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I 7sTA m-ISH El) AUGUST 24, 1852. WHEELING, W. TA.. THURSDAY M0HN1MG. DECEMBER 0, 186a VOLUME XXXVII-NUMBElt 90.
li? gbanted
Compelling tlio Kanawha Board
to Certify the Ballots
FRAUDULENTLY ALTERED
j-?r .'.hli'ison?Uuly Cougrctw Caw
liidoilio Wroiitf?'The Cant? Similar
i" Ilittf of Atkiuwoit**? A
Move to !>?? Mnclo on Goir.
The niaiulamua from the Supreme
Court <?.' .Appeals Compelling tho County
Court ( i K m.iwlia to include in its certil!-ate
tho ballots altered in the office of
clerk that court, gives Alderson,
Pemocratir nominee for Congress, n
nijjority on the face of the returns ns
.;lVv will rw'.ch the Governor. The
fraud is apparent in the Third Distnrt.'.K
in tin' Kirot, and the Houso will
nuke ad short work of Alderson as of
Pi
The alteration of ballots iu Judge
Fleming's behalf .-till leaves General
(joffu majority of 113.
Cfn.VTKD THIS MAXDAMP&
,%(-!i?>n or tlio Court ?r Appeal*?A aiova to
l.n .Undo to Count out tlniT.
yriJ !>. : I "A lo thf Iillrlli'jaicer.
Cum:j.i'Ton, W. VA., Dec. 5.?The
.'Ujirt'it c ('.Mirt met at 10 o'clock this
morning i?? hear the argument on tho
motion to <juu:4i the petition for a writ
ol mandamus against tho County Court.
I'm- oil iiiiu' argument was by Malcolm
Jackson. Col. J. W.r St. Clair and Hon.
J.'F. llrmvu also appeared for the Democratic
wide. The Republicans wero repnai'iitcd
hy A. Burlew, W. S. Edwards
an?l John A. Hutchinson. After hearing
the argument the court adjourned.
About l o'clock the court agreed to issue
the writ of mandamus. .
Klforts will now be made to throw out
oiio or ii.ore precincts giving Republican
majorities. The Uepublicans claim to
Lave the beat of it in a light of this
kind.
N.tl reriiiutml to Fall.
rkikdrlphiu rrr.'t.
The recount of the vote in some of the
Weal Virginia counties seems to he atill
goiugon and yesterday had got so far as
to elect another Democratic member of
Congress and probably give tho Demo*
emtie candidal!* for Governor, a majority.
This need not surprise anybody,
flu* recount has been carried on by the
Democrat!* for four weeks for tho purpose
of chunging tiio result of tho eleclion,
uiul lintnraily it whb not going to
be allowe d to fail of its purpose.
TilK I'llKiilUKA7-KI,EOT OK A HUNT.
lie SiXiliiU tin? Hay ?Suatlug tlio Itrunh fur
I'r.'tirio lleiiH and Hah) tit*.
Indianai'olib, Ixd., Dec. 5.?General
Harrison was up blight and early this
morning preparatory to starting out on
his two ?toys' hunting expedition. It
wiw 7o'clock when tho General nud Mr.
MvKee emerged from the house in their
higli lop limiting hoots, carrying their
jtuii ciiM'p. They dfrove over a couple of
blocks to the residence of Mr. it. P.
I'ierce, ami found that gentleman and
his .-on awaiting them. The train in
which to convey tho party was a special,
consisting of hut ono conch, the director's
cur and the locomotive. The exact
destination ??f the train when it left the
Union station was unknown to anyone
except the train dispatcher and Mr.
I'ierce. There is reason to believe, however,
that their first stop was at the little
village of liana, in Vermillion county,
seventy-live miles due west from Tndiaaajwlis
and only about live miles from
the Illinois .State line. It is thought the
wuty alighted here and spent the day.
beating the hush for quail, prairie heus
and rahbits. The General will sleep to
ni;'iit at a farm house near Dana. 1 ho
party will it-turn to the city sometime
uniiorroiv night.
NATION'Ah UBPOBLlCAX COMMITTEE.
Vjuarlnc Arcouat* Willi tho Spoiiker*?Tim
W'c?l Vlrj{liilii MnttHr Not DUciinikiI.
W.isiiiNoTo.N, D. C., Dec. 5.?The
Executive Committee of the Republican
.\itional Committee held a meeting liero
to-day at the headquarters of the National
League. There were present
Chairman M. .S. Quay, Vice Chairman J.
S. Clarknon, Treasurer W. W. Dudley,
John C. New, A. L. Conger, 0. A. Hohart,
.Samuel Kessenuen, George H.
Davis*, .1. Manchester 11 ay mis and William
0. (ioodloe.
The only business transacted was tho
settlement of accounts with several
bureaus aad campaign speakers. The
subject of tlie disputed districts in West
Virginia and other States has not thus
far 11., n diacussed. Auother meeting
will probably he held to-morrow.
A reporter of tho Associated Press
called on Hon. J. S. Clarkson to-day ami
asked him what truth there was in the
report recently published that ho had
U-vn tendered by the President-eject
the position of Secretary of the Interior.
Mr. lllarkson 8uid: "If it in worth while
to deny nny such improbable rumor, you
luay Kiy there is no truth in it whatever."
TUB DUDLEY CASK.
Th? />?iuorrntic Itluir to Hare the ltcimbU**n
ManuKcr 1 ntlIn Indiana.
Indiaxapolih, I.nd., Dee. 5.?The Federal
building was crowded to-day with
Vitnesses summoned to appear before
the Foderal Grand Jury now in session.
M.?n\ witnesses were before the jury to ?y.
All interest centers upou the
prosecution ot what is known as the
"Dudley case." The opinion is openly
exjmssvU about the Court House that
flo indictment will certainly bo returned
hi this case. The positive instructions
of the court (District Judge Woods) reUtuifc
to the violation or the advico to
others to violate the election laws is
what convinces many that the jury will
find a bill against Col. Dudley.
A United States Marshal warrant for
hi* arrest was issued two days after the
publication of the "blocks of live" letter
said to have been written by Dudley.
This warrant is still out and will be held
ready (or instant service until an indietliii'iif
:u v....I ......;..G? Mm Thin
K'tter, of course, will bo the basis of the
indictment in case there is on indictxuent.
UThe evidence against Dudley has not
jvtbceii presented to the Grand Jury,
out it is being collected and some of the
witnesses are within call. Ex-Senator
McDonald returned from New York today.
ijc indorses the interview in
which ho is reported as having tcHd Mr.
I ladlf!' It a u'dtili I liii iirri-uti>il till! lllO*
meat ho set foot on Hoosier soil.
