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2 WAR DOGS TO BE HELD DOWN. CLEVELAND AND OLNEY WON’T GO WILD WITH CONGRESS. The Secretary of State Explains That the Passage of the Cameron Resolution Will Be Looked Tpon by the President as an Advisory and Not a Mandatory Act—Tower to Recognize Cuba as Independent Rests Solely With the Executive. Washington, Dec. 19. —Secretary Olney, being asked his opinion as to the nature »jnd effect of the proposed resolution rec ognizing the Independence of the republic df Cuba, said to a Southern Associated Press reporter: "I have no objection to stating my own view of the resolution re specting the Independence of the so-called republic of Cuba, which, it is reported, is to be laid before the Senate Monday. Indeed, as there are likely to be serious misapprehensions regarding such resolu tion, both In this country and abroad, and as such apprehensions may have in jurious results of a grave character, it is perhaps my duty to point out that the resolution, if passed by the Senate, can probably be regarded only as an expres sion of opinion by the eminent gentlemen who vote for it In the Senate, and if passed by the House of Representatives, <!ai: only be regarded as another expres sion of opinion by the eminent gentlemen who vote for it in the House. The power to recognize the so-called republic of Cuba as an independent state rests exclus ively with the executive. A resolution on the subject by the Senate or by the ] louse, by both bodies or by one, whether concurrent or joint, is inoperative as legislation and Is important only as ad vice of great weight voluntarily tender ed to the executive regarding the man ner in which he shall exercise his con stitutional functions. The operation and effect of the proposed resolution, there fore, even it passed by both houses of con gress by two-thirds vote, are perfectly plain. It may raise expectations in some quarters which can never be realized. It tnay inflame popular passions, both in this country and elsewhere, may thus put in peril the lives and property of American citizens who are resident and traveling abroad, and will certainly obstruct and perhaps defeat the best efforts of this gov ernment to afford such citizens due pro tection. But. except in these ways, and unless the advice embodied In the resolu tion shall lead the executive to revise the conclusions already reached and of ficially declared, the resolution will be without effect, and will leave unaltered the attitude of this government toward the two contending parties in Cuba.” FRYE CRITICISES OLNEY. The Correctue«« of the Secretary’s Position Questioned. Washington, Dec< 19.—Discussing the statement of Secretary Olney, Senator Frye, a member of the Senate committee On foreign relations, said: “I have no doubt a majority of the members of the committee believe that if the resolution is passed by a two-thirds vote over the presidential veto, it becomes a law, and the executive would be compelled to exe cute it as any other law on the statute books. I think it is also the opinion of a majority of the committee that the Sec retary of State is wrong in his opinion that the recognition of the republic as an independent state rests exclusively with executive. Ah one member of the ' N feet would be if we were to pass the reso lution over a veto, I am strongly im pressed that it is the duty of the United States in some way to put a stop to the horrible slaughter and barbarous bru tality In an island almost in sight of our shores, that I am disposed to give the insurgents the benefit of all the doubts ” Said Senator Chandler: ”It is the most unprecedented statement I have ever heard from a cabinet officer, and no criti cism of such conduct can be too severe. It is evidently inspired and comes direct from the President. In effect, he says that if we pass the resolution he will veto it, and if we pass it over his veto he will defy us. It is worse than the conduct of Andrew Johnson. The only trouble is that if we were to pass it over the veto and Mr. Cleveland should refuse to execute the law, there would be no time to impeach him. Thank God how ever, we will not have him in the execu tive mansion after March 4.” Senator Teller declined to discuss the matter, but Intimated that it would in all probability be the subject of debate on the floor of the Senate, which he thought was the proper place to discuss such mat ters. Senator Gear of lowa Was Inclined to the opinion that the statement would make votes for the resolution and Increase the |phiban sentiment in congress. Congress was, he said, very jealous of the encroach ments of the executive upon Its preroga tives. ** L U RED MACEO*INTO A TRAP. • ulinn» in Havana Charge Zertticha With Ruse Treachery. Havana, Dec. 19.