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TI1K LEDGER: C., DECEMDER, 189,S. SEMTOB MOflltllL CF VERMONT DYING Aged Statesman Has Grip and Cannot Recover. DOCTORS ABANDON HOPE F<mt a Number of Yearn It Han Hem His Habit to Deliver On© Speeeh In the t'pper Hraueii of Congress on Some Live Issue. Washington, Dec. 27.—Senator Mor rill *f Vermont is seriously ill with an *tl»*kof grip complicated with lung and V'axt trouble and his death, it is said, flua afternoon is 1 ut a matter of a short tiaae. The senator is 88 years of ago CONDUCTOR KILLS SOLDIER. Mcmbc i /A & l\ 6KNATOK MOKRILU a ad owing to th • weakness consequent ou his great age, cannot shake off tb« attack of the grip. The grip is compli- ctled with a touch of pueumonia and i**teriy his heart has also become af flicted, so that Dr. Van Kessellaer, his ppysiciuu, this afternoon held out no hepe of his recovery. The senator has bean for some years the patriarch of the senate and has held a warm place in the affections of his associates. He likewise has enjoyed the fullest confidence of his constituents, who, notwithstanding his years, re elected him in 18% for a fifth consecu tive term, which will not expire until Slarch 3. 1!K):5. It has been his annual custom for sev eral years past to make ouo formal ad dress upou some topic of live interest to the senate and this has been listened to with attention by his colleagues, who have regarded these speeches as remark able in view of the age of their author. The last address was delivered a week or more before the Christmas holiday adjournment, the subject being the need of a building for the United States su preme court and other courts. Its de liverance showed few signs of lessened vitall y and at its conclusion the honor was done the seuator of an uuaniiuous passage of the resolution on which he spoke. Senator Morrill was born in Strafford, Vt., April 14, 1810, in early life was a merchant and later an agriculturist. He was elected to the house of represen- tives in the Thity-fourth congress and for the four succeeding terms. Then he was transferred to the senate as a union Republican, taking his seat March 4, 1807. Since that time his service has been continuous and he has the record of the longest unbroken term of service m the history of the senate. i-of « Negro Iteglmmt Shot by >|iiroll street < ur Mull. Macon, Dec. 2.;. —Private Turner of the Sivih Virginia regiment was shot and instantly killed by Conductor Thrower of the Consolidated Street rail way, on a Vmuville car, at Wesleyan udege. The negro got on the car in Vineville and bugaii to curse and abuse the con ductor. The ear was filled with ladies and tue conductor endeavored to make him keep quiet. The negro paid no at tcution to him, however, and continued ! to curse. When the car reached the switch near Wesleyan college a lady attempted to get on the car and the negro pushed against her, nearly knocking her down, whereupon Thrower pulled his pistol j and tired, the bullet striking the negro in the neck, killing him instantly. Thrower came to the police station i and gave himself up. He will no doubt ' be exonerated by tbe coroner's jury. | The negroes are greatly excited and j have been gathering in small groups since the killing was done. About 20 of them have been arrested. Trouble was expected from them | during the night, but so far none has ■ materialized. It was announced that j | tne four negro regiments were coming : into tlio city ami attempt to take the ! city. The provost guards were doubled, ! | but no trouble arose. j SUIT OVER VALUABLE LAND. 1 Atlanta >1 hi Sielis Title In I’roperty Worth Millions. Atlanta, Doc 23.—Suit has been i Tied in the clerk's otlice by the attorneys j ! o Reuben C. Hayden against 3.VJ per- ; ;;ons owning property in land lot 84 of | the Fourteenth district of Fulton county. HaydcU brin-s his suit to re- j | cover one eighteenth inn rt-.-r, which he ' | claims lie owns by virtue of a title Ins mother, Mrs. Harriet E. Hayden, hud to I th© property. FLAGS RAISED OVER HAVANA'S SDILDiNDS DR. HAWTHORNE IS FLAYED. Cuba Proudly Wave. A FLORIDIAN IN BIG LUCK Nashville Preacher Roasted by Mrs. Keltoll of Cartersvllle* Atlanta, Dec. 24.—The hottest quar rel ever known in the south is now on between the llov. J. B. Hawthorne of Old Glory and the Lone Star of the First Baptist church of Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. W. H. Felton of Geor gia, who called for the lynching of 1,000 negroes a week to stop assaults upon women. In his Sunday sermon Dr. Hawthorne took this up m the following manner: “When Mrs. Felton exclaims ‘Hang 1,000 of them !’ she represents ' uusau- ity verging toward the animal rud the fiend. She makes us think of a nisau- thrope to whose soul summer ha;, never come and from which spring has forever faded. She writes like one whose rea son isdethroned by auger and revenge.” As soon as Mrs. Felton read this de nunciation she said: “The statement that I have denounced those who deprecate mob law is a slan der. This viperous tongue which de filed the pulpit iu Nashville knew it to be so when he uttered it.” In further denunciation of Dr. Haw thorne, Mrs. Felton recalls his state ment that “Jay Gould has gone to hell,” iu the following manner: “When I recollect our newspaper col lision over the ecclesiastical venom he inflicted on tlio dead financier from the pulpit and then think of Miss Helen Gould, the noale woman of great deeds and unparalleled generosity, this tender devot (1 daughter, who was shedding filial tears over her father’s corpse at the very nine when Dr. Hawthorne was hurling epithets and grilling his bones in eternal torment, 1 am incliued to think i am honored bv his abuse.” KIEFER AND STAFF LEAVE FOR HAVANA Given Enthusiastic Sendoff at Savannah. READS DIME NOVEL. The petition also asks for the mesne prelim of the property tor each year since title pa-sed from ins ancestor. E.iud lot 84, wnich is the property in volved in the litigation, lies wholly witniu the corporate limits of the city It runs from Luekie street out Broad to Peachtree and West Peachtree to Sinin- si n street, am! extends as far as Mari etta street. It is composed almost en tirely of residences and includes a vast portion of the densely populated pan of the city. There are 202'.. acres. A MASSIVE BISHOP’S CHAIR. Pulpit CONVICT REFUSES PARDON. Thirty Years In Pen Renders Taborn Unwilling to Accept Freedom. Columbus, O., Dec. 27.—After nearly 30 years’ imprisonment in the Ohio pen itentiary John Taborn is so well satis fied with his coadition that he refuses to leave. Following the usual Christ mas custom, Governor Bushnell wished t) pardon a convict. When he asked Warueu Coffin to recommend a deserv ing prisoner, the warden suggested Ta- born’s name, but when the matter was suges:ei to Taborn he very decidedly stated that he would not leave the prison if lie were discharged. Taborn is a negro, born at Raleigh, N. C., nearly 00 years ago. The under ground railway brought him to Ohio in the days of slavery, and he became a member of a large negro community in the Cotton Slashes of Union county. In the civil war he served as a union soldier. In 1800 he killed Dick Grevis, also a negro, as the result of a quarrel over the possession of a jewsharp. After a fist fight, in w hich Taborn was worsted, bo left, and returning with his musket marched up the road in military style, giving commands to himself. Grevis was still sitting where the quarrel had begun. Handsomest Single Piece of Furiiit nre in Georgia. Savannah, Dec. 23.—There has been placed in position in Christ Episcopal j church probably tire handsomest single piece of pulpit furniture in any church in Georgia. It Ls a bishop’s chair, and was given to the church by the Bishop | Beckwith society of Christ church. The chair is a massive one and cost $700. it is of the finest Italian walnut and is hand carved. Mr. W. G. Preston, the j famous Boston architect, designed it. j and the carving was done by the best artists in America. There is to be a ! tablet placed over the chair bearing the j name and the date of the birth of Bishop ! Beckwith, the second bishopof Georgia, j The chair can only be occupied bv a ! bishop, and will be used by Bishop Nel i son upon his official visits to Saxauuah ' and Christ’s church. Jacksonville** Fortner Treasurer Pro vides a Supply of Stars and Stripes and on tlie Issuance of an Official Order Heaps Klcli Harvests. Havana, Doc. 27.—The citizens of ! Havana read in the morning papers an order from Captain General Castellanos ( permitting the display of Cuban and American (lags inside the lines of tho | Spanish jurisdiction and early this morning tho stars and stripes and the lone star of Cuba iloated over many buildings in the heart of the city and in I streets where tho Spanish soldiers still ! keep guard. Tho only buildings excepted in the or der are tho governmentoffices. Havana, therefore, is now bright with color and firecrackers are being exploded in the streets and on the plazas Fear of tho Spaniards di>appeared with the appear ance of this order, for out came thou sands of flags secretly made by the