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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SCXDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 18K7.
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Another Day’s Proceedings of the Con-
viot lnvest|gating Committee.
Several Witnesses Tell What They Know Alinnt
Ihe Halter—•Some Very Unruly Convicts Who
Ought to Have llcen Whipped—(letting Down to
the Bottom of Some of the Charges.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.
Atlanta, Soptember 24.—The Gover
nor’s court of inquiry was called to order
this morning at 40:15 o’clock.
Dr. Powell (sworn): Am physician at
Greeston camp, one belonging to peniten
tiary company No. 2. He was questioned
about the fact testified to by Dr. West
moreland that a negro woman and a
boy sixteen years old were found occupy
ing the same room at that camp. He said
the woman was forty years old and the
boy was a dropsical invalid. This was the
only woman at camp, and 1 put the
boy with her to look after him
and he was to wait on her, bringing water
and wood, &e. lie didn’t have good sense
and was in bad health; didn’t know his
name hall the time. He was on sick list
for several months, but for about six weeks
prior to this time ho had not been men
tioned in my reports. lie was able to do
light work, such as bringing wood and
water for the cook. This woman was the
cook. She had been In camp for twelve or
thirteen years. Dr. Howard was licensed
as physician In February, 1886.
Merriwether Lewis (sworn): Am In em
ployment of the Chattahoochee Brick
Company. Was guard at camp Bingham
at the time certain convicts were whipped
in August last, though was not present at
the whipping. I know nothing of the
cause of tne whipping of my own knowl
edge, but I heard that Slaughter had said
he would kill Bingham if he tried to whip
him. Night guard, named John Grubb,
told me of the threats. I removed a pick
handle from Slaughter’s bunk three times.
I told Bingham that the night guard had
told me Slaughter said he would
kill him if he tried to whip him.
I told this to Bingham about
two weeks before the whipping. X
regarded Slaughter, Mobley and a number
of others of the convicts as very unruly,
and getting worse; I told Bingham so.
There was a great deal of dissatisfaction
among the men because the meat allow
ance bad been cut down from a pound to
three quarters of a pound per day; three-
quarters of a pound is the allowance pro
vided by law.
Cross by Mr. Smith : I weighed the meat
In bulk before eookiug and then in bulk
after cooking, and where there had been
loss in weight additional pounds were
added. This was kept up until
I found how much the meat lost in cook
ing. I did not weigh meut for each con
vict each day. I didn’t see the fight be
tween Slaughter and Burnett. It was
about four weeks before the whipping.
The unruly conduct on the part of Slaugh
ter consisted in cursing and saying if he
couldn’t get more moat he’d go where he
could. Cursing and improper language
was the nature of the unruly conduct.
This was two or three weeks before the
whipping.
By Mr. Hill—This continued and grew
worse up to the time of whipping.
By the Governor—Each of the three
times 1 removed the pick handle from
Slaughter’s camp was before the whipping.
I don’t remember how long it was belore.
Twice ut a former camp and once at that
camp.
Arnold Lee Conyers sworn: Am guard at
Bingham camp. I helped hold the four
men who were whipped. Wo took Slaugh-
t* unexpectedly; 1 jumped on his bunk
and caught him by left arm. He grabbed
stick with right hand and the other boys
seized him with tne, and we put him over
the barrel, and Mr. Bingham came in and
whipped him. He resisted all he could,
but we had him s > he couldn’t do anything.
Cross examined by Mr. Smith—Four
were whipped that night. Slaughter was
whipped first. After that, the barrel was
rolled on down the nis’e and the others
were called out by Bingham. They came
without resistance, as they were called.
I have seen Binghum cut the con
victs with his strap as they came out. it
was only to hurry them out, and didn’t
amount to anj thing.
Colonel Towers (re called)-Questioned
by Judge Ervin, counsel for Colonel Janies
AI. Smith, nhout. the death of a convict
named Bill Sturgess, at the Wrightsvilie
camp. He said he had gone to the camp
to investigate the matter. It was reported
that ho had been killed with a rail, i
found he had been struck with a small
piece splintered oft" from a rail across
the buttocks, and that he did
die shortly afterwards. A letter
from Col. Towers to Col. James M. Smith
after his visit was read, in which ho suid
the ret ult of his investigation exonerated
the whipping boss.
By Mr. Smith—I found that the convict
had arrived at camp the night before, and
that he had been put to work the next
morning; that while at work, near noon,
he had seemed to go crazy; the whipping
boss struck him more to see if he was
playing off than anything else; he was
then taken off the chain and chained to a
tree and died there in a little while. Don’t
know if the doctor examined him
before he went to work. Don’t
know if he was overworked at all.
