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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-03-16
NEWS AND VIEWS.

THE new fast mail train which travels
between New York and Chicago in twenty-eight
hours is a success.
ST. LOUIS wants to capture the great
4G0th anniversary of the discovery of America.
Chicago and Cieeinnati have not been heard from
on the merits of the question.
THE English moved against the Arabs
after dinner. John Bull likes to fight on full
stomach. Our Confederate troops used to fight
best when they were hungry, inspired by the hope
of getting into n Federal camp.
POSTAL savings banks were introduced
in Sweden on the 1st of Janury. The smallest
amount received in deposit is one crown; but
saving marks or stamps are sold even at ten orer,
ing at once Iargely used by all classes, even by
women and children
OSE tattle-dealer in Chicago has on the
| ocean twenty vessels, each of which carries 500
head to foreign ports. He inclines TO the opinion
obtained while in Germany, aud not new one,
that Bismarck is against America simply beennsc
money which would be raid by the peasantrs for
| our pcrk'
THE phenomenology of the past year
ought to tempt some versatile bookmaker. False
/ sets, heavy fogs, innumerable icebergs, Hoods,
and what to the donizens Of our cities seems TO
lie At the bottom Of everyfhinsnma f sns6
| interesting and instructive book.
! The important question of industrial
edpcrtion Tor the young is receiving attention at
! the present time IN many countries. -At n
| ference in Vienna, representatives of State edu
cational associations and committees debated the
question. and decided to establish schools for GER
| tain classes of children there. NJ. Jules Ferry
! delivered an address on the same subject at the
laying of the cornerstone at national industrial
| school in France.
THE telegraph monopoly is evidently
| getting scared, as is shown by its recently-an.
nounced reduction of rates, which has been pub,
lished through its organs with many hourishes oi
trumpets, but it is n safe bet that when Congress:
shall have adjourned. or the postal telegraph bill
disposed Of, that the old exorhitant rates Will bt
| eneo with III So - experl
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ANOTHER EXPLOSION
At Pocahonfas rs Very Much Feared
Relief for the Afflicted Families.

LYNcHBURG, March l5.---Little, of addi-
tional interest was .received frcG the Fo-
cahontas mines to-aay. Another explo-
sion p feared, and as precaution against
fazther loss of human life guard has been
set at the entrances to the mines. Superin-
tendent Lathrop has notified several min
ing experts whoee services were engaged
that they were no longer needed. They
will be recalled when the mines are re-
opened. The superintendent states to-day
that the east mine, which was not mate
rally affected by the e. plosion, will be
worked again in a few days, or as
sooa as arrangements can be perfected
and miners employed. Resumption OF
work in the west mine, where the esplo-
sion occurred, will not teke place for two
months or nofc. Gov. Cameron to-day
telesfaphed Mr.. Frank Huger, superin-
tetident Of the Norfolk and Western rail-
road here, for Information as to the re-
quirements for the relief of the depend
ents of the entomhed miners, and answer
was returned that about $500 would
meet the pressing necessities of the SUI
ferers. Soliciting committees raised over
$500 in a short while here to-day, and
there has been a call for a meeting of the
Lynchburg Tobacco Association for the
purpose OF increasing the subscription.
Fifty pounds OF -four and $500 pounds oi
bacon were shipped hence to the suffer
ers to-day. -,-.---
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WASHINGTON.
The Fitz John Porter Case Likely to
be Taken Up by the House
Next Week
Secret Service Report on Counterfeit
irg-sta--Rorfe appropriation
The Laskar ResolEtitas.
important Decision in Pension Case
The Sale Of Lands en- the NcrtherR
Pacific Railroad.
THE FITz JOHN PogTER Bull
To he Taken Tn the Latter Part o
Next Week.

To BE Taken TN the Latter Part of
Next Week.
WksHISGToN, March 15.-It has been
understood that the Fit John Porter bill
having been returned to the House for
its concurrence in the Senate amendment.
1t would go TO the foot OF the list of
measures on the Speakers table. and be
covered by 100 Senate bills now lying
there. A gentleman well posted in the
rules and practices of the HcuSe stated to-
day, however, that this bill, under he
rules, was readily accessible, and could be
taken up any day when a majority
desired Il. Under the rules, after
the morning hour had expired, motion
10 20 to the Speakers table may be car
ried by majority vote. The order of bust
ness then is to tab~ up first executive
communication, which are generally dis
posed ef IS they are received and do not
] accumulate, and next take up the bills
returned to the House from the Senate,
with amendments. Under this heading
the Fitz John Porter bill would be QUICKLY
reached, as there are bnt one or two meas
ures ahead OF it, 80 the bill which many
have Thought was piSeonholed for awhile
may be brought up any day. 1t is expected
| by SOME members that it will be taken up
/ the first part of next week.
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CAPITAL NOTES.

