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VOL. VI. NO. 1.935.
WILL BE WATSON.
At Least the Indications Point
That Way.
NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR
By Those Who in Their Own
Language Are Called
Populists.
Special to The Tribune.
Atlanta, Jan. 18.—The impression is
gainii g ground that the third party peo
ple are going to run Tom Watson for
governor. It is known that Watson has
been opposed to making that race, his
ambition leading him to desire to get to
Washington again. But if the quiet
talk of the third party members of the
executive committee counts tor anything
It is a very strong possibility that Wat
son will change his mind and accept the
nomination for governor. If he dors
that means the liveliest campaign which
Georgia has bad in years. Col. Peek
wants to run again but a good many
members of the party are opposed to
him. They say that he is not a man of
any real ability though they don’t ques
tion his honesty and integrity and his
sound business sense. They believe,
however, as one of them said today that
“if Watson is nominated he will grea' -y
strengihen the party in all parts of tLe
state.”
“I don’t live in the tenth disrtict,”
said this member of the committee who
talked ‘‘but I know that that district is
safe for any third party man who may
make the race. We could nominate
either Charlie McGregor, of Warrenton,
Ellington or Judge Sneed and sweep the
district with him. Every man who voted
against Black before will vote against
him again and I don’t believe the otbe r
fellows will be able to do the ballot bwx
stuffing and counting which they did
before. Watson ought to run lor gov
ernor and I believe he will. If he does
he will stand a very strong chance of suc
ceeding Senator Colquitt for if we elect
our governor or if we don’t the cbanc s
are very bright for our carrying the leg
islature.”
This is the third party view of the sit
uation. It is known that Watson has rot
wanted to make this race, in fact he has
time and again said he would not, but it
begins to look as if the other leaders of
his party would be able to put it in such
a light that he could not refuse to lead
the forlorn hope. Os course there is no
question of his being defeated, but it
would necessitate the hardest kind of
fighting, and the impression in political
centres here is that there is going to be
plenty of hard fighting, even if he does
not go into the race.
Gen. Lee’s Birthday.
Today is a legal holiday in Georgia,
and the banks and bank officials took ad
vantage of it by closing their places < f
business. The banks and the members
of the Virginia society, are about the
only people who observe the day. To
night at the Kimball bouse the members
, of the Virginia society gave an elegant
banquet at which about fifty people sat
down. It was a jolly homelike affair and
everybody present enjoyed himself fully.
Stricken Down at a Party.
Last night the members of Bc. John’s
Methodist church got up a surprise par>y
on their new pastor, Rev. W. R. Foote.
Among those who went was Mrs. T. K.
Key, mother of a well known attorney.
Just as they got to the house, Mrs. Key,
who is a very old lady, dropped to the
fljor with a cry of pain. A physician
was sent for and he saw that she had been
stricken with apoplexy and that her
death was a question of a very few hours.
The lady was of course taken in charge
by the good pastor and his wife, and
was made as comfortable as possible
there. The party was turned into a
very sorrowful gathering,
MET THEIR MATCH.
Greengoods Men 12 outed by Two Kentuck
ians in New York.
Barbourville, Ky., Jan. 19.—T0
Gordon Gillespie, of this county, belongs
the credit of beating greengoods men at
their own game. Gillespie is employed
as a collector for a commercial agency.
His income nets him a modest living.
To an intimate friend on last Sunday h«
imparted the information that he was
negotiating with New York greengoods
men, and he was going to make an effort
to beat them. He went to New York on
Monday and has just returned, and in
evidence of his success now exhibits two
rolls of money. One contains $1,500 in
crisp, genuine bank notes. The other to
all appearances is the same, but an ex
amination shows it to be nothing but
green paper. Gillispie began a corres-
• pondenee with the greengoods men a
year ago.
All messages that he received came
from New York. He was to put in S3OO
and receive $1,500 of the stuff which
would defy detection. It was arranged
that Gillispie should go to New York,
and when an early train pulled into the
city, Gillispie and a friend alighted from
it. Gillispie carried a carpetbag and an
umbrella. He was met at the station
by a man who had a couple in waiting.
