabs
were in largo bodies along tho entire
range of hills, and were evidently massing.
As tho British retired, the rebiels rapidly
rcoccupied the positions previously evacuated
L y them.
After tho skirmish, Gentral Graham's right,
consisting of British infantry, Indian infantry
and tho Guards, began to advance toward
Hondoub. The mounted infantry and Bengal
cavalry, renewing the roconnoissance, occu
pied Hfasheen and found Osman Digna withdrawing
his forces toward Tamai. The concentration
of the Arabs was effected in unusually
good order.
fiunnrnl rfrnlimn h.i<j written a lntter tn
Osmai Dignu, in which he declares that Eugland
respects all religions and desires the
friendship of the Arab tribes. Pie advises
Sheikhs to submit at once and to rely upon
the mercy of England; otherwise he threaten n
to destroy the flocks and other property of
tlieir followers.
The Mahdi's a1 invents declared that before
the summer is far advanced General Wolse
lpy's army will be cut off from Cairo.
SENATE EXTRA SESSION.
Eighth Day.
The various Senate committees were announced.
The Democrats received the chairmanship
of seven of the least important committees.
The chairmen of the important
committees are : Appropriation?Allison ;
commerce?Pike ; finance?Morrill; foreign
relations?Miller, of California ; judiciaryEdmunds
; . naval affairs- Cameron, of
Pennsylvania : military affaire committee?
Sewell; postollices and post roads?Conger;
railroad?Sawyer. Senator Sherman declined
to serve on the committee on finance...... A
message was received from the President
asking for the return of the Nicaraguan,
Spanish and Dominican treaties for re-examination.
The treaties wore ordered to be re
turned us request/cu.
Mnth ray.
Sir. Van Wyck's "Backbono" resolution
was laid before the Senate again, and Mr.
Eustip, of Louisiana, made a speech upon it.
Sir. Teller also mado a speech defending Ms
action while secretary of the interior. Without
doing any other business the Senate went
into executivo session.
Tenth Day.
A resolution introduced by Mr. Edmunds
that General Barrios should be prevented
from carrying out his schemes in Central
America was carried, some members objecting
that it amounted to a declaration of war.
Only seven votes wero recorded against the
mcninfinn Spcrctarv Bavard also sent a
letter to the Senate in which he stated that
the United States would see that the autonomy
of the Central American republics was
preserved, and that our government would
not countenance any display of force by one
or more of those republics to coerce the others.
Eleventh Day*
The chair laid before the Senate the resolution
offered by Senator Miller, authorizing
the committee on agriculture and forestry to
sit during the recess to consider the best
means of preserving the forests upon the public
domain and to employ a clerk. After
discussion, tho resolution was agreed to? 27
to 25. The division was upon parly lines except
in tho case of Mr. Call, who voted in the
affirmative, and Messrs. Ridaleberger and
Sherman, who voted in the negative.
THE OKLAHOMA LANDS.
P resident Cleveland's First Proclaillation.
Tho following proclamation has been issued
by President Lieveianu :
Whereas, it is alleged that certain individual
associations of persons and corporations
are in the unauthorized possession
of poitions of the territory* known
ns the Oklahoma lands within the
Indian Territory, which are designated, described
and recognized by the treaties and laws
of tho United States and by tlio executive
authority thereof as Indian lands: and whereas
it is further alleged that certain other
persons or associations within tin Terrilory
and jurisdiction of the United States
have begun and set on foot preparations
for an organized and forcible entry
and settlement upon the aforesaid lands, and
are now threatening such entry and occupation;
and whereas the laws of the United
States provide for the removal of persons resiling
or being found u;>on such Indian lands
and territory without permission expresdy
and legally obtained of tho interior department
Now, therefore, for the purpos9 of protect
iug the public interests, as wen us tun iukiests
of the Indian nations and tribes and to
the end that no person or persons may be induced
to enter upon said territory where they
will not bo allowed to remuin without the
permission of the authority aforesaid, I,
(trover Cleveland, President of the United
.States, do hereby warn anil admonish all and
every person or persons now in the occupation
of such lands, and all such person or ]>ersonas
are intending, preparing or threatening
to enter and settle upon the same that they
will neither be permitted to enter upon
said territory, nor, if already there,
to remain thereon, and that in case a
due regard for and voluntary obedience to
| the laws and treaties of the "United States,
ami if this admonition and warning be not
sufficient to effect the purnoses nnd inten
tions of the government as "herein declaroil,
the military power of the United States will
i be invoked to abate all such unauthorized
a. ?+ )ir>on fnrtml ontrv
pos-essioil, UJ jircttiii sw.li ? J
and occupation and to remove all such intruders
from the said Indian lands.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
! my hand and causo.l the seal of tho United
[ States to bo afllxeJ.
