Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1885 — Page 1

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V YOL. XXX-IVO. 49. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY .7, 1885. WHOLE NO. 1,550

WHITE k0V3E RECEPTION.

he l a it Reception Under Arthur' Regime the Largt Md Grandest of the erles. Washixgtos, Jan. 1. New Year's Day has teen generally bserved here. Tbe weather was almost as xllsagreeable as a year sgo, when it rained through the day. At 12 o'c'.ock a cold wind was blowing and snow falling, and before night the atmoephere had a midwinter inclemency. However, it did not interfere with the calling and reception at the "White Hotue,the last under President Arthur's administration, which wm a lare as that cf any previous year. The President was assisted by a number of ladies prominent In society, who stood by kirn in the Bine. Tarlor. The callers entered the Red Parlor and pa3ed through the Bine Parlor, thence through the Green Parlor into the East Room, from which they made their exit The flora! decorations in the corridors and parlors, a? tsnal, were very elaborate and hand son e. In the loDg corridor and Kfd Parlor there were tropical plants ar.d ferns, and all the Chandeliers and mirrors were twined with smilax. The mantel ia the Blue Drawing Room was entirely covered with cat tlow?rs and blooming plaats. In the windows there were palms, ferns, croton and other foliage plants. In the Green Koom there were towering plants on the mantel an i tropical plants In the recesses of the windows. The fenr mantels in tbe East Koom ware decorated with pots cf blooming primroses and a cboice varety of other Üowcrs. Tbe ladies who agisted the President gathered in the library of the Vnite Houe a few minutes before t'ie reception began. New Year's sreetinpa wer? exchanged with the President and his slater, Mrs. LlcElroy, at 11 o'clock. The Marine Bind was stationed in tLe vestibule and p'aye 1 "lla.il t j the Chief," and the receiviag party entered the Cue Parlor, Mrs. Frelinghuyseu accompanied the President in the Dine Parlor. Mrs. AIcKlroy stood next to him, then Mrs. Senator Edmund?, Mrs. Fre!insri ay-en, Mra. McCuacui, 2:z. Cnandler. I-lrs." Brewster, Lirs Uatton, Mrs. Teller, a :id Uw wiv8 cf some of me Jsstios of tne Supreme Court and c-'her Itd'es cf the reo-iviug party js":ed cu into the Green Parlor. Its dres.es of the ladies were rich and Lan;l3orne. Mrs. lu'cE'roy wore pale beJitrepe satin, trimmed win petrl Kaiinz around a htart-shapei neck. Mw, Freiinthnytea wore blick Velvet, trimmed with blac'i lace ai:d dull jet. Mrs. ilcCnllcch o:e a rich white sitin. ilra. Edmunds wore rcourning silk la plain style Mrs. New bold, wLo is a granddaughter of the late (iencMl accompanied the family of f ecreftry Fielinghuysea to the "White Rcnr-; she w-r? cra7 satin, trimmed with while lace, tetrt r.ry" Chandler's wie wore an elf si" t tirt;3, with front ! cherry satin aad black and cherry brocaiied velvet train, Mrs. Erewt'er wore a f-olden bronze silk, embroidfcied in brorse sad geld colored beads, Mrs. Teller wore aa Enby velvet ard ettin, trimrred with DucU-?se lace, S-nator Harrison's wife wore a combination of salmen piiik gro3 grain and parnet velvet, grlutLed with point lace, Mrs. Field, wife of Justice Field, wore a copper colored silk and satin, trimmed with Egyptian blue. Mm. Miller, of California, wore a traiu of white satin brocaded in boqnets, richly colored Icw?s and embroiderec twhiicre; her btces and iat-.onr's were very beautiful. Airs. Latan ikhly dreff d in black velvet, with f .ontbr- arh of toints, and vest cf shrimp pink, trimmed whh aplique embroidery in celo'S. Mr. I Kin Cameron, and hr cousin Msd E-aciitl .Sherman, caue together, and wore elcaat while dresses. All ladies who were invited to receive were in evening dress, while these who called to pay their respct3 were in visiting dres3; that is. short skirta and bonnets. The colors were dark and subdued. Mm. Carlisle, who was published as axon;; the ladies who would assist the President, was not in the city. After an informal reception of tbe members cf the Cabinet, the door3 were opened and the Diplomatic Corps received. In the absence of Mr. Preston, Minister from Hayti, who is Dean cf the Corps, Viscount Das Nogueiraa, Minister from i'ortusal, headed the diplomatic procession. The Secretary of State stood on the left of the President, and presented the representatives of the foreign powers. There have been many charges anion; the diplomats within three years, none of those now here having served longer than six years. The members of the corps were in court uniform. The Kritish Legation was represented by Hon. Lionel Sackwell We3t, his eldest daughter, his second daughter (who is a debutante), Miss Heard, their guest; Mr. Alan Johnstons and Mr. Helrar, eecretaries'of the Legation, and Mrs. Helyar. Tbe Chinese Minister was absent and the Legation was represented by Tai Kwak CLin. Mr. D. W. Lartlett. tbe American secretary of the Leeration, and several Ctiireie attaches. Tüe Minister from Atulr a-HnE?ary, Baron Imnats Chaffer, was accompanied by Baroa PaumMarten, ac'injj secretary of the Legation. Mr. Komero, the "Mexican Minister, Is absent so that the legation was represented by the First and Second Secretaries. They were accompanied by the ladies of their families. Mr. Chan es DeS'rum, Minister from Rcssia was accompanied by his wife and fcetreta y. France was represented by M. Theoocae Koustan, the Minister; Mr. Lecomte Mnrce Saia, First Secretary of tbe legation, accompanied the Minist?r, a3 did Mr. Phil Larar.-". the Third Secretary, and the Chanceiior. Mr. Ileballier Desidles and bis wife. TLo German Minister, Mr. II. Von Alvensleben, was preeent, as were all the foreign re preventatives, wbo are in tbe city. The Justices of the United States Supreme Court, accompanied by the ladies of their households, were next received. In the abs nee of Chief Justice Waite (who la ill) Jus ir Mil'er was the first received, followed by the other Jurtices. Tbe Chief Justice M)d Justice Matthews were the only hbvnUfi. The Cerators and Representatives in CcnKTtes, of whom there was an nnnsnaliy large attendance, came next; these were followed by tbe representatives of the rmy and navy, nearly every officer on duty or visiting in the city being in line. The army delegation was headed by Lieutenant Cieaeral Sheridan, and the navy officials by Admiral Porter. Next came the chiefs o( the various departments and district official", ex-members of the Cabinet now in the city, and civic associations. The Grand Army of the Republic had notably a lare representation, both white ad colored, many being Jn uniform. At 1 o'clock the citizens' reception began. This continued until 2:15. During the entire time allotted for eitizeua to pay their respects to President Arthur, represenativea of almost ail grades of society passed through the various parlors. The employes of the Executive Mansion were tbe last to x!eDd a New Year's greeting to the chi-f executive. When the people had departed tLe Fre'jideDt raüed for hia horse and rook a hort ikie. He rec:r? i to the White House and dined wii tLe rrvi'lers of hu family. Secretary rMicfvinrsan entertained the Dipbcif tio Corp' at l.re-.kfast e.t 12 m. He wass ritf by ISn. Prelinghuysen and his da'jf.'b'f, vbo hi W, tbe reception at tbe "Whit Ucu'at: It 1 p. m. a genenl reception Le-ju at fhj Lome of tbe Secretary of

