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W?SMTON GOSSIP. Happe? ?roi Cay to Day ii tte Usinai Capital Appointments in the Tarious Depart? ments- Proeee?ings of the Senate. THE SENATE. The presentation of petitions at the present extraordinary session was stopped at Monday's session at the suggestion of Mr. Gorman, and those petitions that may be received hereafter are to be Sled with the secretary of the senate to be presented at the next regular session. The question as to the admisssion of the three men appointed as senators from the states of Montana, Wyoming ahd Wash? ington, was submitted in the shape of ma? jority reports from the common privileges and elections iu favor of their right to seats. Mr. Chandler offered two resolu? tions, which went over till Tuesday, one calling on the secretary of the treasury for copies .of orders, regulations, manifests and certificates prepared and issued in execution of the immigration act of March 3, 1893, and the other i as cting the committee on immigration, to inquire into the con? dition and character of alien emigrants and into the working of the new immi? gration law with power to sit during recess and send for persons and papers. The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Call in relation to the commission authorised by the last legislative appropriation bil) to examine into the civil service of the executive branches of the government was called up, and after some discussion, was without action. The senate then proceeded to executive session business and soon adjourned. At Tuesday's session of the senate, Mr. Yance, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, in behalf of the majority of the committee, submit? ted a report on the case of the Hon. Lee Mantle, finding that he is not entitled to fais seat as senator from Montant?. The report was signed by Messrs. Vance. Gray, Palmer and Mitchell. As ia the c?seo f the majority report, presented Monday by Senator Hoar, the minority report deals directly only with the claims of Mr. Mantle, but both are in? tended to cover as well the cases of all three of the appointed senators-Man? tle, Beckwith and Allen. The ques? tion presented, according to the mi? nority report, is, could the co vernor of asiate appoint a senator at the beginning of a new term, the legislature being in session and refusing or failing to elect ? The report quotes the constitutional pro? vision and act of 2866, relative to the election and appointment of senators, and then contends that the original terms of senators must begin by being chosen by the legislature. Resolutions to proceed to the election of secretary, sergeant at-arms and chaplain of the sen? ate, who are not to take office until the 30th of June next, and nominations for those offices respectfully William R. Coxe, of North Carolina; Rich? ard J. Bright, of Indiana, and Rev. Dr. William H. Milburn were offered by Mr. Gorman and laid over until Wednesday. Notice was ?iven by Mr. Hoar that he would call up Wednesday the report of the committee on privileges and elections as to the three senators appointed by the governors. Mr. Hoar also offered resolutions, which went over, instructing the committee on privileges and elections to investigate the ! allegations of criminal embezzlement made against Senator Roach, of- North Dakota, and to report what is the duty of the senate in relation thereto. After a short executive session the senate ad? journed. The senate galleries were crowded Wednesday morning, the spectators be? ing attracted probably by the expecta? tion of a discussion on the pending reso? lution for the election of officers, for the admission of the senators under appoint? ment by governors, or for the investiga? tion of the charges against Mr. Roach, of North Dakota. There was, however, less than the usual number of senators in attendance. Mr. Hoar called up, as a question of privilege, the resolution re? ported by him from the committee on privileges and elections, declaring that Lee Mantle is entitled to be admitted to his seat as senator from the state of Montana. The resolution was taken up and the senate entered into what prom? ises to be a protracted debate. Mr. Pugh delivered a constitutional argument in support of the position taken by the committee. The discussion that follow? ed was participated in by senators on both sides of the chamber, most of them indicating concurrence with the views of i the minority of the committee, adverse to the admission of the three senators. The question went over till Thursday. Thursday's session cf the senate was devoted almost wholly to the debate on the question of the admission of the sena? tors appointed by the governors of the states of Montana, Wyoming and Wash? ington, after the legislatures of those states had adjourned without making regular elections. Mr. Mitchell, repub? lican, of Oregon, and member of the committee on privileges and elections, spoke for nearly three hours ia opposi- I tion to the majority report of the com? mittees, which favors admissions in de? fense of the minority report, which de? nies the right of state governors to ap? point senators under such circumstances. At the conclusion of Mr. Mitchell's speech, thc matter went ever, Mr. Tur pie having the fbor when the sucject next comes up. After an executive ses? sion the senate adjourned until Monday. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell. Thursday, appointed 1S8 fourth-class postmasters and of this num? ber eighty-five were to fi'.l vacancies caused by removals. The president sent the following nom? inations to the senate Tuesday: George D. Dillard, of Mississippi, to be consul general of the United States at Guay? aquil ; Ezra W. Miller, of South Dakota, to be attorney of the United States for j the district of South Dakota. A lett?r from Secretary Morton has j l;een addressed to every bureau in the department of agriculture, asking whether | toy reduction could b? ruade in the num- j ber of his employee* without im pa rment of the public service, it being desirable, j In the interest of economy, to lessen the j expenses of the department. The following fourth-c'ass postmasters j were appointed for Georgia Tuesday: j Adairsvilie, Bartow county, George ii. : Elrod; Buckhead, Morgan county, Dr. ? Ellis H. Ad-.ms; Fairmount, Gordon ! county, William Ii. C. Lloyd; Heard mont, Elbert county, William H. Mat- j tox; Sharp Top, Cherokee county, j Charles C. Wor?ey. The enforcement of the Chinese exclu? sion act causes the treasury officia's much 1 trouble, as the Celestial proves himself to be a very slippery person. He is now engaged in turning himself iuto a mer chant from a laborer. To such an exttnt ts this the case that Assistant Secretary Spaulding has written a letter to collec- j tors on the Pacific coast to stop the ; fraud. The senate was in executive session Monday morning for upwards of an Lour, and the greaier part of that time was , consumed in a discussion relative to the ; injunction of secrecy on the treaty with Russia that was recently ratifie ! by the j senate. The injunction was cot, how- ; ever, released although the majorily of the senate is in favor ci it, and the pro- j position also meets with the approval of the state deportment. The Senate Thursday confirmed the I following nominations: Thomas