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VOL. XXXII. DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, a IN DAY MORNING DECEMBER 14, 1890. NO. 308.
^ an Sujipiy You with Beautiful and Elegant
Christmas Presents
Fi r father, mol her,
sister, brother, aunt,
uncle, yrand mama,
^rand-papa, and all
you;* relalives and
friends.
Read Their List
of Specialties.
The prices are rbht.
The ladies say they
have the
PRETTIEST
of substantial and suit-
a le presents to be
seen.
Don’t fail to see
them.
HANDKERCHIEFS
Especially adapted for Christinas presents, in Brocade Siik, Plain Silk, Embroid
ered Silk, Clear Lawn, Plain and Printed Embroidered, etc. Our stock of these goods
is unusually large and in great variety.' Lidies and Gents Embroidered initial PUKE
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS for $3.00 per dozen, half dozen in a box.
OUR HALF PRICE SALE.
All our French Pattern Hats; Ladies and Misses Camel’s Hair French Felt Hats;
Missi s Ready-Made Suits; Ladies Extra Choice Pattern Suits, regular price $30 to $33.
Lidi s and Misses Jersey Waists. A small lot of our best KID GLOVES, slightly
««iiel or spotted. All go at exactly HALF PRICE.
CHOICE BE&T BRANDS OF PRINTS AT FIVE CENTS.
Notwithstanding this cold weather has stimulated the WRAP trade we will con
tinue to make reduced prices of any of our CLOAKS AND WRAPS for Ladies or
Children. Also a discount of one-third off from the price on FUR, BOA AND MUFF
SETS.
LADIES UNTDB 5.YE3T3 25 G 2NT3.
Reductions in UNDERWE AR. We are determined not to carry over so large a
stock of Underwear as we did last winter if LOW PRICES will move them.
DOLLS 11ST GBBaT VARIETY.
Bisque Heads with jointed Bodies; Bisque Heads with Kid Bodies, from 25
-cents to $1.50.
M.aKK MIE GENTLEMEN PRESENTS.
We have Gents Kid, Dog Skin, Dressed Buck and Moca GLOVES in sizes from
7 to 9, at low prices. Also Fuur-in-Hand SCARFS at 00 Cents, worth $1.00. Also
a choice line of CUFF BUTTONS, etc.
J. A KIR YEN & CO.
IRISH FUNDS LOCKED UP.
THE BANKS WON’T HONOR NATIONAL
LEAGUE CIIKCK8.
Dublin, December 13.—The Freeman’s
Journal says that Xavier O’Brien, treas
urer of the National League, refuses to
pay the salaries of the league officials on
the ground that they are not neutral.
The dispute in regard to the. right, of draw
ing upon the funds of the National League
has caused the bank in which the League’s
money’s are deposited to order its branches
not to honor checks sent to evicted tenants
by that organization. Consequently many
families are deprived of their weekly sti
pend from the leagues, and tiny must
either suffer terribly or go to the poor
house. The laborers on the railway that
is being built from Galway to Clifden have
struck for an increase of wages. The
road is being built by the Government,
and the work was started as a part of Ba!-
tour’s scheme for the relief of unemployed
workmen.
THERE WILL BE NO DUEL.
Atlanta, December la.—[Special.] —
There have been some sensational rumors
of a duel between Mr. Humphries, of
Bropks, and Dr. Bildwin, of Randolph, as
a result of the tilt between those gentle
men in the House yesterday, but the wiiite
banner of peace floats cheerily today. Mr.
Humphries explained to Dr. Baldwin that
\
he was not reflecting on him in his re
marks on yesterday, as he did not think
the doctor was the author of the statement
about him. This was satisfactory to the
doctor, and the duel is off. The two gen
tlemen spoke to eacli other this morning,
and have been in their seats as usual. Mr.
Humphries said he would have taken the
remark as a joke had he known that it
was made by Dr. Baldwin, as they were
always guying each other.
A NEW THROUGH ROUTE.
THE CRITICAL ILLNESS OF A TENNESSEE
EDITOR.
