The News and Obse-' er.
VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 12.
TOE OJTOdESV ©OGB©(I!)[L&TO®K] ®F AOW TOCSTO ©AGB®QJRm IMDUT,,
CHANGES IN CONGRESS
HOW THE SENATE AND HOUSE
W ILL ST AS I» POLITICALLY
AFTER MAKf II 4
POPS HOLD BALANCE OF POWER.
At Least Two populists Will Vote
Willi the Republican* in O ganixiug
the Se«*fe — Ten Familiar Faces m ill
be Missing from the Senate After
March 4 The Re public, a n«* Will
Hare a Majority of 132 in the House
—Mr IhiutllN K< sigiiHlion.
Special to the News and Observer.
Washington, D. C., Fob 5
Although thiet* Mate Legislatures are
yet to be heard from, aud several special
elections Mill have to be held to till va
ta'ieies in the list of Rcptesentatives
elect, it h now possible to give ihe re
prese'datircs of «ach political party in
both houses of the new Congress.
Including the two Senators from Utah,
to be elected after July 1, wheu that
Territory is admitted to Siatehood; the
re-election of Senators ljiggios, of Dels
wart 1 ; Sh up, of lea ho, nud l)olph, of
Oregon, or tlnir Republican succe-s<>rs,
the next Senate will comprise:— Repub
licans, 45; Democrats 39; Populists, 6.
Total, Vtf
Assuming that Republicans will he
elected 10 till vacancies from Illinois and
Pennsylvania, caused by the deahs, re
spectively, of Messrs. Post and Wright,
and a Democrat to succeed the late Mr.
Campbell, flora the I’euth New York dis
trict, the next House will stand:—Re
publicans, 244; Democrats, 105; Popu
lists. C; stiver. 1. Total, 3'<6.
From the figures of (lie Senate it will
be seen that the Populists, even aftet
the two Republicans from Utah are
chosen, will hold t lie balance of power
in that b* dy It luts been the ambition
of the Republicans to be able to organ
ixe the next Senate without Populistic
support, but they must have the votes of
at least one member of the third party
to give them a majority.
Should all six Populists vote with the
thirty-nL e Democrats it would make a
tie and le*v»‘ the Vice-President to cast
the deci ting vote in favor of the I>< mt
crats No such contingency, however,
need be expected. Senators Jones and
Stewart will certainly vote with the 1 e
public«ns and thus guarantee the lamr
the organization of committees, appoint
ments and all the other patronage inthe
Beua e that g >es with the predominant
party.
Kriiatnrs Re-elected.
Os the m* tubers comprising the pres
cut Senate twelve have lieen re-tlecied,
with the va>es of Messia Higgins, Bh<*up
and Dolph yet to lav aced upon by their
resp* ctive S'ate L*gislatur< s They are:
Messrs Berry, Arkansas; Caffery, l.ou
isiana; Harris, Tennessee; Lindsay, Ken
tueky, and Motgan, Alabama. Demo
crats; Chandler, New Hump-hire; Cu*-
lom, Illinois; Frye, Maine; H* ar, Massa
ehusetts; MeMilan, Michigan; Petti
grew, Mmth Dakota, aud Wolcott, Col
orado, Republic-ns
An eveu ten of the familiar faces in
the Senate will be unssrog after March
4th, either through defeat in Legtsla
tnres or by »evet>e Legislatures as a re
sult of last November's elections
They ar*-: Mr Power, of Mon
tana, who will bo succeeds! by
Mr. Carter; Mr. Carey, of Wyoming,
who will b rep aced by Mr. Warren;
Mr. Wa-hhtirn, of Minnesota, whose
place will he taken by Mr. Nelson; Mr
Butler, of B>u h Carolina, who w i,l be
succeeded by Mr Tillman; Mr. Huutou,
of Vug aia. who will be followed by Mr
Martin, and Mr. Walsh, of Georgia,
who-e seat will be taken by Mr. Bacon;
Mr. Camden, « f West Virginia, who will
be replaced bi Mr Elkins, Republican;
Mr. Martin, of Kau-as. Democrat, who
will give way to Mr, Barker, Republican;
Mr, McPherson, us New Jetsev, I>emo
(.•rat, who-e plice will be !'*keu by Mr
Bewail, Republican; Mr Raas h), n * sm
ocrat, of North Carolii a, who will lie
follow d by Mr. Butler, Populist. Be
sides th a. Mr Jarvis, who wasappointed
to succe- d Senator V*nee, has just been
displaced by dr. Pritchard, Republican.
