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ESTABLISHED 1850.
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
Gathered from our late
EXCHAXUEB. - -
found lad in Bed—Death from a
Cat’* Bite—Serious Gusniiig Accident
-J'Hllin* Forty Feet—The Walker
Murderer* Likely to be Lynched—The
Flame* in Clarke. *
<>:; morning last James Sauaay, a
r. -man who came to Augusta from Colum
ns. C., to work in one of the cotton facto
ries. was found dead in Uis t><d. An inquest
r , tied the fact that he died of heart di-aae.
On Monday morning \brant S. fienmefleld.
i red shoemaker, was, round lying in hi*
i.-t : . :ulbythe rtdeof his little son. who, on
vl:iig, found his father with bu legs hanging
, , the side of the be<L The little fellow tried
;. ate his father up. and not being able to
went ont and told the fact, and it was
f,. .ud that be was dead. A verdict was re•
t:rt.' 1 that he came to his death from natural
\ Mr. J. A. Bradford, of < olumbußi is a
. :ti foe hi English sparrows, and offers *'s
a piece for the heads of one hundred of
- little foreigners, which seem to iiav* be
. great pest. Now let the City Conacil
-' -e the use of Alabamaliugers, and the
r Columbus will have a gouti time gan>
liave received the initial number of the
rv-n‘.jg dally, til.* .>7, pubiohci lo Tt
laut.t by the Star Publishing Company, which
. -.inany has been Incorporated, and of which
M Erastu* Brainerd. formerly of the Contti
. is the editor, with Mr. H. U. Cabaniss,
:i known in Journalistic circles, as the busi
u, manager. In their card the publishers
tt • ‘itr has sufficient capital to meet
. amis it is likely to make, nnd has no
ijt. -• tn ask beyond those the public always
•• ,r I- to a legitimate and honest enterprise.
; i.umber before ns is a very neat typo
v - . at specimen, and its pages show a vig
p. idea of the duties of journalism,
i ; imminent Atlanta chemist says that ten
; ,ii nof dollars will be invested in laanti
r. curing purposes on the lineof the Georgia
TANARUS: .; .I. between Atlanta ami Decatur, this
• ,r. This is good news if the prediction
- verified, and “we shall see what we shall
Tit!■ farmers of Baldwin county aro plant
-5-; Irish potatoes on a large scale. We are
i to hear litis, for it is one of the most
i and important crops that can be plaut
tiif enormous consumption being a proof
i lib.t county is rejoicing at its manifest de
.rv .-i- in litigation. Only forty-one cases
, . . n returned for the March term of the
- ; crior Court, which is the smallest return
in tny a day f r the of the court.
t . .rrfe with the Veto Fra that it is an iu
r on of a better order of things. Law is
n expensive luxury, and whenever the pco
iii.d it out their prosperity is enhanced
>t in the ratio that such is the rule.
eldest sonMr. K. I*. Baldwin, ofTal
i. aged eleven years, named Coina, went
•it huL'ting on Thursday last, accompanied
mall colored boy. They wandered aliout
::.iif mile from their home. < oma stood on
_ with the butt of his gun resting on the
On a sudden the gun slipped, ihe ham
mer -truck the log, and the gun was dis
. rgfd, the load passed through his left arm.
thirteen the elbow and wrist, completely
- .ttering both bones of the arm.
<* Thursday last a colored man in theem
<>f Mr. J. 11. Bussey, abont six miles west
Taliiotton, climbed a pine tree forty feet
. . and was engaged in trimming the tree.
- 4an axe for that purpose. Wbother he cut
ihe itmb he was sitting on between the tree
sad him is not known, but by some means he
- his hold and came dashing to the ground.
, ng with terrific force. Hi* contact with
u r earth broke one leg and one arm and
m-ed serious internal injuries, from which a
fatal re-ulr is anticipated.
A •! of shamrock is growing in the Catho
i i liurch yanl at Athens that was set out
in Father Ryan. Irish societies on the np
pi ..u hing St. Patrick’s Day will take due
m : of the fact and govern themselves ac
! residence of Mr. .Jas. Carr, at Mays
. .in Clarke county, on the Northeastern
K i il, was destroyed by Are on Monday last,
t h lire was accidental, hut it is somewhat
1 irkahle that three fires have occurred in
•t it i .nity very recently.
Mr-. C. A. Evans, the wife of the Rev. Gen.
-.* ii.s. i* lying ill at the residence of Mrs. J.
V M.-holson, at Athena. General Evans has
c i. ummoned to her bedside, and the grav -
■ .pprehensions are felt for her recovery.
On Monday night last an enterprising bur
- . entered the dwelling house of Mr. J. W.
Falkner, a farmer, who lives about live miles*
ir I' Atlanta, and proceeded to adininister
blon.form to him. The latter was awakened
5 ils- in-.-e In hi.- bed room, and looking
ad he saw a man ransacking his bureau
*i rawer*,ami springing from the bed made for
tlie tl: ‘f. who, however, was 100 quick for
:: in i made his e-cape. An investigation
a. i ti. it the thief had secured SBS. which
ti.i tanner had in his pant* pocket. Near the
was found a handkerchief, which had
• •• -a!'.rated with chloroform, with which
it the thief had administered to
fore commencing Me work.
U‘"'. -am. Jones received on Sunday last
in- . ■ .ugregation of st. James’Church,
• Augusta, -iuo for his orphans’ home at
1 1 i ima.-ville Fntcrpri** says: “Col. R.
: 1 ntry v, a- in the city Saturday and fa
il iu- with a call. He" is the most indoini
: i .ikvr for the Morning News in the
Tin" flr-: -had of the season was caught by
'■isji-vf Key. a well known colored fisherman,
• 111 -; drift on the river near Augusta late j
'■ion i afternoon. It is seldom that shad are I
t aught ibis early in the season.
'n.ator Colquitt reached Albany hv the j
rn Railroad from his Western tour
_ t-itrday afternoon. He seemetl in goes I ;
i a au l spirits, and was evidently pleased :
' aet with his friends in that sectiou once j
l* ma-iille Fnterprine: “The Gulf House |
■ • m twite -|tecially honored this week. ;
I w • day last His Grace, tbe Duke of i
v ■ a-tic. accompanied by his physician, j
a-ted there, and last Saturday morning !
II Frank Leslie was a guest of the estab- i
A runaway horse and wagon on Broad j
-in.:. Augusta, at StlOo’clock Tuesday after- t
j - ran over a child of Air. George P'. Curry ;
a the sidewalk, and it is thought the little !
v - faulty injured. The child is named 1
C'eman Curry, is about 6 years old, and his !
; . r:- are very serious. His jawlwne i
r Icn. and perhaps other bones in his body
broken bv the wagon passing over him. I
effort of medical skill was immediately I
employed iu the little fellow’* behalf.
tt Elizabeth station, a few miles below
It i. . a negro man named Einold Mitchell j
“a.- shot aud killed by the accidental i
>1.5. large of a gun in the hands of James B. j
ihgg-. Diggs ii as a clerk in a store at tintt j
'“’■id. On Nunday a party of negroes entered ;
-ikepurchases. Diggs informed them that
übi -ell no goods on thatday.andlaugh- i
i*el> -anl unless they left at once he would ,
•i • them, and picked up a gun and leveled it ;
a: ' ni, and in replacing the weapon the
•tauer snapped with the above fatal result.
1' -eemea to lie overwhelmed. He *ur-
Ns irml to the authorities and was placed
; s>!cr *>nd. , •
A vl nnd curious death is recon led in the
•■/ RtcorHer of the son of Mr. J. W.
I. which occurred in Baldw in county on j
'! in . * v night, of which the follow ing an* the j
irticulars: “Aliout two months ago a i
’*> -cat appeared on the lotof Air. \ inson. j
h i. ared to he sick or weak from sonic j
■r other. Tbe children took it in the ■
to care for it, and while Willie A inson ;
.hilling it, the cat hit him on the end of ;
* : L-„er. fastening its teeth so firmly that i
nil not be loosened from the cat's
--until the rabid animal was k ; Ued. The'
; healed, ami the occurrence was about !
r ; n. when, two (lays before his death,
' ■!■!• ins of hvdropholiia appeared. and cou
' - continued w ith increasing violence
the |ioor bov was relieved by death. In
r mnionof D'r. Suns the death occurred
!r 1 v Irophobia causes! by tbe bite of the
'si m. !-e than two months ago. - ’
In Macon, at the Brown llon*e Monday !
a-u ldtu death occurred. Mr. Edward
!■ ; tl. with his wife, arrived by the
■' -t-rn train from Florida in the even
-1 ; ite for New York. They were ae
- i a room, and the gentleman ami his
*'dc. lin f irmcra hearty, robust and splendid
■ nicn of mao hood, began making their toi
■' - .ii|>er. He had not gone far in this
1 i" is . m when he suddenly gave a gasp and
kin the rttstr. Hi* wife gave the alarm (
J" E! i*r. lilni-kshcar was summoned to his 1
Urn-, i,,. j, r Riactshear did all in hi* power
t" r --u-citatc Mr. Kichantson, but to no avail. .
imraly-is, and there was no remedy.
*'• ;ln*<l'his last at two o'clock Tuesday .
ng. With his wife lie had been spend- '
the winter in Thomasville, and was on his ,
**:■ t rue from that place when he received j
■ i leu -unimon*. I-ast winter he went
Tt na-viiie with his onlv son, who Uieil
wfcerv.
