The News and Observer
VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 130.
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BLAINE AND CONKLING
GAIL HAMILTON GIVES AN IN
: TRUSTING ACCOUNT OF
THEIR QUARK EL.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES G. BLAINE.
It is an Interesting Book and W ritten
in an Interesting Style—lt Begins
With the First Blaines in this Coun
try and Pictures the Domestic and
political Lite of ihe Maine States
man—The Fry Troubles and the Elec
tion of President t.arfield.
Special to the News and Observer.
Washington, D. C., July 3.
The long promised “Biography of
James G. Blaine”, authorized by the
family, and written by Gail Hamilton
(Miss* Abigail D >dge), has just been
issued. The story of Blaine’s life was
brought down to the eve of the Presi
dential election of 1892, by Miss Drdge,
when she wis prostrated by the illness
which for some time threatened to end
her life. At the request of Mrs. Blaine,
Harriet Prescott Spofford put together
the notes leit by Miss Dodge, and com
pleted the work’ The biography begins
with the first Blaiues in . this country,
and is very minute in picturing the do
mestic and political life of the distin
guished Fa re s atesma". It is a very
interesting book, and written in Gail
Hamilton's best style. lam happy to
say that there are new hopes of Gail
Hamilton’s ultimate recovery, although
for more than a month she was given
up by htr physicians, and her death was
expected at any moment.
The new Blaine book Ls an octavo vol
ume of 722 pages, and contains numer
ous illustrations. Oue of the most in
teresting chapters in the volume is the
account of Mr. B'aine’s differences with
Roscoe Conkling, and Miss Dodge's ex
planation of the silent antagonism which
had existed between the two men before
the debate over the Fry incident.
“Unhappily Mr. Conkling had also a
private grievance. At a dinner party
given by the Hon Henry C. Deming, of
Hartford, the conversation glanced from
the Utica of Mr. Conkling’s home to a
newspaper which had been published for
a little while by Mr. Deming and his
friend, Park Benjamin, and which bore
for the motto the lines:
“No pent up Utica contracts our powers,
But the whole boundless Continent is
ours.”
“A question arose as to their author
ity, and the whole company gayly con
tributed answers. An impression ore
vailed that it was. Barlow. Mr. Conkling
offered to bet a basket of champagne
that it was from Addison's Cato. Mr.
Biaine warned him not to make the bet,
Irecan.se he knew the authorship, and
she lines were not from Addison’s Cato.
Mr. Conkling was so sure that he per
sisted in the bet. The iines are by Jon
athan M. Sewail, in an ‘Epilogue to
Cato,’ written for the Bow Street The
ater, in Portsmouth, N. H. Mr. Conk
ling sent the basket of champagne, but
took the discomfiture so much to heart
as to insinuate that Mr. Blaine had been
reading up for it, and when Mr. Blaine
made a feast, and invited all the com
pany to drink the champagne, Mr. Conk
ling did not attend.”
Os the results of the Fry trouble, Miss
Dodgesays:
“The controversy did not affect Mr.
Blaine's political course, and not percep
tibly, I think, his jolitical fortunes.
The’situation was not, indeed, without
its humorous side as at a dinner where
important matters were discussed with
Secretary Fish, and Mr. Blaine would re
fer Mr Fish to the Senator from New
York as the proper authority, and Mr.
Conkling, addre sing also Mr. Fish,
would pres ntly refer another question
to the decision of the Speaker of the
House. On another day it chanced that
a group (M friends, including both Mr.
Biaine and Mr. Conkling, were traveling
from New York to Washington, and en
joying tl e liveliest nonsense of leisurely
t alk. Oue of them, Mr. (since Senator)
Chandler amused himself w ith contriv
ing, as opportunity offered, a cul de sac
in which to entrap Mr. Biaine and Mr.
Conkling. for the sake of forcing their
sk 11 in keeping out. In a careless man
ner Mr. Conkling produced some con
sect on or other and began to pass it
around, apparently not .thinking of the
gul? fixtd between himself and his con
structive fee. When it should have come
to Mr. Blaine, there was a visible rudi
mentary movement of Mr. Conkling’s
hand to Mr. Blaine; but alas, the habit
of a lifetime prtvaJed, his good angel of
gayety forsook lim and fled, more to
Mr. Conkling's chagrin tx**ibly, than to
any other person’s. “Would you have
taken it if he bad offered ii?” asked a
friend of Mr. Btaiue’a afterwards.
