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ESTABLISHED 1840.
MEMPHIS, TENS,, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1887.
VOL. XLVII NO. 91
PHIS
THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
WILL YEhY LIKELY BE MADE BY
CLEVELAND
Is tbe Democratic Candidate tad
Allison as the Republican The
Latter Would
HARXOMZE ALL THE IIYIIONS
OF HIS PARTY
lad Unite Blaine, feherman, Ed
munds and tootling In His Sop
pert Interesting Interviews.
ISPaCUI, TO TBI APPEAL .
Washibqtopi. April 24 Tbe dii
euesion of Presidential possibilities
till soee on. lion, lieni tmin Batter
worth, the Ohio Congressmen, bas
been interne iveJ in New York to the
fallowing iflVxt: "I think, that Senator
Sherman can get tun unto neieguion
to the Pres dential convention if bia
friends work lor him. The Senator is
not aggressive and is not a political
Basher. Ti.ere 18 no doubt that Seoa-
tor Sbermai is verv strong with tbe
bnsiness penpe cf the country."
When asked about the coming nation
al contest, the Congressman said it
was too far abead to give any opinion.
'Why," he remarked, "thirty days
before an election an incident might
occur tl at would npset all calcula
tione." To a reporter who interviewed
him be ie a noted as cay ng: "mix pow
erful metropolitan journals can band
themselves together and detent at-
becaus3 they happen not to be pleased
with tbe candidate, uss all the re
sources at their command to defeat
him."
Representative McShane, of Ne
bracks, who enjoys the distinction of
being tbe first Democrat ti be elected
from that State, says that the Western
people are well pleaded wi:h the ad'
ministtation of President Cleveland,
and unless he positively declines, will
be in favor of giving h'm a second
term. tShcu'd be, however, retire.
they would be in favor of Hill as the
Ueinocra'ic candidate.
Don Piatt, who ii at present in thii
city, in an interview today on tbe
political situation, and in regard to
Shermans Presidential SRpirations:
"Sherman ii a vsry adroit man and
stands high with the business c)a3ses.
But the trouble with John Sherman
is tba'. be is so old and repellant that
be has no personal following. He
makes on enemy whenever he shakes
a band. I do cot doubt that a uaited
delegation will be got for him at the
National Oonvextion, hot, like all of
John's delegations, it will be apt to
thaw out ana disappear when the fight
comes on. The man who really bas a
bold upon the masses ot tbe Republic
an party in Ohio ia James (J. Blaine.
Ue got this from association with Oar
field. Tbe memory of Ga fleld in O.iio
ia fairly worshipped by the Republic
ans, Bed of course Blaine's identifica
tion with him, to aay nothing of his
own personal magnetism, which is re
markable, makes him very strong
there; and I abonldnotbe eu'piiaed
if, when the convention meet, the
Sherman delegation will be found en
tbasiastic for Blaine."
I think tbbt there is no doubt that
the Democrats wi 1 renominate Presi
dent Cleveland. Tbe country regards
him I (peak not only of the Democ
racy, but of the whole country as an
' hones!', honorable, able man, who is
doing bis best to make a good Presi
dent And, after all, we bave to recol
lect that with parties evenly di
vided as they now are the conscien
tious few who vote as they think
right, regsrdlees of patty, have it in
their power to re-elect tbe President.
I do not now refer to what is known
as the Mugwump vote, but to a' least
20,000 voe.sin Ohio who either do
not vote at all or else go to the polls
and cast their ballots for tbe candi
date tbey personHlly spprova of. This
class is growing larger every c'ay, and
Mr. Cleveland bo its it
Tbe tilk about Hill, of Now York,
as a possible rival candidate against
Cleveland is the verie-.t rot, simply be
causo Gov. Ilill is a very able poli
tician. He is a young man yet, and
desires to lengthen out his political
career. He does not want to bring it
to a premature close by being a
premature candidate for the Presi
dency as d a premature President. He
waits to be Governor tf New York
aia'n before be becomes President of
the United States. He knows very
well that if Cleveland is re-elected he
will be Cleveland's successor, and
Gov. Hill is not the man to bntt his
bald head against a Stone wall. Un
less I am gTeatly mistaken, it will be
found, when the time comes, that the
most enthusiastic supporter ot Presi
dent Cleveland for ranomina'ion and
re-election will be Gjv. Hill. Cleve
land will be renominated and re
elected. "I can see no reason why the ulid
South shonld not continue 1 a the next
election as it was in the last Tbe
Soath was solid, not bacause it was
Democratic, but because of its intense
hatred of the Republican party. It
will be a long time before the Southern
people forget the carpet baggers and
the bayonet, and John Sherman may
travel through the region nntil he
gets tired and produce no better effect
than did his brother, Tecumseh, when
he made bis march to the sea. Give
the solid South to the Democrats and
you transfer the fight to New York,
and there President Cleveland will
bave the advantage of having mads
prophecy of the Mugwump's history."
In answer to the queetion as to who
bad the beet chance of getting the Re
publican nomination, Mr. Piatt said :
"I do not think that B aine ia seeking
the nomination, and this very fact
may nominate him. The man who
works for a Presidential nomination
very seldom gets it. After Blaine I j
think Allison stands the best chance
He would harmoniz). Blaine would
like bim; Sherman wouldn't kick;
even Edmunds wouldn't sniff mnch at
bim, and Conkling would preserve an
awful silence. But as well as friends
to help, Blaine bas enemies to punish,
and sooner than see the nomination
go to Shermaa or Edmunds or Conk
ling, or any of those who are against
him, he would step in and take it
himself. eland.
