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STEERING COMMITTEE SCORED
MOORE OF CARROLL FEELS THAT
HE HAS BEEN BADLY TREATED.
He Complains That His Bill in Ref
erence to Life Insurance Compa
nies Was Not Pnt on the Calendar
Despite the Committee’s Promise
That It Should Be—Mr. Felder
Make** a Peppery Retort to the
Charge—Steering Committee's Pro
gramme Thrown Out Entirely at
the Afternoon Session.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14.—Mr. Moore of
Carroll created a breeze in the House this
morning by arraigning the “steering com
mitee,” which fixes the order of business
from day to day. Mr. Moore had a bill
in reference to life Insurance companies,
which he said he has made many efforts
to have brought up. He declared in his
arraignment that several members of the
committee, whom he called by name, had
promised him to put the bill on the calen
dar to be acted upon, but had never done
so. He thought he was being treated un
fairly.
When Mr. Moore sat down Mr. Felder
rose to a question of personal privilege and
said that if Mr. Moore intended to say
that the steering committee, of which
he was a member, had acted in bad faith
with Mr. Moore it was a cowardly and
unparliamentary Imputation, or words to
that effect.
At the afternoon session the row over
the steering committee, which has been
under the ban of the rural members for
several days, bobbed up again and was
finally overridden entirely and the pro
gramme of the committee of which Mr.
Calvin of Richmond is chairman, was
thrown out and a whole batch of bills not
chalked up at all were taken in hand and
acted upon.
The bill to repeal the university funding
act of 1881 was reconsidered this morning.
Mr. Swift of Elbert, the author of the
hill, moved for reconsideration and car
ried bis point by a good majority.
The chief interest in the morning ses
sion centered in the Turner bill to further
exempt church and educational property
from taxation. There was a lengthy de
bate on this measure, which was up for
passage. The majority of the speakers ad
vocated the measure, but there were
strong speeches against it and the bill
failed by fourteen votes of the requisite
majority. It being a constitutional amend
ment, 117 votes were necessary for Its
passage. The object of the bill was io
amend the constitution so as to
empower the legislature to ex
empt from taxatiyn all prop
erty of any college, incorporated academy
property of any church or any property
used for purely charitable purposes, pro
vided the property so exempted be not used
for private profit or income.
Several more appropriation bills were
passed by the House, which disagreed to
an adverse report on the bill of Senator
Battle, which gives the state the same
number of strikes In murder cases as de
fendants have.
Mr. Whipple of Dooly, came to the front
with a rather delicate resolution. It was
designed, he said, to put the House on re
cord formally as opposing charges in the
expense accounts of committeemen for any
person other than the committeemen them
selves. It appears that some members
• charge the state with the expenses of oth
e? i*ersons when they go off on committee
work, and as Mr. Whipple, svho Is a mem
ber of the auditing committee, said it was
a delicate matter to pass upon these items,
he wanted the House to vote its sentiment,
which it did by adopting, the resolution.
The chances are, however, that these little
“extras” will continue to bo charged by
junketing members just the same.
There was a lively discussion over the
joint resolution to compensate the peniten
tiary committee for services in advance of
the legislative session In the Senate this
morning. Senator Hopkins thought It was
h dangerous precedent to imntlon the ac
tion of the chairmen of those committees
in calling extra sessions without legisla
tive authority. He thought their failure to
ngree on any plan was sufficient evidence
of the unwisdom of such sessions, but the
assumption of authority to sit between ses
sions, if approved, would encourage every
chairman to call his committee together
when he thought there might be impor
tant legislation ahead.
Mr. Cook, chairman of the Senate peni
tentiary committee, made n statement to
the effect that he made the call because
the governor requested him by telegraph
to come to Atlanta and confer with the
officers of the penitentiary department,and
after conferring with the governor and the
principal keeper, anti at their suggestion,
he called the committee together in order
to save time in the consideration of the
question. He said the House committee
was called without consultation with the
governor, but the governor thought that
'inasmuch as the House committee had
been called, the Senate committee should
*<lt with it. The resolution then passed.
The bill dividing the eastern circuit was
Hot reached In the House to-night. Tt
<wlll come up to-morrow, and the indica
tions are that It will pass. Friends of the
measure say to-night they have more than
enough votes pledged to past* it.
The House passed the Blalock hill, pro
viding for three grades of fertilizers in the
alate.
The Senate spent the afternoon and
right discussing the convict bill, but did
rot finish It. H will be put on its passage
to-morrow, practically as it came from the
committee.
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COLLINS' CASE IX <N>LRT.
The ex-Mstc Treasurer Conducting
Ills Own Defense.
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec, 14.—The case of
the state against C. B. Collins, late state
treasurer, charged with embeaalin* $&2,00
■was cslled in the circuit court to-lay.
Motions for a bill of particulars to the in
dictment for a continuance and to quash
certain counts of the indictment acre *r
gued by counsel on but It shies.
Counsel for the state tendered a bill of
I'arttculars, and the judge overruled the
other motkuvs, which brought the ca-<e to
trial.
