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THE ROME TRIBUNE
VOL. VI. NO. 1.955
COMMITTEE WORK,
It Is Farther Advanced Than
For Many Years.
CONTRACT WORK TELLS.
Disputed Points In the Forth
coming Tariff Bill Likely
To Be Settled,
Washington, Feb. )7.—The river
and harbor bill will be reported to the
house on March 1. The committee's]
work is further advanced in this con
gress than it has been for many years.
The bill will carry an appropriation of
„ about $9,000,000 exclusive of $8,000,000
in round numbers in the sundry civil
bill.
This latter appropriation is expended
npder the contract system, which the
committee found to be both a wise and
economical method of completing public
works. Work on IS riversand harbors
is now being carried on by contract.
■Under this system contracts are made
in advance and money appropriated as
the work advances. In many cases a
saving from 25 to 50 per cent is made
under this system as compared with the
methods of previous years.
Efforts appeal- to be under way to set
tle the disputed points in the forthcom
ing tariff bill. The full membership of
Democrats on the finance committee con
vened in the room of Senator Voorhees
Secretary Carlisle reached the capitol
at 11 o’clock and went immediately be
fore the committee. It is believed that
as a result of the conference with the
committee, the schedules on sugar, iron,
whisky and coal can be agreed upon,
y
j 11l the House.
Washington, Feb. 17.—The house
nonconcurred in the senate amendment
to the bill requiring railroads to stop
trains at town sites in Oklahoma, fixed
by the interior department, and asked
for a conference thereon. At 1:10 Mr.
Bland moved that the house resolve it
self into a committee of the whole on
his seigniorage bill, and that the general
debate be closed in 30-minutes, and then
demanded the previous question on his
motion, a division showed yeas, I OH;
nays, 1. Mr. Tracy, of New York, made
the point of no quorum. The yeas and
nays were ordered. The vote resulted,
yeas, 157; nays, 13. No quorum.
Caught an Absconder.
Washington, Feb. 17.—The state de
partment has received information of
the capture and extradition of Joseph J.
Hahn, wanted in Mississippi for ab
sconding with bonds valued at $90,000,
and also some valuable diamonds.
The Mansfield Riot Caso.
Pittsburg, Feb. 17.—The jury in the
case of the Mansfield valley rioters has
returned a verdict. Twenty-one of 58
prisoners were acquitted; 32 found guilty;
two had entered pleasof guilty and three
were acquitted by order of court. They
will probably be sentenced next Thurs
day,
A Fatal Steamship Collision.
London, Feb. 17.—The steamers Ca
doxton and Clytha, both British vessels,
have been in collision in Barry Roads.
The Clytha sunk and six of her crew
were drowned.
Death of a Well Known Railroader.
Cincinnati, Feb. 17.—Colonel W. L.
O'Brien, one of the best known railroad
• men in the country, has just died at the
Grand hotel here.
They Violate the Treaty.
Hanana, Feb. 17.—The chamber of
commerce of this city has handed to the
governor general a protest, which, it is
requested, he forward to the gov
ernment at Madrid, against the
recent decree of the min
ister of the colonies forbidding the im
portation of petroleum at any of the
Cuban ports except Havana and Bara
coa. The Chamber of Commerce claims
that this restriction is a violation of the
treaty of reciprocity between Spain and
the United States.
The Ribbon Weavers Still Out.
New York, Feb. 17.—The silk ribbon
weavers are still out, and from present
indications the strike will be a long and
bitter one. A committee of strikers had
a conference with the manufacturers at
Steinhart’s mills on West Fiftieth street.
The strikers demanded an increase of 75
per cent in their pay. This was refused
and Steinhart said no concessions would
be made. There are nearly 900 weavers
and 3,000 girls out of work.
DUN’S TRADE REVIEW.
A Record-Breaking; Week, But Failures
Are Not Heavy.
New York, Feb. 17.—R. G. Dun &
company’s weekly review of trade says:
This has been a week of record-breaking.
