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The morning news., 1894-04-12
CORDELE SWEPT By FIRE.
The Loss Over $4,000 and the
Insurance Very Small.

The Machine Shops and Planning
Mill, the Georgia Southern and
Florida Depot and Several Small
Wooden Buildings Burned-A High
Wind Blowing and a Much More
Disastrous Fire Prevented Only By
the Hardest Kind of Work.
Cordele, Ga, April 1.-THE most disas-
trous fire in the history Of Cordele oo-
cured this afternoon. The Cordele ma
chine shops aud planning mill, valued at
$4,000, the Georgia Southern and Flor
ida depot and its contents, valued at
$1,000 and several wooden buildings valued
at $500, we're all burned to the gronnd.
1t required quite a struggle by the fire
department and citizens to prevent the
fire from spreading over larger area,
and doing incalculable damage 10 pro-
perty.
There was no insurance on the machine
shops and planning mill, nor on the wooden
stores which were burned.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
depot was small wooden building and
was insured for only a few hundred dol.
lars. The freight in the warehouse and
in cars worth $1,000, was not insured.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
The alarm was turned in at 2 so o'clock.
A spark from the engine fell IN the
shaving room Of the planning mill, and in
less than minute the entire room was
ablage. Before the employees could get
outside the building the flames had spread
to the engine room, where large guam
tity OF oil was stored. The planning mill
was solid mass of flames five minutes
afterwards. The tiremen responded as
quickly as possible, but it was seen at q
glance that the planning mill and other
buildings in the block, including the dry
kiln the machine shops, and the depot,
could not be saved.
HIGH WIND BLOWING.
A high wind was blowing at the time
and the attention Of every one was direct
ed to other property.
1t looked at one time as If a large Sec
tion of the business portion of the city, i'm.
cluding ten brick stores and the magnift-
cent 3-story Suwannee hotel, would catch
fire.
In all parts Of the city huge sparks fell
in the back yards and on roofs, some of
them blazing up, but buckets were kept
filed with water and In each case the fro
was quickly extinguish9d.
The large warehouse of S. ]. Hill &
Bro, wholesale grocers, and the retail
grocery store of J. e. Parry caught fire
several times, but the fremen worked
heroically with three or four streams OF
water and kept these buildings from
burning.
The machine shops and planning mill
were owned by r. G, Harris and r. G..
Tomlin, and the loss falls heavily upon
them.
The small stores were owned by Il.
Fisher.
The freight in the depot and cars was
consigned to merchants and others here
and in this section. About $4,000 worth
OF freight was rescued from the depot.
The fire was a terrible blow to Cordele,
and 1t Is hoped that she will never again
be called upon to suffer so heavily.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
HELD FOR KIDN APPING.
A Printer Lures a BOY From Florida
to New York.

New York, April 11,-Agent Mulligan,
of the Gerry society, to-day arrested
George Fallon, a printer, 81 years old,
who was living at 1856 East Twenty-eighth
street. Fallon is accused of kidnapping,
He came here about a week ago from
Jacksonville, Fla, and brought with him
from that city Walter Henderson,
boy of 15 The boy has been liv-
ing with his relatives in jacksonville.
His mother is engaged. as stewardess
on the steamship Algonquin of the Clyde
line 1t is alleged that Fallon induced
the boy to come with him by telling him
about the sights to be seen and the fun to
be had in New York Fallon was held in
default of $1,000 bail in the jefferson
market police court this afternoon for ex-
animation. The boy was committed to
the care of the Gerry society.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
PURvIs MAKES A CONFESSION.
Four Men Arrested and Two Others
to be Taken into Custody.

New Orleans, La, April 1.-THE Plea
yune's Meridian, Miss, special says:
AFTER the unsuccessful attempt TO exc
cute VIII Purvis some time ago, it was
given out that he had divulged the
names Of quite a number of parties
who had attended the meeting called
for the purpose of discussing plans for the
killing Of Jim Buckley AS the result Of
Puryis' statement or confession, mum
Der Of arrests have been made. Elisha
Beard, Walter Rogers, Houston Bourin
and Bennett Bourin were brought here
this evening and lodged in jail, pend
ing their preliminary trial before
Judge Houston next Monday. They are
charged as being implicated in the killing
of Jim Buckley. Sheriff Magee has gone
TO Beaumont, Tex, for John Rogers, and
to Louisiana after Albert Watts, also i'm
plicated In the crime for which viii
Purvis was convicted, while his confed-
crates escaped"
The morning news., 1894-04-12
TILLMAN's SPIES MURDERERs.
The Verdict of the Military Court liz
Against the Governor.

