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Mr. Harriton’a Explanation Still Drags
It's Length Along.
lBportrtt Blits Introduced In the Legislature.
Whst Our Sulims are Doing anrt:Saylug—John
Tyler Cooper Elected Mayor of Atlanta.
Special to Enquireii-Sun.
Atlanta, December 1.—At 10 o’clock
the house was called to order by Speaker
Little, and prayer was offered by Chaplain
Branham. 1
Mr. Olive, of Oglethorpe, moved to re
consider the action of the house in passing
a bill to incorporate the Georgia Fire In
surance Company of LaGrange He snhl
the bill limited the liability of the Stock
holders so closely that it did not sufficient
ly protect the policy holders.
, Mr. Pittman, of Troup, introducer of the
bill thought it should be the policy of the
state to encourage home insurance com-
S anies. He thought the incorporators un-
er this bill were worth $500,000, and their
liability under the bill is ample to protect
all policy holders.
Mr. Olive thought the line should be
drawn closely on such acts of incorpora
tion. The people have the right to look to
the legislature for protection in this mat
ter, and the legislature should be very care
ful bow it grants charters.
Mr. Felton, of Bibb, thought the bill
should be reconsidered. The law requires
insurance companies not chartered by
Georgia to make deposits with the tieas-
urer before they can do business in the
state, but does not require homo compa
nies to make this deposit because it pre
sumes they must have ample assets and
perfect liability before they cau secure a
charter from the state. This company
seeks a charter when it proposes to pay in
only $20,000 before beginning to do busi
ness. It should pay in at least $100,000.
Mr. Featherstoue, of Floyd, opposed the
motion to reconsider. He saw no danger
in the act and thought ample security was
afforded policy holders.
Mr. Lamar, of Richmond, opposed the
motion to reconsider. He thought the bill
gave ample security.
Mr. Arnheim, of Dougherty, thought the
bill ought to be reconsidered. Ho thought
all such companies should have ample
capital.
The motion to reconsider prevailed.
A message from the governor was read
upon the subject of the convict lease,
recommending the establishment of ex
perimental farms to be worked by con
victs.
Upon motion of Mr. Rawls, the portion
of tho message referring to the manufac
ture of fertilizers was referred to the com
mittee on agriculture, and the portion
relative to the penitentiary system was, on
motion of Mr. McCord, of Richmond, re
ferred to the committeee on penitentiary.
■Under the suspension of the rules, Mr.
Evans, of Washington, secured the third
reading and passage of a bill to regulate
registration in Washington county.
Air. Calvin, of Richmond, offered a reso
lution that present session be prolonged
beyond constitutional forty days, as long
as public business may demand, and on his
request the resolution was laid upon the
table.
A motion by Mr. Wheeler, of Walker, to
fix the hour of meeting at 9 a. m. instead
of 10 was defeated, after a spirited debate,
by a vote of 53 yeas to 71 uays.
By Air. Wilcox, of Ware—A bill to pro
vide for registration of voters of Ware
county.
By Mr. DuBose, of Wilkes—A bill to in
corporate the Washington and Elberton
‘railroad.
Adjourned to 10 a. in. Thursday.
w°hTcHh lnfi h in . th u B ,F nitp(1 States court in
th ” stockholders of the Marietta
5?,?, North Georgia railroad are parties,
S™,™ originally brought in Judge
® and in whicli Judge Fain
SfaniT because Judge Brown was
disqualified. The case was transferred
:? tlle .. United States court upon
the application of Mr. Eager. Because
Brown was disqualified in that ease
*p “ad been brought before Judge
rain is the reason of my recentapplication
lor an injunction against the state. The
application for an Injunction against the
treasurer was made before Judge Fain. I
man t know Judge Brown’s 'disabilities
had been removed. I had nothing to do
with Hall s resolution ordering the work
stopped until an examination was made. It
was on this resolution that Dr. Felton
made his speech, in which he referred to
Sir Christopher Wrenn’s work on oolitic
limestone.
Questioned by Judge Fain—There was an
allegation in the bill for injunction against
the state treasurer which I carried before
you (Judge Fain), that Judge Brown was
disqualified. You knew nothing of the
bill before I submitted it to you, and when
I presented it, said you were very busy
and wished I had carried it before
some other judge. ” I never saw you
present at a meeting of the sub
committee or in the agricultural
department or in the room at the Nutiona
Hotel, and never had any consultations
with you on the subject of a change to
Georgia marble. I never paid you a dollar
in my life in any matter nor any one rep
resenting you, and no one ever proposed to
ihe to do so.
