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ABILENE- - - TEXAS.
CURRENT TOPICS
The News in Brief.
rZBSOHAX. AXD rOUTICAX.
Ox the 24th the will of the late Gordon
W. Bornham the New- York millionaire
was filed with the Surrogate. Among
other bequest is one of $50000 to Miss
8anborn who was to have been his wife.
In the cases of Mackin and Gallagher
the Chicago politicians convicted of elec-
tion frauds Judge Gresbatn granted a
writ of error and they were admitted to
bail
On the 24th a committee from the Civil
Service Association of Baltimoro Md.
presented Secretary Manning the resolu-
tions protesting against the appointmont
of Eugene Higgins.
Ge.-cerax. Sparks was confirmed on the
23th as Commissioner of tho General Land
Office.
Ge.nerai James McQuade died at Utica
N. Y. on the 2Titb.
Gk.nekal Grant was much better on the
2oth and went out driving.
Hox. S. &. Cox of New York has been
appointed and confirmed as Minister to
Turkey.
CiiAS. Fraxcis Adams Jr. was re-
elected President of the Unioa Pacific Kail-
way Company.
On tho 23th on tho second ballot for
United States Senator in the Illinois Leg-
islature Logon received 10J votes. .None
but Republicans voted.
Mayor O'Connor of Dublin says that
tho flag will bo hoist3l when tho Prince
of Wales arrives and that thousands of
stalwart hands will bo rady to guard it
if necessary.
On the 2(5th tho Interior Department was
closed out of respect to tho memory of
the late Jacob Thompson of Koiituckj
Secretary of the Interior under President
Buchanan.
Ex-Congressman Casev You no of
Tennessee is in Washington sutFeriug
Irom paralysis of his right arm and leg.
Ho says that he has felt the paralytic
symptom? in his system for a long tiue.
Iay Gi.uld declind re-electinu as a direct--r
of th Union PariUc Railway.
It in remarked upon as :i notable coinci-
dence that three- -of tho now nppoiutcos
viz.: First. Comptroller I) imam Indian
Commission r Atkins and Lin I Commis-
sioner Sparks all sorv-d together on the
House Committee on Appropriations.
James Russell Ixvell thinks that Mr.
Phelps his successor as the American
representative at the court of St. James is
nu es imalilo and cultured goir Ionian and
he regar Is the scleetio.i a xvi-o one.
General Grant parsed a qtiie: day on
tin; lidtli. and did ii': c-uup'.aiu of pain.
Gknervi. G cant's testimony in the case
of J mni I). Fi-.li in counccli-m with tho
Marine Rank failure was taken before a
notary.
tjCEEN Victoria has called out tho reg-
ular and militia ivserves lor permanent
service.
Premier Terrv states that France will
send further reinforcements to Touquin
immediately.
The remain of the late Dr." Carl Luede-
king of St. Louis Mo. were incinerated
at th Lancaster (Pa.) crenmatorium on
the Tth.
Pat Rellihan of New York was sen-
tenced to two months" imprisonment for
libelling Pat Ford. Both are Irish news-
paper men.
Gladstone aim unices England's pro-
test against tho action of France in de-
claring rice contraband of war.
Extensive preparations are being made
at Kingsto i Inland for tho reception of
the Princo and Princess of Wal s.
The Metropolitan Raso R.ill Club of
New York lias released Kejfo and Easter-
brook two of their strong; players.
Ciias. W. Dl'RaNT an aged millionaire
of .N w Ytirk is of unsound mind and his
children are at law about wno shall take
charge of him.
Hon. John G. Thompson of Ohio who
lias Icen dangerously ill at Washington
D. C for some days is gradually improv-
ing. Pi.emd: xr Cleveland ami the members
of his Cabinet ar making great reputa-
tions of be ng powerful listeners. Tho
titliee-seekers dvi all the talking.
On the-Jtith E. E. Rryaut ot Malison
Wis. the new Assistant Attornev-General
of the Poit-ollice Department was in con-
sultation with Mr. Freeman the incum-
bent oi the ollieo in regard to the law bus-
iness of tho department llo will qualify
April 1st.
Secretary Manning has accepted tho
offer of Mrs. Fannie Arlino McLaughlin to !
pay 14' in compromise of the suit for
smuggling pending ngaiust her m Chi- H
cago.
Secretary Manning has prepared a
circular letter to collectors of customs re-
questing information as to the practica-
bility of reducing the expense of collecting
tho revenue from customs by curtailing
the present force of clerks and other em-
ployes. General Negrier now has 10000 men
at D.mg Dang.
Congressman Eldiudoe was reported
on the 27th as seriously id at his home in
Adrian Mich. '
Miss Van Zandt in view of tho recent
disturbance declines !o sing any more in
Paris.