women of tho households or clan destinely purchased from adventurous peddlers. Robert A. Scott, formerly city tr«a:s* urer of Jacksonville, Fla., succeeded in getting a small cargo of flags into Ha vana some weeks ago and flags orig inally costing about 4 cents have been selling for about $1 each. The order of Captaion General Cas tellanos was issued after a conference with General Ludlow and it was fol lowed tonight by an order closing tho cafes at 10 p. m. General Ludlow rode around the city late last night watching the temper of tho people in the streets. Fourteen persons were wounded by people who fired different kinds of weapons iu the streets. AIDED DEAD MAN’S WIDOW. Cattle Dealers Fj‘ft Funds at the Home They Wrecked. Chaduon, Neb., Dec. 27.—As asequel i to the court scene at Hot Springs, S. D., | last week, in which 32 cattlemen were acquitted of killing John Ekman, a sheep h irder in Fall River county, S. D., last August, a cavalcade compostd of the exonerated cattlemen rode up to the little cabin occupied by the destitute family of tho dead man. The leader knocked at tho door and Mas. Ekmau responded. Her face grow pale and she trembled. J “Mrs. Ekman,” said tho leader, “we have come to make you a little Christ mas present. Wo shot your husband, but it was in self defense. Wo know you are withoqt funds. We would gladly restore your husbaud, but that is impossible, so we do the next best thing —give you the means to support your self and children. If you need more call ou us,” and he handed her a bag containing $1,000 in gold. The plainsmen raised their hats, then mounted their horses and rode away. ii I* lyitiHMcr !• in ■‘frill I'd Negroes Who Tried (o Hob Him. Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 28.—Tho Atlan tic, Valdosta and Western railroad has a camp near Haylow. in Clinch county, about 30 miles from here. This was payday. The chief engineer, Mr. C. R. __ Garrard, had come into town to got the I money to pay off tho hands. He secured HE SAILS ON THE PANAMA 1 about $1,000. He rode out of town on hor.-ehack and his direction was toward the Okefenokee swamp, although ho was As Transport Moves Down the River ! some distance from it. He was not Bunds I’lay “Dixie,” “Hod De With aware that anybody was near, when NEGROES LEAVING PHENIX. Blacks Flee From fin* Scene of Recent Biots by Hundreds. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 24.—It is diffi cult as yet to say what will bo the ex tent of the emigration of tho negroes from Greenwood county, the scene of the recent race troubles. So far three carloads, aggregating more than 100 persons, have departed for their new homes in the lower portion of Missis sippi. It is said that the negroes iu several sections of the county, Phenix being one, are not making any new con tracts for the coining year, and many more of them are expected to follow those who have already gone to Missis sippi. Tried to Save Man He Shot. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 23—While his train was in the siding waiting for another train to pass Anderson Newell, brakesman on a northbound freight on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, attempted to rob the house of Dr. Turner, a prominent physician of Hart- seile, Ala. The doctor heard the in truder as be raised the window. A trusted shotgun was fired at the would- be burglar, a big load of shot taking effect in his face. The doctor gave the brakemau all the assistance possible, but be died a few hours later. liuvndbiries May Be Lynched. Charleston, Dec. 23.—The entire property of Mr. Lanhuni, in the Repub lican church section of Edgefield county, has just been destroyed by tire. This is mar the seine and in tho immediate vi- ciiuty of the assassination of Mr. At kinson's wife and the lynching of three i negroes charged with tho crime. Mr. Lauhani argued with the lynchers and I did all he could to save tho negroes. It i is almost certain that ihe fire was of in- j cendiary origin. If tho guilty parties j are caught a lynching will follow. I’ossi* ©m-*iM'bI iig For a Xc^ro. Albany, Ga., Dec. 23. — A large posse i composed of citizens of three counties, I Lee, Worth and Dougherty, are on close ! track of tho negro who outraged tho i home of Mr. J. S. Meroiiey, near Phil- “Right about face; forward, march! ! emu. on Sunday night. 1 rained hounds Halt! Carry arms, ready, aim, lire!” said Taborn, and suiting the action to the word he fired upon Grevis, blowing his bead completely off. Both Men Shot to Kill. Rock Springs, Ala , Dec. 27.