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HARPER'S HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR In 27 numbers, 8 cents each. VOLUME LXXXVIII.— KO. 107. A VICTIM OF THE STORM. The Southern Chief Succumbs to the Fury of the Winds. GOES TO PIECES ON THE COAST SOUTH UF CAPE FLATTERY. Jealousy the Cause of a Tragedy In Which a Man Sboots and Kills His Wife—San Diego Experiences a Shook of Earthquake—The Snow Blockade In the Siskiyou Mountains Raised. Special to the Record-Union. Port Town<i:m>, Dec. 23.—The bark j Southern Chief, from Tacoma for Ade laide, Australia, succumbed to the fury of last Wednesday's storm. She went to pieces and was abandoned fifty-two miles southwest of Cape Flattery. Her Captain, W. Plumb, formerly of the late James Chostou, and her crew of fifteen persons all told were taken off the sinking vessel Friday morning by the barkentine Ska git and brought to this port. An uuknown ship previously passed the Southern Chief and refused to heed her signals of distress. Only one sea man was injured, having his leg jammed by lumber. The Chief rau into the gale early Thursday morning, which, together j with cross seas, opened up scams iv the Vessel and she quickly became water- j logged. Over 30,u00 ieet of lumber was j jettisoned when her stern quarters were carried away. A heavy sea was sweep-i ing her decks fore and alt when the Ska- j git came along and rescued the crew, i The vessel was valued at £7,000, and her Cargo cost |10,000 and is fully insured. Ihe revenue cutter Grant, which was 'ordered to go out in search for overdue' vessels, sailed to-night. She will prob ably be gone two weeks. The barkentine Skagit, which arrived to-day, twenty days lrom San Pedro, re- | ports making a biff semi-circle on the I voyage to Cape Flattery, and did not en- j counter any unusually stormy weather, J and neither <iid she sight any vessels in ; distress, wiiich would seem to dispel the j idea that the missing vessels had got out j to the westward, and were heading in to ward shore. ——i QUEER PROCEEDING. A Detective Runs Down an Embezzler and llien Skips Out. SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—An alleged embez zler from one of the oidest banks in | Bloomiugton, 111., has been run down by an Allan Pinkertou agency detective here, but the iatter suddenly disappeared after he became friendly with the alleged embezzler, without even giving the lat ter's name. The detective gave his name j on arriving in this city two weeks ago as j J. M. Brooks, but told certain people that I his name was William Dell. He was j very anxious to have it understood tnat j he was not working for the Pinkertou brothers' detective agency. According to his story, one of the oldest and most trusted employes of a Bloom- j ingtou, 111., bank, which is a branch of a \ Chicago institution, asked for a vacation and went to Yankton, S. D., then asked for an extension of time aud came to tue ! coast. His tjooks were exported, aud it j Was found he was $37,000 short. The case was put in the hand of the Allan Pinker ton agency, and Brooks started out to j run ids man down. He trailed him to Kansas City, Ogden, Butte, Portland, Or., I and finally to Seattle, where he was liv ing under the name of Walker. Brooks after arriving here claimed to] locate his man and get a confession lrom i him that he had £17,01*0 sewed in the iin ing of his coat. He said he did not want to return, but would settle if the bank j would give $19,000 that was owed to him. Extradition papers were made out, but the matter was kept from the police be- j cause of the danger of their arresting the i man and spoiling the chance of a recov- j cry of the money. Suddenly the detec tive became friendly with the alleged em- i bezzler aud commenced avoiding the attorney. Then he became involved with a lair siren named Lillian aud aver a trip j into the woods, ostensibly for a deer I hunt, he took a train tor San Francisco, I aud the next day Lillian lelt for that city ' by steamer. So far as can be learned nothing has been done to settle the affair with the bank. Brooks never let auyoue see the alleged embezzler, so it is uot known who and where he is. GEXERAB BOOTH. Large Meeting of His Followers In the City ol" Angels. Los ANGELES, Dec. 23.—The Salvation ! Army held a drill at the First Presby- j teriau Church this morning:. The prayer j waa led by Colonel Lawiey of General Booth's stall. At 10:'j0 o'clock there was a holiness meeting, led by the General at • the Simpson Tabernacle. He dolivered a Short sermon, which was followed Oy a i revival service. Saturday night's parade J was repeated in the afternoon, there be- I ing in line many Salvationists. There were many peopie along the route who expressed wonderment at the streugth of j the army. There was an immense gath ering iv Simpson Tabernacle iv the after- | noon, which filled the entire editice, the j largest churcn building in the city. ! When the loader and his stall'appeared on the platform of the tabernacle a rousing ] amen from the thousand throats met him. ! Colonel Lawiey opened the service, foi- I lowed oy prayer and an address by Gen and Booth, Which was attentively listened to. There was also a service to-night which was largely atteuded. MOU.VI RAIMER. Isews Received from the Exploration I l'arty. Seattle, Dec. 23.—A message from the PotJ-JntelUgemonr party for the explora tion of Mount Kaiuier, brought by a pig •on which was released at the mouth of j Carbon glacier at ;>:3j a. M. to-day, tells of the arrival of the party at tne base of the mountain on the previous evening, aud of great avalanches. The last day's tramp was made on snow-shoes over four or five feet of snow in 2<> J temperature. The Carbon River and other streams were forded many times, and two of the party were ducked in the icy water. The Car- ! bon glacier rises in a sheer wall of :;oo feet. It is greatly depressed, torn, ribbed and ragged by avalanches, which have left walls of snow 300 feet high. The \ party this morning started across the i glacier and around St. Fimo's Pass to ex amine the route to the summit CHICAGO'S FOOTBALL PLAYER?, j The Windy City's Team Arrives at San j Francisco. San Francisco, Dec 23.