F. Bay? ard, ambassador to Gerat Brittan; Wil? liam T. Gary, of Georgia, attorney of the United States Southern district of Georgia; Joe S. James, Northern dis? trict of Georgia; George J. Dennis, of California, attorney of the United States Southern district of California. Thomas J. AliisoD, of Notth Carolina, marshal of the United States Weste: n district of North Carolina; Frank L. Everett, of Georgia, Marshal of the United StateB Southern district of Georgia; William H. McCabe, postmaster at Coshocton. Ohio. Our Treat? Willi Russia Criticised. No treaty ha3 come before the senate in late year3 that has secured mere public attention than that which was re? cently concluded between the govern? ment of the C7.ar and the United States. It has been severely criticised by its op? ponents and said to be the first stroke against the liberty of those who flee to America to escape political persecution. In the past two jr three executive ses? sions of the senate, there has been quite a debate over the proposition to release the injunction of secrecy and permit the people to know exactly what it contain*. A resolution was introduced recently to remove this injunction of secrecy, but it waa referred to the committee on foreign relations, and that committee has not yet reported. The majority of the senators want the matter made public for the rea? son that the text of the treaty has been wrongly stated by the public prints and the senators have been, as they claimed, unjustly criticised. Monday'* Nominations? The president, on Monday sent lo the senate the following nominations: Felix A. Reeves/ bf Tennessee, to be so? licitor of the treasury ; Joseph A. James, United States attorney for the Northern district of Georgia; William T. Gary, United States attorney for the South? ern district of Georgia; Frank Leverett, of Georgia, United Statis marshal for the Southern district of Georgia; James Blackburn, of Kentucky, United States marshal for the district of Kentucky; Thomas J. Allison, of North Carolina, United States marshal for the Western district cf North Carolina; Samuel T. Fisher, of Massachusetts, to be assistant commissioner of patents; Robert E. Wilson, of Mississippi, to be register of the land oiBce at Jackson, Miss. ; Samuel E. Morse, of Indiana, to be consul general of the United States at Pans; C. W. Chancellor, of Maryland, to be consul at Havre; Allen B. Morse, of Michigan, to be consul at Gtesgow; Geo. F. Parker, of New York, to be consul at Birmingham, The foi lowing nominations for postmasters were also sent in : James E. Brown, of Newnan, Ga.; William N. Dunbar, at Augusta, Ga. : John P. Kerr?, at Asheville, N. C. : Henry J. Tuggle, at Martinsville, Va. New Nominal iona. Mr. Cleveland sent a batch of nomina? tions to the senate Thursday that will meet with approval from all parts of the country. Following is the Hst of nomi? nations: Thomas F. Bayard, of Dela? ware, to be ambassador to Great Brittan. Mr. Bayard is the first citizen of the United States who ever has ever been given the title of ambassador. Engl md recently elevated h r minister to thc rank of ambassador, and the United States now does likewise. Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of the United S tates i James D. Porter, of Tennessee., to Chile; James A. Mc Ken?^ of Kentucky, to Peru; Lewis Baker, of Minne Fota, to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador; Elwin Dun, of Oho. now secretary of legation at Japan? to Japan; Pierce .M. B. Young, of Georgia, to Guatemala and Honduras. Consuls of the United States: L. M. Stuffer, cf West V r.inia, to Stratford, Omario; Harrison R. Williams, of Mis? souri, to Wra Cruz; M. P. Pendleton, of Maine, toPictou; Theodore M. Stephens, of Illinois, io?nnaberg; William T. Townes, of Virginia, to Rio de Janeiro?; Claud Meeker, of Ohio, to Bradford. Newton B. Eustis, of Louisiana, to be second secretary of the legation of the United States at Paris; John M. Rey? nolds, of Pennsylvania, assistant secre? tary bf the interior, vice Cyrus Bussey, resigned; Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., of Ohio, to be solicitor general, vice Charles F. Aldrich, resigned ; John I. Hall, of Georgia, assistant attorney general, vice Geor?c H. Shield*, resigned. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. Hie Industrial Development Daring j the Past Week? The review of ?lie industrial si* nation in the South for the past week shows the organizion of a cotton m l! comp my a: Birmingham, Ala., with $300.000 CtpitaL by the Smith Cotton Mill Co., of a saw and planing mill plant, at Tallulah Fall*, Gi., to cos? $150,000, by Sro ? Si Bebe; of a rost n compr PS at P.no Bluff, Ark., costing $100.000, by R. E. Hunter and associates; of an Improvement Company w.th $100,000 capital, at i am pa. Fia., by U W. Ens ley and otb; rs; of the WarfJey Draw Bar On s "ruction Company, at Macon, Ga., with $100, 000 cipital; of a"saw and planing mitt at Or? ange, Tex ?, to cost $10.7,OOO, hy M. A. Gi mer; of thc Ci y Ic i Company, with $60.000 capital, at Augusta, Ca., by \V. H. Brannon a nd others; of a c al and coke company at Burkes Gar? den, W. Va., with $60,00!) capra!, by Jos ph Moss and other?; of a construction company with $50,000 capita!, a-. Dallas, Texa , b. G. M. D- Grissbv and associates, awl of an o 1 md! to cost $50,000 at Beerb le, Texas, by J. J. Weiden j and others. Forty-ei^ht industries were established or incorporated during the week, together with three enlargements of manufactories, .he-build? ing of water work? io seven cities, and ihirb eu important new buildings. Among the ne? in- ? dnstrics no: already referred toare a brewery at j Augusta, Ga., by Otto Rauch and other ; a can- j T:ing factory at 3Iaco:i. Ga.; cot"cn g ns a: San Mue ? 3nd Arlington, T*x.; a $i.r>.000 develop ment company at Jonesboro, Ark,; cl.ctrickl companies at Lake City, Fia., Cuero, Gonziii s and Seguin, Texas, and flouring mills a' Jones* bor >, Ark., and Edna, Texts. Au ice factory is to be built at N"ac:>gdcches. T?.x., a foundry and mach.ne bhop at Gaines? ville, Fia. a '$35,000 cotton oil iitiU at San Marcos, Tex., phosp'iald works at Walliston, Fia., a knitting mill at Shnqulak. Mi-s., and a trunk factory at Petersburg. Va. Am Mg the woodworking plants es ablished during the week arc- lumt>er companies a' Charleston, and Hurtsville. S. C., and lt -ckvdie. Tex., saw sud planing mills at Albertville and Gm ley. Ala.. Hinesville and Taylor's Cn ek, Ga., and Buck bannon, YV. Va., a spoke and bub factory at Stmqulak, Mis?., and a stave fae ory at Mem? phis, Tenn. There is a'so reported enlargements of a foundry at Beaumont, T?xis; factory at Ben rettsviile. S. C., and a lumber mill a*t Mobile, Ala. W_? er works are to I." bnib at J'ate-ivil c, Ark., Kt-y Weat, Fla.. Fort Valley. Ga., Dan? ville, Ky-, Greenville, Miss., GaffuMr, S. C., and Lynchburg, Va. Among the new building? .ire business houses . at Athens and Bumpkin, Ga.. Covington. Kv., Doualdsonviile, La., and Salem, Va.: r. church az Kock Hall, S. C.; a college at Sherman, Texas, an.I an opera house at Macon, Ga. Tradesman, (Chattanooga, ieuuj MONEY FOR THE IRISH. A Big Meeting in New York Endorsing j the Home Rule Bill. A N w York pedal says: A message j was cab'ed to William E. Gladstone Sun day night by the naiionhl ftdera-ion of \ America pledging him their