Evening Gazette

              £♦ TWO OKMTM Vn Obtl 1'fcl A WOMAN'8 F&EAK. ij LONDON WAS FOOLED. BOURBONS" IN THE CABINET. IN AND OCT OF WALL ST. GDOM. NEW ENGLAND NEW \ A tjREAX 11 DAL WAVE. Jan. Sherman Has Something to 8»j tor Able to Find Work, Atlanta, Ol, Dec. 23.—When tl» Georgia paisenger tratn stopped In U» depot bar* the gent)*men .went VkjH» w*itineroom, among tham being a twarilles* Individual whose heavy- ijan trousers were turned up at ©e bottom and whose cdat was a bad fit. A child about nix years old accompanied him. while pauine through the {oeok nqticfer rocking to and fro holding the palm* of his hand against his cheeks. She asked him if he was sick, to which he replied Th« Doni Man's Attire Ho as to Bi Bet- Southern Senator* Who Talk About That Questiun. 8QME INTERESTING NEWS ABOUT THE New York, Dec. 28.—The New England lociety, of New York, celebrated iU ,78th Miniversary last evening by a "banquet at Dslmonioo's. Covers were laid for 250, and ;he banqueting hall was, as on former occalions, elaborately decorated with flags, tan- Mrs, flowers and rare p _fa-Ltout 3o*. Stewart L. Woodwrtt ana tmong the diatinguished guests present were 3en. yr. T. Shermai, eX-Sbr. Long,- of Massachusetts; Henry Cabot Lodge, Chaunjey M. Depew, Oen. Horace Porter, Frank EL Coudert, Daniel F. Appleton, Josiah M. Piske, Marville' W. Cooper, Hon. Calvin E. Pratt; J. Pierpont Morgan. William, -fei Strong, Louis Tiffany and James J. Good- 'About the CItO War. WATER EIGHT FEET HIGH RUSHING UF THE GREAT DYNAMITE SCARE END8 IN SMOKE. BoSTok, D;C. KS.—The Glob* publUUei inrlews te.egiapho.l from Washing.011 wltn Senator Lamar, of Mini ssppl; Senator Bu'.- er, of South Carolina; Senator Joins of Florida, ami Senator McPherson, of N w Fersey, relative to th» qit istions whether or lot tiw Boor! ons must go to the re- r or whether or not the s jutli shall bo represented in Cleveland'.! cabins'-. A SERMON ON GAMBLING AND IT4 NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. NEW HAVEN HARBOR. MORAL. A'Slight Shock of Earthquake Precedef It—Two Vessels Sunk and Many Others Damagedby the Convulsions of Mature. Iintaul of Infernal Machines at* Windsor th» Mechanism Prove* to be Newlj ratunted llshlnf Koda—Astute Detect Ires and pfflalals. The General DtpiwlatlM In Vahm Imm C»h4 Um Money to »m yirt o» the Luxuries of IJfe—TWe ' Golden Goose Killed. Did President Arthur Start the Machinery or Did a Telegraph Operator?—Obte heOsareome. An Assure* Sneaess. Nkw Haven, Dec. 28.— At 11 T. Jt, ai Capt. S. 1'. Thrasher, superintendent of thC Seamen's Bethel,-was locking up the building preparatory to going home, he felt a distinct, Jii" ot the earth. Looking out he saw lamp jiosts shaking. The shock was even mora severe than that experienced last summer. although it was- comparatively unnoticed, occurring at such a late hour. Th« ill- was felt at the central polios station also. It is now believed that there musl have bceu a convulsion of tj»e earth in Lpug Island sound ofl this KarBor or near by, for at 11.15 a tid*l ' waW, crowned with foam and fully eight feet high, came rolling into the bay trotn the (fouth, travarsing the entire length of the harbor, which is four miles long. It had a speed of about is miles an hour, and moved with an ominous rushing sound, like the blast of a hurricane, carrying destruction in its path. It was very dark aud cold at the time, And light fog was forming, which has been growing denser ever since, consequently it is impossible to ascertain the full extent of the damans done. i i'V There lire 200 vessels in the harbor bound eastward. The first one to take the force of the wave was Capt. Horace Dodge's schooner Nellie Grant, bound from Jersey City with Coal to Portsmouth, N. H. She Is a liighbowed craft, and therefore did not ship the sea, which struck her in the bow with such force as to tear the windlass out of her and part the chains on both her anchors, sweeping her away to the north. Capt. Dodge hastily rigged sail enough to keep steerage way on her, and managod to pick his way through tbo fl-set to the inner harbor, where she in now repairing. Astern of the Grant lay the sqhociwn nrest, Captain Darius ft Reed, a Provtdsnre Vessel ■ bound home from Hoboken, with a cargo of 400 tons of coal. The Onrest has a crew of four men, and the captain's wife was also on board. Captain Keed wafl on deck when the mountain of  strop* his ' vessel. He was greatly alarmed and thWt unless the ship parte 1 from her anchors she must sink. The anchors held, and the wave swept over her, Clearing the deck, tearing off the hatches. And bursting into the cabin. The heavily loaded vassal began to sink immediately, and when her deck was level with the water Captain Reed hastened his tcrew into the yawlboat. Just as they got clear of the schooner she went down ljl three and a half fathoms ot water. "They pulled to the schooner Lulu Thompson, a Bangor vessel, where Captain Reed and his shivering wife and crew were cared for for the night. To the eastward of her, in Morris Cove, lay a tow of four heavily loaded barges belonging to the Bee Line Transportation company of New York, bound to Norwich. These barges were raked from stem to stem by the sea, and one of them, 'ttie Bouquet, Capt Hill was .foundered aud .sunk. Her crew managed to escape In their night clothes just as she was going down. They saved nothing. The remaining barges were badly damaged. The bouquet had 600 tons of flue coal on board, and lies in three fathoms of water. She can bs raised. Iter value is placed at $10,000. London, Deo. 28.