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VOL. V. NO. 2.014 ,
LIFE IN A PRISON
Stories That Overshadow the
Convict Lease System.
THE MODEL REFORMATORY
A Young Offender Who Has
Spent Over a Year Under
the Care of Brockway.
Amsterdam, N. J., May 14.—Robert
/• Ashton, of this city, recently returned
from a term of several years at the
Elmira reformatory and the Auburn
state prison, and hia account of the
treatment of the inmates of the former
institution by Superintendent Brockway
verifies the stories of base cruelty and in
humanity brought out in the recent in
vestigation.
Ashton was imprisoned for burglary.
He spent over 15 months in the reforma
tory, during which time he saw many of
his companions treated to the paddle
and he himself only escaped punishment
at the hands of Brockway through his
adroitness. Brockway, on at least two
occasions, made passes to strike him,but
nls blows fell short.
Ashton was one of the 50 who were
drafted on March 17, 1891, to Auburn
prison, but who were obliged to spend
17 days previous to going in solitary
confinement while arrangements for
their reception were going on at the
prison. During these 17 days the 50
young men were fed on bread and wa
ter and were not permitted
to see a physician. As a result only
eight of the 50 are now living, the other
42 having died within the three years
which have since elapsed. In an inter
view Ashton said:
“I saw Brockway strike a voung man
named Seebeck, of New York, when he
was on the guardhouse floor. Also saw
him strike a young fellow named Mur
phy, from Binghampton, I think. He
was going through the yard from the
novelty shop and was about half way
through when Brockway knocked him
fiown. Then I saw Principal’ Keeper
Winne kick a young fellow named
Johnson, from somewhere west, all
through the hollow-ware shop, because
he was unable to complete his excessive
task.
“'They would punish you for most
anything. It don’t make much differ
ence what it was. There were the Van
Alstyne brothers, from Albany. I saw
one of them paddled as many as 40 times
and he carried black eyes most of the
time. Then there was a young man
from Gloversville, whose name I don’t
want to mention. He was paddled
eight or 10 times, and I saw him come
out of the room in terrible shape after
the punishment had been inflicted. You
would get punished for failing to do
your tasks, which were more than a
fellow could possibly do> they were so
hard.
“A fellow could not get solid food
there. It was soup, soup, Soup, all the
time, and third grade men had nothing
to eat but broad and water day in ana
day out. I was in the third grade for
six months at one time and for two
V l^ 6 - Whe » » fel
low gove into that grade he can’t get his
mail until he gets 9Uj and it may be sis
months or a y?ar befd’bS he csm hear
from home should any of his folks die.
A person gets into the third grade for
the loss of marks, which may come
about by using tobacco, talking and
other things. Sometimes a Visitor go6s
Plough and drops a cigar or the butt of
one. The boys wfll ®ak§ a grab for it
and it will go to all the friends Os the
one who ge i it. Usually some of It is
found on some one, and he gets ffaddled
until he squeals on the rest of them.
‘•Qne of the Worst features about the
Elmira reformatory is the questions that
Brockway asks a fellow when he comes
in. He has to tell all about his family,
and they ask a fellow whether his sis
ters and mother are immoral Os not, and *
if his father or other members of the
family ard drunkards. I’d rather spend
two years at Auburn prison than six
months at the reformatory under Brock
wav. it is convict over convict there.”
CORBETT IN PARIS.
The Champion Completely Captures the
French Metropolis,
Paris, May 14.—James J. Corbett ar
rived in Paris Saturday afternoon, and
probably the largest gathering ever seen
in a variety theatre assembled in the
evening to witness his first performance
in the Folies Bergeres.
The American champion was in excel
lent trim, and when his robust form ap
peared upon the stage the vast company
of spectators applauded him with a fer
vor peculiarly French.
He introduced a somewhat spectacu
lar form of pugilism. When the cur
tain rose, Corbett was discovered on a
perfectly dark stage confronting a box
ing bag. His Work on this inanimate
enemy evoked tumults of applause from
people Who had never seen pugilism in
Sny form, and three rapid, scientific
outs with Professor Donaldson excited
the audience to an enthusiasm rarely
Seen in a variety theater.
