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A FIRM JJJIP.
BY ANNIE THOMAS,
Author of “A Luggitrd la Love,” “Society’s Verdict,” “Cross of Honor,”
“Called to Account,” Etc.
Copyrighted ISOO, by Annie Thomas.
The majority of Mr. Jack Dysart’s
friends were remarkably well satisfied
when they learned that he was going to
tettle at last, marry that really excellent
and sensible Miss Atherton, give up the
Bark, or, at least, dubious ways of a bach-g
elor in club-land, and relieve them (the
friends) of all further moral and moneta
ry responsibility concerning him.
He had never been a “bad fellow;” every
Due was quite willing to testimonialize
him to this extent, now that he was going
to take this remarkably prudent matrimo
nial step. But he had been a very expen
penslve family luxury. His elder brother,
owned the Dysart property, was quite
tired of putting his hand in his pocket In
order to get Jack out of his endless
To tell the truth, this fraternal
tatlgue had overtaken the Master of Dy
sart at a very early stage of Jack’s career.'
But then there were other relations who
had been more magnanimous and long
suffering. Two of bls rich married sisters
always made him welcome at their houses,
and often made him useful presents of sil
ver cigarette cases, heavily embroidered
tobacco pouches, etc., and their respective
husbands asked him up to Scotland for
the grouse, to the Mediterranean in their
yachts, and to Norway for the fishing.
81111, as man cannot live on silver cigar
ette cases, other men’s shooting, fishing,
and yachts alone, the burden of the pre
vious and costly Jack fell chiefly on a
Couple of elderly maiden aunts, and it was
to these ladies that he owed his introduc
tion to Miss Atherton.
He had heard a good deal about Violet
jktherton before he saw her. He had been
told of the generous, sensible, discreet
way in which she dispensed her charities;
the strong, just, serene and absolute man
ner in which she managed the property
which, by her father’s death, had fallen
to her lot free of all let and hindrance
from any human being. The aunts often
spoke of the pretty ponies which she drove
in such a lady-like way, and of the hand
some horses which she rode to the admira
tion of many people who were like-minded
to the old Miss Dysarts, to the “meets,”
but never after the hounds. They rpoke
of her before him as “such a dear, sensl
bie? sincere girl,” but they never mention
. «d her looks.
ka Her name had begun to sound very pleas
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\/lth such a name and such fair fortunes
must be well worth looking at, as he well
knew how to look at young women. Thon
Khe came to luncheon with his old aunts,
and he saw her for the first time.
He was standing at one of the windows
of the old-fashioned drawing-room which
commanded a view of the front entrance
porch door, when a lady drove herself up.
Thu ponies were handsome, showy-actlon
ed little steppers; the whole turnout was
smart. But he hardly noticed either car
. rlage or ponies. His attention was con
centrated on the thlfi, colourless, aquiline
featured lady who drove it.
“Is it Violet Atherton. Jack?” one of the
aunts asked, and he replied.
'■ “Can’t be; it’s a woman with no figure
and u st«i> on her nose.”
, But the next inomrnt the lady so de
scribed entered the room and was greeted
by the old ladies as their "dear Violet.”
“If they had only told me she was so
deuced plain. I shouldn’t have had the feel
ing of having been tricked out of the Inter
est I’ve taken in her, and probably
ehouldn’t have found her so deadly to look
at. She's strong on the wing too," he
thought discontentedly as he sat silently
through the interminable luncheon. By
and by, however, he melted into conversa
‘ tion with hsr, thawed by her cordial sim
ple friendly manner. In or two
he was fishing in the troutAßream in her
grounds. Then slv lent him a horse and
gave him a splendid Setter, and he was a
grateful fellow and begun to like her as a
chum and companion intensely.
Meanwhile invitations from his sisters*
husbands wore not forthcoming, and his
aunts drew their purse strings tighter with
grim prudence and discretion.
"The time had come when he, a hale
strung man of 30, really ought to make an
effort: to maintain himself,” they said.
He reminded them that he had in the
course of the last ten years made count less,
efforts, and ail of them had failed! They
aighwl sympathetically on hearing this, but
did not loosen their purse strings, and
their sighs and “stinginess,” as he termed
It. stung him.
Day after day Mis* Atherton grew kinder
and more considerate to him, and his grati
tude deepened. He often thought of a
dear young face that had been turned to
wards him frequently tn sweet sensitive
trustfulness and tenderness during the last
few weeks in town, but the owner of the
dear young face was the daughter of a col
onel in a line regiment with nothing but
his pay. He resolved never to see or think
of her again, and soon after making this
resolve his engagement to Miss Atherton
was announced in the fashionable and local
papers.