When he introduced his friends there
was some hesitation exhibited on the
part of the man with the carriage. After
* driving for about 15 minutes the cab
was halted before a hotel and the two
entered. They were met by another
man. Acain it was necessary for Gil-
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
tv explain mUi ’ms companion na.a
in his clothes hard cash and was willing
to make a deal. After being conducted
to another room, the first man whom
they met exhibited and counted a roll of
bills containing $1,500.
The confederate suddenly appeared,'
but the patrons kept an eye on the roll, '
ami before the flimflam game of ex
changing the money for bogus paper ;
could be accomplished Gillispie held the
wa<l and offered his own in return. The
dealers again tried to divert attention,
but to their surprise they found them
selves looking into a pair of pistols. Be
lieving they had been duped by detect
ives. the men made a break for the door.
In their haste they dropped the roll of
bogus paper which was intended for
their victims, and, pocketing both rolls, )
Gillispie and his companion escaped
through a window. This is the story ho
tells, and he has both kinds of money to
prove his words.
Preparing: to Put Powderly Back.
Pittsburg, Jan. 19. —A secret circular
purporting to come from Pittsburg, and
signed by 18 delegates to the last gener
al assembly of the Knights of Labor,
has been mailed to all parts of the coun
try. The circualr defends Powderly and
claims that the refusal to allow him to
name the executive board, which result
ed in his resignation, was unconstitu
tional. It states further that in Secre
tary Hayes’ report, just issued, the pro
ceedings favorable to Powderly have
been omitted, It is said that the circu
lar is a forerunner of a movement to oust
the present administration and reinstate
Powderly at the next annual meeting.
Don’t Like a Democrat.
Ft. Wayne, Ind., Jan. 19.—For a
number of years the little town of Wal
len, this county, has had a Republican
postmaster. A few days ago Dr. Joseph
A. Phillips, the only Democrat in the
town, was made postmaster. He says
this enraged the citizens, and on Mon
day night he was mobbed. His arms
bear evidence of the mob’s violence. The
doctor says he has been tormented night
and day by the mob. Before the authori
ties hero he swore affidavits against over
a dozen of the citizens of Wallen.
The Siamese On the Move.
Paris, Jan. 19.—La Lanterne pub
lishes a letter from Bangkok, which
states that the Siamese are evacuating
the left bank of the Mekong river in ac
cordance with the agreement entered
into with France. The villages on that
side of rhe river have been pillaged and
burned by the Siamese troops engaged
in clea ring the country for French pos
session. The inhabitants and all the
Siamese prisoners are being taken across
. the river as rapidly as possible.
A Preacher Goes Down Hill.
Marquette, Mich., Jan. 19. —Social
and church circles here received a shock
by n?ws from Chicago of the arrest of
E. M. Cheverton and M. A. Campbell
on the charge of fraud. Cheverton was
pastor of the Baptist church here six
years ago, and married the daughter of
the late Ambrose Campbell, then one of
the leading bankers of this city. He left
the ministry to go into the banking bus
iness at Chicago, but his bank collapsed
last summer.
After the Mayor's Blood.
St. Louis, Jan. 19. —S. J. Cox, an ex
policeman, attempted to assassinate
Mayor M. M. Stephens, of East St.
Louis, at the race track in that city.
Cox made a number of vicious lunges at
Mayor Stephens with a huge knife, but
before he could inflict serious injury he
was overpowered by bystanders and
locked up. The trouble is the result of
an old political quarrel.
The Banca Generale in Trouble.
Rome, Jan. 19.—Continuous with
drawals have compelled the Barca
Generale to apply for a moratorium.
The assets exceeded the liabilities by 25,-
000.000 lire. The Banca Generale has
branches in Milan and Genoa, and was
established in 1872. The capital of the
bank was 50.000,000 lire, and among the
former presidents of the bank was one
of the Colonna princes.
Troops for Hawaii.
Victoria, B. C., Jan. 19.-—A report
has been set afloat to the effect that an
agent of the deposed Hawaiian queen
has been in Canada for some time, se
curing a little army for Honolulu. It
is said that 180 members of the north
west mounted police force have enlisted.
