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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 290
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1886.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Tk« Investigating Committee Meets and
Adjourns.
1 rood of Bills—Mr. Chappell of MnaeoRee Intro-
4som Two Bill*—Governor (Jordon Pardons a
Btranger to Have His Life.
Atlanta, December 3.—The house met
at the usual hour.
The general tax act was made the special
order for Tuesday next.
The bill to create a sinking fund to pay
off the bonds of the sta e was read the sec
ond time The bill was ordered printed
and recommitted to the committee on fi
nances.
Under a suspension of the rules, Mr.
Gordon, of Chatham, introduced a bill to
levy a special tax of eight and a half mills
on the property of the state for 1887, and
six and a half mills in 1888, for the purpose
of creating a fund to continue the construc
tion of the new capitol. The bill was read
and ordered engrossed.
The call of the counties was then made
for the purpose of introducing new matter.
By Mr. Watts—To amend the act incor
porating the Ainericus, Preston and Lump
kin railroad.
By Mr. Bailey—To provide for the com
pensation of managers of elections; also
to provide for the relief of the slate lunatic
asylum.
By Mr; Taylor—For the relief of W. J.
Hicks, of Randolph county.
By Mr. Russell, of Polk—To authorize
the authorities of Cedurtown to establish
aud maintain a system of public schools.
By Mr. Chappell—A petition asking that
the importation and sale of second hand
clothing in this state be prohibited; also, a
bill denning and prescribing the right of
one railroad to cross another; also, two
petition's from the knights of labor oi Mus-
oogee county, asking for the passage of the
bill introduced by Mr. Scholield, of Bibb,
regulating the hours of labor.
By Mr. Bemer—To provide a uniform
system of procedure in civil cases; also, to
fix the time of trial of civil cases; also, to
fhrther regulate the mode of procedure in
motions for new trials; also, to provide ior
the trial of civil cases by juries where
application is made; also, to further provide
for the moro speedy taking of testimony
in civil and other coses.
The above bills introduced by Mr. Bemer
were presented by request.
By Mr. Stewart, of Mitchell county—To
authorize clerks and sheriffs to demand
fees in advance in divorce suits.
By Mr. Gamble—To make the market
house iu Louisville he place for holding
all public saip.s.
By Mr. Mathews—To define the lees of
masters In chancery.
By Mr. Brewster—To amend the act
S rovidhig for the incorporation of the
>wns and vintages in Harris county.
By Mr. Adams, of Greene—A petition
from the citizens of that county for the
passage ol the bill requesting the study of
hygiue to be taught in the public schools
of the state.
By Mr. Weil—To authorize the commit
ment of juvenile erlinimals to the house of
refuge in Fulton county; also, to amend
section 710 of the code; also, to amend
section 3888 of the code.
By Mr. McLaue—To prohibit fishing iu
the waters of the state during certain
mouths.
By Mr. Ray—To empower the grand
juries of the state to levy and collect coun
ty taxes for the maintenance of public
schools.
By Mr. Atkinson—To amend the act pro
hibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor in
the county of Coweta.
By Mr. Olay—To incorporate the Austell
Street Railroad Company.
By Mr. Blalock—To authorize and ro-
2 uire the ordinaries and county commis-
oners of the state to recommend the con
struction of houses for the use of justices
of the peace, in which to hold courts.
By Mr. Keenan—To create a board of
commissioners of roads mid revenues in
the county of Baldwin.
By Mr. Pickett—To provide the county
of Worth with the proper standard of
weights and measures.
By Mr. Pickett—To extend the time of
holding the semi-annual sessions of the
superior court of Worth; also, to provide
the county of Worth with supreme court
decisions; also, to provide lor a registra
tion of the voters of the county.
By Mr. Russell, of Clarke—To incor
porate the Athens Banking and Loan Asso
ciation.
ON A THIRD READING.
The following bills were read for the
third time and passed;
A bill to create a board of commissioners
of roads aud revenues in the county of De-
Kalb. , , „ „
A bill to amend the charter of the city of
Macon so as to allow bonds to be issued for
the construction of a public market house.
A bill to incorporate the Atlanta, Missis
sippi and Atlantic railroad company.
A bill to amend the act touching the
modes of procedure in certain cases .so iar
as it relates to towns and cities ot more
than 10,000 inhabitants.
A bill to provide for the record of execu
tions on judgments, issued by courts not
courts of record.
The house then adjourned until the usual
hour this morning wheu bills will be taken
up for a second reading.
Senate Proceedings.
Atlanta, December3.—The senate was
called to order by President pro tem.
Pringle, andjpraver was offered by Rev.
