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Yesterday's Proceedings of the House *
and the Senate.
The IIoiiko I’nsMs (lie Nimil Hill—Tin- Sunilry
rivil \i>|iro|irin1 ion Itill (icios Thininth iho
Soimto llluir ifols In ii Tt injiitiin< i- 1’i‘iivisiiiii —
01 lior Null's nl' liilorest.
Washington, July 24.—Immediately
after the reading of the journal the house
went into a committee ol the whole, Crisp
in the chair, on the bill for the increase of
the uavy.
After speeches by Herbert, Coutelle and
others, the original bill was read by sec
tions for amendments.
Ballentine moved an amendment appro
priating ^1,200,000 for the construction of a
cruiser ot between 2500 and 2500 tons dis
placement with a speed of not less than
twenty knots, upon plans, designs and
specifications furnished by Charles D.
Lundberg, of New York. Adopted—137 to
30.
This amendment is intended as a sub
stitute for the clause providing for the con
struction of three double-bottomed cruis
ers.
On motion of Beck an amendment was
adopted inserting in the bill a provision
contained in the substitute for a dynamite i
gun cruiser.
Buotelte moved to strike out the clause ;
which authorized the secretary of the
navy in certain emergencies to import, j
armor for new cruisers. Agreed to—101
to 57.
Brady, of Virginia, ottered an amend- I
ment providing that one of the new ves- j
sels shall be built at the Norfolk navy yard.
He was afraid that unless such provision
were inserted in the bill the president and
the secretary of the navy would discrimi- 1
note against the Norfolk yard. Rejected j
The committee then rose and reported the !
bill to the house.
Ballentine’s amendment was rejected ;
without division. Tne other amendments
were voted upon in bulk, and they were 1
rejected- -yeas 10S, nays 111.
Herbert then offered as a substitute for
the bill a proposition agreed to by the |
committee on naval affairs which has been
published. It was agreed to yeas H7. '
nays 10-1— and the bili as so amended wa- 1
passed.
The house then, at 5 o'clock took a re
cess an till 3 o’clock, the evening session to
be for the consideration of land forfeiture
bills. |
In the house at the evening session the
bill declaring the forfeiture of lands grant
ed to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg Railroad Company was called
up. Buffoon made a speech in support ol
tne bill which he said restored to toe pub
lic domain between three and four hun
dred thousand acres of land.
The bill was passed.
The remainder of tin evening session
was consumed in an ineffectual elfort to
secure a quorum to act upon the Mobile
and Girard land forfeiture bill, and then at
10:50 the house adjourned.
lows: “And the secretary of the treasury I
is hereby authorized and r ; bred to issue
sil\t-r cert ideates in dr .it inns ot otic, 1
two and live dollars, m . the silver celi.i-
caliB herein authorized slut'l be receiva
ble, redeemable and payable in like man
ner and for like purposes ns is provided for
silver certificates by the act of l'ebrmtr\
23th, 1S7S, entitled an act to au
thorize the coinage of standard 1
silver dollars and to restore its legal tender
character, provided that said denotnina-
tioiis of ?1, .|:2 and 45 may he issued in lieu
ot silver certificates of larger denomina
tions in the treasury, and to that extent
said certificates ol larger denominations
shall be cancelled and destroyed.”
Beck gave notice that when the bill was
reported back to the senate he would de
mand votes on these amendments.
The clause for the construction |
of u terrace and grand stair- I
ways of the capitol was then
taken up and Hale ottered the following (
proviso : “Provided, that the work under |
this appropriation shall he done so as to
provide committee rooms on the west
front terrace with proper ventilation and
light from windows in the outer western
wall.”
After some discussion Vest made a point
of order and the amendment was ruled out.
Allison moved to strike out the clause
reappropriating the unexpended balance
for the construction of terraces. Agreed
Excitement In flic Lone Stir Stale Abo.il
Editor Cutting $ imprisonment.
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in liesll'll.
As the matter now stands the bill simply
appropriates £150,000 for continuing the
work on terraces
On motion of Dawes, an appropriation I
of $25,000 for the education of children of
school age in Alaska without regard to !
race was inserted.
On motion of Hoar an item appropriating
— F. ftallsill's
Chicago, July 24.—Special dispatches
from Ml Paso and Port "Worth, Texas, pub
lished here this morning, indicate that
great excitement prevails throughout
Texas over the detention of Editor Cut
ting by the authorities of the state of Chi-
huahau after the repeated demands for his
release by the American consul. The
news pa pert of the section assert that the
men of Texas are ready for war, and it
needs but a word to start one.
A special from San Antonio says: “There
is considerable bustle about the military
headquaiters here, and although the offi
cers are reticent, the report, is current that
Gen. Stanley has received orders to have
all his available force in readiness to move
at a moment’s notice to El Paso. The
gathering of t.ie Mexican war cloud is
watched here with a great deal of interest,
and 1 jut the one opinion prevails that the
Mexican government should be taught that
it cannot imprison American citizens with
impunity.”
