Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WASHINGTON GOSSIP. EappiMS tm Day to Day ii tiie National Casita! Appointments in the Tarions Depart mentsVProceedings of the Senate? THE SENATE. Visions of Judges Taft and >hio and Speer -in Georgia in the right and duties of rail >loyescame up in the senate tn connection with a r?solution ig the committee on interstate amerce to inquire into that and other tbjeets, and quite a long and interest? ing debate resulted^ which had not clos? ed when the senate adjourned. The remarks of Senator Gorman and Voor hees as to the effect of those decisions being to convert railroad employes into serfs and galley slaves, were criticised by Mr. Platt as intemperate and merely tending to excite the passions of laboring men. A resolution for a committee to wait on the presi? dent and inform him that the senate is ready to adjourn sine die, was offered and agreed to without queston; but sub? sequently a motion to reconsider was made by Mr. Hoar and entered to be called upon hereafter. Mr. Hoar's rea? son for moving to reconsider was under? stood to be his determination, if passible, to force the senate to take action in the way of investigating Senator Roach, of North Dakota. Resolutions to investi? gate Mr. Roach's case and that of Mr. Power, of Montana, were offered by Senators Hoar and Chandler and went over without action. Tn pursuance of the same purpose, Mr. Hoar successfully resisted a motion to proceed to executive business. The democratic succeeded in forcing an executive session Tuesday morning in face of the combined republican opposi? tion. As soon as Monday's journal was read a motion to proceed to executive business was made by Mr. Gorman and antago? nized by Mi. Hoar. The vote was taken by yeas and nays, and the motion was car? ried-39 to 161, a strict party vote,Peffer voting with the democrats. In the senate, Wednesday, the resolu? tion offered by Mr. Call on the 20th of March, declaring that the committee on finance, naval affairs, military affairs, judiciary, foreign relations, appropria? tions, commerce and interstate com? merce, shall each consist of fifteen mem? bers, was taken up and Mr. Ca? i made an argument in support of it. At the close of Hr. Call's speech the resolution went over without action. The resolu? tion reported by Mr. Nance, from the committee on privileges and elections, was referred to the committee on con? tingent expenses (under the rule) for the investigation of the claim of Joseph W. Ady to the seat as senator from the state of Kansas. The senate then, on motion of Mr. Faulkner, proceeded to the con? sideration of executive business. In the senate, Thur? Jay, a memorial signed by seventy-seven members of the Kansas legislature against the right of Mr. Martin to hold his seat as a senator from that state, and asserting that Ady was legally and fairly elected, was pre? sented by Mr. Sherman and referred to the committee on privileges and elec --dons. The resolution reported Wednes? day frorovihat^rannittee for the investi? gation of the question came up again and at the suggestion of Mr. Harris, was laid over till Friday. A motion to pro? ceed to the consideration of exe? cutive business was made by Mr. .Vest and carried by a strict party vote of 38 to 19. IQ consequence of a remark made by Mr. Hoar, three or four demo? cratic senators who had voted, although paired, withdrew their votes, while claiming that they bad reserved the right to vote in-order to make a quorum. "Thesenate then, at 12 30 p. m., pro? ceeded to the consideration of executive business. The doors were reopened at 1 o'clock. Mr. Chandler expressed a de? sire to f. dd ress the stu? te on the Roach "lmT-pi?i?*aejd his speech till _lay at the suggestion <?f Mr. Gorman, and the senate adjourned. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS. The president, Wednesday. sent the following nominations to the sedate : To ? be postmasters: Conway C. Flc^g,-^ at Vicksburg, Miss.; Roheit G. Wight, at Waynesboro, Va.; Richard Adams, at Badford, Va. The total number Jt fourth-class post? masters appointe/ was 16J. Of these ninety-seveji*i'ere to ti l vacancies caused b^^rgTr?tiocs and deaths, and sixty fcur by removals. Of the sixty-four postmasters removed, fifty-seven served y ?rar years or over. f T\e senate "will adjourn very soon. i Bots the senators and the president are J an xii us for this. The majority of the / democratic senators have worked harder sines March 4th than during ail tuc lour "^V year! of the Harrison administration, Y and gr. Cleveland himself has been at it HomI o'clock until long past midnight. VSecietary Morton has tendered the po sirjF^ sf foreign agent of the agricultural dep^?ieat to John Mattes, Jr., of Ne brasl^. The position is now held by Dr. Frankl^Jjiwey, -who bas been ats>isstin<; ColoneW^prpby at Btrlin in advertising AmericanoT. il,. Mattes is a mem? ber of ArNebraska legislature and a personal fi end of Secretary Blorton. The democratic senators held a caucus Wednesday morning and decided that there ehould be no investigation of the Roach case at this session. The resol u tion will, therefore, remain un icted upon ?w?en the~se?at? adjourns. The caucus decided to investigate-tijeclaims made by Adv to the seat he'd byltfartin. It was announced to the caucus that the president would comp'etethe business ht has for the senate by the end of the week, and it is believed that the senate will then adjourn. The senate made the following confirm? ations Wednesday: Hannis Taylor, of Alabama, mininister to Spain; James S. Ewing, of Illinois, minister to Belgium; William Lochran, of Minnes ta, commis? sioner of pensions; Lou's C. Hughes. ? f AiizDna, governor of Ariz na; a so many postmasttrs. among whom were the fol? lowing: Kentucky, Horace Ashton, Flemingburg; Amos V tst. Mayfield, Tennessee; Cornie P. Priestly, Hunting? don, James T. McCu'cheo, Jackson, Ar? kansas, Robert A. Baird, Morrilltoa, Texas?, John T. Hait, Orange. The treasury department was advised Thursday evening that ?x hundred and fifty-seven Chinamen had arrived at Vic? toria, B. C., on the steamer Empress of Japan, direct from Chinese ports. These Chinamen are all destined for the United States.. The steamer Mogul also arrived Thursday at Tacoma, Wash., having on 1 board one hundred and fifty-nine Chin?