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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL, V. NO. 2.01 s
SUGAR SCHEDULE
It is Around This that the Tariff
Subject Revolves.
THE SENATORS CORNERED.
If They Turn One Way Farmer
Constituents Threaten to
Annihilate them
Washington, May 11.—The sugar
schedule of the Wilson bill is still the
principal topic of discussion in senato
rial circles. It is certain to be vigor
ously assailed when reached in the reg
ular order of debate, and those senators
who are opposed to it are hopeful of
being able to defeat it. Their attack
will be directed at the sugar trust,
which has had by far too much to do
with framing the schedule. Primarily
their object is to defeat the bill. Their
idea is that unless the trust schedule is
accepted by the senate, sugar will be
restored to the free list, and that,.in
that event, the Louisiana senators will
vote against the bill, and, in conjunc
tion with Mr. Hill, who opposes the in
come tax feature, kill it.
The Louisiana senators occupy an em
barrassing position. Both are serving
by appointment from the governor and
both are candidates to succeed them
selves. The day of election is close at
hand. The Louisiana legislature meets
on Monday next, and a week later bal
loting for filling the two unexpired sen
atorial terms will begin. The issue is
sugar. . The planters are organized.
Their demands are already known.
They want a tax of two cents a pound
on raw sugar or else the defeat of the
Wilson bill.
Messrs. Caffery and Blanchard have
virtually been warned to support the
planters’ program or prepare to encoun
ter the opposition of the planters before
the legislature.
Congressman Boatner is a candidate
against Mr. Blanchard, and ex-Senator
Jones against Mr. Caffery.
Mr. Boatner has gone home to con
duct his campaign, and Mr. Jones will
be assisted in his race by Congressman
Davey, who is now on the scene. The
planters will endeavor to pledge the dif
ferent candidates to the support of their
program.
There is a difference of opinion here as
to how much power the planters will be
able to bring to bear on the situation.
It is stated in one quarter that Messrs.
Caffery and Blanchard can afford to ig
nore the planters’ convention altogether.
Ex-Governor VVarmoth, the Republican
leader in Louisiana, Is manipulating it.
and this supports the assertion that
partisan ends are in view. The killing
of the Wilson bill would wreck the
Democratic party throughout the coun
try, and Warmoth could hope for some
benefit from such a disaster, even in
Louisiana.
But whatever the power of the plant
ers may be, and however they may at
tempt to use it in the senatorial fights,
the fact remains that the Louisiana sen
ators are not in a position to comply
with the planters’ demands. They are
committed to the Wilson bill as it now
stands, and would be obliged to support
it even if the present sugar schedule
should be rejected and the former one
restored. Only the putting of sugar on
the free list would release them from
the obligations they are now under.
The Louisiana senators were not a
party to the framing of the new sched
ule. The trust forced that on. the
finance committee. The Louisiana sen
ators did not object. All they were in
terested in was in seeing that raw su
gars did not suffer in the change, and of
this they assured themselves. They are
pledged to the new Schedule, therefore,
by the same terms and for the same rea
sons that they were to the old. The
tariff to them is a local question, and
having secured their own people against
loss they are willing and ready to sup
port the Wilson bill.
Meanwhile the movement to make
the repeal of the sugar bounty a cer
tainty goes on. The Breckinridge reso
lution in the house will be pressed, and
seems certain of carrying. This is not
a matter of recent determination. Sen
ator Jones, of Arkansas, in an interview
printed in February, declarged that,
regardless of what might be the fate of
the Wilson bill, the sugar bounty was
certain to be repealed, and stated that
it could be done by the step that had
just been taken in the house. At that
time the sugar men were urging an ex
treme proposition, and asserting that
unless it Was accepted they would op
pose the Wilson bill. declared
that, while they did not as a matter of
principle favor the bounty, they would
Vote so as to continue it unless a tax
satisfactory to the planters should be
levied 6n sugar. In other words, they
preferred the McKinley law with the
bounty, to the Wilson bill with sugar
on the free list 'Then it was that the
revenue reformers in both houses de
cided that the bounty should go, come
what might, and the Breckinridge reso
lution is expressive of that policy.