The «lay was mainly consumed In spar
ring over testimony offered by the state
h'lere, telegrams and accounts, most of
Mr. Collina, who was conducting his de
fen.se alone, in objecting to the correspon
draco being introduced, said In sutwtance*
“J have never denied the deficit in the
•J* I ®. <rva ’’ ur ’ r Thta correspondence I in
s.»t is irrevelant to the issue, ami I ito
poao to show just how this defied oc
curred twfore thia trial ends.*’
The trail t H.«x-e,la very slowly. and i n
tht* main i* nevoid of Interval thux far
RrvutmHttia Untie In * l>n>
Are Krctoua scarce. Time tries the worth
of • man er medicine. Hostetter * Stom
ach Hitters is a forty-five years’ growth
and. ilka Ihiw hardy lichens that garnisn
She crevices of Alaska s rock*, it flourishes
doe is more highly regarded as a rente iv
for fever and ague, bilious, remittent, con
sultation. liver and kidney disorders’ ncr
wourneM and rheumatism.—ad.
Swollen Neck
Also Had Great Difficulty With Her
Heart— How Cured.
“ My daughter had a swollen neck and i
also heart trouble. After the least exertion
she would breathe so hard she could be
heard all over the room. She could not
sweep the floor or even move her arms
without affecting her heart. Her limbs
were badly bloated. Her father insisted
that she must take Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
and we gave her about six bottles, when
she was cured, and there has been no re
turn of her ailments.” Mrs. Emma
Thomas, North Solon, Ohio.
Sarsa-
■ lOOCI S parilia
Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5.
i_» easy to buy, easy to take
lIOOG S PIIIS easy to operate. 25c.
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MILLER GORDON AND THE MONEY.
Confession of Misappropriation and
a Plea For Mercy Looked For.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 14.—An attachment was
issued in the United States court this
morning against Miller Gordon and he is
at home prostrated and under surveillance
of a deputy marshal.
Gordon, as manager and secretary of the
Progress Loan and Improvement Com
pany, was given all Monday to arrange his
explanation of the fraudulent .entries in
the books of the concern, and also the mis
appropriation of its funds. The evidence
against him could not be brushed away by
a statement, and foreseeing the hopeless
ness of such a proceeding he became partly
delirious and physicians were called to at
tend him. Their testimony this morning
induced Judge Speer to continue the case
until to-morrow and) place Gordon in cus
tody of an officer.
Gordon realizes the danger he is in and
has expressed a desire to throw himself
on the mercy of the court. There is no es
caping the damaging evidence against him,
in his own writing in the books he kept
while manipulating so adroitly the funds
of the Progress company.
Public opinion condemns him and it is
this feature of the case that unnerves him.
So long as his friends believed him inno
cent, he was buoyant. It is thought by
some that Gordon will not appear in court
to-morrow, and that his counsel will take
a new tack, perhaps presenting a confes
sion of guilt, and a plea for mercy. That
is a rumor on the streets to-night, and
when taken in consideration with the tes
timony it is a plausible theory.
SMALL-POX SCARE AMONG SOLONS.
Man Suffering; From the Disease Re
ported Removed From the House.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14.—An allged case
of small-pox in the House of Representa
tives was the cause of a sensation at the
capitol to-day. Whether the case was
genuine or not, the rumor created a great
stir and members flew for their hats and
overcoats and began to leave the hall.
"Uncle” Joe Mansfield was the only calm
member who heard of the presence of the
disease. “Uncle Joe” has always main
tained that small-pox is afraid of him,
though he has never been vaccinated. The
party who was said to have small-pox was
a visitor at the capitol and his name could
not be learned. While It is positively as
serted on one hand that a man with the
plague was removed from the floor of the
House by officials, the sacs was denied at
Chief Health Officer Veal's office.
The story at the capitol is that an at
tache of the House and some of the mem
bers discovered that a visitor on the floor
was broken out with small-pox, and the
city health officer was telephoned to and
an officer was sent, who took the man to
the pest house.
A resolution was Introduced soon after
this occurrence was said to have taken
place providing that no visitors be allow
ed to enter the House unless invited by
members.
Mr. Berry, the author of the resolution,
said that one of his reasons for introduc
ing it was the fact that a ease of small
pox had been discovered in the House.
Some of the members think that tha
small-pox scare was raised simply to scare
off visitors with whom the House has
much troubled recently.
HOGBRH ACQI ITTI4II OF ARSON.
Ilin Former Partner Accused of Pros
ecuting Him HitlieloiiMlj .
Macon. Ga., Dec. 14. —J. Tom Rodgers
was put on trial in Bibb superior court
this morning, charged with arson. A few
weeks ago the Morning News published
an account of the burning of the grocery
store of Turpin & Rodgers. I.ater, Tur
pin appeared before rhe grand jury and
submitted evidence that his partner, Rod
gers, set tire to the building to get the in
surance on the stock. It developed on the
trial to-day that Turpin was actuated by
enmity in the matter, and that not a par
ticle of evidence had been adduced to crim
inate the nocused. Judge Felton instruct
ed the jury to render a verdict of "not
guilty." adding that the offair was farci
cal. Rodgers Is being congratulated, while
the public generally condemns Turpin’s
effort to besmirch the character of his
former partner.