All his good qualities came to the surface
then as nearly atrophied muscles do under
the Influence of e.ectHcity. His brothers
ana slaters, brother’s wife and sisters' hus
bands, uncles, aunts and cousins, were
unanimous in declaring that “it was the
most perfectly sensible match they had
ever heard of.** Violet was perhaps not so
youpg as she had been, and she was not
exactly a pretty woman. But she eras so
sensible, and altogether such an extremely
delightful person that they could not
wish her to be altered in any way. Her
steady, calm commonsens,' would give her
just such a grip on Jack us was needful
to keep him quite straight!
Jack accepted their congratulations and
kindly prognostications, as to the way he
would b* admirably managed for the
future quite cheerfully. He did not agree
with them verbally when they said they
had no desire that "Violet should be al
tered in any way,’* but possibly he ac
quiesced with the declaration in his heart
He did not make himself silly by over
much rsptuoua gasa into the affectionate
but rat tier weak eyes of his betrothed;
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uJecMn News*
and there were moments when he wished
that the step on her nose was not quite
so high! But on the whole contentment
was his portion, and he went heartily with
those who said that she “was one of the
best creatures In the world.”
As for Violet herself, her satisfaction
and happiness were limitless. Sue positive
ly adored the fine, good-looking, sangulne
complexioned, blue-eyed young fellow who
had proved himself already to be such a
capital chum and congenial companion
to her in all her sports and pastimes in
her beautiful country home. She felt a
preliminary twinge simetimes when he
said some other girl was pretty or grace
ful. But she hastened to assure herself
that this was because he was not quite
unalienably her own yet; there was still
a possibility of some evil-minded, pirati
cally-dlsposed girl boarding and capturing
him, though she, Violet, had so nearly
towed him into harbor. When once they
were married, she would like dear Jack
to know and admire any number of pretty
girls and fascinating women! Why should
she fear any of them? Had he not been
free to choose, and had he not chosen her
out of all the world? Before they were
married, though, she experienced several
of these twinges.
The wedding took place from the house
of one of the bride's uncles. It was a
most successful function, everyone said,
and the bridal dress was lovely and fitted
to perfection. Jack caught himself wish
ing that she hadn’t worn white and a veil.
White demands a good deal of “youth,”
and there was not a sufficient supply
on this occasion. The veil, too, seemed to
be poked into undue prominence by her
nose. He remembered her nose was the
first portion he had seen of his Violet!
They went abroad for the honeymoon,
lounged in gondolas in Venice, paraded
the Bastione in Milan, bought Mosaics in
Florence, and nearly caught influenza in
Rome. She knew her Italy well. At one
time she had fancied herself the possessor
of a voice worthy of culture by the Ital
ian method, and had studied for twelve
months under a professor in Milan with
a view to coming out at La Scala. Her
sui*rior knowledge and experience of life
in Italy enhanced his respect for her con
siderably, and he had not yet ceased to
remember vividly that it was to her lib
erality and money he owed the comfort
and luxury which he was enjoying without
having to make the slightest effort to
procure it.
But the aspect of things altered when’
they came back to England, and she in
advisedly suggested that they should
spend a few days in London before going
down to settle in their country home.
Jack Dysart was essentially a clublander.
His foot was on his native *heath when
he trod the mazy ways of Pan Mall, and
he was more at home in the stadia of every
'■fc* ci’&li-q of hlft’rabe, Hr
I h«M>.. 4 ,UW.i.ya been hot only ‘"with." but
a good but exceedingly fsflrt set,' and
«* ITWI. it. ESte walk* abroad ih New
Bond street, Piccadilly and the Park, had
invariably been agreeably diversified by
meetings with endless lines of acqualn
who shared the same interests,
did the same things, and thought very
much the same thoughts as himself.
He shrank from taking exercise in these
directions now, for Violet was a good pe
destrian, and always took it for granted
that she must be his companion. Her
brother-in-law had to.d her that she had
better keep her eyes open, as Jack had a
weak predilection for pretty and attractive
women. "He always has run after them
and always will, unless you get a firm grip
on him at starting," Mr. Dysart had sgld
with brutal candor. Mrs. Jack remembered
these words, and made halfhearted prepar
ations for taking this grip now.
She began by calling for him at his club
when she thought he had been within-its
reductive precincts long enough. This an
noyed him, as one of the men saw her sit
ting in her Victoria from the window, and
asked Jack the next time they met "if it
was one of his aunts” After thia Jack
threw cold water on her offers of calling
for him at his club.
Against her wish and will though she
neither expressed the former nor exer
cised the latter, they lingered on in town.
Coming out from the Lyceum one night
while waiting for the cab which was be
ing got for them with much difficulty. Jack
met a young married lady friend of the
girl he had been in love with. It seemed to z
bring him in touch with the latter again
as he spoke for a few minutes with Mrs.
Harley. Then he remembered his wife,
and the onus that wax on him of infroduc-*
inging the ladies to one another.
He did it, and as he did it he saw Mrs
Harley’s quickly perceptive glance travel
up from Mrs. Jack's sparse figure to the
pronounced step on her nose. Then volun
tarily. as it seemed to him, Mrs. Harley
flashed a glance at him. which
said as plainly as possible, "You have sold
yourself for money? I pity you!”
