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, 1885-12-20
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.


The Liberal press in Russia is urging
an alliance with England as the sole
means of settling the eastern question
and Furnishing the peridy of Germany
and Austria.
The Denver 4 Rio Grande Railroad
company asks the New York stock ex-
change to list the certificates Of deposit of
the United States Trust company, repre-
senting s3S, 600, 900 of the stock Of the
company.
NJ. c. Huyett & Co, ~lumbermen of
Detroit, have failed. The liabilit es
are estimated at $4,000. The mem
bers of the firm will give out nothing,
and little is definitely known about the
assets. The liabilities are mostly to De-
troit firms.
The steamer Dolphin left her anchorage
in Brooklyn navy yard this morning and
proceeded out on her trial "trip. She goes
to Newport and then goes south. Her
cruise will last sixty days and during that
time her merits and dement's will lie
carefully noted.
Charles W. Hemenway, the editor of
the Ogden Herald, was convicted yester-
day, at Salt Lake, of libeling Chief JUS
tice Zane in an article charging him with
responsibility for the murder of McMur-
rim, and shielding federal officials by n
dering crooked decisions, Sentence not
yet passed.
The typhoon in the Philippine Islands
Nov, I, destroyed over 4,4uO houses, in
Guiding thirteen churches. ten converts,
eighteen lives lost, and 500 cattle destroy
ed. This report only comprises the des-
t~ruclion in nineteen Of thirty-four dis
triets Of the islands, the remaining fifteen
are not heard from.
Representative Warner, Of Ohio, has
just returned to Washington from tho
a%nti-monopoly meeting in New York,
where resolutions favoring the continued
coinage of silver were passed. He says
he will introduce a resolution in the house
alter the holiday recess demanding Secre-
tary Manning 8 reason for a not issuing
bonds and asking for call at once Of bonds
to be paid for out Of any money available.
Comptroller Carlton, of Elizabethport,
N. j.. to day completed his levy upon
the Singer Sewing Machine company by
attaching the steamboat Edward Clark.
The whole city is excited by the closing
of the factory. At a meeting attended
by about 900 of the employees to night,
resolutions were adopted denouncing the
comptroller action as hasty and iniudi
cious, and asking the city to make the
company n preferred creditor, as its
claims are for cash loans.
In the house yesterday, Mr.. Morrison
reported from the committee on rules.
resolutions for the creation Of a select
committee Of three on the election o.
president and vice president of the Unitec
States, and their succession and tenure O
office, and the count Of the electoral vote
also a committee Of thirteen on reform il
the civil service; Of thirteen on thu ship
ping interests Of the country, and a com
mittee of eleven on the liquor traffic, al
of which were adopted and the house ad
iourned.
, 1885-12-20
LYNCH LAW IN TEXAS.E
A Negro Murderer Launched
Into Eternity.
Cleveland Convulsed by a
Matrimonial Mess.
Bank FOrger Pratt Fits to
Foreign Shores.
VIgiiantes at Work.


DALLAS. Tex. Dec. l9.-News was re-
ceived here at 1870 this morning from
Montgomery county that the greatest ex-
citement prevails there over the assem-
bling of several hundred armed men, who
have determined to lynch the negro Jack
son who a few days ago murdered the
family of Robert Smith, after having
robbed the house. The sheriff has had
the jail guarded as securely as he has
been able, but it Is believed the mob will
overcome his force, as men are congrega
ting from all parts of the country, and by
daybreak will probably number 1000.
GALVESTON, Dec. ia special to
the Ners from Montgomery, says that
Jackson, the negro who murdered the
Smith family at Mink Prairie, on the
night of the llth, was hanged by a mob
at noon to-day at a point near town. At
midnight last night, the officials took the
prisoner under guard and started for
Houston. They had proceeded only a
few miles when a band Of vigilantes sur
rounded the officers and took Jackson
away. They rode off and secreted him in
the woods until noon, when it was an
nounced they would hang the prisoner at
the cross roads near town. Several hun
bred people visited the spot. The vlgi-
brought forth Jackson who confess
sed his guilt and said he deserved hang
ing. He was then pulled up to a high
where his two victims had previous
ly dangled. He died in a few minutes.
No arrests were made.
, 1885-12-20
Queer Matrimonial Mess,

