Tin: weapoxs of ir.ttir.tim
27ie iiltl Maklna Appropriations for Coast
Defense Passed 1U the Senate.
Following is the fortifications approprin
tion bill passed by tlio senate:
The following sums be, and the same are
hereby appropriated out oi any money In
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
for fortifications ami other works oi o
tense, and the armament thereof, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1S87, and for
other purposes, nnniely: tor the protcc
tion, preservation and repair of fortiucn
Hons and other works of defense for which
there may bo no special appropriation
'iraiiaoic, $iuu,uuu, the samo to be ex
ipended under the direction of the secretary
of war; for continuity tho wall around
550,000; for continuation of torpedo t'x
pertinents and for practical instruction of
siiKineer troops in detail service, SL'0,000
Sec. 2. ! or tho purpose of manufacture
and erection of the necessary tools and
machinery for furnishin; and assembling
oi neavy oni-. ance nt the Irunkford ar
senal, Philadelphia, Pa., for can carriages,
projectiles, fines, powder, implements and
materials for the trial and proof of such
ordnance, and to complete tho two-inch
breech-loading steel guns now under fabri
cation, their trinl and proof, and all neces
sary expenses incident thereto, including
compensation of drnUBhtsmcn on gun con
strtiction, 5100,000. to be available until
expended.
oec. .J. Hint the sum of 5GO.0UO, or so
much thereof as mny bo necesary, of tho
unexpended Imlanct of 100,000 appro
printed by tho net of March it, 1883, for
armament of fortifications, is hereby re
appropriated and niado available for con
struction and payment of the guns author
ized hy said act, and now being constructed
by the South Iloston Iron works under
continctol Sept. ill, 1SS3. and Juno 30.
188-1, and tho extension of said contract ia
authorized accordingly.
fcec. 4. Moeiiniuo the secretary oi war
to contract with the South Huston Iron
works for construction of ten twelve-inch
intizzlc-londing rilled cast iron mortars,
each of 31,000 pounds weight, at a sum
not exceeding $0,000 each, or six with
steel bands, not to exceed $10,000 each,
in tho discretion oi the secrctnry of war.
$00,000, or so much thereof as ninv bo
necessary; provided, that no part of this
sum shall bo paid for any such cutis until
after ono of tho same Bhall have been com
pleted i in accordance with the contrnct.
and Hliall have endured a firing test of 200
rounds witli standard chnrges adapted to
such weapons, and niter such test each of
said guns manufactured and tested by ten
rounds in tlw same manner slinll be paid
for at tho price aforesaid on the comple
tion and satisfactory trial test of each, all
of said guns to be completed within one
year from termination of the firing test of
mo ursi gun.
Sec. fi. That tho secretnry of war and the
secretary of tho navy bo and hereby are
authorized jointly to ninke contracts witli
responsible steel manufacturers, after suit
able advertisement, to continue not less
than thirty days in newspapers most likely
to reach the manufacturers addressed, for
a supply of rough bored, rough turned and
tempered forged steel, in forms suitablo for
heavy ordnance adapted to .modern war
faro for army and navy purposes, in qunn
tity not to exceed 10 000 gross tons, in
quality and dimensions conforming to spec
ifications, subject to inspection and tests
at each stage of manufacturn, including all
tho pai ls of each culihrestiecified; provided,
that no money shall boexpended oxcept foi
sted accepted and delivered, and each bid
der shall contract to deliver yearly a speci
fied quantity of each calibre, tho time of
tho delivery of tho smaller cnlibres to
commence at tho expiration of not
more than eighteen months, nnd the
largest calibres at tho expiration of not
moio than three years from tho date of
tho execution of the contract; nnd all the
forging shall bo of American product and
manufactured in the United States; one
half of the material purchased under this
provision shall bo Tor use of tho war de
partment, and one-half for tho use of tho
navy department in thenrmamcnt of ships
heretofore or hereafter authorized by con
tress; nud for (lie purposes of this section
the sum of $0,000,000 is hereby appro
priated, to be available during six years
!rom the date of the execution of the con
tract. Sec. 0. To enab'o tho secretary of tho
mvy to provide and erect additional tools
nnd machinery for the finishing and assem
bling of heavy ordinance at tho Washing
ton navy yards, 200,000.
THE IVEATIIEK COXTIXUES DUT.
And There ia no lenytng tho Facta
that
Crojta Are. Suffering lluilly.
Tho continued lack of rain in many por
tions of tho country, says a Chicago dis
patch, is awakening serious alarm. While
not unprecedented, tho drought already is
of moro than ordinary length and severity.