BANKERS OF THE SOI TH.
Their Convention to Be Held nt At
lanta To-day.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14.—The southern
bankers meet here in convention to-mor
row morning at 10 o'clock for the purpose
of discussing currency reform and electing
delegates to Washington, who will be au
thorised to take the question up before
congress. The convention was called by the
Atlanta Charing House Association sever
al days ago. and about S.OUO invitations
haw been sent out to bankers throughout
th*- southern states.
The convention will result in important
action. There are many visiting bankers
here to-night. Among the visitors is F.
Howard Hooke, vice president of the New
York Financier Company. The convention
will be in session only one day.
EV FLO MI ON IN A WOOD V ARIX
One Negro Killed and Two Fatally
Injured nt l'hnrlcnton.
Charleston, 3. C.. Dec. 14.—The boiler
of a IS-horee power engine used at Town
send's wood yard, on Tradd street, in this
city, exploited at 2:» o’clock this after
noon. w
Dalias Whit field was killed instantly and
two other negroes named Chisolm and
lin'd were fatally injured.
A part of Whitfield’s body was blown
through a third-story window. AO feet
•way.
Portions of the machinery were blown
yard*, where they crashed through the
roofs of residences. The glass in windows
for a block around was broken.
It is supposed that the negroes, who
were In charge of the yard, allowed the
waler to run too low’ in the boiler and
that the explosion resulted. There was
no Insurance on the property destroyed.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1897.
! CIVIL SERVICE CONFLICT.
HOUSE TO DEBATE THE SUBJECT
EXHAUSTIVELY.
i Congiderntion of in tbe Leg-
Islatlve, Executive and Judicial
Appropriation Bill to Be Postpon
ed Until After the Conclusion of
the Debate on the Other Features
of the Bill—The Widest Latitude to
Be Allowed the Discussion.
Washington, Dec. 14. —The House to-day,
after a session of about two hours, ad
journed out of sympathy for the President,
whose mother was buried at Canton this
afternoon.
The time of the session was devoted to
the consideration of the legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation bill. It
was decided to postpone the consideration
of the item providing for the maintenance
of the civil service commission until after
the features of the bill had been conclud
ed. It was apparent from the remarks
made to-day that the entire subject will
be exhaustively debated.
On motion of Mr. Lawrence, rep., of
Massachusetts, Saturday, Jan. 8, was set
aside for paying tribute to the memory of
the late Representative Wright, his prede
cessor.
Then, without further preliminary busi
ness, the House went into committee of.
the whole and proceeded to the considera
tion of the legislative, executive and ju
dicial appropriation bill. Mr. Bingham,
rep., of Pennsylvania, in charge of the
measure, explained its provisions in detail.
Mr. Bingham said he would offer an
amendment to reduce the clerical force in
the pension office, by 96 clerks, involving
a reduction of $115,000 in salaries.
Mr. Bingham did not discuss the appro
priations providing for the maintenance of
the civil service commission, but stated
that the widest latitude would be allowed
for debate, even if it should run over the
holiday recess. He asked, however, that
the provision of the bill relating to the civ
il service and the debate thereon, should
go over until after the consideration of
other features of the bill were concluded.
Mr. Grosvenor, rep., of Ohio, under
whose direction the fight on the civil ser
vice law is being made, expressed the
opinion that the bill should not be pressed
to a final vote until after the holidays.
Mr. Bingham’s request was argreed to,
and an hour and a half was set aside for
general debate on the rest of the bill.
Mr. Barrett, rep., of Massachusetts, took
the floor and made some general remarks
in support of the civil service law, in the
course of which he referred to the slender
minority against the civil service law
when it passed the House in 1883. The
vote stood 155-47.
Messrs. Cannon, rep., of Illinois, and
Bingham, rep., of Pennsylvania, reiterat
ed their opposition to the broad exten
sion of the laws by executive orders. The
latter explained that the law was passed
under suspension of the rules, practically
without debate and never contemplated
an extension by executive orders that
would cover 87,000 government employes.
Mr. Moody, rep., of Massachusetts, said
he was willing to give a hearing on the
civil service question and he did not pro
pose to give a judgment in advance.
Mr. Grosvenor said all he asked was
that the House should honestly consid
er the question and give it its careful
judgment. “The statemanship that does
not do its own thinking,” said he, “the
statesmanship that only respects what
others say, is the statesmanship the par
rot displays in the course of his morning
ablutions. (Laughter).
Mr. Dockery, dem., of Missouri discuss
ed the amazing growth of the expenditures
of the government during recent years.
The ordinary expenditures, exclusive of
the public debt, the last eight years ex
ceeded those of the preceding eight years
by $1,000,000,000 in round numbers. In view
of this fact there were only two ways, he
said, to bring the receipts and expenses
together. Either taxation must be in
creased or the expenses must be curtailed.
If the expenses were to be reduced con
gress alone could not accomplish m*uch
without the aid of the executive branch
of the government. Despite the President’s
appeal in his message for economy, the
executive branches of the government had
submitted to congress estimates for ap
propriations of $37,000,000 in excess of the
appropriations for the current year.
