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VOL. XXX. NO. 318
COLUMBUS GEORGIA, MONDAY MORNING. OCTOBER % 1'», IS##.
H UGE THURMAN SPEAKS
TIU OLD ROMAN WRITES HI* FOR
MAL LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
sTUK HOUSE GOSSIP.
II t- Think. the Peace and Unity of the
Country Depend# on the •Sucre., of
the Democratic Party -The
Poor Man’. Party.
COLCMBCB, O., Oct. '<4.—The following in
Judge Thurman’s letter of acceptance as
given to the press this evening. The first
draft of the letter was in the Judge's hand
writing, and the typewriter copies showed
only a few changes in punctuation from
the original :
Columbus, o., Oct. 12,1888.
Hon. Patrick A. Collins and others, com
mittee.
(•KUTLEMES: — In obedience to the
I send you this formal
of mv nomination for
of Vice President of
custom,
acceptance
the office
Organization of the New Legl«Utnre-The
state Hou*e Ornament..
Atlanta, Oct. 14.—When the State
moves intoithe new Capitol among the
valuable property to be transferred from
the old bjilding, will be the fine oil paints
ings of National and State celebrities,
which adorn the walls of the House of Rep-
reaentives. The removal of these valuable
portraits, which aside from the cherished
memory of the Statesman represented cost
the Commonwealth many thousands of
dollars, and the proper hanging of them
in the new capitol will require skill,
The Governor has received a communi
cation from Mr. Horace Bradley, President
of the Art Students League, of New
York, and formerly of Atlanta
where he had a studio, offering
his services in this work. He writes that
many of these portraits are in bad cond:*
tion, and before being rehung should be
cleaned and oiled. This, with some work
on the massive frames, will easily improve
the appearance of the pictures, and it is
A FINANCIAL ELEPHANT.
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD TALKS OF
THN SURPLUS AND BONDS.
the same time withdrawn bonds and regu- [)£\ QJ}) ()F ALL DECENCY.
lar deposits to the amount of fWi.OW.
A BIO EXHIBIT
CONTEMPTIBLE COWMI NICATION
A J ACKSONVILLK PAPER.
What it was ami What it I. and How Re
duced -First Tim* In a Generation
that Less than Ten Figure*
Express the Debt.
Aaonymou*" Complain* of the I xpense of
Keeping Up the Medical Bureau—
The Physician# Resign-De-
crea«e in the Record.
in'. .... | wjc appearance oi me pictures, auu u j
the I’nited States. made by likely the Legislature will order it done.
Mr. Bradley is the artist whose portrait
of Ben Hill was accepted by the State,
Convention of the Democratic party at St
Louis When vou did me the honor to call
upon me at Columbus and officially notify
me of my nomination, I expressed to you
my sense of obligation to the convention,
when such a portrait was ordered, and it
now hangs in Representative hail—one of
the finest in the large collection. ;Tbe Leg
end stated that, although I laid not sought ba8 g ran i e( j Mr. Bradley permie-
tbe nomination, I did not fed at 1 e Hy, 8JO n to put some finishing touches to the
under the circumstances, to decline it. picture, and the artist writes he will do
thought then, as 1 still think, that what- j thj8 before it i8 bun{? in the new tmildin^-
ever I could properly do to promote t e ^ canvass among the members elect of
re-election of President Cleveland 1 ought tfae General AssembIy ba8 already deter-
to d°* mined the organization of both branches
His administration has been mar 1 Q f that body, so far as the leading office!
by sucli Integrity, good sense, manly cour are concerned. Of these the only active
age and exalted pat riotism, that a just ap con tcst seems to be for the Presidency of
predation of these high qualities seems to lbe y ena t e> an d jt j s stated by those who
call for his re-election. are j n a p ()H ition to know that Hou. F. G.
I am also strongly impressed with ‘he | duBignonj of the First diatrict> ba9 already
been assured of the support of a majority
of the members of the Senate.