most vigor- j ous support in his (floris to carry through the home rule bill, and expressing the approval of the thousands who lind gath ercd at the Academy of music to endorse I this action, and toe tem of thousands I of irishmen throughout America who arc I loyal to their motherland. This was the keynote of the great ! gathering of Irishmen a? the Academy of Music Sunday evening. '1 he ball wa3 ' compar.it vely bare of decoration. A '.Niio.r, surrounded by the Irish and ! Air: r.au lligs, however, an 1 bearing i tiwi words: "Now or never-now or for- ! . v\ ;." lilli d au appropriate background '<> the stage. A dispatch to Preside?.t Emmett fron. Justii e Mri'artey, evoked j entoura"m Thirteen gentlemen present ! eon ributed f500 each. From the gov? ernors of almost every s ate in the union came messages of sympathy with the movement for the freedom of Ireland. TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. Be Sews of tee Worl? OMtetin lit? Pi? M Poffle? Paiagrajk Interesting an*! Instructive to All Classes ot Readers. DoxeV opera house, at Anderson, Ind., burned Thursday. It was one of the handsomest in the state. The.packing firm of Swift & Co., Chi cago, has increasei\ its capital stock from $7,500,000 to $15,000,000. The exports, exclusive of specie, from the port of New York for the past week were $7,463,007, against $7,078,885 in the corresponding week last year. W. W. Stout, postmaster at Morrillton, Ark., disappeared Saturday a defaulter. The inspector has found a shortage of several thousand dollars. Frank Nicoline, miller at Jordan, Minn., made an assignment Tuesday for the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities, about $100,000; assets, about $70,000. The supreme court of Indiatna, began the hearing of oral argument at Indian? apolis. Wednesday, in the Iron Hall case appealed from the Marion superior court. Physicians at Detroit stopped a train load of immigrants Tuesday until they could investigate whether any Of them were sick. The cholera scare is On again* Stephen Broadwel), one of the most dangerous counterfeiters and forgers in the Uni:efl State?, died in the prison pea at Bellevue hospital, New York, Tuesday. Fire Senday morning totally destroy? ed the Standard theatre building and the fur stote of 5. S. Douglass at Winnipeg. The theater had not been used for some time. Loss $40,000. St. Barnabas Protestant Episcopal church, at Baltimore, Md., was entirely destroyed by fire, together with its con? tents Wednesday. The rector states that the loss will be about $60,000. The five-story building occupied by Snedicor & Hathaway, manufacturers of boots and shoes at Detroit, Mich., was destroyed by fire Sunday. The loss will be neariy$ 150.00a. About one hundred persons will be thrown out of employ? ment. Burglars broke into the Savings bink at Pawling, X. Y., early Tuesday morn ing,and burst open the safe and secured $500 in money and $10,000 in govern^ ment bonds. They were subsequently captured and thc rno?eY recovered. The carding and spinning, packing stock and boiler and building belonging to the plant of the C-mdcn Knitting Company, in the village of Camden, N. Y., were destroyed by fire Wednesday. Loss from sixty to seventy thousand dol? lars. Cholera has made its appearance again in St. Petersburg, Russia, and it is known that fata' cases are of daily oc currence.althougb the authorises have not resumed their policy of last year of mak? ing a regular daily announcement of the new cases and deaths. It was reported at Pittsburg,Pa. Satur? day that the Standard Oil Company and ? the Rothschilds had effected a combi ! nation tocor.'rol rhe Russian oil business, the purpose being a division of the for eign refined oil trade and the regulation of pricesin tiae upward direction. Frank Marshall's elevator at Chicago was totally destroyed by fire early Tues I day morning. The building wasstocked ! with one hundred thousand bushels of I oats. The loss will be about $100,000. j The building and contents Were issured for about three-fourths of the amount of the loss. The Kirk Bells rating stables at Mason City. Ia., were burned to the ground j Monday evening. In the stables were Storm, 2.08 1-4; Brown John, full broth? er to Storm; Storm Bird, R.d Clay and several other valuabic horses. The en? tire string was valued at $50,000. Cause of the fire unknown. The Delmonico building, Nos. 20 and 22 Broadway, N. Y., has been sold at auction to James A. Patterson for $280, 500. This was thought to te a great bargain, as the building was valu'd in appraisals at $400,000. The Delmoni? co restaurant will be moved ou: on May 1st. A Winnepeg dispatch of Tuesday says: Messrs. B urge and Chaffey, respectively chief accountant and thc postal clerk of the northwest government, have been suspended. It is un dei stood that their de falcations amt un t to thousands of dol? lars and there are intimations that others are involved. About thirty of the finishers and put? ters-out in A. B. Martin's Morocco shoe factory, at Lynn, Miss., requested an in? crease from $10 to $12 per week. They were refused, and on Monday h ft the factory. It is feared that unless some satisfactory settlement is soon made it may precipitate another big strike. The gold exported from New York Tues day amount? d to $500,000, and ali of it was taken from the subtreasury. The loss of so small an amount does not even cause comment iu treasury circles, as the free gold at the command of the treasurer uow aggregates more than $7,000,000, and the treasury is gaining gold e ach day in its ordinary business transactions. A 3f, Petersburg, Russia, cable dis? patch soys: It is sta'ed in an official re? port issued Wednesday that on an aver? age of 150 new cases of cholera and one death from that disease are reported every week in the government of Pole clia. Quite an extensive irade is carried on between Poled ia and Austrian Gal? icia, and also between Germ my and Po? le d a. The New Y^rk Times Publishing Com? pany, of New York City, was incorpora? ted Wednesday with the secretary o' state. The capital stock is $1,250,000, and the com nany is formed to publish "Thc New York T me?," and any other newspaper or newspapers, daily, semi? weekly, Wvckly or otherwise, magasines, which it rn- v hereafter acquire or ?stab- j ,iib. A special ctole dispatch of Thtrsday from Fans, states that the new French cabin t has resigned, niter having beet in office f?>r only eleven weks. The ad veis. m:ij >r:ty r>. five votes cast by thc chamb* r on th- liquor amendment was moto or less a surprise to the government ?md after due deliberation the ministers lecided to regard it as a vote o? want of confidence and their resignation fol owed. A Nev Y<rk pp cia! of Thursday says: j The juuior security holders <?f the Cen- j 'ral jtfailroad and Bau king Company of Georgia will apply to the courts of the state for a stay ot proceedings to the ? foreclosure of thc mortgage securic , the 7 per cent tripirlite b>udj, h iving ar rang d with a Now York guarantee aud ! indemnity company t'? purchase for their j account the said tripartite bouda as soon ;ts the order of the court ataviu^ fore- j e'osure proceedings has been obtained. John L Woccli Merrill, of the whole sale tea and coffee house of Merrill, Rit- j teahouse & Co . Kansas ('itv, Mo., is the ephew ami claims to be the first heir of j many tiiiK-s millionaire, Johu L, Woods, of Ckveland, <>., who ditd at i his wi? : r home in Augusta, Ga., ou the j *7th. 