—At Alexandria, 5 miles from here, John Mitchell and Joe McClelland quarreled over a game of cards. Both drew guns and fired. McClelland’s shot struck Mitchell in the forehead, tearing off the top skull aud killing him instantly. Mitchell’s ball struck McClelland di rectly over the heart, but flattened it self against a pocketkuife in Mitchell’s pocket, thereby saving his life. Hall Going to Porto Itico. Atlanta, Dec. 27.—Lieutenant Col onel William P. Hall, who has for sev- eral years been adjutant general of the department of the gulf, has teen as signed to a similar position in the de partment of Porto Rico. Colonel Hall, who will be succeeded by Captain Allen of the volunteer organization, leaves for {■•aii Juan Thursday. Captain Allen is now on the way from Washington to Atlanta. Wrecked by an Explosion. Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 27.—The North Cornwall Iron furnace at Cornwall, ope rated by the tackawaua Iron and Steel company of Scranton, was badly wracked yesterday by an explosion. Several men had narrow escapes. The damage v» estimated at $2V,U)U. are aiding the posse in their work. The whole country tor miles around the -ceue of the crime is intensely excited, and the horrible affair, think indignant white citizens, must be avenged. The negro has been identified as Bill Holt, who lives near Warwick. Mayor Walsh on Siek L o nvi*. Augusta. Ga., Dec. 23.—These was a meeting of council lu#t night, called r.n account of the illness of Mayor Walsh, ! to grant him leave of absence and elect an acting mayor in his jkuco. A reso I lution granting Mayor Walsh leave of absence for such time as his physician j should think advisable was unanimously I adopted. Iu compliance with a sugges i tion trnm Mayor Walsh, Councilman Jacob Pbinizy was elected acting mayor. Negro Counterfeiter Arrested, j ChahloTTF, N. C., Dec, 23.—Will Nelson, a negro counterfeiter, who has passed a good deal of spurious money, has been caught and is in jail here. He ! used genuine dollar bills, cutting cut the figures from advertising money and raising the bills to $H» and $20 denomi nations. This was so artfully dune that j the money was easily passed. First Skip to Leave Decatur. DkcaTUR, Ala., Dec. 23.—The steamer Luke Pryor has left here, having in tow 3,000 bales of compressed cotton, taking through to Cineinnati to go to Massa chusetts buyers This is the first trip by water over attempted here. TARHEEL SOLDIER DROWNS. Private A. Wolf Falls Into the Vento Springs at Havana. Havana, Dec. 27.—A. Wolf of Com- pany F, First North Carolina, fell into Vento springs and was drowned while doing guard du*y. A. C. Larson, Company C, Fourth Virginia volunteers, was wounded fa tally by a fellow soldier. Unless stopped by the Americans, tho Spaniards mean to sell Dec. 30 the fur niture aud contents of the Alfonso XIII hospital, including 1,400 beds and cots used by the Spanish patients. Contagious diseases are treated there and the sale would spread infeotiou all over Havaua. Civil Governor De Castro announces that he will remain in office at General Ludlow’s request some time alter the transfer of tho government to tho Americans. Tillman to Wield His Fork. j Columbia, S. C., Dec. 27.—A special from Washington says: Senator Till man of South Caroliua is about due to make one of his characteristic speeches, i It has been many days since the Pal- j metto senator iias l*een heard on public questions. His last noted speech was against tho annexation of Hawaii, but since then he has been unusually silent. He appears to have grown a bit conser vative during the past year and has not exhibited that fiery aggressiveness which was so characteristic during tho early days of his senatorial career. Tho senator will have something to say, however, on the peace treaty wheu it comes up for consideration. A Savannah Paper Falls. I Savannah, Dec. 27.—The Savannah i Journal, started last October as an af ternoon paper, has suspended. Charles William Edwards of Wilmington, Del, was publisher. laborers’ liens were takeu out Saturday by the printers aud i pressmen and the paper was unable to j continue. Edwards has left the city. Hx-G- verii’r Cochran Dead. Wilmington, Dec. 27.—John P. Coch ran, ex governor of Delaware, died to- l day at his home in Middletown, aged !)0 j years. He was elected governor in No i vember, 1874, on the Democratic ticket. At the expiration of his term he retired j to private life. Civil War Seems Inevitable. Lima, Peru, Dec. 27.