-' : -;iaia Poti-Apteal: “It seems that tbe
fi'.n,*- attending the operations of what is
f”‘ rtv n in railroad circles as the Green Line
iiearmg House in Atlanta has excited tbe
"t the large Western and Northwestern
r,l,r " : ' j- having connection with Atlanta,
- that a strong and successful effort has
made to demolish the whole structure
“-I traasjiort it rafter for rafter to some point
, ,rt “ of I li&ttanooga, which means either
c-m-nii,. or Nashville, most probably the
tornier. The trouble first manifested itself
“;;*erai months ago, and since then has gradn
’ ■I extended until it embraces all the most
oatortau; railroad systems of the West and
in anv way connected with the
house. There is a strong disposition
“athe prt of Southern road* to maintain the
prevent -rrangement, but the pressure from
‘ae more powerful corporation* 1* too great to
*"* ;hstood, and inevitable demolition <uu*t
Savannah morning news
Some of the people of Macon are considera
bly exercised, abd there is much discussion
regarding the propriety and possibility of the
Mayor and < ouncit putting a muffler on the
church bells by aa ordinance forbidding the
ringing of the church belta c ailing people to
church •ervice They say that therTngfngof
the church belts ta a nuisance and an unneces
sary custom. If they .ucceed in having the
Macon will have
h wIM lesrty dmw to the world
that the Maooaites are averse to the beautiful
iJ ol tlle Oxford students:
,” ar } c *errv Christ Church bells,
AVhieh tvery day at four and ten
come! come! come! to pravers,
Ana the Verger® troop before the Sean.’
trust the oppotition won’t stop the mo
tion and music of the church heik* happs
ln the good old city of churt*he6 and
A gentleman gives the following remiuis-
Eiwneeof Judge Coue to the Eatouton M***en
vw- years ago Eatonton was it fast
town? Gambling or-ail kinds, cock fighting
nnd home radtng wawthe rule, as ir is Qw- ex
ception now. why, sir, atone term of the
i-owrt, 184.-, or the grand jure returned
one true hill against forty perilous— Jno. W.
j Aahurst. .-solicitor Genera), and a number of
I promm cut lawyers included—in one batch for
, gaming. It was in this case that it is said
Juitge Lone made himself famous. When the
case was reached, all of the defendant* arose
and plead guilty. *sdgc -tone fined each of
them ten dollars and cost*, and lectured them
severely upon the uselessnes* and immorality
of such habits, and the vicionsneas pf the
example which they were setting tor the
youth of the country; then commanding the
defendants to taks-tlielr seats, with a solemn.
MHEMBHE&SS
i VS. Judge Cone; gaming, special information
by His Honor; plea of guilty, amt flue him one
hundred dollars and costs. Call the next case,
• sir.’ ”
Atlanta puplic schools have a regular fire
; drill which the children practice. Every
; *ehaol in the city, white and colored, gram
i mar school and high school, is uuder the sys
j tem of drill. At the tap of the Ik?U or the cry
j of fire the children spring to their feet, step to
: tlie aisle and march out of the buiidiug three
abreast. They are not permitted to take with
them any of their books, hats or anything
| else. The Walker street school is the largest
, of the eight grammar schools, and has seven
; hundred and twenty-live pupils on the roll.
! A test of the lire drill was made there a few
! 'lays ago. As soon as the bell was sounded
! there was a rumbling noise made
by the numberlens feet inside the build
ing, and in au instant almost the steady
stream of young folks began to pour
; out of the building. Tltev came out with a
tramp, trump, tramp, like soldiers, three
abreast acd bareheaded. The la.-t child filed
out in one minute and ten seconds. At a simi
lar te-.t. the girls’ high school was cleared in
forty-five seconds, aud the Crew Street School
iu sixty-three seconds. The children never
know when there is a fire and when there is
not. They are instructed and trained simply
to rise wheu the alarm is given, form into line
aud inarch out without looking hack. The
teachers are the last to leave the room, and
not a wont is spogen. Throughout all the
drills there has never been an accident. At
the Ivy .street School a fire broke out one dav.
The janitor lapped the liell, and the children
went out laughing. Thev sup|s>scd that it
was a test drill.
Barks and Cunningham, the'two murderers
of Rudd, in Walker county recently, who
were captured in Chattanooga and removed
from thefit-e to Atlanta jail, alsiut two weeks
ago, were taken to Ringgold on their way to
I-afayette. the county site of Walker countv,
Monday night. The news of their coming had
reached Ringgold before tbeir arrival, and a
large crowd of between three amt four hun
dred people had assembled to meet them. At
first the officers were at a loss ts to what
course topursne.but after a consultation with
the Sheriff of Walker county it was decided
to put them in Sail at Ringgold and place a
strong guard about it to prevent them from
being lynched. The crowd followed the pris
oners to the jail, aud it was with the utmost
difficulty that the mob was prevented from
taking them. After placing spies around the
| jail to see that no attempt would Ih* made to
i remove them the mol) left in a tasty, it is
thought to procure assistance, and it is ex
. pected they will rescue the prisoners and
! hang them, which they avowed thev
would do when the train first arrived.
The greater )>ortion of the men who
j composed the crowd were strangers, aud
i it is thought were from Walker county.
They were all armed and determined looking
men. and appeared fully capable of carrying
j out their threats. A special dispatch to the
i ( hattanooga Tiuu* from Ringgold, dated 1
i o’clock Tuesday uight, says: "As yet no at
. tempi lias I us- 11 made to lynch Bark* anil
; Cunningham, but crowds of men can be seen
moving aliout on the streets in every direc
; tion. and the authorities are expecting every
minute for the lynchers to mute an altack.
The guard around the jail has been increased,
and the officers say they will fight to the last.’’
THOMASVILLE.
Tlie Railroad to Tallahassee—A Boom
In Ileal Estate—“ Stop Thief!”
Thom as vn. lk. Feb. 2'.—The people of this
section are more than pleased with the pros
pect for the early building of the ThomasviHe
and Tallahassee road. The fertile section to
lx* opeued up by its building was appropriate
ly noticcl in your editorial columns a few
days ago. Mr. Chas. 11. Adams, of New
York, President of this road, arrived in
Thomasville last night, and left this morning
by private conveyance for Tallahassee, in
company with two directors of the road. Col.
A. I*. Wright, of this place, being one of
them.
Already real estate is lieing influenced in
view of this new outlet And just here it will
not lx? out of place to suggest that the people
of Thomasville would do well not to place too
high a value upon sneh property as may be
offered for sale. Property here is val liable
and will always command a line price, but
the future will dishonor drafts that are exces
sive. It is not our purpose to lecture and to
tender unsolicited advice, for the people of
Thomasville are eminently capable of taking
care of themselves, but merely to throw out a
suggestion en passant.
ljuite an amusing chase took place the
other day on Broad street. A “brother iu
black" purchased a pair of pants, or rather
arranged to buy a pair from one of our mer
chants, aud when they were wrapped up he
quietly placed them under his arm and dash
ed out of the store. The merchant followed
fast, yelling “stop thief" at every step, and
was quickly joined by a large number, who
heartily enjoyed hut" soon abandoned the
chase. ’ Cuffee, however, was soon overtaken,
placed iu jail, ami yesterday forfeited lus
ballot aud last year's wages. The happy
merchant advised him: “By tain. I don’t
bought some Pantaloons dot va’y, und I don’t
sold some dot vav.”
some of our truckmen are a little appre
hensive alxmt further cold weather. They
fear a late frost may come,
“And, like the tyranuous breathing of the
North.
shake all their buds from blowing.”
TH E LYNCHBURG TOBACCO FIRE
A Hravy Loss to Messrs. .Myers Bros.
Jfc Cos.
Lynchrurg, Va„ Feb. 28.—Tbe loss on
the tobacco manufactory of Myers Bros.
& Cos., which was, with its contents, to
tally destroyed by fire last night, is esti
mated at $40,000. At la. m. the fire was
gotteu under control. Myers Bros. A Co.’s
insurance is between SOT>.OOO and $7.”>,000,
and the loss on the building and 400,000
]H>undsof manufactured and 10,000 pounds
of leaf tobacco is estimated at $120,000.
Train Robbers Sentenced.
San Francisco, Feb. 28.—An Elko dis
patch says: **Kay, the wounded train
robber, was brought here from Salt Lake
yesterday. This morning the prisoners
were brought into court, and all pleaded
guilty of assault with intent
to rob, and asked to be sentenced imme
diately. Kay, Hawley and Travers were
sentenced to’fourteen years, and Earl and
Jackson to twelve years in the peniten
tiary.’’ '
A Bank Kmbczilrr Sentenced.
Jersey City, Feb. 28. —Robert Z. Cook,
the clerk who embezzled $9,780 of the
funds of the Fifth Ward Savings Bank of
this city, was arraigned in the Hudson
special sessions this morning. He entered
a plea of guilty, waiving indictment, and
Judge Garretson promptly sentenced him
to the State prison for five years, ne is
the fourth officer of this bank convicted
and sentenced for plundering it within a
few weeks.
In the Hands of the Sheriff.
CHICAGO. Feb. 28.—Geo. H. Taylor A
Cos., proprietors of a large paper and
printing establishment, this morning con
fessed judgment for $120,000. The place
was seized by the Sheriff, and is now in
the hands of a Deputy Sheriff. Taylor
places his debts at $400,000, and says he
can pay in full if his debtors pay up.
Destructive Fire In Paris, Ky.
Paris, Feb. 28.—A tire last night de
stroyed the buildings of Davis & Lyle,
druggists, the Western Union Telegraph
office, Croxt-on, dealer in notions. JonnF.
Xesbit, groceries, X. Kreuicr, saddlery, J.