It was warm weather. I heard
that Maguire was working the convicts
very hard. They nil looked haggard and
worked down, and I found he was working
in the interest of the railroad contractors
and not treating the convicts right; I re
commended that be should he removed,
and Col. Smith removed him at once; my
recommendation was not based upon the
death of McGuire, but the general condi
tion of the convicts; I didn’t regard him a
proper mau for guard and he has been re
fused positious by other lessees since.
Court adjourned until next Monday at
9 o’clock,when the hours will be 9 to 2 and
3 to 5.
THEY MUST H4NG.
The Di-utli Order in Hit- fuse of the Cliirairo An-
arrliists.
Chicago, September 24.—The death or
der to the sheriff' of Cook county in the
anarchy ca e was handed down by the
supreme court this morning, and reached
Sheriff Matson later in the day. The fol
lowing is the order:
“At the term of the supreme court, be
gun and held at Ottawa on Tuesday, the
6th day of September, in the year #f our
Lord one thousand eight, hundred and
eighty-seven, within and for the northern
grand division of the state o’ Illinois.
Present— Benj. It. Sheldon, chief justice;
John Jl. Heath, justi -e: John 11. Alulkey,
ustice; John Schofield, justice; Simeon
Slope, justice; Alfred M. Craig, justice;
Benj. D. Alagruder, justice > ieorge Hun:,
attorney-general; !_.' Me:, -v Bin riff;
Alfred H. Taylor, clerk; Wednesday, 8ep-
temper 14, ore., "it a full bench, exr -pt
Mr. Jo stive Scott: Bait romieei.'.roil, to
lowing proceedings were by said court had
and entered of record, to wit: August
Spies, Michael Sch wab, Samuel Fielden,
Albert R. Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George
Engel, Louis Lingg and Oscar W. Neebe
vs the people of the state of Illinois; error
to the eritniual court of Cook county, on
this day come again said parties, the court
having diligently examined and inspected
well the record and proceedings aforesaid
and the things therein assigned for error,
and being now sufficiently advised of and
concerning the premises for that it appears
to the court now here that neither in the
record and the proceedings aforesaid nor
in the rendition of the judgment aforesaid
is there anything erroneous, vicious or de
fective, and that the record is no error;
therefore it is considered by the court that
the judgment aforesaid be affirmed in all
things as to each and every one of said
plaintiff's in error, and stand in
full force and effect, notwithstanding
said matters and things therein nssigued
for error, and it is further ordered by the
court that the 11th day of November, A.
D. 1887, be, and the same is, hereby fixed
as the Unu. when sentence of death shall
be pronounced upon the plaintiffs in error,
August Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel
Fielden, Albert R. Parsons, Adolph
Fischer, George Engel and. Louis Lingg,
by tlie criminal court of Cook eon ty, Ills.,
shall be executed, and it is further ordered
by the court that the sherifl'of Cook coun
ty, Ills., bo and is herebv ordered and di
rected to carry into execution the sentence
by the criminal court of Cook county, Ills.,
or the defendants.
ON THE TRACK.
The Knees at Prospect Park Yesterday.
New York, September 24.—^The weather
was raw and unpleasant at Prospect pirk.
The track was fairly good, and tne betting
heavy. Hanover made his first appear
ance to-day after a rest of some weeks.
First race, 1 mile; Eolian won, Pasha 2d,
Kingston 3d; time 1:44}.
Second race, 14 miles; Esquimau won,
Safe Bank 2d, LelelgosSd; time 1:59}.
Third race, 6 furlongs; George Oyster
won, Los Angeles 2d, Emperor of Norfolk
3d; time 1:17}.
Fourth race, 1} miles; Volante won, Elk-
wood 2d, Favor 3d; time 2:12.'
Fifth race, 5 furlongs; Cruiser won,
Omaha 2d, Fordham 3d; time 1:04.
Sixth race, 6 furlnngs; Katie A. won,
Bradford 2d, My Own 3d; time 1:18.
The Legislature.
Atlanta, September 24.—The house met
at 9 o’clock, Speaker Little in the chair
Reading bills the second time was
adopted as the first order of business.
The report of the special committee to
investigate the property of the state in*
connection with the Western and Atlantic
railroad was introduced and 500 copies
wtre ordered printed.
After ail the bills fora second reading
were finished the following new bills were
introduced:
Mr. Gamble, of Jefferson—Relieving J.
F. Farmer, tax collector of Jefferson
county.
Mr. Crawford, ot McIntosh—Providing
for the sale of old and unused furniture,
carpets, etc., owned by the state.
Air. Hayes, of Forsyth—Providing for
the care and protection ol harmless and
incurable patients of the lunatic asylum.
Mr. Harris, of Columbia—Amending sec
tion 936 of the code.
Adjourned until Monday.
The CotipiMi Cases.
