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A DECIDED SENSATION.
Marriage of Fred Douglass TO n White
Woman.


Woman.
Special to the Appeal
WASHINGTON, January 24.-Frederick
Douglass was married at the Congrega-
tional church at o'clock this evening to
a white woman, named Miss Helen NJ.
Pitts. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev NJ. Grimke, of the Fifteenth Pres
byterian church, in the presence of only
two witnesses. Mr.. Douglass wore full
suit of black, and his bride a costume of
garnet velvet and silk. They returned to
the lady's late residence, on f street, and
then proceeded to Douglass's country
house in Uniontown, five miles out. No
one outside the party Immediately con-
cerned seems to have known about the
event before it occurred, Douglass's family
being rs poorly informed as that of the
bride. Miss Pitts has for eighteen months
been n clerk or copyist in Douglass S
office, that of recorder of deeds for the
District, and he has, during large part OF
that time, paid her marked attention, but
no one acquainted with either believed a
marriage would result, though the bride
groom has remarked to several lately that
he contemplated remarrying. The woman
is a prominent member of the woman's
suffrage party. and has been associated
with Mrs. DIR. Winslow in the con-
duct of peculiar paper, called the Alpha.
She was originally from Akron, o., and
is described as woman of thirty-five
years of age, with a handsome face and
figure, with black hair. Her family have
been greatly distressed at her employment
among colored people, and,..it is said to-
night, are overwhelmed with grief and
shame with the news OF her marriage.
Douglass is seventy years of age, and has
colored children over fifty. The news OF
the marriage has created a decided sensa-
ton in Washington.
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Pi.tsburg GIass.workers.

PTTTsBuRe, January 24.-McCully d Co,
glass manufacturers, have made PROPOSE
ton to the green-bottle men to return to
work at a reduction of ten per cent. and
under modified rules. The bottle-blowers
have been idle for six months, and this is
the first attempt to compromise. The
proposition will be considered by the
workmen tomorrow night
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an emergency fund, to be subject to his
judgment alone, without accountability,
for the purpose of waging war with Eng
land Mr.. Byrne claims that such course
as the fund implies would be re-
garded by all civilized nations as
guerrilla warfare, revolving to the bellig-
erent usages of the age, and they would
be bound from self-interest to assist Eng
land in crushing it. He protests against
allowing Ford and Rosa, and that class,
TO fix standard by which ninety-fiv per
cent. of Irishmen and Irish politics shall
be measured. Mr.. Byrne closes by saying
he believes he can rely on a majority Of
the Irish element in America, including
business and professional classes, to sup
port his declaration.
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WASHINGTON, January 24.-Fred Doug
lass, the well-known colored leader, was
married in this city this evening to Miss
Helen NJ. Pitts, white, formerly of Akron,
o. The wedding which took place at the
house of DIR. Grimke, of the Presbyterian
church, was private, only two witnesses
being present The first wife of Douglass,
who was colored woman, died about a
year ago. The woman he married to-day
il about thirty-ive years of age, and was
employed as copyist in his office while he
was marshal of the District. Douglass is
about seyenty-three years old, and has
daughters rs old as his present wife.
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CAPITAL POINTS.