Xeal, saloon, Walter Clark, liven- stable,
and Davis A Rvan. irroceries. The total
loss is $75,000 to SIOO,OOO.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D.- C., Feb. 28. —Indica-
tions for Thursday:
In the South Atlantic States, fair
weather, stationary or Blight rise in tem
perature, southwest winds, becoming va
riable, and stationary or lower barometer.
Steamer Abandoned.
Malta, Feb. 28.—The steamer William
Dickinson has been abandoned. Thirteen
of her crew are missing. Fourteen were
saved.
Prohibition Defeated in Texas.
Galveston, Tex., Feb. 28.—An Austin
special says the prohibition bill has been
defeated.
J. J. Daniel. Mclntosh, Ga., says;
“Brown’s Iron Bitters cured my sister of
dyspepsia and general debility,”
THE TARIFF CONFERENCE,
MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES RE
FUSING TO SBRVE.
Mr. Carlisle Sticks to the Committee-
Increase of Pensions—Aa Apology from
Cox—Levee Improvement Discussed—
Another Night Session of the House-
Decrease in the Public Debt.
w ffsHiXGTON, Feb. 28.—At the close of
the last session Mr. Robeson, who was the
owner of a good deal of stock in the
Keiler combination, got himself together
and drew up a resolution thank
ing Keifer for the tnannner in which
he had .presided over the House. He
intended to introduced it, but thought
that be would first show it to the Demo
crat* and get some views from them on it.
He got such views that he refrained from
offering the resolution. It is always
usual to thank the Speaker by resolution
at the close of the session. Robeson is
going to try once more jo get Keifer
thanked. lie and Haskett have prepared
a resolution to that effect, and they have
shown, it to a number of Democrats. The
expression from them has been of such a
Keifer has behaved liettcr towards the
Democrats this session than last.
DKCLIKK TO bERVK ON THJC COMMITTER.
Senators Bayard and Beck withdrew
from the conference committee on the
Senate tariff bill, after sitting two hours
und vainly endeavoring to have the House
resolution reported to the Senate, with
the explanation that it was the united
action of the House conferees, and there
fore under the Ingalls resolution the Sen
ate conferees must withdraw.
Senators Morrill, Sherman aud Aldrich
did not agree with Messrs. Bavard and
Beek as to the necessity of withdrawal,
and proceeded to consider the schedule.
The two Democratic Senators going out,
left Carlisle alone as the free trade mem
ber. aud he soon alter left the committee
room and went home, not, how
ever, formally withdrawing. The matter
of the constitutional prerogative of the
House was left for the present, a fair pre
sumption being that it will not be raised
if tlie bill can be made to suit the pro
tectionists. The Committee sat until half
past 11 and discussed the chemical
schedule without making anv material
change. Thgjuiportant articles were not
reached.
Representative Randall has declined
eertice on the tariff conference committee,
as have also Messrs. Morrison and Tucker,
who were afterwards appointed. The
Speaker then took the matter under fur
ther consideration.
CARLISLE REFUSES TO BARGAIN.
VVben Tucker, Morrison and Randall
refused to-day to serve on the tariff con
ference committee, the two former and a
number of other Democrats went to Mr.
Carlisle and asked him to refuse to serve
also. They told him that to refuse would
aid him in iiis candidacy for the Speaker
ship. Replied Carlisle:*“l w ill not refuse
to serve. If to aid my candidacy for the
Speakership 1 have to neglect my duty as
a Representative, then 1 do not want to
be Speaker.”
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, a message was received
announcing the names of the House eon
ferees on the internal revenue and tariff
bill. At Mr. Garland’s request, the mes
sage was read. Mr. Garland asked to
have read trom the Coiujresaional Record
the resolution of the House instructing
its conferees to consider fully the consti
tutional objections to the internal revenue
bill as amended by the Senate, and to bring
| the same, together with the opinion of the
House in regard thereto, before the com
mittee of conference, etc., and moved to
reconsider the motion by which the Sen
ate agreed to the conference.
The Senate, by a vote of 26 to 24, de
feated the motion offered by Mr. Ed
munds to lay Garland’s motion on the
table.
The President finally ruled that it was
not in order to read the action of the
i House from the records, as Mr. Garland
htid proposed.
Mr. Garland appealed from the decision.
After the question had been debated for
some time. Mr. Ingalls offered a resolu
tion declaring it to be the opinion of the
Senate that the conference should be full
and free, and instructing the Senate con
ferees if they found that any limitation
was placed by the House on the action of
its committee, to retire and report that
fact to the Senate for its consideration.
Mr. Sherjnan at hrst objected to the res
olution, but withdrew his objection later,
and the resolution was a creed to without
division.
Mr. Garland then withdrew his appeal,
and the Senate resumed consideration of
the bill to give increased pensions td one
armed and one-legged soldiers.
Mr. Harris moved the indefinite post
ponement of the bill, which was lost—yeas
19, nays 24.
The sundry civil bill was reported and
Mr. Allison gave notice that he would
call it up to-morrow.
After a long debate and the disposal of
a great number of amendments, the sub
stitute offered by Mr. Platt some days ago
was adopted, the bill reported to the
Senate and passed.
The bill provides a pension of $24 per
month for the loss of one foot or one hand,
or an equivalent disability: for the loss of
an arm above the elbow, or leg above the
knee, or an equivalent disability, S3O.
The Senate then went into executive
session and adjourned at 10:30.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The House at 11:4."> a. m. went into com
mittee of the whole, Mr. Cannon, of Illinois,
in the chair, on the state of the Union,
and after a brief contest in regard to the
resjiective claims for precedence of the
deficiency (and river and harbor bills,
consideration of the latter measure was
resumed.
Mr. Speer, of Georgia, was the third
man appointed in place of Kaudull on the
taritl conference committee, and he ac
cepted the appointment.
Mr. Page, of California, rising to a ques
tion of privilege, called attention to some
sharp words which hail passed between
Mr. Cox. of New York, aud himself last
evening, and expressed his hope that the
gentleman would see tit to otter au apolo
gx for his personal remarks. Mr. Cox ex
pressed his high regard lor the gentleman
from California and said: “My friend is
going home to California, and I would not
have him take away a single feeling of
resentment against me. Therefore, in the
presence of the House, I make the amplest
apology.” [Applause.]
The discussion of the river and harbor
bill was then proceeded with.
Mr. Burrows, of Michigan. Chairman of
the Select Committee on the Improvement
of the Mississippi River, confined himself
to quoting briefly from the report of the
commission, explaining its recommenda
tions, and reatlmg short abstracts from
the testimony on which the report was
based.
Mr. Robinson, of Massachusetts, also a
member of the committee, directed his re
marks especially to the question of levee j
improvement. He would not stop to dis
cuss the constitutional question whether ,
Congress could expend money for the recla
mation of land, because he did not believe j
that the House would appropriate monev !
for that purpose. The committee, with
4he exception of two members, agreed that
no levees should be constructed as a part j
of the scheme of channel improvement.
This bill should lie guarded so that the j
river commission could not expend j
another dollar for the repair of the levees, j
Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, another mein- ’
ber of the committee, asserted that the i
Mississippi Commission had in no wise
exceeded its authority, and placed himself
on record here and now in favor of the
plan of the commission, and that, too, in
cluding tbe levees. Eight members or the
House, after floating down the Mississippi
by night and in a fog, on a freight boat
laden with empty kerosene barrels
and agricultural ’ implements, eame
here, in the face of all the expe
rience of the best scientists,
and said; “You shall not use the money
for this or that purpose, because, for
sooth, we have been down the Mississippi
river, and know more about it than you
or the commission.” The friends of the
pooling companies of railroads proposed
to limit this great national work and
strangle it to death.
Mr. Butterworth, oi Ohio, expressed his
disbelief in the idea that the w aters of the
Mississippi could be confined by mud walls
without a compromise with the muskrats
or a truce with the mole. He had no hos
tility to the levee system, but be did not
think that there sliould be any large ex
penditures of money for the construction
of levees until further experiments were
made. He delended the general plan of
appropriating for river and harbor nh
provement, and asserted that the man
from the West who voted against such
appropriations would have so few votes at
tne next election that it would not pay
him to count them.
Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, spoke favora
bly of the levee system,
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1883.
The bill was then read by paragraphs
for amendment. Tbe amendments offered
by Richardson and Mackey, of South Caro
lina, respectively, increasing the appro-
? nation for Charleston. S. C.,harbor from
100,000 to $260,000 and $200,000, were lost.
The committee then rose, ana Mr. Page
said that he would ask the House to sit
the bill out to-night. A recess was then
taken till 7:30 p. m.
At the evening session the bill was
passed for the re-appraisement of the
transport steamer Planter, captured bv
Robert Smalls.
The river ard harbor bill was then taken
up and the usual attacks upon individual
items began. Upon a motion to strike
out the appropriations for a couple of
small creeks in New .Jersey, a longaebale
followed.
Mr. Belford, of Colorado, made a short
and impassioned speech in favor of inter
nal improvements, and at its conclusion,
a deep “amen” from the Democratic side
elicited a shout of laughter. As theHquse
was in an excellent humor, and applaud
ed and laughed at the Speaker’s encour
aging them with cries of “go ahead,” or
discouraging them with tne advice to
“sit down,” or %ith shouts of “vote,”
there was much confusion In the cham
ber. The motion was finally lost. From
8:30 until 11 o’clock but little nrogress was
made, as there was a struggle over every
small item.
At 12:15 the committee found itselt
without u tpionini and rose, and fhe
Tlouse adjourned.
CONFIRMATIONS.