Tom Moltke'. Seateb Blood.
Scoltmin: Tbe Margillonies of
Strone aoted against the interests of
their chief, Loi hiel, and secured the
favor of the Lord of the Idles, for the
names of their hands are not in tbe
charter that was given to John Carve
for tbe other places in Locbaber. Ou
one occasion, when tbe MacLsans
were defied, the young widow of
one of them 1 'd with her child to
Strone, and placed him under the
protection of the Macgillonles, who
sted a moet frieodlj part to bim, and
reared bim carefully un'il in the
course of time ha wis leaiored to bis
kinsmen. Ha bee me a stalwart man
in the caurse of je&rs, and wa known
as John of Loohabur Jain Abraoh,
which term continued as tbe patrony
mic of tbe lairds of Coll until they
ceased to exiet as su :h. Count Yon
Moltke is th direct descendant of this
child so kindly sheltered in Strone ;
In (act, he is a MacLea i ot tne nones
of Mac Iain Abrach, his grandfa her
having been a son of one of the lairds
of Coll. ibe grandia her aid oie ot
his brothers went as young men
to Copenhagen, whire they were
successful in pushing on to
good poei'iore, and the Cjunt
bas proved true (o ths wa'l'ke pro
clivities of bis race. The Count is not
the only distinguished son of Iin
Abrach whose tame bas been known
to this generation, for the late Hobart
fauna was the great grandson of the
Laird nf Coll, whose daughter was
married to the Etfl of Buckingham'
shire. The present excellent chief of
the clan Cameron the late member
of Parliament far Invernesshire is
aleo the great grandson of this de
scendant of the ancient 'oe.of his
house, through bit mother, L Af Vere
Hobatt; and among tbe others we
may mention the name of Command
er Cameron, of Alri.aa fa ne, who is
the gret grandson of a lady of tbe
home of GJl. This lady's husband
was tbe son of Dr. Archibald CUme
ron. the brother of the smile Lochiel
of 45, and" tht-ir son, H-ctor, the
gram litnor .t Uomatader Uamf ron,
was born in Ubaa, 1 bia Hector was a
distinguished soldi-r and was Mayor
of rar s duriog the occupation of the
allies afrer the capture of Napoleon
Bonaparte.
THE ARKIHSiS RITER.
THE WORK THAI' HAS BEEN
DONE ON II'
And What Remains Unflnlshed-
The SU Fraud to Be At
tended to Suou.
(gPICIAL TO TBI APPIAL.l
Washisgtok, April 24. Capf. H.
S Taber, in charge of the improve
ments in Atkaneai rivers, in his re-
part upon tbe work of improving Red
river, above Fulton, Ark., for the
month of March, says that ths new
land propelled enagbiat was surctss
fn'ly launched March 12th and r. a Tied
Ha'ry Breck. The expectations
formed in regard to its tcot.omia!
ork have been so far realized. Ex
cepting the machinery, it ia expected
that trie dokb win he completed early
lu April. Work will then be susperd
ed except when tbe machinery arrives,
until such time as tbe rivor reaches
tow water, tbe stage at which eff-xtive
snagging on be done. Briefly de
scribed, the snagboat is a s rongly
built decked bcow, drawing aoont
twelve inches of water, supplied with
a powBrful steam capstan, a pa r of
shears and oth r appliance.! for re
moving obstructions, having a broad
bow and three arches in her hull, so
as to give ber great resistance when a
lifting btrnin is bronght on ber bows.
The boat has also accommodations for
tha working party.
A draughtsman was engaged durine
the month compiling tbe mapB of the
survey of the Arkansas river from Lit
tle Rock to its ruui h. Daring April
his work will be continued, bu: no
other work except that necessary to
care for the property and the records
is contemplated I t lack of funds.
The completed work at Fort Smith is
1289 feet long and baa batn executed
economically and is a model of
thorough construction work and a
credit to the sesietant engineer in im
mediate charge, W. L. Kiliebrew.
In tbe work upon tha St Francis
river, Arkansas, it is proposed to take
the anagboat to S Franc i ,snd begin
ning there open 'he river toward tbe
cut oS near Kenr.ett, Mo. The
sloughs that now operite to reduce tbe
water in the inr.iu coaunel between
St. Francis and Kennett will be closed
as they are reached acd the snafcs and
loss takn from thn ma n channel.
Tbe ou'ht is well equipped and es
pecially weil inmnea and it is ex
pected tbat excellent work will be
done. A trip to this nach will be
made during April to settle the matter
of which is more worthy of improve
ment, the "cut OH" or the old river.
Nothing is proposed to be done during
April on the Fourche Le Fevre, Black,
Little R.d. and Saline rivers for
lack of funds. If the water in the
White river reaches an effective work
ing etage in April the work of erect
ing wing dams will be carried on by
dumping the outfit down, as last sea-
soj, without having to restirt to steam
power. Some suaggtng operations
may be requited in tbe lower river
later on. In regard to the works on
the Petit Jean river, it ia now believed
that this appropriation will nut the
river in very good sbape for high and
medium staueot navigation ss high as
Rocky Grossing and perhaps higher.