»l ust a Gentle liiiit.
Salem, 0., Jan. 19. —When John Ev
ans, one of the leading coal men of this
section, came to his office in this city he
found a bomb lying against the office
door. A piece of lead pipe fully two
inches in diameter and 10 inches long,
with a charred fuse running through a
screw plug was loaded with dynamite
and blasting powder. Evans, with other
operators, has been having trouble with
the miners over the question of wages,
and the only explanation of the bomb
business is that some of the miners
sought by wrecking his building to in
timidate him.
Two Assassinations.
Kosciusko, Miss., Jan. 19. Jesse
Evans, while out hunting cattle near
this place, was assassinated, being shot
to death by some unknown party or par
ties. His horse was also fearfully rid
dled with bullets. No clue.
Ono in Louisiana,
Shreveport, Jan. 19.—W. C. Clark,
doing business at Ruston, 10 miles from
Shreveport, was assassinated between
his store and dwelling. There is no clue.
Brakeman Cut In Two by HI. Train.
Middletown, N. Y., Jan. 19.—John
Murray, a brakeman, fell from a car
at Rutherford, and was cut in two. He
lived in Port Jervis.
JfOMJfi bA„ SAt UKUaI MCHNIwG, JANUAixY 20, lob 4
ABOUT BONDS.
Opinions Pro and Con On the
issue of Bonds.
SOUTHERNERS’DISLIKE IT.
Western Democrats Are Op
posed to the Issue of
Bonds-Their Reasons. _
Washington, Jan. 19.—secretary
Carlisle’s proposed sale of bonds has at
tracted widespread interest in congres
sional circles. Among the members of
the house, comment u,ion the secretary’s
action varies greatly. The leading mem
bers of the judiciary committee feel dis
posed to criticise the secretary’s action,
in view of the fact that the senate
has before it- a resolution designed to
prevent the issue of the bonds. This
opinion is largely confined, however, to
men who are identified with the silver
movement. Such well known anti-silver
men as General Tracey and Messrs.
Raynor and Harter heartily approve of
the secretary's course. Representative
Holman, ot Indiana, takes a decided
stand against the bond issue. "It is ab
solutely certain," said he, "that this gov
ernment can get along without a dollar
of bond indebtedness. It can be done by
reducing expenditures and the addition
al revenue derived from the pending
tariff bill. In my opinion, no party in
time of peace can successfully urge be
fore the people an increase of the nation
al debt and of our bonded indebted
ness.
Representative Tracey said: “I have
always favored a bond Issue, and had
hoped the secretary would act earlier.
The house will sustain the secretary if
the question arises here, but it is not
likely to arise, as the secretary’s legal
rights are unquestionable.”
Representative Catchings, of Missis
sippi, said: "There appears to be a ne
cessity which we cannot avoid. Mr.
Carlisle has given much more attention
to the matter than 1 have, and ’ e knows
just what the condition of the treasury
is. lam perfectly willing to yield to
his judgment, as to the necessity for the
issue of bonds and to sustain him in his
action.”
Representative Jerry Simpson said:
“It’s an infernal outrage and inexcusa
ble. There is no reason why the admin
istration cannot tide over any embar
rassment in the matter of revenue and
expenditure without paying interest on
the loan by issuing greenbacks the same
as was done in war times.”
Chairman Wilson, of the ways and
means committee, said he had been so
absorbed with the tariff bill that he had
not been able to give a thought to the
bond question. He added:
“The sale of bonds was necessary and
the secretary has done the right thing.
There is, I suppose, no serious conten
tion that he has not the legal right to
sell bonds. That was settled by the re
port made to the house at the last con
gress by Judge Culberson.”
Bourke Cockran, also of the commit
tee on ways and means, said:
"It was the only thing to do. A con
stantly increasing deficiency meant the
speedy insolvency of tne treasury and
that would be followed by universal
bankruptcy. An empty treasury would
cause a total suspension of credit and
there would be no business transacted.
The sale of bonds was the most practical
manner of relief open to the treasury
department.”
