. &E8FZCE.
of lfie.3fo8t Important faints In the
SositKsster-General'a lleport
Postmaster-General VHas' annual repod
'to the president has just been issued. It is
a xiianstive document , dealing largely
with department details. Amonj its chie
ifjomts may be summarized the followingr
Tnc international burenu ot the Univer
sal Postal union has recently collected anc
publinhed statistics of postal administra
tiott by most of the civilized countries o
the enctlu These do not extend to a later
period than the year 1884 , since when
every feate of our service has expandec
in the rapid ratio of our national growth
yet they disclose with sufficient complete
aesK the interesting fact that in immensity
.nd extent ot means , of expenditures , o
performances and results , the postal ma-
ninery ot the United States exceeds in
aome paints far exceeds that of any other
* atTon on the globe.
The entire length of all rail ways employe'c
by the United States nenrly equals the
combined extent of those of all other fioun-
'triea of the worl'l , while the other posi
routes morethan quadruple the total o !
any single people besides : and , by the latest
teportd received , the mileage lust year o
iur mail transportation exceeded by mora
than 12o,000,000 miles the service ren-
dered to any other government. Of post-
-afficea no other nation has one-third oar
Humber.
The mail matter handled by our posta
service greatly outweighs and outnumbers
'that ot any other postal system. Trust
worthy entlmitss ! place the number o
letters mailed duringlnst year at 100.000-
00 more than were mailed in Great Brit
ain , long the lending letter writing nation ,
-and nearly that number more than were
mailed in Germany , France and Austria
combined. Excluding Germany , it is
thought all other postal union countries
do nofc together carry so many newspapers
ic-tlieir mails as did ours last year. Of all
pieces of matter mailed , the proportion to
each inhabitant of iho United States in es
timated at 6G , ol Great Britain at 57 , of
Germany at 19.
The rate of assessment imposed for the
maintenance o ! our service beirs a simil
arly gratifying comparison with that oi
i other lands. The British rate of a penny
ii an ounce snbstnntinlly corresponds to our
present charge of two csntg , nominally , yet
the average of ditttanreb over which the
mails of the United States n.re transported
esceeds by many times the average distan
ces m the United Kingdom.
The number of presidential offices with
wlilcb the current year becanvis 2.G'i , a
gain of 11 ; of the-ie , 75 of the first-class , a
pain of 4 ; 400 of the second class , a gain o
ITand 1,700 of the third class , a loss o !
1O as compared with the beginning of the
late year. The branch offices sire Auxiliary
to the large city oflices , and of these 337
are only for the sale of stamps anc
stamped paperj 44 others are also registry
Bices , 25 more "are both registry and
Eioney order bt tions as well , and 71 more
are can ier stations in addition , only 4 ol
vrhic& tire n < t also money order stations ,
all being registry offices.
In the fourth class , comprising July 1 ,
53,370 offices , there was a gain of 2o51 ,
the new establishments having been 3,482 ,
those discontinued 1,120 , and 11 become
presidential. The number discontinued
during the last year increased by 234 over
the preceding year.
October 1 I he total number of postofitces
iiad become 51,157 , of which 51,886 were
of the fourth chiss and 2.291 presidential ;
the latter standing 73 in the firnt , 400 in
the second , and 1,816 in the third class.
Adding the stations , the total number was
The appointments of postmasters during
the Inst fiscal year numbered altogether
22,747 , of which 9,112 were made to fill
vacancies occasioned by regsignntioriH or
expired commissions , 587 to vacancies
caused by death , 3,482 on the establish
ment of p.etv offices , and 9,566 nnon re-
moval * . Of the total number of appoint
ments , 1,039 were made by yourself , the
vacancies having occurred from the follow
ing ; causes , respectively , viz : By expira
tion of commissions , 468 ; by resignations ,
253 ; by death ) 24 ; by removal or suspen
sions , 247rand to oflices which had been
assigned from the fourth to the third
claps , 4-7.
Supplies to postmasters included nearly
58,000'T)00 blanks. 121.000,000 facing
slips , over 125,000 record books , 836,000
pounds of twine and nearly 21,000 reams
< if wrapping paper. Safes were opened by
burglars in 110 cases , and the money ,
stamps , etc. , extracted.
June , 1886 , there were 181 free delivery
offices In all. The recommendation in the
Sast annual report for the extension of the
discretionary limitations of this service to
places of 10,000 inhabitants or § 10,000 of
gross annual revenue , I respectfully renp"
The money-order system was extended
to 311 additional postoffices , while but ten
vrere dropped from its list. The gain on
domestic orders was less than 3 per cent ,
and in international orders nearly 10 per
cent of issues , though but 3.35 in those
paid. The total value of domestic orders ,
both in issues and payments , diminished
by a little more than § 4,000,000 , or nearly
3J per cent. The gross amount of postal
notes , both those issued and those paid , in
creased by over $1,700,000.
During the past year there were issued
7,940,302 domestic orders , amounting to
nearly $114.000,000 ; 5.999.428 postal
notes , amounting to § 11,718,000 , and
493,423 international orders , aggregating
$7.178,786.21 ; besides the payment of for-
eijni orders , reaching a total of almost
$4,000.000. The entire amount of fees
received was § 1,214.506.38 , less by
$2,809.60 than the previous year.
