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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.


General Methodist Conference Committee
TO Meet To-Nigh, -0Id-Market Haii-Per.
sonsI.
The committee composed Of repre-
scntatives from each OF the Methodist
churches in Richmond and Manchester,
having in charge the arrangements for
the General Conference Of the Metho'
dist Episcopal Church, South, in this
city in May next. will meet in the study
of the Broad-Street church Tuesday
night. At this meeting the place where
the Conference session will be held will
be decided and other matters attended
to.
OLD-MARKET HALL.
The service on Sunday night was
probably the most interesting yet held
in the hall. The uShers say there were
at least thirteen hundred present.
BAPTIST sUNDAY-sCHooL Ass0CIA-
TION.
The monthly meeting Of the Baptist
Sunday School Association Of Rich
mond and Manchester was held Sunday
afternoon at the Pine-Street Baptist
church. The lecture-room OF this
church was packed, and many went
away because they were unable to gain
sdmittance. Mr.. William EllysQn the
president) presided Mr.. Robert A.
Gary, secretary. The exercises opened
and were interspersed with excellent
singing by members Of the Pine Street
school. Rev. DR.. A. E. Dickinson led
the Association in prayer, after which
the monthly reports were read, and
shows as follows:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
YLIH. CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is, 1856.

W %hA'AAA ANp AOA's Gus IDs lOOOs
senate.
The Chair laid before the Senate the
following letter from the Secretary OF
the Interior in reply to Mr.. Dawes
recent resolution adopted by the SEN
ate, which called for all the informa-
tion in the Interior Department relating
TO Henry Ward, late Indian Inspector:
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, !
WASHINGTON, Feb. l3, 1886. !
To the President pro tenn. of the Sen
ate:
Sir,-I have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of the Senate resolu-
ton Of the 5th instant, in words as fol-
lows:
Resolred, That the Secretary of the
Interior be directed to communicate to
the Senate copies Of all papers which
have been fled in the Interior Depart
ment, and Of all papers which have
been presented to any officer Of that
Departm ent, touching the official and
personal conduct Of Henry Ward, In
dian Inspector, during his continuance
in said office"
! transmit all official papers on file
in the Department which | understand
to be embraced by the resolution. The
official reports made to this Department
by Henry Ward as United States In
dian Inspector are voluminous and as
the clerical force of this Department is
limited, and otherwise fully employed,
| have deemed it best to transmit the
original reports. As they are fire.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
Police GOurI.

The following cases were disposed Of
yesterday:
John Eding (colOred), drunk. Fined
50 and costs.
William Henry Neurohr, assaulting
and beating Edna and Frances Fields.
Discharged on payment of costs.
X. F. Childress and Lee Faudree,
stealing a set of harness and riding
bride from Peter ID. Glinn. Commit
ted to Jail in default Of security in the
sum of $500, for twelve months.
Alfonzo jackson, William Henson,
and Virgie Minis, assaulting Walter
Granderson IN the street. Dismissed.
Wexford Holmes (colored), stealing
lot of railroad iron from the Rich
mond and Allegheny Railroad Com
pany. Sent to Jail for three months.
Philip Farnigha. abusing Matte
Barker, girl ten years old Dismissed.
David Mayo, disorderly on the street.
Dismissed.
W. S. Hancock, vagrant. Sent to
Jail for thirty days.
Sarah Wilkinson (colored), drunk.
Sent to Jail for three months in default
of security.
Frank Lee, drunk. Fined 81 and
costs.
John Henderson (colored), assaulting
and beating Lizzie Taylor. Dismissed.
lack Newton (colored), disorderly in
the street. Case continued until to-
day.
r. Dunn, disorderly in the street.
Fined 90 and costs.
William Clark and John Donally,
drunk. Fined 90 and costs each.
Frank Kelly, vagrsnt. Ordered to
leave town in twenty-four hours.
Maria Daucy leolored). stealing lot
Of coal-iron from j. +. McGeorge.
Sent to Jail for fifteen days.
James Macon (colored), abusing and
to assault Mary Macon.
Dismissed.
John Anderson (colored). stealing a
basket Of coal from w. NJ. Mastin.
Dismissed.
Jack Roy (colored), drunk on the
Sabbath. Fined "a and costs.
Stanley Leher, drunk on the Sabbath
day. Fined "a and costs.
Douglas Cullingworth, drunk and
disorderly on the street on the sabbath
day. Fined IS and costs.
james Loney. tcolored), charged with
assault and battery--thres cases. Fined
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
Lynch Law In Colorado.

lbN ttltEldpll W AIc DlsIdltu,l
DENVER, February IA special
to the Republican from Red Cliff, Colo
rado, says: Friday last two miners,
named Perry aud Gleason, became in
volved is dispute concerning the pay
ment Of five dollars that Perry owed
Gleason, and the former shot the latter
through the heart. Perry was arrested.
At ii o'clock last evening a mob OF
200 miners came to town, overpowered
the sheriff, took the prisoner from jail
and hanged him from railroad water
tank. Perry's only request was to be
allowed to climb up ladder and jump
of. This was refused, and rope was
thrown around his neck, and he was
drawn up and strangled. His last
breath was used in cursing the mob.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
Nenrico County Notes.

Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch. :
NEAR CAMP HOLLY, Feb. l.. 1886.
Mr.. James Gum, a public school
teacher between this place and Rich
mOnd, died suddenly on Wednesday
night. He taught his school on Tues
day and died the next night from the
bursting Of an abscess in his head. lie
was buried to-day at the old family
burying- ground on Mr.. Henry Cox'S
farm. The weather was inclement and
the roads muddy, yet there was a good
attendance Of his friends and acquaint-
anceS.
Justice Yarborough has been engaged
to. day in trying some colOred people
who ale charged with having some
share in the burning Of a church
in this neighborhood some time last fall.
The colored people seem to be right
much stirred up on the subject.
Two farms have been recently pur-
chased in our neighborhoOd by gentle
men from Michigan. II.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16

! Merchants aud Planters .....' Is IL ao,s
INSURANCE COMPANIES,
Va. Fire aud Marine. ............ IS 81 -.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
MURDER MOST FOUL.
SENSATION NEAR NORFOLK.
A Man Hacked 70 Pieces with nm ANe-tt.
tempt, 10 Bufu the BODY - womsn Ar

A Man Haeksd 70 Pieces with nm Axe AZ.
tempt, 10 Burn tie BODY - Woman Ar.
rested.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, Va, February l5.-rhis
evening about O'Clock q colored
woman named Ann lowell appeared at
the Monkey.House restaurant, on the
Water Works road about three miles
from Norfolk, and with great excite
ment notified the people Of the place
that murder had been committed at
her house near by.
The news spread rapidly, aud crowd
soon gathered and proceeded to the
house on the farm Of Mr.. A. G. Moore.
The woman declined opening the door Of
the dwelling, and asked a colored man
to do so. On entering horrible and
revolving spectacle was presented. In
the Fireplace was piled up in heap the
CHASTITY remains of human being, with
a number of charred chunks of wood
around it. as if an effort had been made
to burn the body. Justice Hawks, Of
the vicinity, was in the meantime no.
tilted.
An inquest was at once held, when it
was ascertained that the murdered man
was Caesar Morris. and lived with the
woman as her husband. From the APP
pesrance Of the room the man had first
been murdered in bed with an axe. His
head and both arms and legs had been
cut off and such other portions Of his
body as could be hacked to pieces. SuS-
picion was at once directed to the wo-
man, and she was arrested and given
into the custody Of Sheriff LeSner, who
committed her to the county Jail.
The justice ordered the remains to
be taken care Of and properly buried.
The people Of the neighborhOod charge
that the woman murdered Morris be-
cause she was tired Of him. The pair
came from Petersburg a few months
ago and went to work as hands on the
farm Of Mr.. Moore. There is tremen-
douS excitement among the negroes Of
the neighborhood, and the sheriff had
to be active in getting the woman away
to avoid a lynching.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
The wer against the Chinese in Cali.
IOrnIn.
IBy telegraph to the Dlspatch.l

IBy telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
WASHINGTON, February 1.-The
Chinese Minister called at the State
Department to-day, and laid before
Secretary Bayard sundry long tele-
grams received by him from California
TO the effect that there is an apparently
concerted movement in progress to
drive out the Chinese from all the towns
and cities of California except San
Francisco, and that the Governor of the
State and the sherifls of the various
counties eyince no disposition to protect
the Chinese in their treaty rights.
Tie kilograms also state that the
threatened action will not only be
disastrous to the Chinese labOring-class.
but Tuinous to the Chinese merchants
Of San Francisco. Ii is understood
that the representations made by the
Chinese Minister have double purpose
in yiew-frst. 10 invoke the protection
Of the General Government and Sec
ondly, to lay the foundation for claim
Of money indemnity similar to the
claims that have been advanced by the
United States in large number Of cases
and paid by China as indemnity for in
juiies sustained by American citizens
in that Empire.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
A COtPON OPINION.
The Attorney General on the Recent supreme
Court Decisions.

