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NO RETREAT BY THII HOUSE
The President Gives the Word to
Stand Fast on the Tariff. •
Representative Turner the Only One
of the House Conferees in the City ’
at Present Speaker Crisp Points
Out to the President the Advisabil
ity of Not Kaspingr the Senate Fur
ther—The Bill Not Yet Sent Back to
Conference by the Senate.
Washington, July 26.—1 t is reported to
night that the President has passed the
word along the line in the House to stand
fast. Representative Turner is the only
ono-df the House conferees here. Tele
grams were sont this morning to Repre
sentative Montgomery, in Kentucky, and
Representative McMillan, in Tennes
see, to hurry back. Representative Wil
son is sick at his home in West Virginia,
and Representative Breckinridge may be
called upon to take his place. The tele
grams were sent out this morning, how
ever, for there seemed to be no breakers
ahead, and no reason why the bill should
« not have been sent back to an unin
structed conference this afternoon.
Senator Vilas was at the white house
this morning and had a talk with the
President. This afternoon he withdrew
fats'motion th instruct the conferees to re
cede oa the one-eighth onssugar. ,‘lt sud
denly become rumored that this was done
at Mr. Cleveland's request, whose inten
tion it was to continue the fight from the
House end of the line, and keep his hands
off the Senate.
Speaker Crisp had an interview with
the President last night, and it is under
stood that he told the President the
House was able to make the fight, and
that it was bad policy to rasp the Senate.
A BUDDEN SQUALL.
So with uncertainty staring the Senate
in the face and with considerable trepida
tion, the Senate was ready to send the.
bill back to take whatever course it would.
When suddenly a squall blew up which
completely demolished the programme.
The president of the Senate was on the
point of putting Senator Gray’s motion,
when Senator Washburn of Minnesota
offered an amendment similar to that
withdrawn by Senator Vilas, with the
evident intention of carrying it and de
feating the bill.
Senator Gray rose to a point of order,
a discussion was precipitated and objec
tion was made, but finally unanimous
consent was obtained for debate on the
point of order- The republicans, if they
are now* so minded, can debate the ques
tion whether or not Senator Washburn’s
amendment is in order for a week, or in
definitely, for that matter.
“This is exactly what I have been fear
ing,” said Senator Walsh to-night. “The
republicans are now given an opening
where they can kill the bill by discussion
if they are so disposed.”
The greatest fear exists lest the repub
licans take ad vantage of the opportunity
and delay thq bill Indefinitely, if they do
not make the attempt to kill it. The
anxiety of those who still hope for some
sort of tariff legislation is to see the bill
back into conference. Having gotten it
r. out of the bottle, they are puzzled about
lotting it back again. .
have slapped their hand! over the mouth,
and no power caii force thorn away until
they get ready-to remove them voluntar
ily-
Senator Vilas’ speech in defense of the
I President causes more anxiety than the
attack of Senator Gorman upon
him. President Cleveland is a plain,
blunt man and it won’t do to
compare him to “mountain peaks”
and “eternal sunshine.” The Wis
consin • Demosthenes .succeeded in
half an hour in clearing the press gal
leries and the seats on the floor. Senator
Vilas’ great mistake was in assuming the
hypothesis that the President needed any
defense.
It is generally understood that Senator
Stewart of Nevada will vote with the
democrats to send the tariff bill back to
conference.
DOUBT ABOUT IRBY.
There is considerable doubt as to what
Senator Irby will do in the end. Senator
Hill was not invited to attend the caucus
yesterday, and Senator Irby stayed away
was one of the two who followed
Senator Hill to-day in his attempt to
instruct the committee to recede on iron
and coal, as this motion was made with
the Intention of of killing the bill.
Senator Irby’s vote is inbxplainable.
The South Carolina senator was the
©nly democrat beside Senator Hill to
vote for tho motion. Senator Hill has
great influence .with Senator Irby, and
by the time the bill comes back from
conference, it is feared by many, though
the statement is not credited by the
Morning Nkwß correspondent, that Sena
tor Irby will vote with Senator Hill to
the last.
KILOORB AND BYNUM GALL.
Representative Kilgore of Texas and
Representative Bynum of Indiana, the
latter a member of the ways and means
committee, saw the President to-day.
Mr. Kilgore is endeavoring to stem the
tide ln the House which has set in for the
last two days toward concession to most
if not all that the Senate asked. He
thinks that the House will yet win the
struggle, and so told the President.
To his callers, Mr. Cleveland expressed
the same determination shown in the let
ter to Chairman Wilson. It was evident
to them that he was >very fixed in his
view of the justice of the contention he
had presented, and that there was no dis
position to waver from it, except through
such mutual compromises as would give
the House at least a good share of the
concessions.