—The scare over the ■apposed dynamite explosion at Windsor was succeeds*! by universal hilarity when it became krown that the explosion and fire were the result of carelessness and no** the work ot dynamite fl)uln. The police have been unmercifully clinffdd for their blunder and their alarmist theories, and Sir William Vernon Haroourt, the -homo secretary, has come in for a good share of ridicule in oonsequence of the nervotn trepidation whioh he displayed. The police, as usual, were the very last to be convinced that they bad blundered. They maintained that it was a plot against tr.t queen's castle if not against her life, and the oxtruordiuary precautions which wqre ordered by the home office were continued without relaxation. The queen herself tocoms idarmsC by ttja account* ot the {xplos.on which liiacbed Tier at Osborne house, IslD crl Wight, where her" majesty and Frincjsi Boutrice are now residing. The queen lent reveral urgent inquiries by telegraph to the Homo office for the latest details concerning the supposed outrage, and the hom? secretary is said to have found it difficult to convince Iky mijosty that the occurrence was accidenbil. • , "•* The irtjrsterr of tbs alleged Infernal machine lias been cleared up by a Cable News reporer, who had been sent from London to Windsor to investigate the caw. He was not allowed Sunday to see the ''suspicious" articles found lijfuag the debris of the firs' and was compelled to raly upon the description given by the poliosi. Yesterday hs obtain "! a sight of the apparatus which the police had described as a piece ot Amer-J ican clockwork, and he remembered having seen similar pieces of meohanicism in connection with fishing rods. He visited the shops of the different dealers in fishing tackle in Windsor and asked them if they had been expecting any reels by rail from Loudon. One of the local dealers replied that be had ordered a few samples of a newly patented automatio reel, or winca, .and had been surprised at thejr non-arrival. The dealer was at once invited to inspect the "infernal machiue" found after tho fire at station, afid ba-quickly recognized its "pastk" winces, though in a badly wrecked oondition. At about the same time It was discovered that the "mysterious foreigner" who had been seen at the post office and the railway station was a harmless tourist, whose visits to those places had been prompted solely by curio* ity. Senator Lamar wouid not think it an unbearable loss if no cabinc* officers should lie ihosun from tile south. Ue, in common with a majority of the southern men, think .t is of tin first importance that they should have the s-ilecllon to fill federal Officers in their respc ctive states. - New York, Dec. 23.—The Bun II. Ma '*!« and Out of Wall Street" article e«7V. nations as well as indivi luals have tlt* pivm Uarity of somehow or other uilktt Jt*t themselves a certain reputation,  to them whether they iloserve N U* W. Americans, Cor Instance, have a for gambling. But It ssenai that the vojt populi takes too little notice ol tlii» crtMafai which everything and everybody  nowadays. While gambling of everjr tort* was positively disgracing thin country • few years ago, there is hardly any «.I it t« be seen to-day. In any case, 1*0 pie «*rtainly gamble more at citrds in Franc* than they do here, and s, ecnlat* more . on. their Cliffl»reiit excbauges imj ILrllu. Vienna, or L hdon than they do in New York. There are no public gambling houses to speak of left to-Clay In New York or ill any of the feastern states, while the gambling, out west is declining in i.a oxtent evory dwy Evon among well to do poopl., «ith «Diin quiet gambling is a social  it has be 'ii considerably rmtope I CD( tafr. Men who playeCl mil.mite I poker during Use civil war an 1 a $lOi) limit a few ye r*ago, now tliink a (10 gauio quite a big «*ie. Where thousan is upon thousau Is of dellMV ' were nightly put upon the faro ta! I •«. nothing bi/t euchre or casiuo is now In-i ig lit- in, and tlia' uuiy for Diuall stakes. Mid only in gambling houses, t he pi opr.etor* of which combine hone Kaciug and hotting with common gambling interests. Cor.aml* toe country has uot tecum p orei or its cilizuu* more moral, lint lll-re-seems ■ to be a great deal less loose cash UWving around th.iu there was a few years ago. While the exp uuae for lulu IdtMid C•*«• forts have l*-en steadily litcisasiug througu'pnt all classes of the community. Rings and political Jobberies bare bee* broken dp, and the resources of men in authority h as. thus be.-n considerably reduced al. »». r tiHj country. During Uie Centennial hnhibitttfs truffles or ar ichokes mentioned ou the lDU| of fare of a French restaurant in PIt a4e • phia cause.1 muny a t utter I) exriauu: "What tue does that mean, auywayf" To-day every ward politician asks lot B el of beef with truffles, and articookM Mrs sold like hot cakes when there arc any in tui market. EWtYfT, Dec, »—*ba World's special corresi ondent at New Orlsans writes as fol-» ®**ryl®Iy knows how, at noon Toesday, the giaut wheels ot the exposition ma- vegan their six months' task and the milM and miles of shafting and belting werPpmln motion—all In obedience to the simp!* pressors of the presidential thumb upon a tiny knob, 1,000 miles away. Few nuTn fn sa unimaginative as to see in that impressive ceremony a triumph over the hattire; 4 beautiful submission of material power to the power of mind. It was a pretty and impressive picture, and 10,000 throats quivered with enthusiastic praise at Hie sight ef it Yet it was all a ■ »a pretty and popular delusion. President Arthur no more started the exposition than k* wound up the sidarial machinery of the heavens. TJ»e pressure of the august thumb of the chief executive was not, so far as actual results wont, worth ev«ll the trifling physical taertion that it cost and J.Ua-honor of opening the axposition bototgS* of 4-igfttn to an dbscure young mar\»ho ekes uU* a"bare existence under E ?C£& Of tlie Western Union Telegraph company. 1 had the story from himsslf. 