In wheat, in silver, in some forms of iron
and steel, in Connellville coke, and in
well known cotton and woolen goods,
the lowest prices ever known have been
made, and it is grnt »•' . ' • ~':1 ;
or importance have not resulted. Tha
great fall in wheat h id a perceptible in
fluence upon the tone of business gen
erally, and there was less confidence in
Wall street, less improvement in manu
factures and a greater d ■ rise in th.
volume of payments, through cl .iriug
houses, which were 21.4 per cont. le.-.i
than a year ago outside of New York,
and 41.7 u. r cent less than a year ulu
here, notwithstanding unusual 'transac
tions in grain.
While no action especially affecting
business prospects was taken at Wash
ington, the continued discussion of rev
enue and monetary measures and the
uncertainty regarding them have a con
stant favorable influence, and in differ
ent markets have caused sudden fluctu
ations in prices. Wheat at 60 3-8 ci»
lower by 4 l-4c than it was for a single
day last year, and lower by 13-4 c than
it had ever been in the previous 77 years.
A visible supply of over 79,000,000 bush
els Feb. 6, with sales and receipts from
farms continuing large, has completely
destroyed faith in the official reports of
the yield last year, and caused enormous
liquidations. Some trust companies have
arranged to advance money against
wheat as collateral security, but with
results not as yet encouraging.
Cotton declined an eighth with in
creasing distrust of short crop estimates.
Receipts from plantations this week
have been larger than a year ago. and at
no time small enough to support the
idea that the crop of 1893 was but 6,600,-
000 bales: which would mean that less
than 300,000 bales have yet to come into
sight in over six months.
Failures for the week have been 323
in the United States against 197 last
year, and 55 in Canada against 36 last
year.
ARCHBISHOP CORRIGAN.
II is Presence in Florida Indicates His Not
Being Ordered to Rome.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 17.—Arch
bishop Corrigan lias arrived here from
New York on the steamer Seminole.
From here his grace goes to D.v.le City,
near Tampa, where a brother of Hie
archbishop, Dr. Joseph F. Corrigan,
owns a beautiful grove and residence.
He will be met by the doctor and also
another, the Rev. George W. Corrigan,
rector of St. Agnes’ church, Paterson.
N. J., who came south a week ago on
his vacation. The Tesi cot)tains an
oratory, which has been in use for many
years. Mass has beef’i said ther? fre
quently, and th? archbishop, as well as
his brother, will celebrate mass ther
frequently during their present visit.
The fact that t he archbishop has cornu
south, instead of going to Rome, goes to
prove that all of the reports of his being
or hired to Rome were false and without
any authority.
Tennessee Obligations (Sool in Gotham.
New York. Feb. 17.—Latham, Alex
ander & Co., fiscal agents for the statu
of Tennessee, have concluded one of the
most important financial operations that
has been made in behalf of any south
ern state for a long time. They sold to
Blair & Co., bankers, $600,000 of 412
per cent Tennessee, bonds at par and ac
crued interest. These bonds were au
thorized by the last legislature of Ten
nessee for the purpose of building ths
state penitentiary. This negotiation in
sures beyond doubt th» calling in of all
outstanding 5 rnd 6 percent bonds of
the state of T nnes-a-e without delay,
and the refunding of the same in a new
bond bearing a lower rate of interst.
Herz Must Pay.
Paris, Feb. 17.--The first chamber of
the civil court has banded down its de
cision in the case of the heirs of the late
Baron de Reinach and others against
Dr. Cornelius Herz of Panama canal
scandal fame. The court orders Dr.
Herz to pay 600,000 francs to the credit
ors of the Panama Canal company, and
decided that the houses in Paris that
were placed in the name of Madams
Herz really belong to Dr. Herz.
Little Hope for the Miners.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 17. —The two
rescuing parties at work in the Gaylord
mine, trying to find the 13 entombed
men, are making slow progress. Rock
and coal continues to fall, and on more
than one occasion they were obliged to
flee from the work in order to save them
selves. It is safe to say that it will take
fully a month before the rescue parties
can reach the men where they are sup
posed to be.
A Brakeman Squeezed to Death.
Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 17.—Daniel
Mulholland, aged 28, married and the
father of two children, was killed on
the Reading railroad. Mulholland was
employed as a brakeman on a shifting
engine, which was engaged in roping
cars into the repair shops at Cressona.