“ ‘Certainly, if it had choktd me,’ was
the eareless reply.”
Coming dowu to 1881, the relations of
the two men after the election of Gar
field are detailed:
“Mr. Conkling had allowed himself to
be partialiy conciliated before the elec
tnon, and bad aided in the electoral
struggle, bat became an increasingly
prominent oiject for conciliation after
the election. General Garfield and Mr.
Blaine were equally desirous of 1 armouy
in the interest Cf effectiveness, but
neither was willing to sacrifice one fac
tion to another. They believed that jus
tice and patience would, in the end, de
stroy faetioa aud beget je.ea. The ques
tion was indeed considered by Mr. Gar
field, Mr. Blaine and some others,
whether a reconciliation might not be
brought about by asking Mr. Conkling
into the Cabinet. General Garfield
thought that if he should accept, aud
there should be peace, all would be well.
If it were to be war, fighting at short
range might be better than behind the
iotrenehmentsof an executive session. Yet
he could never quite get his own con
sent to the suggestion, though there was
a cerfain audacity in it that made it in
teresting. Mr. Blaine, on reflection,
felt that it would be unwise and imprac
ticable, partly for reasons personal to
Mr. Conkling, partly because it would
produce a coalition Cabinet, with prov
erbial failure waiting upon it, and would
alienate the 50,000 Garfield Repub icans
in New York State at the outset. Mr.
Blaine wrote to Mr. Garfield as follows :
‘lt would be personally unpleasant, and
politically disastrous to have him in
Cabinet association. No Cabinet could
get along with him, nor could the Presi
dent. He would insult everybody hav
ing business with his department whom
he did not happen to like, and he really
happens to dislike about 99 in every 100
of his acquaintances. Conkling is bouud
to go with you anyway, if your treat
merit of him be decent and honorable,
and you will never deal otherwise with
him. You can always trust a man not
to saw off the limb of a tree when he is
on the o.her end.”
“General Garfield and be had an in
timate correspondence aJI through the
winter and spring of 1880 -1881, concern
ing the Cabinet and the policy of the in
coming administration. A number of
these letters are reproduced, from which
a few extracts are taken. Mr. Garfield,
on January 24, 1881, wrote: “I have
only cared to keep your designation to
the State Department a secret until well
into February. Then I prefer it to be
known. The public has already passed
judgment upon the wisdom of the choice;
and the only motive I have had for se
crecy was to prevent jealousy of rival
forces. I mean to make an appointment
for New York which shall give Conkling
no just ground for complaint, and no
undue advantage, if he meai 8 to fight.”
“Mr. Blaine a few days later replied. ‘I
think, however, it would by the very hap
piest effect if you were to invite Conk
ling and Logan to Mentor, of course, in
viting them separately, in neither’s note
mentioning the other, and, therefore,
not recognizing that they are united in
any common cause or representing any
quasi-hostile forces to you. I shall never
urge a mau upon you for the Cabinet,
but I will not hesitate to protest vigor
ously against wrong men. I think that
is a good distinction for me to observe.
If you intend to invite Logan and Cock
ling, please do so at once. You need in
vite no one else. The triumvirate will all
have had a chance at you, and the Gar
field men proper care nothing for the
etiquette of an invitation. * 9 * Ex
cuse tov freedom in tendering advice so
lavishly, but 1 am very anxious ibat you
should do just the right thing with Conk
ling.’ ”
There is much interestiag correspond
ence throughout the book, some of it
between the elder Blaine and his son
Walker, which reveals in a delightful
manner the soft social side of the dis
tinguished statesman and his deep love
for his son. The book, as a whole, will
repay a careful reading. It is one of
the most interesting contributions to the
politico-party history of the country t hat
has offered to the public for some
time.
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Watchman 11. H. Sims, of the Pension
office, is taking his vacation in Durham,
his old home.
EXPLOSION Oil FlttE WORKS,
4
A Whole Block il in Flames
and 31 uti Properly Destroyed.