Representative Mcßae, of Arkansas,
said: “I am greatly opposed to the
bond issue. 1 cannot see the need of it
so long as we have $55,000,090 of surplus
silver in the treasury, which could be
used. I believe that the action of the
secretary is going to be unpopular.
Among my people it will be regarded as
disastrous.”
Representative Bland said that he did
not believe there was any legal authority
for the bond issue lor the purpose for
which it seems to have been made.
Moreover, h j said, if the legality of the
action was not in question, there was no
necessity for it anyhow. There was a
surplus of silver in the treasury, which
could be rendered available for the cur
rent expenses of the gouernmeait, and it
was sufficient for the purpose. He could
see no excuse for increasing the public
debt while the government had money
of its own which could be used.
Representatives Oates also opposed the
issue of bonds. “I do not like it at ail,”
he said. “I think that the people in this
country are generally opposed to an in
crease of the public debt unless there is
a great necessity for it. and 1 do believe
that in this instance such a necessity ex
isted. To be sure money is needed, but
there is no reason why this surplus sT
ver should not be used. The purchase
of silver has ceased and it may be ac
cepted as settled that there is to be no
further increase of the silver money in
the country for some time at least, but
it certainly cannot be the purpose of the
administration to abandon the silver we
already have.
“This silver in the treasury we have
purchased. There is a surplus there
representing so much value. Do they
intend to treat it as so much rubbish? It
can hardly be conceived that such a
policy is to be pursued. The use of this
silver surplus does not involve the ques
tion of the free coinage of silver or the
continued coinage of silver. It involves
merely the question of using that silver
which we have already accumulated.”
Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, said: "I see
no excuse for Secretary Carlisle issuing
bonds at this time. He could have raised
all the money needed right now by the
coinage of the seigniorage in the treas
ury.”
IT WAS FATAL.
That Pitched Battle Between Negroes and
Officers in South Carolina.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 19. —The riot at
Rouse Ridge near Jackson, S. C., 20
miles below Augusta, in which negroes
made war upon the whites, was worse
than at first reported. Paul Green is
aeaa ana it nett vtreen will aie. Botn
are prominent white men. |
The trouble grew out of an attempt by
a constable and posse to arrest a negro
desperado named Jude. The negro had
au intimation of the coming of the offi
cers, and had about 40 of his friends in
ambush about his house.
Eight or whites ten were dangerously
wounded and several negroes were
wounded in a pitched battle which oc
curred, but none were killed. The offi
cers were delayed by a whitemanwhom
they claimed they knew, and there are
strong suspicions that there will be a
lynching in that vicinity.
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Bucket Shops Condemned.
Nashville, Jan. 19.—The annual
meeting of the Commercial club
endorsed the proposed Centennial expo
sition in 1895 commemorative of the
hundredth anniversary of Tennessee’s
admission to the -Union. The Ameri
cap first suggested the idea a week
ago and the idea has been well
received in every section of the
state. The exposition will be held at
Nashville. The feature of the annual
meeting was a well considered paper on
the evil that had been done by bucket
shop gambling. In this connection there
were several speeches, and County Judge
Caldwell created a genuine sensation by
the unqualified declaration that the state
law on the subject was daily being vio
lated by the operation of bucket shops in
Nashville.
A Panic in Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 17.—Two sailors named
Johnson and Matson, ill with smallpox,
appeared at the city hall and, pushing
through the crowded corridors, they
brushed by the people who, with bared
arms, were awaiting vaccination, and
made their way into the health depart
ment. Both cases were pronounced in a
dangerous stage and the men were hur
ried to the pesthouse, while a small pan
ic seized the hundreds who had been ex
posed to the disease.
It Needs Remodeling.
Chicago, Jan. 19.—1 t seems probable
that the Fine Arts buildings at Jackson
park will either have to be remodeled
or reconstructed entirely before they
can be used as the Field Columbian Mu
seum. As the result of an inspection
by fire underwriters the insurance has
been raised, and the announcement is
made that the building is not a fit re
ceptacle for the exhibits, which will ag
gregate fully $3,0Q0,000 in value.
A Bullet in the Brain.
Bolingbroke, Ga., Jan. 19.—Mr. A. F.
