The State Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 1

VOLUMK 12. JACKSON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER ID. 1891. sl.00 PER YE Alt. DEATH OF REV.

T. J. L0WRY. run iv THE LEGISLATURE. Tlx1 fuming s-siori of thf Legisla- SPECIMEN COPY.

M-i, i--n of the weekly State STEVE ELKIN (JUTS IT He AVas the Only Uncle of Ex-Governor Kobert Lowvy. HorsTox, Dec. 10. Bev. Thos.

J. Lowry, for more than tifty years a deepening and widening of all lake channels and outlets between the Western lake shores and the Atlantic Seaboard, met here to-day. The call was issued by Chicago Hoard of Trade, the Detroit lioardof Trade, the Merchaut's and Manufacturers' Exchange and the Vessel Owners' Association of Detroit. Congress will be asked to consider the resolutions which will be drawn up calling for liberal appropriations. THE STATE HOUSE.

The Statk Leoger has had occasion to refer to some needed legislation in which all the people of the commonwealth are interested. As previously suggested, the session, owing to the adoption of laws to conform to the new constitution, and in fact theadoption of an entire new code, will necessarily be a protracted one. While attention is being given to put in successful operation a somewhat new order of things, the condi I A I They Are Split in Twain on the Lottery QuestionTwo Tickets to Be Nominated. The Lottery Men Are Evidently Rattled and Afraid to Art-are Awattiuar Developments The Anlis Nominate Vd.inis Who le-dines As a Matter of Policy-Lively Scenes at Hatou Hoiiire. Special to the State Iedger Baton liorcK, Dec.

IT. The breach in the Democratic party grows wider and complete rupture seems certain. Both nominating conventions met this morning. The sensation of the day occurred in the anti-Lottery convention, when T. S.Adams was nominated for Gov-ernor and respectfully declined the nomination.

Recess was then taken to decide upon another man. Farmers' Alliance men in large numbers are swarming to town. The McKnery, or Lottery men, are awaiting results before THE DAILY REVOLUTION. It Occurs Again in Brazil Troops Called Out. Buenos Ayres, Dec.

IT. It is reported here to-day that Yugytiaroii in Brazil has started a fresh rebellion. The cause of the new outbreak is said to be the refusal to accept the orders of President Peix-otto. The National guard has been ordered to suppress the revolt. CYRUS W.

FIELD. Lying at the Point of Death and Will Hardly Survive the Night. Special to the State Ledger. New York, Dec. 10.

Cyrus W. Field is again on the brink of death, and his physicians do not believe he will live through the night. He grew much worse after learning of the arrest of his son, Kdmond M. Field, on a charge of larcenj Young Feld is still held, no one appearing to give bond for him. EXCITEMENT INCREASES.

Over the Situation Between Chili and the I United States. Valparaiso, Dec. 16th. Excitement increases over the situation between Chili and the United States, and the local authorities are taking precautions to prevent any renewal of insult or injury to Americans. Foreign residents generally regard the situation as serious, and are not sanguine of the peaceable outcome of the controversy.

The better class of Chilians appear impressed that the United States will not light, and Valparaiso would be protected from danger, should a war break out, by the Knglish and Germans on account of the large interests of those nationalities in Valparaiso. MARYLANDS PROHIBITIONISTS They Want the National Convention Held in Baltimore. Biiecial to the State Ledger. Chicago, Dec 16. A special committee of the Maryland Prohibitionists arrived here this morning from Baltimore and will lay their claim before the National Committee of the Prohibitionists, looking to the receiving of the National Conven tion of that body, either for Baltimore or Washington.

MILLS IMPROVING. McKinley Serious 111 andl His Friends Much Alarmed. Special to the State Ledger. Washington, Dec. 16.

Mr. Mills, who has been confined to his room for several days, is much better today, and his doctor thinks he can be about in a day or two. News was received here this morning of the serious illness of Governor-elect McKinley, at Canton, Ohio. He1 has had a relapse of grip, and pneumonia is threatened. His friends are much alarmed at his condition.

McKinley is highly esteemed by men of both parties. NARCROSSE SHIPPED. Body of Dynamiter Narerosse Sent to His Home at Classic Boston. Special to the State Ledger. New York, Dec.

lfi. The body of Narcrosse, the dynamiter, having been identified by his mother, it was to-day packed and shipped to his people at tioston. When Mrs. Narcrosse was shown the ghostly head she said: "This is my darling boy. Yes, yes, poor Henry, poor Henry, my darling boy.

