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VOL. XXX. NO. 317 COLUMBUS GEORGIA, S iTURUAY MORMXG. OCTOBER 13, l.W. BY THENECK UNTIL DEAD I'AI LIVK M OOT MEET* HER F ATE ON HIE MURDERER’*. GALLOWS. THE TREASURY AND THE BONDS. aecretary Fairchild'* Vi«it and It* (»uw. No Change In Method*. THEY WANT TO GO HOME After the discussion had been carried on SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ANXIOUS TO ADJOURN. *h«- Admit* Choking Annie Jordan to I>eath — She *ee* Angel., and Hear* Their Voire*—Riding to the Gallon* on Her Coffin. UNION Sprinos, Ala.. Oct. 12.—Pau line McCoy, who wss tried and sentenced last August to be hung for the murder of Annie Jordan, was executed here to day. She was taken from the jail about 10 o’clock and carried to the gallows. Hav ing been granted permission to speak she uttered the usual harangue about having made her peace with Ood. Promptly at 1:24, the drop fell, and her neck was broken. Her heart ceased to beat in mx minutes, and in fifteen minutes after the tall ot the drop the body was cut down. This is the first woman ever hung in the history of Alabama. Her trial consumed two days of the Cir cuit Court, held here io August, ana re sulted in her conviction. After a fair and impartial trial, in which she was ably de fended by M aj. D. 8. Bethune and J. D. Norman, she was found guilty of murder in the first degree and death penalty rec ommended by the jury-. She was subse quently sentenced by his honor. Judge Cormichael, to hang on Friday, October 12th. i'he murder was committed Feb ruary l »;h last, near Midway, Ala., Bulloch county. Mis* Jordan, the victim, strayed from her home in Montgomery last February. She was accompanied as far as Union Springs by a negro girl from the same place, who separated from her at this place. Miss Jordan made a request for lodging at a negro’s house inside the incorporate lim its ot the city and spent the night there. Next morning Pauline made her aupear- ance at this bouse and the unfortunate girl asked her to go with her to Euiaula. They left here early in the morning, going up tbe railroad toward Columbus. Mr. Raborn, the Marshal of Union Springs, had been informed that this girl and her companion had left in that direc tion. He immediately followed to see if he could identify her as the one who had strayed from Montgomery, an account of her action having been sent him by mail which was delayed in reaching him. He enquired along the road, but no one had seen them, and he turned back having lost all trace of them. It was afterwards learned tnatthey had diverted their route. They had gone but a short distance when they turned across Dr. Frankliu’s field to wards Eufaula. Two or three days later Pauline return ed alone and reported that Miss Jordan had gone to Eufaula. She had in her pos session several articles of w-earing apparel and a few' dollars which belonged to Miss Jordan. This was kept quiet, and was only known by a few negroes with whom she associated. They had left here Wednes day. Ten days later, Saturday afternoon, the corpse of Miss Jordan was found by two negroes near the railroad track, be tween Three Notch and Midway. They immediately reported their ghastly dis covery. An investigation was made at once, und Pauline was arrested at Union Springs and carried to Midway for a pre liminary trial. Sue endeavored to fix the crime upon Work Drag* Slowly Along — Interest I* Elsewhere Than In Congre**. and Everybody I* Tired—The senate Spared a Long speech. Washington, Oct. 12.—After the trans action tms morning of some routine busi ness of no public interest, the Senate re sumed the consideration of tbe tariff bill, and Mr. Cnase continued the speech, which he had oegun yesterday, and which was chiefly directed to a review of the mer its and demerits of the two parties in re gard to the postal service. At the close of Mr. Chase’s remarks, Mr. Allison, with an assumption of gravity, moved tnat tne tariff bill be now taken up, and feigned surprise on being informed by the presiding officer that that bill was be fore the Senate. Mr. Dulph said that there was 6ome anxiety felt on the Northern Pacific coast in regard to the provision of the Senate bill to the tariff on coal, and he asked Mr. Allison if the Senate bill put Washington, Oct. 12.—It is authorita tively stated at the Treasury Department to-day, that Secretary Fairchild’s visit there yesterday had nothing to do with tbe matter of bond purchases, and further more, that there has been no change in the policy of the department in that re sist. except as to limit the purchases for tbe present, to bonds other than those held as security for national bank circula tion. This action had been determined upon before his arrival, and was, therefore, not the result of any conference he held yesterday with Speaker Carlisle and tne officials of the Treasury Department. Secretary Fairchild will deliver a politi cal address in New York to-morrow, and it is understood that he came over to Wasn- ington to confer with the President and Speaker Carlisle and others in regard to that matter. The statement that the De partment has practically decided to limit future bond purchases to a few million a month is emphatically denied at the De partment. An official, who does not want his name mentioned, but w ho is in a posi tion to speak with authority, said this af ternoon that there had been no change whatever in the policy of the Department !n^!, ni f tU;r ^ ff>Uy t n? b ° nd ' i a exc ! p L M coal on the free list in any form indicated in tbe notice issued yesterday that the offers of bonds held as security for national bank circulation will not be ac cepted for the present. The reason for this, he said, was simpiy because deposits for October had already reached the limit fixed by law. In the matter of future purchases, he added, the assertion of the Department will be gov erned altogether by the ‘Tates at which the offers are made and the exigencies of the situation.” It is an open secret, he continued, that the Department prefers to apply tbe sur plus to the purchase of 4j per cent bonds, as a loan nearest. maturity, and therefore one for the payment of which the pro vision must first be made; but it mast not, therefore, be taken for granted that the purchase of 4s is to be discontinued until theljsare all redeemed. It is, however, not likely that any 4’s will be bought for the present at least, unless there is a decline in the price at which they are offered, or unless some changes should occur in the financial sit uation. which would make such a course advisable, "’’osum it up, said the official, there will be no change in the treasury policy unless something unforeseen ren ders it necessary. THE STOCK LAW DEFEATED. The Election in Alexander City Goes Against It—The Rules' Drill. Alexander City, Ala.. Oct. 11.