She did more than pity him mutely
very soon. She asked him to her house—
without his wife.
He went weakly enough at first, merely
for the sake of hearing the little inci
dental mentions Mrs. Harley had away
of making about her friend— the girl he
had loved! Gradually these mentions grew
less frequent. She talked to him more
about himself, and gave him to under
stand that she sympathized with him and
pitied him for—he hardly knew what.
His wife soon felt that he was slipping
from the slight grip in which she had
held him. But in what direct ion
he was slipping she could not
tell. He began to dine at his club
three or four times a week, leaving her In
solitude at their hotel, and coming home
. very late, and generally very cross. Still
l she had no suspicion that there was an-
I other woman in the case, and mistakenly
j attributed his rapidly developing care
less indifference to club influences and
men friends.
On evenings when he did not go out and
| leave her, Mrs. Harley had a knack of
! dropping in. and either carrying them
to a theater and supper, or of staying on.
I under the pretence of wishing to cultivate
| Mrs. Jack’s society and friendship. One
night as the fair and fascinating self-in-
I vlted guest was leaving she slipped a note
surreptitiously into Jacks all-willing
i hand, and Mr*. Jack saw her do it.
Why couldn’t Mrs. Harley have said
anything she wanted to aay to you. Jack,
I instead of taking the trouble to write it?"
[she asked when their visitor had depart
ed, and though he turned the color of a
peony, he answered glibly enough:
"Oh! it’s a recipe she promised me for
cleaning brown harness in half the time,
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1896.
and wit. ? Reiter result than my fellow
has been a/Zv.. obtain.”
As he spoke >ulled the neatly folded
little thin corne. *%■ ,te out of his pocket,
hastily glanced over its contents, and put
it back again.
The next night, when Mrs. Jack Dysart
had dressed for dinner, she sauntered into
her husband’s dressing room to see if he
had come back from what she was begin
ning to call “that hateful club,” for she
still believed that he spent all the hours
of his constant absence from her in that
manly paradise.
Protruding from one of the drawers of
the looking-glass was a corner of the lit
tle neatly folded note which Mrs. Harley
had slipped into Jack’s hand on the pre
vious night. Somehow or other its appear
ance had impressed itself very much upon
her.
"The same polish that will clean Jack’s
brown harness will clean my jewel case
cover,” she thought, and in a moment she
had drawn the note from its semi-public
resting place, and was reading the follow
ing words:
"My Dear Old Boy—l waited in for you
last evening, and waited in vain. It is
cruel of you to have condemned me to an
other evening of solitude. You think of
nothing but your own pleasure, and have
no consideration for my feelings, or you
would not have missed such an opportuni
ty of being with me alone as you had last
night. If you are compelled to be on duty
to-morrow, shall I come to the hotel?—
though really it does not pay to do it, as
I never get a chance of a word with you
alone when I’m there. You had better,
therefore, make it *a club dinner night,’
and come to me. Yours as ever. Tiny.”
“He has not only deceived me, he has
lied to me,” the poor wife thought, as
she went back to her own room and put
the recipe for brown harness polish safely
under lock and key. She had no distinct
idea of what she would do with it; she
only felt that it was a weapon which it
would be well to keep by her. Her heart
was hot and heavy with a new anguish.
The grossly familiar terms in which this
other woman addressed Jack revealed
everything to her. " ‘My dear old boy.’
How dared she? How dared she?”
Presently, while she was still struggling
with the burning turns of rage and jeal
ousy, a telegram was brought to her. It
was from Jack; she knew what the words
would be before she read them.
“Have met an old chum; must dine at
club to-night.”
She ate but little dinner that night, but
the mere effort to eat calmed her, and en
abled her to come to a decision.
At 10 o’clock she got into a hansom
and had herself driven to Mrs. Harley’s
bijou residence. In answer to her inquiry
for Mrs. Harley the servant promptly
said his mistress was not at home, but
at the same moment Jack’s loud, ringing
laugh pealed out from the drawing room.
‘I am Mrs. Dysart, I must see my hus
band at once,” she said, imperiously; and
before the man, who knew his frisky mis
tress’ tricks well, could make up his mind
what to do, Mrs. Dysart had passed him
and was at the drawing room. She paused
for an instant, put her hand to her side
with a spasmodic gesture that betrayed
pain as she heard Jack’s voice saying:
“My darling, you mustn’t doubt me,
only you see it’s devilish difficult to offer
excuses for leaving her night after? night
—the club dinner game is played out, and
J’na jifrajd ■
.Said,
Jnff the ntilc-q of the wqtonlsited pair be
,faA, they had"tftne : .to alter the effectively
affectionate attitude tjffey'’bad tftrtitek, and
In’wMcnthey sredmfi so perfectly at home,
that Uiere was no doubt they had been
frequCTitly rehearsed.