- < men, one hundred and forty-seven of ; whom claimed to bc Chi?ese merchants ' acd entitled to land.As?ant Secretary Spaulding sentjei^?ap^ instructions ( ?o the treasury officials at the Pacittc 1 ports to exercise the utmost care to pre- 1 vent the law from being violated. ( The senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the * following nominations: Eben Ahxan- ' der, of North Carolina,mioister to Greece, j Roumaniaand Servia; William T. Towns, of Virginia, consul general to Rio de 1 Janeiro; James E Neal, of Ohio, con? bul at Liverpool gQ. O. Eckford, of Mis souri, cons-til Rt Kingston, Jsmaica; James M. Dooba, of Georcia, consul at Valparaiso; William T. Thoroton, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, governor of New Mexico; CharlesIngersoll, of-Penn? sylvania, appraiser of ^merchandise, Dis ^j-tiiet of Philadelphia; ^William MW?e? of - iBj^urveyor of cust?MHdHRort of The President eent to the senate, Tuesday, the following nominations: Edward H. Strobel, of New York, to be third assistant secretary of the interior, vice William M. Grinnell, resigned; Daniel N. Morgan, of Connecticut, to be treasurer of the United States, vice Enos H. Nebeker, resigned ; Conrad N. Jordan, of New York, to be assistant treasurer of the United States at New York city, vice Ellis H. Roberts, resign? ed ; Daniel M. Browning, of Illinois, to be commissioner of Indian affairs; Frank C. Armstrong, of Washington, D. C., to be assistant commissioner of Indian affairs. The president sent the following nomi? nations to the senate Thursday: Alex? ander W. Terrell, of Texa*, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotenti? ary of the United Stales, to Turkey; John J. Haskins, of Arizona territory, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the tc mtory of Arizona ; James F. Reed, of Kansas, to be attorney of the United States for the Western dis tiict of Arkansas; George J. Rump, of Arkansas, to be marshal of the United States for the Western district of Arkan? sas; John H. M. Wigwam, of Wiscon rn, to be attorney of the United States for the Eastern district of Wisconsin. Alexander Watson Terrell, of Texas, who is nominated Thursday to be min isster to Turkey, is a man of about sixty years. He has one of the finest resi? dences in Austin and a great ranch of 8,000 acres, lying about twelve miles from the city, where he spends most of his time. He is a man of fine culture, a graduate of the University of Missouri and his education was fupplemented by a special course at Heidelberg. For some years he was reporter of the st de supreme cout and was later a state sena? tor. He was at one time a candid? te for the United States senate and was Mr. Reagan's strongest competitor. In local politics he has been a Hogg man and his appointment was endorsed by both of the Texan senators, and especially by Senator Mills. A COAL MINE HORROR. Hundreds of Men Entombed and Great Loss of Life? A London cablegram of Tuesday says : A spark from an engine ignited a gas coal pit near Pont-y-Pridd, Wa'es, and caused the gas to explode. A large num? ber of miners were at work at ihe time, ard the explosion caused terrible havoc. Three hundred miners are entombed in the mine. The engine house is in Annes and there is the greatest fear that hun dreds may have perished. The rescuers who went down were driven back with? out being able to bring more than five bf the dead and tb? fate of the other miners is in doubt. The most agonizing scenes are witnessed and throngs of men, women and children-relatives of those below are crowded about the mouth ol the coal pit. WORK OF BESCUE. At the entrance of the shaft, a rescu? ing party was formed by the pit survey? or. The party got as far as the landing at the seam where the fire started but were driven back almost immediately by the dense smoke issuing from the seam. The surveyor took his men bsck to the surface. After a half hour's rest they went down again and forced their way ten yards into the workings. They found four dead which they brought back with them. Attempt to go further into the workings were vain, as the wood .vork< were burning and i rge masses cf ruins were falling incessantly from the roof. One of the resvdiog party who ventured too far was killed. LATEST SEWS OF THE DISASTER. The latest news from Porf-y-Pridd is to the effect that the fire in the mine has been quenched. The fumes of gas, how? ever, are still so n xious as to drive out those who undertake to ( xplore the mine I in search of the dead and for thc rescue of those who might be living. Many of the (ip lort rs are suffering severely from the effects of the smoke and dead ly gases which they encountered. Further search will be necessary to ascertain the full ex? tent of the cab.mity, FIFTY-THREE CORPSES. At ll o'clock Wednesday evening, the pit had become so cool that three explor? ing parties were able to descend and go some distance into the seam. They found three dead meD, but discovered no trace of the main bo-Jy of mirers, who were cut off from escape by the fi unes. Up to 2 o'clock Thursday norming, fifty-three corpsf s had been t?ken from the pit. Searching parties had f? und no sign that any of the missing miners were still alive. The b< dies of eleven men were huddled behind a door, as if they sought shelter there from a hurricane of fiery sparks sweeping by. Other bodies were found in the i et urn a rways where the victims were caught while probably trying to escape. A doctor has exam? ined the bodies and reports that all of the victims died of suffocation/ The searching parties are of the oj inion that other bodies w i! be found under the piles of debris lying everywhere ia the mine. BIG STRIKE IN CHICAGO. Workmen on the World's Fair Build? ings Have a Walk-Out; lu obedience to the orthr of the Build? ing Trades Conned, 4.OOO union me? chanics, employed at the World's Fair grounds did not go to work Monday morning. The trades represented are carpenters, painters, ornamental iron worker?, hod c: rriers, tin and sheet iron worker.*, lathers, cornice workers, etc. The bricklayers, stone cutters and plas? terers are not included. The men cl?:?u That the Council of Ad? ministration of the World's Fair has broken faith with the allied trades upon the arbitration question. The men are quiet, but as fast HS workmen approached they were taken in hand by pickets and requested not to go to work. Probably eighty per cent of the trades interested did not woik. During the morning a messenger was sent from the administra? tion building inviting thc representatives of the strikers to a conference. The in? vitation was at once accepted. It was 10 o'clock at night when the meeting between the council of adminis? tration and the representatives ot the building trades council came to an agree? ment which is to continua throughout the entire period of thc exposition, and under which iurther trouble is impossi? ble. Thc men received the formal con? cession of a minimum rate of wages and yielded to the demand of the exposition officials that th?-y may employ any man whether he is a member of any labor or- j gan'zation or not. , Toe first step lookiog toward peace ? was made when a ommittee of the , strikers submitted to the world's fair i council the folio ving proposition : That j if the world's fair council will agree to ?ubrait the diff rencc3 between the men ! ind the exposition to arbitration at 4 , Relock p. m., April 12tb, the building ; ind trades council will order the men t i>ack to work at once pending the result , >f arbitration. The budding and trades , councilTtttrds itself to abide by the deci- , don of the arbitrators. One arbitrator j s to be selected by the building and j rades couucil, one by the world's fair j nanagement and a th ir J by the two. f A Missouri Cyclone. Meager particulars were received Tues- { Jay of a cyclone at Page City. Mo. Three people were killed and a large number in- j t jured. Tue most terrific hailstorm that ' has been known in thaT^secli7njvfor years ! : visited St. Louis Tuesday nSgW''vV8? o'clock. The falling stones ;Ji skylights with sufficient furei ?Ds'.auce3 to break tbcm,. "T?fch^^^ THROUGHOUT TH? SOUTH Mes o? Her Progress M Prosperity My Epitomize! And important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told, A contest to set aside the will of the late Dr. Washington Byer, of San Fran? cisco, who died in June last, leaving an estate valued at $1,500,000, was com? menced Tuesday in the interest of Chris? topher Rye-, who claims to be a natural son. Governor Turney, of Tennessee, Mon? day, appointed Jobn K. Shields, of Bean Station, Grainger couuty to bc judge of the twelfth chancery division, just crea? ted by the legislature, aud composed of the counties of Sullivan, Hawblean, Hawkins, Grainger, Claiborne and Han? cock. Governor Turuey, of Tennessee, ap? pointed the following penitentiary com? missioners Thursday: R. J. Morgan, of Memphis; I>. K. Young, of Clinton, and M. L. McDowell, of Winchester. They will proceed to purchase coal and farming lauds to build a new penitentiary and stockade, for which $600,< 00 will be <x peeted. Their salary is $2.000 per an? num. The bombardment of Fort Sumter was celebrated at Charleston, S. C.? Wedces day, by memorial exercises in honor of the late General Beauregard. A parade participated in by civic and military or? ganisations, was followed by impressive exercises at the Grand opera house. Al? exander Robert Chisholm, of New Y?rk, delivered the opening address on "Beau? regard at Manassa?." A Nashville, Tenn., special of Wednes? day says: The mystery surrounding th failure of Dobbins & Dazey and the wrecking of the Commercial National bank, is beginning to assume that shape where an explosion may be expected at most any moment, and by some who are cognizant of what is going on* It is stated that some startling developments may* be expected very shortly. The investigation of the looting of the Gate City bank, at Atlanta, hythe grand jury is proceeding by slow and regular stages, A large number of witnesses have been examined and it is said tba* some interesting fact* have been discov ered) but what they are cannot be learn? ed. The secrecy which is thrown around the grand jury room and what transpires therein is deep and ponderous. In the TJtiited States court at Atlanta, Wednesday morning. Henry Fink and Charles L. Magee were appointed re? ceivers in two impoitant cases brought by the Central Trust company of New York, agjinst the East Tennessee rail? road. The bills were presented to the court several days ago, the one foreclos? ing a mortgage on tne general property of the road, the other foreclosing a mort? gage on the rolling stock. News reached Raleigh, N. C., Wed nesday night of a disastrous forest fire in Warren county, which bas swept over mile* of the country destroying 200 farm dwellings and much other property. It burned ten dwellings, St. Stephen's church, two public schools and B. 31. Collins* flouriug mills Worth $10,000. One wealthy farmer lost eleven buildings, cattle and hogs were bumed to death and miles of fencing destroyed. Ex Governor A. G. McGrath died at Charleston, S. C., Sunday, aged eighty years, Previous to the rebellion he w.:s reappointed by President Pierce district judge of South Carolina, but on the an nouncenr-nt of the election of Lincoln to the presidency, he discharged the grand jury and declared the court adjourned sine die. He was subsequently governor of the state and at the fall of the confed? eracy was arrested and imprisoned by the federal authorities. On h s release he resumed the practice of his profession. A special of Tuesday from Los Angles, Cal., says: Since last Tuesday there have been between forty and fifty earth? quake shocks io the rico canon, near New Hall. The Pico canon is in the San Fernando mountains and is the cen? ter of the oil region. List Tuesday, a severe earthquake, which was felt ail over southern California, shook th? hou?es in the Pico canon and very badly frightened thc inhabitants. Since then there have been several shocks every day, but these have been confined to o small area in the mountains. The Southern Afternoon Press bureau, comprising forty-six leading afternoon newspapers of the south and southwest, concluded its three days' session i Washington Wednesday. Rufus !N Rhodes, of the B'rmingham News, W elected president; J. W. Burson, of \\w Galveston Tribune, vice-president; J. Pinkney Smith, of the New Orlean* States, s?cre'ary and general manager, and Fred S. C X, af the Mobile New , treasur r. The bur? au determined t< have a pnss report of its own, made nj. in Washington by it* own editor amt improved both in matter and quality. A Nashville special of Monday say*-: It is generally conceded that there will possibly be further trouble in the mining districts iu May. Ic is au open se ( ret that a general strike ?3 in prepara? tion to take (fleet May 1st, and state an 1 civil military authorities are preparing for ano h?r attack on the convict* work? ed in mines. Positious have been and are being s'rengthened, fortifications built and everything is being put in readiness for au attack. Tho legislature has pissed a bill authorizing the gov? ernor to u?e the full force of the state to suppress disorders. A meeting of the creditors of Dobbins Sr. D<>7/?v was h'-ld in Na?hvil'e, Tenn.. Tuesday. All debts of the firm exept about $5,000 were represented. Mr. Dobbins made a proposition to turn over the assets to the creditors, if they would release him, so he could reorgan? ize the business. Another proposition was suggested by some of the largest creditor.-, in substance to turn over the assets of the firm to Mr. Dobbins and let him realize all possible for the creditors. It was agreed that this projosition should bc formally drawn un r>jd pre? sented to each creditor for c ^r s'dera tion, with a statement of thc condition of the assets and liabilities as soon as an accurate one can he made. "OLD GLORY" HAULED DOWN By Order of Commissioner Blount, and Hawaii's Own Flag Furled. A San Francisco spacial says: Advices From Honolulu by Thursday's steamer say that Commissioner B<u t's arrival in Hawaii was a wet blanket for the pro? visional government, but his procedure bas paralyzed the leaders, as well as Min? ister Stevens. By Mr. Blount's order the American fhg was hauled down and the protectorate dissolved. Thc event took Dlace April 1st, and was marked by brie* .nd simple ceremonies. On bis arrival he United States commi?sioner held two ludiences with the provisional govern nent. at the first of which Mr. Blount presented a letter from President Cleve and introducing thc envoy and defining ais dutie?. The Hawaiin flag has been Oiste'*. lr received no cheers for every ne knew it was not what the new gov *ri ment d', sired. TUB I.\'LX1*!?ESM\E SHE. Mr. .N. E. Verylate Have you ceased j Ocare l'?r me. Adele.' 1 came earlier hU afternoon, ami you do not even look rlad to see me. Mis< Adele Sartean.