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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-05
AHEAD IN ELECTRICITY.

1t is remarkable fact that Americans have
always been ahead of the rest of the world
in improvements and inventions in electrici-
ty, from the time Franklin drew that subtitle
force from the clouds to the present day,
when Edison is astonishing the scientific
world at large with his achievements in that
branch of science. Edison is not the only
American, however, who is accomplishing
electrical wonders. Cleveland, Ohio, has a
genius, Charles F. Brush, who has accom-
plished, in the way of electrical ighting,a re-
suit the best European electricians have for
some time been laboring hard to bring about,
but in vain. In Paris laborious and expen-
sive experimenting has been going on, and
lights have been produced that would illumi-
nate whole acres, but the light from one ma
chine cannot be divided so as to il
illuminate different rooms, or different
stories in a mandatory. There is also
the defect of an unevenness of light, clear
bright glow, being succeeded by intervals of
comparative dimness, or by unpleasant flick
ering. Two systems are beng tested in France
the Gramme machine and the Serrin lamp.
The latter is delicate in construction and La
bic to get out of order, as the carbons, from
whose combustion the light is obtained, are
adjusted by clock-work, and those lcarbons
require renewing every four hours. The ia
blochkoff or Russian candle, has the advan-
tage of simplicity, but its machinery Is cum
barsome, and when one of the lights goes out,
it has to re-lighted by hand. The carbons
in this system burn only an hour and half
each candle gives light equal to twenty gas
burners, and the cartoons alone cost eleven
cents per hour. The saving over gas is small,
and the machine used requires great power.
The Lantin system, also tried in Paris, has
the same difficulties as the Russian, and 9TH
ers beside. In England the Siemens APP
paratus is the last improvement; but
both the Siemens and the Gramme
machine affords only one light from one ma
chine. Their carbons are adjusted by intri-
cate and delicate clockwork arrangement, and
they burn only five hours continuously. In
this country there is much experimenting, but
the Brush system is the one that has practi-
cally triuraphed, solving the difficulties that
have perplexed and baffied the European in
ventors. Charles F. Brush, the inventor, is
man of scientific attainments, to which nature
has added inventive power. HIS machine is
remarkable for its simplicity; the parts are
few and work easily. The armature is fixed
on shaft and in the large machines revolves
nine hundred times a minute. 1t is so ar
ranged IS to run very near to the exciting |
electro magnets. by which it receives the |
greatest possible amount of magnetization. |
4 large portion of this armaiure being ex-
posed prevents heat being retained, defect |
that is a cause OF trouble in other systems and |
to a high rate of speed. |
The commutator is also peculiar, and
among other things it cuts the bob
bins out of circuit when near the !.
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Hot Springs.
Special to the New York World


WASHINGTON, J,ne 30.-Tde Hot Springs
commissioners have been instructed to return
to Arkansas and continue such work as can
be done without specific authority by con-
gress. There are nine hundred and fifty
claimants for sites ow. ed by the government
and improved by the compliments. The
commissioners, previous to the expiration of
their term of Office, took the testimony of two
thousand seven hundred and fifty witnesses,
and have an immense amount Of written tes-
tImony. They will Continue to take tssti-
mony until congress meets, but will of course
not attempt to adjudicate titles until after
III ther legislation by congress. The work to
be done is much greater than was at first sup
pesed, and Messrs. Cragin, Stearns and Co.
burn expect to be employed for year and
half longer before all the claims are settled.
There seems to be good reason for believing
that the error in enrolling the sundry civil
bills, by which the Hot Springs legislation
was omitted, was a deliberate scheme to de-
feat the legislation proposed. It seems that
there is person named Russell who has been
at work for years on what is known as the
Rector" claim, by which he would be bene-
flied to the amount of FIVE hundred thousand
dollars if he could establish it. His interest
lies in defeating all legislation for the sale of
the Hot Springs property to the present occu-
pants. HIS claim Is, under the circumstances
a hopeless one, but it is believed that money
has been used to prevent the enrolment of
the Hot Springs clause, which would put an
end to the claim
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A CLINCHER.