TUB! DAY IN TUB SENATE.
By the Southern Associated Press.
Washington, July 16. There was a
very noticeable absence of flurry and ex
citement in and about the Senate cham
oer this morning, as comjmred with the
scenes of the last three days, and there
was a corresponding falling off in the
number of spectators in the galleries.
This was due, doubtless, to the general
understanding that the day’s proceedings t
were not likely to boos a very exciting |
character; that the programme of the !
democratic caucus would bo carried- out
without any hitch, and that tho request,
of tho House for further conference on
the tariff bill would be complied with un- I
conditionally.
In the morning hour tho conference re- .
port on the fortification appropriation
bill was presented and agreed to.
The eonfehenoe report on the army ap- ;
proprlation bill wss presented and went
over tilljto-morrow.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Allen, calling for copies of correspond- '
once, telegraphic or otherwise, of the de
partment of justice with railroad officers
and the United States district attorney I
of Chicago, during the “recent industrial
troubles in Chicago,” was taken up and I
agreed to without objection. j
I At. 2p. m. thp message from the House
asking further conference on the tariff bill
was laid before the Senate, and Mr. Quay
withdrew the motion made by him yea-
. terday to amend the pending motions of
i Senators Vilas and Grav so as to put
; sugar on the free list.
i At this time very few senators were in
their seats, and Mr. Gray raised the
: point of no quorum and the roll was
called. Sixty-one senators responded.
VILAS EULOGIZES CLEVELAND.
Then Mr. Vilas took the floor and ad
dressed the Senate in a two hours’ speech,
delivered offhand and with much orator
ical effect. His speech was highly eulo
gistic of President Cleveland, whom he
defended from the charges of duplicity,
and' of improper interference with legis
lation, made by Senator Gorman in his
speech on Monday. He spoke of
President Cleveland as “the great
first citizen of the republic,”
and as the representative of the
national honor; and he declared, with
solemnity and vehemence, that to assail
Grover Cleveland was to strike at the
republic; that to insult him was to af
front every good citizen; and that to stab
him was to sting the heart of every true
American. In conclusion ho withdrew
his motion of Friday last to
strike out the additional discriminat
ing duty of one-eighth of a cent
a pound on sugar, and favored Mr. Gray’s
motion to insist upon the Senate amend
ments and to consent to further confer
ence. He did this, he said, because he
was a strict party man and desired to be
in accordance with his democratic breth
ren. And he expressed the hope that
out. of the conference would come a meas
ure far better than that which had al
ready passed the Senate. All the con
ferees, he said, know the sentiment of the
Senate on the sugar question, and he was
sure that that sentiment would have its
true and proper weight.
STEWART CRITICISES THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Vilas was followed by Mr. Stewart
of Nevada, who criticised the President's
letter as an invasion of the legislative
power, such as had cost Charles I. his
head.
At the close of the debate the vote was
taken on Mr. Hill’s motion to recede from
the duty of 40 cents a ton on iron oro and
on coal.
At the suggestion of Mr. Allison the
motion was divided so that the vote
should first be taken on iron ore. The
vote resulted—yeas 6, nays 65, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Hanstorough, Hill.
Irby, Kyle and
Nays—Messrs. Aldrich, Allison,. Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Blanchard. Brice, Caffery,
Call. Carey. Chandler, Cockrell, Coke, Cullom,
Daniel, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois, Faulk
ner, Frye, Galling ir, George, Gibson, Gordon.
Gorman, Gray, Halo. Hawley. Higgins, Hun
ton, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada,
Lindsay, Lodge, McLaurin, McMillan, Mc
.Pherson. Manderson, Martin, Mills, Mitchell
of Oregon, Mitchell ol Wisconsin, Mur
phy, Palmer. Pasco, Patton, Perkins,
Platt. Power. Proctor, Pugh, Quay. Hansom,
Roach, Shoup, Smith. Squire. Teller, Turpie,
Vest, Vilas. Walsh, Washburn and White—6s.
His motion in regard to coal was lost by
tho same vote.
Then Mr. Caffery withdrew his motion
in favor of a modified sugar bounty for
1894
Mr. Quay had already withdrawn his
motion to have sugar put on the free list,
and the only question left was Mr. Gray’s
motion to insist and to agree to the
further conference asked by the House.
As tho vote was about to be taken, Mr.
Vilas’ motion to recede from the one
eighth cent a pound discriminating duty
on sugar was renewed by Mr. Washburn,
rep,, of Minnesota. A point nf order was
made against it. and that point was dis
cussed, without a conclusion being
reached, until 5:45 o’clock, when the Sen
ate adjourned.