He never meant to do any harm. He surely did not mean to do any wrong. Yes, yes, these are his teeth, I know them. How proud he was of them. She tried to kiss the foreheod, but a bystander gently drew her away.

ture wiu thlJ important held in the State for years. It will con- timif. fQf a Ifeagt nim.ty g) the best judges think, and mint of neees- r. i -1. 't' i.

i lie 11101 important work it will have to do is conforming a complete code of laws to the new Constitution. In order to do this a complete new code will have to he adopted. The code commission has been hard at work on this code for severel months and ill have it in shane hen the body In order toexpedite-consideration it will he presented to theLejjM-lature in printed form and utiles there should be objectionable features-, as there doubt less must be, the i.islature should be able to pass upon it expeditelr. The time of the body will be taken up little with lo-' cal legislation, which has been one of the principal evils of past legislatures. While some think the new instrument goes a little too fur towards cutting olf this evil, the old one would stand much remodelling on that line.

There are four candidates forSpea-iker: Hon. I. S. Madison, Dr. 1,.

If. M. Street and Hon. J. K.

Vardaman. I)r. Keirn is under-! stood to be making no canvass fori the place, but says it is an honor any man should feel proud of, and that if the Legislature desires his ser-! vices it can get them. The other gentlemen are active candidates. Candidates for minor positions! are numerous.

i Aside from electingits own officers. United States Senators and Librari- an, it will have little to do except to legislate. Such laws only as are for i the common good of the country siauue hooks. and before any member votes to put them there he should have good cause for believing this will be their ultimate effect. The country has suffered no little from unwise, immature and impracticable legislation.

And it might not be improper to say that the few- er laws the body enacts the better it will be for the country. much legislation is worse than none a so some sage of the past has observ- ed, and there are few now will dis-j puto the proposition. I t. THE NEW VOTING PLAN. A riter in a periodical of the day discourses upon the operations of i what is known as the Australian ballot system, which has been introduced, in many of the States, Mississippi among the rest.

The writer argues that the system is enormously expensive as eom- pared with the simple method in vogue in ante-bellum days that it confuses the voter needlessly in the exercise of his most cherished right that it is prolific of errors, as ell a wrong to the suffragan and that it has been fruitful of vexatious contents and delays where parties are closely balanced. No one can say that it is the com- l.il.. r. (1 1.1- knaves for corrupting the ballot-box I 1 -i i l' I fi fat il I'm i.l -i i mull for it oy it- aovocates. In the Southern States, it will un- jdoubtedlv accomplish what they have intended.

It will diminish the colored vote immensely. The regret is that it will also reduce the hite vote, because not every white voter, even of ordinary intelligent, will acquaint himself with the intricacies of the law. As it is oniy the means by which the voter can express his preference for men aud measures, the duty is devolved upon every one to fain ilia r-ze himself with the minutest details of the law. In Mississippi, its probational period is from the 1st of January 1S91, to the 1st of January ISVKl. At the expiration of the latter date, it will be repealable.

Meantime, the people should inform themselves of its merits, sufficiently to render a fair decision upon the question of making the system permanent. HOW TO DO IT. Jackson has no industry properly attended to that is not prospering. Occasionally some one is heard to bemoan the short crops, low prices and general hard times. This is largely true, but when you think of it there are many compensating circumstances.

Nearly everything that goes to make up the necessaries of life is low'and a little money can be made to go along ways. L.et's quit growling and all pull together to make things hustle. Growlers are not the commodites needed in this day. Hustlers are wanted to take the place of all such. "Get there, as Sam Jones says, "aud you will be there," and growling is not going to help you along in the least.

It neither pay8 car fare nor hotel bills. Get a move on yourself and hustle. The hustlers are the men who build up a town in spite of the chronic croakers. Secretary Foster's estimate for the army and navy pensions for 1892 Is $147,064,000, subscriber-, the hope that many of them will order their i II. till' onoiir II OMTrl puoil 1 k-.

At an material 1 1 will day. as soon as new -rives', the paper will he and otherwise improved. for the people, find to give all the current woiiid be glad to from i l.i-O per annum. A i i.Ki'H rio Mills will be 1. i t-i tl nited States jnafe I.V l.eglsl.-ituri; nver I I I he illtght tO lie.