Tho effect is already beginning to bo felt,
and all efforts to take as bright and cheor
lug a view of tho situation as possible the
facts do not warrant very great encourago
mont. It is exactly tho timo of year when
tho great staple of the west is in its critical
period. Corn is just now tnssoling nnd
earing, conditioned on latitude and timo of
plnnting, to somo extent. Kara are begin
ning to form, nnd tho crop needs, moro
than at any other time, a plentiful supply
of moisture. This it is not receiving and
tho lack will bo eovorely folt. It may
provo disastrous to crop prospects, if it
lias not already dono bo. The vitality of
the stnlk is certainly injured where the
rainfall has been sufficient, though per
haps not beyond tho power of recupera
tion should the drought bo raised soon.
Tho official figures of tho signal service
show that at tho lBt of July tho rainfall
bad largely boon below the average Dur
ing the twenty-six days of this month there
hns bfon no gain made over these days.
Starting in tho month with a considerable
deficit, and not oven holding its own dur
ing tho month, tho present condition enn
be easily conjectured. To liavo put tho
crop in anything like good condition to
day July should have shown a largo excess
of rainfall. In place of that, it shows a
deficioncy. The report this morning shows
no rain to have fnllen nnywhero in tho
United States within eight hours to tho ex
tent of one-half inch.
relief ron sr.Trr.r.tis.
Washington special: Tho bill for the re
lief of purchasers of Otoe nnd Missouri nnd
Omaha Indian reservation lands, which
passed each houso in a different shape, has
boen finnlly agreed to by the conference
committee nnd will go to the president
Monday. All differences were settled to
dny. The bill extends tho time of payment
two yenrs to purchasers, provided the in
terest is paid annually. All who have en
toro.l upon the lands up to this time are
protected in their purchnso and settlement.
All who are In default of payment are pro
tect!, and have sixty days after the pass
age of this net in which to. mnke payment
of past due interest. The bill, as finally
completed, is the result of different bills
introduced by representatives Horsey and
Wcavtfr, of Vl.nmka, Perkins, of Kansas,
nnd Seuator Van Wyck. The measure was
opposed by Indian Commissioner Atkins,
who lias thrown many obstacles in the way
of its passage. The bill has required more
persistent work by the Nehraxka delega
tion than any other meritorious legislation
enucted for a long time.
stauved jtr iirxniiuns.
Tic Terrible Tales of Suffering In Labrador
Xut a Jilt Ocerdraicn.
St. Johns (N. F.) dispatch: Further par
ticulars of tho distress among the fisher
men of Labrador show that in Astoria
alone, out of thirty-five or forty families
of a total of 200 persons, over 100 had
died, nearly nil of them women nnd chll
drcn. In Nuin the catch of fish has not
been sullicient to afford food to tho inhab
itants. The season which opened on Mny
1 was very backward and had it not been
for tho senl industry, which was tolerably
good, not a soul would be living.
At Hopedale not over twenty-fivo fami
lies remain out of the entire former popu
lation. Many have gone east along tho
const in the hope of getting into a better
supplied settlement. Eighty squaws and
thirty-five children have died from starva
tion. In Juno tho Okknh Indians wcro suffer
ing greatly, but there were not as many
deaths among them as at first reported,
only twelve persons havingdied this spring.
In Newfoundland along the north coast
there is great destitution. From Cape
Haned to Heart's Content, hundreds are
in a dying condition. In White Hay alouo
sixty two persons had died the last month,
and no one knows how ninny since.
Not less than l.oOO persons must have
perished, but the exact figures can never
bo known as it is an isolated region iu
which the suffering exists.
a uetox of Trillion.
A deplorable state of affairs exists near
Union, New ton county, Mississippi, about
seventy miles east of Jackson. A band of
young white men, styling themselves the
regulators, have issued a decree that no
negro shall work on tho farms m that
vicinity. The band contains about fifteen
members nnd they havo killed three negroes
nnd wounded several others. A perfect
state of terror prevails, and tho entire
county is greatly excited over the mat
ter. Everyone condoms the atrocious
and bloodj action and aro deter
mined that every member- of it
shall bo mndo to auswer for his crimes.
Mr. J. M. Kelly was at Jackson to see the
governor, and was told to arrest every ono
oi tncyoungoutlaws atail hazards. About
twenty citizens, bended by officers nrmed
witli proper warrants, nre now after the
young desperndoes, and their speedy cap
ture is looked lor. it seems when tho at
tempt wns fust started to regulate tho
negroes it was moro in fun than anvthine
else but nfler tnsting blood they have un
dertaken in earnest to execute their de
signs. J heir actions can hardly bo ac
counted for and are a surprise to everyone.
THE CASE OF CVTTISO.
