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ESTABLISHED 1887.
HIS MEMORY HONORED
Cornerstone o( the Davis Monument
Laid at Richmond.
THE EXERCISES MOST IMPRESSIVE
Never Has Richmond Had
Such a Crowd There
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THE LAST AND GREATEST DAY
General Stephen D. Lee of Mississippi the
Orator of the Day—Ceremonies Prece
ded by a Grand Parade—Mrs. Davis Does
Not Want the Battle Abbey Located at
Washington.
Richmond, July 2. —Never before in
its fiistory, not even upon the occasion
of the unveiling of the Lee monument
in 1890, has Richmond seen such a
crowd within her limits as that which
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GENERAL STEPHEN D. LEE.
assembled here beneath a perfect sky to
witness the laying of the cornerstone of
the monument to the memory of Jeffer
son Davis. It was the last and greatest
day of the sixth annual reunion of the
United Confederate -Veterans associa
tion. which has brought to Richmond
j altogether about 12,000 veterans besides
* thousands of other visitors. The day’s
I exercises have added 30,000 visitors and
young soldiers to the vast throng.
, Wednesday night history repeated it
self in the scene which the capitol hall
| presented. A small army of grizzled
; men in jackets of gray slept upon the
green sward around the old statehouse,
with coats for pillows and the grassy
lawn for their beds. A full thousand
spent the night on the capitol grounds.
Tne city is very gaily decorated. Here
k and there on the streets faded and tat-
■ tered battleflags, relics of the lost cause,
" float like gaunt skeletons in the air, at
tracting constantly crowds of men in
gray around them.
The formation of the parade began
' yabout 10 o’clock. Before noon the streets
along the line of march were almost
completely blocked.
About the Battle Abbey.
I The Rouss Memorial Hall association
r met Thursday morning and a committee
> was appointed to obtain a charter for
| organization.
General Johnson of Alabama, Gen
i eral Briggs of Kentucky, Dr. League of
I South Carolina and General Jackson of
f Tennessee were appointed a committee
kt to visit New York and confer with Mr.
1 VRouss and show him the great opposi-
B tion in the south to locating the pro-
MI Battle Abbey in Washington. In
an interview, Mrs. Davis expressed de
cided opposition to locating the Battle
' Abbey in Washington, and said it would
be just as appropriate to erect the mon
■ament to Davis in Boston.
i The Veteran cavalry held a meeting
| to take steps towards erecting a monu
ment to General W. B. Stewart. Colo-
■ nel William Hempstreet of Brooklyn
F made a speech in which he spoke kindly
of the treatment he had received by
and he said he thought they
fewere all true to the American flag. But,
he added, he was disappointed to find
£o few flags of the Union used by civil
ians in decorating their houses.
Lieutenant George P. Hill of Han
over county, Va., replied to Colonel
' Hempstreet by saying that the south
ern people do not wear their patriotism
' on their coats, but in their hearts; that
L the south was as true as any section to
L the Union, and if the president should
■ call for troops to oppose a foreign foe,
r the south would be the first section to
I respond.
A Very Short Session-
Hk The convention was opened at 10
clock with prayer by the Rev. Dr. J.
ft Smith of Stonewall Jackson’s staff.
•Rte session was very short. General
a Oordon made a brief address praising
4 Richmond’s hospitality. A memorial
% was rubmitted asking that the name of
f the United Confederate Veterans be
® changed to Confederate Survivors asso
■ ciation. A request that the memorial
sbe sent to all camps in the association
T was adopted.
An invitation was extended from the
Philadelphia brigade to attend the re
union of the blue and the gray at Vash
ington Sept. 16, when a monument to
k the brigade will be unveiled at Antie
k tam. General Gordon said the invita
■ktion would be sent to the various camps
action.
The Rev. J. William Jones was op
/■posed to it on account of the fact that
Hothis was the brigade that kicked up the
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
row in Richmond about marc Hing be
hind the confederate flag. General Gor
don replied:
"Deal- Jones belongs to a church that
believes in conversion. Our friends
have long since repented their action.”