That night Mrs. Jack Dysart induced
her husband by the threat of altering the
will in which she had left him her whole
property unconditionally, to sign a paper
in the presence of three witnesses, friends
Os her own, in which he pledged his
"solemn word of honor never to hold any
further communication of any kind or
description with Mrs. Harley.”
He kicked against the pricks as long as
he could, but money was much dearer to
him than was the woman who, by what
he termed her "Mliotic impudence,” had
put him so completely in his wife’s grip.
As for Mrs. Harley, she was "very much
surprised” when Mrs. Jack Dysart cut
her, but she never ventured to ask for an
explanation, which perhaps was as well,
as Harley mightn’t have liked it.
(The End.)
JOHN R. FELLOWS’ SUCCESSOR.
W. M. K. Olcott New York’s New
District Attorney.
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 16.—Gov. Morton
to-day appointed William M. K. Olcott
as district attorney of New York county
in the place made vacant by the death
of Col. John R. Fellows. The salaried
positions attached to this office aggregate
8118,000. Mr. Olcott is a republican, and
will hold office under this appointment
» until Jan. 1, 1898. when his successor, to
be chosen at the general election next
fall, will be installed. Mr. Olcott's ap
pointment is made upon the recommenda
tions of Supreme Court Justices Barrett,
Lawrence, Ingraham, Gildersleeve and
Truax of New York, and Smith of El
mira; Mayor W. L. Strong, ex-Mayor
Grace, Hon. T. C. Platt, Controller
Fitch, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, sixteen
members of congress, and many promi
nent persons and business firms.
A FAILURE AT QUITMAN.
Hiteh, Powers A Co. In the Hands of
a Receiver.
Quitman, Ga., Dec. 16.—Hitch. Powers &
Co., for years the leading dry goods firm
of this place, were placed in the hands of
a temporary receiver to-day, under a 1411
filed by a number of foreign creditors.
Yesterday mortgages amounting to $lO,-
000 in favor of the Bank of Quitman and
local creditors were filed, which were fol
lowed to-day by a mortgage for 85,000 in
favor of TregelMs, Hertel & Co., of Balti
more. The assets and liabilities cannot
be learned at this hour.
LIBERALS AND THE ARMENIANS.
The Federation Declines to Make If
a Party Question.
Liverpool, Dec. 16.—The executive coun
cil of the National Liberal Federation, at
a meeting held in this city to-day, reject
ed a proposal to make the situation in
Armenia a Liberal party question.
Return of the Newark.
Key West, Fla., Dec. 16.—The cruiser j
Newark returned to this port this morn
ing. It Is reported that she went over
as far as the Bahama banks, but she
failed to see anything of the Three
Friends.
MACEO’S FATE YET A MYSTERY
MANY CUBANS STILL THINK HE IS
ALIVE AND WELL.
The Fact That No Proofs of His
Death Have Been Adduced by the
Spanish Looked Upon as Suspi
cious—A Rumor Afloat That Maceo
Has Passed Near Ca.besas in Ma
tanzas Since His Reported Death.
Havana, Dec. 16.—Maceo’s death is still
surrounded by mystery.
The body is undiscovered, and no further
proofs have been adduced except the of
cial statement, which leads Cubans to
think he is still alive. In fact, the resi
dents of Punta Brava, the vicinity in
which the engagement occurred, disbelieve
the story. Dr. Zertucha continues to give
contradictory evidence. He now says the
knife captured belonged to Gomez’s son
and not to Maceo. The Cubans consider it
significant that the objects captured are
not shown and also the alleged written
statement of Gomez’s son. It is also sig
nificant that no Cubans have surrendered
since the leader’s alleged death, proving
either that it will not affect the revolution
or that Maceo is not dead.
Many rumors are afloat in connection
with Maceo’s death and all are confusing.
One is that a major at Cabesas, in Matan
zas, telegraphed that Maceo passed near
the town with a large force. Another is
that Aguirre has written under date of
the 10th, bub does not mention the fact.
Many couriers have been sent to investi
gate but have not returned.
The Cubans disbelieve the story that Ma
ceo was killed by treachery. They say Ma
ceo was not easily trapped and would not
accept a flag of truce even from Marquis
Ahumada. He knew the gentleman by his
reputation.
The marine authorities are indignant at
Capt. Gen. Weyler's statement that Ma
ceo crossed the trocha in a boat, and, it
is said, have cabled to Spain protesting.
The minister laid the fact before the cab
inet meeting. The relations of the naval
and military authorities are strained.
The demonstration in Capt. Gen. Wey
ler’s honor was simply to cover the fail
ure in Pinar del Rio. It is easy to organ
ize any demonstration in Havana, count
ing with the volunteers the great num
bers of semi-military organizations who
are forced to obey orders. Crowds will
gather the same as in other places, and
will cheer for the sake of excitement. It
is said friction has occurred between
Capt. Gen. Weyler and Civil Governor
Porruna on account of the former not
promoting Chief of Police Labarrera, who
is only a major of the civil guard.
