Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1879, Page 5

HORRIBLE ATROCITIES. How Nogroes Are Treated at the South by “Chivalrous" Amorican Citizens Doniod Their Po- litical Rights, Robbed, and —— And Al Becauxe They Will Not Desert tho Party that ave Them Their Freedom, St, Laute QlodeeDemnerat, March 26, The queatton which at present agitates the tninds of the colored citizens done with the Southern immigrantal It ts very dificult to solve. There are now over 2,500 im- migrauts In the clty, and most of them aro belng maintained by church congregations, ttle assistance ing beon rendered by neonle, who must now beatir themsclyes In this vauecy or remain fdly by while hundreds of The burden which the congrerations of the Eleventh Street, Eighth Street, und Lower Baptist Churches ara boarlng cannot be laugor borne unalded. During tho last three weoks some 81,500 have beon ex- panded, which have been collected from people who are noua too well off. ADDITIONAL AFFIDAVITS, The following addtional atidarits the condition of affairs which has driven these negroes from their homes {n the South to the free State of Kansas were obtained by o Globee Democrat roporter and o com| What shall be human beings suffer, anion Notary EMILE AUSPITZ My ago {s 82 yeara; for the vo been living in the States isinna; 1 was cterking sud he country, so I had a good Ing the tredtmont ri people down South; of the colorcd people there {s very £0 Into a store the: with the piantera the daya the Democrats are at the and prevent the colored people the past year through the Louisiana colored killed by the white peopic my own cyea. During the last Presidential Tex. onc stock-dealer nu Was wever arrested ; the ticket ho gaya oy; C saw theso men Iwas standing next tothe white ‘orish, Loutsiann,{eaw at the polls with cocked re- wouldn't Iet the niggers come Parish during that same ¢ shooting niggers, a plantation on shui testificd as follows: past few yearal hiv of Texas and Lou! peddling through th opportunity of aeoli 'y low; if they @ct cheated, {f they denl 'y wet cheated; on olection- polls with arma eople have been aye seen it with Killed two colored men nr kdlled them for not voting thein; they wero In Uls einp! man. Last fabl, t white mon standing volvyurs, nnd they levtion,—whits men When o colored man works res atid raises say cight bates the planter sells it, atid not the nig- will cheat hin by e bate fa less than Goer to pet his money from the store of the nlanter, be buys his “provisions und other arti- vlea, and fs cheated in opinion fs, that the colo: right in leaving the Sout! will be ruined wi ing the weiche and, when he the weight, ete. My red people ore doing ty und that the Bouth hen they do go, because the san't do the work the negroes do in Thero are thousands of acres in without any crops, because "trent the lund at reasonable charge too much rent to befora glyiug it to them they will let the land Me ‘Idle, JACON STEPHENS 4 am avout 22 years-old. Hinds County, Miés.; I have raising cotton und corn. I together with my oldest brother and ulster, about forty acres; wo paid about $10 an were in cotton. Wo just Ilved and breathed alone; could barely lve, wud that was all, ‘The condition of the people in the South is awful bad; they are treated awful ba 1 left the South bee: make a living and was whites, aud th Kilt the colored people up, Yeare ugo iu September, e, In Orange County, Charley nnd father wero 8) The white people had Louisiana lying tdle, the owners won' rates. ‘The planters the niggers, and, testified: I reckon Last year I Hyed in 1 been working there, id by the white treated eo badly by the fot so they would think about two on Sidney Whitchend's Miss., my brother hot in my presence, been over to Bf and killed him They killed film because he he! w White peopl ld in with the hite man, and I and my brother wera over to Mr. Hoffer's house tnt day, nud us we cume home, gulng across o Uttle, cotton patch, and_ aa we got near tothe house, Rome of the women who were with us sald, “There comes the white folks,’ au they said. that, mi: brother walked on aheat on after. hitn pre: 8 Of the door, I sup- Hult, you —-—— We got about ten ate posed, when they satd, —~——,"" and wo didn't exactly halt, and stepped a fw steps further, und the white folks commenced shooting, and they shot m; in the neek and burnt his shirt-collar, close to the gun; and after they shot him ho fell, and ralsed and went a ste} they shot him right through the him; he sald) © O Lord?” thut waa all ho sald; came, up and turned him over with thelr tect after ho’ was dead; my father was out; thoy led him out to about the middle of the yard and -teld him to atop there und tell them all be knew (I reckon they meant the club), and he told them he didn’t Know about ft, and the Cuptain or man who t eve he knows anything about ft," und eatd, “ Bring the old Radical — — —— out here in the road,” and got him out Mero und stood him at_bank beside the fenve, and the Captain sald, If he dou’t kaow auy- thing about it, he is the —-— — ——_ —— in this country.” At this time my mother Was erylig aud beguing them so they told her ta y) und took my tather on up the road ‘urda, and took him into the wooxs, it hand sido of the road, and 1 hears the guus, atnl the people went up there und found him tying right side the stun:p; he was through the head and side with bullets nud buckshot; he was shot to pieces; there were some seventy-five white men in the crowd; they had no disguises; 1 think it was about the nddle of the day foiher because he was a Ra nothing ever dene about the shuotin; John und Post Whitehead, crowd. On clection-days, if a black man goto Republican ticket to voto, they would pay ho Was ‘epotted,” and that meant the to killhim, About a year ago my low was shot, in Oraige County, Miselssinpl; ho got talking with aman who owed litm four bits, and he told the man he owed him 50 conte, und be sutd he didn’t, three mites from home my brother was shot by im; be came right up alongsl on horseback, and didn’t sa: but shot him right in the sido ribs, but didn’t kill him; there was nothing ever auld to hit for the shooting; after the men dud killed my brother, they went to the well ot a drink of water, and the water wos ye and they gald: ‘“Lhts water smells ae if {thad’strychnine, und if it has you will emell Ue}l for it"; they sald thutto my mother. ‘Tho oor whits peuple in the South are in just as ad condition aa the