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FROM THE WEST TO THE SEA.
SENATOR BACON’S BILL TO CON
NECT THE TENNESSEE AND
THE SAVANNAH.
What the Senator Han to Say About
It—The Bill Calls for a Survey to
See Whether the Canal is Prac
ticable—The Extent of Country It
Would Benefit—The Purpose is to
Agitate the Matter and Direct Pub
lic Attention to It.
Washington, Dec. 17.—Senator Bacon
■ays t'he scopfe and the practicability of
the proposed canal connecting the Ten
nessee and Savannah rivers is not un
derstood by those who undertake to crit
icise the bill on the subject recently in
troduced by him. His attention being
called to the. comments upon the bill by
the Morning News, he said that the crit
icism seemed to proceed upon the idea
that the bill introduced by him in the
Senate was for the building of the canal,
whereas the whole scope of it was to have
surveys and estimates made to ascer
tain . the feasibility and probable
cost of such an enterprise. ‘ There could
be no question by any one
of the Immense value to the country of
such a work if it could be accomplished.
If it could be constructed at a reasonable
cost it would be a wise thing to build it;
but if the cost of construction would be
♦ too great then it ought not to be built,
and that is all there is of it. He said he
well knew of the former survey some
twenty odd years ago, and remembered
when the construction of the canal was
then being agitated. That, however, was
only a partial survey, and he thought it
would be well to get the surveys and es
timates for the entire line. The bill intro
duced by him did not designate any point
on the Savannah river, but his own opin
ion was that the proper terminus would
be at or near the city of Savannah.
The senator said that he thought the
estimates of $100,000,000 as the probable cost
which was made in the News, was very
wide of the true figures. The former sur
vey, made when material and labor were
fully 50 per cent, higher than they now
are, estimated the cost of the canal from
the Tennessee river to Macon on the Oc
mulga, at only about $25,000,000. About
nine-tenths of this was the cost of con
struction between the Tennessee river and
the South river, near Atlanta. Krom
there on, the line, following as it did, the
river valley, was estimated to cost very
little as compared with the line above
that point. If the survey should here
after be continued below Macon, It would
probably follow the river to a point be
low Hawkinsville, where the flat country
would be reached and the construction
thence eastwardly to Savannah would be
easy and comparatively cheap. If that
line were followed, the canal would not
only have an outlet through the Savannah
river, but also through the Altamaha and
the connecting sea Island channels, and
all the seaports of Georgia would enjoy
the benefits.
Judging by the estimated cost of the
former partial survey, It Is not unreason
able to 'believe that at the present prices
of labor and material, the cost of the
construction of the entire line would not
exceed thirty millions. That of Itself Is
an Immense sum of money, and its expen
diture would only be justified If this should
be recognized as a great national work
of marked value to the country at large.
The commercial possibilities of such a
canal are beyond present realization. 'The
navigable waters of the Mississippi river
and Its tributaries, touch between fifteen
and twenty states, and are available lor
the transportation of the products of
largely more than half a million square
miles of territory. From any. point on
these many thousands of miles of navi
gable rivers, barges could tfaach the Geor
gia sea coast without breaking bulk and
vice versa. Whatever else it failed to do
It would certainly make Savannah and
Brunswick the great coaling stations or
the Atlantic coast.
“Os course, I realize,” said Senator Ba
con, "that such an enterprise could only
bo actively inaugurated after. years of
agitation, and that any one man, what
ever his opportunity, would accomplish
little In such an. effort unless ho had
the ardent assistance and co-operation of
the several great sections of the country to
be benefited thereby. My principal object in
introducing the bill at this time was to
again direct public attention to an enter
prise which I have for a long time re
garded as a most important one.
"The commercial importance of these
great canals is best illustrated by the fact
the the state of New York has recently,
by popular vote,, appropriated $9,000,000
to the enlargement of her famous canal
connecting the great lakes with the Hud
son river. The time may not now be
propitious for the undertaking, but from
its great importance, I am confident the
future will sde the construction of a canal
which will unite the rivers of the Missis
sippi valley with the Atlantic ocean. Sa
vannah, however, need have no fear that
my faith In this ultimate result will In
any way interfere with my activity in
the effort to secure for her harbor, what
ever is needed at the present time.’’
DAMAGE SUITS ADJUSTED.
A Number of Winston Business Men
Saved From Ruin.
Winston, N. C., Dec. 17.—1 t was given
out <o-day that all of the cases against a
number of North Carolina prominent busi
ness men who indorsed for the North
State Improvement Company in the build
ing of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
railroad wore amicably adjusted at a
meeting of the defendants and plaintiffs
held in Greensboro last night. The cases
will now be taken out of the courts.
The details of the compromise are not re
vealed. Had the plaintiffs continued the
prosecution they would have bankrupted
all of the men who indorsed for the Im
provement company, among the number
being Dr. W. A. late president of
•the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail
road.
ITALY’S FIGHT IN AFRICA.