Mr. Hsiwrti'l Realcnation.
The correspondence relating to th**
resignation of Solicitor General Maxw, II
has tO' >et b<*eu published, despite the
Statement made at the time of the an
nouuoemeiit of the resignation that it
would. Th ex solieito- geueral was seen
last uig it alter his return from New
York and whether or not it was
true tha; Attorney General O uey had
called him **au impertinent scoundrel”
in a lei er, the receipt of whieh was fol
lowed by his res goation.
“Not so ba t as that.'* answered Mr
Maxwell, suitli gly. “although there
were expressions m the l< t er that are
not ordn arily employed by ladies iu con
duct mg the r correspond* nee ”
Mr Maxwell went to Montgomery,
Ain, UH’-J to laa »»f* r some legisla
tion pending * Her*- all ring the iuttres
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Railn'ad Company, of which he u gen
eral emus*! Fr> m there he will go
sgsin io N< w York, where, it is reported,
he has t> eu offend a oonuection with
the fina of which ex-Governor Handley
is the he d
His fa > ily will remain in Washington
at lrnvsl for th* pr sent.
Post office Ratters.
The Postmaster General is open for
sealed bi> s tor c*>utracts to carry the
mail fr«»m lAvretto to Madsm twice a
week, a distance of five it iles. for SIOO.
The iline Bowed t<» make the tup i-oi e
and a naif tmura Bda will also be re
ceived toiarry the mails from English
pi F*>u-t three tiun s a we* k, a distance
of four mil*s Time to make the trip
one hour, tor S2OO. Also from Carlos
•o Little River Academy, a distance of
f,iur miles. Time given to make the
trip one hour, for sloo.
Th* se contracts all expire on the 30th
of June. 1890, and take effect March
15th, 1895
Hon. K*rr Craige, Third Assistant
Po>tmas er General, has been confined
at his borne for several days. He has
been mi sed very mu-h at the depart
ment ai d his friends are glad to know
of his great improvement. Il> expects
to be at flis office again on Saturday
The Postmaster Gem n.I las awarded
to Nathan Conrad, of Webster, the con
tract so* 1 carrying the mails from Web
sterto Sylva for $154 The contract
will be renewed June 80th, 1896.
There was a recept ion and dance given
at the Metropolitan Hotel last evening
and many Southerners called aud“tripp d
the fantastic toe:” Among those receiv
ing were Miss Henderson, of Salisbury,
daughter of Hon John Hend* rson. Tbe
Misses Garrett, of Georgia; Misses Money,
of Mississippi; Mrs. Sparling. Mrs Bell,
of Salisbury, and her si-ter, Miss Edith
Harris, Mrs Senator Walsh, Mrs. Con
gresstnau Bankhead, Mrs. Robt and
Mrs. Stock Burke, Miss Davey, daughter
of Congressman Davey, ot New Orleans;
Miss Lucy Young, ot Raleigh; Mis. I)en
.-on, Miss Nannie Cra ; g\ daughter of
A sistaur. Post mast* r General K< rr
t raige. of Salisbury; Mrs. Kretz, Miss
Rosa Witz and Miss Collier, of Wi ming
ton.
This was the roost brilliant affair
Southern society has held in
the National Capital and it was thor
oughly enjoyed. Among the callers
were, Senator Ransom aud part of tin
delegation in the House.
$ $ $
Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, yesterday
called on the gentleman from North
Carolina, Mr. Alexander, who is a mem
her of the Agricultural Committee, as to
the distribution of seeds in North Caro
lina, especially the Henry oats. He
wanted to show the effect a carload,
which had been sent away, had ou the
people. No auswer was given on the
fl or, but in answer to this Mr. Alexau
der said hst night: “The Henry oats
were sent, to Mecklenburg county and
have spread as far South as Georgia.
The distribution of seeds is a great good
Mr. Hatch made reference to a carload
of seed sent to Nebraska which also did
great good. lam on the Agricultural
Com mi tee and for that reason 1 was
quite bttsy on the floor to day. The bill
passed with but f**w dissenting votes
Ml ihe North Carolina delegation voting
for it.”
* * *
Senator Peffer, who was expected by
the Populist papers of Notth Carolina,
tobepiesent at the National Farmers’
Alliance in Raleigh to-day, said to me
this morning, “I did not know when the
meeting was to be held Never have 1
held any position in the Alliaoee, and 1
only read the reports.”