'nvfutlKtitluK Democratic Frnudi.
k.vnhas City, Mo., Dec. 5.?'The existence
of a secret organization was made
Mown to-day. The organization is
?nowu ms the Qoty club, and has been
?engaged iu a secret investigation of alleged
corruption at the -November elecwon.
Judge MuCreitry, one of the most
prominent muiubcnsVtated ibis aftorUpon
that the work had resulted in the
discovery of gross frauds.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The Annunl Report of Attorney General
Gnrlnud Submitted to ConfrtM.
Washington, Dec. 5.?Attorney General
Garland has made his annual report
to Congress of the business of the Department
of Justice during the last fiscal
year, together with statistics of crime
ugainst the United States, and a statement
of the business of the Supreme
Court und the Court of Claims. The
petitions filed in .the latter court in
French spoliation cases number
representing 2,380 vessels and about$30,000,000.
The majority of theso cases
have been disposed of so far as the court
is conccrncd, atfd have been certified to
Congress. The remainder will bo reported
to Congress during the present
session.
After making a detailed statement in
regard to the character and resu't of litigation
in which the United States was a
party during the year, tho Attorney
General says that tho usual examination
of penitentiaries in which Uuited States
prisoners are confined was made during
the year and showed the institutions to
be in good condition and the prisoners
wnlt ennui fnr mid hiimntmlv t rented.
IIo advocates the passage of tho bill now
pending In congress for tho appointment
of a commission to inquire mto the ad*
visabUity oi building Government penitentiarieH
and reformatories and says:
"It would seem that the United States
should have model prisons and reformatories
of its own in which to confine its
criminals, and provision could be made
(or the employment of the inmates at
some suitable industries on a system of
labor which would not violate the recent
act of Congress, nor be inconsistent
with tho laws passed by tho several
.States and the prevailing opinions relative
to the subject of contract labor."
There were wcrti l,875Governmentprisoners
in custody during the year. Tho Attorney
General suggests that tho Departmentof
Justice to be^iveu entire control
over the jail in the District of Columbia,
and that a separate building for the confinement
solely of female prisoners be
added to that building. He also recommends
that the salary of the warden be
increased to $2,500 "per annum. He
calls attention to tho method of summoning
grand and trial juries in the
Territorial district courts in cases in
which the United States is a party and
renews the suggestions thereon, contained
iu his last annual report. He
<tlur> ur.n.u on urn itvi nriiif inn fnr flu>
restoration and preservation of court
records, and in advocating certain
changes in tho judicial system of the
United States, nays:
"It is impossible to over-estimate the
necessity that exists for a change in the
judicial system to meet the demands,of
the constantly increasing business of the
country; anu I would simply cull attention
in this connection to my suggestions
in the last report, and respectfully urge
some change be made that will remedy
the evils complained of on all sides,
whether that change ho in accordance
with my views or not."
He renews tho recommendation contained
in former reports that a proper
building for the accommodation of the
Supreme Court and other courts and
commissions of the United States, as
well us for the increasing business of the
Department of J usttco, be erected on
the publicgrounds adjoining the present
building.
lie also renews his recommendation of
last year that provision be made for the
purchase of-portraits of Justices of tho
Snnrmitn flmtrt III M'trnrd to the DflV
meat of special deputy marshals the Attorney
General says: "The appropriation
for the current tiscal year for fees
anil expenses of marshals is ?075,000.
but by a special provision incorporated
to appropriation act only $300,00.' can be
advanced to the marshals. Numerous
special deputy marshals were appointed
under the laws provided therefor, to
serve at the recent elections. # To way
this will require a large buui, and if
their pay bo taken from the appropriation
above mentioned, nothing will remain
for the expenses of the service of
process, and the business of the United
.States courts over the country will be seriously
impeded. I recommend that a
special appropriation be made to pay
these deputies."
Other specific recommendations are
that marshals be allowed increased expenses
in the service of process arising
out of the enforcement of tbe InterState
commerce law; that the fees or
salaries of Marshals be readjusted in accordance
with previous recommendations;
that the employment of substitute
attorneys in the territories be authorized;
that the salaries of the Examiner
of Claims in the Department of
State, Assistant Attorneys in the Department
of Justice and the Chief Clerk of
that Department be increased, and for a
general reorganization of the clerical
force of the Department on a basis commensurate
with its vast and increasing
business. _
\\\m A l'KKMANKNT SALARY.
Capt. Hurler, or 'i'ltla 8tnt?, Auk* to be
I'lnuuil oit the Army Itctirml Lint.
Wmiiivnrnv- I"). (5.. Doc. 5.?Cantain
John J. S. Hassler,Appointment Clerk
of tho Interior Department, has askeil
his West Virginia friends to secure him
an appointmcut in the regular army on
the retired list as a first lieutenant.
Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia, introduced
a bill in the Senate yesterday
authorizing the President to appoiut
Capt. Hash lor to a ilrst lieutenancy on
tho retired list. He bases his claim
upon his record during the late war in
the Fourth United States Infantry, and
especially because of his distinguished
service in front of Petersburg, Vn. The
bill was referred to the Committee on
Military Affairs. Captain Hassler has
presided over tho appointment division
of the Interior Department during tho
present administration, and he has numerous
friends among Democratic Congressmen.
A similar hill will be presented
in the House as eoon as the introduction
of bills and petitions is in
order.
l\v?i (ilrlx Drowned.
Ashland, Wii, Dec. 5.?While Josephine
Denomie, aged 15, and her sister,
Francis, aged ?, with their cousin, Lizzie
Denomie. wero walking on the ico covered
surface of 15ad rivor, near Odnnah,
yesterday, the ico gave way, ami the
three girls wero precipitated into the
water. Their cries for fiolp attracted the
attention of Thomas Condecon, n laborer,
who was worki' on the hank,
and lie succeeded with ^reat dinlculty
in rescuing Lizzie Deuouiie. The otbei
two girls were drowned.
At'eWlttiit to aStreot Cft'r.
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 5.?Shortly aftei
noon to-day n Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern switch engine ran into and
completely demolished a Fort street one
Klmwood car at Croghan street crossing
The passengers, eight or ten in number
were all more or less injured, and two o
them, Mrs. Mary Houk and John Seen
ious, were so badly hurt they will prob
ably die. The accident was caused b]
the flagman neglecting to close the gates
The Sugar Iuvmtigntloii.
Vsw York, Dec. 5.?Tho ease of th?
people against tho North tyiyej Suga
Refining Company was continued thi
morning before Judgo Barrett in tlx
Supreme Court (special term). Jaipe
C. Carter, of counsel for the defendaul
continued his argument.
| DAMAGING EVIDENCE.
Making a St-ong Case Againsl
Mrs. Snoots for Murder.
LITTLE CARRIE POISONED
Tlic Fact Proven by ? X umber of Wit
ncHses-Tho Accused Mother gives
"Way to Tears in the Court
Room?Pathetic Episode.
