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> / / > Weekly Ledger. VOL. I, NO. LS. OAFFNKY ( FI V, S. (’., .11 NK 1.“,, LS!U. ^ I ..jO THE PRESIDENT IS UNWELL CLEVER JOE BLACKBURN. BLOODY SALVADORANS. THE SUFFERING GRECIANS. HIS FAMILY PHYSICIAN. IS WITH HIM. Hot Weather Hurries Congress.-South ern Representatives Want to Get Home to Look Af ter Matters. Wanhisuton, .Itiu*' II With tho nd rent of hot weather routes the universal desire for an adjournment of congress. Some ol the aoiit iiern m*‘inl» , r.. partieu Inrly, who voted for the repeal of the Sherman silver purchasin'.; art. tin 1 that their position regarding that measure, is being list'd to their disadvantage at home, anil are anxious to get hark to their districts an l explain the reasons for snppor ing repeal. Stine of fht* hist informed members of the house and senate believe adjourn in out can he reached not later than Aug. 1Y They think the taritf hill will be sent hack to the house by ihe last ot June, and that adjournment can he had by the close of the six Weeks following. Washimiton, June II -At JthJtl o'clock the tariff hilt was taken up in the senate, and .Mr. Sh 'imui made an argument against the proposition to put Wool on the free list. The lioiiao pissed a hill to amend an art coiiatituting tli > rirmit I'o-iris ol ap peal' so as to permit appeals to he taken from their judgment . appointing re reivers without ncronip tuyiiig iujune- tions The lixlian appropriation lull was then taken tip in a ronimittee of the whole. 11. • I. Ha Veil i ever has been before the •ugart trust committee again. He was on the stand about half an hour, an 1 mude only one important statement that was new. most o' his testimony being • repetition of what he had pr* vtonslv •aid. He declined to state amount of mot'e ,- tho American Sugar Itetiniug roinpnnv had r*iutrihute<l to the state and he-*1 cnuipatgii funds, and asserted that ti ts was a matt t over which the committee bad no jurisdiction. ^oino Nominut lotift | it. The president sent to the senate the following nominations: Pendleton King, of North Carolina, to be chief of the bureau o indexes and ar chives in the department ol state. Consuls o f the Cuito I States .Iii'iii H. (iormati. o' Georgia, at Matamoras, M*'*.; John H. Miller, of Ken.ucky, at Port Stanley, Falkland islands. W ASHtM.r*June 14.- It is »ta*ed nt the White House that the presi hcit is 1s t er. Dr calle | earlv and Wsm afterwards Dr .llryant. the presi dent's fatnilv physician, wlm had com** down from New York, came to the White H ouse in comp i iv w.tii Secre tary Laniont. AFTER THE PREACHER. |'r*>l'lltiK Klrter I'lerce s»v» rr.-io-lo-rt >t|i9l SuI ■.•III |*n|M-r.. G:i., Jutrt || llevereil'l Wil- llani Murdoch, pastor of flic Hast Home M •tho list church and mi-siou has heen •ns|s'ii*le<l by Presiding Elder T. H. Pier •«. p nding an investigaf <m of cer. tain charges. The case, brictly stafed. is this; When Mr. Murdoch was suit to this work by the annual conference last De cember. he realized that the field was small and the pay coiiiine suratelv so; he therefore. Iiegan to cast ahout tor Bouiethtng which, while it would not conflict with his ministerial duties, might afford some revenues with which to space out h's slim sal.irv. An opportunity was presented *<arlv In the sprit) • ami he accepted an offer tii assnnia the cnitorship ol The iN'eiiing News, and when the puhlicaMou panv was organi/.) <1 he took charge as •ditor of tlie new paper. I’ri'siding Khler I’.erce notitied him that ho could not continue as editor of lh** Evening N* ws ami he the occupant of the Hast Koine pulpit. He disagreed with the presiding older, hut said he would he willing to leave it to the con ference, as there was no reason whv he ootid not do vote a few hours a day to his newspaper work, so long as his con gregation did n<<t object. The presiding elder disagreed with him, however, ami insisted upon his suspension. The Reverend Mars-les Troutman has heen appointed in ids place and is now regularly in charge of the East R' one mission. lu tho meantime Reverend Mr. Mur- 4orh continual) in charge of the editorial management of the Rome Nows THQ3E TREACHEROUS REDS Thr) Mortor Away Their Malius l*t Kee|i (rum Vn.vliiff Their lie hi*. MltsoKHiF, June 14. Great dissatis faction is developing regarding the con duct of the Cherokee payment in Table- ijuah. At first the payment moved ■moothly off. There was not a sign of fraud or rake off. Collections were good 4bd everybody felt satlatied,but the pay. meot had p.ogreened but a few du}* when a big leak was found, and indig nation tmgau to run high. ft developed that some parties had been buying head rights and getting f iWcrsof attorii' i to draw theaiiiotints. hi'v disi oiinte-l the hi'ad r.glifs from flO to (ill), and would immediat-dv have them isished. It was a gold mitio to tfiii huyi-rs. hut it was hard on the mer chants ami others who ha 1 credited on ihe strength of