Hulholland was caught and squeezed
between the engine and a car. He died
while being taken to his home.
Stealing Dynamite for Anarchists.
Berlin, Feb. 17. —For some time past
the owners of the dynamite works at
Domitz, in Mecklenburg Schwerin, have
missed quantities of dynamite. A few
days ago three of the men employed in
the works were arrested on the charge
of having stolen the explosive. It is
supposed they sold the dynamite to an
archists.
roui I'iay suspected.
Tuskaloosa, Ala., Feb. 17.—Davis
Wright and Lon Thompson, employes of
the insane hospital, left home for town
and have not returned. They were last
seen at Tuskaloosa about 9 p. m. They
had just been paid off and it is supposed
that they were robbed and. perhaps,
murdered. The country is being scour
ed but no trace has been found.
Wanted Just 5G2,000.
St. Louis, Feb. 17.—A crank appear
ed before Clerk J ack Zeep, of the circuit
court, in his office and made a 'demand
for $62,000. Zeep was alone, but by di
plomatic answers induced the man to
clear out.
Six More Have Died.
Kiel, Feb. 17.—Six more of the men
injured by the explosion on the cruiser
Brandenburg Lave died, making in all
46 deaths from the accident.
ROME. GA, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 18, 181)4.
SHOOTS AT US.
The Newark’s Launch Fired
Upon in Rio Bay.
NOBODY WAS INJURED.
The Rebels Did the Firing and
Claim They Didn’t Know
It Was American.
New York, Fob. 17.—A Herald spe
cial Mexican cable from Rio de Janeiro
says:
The rebel warship Marte, lying in the
bay here, fired three shots at one of the
launches of the United States warships
Newark last Tuesday night as the launch
was returning to the Newark from tho
shore.
Fortunately the Marte’s gunners were
unable to hit their target and no harm
was done. The captain of the Marta
says he did not know the launch be
longed to a warship or any American
ship.
The United Press gives the following
account of the affair:
A launch belonging to the American
cruiser Newark took ashore from that
vessel on Tuesday night last several
sailors who had been attacked by yellow
fever. The men were taken to the yel
low fever hospital and the launch re
turned to the Newark. On her way back
her course took her close to the anchor
age of the merchant fleet. Lying among
the merchantmen was the insurgent
steamßl Marte. The latter fired three
shots at the launch, but all three went
wild, doing no damage.
The representative of the United
Press saw the captain of the Marte and
questioned him as to why he fired on the
American boat.
The captain declared that he did not
know that the launch was American.
This statement, however, is not worthy
of belief, as the launches belonging to
r the American warships are easily dis
tinguishable from those belonging to the
other warships and from the other boats
that ply about the harbor.
After landing her sick sailors the
Newark, under orders from Hear Admi
ral Benham, the commander of the
American squadron, sailed for Montevi
deo, where she will bo disinfected.
It is the opinion of those who know
what sort of a place the bay is during
the yellow fover season, that the fleet of
warships out to anchor off Copacabana,
outside the harbor. There is no fever
at that place, which is easy of comniu
cation from the city.
A BIG CUT IN WAGES.
Rubber Works in New Haven Say Orders
Come in Too Slow.
New Haven, Fib, 17.—The Courier
says the Cardee Rubber company of this
city announces a big cut in wages. The
wages of girls will be cut about’ 20 per
cent, while the cutting and milling
rooms will run only eight hoirs.
Lack of orders is said to be the causa
of the cut. The Cardee company em
ploys nearly 2,000 hands. It shut down
partially two months last fall, but re
opened in November. Os late, however,
business has been getting slack again.
The Murder was Avenged.
Selma, Ala., Feb. 17.—Tho little vil
lage of Stanton, Chilton county, is in a
state of great excitement. The murder
of Mrs. Jesse Rucker, Thursday night,
has been avenged. Friday morning tho
dead body of the negro was found rid
dled with bullets lying near the scene of
the dastardly crime, and another negr<
who is suspected is missing. The place
where Mrs. Rucker was assaulted and
murdered is a lonely place and as the
unfortunate woman is dead there is no
way of getting at the details of the hor
rible crime.
An Unjust Accusation.