'J'here are but few heirs apparent j :o the sp'en ?>i f Miine which the dead ! tu m ie-? ve?, aggregating something like j fl5,o0?\000 and the bulk of the estate j will probably be divided between live or : ix people. A St. P.ul, Minn., dispatch of Sunday s-?ys: Two prosecutions will bc begun at once against the parties charged With eii tiiDeering the coal combine. This was decided Upon at a conference between At? torney General Childs and thc investiga? te g coniniitte'e. One of these suits will be in .?he "state courts, and the defend? ant?, E. M. Saunders and J. J. Rhodes, will be charged with perjury. The sec oud prosecution will bc in the federal courts under the anti-conspiracy law and wiil hs ve as defendants all the prime movers in the combination. The Elm street Methodist Episcopal church, at Scranton, Pa., windi was partly destroyed by fix* December 31, l-s\ at a los? of $ltjO,000, and which had been almost rt constructed again, was burned Monday morninj. Thc structure is now a complete ruin, notti? ng standing of the wa.?8 bat the tower. It was only through aim ott superhuman work by the firemen that the parsonage and adj inino residences were saVed. It is cstima'ed that the loss will mach lilly $125,000, on which there is $30, '?00 insurance. The fire is believed to nave been the work of an i - cendiary. ELLIOT SHEPA8? S?AD. Me bm Suddenly While Under the Influence of Ether. Colonel Elliot Shepard, editor of the New York Mail and Express* died sud? denly Fiiday afternoon at his home at No. ? West r?ifty-scton'? street, New York city. ?is death followed the ad? ministration of ether by Dr. Charles Mc? Burney and the family physician, Dr. J. W. McLean, who were about to make an examination to ascertain whether the colonel's suspicion that he suffered from stone in the bladder was correct. Colo? nel Sheppard has been in good health, but nearly a month ago he noticed symp? toms that led him to believe that he was afflicted with stone in the bladder. His doctor advised him to at least submit to an examination and to undergo an oper? ation should it be deemed mcessary. Up to Friday morning Colonel Shepard had attended to hts business in the usual way. COLONEL SHEPARD^ DEATH. About 1 o'clock Colonel Shepard i. .id he was ready for the surgeons, and they, with the nurses, began the work of put? ting him under the^ influence Of ether. Se had inhal'tt the dr?g but two or three times when the physicians detected dangerous svmptoms and stopped the in? halation. He sank rapidly and for, a time it was feared that he could nbt be rallied. Powerful restoratives we^-e ad? ministered. At the ( hd of ah hour's work With oxygen-, he was restored to partial consciousness nhd he continued apparently to rally until 4 o'clock, then without warning and for no apparent reason, he began rapidly to sink. The oxygen treatment was resumed, but it was of no avail. At 4:20 o'clock he died. He was unconscious, and his death was peaceful. The cause of the death given by the physicians was oede? ma of the lung*. SKETCH OF DECEASED. Eiiott Fitch Shepard was born in James? town, Chatauqua county, N. Y., July 25, 1823. He was educated at the University cf the city of New York, admitted to the bar ia 1858, and fot many years practiced in New York city. ?n 1SG1 and 1862 he was aidc-de camp on the stuff of Governor Edwin D. Morgan, was in command of the depot of volunteers of Elmira, N. Y., and aided in organizing, equipping mid for? warding to the field nearly 50,000 troops. He was instrumental in raising the Fifty first New York regiment, Whi'oh was named for him the Shepard ftifies. Ile was the founder of the New York State bar association in loTG,Which ha3 formed the model for the organic ition of simiL.r associations in Other States. In March 18B8 be p?xch?-ed the New York Mail and Express. AN INQUEST ORDERED. The c rtificate of Colonel Eiliot F. Sheppard's death was sent to the health board Saturday. The cause of the death was given as "inhalation of ether." Dr. John T. Nagle, register, would not ac? cept the certificate so worded, and would not grant a burial permit. He sent the cerif?cate to th? coroner with orders that he m ke an investigation. LINCOLN NOTIFIED That His Resignation ls Accepicd and that Bayard is His Successor? S^creury of State Gresham sent the o?owing letter to Minister Lincoln at L md- n by Thursday night's mail i "WAKaixeiTo?f, Mareil SO-Hon. Robert Lin? coln, United States Minister to Great Bri ain.* >ir : I duly laid before the pr sidon: your let? er of the 26th ultimo tendering your rcs:gna iion of toe office of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, audi am now d.reekd y him io infuim von that it has been accepted. In doing BO the president diree:s me to make >uitable expression of his high hppreciation of the ability, efficiency and z-^al wah which you have fulfilled the missions of your office, and his sincere regret that your retirement deprives the government of one of its mest honored of? ficer--. Tne pr?sident trusts that, you Will find it convenient to a continuance of the perform? ance of your functions until relieve:! hy your successor's entrame upon bis duties. "The Hon. Thomas F- Bayard, of Delaware, has been nominated an-.I confirmed today as ambassador extraordinary and minister pleni- '? potentiary to her Bntanic map-sty's govern: ment, tint designation l aving been conferred in pursuance ol a provision contained in the act of congress of .March 1, I&93, and in view nf tbe action of her majesty in appointing Sit Julian Pauneefoie to l>e the first ambassador to the United State?. "I take this opportunity to assura you of my highest personal regard. "WALTER Q. GRESHAM, Secretary." A PECULIAR Till At. Charged With Hie Offence of Being ? Member o? "Gideon's Baud.-' ARdeigh; N.C. spec i-d s*ys: The trial of S. ?. Wilson, chairman of the people's party-, and alleged member of "Gideon's bind," cams up in Wake su- j perior court Tuesday. Wilson's c uncil and the solicit >r of this jud ici-il district had already agreed upru a plan to de? pose of the case, and fae witnesses were not to appear pcver.il days ago. 'Iho j trial has attracted rltentiou not only in j Notth Carolina but ti1! over the c uta try. TheCourtroim was crowded with spec- j tators. j Solicitor Pull said that the slate was j ready to allow a non con tend ur entend j on the docket; that the prosecution was ! intended rather to set an rxample and j not for the purpose of panicking the de- j fendant. Counsel for thc defendant said j that the evidence of thc existence of such ? an organization was very wak and that j there was no direct proof tb?t the dc- ! fendant belonged thereto, that the de? fendant pleaded "not guilty," but,r..thcr than bc taxed with further costs, they would agree fro a nol pr--*. Jud-^c Bro wu directed tho clerk to no! pros the case. Wilson to pav the costs.which are small. i A BREAK IN WHEAT. - j Wild Scenes Witnessed on I he ( li ?rn go j Board of Trade. Not since the famous Kershaw deal, the collapse of which dre ve H .score of i finns into bankruptcy, has there been . such a sensational scene on thc Chicag i board of trade as took place Wednesday. The price of wheat fur May deliver) I broke 7 l l cent-'in about that many min utes, causing a craze of excitement in the trading p t. Cudaby, thc millionaire broker, who is cr?dite i with being the ; most prominent member of th-i ( ?'