Columbia, S. c., April 1.-THE report
Of Brig. Gen. Richbourg, who commanded
the troops at Darlington and Florence
during the late dispensary trouble, was
to-day made public. The report includes
the report Of the military court of in-
quiry held in connection with the
coroner's inquest on the death of Nor.
meIt Redmond and Pepper. This court,
composed of five officers, after sum-
marizing the testimony, declares that it
firmly believes that had McLendon
not interfered the chief Of police would
have had no trouble in preserving
order and avoiding the tragedy The
court further concluded that Norment
came to his death at the hands of Nc.
Lendon, and that the killing was felonious
murder; that Constable Pepper was
killed by Lewis Redmond, and that Red
mond was feloniously killed by Constable
o. G. Cain. The report states that Red
mond was running when Cain shot him
in the back with Winchester rife.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
A FAITH CURE SAINT.
Mexicans and Negroes Excited By
His Miraculous Work.

New Orleans, La, April ia special
from San Antonio, Tex, to the Southern
Associated Press says: ''The excitement
in this city among the Mexicans and ne
groes over the apparently miraculous
cures performed by Don Padrito, the
Mexican faith cure doctor, is
something startling. The home of
the so-called Mexican saint was sur
rounded all day to-day by hundreds of
afflicted and curiously affected people, all
anxious to gain an audience with the
celebrated and mysterious man. Several
policemen were detailed to maintain or
der among the crowd of ignorant believ-
ers In the remarkable man. Don Pedrito
claims to be 50 years old and came to San
Antonio two weeks ago, after being
driven out Of Mexico by the authorities. .
The morning news., 1894-04-12
CRISP's RULING.
He Accepts a Decision Made by Car
Isle in the Forty Ninth Congress.

Isle in the Forty-Ninth Congress.
Washington, April 11.-After the read
ing of the Journal in the House to-day the
matter that was passed yesterday until
to-day-the disposition Of the motion to
discharge the order of arrest of March
26-was brought up by MIR. Reed, who
called the attention of the chair to the
fact that the question had already been
decided by the presiding officer The
question was as to the right of Mr.
Springer to withdraw his motion to dis
charge the order of arrest, a vote by yeas
ana nays having been taken upon it,
which disclosed no quorum.
The speaker said It was his opinion, in
the present condition of affairs, that tho
house, having ordered the yeas and nays
on IL, ana one vote having been taken,
the motion could not lie withdrawn with
out unanimous consent. Such practice,
the speaker said, would tend TO confusion
and to prevent the orderly procedure of
business. Whether or not the matter, in
the shape it was-an Intellectual vote
having been taken and the proceedings
interrupted by an adjournment t-would
come up as the regular order after the
reading of the journal, was another ques-
tlon, the speaker said, in response to O
suggestion by Mr.. Catchings
Mr.. Reed said If it were necessary to
call up the matter by formal motion, he
would do so, but would like decision of
the char, upon the point,
CARLIsLE's RULING.
The ruling by Speaker Carlisle in the
torty-n1nth congress, quoted by Mr.
Dingley yesterday, was accepted by the
speaker as establishing the practice of
the House, being exactly in point,
although contrary to his previous i'm
preston. Under that ruling the matter
was the regular order until disposed of.
1t was temporarily laid aside while tho
speaker cleared the desk of executive
communications and messages from the
Senate.
The roll was then called upon Mr..
Springer's motion TO discharge the order
of arrest Of March 26. The call resulted
yeas l4l, nays 6. No quorum.
Mr.. Dockery moved u call of the House,
which was ordered.
Two hundred and seven teen members
responded to their names, and further
proceedings under the call were dispensed
with.
Another vote was taken on the motion
TO discharge the order of arrest, result
ing: Yeas l29, nays IA, No quorum.
The House then, at 40 o'clock D. m,
on motion of Mr. Dockery, adjourned un-
Til tomorrow at IL o'clock.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
BLACK BRUTEs SENTENCED.
Two to Hang, Three Sent Up for Life
and One Mobbed.