The Senate in executive sesstou to-night
confirmed the nominations of Geo. C.
McKee as Postmaster at Jackson, Miss.;
James K. Meek as United States Attorney
for the Eastern District of Tennessee:
Geo. X. Tillman as United States Marshal
for the Middle District of Tennessee.
NOMINATIONS.
The President to-day nominated the
following Postmasters: Washington It.
Merchant at New Orleans, La.; Dubose
Egleston at Winn si torn, S. C.
DECREASE in THE PUBLIC DEBT.
It is estimated that the decrease in the
public debt for February will lie about
$7,500,000.
MERRICK AND IXGERSOLL.
Passage of Choice Kpithets Between
■Star Route Counsel—Why Iterdell Be
came a Government Witness.
Washington, Feb. 28.—1n the star
route trial to-day, soon after the court
opened, Merrick andlngersoll became in
volved in a wrangle of more than usual
virulence. Ingersoll found fault with
Merrick for interrupting his cross-exami
nation of Rerdell. Merrick said he
should interrupt without regard to the
w ishes of counsel.
Ingersoll (warmly)—I do not want the
regard of counsel, and would consider his
regard as an insult.
Merrick (turning quickly toward his
opponent)—l never give inv regard to a
I>uppy.
Ingersoll (involuntarily picking up a
heavy inkstand, and red with anger)—
You are a dirty dog.
The court, pounding vigorously upon
the desk, finally restored order. Judge
Wylie was visibly shocked and outraged.
Mutual apologies followed, the offensive
expressions were withdrawn and ex
punged from the record, aud the cross
examination of Rerdell and a short re
direct examination was concluded. No
other witness w as called.
Mr. Bliss explained that the govern
ment had been for a long time aware of
Rerdell’s desire to appear as a govern
ment witness, influenced by regard for
his personal safety. The prosecution had
steadily refused to accept his offer until
the night he came to Merrick’s house, and
had then given hint distinctly to under
stand that he must plead guilty and
had no favor to .expect. Merrick
asked the witness his reason for becoming
a government w itness. Witness said the
first fact was the argument of his counsel
in the last trial, then Dorsey, as if sus
pecting him, came to the jail and threat
ened him with those letters. Again, his
wife told him of the condition of
his office, and upon inspection
he saw that someone had
gone through it. Convinced that he had
been deserted, and that it was Dorsey’s
purpose to get him out of the way, he
then and there resolved to go over to’ the
government, and in pursuance of that re
solve went to see Inspector Woodward.
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
Tlie Okeflnnkee Barge Canal Bill
l’assed—Much Business Unfinished.
Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 28.—N0 new
matter of interest was introduced in
either House last night. The Assembly
concluded the finance and revenue bill
after twelve o’clock, and reported it back
to the Senate with amendments that re
quire a committee of conference to deter
mine.
The Assembly was engaged this morn
ing on the second reading of bills. The
Senate was engaged on routine business,
and consumed much of the morning in
consideration of the road aud bridge bill.
There is a disagreement between the
House on the official printing bill, which
will require a joint committee to settle.
Night sessions are held to a late hour,
hut in stiite of this much business will he
left unfinished.
The Assembly has receded from the
amendments to the finance and revenue
bill.
The Assembly passed the barge canal
bill through, the Okeflnokee, which now
goes to the Governor.
A substitute for the city of Jacksonville
extension bill will be considered to-night.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
Bank Manager Resigned—Debt Settle
ment Biimors Revived.
City ok Mexico, Feb. 28.—Jules Mara
milledorff, General Manager of the Mexi
can National Bank, has resigned, and re
tired to-day. Gustave Sn ack, a German
merchant, temporarily sueceds him.
Rumors of an arrangement for the
settlement of the Mexican debt to the
English bondholders are being revived.
The official government orgarf states that
the President does not think the time for
the settlement of this debt has arrived,
and says that no official negotiations with
this view are on foot.
Motion for Injunction Denied.
New York. Feb. 28.—Judge Ingraham,
in the Superior Court special term this
afternoon, rendered a decision in the suit
of Win. S. Williams against the Western
Union Telegraph Company and others.
The motion decided was made for an in
junction to restrain the 'Western Union
Union Telegraph Company during the
pendency of this action from permitting
the transfer of any of the $15,526,590 of
stock of the defendant company, issued
under the agreement of January 19,1881,
to the stockholders of that corporation.
The court denies the motion for injunc
tion.
Mr. Gladstone in Paris.
Paris. Feb. 28.—Mr. Gladstone yester
day held an interview with President
Grevy and M. Challomel Laeour. Minister
of Foreign Affairs. He appeared to he
desirous to bring about an end of the
present tension between France and Eng
land. It is believed that fresh negotia
tions relative to Egypt are impending, not
as hitherto, on a basis of a condominium,
but on an arrangement that will place
France in a more favorable position than
she new occupies.
To Be Indicted Again*
New Orleans, Feb. 28.—Three hun
dred and fitty persons were in attendance
at the custom house to-day as witnesses
lx*fore the United .States grand jury. Jt is
understood that all the parties charged
with frauds during the late election will
he again indicted, the action of the former
grand jury having been set aside because
of an informality in the panel.
Reducing the Debt of Georgia.
New Y'ORK.Feb. 28.—Hon. D. N. Speer,
Treasurer of Georgia, has sold in Wall
street $160,000 of United States bonds
for the State of Georgia, and plaaed the
nroceeds.exceeding SIBO,OOO, in the Fourth
National Bank to reduce the debt of the
State.
The River Palling.
Cairo, Feb. 28.—The river has fallen
nearly two inches since noon yesterday.
All the rivers above are failing fas’t.
Mound City is safe, all danger being past.
An Earthquake in New England.
New York, Feb. 28.—Slight shocks of
earthquake are reported as having occur
red in Newport, R. 1., and other New
England points last night.
Progress of the Georgia Pacific.
Atlanta, Feb. 28.— The Georgia Pa
cific Railroad was completed to Anniston,
Alabama, to-day.
Failure of Silk Merchants.
London, Feb. 28.—Bavier Brothers, sijk
merchants, have failed. With liabilities of
1 100,000.
TALLAHASSEE JOTTINGS.
IMPORTANT MEASURES PASSED
BY THE LEGISLATURE.
To Pensacola by Rail East Florida
Seminary—The Local Option Law—A
Chaplain for the Convicts— The Rev
enue BUl—Thomasville and Tallahas
see Railroad.
Tallahassee, Feb. 27.—The bill known as
the International Railroad and Steamship
Company of Florida, on which General
Gordon Is named as the first incorporator, was
submitted last night by the committee with a
favorable report and read the mcond time.
TBkee or four amendments were offered and
successively voted down, the rules waived,
the hill placed on Us third reading and passed
by a decided majority.
Twahills of vast importance hare been act
ed on by tlie present Legislature, that above
mentioned, and that incorporating the Ship
Canal Company. The former, as I have be
fore stated, seems to eujov very general con
fident, anff the member* froni the extreme
south are in gleeful state of jubilation over
the bright prospects that aro flitting before
their enraptured visions. If the stretch of
water between the southern extremity of the
State and the Wand on which Key West is
situated, can be traversed by the iron horse
General Gordon is the man to avercouie the
obstacle*. He stands committed, it is under
b>od, to commence the work xrithin aixty
days, and his financial backing is iaid ,*o be of
the soundest and strongest character. Just
think of Jacksonville being within twenty
four hours of Havana, as will be the case whefi
this contemplated road is completed.
An invitation has been extended to the Leg
islature to visit Pensacola on Saturday upon
a special train to be furnished by the Pensa
cola aud Atlantic Railroad Company. But
comparatively few will avail themselves of
the opportunity, as the majority of those from
the Last and South are anxious to get back to
their families. I propose to enjoy tlie pleas
ure of a visit to Florida’s queen city ou the
Gulf at no distant period. It is somewhat odd
to think of the strong probability that exists
of tlie comparatively early connection of Pen
sacola ami Key West by'rail— the two most
remote extremities of the State. What mira
cles can money accomplish when guided and
directed by science!
Tlie struggle over the restoration to Ocala
of the Last Florida Seminary, from which
locality that institution had been transferred
several years ago to Gainesville, was decided
yesterday by the Assembly in favor of Ocala.
It is very certain that the matter, in either
event, will be brought to the attention of the
courts, aud will result in costly, protracted
aud vexations litigation. Gainesville will not
surrender the school until she has exhausted
all the resources at her command, while Ocala
contends as strenuously for the recovery of
her former projK-rty. I cannot Hay what will
be the result iu the Senate, as the measure lias
not readied that body.
It is said that there is a terrible flutter
among the drinking saloons all over the State,
caused by the passage of the temperance bills,
and that they are procuring licenses in all di
rections, so as to evade the law for another
twelve months. The local option clause will
have the effect of closing many noxious estab
lishments, nnd will gain strength constantly
as its beneficial effects are seen and compre
hended. The present U-gislature is far in ad
vance of any of its predecessors upon the sub
ject of temperance, and have adopted some
new and striking innovations upon the old
order of things.
An appropriation has been made for the
employment of a chaplain for the spiritual
instruction of tlie convicts, and it is greatly
to be hoped that his services will be lx*neficial
to the prisoners, although as a general rule,
persons umler such circumstances are not apt
to be reached by such influences. Still it is
right and proper that thev should lx* allowed
every opportunity to effect their reformation,
and to ho encouraged to become better citi
zens.
Although yesterday there were only four
days of the aession remaining, some ten or
more ucw bills were introduced iuto both
houses, although tlie chances aro twenty to
one that they will never l>c reported by the
committees.