S-nator Allen was not in the Senate,
but Senator Ptffer was of the opinion
that Mr. Allen had no intention of
going. Mr. Harris, of Kansas, said he
could not go, that too much work was to
be done here.
♦ » *
W L Leonard was yesterday appoin
ted post master at Noise, Moore county,
vice H T Bray resigned.
J C. Pmnix was to d*y appointed
p st mast rat Morler, Yadkin county,
vice L J. Mathis resigned.
* * *
Mr W. H Williams leaves today for
Baltimore. He likes his new territory
of travel, and says that for three weeks
he has seen but three familiar faces and
they were drummers He is making
many friends in his new field.
* * *
Miss Nannie Craige, of Salisbury, assis
ted Mrs. Postmaster Geneial Bi-sell re
ceiveon Wednesday, Miss Craige is well
known in Raleigh and is one of the
North Carolina b»lles in Washington.
* * *
Mr. Charles Harris, who is a'tending
Columbia Law -cbo**i. returned to day
from Raleigh where he went to *tahd
examination before the Supreme oeurt
for his law license.
* * *
Mr. William J. Bceman, of Clinton,
Sampson com tv, has entered the Wash
ington High Schools and will remain
hero to study lor several years.
* * *
Mr Bunn returned this morning from
North Carolina, where he spent S inday
with his family, and Monday on private
business.
• • *
C«>rsul General Jerniean will leave
Shanghai for Honduras via Tampa, Ha
vauna and Coion March 1, oua visit to
his home.
* m *
Mr. W. E Audrey and wife are here.
Mr. A’drey is here on official business
and called ou the Director of the Min*
to-day.
* * »
Senator Pritchard has been invited to
f*p*ak at the Middlesex Club, Boston,#ui
the )2th mst.
* * *
Misses Pat tie Mordecxi and Mary Hiu
tou art* visiting Mrs. Turk 1739 Corcoran
street.
Shipping Arm to China.
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 5 —The
* iucheeter Repeating Arms C mpany,
of this city, to-day shipped to Hong
Kong. China, 1,500 000 mundsof 43 cal
ibre Mau-*n rifle aimnuniti >n This is
the thud shipment of tbe kiud that the
company has made since the war began.
KmLEIGH, N. C.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. '895.
THE CURRENCY DEBATE
BILL TO ISSUE LONG INTEREST,
LONG TIRE BONOS UISCI SH
ED IN THE HOUSE.
REED S SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BILL
It Provides that Ihe Secretary be Au
thorized to I«.sue 3 percent. Iloods to
Reel the Deficit and use the Gold Ite
«erve Only to Redeem Greenbacks—
Oilier Substitutes to be Offered lor
the Pending llill— Another Inter
change ot Discourtesies inthe Seriate
Washington, D. O , Feb. 5.—-The first
day’s debate m the House was on the
curieucy and banking bill with authority
to issue long interest, long time bonds
t > maintain the gold reserve, brought
out Mr. Reed’s substitute for the meas
ure which Ims been discussed the past
day or two
the speech in which he presented the
proposit on was the feature of the day.
Die bill is in brief that the Secretary of
the Treasury be authorized to issue 3
per cent, bonds to meet the d» ticit, the
gold reserve to be used only for tho re
demption of greenbacks. These c’aitns,
he said might, be for two years
or iet-s and could bo redeemed
out of the surplus receipts, which the
Secretary estimates'the Treasury will
have this year. This would avoid all
questions, he said, which binder the
passage of the committee's bill, and meet
the present exigency. The Republicans,
he said, were willing to forego any party
advantage that might be obtained from
a continuance of present conditions and
join in the passage of a measure that
would r< lieve the country; hut it must
be such a measure as commended itsed
to thvir ideas of right and justice and
practicability. The bill he offered as a
substitute v.as ordered to be printed in
the Record.
The debate was participated iu by
Me-srs. Springer and Patterson (Dem ),
Tennessee, iu favor of the bill; and by
Means. Walker (R p.), Massachusetts;
Hall (Dem ), Missouri; Swanson,(Dem.),
Virgiuia; Simpson (Pop.), Kansas; Me-
Keighna (Pop ), Nebraska, and Pence
(Pop ). Colorado, against it.
Mt s.-rs. Walker and Cox also have ub
stitutts for tho pending bill, which they
propose to < ffer.