The most important matter that remains
belief that his re-election would powerfully
tend to strengthen that feeling of fraternity
among the American people that Ls so ts
nential to t heir welfare, peace and happi j n the organization is the chairmanships
ness, and to the perpetuity of the nion cornm jttee8, bu t no intimation as to
and of our tree institutions. these will be given out until after the tlec-
I approve of the platform of the St. Louis tk>n of the pro8id i n g officers,
convention, and I cannot too strongly ex- The la8t 0 j Qcia i act of the Governor be-
press my dissent from the heretical teach- , fore leaving fop New York wag an execu _
ings of the monopolists, that the wel,are , tive order to the Sheriff of Fulton county
of the people can be promoted by a system SUS p en( jj 0 g f or twenty days the collection
of exorbitant taxation far in excess of the of a flne iaipo89d by the City Court of At-
wants of the Government. The idea that , lantaagain8t Mr c D Kinnebrew. Mr.
I lie people can be enriched by heavy ant | Kinnebrew was convicted in the City
unnecemary taxation, that ii^an h con l Court of the offense of carrying concealed
tion can be improved by Uu*g h m on weapon8 and flned f200 Qn the day the !
all he wears, on all his wife an c 11 ( ren Governor left Mr. Kinnebrew made appli-
wear, on all his tools and implements o j cat j on f or a commutation or reduction of
industry is obviously an absur lty. o , ^ bjJ fi ne , and the Governor suspended the !
collection until he should have time to
consider the application.
till the vaults of the Treasury.with an idle
surplus for which the Government has no
legitimate use, and to t hereby deprive the
people of the currency needed for their
business and daily wants, and to create a
|K)werful and dangerous stimulus to ex-
travagance and corruption in the expendi-
WILL HE SINK THE SHII*
Mr. Hlaiue Gives the G. O. P. Some Little j
Trouble—Will not “Gee” to Suit.
. . Indianapolis, Oct. 14.—The Hoosier I
•uresot the Government, seems to me to D ...
_ L,.i. „ a Republican camp is shaken to its founda
tion by the strained relations between Mr. j
Blaine, Mr. Harrisjn and Gen. Hovey. It 1
is well kuowu in Indiana, as it is in New
York, that Mr. Blaine is not particularly i
sincere in his efforts to aid Mr. Harrison’s 1
oe a policy at variance with every sound
principle of government and of political
economy.
The necessity of reducing the taxation
to prevent sucti an accumulation of sur
plus revenue and consequent depletion1 of election It , 8 uotoriou3 here that M r. ,
the circulating medium is so apparent that Bla . ne and G en. Hovey, the Republican
no party dares to eny , u w en we jajandidate for Governcr of Indiana, do not'
come to consider the modes by which this
reduction may be made, we find a wide
antagonism between our party and the
monopolistic leaders of our political op
ponents.
We seek to reduce taxes upon the neces
saries of life. Our opponents seek to in
crease them.
We say give to the masses of ithe people
cheap and good clothing, cheap blankets,
cheap tools and cheap lumber. The Re
publicans, by their platform: and their
leaders in the Senate, .by their proposed
bill, say increase the taxes on clothing
and blankets, and thereby increase their
cost. Maintain the high duty onitho tools
of the farmer and the mechanic, and upon
lumber, which they need for the construc
tion of their modest ; dwellings, shops and
barnes, and thereby prevent their obtain
ing these necessaries at reasonable prices.
Can any sensible man doubt as to where
ne should stand in this controversy? Can
any well informed man be deceived bv the
false pretense that a system so unreason
able and unjust for the benefit of the labor
ing man. Much is said about the competi
tion of American laborers with the pauper
labor in Europe; but does uot every man
who looks around him, see and know’ that
the immense majority of the laborers of
America are not engaged in what are called
protected industries? and as to those who
are employed in such industries, is it not
undeniable that the duties proposed by
the Democratic measure, called the Mills
bill, far exceeds the difference between the
American and European wages, and that,
therefore, if it were admitted that our
workingmen can be protected by tariffs
against cheaper labor, they would be fully
protected and more than protected by that
bill.
■ Does not every well informed man[kaow
that the increase in the price of home
manufactures, produced by the high tariff,
does not go into the pockets of the labor
ing men. but only tends to s.vell the
profits of others'
speak as they pass by. The strained rela
tions were emphasized yesterday by the
singular appearance of Mr. Blaine speak
ing from the rear of Gen. Alger’s private
car and Gen. Hovey speaking at the^lsame
stations from the rear of an ordinary
coach.
Republicans are disgusted at this out
come of a personal spite w’hich cannot be
buried now, and at Mr. Blaine’s refusal to
meet Gen. Hovey. It w’as commented
upon as extraordinary that while Mr.