WASHINGTON, March l5.-Value of ex,
ports 90 ereadstufs fer February, 1884, 81 OlO,.
.ssH, against SIS, S,Ol0 time last year. Fol
clEht months ending February 29th. Sll0, ,S5q. so
sgatnst sl40'4Sl.lA the corresponding period
last year.
Circulars from the Northwest have re.
Gently been distributed among Congressmen. in
which the charge is made that the Northern Pa
chic Rallroad Company is extorting from the
settlers on is lands higher price per acre than
was offered them by resolution Of the Com
pany Board Of Directors.
In passing upon pension case the
Sc-eta-y g the Interior ruled that the fact that
soldier hao a disease prior 10 enlistment is
mot an absolute bar 20 his pension claim. Ii must
not be presumed the soldier sOand because he
vas accepted into the service, but service and
subsequent disability being proved il does not re-
qnire much evidence to establish his soundness at
enlistment
The subcommittee OF the House Gem
Inlttee on Foreign Affairs to-day considered the.
LaSker resolution. and agreed upon a report and
resolutions concerning II. The action of the sub
committee viii be submitted 10 the full commit
Zee on Monday. The resolutions, as agreed upop,
state IN efec. that the action of the House OF
REPRESENTATIONS was simply IN cEprsseiOn of
sympathy with the German people in their great
loss, and the Rouse has concern with those
relations between the Legislative and executive
branches OF the German government which pre-
vented tat expression Of symr=.hr from reach
ing the body 10 wkich u was addressed.
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THE EPIDEMIC
OF the Foot and Mouth Disease Now
Prevailing in the Northwest to
be Stamped Ont
As Quickly as is Possible to Very Ener-
getic and Intelligent Men with
Plenty Of Money.
What Minister Lowell Has to Say and
Suggest About 1t Prompted by
English Public Opinion.


NEosHo FALLS, KS, March 15.-Several
surgeons, representing important cattle
interests both East and West, have arrived
here. They all pronounce the disease as
genuine epizootic apthe beyond doubt,
but express .surprtse thu. it shonld have
spread at all in, so slightly contagious
a climate rs Kansas, and all other cir
cumstances so decidedly unfavorable to
its spread and development. All are
confident it can be easily and wholly
aba.ed by destruction of the infected
herd and disinfection of the premises. AS
it is only question of a few dollars no
alarm is felt since the call for special
legislative session. In two weeks there
VIII not be case in all Kansas. Lieut.
Gov. Finney sent to day the following
dispatch to the Governor OF Illinois:
NEosHo FALLS, KS, March Is, 1881.
To Gov. Hamilton
Recent dispatches represent you saying " u
Kansas cattle. / hope before tai king such action
you will make n thorough investigation No fat
cattle are affected, and only five herds of stock
cattle in the entire State, and they are closely
quarantined. ID. w. FINNEl,
Chairman Quarantine Committee.
There need be no fears of the disease
spreading in this section OF country, as
there is fixed determination to hold il
lust where it is until the Legislature car
act Public sentiment is such that it wont
be healthy for anyone I'd disregard the
regulations OF the Quarantine Committee
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THE HOUSE.
Nail Transportation on Land.GrauI
kOnas-StRr-KouIeA APPROPRIATIONS.


Roads -StRr-Route Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, March l5.-The House
went into Committee OF the Whole, with
Biount IN the chair, and the postoffice ap-
preparation pending the question being
on the motion of MIR. Horr to strike out
the proviso limiting the compensation paid
for mail transportation to land grant roads
to fifty per cent Of that allowed other
I roads.
Mr. Holman offered as a substitute a
motion to amend by including within the
hfty per cent. clause the Northern Pacific
and Union Pacific systems, and providing
that no right now existing in favor of the
United states in regard to these roads
shall be deemed impaired or waived by
this action.
The paragraph appropriating for the
Star-route services S4,600,000, together
with the reappropriation of 81 ,000, 900 out
OF any uneXpended balance appropriation
for 1855, having been reached, Mr.. Town
shend ,inthe course of his speech in support
OF the bill, went briefly into the Star-route
frauds, which, he claimed,were unearthed
by Democratic Congress.
Mr.. Horr rose to discuss pro for,na the
amendment. He was cried down by the
Democratic side. and the Republican side
returned the compliment when MIR.
Townshend rose TO speak.
When the consideration of the first sec
ton was completed il became evident that
the bill could not be finished this evening,
and the committee rose.
Mr.. Henly, from the House Committee
on Public Lands, reported bill declaring
forfeited certain lands granted TO aid the
construction OF a railroad nam *ne Gen.
tral Pacific, in California, to Portland,
Or. House calendar.
A1iournad
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Minister Lowell Advises that the Dis.
ease be Stamped Out.