W. K. Tewsbury sworn : I took a steno
graphic report of the testimony before the
senate sub-committee. Witnesses were
not sworn before the committee. A large
part of the testimony was documentary. I
don’t think Mr. Harrison was ever pres
ent at a session of the committee. The
sessions were open to the public. I re
garded myself as clerk of the committee
and not as an employe of Air. Harrison;
but when the committee adjourned over
to the next term of the legislature I saw
my pay was in the dim future, and as
Mr. Harrison had guaranteed to pay me
if they didn’t, and as I want
ed the money, I struck him
for the rocks. Mr. Alason’s charge that
his testimony before the committee was
incorrectly reported is false. I never saw
Judge Fain present in the committee or
the legislature.
President Cleveland’s Illness
Him to His Room.
Felton for Teiniiernnre.
Atlanta, December 1.—Dr. Felton will
introduce a bill in the legislature to-mor
row fixing the license for wine rooms at
$10,000.
, Cooper Elected.
Atlanta, December 1.—John Tyler
Cooper, the fusion candidate for mayor,
was elected to-day, as were all the fusion
councilmen. The fusion ticket was the re
sult of a compromise between the prohibi
tion and antis.
THE KNIGHTS AND ANARCHISTS.
the Former Plead for (be Liven of tile Letter.
Secretary Whitney’s Tiny Streak of Economy.
A Statement of the i’ondltlton of Our Public
lleht—Other Mutters.
Washington, December 1.—Norman 3.
Colinan, commissioner of agriculture, has
to-day submitted his second annual report
to the president. He describes in general
terms the progress made in agriculture
during recent years and the conditions
which contribute to making this “the best
fed nation on the globe.” He sets forth at
length tho benefits derived and to be ex
pected from agricultural experiment sta
tions, and says be has commissioned a
special agent to visit and inspect experi
ment stations in order to ascertain wbat
facilities already exist in this country for
systematic experimentation, what has been
actually accomplished, and especially wliat
are the needs for future work. There can
be no question, be says, of the value of
these investigations and experiments if
liberally supported and ably eondueted,
especially in adjusting to its new condi
tions the agriculture dependent upon the
worn land of the northern, eastern and
southern states. The stations and colleges
of several states are constantly urged
to enlarge experimentation beyond
the present resources and often find them
selves striking new leads which they can-
receipts from internal revenue during the
first tour months of the present fiscal year
were $38,485,441, a decrease of (1,438,243
us compared with the receipts during the
corresponding period of last year. There
Confine* was a decrease of $2,743,554 in the collec
tions from spirits; an increase of $30,877
from tobacco, an increase of $875,078 from
fermented liquors and an increase of
$77,104 on miscellaneous items. The ag-
f regate receipts for October, 1880, were
1,701,084 less than those of 1885. The de
crease was entirely In collections from
spirits amounting to $2,019,054. There
Was an increase ol $184,534 on beer and an
increase of $74,375 on miscellaneous items.
The collections from oleomargarine
during October, being mainly from tho
sale of special tnx stumps, were $14,852.
Commissioner Miller said to-day that the
receipts for the present fiscal year will be
about $1,000,000 in excess of the receipts
for last year, notwithstanding the large
decrease shown in collections for the first
quarter.
AN OLD GEORGIA TR VGEDY.
Sequel to the Mur<l«r of Simmons liy Sam llill.
Ho Shot the llolrnjs-r of Ills Volina Wife anil
lias Since lloon a Wanderer.
Senate Proceedings.
Atlanta, December 1.—The senate was
called to order at 10 o’clock. President
pro tern. Pringle in the chair, and prayer
was offered by Rev. John Jones, chaplain.
After roll call and the reading of the
journal Mr. DeJarnette, under a suspen
sion of the rules, introduced a bill ts ratify,
and confirm to the Macon and Covington
Railroad Company the right to make cer
tain extensions and build certain branches,
and to amend the charter of said road.
By Mr. Powell—A bill clothing the
comptroller-general of the state with the
office and powers of insurance commis
sioner. Referred to the committee on
finance.
Mr. Hawkes, chairman of the judiciary
committee, reported in favor of the pas
sage of thu bill to amend section 4800 of
the code in reference to wrongful sale of
mortgaged personalty, and against the
passage of the bill to amend section 3583.
Bv Air. Dean—A bill to provide for ap
peal from a traverse jury to a special jury
from the grand jury list ; also a bill pro
viding for amendments to schedules of as
sets in cases of voluntary assignment.
A message from the governor was re
ceived in reference to the convict system,
and recommending the establishing of ex
perimental farms worked by convicts.
By Mr. Hawkes—A bill to amend section
1809, so as to provide for appointment by
judge of superior court of guardian with
out Rond under certain conditions.