A petition from Fredericksburg, in
reference to a national park on the bat
tlefield near that place, was approved.
After resolutions of thanks to Rich
mond and General Gordon the conven
tion adjourned.
Laying of the Cornerstone.
There was a general parade of mili
tary, Masonic, civic and veteran organi
zations, led by a band of 1,000 uni
formed children of Richmond, sons and
daughters of confederate soldiers, with
25,000 men in line, on foot and on horse
back, to the place where the cornerstone
was to be laid.
After prayer by Bishop Granberry of
the Methodist Episcopal church, the
•ornerstone was laid by the grand mas
ter of the Masons of Virginia, attended
by his grand lodge in full regalia, and
escorted by commanders of Knights
Templar in full uniform.
At the conclusion of this ceremony a
salute of 13 guns was fired by the fa
mous Howitzer battalion of Richmond.
The orator of the day, Lieutenant
General Stephen D. Lee, was introduced
by Private J. Taylor Ellison, vice presi
dent of the Jefferson Davis Memorial
association. General Lee said:
General Lee's Speech.
We are here today to honor the memory
of Jefferson Davis; to lav the cornerstone
of a monument to one who needs no mon
ument in our generation beyond that in
the hearts of his countrymen. But we
think it due to erect one that posterity
may know the reverence felt for the great
leader of a cause that failed. It is fitting
that he should rest here in Virginia—that
greatest of all states, the battle-scarred
producer of warriors aud statesmen ; fit
ting that he should rest here among her
immortals. But for her generosity in ce
ding her vast territory to the Union, Ken
tucky would still have been hers and he
would have been born her son. Many
presidents, statesmen, soldiers, lie in Vir
ginia’s soil —from Washington to the pres
ent time—none greater than Davis, but [
more fortunate.
Kame has no trumpet- for failure. The
world bears not the voice of the van
quished. Yet bis glory might teach us
strange things of men who failed and
causes that are lost.
He followed with a review of Davis’
career and the issues which brought
about secession, and continued:
I cannot hold him wise who would will
ingly wound the patriotism of any citizen
of the republic. To brand such men as
Albert Sidney Johnstou. Stonewail Jack
son or Robert E. Lee or Jefferson Davis as
traitors is not to stain the whiteness of
their lives, but rather to spoil the word for
any useful purposes; to make a traitor a
title which Hampden or Washington
might have borne as well, had the for
tunes of war gone against them.
Jefferson Davis, he said, stood the
test of true greatness; he was greatest
to those who knew him best.
He was opposed to disunion and did
his utmost to prevent the step. At the
conference called by Governor Pettus of
Mississippi of the representatives of
congress of the state in 1860, Mr. Davis
declared himself opposed to secession as
long as the hope •of a peaceful remedy
remained.
As president, Mr. Davis may have
made mistakes. He was a constitutional
ruler, not a revolutionary chief. He
could not work miracles. In closing,
the orator said:
In calmer years, when the last ember of
sectioual feeling has burned out and the
last word o' love has gently found the
hearts of all Americans together, fathers
will bring their little children to this spot
and tell them the story of a pure, great
man, who suffered for his people and for
the right, as they understood it, and for
this they loved him as they loved no other.
As long as yonder noble river shall roll its
tide to the sea it shall behold no man more
kindly. He was a very perfect, gentle
knight. Mi.y the story of his life be sweet
in days to come, when at last all men
come to understand Jefferson Davis.
Nashville Gets the Next Reunion.
Nashville was chosen as the place for
holding the next reunion. A resolution
was offered that the reunion be not later
than May 15. This was defeated, and
the time for the next meeting was left
to the committee of arrangements to be
fixed hereafter.
A grand reception was tendered
Thursday evening by the governor of
Virginia to the Confederate Veterans.
There was also a reception by the Sons
of Veterans and Daughters of the Con
federacy to the lady sponsors of the
states, at the Masonic Temple.
POLICE ON GUARD.
All Quiet Around the Brown Hoisting
Works—Striker Dies of His Wounds.