Knoxville, December 13.—A new
through train over the Knoxville Southern
railroad from here to Atlanta goes on in
the morning. This is the new route South
from Louisville, Ky., in connection with
the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louis
ville railroad. Through sleepers are now
running to Louisville. The new route
bet ween the North and SouLli is called the
j Cumberland Gap route.
John M. Fleming, a well known edito-
I rial writer in Tennessee, with whom Con-
I gressman Phelan had the celebrated con-
! troversy which ended by him sending the
edit or a challenge, to tight a duel, is lying
! very ill at his hotel in this city, with a
| poor chance of recovery. His system seems
| to have collapsed generally.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
Just Received for the Christmas Trade.
300 IMS' A! GENTLEMEN’S UMBRELLAS,
Gold Head Siik and Gloria $2 50 to $18.00 Silver Head Silk and for*
$2.00 to $10,00. Natural Sticks $1.50 to $8 00.
Every style and pattern needed for a handsome pr. sent. These goods sh nl hav<
| reached us a month ego. We notified the manufacturers they would be held s «bj c» . ■
have instructions to sell them at a discount rather than intur t e expense of r t r fi g
them. Do you want an Umbrella?
CHANCELLOR & PEARCE
THE FORCE BILL FATED.
IT WILL PROBABLY" BE LAID
ASIDE TUESDAY".
THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE—DULL DAY
IN THE HOUSE—ROME’8 FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLAR PUBLIC
BUILDING.
Washington, December 13.—[Special.]
The Force bill people are making a des
perate effort to effect some compromise
before their final caucus Monday night.
A number of propositions have been
talked about. One plan is to so
amend the Force bill as to make its
application general without petitions
from voters and the elimination of the
bayonet clause. To satisfy the silver men,
the extreme radicals are ready to agree to
anything. The best opinions are that the
Force biil will be laid aside on Tuesday
next.
Senator Daniels, from the commission
on public buildings and grounds, reported
Mr. Clements’ bill for a public building at j
Rome. The appropriation for the im
provement is $50,Out).
J. G. Zachry, formerly of Atlanta, and
for some years a prominent young attor
ney of the city, will move to Mew Y'ork to
practice law. It is hinted that Mr. Zachry
has made some connection with the West
Point Terminal people and has that job in
hand.
A postoffice has been established in
i Dodge county, Georgia, called ‘‘Jehu.”
j Peyton W. Bussy is postmaster.
IN THE SENATE.
I Washington, December 13.—The Sen
ate, at 1:10 o’clock, resumed considera
tion of the elections biil, and Jones of Ar
kansas, made an argument in opposition
to it. He yielded to Daniel, who reported
back from the committee on public build
ings and grounds, the House bill for a pub
lic building at Rome, Ga., and who offered
a resolution, which wa3 adopted, calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for infor
mation as to the sums of money, with in
terest to date, advanced by the States and
to be applied towards erecting public build
ings at the seat of Government on the
banks of the Potomac.
Jones characterized the elections bill as
an attempt to deprive the people of the
control of their own elections and to plaee
that control in the hands of Federal
officers. The system proposed by the bill
was like to that which peopled the wastes
of Siberia. It did not belong to the people
or to American civilization, and should
find no place in its statutes. The funda
mental idea of the b 11 w'as that the exist
ing law for watching the people at elec
tions stopped short of effectiveness (to use
the President’s expression), and that the
defect must be cured by taking the elec
tions out of the hands of the people. He
had seen recently, in a paper published in
his own State, a statement of the account
rendered by Chief Supervisor McClure,
one item of which was $5053 for pre
paring instructions to be given to Super
visors, the rate charged being 10 cents per
folio.
Pasco asked Jones whether the instruc
tions given by McClure were in manuscript
or in print.
Jones said there was nothing in the ac
count to show whether the instructions
were written or printed, but as there were
1300 copies of them sent out, and as they
had to be identical, it was hardly probable
that they were written by hand. In such
a way as that, McClure had accumulated a
biil of $0050 within a month or two after
his own appointment.