It having been found that tha trees
whose limbs interfered wiih the
smokestacks if cut generally fall into
the stream and make as formidable an
obstacle as before, a few men were
picked and provided with creepers
similar to those need by linemen cf
the western union leiegraph Compa
ny. These men have done most ex
cellent service, and there has been
nearly double the amount of river ef
fectively opened that could have been
done by tbe method of felling the
trees and cutting them up.
"PREPARE TO DIE."
A. Prnmlaeat I.awytr Attacked by a
WiLKisBARRS. Pa., April 24. An
attempt was made this morning to as
sassinate George B. Knlp, a prominent
lawver here and publisher of the
LuMernt County Legal RegtiUr, by L.
W. Dawitt, also a lawyer in good
standing. Dewitt entered the law
office ol Knlp, and without any warn
ing presented a pistol at the letter's
head, remarking, "Prepare to die."
Kalp arose quickly and grappled with
bis aseai'ant. who, in the senilis tbat
ensned, fired a shot Tbe ba'l passed
through Kulp's coat near the shoulder,
without, however, leaving a (cratch
on his person. The aeea'sin hurried
from the office, but was arrested soon
af er and taken to prison. It is under
stood here thst Dewitt has made
threats sgalnst eeveral well known
lawyers and members of the Luzerne
County Bar Association without aiy
apparent reason. He is thought to
be ineane.
This ia to give notice that all clli-
ceas tronb'ed with coughs or colds
should pn cure a bottle of Dr. Ball's
Lough Kyrup and take it at once.
"AOSEITO TERM" STORY
REPEATED W1TU EMPHASIS BY
TOE "SCOOPER"
Or the St Lonls "Ropubllcaa"
lhe Authority for Hi Statement
Besides the Senator
IS COL. DORSHEIMEK, OF
HEW YORK "STAR,"
THE
Who Admitted That the President
Had Written a Letter Declin
ing Renominatlon.
St. Louis. Mo., April 24. The Re
publican't Washington correspondent,
again referring to tbe Presidential
renominatlon matter, gives the fol
lowing: A story ha come to the cor
respondents of the Republican tonight
significantly confirmatory of tbe con
vert a ion between tbe President and
bis Senatorial visitor. This story is to
tbe effect that the President bad quite
recently prepared a f jrmol letter to be
made public, setting forth his views
in regard to the tecond term in plain,
distinct words, and unqnlifiedly de
claring tbat he would net be a can
didats for re-election. Yielding to the
earnest persuasion of his f -lends, be
consented, however, to wi ahold the
le tf r for the present at least, if not to
whol'y abandon hia intention of giv
ing it to the public. Tbie etory is told
on the authority of Col. Dornheimer,
of New York, who was in Washing
ton a few days ego. He told several
of his friends while hern, immediately
after coming from the White House,
tbat he had been shown the draft of a
letter such as has been already char
acterized, and his advice was asked
regarding the policy of ench a publi
cation. He said the letter referred at
some length to the opposition of a
certain element of the Democratic
party to the re election of Cleveland
and tbe chance that this might defeat
the ticket. After referring to this well
known fct, or the existing political
situation, Col. Dorsheimer says
the President went on in his let
ter to say that he deemed it wise
in view cf these circumstances to with
draw his name from all consideration
in connection with tbe nomination.
He announced in unequivocal terms
tbat be was not a candidate and sag-
geu'ed that some other leader who
could command tbe united support of
the whole party be selected as the
standard bearer in 1888. Col. Dors
heimer stated that he once Droteated
against any public use of such a It Her
as proposed. Ue told the 1. resident
there was no need for him to adont
this step now, whatever might prove
to be wiee hereafter. He urged the
President to abandon the idea, for the
present at any rate, and finally in
duced him to yield to Lis persuasions."
THE COM ANCUES SUCCUMB
TO THE TBOOPS AFTER A FAB-
LEY OF THREE DATS.
Their Action Terrorize! Wnmeai
aad Children TU Offender
Bioagnt Ia,
KJLi UlUUilllUl .LI. I I 1 1 4. Xi n D 'UL I
from Fort, Woith, Tex., Bays advices
from Anadarko Indian Agency are
to the effact that there has been great
excitement there owing to the action
of tbe Kiowas. War talk began over
a week ago, but Q ianah Parkr , chief
of the Ciimnnches, not only held
his own tribe in check, but Influenced
the better element of the Kiowas.
But few of this tr.be would listen to
him, and with their war talk began
depredations on tbe cnt'.le men. A
bind of them roamed over the cattle
country, visiting residences and great
ly frightening women and children.
Om T nn.n 1..SI Ol A
They made such demonstrations about
the icliool at Anadarko as to terrorise
the children. Tbe military was noti
fied and Cant. Hall determined to
withhold beef rations from the Kiowas
that had caused I rouble, but when
Friday came more of tbe leaders cams
in, and it was then determined to ar
rest them. This becoming known,
the Ktowes became alarmed, and
Isaviug their traps, wagons, etc., took
their women and children and all
their ponies to a stronghold in the
Kainy Mountain, shout lorty miles
from Anadarko. Troops were at once
sent in pursuit and went into camp on
tbe Wichita, eight miles Irom tbe
dian position, Tbey advanced to
tbe base of tbe mountain on tbe fol
lowing night. After three days' parley
the Indians sgreed to give np the ef
fending Indians to the soldiers located
near the fort, where they could be
watched. The troops returned to
Anadarko with the prisoners.
NASHVILLE. TENN.
Dell's Half Acre tba Kceae of a
Probable Harder.
