The News and Observer.
VOLUME XXXVIII.
TTKIE
MR. DANIELS RESIGNS
Ills ACTIO* V M\TI Elt OF KB
(.RET TO HIS \ SoriVTKS
AM) KrtIKMDH.
SENATOR PRITCHARD SWORN IN.
He i* Escorted to tin* President’* desk
by Senator J»rvif* and in Warmly
Welcomed by hi* Republican Friend*
—Sena*or Jarvl* Leave* #«»r hi* II;me
To-day—Official f ircle* well R* pre
sented at Mr* Jarvi*’ Farewell He
ception.— Minnesota’* New Senator.
Washington. D. 0., Jan. 24.
The resignation of Mr. Jfaophus Dan
iels as chief clerk of the Interior Depart
ment, which was handed to Secretary
Smith yesterday, though not a surprise
to his friends, was a matter of very great
regret to the North Carolina colony and
to all wi s h whom he has l>een associated
here. During the whole day, as so >n as
it was known that Mr Daniels had re
signed, there was a stream of callers at
the chief clerk’s office to express their
regret at the necessity wh ch compelled
this action. The heads of all the bu
reaus, chiefs of divisions, clerks and
employes were among those who c tiled
to express their regret at the severance
of his cmnection with the Department.
The watchmen presented him with a
handsome silver service in token of iheir
esteem
The resignation of Mr. Daniels de
prives Secretary Smith of one <*f ihe
most efficient of his subordinate officials
During h-s incumbency Mr annls h:is
shown himself worthy of the confidence
placed in him by ihe S ere toy in ap
pointing him as chief clerk, an l has w u
the friendship of all w th whom he has
come in contact
All t' e Washington pap ‘rs, contrary
to their usual custom, to-day print vety
extended aud complimentary notices of
Mr. Daniels' resignation. he Post sty* :
“Mr. Josephus Daniels, late chief
•lerk of the luterior Department, re
sign! d that lucrative position in order
that he may tie vote his eutjre time and
attention to ti e Haleioh News and Üb
skhver, the n wspapi r property which
himself and associates so recently ac
quired. During his stay in W ashington
Mr. Daniels rattle many friends in b th
official and social life, a* d their btst
wishes will follow him in his newspaper
work. The Rai.eigh News and Obser
v*r is the leading newspaper of North
Carolina, and the new management has
been add ng metropolitan features that
will be sure to be appreciated by its
readers.”
The Star says that “at no time in the
history of the country has North Caro
lina been so well represented in the de
partment* at Washington as during the
present at!ministration, and the friends
of Mr. Daniels are all united in the l>e
lief that it has been owing to his hide
fatigable efforts that this exists.
“He has never held a federal position
b *fore ooming to Washington, though h
has been elected by the Legislature of
North Carolina as S ate printer for suc
cessive terms in the faee of stroug op
position He is one of the most popular
men in his State and at the time of the
death of the lale S* nitor Vance was
prominently mention! d as his successor,
llis friends ell say that he will continue
to be heard from and that it will not
be many years bfore he Will repre
sent his State in the national legis'a
tive body. Mr. Dmiels will carry with
him the bst wishes for success from
the employe,* in the Inferior Depart
ment, to whom he has become endeared
by his uniform courtesy, and his resig
nation is a matter of much regret to till
who have been a so dated with him
“The appointment of » successor to
the chief clerk h ?* not as yet been made,
but it s"ems to he a certainty th t the
plum w ll fall to Col. Emmett Womak,
assistant attorney \.\ the office of the
assistant attorney gctieral. Mr. Worn
ack is a Georgian and has done conspic
uous service in vexed questions of law
(luring his long departmental service
The suco-ssor of Mr Dmiels wilt make
no innovation in the administration of
the office ”
* * *
Governor K into Nelson, wh» has just
bn»n elected in Minnesota t> sueced
Sonat xr Wasib irne, though a R'publi
can, is at heart ve< y much of a Demo
erst s • fa- a< the tariff is concerned He
r ued for the Mills bill when a member
of the House in the session of 1888 9.
* * ♦
Tt e resident has pardoned David 11.