—Cubans praise the American press for printing the truth nbout Maceo’s death before it was known In Havana. As soon as the papers arrived Wednesday a rush was made and the stores were crowded by those anxious to learn the news. They were at once con vinced that the sad truth had been sup pressed and rage marked their faces at Much a dastardly crime. •Many stubbornly refused to believe of Maceo’s death until convinced by the posi tive evidence given in the detailed ac counts of the American pfess, which dis pel all doubts on the subject. Still many Cubans reject with repug mince the charge of Marquis de Ahu mada’s participation in the crime. They cannot believe he invited Maceo to a per sonal conference under a flag of truce. Marquis de Ahumada's reputation as a gentleman and soldier is above suspicion. On the other hand, it is known that Maceo repeatedly stated that he would enter Into no parleys or negotiations with his enemies. Knowing their deceitful character, Maceo said they would offer any proposals to get rid of their bitterest •uernles. He knew the Spanish hatred against him was great and never trusted their word, despite their boasted chivalsy and honor, Maceo remembered Napoleon Arango’s case in the last war, who was killed under a flag of truce, whilst speak ing to a Spanish officer. Thus, the Cubans, although now admit ting Maceo was killed, believe he was treacherously led Into a trap prepared in advance and that Dr. Zertucha was a will ing instrument. Many obscure points are now cleared. Cubans remembered that when Capt. Gen. Weyler started the sec ond time for I’inar del Rio. Marquis de Ahumada accompanied him, but the facts was never known. Thia Is also the reason uo credit Is given here to Maj. Ctrujeda's action, as in Spain, since he was only the instrument to carry out the plan. No doubts now exist among Cubans that Muceo was treacherously killed in am bush. The very official reports carefully read explain the fact. Maj. Clrujeda. in a telegram addressed to Capt. Gen. Weyler on the 14th instant, says: ”1 can not re frain from the wish to extend to your ex ce.lency my respectful compliments and suite that your excellency situated me at this place for the result obtained in which I did nothing except obey your excellency and Gen. Ahumada.” The Cubans are highly indignant at the cowardly manner in which Maceo was killed, but although mourning the loss of the beloved chief, they are more deter mined than ever to continue the struggle. It is believed now the war will assume a more sanguinary character, and that the Cubans will retaMate on the Spaniards by shooting prisoners. As the Spaniards are doing the same, the war will be waged without quarter. There is suppressed excitement In Ha vana since last night’s news of the action of the Senate committee. Nothing has been printed. Only rumors are floating about. It is rumored that the Three Friends has landed. Some say she landed in Pinar del Rio, and others, near Trini dad. It is said Col. Roloff has arrived with an expedition. • The English sailor Lee’dtt. captured on the Competitor, and imprisoned in the Ca banas, bitterly complains of the action of the British consul in not attending to the case or giving the protection to which all English subjects are entitled. It appears the consul left the case In the hands of the Americans, on the ground that Leavitt was aboard an American vessel when cap tured and the defense, therefore, falls on that nation. Cubans are much displeased over the ar rival of a well known correspondent of a prominent New York paper, who has been once relieved. It is feared he will continue sending false reports favoring the Span ish cause. The reason of his partiality is known. FLORIDA’S SENATORSHIP. The State Will Lack Full Represen tation For a Short Period. Washington, Dec. 19.—The senatorial election in Florida is attracting consider able attention at this time. Senator Call’s term expires on the 4th of March, and the legislature does not meet until April, although the election occurred last October. , Florida will have only one senator after March 4, until the legislature elects in April. The present Senate has decided that the a state cannot ap point to fill a vacancy unless caused by death or resignation. This question was settled in the cases of Washington, Wyo ming and Montana in 1893. The governor of Washington appointed Senator Allen as his own successor; the governor of Wyoming appointed A. P. Beckwith, and the governor of Montana appointed Hon. Lee Mantle. Mr. Mantle is now a sena tor, but was elected two years ago. The Senate refused to seat these gentlemen on the ground that the governor had no pow er to appoint except to fill a vacancy caused by either death or resignation. The term of ex-Senator Charles W. Jones of Florida expired March 4, 1887. Under the present constitution of Flor ida, which was adopted in 1885, the meet ing of the legislature was changed from January to April. This caused a vacancy in the senatorship, and Gov. Perry ap pointed Gen. J. J. Finley to succeed Sena tor Jones, but he did not take his seat, owing to there being no meeting of the Senate. When the legislature met in April Hon. Samuel Pasco was elected to succeed Senator Jones, and not Gen. Fin ley, and bis term commenced on Marih 4, 1887, and he drew the pay of a senator from that date, Gen. Finley not being recognized as a senator, but received pay by p special resolut.cn of the Senat r foi the ad interim Gov. Flem ng leiu.