The Attorney General on the Recent Supreme
Court Decisions.
On Friday Mr.. Tinsley. Assistant
Treasurer Of Richmond, asked the Au-
ditor Of Public Accounts to instruct
him, in view Of the recent decisions of
the Supreme Court of the United
States. as to what he should do when
coupons were rendered him for license
and property taxes. Auditor Marye
referred the question to Attorney
General Ayers. Mr.. Ayers yesterday
placed his opinion in the hands of the
Auditor, and Mr.. Tinsley was fur
nished with a copy.
The Dispatch applied to the Audi
tor, tc Mr.. Tinsley, and to Mr.. Ayers
for a copy of the opinion or for
synopsis Of its contents, but each one
declined to give what was asked or any
information on the subject.
Mr.. Ayers was at first inclined to
Weld to the urgent requests of his
friends of the press, but he thought it
advisable first to see the Governor, and
the result Of their conference held last
night was that he declined to give the
information desired.
Whatever may be the reading OF the
opinion, those interested in the sale Of
coupons were very much elated about
it. kilograms were sent North an
nOuncing it as a great victory for the
coupon people. IL is said that Mr..
Ayers sustains the view of Mr.. Tinsley
that, for instance, if party offers Mr..
Tinsley coupons for liccnse-tax, and
Mr.. Tinsley refuses to receive them,
then the party can go on with his bust
ness--cannot be prosecuted for doing
business without a State license-no
matter whether the coupons offered
have been proved to be genuine or not.
That is the idea of the opinion pre-
yailing on the streets.
In view Of the magnitude Of the in
terests involved, it is Judged that the
coupon business will be the chief topic
of the forthcoming message Of the Gov
ernor to the General Assembly. The
special debt committee OF the two
houses yesterday obtained leave to sit
during the sessions of the two houses
on certain days, and will redouble their
exertions to promptly and successfully
meet all the issues presented.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
II JUDGE PAYsON SAYS.

Representative Psyson, Of Illinois,
says he is convinced that the best way
TO settle the silver question and prevent
the Treasury Department from dis
eliminating against silver is to require
not merely to authorize-the Secretary
of the Treasury to issue silver certid-
Gates in denominations Of one, two, and
five dollars, and to provide that silver
certificates shall have the legal-tender
quality.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
Accidentally shetland Killed.
Correspondence fthe Richmond Dispatch

Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch. :
LURAY, VA, February Is, 1886.
A day or two ago John Bltman, a
young son of Mr.. John Batman, Of this
county, was accidentally killed by the
discharge of an old musket. About :
o'clock in the evening he remarked to
his father that he believed he would 20
out and shoot the load out Of the gun.
lie went out, and soon after the
report OF the gun wa> heard.
lie did not return in a reasonable time,
and his father went out to see what was
the matter, and was greatly shocked TO
find the youth lying upon the ground
MORALLY wounded and unconscious.
The young man was carried into the
house and died soon after. Death is
thought to have resulted from the
breech-pin Of the musket flying out and
striking the young man in the head.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
MIR. MorrisOn's Tariff BAL.


WASHINGTON, February l5.-Mr.
Morrison expresses the opinion that his
tariff bill introduced in the House to-
day will effect an estimate reduction of
$40, 900 in revenues from customs
based on the revenues of last year.
The greatest reduction on any one
article is in the case of sugar, where
the new duty will result in a decrease
of $40, 100000 in receipts. Additions
to the free-list will involve a loss of
s5,500,000, and the reduction made
by the bill on other articles about
100000. Slight but general reduc-
tons have been made in the cases of
woods, flax, linens and hemp, cottons,
window-glass, plate-glass Of high quail
ty, esrthenware, and china, where the
duty is believed to be excessive. The
duty on rice, marble, castor-besns, and
few chemicals is also slightly reduced.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
Tie Burglar-AIarn, Does Good Service


NEW YORK. February lj.-The
burglar alarm connecting the Nine
teenth-Ward Bank, at Fifty-seyenth
street and Third avenue, with the Nine
teenth.precinct station, rang vigorously
at 3 O'Clock this morning, and Sergeant
Woodruff, who ran quickly to the bank,
caught Christian Rabe, a waiter, coming
out OF window which he had entered
by means of Ratchet, chisel, mokey-
wrench, pocket-knife, screw-driyer, and
a pair Of scissors. lie had unwit-
tingly cut the wire of the burglar
alarm, and afterwards made an
attack on the safe-vault. Finding he
could not succeed with the tools.
he had started to leave the premises
when arrested. Rabe was arraigned in
court on complaint Of S. ii. Rathbone,
the banks president, who accused him
Of attempting to steal 100000. The
prisoner pleaded guilty, saying he was
out Of work and hungry. lie was COM
mitted for trial in default Of s. 900 bail.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
si0 and security required for his good
behavior for six months.
Raymond Link, beating his wife.
Fined clio and costs. :.
Per.ana,. and Rriefs.