The total net revenuepaid into the trean-
oryfor the year was § 350,551.87 , a sum
more than sufficient to pay all cost of the
money-order service.
CXa.VT POWDER
Denver special : Thomas K. Stevens and
Us son. Thomas , aged 20 yours , met with a
terrible accident in the Flutus mine , a few
miles above Idaho Springs , last evening.
They were charging a hole with giant pow
der at the time when a premature explo
sion occurred. The young man. was fright
fully mutilated about the head and breast.
His throat was lacerated and the jugular
severed , , while a piece of rock was driven
through one lung. The old man was
thrown twenty feet to the bottom of tht
drilfc , his right shoulder crushed , his right
leg torn in a shocking manner , and a piece
ot rock driven into his right lung. He
lived long enough to explain how the acci-
< dent occurred. He was blown , up three
months ago , losing one had and a portion
ottheothar. No blame attaches to the
men or the management. The deceased
; parent leaves a widow and four children.
Aiierra , Dak. , dispatch announced thai
Sad-fs McCann had suddenly disappeared
Iroji. that place , taking with him money
Belonging to other parties , and had gon *
tp Montreal to join other prominent fugi
tives trom justice. Judge HcCann , who Is
a graduate of Harvard , and well known m
Neir Ybrkv denies the story as a malicious
fabrication. He says he bos been away
tract Dakota for a month , and that hu
whereabouts have been well known to kit
friends. He will soon return to Pierre ta
toclront ha accusers.
ABOUT soTmKirantux rxssxtn.
CempteteO , Bvtt&ng or Jvtlior-
icvdtoto Gnufnuterf.
jr , D. C.t No 2L The chief oi
the bureau , of construction , and repair in hi :
annual report states that 'the steel cruiser ;
Atlanta and Boston are at the navy yard ,
Brooklyn , N" T. They have both , been docked
and. their bottoms cleaned and painted , and ,
independent of the work which hod to be done
by the government to fit them for sea , altera
tions and additions have been and are being
made to them as called for from , time to time
by the advisory board. The Chicago Is stil ]
at Chester , , and the work on her Is now being
pushed rapidly toward completion. The chiel
constructor says the appropriation of $95,861 ,
made under the act of July 26 , 1S86 , will not
be sufficient to complete the. work on these
vessels , and in order that no delajin its
prosecution may be occasioned by lack ol
lunds he bos asked for an additional appro
priation of SaG.OlM ) , which , it is expected , will
complete the vessels provided no further al
terations or extra woik involving any con-
side'rable exndlture of money and tiine are
recommended by the advisory "board.
Tha Lackawanna ram at the Jfare island
navy yard , California , while not yet condemn
ed can not be. repaired for active service and
it is suggested that she be converted into a
receiving1 thip to replace the old line-of-bat-
tle ship Independent , which is now unfit for
further use as a receivin'r ship.
The Tennessee , the only tirst wooden vesse
in active service , can be kept in service but a
few mouths longer. She is undoubtedly in
very had condition , hermain walestrokes arc
so badly decayed as to preclude their being re-
calkcd and her lower wash heads are so badlj
decayed that It is not considered prudent to
carry a preas ot sail upon them. The Shenan-
doah also has been surveyed and found to be
beyond repair. The number ot serviceable
veibels in the navy has thus .been reduced tc
two first rate , ten second rate , twenty thfrc
rate and seven fourth rate vessels , the. latter
class including two torpedo rams. TheFrank
lin , Wabash , . 'ilinnessota and Xew York , all
fourth rate vessels are set down as requiring
extensive repairs and the thirteen Ironclads
sailing
for receiving and trainimr ships.
The new vessels completed , building or au
thorized to be built are summed up as fol-
lowsr One , the Dolphin , complete ; two , the
Boston and Atlanta , arin.iment incomplete
five , the Chicago and the mouitors , Incom
plete ; five , the Baltimore , Charleston and
Newark and two gunboats , under advertise
ment , and four , an ' armored cruiser , a battle
sh p , a pneumatic 'dynamite boat and a tor
pedo boat , not yet designed. To the above
list of iron and steel vessels can be added the
Alert and the Kansrer ; four guns each : the
Monocracr a paddle-wheel gunboat ; Michigan ,
a paddle-wheel sruuboat , four guns ; Alarm ,
one gun ; Intrepid , yet to be completed , gun
boat , two thirteen-fiich guns. The remainder
of the iron built vessels now In tlie sen-ice con
sist of thirteen river and harbor monitors
with single screws rated as fourth late. They
could not be got ready for service without an
expenditure ol 200 0 0 under this bureau
alone. Of. the second rates , the Trenton ,
Omaha and Vandalia can probably be con
tinued in service ten years longer ; the Lan
caster and Brooklyn , sit years ; the Hartford ,
Richmond and Pensacola , five years. Of the
third mtes , the IFohicau can ba continued in
the service for ten years , the Adams Alliance ,
Essex , Enterprise , Tallapoo-a , Yantic and
Nipsic for sir years ; the Juriata , Ossipee ,
Qumuebausr Swatara , Galena , ilariou , Kear-
sanre and froquois five years longer.