-ed to recognize the election of Senator Call in 1891. and ap. pointed ex-Congressman Davidson as sen ator. The Seriate, ► a unaßunous vote, >■ < frtrtsc </•*>-. : the goverrur 'iv.-w ivnfoved y sjveml senators for his action. What Gqv.-elect Bloxham wiTr-do after the fourth of March In regard to filling the vacancy at the expiration of Senator Call’s term is a question. Some of the leading Floridans seem to think that he will make no appointment, while some of the anti- Call people think that he will appoint. Mr. George P. Rainey. Senator Call’s friends claim that he has a safe majority, and they do not seem to be the least disturbed over the situation. The senator is in fine health and spirits and looks as young and fresh as when he toerk his seat eighteen years ago,and is as vigorous and active in debate in the Senate as he was on the stump In Florida in 1876 and reconstruction days. There are several candidates, all of them being recent converts to sliver, having been sound money men prior to the Chicago convention, except Senator Call, who has always been a free silver man at 16 to 1, and has voted that way in the Senate during his eighteen years of ser vice here. A CLEAR HEADED FINANCIER. William L. Royall Makes a Strong -Argument Before a Committee. Washington, Dec. 19.—1 f the favorable comments of the members may be accept ed as a criterion, the argument made by William L. Royall of Richmond, Va., to day for a state banking law, before the House committee on banking and cur rency, was a brilliant success. Chairman Walker of the committee characterized their visitor as one of the most practical and clear-headed men that has appeared I before them. He explained that Mr. Roy all’s objection to the national bank sys tem Is principally theoretical and that ho wanted a banking system which would give the people of the south that freedom I of banking which could be found jnder I the state system. Mr. Walker added that I while the committee would not Indorse the state system, Mr. Royall would find m the > bill which the committee will mature all ! the freedom of banking that the southern people require. EX-QUEEN LIL GOING EAST. She Will Visit Relatives of Her Hus- ' band in Boston. San Francisco, Dec. 19.—Ex-Queen Lili- i uokalanl is expected to leave this evening I for the east. She will go direct to Bos- I ton, so it is given out, and not to Canton, i or Washington. In Boston she will visit i relatives of her late husband. Where she ■ will go from Boston Is unknown, but it is • stated it will probably be to Washington, and later likely to England. Pure Blood means sound health. With pure, rich, healthy blood, the stomach and digestive organs will be vigorous, and there will be no dyspepsia Rheumatism and neuralgia will be unknown. Scrofula and salt rheum will disap pear. Your nerves will be strong, your sleep sound, sweet and refreshing. Hood's Sarsapa rilla makes pure blood. That is why it cures so many diseases. That is why thousands take it to cure disease, retain good health. Remember Hood’s Sarsaparilla Isthe One True Blood Purifier. Alldruggfsts. sl. < HoocFs Pills ! THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY DECEMBER 21, 1896. YOU 5 I LL. ini A I t You will find one coupon II II I r inside each two ounce bag - -h • and two coupons inside each OTLI I Mil P ’ lour ounce bagofßlackwell’s ’’U I II"’ Durham. Buy a bag of tma « . i! | |ij ( i |i I celebrated tobacco and read DU I I n ! the coupon—which gives a . . iiair* I list of valuable presents and GENUINE ho " to get them. TROUBLE BREWING IN TURKEY. ULTIMATUM OF THE POWERS READY FOR THE SULTAN. The Movement of the Allied Fleets and the Military Activity at Odessa and Sebastapol Very Significant. Senate Committee’* Action Nearly Causes a Panic on the London Stock Exchange. Copyright, 1896, by the Sun Printing and Publishing Association. London, Dec. 19.—1 t is understood that Mr. Nelidoff, Russian ambassador to Tur key, had an audience with the sultan to day, and that the ultimatum of the great powers Is either in his majesty’s hands now or will be by Monday, but up to the moment of cabling nothing beyond this is known with certainty. i Owing to telegraphic delays, the sultan will be given a fair time to consider the ultimatum and take counsel, and coer cive action by the powers may be further delayed, but that such action Is imminent is proved again to-day, if proof were need ed, by the significant movements of the allied fleets and the military activity at Odessa and Sebastapol, which all the stringent precautions of the Russian au thorities have been unable to entirely con ceal, and by admissions in official quar ters where the truth is known. The Daily News to-day confirms from more than one source the accuracy of the version of the situation cabled last week. Had not M. Nelidoff been unavoidably