All the water In the world would not wash
away the guilt of John Sherman in regard to
the theft of the votes of the people of Louisi-
ana. The testimony of E. L. Weber, State
senator from the once PROSTATE State and a
Republican who knows whereof ne speaks, is
conclusive on that head. He swears that the
parishes of East and West Feliciana were, in
1876, Democratic by large majority, but
that this might not have been the case had
the Republicans made legitimate effort.
This, he swears, they refused to make, be-
cause the party leaders-Packard, Kellogg
and Pitkin-wanted to have an excuse to
throw out the votes of those
parishes. He swears that the vote
of the State was so heavily Democratic that
Kellogg, Packard and Pitkin gave up the
contest, acknowledging defeat; but that just
at that critical juncture John Sherman put in
his appearance as visiting stateman, and
ADVISED and superintendent the villainy by
which ten thousand votes were thrown out,
and the State was counted for Hayes, who
rewarded him (Sherman) with the Office of
secretary of the treasury. To this Weber
swears point blank, and, cross-examined by
Cox, after the most blackguard and indecent
fashion, he was not shaken in the least. He
sustans all that Anderson has sworn to, and
proves Mrs. jerks to be liar so far superior.
to LSaphira in that devilish ant, that the
scriptural prototype is in danger Of losing her
historic place. "As big liar as Mrs. jerks,
will hereafter express the extreme of lying.
As to the Sherman letter, which Mrs. jerks
swore she dictated, Weber says she never SO
much as saw it. He found it in a
shoe-box in 1877, and destroyed it, as
neither he nor any member of his family de-
sired to profit by it; that Mrs. jerks wanted
to get it, no doubt to trade upon it, but that
she never handled or read it. His brother,
he swore, received the letter direct from
Sherman and not through Mrs. jerks, as she
time and again asserted; he knew John
Sherman's handwriting and could not be mis-
taken in identifying the letter written in the
interest of Hayes and the burden of which
was bribery and corruption, as the personal
work of the present secretary of the treas
ury. And this, let it be remembered, is the
testimony of one of John Sherman's wit
nesses, man on whom the chief of the
rogues who robbed the States relied upon to
sustain Mrs. jerks and counteract the Ander-
derson influence. The mills of the gods do
grind fine
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statement. The interview, as it really &C.
CURED, had nothing whatever to do with the
questions as put to HIM. In the dispatch al
luded to, Senator Dorsey, as the chairman
OF the State central committee of Ar
kansas, called upon the President at
the request OF number of members of
that committee who were Federal office
holders, with a view of ascertaining
whether these gentlemen would be expected
to resign their places on the committee, or
whether they could continue to act without
coming in conflict with the order. The Pres
Ident replied that there would be no objection
to the gentlemen continuing to act until their
successors were regularly appointed by the
convention which will shortly meet. No al
fusion whatever was made TO Federal officers
participating in primaries, caucuses, or con-
ventions. The President says that he contin-
ues to regard this part of his order in force,
and wishes 1t understood that it will be rigid
ly adhered to. The President repeats what
we have already stated, that 1t Is not de-
signed to deprive Federal officers of their
rights as citizens, tut merely to relieve them
from the political tyranny to which they were
subjected under the old regime. They are at
liberty to contribute funds for campaign pur-
poses as they may see fit, and to participate
in the active work of the campaign after the
nominations are made
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Another Invention nv Edtson.