Richmond, Va., September 21.—Argu
ment in the coupon cases in the United
States circuit oomt amis concluded to-day.
Judge Bond took all the papers, reserving
his decision until the set term ol the court.
Befiro the court adjourned Judge Bond
issued on order restraining the clerk ol
Fauquier county from issuing any execu
tion mid from levying upon any property
of the parties who have tendered coupons
in payment of taxes until further order of
this court.
HIE COLOR LISE IN KANSAS.
Quite as Much Prejudice There as Even
in Georgia.
A Republican School Roar*) Fight* Against Mixed
Schools—Ureat Bitterness Shown mid the Mat-
tor Carried to the Courts—Kliumio Nature lo
the North r«. the Sumo in States Around the
Half.
Tile nilclodstoivii Riot.
Dublin, September 24.—The Express
(conservative) says that Archbishop Wolst,
of Dublin, expressed strong displeasure at
the boycotting of the sisters of Magistrate
Seagrave, the official who superintended
affairs at Mitchelstown on the 9tti instant,
on the occasion of the fatal conflict be
tween the police and the populace. The
Express alleges that the archbishop has
warned the clergy that if the boyeottingof
ladies again occurs at the church at Mitoti-
elstown, he will close the ehurch.
Louisville Haros.
Louisville, September 24.—The inter
est manifested in the jockey club races has I
been Hueh that three extra days will bo
added, beginning Monday.
First race, seven furlongs; Benedict won,
Tudor 2d, Orange Girl 3d; time 1:33.
Second race, 1} miles; Insolence won,
Procrastination 2d, Rixby 3d; time.'LlO.
Third race, Sofa mile; Pat Donovan 1st,
Violin 2d, Tam O'Shanter 3d; time 1:17}.
Fourth race, mile; Monoorat won, Birth
day 2d, Malaria 3d; time 1:44.
Fifth race, one and one sixteenth miles;
White Nose won, Panama 2d, Brookfield
3d; time 1:50.
The Hacon I’elegrapli Changes llamts.
Macon, Ga., September 24.—The Macon
Telegraph to-day changed hands, J. H.
Campbell purchasing the entire stock of
the publishing company from J. F. Han
son. Hanson sold for purely private rea
sons. The Telegraph has been a pro
nounced protection tariff paper. The new
management will conduct it as a low tariff'
paper. Mr. Campbell is a relative of J.
H. Blount, member of congress from this
district. The price paid is not named, but,
it is known to be large, as the Telegraph is
regarded as one of the finest pieces of
newspaper property in the south. *
(lolii in the Treasury.
Washington, September 24.— Gold coin
and bullion in the treasury September 20
was $289,677,835, which is an increase in
the total for ten days of 83,540,038. The
aggregate amount of bonds purchased by
the treasury to-day was fl,900,350, in
cluding $522,050 fours and $1 377.700 four
and one-half per cents. New York sold
$862,850, Philadelphia $15,150, Washington
$29,150. Boston $922,000, Williamsport, Pa.,
$100,000, Pittsburg $30,000, Portland, Me.,
$90,000, Topeka, Kans., $140,000. Offers
from other cities were of small amounts.
The Cholera.
London, September 24.—Reports from
the cholera afflicted cities of Sicily show
that during the past two hours there have
been 119 new cases of the disease and sixty
deaths at Messina. Ten new cases und
nine deaths at Catania, and six new cases
and two deaths at Palermo.
Bank Statement.
New York, S -ptemher 21. -Following is reMuuidciil <
til! It'itc'm-nt ot till: New Y ork uasu'ci- L ,, lie l,lia..l
ated hanks for the week : ! ( j ur ju ,
Special to Now York World.
Kansas City, Mo., September 22.—A
very heated controversy is reported from
Fort Scott, a thriving town of 7000 popu
lation in Kansas, over an effort by the col
ored people there to secure the admission
of their children to the publio schools.
The bitterness of the struggle to keep
them out is perhaps hardly tqualk-d in the
rtoords of a like controversy in a southern
town. Considering that “Bleeding Kan
sas” was the is sue on which the slavery
question was really first precipitated into
national politics and ultimately led to tlie
war in which slavery was abolished;
that the anti-slavery policy was
not only triumphant in the terri
tory and state, but that Kansas has
ever since been the exponent of anti-
Blavery ideas and •has been a republican
state from the birth of the party, tiie con
troversy in the prosperous capital of
Bourbon county may be said to have a
national interest. Certainly nothing said
in behalt of the much discussed Glenn bill
in Georgia is more vituperative against the
admission of colored children to tellow-
ship with white in public schools than has
marked the discussion before the republi
can school committee in Fort Scott.
Human nature seems to be much the same
thing, whether in republican Kansas or
democratic Georgia.