The attitude of the Louisiana sena
tors, therefore, is easily summed up.
They will not oppose the trust schedule,
because it does not conflict with the in
terest of the planters. They insist that
the Wilson bill must contain a provision
taxing sugars, or they will oppose it,
and after killing the bill, if that can be
done, and should become necessary to
save sugar, they will then turn the Com
bination thus formed against the resolu
tion repealing the bounty clause of the
McKinley law.
The whole case, sooner or later,
threatens to revolve around sugar.
Wilson Will Accept the Senate Bill.
New Ort.eafs, May 11.—Congress
man Wilson, chairman of the committee
on ways and means, who has been the
guest of Collector Wilkinson, has left
for Washington. Mr. Wilson declined
to talk tariff or politics beyond express
ing the opinion that it would be wel.
for the house to accept the senate
amendments and thus secure the early
passage of a tariff bill.
SHE HAS A DOUBLE,
And, Unfortunately, That Double Has an
Unsavory Reputation.
Chicago, May 11.—Miss Grace Had
sell has wealth, beauty and friends, but
she is not happy. She rails at the fate
that made her, in appearance, the dou
ble of the notorious Zella Nicolaus. She
wishes her cheeks were not so rosy, her
eyes not so bright and dark and her hair
any other color but golden brown. As
it is she is stared at on trains, identified
at hotels as the woman who sued the
Goulds, and described in at least one
newspaper as none other than the young
woman who has had such a lively ca
reer in this city and in New York.
Miss Hadsell is a young woman of
high standing. She. is an orphan, has a
good education and owns property. She
is now the guest of her aunt, Mrs. D. C.
Gray, in this city. She divides her time
between the home of the Rev. W. M.
Steel, in Normal, Ills., and the home of
her aunt.
She has just returned from California,
and while there a reportet wrote her
up as Zella. In vain she pleaded that
she was not. Her life became so disa
greeable in San Francisco that she left.
“I was only beginning to get over the
blues on the train coming home,” she
said, “and was becoming acquainted
with some agreeable fellow passengers
—■you know it is a long trip—when a
conductor quietly asked me if I was go
ing to Wabash. I told him no, that I
was going to Chicago. Then he said he
knew all about me and had seen me in
Wabash, and smiled in a wicked way.
I got angry and told him to attend to
his own affairs, and that I never was in
Wabash in my life. He told me I had a
‘dead ringer’ there, whatever that
means. What does it mean? On the re
mainder of that trip home there was not
a soul In the car who would speak to me
or Mrs. Bell, and I was miserable. It is
just awful to look like that woman, and
I hate to go on the street."
INDIANS AS SOLDIERS.
They Celelfcated Their Release from Re
straint In Good Indian Style.
Omaha, May 11.—The Indian company
of United States troops at Fort Omaha,
which has attracted so much attention
as an experiment in civilizing the red
men, is now a thing of the past. The
soldiers have been formally discharged,
have started for their reservations, and
the experiment is considered a failure.
But two Indian soldiers remain at the
fort, and they have asked for their dis
charge, and will start for home in about
three days.
Monday being pay day, the Indians
received their discharge about noon and
were paid off. Their first move was to
strike for the town and buy spring suits
of citizens’ clothes, ranging in price
from $2 to $7. Some bought parasols
and calico to take back to their squaws.
Some bought §2 watches; nearly all got
bright new and cheap valises, and all
purchased revolvers and from one to six
bottles of whisky.
They all got drunk, and some of them
returned to the post and made night hid
eous by shouting and firing off revolv
ers, while many spent the night down
town. Many drunken Indians were
locked up in the guardhouse at the fort,
one of whom drew his revolver on a
guard, but was arrested before he did
any harm. They had. bought tickets
before going to town, and left over the
Elkhorn for the reservation at Pine
Ridge.
SOME OF THE EVIDENCE.
Charges Filed in the Navy Department
Against Carnegie and His Men.