I wo or three private hills were passed
under r< quests for unanimous consent
and a number of bills were reported from
committees The committee on pensions
r. ported ar d the House passed a reso’u
tion directing the Secretary of Interior
to suspend the location of lands under
railroad grants pending action by Cou
gress.
The House at 4:50 p. in., adjourned
until to-morrow.
STORMY SCENE IN THE SENATE.
Senator* llarri-and Mitchell Indulge
Iu an Exchanger of Discourtesies.
Washington, D. C., Feb s. —The
opening of to day’s session iu the Senate
was accompanied by a rather stormy
scene betvveeu two members of that
body
au objection which Mr. Harris,
(Dem ), of Tennessee, made to a request
of Mr. Mitchell, (Rep ), of Oregon, to
be allowed to address the Senate in ex
planuti m of a report winch he proposed
to make was resented by the Ore
gon Senator, who, after some litile ex
change of discourtesies, indulged in the
cutting remark that the Tennessee Sen
ator was “capable of doing unusual and
indiscreet, and ungentlemanly things ”
Fur this the angry teply was made that
Mr. Mitchell's conduct was “contempti
ble.”
There were some more storm indica
tions after this poiut, but a timely' use
of the gavel by the Vice Pre-ident pre
vented any further explosion of anger
ou eith- r side.
The district of Columbia appropriation
bill crowded out other matters, and oc
cupied the remainder of the day’s session,
(he? tyll being passed 1« fore adjourn
theft!.
At one point the financial question
broke out iu the shape of a i ameudmebt
offered by Mr. MoLaurin (Democrat,) of
Mississippi, looking to the Coinage of the
stiver bullion in the Treasury to thi
amount of the seignorage ($55,000,000)
but the amendment was decided by a
vote ot the Senate to be out of order,
and Mr. McLaurin’s amendment fell with
it.
After the district, appropriation bill
wits passed the diplomatic and consul
appropriation bill was taken up net,
hoAOViT, displacing the bankruptcy bill
«s the uutiuished business, and the
Senate at 4:45 adjourned.
AN OLD ItOiLEU EXPLODES.
Four Me» Killed and Two Other* Fa
tally Woaadeti.
Mitncii, lud , Feb. s.—Monday, near
Blountsvtile, aa old boiler used by some
men sawing wood, ou the farm of Jacob
Clapper, exploded. Newton Auderson,
Harvey Taylor aud John Witter were
killed instantly aud Wilson Drake died
of his injuries. Harvey Wilson and Ja
cob Clapper were fatally injured. The
men were at work near the boiler where
the saw was attached. Nearly all leave
families.
\ Hitch ia the Price of lloads.
London, Feb. 5 —The negotiations
looking to the placing of the new United
-tates bonds here are still pending*
There is a tendency here to-day to take
te-s than $50,000,000 worth of the bouds
in cou-equenoe of a hitch iu the price.
THE MAYOR WILL VETO IF.
Reikohition Revoking Franchise ol the
Stn el « ar < onipaiiy W ill Not Stand
Brooklyn, N. Y, Feb. 5. - The r* so
lut ion passed by the B<>Hrd "f Aldeimen
yesterday, revi king the licenses and
tranchistsof the B?o k yn Iltigbts liail
road Company and the A'lantie Avenue
Railroad Company, will reach the Mayor
m due course of business to-morrow.
That be will veto it nobody doubts. He
is quoted by his friends as expressing the
opini* n that the aetiou of the aldermen
is illegal.
President Lewis, of the Brooklyn
Heights Company, and 8. S. White
house, his counsel, said this morning
that they would pay no attention to the
resolution, as it did not affect them in
the least.
Mirabeau L Towns, counsel for the
District Assembly 75, K. of L, said:
“Os course no lawyer v\ ill hold fora
minute that the resolution will stand
l told the men when they con
suited me about it, that the
resolution would be illegal but they
wanted it drawn up that way, so 1 did
it for them. Os course, the common
council has uo right to depr ve the com
panies of their franchises, but they can
modify i f . They can change the moti*e
power from eh - tiicity to horse: They
have doue it in Philadelphia three times
But this resolution won’t hold ”
Forty five non Onion men called this
morning on Mayor Schieren and asked
to be sent home. They had come ftom
Chicago, Pittsburg and other places to
get work on the street railways. The
railway companies, having all the men
they need, could not give them work
They are having a hard time they sa d.
and have to sleep in empty ears and
other places. The men said they asked
to be sent home because they did no'
want to become a burden on tho count v.