Washington dispatch: Mr. King, of
Louisiann, offered a resolution, which wns
referred to tho committee on foreign nffnirs,
requesting the president to communicate
to tho houso information concerning the
alleged illegal detention of A. K. Cutting,
nn American citizen, by tho Mexican au
thorities at Paso del Norte, and also
whether nn additional forco of United
Slates troops hns been ordered to Fort
UIiks. Jt is stated nt the war department
that no United Sti tea troops have been
ordeied to Fort Hliss, in anticipation of
trouble at Paso del Norte, arising from the
ported refusal of the Mexican authorities
to release Editor Cutting. It is stated
further that the concentration of Moxicnn
troops nt tlutt placo does not itself signify
a pmhnhlo rupture of the present peaceful
relations with this country, but is moro
likely a strategotic movement against revo
lutionary parties in Mexico.
AOAIX SVllVHISEn.
Adjutant General Drum hns received
tho following telegram from General Miles,
dated July 22:
Capt. Eawton reports through Col. Royal,
commanding at Fort llauchua, that his
command surprised Geronimo's ramp on
xorge river, nuout l.SU miles south and
enst of Co in pas, Sonora, or nearly 300
miles south of tho Mexican boundary, cap
turing all tho Indian property, including
hundreds of pounds of dried meats and
nineteen riding animals. This is the fifth
timo within three months in which tho In
dians havo been surprised by tho troops.
While their results have not been decisive,
yot it has given encouragement to tho
troops, and has reduced the number and
strength of tho Indians, nnd lias given
them a reeling of insecurity oven in remoto
and almost impenetrable mountains of
Mexico.
A 3TAIITXE .MOXSTElt.
York special: Tho bill for tho in
Now
crease oi our naval estaiiiisinnent, which
was under consideration in tho houso of
representatives at Washington to-dny,
authorizes tho secretary of the navy to con
trnct with tho Pnoumatic Dynamito Gun
company, at this city, for tho construction
of a dynamite gun cruiser 230 feot long, of
of twonty-ono knots speed, equpped with
threo pneumntic dynamito guns of 10J-J inch
caliber, cnpablo of throwing a 200 pound
shell ono mile every two minutes. The cost
of tho vessel is not to exceed $350,000.
Should the bill pass, tho vessel will be built
at once at either Wilmington, Philadelphia
or this port. It has not yet been deter
mined whether the motlvo power win con
sist solely of steam or whether hIio will bo
provided with threo masts and sails in ad
dition to stenin. Only four feet of tho ves
sel will be above the water lino nnd slio will
havo a sloping covered deck.
FE.MAl.ES OX TllElll EAlt.
Petrolia (Pa.) dispatch: A very sensa
tional horse-whipping occurred nt Millers-
town about eight o'clock last night, in
which Peter II. Kuttigan, editor of the Her
ald and present postmnstor, was the vic
tim. Enst week seven coach loads of tem
perance people, among whom were some
prominent nnd influential citizens, visited
Koesters' park at Slippery Hock and spent
the dny pleasantly. An articlo nnpeared
in the Herald's Saturday edition giving an
uncomplimentary description ol the peo
ple composing the party, and it was claim
ed as Hattigan's production. Tho ladies
were particularly selected ns targots, and
yesterday evening, prior to the closing of
the postofllco, twelve or fifteen women,
armed with whips, planted themselves near
the entrance, and on Hattigan's appear
ance they belnborcd him, and only desisted
from exhaustion. Kattignn quietly stood
it and offered no resistance. Tho affair
created no little feoling.
llllVTAL PAHEXTS.
Cleveland, 0., July 5. Mrs. Catharine
Andrews of .Marlon punished her little daugh
ter iu a bruUl manner lust night while her
huab&nd gave one of her little boy a a terrible
beating- Hoth are children hy a former bu
band. Tbclr cries aroused the nelghliorhood
and three masked men pained an entrance In
to the house with a view of vlsltfus vengeance
upon the buabaud and wife. Auireus es
caped hut his wife ws attacked with clubs
and merely Injur, d about the neck and
shoulder and her r gtit arm bruktui In Vo
places. Her Injuries are teriou. The neigh
bor have no Mriipalby for the family aud
threaten them with ur and feathers.
THE .Vfir COMMISSIOXEIIS.
Washington special: Commissioner Atkins
paid to-dny that Immediate steps would
be taken by the Indian bureau for the re
lief of the Indians at Leech Lake and the
Winnebngoshisli tribes. Tho commission
composed of J. V. Wright, of Tennessee;
Charles h. Lnrralwe. of tho Indian ofilce,
and Bishop H. P. Whipple, of Minnesota,
leaves to-morrow to make the first investi
gation into tile condition of tlieso Indians
and their rights iu tho premises. Mr.