the payment. I'arties who owed large sums would cell their h*al rights and get away with th* money while the merchants would he anxiously looking for them fo come up ami draw. It is estimated that $|iMU)u<i worth of head lights wen* bought in this way. It the praetiee keeps up hv (he time the payment leaves I ahh-ipiah those all ovei ’he nation who <lo not wish to pa' jlu'ir lebts will have the sale of their head rights arranged, ami disaster fo the merchants will likely follow. I* ' • 1 oh'imin. of I not \ sent Itr. t nrlisle a check for om* him- ilreil ilolhil'S n few ila.i > ago with the reijiiesl that he wolihl put it on the’ college or eamp^ when it would du the iiiohI gtmil He Srarf»» S«*n;itorial AspirantH (Ml with .Njiin •. Washi.*:«ton, June 1» Secretary Carlisle's friends are aeni'ing Senator llhicklmru of working a very clever trick in order to li-dp do i; his camli- ilacy for re-election to tics-natein Senator lilacklmrii has been spreading the report that Secretary <' irlisle would lie a candidate in the senatorial race in Kentucky at the close of Ilie pr- s nt ad- minisfration. S'cretary ( ail sic has declared on several occas ons that he will not rim for the seiiatorslnp His friends sav he has h id very flattering offers from Mr. Cleveland's law part ners in New York, and nit id - to prac tice Ids profession in th it city They say Senator Klackbu-n knows this very well, hut wants to keep .Mr. Carlisle’s name before the p ople of Kentucky, because r th" secret o-y of the treasury go-s into the ra* 1 " * x Gov ernor McCreary and K pri scntative Stom'. who are senatorial possih liMes, would not think of entering the rout 's'. Then* is only one other man wlto > sii]» jsiseil t<> have an amhition to en'- r t u* senate, «'*.Upl"d with tly |io - b illy of doing so, and that is Governor Brown. By thi« move Senator Blaekliurn. it is said, hopes in th** end to narrow the cont st down to himself ml t ie g"V- eruor. MR. OATES’ PROGRAM. Ho ill A«I«I r i ■ m ^ I! Is f rll* \ ( iti/niH »>n fh«' (•iil>«*t‘i!!it«»ri*l I**>g M oNTuoMi HV. Ala., June 11. llon- Orahle \V. *< t.it* ', nomin ••• ot tho Democratic party lor governor, will lo gin an immediate and vigorous cam paign. The follow;ag program lias been prepared by the ollicers cl ill•• stale ex ecutive committee and he will a Idress his fellow citizens as .olio .-, Raleigh,- I’lckeiis i oiiuty, Thii!' -lav, June '.M: Carroli on, l* i;■ ;s cuiiiitv, Fri«lay. .In te t* : Milipirt. I,am ar comi ty Saturday iiii- riio-iii. .Li ■ 1’ayette t 'out lhouse, Fe vitr <•< ii t . Monday, June'.’a; Vernon. Lamai inuiit*'. Tues day, >1 nil*' '.*(•; Hamilton. '1 a o i < -.ii ity, Wednesday, .I mi" G; (*: i\li. S|)nngs, Laudcr lal" county, I’r uav. .Imi" Leighton, Coli'it (omit', ''iindav, .1 tine ;!<•; Ilirtiiing i.un. Jell is u •wuntv, Monday night. July Warrior st i*:oii; JeffiTson ••omifv. I'm I t*. .1 1* J: But ler Springs, Butler com.ty, \\ m s lay, July l. ILLEGAL COURTS. J(»s*i ’t'* I»f ( Oilntl \ Dis . : rt- 'InV4* int<| To\% ii to Do IjiiHin «s. Cll ITT A \< >• •• i \ J'lm* 11 !'u' s*. vera l years there h iv • he ai in ( natt i io->g i a numher o' jiistii'es of fh) p a a who were electe l irolii tlie cmi it i v distni'ts, hut came to tin: oily t > do iriisiu-'-s, CimsiajueiitIv lh" tiu'iilwr of j i i "i s’ offices jn this ntv bis be'n \ ii lug)', ami in order to gain lee- mu a tr.vial and fmadous pro-ccm.oii ha- i.e n the result. ’J'he decision mad" is ci n !• by th<) ■upreim* court holds 1 at j'. leis.-an not do business outsnl' ol i . .lisirict for Avlii)di they are i l ci 't, l ies knocks out nine jns!i<*'s in this <• tv. i im jus tices declare they will not -hut ii|i -nop until compelled to aid citi/.eiis will ig g few davs comm"m'' ijuo warrant*! pn x'oeiliu ;.s ngamsi tii in. |#i«l Niil tin* W.lining. Gin i nn u.u:, .Mis- . Jum 11 \f Hta Bella, on the Georgia l‘.i'ilic railioid, • bout :!<l miles fr mi h "r**. ,1. L II i|*iy •hot and kill** 1 W \Y. Wallo r. Haley is a promim-nt merdi mi ami jdanler. The two had trouble s.,;n,. tim • ago. an 1 ilahy had told \\ dker n \ r to enN-r his store again. Walker walk" 1 into tlie stor*', *li' 'w hi' ]»,s ol and shot Haley in the arm. Ilahy got Ins gnu ami shot Walker in th" ii a i, killing him instantlv, AIDt .i r<»ll »u'« r of Diir/i. Ran Antomu. Tex, June 1 I -Th* extradition trial o lm /, Km/.. o:ie*)f the Garza Pilloweis who is want 'd by the Mexican government for munb r. arson uml rohherv. committed at Sail Ignacio, is progressing slowly before I'mtel (>tat''S Comimssionei' Price '1’iic j»ros :- CUtion has idosed. J’lie def' li* ' liave several witilosses to examine. Several Mexican soldiers have heen attending tho trial as witness -s. Dm* In :» | n^ i v«*r, ClM I NX ATI, .lun*' 1 l It h is .levelop- •)1 here that one of th" thiv Americans under arrest in Hamburg. Gcrimmy, on the charge of couiil< rfeitmg, is Charles t Irich, om'of tin' 1*» st known criminals jfi America, who hai