Special Diipatch to the InUlli<irnctr.
Camiibidok, o., Dec. 5.?'The third
day of the Snoots murder trial wa?
marked by the same popular interest
that lias been manifested on the twe
preceding days in a pronounced degree,
The jury ha<l u worn, unshaven appear
ance when they filed in this morning
attended by the Sheriff. The trial it
evidently worrying them already. Tim
defendant recovered her composure
somewhat to-day, but as the day passed
away she grew restless and uneasy
again, keeping her hand over her eyes.
The State made its case very much
stronger to-day. The examination was
closely watched by the attorneys for
the defense, who contested every point,
and followed with hushed interest
by the crowd that jammed the court
room from wall to wall, leaving barely
standing room within tho bar, more
than half of those present being ladies.
The examination of II. T. Lowe, who
was ou the staud when court adjourned
yesterday, was concluded, developing
nothing new.
Alice Swank, aged eleven, testified
that she weut to Garrett's drug store in
Adamsville 011 the morning of Tuesday,
tho 5th of July, for five cents' worth of
paris green at the request of Mrs. Snoots,
and got the same auil delivered it to Mrs.
Snoots.
DAMAGING TESTIMONY.
J. W. Barrett, druggist, swore that on
tho mnrntna of the 5th of Julv ho sold
Alice Swank two ounces of paris green
done up iu two papers and labeled as
poison.
Mrs. George Swank, the mother of
the little girl, testified that she remembered
of Carrie going to the drug store
for Mrs. Snoots, and that she saw Carrie
that morning just after Alice came irotu
the drug store and the child was uot in
a dangerous condition, and that she saw
the child a few hours later and found
her in a very dangerous condition, suli*ering
great pain in I he bowels and vomiting
a green substance resembling paris
green. Had visited the child a number
of times before during her illness but
had seen nothing alarming, Saw the
child again on Wednesday morning before
she diedshe was then dying and
vomiting with the same sort of a discharge.
Miss Lucy Sedgwick, who is ulso a
neighbor to the Suootaes, swore that she
saw Carrie on Saturday and Sunday before
her death, during the time she was
sick, aud that she did not regard her as
seriously ill. Called Tuesday afternoon
and found her very bad. Saw Mrs.
Snoots give her some medicine which
the child did not want to take. She
vomited afterward and threw up thin
mutter of a light green color resembling
paris green.
TUB NKT TlUUXJyiiaa.
Mrs. Caroline Hunter who was in and
out of the Snoots house during Carrie's
UlnnAH. Rimnni'tprf tliu evidence nearlv
without nn exception of the two witnesses
proceeding. She heard Mrs.
O'Neall any the morning that Carrie
died, after the child had vomited, "That
looks like pari# green," in the presence
of Mrs. Snooks, to which no reply was
made.
Mrs. }Iary Ross, an old lady who was
on intimate terms with the Snoots family,
swore that she was at the hou.se
Tuesday afternoon and eaw Mrs. Snoots
mixing paris green in a pan out in the
yard, which she said was to go on the
potatoes. A few miuutes later witness
saw Mrs. Snoots give Carrie a powder,
taking which the child grew very sick
and vomited up a light jjreen substance.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schaircr was at tin*
house during the child's last hours, on
Wednesday morning. Tho child was
very low, restlees and suffering from
pain and thirst. Saw her vomit a li^ht
green substance on bleached muslin
cloths. These cloths were being washed
while the child was dying. Mrs. Snoots
objected to a post mortem being held
.on the remains of Carrie, and said she
was satisfied that Carrie had died of inflammation
of the bowels. Mrn. Snoots
also told witness that same afternoon
that whenever she saw that green stuff
passing through Carrie she was sure she
would die, for that was just the way lit
I.. Ma..... '
Mm. ifev. Clouso testified that she
was in and out of the house on Tuesday,
when the child grew suddenly worse,
and there all night before she died.
Carrie was very bad, purging and vomiting
a green stud*. She was very thirsty,
calling repeatedly for ice and water.
On cross examination this witness
said that she did not hear Carrie say,
"Oh, ma, don't give mo that medicine;
it burns so," on Tuesday afternoon, as
testified to by Captain Lowe. Also
stated that she directed the washing ol
the clothes. She was on the stand about
two hours.
a i'atiiktic SCENIC.
During the afternoon session of court
the baby was brought in to its mother,
and court had to suspend business while
tho prisoner took tho baby out and
ouieted it. As she rose to go out ami
faced the audience with the child iu her
arms, she broke into tears and buried
her face on the child's. This'little episode
brought the tears to many eves.
Mrs. Maggie Cross testified tnat she
saw Mrs. Snoots give .tho child acapsule
on Friday. The child begged her uioth*
er not to mako her tako it, and was con.
6tantly craving water.
Mrs. A. J. Snoots, mother-in-law oi
the accused, testified that the child waf
very restless, clammy, thirsty, and In
i great agony before death.
Mrs. Ivntn fttntta. who washed the
clothes used about tho child, swore to
finding green spots on them resembling
( paris green.
? Lottie Stoner testified to tho child c
! desperate thirst.
The State sought to introduce ovidcncc
i showing the statement made by the ac'
cused that she did not mean Carrie tc
' live long. Tending the decision of tin
Court as to the admission of testimony
an adjournment was taken.
To SupprtM Ohio White Cnp*.
i Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 5.?The Attorney
I General of tho Stat? of Ohio was hen
I to-day in consultation ^rith the proso<
. cutine attorneys of Brown and Adatnc
nmintuia nnnn th? lumt mnnna of nun
1 pressing tlio While Caps. It is proba
- bio that tho State will supply tho mono]
. lor tho employment ol detectives, am
: that every possible effort will bo uisdi
. to stop the disgraceful lawlessness.
Forestry Cong reaaes.
b Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 8.?The joint se?
r sion oi tho National and Southern Foi
s estry Congresses convened tonlaj
e There was a joint session of tho tw
a bodjes to-night at which an address o
:t we'conie was delivered by Goveriio
Gordon.
GIGANTIC ltAILBOAD SCHEME.
A Plan of Consolldatlou That ISeaU Jay
Gould's Trust Scheme.