Cleveland, July *2.—Everything is
quiet around the Brown hoisting works,
the scene of Wednesday’s riot. A large
number of police are on guard. It is
believed, however, that trouble will oc
cur when the nonunion men start to
leave the works, when an enormous
crowd of workingmen will undoubtedly
gather and an outbreak of some sort is
almost certain to follow.
So far there has been no further out
bereak at the Berea stone quarry and
Sheriff Lee, with 150 deputies and two
companies of the Fifth regiment, are
guarding the quarries and the nonunion
men.
Vincent Marchinski, the striker who
was shot through the lungs in conflict be
tween the strikers and the deputy sher
iffs at West View, died as a result of
his wounds.
A Negro Lynched Near Washington.
Washington, Ga., July 2.—A negro
tramp was shot to death by Lincoln
county citizens for assaulting the wife
of a prominent farmer near here. The
negro had confessed his guilt. His vic
tim is still unconscious.'
Cholera Return! For June.
London, July 2.—A dispatch from
Cairo to The Daily News says that the
cholera returns for June show 4,419
oases and 8,598 deaths.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1896.
ONE DAY CONVENTION
Silver Meo Will Expedite Business at
Chicago. ’
GOLDITES TO FIGHT FOR DELAY
But the Sflverites Will Push
Things With a Rush
A TALK WITH GOVERNOR ALTGELD
But a Man Friendly to the White Metal
Will Be Chosen For Temporary Chair
man and Matters Will Be Rushed, Says
Governor Altgeld—Banker Wharton Bar
ker’s 800m —Political News.
SpringMeld/Hls., July 2.—ls the free
silver leaders have their way the Chi
cago convention will be in session one
day. They intend to make a vigorous
effort to carry this idea into effect and
that is one reason why they are a*, de
termined to have a silver man ?feinpo
rary chairman. They want a man who
will expedite business in a manner that
will meet their approval. Governor
Altgeld returned to Springfield from
Chicago Thursday, and and it was he
who said the free silver men wanted a
a one-day convention. The governor
expects to return to Chicago Sunday
and will remain until after the conven
tion.
In conversation with a reporter, Gov
ernor Altgeld said the advance guard of
free silver men at Chicago were of one
mind, and that a short convention was
imperative to the good of the cause.
“We will have control of the conven
tion,” he said, “and it is, we think, to
our best interests to wind up the busi
ness of the convention in one day. The
single gold standard men will, of course,
fight for delay. It is to J heir interest to
spar for wind, as the sporting men would
say. They have no hope of controlling
the convention, but it is their desire to
procrastinate. They want to divert the
platform from a straight 16 to 1 basis to
some sort of a muddled compromise.
Should we let the convention remain in
session several days they might do- this.
Wall street and the Standard Oil inter
ests have an influence that is far reach
ing and powerful. But the free silver
men are in the majority and will run
the convention. They will never per
mit the small minority to dictate terms. ’ ’
As to the position of temporary or
permanent chairman the governor sa’d
he did not want either. “It is whut
might be called clever politics,” he con
tinued, “for the goldbug papers to boom
me for the honor. They know it would
tend to arouse a spirit of jealousy among
the Democracy. It would give them a
chance to say I was hogging everything
and giving no one else a chance. I
don’t want to be chairman for two rea
sons. A man who presides over a body
of this kind, it lie is honest and fair is
merely a figure head. If he were dis
honest, he might abuse his power to the
advantage or disadvantage of one side
or the other. Then it will require a
good deal of hard work to preside prop
erly over the convention. I can be of
better service to the party on the floor.
My whole desire is to see silver win. I
want a free silver ticket with a free sil
ver platform. For myself I want noth
ing-”
Governor Altgeld said he had no idea
who would be temporary or permanent
chairman of the convention beyond that
both positions would be filled by men
acceptable to the free silver Democrats.
In regard to the presidential nominee
he said that he had no preference. It
was too soon as yet to fix upon a man.
There were not enough delegates in
Chicago to determine on any man. The
first object now is to see to it that the
rights of the majority were not inter
fered with by Wall street gold.
Senator Blackburn on the Situation.