John Jones, D. D., chaplain.
Senator Rusk was granted leave of ab
sence.
Under a suspension of the rules Senator
Lamkin introduced a bill to amend section
4578 of the code of 1882. Referred to com
mittee on railroads.
By Mr. McCants—A bill for the relief of
e ersons who shall suffer loss from burglary,
ireeny, theft or otherwise, and for other
purpos,
Dean, chairman of the special
judiciary committee, reported upon the
bill to consolidate certain county offices
of Oconee county, recommending that iu
pass as amended by the senate.
A sealed, message from the governor to
be eonsidCTed in executive session was re
ceived. . . e
Mr. Powell moved the suspension of
rules for the reading of bills a second and
third time.
The bill repealing the act governing
the registration ot voters in Spalding
county, was read the third time, and on
motion of Mr. Powell, temporarily aid
upon the table. It wafe subsequently taken
up and passed by a vote of 29 to 0.
The bill changing the manner of grant
ing licenses for the sale of spirituous
liquors, wa3 read a third time. Ibis Dili
was meant to correct the evils now arising
in the country from the gallon licenses
drocured from the United States. Tue bill
provides that the ordinary ot the county
shall exercise same discretion in gran wing
licenses under ten gallons, that he now has
in granting licenses for the sale ot liquors
under one gallon. This bill was passed b>
a substitute from the temperance commit-
tC Mr. Northcutt, of the thirty-fifth district,
championed the measure in u sensible aud
telling speech, which received the marked
attention of the senate.
A message from the house was brought
i .'7 M® r k Harden, clerk, announc
ing the passage of certain house bills.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Tur-
nipseed, of the eleventh district, for a few
days.
The bill limiting the lien of judgments
on transferred property was read the sec
ond time.
Mr. Hawkes, chairman of the committee
on railrords, reported in favor of the pass
age of the bill incorporating the Griffin,
DaGrange and Western railroad.
Mr. Hawkes, chairman, pro tem., of gen-
eral judiciary committee, reported in favor
of allowing the introducer of a bill provid-
“*B for the payment of managers and
clerks of election to withdraw the same,
whereupon permission was given to Mr.
Lamkin to do so. Also recommending that
the bill providing for a stenographic clerk
in the supreme court pass us amended
by the committee.
The bill by Mr. Wright, of the first, gov
erning the recording of mortgages in cer
tain cases was read the third time aud
passed by substitute.
The bill by Mr. Wright, of the first, pro
viding ior the withdrawal of the original
fi fa by the plaintiff in claim cases under
certain conditions was read the third time
and passed, by a vote of 28 to 0.
The following house bills were read the
first time:
The bill providing for the registration of
voters in Decatur county.
On motion of Mr. Peek, the senate con
curred in the house resolution requiring
the state treasurer to hold the Marietta
and North Georgia railroad bonds until
after the conclusion of the present investi
gation by the joint legislative committee.
The following bills were read the second
tims:
A bill providing for game laws in Effing
ham county.
A bill providing for registration laws in
Effingham county.
A bill consolidating certain county offices
iu Oconee cont.y.
A bill to incorporate the Griffin, La-
Grange and Western railroad.
A bill to authorize the employment of a
stenographer in the supreme court.
Mr. Dean, chairman of the special judi
ciary committee, reported recommending
that the bill amending the registration law
of Washington county be read the second
time and recommitted.
On motion the senate wont into execu
tive session to consider the sealed commu
nication from the governor: The commu
nication cofttaiueu the following nomina
tions, which were confirmed:
Dr. G. J. Orr, to be state school commis
sioner for two years from January, 1887.
J. T. Anderson, to be county solicitor of
Oconee county tor four years from Decem
ber 6, 18SS.
L. J. Blalock, to be county solicitor of
Sumter county ior four years from Septem
ber 26, 1S67.
Upon reassembling in open session the
senate voted do in a motion to adjourn
until Monday and adjourned until Satur
day morning at 10 o’clock.
Atlanta Dots.
Atlanta, Ga., December 3.—The ease
against Julius Martin lor running a wine
room illegally is set for to-morrow.
A blaze' among some old papers in the
atereotypiug'departmeut of |the Constitu
tion building ignited the wooden partition
separating the composing room and created
a panic among the printers and editors to-
dav. The damage was light.
Gov. Gordon to day pardoned O. B,
Ford, who was sentenced to four years at
hard labor in the penitentiary at the last
October term of Fulton superior court.
Ford was convicted of larceny. He was a
stranger from Indiana and had no friends
at the trial. The governor pardons him
on two grounds : First, he is lying ill in
Fulton jail, and the attending surgeon says
he cannot survive the winter there; second,
because of newly discovered evidence
which raises a strong doubt of his guilt.