ISrSOIAI. TO TBS APPIAL.1
Nabhvillb, Tiiin.. April 24. Hell's
Half Acre, as the Thirteenth district
of this city is classically celled, was
the scene of a fatal shooting anVay to
night Edward Noel, colored, re
ceived four bullets from a revolver in
the Lands of Albert Norton, a'so col
ored. It appears that Noel and Nor
ton ' got into a quarrel in a gam
bling over a game of craps,
and they stepped out ' into tbe
Jard to settle tbe matter. No one
nows anything further than this, ex
cept that four pistol shots were beard
and tbat Noel was fonnd lying mor
tally wounaeu ana crying out that
Norton shot him. The wounds are
E renounced fatal. Norton fled, and
as not yet been arrested, as tbe affair
occurred outside the city limits.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
Hlsbwaymea - (Attack a Yona
Farmer.
ISPIOIAL TO THfl APPBAL.I
Chactaxonoa, Tans., April 24. At
late hour last nigbt, John Ebbert,
the 25 year old eon of a well to do
farmer, was coming into tbe city to
transact businers.and was waylaid near
tbe Fifth Ward schoolhoose. The
robbers threatened to kill bim if he
uttered a word. They rifled his
pockets and finding little of value re
leased him. He frequently brings
large sums of money to tbe city, of
which fact the robbers must bave been
aware. The men were maeked, but
Ebbert is certain they were neg'O -e.
No clue has yet been obtained to tbe
robbers.
Tbe American Whipping and In1n
trial ! as. ;
Charlkstpk, 8. C, April 24. The
American Shipping and Industrial
League will hold a crvention here
tomorrow. Congressman Findley of
Maryland; P. G. Wellford of the
Richmond Chamber of Commerce;
A. M. Wadriell and F. W. Kirchener
of the Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce; Gov. Peiry of Florida; Con
gressman Whewier oi Alabama; J.
Floyd King of L)uisiai.a, and ancut
fifty other delegatus wU be present
GEORilTuilF(iRris
CORRECTS THE INTERVIEW
ABOUT PRESIDENT
Cleveland Tbat Appeared Bereutl;
in tbe Cincinnati "Enquirer"
Maine's CaaBces Diminishing.
New York, April 22. The Evening
Pod says that Mr. George William
Cuitls was quoted recently in the Cin
cinnati Enquirer in regard to his views
on tbe administration of President
O eveland, the chances of bis r no ru
ination and olection, the probabili y
cf Mr. Blaine receiving the Republic
an, nomination, etc. The report was
not quite in line with what were cup
posed to be the vier.a of Mr. Curtis,
and a teporter cf .the Evening Pail
called upon bim at his home on ttiaten
Island this morning to question him
on the subject. In the coarse of a
long conversation Mr. Curtis said:
"the interview in tbe Cincinnati in
quirer, although written in good faith.
does not exactly express my views in a
number ot important points, i am
made to say in one inetancs that Mr.
Cleveland will be defeated if
nomirated, on account of the
party leaders in New York.
What 1 memt to convey wae
that the opposition of tbe Democrat c
machine in New York was tbe only
cloud upon his otherwise blight pros
pects. 1 eimpiy meant to eay tbat ii
this opposition should exiHt at the
time of t!e convention, it wca'd be a
bad example to set the rent of the
country.
"I am o the opinion that the next
Presidential election will be settled
itbin twenty miles around New
York, and this opposition, if it shonld
exist atnong the lend' rs of thn Demo
cratic party, might injure bis chances.
lhe great point to be considered is
whether tbe president can bold the
independent vote. Ia the eveut of
tbe nomination of a good, upright rna:t
by the RpubliaHo tatty, will this vote
go with him? is this class of voters
out of the Republican part for a'l
time? Will tbey continue to support
Mr. Cleveland it he is renominated ?
I think these questions can be an
swered satUfectorily. There is no
doubt that Mr. Cleveland is a great
deal more popular now then he was
In 1884. The only chance of salvation
for the Derooc a ic party isto nomi
nate bim. Unless they do so, I think
their chances will be nil. He le un
doubtedly distasteful to a laige num
ber of Democratic politicians, but he
is very popular with a inrv class oi
voters, who see in him an npright,
honent man, who is doing bis duty to
tbe beat of his ability.
"Ia the Democratic party there is a
Urge number of young men who. are
anxi'ius toco tbe same lor Ur. party
as tbe young Republicans '.Id for
theirs thirty years ago. i thik a fail
ure to nominate Mr. Cleveland would
undoubtedly antagonize this element,
and any division in the party means
sure defeat. Tbe leaders will nleo havo
to bear in mind tbe fact that they must
have the support of the ledopendent
vote in order to win.
"The lines between the two parties,
the Republican and Democratic, are
not sharply diawn. There are no great
policies supported by either party.
The fWht between tbem seems to reet
upon tbeir preatige and tbe character
of the men who represent the'n. No
great measure has baea broniht up
which has had the support of either
party as a whole. In the last Congress
there as a large Democratic mtjoritv,
but it took no action upon tha tariff.
That was ju t what the Republicans
wanted. Tbe Denvcratic paity, at
any inte, is not a unit on tbie queetion.
In fact tbe dlff.iienca bctw eeti the par
ties is more a matter of trad.iioa than
of fact,
"In ref ard to Mr. Cleve'pnd's ad
ministration of the civil service, I am
of the same opinion as Tke Etening
I'ott. It has eiprcaf.pd ito vi'jws plain
ly of late, and without hesitation. Mr.
