NEWS dec 17 J metz one of at the men mea who made the unsuccessful al attempt to rob the P wel 41 4 savings 1 and deposit bank here on ebu ra ay and was arrested was ideath nd t today od a b robert pinkerton as hor horace ace ho hovan v a n zas S as little horace Horac eill one ot of th the e M most oat notorious BANK of america hovans accomplice I 1 who escaped is known to be sheridan alias ralston alias keene and known in colorado as walter stewart Bt ewart another dank bank robber ot of notoriety stewart came to denver deaver about fifteen years ao ago with nearly 40 ODO and became a df director rector in one ot of ge the denver benver national banks he lost money fasts fast living high and specula speculating speculation tin and left the state in 1875 alter after a swindling several houses out of considerable consid brable mony V westminster md dec 17 fanny ifandy jones colored is under arrest charged with killing a four year old child by inhuman treatment the child had been left with her by its mother to be taken care of and she tortured it to death the body was covered with scars and burns the woman to is accused of having tortured other chil MURDER AND suicide CHICAGO dec 17 in a disreputable saloon on state street edward bonner toni tonight giat sapt kitty rent kent alias nellie kellie wilson dead ile he then taen billed killed himself drunken jealousy y was the cause of the tragedy both bota bonner bonne r and alad the woman were social outcasts CLEVELAND dec 17 at oberlin ln ohio last night several ot of the college students enticed frank D wolcott a member of the preparatory class into a secluded spot threw him to the ground and coated him with tar J lyttle one of the assailants was arrested today and fined 10 and costs other arrests will follow the cause of the assault was the suspicion that wolcott had told the faculty about students and gambling washington dec 17 AU an answer was received today from the attorney general to the senate resolution of inquiry as to the conduct of 0 I 1 certain united states officers in connection with I 1 thir receivership V oft of the property ot the church of lat ter day saints formed under unde r the edmunds law the attorney general says the court appointed F H dyer united states marshal for utah the receiver in the case in november 1887 the property being of the estimated value of la in beginning begioni D g certain suits as receiver dyer retain retained led as at torney united states district attorney peters allowances of to the receiver and to ills his attorney were claimed and when the knowledge of this fact came to the Depart department meat of justice united states district attorney hobson Colorado ot ol was sent to sall ball lake city to make an examination which is now mow pending representative Breckenrid Re of ken tucky today introduced the joint resolution reported during the last congress by representative tucker from the committee on judiciary proposing an to the constitution DEFINING FOLY dAMY and making it unlawful al at any place in the jurisdiction of the united states or in any state the subcommittee sub committee of the house committee on private land claims has agreed to report favorably to tho the full committee a joint resolution looking lookin to lo the relief of sett settlers leis en an the maxlea maxwell land grant CLU CAGo dec 17 rae proposition to prosecute the chicago ticket scalp ere under the state law prohibiting any person from carrying on a brokerage business in railroad tickets in illinois which practically tidally has been a dead letter is being quietly talked of among ala the railroad managers and an effort is being made to secure concerted action washington dec 17 judge cooley chairman of the interstate commerce commission has returned from investigating the rate cutting war by the northern roads he says the commission will consider the th expediency of recommending amendments which will make it illegal to pay commissions for the sale of tickets and aad require the railroads to redeem the unused unused portion of the tickets for the amount received for them As long ions as the companies are allowed to pay commission so long will the rates be cut commissioner morrison thinks congress will have to be called upon to define excursion tickets as used in the acts as much of the rate cutting to Is done on that class of tickets LONDON dec 18 in the commons after a long debate on soudan matters precipitated by lord randolph chu churchill hill L labouchere b chere moved that a r reduction e d let 0 of t BK be made in the salary of the minis minister r at washington he then censured ceh celli lord salisbury for de lay in appointing a sui successor cessor to lord sackville and for his unfriendly nf friendly attitude towards america sir james ferguson said it was impossible to enter into the matter fully now because it had bad been only in the past ast two days that the government had t been een placed in possession ol of the reasons ar cpr lord sackville receiving his passports as sports he denied there was a disposition position is to sneer at america and said he believed the sympathy and of the two countries would not be affected by the incident there was so no declaration of intention to delay the appointment of lord Sack villes successor until the new president