WASHINGTON, January Ex-senator In
gals says he is not candidate for the po-
sition on the bench made vacant by the
resignation of Judge McCrary.
Combinations.
Among the combinations to- day were
the following postmasters: John Thomas,
Batesville, Ark, and Thomas L. Fitz-
patrick, Forrest City, Ark.
De Longs Remains
The Secretary Of the Navy received
cable message from Minister Hunt, at st.
Petersburg, announcing the departure of
Lieut.. Harber from Moscow with the re-
mains vi De Long and party.
The American Merchant Marine.
Mr. O'Neill [Pa.l introduced in the
House bill to encourage the American
merchant marine, which was referred to
the special Shipping Committee. This is
the bill recommended my the Phila-
delphia Maritime Exchange.
Georgia KukIux Cases.
Argument was concluded to-day in the
Supreme Court on a petition for hGbeGs
corpus in the case of the Georgia kukluX.
Solicitor-General Phillips appeared for the
government, and argued that the United
States Circuit Court had full jurisdiction.
Aid for Education.
y n Ol lIt IlOuSe
on Education bills regulating Federal
education were referred to a sub-commit-
tee, of which Mr.. Willis is chairman. A
committee from the National Colorcd
Convention, held at Louisville, was pres
snt, and urged that the colored people be
aided by appropriation for educational
purposes.
River and Harbsr Appropriations
The members of the House Committee
on Rivers and Harbors informally con-
sidered the time for reporting bill. 1t
Is the general opinion that all appropria-
tions ought 20 be embodied in one meas
ure and reported as soon rs possible, and
the expenditure of the appropriations left
to the discretion of the chief engineer.
Willis, chairman of the committee,
thought the bill might be prepared by
April 18th.
Contagious Diseases Among Cattle.
The subcommittee of the House Com
mittee ON Agriculture have agreed to
report, with two amendments, the bill
proposed by the Cattle-Breeders' Conven-
ton for the determination of diseases
among gdomestic,animals. The sppropria-
tiop determined upon is S250,000, instead
Of $500, 900, and the States are required to
contribute a sum equal 10 that apportioned
among them by the general government
The report will be submitted by the entire
committee tomorrow.
Supervising Inspectors Of Steam YES
sells.
At to-day's session of the board of Su-
pervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels In
spector Norton, of the Louisiana District,
submitted an amendment to rule A, TO the
effect that an applicant for pilots license
be required TO produce certificate from
surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service
that the applicant is capable of distin-
gushing the colored signal lights in use
by steam vessels. The rules now require
the capability of the applicant to be de-
termined by the inspector. The amend
ment was adopted. Argument was made
in favor of higher rating of safety valves.
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GADSDEN, TENN.
Annual Meeting of the West Tennessee
horticultural Society.

Special to the Appeal
GADsDEN, January 24.-The annual
meeting OF the West Tennessee Horticul-
tural Society will convene in Brownsville,
Tenn, on the first Thursday, the 9TH day
of February, 1884, at 10 o'clock am, and
continue from day to day until the busi-
ness of the meeting is finished. All MEM
bers of the society, and all persons, male
and female. who are interested in horti
culture, are requested to meet with the
society. Persons wishing to buy homes
in Tennessee, and those having lands for
sale, will do well to attend said meeting
and avail themselves of this opportunity
to learn more of the producing capacity OF
Tennessee lands than is generally known.
Everybody is invited to atten5,. The doors
will be open to all.
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1 had for thirty-eight years suffered
every spring and summer with poison
oak, which ! contracted in bathing when
boy. tried everything for it, including
many physicians, but without any benefit.
/ took six bottles OF Swift's Specific Is. S.
81 four years ago, and it cured me sound
and well. Three summers have passed,
and have had no return OF it.
JOSEPH BEASLEY, Columbus, Ga.
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BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
The Non Union Men Captured by IL

Strikers-
Special to the Appeal.l
BIRMINGHAM, January 24.-The nom
union men who arrived this morning for
the purpose of starting the rolling-mills
have been in consultation with the strik-
ers, who are union men, to-day, with what
result cannot yet positively be ascertained
The managers of tho mills are preparing
to begin work in the morning with other
men, The strikers claim that the men
newly arrived will not work. Special po-
lice are still on duty at the mills TO sup
press any attempt at violence by the strik-
ers, should work be begun. There is no
reason now, however, to anticipate dis
tnrbance
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Insane from sriaG.

HALIFAX, January a4.-Some time ago a
married sister of Rogers Amrose, now in
jaffin Boston awaiting trial for murder,
was taken to the lunatic asylum near this
city. Soon afterward Rogers Amrose's
brother became insane, and now the
younger sister is lunaic. The cause of
the insanity in the family is from grief
over the position of Rogers.
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ESTABLISHED 1910.

structed to report tomorrow, when the
days session will be devoted to the con-
sideration of their report and to the dis
cussion of Mr.. Reagan's interstate COM
merce bill. The delegates attended BAN
quet tonight, to which number of SEN
| atorS and REPRESENTATIVES. were invitad
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NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
Subjects of Interest DO Bustuesa In
Ieresls Considered.