(jue, j which has coutrolletl the May deal, un? loaded over 4,000,000 bushels (luting ; the day. and the result was a decline of ! 5 o 4 .?'?nts. The tailers, if not tut p:iu ci pa ls, in perhaps the biggest comer ever attempted in Chicago rere cruelly dumped, and the outcome of thc affair apparently made a desperate uncertainty ? -perhaps affecting for some time lo come the course of the graiu markets the j world over. [ TSE SBUT?? Notes ci Her Progress ai Prosperity Briefly Epitomized And important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told. Sunday morning, at Tyler, Tex?.?, fire destroyed the the Wimberly and Phillips buildiDgs.adjoi'iing each other. The total loss will reach ?100.000. Fire at Moss Point, Miss., Wednesday morning, destroyed fifteen buildings in the business quarter of the 'cowa. Loss estimated at $30,000} insurance, $10y 000. The Plug Manufacturers' Trade Mark Association met in Louisville, Ky., Wed? nesday, and re-elected the old offic?rs and executive committee fer the coming j ye;: h Saturday the well known .hotel, the ; Maxwell house, at Nashville, Term.; was ; sold at chancery sale for partition. A. ! IL Robinson became the purchaser .ipr ! $200,000, and assumed ? debt of j ooo-. At At ??nta-, tia., donday, Mrs. .Ham. ?ond-, who is charged with aiding, ana j abetting the defaulter, Lewis Redwine, I was required to give a $2.500 bond until j the gr.tnd jury could look into the case, i She is now in jail, having failed to give the bond. James P. Dobbins, of the firm of Dub? bins & D?zey, cotton factors, at Nash? ville, Tenn., which firm a> signed a few days ago, has called a meeting of all the firm's creditors for April ll,in Nashville, with a view of arriving at a seulement of the firm's liabilities, j At Atlanta, Ga;, Tuesday morning, I Col. B. F. Abbott^ representing non-resi i dent attorneys, filed ah intervention on i behalf of thc holders of the exchange j bonds in the b ?.se of the Boston Safe De j posit Company vs. The Marietta & North I Georgia ?tailroad, et ?l. ! A Sr. Aiigustih?; Fla., special bf Sun? day says: SeVins Smith, J. C. Horsfall, j William Sugdon, Quint Smith of feog ; land, and C. H. Filliuier of Texa?; have ? ju?t closed the purchase of the jupiter j Island Spanish Grant of 15,000 acres on ; the Indian river and have contracts to I set it in pineapples. ; ?^orter?iel?V cashier of the siispended Commercial National bank of Nashville, Tehh., TVas arrested Thursday afternoon ob a tarrant sworn out by Bank Exam? iner McKnight. Porterfied gave bond in the sum of $10.000. The charges are i perjury and making false statements to . the department. i Surday morning the thriving towu of I Lyonville, Tenn., was swept by a disas j trcus fire, which wiped out almost the ; entire business portion of the town-. The ! total losses are $40,000- insura?ce il?t i known. The Lyunville ?\ink And Trust I Company escaped.. Lyonville U in^Giles ! county-, on the Louisville and Nash ! ville railroad, fifteen miles north of Pu I laski. j 'Governor TurneV, of Tennessee, has ! appointed john A. Lloyd, of Soddy, ! H.-imiltoa county, to be commissioner of j lab? r and inspector of mines for two j years. Mr. Lloyd is a Welshhian by j birth, fifty-five years bf sgc aiid has resi ? d d. in Hamilton county thiity-one years. ! lie is ? practical mining and ci Vii en j giueiirahd weil '4ual'f?ed f,.r the posi I ti?n. j Thc tug, Mascotte,, owned by J. C. L. , Kogle: of Jacksonville, Fla.; valued at j ?18;000, went ashore on Cumberland ! beach Thursday af' "noon, causing the i death of Steward Bowen, Fireman Bosen ! and leaving Captain Potter in a dying j condition from their efforts to swim ! ashore through a raging sea and biting OOO o ? northeast gale lashing the water to a tre j mendous height. I The Columbia, S. C., Carnival Asso j ciation has decided to hold a carnival on the 17th and 18th of April. There will be military contests for prizes, bicycle contest*, etc. There will be a street pi rade in which distinguished society leadei'3 of both sexes will be asked to ! appear in English hunting costumes. The carnival will also mark the inaugu? ration of the electric street railway. Oliver Saunders living iib ait six miles from NeillsvillCi Wis. j discovered his house on fire early Monday morning; He aided his wife and one child oUt, return? ed for two other children, one son, six ye:;rs old, and the other three, and never came out. The three bodies Were found in the ruius after thc fire was extinguish* eil, in a horribly charred condition. Their limbs were entirely burned off. Mr. Saunders was sixty rears of age. mf ti ? A telegram received at Tuskaloosa, Ala., Monday evening from New York, states that the purchase toohey for the Tuskaloosa, Northern and the Tuskaloosa belt railway has bebo paid, th?s com? paring the Wooifolk deal, which will result h the extension of the Northern tlrough the Wairtor Coal fields and the comp'etion of the belt Moe. The tele? gram furthc r stated that bauds of the I road have been sold and the money is I now in band to begin the work of Con I struct ion. j A Chicago dispatch says: Afrange j nv nts were completed Tuesday for the I great gathering of the McLems ia Chi? cago in June. This will be a unirjue and memorable occasion, being thc first rc ? uni? n of a Scottish clan on this side of the Atlantic. All McLeans, everywhere, I without regard to present manner of spelling their name, together with all connected with the family by marriage, are under invitation to be present. There will be a grand reception banquet and other int rt sting ceremonies during the week of the gathering, A Raleigh, N. C., special of Monday s ivs: It has bein arranged with the prosecuting officers of the state and the Counsel of S. O. WTson, chairman of the people's party state committee, who. ?tands indicted for belonging to a sec? ret oath-bound political organization, that Wilson shall, iu the superior court, enter thc plea of nole contender?, that no judgment shall be pronounced, and that Wilson shall pay the cost. This is a happy solution of this political prose? cution, and is satisfactory to the people. A resolution was introduced io th' Texis tegis'? turc Tu sday charging th? toad cl'^cs a large lumber business. This is bound to grow leis from now on. Eighteen mills closed last year. Ile suggested that something ought to bc done to mable the e m pa ny lo stand this loss. He did not ask lor an increase in lumber or naval stores except for short distances, to basing points, ile was very well satisfied to let the rates on these* ar? ticles stand where they ar<-, but wanted an advance <>a the general list. The lumbermen and naval store men ill over ih" state were present lo resist tn demand of the railroadelli dals f"i increased ra'cs.ou those two commodities. If was with surprise and gratification hat these representatives discovered that the transport?t iori men wore not af tel j lumber and naval ston-s, but more p?r ! tic ulariy <:--t eial tr.?rli.