Corbett’s engagement is to last for a
week, but a French manager is already
begging him to prolong it.
Dissatisfied with the lUfflan Settlement.
Madrid, May 14.—1 n the chamber of
deputies Senor Cavonas del Castillo
moved a vote of censure upon the gov
ernment for not having inflicted severe
punishment upon the Biffians at Melilla
before entering into negotiations with
the sultan of Morocco for a settlement
J f the trouble. The motion was re
ected by a -ote of 159 to $9.
Swept by a Furious Storm.
Stillwater, Minn., May 14.—A storm
of cyclonic fury swept over this city ’
about 5 a. m., and in eight minutes did |'
damage to the extent of over §20,000. !
THE ROME TRIBUNE
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
For the Third Time the Fire Fiend De
stroys the Structure.
i New A'ork, May 14.—Fire seems to
be the Nemesis of Rev. T. DeWitt Tal
mage and the members of his congrega
, tion. Their beautiful new tabernacle at
the corner of Clinton and Greene ave
nues, Brooklyn, was destroyed by fire
i Sunday afternoon. Flames broke out
in the church edifice just after those
who had attended the morning service
had left the building. Not only wae the
church destroyed, but the near by hotel
and a number of buildings were also
greatly damaged. Had the fire broken
out one hour earlier, while the building
was filled with worshipers, ft is almost
l certain that a dreadful panic and loss of
life would have resulted.
This is the third time that the Tal
mage tabernacle has been destroyed by
fire. By a singular coincidence each
fire occurred on a Sunday.
Everything in the tabernacle was de
stroyed with the building. Perhaps the
loss which will grieve Dr. Talmage most
is that of the‘memorable stones which
he brought from the east, and which
were set in the wall at the right of the
organ, encased in stero relief work.
They were four in number. The top
block was from Mount Calvary, and
bore the word “Sacrifice.” The stone
below from Mount Sinai, bearing on it
“The Law.” The bottom stone is from
Mars Hill and bears the inscription
“Gospel.” The front stone was un
marked.
A more unique collection of stones
was never gathered in one place.
At a meeting of the trustees it was
unanimously agreed to rebuild at once.
HER OWN CREW,
And Not the Enemy Destroyed the Bra
zilian Battleship Aquidaban.
New York, May 14.—A cablegram
from Montevideo to The Herald says:
It is now reported that the description
made public by Admiral Goncalvez, of
the Brazilian navy, of the sinking of the
Aquidaban, the vessel that had been
Mello's flagship, by the Alencar, varied
from the real facts.
Officers. of the German warship Ar
cona, which was anchored only two
miles from the Aquidaban when she
went down, declare that they heard no
explosion of a torpedo, nor did they see
any attack on the part of the Alencar,
although they were watching the move
ments of the ship.
Before the Aquidaban was abandoned,
the German officers declare, the valves
of the torpedo launching tubes were open
ed and the vessel settled by the head.
The German officers say they boarded
the craft and found her deserted except
for a solitary rooster. The officers and
crew of the Aquidaban had landed after
having refused to request an asylum on
the Arcona.
In the report of the affair given out
by Goncalvez, the admiral said the
Aquidaban was abandoned by the Ger
mans.
The Adenoar, with men from the in
terior of Parana, has goffe to join Safa
na. Minister of Finance Merry ex
presses the belief that there will be a
speedy reaction in the commercial af
fairs of Argentina and that the condi
tions will soon improve.
MRS. LILLY’S MURDER.
The Aged Lady Who Strangtctl in
Her Home Ln Atlanta.
Atlanta, May funeral <jf
Mrs. M. A. Lilly, an old and mghly re
spected lady who was murdered Satur
day night in her home in the suburbs of
the city, took place from Trinity Meth
odist church at 10 a. m.
Mrs. Lilly was found lying on the
floor of her kitchen late at nignt by her
§2*l “34 neighbors who had been sum
moned to the scene by Bob Hawkins, a
negro man who had been, fur a long
time, the sole occupant of the house be
sides Mrs. Lilly, and who wae employed
as servant by the old lady.