Reports from the field are scarcer every
day. The government is hidng all Impor
tant engagements. It is said important
encounters have occurred in Pinar del
Rio and Matanzas, but the details are
suppressed. In fact, the government Is
trying to impress the public that the rebel
ranks are demoralized since Maceo’s al
leged death and shirk fights*. Quite the
contrary, toe rebels are display ng more
A'*-*?:, •■''W
Wil ere outposts are fired upon nightly.
The same happens at Gunabacoa
Other surrounding* towfts.
»- ' ‘ •' i -* **- '-- Are n .
CHICAGO AND THE CUBANS.
Hundred* of Young- Men Ready to
Aid In the Fight For Liberty.
Chicago, Dec. 16.—The Cuban agitation
all through the United States has become
so acute since the President’s message and
the death of Maceo that Chairman Cra
gin of the local Cuban relief committee
decided to-day, after a conference with
his associates, to call a general meeting
of the committee of 100 prominent citi
zens at the Union League Club Friday af
ternoon to consider the local state of af
fairs and prepare for the contingency of
congressional action in favor of the Cu
bans. Mr. Cragln estimates the number
of patriotic young men who have applied
for enlistment in the Cuban army from
this city at 500. In the last few days there
has been a large increase. The committee
is not receiving any applications because
the laws forbid such enlistments, but it
is well known that there is almost a daily
exodus of men in small bodies, so that no
attention has been attracted. Members
of the Chicago regiment of the national
guard are anxious to help the Cubans as
soon as belligent rights are accorded.
MACEO NOT MURDERED.
A Havzim Paper Indignant Over the
American AasaMslnaticn Story.
Havana, Dec. 16.—The Dlaro de la Ma
rina, in consequence of having received
from its New York correspondent dis
patches giving accounts of the excite
ment caused through the United States
by the stories of the alleged treacherous
manner in which Maceo was done to
death, prints an energetic protest against
the circulation of such reports, which It
characterizes as gross falsehoods and in
sults to Spanish chivalry and honor, in
the course of its article the Diaro com
ments in scathing terms upon the action
of the American Newspaper press in
printing “such lies."
Madrid. Dec, 16.—The Spanish govern
ment has authorized the publication by
the newspapers here of a statement de
daring that the rumors that Gen. Maceo
was murdered, by poison or any other
manner, are baseless and ridiculous, and
asserting that the insurgent leader was
killed in a fortuitous encounter between
the rebels and the Spanish troops under
Maj. Clrujeda.
CUBANS FORCED TO RETIRE.
They Make a Gallant Stand Affalnat
the Troop*.
Havana. Dec. 16.—C01. Lara has had an
engagement with combined parties of in
surgents under Mayia, Rodriguez and
other leaders, who occupied strong posi
tions in the Oliver hills, near Placeia*.
The troops made an attack upon the rebel
positions, which were stoutly defended.
The fighting lasted three hours, when the
insurgents were dislodged and dispersed,
leaving twenty-four of their dead upon the
field. Including five chiefs. The troops
had one captain and twelve privates
wounded.
Weyler’s Recall Demanded.
Madrid. Dec. 16.—El Corroe Militar de
mands that Gen, Weyler be recalled from
Cuba and replaced by Gen. Marin, Gen.
Marias, now in command of the troops in
the Canary Islands, succeeding the Mar
quis of Ahumada as second in command.
MOVEMENTS OF THE LAURADA.
The Charterers of the Steamer Talk
Abouit the Situation.
Valencia, Dec. 16.—A dispatch from Pa
lermo says the former Cuban filibustering
steamer Laurada has left that port for
Gibraltar, where she will ship a cargo
and proceed for America.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 16.—J. H. Seward &
Co., the charterers of the steamer Lau
rada, are inclined to the belief that the
dispatch this morning from Valencia stat
ing that the Laurada had left Palermo
for Gibraltar, and inferentially that she
would not attempt a landing at Valencia,
was inspired by the same person who
caused a cablegram to be sent to Seward
& Co. last Friday, stating that the United
States government had notified the consul
at Valencia “not to permit the Laurada
to enter.”
“To the best of our knowledge and be
lief, the Laurada is still at Palermo,
awaiting our orders,” said R. A. Tucker
of Seward & Co. Now*that we have
cleared up the situation somewhat
through my call at the state department
yesterday, we will within a day or two
decide as to the future movements of the
Laurada, meanwhile she is lying at anchor
in Palermo.
"I found when I called at the state de
partment yesterday that a cablegram
which I received last Friday from Valen
cia to the effect that the United States
government had intervened io prevent the
Laurada from entering that port was
bogus, or had been based on a misconcep
tion of facts. I was informed at the out
set that we had no consul at Valencia,
and he, therefore, could not have been ad
vised to keep the Laurada out.