Chicago, Dec. 5.?The Timet thii
t morning says: It is repOrtecTlhat Eastern
capitalists have been for some time
considering a scheme that is of much
greater magnitude than the collapsed
clearing house arrangement. It provides
for the crcation of a syndicate
' which is to secure a controlling interest
in all Western roads and manage them
as one system. A gentleman well informed
in railroad affairs, but who prefers
to be nameless in this connection,
said yesterday:
"The clearing house scheme, or whatever
way bo substituted for it, is in*
1 tended to be only a makashift?a tempoI
rary ailair put forth as u 'feeler,' you
might say?sotnethiug to prepare the
public mind for the introduction of a
1 broader and more effective plan for putting
an end to rate wars and revolution
ary railway management. I happen to
, know that the ultimate aim and purpose
' of the capitalists who have been in con'
sultation in New York is to form a great
railroad syndicate und mass all the roads
i west of Chicago and St. Louis under the
controlling power. The organization is
to be a gigantic stock company, and
stockholdera will be guaranteed, say 5
per cent on their stocks, so that while
it wi.'l amount practically to a consolidation
of all the roads, it will
iu reality be nothing more than
a leasing of the vurious lines. There is
no law against leasing railroads and until
there is such a Iuw, it cannot be urged
'i-? ?? I- ti.??
IIUIV U1C1U JO liibg ...w
scheme. I do not know how soon it will
be put into operation, and presume the
projectors have not decided that point,
hut that'it has not been abandoned I am
Bur<\
"Kates could he made lower than they
are at present, because they would he
uniform. There would he no competition
and fast trains could be established
just where there was a demand for them
and there would he no rivals to rush in
and kill the protits of the business by
dividing it up into infinite small proportions."
President 11. It. Cable, of the Itock
Island, was asked what lie thought of
the proposed plan.
"I haven't considered it," he replied.
"In fact, I don't know anything about
such a plau, except that something of the
kind has been hinted at iu the gossip
from the Kast. I don't believe tnere is
auy truth in it."
JOCKEY CLUB CONSOLIDATION.
A Ifljj IJtml Itelu'ttuu the American untl
Now York OryamlzntlniM.
Nkw Yomk. Dec, 5.?It is said the ah
8or])tion of tho American Jockey Club
by the New York Jockey Club will Boon
be effected. The papers necessary to
the deal are now in preparation, but
have not been passed yet and the parties
interested uefilinti Vo make public
tiie details of the transaction. In a gen-1
oral way, however, they are like thin:
The New York Jockey Club, in which
J. II. Morris is the moneyed man, and
of which Leonard W. Jerome jh prcsi- j
dent, will take possession of Jerome I
1'ark next spring and hold its first meeting
there on the usual dates of the
American Jockey Club's meeting. The
New York Jockey Club in the deal will
assume all the American Jockey Club's
obligations as to stakes already closed
and to close, and undertake to carry out
next spring as liberal a programme as
the American Jockey Club hud intended
to offer., Whether the consolidated
clubs (for the deal virtually amounts to
a consolidation) will race under the
name of the American Jockey Club or
tho New York Jockey Club is not yet
announced. After the spring meeting
Jerome Park is to be abandoned and
the lull meeting 01 tue consuuuuiuu
clubs will bo held at the new track now
building in West Chester. The New
York Jockey Club by goinjf into this arrangement
is a distinct gainer, a? It secures
u place in the eastern circuit of
racing associations.
1'lna LnmlH Uncovered.
Ciieyknne, Wyo., Dec. 5.?In the
matter of tifty-ftve desert land evictions
held for cancellation by. tbe General
Land Oliice, dcuisions were rendered
yesterday by Register Wilson and Receiver
Garrard, of the Cheyenne Land
Oliice, whicli cancel fllty-one of the entries,
covering TAJ.OOO acres, and dismiss
four. Forty-six of the entrymen live in
New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey,
fivo in Wyoming, and four cannot
be foil ml.' The entries were made in
the interest of Thomas Sturgis, the
Union Cattle Company and the Goshen
Mole Irrigating Compauv, ef this Territory.
In each ease.the "defense moved
to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, but
the motions were overruled. The land
which will be opened for individual
settlement embraces one of the finest
districts in Eastern Wyoming, and is ail
available as farming lands.
A Uljj Hull to lie Ilotrloil.
Chicago, Dec. 5.?Judge Clifford has
granted a new trial in the case of Augustin
J. Ambler against Kodney M.
Whipply, in which Ambler was given a
verdict, June 18, for the immense sum
of 91,002,401. Ambler's verdict was on
an old judgment of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, given January
4,1870. for $077,434, for royalties on
fiatents assigned by him to Whipple and
or which the latter had never accounted.
The verdict of June 18 was for the
. amount of this judgment with interest
at 0 per cent from January 4, 1870,
amounting to the sum of $325,057.
i l'urchane of a llntlroiwl.
St. John, N. B., Dec. 5.?-The balance
of tliu purchase uioney, $70,000, for the
Grand Southern Kaihvay, running betwecn
thin city and St. Stephen, has
i been deposited in the bank of New
> Brunswick und a company composed of
liuisel Sage, Giles K. Tain tor, Horace
M*. liugglt'H aud Iiichard Cross, of Now
York, and John McMillan and Hugh
! McLean, of St. John, will apply to the
i Legislature for letters patent incornoi
rating the Shore Lino l{ailway. 'lbe
capital is $300.000.
A HIk Cnite I)IiiuIm?<I>
Nkw York, Dec. 5.?Judge O'Brien
his dismissed the complaint of William
S. Williams, a suit against the United
( States Trust Company for $105,000 dam[
ages, and directed judgment for tho de'
fendant for $2,507 54, the sum of its
I counter claim.
Phil DhI>'? AaMllanU.
New Your, Dec. 5.?Addie Stanton
and Ella Hammond, the women charged
r with participating in tho assault and at*
? tempted robbery of the gambler Phi]
Daly, were arraigned in court again,
Daly was unable to appear. They were
* remanded. _
A Strike in the Went.
f Bp'ttk, Mont., Dec. 5.?Most of the
* engineers on the Montana Union rail
L> road struck yesterday, the cause as
signed being the alleged unjust discharge
of three of their number by the mastei
mechanic of the road.
A Youuk Liu))'* Wl Murder.
Wateotows, n, Y., Dec. 5.?At Ant
o werp, near here, last night, Mits Anni<
if Moore, aged 18, an accomplished younj
r lady of excellent standing, Bhot and kill
ed Herself. Her action is inexplicable
TUB SENATE SAYS "NO."
r Effort* to Table It* Tariff IIIll-Tlie Alaak
htorlen to be Investigated.
i Washington, 1). C., Dec. 5.?In th
Senate to-day Mr. Dawes offered a resc
lution (which was agreed to) calling 01
the Secretary of the Interior for infot
mation as to alleged outrages and re
straint of liberty committed in Alaski
i 011 Indian females and other persons
, and what steps, if any, have been takei
by the Department to protect the per
sons of females in Alaska from such out
rages. He said he had no knowledge or
the subject: but that the publi<
prints had been for some time ful
of statements of such outrages o
the most barbarous kind. If thej
were true, it was a public scandal thai
no steps had been taken to prevent theii
repetition, and if they were not true, il
n nulilinonnnitul fn Iiovn ntmll Hliiriiii
circulated without refutation
When the tariff bill was taken up, al
12:80, Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, moved
to lay on the table the amendment to tht
House bill proposed by the Committee
on Finance, which is the whole Senatt
bill, and demanded the yeas and nuys
Mr. Turpje, of Indiana, however, called
for the reading of the amendment and il
was proceeded with.