Spain, who was convicted in North Car
olina for retailing spirituous lquors with
out license, and made it thirty days in
jail, SIOO tine and costs.
* * *
A pension was granted to day to Wood
fin K. Mcl/*an. of Company F, Second
Regiment, North Carolina volunteers,
mounted. The pav is $0 a month, pay
ing up btek | ay from August 18, 189*2.
* * *
Mr. W. H. Williams, of Newton, is
here on business. He expects to go from
here to New York for a few da\s.
♦ * *
This was a prou 1 and happy day iu
the life of Jeter C. Pritchard At noon
to day be was escorted down the aisle of
the Senate Chamber by Senator Jarvis
and, standing in front of the desk, was
sworn iu ft* United States Senator. State
Senators Moody and Rice were in the
gal'cry to see the simple ceremony, aft -1
wb'ch the new Senator was warmly wel
comed by hit Republican colleagues aud
a few Democrats. Mr. Pritchard h*s
be*n assigned a seat next to Senator
Chandler.
Senator Pritchard is stopping at the
. . u. ms family will join him abrat
February Ist.
* * *
Senator aud Mrs. Jarvis will leave
her) Monday for their home iu Green
villa, Mrs. J trvis held a reception to
day at the Metropolitan hotel, and many
ot' the Senator’s wives and ail the cabi
net ladies called to say good bye Miss
Bessie Benders >u, daughter of Con crags
man Henderson, assisted Mrs Jarvis in
receiving.
Senator Jarvis and his charming wife
have made many warm friends during
their short stay here and it is with sin
cere regret that they see them Dave.
-" * *
Arrivals.
Percy Gray, Greensboro.
Ralph Aldrich, Raleigh
APPRECIATED IN OXFORD.
A Movement to build a Cotton Hill In
this Enterprising Town.
Special to News and Observer.
Oxford, N. 0.. Jan. 24.
The new dress of the News and Ob
server presents a more comely and busi
ness-like appearance than the old, and
is in keepiug with the spir t of progress
manifested by its enterprising and wide
awake business aud editorial manage
ment. With its eight pages of fresh and
spicy news and editorials present* d daily
to its many renders it is without doubt
the daily paper of the State.
Postmaster, G W. Knott and his
obliging assistant, Sid Hunt, moved
the post office int-> more conv* ni mt and
commodious quarters. It is now in the
O’d F Hows’ bn Ming on Wi liamb* ro
street, h ad o’ Ma n. and in the centre
of town Th sis a tbcaled advantage
to the public over the old fost-offiee.
This ruo.o is but i . keeping with the
o'her spirit of the town.
Oxford is ‘getting a mine mi her”
a \yway. 8 mo of the “old urn "push
aid ‘bustle” is returning People are
moving ab>ut m ire rapid y, and have
more business t > attend to.
Tobacco is bringing high p ices, mer
chants and farmers arc wearing broad
smiles, and mi every ban 1 >ou can hear,
“We must have a cotton factory.” It is
not improbable that there will be a move
ment looking to the erection of a cotton
facto 7 y here in the near 'uture.
Just at present our streetß have upon
them several revenue officers. They
have been after some “m f >onsbiners” in
this county. Tuesday night they de
stroyed a large still.
On Friday night Prof. Darnell, of
RUeigh, will sing at the opera house
under the au-pices of the ladies of the
Presbyterian church.
At an early date “The University Glee
Club” will appear at the opera house.
Court opens Monday, Hon. Leander L.
Greene presiding. He is the first of the
new regine to hold court here.
ALPH A THETA PHI SOCIETY.
Election of New Members—Object and
Work of the Society.
Special to the News and Observer.
Chapel Hill. N. C., Jan. 24.
According to the constitution the
Alpha Theta Phi honorary society met in
the Greek room Tuesday afternoon, Jan.
22nd, for the purpose of electing new
members. The following made applica
tion ami were received:
Messrs. L M Bristol and C. F. Tom
linson. of the Senior Class; J. W. Can
ada, R K Coker, J. O Eller, E. C Gre
gory, J. F. Webb, and W R. Webb, of
the Juni or t lass.