The Chamber Vote's a Grant to Carry
on the Wnr,
Rome, Dec, 17.—1 n the Chamber of
Deputies to-day Premier Crispl asked for
a credit for the prosecution of the Ital
ian operations in. Africa, of 30,000,000 lire,
including 7,000.000 lire already proposed, a
section of the Chamber raised opposition
to this proposal, but nevertheless the
Chamber approved the grant asked for
and the matter was referred to the bud
get committee.
DUPAS UNDER ARREST.
He la Accused of Trying to Prevent
Arnol'a Arrest.
Paris, Dec. 17.—M. Dupas, formerly sec
retary of the department of the interior,
has been arrested upon the charge of
conspiring to prevent the arrest of M.
Emile Arnol, who, under charges of enn
ncctlon with the late Baron Relnaoh in
the Panama canal frauds, was condemn
ed, in contumaciam to twenty years' irn
nrisonment and subsequently arrested in
London and ordered extradited.
BOSS PLATT IN CONTROL.
He Captures Most of the Assembly
Conventions,
Now York. Dec. 17.—The republican as
sembly district conventions were held to
night, ami w hila all the results were not
in at a late hour it was apparent that the
riattltea had captured a large majority of
the delegate* to the county committee.
Tills gives them control of the machine
in a presidential year.
Recommends Itself
*' Hood’s Sarsaparilla adapts itself to the
aick and well alike. To the sick it is a
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peptic for twenty years and sought relief
in vain. I resorted to c
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and have been built up in health. It
cured my stomach trouble and my weight
has increased from 112 to 140 pounds.
Try it ye sufferers from Maine to Califor
nia and from the North to the Gulf.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla will do you good.”
D. P. Smith, Justice of Peace, Mountain
Creek, North Carolina. fl; six for |5.
Di He to bny, easy to take,
TtOOQ S C HIS ea»y in effect. 25 cants.
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BOATNER MAKES AN AMENDE.
The Editorial Reflecting on Hearsey
Retracted.
Monroe, La., Dec. 17.—The following ed
itorial, written by Hon. Charles J. Boat
ner, and which explains itself, appears in
his paper, the Evening News, this even
ing: "On the 3d instant, by one of those
unfortunate contretemps which will some
times occur in the management of all
newspapers, an editoral crept into our
columns making suggestions which reflect
ed incourteously upon our contemporary,
the New Orleans States.
“Mr. Boatner, who is responsible for the
editorial utterances of the News, was
about to leave for Washington at the
time, and in the multiplicity of duties de
manding his attention, neglected to make
the correction before his departure, which
justice required, and which it was his
full intention to have made. All differ
ences which grew out of this publication
having been happily adjusted, the News
feels it to be its duty as a fair and con
scientious journal to withdraw any and
all injurious suggestions which have ap
peared in our columns affecting the per
sonal and political integrity of Maj. H.
J. Hearsey, the editor of the States, for
whom we entertain the highest respect
and regard.
"We may differ with him widely on
questions of policy, and as to persons,
but we are paying him no compliment
when we say that as a courageous and
conscientious journalist he Is entitled to,
as he enjoys, the respect and confidence
of the people of this state.”
A DWELLING BURNED.
A Profitable Vineyard Near Willa
coochee.
Waycross, 6a., Dec. 17.—Mr. John A.
Strickland of Blackshear says that the
Coates residence owned by William Ar
mitage, Esq., an Englishman, was burn
ed yesterday. The house was near the
railroad and in the town of Blackshear.
A spark caught afire some household
effects that were exposed, and the house
was soon enveloped In the flames. The
building was not Insured.
Mr. S. F. Floyd, a prominent turpentine
man of Willacoochee, says that Mr. T.
B. Marshall, who owns a thirty-acre vine
yard about seven miles north of Willa
coochee, made a net preflt this year of
50 cents per each vine of his vineyard.
The young vines that have not yet yielded
any fruit were included in the estimate.
Mr. Marshall shipped thousands of gal
lons of wine to the refineries of the north.
Judge L. E. Bleckley of Atlanta, who
has l>een here several days in the in
terest of his property, in this section,
left last night for Atlanta. Judge Bleck
ley told the Morning News correspondent
that he bought two lots of land in Coffee
county in 1851, and his visit at this time
was for the purpose of learning whether
the property was advancing in value.
"I have been paying taxes on it for forty
four consecutive years," he said, "and
I am now determined to improve the prop
erty and see what it will profit me.”'
ATHENS’ CLERKSHIP.
The Investigation Committee Exon
erates All Hands.
Athens, Ga., Dec. 17.—The council in
vestigation committee made its report this
afternoon. It found that Clerk Turner
understood from Aiderman Arnold that
he was to be elected on the condition of
hiring Mr. Hutchins as an assistant, or
dividing his salary with him; that Alder
man Arnold got his idea from Alderman
Rhodes, who was discussing the idea of
hiring an assistant clerk; that no corrupt
practice or intent to defraud existed on
the part of any aiderman or the clerk,
and that the city had lost nothing by the
transaction. The committee condemned
any practice of electing officers by divid
ing the salaries with men who did no
work in the office, and protested against
any further payment of a portion of the
clerk's salary to any person not employed.
The council adopted the report.
BATTLE OF THE MALTIEMPO.