State. All the Cabinet ladies, with the extion of Mrs. Lincoln, -vhose mother recently died, entertained callers daring the afternoon and evening. Mrs. General Sheridan, Mrs. Admiral Porter and a number of tbe wives of Congressmen also received. ELAINE'S HEW TEAK CALLS.

He Visits His Supposed Friends In the Cabinet, and Slights Those He Sappose to lie Arthur's Friends. Special to the Sentinel. Washi5gtos, Jan. 5. "It takes ajjood deal of nerve for a man to do what Mr. Blaine did on New Year 8 Day," said a Democratic Congressman to-day. "He called upon those members of the Cabinet that he supposed had treated him well during the late campaign, and the others) he turned his nose' up at. He believea that Secretaries Chandler. Teller, Lincoln and McCnllcchare all right, but characterizes the others as edncatedboys." 'What do yon think of such action upon tbe part of Mr. Blaine?" I asked. "It means," replied the Congressman, "that he intends measuring swords with the cl&ss of rren representirg the Ideas of the administration. In other words, I think Mr. Blaine means to show his displeasure with Arthur and his friend more and more, and to go about witn a chip on his shoulder, ready for a f ght." Which faction can defeat the other?" "M n of my party think Mr. Blaine ought to be in the same frame of mind that tbe boy whom the calf ran over he ought to have nothing to say. He ought to give us silence, and a good deal of that" "Do you think Secre tary Chandler has anything of consequence in his inf:rmationlag, which he threatens to untie and let out if Jones, Elkics it Co. dont stop talking?" "I was given an intimation of what that information was the other day. It pertains to tbe n.ansgement of the campaign mostly, and reflects somewhat upon tbe integrity of both Jones and ElkiDS. Although Cnandler is a friend to Blaine be does rot think him a proper man to run for the Presidency. If Chandler were to print his thoughts he wculd say that the incapacity, or rather the disability of Jones was the ilrst blunder cf tbe Itepublic&n campaign, aiid the suspicion the people had of Eikins was the second blunder, end that the inlluerce wbich cided Plaine helped him down the hill of defeat. Conceding Blaine to have been the proper man to nominate, Mr. Cbandler thinke the organization of the committees about him waj as bad as could be, and would have defeated anybody." TDK l'KESlUENT LLGCr, III Iterent Letter in Said to Have Scared Several I'oiitical Clerk Xtadly More Expected From Dim Soon. 8;clal to the ficntlael. Washikutts, Dec, 31. It was stated here to-day that Goyernor Cievelsnd was given opportunity by arrangem.-.-i u expound his civil service views in the letter to Curtis, and that it is arranged that he is to go further in the matter before his inauguration, so that the rc0Ple f the country will understand him f ally before he takes hold of the helm. As generally interpreted the letter show? Mr. Cleveland to be the sort of man he ba been universally represented to be hardworking, business-like, ja;t. Beyond doubt be means that the Federal officials must do one thing at a time if they would serve Untier him that i?, attend to their dnties aai let the politicians manage politics. New York men eay that the letter is char acteristic of the writer. Thev believe he means to divide politics and the management of tbe Government's affairs. One said to-dt.y that Mr. Cleveland would not permit a member of his Cabinet to look after hia own or anybody elsea campaign, nor idlow a $1,000 clerk to rcn an errand in politics; that the line would be drawn against politics at the very door of the departments. Nevertheless, they say, he is a manipulator of political affairs, and will steer the ship of State clear of trouble dariDg the ccit four years. If Mr. Cleveland writes another letter &s strong as thia one he will frighten some of the unwary clerks bcre entirely out of their wit. They are badly scared now. WHERE THE MONEY GOES. No Panic Expected, the Money Grner&lly Traveling the ltoonds, Paying Debts, Settling Up Time. Special to the enttael. WAsni.GT03, Jan. 5. Comptroller of the Currency Cannon says more money ia being put into new banks and old than is taken out, and that therefore the flaw of cash into the country is increasing rather than decreasing. It is this apparent fact thst puzzles the statesmen. While more money is gointr. out for circulation than a year ago, more of it is also tcoing out of the Treasury for expenses and Its j of it coming for duties, revenues, etc. In their frenzy they a3k what becomes of it? representative men from all parts of the country come here every day. They eay this money all gees to pay debts; that the masses of men are in debt, and that for three months the great body of cash has been travellag from ene pocket to the other in settlements. They think that after the first of next month the times will loose up. Senator McDonald eays so, too. No panic is apprehended. It is interpreted simply as pay ing-up time. THE DEMOCRATIC SHIBBOLETH. Retrenchment of Expenses and Economy to IS the Guiding Policy of the Incoming Administration. 8pecialtothe Sentinel. Washington. Jaa. 4. Retrenchment ia to be the watch-word after the 4th of March. Senator Bayard and one or two others gentlemen who may have to do with Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet, have said, in commenting upon the public debt statement, which shows euch a marked decrease of receipts of late, that the Government must in some way be run for lees moaey a very great deal less, too and that the economy must accrue to the benefit of tbe people. It is believed here that the policy of the Democratic party during tbe four years of its power assured will be a leasening of expenditures und a lessening of customs dues by a decrease of duties. This will place the cobt of articles cheaper and the receipts of the Government will be proportionately aä large as cow. This being the thibboleth of the Democratic party, tbe people can see whether tl -y will approve if it in advance, and in 188, after teckonii g what has been done they can make a pretty ready conclusion of approval or disapproval. A very great effort will be made in this direction. There are men prominent in the Democratic party who proclaim that the Government can be run for two-thirds of it present expense, i. id fiovernor Cleveland has indicated to euda that Le will try to do it.