CLEVELAND, Dec. ia peculiar and
dramatic scene was witnessed in the pro-
bate court to-day. Two years ago, Franz
+. Pofinger left his home in Bavaria to
seek his fortune in America. He left be-
hind his aiianced wife, Maria Epp, by
whom it Is alleged he had two children.
He loved her and promised to send for
her as soon as he could provide a home.
In New York Franz met Jennie Themoh-
lin, whom he married. The pair came to
Ohio, and went to live in Toledo. Two
months ago, at his wife's earnest s%olicita-
ton, Franz sent for Maria Epp aud his
TWO children. They came on the first
steamer and in due time reached Toledo.
When Maria learned of the marriage she
almost went wild. and Franz and his wife
were almost equally frantic. To adjust
matters Franz bought twenty acres of land
near Toledo, and the whole family at
tempted to live together in peace, but to
no avail. They drilted to Cleveland to-
day, and asked all the city officials, high
and low, to help them nj the dilemma.
They were referred from one officer to
another uutil they brought up in the pro-
bate court. Franz offered the woman the
farm in Toledo, but she at first refused it,
saying that marriage alone could heal her
hurt. Later on she half agreed to accer t
it, and the trio will pass Sunday here. and
fix up their differences if they can. Both
women are quite intelligent aud good
lonkirg
, 1885-12-20
Railroad Titles are Good.

WAsuINoroN, Dec. l9-Representa-
tive Payson, Of Illinois. says that the set.
tiers out west are needlessly alarmed on
account Of the recent decision of the ru-
preme court. That technically the titles
Of the railroad lands which have been sold
by the railroad companies to settlers, but
have not yet been patented, still rest in
the United States. The decision has
been constructed to mean hat settlers who
have so purchased have no valid tito to
their Ian Is, aud may be deprived of them
at any time. This is not the case. The
title that tho government holds to lands
by this decision is, that lands are to be
held to secure the cost of survey, and may
be acquired at any time by settlers bv
paying for the survey Of their lands. The
railroad companies will then have to
make good the cost to them. The court
suggested that the bill might be passed by
congress forfeiting lanls not patented
within tho time stated after passage of
the act.
, 1885-12-20
Inclined TO

LONDON, Dec. l9.-The following dis
patch from Gladstone has been received
by the Gable News company;
"HAwARDEN, Dec. 1911 | should at
any time have any plan or intention to
announce on the question Of Irish govern
ment it will be done publicly and on my
own responsibility, not by an anonymous
and irresponsible declaration. My politi-
cal friends are assured that | remember
my obligations to them, and may safely
understand that | am bound to mont OF
the ideas respecting home rule for ireland
recently announced in my name, After
saying this much, | hold myself excused
from replying to further inquiries, rumors
or allegations regarding Irish question.
(Signedl "WM Il. GLADSTONE"
, 1885-12-20
The Police Pounce on Pratt.

SAN Francisco, Dec. l9.-The asso.
ciated press Yokohama advices give the
particular of the arrest of Calvin Pratt, a
forger, who secured about $4,000 from
the Pacific bank at San Francisco, and is
wanled in Denver for a similar o%ffense.
He was arrested soon after he placed his
feet ashore at Yokohama. He was readily
identified from a description forwarded by
Chief of Police Crowley, of San Fran
cisco. The day after his capture he was
examined before the japanese public
prosecutor, but refused to answer any
questions, except to say that his name
was Philip S. C%hetwynd. notwithstanding
that he travelled under the name Of John
Moran. In his hand valise which he
carried ashore was found a medal on
which the initials 80. P" were inscribed.
A second examination will be held Decem
Der 3, when the prisoners baggage, il
which il is believed the money is hidden.
will Le opened
, 1885-12-20
Big Bank Failure.

HousroN, TEXAS, Dec. l6.-Consider-
able excitement was occasioned here this
afternoon by the failure of the City Bank
Of Houston. one Of the oldest financial
institutions in the city aud having a paid
up capital of $4,000. The doors were
closed at ! O'Clock, a notice being posted
thereon hat the bank had suspended
payment pending an application for the
appointment of a receiver. The Hon.
William Il. Baker, the present mayor Of
the city, is president of the bank, and
Benjamin r. Weems il cashier. While
the failure caused some CONSERVATION
throughout the city and a large crowd
gathered about the bank clamoring for
their money, yet the suspension was no
, 1885-12-20
John chinaman in Court.