sej d long terms both in the Ohio and N -w J rsev puii- tentinries. Chief Murphy, of th" I’nited fstafes secrel service, suns ii" isihe finest engraver of eounti'rleif *'ii:re;i v ever known in Anieriea. Fori;«*<l llnmU l Ahim.nl, Kan., »Imu* 1 J. * roasun r Pattisou has received notice of forged school bonds of this county b 'ing pre sented at the New !ork fiscal agency. The distri*'t by which they purpfirted to lie issued has no indebtedness, as such bonds are usually paid on presentation at the agency when there is money on hand to pay them. It is believed that systematic counterfeiting ot curitie* is being carried on. rr<>l'*.e<lil|e- \ gillll't .lull;.. I .ill. v. MoNTuo.Miatv, Ala . .In .' M i’d • supremo court will go to 11:1 v He, Ala., to hi'iir the evidence m lie mi pet chmeiit proceeding.' of .In p , r,,J\.y, of .ho Ninth judicial circuit, i n,, c.nri will take up ill • evid"m on lull- TELEGRAPH BREVITIES. After Tuesday next Col .m l W. <’. Oates, candidate for governor of \|,i bama, will make he idipi c r i Moat-' gotnery, an 1 piusonillN. ion .uter his campaign. Mr. ami Mrs. Arnold, wlio ■ liNlo chihl was killed hv a troll'v car in Atlanta last wi.k. have file i nil for f?.\0OU damages against ti Atlanta Ponsoldidated Sireet Hailro 11 <n|isnv. 9. II. King, formerly n l itiz-a ol At lanta, but, for several years, making It’ home In North (.'iirolln i. has t, re*tod In Atlanta, where he was v sill . , upon a warruni sworn out l<) W. A Brown for forgery. • •» • ( 'oliimldim I itivi fsil \, W iisliine- Biti. D. ('.. on M'.i la\ ''onfirmeil the ilegn .' of D. D. oil l in LYv. A. .1 s. I iioiuus, cililor of i In liapl is) ( 'oitricr. ^ The/ Ar« Making: strenniois KfforU to 0*1 II,>1.1 of K*et». La LturitTAi*. June 14. Phe newly organized government is making desper ate efforts to secure the surrender of the refugees alwiarl flu* United States steamer Bennington. After making formal remonstrance against the exten sion of asylum to th** late vice presi dent and his staff. President Gniferrez has made a demand upon .Mr. Pollock, tho American consul here, for the sur render of the men. For Mr* time being he waives entirely the ijurstio'n of right of asylum, and, "h irgin; that these ofH cials of the late gov rnnient have been guilty >t robbery m 1 ,*uil>ez/.l.'iiicut, de mands their surrender under article •.» of the extradition treaty negotiated with the United states in l s 7«i Consul Pollock consulted fins new phase of the case with ''ommander Thomas, of the Bennington, ami then informed the government that he could not meet the demand until instructed to do so i>) the Washington officials. He was served with extradition papers, regularly drawn, and then cabled an account of the affair to Washington. So far he tuts not had a response Mean while the refugee* ar<* being detained on the Bennington, and will not he per mitted to take passage on the coasting steamer ft) a port of safety. The refu gees iii'ist that this move of Gniferrez is nothing mnro than a pretext to obtain their Mirren o r. when he will promptly avenge himself bv punishing them for political reasons. A >onrc«* of \ im«iv ine** Wa sin n<;T'*x, June It Captain Thomas action in affording asylum to the igitiv** officer-*>: the defunct F.zeta government on board his ship, the Ben nington, at La Lib-rf.'id, Silva lor, has very miu'h embarrassed onr govern ment. For th" thirl tinio since news of tho aefion reached here, the mat ter lias been tii*' subject of earnest • ousultatioii lad ween the president and Secretaries Gresham and Ilerliert. The officials relnso to talk nlmuf the mutter for publication, but it L understool that no positive line of action has heen agreed upon. The difficulty lies in the fact that while the government woul*l like to repudiat* < 'aptain ThomiiH' act on as eoufirming a dangerous doc trine it do.-- not car- to face tlie eharge of iimum.'ihity in turning over the refu gees to almost certain death, and the effort now is to find a middle course that will avoid at once Mi*' precedent and 1'ins of lives. II Iv'»■ pi *.r* 'lcii,i In AA'.ialiliietitn. W aniiinuton, Juh‘* 11. Secretary of , Rfat- Grcsliam. who intended to goto < hi-ago to stay away from Washington <'•1 ".nt |o d iv-:. may not he able to leave for a dav or two. Tlie pe uliar compli- cation of aff ms in Salvador, where '.’(i members o tlie l it • gov Tn u.'iit are refuge'on th" Unde I States st-unship Beimiiigioii i' said to be the reason for the delay. AFTER EVILDOERS. Il<>'t,..i Will i:,in Mi*- llcaorl 4*eal< Out To tv ii, Or Try. j Boston, June II. A scare which ii now reaching the point of a stninjiedo has been caused among the keep ta of disreputable houses, gauihlen ami other professional ev.l lo. rs alxiuf the citv by fii*' i ni'.