The Senate made good headway this morn
ing in their regular routine work, transacting
a large amount of general legislation. Still it
is becoming painfully evident to manv anx
ious memiiers and perspiring lobbyists that
very many pet schemes anti cherished pro
jects are to lx; consigned to the gloomy- vaults
of tlie capitol, perhaps to be exhumed at the
next session for another trial of their merits,
but more probably to become tlie prev or the
mice and roaches.
Both houses are watching each other close
ly in regard to the passage of bills belonging
to their respective Ixtdies, and gentlemen oi
either house are looking out carefully for
their interests.
Tbe official printing bill came back from the
Assembly this morning with several amend
ments.
That body also reconsidered the bill return
ing the Last Florida Seminarv to Ocala, and
the bill yvas indefinitely postponed. This ac
tion prepares the wav for a lengthy aud cost
ly litigation in the courts, to which tribunals
tbe matter sliould have been referred origi
nally. For the next few months the good peo
ple of Ocala and Gainesville will have some
thing to talk about, and will be on the tip-toes
of expectancy.
The Assembly is still struggling with the
intricacies of the finance ami revehue bill,
ami is making but slow progress, having not
yet surmounted more than one-third of the
sections contained in tlie bill, which is the
bulkiest of the session.
Most of the hills of absolute necessity- aud
real merit liave been disposed of, aud there
remain now, as a general thing, only- tlie fag
ends of tlie session and those bills yvhich. iu
the opinion of novices, are among the "most
important,” etc,
There has been quite a reduction in the tem
perature for several days, and overcoats are
donned and (Ires sought for comfort. Some
anxiety is felt that a frost may vet blight the
present glowing hopes of the' truckers. A
good crop of fruit is expected throughout this
section should the ice king fail to putinau
appearance.
The Executive Committee of the Thomas
ville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad Com
pany will meet here to-morrow, yvhen it is
proposed to commence without delay upon
this important yvork. Contracts will be at
once made for grading prior te the crosstieiug
and ironing of the road. When the next
Legislature assembles in 1884 it is more than
probable that this important link, conuecting
ihe Gulf yvith the teeming Northyvest, will be
completed. Tallahassee attaches great im
portance to the measure, and regards it as
vitally necessary to her interests. W. JL B. j
CANARIES CHIRP FOR CASH.
Feathered Competitors in Another Sing
ing Match.
Philadelphia Record.
Considerable interest has been created
by the singing match by canary birds,
which took place at James Dawson’s, No.
823 Callowliill street. Dawson arranged
another match of the same kind, which
took place last evening, The entries on
the first occasion numbered five birds, of
which lut three came to time: hut last
night the owners of eight birds posted
their monev, and half a dozen of them
produced their songsters to contend for
the stakes.
The names of the backers and their birds
were as follows: George Barlow’s “Mu
sic,” Thomas Gill’s “Flute,” Mr. Jordan’s
“Harp,” William More’s “Joe,” Samuel
Bentley’s "Smother Me.” and George
Armitage’s “Samson.” On the occasion
of the first contest “Music” sang himself
to the front with a redbrd of 59% seconds
outof his allotted lOminutes; “Flute,” the
favorite, coming in second, with a 24 sec
onds record. It was acknowledged that
the bad position in which the birds were
placed greatly interfered with their sing
ing-
Last evening the cages were hung on a
peg some distance from the gas light, and
the records made were considerably bet
ter than before. A large crowd having
collected by half-past 8, the first bird,
“Music,” was brought forth and his cage
uncovered. He whistled a short overture,
stopped for breath, whistled again, took a
bath, twittered softly to himself for a mo
ment, and then favored the audience with
a full tpinute’s first-class warbling, after
which, considering his share of the even
ing's amusement accomplished, he re
mained mute for the remainder of his ten
minutes. Record—l min. 24 sec.
“Flute,” the second bird, on whose
powers great confidence was placed by a
majority of the betting men present,
started with a rush, and for 1% minutes
filled the room with his choicest notes,
after which he hopped about for full six
minutes, and then let loose again for 19%
seconds. Record—2 minutes 4% seconds.
“Harp” followed, but devoted himself
principally to eating his supper, a dash of
31 seconds being his only attempt to gather
in the stakes.
Mr. Moore’s “Joe-" was next uncovered,
and for over seven imputes never uttered
as much as a twitter, when suddenly
bracing up he hopped to his top perch
and finished his ten minutes bv singing
without a break for two minutes and
thirty-one seconds, and was carried out
still warbling at the top of his tiny lungs.
“Smother Me” was the next bird, and
his owner quietly and confidently remark
ed to the reporter: “Now young feller,
singin ’ll commence, and don’t yqu forget
it,” But “Smother Me” devoted his en-r
tire ten minutes to winking at Dawson’s
cat, which all through the contest was a
deeply interested spectator. The record
in this case was 0 minutes and 0 seconds.
The last of the six, “Samson,” was now
hung up, and after remaining mute for
five minutes turned up with a few un
counted “peeps,” and then rattled away
for one minute and one second, and fin
ished his performance by tucking his head
under his wing and going to sleep. “Joe”
was therefore declared the winner of the
first prize and “Flute” of the second,
while the owner of “Smother Me” de
clared that “if the blooming cat ’adn’t
been a ’anging ’round iok bird would
have paralyzed the lot.”
C. Williamr Savannah, Ga., says: “I
have been taking Brown’s Iron Bitters
for blood diseases, and have been relieved
jnr It.” ’ • . .
THE IRISH TROUBLE.
Deserting Parnell-The Distress in the
Weat— Frank Byrne Arrested in Paris-
Other Arreats to Follow.
London, Feb. 28.-The Times says:
“There was no meeting of the Parnellites
on Monday owing to dangerous symptoms
of revolt against Parnell’s leadership. His
following is now reduced one-half. Daw
son and Gray anti several other well
known members, who usually follow Par
nell, have not appeared at Westminster
this session.
Mr. Childers, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, discussing in the House of Com
mons this afternoon the distress iu Ire
land, said the government would not
shrink front taking strong measures if
they were likely to have a permanent
effect. He pointed out that wages were
high, and that the distress onlv affected
the overcrowded districts, lie hoped
that the Irish members would do what
they could to restore confidence in Ire
land, so that the promotion of public i
works would he able to obtain loans from
private sources instead of from the gov- 1
eminent.
Paris, Feb. 28.— Frank Bvme has been
arrested and is held for examination for
extradition to England, The Radicals
are angry at Byrne’s arrest at the instance
or the British Government. The Intrnn
sigeant accuses the government of basely
cringing iu order to meet English exi
gencies.
An active investigation is being made
into tlie circumstances of the arrest. It is
expected that other arrests of persons
supposed to lie connected with the trou
bles in Ireland will lx* made.
Dublin, Feb. 28.—The Freeman’s Jour
nal says it is authorized to state that no
warrant has been issued for the arrest of
Brennan.
Loughrea, Feb. 28.—The distress
among the people here is aianiiing.
Crowds of persons are besieging tl?e
houses of the priests, clamoring for food.
The Town Commissioners have been hur
riedly convened to take measures towards ]
relieving the wants of the people. ,
THE SUPREME COURT.
Opinion in the Georgia Railroad In
junction Case.
I'he following opinion in the Georgia
Railroad vs. the Railroad Commission in
junction case, affirming the constitution
ality of the commission acts, was handed
down by Justice Crawford in the Supreme
Court at Atlanta on Tuesday:
Georgia Railroad et al. vs. Smith et al.,
Railroad Commissioners, et al. Refusal
of injunction, from Fulton. Railroad.
Constitutional law. Officers. Charters.
Corporations.
Crawford, J.
1. The object of the constitutional pro
vision conferring power upon the Legisla
ture to regulate railroad freights and pas
senger tariffs, to prevent unjust discrimi
nation and require reasonable and just
freights aud tariffs, and making it the
duty of the Legislature to pass laws in
furtherance of this provision, was to give
proper protection to the citizens against
unjust rates for the transportation of
freights and passengers over the railroads
of the State, and to prevent unjust
discrimination, even though the rates
might be just. It was not expected that
the Legislature should do more than pass
laws to accomplish the ends in view.
Nor were they required to enter into the
details of settling freights and tariffs
over all the railroads in the State. The
Railroad Commissioners are officers ap
pointed to carry into execution the laws
passed by the Legislature and are con
stitutional officers.
(a.) The powers of the Railroad Com
missioners arc not legislative. The
power to adopt rules and regulations to
carry into effect a law alreadv passed
differs from a power to enact* the law,
91 111., 357. Tilly vs. Savannah, Florida
and Western Railroad. U. S. Circuit
Court, Southern District of Georgia,
(parnph. headnotes, September term,
1880). 94 U. 8., 113, 153, t 4.
2. Acts of incorporation granting exclu
sive privileges to the corporators are al
ways to be strictly construed, and what
ever is not expressly given therein or not
necessarily implied therefrom, is with
held. 27 Pa. St., 339 ; 97 U. S., 659.
(a.) The 12th section of the charter of
the Georgia Railroad ana Banking Com
pany was as follows: ‘‘That the said
Georgia Railroad Company shall at all
times have the exclusive right of trans
portation or conveyance* of persons, mer
chandise and produce over the railroad
and railroads to be hv them constructed
while they see fit to exercise the exclusive
right; provided that the charge of trans
portation or conveyance shall not exceed
fifty cents per hundred pounds on heavy
articles, and ten cents per cubic foot on
articles of measurement, for every hun
dred miles, and five cents per mile for
every passenger,” •
Held, that the exclusive right granted
by this section was the right of transpor
tation or conveyance of persons, mer
chandise and produce over the railroad
and railroads to he by them constructed.