Mayor Schieren told them he could do
nothing for them.
Ran into a Fftueral Procession.
Brooklyn, N. Y , Feb. 5.—A trolley
ear of the Cross town Hue ran into a
fuueral procession, this afternoon. After
the car had gone through the procession
the hearse was found upset and the
coffin lying in the gutter The funeral
was that of a t«o year old child. The
little white coffin was in a white hearse,
and time carriages occupied by the
mother and friends, followed.
The motorman and conductor were
both raw' hands. In some way they
failed to stop the car and it ran into the
hearse. The hearse was badly damaged
and all its glass sides were smashed.
The driver w as thrown from his seat and
badly bruised about the right side.
Police Sergeant Hayes arrived just in
time to keep the crowd from attacking
the motorman and conductor. The
motorman was arrested
Tho funeral party rescued the coffin
and put it in the carriage with the par
ents. Then the procession moved on,
leaving the driver of the hearse in charge
of an ambulance surgeon aud the dam
aged hearse standing in the stnet.
The Whole Town Huntint; Up.
Hancock, Mkl., Feb. 5. A disastrous
fire started here this evening, and at
midnight is still burning. The local fire
brigade was unable to cope with the
flames, and assistance was sent from
Martinsburg Tne Sumac mill,
and 250 tons of sumac, and a
gr.iiu warehouse,containing 4.000 bushe’s
of grain belonging to Mrs Eliz/t R- in
ti srt have been destroyed. An unused
warehouse belonging to Benjamin Stolt
myer, of St Louis, was also burned, and
five dwelling houses practically ruined.
The total loss will amount to $20,000,
with little or no insurance. Unless the
wind.should freshen the firemen will
be able to subdue the blaze.
Sugar Trust Witnesses Give Rond,
Washington, I). C, Feb. s—John
Sehriver, correspondent of the New York
Mail aud Express,and E. R. Chapman, the
sugar broker, both of whom w ere refused
writ of habeas corpus to release them
from custody for their alleged offense of
refusing to testify before the Senate in
vestigating committee, appeared befbre
Judge Cole in the criminal Court today
and gave bail of SI,COO each, pending
trial. Their former bondsmen, L. J
Dav : s and It. J. Wynne, went on their
bonds. Their trial will pr bably not be
gin until next month.
Endorse the President's Message,
Charleston, S. Feb. 5 —At a
meeting of tbe Chamber of Commerce
to day resolutions were unanimously
adopted heartily endorsing the message
of President Cleveland scut to Congress
on the 25th of January, asking for au
thority to issue.a gold bond with inter
est at 3 per cent , to take up and cancel
the outstanding currency notes and to
put a stop to the draiu of gold from the
Treasury and to make th*se bonds of
such denomination as will come within
reach of the people of small means.
The Overdue Steamer La Gascogue.
Nkw York, Feb. s.—Up to no<m to
day nothing had been heard of the French
line steamer La Gascogne, two and a
half days overdue.
More Lile Belts Found.
Lowestoft, Feb. s.—Several more
life belts from the steamer Eibe have
been picked up at various places on the
coast.
Salfm. Ore., Ftb. 5. —The twelfth
Senatorial ballot was Liken to day aud
resulted in no charge.
DISCUSSING FINANCE
THE CLARINET SPENDS SEVERAL
lIOUHK TALKING ABOUT
THE BOND ISSUE.
NEW YORK BANKERS CONSULTED
Many Wild and ('onflictltc Rumors a*
to What Occurred at the Meeting—
Secretary Carlisle Denies That There
Were any Scrion* Disagreement*—
The Issue of Bonds is Notv Regarded
a* Certain and i* Likely to Occur in
a Day or Two.
Washington, D. 0, Feb. 5.- The
Treasury gained to day $658,000 in gold,
increasing the sold reserve at the close
of business to $43 304.642.
The cabinet to-day was enga red for
four and a hslf hours in discussing the
impending bond issue, but if any con
clusion was reai bed the time for giving
publicity thereto has not arrived.
That a bond is-u» is likely to occur
witl in a day or t*o. is, however, gener
ally regarded hs certain, this impression
finding a basis in active prepareti ns
tin refor which were initiated only to day
at the Treasury Department, into which
the officials of the Bur* au of Engraving
and Printing were called as parti ipants
in the at rang* ments.