The investigating committee didn’t have
a quorum this afternoon and adjourned to
10 o’clock to-morrow.
Sleet has been falling 3ince 5 o’clock.
SIN OF THE CHILD ON THE FATHER.
A Reckless Sou ltulns Ills In I ire Family by Dis
honesty.
Chicago, December 3.—Later estimates
of the defalcation ofTheo. S. Mize, cashier
for the millionaire coal merchant, Ames,
makes the matter worse than at first
stated, the amount being now plaoed at
51112,000. The developments reveal a state
of affairs sad in the extreme. The whole
family is ruined by the recklessuess of the
son, who has brought his gray-haired
father from affluence to poverty, from
health almost to the verge of the grnve.
The homestead of the aged parents, the
home of his sister and brother-
in-law, the residence of the
embezzler, the jewels of his wife,
and his very birthright and heiritago all
have gone to satisfy the claim of Mize's
employer and save the son from the peni
tentiary. Yesterday, transfers to Ames
were recorded for all the property enum
erated and Theo. S. Mize jointly with his
father, signed away all his right and title
to a share of his father’s property that
would revert to him by the provisions of
his father’s will already made. A brother
of Mize’s who is in Atchison, Kansas, also
came to his assistance.
A Fire ia Detroit.
Detroit, December 3.—The works of
the Detroit Pipe Foundry Company, on
Michigan avenue near the railroad cross
ing, were burned to the ground early this
morning, together with thousands of dol
lars worth of machinery and patterns. The
fire was the most destructive that has oc
curred in Detroit since the Ferry confla
gration last January. The loss is estimated
at $100,000; insurance $20,000. One hun
dred and fift y men are thrown out of em
ployment. The work.s will be rebuilt.
JIM CUMMINGS BOBS UP IN KANSAS.
lie Kill*a Policeman ami Makes Ills Kseapo.
Chicago, December 3.—A special to the
Times from Parsons, Kansas, says: “A
stranger registered at Centropolis Wed
nesday evening as “Jim Cummings,” and
soon went to supper. When he came out
he put on the landlord’s hat and departed.
Policeman Kiser was nut on his track and
arrested him near the depot. They had
walked a short distance when the man
pulled away from the policeman and step
ping back 'a few paces drew a pistol and
fired. The policeman dropped fatally
wounded and the assassin made his es-
cope down the track, stampeding the
crowd who attempted to stop him by
I flourishing his revolver. The policeman
j is dying.
Ex-dor. Perry’s Death.
Charleston, S. C., December 3.—Ex-
! Gov B F. Perry died at his home in
1 Greenville to-day. He was born on
: November 20,1305. He was always a leader
! of the union party in South Carolina, and
j was appointed provisional governor by
I Andrew Johnson in 1865, and possessed the
i confidence of the people ol the state. He
was the father of Congressman Perry.
an 11s.
Secretary Whitney Reforming the Navy
Department.
Appointment* by the Prexldent—State Librarian
Hugh A. Haralaun (Jet* a Put' Federal Office.
Marine lllsaxters Itrportcd nt the Capital.
Washington, December 3.—The presi
dent to-day made tho following appoint
ments: Charles B. Morton, of Maine, to
be commissioner ot navigation; J. B.
Caldwell, of Indiana, to be deputy second
auditor of the treasury; A. E. Lewis, of
Pennsylvania, to be deputy fifth auditor of
the treasury; Hugh A. Haralson, of Geor
gia, to be deputy auditor of the treasury
for tile post office department. Col. Mor
ton, the new commissioner of navigation,
resides at Augusta, Maine, and was a
prominent applicant for the postmaster
ship of that city when Manley was re
moved. It is understood that Commis
sioner Jarvis Pattiu was requested to re
sign.
Distress mi tlie Seas.
Washington, December 3.—Reports are
coming in of marine disasters on the lakes
and north Atlantic coast, which indicate
even greater hardships to mariners in the
present than in the recent storm. A largo
schooner bound for Chicago came in sight
of that harbor, but was so covered with
ice that she was blown pastand was finally
beached at Michigan City, where tho crew
got ashore so badly frozen that they are
in the hospital. A number of vessels are
missing and every one that has made
harbor in the last two days was almost un
manageable because of tho weight of ice
which loaded them from the water line to
the cross trees. All report frost bitten
crews. Vessels ure in sight of the New
England coast stranded and Hying signals
for help. One is a large schooner and one
is a square-rigged vessel on Handkerchief
shoal. In the present gale no help can
reach them.