FACTS FRO d FOREIGN CHORES.
Senate.
Washington, July 21. -On motion of
Mr. Hoar, the senate passed the house bit.
to permit tile entry, free of duty, of dutia
ble -foreign goods for exposition at the
fourth biennial exposition of the United
States Bottlers' protective association.
Mahone, from the committee an pubi c
buiiumgs ana grounds, reported back, with
amendment, the house bill for the creetion
of a public buiiding at Jacksonville, Flu.
The amendment was agreed to. and the
bill passed.
Also senate bills for public buildings at
Oxford, Miss., and Charlotte, N. C. Cal
endar.
Miller asked leave to call up the Gilt to
amend the act prohibiting the importation
of contract labor. Objected to by Ed
munds oil the ground that the bill pro-
proposed to give the execution of tile law
to state officials.
Coke ottered a resolution discharging the
committee of finance from further consid
eration of the house’ joint resolution for
tlie payment of the surplus in the treasury
on the public debt. He gave notice that
he would call it up Monday and vote up
on it.
The resolution ottered yesterday by Ed
munds instructing the committee on for
eign relations in regard to the violation of
the rights of American fishing and mer
chant vessels in Canadian waters was
taken up and adopted.
Hawley, from the committee on print
ing. reported buck the house bill directing
tlie public printer to forward copies of the
record free of charge I to each legation
V iroad. Passed.
Also, a resolution for the collection and
printing of the presidential vetoes from
the organization of congress to the present
time, arranged in chronological order.
Adopted.
Tlie senate then, at 11:45 ; resumed con
sideration of the sundry civil appropria
tion bill.
Going back to the paragraph on page 19,
requiring the secretary of the treasury to
issue silver certificates of one, two and five
dollars on all surplus silver dollars now in
the treasury, in payment of appropriations
made in this bill and other expenditures or
obligations of the government, which cer
tificates shall be redeemable in standard
silver dollars on demand, and when paid
into the treasury shall be reissued subject
to the provisions herein for the redemp
tion of the same, the committee of ap
propriations recommends the striking out
of the clauses of the within quotation
marks and to add the following: “Pro
vided, that said denominations of one, two
and five dollars may be issued in lieu of
silver certificates of larger denominations
in the treasury, and to that extent said
certificates of larger denominations shall
be cancelled and destroyed.”
Beck offered as a substitute for the para
graph, the amendment of which he gave
notice some time ago, and addressed the
senate in explanation and advocacy of the
amendment.
At tlie close of Beck’s speech, tlie point
of order was made by Allison against the
amendment, that it was general legisla
tion, and tlie point was sustained by the
chair, thus excluding the amendment.
The amendment by the committee,
striking out tlie words “on all surplus sil
ver dollars,” etc., was agreed to without
division.
The amendment striking out the words,
“and shall lie redeemable in standard sil
ver dollars,” etc., was agreed to—yeas 25,
nays 24—as follows:
Yeas—Aldrich, Allison, Butler, Cameron,
Chace, Conger, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds,
Evarts, Frye, Gray, Hale, Harrison, Haw
ley, Hoar, McMillan, Miller, Palmer,
Pfatt, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Stan
ford and Wilson of Iowa, 25.
Nays: Beck, Berry, Brown, Call, Cam
den, Coke, Colquitt, George, Gibson, Har
ris, Ingalls. Jones of Arkansas, Jones of
Nevada, Maxey, Mitchell of Oregon.
Pugh, Riddleberger. Teller, Vance, T est.
Voorhees, Walthall, Whitthorne and Wil
son of Maryland.—25.
The amendment adding the words “pro
viding that said denominations.” etc., was
agreed to without division.
Tlie clause, us it now stands, reads a- f<•!-
£7509 for 1 he purchase of W
painting of the first flight of iron clads
was inserted.
On motion of Mahone an item of £20.00’
was inserted for a marine cable from Croc
Charles to Cape Henry.
Blair moved to add to the clause appro
priating -5 ,.50. for the expanses of the in
auguration of the Bartholdi .Autm . the
following proviso : “Provided, however,
that no part of the sum herein appropri
ated s!:i.II be used to procure or pavt r
spirituous liquors or tobacco or slim: Tints
or narcotics in any for".i, :iur shall am.
charge or expenditure for the same be paid
by the Clilted stales "
Allison assured the senator from New
Hampshire that there was not the slight
est probability of any such thing being
done He hoped the senator would not
press his amendment.
Blair assured the senator from Iowa that
if he did not think it necessary lie would
not have offered it.
Allison said there was nothing in the
ipproprint’on except a small sum to enter
tain fo • i n guests.
Blair—“That is precisely what I have
referred to.”
Allison made a point of order that the
amendment was not in order, Gut the point
was overruled by the chair Sherman', on
the ground that the senate had the power
to limit the use of an appropriation.