'Yea. I hare the toothache badly." "Bring your child into the ladies' saloon, *tkera It is warmer." said the matron, tak- Ag the eblld by the hand, A* the three walked alont, the child looked up at ita parent and asked: "Where are you going; ma—pa pa 7" Gen. McPlior»on expresses tho opinion that ilie south would be given fair recognition. If not, lie was of the opinion that Gov. Cleveland would soon have a hornet'.! nut Uiout his eiri. W*Il. , , -u . •*-- After tho cloth had bem removed Presilent Woodford tried# a brief acMres*. Thi' regular toasts of the evening were theu in Drdor, * Gen. flhSrman, in rising to io the tonst of "Our Country," wai reMiw& with great cheering. The general said Ttnar tie was present to keep a promise made some time ago to meet Gap** Grant and ffljoriilan, md although the two SisftiTgtltBti&r generals were unable to be present, he had kopt his word. The counter, continued the ttifljFar, ;ould be vleAed in * g*4at many assets; itarting from New England UD this lakaa»an:l thence to the rivers of the north, and on ward to the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific xtast, two-thirds of this vast bad . bean redeemed as from a doasrt to as it jras aow—fini produce land. In the opinion,. of the. speaker, 1789 was the year/that UD® country roally became independent. The war of 1812 waa merely a side issue, in which England and France wanted to use us. I»? X So frequently afterward! did the child change its address to its parent that the matron became satisfied that the individual was a woman. Khe imparted her suspicion to a watchman nnd the two returned to the ladies' saloon and asked the person: Senator Jonoa says: • I hevo lieen in the lenate nearly t n years, and iuy greatest aopodur.ng that time has boen that we rnijc'.it have a Democratic almiii is.ration to put forever at r «t the sectional nightmare. Discussion of tho subject now does nothing but harm, aud I will not debate tho question whether' Cleveland u.eaus to recognizi or Ignore what are oallel tho Bourbons. The south is a portion of the UuUisl S a.cs. Her people are faithful and law-abiding citizens, and no sensible man can dcubt that Gov. Cleveland is aware to that fact. Ha will do what he believes to he Jjst and fair toward the south and the south will support his administration."Are you a woman?" "Why, of course I am," waathe unguarded response, u r "Well, why are you wearing that C%*• Xh* do you roMttl No, of course, I ain't a woman." Being pressed, however, she admitted she was a woman. "My name," she said, "is Sallie Harris. I came from Walton county, and am going to Alabama. I have had hard times at home, and thought U I pufon men's clothing and go to Alabaiai and )(ms as a man, no one would know use: X tried to teach my child to call me 'papk,' lint he was too much accustomad tD calling me 'mamma' to change." The woman was released and went on to Aiabam i. Gen. Butler says: "I bare the utmost confiJence in President Cleveland to give the south the polit.cal recognition to which she is entii led. The south docs uot deman 1 anything. The south will make no immodest, nor inordinate request. The southern people pay their proportion of the taxes and bear their share of the burdens and responsibilities of the government They would like their share of its hon ti an 1 emolnmouts. I am perfectly contented to let the president say what those honors and emolument shall be." Now that the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial exposition is fairly under way, it will be of interest to review the work that has been done up to this critical epoch in its history. Few people in the north, at any rate, have any realization of the obstacles which have beset the path of the management from the inception of the enterp*4|* U waa no small undertaking, in tho first place, when New Orleans conceived and published to the world her pai-poee of an exposition at aft Situated as she S; from the Atlantic seaboard and the great trade centres, out of tho principal highways of commerce aud in the centre of a stagnant and impoverished country, it was certain from the start that almost superhuman forco would bo needed to roll away the stone that stool in tho pathway of success. It is the confident boast of the management that, in spite of all,this, the aX|xwition open* ■n a more forward stuto towards completion and with more favorable proiiiUe of a grand success than has any of its predecessors in America or elsowhere. A gentleman prominently associated wilh tl» great fair said to me last night: The general next referred to the civil war and said the people of the south did npt want civil war. ' They were imposed upon by their leaders in Washington, and if there ever was a conspiracy, that was one of the most damnable conspiracies ever perpetrated. Bot«s the war jw stressed, it cava the country law and freedom to erenrone. They had fohght with fcmigu enei&ies, thfy had fought with themselves, and in each case they had been victorious, and now they could truly sing, "Our country, 'tis of theei" DISCUSSING A "CLEAN. SWEfcP." One of His Defenders Says What President ' Cleveland and Will Mot Do. New Yort, Dec. 28.—-The World to-day has a column and a half double leaded editorial under the caption "A 'Clean Sweep* Impossible." Aftor reciting the civil service plank in the Chicago platform and Gov. Cleveland's acceptance of the same in his letter of acceptance, the editorial says C-eveland will dispossess 110 Republicans from office that are honest because of their politics. It then draws attention to Mm confirming power of the senate and theD»d-dletou law, and concludes as follows: ''Gov. C eveland will give the country— The.dispatch says: "The temper of the southern men here is fully indicated by the views expressed by the gentlemen quoted. Nowhere Is there a grasping disposition manifested, but they have the utmost confident that Gov. Cleveland will deal with them as he will deal with the people of any other part of the union.". The other toasts responded to were: "Forefather* Ufcy," Ex-«ov. Long; "The State of New York," Chaunoey M. Depew; "The Independent Spirit of New England," Henry Cabot Lodge; "The City of New York." F. R. Coudertf ?Our Guests" Gen. Horace Porter.' '*h*F FNafceut it the United States" was drunk standing. POISONOUS CANDY. "A strong, distinctly Dwnocratic administration as a vindication of -Democratic principles and in order to give the lie to the Republican slander that the Democracy has neither honesty nor capacity to bring to the public servic?. A Confectioner Who Wonld Hot Rat Bis ENGLISH SHIPPING INTERESTS. Cleveland. Dec. 34.