—The Alexander City Kilies gave their second prize drill last night at the school building. Corporal Cooper Bennett, who won the handsome gold medal at the first drill, was again victorious. First Sargeant J. J. Hodo was his closest competitor, the dif ference in their score being just one point. After tne prize contest a squad of the com pany gave a short drill on the square. The Rifles “still hold their own.” Col. Moore and Maj. Conwell, who are working the gold mine near here, have asked the company to accept twenty-five pennyweights ot gold, Tallapoosa gold, gotten from this mine. They propose having the gold made into a badge to be won by the model soldier of the company. Mr. Allison said in reply that he had had several inquiries in the same direction. Coal slack, or culm of coal, was put on the free list, but that was one of the mistakes in the bill, and should have been corrected before the bill was reported. It was tne intention of the Finance Committee, at least of the majority, that coal slack, or culm, should pay a duty is now, or per haps an increased duty. Mr. Doiph—Will the Senator state what that article is. Mr. Allison—It is refused coal, which passes tnrough the haif inch screen, ac cording to tne Treasury regulations, but it is difficult to distinguish coal and coal slack, so that the committee proposes to put all coal on the dutiable list at the rate now provided by law, 73 cents per ton. That is one ot the amendments which the committee will propose at the proper time. Mr. Call reviewed Mr. Platt’s; argument of yesterday as to a section al conspiracy against labor. fhe attempt to connect the financial questions of economic question with the old difficulties that existed between the people of the United States was, he said, equally unworthy of the Senator, and of a reasoning mind outside of tne Senate. It could not address itself to the judgment and iuteligent thought of any class of peo ple. How, he asked, should taxes be reduced? The Democratic party had formulated and placed before the country a proposition to affect tnat the method of reduction snouid be to reduce the taxes on articles of general consumption. Tne Republican party had antagonized that proposition, and insisted that the duty on a large pro portion of the articles necessary for human life should not be reduced, but should be increased, and that such taxation was a benefit and not an injury to the people of the country. That was the great issue to be considered by the people. As a friend of order and conservatism, he deplored the doctrine on which the Senate bill was founded. It was not in the interest of wise protection; it was not in the interest of just distribution; it was not in the interest of protection of for some time, it was suspended long enough to enable Mr. Hooker of Mississippi, to present, and the House to agree to. the conference report on the bill to retire Alfred Pieas&nton with the rank of Major. The consideration of the Nicaragua bill having been resumed, tbe question was on Mr. Fuller's amendment. The vote stood 2S to S. and Messrs. Turner of Kansas and Lawler of Illinois raised the point of no quorum. The committee, thereupon, ; arose. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, asked consent to ! print in the Record some remarks upon the subject of the tariff. It was due to the House to state that what he desired to Drint was an essay by G. W. Stone, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, ' and was more of a legal than a political argument. Mr. O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, had no eb- jection to the request, but he expressed his disappointment that Mr. Oates had not asked the unanimous consent for tne passage of bis final adjournment resolu tion. to which he, Mr. Oveill, was sure there would be no objection. Mr. Far- quhar, of New York, however, objected to Mr. Oates’ request. If the House started to print the essays of outsiders, he said, it might as well print the Democratic campaign book. Several efforts were made to secure an adjournment or recess until evening, but they were all rejected for the first time in two weeks, and the roll call was ordered. The motion being made to adjourn. The motion was defeated, yeas 25, nays 43. A subsequent motion to adjourn prevail ed, and by a vote of yeas 32, nays 31, the IIouse adjourned until Monday. A DYNAMITE BOMB. THE EMBARGO RAISED. SPECULATION IN TRADE. JACKSON OPENS HER DOOR* TO HER REFUGEE CITIZENS. The Occasion Made One of General Re joicing-Hundred* Flocking Home. Situation in Decatur. Jackson ville and Elsewhere. Tlie striker* are Trying to Blow Up the Cars—No Riots Yesterday. Chicago, Oct. 12 —A torpedo of some sort was exploded last night under the wheels of a Sedgeweck street car. This was at first supposed to be only an ordina ry railroad alarm torpedo. Later however it was stated that they were powerful dyna mite bombs of a small size, and again that they were perfectly harmless and that some were found which had not exploded, and that they were practical jokes, being Jackson, Miss., Oct. 12.—The quaran tine was raised this morning. A great number of refugees have returned to the city from all directions. Stores have been opened and business generally resumed. Ir will be several days before the passenger trains on any of the roads will stop at the depot here. Situation at Jacksonville. Jacksonville. Oct. 12.—Tne official bulletin for the twenty-four hours ending at 6 p. m.. gives new cases 66, deatns 4— Jessie Jenkins, colorea, Mrs. L. S. Chad wick, H. B. Allen, Edward \V. Huger, col ored. Of the Dew cases 19 are white. There are rumors of a sad state of affairs in South Jacksonville. Much suffering is reported there on account of an alleged at tempt to conceal cases of fever. As there is no resident physician there the confer ence committee will investigate, and Dr. Porter will be asked to establish a hospital there under the charge of the government officers. Contributions acknowledged to-day by the financial committee aggregated £2975. Situation at Decatur. Memphis, Oct. 12. — The Associated Press has received the following from Decatur, Ala.: Three new cases in the last twenty-four hour*—Mr. Ed. Young, Miss Rindy Parker and Martha Westmoreland, colored—and one death, Dan Wilkerson, colored. [Signed.] Jerome Cochran. M. D., State Health Officer. Fever at Green Cove >*|»riug*. Washington, Oct. 12.—The report of yellow fever at Green Cove Springs, Fla., has been received at the Marine Hospital bureau. Surgeon Hutton telegraphs from Camp Review of the Week hr R. O. Dun A Co. Market* Everywhere Agitated New York, Oct 12.