The Alpht rht ta Phi Society is purely
an honorary society and has no secrets of
any kind, ibs aim being t * cons« rm as
closely as possible t > PM B la Kappa
The object of the so iety is to stimu
late an increased desire for sound schol
arship. and only those students are eli
gible to membership who have attained
an aver tge gruieof two (90 per eent.)
It >8 the fu'ther aim of the society to
provid • a 't ries of lectures under its
au'piets and at the previ* us meetings
papers o'a literary nature are to be pre
setted by the members The coustitu
tion expressly provides that there shall
be no secret rite, ritu d or ceremonies of
any kind, and the meaning of the ini
tiaD and badge of the society has been
publicly announced.
The effi ters of the society at present
are. Honorary Pr sidents -George T.
Winston, LI. I) , President University
North Carolina; Eben A1 xat der, LL.
D., United States Minister t> Greece;
Karl P. Harrington, M. A , Professor of
Latin; H. O. Tolman, P D., Professorof
Greek at Vanderbilt University; Presi
dent, H. II Horne; Secretary, Fred. L.
Carr; Treasurer. J T. Pugh.
Lord Randolph Churchill Dead.
London, Jan. 24. Lord Randolph
Churchill died at 0:15 o’clock this morn
ng. His death was peaceful and pain
less Doctors Roose and Keith and all
the membeis of Lord Randolph’s family
were at his bedside.
Lord Randolph had been unconscious
for thirty hours. His wife and mother
remained with the dying man through
out the night. Early this morning he
began sinking rapidly, and at 0 o’clock
Dr Roose was summoned. Fifteen min
utes later he died.
The body will be buried at Woodstock.
The Queeu and the Prince of Wales were
at once informed of laird Randolph's
death
Over Three Million* More Go Out.
Washington, D. C., Jau. 24.—G01d
withdrawals at New York to-day, as re
ported to the treasurer by Assistant
Uuited States Treasurers, amounted to
$3,280,000 for export, reducing the
Treasury gold reserve to $68,124,438.
RALEIGH. N. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. Ifc9s.
PRITCHARD SWORN IN
IIE T%KES TH E OATH AS V A Nt’K’B
SUCCESSOR IN THEUIfI FED
STATES SENATE.
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JARVIS.
; For the First Time in Twenty-Two
Years North Carolina is Repre
sented in Ihe Senate bv a Republican
—Butler Will Take His Seat After
Man It 4—Senator George Speaks
in Opposition to Lodge’s Hawaiian
Resolution—Day in the Honse.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 24. —Mr.
Hoar was present at the opening of to
day’s session of the Senate after a long
absence from the city, and signalized his
presence by calling attention to the ab
sence of a quorum. A call of the roll
took place and after some delay a quo
rum was secured.
Among the bills introduced and re
ferred was one by Senator Chandler to
prevent the wrongful taking of news
disp itches from telegraph or telephone
i wires.
The bill provides that any person who
shall wrongfully tap, or connect a wire
with the telegraph or telephone wires of
any person, compauy or association en
gaged in the transmission of news over
telegraph or telephone lines between the
States, for the purpose of wrongfully
taking or makiug use of the news des
patches of such person, company or as
sociation, or of its customers, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined not more
than $2,000 or imprisonment not exceed
ing two years, or both.
It is Now Senator Pritchard.
Another displacement of a Senator oc
curred to day, when Senator Jarvis, of
North Carolina, a Democrat, who had
held an appointment from the Governor
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Senator Vance, introduced and made
way for his successor. Mr Pritchard,
who has been recently elected by the
Legislature to fill Senator Vance’s uncx
pired term. Mr. Pritchard is a Republi
can and after being sworn in he took a
seat next to Senator Chandler, who sub
sequently offered a resolution to pay
Senator Jarvis $24.40 for his last two
days’ services, which resolution was im
mediately agreed to.*
The State of North Carolina has not
been represented by a Republican in the
Senate since the reconstruction period
senator John Pool’s term having expired
22 years ago. On the 4th of March next
Pritchard will have a Populist for his
colleague in the person of Butler, who
was elected at the same time as himself,
to succeed Senator Ransom, Democrat.
The Hawaiian Question Again.