Blaine was speaking at Tomlinson Hall
Gen. Hovey remained at his room at the
New Dennison, scarcely a block away.
The conclusion that Indiaua Democrats
reach is that Mr. Blaine is determined to
knife the Republican ticket. He stabbed
it in New York by his indorsement of
trusts. He came to Iuaiana against the
express wishes of ' T r. Harrison. He did
not dare stab Mr. Harrison in the latter’s
own State, but by snubbing Gen. Hovey
and aiding in his defeat he might directly
assist in defeating the National ticket.
To-morrow Mr. Blaine and Gen. Hovey
speak in the latter's district, and the peo
ple are very curious to know whether they
will make up or continue the war.
saved From a Sea of Hurnim; OIL
New York, Oct. 14.—A thrilling inci- i
deut of the big Williamsburg oil fire came
to light yesterday. Policeman Edwards,
of the Bedford avanue station, was among
the first to reach the dock where the oil
was blazing and saw a barge lying on the
north side. He ran to the street and pro
cured several stones, which he threw at
the cabin. The flames were even then
enveloping the barge. In a few moments
a female figure emerged, followed by an
old gray-haired man and two young men.
They were Owen Flannery, owner and
captain of the barge, and his wife and two
sons. “Ran for your life,” cried Edwards,
and they were barely rescued ia time.
Capt. Fianuerv said thev were asleep
wheu they heard the stones rattle on the
It st ems to me that if the policy of the cabin, and they owed their lives to Ed-
Democratic party is plainly presented, all
must understand that we seek to make the
cost of living less. and. at the same time,
increase the share of the laboring man in
the benefits of the national prosper ty and
growth.
1 am. very respectfully, your obedient
servant, Allen G. Thurman.
THE MRIKE I- ENDED.
wards. The tug Graenpoint, which finally
pulled his barge out of danger, filed a libel
the same day for S1500 for salvage. Police
man Edwards holds several medals for
life-saving.
THE RAILROAD MEN IN RICHMOND
\ Comprmni'
An Elaborate Programme for their Enter
tainment Arrauged.
Richmond. Ya.. Oct. 14.—The twenty-
fifth session of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers will commence here
Wednesday. The programme for the
opening session consists of a orayer by
Effected V "ole Arbitrator
for Minor Detail*.
CHICAGO, Oct. 14.—The great street car
strike after a duration of nine davs, ended Grand Chaplain Nicholas, a long welcome
coniDletelv this evening on a basis honora- address by Mayor Ellison, of Richmond,
completely i u addresses by Governor Lee. Col. .V. t>. Bu-
ble to both sides. The question ot wages, ford.President of the Virginia, Western and
was compromised, an advance secured, but Tennessee railroad, F. P. Sergeant, Grand
the scale materially lower than what had Master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
been insisted upon by the strikers up to
the very last. They only get about one-
third of the increase asked for. On the
other hand all the reforms demanded by
the men in the system of working are con
ceded and all the strikers are to be re-em-
ploved. . ,,
The men hired by the company since fhe
strike began will also be retained, ibe
Firemen: Col. H. T. Wvekham, of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, aud Hon.
S. B. Witt, Judge-elect of the Hustings
court.
Grand Chief Arthur will deliver the an
nual address, aud music will be rendered
by J. Ardeila’s Richmond Band. Chief
Engineer J. W. Kendall, of the Richmond
Division, is the Chairman of the Commit
tee on Arrangements. The measures to be
.*“*• _:ii ho titled bv tee on Arrangements. 1 ne measures to be
vman considered and discussed embrace the
arbitration, the sole arbitrator to be Lyman
J. Gage, president of the First National
Bank, who has the confidence of both the
strikers and President Yorkes.
The street car system, which the men
claimed prevented them from getting a
fair amount of sleep at any one time, and
kept them constantly in the harness, mak-
Bnrlington and Quincy strike, the federa
tion and consolidation of the engineers,
firemen, brakemen and switchmen in one
organization, and other matters of interest.