Planj and specifications have been com
pleted for two composite built fine modeled
vessels to be used as trainin < r ships and they
could be commenced at once If an appiopria-
tion were made for them. The board ap
pointed to design plans for the completion , of
the double turreted monitors has nearly fin
ished its specifications. The chief constructor
recommends that in the event ot only one of
thelanre vessels provided for at the last ses
sion of consrress , behur built t a navyyard , it
should be built at the "Brooklih ysrdia that
yard is now in condition to commence any
such vessel antt carry on the work wifh some
rapidity. Great necessity exists for better
docking facilities in all the navy yards. This
is rendered more important on account of the
frequency with wLich the steel unsheathed
vessels will require to be , docked to clean and
paint their bottoms. In the event oE a forpiirn
war thfs great deficiency would be seriously
felt , perliaps more so tfian any other ot the
present wants. It is therefore worthy of grave
consideration whether immediate steps
should not be taken to place the navy yards
hi this respect in the most thorough condition
of effectiveness.
Tire a'ocruxxsxs zy
Processions , Speeches and .Banners at Tra
falgar Square.
LONDON ; JIov. 22. The socialists marched
Sunday afternoon from fiftesn outlaying ren
dezvous to Trafalgar Square , accompanied by
numerous bands of music and carrying ban
ners bearins : mot incendiary inscription- ,
such as "By Heaveir ; our Rights are Worth
Fighting For , " ' -"Work for All and Overwork
For None , " etc. Soma of those marching in
the procession carried Phrygian caps on po'e * ,
and as the southern continirent crossed
Westminster bridge the band * played the Mar-
scila'se fro-n this point to Trafalgar Square.
The peop'e who filled the windows of the pri
vate house0 , hotels and government offices
along-the route erected the procession with
sboats of disapproval. When tha socialists
passed the official res'dence in Downing street
they save vent tn a storm of h'ssa- .
When the speaking commenced in Tra il-rar
Square there were present 10010 foral'sts.
21,0'0 unemployed workngmen : and criminals
ind 20COO spectator ? . The speakers in
cluded Hyndman , Champion and Burns.
At each of the five platforms , identical
resolutions were passed , calling-u-OT the gov
ernment to relieve the distress of the unem
ployed workincrmen. A. deputation then pro
ceeded to Lord Salisbury's residence'n Arlins-
: on street. They were received Ly a door-
ceeper , who informcl them that Lord Salis
bury had crnto Hatfield , and had left no or
ders concerning their reception. The deputa-
t'oa indutred in some crumblins and rcr'r'-d ,
eav'nz with the porter a conv of the resolu-
hns i a > scd at the meeting. The meeting dis-
rersed at the conclusion of their proceedings.
They were conducted In an orderly manner
throughout.
After the adjournment the police had con-
el lerahTe difficulty in clearing the square of
the crowds who linsered there. They were
charged several times by mounted police and
they sradually move1 } int. Several arrests
were made for obstructing the streets.thicvintr
and fluhtmz , but there was no attempt at riot-
ng. The lonl major will form a council to
nquire into the prevailingdistress with a view
bo Its relief , durins the winter.
AS" OFFICE GOES BEGGING.
"Washington dispatch : The president is
experencing some difficulty ia filling the of
ice of United States district attorney for
; he eastern district ol Wisconsin. A. K.
) elaney , the former incumbent , resigned
lie office at the suggestion of the president ,
n order to accept the democratic nomina-
: ibn to congress-from the Second district
if Wisconsin , now represented by General
Jrugg. The election resulted in his defeat ,
ind he has since made formal apprcitioa
: o Attorney-General Garland for re-ap-
Dointment as United States district at-
orney. Some time ago the president ten-
lered the position to Genet"al Brasg , and
ifter some delay received a letter from him
aylngthat it would be Impossible for him
M accept. The office was then tendered to
mother prominent lawyer of Wisconsin
ind he , too , denlined with thanks.
if/r.r.fm mr Jt JD.K17JQCS f Tf
Assassination ofZ.J > . Caller Son. of Be *
Robert Colter
KASHAS Crrr 3fo. , Noy . * 23. The Tima
Emporia , Kansa. special says : ; One of the
most cowardly and cold-blooded assassinations
in the history of Kansas took place this even
ingat about S o'clock at thcr residence of Ho
race Bundmm , one ot the leading ; merchants.
Tha victim is L.D. Collier , a son. of theltev.
Robert Laird Collier of Kansas City , 3fa , whc
was holding-the position , of material agent al
this point for the Atchison , Topeka and Santa
Fe road , and the assassin Is a James GYar -
borough , who held tha position , ot dart under
the murdered man.
It seems that Yarborough had been , on * a
somewhat protracted spreeand this afternoon
went to the office in the absence ; of Collier
and while some of the higher officials of the
road were there. Beiny drunk he made him
self very objectionable ,
TUOOBLE FORCED UPOS" HM.
When Collier returned Yarborough walket
up to him and said he wanted to interview
him , and when Collier left the office to keep
from having trouble , he followed him out antJ
insisted on whipping him.