grover Cl.evei.and.
Ry the President, T. f. "ayard, Secro:
tary of State.
I BLAINE AND CLEVELAND,
. Ihc Former Call* I'pou Ihc la ter a*
tho White liouic.
Mr. Blaine made a formal call on President
I Cleveland at the White Housj in the afterI
noon at "?o'clock. lie was received l y the i
! ('resident in the library. No one else was
I present (hiring the interview. They were to!
gothers o:ne twenty-live minutes or lmlf
in hour. Rut little detail of the conversation
is known savo that it was upon genera! and
not lending topic s. On parting Mr. Blaiuo
.said: "Mr. It* sident , I sincerely hope that
tlie rou 11 try in iv h? prosperous im 1 contented
; under your administration, and I trust you
j will find your life in Washington one of personal
happiness."
Mr. Cleveland thanked Mr. BInino for his
. cordial expressions, and assured him that between
thein personally there could only bo
! kindly feeling.
| A correspondent called at Mr. Blaine's
housj in the evening to get an account from
j liicn of the interview. Mr. BInino said ihero
was nothing whitever to tell; that ho had simply
paid hi-; resjiectsas a private citizen to tho
| chief magistrate of the nation; and had lieen
I very courteously and kindly received by him.
! Beyond that thero was really nothing to say.
; JSir. uiaino canon uirougn an nrrnngemens
j made on t ho previous day. Ho sent word
I that he would like to call and pay his respects,
and the President sent word that he would
I bo pleased to seo him at 5 o'clock the following
afternoon, and Mr. Blaine arrived at the
! \V nite House prompt to the minute.
Mr. Maine's entrance at tlio White House
made something of a sensation among the at|
tendants about the door, as only the Presij
dent and Col. Laniont knew of his c oming. The
I correspondent called at the White House in
! the evening to learn from the President his
i impressions of his caller, as the two men met
j in the afternoon for the first time, but the
President did not caro to say anything beyond
I the fact that the call was a Dieasant one. '
TIE FIRST RECEPTION.
President Cleveland Formally Re"
ceives at the White House.
Ex-President Arthur and Other No- ;
table People Present.
President Cleveland's first reception to
Congress and the high official circles of the
national capital was given on the evening of
the 17th from 9 to 11. The executive man*
sion was prepared for the event with all the
brilliancy incident to similar receptions
by President Arthur, and several
new effects in floral decoration
were introduced in tho blue
rarlor, where the reception was hold. The
President wore plain evening dress, without
gloves, the army and navy officers their fill*
uniforms, with swords, and the diplomatic
corps their court costumes. Mis3 Cleveland
and the ladies of the cabinet stood in line
with the President, the former wearing a
cream white Ottoman silk, exquisitely
made, with apron front of point
lace, and the moderately low corsage finished
with a width of the same confined by a narrow
satin ribbon. A black velvi-t band encircled
her nock and long, light gloves
reached nearly to the end of the short sleeve.
She carried a bouauet of Cornelia Cook ros?s
and a white ostricli feather fan. Miss Bayard
stood next, representing the social sidt
of the state department, ana wearing a delicate
pink satin veiled with pink tulle. Mrs.