The session will last two weeks, for
which time an elaborate programme of
entertainment has been arranged. On
Friday there will be a grand ball: Tu- sday.
ing even a small share of ^c al enjovment OM Comfort and
practically impossible, polished. Work- ^P^^Xnroe; Thursday, a moonlight
mg days are to oe lessened. Consecutive *Gap; Friday, an excurl
1.i,r»r»r> nn hoarlv scale, are excursion ^
hours,'with pay upon an hourly scale, are
adopted. Traflie on every street car lire
of the North Side will be resumed by to
morrow night, lifting the embargo com
pletely. The West Side cars having run
to-day by the extension of Saturday's
sion over the Richmond and Alleghany
railroad to the Natural Bridge.
A Negro "hot from Ambush.
Hempstead, Tex., Oct. li.—Lewis Me-
Dade, the colored Republican candidate
_ .. z ,eKrtt a nn 11' I »T,1
iforaystsjisr ,*» d * m “ d .
Those present were Mayor Roche, com- j from ambu9n in the street ot this ci
mittees of the strikers, headed by Master : 10 o'clock 1 “iL n ^ be ‘ o1jUmed “ E very
Workman Christie and President \erkes, j the assassination can be obtained, t-very
with two attorneys of the company.
body condems the deed.
The following are the extracts from Sec
retary Fairchild's address delivered before
the business men of New York City Situr- 1
day morniDg, in which the surplus and the
financial condition of the country were
touched upon. These extracts, being of
such a nature as to forbid further l 'cut-
were reserved for publication in
fall, and are to be added to the shorter
extracts ot the same speech, which ap
peared in the Enquirer du.v yesterday
morning:
On March 31, 1885, there was a surplus iu
the treasury of *22.259,085.78. This surplus
increased until on January 31, 1886, it was
*79,689.562.21. The ownership of silver
dollars by the government also increased
from *43 878,256 to *91.959,880; tais surplus
formed a reservoir which caught and held
that kind of money which the people did
not wish to hold themselves. This tem
porary accumulation in the treasury, the
then secretary believed, kept these silver
dollars which the people still held as val- !
uable as they were when paid to them by
the government. The result justified his
belief. Confidence had fairly well been
restored, and bond calls began again, and
were made in such amouats as to prevent
any further accumulation of surplus until
August, 1KS6, when I, then being acting
secretary #f the treasury, deemed it pru- :
dent and wise to increase the amount of
each call, the result of which was a reduct
ion of the surplus on February 28, 1887, to
*19,148,975.45, or *3,009,000 less than the ad-1
ministration found it on assuming power
two years before.
When we began calling bonds there ;
were *194,196,-500 of 3 per cents subject to
call. The last of these bonds was called
od July 1, 1887, and at the end of that
month we had a surplus of *45,698,594.15, j
to which revenues were daily adding and
there were no bonds which could be called
or bought, except on such terms as the
holders thereof might demand.
Money soon became in sharp demand; 1
bank reserves were low; timid capital was
seeking safety; business men became |
alarmed and were pressing in their appeals
to the treasury department to save the
country from financial disaster. Therefore
ail the remaining bonds needed for the
sinking fund during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1888, were purchased between 1
July 31 and October 1, 1887, at a total pre
mium of *2,852,015.88, and thus the surplus !
was kept from increasing during those |
two months.
After the sinking fund requirements had
been met, there was undisputably no law- :
ful method left to avert the surplus accu
mulation. An increase of government de
posits in the national bank depositories,
was the only certainly lawful means left to
save the country from the evils which the
rapid withdrawal of the circulating medi- j
urn from the channels of business might
cause. Consequently the banks were urged
to become depositories, and thus put at
least a portion of the daily surplus of the
government where it might be available
for trade.
As a further jinducemaat to do this, a
percentage of the deposit to the par value j
of United States bonds, which were in all ;
instances taken as security, was somewhat
raised, but always was keot within the i
limits of absolute safety. Iu tact, the 1
money thus deposited was and is far more J
amply secured than money in the sub- j
treasuries. There is no probability of loss
of a dollar of these deposits. Banks, par- .
tieularly in this city at first, were reluctant j
to take deposits, and for a time I feared
that this resource might fail, but gradually |
more and more the banks applied until
about *10,000,000 above what would have
been the normal deposits under proper
conditions was thus placed and made
available for the country's ousiaes!. 1
I need not add that there was absolutely
no favoriteism in this matter. The banks
were designated and deposits made in the
order of applications. Political and per
sonal friends and toes were treated exactly
alike. Tae widest possible distribution
was sougnt, until almost every State aud
Territory had one or more depositories,
and c ould use some of the money which
rightfully belonged to their business.