Hegroes, except the whites won't kill them, Reason {leave the South fa, DLecause I can’t make a tivly Ret iny rights; what I incan atau $11 ant to ho Is to pay m6; said, “1 don't belt dead; be was shat alt "; they shot my teal; there was who were in the ido of my brother auything at all, aud broke two there and can't shut fa, if Tuwe ay, und if @ mau owes ino $1 Lowen man $1 he is not to take everything f have for it, and if he owes mo $1 be ten‘t to Kill motor it. Lam going to Kau- sas; I understand Keneas ts a country part tims er und part prairie, and that you will fave a bard and tat there are Gove jands there; it don’t take Much to keep me; Lean wanage to work and and have carned siuce I left Misstsstppl; 1, Hied, and dont intend Couldn't carry ine back Bouth again, * Unless they would chain me and carry we back, My people are there and { would ‘like to sce back, 1 don’t think ny Peoply wilkever get out of the South, because tting so bad. ‘The white peo- they didn’t caro how many no- Bouth, but, when they saw so Many learing, they are dolng everything in their vower to prevent it. A STRONG MEMORIAL, Tho following is thy full text of a memortal in connection with the pret Which 18 boing extenslyely elrculated for stana- tures in the elty: rsizued, your memorialists, rceepect> sent that, within the Just two weeks, thera have come by steamboat up the Migalestpp Wor, froin chich; tho for the first yeas erumeut nnd railroad down there and be them, but T can’ plo at first wal Kroce Jett the t colared exodus, Louisisua and nded at 8t. Louis, Mo., er of catored citizons of tha Uni 000, und composed of oung, and with them ititude is eager to pro- and without exception, sv far learned, refuse all overtures or in- cements to return South, oven if thelr pas- | new blow States, not less thau 3, 1 und women, old an ir children. “This wu Seed to Kansas, have sae {a patd for them. The condition of the 4 majority ts absolute poverty. ‘They. are clothed In thin and ragged arinents for the Most part, newt while hera have been supported to some extent hy public, but mostly by private, Charity, ‘The older onea are the former alaves af he South; all now entitled to life and Mb- ‘he weather from the first advént of these penpla in this Northern city las been unustall cold attended with fee atu snow, ao that thofr sufferings have been greatly Increased, ant, it thera was in their hearta a elnule kind remem- brance of their aunny Southern homes, they would naturally give lt oxpreasion now. We Eave taken oceanton to exatnine into the causes they themselves assign for thelr extraordinary and unexpected transit, and beg leave to aub- init herewith the written statements of a num ber of indlyiduala of the refueces, which were taken without any effort to have one thing enfd More thau another, and to exprese the senac of the witttess fn his own language as peurly as dossible, The story fs about the same in each instance: great privation and want from excessive rent exacted fur land, connected with MUNDBH OF COLORED NBIGHHORS, and threats of personat viotenco to themselves. ‘The tone of ench statement is thit_of suffering and terror. Election-days and Christmas, tho concurrent testimony, neem to have been appropriated to kiliyy the amart meno, while robbery and pereonal violence In une form and another seem to have run the year round, In the sinall number of aflldayits taken the following murders are mentioned: Page, a smart man, killed at Waterproof, Miss., before Christinas, 1873. Witness, Fy Marshall. Boy, smart, and could read tho papers, shot to pleces in Franktin Parish. Witness, George Rogers, jon ot Washington Davenport, killed at Vicksburg at a Republican club. Blacksmith, killed by Henderson in 1872 Witness, R. D: Danlels? Harry Curtis, killed for hearing Radicat Specches in 1876, Witness, John Massey. Negrocs shutin the fields ia. Tenaas Parish, La.; alter the compromise, 1878, ktlling $1 Franklin, Washington, and Tensas Parishes, not tect in Madison, Wltneas, Jet Gibbs. Man by the name of Hoffer, und also the father und brother of Jacob Steveng, were killed in Orange County, Miss. about two years ago, Witness, Jacob Stevens, The threats of personal violence by shooting and hanging are detailed by each witness, Those who montion the polltieal parties unite in calling the negroes Republicans and thelr op- pressors Democrats, 2 Marshal etates that when they went to the Polls to vote, the white men wotild not let tho colored men vote, and raid, “If you go to the box to put the ballot in, we will shoot you.’? Clarence Wren save: “If wo voted the Ree publican ticket the Democrats would get up in a mob and kill us off, At the last Presidential election, after voting was done at Rayla, DOORS WERE BROKEN OPEN AND DALLOTS - TAKEN, and colored men in charge driven off." James Brown enys the agent of the place he rented of sald, “dim, we are golng to carry this thing our own way: you niggers had things your own way long enough, and we white folks are going to have ft our own way or KIM all you G—— d— Renubtican niggers, Lewis Woods says: ‘In Madison Parish, at the eluction Inst fall, we were allowed to vote as we plonsed, becanse the whites wero afraid to come on account of the yellow-fever. In the adjoiuing parishes the colored’ people wore not allowed to vote the Republican ticket. J.D. Dauiels speals of the Democrats throw- ing ballot-boxee in the river in 1874, and says negroes could not hold thelr club meetings; the negrocs werg Republicans, Jolin Magsey says the Democrats would give them tickets, and say sf thoy did not vote tt they would kill them; times wero so bad the colored man dared not spenk above hla breath, Dante! Parker says Darby was a preacher, and was told If he told the people bow to voto he would be shot. ‘T. J. Watts says no Republican ticket was nomiueted in June, 1878, because the Demo- rats would not allow {t. det Gibbs snys colored men were Killed to prevent thelr voting the Republican ticket, Javob “Stevens saya: “The condition of the colored people in the South fs awful bad: they are treated awful bad by the whites; mny father and brother were killed by the whites about two years ago because thoy were Radicala; on electlon-day, Ifo black man got a Republican ticket to vote, they would say he was spotted, and that meant they were going to Kill him; they would NOT ALLOW THE COLORED PROPLE TO yore as they wanted. After the men bad killed my brother they went to the wull-to