Manning, a bride, wore her dainty bridal
dress of rich white satin, with front of point
lace, and superb diamonds.
Mrs. Endkott, wife of the secretary of war,
was attired in ruby satin, with front cloth of
gold, and carried an immense bouquet: of
jacqueminots and lilies of the valley. Mrs.
Whitney, whose first appearance it was in
Washington official life, wore black silk
overlaid with black tulle. She carried a large
cluster of English violets. Mrs. Vilas wore
dark red satin.
The attorney-generalship and tho secretaryship
of the interior had uo feminine representatives,
but Secretary Lamar and Attorney-General
Garland were in tho group of
cabinet officers at the rear. Tue Vice-President
and Mrs. Hoy t, Colonel and Mrs. Lamont,
and Miss Nannie Bayard were also among the
representatives of the new administration
circle jn the blue parlor, the ladies all ele
gantly attired.
The diplomatic corps came first, preceded
by the Portuguese minister, who is dean in the
absence of the Haytien envoy. Ail those
presented stopped to chat a few minutes with
the President, and consequently the column
was somewhat delayed. The judges of the
supreme court, headed by Chief-Justice
Waite, came next,and were succeeded by the
army And navy officials, at the head of whom
were Admiral Worden, of Monitor fame, and
General Schofleld. Senators and Representatives
and ex-Representatives and neads of
bureaus were the last received.
Ex-President Arthur and Mrs. John Davis
callod about 10 o'clock, and after being presented
were asked to join the prominent
group in the rear of the receiving party. All
present availed themselves of the opportunity
thus presented, and soon the crowd was
surging in two lines to be able to grasp the *
hands of the President and his predecessor.
Secretary Bayard and Mr. Arthur drew
away from tho party in a few minutes and
engaged in conversation, which appeared
very animated.
Tho leading diplomats were all present, a
number going first to the dinner given by
the German minister. General and Mrs.
Sheridan, General) Schofleld, Terry, Wright,
Meigs, Holabird, and Rochester were eminent
amcng army officers present, and Admirals
,<f 1.,._ ??,i M.in,.Iron.
v? orueil, rraiiJiiin, iciupic, uuu
bush, with many of the grades next these,
represented tha navy.
Senators Warner Miller and J. F. Miller,
Blackburn, Cockrell, Jones, of Florida; Teller,
Secretary of the Senate McCook, ex-Sen ator
Pendleton, Representative j Belmont,
Curtin, Butterwortb, Randall, Cox, Spriggs,
Hopkins, Lefevre, Seney, and Ennentrout
wore a few of the large congressional cirelj !
present. Nearly all tho abovo were ]
accompanied by their wive3 and
daughters in handsome evening dress. It
was as brilliant a scene as tho White House
has known in years. The marine band played
a fine selection of music throughout the reception.
Ths east room nt 10:>U o'clock was 1
a picture of gorgeous color and movement, j
The corridors tuid conservatory alsj were '
thronged.
NEWSY GLEANING!
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Russia bos 15,231 doctors.
There are 39,011 Indians in British Co- j
lumbia.
There will be three Quakers in the next !
Congress.
G'ocoanut planting is ono of Florida's I
booming industries. j
The manufacture of orange wine has befjq j
begun at Sanford, Fla.
Vanadium, a white metal discovered tn
1830, costs $10,000 a pound.
Counterfeit cents are in exten sive circu- j
lation in New York and vicinity.
Haverstraw, N. Y., is the greatest brick i
manufacturing place in America.
* Boxwood, since the roller skating craze, ;
has gone up from $30 to $120 a
After June 30 a two-cent stamp vs SU carry
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an ounce insteau-w. a uanvjuw ivim.
The manufacture of artificial ivory l.-om I
bones and scraps of sheepskin is a now i ndi s- I
try* i
Sacramento county, California, claims td j
have tbe only licorice plantation in the Unitec 1
States.