"Then I was asked what action the Uni
ted States government would take if we
sent the Laurada to Valencia and she
should be troubled. I was told that the
government would furnish the ship with
all the protection which would be given to
any vessel under our flag.”
At Valencia the United States is repre
sented by a consular agent, who, no doubt,
is a Spanish subject, and Mr. Tucker is
inclined to believe that this agent “faked”
the telegram which was sent by the repre
sentative of Mr. Seward’s house, he be
lieving it to be correct.
“I am also inclined to belipve that the
agent at Valencia concocted the story told
our representative,” added Mr. Tucker,
“with a view of keeping the Laurada away
from Spain. I will cable our representa
tive, and if our fruit can be loaded, we will
send the Laurada to Valencia at once. The
matter cannot be determined until we hear
from him.”
The representative of the Seward firm
did not see Secretary Olney at the state
department yesterday. The information
imparted at the department was given by
the chief clerk.
ENLISTMENT OF RECRUITS.
The United State* Attorney at St.
Loni« Enter* a. Prote»t.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 16.—Enlistment of
recruits and solicitation of funds to assist
the Cubans continues here unabated and
twmtjxL conceal .
met: t. This is doad in direct viSlaHtm of
<<al -enactment to-day United States
Circuit AUpi’kqy felt.«ealfc>d rtfion'
to interfere. Senor Hamon Aqnaliella, the
active Cuban agent here, to-day received
a note from the attorney calling the for
mer’s attention to the neutrality law.
Julius von Gerste and W. C. Carter, revo
lutionary agents, have been quietly pick
ing up the right kind of men and shipping
them to New Orleans. They left for that
point yesterday, accompanied by Cornelius
Knott, a chemist, and J. L. Goodner, a
mechanical engineer, who have a new-fan
gled cannon that is said to work deadly
execution.
Von Gerste claimed he had sent 200 men
out of St. Louis and that he would pick
up 300 more on his way down to New Or
leans. Preference is given to veterans of
tho British or German armies, not citi
zens of this country.
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 16.—United States
Marshal Love, by his instructions from
Washington, to-day took measures to sup
press Cuban recruiting. In this city the
recruiting agents got notice and abandon
ed their headquarters before arrests could
be made.
The- Independent Cuba League to-night
issued an address to the public in which it
is stated that the general public seems not
to understand that the armiryg and equip
ping of forces to aid Cuba would be an
offense against federal law, that it is se
verely punished, both by fine and impris
onment; "our present desire is to extend
to the Cuban patriots such moral and ma
terial aid as may be clearly within the
law. When the United States government
shall have granted belligerent rights to
struggling Cuba or recognized the present
Cuba republic, it will be time enough to
organize volunteers. We are American
citizens first and Cuban sympathizers af
terwards; we shall obey our laws under
all circumstances, and advise our friends
to do likewise. Organize on these lines,
but till her proper status shall have been
recognized let there be no recruiting for
Cuba. O. Paget, president; J. C. Mc-
Nealus, secretary Cuban Independence
League of Dallas, Tex.”
It was given out officially that the par
ties conducting the recruitng were acting
without authority from the league.
BRANCHES OF THE JUNTA.
Plan* On Foot to OrKMii*e Them In
Every Important City.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 16.—Cuban sym
pathizers in Baltimore contemplate organ
izing a branch Cuban junta to promote
the cause of the Cuban revolution. At
present whatever support is secured in
this city cames, it is said, under the super
vision of the Washington organization.
In order to obtain a more compact organi
zation it is proposed to establish a sepa
rate body here. This is said to be part
of a plan to locate organizations of this
character in every city of any size in the
United States.
TEXAS WANTS TROUBLE.
Ready to Put 50,000 Men in the Field
In Thirty Day*.
Denison, Tex.. Dec. 16.—Mass meetings
are being held all over North Texas in
sympathy with Cuba. The war spirit Is
rampant. Coi. I. M. Standifor of Gov.
Culberson’s staff, says that in case of war
with Spain, Texas could put 50,000 men in
the field inside of thirty days.
Walling Granted Time.
Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 16.—The court of
appeals this morning gave Alonzo Wall
ing’s attorneys until Jan. 9 to file a peti
( tion for a rehearing.
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TOO WET TO TRAIL DEER.
The President Forced to Go Back to
Ducks For His Sport.
x-'eorgetown, S. C., Dec. 16.—The govern
ment launch “Water Lily,” came up to
the city this evening, reaching here about
S o’clock, bringing mail and dispatches
from the presidential party. From what
can be learned the President is well and
enjoying the shooting hugely. The party
went out duck shooting early this morn
ing at Wood’s pond, and had first rate
luck, bagging something near a hundred
mallards, the greater part of which fell
under the fire from the President’s gun.
As a deer drive had been arranged for
the day they were forced to leave the
ducks, and on the drive. But the woods
were so terribly wet from the recent rains
that the dogs could not keep the trail of
the deers and the hunt was abandoned.
