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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-15
ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS.
The State Central Committee Meets a
Little Rock.


Special Dispatch 10 The Appcai
LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 1.-THE
State Democratic central committee met
in room No. OF the Capital hotel, this
city, this morning, tho Hon. John NJ.
Moore, Of Pulaski, chairman, calling the
meeting TO order The Hon. ]. L. Will
Jams, also Of Pulaski county, secretary,
called the roll, and tho following gentle.
men answered TO their names John NJ.
Moore and J. j.. Williams, of Pulaski
county; J. +. Martin, Faulkner; j. T..
Clarke, Phillips; Robert Neill. Indcpen-
dence; u. IL. Crowley, Greene; Carroll
Armstrong, Conway; James Mitchell,
Cleburne; J. ID. kimball, Garland; X. X.
Williams, Hampstead; NJ NJ. Dufiic, bal
las; III. q. Bum, Ouachita
Little Rock was decided ON 90 the place
for holding the State convention. May 3f
being fixed upon. II wa recommended
that the counties hold primaries ON Ma,
%, and that the county conventions b,
held May 20. The basis u representation
In convention will be Quo delegate fol
every 200 votes cast for Governor two yean
ago aud one for every fraction OF 100. Tho
proceedings were harmonious and the rep
rcscniative convention Of the Democratic
party OF the State will undoubtedly he
called together on the date named.
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Mnrhor nant. wrecked.

NEw YoRK, March li..-Oi tho twenty
nine siancli oSais that make up the har-
Dor feet Of New York, two are safe In
port, having ouiridden the storm; nine
wcro wrecked Monday aud eighteen,
which were out In the open sea, remain
utterly unhcard Of. Tho experience Of the
men on tho boats wrecked was some
thing terrible. II seems almost miracu.
lous that there should have been no loss
Of life. There was positively no rest for
the crows from the timo the plle began.
Added 10 the ordinary dangers OF n heavy
wind were the difficulties caused by rain
and slcet, which irozc sails into solid
sheets. These had 10 be constantly looked
after 10 prevent them from cracking to
pieces. All the wrecked crews landed
In yawls near Sandy Hook, and were given
food and shelter In house Of Ms. w. W.
kiaWarl.
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The situation a, philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March li.-Snow Is
again falling heavily hero this afternoon,
but the temperature Is decidedly warmer,
and the snow melts as fast "a Il falls. The
situation NO far rs railroads arc concerned
Is much more hopeful today. Pcnnsylva-
mia railroad officials report their main limo
10 the west open through, but thai the
New York division Is yet closed, with no
prospects Of getting trainscithcr 10 or from
that city today. The Chicago limited ex-
press, which at other times Is started from
New York, was made up here, and left for
the west shortly after noon. Tho fast OK
press for tho west left about half an hour
later, aud in addition 20 those for further
points also carried passengers for larger
way stations. Travel has also been opened
with the south, and trains arrived from
and departed for Baltimore and Washing
ton during the forenoon. The situation on
other lines centoring here is also improved,
and with the continuance OF the moderate
weather OF today the officials believe that
travel can be resumed 10 all points by To-
night or tomorrow.
Telegraph communication with New
York, Baltimore and Washington Is still
interrupted, and the only way 10 reach
those points Is by way oil Cincinnati and
Pitlsburg, over very prccarious wires.
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RAILROAD GUARDIANS.
Mississippi Railroad Commission Reor-

Mississippi Railroad Commission Reor-
ganizes-J. Y. Sessions, President.
Special Dispatch ~ The Appel
JACKSON. Miss, Marh 1.-The new
board Of railroad commissioners met this
morning and organized BY rc-elcciing j.
i. Sessions president and i. $. scruggs
clerk. The agreed tariff Of the Mobile x
Ohio and vicksburg a Meridian railroads
were accepted. An ordeg was issued d.
rccting the Louisville, New Orleans x
Texas railroad 10 cnlafyr and otherwise
improve the passenger depotat Grcenyille:
Under the new law the hoard is required
20 meet on the first and third Monday Of
each month. Tho hy which recently
passed the Legislature cnlarging the
powers Of the board rsariing passenger
depois and giving Il the right to say how
many rooms are require IN such depot,
failed 10 contain an enforcing clause, and
while II has been appfo,e Ell on this account
cannot be operated for sixty dayL
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her deceased fathers family, and will be
brought here to be placed in the custody
OF her guardian and TO live ut her old home
with her grandmother, from whom she
was stolen six weeks ago by her mother
and aunt who caught her on her way
from school and bore her sereaming away.
The poor child has had an exciting career.
She is ten years old, and the present in
stance is the fourth time she has been alb.
Quoted. Dr. Dean, her guardian, says she
is overjoyed to be restored TO the friends
now in charge Of her. Legal proceedings
are expected, and the matter is not nearly
ended.
A special from Portsmouth,, O., saws:
''The report that little Leslie McCune, the
child who was taken from her mothers
home in New York, ON Thursday, is in
Allegheny City, Pa, in charge Of her aunt,
Mrs. Robert Fulton, Is adnntted by mem
bers Of that family in this cty TO be correct.
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ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Tho Facts Corrobersfed by am Illinois
Central Oniciai.