—'l'he leisure of a lot of poison lUb cundy in New York hu awakened tlio Cleveland health authorities to the danger from poisonous c mfectiouery, and summary action will bu taken at the next meeting of the board of lieult.i. Coemkt flosenwasser, of the wholesale drug house of Strong, Cobb Sc Co., via:ted a randy store Siturday evening, and when the subject c ima up a»d was poohpoohed by the oonfeciiouer thj chemist dared biiu to eat souio of his own bright colored caudy. He Anally admitted that he would not cars toe.it any considerable quantity of it UusenwaMSK tayj that while candy was formerly, colored with carmine and Brazil wood, nothing more harmful than vegetable matter or bugs, it is now oolored with analine and matter liable to be harmful. Fifty Per Cent. Fewer Ships Uuilt this This I* only a petty Illust-atUn toe tendency which the piogress of comfort ba« taken of late years in this country. How many persons hers knew-the names of Dies, Madiuzo; Cotiguereau, or Vibert leu y..«re ago! And wuo is the man who doe* not know tbent lo-day, and who has not s**a their works in a bsrroooni, a gambling b use, nr a charitable slurray lull esD "We have suffered greatly from a lack of moral support The south is loyal to tho exposition as a giaat southern enterprise, of course, but theaouth is afao full of croekqr* and npioontenia. There are plentyof people hercjiow who already say the exposition is a failure, and that It is a month, two months behind time, and that it can never save itself fiom financial wreck. Many of these are merchants who, as is always the case on occasions of this sort, overshot themselves in preparation and bought stock which they cannot sell, said .'fakirs' of every desoiption, native born at)d visitors, who pictured in advance the streets of New Orleans linod with gold and have been disappointed." London, Dec. 23.—The annual return* to the board of trade from Scotland and the north of England show that the extent of the shipbuilding iadustry on the Clyde, the Tyne, and the We A- has bean AO per cent less during the present year than during the year 1883. The builders, however, believe that the prospects for the future are now brighter than at any previous time for several mouths. The dullness in the marine carrying trade has had, they say, one effect that operates to the benefit of the builders.* Tim scantiness of ocean frrights haa led to keen competition and to abutting down of rates to such a point that it no longer pays to run any but modern-built ships, which can make their trips in the shortest possible tim\ The market for such ships is not overstocked, owing to the limited production during the past year, and the demand ■or them is now increasing. The shipping merchants have perceived that the old-time steamers, though cheaper in their original cost* are more costly in use, owing to their larger expense in maintalnance, repairs, sailors' wages, and coal Soitle large firms in London and Liverpool have condemned whole of these obsolete vessels, and are selling them at a loss to coastwise traders These firms and several transportation companies have given orders for the construction of larger and stronger vessels, with mpdern appliances in machinery and steering gaar. The building of these steamers during the next few months gives a prospect of employment to thousands of skilled workmen who are now idle. Year Than Last. "A homogenous and harmonious policy, by filling with capable, honest and thorough Democrats such offices as pertain to the diplomatic service, the finances, the postal system, the administration of justice, the collection of revenue and,other branches of the govern n»n| in which enflra aud sincere Accord with the president's views and the principles of Democracy is demanded In the public interest. "At this point the police abandoned their theory of a dynamite outrage and soma of tue extra precautions were relaxed. * The I nauiruratLon QtA , Washim0*0!», Dec. 2a—Wwlia«r II. Gait, Gen. C. M. McKeevcr and James P. Willett, of the special sub-committee oil the inauguration ceremonies, which has charge of the matter of providing a ball for the inauguration ball, had interviews with Mr. Joslyn, acting secretary of the interior department, and Gan. C. Meigs, who hai charge of the work on the new pension and received from both gentlemen aisuranoes that they would do all in their power to give the committee the us« of the {pension building /or the balL Mr. Joslyn gave the consent of the interior department to the use of the building, provided that the necessary authority of congress is obtained. It is now said that thC court of th» building can-be roofed over early in January, and the floor can then bt laid and other necessary interior work to b« dons in time for the balL hiLition' All this progress on tbs path at cultivated comfort has absorbed a great dgpl of tnaMt, while on the other hand the stsady depreciation of values has considerably reduced 901 only the income, bat the bulk M the fortune of the moneyed people. Thj farmer who knew two yours ago that his wlwat was wortb $ 1.300 in Chicago cousiders uiaiself Just as much poorer today as the capital ut who then saw his Northwestern stock quoted at 140 tr bis New York Central as UK Neither of them baa practically beeoaie much poorer, for every thing has beew dspressed In the VM proporttan, *S»fc their relative position in the community remains r Jn~t w here it was before. But they thlnV Hint ti.cy are poorer, and kick and growl amsHtw ingly. The only men who have actually become poorer ar j the speculators of all ktuds, ti.e broker* and uw inid llj men genDra../« I'lie depression in prices has reduced the jumbling chances as wall as the oommU►1 .ns, while tb ■ x- eiisee of men engagod 1a ll.ese kinds of I limit ■« have remained.the sum.