-R. G. Dun * Co.’s review of trade for the past week has shown the mischievious influences of spec ulation and the artificial nature of current prices. Wheat rose about S cents per bushel, broke to 11 cents in two days, and again rose rapidly, closing 1$ cents higher than a week ago. Corn advanced a frac tion. but receded. Oats have risen j and coffee about i of a cent, but lard has fallen nearly 1 cent, and the fictitious prices in cotton have yielded with the quotations 4 cent lower. Oil has fallen lj cents, and the sudden advance in hides having re sulted in dullness, prices have yielded j cent. Tnese fluctuations in the main, without any reason in the conditions of the demand and supply have a tendency to retard all legitimate oil business, but the gambling swell* the volume of the transactions so that the clearings at cities outside of New York show an increase of IT IS DI E TO DEMOCRACY GOVERNOR HIM, s|’E A K* ON THE FIVE ISSUE* IN INDI ANA. He Sny* That It i* Dm land that (innllmu ot Economy Can he IM«< Instead of sect innail Grover Cleiw- I I'nlltlcal Indianapolis, (ML 12. -Gw. Hill an1 party arrived to-night. He made brief speeches at Seymour and elsewhere on the route. At Seymour he said: “Fellow-Citizens: I thank you for this cordial greeting. Four years ago our opp v nents predicted that the country would oe ruined by the advent of the Democratic party to power. They predicted that we would assume the Confederate debt [laughter]; that we would lfi per cent over last year, with gains of repudiate the national debt that the col- 311; per cent at Chicago aud 4 per cent ored people would be restored to slavery; composed of plaster of paris made toresem- j p e rry that this morning’s report shows the , ble the track torpedo. • arrival of fifteen refugeesand the discharge Tnis confusion arose from the fact that of thirty-five. There now remains in camp two kinds of bombs ware found, one on Sedgeweck street, the other on State. The latter was harmless, and the officials at the police headquarters got the two re ports mixed. Last evening, after the bombs on Sedg wick street were found, Captain Shaack sent for an expert connected with one of sugar, coffee, tea, milk, lard, and the like 142 refugees, and six in the fever camp. Fernandina Cries Out for Help. Fernandina, Fla., Oct. 12.—The aura ber of new cases to-day is fifteen, of which two are white. Supplies are needed, such as salted or smoked meats, flour, grits, the big powder houses of Chicago, and gave him the packages. The gentleman took them home, and this morning brought them back. “It is dynamite,” said he to the captain, “and there is enough of it to blow up this station.” One of the packages was taken to the city limits this morning, it is said, and ex ploded. It plowed a great hole in the The demand to-day for aid is overwhelm ing, both from white and black. PLUCKY JACKSONVILLE. ground, be,id« bre.ki5g .largo piece of | 'iffry Directors of the Sub-Tropical Exposition Will Open It in Spite of the Fever. Jacksonville, Oct. 12.—There has been a misunderstanding in regard to the her father, Jake McCoy, who proved an ; The twenty five pennyweights, when made capital. It was based on a wild theory alibi, as he was twenty miles from the scene, anil had not left the plantation in several weeks. This was sufficient proof to everybody that Pauline was the murderess. .She made no further accusations and steadily refused to talk any more of the crime. • It was proved by Dr. Maymes, who ex amined the corpse, that the girl had been i hoked to death, the marks about her throat being sufficiently plain to form this conculsloo. There was ,no indication of Im*i> Iiiii ntamnri into a badge, will be worth >30, and will he invaluaole to the gallant Rifles. The election here Tuesday, to decide whether we should have stock law or not, resulted in the defeat of stock law by forty votes. The 'negroes voted almost to a “kink” for no stock law. The laud owners worked hard to secure the success of law, but were defeated. Here everybody of age was allowed to vote, whether he owned land or not. iron placed under it, to test its force. Keesberger, who placed the bombs on the track, is said to be one of the strikers. Aside from the sensation caused by the discovery of the deadly character of these bombs, the day has been the quietest one since the strike was inaugurated. On the North Side, cars were running all day, with a diminished force of the protective blue coats, and very little trouble was ex perienced at any time. The crowds were smaller and less demonstrative than here tofore. On the West Side cars were run steadily. On the Madison Street line, tried make believe her father bad done. Pauline had a fair and impartial trial. A great dual more evidence against her could I have been produced, but it was clearly I shown that euough had already been gathered to convict her before any jury, j She committed a great crime, and has suf- j fered the full penalty of the law. This is the first woman ever hung in the State of j Alabama. There was a strong sentiment 1 in favor of her meeting her fate, as well as , a minor petition to the Governor to com- j mute her sentence to imprisonment for j Life. Pauline McCoy was visited this morning by reporters of the Enquirer Sun, Mont gomery Advertiser, Dispatch and Union Springs Herald. This corps of reporters was ushered through the long corridors of Bullock county’s jail, to the iron cage which held the murderess of Annie Jor dan. She was neatly dressed in white, a white tie and gloves. She said she had slept but little during the night, ate no supper or breakfast, and had no appetite. She j expressed a desire to have her picture taken, but this was not granted. She talked quite freely and expressed herself as ready and prepared to meet her late. In answer to a question as to wheth er she preferred life imprisonment to death, she replied that she would take the latter, adding that she was ready when i they came for her on the morrow, said she knew if she was commuted that she would he better ofl than if permitted to live. Said she, that she had made peace with God, and that Christ with a legion of an gels would be there to bear the spirit home, where witnesses, juries aud earthly judges would be no more. She said she would lace death calmly, and would admonish th; crowd to take warning and shun evil temptations. She confesses freely the awful crime She saw her mother last Saturday, and has not seen her since. She was visited by several preachers, Mr. Solomon, Methodist minister here, being among the number. Drs. Hogan, Jones and Hunter had also visited her. When asked by Sheriff McRae if she was ready, she replied in the affirmative, and told those around her that she had been well treated by the sheriff aud his deputies during her imprisonment. When the sheriff unlocked the great iron doors she exhibited great nervousness, and had to be supported while the manacles were being placed on her wrist. She was conducted from the cell a. 12:40 and seated in a wagon on her coffin. When the march to the gallows was commenced, great throngs of negroes followed. The gallows was erected on the south side of the town, it being the same one which Sheriff McRae has hung two others upon. The gallows was enclosed with bagging, shutting out the ghastly sight from the great crowd. Represent Gives of the press, with about twenty-four others, were allowed to witness the execution. Pauline, with the assistance of the jailor, mounted the scaffold. She said that she was surrounded with angels aud would soon be running all around in Heaven. The sheriff'then asked if she was ready, she replied: "Yes sir. 1 am readv.” The drop fell at 1:24. Her heart ceased to beat at 1:30. and Doctors \V. K. Jones, H. M. Hunter and C. S. Cowan pronounced her dead. The body was cut down at 1:39 and on examination by the physicians, they found that the neck was broken. Her body was turned over to her uncle, who will bury it at Chunnenuggee. ***»>.