-Indeed, I am jlad to sec you ! But this is my hour ""testing my features from all expres ~~T^crue. STORM IN THE NORTHWEST. Iowa? Illinois? Nebraska and Missouri in its Path? A Chicago special of Wednesday says: Tuesday nights storm -wrought such havoc with the telegraph wires that it is almost impossible to obtain particulars of the damage done in the west, where the des*ruction seems to have been general and widespread in the states pf Iowa, Il? linois, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri? Probably the greatest damage was done in Iowa, although the reports from Ne? braska indicate that when full particu? lars are received that state will lead in the loss of prope.ty and human life. Along the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, in Iowa and Ne? braska, the storm cut a wide 6wathj The town of Akron, in the former state) is wrecked, and WestfiVldj a few miles distant, badly demoralized. Meagre reports from localities in the interior show that th.3 devastation is widespread, a though its full citent will not be known*for several days, owing to the lack of telegraphic facilities and the washing o?f. of the country roads, fen? dtfing communication difficult and in many cases impossible. Continuing along the railroad in Nebraska,the storm swept np farm buildings, fences and bridges and finally swooped down on the town of Page, which it wrecked. LATEST SEWS. A special of Wednesday afternoon from Kansas City, Mo., says: As eommunici ;ion gradually becomes opened up with the small towns and hamlets through Kansas and Missouti which were cyclone swept Tuesday, and the news always making additions to th- list of lives and property is received, the reol extent of the storm becomes known. It is impos? sible to get the names of the victims, however, and in most instances the ac? counts of destruction wrought are in? complete. Even in some places where communication has been restored, news is not available. The stricken citiSens are engaged with the important duty of caring for the injured, the care of the dead, and putting together what was once their happy homes. Fifteen people are known to have been killed ; thirty or forty were injured, while num? berless houses, as well as smaller proper? ty were destroyed. Much stock was also killed. ? ?rississippi TUWN IS RTJ?SS. A Vicksburg, Miss., special says: Conductor Thomas, of the Yszoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, wired the following Wednesday night: '.The en? tire town of Robinsonville, Coahoma county, was swept away by a cyclone about 4:30 o'clock this evening. All the stores are in flames. Several negroes and perhaps some white men are buried in the ruins. The depot was completely destroyed and the night operator's wife killed. A Colored child was alsi killed. On?? tWo houses are h ic standing." STORJ? IS TENNESSEE. ?ackson} Tenn, j was struck b? a cy? clone about five o'clock Wednesday after? noon and a dozen buildings were wreck? ed. There was no loss of life, though a number of persons were slightly injured. Ev-rything iu the path of the storm was leveled. The damage in the rural districts cannot be learned. CASUALITIES IN MISSOURI. A Bpecial of 'Jhursday frcm St. Louisj ik; savs: Though two nights and a day hate p?S9ed since the cyclone tore its Way through Missouti, from south? west to northwest, the re por s of dam? age and loss of life are swll coming ih; The towns Which aufrVrerl most are com? paratively small and nearly all loca'ed in the northwestern part of the state on a strip lying to the southeast of Kansas City. A summary of the casualities shows the following result, the list of dead and injured correct-d to the best possible extent: At Higginsville, Mo, eight persons were killed outright and three m:re will probably die and twenty-five wounded. At Hawkins Bank eight people were kill; d and thirty one seriously injured; al Lexington five were killed and tht'ee fatally injured \ at Stanbury, four killed and one fatally hurt; at Steelvi?ej seven killed; In addition there is a long list of t ose who" were more or less hurtj and whose injuries will not prove fatal; As if this horrible roll was not enough; the storm left litt'e to the survivors to be? gin life again with. Houses, barns, stock and everything was swept before the stormi fury. Av Hawkins Bank the scene was most horrible. When the re? lief reached there not a soul in the place had had a morsel to eat for twenty-four hours, as provisions, cook stover etc., were all blown away. Farmers from the surrounding country came nobly to their assistance, and many are now being cared for in the immediate vicinity of the bank. RUINS AT YPSILASTI. According to dispatches of Thursday, Ypsilanti, Mich., is m a lamentable condition and business is suspended owing to the havee caused by Wednes? day night's rainstorm. Almost all the principal block-stores, the opera house, postoffice, hotel and several dwellings were either demolished or badly dam? aged. Houses were lifted from their U undations, buildings were unroofed and walls tumbled into the street, a mass of ruins. So far as known, not a life will be lost as a result of the storm. Roughly estimated, the total loss is between $100,000 and $150,000. A Memphis, Tenn., special of Thurs? day says: It is hardly possible to exag? gerate the havoc made by thc cyclone fire at Robinsonville Wednesday. There are parts of two houses and a water tank s-ill standing, and everything else was razed^ to the ground, and most of it burned. The number of killed, so far as can be ascertained by a census of the bodies found, is seventeen, one white and sixteen colored, and about ten in? jured-tWo ?o seriously that they are ex? pected to die. The wounded who have not been sent to Memphis, Tunica or Lake Cormorant, are quartered in the two houses still standing. The property loss will reach $100,000. PERU APOLOGIZES For the Outrage Perpetrated on One of Our Consular Agencies. A Washington special of Monday says: The Peruvian government has taken the initiatory steps toward complying with the demands of the United States that reparation be made for the outrage com? mitted on one of its consular agencies in Peru. It was not until Monday morning that the name of the place attacked, which was omitted in the first dispatch from Minister Hicks notifying Secretary Gresham of the affair, was made known to the state department. The informa? tion was contained in a cablegram from Minister Hick?, stating that the consular agency is at Moliendo, Peru, and that in answer to the demand for satisfaction made by the administration thc govern? ment of Peru immediately removed the sub-prefect of the department in which Moliendo is situated, and -promised to provide suitable reparation ; and, fur? thermore, that the government has ex? pressed its regrets for thc occurrence. This information is entirely satisfac? tory to the United States government. The name of the consular agent at Moliendo, which is omitted from the dis? patches received from Minister Hicks, is William R. Griffith. He was appointed from Pennsylvania, March 30, 1889. Ne news has been received by Secretaiy Gresham concerning the reported out? rage against :i United States consulate iu Bolivia. A man in Wolfe County, Kentucky, has been disfranchised for life for selling ^^fqte. j TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. The News o? toe loria (Mensed loto Ply ntl Pomtefi Paragrapiis. Interesting and Instructive to All Classes of Readers? A St. Mary's, 0., dispatch says a de? structive fire Wi dnesdiy night, destroy? ed the entire fountain square, involving a lo?s of $200,000. Three persons died of cholera Sunday m L'Orie t, in the department of Moibi h: n, Fr uce. whfre the disease caused nanny death? recently. A New York special of Thursday says; Messrs. Drexel, Morgan ?fe Co. have ac? cepted i be reorganization of the Rich? mond Ternrnal comppf|v. Thc E igle woolen mills, in Hubbards town, Mas?., were totally destroyed by fire carly Tuesday morning. The cause is unknown. The loss is from $75,000 to $100,000. J. W. Fiood. for twenty-seven years cashier of tne Donohue Kelley Baokiog Company, of San Francisco, is $25,000 short in his