—Advices from Bolivia say that the aspect of affairs there is serious. Young men belonging to tho best society are joining either side, the banks have lost nearly all their clerks aud civil war is inevitable. Negro Lynched by u Mob. Harmony Gitovr., Ga., Dec. 27.—A mob of unknown persons lynched Jeff Bolden, a negro, near hero. Tho vic tim was accused of attempted murder aud at sun. ihe cause of the exodus seems to be threefold. In the fiist place, realizing that the field would be a good one, an emigration agent went there some time | ago. In the second place, tbe year has been a hard one, making the renter class despondent, aud then the negroes, though the whites have not bothered them, seem to be uneasy as to the fu ture. This uneasiness has been much increased by the imagination of the ig norant blacks. STEAMER MAYPORT LOST. Catches Kir© While Tied to Her Dock and Drifts Away. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 24.—Infor- j mation received from Fort George at a } late hour last night was to tho effect that the steamer May {tort was drifting outside, being nothing but a mass of flames. She caught fire while tied to her dock at Mayport, shortly after i> o’clock, aud tho flames had gained so I great a head before it was diicovered ! that it was impossible to save her. She was cut loose irom her moorings and allowed to drift out into the river. \ A strong tide, running out caught her | and carried her toward tho ocean, a mass of flames. She is a total loss. The Mayport was built only a few ! weeks ago at New Berlin by D. II. Tut tle, to ply between (his city and May- port as a mail and passenger steamer. Yon Till We Meet Again” and “Star ! Spangled Banner.” Savannah, Dec. 27.—Major General J. Warren Kiefer and the headquarter officers of the First division of the Seventh army corps departed at 11 o’clock this morning on the United States transport Panama for Havana, where General Kiefer will establish headquarters. The trip down the river aud past tho wharves of this port was a splendid one. The day was beautiful and clear aud hundreds of people lined the docks to get a last look at General Kiefer, who has proven himself a popu lar commander since he has bein lo cated here. There was a large crowd at the dock to see tho general go aboard the Panama and as he stepped from tho carriage which bore him to the wharf there was a cheer. Ha went at once ou board the ship and the lines were soon cast off. The Ninth Illinois baud was ou the dock and rendered several selections while the Panama was getting ready to depart. The transport was moored along side tho larger transport Chillier and tho latter vessel was filled with enthusi astic savabens, boih ladies and gentle men, ami •.lu mbers of tn * Saventh corps, who helped to honor General Keiter with an appropriate farewell The baud caught its inspiration from the cheers of the crowd and the waving of handkerchiefs. As the steamer’s Hues were thrown off the band plaved “God Be With You Till We Meet 1 Again” and a moment later rendered “Dixie.” This was followed with “The i Ster Spangled Banner.” “Dixie” and “The Star Spangled Banner” divided the musical honors, the cheering being i very long and loud for each. General Kiefer went down tho river on the deck of the Panama. Thetrans- | port was iu tow of the tug Dauntless, i which has been such a souree of annoy ance to tho Spanish government since the late trouble over the possession the island of Cuba began. suddenly eight negroes rushed out of a thick clump of bushes and each levelled a pistol at’ him. They demanded his money mid showed that they intended to kill him if necessary. As. Mr. Garrard gazed into the muz zle of a deadly pistol he felt that he was iu a dangerous place. He replied: “Well, boys, you have tho drop on me; I suppose there is no use in my re sisting your demands,” and felt in his pocket as if to draw out a package. In stead of the money he brought forth his pistol and it came out belching lead. The ringleader fell at tho first shot aud the next knocked out another. Two more shots were fired by Mr. Garrard as Ids horse dashed away. Mr. Garrard was shot at several times by the ne groes, but they were frustrated. HAS GEN. MACEO’ HORSE. Army of HEAVY Mux*. DAMAGES IMPOSED. ILiutinir Fined l.o.OOO Francs For Shooting an Editor. Payus, Dec. 27.