<. 44MnIi ii i Fto , , , . . ,, , . 1 favor ot a reasonable tarifr. but hi ml Forged Notes Coming to the Top. , , ... which every thoughtful economist knew to be utterly uutrue—the theory that re strictions on trade, that taxation could bring prosperity and comfort, and wealth and invention. It was a fatal mistake—a mistake which concerned the rich as well as the poor, the manufacturer as well as th Thta moment for tariff reform was not, i t fe°3; d3 ’ as Mr. PiMt had alleged, a Southern con-! fJ nong the s . trik «jP circulated among spiracy. The South had but little to do with it. It was an up rising of the intelli- addition the P ecautions in that * - - eveQ a at St. Louis, where wYieat speculation rages, and 21 per cent at Boston, where stocks have been fluctuating wildly. Flour has advanced from *1 15 for ship ping grades to £2 40 per barrel for patents, or 30 to 43 percent, and such an advance is likely to cause a great decrease in the consumption. Exports have been virtually stopped from the Atlantic parts. Only 276,435 bushels went out last week. M an while, the corn crop is estimated at 2.110,000,000 bushels, and the cheapness of corn tends to lessen the bom demand, for which later advices as to cottou are less satis factory, and in Louisiana, Mississippi and the Eastern Gulf States, the yield will fall below iast year's, but the m irKot declines because the previous prices were fictitious. At the current figures there is scarcely any margin for a profit ou exports. The interior reports show that business continues satisfactorily active, excepting where traffic is still interrupted by the quarantines at the South. The early frost which cotton-growers dread, is anxiousi.v awaited by the busi ness men, who long for an abatement of the fever and the alarm, and a return of normal activity in distribution aud collec tions. At Nashville and New Orleans, money is somewhat lighter, aud at Baltimore, Southern collections are reported very unsatisfactory as yet, part, because of the lateness of the cotton crop, and the delay in marketing it. On the other hand the higuer prices for grain, prompt, greater activity in Northwast, and nearly every report from that quarter in dicates better trade, an increasing demand tor money, with surplus generally adequate, aud collections fairly satisfactory, or im proving. * The capacity of the iron furnaces in blast October 1 was 119,189 tom weekly, of anthracite and coke iron only, against 114,- 623 tons September 1 and 128,563 tons a year ago. The changes in charcoal iron are probably not iarge. but while the mar kets are firmer and $18 50 is quoted at Phila delphia, the Thomas Company contrive to sell No. 1 anthracite at $18. Bar iron is firm at a recent advance, and the fact that only $5 per ton is asked in exchange of the were run at first, and the number was i sequently increased to seven. A light steady rain had the effect of have the luxuries of life ries. he would not the necessa- lave been over-awed. TRIED TO CATCH HUM NAP RING. covered up to date >15,000, and there is every possibility that owing to the ample opportunities which Bosworth enjoyed that it will reach more. The mill people are not iuclined.to say much regarding his crookedness, but it is known that one turnea up in New Bedford and the other in Boston. The mill direc tors have not yet taken any measures to bring back the fugitive treasurer, although it is understood that the disclosures in re gard to the two notes will allow his extra dition wherever he may be. PUT THEM IN A PEST HOUSE. Reporters Have a Brush With (Quarantine Officers in Birmingham. Birmingham, Oct. 12.—Lucas M. Ad kins, who has been in Jacksonville, Fla., for the Louisville Courier-Journal, passed through the city last night en route, hav ing come through Camp Perry via Atlanta. He had eluded the quarantine officers, bu' just before his train left they heard of him and started out to huut him up, intending to send hitn to the pest house. Reporters of the Age assisted .Mr. Adkins in gettiug out of the city. Late this afternoon an officious quaran tine officer without instructions from any one higher in authority, arrested Mr. J. H. Hallay of the Age. because he had talked to Adkins. The officer was going to send the reporter to the quarantine station, but Mayor Lane came to his rescue and order ed nis release. Mr. Adkins went on to Louisville at 2 o’clock this morning. Miner nurses.” These were sent down by Harry Miner at his own expense, and had — j __ ^ not, therefore, been enrolled at the bureau j new steel for old iron rails, there has been of nurses and medical attendance, but now held small sales, of which 12 000 tons are the committee can receive no satisfactory ! reported for the Eastern mills. The mar- communication from Mr. Miner. Presi- | ket for rails is disapp Milting, dent Schumacher has been authorized to The boot and shoe buyers are slow. The telegraph Major H. Durkee, and request West reports that an advance i 1 prices him to have a personal interview with Mr. j cannot be made, and with the leather at Miner, and arrange matters ir possible. about the prices of last year, it is reasoned A petition is being issued by C. r. | that the manufacturers can afford to meet Rogers, a prominent merchant, asking that | the market in dry goods, all the relief stores, except one, be closed; There is a general complaint of dull after 10 o’clock in the morning, three cars j J^and pafd froiTt'he publ^TundTa^d S fhe “lecrion°° T^ merchaXe^m- | that the indigent cripples and aged be ports last week were 11 per cent smaller provided for. ! than last year, and exports from New This is asked in order that the money York also show a shrinkage of 6 per may enter the customary channels of trade ce nt. and thus help to restore business to its , Railroad earnings continue large, but normal condition. The petition is being j the crop prospects do not favor confi- generally signed. j deuce in the continuance of the traffic l The following circular was issued to-day: through the winter on last year’s scale. Office of Florida Sab-Trop.cal Dxposl- j Unless the prices of exportable products | tion, Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 12, l&SS. To yield, the export movement for some . ' the Citizens of Florida: The