-. The commission wd! t??ke up the r.r \ liment of the railway men in a e< ! ? jays and go through them carcfuly. Damage from Ice Gorges. Dispatches of Tuesday state thal the breaking of the great ice gorge in the Delaware river and the consequent su' ! siding of the water on faun lauds ai- " thc Delaware reveals dam ?ge t li. t !l require years to remedy, lt is cslim?tei? lhat the total loss from the fr?, shot amounts to $1,000,000. Ad vir: i c n 'his paper au'l thus in? crease your business. TRADE REVIEW. ?latus of Bnsicsss for the Past Week Reported by Dan & Co. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Tr.e volume of trade is well maintained and manufacturers are better employai with some increase in demand, wheie increase was most needed, and in? dications are that the people do not be? gin to think of reducing purchases. The treasury has been regaining gold, in spite of exports of $500,000 this week and some exports expected, but in view of the enormous excess of imports since January 1st, it is creely reasonable to hope that further outgoes of gold are to be avoided. Thejstricg?acy in the money market at New York and other points is largely du : to slow collections, which ap? pear to result rather from severe Weather than from any other form of commercial soundness-. At Philadelphia, tiioney is clo?e with 'dull collections. Iron is in better de? mand and wool very firm. At Pittsburg steel is in better deihaud and ah advance |n glass is talked ol. Tue shoe tr?ete ?t 'Cincinnati exceeds last year's 20 per. cent and ? better dry goods .trade is seep st Cleveland* general trade is good, with large demand for structural iron, but col? lections are ?low. Trade at iOetrojt about <iqrials last year's, and at Indianap? olis dry goods are active ai:d manufac? turer's busy. General trade at Chicago is good and collections iair except at some western points, but money is in strong demand and partly because of bad roads. Receipts of many products de? clined-wool, corn, ar.d dressed beef 6 per cent, hogs 52, cheese 54, cattle 24', barley and seeds 20 and oats 14 per cent. Receipts of wheat aro 125 per cent larger than last year; rye 60*, sheep 30 and hides 15 per cent. We ither retards trade at Milwaukee and St. Paul. At St. Louis money is Unchanged with a legitimate demand. ?usiness is "good at Kansas ?ity and al ?maha trade is.good. St. ?oe reports a heavy trade., Business ?t, Denver is fair and ?t Salt Lake it is iih jjroving. At most southern points improvement is s-eeD-, especially at Nashville and Knox? ville, though money is somcivjftat close, but at Louisville the cutio; k is f&v.rable. At Allanta (Collections are slow; at Mobile exports of coal rind lumber increase and rooney is in a tight demand, but at Kew Orleans trade is dull with sugar in good 'demand and large exports of wheat re? stricted by the lack of ocean tonnage. j Though other iron is less fi m at Phila- j delphia with more pressure to sell, Besse- j mer is strong, and ac most m-irkets the | demand for manufactured products of iron and steel seems to ia crease. Copper is slow at ll 3-4 for lake, but tin is ad? vanced to 21 by speculation, while sales of lead has been large at 305. The western movement of livestock about equals last year's. The advance 1 In carpets continues and trade in knit goods is. larger: Speculation in cotton fluctuates ab? surdly with rumors about the English strike:, hilt the price is unchanged, though stocks in sight exceed the proba? ble demand for the year. Whe ?t has de- j dined li with sales of IC,000,GOO bush b?shols at New York; though western ieceip?s in four days are over 1,700,000 bushels and exports are only C68;O0O. , Pork and hogs . are slightly highc, j though I arel is lower. Foreign tirade continues to show a large adverse bal atice. Purchases in foreign account do nbt as yet indicate reviving qualities in American securities. The business failures occurring through? put the country, during the last seven days number 243 as compared with 220 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 231. KING HUMBERT ASSAULTED. A Miscreant Hurls a Rock at Him but ; Missed the Mark. Rome, Italy, was greatly excited Sat- j urday afternoon over an assau t thac wis j made on King Humbert. The King was ! returning from the villa Broughese, where j he had been spendin" a portion of the ! day, when a person, having the general appearance of an Italian workingman, threw a stone at thc king, tire missile a'most striking. Several persons rushed j Upon the assailant and seined him bef?te j he had another chance to make an at- j tempt at violence. The assailant was promptly taken ia hahd by the police and conveyed to prison. Otherwise in all probability he would have been killed by the angry multitude. An immerse crowd assem? bled and cheered the king with frantic enthusiasm and all the- way to the palace the scene waa like a triumphal progress. King Humbert gr.icefally acknowledged j th2 ovation and was evidently deeply j moved by the evidence of loyalty on the j part of his subjec's. CONVENTION OF GOVERNORS* Arrangements Being Perfected for the ! Meeting in Richmond} A Richmond, Ya., dispatch of Wed^ j ne^d:ry says: Arra gements for the pro- ! posed cenvention of southern governors | in the effort to secure a proper recogni- j tion by the world of the s- tull's resour- ! ces, which is to b; held herc April 12th, j is still being made. Governors Elias ? Can-j of North Carolina, and Jones, of 1 Alabama, are the only ones who have di- j rectly accepted the invitation. The fol lowing have replied lo Governor McKin- i nt y's invitation, sayingjihey will attend if possible: Governors W. A. McCorkle, i of West Virg:nia; W. J. Northen, of j Georgia; W. J. Stone, of Missouri; Frank Brown, of Maryland ; and A. M. Stone, of Mississippi. Governors John Young i Brown, of Kentucky, and Henry C. j Mitchell, of Florida, have declined the invitation._ DUBOSE IMPEACHED. The Tennessee House acts on the Case bj aiix. Overwhelming Vote. A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch says: ! Judge Julius J. Duh se, of the Shel?by county criminal court, has been impeach- | ed. The house followed the conserva- \ tive plan of first investigating whether thc charges, if tme, were sufficient in j law for impe diment; then a committee j was appointed to investigate the truth of j thc charges, and it reported Saturday, i There was a call for the reading of the testimony and the clerk had only begun : the onerous duty of wading through forty thousand words of testimony when the ; h< use called a halt. What had been read j sustained some of the most serious j charges, and by a vote of ??4 to 4 Judge Dubose was in (fleet removed from office and sent to tho seuatc to be tried upon these charges. NASHVILLE'S NATIONAL BANKS Comptroller Hepburn Reports All the Others Sate. Mr. Hepburn, comproller of thc cur- j roney, Tuesday morning expressed the : opinion that there was no danger that ? the other national banks in Nashville \ would be affected by thc failure of the j Commercial National bank. Accordiug to thc information received at the de- j partmeut in Washington, he said, the j failure of thc Commercial bank was uot ! a bad one. Bank Examiner Jacob M. i McKnight had been placed in charge, j He reported that the capital of the back i vas impar re? 1 tn rh<> -m runt of $210,000; ! Lillie Johnson Released. A Memphis, ?Ynn., special says: Wed rrstlH.y morning .Judge T. M. Scrujg*, who was elected by the bar to succeed ; Judge Hu Bose, impeached, dismissed the : case against. Lillie Johnson, who was \ (huged with murder along vith Alice j Mitchell, who cut Freda Ward's throat cce year ago. GEN. KIRBY SITH DEAD. BB Famous Soler ai Teac?er Passes Oyer tte River. The Last of the Full Generals on Either Side During the late War. General E. Kirby Smith, professor of Mathematics in the Univcrskv of tht South since 18?5, died at Se wa Dee, Tenn.