Atkins said: "I believe tlieso Indians
liave been badly treated and tle govern
ment owes them money wlpch should havo
been paid long ago. They aro suffering
for tho necessaries of life and my first
effort will bo to reliove their immediate
distress. Tho $25,000 that congress has
appropriated will bo laid out only niter
thorough investigation by the commission,
I believe we havo the best commission that
can I e secured for this Indian work. Judge
V. Wright is an honored citizen of my own
state who hns been a lawyor and a judge
there for many years. Ho is n well-read
man of sound development nnd will mako
a valuable member of tho commission.
Mr. Lnrrabeo has been long connected witli
the Indian bureau nnd knows tho rights of
the Indians under our laws and trenties as
well ns any person in tho interior depart
ment. Hishnp Whipple, who has kindly
consented to servo on tho commission, you
of course, know."
MEXICO IVOX'T bCAHE.
El Paso dispatch: Senor Hunios, chief
justice of Chihuahua, witli Senor Uincon,
the governor's private secretary, were in
El Paso day. They had a talk with somo
of the lending citizens about the Cutting
case. They could arrive at no othor con
clusion than that Cutting wiib guilty of de
liberate and llngraut contempt of the Mexi
can court, and the offense was committed
on Mexican soil, coming under Mexican
laws. They stated that the publication
mndo by I lie prisoner in an HI Paso paper
did not figure in the matter at all, except
ns corroborating the charge of contempt,
based upon the other acts. Hoth gcntlo
nien snid the question was now tho subject
of corresponco between the two govern
ments and would bcsettled in tho ordinary
course of diplomacy, but thnt the govern
ment of Mexico could not be Beared into
an unconditional surrender.
JEALOUSY CAUSES A TIIAOEDT.
Nr.w Ai.nAxr, Ixn., July 27. Ur. C. L.
Hoover, a prominent druggist of this city, was
dangerously shot, and his sou, Charles Hoov
er, almost instantly killed, by Prof. J. G.
Struuk of tho New Albany business college to
day. Struuk accused Charles Hoover of being
too Intimate with tils wife, and had made
previous attempts on young Hoover's life. As
the father nnd fon wero pasMui; down Market
street on their way to dinner about 1 o'clock,
Struuk walked up behind them and tired two
shots In rapid succession. The first shot
struck Charles, who fell mortally wounded,
and tho other danirerouslv wounded Dr.
Hoover. As young Hoover fell to the ground,
Struuk emptied ills revolver Into him and beat
him over the heat with the butt until he was
dead.
rnoxouxcrn auir.Tr
Frio (Kim.) special: Tho arguments in
the Sells case were concluded to-day. J. P.
Woods, tho boy's guardian, and J. W.
Cogswell spoke for thodctenso. Tho former,
who lias stood by tho boy almost like a
father through the trinl, mndo nneaniist
plea for him. J. Q. Statton summed up
the case for the state in a fivo-hour speech,
after which the caso was submitted to tho
jury. In ono hour and two minutes tho
jury enmo in witli a verdict of murder iu
tho first degree, as charged iu tho com
plaint. Tho prisoner accepted tho verdict
as a matter of course, and was returned to
jail to await the result of a motion for n
new trial, which will bo made immediately.
A riEXDlSIl ACT.
StTAXN-An, Ga., July 27. A horrible report
from the lower end of Tatroll county has just
been received in this city.
A negro woman engaged to prepare dinner
for a colored picnic, murdered a young child
which had been left In her charge, cooked half
tho remains nml tun-ml it in iim ir,r,l..
The other half was found salted down iu a
barrel.
The negroes became frenzied on making the
discovery, seized tho wouiau aud burued her
at the stake.
A MUIlltEIt AllOUT MOXET
Uutte, Most., July 23. Early this morning
J. W. Moore, lato of Nevada, Eliot Joseph
Hemic ft-on, a clothing merchant here, with a
double barreled shotgun, killing him Instant
ly, and then emptied the other banvl Into him
self with fatal elfect. Moore claimed that
Henderson owed him $30,000.
Cannon's Loft J nnd.
Hon. Josoph Cannon, tho loud-talking mem
ber from Illinois, can not speak a minute with
out striking out vigorously with his left arm.
The faster he talks the swifter his left list flics
through the air at the democratic, side of the
houte. His compliments hi that direction are
always left-handed. Ono day, two or three
sessions hack, "Sunset" Cox had tho floor in
tho midst of an lnixrtaiit debate. Cannon
jumped up to ask him a question, nnd as usual
set his left arm in motion, with the long, bony
fore finger violently vibrating toward the head
of the New York humorist.
"I will grant the gentleman's request upon
one condition." said Cox.
"What Is itf" asked Cannon.
"That you put your left hand Iu your pocket
and keep it there until you get through with
jour quextlon," replied Cox.