Our critics say, “out you ought then to
have bought bonds. The law gave you
ample powers. You could have saved the
interest on the bonds bought.” In reply I
say that considering the large sum of mor-
ey which we know we must invest in
bonds, and which we have since invested
in them. I believe that had we attempted
to spend *100,000,000 in the purchase of
bonds between October 1 aud December
31, 18S7, the price of bonds would have ad
vanced much more than it did, and tnat
the net result would be a much greater
outlay in premiums than the interest
which would have been saved, had the
bonds been bought.
I say, further, that many good authori
ties doubted the lawful power to pay
premiums for any but sinking fund pur
poses. The purchase was not absolutely
necessary, aud consequently we deemed it
best to adopt a consei vative course and
keep within the unquestioned law and
await the advice of Congress, then to meet
within two months. The question involved
was the use of public maney in payment of
high premiums of debt not yet due. I am
accused of over-caution in doing this; of
anxiety to be sure that it had the sanction
of the law-making power. If this be crime
in an executive officer, then I am guilty.
The banks chosen in this way, and for
this purpose, are alluded in the platform
of the Republican party as ”pet banks.''
Memories of what that party did when in
power alone can account for this choice of
words. The treasurer's statement of the
assets and liabilities at end of las* month
shows that the amount of deposits at that
time were *4.000,000 less than the maxi-
mam of the preceding nine months. At
this date the amount of deposit is still less, j
This decrease was owing to the voluntary
action of the depositories, some of which
have of their own accord paid back all
their deposits and ceased to be depositor
ies.
The Merchants National bank of New
York was the first to do this. I: had *1,(W0,- :
000, which it repaid on February 17th, last,
and took back its pledged bonds. Eight
other banks have since followed its exam- I
pie, and the aggregate of deposits tbos
surrendered since that date is *4,531.090.
One bank, the Fidelity of Cincinnati,
failed, and its deposit of *440,000 was at
once paid. Ten other banks have during
Mind you, I do not defend the deposit of
large sums of Government money in banks.
It objectionably mingies private with pub
lic business. No one can disapprove of this
more than I do, but iu our wrong condi
tion of public revenue, the only choice is a
choice of evils. I maintain that the ad
ministration has chosen the lesser evils. I
claim that, on the whole, this perplexing
business haabeea well and prudently man- [
Jacksonville, Oct. 14 —The sensation
a *Men of budness. what say von? You of the day has been the resignations of all
know the results of this syitem of increas- tfa e physicians of the medical bureau. A
ing deposits continued until shortly aftericommumcation in Saturday evening paper
the meeting of Congress in December last. A tabulated statement of the expenses
and then was absolutely stored. I waited of maintaining this corps of volunteer
‘ physicians here, the cost, per man, being
estimated at *3<X) p9r month, or *7000 for
the whole corps of fourteen. The commu
nication took the ground that resident
physicians can take care of the sick from
now until the epidemic ends, and the
writer therefore advocated the discharge
of these volunteers from further service*
This made them indignant, and they re
signed in a bodv at a meeting held about
12 o’clock last night.
They judged erroneously that this anonj*
mous communication was a reflection of
public opinion. Tue sentiment of the
the pleasure of Congress, ejMKi^, reduce
revenues, or clearly to autlretizc the pur
chase of bonds with the surplus, or to ex
press an opinion that this might be done
under the existing law.
Congress finally did this last in April,
when I at once resumed the purchase of
bonds, buying between April 17 and June
30 last, with the surplus for circulation,
*26.619,650, at a premium of *5,41S,S*26.
The sinkiug fund requirement for the fiscal
year to end Juue 30 next, is *4.,844.158, of
which *17,024,836 was provided for between
July 1 and September29 by the purchase
of bonds, *36.4S4.900 being principal and
*6.539,936 premiums. During the first few r * ,,->,,,.-.,011
days of this October the remaining has
been more than met.
To resume: Up to the first of this October
all of the three per cent, bonds outstand
ing at the beginning of this administration
*194,190,500 had been retired and in addi
tion *81,923,240 of four and four and one-
half per cent, bonds, at a cost in premium
of *14,S10,778.60, or in all there had been
applied to retirement and the purchase of
bonds, *290,924,518.60, and the total interest
bearing debt appearing in September.