Sixty-Five Spaniards Killed tinil 4B
Wounded in the Fight.
Madrid, Dec. 17. Private dispatches
from Havana say that in the fight be
tween the Spanish troops and the rebel
forces under Gomez and Maceo at Maltl
ernpo the Spanish had sixty-five men kill
ed and forty-five wounded. Gomez had his
horse shot under him.
The Havana police have arested eight
workmen employed in the military depart
ment who are accused of selling cart
ridges to the enemy. It is alleged that
they sold them at sls a thousand.
The Heraldo has a special dispatch from
Havana saying that the insurgents blew
up a railroad bridge at Flora, twelve miles
from Cienfugos, while a train was pass
ing over it. The engine was thrown into
the river and five passengers and officials
were killed.
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 17.—The White Re
publican League, the most Influential body
of Texas republicans at its meeting last
night, adopted the following resolution:
Whereas, the patriots of Cuba are
struggling for those rights of men we en
joy against one of the most tyrannical
governments in existence: therefore,
Resolved, That we, the White Republi
can League Club or Dallas, again urge
our government to grant those patriots
belligerent rights at the earliest possible
moment.
HIGHER EDUCATION.
North Carolina Baptists Opposed to
State Aid.
Raleigh. N. C., Dec. 17.—The Recorder,
the official organ of the North Carolina
] Baptists, will say to-morrow editorial
i ly: "It is apparent from the action and
spirit of the Baptist state convention that
■ the North Carolina Baptists are deter
mined to persist in their opposition to
state aid to higher education. Their prin
ciples axe behind their opposition, and
they will cling to them. A gentleman of
i Virginia declared to the convention that
the same principles are finding lodgment
in the minds of the people of Virginia;
and also that the recent constitutional
convention of South Carolina emphati
cally refused, after a great struggle, to
accept an amendment contrary to these
L principles. It is now a characteristic of
I the average Baptist in North Carolina
! that he is opposed to state aid to higher
i education, and misrepresented though he
I has been, as seeking the destruction of
| the institutions, he is not less sure of the
| justness of his contention as the ulti
mate prevalence of his principles.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMESA-WEEK) THURSDA Y, DECEMBER 19, 1895.
sure cure and to
the well the
best safeguard
against sickness.
My children
were weak and
Jinny. Two of
them had ca
tarrh. Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
cured them after
other remedies
failed. I, myself,
had been dys-
RIOTING AT PHILADELPHIA.
STREET CARS WRECKED BY SYM
PATHIZERS OF THE STRIKERS.
The Men Themselves Not Believed to
have Taken Mnch Part in the
Rioting—One Policeman Beaten
Into Insensibility and Taken to a
Hospital Suffering From Concus
sion of the Brain—Cars Running on
Only One Line in the Entire City.
Philadelphia, Dec. 17.—Riot and de
struction marked the opening day of the
great strike of the street car employes
of the Union Traction Company.
Aided by the mischievous, lawless ele
ment, the strikers succeeded to-day in
completely tielng up the lines of the Un
ion Traction Company, and to-night,
with the exception of the one line not
controlled by the company involved in the
strike, not a street car wheel is turning
in Philadelphia.
Never in the history of the city has
there been witnessed such widespread
scenes of disorder as were enacted to
night. To the credit of the strikers it
may be said that the disorders were
created by too ardent sympathizers and
mischievous boys.
In every part of the city these crowds
of sympathizers and boys held up cars
and drove the moformen and conductors
from their posts with volleys of bricks
and stones, and then smashed the glass
in the windows of the cars, cut the trol
ley ropes, pulled out the fuses, smashed
in the cash registers, and tore off the
fenders and fronts of the cars. In all
about 300 cars were badly wrecked, and
this afternoon the traction company
gave up the effort to run cars and
with the aid of the police, withdrew their
shattered and abandoned rolling stock
back Into the car sheds.
This afternoon the mayor Issued a proc
lamation calling on all good citizens to
preserve the peace and asking them to re
frain from gathering in crowds on the
streets. He further added that violence
and riot would be met with force, and that
the peace of the city will be preserved at
all hazards.
While the crowds to-day attacked the
cars, the spirit of the mob seemed to be
one of malicious mischief more than the
threatening temper that marks a real riot.
The suddenness of the numerous out
breaks seemed to take the police by sur
prise. and for a time cars were wrecked
with impunity in the very heart of the
retail shopping districts. Then the re
serve patrolmen were massed at every
threatened point and to-night every po
liceman in the city Is on duty.
The company made no attempt to run
cars to-night, but under the police pro
tection they will start the Market street
branch of their line to-morrow morning
and trouble is sure to follow.
De;“pite the stone throwing, only one
person was seriously hurt. Policeman
Joseph Hippier, who had his club taken
away from him by the crowd, was beaten
into insensibility and to-night is in the
horpital with concussion of the brain. The
police made about 100 arrests and all the
rioters were held in heavy bail.
The principal streets are thronged with
people to-night, but there is no likelihood
of there being an| trouble.
President John Lowber Welsh, of the
Union Traction Company, was In consul
tation with Mayor Warwick all day and
the mayor has promised him ample protec
tion from the police to operate the cars
to-morrow.