RECONVENING OF CONGUESS.

The Measures Likely to Occupy the Atteatlen of Congress Daring the Week. Wabhisgtos, Jan. 4. Alter the usual Monday call of States and Territories for the introduction of bills in the House to mcirow, individual motions to suspend the rules will be in order, and a number of members will eadeavor by this means to obtain the immediate passage cf specified measures or the assignment cf future dates for their consideration. Mr, Collins iatends to ask the House to fix a day for the consideration of a bankruptcy bill. Mr. Matson will ask for the passage of a bill reported from the Commit: tee on Invalid Pensions, providing for an increase of the pensions of widows from eight to twelvedollars per month. Mr.Payson for the passage of a bill restoring to public entry the lands held within indemnity limits for the benefit cf railroad and wagon road companies; and Mr. Caasidy, for the passage of a till providing for tbe erection of a public building at Carson City, Nev. A two thirds vote will be necessary in each instance to secure favorable action. Tuesday has been set apart for the consideration of bills reported from the Committee on Military Affairs, with the understanding, however, that appropriation bills Bball have preference. The pension appropriation bill, which was reported to the Houre prior to the holiday recess, will, in all probability, be called up for consideration on that day. Tbe Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, it is expected, will be reported from the Appropriation Committee on the came day, and called up for discussion on Wednesday. The Indian and District of Columbia bills will probably be reported to tbe House during the week. At the first opportunity, and when its discussion will not interfere with the appropriation bills, Mr. Regan will ask that the consideration of the Inter-State Commerce bill be resumed. If that measure u disposed of before the end of the week, Mr. Williiwill endeavor to secure the conbideration of the Kducational bill. It is his purpose to call It up as his own bill and move that the Blair bill, which passed the Senate, be substituted for it In the Senate the Inter-State Commerce b-11 has the first right of consideration, and its snpportca express the opinion that it will not he set aside for anything but appropriation bills. Its consideration is likely to consume a greater portion and possibly all the week. The bill to declare tbe forfeiture of the Oregon Central land grant will probibly be brcught up during tbe morning hour and passed. At least one of the pending treaties is expected to be reported from tke Foreign Relations Commitlee, and a considerable portion cf the time of the Senate may be spent in executive session. 1NATJGCKATION CEREMONIES, Notice to Intended Visiting Organizations The Inauguration Hall To He the Graudet Affair Ever Attempted. Washisuto, Jan. 1. The inauguration committee desire that organizations intending to visit Washington should communicate to the committee the number of persons included in the organization, their intended stopping place and. other particulars, feo positions in the line of the procession may be reserved for them and other necessar arrangements made. The Albany Jackcon Corps, numbering seventy men and a band of twenty-live musicians, have signified their intention to attend and have applied for places in the line. The commandant writes that the corps has tendered an escort from Albany to Washington to t9 President elect, who is a life member of the organization, bat no reply has yet been received. Tbe Committee on Public Order express a determination to have Pennsylvania avenue, from the Capitol to the White Hou.e, cleared of all vehicles and obstructions on the 4th, so the procession may not be thrown into disorder. The committee state that the inaugural ball will be made a prominent feature of tbe occasion, and is expected to surpass anything cl the kind ever attempted In this country. Work ia progressing rapidly on the Tension Buildinp, and the grand billrconi will undoubtedly be completed in season. The court of the building, which will be roofed over to form the bail-room, is 31G feet in length by 114 feet in width, surrounded by three tiers of corridors twenty-two feet in width. This magnificent structure affords an opportunity for decorations of the most striking and elaborate description, which the committee guarantee shall be provided. It is estimated that 15,000 gnests can be accommodated, but the number of tickets will be limited to to 12,500. Quite a lively contest is in progress between the musical organizations of the country for the honor of furnishing music for tbe ball. Dodgeworth's Band, of New York, the German Orchestra, of Philadelphia, and the Marine Band, of thij city, are the most prominent competitors. The cammittee has practically decided to have three bands, one etat! oned in the center ball for dance mus e, and the others for promenade music. CLEVELAND'S LETTER. It Meets "With the Approval of Professor Gregory, of tbe Civil Service Commission. Washington. Jaa. 3. Tbe recent criticisms by come Republican members of Congress npon Governor Cleveland's civil service letter were made the topic of an Associated Press interview with Profeesor J. M. Gregory, of the Civil Service Commission, to-day. In response to the first inquiry he said; 'Tes, I have read carefully Governor Cleveland's letter to George Wlllian Curtis, and it seems to me the honest expression of a sincere and settled conviction, with no hidden meaning, and ao contemplated aitcrthougnL The paragraphs relating to those who have used their places for party purpose?, which to some of his critics appear to be a loophole for a wiJe pftrlUdu proscription, are altogether too large and plain for such a construction. They are so cpen, frank, and fearlej as to forbid all thought of their hiding any blnteter and malignant meas.'ng. It is true that by a strained interpretation of taese paragraphs a majority of tne Republicans in oaice mUbi be brought under condemnation and ousted from their places; and this would probably be true, also, of the thousands of Democrats who have doubtless pained office already under civil service rules, and who, probably, supported by word and vote the candidates of theia party. To charge the President-elect with intending such a proscription is to accuse him of using trie most heartlets irony in a letter addressed to some of bts most influential supporters and foremost friends ot civil service reform, and of his prospective admiuih'iraiiou. "lias not this letter done much to q prehensions of clerks in the Uorer vthe apnt eiapioy?" "Most certainly. Bat It h nn?t' omedby the earnest and patriotic friends o is great caue of leform, who look with I . pon any return to tbe "coils System. It Is ural that persons in oCiee should see in It i ' i promise of protection, and that otfice-aaskers the other ha u.t, should regard it as boktlle t j lr bops?. but its sigulfljance rises far abive i e personal considers tion s of the inland th o t It is evident that the hateful spoilstyetsra . ce-etting and otiice-bolding can be robbed) t nly by persistent efforts of successive aim i ation, and, perdaps, successive parties. It wa en to a Ropublican Admlnhtratloa to btetu work, and President Arthur and bis Cabinet dewrve well of their country that tbey have so nobly tätet the de-