accounts. He was arrested Monday night. A. G. Spaulding & Co.'s sporting goods factory at Fifty-third street Chi? cago, and the Rock Island tracks was destroyed by fire Saturday night. Loss $70,000; fully insured. A dispatch from Brooklyn, N. Y., says: The planing mills, lumber yards and stables of Voorhis & Co., on Newton creek, were destroyed by early Thursday morning. Sixteen valuable horses were burned to death. The total loss is $150,000. A dispatch of Sunday to the Brazilian l?gation in London, from Rio Janeiro, states that the insurrection in the prov? ince of Rio Grande DeSul, is being sup? pressed, and that the rebels everywhere are being closely pursued by the govern? ment fords, and have been driven close to the ?raguayan frontier. Reports from different sections of Michigan, shows that thc storm of Wed day night prevailed all over the southern portion of the state, leaving destruction and death in i:s wake; It was most severe in tne southwestern portion where most of the damage was done and several lives lost. A New York special of Monday says: Another action has just been begun by Eva Mann, the woman calling herself the lawful widow of Robert Ray Ham? ilton, to recover what she claims to be her rights. The latter consists of her dower interest in the late assemblyman's estate, amounting to over $130,000. A news special of Mouday from ike City of Mexico states that the national pawn shop of that city, which is a government institution, is doing a flourishing busi? ness. The report just issued, shows that during the month of March, the shop loaned $169,699.50 to 25,822 individuals. The entire amount loaned on jewelry, etc., and deposited in the institution amounts to $1,204,823.57. A New York dispatch of Wednesday says: The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company has begun paying holders of insurtuce policies on the cargo of the Naronic, the White Star liner which left Liverpool two months ago, and Other companies have given her up as lost. The cargo was valu:>a\at $500,000. The ves? sel itself was insured by thc White Star Company's reserve fund. Among other securities, the New 1fork stock exchange, on Wednesday, listed $5,700,000 Mercantile Trust Company certificates of deposit issued in exchange for Savannah and Western first consoli? dated mortgage 5 per cent bonds of the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia and $3,000,000 capital stock and $2,000,000 consolidated first mort? gage 5 per cent, twenty-five year gold bonds of 1918 of the Detroit Gas Com? pany. The exchange will be closed Thursday, April 2tth. The A. S. Holmes Oil Refinery Com? pany, at Buffalo, N. Y., covering twelve acres of ground, was destroyed by fire Thursday morning, together with twenty freight cars and a train of oil cars. Thir? ty thousand barrels of oil were also burn? ed. The fire was started by an engine dropping coals in some oil which w^s running on top of water in a little ditch. The wind blew the flames into the works and an explosion followed. Three fire? men were slightly injured by one of the explosions. The loss will be heavy. A meeting of the rapid transit com? mission of New York city was held Tuesday afternoon. The session was understood t > be chiefly for the purpose of hearing John M. Bowers' opinion on the legality of the scheme for the build? ing of the underground road, proposed by R. T. Wilson & Co., the bankers. On Saturday last they proposed to raise $15,000,000 of private capitd &v.? have the city lend its credit for $35,000,000 additional capital, and then build the road at their estimated cost of $50,000, 000, . A cable dispatch of Monday from Dub? lin, Ireland, says: Baron Houghton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has issued an order limiting the importation of arms and ammunition io Ireland. Arms aud ammunition must be imported only at certain ports, and all consignees must, previous to consignment, obtain a per? mit for importation from the cu tom offi? cers, giving the particulars of the arms consigned. The customs officials are au? thorize I to open packages suspected ci containing arms or ammunition imported contrary to order. NEW WING OF DEMOCRACY To be Organized in South Carolina. Text of the Call. Meetings were held all over the state of South Carolina Tuesday for the organ? ization of another wing of the democratic party in the state. The address calling for the organization of the Industrial and Wage Workers' D. mocratic League, says: We drc'are onr principles to be embodied in tho simple but sonn i democratic doctrine of '.equalrights lo all, special privileges to none," amt our purpose to repeal and to oppose all legislation inconsistent therewith. We ac? knowledge agriculture to bc the master v/heel of industrial mechanism, but declare that in the enactment and education of just and whole? some laws it IR essential to good order that the quality and quantity of the product depend upon the barra -nious working of the whole ma? chino, and that upon no industry more than agricultural will fall tho injurious effects of a departure from th?8 just principle. We believe the interest ot* c.-ipital and labor to be the same and wv assert that a blow aimed atone will fall I upon both, and that legislation directed .'against" either will reflect upon tho people of the whole state. Wo condemn the vicious class of legislation attempted and enacted by the legislature at its recent session and endorsed and approved by the governor ot this state, thc pernicious effects of which will ]>e put to hazard all industries dependent upon corporative capital, to ks?en thc volume of currency, to increase tho cost of credit and to render uncerlain and piecarions the occupation of all wage-workers within the state. We denounce thu inc >nsisteucy of the so-called 1 reform" party which proclaiming silaries foo large, omits to reduce them. J)e o'unng taxei too high increase- ?hem; profee s ng opposition to inourpoly conspires io make the state a monopoly: preaching prohibition legislates the s'ate itself in jo a inm-i>eller. The new organization is ni med direct? ly at the reform or Tilliuanitc wing of the party. It was brought into existence by thc passage of laws at the last session of the general assembly in obedience to the governor's recommendations calcu? lated to oppress the railroads, banks, factories and in fact, all industries. Thc membership of the league, it is said, is already very large and it proposes to play an important part iu the next elec? tion. A state convention has been call? ed for the 19th instant. , THE GOVERNORS MEET. Organized in Convention at Rich? mond-The Proceedings. A Richmond, Va., special says: Promptly at 12 o'clock Wednesday Gov? ernor McKinney, of Virginia, entered the chamber at the head of the southern governors. The distinguished guests were at once seated. Twenty-five min? utes were consumed in shaking hands and introductions* Governor McKinney, still standing on the floor, rapped the body to order and said : ''Gentlemen, it j is a time honored custom in Virginia to I open all deliberative bodies by asking God's blessing." Pie then called upon Dr; Nelson who offered a brief but fer? vent prayer, at tba close of wh:ch the governor proceeded to deliver a brief but cordia: welcome to the visitors, say? ing that he wished this would be a work? ing and not a talking body. He then nominated