Numerous meetings of strikers are be
ing held to-night and they claim that by
to-morrow all the motormen and conduc
tors who still remain will go out. It is
rumored to-night that the electricians and
power house men of the company will
strike In sympathy to-morrow. This report
cannot be confirmed.
Mayor Warwick to-night requested all
the saloons in the city to close. The ma
jority of them compiled with this request
and much drunkenness and probably the
consequent violence was prevented.
The Union Traction Company employs
6,100 hands. At least 5,000 of them have
now joined in the strike. »
ATLANTA’S CONFEDERATE HOME.
The Property to Be Sold and the
Money Divided.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17.—Judge J. H. Lump
kin to-day granted an order for the sale
of the confederate home property, appli
cation for that privilege having been made
to him by the trustees some months ago,
when all the plans for the utilization of
the property as was originally intended
were abandoned. The order of sale ap
points a commission to conduct it, com
posed of W. L. Calhoun, W. A. Ross, Gen.
C. A. Evans, S. M. Inman, and Dr. R. D.
Spalding.
The proceeds are to be applied, first, to
the payment of any debts that may be
outstanding against the property; and af
terwards the fund is to be apportioned
out among the counties that subscribed
it, and may be used by them for the pur
chase of small homes for ex-confederates.
The property can be sold either at pri
vate or public sale, and either as a whole
or in lots on approval of the court. The
commissioners have not as yet met to con
sider the sale, but will do so at an eprly
date. It is believed the property will bring
something like $75,000.
, TRIALS AT TALLAHASSEE.
The City Wins in a Damage Suit—A
New Trial Asked for Stafford.
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 17.—1 n the cir
cuit court to-day the case of W. R. Gran
tham aglnst the city of Tallahassee for
SIO,OOO damages for falling in an open
sewer trench was decided in favor of the
city, and the plaintiff is to pay the costs.
A motion for a new trial was made in
the Stafford murder case. If a new trial
is granted Stafford will be tried for mur
der in the first degree for killing John
Adams. The first verdict of murder in
the second degree was for killing Charles
Adams. •
SAVANNAH’S GOLDEN HONORS.
Her Exhibit at Atlanta Win* Many
Medals and Diplomas.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17.—Savannah wins
golden honors at the Cotton. States and
International Exposition. In the distri
bution of awards Savannah's exhibit re
ceived four gold medals, eight silver med
als and eighteen bronze medals, and cer
tificates duly signed for these premiums
except for one gold medal, were delivered
to Capt. D. G. Purse, chairman, to-day
Savannah's splendid success is best
measured by the fact that she receives
more premiums than the whole state
of Alabama and West Florida combined
both of which had exhibits extensive and
varied, and that attracted attention and
much favorable comment.
FATALLY BURNED.
An Entertainment for the Benefit of
Scandinavian Sailors.
Brunswick. Ga., Dec. 17.—The clothing
of Hattie Clifton, a colored girl caught
fire Friday. She was fatally injured; died
last night late, and was buried to-day.
Malcolm Ulsch was to-day promoted
to the chief clerkship of the local Plant
I system office, to succeed R. S French
resigned. The other clerks were pro
moted in turn.
At the local seaman’s Bethel on Thur«-
I day night, a Christmas entertainment
i will be tendered all Scandanavian seamen
' and citizens of that nationality in this
: pert. The committee on entertainment
I are Mrs. M C. Johannessen, Miss Larsen
Capts. Svendsen, Gjeruldsen, Johannes
j sen and Danielsen.
A Small Fire at Griffin.
Griffin, Ga., Dec. 17.—At 7 o'clock this
. morning the residence of T. G. Manly
1 was burned. The cause of the Are was a
i defective flue. The house was bevond the
I water limits and the Are department could
1 render little assistance. The loss is $1,500
with small insurance.
W. K. Howard, superintendent of the
Griffin light and water works, while en
route to the fire on a bicycle was run
over by a country wagon and badly in
jured.
jMeK <
In the great buzz for business yon
are apt to ignore a printed claim that
you would have perfect faith in were
it spoken directly to you by the head
of a house of standing. Now what we
want is to inspire you with perfect
confidence in our advertisements. We
can do this if you will be fair enough
to let us show you how thoroughly we
fulfill all of our printed promises. Try
us on one of our Children’s Suits or
Men’s Suits if you will—and if goods
do not turn out exactly as represented
your money will he returned to you as
cheerfully as it was given to us.
Goods shipped C. O. D. subject to ap
proval.
FALK CLOTHING CO.
A VOYAGE IN A GALE.
La Champagne Has a Rough Trip
From Havre to New York,
New York, Dec. 17.—The steamer La
Champagne of the French line, which us
ually arrives Sunday morning, with the
promptness of a ferry boat, came into port
at 2:34 o’clock this morning, after a hard
'fight with the elements. The steamer left
Havre twenty-four hours behind her sail
ing time, being detained by a severe hur
ricane, which was raging. Almost from
the start strong northwest winds were
met with and a high head sea made most
of khc passengers uncomfortable, but
nothing out of the usual order occurred
until 4 o’clock bn the morning of Dec.
