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ROSEBERY HATES TO RETIRE.
THE OTHER. LIBERAL LEADERS
FAVOR DISSOLUTION.
The Unionist Leaders Postpone Their
Test .of the Government’s Strength
Until After the Whitsuntide Recess.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
Scheming to Seize the Leadership
of His Party—Every Day's Delay
Bad for the Liberals.
London, May 25.—The unionist leaders
have decided to postpone a decisive trial
of the strength of the government until
after Whitsuntide. The ministry will ac
cept the challenge half heartedly. The
rank and file of the liberal party are sick
at the uncertainty of th^situation and de
sire the dissolution of parliament. Sir
William Vernon Harcourt chancellor of
the exchequer, talks freely in the lobby
of the House of his desire for dissolution
and of his wish for a general election to
take place at the earliest possible time.
It is an open secret that he is confident of
the retirement of Prime Minister Rose
bery when the present parliament is end
ed and that he wants to expedite the mo
ment when he can seize the leadership of
the partys On the other hand. Lord Rose
bery, as he gradually recovers his health,
becomes more reluctant to be shelved. He
tries to persuade his colleagues that the
best Interests of the party will be served
by holding on. Against this course, most
of the ministerialists are opposed, relying
on the consensus of opinion of the political
gents throughout the country that the
longer the general election Is delayed, the
better the prospects for an aggravated de
feat of the liberals.
The report? of the unionist agents show,
It Is said, that should parliament be dis
solved now and a general election be held
that party might secure a weak working
majority. Should dissolution be postpon
ed for six months, they would be likely
to secure such a strong position that they
would be able to keep the liberals out of
power for the next seven years.
Both sides* are convinced that dissolu
tion is near, and have begun their elec
toral campaign. The agents have been
instructed to get ready their canvas books
while many candidates will open on the
stump during the Whitsuntide recess.
The definite programme of the unionists,
as declared by Joseph Chamberlain at the
demonstration at St. James hall, com
prises old age pensions for artisans, a
house purchase scheme, improved dwell
ings for working men, aid to agriculture,
a reduction of the burdens on land, and
the creation of peasant proprietors. This
programme has obviously been construct
ed to allure the labor constituencies,
especially that part of it which promises
agricultural and social legislation.
"You will have to decide,” said Lord
Salisbury, speaking at Bradford, "whether
the social problems will be longer de
layed of solution, whether England will
sanction any more the system of log
rolling, whether a confederacy consist
ing of Irish, Welsh and Scotch contin
gents, each fighting for themselves, shall
keep in power the payty which is now
sustained entirely by the action of squab
bling mercenaries.”
The latest calculation Is that the elec
tion will take place in the third wqek of
|B»July. *
V The address of the city bankers and
SB merchants presented to Sir William Ver-
Harcpurt against a change in Qreat
monetary syaffuFtS
'every leaAlng financial house except the
Rothschilds. The signers include the great
firms.of Brown, Shipley <Sr Co., Fruhllng
& Gozchen, Hambro & Sons, Raphael &
Sons, Ralll Bros., Schroeder & Co. and
Hutch & Co.
Among the fifteen horses that are ex
pected to start in the Derby there is not a
single good one. The tipsters are all at
sea concerning the favorite, and experts
speak pf the list as a wretched lot. Book
makers find their business on this event
paralyzed, public Interest in the race be
ing very slight. At present the betting
stands 5 to 1 against Lave no and Racon
teur, 9 to 1 against Solari, 8 to 1 against
Levar, 11 to 1 against Klrkconnel, and 20
to I against Beckhampton and Lombard.
The Sporting Timfe gives either Laveno
or Solari as the winner of the race for the
Manchester cup. Banquet for second place,
at odds of 11 to 1, finds ready backers.
The anti-gambling crusaders sent a cleri
cal contingent to the Birmingham races,
where they sang hymns and prayed. The
crowd present paid them respectful inat
tention. A delegation will also be pres
ent at the Derby, but it is thought that
they will not be so kindly treated there
and policemen will-be required to protect
them.
Sidir Nazrulla Khan, the second son of
the Ameer of Afghanistan, who is now vis
iting England, will remain at Dorchester
House, whither he went immediately upon
his arrival in London for six weeks. His
visit will cost the government £6,6tM), exclu
sive of the damage that will result from
the habits of the ninety natives in his suite.