WAsnNGToS, January 24.-At the ses-
sion of the National Board of Trade, Mr..
Dodd, OF Portland, read q paper on the
desirabihty of removing the bar at the
mouth of Columbis and Willamette
rivers. Oregon. After discussion, reso-
luton VAS adopted requesting Congress to
make an appropriation for the purpose OF
testing the feasibility of enlarging the Mich
igan and Illinois canal, and the construc-
ton of the Hennepin canal was also dis
cussed. II was the general sense of the
convention that Congress should further
these works. At the afternoon session
the convention considered the eNpe-
dieney of recommending legislation
looking to the enactment of q national
bankrupt law. a resolution WAS passed
urging upon Congress to frame such law,
based ON or embracing the general prin-
ciples of the Lowell bill. Several measures
were proposed amendatory to the Ameri-
can shipping laws and referred to COM
mittee composed of Wetherill, of Phila-
delphia: Law, of San Francisco; Young,
OF Baltimore; Pope, of Chicago, and Snow,
Of Hsw York. The committee was in
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LOTTERIES AND THE MAILS.
The Matter Discussed by the Senat
Committee ON Posfoisices.

Committee ON Posf0Gices.
WASHINGTON, January 24.-There was a
general consultation with the Senate Con-
mittee on Postoffices and Postroads this
morning in relation to the use of the mails
by lottery companies, and sub-commit-
tee, consisting OF Senators Sawyer, Wilson
and Jackson, was appointed 10 look into
the matter at greater length and further
consult with the Postmaster-Generai.T The
informal opinions of the members OF the
committee lead to the belief that they ia
yor the exclusion from the mails Of news
papers containing lottery advertisements
and withholding money others and regis
tered letters addressed to lottery COM
panies. The committee ordered a favor
able report on the House bill making pub
lie highways postroads. The committee
also decided to devote the next regular
meeting to the consideration Of the postsl
telegraph bill. DR.. Noryin Green, presi-
dent of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, will be present.
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ST. PAUL, January 24.-Reports from the
Northwest show snow and high wind The
country around Grand Forks was visited
by a terrible blizzard. 1t is not thought
that there was much loss OF life, as the
weather being so cold nobody ventured on
the prairie, where a blizzard means GER
tain death.
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DYERSBURG, TENN.
Death of Two Prominent Citizens
ROuucing Baby.

Regular Correspondence Of the Appeal
DYERsBURG, January 23.-Dr. A. Harris,
chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee of this county, died at his
home, on the 2lst instant, OF pneumonia.
He was an old and influential citizen OF
this county.
Asa Jones, of Trimble, died OF same dis
ease, about same time. He was of the
firm of Pierce & Jones, and leading citi-
zen of Trimble.
Mr.. Henry Upton was presented with
a boy baby weighing eighteen pounds,
full weight, by his wife, few days ago
DR.. Phillips says it is the largest and
finest baby he has seen in a practice of
forty years. REPoRFER.
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Mississippi Valley horticultural AssO-
ciafiOxf.

KANSAS CRY, January 24.-The Missis-
sippi Valley horticultural Association to-
day elected officers for the ensuing year,
as follows: President, Parker Earl, Cob
den, H.. vice-president, Z. NJ. Hudson,
New Orleans; secretary, w. II. Reagan,
Indianapolis; treasurer, ]. i. Evans Har-
lem, Mo. Also yice-presidents from each
of nineteen States.
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An Open Letter from John Byrne 10
Patrick Ford.