A dispatch from Fort Scott gives a
graphic description of the excitement.
The question, says the correspondent, had
been a disturbance in that city
at the opening of every school
term up to 1884, when a large new
school house, containing four rooms, was
built exclusively for the colored children
at the request of the colored people them
selves. It was regularly graded and four
competent colored teachers employed.
This seemed to give entire satisfaction un
til the present year. During the past sum
mer three new school houses wero built to
accommodate the increasing pupilago of
the city. These were restricted to the
whites, giving them seven out of the eight
school houses of the city. The colored pop
ulation have made up their minds that this
is an unjust discrimination, and now insist
on mixed schools in order that they may
enjoy, equally with the whites, the advan
tages of these increased facilities. They
are encouraged iu this stand by the col
ored clergymen and tile colored member
of the board of education (Mr. Leruore.)
The board, however, which is strongly
republican, has, with the exception of Mr.
Lamore, sternly resisted this and instruct
ed the superintendent and teachers of the
different schools to exclude the colored
children should they attempt to enter. On
the opening day last week delegations of
colored children, accompanied by adult
representatives, appeared in considerable
numbers at four of the school houses and
demanded admission. This was relused
them in each ease. At the Mayhew school,
in the eastern part of the city, the colored
children marched in titty strong and took
possession of the room. The white children
immediately withdrew and the teacher
abandoned the school for the day. The
same thing occurred the second day, but
the teacher gathered around him the few
whites who remained und heard their les
sons, absolutely refusing to instruct tht-
oolored children, but permitting them to
remain upon condition tliat they did not
create any disturbance.
At the vViison street school a little girl
attended the first day. Her name is Geor-
giana Reeves. She is so near white that
the principal did not.know she was of ne
gro blood. Before the next day, however,
he was informed of the fact, and she was
accordingly excluded.
The colored people resolved to make a
test of the Georgiana Reeves ease and car
ried it into the district, court, a petition
and affidavit setting forth these facts being
presented to the court, and an alternative
writ of maniiuinus was issued ami served
upon the board of education and the prin
cipal of the city schools, directing them to
admit the child :o the Wilson street school
or appear yesterday, September 21, and
show cause why a peremptory writ should
not issue.
The application was called in court ut
Fort Scott yesterday, the school board be
ing represented by prominent lawyers.
The arguments were made by Eo-tuc
Ware and Mr. West, and were not con
cluded until a late hour. The judge then
announced that owing to the large amount
of unfinished work, lie would lake the case
under advisement and render a verdict
next Monday morning. In the meantime
the white and colored children ure attend
ing the separate schools as usuul, and no
attempt Inis been made to force the mixing
of races. If the judge’s decision be in fa
vor of the colored people, nearly all the
white children in town will leave the pub
lie schools. In fact, it is very clear
that the board of education, strongly
republican as it is, will resist wliat they
consider tho unreasonable demands of the
blacks, if there is any possible way to do
so. It is thought, however, that they will
be unable to ao so, as the supreme court
of Kansas, in the twenty-sixth Kansas re
ports, have decided that cities of tho sec
ond class, without enubling legislation,
cannot exclude children from the common
schools simply on account of race or color.
The decision of the court is awaited
with interest, as it will create only dissat
isfaction ill any event. If the colored
children are not admitted it will increase
their discontent, while it thev are the
great body of the whites will withdraw,
and it is threatened that the colored
teachers will be discharged.
Tne Tri oune, democrat, is opposed ta
mixed schools as a matter of policy for'the
benefit both of the whites and the blacks,
and the Fort Scott Monitor, republican,
whose soul was terribly harrowed up over
the tact that, the legislature of Georgia was
opposed to the mixture of blacks and
whites in the schools of that state, is bitter
ly opposed to the project of mixing them
in Fort Scott, Kan., sauce for the Georgia
goose, with the Monitor, not being saue ■
for the Kansas gander. In fact, the entin
white population of Fort Scott is almost
unanimous, regardless ol politics, in op
posing the co-education of the races in the
schools.
O'Brien Pound Built)'.
CORK, September 24.—The trial of Mr.
William O'Brien, under the crimes net,
which was commenced at Mitchcllstown
yesterday, was concluded to-day. The ac
cused was found guilty and sentenced to
three months’ imprisonment. Notice of
an appeal from the judgment of the court
has been given.
Immediately nft.er sentence hnd been
pronounced against O’Brien on the first
charge, he was placed on trial on the sec
ond charge. This was of t he same nature
as the l.her. Upon this ho was also found
guilty, and was sentenced to three months’
imprisonment, the term to be concurrent,
with tho others. O’Brien appealed from
both judgments, and was llbernledon bail.