Philadelphia Times: Mr.. Edison, after ex-
perimeDting for two years upon it, has Just
produced another notable invention. 1t is
based upon the principle of the photograph,
and called the enclosing and trsnslating sys-
tenn of telegraphy. The instrument consists
OF revolving disc, upon which is clamped
down a sheet of paper. The surface of the
disc is marked by a spiral groove, beginning
at the center and gradually expanding like
screw thread. The disc is made to revolve
by an electric motor, and while revolving a
magnet moves over the surface, following the
groove. A metallic arm holding the disc in
place Is caused to move so that the point
which works in connection with the magnet
directly over the spiral, much the same as the
point In Eilson's photograph moves over the
surface of tin-foil on the revolving cylinder.
The sheet of paper thereby becomes matrix,
and is stereotype, as it were, of the charac-
ters transmitted. This indented matrix may
become The medium of transmitting the COM
munlcation as many times aud to as many
different places as may be desired. BY con-
meeting the revolving disc with a battery the
disc will be made to receive and to automat-
ically transmit. The great advantage of this
instrument Is that a message may be sent at
one time in the ordinary telegraphing way
t. as many places as may be desired. Mr..
Edison is elated oyer his new invention, and
expects that 1t will soon be put iato operation
everywhere
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A Lazarist,s Assembly.

st. Louis Republican I'd: A provincial ASSEM-
bly, of the Lazarist fathers of the United
States is being held at st. Vincent's church.
the object being the election of two delegates
to visit the mother house at PIris, France,
for the purpose of assisting in the election of
a general of the order, In place of Rev. Faith
er Etienne, the late general of the order re-
Gently deceased. About twenty FIVE delegates
are present, representing all the houses of
the order in the province of the United States.
After the celebration of mass IN the church
the assembly met in the Hbrary-room of the
parsonage, at nine o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and the session was spent IN preliminary
business. The Very Rev. Father Rolando,
of Germantown, Pennsylvania, visitor of the
Lazarist order in the United States, presided
over the deliberations of the assembly. The
sessions, which are strictly private. viii con-
tinue three or four days when on Wednesday
or Thursday the final election will take lace.
The reverend gentlemen in attendance re-
gard the assembly as one of meekness and
solemnity, and shrink as much as can be
helped from any publicity.
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nDGEJOHNLT sNEED

We copy from the Pulaski Citizen a very
high ana deservedly complimentary article,
which originally appeared in the Brownsville
States. in which Judge Sneed is urged for the
Office of governor. In response to this arti
Gle, we understand that paper is in circula-
ton calling on the judge to be candidate
before the convention, and that the judge
himself is in receipt of letters from leading
men in every part of the State urging him to
run for an office that he would fill most cred
itably to himself and acceptably to all classes
of our citizens. No man in the State stands
higher in the confidence and affection Of the
people of Tennessee than Judge Sneed, and
not one of all those whose names have been
coupled with the high Office is better fitted
for it. A man of fine address, of lifetime
experience in public affairs, of decided ability,
and with remarkable aptness for partisan
leadership, and withal conservative and pa
triotic in what he says and does, we believe
that at this particular juncture in our State
affairs he would unite the now discordant
elements of our party as perhaps no other
man could. He has not taken sides on the
vexed and vexing question of State finances,
having been precluded from so doing by his
position as member of the supreme bench.
So far, therefore, as that is concerned, he is
not committed to either extreme. A peoples
man and man of the people. he would, in
that as in all things else, take counsel of the
people, and espouse that which he believed
to be most beneficial for them, looking from
their own standpoint. We have said this
much not knowing whether the judge will be
a candidate, but we could not say less and
say anything at all. Beloved by his neigh
bors, Judge Sneed is held IN most honorable
esteem by his fellow-citizens in every part OF
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wHITTHORNE's REPORT.