Richmond, Feb. 17.—A Harrisonburg
special says: W. H. Bowers, a Mans
field, Ohio, lawyer, was arrested here
Tuesday evening charged with abduct
ing Caddie B. Sutter, a 10-year-old or
phan. He had acted under letters of
guardianship issued by an Indiana court
to the child’s married sister. He had a
hearing before a magistrate, and the
commonwealth’s attorney withdrew
from the ease and asked that tho war
rant bo dismissed, thus vindicating
Bowers from any criminal misconduct.
•
Death in His Dreams.
Chattanooga. Feb. 17.—Dent Porter,
a negro boy aged 10 years, was burned
to a cinder about 11 o’clock p. m. at the
Citico furnace, east of this city. He had
fallen asleep near the narrow gauge
track, over which the iron cars or cal
drons of seething hot slag are handled
after each charge from the furnace. As
the engine puffed past him the door at
the bottom of one of the cars fell and a
firey stream of molten iron gushed over
the prone figure, bringing death without
a moment of warning or pain.
Governor Carr Defends His Action*
Raleigh, Feb. 17.—There is a good
deal of talk here about news from Ashe
ville, regarding the arrest of Frank
Hewitt, and his being taken to Georgia
upon requisition papers, which set forth
that he was a fugitive from Georgia jus
tice. Hewitt is a resident of North
Carolina. Governor Carr was asked what
would be done here as to the matter.
The governor replied: “The papers in
the case have all been carefully looked
over again by me and ara in entirely
proper form.”
Bound Over for Kidnapping’.
Atlanta, Feb. 17.—8. G. Wilson,
charged with kidnapping his pretty 16
year old niece, was given a hearing be
fore Justice Bloodworth, and was bound
over in the sum of SI,OOO to answer the
charge in a higher court.
AFTER WANAMAKER.
Did He Violate the Alien Con
tract Labor Law ?
IRISH LACE WEAVERS.
Four Have Been Working at
John Wanamaker’s in
Philadelphia.
New York, Feb. 17.—The immigra
tion authorities believe they have a
strong case of violation of the alien con
tract labor law against ex-Postmastei
General John Wanamaker.
Inspector Wahle found two young men
about the Battery looking for their bag
gage. They said they were to sail for
Europe and had just come from Phila
delphia. On investigation it was found
that a young woman and a man camo
with them from Philadelphia
The inspector suspected them of being
contract laborers and took all four to
Ellis Island. The four persons described
themselves as William Timmins, 42 years
old, a lace weaver; Bridget Gallaher, 23
years old, lace spinner; Owen Curran,
26 years old, wood carver, and Hugh
Ferry, 23 years old, weaver.
When examined, Timmins told the
following story: “The four of us lived
at Mennaduff, county Donegal, Ireland.
We worked at Middlebaugh. near by.
Some time ago I began a correspondence
with the Donegal Industrial fund to get
a better situation. The headquarters
are at 43 Wigmore street, London. I
received a letter signed ‘P. M. C.’ from
there. As a result of tho correspond
ence I received a contract paper for the
four of us. We were to work for 1
pound a week each and our board. We
were to go to any point in the United
States designated by Mrs. Hart. We
signed the contract and sent it back.
Wethau received steamship tickets from
Liverpool to New York.
“A letter said we were to report to
Mrs. Hart, Thirteenth and Market
street?, Philadelphia. We arrived hero
Dec. 8, and our contract was for eight
months. At I’ldladelphia we were met
by a Mr. Whilten, who said he was act
ing for M rs. Ernest Hart. He took us
to the Keystone hotel and said he would
settle for our board. The next morning
we went to work in Mrs. Hart's lace de
partment in the big Wanamaker build
ing. We worked on exhibition. A
month ago Mrs. Hart wanted us to sign
another contract to go to tho midwinter
fair at California. We did so, but a
week ago Mrs. Hart told us the Califor
nia scheme was abandoned. Wednes
day she said she would have to go back
to Ireland.
“She went as far as the depot with us,
and when the train was moving out
handed us our steamship tickets. They
were for the steerage and not for second
cabin, as promised. When wo reached
New York wo could not find our bag
gage.”
Timmins 'said they had always re
ceived their wages from Mrj. Boyle, Mr.