John Mandoviiln, chairman of the board
of poor law guardians of Mitchelstown,
who was jointly indicted with O’Brien,
for using si ilitious language iu a speech
made on the same occasion us O'Brien’s,
Was also convicted and sentenced to two
months' Imprisonment. Mandeville ap
pealed from the judgment, and was per
mitted to remain nl liberty on bail pending
the decision of the appeal. O’Brien, when
he emerged from the court room after the
trial, was received with an ovation by a
large crowd, which hud assembled to tes
tify their approval of his course.
ON 'CHANGE.
Yesterday's Transiietimis la the New York stoek
Market.
New York, September 24.—The stoek
market was quite dull to-dnv and iu the
absence ot most of tho supporters of prices
the bears and traders attacked tho valu
able spots and tho list was heavy to weak.
For most of the time there was an utter
absence of nows and outsiders were doing
little or nothing.
The opening was heavy to weak with
the first prices generally from 4 to A per
cent below the olosing figures of yeHterdav.
The advantage was further increased in
the early tradeing and special drives wero
made at New England, Western
Union, Reading and Misssouri
Pacific. Pacific Mail and Big
Four wore quite strong at this time,
however, and the general list soon fol
lowed them, a material recovery taking
place. This was followed by a dull and
very uninteresting market, which grad
ually sagged off, and the closo was dull and
heavy, n( about midway between the high
est aiid lowest figures. The business of tho
day amouuted to 136,000 shares. A major
ity of the list are lower to-night, Richmond
and West Point being the only prominent
exceptions, with an advance oft pel- cent.,
while New England is down 24, Louisville
and Nashville and Missouri Pacific each 1
per cent., and others fractional amounts.
REBELLIOUS RANDALL.
Sketches of Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt and
Mrs. Jay Gould.
A Family of Mttllonulm Keneeit In Hu- (lon<1 Oh).
Fashioned Way tiy a Clergyman's Daughter.
Tin- ItusliK'Hs-l.ike ('raining unit Many Coin,
mcmlnhle tgnallilr* of tin- Ynnnirt-r VnnilorliUta.
Mrs. Jay (Jnutil anil Her Loro of Domesticity
noil Kilirnmint.
IRELAND.
•vann-thing Vlimit O' aril
London, S . 14
Tile Ux-Spcaker Excites l’olltli-al Circles liy Talk
ing About tlio t President.
Washington, September 22.—Mr. Ran
dall is telling t iles out of school on the
president. Mr. Randall is a naughty,
naughty man, and he should keep on
smoking the administration patronage
pipe and quit talking so much.
A Philadelphia special says: “Ttio talk
about a breach between Congressman Ran
dall and President Cleveland has received
a fresh impetus in democratic circles of
this city in a story from W 'siting-
ton. The story is that Mr. Randall and
V fronds were discussing the reported
disposition of the president and the low
tariff democrats to make the ex-speaker
take a back seat in the party; if not to run
him out of it altogether. When the dis
cussion had reached n particularly ani
mated stage, it is said Mr. Randall, with
some emphasis asserted th.it il he look if
into his head lie could ruin the present na
tional administration and destroy Pres
ident Gleveland’s chauaes of rcnonii-
nation. The ex-speaker is reported
to have suid that just before the
Allentown convention, President Clove
land with his own hands wrote a letter to
Superintendent, Fox of the Philadelphia
mint, which, if made public, would not re
flect much credit on the president’s civil
service reform ideas. The letter, as Mr.
Randall is s-aid to have described it, was a
specimen of politi -al insolence und the
embodiment of boss-ism in politics. 1'' is
was the substance of the story which is
now going the rounds of the hotel corri
dors and the clubs in Washington und in
this city.
“To day n reporter culled oil .Superin
tendent Fox. The super .ilimdent, looking
a good deal surprised, said he had received
a letter from the pro-ident, blit lie did not
rugaiii it as in any wav interfering witli
anybody’s politics. ‘The hitler lias never
been out of ray possession,’ said lie. ‘Mr.
Randall has never read it, as it is private
and confidential, and if you will excuse
me, I will decline to talk about it.’ Mr.
Fox was then asked tin- question direct:
“‘Did the letter contain any requestor
command that you sliuuid forbid Mr. Ches
ter, Mr. Randall’s representative, tr im at
tending the Allentown convention in Mr.
Rankall’s interest.’’,
“ ‘If you put it iu that, way, I shall an
swer no,’said Mr Fox, ‘and further than
that I must decline to say.’ The curiosity
over ihe contents of tho letter is Lightened
by Superintendent Fox’s reticence. It is
likely 1m would give a copy of the letter
lor publication if authorized to do so by
tho president.”
IIhsi* Ball.
Louisville— Louisville H, Cleveland 1. Base hits
-Louisville 17, Cleveland H. Errors —Louisville
2, Cleveland 3.