Montgomery, Ala, April lin the
city court this morning, after the jury
had been out fifteen minutes, it brought
in verdict of guilty against Joe, Alex
and Wilson Woodley, and Jack Gabriel,
four negroes, charged with the murder Of
Edward II. Grant, about a month ago.
The first was sentenced to be hanged and
the last three to life Imprisonment.
Grant was killed as the result of con
spiracy between these negroes, who made
Jim Galloway do the murder. Jim was
sentenced to be hanged last week Oil
yer jackson, negro, who offered to Kill
Grant for $40, was mobbed about ten
days ago.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
NOT TO WED HOWARD GOULD.
Miss odette Tyler Reported 60 Have
Broken the EnKaRemant.

New York, April 1.-THE engagement
between Miss Odette Tyler, the actress.
and Howard Gould, the son of the famous
financier, is reported to be broken off, 1t
is supposed that Miss Tyler, for
reasons of personal import, has
changed her mind, and reconsidered
her determination to wed the young
millionaire. IL is also said that she will
leave this country for Europe next We'd
nesday on the steamer New York
Miss Tylers friends say that the proba-
bic reason for Miss Tyler breaking of the
engagement was that some person had
been in Savannah recently inquiring into
the history Of Miss Tyleris anecedents.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
IRISH LAND TENURE.
The Bill Read for the Second Time In
the House Of Commons.

London, April 1.-THE Irish land ten
ure bill was read for the second time to-
day in the House Of Commons. The chief
provisions of this measure are aimed at
preventing an increase Of rent on account
Of tenants improvements upon the prop
erty, and reduction Of the judicial term.
during which fair rents apply from fifteen
TO eight years, as the farmers argued that
the value of their holdings would un-
doubtedly change before fifteen years in
view of the cheapening Of products due TO
American and Australian competition.
The second reading of this bill was
greeted with prolonged Irish cheers.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
BREcKINRIDeE TO BE DROPPED,
The Union League Club, of Chicago
WIN Erase His Name.

Chicago, April 11.-Col. w. c. P. Breck-
inridge, of Kentucky, will be dropped
from the roll Of honorary membership in
the Union League Club of this city i'm
mediately after the verdict is rendered in
the suit now pending in Washington. The
announcement was made by an official Of
the club to-day, after an Informal con
ference of the president and directors.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
TWELVE BUILDINGS BURNED.
Ten Residences and Two Stores De.
stroyed at East Highlands.

Columbus, Ca, April 1.-THE suburb
of East Highlands was visited this morn
ing by the most serious fire OF its history,
the flames licking up all the buildings in
a district comprising little more than
two blocks. Ten dwelling houses and
two stores were destroyed. A very strong
wind was blowing and the work
of the fire was rapidly done, and a beau
tiful district of pretty and comfortable
homes was quickly swept clean. The
exhibited true devotion TO duty by stick
ing TO his post with his company and
fighting the fire at another place while
his own residence and all its contents,
were being burned. Mr.. Reese had just
paid for his residence.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
A FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
A Brakeman Killed and the Engineer
and Fireman Injured.

Hartford City, Ind. April la Pan
Handle freight train of fourteen cars left
the track at the edge of town at 10 0o'clock
last night and plunged down an embank-
ment. A. w. Benheim, the head brake
man was instantly killed, j. a. Phillips,
the engineer fatally in jured and G.. l..
Tucker, the fireman, had both legs
broken. The accident was caused by the
engineer running into an open switch in
the belief that he was on the main track.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
KILLED By HIS OWN GUN.
In Killing a Hog Which ManRled q
Girl a Man Loses His Life.

New Orleans, April 11.--The Picayune's
special from Brennan. Tex, says;
"Charles Halensea, a young but promi-
nent merchant, accidently killed himself
to-day after shooting one of the hogs
which recently killed and mangled a little
girl. He struck the carcass over the head
with the stock Of his gun, which dis
charged it, aud the entire load of buck.
shot entered his stomach. He leaves a
wife and two small children"
The morning news., 1894-04-12
Future Of tho Fair buildings.

ST. Louis, April 1.-THE worlds fair
buildings recently bought by J.. @. Gar
rett, of this city for S75, 600 will be con-
verted into train sheds ant buildings
along the line Of the Chicago, Burlington n
and Quincy railroad.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
Non-votinr Members to BE Fined.

Washington, April 11.-Speaker Crisp
has framed a rule which he viii bring in
tomorrow, providing fine for members
who are in their seats and refuse to vote.
This will be a radical change in the rules,
and one which viii be efficient.
The morning news., 1894-04-12
Hoge and tho Cattle Quarantine.