General Grant's deposition in tho Fish
trial was read in court on tho 27th. Tho
result of the giving of it on tho patient
was noticeable in the Goa oral's condition
on that day.
Mrs. Mary A. Leonard has been ad-
mitted to practice in tho Federal Courts of
Oregon. She was denied practice in the
State courts.
Miss Becky Jones the stubborn wit-
ness was released from the Ludlow Street
Jail New York on the 27th.
Cunningham and Burton the alleged
London dynamiters were formally com-
mitted for trial on the 27th on the charge
of treason andielony.
J. S. Hyatt of Newark N. J. one of
the inventors of celluloid died in Florida
on i he 27th.
Lord Dcfferin Viceroy of India is
reported to have arrived at Rawal Pindi
and had a conference with the Ameer of
Afghanistan.
The President has nominated General
Joseph E. Juhuston ot Virginia for Com-
missioner of Railroads and Hon. Norman
J. Column of St. Louis Mc for Commis-
sioner ojAcltur&
Secretory eftte ttsj fcaa a4-
letters to tea Governor f Ken
tucky West Virgin. MiaMtoU ul H-
fcraska reqnestlng; their eo-oparatlsm la
th effort whloakh Federal QmriBMl
i making to have the Bute Md to the
United States jurisdiction of lands select-
ed aa site for public bnlldings to b erect-
ed at Lexingtoa Clarksborf Winona and
Nebraska City.
The reported serious illaess of the First
Assistant Postmaster-General Malcolm
Hay is unfounded. Mr. Hay is at bis home
in Allegheny setting up his private affairs
prior to his departure Soatb. His health
is better than for months.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
At Ruggles O. on the 24th Wm. Tardy
was fatally stabbed by John Powers. They
quarreled-about a woman.
On tho 24th at the furnace stock yards
of the Edgar Thompson Steel Works at
Braddocks Pa. a mass of iron ore weigh-
ing many tons fell from an elevator
twenty-five feet crushing and instantly
killing Nicholas Schurmiski and seriously
injuring John Ornand.
On the night of the 24th D. Ruttlo &
Co.'s pork-house in Covington Ky. was
damaged 30000 by Are. Adjoining dwell-
ings burned also causing a loss of $10000.
At Stewartsville Ind. on the 25th a
dual tragedy occurred in which two farm-
ers killed each other.
Milton Buckntr a colored desperado
and murderer of Kentucky was arrested
in Louisvillo on the 25th.
On the 25th Theron Brown colorod cut
his wife's throat at Newark N. J. and
then blew out his own brains.
Wm. Haines of Muncie Ind. went to
tho henhouse of Bishop Scott ou tho night
of tho 24th to play a practical joke and
was killed by the latter.
Music Hall at Buffalo N. Y.f was de-
stroyed by lire tho night of tho 2"th to-
gether with the wardrobes and other prop-
erty of tho McCaull Opera Company.
The loss by the Buffalo fire on th'o night
of tho 25th foots up $:5400J including
Music Hall value I at -201.00).
On tho 2(Jth Wm. D. dishing of Whoel-
ing W. Va. was arrested on a charge of
embezzlement and shortly aftorward com-
mitted suicide.
A peddler who was given shelter for
tho night in n house of two Indies at
Wndeslioro Ky. killed n burgl ir who
entered and demanded mouey of tho
ladies.
On the miming of ths 20th firo broko
out at Monyponuie's cooper-shop in tho
Ohio Penitentiary budding and the con-
tents were entirely consumed. Loss on
machinery and sfock 12.0J) to .?15iJJ
about two-thirds covered with insurance.
Seven hundred and lifty thousuuJ cigars
were also consumed.
Fire destroyed tho Ohio Linseed Com-
pany's mil's at Harris's Station abjut
throe miles east of Dayton O. tuo
night of tho2.'nh with co iteuts incurring
a loss of over .j5)00J. The company but
recently started up in Harrie's old Hour
mill and had Jl'i.OO) bushels of linseed
stored in tho building and v.irjhous an I
:Wi) barrels of linseed oil ready for ship-
ping. John Sexton was hanged at Barbour-
ville Ky. o.i the 27th.
Oakland City Ind. was visited on tho
27th by a horrible conllagration. Fourteen
buddings in tho business part of tho city
were swept away. L ss. fully jjUW.OOO.
Wm. Neal the ln.-t of the Ashland mur-
derers was executed at Grayson Ky. on
tho l7th. Ho protested to the last that he
was iunccent and there are many who
are inclined to tho lelief that justice has
not yet found tho true culprits.
The steamer Mark Twain exploded her
boiler at Mound City Ark. on tho 27th.
Four persons were killed and several
wounded seriously.
An explosion in tho mines of tho Dam
brau Ormau Mining Company at Trappan
Austrian Silesia on the 27th buried forty
miners. All are behoved to have perished.