BRUNSWICK'S WIRE BUDGET.
The Nominees of the Democratic Pri
mary-Rewards for a Murderer.
lirv.nswieki.Ga., July 26.—At an ad
journed meeting-of council to-day Mayor
Dunwody was inducted into office.
During the session, council authorized
a reward of >l5O for the capture of Dave
Woods, the negro slayer of Officer Kid
Thompson, last Saturday night. The
county commissioners have offered a sim
ilar reward, making a total reward
of S3OO now out for Woods. Police Chief
Beach is at the head of a movement of citi
zens to raise subscriptions for Mrs.
Thompson, Widow of the murdered man,
aud will meet with success, generous
Brunswickians being desirous of contrib
uting toward helping the widow of the
brine officer who lost his life while up
holding the laws.
Last night at Boyle’s Mill, near Bruns
wick. Worth Bryant was shot and badly
wounded by Will Simmons in a dispute
over a game of craps. Both are negroes.
Glynn’s democratic primary was held
to-day and about 400 votes were polled.
Departing from the usual custom the
Brunswick precinct was held open until 7
o’clock. Tho officers nominated without
opposition are: Sheriff, W. H. Berrie,
clerk of court. J.-L. Beach; county treas
urer, F. D. Aiken; tax collector. H. J.
Read; tax receiver. J. E. Dubberly;
county surveyor, R. A. Penniman;
coroner, G. A. H. Jennings. Carriages
and workers were kept busy bringing
voters to tho polls, although there Was
no opposition. Considerable scratching
is reported. John P. Lamb, for over
twenty years county treasurer, will run
against Aiken, and T. B. Good bread, for
many years tax receiver, will run against
Dubberly. Both declined to enter the
primary and requested their friends to
stay out. Both Lamb and Goodbread have
always voted the democratic ticket and
will vote the same at this next election.
Considerable interest is aroused over the
future action of the executive committe
as to whether democrats who vote for
lamb and Goodbread will be run out of
the party or not. Such has been the rule
heretofore.
LARRY GANTT EXPILLED.
The Btate Alliance Turns Him Down
for Hia Attacks on Duncan.
Columbia, S. C., July 26—The state al
liance to-day unanimously expelled Larry
Gantt, the Georgia journalist, now editor
of the’Piedmont Headlight of Spartan
burg. for slandering D. P. Duncan, mana
ger of the State Alliance Exchange.
Gantt came here from Georgia a few
years ago to edit the Columbia Register
in the interest of Tillman politics. Since
taking charge of the Headlight he has
been denouncing Duncan in every con
ceivable way, and has preferred many
charges against him. The alliance exon
erated Duncan and re-elected him mana
ger of the exchange.
MASSILLON’S MINERS.
No Prospect of an Early Change in the
Strike Situation.
Cleveland, 0., July 26.—The operators
of the Massillon coal district held their
i monthly meeting at the Weddell House
i yesterday. One of the operators, after
; the meeting, said that from all indica
■ cations the mines would remain in their
I present condition for a long time. It has
i been nearly five months since the miners
i laid down their tools.
> ——
Batter Times at Newcastle.
Newcastle, Pa., July 26.—-The indus
! trial situation in this city is brighter
! than in months. Two furnaces—the Ro
sena and Atlantic—have resumed opera
tions ajid the Raney and Berger are pre
paring to blow in. Extensive repairs are
being made at the Red Jacket, and it
will probably resume in about two weeks,
j Tho Shenango Valley steel mill, which
! has been idle several mem ths, will start up
| next Monday.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWOTIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, JULY 30, 1894.
DEBS BOUND TO DIE HARD.
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The Railway Union Don’t Realize Yet
That It is Whipped.
A Meeting to Be Held at Chicago on
Aug. 3 to Decide Whether to Con
tinue the Strike or Declare It Off.
Debs Greeted With Cheers on Enter
ing a Meeting of Strikers.
Chicago, July 26.—The board of direct
ors of the American Railway Union held
a meeting this morning at the Revere
House and decided to call a convention of
delegates of the local union to be held at
Ulrich’s hall in this city on Aug. 2. The
convention will be attended by one dele
gate from every local union at present
affected by the strike, and its
purpose will be to determine
whether the strike will be continued
or abandoned, and in the former
event to decide on the future mode of pro
cedure. Each delegate will be instructed
by his union before attending the conven
tion, how his colleagues feel on the ques
tion, and he will have full authority to act
for them. This will relieve the directors
of direct responsibility, and incidentally
accomplish the purposes of Messrs. Debs,
Howard, Keliher and Rogers without
making them liable to another case of
contempt of court. At least this is their
opinion.