mands of duty. Without hesitation they have opened the great departments and large oihces ot the country to the moM meritorious without a onestion as to party character. Presideut Arthur's hearty support of this reform will make his administration ss famous in biftoryes it has made it popular among the bcEt of his living countrymen. "But it needs eoually hearty and masra&s'mois efforts and sacrifices of his successor, and of tne Democratic party in its turn, to fully extrlpate the accursed I'pas tree of the patronage syBtera. These eflorts Governor Cleveland's leuer fairly promises, and in this lihc I accept it, in the full breadth of its frank assertion. If it Is cart tod cut in its letter and fplrlt it will place tbe name cf lu anthor hlch in the list of the best Presidents of theRej ublic" TUE TBEASUBT.

Pnhllo Debt Statement for December. Wiehisgtox, Jan. Z The public debt statement shows: Four and one-half per cents.. f 2V).(TX).0oo Four per ocnts. ........ ........... ' 37.o;,y6o Three per cents ... 1W.1W.500 Refunding certificate.................... 20,000 .Navy pension lund 14,000,000 Total interest-bearlBg debt..., Matured debt...... Letral tender? ... Ci'rtif.cates of derosit........ . Gold and silver certiScates Fractional currency ............... Total without inlerest . l,lJt).U7.1nO eto.7..2S6 4.9JUU0 237.7J9.441 6.97L343 C36,13,01Q Total debt. H LS3,571,5 ll.4it.132 13i 475.176 l.llVv.B.S'l 6f!,38 Va,861 Total Interest Cah in Treasury Debt lees cash in Treasury jncreae during December..... Decrease since Jane CO, 1381... Current Liabilities Interest due and unpaid .....M.S t.&3.824 Debt on wbich lnserest baa ceased '6, ÜJ 9 Interest thereon- ?51.C55 Gold and filver certificates i37,7W.lll United States notes held for redemption of certificatos of deposit...- 21.C?0.0"0 Cash balance avaiiable................ 1 1'J.Mi ,92J Total Available As8ts Cash in Treasurv. 8 Bonds issued to the Facihc Railroads, interest payable bytbe United Suites, principal outstandins ..-... Interebt accrued not yet paid.............. 432,4:5,176 42.473,176 C4.23.512 l.W.7U 63.0)3,504 Interest paid by United ut3... tMM Interest repaid by Companies By transportation aervice ... ...S By cash payments, a per cent, net earu'ngs. Balance interest paid by tbe Cnited ln.017.S41 C')5,133 43.1-'C.5.n A DASTARDLY DEED. An Engine Thrown From the Track by an Obstruction Placed, lu a Frog Kill Two Person s. Wueelikg, W. Va., Jan. 1. A. most dastardly outrage was perpetrated by some unknown villain near Grafton, W. Va., Ia3t niht, causing a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by which two man bit their lives and a number of others narrowly escaped. A bar of iron was wedged In the froz of a switch ia such a way that an engine passing over it would leave the track. It ia thougot the obstruction was laid with b view to wrecking tbe St. Louis express, due at Grafton from tbe east at 10:13 p. m. The train was an hour late, and when the ermine etruck the obstruction it was thrown frcra tho rails and turned upside down on tla opposite track, and a postal car thrown down tbe bunk into the creek. Collin Hepburn, the en gmeer, was instantly killed; hisntck and one leg were broken, and the other W; crashed. He leaves a family at Bloomirgtou, Md. Thomas Dorsey. fireman, was caast eviieath the engine, and besides broken bones and bruises was badly scalded, one side bem literally - cooked by escaping ..steam. He lived several hours. His borne is at Keyser.Ue leaves a wile and three children. Mo one else was injured. Postal Clerk Mclntvre was burned, but succeeded in extinguishing the lights in bis car before it turned over, thus saving himself from possible injury by hre. The damage to the company's property will amount to several thousand dollars, No cine to the perpetrators of the crime. A train from Wheeling to Pittsburg, on the B. and O,, struck a large boulder near W est Alexander last night and was derailed, and engine and teverai cars demolished. Traffic was delayed all day. POVERTY'S PAXG3. Strong: Mn Seeking Rafale from Starvation In the renal Institutions ef Massachusetts. Boston, Jan. 4. For some time past Barney Long, a poor little sickly fallow, has been hanging around the 8outh End, living on charity and sleeping in stables, outhouses, and frequently staying out doors all night. He ia rheumatic and apparently in quick consumption. Friday night Patrolman Fouscha found him tottering about the streets nearly L-ozen, and took him to a saloon and gave him a hearty meal. He was so hungry that he is said to have eaten enough for two able-bodied men. In tbe conree of a conversation with tbe wretched fellow the policeman learned that he had had no food for three days. The lad said he bad tried to obtain work and failed. He was willing to go anywhere and do auything if he could only get clothed and fed. He was taken to the station and came up before Judge McCafferty. He pleaded guilty yesterday to vagrancy, and said he wanted to be sent away. "I am frequently called upon to deal with hard cases,'1 said the Jude, reddening and speaking in a loud, impressive voice, as he usually does when moved or excited, "but this is one ef the saddest that I ever saw. There is something rotten in the charities of Boston or I would not have so many cases of the kind. Five or six men came before me last week and pleaded guilty to a crime for the sake of a living, ßtrong, rugged men, capable of working and supporting others, pleaded guilty and are sent away among criminals for the sake of being clotbed and fed. It is wrong and unjust. I protest against it in the name of humanity." The young fellow was sentenced to the island for six uonilis, and went down the steps smiling at tbe prospect of an assured living. He will probably be taken from the House of Industry and sent to a hospital fo medical treatment. Died Suddenly round With His Throa Cut. Special to the Sentinel, CuAwFCKiroViixr, In3.,Dec. 30. This morning at 10 o'clock Hon. Archibald Johnston died at his residence on East Main street. Mr. Johnston has only been sick two days, and biatdeath was unexpected. He was fiftyfive years old and leaves a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn his death. He was one of the pioneers of this State, and baa lived: in this county 'eighteen years. He was a prominent Democrat, and has always been active ia politics, having represented this county, and was elected state Senator in I860. His many friends throughout the State will be pained to hear of bis death. William Cox. a married man who resides just south ot Darlington, In this county, was found in his barn this morning with bis throat cut and a bloody razor near him. He was in an unconscious condition. After be was amused he claimed he had been attacked by an unknown man, but this is not belieyed. It is thoa-bt he attempted suicide and failed.