Wanamaker’s cashier. He said Mrs.
Hart was the head of the lace depart
ment of the Wanamaker establishment.
The examination is going on. The
penalty for conviction of violation of the
Alien Contract Labor law is SI,OOO lor
each offense. The immigration au
thorities are determined to prosecute the
case, and say that political feelings have
nothing to do with it.
May Search and Seise.,
Columbia, 8. C., Feb. 17.—Governor
Tillman recently asked the opinion of
Attorney General Buchanan as to the
power and authority of comstai’es to
seize contraband liquors without a ar
rant. The attorney general has replied
that only unreasonable searches and
seizures without warrant are prohibited
by the constitution, and that whatever
powers are authorized by the legislature
are not unreasonable, but valid and law
ful. Continuing, he says: “These pro
visions of the dispensary act are but an
application of old and well settled prin
ciples of law. It does not trench on
the liberty of tho citizen. The power to
do whatever he wants to do unrestrained
was never liberty. It is license and
means anarchy. Individual action so
far restrained by law means liberty and
the conservation of law and order.”
“Horenweiss"—A New Name for It.
Waycross, Ga., Feb. 17.—The case
of the city vs. Mrs. T. E. Spence,
charged with having violated the or
dinance prohibiting the sale of intoxi
cating drinks in this place, was tried by
Mayor Folks. Mrs. Spence was found
guilty and fined SSO. The testimony
showed that Mrs. Spence, \ho has been
engaged i i the mercantile business here,
has sol I a it i:i my customers “hofen-
Weiss.” V.'hit' tho evidence did not
show that ii > e i’.v iss hi I pro 1 need in
toxica' <>:i hi miv iastm- i it w is 'Turly
den < nst r ited that it co i nine 1 p - op r
ties u ; ..tilv fi ll i I ::i i vitii no ca 1">:
ton <s. Ami > In- jni • . Two other
■imilar cases will i . n■ 1 in it fo.v days
COLONNA’S COMING.
He May Not ::<■ A Ur I- Cel Ills Ctilhtr.
1 ack With Him.
Washington, Feb. 17. —The arrival
of Princess Colonna, stepdaughter of
Mr. J. W. Mackay, in New York with
her children, followed by the very ex
plicit decree of the French court declar
ing that the prince and not the princess
is the legal guardian of the children,
and accompanied by further statements
that Prim e Colonna may even now be
on his way io New York, has suggested
a nice question of international law.
Stalo department officials say that our
treaty obligations with France do not in
clude kidnapping among extraditable
offences ami therefore tho judgment of
tha French court in favor of Prince Co
lonna cannot be enforced here. But it
appears to be otherwise with our extra
dition treaty with Italy, of which coun-
try me children or Frince Uulonna are
subjects. By article P I of the supple
mentary extradition treaty with Italy,
proclaimed April 21, 1885, it is provided
that the following paragraph be added
to the list of crimes on account of which
extradition may be granted:
“Kidnapping of minors or adults, that
is to say, the detention of one or more
more persons for the purpose of extort
ing money from them or their families,
or for any other unlawful purpose.”
Obviously, the chief object of this
amendment was to reach the case of Si
cilian brigands, who, after capturing
and holding to ransom Italian subjects,
might escape to this country; but the
words “or for any other unlawful pur
pose” might be construed, it is suggest
ed, as broad enough to meet a case such
as that upon which the French tribunal
has passed judgment. In order, how
ever, to put the treaty into effect the re
quisition would have to come from the
Italian government, and, it is believed,
would have to be based upon a judg
ment obtained in Italian courts, and not
upon a French decree.
There might not be much difficulty in
Colonna’s securing his wife’s conviction
of kidnapping in his own country on the
same arguments and evidence that in
fluenced the French tribunal. But even
then there would of course be a discre
tionary power lodged with our state de
partment to determine whether the
offence charged was extraditable or not.
Prince Colonna’s purpose in visiting this
country, if it be true that he is on his
way here, may be simply to renew in
the courts of the United States the pro
ceedings to obtain the custody of his
children, which he has successfully
prosecuted in France.
NEW AGREEMENT.
The Nashville and Chattanooga and Its
Men in Conference.