II will evidently be some time before
Gov. Robert Lowry, Of Mississippi, hears
the last Of the charge that he accepted nm
annual pass for himself and family over
the Illinois Central railroad, fact which
was given such extended publicity few
days ago by reason Of the disgraceful con-
duct Of his son, DIR. Robert Lowry, and
nephew, Rodcrick Lowry, while en- route
for Jackson.
One official Of the road has denied that
such pass had been issued to the Gov
cmor. The issuance or acceptance OF
such a pass Is an oiiense against both Fed
crnl aud State laws. The denial on the
part Of the road has been made by Assist.
ant Traffic Manager Dunn. The general
manager Of the road has not yet made
such denial, and by him alone, Tnr
ArrEsI reporter has been informed, could
such pass have been issued.
An ArrrAL reporter yesterday found nm
aliache Of the railroad, 10 whom Conductor
McCutcheon had told the story Of the pre-
scntation Of the pass 70 him, and difficulty
that followed. Tho atiarha saidi "o" ths
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Conductor ucCut~heop.

Desiring to give Conductor McCutcheon
the privilege OF lis columns for any addi-
tional statement he might wish TO make
TmE APrEAL yesterday instructed CORE
spondent at Canton, Miss, 10 interrogate
him. The following was the reply;
CAsroS. Miss. March I-Conductor McCuich.
con declines 10 be interviewed.
II Conductor McCutcheon can relieve
Gov. Lowry Of The charge by an affidavit
Il Is 10 DO hoped he will do 20.
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WEDDING AT LITTLE ROCK.
Mr.. Joe II. Bateman Marries Miss
Hattie Hoffman.

special Dispaich 70 inc AppcaI
LITTLE Rock, Ark, March ii.v-At s
o'clock tonight Joe II. Bateman was mar
ried 10 Miss Hattie IIoltzman, the ccrc-
mony taking place at tho home Of the
brides mother, on Fast Ninth street, only
a few invited friends witnessing the nup-
iials. Mr. Baicman formerly resided In
Memphis, but has filed the position Of SUI
periniendont OF tho Merchants Transfer
company, OF this city, for several years
past. He Is recognized as ono Of the RS.
Ing young business men OF Little Rock.
His fair bride has rcigned In Little Rocks
flower garden for the past two seasons ~
one OF her sweetest rosebuds, and n n lady
In every way well qualified 10 make the
husband Of her choice a most excellent
helpmaic. They left on the u O'Clock
train tonight for st. Louis and the east.
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THE VERONA SHOOTING ArFRAY.
The Facts OF tho Case stated--Another
Man Wounded.

Man Wounded.
Special Dispatch TO The Appeal
TurELo, Miss, March H.-Since send
ing yesterdays special TO TItE ArPEAL rel
alive to the Raymond-sinmons difficulty
at Verona, your correspondent has learned
that A. X. Walker and Claude Simmons
were both wounded. Walker had no part
in the fight aud was shot accidentally.
lie and Raymond are cousins. They werc
both in Tupelo yesterday and went down
to Verona on the 3:45 O'Clock p. IN. train.
Soon after arriving there and while stand
ing near the postofiice door, simmons
called 10 Raymond 10 come over where
he was, at tho public well, which
is in the middle OF the
street just opposite the postofice. Ray
mond went, and after passing few words
about the difficulty they had the previous
evening, Simmons knocked him down
with pair OF brass knucks and began TO
pummel him in the face aud head. Ray
mond got his pistol and fired two shots.
The tirst missed Simmons and accidentally
hit Walker. The second shot entered Sim
mons left side, Just above the hip. lie is
not expected TO recover. Walker is se-
riously wounded, but Will probably re-
cover. Raymond is under arrest.
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The Matter ssssied at Last.