> Tuesday af cfnoon at 3:23 o'clock. For tfro years Us health has beta declining, and" two weeks ago he was taken sick at ?ew . ?rleacs ar.d was confined to his bed for live or six days, but recovered sufficiently to tr*Ve! and reported at Sew?nee ready for duty Monday, March 10th. Ttfo days after? wards he baught cold. A relapse en? sued. His condition was complicated by, congestion of the right liing. ?arlv Tuesday morning he; became to? tally Unconscious. His end was very peaceful. His wife and six of his f*mi y wer? with him. He died as he had lived" bright, strong i:nd co. fident in bis Christian, faijth and hop-?, f.-For eighteen ye^rs past General E. Kirby Smith's home bas been at Sewacee on the beautiful Cumberland p atcau, where General Sm'th has been professor of botany and mathematics in the Uni? versity of the South. BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Edmund Kirby Smith was bom in St. Augustine, Fla, in May, 1824. His father had been an officer in ihe United States army but had retired, bec me a lawyer and was appointed ju ?ge ol the federal coiirts of the florida temton. When ten Vers cf age; his his fatb? r hav? ing been sent to congress from F.orida, young .jainith went t i school at Iv fa? mous Hallowell school at Alexandria, ya. . After six years litre he was ap? pointed. _to West Poh.t, c-rapleiing ins course there and .graduating with h>nor in the class of i84-1; with Fitz J mn Por? ter, ?. P: Stone, ' W. F. Smith, B. E. tee, Gordon Granger, D. B. Sackett and inany others afterwards distiugui-hed a officers in both armies. The record of his achievtm nts in the Mexican war and in the late war b.-twee the states is well known, ile was bre? vetted second lieutenant, F;fth United S ates infantry Jul? 1, 1843, and second lieutenant in the Seventh infantry Au? gust 22, 184G, for gal ant and m rito rious conduct in the battle of Cerr> Go: do. He was made captain August 20. 1847, and two years 1 ter, wheo th - war closed, he was ordered to West Point to assume the p;>st of ac iog a4sis* ant professor of mithcmat.es in the National Military academy. When it became necessary to survey the n?w boundry established hf the Mtt'cin war nea?ted as botanist to the commi sion. In ??53 he was made captain of the Second cavalry and was constantly en? gaged in frontier warfare till the out? break of the civ'.l war. He opposed secession nil it was part accomplished, but then offered his sword ard bis life tb the netf government. His offer was accepted and his p emotion was rapid, as testified to by :he list of bis commissions. Colonel of c ?valry at the first organic ition of the confederate government and army at Montgomery, 18G1; brigadier general Juno 17^ 1SG1 ; lieutenant general October 10, 1862; full general February 10, 18G4. When the end came and the ?irrender at Appomattox G?rerai Smith left the Uuited States until it could b'-* seen whether criminal charges would be pre ferred against the leading officers of the southern army. He surrender, d his ar? my to General Canby May 2G, 18G3, and bade farewell to his devoted soldiers ia a solemn and touching address. He went through Mexico to Cuba, returning to Virginia and thence moving to Ken? tucky. In 1866 1 e became president ol the Western Military aead my, but tw > years later it bumed and he became chancellor of the University of Nashville. After six years' strviee in this position he wet to the University of the Sou"b in 1875 and has since lived trier.'. He held important comm.nd succ?s siVely in Virginh, Tennessee, K:::tucky and the t-ai.s-Mississippi departments. In the first he was in the first bittleof Manassas and the last two conducted masterly cimpiigns. For his brilliant victory at Richmond, Ky, the confed? erate congress voted him a resolution of thanks styling the action the only decis? ive battle of the war. He has been in poor health over a year. He is the last of thc full generals <. f the confederacy. He leaves a wife and eleven children, Kirby Smith, Jr., in Tex is; Mrs* Buck, of Vicksburg, Miss., and nine who are still at home. AitXO?NCED TO THE VETERANS. The following gcueral order No. 84 was issued from the headquarters of the United Confederate Veterans in New Or leans Tuesdav nterht: '.With the deepest emotion and heartfelt Borrow, the general commanding, announces to our brotherhood of comrades the sad new9 of the death of one cf our belov. el leader?, whose pure life, evie virtues, martial achieve? ments and stainless life, crown him as one of the foremost Americans. General E. Kirby Smith, late commander <-f the western district of the United Con ederate Veteranj, ? nd the last of the full generals of the confederacy has closed his illustrions career, his noble spirit h iring passed into the mystery of death at 8:oi o'clock p. m. today. "The brilliant service and imp reliable deeds rendered by him In the Mexican war, wreathed a chaplet of fame aronnd his brow and ?ashed hrs nair.o across the history of that epoch to rem tin undimmed forever. "In our titanic struggle, stricken down at Bull Kim, he was one of the fi s: officers win se. blood was poured out from the sou h and he is? sued the last order of r.nr fat<fal war. He rose rapidly from captain to the rank of full gen-ral and rilled the successive military grades wi h matclile-s ah li ty. ''Invested with ph-nary powers in the trans Mississippi department as a military commande} and as a civilian, he ha* left to his countrymen aud to posterity a record for ability and integ? rity which forever will diaU?nge admiration. Dignified, modest, tender and of most lovable disposition, he wa? ia'.cut upon everv mea-ure which benefited his people or made prosp?rons our reunited country. .;His funeral will tak-> place at Sewaace. Tenn., on Friday, March 31st, at 12 o'ciocl noon, and the general commanding desires that all honors be pa:d to his memory by the United Confederate Veterans. By order of .*.T. B. GORDON, General Commanding. "GEOKOE MOORMAN", "Adjutant General and Chief of Staff." DECISION AGAINST STRIKES. Merchants Affected are Entitled to In? junctions and Other Relief. .Tildie Billing?, in the United Stites court, at New Orleans, Saturday, ren? dered an opinion in the suit of thc gov? ernment against]the Amalgamated council j and the new o?liccrs of the various labor organizations w hich ordered the gem ral strike in November last. An injunction against the organizations was asked for under the ac of congress prohibiting combinations in restraint of trade. In au elaborate opinion, thc court sets aside every eli im of the defendants and d< clares that the acts of tlie Amalga? mated council and the clliecrs of the union were unlawful in ordering a gen? eral strike, aud that the merchants e.re entitled to injunctions and other relief. The decision discusses fully thc right of labor unions, and i- far-reaching in its < ff CP. As a resu't of ihe decision elim? ina! p osecution against thc defendants would probably ?ie, but it is not yet known whether tho United S'ates nu- i thorities will ; rocccd further against the alleged lab- r ka ?