wiam dont should A 4 mr mcarthur asked it if it aves true that two twe years agg england agreed that german influence bould be para mount in ia samoa othor s speakers e a k is I 1 followed owed sir james fergson fergaro 4 a I 1 regarding samoa tie he hoped 0 ak on might be made to those who abo 10 pad d suffered losses losse arft he was not in a position to deal witt with the future policy 61 the island the government lor for years had bad been pl pledged aged to neutrality it was earnestly wished that some settlement might be reached that would put pat an end to the civil wars on the island he thought it was not dot surprising that germany looked to an island so suitable for colonizing pur poses we ought not to be jealous eanous of other nations he be said Labo labouchere achere withdrew his motion ABERDEEN D T dec 17 A call tor for a convention was published here this lafter noon to take measures to prevent it if possible a division vision ai of dakota quite a meeting of leading citizens was held saturday to defeat the they say the division is va purely rely a political move and opposed to the best beat interest of the taxpayers GEN HARRISON indianapolis dec 17 the dent elect had bad it a goodly number of out of town callers today A committee representing the me urana army posts of kings county N Y presented him a petition signed by the commanders ot of the grand army posts askin asking him aim to review revie w the parade of the GAT GAR veterans 0 on n memorial day next may and accompany the procession to the tomb of general at riverside general harrison Harr laon informed the corn com cittee that while he be would be glad to participate P t e W with ith his comrades on that occasion cc it was impossible for him at this early day to make an engagement six months month B in advance the committee then asked him to regard the invitation ai ad a standing one col J atkins of savannah go arrived in the city this evening AND WILL CALL upon general harrison Harn sou atkins was collector at the port of savannah Sava unab lor for eight years under grant anda was at af ter warda wards nominated by president Preside itt hayes hayea federal district judge edse buethe but the senate failed ailed to confirm it is asserted he be is I 1 here to suggest the name name ol of a southern republican tor for a cabinet portfolio I 1 A delegation will arrive tomorrow I 1 from birmingham ala representing the manufacturers of that section fur for the purpose of presenting to the pres dent elect a congratulatory memorial they are said to represent capital of invested entirely inthe in ahe south several of the delegation and many of the signers to the memorial are reported to ue 0 democrats who voted the republican ticket on account of its advocacy of protection the sews of the nomination of As ag distant united states district attorney leon A bailey to succeed district attorney sellers who resigned has oc casio aed ned considerable surprise the republicans claim without hesitation I 1 that h a t baileys nomination dominac ion 18 OBNOXIOUS to general harrison and his friends because of the course he be pursued during daring the cato in speaking personally and according to senator mcdonald arrone erroneously bously of gen harrison Harri aon the rhe prediction is if reely freely made that tle nominate nomination ion will not be confirmed the federal grand I 1 ury convened this afternoon after a weeks recess there are understood to be several election indictments tr fr fraud ready for action SAN FRANCISCO dec 17 the california national bank of san ban francisco suspended payment today B R P thomas president stated slated the sus pension was due to the irregularities of the cashier C H ramsden that thai the extent of these irregularities wad not known but the bank has sufficient available funds to insure all depositors against loss cashier was s suspected u a P acted last week and an investigation t 1 0 n of Us his books to is in progress which so far has not been thorough for any definite statement iobe 10 be issued the bank was incorporated two years ago as a joint stock organization the shares being taken by investors in this city and the east the authorized authorize auth oriz ld capital was of which w was a il subscribed in coin it is stated that t th the e irregularities referred to are not of criminal charac character but consist principally of 61 bad loans CHICAGO dec M 17 the much tangled Linda lindauer ual liti litigation kation has finally been bea put in shape for settlement by an agreement entered into this after noon the present receiver and assignee are to retire A anew new receiver will be apo appointed pointed by the circuit court and a new assignee by the county court the receiver will collect and reduce to cash all the assets of the firm levied on by the sheriff the proceeds will be held to await the action of the supreme court dim the jurisdiction of the county court yf if the latter be sustained all the f undo funds will be turned over ever to the assignee the pett settlement lement releases receiver from the imposed on him saturday dec IT 17 A special to the picayune from west point miss says news reached here this morning 0 of a horrible tragedy enacted at the quiet little village of Wb allen miss to forty ry miles south of this city on