The experience met with In the visit of his
father to England debarred him from being
lodged in a royal palace, as it was found
necessary to cleanse and disinfect the pal
ace occupied by tho ameer after ho and his
suite had left on their return to Afghanis
tan. The unique collection of works by the
old masters in Dorchester house has been
either Temoved or covered up to protect
them from the distinguished visitors, and
British officers are in charge of the tem
porary residence of the Prince of Afghanis
tan to keep it as far as possible from be
ing damaged. Nazrulla Khan fotind it diffi
cult to follow the programme made for him
after leaving Peshawur. He instated upon
a halt being made whenever the whim
seized him. He broke the programme at
Rawal, Plndi, Lahore and Bombay. Beyond
the last named city no women were al
lowed in his suite. The Prince of Wales
visited Nazrulla at 9 o'clock to-day. The
Officials will be glad when the sojourn in
England of the representative of the
ameer is ended.
The Marquis of Queensberry has applied
to the treasury to recoup him the £2,000
expended In the Wilde case. The treasury
offered him £IOO. Tho marquis in reply to
thia offer says that unless he is relm
. bursed he will raise the question In parlia
ment.
Count Boniface do Castellane, who mar
ried Miss Anna Gould, has bought for £120,-
000, ground on the Avenue Bois de Boul
ogne in Parte on which he will build a pal
ace. He is buying race horses tn England
and France, and is forming an unrivalled
■table.
A REPI BII™IX~FORMoi«a.
The I«nte Chinese Governor of the
Island Chosen President.
London. May 25. A dispatch from Shang
hai to the Pall Mail Gazette says a repub
lic has been declared In Formosa, and a
flag adopted constating of a yellow* dragon
on a blue ground. Tang Ching, hitherto
the Chinese governor, of Formosa, has
been choaen president of the new republic,
indicating that the Chinese officials who
were recently recalled prior to handing
Formosa over to Japan, fully approve of
thia attempt to secure freedom.
Washington, May 24.—Minister Denby
cabled the state department from Pekin
to-day confirming the news that Formosa
had declared its Independence and noti
fied th* foreign power*. He added that a
government had been established, repub
lican ia fotuu ... .
CONGRESSMAN MADDOX'S VIEWS.
Georgian* Swayed by Industrial De
velopment Rather Than by Silver
Talk.
Washington, May 25.—Representative
Maddox of Georgia was a caller at the
postoffice department yesterday in the in
terest of having a new postofflee es
tablished at Lynndale, the site of the new
$1,000,000 cotton factory built by a Massa
chusetts syndicate. Mr. Maddox says this
is one of the first practical results of the
recent exploration of the state of Georgia
by New England capitalists, who find it
more profitable to transfer their cotton
factories from Massachusetts to Georgia.
The syndicate in control of the Lynndale
mills has already expended a large sum
of money in establishing the plant neces
sary to carry on the business, and it is
proposed to put a $1,000,000 establishment
there. This is but one of the signs of re
turning industrial prosperity in the south
and practical demonstrations of that char
acter are calculated to do away with much
of the financial agitation in that sec
tion. Mr. Maddox says the people of
Georgia are not worrying themselves over
the financial question now, because no
election is to be held there this year. They
are talking the subject over, among them
selves, but they are more easily influ
enced by the opening up of new mills, and
opportunities to go to work than they are
by all the literature that can be published
by political campaign committees.
Mr. Maddox’s attention was called to
the fact that prior to the last presidential
convention the silver question was as
freely agitated as it is now, yet the repub
licans and the democrats practically ig
nored the silver men in convention. He
was also reminded that many of the county
and state democratic conventions, before
to the national convention, adopted
resolutions declaring in favor of free silver
at 16 to 1, and in the same set of resolu
tions, indorsed the nomination of Mr.
Cleveland, w*hen they must have known
that he was opposed to their silver views.
They did not seem to realize that by thus
contradicting themselves, their appeal lost
its effect before the convention. Mr. Mad
dox admitted that such a condition of af
fairs did exist in the last democratic con
vention, and the result was that the party
platform was worded in such away
as to leave it open to various construc
tions, according to the interests and be
liefs of the two factions in congress. He
says he does not charge men
who differ with him on the
financial question with being dis
honest, for they undertook to construe
the party platform on the financial ques
tion in accordance with their understand
ing of the language employed. He con
tends that in framing the next platform
for the party the financial plank should be
made so plain and comprehensive that
every school boy in the land may fully un
derstand just what the policy of the party
is to be. He says the people of Georgia
are very loyal to their party and they will
go as far as any other state in following
the leadership of the framers of the plat
form, provided it is clear and distinct; but
when it is so confusing that it may be
open to various constructions, it is diffi
cult to draw the party lines successfully.