—The mem ben of the University of Chicago foot- j ball team arrived by to-day's overland. They were met at Beuicia by representa- i fives of the University of California, i Stanford and Reliance football teams and escorted to this city. In the language of j the Chicago boys, they have been having | » picnic thus far, although au attempt was made at keeping in training en route, j THE RECORD-UNION. Manager A. A. Stagg, who has charge of the Chicago team, says his men are in fairly good shape for a battle on the giid ! iron with the .Stanford boys on Christmas day. He thinks whatever advantage there is on the score of condition is on the side of the Californians, who are ac climated, and who have not had to travel for three days and four nights iv a cramped sleeper. WO UK OK TRAIN WRBCKJBRS. Cause of an Accident on the O. R. & >'. Road. Tacoma, Dec. 23.—A special to the Led ger from Walla Walia says: The state ment yesterday that the cause given for the Oregon A: .Navigation Road accident near Boiles Junction, in which Lugineer Robert Walker lost his life was due to the spreading of the rails, is reported to be without foundation. Every indi cation goes to show that the rails, lies, and everything about the track were in perfect conditiou, and iho omcials at j trioule the accident to a conspiracy of some sort, in speaking of the matter | to-day, a railroad oiucial said: "We re j gard the accident as due to placing upon I the outside rail a nut or spike, either maliciously or otherwise, aud it is thought that something of this nature will be brought out at the investigation." Election Contest in Solano County. Vacaviixe, Dec. 23.—Raleigh Barcar, the Democratic nominee for District At torney, has filed papers coutesting the j election of Frank K. Devlin, the success j fui Republican candidate, who defeated Barcar by ninety-two votes. Mr. Barcar ! alleges that Devlin was elected by fraud. j According to a decision by Superior i Judge Buckles, the residents ot Mare i Island, not being residents of any pre* j cinct, were not entitled to vote. In spile j of this decision, some of the voters cast I their votes in the surrounding preciucts. I Governor-elect Budd received a plurality | of eighty-ono votes in the four surround , ing precincts. Collision in Washington. Seattle, Dec 23.—A collision occurred i last night at a crossing of the Great | Northern and Seattle Lake Shore aud I Lasteru tracks at Inter Bay, a suburb of this city, and twelve freight cars and an engine were wrecked. Two men were injured in the wreck, both internally, aud one or both may die. A switching crew on the latter road was at work switching when an engine of the Great .Northern, running back ward to reach the round-house, rau into the freight train, striking near the center. Twelve cars were toppled over the embankment into the bay. Fatal Street Car Accident. Los AsiiELEs, Dec. 23.—A. E. Fiko, a j carpenter, unmarried, living atGarvanza, | was run over and fatally injured by a terminal railroad train at 7 o'clock this evening at tiie junction of Pasadena avenue. Fike was on an electric street car going to Garvanza. The traiu came up, the engine colliding with the car on which Fike was sitting. Becom ing lrighteued, he jumped ofi° the car, and was caught by the engine aud run over when he lell lrom the car. Fike is horribly mangled, and physicians say he ; will not live tni morning. Death of a Valiejo Citizeu. Yallejo, Dec. 23.—Justice of the Peace George C. Demmou, au old re spected citizen of this place, died here yesterday lrom a complication of diseases. He has filled the office of Justice oi the Peace for eight years, and at the last elec tion was elected to that office for the en suing four years. He was a Mason iv good standing aud also a Ked Man. Ho was 4S years old. The Snow Blockade Raised. Dcxsmutr, Dec. 23.—The snow block ade was raised at noon to-day, and pas senger trains are moving, but are a lew hours late. The great rotary snow plow has been sent to Sacramento for repairs. Tne weather to-night is cold and clear. Tiie delayed passengers had a very jolly time in the snow. Sleighriding, coasting and other winterspous were indulged in. Ills Body "Washed Upon the shore. Cayucos, Dec. 23.—The body of Leo poldi Corini, who disappeared December loth,after a drunken quarrel with another Swiss, who bit his lelt wrist severely,was washed upon the shore to-day. His eyes were bandaged when the body was dis covered. Earthquake at San Diego. San Diego, Dec. 23.—A shock of earth quake was experienced in this city at 10:20 a. _M. to-day. Xo damage was done, nor was the disturbance so great as at tiie last time, but the oscillations were dis tinctly marked and readily recognized. Shot and Killed Uis Wile. Madera, Dec. 23.—James Lawson shot and killed his wife last night at a dance at Beileview, a mountain town. Jealousy over the attentions of other men was the cause of the crime. Eots oi Kan in Laaeen County. Susanville, Dec. 23.—Forty and one half inches of rain is the record for this j season. The stage roads to the north are 1 blockaded, but the mail to and from Reno \ is regular. Escaped the Hurricane. Astoria (Or.), Dec 23.—The British j ship Ked Rock arrived to-day, fourteen ! days from San Francisco. She experi j enced no damage from the recent hurri cane. TERRITORY OF ALASKA. Concress Will Ende.ivor to Provide New Laws for Its Government. Washington, Dec. 23.