The troub e tonally terminated In Collier
knocking Yarborough down after beingstruck
several times himselL. The tiouhle here was
terminated by some ot the railroad men inter
fering and taking Yarborough. away , whc
vowed vengeance and stated that he would
shoot him before morninir.
Collier went home to supper and after sup
per was sitting in the parlor with Mrs. Bun-
drum , Mrs. Lige. A. AVeaver and Miss Gertie
Baldwin , the latter his intended bride. He
bad been , tellinir them about the trouble of
the afternoon and was just stating that he
had half expected a visit Irom Yarborough
n hen a knock was heard at the doer.
SHOT WITHOUT AXT WAENING-
Mrs. Bundrum arose to answer the knock ,
but Collier told her not to go to the door , and
got up and answered the knock.himself.
The'n , in the lansuage of Mrs. Bundrum ,
"the door was hardly opened before Collier
was phot , without a word , of warning. " He
staggereu back into the house , saying , ' 'I am
shot ; lam killed , " got as far as the kitchen ,
the door of which was open , and fell down and
expired almost immediately , without uttering
another word.
The assassin , on firing , followed up his vic
tim for a step or two and then turned to leave
the porch , but was met by Horace Bundrum ,
who had been out to see to his horses before
retiring. The women were screamingv and
Bundrnm asked what was the matter , at the
same time steppinir in far cnoush to si e Col
lier , covered with" blood , .lying motionless on
the floor.
THE ASS VSSIX DIS.UIMED.
Turning to the assast-in , Baudrum asked
him to step in an < l hi-lp Mm itu the man he
had shot. This Yarborough refused to do , but
Bundrum insisted , and being a powerful man
prevailed. -
Vvhen Yarbirough entered the room Bun-
drum asked for his pistol , but , seeming to
think Collier was not dead , ue s epped up to
ward the body as if to shoot again , the p.s ol
in his band , saying , "He is not dead yet"
Bundrum again'insisted , on having the pis
tol , and fiuallt , on pledging his word that he
should not be hurt , the assassin handed it to
Mrs. Bmidrum , who stepped into another room
and put it under the mattreas ot the bed
In a few minutes the officers of the law ar
rived and took Yarborouirh to jail , followed
by a large and excited crowd of citizens , sev
eral ot whom spoke in very strong terras of
using a rdpe on the culprit before he arrived
at the jaiL AViser counsels , however , pre
vailed , and he was safelv incarcerated.
AFRAID OF MOB VENGEANCE.
On the route to the jail the prisoner was
badly frightened by the sight of a rope in the
hands ot the boy .and beirged for protection
from the officer and Bundrum , telling the Lit-
ter that he had pledged his \ \ ord to him or he
notild never have delivered up his revolver.
Collier , as above stated , is a son of the Rev.
Robert Lard Collier , the eminent divine of
Kansas City. He had just arrived from a visit
to his father and sisters at that place this
mornins , where he had been on a visit with
his intended bride for the purpose of introduc
ing her to his relatives and was talking to her
and the other ladies when culled to the. doorto
meet his death.
The fatal shot toot effect in the left breast ,
and evidently passed immediately through the
heart , killing him almost ; instantly.
MISS BALDWIN rUOSTUATED.
Miss Baldwin is wild with met and utterly
prostrated. She is seemingly unable to ap
preciate that her intended is actually' dead.
The dead man's father was immediately tele
graphed the news and instructed to catch the
10 p. m. train.
There is some difference of opinion as to
where Yarborough hails from. He had for
some months past been a salesman in a large
dry < : oods house hi this city , and had onlv re-
ceutlv left it to take the"situation offered
him by Collier."On being seen at the. jail he
refused to talk and asked to be sent to Topeka
for safekeeping , stilting tliat he knew a mob-
would set him and hang him if he remained
here. It is said that be'was originally from
South Carolina and later from Texas. It is
also said by the dry goods firm for ti horn he
worked that he came from Fort Scott here
and brought first-class recommendations with
him. He is a tine looking young man with a
black moustache and black e\cs and is some
thing of a dandy in appearance. .
SOME TALIC OP LYNCHING.
After the killing and befote being jailed
Yarborousrh seemed at moments bowed dou n
with grief , declaring that Collier had been the
best Iriend he had ever had and again burst
"
ing out into a torrent of oaths a"nd cursing
every one near him , but lie became very calm
after being hand-cuffed by the officers.
There is some talk of lynching by the people
on the streets , hut it is evidently only talk ,
for v , bile all are agreed that the murderer de
serves a short shrift none seem willing to lead
or talk the law in their own hands , and there
Is hardlv a doubt that this cold blooded mur-
def er will at the most only have to expiate
his crime by beingincarcerated in the pcui-
teiitiary.
coyoinoy GE ERAIX FJ.TORAJIXE.
Such ta Reports TTiUi Reference to Winter
Wheat.