I I i- .1 not leaiIe fact that I'efb-r, Alliance Sena tor from bleeding been Ke-j ul.li'-:ui t'lhalf doen Committee place-. Tin: latita papers are exercised nvi-r a genuine ltriiiietone Trust utli-li Ii.MS alii ill that city. They Ik.iI better -end it to the ,1 .1 A( k-i has almost reached the stage in her prosperity when other thine-. i 1 1 naturally come to her, hut thi i-i mi eoud reason why we -it iloun Mini wait for them. They will eoni" much faster it as- Til Natchez ino'-rui does not take kindly to the suggestion, originated in Virginia, that each South ern St ite should vote is.

Jefferson liavi- a pen-don of 1 peraunum The is i-iaht. The pension busine-. has iieconm tiresome; alul Mrs. avis jiit no danger of starv ing. the Jackson merchant be-j tieves advertising pays and so be- 1 lieving spends liis money in that: direction.

Live merchants and live i newspapers uo along way towards making a live t.iwn. In fact no town with the' two essentails can be anything but lively. And it may as truthfully be that no town can be an thing else but (lull without i them. They are indispensable. Tin: pair of "young" Democratic i mugwumps from Massachusetts, Messrs.

1 1 oar and Williams, say they voted against Mr. Crisp after he was nominated because he would not promise if elected "to use his influ ence against the consideration of bad financial legislation and the extension nf Wo are tilled with lively apprehension for their fate: so wise, i Hing, lliev say, do ne er ll Iiill. WiiAi tiie Democracy wants is a candidate who can be elected. Few believe this can be accomplished without the vote of New York. With New York it is almost certain iat the partv can win.

I he ques-1 titili 1 tlii.it u-hii id 1 he a IIS Wei" com tack in thunder I tour-' I Hill, who has never yet failed to carry it. It is lime the party a- getting over all seuti- ue-iitalily on this ipiestion. So far as the party as a hol. is concerned it matters little who the man is. The all important question is that lieshotihl be such ait one as can be un.st certain I elected.

WHO DID IT? Il is due In the eople the re--iisibilty for the defeat of Mr. Mills shall be tied precisely where it lie-h iigs. According to the Sta te best knowledge and belief, the responsibility belongs to one Charles Fredrick Crisp. Now, let him come i tit it court and answer. TEE COINAGE QUESTION, ti'ov.

Hill's reference to. and commendation of, the free coinage bill which passed the Senate on the 14th of January last, and was rejected by the Kepnblican House, reminds us mui ii was an luuepenaeni iree coinage bill, pure and simple, with the feature of legal tender certificates for the dollar so coined. If the Senate will pass the bill, the present session, it will meet a better fate in the present Democratic H'Utse. SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT. The following announcement con-ciTiiing Speaker Crisp's intension as to Committee appointments, in the Atlanta Constitution, it no less significant than gratifying.

The was the foremost advocate of his nomination, and its distin- guishfd editor personally aided him in the canvass at Washington The announces by authority that the money powers will not dictate the niiike-up of the committees in lie lower bouse of Congress this time. The -eoi le will have a chance to be heard in their demands for financial reform, and the advice nor the counsel of the ioUUaias of Wall street, nor of the mugwumps at large will play no part in the formation of Speaker Crisp's finance committees. 1 i i pastor of the Methodist church in this State, died at his home near here yesterday, aged about seventy-nine years. He was au honorble. modest gentleman, respeeted and admired by all who knew him.

Mr. Lowry was the only uncle of x-Covernor Robert Lowry. and always enjoyed his confidence. SHOT INTO THE SLEEPER. A Murderous Wretch Comes Near Killing Two Young Ladies.

P1 rminhham, Dec. IT. As train No. on the Kansas City, Memphis Birmingham railroad coming east was pulling out at Guin, a small station in Marion county, eighty miles west of here, last night, some unknown person fired a pistol into the Pullman sleeper. The ball crashed through the window and passed within a few inches of two young ladies.

The shattered glass fell in showers on them but no om was hurt. CHINA RETALIATES. She Will Send no Exhibit to The World's Fair. Washington, Dec. 16.

The Chinese Empire has ollieially notified the State Department that it will take no part in the World's Fair, The Emperor's grounds for declining to send an exhibit are that the United States has discriminated against the citizens of the F.mpire and that Chinese could not come to the Exposition without being put in a humiliating attitude. A JUST TRIBUTE. What the Oxford Globe Says of Hon E. Mayes and His llemoval. Speaking of Hon.

