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DOMESTIC.
The Payne Tariff Bill, which has been
under consideration in the House of Representatives
for three weeks past, was
brought to a vote last Friday. All tho
republicans voted for it except Mr. Austin.
of Tpnnosaiu. una all ti<<> -i~-?~
voted against it except four democratic
members from Louisiana. Not any opportunity
was afforded for the members
generally to propose amendments. The
House limited all such motions to the
amendment which had been proposed by
the committee. The vote was 217 to
161. Lumber is to be placed on the
free list and the rates on barley and
barley malt are to be increased. Crude
petroleum is to be on the free list.
Attempted Blackmail: A very curious
case of the effect of the reading of dime
novels has recently transpired in Atlanta.
A boy in a Methodist Sunday school
and a mmber of the Bible class of Mr.
Asa G. Candler, conceived the idea of
demanding from Mr. Candler the sum of
$35,000 under pain of death. A decoy
package was placed on the spot indicated
and the boy was caught in the act
of nick in cr it tin Ho mnfooonJ ?
was the outcome of his reading of exciting
stories of adventure. After the
arrest, Mr. Candler declined to prosecute
the poor boy.
The Standard Oil Company on Trial:
At St. Louis the United States government
has had the Standard Oil Company
on trial on the question whether
its contracts past and present are such
as to constitute a monopoly and whether
on this account the company ought
to be dissolved. The arguments have
all been heard and the case i3 under
consideration. The evidence is very
large, occupying 1,400 pages of paper,
and the decision can hardly be reached
before the summer term of court.
The Southern Educational Conference
is to meet in Atlanta April 14. It is a
gathering of men that are specially interested
in the prombtion of the educational
interests of the south. Mr. Ogden,
of New York, whom we Ijave long
appreciated as a leader in this cause,
will probably be its central figure.
C. N. Haskell, first governor of Oklahoma,
has been indicted for defrauding
the* federal government. Tnst*?nrt nt fa.-..
ing the issue on the merits of the case
he has demurred to the indictment because
on the grand jury which indicted
him there were twenty-three men, instead
of sixteen. On the part of some
one who is seeking to escape the law
we can understand such a demurrer. On
the part of the governor of a state It
appears strange, indeed.
Injustice Under the Guise of Law. In
Atlanta, last week, an action was
brought by a negro who had been hurt
by the automobile of Judge W. B. Shep
pard, of Florida. Judge Sheppard is justice
of the United States Court in Florida,
hut is residing temporary In Atlanta. After
the accident the judge stood ready
to re-imbnrse the negro for his injuries,
but declined to recognize the lawyer who *
claimed to represent the negro. In
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censed by this, the lawyer went to' a
magistrate's court and under the plea
that the judge is a non-resident obtained
an order for a levying upon all
the goods and property of the judge
found within the city of Atlanta. This
was before the case had been tried or
any decision rendered. The bailiffs seized
ihe furniture of his dwelling and even
the trunk of his daughter with her wearing
apparel. The outrage is so gross
that the attorneys of Atlanta have held
a meeting: and nronose to pmninu o i-...
yer, whose duty it shall be to see whether
any such imposition is made upon any
poor man and defend his case.
The Price of Wheat is still rising on
the exchange in Chicago. Doubtless the
rise is partly the result of speculation,
but it is claimed that there is a real
shortage in the supply of wheat on hand,
such as will maintain a high price for
some time to come.
Prohibition in Missouri. A bill which
looks to the amending of the Constitution
of the state of Missouri so as to
prohibit the manufacture or sale of intoxicants,
was before the house of representatives
last week. By a vote of 86
to 45 the house decided in favor of
submitting the question to the people.
In Indiana and Onio quite a large
number of counties have voted for
the exclusion of the liquor traffic. EVen
in Massachusetts a large majority of
the towns have excluded the saloon.
Or. f ho I o-:i 1 -
w ?MV wvowuaiu nail lUdU <1 bwiica
lock was broken by train wreckers last
week. The New York and Florida limited
train was wrecked by running into
the open switch at Hick's Station, fortytwo
miles south of Columbia, S. C. Eight
persons were more or less seriously injured,
but there were no fatalities. The
wreck was deliberately planned. The
switch lock was broken and a wad ot
newspaper was stuck between the rails
to insure the wreck.
Fire on Vanderbilt Lant!$. It is stated
that a forest fire, which has been raging
on the Vanderbilt possessions in Asheville,
N. C., recently, has done enormous
damage to virgin timber. The valuable
timber tracts in the Toxaway country
are also said to have been damaged to
the extent of several thousand dollars.
Lands for Indians: Representative
Burke, of South Dakota, has introduced
a bill authorizing the secretary of the
interior to allot 320 acres of land to every
woman belonging to the Crow, Creek and
Lower Brule tribes of Indians, in South
Dakota, now living and whu was not
entitled to an allotment under the law
by which all allotments were previously
made in the Sioux Indian reservation
in Dakota.
The Plaquemine Locks, connecting the
Mississippi river and an extensive chain
of Inland waterways in Louisiana, were
formally opened April 9. The locks were
begun nearly twenty years ago, and more
than a million dollars has been expended
by the United States government in
bringing them to completion.
The Federal Grand Jury at Greensboro,
N. C., on April 9, returned another true
bill against Lee H. Battle, ex-cashier
of the City National Bank, which failed
last year. Battle Is charged with embezzlement
and making false statements
regarding the bank's condition.