de tained in St. Petersburg a crisis would have been reached by to-day. If it had not been for the fact that the action of the American Senate’s foreign committee an ent Cuba was made known ..U’sQMiaJtljpftay,*which is alwavx.a.n .ofgfcv lor iiusthess mein th?' London’block S*- ' change would have had a first-class panic to-day. As it was things were pretty lively during the few hours the exchange was open, and after official hours there were excited dealings in the street, de spite the gloomy weather and severe frost, which kept the older operators indoors. A funny feature of the matter is that every body was taken completely by surprise. One would have been excused for suppos ing that there were no cables between the United States and England and that co pious reports of what was going on in Washington had not been ca bled during the whole ’ week. The average stock exchange op- erator apparently had not the slight est knowledge of all this, with the re sult that he spent a good deal of this af ternoon in cursing American politicians for upsetting his little plans. After busi ness hours in the stock exchange people took courage to discuss the situation, and there seemed something like unanimity of opinion that everybody had made fools of themselves by allowing a bogey to scare them half out of their wits. It Is pretty certain, therefore, that when action is really taken In Washington, London oper- j ators will again be taken by surprise, and that there will be a panic from which men able to keep their heads cool will be cer tain to profit. The opinions of London evening papers do not count for much, but it is not without interest to note that their comments to-day are by no means particularly friendly to the United States, and in this respect they echo the views of four Londoners out of five. Their dominating idea is that the United States will force virtuous, peace loving and hu mane Spain into declaring war. and that I the Americans will suffer severely before they will be able to organize their forces and take the offensive, a prospect which is by no means displeasing here if one may judge from the opinions expressed to the ! Sun reporter at the Spanish embassy here I this afternoon. Responsible Spaniards do not expect any i ] serious trouble with the United States. ' I They pin their faith upon Mr. Grover Cleveland. They are confident that he will shield them from unpleasantness over Cu ba as long as he Is at the white house, and they promise to have the rebels wiped out of existence long before McK4nley is inau gurated. This belief is so strongly held at i the London embassy that the Senate com- I mittee’s action caused them no excitement. | and as If to emphasize their indifference j I all the officials of the embassy came on j j duty late to-day and went away early. As j I their normal hours of business are from ■ 3 to 4 in the afternoon, the exhaust ! ing character of to-day’s worn may be j j estimated without mental fatigue. The j secretary of the embassy found time from his labors to praise an article in to-day’s St. James Gazette, and as the view of the writer is that Spain will sit quiet and do nothing to provoke the United States, it may be fairly inferred that this Is the prevailing opinion in official Spanish quar ters. The embassy had, however, re ceived no news of aj»y kind, either from Madrid or Washington, and did not ap pear to expect any. The latest service rendered to his coun- I try by that eccentric politician. Henrv Labouchere, editor of Truth, has been the exposure of a scoundrel known for yearfc past as the ’’King of Begging Letter Writers.” This fellow. Rev. George Brooks, was formerly a Methodist par son. who, becoming discontented with his small stipend And limited sphere of en joyment. took to the more lucrative pro fession of begging. Mr. Labouchere got upon his track early in his career, and week after week, for years denounced him as an impostor in the columns of Truth, with a pungency and a persistency which were an abiding joy to the readers of that smart paper. He spoiled many a deal of Brooks’, but. for all that, there are too many fools in England to permit a Iman of Brooks’ peculiar talents to starve. It was his custom to study the weak nesses of public men and ascertain the political and religious views of private citizens of wealth, and to write his beg- ging letters accordingly. By these means lie succeeded in extracting large sums of from cabinet ministers, dukes, archbishops, directors of the Bank of . England, generals, admirals and at least I one American millionaire, William Wal dorf Astor. But undoubtedly his greatest achievement was the obtaining of a grant of £2OO from the royal bounty. This fund is voted every year by parliament to en able the queen to help necessitous literay men and women, and Brooks qualified for inclusion in that category by writing a trumpery pamphlet of some kind. People who are conversant with Brooks’ career could scarcely credit the official announce ment, and it has never yet been