A DUEL ON HORSEBACK.

Singular and Fatal Affray Between Men Returning From a Party In Georgia. A lbahy, Ja., Jan. 2. News has just reached here from Colquitt County of a remarkable duel on horseback, in which one ot the combatants was shot dead and another was mortally wounded. There bad been a reception at the residence of Zlr. Lake, at which the leading families of the county were represented. About midnight several persons were mounting their horses for the purpose of returning to their homes. Among the number were Homer and Elijah Carter, and two Chastain brothers. As they rode by, Wright Weekly, who was in the act of mounting, cursed at them and threatened to follow them up and "shoot it out." Putting spurs to their horses the youn? men challenged him to follow. In an instant Weekly was upon his horse and find a pistol shot after the party a he pursued them. The four men immediately returned lire and a regular due', on borEeback began in the dark, the location of be combatants being marked by the pitfol flashes. Weekly's brother rode up to him aHd grasping the reins of his bridle begged him to give up the fight. Just at that moment a bullet sped through Wright's brain, and bis horse, turning, bore its deal rider back to the door of the house from which the guests had been watching the deadly conflict. The Carter party rode off, one of them, it is said, mortally wounded. This tragedy grew out of ene equally as bloody some years ago. Alfred Carter, a brother of those who took part in this encounter, was assaulted by Ki chard Baron as be was returning home one dark night Alfred Carter's widow subsequently married Wright Weekly, much against tbe will of her late husband's brothers, Elijah and Homer. They haye frequently attempted to draw the ladj's second husband into ambush, and have at last succeded in making her a second time a widow by murder. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Wayfarers on Euston Road and at Gawer Street Station thrown Down by the Shoclfc and Lights In the Tunnel Extinguished. Lospok, Jaa. 3, 1 a, in. The shock of an explosion was felt by the residents of Euston roar), between St. Pan eras Church and Judd street. The railway runs the whole, lenglh of Euston road underneath the roadway. A crowd speedily collected at the vent shaft at the head of Osialton street, from which, at the time of the explosion, a quantity ot smoke iasued. As eoon as possible a number of porters were tent to the spot with lamps and appliances for clearing the line. Up to the present tine nothing has been found. The residents Of the locality are greatly alarmed. The shock overthrew several wayfarers on the Euston Road. It was with great difficulty that horses were restrained from runDing away. The gas lights in the Gower Street Station were extinguished, the ticket collector of tbe station was thrown from- his box, and the engineer working, the incandscent light machinery was thrown , from hia seat three or four feet, landing on his face. The lights in the other traits in the tunnel were extinguished. Passengers vrcre g,vtiy alarmed, and many ladies fainted. Oowe'r street platform was literally strewn with persons prostrated by the shock. The houses in tbe vicinity were shaken and the roadway oecillated. Two trains were passing at the time of the explosion, and in both tbe lights were extinguished, windows shattered, and tbe frame work of several carriage doors Bnashed. The green, ml and white lights at front and rear ot the trains were extinguished. The ticket collector at Gowr Street Station describes the report of the explosion as sharp and ringing in character, like the dlecharge of a small piece of field artillery. The point where the explosion occurred is directly under the road leading to the main entrance of tbe London and Northwestern Railway station. A lady's face was cat by glass; one Rentleman had h's side and face and another his wrist cut. These are tbe only serious casulties reported CLEARANCES. The State ot Trade for the Past Week, with tbe Percentages of Increase and DeCrease. B08TOH, Jan. 5. The following table, compiled from special dispatches to the Post from the managers of the principal Clearinghouses of the United States, gives the gross exchanges for the week ending January 3, with percentage Increase and decrease a compared with the corresponding week last jear: New York Boston... S 540,598,477 Dec23 0 7.5 .....21.9 21.3 13.7 . 