Mr. Maddox was asked if he thought
President Cleveland would be nominated
for a third term He promptly replied that
he does not believe Mr. Cleveland would
accept the nomination if it was tendered
to him, Dfeides the people of the United
States have twice before placed their seal
of condemnation upon the third term
idea. "The people of this country,” add
ed Mr. Maddox, "believe in following
up historical precedents, even if the su
preme court of the United* States disre
gards This remark was
brought out in his comment upon the re
cent decision of the supreme court in the
income tax case. Mr. Maddox voted for
the tax and he holds that the court erred
In deciding it unconstitutional. He con
tends that It was opposed in the House,
not because it was held to be unconstitu
tional, but because it was deemed to be
impracticable and not good policy for the
Democratic party to adopt.
Mr. Maddox is in Washington serving
as a member of the joint committee ap
pointed by the last congress to sit dur
ing the recess and pass upon the claims
of the victims in the Ford’s theater dis
aster, which occurred several years ago,
when the floors of the old building in which
Lincoln was assassinated, fell in, killing
and wounding a large number of govern
ment employes.
ATHENS NOTES.
Getting Rvndy for Commencement
V tailors.
Athens, Ga., May 25.—President E. I.
Smith of the Athens Alumni Club of the
university has issued a call for a meet
ing of the club Monday afternoon at 5
o’clock at the Young Men’s Christian As
sociation hall. The business before the
■lub will be the devising of plans for the
entertainment of the board of visitors
of the university. The University Club
has about 200 members here, and is an en
thusiastic organization.
The Lucy Cobb teachers took posscs
siqn of the fancy grocery store of William
McDowell & Son to-day and ran it for
the benefit of the Lucy Cobb exhibit at
the Atlanta exposition. Quite a neat sum
was realized. This exhibit is being pre
pared with great care.
Last night at Lucy Cobb Institute Miss
Mabel T. Hodgson, the accom
plished daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Hodgson, tendered
a piano and violin recital complimentary
to her friends. Miss Hodgson is a musi
cal prodigy and her many friends were
delighted.
Maj. G. M. Ryals of Savannah was in
Athens yesterday for a few days.
The University Pandora will be out com
mencement and will be a bright and read
able annual. Mr. W. A. Harris of Ma
con, son of Hon. Nat E. Harris, is the
editor-in-chief.
Rumor has it that the “Bumble-Bee,”
the anonymous commencement paper, will
soon be out, and that the university fac
ulty will be touched up lively as usual.
FLORIDA’S LEGISLATURE.
The Charter Rill Passed—The Anti-
Prise Fight Bill Signed.
Tallahassee, Fla., May 25.—The Jack
sonville charter bill came up to-day in
regular order tn the House on its passage.
The minority was somewhat obstreper
ous, but the majority were on the alert
and determined to submit to no further
obstruction. The previous question was
ordered and the bill passed and certified
back to the Senate. The vote was 37 to 21.
A more pronounced division, as regards
the Jacksonville measure, existed in the
Senate, where Populist Weeks stated that
he was on the ftoor to speak until final ad
journment. if necessary, in order to defeat
it. Mr. Weeks spoke most of yesterday
and until the close of this morning’s ses
sion, when the Senate adjourned without
' a quorum, amid great excitement, each
i side announcing a caucus. When the Sen
■ ate reassembled at 3:30 o’clock all the seats
nnd standing room was occupied, antici
pating a lively time, but those present
| were agreeably surprised. Messrs. Darby.
Williamson and Weeks of the minority
' announced that in a spirit of harmony and
! In the Interest of the democratic party and
: the state they bowed to the will of the
; majority, and would do all In their power
to dispatch pending legislation. The regu-
I lar order was taken up, the business of the
Senate straightened out and the Senate
’ adjourned till Monday. The Jacksonville
bill will reach the governor Monday. No
j one doubts it will receive his approval.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, MAY 27. 1895.
CARLISLE AT BOWLING GREEN.
HE MAKES ANOTHER. SPEECH IN
FAVOR OF SOUND MONEY.
The Poor Man’s Money Should Be as
Good as the Rich Man’s Money.
Cleveland’s Veto All That Deterred
the Last Congress From Passing a
Free Coinage Measure Prices
Would Go Up and Wages Fa'll Un
der a Silver Basis.
Bowling Green, Ky„ May 25.—Secretary
Carlisle spoke here to-day. His coming had
been looked forward to with great pleas
ure, and Potter’s Opera House was pack
ed with men soon after noon to-day. Every
man in the audience was a voter. That
sliver has warm devotees In this section of
the country is evinced on every side. The
“outs” are almost to a man in favor of
free coinage. The administration men here
as elsewhere are with President Cleveland.
At 1 o'clock Clarence Underwood McElroy,
the defeated candidate for congress, intro
duced the secretary.
Mr. Carlisle told the audience that he
first came to Boiling Green as a democrat
preaching democratic doctrines. He came
now, a democrat still, and in strict adher
ence with the principle of the party.
"I am not here to defend the administra
tion,” said he, "for it needs no defense
(loud applause). lam not going to defend
the late congress. It has done much good.