Senate bill providing for the teaching of
physiology and hygiene in publicschools
with special reference to effect of stimu
lants, narcotics, etc., upon human system
was read the second time.
House bill amending charter of city of
Macon, so os to provide for building of a
city market house, was read the third time
and passed with certain amendments, by a
vote of 24 to 0.
On motion of Mr. Guerry the senate ad
journed until 10 o’clock to-morrow.
Jlarrlson Explains.
Atlanta, December 1.—The examina
tion of Mr. James P. Harrison by Colonel
Hammond before the investigating com
mittee of the legislature was resumed to
night at 7:30 o’clock.
Said Mr. Harrison: “The reason I re
fused to submit a bill of particulars was
that I didn’t think they were wanted for
the purpose of settlement, but simply lo
criticise my disposition of the money used.
If the” bad agreed to arbitrate the matter
T should not Save objected to surrendering
a bill of particulars. I don’t remember
saying if I submitted a bill of particulars it
Would Involve some of my friends. 1 ho
only reason I could have bad on that score
was my desire to shield those associated
with me from all harsh crltieieitt. as I bad
been charged in newspapers with lobby
ing. I never paid a del lor except for legit
imate expenses,! and no effort was ever
made except to convince the judgment ol
the legislator*. There was no appeal to
any man’s cupidity. Mr. Bisaner recently
applied to me for $60, fined him by Jud^e
Brown upon an indictment for using ob
scene language in the presence oi a fe
male, to which he had pleaded guilty.
I have in my hand the shorthand notes oi
testimony taken before the sub-committee
Chicago, December 1.—A joint meeting
of the Knights of Labor and district as
semblies 24 and 57, which have a member
ship of about 60,000 and include all knights
in the city and county, was held last night
to take action concerning the trial and
sentence of the condemned anarchists. The
district assembly recently passed resolu
tions on the subject and asked the men to
endorse them. Later the body decitled
that the subject was of such importance
that a joint session of both assemblies
should be held at which all the Knights of
Labor of Conk county should be represent
ed. About 409 knights were present and
the following declaration of their attitude
on the verdict was agreed to with only a
few dissenting voices:
We believe that the verdict in the recent
trial condemning seven men to death and
sentencing one to fifteen years imprison
ment, was an outrage on common justice
and an assault on iree speech and the
right of the people to peacably assemble
for the discussion of their grievances. We
believe that there is an ever increasing
sentiment among the common people of
this covntry that the American courts of
justice a.e too frequently manipulated in
the interest of wealth and power, and that
those who are poor are frequently out
raged in our courts in tho name of law.
Believing that the late trial was conduct
ed by the prosecution with malice and
predjudice utilizing as it did, as informers,
the disreputable Pinkertons and the per
jured Gilmers and a bailiff who declared
that lie would not summon anyone as a
juror wl o, in his opinion, was not in favor
of hanging; we, therefore, express the
hope that the supreme court ot the state
of Illinois may grant a new trial, so that
the ever-growing conviction among the
common people, namely that courts of
law are run only in the interests of the
rich may not find additional proof in this
CLUVERIUS’ FRIEND.
A Supreme Court Judge in Ills Favor.
Richmond, December 1.—Judge Hin
ton’s dissenting opinion in the. Cluverius
murder case was filed this evening in the
supreme court of appeals. It contains
seven or eight hundred words and em
braces a general review of the case. The
points on which the judge hinges his dis
sent from the opinion oi the other mem
bers of the court are: First, that the court
erred in discharging Juror Larke, who, in
response to questions propounded by the
court, expressed bis views as to what sort
of circumstantial evidence he would re-
quiro to convict; second, tbe court erred
in admitting as evidence the so-called Laura
Curtis letter, which was an invitation
to Miss Madison to spend some time here,
and which was proved to have been forged
by the deceased, and used to account for
her absence during the period of “lying
in;” mid the judge asserts that it was not
proved that the prisoner had anything to
do with it or any knowledge of it; third
that corpus delicti had not been establish
ed with the, certainty required bylaw; he
did not think that murder had been
proved by the evidence, nor that a
motive for'it had been shown. Judge Hin
ton also inclines strongly to the suicide
theory, and in his concluding remarks
says: “In any reBpect in which We may
contemplate the few ascertained facts in
this case, they are certainly not absolutely
inconsistent with the innocence of the ac
cused of the crime of murder.”