*, it th. y ..'nve no: in rinsed. Thegmuilil.iig hon-e keoj er cuu d weii u I ford t j giva i li e I anvuij tiack 11111 cb*iii|.agne suppers when thousands of ilol.ars c:uiii£»d bands -it IjI-j aroaiul roulet tub.s*. 8 • Could llie stock bi oker k jep ya:iits an IgiTe b ills ani diuQers when the amount of liiC d tiijr transactions w.is 20 or 80 tt out iud .bursa. But hjw is either of them to ke# • u|i the same style i/.ien the form-r lias n D customers at all, nn I the latter is reduced 10 a xcslpiug board room business ot u f w h uudrud shares n ill. V 10 ui«ko bis ofllce eX|.euso..f "A purified government by driving every rascal, high and low, from office. "A genuine civil service reform, by making capacity, fidelity and honestly once again the test for public position Independent of political consideration, and retaining for the people the Services of those who liold, not political but subordinate places, who have dot acted as partisans and who come up to the Juffersonisn standard." What is the real truth! I think it lies midway between the somewhat extravagant boast of the exposition people and the animadversions of its detractors. The exposition is to-day a finished, palpable fact—not, indeed, in the sense that no work remains to be done upou it, bi|t in the more Hberal ■ens* of a well-rounded and harmonious ensemble. It will be a better "show" a month hence, and better still two months hencC but- it is a most excellent and attractive show to-day, and in many important regards wholly unique and beyond comparison. The main building, which is considerably larger than was the corresponding structure at Philadelphia, is very nearly finished, aud so is the government building, which is strictly sui generis in the history of expositions and a veritable treasure-house already. Several of the other buildings are (till uuder way, but they have long since arrived at the pofnt where they are full of Interest to the visitor. Indeed, it is a quretloii whether tho spectacle of building and making ready is not in Itself a pleasure adequate to recompense one for failing to see tue finished work. A lending confectioner showed a reporter pounds of Candy colored with ehrome yellow and pounds of b-lght colored green and yellow matter for cake dicOration containing Ohromata of lead, but etpinined that the Boston board of benltu hod tailed to tuaks a oaso agaiii't confectioners for using this chrome yel ow, on the ground that so little of the matter was tuod that a child was not liable to eat enough to hurt it On the west shore of the channel lay the fine three-puis tod schooner Jason P. Davit, Capt Rossiter, of Bucksport, M& She was light, and was swept by the wave nearly a quarter of a mile like a cork, and now Tin stranded on Sandy point The Davit 1s an 800-ton vessel, nearly new. She can be floated off with pontoons. She is comparatively uninjured. Many otjiar vessels were badly shaken andatralned by the wave, but the thick' wea'ther, preventing the movements of tngboats, has cut of all means of communicating with them. Up the harbor the wave overturned small boats, parted the fastenings of vessels, anUd i(l some damage to the property of the New Haven Y ai-ht elufc ■* ' A Kemarkable Cannon. Washington, Dec. 23.—During the recent debate on the navy bill. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, related a curious incident of the ■kill exhibited by aome of the Washington gun sharp* in the manufacture of heavy ordnance. He had been describing the way in which a gun about 80 feet long was constructed, and continued as follows: Almost aa Bad as Dya kite. Honoring Samuel J. Randall. South Fkamkohax, Mast., Dec. 2& —At 1:40 a. m. , white Bradley Cnilds, manager of 0.1d Fellow V block, was Oiling ihe gasoline tank in the cellar the gas ignited uud explosion followed. Windows wore b.oivn ont and partitions broken down, show cases smashed and a large s too It of crockory djitroyoL Twenty feet of tho rear brick wall was moved four inches. Chllds ivsi bally cue au.I bit luad and hair burn- off. Two boys sea.* I In front of the building wjre thrown to thj opposite sido of lae su-oot. Kashvillb, Tec. 28.—A meeting was held at the 11 rchanta' exchange and arrangements made lor a hearty welcome to Mr. Samuel J. Randall. The meeting, as expressed by the chairman, had no political significance, bat was simply to take steps lot an appropriate recognition of one of th* foremost American statesmen. "If any man," continued the speaker, "should b« honored by 41ie people of the nation, and more particularly by thoso of this section, that ii.nu h Samuel J. Randall." When that gun was built at the navy yard city, and they undertook to balance it on its trunnions, it took, as 1 am informed, 1,400 pounds on the end of the gun to make it balance. A single man or two gunners with machinery could uot raise that gun to put it in line for action in battle. It has been bustled'out of the nivy yard down to Annapolis. An ominous find was made at Morris Cove, near the easternmost point of the harbor. It consisted of an overturned yawl boat, a quautity of sailors' clothing Splintered spars and loose rigging, ana S3 hatches swept from vessels' decks by the wave. It it now feared that other disasters have occurred. Tugs will go out as soon as the weather lights up. Halifax. Dec. 23.