The party broke camp this afternoon,
and embarking on the "Water Lily” came
from the Santee through the Mosquito
creek canal to the lighthouse tender Wis
taria, w hich was anchored in W’inyah Bay
near South Island.
After receiving the party, and taking on
board the baggage and bags of game, the
Wistaria steamed over to Muddy Bay,
where she lies to-night, about a mile dis
tant from the Annandale Club lodge, or
"Friend Field.”
President Cleveland and his companions
will go ducking in the marshes to-morrow
morning, and if the weather is cold and
windy, as it has been to-day, for the ducks
questionably have fine sport, for the ducks
cannot sit out in the bay in windy
weather, in consequence of the roughness
of the water, and always seek tfle quiet
ness of the many creeks which wind
around and through these' marches, when
these conditions prevail. It is then that
the hunter enjoys this exhilirating sport
to its fullest extent, and as this is what
Mr. Cleveland came here for, it is quit*
sure that he will have his desires fulfilled.
The President and party will remain at
Friend Field until Saturday, going duck
ing each morning, and as an invitation
has been extended them by Messrs. Don
aldson Brothers for a deer drive on their
lands, it is probable that they may yet
have the pleasure of adding a buck or two
to their list of game.
Mayor Morgan received an acknowledge
ment from the President this evening of
the invitation and resolutions extended by
the city council and citizens to attend a
reception here as he passes through on his
return to Washington, in which he states
that his plans are not definitely formed,
but that he wih answer definitely in a
day or two. That he will accefit it, is the
sincere desire of every citizen of old
Georgetown.
NEW PERIL FOR PUGILISTS.
Arrest For Violating; qi State Law
Hanging Over Them.
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 16.—The referes
to whom Judge Sanderson has relinquish
ed the task of taking further depositions
in the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey case, decided
this morning not to begin his labors till
to-morrow, when it is expected this part of
the case will be completed.
rq.fc'ts
of the recent battle. There I# a' Atflrte
law; prolybiting any prize fight or encoun
ter with or without gloves, where the par
ticipants are liable to injury. Yesterday
afternoon Judge Sanderson asked many
questions as to the nature of the contest
and several experts testified on the sub
ject. The questions appeared harmless
enough, but it is asserted to-day
that his honor was gathering evidence
to place before the grand jury in or
der to secure the indictment of Sharkey,
Fitzsimmons, Lynch, Julian, Groom,
Gibbs, Earp and the seconds. Those in
peril of prosecution, however, profess to
have no fear, and say the members of
the board of supervisors, who granted a
license for the contest, arc as liable to
prosecution as they.
Billy Smith has sued Thomas Sharkey
for S9OO, which he claims is due him for
services rendered in assisting to train the
sailor for his recent battle with Fitzsim
mons. Smith asserts that his services
were worth SI,OOO. but that Sharkey had
only paid him SIOO.
HATFIELD HANGED.
Hi* Friend* Fail to Carry Out Their
Threat to Rescue Him.
Sneedville, Tenn., Dec. 16.—Maired Hat
field, a relative of the notorious Hatfields
of Kentucky and West Virginia, was
hanged here to-day. With a woman nam
ed Haney Jordan he waylaid and killed
Jones Trail, a dealer in illicit whisky, on
March 25. The details of the murder were
sickening. The woman helped Hatfield to
rob their victim. Hatfield was found guil
ty of murder in the first degree. An ap
peal to the state supreme court was of no
avail.
The Jordan woman was never arrested
and she was not known to be connected
with the crime until the confession of
Hatfield, made just before he was baptiz
ed last Sunday. His wife and a man nam
ed Charles Collins were also named as
helping to plan the murder. This was the
first legal execution In the history of Han
cock county, which has been in the past
the scene of many murders. In the peni
tentiary four men are serving life terms
for murder in the county.
PLUG TOBACCO TRADE MARKS.
The Manufacturer* Amlon* to Have
Governmental Regulation.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 16.—At a meeting of
the executive committee of the Trade
Mark Association of Plug Tobacco Manu
facturers, called for the purpose of set
tling the priority of certain trade marks,
it was decided to make an effort to have
the long session of congress pass a law
requiring all trade marks to be registered
and all members notified so that they can
not be duplicated. A penalty will be at
tached to the use of another firm’s trade
mark after the bill has passed. It was
decided to maintain the association and
an assessment was levied.
RIOTING AT HAMBURG.
A Tavern Belonging to the Steve
dore*’ Society Wrecked.
Hamburg, Dec. 16.—There have been
frequent riotous disturbances by the
striking dock laborers in the city to-day,
and a large number of the rioters have
been taken Into custody. A tavern be
longing to the stevedores' society was
wrecked by the strikers, who emptied all
the liquor in the tavern into the street
and they smeared the bedding and fur
niture of the tavern with paraffin.
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Thursdays!
CHARGES OF SENATOR CARTER.
JUDGE SWEAT MAKES Aft EMI’HAT
-1T DENIAL.