Norwalk, Conn., has a wonder in the
shape of a yoar-old baby weighing eighty
pounds.
In Germany 6team is often used to ex- ;
tinguish flames. It causes much Jess damage :
than water.
At a public sale of imported Alderney cows j
in Baltimore the prices received ranged from I
up to $135.
There are over thirty Mormon churches
in Colorado. In Idaho there are over sixty; |
in Arizona about seventy.
The building of the pedestal for Barthol- :
di's Statue of Liberty, to stand in New York i
harbor, has been suspended for lack of funds. !
E. J. Baldwin has imported a lot 01
negroes from the South to take the place of
Chinamen on his ranch in Southorn Cali- 1
fornia.
According to conservative estimates,there
are 5,000,000 colonies of bees in the United !
States, which annually yield 120,000,00J
pounds of honey.
A patent in Mexico costs from ?10 to $300, i
according to the idi as of the office there as to i
the importance ot the invention covered. The j
usual rate is $25, and it seldom exceeds $">U. j
At the great Nijni Novgorod fair the sales !
last year amounted to $105,000,000. The
goods came from the manufacturing couu- j
tries of Europe, from China, India, Persia, ,
Bokhara and Khiva.
The British Medical Journal denies tho j
possibility of smoking having caused the can- I
cer with which General Grant is atllicted The !
Journal says that the risk of cancer in the :
throat incurred by smokers is very small.
FIGHTING AT PANAMA,
A Rcvolufi?n In ProjrrcM?Colon Pil- j
lagx-d by a .Hob.
Advices from Panama state that a revolu. J
tion was in progress there. Aizparu declared
himself president, and with .'5<)U men attacked I
the barracks of the Colombian guard, the j
only force which opposed him. The garrison,
consisting of 100 men, resisted all the day |
and night, an indiscriminate fusillad-3 being j
maintained until the next morning, when I
General Gonima. commander of the Colum- j
Lian guard arrived with reinforcements. A I
city guard was formed and patrolled the j
streets. The revolutionists withdrew to the |
outside of the city, and awaited help from I
Barranquilla and Colon to renew the attack. |
Colon was in the hands of rebols com j
manded by a notorious criminal. Th- 1
stores there were pillaged by the mob, and j
the leader declared he would reduce the city !
to ashes if the government troops attempted ,
to recapture it. Marines from the United |
States steamer Galena were ready to land, j
English forces from the ship Heroine guard- |
ed the Panama railroad property. From t
the interior news favorable to the Nunez
government was received, and it was believed
the backbone of the rebellion had been
broken.
United States Consul-General Adamson, at '
Panama, has reported to the stato depart i
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ment. at ?v asningioii, mu m ? .
which or-curred in that city twelve men were
killed. Tho commander of tho Wacliusett, in |
a dispatch to the navy department reports the j
arrival of that vessel at Panama.
A DE&DLY_AFFRAY,
Dc*pcriu?> I'lffhi wllli OuiliiiTi in !
!>civ .Tic*lew?Three Shot Dead.
A Springer (New Mexico) special says: A i
desj>enite encounter between ofiicers and outlaws
has occurre I here. Last Sunday a note 1
desperado, Hill Todd, was arrestc I here and
lodged in jail. He immediately telegraphed
the fact of his arrest to Dick Rogers, the
leader of one of tho mo*t desperate gang of
outlaws in tho Southwest
This ninrnincr Rotr.jrs anneared with a num. :
ber of followers, went to tho county jai', J
where Todd was confined, anl attempted his j
rescue. The officers opened fire from within
the jail, to which the outlaws replied. A
desporate battle ensued. Theattacking party ;
finally withdrew, leaving three of their '
narty?"Liick"' Rogers, "Kd'' King and "Red I
River Tom''?dead in lite street. The re- !
mainder of the party hastily left town to 1
summon re-enforcements. Tiicy were hourly I
expected to reappear, and the greatest excite- |
ment prevailed. The citizens of Springer appealed
for protection to tho dislrict commander
and he promptly ordered tho troops
stationed at Fort Union Co move quickly to
the scene of action. Tho arrival of troop3
prevented further trouble.