—On Saturday afternoon, a man walking along Dresden row went into a yard, and whilo there observed a package, seemingly hid away. He picked it up and discovered that it oontaiaed dynamite, and carried it "to Detective Power, who says that the dynamite is similar to that found ill the possession of the dynamiters, Holmes and Bracken. The first tima they were here a package weighing four pounds, wrapped up in a piece of shirt, was found in the yard of the place where they had resided, and this package Is similar in every respect, it weighing four pound* and being wrapped up in a piece of shirt, exactly like the' other piece. The place where this package was foun i is within 100 yard) of Artillery park, and near where several military offl ce/s reside. Another Little Dynamite Scare. Senator Morgan expressed hit determination to inquire farther into the fate of this piece of ordnAntSa. It* recent history, even "if uneventful, may be Instructive.' The city is wretchedly provided with hotels, having none that would be rated above second-class ia New York or Chicago, to that if visitors were dependent on this tort of entertainment they would faro badly. Happily, however, J»ew Orleans has much more than her share of houses. She sheltors her population of about 300,000 under a greater number of roofs than most cities would require for nearly twice that number. People here are qpt wont to sleep many in a bed or to crowd their Leds too thickiy. The vine and fig tree has a wholesome and num•rout growth. Happily, too, the great majority of these homes will open their hospitable dflprs t&itraugfers and their equally hospitable pockets to .the ill flow of the •trauger's gold.. There wif! be cake* and alt for tho weary traveler on pvery hand, and ; at a price which savdrt only slightly of highway robbery. A man with tl.SQ about his pert Dn pijiat blame himself if he is not pro- Tided for the day with meat and drink and lodging in tolerable plenty and comfort. There is extortion, of course, in plenty, -bu'. no more of it and do more flagrant than must inevitably accompany an occasion of this kind. An ingenious local statistician has estimated that tome 60 odd millions will be spent in the city during the exposition season. Much of this will, of course, be England's Waning Power. A Woman Indicted for Murder and Arsor. Under kucIi clrcuuistuuces tliere cm be neither gambling uor speculation worth speaking of, and that w one of tbe mala rausoiu why Wull artel hat so uiueb detei i orated of liu D Of c-oi.rjo tli ■ mtauniung/- in lit of tllu corpora inis, the coo* d •» ■, count* and' the crookedness of the director* of most ot oui- stock touipanwa have gQsted people all 1 caus d tllUULte null W.ll a re L Bi t all this Would not have afMcted Lu-iuex so much if the dealer* bud Mr o ice in n «i-.lo (tiveu i suun to lux pi.Jw*. Ilj player is uut »u v.ry particular in America, au i not mind a cold 4aafc, pro'Jcd he is allowid (•D back the dealur jace ill a while but here was a cold deck ail tue limeaud yochauce lor auybody W gJt a iliow. 1 ho dealers M. nt d loo much, and they kil.eJ- «houi»-*fve», t..j .-a aide player*" and the w hole I usiiu*iDa, too, t Tbli hold# good for stocks, nuVies, provision*. grain, oil, jot* ton and el»e, and .it will ake many and many month. If not svvi rai year*, to straighten i ul tlllufs ani mate people forget the pant. It in probacy safe to predict that neither gambling *o»- legitiiaw speculation alii revive iu this countr* lyr • constdeiaMe tune to com.-. The country hits asiuiuod a atutude. a«l ihoai a disposition sternly to,preserve it till there are positive indications that svefytiilus I* changed or th'i bettor—ul Uu nice, c r|oralJ imtltuUiNu, Imiijl uuiuigvuient a ft J every thing e!*j. IT the coautry was a gambling country before, it Mm» lou.er so now. and »ill prol-ably venture into u game again till card*, chip-, idlers aud everything elan are cbenJMl D i London, Dec. 2a—The rumor that Qermauy kuiannitd a protectorate-over Zanzibar, which was lint published in The Parif Gaulois l»st October, is revived. The Pall Mall Gazette, in an editorial article on th* subject, says that the report is probably true, and that Bargsnebben 'Said, the Saltan 61 Zanzibar, has doubtless consented to th* protectorate in the belief that Germany will soon be more powerful in African attain than England, which is now the nominal protector of Zauzibar. Lockpout, N. Y. Dec. '8 —Ji.D. Ali Bronson, of Rocheate •, formerly will known Ju this city, has been indicto I u r ■uurder fn the fliNt cl-»nreD anCf for arson in firing a store in Mid lleport containing her household good* to obtain I er Insnranc -. A. T. Olds, a wealthy old gentleman, was burned to deatii. It is reported tha. MiD. Bronson has suddenly left the-country, foifeitinj »1,000 ball. "Never in my life;11 mid Capt Dodge, of ther Nellie Grant, "have I witnessed such weather on the sound as has beeu experienced in th? last 80 hours. On Saturday morning a 'strong wind sprang' UP from the north which swept across ths sound with terrifio force, and so chilling that it would almost benumb a person. Every hour it increased ijuf fury, Mid it gradually veerod around to the south, blowing perfect blfrricqiqce, The sea ran mountains ltlgh, and" small vessels were every instant liable to be ei}£ul(ed. Even larga vessels were obliged to seek a harbor, and there was hardly a vessel that did not sustain more or, less damage. Finally the wind 'and sea Hied away, and then came that tidal wave apd the eternal fog." All the Sound steamers are held by the fog. The destructive tital wafe was not followed by lesser ones, as is usually the case, but vented its strength is one irresistible sweep. Nothing of the kind ever oocurred here before. Washington, Dec. 23.