—1t is under ; stood that Congress will later in the present session make an effort to provide a code of laws for the government of | Alaska, which is to be submitted as the j result of inspection made of the Alaskan | country last summer by Assistant Secre | tary Hamlin and Mr. Joseph, inspector jof salmon fisheries. These gentlemen ' gave special attention to the seal fisher ies and will of course dwell upon this ; feature especially in their report, but > they will also commend changes in tne , entire legal system of the seal inlands i and the mainland as well, covering all J the subjects connected with the govern ! ment of the Territory. The Oregon laws are at present in force ! in Alaska and have been ever since the | organization of the Territory. Theyaiei ! in many instances illy adapted tv the local conditions prevailing in Alaska, ; and even where they are fairly satisfied ! the means of administering them are so inefficient as to have caused very serious ' complaint in the past on the part of the i persons affected. Hence, besides recom meuding laws for the government of the ; seal catch and others looking to the pre j vention of the destruction of the j salmon interests, Messrs. Hamlin and Murray will in all probability rec ommend timber laws, new laud, mining. I customs and school laws. There will also j probably be a recommendation that three i or four judicial districts be created to ' take the place of the present system, I which is comprised in one district. The j report embodying their recommenda- I tions is now in course of preparation, : aud will be submitted to Congress as I early in the session after the holidays as / possible, in the hope that there may be . time left for Congressional action. It is i believed that the report will take strong I grounds for fixing the next year's sealing j catch at a lower limit than that of last I year. SACRAMENTO. MONDAY MORXIXG, DECEMBER 24. 1594.-SIX PAGES. FLOODS IN HOLLAND. ! Boats Come in Handy in the! Streets of Rotterdam. HOUSES COLLAPSE. AND MANY PEO PLE DROWNED. Much Damage Reported From Gales In Great Britain— Hardly a Town in the Interior of Ireland but Wblob la More or Bess Damaged—Many Towns Suffer Badly. Special to the Record-Union. Amstkudam, Dec. 'J.:.—Heavy floods have been caused by the storm in Hol land. The Kivers Maas and Kotte rose twelve feet, inundating parts of Rotter dam. Boats were used in the streets and in the market places-, which were like hikes. Many ol" the dykes threatened to give way under the heavy pounding of the sea. In several places the water suc ceeded in breaking through the country in the vicinity of the breaks, and it is flooded. Nine houses collapsed. At Utrecht several persons were drowned i Iby the capsizing of a boat. Telegraph I and telephone wires are everywhere broken. The bark Caroline, from Sa vannah lor Hamburg, went ashore near j Egmoudsee and became a total wreck, j Her cargo is being washed upon the beach. Part of her crew were drowned. TBAXKS UNABLE To BUN. Baxbubg, Dec. 23.—The River Kibe! 1 has overflown its banks and inundated! the lower parts of the town. The water is so deep that trains are unablo to run. WALK IX KNIiLAM) AISATING. London, Dec. 23.—Reports from vari ous parts of Great Britain show that the gale is abating. The storm raged with ; iho greatest fury all day yesterday. Tele graphic communication with .Scotland is completely interrupted, while the wires in the midland counties of Ireland are more or less damaged. There is hardly a town of any size but reports several casu alties ami-damage to property. Manu facturing towns in the north and west suttered badly. Roofs were torn off and chimneys collapsed, crashing through adjoiniug buildings, killing and injuring a number of working peopie. A Dumber i of lishiug boats are missing. Three boats were swamped oil Stornway and twenty-two occupants drowned. Much j damage was done to houses in Dublin! and the suburbs of that city. People in Donegal Hill are reported to be Buttering I terribly, their cottages being wrecked I and flooded. The ships America and the Mary E, I Marshall went ashore near Greenock. ! j The Arkalow was driven ashore in j I Scalpsie Hay and has eight feet of water i lin her hold. It is expected she will be a I total loss. All along the coast vessels are reported to be stranded or in great danger. The ship Garniichael was wrecked oil" Holy head and five of her crew were drowned. The other six men on her were rescued with much difficulty. THE WAR IX THE ORIENT. Japanese Gain a Victory Over Ten Thousand Chinese. Yokohama, Dec. 23.—General Kasaura on December liith attacked General Lung's position, seven miles west of Hait Cheng. The position was defended by 10,000 Chinese, who were routed after four assaults. The losses are not stated. Japan's TBBJCS of PEACE. Washington, Dec. 23.—Recent news paper mail advices received herefrom Japan show that the question of tiie terms of peace that .Japan will demand of China is a fruitful subject of conversa tion among the natives. Opinions, how ever, differ regarding these terms, and while some journals condemn they are more specific iv their demand "than usual. One paper asserts that i'ormosa, so important from a commercial point of view, must at all events be taken. After detailing what an immense expense must bo incurred by Japan iv supporting (.orea and protecting Japanese interests in the north of China, one paper declares that Formosa will have to be annexed as a recourse from whicii to draw receipts at least equal to the prospective expendi tures. Another paper enters a strong j protest against the claims advanced that I China must surrender territory entirely j out of proportion t<» the objects for which the war was undertake n. Assuming that the war is practically i over, the Japanese are already discussiug j Japan's prospects thereafter. Mr. Kane- i : kow, the Vice-Minister of .state for Agri ; culture and Commerce, has been looking j into the history of the United States after the great civil war, and to I .eruiany alter | the Franco-Prussian war, for iittht on the | subject, and the Noshomnsho has been I holding consultations about the matter I for some time, but