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A fflUKM LKAliUK
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Three Marked Men Assassinated |
in Texas.
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Victims of Crimes Growing Oat of1
Cattle Stealing.
A dispatch from Vernon, Wilbarger county,
Texas, nays there is a terrible state of
affairs oxisting between tho officers and citizens
of that county over the kiiling of three
citizens there since the 1st of January, two
of whom?W. R. Morrison anl Hillis Jones
?were assassinated, an 1 Hick Garrison was
kille l by John Davidson while in a difficulty.
Immediately after the killing of Morrison the
following notice, signed ' Citizen," was posted
up in the court-house :
"No man wanted to investigate this case;
the man who does will go, too; no law wanted
in this case."
Since that time the rangers and other
parties have boen working on the awe and
endeavoring to find out who did the killing.
Alter obtaining what information they could
Ret, Captain Schmitt, of the State Hanger
force, and prominent citizens called on Governor
Ireland, at Austin, and informed
him of what bad been done.
Captain Schmitt says the governor ordered
him to Vernon with his company of rangers
to enforce the law. The result was, twentythree
citizens were put under arrest. Fivo
or six of tho number are charged with the
lr; 11iv*rr r\t \frtrpionti onH fchfl rftirmindftr AS he
ing accomplices to the murder. Captain
Schmitt says the State expects
to prove that there was a regular organization
formed by the defendants for the purpose
of killing certain partios. He furnished a
correspondent with the following,saying they
were exact copies of the originals furnished
him by one of the witnesses who has turned
State's evidence and claim* to have belonged
to tho organization:
' We, the members of this committee, bind
ourselves to kill all bad men whose names
may be given by anv of our members without
some cause can be given, and then it shall
be left to the majority. We furthermore
pledge ourselves to assist any of our brother
members in all undertakings and regardless
of the case, even to the extent of our lives,
and if any one of the members who give any
of our transactions away by sign or action
we bind ourselves to take his life.
Tho following men were condemned to
death by the board: C. M. Ryan, George
Mills, Dr. Johnson, Judge Doan, Tom Clay,
R C. Spencer, H. S. Hayes, Bob Sanmen,
Hillis Jones, killed: Ray Morrison, killed;
Heck Garrison, killed.
All of the persons whose names appear to
the oath have been arrested except one.
Among the number arrested are the sheriff
of Wilibarger county and seven of his deputies,
' and the editor and proprietor
of tho Vernon Guard
newspaper. The Guard, came out
on Saturday denouncing in strong terms the
Rangers, and accusing them of being the
tool in the hands of the roughest and moot
disreputable class, to crush good citizens and
the civil authorities in their efforts to rid the
country of cow thieves, horse thieves and incendiaries.
W. H Ney, a detective, came to Vernon
about the time of the killing of Morrison.
He joined the citizens' organization
and took- the oath, when be ob
tained all the documents and the names ol
all the parties connected with this so-called
law and order party. The terrible affray all
grew out of cattle stealing, in which there
were two factions, the officers of the county
being at the head of one, and the victims be
ing xne ieuaers ui tuu uiuci.
A MM LYNCHED.
Summary Execution of a Brother
and Sister,
I
The Victims Left Dangling All j
Dav From a Bridsre. I
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Following are details of vtlie lynching of
Elisa Taylor and her brother Thomas Jonea,
in Clay county, Neb., a region remote from*
telegraphic or railroad communication:
The lynching occurred on Sunday morning,
just before daylight, at Spring Ranch,
near Fairfield. Early in January Robert
Roberts, a npighboring homesteadier, was
shot and killed by Mrs. Taylor's sons, who
are now in jail. The woman and Jones were
suspected of inducing tlie boys to commit the
murder, and they were notified to leave the
country, which notification they seemed to
have ignored.