WASHINGTON, March 10. = Minister
Lowell has written to the Department of
State regarding the prevalence of the foot
and mouth disease among the cattle in
England He says the prevalence of the dis
ease has been adroitly used by the frienGs
of protection and enemies of the party in
power for the purpose of bringing to the
surface and rendering active a certain
amount of political discomfort. 1t has
not been difficult to persuade the
agricultural classes that their losses
had been due to unwise and even cuipa-
BILE laXity on the part of the government
in the admission of foreign cattle The
question has assumed so much political
importance as to give some anxiety to the
government Lowell refers to the bill
passed by the House of Lords With re-
spect to the importation of cattle, and
says it now goes to the House of Com
mons with the probability OF it's passage.
The wish of farmers, he said, IS for abso-
lutte exclusion, but this will De difficult.
although the Privy Council may, on &C.
count of the clamor, find then iselves forced
to adopt measures which in principle they
disapprove. Should the protectioy.ists
and farmers succeed in bringing about
anything like the eXclusi on of foreign cat
tie there soon would be even mo re pow
erful reaction in the higher prices OF meat
that would inevitably follow, an which
ural interest to produce Low ell recon-
mends vigorous ms loectioN, Inswerving
resolution in stamping: out eve ry spark OF
the existing contagiC,n. W ere such a
course perseyered in he says lit would pro-
duce such conviction in Eng and as moth
ing else, especially moan aeun of argument.
ever could or will.
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DANGEROUS CogNTERfYtFs.
report ,ss 6 ne S ssssst ssESiss Division

~se hTest>sffS department..
" AsHINSsoS, March l5.-The Secret Sar.
VICE davrzson OF the Treasury Department
re5orts that it is believed certain that
counterielters are concerning measures
simultaneously to pass upon the public
especially in the cities of the South and
West, counterfeit $40 silver ce,4syieates a
sample OF the same having inst been re-
ceived at the Office of tire Secret Service
division OF the issue OF the series of lssa.
with the signature of Jas Giltilliarn Tress-
urer OF the United States. Tho paper is
thick, greasy and stiff. Tla note is ooa-
eighth OF an inch smssier than che penn.
me There no ts-ces of any distrib-
uted hoer o. psve,ilel threads in the paner
OIL, oi the eer-tsss.s. Toe words sssiIver Ger.
tlneateS s2pear in the panels between
anu IN The upper border on the face of
tle pPAte. In the panel to the left in the
GO" .iterfeit the letters ''r,n st" and ac'
i. the word certificate are engraved wrong
, side mp. In the counterfeit there are NO
periods dividing the initials in the name
oil b. h. Bruce" On the lower left cor
ner the check letter &C" is without the
accompanying number. and in the name
Gllhllan only the first ''i" is dotted. On
the back OF the plate the word "taxes'' is
plainly spelt "taris, and the word s'en-
graved Is spelt engraved" The color Of
the seal Is brick red; it should be verging
N
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NASHVILLE, TENN.
A Fifty Per Cent. Cut I'm Railroad Rat
TO New York.

Fifty Per Cent. Cut I'm RRfirOSd Rates
TO New York.
Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, March 15.-Freight rates
from New York to this city We're cut fifty
per cent. to-day. First, second, third,
fourth and special classes respectively are
now forty cents. thlrts-fte cents, thirty
cents, twenty-five cents and twenty cents
formerly 81 90, eighty-flve cents, seventy
five cents, fifty-seven cents and fifty-four
cents respectively. The rates quoted to
day by the Star Union line are said to
work great injustice to wholesale men,
whose goods have all been received, while
retail men are just buying goods in New
York. The Louisville road has more cars
here than the depot has accommodations
to unload. 1t is reported that the old
Eastern pooling arrangement is broken up
River falling steadily here to-day.
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To tke memory Of Eva NErA Dickens, srho dspurfs-
Mis life FEB. %, 1884. aged gears and aoHths.
Again has the ReHper Death asserted His vas
power, and claimed for Himself one of the sweet
est ane most interesting little children. LITTLs
EVA was the or-,y sunlight and joy of her mother
and erandparents-e lspged4or playmate amoni
her little companions, ard an exceedtngly in
terostins little personxge for grown folks Sh'
bore for her mother that childish Lore which on'
so rarely finds among other children, and, al
though under six years of age, she was the mes
censible little creature in existence. Weep not
fond and broken hearted mother, for she ha
gone before 70 r.erare place for Yen Threusl
her great suffering she bore up with fortitud
one seldom finds among children Of her age
LITTLE EVA retained her senses to the last, an
when death clssped its icy hand about her she de
parted this life saying, =" Goodbye, COED
bye, !" I" good-bye!' Anu thus, one by one, tn
roses fall.
Eva IS gone. and though deaths sulien gloom
Few weeps her senseless dust,
voice Siaii yend her dreary tomb,
And bid it yield IT'S trust:
And the pale luznp 6f ffsi-ss clay
Will in Gods image rise,
And soar on wings away
To meet Him in the skies
There shall the loved and parted meet,
And know they are known,
And friends will hold communion sweet
Around the Fathers throne.
There, through long eternity,
Complete redemption sing
! '' o ardre, tchere IS thy riefoTy
o Death, phefe is Thy sting -
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my, ana knows it to be an expensive e. boom. n II