pcoiaI Ditpatch 70 The ArFeL
HELENA, Ark, Marcb 1.-THE decision
In the injunction suit Of the 81. Louis, Iron
Mountain 4 Southern railroad against A..
II. Johnson, president Of tho Arkansas
Midland railroad, this moraing In the dis
trict court Of eastern Arkansas, put an ond 70
the legal eight between thee parties, which
has extended over period Of eight years,
and has determined Automatically the ior-
mer's right 10 the possession Of q certain
portion Of the road bed. The matter was
settled by the railroad Contemplating over
10 johnson 81, 00o for which cight in,ies
OF said roadbed and tracks were heiu ~
security until the Payment Of said amount
which was due Tor the construction OF 'he
same. was made 10 Capt. johnson.
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FV'IIHI DHVNIlh 70 THO NppchL
JACKSON, Tenn, March i4.-Atiornoy
Gencfal J. n. Porter6old, Of this judicial
circuit, died at his home in this city last
night Of pneumonia, leaving a wife who Is
very III and eight children. Gen. Porter
field was about fifty years Of age. He was
an exemplary Christian and member Of the
Methodist Episcopal church. lilo will be
hurried tomorrow with Masonic honos.
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Arira nnring the sterm.

NEw YoRK, March li.-Antonlo Marino
was aroused from sleep at 4 o'clock this
morning, in room on tho first floor Of tho
rear tenement house in Mulberry street,
by flames rising from the cellar. lilo sue
ceoded with difficulty In waking several
men who were sleeping In the room, who
wero already partly overcome by smoke.
Their cries aroused the Inmates OF the up
per floon, and Of adjoining houses, and In
a few minutes nearly hundred families
Co,,inued on Feusth Page.
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The Limit Of lhe storm.

srsouRnASSA, Pa, March l4--This is
the western limit Of the blizzard. All
through Erie passenger trains from the
west have been delayed here since Mon
day. Two engines arrived from Port Jer-
Wis ut 1880 this morning, the first since
Monday, and the trains will be started east
at once. Six hundred men are shoveling
snow between this place and Port Jervis.
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port the storm was unusually severe.
Trains are snow-bound in all directions
and telegraph wires are all down. Snow
drifts from fivc to fifteen feet deep through
out Lebanon, Dauphin, Lehigh, Bucks,
Chester and Burk counties.
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OBITUARY.
The Itev. w. o.. Leigh

Special Dispatch 20 The Appeal
PADUoAn, KY. March 1.-The Rev.
w. II. Leigh, prominent Methodist min
lister, for forty years member Of the
Memphis conference, died yesterday, aged
sixty.threc.
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Roscoe conkiins'. Experience.


NEW YoRK, March H. Roscoe Conk.
ling said last evening that he had fair
constitution, aud had been in some pretty
tight places In his life, but that he had
never found himself M far gone physically
as on Monday night, In Union square. lie
continued; II had been NJ the Stewart
building In the afternoon, and had somo
work to do In my office, and not thinking
that the city would be dark at night, I
went 10 Wall street 20 look after the work.
A little after O'Clock wanted Ia 40
home. There was not n carriage of any
kind To be had. Once during the day |
had declined an olIer to ride up town in q
carriage, because the man wanted $50, and
! started up broadway on my pins II was
dark, and Il was useless Ia try TO pick out
n path, 10 I went along, shouldcring my
way through drifts, and headed Tor the
north. ] was pretty well exhausted when
got TO Union square, and wiping the
snow from my eyes, tried Ia make
out the triangle. rut Il was impossi.
bic. There was no light, aud plunged
right through on ~ straight line M
could determine upon. Sometimes | have
NilNHN ~ hNN'An VI bifNA
ventures In snow storms, for examples in
stories Of Russian life, whcro there would
be a vivid description OF mans slrug.
giles on a snow-swcpt aud windy plain: but
| have always considered the presentation
an oxaggeraiion. shall never say 50
again, Tor after what / encountered In last
nights blizzard | can believe that the
strongest description would fail 10 approxi-
mate the truth. had got 10 the middle
OF the park and was up 10 my arms In
drift. Ipullcd the Ice and snow from my
eyes and held my hands up thon ill eve
rylhing WIS melted OIL 10 that Knight see,
but Il was too dark and the snow too
binding. | came M near giving up and
sinking down there 10 die as a man can
aud not do IL. After twenty minutes or 10
got outsomehow, and made my way along
TO tho New York club completely OK.
hausted"
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1rais. nseehaded.