CINCINNATI, January 24-The CoHsHaer-
cial Gdseifs viii publish tomorrow an open
letter from John Ryrne, ce-president OF
the Irish National League of America, TO
Patrick Ford, editor of the ITsh World,
taking strong exceptions to Ford's call for
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to knowingly circulate such ,umors
could be convicted. Yesterday a bill was
introduced in the State Legislature TO strike
out the word knowingly" in the law. This
will make the statute capable OF enforce
ment.
A prominent bear operator said: ''Mr
Gould, it seems to me, is exhibiting great
deal of sensitiveness just now that is very
suggestive of weakness. Nobody circu-
lated reports that Mr.. Gould was failing, vet
every day Mr.. Gould comes out with de-
nial that he has failed. Then this exhibit
of securities and his frequent utterances in
the newspapers all indicate that Mr.. Gould
is not pleased with the situation and that
he is hard pressed by the falling prices.
An exhibit of securities that he holes does
not amount to much. An exhibit of the
amount of securities he has been able to
get rid of to investors would have been
more satisfactory, but that is not forth
coming
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ltlED.

HAWLEY-At San Antonio, Texas, January
%, 1884, FRANK l.. HAwLEy, youngest brother of
Mrs. L. G. Williams. Notice of funeral will be
nnhIishad
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GREAT things have ever hinged on
trifes. The first family difficulty on rec
ord was caused by an apple core; the
last we heard of was the negligence of a
father to keep UP the supply of DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup when all hands had cold.
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ST.. LOUIS, January 24.-No clew has vet
been obtained as to the perpetrator of the
horrible double murder at Eenton night
before last. An inquest was held to-day,
but nothing elected in any way revealing
the identity of the murderers.
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ESSENCE OF IMPUDENCE.
Details of the Capture of the Quacks
by Sheriff Cannon
At Omaha-HOw Glad Reeves was to
See Him Again.

The details of the capture of the quacks,
Omaha, last Tuesday, go to show that they
are as impudent a pair of rascals as ever
compounded patent pill. In less than
thirty minutes after Sheriff Cannon got
out on the street he saw Reeves coming
toward him. He got close up to- Sheriff
Cannon before recognizing him, and then
put on
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PERSONS recovering from wasting diseases
such as malaria, fevers, etc, will be greatly
benefited by the use OF Browns Iron Bit
ters, true tonic.
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Fatally shot Himself.

Troy, n. ", January 24.-Joseph Keis-
Ter, wealthy resident and ex-trustee OF
Lansingburg, Pa, shot himself fatally.
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FrightfuI Accident.

ScHuLENBURG, Ten, January 24.-Igratz
Pustejorsky, drunken farmer, was re-
turning home from town with his W Ne last
night when his horses became frigi Sened
and the wagon was upset. Both occupants
we're feaTfuliy mangled. The woman died
to-day. The mans recovery is doubtful.
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Among the combinations to-day were
the following postmasters: John Thomas,
Batesville, Ark, and Thomas L. Fitz-
patrick, Forrest City, Ark.
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ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Second Dispatch.

DENVER, January 24.-The explosion at
the Crested Butte coal mine this morning
was one OF the most appalling that ever
occurred in coal mine in this country.
Crested Butte, near which the mine is To-
Gated, is coal-mining town thirty miles
north of Gunnison City, on the Denver
and Rio Grande railway. The cause of
the explosion is not definitely known, but
it is supposed from fire-damp. The ex-
plosion occurred either in chamber No.
or =, Just half an hour after the day force
of sixty-seven men had gone to work.
There were ten men at work in the cham
Der. Four OF these escaped unhurt, ex-
cept one man, John Anges, who was in
the passageway just outside the chamber,
who is badly burned, but will recover.
Fifty-seven men were at work in cham
bers l and q
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Rock HILL, S. Grey. J. S. White
SAYS: II used Browns Iron Bitters for
general debility. 1t restored me to
strength and vigor."
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WASHINGTON, January Ex-senator In
gals says he is not candidate for the po-
sition on the bench made vacant by the
resignation of Judge McCrary.
Goufirmnti0siS.
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THE MISSING MEN.