Cannon was a little nonplused at tho novelty
of the contract, but proceeded to comply with
the terms He did not get hulf through with
his question, however, before out flew his fist
on a level with "Sunset."
"Stip," said Cox, "not another word. I
knew you couldn't keep your promise. I am
not going to havo that left-handed lick at me
forever." And he shut off tho member from
Illinois. WtiMnulon Jfalchtt
Two Prophets.
It Is said that the weather prophets of the
country are considering tho propriety of meet
ing in a tort of general congress. It seeuu
that they have differed so widely In their pro
phecies that people have failed to pay them
tho attention they think thoy deserve, and
thev now desire to try and arraniro a schedule
by which thoy may secure uniformity. The
proposed eongrens suggests an Incident that
oce lined In Harris county some years ago.
Two weather prophets announced that a cer
tain day a cy clone would whirl through the
count. One declared that it would uomoln the
morning and the other that it would come In
tho afternoon. On tlio evening preceding the
da fixed hy them lor the cuiom-'s visit they
met nt the court liousw In Hamilton. A warm
dispute u to which irophrcy would provo tc
be correct took place between them culuilua
Ing In a lliibt. In which both were badly dis
figured. Next day two cyclones visited the
county, one In the morning and ono In the
ait moon. The da following the prophctt
coiiijrouiUed their differences aud formed a
partnership for the publication Of an almanac.
Atanta VomtltuUoii.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
rim Ssteiu That Has Prevailed In
'w York nnd the Now haw.
To n MiMihrinn. writes u New York
;orreponderit of The St. J.oitis Ilepulili
utn. the fact (hat n system of imprison
nu'til for debt exi-ds in this, tho Knipiro
state of the union, seems very strange,
ind that the law recently pasred and
indorsed by (iov. Hill, which lhn.ts the
Icrin for imprisonment for debt to si
mouths, should have encountered any
apposition seems stranger still. Even
the new law is at best but a relic of bar
barism. For years Ludlow street jail
has been the enforced residence of
many a poor unfortunate, who. being
Jtiablo to satisfy the demands of his
creditors, must remain in durance vile,
.luring their pleasure, theru being be
fore the passage of the new law no lim
it to the time of imprisonment. The
lebtor in consequence was worse oft"
than the criminal, for the latter was
imprisoned for a fixed torni, and at tho
?nd of that term he could hope to be
released, while the only hope for the
latter was tho assistance of friends, if
ho had any, which was not always, or
the leniency of his creditors. That tlio
latter class! which Lamb calls the "de
graded race," in contradistinction to
the borrowers, whom he calls the
"great rac,e," is not always lenient,
and that there are people, unfortunate
enough to be friendless, or if not entire
ly friendless, without friends who aro
nblo lo assist them, is evidenced in the
cases of quite, a number of tho inmates
of Ludlow street jail. Most conspicu
ous among these, is A. It. McDonald.
who has been confined iu tho old prison
since March, 1880. His history is a re
markable one. He is a Scotchman.
nearly GO years old, and a descendant of
ono of the oldest families in Scotland.
He is well educated and was formerly
very wealthy. Shortly after tho war
he purchased a claim against tho gov
ernment for the value of a large amount
of cotton, aggregating over $1,000,000,
winch bad been burned at Now Orleans
by union troops durinjr tho war. Ho
inploved an attorney to prosecute his
claim, who in turn retained other coun
sel to assist, him. Tim liHimtmn
carried on for many years, Tint ho lin
ally obtained iudo-ment for 6200.000.
which was only sullicient to pay tho
fees of his attorney. Suit was then
brought against him by tho assisting
counsel for their fees, and another ap
parently endless litigation was com
menced, it culminated over six years
ago, when, the suit having been trans
ferred from Washington to iS'ew York,
judgment was obtained against him for
something over J?o5,000. His money
was now entirely gone, and he was un
able to give bail. Ho was accordingly
arrested and thrown into Ludlow street
jail, where he has since remained. Not
content with keeping him in coniluo-
nient for over six years, ins creditors
Mcrntiously opposed his release, on the
grounds that the law was unconstitu
tional (think of that!) and that tho leg
islature had no right lo pass an act
limiting or all'eeting in auv wav tbu
remedy thoy possessed for tho collec
tion of the debt, as if McDonald, in
prison and without friends, could raise
the money sooner than McDonald, a
free man, could do so. Tho objection,
as does tho law itself, appears to mo a
musty, mildewed, worm-eaten remnant
of feudalism. The judge appeared to
think so, too, for yesterday morning an
order was sent to the prison for the
release of McDonald ami several oth
ers. 1 strolled down to tho famous old
prison yesterday morning to witness
the release of the first hatch of unfor
tunates. In the reception-room were
the throe prisoners who wore to receive
lir.-t thy benefit of the now law. Mc
Donald was one of them, lie is a line
looking old man, and there is a certain
relinenicnt iu his features and his man
ner that reveals his birth and education
as plainly as his language. His com
plexion, 'from long conlinoment. had
become pallid, but now in tho imme
diate prospect of being once more a
free man, his face was flushed aud big
tears wore in his eyes. Next to him
sat Terence Monett, a dark little Cana-
dian, who had beon in tlio prison
eighteen months. His wife, a
abouL
i very
pretty woman, and who during his con
finement had managed to eke out a
bare living hy keeping a cigar store,
was with him. It was pleasant to see
how happy they were, aud how they
would talk aud laugh and cry alter
nately. Tho other prisoner was a
Frenchmen named Jules Chntillon.