An Atehlilshop’s Opinion,
London, December 1. — Archbishop
notfollow. all for want of means. In nearly
all cases there is land enough and to spare
owned and immediately available. But
t he current expense of experiment work is
very heavy. Cheap labor and appliances
will not do. None of the colleges have
means to keep up their ' educa
tional facilities and assume new
obligations of this extent and
character, however well they recog
nized the importance of the work. Few
of the states can bo induced to make
special provisions sufficient for tbe pur
pose. Where state stations do not exist
and colleges have begun such work, it is
apparent that further provision is neces
sary for their full development. Hence,
the very geueral interest in the bill now
before congress, for the “establishment of
agricultural experiment stations in con
nection with agricultural colleges,” and
the prevalent opinion of its importance
and the desire for its early enactment. No
measure, he says, is now pending or pro
posed of greater import or bearing bright
er promise of deep seated and lasting ben
efits to tbe agricultural interests of the
United States in all their branches. But
the bill he says is not free from defects,
and he suggests that it be amended so us
to ensure expenditure of the sum proposed
to be given each state ($15,000) in establish
ing or strengthening one efficient in
stitution rather than by al
lowing its distribution among sev
eral institutions, and has failed to real
ize the desired purpose in any of them.
He also holds it to be highly important
that provision be mads* if the bill for «
central station or office at Washington to
receive, criticise, digest, edit and consoli
date the results obtained at the various
statious and periodically promulgate the
same in a form suited to the popular
understanding and application. Already
tho over-taxed clerical force of the depart
ment. could not, ho says, properly perform
this additional labor and a‘ new di
vision with a competent chief and
assistants he declares essential. In com
menting on the buren of animal industry
be describes the spread of pleuro-pneu-
monia and says: Every effort possible
under existing taws has been made to lo
cate the diseased animals and isolate all
that have been exposed. It would have
been most fortunate if every animal ex
posed to the disease and liable to contract
it could have been summarily slaughtered
and the contagion thus eradi
cated. The experience of ail j
countries has been that tho :
malady may be thoroughly and complete- !
ly stamped in this way, and there is no j
other means by which the bovine species j
can be protected from its ravages. With
a disease of this character at Chicago it
bos been truly said that the cattle industry
of this country has reached a crisis.
There can be no doubt that it will be soon
and widely disseminated until prompt and
efficient action be instituted for its
speedy suppression. Even now it may
have been scattered to
extent in tbe west and the investigations ?,' im vv. small, now an evnng
of next year will probably bring other | i}.??, 11 stenographer, wa3 retaino
facts to light. The matter is a most im- j ,, 6 caKG \ , ,
Dortant one. overshadowing in urerenev all ; . And now the second tragedy r
New York World.
Atlanta, Ga., November 27.—An envel
ope which reached the office of the gov
ernor of Georgia this week, postmarked
Kansas City, Mo., recalled two of tho most
appalling tragedies ever recorded, in one
of which a wife's honor was ruined, her
betrayer slain, and her husband made a
convict, while in the other a frail creature
lost her life at the hands of a confirmed
old roue.
Xu 1874 there lived in one of the prettiest
little cottages on Hunter street, In this
city, the family of Colonel Sp. ih « The
daughter of the household, Mis.-, Com, was
just blooming into the graces of young
womanhood. When young Bum Hill, the
soil of an excellent family and the posses
sor of abundant means, secured her hand
in marriage, he was the recipient of con
gratulations from every hand.
Into a cottage near that of her parents
Sam Hill indutced his charming wife.
Their devotion towards each other in
these early days of love is a tale slill told
in the neighborhood. In time the carcsjof
business led the husband into other eit-ie:.
Ho noticed a gradually increasing despond
ency in his wife. !♦ was a long time be
fore the truth broke in upon him, ana
when It did it was on the streets, where
he heard his wife’s name freely handled.
Crazed with grief he rushed home, and re
pulsing bis wife’s accustomed caress, flung
her roughly from him, while he poured
fnrlh the revelation which had been made
to him. On lmr bended knees sho con
fessed all. She had been betrayed by John
P. Simmons at the house of Lottie Ross.
Silently he raised his weeping wife from
her knees, and kissing her, left the house
without a word. Down Hunter street he
walked, until he reached Whitehall. There
he beheld, a little in advance, the figure of
John P. Simmons, lie tracked his steps
through the crowd into tbe National hotel
and into the bur room. Simmons stood in
the net, of taking a drink when a bullet
from Hill’s revolver wentcrasbing through
his brain. The trial which followed was
long and tedious. Tho public was shocked
when Mrs. Hill entered the court room
and fondled and caressed the husband who
was the victim of her folly. To conclude
the trial, llill made a statement full of pro
testation of love for his wife, and then the
pair kissed each other in open court. The
sympathy which was felt tor the liusbaud
gave way to disgust at such a scene, and
tbe jury promptly rendered a verdict of
guilty of murder.
