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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on the point of putting Senator Gray’s motion, when Senator Washburn of Minnesota offered an amendment similar to that withdrawn by Senator Vilas, with the evident intention of carrying it and de feating the bill.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. r- 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.”' . \ 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 . .i, jus, X 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. ... w ... „ IWM 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 of Consumption. The makers of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical \&eP3S Discovery are certain of it. > They’re proved it for years Xy/ past—and they’re willing to K sell it with the agreement ** that if it doesn’t benefit or I euro, in every case, they’ll re- I turn the money. Consumption is that scrofu- I lous condition that comes from impure blood. The “ Dis covery” prevents it, if taken in time; cures it completely, if you haven’t waited too long. Use it in severe, lingering I Coughs, Asthma, Weak Lungs, mid every Bronchial, Throat, arid Lung Affection. D. C. Rosen balm. Esq., of 4 Dutch, Grainger Co., Tenn., writes: “I had been going down in strength and weight 'A'jS for months. I was not able to stir and I smothered very *ira* often. After taking ‘ Disco v- B ” ery ’my cough was cured and fl r I eould walk three miles with out trouble. Catching cold CSsSHsSr don’t distress me now. PEARL'NE. All the Clothes, all at once, makes too much of awash, 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 <s^z napkins, towels, handkerchiefs, j hosiery, etc., each day as they are Soak them in Pearline and yy // y \ water, boil them a few minutes, V l ) rinse out—and there they are, per- y/] f ec dy clean. I iV* // No no rubbing. When [J /( the regular wash-day comes, there /l | A isn’t much left to do. Why isn’t this efe _C/ \i\ just as w< di as to k ee P everything and wash in one day ? *i« 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 ferees of Congress. Washington, July 26.—The conference reported on the fortifications bill made this afternoon shows that numbers of compromises were made. 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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. • 3