management months to come may fall much below the Mr. Hawley said that he had brought ! More charges by Dr. Mackenzie, Against j of the Florida Sub-Tropical Exposition expectations, his notes and documents with the inten- j the German Doctor. i hereby gives public notice that the expo- The business failures occurring through- tion of making a speech of an hour or so _ „ , - • sition will be opened on the 15th of Janu- out the country during last week were, in duration, but he frankly confessed that he London, Nov. 1~—JDr. Mackenzie, in 1888. the p- nited s tate s 193, Canada 31; total 227, had not the courage. His heart failed him, “ ls book on the case of the late Emperor The ve n 0 w fever epidemic in Jackson- against 211 last week. partly because his heart was in another r rederick, states that after the Emperors v jjj e necessarily limited the comprehen- . place. He was very glad that the substi- d eat b attempt was made to entrap him g j ve plans for alterations and additions to exposi tion notes. tute had been reported. He thought it a in * , ° a fal 343 position, and it was therefore pi an t of the exposition contemplated - - . ,ut — — - • ’ ‘ —- Subscribers to Exposition Slock Are Re- qesteil to Settle. There is still due on the last installment of the stock subscriptions a few hundred dollars and the management earnestly request that all who have not paid should do so at once. This money was due Sep tember 15th, and the company expected it would be paid at that time, and made their calculations accordingly. All par ties who have paid in full caii get stock certificates by calling at the Exposition office. All the Confederate veterans in this city or adjacent who desire to send the circular to their friends, surviving com rades, can procure copies by calling at Exposition office. The plan of Mie com mittee is that these letters will be disdrib- uted through surviving Confederates in this community! All veterans interested False anil Kurgail Notes Coming to the To| The Total Amount Uncertain. Fall River, Mass., Oct., 12.—As the ex amination ot tne books of Stafford mill progress new evidences of the rascality of Treasurer Bosworth are discovered. To- ■ day two notes turned up, one lor jlO,000 and one for £15,000, which Bosworth hau issued without the knowledge of his directors. This, with the £20,000short- — t — , ... , .. .- , . .. , .— —, . age already discovered iu the booas,makes i very good bill, perhaps the best first draft : £ hat n ? po9t mortem examination by the Board of Directors, but it will not tne total amount of his defalcation dis- i ot a tariff . b M ever suomitted to Congress, snouid be made. I close the doors of the building, through Dr. Mackenzie was urged to write his opinion as to the nature of the disease, doubtless in hope that, thinking himself safe from exposure, he would answer ambiguously; nut he disconcerted his enemies by declaring tne disease cancer of the larynx. Dr. Mackenzie admits that the published forecast of the contents of his book is ac curate, and says that he is not aware how the matter was disclosed. He is much CLEVELAND VETOES THE BILL It was built on a definite principle, the maintenance of the old doctrine of protec tion; that which had been, excepting at intervals, the doctrine of the country, and that was the doctrine of all large civilized nations with one exception. The bill had been presented, and its pur poses aud general character had been set for it. The$e Senators who descend to speak upon it could do so, but people were not looking to the Senate, nor caring what , , . ... it jsaid or did in the matter. Nobody ungered a t the premature publication believed that the bill could be discussed ~ item by item and disposed ot this session, j it had inevitably to go over till December. In his humblejud^ement the best thing that the Senators could do was to go nome, aud he for one was going. Mr. Reagan next addressed the Senate. He favored the House bill as against the Senate bill, though he would not say that he would vote for every item iu one, or against every itemin the other. Iu the course of bis speech, a statement by Mr. Reagan as to the amount annually transferred to the pockets of the manu facturers through the operation of the tariff, aud which was stated variously at 600, 1,600 and 1,S00,100,000. attracted the attention of Mr. Aldrich, who desired an explanation of the statement, but Mr. Aldrich's inquiries and Mr. Reagan's ex planations seemed to embroil the matter more and more, and after spending nearly an hour over the matter, the effort He Could Not Shield Buffalo. N. Y., Oct. 12.— Over a bushel of partly destroyed letters addressed to business firms of this city were found on the street this H oming. They had been rifled of all their contents that c ould be turned into money. One New York draft of £250, drawn by Smith's Bank of Perry, New York, was found in the middle of the street, cut in two. Many of the letters were scorched, showing that the thief tried to burn them, but was frustrated by a rainstorm. The perpetrator of the thelt has been arrested. He proves to be the night clerk iu the office, named Johu Shields. He was appointed September 1, under the civil service law. The great development in the post office robbery is the fact that this evening Ashields, having recovered somewhat from a drunken spree, made a fuil c oufession of his guilt and asked for a speedy examina tion. entangle it was abandoned on both sides. Tne conference reports on the bill for the Fourth of July claims, and on the bill to retire General Pleasant as Colonel, were presented and agreed to. Mr. Doiph moved that when the Senate adjourn to-day it be till Monday. Mr. Hoar asked. “Could we not adjourn witn- out the day?” The motion was agreed to, and the Sen ate, after a orief executive session, ad journed till Monday. To Pension a Soldier’s Widow Who Has Married Again—His Reasons. Washington, Oct. 12.