Ue had paid over $-1,000 on his debts,
nnd loss than $200 moro would havo
cleared him, but then misfortune caino
nnd ho was slow in paying the balance.
Thon to hurry (lie payment ho wits
imprisoned, leaving his wife to dopond
upon charity for subsistence for herself
and child; but not long for tho latter,
for it died shortly after tho arrest of its
father. When the order for their ro
lcaso was received by the kcoper and
they were told that thoy wero at liberty
they shook hands and said good-hy to
nil their fellow prisoners, most of
whom wcro also expecting reloaso in a
few days; then thoy passed out into tlio
open air, took a last look at tho gloomy
building that had so long been their
homo and quietly went their rospectivo
ways, tho young Canadian and Ids wife
going oft" arm iu nrm and very close to
gether. Tho lifo of tho debtor confined in
Ludlow street jail is not without its
comforts. The cells are clean aud com
fortable, nnd tlio food, it ia said, al
though plain, could hardly bo rivaled
in a fashionable restaurant for excel
lence and variety. A good story is
told of a man who was confined tucro
for nearly a year, and then thoy had to
drive him out before lie would go. Ho
was imprisoned on a judgment for a
Email amount, and his creditors offered
several times to relcaso him if he would
pay tho fees, but he would indignantly
dec-lino to pay a cent. Ho was enjoy
ing himself hugely. Ho would order
his meals with a kingly air, domand tlio
keeper to bring his meals to him in his
cell, and when his wife came to see
him ho would send her word that ho
was not equal to tho task of going:
down stairs, and he consequently could
not froo her. Finally tho creditors wero
made awro of the fact that nothing
ituitcd their debtor more thnu his quar-
, " , , ,. street jail. Then thoy
tors in Ludlov, ,p )H,afu. a V(.nr they
were angry. K rij,,f iuto'his hands;
had been playing 7m t10 fnt 0f the
lie had been living Xhts was
land, contented and k .n-sc. to their
directly opposite, of c j of a credit
desires, for who ever lies? . WMO 0wed
or wMiing to please the ntau .- jj. So
him money and would not p, ,m ,j0
thev put their heads together" k .n,rt..
cided upon a heartless, cruel rcx. ?so
An order for his unconditional refi.
was sent to tho prison. Thtr derfo.
objected. Ho was doing very woff
where ho was, and preferred to stay;
but the obdurate warden would not
consent to it, and tho poor fellow was
forced to leave. It is said that he has
cordially hated tho watden ever since
COCKTAILS BY THE QUART.
A Xcw lloilco Which fluttered tlio
Atlanta l'i olil hit lonlstx.
This has been a day of intense ex
citement among those interested in the
prohibition cause writes an Atlanta
correspondent to The .Xew York World,
owing to the open defiance of tiie law
by tho proprietors of the Kimball
house. These gentlemen have been
restive under the prohibition law and
have announced their purpose of light
ing it in every possible way. When
prohibition went into olleet on July 1 it
found several wholesale licenses out for
dates iu August, September, and Octo
ber. The one of tho latter month was
held by Mr. M. J. Mabray, who did a
small business in tho suburbs. Yester
day morning tho Decatur street doors
of the Kimball houso wero thrown
open aud the public was invited to en
ter. Within were several long tables
on which wore placed as many huge
beer tanks, each attended by half a
dozen waiters. It was announced that
Scovillo Heernian had bought the
license which Mabray held, and intend
ed to sell beer, whisky, and cocktails by
tlio quart until the end of October. In
the rear end of tho room wero several
hundred white pitchers, which would
bo filled on request. A door led into
nn adjoining suite of rooms, whero
stood about a dozen waiters with tables
laden with glasses. As tho glasses
would bo used the waiters would wash
them and phu;o them on the tables
again. When the town boys caught on
to the scheme, which was to secure a
pitcher, get it tilled and then retire into
another room, they gathered around
tlio hotel by hundreds. Beer kegs
wero emptied faster than they could bo
rolled to tho hotel. Drafts were niado
on tlio wholesale houses, and a scene
of hilarity never before witnessed iu
Atlanta was presented. Until midnight
the square in front of the improvised
saloon was filled by mon of all degrees,
anxious to drink aud taxing the-utmosl
powers of tho waiters.