If it had never done anything but repeal
the federal election laws and emancipated
the. voters of this country, it has done
enough to make its session one to be re
membered.”
Then Mr. Carlisle plunged into the cur
rency subject, using in their proper places
the arguments advanced in Memphis and
Covington. In this connection the secre
tary remarked: “But little that has not
been said on this subject can be said.”
Then he went into the subject with vim,
and after arguing for a time, reached the
point where he became eloquent.
“They say silver,” he exclaimed “is the
poor man’s money. If it is I want the
poor man’s money to be as good as the
rich man’s money. I mean to maintain
that doctrine in spite of vituperation and
abuse and charges of inconsistency, what
ever may be the effect on me, either per
sonally or politically.”
The secretary then went on with an out
burst of eloquence, favoring the poor man
and the farmer, and showing them how
much poorer they would be with a silver
standard. He drew a harrowing picture
of the condition of the country under a
free coinage law. “You know that this
last congress could have passed such a
measure,” said he, “but it would never
have become a law.
We know that the next congress wist
not pass such a measure. Suppose in two
years a congress and a President favor
ing free coinage should be elected. The
creditor, knowing that a silver dollar
worth 50 cents would be coined, would
press his debtor for immediate settlement,
the country would see vast numbers of
judicial sales; foreign countries would
refuse credits and loans; prices would go
up, wages would fall and the currency*
become contracted and gold be hoarded
all over the country. You certainly want
no such conditions as these.”
At a later period in the speech he said:
"It is said that no one but a banker or a
rich man is interested in defeating the
.silver standard. Gentleman," they are the
ones who would profit by a silver stand
ard. They have money and their gold
would double in value in case silver was
freely coined.”
He called attention to Thomas Jeffer
son’s order of 1806, stopping the free coin
age pt silver, and sarcastically remarked
"ana I believe that Thomas Jefferson is
still regarded as having been a good dem
ocrat.”
Mr. Carlisle and his party left for Louis
ville at 3 p. m., where he will remain
until Wednesday, when he will deliver ids
fourth and last speech.
MARTI DEAD.
No Doabt of the Fact Entertained at
Washington.
Washington, May 25.—There is not the
slightest doubt entertained here that Gen.
Marti, the Cuban leader, was killed a few
days ago, notwithstanding the denials
which come from Insurgent newspaper
headquarters at Tampa, Fla. Official In
formation has been received that Marti’?
body has been embalmed and will be pub
licly exhibited in Santiago de Cuba, in
order that the people living in that prov
ince, which is the storm center of the
revolution, may be absolutely convinced
of his death.
Santiago de Cuba, May 25.—C01. Sando
val reports that the body of Jose Marti
was finally identified and buried at Re
monanamuas. Marti’s watch and the cor
respondence found on the body have been
delivered to Capt. Gen. Campos. Col.
Sandoval says that in the battle on May
20, Marti personally led manchete charges
made by the rebels. He asserts that the
horse ridden by Maximo Gomez was killed
and that in the last insurgent charge Go
mez himself was wounded. The govern
ment troops attempted to capture him. but
Borrero, one of the rebel leaders, carried
him off the field and to a safe place. In do
ing so, Borrero had to cross the fire of the
broops, but he apparently escaped un
scathed. It Is stated that the bands under
Masso and Rabi will proceed to Cauto to
aid Gomez's band, and that the combined
bands will then continue to Puerto Prin
cipe. Juan Guerra, a rebel leader, was
wounded In a recent fight with govern
ment troops.
BATTLE WITH A BABOON.
The Animal Nearly Tore Prof. Plat
Limb From Limb. .
From the Philadelphia Record.
Cincinnati, 0., May 23.—Prof. Plat, who
has charge of the monkeys at the Zoo,
had a struggle for life with Tip, a big
baboon, in the elephant quarters at the
Zoo to-day. The baboon attacked the pro
fessor without warning, and an awful
struggle followed. Tip bit and clawed
savagely, while Piat fought bravely for his
life.
The animal seemed bent on rending him
limb from limb, and tried to dig his claws
Into the professor's eyes. It tried to tear
its keeper’s throat, but Piat protected that
with his arms. The professor's cries for
help attracted a half-dozen men at the
garden to hte aid, and it took their united
efforts to pull off the enraged beast.
When it was finally beaten off it was
placed in a barred cage and an iron muz
zle ordered. Piat is badly torn and bitten
and his clothing is in shreds.
Lost nn Ear in a Fight.
Atlanta, Ga., May 25.—John Hoffman,
proprietor of a saloon on East Hunter
street, attempted to stop a fight in his
place to-night, and in return for his good
offices, had his left ear cut clear from his
head by Will Billings, one of the com
batants.