At this point, at 1:45 o’clock, the House
adjourned out of sympathy for President
McKinley’s affliction in the loss of his
mother.
SENATE SITTING SHORT.
Adjourns in Fifteen Minutes Out of
Sympathy Forth <?f PreMident.
Washington, Dec. 14.—The Senate was In
session Just fifteen minutes to-day, ad
journment being taken until to-morrow
out of respect to President McKinley, who
was to-day in attendance upon the funeral
of his mother.
The motion to adjourn was made by Mr.
Hoar of Massachusetts. "All senators."
said he, "are aware of the great calam
ity that has overtaken the chief magis
trate of the nation. He is to-day in at
tendance upon the funeral of his moth
er. Out of respect to him and as an ex
pression of sympathy for him in his af
fliction, I move that the Senate do now
adjourn."
No business beyond the introduction of
bills and resolutions was transacted.
Among the bills Introduced was one by
Mr. Kyle of South Dakota, to change the
immigration laws of the United States. He
gave notice that at the proper time he
would offer the bill as a substitute for that
which is now pending before the Senate.
"In only one feature,” said Mr. Kyle,
"does my bill differ materially from the
measure now before the Senate. My bill
provides that all immigrants shall have
their test of education made by the Unit
el States consuls at the points nearest to
their homes. It is a serious hardship for
these people to cross the ocean with the
prospect staring them tn the face of fail
ing in the test at the port of a foreign
country. This feeling of stage fright
doubtless so seriously affects many of
them that they are unable to do them
selves justice in reading the prescribed
sections of the constitution of the United
States. The measure I have offered is to
remedy what I regard as a defect tn the
measure now under consideration in the
Senate.*'
At 12:15 o'clock, the Senate adjourned.
FAT 41. FIRE AT SCRANTON.
Two Lives Lost and gTO.OOO Worth
of Property Destroyed.
Scranton. Pa.. Dec. 14.—One and prob
ably two lives were lost ami $70,030 worth
of property destroyed in a disastrous fire
which started about midnight last night
in Duryea and almost ruined the busi
ness portion of the town.
William H. Lowgll. a mine superintend
ent. entered a burning stable to save some
stock and was burned to death. The body
was recovered this morning.
John Plensantine, the township clerk, is
missing. and there is little doubt that he
I* Fished in the dames. Nine store build
ings and four dwellings were destroyed.
CONGRESS AND CURRENCY.
Secretary Gage to Submit a Compre
hensive Financial Measure.
Washington, Dec. 14.—Secretary Gage
will appear before the House committee on
banking and currency on Thursday and
submit to them in the form of a general
bill his recommendations recently made to
congress.
The determination of Secretary Gage to
appear on Thursday to submit one general
financial bill, instead of a number of sepa
rate bills, brought out many expressions
of satisfaction. It had the effect of clear
ing up the situation and gave promise of
any early report to congress on financial
bills.
The understanding was reached as a re
sult of the visit to the capitol of the so
licitor of the treasury, Mr. Connell, repre
senting Mr. Gage. He talked w r ith a num
ber of the republican leaders, and it is
understood was advised by Mr. Dingley
and others that it would be desirable to
embrace financial subjects in one general
bill. It was decided that the first
thing to be done was to report
a bill embodying the three features
recommended by the President, viz: A re
duction of the tax on circulation to % of 1
per cent.; the issuance of circulation up
to the par value of bonds deposited, and
the establishment of small banks in rural
communities. While these will be embod
ied in the Gage plan, yet, as they were es
pecially advised in the President’s mes
sage, it was felt to be advisable to give the
House the opportunity of acting upon them
at once, without waiting for the report on
the Gage bill. For these reasons, the full
jjcommittee on banking will be asked to re
port on the President’s plan at once.
The draft of a bill has been prepared by
Mr. Brosius of Pennsylvania and this was
given to the solicitor of the treasury, who
is to return it in time for action by the
committee with such suggestions a? the
treasury authorities may wish to make. As
to the comprehensive Gage bill, this and
the monetary conference bill will be gone
over with care during the holidays, and
as a result of the better feeling created to
day, members of the banking and currency
committee say there is no further doubt
that action will be reported to the House
soon after the holidays.
POOR LO’S PROGRESS.
Commissioner Jones Finds Room for
Great Improvement.
Washington, Dec. 14.—Commissioner
Jones of the Indian office has arrived in
the city after an investigation of the In
dian agencies in Oklahoma and the In
dian territory.
Generally speaking, he found that in
Oklahoma the wards of the nation were
making fairly good progress in the steps
of civilization. A notable exception is
that of the full-blooded Osage tribe, who,
he says, are less advanced than they were
ten years ago.
Concerning the five nations in the In
dian territory, Mr. Jones says their con
dition is improving, though legislation is
necessary to bring about a settlement of
the vexed questions now pending there.
He believes that the Indians will not agree
to the ratification of the treaties which
the government is desirous of entering
into, that the time«has arrived when par
leying with them should be stopped and
congress should take legislative action
looking to a cessation of the incongru
ous state of affairs. The laws of Okla
homa are made operative over the Indian
territory on Jjan. 1, hpd a delegation of
Indians from the latter place are now
here seeking to have the time extended
to July 1.