Ham Hill went up to tho supreme tribu
nal only to have his sentence confirmed.
Finally, when all hope had to be aban
doned, Sun Hill’s friends succeeded in
having him put in tbe lunatic asylum,
from which be escaped later, and for six
years he has been a wanderer. He first
went to New Orleans, then to Corpus
Christ!, Tex., and finally to the City of
Mexico, following the career of a desper
ate gambler. He alwaysi kept posted on
home affairs, however. Regularly every
week, until six months ago, a letter ad
dressed to Mrs. Cora Hill would be re
ceived at the Atlanta post office, and being
as regularly refused by Airs. Hill, always
found its way to tbe dead-letter office in
Washington. Three years ago Airs, itill
applied in DeKalb county superior court
for a divorce. The ease was never called
for trial, because, it is understood, that Mr.
Sum W. Small, now an evangelist, but
'tied by Sam
The Inauguration of Governor Seay Amid
Much Enthusiasm.
A Pithy null I’olutcil Innugurnl Address liy thu
Now Governor—A flrnml Hull—A IItippy Mar-
rlugo.
Walsh* of Dublin, informed a Pall Mall
Gazette reporter, who interrogated him
concerning the United Ireland rent move
ment, that he was at first startled and
. . ’ . nfllirt Aaninnnni which
portant one, overshadowing in urgency all
others affecting our agricultural popula
tion and of vital interest to every consumer
of beef, milk, butter and of cheese.
To prevent tho spread of this scourge
which has already greatly affected our
foreign and inter-state commerce,
additional legislation by congress
is now essential. Much valuable
work has already been done in Maryland,
and the danger of dissemination of the
contagion from that state has been greatly
lessened. No Work has been done In the
state of New York because it was evident
that the appropriation was not sufficient
to secure any favorable result there, ou ac
count of the extent of the infection.
The disease also exists in New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
But the state authorities have not yet ac
cepted the rules and regulations of the de
partment for co-oueration, I greatly re
gret the necessity for announcing tbe ex
istence of this dangerous disease over such
a wide area, but the serious results to be
apprehended from it make it imperative
that the truth should be known in order
that such legislative action may be taken
as is dictated by the emergency.”
ClfcVelunil’s Illness.
Washington, December 1.—The presi
dent has been confined to his room for two
or three days by a slight but annoying at
tack of rheumatism, and has for this reason
been obliged to deny himself to all callers,
except cabinet officers. He is feeling some
what better to-day. The president has
suffered from rheumatism before, but this
is the first attack he has had since he en
tered the white house.
Our Common Porketbook.
Washington, December 1.—The debt
statement issued to-day, shows the. de
crease of the public debt during the month
of November to be $3,005,249.67; cash in the
treasury. $439,023,740.59; gold certificates
outstanding, $90,520,633; silver certificates
outstanding, $105,519,817; certificates of de
posit outstanding, $7,025,000; legal tenders
outstanding, $.346,681,016; fractional cur
rency (not including the amount estimated
as lost or destroyed) $83,759.34.
remains to
be told. Lottie Ross, tbe beautiful blonde
at whose house Mrs. llill was drugged to
her ruin, kept sinking lower and lower,
but she never ceased to bo beautiful. One
morning about two years ago the people
of Nashville were astonished to hear that
Col. Boyd, a wealthy gentleman of that
city, lmd murdered his mistress, Birdie
Patterson. Twice Boyd has been convict
ed of the crime, und he is still engaged in
the unpleasant duty of fighting the verdict
of the court. Boyd, who has many rela
tives in Marietta, Ga., during one ' of his
visits there, took a run down to Atlanta,
met Lottie Ross, became enamored of her
and had her conveyed to Nashville under
the name of Birdie Patterson.
Now, Sam Hill, having travelled the
world over, is in Kansas City. As a sent
ence for murder hangs over "him, he must
keep shady, but he has ventured to write a
long letter to Gov. Gordon, narrating his
temptations and pleading for that execu
tive clemency which it is not improbable
ho may obtain.
Forrest Fires.
Charleston, December l.—Extensive
and destructive forest fires are raging be
tween this city and Sumter, on the Central
railway of South Carolina, for a distance of
ninety miles. At Monck’s Corner, thirty-
one miles from this city, many plantation
buildings arc reported to have been de
stroyed. At Strong Landing brick works
tbe fire surrounded the buildings, but was
beaten back after it had destroyed over
100 cords of wood. The Central railroad
train from Columbia to-night h id to run
between walls of fire, miles in length and
extending up to the tracks.