13, when a tidal wave struck the ship on
the port side, just abaft the bridge. So
great was the force of the sea that it
swept everything movable before it.
Three large lifeboats, each capable of hold
ing thirty people, were picked up from
the chocks and hurled against the steel
deck house with such force as to badly
strain them. Settees and ventilators were
wrenched from their fastenings and swept
away. All the skylights and companion
way doors were broken in and the water
poured in a veritable torrent down into
the saloon and staterooms. To add to
the terror of the moment, all the electric
lights were suddenly extinguished, leav
ing the ship in total darkness until can
dles and lamps could be procured. The
saloon passengers were all in their bunks
when the smashing qf the ventilators on
the promenade deck let a flood of water
down upbn them. There was no panic,
however, and as no more water came In
the passengers were soon reassured. AU
their baggage and effects were soaked
with salt water, however, and there was
much discomfort. The damage to the up
per deck was repaired temporarily and the
skylights and ventilators boarded up. No
further accident happened and nobody
was injured.
„
GRAY’S MILITARY BILL VETOED,
The Governor Oppose* the Provisions
of the Measure.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17. —Gov. Atkinson to
day vetoed the bill introduced by Mr.
Gray of Catoosa, requiring that all mlli
i tary companies be attached to some reg
ularly organized regiment or battalion.
While the bill was general in Its charac
ter, It was supposed to be aimed especial
ly at the Gate City Guard of this city,
being designed to require the governor to
attach that command to the Fifth regi
-1 ment. The Guard some time ago re-en
listed in the state service, but the com
mand has not as yet been assigned to any
regiment or battalion.
The Guard has always been opposed to
being made a part of the Fifth regiment
because there is no friendly feeling be
tween the two organizations. Before en
listing the Guard expressed a desire that
they would be allowed to remain an un
attached command under the present
law. and it was thought that the governor
might grant the request before the
Gray bill was introduced and passed. Gov.
Atkinson’s reason for vetoing it is that
he thinks the commander in chief should
have the discretion to do as he deems
proper in such cases. He thought the ten
dency to strip the commander in chief
of his authority and discretion in the
management of the militia needed a check.
The governor’s action is not an indication,
however, that he will allow the Gate City
Guard to remain as an unattached com
mand as an especial favor, but on the
other hand, it is understood that he had
already decided to attach the Guard to
th'e Flftn regiment.
MAY BE WILL MYERS.
A Man Snppoied to Be the Murderer
Under Arrest at Florence.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17.—Chief of Police
Connolly to-day received a telegram from
Chief of Police Lawson of Florence, S. C.,
stating that he has a man under arrest
i there who answers the description of Will
Myers, the escaped murderer of Forest
Crowley. The dispatch did not give any
1 details of the capture of the noted crim-
• Inal.
I Although the Atlanta officers have been
fooled a dozen times or more since Myers
1 made his dash for liberty, Chief Connolly
is inclined to believe that the man in the
Florence Jail may be Myers. Chief Law
son was sent a good photograph and de
scription of Myers some time since, and
with this information in his possession
[ the Atlanta chief thinks that Myers must
be the man now in the clutches of the
law
> Chief Connolly, after consnltatfon with
t Sheriff Barnes, decided to send a man to
i Forence to-day to identify the prisoner.
If he is Myers requisitfbn papers will be
taken out at once and he will be brought
1 back to the Fulton county jail to await
: the day of his executon. Th er 3, is no hope
• of saving his life now if he is captured.
• Several weeks ago when Myers was last
heard from he was supposed to be down
■ about the Florida frontier somewhere,
t but these reports failed to lead to his ar
i rest.
j
Starke at the Polla.
• Starke, Fla., Dec. 17.—The municipal
election here to-day resulted in the re
election of A. L. Vonkirk. as mayor; J.
P. Bennett as marshal, E. P. Duncan
as treasurer. George F. Gardner as clerk,
5 and J. M. Truby and F. R. Morgan as
aidermen. The election was close and
‘ exciting.
An Attempt to Break Jail.
Athens, Ga., Dec. 17.—Five negroes.
? Henderson Brawner. Harrison Moss. John
t Baldwin. John Haygood and Milledge
i Hampton, attempted to break jail this
- afternoon, but were discovered by the
sheriff before they got out.
CRISP IN A TILT WITH CANNON.
THE NEW ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
SCHEME UNDER DEBATE.
Mr. Crisp Opposes the Appointment
of Three Committees on the
Ground That the Scheme Would
Work Injustice to the Democratic
Contestees—All the Changes in the
Rules Agreed to Except That Re
lating; to the Election* Commit
tees.
Washington, Dec. 17.—The proceedings
of the House to-day were enlivened by a
partisan debate, growing out of Mr. Can
non’s amendment to the rules providing
for the appointment of three committees
on elections. In support of the amend
ment Mr. Cannon spoke of the great pre
ponderance of contests from the south,
and quoted allegations that notwith
standing the repeal of the federal elec
tion laws, fraud still existed in the elec
tions in that part of the country.