Chicago dispatch : The following crop re
view will appear in this week's issue of the
Farmer's Eeview : Reports from winter
wheat growing states indicate that condi
tions are generally favorable for growing
grain. In. eighteen counties of Illinois six-
report an increase in acreage over last
year , six an average acreage , and two de
creased acreage , indicating that the aver
age of the esate will be fully equal to that
ot preceding years. 9 In twelve counties in
Indiana five report an increase , five an av
erage , and two a decreased acreage. In
eleven Kansas counties , three report an in
crease , two an average , and six decreased
acreage. In Michigan counties , one reports
an Increased , four an average and two de
creased acreage. In fourteen Missouri
counties , four report an increased , three
an average , and seven decreased acreage.
In fifteen Ohio counties , four report anin-
creased. ten an average , and one decreased
acreage. In nine Wisconsin counties , four
report an increased , three an average , and
two a decreased acreage. In Missouri and
Wisconsin , the outlook for winter wheat is
reported to be unusually fine , and In Ohio ,
Indiana , Illinois and Kansas- is gener
ally fair to good. Average yields In corn
vary bub slightly from former reports.
Very complete reports make the average
yield per acre as follows : : Illinois , 26J
bushel Iowa , 27 r Kansas , 21J Wiscon
sin , 27 ; Missouri , 25Jfr Indiana , 32 r Ohio ,
J7 ; Minnesota , ! 34 ; Michigan , 47 } ; Ne
braska , 29. The reports from Michigan ,
are not as complete as from othev states
and the average can not be taken as nearly
accurate.
Berlin , is muck excited over a. reported cos&
3f Asiatic cholera at Breslau.
WBZSKR .
Having a "Time" TTiUi the Same 3Ta Whc
Got E nvay Sedyicicl : Loaded Up.
City of Mexico special to the Omaha Her
ald : This cifcvv at a-ny rate that pottfon
comprising- American colony , fa again
in a flutter concerning- diplomat. Hardly
recovered from Sedgwick's recent lively ex
ploit here , the colony was almost paral
yzed when a rumor spread on the streel
that the indisposition from which it was
known that Minister Manning waa suffering
so badly as to be compelled to keep his
room was not produced by the minister's
change ol climate , as was supposed. In
fact , it was not an indisposition at all , but
aprolonged drunk , lasting fromlast Thurs
day until Sfonday. The facts , as they
have since developed are as follows :
Thursday evening Mr. Manning attended a
dinner party a't the house of a citizen here
who chaperoned Sedgwick at the Jockey
club affair. After the dinner the party re
turned to the legation. It was noted that
he was rather queerNothing much was
thought of this , especially as he went to his
room at the hotel where he lodaed. Next
day he failed to show up at the legation at
the usual time. As several hours rolled by
and the minister still failed to put in an
appearance , one of the attaches
of the legation concluded that the judge
must be ill , especially as he had been under
the weather since his arrival here. As the
judge waa entirely alone , his family not
having arrived until to-day , the attache
concluded to call at the hotel to see what
was the matterIn response to an inquiry
about Judge Manning , the manager shrug
ged his shoulders peculiarly , and said that
the gentleman was in his roomNow anx
ious , the inquisitor hurried there , and
found the object of his questio in a state
of intoxication. After slightly recovering
from the surprise the gentleman hurried
to the legation and informed the secretary
of state of 'the state of affairs. Effective
steps were at once taken to hush the mat
ter up and to rescue the minister from his
disgraceful state , but the latter was only
accomplished after five days' hard work ,
duringpart of which time he has
been like a maniac out of his head
and demanding liquor , which the
guardians attempted to deny him , in
such av frantic manner that they
were compelled to do as he ordered. Fi
nally Monday by gradually reducing the
quantity of brandyhlch. . he insisted upon
having daily , he was in a condition where
medicines could be used to sober him ,
Monday noon he was sober , but in a terri
bly shattered condition. He feared pub
licity , ami after a consultation between
himself , the secretary of the legation and a
third party , a member of the American
colony , it was decided that the third party
should cail on the newspaper correspon
dents , and endeavor to persuade them not
to send anything out about the affair.
During the consultation he promised the
third party to resign if he got drunk ii ain.
He also dictated a dispatch to Bayard
stating what had happened. The corres
pondents all promised to keep the matter
quiet if it did not become too public , but
as about everybody fn town knows of the
affair by thfs time it is impossible to longer
conceal it ,
LOGGER TO TJ.nc.
Justice Scott Grants a. Supersedeas in t/ia
* narchista' Case.
Bloomington ( III. ) dispatch : At 11
o'clock : this morning Judge Scott granted
the supcrsedeas in the anarchist case.
Messrs. Black , Swett and Solomon started
at once to Ottawa to have the clerk issue
the order in pursuance of Judge Scott's in
structions. The effect of the supersedeasis
to * postpone the date of execution until
alter the hearing of the motion for a new
trial by the supreme court.
Judge Scott's otder granting the snperse-
deas is purely formal. Without going into
any particulars , or giving any .reasons , he
simply certifies that in his opinion "there
is reasonable ground for granting the writ. "
A special from Ottawa , 111. , says : Coun
sel for the condemned anarchists arrived
this evening , but did not press the supremo
court cleik to immediately issue the super-
sedeas ordered by Chief Justice Scott.
There was a question as to the legality of
having the writ issued on Thanksgiving.