—The court of Alabama claims has certified to the secretary of state for immediate payment all judgment* of the first clai* for aoUml damages by Confederate cruisers, rendered up to Nov. 30. The total amount, including judgments previously certified, foots up about (3,100,00ft Fearly all thes* first class case* have now been disposed of, either by actqal trial or by adjudication on controlling points of law. The court is now hearing second class cases tCjf war premiums paid, which, under the law, caii only be settled pro rata after the first cl4ks claims are the indications are that the fund Will be sufficient to yield them 4uTly 6 per oeat of the amount adjudicated. The Alabama Claims. St. Paul, Dec. 23,—The thermometer •» eight below lero ut "noon. Tba» reports leceived from other points are as t 'Hows, ail being below i;ro: Nech- (near the Manitoba lino, 43; Brookston, Minn., 8b; Omalie, Neb., 23; Huron, D.T., 27; Pierre, D.T., 2i: Jini*» town. X). T., 82; Mandan, D. T., 4J; Q- endive, M. T., 45. Trains aro delayed lrom three to eight hou s by snow drifts. Delightful Summer Weather. lie Uvetl {Jnder All the Presidents. How Congress Can Eat Crow Gracefully Woonsocket, ft. L, Dec. 23.—L. R Pease, proprietor of The* Evening Reporter, root ived a dispatch announcing the death oi iiis grandfather, Capt Walter Peas*. at Eufijld. Ct Capt; Peas* celebrated hlr looth birthday on thti 2D!h of last March. He had lived under all the presidents, and voted for Cleveland. He has five children, all liv.ug. He livid with bis wife 07 years, until'her death, ten yearj ago. \Vashinoton, Dey. 23 —With a little for, bcarance, both houses of * congress can now extricate themselves from their prediov inent with regard to the naval appropriation bill. The senate yields to the house by abandoning a|l its amendment* looking to the reconstruction of the navy, but maintains its principle that the appropriations should b* mado on thfh basis of the estimates for this year, and not on thereof two years ago. If the house on Wedoaaday wttl waive its tacit undcratandtng that no busineap shall be transacted ttll January 5, and pass the senate substitute, which it the bill t,he house itself passed last session, and no factious question Is raised as to the presence of a quorum, both houses can adjoorn ovsr the holidays, with the honors pretty avenly divided," C ' London, Dec. 28 — Mass meetings of th* Irish National League are announced to be held at 20 or more places in Ireland next Friday, which is St Stephen'* day and a general holiday. The Dublin Oastle clique have been urging Earl Spencer to proclaim all the** meetings, but the lord lieutenant ha* thus far resisted the pressure. If the meetings be prohibited the farmers throughout Ireland threaten to retaliate by preventing the St, Stephen's fox hunta, which always take place on the 20th of December and are gala occasions lor the hnatemen. More Trouble Brewing In Ireland. The Killing of Dr. Vall's Hired Man. Newauk, N. J., Dec. 28—K eret. Slirpardson was arrested late last evening . n suspicion ot having shot Augustui Uitoiuu , the farm laborer at Dr. M. II. M. VU's residence nc Bout I Oronje Dec. 13. Shepardson made a statement upon being arrested, but the coroner ref us Ds to make it public. °* Bidhk?Obd, He., Deo. UL—A schooner loadod with pine (lab*, supposed to be an English vessel, went ashore on Beach bland, half a mile southeast of the life saving station at Biddeford Pool, and is a total wreck. She lies bottom up, with a portion of her rigging and spars olinginc tp her. It is sapposed all hands were lost, she is about 100 tons burden. V - Asbwre, and All Hands Lost. Iks Storm in North Carolina. lorthern gold. The most striking figure of tha exposition ■ that of Major E. A. Burke, the director [enaraL On his shoulder* has fallen a great ihare of the work of organization His is Jia credit in a corresponding degree for vlia layer sopcess tpe exposition realises. Wabhihoton, Dec. Tils chief signal officer reports the wrecks of several Teasels on the North Carolina coast. The weather is bad and a very high M» 4* running. Among the Teasels mentioned is the,, stoop Nim, of Portland, Me., bound for_ybcksonville, Fla. | cows aB-faved. ' Ex-Secretary Kvarta a Candidate. New Yobk, Dto. 23.—A letter h«ui been made public from Ho:i. William M. Evarts in which lie announce* himself as a candidate for U.iited senator. He says bo is and always has been loyal to thedoctr.oes and principles of tiie K*iDublican party. Bos Cholera in Virginia. "* Mass Workers In a Bittk rlfht iBrsttsat Post Office Changes Washington, Deo. 38.—H. D. Lyman, lecomi assistant general, has tentared his renignation, to take effeot on the list inst. Postmaster Qenaral Hatton has WriCxlino, Dec. 3S.—The hog cholera, which has raged in this and Brook* county, has abated and is expected to b* eradioated within a tow day*. The di*»«pa'lte*how broken oat orer the river. More Than 900 hogs have died near Bridgeport in tha last few days.  *VD *as«esir C* JkfL L arc astir, Pa.,/Dec.. 281—The latest phase of forger Ueiiw's hacality CAOSe to the public ear, wh« It leaked out that he had forged a note for (500 on his aged mother, now 70 yter* oM, and the oirner of but a small proiSrty. The mother will not prosecute, but she has engaged oounsel to . protect her huerasts. The directors of the several national banks of the city are reticent ns to their action. Enough is known, however,-to indicate that they will treat all the nofcfcs as genuine, and fight for tholr payment Interesting developments, promising an entirely new .phase to the affair, are looked foiD in lb* near future. J Pittsboro, Dec- 23.—Orer 900 mem I en of the Flint Glass Workers Union, repra- tsting every district in the United States, oroughly discussed the question concerning the recent reduction in'the scale of prices at their meeting here, and resolved not to accept the proffered scale, aad bD Stay out on a strike to ths bitter end, aud that no overtures, looking to a compromise, would b* entertained. New York, Dec. 23—A sensation has been created by tho announcement of the marriage of Mr*. Emma Britton, the widow of the late Abram UrUt»u, «f Staten Island, a relative of the Va».l«rtiilts, to Thomas Mc- Laughlin, her csfthMn i The groom ia 21 and the bride about 40. She ia immensely wealthy.  