Chicago, July 2.—Neither Senator
David B. Hill nor Governor Altgeld
will be temporory chairman of the Dem
ocratic national convention. Governor
Altgeld settled the question by declar
ing that the agitation in favonof his
name was a goldbug scheme to discredit
the silver movement, and the silver
leaders settled the question as far as
Senator Hill is concerned by almost
unanimously declaring that the tempo
rary organization must certainly be con
trolled by the majority of the convention.
Governor Altgeld’s statement that the
convention would be made a one-day
affair, and should be made so, was not
received with much favor by the well
known leaders who are here, or by the
friends of the many candidates. Sena
tor Blackburn of Kentucky said:
“I don’t suggest or approve of delay
in the matter, and I must say that I am
utterly opposed to any gag law or rush
ing. Let this convention be one marked
by fairness. We have nothing to lose
and much to gain. Let us give every
body a fair hearing and then act accord
ing to our best judgment. I think the
cause of silver will be aided by such ac
tion and that the cry of gag rule and
unfairness should not be raised, no mat
ter what the result.”
Asked wl „t his views on the question
of Senator Hill for temporary chairman,
he said:
“Senator Hill would undoubtedly
make an impartial chairman, but he is
allied with the gold forces and it would
be a roundabout way for us to turn over
to the minority of the convention its or
ganization. It is not supposed that the
majority are going to jeopardize their
own work. As for Governor Altgeld, I
never understood that he was a candi
date for temporary chairman.”
Resent the Coming of Whitney and Eekels.
Chicago, July 2.— Some of the silver
men manifest a disposition to resent the
announced intention of gold advocates,
who are not delegates to the convention,
! to come to Chicago with the avowed in
tention of influencing the course of pro
ceedings. Voice was given to this feel
ing by Senator-elect Money of Missis
sippi, who said:
“It is an unheard of proceeding for
men like Mr. Whitney and Mr. Eckels,
who have no credentials to a national
convention, to attend it with a view of
influencing the action of delegates on
a question of principle. It is, of course,
usual for the friends of candidates to
exert their influence upon delegates who
believe as they do; but for men to come
here as these men do to change the
views of the delegates who are in
structed on a line of policy is either a
piece of arrogance, or a piece of folly,
just as you choose to call it. I say
to them that every one has been
sent here with instructions, and they
propose to buy them out or try to influ
ence the delegates’ faith with their con
stituents. Either policy should be re
sented, and I predict that the gold ad
vocates, who come to the convention
without other excuse than that of ex
erting their influence on duly elected
delegates, will meet a very cool recep
tion. The convention will be silver
from core to cuticle and the gold influ
ence cannot be used to change its char
acter. ’ ’
Whitnoy Leaves For Chicago.
New York, July 2.—Headed by Wil
liam O. Whitney, a gold standard con
stituent left for Chicago at 4:30 o’clock
Thursday afternoon over the New York
Central railway. The party includes as
guests of Mr. Whitney, United States
Senators Gray of Delaware and Smith
of New Jersey, ex-Governor Russell of
Massachusetts, District Attorney John
R. Fellows, Naval Officer Christopher
C. Baldwin, State Chairman Janies W.
Hinkley, National Committeeman Wil
liam F. Sheehan, Hugh J. Grant, Col
onel George B. Harvey, Mr. Whitney’s
private secretary. At Albany Senator
Hill aud Smith M. Weed will join the
pasty. Senator Murphy, ex-Governor
Flower and Frederick R. Coudert were
invited to join, too, but could not.
Walter Stanton, president of the Dem
ocratic Business Men’s association, will
be on the same train with Mr. Whitney,
as will several other prominent Demo
crats from this state, aside from the
former secretary’s guests. The party
expects to reach Chicago at 5 o’clock
Friday afternoon.
“We go to Chicago,” said Mr. Whit
ney, “as Democrats, desiring to do the
best we can for the party. What will
be done canuq£ be foretold. We hope
it will be for best interests of the
party and for the country.”
Thinks Barker Would Be Fleeted.