Mr. Crisp, dem., of Georgia led the
opposition to the amendment, saying the
effects of its adoption would be to work
injustice to democratic contestees; that
there was nothing in the history of the
republicfan party to warrant the assump
tion that election contests would be de
cided by this House upon other than par
tisan grounds.
Propositions to amend the amendment
were made, but they were all rejected,
and after tour hours’ debate the proposi
tion was agreed to.
Mr. Cannon introduced t'he resolution
discussed yesterday in the speaker’s
loom, amending the rules so as to pro
vide for the appointment of three com
mittees on elections, of nine members
each, to be known as 1, 2 and 3, respect
ively, and increasing the membership of
oth« - committees. Certain changes in
the rules made necessary by the increases
in committees and membership since
the Fifty-first congress were also pro
posed. All of the changes were agreed to
by unanimous consent, except those re
lating to the comrmttees of elections.
Mr. Cannon explained the necessity for
the resolution. All of the contestees, he
said, were democrats, twenty-two of the
contestants were republicans; eight were
populists, and one an Independent demo-s
crat; and one a fusionist. This latter clas
sification aroused an audible smile all over
the floor.
Mr. Crisp, dem., of Georgia, led the op
position to the proposition to increase the
number of committees on elections. What
was there, he asked, in the history of the
republican party to justify the assertion
that election contests would be decided
upon their merits? Ho referred to the ac
tion of the House in the Fifty-first con
gress in election cases, and had the clerk
read from the Record the proceedings in
the Miller-Elliott case from South Caro
lina, where the contestants was seated
without debate, or thq reading of the re
port of the committee on elections, and
when he had been sworn in "These ju
dicially-minded gentlemen” said Mr. Crisp,
“demanded that the next case be called."
“And,” he continued, “if the cases had
been on the calendars so that they might
be considered, I have no doubt that the
‘judicial’ majority would have voted to
unseat every man on this side of the
House.” , .
An interruption by Mr. Walker, led r o
a colloquy between him and Mr. Crisp, in
which the history of ‘counting a quorum’
in the Fifty-first congress was brought
under discussion. ,
Mr. Crisp was made the target for a
volley of questions by several republican
members, respecting the action of the
democrats in the Fifty-first congress. Mr.
Boutelle asked if he thought the demo
crats did right in retiring from the House
bodily In order to obstruct the consid
eration of business.
Mr. Crisp—l believe they were justified
in proceeding in any lawful way to pre
vent the consummation of the outrages
proposed by the republicans. The people
of the country evidently took the same
view, for they reversed the inajority in
the next House, giving the democrats 150
majority. (Applause).
Further along the results of the elec
tion of 1894 were the subject of repartee
between the two gentlemen. Mr. Crisp
said he had read somewhere that the gen
tleman from Maine (Mr. Boutelle) consid
ered the result as a vindication or his
bourse in regard to Hawaii.
Mr. Boutelle—The gentleman from
Georgia certainly cannot claim that it
was a vindication of his course on the
Hawaiian matter.
Mr. Boutelle then caused general laugh
ter by assuming a serious air and saying:
“By the way. before the gentleman from
Georgia proceeds, would he kindly yield
to me for a few minutes for some re
flections In regard to Hawaii?”
The ex-speaker did not comply with
the request, but said there was a message
from the President regarding the Vene
zuelan frontier question on the speaker’s
desk, and this republican House, because
of a partisan debate projected by the
gentleman from Illinois (Cannon) could
not take time to have It read.
Mr. Hulick asked “Was not the delay
really due to the absence of the Presi
dent duck shooting?”
Without answering the question, Mr.
Crisp said the message should be read,
adding: "It Is a frank, manly defense
of the Monroe doctrine.” (Applause.)
Mr. Dalzell replied to Mr. Cnsp and the
debate was continued by Mr. Bartlett of
New York and Mr. Johnson of Indiana.
Mr. Bailey of Texas asked Mr. Cannon
If he would consent to modify his resolu
tion. so as to provide that the members
of the proposed elections committees
should take a special oath?
MT. Cannon responded that long ob
servation as a law'yer had satisfied him
that a man who woiild lie, when the
truth was called for, would swear to it.
The debate was further participated in
by Messrs. Wheeler of Alabama, Milli
ken of Maine, Lacy of lowa and Powers
of Vermont.
Preceding an arrangement for closing
the debate, several amendments vzere pro
posed, one by Mr. Terry of Arkansas, pro
posed to allow six hours’ debate in the
House on each case. This was defeated
by a vote of 51 yeas to 199 nays, several
contestees being excused from voting.
The original amendment to the rules,
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offered by Mr. Cannon, was adopted, with
out a division.
The message on the Venezuelan boun
dary matter was then laid before the
House, and read by the clerk. When that
portion disclosing that the United States
must properly deal with the situation as
it exists, was reached, there was a vigor
ous outburst of hand clapping on the
floor, led by republican members. This
was repeated in an intensified form over
the declaration that the United States
would resist as an aggression upon its
rights any appropriation by Great Britain
of territory found by the proposed com
mission to belong to Venezuela, and again
at the close.
Speaker Reed announced that the mes
sage and documents would be referred to
the committee on foreign affairs.