—The President to-day vetoed the bill to pension women who had been soldiers’ widows and as such drew a pension until she re-married, when her pension ceased. Her second husband is still alive. The President, iu returning the bill disapproved, says: Many cases have occurred in which pensions have been awarded by special acts of the widows of soldiers who having re married, were a second time made widows, and rendered destitute by the death of their second husband. I have not objected to suen charitaoie legislation, but I tnink this is the first time that it has been proposed to grant a pension after such re-marriage, when the second hus- to dis- band still survives. which sixty thousand delighted people have passed this year, praising the re sources of Florida, and the energy of her people. Such improvements as our means and efforts can effect, will be made. It rests now with the friends of the Exposition to make the second annual season more suc cessful. If ever our State required the united efforts of all persons, now is the time, and every strong arm should be rais ed in the intererest of progress and pros perity. Let not our troubles discourage as. Other communities have recovered from disaster by fire, flood and epidemic through the pluck and energy of their cit izens, and we can do the same. We have the reputation of being an enterprising people. Let us deserve the distinction. [Signed] B. F. Dillon, Act. Pres. Chaeles S. Adams, Sec. pe< that the industries of the country would be paralyzed and disaster of every kind would overtake this land. To-day we can say that all these predic tions of our adversaries have come to naught; we have now had thre-e and a half years of wise state on mship in the ad ministration of public affairs. In the last thirty or forty years we have not had better administration than that which na* been given us by Grover Cleveland, our President. [Enthusiastic cheering.] The question which is now- presented is whether there snail be a change of administration. I think that the business interests of the country are satisfied with the present ad ministration. The country is reasonably prosperous. Our industries are flourish ing. Our people in main are receiving better wages. Everywhere there is con tentment. No one. no matter how bitter a partisan he may bo doubts thesineerety of the President. lie may have made mistakes, I cannot recall what they are. He has submitted to the people suggestions in regard to the tariff. What he proposeses is the best in terest of this lana. The Democratic party proposes to re lieve the people from the burden of un necessary taxation. That, my friends, is the issue of the hour. We believe that under the present system—rather under the present high tariff—we are raising an unnecessary amount of revenue in this country. We believe that the place forthe surplus taxes is in the pockets of the people, and not in the federal Treasury. We believe the reduction should be made, and we believe it can be accom plished without injuring any industry and without injuring the wages of a single la boring niau. We want a system so ad- justedthat the people may have the bene fits of a moderate taxation. I am satisfied that the people of Indiana appreciate the importance of this cam paign, and that you propose to do your duty. It is impossible in this weather to speak at any length. I thank you for the compliment which you pay me and the friends who accompany me, by coining out to hear what little we have to say on this inclement afternoon. [Applause.] Mitchell, Ind., Oct. 12.— Gov. Hill, ol New York, addressed a great meeting of Democrats here to day. In the coarse of his address he said : Four years ago we were engaged in con- si iering the questions growing out of the sectional animosities between the various sections of our country, and to-day, my friends, we are permitted to discuss the economic and industrial questions of na tional policy, because under the wise and statesmanlike administration of Grover Cleveland the country has been entirely pacified. [Applause.] Therefore, the first point that I make in favor of the Demo cratic party in this election is, that the op portunity for the discussion of theie ques tions that concern every citizen at his own home is due to three and a half years of National Demor’eatic administration. [Ap plause.] 4My friends, the Democratic party pro poses the revision of the tariff. It does not propose the destruction of the tariff, but it propses a simple modification of it. Wo think that raw material, wherever it is pijssible so to do, snouid be admitted free of duty. We believe, in tbe second place, that the taxes upon tbe necessaries of life should be made as light as possible. Upon these two points we may confi dently appeal to tbe people in the cam paign. Governor Hill discussed the tariff ques tion at length, and said of the Republican Senate bill: “I am not here to discuss the wisdom or details of that bill, but I am here to sav in the light ofthese claims, in the light of true facts, in the light of the attitude of the Republicans in Congress and out of Congress, that the report of the majority of the Senate committee and the presenta tion of any bill whatever by them, is a confession of judgment in favor of all posi tions taken by President Cleveland and the Democratic party in December last. [Applause.] “My friends, it is too late to cry for tariff: the reform which has been spread ing over this country has received such an MISSOURI MINERS STRUCK. Labor Imported—A Battle Follows, Which a Stranger is Shot. (lagged the Clerk ami Robbed the Pouch. Houston. Tex.. Ovt. 12.—This morning two men entered the postoffiee, forcibly gagged and drugged the night cierk, and went through the pouches just brought in ou the traius from New Orleans and the East and San Antonio and the West. It is House of Representatives. In his opening prayer in the House this morning, tae Chaplain feelingly referred to the disasters which have recently oc curred on sea and land, and invoked di vine protection and blessing udoq those who nave been bereaved by the loss of rel atives aud friends. The already depleted House was still further depleted by the granting of half a dozen leaves of absence. One of them was to Mr. Cheadle, of Indiana, who expressed a desire to visit his constituents. Mr S:one, of Missouri, presented and tbe House adopted the conference report on the bill for the payment of the Fourth of July claims. Mr. Whitthorne. of Ten nessee. ask-d the unanimous consent to set apart December 12 for the considera tion of a bill to organize the naval reserve. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, said that he was under the painfful necessity of objecting, but It seems to me that such a precedent ought not to be established. If in the pen sion legislation we attempt to determine a case of this description, in which the second husband cannot or does not prop erly maintain the soldier’s widow whom he has married, we shall open the door to much confusion and uncertainty, as well as unjust discrimination. WENT DOWN IN A WHIRLPOOL. A Piece of Laud Slippe^ Into the River Car rying the Engineer With it. Vicksberg. Miss., Oct. 12.—A slice of land at tbe wharf 15 by 150 feet caved in to-day, and carried with it into the river Payton Harrison, Chief Engineer at the Vicksburg Wharf and Land Company, who hat charge of both the road and steam machine from wharf boat to the top of the bank. Harrison was warned of his danger, but replied: "It is nothing; it will slough off as it did before.” Tbe bank soon com menced sinking. Then the railroad track broke and a car load of cotton and the wharf-boat tumbled into the river. The unfortunate men went down in a St. Louis, Oct. 12.