New York, May 11.—A Washington
special says: William F. Brown, a Car
negie workman, in an affidavit sent to
the navy department, swears that he
personally, upon the order of foremen
and superintendents, imposed upon the
government inspectors at Homestead
vast numbers of imperfect bolts and
nuts for fastening armor plates to ves
sels. He specifies a score of different
tricks and devices used for this purpose,
and says that once when he filled an
Important order with bolts from the
scrap heap he was personally commend
ed by the superintendent and given a
rise of salary.
Before the ordance bureau’s board at
Homestead Frederick Buck testified
that by direction of his superiors he had
tampered with the machine used in test
ing armor plates, so that it would regis
ter greater than the actual strength for
certain ma*'zed plates.
Fever May Do the Work,
Wichita, Kan., May 11.—The chief
of police of this city received a letter
from some crank residing at Kenyon,
Minn., In which was enclosed $lO to buy
“pure white flowers to be placed upon
she body of Mrs. Lease on the day of
>er funeral," which he sets down for
May 20. He says that the Nazarene
came to him in a vision with a cross of
blood painted upon his breast and com
manded him to kill Mrs. Lease.
Tullahoma Murderers Indicted.
Manchester, Tenn., May 11.—The
grand jury has returned an indictment
for murder in the first degree against
Allen Dunn, Myra Holt, and Lew Bell,
who last October murdered Lafayette
Dickson at Tullahoma. Henry Gibson,
who, with Bell, watched while Holt and
Gunn committed the murder, has turned
state’s evidence.
Columbia’s Saloons Ordered Closed.
Columbia, S. C., May 11.—Mayor
Sloan, of this city, has issued a procla
mation ordering all barrooms to be
closed and instructing the police to en
force the law against the sale of intoxi
cants.
Fell Back Into the Flames.
New York, May 11.—The stablesand
a storehouse in the rear of the United
States hotel, at Morristown, N. J.. Were
destroyed by fire at 11:15 p. m. James
Allen, a stauleman, and 20 horses were
burned to death.
ROME, GA.. SATURDAY MORNING.! MAY 12, 1894
MAY BE EUCHRED
Republicans Play aShard Hand
in the Senate.
WANTED LONGER SESSIONS
The Motion Was Sidetracked
fora Day—Republicans Will
Attempt Further Delay.
Washington, May 11.—It begins to
look as if Mr. Harris would fail in get
ting prompt action on his resolution, of
which he gave notice, providing for
convening the senate at to a, m., in
stead of 11, as at present.
The Republicans have played a hand
in the legislative game that will take a
trick of two and may, unless the ma
jority can change the rules, euchre Mr.
Harris after all. He gave notice that
he would introduce such a resolution,
and under one objection it went over
for a day.
Sucn a matter, the Republicans say,
can only be disposed of during the morn
ing hour, and the policy they have in
augurated is intended to prevent action
on the Harris resolution by the co n -
sumption of the morning hour until 1
o'clock, when the pending bill must be
laid before the senate.
When a long communication from the
secretary of the treasury was laid be
fore the senate the usual course of re
ceiving it and directing its printing was
sought, but Mr. Quay objected and the
clerk was compelled to read it in full,
thus consuming 13 minutes. When,
shortly after, the time came for the in
troduction of bills, Mr. Quay introduced
a bill, previously introduced in another
congress, providing for the codification
of the laws of the District of Columbia.
It is one of the most voluminous bills
in the document room and Mr. Quay
insisted that it be read the first time in
full. Under the rules one objection
carries it over for a day, when it can be
read in full for the first time and the
next day read again in full. The prac
tice of reading bills by title the first and
second time is done by unanimous con
sent only and it does not appear clear
how the Democrats can avoid listening
to the reading of the bills if members
who introduce them insist upon it.
There are many very large and bulky
measures that have never been enacted
into law that slumber peacefully in the
desks of senators ready to follow the
Sace set by Mr. Quay, and there is un
er the present rule no means whereby
the majority can prevent the introduc
tion and reading of every document in
the shape of a bill now in the document
room.
By this means time may be consumed
in the transaction of morning business
Until 10 o’clock arrives, when the tariff
bill comes up, and the’Harris resolution
falls for the day.
The Republicans deny that they are
filibustering or consuming time need
lessly.