the mobile 4 last night where four white men were killed outright and aad eight wounded three mortally by a volley of lead at the hands bands of desperate negroes the only particulars to be learned are AS FOLLOWS gome oge two m hotbo ago i a white tamer fanner living a few fete miles from toe tillage lost I 1 his rin gin house together witta eight or i ten bales of cotton by fire which was evidently the work of an incendiary suspicion was at once oace directed to one or two negroes working tv ID the vicinity with whom the farmer had had trouble the officers in the me meantime antima had bad been searching for evidence against the negroes at a late hour last night sufficient evidence bel being ng gathered sa ono one of the negroes was approached by an officer who demanded demaa ded that he be surrender the negro became furious and after ter chis rUly ay assaulting the officer he escaped this aroused the ludig indig nation of the few whites in the nelen organized to capture but not to mob the f fugitive the woods in the vicinity were scoured but not a trace of him could be found however it was decided for the posse to act j in n a body and surround his premises sea they had bad a few miles la Is the direction of of the negros house when from an ambush came a DEADLY VOLL gollzi Zi i fifty well armed negroes composed the mob after every white man had bad fallen to the ground the negroes dispersed horror kriken st riken the have for fer aid 8 seventy five well armed men left meridan mississippi at 10 this morning for or the scene of the tragedy at west point and will furnish more help as soon a ahe he necessary advices advises can be had bad marts r t from the scene of the riot are flicking the picayune Pica yunes s macon special says saya the people euple are excited hore here over the tee killing of heury henry mowry cobb and vaughn three prom anent white men in kemper county by the negroes nes roes and the wounding of other white men among the number tom nicholson who was shot in the body and had his arm broken nine negroes were killed or wounded twenty young men of this city have gone to the scene of the trouble the negroes are said to be well armed and en masse and seem determined to it out various rumors exist it ilia is feared there will be bloodshed to tonight n THE FOLLOWING is the latest f from rom the mississippi sis sippi tragedy it is believed to be an authentic account A special 13 pa dispatch from columbus mississippi 1 sippi I 1 to the picayune says be several veral reached this cit city Y this morning irom from artesia brill bringing gim 9 news of the wholesale slaughter ot a constables posse near ghallek Wh allek a small on the M 0 railway oear near macon mississippi on friday last a neero ne ro and a white boy got into a tight the the white boys boya lather father at tempted to separate them when he was set upon by a negro boy and his lather father and terribly beaten yesterday the white man swore outa out warrant for ane negros arrest and constable seta cobb went to the I 1 negros faasse to execute it when he was wa attacked by a umber number a of negroes and beaten he then summoned ned a posse of twelve men and went yesterday evening to arrest the negro tae posse osse was dred upon from ambush ang and five w re KILLED OUTRIGHT and six wounded more or less seriously the diya di ya spread rapidly and the negroes were strongly reinforced ek telegraphed along aloes the line lice U ti help and monday responded with about seventy five well armed m men they were joined at every station arid reaching Wb allek in arched immediately to the scene of H bloodshed the negroes were barricaded barricades barrica ded and add refused to surrender or gh hive ghe e up the dead uy whites at poon the forces arces were about equal and what is the result no one knows this afternoon news was waa received here that the negi negroes oes had retreated to the swamps and are stubborn while the noncombatant noncombatant negroes are flying to the woods in terror there is considerable sid erable excitement here and new developments are awaited anxiously the following as a list of the KILLED AND WOUNDED killed henry seth cobb tom nicholson Nic bolson bill vaughan bill hare wounded frank maury tom giles bob harper H L harper john dew goff thomas A special from macon miss says bays it is reported this evening that seven of the negroes implicated were shot this morning two armed squads let here today tor for the scene of ane trouble and ana more blood bloodshed sned may be expected the negroes have not bau adb reports f from rain the country w awre me they are congregated state their number la is bs being continually increased by reinforce mente ment and that they abey are fully armed and determined to fight to the end I 1 midnight advices advises lust just received from the scene of the trouble state that mt I 1 the negroes degroes have become alarmed at t the number of reinforcements which the whites have jece received ived from all quarters and HAVE RETREATED to lo the swamps where they are fortifying themselves and making every pre parati onto resist all attacks they are armed with muskets and pistols and are abundantly supplied with ammunition the whites are mostly armed with winchester rifles shotguns and some side bide arms and are determined to put