New Orleans, April 1.-THE Picayune's
special from Austin, Tex, says: "Gov.
Hogg to-day issued proclamation adopt
ing the cattle quarantine line established
by the National Stock sanitation com
mittce, calling attention TO the rules OF
stock men and railroads."
The morning news., 1894-04-12
MINERS TO STRIKE.
Three Hundred Thousand Men to
Be Made Idle on April 21.

Columbus, o., April 1.-THE following
resolution was unanimously adopted by
the United Mine Workers of America in
convention to-day:
Resolved. That on and after 70 o'clock
noon, Saturday April 2l, 1894, no coal shall
be mined in any state or territory where this
organization has control, until authorized
by the national officers or executive board.
This will throw 300, 900 men in idleness,
and will, no doubt, be the most stupen-
dous strike of coal miners this country
has ever seen. The Indiana delegates OBJ
iected to the early date for the reason
that they are under contract to work at
the present rates to May l, but they
waived their objection when it was an
nounced that the operators had already
broken the contract in the Linton dis
trlct.
A SUPPLEMENTAL RESOLUTION.
The national convention of miners this
afternoon supplemented the resolution
declaring general strike on April q,
with another resolution authorizing the
national executive committee to declare a
similar suspension of work at any tim
during the year, if the first strike does
not secure the desired end.
President Mcbride then appointed
committee to report a scale of wages
the fight it is expected the strike of April
Il will inaugurate. 1t is almost certain
that this will be an increase over that of
one year ago, when 20 cents per ton for
straight pick mining in the Hooking Val
ley was made the basis, with the
esta blished differentials for all the differ
ent mining regions, and methods of min
ing. This basis will probably be rs cents
for the next year. The scale committee
is composed of w. B. Wilson, of Pennsyl-
vania, NJ. Maher. of Indiana, John Nu-
gent, of Ohio, Thomas Fairy, of West
Virginia, W. G. Watts, of Kentucky and
Thomas McGregor, of Missouri They
will probably report tomorrow.
The convention elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: John Nc
Bride, of Ohio, president; P. H. Penna,
of Pennsylvania, vice president; p A.
Mcbride, of Ohio, secretary-treasurer
Only four of the six members of the
executive committee had been elected
when the convention adjourned for the
day. These were, w. B. Wilson of
Pennsylvania, J. A. Crawford of Illinois,
Mr. Cameron of Ohio, and w. c. Webb of
Kentucky.
The organization controls all the labor
engaged in mining bituminous coal in the
United States, and covers the states of
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas and Colorado.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-26
Samoan Canoes.

"Tho large canoes, called taumu-
oluas, are built from keel. The keel
is laid in one solid piece extending
high up in the air at bow and stern,
both ends being shaped alike. The
strips and planks are split out of logr,
and have no uniform dimensions,
varying from six or eight inches to six
or eight feet in length, and are OF
different widths. These are fastened
to the keel, and the sides gradually
built up, not by tapping one over t! {
other, but edge to edge, making II
tight, smooth surface. To accompli. b
this, the center of the plank is dressed
down thin along one edge. Then by
boring holes through the thick edges
at intervals, on the inside, and tying
them together with fiber-not q nail
is used-a tight joint is made, and the
outside left clean and smooth. Often
the seams are filed with gum which
exudes from the bread-fruit tree; this
makes them perfectly water-tight.
'The skill and ingenuity displayed
in making and finishing these craft is
something remarkable, for the reason
that the planks are of such uneven
lengths and widths and every part Is
fastened by fiber. Outing.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-26
PRESERVING EGGS.

In the experiments in keeping eggs
made at one of the New York expert
ment stations, the eggs were all wiped
when fresh with n rag saturated with
some antiseptic and packed tightly in
salt, bran, etc. Eggs packed during
April and May with salt, and which
had been wiped with cottonseed oil,
to which had been added boraic acid,
kept from four to five months with a
loss of nearly one-third, the quality
of those saved not being good.
Eggs packed in bran, after the same
preliminary handling. were all spoiled
after four months. Eggs packed in
salt during March and April, after
wiping with vaseline, to which salicylic
acid had been added. kept four or
five months without loss, the quality
after four months being much superior
to ordinary. Temperature of each
box varying little from sixty degrees
Fahrenheit, and each box was turned
over once in every two days. Little
difference was observed in the keeping
of the fertile and unfertile eggs, and
no difference was noticeable in the
keeping qualities of eggs from differ
ent fowls or from those on different
rations. ns.-New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-26
WATERING PLANTS.