-ide again-t them which haa la'iui started by the Watch and-Ward sociaty and the poliee. ( ’aptain Walker, of I'recincf o. lias is- sueil orders to keepers of all notor.om resoris in Ins district to iiiova out forth, with, and similar orders will h> lasite*! by otlier captains. Resorts in Ashland place, Dover street, Loveriug plae« an 1 otlmr diHreputuhle sections were vai-ate 1. Agent Chase, of the Watch ami-Ward 'oejety. sava that the crusade will he continued until every resort in Boston is close,| t it it is possi ble to do it. W reekers Want New Trial*. Indian Ai’*,i.is. June IL Judge Baker Iwin signed lin: bill ot exceptiona pre sented by tin* attorneys for Francis A. ami IVivival B Coffin, and the appllcm tion lor a writ of supersedeas will hr) made to Judge Harlan, at Chicago, this week. Judge Baker refused to sign the twenty-second exception, and character ized it as mere verbiage, which taken in connection with the instructions ns a whole, was not misleading. The ea§e is being appealed on questions of law solely. Arr|iilll«M| «f » Alur.lrr (Tinrgr. Omaha, June II. Mrs. Kiln Rudiger has been acquitted of murdering •‘Ba ron' Henry Reiser in < f.ualia last fall. At the first trial th" jury disagreed, and thin time was out 4's fiours before re turning a verdict. Mrs. Rudiger ohot Reiser on the public square ami then attempted to kill herself, she claimed that her victim had sedued her by vir tue of mesmeric power, ami that, being completely in hfs power, she determin ed to kill him. Diphtheria Took Fire of Ihe Nine. Hancock, N. Y„ June 14.-Diphthe ria appeared in the family of James Wheeler, nt Fisher's Eddy, nhont eight miles south of thin place, and Healni Officer Allen quarantined the house. In rapid succession five out of the »im* children died within r* d .vs T ... f*, M . ill claim that th • malignancy mi l spre.i 1 of ihe disease was dm* *o the or f**r prohibiting th•• u from going out, but tins the health department deny. Hr.ck I’iiI.I No AID-iillon. < III* Alio, June 11 The month I lug expire * which had been g' von i\ I*. Breckinridge to reply to the charges made hv the I nion league club of tliis city, and no word having been received from him, hfs mum was dropped from th" honor .ry m**iiib<*rdiip roll of the '•lul«. At a meefin; of the director., a .Ti.amm>|U' vote wipi-d his name from the cluhs list of |;| honorary membera. DaVKNi'.nn, la., Jum* 11. William Fri*lley has l)*).'n lodged in jail hereon a charge of mayhem. During a fighf at a hnl) game at th** cross muds in Buffalo town-hip, Fridley hit off the lower lip of William Winfield and claims on iiiii part to have I,cm bitten in tlie (eg ami sculp W Infield's condition is Nip>h ns to »X(.'ita griiv* apprehension, and he U di«- agnred for llt». • • l h*'i'.sf iinalcs of loss by ftoo«l in Oregon iii'e pliiec<l ns lug ns ijilo.issi,- (Kio. half of which is JsuHtuiiicil h) railromU. HORRORS EXPERIENCED BY THE EARTHQUAKE. Relief Contributions Wanted—All of the Foreign Powers Have Al ready Sent Supplies and They Appeal to Us. Wasiiinot*in, June 14. Information received at the state department from our minister at Athens shows that in .V! towns, Jal people were killed. 14*; wounded ami J.'iU't destroyed or injured by tho recent earthquakes in Gre-c.*. The value of the property destroyed is alsmt £1 .ooo.onq. Our minister reports that all th*) Euro pean countries have contributed to the relief ot the stricken districts. Great Britain, France. Kus-ia ami Italy send ing warships with supplies of all sorts, and material' for erecting teuqiorarv buildings, ami that con rihution from the United States will he received grate fully. THE SULTAN'S DEATH. I’illaKliiX ami Alur.lrr lla* Hecotoe Coin- iiHtn In lit* C.Miulrj. London, June 14 —A dispatch from Tangier says there has Wen much tnr hulence among tin Kybelts since they received tlie news of the sultan's death. Murder ami plunder hare la***n com mon. Mountaineers have driven hack a company of troops sent to investigate the murders. . — y I >**u rr-lllni; Over ^Tsualer. P.Ai'is, June 14,—The Paris press unanimously advisn tim gov.-rum ur not to allow English warships or tr disports to iliseinhark 111111 at Taiigiey, Tin* »w SkIIhii. Tandikii, June 14. — Sultia Atslul Aziz has left Rabat for Fez, accomp t- nied by a strong force of troop*. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. Tin* Kalian* l*o|iiill*l* * .inventIon \A'rang- llua Over a 1‘lank In ITo-lr I'latrnrni. Ta*i*i;k a, June 14. -The Pi-ople's party •tute convention used the entire morn ing endeavoring to reaidi the conclusion whether to put ii woman suffrage plank in it's platform or leave it out. when tho minority report of tho resolutions committee was presented. At the op'tiing ot tho day's session it was received with a storm of applause. It favors ii plank advocating the ponding constitutional amendment for woman's suffrage, and is signed hjr eight of the ■J1 members of the platform committee. Dl*f»f-r**.il Tilda, striker* In Stiort Or.ler. Montummkhv. AU.. Jim* 14. Nearly psi negroes, who have been working for paving contractors Jn this city, struck fur (d instead of 7 ) cents per