A forest fire swept into Florence yester
day, but tbe town was saved by herculean
efforts.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.
Montgomery, December 1.—The in
auguration ceremonies of Governor Seay
were carried out in splendid style. The
procession formed in front of the Exchange
Hotel, headed by a band of music. Then
came the Montgomery mounted police and
the military consisting ol the Mounted
Rifles, Clisby’s artillery, Independent
Rifles, Montgomery Blues, Montgomery
Greys, Reese Tigers, followed by thousands
of school children, an endless number of
carriages with tho Htato and municipal
officers, Governors O’Neal and Seay and
civilians. Montgomery was full ol stran
gers. Tbe avenue leading to tho cnpitol
was one living moss of enthusiastic people.
The weather was beaut iful throughout the
day,the thousands of ladies from all over the
state added lustre to tho happy occasion.
Governor O’Neill introduced Governor
Seay in his usual well-timed and happy
style, and expressed his gratitude to the
people and his officers for their aid in ren
dering his administration pleasant and
tho condition of Alabama satisfactory.
Retiring, lie bid an affectionate adieu to
the peoplo. He was loudly applauded, re
tiring with the full consciousness of hav-
ingserved Alabama well and faithfully.
The appearance of Governor Soa.v created
another genuine outburst of enthusiasm.
He at once addressed himself to the mem
bers of tho legislature present, at the
cnpitol steps, surrounded by an immense
populuco. ' His address, as ho stated to
them, was principally argumentative
rather than suggestive. He gave a retro
spect! e review of the state's affairs from
twelve years ago, when the state was
nearly bankrupted liy a republican legisla
ture, to the great achievements since se
cured by democratic administrations, and
the happy condition now secured for Ala
bama.
Alluding to the confederate monument
to be erected on Capitol llill, he favors the
free will offerings of private contributions;
but never, until the last sacred
obligations to those who were
once the comrades of the gallant dead have
been recognized, should any appropriation
be made in aid of this glorious commemo
ration. As regards the working of the
public roads, be favors tho direct taxation
of the respective counties. He dwells at
length on the condition of the laws regu
lating married women’s estates. He doesn’t
favor the laws ns they exist in Alabama,
considering them more pitch work, fur
nishing a means of fraud to tho wicked
and snnrcs to the unwary. The whole sub
ject must be run ruteii. lie favors the
enlightened laws of Mississippi,
Massachusetts, Now York and in
a manner England. He holds
that it is impossible to prevent the conflict
of convict and free labor and recommend',
that the convicts lie concentrated ui d
placed entirely under state supervision. I ]
He fitvors the payment of a liberal salary I
to solicitors from the slate treasury m.d
the present ices should bo collected and
recovered into it.
He pays much attention to education.
Alabama is paying now one-third of her
entire revenue for education, lie ury i
federal aid for public schools. He speaks
encouragingly of our state troops and
wants them maintained. This inaugiir-.l
address is oonsidereu one of the most
statesmanlike over delivered from tin:
capitol. It was received vviLli profound at
tention and approbation.
A b ill complimentary to Governor Seay
and party is now in progress at, t he Ex
change i Intel.
The Alabama State Bar Association met
in annual convention hers to-day. Inter
esting papers were read and new members
coming from Boston parties. Its sale ex
ceeded 100.000 shares to-day, and it was
tbe actual leader of the market. Business
in Reading was only about half that of
yosterdays and its fluctua ions, though
sometimes violent, were confined within a
range of only 2 per cent. The situation
in this stock creates a great deal
ot talk, but there was no news
in to-day of a character to have
much effect upon the price. There was
more business in St. Paul, which was re
markably strong when the remainder of
the list was weak. But it also failed to
respond to any great extent to the better
feeling prevailing in the afternoon. Coal
stocks, grangers and Vanderbilt’s were
comparatively quiet, except Lake Shore,
which wus decidedly strong in the after
noon. Central Paciflo sympathized with
Union Pacific, and was notably strong to
ward the close. The market was decided
ly strong gt. tho opening, tlie general list
showing advances over last evening's final
figures of from 1 to j percent. Opening fig
ures, however. Were not maintained. West
Point, which had advanced 31, dropped off
2.f per cent, in tbe first twenty minutes.
All the leaders of tho market were promi
nent in the downward movement, tiut tho
market rallied toward the end of the last
hour. Early losses, however, wore not
made up till well into tho afternoon, the
market in the meantime having boeii com
paratively quiet. In the lust two hours,
on active business, prices continued to ad
vance under the load of Union Pacific and
tho closo wrs strong at or about the best
prices reached. To-day’s business was
537,090 shares, with a well distrib
uted business. Everything on the active
list is higher, including Union Paeilio,
Chattanooga and West Point, Northern
Pacific preferred, Pacific Alail and Canada
Southern.