Mayes' removal to Jackson, the Oxford says: Chancellor Mays will remove with his family to Jackson soon, and Oxford feels most keenly the greatness of her loss. In looking back over the career of Mr. Mayes from the time he entered many years ago the Cniversity as a student, through all the successive stages of distinction as adjunct-Professor, Law-Professor and Chancellor, one hardly knows how the University of ississippi is to get on without him. That University he has most deeply loved; and ho has given to it, with the highest fidelity the best efl'orts of head and heart; and his fame is inseparably inwrought with its steady advance along every line of improvement, and the glory which now crowns it as one of the really great seats of learning. Most signally have his great services shone out in the Law Department, over which ho has presided for fifteen years with constantly increasing fame as a profound lawyer and a most accom- Slished instructor, All over this tate and other States, are men in the van-guard of progress and in the highest positions of trust and honor, who have sat at his feet as teacher.

But not alone will the State University iniss him. Hosts of friends in the quiet walks of private life who have known him as man and citizen will feel a wistful longing to see a face that shall no more move famil-ialy among us, luminous with loftiest intelligence and wearing about it always an almost spiritual serenity born of high communings with ideas, fancies, imaginings, far removed above the pettinesses and turbulences and dust-clouds of the common walk. In his new career as the successor of the great Judge Harris, he vyrries with him the warmest wishes of the University, citizens and friends, and their assured belief that his is a future to which every lapsing day shall add a new increment of splendor. PEOPLE OF NOTE. The President while at work on his message last week, had a desk fitted up in his bed-room instead of going out to his office, and in this way escaped a good many interruptions.

Secretary Blaine was the only caller whom he received last Saturday. A California woman, Miss Alice Ridpout, has been awarded the task of executing the sculpture to adorn the woman's building at the World's Fair. She has designed three figures for this Jpurpose, representing "Woman's Virtues," "Woman as the Spirit of Civilization," and "Woman's Place in History." Sir John Gorst, the new British Postmaster-General, early in his career edited a newspaper in the Wai-kato district of New Zealand. But in the course of a war the natives attacked and ransacked his office, and converted his type into slugs for their rifles. As if to add insult to injury, they peppered Sir John himself, and nearly killed him with some of this ammunition.

Judge Harris' Beginning. llaitiexburg Covrier. The State Lehger has a sketch of the life of Hon. Wiley P. Harris that we would transfer toour columns if we had the room.

Every young man in the State ought to read it and profit by it. He ro3e from the humbler walks of iife, to the highest honors hi3 fellow-citizens could prevail upon him to accept. The office sought the man always inhiscase. He was a native Mis-sissippian. A son of whom sho may well he proud.

Subscribers of the New Orleans papers will breathe a sigh of relief when the lottery campaign is over. For the last few months this question has been the principal stock in trade. tion of the State House should not be overlooked. It has been standing for a half century, and the exterior, as well as the inside of the building, gives unmistakable evidence that it should either be put in thorough repairer provisions made for the erection of an entire new one. It may be said, and is true, that the architecture of the building is most excellent, and from examinations that have been made by architects and contractors, it is possible that by tearing down a portion of the southern part of the building, which has settled several inches, and making a firm foundation and rebuilding, that the edifice could be repaired and beautified so as to prevent the outlay of a new house.

It will be remembered that some two years ago the Supreme Court room was vacated, it being believed unsafe, and the court held in the consultation room. The house was subsequently strengthened at an expense of several thousand dollars. An eflicient and experienced architect, some more years ago, expressed the opinion thatthe house could be strengthened, improved and put in good repair for probably one-tenth the sum that it would cost to build a new one, and at the same time spoke of the excellent plan and architecture of the building. The purpose of the State Lkdoek is to make known the condition of the people's State House that their representativesmay take such action as their wisdom may suggest. While Mississippi can deservedly boast of the buildings of her benevolent institutions, it is a painful fact that her State House instead of being an ornament to the Capital City, detracts from its otherwise presentable features.

RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. A meeting of citizens A'as held in Vieksburg recently, to consider the culling of a Convention of the citizens of the Yazoo Delta, to promote the improvement of the Yazoo, Tallahatchie, Yallobusha, and Sunflower rivers. When the meeting is held, as it ought to be, it should give particular attention to the mode in which the liberal appropriations made by the government are expended, and enquire especially whether the boats that are sent by the (xovernment to clean out the streams, perform the service by skimming along and cutting off tiees when the waters are high so as to impede navigation by making more snags; or whether they do their work when the streams are low and the obstacles to navigation are visible and easily removed. The government has been liberal in making appropriations. Whether the work has been properly done is another question.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The State LEiKiKKis enabled to give the following names of the persons elected members of the Hinds County Executive Committee under the order of the old Committee: Jackson, North 'Ward W. H. Potter. Jackson, South Ward It, F.