day. Their f ilaees w**re readily filled. The strikers lien assembled near the city ami made threats to come in and by force compel the workers to quit. The police an.I constabulary, however, combined and met th** strikers its they came in a l>oiy to tin* city. The police waruo 1 the ne groes fo disperse m short order, which they did. Nol Mat i.ftrxl m It I* Ilia- Sottlaoiiaxit. ( i.intmn, Ind., June 14. —The miners here lire in an angry mood with the terms of settlement, especially with District President Buukerly and Na tional Pn-aidenr McBride. At a m.n* meeting held here it was resolved not to accept the terms, anil another resolution was presented calling on all otficers con cerned in tin* settlement to resign. SMi-trMckaxt 4'antl Car*. CaRI.invim.k, 111., June 14 —A coal train on the Big Four railroad, at Clyde, near this city, was seized by a moh of 100 striking miners. They force I the engineer to sidetrack cars of coil ami move his engine. Sheriff O'Neill has gone to the scene with a poise. Tilt* IViiitt) IvmmU Miner*. Nfw ( astj.k, June 14. The miners in tho southern part of Lawrence comi ty have lie *n reduced to the vergo of starvation during the strike. They are rejoicing that the strike in this section ia settled and that work will probably be resumed next Monday. Doing to Work In W**t Virginia. Ch.ihi.p.hton, June 14.—It is now pretty generally believed that all the mines in the Kanawha, New River and Loup Creek territory will resume work Monday. Tho roports of trouble at the Eagle mining town are unfounded. Ilvclilnt to SI nr Out. Minonk. IIN.. June II Th" Minonk miners, at a'm< i* , iii; !e I ( her*', d -ci h-d to st iy out u 1' I ih<‘ s low II. rath t than go to w..rk at r** u •*• l rat s. In 4 lilnn. London, June 14. The Kisteru Tide- graph company has receive l a *• »• bin message from Hong Kong, China, saying that the native pop illation is leaving the city by thoiisaudM on (p'count of the plague. It ;s estimuted that 10,(too have already del •nd 1,aOf 1 deaths liiive occurred. > vi-ral F.iiropeans have been nf'a* kei hv Hi pi igm*. and one of them has died. Tii numlicr of deaths is eitiiu it ■ l to he DM per tlay. Ilrlil m trcrrl Mrrllng. Nkva Yohk, June II. The executive Committee *if the Moiithern Railroml and Rteamship association met in secret ••a*h>ii at the Hotel Waldorf at noon. After the transaction of some routine bpeineiM they adjourned for lunch at 1 • dock. In the afternoon the annual meeting of the association was held at the same place. None of the proceed- logs were made public until after tha •seeling was over. ( linrles 4('liasc t lie ohlest sou of f'liptnin find <'. C. t'hase, dieil Sun day liftcrnnoii ai Ihe W imlsor house, in Spurtuuhurg. SEA BASS IN SAN DIEGO BAY. Mug** Kh»iii 4>ii« linn* to Nix lliiiMlr«*<l roniMU. Clii'is Schmi*lt, a longshoreniAn, ("inght three black sea bass recently, Weighing 221, JJ7 and it7(• pounds re- sjxs'tively. After hooking his gam** ho tied tlie eml of tlie line to a powder keg ninl let the hL lish run around in the hay until exhausted, when ho pulled it in and killed it. This land locked hay of San Diego and th*' k**lp lied at tlie harbor mouth is a favorite home for the black sea lmss, or jewfish, as it is commonly called. Catching these fish is excellent spurt. They weigh from 100 to (500 pounds anil 111 apiM-aranee ar*' much like th*- small mouthed black bass of eastern lakes. A buig hand line the size of a window sash cord, a large look of quarter inch iron, baited with a white- fish, an ax and a rowboat are all the tackle needed for this sport. The baited hook is dropped to the bottom in 50 feet or more of wafer. A vigorous hife and the fish almo-t hooks itself. Then the fun begins. Tlie long line plays out with the rapidly of a whale line when the harpoon strikes home. The jewfisli tin s more quickly than the whale. The man in th*' bow of the rowboat begins to take up the slack lin*'. This rou-cs tin' fish. Away he darts again and stops. The slack is pulled in again. The efforts of flic fish liceome less vigorous. The lin*' is made fast in th*' Imw. The helmsman is warned to look out. The lish begins to run away. The line tightens. This time it does not play out. The fish, feeling th*' Weight of the boat, strives luird to get away from it. Faster ami faster goes the boat as the captive fish tows it seaward unlil th*' bow is pulled down almost Ix'iicath th* - waves,and it is sometimes neeussai'y to put out the oars and attempt to re tard the dangerous progress. I iy degrees the fish gets tired coping with such heavy odds and finally allows itself to he drawn alongside the boat. A blow oil the head witli an ax ends th*' fight. —San Diego (('al.) Dispatch. \ I li^Mtorrt* Few animals an: more friendless than the alligator. With claims to neither beauty nor intelligence, he B not hand some enough to win our admiration nor dangerous enough to make us respect him. For hours he basks in the sun, floating on tho