Another Coachman Sensation. Iboswuili Marvlug km °-CM t CLEVELAND. Dev. 2i—The »ork oi ca tag for the destitute people of Clevclaud Uurwg the winter threatens to terouw a wtoi uiden to tbe gftjr. Thousand. yf jut of employ mailt, sad hundreds . f fn»a-lies are on tbe vsUge 0# aUotutr starved 4 ' the genuial situaltya being far won* t ■Vfr existed iu Cleveland before. AtfcorJ;iiij to the reports thus tar receive I by tfc* " charitable organiaatioas, 1,000 fauuli«e aaD H-solutely destitute, without tuul, rood, or nit quale ciotbinj. ties! lea ttkwe. »ho uia-t 'w cared for ml.rely at Um esponstk u :.o number of fuiui.ies requiring partial li I will swe I tho Uguroe to Alarming prulDDrliyns A. ready mcMores are beiitt k.-.i to maet this dC luanJ, and there will ie U»t.i llf | erfortnanci-s ut the theatres, aai :h,C ])i'oDC will start a subscription uud to ud iu ■ lie discharge of a duiy that tbe city iovciuiuii.it »ill hardly prove equal to. Fmien ts Dsstlk mitten Mr. Lyman a Very complimentary titer, expressing high appreciation of the bllity and fidelity he has displayed as a oblic officer. As stated in these dispatches iveral -day* ago* Mr. Lyman expects to Ike • witith* Bell Telephone ompany. Col. ffm, B Thompson, general iperintendent of the railway mall service, till be nominated by the president to saeeed Mr. Lyman, and it is thought that Mr, iolin,alani**on, assistant general superin- LuJpqt of tha railway mail service, will poceed Col Thompson. Mabquettk, Mich., Die. 28.— Thoraax Oodley, aged 50 year*-, • wealthy Engl sb mill owner, stnrted to go front this place to tbe Tillage of Harvey, f. ur miles distan', and was caught in a tnoMstorm and •roaen to death. WASHINGTON NOTEft. V The court of ci«im* has b*go» consideration of th* claim of the Choctaw Indian* against the United State*. involving ahquf 18,000,000. CONDENSED NEWS. Yoke, P«. 28.—The rvJns of the laundry and infirmary of the St. John's orphan asylum in Brooklyn have been nh moved and no more bodies have been found. The children * ho are still reported missing are, doubtless, quartered in various private houses throughout the city or at the home* of relatives who have neglected to report the fact to the properauthorities. Another silver mine has been discovered in North Georgia. Soap in a Fire. The secretary of the treasury has Issued a circular modifying all previous circulars r*D speoting the importation of oM nigs. Th* new circular provida* that no old rag* except those afloat on or before Jan. 1, 1885. on vessels bound directly to the United States, shall be landed in the United states, except upon disinfection by boiling iu water from two to four hgurs, or subjected to the action of confined sulphurous acid gas. lDon Cameron's friends are confident of his re-election to the senat -. 'Milwaukee, Dec. 23.—A Are at the oornor of East VVater and Chicago str jets, d • stroyed the Eagle lye works and Dalormo A Quentine's toilet soup factory. Total loss, about 1100,000. lime. Scalchi has won her suit against Fenry K. Abbey. The jury rendered a verdict of 11,441 in her favor. Fighting Over Wilbur Storey's Will. New Havkk, Dcc. 'J3. —There was a hear Jug in this city before Gov. Waller on an. Application for a requisition in the case of the State of Connecticut vs. .Dudley W. Stewart, of Des Moines, la., who, on the SOth day.of October last, abducted Mary T. Beeves, a 0-year-old child, at the instance of bam father, Rollin J. Reeves. Uov. Waller refused the application, deciding that the father could not be considered an abductor until tHe'Sustody of tha child had been taken from him by an order of tha court, and that a person acting for him did so under legal protection. He Could Not Abduct his Own Child. Cleveland's Attorney General. Chicago, Dec. 28.—The controversy over ■e aiTMgehient of the estate of the late f'ilbar P. Storey was again renewed be- The Hoolaifats have bought The Connecticut Anasiger, of New Haven, and will run It in the interacts of their order. Washington, Dec. 23.—Frit n Is of Senator Garland Cav that he has uccjptwl the attorney genoiaiship under President-elect Cleveland. e Julgo Knickerbocker in the probate irt iu the shape of a motion to probate i document of Aug. 18, 18TD, alleged to be i will ol Wi lur F. Storey. Mrs. Eurek* Drey pr.-sent.-d n petition prayiuc that Fort Plain, N. Y., Dec. 81—Numerous relatives of Robert Crouse, a most eafemod resident of Fayettevllle, Onondaga county, reside I lore. "Mr. Crouse baa been Misting several days and the greatsat alarm has been felt His remains were foand in the furnace of his -brother-in-law's foundry, whither he had crawled qi|d there shot himself. He Hq« wealthv C111 i wall known. ,,,* Crawled Into a Fsnase to Die. The winter's season at the White House promisee to be more brilliant than any since President Arthur waa inaugurated. According to a report received by the attorney general from tha examiner, who investigated tho charges of aboso and ill treatment of the United States prisoners in the Buffalo penitentiary, the charges are without the slightest fonu 1 tii n i.n I war1 inspired by several piix u -i« who liirborwi malice asrainsl thasuoei iut'iid.-u . in Portugal. ' Lisbon, Dec. 23—Tin re uat a slight ■hook of earthquaiu b.?rj on Kuudny, Know Flee Fest VMp. The Naw Orleans exposition waa kept open oa Sanday. There ware religiMa exercises in the music balL The attendaqo* was laiya. fha pope has raaumed his attacks on Freemasonry, and the French olergy have been instructed to use every effort to prevent their part»Mow« tws Jajsrtng masonic orders. roHLUD, On., Dee. 22.— Tbe norther* traiu dun pi Portland TursOaj is still show, bound .10 mill's rast of this city. The. snow is fire foct Many oatt-e »rs Mtt C** ' ing. Tlx- |4uwpgprs were pr ivide.1 fur C y buudsled* from the li i;bborboud til. a re,* Ikf train r. ached taeiu. « » io Wtl. bo admitted to probate. After arin; arguments Jitd ; • Knickerbocker mled the payer I f tl.o i e tit ion; also, reating hi* reaa-jus for refnsin-j to admit io 1881 w ill •»») i ot a . Ma Wlnthrep's Coudltloa Boston, Djo aa— Mr. Wiuthrop's coudittop ie r»purt«kl unchanged.