The Senate sub-committee of the com
mittee on Iridian affairs, appointed to con
sider problems presented in the Indian
territory, to-day praetically decided to
recommend amendments to the present
law providing for the apportionment of
all the lands held by the civilized tribes
among the members of these tribes, and
also an amendment providing that all
valid leases shall be recognized by the
government of the United States, and the
money paid on account of them received
into the treasury of the United States
for the benefit of the various tribes, as
such.
Ex-Senator Dawes and Gen. Armstrong
were before the committee to-day, and
expressed their approval of the contem
plated measure.
DURRANT PASTOR IM DANGER.
Fearn That nn Attempt Will fie Made
to Kill Rev. Gibson..
San Francisco, Dec. 14.—The Examiner
says: "The police and the people of Eman
uel Baptist church believe that the life of
Rev. J. George Gibson. Durrant’s former
pastor, is in danger. The police have warn
ed the reverend gentleman to protect him
self against the possibility of harm. The
warning has been heeded and Dr. Gibson
is protected night and day. One of the
members of his congregation volunteered
his services as a bodyguard and the police
will detail an officer to attend every public
service at Emanuel church. Since the mur
der in the church many attempts have
been de to cast suspicion on the pastor,
and .• fusal to be drawn into the case,
even „s Durrant’s spiritual adviser, has
caused much comment.”
MASONS OF CAROLINA.
The Grand Lodge Holding Its 121 at
Com inn nt cat lon.
Charleston, S. C.. Dec. 14.—The one hun
dred and twenty-first communication of
the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of
Free Masons of South Carolina convened
to-day. Grand Master Barron presides,
and the attendance is the largest in years.
A great deal of routine business was
transacted to-day, including the appoint
ment of committees, reading of reports,
etc. In the grand master’s report modifi
cations are suggested in the physical re
quirements. It is understood that this
will be opposed. The lodge will be in ses
sion to-morrow.
NAVAL OFFICER I NDEH A CLOI D.
Must Stand Trial For Drunkenness
and ScnndalotiM Conduct.
Washington. Dec. 14.—A court martial,
headed by Capt. Whiting, with Lieut.
Perkins, marine corps, as judge advocate,
has been ordered to meet at the Mare Is
land navy yard on the 20th instant for
the trial of Lieut. Theodore Lafavor. Uni
ted States navy, lately attached to the
gunboat Wheeling, on charges of scan
dalous conduct and drunkenness on duty.
CAROLINA'S SEN NTORS ILL.
Tillman Suffering From a Stomach
Trouble and McLanrin From Fever.
Washington. Dec. 14 Senator Tillman is
sick In bed with stomach trouble similar
to the attack he had last fait While his
condition is not regarded as dangerous, he
is quite ill, and may be too feeble to go
home for the holiday recess.
Senator McLaurin is still struggling
against typhoid fever, and he will also
spend his Christmas holiday on a bed of
sickness.
DAWSON’S DANGER.
Provisions on Hand "Won’t Last Long
er Thun March 13.
Washington, Dec. 14.—Senator Mcßride
of Oregon has received the following from
E. P. Ash, who arrived at Portland on
Nov. 30, direct from Dawson:
“I know that the supply of provisions in
Dawson cannot last longer than the mid
dle of March. No supplies can reach the
interior by ordinary conveyance until next
June, and I believe it will require the re
sources of the United States government
to equip an expedition strong enough to
overcome the obstacles of a mid-winter
journey. This expedition should be au
thorized at once, as it will take from forty
to fifty days to reach Dawson from Ska
guay and Dyea. I- am certain that there
will be intense suffering unless relief is at
once provided for.”
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 14.—Passengers of
the steamer Alki, which arrived here to
day from Skaguay, report that Collector
of Customs Godson, who is stationed at
Lake Tigish, came into Skaguay Dec. 2,
bringing confirmatory news of rich strikes
on the Hootalinqua river, and that many
prospectors at Lake Marsh and other
places on the road to Dawson, had gone
into 'the Hootalinqua country.
According to a new ruling of Deputy
United States Collector of Customs Floyd
at Skaguay, goods purchased in Canada
and brought to Skaguay must either pay
duty or $6 per day to a customs official
while the goods are in transit to the in
ternational boundary line.
Collector Floyd has already collected du
ties on five outfits for the Columbia, the
owners preferring to pay duty than to pay
a customs officer to travel with them to
the line. On account of the dispute of the
location of the boundary line, it is feared
that bad feeling may be engendered by Mr.
Floyd’s interpretation of the customs laws.
BRYAN IN MEXICO’S CAPITOL.
Members of the Chamber of Deputies
Rise as He Enters.
City of Mexico, Dec. 14.—Mr. Bryan had
a busy and agreeable day to-day. He
called to pay his respects to the American
minister, Gen. Powell Clayton at 10 o’clock
and was cordially greeted, and after pass
ing an hour with the minister, he drove
in the forest of Chapultepec with Thomas
Braniff, president of the Bank of London
and Mexico; ex-Gov. Crittenden and Gen.