The directors went into session at 10
o'clock and sat until after 12. Further
than issuing the call sor * a delegate con
vention, nothing, but routine business was
transacted.
DEBS GREETED WITH CHEERS.
The members of the board went from
the Revere House immediately on ad
journment, and attended a meeting of the
local strikers at Ulrich’s hall. Tne hall
will comfortably accommodate about 500
people, but on this occasion it held over
2,000. The cheers which went up upon
President Debs’ entrance could be heard
several blocks away. The hearing of
committee reports, which had been go
ing on, gave way to the demand for
a speech from the union’s president, and
he was not reluctant in giving it. He
told his fellow railway men that if the
ruling of Judge Woods was cor
rect in the United States circuit
court,, then the laborer was no
longer a free man, and had
no right to defend and protect himself,
but was a common slave to capital, and
had no right to do other than as his em
ployer ordered. He said he did not be
lieve the ruling of the judge was sound,
but if it was, the only thing left to do
was to muster their forces and
carry to the polls a man who would bring
about an amendment to the constitution
which would give them their liberty.
“Debs for Congress” was the cry on all
sides after this speech.
The directors say that the strike situa
tion will remain as it is until the convenr
tion of Aug. 2, at which time future tac
tics will be decided upon.
BITTER AGAINST THE COURT.
At a meeting of the American Railway
Union to-day President Debs violently as
sailed the prosecution in the contempt
proceedings. Toward the close of his
speech he said: “I am under indict
ment all the way from San Francisco
to Pennsylvania, and from St. Paul to
New Orleans, but I have not forfeited my
right to free speech, and if Judge Woods
yesterday enunciated the law, I would
rather rot in jail than be a free man. If
I alone were concerned in this matter, I
would permit no defense to be made in
my behalf, for I consider it an honor to
be tn contempt of the eburt that is going
to try me.”'
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DEBS GOING HOME TO SPEAK.
Chicago's Trades Assemblies Promise
Money for His Defense.
Chicago, July 26.—Eugene Debs, presi
dent of the American Railway Union, left
here this afternoon for Terre Haute. Ind.,
where he will deliver an address to-mor
row evening at the ooera house. “So
much has been said about me and against
me,” said President Debs this morning,
“that I am going before my people where
I was born and raised to say a few words
in my own behalf and in contradiction of
the lies which have been uttered against
me.” (
A committee from a number-of the
trades assemblies ot the city called on the
president of the railway union this after
noon and pledged the financial aid of the
assemblies in fighting the charges brought
against him. He was assured that there
wouldcbe sufficient money forthcoming to
employ the best legal talbnt in the laud to
defend him and to carry the cases to the
highest courts if found necessary.
President Debs will return to Chicago
on Monday next and will thereafter make
his headquarters here until matters are
in such shape as to warrant his going
hoifie to stay.
TROOPS OFF FOB HOME.
The Third Brigade of the National
Guard Leaves Chicago.
Chicago, July 28.—The Third brigade of
the Illinois National Guard, which has
been on duty in this city since the strike
began, left for their homes to-day.- No
special trains wore ordered, extra coaches
being attached to regular trains for the
accommodation of the troops. The Cam
bridge, Moline and Geneseo companies left
on a Rock Island train at 10:35 o’clock and
the Freeport, Galena and Rockford com
panies departed via the Illinois Central
at 2p. m. The first brigade, numbering
2,000 men. and including three regiments,
a troop of cavalry and a battery, remains
on duty under command of Brig. Gen.
Wheeler. These troops are stationed at
South Chicago. Kensington, Pullman,
West Hammond and the stock yards.
STONES AND BULLETS FLY.
Strikers Attack a House Occupied by
Non-Union Men.
Chicago, July 26.—Stones and bullets
flew around a 2-story brick dwelling at
3524 Wentworth avenue to-nigbt. In the
building, which had been rented by the
Chicago aud Eaestern Illinois Railroad
Company, were domiciled 25 non
union employes of the road hired
to take the place of strik
ers. Outside were the attacking
party of strikers and their sympathizers,
who had been hanging around all day
throwing stones. The gang was bent on
exterminating their enemies, or driving
them from their work. In order to give
them better protection the twentv-five
employes were sworn in as special deputy
United States marshals and armed with
revolvers. At 9 o'clock the gang got in at
the rear and broke all the glass in the
second story, where all the men slept.
Two of the railroad men, Farrer and Far
ley, put their heads out of the window
and fired two bullets into the crowd. One
of the bullets pierced the jacket of Mrs.
Haller. A mob which stood back
of tho strikers began to fire bul
lets recklessly toward the build
ing and a dozen shots were exchanged
before the alarm was responded to by the
police from the Thirty-fifth street station.