There was also an explosion in the mines
of Baron Rothschild at Ostrou in Moravia
which killed fifty-six men.
MISCKLLANEODS.
It is announced in Loudon that the can so
for rilling out militia is that Russia has
rejecto 1 the English proposals.
The Por'o is repjrto I to haw; ask-d the
advice of B.stii irek in regard to a Turko-llu-sinn
alliance against England.
The British ambassador at St. Peters-
burg has been instructed to press the Rus-
sian Government for a reply to Granville's
I roposal regarding thu outposts on tho
Afghan frontier.
The British War Department 1ms or-
dered 1.0010 Id pounds of canned bef from
one Chicago linn and 5.40d'JJ) pounds
Irom another house of that city. .
An order has lwen issued by tho Com-
missioner of Pensions directing that for
the present until tho mass of business be-
fore the bo:irl of review is disposed of
members of that division of the Pension
Olllce shall begin work at S:oJ a. ra. and
finish it 5 p. in.
The Western Cracker BaRTy Associa-
tion embracing 115 bakeries distributed
over the territory between Pittsburgh and
-the Missouri River New Orleans and St.
Paul at a meting in Chicago on tho 25th
decided to dissolve that body. Each
bakery is now at libarty to make its own
pnees.
The Northwest Territory troubles nro
becoming serious.
The New York Assembly committee
will roport adversely on tho bill to permit
pool-sol' ing upon race.
The Canadian Governm ?nt issued orders
on tho 25th for 40 J men of Batteries A anil
B to be dispatched at o-ico to tho North-
west to aid tho Manitoba militia in coping
with Kiel's outbreak. I; is also stated that
tho Government telegraphed to Washing-
ton asking permission to send troops
through American territory.
At Birmingham England tho arms fac-
tories are working night and day.
On tho 2tith a delegation of ministers of
the gospel called upon the President and
urged him to enforce the Edmunds polyg-
amy act.
THErebols in the Soudan are cutting the
telegraph wires.
British soldiers in the Soudan are suf-
fering from sunstrokes.
On tho 2t!th the Yale Alumni of New
York gave a dinner at which Mr. Phelps
the new Minister to England was present.
Thk Burmese Government is sending
1000 camels to India to be used in the
transport service of the Afghan frontier.
The Senate Committee on Public Build-
ings and Grounds reported in favor of
electric light for the Senato chamber in-
stead of gas.
At Constantinople the opinion prevails
that if war is commenced between En-
gland and Russia it will extend to the
Black Sea.
esacsnat Cfcathaat 1m
glaad bat beam ordered to iLip to Iadia
all the Martial-Heary rUUa available.
A attack was recently made by Gea
oral Negrier oa the Chiaeee at Dong- Daafc
bat wm unable to roat the celestials ow-
ing to the heavy forces of the enemy. The
French report 30) killed aad woanded.
Tsui Pennysylrania Senato passed tke
Congressional apportionment bill on the
26th. It gives nineteen Republican aad
nine Democratic districts.
There is an impression in New York that
many of the European war reports circu-
lated on the Btock Exchange are manu-
factured in that city.
Thk French papers urge an advance
upon Canton at once.
Thk Commissioner of internal Revenue
has recommended changes in several elec-
tion districts ana it was expected the
President would nominate a number of col-
lectors of internal revenue before adjourn-
ment of the Senate.
On the2Gth Dr. J. J. S. Doherty registrar
of vital statistics at New Haven Conn.
was arrested on a charge of making false
entries and presenting fraudulent claims.
John Bull continues to send hisorders
to this country for canned beef and is test-
ing to the utmost the resources of the
packers.
All the Paris journals criticise the Gov-
ernment's Tonquiu policy.
If England goes to war with Russia 25-
000 regulars in Ireland will be succeeded
by militia and tho former will go into
active service.
Four Cincinnati boys who wanted 'to be
.cowboys alarmed a school by practicing
with revolvers and bowie-knives. No one
hurt.
The women suffragists are still beseech
ing tho President to remove Governor
Pierce of Dakota.
Tns failures In the United States for tho
sevon days ended tho 27th were 212 rn
compared with 247 in tho previous week.
The superfluous horses ami carriagos
belonging to tho Interior Dopartineut
wero sold at public miction on t o 27th.
The telegraph lines in the Sc Ian are a
source of great alarm to the i els who
think thoy connect with hidden ines.
Enolavd has sent her ultima i to Rus-
sia and when tho answer is hcoming
tho worldwill know whethei iere is to
bo war or peace between the nations.
The lauding of Pone do i in 1512
and tho founding of iho cit Menende
iu 15U5 was celebrated in grauu style at
St. Augustine Fla. on tho 27 h.