As a result a crowd of probably two hundred
i>eop!e on Sunday morning surrounded
the house of Jones, where there were seven
persons?Mr. Jones, Mrs. Taylor and her
daughter, a bright looking girl of five
veai-s; Nelson C'ely, John Foster, alias
Texas Bill, and auother person named
and a boy whoso name is unknown. As Clark
soon as the mob reached the house they de- !
manded that Mrs. Taylor and Tom J ones should
come out, but instead of complying with the
request the door of the house was barricaded
and ot ner means were taken to prevent a
forcible entrance. Those inside were well
provided witu nrearms, ana jusi wny iney i
were not used by them is a mystery, as they
had been purchased tor just such an occasion.
After parleying for sjme time the men in
the mob who were determined to have them
out threatened to throw a bomb pf dynamite j
into the window. At this juncture Tom
Jones asked Texas Bill if he thought it wou'd
be safe to go out, and was answered that it
would. Thereupon Tom Jones said that he
would come out, and was told by the
mob to crawl out of the window, as he ,
would not be allowed to go out of the door,
and he was also told to leave all firearms be
hind and crawl out with his hand up. This
he did, and upon his appearance was Immediately
covered with revolvers and guns and
was taken to one side and his hands tied with
a piece of rope, which was procured from
some mulo harness belonging to Mrs. Taylor.
Mrs. Taylor was then ordered to come out,
and she camo out of the window the same
way, and had her hands tied also. The men f
then took them into an open spot near the |
house, anil, leaving tnem unaer a guaru, i
drew off a little way and held a consultation, |
which ended in Mrs. Tiylor and Tom I
Jones being taken in one direction and the
other four men who wero in the house in another.
Jones and Mrs. Taylor were hanged
to a bridge. The bodies were left swinging
there until three o'clock Sunday afternoon.
An inquest was held and a verdict of death
at the hands of parties unknown was rendered.
SELECT SIFT1N0S.
Succotash is an Indian name for green i
com and beans boiled together.
The first Italian opera ever performed
in England, was produced January 5th, ,
1G74.
Kosewood is so called because when
sawed or cut, it has a sweet smell like
that of roses.
Fifty-e'ght million dollars is the esti- ;
mated value of the finger rings of this ,
country actually worn.
The word gooseberry is a corruption of
gorscbcrry, a::d is so called because it
has prickles like the shrub called gorse.
The young men of Formosa are trained ,
to dream of valiant deeds by sleeping in
dormitories festooned with the skulls of
their enemies.
Smallpox was not known in Europe till
after the year 040. It is supposed to !
have made its appearance in the world i
about the same time with Mahomet, and i
the first who mentions it is a priest and 1
physician of Alexandria in Egypt, who
lived about the year 22.
It was a common belief, in days gone
by, that during the days the halcyon, or ^
kingfisher, was engaged in hatching her j
eggs, the sea remained so calm that the
sailor might venture upon it without incurring
risk of storm or tempest; hence
this period was called by Pliny and Aristotle
the halcyon days.
Mr. Ualiam observes that, though the
English law never recognizes the use of
torture, yet there were many instances of
its employment in the reigns of Elizabeth
and James; and amoug others, in j
the case of the Gunpowder Plot. He .
further adds, in the latter part of the
reign of Elizabeth the rack seldom stood
idle in the tower.
The chrysanthemum?the national I
11 * T *" Atrnctr voir !
HOWCT Ol lilJKlU ?13 UUMVSIU14 J wm I
by u special imperial chrysanthemum
g-irden party in the palace grounds at !
Akusaka, which has recently been given j
by the mikado. The chrysanthemums |
theic are unequaled throughout the i
world, and some of the plants display j
from ;J75 to 430 fully developed blossoms \
at a time.