Blair said lie had desired the amend
ment to bo adopted without remark. He
hud not anticipated opposition, but as to
there being no danger of the money being
used in that way, be had only to refer to
1 he recent celebration at Yorktown when
bet ween >7000 and £S0On was spent out of
the public treasury for the nations of the
earth to get drunk upon.
Gorman moved to lay the amendment on
t he talilc.
A vote taken by yeas and nays resulted—
yen.-, 27, nays 23 —so the amendment was
not laid on the table and it was then agreed
to without division.
On the motion of Ransom an item of
•20,01)0 was inserted for establishing u
light at Harbor Island bar between Pamli
co and Co\e Sound, X. C.
The senate, at ii p. m., took a recess till 8
o clii k with tlie purpose of finishing the
Gill to-nig'ht.
At the e vening session the senate re
sumed consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill, and all tlie amendments
adopted as ill committee of the whole-
except such as were reserved for special
votes, were agreed to first. The amend
ments reserved were those in reference to
the issue of silver certificates.
Beck demanded tilt- yeas and nays on
the amendment to strike out the words
“on all surplus silver dollars now in tile
treasury in payment of appropriations
made in this bill, and other expenditures
or obligations of the government.”
Sherman appealed to Beck not to at
tempt to force such legislation on the bill
at litis stage of the session. He believed it
to be a breach of the republic faith and
contrary to the pledged faith of the na
tion. A discussion of it at this time seemed
to be mockery of legislation. Its passage
would alarm the public credit and do
imu'u to bring about a condition of allairs
which everybody would regret, in which
gold would disappear from circulation and
he either hoarded or exported. He had
no objection to ion the contrary
he favored the issue of one. two and five
dollar certificates instead of larger denomi
nations, as silver was intended fur the
minor wants of trade. This legislation
proposed a revolution in currency whieli
would endanger the whole foundation of
the financial system of the country, it
had no place in tlie bill, being a
change of the existing law and not
being reported by the committee
on appropriations or the committee
on finance. He trusted that the gentle
man from Kentucky would have reason
able deference for the opinion of others
vrtin had studied the question as much as
he iBecki laid. It seemed to him an un
pardonable piece oflegislation at this time.
Beck replied to Sherman, stating that
the proposition had come from the house
of representatives and was in the bill. It
had been .distributed among the sena
tors for a month, and had
been before tlie committee on finance
at tin- suggestion of the senator from
Ohio, himself, and not acted on. He de
clared that tlie silver coinage of the coun
try had never had a more iuveterateenemy
than the senator from Ohio.
Sherman denied that accusation and
claimed to he a better friend to silver than
the senator from Kentucky.
The discussion was continued by Ed
munds, Harrison, Teller, Jones, of Arkan
sas, and others.
Allison characterized the house provision
as a crude and undigested provision which
had been put in the bill for a single pur
pose only, and that was to coerce an un
willing president or administration.
After considerable discussion and votes
on a variety of amendments tlie paragraph
as to silver certificates was left in the shape
in which it was fixed this afternoon Gy the
senate as in a committee of the whole.
The bill was then passed and tlie deficien
cy bill was taken and the first reading
dispensed with.
The Semite then, at 10:30, adjourned,
lii'liiirli'il I'll turn lily.
Washington, July 24.—Senate 1, Mahone
to-dav reported favorably from the com
mittee on public buildings and grounds a
bill appropriating £100.000 for llu- erection
of a public building at Charlotte N. C.
A \i h National Hank.
WASin.voTOX, July 2L—-The comptroller
of currency to-day authoriz' d the .Nat ional
Bank of Laurens, S. C.. to begin business,
with a capital of *53.000.
i* »r Ir t-liiD W.m.’gii! '!.•■ >i »!! -I fior.
I’ll CI 1 . Kt«\
London, 21. —The Wi sleva.i M- th- j
odist ion fort-ace. n«»w is.-essioii keiv '
under consideration t prop jskion to hoi.', j
an ecumenical conference in the L’nitcd j
State- in r tic yea: 1 IV*1.
"Hr: i kSt'KHs ::: v<»xt ekenck.
Lora Churci.ii: has arrived In |
London. Loro Salisbury called upon Lt.r.l
Hart in lit <ni and held an hour’s confc.cu -
with him. Darting?"!’ promised Salisbury
friendly support but declin'd to join the
. conservative governm..nr. Cnurchill sub- ,
sequent'v held a ?*o;•fore.ice with Sab's- |
bury. At 11 o’clock Ini'-- inornii..^ Sal is- j
bury started for Osborne to receive vat
■ queen’* command to A rm the govern
ment.
WORT'S OF C HE Fit.
1 The Most Bov. Thomas V,*. (Yoke, arch- |
bishop oi’Casbel. has stilt to the treasurer i
of the national league parliamentary fund i
a remittance containing contributions froai j
1 nearly ail the priests of the diocese. In
the letter bearing the remittance the arch-
i bishop says: -‘There is no ground for de- I
I spondency. Wc|ha\e the greatest political
! strategist at our head. The courage of our
. race was never higher or more hopeful.