Mr.. ii. Schwartzchild leaves for New
York to-day.
General Bradley T. johnson. Of Bal.
timore, is in the city.
A message from Governor Lee to the
General Assembly is daily expected.
The Council Committee on Retrench.
ment and Reform will meet this even.
ing at $50 O'Clock.
Mr.. r. T., not w. 7. Chandler, OF
Caroline, is the appointee to the Office
Of County Superintendent Of Schools.
The Governor has appointed DR..
William A. Thorn, Jr., of Norfolk,
quarantine officer for the ports Of Nor
folk and Portsmouth, &c.
The cold-wsve flag was hoisted Sun
day night On a telegram predicting a
fall Of temperature from Il to 90 de-
grees within forty-eight hours.
There were large number Of ladies'
and ministers Of the Gospel on the
floor Of the Senate yesterday while the
lOcal-option bill was under discussion.
Colonel Robert Beverley, OF Fauquier
county General Stith Boiling, Of Pc
tersburg; and Mr.. Thomas Martin, Of
Charlottesville, are at the Exchange
Hotel.
The Governor has pardoned George
Whitehurst, convicted in the Corpora
ton Court of Norfolk city Of keeping
a gaming-table and sent to the city Jail
for two months.
The Liquor-Dealers' Protective Asso-
citation will hold a meeting at Sanger
Hall at 8 o'clock tonight instead of to-
morrow night, as announced in Sun
days Dispatch.
A large number of persons visited
Valentines studio to see his Homeric
Group. After to-day it will be neces-
sary to close the studio in order to get
ready for casting.
1t was generally understood yester-
day that the grand jury had before
them witness who gave testimony as
to the existence of several faro-banks
in this city. A number Of indictments
are expected.
A meeting Of the joint committee Of
the Council, to whom was referred the
question Of substituting hired labor in
place Of the chain-gang, was appointed
for yesterday evening, but no quorum
being present, the meeting was adj
journed over until to-day at ! O'Clock
p. NJ.
Lieutenant Governor Massey has re-
turned from home. and reports that
Mrs. Massey's health is much i'm
proved. lie presided in the Senate
J esterday after - o'clock, and the
able manner in which he handled the
difficult and pulling questions which
came up for his decision attested his
ability as presiding officer.
Yesterday afternoon as Mr.. Henry
Kramer was driving along Franklin
street near Fourteenth his horse was
frightened by some fragments of paper
which the strong wind prevailing at
the time had blown from a billboard
near by. The horse started down the
street at quite rapid gait, and had he
not been stopped by some one in front
of the Exchange-IIotel stables the con-
sequences to Mr.. Kramer would doubt
less have been serious, as he had lost
control of the animal. The vehicle IA
two-wheeled top-phaetOn) and the ban
ners were slightly damaged, but Mr.
Kramer escaped unhurt.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
Heavy Flood Damages.

10y lelebldpn 10 the Dlspdlcn.I
BosToN, February l5.-The damage
to property here by the flood is roughly
estimated at 100000; at Taunton,
100000, and other points in this vi.
cinity at 100000 more, with constant
additions to the damage. The food
has partially subsidized, but returns are
not all in yet from points with which
communications have been interrupted.
ALBANY, n. Y, February l5.-The
river is falling here. The damage to
Island-Park race-tracks and buildings
is estimated at $4,000, and about as
much damage has been done to the new
blast-furnace building on Breaker
Island.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
THE BAUGRNAN BOYCOTT.