The State did not contract with the com
pany to guarantee to it the exclusive right
to charge the maximum rates named. 11
Peters, 544: oOGa., 620; 49 Id., 151; 40 E.
C. L., 298, 319 ; 42 Id., 496 ; 46 Id., 234-6.
(b.) Such a contract cannot be reached
by construing the proviso in this section,
nor is this the office ot a proviso. 15
Peters. 423; 1 Barn & Add., 99; 3Comyn’s
Dig., “conditions” (A 2); Coke’s Little
ton, 203 (b); Bouv, L. Die., “proviso”
399.
Judgment affirmed,
llall J. concurred in the judgment on
special grounds.
Joseph B. Gumming, A. R. Lawton for
plaintiff in error; Clifford Anderson, At
torney General, Mynatt & Howard for de
fendants.
THE KAIIjKOAI) COMMISSIQX.
The Mertlug at Atlanta—Opposition to
Increased Lumber Kates.
The Hail road Commission met in Atlan
ta on Tuesday to hear arguments in oppo
sition to the increased rates on lumber, to
take effect under circular 34, on March Ist.
lion. John McDonough, lion. D. C. Bacon
and Mr. K. B. Reppard, of this city, ap
peared before the commission to endeavor
to induce the commissioners not to enforce
the rates. The Constitution, in a report
of the proceedings, says i "The complain
ants stated that the Central Railroad and
the Savannah, Florida and Western had
not increased their rates, but that the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia had
notified them that they would increase the
rate. As an increase' would put the mills
upon that line at such a disadvantage as
compared with the mills on the other roads,
it would be impossible, they stated,
for them to compete for business.
The gentlemen stated that they
were engaged largely in the lumber busi
ness, both as manufacturers and dealers,
i and that they represented other mill men.
Before making a formal complaint in
writing they stated that they wished to
consult Major McCracken, Superintendent
of the East Tennessee Road, and see if
some arrangement could not be effected
whereby it would be unnecessary for the
commission to take action in the matter.
Thereupon the commission adjourned and
on reassembling Hon. Lem Johnson, of
Dodge county, in addition to the three
gentlemen who appeared in the morning,
went before the board. The gentlemen
stated that they had held a con
sultation with Major
but that no favorable adjustment
had been agreed upon. They
stated that the consultation would be
continued last night, and probably some
conclusion would be reached by this
morning, at which time they will again
appear before the commission, and what
ever they agree upon will lie submitted to
the commission for its ratification. MV.
McDonough is a member of the present
Legislature from Chatham countv. Mr.
D. C. Bacon was a member of the last
Legislature from the same county. Hon.
Lem. Johnson was a member of the last
Senate, ana Mr. Reppard is State Superin
tendent of Sunday schools. They are all
gentlemen of prominence and wealth, and
represent a large share of the lumber in
terests of Southeast Georgia, which involve
millions of dollars and give employment
to thousands of men,”
Arrival of £x-Pre&ident Diaz.
Xiw Orleans, Feb. 28.—The steamship
Yucatan, from Liverpool via Vera Cruz,
crossed the bar at 4 p. m. with ex-President
Diaz and party on board. They will be
tendered a formal reception by the city
officials and citizens.
To Kntcr the Italian Service.
Paris, Feb. 28.—The Princes Victor and
Louis, sons of Prince Napoleon, will enter
the Italian service. The former will be
attached to King Humbert’s staff.
Digest Your Food
If you want to be healthy. How can ygu
If your teeth refuse to do their work? Get
thena put In order by skinful dentists, and
useSozodontto keep them right, goao.
flftnt is the beat preparaUoh (or the teeth,
THE WORLD OF FASHION.
STYLES TO BE WORN DURING
THE SPRING.
W hat the Manufacturers Have Done to
! Make Women Beautiful—Costumes in
811k—Costumes iu Wool—Lingerie at
! Home and Abroad-Getting Rid of Su
perfluities.
New Yoke, Feb. 2S.—This has been what is
| called a veYy “gay” season. Ministers have
pjeached against the siu of dressing in the
, vain and costly manner which marks “full”
and fashionable attire at balls and evening
entertainments, and newspapers have itera
ted descriptions of brilliant toilets ad nau
seam. Limited as the “society” area is, and
confined to few persons, who are of no sort of
consequence out of their little circle, yet
through the powerful medium of the press it
represents the world they pine for to nine
teuths of the young aud foolish who are out
side of it, and whose chief ambition is the de
sire to imitate that which is made to appear
so much more desirable than it really is.
There is nothing more tedious uuder the sun
than the repetition of mere society entertain
ments among the same class of people—even
the sight of their clothes becomes exasperat
ing, and a simple gown a sweet refreshment
among the quantities of showy rubbish, for
beads and tinseled gauze are not elegance or
refinement. They are circus splendor at the
best, and need the gaslight and pageantry of
the ring to make them pass muster. They are
unworthy objects of emulation; for our bright
and true hearted American girls and their
sweetness should not be wasted upon them.
LIXdERIF. AT HOME ANl> ABROAD.
There is no better evidence of the difference
which exists between the French and Ameri
can mode of dressing among women than the
utter failure in this country to naturalize the
exquisite silk lingerie which is so essential a
part of the wardrobe of the French elegante.
We use imitation laee on common cotton un
derwear here to an extent that would be in
credible abroad. We make upmachiuestitch
ed undergarments at from 40 to 75 cents each,
with yards of coafse embroiderv, and sell
them by the gross. But the sale of the hand
made trench articles, simple in cut, neat,
durable, and possessed of a certain refinement,
even in the lowest grades, is limited to a few
American women of cultivated intelligence,
while the purchase aud sale of the costly styles
of American underclothing, iu the most of
which finer imitation lace and finer machine
embroidery again play an important part, are
limited to trousseaux, to special outfits which
few women after marriage ever find the
means to duplicate. The fault is not their
own. All our methods here are costlv and
wasteful, distinguished by poverty of
materials and workmanship, and there
fore not cheap at anv price, while the superior
manufactures, the products of skilled and
trained labor from abroad, are kept at such
rates that they are put out of the reach of the
ordinary purchaser. The first thing that the
American woman abroad does is to revel in
the enjoyment of a newly acquired stock of
lovely lingerie, bought at such prices that she
can afford to wear it. Hayward’s, in Loudon,
is known in London as a “dear" shop, every
thing being of the first quality, but fichus and
collars, chemisettes and dress sets.articles that
cost from $2 50 to $5 in New York, seem to be
all purchasable at a uniform rate of about
three and sixpence in London and a few
francs more or less in Paris. The underwear
of the English woman is more substantial, but
it is not finer than that of the American, aud
is much less burdened with cheap ornamenta
tion. Tlie underwear of the French woman is
finer than either, and when she is dressed for
occasions it is exquisite, Tlie satin corsets,
which with us are so rare, are with her au in
dispensable part of her wardrobe, aud are
black or cream color, heliotrope or pink, ac
cording to the color or toue of her costume.
Her dress ft uniformly much less showy, and
exhibits less variety than that of the fashiona
ble American, but her underwear is infinitely
liner and more specialized—that is, adapted
to particular colors and styles of dress, and to
the purposes for which they are selected.
SUMMER SILKS.
There are certain varieties of silk of light
weight that always appear with the hvacinth
bulbs iu tlie florists’ windows, the strawber
ries at $1 a dozen, and the violets grown in
hot beds aud yet sold for 10 cents a bunch.
These are the foulards,with solid brown, dark
blue, aud wine colored grounds, sprinkled
over with little polka dots, leaflets, tiny star
like daisies, or shell-shaped designs.' They
are cool and pleasant summer wear, and they
look pretty iu contrast with dull, heavy cloths
and the thick winter fabrics of which the eye
has become weaned, tint tho fasSntm of Xhtnit
does not change from year to year, and they
are now principally relegated to quiet elderly
ladies who have, no’more use for fashion, but
prefer that which is gentle, and familiar to
the eye aud to the touch.
In very nearly the same category come what
are known distinctively as “summer” 6ilks,
tho small checks and hair stripes in grays
and browns and whites and lilacs and black.
Quiet and unobtrusive are these also and
famous for wearing qualities, but like the
foulards, change little from year to year, and
for some years past have been principally em
ployed for children, little girls ami their sis
ters of fourteen aud fifteen who have not yet
emerged from the school room. This season
the check is preserved, but in some it Is very
much enlarged, ami in others a more moder
ate square is diversified with linoß of oolor—
garnet and bronze and gold—which gives
quite anew effect. The surahs also appear
in solid grounds, checked with lines of green
and gold or shrimp pink and brown upon
brown or ecru grounds.
But the novelties are more startling. The
finest summer silks are the China silks and
the Indian corahs and surahs. These liave
both light and dark grounds, but the tinted
ivories aud creams are. the most effective for
showing up the marvelous designs. These
are very large, and consist of tropical fruit,
flowers and foliage thrown upon the surface
in a bold, original and striking manner, yet
with consummate art, in the combining of
forms ami blending of color* and shades of
color. The throe most successful designs are
the mango, with reticulated and lanceolated
leaves; the orchid and the passionflower. The
exquisite coloring which is put into these re
productions of curious natural objects, the
strength and freedom in di awing anti tinting,
and the faithfulness make them a most inter
esting study, aud oue that can he taken up
again and again and still find something new
to admire. There is a musical motive, too,
running through the whole, a oharm of tone
as distinct as if expressed in sound, and which
reappears in diflerent degrees and gives a
depth and meaning and expression which is
difficult to convey in words.