Pasco said that he had been informed
by a gentleman who had seen a copy of
these instructions that they were in print.
At the close of Jones’ remarks, as no
other Senator took the floor, the presiding
officer (Bate) stated that the question was
on Gray's motion to strike out the sixth
sub-division of the seventh section (the
house to house clause), and asked whether
the Senate was leady for the vote.
A discussion took place between Gray
and Hoar, and turning on the fact that
some time since it was stated in the Sen
ate that the committee on elections had
not intended to report that provision.
Hoar explained, as he said he has
already done a dozen times, that that
statement had been made by him through
inattention, but that he had discovered
his error the same evening and
had explained the matter next day. If the
Senator from Delaware wished to debate
the provision further, and its
propriety, the Senators on the Re
publican side were prepared to go into it.
Or if he desired a vote upon it now, they
were ready to vote.
The mot ion to strike out was opposed
by Hoar and Evarts, the latter of whom
was called upon to answer a good many
questions by Morgan and Harris.
Harris asked Evarts whether the statute
of the State of New Y"ork required the reg
istration of legal voters.
Evarts—“Certainly.”
Harris—“In your op’nion, have the
people of that State sufficient intelligence
and integrity to look after the registration
of their own legal voters and the conduct
of the election of their own officers?”
Evarts—“Is that the question?”
Harris—“That is one question.”
Evarts—“Very well. Then I am at
liberty to answer^ I suppose. It .s a ques
tion which the Senator can answt r as well
as I.”
Harris—“I suppose that the Senator
from New York and myself do not differ
about the fact that the. State of New York
is supreme within her territorial borders.”
Evarts—“Y’ts, in all that belongs to her
supremacy.”
Harris—“Of course, then, the election
of her own officers belong to her?”
Evarts—“Yes.”
Harris—“And her representatives in
Congress are her own officers?”
Evarts (with an air of dissent)—“Ah?”
Harris—“Is that denied?”
Evarts—“Why, always.”
Harris—“If it is denied, I want to un
derstand the fact. The Supreme Court
has held that they are, and the Senate has
so held on several occasions.”
Evarts—“That would lead to a very
long debate, and I do not propose to enter
into it at this time. The question relates
to the policy or usefulness of this bill at
large, and that consideration I have elimi
nated from the point which I am now dis-
CHSsing.”
Wilson, of Maryland, took the floor to
make an argument against the bill, but,
as he was somewhat indisposed, Hoar said
he would not insist npon a continuation
of the discussion today, but gave notice
that after today he thought he ought to
ask the Senate to sit all the hours prac
ticable until the bill was finished.
After a short executive session, the Sen
ate at 4:20 o’clock adjourned till Monday
at 10 o’clock a. m.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, December 13.—Baker, of
New York, called up the Senate bill for
inspection of cattle and hogs and products
and carcasses thereof which are subject to
interstate commerce.
After a brief speech against the bill by
Mills, of Texas, and in favor of it by
Stockbridge, of Maryland, the bill was re
ferred to the committee on agriculture.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on bills reported from the com
mittee on privai e land claims. The bill
to establish a court to adjudicate
private land claims in Colorado, Wyoming,
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada,
was taken up. After some debate upon it
the committee rose and the bill was agreed
to with an amendment excepting Arizona
from its provisions.
McKinley, from the committee on ways
and means, reported a joint resolution to
correct the punctuation of the tariff act of
1890, relative to binding twine.
Dunuell of Minnesota, gave notice that
Tuesday next he would ask the House to
consider the reapportionment bill, and then
the House adjourned.
AFTER the BANK WRECKERS.
Philadelphia, December 13.—Louis
E. Pfeiffer, who was president of the
broken Bank of America, and vice-presi
dent of the American Life Insurance Com
pany, was arrested today for crookedness
in connection with the failure of these
corporations. Bail was fixed at $20,000,
the same as that of George F. Work, and,
failing to obtain it, he joined Work in
Moyamensing prison. Cashier Dungan,
against whom warrants are out, has not
been captured. Senator MacFarlane, who
was president of the American Life In
surance Company, is securely hidden.
bkocton’s postmaster.