surface of the wafer or lying on some muddy hank, apparently lls useless as the log of Woo*l he so much resembles. Every man's hand is raised against him. He i< killed by the tourist in pur*: wantoimess, simply because he affords a mark for the cv*t ready rifle. Hunters slay alligators by thousands for their hides and teeth. Indeed it is for these alone that th*- alligator is prized. I think, however, the alligator plays a part in th*' drama of animal life for whieh he is e-pecially adapted. It is said that on tlie lower Mist issippi river alligators teed on muskrats, and th* recent decrease in the number of al ligators has Is'i'ii followed by a corre sponding increase in the nnmlier of muskrats, which seriously weaken the levees by burrowing in them. If this he true, the alligator is here of direct value to th*' planter ami should there for*' be protected bylaw.—Frank M. Chapman in Our Animal Friends. \ < imiLir knitting >1 iicliinu. A circular knitting machine of ingen ious construction lias been brought to notice by a Philadelphia inventor. At the completion of a stocking the nia- , chin*: is stopped by the pattern chain, to allow a ribbed top to lie run upon tin* needles, tlie driving pulley being moved into gear with the driving shaft, and tho leg is knit. Following this, a lug on the pattern chain starts tin: cam carry ing wheel, who'*: cams control or actu ate the mechanism for changing from circular to hack and forth knitting, for throwing in the thickening thread and for bringing into operation the fashion ing devices, andcoiitrMriwi.se for knit ting the li*'*:l and then the foot, the t**' Is-ing tin'll formed in th*' same manner as the heel, whereupon the machine stops. Tli" meehiuiisms actui "" tlie pattern chain lug to stop the machine are ingeniously hs'keil by a swinging lever which P first engaged and swung aside, whereupon devices adapted to Stopping tho apparatus ar*' engaged and moved by tin lug. Tlie inclines of the •inkers partly draw the thread in form ing th*' atitch, enabling the inclination of th*: stitch cams to ho lessened. — New York Sun. Another l.»mtun A lew ol 1 *. “In Antei'ii'a, ” says a London paper, with that beautiful accuracy and confi dence which characterize London pa pers on things American, “it is not un common for wi ll to do mothers them selves to take perambulators out; eons**- qnently the designs arc far more elabo rate than ours. The baby earring*' built to th*' order of Mr. Astor and sent to the Waldorf hotel in Broadway cost $500 and fairlv scintillated with gold and silver plating and silver gilt fit tings.” And then, warming with its subject, th*' paper airily goes on: ''La dies of New York and Sun Francisco fa vor tli*' little hansom cab, with its sil ver lamp.' and fittings, hut th** wife of h Wall street broker struck out a new line by having a baby carriage made in the shape of a'ivan, the infant to recline on swan’s down cushion' inside the bird, go to Speak. ” Il4»tv liiilmh Iphiu Kill* I When, a few years ago, a showman in i'hiladclphiu desired to* ml the life of a vicious elephant in his company, he did not go about ii m th*- bungling ninniiei adopted in New York to kill Tip. He took a rope, made, as we remember if, especially for tlie puiqKi.se, slipped it around the brute's m-ck and then hitched another elephant to each end of the rope. The free elcphanta were then driven in opposite directions until the rope tight ened about the victim’s throat, ami lie fell forward and expired. It was all over in about half an hour, but then, as the New Yorkers say, Philadelphia is a slow old town. Philadelphia Enquirer. ■ «•» • Last Momlu,) f'oimty IreiiKii rer Epps received $:{,:t(iii..j| penally from the Air-Liiic road, nml there arc sev- j (Till oilier lines yet to liciir from. KILLING IN BIRMINGHAM. THE BEST WITNESS A Koll> f.t'Atlrr Kno«*ke«i an «*i-Mayor Down and KIIDmI III* Aon. Bihmindiiam, Ala., June 14 After knocking down ex-Mayor Jeffries, an aged man, P. (4. Bowman shot and killed young Eugene J( ifries, the two affairs occurring only an hour apart, in the Florence hotel here. About 7 p. in. 1*. G. Bowman, a prom inent figure in politics, was in tho Flor ence hotel bar drinking, when ex-Mayor Thomas Jefferies walked. Bowman made some insulting remark; the lie was passed and Bowman knocked the old iiian down. Friends intercepted and the old man went ids way. It was an hour later when Eugene Jeffries, a son of the ex-mayor, whom, it is said, had heard of the affair, and had expressed his intention of making Bowman apologize, walked into the bar where he was still drinking. No sooner had the hoy opened the door than Bow man pulled a gun and fired, killing Jef fries instantly. Bowman was hurried from tlie scene as quickly as possible, and soon a crowd gathered whose throats were many, and there was a likelihood of his being lynched if a chance had offered. No ICalii In Nln* WVoks. Watku Yam.I V, Miss.. June II, - M itliiu a radius