KNIGHTS DISAGREE.
A How Fcatiiro of tlic Ginns Blowers’ Strike.
Philadelphia, Pa., December 1.—An
important feature lias entered into the
controversy between tho green glass man
ufacturers and blowers over tho ubolition
ot the apprentice system. On Monday
night ineetingsof the local assemblies of
glass blowers were held in Clayton, Mill
ville, Salem, Woodbury, Wifliamstown-
and Glassboro, N. .1., when it was decided
that they would not strike us ordered by
the executive board of district assembly
No. 149 of lie Knights of Labor, but would
surrender their charters rather than do so.
These blowers are working with appren
tices and under a reduction in wuges of 5
per cent., according to ari agreement
entered into with the manufacturers
some weeks ago. The representa
tive charters or the six assemblies
were sent to the general secretary, Charles
II. Litchman, at the general headquarters
in this city yesterday. It is stated that
these assemblies purpose forming a new
association and in the future they say tbut
they will not allow anyone to work in a,
New Jersey factory who has violated an
agreement made at the compromise settle
ment last month with the employers. On
the oi lier hand the officers of diilrict as
sembly No. 149 declared that these blowers
numbering between 590 and 600, will be
raei-eil aud bln :klisted by all the mcm-
■» of the. league in good standing mid
M i iiol be allowed to work outside the
limits of their towns.
added,
Two of Alabama’s fuvorito children were
married at St. John’s Episcopal church to
night, Dr. Stringfollow officiating. The
contracting parties were Miss Lila Allen,
of Montgomery, and Mr. Albert Sidney
Lyons, son of 1 Ion. Mark Lyons, of Mobile.
IN fEKFEKING FOR THE ANARCHISTS.
The Paris Munlrljinl Co
.llaiin
They Will Not Join.
Pittsburg, December 1.—The voting re
turns regarding whether or not tho amal
gamated irpu and steel workers chall as a
body join the Knights of Labor are com
ing into headquarters rapidly. Secretary
Marlin refuses In Bay wbut the returns in
dicate, but from another reliable source it
was learned Unit there is so far a prepon
derating majority against the connection
with the Knights of Labor. A large num
ber of influential lodges have voted almost
ton man against any such move. Home of
the smullor lodges are inclined to identify
themselves with the Knights of Labor so
that to use their own expression tho “con
flict against capital can bo made more for
midable on the part of labor.” While tho
great body of the members seem to be op
posed to merging the Amalgamated Asso
ciation into the Knigli s ot Labor, tho
movement to organize in both unions in
still* going on. While these mon do not
wish to abandon an independent union
they wish also to have tho advantages de
rived from being in the Knights of Labor,
Rllz/.;mh anil Wrecks.
Straining at
Gnat.
Washington, Decemcer 1.—Secretary
Whitney has sent to the commandant of parenwgi
each navy vard in the United States an Moen.
order to utilize the marine guard ns far as I
:e of civilian watchmen
The measure is purely '
. an economical one. There are about !*
testimony taken before the suD-comnmiee ui-m, campa ign which order to utilize roe n
by Mr. Tewksbury and his original Iran- ft™ved at‘ ad adopted bu the had since possible n the place
script of them in longhand.This .morning the leaguetad ^. P , necessity. ?" d jh.pkeope r a i.
I compared the published testimony of Mr.
Nason before the committee and the origi
nal transcript, and it is accurately printed
without any difference.
I never told Bisaner I carried $1500 to
Gen. Phillips’ room that night. I never
been convinced of its equity -
lie did not fear that the church would test
its moral influence over the people. ihe
movement was emphatic to establish rents,
fixing a tribunal which would be inde
pendent of landlord and tenant alike.
A Family Secret Exposed.
Providence, R. J., December 1. — A
secret existing between Doc Wilson and
Philip L. Moon, a wealthy barbed wire
manufacturer of Worcester, and which
was so carefully kept, in a recent suit be
tween them, has become public. Wilson
claims to be Moen’s son, born a few
months after Wedlock, and given by Moen
to a family named Wilson to rear, with
the injunction never to reveal his true
parentage, and was abandoned entirely by
Paris, December l.-~Rouquete, secre
tary of the Paris municipal council, to day
forwarded to United States Minister Mc
Lean the petitteaBdoptedbylhucjuuc.il
on November 27, a. king for his interces
sion with the governor of Illinois in behalf
of the condemned Chicago anarchists.
McLean scut the following formal reply to
the petition.