The Hawaiiau question was kept alive
today by a speech from Senator George
against the Lodge resolution, proposing
annexation, and by another resolution
offered by A Men in favor of immediate
steps for annexation.
Senator Allen’s resolution went over
till to morrow, when Senator Mills will
address the Senate in opposition. A
speech from Senator White, (D j m ), of
California, in favor of the Nicaragua
Canal bill, closed the speech making for
the day.
Pension bills on the calendar were
taker, up and all of the 2t were passed,
including Senate bills grauting pensions
of $75 a month to the widows of Rear
Admiral Carter, Commodore Whiting
and major general Carroll, aud SSO a
month to the widows of Lieut,-Comman
der Rhodes, of the Navy, and Brigadier
General Wessels of the army.
House bill to authorize the Louisiana
poM, Houston and Northern Railway
Company to construct and maintain
bridges across Galveston Bay, Buffalo
Bayou and Clear Creek in Texas was
taken from the calendar and passed.
Disposition World’s Fair Exhibit.
Also Senate bill for the transfer of a
portion of the exhibit of the department
of State at the World’s Columbian Ex
pose ion to the Columbian museum of
Chicago
Walsh, (Dem), of Georgia, iu reply to
a question by Chandler, said that the ex
hibit consisted of photographs and curi
ous collected by the representatives of V e
State Department in Spanish America,
and was a part of the exhibit of the
Convent of Louisiana Raffia He did
not believe that the State Department
desired to retain them, but the city of
Chicago was exceedingly anxious to se
cure the collection for its museum. The
bill, he said, had been introduced by
Senator Palmer.
The Senate, after a short executive
session, adjourned till to morrow at
5:10 p. m.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
It* Consideration Occupied the Atten
tiou of the Hon-e Yesterday.
Washinuion, D. C , Jau. 24.—Besides
passing a resolution authorizing an in
vestigation of the management of the
office of Architect of the Capitol, the
House to-day did nothing but consider
iu committee of the wholethe sundry civil
i appropriation bill, which came over
from yesterday. The reading of the
i bill for amendments was completed, but
‘ owing to the fact that several mutters
which have been antagonized remained
| undisposed of, the bill will be the order
j of business to morrow.
The policy of the War Department, ia
I abandoning outlying military posts and
coneeutratiug the army in and near
large cities, and the Mississippi river im
provemeut afforded themes f< r the prin
cipal debate of the day, but no change
was made in the bill in regard to either
of them.
Eight thousand dollars were ad led to
the bill to enclose the grounds of the
arsenal at Columbia, Teun.
To Improve the Mississippi.
The item for ihe improvement of the
Mississippi river evoked a discussion in
the course of which Hepburn (Rep ). of
lowa, stated that he objected to the di
version of public funds, under the plea
of public improvements, to purely private
purpo-es and enterprises. Nine out of
every ten dollars appropriated for the
Mississippi river, he asserted, had been
expended on the banks of the river, to
the neglect of the bed.
Money, (Dem.), of Mississippi, denied
that this was the case, and asserted that
the benefits of the improvement of the
Mississippi river did not accrue to the
people of the lower valley, but largely
to those of the Northwestern States It
gave them water communication with
Europe by which their products were
transported to market. lie had hinn-elf
seen vessels loaded at New Orleans for
Liverpool with grain from the gentle
man’s own State.
Amendment* to the Bill.
An amendment recommended by the
committee on livers and harbors and
offered by Sayers, was agreed to, direct
ing that $150,000 of the Mississippi river
appropriation be used in the employ
ment of moveable jetties a 1 id steel eais
sons in the removal of bars and obstruc
tions bet ween Ihe mouths of the Missouri
and Ohio rivers
The following amendment, offered by
Ray (Rep ), of New York, was agreed to:
“It shall be unlawful for any clerk of
any court of the United States to include
in his emolument account or return any
fte or fees not actually earned aud due
at the time such account or return is
required by law to be made, and no fees
not actually earned shall be allowed in
any such account.”
This amendment is an outcome of the
congressional investigation of Judge
Ricks, of Ohio, and the testimony of wit
nesses as to tho practices in vogue iu the
offices of some of the clerks of United
States Courts.