Horld’i Columbian Exposition
Was of value to the world by illustrat
ing the improvements in the mechanical
arts and eminent physicians will tell you
that the progress in medicinal agents,
has been of equal importance, and as a
strengthening laxative that Syrup of Figs
is far in advance of all others.—ad.
QUEEN VICTORIA’S BIRTHDAY.
The Anniversary Celebrated With
Considerable Pomp.
London, May 25.—The queen’s birthday
was officially celebrated to-day, the artil
lery at all of the naval and military sta
tions firing salutes and the troops parad
ing. The queen’s household brigade per
formed the annual ceremony of trooping
the colors, which thousands of persons
witnessed on the parade grounds at White
hall. Th'e weather was perfect. The
Prince of Wales, with Nazrulla Khan, son
of the Ameer of Afghanistan, rode to the
grounds at 11 o’clock. They were sur
rounded by equerries and were enthusias
tically cheered. The Princess of Wales
and her daughters and the Duchess of
York witnessed the display from the win
dows of the government offices, which
were crowded with members of the aris
tocracy. At noon, the Prince of Wales,
the Duke of Cambridge and Nazrulla
Khan rode to Marlborough House. The
Afghan prince was attired in a scarlet
uniform and wore a sword with a sheath
of gold. He was mounted on a beautiful
horse and attracted great attention.
A RAVISHER COMMITS SUICIDE.
He Was 60 Years Old and His Victim
His Pastor's Daughter.
Lake View, Mich., May 25.—George
Reed, aged 60, last night cofrimitted a
criminal assault on the 11-year-old daugh
ter of Rev. Clarence Webb, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Reed was
arrested. He asked Sheriff King of Stan
ton the privilege of getting a drink of
water. The sheriff granted the request
and then proceeded to the hotel with his
prisoner. Before reaching there Reed be
gan to show signs of sickness and in fif
teen minutes after reaching the hotel, he
was dead. Reed, who was a carriage
manufacturer, leaves a widow. The crime
was committed at his residence in his
wife’s absence. Five capsules of cyanide
of potassium were found in the vest pocket
of the dead man. Reed was a prominent
member of the church of which Mr. Webb
is pastor. The child is in a precarious
condition.
~FIVE DROWNED? -
A Yacht Used at Buffalo as a Ferry
Boat Capsizes.
Buffalo, N. Y., May 25. Connolly's
steam yacht Trilby, employed by the city
to convey passengers across the creek at
the foot of Michigan street, capsized this
morning just after leaving the docks. The
little craft was loaded to the gunwhales
with passengers, and all were thrown in
the water.
At 11 o’clock it was reliably reported
that five persons had been drowned. The
creek is being dragged for the bodies of
the missing. About thirty or thirty-five
men were on board the yacht when she
capsized. All were Poles crossing over
to an island where they were employed at
various places.
SPAIN AND SILVER.
The Government in Favor of nn In
ternational Agreement.
London, May 25.—A dispatch to the
Times from Madrid says: “At a cabinet
meeting held yesterday, Senor Navarro
Reverter, minister of finance, delivered a
long speech in reference to a resolution re
cently passed by the lower house of the
Prussian diet in favongof bimetallism and
international regulatllji of .the currency.
Senor Reverter declared Spain unequivo
cally in favor of such an agreement as
the Prussian Unterhaus has suggested.”
REV. GREER’S CONVICTION.
A Strong; Fight to Have the Action
Reconsidered.
Dallas, Tex., May 25.—Promptly at 9
a. m. the general assembly met and con
tinued the*dlscussion on the report of the
judicial commission In the case of Rev.
B. D. D. Greer. There is a strong feeling
that Dr. Greer has not been fairly treat
ed, and as the decision of the commission
will have the effect of placing him extra
jurisdictional, and without further right
of appeal, there was a strong opposition
to allowing the commission’s decision to
stand. AH the morning session was spent
In debating on a motion to recommit the
commission. N-o decision was reached up
to the noon adjournment. Rev. E. M.
Richardson was elected secretary of edu
cation on a vote of 72 to 61 against Rev.
W. E. Mcllwaine.
—First Legislator (brandishing his fist)—
Now I’ve got you, confound you! You
called me a lot of insulting names this
morning!
Second Legislator (calmly)—What of it?
That was during the legislative session,
wasn’t it?”—Chicago Record. ,
—“Dr. Hyphee is suffering with a car
buncle. and has called another doctor to
prescribe for it.”
“Why doesn’t he prescribe for himself?”
“Great Scott! He can’t afford it!”—Chi
cago Tribune.
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THE ASSEMBLY’ REFUSES TO LIFT
ITS BOYCOTT.