satisfac torily explained how this professional beggar managed to “bunco” the Right Hon. Arthur Balfour, first lord of the treasury, into recommending him to the queen as a proper recipient of the royal bounty, but he did it, and success emboldened him to further and even more ambitious efforts, i It also put Henry Labouchere upon his mettle, and Truth’s denunciations there after became so vigorous and telling that Brooks’ income began to diminish, and finally he resolved upon the daring and desperate expedient of prosecuting Truth for libel. No more impudent action was ever brought in any court of law, but such is the' operation of the English law of libel in protecting scoundrels like Brooks, that the action was by no means as hopeless as it looked at first sight. The case occupied the high court of justice for three days this week, and resulted, on Thursday, in Mr. Labouchere’s trium phant acquittal. It was shown in i the evidence that in a period of five years, Brooks, by the simple method of begging letters, gathered in a no less sum than ?40,000, and that while posing as a broken down, deserving man of letters plunged in the deepest distress, he was keeping up country houses, with servants and horses and carriages. The jury practically stopped the case and thus unfortunately prevented the calling of Mr. Arthur Balfour as a wit ness to show the means by which Brooks duped him and the queen, and the world therefore will probably never be given the opportunity that story, but in #.-r Frjvfe k- Lor*\jyood, who represented Mr. Labouchere, The case was full of fun from beginning to end, and the entire country roared and roared over It every day. Mr. Labouchere is now engaged tn hunt ing Brooks for the costs of the action, but he is not likely to get anything. Brooks is sufficiently astute to have conveyed his money to his wife or to have put It in some other way out of reach. The costs, in all probability, will have to be addAd to the big total which Mr. Labouchere told the judge he had spent since he had been the owner of Truth In exposing the swin dlers of various descriptions. That total already exceeds $200,000 and It is likely to Increase regularly as in the past. The amount seems large, but against this ex penditure has to be set the gain of most interesting matter for Mr. Labouchere’s paper. It was estimated a few year’s ago that quite 10,000 stern torles who detest Mr. Labouchere’s radical politics, buy his paper solely for the sake of a couple of pages or so of entertaining exposures of swindling money lenders or scoundrels of the Brooks type, without which a number of Truth is never complete. Even now virtue Is not without its reward, for it will be strange indeed if the enormous publicity given to the paper and Its editor does not result in a vastly increased cir culation. The latest report of the matrimonial in tentions of young King Alexander of Ser via credits him with aspiring to the hand of a daughter of one of the Austrian arch dukes. He has, however, so the story runs, met with unexpected difficulty from the lady’s parents. This imperial couple, although able to trace their pedigree through untold years, graciously waived their objections to the young king’s suit, objections being based on the ground of the upstart character of his family, but pointed out that the Austrian royal and imperial house could not possibly receive in its bosom a young man whose parents lived apart, thus giving rise to a scandal. The Modern Mother Has found that her little ones are im proved more by the pleasant Syrup of Figg when in need of the laxative effect of a gentle remedy than by any other, and that It is more acceptable to them. Children enjoy it and it benefits them. The true remedy. Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only —ad. BRAZIL HOLDS ALOOF IN CUBA. Itnly to Prohibit Venturesome Spirits From Going to the War. Madrid, Dec. 19.—The foreign office Is advised that the Brazilian government has formally declared that Brazil will not recognize the Cuban insurgents as bellig erents. Advices to the government from Rome are to the effect that the Italian govern ment has taken measures to prohibit Italians from embarking for Cuba Quite ] a number of adventurous spirits of that j country, it is understood, have already sailed for the West Indian Island with the intention of casting their fortunes with I the rebels. Save Your Money. One box of Tutt’s Pills will save many dollars in doctors’ bills They willsurely cure all diseases of the stomach, liver or bowels No Reckless Assertion For sick headache, dyspepsia, malaria, constipation and bilio usness, a million people endorse i TUTTS Liver PILLS JABBING AT THE JUDICIARY. CARTER NOW PRESENTS GOBER’S NAME TO THE HOUSE. A Copy of the Macon Telegraph Con taining an Editorial Demanding a Full Investigation of the Charges Against Every Judge Involved by the Scandal Laid on the Desks of the Members—Mr. West of Lowndes Demands Action—-The , House Refuses to Turn the X-Rays i on Any One Except Reese and Sweat. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 19.—The judiciary in vestigation was the feature of the ses sion of the House again to-day. It seems to haunt the legislative halls like Ban quo’s ghost, and will not down. When the members of the House arrived at their seats this morning they found upon their desks copies of the Macon Telegraph, containing a column editorial calling in vigorous terms for a wider investigation than the House had provided for in its resolutions. The Telegraph declared that Senator Carter’s charges had also involv ed Judge Gober of the Blue Ridge circuit and ex-Solicitor General Griggs of the Pataula circuit, and that the charges against them were of a more serious char acter than those against the others. In view of this it was urged that the investi gation should go beyond Judges Reese and Sweat. One paragraph In the edito rial reads: "The documents in the matter have been produced and they involve Judge Gober, now upon the bench, and recently a candidate for justice of the supreme court, and former solicitor gen eral, now congressman, Griggs. The case is just this: Mr. H. O. Beall, clerk of the superior court of Randolph county, in June, 1892, wrote a letter to Gov. Northen, asking pardon for one Mixon, a white man, convicted of stealing an old razor and for a negro, convicted of carrying concealed weapons. He went on to show that the judge had, after deliv ering sentence orally, and a Y® r the trial was over and tne men remanded to jail, changed the sen tence to longer terms.” In view of this Mr. West of Lowndes took the floor and made a motion to re consider yesterday's.action in vot.ng down the Boyd resolution, which provided for an enlargement of the powers of the com mittee, so that it could go into any charges that might be preferred against any mem ber of the judiciary. Mr. West brought the question up by a motion to recon sider the action. Mr. West urged that the committee should have the power to investigate charges against any other judges than the two named. He said that Senator Carter had said he would name other judges, and if he did name them, then if the present committee is not em powered to consider all charges the leg islature will have to meet again and ap point a committee to investigate charges against any other judges whom Senator Carter might name. He favored a full investigation, and thought that no such open charges as had been made by Sena tor Carter in saying he would name other judges should gc without investigation. Mr. West said, in reference to the article in the Macon Telegraph denouncing Judge Gober and Solicitor Griggs for their maladministration that “such charges made by a leading paper of’ the stAle, a copy of which was placed on the desk of every member in the House, were of too serious a nature to go with out consideration. . When a paper takes up two : iu oibers TOf our makes such charges against them and then puts a copy of the paper before the eyes of every member here, it does seem j that you could see that other j judges had been charged with misconduct that demands an investigation,” said Mr. i West. Mr. Slaton of Fulton opposed Mr. West’s motion. He thought that if the power of the committee were enlarged that every convict or man in the state who had »a grievance against a judge would bring clap-trap charges against him and the committee would be overrun with charges. Several other members talked on the question and when Mr. West's motion was put the vote was 81 to 43 against it, so no charges will be investigated except those against Judges Sweat and Reese. This afternoon Senator Yancey Carter arose in his place to a question of per sonal privilege, and proceeded to formally “name” Judge George F. Gober of the Blue Ridge circuit as one of the culprit judges whom he had in mind when he made his sensational strictures on the ju diciary, which brought about the action of the House in providing for an investi gation. Senator Carter offered a resolu tion setting forth the fact that in his former answer to the resolutions of the Senate demanding of him the names of j the men whom he had referred to in his speech when he declared that there were men on the bench in Georgia who were worse than the criminals they send to the penitentiary, he had neglected to specify lire name of a third judge. He now, there fore, desired to formally bring Judge Go ber before the Senate as the judge refer red to in his charges based upon the Mixon case, where the said judge had been guilty I of doubling a man's sentence on the re quest of the solicitor gener al, Mr. Griggs, attei - the ad journment of court, this being the case referred to by Gov. Northen in his mes sage making reflections upon the judic iary, which Senator Carter quoted in his first reply. Gov. Northen had pardoned Mixon when the facts in the case were brought to his notice through the ef forts of Clerk of the Superior Court Beail and other citizens of Ranuolph county, who felt outraged at this act. Another of the charges against