—Mine. Paulmir has been acquitted of tho criminal charge of having wounded M. Oliver, secretario de redaction of I^i Lanterne, but con demned to pay lo.OOO francs damages ou tho civil charge of tho material in jury sustaiued by M. Oliver. Mine. Paulmir touched tho audience deeply by her impassioned references to her daughter, for whose sake she had taken the law into her hands when tho abominable article appeared in La Lan terne reflecting ou her honor. As for the author, Henri Turot, he took all responsibility for the conso- qucnces of his defamatory article upou himself, and said he was going to try to forget his remorse by moans of a long exploring voyage. Mai ties Jeauueny, for Oliver; Lom bard. a vocal general, for the govern ment, and Dunet for Mme. Paulmir, presented their cases iu a Captain Purdy of tho ( uban Arrives In Savannah. Savannah, Dec. 2(5.—Captain TIovey Purdy of the Cuban army, who served with the late General (Jalixto Garcia, is hero on his way to Marianao from Washington, presumably with dis patches from tho junta. Ho says the insurgent soldiers are expecting that the United States government will make some provisi j:i for paying them their wages. loading citizens, no says, will en deavor to influence this gov rnment to advance tho mom y ne e- ry and charge the amount again t the Co m rev Tines and other assets of the i land. The en listed men would ini saiisfied to receive $50 to §100 each, and the officers from $.700 to $1,000. Captain Purdy has served three years with >ut pay. He has with him here tho horse, Camaguey, which was ridden by Gen eral Maceo for nearly two years and at the time he was killed by tho Spaniards. PACKING HOUSE IS BURNED. Many Thousand Pounds of Food De stroyed ut Biriniugliuin. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 20.—Fire has destroyed tho plant of the Tennessee Packing company, just outside of tho city limits. The watchman discovered the flames in the forepart of the build ing and he sent in an alarm to the fire department, but no response was made, as the fire was outside of the city and there is no water near at hand. Considerable live stock was saved, but many thousand pounds of beef, hams, hog shoulders and sides, besides pickled uieats, were burned. The entire plant is a total loss. Ike Adler was mortgagee and operated the plant. He estimates the loss at $40,000, with $10,000 insurance. Tho origin of the fire cannot lie established. The meat has been burning all day. It has not yet been decided whoter the plant will be rebuilt or not. MORE FACTORIES SUSPEND. Three Thousand Added to List of Un employed at Augusta. Augusta, Ga., Dee. 26.—The Augusta measured and Enterprise cotton factories of this way, all equally reproving M. Turot as I well as Mme. Paulmir, but at the same time fiuding a sort of morale excuse for . . ; tho latter. The question really was on© Her trial trip was made only lust week, | w hat amount of damages ought to bo ‘It. 1 and she proved to be a very fust boi Just how the fire originated is not j known, as those who were ou board of j her were asleep at the time. Barry Mveat Found Guilty. Savannah, Dec. 24.—After a trial lasting three days, the jury iu the ease of Harry Swear, charged with the mur- der of Patrick O’Neal, brought in a ver- i diet of guilty and Judge Falligant sen tenced him to be hanged on Feb. 10. His counsel gave notice of a motion for j a new trial. Sweat, who had become i enamored of O’Neal’s wife, had a quar rel with the latter upon his return from i the army, and the difficulty finally ended in a personal encounter in which Sweat dealt O’Neal his death cut in the i back. Sweat’s plea was self defense. I Kecciitrie Preacher Dead. Opelika, Ala., Dec. 24 —Rev. Dennis- ' ten died at bis home near here, aged 111 years. He preached hero and in Talbot- ton. Ga., and always walked on his cir- , enir. He was a man of much learning, but very eccentric, lie left an estate of $25,000. He had no children, but a wife , survives him. Rev. Duunistou was born iu Ireland and held degrees iu two Eng lish universities. Owned and Kun by Negroes. Raleigh, Dec. 24. —At noon today tho Coleman cotton mill, at Concord, started up. It is the only mill in the United States owned and operated by negroes. Many leading negroes were present. The mill is well equipped and has $80,- 000 capital, nearly all paid iu. Sixth Ohio Leaves Knoxville. Knoxville, Dec. 24.—The Sixth Ohio broke camp this morning and left this afternoon for Charleston, S. C., where transports will be taken for Cienfuegos, Cuba. The regiment has been here four months and has made a splendid im pression here. Olinde Itodriqiii /. Discharged. Charleston, Dec. 24. —In the United States district court here, Judge Braw- ley handed down a decision discharging tho Olinde Rodriguez, the French steam ship made a prize of tho war by tho cruiser New Orleans on July 17. Ptomaine In Buttermilk. Atlanta, Dec. 24.