There is a chess school in India with j
its salaried professors, and success in the
came is held iu very high regard. Had
Paul Morphy gone to Calcutta in his
travels twenty years ago he would have
met an antagonist well worthy of his '
powers in his Mohesh Gnutuck, who, it I
was said, could play a fabulous number
of games when lying on the ground
with his eyes closed. One complication
of the game called the Indian problem, is
known all over the Occident as one of
the most difficult ever devised. j
IN A TROPICAL REGION.
ODD PACTS ABOUT THS FOX.XTZ
PEOPLE OF VBNEZTJSTiA.
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The Splendor* of a ? oath American
City's Parke?The Remarkable
Career of Cinzman?Blanco.
The Venezuelans are the most courteous
people that can be imagined, asserts
a Caracas letter to the New York Sun.
Impoliteness is unpardonable here. The
clerk, with whom you deal over his counter,
expresses his wish that you may live
long and prosper, and thanks you gratefully
for giving him the pleasure of showing
his goods, whether you purchaae
anything or not. When a gentlfaian
meets a lady, be she his sweetheart or his
grandmother, he always says he "is lying
at her feet," and he would rather b?
shot than be guilty of passing before her.
They are not the semi-barbarians which
some people in the northern continent
ounnneo TUnn Vt o tra nnnnm nliflh m^n fe*
aufjpi/av* JL uwj ua?w
which ought to make the rest of America
ashamed. Usually they are able to speak
three or four languages, have renned
taste in art and music, and, while they
lack ingenuity, and usually do things in - >
the hardest way, they are nevertheless
possessed of the keenest perceptive faculties,
and almost seem to read your
thoughts. It i9 not difficult to make
known your wants, even if you.
cannot understand a word of their language.
They do not allow smoking in
the street cars and public places, as in
Mexico and Havana, and, although it is
the privilege of the manculine gender to
stare at the feminine with all the eyes
they have, the men are never rude, and
beg the pardon of a beggar when they
refuse to give him alms.
They always put the locks upon the
wrong door, and wrong side up. When Ci
they build a house, it seems as if they
studied the most difficult raodo of con- *.
struction. Tbey erect solid walls first,
and then chisel out places for the tim- '%j
bers to rest upon. There are no stoves
/lUi'mnaitfl on/1 l't Afllv
Ui VUAUiUCJOf UUVt VMHiVWHi ? ? ?. 7
fuel. Gas is produced at $4.50 per 1,000
feet from American coal which costs $20
a ton. Thcro is no glass in the windows,
but a grating of iron bars keeps out in- )
truders, and heavy wooden shutters keep
out the air and light. Such blinds as
are common in North Amcrica would be
the most admirable protection in this country:
but no one has ever introduced
them, and the" people will con*
tinue to swelter behind solid shutters
until the end nf time.
The rooms of houses are not plast'ercd,
but the joists are all exposed. The floors
are of tile, and gaudy paper is pasted upon
the walls of cement and stone. In
the court of every house are the most .
beautiful flowers. Tube roses grow in '.1^
great trees, and the oleander is as com- ]/<,
mon as the lilac in New England. The .)
parks look like the botanical gardens of
the North, and in the evening are always ^ ' ;
thronged with gentlemen apa ladies until * 1
a late hour.
The police regulations are very strict. r1
The other day a child was kidnapped by
a man in a hack. Every coach driver in
the city was thrown into prison, and not
a wheel waa turned until the child was
recovered. Drunken men are never seen
in the streets. To become intoxicated
is to invite yourself to work ten or
twenty days in the chain gang; and to
see the way In which prisoners are treated
is an inducement to be temperate.
The president of Venezuela, General
Crespo, is a mulatto of fine stature and
commanding presence. He wears Louis . .
Napoleon mustache and imperial, and is
rather sluggish in his disposition. According
to common understanding he ii
simply the mask of Guzman-Bianco, who is
prevented from being perpetual president
by a constitutional provision which prohibits
the re-election of a chief magistrate
without an intervening term. So, they
say, Guzman serves as Preaident every
other two years in his own name, and
puts up a dummy every alternate term.