At 4:40 the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
TWO CASES OF LEPROSY.
The Victim* are Two Young Girl* and
Their Condition is Deplorable.
Zanesville, Ohio, J *n. 24. - Two well
defined cases of 1- prosy have been dis
covered within a few miles of Zanesvill •.
The victims are daughters of Mrs Garey,
the widow of George Garey, an ex sol
dier. The ailment has been usually
spoken of as scrofula.
A few months ago the father of the
children and his widow applied for a
widow's pension, and also for an allow
ance for her invalid children In this
way the sufferers were brought before
the pub'ic through the necessary prelim
inary medical examination.
The elder daugh er, 18 years old, was
examined by the New Lexington board
of pension examining surgeons and
shortly after it was rumored that she
was a leper. She has been a sufferer for
fifteen years.
An investigation just completed con
firms the d stressing reports In the
case of the elder daughter her hands
and feet have drit d up and dropped off.
the bones of the nose have been dt stroyed
and parts of the upper and lower jaw
bone have come away. All sense of
feeling has passed away and arms and
legs are frightfully swollen and disco!
ored. The general health has continued
good.
The victim has no hope of comfort ex
cept in death aud can talk but little.
The younger child is six years old and
the disease is now confined to her fin
gers and toes, but is going on with the
same certainty as iu the case of her older
sister.
NEW YORK CLUB SOLD.
Andrew Freedman was the Buyer and
SIB,OOO the Price.
New York, Jan. 24.— The largest eash
transaction in the hist ry of baseball
took place at the office of the New York
baseball club to-day when Andrew Freed
man bought out a majority of the stock
iu the club and becomes the eontr >lliug
l»ower iu local baseball affairs. All the
present officers and the biar.l of di
rectors of the club will re ire. Mr.
Freedman to day r evived 1,200 slums
of stock in the concern and in return he
turned -over to the treasurer a cheek for
about $48,000
Under the new 7 regime a director who
lives in New Jersey may be needed
as the Natioual Exhibition Com
pany o is incorporated under the
laws of that State. The present officials
wiH retire within a week ami the new’
officers and board of directors will be
elected at the annual meeting of the club
which will be held at Jersey City on Feb
ruary 14fh.
Frank De H <as R >binson offered to
sell the entire Cleveland Club f or $40,000
but he could not find a purchaser.
One More Ballot Taken.
Dover, Del, Jan. 24.—'n the vote for
United States Senator to-day Speaker
McMullen, of the H »use, left the Uiggin
ites and voted for Massey. Only one
b illot was taken aud the result was:
Higgins 9, Addicks 6, Massey 4, Wolcott
(Dem.) 8, Tunnell (Dem.) 1.
Find* It Hard to Form a Cabinet.
Paris, Jan. 24.—m Bourgeos having
failed to form a tnin stry, President
Fa ire ha* decided to defer making auy
further offer of the Premiership until to
m trrow.
THE ELEVENTH DAY
AND IT WITNESSES THE BEGIN
NING OF THE END OF THE
BROOKLYN STRIKE.
YESTERDAY COMPARATIVELY QUIET
Though There was Wholesale Wire
Cutting Oaring the Nistit Car* Were
Operated on all the Main Lines—The
City Under Martial Law, Though
Troops are Ordered not to Fire Upon
Strikers—The ( ompany Must Either
Run it* Cars or Forfeit its Charter.
Brooklyn, N. Y , Jan. 24.—The elev
enth day of the trolley road strike iu this
city was unmarked by any scene of gteat
violence. In only one instance were the
soldiers compelled to resort to a b tyo: et
charge
The beginning of the end of the strike.
;it is thought, was reached to-day. The
strikers played their last card yesterday
iu ordering out tho electrical workmen
ou all the lines afUcted.
Wholesale wire cutting took pi tee dur
ing the night and many of the linemen
obeyed the order to quit work. This
gave the company more trouble. Several
Hues which have been operated for sev
eral days were tied up for a time iu the
early morning. They were started after
repairs had been made by new 7 men and
by those who refustd to go out
The company started new 7 line* to day,
aud while norma! traffic is not yet re
| stored, yet cars are operated on all the
main arteriei of travel.