—Robert Fraser, a 10-ycar-old white hoy, is dead and his brother Frank dyiugas a result of drink ing buttermilk coutaitiiug ptomaine. imposed, as iu France tbe woman is sure of acquittal undor such circum stances as these. PACK TRAIN SEEMS LOST. Mysterious Case Develops at the City of Savannah. Savannah. Dec. 27.—There is a pack train in Savannah, consisting of 40 men and (55 horses, with other paraphernalia, in charge of a chief packer, which ap- IKars to have been lost track of ou the government rolls. These men and horses wero sent hero from Huntsville about five weeks ago and were to have gone to Nuevitas on the transputt Chester, with the Fit- teenth infantry. They are here yet, however, and after having made dili gent inquiry as to what is to be doun with them, they havo been unable to ascertain. Depot Quartermaster Bellinger says he knows nothing about what roll they belong on. He lias seen to it that they wore provided with forage and rations, but has been unable to get any pay for them so far, and the men havo not hud u cent of money mijco they have been here. The case is a very mysterious one, as it appears that the rolls upon which the nitii of this pack tram are carried have either been misplaced or lost. The men are very much worried about their pay, and as to what is going to be done with them. “Cuban Navy” Fails to Sail. New York, Dec. 27.—The ferryboat J. II. Brinkerhoff, the “Cuban navy,” did not sail for Cuba on Saturday as was expected, but is still tied up at Stapleton. Considerable difficulty is being experienced in shipping a crew to take the vessel to Cuba, as her ability to withstand rough weather in the open sea is questioned. It is alleged that the city have closed down indefinitely, add ing about 3,000_to the unemployed of the city. Five weeks ago the Sonthern Manu facturers’ association reduced tho wages of mill operatives. Those of the King and Sibley mills in this city and the Langley and Bath in South Carolina re fused to accept the cut. Tho employes of the Augusta and Enterprise returned to work at tho reduced scale. Because of an agreement entered into by the southern manufacturers the first named mills wero compelled to close down in order to force the striking operatives in the mills to return to work. Bondi‘<l Warehouse In Mobile. Mobile, Dec. 26.—Through the efforts of the Commercial club of tnis city, aided by General J. W. Burke, collector of the port, a bonded warehouse will be established m this city within the next 30 days by W. C. Taylor. It will be lo cated iu tho property of the Mobile aud Ohio railroad at the corner of Commerce and Government streets. The Mobile and Ohio railroad has also been bonded for transportation of appraised goods to and from tho port of Mobile, and to any other port in which is situated a cus tomhouse. Notorious Criminal Killed. Charlotte, N. C , Doc. ‘2(5.—Chief of Police Urr shot and killed Milas Dig gers, a notorious negro criminal. For more than a year there have been war rants for Diggers’ arrest. He was lo cated iu a house 2 miles from here and the chief of police went to personally ! superintend thecapture. Diggers jumped 1 through a window and ran. As he was about to make good his escape, Orr tired at him, the ball going clear through his body. He died in a few minutes. Fatal Grist Mill Explosion. Eastover, S. C., Dec. ‘20.—A fatal ' accident occurred here just as Mr. Hugo Krause started off his grist mill. The Brinkerhoff returned tho first time, not mill explode 1 and killed two negro boys ~ * ~' ;u i - l -~ —- an d painfully wounded Mr. F. W. Har- bort, ami slightly wounded several oth ers near by. A jury of inquest wasem- pancled and rendered a verdict that the explosion was caused by detective con struction of the mill on account of the fire which broke out on board, but owing to the fact that the crew became mutinous and refused to continue the voyage. Baptist Institute Destroyed. Danville, Ala., Dec. 27.—The Bap tist institute at this place has been de stroyed by tire. Tho fire started from a defective flue and in a short while the building was m a mass cf flames. The entire structure was burned. The build ing cost $5,UoO and there was no insur ance. Tho Baptist church adjoining caught fire, but wax extinguished before being destroyed. Grief Kills Senior Kosser. Bridgeport, Ala., Dec. 20 —Walter Rosser, Sr., father of tbe Tennessee sol dier who was recently acquitted for killing Henry Hilderbrand, at S4u Fran- cisco, died at his home iu Steven^K He had arrived with his bq] Ala. day before his death, which is said to have been caused by grief uud exposure. J