Guzman-Bianco was born in the midst ,
of revolution, and lived in revolution
until he obtained the mastery of the
country himself. For some time during
Buchanan's administration he wps secretary
of the Venezuelan legation at Washington,
and has made several visits to ' #
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ine inueu OlllCS. uic jaico** too maw
summer, when on his way to Europe, r'
and there was a scandal in New York,
because a Fifth avenue dentist chargcd
him $10,000 for tinkering the teeth of
his family.
After serving in various military capacities,
Guzman finally, by his ability, . >c^5l
courage, and force of character, became
commander of the army, from which
post, in 1871, he easily stepped into the ^
presidency. His authority was disputed
for several years, but bo kept strengthening
himself until he bccame. and still *
is, as absolute a dictator as exercises "VJ?
power anywhere on the globe. There /
has hot been a law or decree, not even
the slightest official act performed in
Venezuela during the last, ten or twelve
years without his sanction,and, ^whether
he sits in the chair of the president or
enjoys life at his hotel in London or
Paris, he is the acknowledged bead and
ruler of the republic.
The debt of Venezuela amounts to
about $25,000,000 of principal and Accumulated
interest. When Guzman-Bianco
became president the bonds were worthlees.
His first endeavor after securing '
peace was to establish the credit othis .
country. He went to London himself
and secured the funding of the loan at a
lower rate of interest, which has since
been paid promptly in advance every
thirty days. The bonds are now worth
from forty to ofty per cent, of par, and
their security is guaranteed by the fact
that Guzman himself has several millions
of dollars invested in them.
Bolivar is known here as the Liberator,
while Guzman takes the grandiose
title of Pacificator and Regenerator of
the republic?and he has earned it.
From tne time the Spanish viceroy was
driven out. after a struggle of sixteen
years, until 1874, Venezuela knew no
peace, and was rapidly retrograding into
barbarism. Guzman first pacifiea and
then regenerated the peoole. They re- -Sj
quired rigid discipline, ana Guzman was
the man to enforce it; they required to
be driven with a stiff rein, and he had
the strength of character and the ability
to guide tnem.
J?ext he commenced an extensive system
of public improvement, giving idle
men employment and laborers good
wages. He built government offices,
palaces, laid out parks, erected statues,
paved streets, erccted an aqueduct
twenty-seven miles long to bring pure
water from the mountain* to the city,
bridged streams, repaired churched which
bad been hacked and torn in revolutions,
tilled the plazas with beautiful flowers,
and crowned his free school system with
a university, bringing learned men from
Germany to till the chairs.
Finally he established an exposition,
where were exhibited the products of
the country and where its resources were .
illustrated by object lessons. He had the
unknown territory 01 me ic^uum, u*plored,
and then offered a large bounty
to steamship compauies for every immigrant
brought into the country. He gives
free land aud free passages to every
settler, and two dollars per capita for
cacb member of the family for five years
after their arrival.
Guzman does not propose that posterity
shall forget that Venezuela owes a'l
this progress and improvement to him,
and has therefore not oulv erected three
statues in his own honor, but has placed
marble tablets all over the town as thick
as lampposts,announcing that this building
was put up, or this bridge built, or
this place repaired, or this park laid out
by "that illustrious American, Antonio
Guzman-Bianco, the Pacificator and Regenerator
of Venezuela." You can find
one of these in almost everv block.
IHc expresiaeni nvcs iu iuc 11 u VOW
house, hns the most beautiful wife and
the handsomest horses in Venezuela, beside
nine children all under fifteen years
of age.
''Tea as in Takio," served up in the
little Japanese village in London, is, it
seems, neither remarkable in point of
quantity nor quality. It is weak, and
about a thimbleful of the decoction is
served in a sorrof an egg cup cradled 10
a wicker saucer. The teapot ia kept
warm in a box full of live coals, which
glowing brazier is placed on the floor in
the middle of the apartment.
Vv'omen are becoming oramercitj
travelers in England.
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