Cleveland baa the best intentions, al
though in some ceses thn law has not
been carried out as fully a it might
bave been. ,His failures ia this re
spect are ct omission rather than com
mission. His strength w.ll depend
more on his admiuisl ration of the
civil service during tbe nex two years
than on the past two. I do cot think
that tbe Democratic parly r m or will
do otherwise tban nominate him.
"In regard to what thu V public in
party will do, I scarcely toink they
will nominate Mr. Blaine. His
chances are daily dimlnisA'ng. It is
very doubtful if tbe party leaders will
take the position that the Independ
ent voters are lost to their party for
ever. The nomination of Mr. Blaine
would practically acknowledge this be
lief. I think that thev wil'tnomtca'e
a man who is upright and 'respected,
and maae an enort to get tne inde
pendents of 1884 back into the Re
publican ranks. There is'.no doubt
that the opposition to machine poli
tics wbicb existed in 1834 is stronger
and more widely diffused vow than it
was then, lhe leaders of ktie Repub
licans will scarcalv fly in ;he face of
this opposition again. 1 pre are a
great many able men an oug them
who will deliberate a great doal bifore
lisking to much." -
Maa Wants a Taale
When tbero it a laek of olMtto energy in the
system, ihown by a ematlon of lamuur
and nnr.it in tb. morning, fr.qa.nt yawn
ing during th. day aad dUtmb.d il.ep at
night. HoitetLr'i Btomtoh (iittert inlan.1
unwonted enemy into th. eefeebUd and
n.rvou), endowing them with- muicuUr
energy, n ability to repoM k.atthully and
dig.et without lnoonv.ni.nM. P.rrooi
neie, hedohe, blliouensM, Ivpair.d pe
tit. and a teebl., troableiom. ttoinach, r.
all and ipe.dily get right by th0 B.tcol.M
regulator and inTigoraat. lie mineral
poiioni, among them itrychp.i and nux
vomica, are never life tonirni, .Tu in In
flniteiimal dotee. Th. Bitters anewen the
purpoi. nor. effeetutlly, end on be relied
upon f perleotly eafe by th. molt pradent.
F.r.r and ague, kidney tronblel and raeu
matirm yield to it.
Ovrr a Caaaa.
St. Louis, Mo., April 21 A epecial
from Albuquerque says' the em-t
bound freight train of toe AtUntic
and Pacific railway fell through a
pattiully burned bridga over the
arroya of Canon Padre, and Fireman
Wiiliam Ward wtnt dov;n with the
wrec k of fifteen cars, and was crushed
bi'yond recognition,
Officials of the V. S. '. Ttetsury, of
the Bultimore Custom H"xn and
poBtoflice indorse Salvation Oil.
... -ii imi i aujunwar lirVlfl
THE CULPRIT ARRESTED.
THE ASSAILANT OP JENNIE BOW
MAN,
The LouUvUIe Servant Girl, Caogfct
by the Police, Confenges ills
Brutal Crime.
HISCAPfCRE KtTr QUIET BY
THE OiFUEHS
Until Ills Arrival In Frankfort to
Avert His Being Lynched by
an Infuriated Mob.
Lodisvilii, Kt,, April 24 The
brutal assailant of Jennie Bowman,
the white domestic who was so norrl
bly and fatally beaten un by a bnrg'ar
in broad day light nit Thursday, t as
been captured. Tbe arrest was made
laet n:gnt. and the guilt f the man
surely eMablithed by his owu confes
sion. The police authorities withheld
the news from the papers utt.l 10
o'clock this morning, when thev had
taken tbe miscreant wbo is a burly.
black negro, named Albert Turner, to
rranklort, tearing tbat be would be
lynched here. Had the details of the
capture become public last Light, the
negro wonld almost certainly have
been hnrg by a mob before morning,
so incensed are the people a' the out
rage. It will be remembered that the
man entered the house, located in the
fashionable resident poition of the
city, between the hours of 11 and 12
o'clock in tbe morning, having first
observed that all cf the inmaeshad
left. While he was ranackmg the
place the girl returned and plnckily
iought him, giving him several severe
gashes in the face with a tumbler.
The brute knocked her down, crush
ing in her skull with a brass poker and
otherwise diengurinir tier, and then
made bis escape. No clew was ob
tained until yesterday when it was
found that a negro had been lying for
several days seireted in a stable in
the central portion of tbe city. He
was arrested, but denied his gutft not-
Withstanding his face was banded,
and had evidently been cut with some
rough, jigged Instrument. While
chief of police Whallen was question
ing him, he ws called out by the ar
rival of a prisoner woundi'd in a cut
ting fc ape. After examining the
wounds to discover their extent, he
returned to his ctlke before he had
washed his hands, and as be entered
the police ofllcsr wbo Lai eearched
Tnrner's room came in. Tney had
found secreted there a pair of silk
stockings and a big silk handkerchief,
the on y articles positively missed by
Mrs. A. l. Johnson, at whose bouse
Jennie Bowman was assaulted. Col.
Whallen came in with his bloody
hand, just as tbe officers unrolled the
baudkorcbief aid stocking9, the ouie
proof of the terrible crime. The sight
of these was too much fcr Turner.