Chicago, July 2.—The Times-Herald
Philadelphia special says: Wharton Bar
ker, the Philadelphia banker and Re
publican free trader and free silverite,
is expected to be nominated • for presi
dent bv the Democrats at Chicago. John
H. Lorimer, member of the Manufac
turer’s duo and a well known builder of
textile machines, said, in talking about
the Barker boom:
“Mr. Barker, if nominated by the
Democratic convention at Chicago, on a
straight Democratic bimetallic platform,
would certainly be elected. I have
talked with prominent men from differ
ent sections of the country; men of all
shades of political belief, aud I firmly
believe that Mr. Barker will be elected.
I have been in close touch with manu
facturers, and I tell you they want bi
metallism. I think Mr. Barker will se
cure the nomination. We-ha ve inform
ation to the effect that the leading sil
ver mp’ ,ook kindly upon his candidacy.
I be’ Mr. Barker to be the man des
tines >y the Almighty to lead us out of
the wilderness, and I shall support him
for the presidency in every way possi
ble.”
Pennoyer’s Name May Be Presented.
Portland, Or., July 2.—The name of
ex-Governor Sylvester Pennoyer may
be presented to the Chicago convention
for the nomination of president, though
such a step has not yet been definitely
decided upon. The delegation from
Oregon has left for the convention city.
The delegation is divided at present,
and unless the governor can secure the
silver delegation from his own state, it
is probable his nt me will not be pre
sented. For the last four years Pen
noyer has allied himself with the Popu
lists, but it is believed that he would
accept a nomination at the hands of the
Democrats upon the free silver platform.
Severe Earthquakes In reru.
New York, July 2.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Lima, Peru, says. Se
vere earthquakes are now occurring
daily at Arequippa. Much damage has
been done to buildings. A sensation
has been caused here by a pamphlet
written by the attorney general, Senor
Aranaribar, in which serious charges
are made against two of the civil judges.
The Herald’s correspondent in La Paz,
Bolivia, sends word that the govern
ment fears a general uprising of the In
dians.
A Georgian Dies In New York.
Clifton Springs, N. Y., July 2.
General A. R. Lawton of Savannah,
Ga., died at the Clifton Springs sanita
rium Thursday. He had a stroke of
paralysis on Friday last from which he
did not recover. His remains will be
taken to his late home at once.
An Atlanta Man Gets the Contract.
Charlotte, N. 0., July 2.—The con
tract for the new courthouse of Meck
lenburg county has been awarded to W.
W. McAfee of Atlanta, Ga., he being
the lowest bidder. His figure was S4O, •
W Th* highest bid was $52,000.
■TEE NEWS FROM CUBA
Don Antonio Is Seeking a Cavalry
Command.
WANTS TO FIGHT THE INSURGENTS
A Dispatch to the Herald From
Havanna Tells It
A PETITION TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Weyler Has Decided to Organize a New
Column to Operate In Pinar Del Rio
Province Spaniards Dying of Yellow
; Fever —The Status of Julio Sanguilly’s
’ Case—Alleged Filibusterers Released.
' New York, July 2. —A dispatch to
The Herald from Havana says: It is
understood that the Spanish infante,
Don Antonio, is seeking a cavalry com
mand in Cuba. In a petition filed in
the war department he solicits a post on
the western trocha, where he will pos
sibly have an opportunity to fight Ma
ceo’s black insurgent legions.
! Captain General Weyler, after a long
conference with Major General Pin,
Colonels Motoneza, Estrush and other
officers, has decided to organize a new
column to operate in Pinar del Rio
province, to be composed of the Vala
dolid balaeric and Cuban battailions
and various guerillera forces, all under
command of Colonel Francos.
i A rebal band, commanded by Manuel
Martel, burned the hamlet of Cucaracha
and five farmers’ houses near the town
of San Antonio del Rio Blanco, in Ha
vana province.
A party of 100 rebels arrived at the
Mantanzas cemetery and threatened the
keeper. They desisted and took two
horses. They next went to the house
of the hearse driver, threatening to kill
him if he continued to carry bodies to
the graveyard.