Mr. Crisp, dem., of Georgia endeavored
to get recognition to offer a joint resolu
tion appropriating SIOO,OOO to pay the ex
penses of a commission to be appointed
by the President to investigate and re
port what is the true divisional line be
the republic of Venezuela and
British Guiana, but Mr. Dingley’s motion
to adjourn was put, and at 4:50 o’clock
the House adjourned until to-morrow.
A SHEEP-KILLER CAUGHT.
He Had Been Feasting on Mr. Mc-
Kinnon's Sheep.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 17.—J. M. Cox, a
popular drummer of this city, was down
in Camden county a few days ago and
obtained the following facts regarding a
wild cat’s terrible slaughter of sheep from
D. T. McKinnon, a prominent turpentine
manufacturer at White Oak.
Mr. Cox, in speaking of his visit to Mr.
McKinnon’s town, said to the Morning
News correspondent: “Mr, McKinnon
bought 300 head of sheep some time ago.
and, as he had a splendid ranch, he in
tended to pay considerable attention to
sheep raising.
“Recently the sheep began to distippear
one by one, and their carcasses were found
where they had been killed and partially
devoured.
“The dogs in the community were blam
ed with the disappearance of the sheep,
and they were tied and chained in the
yards in some instances.
“More than fifty head of sheep had been
killed when Mr. McKinnon decided to
capture the slayer. The’ sheep were then
herded in a pen and Mr. McKinnon set a
steel trap at one of-the entrances to the
pen.
“Subsequently a. hugh wild cat was
caught in the trap, and thereafter no more
sheep were killed by any animal, although
they were turned in the ranch after the
cat was caught.
“The impression is that the wild cat
had been killing Mr. McKinnon’s sheep,
and that the dogs were innocent.”
COLUMBIA COUNTY’S TRAGEDY.
Reville Now Says He Killed William
»on Accidentally.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17.—A special from
Harlem, Ga., to the Constitution says that
Belton Reville has confessed that he killed
Henry E. Williamson, who was found dead
last Saturday. Reville says that he and
Williams were hunting and his gun was
accidentally dscharged, killing William
son, who was behind him. Reville says
that he was frightened and hid both his
own gun and Williamson’s. His story of
its being an accident is not generally be
lieved, although he and Williamson were
on friendly terms, having been out hunt
ing together several times since the sea
son opened. Reville was arrested, but
waived examination and was sent to jail.
Reville is weak minded from the effects
of an attack of typhoid fever when he
was 19 years old.
AGNEW ARRAIGNED.
He Pleads Not Guilty and Will Be
Tried Next Month.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 17.—E. W. Ag
new, president of the defunct First Na
tional Bank of Ocala, was arraigned in
the United States court this morning,
charged with embezzlement, misappro
priation of funds, etc. He pleaded not
guilty.
His attorney, Judge E. K. Foster of
Sanford, entered a plea in abatement. In
the plea the validity of the drawing*
the last grand jury, which brought in
the indictments against Mr. Agnew, was
attacked. It will be remembered that
District Attorney Clark quashed the in
dictments against Mr. Agnew brought in
by the grand jury preceding the present
one in order to avoid an attack upon
the validity of Its drawing and had new
ones brought in. It was therefore some
what of a surprise when the defense per
used a course when the prosecution
had planned to prevent, but the plea was
not sustained, and the trial of Mr. Ag
new was set for Jan. 3.
SALE OF THE COMPRESSES.
The Southern Pays 9312,500 for the
Two at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 17.—The reported pur
chase of the two compresses on Bell and
Peters street of the Atlanta Compress
and Warehouse Company by the South
ern Railway Company was confirmed to
day by the announcement that the price
paid for the property was $312,500. The
Southern now has control of compresses
at several of the most important points
of the system—Savannah, Macon and
Atlanta in Georgia, and Eufaula, Ala. *
J. W. Carmine Dead,
Boston, Ga., Dec. 17.—J. W. Carmine, un
til recently one of Boston’s merchants
and for several years mayor, died at
Waukeena, Fla., early this morning. His
remains will be brought here for burial.
He leaves a wife and several small chil
dren. .
A New Kaffir King.
Athens, Ga., Dec. 17.—Adolph Sprlnz of
this city has fallen heir to a fortune by
the death of his brother, Hermann Sprlnz
at the Johannesburg gold mines in the
Transvaal Republic, South Africa.
Thurman’s Estate Worth 9100,000.
Columbus, 0., Dec. 17.—The will of Al
len G. Thurman will be read in the pro
bate court on Thursday. It was present
ed in court to-day. The estate is worth
about SIOO,OOO. There are three children—
Elizabeth T. McCormack, Mary T. Halli
day and Allen W. Thurman.
Suspected of Wife Murder.
Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 17x—Laborn Mald’n
of Gwinnett county is suspected of having
killed his wife. She died under suspicious
circumstances a few days ago. Maidin
was adjudged a lunatic to-day.
THUNDER OF LONDON’S TIMES.
The Paper Asserts That Salisbury
Can’t Baek Down.