Wliitney’H Reforms.
Washington, December 3.—The secre
tary of tho navy to-day issued an order di
recting that on January 1, next, all stores,
supplies aud records of all property and
plants at tho navy yards and stations be
longing to the navy department, with the
exception of vessels and stores and supplies
coming under cognizance of the bureau of
medicine and surgery and of the marine
, corps, be transferred to the bureau of pro
vision and clothing. An officer of the pay
corps is to be designated as general store
keeper at each yard and station
to take charge of the stores.
Civil employes and laborers connected
with the accounts and the .care of the
stores and supplies will be transferred to
the office of the general store-keeper and
their names will be continued on the rolls
of the bureau of provisions and clothing.
On board vessels all equipment.outfits and
supplies are to be transferred to the pay
officers.
All conflicting ordqrs are repealed.
The order is intended to carry out. Secre
tary Whitney’s idea eoncerniug the con
centration in one bureau of the responsi
bility for tbe stores and supplies oa'far as
possible under tbe existing law.
TROUBLE IN CAMP.
The Knights of Labor Ijuarrcl Among Themselves.
Chicago, December 3.—Tho Daily News
this morning says that the action of the
general assembly of the Knights of Labor
in levying assessments of twenty-five cents
upoulall members of the order is being
commented upon by the leading local
knights. A circular issued by Powderly
ordering the collection of the assessment is
being read iu the local assemblies. Several
have decided to pay tlic amount under pro
test, and others nave concluded to ignore
the mandate for the present. Every as
sembly pays a regular tax, which is ac
cumulated in what is known as the “ bon
fund.” In many cases, especially in mixed
assemblies, large sums have accrued.
These assemblies object to being
assessed when money collected for defen
sive purposes is lying idle in the banks.
Tho local assemblies, and especially stock
yards contingent, object most emphatically
to the mandate, claiming that Chicago and
the entire west have been wronged by the
general board, not only in the stock yards’
strike, but in the rece it railroad strike on
the southwestern system. They claim that
western knights are being asked to sup
port eastern strikes and aro not only re
fused assistance when in trouble, but ure
forced to an unconditional surrender iu a
ease where the general order was not
asked or expected to render financial aid.
1‘iiriflc Const. Failures.
SAN Francisco, December 3.—Tho fail
ures of Robert F. Morrow, a prominent
capitalist, John McKenzie, a stock broker,
and Kullman &. Co., brokers, were an
nounced to-day. Morrow, who for many
years has been a prominent figure of tins
city, has been selling calls on stocks and a
boom in prices entailed a loss to him t j the
extent of a quarter of a million dollars. He
claims to be still worth a million over his
liabilities. McKenzie’s losses are
$100,000. Kullman & Co. say
their loss is $25,000. They ex
pect to reopen in a few days. The fail
ure made no impression on the market.
At an informal session of the Pacific Ex
change, held at 3 o’clock, prices improved
on the morning. Consolidated Virginia
went to 47. The San Francisco board will
only hold one session to-morrow, the same
as to-day, so as to give the brokers further
opportunity to enter their books on San
Francisco Exchange. Yesterday 95,000
shares changed hands during the two ses
sions, the heaviest record for ten years.
They’ve (Jut the K. T., V. anil (J.
New York, December 3.—Negotiations
were completed to-day by which the Rich
mond Terminal secures control of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
one of the principal railway systems in the
south.
Later.—Vice-President Brice, of the
East Tennessee railroad, states that the re-
C ort that the control of the company has
een sold to the Richmond Terminal peo
ple is not true. As to whether negotiations
are now or have been completed, however,
he has nothing to say. Vice-President
Logan, of the Richmond Terminal, de
clines to make any statement on the
matter.
Mrs. PurMUis (.reels Her Husband.
Mrs. Lucy Parsons, her big black eyes
dancing, her face glowing from a brisk
walk, both bands in tho pockets of a thick
newnnvrket of a dark blue material, pre
sented herself at the county jail this
j morning, nervously impatient to sec her
| husband. Her black eyes glistened with
the eflulgent glamor of a painted gas pipe;
and by her side was Gen. Parsons, brother
of the anarchist, ready to felicitate her
upon her improved appearance. Mrs.
Parsons gained in weight since leaving
Chicago.
! She reached home last evening and at
9 o’clock this morning she was at the door
I of the jail, waiting to be admitted to see
her husband. In another instant she was
within the iron doors, a second more the
distance to the wire capo was passed, and
in the open door leading to tho cells stood
her husband, prime ana smooth-looking as
a bridegroom. Iiis anarchist arms were
thrown open and into them glided the
sylph-like form in the newmarket, her
head rested on his bosom for an instant,
then their lips met in a conjugal salute.