the investigations are j far from concluded. Various Ministers are personally ol the opinion that the ex- I tension of lacihties for direct exportation j is of the greatest importance. | According to a Seoul correspondent, j things are becoming serious where there ; is trouble, in which Tai Won Run, who is understood hereto be practically Prime Minister, is involved. It had its" origin in the surrender of Lei Kai, a favorite of Tai Won Tun, to the Coreau police, in wuoße custody ho is now held. Lei, it appears, took part in all the celebrations of the laction ueaued by the aged states man, and is, therefore, acquainted with the prospects. Shortly afterward he was j ! made a police official, and had occasion to meet members of the Japanese police j now iv the capital. Intercourse with j ■ them gave him an insight into the real i I intentions entertained by the Japanese j ! toward Cores. Thus newly enlightened, I says the correspondent, his hatred of l I crooked artifices and ignoraut devicos of I the lactions with which he had been cou | nected grew intense, and linallv drove ! him to confess to the police what he knew |of the faction's doing. He was placed iv confinement, and although implored by several of the parties against whom he had informed not to confess, he made a clean breast of all he knew and had done. Some objections were made by the Coreau Government to the actions of Japanese Minister Count luouye lor sn examination ot witnesses implicated in the aflair, the Corean asserting that such proceedings would be contrary to the time honored usages of the country. The rosuit of this hrst collision was not clearly known at the time the cor respondent wrote. Letters by means of which the faction instigated the long Hak insurrectionists, together with other documents bearing on the same report secret descriptions sent by the Kai Ko \\ un to the Chinese Generals in the Phipng laug, have all fallen into the hands of the Japanese, and the sinister project of the old gentleman aud his fol lowers against Japan, the correspondent adds, is now an open secret. Events transpired that news has come to the L nited States by telegraph to the effect that the Japanese Government has dis pensed with the services of Tai Won Tun, and the natural assumption is that this was the result of the conferences re ferred to. Factional strife in the Corean court is said by another paper to be the prime cause of all tho evils now hampering the country's progress. Lately another bone of contention has beeu added to accentu- ate the political confusion already exist ing. It is a question relating to the parentage of prominent members of the Government and the present trouble which had its origin in the old Coreau system of concubinage. A Japanese paper gives a summary of the losses of the Japanese and Chinese armies up to November :>d, exclusive of the battles at Fuug Wang Chang, Kin Chan, Talien Wan and Port Arthur. This shows the Japanese lost about 390 killed aud 835 wounded, while the Chinese lost 4,000 killed and 4,500 wounded and 10,000 were captives. The Japanese have taken 225 cannon, besides many other arms; 43,000,000 cartridges, besides enough am muuitii nto last a month tiring with 20 --000 rifles. Three hundred and thirty three banners have been taken, 3,400 tents, l.uoo horses, 3,000,000 taels' worth j of gold and silver, 11,1)05 aiuie coins, 2,413 koku of rice, 5,575 koku ol uuhullod rice, ami in addition sufficient food to last an army of iM.ooo men three days. The Chi nese have lost thirteen vessels, a torpedo boat, live men-of-war and one of their war-vessels captured. The number of killed and wounded on the Japanese side at Fort Arthur is estimated at over 400, while the enemy's loss is estimated at 0.000. FIGIITING IN COKE.. London, Dec. 23.—A dispatch to the Times from Kobe, Japan, says thousands of 'long Haks defeated the Coreau garri son of 300 soldiers at < hahado, and then burned their houses. The inhabitants of the town fled. It is reported that a num ber of Chinese were among the Toug Haks. JAPS NEAPING NEW Til WANG. Tokio, Dec. 23. — Advices received here confirm the report of the defeat of General Luug after hard lighting, lasting five hours. The Japanese are now about ten miles from New Chwaug, which it was expected would be reached to-day. LONDON', Dec. 23.—A dispatch from Autong says the Japanese force consisted of four regiments of inlamry and five batteries of artillery. The latter bom barded the Chinese, who had established thomselves in the village ol Kuug Wasa tai. The Japanese charged through the Chinese lines. The fighting was stub | born, the combatants meeting hand to | hand. The tight was tho fiercest that has yet taken place. Tho Chinese loss is esti mated at 500 killed or wounded. The Japanese also sutiered severely. ARMENIAN TROUBLES. Tho Turkish Government Denies the Stories Furnished tho Prms. W vsh i.\,MON, Pec. 23.—That the Turk ish Government is keeping posted ou tho reports in circulation concerning the Ar menian troubles, and that it desires a friendly public opinion, seems evident from the care with which it observes the reports which are in circulation abroad. It has mado denials of several printed stories of oppression in Armenia, and to day the Turkish Miuister furnished to the press a dispatch from his Govern ment contradicting several recently printed stones. The dispatch is as fol lows: "It has been published that tho Archbishop of Marash was imprisoned at Aiep; that the Bishop of lladjiu, the Archbishop of Zuialouu and Father Jar aska of Marash ware condemned to death; that Sister Elizabeth and twenty-five j other prisoner- were under arrest, and j that fitteen leading men of Alep were j sent to prison. All these assertions are without the least foundation in lact. Nor was the ctiureh iv Keylau closed, as has been falsely reported." Till: IN \ I.M 'MiAl'lNii COMMISSION. Constantinople, Dec. 2.').