John B. Frisbie, and in the afternoon he
was a visitor with Mrs. Bryan at the
Chamber of Deputies,' and was admitted
to the floor, the congressmen all rising out
of respect to the leader of the democratic
party in the United States. He was in
vited to speak, and talked of parliament
ary institutions and of the progress which
Mexico is making on all hands. His re
ception in the chamber was enthusiastic.
Congress has approved the contract en
tered into with Samuel Hermanos of New
York for supplying $1,000,000 worth of ma
terial for federal railways, telegraphs, etc.,
and also the contract with R. G. Dun &
Co. of New York, establishing a mercan
tile agency here.
ST. GABRIEL’S TRIPLE LYNCHING.
The Negroes Hung in Front of the
Store They Had Robbed.
New Orleans, La., Dec. 14.—Only one of
the two men taken from the train at
White Castle was lynched. The pair were
taken to St. Gabriel, the scene of the mur
der, and there Joe Thomas, one of the
negroes, made a confession of his own
guilt, also implicating two black brothers,
Joe and Charles Alexander. Tne latter
were .captured on 4, neighboring sugar
plantation, and spectators to
the execution of Thomas on the gallery
ot the store they had robbed. The Alex
anders were then tried and also confessed
also telling of another murder in the same
store, which was planned for January.
At 1 o'clock this morning, the Alexanders
were hung in front of the store.
There were four other suspects in the
hands of the mob, and they were acquit
ted of the murder, but being bad charac
ters were stripped and horsewhipped, and
then ordered to leave the country.
EX-MINISTER M’DONALD DEAD.
A Sketch of His Career in the Field
of Journalism and Politics.
Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 14.—Alexander Mc-
Donald, ex-minister to Persia, died here
this afterndon. Ilis death has been ex
pected for several days. He was born in
Lynchburg about seventy years ago and
had lived here nearly all his life. He was
connected with the Lynchburg Virginian
from 1850 to 1863 as editor of this paj>er and
was well known to politicians within and
without the dominion. In 1891 he was
elected to represent the Lynchburg dis
trict in the Virginia Senate and was a
member of that body when appointed min
ister to Persia. He visited Europe on sev
eral occasions and as United States com
missioner he was sent to the Vienna ex
position, and some years later to the Paris
exposition.
GOVERNOR OF BOHEMIA TO GO.
Police President and Burgomaster of
Prague Also to Be Superceded.
Vienna, Dec. 14.—1 tis said here that
Count von Voudenheim (Coudenhove),
governor of Bohemia, will be dismissed
and replaced by David von Rhenfeld, gov
ernor of Dalmatia. The count is charged
with having characterized the Germans
in Prague as “aliens.”
The police president and the burgomas
ter of Prague will be removed, it is said,
and the town council dissolved. The ad
ministration of the city will be entrusted
to an imperial commissioner.
The rumor that these energetic meas
ures would be taken caused a riot- on the
bourse to-day.
Among the persons under arrest for pil
laging there is the son of a millionaire. The
Germans still dread a fresh attack.
CHILE'S CABINET RESIGNS.
The Ministry a Coalition One Ap
proved by the Conservatives.
Lima, Peru, Dec. 14.—The entire Chilian
cabinet has resigned. The event has
caused a sensation.
The cabinet that has just resigned was
a coalition ministry, with the approval of
the conservatives, who had blocked the
reform efforts of Senor Antunez, a former
premier.
FLEISCHMAN'S FORTINE.
The Bulk of the Estate Goes to the
Widow and Children.
Cincinnati, O„ Dec. 14.—The will of
Charles Fleischman was probated to-day.
After making special provision for hie wid
ow he directs that the remainder be di
vided into four shares, one to go to the
widow and one to each of his children.
Some local charities were also remember
ed.
For Over Fifty Years
Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind colic, and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle,
—ad.
STI LI, WATCHING THE DISPENSARY.
Crowds o£ Colored People Kept an
Eye on It Yesterday.
From the Morning News, Dec. 15.
Six negroes, charged with disorderly con
duct and obstructing the sidewalk in front
of St. James dispensary, were sent to jail
for ten days by Recorder Hartridge yes
terday in default of fines. The offenders
were Henry Freeman, Will Phillips, John
Middleton, Eddie Cohen, John Siegnor and
Sam Harris.
The excitement among the negroes over
the belief that the dispensary physicians
kidnap children to dissect has by no means
lessened. There came near being another
demonstration yesterday as the children
from the West Broad street colored school
passed the dispensary and stopped. A
crowd soon gathered which might have re
sulted in a petition of the previous day’s
disturbance but for Policeman Connally of
the Central railroad force, who notified
the barracks. Policeman Cronin was in
structed to disperse the crowd. No at
tempt was made to climb the trees or
enter the dispensary, and w-hen told by the
policeman to move on, the crowd did so
without resisting. All gazed curiously at.
the building and attempted to peer in the
windows in an effort to catch a glimpse of
something.