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l9.-The case Of
jung All Lung, on an appeal from the
United States district court to the United
States circuit court was submitted to
Judge Sawyer this afternoon. Lung was
a former resident Of tais country, but left
for China after having obtained a return
certificate which he claimed was stolen
from him in China. Subsequently he re-
turned here. and a writ of habeas corpus
was sued out in his behalf in the United
States district court. The district attor-
ney interviewed on behalf Of the United
States, and denied the jurisdiction of the
our on three grounds. First, the China
man was not restrained from his liberty
because he could go any where in the
world except in the United States; sec
ond, all such cases come under the iuris-
dicti0n of the port collector; third, sec
ondary evidence relating to a Chinaman's
prior residence was Inadmissable when
the law prescribed a certificate as the sole
means of identification. The plea was
overruled by United States District Judge
Hoffman, and Judge Sawyer to-day af
frmed the judgment of the lower court.
He concluded the decision by saying: In
order to present all these questions and
obtain a ruling on them | shall sustain
the decision of Judge Hoffman, and let
the case go to the supreme court on those
points. District Attorney Hilborn i'm
mediately gave notice of an appeal. This
is a case on which much congressional
anti Chinese legislation will depend, and
hence is considered Of great importance.
, 1885-12-20
Another Walkup Scandal.

EMPoRIA. Dec. I9.-Since her acquittal
upon the charge of poisoning her husband
MH. Walkup has been e~ndeavoring to
obtain a share of the s2,OOO for herself
AS a widew, and an additional amount on
the claim that she IS encionte with 4
posthumus heir of Walkup.
The attorneys of the Ancient Or Ter of
United Workn,en to day make public the
atidayits of Edward G~utcnkuust, a
youthful clerk of the district court, and
Oscar Arlhite. son of the sheriff, that,
upon the invitation of Mrs. Walkup,
they, upon different occasions, had been
intimate with her while she was in jail,
and, in consideration thereof, had gwen
her various sums of money.
, 1885-12-20

surprise to other banks and business men
generally. The total liabilities of the
bank. including the capital stock, will
exceed 81 100000.
Owing to the fact that several members
of the directory OF the Houston Savings
bank are also officers in the suspended
bank, a run was Immediately i~naugurated
on the Savings bank, but all claims were
promptly met. The bank, however,
closed its doors at 3 o'clock, the usual
closing hour. with a long line OF anxious
depositors waiting to reach the paying
%teller's window. II the run is continued
on Monday it is believed that the Savings
bank will be prepared to meet the ext
gency. The deposits of the broken bank
will reach over halt a million dollars. Many
poor people we're among the Dispositions.
, 1885-12-20

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. IL is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded Price 2j cents per box
For sale by w. n. Hunt.
, 1885-12-20

Our tailoring department IS now com.
plete with all the late novelties in fine for
eign and domestic fabrics. b. Hellman
, 1885-12-20

Remember the Fox coal is the best in
the city. Telephone No. 1853 to A. G..
McGregor, and get full weight.
, 1885-12-20

Go to MASKS and examine his stock be-
fore you purchase.
, 1885-12-20

Christmas tree supplies, nuts and the
best candies at satisfactory prices at Pea
body's candy factory.
, 1885-12-20

A complete stock Of toys at Hollis, at
half the usual prices,
, 1885-12-20

Opium forms the basis of which innu
merable remedies sold under titles alto
gether misleading. But this cannot he
said of Red Star Cough Cure. 1t con-
tains no opiates. and is almost magical in
and permancy of the cures which it has
effected.
, 1885-12-20

Township plats for sale at THE LEADER
Office.
, 1885-12-20

or1cal Dept Cheyenne, Hyo.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-16
sPECIAL NorICE = !.
sa usu @p'w
%m Sc g
EN- . E 0e,.Og

Is, tho time we close our store. except on
saturday evenings, when we VIII eiose ~
o'clock.
We offer this week.
A. large stock OF GINGHAMs. Sc. . yard
worth SIC. at &c. worth 10c., at SIC.
worth IKE: also, GINGHAMS ut 10,
12k, Is, and 25c.--the latter price Is Tor
the best SCOTCH GfNGHAM. heretofore
sold at ACC. yard;
LAWNS at 4. 8 81. 81. 10, and l2IIc.
yard-choice styles nj all prices.
The finest FRENCH PRINTED BATISrE
Mt 1890. yard worth 25c.;
GREY-Mlx WASH PoPLIN. wide an and !.
GREENABLE SUITfNG at sc. yerd,
which IL lust half price:
BLACK and COL0RED CORDED ALPACA
at &C. yard, would he cheap at ~ &c. /:
The largest and best-assorted stock OF
SATINES In this city
VELVEJS and vELVETEENSi In all OF the
desirable colorS:
GIMPs. PRINCES. BRATDS, and BUT
TONS; also. all other articles for Dress
Trimmings;s
Blu Il and GARNET SASH RIBBON, block
pattern. all silk. seven Inches wide, at
Boo. a yard worth 81;
Elegant SASH RIBBONsat 81 and 81 20 per
yard: narrow RIBBONS In all qualities
at the lowest prices:
FANS-No such IN assortment can be found
elsewhere our prices are from &c. up To
IS.
PoLKA-DoT FINE NULL FICHgs at use.
worth SOC, at 29c. worth 60c.;
LACE POINT FICHUS at l5c. worth 35c.,
at lsc worth 40c.;
COkSETS-Wc have the largest stock In
this city; we have Just added TO our
stock BALLS HEALTH CORSET.
SHOULDER-BRACES ,HOOP-SKIRT5 and
BUsTLES;
A large assortment OF LINEN COLLARS
and CUFFS and RUFFLES: handsome
TWO-ROW RUFFLE at SC. yard
THREE-ROW RUFFLE at lee. a yard
worth double the money.
LEVY & DAVIS,
1917 and 1919 Main street.
Please call before $3.50 7. NJ, as we close
our store at that hour. ie 10
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-16
~ PARASOLS.