Throwing up his hands, he cried nui :
1 done it. 1 done it. but 1 c.inldn t
help it." He broke down completely,
and soon told tha awful story. He
said he had gone to the bo ue lor thn
purpose ol robbery, and had 'a- eanid
several rooms when M s Boweuta-ne
in. The brave girl seised bim at one,
ne rain, ana dd oonia not t-t away
from her till he struck heron the
boad. Ha knocked har down, but she
sprang up again, and s'ruck bim with
the glsne. He caught up tbe pnker
and struck her again and sgain, but
the giass waashivered on his bead and
hands before she war overpowered.
He then said when she fell for the
last time be Tai out of the back way
and escaped, having already placed
the bureau key, handkerchief and
stockings in his pocket. Tbe key he
threw away a short distancs from the
house, and this was found yesterday
af ernoon by soma boys, who had car
ried it to the police.
The girl still lingers at the poiut of
death with slight hopes nf her re
covery. THE cTcLONe"oFfKIWAY
STRUCK )tEOLA, AUK., WITH
ALL III aUBT.
Tbe (tonrlhonae and Iba A. M. E,
ttbnrrh Comalrtely Demoli.hed
A Thrilling lacldcnt.
Ibpioial oohrbspondbhob op tbi appbal.I
Obokoia, Akk., April 22. About 10
o'clock this morning a cyclone paas:d
through this city that terrified the In
habitants. It appeared in a cloud
coming from the senthweat about a
mile distant. It flrt attacked the
courthouse, tearing the roof ofl and
scattering it in every direction. The
next victim ol tbe storm a lory was
Ladus Hall wbich gave way and col
lapsed. Next the A. M. E. Church
was blown to tbe around and tbe pas
tor and his wile were butied beneath
the debris, bnt luckily were not injar
ed. Tbey crept out after the storm
had spent its strength with no bones
broken. Next the residence ot Mr. J.
Hale was partly demolished. Rev. J.
M. Conner, pastor of the A. M. E.
Church was the heaviest loser. It de
stroyed all he posaeBsed. The cltiaens
are contributing liberally to his aid.
tb. Monkey's t'nt lexllj Pravoa Ita
a.ia.
New York Mail and Erprtu: A
gentleman who returned recently
from Aspinwall, tells ths following
carious story of the manner in which
tbe natives ot the interior ol the isth
mus ot Panama capture monkeys:
"Almost all the pet monkeys in this
country," said he, "come from Gor
gons, a sma'l village half way on tha
line of tbe Panama Railroad. The in
habitants are mostly native negroes,
for no white man could live in the vil
lage a month unless he drank whleky
and took quinine constantly; The
uurrounding country Is swampy and
covered with a dense mass ol luxur
iant vegetation. At nightfall a thick
miasma rises from the ground and
banns over tbe ferests like a cloud.
This place is the monkey's paradise.
They travel through the forests In
troops, going wherever the king mon
key leads. When the natives have
been apprised of tbe presence of a
troop, they go about warily to capture
them. Their pl.n is a simple one.
A hole is cut in the shell of
a cocoa on t just large enough to
admit a monkey's unclosed paw.
Tbs cocoanut is scooped out and a
lump of sugar placed in the holiow.
A string is than attached to this novel
trap and the negroes conceal them
selves until tbo monkeys pase by.
Curiosity is one of the cbltf charac
teristics of these little creatures, and
When tt.ey eepy ce cocoarut lying
upon the ground tbey come down
from the trees and proceed to inspect
it carefully. Tbe lnmprf scgnr does
not long escape iDur not es, aa one
of trem thrntts a paw through the
aperture to grasp it. With tbe lump
ol sucar clasped in l is band, be flni'i
it impossible to withdraw it, nor will
his ( reedy nature altnw him to aban
don his prse. The negroes bave no
difficulty in drawixv hm nearer and
near to their ambush, the whole
Iroop scampering madly aiout him,
chattering and gesticulating as only
monkeys can. When they nave ar
rived within easy rea?b, a larga net ia
thrown out and thev are made pris
oners. Twenty or tfciity are often
captured at one haul. The natives
fell them to the employes of the
Panama railroad, who lo turn diepote
of them in the American market"
DLSTKiniTlNU tiELDS.
TUB WORK OFTHE DEPARTMENT
er AVBltULIl'SK
Hake, tbe Becd Dealer Had aa All
lal Daora A Baaar aj tha
ed Dealers.
WASuintiTON, April 24. The Da-
pertinent of Agriculture Is busy J not
now rushing out quantities of seedi to
the Went and North. Thoso for the
South were bustled away a couple of
months ago, and many of tbnss for the
West have been sent, but for the
North there le .till time. The back
waid sprirg has given tbe Agricultural
Department an opportunity to get its
work np in ample 1 1 mo. Tbe amount
of labor required for this work is much
greater thau one would i nppese. Drop
in on the department In ita busitst
time and yon will find fifty orslxy
men and 160 to 175 women busily at
work putting up tbe packages of seeds
and mailing them to every part of the
country. The number ol packages ol
seeds now sent out annually by this
bnrcau Is between 3,IX0,000 ard
4,000,000. Tbey are of all sorts
and s see end go ia sll direc
tions aid to all parts of tbe coun
try. Two-thirds cf them are dis
tributed through the members of Con-
grers, the rf malnder go to the agents
of tbe Agticultural Department all
over lbs country. The seed dealers
of thn count y are dovu on tbe de
partment's system of fieeseed distri
bution. It 's qtiltn natural that they
should bp, too. They tell some pretty
herd stories about the kind of seed
that tie depurtuieat wen for distri
bution. Mr. J a in 03 Vick. the most
dMinpulihed BMtd man of the coun
try, ia aa interview on tho iubiifct,
said: "A collrction of tbe seeds sent
out by ths department proves to boot
the most ordiuurv charac'er. I know
of a firm that sold a lot of beans which
tbey considered worthies.! as toed to
adta'er, and be told the lot to the
department ot Agriculture at $tl a
bushel. I hae heard often of the
European houses langhing over seed
sales they nuke to tbe government in
this couutry. it will be a "cold
day," however, when you get your
average Cocgrtstinan to give np his
7000 packages of seed per year so long
as they are furniuhad free of cost and
postage paid.