A moro nffectionate couple tho turnkeys
haven’t seen for a long time. They em
braced, kissed each other again ami again,
held each other by the hand, and while
exchanging low words of affection looked
unutterable love into each other’s eyes.—
Chicago News.
Thirty-FiveThousand Dullnra Burned by a Cigar
St am 11.
Now York, December 3.—A (ire broke
out this morning on the lighter Ino,
which was receiving a cargo of cotto i from
the Charleston lino dock at Twenty-nine
East river. As soon as the vessel wus dis
covered to be on fire sho was cut adrift
trom the dock so as to save the thousands
of bales of cotton stored there. If this
precaution had not been taken the dock
and its contents irnght have been con
sumed. The lire boat, Havemeyer, was
sent' for, but succeeded in saving very
little of the cotton on the lighter.
The lno had 295 bales of cotton
on board, which was being shipped
by tiie Metropolitan Steamship Com
pany to the Nassau Manufacturing
Company of New Hampshire. The lighter
is owned by Shortlin Brothers, of Wall
street, but at present is leased to George
Mandorson. The fire was caused by some
one throwing a lighted cigar stump in
among the cotton, which soon had the cot
ton and vessel in flames. After the fire
was extinguished the vesssel wus towed up
tho river nnd beached. The loss is esti
mated at $25,000 on the cotton and 11,0 .
to the vessel, fully covered by insurance.
THE CONSTITUTION CENTENNIAL.
Grand Preparations In Pragma) fur Ilia Occasion
Philadelphia, December 3. — At to
day’s session of tho convention of Rtate del
egates to arrange for a celebration of the
centennial anniversary of the promulga
tion Mi' the federal constitution, Lionten-
ant-utnvoruor Jones, of New York, an
nounced that he was comoelled to with
draw giving to the necessity for his imme
diate return home. A telegram was re
ceived from the governor of North Caro
lina appointing L. A. Barringer, of this
city, as commissioner to represent that
state. His credentials were received with
out the formality of a reference to a com
mittee.
Upon motion of Mr. Hazard, of Rhode
Island, it wan resolved that the com mission
shall be designated as the “ Centennial
Constitutional Commission,” and a perma
nent organization was formed with J. A.
Kasson, of Ohio, president, aud Henry Ca
bot Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Col. Jas.
A. Hoyt, of South Carolina, vice presidents.
The following executive sub-commission
was appointed by tho c.liairmun: Pennsyl
vania, Amos R. Little; Virginia, Wm, Wirt
Henry,- Massachusetts, Henry Cabot Lodge;
South Carolina, Jao. A. Hoyt; Maryland,
Gen. Clinton P. Haine; Indiana, Charles
W. Reeves; New York, Edward K. Jones;
Ohio, Alfred T. Goshorn ; Missouri,
Thomas T. Gault; Mississippi, Marcellas
Green; Michigan, Judge James V. Camp
bell; Connecticut, Henry O. Robbins; Da
kota, N. G. Ordway. The executive com
mittee was empowered to appoint a treas
urer and secretary. A programme for the
celebration was filially adopted, as follows:
Section X. That there ho an oration and
poem in commemoration of tho signing of
the constitution.
Section 2. That there be a military dis
play, in which the United States shall be
invited to be represented by each branch
of its military and naval service, and the
several states and territories and the Dis
trict of Columbia by their military and
volunteer service, and that the president
be requested to designate the officers to
command the same.
Section 3. That there be an industrial
processional display.
Section 4. That invitations to participate
in the celebration be extended to the presi
dent of tbe United States and his cabinet,
the federal judiciary, congress and the
repreientativea of all the departments of
the national government; to the governors
of each state and territory; to the judicia
ry and legislatures of tlic same, aud tho
representatives of tbe several departments
thereof, to the commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and to the various civic
organizations and associations of the union;
and that resident representatives of for
eign governments having friendly relations
with the United Slates be invited to be
present.
Section 5. Tile erection of a suitable me
morial in the city of Philadelphia, com
memorative of the signing and adoption of
the constitution, and of the progress of tho
j nation since that time.
I Ail address to the people prepared by
Mr. Lodge was adopted and will be issued
with the programme.
! Resolutions were adopted requesting the
aid and co-operation of congress in the
celebration and calling upon those btates
and territories not vet represented, to send
delegates to the commission as early as
possible.
An Important Decision.