—The Porto has agreed to instruct the foreign dele gates who will accompany the Armenian Commission that they are empowered not only to suggest questions to the wit nesses, but also ;o persoDally examine them. Abdullah *2ssha has withdrawn from the Presidency of the commisiou at the last moment, and has been replaced by two officials of tho Ministry of Jus tice, who will start to-day for Krzeroum, whore the members of the conimision are already assembled. Abdullah's recall is supposed to be due to the representations that he is inferior in rank to Zedki Pasha, who.it is alleged, committed the atroci ties, and will have to be examined. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN ENGLAND. Thirteen Mutilated Bodies Taken Out of tii« Wreck. London, Dec. 23.—The Manchester ex press on the Loudon and Northwestern Railroad, which was wrecked at Chel ford last night, consisted of two engines and sixteen coaches, filled chielly with people bound from Manchester for Lon don to spend the holidays. A number of freight ears were being shifted near Chelford, when the wind, which was blowing with great violence, started one of them back on the rails. Ihe runaway car was driven slantwise across tne main line just as the express approached. ihe engineer of the ex press, which was running at the rate of forty miles an hour, saw dimly ahead tho huge obstruction approaching, aud the brakes were applied and the engine re versed, but the momentum of the heavy train was so great that its speed was not quickly checked. The engines and three coaches got clear off the points before the car struck the express. Tho coaches which were hit by the wagon were completely smashed, while those following were de railed aud partially shattered. All the lights wero extinguished, and this added to the fears of the passengers. The scene was horrible, the uninjured passengers screaming, the wounded groaning, the guards and porters hoarsely shouting lor assistance. Men with lanterns were scut to stop another train which was approaching the scene of the wreck. Fires were lighted alongside ihe iino lo enable the rescuers to pursue their work. Those passengers who had not been hurt scrambled out of the cars and formed a relief party. Thirteen bodies were taken from the wreck. Sonic of them were badly muti lated. A number of peopie on tho train j had narrow escapes. AU the officials ex cept the li reman of the first engine es- I caped death, but most of them were in jured. Tne second engine was derailed ! and overturned. Its engineer was only j slightly hurt. Medical and other aid Boon arrived from Crewe and the injured, who num bered over fifty, were attended to. Sev eral ol those injured will die. One car riage that was derailed by the force of tho collision struck aud completely demol ished a shrnsi box beside the live. A special train brought them to London. An Envoy or the Czar. Paris, Dec. 23.—General TcherkofT, who was sent as special envoy to an nounce the accession of Czar Nicholas to the throne of I'usaia, arrived here this afternoon. He was received with mili tary honors. Thirty thousand people w-ere assembled along the streets through which the General passed, aud he was heartily cheered. He will see President Cassimir-Perier to-morrow. Lord Randolph Churchill. Marseilles, Dec 23.—Lord Randolph Churchill has become worse since his arrival here. Symptoms of locomotor ataxia have appeared. Nevertheless, he was determined to proceed to Londou and, accompanied by his physicians, he started for Paris to-night. Remains of Sir John Thompson. London, Dec. 23.—The cruiser Blen heim, having on board the remains of Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister of Canada, sailed from Portsmouth at 9 o'clock for Portsmouth. The gale has subsided. It is said that the gold product of Mon tana will this year show an iucroase of i 75 per cent, over that of 1593. RACE WAR IN THE SOUTH. Whites Avenge the Taking of Life i of a Countryman. SEVEN NEGROES ALREADY PUT TO DEATH IN GEORGIA The Town of Xowata, Indian Terri tory, ltalded by a Gang of Outlaws — A Child Burned to Death in a Ton meat-Flat Fire at Brooklyn, >*, Y. Special to the Recoro-Ution-. Oiitmax (Ga.), Due 23.— The lives of seven negroes have beeu taken in the last twonty-iour hours in revougo for that ol one white man, and, unless all signs fail utterly, many more lives are iv jeopardy. Two bodies of determined men, between 100 and ."»00 in all, every man beiug heavily armed, and each body about equal iv numerical strength, sep arated by less thau a mile of country, are liable to clash at any time. This is the spectacle presented here in Brooks County to-night. One body is made up of stern, determined white men, bent on the reveuge of the brutal murder of one of tho best citizens of this county. The other is made up of negroes, terror stricken aud fearful lest they or their families bo made the objects of the same fate as has already befallen soveu of their number, and ready to defend themselves from such fate as well as they may be able. What the next twenty-four hours will bring forth no one can predict. That there will be an open clash seems very much more thau probable at tins writing. The authorities are powerless, and prac tically no efforts have yet been mado to bring about peace, save by the relatives of the mau whose murder is the cause of it all. On Thursday Joseph lsom, one of Brooks County's most prosperous fann ers and best citizens, was murdered by a party of negroes aud it leaked out tnat the killing of lsom was a part of a plot to kill all the whites who were in tho posse which a few weeks ago arrested Jesse Jetfreth for the killing of T. Moultou. lsom was the most popular mau in the couuty. He lived ten miles north of here, iv a part of the county where tho negroes greatly outnumbered the whites and the killing created great ex citement. When it developed that the same gang of negroes had sworn to kill othor white men the whites gathered to gether as if bj r one accord aud the work of death and destruction began. Of the seven who are dead the names of only four could be obtained this after noon. A reporter visited tho sceuo late this evening. Every crossroad was found picketed with sentinels and every man in the couuty is armed to the "teeth. When one ol the race excitoments occur king terror rules in tns homes of the whites, as well as blacks, and this is such a case. There are probably 500 men under arms, covering au area of about five square niiies. About a mile and a half from the home of tho Isoms were about 2t)o w intes, all well armed, aud breathing all sorts of vengeance. A. mile further was a crowd of negroes of about the same size, armed with Winchester rnies, uistols, axes, clubs aud every available weapon, wait ing for the white to attack thorn. 