To day was one of conflicting rumors
and in'ense interest, about the forthcom
ing i-sue. Several well known bankers
and capitalists arrived here from New
York yesterday and this morning and all
day to-day conferences have been pro
gressing between those gentlemen and
prominent government officials. Among
the prominent New York bankers now
here are : August Belmont, represent
ing the Roth* hilds, J. P errep»>ut Morgan
and Messrs Speyer and Bacon.
C( ufrreuce al the White House.
Last night the President, Secretary
Carlisle and Mr. Morgan were tu con
feretice at the executive mansion until a
late h< ur. Mr. Belmont had seen the
Secretary earlier iu ihe afternoon. This
morning tbe conference was resumed
with Mr. Morgan An industriously
circulated rumor said that Mr. Belmont
had withdrawn from all participation in
the matter »-f placing the loan abroad,
leaving the bouls to be taken by Ameri
can bankers.
Humors that there were di agreements
in the cabinet on several matters called
up by the bond issue, lacame rife after
tbe cabinet had adjourned, but could be
traced to no reliable source*. Mr. Bel
mont called at the Treasury this after
noon aud held a conference with Mr.
Curtis, but received no information as to
the results of th cabinet session.
The President attorney General
Olney and Secretary Carlisle were t<>
getlu r at the executive mansion as eaily
as It) o'clock, and Secretary Carlisle did
uot return to the Treasury until nearly
so'clock in ihe afternoon. He author
ized the statement that rumors of dis
sensions iu the cabinet weie unfounded.
Cue that stated that he had resigned,
it was ascertained, was without the
shadow of foundation. Secretaiy Cnr
hsle would not dignify this rumor by a
denial.
A REMARKABLE METEOR.
II was Singularly Bright and Appeared
at Five Minute* Past 8 O’clock.
Special to the News and Observer,
Wake Forest, N. C., Feb. 5
A remarkable meteor was seen at
Wake Forest last night at five minutes
past eight o’clock. The gibbons moon,
shuting brightly, was on or near the
meridian. To the east of the moon,
some fifteen degrees, was the planet
Jupiter; to the west, about twenty de
grees, the planet Mars; to the south, ten
degrees, the conspicuous star Aldebaran.
The meteor shot upward from A!de
biran. with comparatively slow «}>eed,
direcily to the moon, followed by a sin
gularly brilliant train about five degrees
in length. Contending in it* cause
with the full flood of moonlight, it
nevertheless was br gtrer than either
the star Aldebaran or the planet .Vf.irs, '
atd nearly as b-ight as the planet Jupi
ter—these bodies being all w*di within
the visual circle, admitting of easy eom
patison. t %
One might well have fancied that he
beheld a fiery arrow dart ft* tu ruddy
A'debaraa with unerring aim and bury
itself iu the bosom of the unoffending
moon.
FOR DU. WILLIAM'S SUCCESSOR.
The FoNioßldt ot Warren Nominate
Maj. W. B. Flemming.
Special to the News and Observer.
Waorenton, N. C., Feb 5
The FnsioTiißts of Warren county
yesterday nominated Msj. W. B. Flem
ming, of Ridgeway, for tho House of
Representatives, to succeed the late Dr
S. A. Williams. Mnj. Flemming is a
Populist aud has beeu prominent in the
public sffaits of Warreu county. I*eine
at one time a member of the board of
county commit-siouers. The Democrats
have net yet nominated a c indidate.
The election will occur ou Tuesday the
12th inst.
.More Armeuian Outrages.
LONDON, Feb. 5 The Central News
has a dispatch from Constantinople,
saying that anti Christian outrages of
the Armenian tipe are being committed
in Sidon. B yroutand Damascus. Syria.
The Christian inhabitants « f Dama-cus
d* dare that they apprehend a repetition
of the massacre of 1860, when thousands
of Christians were murdered.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
V DARING TRAIN RoIHIRRY,
It wa* the Deliberate wok ms Twe*
Cool and Despcate Mm.
Hctchixson, Kas., Feb. 6. Train
No. l, on the Santa Fo passed
west through Hutchinson last night on
time VV’uMi Sylvia, a small station
twenty m les west, was reached,the train
stopp d for c«l and two men crawled
into the cab, at the rime time covering
engineer Keuney and his fireman with
guns.