The Students of the College Shut Out
of Presbyterian Pulpits—The Vio
lation of the Sabbath by Congress
on the Last Day of Its Session Con
demned—The Next Assembly to Be
Held at Saratoga in 1896.
Pittsburg, May 25.—At to-day’s meeting
of the Presbyterian general assembly the
report of the committee on theological
seminaries was read by Dr. Montfort of
Cincinnati.
William I. McEwen of Pittsburg was an
nounced as chairman of the million-dol
lar memorial fund committee of twenty
five ordered at the morning session yes
terday.
Other members of the committee on bills
and overtures recommended as an an
swer to the memorial of the Presbytery
of Monmouth, that the moderator and
officers of the assembly attend the pil
grimage to Tennet church, New Jersey,
on June 4, to celebrate the ordination of
John Boyd, the first ordination of a Pres
byterian minister in America, which took
place in Freehold n 11706.
During the reading of the answer Stated
Clerk Roberts announced that there had
lately been discovered evidence of an
earlier ordination, that of Jedidiah An
drews at Philadelphia in 1701. Jedidiah
Andrews was pastor of the first church
of Philadelphia.
An overture calling attention to the
flagrant violation of the Sabbath ,by con
gress on the last Sunday of its session,
and asking for an expression of condem
nation by the general assembly, having
been presented, an answer in accordance
with the request was reported, and adopt
ed by a vote of the assembly. The an
swer carried with it a recommendation for
a petition to congress praying against a
repetition of this act.
More than the usual number of com
missioners were in attendance on assem
bly to-day. The word had been passed to
the conservative leaders that the liber
als were moving towards the repeal of
their pet subject, the boycotting of the
students of the Union Seminary. The
boycott resolution was in the form of
an answer to the over tune of the New
York Presbytery askinc, what course
be pursued with reference to the Union
Seminary students who as teed to be taken
under the care of that presbytery. The
case arose out of a dispute over three
students from that seminary whose ex
amination in doctrine was unsatisfactory
to some of the examiners. But they were
admitted for licensure, notwithstanding
a protest and a complaint was threatened.
The complaint acted as a stay to the
licensing ceremony and in order to re
move the stay, the liberals consented to
the overture placing the duty of deter
mining the vexed question upon the gen
eral assembly. The answer of the assem
bly was that as all the presbyteries are
foroidden by the book to accept students
who have not studied at least two years
unde, approved divines, the New York
presbyte>y must not receive students who
have studied or who intend to study at a
theological seminary which has been dis
approved. This answer was adopted with
out debate, although the conservatives had
a list of speakers ready with arguments
on the day of its adoption. This was the
severest blow that has been dealt to Union
Seminary. Librarian Gillette of that in
stitution, who is here watching the pro
ceedings of the assembly, says that it will
drive away most of the Presbyterian stu
dents now enrolled there. This opinion is
echoed b> others here, who are warmly
at tached to Union. Ever since the passage
a the resolution there has been talk of
r. consideration.
Near the close of to-day’s proceedings
Elder John E. Dey. editor of the New
York Evangelist, rising to a question of
privilege, moved to reconsider the ac
tion of the assembly on the answer to the
overture respecting Union Seminary stu
dents. Elder Dey having stated that he
had not voted on that question at the
time action was taken, he was ruled out
of order. A delegate made the motion
for him and another seconded the motion,
and Elder Dey proceeded. He was again
called to order. Thereupon, Mr. Dey ar
gued that the attitude of Union Seminary
toward Dr. Briggs and the assembly was
based upon legal advice of men of high
prominence in the New York bar and that
it was unfair and unwise to attempt to
punish Union Seminary students therefor.
He held that the action was a decisive
wedge, and it will cost us much. There
are no men who have given so liberally as
the men who have feelings on the sub
ject. Elder Dey was again called to or
der and on motion the motion to recon
sider wq.s laid upon the table by a large
majority. The next assembly will tree
at Saratoga In May, 1896.
BURIAL OF MR. LANE.
He Was One of the Wealthiest Citi
zens of Emanuel County.
Millen, Ga., May 25.—The funeral of B.
L. Lane, who died yesterday, took place
at his residence in Emanuel county, four
miles from here, this afternoon with Ma
sonic honors. Mr. Lane was one of the
oldest and wealthiest citizens of Emanuel
and perhaps the largest individual land
owner in the state. His death was not
unexpected, as he had been critically ill
for the past week.
WIPED OUT BY AN EARTHQUAKE.
Parnniythiu in Ruin* nnd Fifty of Its
Residents Killed.
Constantinople, May 25.—A series of
earthquakes to-day virtually razed the
town of Paramythia, European Turkey.