The discussion on the tariff bill was
confined to amendments on the boracic
acid item. Mr. Gallinger expressed the
hope that under the guidance and pro
tection of protectionist Democrats like
Mr. White, of California, who wanted
Higher duty on boracic acid, New Eng
land industries would be saved from
crucifixion and destruction. No vote
has yet been taken.
THE HOUSE IN EARNEST.
They Have No Time to Waste on the Pri
vate Calendar at Present.
Washington, May 11.—The house
refused by a vote of 110 to 59 to take up
the. private calendar for consideration
which was the regular order and voted
to proceed with the naval appropriation
Before doing this some routine and
private business was transacted.
Names Sent to the Senate.
Washington, May 11.—The president
sent to the senate the following nomina
tions: Charles D. Walcott, of New
York, director of the geological survey,
Vice John W. Powell, resigned. Wil
liam P. Huffman to be postmaster at
Hickory, N. C.
Runs Away from the Gallows.
Columbia, S. C., May 11.—J. T. Jen
nings, a negro under sentence of death
for murder, escaped from jail. He took
the north bound vestibule train at Clin
ton, disguised as a woman. Near Ches
ter his sex was discovered, and he leap
ed from the train. A motion Is pending
in the supreme court for a new trial in
his case to be argued next Thursday.
He Is a northern mulatto and teacher.
Gordon’s Lecture in Charlestown.
Charlestown,W.Va., May 11.—Gen
eral John B. Gordon, United States sen
ator from Georgia, delivered hls famous
lecture, “The Last Days of the Confed
eracy,” at this place, under the auspices
of the Lee Memorial association, and a
large and appreciative audience was in
attendance.
Flint Glass Strike Off.
Muncie, Ind., May 11.—President
Smith, of the Flint Glass Workers’ as
sociation, arrived from Pittsburg and
immediately ordered the striking glass
blowers to return to work. The strike
was caused by the company’s refusal to
Settle in full with a blower who quit
Work.
The Sugar Trust Not Enjoined.
Boston, May 11.—Judge Holmes in
the supreme court has decided not tc
grant an injunction against the Ameri
can Sugar Refining company, charged
with violating the laws of the state, but
ordered that a subpoena be issued, re
turnable June 4.
HON. HOKE SMITH
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The Secretary of the Interior Is
Interviewed.
ON THE PRESENT OUTLOOK
He Sees Slearing Skies in
Politicsard in Business.
-Stites Banks.
I am able to present from high author
ity a very encouraging view of the situ
ation.
Hon. Hoke Smith,secretary of the In
terior, was in Atlanta this week to argue
before the supreme court a case affecting
railroad bonds to the amount of four
millions. He was in the case several
years and had such intimate connection
with it, that no other lawyer could take
his place. Hence,his appearance at this
time.
While in Georgia, Mr. Smith is taking
observations on the political situation
here and may speak on the issues of the
day sometime soon. If he does, I can
promise the rock ribbed democracy, a
splendid exposition of sound doctrine.
In the meantime, I can give them
a very encouraging view of the situa
tion, politial and financial,as outlined to
me by Mr. Smith in conversation last
Thursday. The first topic was the tariff,
and on this subject he said:
‘‘l am confident that the tariff bill
will be passed within thirty days, and
the democratic leaders think so. The
president has been bending all his ener
gies to that end,and has not faltered a
moment.
‘‘We have had tremendous obstacles to
overcome, but the fight is about won.
The bill as passed ,'vill be a pretty good
tariff reform measure. Sugar will be up
some, and there will be a little duty on
ore and coal,but the result will be well
worth the effort ”
“Whatwill be the effectonjbrsin ss?.' 1
“Within sixty days there will be a
decided improvement,and by the end of
a year we will not konw that there -was
a panic. I do not think there will be
a boom. Ido not think my cow pastures
two or three miles from town will sell
for the price of city lots. A good deal
of water will be squeezed out where it
ought to be squeezed, but legitimate bus
iness will be hi a healthy condition, and
there will be little cause to complain.”