They came dashing up in a patrol wagon,
but the mob had fled, and the employes
could not be arrested, because they were
deputies. To prevent a return of the
gang, however, police stood guard outside
the building all night.
A. Hine, who left his coopershop at
Rockford, 111., to take the place ot a
striking butcher at Armour’s packing
house, left the place where the non-union
men were boarding, and was proceeding
past Halsted and Thirtieth street to
night, when he was set upon and savagely
beaten by several men. He was removed
to a hospital in a serious condition.
RESUMPTION OF WORK.
A Noticeable Increase in the Number
of Men Busy in the Strike District.
Chicago, July 26—There was a notice
able increase all around to-day in the
number of workmen in the strike dis
trict. The Allen Paper Car Wheel Com
pany of Pullman, which was started yes
terday with 12 men, had a force of 18 to
day, -and 75 Holland laborers, about one
half of the usual force, were at work in
the Pullman yards. This is the largest
force at work in the yards since the
strike began. The biggest slump, how
ever, took place at the Illinois Central
shops at Burnside, where 450 men. almost
two-thirds of the whole number employed
at the time of the walkout, reported for
duty.
MEUNIER SENTENCED.
He Goes to Penal Servitude far Life
for Blowing Up the Case,
Paris, July 26.—Meunier, the hump
backed anarchist, and the associate of
Francois and Ravachol, was placed on
tral to-day for having blown up the Case
Very in the spring of 1892. ; Meunier
is supposed to have blown up the case to
avenge Ravachol, who had been arrested
there by the police with the aid of Very,
the proprietor, and L’Herot, the waiter.
Meunier was found guilty, and late this
evening it was announced that he had
been sentenced to penal servitude for life.
The jury admitted the plea of extenuat
ing circumstances. Meunier evidently
had prepared himself for the death sen
tence, and, after the judge ceased speak
ing, shouted tragically: “Courage, cour
age comrades. This state of society can
not last long. Death to tyrants. Long
live anarchy."
A TIE-UP THREATENED.
The Atlantic and Danville Road to
Cut Down Salaries. <
Norfolk, Va., July 26—The Atlantic
and Danville Railroad Company has noti
fied its employes that their salaries, in
cluding all officers and employes, will be
reduced on Aug. 1. The reduction in offi
cers’ salaries will average 10 per cent.,
while that of the Engineers and other
trainmen will be much greater and will
probably cause a strike.
Mr. Arthur, grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, has been
telegraphed for, and will arrive in this
city to-morrow. The engineers will not
work at the reduced rates, and a general
tie-up of the road will I'esult unless some
arrangement is made by Aug. 1.
SHOT FOUB DEAD.
A Californian Murders His Wife and
Her Family.
Los Angeles, Car.,' July.26.—John Craig
last night drove to Glendale, five miles
from this city, where his wife, from
whom he was divorced three mouths ago,
was stopping with her brother, George
Hunter, and deliberately shot and killecf
both. He then returned to the city, went
to the home of his father-in-law, William
Hunter, killed him; stepped over tho
body, walked to the dining room and shot
and killed his mother-in-law. He then
fired two shots into his own forehead,
but failed to kill himself. Trouble over
the settlement of was the cause.
TWO KILLED Wg AN ENGINE.
The Men in. FxCina®L'lt-.Aadees-.fapd the
Man in Chai-RCTCldn’t Know It.
Warsaw, Ind., July 26—While John
Everty, Frank Jones and Mflt Black
were engaged in running a traction en
gine, three miles south of here Tuesday
night it broke down. While Black wias
repairing it Everty and Jones, who had
lost several nights’ sleep sitting up with
a sick friend, threw themselves down in
front of the engine to take a nap. Black,
not knowing where his companions were,
started the machine, killing both in
stantly. '
TURNING OFF STBIKEBSi.
The Chicago and Alton Discharging
Its Trainmen.
Bloomington, 111., July 26—The Chicago
and Alton people are letting their train
men go in large numbers on account of the
part which the men took in the strike. It
is believed that every man who was at all
prominent in the strike will ultimately
have to find work elsewhere. Some have
been discharged who took no part what
ever in the strike, but did not report for
duty as usual. "
UPHAM FOB GOVEBNOB. i
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The Bepublicans of Wisconsin Nom
inate a State Ticket.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 26—Maj, W. H.
Upham, one of the candidates of the
American Protective Association, was
nominated for governor on the first bal
lot, in the republican state convention
this morning.