get a drink of water, aud the water was muday, and they said tomy mother: *This water sniclls as if {t had strychnine in ft, and tf it line ee will smell hell for itt? ‘The poor white people fn the South aro in just as bad condition a6 the necrous, except being killed. Could not carry me back South unless they would chain ine,” Wo subinit that the great migration of ne- grocs from the South fa itself a fact that over- bears all contradiction, and proves conclusively that causes must exist at the South ta account for it. Horo they ure, in multitudes,—not men alone, but women and children, old, middle- aged, nud younz,—with common consent leav- {og thelr old homes ino natural climate, and Tacing storms and unknown dangers to go to Northern Kansas, Why? Among them all there is little sald of hope in the tuture. It ta all of fear in the past. T fare nut drawn by the attractions of Kansas,—tiiey are driven by the terrors of Mississipp{ and “Loutsisua. Wiiatever becomes of them, tiey are nnanimous in their unaltera- ble determination not to return, ‘There aro others coming, ‘hose who bays come and gone on to Kansas must suffer, even unto death, wo fear,—-nt all everts, more.than any body of peo- plo entitled to liberty und law, the possession of property, the right te vote, and the pursuit of happiness, sould be compelled to atfter. undoes free Government, from torror fuspired y HOMBERY, TREBATS, ASSAULTS, AND MURDERS, ‘The ocension Is, wo think, a fit. one for us to rorest against a state of affairs thug exhibited in those parts of the Union from which these negrovs come, which fs uot only most. barbarous. toward the negro, but ts deatrictive to the con- stitutional rights of all clitzens of our common country.’ It ts Intolerable to belleve that with the in- crenged representation of the Southern States fn Congress, those shull not be allowed freely to cast their ballots upon whose right to yots that representation hag been enlarged, We be- Hove no Government enn prosper that will al- low such a state of lujuative to the body of its peoplo to exist, any mors than socloty can en- quis eee rolbery sud inurder go unchal- enged, i io protest against the dirofnl necessities im- pelling this exadus, and against the yiolatian of cominon right, uatural wud constitutional, proven of most frequeut. occurrence in places named; und wo ask wich uction in behulf of our representutives aoa our Government os shall investigate the full oxtent of the causes Jerding to thfa unnatural stute of offaire, and protect the peuple trom its continuance,—not only protect Iberty aud Hfo, but onforce law sud order. <<< LIVE-STOCK, Amorlean Trado with Europo—Exportation Burrod by Stringout British Laws—Doubt+ ful Quality of Shoop Sout from Ireland to Liverpoul, pectal to Cincinnatt Commercial, New Youk, March 25.—Miss Middy Morgan, the well-keown atuck-reporter, and certainly one of the best posted persons on Hve-stock in this country, fs authority for the statement that the cattlo trade ot America is {n a bad way, 80 foros foreiga sbiptnents are concorned, Bho says pone af tho shippers are sending cattle to Europe, aud that the worst fears aro entertatned for the trade in the future, The firm of Toffey Brothers, also that of Norton, Futlor & Co,, both of Phitadelphia, uave not unly ceased tosh{p cattle on the hvof, but through their reprosontatives havo teatiticd before the Kuglish Privy Council that, under the exiatlng. atrlugent Jnwe enforced by the forolgn quarantine author itiea, cattle cau our bo ebippod from America ot an extreme loss, a hy leading ship. er of this country fs “Mr T, ie Kustman. Ho handles all tho cattle of Mr, Giltette, the gruat farmer of Bouthern Hlt- ols, uit of other growers In the Ohtound Mlsste> alppl Valleys, that ure exported to England. He hus stopped shipping his cattle entiroly, but continucs shtpmeute of dressed beef, and now and then sends over a flock of sheep. All the others have also stopped stripping, ‘The Jost shipment made of abcep was by Sesterday's steamer, Half the number shipped. are close-shorn, xs au experimont, to see if they would not sutfer lees between decks from the heat. It has alwgfe beon held Proludictat to oud mutton to T sheep tou closcly, To add to the perplexity of ‘Aumeriion ship- pers, private information was recelyed hera to- day from London that Jobn McQualde, of Gla: neven, Duoliu, au able and wealthy irishman, has succeeded in Inducing the Privy Council to strougthen {ts quarantine regulations, and ay the same tle has secured au order petualstlngs the unrestricted admission of all Irish cattle at 1 porteof Creat Britoln, Just at this time the cattle of Ireland aro lu their best condition, and the Issuance of this order {s looked on as a sgalnet American importation. But, MARCH 27. ‘1879—-TWELVE PAGE ordinance desirable, hn will sign ft.’ This set- thes the further production of this piece in Call THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDA and he haa also sent the following note to Messrs. Ditson & Oo., of Boston: Loxpox, Match 0.—AM©esers, Oliver Ditton & Co. You are the firat American pnb- Mahera who havo ever offered mo anv acknowledg- ublication of my works, althongh ther plecea have heen reprinted in T beg to thank yort while beef from Ireland ia wetcomed {n Englatied OCANPETS, Etc. t nnd Scotland, there tan serluus complaint about Irlah Hye sheep, nud a private cablegram just reveived saya American mutton is bound to be in great demand for some tino. ported {ato Liveroool from Ireland are, when anded, In the last atage of disease of the liver and affected with dropsy. Very littl of the meat. fs at all Ot for human food, yet the tnost in- gonlous devices are adopted for the purpose of eluding detection by the officers of health. If the meat escape offfclal observation it passes within a very stort tiie toto the form of aand meat-ples, being seasoned tor that In Auch amanner ae pleasant odor and taste by which it would ba du- tected If disposed of tn any other form, Alarge number of sheep of this class were .acized In Elverpuol yettorday and condemned as unit for suspenders. His collar bung by one button- hole, and he bad alt the appearance of being very badly intoxieated. B. but recelyed no anawer. Tt take him to the Central Poltce Stathon-Houne, but the man was unable to walk, Baldwin on the steps of the bouee where be was found, and hunted up Hurtig again, and the two carried Baldwin bodit ho was not drunk, There