6.S 15.7 .....10.1 6-1 2 9.9 175 14.3 6.6 19.8 ...16.2 ..... 4 I 20.6 ..... 4.9 ..1?5 1Z8 .....2159 11.8 16.9 70,C9i,Of.', Dec. Philadelphia 47.678.78o Dec. Chicago. 8C Louis.- .. Ban Francisco....... 40. ICH, 237, Dec. 14,7'J0,161 Dec... 12,6SI,35STnc 6a&06,225 Dec... 8.50.),000Dec... 6,72-2,445 Dec... 4,000,000 Dec.., 4.136.500 Dec. 3,977.C00:Dec. 3,201,696,Inc... 2.24'J,079 Dec.l,850,C'J2i Dec... 1,572.5; Dec... l.iiSD.ow; Dec... 2.600,000; Dec, 7 11,1 12 Dec, 1,001.683 Dec... 7Ö0.EC1 Dec. Baltimore... Cincinnati...... Pittsburg... . Louisville.. Providence Milwaukee Kansas City... Detroit ... Cleveland...Memphis..... Indianapoliseeeaaee ewes Hartford 4 Peoria . suss New Haven.... Portland... iWmi Wernes terV ?4'J,35: Dec... "77,224 Dec... a6,G00,lec. 4M,87S;DeC. Sprincfleld ...... Lowell. . 6.8 34.1 8yracuse Total.... Outside New York 780,933,994' Dec. 240,333,5171 Dec ..22.8 A SOCIALIST IEKTING, Ine Kegnlar Sunday Meeting of the International Association ot Socialists. CnicAco, Jan. 4. The regular Bunday meeting of tbe Working People's International Association attracted the usual large crowd to 54 "Wefit Lake street this afternoon. The gathering, which attracted a few women, completely filled the ball. The Times' report says: Dynamite Dnzey Ibrought the chattering crowd to order by vigorous thumping with bis fifit on the table. 0. S. Gricin was the first orator, and stated that this world had been created for the people to live in, and tbat the capitalists must take the non-capitalists into co-partnership, or else, with the assistance of dynamite, leave the world. A. R. Pareons read a lengthy 'wnereas" referring fo the lockouts in Pennsylvania, and asserting that the bread of the wageworkers is owned by "tbe privileged class.' The resolutions appended were adopted with a whoop: resolved, That the despotic power which the privileged class posses Is destructive of life, liberty and happiness, and should bs abolished by any and all means. ßesolved, That tbe working class must control

their bread and the means by which to obtain it, before they can in any sense be freemen. Mr. Parsons said the chief purpose of socialism was not to deprive the man who chanced to own a corner lot cf his property, but to make it hia forever; to put all men in palaces, and to place on their tables tbe bounties of the earth. When socialism prevailed every man would bs a joint stockholder of the entire earth, and richer than Vanderbilt. Two millions of men were out of employment and distitute in this country. Tbey represented 10,000,000 people. Socialism had become a necessity, "and," "said FarsoDS "one must accept it or perish." August Spies advocated murder because by it murder could be prevented, lie who upheld the present order of Bociety was a murderer. The mission of all Governments was t) maintain robbery cf the people. He offered a resolution indorsing the action of the Hock ing Valley miners in destroying the property of the syndicate, and it was adopted. John Sural, an old man, said be believed in slaughtering a few thousand capitalists. Uifs Lee declared herself ready to shoulder a musket to kill a "mean, dirty, awful capitalist." Mrs. Parsons chimed in with the sentiments of her predecessors, and thought she would look very charming in the go id clothes and diamonds at present worn by tbe wife of some capitalist. Mrs. Parsons assert d hereelf as able to throw a dynamite bomb as eilectively as her husband. Ste closed with the expressed desire that ministers would in the future tell their starving Wrishoners to 'tru6t in dynamite" instead ol to "trust in God."