Conference 10 be Held Til. Evening with
Regard 60 THIS Firms Customers, &e.
In the rooms Of the Chamber of Com
meTce at O'Clock this evening a COM
mit,ee from the Knights OF Labor will
meet committee OF other citizens to
take into consideration the notice re-
Gently served on the customers Of
BaUghmsn Brothers. Hon. George L..
Christian is the chairman Of the COM
mittee to meet the Knights Of Labor,
1t is believed that the conference
will be productive of good. The
knights declare that they have ever
stood ready to amicably discuss such
matters with all parties interested.
AT the Second Baptist church Sun
day night DR.. Lsndrum read request
which be said be could not disregard.
Ii was that the prayers of the congre.
cation be given in behalf of this Goa.
ference, and therefore he invited the
congregation to unite with him while
he invoked the Almighty to grant that
there might be harmony and good feel
ing between the conierrees, and that
the issues might be settled happily and
wisely.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
THE RIcHMoND DIspATcH--TUEsDAY FEBRuARY 1s 1886

| quentiy consulted in the transaction OF
business of the Department, have the
honor to request that they be returned
to Its files as soon as they are no longer
required by the Senate. l am directed
BY the President to say that If the OBJ
ject Of the resolution is to inquire into
the reasons for the suspension Of Mr..
Ward, these papers are not to be con-
sidered as constituting all the evidence
submitted to him in relation hereto.
| am directed by the President to
say that be does not consider it con-
sistent with the public interests to trans
NIT copies Of unofficial papers from
private citizens held in my custody for
him which relate exclusively to the sus-
pension Of incumbents. have the
honor to be. very respectfully,
L. q. G. LAMAR, Secretary.
There are $50 enclosures. The let
ter and accompanying papers were re-
ferred to the Committee on Indian Az
fairs.
The Senate passed the bill granting
the franking privilege to Mrs. Julia d.
Grant, widow Of General Grant.
A resolution offered by Mr. Malone
was. on objection by Mr.. Cockrell, Or
dered to lie over, calling on the Attor-
ney-General to inform the Senate what
number Of cases to which the United
States were a party were pending in
Circuit or District Courts of the United
States in Virginia in 1884 and 1885,
and further calling for papers relating
thereto.
Mr.. Morgan then took the floor and
resumed his argument against the con-
stitutionality Of the pending education
bill.
At 4:l0 p. VI. the Senate went into
executive session, and Is minutes later
the doors were reopened and the Senate
adjourned.
House OF Krpreseniatives.
Mr.. Phelps, of New Jersey, from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported
a resolution calling on the Secretary Of
State for all the correspondence be-
tween his Department and the repre-
sentatiyes of the Governments Of Bel
GUM, Denmark, Germany, Portugal,
Sweden, and Norway relating to the
claim of said Governments to be accorded
a reduction of tonnage dues accorded
for vessels entering ports Of the United
States from certain ports named in
section II Ofthe shipping act. Adopted.
Under the call Of States number
of bills, ETC., were introduced and re-
ferred.
Mr.. Hanback,. Of Kansas, and Mr..
Pulitzer. Of New York, offered resolu-
tons looking to an investigation Of the
telephone controversy. Referred.
The House then went into committee
Of the whole on the Fitz John Porter
bill.
Mr.. Wslford, Of Kentucky, resumed
his speech in favor Of the bill, contend
ing that the trial upon which General
Porter had been convicted had not been
fair trial. General Pope had been
seeking a man upon whom TO put the
blame for being whipped, and had Sc
lected Porter. lie (WaIford) blamed
Generals Lee, Longstreet, Jackson. and
all the Confederate soldiers; but Gen
eral Pope had blamed Union general
who had done his duty nobly.
Messrs. Negley, of Pennsylvania, and
Fuller, of Iowa, opposed the bill as an
insult to every soldier who perilled his
life to save his country.
The committee then rose, AMI at
4;35 p. NJ. the House adjourned,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
Released Ou Bail.
lBy telegraph to the Dispatch

CINCINNATI, February l5.-J. II.
Mannix, late assignee Of Archbishop
Purcell, who was arrested last week for
embezzlement and perjury, and COM
mitted to jail in default Of sll0, 900
bail, was to-day released by Judge
Johnston, of the Common Pleas Court,
on a writ Of habeas corpus, the bail
being reduced to $4,000 and the bonds
men obtained.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-16
French Canadians ON q Rampage.
by telegraph 70 the Dispatch.l

PAsPERIAC, QUE, February l5.--
The stores of Robin < Co. and lie Bou-
TELLER Her were to-day raided by an
excited crowd of 200 French Cana
dams, who carried off about $50 bar
rels of flour. Every effort was made
by the agent of the firms, clergy, and
mayor to bring the crowd to reason,
but without avail. The Governments
gift Of one half.barrel of -four each and
potatoes was offered them, but was
Indignantly rejected. The rioters
helped themselves to everything they
wanted. 1t is feared that this is bat
the beginning Of the trouble, and that
tomorrow the number Of to-days riot
ers will be augmented by hundreds Of
others. Troops have been telegraphed
for by the mayor. Personal violence
has not yet been attempted, but other
firms outside those attacked to-day are
threatened.