Chicago, 111., December 3.—A special to
tbe Times from Galena, 111., says: “Judge
Wm. Brown, of the circuit court, rendered
an important decision to-day in the case of
Bernard Mamicm.tnn vs. the directors of
school district No. 1, Jo Daviess county,
and Rev. Father Josh Blenicke, pastor of
St. Mary’s Catholic church at Momenoe.
For eleven years past the school directors
have permitted the public school building
, in that district to be used four months in
I each year for parochial school purposes
I free of rent. Suit was brought in May last
. to test the right of the directors to per-
! mit such use of a public school
building and a temporary injunction was
! issued by Judge Brown restraining them
i from so doing until the matter could be
passed upon. On a final bearing to-day
his honor dissolved the injunction and dis
missed the bill, holding that as a publtc
| school bad been held in tho ^building one
1 hundred nnd ten days in each year in
I compliance with the statute, that the di
rectors had a right to permit the occu
pancy of the buildings for a parochial
| school the balance of the year, and that
their action during the past eleven years
; was warranted by law.”
Chestnut!
8t. Louis, December 3.—The Globe-
Democrat says this morning that it has re-
! ceived a letter from “Jim Cummings,” the
Adams express robber, which states that
he is tired of being chased around the
country by detectives and promises to re
turn $23,009 of the sum stolen if they will
1 let him go in peace.
A Matrimonial Infelicity.
! Chicago, December 3.—A Times Helena,
Ark., special says : Laura Brown, a colored
woman, after a trivial domestic unpleasant
ness, struck her husband with an uxo while
he was playing with the children and
nearly severed his lie-ad from his body.
Sho made no attempt to escape,
The President Fretful and Feverish Over
the Problems.
Making the Air lllun with Nervous Cnni|ilaintH.
(hipping Out a TarilT Ill'll 11,'llim ('ninpiilgii in
the Fiftieth Cunuress— Indorsing Ills Cabinet
Members in I heir Pulley llujurd's treaties on
tho hoard*.
Washington, December 2.—The presi
dent is working harder on his message
than he did last year. Tho wrestling with
the figures of the treasury surplus and tho
problem to find the best way to reduce
needless taxes lmvo proved such unusual
work for him that no has beeonid very
nervous and irritable. A congressional
caller who reached tho white house library
yesterday found tho president swearing in
a great rage at a trembling attendant,
using him as an escape valve for liiH nerv
ous irritation. The cabinet officers, who
have been summoned from time to time
to confer with the president, have caught
the contagion of Ins irritation. There is
never a time when tho messengers shake
soiu their uncertain shoes ns when the de
partment masters have freshly returned
from the white house. Cabinet officers ques
tioned about the subjects of the presi
dent’s message turn pale and change the
subject with lightning-like swiftness.
The president! does not hope to get any
tariff revision nieasute through congress
this coming session, but he does expect
tlmt the fiftieth congress will puss some
measure. The president is inclined to be
lieve tnat there may be a slight chance for
I if: passage of some such conservative
proposition os is embraced in tho Hewitt
administrative bill. He is not in favor of
calling the fiftieth congress together in
special session, according to the plan of
Senator Wliittliorne, in order to reduce
the taxes. He believes that it will be
enough for him to take strong grounds in
that direction now and use his influence
with tlic fiftieth congress when it meets.
The long session of 1887 and 1888 will give
him his opportunity, and if lie is suceets-
ful will give him a great start for his re-
nomintition.
This winter Mr. Morrison stands in the
way of the Hewitt bill. It would lienatu-
ral for Mr. Morrison to nrguo that he re
ceived no help from the administration
with his taiiffbill last session, and that no
very great help need be expected from
him, now that tho administration has be
come suddenly convinced of the necessity
of tariff reduction of some kind. Mr. Bay-
aid is also very nervous in theso davs. lie
makes no annual report beyond sending to
congress the diplomatic dispatches of the
year. But ho expects the president to sus
tain him in his foreign policy and take ilia
view of the settlement id’ the cutting case.
The president will also follow Mr.Bayard
iu the treatment of the fisheries question,
and approve tho dynamite treaty negoti
ated with England. It is Mr. Bayard’s
ambition to conclude a number of new
commercial treaties with the leading na
tions of tho world. It is said that Minister
Jarvis, now on his way home from Brazil,
is also bringing back a commercial tree y.
The president will approve the recoin
mcndations of tho secretory of the nuty,
whoso report will appear in advance ol
the meeting of congress. Mr. Whitney
will ask for five more millions this yea- in
addition to winit lias already been given
for a new navy. The money is merely to
be used in the completion of work author
ized by congress.