Governor Fish back, of Arkansa0, as temporary chair? man, who was unanimously elected. The gathering of the convention drew a large crowd of spectators, who filled the senate gallery and the space in the chamber outside of the railing. Besides Governor McKinney there were present Governor Fishbank, of Arkansas, who originated the convention movement; Governor Foster, of Louisiana; Governor Brown, of Maryland; Governor Jones, of Alabama; Governor Carr, of North Carolina; Governor Stone, of Missouri, and Governor Tillman, of Soutli Caro? lina. The other stages represented by delegates were Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia. Ken? tucky, Texas and Florida were not rep? resented. SECOND DAY. The convention of southern governors was called to order Thursday morning by President Fishback. The committee on permanent organization reported through Governor McKinney, recommending that the temporary officers be made perma? nent, and that, upon all questions before the convention, each state shall be enti? tled to one vote, to be cast by the gover nor, and if he be not present, by one of the delegates from the state, selected by the representatives. This was adop'ed. Governor Carr* <-f North Carolina, offer? ee! the following resolution^ which, un? der the rules, was referred : First, in order tfiat work may be nc# and hete begun, it is reccommended that the gov? ernors of these states appoint several per?ons, one to investigate carefully ecc'i one on the following subjects in its relations to immigra? tion to that state: direct trade, labsr and tm ployment, mining, chma'olo^y and health, advertising and manufacturing; and th se per? sons, under th"1 direction of thc governor ai that state, shall ooper .rc with him in such immigration work x- he ma}* direcr. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Development During the Past Week. The review of the industrial situation in the south for the past -reek shotts the following among the impirfant hew industries estate iished fot the seven days. The Texas City Im? provement company, "of Galveston, Texas, capital $2,000,000; au electric plant to cost $100,0C0 at Birmingham, *la, by tba General Electrical company, of Boston, Mass.; the Elk I River Coal Mining companv. of Charleston, ? W. V., capital $o0,000. a brewery with $225,000 capital at MidJiesborongb, Kr." by the New Sou^h Brewing and Ice company; the Lyon Manufacturing. Co., of Louisville, Ky., capital $100,000: the National Machine company, also of Louisville, capital $100 000; a cotton mill at Jonesville, S. C., to cost $50,0C0, by T. L. Haines and associates; a baird facto?y with $50,000 capital at ?ictory, Miss., by the Ste? venson Mauufac'raring company; a cooperage comp?ny at Ashland, fey., capial $50,000, by the National Stave'and Cooperage company, and a $40.000 pottery at New Decatur, AIa.< by the Potters' Flint cc inp-ny. Thirty-seven new iridns'rics wi re es'ablished or incorporated during the week, three systems of waterworks, and 14 new buildings. Among the new inlustries not already re? ferred to are a brewery at Wheeling, W. Va.; brick and pottery works costing ??0,000, at Galveston. T(x.. by the Eat rprise Br ck and Pottery Co.; a distillery at Covington, Ky.; au electric lighting plant at Dona'.dsonville, La.; a rolkr process flou in g mili at White Pine,Tenn., and an ic? factory at LaGrange, Tex. A25 ton charcoal furoaee is reported at Riverside, Ala.; fonn^ri^s and machine sbopi at Asheville, N. C., Willis, Tex., and Montgomery. W. Va.; an irrigation cornptny at Pecos City, Tex., an4 ochre works on a large scale at CarWsride.Ga. TL ire are also reported a $30.000 cotton seed oil mill at Palestine, Tex is, by the Palestine Cotton Seed Oil Co.; cotton nidia at Morgan ton and Shelby, N. C., and Mount Pleasant, 3. C.. and a woolen mill at Newberry Milis, Va, Among the woodworking plants of the week aro a barrel factory at Collin?, La.; furniture factories at Middlesbrough, Ky., and Charles? ton, W. Va.; and saw and planing mills at Riv? erside and Greensboro, Ala., B ?ck Rock. Ark., Jacksonville, Fla., Orangebmg, ?s. C., Bristol, Tenn, and Qiuen City, Texas. Wa'er works are to be established at Cull man, Ala., and Tullahoma, Ttnn., and enlarged at Petersburg, Va. The new buddings include business houses at Atlanta, Ga?, Louisville, Ky., Houston and San Marcos. Texas: court houses at Elberton, Ga., and Waynesboro, Miss.; a ptblic hall at Charleston. S. C. j hotels at Atlanta, Ga-, New Orleans, La., and Mon? vile, Va. and school buildings at Greenville", Tenn., and Port Lavaca, Texas--Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Tenn.) BEHRING SEA MATTERS Discussed by the Court of Arbitration. The American Side Presented. A Paris cable dispatch sais: Upon the resumption of the sitting of the Behring sea court of arbitration Thursday Mr. James C. Carter continued the presenta? tion of the American side of the case commenced Wednesday. He read let ten bearing upon the question at issue, seut by Mr. Blaine when secretary of state to Sir Julian Poncefote, the British minister at Washington, and commented upon them. At this point Senator John L. Morgan, one of the arbitrators on the part of the United States, ioquired whether Canada had approved thc draft of t. convention before Lord Salisbury had made his sug? gestion relative to a ten-mile limit. This question was left to a discussion, in which Mr. Carter, Sir Charles Russell, of Counsel for Great Britain; Sir John 1 hompson, of Canada, one of the arbi? trators, and Senator Morgan took part. BIG DEAL IN IRON. The Maluning* Valley Interests Form a Combination. A special of Thursday from Youngs? town, Ohio, says: The consolidation of thc vast iron interests of the Mahoning valley, including all the mills of Youngstown an i those at Girard, Pomeroy and Warren, will no doubt be completed within the next few days. New York capitalists arc in the city now to close up the big iron deal. The con? solidation will include properties of the Union IroD and ?Steel Company, con? trolling Cartwrights,the Youngstown, Gi? rard, Warren and Pomeroy mills. The Brier Hill Iron and Coal Company, the Youngstown Steel Company, the Brown-Bonucll Iron Company, Ma? honing Valley Iron Company, Andrews Brothers' Company, Andrews-Hitchcock Company and the big plant of the Ohio Steel Company. The tranter of these [ properties will involve between $7,000,- ! 