—A speciai from Macon, Mo., says Thomas Warden, a wealthy coal mine operator, was killed at Bevier this afternoon by tbe striking miners during a melee. Nearly all of tbe mine owners have engaged new men, and these have been coming in from abroad for several dayR past. This action of the operators has greatly incensed the the strikers, who have been bitter in their expressions against their employers, especially Mr. Wardeil. Threats have been made by the strikers agains: the new men, but there was no violent demonstration until to-day, when some of the men were set upon by ; the strikers, and a general battle followed. During the riot. Wardeil was shot and killed. There is intense excitement at Berrier, and fears are entertained of further bloodshed. Tne Sheriff and a posse have gone to Berrier. NEW YORK POLITIC!*. secured. Al Roberts, the clerk, has not vet re 'overed consciousness. Two Cliiuese Test Cases. San Francisco, Oct. 12.—Judge Lorenz, Sawyer, ofthe United States Circuit Court returned yesterday from Oregon, aud in the court issued two writs of habeas cor pus, designed to test some of the questions to be raised over the right of the Chinese arriving here, after the exclusion act went into effect, to land. One writ was for a Chinaman arriving by the steamship Bel- gua, having a return certificate, and the Dead Lock in Looi*iana. “New Orleans. Oct. 12.—The Democrat ic Convention of the fourth district has been in session for three days at Monroe. The two-thirds rule has been adopted ninety-oae ballots have been taken, the last being Judge Clinton 163, Congressman Newton 148. connection with the new liorary building. The report, which completely exonerates Apppoiutmeut* and Continuations. iiiww , " touuww Washington, Oct. 12.—The President question raised is whether 1 Congress can has nominated E.P.Eau-ie, of Alaba:ma, to Mr. Stahinecker. was adopted without dis- dyfoTthe present’situation. constitutionally deprive the Chinese hold- be Consul ot the L mted States at Cognac. cussio n. J ing custom house certificates of the right The feeuats has confirmed the ollowing - - postmasters: L. Smith. Gadsden, Ala bama, W. R. Kelley, Fernandina. Florida. B. S. Chase, Natchez, Mississippi. to return. In the other case, the question is as to whether Chinamen without a cer tificate, in transit to this country at the time the act went into force, come under its provisions. A Fire Near Eufaula. Eufaula, Ala., Oct. 11.—Wm. Davis gentleman living three miles from the city, A Wedding at StnithviUe. 1 Smithville, Oct. 11.—Mr. John Bowton and' Miss Stella Wells, both of tnis place, were joined in marriage Wednesday even- ; ing. Tne ceremony was performed in the lost a gin house and its contents by fire Baptist church, by Rev. M. o. E. Bin on. last night. There was no insurance on it. This was the social event of the season in corporation of the Maratime Canal Com Mr. Jamie Rhodes, junior member of the ; Smithville. pany of Nicaraugua. Mr. Fuller, of Iovra, firm of Long & Co., holds ticket No. 46.755 „ „ , Tusterdai offered an amendment, providing that the iu a lottery this month and will get $15,000 Bjml 0ffir, “ 8 ' directors, with the approval of a majority * • ® -■ -■ Washington, Oct. 12.—The bond offer- ol the stockholders, may adopt regulations inrs of the treasury to-day agregated and by-laws, but no change in the by-laws $4,418,100; accepted $2,006,000c all 44s, at in cool cash, this ticket being one-twentieth of the one drawing the capital pr>ze. His many friends congratulate him on his good fortune. from 10Sj to 1084- these letters and sending them out to their former comrades in arms. It is earnestly hoped by the management tnat this be promptly done. The following is the text ofthe lerter: Dear Sir—For reasons as per enclosed circular, the opening of the Chattahoochee Valley Exposition has been p istponed to November 15. As per the newly arranged programme, the 16th and 17th days of November has been set apart as Confeder ate Veterans’ Days, and it is proposed to have a Grand Reunion of Veterans. It is hoped that all Confederate Veterans’ Associations, and all survivors of the Lost Cause, whether officers or privates, will be present Very truly yours, A. A. Dozier, Survivor 4G:h Georgia Reg iment, Chairman Veterans’ Association; F. B. Gordon, Secretary Exposition Com pany; Robert H. Harris, Survivor 29th and 57th Georgia Regiments, Chairman Vet erans’ Committee; G. M. Williams, Survi vor 6th Alaoama Regiment, Chairman Exposition Committee. Mr. James L. Banson, manufacturer of knitting machines, at Philadeipma, Pa., will make an elaborate exhibit in Ma chinery Hall, and will show the process of knitting socks and other articles. This exhibit will be very interesting. All Honor to William. Rome, Oct. 12.—Early this morning, Emperor William, accompanied by Gen. Driquet, commander of the Eighth Italian Army corps, visited Camp Cen- tocelio, where the military review will be held to-morrow. He returned to the Quirenniai, veere he received King Hum bert. The Enperor ti>ok luncheon with Herr Van Schloezer, Prusaian Representative to the Vatican, after which he proceeded to the Vatican to visit the Pope. He wore the uniform of the life guards, and was attended by Count Herbert Bismarck. Enormous crowds lined the streets leading to the Vatican, and were very enthusiastic in their mani- festitationsin honor of the Emperor. The proposed displays in the Vatican district were abandoned. Did Not Want to Teach Him. Astorly, L. I., Oct. 12.—Eighteen weav ers employed in Josepa Wildes & Co’s Sunswick Carpet Mills nave gone out on a strike for a peculiar reason. Nearly all of the 175 employes of the firm are Scotch or English, aud the eighteen mentioned are mostlytScotchmen. Yesterday Super intends Armitage put forward a German who is a native of the United States. The other weavers immediately demanded the new comer's discharge on tne ground that they did not want to teach him the busi ness. Their demand being refused they went out. The superintendent has sent to Philadelphia for weavers. The Darkies Will Contest. Atlanta, Oct 11.—Lectured Crawford, the negro candidate for the Legislature in McIntosh countv, who was defeated by C. M. Tison, has filed with the Governor a notice of contest on the ground of illegal ity. It is probable that Anthony Wilson, the defeated negro candidate in Camden coun ty. will also contest. Going Home to Work. — ■ ■ New York. Oct. 12.—The conference of An Advance in Coflee, the National Democratic Executive Com- I New York, Oct. 12.—The coffee market, mittee being over, the distinguished com- i which had been comparatively active of _ _ Washington, Oct. 12.—Indications for ■ mitteemen are departing, one by one for late, influenced by the higher prices shall be made except by a majority vote of j Georgia are fair, warmer, and Westerly home. Only a few of the committde are abroad, to-day advanced over half a cent ims cummuunj . o.n Muerans tuiereoiaju . t that lt wi]1 aKaill p i ac(J Cleveland in the reunion can lend a helping hand to- j \ h Presidential chair. [Prolonged ward; making it a success, by calling for 1 I come to tell you that we propose to give the vote of the Emu ire State toCleve- Thicg* Growing Interesting in tiie Metrop olis—A Reformed Republican. New York, Oct. 12.