“As the petition is destined for the gov
ernor of Illinois. and is made !
with the object of sparing human
life, I will not refuse my
assistance, if you persist in demanding it.
But allow me to inform you that in the
present case it is useless. You can with
out disadvantage, and with us much effi
ciency as I, address yourself direct to the
executive of Illinois, who alone has the
power of granting a pardon. Without
raising any objection to tho ac
complishment of your wishes I
beg that you will rest as
sured that capital punishment, applica
ble in no state of the union to political
offenses, is prescribed only for odious
crimes against the public weal, such as
murder and rape committed under aggra
vating circumstances and with premedita
tion. In political matters there exists
in the United Htates a moderation
which even profound disagreements are
powerless to alter. In the discussion of
the great political and social problems
touching the welfare of workers, we pro
ceed with wide liberty, showing a spirit
of fraternity and tolerance which renders I
violence inexcusable, and' always preju- j
diciul to its authors. When the majority ]
pronounoe, every one sub in its. If this great
and salutary principle of giving expression
Chicago, December 1.—The mercury*
ere this morning dropped to 8 degrees
'Trt
zero, a fall of 17 degrees iu thei
of four hours. Every indication
fall below zero to-night. The wave ex
tends in breadth from 1000 to 1500 miles,
und thu indications arc that it will sweep
down the Mississippi valley as far as the
Ohio river and then diverge toward the
east. A blizzard prevails all over Lakes
Michigan and Superior, and general
wrecks arc reported.
byiH'lliul fur Itupi*.
Charleston, S. C., December 1.—Ciosur
Robinson, colored, who assaulted Miss Liz
zie Bowie with criminal intent in the pub
lic road Monday morning was lynched at
Florence last night. Miss Bowie is very
strong and fought the negro desperately
until relief arrived. Robinson wua arrest
ed Monday night and lodged in Florence
guardliou.se till Tuesday night when the
attempt of a crowd of negroes to rescue
him wus defeated und the lynching fol
lowed.
A Fea
ful Fall) of 1 maul Boys.
Pn.., December 1.—George
Reading, , ,/c^ciuub. ,.—
Seaman and James Skiers, aged 12 and 14
years respectively, absented themselves
from school yesterday, and being afraid of
punishment from their parents did not go
home, but crowded between two hot ovens
at tho Henry Clay furnace, where they
Were suffocated and burned almost beyond
recognition. Their bodies were not found
until late this afternoon.
to the will
Big Strike
PlTTsiiriiG, December 1.—A Coalton,
the majority, wnu:
the basis of American institutions, be
ignored Ihe social order founded on liberty
and fraternity collapses and society falls
once more into chaos.”
Mr. McLane, at Rouquete’s request, con-
sententedto transmit the council's petition
to Governor Oglesby.
•h forms Ohio, special says: “All the miners in this,
ON ’CHANGE.
A Bay of Fluctuations lint No Excitement.
stock
New York, December 1.—The
market to-day showed a marked
in the amount ofbusinoss done, und though
the morning hours were a csontlnui
the seventh district—2500 to 3000—came
out this morning on the refusal, by tho
operators, to grant an increase of five cents
per ton for mining. A long siege is ex
pected, as both sides seem deteisnined.
yesterday's movement, tho afternoon saw
a gc neral recovery and the close was strong
generally at the best prices of the day.
Trading was marked by much irregularity
, „ and gome feverishness, though the market
estimated that about Uvo-Miirds of them are present, Bishop McTyero presiding. I again showed a strong undertone. London
I The session will last till next Tuesday. A l was a heavy buyer to-day, especially in
formal organization was effected. Various Union Pacific, which was influenced
Tho North Georgia Conference.
Augusta, Ga., December 1—Tbe North
, Georgia Methodist Episcopal conference
men employed in these capacities, amt it met here to-day. Four hundred ddlogates
- is estimated that al ‘ -*•'
will be displaced.
A British Blockade Runner.
The late Hobart Pasha’s recently pub
lished book of reminiscences gives a curi
ous account of the trade of blockade-run
ning during the American war. Hobart’s
first personal venture consisted chiefly of
corsets and Cockle’s pills. A thousand
pairs of stays were readily sold at a profit
of 1190 per cent.; but in spite of his elo
quent recommendations of their virtues,
of the grosses of pill-boxes were left upon his
hands, while sundry parcels of tooth
brushes were an absolute drug. He carried
the “Cockles” back to Nassau, where he
swopped them for chests of Inciter match
es, which went off well at Wilmingto i on
his next cruise. And he sent a heavy
order to England for coffin screws, which
seemed to have fetched fancy prices in the
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