A Socialist Scare. Chicago, Jan. 3. It is understood that the fact has beta clearly disclosed tnat a number of armed companies of Socialists are regularly drilled In this city, tnd that they number about 700 men. They are eeuiprjed with breech-loading rifles, and drill according to Prussian tidies. The entire practice is cottrory to the Slate law. In view of this fact, and o; ing to the recent threats by some Socialist leaders, volunteer guards have been placed in one of the armoties of the National Guard. In speakinj of U e matter editorially today, the Times says: "it is rather au unpleasaut condition of things irhen it is found necessary ta guanl tue city armori -s anainiit apprenendcl attacks from men who aia engaged in secretly dri'.lirjg, and whose am-ounced purpeso is to pillage, arson and murder. It is stated that a small number of militia volunteers, possibly squads of ten, ere oa the watch nightly at the armory of tne First Regiment to protect against theso anticipated attack?. If tbis be the fact there Is a scandalous state of affairs in extenco. It is not the duty of members of tbe militia, who get no oht tfttniselves, to perform the ex'.ra wori of sitting up at nights to guard tlie property of tae StiU. If snch work is necessary to be done the stato ought to order it to be done, and vay for it. Oae Ol the first thinsrs which should bt done is to have tüe matter investigated, and if itfe found that men are drilled in secret for an ilial purposa they should be nut under taa supervision of the police, just as if they were burglars or asaasiius plannlüg the death of a citizen." Ed-lilHOUAKE HORKOll. The Casualties by the Terrible Earthquake Grow In Numbers as tne Story of Its L)bolation is Developed-Shocks Continue to Devastate Spain by Their Continual Re currence. Madrid, Dec. 30. At Granada to-day the Te Deum was sung and prayers offered for the cessation of the earthquake. At Prie, province of Cordova, tbe shocks came while the theater was crowded with people, and a terrible panic ' followed. Many persons jumped from the gallsrs arid ro.utbe wlndcwB upon the crowd below. Two were killed outright and forty were more or Ie?s seriously injured. At Malaga the two lofty chimneys of the gas works fell. The patients in the hospital were so terrified that tbey forgot their maladies and fled to the open air. Convicts In the prisons refused to enter their cells, and remained all night in the court-yard. Alhama and Santa Cruz 8re completely destroyed. Soldiers are now Clearing up the ruins in search of corpses, wbich are found in large numDers, many of them horribly disfigured. The number ef persons killed is unknown, and there is much distress among the survivors, who ask relief. At Albunuelas 200 persons were injured from ruined bouses. One hundred bodies have eo far been recovered. The barracks at Loja, Province of Granada, are ruined. At Zafaraya, a town not far from Loja, fifty persons perished. Madrid, Jan. 2. Shocks of earthquake were again experienced at Alabama, last night. The town is in rnins. A panic prevails among tbe inhabitants of Antiquers, twenty -eight miles northwest of Malaga, where shocks have already been felt. Shocks of earthquake continue to be felt at Jaen, Malaga, Benamargcsa, and Ye!ex. Several severe shocks were felt at Torrox on Wednesday and Thursday, destroying more buildmgB, and the town is now completely abandoned. The church at Terge was so damaged that services are now held in the open air. Three hundred and fifty corpses have been discovered at Orenas del P.ey, and 250 persons are suffering from injuries. It is estimated that 3,000 people have been killed since Christmas night. Earthquake shocks were again felt at Granada, Malaga, Nerja and Aigirrobo last night. The panic among the pecpiO is unabated. A number of towns and viliages have been completed destroyed, and their inhabitants have deserted them. Many persons sleep in railway carriages. A lesal decree has been issued ordering that a national subscription for the relief of sufierers be made. Public officials have agreed ta contribute one day's pay each. Ly tbis means $200,000 will be raised. Spanish Ambassadors, Ministers and Consuls in all countries will also open subscriptions. It is reported that a Government loan of 3.C00.000 pesetas will be raised for relief of the inhabitants Of the afllicted districts, Washington and Vlciimy Was Shaken Up. Washington, Jan. 3. Reports are beginning to come in of an earthquake shock in tbis vicinity last night. At Brightwood glasses were lipped from tables and children awakened from their sleep in fright. The tremor was accompanied by a noise similar to that made by a wagon drawn cloe to the bouse. In South Washington the shock was also felt, and was at first thought to be from a heavy railroad train passing. Fanners from the neighboring- counties of Maryland state tbe shock was quite severe. In the neighborhood of Silver Fpring there was a rumbling sound and a perceptible tremor in the houses. In the Vicinity of Langley, Va,, the trembling ot the earth was plainly felt. At Warrenton the motion was from east to west, accompanied by a dull, heavy sound and a shaking of the windows violently. Earthquake In Maryland. Baltimore, Jan. S. A special from Frederick, Md., lavs that in the southern section of Frederick County last nieht at 9:13 o'clock a shock was felt, supposed to be an earthquake, causing groat constercation BmoDZ the people at Eackeytstown, Lime Kiln Switch, Ilicksville, Adamstown, Greenfield Mills nd other points. The shock was si perceptible tbat the resident ran out ol th-j j houses in a terribly alarmed state. ... ; .-. New Hampshire Also Shaken. Lacoma, N. n., Jan. 3. A shock of cartä a; kf, lasting half a minute, was felt In Ltcoia I rut Ay night. It passed from north to woutl. accompanied ty a rumbling sound.

NAVAL APPROPRIATION:.