Emile Baench of Manitowoc was nom
inated for lieutenant governor, Henry
Casson. Jr., of Viroqua, for secretary of
state; Sewell A. Petersen of Barron, for
treasurer; W* H. Mytrea of Marathon,
for attorney general; J. Q. Eipery of
Dane, for superintendent of public in
struction; D. J. McKenzie of Buffalo,,for
railroad commissioner; W T . A. Frictab of
Milwaukee, for insurance edmmissibnbri
H.C. Thom of Dane was selectea 'hs
chairman of the state central committee.
The Senate Committee Favors the Ex
position Appropriation.
Washington, July 26—The Senate com
mittee on appropriations to-day decided
to report an amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation bill making an appro
priation of . 5200,000. for a government
building and exhibit at the Cotton States
and International Exposition to be held at
Atlanta, Ga., next year.
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McWhorter Withdraws.
Athens, Ga.. July 26—Judge Hamilton
McWhorter withdrew to-day from the
race for congress in the Eighth district.
Os the counties that acted yesterday
Lawson carried Hart, Franklin and Mad
ison. making him fourteen votes. Mc-
Whorter carried Greene, which made
him eight votes. This made it next to
impossible for McWhorter to win, and he
retired for party harmony. ’ judge- Law
son left the city to-nicht for his- home at
Eatonton, and will return to-morrow to
Washington.
GOLD DOWN TO» 358,050,000.
The Treasury Lost 82,300,000 Yes
terday to Be Shipped.
Washington, July 26—The treasury
lost to-day $2,300,000 in gold—§2,ooo.ooo at
New York for European export, SIOO,OOO
at Boston for European export and §200.-
000 at New York for shipment to Canada.
This decline in the United States gold re
serve reduces it to $58,050,000, the lowest
point ever reached and $42,000,000 below
the $100,000,000 reserve All the gold
taken to-day will be shipped by Satur
day’s steamers sailing from New York
and Boston.
ATLANTA’S FEMALE CROOK.
®s. White Worked Her Bland Little
Games in Florida.
Merchants at Jacksonville, New
Smyrna and Daytona Trifled With
Her Tempting-looking Checks to
Their Sorrow—Her Belatives Be
spected Residents of Madison Coun
ty, Florida.
Atlanta. Ga., July 26—Mrs. E. R.
White, alias Mrs. George Htoken, and
alias several other namb?, wanted in
numerous places for various offenses, is
wanted in New Smyrna, Mr., as well as
in Jacksonville and other Florida cities.
Mrs. Hicken, it is alleged, passed a num
ber of forged checks in New Smyrna, and
she is also charged with stealing money.
A letter to the authorities here from G.
H. Count of New Smyrna tells of the
woman’s operations in that town.. Mrs.
Hicken left many mourners in New
Smyrna, and when she left the town she
was richer by several hundred dollars
than when she went there.
Mr. Count says Mrs. Hicken and her
husband came to New Smyrna in February
last and stopped at one of the best board
ing houses. While there she represented
herself as a ladies’ hair dresser, and her
husband as a yacht builder. Her first
month’s board being due she gave the
landlady a check on a bank in Gainesville,
Fla. The check was returned with the
indorsement “no good.” Mrs. Hicken
claimed that- there was some mistake
about it and said she would go away a
few days and see about it, get the money
and return.
DID UP DAYTONA.
She went from there to Daytona aud
stopped at the Palmetto house, under the
name of Mrs. George Swift. W r hile in
Daytona she passed a forged check on
Frank T. Pock, a dry goods merchant, for
$25, bought a pair of shoes of Lawrence
Thompson, stole sl4 out of the room ad
joining hers at the Palmetto house and
went back to New Smyrna, paid
the landlady and then rented
furnished rooms and started light
housekeeping. She remained there
about a month, became acquainted with
the merchants and ran up small accounts.
On leaving there she gave a
check to a butcher for $25 and
one to Mr. Count for S4O, both checks
purporting to be drawn by W. L. Palmer,
of Orlando. These checks were cashed,
but after the bird had flown word came
that the checks were forgeries.
Mrs. Hicken was born and raised in
Madison county, Florida, and has rela
tives in that county who are well known
and highly respected citizens. She has
been married three times, hor present
husband being No. 3. Her career of crime
dates back a little more than three years
and she has been materially assisted'in it
by an accomplice who has heretofore
been kept in the background, but who
will probably come to the surface now,
as the police and detectives of several
cities are after him. This accomplice,
whose name and place of residence is
withheld, is the source from-which Mrs.
Hicken has obtained her blank checks
and many of the signatures she has used,
and it is also from the sama, source that
she has gained the information about
leading people, which has enabled her to
work her numerous games so successfully.
JOHNSON STILL AT LABGE.
A Possibility That He Is Hiding in
the Okeeflndkee Swamp.