I U01AH J
PUT IKK KEHIUNH
Tba
lliatVIre freeldeory af
( hlcaao aad Barllaatoa.
tbe
Chicago, III,, April 24. Thomas J.
Potter, Bret vice president of the Chi
cago, Burlirgton and Qulnoy railroad,
and who for many years has had tbe
chief executive control of that toiu
paty'a lines, has tendered his resigna
tion, wbich I ai been accepted, to take
effect May 15th. The officials of the
Burlington road have hud the resigns
tion under consideration for several
weeks, and on'y accepted it after hav
ing bjen assured by Mr. Poster tbat
he had decided to accept the offitte of
first vice president oi the Union
Pacific railroad, which bad been
tndeied to him. The announcement
of the appoiutment of Mr. Potter to
the first vine presidency of the Union
Pacific ie accompanied by the state
ment that the Union Pft'lflo bad
finally etioctul a lense of the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company's
line, the dotnik of which were finally
settled within the paat few days. Viie
President Potter will aaanme control
of tbe allied lines.
hEKSELESS BRUTALITY.
A niinn Privet Ptoaa iba t'orpee
.la lral velanru.
Matamoros, Mix,, Apiil 24. Yes
terday at Villa Libre, the pariah priest,
in tbe presence i f the Jefe Politico,
flogged and exorcised the body o.' a
dead man, who in life hal been ao
cused of being a wixard, and was said
to hold converge with the devil. And
this Is the nineteenth oenturj I
Jesus Molincx, of fttcttecas. whose
girl had been nntrue to him, commit
ted au'cide by smoking several enor
mous olgarett.es of marihuana, while
lying In a pool abounding with veno
mous insects, which, while) he was in
sensible, destroyed his life.
A SUCCESSFUL DUEL
Batta den tie men Hilled at the Same
Hi
St. Louis, Mo., April 24 A special
from the city of Mexico says tbe War
Department makes kcown ths facts of
a donbly fatal duel. Lieut Col.
Lanes, of the Eighth Battalion, and
M. M. Havalls, musical director at
tached to tbe tom'Tjand, quarreled in
a saloon in Han Luis' Pototi, where
they were eta'ioned, and a challenge
was accepted at once, lhe two officers,
accompanied only by a captain of the
regiment, were driven to the lodrillera
and at the word both shot at once and
both fell dead.
Tba Dellabtral Lie a Id Laxative.
Bvrno of Fin ia a most acTHaable
and valuable family remedy, as it is
easily taken oy old and yonng, and le
prompt and effective la soring
habitual constipation and the many
ills depending on a weak or inactive
condition of the kidneys, liver and
Bowels. It sets gently, strengthens
the organs on which it acta, and
awakens them to healthy activity. For
sale by U.J. Helster and all leading
druggists: Van Vleet A Co., Q. W.
Jones & Co., W. N. Wilkerson A Co.,
and H. Maustield A Co, have been ap
pointed wholesale agentn at Memphis.
Merebaale, Bead Tbla.
To those subject to the vexations of
bnslncHB life, oyspepsia and a feeling
of debility, irritability and dosnond
ercy, we say, take HirnmonS Liver
Regnla'or. Tho Kegulator Is free from
injurious mineral substance j not dita
grmable; can be taken at anytime
without interfering with business or
pleaeurt, I ie g-ntlo, fafe, and a good
digr'btor. It is ut equaled in the cure
oi piles, cons' Ipation, ta j breath, sic
headache and bilious complaints.
rapE.0FR0ClMH,
WHO II AS RECEN I LY SEPAR ATED
FRO. HER UUoBAMD
Derange He Is a Hrute and Is Wholly
Us worthy of Her-Her Lit
erary Labors.
Niw York, April 22. The Hail and
Expriu noticing ihe fa t that among
the presents which Emperor William
received on his birthday, one of the
met remarkable ones was a poem
of the Queen of ROumania, save that
in a hncidred short verr.es Car men
Sylva had described tbe chief inci
dent! of the old soldier's lifetime.
She had morcevor copied it out her
self in her own hand on white parch
ment beautifully ornamented w th
con.llowera. The career of this lad r,
wbo is aa perfect a scholar as she is
trueaQieen and tender a woman, is
deeply interesting aa sketched by an
authority. By birth, Kllsabetb, of
Roumani, is a Princeis of the house
Wied, acd hor fa' her, a man of high
ability and careful cnltute, gave
hor an education at once deeper
and freer than that wbich is
usually the portion of the children of
royiilty. Toe dia'h of a young brrthcr
clouded her childhood, and to dl.-al-pate
the gloom flu went to her aunt,
the Grand Duellist Helena, of Ruasia.