I The sympathy of all the civilized world is
i with us. We have a compact party of 300
j members in the house of commons. Nearly
| a million and a half of Englishmen voted
I for rc-sluTing our eoimtrv’s rights. - '
MISSED HIS FOOTING.
Niagara F ilt..-', July 24.— Win. P Mil
ler. conductor in charire of the sleeper run
ning between New York and Chicago, via
the West Shore and Grand Trunk railway*--,
after arriving at Suspension bridge on the
Facitie express last evening, got off t he trail,
to leave some reports ; t the ticket ofric*
in the New v or ] : (Antral depot. In tin
meantime his car vas switched on to the
Grand Trunk train going west. In at
tempting to b »ard his car when tin* train
was pulling out to er r-s the bridge hi*
misled his looting and fell along tne si de
rails. He was wedged between the tics
and frames of the track and received such
iiijtuie*that nt died. He leaves n wife
and tw > children,who reside in New York.
The deceased was favorab’.y known along
the line between New York and Chiea go
Awivin . lure on tin* lit!;, and took ih**
P-! - ,n* light, and the m xt
<.u.\ loth of June, w«. it iinonni • n«*
r .j «».i :1c 21st landed in Honduras,
y.nytho remai'i-l then.- -rid roobvd *:.<•
Hv\ Nethercott, when In* returned on 1
the Wa.'Merer, beating the purser of tin.*
vessel out of Since he has been here
he 1 as siu reeded in victimizing a number |
nmivtlr.* is a well educate 1 and intelli- i
gent man, but a most eonsnmnte falsifier.
He is a I old and unscrupulous adventurer. |
and tells his untruths in a manner which j
could almost convince any one of the truth
of his assertions, in the role of injured
and indignant innocence he is immense, |
while tile part of repentant sinner and re- |
formed man is one especially adapted to i
hi.i historic talent. He would make n \
superb actor could he adapt liis talent to
the stage. lie leaves the city for Colon to
morrow morning.
Tin* Surplus Resolution.
Washington, July 2-1.—The select com
mittee of thirteen republican senators held
a caucus this morning in the room of the
finance committee to further the conside
ration of the surplus resolution. No deter
mination as to the form in which the reso
lution shall be reported at all, was reached.
The sub-committee appointed at tlie meet
ing at Sherman's house is said to have re
ported a substitute for the resolution, fix
ing th<- m-iximu n suiplus to be retained at
flMi).coo. and the minimum at glKfOOO,-
00>\ hip !ea\ ing the amount within those
limits t*> i he discretion of the secretary of
tk.* t.•v.-.r.ry. J? is probable tiu.t some
deii iito action will dc reacl’t-d next Tues-
A Readable Review of the Junior and
Sonic r Exorcises.
fin h.
held :
PROFESSOR LEON’S FEAT.
< the (•ruiuM at Tallulah Kalb «.n
a Titrlit Rope ill tin I*r-*«•«» -t* «if F-iur i hou^uud
Finpli*.
Atlanta,July 2\ -ProNF.Leon.of Mans
fic-ld. Ohio, to-day performed what is said
to be the most marvelous rope walking
feat on record. He crossed the grand
chasm at Tallulah Fails on an ii.ch and a
half rope fifteen hundred feet long, and
suspended from cliff to cliff at a height of
twelve hundred feet above the rapids.
Four thousand people witnessed the feat,
three thousand going from Atlanta.
THE BOGUS CLERGYMAN
roufcKses Huiuur Milled the Propa* of Mobile.
New Orleans Chronicle. July 21.
Last Saturday Detectives Gaster and (
Cain arrested a young man who represented
himself as the Rev. H. J. Nethercott, of
Honduras, and claimed to be a regularly
ordained and commissioned Episcopalian
I clergyman. These representations, it was
| found, were utter!v false, and the fact was
subsequently learned that under the name
I of Charles Emanuel Wright he had stolen
| the pape-s found in his possession, clerical
! ve'C.i • ii 3. •• i - n money from the genuine
1 Rev. Hugh J. Nethercott in Honduras. The
y... .* .* *. il'.-o .i lot of falsehoods to
: sevenv r- p-.ruiwhich were swallowed
| without sal* :>.:?d published. Since then
j the detective- . urued that a man giving
the name of George Henry who affected to
I be- a divinity student and an Euiseopal
I clergyman, had victimized the good people
| of Mobile, and succeeded in borrowing
* quite a large sum of money from our cred-
! ulous people. He claimed to be the heir of
£80.000, left him by the decease of an aunt
in England, and made quite a sensation.
He became engaged to a young lady named
i Miss Brown, of Bern Secour, near Mobile,
and chartered a tug. the Daisy, to go after
his bride. He still owes $50 for the services
of the tug. and barely escaped a cowhiding
on that occasion.