* Mr. Smith did not care to speak of the
silver question at length now, as he ex
pects to discuss it elaborately in a public
speech before long ,but this much he did
say.
“It is absurd to talk about demonetiz
ation of silver,when the United States is
maintaining on a party with g01d,5550,-
000,000 of silver curre noy—more silver in
propttion to our stock of gold than any
other country has. Pull a bill out of
your pocket and nine times out of ten it
is silver. It goes everywhere and all
the time. lama bi metallist, but I be
lieve in bimetallism according to the de
mocratic platform. That is the use of
both|metals,without discrimination, on a
parity, and of equal exchangeable an in
trinsic value. Is it not discrimination
to coin a gold dollar worth a hundred
cents,and a sliver dollar worth 47 cents?
If the railroads sold tickets from here to
Rome for one dollar to one set of people,
and for 47 cents to another, would not
that be discrimination? If I bought
corn, paying a dollar a bushel to one
man and 47 cents to another, would not
that be discrimination? The only way
to carry the 47 cents worth of silver up
to par, is by the united strength of the
strongest nations. That is, by interna
tional agreement. They say “we are
strong enough to do that without Eng
land’s help.” England! is not strong
enough to do it without our help and
the help of the four strongest nations.
No one nation can do it.”
‘ ‘ What's the prospect for international
agreement?”
‘‘l think it is good, within two
or three years, I think that ques
tion will be settled. In the meantime
the production of gold will be stimulated,
and the prices of gold and silver will
gradually, in the natural read justment
be brought nearer together. This will
facilitate the settlement.”
Here the secretary introduced an idea
of vital interest to the south. Speaking
of the stimulus to gold mining, he said:
“And who will that help? Do you not
know that the mountains of North
Georgia are full of gold? Do you know
that there are syndicates forming in
New York to develop the Southern gold
mines? I saw recently a man who had
had made four millions on silver hi the
west and now says that he is coming
South to mine gold, because he thinks
there are immense quantities of it in
this Appalahian region. Why should
we ruin the country in the vain effort to
bolster up silver and do it at theexpense
of our own resources? Why shuld we
make fools of ourselves about western
silver and paralyze our own gid mines?”
Mr. Smith strongly advocates the repeal
of the ten per cent tax on State banks: *
‘‘lmmediate relief,” said he, after
speaking of the settlement of the silver
question by international agreement, ‘‘is
to be found in the repeal of the ten per
cent, tax on state banks. I am earnestly
in favor of that , I do not think the gen
eral government has any business to im
pose such a tax, I think it is undemo
cratic. You can say also that I heard
Secretary Carlisle say a few days ago
that he was strongly in favor of the
repeal of this tax. ’ ’
Here the interview must stop for the
present. Suffice it to say that Mr. Smith
told me other things which I am not yet
at liberty to mention, but may safely
say that within the next six weeks,some
thing Jwill happen that will delight the
whole democratic party, and utterly
discomfort the soreheads. W. G. C.
, ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER.
Called convocation of Rome Chapter
No. 26, Royl Arch Masons, at 8 o’clock
tonight. Work in past and most excel-
Inet degrees, conipa ims fraternally in
vited. Max Meyerhardt, H. P.
B. F. Clark, Sec’y.
THE SAMUAN SITUAI.OJ.
Secretary Gresham Submits a Strong Pa
per Upon the Question.
Washington, May 11.—The president
has submitted to the senate the corres
pondence relative to Samoa called for
by Senator Gray's resolution of the sixth
ultimo. In Ab quitting it to the presi
dent, Secretary Gresham has taken the
opportunity to set out at length his con
clusions as to the workings of the tri
partite agreement. This letter of the
secretary’s is certain to take an impor
tant place as a state paper and to give
rise to much discussion and controversy.
He gives an historical review of the re
latians of the United States to the is
lands, in order to exhibit the policy of
this country. This he regards as es
pecially important since, he says, in the
case of Samoa, the United States for the
first time departed from its traditional
policy of avoiding entangling alliances
with remote lands, and the wisdom of
that departure must be tested by its
fruits.