A rumor was circulated among the ne
groes along West Broad street in the af
ternoon to the effect that an attempt
would be made by the physicians during
the night to obtain four bodies. It was
the idea of the more incredulous that a
sufficient number of children had already
been obtained and a number of negro men
were wanted. They seemed to under
stand that men are employed by the dis
pensary to get subjects for dissection and
that the methods are to get upon the vic
tims surreptitiously, then chloroform and
carry the negroes to the dissecting roqyns,
where they are dealt with according to
surgical regulations. This incredulity is
having an undesirable effect, and employ
ers of negroes having occasion to send
them on night errands are much disgiisted
at the condition which seems to prevail
and especially is this the case along West
Broad street and vicinity, where many
are employed.
Attracted by the crowds and somewhat
interested in the scare shown by the ne
groes, a man stopped in front of the dis
pensary during the afternoon and was
making inquiries about the affair and the
feeling which prevailed. Two or three ne
gro children were standing nearby and to
discover if they were shy on the subject,
he called: “Catch those two there, they are
just the size we have been wanting.”
This came near causing a demonstration.
The youngsters started on a run down
West Broad street, shouting for help.
Several negroes standing on neighboring
corners come to investigate, and the stran
ger thought it best to leave the place im
mediately. The ready inclination to excite
ment obtains among older negroes as well
as the children and many are making cap
ital of it. There are many among the bet
ter informed even who adhere to the be
lief that medical institutions all over the
country kidnap negroes for dissecting pur
poses. Policeman Connally said that one
negro with whom he talked abbufeed the
physicians of kidnapping negroes for the
purpose of making medicine of them.
The matter is naturally too ridiculous to
admit of any denial on the part of the phy
sicians interested in 'the disjFnjary find
they have nothing to say, except to laugh
at it. The condition is, of course, deplora
ble, and it may be some time before the
excited negroes are quieted. It brings the
institution into unpleasant notoriety, the
effects of which may be felt for a time.
Talking on the subject to a Morning
News reporter, a physician connected with
the dispensary said he firmly believed
that the rumor had been started among
the negroes by some one unfriendly to the
institution. He said the physicians in
charge of the dispensary intend to employ
detectives and ascertain the guilty parties
if possible. There is no doubt whatever, he
said, that the rumor was started for the
purpose of stirring up a sentiment against
the institution, from the fact that it was
not claimed any particular negro was
missing. This corroborated the theory, the
physician said, that the rumor had not
been started without reason.
“The physicians of the dispensary intend
sending letters to every colored minister in
the city explaining the objects of the dis
pensary,” he continued, “and requesting
that something appropriate be said against
the recent disturbance, and these colored
people who allow themselves to .be led off
by the rumors that have been circulated.
It is our desire to get the colored people in
formed about the dispensary, and its ben
efits, and we consider this the best meth
od.”
It was not found necessary to make any
further arrests during the day, and while
it is expected the belief will obtain among
the negroes for some days, the police do
not believe there is any probability of an
other demonstration. Close watch is be
ing kept around the dispensary, and
enough police could be ordered there at a
moment’s notice to disperse any crowd
that might attempt to search the building
or otherwise molest the property.
TENEMENT IN A BLAZE.
A Darned Roof the Principal Dam
age Done.
From the Morning News, Dec. 15.
Fire broke out in a row of tenement
houses, owned by H. J. Schnaars, at No.
551 Jones street, yesterday afternoon at
4:30 o’clock. The alarm was sent in from
box 34, at Wilson and Walker streets. The
firemen responded from engine houses Nos.
3 and 4, reaching the place before the
flames had gotten under much headway.
The house in which the lire started is
a 2-story frame, comprising four separate
apartments, all of which front on Jones
street Several colored families occupy
the place. The Are originated in an upper
room, at the east end of the building. The
occupants began removing their funiture,
and by the time the firemen reached the
scene, the rooms at that end of the house
were entirely cleared. The firemen soon
had a stream on the blaze, which had
made its way through the roof, and was
burning rather briskly. Within twenty
minutes it was extinguished without furth
er damage than the destruction of the
roof of the apartment in which the blaze
started.
The houses along that part of Jones
street are close together, and but for the
quick work of the department, a heavy
loss might have been sustained. The prop
erty was insured with Capt, Henry Kol
shom.
ROBBERIES HIRING THE FUNERAL
Thieves Loot a Jewelry Store of
Diamonds and Watches.
Canton, 0., Dec. 14.—During the progress
of the funeral of Mrs. McKinley to-day
several robberies occurred. The home of
Irwin Marshall was entered and a large
quantity of jewelry was secured. J. G.
Kramer's jewelry establishment opposite
the church was looted of diamonds, watch
es and other jewelry. A number of pockets
were also picked of valuables.
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
twenty-fourth annual session
OPENED AT WASHINGTON.
The Annual Report of the Executive
Committee Adopted Without a Dis
senting Vote—A Considerable Por
tion of the Report Devoted to the
Currency Question—The Predic
tion Made That Silver Will Again
Be the Issue in 1000.
Washington, Dec. 14,-The national
board of trade met here to-day for its
twenty-fourth annual session, ex-Gov.
Stannard of St. Louis presiding in the
absence of Frederick Braley of Philadel
phia, who has been president of the board
since its organization in 18G8.