1 Yesterday the* detectives set out in search
of the r* verend fraud, and after considera
ble trouble located him at No. 1119 Camp
street. The reports in reference to the
Rev. G« orge Henry were read to him. and
he indignantly denied them. As it was
apparent that Hie Rev. George Henry, the
pretended Nethercott. the alleged Charles
Emanuel Wrigl.t. and alias several other
names, were* one and the •same person, tlie
facts were given to the press; and this
morning the fraudulent Henry, or Nether
cott. r» ad a fullaccouut of the Mobile in.it-
ti r. After this h<- was calk d on by . tri* nil.
to whom he confess <l that lie was the
pretended llenry in Mobil* .
He claims that hi* right name is .Samuel
Smytlie, and that he Inis a rich uncle in
Cohin, Panama. He was burn in tin In
land of Jamaica. and when >evcn year-
old went to England. On his return *o Ja
maica be studied for the ministry and was
ordained a clergymen, but to use his own
I". RAi-r Mini H.iFmr Bit!.
-KiNtYfoN, July 21. Another imifecl-
nvr< lice was ha»i this evening on the
and Imr'oor appropriation bill. A
•r meeting of the coiile-reiHe will be
Tondav, but there are small chances
T.rncinent, as the managers on the
f t in two houses are as far apart a.s
•; »hc tlcnrrryin canal. Sandy l>ay
lake cana! 'i nendinents inaile
bill by the sfjpt *. It is probable
• w! n be made by the
conferees to test the sense of the
” t.• i- inr-'etant amendment be-
!*t'-rtn:ning the idea of conceding the
• at is-lie. Them i«* every prospect of
nr-mise on the New York narbor
TURF NEWS.
Tlu* R:w-' n at Mnmi'i nt h Park YiM.-nlaw
Monmouth Park, July 24.- -First race,
three-fourths mile, Sapphire won. Little
Mincli second, Mark Lane third. Time
1:17.
j Second race, for two year olds, three-
| fourths miie; Australia won, Kapomiga
I colt second, Belvidere third. Time 1:17b
I Third race, for three year olds, one and
one-fourtli miles. Charity won. The Bard
' second. London third. Time 2:14.
I Fourth race mile and furlong, Rupert
• won. Buffalo second, Col. Sprague third.
! Time 2b
I Fifth race, one mile: T-'-umseh won.
I G- 'ifuI m 2d. Heartsease :• *• * 1.‘.7.
‘ i.vth vac \ one mile; War Eug’.c w i?i.
Adrian 2d, WhizgigJd, time, 1:i.S .
Se\enth race, ovo full collide; 'I'niti
Srown won. Buckra2d, Abraham 3.1: time,
5;0.).i.
Sahatooa. N. Y., July 21.—First race,
fivc-eightiis «.»f a mile. Fletcii Taylor v/on:
Lridv Wavward 2 1. Brambleton hd. Time.
1:()L
Second race, all ages, one mile: Miss
Wuodfoias Wu;:, Of.u ji: 2d, Joe Cotton 3d.
Time. 1.43b
Third r „ f r three-year-olds, one and
three-quarter miies: Inspector B won, 171k-
wooj 2d. Ligero 3d. Time. 3:10.
Fourtli race, one and one-eighth miles;
Test won. Ji:.*i J>ougiass 2d. Miller 3d.
Time, 1:S7 : .
Fifth race, one and a half miles: Bourke
Cochran wo:i. Disturbance 2d, Hinds 3d.
Time, 3:03.
Tin- Ril«-'-s Jit « llirilifo.
CinrAco. July 24.—First race, three-
quarters if a mile. Truant won. Sailor Boy
2d. E ftV*r Ha rdy 3d; time 1:17.
Second race, one and one-eighth miies.
Hattoo won. Eloise 2d; time 2:39.
Third race, one ami one-half miles, Jim
finest won. Punka 2d, Luckv P» 3d; time
3:34.
Fourth race did not fill.
Fifth race, three-quarters of a mih*.
Moonlight won. Cuban Queen 2d, Shadow
3d: time l:14i.
Extrajlrace, three-cpiarters of a mile,
Charley Lucas won. Our Friend 2d. Hen
rietta 3d: time 1:14.
Sixth race, one mile. Gleaner won, Jim
Gray 2d, Logan 3d: time l:41j.
ON CHANGE.