The secretary then reverts to the ex
ploits in Samoa of Special Agent Stein
berger, who was sent to the islands by
the department of state for the express
purpose of obtaining information re
garding their condition 20 years ago,
and step by step brings the history
down to the present time, showing how
the United States had repeatedly refused
to establish a protectorate, and how it
had repudiated the action, of some of the
consular officers in that direction. He
suggests that the first treaty with
Samoa, In 1878, was incited by local
representatives of the United States, and
that it was entered into on the part of
this country rather from amiability than
on account of concern in Samoa.
Coming down in time to the loss of
the American fleet at Apia, the secreta
ry says, in this history of the relations
of the United States to Samoa: “Fraught
with so much peril to our safety and
prosperity we look in vain for any com
pensating advantage. So far as the de
parture from our early and conserva
tive policy had produced any apprecia
ble result, it had been one of unmitiga
ted disadvantage."
FARMERS IN COUNCIL.
They Discuss Matters of Interest to Their
Calling In Washington.
Washington, May 11.—The executive
committee of the National Farmers’ Al
liance and Industrial union met in this
city. Chairman Martin C. Butler, of
North Carolina, president. There was
a long discussion over the proposed for
mation of a national farmers’ exchange
to try co-operation on a vast scale. - The
proposition discussed contemplates co
operation between 5,000,000 and 8,000,-
000 farmers for the purchase and sale of
commodities used by agricultural inter
ests. A part of the scheme has In view
the fixing of the price of cereals in this
country instead otf in Liverpool. It is
asserted that this can be brought abou£
by the co-operation of all the farmers’
organizations In the United States.
During the day a representative of the
Chilian government appeared before the
committee and spoke of the desirability
of trade reciprocity between the farm
ers of this country and Chili in order to
obtain nitrate direct from that country.
Representatives of several railroads also
held a conference with the committee,
at which their co-operation with the
farmers’ organizations for better rates
for agricultural freight and for summer
encampments of the alliance was dis
cussed.
TO BURN OIL.
A Scheme of the Railroaders to Outwit the
Striking Coal Diggers.
Aurora, Ills., May 11.—In the yards
of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad company a number of locomo
tives are now being provided with ap
paratus for burning oil. It is said that
it will take but a short time to equip
every engine belonging to the company
with this appliance.
Superintendent F. C. Rice is enthu
siastic over the prospects of being able
to do away with coal. He says it Is
much cleaner and that its use will leave
locomotives in much better condition
than coal; it will last much longer,
weigh less and occupy less space, and
hence will give much room for Water—
an important consideration.
Will Examine Pullman's Books.
Pullman, Ills., May 11.—Three thou
sand men in the employ of the Pullman
company are on the verge of a strike.
The American Railway union represent
ed the men at a conference and demand
ep the restoration of the wage schedule
of 1893, but Mr. Pullman replied that
the increase could not be given because
the company had taken contracts in or
der to give the men , work, and that it
was losing money even at the present
scale, in some cases as much as $79 on a
car. The men appointed a committee to
examine the company’s books. If the
concern is really losifig money they say
there will be no strike, but if Mr. Pull
man is deceiving them 4,000 men will
quit work.
Still Opposed to the Hatch Bill.
St. Louis,, May 11.—In a recently
printed interview Congressman Hatch
is quoted as saying that his antioption
bill was not now antagonized by boards
of trade and exchanges, as the objec
tional features were removed. The
board of directors of the Merchants' ex
change, of this city, wired Congressman
Cobb that they were still firm in their
opposition to the measure.
A Liberal Elected to Parliament.
London, May f . —The election to fill
the vacancy caused by the retirement of
Sir Charles Russell from the house of
commons on bis accepting the post of a
lord of appeal, took place in South
Hackney. Mr. Fletcher Moulton, Q.
C., the Liberal candidate, was success
fulj receiving 4,530 votes. Mr. Herbert
Robertson, Conservative, received 4,338
votes.
PRICE FIVE CENT
COXEYITES SCARED.
Washington’s Workhouse Too
Much for Them.
WILL INVADE MARYLAND
Their Future Gamps Will be
Near the Famous Dueling
Ground at Bladensburg.