RsADISo, Pa. March li.-Trains south
Of hero have been blockadcd since Sunday
night. Fifteen trains arc snow.bound
since Sunday night. Fifteen trains arc
snow.bound between here and Bridgeport,
but Il IL expected they will be released to-
day. The East Pennsylvania branch js
entirely blocked, as Is the schuylkill a
Lehigh branch. The bridge at Albany
station on the Lamero branch was entirely
demolished by the storm. Several wrecks
arc reported on the Reading 4 Columbia
branch. Dispatches from Allentown,
Bethlehem, Mauch Chunk, Easton, sham
okin. Pothyille, York and Lancaster re-
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A wreck az clifton.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, March l4.-A wreck
Is reported at Clifton ON the Philadelphia,
Wilmington 4 Baltimore road. A snow
bound train was run into and a number Of
passengers injured. The conductor was
killed.
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Ia,,l. I,e.IIe meCune Restored.

Inoxrox, o., March i4.-Liitle Leslie
McCune, who was abducted from her
mother In New York, will arrive hero To-
day. She Is In the hands Of members Of
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NEW sesK.
situation Ia New yark Improved.


New YoRK, March "a. The sun is shin
ing brightly this morning, and the weather
is modcrating. Travel on the elevated
roads is being fully resumed, but the sur
face roads are still impossible. There is
no Improvement in the condition of tele-
graph wires. The south aud east Is still
entirely cut OF, and there is little, II any,
communication with the west.
Meager reports received show that people
living In New Jersey towns, who started
for New York Monday, had dreadful ex.
perienccs. Many trains were showed in
few miles from the city, and passengers
were compelled 10 sleep on them or wade
through the snow 10 look for shelter in the
villages. A number OF persons Il IL re-
ported persisted from cold and exhaustion.
At Elizabethport, dozen employees OF the
Singer Sewing Machine works started for
their homes. Several Of them were badly
frozen. Ono man named Ellis was picked
up out OF the snow still and breathlcss
lie was carried into the railway station,
where ho soon died,
by strenuous efforts the Pennsylvania
road got single track clear 20 Newark.
Trims were keptrunning all night between
there and Jersey City TO keep the track
open. None of tho other roads have been
able to move trains.
Above New York on the roads of the
New York Central the situation is unim-
proved. fl
The Chicago limited ves,ibulc train on
the Pennsylvania road, which WIS stalled
for day near Harrison, on the Jersey
meadows, reached Newark last night. A
relief car OF supplies had been sent out in
the morning with three locomouyos pulling
and three moro pushing.
At South Elizabeth train IL blocked in
n siding, and many sheep anil cattle ART
frozen 10 death. In the Pennsylvania
freight yard a car load Of sheep persisted.
Tho milk famine h becoming alarming. II
Is almost impossible Ia get anything but
condensed milk. One hotel yesterday
paid 80 cents quart for the last fifty gal.
Ions dealer had.
The meat supply l. getting short, and
prices are advancing, sl5 per ton bcinI
| paid for coal. Theirs is plenty Of Il in th'
yards In New York and Brooklyn, but Tia
diiiicultyts 10 deliver II. Two housnn
business men from Mott Haven weT
showed In near pcihamvillc, suburb ,
New York, since Monday morning.
|
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Very Few Curious Spectators In
Attendance Yesterday.
James M. Mckee, Witness for the
State, Put Upon the Stand.
He Was In a Good Position to SEQ
Everything on the Fridge.
w. II. Harris and Rose Clifton, Coiored.
Examlned-The Examination OF Col.
w. A. Nugent Resumed-The
Questions Put to Him.