1 Her sons lived just across the way,
but a short distance, and was the first
to respond to the alarm given by the ne
gro man, v ao stated that he had left his
mistress at home early in the evening
and gone into the city to make some
purchases and when he returned found
her lying dead in the floor with a pair
of tongs lying near, with which she had
been strangled.
Bob is under arrest, and another ne
gro, George Brazwell, an associate of
Bob’s, has been detained as an accom
plice.
Smallpox in Kansas.
Atchison, May 14.—Smallpox has
been declared epidemic tn this city, and
the health authorities have been forced
to call upon tte poHoe for aid in re
moving the sick to a pesthouse. The
families of many patients are stubbornly
opposing themselves to the removal. A
negro named Mills, whose five children
are down with the disease, stood in the
doorway with a loaded shot gun when
the police appeared, and swore that he
would kill the first person who tried to
enter. He is still on guard.
Grand Jury U’ol6 No OonA.
Cincinnati, May 14.—The grand jury
was suddenly discharged upon the dis
covery that Albert Tanner, one of Xhe
jurors, wae an ex-convict, who had
never been restored to citizenship. He
served one year for the theft of a watcb
15 years ago, and since then has lived
an exemplary life. Among tho indict
ments vititated by this juror’s service is
that of Father O’Grady, charged with
the murder of Miss Gilmartin.
Mr. Croker’s Successor*
New York, May 14.—The action of
the executive committee of Tammany
hall in accepting the resignation of
Richard Croker as leader, was ratified
at the meeting of the general committee
in Tammany hall. Hon. John McQuade
was appointed by Chairman A. W. Pe
ters to succeed Mr. Croker chairman
of the finance committee, but no ap
pointment has yet been made to fill the
vacant place of leader.
Captures the
ROME. GA.. TUESDAY MOKNING, - , MAY 15, IB y 4
A SWEET STORY.
New York Press Exposes Al
leged Sugar Speculation.
MIDNIGHT CONFERENCE.
Sugar Trust Men Charged with
“Sugaring” Senators to
Get a Tariff Measure.
New York, May 14. The Press
prints a full page article under a Wash
ington date which it claims is a “full
history of the compromise tariff bill in
troduced in the senate last Monday and
a full and true account of Democratic
surrender to great trusts.”
The article states that the sugar trust
has not only paid §300,000 for the legis
lation it wants, but also guaranteed
United States senators who speculate a
rise of 30,930 points in Wall street on
sugar trust stock.
Alleged midnight conferences were
held between senators and sugar trust
officers within a stone’s throw of the
White House.
It is also alleged that the standard oil,
lead and whisky trusts were cared for
in the same way.
ADDRESSED THE SPEAKER.
A Negro In the Capitol Gallery Created
Excitement in the House.
Washington, May 14.—During the
consideration of the district bill in the
house, considerable excitement was cre
ated by a negro man in the public gal
lery. The man arose and addressed the
speaker, saying if the Coxey bill was
not passed, the White House, treasury
and capitol would be destroyed by thun
der and lightning.
The speaker directed the doorkeeper
to remove the man, which was done
with some difficulty.
A Bill by Senator Walsh.
Washington, May 14.—1 n the senate
Mr. Walsh, of Georgia, introduced a
bill providing that any person convicted
of maliciously robbing, obstructing or
detaining the passage of railroad trains,
carrying the United States mail shall
be sentenced to hard labor for not less
than one nor more than 20 years.
Resolutions of the Memphis cotton
exchange favoring the international ex
hibition at Atlanta, Ga., in September,
1895, were presented by Mr. Harris, and
referred to the committee on commerce.
At noon the tariff bill was taken up.
This being district day, measures re
lating to the District of Columbia was
taken up in the house.
CONFER IN CLEVELAND.
Coal Operators and Miners Meet to Have
a Talk Together.
Cleveland, 0., May 14.—Every train ■
arriving in this City during the night
and the early hours of the morning
brought delegates to attend the miners’
convention and the conference which
takes place at the chamber pf commerce
between miners and bpcTAtors.