W ashington, May 11.—Jacob Coxey’s
commonwealers will quit the District
of Columbia. The new camp will be at
the famous Spa spring, near the historic
duelling ground at Bladensburg, just
over the Maryland line.
This decision was reached by the
general of the army when he found that
his followers could not become depend
ent upon the local city government, but
might be punished by terms m the
workhouse. The terrors of the Work
house are more than the commonwealers
had calculated upon.
They were willing to be fed in jail if
it came to that, but working disconcert
ed the Whole army, officers as well as
privates. • ■
THE COXEY CASES.
The Motion for a New Trial Will Bo
Called Up and Argued Monday.
Washington, May 11.—Representa
tive Hudson, of Kangas,, and Lawyer
Lipscomb, attorneys for Coxey, Browne
and Jones, had a long conference with
Police Justice Miller in regard to the
cases of the trio and it was decided to file
a motion for a new trial some time dur
ing the day.
The defendants’ counsel want to ar
gue the matter at once, but Assistant
District Attorney Mullowry said it was
not probable that he would call the mat
ter up until Monday.
Kelly’s Army Progressing.
Runnells, la., May 11.—Commodore
Kelly's army sailed at 10 a. m. The
army expects to camp at Dunreath next.
QUIET IN ALABAMA.
Governor Jones Issued an Order Against
the Moving of Armed Meh.
Birmingham, May 11.—All la now
quiet in the mining district. The only
movement during the night was that 50
miners were seen going from Pratt
mines to Coalburg, convict stockades
being at both places. They were
watched by scouts but they committed
no overt act.
Governor Jones has issued a procla
mation forbidding the gathering of arm
ed bodies of men or the movement of
armed men from place to place in the
county of Jefferson, unless commanded
by an officer of the law.
Sheriff Morrow has fully 200 deputies
on duty in this county, and if they
prove inadequate the military is at his
disposal in case of an outbreak, which
is looked for any night.
A BIG ROCK,
But It Is Called an Island and They Are
Fighting Over It.
San Francisco, May 11.—An alleged
attempt to capture an island has been
brought to light by a suit filed in the
supreme court by the Ocean Phosphate
Company, which claims that F. W. Per
mien and William Johnson are organ
izing an expedition to gO t<s Cllppertoh
island and seize it by force of arms un
der the apparent authority of a prior
claim. The island iti question is little
more than a big rock in the North Pa
cific, but it is covered by a rich guano
deposit.
There are nine men on the island, and
when those on the company’s steamet
Volants, now on the way thither, are
added to this number there will be 24 in
all ready to do battle with thS force that
starts from here.
AN OHIO CYCLONE,
Havoc Played In Daltoh and One Man
Killed by Lightning.
Dalton, May 11.—This town was
struck by a cyclone during the evening,
and the streets were covered with debris.
Trees were blown down, windows
smashed, houses wrecked, roofs torn off
and the pottery of E. Harfipton was de
molished. The Wicker family was just
about to take refuge in it when it was
blown down.
The roof was blown off of Goudy and
Locke’s mill. William Locke’s and
Samuel Gochanaw’s houses were both
badly wrecked. The storm was ac
companied by lightning and rain. Roy
Oberlin, standing by his fence, was
struck by lightning and killed. The
bolt entered at the elbow and traversed
his entire body, coming out at the left
foot.
TO STRIP TRAINS.
The Great Northern Will Be Searched for
Tramps Stealing a Ride.
Spokane, Wash., May 11.—United
States Marshal Pinkham has gone tc
Sandy Point on a special train with 2C
deputies and 50 United States regulars.
At that point there is a drawbridge over
the Pend d‘OrviJle river, where Pinkham
will establish headquarters.
All of the Great Northern trains will
stop at the bridge and will not be al
lowed to pass until they are stripped of
every tramp who may be trying to steal
a ride.
A Little Boy Drowned.
Carrollton, Ga., May 11.—Little
Tom Marchman, of this city, was
drowned near the Kingsberry bridge,
one mile from town, while in bathing
with other boys. He could not swim
and getting over his head, sank. His
' corhpanion could nqf save him,