A small Riisiru*^ ami Ph-nt) of llniiiors
New York, July 24.- There was little
news, but the usual supply of rumors at
the stock exchange to-day, some of which
were used with effect upon prices. Ad
vices from the west contained nothing but
reports of damage ?• Gn- corn crop, while
certain me:. the late Chicago bull
party r.rc quoted a- *; ng a very unfavor
able view of-; • prospects in that re
gion. a: <■ > ipuntly of the prices of
stocks. J'm- selling of grangers continued
to-day. but i;i no round amount, and the
prices of thi -» stocks continued to yield
sit wiy. Northern Pacific were again the
strouge it stock i on the- list. The
market was irregular at the
opening, the piincinal changes being an
advance of \ in Louisville and Nashville
and j in De laware and Hudson. .Subse
quent trading was extremely dull and un
interesting throughout the day. tin* prices
being generally heavy until toward the
close, wh'-n t' nt /-<_• was so me little improve
ment in the quotations, tin* market elosing
steady. The final prices show insignificant
changes only from those of last evening,
declines predominating. The only notable
exception “was an advance of 1 in Lmis-
ville and Nad.vilie. Sales 113.000 shares.
l lu- l« Mis ; i \. r,
Lynchbuhi». Ya., July 24. Dr. Rose, of
tlie department of agriculture, Washing
ton. is here investigating the Texas fever
among the cattle of ’irginia and lias found
several cases; also one ease of pleuro
pneumonia in N- b’k count v.
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Athens, Ga., Julv 23. Tuesday morn-!
ing at ff o’clock the .ilumni hoi iety of the i
uiu » rsit.v met in the prayer hall in the (
Franklin building, lion. Win. M. Ham
mond. of Thomasville, was elected an ;
honorary member of the society. Sylvanus |
Morris, Ksq., of Athens, was elected |
alumni orator for next commencement.
Hon. P. W. Meldrim, of Savannah, was
elected alumni trustee to till the vacancy
caused by the expiration of the term of of
fice of Mr. H. \V. Grady, of Atlanta. Mr.
Grady was Saturday elected to a life mem
bership in the board of trustees. Mr. P.
A. Stovall, of Augusta, was elected alumni
trustee to fill the unexpired term of Hon.
N. J. Hommond, of Atlanta, who has also
been elected to life membership in the
board.
A committee of seven alumni, resident
in Athens, was appointed to make arrange
ments for a grand banquet next commence
ment. The following resolution was most
enthusiastically adopted:
“Resolved, That it is the Jsonsc of this alumni
society tlm: a well equipped, department of physi
cal culture is of vital interest and of necessity to
the university of <ieorgiu and to its progress and
! welfare.
• •' r 11 r. t n copy of this resolution he transmitted
io the hoard of trustees and if deemed necessary
! hv said hoard of trustees to accomplish this de-
■iiVahh end, the claims ofthis department he pre-
: rented to tlie legislature."
i At 11 o’clock the society adjourned to
i Mr. i impel to hear tlie alumni oration by
| Judge Logan (A BlcckU*y. After prayer
| by Rev. Mr. Jarrell of Athens, Hon. Joel
A. Billups, president of the alumni society,
introduced Judge Bleckley. A large audi-
, m * was pii'-cnt, and listened very atten-
i * iveiv to tlie distinguished speaker. After
a spicy introduction, greeted with many
: out! >:i rsl s of hi lighter and applause, lie said
it .va*- time “to enter seriously on the duty
| of dullness, ard assmning truth to bean
acceptable subject, if not a familiar one. at
i a univei sitv he would recite a soliloquy on
; ‘Truth in Conduct-.”* He then delivered
! one of t lie most profound and interesting
j adilri «j;cn ever delivered before the alumni
I society.
the junior exhibition.
! Tuesday afternoon at i o’clock the junior
! exhibition occurred. The young gentlemen
acquitted themselves handsomely and with
much credit to their instructors. The fol
lowing was the programme :
,1. 11. R.-.uiiit, I). S.* 4 ; Macon
Landmarks of Liberty.
R I Foreman, P. K. S/ Washington, Wilkes t’o
A Modern Craze.
\V. H. Hammond. I). Su 1 Thomasville
i ‘haracter and Language
K. L. Johnson. 1). a.*...
In hiMrial Training.
r. Md tehee, \\ K. S.f
My Country.
\V. Peacock. P. K. S.’ ! ’ Thomasville
Ignorance I - Mu
Columbus
....Atlanta
in thel'lciar\ '•
or. J. W. Fain.
civil .• nd mining engineering 1st honor, M. If
Bond, first in the scientific courses of the uni-
1st honor, W. L. (’lav; 2nd
honor, .1. D. Crirswr.H; « n \ honor. \V. S. Upshaw;
V h honor, E. P. Upshaw. Distinguished: r> P
L. Wade, 11 J. ,1. liilbert, 7 R. I). A leader, 8 A. L.
Franklin, S' 1C. Whatley. ION. L. Hutchins, ,J. B.
Carter, h. 1 Conyers, W. C. (Jousiiis,|T. B. Dud-
lev, it. F. Hawkins. T. C. Jackson, J. M. Lutes,
sf McDaniel. C. I. Moll, ,J. W. U’KclIey, C. (’.
Rudicil, <i. C. helman, H. I,. Sewell, J. P. Shat*
tuck, P. IF Snook, W. IF Wooten.