Perhaps this sounds hyperbolical in regard
to mere dress fabrics,but it is not intended to lie
so. It is from the purely artistic point of view
that to me they are admirable; auu one might
suppose that the wearer of them would liave
an artist’s pride in this work, in the wrinkled
and naturally .curling edges of the fleshly pink
stamens, the darkly veined and shaded leaves,
in which death and life struggle for mastery,
and the bulbous roots, from whie.fi tfie fehrona
tendrils shoot out like auteunai, There are
other designs, one of which is called tlie "rose
garden,” and another “autumn leaves.” Both
are extraordinarily bold and effective; but
who could wear them or where, excepting at a
fancy dress ball, it would be hard to say. Imag
ine the ground thickly covered with the vellow
of the maple, the reds of the sumach, the'brown
of the dead leaves, amt scattered here and
there wonderful pale yellow rqses, eaefi large
enough to wear singly on a bodice. This is
the autumn leaf pattern. The rose garden
does not oover up the ground entirelv. The
roses are of immense size—that is, the’ yellow'
ones are—hut softly shaded. Lying near them
are red jacqueminots, natural in size and so
fresh-looking that one can almost inhale their
perfume. The fault of the autumn leaf design is
that it looks too much like a cretonne, ana in
deed some of it has been sold for furniture
covering, but it is a marvel of natural effects
in bright, dead, falling, frost struck and just
turning leaves, and is as much a work of ge
nius as if it had been put with the brush upon
canvas. ■
It is easy to see that tfie favorite colors of
the season will be bronze and shrimp-pink
deepening to Softer shades of terracotta, for
these appear everywhere and in everything.
The tones are dark hut sqft; there is nothing
harsh or crude about. them, and they are
therefore universally becontiug. One advan
tage of the large patterns in those delicate
fabrics is that fney wilt make up in the sim
plest forms. Plain skirts with open bodices,
for square chemisettes have reappeared aud
are taking the place largely of fichus and the
open bodice or surplice waist may therefore
be considered foreordained for the coming
summer, and, fortunately, they will be as
seasonable as they are graceful and attrac
tive. Small detached figures on solid grounds
are apt to tie stiff, but this is modified ! bV the
softness of the ground aud tfie flelicacv
of the light foliage surrounding the small
flower designs m all the new silken fabrics.
BLACK SILKS.
Plain black silks are in better demand this
spring than for some time past, and are a
pleasant relief to the eye after the era of bro
cades and figured designs. Perhaps it is that
in order to prove attractive the manufacture
has been improved. Uutainlv they have a
finer, yet lichee finish than has been the case
for years before the plain black silk was laid
on the shelf—a fate due largely to the adulte
rations of the silk with materials, which, while
giving increased weight, soon imparted a
greased and streaked appearance vChich de
stroyed all beauty. But figures still large
predominate, and some of the best of the
early spring costumes are made by combinimt
handsome figured velvet with rich ul&in silk
of a high quality, or with satin-de-lvon. or
ottoman silk. The last is undoubtedly the
most effective combination, blit it is less snita
blc for young than either of the others.
Ottoman silk, huwevep, very beautiful in
itself when if is soft, rich and pure, and some
elegant (tresses have been made of it and
trimmed with a very fine quality of Spanish
thread lace, with interior trimmings of white
Mechlin soft puffs, not very full, aVe much
used in the making of the skirts, and the dra
perr is often caught up through one immense
bodice B<i * l little to the left of the princesse
Full moon and crescent patterns are among
the most popular of this season’s designs, the
moons showing one-half their disks in one
style of finish, nglf (n another, and the cen
tres forming a sort of mosaic of both.
Silk brocades in patterns of this description
combine beautifully with very fine black cath
mere, and form very refined thoughbyno
means inexpensive toilets, for both fabric#
®bould be haudsomo to be worthy of each
kdVILTIES IN WOOL.
There to nothing mor? guttle or more grate
ful to sight and touch than some of the soft,
lovely, gracefully draping materials that ap
pear in all wo<2 fojr spring costumes. Light
is tephvr cloth, fine and iupple in texture,
or dojicate fa tons, thsjWr tit' oKtrnt
examination and reveal new beauty with
nearer and more intimate acquaintance
In fact, they are the opposite of show and
their good qualities to the superficial obwver
seem to bear but little relation to their cost
out the woman who needs serviceable outdoor
dresses appreciates them, and the traveled
woman considers one or more indispensable
!to a spring outfit. Thev do not differ much
I from year to year, excepting-that sometimes
plaids make a splutter among the quiet dark
shades, tbe rich wines and plum colors and
the dainty ecrus; but plaids, even when barred
and blended in the richest and most harmoni
ous colorings never acquire genuine popu
larity; they always more or less hang fire, and
the real lovers of wool cling to their heather
mixtures, their soft tweeds, their twilled
chuddahs and their speckled vigogues. Some
large plaids in wine color and ecrue.with lines
or gold and bronze, are shown this season, and
will 1* made for wear with solid jackets aud
vests of the light tint in. the plaid. Fora
! young lady the jacket Is of a very dark wine-
I colored plush, or velvet, tin* vest is of ecru
ottoman silk, embroidered with a light viueiu
wine color and bronze, and fastened with
small round bronze buttons. The skirt is kilt
ed. and the tunic draped diagonally under the
plaitiMi skirt of the jacket.
There are tine cloth suits indark bronze and
myrtle green, that are perfectly plain, with
vests ot terra-cotta rhadames or ecru sicili
enne; and others in which the v%Us match the
cloth in color ami only differ from it in being
of pleated surah or rhadames. Long, close
fitting redingotes are made of cloth, and faced
with satin rhadames over pleated silk skirts,
whose upright folds form a simulated vest, the
redingote closing only at the waist. Spring
pelisses ana summer wraps are Already being
tashioueu out of a novelty iu contain
ing a small annum figure, which relieves the
tleadness of the surface nnd renders it a most
delightful fabric for this punxise. These are
not cut close aud plain like the cloth redin
gotes, but are shirred at fhe back and held in
at the waist, und have linings of thin, plain or
twilled silk.
Many walking dresses in preparation for
spring wear are destituteof drapervaud hang
in straight folds at tlie back. This is certainly
something to recogujze aud be thankful for.
The buuched up walking dress, with their
thick woolen folds, which careless dress
makers never fasten securely, have been a
burden grievous to bear and for a respite
many women will be heartily thankful. The
finish iu other respects is also simple. The
narrow upright bands at tho neck are re
tained, or are only diversified with straight j
“turnovers," which lay close to the throat !
and are duplicated iu linen with rim of em
broidery. The upright linen collar is not
more than an inch iu depth, has no corners,
and is fastened with a gold button. Cuffs are
obsolete, the long gloves covering the close
edge* of the sleeves am] the space when the
gloves are not in use being filled with serpen
tine bangles.
SUMMER SATTEKNS.
The designs in the pretty satteens are not
so uniformly good this season as last.- Some
are printed in great detached figures which
are ugly and unbecoming aud eanuot bf re
deemed by any art in making them up. Others
are less conspicuously had, but have not the
suggestiveness of garden and forest of last
year. In other words they are stiffer and
more conventional, the flowers less naturally
, treated and detached from the delicate leaf
i age and febrous accessories of last year.
| There are exceptions to this rule in a class of
I charming productions in which all the new
i pink, bronze, brown, leaf green, and straw -
; berry tints are blended most harmoniously in
i flower clusters—small moss roses, carnations,
j and others on solid grounds with a solid plain
■ fabric for combination. Tho dark shades of
; crushed strawlxirry and the softer ones of
terra-cotta and Shrimp pink, the dark bronze
and tlie cream, present the most attractive
combinations and make up into the most novel
and fresh looking costumes, In making these
materials the plain goods are used for the
apron and scarf like draix*rv; the figured for
the principal part of the dress; and lace as
trimming is not required,
j Embroidered pattern dresses for summer
wear appear iu almost infinite variety. Plain
ginghams, ch&mherys, pongees, and'Victoria
lawns have superseded the cashmeres which
have filled the counters through the cold sea
son. Embroidery has been F'run into the
ground,” and though it cannot sutler eclipse,
since there Is no other ornamentation which
is so pretty or so useful for the price, still it
seems a pity to have it made so common that
it has become commonplace before it lias been
enjoyed.
It is good news that the gathered aud nar
row ruffled skirts, the open bodices belted in,
the surplice waists, anil deep lielted basques
are to be employed in the making up of sum
mer material this year and overskirts gotten
rid of. Overskirts can never lie anything more
than an apology for au inadequate first skirt,
and apologies should be rare to be welcome or
in good taste.
. CLOVES AND SHOES.
It is rather curious that the advent of the
Sarah Bernhardt glove has had a good effect
tn iWilflliishrng The desire for very small (ap
parent) feet, and in enlarging the size of the
ordinary shoes, especially those with street
dresses. Shoe dealers do not understand it;
but those who have been long enough in the
business to know tlie difference- acknowledge
the fact, and refer it to the influence of sani
tary ideas on the minds of mothers, and not
only their willingness but their urgency that
the shoes worn by their children should be
made “large enough.” Doubtless these have
had their effect also, for the feet dl school
girls are no longer crowded into shoes so
small that they become instruments of tor
ture, and young women seem to lie far less
afraid of showing good sized useful feet.
Au old fashioned mother was shocked the
other day by finding that her big daughter,
not yet olii of school, required No. 4s in walk
ing boots. “Good heavens! whaVa foot for a
young lady!” she ejaculated. “Whv, mamma,
it’s not so very large,” remarked the
daughter; “lots of girls in school wear fives.