When the holiday had ended , one minute
after midnight , the record was filed and
the certified writ issued. The news was re
ceived by the condemned men quietly , with
some expressions of pleasure but few of
surprise. They treated the supersede : as
a matter of course and said little excfpt to
intimate an increasing belief that the Illi
nois supreme court would grant them a
new trial , though they admitted having
been still more confident that Judge Gary's
rulingswould be in their favor. Parsons'
brother , General Parsons , was waiting at
the telephone in the jail office and was the
first to convey the information to the pris
oners.
HUXTED BY J3LOODHOUXDS.
NASHVILLE , TENN. , Nov. 21. Last spring
roung ToJd , a member of a good family in
Tallapoisa county , Alabama , where his father
teaches school , obtained of Grey & Knight ,
merchants in Dadeville , Tallapoosa county ,
advances on his crop , he mortgaging about
hree head of stock and his prospective crop.
subsequently it was learned that though ne
lad farmed a. little the precise spot was un-
cnow , his peculiar operations extending with-
n a radius of nineteen miles , where he
managed to keep _ within convenient distances
iboutTfifteen white concubines , to whom he
tarnished the provision ? he obtained from
nerchants on his crop. Eecently Grey &
xnlcht learned that he had sold a bale of
cotton which he had mortgaged to them
and had purchased a suit of clothes
preparatory to going to Texas. They obtained
a warrant for his arrest , but he heard
of their plans and evaded arrest through the
aid of his numerous concubines , wlio were
well posted and instructed. The officer , tired
of being foiled by these women every dar ,
"
inally determined to hunt him with "blcod-
lounils. They first got two and scoured his
range for two days , but thewomo n foiled even
the bloodhoundsT At last , however , an infuri
ated husband whose wife charged Tpdd with
laving outraged her in the woods joined in
he chase. Todd's trail was quickly .found and
the four bloodhounds stopped , him in close
quarters. He saw he was cornered and sur
rendered and is now in solitary confinement
in the jail at Dadeville.
AT ? 4 TT.V T-t. 7TTyEV.
Chicago spccial : _ A.H. Swan , the big cat-
; leman , ii said to have been neatly taken
n by a well known Chicagoan who is now
n Europe. This latter gentleman a mem-
) er , by the by of all the clubs here went
; o Europe to sell cattle ranches to rich
nristocrata of England and the continent.
Je cabled Swan , one of whose ranches he
lad , that he had the property sold for a
splendid prce , and he gave in detail the
ray fn which payments were to be made.
Swan had some partners In this venture.
and as soon as he got his cable he skurried
around and bought out on liberal terms
is partner's interest. It turns out now
: hat the Chicago man wasn't as straight
as he should have been. Thefirstpayment
was not made , and when , called on for ex-
jlnnatlon , the well known club man said ,
ather weakly , that the trade had fallen
ihrough. This left the millionaire cattle
man in a bad way. He had shouldered his
jartner's interests and had gotten left.
3ut Swan waa only one of the men taken
in and done for by this elegant Chicagoan.
ZHE.BZr.SEJC OFJLKTEVS.
Simplicity Sfarlcs Every Ftatttre of Ota Tost
Sail Rites *
Albany ( NV Y. ) speciah The funeral
train , consisting ot the combination car
j "WoodlawnJ1 the president's car the
drawing-room cars , ' 'New York" and
(
"Aroostock" and a smoking car rolled
into the station here at 1:13 p. m. . The
run from New York waa made in there-
markaule time of fifty-seven minutes. As
oon aa the train came to a standstill
Bishop Doane , Mayor Thacher and ex-
Mayor Banks got aboard. They were al
lowed to pass the casket , which was
guarded by four soldiers. Afresh engine
was attached to the train , and at 1:28 p.
m. the special train , started for the cem
etery.
At 1:3 ? p. m. the funeral train drew up
at the cemetery. Simplicity marked every
feature of the ceremony. The pall-bearers
took up their positions on both sides of
the road. The guard of honor , consisting
of a detachment of four men and : L lieu ten
ant of the Fifth United States infantry ,
from Governor's island , and a lieutenant
and four sailors from the United States
steamer Vermont , formed beside the ear
door , and the plum cloth-covered casket
was drawn forth and placed within the
hearse. The pall-bearers entered their car-
riiiges , Judge Gruaharn with ex-Secretary of
War Lincoln , ex-Attorney-General Brews-
ter , ex-Secretnary of tlif Navy ( .handler ,
Lieut.-Gen. Phillip H. Sheridan and ex-
Postmanter-General Frank Hatton , and ,
among the last , Cornelius Vanderbilt. Tha
procession formed with a squad of police
under Sergt. Gelan of the First precinct at
the head of the pall-bearers , followed by the
hearse , then the mourners' carriages. The
carriages reached the grave at 2:10 , and
their occupants alighting , took their
places about the grave in the. following
order : At the head the venerable Bishop
Doane , in his Episcopal robes ; near him
Chester A. Arthur , jr. . and his Mister Nellie ;
Mr. and Mrs. Haines worth of Philadelphia ,
and MM. John E.McEIroy of this city ,
Mrs. Caw , Mrs. Mnsten , Miss Anna. Arthur
and other immediate relatives. At the left
of the grave _ wns Gen. Sheridan. Robert
Lincoln , Ex-Atty. Gen. Brewster , Judge
Greabam and other pall-bearers , while at
the foot stood Gov. Hill. B.iclcof these ,
on the western sldeof the lot were gathered
S.W. Knevnls , IL S. IJansom , law partner
of ex-President Arthur , Gen. UlLss , Elihu
Root , Schuyler Crosby Janvs C. Keed ,
William E. Curtis , Mayor Timelier , ex-
Mayor Banks , .John H. Sturin. and others
of the funeral parly. As Bishop Doane
reached the solemn passage , "Ashes to
ashes , " and the earth dropped upon the
coflin , young Arthur n ho had been won
derfully composed , was seen to quiver with
suppressed emotion. His Bister , by his
side , bore up with surprising fortitude
until the final "Amen" having been said ,
the attendants cast the first shovelful of
earth into the grave , when she turned away
and burst into tears. Her brother turneil
with her , and together they sought their
carriage. The grave was tilled up , the roll
of sod replaced , the Ivy crusa placed at the
head , and the scroll at the foot , the mourn
ers departed , and the mortal remains of
Chester A. Arthur , ex-president of the
United States , had been hud to rest.