1 hey are intrenched in aud around a lot of negro cabins, in the midst of a thin grove, and the latest information is tnat iho white are advancing ou them from two sides. Sam Taylor, Eli Frazer, Sam Pike and Henry Sherark are four negroes known to have beeu killed, it is under stood that Waverly Pike, Jim McCall and a negro named Herein were probably tho others. Thecounty is comparatively sparsely settled, aud the facilities for securing m lormatiou are very meager. Pike is the negro who killed lsom. He has been in hiding near where tue trouble has oc curred. As the reporter lelt the scene there seemed every likelihood of a pitched battio to-night. Captain E. Tillman, brother-in-law of lsom, was here doing everything in his power to restrain the whites. He has sent hurried messengers aii over the couuty sununouiug to his aid conservative men, in the hope that they would prevent further bloodshed. It will be impossible to kuow to-uight how well they succeed. Details of the death of the seven ne groes are very meager. Taylor. Frazer, like and Sherard were together about sunset last night. They are regarded as lour of the ringleaders of the conspiracy to kill and burn ami were being espe cially sought lor. A half-dozen whites, one of whom is said to have been Isom's brother-in-law, came upon the negroes aud ordered them to submit to arrest. < me of the negroes answered with a shot that struck one of the whites, and four blacks were shot down in their tracks. The other three were caught one at a time. Many of Isom's neighbors who are in the crowd will not listen to any poaceful talk. They declare that for tho sakes oi their wives and children and for their own safety they must stamp out the gang that has sworn to murder, and to-night that spirit seems the predominant one. If the fight conies it will be a desperate one. The killing of fsom occurred in the public road not far from ids home, and the circumstances attending it seem to throw doubt upon tho conspiracy theory. Mr. lsom was here Thursday, and while in town had some words with Waverly Pike, a negro living in his vicinity. Ap parently everything was smoothed over when lie left for his homo. After arriv ing thore he started witu Henry 1 bu nion, his brother-in-law, for t'aptain 1 minion's home about half a mile from Isoni's. They met tour uegroos, two on horseback aud two iv wagons, tike and West McCall were on horseback. The two Herring boys were in the wagon. They came near riding over Isoni who remonstrated. He said: "Look out, don't run over me," and stepped out of the way. Just then Pike drew a pistol aud without a word fired, the bullet piercing Isom's heart. I'iko and McCall tired three shots each at the prostrate body of lsom aud then broke for their horses. Pike made his escape, but Mc- Call and the Herrings were arrested and are in jail. FATAL IB AMES. A Child Burned to Death, in a Fire at Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn, Dec. 23.—A fire occurred in the fiat occupied by Charles Cornwall. Both Mr. Cornwall and his wife were away from their home at the time, three children being lelt behind. In some un accountable way the fire started, the first intimation of it being when Mrs. James Hanson, an elderly woman living across the hall, heard the children screaming. She opened ths door of the Cornwall Hat, and smoke rolled out, almost smothering hor. She saw a smoking bundie ou the floor, and it proved to be one of the little j ones. Picking it up, she ran screaming to the street. Mrs. Cornwall was returning from the grocery store when she saw her neighbor with the burning bundle. Im mediately behind Mrs. Hanson was Maude, an older child, her clothing in flames. Mrs. Cornwall grabbed the baby from the old woman aud ran dowu the street. Some one on the street threw a coat around the child and extinguished the llames. A block away tiie crazed mother was stopped with the infant, its clothes still smoking, and both were found to be quite badly burned. No one kn9w another child was missing, but after the tire was extinguished the charred remains were found. INDIAN TERRITORY OUTLAWS. French and His Gang Raid tbe Town of Nowata. Clabexorb (I. T), Dec. 2;.—Tho French band of outlaws, hoaded by Jim L'reuch aud Cherokee Bill, made a raid last night on tne town of Nowata, about tweuty-nvo miles north of here, on the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Kailroad. .Station Agent Bristol waseo\ered with 1 four guns aud marciieu through tho waiting-room and compelled to open the sale, lrom wnich they got $190. Thoy did not molest those iv the waiting-room. Alter getting the contents of tne safe, they marched the agent outside, mounted and rode away, going east. It was feared that they would rob the passenger train, which was due, but it pulled out safely. A Murderer Under Arrest. DENVER, Doc. S'.