The executive committee made its an
nual report, which was adopted without
a dissenting vote. On the subject of the
currency the report says: “Probably
there is no subject which is still of such
importance as that of the currency. While
the great uprising in favor of sound mon
ey in 1896 was not without its good effect
there is still much to be desired in the
way of permanent prosperity, which con
dition is mainly due to the fact that the
future of our monetary system is still
largely in doubt. Over-confidence in the
continued influence for good of the defeat
of free silver at the last election is a se
rious mistake.
While hard times are undoubtedly a stim
ulus to unsound system of finance it is a
mistake to suppose that the numerous
friends of such systems will be entirely
satisfied by a return of prosperity. Hard
times, which did not originate the silver
question, have undoubtedly been used by
interested parties to install false ideas in
to the minds of many of our working men
and farmers, which have become a part
of their political belief. A spirit of unrest
and dissatisfaction still exists among such
classes, and there is no evidence that
among such any great conversion from the
free silver doctrine has taken place any
where in the country. In New York or
Nebraska the opinions of the dissatisfied
are now practically the same as before
the election. The form may have changed-
As free silver was but a form and natural
sequence of the greenback heresy, so now
the tendency is to become a flat money
rather than a silver fallacy; but in what
soever form it shows itself, it has be
come a general theory of pub
lic policy and a conspicuous tenet in tha
doctrine of a national political party. To
such the free silver or flat money ques
tion, and all considerations of currency
reform will be made subservient thereto.
The only way to meet it is by persistent
education, for which purpose some of th©
sound money organizations have been con
tinued and a national one formed, though,
without very much popular interest or
support, and by the addition of a sound
financial policy, including not only coin-
but banking and currency. While
our present system exists there is the
ever-impending danger of a repetition of
our late financial difficulties, when the
country would be at the mercy of those
who do not have its best interests at heart.
In the absence of careful attention in the
meantime—unless by some very unexpect
ed contingency—we shall have an unpre
cedented degree of national prosperity at
the time of the next general and presiden
tial elections#—we may expect to see th©
fiat money issue the issue of the cam-
D3,i«n.” 4 .
A report try Jdnathdn A. Lane of TWlfto'rt*’" *
was adopted which advocates extension
of the civil service rules to cover the con
sular service to the end of securing practi
cal business men in the service, father
than purely political appointees. i
Another important recommendation was
that hereafter importers be compelled to
attest their invoices before a magistrate
of the country from which the goods were
shipped in addition to their oath before
the United States consul. It is alleged
that several milflons dollars are lost to
the government annually by under-valu
ation in goods paying an ad valorem duty,
the oath before a United States consul not
being binding in the country of export.
A report was adopted from the commit
tee on uniformity of state laws. This es
pecially looks to the unifying of commer
cial laws in the various states. There is
at present so great a variety among th©
banking laws and laws relating to com
mercial piper that much confusion results
in the conduct of interstate business.
Several of the states have abrogated the
laws relating to lavs of grace on commer
cial paper, and there are many other va
riations which make it almost impossible
for business men to cany on transactions
cutside their pwn stales without the aid
of a lawyer at the other end of the line.
Somewhat in the same line, is the ob
ject of the Torrey bill, which received the
endorsement of the meeting. This meas
ure relates to the unifying of the land laws
of the’several states so as to make the
methods of land transfer and the clearing
of titles the same throughout the country,
simplifying the various existing processes
reducing the expense to the minimum.
The recommendations of Surgeon Gener
al Wyman for a national quarantine law
were discussed at length and heartily en
dorsed.
The New Orleans Board of Trade and th©
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce were ad
mitted to membership.
FIVE TRAIN ROBBERS CAUGHT.
They Tried to Hold Up the Sunset
y Flyer at Stein’s Pass.
Silver City, N. M., Dec. 14.—The Wells-
Fargo Express Company’s special officers
and deputy United States marshals have
captured In Eastern Arizona five of the
train robbers engaged in the attempted
robbery of the Southern Pacific “Sunset
Flyer,” at Stein’s pass last Thursday
night. They will be brought to New Mex
ico for trial. The penalty for train rob
bery in this territory is death.
A WORN-OUT FAD.
“Spring Medicines,” “Blood Purl
ers” and “Tonics” An Old-fash
ioned Idea.
Pure blood, strong nerves and muscles,
firm, healthy flesh, can only come from
wholesome food well digested. "Blood pu
rifiers” and "nerve tonics” do not reach
the cause of the mischief. The stomach
is the point to be looked after. The safest
and surest way to cure any form of In
digestion is to take after each meal some
harmless preparation which will of Itself
digest food. There is an excellent prepa
ration of this kind composed of vegetable
essences, pure pepsin, Golden Beal and
fruit salts, sold by druggists under name
of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets and these
tablets taken after meals assist digestion
wonderfully, because they will digest the
food promptly before it has time to fer
ment and sour end the weak stomach re
lieved and assisted in this way soon be
comes strong and vigorous again.
Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are superior
to any secret patent medicines because
you know what you are taking into your
stomach. They are sold by druggists ev
erywhere at 50 cents per package.
Write Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich., for
book on stomach diseases.