From tbe quiet PtudinH of the Caatle of
Neawiid the vm thus suddenly
tranapnrted to one of tbe tl'Bt "pa'nns"
of the b'illinnt Court of Russia The
summons borne came with h r fa bet's
iMue, und the ' Wild R sebnd of
Wied," reitorml to ber native heath,
watt bed in his rick room and Ions
monrntd his death.
When tli'ro wns no kingdom of
Koninnala in rx'siencs. she bad
laughingly mid, "1 do not want to mar
ly unlena 1 can be Queen of K u ma
nia, " and, as bo often happens, the
careless thoughts of youth found tl.eir
accomplishment. Huuiilng down tha
lovuce stairs at Berlin one day, her
foot slipped, and she would prnbab'y
bavehiwn killed but f r Prince Charles,
ut Uuheuxollern, who saw hor danger'
and caught ber in his outstretohed
arms. When Riuman'a chose
him for ruler he claimed the
Frincves as his brido. During
the ltns:o-Turki)li war she wore the
uniform of the K-;d,Cros, ami as a
narao hbUe.i to e often end hpbu.ikh
the suflerlngs which war" inevitably
brings in it-i tr.,l:i. At theclcss of tbe
Btrnggln Pluvna hxd given a royal
throne to the Prince acd Princens, and
their ciowns were made nut of cannon
captured from the enemy. Tne love
and adiiiha ion nf her subjects she bus
always bad, and tho sympathy alto
when the Ices of an only danghtur
brought deeo'atinri to her new home,
She bas tought consolation In du'.y,
in earnest endtuvor for the good of
Rouinania, and in those studies whiou
Inheritance and education alike bave
made dear to her.
A small book, print td for private
circulation only, and bearing on the
title page tba name oi Carmen Mylva,
the noru do plume of Queen Elisabeth
ol Romuanla, contains the following
spbiiiionis;
"White hairs are like tbe sea foam
which caps the waves alter a storm.
"Tbe. vulnerable point of one's
chancier Is much more speedily din
covered by our Inferloig tban our
equals.
"An animal when it is sick crave
for solitude, whereas the human being,
on ths contrary, is only happy when
he can make bisMiflerlngi public.
"These who assert that a sorrow
sung in voise is no longer a aorron.
are either without the gift of pnetiy,
or eli.e tbey do not know what it. Is to
sutler. It would be just as well to as
sert that bodily torture would cause
no pain as long as one were ahlu to
cry out.
"Oiief is our most faithful and con
stant friend. He always returns to us,
altuongh he sometimes changes hia
garmeots and sometimes even his
features. We, however, are always
able to rfcegu n him by his close and
warm embrace,
"The trne 'grande dumn' d eplays
tho same manners In her toilet lO' in
us lo her snloun, and the same cour
tesy toward her-servants aa towaid
her guests.
"The world doei not forgive ns
either our talents nor our sucrerSHs,
nor our tnarrlfige, nor our friendships,
nor our future. The only thing which
is looked upon with indulgence ia
desth.
' Every oing'e action of our life car
ries in its train either a reward or a
punishment, however little disputed
we are to admit that such ia tbe m.h.
"When for a thort time one is de
prived of plensure, one no longer
feels the longing thereafter; and even
it she does at length knock at our dour,
we open it with fear and trembling,
dreading that it may be sorrow in dis
guise. "We are martyrs tnonr own faults.
"There is a kind of close relation
ship between all those whoaro soil r
lng from some sorrow or other. If
we are in mourning we feel somehow
or other drawn to every bla.k dress
we meet.
"A great miofo tuns eutlires to
clothe even the humblest of Ciod's
creatures with grandeur.
"As long as we our young suffering
and sorrow is like a hurricane which
robs us of our health. As we grow
old, however, it partakes more ami
more of the r.atnre of a zephyr, which
merely adds one more farrow to our
wrinkled fuce and one more white carl
toonrrin.tr."
Ill EO.
TAVLOll-Sanday morning, April 'M, ltW,
at roMdom-e, currer ot (JenrKU street nnd
Davie avenue, Mr. Sam via 11., wif of Oaour
P. Taylor, igtd 11 j eara, 7 monlhi and 2 dayi.
Kemaini will b. .hipped to Otark, Ark.,
for interment this (MONDAY) morning at 4
o'clock.
FOPPIANO-Sunday, April 24. 1H7. at
7:10 p.m., Charms A., ion ol Churtei J. ml
Marie Foppiano, aged 4 jean, 10 mouth, and
24 diyj.
Funeral lervlcoi at No. 300 Third (treat
thii (MONDAY) afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Friend. Invlud to attend.
BILL-At Mammoth Springa, Ark , Cms.
C. biLi.
NotK-eof funeral will he ilree.
SALE OF PRIVILEGES.
QEALKD PROPOSAL will be revived
ft until April 2SUi by lhe 3eoreory 'f th.
Meuiphii ilerchtnt' Z u ive I t the Mlnir
Ing priviliwei at thoi-pi.'uio to beiiiven My
8dt JJjtival Pt: Bir, Kcitnij int. rhmrt
Ing Oullerr, Can. K.ok, Ten I'U Alley, etc.
All bidH nhould tie nddreaiod to
L. H.OoMi.h'Y..Su.Tet'-r.' u'tum Homo.
DK. K. L. LAfcKI,
PIml.'lari, surgeon and Acv.oa..; er.
RK.,ll'l'".,K AN! lOTlfl,
Sfl flUiu rMrvet, Aiejtr I'lOten
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