Washington, December 13.—The Sen
ate today confirmed the nomination of
Cornelius Cadle, Jr., as postmaster at
Brocton, Ala.
A FLORIDA NEWsPaPFR
COMES FORWARD WITH A POLITI
CAL MARE’S NEST.
AND CLEARLY A WEAK FAKE—WESTERN
ALLIANCE MEN HATCHING A PLOT
TO SPLIT THE SOLID SOUTH.
Jacksonville, Fla., December 13.—In
its issue of tomorrow, the Timts-Union
will publish the following:
St. Augustine, Fla., December 13.—
Since the final adjournment of the Farm
ers’ Alliance at Ocala Monday last, incou-
testible proof has been brought out to
show the existence of a gigantic plot to
use this national organization as a means
tor promoting the third party scheme,
which catue to the surface in two or three
different forms during the recent gather
ing. A significant fact in this connection
is the vote of the Northwestern Alliance-
men, who are almost without excep
tion Republicans, and nlio came
to Ocala with the avowed purpose
of forciug the National Alliance toemlorae
their pet scheme for a third party. It soon
became apparent, however, that this en
dorsement could not be secured, although
vigorous work in this direction was ut in
during the tir.-t three or four days of the
session. Winn the sub-treasury scheme
came up for endorsement on Monday last,
the final vole of passing this demand was
surprising in many respects. The
Northweslerners were found to
be solid in their support of
the measure, although their political
affiliations in the past and the sentimem
of the people whom they are supposed to
represent would naturally have led them
to open up opposition to this measure.
The leadeis in the third party movement
from that section are McGrath of Kansas,
Louck of North Dakota, Wardell of South
Dakota, and Willetts of Kansas, and they
are warmly supported by the delegates
from Wisconsin and other near by
States. During the tour of the State,
which has been in progress for the
past four or five days, these third party
plotters have unbosomed themselves to a
certain extent in their conversation with
their fellow-excursionists and newspaper
men, and their admissions have laid bare
the political scheme which has prompted
their every act. In general, their state
ments are to this effect: That they are
really opposed to the sub-treasury bill, as
they regard it as wrong in principle and as
a legislative device which can end only
in financial ruin to the farmer and to every
other indnstrial class; that the people of
their section are opposed to it, and that
they, as delegates, were particularly
charged with the mission to defeat the
measure when they left their homes.
They say that upon their return they will
be asked to make an explanation of their
strange conduct in giving their support to
this demand of the National Alliance,
and the explanation which they
will be forced to make is this:
That the sub treasury demand is of such
a nature that it can never gain the sup
port of the Democracy in the Southern
States, and that an attempt to secure such
Democratic support can end only in a
split in the Democratic ranks in the South.
This, they say, will break up the “solid
South,” and this is the end which they
have had in view. They profess to believe
that their people will applaud them for
having entered into an arrangement by
which this end can be accomplished
and that they will feel that the sacrifice
of their principles in connection with the
sub-treasury scheme has not been too great
if thereby the Democratic party can be
hopelessly divided.
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
THE VICTIMS OF A GATE KEEPER'S CARE
LESSNESS.
Philadelphia. December 13.—A spe
cial dispatch to the Times from Bristol,
Pa., says: A shocking accident occurred
at Mill street railroad crossing this after
noon, by which four persons were killed,
one fatally wounded and one seriously
hurt. The accident was caused by the
safety gates at the crossing being raised
just before the New Y"ork west-bound ex
press was due. A number of persons had
been waiting for a freight train due
to pass, and as soon as the gates
were raised started to cross. John Me-
Parents and Guardians,
If you don’t care to invest in a full Suit
for the boy—we are overstocked on Boys’
Overcoats, sizes 4 to 11. They must go—
note the prices:
25 garments reduced to $2.50.