There never was so much rascality I'M
earthed, save by the Potter committee, as
that which General Whitthorne has embodied
in his report as chairman of the house COM
mittee on naval affairs. By the testimony of
contractors and officers now In active service,
and by documentary evidence furnished by
Mr.. Thompson, present secretary of the navy,
it has been proven beyond denial or dispute
that during his term of Office Robson broke
up vessels, new and old, and sold the mate
rial to his favorites for a song, making no
account to the government therefor and that
although nearly two hundred million dollars
were expended 10y him, as he said, in
improving the navy" yet the number
OF vessels was reduced from 2O3 on the reg
lister 70 only AZ sea-going ships, monitors and
torpedo boats, which are at all fit for service.
For making TINS report and suggesting that
Robson be criminally prosecuted General
Whitthorne has been roundly abused, the
New York Tribune being especially severe.
1t charged that the report did not emanate
from the committee, but from Whitthorne
himself, and that therefore it was not to be
accepted by the people. The truth is as the
COHTieT-JOHT'nGt tells 1t, that IN the naval
committee Of the house June 14th, Whitthorne
announced his readiness to make a report on
the Robson investigation. The Republican
members of the committee opposed it, on the
ground that Robson had not sufficient time
TO examine the evidence. This was false
hood, as the proof-slips had been stolen from
the government printing Office and sent to
Robson some days previously. At sub
sequent meeting of the committee the Re-
publican members purposly absented them
selves, but the Democratic members being all
present, there was quorum, and the report
was adopted. When Whitthorne made this
report to the house Hanna and Hale both OBJ
5ected to it ON the ground that the report had
not been made 70 the committee. They
knew this to be untrue, yet continued to in
aist that the testimony should not be printed, |
and this because they will defend theft, they
will defend the John Shermans and Secor
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ALABAMA NEWS.

Corn is scarce in the Tuscaloosa market.
Hog cholera is raging in the vicinity of
Sc0ttsboro.
The two Tuscumbia papers are going for
each other
~ new stea mboat is to be put in the Ala
bama river.
Tuscumbia is urging the reorganization of
its Farmers club.
Tuscumbians are RECALLING themselves on
biscuits made OF new -four.
A company of northern capitalist have
bought the Shelby lime works.
The political campaign throughout the
State Is awakening much interest.
The editor of the Tuscum5ia Democrat has
| been presented with curious ear of corn.
The news from all sections of Alabama
| indicates large crops of corn and cotton.
The grain area In the south is said to be
larger than it has been az any time since
| 1865.
The Democrats Of Cherokee, Etowah and
St. Clair have nominated J. l. Cunningham
for the senate.
A young daughter of Mr. Beard. living
near Gadsdcn, was killed 10y lightning on the
| eighth ultimo.
The Jacksonville Republican says there is a
strong feeling in Calhoun county in favor of
| Pugh for senator.
party in Alabama have called a convention to
meet in Montgomery July 4th.
| Tie North Alabama Methodist conference
| will meet at Athens on November 9th, with
Bishop kavanaugh as presiding officer.
The wheat and oat crops of Alabama have
been harvested, and good yield rewards the
proprietors in all sections of the State.
Gabriel Laughmiller, who died in Lime
stone county the other day, was eighty-six
years old, and was soldier in the war of
1912.
are getting better every day. Croakers
the persons who are grumblins about hard
| times.
The Chambers county Democracy have
nominated n. w. Armstrong aud DR.. A. w.
Griggs for the legislature on the twenty first
and forty-ffth ballots.
Tuscumbia North Aiabamian: No Fourth
of-July celebration talked of here, ex-
cept that at Memphis. Gone are the days of
barbecues and free fights.
The total area In the State of Alabama of
| the three coal fields is four hundred square
miles. In Juxtaposlton with-the three coal
| fields are inexhaustIble beds of brown and red
hematite iron ore.
Tuscumbia North ALBANIAN: Our SEN
| atorial convent L last Saturday made the
strongest and best possible selection, and met
the wishes OF the people fully in nominating
General John D. Rather.
Huntsville Independent: The ceremony of
laying the corner stone of the colored Meth
odist church took place last Monday in the
presence of large and deeply interested
crowd. A large number were present from
Masonic lodges abroad.
The Iron Age states that the Oxmoor fur
mace, on the South and North road, In Ala
| banna, is hereafter to get its coke from the
Sewauee and Dade mines, of the Tennessee
coai-feld So it turns out that to make good
iron, Alabama, with ali her coal, must come
to Tennessee to get good coke, which proves
that Tennessee is the place to put up the fur
naces, and bring some Of the ore from Ala
bama Besides, we have the climate where
hands can work all summer without danger
from chils and fever.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-05
JudreJLTsneed for Goyernor