A question I have been asked hun
dreds of times by lady customers, says
J. S. Taplin in American Gardening,
is, elbow often shall I water this
plant?" There is but one answer,
whenever it is dry" But by dry 1
don't mean dust-dry and SO baked
that the soil is cracking away from the
sides of the pot, but when the soil be-
gins to feel dry to the touch or when
on smartly tapping the side of the
pot with the knuckles it rings from
the blow. BY taking dry plant and
sounding it, and afterwards wet one
you will at once appreciate the differ
encc in sound. Even when the plant
is wet on the surface, if dry in the
ball, the sound will betray the fact.
Many plants in pots which are stood
in jardiuieres get yellow and sick from
no apparent cause. An examination
has always shown the soil sour from
excess of water at the roots, caused
by the water that had soaked through
the pot after watering and had been
left standing in the jardiniere, thus
preventing eration, and souring the
soil. The pot should always be lifted
out for watering and put back when
it has done soaking.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-26
: Keeping Fresh Fruit.

Fruit which commands the highest
prices in the city markets has all been
picked by hand by thrifty farmers or
their boys and we'll washed before be-
ing barreled up for winter use.
Pears should be packed in boxes
with newspapers between each layer
of fruit. For winter pears and rarer
varieties, it pays to wrap each one in
newspaper, besides putting papers be-
tween the layers of fruit. Thus packed
with the cover nailed d )wn, with tho
name and date of packing and kept in
a cool place where they Will not freeze,
have known the winter Nelis, the
pound pear, Vicar of Wakefield and
other late ripening varieties to keep
perfectly till the June after they were
gathered luscious when eaten ripe or
baked for ten.
Many who now send hastily gath
cred, bruised, ill-prepared fruit to
market in early autumn could get
double the price for it did they pick
and pack it in ways herein suggested,
and after keeping it three months or
SO in their own cellars, send it to cities
in midwinter or spring after the first
supplies are exhausted.
Cherries are said to be curative in
liver complaints. Faraday recon-
mended apples as the most nourishing
and healthful diet for grown people
and children, especially eaten raw.
Apples and plums are excellent for
rheumatic people. Lemons are q
pleasant remedy for biliousness, and
in some for rheumatism. One of the
wild grapes of South Carolina is also
said to cure consumption.
Keep costly or rare fruits in clean
paper candy boxes, or envelopes of
pasteboard, as for flowers or ribbons,
wrapping each one i'll paper, just as
oranges are packed, retards decay.
l have seen melons, grapes and
peaches which had been hidden in hay
in barn lofts, brought forth perfect
and toothsome to grace New England
farmers Thanksgiving dinners. This
is an ancient custom. Detroit Free
Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-26
Signaling at Sea.

The British Government is testing a
new plan for signaling at sea, which
has already yielded remarkable re-
suits. 1t consists merely of an Or
binary gong fastened to the bow of
the ship below the water line. This
acts as transmitter, and tho receiv-
ers are gongs of exactly similar tone
and rate of vibration, one on each side
of the ship below the water line. The
receiving gong will take up and re-
produce the sound of tho sending
gong from o long distance. Signals
already have been clearly transmitted
ten miles. Chicago Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-26

There are no serious difficulties in
learning how to carve, and, with lit
tie study and patience, any one may
quickly learn to perform the task with
sufficient skill to at least avoid re-
mark, and every head of household
ought to make it study. 1t is not an
easy matter to prepare good dinner,
but it is an easy matter to spoil the
effect by butchering the meats. Flat
terry is one of the foods an amateur
carver thrives on; tell him how hand
some his hands are and what graceful
angles his palpita.ing elbows make In
mid-alr, and he may not throw grease
beyond the carving-mat. 1t is not
good form for the carver to remove
bis coat. st. Louis Star Sayings.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-26
VagarieS of Taste.

An importer of rattan furniture
complains that it is impossible to
keep up with the vagaries Of public
taste. In the seasons when he i'm
ports big chairs customers come
round and complain that there's moth
ing low enough for woman to occupy
in comfort, and, when next season he
imports small chairs there is growl
because there is nothing roomy and
luxurious. The best of the oriental
furniture imported for the last fifteen
years has taught the Western world Il
lesson in luxury, and it is worthy of
note that the light, cool chairs,
lounges and the like, of Chinese,
Japanese and East Indian make are
peculiarly fitted to the semi-tropical
summer of this region. York
Journal.