Mantanzas advices report that three
officers died Wednesday of yellow fever
in Colon. The civil hospital and the
Red Cross society quarters have been
taken to accommodate the sick soldiers.
The mail steamer Alfonso XII has car
ried to Spain as “deportados” Silverio
Oantero and Julian Figueroa Ferrera.
I In response to Consul General Lee’s
informal inquiries as to »the status of
Julio Sanguilly’s case, the captain gen
eral made official statement that affairs
were beyond his jurisdiction and wholly
in the hands of the civil courts. When
Sanguilly was tried in December last,
certain exceptions to the proceedings
wore noted by his counsel. Then Con
sul General Williams objected to the
fact that his sentence was based on the
original testimony taken at the court
martial. These exceptions and objec
tions have gone to the supreme court at
Madrid for consideration, where the
eminent Spanish statesman and jurist,
Senor Salonerin, is engaged as counsel
for the prisoner.
Sanguilly himself remains in Cabanas
castle here pending the final verdict.
Ho occupies the most luxurious quarters
in the castle, and the Spanish officials
treat him with great consideration. His
wife and most intimate friends are
allowed to visit him whenever they de
sire, aud he receives his meals from a
noted Mantanzas restaurant. He has,
in fact, every comfort possible under
the circumstances.
i
Smallpox and Yellow Fever Raging.
i Washington, July 2. Advices re
ceived by Surgeon General Wyman of
the marine hospital service, dated San
tiago de Cuba, June 13, state that the
United States sanitary inspector has
found over 1,000 cases of smallpox in
that city. There are a number of fam
ilies down with it within 200 feet of the
United States consulate. Information
, received from the south coast of Cuba
i from Cienfuegos to Baracoa is to the
! effect that that territory is a plague spot
; of smallpox, and the marine hospital
service is notified, in order that the
quarantine officers may be put on their
guard to prevent the transportation of
the disease to this country.
Another report on the sanitary condi
tion of Santiago de Cuba for the week
ended Saturday, June 20 says: The
total number of deaths has been 86. Os
these 39 were from smallpox, 15 from
yellow fever, 5 pernicious, and 12 ente
rocolitis. Smallpox is now raging epi
demically, the total number of cases as
far as known reaching up to about 900.
The authorities and citizens are doing
all in their power to prevent its ravages.
Commissions and committees have been
organized to succor the poor with med
icines and food. Yellow fever is also on
the increase this week, and affections of
the intestinal canal are very common.
Malaria, as usual, is causing many
deaths. The captains and crews of the
American schooners Montana and Har
riet G. have been vaccinated.
The Jury Failed to Agree.
New York, July The jury in the
case of John D. Hart, Captain John
O’Brien, Mate Edward Murphy and Col
onel Emelio Nunez of the steamship
Bermuda, charged with violation of the
neutrality laws in aiding and abetting
a military expedition to Cuba, rendered
a sealed statement of disagreement to
Judge Brown, in the United States cir
cuit court. The jury was discharged,
and on motion of United States District
Attorney McFarlane, the men were
placed, in the custody of the United
States marshal to have their recogni
zances renewed.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Spaniard. Can’t Find Maceo.
Key West, July 2.—The news from
Cuba is that Dr. Zayas, the insurgent
leader, on Saturday had an engagement
with General Ochoa, in which the Span
ish had 16 wounded. The combination
against Maceo in the province of Pinar
del Rio has resulted in several small en- '
gagements, in which Maceo completely 1
routed two bands of guerrillas and cap
tured 60 pieces of arms. The Spaniards
now claim that they cannot find Maceo.
Not Guilty of Filibustering. <
Key West, July 2.—A. W. Bears .
and others, charged with filibuster- '
ing in connection with the steamers
City of Key West and Three Friends,
appeared before United States Commis
sioner Ramon Alvarez. After hearing
evidence and arguments Commissioner
Alvarez ordered the discharge of the ac
cused on the ground that the evidence
was not sufficient to justify him in hold
ing them.
BRADY NOT ALARMED.
Result of the Corbett-Sharkey Fight at
San Francisco Does Not Trouble Him.