Jackson, prominent socially and finan
cially, committed suicide. He was found
in his front yard with his pipe lying by
his side and his brains blown out. Mr.
Jackson was one of the wealthiest men
of the county. It is said that he was in
bad health and despondent, which was
the cause of his suicide. Ho was an old
bachelor, and there was no one around
at the time of the shooting.
What Leland Stanford Was Worth.
San Francisco, Jan. 19.—The ap
praisement of the Stanford estate has
been filed. The total valuation of San
Francisco property is $17,688,319. It is
as follows. Stocks, amounting to sll,-
752,488; bonds, $3,833,160, and house and
effects, $131,000; notes and accounts,
$996,506; real estate, $9,898.82. This
does not include the Palo Alto, Vina and
Gridley properties, which were deeded
to the university.
Where Mining Does Not Pay.
Knoxville, Jan. 19.—1 t is reported at
Johnson City as coming from Colonel H j
C. Nimson that the Cranberry magnetic
ore mines are to be closed down entirely
and that the company owning the prop
erty will cease all operations there. It
is said that the company has decided to
take this step after six or seven years of
experience. All the while they have
been mining the ore at a loss.
A “Private” Execution in Public.
Cando, N. D., Jan. 19.—Albert F.
Bambert was hanged about a mile from
this place in a deep ravine surrounded
by high hills for the brutal murder in
July, 1893, of six members of the Kri
der family. A tight board fence about
six feet high surrounded the scaffold,
but the execution was witnessed by
1,000 people, who climbed the hills and
watched every detail of the event.
Another Hanging.
Lebanon, Mo., Jan. 19.—Wilson How
ard was banged in the jail yard here at
9:17 a. m. for the murder of a deaf mute
named McMorchell. The scaffold was
erected just outside the jail building. It
was witnessed by only a score of people.
Birmingham Is Waking Up.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 19.—The city
council has appointed a committee con
sisting of five of its members to investi
gate the industrial conditions existing
here, with a view to determine the best
and most speedy method of bringing
about an industrial revival here. This
committee has been instructed to hold
daily sessions at fixed hours and to in
vite all citizens interested to come and
make suggestions, give information on
industrial matters, etc. Not since the
great boom here has such a spirit of en
terprise as now exists had possession of
the people here.
Disappeared from Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, Jan. 19.—W. O. Per
cival, bookkeeper for Chase & Co., game
and fish dealers, and secretary of the
Chattanooga lodge of Woodmen of the
World, disappeared last Monday, leav
ing a shortage of nearly S2OO in the
funds of the order. He collected dues
from the members, but failed to turn
over the money to the treasurer. Per
cival is well connected in Covington,
Ky., whence he came to this city two
years ago. He spent the money for
drink and is not believed to have been
guilty of criminal intent.
THE INCOME TAX
Is Now Ready For Action in the
House.
AS A SEPARATE MEASURE.
A Fight to Make It Part of the
Tariff Bill—Some Feat
ures of the Bill.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The income
tax bill as it comes from the committee
is proposed as a separate measure from
the tariff bill proper, and a vigorous
fight is expected to make it a part of the
tariff bill, and in the fight a pretty good
idea of the strength of the measure will
be obtained.
The friends of an income tax in the
house are very hopeful that they will be
able to muster sufficient strength to at
tach this to the tariff bill. They argue
th it without the money provided by an
income tax the tariff is incomplete. The
friends of the measure are vigorously at
work and believe that they will win.
The bill provides that the income tax
is to go into effect Jan. 1, 1895, and that
the first collection on incomes is to be
made on July 1, 1895. All classes of in
comes are included in the measure, aud
the uniform rate of 2 per cent tax on in
comes over $4,000 is fixed. The most
important detail of the bill is the method
provided for the levy and collection of
taxes. It is made obligatory on all per
sons receiving individual incomes of over
$3,500 to make a return to the local col
lector of internal revenue. These re
turns are gone over by the internal rev
enue collector and a taxable list is made
up of those whose incomes exceed SI,OOO.