They robbed the enitirovr and fireman
of their motley, about S4O, and orderid
them to march to the express car and
b e<k opeu the ear door. A demand
was made upon the messenger, Jesse
, Ruble, to ojHii the safe, but wlnn he
refused the rolffiers abandoned the idea
of robbing the exp ess car. They then
1 marched the engimer and fireman with
a sack into the passenger cote', aud
whi e one man had the traiumen, the
other covered the passengers and or
dertd “Hands up ”
Thus tin y went through the train,
dumping pis ket books, watuhes, knives
and revolvers iuto the saiks. The
amouut of money received cauuot t>e ap
proximated One lady b-rnght a ticket
at Hutchinson for a Colorado point and
'he ticket agent here said she had at
least S3OO when she purchased her
ticket, which she was made to donate.
The robbers were very cool and delib
crate, taking fully an hour to do
their wotk. W heu tho robbers entered
the coach about the first man they
c *vered was C onductor McGrath and his
brakemauand these were fotced tosurren
der their wallets. After the coaches were
robbed the engineer ami fireman were
taken hack to their pasts and ordered to
“pud out.”
After the robbers passed the first coach
the c< nduator and brakeman start* <1 to
leave the car and raise au alarm in the
town, but they were discovered by more
robbers standing on the grouud on each
side of the train, who ordered them hack
into the coaches.
The country is aroused, and the farm
ers are out well armed, trailing the rob
t): rs, who rode off in a southeast direc
tion. Officers of the ra lroad company
are convinced t'iat the work was done
by aniat* urs, as Sylvia is a long distance
from the territory line, and as there is
snow on the ground it would be an easy
matter to follow th* in.
NINE MURDERERS ON TRIAL*
Particular*of the ('oltLHlootlct! Prime
Cor Which They May Suffer Denth.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. s.—The crimi
nal court was the scene of an unique ex
hibiuon to-day w hen nine big,burly east
•rn shore n« g'cs s were put on trial for
the murder of Constable Edward Carver,
of Somerset c >unty.
There would have been ten prisoners
had not a mob of Somerset cilia* ns, un
able to wait for the slow wheels of jus
tice to move, put a summary end to the
career of Isaac Kemp, the leader of tbe
murder* us gang. He was riddled with
fi ty bullets.
The exhibition of this impetuous
spirit on the part ofeit-aens of Somerset,
acts for the transfer of the trial to Balti
tro re, as it was claimed that the feeling
in Somerset county against the negroes
was so bitter that not only could they
uot. get a fair trial there, but their lives
were nor safe.
The murder was committed on June
7, last. A crowd of drunken negroes
demanded liquor at Mallen’n general
store, and were refused by Frank Mo
(’ready, the man in charge. The ne>
a roes began cursing aud threatening.
Constable Carver, who was iu the store,
threatened to arrest the men, and in an
instant all the n* goes at tacked him with
razors, clubs and beer bottles. The vic
tim’s skull was cru-ht d, and bis faceanu
body horribly backed up. He died in a
few minutes. Mr. McCready was also
bea'en in the head and almost killed.
The negroes escap* d, but were cap
lured by a pose of citizeus and lodged
in the Princess Anne jail. Seventy five
masked men firoke into the jail early
ihe next morning aud riddled K mp’a
boily with bullets. Shortly after this
the nine remaining negroes were brought
here for safe keeping.
TRIED TO NAVI 1118 NON.
Itai L«*l His Way and Both of Thr»
Perinhcd In the FlutneN.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb 5 Frederick
D. Mill r, and hi-* six year-old son, were
burned to death early this morning.
Miller kept a store and resided at No.
2 268 Second avenue.
Fire was discovered in the kitchen at
midnight. Miller, his wife, ch ldren and
a hired man, ran to the front of the build
ing. Ou the way Mrs. Miller lost the
boy and her husband returned to find
him Mrs. Mifler, one child and the
man e eaped by jumping into blankets
from the second story window
After the fire Miller and the boy were
found lying on the floor »*f the bed room
dead. They h«d been suffocated.
John Finnegan’s residence, No 2266.
was also burned. Fireman John Patter
son was badly hurt by a fall from a lad
der.
A #560,000 Fire.
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. s.—The Bod
maim leaf tobacco warehouse, on Front
street, b*-t«oeu Vine street and the sus
pension bridge, running back to Water
street, was completely destroyed by fire
early this morning. The loss on stock
is estimated at, $500,000, and on the
building about $60,000. Insurance not
given. The origin of the blaze is not
known, but it ie supposed to have started
at the small furnace in the cellar to keep
the elevator from freezing.