The Senate Expected to Turn the
Matter Over to the House For In
vestigation—The Points on Which
Impeachment Proceedings Would
Have to Be Based in the Two
Cases—lmpeachment Proceedings
Might Prolong the Session of the
Legislature.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 16.—The statement of
Senator Yancey Carter, making charges
against Judge Sweat of the Brunswick
circuit, and Judge Reese of the northern
circuit, was not considered by the Senate
to-day. It was the special order, but on
motion of Senator Dunwoody of Bruns
wick was postponed until to-morrow morn
ing. It is believed that the Senate will
determine to place the matter in the
House, so that a committee may be ap
pointed to see whether the charges war
rant impeachment proceedings.
The point in the charges against Judge
Sweat* which is regarded as the only one
that would be impeachable, is that the
woman with whom he is alleged to have
been involved in a scandal was the daugh
ter-of a man under indictment in Judge
• Reese’s court for manslaughter, and
whom he had released upon bond.
In the case of Judge Reese, the impeach
able point would be as to whether, if
true, the drunkenness with which he is
charged would disqualify him for his ju
dicial duties.
The law provides that if there is an im
peachment trial in progress at the end
of the fifty days session of the legislature
the session shall be prolonged. It is
therefore probable that the legislature will
have to prolong its session in case the
House decides to impeach Judges Reese
and Sweat.
The charges of Senator Carter have
been widely discussed to-day and the ac
tion of the Senate to-morrow is awaited
with great interest. Judge Sweat to-day
telegraphed an emphatic denial of the
charges to Atlanta and pronouncing Sen
ator Carter a scandal monger.
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 16.—The article in
to-day’s issue of the Morning News, giv
ing Senator Carter’s charges of corrup
tion in the judiciary of the state, and the
naming of Judge Joel L. Sweat of the
Brunswick circuit in them, created a sen
sation here. Judge Sweat is holding
court in this city now, and in response to
a request for a statement regarding the
publication, gave the following:
“The only statement I have to make
now concerning Populist Senator Carter’s
charges against the Georgia judiciary, so
far as the same relates to myself, is to
denounce the old Looking Glass publica
tion referred to, as false and malicious,
based on idle gossip and without any
foundation in truth, and this at the proper
time I shall establish.”
When the article that appeared in to
pressed.,by,,mem thl bar and citi-
zens on all sides, so much so that there
was talk of holding an Indignation meet
ing here to-night.
Judge Sweat is held in high esteem here
by many, and his friends say that the
method of attack on him is malicious and
despicable, inspired by political enemies
of Judge Sweat both in and out of the
democratic party.
Telegrams have been sent to Senator
Dunwoody, urging him to see to it that
Senator carter be not allowed to avoid
responsibility, and that he be required to
produce the evidence on which he bases
his charges.
NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.
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Its Friends Trying; to Have a Day
Fixed. For Its Consideration.
Washington, Dec. 16.—The friends of the
Nicaraguan canal bill do not propose that
it shall slumber indefinitely upon the
House calendar. A petition addressed to .
the speaker asking that a day be set aside
for its consideration was circulated to-day
by Mr. Doolittle of Washington. At 4
o’clock, it had received the signatures of
more than two-hundred republicans and
fifty democratic members of the House.
Mr. Mahon of Pennsylvania, who is a
member of the sub-committee that drafted
the measure, predicts that if it is called up
it will have a practically unanimous vote
in its favor.
The argument used by the supporters of
the measure is that it does not call on the
government for an appropriation, but sim
ply requires the government’s guarantee
for the payment of the principal and inter
est on the bonds. The government on the
other hand is amply protected from loss
by a payment into the treasury of stock
equalling the amount of bonds guaranteed
and In addition is to be given a mortgago
on the plant as the work progresses.
TWO BANK OFFICERS ARRESTED. -
They Are Charged With Conspiracy
to Defraud the Institution.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 16.—J. Fred Ll
lienthal and August Bequest, former offi
cials of the German American Trust and
Savings Bank, were arrested here to-day,
charged with conspiracy to defraud that
institution last May. Llllenthal was pres
ident and Bequest cashier of the bank at
the time. It is alleged that Lilienthal,
as president, drew a check that had been
given to him with fraudulent intent by
Bequest. Both men waived preliminary
examination, and gave bond in the sum
of SI,OOO. The same men have been ar
rested before on similar charges, and
cases are now pending against them in
the court of sessions.
SEABOARD’S STRUGGLE.
Another Complaint Made to the Hall,
way ConinilMlon.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 16.—The Seaboard
Air Line railway, through General Pas
senger Agent Anderson, to-day filed be
fore the railway commission further com
plaint against the Southern States Pas
senger Association, charging that it is not
granted by the association the privileges
of through rates to Texas and Arkansas
and exchange of cars for that connection,
and also claiming discrimination from
North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor
gia points to Texas and Arkansas. The
railway commission is asked to carry the
matter to the interstate commerce com
mission.