Verv few operators put in an appear
ance as early sis did the miners’ dele
gates but a large number of rooms have
bee? reserved for them at the
various hotels and a food sized
delegation wjlj probably arrive
in the cjty by nightfall. WMe it has
been slid that the PittsbuM district
Operators have been insisting right along
their m?!l are Willing to work for
55 cents a ton if they could be assured
or protection, it was not long after the
miners had arrived before it became ap
parent that so far as the delegates rep
resent the feeling of the strikers, the
men are not all willing to return for the
Same wages.
West Virginia Miners.
Wheeling, May 14.—At Bellaire,
800 union miners went to the non-union
miners of the Bellaire Rail and Steel
Works and by persuasion and threats In
duced the miners to quit work. The
miners, however, were allowed to go in
the mine to prop up their rooms for an
indefinite shut down. By the miners
going out, the mammoth steel and rail
works employing 1,200 men will be
compelled to shut down.
Miners Return to Wort
Knoxville, May 14. Five hundred
miners in the Middlesborough, Ky., and
the Cod Creek districts have returned
to work at the former prices. Several
mines are still closed in the Coal Creek
valley. Thirty-five convicts have been
put to work at Coal Creek and threats
of attacking the stockade are made by
the striking miners.
Carrying the Abductor Back.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 14.—Deputy
Sheriff Jones, of Camden county, Geor
gia, arrived here Sunday morning and
left in the afternoon with William Over
man, who ran off With Ella Marr, the
14-year-old daughter of J. I. Marr, who
Uvea kt King’s ferry, on the St. Mary’s
Portugal and Brazil al Out*
Washington, May 14.—Diplomatic
relations between Brazil and Portugal
have been suspended because of the con
duct of the officers of the Portuguese
WareMbs in connection with Da Gama’s
Surrender.
Grover Goes Gunning.
Norfolk, May 14. —President Cleve
land, Secretary Gresham, Secretary
Carlisle and Captain R. D. Evans ar
rived here on the lighthouse tender,
Maple, at 11 o'clock Sunday morning.
The party were transferred to the Violet
and proceeded to Currituck sound,
where the presidential party will spend
three days shooting snipe. They will
return to Washington next Saturday.
FOR INVESTIGATION
■ Rome Will be Represented, at
the Convention. ;
. A MEETING ON THURS
i To Select Delegates—What the
Augusta Couvention
Will be.
’ Rome trill be represented at the
Southern Immigration and Industrial
' congress to meet at Augusta, May 30th.
I That will be one of the most important
• gatherings ever assembled in this state.
A call printed below and’ signed by
• forty-three business men, Jasks for a
meeting at the court house, on Thursday
■ afternoon, at half past three o’clock, to
' select delegates for this convention, and
the meeting will no doubt be a rousing
' one. In the meantime it will be inter
i esting to know just what the Augusta
Convention will be. The Augusta
. Chronicle of Sunday, gives a glowing
prospectus of the meetings and from it
the followings taken:
“Never before in the history of Au
l gusta was it so important that the peo
ple should coine together in one grand
. united effort to make this convention a
, success, The people are coming who
have made the South what it is today.
The men whose brains, energies and
■ money have been most active in the de
, veiopment of the South will bein Augus
( ta in convention for three davs, com
mencing May 30.
• ‘There wifi be present the officers and
members of the Southern Immigration
convention, the governors of all the
Southern states and other state officers
with delegates from every congressional
district, and from the states at large,
southern senators and congressmen,
southern editorsand Washington corres
pondents of Northern and Western
newspapers, railway officials and mag
nates, representatives of the great in
dustrial enterprises of the South, capi
talists themselves and agents o f invest
ment companies seeking opportunities.
Never has there been such a gathering
of the forces at work in the development
of the South, and Augusta is fortunate
that this convention has been secured to
meet here.
“Never was the time so opportune for
such a congress of brains, eiietgy and
capital. The South above all other sec
tions is holding the attention of the
world, is continuing its steady march of
progress while other sections stagnate
THE AGRICULTURAL SOUTH.
‘ ‘ But it is hot only the industrial south
that is to benefit by this movement It
is particularly the agricultural South,
tho farmers who have most to gain.