Bachelor of Engineering—1st honor, M. B.
Bond ; 2d honor, C. II. Willcox. Distinguished •
3d, (i. N. Wilson and W. B. Cook; Itli, N. IF Bal
lard; 5th, A. W. Jones.
Bachelor of Philosophy —1st honor, C. E. Mor
ris; 2d honor. W. L. Clay. Distinguished 3d, C.
IF Hoiiy, R. F. Cassells, S. T. Conyers, T. D.
Power M. F. Ramsay, J. R. Williams, (1. H. Wil*
lianiFou.
Ba .'helor of Chemical Science—J. W. Grant, G.
W. I.iMtir.
Bachelor of Agriculture—W. P. Williams.
Bachelor of Law Joseph I). Cheney, Eugene
M. Mitchell, Robert L. Moye, Robert Ii. J. Smith,
Frank s. Stone, Frank Upson, J. S. Williams, C.
A. Ward.
Chancellor Mell then said that the trus
tees had authorized him to say that here
after commencement would occur one
week sooner, the second instead of the
third Wednesday in July.
The next session of the university begins
the first Wednesday in October. The
chancellor then bade the graduating class
a short but touching farewell, and the ben
ediction closed the university exercises.
THE BALL.
At night the commencement ball, given
by tlie members of the graduating class,
took place at the DuPree opera house.
This entertainment, like all those that pre
ceded it, was a grand success.
NOTES.
The weather has been delightful all
through commencement, excepting a rain
Wednesday afternoon.
The prospects are that the university
may soon have a gymnasium. Judge
Bleckley had something to say in his ad-
j dress Tuesday favorable to gymnasium.
lion. W. B. Hill, in his address before the
j literary societies, made a most earnest ap-
; peal to the proper authorities for a well
| equipped school of physical culture. Mr.
1 Henry W. Grady, at a meeting of the Phi
Kappa Society Monday, mude a stirring
I speech in favor of a gymnasium, and ac
companied his remarks by n promise of
| substantial aid.
The music by the German Fusilecr band
lias been the subject of continual praise
throughout commencement.
The hotels were crowded to their utmost
capacity Wednesday.
The class of ’7fi held a reunion at the
Commercial hotel Tuesday night. Very
lew members were present.
The crowd at the chapel on commence
ment day was immense, many not suc
ceeding in gaining admission.
About one hundred and thirty visiting
young ladies have been present in Athens
during the past week. Altogether this
commencement has been one of the most
brilliant, socially and intellectually, in the
history of the university.
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The New South.
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| V. K. S. Phi Kappa Sueie'y.
DELIVERY OF MEDALS.
After the* speaking by the juniors, Capt.
Harry Jackson, of Alhinta, delivered the
! medals to the sin cessful contestants in the
sophinore exhibition of Monday afternoon.
After a short address he delivered the first
uu*' : :il for declamation t<» Mr. T. W. Reed.
At Guta, and uic sccuLil medal to Mr. E.
I W. Wade, of Athens.
THE CHAM KLL<)U\s UE» ‘EPTfON.
I 'Tuesday night tlie chancellor's reception
! occurred nt Ii is beautiful home. The
i earn purs in front of his resilience was most
i beautifully illuminated by hundreds of
1 Chinese lanterns, while within tne house
tlie parlors presented a rare scene. Amidst
i lovely decorations the good and able chan-
| cellor and his kind lady received their
' guests, while on sill sides could be seen men
of dignity and prominence, stately matrons,
young and rising alumni, youth and beauty.
A BRILLIANT BANqUKT.
! And this was not the only grand social
I event of Tuesday night, for the Kappa
Alpha fraternity gave si most brilliant ban
quet at the DuPree opera house, and here
l again vvsis presented si scene of loveliness
and beauty, where pleasure reigned su
' preme until the early hours of the ap
proaching morning gave warning that all
' must retire from the dance if they would
not be too tired to g<‘t to the chapel
1 Wednesday morning in time to hear the
seniors spesik, and sec the diplomas award-
! ed.
OLD TIME COMMENCEMENTS.
I In ante-bellum days everybody in and
near Athens had holidsiy on commence
ment day. Tlie white people for miles
around would come|“to commencement,
and the negroes having holiday would
Hock in great numbers to the town. As
the town has grown and taken on the pro
portions of a city, tlie college commence
ments seem to have lost their prominence
in the immediate neighborhood of Athens,
but still great crowds of negroes continue
to flock to town on commencement day,
and very many white people cornel too.
THE SKNIOR“DAY.
Wednesday the streets contained a per-
' feet throng of visitors. Wednesday morn
ing the trustees and faculty and senior
class met in tlu* Franklin building, |pre
paratory to proceeding in a body to the
chape).