was a bullet-hole through bis head, from one side to the other. Such surgicat attention as police service afford. ed was given the sufferer, and a messenger was Wiswell, his fatber-in-law. ‘This messenger, according to his own story, upon toforming Mr. Wiswell that bis son-in-law was dying fn Uic atation-house, wan answered, + Mr, Wiawell slammed down his window again and went back to bed. ever spoke after his discovery by the officer on Elm atrect, He died at 8 o'clock on Sunday Suspicion at first pointed toward Schaller, the man who had fired the pistol on Elm street, the theory being broached that he ,had sho win accldeutally. He was arrested, but teleased after one day’s detention. The wound n made by a pistol carrying a spoke to him, thenlattemnpted to to the Dramatte News, Mr. Bri of Jane Coombs, has purch: in Bob Miles the territory he had secured for ngaged,” and will produce the play through it with a company thut will inclide Jane Owen Fawcelt, Russel ‘The sheep im- lve United States for years. for your consideration in sending me the check for 00, of which Ihave sent balf to Mr, Gilbert, am, gentlemen, yours very truly, ARTHUR SULLIVAN. When English authors complain of *' piracy by American oublishers, they ought to remem- ber that the unreasonable demands of their own publishers have covstituted for years the chief obstacle ta the arrangement of an Ipter- nattonal copyright. The principal publishing- houses on this sfde of the water would be very glad of 8 law to protect authors! rights, but the proposals for atreaty heretofore suumitted on rb of the Britleh have been designed nos for the bonefit of authors, but rather to secure to British manufacturers a monopoly of the American markot. Justice does not require that we should concede this.—New York Chas. Gossage Gf Co. . Carpet Dept, This Dept., located upon tho third to the Central eben, aud Ross but wounded. A very doubttut story ts going the rounds of the effect that when Kate Claxton ani ee troupe took the train north from Jack. son, Miss., a few daye ago, ele was weeplug bit- terly. ‘The Jackson Clarion saya the Impression revalled among those who saw ber that she had heen slapped, while In her coom at the hotel, by Miss Claxton waa divorced from Dore Lyon, tt will be remembered, and married Mr. Stevenson, the actor. who ought to know, this marriage has been ab 0 rem the une remoyvo the un: dispatched to Mr. AMUSEMENTS. HWAVERLY's, “King Henry VIII fs one of the least dramatic of Bhakspeare'a playa. littio action or violence of passion, but much matter for mild and thoughtful contemplation, and therefore It is more favorably known In the closet than upon the stae, tresses and the meck sorrows of Queen Kathe- rine, somo eplsoes in the life of Woleey in which his character ta shadowed forth, and the vulgar, arrogent, cruel, and hypocritical King have supplied Shakspeare with colora by means of which he has given us thie picture of "Blut Jonn McCuilough last uight enacted the part of Cardinal IWoleey, Strength ts by no means the characteristic According to those SPORTING. THE COUNT “JOANNES 4S LORD DUNDREAKY. New York Herald, March 23, ‘The agony of suspense which fora weok has been torturing Mr. Sothern’s admirers {ts over, and the worst fa known. nounced a few days ago that the Count Joannes was to play Dundreary io Cousin,” there were among Sothern's friends those who feared that between the Count’s known abilities and tho #1] health of the most. prominent of pravious representatives of the alleged nobleman of a certain perlod, the laurels might be transferred to the brow of the uncrushed tragedian, But'the Count has mog- nanimously waived the laurels; he has success- fully captured Mr. Sothern’s whiskers, balr, eyoglass, and dressing-gown; he has even es- tablished a partial claim to the standard Dun- dreary step; but with these he has apparently contented himself. The pecutlar assemblage which nearly filled the little &t. James Opera-House last night was both sympathetic and critical; but, for practical purposes, {twas botter ftfor a ‘ Pinafore" chorus or a ratification meeting than a body of bebolders of an eminent tragedian who was es- saying a popular comedyrole. It was distinctive- ge time with feet and canes to such orchestral efforts as were pocultar to the ballroom and sing: of all song music that was played. mere play, Lowerer, for Jong before the curtain rose the {mpatience of the gallery was manifest- ed fo o manner that cleared the seate beneath. ‘The raising of the curtalo elicited a roar of satie- above which was beard a voice, appar- fected by the sight of themuch-laundricd proclaiming “Six shirts for nine dol- ue emotion subsided enough for the utterances on the stage to be partiallyaudibie to those who gave them, but when the iuvinvible peared in the tradittonal Florence Trenchard, one delictous, long-drawn ‘*Ah!? ahook the house. A moment or two later the lady seated herself, Why this simple act should have provoked » trementous “Oh!? in which surprise, borror, and admiration atrove for the mastery, was not explained, though porhaps the fact that jets are not equally manageable, and that the public has {ts own ideas as to bow much femiuine stockiny should be displayed elsewhere than on clothes-lincs aud In the window ladies’ furnishlng-goods establishments, may throw soma light upon the subject. A scatter- ing tire of comments und diminutive terns some over-enthusiastic youths and old gentlemen addressing the tero- no as “Avyy” and ‘ Vony, was reserving [ts forces for a fitting welcome to the noble personator of a noble name, and when Atally inade up for Sothern, am- y to the centre and fron Sahern clique, which came to scoff, felt its knees to rattle abjectly ugaiust each other ag cheers, roars, yells, catcalls, whistles, aud other tokens of estecom shivered the trembling air foto multitudiuous vibratious. bowed; his tragic brow cast off its wrinkles; he pleased and was not ashamed to show it. Iiis lips moved; perhaps he said the sensitive pho- State-st. Front, (Via Elevator), Contains an “Entirely PEDESTUIANISM. &pectat Dienatch to Lhe Tribune. Prwapecena, March 20.