Judge Gober is that he doubled another sentence at the same time placed upon a negro at the request of the solicitor. All the correspondence . - - . - ■ ' Rough Weather Is not far away, and you can provide against it on a profitable basis from our GREAT REDUCED PRICE SALE of MEN’S, BOYS’ and CHILDREN’S CLOTHING and OVERCOATS. We have the largest, freshest and cleanest stock in Georgia, and everybody knows, by < long experience, that on QUALITY no one can MATCH OUR PRICES. | It isn’t necessary to come to the city. You can do. as well BY MAIL. I jATfr/e(JI/V7)7V. SAVANNAH, GA, ■ showing the details of this case Is on file j in the executive office. The Senate tabled Senator Carter’s resolution. The House completed Its action upon the Senate amendments to the appropriations bill at the afternoon session and then sent it back to the Senate to have that body pass upon its action. The House refused to recede from its first action in the appropriation for the state lunatic asylum, and would not agree to the SIO,OOO per year increase put in the bill by the Senate. The appropriation of $4,000 for a state exhibit at the Nashville exposi tion was also non-concurred in by the I House, and the Senate amendment giving I the Girls’ Normal and Industrial School 1 $5,000 to furnish the new dormitory was also rejected. No fight was made on the amendment of the Senate, cutting down the military appropriation to $25,000. ; The Senate spent the day’s sessions in passing the tax act and putting through a number of House bills of a I local nature. The main fight over ; the tax was the increase of SSO in the liquor tax recommended by the Senate committee. The house had already | . raised the liquor tax SSO and the addition I of another SSO was thought by many of j 1 the senators to be going too fast. After some discussion the recommendation of the committee was voted down, and the bill went to the House with this item the same as it passed that body. The most important amendment put upon the bill was increasing the tax on commercial companies from SSO to SIOO. The House to-day refused to reconsider the action of last night in killing the bill I making it penal for an agent of a liquor I dealer to take orders in a dry county. There were a number of speeches on this motion to reconsider in which the argu ment was advanced that many liquor houses do a thriving business in the dry counties through agents selling by sam ple. through agents selling by sample. A resolution by Mr. Branch of Columbia, thanking Speaker Jenkins and Speaker Pro Tem Dodson for their impartial rulings during the session was passed. A resolu tion was also adopted appointing a joint committee, of the House and Senate to visit the next annual military encampment and the members from the House were named as follows: Messrs. Taylor, Bla lock, Boswell, Craig, Branch, Boynton, Black, Rudicii and Brown. Mr. Craig of Bibb county to-day intro duced a resolution directing the enforce ment of the section of the code which re quires road marks at the intersection of public roads in this state. , Mr. Craig’s bill prohibiting the employ ment of child labor in factories and else where in Georgia will oome up on its pass age in the House as the special order on the first Tuesday of the next session. The House this afternoon agreed to the Senate amendment to the Felder bill pro viding for the acceptance of bonds of county officers signed by guarantee com panies. Under the amendment the com panies are not released from liability af ter the books of any officer have been ex amined and found to be apparently all right if later a default is discovered. • SENSATION IN ATHENS. Some of the University Students to Be Requested to Remain at Home. Athens, Ga., Dec. 19.—There is a sensa tion brewing here, if rumors count for any thing. It is stated that more than a half-dozen students of the University of Georgia will be quietly informed by Chan cellor Boggs that they cannot return to the university after Christmas. They will be asked to stay at home on account of bad behavior here, and some of them on account of failure to keep up in their studies. The faculty year by year is in creasing In its demands for good behavior and good scholarship among the students j and those who Co not up’ to th-.'* standard have to go. I The Red and Black is out in its Christ mas edition of six pages. It is one of the best college papers ever issued here. One ; page is edited by a number of Lucy Cobb young ladies, Misses Willie Kate Reid, Jessie Reid, Mary Walker, Lucia Abbott, Willie Burke and Eloise Davenport. Dr. J. H. T. McPherson, professor of history in the University of Georgia, is in New York attending the annual ses sion of the National Historical Society. Prof. A. H. Patterson has gone to Nash ville, Tenn., to represent the University of Georgia at the meeting of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. While the new trainer has not yet been selected for next year’s ’varsity eleven, he will in all probability be a Princeton man. The University Banquet Club gave an elegant banquet to-night at the Commer cial Club, and a number of interesting re sponses were made to the various toasts. John Goodrum accidentally shot him self in the foot yesterday evening while fooling with a rifle. The wound was an ugly one, but no serious results will hap pen. The home school and the city schools > closed yesterday for the Christmas holi days. SCIENCE MAKES MEN IDLE. New Process of Steel Manufacture Throws 100 Ont of Work. Pittsburg, Dec. 19.