Secretary Chandler's Reply to Randall's Letter Regarding tbe Amounts 'cceeary to Maintain the Establishment. Washington, Jan. 4. Secretary Chandler, in at s wer to a letter from Mr. Randall, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, concerning the amounts necessary to maintain the na?al establishment, esjb: On my pert I venture to express my reeret tbat with three bills conveniently awaiting the concurrent action of the two Jiooes, it was foam! impossible 10 puss any oneof taem before Januaiy 1. lfcö. and that therefore serious embarrasments have arisen in administering tlie naval establishment. May I not ask the earnest atttntioucf your committee to tbe importance of freedily terminating the anomnous condition of süsirr, whieb makc It nrc?sary to maintain tbe naval ervice without tbe assistance of tha titual apr.'oprifciiens therefor. The Senate having dropped all tbe proportion for appropriations fi t sdditloral cruisers end coinpieung the rxonitcrs fcr the r seut, the question in controversy eems to te only this: un one side whether an impropriation Lul for the balance of the SscaJ jenr br.jiil te framed, alter consideration ia dets.it ol the estimates, which the lar reulr. to be submitted to Co: cres, ior tpecial needs of the eervke for the Jtar, and whether a Bpecißcj suonnt, to be applicable to each object cf tte appropriation, shall be distinctly netted ia tfce bill; or, on tbe otüer side wbefber, without such consideratin. there str!! te appropriated in general terms 50 per ceiit. cl the amounts granted in last year's till for 1 be virions objects specifl jally named in that b.il. Surely this question is n t a vital one. lte first method is undoubtedly the wises-t ani faftst, ocnformirg to the practice wbich has never been and never sho'ild be departed from, except in an emergency. The second is a loose, irregular and dangerous taking from the Treasury of millions of dollars with no indications cn the face of the act of the speciiic use to which any dolT is to be applied, but that is unocrtaia welch which may be made certain, and it is letter to make appropriations by statuta fcivirg peneral anthoriiy to tbe departuent to spend as much as it spent lafct jear, tlnn to p'se it in a position where it Is compelled to simple along without any ai prt priations. Appropriation by a vicious iretfcod is betur than no appropriation atall where lKfortsnt povernmental Inactions may e ome to be butptnded ty reason of no action ty Corjgrctg. Secretary Chandler gives a tabulated statement, showirg that the estimate! appropriations in the bills are insufficient, except ia the case of tbe amounts proposed for the repairs of woedtn vessels, and concludes ai iollowfe: " Tbe whole Question of the amounts needed for tbe routine work of construction end repair and 6tcam enginctrirg in the Navy-yaids depends urcn the Mational policy CoiiCerniaf? repairs ol cid woodi-n shir. It 1s tue duty of the Department to apportion throughout tLe whole year vtaievcr appropriations uay be made lor general service acd tfr.s make worx continuous, while preventing dcficiuacie9. ani this corme will We pursued lor the eomtug ha.f jcpr. There were Jagt year, and have betn tbis vcar, to deficiencies which could well have boca foit-ieen or avoided, for tliere were. In fact, none ef r.nj noticeable smost, except last year for tho repairs oi the hulls of vessels, fcuch repairs can rot elwH5s be distributed equally throughout all tbe months ttl the year, because the work c&o bo czcM proStably 2one during the longer day?; and furthermore, when repairs are in proiTc-ss ii U alwßys cVisiraole to biteu them tD a conclusion, in o:ccr that tLe shiis may be promptly u&ed. AN AEUIAL TORPEDO. IstrneHve Air Machines That Will Hewtlutlcnizii ?lodern Warfare. rAsis, Jan. 4. The Taris papers of Friday ptbUsted adescription of a reported invention of the aeronaut M. Godari, which, if really what is Faid should be realUed, is likely to revolutionize modern warfare. The invention n question ia an aerial torff boat of 5,000 cubic feet, which can b in-" Hated in fifteen minntes, steered and stop ped at the caprice of the balloonist, and capable of nvoidirg the shot and shell of the en emy. It is so constructed that it could hurl a ton weight cf explosives on an army with impunity. The aeronauts with whom your correspondent discussed tbe invention were in clired to regard the most of M. God&ri's reported statements as noDsenf-e. It was inconceivable, eaid one authority, that a balIccn of the kind described could te made bo light as rise above cannon range and yet la able to carry anything like a ton weight ct explosives. Ifesidee, be went on to say, even pranting that M. Godard bad the delightf a 1 freedom cf movement which he says he has, it is absurd to talk of burliner huue projectiles on an arrn. A few bottles of nitro glycerine would suffice, ilr. Frederick Gower, replying to a question of your correspondent, eaid: "M. Codard's tcrpedo balloon appears fo include a principle for controlling tbe movements of a large aerostat, which is the chief point at issue in the whole question of balJocnixjp. I know nothing of the special means Le proposes to employ, but the enda which, be hopes to attain require efficiency and a certainty of acticn beyond anything so far seriouslv claimed, that has been in4, vented, to my knowledge," Reduced Telegraph Bates. K ew Yor.K, Jan. 1. The announcement of of lower rates on the Baltimore and Ohio telegraph lines attracted some attention among telegraph men, and provoked comments on that class of business. As published it gives an impression that previously existing rates have been grealy reduce. At the cilice of the Mutual Union Teler-apn Company it was stated that the reductions are but in a few cases more than five cents below the rates given by that company for six months past to the various points mentioned. The Mutual Union Company cow announces a further reduction cf rates from New York, as follows: To Chicago, 15 cents; to St. Louis, Cincinnati and intermediate points, 20 cents; to all cilices in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, 10 cents. The rates by tbe National Union lices to all points "W est, to and including St Louis and Chisago, haye been cut 20 cents since July 12, and the rates tow given are in no case higher, and to many points are lower than those given by the Baltimore and Ohio Company. Died of Blotfd Poisoning. Brooklyn, Jan. 4. Ilev. Dr. Noah Hont Schenck, paster of Et. Anne's on the Heights Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, died at hia home in that city early this morninjr from blcod poisoning. About three weeks ago Dr. Schenck, who was then in robuathealth, had a corn removed from his toe by a chiropodist, Shortlv afterward be complained of bis toe being painlul. A physician was called and found that gangrene had Bet in. Bis medical attendants amputated the toe but poison had before spread through the system for three J days before the Doctor was in a comatose state. The Doctor was fifty-nine years old and leaves a wife ani tea children. Dr. Schenck was born in Newton, N. J., and received his education at Trinceton College. He was well known ia Chicago and Cincinnati. A. Masked Ulghwayman Shot. Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 4. This morning at 2 o'clock Beltharer Kraus, a German barbe , of Bellaire, O., was tcoing home, when be was attacked on Belmont street by three rr asied robbers, one of whom choked him while the others went through his pockets. Ke drew a self-cocking revolver from aa ?erccat pocket and -fired. Oaecf the robbera fell smd the others fled. The wounded man proved to be Charles Bradford, long believed to be a thief and several times arrested, but never conyicteL He will die.

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