No tax is levied on those making a re
turn of about $3,500 and under SI,OOO,
but the committee deemed it expedient
to leave this margin of SSOO below the
exemption point in order that the re
turns might be sure to show all who are
subject to the tax.
In case a person having an income
over $3,500 fails to make a return, it be
comes the duty of the revenue assessor
to make inquiry as to the amount of the
person’s income. If this examination
discloses that the income is aboves4,(K)o,
the income is subjected to twice the or
dinary tax under the law and the party
failing to make his return is deemed
guilty of a criminal offense, and is made
subject to fine and imprisonment. The
main purpose in framing the above pro
visions has been to avoid an inquisito
rial operation of the law. The commit
tee believes it will do away with the ne
cessity of having assessors pry into the
private business of the people, unless the
latter have a taxable income and try to
evade the law.
It is expected that not more than 85,-
000 persons will be affected by this limit,
and the great majority of citizens will
not have to make returns.
Provision is also made by which no
information can be made public as to
the details of the income reported by
citizens. If such details become public
it might injure the credit of a firm or
individual. For that reason any public
or private person who divulges any part
of this information concerning incomes
is made subject to criminal prosecution,
with heavy fine and penalty. Particu
lar provision is made for the collection
of the income tax due on salaries; not
only official salaries, but the salaries of
individuals received from business firms,
corporations, etc.
Tne individual receiving the salary
does not pay the tax, but it is made the
duty of every government, state, county
and municipal disbursing officer to re
tain 2 per cent of all salaries over the
taxable amount. This 2 per cent is to
be taken out of the salaries in bulk at
the last payment of salaries for the year.
The tax upon corporations includes
every phase of corporate stock. This
tax is general and is without the $4,000
exemption allowed to individual in
comes. It is provided that in collecting
the tax on corporate stock, the corpora
tion shall pay the tax and deduct the
amount'from the dividends of tbe stock
holder.
To Vote Next Monday.
Washington, Jan. 19.—There was a
much better attendance of members
when the house met than for some time
past. At 11:10 the house went into com
mittee of the whole to consider the Wil
son tariff bill. At the request of Mr.
Wilson, chairman of the committee on
ways and means, unanimous consent
was given to consider the sugar schedule
of the Wilson bill for three hours imme
diately after the house goes into com
mittee of the whole next Monday and
that a vote shall then be taken.
The amendment proposed by Mr.
Johnson, of Ohio, putting steel rails on
the free list was lost by a vote of yeas,
19; nays, 100.
After the defeat of the Johnson steel
rail amendment, Representative Hen
derson, of lowa, offered an amendment
to substitute the present law for the ag
ricultural schedule, and a long debate
on agriculture ensued, in which Hopkins
of Illinois, Hall of lowa, Springer of Il
linois, Hanger of Wisconsin, and others
took part.
Mr. Bailey’s Resolution Postponed.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The house
committee of the judiciary discussed and
postponed until Wednesday next final
action on the resolution of Mr. Bailey,
of Texas—reported favorably from the
sub-committee —declaring that the sec
retary of the treasury has no right to
issue bonds to supply the present de
ficiency. This action was taken on mo
tion of Mr. Goodnight, wbo-wanted the
matter to go over until Secretary Car
lisle could bo heard. Ho will address
the committee Wednesday next.
Left with Another Woman.
Galion, 0., Jan. 19.—A sensational
episode exploded during the last few
days that has stirred the city from end
to end. It has developed that (ignTaa
PRICE HVE CENTS.
vaiuweii, tne wen Known Bine railroad
detective, has left the city, and, instead
of taking his own wife with him, took
another woman. All his effects have
been attached, and Mrs. Caldwell will
sell her goods and also leave the city.
She claims to have received a letter
from her recreant husband, but says she
will never follow him. Caldwell was a
terror to the evil doers and stood well
with the Erie company as its detective.
Mrs. Caldwell will return to her former
home in Ross county.
BREW HER OWN BEER.
The State of South Carolina Will Take
Control of a Brewery.