bllsCOli.
MANY OF THESE ARE MARRIED MEN
and leave families, many living here. At
this hour everything is in such confusion
that it is Impossible to give details. A
special train left Gunnison at O'Clock
this afternoon with surgeons and large
number OF citizens to render all aid posi-
BILE. The town of Crested Buttes is in
mourning. Crowds of women cluster
about the entrance to the mines, praying,
wringing hands and crying piteously, pre-
senting scene most heartreuding. 1t is
said that at the time.of the explosion there
were ten kegs of black powder in cham
bers and 9, where the men were working,
and where the explosion is supposed to
have taken place. The mine is three
miles of drifting, and so it is impossible 70
definitely locate the acciden.. until the
rescuing party can gain admittance. The
mime has long been considered dangerous
by those acquainted with it, while it is one
OF the best producing mines in the coun
try. Its operation has always been
attended with more or less apprehension
and real danger.
1T is FIRE-DAMP NINE"
said Superintendent Cameron, now in
Venver, and seems constantly to generate
the most deadly gases. They seem to
~ wiz NOeii vi anu DOuE
out OF the seams of the walls of the tunnels
and shafts, yet the mine is the most per-
fectly ventilated in the world. Air is
forced in along the shafts by machinery.
No less than $4,000 cubic feet of fresh
air is forced into the mine every
minute. This is quite sufficient
to fully supply the wants of the
miners, and keep the air perfectly pure,
unless some accident happens to cut off or
interfere with the supply. This is greater
amount Of fresh air than is furnished to
any other mine in the country" He add
ed: I'VE send a mine reviewer through
every chamber every morning before any
men are allowed to go in. He must have
returned this morning before the work
men started IN, and everything must have
been all right when he passed through"
John Mcneil, State Mine Inspector, left
for the scene of the disaster this evening.
He says he has no doubt that every man
in the mine at the time of the explosion
was instantly killed. At this hour 40
o'clock no bodies have been recovered.
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THESE HAVE PERISHED.

The explosion was Of such force as to
and the appliances for supplying air, 10,
Gated near, were badly wrecked, and the
roof OF the tramway blown off. The men
were at work on an anthracite mass. The
night force OF the G. G. and l. Company's
mines, and the citizens generally, were
working hard all day to rescue the men,
although it is thought none can possibly
escape alive. The town hall has been
prepared for the reception of the dead
As soon as possible the fan was repaired
and put to work pumping air into the
mine, and the men set to work to remove
the distractions, so as to reach the cham
bers and get the bodies out tonight, if
possible. The following are the names OF
tifty-five OF the unfortunates. The OF her
two are unobtainable:
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Democratic Mayor of Philadelphia
PnrLADELrHIA, January 24.-The DEM
ocrats elected Samuel q. King mayor.
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DEADN NTHEDEPT
Fifty-Seven Miners Killed by an Ex.
plOsiOn Of Fire.Damp i'm Colo.
RADIO Coal Mine.
Heartrending Sights at the Scene Of
the Disaster-Names of the I'm.
fortunate Men.

DENVER, January PA terrible explo-
sion occurred at Crested Butte, Gunnison
county, this morning, in the Crested Butte
coal mine, in which from twenty-five to
fifty miners are believed to have been
killed. The explosion blockaded the
mouth of the mine. The full extent of the
disaster is at present unknown. The mine
is owned and operated by the Colorado
Coal and Iron Company, of this city, and
employs from eighty to ninety miners in
the shaft. No details at present are OBJ
tainable
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
The Times's special says: A terrible
explosion occurred at o'clock this morn
ing in the Colorado Coal and Iron Com
pany's mine at Crested Butte. So far only
the most meager details have been received
here, but the loss of life is supposed to be
terrible. There were sixty-seven men in
the mine at the time of the disaster.
Eleven who were just entering were
thrown back to the entrance by the force
of the explosion, and were rescued. One
of these is dead, and all the others badly
injured. There are fifty-six men yet in
the mine, and cannot be reached. They
are all supposed to be dead. The explo-
sion was of such force as to entirely wreck
the "enginehouse, which stood fully a
hundred feet from the entrance. 1t is
| supposed that the explosion was caused
pie are doing all that is possible to rescue
the miners. Two specials have gone up
from here with doctors and others on
| board
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The Secretary of the Navy received
cable message from Minister Hunt, at st.
Petersburg, announcing the departure of
Lieut.. Harber from Moscow with the re-
mains hf De Long and party.