—T0-day 100 men, em | ployed in the converting mill of the Car negie Steel Company at Duquesne, were dismissed because of the introduction by the company of the direct process of man ufacture of steel. The new process makes steel from the molten iron as it flow’s from the blast furnaces, thereby saving the cost of casting the furnaces and of remelting in the converting mill. For Coughs and Throat Disorders use Brown’s Bronchial Troche®. “Have never changed my mind respecting them, ex cept I think better of that which I began by thinking well of.”—Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Sold only in boxes. THE GREAT HUXLEY. What Huxley, the Great English Scientist, Considered the Best Start in Life. I The great English scientist, Huxley, said the best start in life is a sound stomach. Weak stomachs fail to digest food properly because they lack the proper quantity of digestive acids (lactic and hydrochloric) and peptogenic products; the most sensi ble remedy in all cases of indigestion, is i to take after each meal one or two of Stu art s Dyspepsia Tablets because they sup ply in a pleasant, harmless form all the ele ments that weak stomachs lack. The regular use of Stuart’s Dyspepsia I Tablets will cure every form of stomach i trouble except cancer of the stomach. ' They increase flesh, insure pure blood strong nerves, a bright eye and clear com plexion, because all these result only from ■ wholesome food well digested. I Nearly All druggists sell Stuart’s Dyspep- . sia Tablets at 50 cents full sized package. Send for free book on Stomach Trou bles to Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. Kehoe's Iron Works Foundry. Machine, Boiler * and Blacksmith Works. Sole agents for sale of "Ames” Boilers and Engines, “Knowles” Steam Pumps, “Excelsior” and "Penberthy” Injectors, “Reliance” Safety Water Column. Machinery repairs a specialty. Supplies of every description carried in stock. w WM. KEHOE & CO., Broughton, Reynolds and Randolph sts. CENTRAL AM ERIC A WAR CLOUD NICARAGUA AND COLOMBIA ON THE VERGE OF HOSTILITIES. The Former Government Already Conscripting Men for the Conflict. Colombia Confident One of Her Warshii>s Could Blow Rama and Blueflelds Off the Face of the Map. The Ownership of Two Islands the Bone of Contention. Mobile, Ala.. Dec. 19.—The Norwegian steamer Jarl, which arrived here this af ternoon from Bluefields, Nicaragua, brings news of active preparations which are be ing made in Nicaragua looking to a war with Colombia. There have been no open hostilities as ytt, but the Nicaraguan government has a patrol boat going up and down the Rama river conscripting everybody who can be used as a soldier. The laborers on the plantations are be ing taken, and the men thus conscripted and being taken to Rama and the Bluff, where they are put in the garrisons. It is said that the cause of the prepara tions for war is a dispute between Colum bia and Nicaragua as to the ownership of Great-and Little Corn Islands, which are A I situated about 40 miles from Bluefields, and dfio miles .Rema. 1 . >■ fort at BJuelieids Bluff • garrisoned in expectation of th war of the Colombian navy, but it ported that there is no armament on tnoW fort except a few old fashioned mortars. Officers of the Jarl state that Nicaragua is not in a position to cope with Colom bia in open warfare, as one of the Colom bian men-of-war would have no trouble in blowing Rama and Bluefields oft the map. POISONED BY ZERTUCHA. Cubans Now Put Out a New Yarn About Maceo’s Death. Key West, Fla., Dec. 19.—Private advices received in this city to-night state that it has been discovered that Maceo, young Gomez and twenty-flve others, among them . five Americans, were poinsoned through the treachery of Dr. Zertucha, planned by Ahumada and Clrujeda. The bodies recovered by Baldomero Acosta and suf|| jected to an examination. It is also ported that Perico Delgado entered 1' gß'.'et jucal on the 10th Inst., with 4,000 men. —Unreasonable—Tourist—ln the east; there are laws against carrying concealed weapons. Westerner—Do they expect a man to go around all the time with a gun in his hand? —Puck. Rheumatism is caused by lactic fluid in the blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla neutralizes B the acid and cures rheumatism.—ad. WANTED, POSITION BY pharmacist in drug store or to travel. Ad dress Pharmacist, P. O. Box 173, Sunwer, S. C. , PARKERS HAIR BALSAM Cleanaea and beautiflei the hate. Kwssh?''*’ 'W'Cla Promotes o luxuriant growth. 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