Lynn, Mass., July 3.—At 10:50 this
forenoon there was an explosion of fire
works iu front, of the L A. May Com
panj’s store in the Sagamore Hotel
corner of Union and Mulberry
stress, at the temporary counter erected
outside the store on the sidewalk. Im
mediately the whole mass of fire works
was ablaze and the fusilade of exploding
rockets, cannon crackers, bonds, etc.,
startled everylxxly in Central Square.
A. B. Stimpson, who was in charge of
the fire works counter, was knocked
against the glass front of the building,
but not injured.
The Aimes which had now started
communicated to the store of the L A.
May Company and spread with alarming
rapidity. The firemen did not get the
alarm right aud for nearly fifteen min
utes the flames had everything their own
way. A general alarm was tirmily
bounded.
Half an hour after the fire works ex
ploded the entire block, which is four
stories, of brick, about 100 feet front on
Union street aud more than that in
depth, was a mass of flames. At 12
o’clock the fire was under control and
confined to tl e Sagamore hotel bloek. It
is thought that everybody escaped from
the building, with possibly one exccp
tiou, an old man named James H. Wins
low, who had not been accounted for as
yet. I/mss about $ 100,000.
The Million Pound Loan lo China.
London, July 6. —The Central Sews
i says the loan of £1,000,000 to China,
1 which was issued to enable China to
meet certain obligations for armaments
pending the completion of the arrange
ments for the indemnity loan, has been
over-subscribed three or four times.
Shot Down in Cold Blood.
Huntington, W. Va., July 3.— ln
Lincoln county on Big Ugly c eek, 40
miles south of this city, Albert McOomas,
a young man was shot down aud killed
in cold blood by lieiley Watson. The
murderer escaped, and a reward is offer
ed for his arrest.
RALEIGH, R. C.. THURSDAY. JULY 4. 1895.
DULL AND TIRESOME
WERE YESTERDAY’S PROCEED
INGS IN TIIE MASSEY
PILOT SUIT.
THE ATTENDANCE WAS SMALLER.
State Senator Flood Put on The Wit
ness Stand—Testified That lie Was
Massey’s Manager in His Election as
Superintendent ol Education—Said
That Massey’s Reputation tor Truth
fulness and Honesty Was llad—A
Tilt Between the Opposing Counsel.
Norfolk, Va., July 3.—The attend
ance upon the Massey-Pilot trial today
w r as not so large as on preceding days.
The proceedings were not of a sensation
al character, and those who attended
were not rewarded for their trouble.
The first witness was State Senator
Flood, of Appomattox county. He tes
tified that Mr. Andrew J. Parish, of Al
bemarle county, was Mr. Massey’s man
ager in his election to the position of
Superintendent of Education.
A fight between counsel here arose as
to the admissibility of question as to
the ground on which Mr. Massey,
through his manager, based his canvass
for the position, the purpose of defense
in asking tho question being to prove
that Mr. Massey claimed to be a poor
man therefore did not they have the
$3,000, that is in question in this case,
and which the defense claim he got from
the book company.
The court admitted the question and
plaintiff’s counsel noted an exception.
Mr. Flood then answered the ques
tions. He said that some of the reasons
given in the canvass were that Mr. Mas
sey was getting old, and was a poor man,
and that he would, if not elected give the
Democratic party trouble. Witness did
not know exactly who said the.se things;
did not know whether they came from
him; believed that they came from the
advocates of Mr. Massey’s election.
Mr. Tom moved to strike out the an
swer. Motion overruled by the court
and exception noted.
In answer to Capt. Wise, Senator
Flood said that Mr. Massey’s reputation
for honesty and truthfulness is bad and
that from his knowledge of Mr. Massey’s
reputation he (Flood) would net believ
Mr. Massey on oath.
Mr. Neely, for plaintiff, then took the
witness. He then testified in answer to
questions that he (witness; is a brother
in-law of Mr. R. E. Byrd, one of the de
fendants in this case; that notwithstand
ing his knowledge of Mr.
reputation he (witness) voted for Mr.
Massey for office; that his reason
for doing so was because he (witness)
participated iu the caucus that nomi
nated Mr. Massey and was bound by that,
participation to vote-for him. Witness
has certificate of election as Common
wealth’s attorney in Appomattox, but
the electiou is still in litigation. Wit
ness said also that he was in 18.4 attor
ney for Ginn & Co , book publishers, of
New York, with Mr. Byrd.