Brooklyn- Brooklyn 21. Athletics 5. Base hits
—Brooklyn 17, Athletics ?. Errors Brooklyn -1,
Athletics 7.
Baltimore—Metropolitans 7, BaitimoreZ. Base
hits—Baltimore 9, Metropolitans 13. Errors Bal
timore 2, Metropolitans 1.
Detroit-s innings, darkness- Detroit 0, New
York 7. Base bits-Detroit 13, New York 12.
Errors Detroit 4, New York 1. Ila: cries Bald
win and Bennett; Titcouib and Murphy.
Cincinnati—Cincinnati 7, Ht. Louis 5. Bare
hit- Cincinnati 16, 61. ixiuis 11. Errors -Cin
cinnati 5, St. Ikiuis 4.
Pittsburg--Pittsburg Philadelphia 12. Base
hits- Pittsburg«. Philadelphia 15. Errors Pitts
burg 7, Philadelphia 3. Batteries Morris and
Fields, Ferguson and McGuire.
Indianapolis Indianapolis 1, Washfrgt
Base hits—Indianapolis 7, Washington III. t
Indianapolis li, Washington 0. Batteries— I
Boyle und Myers, Whitney and .Mock.
Pittsburg—(second gu.uoi Pittsburg 1, Phila*
his 8. in, hit P. , .burg Philadelphia I
13. Errors—Pittsburg 1, Philadelphia 1. Batter
ies -McCormick and Miller, C.i e.v and Clements. I
Chicago-(first g.,.iej Chicago I, Boston 10 ,
"
Julian Ralph's New York Letter.
The oilier day, on Fifth avenue, I saw a
little woman who, at the first, glance,
woule not tempt the eve to rest upon her
an instant—a plain,'-'very-day little woman
of the kind men of sense most admire, of
tin: kind that supplies the world with good
mothers and wives; one of those quiet,
modest, ladylike bodies that one sees so
many tuousauds of in the big cities with
out really noting them of their attire, the
trimnc-Ns ol their figures and the almost
shy preoccupation ot their minds. Yet, if
one lived iu an age ol marvels or of
brigands, and this unimpressive little fig
ure was stolen from t lie city and held tor
ransom, she could bring her captors twen
ty-live millions—aye, four times us much,
and without impoverishing her family.
For, as she was pointed out to mo, I was
told site tvas Airs. Wm. II. Vanderbilt,
relict of tile man who, when ho lived, was
the richest man on earth. Atui yet she
wore no diamonds, showed no glint of
gold or silver from head to feet, and she
was walking—like the rest of us.
Some few very rich persons are interest
ing in spite of their wealth. Bite is admira
ble apart from hers—in herself. Important,
rather than interesting, is tho word to ap
ply to her career. Neither she nor her
husband furoBivw—perhaps they never since
thought of Ur—tho consequence of her
bringing into that stolid, accretive Dutch
blood the admixture of hor distinctly dif
ferent temperament. She was a Miss
Kissatu, daughter of an American clergy
man, whose stock was, I think, originally
English. Bbo hail the extreme good for
tune to marry Vanderbilt when he was
workiug for his father for$1000 ayenr,poor,
dependent, and us thoro iglily ill awe of
tho old commodore as when lie was a lad.
Bho married “Bill,” as he was called,
when ho hail no thought of anything
but farming. Wedded tints lo hard
work, simple fore and the prover
bial Dutch duty of constant motherhood,
her husband's ambition forced strait
ened circumstances upon both, for, on tak
ing full churgo of the farm, lie heavily
mortgaged the land to get tho means to
develop it. In those years her part was to
work and save with might and main, and
feel the care and pain of a rapidly increas
ing family. Amid these circumstances,
her character developed; amid them her
girls uud hoys wore b >ra—all ot them to
work.
A LEAVEN IN THE VANDERBILT STOCK.
All their present millions would not buy
them wliat this gained for them, because
with these conditions oanie modesty, con
fidence—the discipline of childhood in tho
family of a thrifty, hard-headed workman
—and their fat her was so much of a work
man that it is t he firm belief of every Van
derbilt tliat lie killed himself finally by
over-work. But quite equal to this train
ing was tho mother’s blood in their veil,
which Compered the Vanderbilt no
lure and bioadened it iu cliaunci
lending far away from the Holland).-. ;
qualities of tho Vanderbilts. Tho oi l
Dutch stock of the entire valley of the
Hudson is ail alike. Its qualities are
mainly admirable und calculated to kci p
tlie descendants far from the poor house.