Special tclo rams to Brad-.tr eet's stated
that during the past week the milder
weather had exerted a fivorabI influence
upon general trade but ther. h J been no
material improvement.
Roquefort won th gr.xn ' National
steeplechase for 10 xi guineas tho Liv-
erpool spring meeting on the 27
A R- pokt i-ouhi from Cairo vpt. that
a Chicago Irishman has joi ( l-mian
Digua and is Induing in a pla:. annihil-
ate tho British in tln Soudan.
The Texas Legislature pas- tho bill
to bring suit for forfeiture franchise
against all railroad coinpaiiie.- itch have
obtained control of compi-tiu parallel
Hues by purchas? of leas or erwiso in
violation of the Constitution.
Suit was begun against the I- syl vania
Railroad Company at Chicagi tho 27th
to compel compliant" with tin v requir-
ing that stock in transit shall given five
hours res in every twenty-eij: while ou
the road.
Active preparatious aro mi ; in "En
gland to get all available t .isers and
iron-claus belonging to tne i y m con-
dition for active service as 5 as pos-
sible. It is known that the J 'nation of
these vessels is tho Baltic t nud the
Black Sea entrance to the Ur how-
ever being conditioned on xsseut of
Turkey.
Over twenty Mexican offlc tot in ac-
tive service have left for Cei America
to join tho force of San ' dor aud
Nicaragua.
LATE NEWS ITS
Eleven men were killed il
explosion at McAllister I. 'I
Ossian D'gna is r. ported t
ml initio
the 2.S1I1
vo 2J0'JU
.pany has
will issue
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n the2Ath
1 in Paris
.itor Col-
u.od chief
I. st 4 00)
during tho
Franco that
; the larger
xpected to
jl Depart-
vn to .such
rlaud that
?ated t iC-ir
iversity on
Paris voted
jf wounded
- a gang cf
r arrest at
ved at Lon-
the health
Suudau is
causes tho
.roiito. Tho
king active
ack counties
hundreds of
vation.
ou to placo
as caused a
1 graiu iu
itors a groat
l Watbiug-
it there is a
government
nk there is
ire that the
a unlitary
elemeutary
se the even-
ed in a seri-
re with him
there is no
diplomate
men intrenched at Tamnt.
The West Shore Bailroad
formed a new organization 1
new securities.
In the s-culling match bt
and Beach at Sydney. N. S.
the lat r won by six 1 -ugth--
Russian ollicer who have
have all suddenly lelt.
J. B. Baird. sou-. n-law of
quitt of G rgia. is to be a.
of the dead-letter ollieo.
It is staled that Osmau D
men in the vicinity of uaki
Inst week's en:age lout.
Trad- is .moduli thmughoi
bread riots are threaten. d
cities.
Hon. Norm an J. Colma
ako churgo i.f the A..ruul
ment early this wo. k.
Brandt drinkim; has gi
frightful proportions in Sw
local option is urge-1.
Thk Oxford boat crew 1
opponcuts of Cambridge I
tho 2$ih.
The municipal authont es
8lvWilJ0 francs for the reliel
French soldiers in Tonqum.
An officer was fatally sho
thieves while nttemp ing t
Ri vhester. Pa. on the 2S.h.
Despite tuo dispatches re
d n other reports state th
of the Brit.sh soldurs in '
very b-d.
The revolt near Wiunipi
gravest apprehensions at
Dominion Government is
steps to put down tho rebel-
Further rep.rts from th-
of West V rgiuia state tha
people aro ou tho verge ot i
1 HE agitation of the qu
duties upon certain cereals
heavy advance iu Hour
Frauce and has given spe
jpportuntty.
Information was receive
ton on the l&lh to the effect
movement to overthrow t
of Honduras.
Russian papers seem to
no cause for alarm and d
advance in Afghanistan is
measure dictated by the m
principles of National prud
General Grant bad a n
ing of the 28th aud was re
ous condition. 1 he dcctoi s
constantly on the -i:h but
immediate danger.
Prince Orlofk the Rus;
is dead.
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.!
The 8ootbern spoke and handle factory
at Henderson Ky. was destroyed by tire
recently; loss 430000.
Three men were fatally injured a few
days ago la a cutting affray at Louisville
Ky.
The Grand Cen"jal Hotel at Fort Smith
Ark. burned a few days ago; loss about
$20000.
The town of Henderson N. C was re-
cently visited by a fire which destroyed
(75.000 wort! of property.
C J. Wise a wealthy cotton buyer oi
Jefferson Tex. was thrown from his
sulky a few nights ago and his horse tak-
ing fright dragged him a distance injur
ing. him severely..
Mrs. Margaret Griggs while standing
at the dinner table a t Columbus Ga. a
few days ago suddenly fell to tho floor
and before assistance could reach her she
was dead. It was a case of heart disease.