of l() miles, including Wafer \ alley, no rain lias fallen in nine weeks. During May there were two frosts, hut the weather being very dry little damage was done, except to check the growth of vegetation. On the seventh instant there was a slight Iro't. Tho weather has almost heen continu ously cold. The like has never heen known before. The outlook is not at all good. A Alt»ioiiii*-ii| to Hiiiiiin.ru Women. Richmond, June 11. Tlie Richmond Howitzers have adopted a resolution in augurating a movement for flc* erection of a niouuuuuit to tho women of the south. Tin* battery has not had a more enthusiastic meeting in ye ars, and the momheri presnnt promptly suLscribed $45<) to the monument fund. The monu ment is designed to couim *m >ra'e their kiroic devotion fo the best cause. • <■»(*>-.I w Dli K llllni; Hit II iiiIi ih.I. Ian Antonio, Tex., June I l. The t*.I of Mrs. Rho la Harris, charged with being an accessory fo the murder of her husband, Anderson Harris, for which ciinii* Austin Brown was recently banged here, has been postponed until the next term of court. Mrs, Harris’ attorney then made application for a writ of habeas corpus, and it was granted, uml the prisoner released on $2,000 hail. I$4»vvii 4*ii ••|'Lt**||" uro. Baitimohk, June 14. Upon applica tion of the society for the suppression of ▼ice, the police comuiiss'ouers have no tified all newsdealers that the new state law prohibiting the selling or exhibition of papers devoted to the publication or principally made up of criminal news and stories or pictures of crime will he •trictlv enforced. The law covers all ’•flash" literature. I'rlcre of Wetiferu Fiinn I.aihI*. Siocx ( ’ity, lo., June 14. Thu largest deal in farm lands in the history of Western Iowa has just heen I'onsum- muted here. MulhaU Bros, of Rock Rapids purchased of the assignee of the Union Loan and Trust comp'iny J.immi acres of Missouri river bottom laud, situated in fids county, at $(1* cash an acre. Less than L ,,,, y acres are uuim- I proved Klllml by n llu*t-l>n 11, Tami'a, Fla.. June 14. S. C. Griffith, a prominent young business man. was struck on the temple by a baseball, and •oon died from the effects of the blow. His skull w as fractured. Griffith was at the hat when the hall hit him. The pitcher has not been arrested, as it was purely accidental. Waul Mmlucnl Tatiillon, ( H ittanoooa, June 14. Th« taxpay ers ‘d UhattannoogH and Hamilton county are agitating the question of re ducing the tax assessments, both : n the city and county. A number of petitions •re now being circulated ami largely signed. Koraun l(i*ur|enl* on Hi* Hun. London, June 14.—A despatch to The Times from Tien Tslu says that tlie Korean insurgents are reported to he dispersing before the arrival of the im pedal troops. Mr. Ilittur.l Oct* On* of I ttilu*’ Mine*. London, June ™I. Lord Rosebery has presented to Mr. Bayard, the United States ambassador, one of the plates Lada* wore in winning the dei i.v DAILY MARKET REPORTS. I'rniluc*. nml l*rovl«ton«. Nkw ) disk. June |.‘l Dork in iiKNlerMti* ilc mand hihI flriunr: new me", f i.Vzi < «:.i 7:, Middle* nonilhsl; *diori ileio. „ni. (jiilri tint firmer: we»trrn Memo ’5 1 ■ , it\ Mcmn. t*i .Vi/Md 7.Y (qilloii'. .Ini). 7 I.V '* i. trinbnr. 0 7V ( HI* AOO. June 1.1 Cil'Ii qilittatldll' are ronorted followv M«" [mrk ji- IT*...;, I IB 51 Herd, ‘B 77l^(J.«0 Hl.ort rtlr-. Ioom'. tajja*®'**.. Dry "If pUotildrrb boxed. $4 ®44lf$Vs7l.| ''hurl I lenr eld*' bon d $'i 7.( OlKt'ISN ATI J nil*' It I'hc fol hiw'i n ; arc t he (]Untntlons Dork. inu**. fI Vi l.ud (.on-i, lenf. 4;.(>I kelll.' dried. jt., ,, n , ■tionbli'r.', #*i Vi sliorl ril* side-. J..*m; stiorl clejir. ju.-.'.i Naval Store*. Savannah Jnue M sp| r n* ,,f tiiroentlnc Itrinly bebl nt for ri'znlnr': cxiHirter* In aiffcient; fie tor-. deD-i'inlueil in bold r* ral|iis ut unolHtlnn,: r"('i'lpt', 1,11' cie^; #iib:i. 11 ca.k*. 'timlu -tioiig i,Mi ,■ l|.|.l. butlui ns duliig In «11 st(*de>, 'hIi*'. S.iMi bur roll, receipts, A. Il ( nnd II fl (»', I U I' <i. »!-4e; II «1 |. h i*.',; K: 4 £6: M |S 41-: .N. ;e WlndouKlH** 4.A5. Wuturwfiite, 111. 1*1, rt'njiiNiir.)i». June 11 fi,.,i u in ill-,,,. drained, S74*. good strained, U'? 1 . Tm pcntiiii). 'tcail>' al ff*Tar. si. iiuvui Ml'. Urudo Dirpentine. steady; Imnl. *|.ou; eofi U TOl virgin. New York Cotton I III lire*. S'i w VoiiK. June i t. t'uttuj! f'll III I'n o|.enri| l|nli't l| ||ll llli. ACKERMAN BEFORE THE IN VESTIGATING COMMITTEE. A Terror in Name Only—-That Story Ahout Being in a Hurry When the Monterey Was Built Knocked Sky High. ft iuly, August. Bi'ldt'iubcr Oi tuber. . nofeinlKM Wash in* if on, June 11 Lieutenant Ackerman, of Captain .Sampson'*: naval board, gave before the armor plate in vestigating committee important testi- ( tnony regarding the delivery of fraudu lent armor plate and the acceptance by the government of 1 irge quantities of armor known to he inferior in quality. From this testimony, tho committee is forced to