The motion to lay the tariff substitute
on the table was rejected by a strict party
vote ?yeas 10, nays 20.
The clerk then proceeded with the
reading of the subsitute for amendments
Mr. Vance moved un ameudment to
the tobacco section, reducing the limit ol
claim for rebate, fiom $10 to $5. Rejected.
No other amendments was offered to
tbo tobacco section.
The next subject, commencing at section
three and ending at section eleven,
was that of "alcohol in the industrial
arts."
No amendment was offered, but Mr.
Sherman said he had very grave doubts
us to the practicability of applying these
sections without encouraging fraud.
Theu came section 12, which deals
with "duties upon imports," beginning
with schedule A, chemical products.
Mr. MePherson Called attention to the
fact that the rates of duty recorded for
chemical products made no allowance
for the remittance of the tax on spirits
liflful in medicine. This remission
would, ho suid, simply operate as an additional
bounty to the manufacturers o(
chemical products. A vote was taken
on the motion made by Mr. McPherson
to strike out all the sections as to alcohol
used in manufactures and it was rejected,
yeas IT, nays '24. Mr. Sherman voted
with the other Kepublicans in the negative.
After disposing of thirty pages of the
bill and reaching the end of schedule A,
no amendment being offered to it, the
Senate proceeded to execute business
and at 3:50 adjourned.
lu tho llounu.
Washington, Dec. 5.?In his opening
prayer in the House to-day, the Chaplain
commended to the divine protection
tho President-elect, in the following
words: "Amidst the perplexities by
which he is beset under the solemn
sense of responsibility of his great trust,
grant him tho sense of Thy presence
aud comfort; guard his person from all
peril and danger, preserve him in per
feet liealtn 01 uouy ana 01 nnnu, voucnsafe
him light anil cheer, and be
through the strength of his heart and
his portion forever."
Air. Itichardson, of Tennessee, from
the Committee on Printing, reported a
resolution.for the printing of 20,000
copies of the President's message.
Adopted.
Mr. Payson, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported us :i private .matter
the bill to quit the title of the settlers
on the DesMoines river lands in
Iowa. Mr. Howell made the point of
order that the report was not a private
motion.
Before the discussion opened the proceedings
were interrupted to enable Mr.
Mills to present, and the House to enter,
the following order:
That Thursday, December 0. Saturday,
0, and Tuesday, 11, immediately after the
reading of the journal be set apart for
consideration of Senate bill 1:30, the direct
tax bill, now in Committee of the
Whole, and that 4 p. in., Tuesday, December
II, the same shall be reported to
the House with such amendments as
may have been agreed on in committee
and the previous question shall then be
considered as ordered on all such
amendments, on ordering the bill to a
third reading and on its passage, and the
votes' thereon shall be taken in the
IIouso.
A JjUCKY BANK.
I - ' " ?.?M? linn > nti.
Iiouunt Uook-Knepor.
Milwaukee, Dec. 5.?President Win,
J. Lucas, of the First National Bank ol
Columbus, Ind., which was recently
robbed of a largo amount of cash and
securities by William Schreiber, the
book-keeper, was in the city to-day iu
learch of some of tho plunder. Mr,
Lucas came from Windsor, Ont., where
he made a settlement with Schreiber,
and secured from him a memorandum
of the places where lie deposited his illgotten
gains. It seems that Schreibei
arrived in this city last Friday and
placed $11)2.000 in securities in the Merchants
Exchange Hank in the name ol
Charles Yea. He then went to Waukesha,
Wis., and placed $*,500 worth ot
tho bonds in the Waukesha National
Dank under the same name, after whioL
he skipped to Canada.
President' Lucas secured tho Wauke
shu money yesterday and this morning
the Merchant's Exchange Bank delivered
up tho bulk of the plunder. Mr.
Lucas is now on his way to Chicago,
where- bo expects to add $0,500 to hit
pile from some Chicago bank. It is not
known what the exact terms of the set
tlement with Schreiber are, but he hoi
been granted freedom from prosecution.
sciireioer IB (JU11U H JUUUJJ muu, uun III
clipped liia luoustachu very closely,
siiaved tlic top of his bead ia order to
disguise himself ami make liiin look
much older, llo only stopped part ot i
day here. _____
A MtiUT SBXTKXCE.
Only Flflewn VenrM fur Stealing Hunilreili
of TliuimnaiU of Dollar*.
El I'aso, Tsx., Dec. 5.?Tlio trial o
Lewis Flewry, ex-postmaster ol Juarei
(Paso Del Norte) Mexico, and F. 0. Far
rel| ex-clerk ia the same office, for tin
theft of mail matter, was conclude!
yesterday before Judge liustament, am
each of the prisoners was sentenced U
fifteen years in the penitentiary, ltott
... ..untiul Ian* p.lllMlfOII Tltft IflMI
Were ureouiu iniio a vu> uu.;, xu? >?.A.
amount of booty which the two inei
secured during their long scries of rob
. buries is not known, but is certainly ir
the hundreds of thousands of dollars
Money and precious stones were lost is
! large amounts for a long time before thi
thieves were located. Among tho pack
ages that disappeared was one contain
ing about $-lU,000 worth of diamond
, from a house at Hambqrg, Qermaqy, fc
President Dias. After his arrest Flewr
made a very skillful and sensational at
rout, but was soon recaptured. His tria
? developed the fact that he is a profee
: sional thief.
O'Connor Challenged.
Bostox, Dec. 5.?J. A. St. John, th
backer of Jake Gaudaur, who is in thi
; city, offers to match Gaudaur again*
: O'Connor, tho American cbampio:
- sculler, the race to bo rowed in Sa
. Francisco next March.
. mm of pun
? Another Entertaining Letter froi
> Commissioner Campbell.
; AUSTRALIAN WOOL GROWINI
?
1 A Graphic Description of the Imlut
try, Which in Pursued on a GiI
Kal>( 'l* Healc-.l UKt ralia almost
A Veritable I'ariulUe.
f ~
f Special Correspondence "J the Intelligencer.
t Guuuasoakua, Mt. Lofty Station, Aui
r thalia, Oct. 20.?Tho average America
[ has been accustomed to regard Aiiatrali
> ?S..!i:-?*:?ri ??
HB a CUUUliy 1UI UWIIUU lUkilflllMHUU uu
t lacking in many of the refinements w
' see in our American cities. The tru
| state of facts arc just tho reverse?c
, much so as this hemisphere is the r?