Fifty persons were killed and 150 serious
ly Injured. The inhabitants are panic
stricken and will pass the night in open
spaces. The total number of shocks was
twenty-six. The Greek church, which was
built 300 years ago. was moved several
yards, but K still standing.
KEHOE’S IRON WORKS,
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS, BLACKSMITHS AND BOILERMAKERS.
Broughton St* from Reynolds to Randolph Sts. Telephone 3M.
A SNEAK THIEF TRAPPED.
He Had Robbed Passengers on Trains
for Several Months.
Ocala, Fla., May 25.—For some time
passengers on the midnight train coming
in to Panasoffkee from Tampa were
robbed and no clew could be obtained to
the perpetrator. Last night Conductor
Congleton determined to find out who
the party was and arrest him. He let the
passengers into the secret and scheme,
and nearing Panasoffkee all the passen
gers pretended to be sleeping, while the
conductor and crew were keeping a close
watch. When the train slacked a man
was seen boarding the train. He walked
through the coach to the water cooler,
and after taking a drink closely inspected
the passengers, when he divested one of
his gold watch and as he returned the
chain to his pocket, the passenger grabbed
the thief’s hand, when all the other pas
sengers and the conductor and crew rush
ed up to the thief and arrested him. On
his person was found a gold watch and
pistol identified as stolen some time ago.
Provo was very much taken back at his
capture, but, recovering, he grew furious
and swore that in a few days he would
kill the conductor. He was brought to
Wildwood and turned over to the officers.
Provo was a white barber at Panasoff
kee, and took this method of replenishing
his exchequer, which he carried on for a
number of| months successfully.
J. A. MORRIS PARALYZED.
He Is 65 Years Old and. His Recovery
Very Doubtful.
New Orleans, May 25.—'JVord cqmes
from Kerrville, i’ex., that John A. Morris,
prominent as one of the owners of the
Louisiana lottery and well known as a
race horse owner and breeder, was strick
en with paralysis at his ranch, fourteen
miles from Kerrville, yesterday morning.
Mr. Morris and a party of New Orleans
friends went to his ranch last week for an
outing and good time. Yesterday morn
ing Mr. Morris arose feeling as well as
usual, but early in the forenoon suffered a
stroke of paralysis and at 3:40 o’clock be
came unconscious. Dr. J. W. Belden of
New Orleans, Mr. Morris’ physician, was
telegraphed for and left at 6 o’clock yes
terday on a special train over the Sout.n
ern Pacific. Dr. Jones of San Antonio was
also sent for and the local physician at
Kerrville is in attendance. The latest
news states that Mr. Morris’ temperature
and pulse had fallen to a normal condi
tion, but he is still in a comatose condi
tion. His wife is now en route to his
bedside from New York. As Mr. Morris is
about 65 years old, there is grave doubt
of his recovery.
THE DOUBLE TIMEi BOTHERED HIM.
A Blue Jacket From the Atlanta in
Trouble.
Only one lone blue jacket remained in the
city yesterday after the departure of the
w'arships and he was sorry he was left be
hind. Eugene White is his name and he
belongs to the Atlanta. White was arrest
ed a little after midnight yesterday morn
ing by Policeman Counihan. He claimed
that his getting left was due to Savannah’s
double time system. The boat carrying the
sailors down to the warships was to leave
the city at 11 o’clock. He went to the dock
at 11 o’clock railroad time, he said, and
found that the boat had been gone an hour.
White told Chief McDermott that he had
a considerable amount of money due him
on the Atlanta and that he was going to
get back to the vessel if he had to walk to
Hampton Roads. He didn’t have a cent of
money on him. however. Chief McDermott
didn’t know what to do wltji White and so
released him In the afternoon.
Warrants for sevan men who were miss
ing from the Atlanta were placed in the
hands of the detectives Friday night, but
six out of the seven turned up at the dock
and went down on the last boat, White be
ing the only one missing.
WILL. MYERS’ NEW TRIAL.
His Attorneys Claim They Will Prove
the Existence of Brown Allen.
Atlanta, Ga., May 25.—The trial of Will
Myers for the murder of Forrest L. Crow
ley was set to-day for June 10, with Judge
Hart of the Ocmulgee circuit presiding.
Solicitor Hill and Judge Clark held a con
ference about the case to-day and finally
decided to give it this course. Judge Hart
having some time ago been requested to
preside in place of Judge Clark. Myers’
attorneys are confident they will be able
to establish the personality of “Brown Al
len” at this trial and believe they will be
able to clear their client of the actual
murder. Since he was granted the new
trial by the supreme court Myers has en
joyed the freedom of the corridors of the
jail, instead of being confined in his ceil as
formerly, and he is in good spirits, assert
ing confidently that he will Be acquitted.
Mr(lmk) Not a buieide.