New York, July 2 —The fact that
Jim Corbett failed to knock out Tom i
Sharkey did not disturb William A.
Brady in the least. He learned the re
sult of the bout at Quarantine when the
American liner Paris arrived off the
health officer’s quarters on Wednesday
night. When the big ship reached her i
pier Brady was among the first group
of passengers to pass down the gang
plank.
“I am not alarmed at all over this .
Sharkey affair,” said he with a smile.
“Indeed, it rather pleases me, for it may
help the game Which Fitzsimmons ap
pears to be trying his best to kill. lam
quite satisfied with the arrangements !
Corbett has made to fight Sharkey to a
finish. Fitzsimmons is a frost in Lon
don. Nobody knows he is there. To
be sure, it is not the music hall season, ,
but at that he should have secured at j
least one engagement after having an
nounced that he was a loyal British sub
ject.
“I am .advised that he wants to fight
Sharkey now to demonstrate how easy
it would be for him to whip Corbett.
In my opinion, it would be better for ‘
him to tackle Corbett to prove this. By
beating Sharkey he would not get out
of a match with Jim.”
MADE SPURIOUS COIN.
Five Counterfeiters Arrested In St. Louis .
by Secret Service Detectives.
St. Louis, July 2.- —At 1521 Pendle- i
ton avenue, the house of Dr. Matilda ,
Adella Walter, the secret service de
tectives who for weeks have been work
ing on the case, arrested a gang of five
counterfeiters and captured a complete
set of tools.
Those arrested who have hitherto 1
borne good characters are Dr. Walter, a
regular practicing female physician;
Ralph and Walter Creese, professional
photographers; W. H. Jemmett, Dr.
Walter’s father, and Adam Miller, a fine '
appearing elderly man, who asserts that I
he is a patient of the doctor’s, being
treated at her hospital, and that he has
nothing to do with the counterfeiting.
There was also captured at the Pen
dleton avenue house a complete coun
terfeiting outfit, consisting of photo- J
graphic engravings of a S2O bill, some
of the bills, copper plates and all the i
necessary paraphernalia for making the
plates.
The prisoners were arraigned be
fore United States Commissioner Guy.
All pleaded not guilty. The cases were
continued until Friday, the prisoners
being held in $2,500 bail each.
The Banking; Business In Central America.
Washington, July 2.—For the in
formation and guidance of American
capitalists who contemplate the estab
lishment of banks in Central America,
United States Consul O’Hara, at Grey
town, Nicaragua, has made a special re
port to the state department upon the
operations of the London bank on Cen
tral America, which includes practically
one-half of the circulating medium of
Nicaragua and Salvador. He says he
has been impelled to do so by hearing
the organization of a Minnesota com
pany to engage in banking in Central
America, and as American bankers are
more interested in knowing whether the
banking business pays in these coun
tries than any desire to extend the sale
of American goods, he transmits a bal
ance sheet showing the operations of the
English bank for one year, with ex
planatory notes upon the amount of cir
culation per capita and other matters of
interest.
To Represent New York at Nashville.
Albany, July 2. —Governor Morton
has appointed the following named gen
tlemen to represent the state of New
York at the Tennessee Centennial cele
bration to be held in Nashville next
year, beginning May 1: John O. La
tham of Latham, Alexander & Co., New
York; James McCreary of James Mc-
Creary & Co., New York city; George
F. Kuns of Fiffany & Co., New York;
Robert B. Hefferd, president of the Mer
chants Exchange, Buffalo; Henry F.
Gunnison, city editor of the Brooklyn
Eagle; Timothy L. Woodruff, park com
missioner, Brooklyn; John O. Eames of
H. B. Claflin -t Co., New York city.
Attempted to Defraud the Government.
, Santa Fe, July 2.—The jury in the
case against James Addison Peralta-
Reavies, charged with attempting to
defraud the government with an alleged
Spanish grant covering 12,000,000 acres
of land in Arizona, returned a verdict
of guilty. Judge Laughlin postponed
sentence till July 18, at which time he
will hear arguments for a new trial.