100 garments reduced to $3.50.
50 garments reduced to $5.00.
If your boy is ashamed of his trousers,
we have just received 200 pair and selling
them at 50c a pair.
Chancellor & Pearce.
N. B.—We expect to crowd a
month’s business into the next two weeks.
Our prices will do it. Goods must go.
“M r uff said.”
Ilvain, a teamster, started across with his
wagon in which were his thirteen-year old
son, Neal Mcllvaine, Joseph Hassey, about
the same age, Hugh Dever a storekeeper
on Pine street and John McGee, about 15
years also. The express train, which was
running at full speed, struck the wagon,
instantly killing Neal Mcllvaine, Joseph
Hussey and Hugh Dever. John Mcllvaine
had liis shoulder and leg broken,ribs crushed
and was otherwise internally injured. He
is not expected to live. The two boys were
struck with such force that they were
thrown into the canal. Joseph Jchnson,
who was crossing the track on foot, was
also struck by the engine and instantly
killed. John McGee, who was also in the
wagon, was badly injured. The gate
keeper claims that the clatter of the freight
train passing drowned the noise of the
bell so that it could not be heard. He
will probably be arrested.
Chicago’ market.
IIKVIFW OF SPECULATION IN THE GRAIN
AND PROVISION MARKETS.
Chicago, December 13.—There was
considerable s'rength in wheat during the
greater part of the session, but it eased off
considerably and closed with a gain of
only i on Friday’s closing price. The
tussle was local in its character, with
crow-tailing, owing to the actions of one
or two heavy operators. The demand for
cash wheat continued excellent.
Corn was easier to begin with, and weak
in the end, closing at decline of i since
Friday.
Oats were weak and unsettled. The
opening sales were at £ to decline, re
ceded J, rallied to the opening figures, de
clined $2, and closed quiet at about inside
figures.
Mess pork was dull. Prices declined 22$c
to 25c, and the market closed easy at about
inside figures.
Lard—Only a moderate business was
transacted. Early sales were made at
about yesterday’s closing figures, but
during the latter part of the session the
feeling was easier and prices receded 5
to 7c.
Short ribs—The trading was fairly ac
tive, prices ruled 7$ to 10c lower, and the
market ruled easy at the reduction.
THE NORTH HIGHLANDS MATTER.
Atlanta, December 13.—[special.]—
The North Highlands railroad tight is off
and those interested on both sides hare
gone home.
The Senate committee reported an
amendment providing that neither road
shall parallel for more than one block. To
this a further amendment has been agreed
to and the bill will go through without
further coutes 1 . The second amendment
adds to the first that with consent of
Council the restriction may be disregarded.
In other words, with consent of Council
the road may run any where, and the
Columbus railroad is buund by the same
restriction in the matter of paralleling the
Highlands road.
This places in the hands of the Mayor
and City Council of Columbus the com
plete control ot the street franchises, and
is the principle contended for by Mr. Gil
bert in his speech in the House demanding
home rule. Mr. Gilbert regards home rule
for the cites as a vitally important prin
ciple to maintain in legislation, and espe
cially that of controlling the occupancy of
its streets.
The agreement relieves the Senate of a
sharp contest in the closing hours of the
session, and is a greater relief lo the Rep
resentatives from Muscogee.
It is greatly to the benefit of Columbus
that the matter has taken its present
shape.
THE WORLD’S COTTON SUPPLY.
New Y'ork, December 13.—The to al
visible supply of cotton for the world is
3,099,847 bales, of which 32,248,347 ate
American, against 2,953.924 and 2,553,724
respectively last year. The receipts of cot
ton this week at all interior towns were
198,120: receipts from plantations, 290,345.
The crop in sight is 4,072,204 bales.
AN IOWA BANK FAILS.
CRESTON, la., December 13.—The fail
ure of the Farmers’ Bank, at Fontanel,
la., yi sterday, caused great excitement,
many merchants and farmers being depos
itors. It is reported that the liabilities are
$60,000, and the assets $25,000.