Formerly a body called the senators
academieus, composed of the state senate
and the governor, were ex-officio mem
bers of the board of trustees, and when
this body proceeded with the trustees to
the chapel on commencement day. The
sheriff of the county escorted them as a
mark of respect The senators academieus
no longer exists, hut the escort of the
sheriff, as a relic of the past custom, does.
At l(i w 'chi' !; the {board of trustees,
the faeultly and the senior class, preccilcii
by the sheriff <>f Clarke county with drawn
sword, marched forth from the Franklin
building across the campus, under the old
chapel oak and into the chapel, tlie sheriff,
trustees and faculty taking their seats on
the rostrum.
After prayer the following programme
was well rendered by the chosen speakers
of the graduating class:
.1. \V. Fain. A. M., Atlanta Mission of the
Aniflo-Saxon.
\V. L. I l»y. A. B. and IF Ph.. Bryan ecunty—
()h:tni|»i'»ns of Truth.
.1 D. Unravel). A. IF. Wav.K-sborn Geology.
\V. **. Up.shaw. A IF. Walton county A Pcssi-
GATHERED IN GREENVILLE,
\ Negro (’miles Trouble at a ( liun-li iiihI Lets in
Hie Jug The Game of* Bull Personal mill Len-
i-nil Mention.
Special t'» Enijcirkii-Scn.
Greenville, Ga., July 24.—Since writ
ing you last we have had fine rains
throughout this section, crops are greatly
improved, and Hie farmers generally are in
good spirits. If no backset occurs now wo
can safely count on an average crop.
Greenville crossed bats with Senoia on
Thursday, which resulted in a victory for
Greenville by a score of 14 to H. The
game was played weli by both teams, and
wa greatly enjoyed bv all. Greenville lias
cans* to oongratulaU herself,for the Senoia
team fully under Uunis playing ball, and
there were no babies among them cither.
Anthony Harris, colored, got a little too
much red eye aboard a day or two
went around to one of tin- colored churches
while preaching was going on and gave
the congregation a pretty good scare by
his cursing, etc., in front of the church.
Ik* was ordered to leave but took his own
time about if. Al’L.i leaving the church
hi; went to one of the colored sister’s
house anil attempted to break the door
down, saying that he wduld beat tlie
colored sister to death if he did get in.
Gity Marshal Maffett was called on. and
witii a little persuasion, assisted by one or
two of John Sullivan’s best from the* right
shoulder, finally conquered him, and he
is now as the darkies say. peeping through
| the ten of diamonds under a $300 bond
i charged with assault aim battery and dLs-
| tnrhing public worship. Anthony hasn’t
I a very enviable reputation around Green-
i ville, having been in several other scrapes,
! but after the sitting of the superior court
| anil Judge Harris gets through with him
I he may lead a better life,
j Miss Estelle King, the belle of Griffin, is
I visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. J. Anthony, and
' judging from the actions of acertain youug
! man cupid is at work.
| Miss Hattie Ellis, of Atlanta, a gifted
I and beautiful young lady, is visiting the
| family of Mr. T. A. Atkinson.
' Mrs. O. C. Bu.lock,|of Columbus,who has
! been .spending some time at the popular
“Windsor House,” returned home Thurs-
I day.
i Our town has been literally flooded with
tiie commercial tourists for the last two
weeks. Among them we seethe handsome
1 faces of Messrs. \V. E. Joyce, of Baltimore;
Ii. S. Cummings of Baltimore, and Old Eel
! Isaacs, of Macon.
The Greenville brass hand gave one of
i their delightful concerts at the court house
Thursday night. Tlie hou se was well filled,
! and judging from the frequent applause
1 every one was well pleased. We hope to
j have a repetition of the same soon.
Miss Mattie Traylor, who has been
spending some time in Greenville, returned
home a day or two ago, much to the re
gret of several of our young men.
Grand Duke DcLacy, Greenville’s drum
mer catcher, after a few days frolic through
the county, returned home yesterday, and
his smiling countenance can now he seen
behind tin* counters of his mammoth stores,
much to the delight of the ladies.
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Master of art*> first honor, J. M. Slaton
The Dalton Citizen, of which Mr. Whit
man is editor, says :
“We notice that Ben Perley Poore has
finished what in* calls his ‘Reminiscences
of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis.’
During that sixty years he was a resident
of Athens, Ga.—a sort of yankee dead-
heat. In our boyhood we knew him well.
He was the foreman in the Southern Ban
ner printing office at the time, and our
boyish contempt for this fellow was akin
to hatred, because of his over-hearing
meanness to the hands in the office.”
IViikly Rank Stati*mi*iit.
New York, July 24. The following is
the statement of the New York associated
banks for the week :
Reserve increase ? 6:15,9*
Loan* im-rcused 1 SB. 100
.-pecio iii<*re*i***■• 1 2'>t,300
Li mil lemler*. decrease 73,800
J >. pj.^jr, decrease 1.915,101)
i ireulation inerta^e 56,100
The hanks now hold >14,270,200 in excess
of the 25 per cent. rule.