Miss Hockheiu;er does.” Miss Hockheimer
belonging to the most fashionable set in a
fashionable school, the mother's fears abated,
and her anxiety became less depressing.
There arc some old ladies who still
flourish in society whose feet are no
larger than the deformed Chinese, -and who
still wear suoh shoes as wore common among
women thirty years ago. They cannot walk
any distance, not only because tbeir feet are
almost useless from long compression and in
activity, but because their shoes are so thin
soled and inadequate that they do not protect
the feet from the pavement. These women
wear the daintiest of kid slippers with em
broidered toes, the thinnest of silk stookings,
aud still coquet with their toes as if they were
babies in arms. The modern girl is active,
and though society does it* best, it cannot
wholly suppress her. She lias learned, too, a
good many things of which tier mother never
dreamed, and one is the extent aud stupidity
of the sacrifice the American girl has been in
the habit of making,to prettiness, and the ver*’
low water mark mere prettiness occupies in
comparison with character and a really true
and noble type of beauty in the minds of well
informed and intelligent persons, both men
and women. Tbe days of a 5% glove upon
a band for tier are over. Even if no
higher motive operates, she will not be both
ered with them. They are not now “good
style.” Gloves must be a little tqft Urge
rather than not large enough* am* the long
loose wrists, so easily gdjusted and convenient
a substitute fat ciifi*. aro indispensable. There
is a natural relation between the shoes and
the gloves which may be traced through the
history of clothes,from the cavaliers’ boots aud
gauntleted coverings for the hand to the
present day, and the best evidence et the pro
gress of the times in regard ta clothes, is the
fact that the extremities mav now be well i
aud comfortably clqthed, without being con
signed to fashionable perdition, English
women wore stout, sensible shoe* and walking I
boots long before french and American women
cquld be induced to put them on, and it is
mainly because of the walking exercise they
have always taken and the freedom demanded
for their feet that any considerable diffcceure
of size has been remarked between the feet of
English and American wpumii. The Ameri
can girl of to-dsy „un snow a clean average
with English cousin.
THE SUPERFLUITIES OF TJoVfc.V.
H 81 hpertJuouB wornun las received a great
deal of attention, but the rapid rate at which
women are getting rid of their superfluities
scarcely excites remark. The reason Is be
reim 'i the ,nteref<t o' ‘be dealers to sell
them, and newspaper* are habituated to writ
mg up the follies and extravagancies of
women, pot their economies or restrictions in
I me matter of expenditure. It is probable,
however, a general tendency that operates in
this instance rather than an effort with a
deliberate purpose to inspire it and furnish
the motive. The veil Is a remnant of monas
tic and feudal seclusion, and has been disap
pearing bit by bit for the last half century. Fifty
years ago it was very tang and wide, and
the thick double crape veil of the widow
reached nearly—down to the ground. Kinee
then it has, year by year, smaller bv
degrees and beau,iful(y less, until
instead of buying iu- regularly made article,
foim,, a substitute n any tittle strip of lace
Ahe eye* and nose, and this
f " nn .'i '‘etV'eatal by physicians and
absurd uy themselves the cherished veil lias
disappeared altogether, except in gauze for
tourist purposes. The veil of the widow dies
curtailed isdn mlength,
width and thickuosn 0621 m todAwn
upon the female mma that killing women with
i* n ’”th l au ! ■ air behind fol.is of double
English crApe Is not far from the folly and
cruelty which offers widows as a sacrifice
upon a funeral pyre, and therefore crape veils
arc gradually disappearing altogether and
have eeased to bp uUtlgatorj-; tn fact, have
gone to tho bourne from which the widov/’s
cap noun* returned.
But the veil is not the only superfluity that
seems to have become lujuerfluous, Where
are the lace and open cuffs, the spreading
ties, the Isaws at the throat, the scarfs, thi
fluttering ends h?re. and the rosettes, buckles
ami ornamentations there which
made any assemblage of women look more or
less like a rag lair? Gone—very largely. The
best dressed ami hot bred young women are
models of neatness; slightly young-mane tah
in their well fitting Xewmaricet coats £
ingotes, the close Derby hgts and tlyei. walk -
lug boots and undressed kid crtfogakai aloves
Round the neck is a narrow riju<& c<Sar held
by a gold or pearl button; in front of thfs is a
cravat or silk t;e. te knot or small bow fasten
ed with, a horse shoe pin. The drew iTsimnier
than that of young men, and only the skirts
prevent it from being more convenient 1
well adapted to all emergencies In
mg room the dressmaker still maiwalns hT;
supremacy,so there is as much useless frippery
there as ever, but in the streetthetailorhM
insthict t effec* >Ilt ’ w *® n ia tru u > bis
ffi!KS™isssßfsijf. • ass
btSUS-!u ln * P‘ ctur esv-S to fall back upen
r°yaly have been alike
drawij Wfcku txnt.il they are exhausted. Gains
borough and Rembrandt, Van Dyke and Sir
Joshua Iteynolds, Valasques said Titian, Ru
bens and Raphael, Henri Quatre and Marie
Antoinette, Josephine and Marv Stuart, have
stood with many others for "creations” a*
hideously unlike the originate as Torn**-
wax figure# like the persona ib*- -sud’s
W 4 fcVf' W?a , v represent.
. •c'V 3 - .a sack season until
i PRICE 910 A TEAR. 1
i 5 CENTS A COPT. {
now they are all on the market together, anil
ladies who pav their monev can eertainlv
make a choice.But the result is not as yet order.
It is chaos. All the manufacturers oan do is
to “feel” the market by sending out samples
and watch which wav the wind blows for the
current season. For'three years past it has
specialized the large hat and the small bonnet,
w . “Penchant for the moderate poke on the
part of the elderly and homely, or those who
have not confidence In the correctness of their
faces and features. Asa protection to a little
irregularity of eyes, nose or mouth the poke
is invaluable, and has besides a sort of quaint
ness very precious to those who can no longer
hope to be picturesque.
The white bonnet, once so highly prized, has
disappeared altogether, in its place we have
beaded !*unets—crowns made of gold plaited
braids or cords and attached to soft puffed or
gathered lac? brims and tinted satin or velvet
lined with satin and trimmed with softly curl
ing ostrich feathers. The evening bonnet is
m fact simply the afternoon visiting bonnet
or reception bonnet, and has no special char
acter of its own at all. For summer wear in
the country it is said that large black hats and
black hose will be the correct thing with white
walking and garden costumes, and that w hen
terracotta red or crushed strawberry are
preferred, hose and hat must match in tint as
well as color.
There are many fancy materials for bonnets,
but nothing so good, so useful, or that can bo
made so becoming as fine straw and ivorv
tinted chips. The old chalky white chips weie
ghastly, but with the chalk tint the stiff dress
ing lias disappeared, and the chip bonnet well
lined and garuitured has become a thing of
beauty. “
It is unite common now with English tailor
made dresses to aeud a close fitting hat or
lionuet made of the material of the dress iu
the simplest possible manner. These twees!
or heather cloth bonnets possess a certain dis
tinction which a very showv and much
trimmed bonnet may lack, ft shows knowl
edge and the habit of getting the best things
at the best places, as well as specializing their
objects and purposes. This requires training
and indicates cultivated antecedents.
Avery pretty reception bonnet, which ntav
be considered a uovelty aud is suitable for
early snriug. has a crown which is made of
satin rliadamcs capitoned in a small shell
pattern and pointed w r ith dots of beads which
have quite anew and charming effect. The
brim is close but set with a double row of
small silk pomiious in two or
more shades of the color of
the crow n, w hich iu the case referred to was
a bronze brown, and strictly match the
costume of ottomansilk and plush. The fash
ionable use of pompons lias actually created a
new industry, for they are now- as much used
for trimming dresses as for trimming bonnets,
JesS'v Jcn*.
ST Alt KOUTE STORIES.
Talk of an Attempt to Indict Colonel lu
gersoll—Rerdell’s Examination.
The grand jury has found an indict
ment against A. B. Williams, one of the
star route counsel specially employed by
Dorsey. The formal charge is that of re
ceiving stolen goods, anil is based upon
\V uliams' action as counsel for parties
charged w ith having stolen a watch and
other valuables from Miss Ellis over a
year ago. Mr. Williams says the
charge is absurd, and is the outgrowth
of the ill-will of the Department of Jus
tice, because he has taken an active part
in the defense of his present clients. 8.
W. Dorsey has written u long letter to
Williams, declaring that the present in
dictment is an act of persecution against
himself (Dorsey) through his counsel.
Dorsey also says in this letter that au
attempt will be made to indict Colo
nel Ingersoll upon the charge of
defaming the Department of Jus
tice. Mr. Williams thinks this idea is not
seriously entertained, but says that the
Department of Justice have endeavored
to find ground for such an indictment
against Col .Ingersoll in a newspaper in
terview, which was published here about
the time the first star route trial con
cluded.
Kerdell’s cross examination was con
tinued to-day, the witness admitting that
he might have said he sought money con
sideration from tiie government’, and
that he had sworn to a lie.
Surrendered Control.
Philadelphia, Feb. 28.—The receivers
of the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad
and Coal and Iron Companies to-day form
ally surrendered to the officers of those
companies the control of the property of
those corporations.
Fatal Railroad Accident,
Palatin, 111., Feb. 28.—Three cars of
the Dakota train on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad were ditched near
here at noon. Ono child was killed and
about fifty passengers wounded.
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