In addition to the cruisers and gunboats
already begun, two iron-dads, a dynamite
cruiser and the completion of work on the
monitors have been ordered by congress.
These will make, when completed, twelve
new vessels. Mr. Whitney will also ask
that the amount appropriated for cruiser
No. t be increased, as the lowest bid, that
of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco,
is several hundred thousand dollars above
the limit. Mr. Endicot.thas not much out
side of routine suggestions. Mr. Manning’s
report deals almost exclusively with the
question of the surplus and the best method
for tbe reduction of taxes.
It is said that Mr. Manning anil Mr.
Cleveland are running a race to see Which
can produce the better financial paper.
Mr. Garland has nothing. The postmaster-
general’s report is already before the pub
lic. Mr. Lamar’s report will reaffirm his
views on the settlement of the Indian ques
tion. He will recommend tho establish
nient of a permanent com mis.,.on . to en
gage in the work of weaning t.lie Indians
from reservation life to occupying luuds in
severalty. But the main feature of the ad
ministration presentation to congress will
| he the treasury’s condition, the rapid
I growth of the surplus and the necessity of
I reducing taxes in some practical way wdh-
| out danger to existing manufacturing in-
I tercsts.
THREE NEGROES HANGED.
A Texu* Moll Dispose of Three Negro Murderers.
Chicago, December 3.—A special to the
Times from Brcnhatn, Texas, says: “At
an early hour yesterday morning, ail arm
ed mob came to town, overpowered tiie
jailer, nnd took out Shea Feldnor, Alfred
Jones and Ephrium Jones, three of the
negroes implicated in the killing of De-
wees Bolton at Hewellen’s store in this
county on the night of the election, and
lynched them. It was so quickly done
that the town was not aroused. The
bodies of the three men were found hang
ing to a tree in the morning. It was
thought that the feeling against the men
had subsided so that no further trouble
would occur and Hhcri/I Devero brought
them back from Houston whither they
had been sent for safe keeping. There is
no clue to any of the perpetrators, it is
feared the unfortunate occurrence will
again cause race prejudice and raise politi
cal excitement very high.” •
ON CHANGE.
A Day ufljulct with no Excitement.
New York, December 3.—Tho stock
market again to-day showed a slight de
crease in the amount of business done, but
transactions were more evenly distributed
than on any day for some time. There
was considerable feveri.diness displayed at
times, but the market most of the time
was strong. London was a prominent
buyer of St. I’aul and Northern Pacific to
day, and tbe latter stocks were unusually
active. The features of trading weie Van
derbilt, East Tennessee, Wabashes, Read
ing, New England and Lackawanna.
Tiie latter and New York Cen-
I tral became consplcu- ous toward
1 the close, and tiie advance in
1 New York Central is tiie outcome of tho
i belief tli at the rate of demands will be in-
] creased during the coming year ns well us
of the fact that it has not rceponded to
! advances among its kindred stocks. A de
lay in issuing tlic reorganization plan lias
caused a decrease in tlic confidence of op
erators in Reading, and there was consid
erable selling to day, but it received sup
port in the afternoon und recovered to
| opening prices. Thu opening this
1 morning was active aud strong. A majority
of the active list, however, advanced
ovor lust evening’s final prices of fromj to
i per cent., though West Poiut, New Eng
land and Union Pacific were each 8 lower.
Prices were firm to strong, West Point,
Now England and Wabash being specially
noticeable. Later there was some irregu
larity displayed, and in the early part of
the afternoon prices yielded sligtly, while
Reading was rather weak. The mar
ket was somewhat quieter at this
time, but in the last hour a renewal
of the upward movement occurred, New
York Central, Lackawanna and Reading
attracting must attention. The market
closed active and strong, in many coses at
the best prices of the day. The total sales
were 521,000 shares. Tho net result of the
day’s business is an advance in everything
on the active list, Union Pacific, Central
Pacific, and the Texas Pacific being the
only exceptions.
OVER THE WATERY WASTE.
After a WriMKlo In • lie Chamber of Deputies, th«
French Ministry Resign.
Paris, December 3.—In the chamber of
deputies to-day M. Sarricu, minister of tho
inferior, in opposition to the motion for a
total abolition of the offices of sub-prefects,
promised that ho would introduce a bill
providing for a partial abolition of tho
offices. Prime Minister DoFrecynet sup
ported Sarricu, nnd reproached the oppo
sition for seizing every chance that was of
fered to overthrow the goverenment. The
chamber, however, adopted the motion for
a total abobltlon by a majority of 13 votes,
thus defeating the government, and it is
reported that DeFreeyuot, Sarrien and
Goblet, minister of jjublic instruction, will
resign. There was intense excitement in
the lobbies of the chambers. After the
vote was announced the sitting of the
chamber was suspended nt the instance of
DcFreeynet, in order that the cabinet
might consider itB position. The minis
ters are now (5:30 p. m.) holding a meeting.