Chiles. Jackson, West Ward Geo. Lemon Pearl Henry Detterly. Forest Hill Dr. Silas Catching.

Liberty Grove O. O. Wolfe. Tinnin E. H.

Green. Lynchburg Dr. J. A. Ashford.

Clinton W. II. Poates. Utica Ii. H.

Long. Bolton Wm. Carstarphen. Cayuga Geo. A.

Parkes. The foregoing members were elected as far as the State Ledger has ascertained. At some of the precincts, no poll for committeemen were opened but the vacancies can be readily filled by order of the Committee. COTTON. The Dunnniher renort.

from the Agricultural Bureau repeats the complaint oi low prices. Producers ova Tint-. Hati aIiIa to wit.liHnld crops from sale in consequence of .1 11 maturing uuiikhuuiis u.uu me markets are glutted. The excep tionally favorable season for rm thorinir h.ia created an illn lWA.UQf hiVo Imnrsuirin of a larce Tield It will vanissh before spring, but the vnatMnri -nrill Atn trvo IntA for moat. of the planters.

Speculators who 1 A. 1 A. 1 nave ueen ame 10 invest ai iow prices, will reap the harvest. He Is Appointed Secretary of War By President Harrison, vice Proctor, Eesigned. A Scandal -Mrs, .1.

(. Blaine, Appeals For Protection From Her Husband. The Secretary of State of liesigtis While Itesting Under the Charge of Malfeasance. Spiral to the State Washington, Dec. 17.

The President this morning sent to the Senate the name of Stephen Ji. Klkin, as Secretary of War, vice Proctor, resigned. There will be no opposition, and the appointment will be confirmed as soon as the name goes to the usual committee. TWO VESSELS WRECKED. Dashed to Pieces Off he Coast of Shanghai But No Lives Lost.

iSlwxual to the btate Ledger. Londox, J)ec. 17. Two British steamers were wrecked off the coast of Shanghai, this morning. The entire cargoes went down, but, thanks to the efficient life-saving station, no life was lost.

The weather is bitter cold, and crew and passengers suffered greatly before being gotten ashore. A CANTON MARRIAGE. Mr. L. of Illinois, Weds Miss Enola Handy.

Special to the State Ledger. Canton, Dec. J. Roberts, of Illinois, who has large interests in this county, was to-day married to Miss Enola Handy, daughter of Mr. Geo.

Handy. The ceremony was performed at the Presbyterian Church by Rev. Mr. Alexander. After the marriage the bridal couple and friends repaired to the residence of the bride's father, where a grand reception is now in progress.

The couple leave to-night for an extended tour north. PAPAL CONSISTORY. An Important Catholic Body Being Held in Home. Special to the State Ledger. Rome, Dec.

17. The Consistory ordered by the Pope will be held today. Delegates from every European country and America are present and it is said that grave church matters will be dealt with bearing on the growth of socialism. A NATIONAL SCANDAL. Mrs.

Jas. Gr. Blaine, Appeals for Protection Against Her Husband, yjpt-oiftl to the State New York, Dec. 17. Mrs.

James G. Blaine, this morning appealed to Inspector Brynes for protection against persecution from her worth less husband, who, aided by his mother, has resorted to every means possible to annoy and harrass ills wife since she instituted proceedings for divorce, WHITTIER'S BIRTH DAY. The Quaker Poet Celebrates His Eighty- Fifth Birthday, Ai.nsbi'ro, Dec. 17. The poet Whittier is old to-day, and congratulations in every shape are pouring in upon the Quaker poet.

The family insists upon a quiet cele bration of the event, anil only old friends aro present. A COLORED CASHIER. He Goes Wrong at Birmingham and Manages to Get In Jail. Birmingham, Dec. 17.

H. Hudson, colored, Cashier of the Alabama Penny Savings Bank, i3 in trouble. He was arrested yesterday and is under bond to answer before Commissioner Hunter, the charge of intercepting a letter from A. B. Wicham, colored, Atlanta, Ga to George Lindsay, colored, Birmingham.