Mr. R E Byrd was then recalled, hut
his testimony’developed nothing new, it
< eing substantially a reiteration of the
charges made by Mr. Byrd against Mr.
Massey in the Pilot article, upon which
the suit for libel is based.
Court then adjourned until Friday
morning, July sth.
IHE VALKYRIE BE AIE V.
T he Collotsal Cutter 100 Heavily jar
red aud Over-Caavaxed.
Hunter's Quay, Scotland, July 3.
Iyord Dunraven’s new cup challenger,
Valkyrie 111, was fairly beat* n to day
over the fifty mile course of the Mudhook
Yacht Club bv the Prince of Wales’ cut
ter Britannia, and Barceley Walk r’s
Ailsa. The Britannia averaged 11.27
knots per hour.
There was no dead to windward work.
The contest was limited to close and
free reaching, and on these points of
sailing the Britannia is incontestibly
lietter than either tho Ailsa or Vaikvtic
111. in a fine whole sail breeze and a
smooth sea.
It is probable that the eolloasal, the
new cutter, will not la; able to distance
the Britannia in windward w>tk, except
in light breezes. It is the opinion of many
yachtsmen that she is too heavily sparred
and over canvased, and that, to make a
show against the A meric vn yacht that will
defend the America’s cup, she will have
to be Dimmed down a little She was
beaten by ihe Britanui* three minutes
and eight seconds, elapsed time, and
seven minutes and !en seconds, corrected
time, allowing Britannia four minutes,
two seconds.
The Ailsa was second boat, getting in
one minute and ten seconds astern of
the Britannia aud one minute and fiftv
eight seconds ahead of Va'kyrie ill
Her alterations appear ro have he'.jwd
her in a stiff wind.
The course of the big races w*s the
same ovrr which Valkyrie the Hecoud
was sunk in collision last year with the
Satan ita.
It was from the club house at Hunter’s
Quay, seven miles southward to Skol
morlie; thence four miles west—south
west, to a mark off Ascog; thence north
easterly, eleven miles, to a mark off Kil
creggau, and back to the club house,
three miles to the westward; twice
around.
Minister Castle Confirmed.
Honolulu, June 27. —The Senate yes
terday confirmed the appointment of
William-R. Castle as Minister to Wash
ington.
SHE IOVED V YOUNGER MAN.
Trial « I Handsome Mrs. Ilelle Farm 11
For the Murder o! her Husband.
La Plata, Md , July 3. The trial of
Mrs. Belle Farrall, charged with the
murder of her husband, Frederick Far
rail, on December 17th last, was begun
here to-day before the special term of
the circuit court for Charles county.
The town has been thronged with people
since Monday morning when the work
of selecting a jury was commenced.
Great difficulty was encountered in se
curing the jury because the case has ex
cited such general interest aud has been
io much discussed that many, upon ex
imination by the court, declared that
hey had formed an unalterable opinion
as to the innocence or guilt of the ac
cused.
Mrs. Farrall, who is a handsome wo
man of about 28 years, is accused of
murdering her husband, a cripple hotel
keeper, 52 years old, by stricyhnine pois
oning. the presumed motive being the
infatuation for a younger man, Eugene
Hall, a railroad brakeman.
The woman disappeared about the
time her husband’s remains were disin
terred last winter, but surrendered about
ten days ago. She is scarcely treated
like a prisoner charged with murder.
Her nights are spent at Sheriff Albrit
tain’s house and at the hotel, where
every courtesy is shown her. She
has the sympathy of the majority of
the residents of this town but not be
cause of any belief of her innocence, be
cause there are few who go so far in
their declarations. Her personal at
tractiveness has no doubt contributed to
this feeling, and truly the sight of the
pretty young widow and her bright baby
boy is enough to shake the damaging
testimony brought out by the coroner’s
inquest.
One hundred witnesses have been
summoned and the trial is likely to con
tinue some days. Some of the most im
portant testimony will bo given by
Washington (D. C.) chemists and physi
cians who held an autopsy over Mr. Far
rall’s remains. Mrs. Farrall was for
merly a resident of Washington.