A very sad drowning occurred in Walker
County Go. near Chattanooga Tenn. a
few days ago. A farmer named James
Bond and his son attempted to ford a creek
which was considerably swollen. The
swift current swept them from their horses
and thoy were drowned.
Quite a sensation was created a few
nights ago at the First Presbyterian
Church at Chattanooga Tenn. one of the
most popular in the city by the pastor
Rv. J. W. Bachman condemning progres-
sive euchre as a modifijd form of gam-
bling. Frank Bicklo a switchman employed in
tho yard of the Texas & Pacific at Baird
Tex. got fastened in tho track while
coupliug cars a few days ago and had an
arm and leg badly mash-d.
The Tennessee Senate adopted a resolu-
tion tendering the United States the use
of tho Hermitage President Andrew Jack-
son's old residence as a homo for veter-
ans of the Moxicnn warand th warof 1312.
The funeral of the lato E. D. Clarke ap-
pointed Assistant Secretary of the Interior
took place at Holly Springs Miss. with
impressive ceremonies.
Jordan Taylir. colored plended guilty
at Hu-kinsville Ky. to having murdered
S:illio Sanders and was sentenced tr
diath.
Ed. Digmnn a deckhand on the steamer
John A. Wod fell into an empty barge at
Lawroiic-burg KTy. a few days ao and
was killed. He lived iu Pittsburgh. Pa.
C. Armstrong & Co.'.s f.irnstare It trie at
Mump-ii- Tenn. burned a few nights ago.
'Iho building was owned by J. I) like.
nud was valued at .';I2XH; insured for
The Texas Legislature passed a bill to
compel railroad companies to keep their
principal offices iu the Mate under a pen-
alty of 11)00 U110 for each month of neg-
lect. On the ground that the gospel is fn-e
the Supt rior Court of Georgia threw out u
suit brought b Rev. J. A. Smith again-d
tho Marietta Ri.lway tor preaching to th
convict gang 11 its employ.
John Pearce residing near Chattanooga.
IViui. procure I a license to i.-irry Mis-
Al.ce Pel ry. Sho objected to haying the
ceremony performed on Sunday and heat
once shot hims-lf thrn-sgh tin heart.
Trainmaster Wiggin.ol Jacks m Tenn.
nfter a successful trail has captured three
of a gang of thieves which has been rob-
liu g freight trains in the Illinois Central
Road while taking water near Abbei.li
Miss. iul has given tho road much an-
noyance lately. It i" thuugtit that the ar-
rests will break up the gang.
A tragedy occurred a few nights ago in
the northwest part of Johnson County
Tex. in which a wealthy cattlemnn named
Hall Into a druggist at Fort Worth was
killed by a leading citizen named Vincent
Wicher.
Burglars rilled the safe of Griffith &
Conover luinlK-r-dealers of Dnllis. Tex.
a few nights ago securing cash and .secu-
rities to the amount of about $.1500. The
notion store of H. B. Burr was also bur-
glarized of nearly s.T-M worth of goods and
all tho tramples of I). I.. Mnloue a diuin-uu-r
for a Cnciiiuati hoti-c. No clue tjthe
burglars.
Section No. 2 of a freight train on the
Illinois Central Railroad ran into the rear
end of section No. 1 near Grand Junction
Tenn. a few days ago. Brakeiiiau T.iruer
of McConiiell Tenn. was killed and Con-
ductor Turner; a brother probably fatally
hurt. The cu Loose of one tram and the en-
gine of the other were wrecked.
Not to lie outdone by other cities ait or-
ganized mov -in- nt is being made at Shreve-
port La. to suppress mulling which
merchants ot the c.ty claim ha been open
ly tarried on. ! trinn ntal to couuiiercal
interests. Motn y ha- been Mibscribed to
employ the best attorneys u thw city to
enforce the laws against gambling i 1 or-
der to have them fully carried out. Tin-
city authoritio- will als 1 be invoked W
carry out the ordiunnt es.
Charles Cooke a defaulter frim Jack-
sonville Fla. was captured in Western
Texas a few dayo since. Young CViki
was employed iu the office of tho Florida
Railway & Navigation Company. Iu
Februnry ho stole a package of money
nmo. lilting to ?7"00 and fled. The dcclec-
ttves followed him 5KM miles before lit
was captured. Young Cooke belongs tc
0110 of the best families in Florida.
On tho Western & Atlantic Railroad
near Tilton Tenn. a few days ago as tin
north-bo md express train thund.re I
around a curve n-ar tho statiou. Engineer
McNnbb saw a two-year-old girl toddling
up the track. He did all in human power
to stop tho train. When the loconiotiv-
whistle sjunde 1 tho little girl turned an I
seeing tin t. nin threw her hands to her
face and knelt down on "the track when
where slie met a horribl death. The child
was a daughter of Eiginor Walker.