> verse of our northern hemisphere. Her
j spring begins September 21. Tho col
' comes from tho south, thn heat from th
, north, the trees shed their bark and no
their leaves; cherry seeds grow outsit!
the cherry; the birds don't sing, th
1 flowers don't smell, the bees don't sting
| and the swans aro black. The sui
' throws its shadow to the south; th
moon wears a different face and tho con
stollations in tho heavens , aro upsid
down, the natives don't bury their dew
underground but stick them up in tree*
These aro all facts. Imported birds sin;
and cultivated flowers have as mucl
odor here as iu any country and are a
beautiful. The cities arc more substuu
tiullv built than in nur country, us Btom
is abundant and of a lint* <jnality fo
building purposes. The roads arc al
built by the Government uud are tbi
best without exception I have ever seen
They ure wider and smoother and white;
than our national road, and have no tol
gates. There are many thousand niiluj
of these roads in the colonies.
Adelaide?near where I now am?is i
city of over one hundred thousand in
habitants and is without question tlx
Queen City of Australia, anil very mucl
resembles the city of Cleveland; no fur a
shade trees ure concerned the might b<
called the "Forest City." The city i
situated on a plain itcur the Gulf of St
Vincent and is beautifully laid out. i
is divided into North ami South Ade
I aide by the river Torrens (native nami
YatalaJ a little larger than NVheelinj
creek, lier htroets are wide mid wei
paved with Nicholson, stone and 14s
phi?H. Her sewerage is perfect. Then
is no doubt that Adelaide is us cleau, i
not the cleanest city in the world. Sin
18 Burrouniii'u uy pur* minis, mm una ;
large zoological ami botanical garden
has not u wooilcn structure in the eit;
limits, all beiug built of stone and brick
"King William" is the principal bank
, ing street, and the buildings are gran<
and imposing in appearauce, inside am
out, and are said to bo much better thai
many London banks. The'towu hall
postollice, new Parliament building
Government house, museum, university
stock exchange, Adelaide club and nmuj
other buildings are^pecimens of solidit]
and architectural beauty that reflect*
great credit on the business men of tlx
city, ller street car lines are perfect
The plaiu on which the city is built ex
tends many miles in length and is sail
to embrace some 950,000 acres and ii
surrounded by a chain of mountains.
1IKAUTIFUL RBSOItTS.
Many of the citizens have summe
residences in these bills or mountains
where, at a distance of fifteen or twenty
miles from the heated city, they find t
nf tnixniirntiirn of from mlnon ti
twenty degrees every evening. Thesi
residences are built of Btone unci liiaiij
of them models of beauty. Anion]
tlieui those of Sir William' Milne, Si
Thomas Elder, Mr. J. W. Bakewell, tin
Hon. Henry Scott, M. L. C.; Tlioma
Magarey, At. T. Magarey, William Milue
Dr. Stitiug and Air. Pendleton. Tht
well kept and lovely flower gardens at
tached to each, the beautiful plain an<
city below, and wide sea view make tin
residences perfectly charming. Jn tin
i suburbs of the city there are some beau
tiful orange, almond aud olive orchards
besides apples, lemons, peaches, pears
plums, figs, apricots, loquet or Japai
, plum grapes, and all kinds of smal
i fruits seem to flourish in this climate
i which is very much like that of South
era California. I might mention lnani
of the places iu the suburbs of tho cit"
that, for cultivation and elegance, lool
as though many years had been spen
in bringing them to their present con
dition, while the city is not yet lift
; years old. A'mongthe most beautiful i
the "iiriert," tho home of tho lion
Georgo C. Ilawker. "Torrent Tark,'
[ mat ol mr. cnrr ouinn t iuuuiuuuic,
of Chief Justice Way: uBenacre," c
! lion. Henry Scott, and "Shirley," c
Mrs. William Bakewell. This latte
place is surrounded with the most beau
1 tiful orange orchard, now in full beai
1 ing, I ha>e ever seen.
The moBt of the oranges produced ar
| consumed in the colonies, but some ar
I shipped to England and Scotland,
will not in this letter have timo or spac
to give your readers a thorough repoi
of the commerce of these colonies, bu
j will say that there is au immense trad
hero with England?much of whic
ought to go to the United States. Th
1 city of Adelaide is the railway terminu
for taking the steamers for Europe
I There ia telegraphic communication witi
Albany, in Western Australia, where th
steamers touch coming and going to Ei
rope, but all passengers from the coat
! tako the steamers at Adelaide. Th
number of lines and number of steamei
' plying between the Australian ports <
' Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide are ii
creasing monthly.
The vessels are of huge proportion
' and carry immense freight* and Jarj
' passenger list*. Many ot theui are pall
, tiul and some carry over six thousan
: tons. They come into the Gulf of S
Vincent going to and coming from Enj
land, France und Germany, to Me
bourne and Sydney and stop adayt
more taking in and discharging freight
' also exchanging the mails. Tho Gu
presents a lively appearance at tho tim
f ot arrival and sailing of these diiferer
lines of steamers. The time from Adt
' laide to London, touching at Ahbani
Columbo, Aden and Suez, is from thirtj
' to thirty-five days.
[ For the children's benefit I will sa;
* out of St. Vincent's Gulf you passint
> the Southern Ocean, then into the li
1 dian Ocean, up the Red Sea and acroi
- the Mediterranean and into the Atlant
1 Ocean. This voyage to London is fn
quently made by the people hero an
1 regarded as a pleasant trip.
J A PLEASANT DRIVK.
L. Before leaving Adelaide, which hi
- taken so much space in this letter,
' want to tell of a drive wo hod in Septen
I her while on a visit here. It would lm>
brought forcibly to mind, to many ol
: citizens of Wheeling, tho days ol staRir
] over the National road. Mrs. J. V
Bakewell invited some twenty ladit
and gentlemen to a luncheon at hi
mountain home, and provided two el
gaut "drags" with four horses to eac!
0 footmen and drivers in livery and
bugler. Tho drivo is about as far
J from Wheeling to West Alexander ai
J: over a road up the mountain, smooth
J and broader than the National roa
[Cunlinvtil on Third Puge.]
T liKARD FKOM AT LAST.
[ i The Pluok of tli? Cnpluln of an Ainerlci
Stcawahlp to be Uewarded.