Nashville, Feb. 17.—The representa
tives of the locomative engineers met
President J. W. Thomas, of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis rail
way, and had a conference that lasted
several hours. The abrogation of the
contract of 1891 after February 28th
leaves the men without any kind of a
contract or agreement and the purpose
of the conference was to arrange for a
new agreement.
The men realized that the road was
not in a position to restore in full wages
that had been reduced 10 per cent last
December and drew up a new contract,
in which it is understood the men and
the read split the difference and agree
on that basis.
General Chairman Welch, of Atlanta,
says there will be no strike and no
trouble, but that the difference will be
arranged without serious difficulty by
each side conceding something. Presi
dent Thomas, too, says there will bo no
trouble.
Tho committees representing the train
men, conductors, switchmen and firemen
are still here awaiting the action of the
engineers. They will confer with Presi
dent. Thomas when the engineers have
finished.
MISS POLLARD’S SUIT.
Coloii<*l Breckinridge Will Soon Have a
Hearing in the Charges She Brought.
Washington, Feb. 17. —Judge Brad
ley, of the district supreme court, after
listening to tho counsel for each side
fixed Thursday, March 8, as the date for
beginning the hearing of the suit of
Madeline Pollard against Representative
Breckinridge, of Kentucky. Colonel
Breckinridge’s counsel asked the court
to fix a day not earlier than March 21.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, Feb. 17.—Forecast till 8
p. m., Sunday—For North Carolina and
South Carolina—Cloudy, rain tonight or
Sunday morning, decidedly warmer,
southerly winds. Georgia—generally
cloudy, probably rain, decidedly warmer
Sunday, southerly winds. Eastern Flor
ida—fair except possibly rain in north
ern portion, decidedly warmer, souther
ly winds. Western Florida, Alabama
and Mississippi—rain, followed Sunday
by fair ami warmer, colder Sunday eve
ning, southerly shifting to westerly
winds.
Young Doyle on Trial.
Forsyth, Ga., Feb. 17. —Young Hen
ry Doyle, who figured conspicuously in
the sensational shooting affray at High
Falls, last May, is now on trial here for
murder. It will be remembered that at
the annual picnic there on May 1, sever
al men became involved in a quarrel,
when a general shooting began. Jack
Goens, during the melee, was shot three
times and died almost instantly.
General Early’s Injuries.
Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 17.—General
Early’s physician, Dr. Terrill, states that
the general is not seriously injured, and
will be out in a tew days.
To Succeed Judge Brawley.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 17.—Governor
Tillman has ordered an election on
March 6 for congressman in the First
district to fill Judge Brawley’s place.
The candidates are ex-Judge Islar, of
Grangeburg; J. William Stokes, Orange
burg; D. A. J. Sullivan, Charleston,
and J. Walter Mitchell, of Lexington.
Judge Islar seems to have the lead.
A Deadhead Sure Enough*
Hazleton, Pa., Feb. 17.—Janies Haw
kins, of Jeddo, an invalid, while eu
route to the Jefferson hospital, Phila
delphia, died on the train. The fact was
not discovered until the conductor shook
him for his ticket.
Found Frozen in a .-table.
Huntingdon, Pa., Feb. 17.—Whili
walking on his way home, JohnT. John
ston, of Entrikeu, this county, was over
come by the intense cold and sought
shelter in a stable. He was found tluro
frozen to death. Johnston, who was a
tanner, leaves a wii'e and six children.
A. C. Dickson, once prominii in
Illinois state affairs, isdead at Spi In;, d.
PRICE MVE CENTS.
THE GOVERNMENT.
Must Immediately Be Changed
or It Will Go Into
A STATE OF BANKRUPTCY.
Such Is Now the Doctrine of
the Advocates of the
Third Party.
The state alliance met yesterday morn
ing at ten o’clock in the court room at
the new court house.
A large crowd was present who
seemed to be full blood people’s party
men, expect the coon hunter, Speed,
who it would he hard to tell which
party he belonged to.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman M. L. Palmer, who, after a
few brief remarks, introduced Mr. J. B.