One night recently Culoe Rand lph a
cc'ored woman of Orangeburg S. C went
from herhouseand left fo ir chi dren in Led.
During her absence the house caught fire
and turned down. One of the children
was literally roasted to death and the
other three wero so badly burned that
they are probably dead now.
To win er gladly aurevoir.
In the Texas H0U30 of Representatives
a few days since a joint resolution submit-
ting a prohibitory amendment to the Con-
stitution to a voto of the people passed-
Ayes 72; noes 16.
The Governor of Texas recently sent a
message to the Legislature callin ; atten-
tion to the fait that there are large cattle
Interests in certain sections of the State i
using the school lands free aul frmx i
which no taxation is derived. He suggests 1
that some means be adopted by the Lag- 1
islature by which thoy shall be compelled
to pay taxes and to pay for the use of the
lands.
Two large mills were burned a few days
ago nt Petersburg. Va.
THE MARINE BANK.
Testimony of Jasaea B. F1H aad Iteaeral
Qraat at the Trial of the Termer.
New York March 28. Mr. Fish toe k
the stand and was examined as to the re-
lations between the bank aud the firm ol
Grant' & Wird. lie said that be flrt
met jFerdlnaud Ward In 187G. He
was Introduced by Ward's father-in-law
Mr. Green Vice-President
of the bank. Ward told Fb.b
be was a young man ot limited acquaint-
ance and small capital but ambitious tn
succeed in business aud he solicited
Fish's advice. At the same time Ward
told Fish that he bad opportunities
through acquaintances to speculate prof-
itably iu certificates of mombcrship in tho
Produce Exchange buying them for'S220
and felling them .at from $230 to
8250 each. Fish leut Ward money
from time to time to carry
on these speculations tiud he afterward
got Fish to go Into various schemes.
Ward alterward got acquainted with U.
S. Graut jr. and introduced Fish to him.
The firm of Grant & Ward was formed in
1SS0. Grant Ward and Fish each sup-
posably contributed 8100000 to the
capital. Alter this Ward wrote to Fish.
The letters were read In evideucc. In
them ard assures Fih that
he lias secured Government
contracts aud expects to get
larger ones. The letters almost invaria-
bly suggest that Fish send certain
amounts to aid iu working iv these in-
vestments. Ward also sent Fish each
mouth a statement of profits and a check
for Fish's share ranging from a few hun-
dreds up to 841000. Many of the letters
ure personal aud -peak of Ward's suc-
cess which he attributes to Fish's giving
him a start. He calls Fish his second
father.
On March 2d lSvj Ward wrote: "The
general contract bti-ines progresses
well or the paper will give us fits."
Uefcrriug to a Urge grain contract he
had taken he writes: "We may not be in
favor long so I lake those orders when
I cau get thc-m. There is to tie a large
order In April which I may try fur if yon
say so. Now a word as to the
General. If mimi' of these fellows tlowr
then (in Wa-hingt'n who oppo-cd tin-
Inli lor hi- retirement) should get win I
of our htviug the-e contracts they will
li-e It a- a tool to defeat the bill so I am
very can-fill and I have cautioned Smilii
ag:iin-t .-a ing am thing. As long a- wo
ke p pii t and do tht- bit-iiiess in out-
side: name- and in a quiet way. the (.ion-
oral' will stick by 11- "
Alter rec-.-s the deMo-iiion recently
made by General Grini va- put in oi-
di ucc Iu an-wer to q'tc-dion- put by
coim-cl for Mr. Fish General Grant ac-
cording to the depii-ttiou -aid:
"I :i;ii tufi.nued fiat I w.i.- a partner in
the firm ol Gram i Ward at the time th"
failure loo place. I never knew that I
wa- .untiling i-I-e than a special partner.
1 have a dim roceilli etiou of receiving a
letter from -Mr. Fi-h about Juiv It-:.' and
of an-wering that I had a good deal to
do tint dav: that it was doiibttul
uheii I could go and -ee him but tuat I
bilieved the
mailer- his lirm wore en-
gaged 111 xx . re ml light.
The letter of
which photographs were ptihli-hcd I do
not 'belii vc wa- the letter 1 uu-wvred. I
don't suppose I oxer saw the one thatxvas
'pubih.icd. I suppose Mr. Watil took ory
good juiius that I should not have it. i
liavi .'arched for the letter I did r. ceix-e.
but a 11 unable to liml it. I have not been
iu tins habii of presetting private letteis.
Tho General xx-as shown another of the
letters purporting to be written by
him. He said the body of
the letter was obvtou-Iy not xvritten by
him. He did not remember th" letter at
all aud could not identify the signature
as his though he xxms not able to say it
xx'a.s a forgery. He frequently signed
letters xvheii very bu-y for Mr. Work
and Mr. Ward and oth-rs connected
xvth his companies xvithotit reading
them. He might have signed thi but
xvithotit knowing its content".