This letter contained, i is alleged, a receipt for a $70 note deposited by icham the bank. ANOTHER ONE. Secretary of State of Michigan Besigns on Account of Crookedness. Special to the State Ledger. Lansing, Dec.

17. Loper, Secretary of State, has resigned under a charge of malfeasance in office. He will be investigated by the Legislature, and will be prose cuted. It is believed the investiga tion will develop a vast amount of crookedness. DEEP WATER CONVENTION.

A Meeting to Urge the Deepening of the Northern Lake Channels. Special to the State Ledger. Detroit, Dec. 17. The Deep Water Convention, to consider the i-x, RETURNS A WRECK.

A New York Cashier "Who Has Wandered Around Demented. Special to the State Ledger. Nfav York, Dec. 17. Edward Call, the bank Cashier who mysteriously disappeared some time ago, returned to-day as suddenly as he had departed.

He has wandered around aimlessly in a demented condition, and returns a physical wreck. HIGH-LIFE MARRIAGE. A Young Girl Captures a Foreign Husband. Special to the State Ledger. Parts, Dec.

17. A fashionable wedding takes place at Pan to-day between Mr. Robert J. B. Boreel, the son of Mr.

W. Boreel, the Chamberlain to his late Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and Miss Edith Margaret Ives, the youngest daughter of Mr. Philo Ives, of Hartford, Conn. STRIKE SPREADING. Telegraph Operators on Atlantic and Pacific Quit "Work.

ALBi'tiUERQUE, N. Dec. 16 The telegraph operator's strike is spreading, and not a train dispatcher or operator is working on the Atlantic and Pacific from Albuquerque to Mohave. California. There are brotherhood men here in the Santa Ee's employ, and if they are ordered to work the Atlantic and Paclffc business they will refuse and be discharged, and then in all probability a general strike on the Santa Fe will be ordered.

A SPECIES OF LOTTERY. A Co-operative Supply Scheme So Considered In Milwaukee. Special to the State Ledger. Milwaukee, Dec. 16.

The police have begun war against the co-operative supply scheme, as it is called, regarding it as a kind of lottery. The scheme is to organize a club of thirty-live or forty persons who want to get a suit of clothes, a watch, or same other article costing about forty dollars. The members pay a dollar each week, and each week there is a drawing to determine which member shall get the suit of clothes or whatever it may be. In this way a person often gets a suit of clothes for one or two dollars, while the unlucky person has to pay in the lull 38.uu before ne ever gets his suit. FAST MAIL SERVICE.

To be Inaugurated To-Day Between the ast and West. Special to the State Ledger. New York, Dec. 10. To-day there will be an additional fast mail ser vice inaugurated between the East and West via Philadelphia and Pittsburg, leaving New York at about i a.

in. The time between New York and Chicago will be twenty-live hours; between New York and St. Louis, thirty-two hours. The cars used in this service will be fitted up as complete post- -tiltiees, and will be provided with regularly organized crews of postal clerks who will take on and dis tribute pouches for the local as well as the through points that can be reached by connecting trains and star routs. -JACKSON AND SLAVIN.

They Sign Articles to Fight in San Fran cisco, May 30. San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 16. Peter Jackson has received from the National Sporting Club articles of an agreement for his fight with Frank Slavin. Peter affixed his signature under that of his coming op ponent, and forwarded them to London.

They agree to fight twenty rounds with four ounce gloves as catch-weights for a purse of $10,000. The contest is to take place at the National Sporting Club Monday, May 30, 1892. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Stray Items of Interest Culled From the Electric Wires. Indianapolis, Dec.

16. The city is full of base ball men attending the American Association meeting. Cincinnati, Dec. 16. W.

E. Merrill, United States Engineer, in charge of the Ohio river, dropped dead on a train in Illinois. Washington, Dec. 16. J.

W. Stephens, of Atlanta, who suicided, was buried yesterday. His widow and a friend were the only mourners. Baltimore, Dec. 16.

The citizens at a meeting resolved to ask the Legislature for an appropriation of for a Maryland exhibit at the World's Fair. New Orleans, Dec. 16. Bertha Welgandt suicided by setting her self on hre and then snooting ner-se If twice. She was demented.

Pittsburo, Dec 16. Senator Quay says he is not a candidate for reelection to the Senate. Rio Janerio, Dec. 16. The revolt in Sao Poula has been surpressed without bloodshed.

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