000 and $10,000,000. A New Lifeboat Tor the Navy. Captain Schemmerhorn, of New York, has invented a new style of lifeboat of thc folding fashion, which he hopes to have adopted by the Navy Department I for \\<c on board our war ships. The ! captain luis called at thc department and ! explained his inventiou to the bureau ? chiefs, who arc much impressed with his bora, and will consider its good points uu:(in with a view to determining its fit? ness i??t the ravaJ service. Thc boat can be easih stored away on shipboard, asit^i i'o\i{< up ritter the fashion of :t S^JCB chair. bo H^KJl for latin? hing in an emcrgeM navy has yet been unable tofl lifebelt that quite fills thc ''"fl I tic Journal. fl THE FIGHT IS ON. Tie Crisis in Central Railroad Affairs Eas Been Reacnei The Bichmond Terminal People Ask for Hr. Comer's Dismissal. A great surprise was sprung on the United States court at Savannah Tues? day afternoon, when, without any warn? ing whatever, Henry Crawford, of Kew York, attorney for the Bichmond Term? inal, addressed the court and stated that he had just filed two motions. One asked that Receivi r Comer of the Cen? tral system be discharged and all con? tracts under the receivership be annulled on the grond of illegality. The other moved that the order of Judge Speer in regard to the reorganization committee authorizing loans to the Central be set aside on the ground that said orders were imprudent, irregular and erroneous and that the court had no jurisdiction whatever in the cause to enter auch orders and that the same are entirely void. These motions were filed under the Rowena Clarke bill, which piaced the Central in the hands of a receiver. The case of the Central Trust company vs? the Central railroad had been called before Judge Pardee and everything waa progressing calmlv when these motions were read and fell like a thunder clap on the lawyers assembled. Judge H. B. Tompkins made an argu-. ment for the Central Trust company, asking the appointment of an independ? ent receiver for the Savannah and West? ern on the ground that it was a competi? tive system with the Central and had not been properly managed by the receiver. He was answered on behalf of the Cen? tral by Captain Cunningham, who said that the interests of the Central and the Savannah and Western were mutual and affidavits were produced showing that there was no competition except in con? junction with the same roads? TAXES' BY SURPRISE. This argument, however, became of minor importance when the Terminal people sprung their motions. Mr. W. G. Oakman, receiver, and Henry Craw? ford, attorney for the Terminal, eame down from Kew York Monday night and until the case was spiring no one knew anything about their mission, which had an air of mystery about it. When Mr. Crawford addressed the court and read the two mo? tions under the Rowena Clarke bill above outlined, Judge Pardee straightened up to iifcten to every utterance and every eye in the court was intent upon the speaker. Mr. Crawford said he appear? ed to represent the Richmond Terminal Company, which owned 42,000 shares of Central stock that had been disfran? chised by that court. He charged the district court with acting in copartner? ship with the reorganization committee and said the court bad no right to ap? point a receiver for a solvent Corporation? "The proceeding whereby a district judge takes charge of an interstate sys? tem of railroads," said he, "are most unusual and entirely without precedent. The property has been illegally and im? properly administered-under authority of the court and its receiver-and orders have been r> c?< d which will not bear the test of nye igatioo, and are illegal from beginn.Lig to end. I refer to the order authorizing the receiver to borrow money without stating in the petition to the court to what use the money was to be put. But most unusual of all was the order authorizing the receiver to contract a loan with the Hollins syndi? cate? and making a contract that the syn? dicate could negotiate collateral securi? ties belonging to the Central Railroad Company as soon as its bonds fell due if they were not paid. Thi3 order was most unusual and without precedent and we shall move that it be annulled and the receiver discharged." Mr. Crawford was tn the midst of his argument when the court adjourned until Wednesday morn? ing. The United States court room was, crowded to the extent of its capacity Wednesday morning, everybody weting tn expectancy to hear the continuation of the sensational speech of Mr. Craw? ford, attorney for the Richmond Termi? nal, who was expected to make some pretty strong charges. He continued his argument on the motions already intro? duced stating that the receiver of the present day manages property af? ter hi3 own fashion in collusion with the courts. He began a criticism of Judge Speer's actions, but was interrupted by Judge Partee who prohibited him from further criticising Judge Speer as he said the action of the district judge was not germane to the discussion. An arrange? ment will be made by the attorneys to set a date for the hearing of the motion to discharge the receiver before Judge Pardee at Kew OrLans at an early date. ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED For the Removal of Jefferson Davis Remains to Richmond. A Richmond, Va., dispatch of Sunday says : The executive committee of Lee camp in charge of the arrangements for the arrival of the remains of Jefferson Davis from New Orleans to this city has completed the details of the programme. General John B. Gordon, of Georgia, will be chief marshall, and Governor Philip W. McKinney, of Virginia, chair? man of the committee on invitations and reception. The command.rs of all con? federate camps of Virginia are to be members of this committee. It is not yet known at what points the funeral train will stop, but the governor of each state through which it will pass will accompany it through their respect? ive states, thereby giving official appro? val for conveyance throuoh their borders. The cortege will leave New Orleans May 28th and will reach Richmond on the evening of the 30th. The casket will be borne to the state capitol, which will be appropriately decorated and where a guard of honor from Lee camp and Pick? ett camps will watch it. FOUR MEN KILLED By the Premature Explosion of a Charge of Dynamite. At Ladd's lime works, about two miles from Carterville, Ga, Siturday morning, a most terrible dynamite explosion oc? curred. A number of men were drilling a hole in a rock, and after putting the explosive in decided to make the result sure by drilling the hole deeper. In tam? pering wiih the dynamite already placed a cap wa9 exploded and the effect was mo3t disastrous. James Mayhew and Robert Jackson, white, and Bill Murphy and Bedford Brown, colored, were killed. The first two instantly and the others died in about an hour. Three other men were more or less seriously injured. ?TBIG COMBINE" That Will Menace the Carnegie Organ? izations. A Fitts burg, Pa., special of Sunday says: It bns just been discovered that a powerful syndidate wiil be formed that will rivnl the Carnegie organizations. The financial backing will come from various parts of the country and Europe, and the capital stock will be one hun drecLmillion dollars. Many of the best .api-alists of Pittsburg, Cincin York, Boston, Chicago, Phila irminghim, South Pittsburg, Tt. Louis aro connected io ,the in ?his paper and ?business, BILL kW He is Solicitons to Kw WM< Matter Hil tie m And Why the People and i So Diligently Pnrsne f\ fl The Constitution intim?tes thas th\^ ? an off year in politics and no electioa \' I held and therefore no demagogues to no.^., -J ? anti-railroad hobby wilt be allowed a . I chance to make a bring. We hope so, ax I hope that there is a healrhy reaction gorn?^. H inthepnblic mind concerning them. It I strange and hateful spectacle to see how t I great commercial indus ries of the ?tate; I hawed at and almost crushed br in vic I legislation. Why is it that suck men a? Tb/ tl I and Fink and Green and Comer and H ? I have to go before the commission and f ff fl Constitution says, "beg for life?" Jsc Their freight rates reduced 44 per cen? J I in twelve years and their net earnings I down to an average of 1 ss than 3 per fy J I the capital stock, what does lt mean? . "j I people unfriendly to railroads because .OJ! I harm they have done u-? We old pe chi m fl member when the Central and the Gee" "fl I the State roads were 'the pride of the tT<fl I and the merchants who lived along ' ca/j H and it was a rare thing for a heav *?? I snit to be brought against, the'n^?Mjttj?