The direct examination extended only
to the identification of the letters. The
General then made a brief -tatcment to
the iffect that at the time he xx- nt
Into the firm he hid a xory small in-
come but had Minn inonev that his son
had managed and added to for him
xvnile he xx-a-siiggtstiou
he
xvas. to have
abroad and at hi.- son'-
xxvitt into the firm and
had hi.- son- share to
lixef- 0:1. There xas alterxx-ard an
income iai-eil lor him and after that the
firm geiu-oii-Iy concluded to let him m
a- a -' "at partner a- he .i!tdir-tod.
tllti cm-iiiiiiiii-:ioii General Grunt
positively denied tli.-it the ietur from
Fisli (t.:e reply to-which "ha- le-eii photo-r:ii-ii-!
1 contained :inv ivlcier.ee tu
jiiitx-crnmeiit conduct.-. Me nad to.d
Ward wh. :i Goveriiiiu nt contracts xxore
mentioned that ttn-re mii-t never bo any
eligageel in lb-had b en President id
the I n:letl State- and di I nut think :t
suitable for him to haxe h.- name con-
nected xxith Government contract-.
He knew there was n large pro-
fit in them except by di-hoticst
inea-ure-. He never knew ol
but one Government contract held by thu
ti: 111 and Ward told him that con-.stcd
simply in buying :..VinoO bushels of oats
on the Chicago market. He .-aw nothing
xvrut-g in it. Altervxar.l he heard rumors
thai tne fittn hail Government contracts
ami questioned Ward about it. but Ward
denied it arid said that he would do noth-
ing to injure the Gctieial. Af'orvxatd
W-ird. when pu-ned eplaiiu.d lh.it the
linn simply lent money to contractors.
Getie.al Grant furl.ii-r testified that he
did not draw out his alleged enormous
pr-dit-. but let them lie except a .-mid
amount and his --.". 00 or S W.noO et
month lie lo-t everything he had in the
vvorid by t'ie failure. '1 he night befoie
the failure Ward lold him Ihev hail oxei
?2"'Jimii in securities and asked him to
get 81300' 0 from Mr. Vatielurh.lt.
xx:!iirh he did borrowing it per-so-ially.
Ward tol I him the firm
xvas 'In danger because of the.
criticalconeMtton of the Marine Rank
which held 8730000 of the firm's niouev
Mr. Fish never wanted him of overdra ts.
and he did not know that Fish was rais-
ing motley for the firm o a discounts until
after the fatlute.
e
The I'reucn Goveruuieut Denounced.
Pahis March 27. All the morning pa-
pers contain editorials denunciatory of
the Government's policy In the prcseut
war with China aud attributed the recent
reverses suffered by the Fieuch in the
Tonquin district to its folly in endeavor-
ing to cope with the Chinese xxitit the
unall force of French troops m that
country. They ar.seit that so far the war
has resulted In nothing but the outlay of
a largo amount of mouey with but little
or no Hope of obtaining substantial re-
sults. Further operations of t:ie sort
now going ou will be sheer folly.
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TERfHBLE MINE EXPLOSION.
XleveaXeMi Ineiantly Killed ta a Coal
' Mlaeat JCeAlIUr.l.T. Narrow Kacspe
of Thirty Others Who Had 4ut Left the
Mine After Their Day's Work.
McAj-ustkk I. T. March 29. Mint
No. 7 at this place was the scene Friday
evening at half-past f.vc o'clock of the)
most deplorable calamity that has ever
occurred in this quarter of the globe aa
explosion by which eleven lives were lost.
As usual in such cases nobody seems to
know what caused the explosion; and In
fact if those charged with the manage-
agement and control of the mines are to
be believed there was no cause. But It
occurred just the same. It was as stated
above about half-past live o'clock and
the men were quitting work for the day.
There had been about forty men in the
mine but most of them had come out.
Many had gone to their homes though
some still lingered about the entrance to
the pit wuitiug for those who had not yet
come out when without the least pre-
monitory hitit those about the mouth of
the mine heard an explosion and saxv a
volume of smoke dust aud debris hurled
up from the boxvels of the earth.
The alarm was given and in a few min-
utes the greatest excitement prevailed.
The entire population gathered about the
scene of the disaster and preparatious
were immediately made for an investiga-
tion. Among those gathered at the
mouth of the pit were the wives children
relatives and friends of the poor fellows
underground whose fate was unknown
and their cries and piteous pleas that
something anything everything be dono
fur the relief or rescue of their loved ones
were enough to spur those who were at
work to the utmost exertion.