The centennial anniversary OF the in
auguratiop of Gen. George Washington as Presi:
dent, occurring in April, lss9 will be celebrated
by the New York Hstcricsl Society. II is stated
that thy New Grk Chamber Of CsIliiieFco will
Glsb take steps 20 celebrate this anniversary The
semi5 5ce tenn isl aIniyarsarA Of w ashn gtcn Tin
tarical Society 10 hrfis 1890 Iaftn aiiah occasion
ar oration rs deiivered by John Quincy Adams.
Epson, the inventor, indulges in the
following prediction: "As to the changes which
will be effected by electricity within fifty years in
the city of New York, | would say that | believe
electricity will propel the OF the street and
elevated railroads, light the city within and
without its buildings, furnish power for all rur-
poses, work telephone and burglar alarms, dc.
liver the opera, convey parcels, detect and signal
fires, operate FIRE engines and possibly displaee
snimol locometson for vehicps.'
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MEMPHIS. TEN N. SU-

successes In local entertainments. Her
fist dramatic performance was for. the
benefit Of a superannuatsd iihitistsf Of Gs5
lumbus, o., and she has since been most
generous in contributing many OF her ex-
cellent performances for charity. Her
success has been exceedingly gratifying.
Even at the beginning of her professional
fafget she met with most liberal braiss
and j1tFoiiag5. MuSh IS aus to Her Hwr
personal energy. She is an indeiatigabls
worker, and there is not department IN
her business which she does not thor.
oughly understand and in which she does
not interest herself" She has something
Of a local claim on this city. her husband
Mr.. r. n. Hunt, having. been associates
ior two wears with the Ciareidofi Hotsl
Another interesting feature of the engage
ment win be the appearance of Mr.. s b
Williamson, who will support Miss Hum
as "Andre" in the Pearl Of Sauoy.
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TILLER,
The Express Robber. Makes Desperate
Attempt to Eject His Escape.

ST. LOUIS. March 15.-Tiiier, the express
robber, made hold and desperate attempt
to escape this afternoon. Since bis arrival
here he has been In the hapds Of the ex-
press officials, helping them to stfaightef
out their accounts, and has occupied a
room on the fifth floor OF the Lindell Ho-
tel, adjoining that, of General Manager
Morseman, and policeman has been on
guard in the hall outside. This after
noon, while Mr.. Morsenan, was very
busy working, no one else being
present, Tiller quietly passed out OF
the open window, and with the aid of the
ire-escape, descended to the balcony over
the main entrace of the hotel, which is
two stories high, rushed through. an open
window into the ladies' bedroom, and
thence into the hall of the hotel, hit no,
being acquainted with the house, he ran
wildly, and brought up in the ladies' ordi
nary on the Sixth street side Of the hotel
The outer doors of this room being locked
! he had to retrace his steps, and as he dit
so Officer King. the guard who had beer
1 apprised of his escape by Mr.. Morseman
and who had rushed down stairs to heat
him off, met and nabbed him. He wa
then taken to the Four Courts and deliy
cred to the police authorities, who lockeS
J him UP.
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LOSSES OF MERCHANTS
sa sine Towns and cities Along the Ohio
by the Recent Flood.