All distinct slocks such as tnmt need leav
ening, and Unit is what Mrs. Vanderbilt
did tor her part of Hint stoek. Her daugh
ters nro something more than mere wo
men, and she 1ms helped them all into
good marriages The boys are all bettei
than mere money-grabbers; they are am
bitious beyond and apart from that.
Shu bore Vanderbilt eight children—
Margrret, now Mrs. Eliot F. Shephard,
Cornelius, William K., Emily, now Mrs.
Emily Thorne Hloane, wife of the great
carpet dealer; Frederick W., Florence
Adcle, wife of W. McK. Twomly, the
pushing westerner, now in charge of some j
of the heavier Vanderbilt interests; Lelu.
who married Dr. Seward Webb, son I
of tho old lighting editor, Dr. !
James Watson Webb, and now head of I
tlie New York Central Parlor Car Cora pa-
ny, and George W., the eighth child and
fourth son. Not a girl is married wli it, in
England is called an “aristocrat. ’-an
idler. Every one of their husbands made
his way in tlie world before lie married a
Vanderbilt. The boys also took care ol
themselves. Tlie two elder sons, Cornelius
and William K., want to enter public file—
fry to imagine tlie Commodore nr William
II. harboring such a thought, if you can.
They want to distinguish themselves
among and for the people. But for tlie
Henry George movement last, year one or
the other would have been nom
inated for mayor by the repub
licans; but tlie brothers had House enough
to see wliat an ugly light that would make.
Cornelius works harder than most very
poor mull. Like President Cleveland, lie
call not leave details to subordinates.
He is what you might call the head of
finance of tho Vanderbilt system,
chairman of the board of directors
of tho Central and tlie Harlem
anddoep in responsibility on the other
lilies, tie is HI years old und wortli about
$76,000,000. When he was a boy his father
got him a clerkship iu tlie Shoe and
Leather Bank. He refused a tour of
Europe then because it would take him
from his desk, and ho is just, ns assiduous
now, so much so that his friends fear ho is
hurting himself.
WHAT THE YOUNGER VANDERBILTS ARE j
DOING.
William IC. takes life much more easily
and holds lighter offices. Still lie has his
hands full and works every day eleven I
n. mills in the year as most men would
never dream of doing had they his enor-j
mouB pile. He got substantial training in l
ilia youth also ns a clerk in the office oi
the Hudson River road. Neither of these ;
men has any vices or any hobbies except
that of attention to business. Both go
straight home from their work, are true
to their wives and fond of their families,
possess libraries tliat they enjoy,
and encourage tneir wives to de
vote time and money to worthy charities.
Tlicir younger brother, “Fred,” is believed
to have turned the twelve millions he
started with into twenty millions already. ,
Ho seems to have inhi riled an uncommon
share ot tlie genius of the old commodore. 1
Fruit r- eah d hii talents before William’
II. died. Dinn wlicit the old man came
home from Kir-one he found that his is f
is young George, who is twenty-two years
of age and of a literary turn. George is
distinctly a student and ambitious to pro
duce literary work. He is to tie pitied for
his health, though, which is far iroinwhat
it ought to be. He Haems not to possess
the Vanderbiltian faculty of acquiring
large fractions of the earth, but he will
never be poor. The commodore left him a
million uud his father doubled it as his
guardian. For one dollar, hi-, father deed
ed him the family propelt.v on Staton
Island, and he is now the keeper of Uio
family mausoleum as well,
A PLEASING MATERNAL RETROSPECT.
If ever anyone’s thoughts were wortli a
penny those of this mother of the Vander
bilt's must fie. How strange it must ba
for her to recall her girlhood as tho
daughter of a hard-worked, old-fashioned
clergyman, then to get iu her mind’seye a
glimpse, of herself poorer yet us the wife of
a cautious Dutch farmer, und now to turn
into the marble court between the solid
bronze lamps at the door of t he grandest
house in New York, with its wondrous
gallery of paintings and statuary and its
appointments unique in their elegance.
Ten to one, as I said before, she lias nob
thought wliat her lineagn lias done for
her children cither than the proud reflec
tion that all aro virtuous and talented
nn n and women. Some of the other mag
nates of finance that the simple world
thinks so fortunate find cause to envy tho
little Vanderbilt mother. Russell Sago
and his wife, with all their millions, luivo
been left childless, and unless I am illy
posted or forget ful, of all that coterie at tho
daily Western Union’s free lunch (Gimlet,
Sago, Dillon, Field and Cornell), only Jay
Gould is a father. In all the old fairy and
folk talcs it was the rich wf o were forever
sighing and plotting for children, and ib
looks as if the centuries haven’t ohauged
their luck.
Not all tho old rules hold out so welt,
howevor. Hero are the Vanderbilts of tho
third generation nearly nil increasing their
wealth; tlie Asters are managing their for
tunes with consummate shrewdness, and
now young George Gouid is getting credib
for amazing financial ability. What bo-
eomeH of the proverb that “men save for
their children to waste T"
LOCAL LACONICS.