Kxcrythtng xvas confusion at the begin-
ning but order was soon established and
a icscutng party entered tne mint. me
explosion xvas not followed by a confia-
gration hence there was no great obstacle
to the progress of the searcher. They
soon found that the damage to property
was Inconsiderable and this hd to a hope
that the results might not be as bad as
was generally believed. Tiny had not
gone far before they were shocked by
finding that all the men who were below
xx hen the explosion occurie.I had boeu
killed. .
They began bringing the i!ead bodies
of the victims out. Thu- work xvas
speedilv accomplished and u count madr
xxhou it was found the following had becu
kilcd outright:
J.uiic.s Aiken. John Wi'liam-
'lhoiita- Aiken (sun Mat tin Williams (sou
of .Jatne--) of.Itd.it'.
Joseph Peel -Kobeit M iltersoti
John Gold. 'John A. McCoy
W. C. IVter-on .lo-cph Mepheiison.
Urat Cox
Mme of the bodies xvere burned; nor
were any of them very hadlv mutilated.
Some of them bad legs or arms broken:
but it was evident they had been killed
by the explosion or coticu ion.
'l he scene.-on the surface when thg
bodies xvere brought oiitjxvere of the most
hearti ending character. Nne ot the
victims nx ere disfigured sntucietitly to
prevent recognition and all were prompt-
ly claimed by friends and t ikon axvay.
Light of the eleven poor follow- left wives
ami children. Masonic ami ' ld Fellows
lodges took cha ge of llicluiu rals ul such
of the victims as belonged to these
fraternities and funerals xveto held yes-
terday. The rest will be buried to-dav.
THE TABLES .TURNEQ
The 'liln.p Administer:. Sire l)efe:it
to Hie French Central NcRricr Wmmiltil
STionly ami Hi Army on Full Uetrcnt
With tho ChlnefV. In IMrstilt.
P.xKts March 1.0. The news of Gen-
eral Ncgrier's fresh d -at has put Paris
iu a turmoil of excitei nt that has hardly
been excelled since e Germaus xvere
here. The streets thronged xxith
croxxds and the boulevard cafes are
packed xvith excited people. Every-
body Is discussing the news from
Tonquin. The fact that General Ne-
gner Is xvouuded perhaps unto death
saves him fiom much h:i:-n comment
but the boa-ttul tone ami obvious ovor-
cotifidcnce of General Ilr'n-re DeLisle's
dispatcho are s.vetvlv r".t:csed. Tho
xx rath of tii- l'ari-iaii-. !iou wr is main-
ly concentrated ou M. lit.- lorry. They
sav that at least Gem-tal- DcLisli; anil
Xegrier atv offering their lives for
French giory but tiutt the Premier
I doing nothing but .-. .iting money
on chimerical nte. ; :.-e- ami
is wrnitng ttio money Iroin
the poor by unprvc' ': tod taxes
on food. Ti.e ! hug is very bitter
again.-t the Ministiy.
A report is in circulation that General
Negrier has lii d tioin htsxxounds. The
Cabinet met at eight o'clock last even-
ing. Another meeting xi I be held at
nine o'clock this morning.
Pxr.is March :o. An ollicial dispatch
from General lirtcrc lii-Li-Ie dated
March J-th has been rccived at the
War Ollieo detailing further di.-.ister to
the Ftcnch forces in China. The Chinese
attacked the French at Miloua and drox-e
them from their position xxith serious
lo-s the French falling ::ck on Igiug
Son pursued by the ( .mue. A de-
termined stand xvas nut' at Lang Son
where the fleeing army ere reinforced
by the French troops ccupying that
placo and a desperate ba was fought of
several hours' duration. lie French were
finally compelled to r re from Lang
Sou leaving the Chines in xjsse-sion.
Ge-ncral Negrier xxas da: eroiisly wound-
ed in the chest. The tot i number killed
and vvotiLded is very irgo. General
Nigru-r's army Is hi fu retreat close-
ly pursued by ( hiue.se. General DcL'tsle
implores the Government to send rein-
forcements at once.
Paris March CO. News of General
Ncgrior's defeat and retreat from Lang
Son caused great excitement here. . A
council of war xx-as held vesterday after-
noon but nothing is knoxvu of its delib-
erations. It is understood that a large
body of troops xvili be sent immediately
to reinforce General De Lisle.
The Catholic Church aud tho llibernians-
Kt-MiRA N Y. March 80. At the
sci vices yesterday in the three Irish
Catholic churches of this city the priests
made a severe attack upon the United
Order of Hibernians. The root of tne
d-UIcuIty is found in tho f ict that at the
Hibernian celebration of St. Patrick's
Uay the banquet in the evening
vrus closed by drinking. The
male attendants wero all mem-
bers of the order and they were
accompanied by a large number of ladies
who belonged to the several Catholic
Chur-hes.
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