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal
BnASpoN, Miss, March A.-This, the
ninth day of the hearing Of testimony in
the Hamilton trial. dawned bright, clear
and cool. The court opened promptly at
0 o'clock am. by the crier. but there was
no one present but the judge and other
officers of the court, the defendant and the
attorneys. After short time few stray
Cling spectators entered the courthouse.
Interest in the trial seems 10 be tagging,
as evidenced by the small number OF spec
tatoB. At G2O the Jury came into the
box and
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-08-03
STARVING THEM OUT.
Novel Method of Bringing Meonshiasrs
to Terms,

to Terms.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, August 3.-The Bibb
county moonshiners are still confined in
the coal drift near. Brierfeid, and are being
zealously guarded by the citizens posse.
Those in the mine have no chance of
escape, and being without food. are under
going q gradual process of starvation. The
moonshiner who was shot Monday was
named Snyder. Bill Ray, Jim Hickey and
and q negro are the candidates unwilling to
starve in the drift. There were originally
six of the gang, and they were regarded by
the revenue officers as among the most des-
perste and daring in the State. When they
committed the crime for which they are
now in the drift, they were making moon
shine whisky and selling it to negro labor
ers and railroad employees. 1
The gang were getting along splendidly,
and succeeded in making and selling lots
of whisky, when Psyton and King Luns-
ford, the two leaders of the gang, were AZ
rested and lodged in Jail by United States
deputy marshal. The other four lay in
ambush for tine officers all day. but they
left the neighborhood with their prisoners
by another road The officers were guided
and assisted by Jack Lawley, prominent
citizen Of Bibb county. Last Sunday night
Lawley wes called to his gate and was shot
dead and robbed by Snyder Bay. Hickey,
and the negro. This aroused the citizens
and the moonshiners were driven into the
drift and one of them killed. They being
we'll armed, the citizens posse decided on
the starvation plan. d
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nPnrratory Bul,ats."

An excited Irishman lately rushed into a
Boston drug store, having ''broken-up"
appearance generally. '.Be Jabbers" he
yelled, "Pm all wrong entOirely. l want
some shtuff to straighten me out. Some o.
thin 'Purgatory Bullets will fix me, Pm
thinkin'. What dye tax for thim?"
"What do you mean?" asked the clerk.
"'Purgatory Bullets sor, or somethin'
loike that, they call thin, replied the man.
.Shure, Pm in purgat0ry already. with
headache. and liver complaint and bad
stomach, and the divil knows what ALL"
The clerk passed out vial of Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pelleta and Pat went
OF contented. These little Peliets cure Ill
arrangements Of liver, stomach and bowels.
SugAr-coated, little larger than mustard
seed, and pleasant to take. Druggists.
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Union Depot Bulistin.

The c. 8. b C. and o. /. &. w. railways
will sell cheap tickets TO the delegates and
others attending the following meetings:
The Grand Lodge Of knights and Ladies'
Of Honor. annual session, Indisnsp0lis,
Ind, August IA to 16. 1888. The National
Association of expert Judges on Swine,
Indianapolis, Ind. July 81 to August 8.
1888. The young Mems Prohibition League
Of Indiana, indianapolis, July so. The
Northwestern Volunteer Firemens' asse-
citation, Upper Sandusky. o., August Is to
16, 1888. The American Society Of Micro
scopists, Columbus. o., August 81 TO 25.
The General Council of the Eyangelic
Lutheran church, Minneapolis. Minn., Sep
tember Is to 90. 1888. The Ninth Illinois
Volunteer Veteran association, Chicago,
Ills, September 10 and 81, 1888. The Ohio
State Recorders association, Newark, o /,
August 1 and Q. For rates, time Of trains
and general information call on or address
c. L. Hilleary, passenger and ticket agent,
Union depot, Springfield, Ohio.
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A CHICAGO MOS.
1 Cable Roads Once Invaded--A Gem
rany's Failure to Furnish Transit Al
most Brings . Riot. ~


Gable Roads ONCE Invaded--A Gem
Pany's Failure to Furnish Traasit Al
most Brings . Riot. .a4
CHICAGO, August 3.-A mob invaded the
offices of the north side cable road, last
night, demanding the return of fares, and
threatening TO assault the president Of the
road, Charles T. Yerkes, late of 'Pfiladel-
phia, and familiarly known here rs Boron
Yerkes. The demonstration occurred when
for the second time within twenty -four
hours the new cable collapsed through all
working machinery. and the cars on the
entire system stopped. They were crowded
with thousands homeward bound. TIE
tickets had been paid, and as the people
were tired, many patiently waited for an
hour. As the cable continued motionless,
they then disembarked and poured down
the sidewalks. r..i 49, -aes
The cab men who have recently been
reaping harvest on the north side, gal
loped their horses along the tracks msrrily,
calling out: Have cab. sir9' Vehicles
were quickly filled. Tab is kept on the ca
BILE by hackmen, and as soon as break is
announced they rush along the line lock
ing for patronage.
The passengers on the long train that
hop IN ho ha ftaI az tha oarnar AZ N,