On MONDAY, June 18th. begins OUR
GREAT PARASOL SALE. We have q large
stock on hand that must be sold. II low
prices and reliable goods will sell them, we
have not the slightest doubt OF closing out
our entire stock within the next thirty days.
Remember this il not an everyday occur
renee SO all in want OF n NICE PARASOL
should call early and make their purchase
before the assortment IL broken.
A COLORED SATIN TEN-RIB COACHING
PARASOL for si.1O-fOrmer price So;
A COLORED SATIN FLAr-TOP COACH
ING PARASOL for sl.65-reduced from
$3.50:
A COLoRED SATIN SPRING TOP
COACHING PARAS0L for s1.90-neyer
sold for less than So:
A BLACK SATIN, LINED WITH COLI
ORED SILK AND TRIMMED WITH
ALL-SIIK LACE, for s2.90-reduced
from $3.50:
A BETTER ARTICLE for ss.25-reduced
from SIS;
A SATIN PARAsOL in any color for eOc.-
former price 81;
BLACK PARASOfS and LADIES' UNI
BRELIAS from soc. to sj-prices greatly
reduced.
In addition to these we have nice line OF
CHlLDREN'S PARASOLS from 40c. to 81.
Remember the name and first date OF sale.
ID. & T.. MITTELDOKFER,
527east Broad street, June Is, 1855.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-16

March IL, 1884. and in that case the
act Of January 20. 1882, was declared
TO be unconstitutional, null and VOID
II was therefore unconstitutional be-
fore, and not because OF the act OF
March Is, 1884. But in the case men
toned the Court considered also the act
Of January &c. 1882, IN connection
with the act OF March 10, 1881, ana
said:
"These acts Of Assembly in ques-
ton must be taken together, as one Is
but an amendment to the other. The
scheme of the whole is indivisible. IL
cannot be separated into parts. IL
must stand or fall together. The sub
stanfiai part Of IL, mhich toro,ds the
fdx-coilecfor 10 receire coupons IN pay
ment Of fares, as we have already de-
clared. as indeed on all sides is admit
ted, cannot stand, because IT IS not con-
sissenf wih the Constitution. That
which is merely auxiliary TO the main
design must also fall with the principle
of which it is merely an incident. "
Thus the substantial part" which
was in the original act was declared to
be unconstitutional, and the amendment,
which was "merely auxiliary to the
main design" did not in any way inn
pair that I" main design" but fell with
it as part of 1t, as merely an incl
dent" to it. But this subject will bear
further discussion if the readers pa
thence will bear it. b.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-16
Just the Other Wav,

A Washington letter in the Alexan-
dria Gazette quotes Judge BUcKNER,
who was in that city last week, as
having said that the Administration is
doing very we'll, but that he thinks il
might have possibly done better il q
southern man had been made Postmas.
ter-Gensral, because only such mar
could know how the post-ofiices in the
South have been prostitutcd to partisan
purposes, and who would therefor,
know that exceptions should be mad,
in the civil.serviee rules as regards tina
section.
II will be found that officers from the
North are more ready to appoint south.
erners to Office than are officers from
the South. We doubt il any southerner
would have done as much as Mr.. Villas
has done in the matter Of making re-
movals and appointments Of postmas.
tiers in the southern States.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-16
DEATHS.