Meantime consternation reigned iu
the prohibition camp. Hurried meet
ings were held and tho ollieers were
called upon. It was decided that the
business should be broken up at all
hazards. This morning tho scenes of
yesterday wero exceeded. Prominent
'business jnen, as well as town boys,
crowded the rooms. At noon tho pro
hibition leaders, the mayor, the police
commission, and chief of police decided
that steps should at once be taken.
Tho ground of action was that, while
the license was good, it could not bo
legally transferred, and that, therefore,
tho sales of 1 quor iu the Kimball house
wero without license. I'ol.co Commis
sioner Martin and Chief of Police Con
nolly entered the bar-room amid a how
ling crowd of over live hundred drink
ers. Tho proprietors were notified to
cease their sales, which they refused to
do. Tho police then proceeded to ar
rest the waiters one by ono as they sold
out lienor. Their places wore as rap
idly filled by tho proprietors. While
this was going on the crowd was grow
ing furious. Thoy wero maddened by
the interference of tlio police with pri
vate business. When at last a largo
posso of police wero marched around
aud stationed at all tho doors the in
dignation becamo deep. Calls wero
made for tho authority upon which this
seizure of property was made. If but
pne man had spoken tlio word there
would have been a riot. Curses wero
freely uttered against tlio ollieers, and
especially against Policeman "Jumbo"
Hunter, who has made himself particu
larly obnoxious.
Messrs. Heernian ami Scovillo mean
time hastily appeared before Judge
Hiehard II. Clarke and secured
from him au injunction against tho city
ollieers, returnable on the 17th, re
straining them from in any way inter
fering with the business of tlio Kimball
house. As the news was announced to
the crowd, aud tho policemen filed
away, a shout of triumph went up, fol
lowed by a rush on the pitchers. At
this moment (11 J.' M.) tlio rooms aro
filled by drinking men, while many nre
on the outside unable to gain admis
sion. Tho prohibitionists aro bitterly
chagrined against Judge Clarko for tlio
length of time he lias given tho liquor
sellers.
Tho masterly series of papora on
"Great American Cities" in IlAiti'Kit'a
Magazink is continued in tho August
issue by Edmund Klrko's contribution
on Detroit, which is tho leading article
of a rich number. Tlio Idstory of "Tho
City of tho Strait" is cleverly outlined
from tlio timo before Ilendrik Hudson
set foot on Manhattan Island, when
tlio llnrons pointed out its site to
Champlaln as tho gate-way to "tho
vast seas of sweot water." The first
settlement by tho adventurous French
man Cadillac, tho romantic frontier
life of its early period, tho revolution
ary scenes clustering about this West
ern centro of the struggle for freedom,
tho surprising Hood of Ynnkoo immi
gration which was opened by tho Eric
canal, and its astounding growth ovor
since, aro all deftly described. Hut tho
city of to-day is tlio main subject, and
its characteristics iu enterprise, society,
architecture, and culture are well treat
ed, A lively part of the article is tho
two pagos given to "M Quad," tho
Detroit t'rea Press humorist, whoso
portrait is ono of tho numerous illus
trations. "Happy Charlea, white and yellow wahcr,"
Is a curious Washington ilgu.
Sr.UGGUli SULJAVAN. .
Whnt Mnko III. Itonrt Acho III Kerry
Trainer.
New York Letter to San Francisco Argo
naut. V
There is something nttrnctivo nboub
Sullivnn's stylo despite his toughness
nnd haughty contcmptfor tho -rules of
English grammar. Ho wns in town a
few nights ngo with Put Sheedy, hia
nmnnger, nnd ho received the honmgo
tho town with his customary scren
Only ono thine annoyed him, and
6
ity". ,g ti10 niicgntion in a morning
thnt v fc ho wn8 nfrnid oI Mitten
papef AUk f n sllpCrstition tlmt hftd
on account? o. -or since tho English
haunted him1 a. lock -down blow on
man got in' Square Garden
him at MndltfdV! o.
three or four years- rfc ache," said
"Whnt makes my lUTv inr, mo very
the mighty slugger, ItSrtK pub,&
hard in tho eye, "is cV vO Djc j
goes on about that little u:m
lies' Mitchell, or d'n I? 1 dorfc "
brown nn' licked 'im till r t)ctk .
stopped d' tiuht. Wlmd den? Every
uddet chump in d' hull country cow
on niakin' " remarks 'bout Mitchell
doin' me up. Whad's the bos' test of
a straight tighter? tho hulluvth'cato
money to go to th' winner, ain't dnt
so? if a man is sure he kin win' won'
ho fight fur d' hull prize and take d'
chances on nil or nothin'? Vv course
We'll, I'll light any man in d' world on
dent conditions. I don't euro whnd's
his color, his size, ot his weight I'll
give him every advantage and light fur
d' hull receipts er a blank. Kin yo'
find a. man on do face ot V earth
that'll do the samo wid mo? Nix. Tho
man don' live what'll tako d' chances."