Columbia, Jan. 19.—1 n a few days
the state of South Carolina will go into
the beer manufacturing business. The
state board of control has adopted the
following resolutions:
Reso'ved, That the county board of con
trol of Charleston be authorized to estab
lish a dispensary at or near the Palmetto
brewery, and f hat the said dispensary, in
addition to selling liquors, shall be the
distributing depot for the ale and beer
sold in Charleston, other than export beer.
Resolved, second, That said dispensary.
Under rules adopted by the county board
and approved by the state board, use t’ a
wagons and employes of the brewing co. -
pinyin handling the beer made by the
said Palmetto Brewing company in the
city, and in shipping the same to all points
outside the city to other dispensaries when
ordered bj the state commissioner.
The resolutions explain the deal to a
certain extent only. The new dispen
sarj' law gives such companies 30 days
to dispose of their manufactured pro
ducts. Governor Tillman says that they
intend to take charge of the brewery to
all intents and purposes, though it will
still be run by the company. They pro
pose to put their own man there to see
that everything is properly managed and
that pure goods are made, and he will
attend to the business end. All the
money will pass through his hands. He
will settle with the brewery people
weekly for the beer. By this arrange
ment the company saves itself from los
ing all that it had invested in its plant,
and at the same time will continue in
possession, though it be under the super
vision of the state authorities, and the
stuff manufactured can be sold only to
state authorities.
NO EXTRA SESSION. ’
Tennessee’s Governor Will Not Issne the
Call for One.
Nashville, Jan. 19.—There will be
no extra session of the legislature this
year unless something now unforseen
should arise to demand it. Governor
Turney has just said positively that he
would not call it together to repeal the
penitentiary bond act.
Comptroller Harris a few days ago
suggested in a published interview that
the bond act be repealed, and the state
depend on the surplus revenue of the
present year for funds to meet the de
mands of the penitentiary act. He es
timates a surplus of $440,000 in the
treasury on Jan. I, 1895. Governor
Turney estimates it at $148,000, or near
ly $300,000 less than the comptroller’s
estimate.
BEYOND THE LAW. '
Convicts Commit Murder and Think the
Courts Cannot Touch Thein.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 19.—Henry Sin
gleton and Horace Smith, negroes, have
been convicted of murder, and will be
sentenced to be hanged. Singleton is
the convict who stabbed and killed his
convict mistress, Lilia Payne, three
months ago. and then cut his own throat
with a razor. Smith killed another con
vicj by splitting open his head with an
ax. Both of the murders wore commit
ted within the pen walls, and created
great comment on the management of
the state prison.
The lifetime convicts entertained the
idea that the}’ could not again be handled
by the courts, that they wi re dead to the
law and did not hesitate to commit mur
der or any other crime when opportu
nity occurred. This opinion is expressed
by some of the best lawyers in the state,
and the case will probably be carried to
the Supreme court on that plea.
CONVICTS ESCAPE.
A Bloody Battle Occurred When Officers
Came Upon Them Later.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 19.—Several
desperate convicts escaped from the
Pratt mines by blowing open an iron
grating with dynamite. A guard, John
Palton, was blown up and seriously
hurt.
A posse of officers, led by Deputy
Sheriff Frank Dexter, came up with
four escaped convicts near Gerthite.
Dexter called on the convicts to surren
der, when a battle followed, the con
victs having secured guns. Dexter was
instantly killed. One of the convicts
was fatally hurt and the others escaped,
but officers with dogs are in pursuit of
the convicts, led by Jim Morrison, the
noted Bibb county desperado. Further
bloodshed is expected.
Carried Over the Rapids.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 19.—Mr.
Thomas Delmo and wife, and Joseph
Rogers were crossing the river at New
River in a small boat between Nuttles
burg and Fayetteville, when they lost
control of the craft and were carried
over the falls, all three being drowned.
The upturned boat was found contain
ing two valises, and in them were two
revolvers, two dirks, some clothing and
a pair of boots. On one valise was the
address, "Thomas Delmo, New York
city,” and on the other, "Jim Rogers,
New York city.”
Ordered to Cail.
Berlin, Jan. 19.—8 y command of
Emperor William, all the ladies and
gentlemen of the court will call upon
United States Ambassador Honorable
Tmodoie B. Runyan and Mrs. Runyan
ou Tuesday next.