Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-21
LIAR AND POLTROON
Bitter Denunciation Of Congressman
King Of Louisiana by Cuthbert
JOnes-A New Phase Of
The Old Feud Which, 1t Is Believed,
Will Result in Bl0odshed-Sen-
cation Of the Hour.
Tennessee Cases Before the Supreme
Ceurt-Mrs. Custer's Book-The
Telephone Suits.
ESPECIAL TO THE APpEAL.l

ESPECIAL TO TIE APPEAL.l
WAsHINaroN, November 20.-The Jones'
King feud has broken out afresh. Culbsrt
Jones was a candidate for the consulship
at Callao some months ago, and attributed
bis in being appointed to Gen.
King of Louisiana, who opposed him
King, it is said, received the story of the
aforementioned Jones' Diddle imbroglio
and impaired to it a flavor of falsehood
and scandal, as Jones claims. Now, the
sequel follows by an open letter to King
from Jones, in which he says: "You lied
to the President. You lied to the Score.
tary Of State. You lied to the newspapers
Your false and venal tongue assailed me.
with open courage, but secretly, like
an assassin. 1 publicly and deliberately
pronounce you to be a liar and a coward,
a poltroou and a scoundrel." Gen. King
is believed to be in New Orleans. 1t is
said here thet a challenge to a duel will be
the result of the insult. and a meeting
seems inevitsble.
THE FREE
A delegation from the Free Trads League
Convention, recently held in Chicago,
called on the President to-day, and ursed
him to give due consideration to tariff re-
forms in his message. Mr.. Cleveland made
III PAOlbtooos - LA hOs gSN ACItOe VI
the tariff, and is waiting to confer with
Speaker Carlisle, who is il at present, and
others, before committing himself to any
definite course OF action.
THE oREioN s~ENAToRsHIP.
The election of "Hipple" Mitchell to
the Senate from Oregon is regarded here
as a very bad thing for the Republican
party. Mitchell boasted when be was last
here that he was 70 be elected Senator,
saying that the Northern Pacific wants
him in the Senate to protect its interests
and would see that votes were forthcom-
ing. His election by the Democratic votes
is understood to show that the railroad Sc
cured it, and his pledge to support the sd-
ministration shows that party considera-
tions were broken down In order to give
him standing before the entire depart.
ment, which is inclined to be hostile to
the Notthern Pacific. A private dispatch
from Oregon intimates that an effort will
he made to get the Senate refuse to admit
Mitchell.
ASKING FOR INFORMATION.
The President is said to have requested
Republican Senators to inform him Of any
valid Oh ections against new a%ppointees
whose nominations are to be submit tied to
the ena for confirmation.
THE TELEPHONE SUITS.
The counsel in the great telephone case,
the hearing OF which before Secretary
Lamar and & commission st the Interior
Department was closed Monday evening,
are preparing their briefs, and will SUBJ
nit them within the ten days allowed
They will then b. read by the individual
members of the commission, and, after
consultation, q decision will be reached.
1t is expected that the decision will be an
nounced about the middle OF next month.
Col. CAN'T has finished his brief, and
leaves for Memphis tonight.
THE FOCAL CT TIE HOUR.
The sensation OF the hour is the recent
coup of Mile. Nugeirss, daughter of the
Portuguese Minister. The young lady is an
exceedingly ~vivacious brunette, with in
teres-irg features typical of the Sun lend,
and noted for her musical culture and cbic.
She has resided here for several years, is
familiar with our customs and language,
and has taken part in entertainments, re-
ceptions and high teas without number.
About two months ago placards were dis
triou;ed announcing that a charitable con-
cert would be given at Masonic Hall to aid
the poor. Mile. Nugeiras displayed re
markable activity in selling tickets at 81
and 81 each, according to location. She
solicited the members CT every legation
here, and made it her business to dispose
OF q LARGE number Of seats f1r cash in hand.
The concert occurred as announced, and
was a full dress afiir, the net receipts
being $50. The young lady who had
managed every detail, coolly pocketed
the money, and two days afterwards,
called to Europe to remain, as
it was stated, to complete her education
she resolutely refused to give the name OF
the COR people for whom the concert was
given, but dropped hints occasionally that
a poor widow with nine children would
be the sole beneficiaries. It has been as
certained that there is no widow, poor or
rich, in Washington who has nine CHI
dren. Mile. Nugeiras kept all the secrets
as well as the ''ducats," ard will be able
to give points to Americans on how to pro-
vide for completing an education. Her
friends in the swell society If Washing
ton feel very much chagrinfd over the
misfortunate ~eecapade, and it is the scan
dial Of the town.
Mr.. Clusters BOOK.
Mrs. Custer, widow Of the noted gen-
eral, said, while visiting here the other
day, that $1,000 copies OF her book, Boots
and Saddles, had been sold within the few
months it has been on the market. A
third edition will probably soon be nee
essary. She receives a royalty on each
book sold, and her revenue from this vol
ume is about S50C0 per year. Her pub
lishers believe Ia the sale Of the book
will keep up well for al least q doz IN years.
Mrs. Custer is at present working hard on
g new volume CT adventurous life on the
far Western plains, which will be some
what similar IN scope to Boots and Saddles,
but OF a more ambitious character. H.
dian Spa1na houia Eniyao ord Jor;Do
scouts will figure more prominently in the
forthcoming book, which is destined to
become very popular. Mrs. Custer is also
engaged On some newspaper correspond
ence and magazine work and is succeeding
admirably. She relates her recent expe-
rience in Washington with considerable
feeling when she was an applicant for the
Detroit pension agency 81 joined the
throng of office-seekers; I cooled my
heels in the corridors of the government
departments to let the members of the
Cabinet know that Michigan people had
asked for my appointment. Each head OF
department declined to sse me, and the
President sent word that he could not
threw her influence for the late generals
sister, Mrs. Calhoun, but in vain.
TENNESSEE CASES BEFORE THE PRE-
COURT.
The following is a complete list OF Ten
nessee cases in the United States Supreme
Court for the present tenn:
4-The knickerbocker Life Insurance
Company, plaintiff in error, vs. 2. Ell. Pen
dleton ct al, from the Western District
Circuit Court of Tennessee. Attorneys,
William w. Goodrich, l.. w. Russell for
plaintiff; D. H. and w. K. Postop, ". Y.
C.. Humes for defendants.
COB. Ell. Wisdom, plaintiff in error, vs.
the Taxing District Of Shelby county ct ST.,
from the Western District Circuit Court of
Tennessee. Attorney, William NJ. Ran
dolph for plaintiff.
194-Extein Norton, plaintiff in error vs..
Shelby County, State of Tennessee, from
the Western District Circuit Court Of Ten
nesse. Attorneys, W. y. @. Humes, d. II.
aud W. K Poston for plaintiff.
226-The United States vs. G. s.. Wilson,
from the Middle Tennessee District Cir
cult Court. Attorney, Attorney-G enersl
Garland for appellant.
231-The United States, plaintiff in err
ror, VS.. the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis Railway Company, from the Middle
District Circuit Court of Tennessee. At
torney, Accomplishment Garland for
plaintiff.
SS5 -The State of Alabama ct al. plant
i'll in error, vs.. Theodore G. Montague CT
al, from the Eastern District Circuit CouIt
of Tennessee. Attorney Samuel r Rica