^ij^fl H ber when the fare was 5 ?y*443 ' j I freight rates double wh^rgVere ? I was co persecution, no,- ? .fl I haste to the wrecks ' ?u llfl I them, no strikes of J? nufl I meet the interest c/ ^?aflnflfl I usual dividend of of them des? ? their stock. Eve J| I prosperous then, I ^cession ffl I and content Wh the eldest to? I Green says the Ge . , fl I ent rates, earn m was lett ai un I the lessee has top/ <up raaba"" fl I holders. Well, ot t?e ra?Ud? ] I not complaining, 1 cotudu t s'.afl I tionof the rates jt - _ ^~n?r 1 I lessees. What o in a 00 w' fl I ness is so he dark closet fl I fay unfriendly . ,_lfi fl I that the great * dried codfu>? I Macon sell their gc jjut Mc fl I make lower prices?: . 1 I turer or the farmery trust i$ l~fl I of their products? j gotmucfl I discrimination agar ^? /fl I they not serve all j lude owbhaB I commerce? Could , {L...JM I otrt them? Have th gavc hf^efl I living to us all? Th< jesceu t* c*fl Whv are more thai , . 'i% . j I in the hands of re? ferior thmflj I certificates are bette *\rt>w to thfl I bonds! Certificates 1ure y J T I the stock and wipe on whose f ia?fl I bonds and wipe t bereu or^imfl I ordered by the c?urt&er5 ?^"^????| I passes into new hands ff*"]^B I is all consumed in the reservo fl I and the charges of the courts^ "*^B I fees, lhere are as many jov^ -fl I quisites and professional emo.ur^eirflflflflj I windup as there were in the Byan efl I took $50,000 for court expenses and k-fl I OOO for the creditors- jfl Whenever a railroad or anything elsfl I to the hands of a receiver the averag? I may sing, "Farewell, vain world, fl I home/' fl There are many kinds of I world who watch and wait for^fl I vessel to come ashore ia a st orfl I may rob the dead and grab toefl the state ihould help to crufl roads is a mystery to rn?. ID fl onr sense of justice and theagfl things to see such honorablefl men as those who represenjfl almost on their knees bef ofl mission and "begging foafl been many months ?nfl parry made a public dafl the seizure of all the raflj ti ons by the national gWfl PBpemjt^J goges started that, and somex/ti^em rode fetofl office upon it, The time was wt?en ?trikes adi boycott were unknown ir. ' th? south, btit now most every department ot Ubor fca# 1 its organization for self-protection, Just.is j though all the rest of mankind were ?H?r ene- J mies. Contracts are made and broken afc their M pleasure and at their pleasure they "walk owtMl and the wheels of bnsine?e must stop until thor j get more concessions. We see that ose federal j judge up north has had the nerve to say tirM them, '* 'thus far shalt thou go and no farther.^! You may break your own contract but yon atellfl not interfere with other roads nor intimidatsfl their Workmen. Commerce must go on- " / fl Why this pursuit of railroads by the people, m the courte,, the juries, the legislature? Why ? these frequent and enormous verdicts for dam* 1 ages? A few days ago there were four mea 1 blown up and killed at a l;me quarry neaxAeraeJ There was a premature explosion bec?i^p???M defect in the fuse, or the cap or^n#gthfl or maybe from carelessness of wo&zaHHj Will their kindred ?ne for claro-ge?? No. Efl if they had been killed on a train that seemefll to be "safe, and there was a broken rail orafafl broken, or a tap lost, or somethfl else wrong that human foresight c^fj not discover, the legal wieckers wfl be on hand as soon ks the 1 oner, and in due time the courthouse fl would echo with the same old tearful hfl rending speech that pictures to the jaryaj criminal recklesmess of these mons?fl power that come thundering down thfl Not long ago *a k^J^cr^?r^^K^? $800 damages io an engineer ^f^flMl he sprained his ankle in .. iifl down from the locomotive th it iPz. fl The step had gotten loose and turned as he descended. Last year the Wester^T! Atlantic railroad set)ted with a negro aj!^fl for the death of her husband. She had^gdfl| with him for sixteen years and 'vas the motS^B of his childrt n,bat another woman has brougta? suit because she "wa? his just wife aifd he toofcfl and left her." Anything is sufficient for ?fl case against a railroad. When will this pvos-fl ecu ti on be stopped or mitigated? Ybf?fl peculiar or exclusive rights or privflegejfl nave railroads or other corporations riqjfl other people have not got? There was atimfl when common carriers had some ekcln^S^fl privileges, but now-anybody can tr^T*jfl freight or passengers, a ny bod; can hn^bz'/^jfl road mn inn n iniiTTiiii i ni mm Wt?i*i|i^ W-Wfl road and take part of its right of "i**wjflfl Anderson kfeps good hor.-ea and carf^pHflflJ s^nds the drummers to and fro, faut if faisKfl sh uid be frightened and spill the drmnmerj^ the road and break his leg. is the drummer gefl to sue John Anderson? No! Where does flfl difference come in? Both Anderson and ^fl railroads use all foresight and all the djBge?wj they can. If any difference should bo m*<i?JSi the law, it should be made in favor of ??e nfl roads, for the public can't possibly get aka without them. If a stock law is right to ag tect farmers and save fencing, how much mfl is it right to protect the lives of passenge?Q?? a train from being derailed and killed by re?fl on of caTtle on the track. John AndeM^fl should drive around the cow but the fjM should keep off the railroad. Ibis ia comaMM sense and common justice. The wonder o$| all is that anybody wonld take strckin a Qgifl gia railroad, considering the herniations ia Sersecutions that surround them. The mi eris that some of them do not throw npflj sponge and surrender their chatters, and tfl thing will happen some of the?e da>s- ^hfl rr nat a Howl mere wouia oe among the pe?afl along the line. Just imagine it The .?fl stopped running. No riding to Atlanta etf Jifl gusta or Macon. HvTrvU^dy^nym^ij^flflJj home. Have to hire a^fffrpSllfl! and piy 10 cents a mie and k^setwowBflfl days to go thirty miles. Oh, mv ^uxiSflfl from such a ealamiiy mav thc good "Lord dflfl ?ver us.-BILL ARP, m Atlanta Constitntfaa^flfl ' REMARKABLE FATAUTIR. fl - 2 ? Death's Carnival of Exterminat?? an Alabama ?? News was received at MolSJ Saturday of the remarkable fatality.oT family of the name of Seagers, who Iii near Deatsville, in Elmore county. Out cf a family of nine or ten pei, living, and in good health a little over] week ago, only three are now Hvinj two of whom are now at the point death, and are not expected to recove The only members of the family w] have so far escaped sickness are mother and a daughter, the latter siding in Montgomery. The strar thing about the singular fatality ? they all are supposed to have died natural causes. The family has living at that place, for sixtyj^ they do not- think ?the sicKness; any local cause^ A BUILDING WREC And a Number of People ^0 the Rains, Tbrre was an explosion in thc ladia Company's mills iu Matai Wednesday. The roof of the * was blown off, and struck the; ero more than a hundred yards-front foundatioas. The walls wrere *$ea1| " most of the flooring ti>n upf Al men employed by the men were at| when the explosion occurred : m^? them went dow~ ; taa