— Twenty months ago in Meakor County, Montana, Bill Gay and his brother-in-lawr, Harry Gross, while resisting arrest on a charge of robbery, killed Deputy Sheriffs William Radar and James Mackey, with Win chester rilies. The murdered men were the bravest of the posse that Sheriff James O'Marr ot Meaker County led agaiust the outlaws, and over thoir graves O'Marr registered a vow to bring thoir slayers to justice. That pledge is now lultilicd in part, for this evening at 5 e'ciock O'Marr lodged Bill Gay, loaded with shackles, iv jail. Thodouule mur derer was given into the custody of Sheriff O'Marr a few days ago, by Sher iff Keyes of San Bernardino County, Cal. Cay w ill lie taken back to Meakor County, Montana, to-morrow. Tragical Bay at Bay ton. Dayton (O.), Dec. 2J.—Alex Owens, a veteran of the Soldiers' Home, was taken ill on the street to-day and died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, of heart disase. Louis shink, aged 70 years, with a family, beiug out of work, shot himself dead. Au unknown colored mau quarreled with his w Be, walked up lown and shot himself, with suicidal in tent. While waiting for the patrol wagon he changed his mind, arose aud vicious.y assaulted Policeman James Crumley,who was arresting him. The officer was horribly slashed with a knife across the lace aud neck in several places. Tne negro is locked up. West Virginia Sonatorshln. Wheeling, Dec. 23.—The dispatch from Baltimore quoting a Clarksburg (W. Va.) special that Judgo Nathan Golf will announce his candidacy for the I nited States Senate agaiust ex-Secretary Klkins, as the result of a combine of anti-Llkins forces, is believed here to be made of whole cloth. There is no proba bility that «.oil" will be a candidate for the Senate. He has emphatically stated that he will not be. More than three-lourths of the Republican uiembers-eiect of the Legislature have publicly declared them selves tor Mr. Likius. Cleveland Returns to Washington. Washington, Dec. 23. — President Cleveland aud his party of duck-hunters returned to the city this morning on tho Atlantic Coast express. The train was due at 7 o'clock, but did not arrive until nearly !<. The President was looking well, being a little browned by his ex" posure to tho sun and wind. Altogether tho party killed about oUO ducks, tho President being resnousiblo for rather more than half of them. He spoke vl-i-v appreciatively of his reception at George" town yesterday. Looks Liiio a Case of" Murder, Cleveland, Dee. 23.—The Coroner is investigating a case that is likely to de velop into a murder. An unknown man was found besido the Lake Shore track, at the foot of Case avenue, last night, With a hole in his head, which appears to have been made with a coupling piu or a club. There was not even a scrap of pa per about the man which would lead to the disco very of his identity. Truffle In Oleomargarine. TRENTON (N. J.), Dec. 23.—Since the recent United Mates Supreme Court deci sions concerning tho trailic in oleomar garine, the big Western dealers in the commodity have made this state the dis tributiug point. The Dairy Commis sioner, Mr. McGuire, says they are not com plying with the Slate laws, and an nounces tnat he intends to prosecute a large number of firms for evasion. Accident to a Hunter. SisANVii.l.l;, Dec. 23.—While hunting yesterday John P. Laufman rested his gun agaiust a box, with tho barrel under his arm. 'Ihe gun slipped oil, and the hammers struck tho box, discharging it, botn ioaus entering the left arm. The mutilated arm was amputated at the joint. Tragedy In Kentucky. Irving (Ky.), Dec. 23.—Charles Witt shot and killed Tom Puckett iv a drunk en row a few miles from here lust night. The murder was the result of an old feud! Puckett's body had four bullets iv it. lie died almost instantly. Shot His Sweetheart. Paris •< >.), Dec. 2;.—Robert Rouse shot and mortally wounded his sweetheart, Miss Bettie Haydon, at Florida, in this county. 10-day. They were to have beeu married noxt week, lie escaped. Mexico's Guatemala Troubles. Oaxai ,v (Mexico;, Dec. 23.—A courier from the Guatemalan border reports that there is such a disturbed condition of af fairs on the frontier that farms aud ranches are being abandoned and people seeking places of salety ironi the depre dations ana crimes that aro being con stantly committed by the bandits and outlaws following in the wake of the sol diers. Tho Guatemalan forces are being strengthened aii along the line, aud tbe Indians aud other natives of the country are being pressed into military service. The volunteer troops of this State, as well as of the State of Chiapas, are equipped and ready to march to the fron tier as soon as war is declared. All Died With Hoots On. Danville (Ky.), Dec. 23. — Micajah Rowsey, the desperado, was killed at Junction City last night by Town Mar sual Ellis, whom he resisted. Rowsoy was tho last of a father and seven sons, ail of whom died with their boots on. Cholera In the Argentine. Bn:sos Avrks, Dec. 23.— Several cases of cholera aro reported in Rosario. Great precautious have been takeu to prevent tue spread of the disease. What C'ouuts Nowadays. "I was surprised to hear Brown's book Bold so well; it was a miserabtv poor story." "Yes, but it wasboautifully bound, you know."—Truth. A physician has recommended that co logne water be inhaled through the nose and mouth for curing slight colds in the bead and chest. Fifty drops on a hand kerchief inhaled four or five times a day is said to have a good erlect. COMPLETE SETS Can be ordered direct from the .cast through this office. WHOLE NO. 16,596. TALK OF LYNCHING. Georgia Citizens Enraged at the Doings of a Desperado. A MOB OP PEOPLE COLLECT ABOUT THE COUNTY JAIL Much Discussion Anions Congressmen Occasioned by the Award of Secre tary Greshaiu to Subjects of Great Britain for Seizures of Sealing Yes- S3ls lv Behrinar Sea. Special to the Uf.cord-Union-. Augusta (Ga.), Dec. 23.