State Attorney Matthews opened the
case of the prosecution today and the
defense reserved its statement.
Three witnesses testified for the State.
Dr. L C. Carrico said that he was called
to attend Frederick Farrall on the night
of December 16, 1894. The man was
suffering with convulsions which the
doctor diagnosed as the result of
poison and treated him accordingly.
Farrall Jdied the next morning. J.
E. John, an undertaker, visited
Farrall, the night before he died, and
overheard Mr. Farrall ask his wife if
there was any strychnine in the medi
ct au she had administered.
Dr. E. M. Schaever, of Washington,
testified that strychnine was found in
the stomach of the dead man when the
autopsy was performed.
WILL IT BUY THE SEABOARD?
The Southern Railway Trying to Get
a Monopoly in the South.
New York, July 3 —Tho Morning
Journal says:
“Reports from Baltimore yesterday
had it that the Southern railway has laid
its plans for the absorption of the Sea
board Air Line. The reports in this
city were that with a statement from (J.
Caster, chairman of the Richmond Ter
minal reorganization committee, to the
effect that he knew nothing of them.
Generally the report is not believed.
“Such a move on the part of the South
eru Railway just now would give it prac
tically a monopoly of the Southeastern
trade, especially the Carolina*, Georgia
and Florida, where the Seaboard Air
Line is at pr- sent its only dangerous
competitor.
“The laws of Georgia would be per
haps the greatest stumbling block in the
way of such a move, as once before when
the Southern, then known as the Rich
mond Terminal, scooped every road in the
State, it was compelled to release one,
the Western and Atlantic, to allow the
competition provided for by statute.”
Jealousy Watcliißg ihe Southern.
Norfolk, Va , July 3. - Mr. St John,
Vice-President of the Seaboard Air Line,
is in Baltimore. While nobody hero has
authority to speak for the company in
reference to the story from New York as
to the absorption of the Seaboard Air
Line by the Southern Railway Company
the Seaboard is said to be watching wirth
a jealous iye tho movements of the
Southern.
Mrs St. John w;is seen at. the hand
some residence of the Vice President to
night and said her husbtfnd was absent
and that she had heard nothing of the
rejKjrt
HACKING HER WITH A KNIFE.
A Negro Killed l»y n Policeman W trite
Murdering His MiJtres*.
Quinuy, Ills.. Jnly 3 Henry Duiners,
a negro was shot and killed here this
morning at 9 o’clock by Policeman Har.le
wood, while murdering a young girl
named Mary Smith, with whom he had
been keeping company. Dumeis had his
knees on the girl’s body while with his
right hand he dealt blows about the
head and breast with an ugly looking
butcher knife.
When the officer appeared upon the
scene Dumers attacked him, and the offi
cer killed him. The girl is in a danger
ous condition.
Three Negro Murderers Hanged.
Marysville, Miss., July 3.—80 b
Purvis, Griff Hubbard and Grant Wil
son, negroes, were hanged here to-day
on one scaffold and at one drop for Ihe
murder of D. H. King.
MOORE GOT THE PLACE
PROMOTION FALLS UPON A PRC-
F ESSO R O F M E T EO RO LOG Y
AT CHICAGO.
MADE CHIEF OF WEATHER BUREAU.
l*rot. Harrington Succeeded by Pro!.
V illis L. Moore.-The New Chief
Was First a Local Forecaster at
Milwaukee--Attracted the Attention
of Secretary Morton by the High
Character ol Ilis Work—The New
Appointee is a Republican.
Washington, D. C., July 3 - Prof.
Willis L. Moore, of Chicago, who has
been appointed by Secretary Morton, as
the new Chief of the Weather Bureau,
is regarded as one of the best forecasters
in the service, and has a reputation for
accuracy second to none in the Depart
ment.
He first came to the notice of Secre
tory Morton about a year ago, when the
Secretary began a thorough investiga
tion of the work being done by the
Weather Bureau with the end in view
of materially improving that service
and causing it to issue practical infor
mation for the farmer, merchant and
sailor and every other line of business in
which the condition of the weather and
the approach of storms had anything to
do. Circulars were issued to the better
class of local forecasters asking for
essays on the practical forecast
ing of the Weather Eu<ai. About
30 of the men replied. These essajs,
numbered,but with their authors’ names
unknown, were turned over to a board
consisting of Chief Harrington, Prof.