There were 237 cars in operation on
the vnr ous liues not completely tied up
today. The normal number of th»se
lines is 567. more than »w iee the number
in use. Altogether there were seven
teen lines in working order, thirty-one
less than the usual number The forty
eight roads combined h*ve a total of
about 1,800 cars.
Green Point saw its first car for teu
days, and its protecting citizens who
yesterday demanded the forfeiture of
charters, were somewhat mollified.
Law and Order Not Establi*hed.
Law and order is not yet completely
established, even though cars are able
to run with some degrte of safety to
their occupants. It is definitely decided,
however, that no more troops are needed,
and the troops now are expected to re
store order.
The mau, Thomas Carney, who was
shot in the battle of Hicks street yesier
day afternoon, died at 2:45 a. m. today.
His is the first death to oceur.
Whatever criticism the militia receive,
they should at least be given credit for
great forbearauee during the trying ex
periences of the past five days. They
htve been subjected to evety kiud of
abuse and ill treatment. They have been
compelled several times to fire volle\s
over the heads of the riotous assemblages
and to protect themselves from attacks
from the shelter of house tops and win
dows by rattling bullets against the
blinds and cornices of the houses when
their command* to close all windows and
stand back have been met by derision,
abuse and more mUsiies.
In two instances only have the troop*
fired directly at the ptople The first
cse was Tuesday night, when the
Seventh Regiment men shot a mm
named Ahrens fatally, and wounded
starter Mitchell, who failed to halt at
the second command.
The second was yesterday evening
when Th- m»s Carney, a roofer, did not
stand back when ordered. The record
of the troops generally is a good one up
to date.
Col. Austen, of the Thirteenth Regi
.rnent. made an official report to-day to
Brigadier General McLeer, covering the
occurrence yesterday which resulted in
the death of Thomas Carney.
Mu*c Rim It* Car* or Forfeit.
The most* important development in
the strike situation to-day was the tie
cision of Judge Gaynor, in which he or
dered a vvritof mandamus against the
Bro< klyn Heights Company. The decis
ion is quite a lengthy one and discusses
the rights of the p. ople, the company
and the strikers in the matter with great
caro. His conclusion is that the com
pany must run its full complement of
cars or forfeit. He declares the comp ray
has no 1< gal right to stop traffic for even
an hour.
The wire cutting last night was more
extensive than at any time since the
strike began. The wires on some of the
lines were so badly mutilated that a large
force of men were required many hours
work to put them in working shape It
took many hours to repair the many
breaks because the company bad so
few linemen at work, and cars on the
lines affected did not run until some
time in the afternoon.
The Company’s Side ot the Question.
In a lengthy type written statement
President Norton, of the Atlantic Ave
nue Railroad Company, reviews the
strike and its eau>e, from the Company’s
standpoint Among other things, it
cites that, had the demands of the men
been acceded to, it would have decreased
the present profits of the Company by
$50,000 per year. In the interest of the
stockholders, he says, he refused the de
mand. He also gives his reasons for hi*
refusal to entertaiu the proposition of
the men to arbitrate.
His main reason for the refusal was
that, so far as the lines of the company
which he represented were concerned,
the strike was practically over and it
would only be a matter of a few (lays
w hen the ears on all the lines would lie
running as regularly as they were lie
fore the strike began.
L wis, of the Brooklyn Heights Com
pany made a similar statemen", sfsting
NUMBER 2.
that the company had plenty of money,
and an advertisement for additional men
appears in all the morning pa{>er*.
The first car over the Green Point line
was started this morning. When the
ear reached a point on Franklin street
between Greene and Freemantle a big
crowd that had gathered there attacked
tho car with stones. Nearly every win
dow in the car was broken. A detach
ment of police dispersed the men and
the oar resumed its journey. When the
city hall was reached it was decided to
go no further.
The cross town line of the Brooklyn
Heights was also started up to-day. Fif
teen cars were started up without trou
ble.
These lines have lavti completely tied
ever since the strike was inaugurated.