THE STATE OF TR-LDE.
A. Fairly Good Showing in all Lines o/J2itsi-
Ji/W * .
Special telegrams to Bradatreet's1 record
rather less activity in the movement of
general merchandise , although , at Chicago
there has been an increasing volume of
sales , particularly of dry goods , and in a
less noteworthy degree at St. Paul , Minne
apolis , Milwaukee and Burlington. The
aggregate of sales In staple lines has been
curtailed , of course , by intervening holi
days. The restricting trade has been more
conspicuous at eastern centre * , ow ing to
the decline In the number of mail orderb re
ceived and to the not.ible absence of in
terior merchants. At Chicago there is less
demand for funds for manufacturing and
commercial eiiterpru-es , buta large demand
for grain and other speculative ventures.
At Cincinnati funds are flowing back
from the country , and at Milwaukee
they continue to go westward , but
in diminished volume. Prises in most
lines are Uhtalned. and the outlook for
heavy-weight woolens continues bright.
Prints , however , have declined u from Ji'jtc.
After a month of extreme firmnens stocks
have-increased of late. The speci.il tobac
co crop report to Bradst reefs indicates
that the western leaf crop will a gre ate
about 2Jo.OOO hogsheads , against 230 000
hogsheads in 1885 ; that there has been a
declineln the yield of about 'M per cent in
the bright Virginia and North Carolina leaf ,
and of about 16,000,000 pounds , or nearly
1(5 per cent , in the seed-leaf crop , mainly
through the falling off in Wisconsin auainst
the output of last year. The speculative
breadstuff trade are realizing more fully
the long claimed strength of the statistical
position of wheat , but thus far. in spite of
that f.ict and continued heavy exports , the
price of the cereal does not advance much.
Calvin Patterson , a brickmalcer , was killed
by the Lexington branch train on the Missouri
Pacific Tuesdav morning at the Pleasant street
crossing in Independence , Mo. The bodv was
terribly mangled , several limbs being torn off ,
the head nearly separated from the'body and
the brains scattered for some distance "along
the track.
The directors of the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe road are carefully considering the
scheme of extending northward to Chicago.
The surveyed routes range from 430 to 460
miles the bonds to be issued will run fiftv
years at 5 per cent.
David Fender , of Clinch county , Georgia ,
who recently died at the age of 100 , made his
coffin of pitch-pine before the outbreak of the
rebellion and preserved it until his death.
*
The South Pittsburgh Railway and Iron com
pany is about to issue stock and bonds oC
31,000,000 each to purchase 27,000 acres of
land in northwestern Alabama.
Charles 0. Ferris , the bogus Tichborne
claimant , is sbont to be taken from New York.
to San Francisco by a deputy marshal to an
swer an indictment for mating false affidavits
to secure a pension.
Alfred Eubanks , who died thirty years ago
at Madison , Georgia , left a plantation valued
at 520,000. Eight brothers who claimed the
property have ever since kept up litigation.
Three survivors have just been paid00 each ,
the rest having gone to lawyers.
George E. McNeill , chairman of an assem
bly of Knights ot Labor in Boston , offers to
run for mayor on a pledge of seven thousand
votes. Henry George will canvass the city
when the signatures shall have been obtained.
The strike of cotton operatives at Ghent ,
Belgium , has produced intense excitement.
The strikers are not permitted to hold a dem
onstration ; the masters have asked the com
munal council for protection , and regular
troons are kect in readiness for service.
OEXJ.HO3LJ. TO BE OPEHED.
RED FORT , I. T.Nov. 23. Captain Hayes of
: he Fifth cavalry came in last evening from
: ac and Fox. agency and the southwest where
le has been moving Oklahoma boomers off
forbidden lands. He states that the Indian
iepartment has concluded to locate the
Comanches , Chevennes , Arapahoes , Kcwanees
and the Wlchitas east of the ninetv-elgbth
degree of. longitude , which embraces Okla
homa. This will settle that part of the
country as being open to white settlement
AUSTRALIA'S RABBIT PEST.
"Valuable Estate * AJmos :
Ruined. .