New York, Dec. 5.?At last the unc<
tainty regarding the fate of the Amei
can steamship Ilaytian Republic, seize
by the Ilaytian gun boat Detsalincs c
, the coast of St. Marc, seems about to 1
J- cleared up. Captain Compton's pluc
in sticking by his vessel and refusing
*' haul down the American colors, in del
ance of the demands of the colon
guards in possesion of the steamer, wi
be rewarded aud the vessel releasei
This was the news received at Lord
Austin's, agents of the seized vessel i
this city, yesterday. Together with thi
intelligence were received the statement
of the rival existing governments i
n Hayti, that of General Legitince, tli
n mviuiuiiituil Primiiloiit hoinv n niililiflhn
J pamphlet, detailing bis proposed ore
gramme; the other a printed memorar
dutn, setting forth the claims of the go\
e eminent of the north to tho considen
a tion of tho foreign powers. N
h A letter from tho State Departmec
> at Washington told of its decision ri
garding tho liaytian Republic. Seen
d tary Bayard says: "Your counsel. Mi
e Braudeis, has now been advised of th
conclusion of this Department, that th
validity of the seizure and of the subsi
u quent proceedings of alleged condemn!
e tion cannot be admitted, and I have s
r, informed Mr. Preston, tho liaytian rej
n rcsentativc at this capitul, who had bee
instrusted by his government to defe
c the case of the liaytian Republic to th
" Government of the United Stites".
? Tho HL'nntH of tint Mtcnnu'r worn miirbl
ilv tickled over tbits information, us uin
' well be imagined, and at once sent
* cablegram to Hayti informing Cap tail
* Captain comnton, who is supposed to b
still on board the Jlaytian ilepublic a
Port an Prince.
J -Mr. Lord said that as soon as possibl
f a new crew would Be engaged to go dowi
' and bring the vessel up. Some time, o
course, will bo occupied in the forma
* release of the vessel by the Ilaytini
J authorities.
3 Allot l.IT Triumph fur llm Ohio 1C1 ver Komi
Special VlfjHitch to the InltUlvaictr.
1 T't iiL'irirunirun \V V? Hon R^Proci
s dent George \V. Thompson, Superinten
i dent of Bridges J. F. Mock, Chief En
B gineer Fickinger, and C. L. Williams
^ Assistant Superintendent of the Oliii
? Itiver road, mode u trip over the Kiple;
t & Mill Creek Valley branch of the roat
. yesterday, inspected it and paid ofl'tln
u hands thai have been employed in put
t ting it in tilmpe for the running of trainc
] Beginning with next Monday two train
. will bo run each day on that branch, ex
L? cept Sundays. When the Ohio Uive
f Railroad Company took hold of it the;
u stopped all passenger trains until tli
11 road could he made safe, which boa no\
t been done. President Thompson say
y the road is in excellent conditiou.
I KiiIsIiIn of I'jtltliu.
j S/trctal Iiii>iKitch to the MdUgeneer.
I Pa it k Kits u i'no, W. Va., Dec. 5.?A uni
? formed nink.division Knights of Pythioc
the third in the State, will be institute
' here on the 14th instant, by Colonel 1]
J Shanley, of Wheeling. A great man;
f Sir Knights will be present from Wheel
? ing and Marietta. Ollicers have alread;
2 been chosen as follows: Commander, 8
H. Baker; Lieutenant Commander, Tan
I'rager; lieiald, K. Wanick; Iteeorder,E
1 F. L. Throp; Treasurer, Frank Hex.
j . ?
Sentenced lo (lie J'en.
Special Dlfiialch lo the InUlllocnccr.
r Paiikkusduro, W. Va., Dec. 5.?Jess<
Andersou, William Pease and 13. Vai
I Wells were sentenced to the peniten
a tiary this afternoon for a term of fiv
3 years each for robbing the Ohio Rive
a railroad office atliellcville. Themotioi
, for a uew trial for John Whitehead, tin
r remaining member of the gang, will bi
r argued to-morrow.
a 1 *
H Iltmln- hh FlritiH Iturneil Out.
, Syracuse, n. Y., Dec. 5.?Firo las
-! night destro)*ed the old Prescott schoo
j house, occupied by several manufactut
B ing firms, and a {our story brick buildin
b occupied by several other manufacturin
- concerns. The total loss will be abou
. $<>0,000. The principal losers arc A. I
'? Nettleton & Co., manufacturers of shoes
i 1. A. Weston & Co., machinists am
1 manufacturers of tricycles; A.T. ClarV
'? manufacturer of shoes, and the Syracua
- Hardware Company.
f
y Narrow l\<-iij>o ot Fireman.
i Mo.ntueai.. Dec. 5.?Fire broke ou
t lost night in the warehouse of Lymar
' Sons & Co., wholesale druggists, and be
g fore it was extinguished damage to th
extent of al>out $100,000 was done. Tw
?? firemen, who were on onu of the hidden
? had it burned beneath them and had
,f very narrow escape from death.
'f Tim Hurtling Calumet.
* Houghton, Mich., Dec. 5.?The iud
.. cations about the burning shaft of th
Calumet mine are favorable to-day. .
e portion of the shaft was torn down ye
? tcrday by a small cave-in about tli
J shaft. A largo force of men is but
e covering the ground to prevent fresh a
't going down to feed the llames.
0 A Ship on Fire Five Dnjm.
h San Francisco, Dec. 6.?The Germa
0 bark C. R. Bishop, which sailed froi
f this port November 29, loaded wit
[J wheat for Queenstown, returned to po:
e in?i nigm witn uro in ner noiu. me hi
i_ luia been burning live days.
it J
e Imiue of NnturHi <?uh HoikIm.
8 pitthiunaii, Dec. 5.?At n meeting i
>f the stockholders of the Philadclph
l" Natural Gas Company to-day a resoli
tion was adopted authorizing the isai
of $2,500,000 of bonds to be used in tl:
' extension of the plant. The medic
[ was largely attended, almost tho entii
t capital stock of $7,500,000 being repr
sented.
1* Hail tlia Wrong Calendar.
>r Baltimokk, Dec. 5.?Governor Jacl
j| son made a curious mistake. In fixii
<0 the date for the hanging of Isaac Ke
Lt nan, ho had a calendar of 1888, befoi
?. him, and running his linger down tl
^ column fixed upon Februnry 21), 188
r. Not being leap year there is no l'ebruai
?ir, uuu ouiuu it'gui V-Uiiijuimiiuuo iut
ensue.
? Mnkei It* Own llntm.
Chicago, Dec. 5.?The Chicago & A
ic lantic (Erie) has definitely determine
b- not to accept the differential of iii
d cents on dressed beef rates to New Yoi
fixed for it by the meeting last weel
but will make a differential of 0$ cent
is or a rate of 43J cents to New York.
I Electric Motor Company Fall*.
a" Baltimore, Dec. 5.?-The Baxter EIc
'(j trie Manufacturing and Motor Cotnpau
J of Baltimore city, yesterday made a dec
* of trust for the benefit of creditors.