<>rs I ur: ?NM i i .*(.:-. \ r ? "M t'O-i iou. Reporter- 1 hardly know wini adject? ive to use in describing Mks Faraway. Friend-Why uot call lier bonn)'. Reporter - Heavens! No. The com? positor might set it UP bon v.-[Yankee Blade. A BOTTLED MESSAGE Trom One of the Crew of the Ul-Fated Steamer Karonie* A special from Norfolk, Va., says: William Johnson, the winter watchman at Ocean View, Va., a summer resort near the mouth of Chesapeake bay, Wed? nesday afternoon picked up oe the beach at that place a champagne bottle with several corks .tied about its neck, and with a letter enclosed giving alleged in? formation from ons of the crew of the sinking of the White Star line steamer karonie. The lefter was: 3:30 a. m., rebruary 15.-Stsamship karonie* White Star Line, nt Sea. -To TTr.o Picks Thia fjp: Bepor? when you find this ro Our agents if nor heard of before, that cur ship i? fast sinfc mg benelih the waves, arid it is such a Btorni th it we can never riv - in the stn&ll bo?ta. On? boat lias alt-eady gone -with her hit trian cargo below. God let a:l n* live through this. W? were struck by an ice bi rg iii a blinding snow? ?torm and floated two hour?. Sow it ls 3:20 ii m. by my watch, and the .great .ship is deck 1 vet with th - sea. B port to the agents. & Brc?lway: New York, M. K,r?ey & Co. Gcod byalL ' JoHxiisEY, Cattleman. HEG AI?DED AS A E()AX. . A Liverpool cablegram of Thursday states that the ofici?is of the WhitcStar Steamship Cpmpany regard as a,hoax the message story. They state as to the sigr nature of "John Olsen, cattleman," ap? pended to thc letter in the bottle, that there was no person named Olsen on board the Narouic. ^They also point out that it was improbable that a bottle thrown from the Narocic at the time of the accident de.< cribed in the letter would have drifted against the gulf stream to the place where the Dottie was found. THE DECISION EXPLAINED. Where Combination of Laboring Hen is Held as ?JuIawftlI. A New Orleans special of Monday says: As the decision rendered by ?judge' Billings of the United States circuit fcotirt, rendered in the case of thc United ?tates vs: the \y.orkihgmen7s Anialgafrla: ted Council of New Orleans; growing pdt of the general labor strike of last No? vember; is not Understood iii some cir? cles, tHe following resume is given bj request: , . The decision .nf judge ?iliings main? tains that combinations in restraint of interstate and foreign commerce by anil between laborers are. within the statute of July.2, 1890, as well as combinations by and between capitalists. A combina? tion among laborers to allow no work to be done in moving goods and merchan? dise, which was being conveyed through the city of New Orleans from and to foreign countries and the demand of cer? tain employes in certain kinds of busi? ness was complied with, is within cer? tain prohibition of thc statute. That combination is none the less lawful, because attended interruption o? com? merce ?3 attempted also and did compass the interruption of all the other kir cfs of business. The Opinion further bolds' that mere refusal to work or a combina tibn among many laborers not to workj with no attempt at intimidation by vio? lenfce to prevent others from Working would not contravene the statute. SATTLE BETWEEN INDIANS. Cherokee factions Fight and Teh Sen Killed while Many More are Wounded. A special from Fort Smith, Aikjsays: A battle was fought Tuesday at Antlers; t. T;, between Indian factions. One hundred and fifty men were on each side. Ten were killed and fifteen wounded: One side repres n:ed thc Choctaw .gov? ernment, terr?'d the military, and the others are followers of V. M. Locke, who resists arrest, fearing he will be killed icstead of given a trial by law. United States officers arrested nineteen of the leaders of the militia at 6 o'clock p. m. and took them to Paris, Ti x. All is quiet at present. In the Choctow elections last summer, there were charges cf fraud and four men were assassinated. This led to a faction? al war. UNCLE SAM'S EXHIBIT? It Will Be Made Up From the Several Executive Departments. The United ??tates government exhibit at the world's fair will be made up of exhibits from thc several executive de? partments. These exhibits are now be* ; ing sent to Chicago, Among those that left Monday was the exhibit for the reg? isters of treasury department. This will be one of the most.interesting exhibits at the fair. It consists of 640 samples, each one distinct and separate, of every piece of paper money ever issued by the United States government. . Ia the ex? hibit also will be found ?ampies of col? onial and continental money, of the old wild cat money, broken state banks and confederate money and bonds. An un? broken line of United States coins will he also in the exhibit DB. TALMAGfc'S GENEROSITY. He Liquidates the Floating Debt of Brooklyn Tabernacle. P.v. T. De Witt Ta imaae made the fol? lowing announcement Sunday morning in the Brooklyn tabernacle: "As you all know an effort is being made in this church to p iy ol? the fi .atiag debt, con? sequent with the necessity of building \hree great churches, two of them hav? ing been destroyed by fire. I wish to do my par?, and now I subscribe $10, 000 to pay the lan $10,000 of the entire floating debt." This statement means that the congregation has raised $10,000 to meut the debt of $20,000 which the church must pay bef. rc April 1st. The rumor that Dr. Talraige was contem? plating leaving Brooklyn has been quiet id bv his gift to the church. SIX AT ONE TIME. A Sextuple Hanging at Chester, S. C., on the 12th of May. A special from Ches"er, S. C., says: One year ago this month. Alfred Crosby, Isaac Crosby, Isaac Vengue, Martha Tongue and Elisha Tongue, ali colored, were foucd guilty of the murder ot Anderson McAlily, colored, and sent? enced to death. An appeal was taken to the supreme court and stay of sent? ence was granted. The eise havin? been returned for resentence, Judge Wallace Tuesday morning fixed the 12:h of May for their execution. These, with Joe Brannon, already sentenced to death on that date, will make six ext cutions on the same day. THE INVESTIGATION STOPPED. Attorney General Olney's Orders Re? garding the (?ate City Bank Case. The investigation at Atianti of the Gate City Bank defalcation *ry the United States grand jory has been brought to a sudden stop. Day anel nigh*, for days past, I'nited States District Attorney Darnell and Captain Henry Jacks-n have done herculean service in pu?hing this investigation. They have literally gone to the bottom of things. Tuesday, At? torney-General Olney wired Captain Jackson to suspend further action in the bank inves:igation until further notice, and his reasons for putting a stop to the investigation are a theme for much spec? ulation. _ THE JACKSON RELICS. Tennessee's Governor Urges the Legis? lature to Purchase Them. A Nashville special says: Governor Turney, Wednesday, sent a special mes? sage to the legislature urging the appro? priation of $15,000 for the purchase of thc relics of Andrew Jackson, now at the hermitage. The Ladies' Hermitage As? sociation hss an option on these relics which will expire in a few months.