—Tha Quaker City inglowly warming up to a pitch of enthusiasm almost equal to that af New York on the walk- ing-match, and the hall was crowded to-day wheo Rowell appeared to give an exhibition of the manner in which he ad walked for the Aatley bels. They began to gather soon after noon, despite the fact that Rowell was not ex- pected until 8. Just abont that time he quietly entered the hall, but uo one koew that it was hun, until, afew minutes later, he appeared on the track in walking-iress, and started off in a win's bead had beet cartridge of 22-calibre, from Schaller waa yalise and pat of Baldwin and a pistol were found in the alley-way near which he was dis- stains, which afterwards prayed were found on the he alloy-way leads to reputable houses, aud the fomate: places were promptly arreated. There was no avidence, however, upon which to hold them, and, alter an examfnation, they were released. That there had been « struggle seemed to be shown from the fact that the collar bad been wrenched from the button on one alde, and the necktie of the dead man was missing. Thu lat- ter, howovor, was afterward found by the widow in the pocket of her husbund’s coat, after it had heen returned to her by the polive. a new elemcot of mystery to the affair, as rob- bers do not uaually take the trouble to pack the wardrotes of their victtma so carefully away, On the strength of this discovery the theary of suicide was atarted, but as Mr, B: knowa to bare hai theory was quickly abandoned UURTIO AND DORAN susPactzp, ruiter, March 26. dwin case, wasa fleld day for those who have advanced and he theory that Harry Baldwin was shot by a man Who mistook him for a burglar. fore the Knguirer has avolded publishin; names of the officers suspected, but the againat Oficers Hurtig and Doran, who first re- dorted Baldwin's condition, and were found fn possession of bim, has become so loud, and the imany fingers of the Jaw them, that St is useless The virtuous dle- When {t was an- “The American OF the latest and most artistio de« signs and effects in Axminster, Moquette, Body Brussels, Tapestries, Ingrains and 3-Plys, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Mattings, All the Novelties in Upholstery Goods, Lace Curtains, Window Shades, Ete., Ete. This entire stock has been pur- chased since the recent great de- cline, and we offer our oustomers the best values, At prices the lowest known for years! Chas. Gossage & Co., State-st.—Washington-st, NEW PUBLICATIONS. Bae ee ee THE SEASIDE LIBRARY. Out to-day in Clear, Bold, Handsome Typs, By Misa M. E. Braddon, x King Hal's" days, native to this actor. It fs imposalble for an artist to bo great in everything. A player, whether he knows ft or not, betrays himsolf ike a writer. Anyone who touches seriously with pen and Ink cannot Jong hide bis naturo Mention a yolumtnous author who has not exposed himself, Their scerets cet Into the ink in splteof them. Bo {t Ja with the player. Some familiar tone, some somo habit, trick, or peculiarity betraya the mental predisposition or the bodily weakness. Even Salyini, tho most verantile of all artists, docs not escape from the thraldom of high bealth and muscularity ins quiet comedy part. 80, applause. The recerd was, iret mile in 6:15; second, 7:15; third, 7:07; fourth, 7:18; fifth, 7 7:03; clehth and Jaat, 6:37; total, 7, The runner never paused a second in hisateady run, and at the finish was not at all ont of breath, In the evening the ball was Iterally jammed, and Rowell ran ten miles in one hour and eleven mioutes. exhibition that has been going on for a woek was of the tamestkfnd, but the hall has been crowded often, nud there haye been some people from prying yes, The reat of the treacherous gesture, audience, keepli days’ tramp acainet time. With a handsome figure, and on easy gaft, slie im- mediately won the favor and indulgence of her audience. On the second day her fect gava out, and she tas on the track only a few hours, The indulgence of her audiences held out until the end, however, aud last olcht, when her sixth expired, und she bail accomplished only 169 les, ahe received hearty applause and many flowers from her admirers, who all stone had an her presence on too, with Edwin He never euccceded in completely manifestation of of miscellaneous characters. John McCullough betrays tu Wolsey the leonine growl and the stalwart manhood heard and seen in the herole roica in which he bas appeared during his en- gagement, and {fo the personation of which he has so justly won'a widespread reputation, His full voice, bis robust figure, and bis firm stop fallto present fully the picture of the wily, proud, ambitious, yet tottering schemer. But the personation ig careful ono, and shows much study. His reading, as it invariably ta, was the perfection of elovution. The aros- trophe, * Farewell, a lon; greatness,” was delivere ¢fation of every word's meanin, action and expression the utter the Cardina’s eltuation, Miss Emily Gavin, a young lady who appeared as Hmilia in the “Othello” cast of Inst week, was the Queen We do not wish to wound this lady's feollnge, but in a spirit of candor wo may say that her stature will make it imposs{blo for her ever to become a popular actress, too tall. True, had ahe phenomenal of yoice and feature and dramatic intuition of an unusual order, she might overcome this—for the staze—physical defect, and become famous in such parts as Lad; erine, Brunhilde, or .ifeq Merrilies, but, 08 gifted with a yocal possessing the tracic expressiug varied and asthe dramatic spark within her, jude by her performances last fall und last’ plight, appears to Bicker but fecbl; we are afrald, will never bo personation of Queen Aathering it should be sala that she read the Hues with creditable intelli- gence, but her delineation of the meek sor- rows? and‘ yirtuous diatresses "of the un- fortunate wife of King Henry lacked that refine ment and sympathy necessary to convey the ox- cessive mildness of disposition which makes the entirety of her character, In the trial scone the revelation of sorrow was roasonably well made, subsequent scevo in which yi the most un- she showed that hor conception was much better than were her means of execution. rent in the last act, which requires most care- ful clnboration to pe at all acceptable. aetreas ust indicate by visible signs tho slow but sure approach of death. this, out inartistically, moyements, the inyofuntary play of the hands, und the end, uncertain gaze,—all done very nico- ly, but not above the standard of a good ama- teur, The senthnent of rollgious resiguation permeating the character was nade prominent in a clover way, but the high breediny inherent h meck, fs atill an Arra- Private Watchmen Hurtig and Doran are now suspected by Cnief Wappenatein and