■ Immigration will gretly enhance the
value of their lands, will diversify farm
ing and will make the South to bloom
as it never did before.
“Most significant of all factors in this
movement are taking in it. At the
headquarters of the Citizen’s Committee
at the Business League room letters are
coming in every day from the railroads,
expressing the heartiest co-operation
and their determination to be represent
ed by their higher officials. It is'to the
railroads that the south must look for
the most practical results along the line
of immigration and their interests in
the present project is most gratifying.
They are already preparing to go ac
tively to work and the convention will
be of vast assistance to them. The sub
ject has been agitated up to that point
where action is the most natural result
and the benefits of this congress will be
most material.
SOUTHERN EDITORS.
' The convention is making an’earnest
effort to secure the presence of the edi
tors of Southern newspapers themselves.
No class of men have been’more earn
est in their advocacy of the agricultural
and industrial development of the South
or more active along this line.
" The echoes of this convent ion must not
be allowed to die out, and with the in
ception of a material, practical move
ment along this line and the continued
good work of the newspapers the results
cannot be overstimated.”
The following call has been signed for
a meeting in Rome next Thursday:
Rome Ga., May 14th, 1894.—We, the
undersigned request that the business
men of the city of Rome, meet in the
court room, Thursday afternoon, May
17th, at 3:30 p. m., for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the immigration
convention, which meets in Augusta,
Ga., May 30th.
Max Meyerhardt, D. W. Curry, Rome
Hardware Company, J. W. Rounsa
ville, J. J. Seay, T. O. Hand, H. Yancy
& Co., G. S. Freeman, Trevitt & John
son, J. B. Hill, Martin Grahame, A. B.
McDonald, H.D. Hill, Ike May, Cantrell
& Owens, M. R. Emmons, H. M. An
tagnoli&Co., Thos. Fahy, Thompson
Hiles, J. T. Crouch & Co., G. H. Raw
lins, W. D. Stewart, F. Pence.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
New Officers Installed Last Night, and a
(Festival Afterwards.
The good templars had an installion of
officers last night in its hull at| the
Medical building. After the routine
work, a bountiful festival was enjoyed
by the large number of members present.
The following are the new officers: O.
L. Millican, P. C. T.; John Talyor C. T.;
Miss Bessie Porter, V. T.; Louis Duvall,
C.; Frank Bale, secretary; Jim Elders,
assistant secretary; W. J. Gordon,
Finansial secretary; Chas. Lansdall,
\Tresurer; S. Barron, Marshall; Miss (
Minnie Sharp dept, marshall; Earnest
Lumpkin, outside guard; Miiss Daisy
Lansdell, inside guard.
Thirty days’ fasting ended the life of
ex-County Recorder J. P. M. Goodman, '
f Ashland, O.
they MET again.
Maryland’s Ex-State Treasurer Visited by
His Wife—A Vow Kept Them Apart.
Baltimore, May 14.—Ex-State Treas
urer Stevenson Archer vowed when he
was sentenced to the penitentiary nearly
. ...» ago that he would never see
his wife until his crime had been fully
expiated. The wife respected his wish,
but Saturday he was released from his
vow.
Shortly after noon Mrs. Archer, a del
icate looking woman with thick streaks
of silver in ner dark hair, entered the
city hospital, accompanied by near
friends of the Archer family, and quietly
asked to be taken to the private ward in
which Mr. Archer is undergoing medical
treatment.
The nurse silently withdrew as Mrs.
Archer entered, leaving wife and hus
band sobbing passionately in each oth
er’s arms.
THE BROOKLYN STARTERS.
List of the Horses That Will De in the
Great Race.
New York, May 14.—A list of the
probable starters for the Brooklyn han
dicap as revised is as follows:
differ 1, Sir Walter, Ajax, Banquet,
Don Alonzo, Diablo, Sport, Dr. Rice,
Lowlander, Loantaka, Picnicker, Blit
zen, Copyright, Henry of Navarre
and Herald. Leona Well has gone se
riously lame and must be counted out.
The trainers and horsemen have the
races narrowed down to Sir Walter, Dr.