CINcISEATI, March 15.-The labor OF
compiling complete list OF the losses
aicng the river from the recent food has
been too great to be attempted, but Brad
Streets Mercantile Agency has made a list
showing only losses 60 business men, from
Pomeroy, o., to Madison, Ind. This is
c0ninea 20 losses on merchandise and
manufactures, and does not irnir6e sny
losses not directly affecting business stand
ing. The work in Cincinnati and few
other towns is not complete. The estimate
Tor Cincinnati is 100000. Other points
foot up as follows:
0hiO.-Aberdeen, $1,000; Buena Vista,
$500; Ironton, $4,000: Savanna, $500; /;
Long Bottom, $1,000; Higginsport, $1,000; !;
Manchester, $1,000; Minersville, $500:
Moscow, $500; Neville, $1,000; New Rich
mond, $4,000; Middleport, SS7 900; Pom
eroy, 81. .450; Portsmouth, $4,000: Rome.
Sses0; Racine, $500; Scoftville, 5000:
SCOTS Landing $1,000; Plant, $1,000; Port
land, $1,000.
ASstaeky.- Augusta, Sa5,Ooo; Catletts-
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The engagement of Julia A. Hunt at
Leubrie's Theaier is looked forwsr'j 10
with pleasure. An exchange saws. ssSbe
was favored with the best ADVANTAGES batb
IN college and musical education. but did
not entertain any ambition for a profes-
sasnal life until she met with repeated
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40 FOO. and Mou'.
| -,Isease I'm EGiug.
} a,0IH county. Ill.

--rISGHAM, Ill, March 15-Simon
Eeattie, an expert sent here by the Breed
ers' Gazette to Investigate the cattle plague
supposed to be prevailing In this vicinity
and person who has given the foot and
meuth disease careful Study not only in
tits country bit IN Capade and Scotland,
and after making q, close in yestigation of
the afflicted herEs here makes the follow
ipg statement to the Associated Press
The foot and mouth disease reported to be
prevalent in Efiingham and adjoing coun-
ties proves, upon investigation, to be with
ont foundation
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Vanderbilt IndOrses,

m sorry, Mr.. R, but we really c.n,,
"il,hout n better indorser.' - 40
Inc scene was heavy banking insr;tnt;
New FORK Atthe cashier window Stood a on
knoNn merchant with look of deen a, We
upon upon Ms lace. de was pleading with that 81:
With an impatient gesture the casb;ar e, wi AZ
ms former words: :. It's u>e taking Nj 'ent
TINS Dan x Is business princa1,les -. a n
paper aiis short of the IN ark - yoi
you refuse I'm a ruined man. for
nave that money to-day or fail rraan M
sa sooL ieiIow, looking like lonely sailor az "a "a
Let me that note -, said /. rros,
looking gentleman who had emerred r., e1ous
Rrl'a.e rooms OF the bank Just in time to III "a,
tne situafion- Having glanced at the n Ike II
seized q pen and wrote across the hsrt sPer hs
strong name Of u the
an. wiLLIAM ". VANDERBILT.
a. =, mere. he added. handing back Oh
Try Z again and see If IL will 20 nov oofes
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r. - sneadncn<, an1 ~ ms1ey ~ >e9
M6ssSss sSs sa s,es EEs-pzs.iius,..,,, ~ :
cAecLEx f9EoTS PESsIEs s@s ;s. SONS
more % tnan oooQ fhysicians. Pharmacies i'yxed by
ssts s ahe Cnemists thronehout the conn Drue
aho" nave subscribed the following doc AZ Of
"chsSs; chs@;sss skSsgsy JoHSsox. Phafr iaseu.;,
1ESTLEsES-For the past few year
soio ssrions brands OF porous plaster We have
benson Sa2c1ne-menufa-tured by OUT prefer
All others. We consider them ON , a. syeu before
iecay trustwerthy household reDe3 - e lev Der
snperior 20 AL other porous plssters or 5sy are
:, lie the center of the genuine T. en-,
caPcine Please look carefully for IT. r. ~ tae
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APPEAL SPECIALS.
The Gap in the Georgia Pacific Rail.
road to be Completed at a Very
Early Day.
Adjournment OF the Mississippi lcgisla-
ture. After the Passage Of the Judi
cial Consolidation Bill.
Fifty Per Cent. Cut in Freight Rates
from Nashville to New York-The
Battle Of Shiloh.
R1RMIyGHAM. ALA.

The (iap In the Georgia Paefhe 70 DC
Clescd Up
Special to the Appeai.I
BiartsurI .s, March i5-1t may be re-
garaed as settled that tir ReofgIa Pacific
railroad will be extended from this pisce
to close gap of about sixty miles between
Birmingham and the present eastern ter
minus OF the Mississippi division, running
from Columbus eastward. Several If the
general officers of the road returned to-day
from a visit to the western division, witt
George S. Scott, vice president OF the roac
Seney syndicate, and the decision 10 ex
tend is the result Of this Visit. Work vii
nrohaf;ly begin In s.sts Asfs,