pOBsON.-Di Monday evening, June
18th, at o'clock, MARY BELLE, infant
daughter OF John W. and Maggie l.. Dob
son aged four months and sixteen days.
Funeral from the residence OF her pa
rents, 0l3 Twenty.second street. TUES
DAY EVENING at o'clock. Friends Of
the family invited TO attend.
FERGUssoN.-Dled, June l4th. after a
painful illness OF three weeks at the Wes-
Miss MARY FERGUSON, daughte of Nr
and Mrs j. 4. Ferguson. OF Chesterfield
county, Va; aged sixteen years and one
day.
She was the only daughter OF ten chill
dren, and IL Is especl Tally an unfortunate
circumstance that she has been taken
away, as within another year she would
have graduated At the above institution.
A general feeling OF sympathy is felt for
her relatives and friends In this their hour
OF bereavement.
nALSEY. Died, at East Lawn, Henrico
county, sunday, June IL, 1883. J EREMIAH
MORTON, youngest son Of frena Stearns and
j. Morton Bslsey; aged eighteen months.
The funeral will take place from the Mon
umental church on TUESDAY the 10th in
slant At . A. NJ. Friends of the family and
t6ose OF his grandfather FRANKLIN Stearns)
are invited 10 attend.
PHILLIPS.-Died. in Henrico county, on
the 18th instant, Mrs. EMILY NJ. PHIL
LIPS, In the sixty-seventh year OF her age.
SHEPPARD Died, June 18th, at the
residence OF his grandfather, Andrew
Green. No. 607 north Seventh street, AR
THUR. infant son OF Edgar and Jessie y,
sheppard.
Funeral from the above residence THIS
(Tnesday) MORNING at 10 O'Clock. Friends
oftbe IA mily are invited to attend.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-16
Proving a Negative.

Some Of the judges and juries in Vir-
ginia seem to have reversed the maxim
Of the law which requires the allirma-
tive and not the negative OF any given
proposition to be proved. We suppose
it might be possible to prove, in the
case of some very badly-executed cOu-
pons, that they were counterfeit; but
we do not understand that in any of the
coupon cases the Commonwealth is
bound to prove a negative of that sort.
She stands upon her rights and demands
proof that the coupons rendered to her
in payment Of taxes are genuine cou-
mons
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-16
The Discriminating Veto.

We discovered long ago that the dis
eliminating veto was an innovation thai
would not stand the test Of use. Ii Is
sufficient answer TO all that can be
said in its favor TO say that it makes
the President or the Governor, and not
Congress OF the General Assembly, the
legislative power. 1t would enable a
sectional President to veto all the items
in an appropriation bill---say q bill Tor
the improvement drivers and harbors--
excep, such as were intended for the
benefit Of his constituents in his own
State. 1t would enable MURAT HAL
STEAD or BLACK JACK LOGAN in the
presidential chair to wreak his vengeance
upon the States that refused to support
him for President.
The one argument that has been ad-
vanced in favor of the discriminating
veto is that /, would prevent log-roll-
ing. At present JONES, SMITH, and
Brown log-roll--that is, each votes
for the schemes Of the other two, and
thus secures appropriations for all
three. As the discriminating veto
would enable the President to strike
out one or two Of these three items and
approve the other one or two, it seemed
plausible to assume that log-rolling
would come to an end when the dis
eliminating veto came to beginning.
But facts obstinstely refuse to follow
theories. The Pennsylvanans have
tried the discriminating veto, and found
it to be no protection at all. Nobody
seems to have expected such result,
though after it has come it seems rea-
sonable enough, nevertheless it ap-
pears TO be true that the discrimi-
mating veto is the prolific parent
Of log rolling schemes. As how !?
Why it will take twice as much log
rolling to overcome a veto as to
pass bill by majority vote.
More votes have to be bought, and more
are bought. Last week, in the Penn
sylyania Legislature, the message of
the Governor yetoing certain items of
the general appropriation bill-a dis
eliminating veto, observe-was read,
and after q heated discussion the vetoed
items were taken up and voted upon
seriatim, and all were passed over the
veto by votes ranging from yeas l47,
nays %, to yeas 1877, nays IA. The
House by vote of yeas 1853, nays 10,
also passed over the Governors veto
the bill appropriating $4,000 to pay
employees and officers of the House and
Senate for the lost fifty-six days of the
session Of 1888.
The discriminating veto was van
pushed. So numerous were the bids
in the bill that the two houses seemed
to favor the bills almost unanimously.
1f the Governor had possessed only
such veto power as is possessed by
the President Of the United States and
by most Of the State Governors, the
bills thus passed over the veto Of Gov
ernor PATTIsoN would, we doubt not,
have been made much less objectiona-
bic than it was found necessary to make
them in order TO get two-thirds vote
for them. All change is not improve
ment.