Evening—After the cabinet meeting the
ministers went to tho Elyso police and ten
dered their resignation to President Grevy.
England.
A CABINET MEETING.
London, December 3.—A cabinet coun
cil wus held to-day to discucs the advisa
bility of further prosecutions in Irelnnd,
like’the one instituted at Dublin against
John Dillon. Tho question of continuing
government assistance in tho work or
eviction was also considered. All the mem
bers were present.
SUPPRESSING THE LEAGUE.
It is believed the government has
decided to suppress intimidating meet
ings in Ireland and to enforce tbe
rights of landlords.
Ireland.
THEY DENOUNCE THE GOVERNMENT.
Dublin, December 3.—The corporation
to-day adopted resolutions denouncing
the conduct of the government in prohib
iting the National League meetings at
Sligo and elsewhere. Lord Mayor Sullivan
and Mr. Sexton delivered addresses. None
of the conservative members of the corpo
ration were present.
IT WONT BE HELD.
| The meeting of nationalists announced
to be iie!il at lUUymorte Sligo on Sunday
next has been proclaimed.
AN ALABAM V TRAGEDY.
fvri) .Men Kill Each, Ollier In Their Tracks,
St. Louis, December 3.—A special from
Chattanooga, Tonn.. says: “A tragedy oc
curred ItiHt mu'lit at Stephenson, Ala. Jas.
Turner went to tiie house of Frank Carter
and called him to the door. Turner fired
two shots from ». shot gun at him, both
taking effect in the breast. As Carter fell
lie caught up his rifle, which wus standing
behind the door, and shot Turner. Both
ore now dying. The cause of the trouble
is not known. The men huve always been
intimate friends.
Potheriiiuhiiiii's luxe.
St. Louis, December 3.—The amount of
bail in the case of tiie Adams express mes
senger, Fotheriughum, was fixed in the
criminal court to-day. Ex-Governor John
son, attorneylfor the messenger, stated that
he would make application that the bail of
his client be fixed at $.5900, ns the evidence
against him whs so meagre and from
such untrustworthy sources. Jud e Norm ill
slated that he had no meaus of knowing
the nature of the evidence except by re
ferring to tiie minutes of the grand jury.
This he would refuse to do and us tho
amount stolen was $90,000 lie thought $20,-
000 bail would be riot excessive. lie there
fore fixed the bail at that amount. Tho
nn s iiigiT could not furnish the amount
and was temanded to jail.
Fn,:.rii Roustabout*.
St. Louis, Decomber 3. — Eight negro
roustabouts, part of the crew of the river
steamer Mattie Bell, arrived under the de
partment last night with badly frozen
hands, feet and faces. They had been
working on the boat at Pearl, on tho Illi
nois river, all day Tuesday and Wednesday
during the blizzard, and became so badly
frozen that they were sent by rail to this
city witli instructions to apply for admis
sion at the marine hospital. Four of their
number are in such a serious condition that
their hands and feet will have to bo ampu
tated.
fff Fellows arc Running Things Now.
Indianapolis, December 3.—The grand
jury of the federal court adjourned to-day
without returning any indictments against
the parties who mutilated and forged
election returns in this county by which
two democratic county officers were count
ed in, or making any report on tho subject
whatever. Judge Wood rebuked them in
a caustic manner und then discharged
them.
Ills Name’s Dennis.
Chicago, December 3.—A Times special
from Petersburg, Va., says in an affray
in Pitt county, Noith Carolina, between
Thomas Smith and John Dennis, the latter
shot and killed the former. The friends of
Smith assaulted Dennis aud cut him nearly
to death with a large knife, audit is not
thought Dennis can recover.
4 Bank Mulcted Out oT $291)4.
St. Louis, December 3.—A pension check
for $3000, altered from one for $6, was pre-
j sented at the sub-treasury for payment to
day. It came through the Merchants’
I bank for collection for the account of a
! Kansas City bank. The latter bank will be
! tho loser.
A Heavy Fire.
Bracton, Mass , December 3.—A firs
late last night destroyed tiie opera houso
block, containing eleven business houses.
The loss is estimated at $220,000, insurance
| $145,000.
Ileusl Butler Must Pay lip.
I Boston, December 3.—In the case of the
■ National Soldiers’ Home against Gen. But-
I ler the jury to-day found a verdict for
1 $10,537 against Gen. Butler.