The following, which originally appeared
in the Brownsville States, is copied from the
Pulaski Citizen:
There would be kind of poetic justice in
making Judge Sneed the next governor of
Tennessee. His whole life has been an unin-
terrupted series of noble, chivalrous deeds
There has never been a cloud or shadow on
his pure and spotless escutcheon. Eight
years ago he was called to the supreme bench
by the unanimous wish OF his native State
How earnestly he has labored and how deeply
he has wound himself about the affections of
the people, they alone can tell. There is not
a hilltop or valley in Tennessee where his
name is not revered and loved. And yet,
because he was unwilling to use the arts of
the politician to secure denomination to the
position he has filled with so much distinc-
ton, he was permitted to be defeated. Shame
on such public sentiment! But let Tennes-
see redeem the wrong by making him gov
ernor The word passes along the line, and
soon we believe it will swell into nominal
ton by acclamation."
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-05

The banks and the cotton exchange beng
closed yesterday, of course business operations
were reduced - brief limit, which would
have been shorter still but for the arrival of
an Ohio river boat with some produce aboard.
As so little was doing we make no formal
market report this morning. Why the
stores, empty of customers, were kept open
until afternoon, was more than we could dis
cover. The principal incident in the market
was the fact that Memphis is called upon to
contribute toward the loss of the elevator by
an advance of FIVE cents barrel, and two
and a half cents a hundred weight on river
freight from St. Louis. This advance in
freight, which will be realized on the arrival
OF the City of Helena to-day. gave an up
ward turn to feed and produce. 1t was also
a matter of conversation that only one COM
mission firm, that of John K. Speed d Co.,
had an insurance on consignments lying IN
the elevator. Corn was In some request, with
sales of so sacks of yellow at Ale; 135
and 80 sacks of choice white at Soc.
Ear corn has been quite scarce of late,
with some demand, and it has
brought as much as shelled;
50 sacks of mixed sold yesterday at Acc, and
so sacks of white at 1910. A carload of
timothy hay brought Sl4. CornnIeal sold at
81 35, and for dray-load lots 81 40; there
was a sale or two ito arrive" at 81 05 at st.
Louis, which were made before the advance
in freight was known. Nothing was doing
in potatoes, and little in apples, SOC barrel
measure was paid for a load or two. Some
pears were taken for shipping at 75c@$1 a
bushel, loose. Tennessee cabbage was offer
ing in store at 50 75@3 crate. There came
from the tombs doleful sound" and it
said "eggst" They were selling at and
TIC when it could be got; most holders
asked Sc, and took what they could get; some
acknowledged that an offer of SIC would not
be refused. Chickens were in full supply
at 81 25@2 Is for young, and 1902 so for
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sherman,s VindIcation.

Washington Post: As vindicator Of
John Sherman the jerks is about the same
sort of success that the freshman was who APP
peared to prove an abb la favor of d friend
who had been arrested for poaching on the
game premises of an adjacent lord. did you
see the prisoner on the night of the alleged
crime?" asked the queens counsel. 81 did,
yer honor" responded Patrick. "Was he in
the park?" mo, yer honor; he had just
leapt the shtile, sure!' The testimony was
good, bat there was too much of it in this
case, as in the case OF the jerks, John Sher-
man did not write any letter, but the jerks
was intriguing for several months on the
strength of letter she had supposed he did
write and never found out that she had writ
ten it herself until Shellabarger called her at
tention to the fact after her arrival in Wash
ington as a Witnessi
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FROM the Vicksburg Herald we learn that
that city has voted almost unanimously
to subscribe one hundred thousand dollars to
the capital stock of the Memphis and Vicks-
burg railroad, and Sharkey county has voted
seventy-fve thousand dollars This will I'M
doubtedly secure the building of this valua-
BILE road through Sharkey county within a
reasonable time. Although the efforts of
those interested are not made public, we are
assured, says the Herald, that the company
are slowly but surely removing all obstacles
to the building of the Ship Island railroad to
Port Gibson