Rice, Clifford, Henry of Navarre, Bou
quet, Spark and Ajax.
The horses named above are in the
order of preference. Sir Walter hhs the
largest following, but Dr. Rice is a close
second.
A Dinner to the Stcvensons*
New York, May 14.—Ex-Mayor and
Mrs. William R. Grace gave a dinner at
their residence to Vice President and
Mrs. Adlai Stevenson. Among the in
vited guests were the Baron Fava, am
bassador from Itally; the Baroness Fava,
Emillio de Muruaga, the Spanish am
bassador; Chauncey M. Depew, Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe, Mayor and Mrs.
Thomas F. Gilroy, Mr. and Mrs, T. L.
James, Mr, and Mrs. James Grant Nel
son, Mr. Joseph P. Grace, ahd Miss
Lelius Grace.
Caused the Women to Faint.
Huntington, Ind., May 14.—A large
party of women gathered at the Union
church, near Claysville, to clean the
building. As they opened the door of a
toolhouse a swaying corpse swung sud
denly against two of the women. They
promptly fainted, and with wild shrieks
of terror the rest of the party fled. The
body was that of William E. Hillis,who
had disappeared after a quarrel with his
father.
Esquimaux Bound for Alaska.
New York, May 14.—Six families of
Esquimaux, comprising 13 people in all,
were on board the steamer Island,which
arrived from Copenhagen. They are
under contract to the government of the
United States and are bound for Alaska
where they are to breed and train rein
deer for three years. They were dressed
in their native cq§tume and presented a
picturesque appefiranoe.
Favors a Mild Penalty,
Toronto, May 14, The World com
menting on the fact thol the Ashing ves
sels seized near the Amherstburg were
manned by gentlemen who were fishing
for pleasure, says: If this is true, the
Canadian authorities ought to deal lent
ently with the offenders. The vessels
that were seized should be returned and
a nominal fine Imposed, or there should
be no fine at ajlj
A Mob Aftef a Murderer.
Emporia, Kan., May 14.—Assistant
Postmaster Karl Kuhl, of Cottonwood
Falls, 22 miles west of here, was shot
and killed by a printer named Rose,
Rose was drunk at the time, and it is
supposed took offence at Kuhl for some
unknown cause. After the shooting
Rose fled to the woods, pursued by 100
armed men. If captured he will surely
be lynched.
His Head Blown Offi
London, May 14.—While the British
warship Galatea wae firing a salute to
the German fleet in Firth of Forth, Gun
Instructor Lawrence had his head blown
off and Instructor WhitehSad wae seri
ously injured by the premature dis
charge of one of the ship’s small guns.
Two seamen were hurt.
Dissensions Must Cease.
Liverpool, May 14.—Theannual con
vention of the Irish National league of
Great Britain adopted by an over
whelming majority—2so to 18—a reso
lution declaring that dissension in the
party should cease, and that a conven
tion be called to be held in Dublin to
heal the existing fead.
Astor Colonel Breckinridge.
Lexington, Ky., May 14.—There is
great excitement here over the anticipa
tion of a mass meeting of the men and
women of this city toprote against
the re-election of Colonel W. C. P.
Breckinridge to congress from the grand
old Ashland district. Twenty-five la
dies including the most prominent wo
men of Versailles have arrived from
Versailles to attend the meeting
Minister Voung to Investigate.
Washington, May 14.—Secretary
Gresham has directed General P. M. B.
Young, United States minister to Hon
duras, to investigate charges of atrocity
made by Mrs. Emma G. M. Reuben, of
New York. If Mr. Young finds that
the allegations are correct he is to de
mand the punishment of the guilty
parties.
PRICE FIVE CENT
TENNESSEE TAXES
Supreme Court of the United
States Reversed.
THE STATE GOUTS RULING
Ths Mobile and Ohio Cannot
Be Made to Pay Certain
Taxes Demanded.
Washington, May 14.—The Tennessee
law, which officials of that state contend
authorizes them to tax the property of
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad company
for the years 1885 -to 1889 inclusive, has
been declared by the supreme court of
the United States, in an opinion read by
Justice Jackson, to be invalid as far as
that Company is concerned.