tho conclusion that tho coast defenders Terror and Amphitrite are protected l.y armor little better in qual ity than that of tho Monterey. As these vessels are specially designed to protect the great ports on the Atlantic and Pa cific coasts, these new disclosures are regarded as of the utmost importance. Lieutenant Ackerman was the best witness the committee has yet examined — that is to say, he was the frankest. He did not volunteer statements, but when questioned, replied to the full ex tent qf. his knowledge, although even in his evidence a strong inclination to shield the government inspectors at the Carnegie mills was ol served. The offi cers of the ordinance bureau have made u strong point in defeii'e of the accept ance of poor armor of th : necessity for finishing the Monterey, owing to the Chilian war scare, which is said to have been at it’s height while the coast de fender was receiving her heavy armor. This excuse was completely, nullified by the statement of Lieutenant Acker man that several of tho defectiv * plates of the Monterey were put on her two or three months after tlie Chilian affair was settled. In this connection, aLo, it was brought out that the vessel was in the private dry dock or the Scott ship yard in San Francisco, and inferior plates wm* put in place rather than m- coinuioile the company by keeping her in dock long enough to replace them with first rla.'S material. Lieutenant Ackerman's statements re garding the Terror surprises the com* uiittoo greatly. He testified that a num ber of the plates had blow holes in them which were plugged, and that these plates were pet upon flic ship, hut that tho fact was k"pt secret in order that the Carnegie company should not have their suspicious aroused pending the se cret investigation which was then under way. Lieutenant Ackerman addc 1 that the character of some of the plates was decidciily questionable, and that ho would like to examine them again be fore he would he willing to sai that they wore serviceable. Lieutenant Ackerman was on the stand for more than three hours. Ho told the committee a good deal that was entirely now regarding th" niethols of trickery employed to deceive tho in spectors. PRENDERGAST’S TRIAL. The Slayer of 4’arter llarri'on \\ ill Have r JkPftt I util N4*if iii 1*1 r Cun \i«o, June II In the case of Assassin Prendergasl, the agreement was to continue th 1 hearm; until Sep tember when the trial was called. When the continuance agreed on was sub mitted to Judge Payne lie refused to enter the order, saying he knew of no reason why a continuance should b*' granted. Prendergast insisted on making a apeech. “I am the defendant hero, he said, ’ “and 1 want no continuance. I want no delay. The question to he determined is my guilt or innocence, not insanity. Murder is the malicious taking of a hu man life. That crime I have not com mitted.*’ The prisoner was thrust into his chair by bailiffs, and was finally ordered hv the court taken hack to jail. Judge Payne said later that he would not consider the motion for a cnnfimi- ance until after a case now b< fore him is disposed of. An agreement has been reached by the counsel on both sub . and State's Attorney Kern said that tin* hearing of the insanity case will go over until Nov. 12. Ill* \Villit«‘«l No Ivi 4‘)rv C'llIV. Li w in iv* Hen i, Kan.,June it. Will iam Williams, an inmate of the National Soldiers' home, brought habeas corpus proceedings in the United State, court against the governor of lh*' hosp tal lor illegally confining him, ictii'iiig to give him his dfceharge, retaining I* ;.-i ' .,i| money and comp dling liim :*> • i ie. Keeley treatment ami piv lei 'am" umiet'shires, <»: ■ impr .i oie ni. I |»ni being served wit i the notice. Governor Smith immediately gav Williams his freedom ami pension ii.uii"y. .% iiH > rJ<’;tn < iti/4 II >4’iii f.» ^iiit'i’in. IJl.KKW.o, Juno 11. -A. Sjclski, of this city, has a lotb r, dated May 28, from Mr. Jankowski. Russian Poland, staling that Ins brother in-law, a citizen of Buffalo. S. P. Kizoiuinski, who lived 25 years in America, was. Mi" moment he put his foot on Me -o I un dor tin Rus'ian government, nrrestol and sentenced to he traii'porte | to Si beria. I lie Polish peuph* of Buffalo, have reported the m »tt"i to Secretary Gresham. I■ 4*4h 1 HfMf|4iiiH for a Sfiiy* Mlt.vii.i.k, N. J., June II. Governor Worts has lieen uske*l by Pfliiniugtoti Hildreth, the attorney of Bichnnl Pierce, who is scnteiD'od to ho hanged for wife murder at Cape May (.’our'* house on Juno 20, to giant a reprieve of 00 dsys. Ono of tho reasons for asking * reprieve i« that d M"''' j’blis being built ftt Capo Mav courthous uud (it present there Is i o place to hang Pierce. An ODl IVaralilp Out of Service. Puil.adei.phia, Juuo U. — The old warship St.Louis,lying st League island, k gono out of commission, and crew have been trans Uffond. Tho 8t, Louis »vsl reserve batal- TIlC *'()f loll turning theii^ 1 h*' liner gnuU