—Hon. William H. Fleming, Speaker of tho Georgia House, and Judge William P. Eve of the Couuty Court, have finished addresses to : a mob of 300 citizens who aro gathered I around the County Jail with the inten tion of lynching Jake Wiggins. It is be lieved that better counsel has prevailed, aud there will bo no assault on the jail. Saturday night Wiggins killed a negro named Anderson Williams across tho river. He was tracked to Augusta by a negro Bpotter, and the Augusta polico wen; told of his whereabouts. A posse of police surrounded the house ni the upper part of Augusta and broke in iho door. Wiggins opened lire on the officers with a pistol in each haul. Detective Joe Mur ray was shot infthe bead, ami is dying at the hospital. Policeman stringer was I also shot in the head, and cannot recover. Policeman Wrenn was shot in tho leg. John Davis, a spectator, was shut in the region of the heart, and killed. The negro j escaped, but a little later was held np liv a youth named Jordaix aud finally ar rested. During the melee at the house and the flight of the negro, when tho fugitive was under fire from many persons, over iou shots were tired, and tue man was I slightly wounded in the left side. I At i) o'clock the crowd at the jail had increased to 1,000. There is no leader, and It is not thought any attempt will <j& made to enter the jail, which is v strong structure, aud will protect him. The Sheriff and Mayor vow there shall be no lynching iv Augusta to-night, or auy other night. BEHRING SKA CLAIMS. Gresham's Award to Great Britain Said to bo Bxeesslvel.- Large. Washington, Dec 23.—Secretary of State Gresham's communication to Con gress relative to paying $425,000 for Beh ring Sea seizure purposes is occasioning much discussion among those who have been giving attention to the subject. Rep resentative Hitt of Illinois, who intro duced the resolution calling for tbe in formation, is not yet satisfied that the United States should Day the lump sum ot §425,000 lor tne seizures, as > tho positive evidence already adduced shows tho same to be excessively iar_;e. Mr. Hitt points out that the amount foots up $439,00 I, which is little more than tho amount of the proposed compromise Ot this $439,000, Mr. Hitt says 557,000 i 3 for "probable earnings," estimated' catch, etc. That is, the ships claim large dam ages for what they might have earned had they not been seized, so that 1 claim is for prospective or remote dam ages, ana only a portion iur damages actually sustained. Mr. Hitt says this theory of prospective damages was expressly repudiated before the famous awards commission. It was then held that the United States could not recover for what a number of Ameri can ships have done since they have beeu seized. The commission says this prece dent and others settles the principles of international law, aud that the remote damages cannot be collected. It is also shown that of the eighteen ships claim ing damages ten wore American. Nome ot these were Hying the Dritish liao merely for the sake of avoiding detect tion. .Mr. Hitt urges that it is not for Great Britain to collect damages to American snips. in.-! claims of these American ships aro included in the settlement oi th< j although Mr. Hitt says the United States should veal with its own ships in its own ! way, aud not through Great Britain as an j intermediary. After deducting 11 j 000 damages for "probable earnings," and I further deducting the claims of the ten I American ships, Mr. Hitt holds that there is very little left of the original claim, I aud that.sj.u.oOU is far in excess of what j it ought to be. ~ THE DRAGON PLY. It Furnishes Fun for tho Little Japa nese Children. "One of the greatest amusements for the children of Japan is catching the 'dragon fly', " said Dr. W. I.Taylor of Boston, who has, spent several years in Japan, to a St. Louis Globe-Democrat reporter. "Japan is a land of children. and thousands of them literally pot in several weeks every autumn in captur ing |dragon Hies and tying kites to them for tho fun of seeing them fly. >,oon alter the turn of the sun in the afternoon hundreds and thousands of .huge dragou Hies busy themselves Hying "over tho rice fields and gardens catching insects and gnats. "Tne Japanese boys carefully saturate I tho end of a bamboo with tar and start ! out for the fun. They first hold the bamb oo up to attract the unsuspecting ant igens to take a rest. In a moment the ! boy gives tue nauiboo a twist and puts j the tar end into so many motions that it .is almost impossible lor the creature to | avoid it. Tho boys are so expert at tho i busmen that I have seen them chase a i fly that iiad got much ahead of them and | succeed iv sticking the dragon tiy to tho reed. When om:e on the tar end of tho pole thore is a miserable futuro for the captive. They are tied together and car ried around iv tho chase. Then a string is tied to each one, and a small Diece of paper, serving as a kite, which tho poor I dies aro required to sail. Thoy lly away, j but of course soon get caught into a tree j or brush, and die of starvation." Oueor Timekeepers. To ascertain the time at night the Apache Indians employ a go*urd on which the stars of the heavens aro marked. As tho constellations riso in the sky, the Indian refers to bis gourd J and finds out the hour. By turning the ; gourd around he can tell tho order| in j which the constellations may be expected I to appear. The hill people of Assam reckon time i and distance by the number of quids of betel nuts chewed. It will be remetn ! bered how, accordiug to Washington! lr- I ving, Governor Wouter Van Twiller d s i m.s^ed the Dutch Colonial Assembly mi i variably at the last puff of his third"pine ol tobacco. * A Montagnis Indiau of Canada will set up a tall stick in the snow, w neu travel ing ahead of friends who are to follow He marks with Ids foot the line of shad ow east, and by tho change in the augi© of tho shadow the oncoming party can tell, on arriving at tho spot, about how iar the leader is ahead. Doubtless the first timekeeper was the stomach, which notified its owner when the hour for a meal arrived. It is estimated that ono crow will de stroy 700,0u0 insects every year.