Coroner Carrick of having shot Harry Baldwin by mis take, nnd that they bave through fear of the re- sult falled to tell “tne whole truth,’ Carrick says that be bas formed no opinion on the subject, but admits that his sus not but be strongly aroused, Chiof Wappeustein frankly says that he more than auspocts—that, ho believes—this Is the correct theory. Ex-De- tective dim Whito {s convinced that such {a the fact, and, as this has been bis theory from the first, is not much surprised at the reault. alarge proportion of those who have in the cage have been for for the past two days, that Doi knew more than they were telling. The theory upon which the officials seem to be settling down ts about as follows: That Bald- win came up Sixth street to Central oye. followed up one of asked for nothit that sha bad, she was on the track only fifty-seven hours. Annio Bartel has undertaken the task of walking 4,000 quarter miles in as many quarter-bours. be looks lke an Indian, and walks ike an automaton, sleeping sound), several hours every night, and is round the track by her trainer. Ida Voinon bas thus far walked a half mile fn every half hour, and proposes to coutinue to do so until the mid- dle of next May, WRESTLING. Bartisonz, March 20.—The Greco-Roman wrestling match to-night betweeu Miller aud McLaughlin was won by Miller, A CINCINNATI MYSTERY. Tho Murder of Marry Baldwin. Clneinnatt Letter. Cicxemnati, March 94—Nino days have passed since the murder of young Harry Bald- win, und still there is no clew to the perpetrator Stunulated by the offered reward of $1,000, detectives have worked ulght and day, but they are apparently no nearer’ a solu- tlon of the mystery than when they began. Baldwin was found In a dying stato within o square of his own home, Icaning against the wall nearly opposite the public house of which Kate Bennett tv mietress, With no other ground thon this the theorles of the police have centered about the Bennett house, and persisted in connecting hia death with that. of stories have beco invented and circulated, the burden of most of them being that Baldwin, before bls recent marriage, had improper rela- tions with a girl who became desperate at the Joss of iis affections and shot him, but upto thia time not one particle of eytdence to sup- port such a theory has been discovered, and no such girl isto be found. The investigation so far hos gone to prove that Maldwin was a man of frreproacbable habits {on his intercourse with Avoula Fairbanks ay garb ond chevature ol farewell to all my reed to believe, with a tine appre- ran and Hurtig nue or Plum street of endearinent follows 7” but the audience the alley running north from Eteht) tween Plum and Elm (the oue io which the va- iso was found) he wos obliged by a sudden at- tack of a complaint to which he was subject to retire to the nearest alley, and that while there in a altting position was mistaken by the watch- man for o burglar and yshot at, that he lay in- seusibicin the alley until nearly 2 o'clock, when consciousness probably returned, when he staz- gered out of the alley clothing, down Eighth atreet to Elm, and around ‘the corner aud across the street where he was sensessessnes JOCENtD. NE By Mita M.E. Braddon. COWARD CONSCL By Frederick W. Rovlason unable to arrange his bus If he did-on! Heaven caurht his words. plouse, even ot oue’s friends, cannot last for- ever inn critical audlenve, and svon a person who noted the shortness of the vobleman’s yest shouted, ‘Georgie, pull down your yest,"—a suggestion which the audience heartily empha- Soon afterward,! during a temporary Int, the Count was heard to “Dye got an idea,” and-the audio: as heartily na {f this was an acquisition which no. one had ever before suspected. charged au assortinent of wonderful puns that Sothern can never hope to equal unless ho firat takes a four years’ course iu a Junatle asylum, Occasionally did he preface a pun with the an- nouncement, This Is a good ont the audience, acknowledying its intel fan, would respond pltcously, ‘Make tt light.” As each pun was propounded the unaninous reply of the house was “(iyo it up.” When the Count said of 0 was a lunatic, a ribald youth exclaimed, © Why, bo must be your long-lost brother,” and, when the actor agserted his pos- session of brains, the surprise of the audfence seemed to know no bounds. hero-worship of tho ——+ OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, New Yonk, March 20,—Arrived, tho Scythia from Liverpool. Lonvox, March 96,—Arriyed, the Californta from New York. San Francisco, March 90.—Arrived, ge City of Sydney from Sydney, via Hono- trogle greatness, 484—Her Face Was lei Vi! og ih adel: aioe take: y Mrs. Fo: Sam bilek tn Engl ail at's Vow, by Amelia it, Edwards. Women of Faaition.by Annie Ea 470~The Fortunes of Glencure, 4eto—inupert Godwin, —— BUSINESS NOTICES, h man = happy. word! Chow Jackson's Best Swoet Navy Tobacco. ——— ee ‘This, too, was appa- OATARRH REMEDIES. SANFORD’S dGi—the arabian Misa Gayvio did There was the feeble MUSTO, stam 7k oe Tracked by a Ventriloquist,” IF FIRESIDE COMPANION, Tiemeuss wit bs aged WOON ntatn the opening chapters of @ most fascine ating detective atory, entitiea: “Tracked by » Ventriloquist,” By the Author of Ola Sleuth, the Detective’? The Supplement ‘ayn ‘a now sors, UNDER iment of aise Braddun's new ator T." it will algo contain an excel ‘M.S. PINAFOKE," * soine one thut It fs ascertained that on arriving at Connora- ville, on hie way to Cincinnati, on the night of the murder, he had in bis possession about $100, which omounc was increased by collections in thut town; that he was carcless euough to show money Ina billiard satoon there, and to speak of hls collections at the depot; that the number of passengers on the train was RADICAL CURE For F CATARRH {a of marvelous officacy in the treatment of Sore, Weak, Inflamed, Red, or Mattery Eyes; Ulceration and Inflammation ‘of the Ear, Vio- Tent Paing, Neuralgia, Ringing Nolses in the Head, Delirium, and Deafness; Soro Throat, Ulcerated Sore Throat, Elongation of the Uvu- la, Bwelling of the Tonsils, Tickling Cough, and Bleeding of the Lungs; Nervous Meadacho, Disziness, Clouded Memory, Loss of Nervous Forco, Depression of Spirits, and all affections of the Nerves, whether of Catarrhal origin or not. It subdues Inflammation, Ulceration, and Nervous Excitement wherever existing, and hence rapidly curcs the above discases, spectators that they could seem to have Jn mind no ono