The company was chartered by the
state of Tennessee in 1848 with a provi
; sion exempting its capital stock from
taxation and its property for a period of'
25 years from its completion, and that
no tax should be levied which would re
duce the dividend below 8 per cent per
annum.
The court of Tennessee decided that
taxes for 1885 and 1880 could not be
collected because they were within the
period of 25 years, subsequent to the
completion, but that for subsequent
years taxes were properly levied and
should be collected.
The railroad company appealed on the
ground of violation of contract and the
state officials set up want of jurisdic
tion by the supreme court of the United
States. The latter point, Justice Jack
son said the supreme court of the United
States overruled and held that it did
have jurisdiction.
As to the question did the exemption
clause in the company’s charter violate
a section of the constitution of Tennes
see, which requires all property to be
taxed, the opinion said the legislature
had the power to exempt the property
under consideration.
The 8 per cent provision, Justice Jack
son said, constituted a contract between
the corporation and the state, which the
law in question contravened. The judg
ment of the supreme court of Tennessee
was therefore reversed. Chief Justice
Fuller dissented.
The dissent of the chief justice is
based on the theory that the 8 per cent
provision was taxation which was sp >
cial and exclusive and in violation of t ie
Constitution of the state. Justices Gray,
Brewer and Shiras j joined the chief
justice in his dissent.
TILLMAN’S TRADEMARK.
The Commissioner of Patents Will Not
Protect the Whisky Brand.
Washington, May 14. Governor
Tillman has not only lost the right to
sell whisky in the state dispensaries in
South Carolina, bnt his efforts to secure
the registration of a trademark therefor
have been in vain. Commissioner of
Patents Seymour, it will be remem
bered, refused the application of the at
torney general of the state to register
the trademark, “Palmetto tree, se
lected to identify the State dispensary
whisky.
In this position he was upheld by the
court of appeals of the District of Co
lumbia, from which decision Goverhor
Tillman, by his attorney general, ap
pealed to the sufife’me court of the
Uffited But Justice Gray, in an
opinion jusf rendered, laid the
court of the United States n?w no juris -'
diction of the matter, as it did nbt com a
within the scope of the law regulatii ;
appeals so the supreme court of the
United The matter was there
foFe dismisseX
The appeal of John Y. McKane was
decided against McKane and he must re
main in Sing Sing. |
A Charleston Ordinance Valid.
An ordinance passed by the city of
Charleston under an act of the legisla
ture of South Carolina by which the
Postal Telegraph company was com
pelled to pay a yearly license of §SOO for
business done exclusively in that city is
valid and license collectable according
to a decision of the supfeme court of the
United States just announced by Jus
tice Shiras.
The decision affirmed the judgment of
the circuit court of the United States
for the district of South Carolina. Jus
tice Harlan announced his dissent on the
ground that the telegraph company did
no business exclusively within the
citp of Charleston, and the license
was a tax upon a foreign corporation
assessed for the purpose of adding to
the revenue of the city, it was, in effect,
a tax on interstate commerce.
Justices Brown and Jackson agreed
to the dissent.
BURKE IN FLORIDA.
Tbe Louisiana Fugitive Who Is Also a Fu
gitive from Honduras.
Washington, May IL— A special from
Jacksonville, Fla., says: It is reported
in Tampa that Burka, the defaulting
treasurer, of Louisiana, passed through
there Saturday night, having arrived at
Port Tampa Friday night on the Hon
duras lottery company’s steamer Clear
water from Puerto Cortes.
He was accompanied by two promi
nent New Orleans men. One of the
steamship’s officers pointed him out to a
deputy sheriff but the deputy had no
authority to arrest him.
Big Georgia Campmeetings.
Oglethorpe, Ga., May 14.—Macon
county will have two big campmeetings
this year, and both will draw big crowds.
Miopa Springs, especially, will be a
great place for a crowd as it is already
a popular place of resort.
A Distinguished Doctor of Laws Dead.
L9NDON, May 14.—Professor Henry
Jlorjey, L. L. D., distinguished author
lecturer, has just died at Carrs
bfnnlte Isle of Wlo-bt