Atlanta, Ga.. May 35.—The coroner’s jury
in the case of Yardmaster Jeff McCleskey
of the Seaboard Air Line, w ho died at the
Metropolitan hotel last night, found to-day
that his death was due> to an overdose of
laudanum not taken with suicidal intent.
McCleskey was one of the most popular
railroad men in the city and his untimely
death is greatly regretted by all who knew
him.
CAROLINA’S BITTER CONTEST.
HAMPTON ADVISES THE CONSERVA
TIVES NOY’ TO COMPROMISE.
He Takes no Stock in the Attempt to
Create Fear of Negro Domination.
He Advises the Conservative* to
Nominate as Delegates to the Con
vention the Ablest Men to Be Found
in Each of the Counties.
Columbia, S. C.*» May 25.—1 n compli
ance with a public call for his views,
Gen. Hampton has written a letter giving
his views and advice Upon the present
political situation. Since Judge Goff’s de
cision as to the unconstitutionality of the
registration law, the standing of the two
factions of whites has been reversed—the
“conservative” democrats.having the sup
port of the enfranchised negroes.
The agitating question is whether the
“conservatives” should compromise with
the “reformers,” or Tillmanites, and go
with them into a primary to nominate
delegates for the constitutional conven
tion, which will call out opposing nomina
tions from the negroes, or whether they
shall accept the proffered support of the
negroes, who look to them for fair deal
ing, and fight the battle at the general
election.
On this subject Gen. Hampton writes.
He says in part: “When I last attempted
to plead for peace and a restoration of
the fraternal relations which since ’76
had governed all- of our citizens, a South
Carolina audience refused to hear me, and
drove me from the stage. I have taken no
part in public affairs in the state since
then; nOt because my interest in them
was abated, but because I had been rudely
notified that my voice had no longer any
weight in the counsels of the state.
"But I am still a citizen of South Caro
lina, proud of her honorable record in
the past, jealous of her honor and deeply
mortified at t he condition she now occupies
and the estimation in which she is held
throughout the union. • •••••
"If my advice can have any weight in
the state, it would be for all conservatives,
the only truly national democratic repre
sentatives in the state, to refuse to go
into any primary or any so-called com
promise'; to nominate in every county the
ablest and best men—conservatives and re
formers—who will strive to make a good
constitution, referring it to the people for
ratification or rejection, and in all cases
to set their faces resolutely against all
fraud in our elections.
“I have no fear of negro domination—a
cry used only to arouse race prejudices
and to put the coming convention under
control of the ring which now dominates
our state. The negroes have acted of late
with rare moderation and liberality and if
we meet them in the same spirit they have
shown, they will aid in selecting good
representatives for the convention. I, for
one, am willing to trust them and they
ask only the rights guaranteed to them by
the constitution of the United States and
that of our own state. 'Corruption wins
not more than honesty,’ and I advocate
perfect honesty, for defeat on that line Is
better than victory by fraud.”
FOR A PARROT.
A Pet Bird Handsomely Remember
ed in the Will of a Soath Boaton
Woman.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Boston, May 23.—Mrs. Mary Jean Brad
ford, who died at South Boston last week,
leaves by will SI,OOO in trust for the care
and maintenance of her poll parrot. The
parrot is only 25 years old, and was the
joy, solace and comfort of Mrs. Bradford’s
declining years, and has been in the family
twenty years. The parrot knows some
choice expletives, and has acquired the
fine art of conversation. When Mrs. Brad
ford would say: "Good morning, polly,
did you sleep well?” Polly would answer:
“Quite well, thank you,” or “not so well
as usual.” The intelligence of the bird is
said to be little short of human.
Mrs. Bradford was not over well to do,
but of her possessions she leaves $4,000
in trust to George H. Pierce, the income
to support her poll parrot, the bird to
have the best of care, to be kindly treated
and must not be put into a store or any
public place. On his death the money is
to go to the Home for Aged Couples and
the Women’s hospital. It is figured out
that the person who secures the charge of
the bird will receive S2O a month, if the ■ t
$4,000 is put at 6 per cent. Interest.
COL. S. C. DOBBS DEAD.
He Wax One of the Oldest and Most
Prominent Citizen of Athens.
Athens, Ga.. May 25.—C01.* Stephen C.
Dobbs, one of Athens’ oldest citizens,
died to-night at 8 o'clock after a long ill
ness. He was a member of the city board
of education and for many years has been
worshipful master of Mt. Vernon lodge of
Free and Accepted Masons. He was
chairman of the board of deacons of the
First Baptist church. He leaves a widow
and five grown children. The funeral oc
curs to-morrow afternoon at 4 o’clock at
the First Baptist church and the inter
ment will be made with Masonic honors
in Oconee cemetery.