London, Dec. 17.--Commentlng upon
President Cleveland’s message, the Times
to-morrow will say: “It is impossible to
disguise the gravity of the differences that
have arisen between this country and the
United States. The message that Presi
dent Cleveland transmitted to congress
and the reception it met from both sides
in the Senate gives additional importance
to the dispatches that have passed be
tween the state department at Washing
ton and foreign office. The details of the
boundary dispute with Venezuela are in
significant in comparison with the far
reaching claim put forward in Mr. Olney's
dispatch and emphasized in Mr. Cleve
land’s message.
“Convinced as we are that a rupture
between the two great English speaking
communities would be a calamity not only
to themselves, but to the civilized world,
we are nevertheless driven to the conclu
sion that the concessions that this coun
try is imperiously summoned to make are
such as no self-respecting nation, and
least of all one ruling an empire that has
roots in every quarter of the globe, could
possibly submit to.
“The United States themselves would
never for a moment dream of yielding to
this kind of dictation. We are of the same
blood and shall not be less careful of our
national honor. We can hardly believe
( that the course threatened by Mr. Cleve
land will be seriously adopted by the
American government, but if so, it will
be incumbent upon us, without entering
upon such aggressive measures, to protect
our imperial interests and stand up for
our rights under international law. It
must be observed that the Monroe doc
trine, on which Mr. Olney relies, has re
ceived an entirely new development. The
statement In his dispatch and Mr. Cleve
land’s message that the doctrine is ad
mitted by all the highest authorities hah
never been recognized even in its origi
nal form as a rule of international law.
Lord Salisbury expresses his full concur
rence with the view that the disturbance
of territory in the western hemisphere by
fresh acquisition on the part of European
states is highly inexpedient, but the rec
ognition of this inexpediency does not. cov
er the preposterous deductions from the
Monroe doctrine which Mr. Olney’s dis
patch puts forward and Mr, Cleveland
makes the basis of the most astounding
proposal that perhaps has ever been ad
vanced by any government in a time of
peace since tho days of Napoleon.”
After a summarized review of the dis
patches and messages, the Times contin
ues: “We desire to speak with all proper
respect of what is still in the form, at
least, of diplomatic negotiations, but we
can confidently predict that the preten
sions thus put forward by
the President and the appa
rently acclaimed by the Senate,
and with rare exceptions, hailed by the
press of both sides as vigorous and patri
otic, will not be admitted by this coun
try. The firm, though temperate lan
guage of Lord Salisbury’s reply to Mr.
Olney indicates how he Is likely to receive
the proposal to give effect in an offen
sive, overweenig way to the new con
struction of the Monroe doctrine. No
commission appointed by a power which
is not a party to the dispute will be recog
nized by us as having title of any sort to
pronounce upon controverted questions
of the boundary between the British em
pire and Venezuela. It will receive no as
sistance from the British authorities and.
will have to rely on what it can obtain
from the Venezuelans. Its decision will
be null and void from the
outset, even if its origin
did not taint It with partiality. This new
departure in International relations does
not appear to be a straightforward course.
It is for the United States to decide for
themselves whether the Venezuelan boun
dary dispute touches their interests,
though we are unable to see how it does
so. It is for them to declare that they
are allies of Venezuela and support her al
leged rights. We should then know where
we stand, but to assume authority to de
cide in the quasi-judlclal way upon, the
vaUdity of our territorial rights in another
continent is a pretention that no power in.
the world can be justified in advancing .
“We are hound to resist the claims
whlqh the Monroe doctrine has for the
first time been extended to cover, and to
w'hlch Mr. Olney has added comments and
Inferences against which an emphatic pro
test must be made.”
The Times refers to the cool assumption,
based upon a distance cd 3,000 miles, and
continues; “A power which has command
of the sea does not regard the 3,000 miles
of intervening ocean as severing it from
its subjects. The American tradition will
not be strengthened by Mr. Olney s claim
of moral superiority on the ground that
self-government is only enjoyed by re
publics. We think we have something
like self-government here, even though
we have not yet developed a Tammany
Hall, and we are vain enough to believe
that liberty is more real and healthy in
Great Britain than in Venezuela. These
unnecessary aggressive assertions seem
to point to the possibility that this sud
den movement on the part of the United
States has more to do with party politics
than with diplomacy. Much may
be pardoned in view of the
approaching election, which to a
large extent explains the union of tho
republicans and democrats in raising a
jingo cry. It is to be remembered, more
over, that a good deal of time must elapse
before a commission can be appointed,
and that It will be a, still longer time
before it can report. It may not come
Into existence, indeed, until the executive
has passed into other hands. In the
meantime, the sober common sense of
the American people, we should hope,
will condemn the attempt to pick a quar
rel with a friendly power. In any course,
our own course is clear. We must stand
firmly and calmly upon our rights as
an independent state, and, If necessary,
take practical measures to assert them.
It may even be expeditious to settle the
frontier question by drawing a line of our
own. Os course, there can be no thought
of anything less than the Schomburgh
line, allowing the United States and Ven
ezuela to deal with matters as they may.”
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria*
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria*
Published In London,
London. Dec. 17.—The foreign office has
Issued for publication the full text of he