—The Tammany Democracy of the Thirteenth Congres sional district to-night nominated Asbbel P. Fitch. Fitch was the successful can didate on the Republican tickec two years ago. but split off from that party on the question of tariff reform. Hon. S. S. Cox was renominated to- whirlpool, sorrounie^ with .pars, railroad D ‘ s . ht tios t£d ba.es of cottoo. So other lies*, were! lost. Lard is ton ■slippery for.Bank*. Mason City, la., Oct. 12.—Iowa had two ^ bank failures yesterday. Beaver Valley not known how much money the thieves yielded"to~the persuasive eloquence of Rank, at Woodbine, and Caldwell Bank, a ii ° 1 * Mr* Whitthorne, and withdrew his objec- r J A T_J ”” tioD, .which, however, was immediately renewed by Mr. E. B. Taylor, of Ohio. Oa motion of Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, joint resolutions were passed for the print ing of the first and second annual report of the Convention of Labor and the annual report of the Director of the Mint. Mr. Rice, of Minnesota, Vailed up the report of the special committee investi- at Logan, closed their doors. Judge King was appointed receiver. Both banks were operated by the same firm. The total de posits will not exceed £50.000. The failures are attributed to too neavy speculation in lard. nominated Mr. Cox also this evening for the same district. The County Democracy Committee of the Twenty-fourth to-night, adopted reso lutions to the effect that the interest o f the Democratic party demanded a union on Congress, the Assembly and the Board of Aldermen nominations. A committee of-conference was appointed to mee; with Tammany Hall: Their Last Resort. Paris, Oct. 12.—In an address at a politi cal banquet Floquet. the Prime Minister, although he had been apprised that a ma- gating the charges of misconduct on the jority of the guests were against the propo- oart of Mr. fitanlnecker. of New i or*, in sition to revise the the constitution, intimated that the Government was determined to proceed with the scheme as the only reme- eussion. Mr. Lanham. of Texas, said that, in view of the notice given by Mr. Taylor and others that no business should be transacted, he would not ask to take up private business, but. in lieu thereof, he moved that when the House adjourn to day it be to meet Monday next. This mo tion was agreed to. The House went into a Committee of the Whole on the private calendar. The pend ing business was the Senate bill for the in- Wheti Floquet Would Resign. Paris, Oct. 12.—Prime Minister Floq uet declared that he will resign if the project for the revision of the constitution is re jected. or has been adopted by a majority secured by a coalition. He farther de clares that he will only accept the vote of the Republican majority adopting the project. struck Oil. London, Oct. 12.—A rich petroleum well has been discovered at Anderton, in Cheshire. • Defaulted But Did Not Dust. St. Louis, Oct. 12.—A special to the Post-Despatch fro^p Alma, Kansas, says: Mr. Fields, the outgoing conaty treasurer of Waubansee county, was to-day discov ered to be a defaulter in the sum of £30,000. His bondsmen are perfectly good, and the county will lose nothing. He made an assignment for the benefit of hi* bonds men, but nevertheless has been placed under arrest at the in*tance of the County Commissioners. Accidentally Shot. HOGAN3TILLE. Oct. 12.—Two little negro boys were oat hunting near here yester day afternoon and one accidentally shot the other in the hip, inflicting a painful but not a dangerous ‘flesh wound from the cotton wadding on the charge of powder. The boy is now doing very well. About twenty-five hundred bales of cotton have been delivered here this season. Fair aud Warmer. the stockholders at a special meeting, winds. at headquarters to-night. all along the line. land and Thurman in November. [Great cheering.] There will be no mistake about it this time, and by a majority that will not be counted by a few thousand!. [Ap plause.] Our people are alive to the serious ques tion ofthe hour. We agree with you that something ought to be done to subserve the interests of the people. Our National Congress has legislated in the interests of classes and in tbe interests of monopolists long enough, and we propose to do some thing for the interests of the people. That, my friends, is the issue and that is all there is to it. You confuse it by mis statements. I notice that the distinguished gentle man from Maine, wno is now in the State, is telling the people that all your pros perity is due to a high protective tar:*l You would have no crops but for the tariff. I suppose [laughter] your population would not have increased but for the tariff'. Your lands would not have been cleared, your farms would not have been cultivated, except for the tariff. My friends, this is simpiy nothing more nor less than clap-trap, and it will not deceive an intelligent people of this 8 late. AN IMI'OKI l.VT MEE I ING. The Executive Committee to IJetermine tl»# Methrxi of Nominath:;; Candidate*. The Democratic Executive Committee of Muscogee county will meet at the office of Chairman Samuel Hatcher, at 10 o’clock this morning. The object ofthe meeting is to consider a: d determine upon thj manner of nominating candidates for the county offices. It is generally believed that the com mittee will orde' a primary election, but this is not certain. It is expected that a full committee will be present. *i*ty-Thre*- Dead Irientilieii, WilkE8BARRE, Pa.. Oct. 12.—Detective J. O’Brien, of the Lehigh Valley railroad, visited the stricken towns to-day and en deavored to prepare a complete list of the dead. He has the names to-night of sixty- three. Kire iu a Powder Store. Fort Worth, Tex., (Jet. 12.—A loud ex plosion was heard on Main street last evening, and shortly after the gun and ammunition store of A. Steed, and the shoe store of 3. M. Fry, adjoining, were in flames. Several hundred thousand cart ridges exploded before the flames were extinguished. Forty-five thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed. On<* of Oar Conaul* iu Trouble. Brussels, Oct. 12.—A Madrid dispatch to the Independence Beige, says that there is a renewal of the conflict between Mo rocco and the United States. The latter,says the dispatch, demand! thaithe authorities at Fez shall be punished for the arrest of the American Consuls portege, and that an indemnity shall be paid. Cheating amt Swindling. At the request of Albert Summers yesterday. Judge Moon issued a warrant against A. H. Ab bott. on a charge of cheating and swindling. He was arrested by Bailiff W. S. McMichael. An in veetigation of the uarge was made at f p m ; After the examination of several witnesses, the . judge held that the charge was not proven, and ’ accordingly daanissed the case.