Hero the champion leaned back and
stared harder yet. Ilisnrgumont was
conclusive and lie knew it. After ft
short pnuso he shook his big hand to
emphasizo his words, and continued:
"Mitchell's a good man and a plucky
one, but y' kin botcher lifo ho don'
como hero an' spar me, tho winners
to tako d' hull gate-money. Not ho.
Ho gits his percentage, win or lose in
d' match, on July lift', or else ho won'
come. An' yit ho hns d' nerve to go
on talkin' 'bout my bein' afraid uv
himl It makes mo soro in my heart,,
dat's what it does."
Mr. Pat Sheedy has, and always
has had, a remarkable influence, over
Sullivan. Sheedy is ft gambler by oc
cupation, and his worst enemy will
admit time ho's as squaro as a die.
Tho story goes that Sullivan onco
made a feint to strike Sheedy during
tho ono and only dispute they ever
had. As tho champion drow back his
fist, tho smooth-faced and unemotion
al gambler leaned forward until his
face was within half a foot of tho an
gry pugilist.
"I don't fight that way, John," ho
said, quietly. "When I mako up my
mind to fight you, you're gono. -You
know mo. I nover run a bluff, but
this is a fair warning, nnd tho only
ono you'll ovor receive."
Sullivan looked into tho cyo of tho
man about whom so many stories of
extraordinary norvo and quickness
aro recorded, now dropped his hand.
They got along capitally now.
The Cities of the World.
will hardly bo thought that thcro
are not on the wholo globo filty citios
containing 200,000 peoplo; but such
is tho fact, and any ono may convinco
himself of it by consulting a geographi
cal dictionary. It would seem at first
that thcro must be at least 200 cit'es
of 200,000 population; but thoro is
not one-fourth oi tho number. Of
these Great Britain hns about 0;
Franco, 11; Italy, A; Germany (proper),
f or 0; China, hoiuo 0; India, 8 or 0,
nnd tlio United Stales, according to
tlio latest census, () or 10. It is some
what remarkable that a country only
100 years old, should have as many
(if not more) largo cities as tho oldost
lands; but it is not improbable that,
beforo anothor century, we shall count
as largo a number of cities of 200,
000 inhabitants as there aro now
in tlio wholo world. Now York
ers may look with a certain dis
dain upon towns of tlutt site, buc
when they remomber how few thcro
aro, thoir disdain should bo modified,
if not converted into respect. Wo aro
all inclined to think that old and fa
mous capitals, likoCordova,Grannda,
Cadi., Florence, Venice, Padua, Ver
ona, Bologna, Warsaw, Cracow, Ant
werp, Ghon, Rotterdam, Leyden, Loip
Bic, must bo very largo, though they
really havo no moro than from 70,
000 to 1 10,000 or l&O.OOO people eac h.
Tho cities that can lay claim to 100,
000 population and upwards, aro per
haps about 100, and these includo
many of those which at first thought
wo should suppose contained two or
threo times the number. This planet
is very littlo after all. Its millions
arc not near so numerous ns it would
seoni that thoy ought to be, and tho
bulk of these do not come within our
idea of civilization, any more than we
como within their idea of it. The moro
wo know of our small world, the moro
insignificant it appears.
A Boy's Liovo for Ills Mother.
Of all tho lovo affairs in tho world,
nono can surpass tho true lovo of nbig
boy for his mother. It is a lovo pure
and noblo, honornblo in tho highest de
gree to both. I do not mean merely a
dutiful affection. I nioar . lovo which
mnkes a boy galln n t to his mother, say
inplainly to everybody that he is fair
ly in lovo with her. Noxt to the lovo
of her husband, nothing bo crowns a
woman's life with honor ns this second
love, this devotion of her son to her.
Audi novor know a, boy to "turn
out" bndlv who began by falling in love
with his mother. Any man might tall
in love with a, fresh-faced girl, and tho
man that is gallant to tho girl may for
got the worn nnd weary wife. But the
big boy who is a loVerof his mother At
middle ago is a trtio knight, who will
lovo his wifo ns much in the sere-leaf
Autumn as ho didinthodRisied Spring.
Thoro is nothing fio'bwiutifiilly chiv
alrous ns tha loye ot ft big boy for hi
mother.