Waycross, Ga., July 26. : ~Early this
morning Sheriff Miller was informed by a
conductor on a freight train from Savan
nah that two negroes were put off the
train this side of Blackshear for stealing
a ride. -It was supposed by the informant
that one of the negroes, a very stout,
vicious looking fellow, was Tom Johnson,
the murderer of Capt. James Nelsop on
the excursion train at Nahunta, Sfinday
night. Sheriff Miller and fifty armed
men rode off toward Blackshear in search
of Johnson: A few men'were dispatched
up the railroad to head Johnson off if
possible. The sheriff was led to believe
from the description given of the negro,
that it tallied accurately with that of
Johnson, and he went prepared to bring
the fugitive back. At the river swamp
the men did not halt, but proceeded to
enter the place. It was supposed that
Johnson would seek refuge there. Finally,
the party came to the railroad, and met
the men who were looking for Johnson in
that quarter, with two negroes in custody.
Sheriff Miller was told that the large
negro was Johnson, but the sheriff’s
trained eye saw that it was a case of
mistaken identity. The negro in question
did not resemble Johnson in any particu
lar. He was a stanger in this.region and
was beating his way to Florida when the
conductor put him off the train. The
sheriff and his posse returned about noon.
It is said by those who know Johnson
that he is probably in the Okeefinokee
swamp in hiding near the home of his
father. So far uo search has been made
there for him. Sheriff Miller says that
he has informed parties at ever place in
this section to keep a lookout for John
son.. The Dougherty sheriff and flty men
are holding themselves in readiness to
join Sheriff Miller when Johnson’s trail
has been found.
A JUDGE *ASSAULTS AN EDITOR.
The Writer Escapes in Time to Avoid
~ Being- Shot. ■ '
Washington, July. 26—A special from
Chattanooga says: “Elton Wrtoon, editor
of a local evening paper, was called to
his door and assaulted last ®ight by
County Judge Hugh Whiteside, whom
Watson had attacked in his paper. The
judge struck Watson and attempted to
draw a revolver, but Watson escaped.
Recently Judge Whiteside attempted to
kill Dr. George Hunt for a similar offence.
DECLARED HIGHLY COLORED.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 26.—The dis
patch from Chattanooga, narrating a per
sonal difficulty between County Judge
Whiteside and Editor Watson, is highly
colored. The difficulty is - without any
sensational interest whatever.
IT STOPS THE PROGRESS
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Use it in severe, lingering
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D. C. Rosen balm. Esq., of
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PEARL'NE.
All the Clothes,
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2/ perhaps. Use Pearline, and it’s easy
to do a few at a time. Lots of
0 X.V fi') women do this. They take the
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WBENN WALKS THE PLANK.
The Popular Passenger Agent Oustad
by the New Ragims.
Atlanta, Ga., July 26.—1 tis reported
here this afternoon that B. W, Wrenn,
general passenger agent of the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia, has been
displaced by the Southern Railway Com
pany, which assumes charge of the East
Tennessee Aug. l.Col. Wrenn retiring at
that time.
The jurisdiction of the officers of the
Southern, who now manage the old Rich
mond and Danville, is to be extended
over the East Tennessee.
W. H. Baldwin, third vice president of
the Southern, and C. H Hudson, general
manager of the western division, (the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia),
arrived in Atlanta this afternoon .on a
train over the lines of the company. The
visit of the two big bosses caused aflutter
among the local employes of the system,
as it is taken for granted that the pur
pose of the visit is to see what can be
done in the way of the consolidation of
offices, and retrenchment in expenses.
Some important changes will un
doubtedly be made, several well known
heads dropping into theabasket, but just
what these changes will be is not yet
certain.
to ufi run as two systems.
New York, July 26.—An order has been
issued to take effect Aug. 1 by President
Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway
Company providing for the operation of
the lines of that company in two svstems.
This division has been deemed advisable
because of the recent purchase of the
railways and properties of the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Company, of
the Charlotte,Columbia and Augusta Rail
road Company, and of the Columbia and
Greenville Railroad Company by the
Southern railroad.
Th&eastern system will include the
lines of the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta and the Columbia and Augusta
railroads, while the western system will
comprise the lines of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad and the
Knoxville and Ohio railroad.
The following appointments have also
been made to take effect Aug. 1.
W. H. Green, general manager, eastern
system, Washington, D. C.
C. H. Hudson, general manager, west
ern system, Knoxville, Tenn.
James H. Drake, general freight agent,
eastern system, Richmond. Va.
Edwin Fitzgerald, general freight agent,
western system, Knoxville, Tenn.
William Hawk, assistant auditor,Knox
ville, Tenn.