Mendenhall and Maj. Duuwoody. Tbis
board selected the best of the essays, less
than ten, and ihe writers were ordered
to Washington to make reports. This
was done for a month and Moore receiv
ing the highest percentage, almost 100,
was given the position of Professor of
Meteorology at a salary of $2,500.
He was prior to this local forecaster at
Milwaukee but after his promotion was
transferred to Chicago. During last
winter he made a wonderful record con
sidering the character of the weather.
There were numerous cold waves during
that seasoD, some of them of unusual
severity, aud it was his marvellous ac
curacy in predicting tbeir coming that
again attracted the attention of Secre
tary Morton.
The thing that pleased the Secretary
was Moore’s fashion of making state
ments about which there could be no
doubt. He avoided all ambiguous pre
dictions and risked a positive statement
or frankly said in his report that it was
impossible to accurately judge the forth
coming conditions, and followed this with
the best judgment he could command. He
rarely missed the mark and his reports
were the best made in that vicinity.
In politics ' Mr. Moore is said to be a
Republican. He is a man of about 40
years of age and has grown up in the
service.
CO It B ETT- ft' ITZSIM MONB FIGHT.
State Comptroller Finley Gives Its
Projectors a Set Back.
Austin, Tf.x., July 3. State Comp
troller Finley yesterday gave the pro
jectors of the’ Corbett Fitzsimmons con
test of Dallas a set back iu a letter to
the tax collector of Dallas. He says:
“After careful examination and con
sideration of the question presented, I
have reached the conclusion that, while
the act of 1889 provided for an occupa
tion tax of SSOO for every fight between
man and mau, the Legislature of this
State has, by subsequent statement, made
it unlawful for any person to vol
untarily engage in a pugilistic encounter
fior money.
“That the effeetVof said act was to re
peal so much of the act of 1889 as per
mitted an occupation tax to be charged
for fights between man atal man has
been decided by our Court of Criminal
Appeals. You are therefore respect
fully advised that this Department will
not attempt to legalize the proposed pu
gilistic encounter in this State by the
issuance of a license therefor, or by au
thorizing you, as lax collector of Dallas
county, to receive any sum of money
from any person as a license tax for such
performance, when the same is mani
festly unlawful aud has been so declared
by the people of Texas through their
legislature. ”
Priuce Bismarck in Better.
Frieluuchsriohe, July 3. —Prince Bis
marck ft much better this morning and is
in no respect iu a dangerous or even a se
rious condition. In consequence of the
alarmist news which got abroad yester
day telegrams poured in from all tfirec
tions inquiring anxiously as to the ex-
Ohancelior’s condition. These inquiries
stimulated the Prince greatly aud later
in the day he walked down to the Castle
gate and saluted the people gathered
there, talking a few minutes each with
some of them. He will probably go to
Gastoia to recuperate.
Strikers Ku tiering lor Food.
Huntington, W. Va., July 3.—A del
egation of striking minors from the Elk
horn region along the Norfolk & Western
railroad arrived here this morning for
the purpose of circulating about the State
and obtaining money and provisions for
the men who are out of work in that re -
gion and who are numbered by the hun
dreds. They say that the condition
among the strikers is deplorable and
that the suffering is intense. A carload
of stuff was obtained here for them.
1 " ITXE FIVE CENTS.
ITZSIM MO NS WAS ACQUITTED.
The Jury Declared Him Innocent of
Riordon’s lllood.
Syracuse, N. Y., July 3.— 80 b Fitz
simmons, the well-known pugilist, who
has been on trial hc?e for a week past on
the charge of beiu& responsible for the
death of his late sparring partner, Con
Riordan, is free.
Shortly after 8 o’clock tonight the jury
filed in before a crowded court room and
after they had answered to their names,
their foreman announced the verdict,
“Not Guilty.”
Immediately a tremendous cheer went
up. Such a boisterous demonstration
has not been seen in the Onondaga
County Court house in many
years. County Judge Ross pounded
with his gavel in vain for order and
finally commanded the sheriff and his
deputies to put everybody under arrest.
This had the effect of quiet ing the crowd
and inasmuch as the order was not car
ried out, everybody went away happy.