but the When Asa Trenchard -to the lady who, thoy; player of the title role. expressed a desire to be kept out of the way of a jackusa he was besought to “keep away from Gcorele,” und when the American complained of tho lunch set before blin, because there was no mush” served, he was, advised to * put Gcorgte on the plate.” But even friendly miration cannot stand everything, aud when in the second act Georgiana surprised her noble lover In the act of Mirtin ard, with the final resu! and shoulders were frelehted with the combined charing of both beauteous damsels, the regard of the audience changed to an envy that was al- most demoniac in tts cxoresston. “This tempo- rary unpleasantness wi thé Count exclaiming things ut whtch—well, everybody ttt hus “Vinafore” knows what comes after “ Never,” and cyery man in thut audtence bud evidently “done? the leading sensation, Aga wholo the Count’a performance was eyl- dently pleasing, but there were those in the audience who secned to fear that in departing from high tragedy the noted uctor waa comnitt- tlng au error.” The su aonnel and dress than said agalnst it, but much that is favorable. A. Langdon in make up and bearin ‘ed the sensual and arrogan’ Sutton was a trifle too joll the Cgrdinat Campeino, wud Joh A. Lane con- sclentiously and well ombodted Cromwell. Reguar Fix" concluded the evening, nearing as Hugh de Brass, tough will play for tha first time In Chicago the great role’ of Aing that Baldwin was seen walking homeward tn Ciocionat! about 10:30 o'clock, perfectty sober;” that a shot waa heard ust betore 11 o'clock: in the alley near Vickers Church; that the vallse and o pistol of Baldwin's were found near the spot from which the sound proceeded; that about 1 o'clock he was scen staggering along the same alluy, about a square distant, with his head hank and clutching at his been detached from who had becn searching for s moncy-belt, and Unat a littic later he waa found by a policeman, as already indicated, an te alloy, where be bad known murderer; Mr. Charles Sarron ap) Tonight Jolin McCul «The words and muste of the following son, +A Malden Patr ty 8 The Nigutingale's & with Florence Trench- that the Count’s arms BICI’S RAMBLES THROUGH Panis, Porgons who have 4 taste for travel, for art or architecture, have found much to entertain und instruct them in the ynique and enjoyable enter- taluments which Judge Bick fs giving with his Euryacope in McCormick Hall. ‘The constantly- inereasing attendance Indicatas that the public has discovered something beyond the ordinary fu the “tours and “rambles” which aro undertaken under Judgo Blek's escort,und after, the extensive excursions through Englund and Europe during the past ten days, it {8 not ditti- cult for those who lave scon the ilustrations to conclude that, ne Edward Eyerott Halo sald in Boston, “Nothing more magnificent bas been allayed, however, by | 1% Upow bls brens' ver” about some- ORE," with i and Ute Aunt,’ speechters nud dyin; with Httle money on to show that he was fo stopped in passing, and that the motive was robbery, Detectives nnd the loval newspapers, cling to the theory that a ‘hing todo with tho ‘murder, No case of crime in Cinciunat! for the past ten years has attracted so much attention, The story of this murder ts one of the moat mysterious which has evar been developed ia the criminal history of this city. Harr Baldwin, the victhn, was an agent of the Michi- gau Mutual Life-Inaurauce Company, He was tmuarried a little over @ year ago toa daughter of Mr. Wiswell, a prominent citizen of Cinciu- uati, and the youogcouple acemed to yu very Thursday, March 15, reas fur one year ou res or 6 Dollara—b GHONGE Vandowatersnt., Ne Ye port was better in per- a8 aomelines been seen ju New. York for the same piece, Indeed, some oud a8 to vauge regret that ders had not come trom deat ond dumb iustitutions instead of private lunatic asyiuins. In ono respect the audlence was reinarkable; whenever the curtain fell it arose almost to a man and sought the neighbor- A WONDERFUL CURE Of Catarrh and Sympathotlo Affections, After using the first bottle I began to im- ta ‘The first dase seemed tocloar my De ee eT WHEN YOU NEED A BARREL OF BUY ITAT C. JTHVN BH’s, 110 & 112 Madisonest. of the acting was 80 the bulle of the beliol had not kuown it to be for years, seamed gradually ta arrest the dischurges, It stopped my cough in three days. apargle L soon reduced the {nflamimation and swelling of my tonsils, ao that they goon ceased ‘The soretiess across my cheat nolses In my head gallerica and marble corridors of Verenilles, y in tho parks, the atrolla about tne Exposition buildings, were all a way last nicht as to rovive all of those who had before visited the placcs ple- torially presented. Tho excurstons for the re- malndor of the week are likely to be amon moat popular yet taken. This evening all tho beautles of the Varis Exposition are to be vis- Sted und displayed, and this afternoon and to- morrow and Satuniay evenings a tour through Palcatine will be taken, show(ug all the impor- tant places in sacred history, together with rane taken from Doro'’s iNustration of the Life of Christ. PINAFORE, Tha yeteran John Elleler basa * Pinsforo compuny with himself as the Admiral, and-bia daughters, Efle and Anoio, as Josephine and Hebe, to trouble me, disappeared, the buzzin, ceased, my senses of hearing and of seolig were restored, aud every symptom of als- ad reduced me to the yergo of the grave disappeared by the use of Sanrorn's Rapican Curx vor UatTannn, Geo, F. Dinsmore, Druggist. Boston, Feb, 23. DRAMATIC NOTES, “The Bluck Crook” te still the attraction at | Napvlly tagether. Baldwin went to Rushville on nected with the fnsurance company, Ho remained there until lowlng Saturday morning, whon he started for home, stopping at Connerarille on tho wa! Here ha remained all most of the time fn the company ‘Taylor, tho editor of the Conners- irited during the eves that ho was PRICE THE LOWEST. QUALITY THE BEST. Marie Wiliam, it fa said, will shortly roturo For the fret time in this clty Mmo, Mojeaka will appear as #rou-J'ruu this evoning. Willie Edolun coutemplates the organization of a burlesque company for vext suason, “The Phanix” will bu revived at. Hamlin's to-night, with Milton Nobles tn the leading DE ARSENKOUM, Ue was much dis entire day, und Mr, ‘Taylor be Oppreaged by some premonition of bts coming Ue remarked aeveral times that he was sorry thut he bad written to his