L.g is understood that the bond will be $10(
er 000. The company is said to be sol vet
Incnndlary Heutenced.
a Hers by, Mich., Dec. 5.?Dr. Eugei
as II. Wood, of this place, who was co
id yicted of burning D. A. Blodgett's $10
000 residence lwcause Blodgett wou
? not give him $5,000, was to-day se
tenced to State prison for sixteen yea
. FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
ri- The Testimony Before the Parid
nell Commission Yesterday.
'k THE IRISH LAND LEAGUE
to
[]. And llio Alleged Outrages Under (In
id Direction?"WltnesseH for tho
I' Tim oh Still ileforo Clio Court.
^ Other Foreign Intelligence.
u
[J London, Dec. 5.?Upon the opening
u of tho Purncll Commission to-day Sero
gcant Maroney rend n report of n speech
d by Mr. Tanner, member of Parliament
? for tho middle division of Cork, do..
Bouncing a man named llnggarty, who
i- had been boycotted. On cross examina
tion Maroney said this was his first at\m
tempt at reporting. IIo coaUl nottnku
shorthand notes. Sir Charles Itussell,
r. the other counsel concurring, wade ap?
plication for an adjournment of tho
? court from Friday next until January
[. 13. Tho application was granted.
0 Other witnesses were called who swore
that they knew of cases of boycotting
n and outrage. On being cross examined
r they all testified that they knew of per0
sons who had written threatening letters
to themselves, tho object being to exeito
sympathy. The League, they mti<l, dev
nounced outrages anil whs "niuinly inu
strumental in "securing reductions of
,, rent, which were very properly request
u ed after 1 he badseasonsoi 18/8and 18/1).
I These witnessed said it was their belief
that if the reductions had been volnnL,
tarily granted tho country would lmvo
? remained peaceful.
[ Air. Welsh, ex-secretary of the Kilj
dcmogli, County Mayo, branch of tho
, League; testified that by order of tho
League several persons had been boycotted
for refusing to join the plan of
i. campaign.
Sir Charles Itussell objected to tho
. introduction of evidence concerning tho
plan of campaign on the ground that
that subject was not included in tho al
legations.
if Attorney General Webster contended
that his object in introducing this evidence
was to show connection between
y the League and plan of campaign. The
1 League, he said, had pursued a continul!
otyK policy.
Justice Hannen admitted the evi'
dence. In cross-examination tho wit8
ness admitted that he had been charged
' with tho pilfering of funds and had been
r itviwilliul fr.im I li.i I iiunnia 11<> nlurt nit.
mil ted tliat he had boon agent for n glass
u insurance company and had been disv
charged by the company for making a
8 fraudulent claim for damage to the windows
in his mother's hoiiRe. lie hud
also attempted to defraud the Grcsham
Life Insurance company.
Replying to Mr. Davitt, witness said
" the police had intimated to him that
i, they did uot know what would befall
1 him in connection with the insurance
l matters if lie refused to give evidence
'* on behalf of the Times, ana that ho then
P couseuted to testify.
y " The i'rlnce nn Heir.
Vienna, Dec. 5.?The political corres1
pondence says Prince Karageorgevitch
' is solo heir to a wealthy brother who is
at the point of death. The possession
of the money by the Prince, it adds,
would materially assist kitu in his efforts
to realize his pretensions to the throne
L* of Servio.
To Strengthen tlie Ilrltlxh Nnvy.
Los no n, Dec. 5.?Mr. Arthur Raymond
Heath, (Conservative) member of
the House of Commons for the South
division of Lincolnshire, in a speech
yesterday, said he believed that the government
at the next session of Parliament
would ask for a loan of 10,000,000
pounds to strengthen the nnvy.
^ l'overty In Liiutlott.
1 London, Dec. 5.?Henry George, in a
" lecturo this evening, said that poverty
P prevailed in London to a greater extent
g than in New York, impressing a stranger
t with the fearful amount of degradation
in the English metropolis.
(j Striker* ITue Dyniiuilto.
L Brussels, Dee. 5.?A number of men
J who are on a strike in Helguim exploded
dynamite cartridges in the vicinity of
the houses of obnoxious employers last
nigni mn no one wob injureu.
it
. THE SPLIT OCGUItS.
?
V Action Taken l?y tho Kntlrrnilon of Miner*
e ut Colnmbti*.
o Columiius, 0., Dec. 5.?District Assembly
135, Knights of L&por, held a session
a this morning at which it was apparent
thnt an effort would be made on the part
of a portion of the delegates to leave tho
j. assembly and join with the Federation
of Miners in the formation of an indoie
pendent organization for the district.
A The Federation held a meeting during
b- the forenoon and decided that they r
io would accept no proposition at the presiy
ent convention except that looking to a
ir single National Union.
The delegates opposing tho new organization
and supporting the K. of L.,
were given to understand that they
n need not return to the evening
tn session unless thev were wilI,
ling to proceed with tho miners
to organize independently of the
r* Knights of Labor. To-night "it was dore
cided that the new miners' organization
should procee'd. W. T. Lewis, Master
Workman of District 135, will tender
. his resignation.
, Those who remain in the Distaict, it
to is understood, will elfcct Master Worki
man their Worthy Foreman, John Itae,
le of Coalmont, Pa.
10 A C0N8C1BNCK-STK1CKBN CONVICT
re ConfeMO* that Kin J?viiloi>?-r, nil \VM?li u
I'- Mini wit* Sentence! for Life, wm lTnl??.
PiTTinuuGii, Dec. 5.?Johnston Dickeon,
a convict in the Itiversido pcnitcnk
tiary, who testified at tlio trial of Silas
Grny for the murder of Mary McCrecdy
K a few years a?o, that Gray made a couL'*
fewion to him in which ho admitted
re that he had killed the woman*, has prepared
nn affidavit in wjiieh he says tho
evidence he travo at the trial w'as false in
ry every particular. Gray was convicted
W and sentenced to death, (tut hin sentence
was afterwards commuted to imprisoninent
for life, and he is now in the penitentiary.
Gray's Counsel will at ouco
(. take steps to have him pardoned. It is
!(J said, too, that Dixson boasted before tho
>e trial that he would "get even with Silas
lc Gray," who, he said, had treated him
K, imuijr octciui vw-wjub.
*' A Uepubllcnn Pnper In lllolimond*
Kichmond, Va., Dec. 5.?Tho Outlook
Publishing Company was chartered hero
c" to-day with the privilege to print and
y, publish newspapers. The olllcers are
d well-known Republicans, among them
It being W. G. Khun, editor of tho Whiij,
* under the Mahono regime. They pro.1*
pose to start a weekly und daily paper
* in this city.
Dnkota
1,0 Jamestown, Dak., Dec. 5.?There are
n" fully 250 delegates in attendance upon
D?" the convention to devise means for
Id securing early Statehood for North Dan-!kot:i,
and they include some of tho
re. I brainiest men in the territory.