Osborn, a strong advocate of labor or
ganizations and an ardent supporter of
third party principles; for some cause
he seems to think the whole world is on
the verge of bankruptcy; he states many
various reasons how and why such is
the case, though none by which to re
lieve or rescue the people
He argued there should be new politi
cal parties; for, from the time Abraham
and Lot separated, there had been cm
tinual separations in political, industrial
and other parties. He stated the country
needed a sound national currency, but
failed to state the way in which to get
it; and he states the modern dcmoctratic
principles,', with regard to currency, is
to increase the reserve and decrease the
circulation. Speaking of democrats he
says that Grover Cleveland and Andrew
Jackson were both not democrats, the
only true democrats are the third party,
and he challenged any democrat to meet
him last night and discuss the question.
That the third party platform was the
only one which contained the true dem
ocratic principles.
He graphically touches on the bond
question which has recently been dis
cussed, and says that it means robbery
I and slavery, and that it is n< >t inteueded
i they shall be paid, but does not say
what is to become of them. He de
nounces the single standard of gold, and
says it means wreck and starvation to
the laboring class, and the farmers who
have to pay interest on their mortgaged
farms. He then touches on the qualifl-
I cations of the representatives to senate
I and to congress, and says the only uec-
I essary qualifications is a good war rec-
I ord. Governor Northen thought his
. wasn’t sufficient and decided to make
j one, which he did a few weeks ago,
; when he frightened away the champion
; fighters of the world from the borders of
• gi.aud old Georgia.
| He is very much in favor of govern
ment ownership of railroads and tel
egraph companies, but does not state in
what manner they are to be acquired.
He says that there is a monopoly on
everything except air and sunshine, and
j they are after that, and expect to bottle
I anil sell it by the dose, the nionopo
j lists’ creed is "The public be damned,”
i and the competition system “don’t give
a damn, so it don’t hit them.” He
I spoke again last night at the same place
; to a large and enthusiastic crowd.
: Mr. Osborn is an orator of rare quality,
' and his bright and witty remarks were
laughingly received by the crowd.
Tho Oldest Settler Dead*
Dahlonega, Ga., Feb. 17.—01 d Un
cle Sergeant died at the age of 107 at
j the county poorhouse here. When the
; whites first pushed up into north Geor
> gia, 70 years ago, Sergeant was already
among the Cherokees, accepted as one of
them. He not only outlived these early
j friends, but he has seen several genera
l tions of his own race pass away. Ho
■ lived a bachelor until he was 98, when
he married a widow of 50. She found
him too set in his ways for endurance,
and left hi m in a week.
Killed by a Falling Limb.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 17.—Mr. Wil
liam Riley, of South Butler, near Green
ville, Ala., was accidentally killed on
■ Sunday. He left his house to take a
j walk around his field. Not coming
; home, next day his family became un
easy, went in search of him and found
; him dead. A limb of a tree had fallen,
■ striking him on tho head, killing him,
it is thought, instantly.
Cotton in Sight*
New York,Feb. 17.—The total visible
! supply of cotton for tho world is 4,477,-
815, of which 3,939,615 is American,
against 4,255,788 and 3,764,588 respect
ively last year. Receipts at all interior
towns, 35,852. Receipts at plantations,
54,473. Crop now in sight, 6,373,744.
Morton Hanged in Effigy.
Nebraska City, Feb. 17.—1 n the
early morning effigies were found hang
ing at a prominent place in this city of
the Hon. J. Sterling Morton, secretary
of agricultury, and his son, Carl Morton,
bearing the Inscription: “Compliments
of the Democratic Marching Club.”
A Flourishing Southern School.
Fort Hill, S. C., Feb. 17.—Clemson
college opened with an enrollment of 191
old students. There are now about 400
here altogether, and the indications ara
that within the next 10 days there will
1 be half as many more.
l)V Hi-
Albany, Ga., Feb. 17.—At a dance
near Oakfield, in Worth county, Thurs-
■ day night, John Long and William Bai
ley, two young farmers, became involv
ed in a dispute whi. h ended by Bailey
shooting Long, 1; !lm.r him instantly.
Tim cause of th • <l.faculty j ; thought to
have be'n jealor. y. as the young r■ i
were rivals for the favor of act a
young lady of tho ia ’.ghborhood.