Consul General Morgan , of Austra
lia , baa written tlia secretary of state t
curious dispatch , describing the rav
ages of the rabbits upon that continent
The whole country is so overrun witi
them , he says , that unless something : u
soon done to exterminate- pests the
result will be disastrous to the agricult- '
ural interests. Rabbits were first in
troduced Into the country in I860 by 2
large landed proprietor for the purpose
of "sporty but they have mult plied with
such astounding rapidity as to llterallj
overrun the whole continent , where thji
topography is favorable to them. * !
"
is doubtful" " says llr. Morgan , "wheth
er many persona are aware of the Im
mense loss that has been sustained is
the colony from tins curious cause. As
much as $100.000 IKIS been expended tc
clear ono estate of the pests , and manj
other proprietors have expended from
S75.000 downward without much re
sult. In addition to the expense in
curred W private owners , the govern
ment and autUorhies have done much.
There has been , a great depreciation in
the value of land from this cause , and
ene estate of twenty thousand acres in
Victoria , which was formerly the best
pasture In the colony. Is now Talueless.
In a recent discussion in the parl.ament
it was shown that twelve million acres
had been rendered almost useless br
these little invaders. Estates upon
which were smiling harvest fields and
fruitful orchards a fewears ago hava
fallen into ruin and are deserted by all
living creatures except the rabbits. ID
the grass and sale brush , where la 1875
were 7S)0,000 ) sheep , there are now not
more than 100,000. In the year 187G-
the product on of wool in the Mallee
country waa 5.000 bales , valued at $500.-
OflO. In 1 81 UiLs had fallen to iJOO
bales , valued at $00.000. Many of the
ranges are entirely abandoned. Dur
ing the last throe years the government
has spent SloU.OOO in Victoria alone to
rid the country of the little beasts ,
poisoned oats and wheat being used
and a bountv * paid upon skins of 3
pence per dozen. Lust \ ear the num
ber destroyed by private persons' , on
which a bounty was pa d.was : i,884.000.
The sum voted by parl ameut th.s year
for thu purpose is $370.000. It may be
asserted that one pair of rabbits will in-
creace In 2.V years to 2.000,000 , but al
lowing that they only incruaau to one-
fourth that number it may eas.ly be seen
how necessary itis to destroy them.
There are now about live hundred miles
of rabb t-proof wire fence erected in
the colony of Victoria at a cost of S40Q
a mile. The estimated damage during ;
the last ten vears amounts to over $13-
000,000. " 'Boston Herald.
The Love of Pefc Xanies.
It gives me great pleasure to predict
that powerful newspapers of the coun
try will never bo able to break , up this
delightful habit of calling young girls
by their baby names. It is a tribute to
their 3 outh , beauty , and general sweet
ness that everybody Is willing to pay
except sour editors and cross-grained ,
cynics. When a young girl Is called
"Elizabeth" by her friends and the pub
lic we know there is something frig-d
about her ; it is a prophecy of old
maidenhood , but when she is called
"Bessie" we know just how fresh and.
sweet and affectionate she . ? , with her
dainty , girlish ways. Ah , nol Let
the darling creatures cling to their pet
names. It will then be time enough.
when they have settled down to the
real experiences of life to lay these
names on the shelf or give them to
their own little ones. After awhile
their happy youth and the charms
thereof will be but a laded memory.
Atlanta Lonsiilntion.
About Legacies.
The dlficulty attending the transpor
tation of wealth from this mundane
sphere to that bourne from which so
very few travelers return that their
scarceness has passed Into a proverb ,
causes wealthy men to make wills be
fore they shuffle off the mortal coil.
We may remark , incidentallv , that
while a man is obi ged to die before his
will amounts to anything , the will of a
woman is always in full force.
Almost every man who dies leaves
something. Even a poor man can
leave his son an orphan.
If a rich r an wants his memory to-
last , he should make a very careful"and
elaborate will. Monuments crumble ,
decay and are forgotten , but the fight
in the courts for the property will keep
his memory green for a long time.
Texas Siftings.
. a
The Height of Courtesy.
A wayfarer was passing along the
street when he drew near some labor
ers who were engaged in building the
wall of. a house. As he passed bv. a
brick fell , striking him on the shoufder.
Looking up to the men. who were
about three stories high , he shouted in
dignantly :
"HI , up there ! You fust dropped a.
brick. "
"All right , " responQed a bricklayer
who was somewhat of a wag ; you need
not take the trouble to brln it up _
Whin.
5o Difference.-
"It's very hard on the poor man
forced to work in heat or cold , storm ,
jr sunshine ! "
"I don't think so. "
' You don't ? Look at the luxuries
; he rich man enjoysj there's the full
jrate in winter , ice whenit's warm ' *
"Well , the poor man has his ice , as
veil as anvbody else. "
"He does ? "
"Certainly ; only the rich man has
ils in summer , and the poor man < "etsv
lis In winter. " CJiicago Ledger.
Henry George says the time will cotne wbca.
10 man wiE be allowed to own land which he
Iocs not use. From that it will be only a sfep
o the time when no man will Ic allowed to
iwn anything hich anybody else wants.
) maAa World.