wite au- that he would bo home that evenly, and secined to fear to undertake the Wheu ho was called at vo to the train be rofused to ride, and eet out an foot for the depot, He was warned thut ha that he must Surry or he Hig answer was that he hoped He had no heart for the and would not go at all that but that pls wife 4 the depot In time, however, and started for Clucinuati On the train noth- fur particular occurred, tte passed part of his tine in the sinoking-car, und the remainder tn talking with frluoda, and waa seen by Tt {nstantly frees the Nasal Passaces of foul mucous accumulations, rvatores the sonses of taste and smell, leaving the Head deodorized, clear, ond open, the Breath sweot, and every sense fu a grateful and soothed condition, Price, with Improved Inhaler, Treatise, and Sold by all druggists through- out the United States and Canadas, COLLINS: ELECTRIC cate ERUPTIONS, PIMPLES, 8, HLEO| ARSENIGUM “A TRE Supreme: JORIN:REMEDY? lata or sent by malt on seceipt of price. ELL. MAN: v Ave.. Caricago, Tht, cleanses FA rin froin the system, brightens B the eyes, and beautific m. A certaia cure forall The Fifth Avenu ast “White” will succued tt. ‘Tho Lyceum Theatre, New York, will be open- fonday under dock Huverly’s manage- mont, Alice Oates will be the attraction. Renry Irving contemplates the ‘ue Corsican Brothers” when “Homlet? has run its courae atthe Lycoum Theatre, London. When you go Into a dramatic agency now," remarke Horry Hawk, the comediun, “but wo questions ara asked: 1. 'Can 5 *Can you walk?" Jf you cau alng they stip you off with a Pinafore" party. they match you for 10,000 to walk agains Canadian pet. Billy Emmett has offered the Trustees of the Kingsbury cstate 12 per eent of the gross res celpte ag rent for the Metropolitan, Ie pro- poses to ruu variety in It, not yet been accept ‘Flestre management an- hts of "thro! the Dark," A well-known New York manager is sald to be about to bring out Pinatora’ with nove but children of from 7 to 14 years in the cast, being wow byay rehearsing forty odd fond rom $3.00, Bald by Di bail little the, an eS Fon $5 ay Drug- hv would be Jott, Youngsters in cS ROP OSALS. P ROPOSALS FOR ELEVA TORS, expected hi. ‘The * Pinafore” continues to draw large audi- ences at McVicker’s, aud seats aro already sull- ing for the second week. There is every proa- ect now that tho mania may raxo here aa flerco- as it hos at the East. es of the epidemic that it hes attacked the musical community, and the theatro{s now dled. nightly with the class of people who are usually only gcou at grand opera und fmportant cou- VOLTAIC . PLASTER? 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Bo careful ta obtain Corning’ Vourato Exsornic Pusyren, 8 combination capuble of generating # gentle aud continuous current of Electricity that tnfalllvly cures, Sold by all Ovyvice ov Suraevisiua AnoutrEoT, By RY DRPARTMENT, the regular coach, reached Clactnnatl une of his friends, Philip that night, going east, on the sout! had his valiso in bis hand, and louked tred und care-worn, travel-stalucd, but he walked steadily, und ave uo evidence of belay was the Just tine Harry Deldwin wus sepn alive ‘ono of the curtosl- TK tur furuientug, do- If you can't slug, ‘a 2 4 hick and any ad Ea ae Tee a a atte at tile Wee of the Buperinteatent. Rage Acting Supel fal Archtveas. A Beotch verdict on “ Hf. Mf, 8, Pinafore” has Boston: “ Why now, d intnd noo, it's pairfectly redeocutous to suppuse Uiat the rules of the navy wad aloo sfc famaul- larity between the ofliceraand men, or that yon nan Porter could tak about twa dozen weemen slung wi! hiwe on board the slp, An’ the Caplatn on! Admirat wados elng sic-iiko songs, for huvo could deesciptine be pressirved? It's uonusensical trash, wiog.’? It would ba strap; through this coun penny the richer, “Pinafore” should be the A London letter says that Arthur Sullivan “bas lost prestige of late to musical Loudon, principal having stooped to the level fore,’ which, though a yery clever work in its Une, fa thought by many persons to be bencath the dignity of a doctor of music and a inan of Mr. Bullivan’s position anc ability,” Mr, Arthur Bullivan bas published a letter In an English paper, ackuowledging the recolps uf @ payincut by Mauager Ford of 8: accouut of the profits of performing * H. ‘The proposition has ‘Tho Trustees constder it not cvough; Hilly coneiders the terms as inuch ag the house fs worth, and thus the mate About midnight Private Watchman William Doran wnt Otlleer Hurtig weut {nto 8 saloon on Eluvstrect to engage, as thoy allege, In the in- noegut recreation of reading the nowspspers. While there o plitol-shot was heard twu ofilvers rushed tuto the street. fouror flys men in the middle of the street, and asked then who haa dono the shooting. party pamed Schaller said that he bud done it, and that he dune: {t “just tor fun! of the rewular forces came along and arrested the Behatler gave up the pistol, started away with the ofllcers, eventyfive feet, when the: returned, dd Scballer, after treating the crowd, was allowed to go free, turned to the saluon to gut thelr Janterni Doran then passed up E eizhteon feet south of au alle’ between Eighth aud Ninth, leaning heavily ogalust ao deor- way. Mls trousers werd broken from hls 8 af the Liver and Final Notice to tho Holders of Bouds of tho Northern Pacitlo « - Railroad Company. “L Assomolr," the latest Parisian success, Ia to bo produced in this country by Augustus Doly, who tson his way tothis country, To make this repulalvo drama now ranulig at the Atnbigu occeptanie to American theatre-goera Daly will have to industrlously employ a. moral pruning-hook. Jt (s suspected that Agues Ethel will be the Cervaise. ‘The San Francisco Call ot the 18th inst. ‘The ordinmuce passed by the Bi visors on the 8d inet. death of its author, Just then two on account of his of *H. M.S. Pina. elt tabors, Here ferred Stuck will terwiaate od the s0th daz of June, aio. y oy ‘I formation bow the conversion ts Chrcuters ete ae nce! bee Rortuers Pactda Unayed for stock under MKUVERICK BIL: Obuirmas Burcbasing Gomuntttess r to prohibit Sasson plas representing the life un déath of Jesus Christ became a luw yeaterday, ad vlupscd since it was placed in the hauda of the Mayor, and who neither signed r atated yesterday that: lay be revived, and the Board of Supervisors think bis signature to the ou Elm street, eGo, Nanas picts joran discovers ahs otgial agock will should the “ Passion