—Thore was no mayor's court yesterday.
Mr. J. A. Ennis amt Miss Nealy Kemp were
married Thursday night.
—Miss Winnio Davis will accompany hot
father to the state fair at Macon.
—Tlie managers of the state fair, of Macon, aro
determined to make it a grand success.
—The accommodation train from Opelika, duo
In this city at 7:10 p. m., was four hours behind
yesterday.
—Indictaions for Georgia: Fair weather and
nearly stationary temperature, light to fresU
northeasterly winds.
—Mr. Charley Kendall, formerly a conductor
on tho South western, lias accepted a similar posi-
Iion on the Ooorgia Midland.
- The Rose Hill and Lionwond people want
tho Georgia Mi hand station 1- catod at Median-
icHvtlle crossing.
—Mbs Mattio.Foster, (brmerlyof Waverly TtiiH,
has let the contract for a neat cottage oti Hcso
Kill, und the building is now In pr -greet.
In the notice of tlie gin house bnrniug pub
lished in the Enquiiuer 8ijn yesterday morning
the printer loft otf tlie credit. The Bom was
taken from the Americas Recorder
--A union depot is almost a necessity in this
onllglitonol age. But whul is tho use far one il
all the trains do not go Into ill Tho Central
road li is received a good mu iv fa- ors of Colum
bus. We would modostcly sag ext she above
all Columbus roads to enter tho union depot here.
It is fair.
-Mr. A. W. Ooznrl, formerly or Philadelphia,
Toon., bus determined to make Columbus his
home, and has located for the present ou It- o
Hill. Mr. CuzarL is known hi marry of the stock
fanciers in this section as a breeder of tine cuttl©,'
and will probably bring out inter iu the f:." :i
1 of registered Jerseys and ostablish a dairy
I J.irm
A Suit in-illh al tirrenvilia.
Mrs. Q. J. Anthony died at tier h ome in Cr- a-
villo at 10 o'clock Friday night, after.. lingering
j illness of typhoid fever, which went into conges
tion.
Mrs. Anthony was the relict of the fate Mr.
G. .J. Anthony, win, was tlie treasurer of Meri
wether county at the time of his death. She - :u
one of tlie iicst and most highly respected ia....*a
or Greenville, and was loved and honored by II
who know her. Shy was about 46 years of age,
an t was a member of Ilia Methodist church, bho
leaves one child a daughter—who wus marrieil
to Mr. VV. F, Gilbert, of Greenville, uboul :wo
months ago.
A Jug anil a Knife.
i'ote util Loo Horace, two negroes, had alight
at Mr. II if. Danlel’B store Inst night, r. to
broke u half gallon jug over Loe’s head nut! T.to
grabbed a meat knife and initialed a deepen' u
Pete’s woolly pate. At this stnge of the light tho
police uppeared ami put an end to the row.
Dr. Grimes was called in and drosHcd the cut n
Pete’s head. Lee was taken to the guurd house
The darkeys are brothers.
Finest Cake and Olives, ut G. ir. Bowkks.
sept2ii-dif
Jubilee colobrutions have continued in England
through tho summer. The last one reported took
place In tlie presence of 30,003 spectators at D - ' y
Dale. A monster pie, weighing 2'} tons, was pro
videil. The pie, which was baked in a specially
constructed oven, contained 840 pounds of flour,
230 pounds of butter und lard, 225 fowls, pig'-mis,
geese, turkeys and grouse, and 67 rabbits aud
hares. A procession was formed to the field,
where the pie was distributed. The barricades
were broken down liy the thousands of people
who were anxious to get a portion.
New crop Buckwheat just received at H. ft.
Daniel's. sep26dtf
morning ■
Money Hummed of the Pa.-Mic II,-.: iroad.
Yoiik, September 2! In the 'Tribune ti .'s
a communication to the effect that
after investigating the Central Pacific Railroad
at San P'ranolsco, the Unr.- I Stales Pacific rail
road commission had borrowed money of tlie in
vestigated company to p . its hotel bills and get
o it oft. .vo The writer of tho communicatioic
thought the tory muld is denied it can’t ba
denie , Mid L'nnimissumei- :Jtt!e at this morn
ing’.-; ■ essio a of tin- com mi- on, because it’s true.
World hur/i".‘ .DUO from the Central Pacific far
that very puipo-c We thought tliat nobody
was more iielnddeu to the government than tlii-i
road Wi "in an hour niter we had borrowed
the money v . :■ (veil notice Drum the «ocr. ten
or tl • tliatm mey had been p]
our credit .tiel wo paid tlie loan next luoruiag.
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