On account of the verdict the fourth of
July demonstration seems to have start
ed iu early, for Bob Fitzsimmons friends
are celebrating in the good old fashion
ed way.
The summing up of Attorney Fred
erick House, of New York, for the de
fense was an eloquent effort and it took
the jury but a short time to arrive at the
verdict of acquittal.
IIAS E IIALL VESTERI)AY.
At Brooklyn:
Brooklyn, 20300001 x—6
Boston, 00200000 I—3
Batteries: Gumbert and Grim; Stivetts
and Ganzel.
Base hits: Brooklyn 7; Boston 7.
Errors: Brooklyn 2: Boston 4.
At New York:
New York, 0001000 3 o—4
Baltimore, 101 11000 I—s
Batteries: Rosie and Farrell; Hemming
and Robinson.
Base hits: New York 10; Baltimore 11.
Errors: New York 2; Baltimore 3.
At Louisville:
Louisville, 02103000 0— 6
Cincinnati, 42142011 o—ls
Batteries: Inks, McDermott and War
ner; Phillips and Murphy.
Base hits: Louisville 8; Cincinnati 18.
Errors. Louisville 6; Cincinnati 0.
At Cleveland:
Cleveland, 011 000 2 1 x—s
Pittsburg, 10000 100 2—4
Batteries: Cuppy and Zmimer; Jordan
and Sugden.
Base hits: Cleveland 8; Pittsburg 8.
Errors: Cleveland 5; Pittsburg 5.
At Washington:
Washington, 00020 2 70 o—ll
Philadelphia, 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4—lo
Batteries: Maul and McGuire: Lampe
and Clements.
Base hits: Washington 12: Philadel
phia 15.
Errors; Washington 1; Philadelphia 3.
SILVER WINS IN ALABAMA.
Gov. Ntoue Begins his Canvass for
United States Senator.
Jackson, Miss., July 3.— Gov. Stone,
candidate for the U. S. Senate, to suc
ceed Senator George, fired his campaign
gun to-day art Natchez.
The Govfrnor the only sound money
candidate for the Senate, has, unfortun
ately for bis cause, been quite sick for a
monfh or more, and was unable to enter
the canvass until now, while his free sil
ver opponents, ex-Governor Lowery,
Congressman Hooker, Allen and Money
have kindled their camp fires on the
hills. From now on, however, health
permitting, Gov. Stone proposes to keep
the trail warm.
Every county that has held a conven
tion (so far six) has nominated dele
gates fovoring Senalor McLaurin for
Governor aDd adopted strong silver res
olutions. The last county to act was
Pontoc, and in addition to declaring for
16 to 1, delegates are pledged to Me-
Laurin for Governor and and W. D.
Holder for Auditor. No other candi
dates were endorsed.
CONDENSED TELEGRAM?.
Rev. J. A. Forset has been officially
appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of San
Antonio, Texas.
The Spanish government has appoint
ed, a committee to consider the claims of
the United States government for com
pensation to tho Cuban planter Mora.
The court house, mayor’s office and all
tho county records at Lexington, Term.,
were destroyed by incendiary fire early
yesterday morning. An investigation
of alleged forgeries were under way,
and it is believed it was started by in
terested parties.
The Gayoso Hotel at Memphis, Tonn.,
went into the hands of a receiver yes
terday upon obligations amounting to
about SIBO,OOO. The property is worth
S2OO 000. Tbis hotel was Grant’s and
Sherman’s headquarters during the war,
and was rented by Forest when be
raided Memphis. '
Speaker John Meyer, of the Illinois
House of Representatives died at Free
port, Illinois yesterday morning. Ner
vous prostration was the cause of his
death, though he suffered from a chronic
ailment. Speaker Meyer’s death will
have an important bearing on the extra
session of the Legislature which re-con
venes July 9th.
By a vote of 2,148 to 29, the city of
Knoxville, Teun., yesterday donated to
the Knoxville Belt Line Railway and
Terminal Company SIOO,OOO worth of
bonds. On Saturday Knox county will
vote thp same amount to the Ohio River,
Knoxville & Tidewater Railroad, which
is to be built from the Jellico coalfields
via Knoxville to Port Royal or Charleston*