At Gates avenue and Central aveuue
a car of the Gates avenue line was
stooped by obstructions at It o'clock this
morning The handles of the motor
boxes were removed and the strikers
tried to induce the inotormau anti etui
ductor to desert, without success. Tho
strikers were dispersed by the police.
City Under Martlsl Law.
Hicks street, the soene of yesterday's
fatal Shooting, presented a peaceful and
quiet aspect this morning. The 13th
Regiment, which did the shooting yes
terday, is still on guard iu that neigh
borhood and is stationed along Hicks
street for a mile or more. The windows
along the street were tightly closed and
no more trouble is apprehended in this
vicinity. The soldiers received orders
this morning to do no shooting unless
positively necessary.
Col Austen; commander of the 13th,
instructed his men to day to arrest per
sons refusing to obey commands instead
of firing on them. The soldiers were
also iusormed that the street was prae
tically under martial law and soldiers
had power to enter houses ant! arrest
anyone disturbing the peace.
The running of ears on Hicks street
began this morning at 7 o’clock. Four
cars were kept on the line during the
day, but no disturbances occurred.
Some of the people along the line were
very bitter against the soldiers for shoot
ing, as they call, recklessy yeeterday.
The soldiers claim they fired no shots
until thoy themselves were fired upon.
A crowd of about 700 strikers gather
ed at the old car barn on Third Avenue
and Twenty third street at 11 o’clock
this morning. There were but few sol
diers at this point and the crow d worked
its way nearly to the depot. They were
ordeied to scatter and threw several
stones at the guard The militia formed
in line and drove the crowd back at the
point of the bayonet. On the return of
the guard the crowd again pressed for
ward and the polios charged them and
arrest, d three of them. The crowd furth
er resisted the police but were finally
dispersed.
At 3:30 p. m. tho strikers cut tho
wires on Fulton strict. Mounted polices
ouickly appeared and the wire cutters
tied. No arrests were made. The wires
are sagged and cut from Saratoga to
Hopkinson aveuue on Fulton street. No
troops are stationed at this point. An
occasional mounted policeman arrives,
but the wire cutters have disappeared.
President Norton Before Grand Jary.
President Norton, of the Atlantic
Avenue railroad company, and resident
Pari ridge of the De Kalb line were
examined by the grand jury to day as to
the management of the roads, the speed
of the cars aud the hours of labor. Pres
ident Lewi* is to be ealled next in regard
to tbe collision of trolley cars on the
night of January 1. In this accident
several people were injured. The colli
sion was between cars of the Franklin
Avenue aud Fulton street lines. The
cars were going at high speed. The
presidents of the two companies were
asked about this, and it is rumored that
a general inquiry into the o|>erationa by
the trolley companies is being made by
the grand jury.
Leader of a M itiay Killed.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 24.—There
was a mutiny of the crew of tho steamtr
Neuville on the Tennessee river yester
day. They were 'ed by the fireman Joe
Dunn, whom Cap'ain Glover ordered to
h ave the bo t. In the conflict that fol
lowed Captain Glover shot and killed
Dunn anti the r. st of the crew were awed
into submission. Glover gave himself
up to the sheriff of Marshall county.
Could not Sluud the Disgrace.
Port Clinton. Ohio, Jan. 24.—Geo.
E St. John, a well known business man
of this place, was found guilty of secur
ing money by false pretenses by a jury
in common pleas court thus morning.
The verdict was rendered at 4 a. m. and
an hour later Bt. John was lodged in
jail. As soon as he was left alone in hia
cell he shot himself through the heart,
dying instantly.
Family Troubles (’razed Her.
Savannah, Ga , Jan. 24. Mamie
Henderson, a young divorced woman,
committed smeide to day by shooting.
She stood in front of a mirror, in one
corner of which were the pictures of her
two sons who were taken from her by a
decree of court, and, holding a pistol to
her temple, sent a bullet through her
head. Despondency had impaired her
mind.
Had Been Made a Prophet.
Birmingham, Ala, Jan 24 —Charles
Joseph, colored, who murdered Pinkie
Haroie, two week* ago and was cleared
in preliminary trial, to-day walked into
tbe police station and gave himselt up
for murder. He fays that he has been
made a prophet and could not s*and the
hought of remaining unpunished