J. N. Mitchell, assistant treasurer,
Knoxville, Tenn.
GEORGIA’S REPUBLICANS.
■
No State Ticket to Be Put Out and no
Aid to Be Given the Populists.
Atlanta, Ga., July 26.—At its recent
meeting the republican state executive
committee issued a call for a state con
tention to be held on Aug. 29 for the pur
pose of placing a ticket in the field for al 1
the state offices.
Developments that have just come out
through local republican leaders here,
and they largely represent the party in
Georgia, indicate almost to a certainty
that there will be no republican ticket
put out by the convention of Aug. 29.
A. G. Buck, the big “boss” of the party,
is up in Maine, and will not return to
Georgia before fall. Buck wanted to put
a ticket in the field, doubtless in order to
help himself with the next administra
tion, if it should happen to be republican,
but his absence on account of sickness
has allowed those who do not want a •
ticket to get in their work. They have
done this so effectually that several of
Buck’s best lieutenants have been won
over to the idea that it would not be a
good move to put out a ticket. Hence
when the convention meets, if in
deed it is not called off entirely,
it will, in all probability, do
nothing toward naming candidates. Re
publicans here say they could get any one
of a half a dozen good men to head a
ticket, if they wanted to put one out.
A FIGHT ON HINES.
In connection with this condition of af
fairs with regard to the republican con
vention it has developed that a pretty
sharp fight is to be waged by a
very large element in the party
against Judge Hines and his popu
list colleagues, including Watson, in his
congressional race in the Tenth district.
Buck’s influence is behind this fight.
Two years ago the populists and repub
licans openly affiliated through Buck’s
machinations. He was a staunch friend
of Col. W. L. Peek. Wnen Peek found
bow severely he had been drubbed by
the democracy he got mad and sent word
to Buck that he and his crowd were
responsible. Col. Peek gave Buck to un
derstand that the populists were flea
bitten because they had been lying down
in the republican wallow. Os course,
Buck got mad, and his purpose in seek
ing to have a republican ticket in the
field this year was to draw off
the negro vote from the popu
lists. Watson is also under Buck’s
ban because he accused the affiliation
with the republicans of having defeated
him. As a result he will not get many
republican votes again, and naturally he
will be defeated by a bigger majority
than two years ago. It is highly proba
ble that the sentiment that is being
worked up among some of the republican
leaders against putting out a state ticket
is due to the efforts of Judge Hines. Wat
son and the populist leaders, who hope to
get the republican vote again.
UNCLE SAM’3 EORTIEIOATIONS.
A Synopsis of the Action of the Con
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Washington, July 26.—The conference
reported on the fortifications bill made
this afternoon shows that numbers of
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The House permitted fourteen of the Sen
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the south wing of the army gun factory;
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at the Convention.
Atlanta, Ga., July 26.—Ex-Gov. JameM
S. Boynton will very probably be
rary chairman of the state convention.
Gov. Boynton was an ardent supporter of
Gen. Evans, and the movement in his
favor is the result of a desire on the part,
of both Atkinson and Evans men to pay a
deserved compliment to Gon. Evens,
Hou. S. 8. Gilbert of Columbus, the onlyi
Atkinson man whose name has been used
generally in connection with the tempo*
rary chairmanship, to-day
the statement that he would note
allow his name to go before ths
convention for that position. He t
together with other devoted Atkinson
men, recognized the propriety of accord
ing this honor to the minority, and with
his friends, who have already assured
him of their support, will rally around
Gen. Boynton, or any other Evans leader
who may be chosen by the Evans dele
gates. Gen. Boynton appears to have the
lead, however, and his selection is almost
a certainty.
T. R. R. Cobb, whose candidacy for thet
temporary chairmanship as an Evans man
was announced yesterday, is still being
insisted upon oy his friends, but will
very probably retire in favor
of Gen. Boynton, whose gallant record
.as a soldier and as a statesman, together
with his devoted work for Gen. Evans,
makes him peculiarly fit for the honor.
Capt. Gilbert passed through Atlanta
to-day on his way to Lithia Springs.
While here he met Col. Atkinson and a
number of other party leaders, both At
kinson and Evans supporters in the late
contest. When he heard the suggestion
of an Evans for the chairmanship,
which it has seemed would go to him, he
was prompt to recognize the propriety of
the move, and before leaving for Lithia,
gave his assurance that his friends would
support an Evans man.
A Big Box Factory Burned.
Atlesboro, Mass., July 26.—The box
factory of A. H. sweet & Co., at Norton,
four miles from here, was burned tb the
ground at noon to-da.v entailing, a lUS« of
from $150,600 to $115,000. •
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