The debt statement is under *1,000.000,-
000. Mark the first time in a generation
precipitate action. To-night tney have all
agreed to attend the patients as usu
al. The Board of Health will
meanwhile, investigate and report upon
the causes which led to the publication of
the article referred to. The whole thing
is likely to end in smoke in a few days.
The Jacksonville Press Club, at a meet
ing this afternoon, appointed W. R. Car
ter, of the Evening Metropolis; S. A.
Adams, of the New York World, ana C.
W. Dacosta, of the Florida Dispatch, a
committee to solicit subscriptions among
the newspaper men here to the Martin
Memorial fund, started by the Savannah
that it has not taken ten figures to express j journalists. This action was to have been
it. And this Gen. Harrison calls “nursing taken Monday last, but was deferred on
• account of the severe illness of Mr. Stock-
ton, of the Times-Union. The physician
the surplus.”
If all the Republican secretaries had
been as wise as was Secretary Windom
all of our bonds would now be subject to
call and the whole national debt could be
extinguished in about eight years; but
they were not so wise, and if revenues are
not reduced our only recourse will be the
purchase of bonds at ever increasing pre
miums. i Al>aent-tmu<ie<l Men at a DUcouut in the
I observe that the Republican candidate Senate-Adjournment,
for President seems to favor this latter
r. hf. tor Washington, Oct. 14.—By the last cen-
course. One reason which he gives ior ’ J
reports the latter out of danger to-day.
The official bulletin gives: New cases, 18;
deaths, 2—Miss R. Hamilton and W. S.
Pangburn. Total cases to date, 3,544; total
deaths, 313.
"ITUATION IN CONGRESS.
this is that if it is weil lor men to hold
bonds at high prices, then it is well tor the
Government to buy them at high prices.
But how is it when it is well for the hold
ers to sell them. Is it then well for the
Government to buy? U ader this logic no
bonds would ever be bought. Probably
the same mental state induced this, and
sus of. he Senate, taken Friday afternoon,
there were fifteen members present for
duty, while enough more to raise the ag
gregate available for emergencies to with
in a half dozen of a quorum were known
to be within easy call. Since then several
have left the city. Contradictory reports
are current regarding the prospects of ad-
., . .. , . , .. journment, all traceable, oddlv enough, to
the observation that “the study ot maxims, J _ T ”
not of markets,” caused the belief that i highly authoritative sources. To effect that
the duties should be added to the cost of I it has bseu determined to adjourn sine die
dutiable articles. Government finance ; on Wedaasday or Thursday, or Saturday
cannot be successfully conducted if such ... . _ , , . , ,
lo^ic and the law of alliteration are to ^*9 week, and on Monday of next week-
take the place of sound business judg- In support ot the two dates iast mention-
ment. * * * led, it is argued that ths members of the
Thus minutely and man e ‘e' n n e , ntaa y- | Ways and Means Committee of the House
I have gone over the history and policy of , J
the bond buying and depositing in nation- | unve secured the services of experts in
al banks, because such pjrsistent efforts political economy and are preparing a di-
are made in high quarter to befog and ge st of the Senate tariff bill, which they
mist the public mind on the subject to the ,
serious injury of the public itself. ! wish to make Public through the offi-
I can find fault enough with everything I ciil channels of Congress before
do. It is indeed a miserable business, this the session closes. Against al 1
depositing of money in tae banks by the of tbase statements of Senator Allison
Government to prevent panics-this buy- ... ... .
ing of bonds at exhorbitant prices to pre- who, having the tariff bill in charge, ls
vent panics—this investment of the peo- mere likely than any other member ot
pie’s hard earned money at only one or either House to know the situation
two per cent interest—this not buying
bonds at times lest toere be no means to
avert a panic. All of it is to the last de
gree unsatisfactory and displeasing, and
when I contemplate I am the hardest of
them all to please. , . . ... „ ...
Since preparing the foregoing, I have ever, aim ost unanimous that Congress will
seen in the newspapers that Mr. Blaine adjiurnor take a long recess, o-in some
has thought fit to try his well-known skill other way bring the session to an end
in deceiving the public upon this question ... .... ...
of deposits in national banks. He »ays that the pr-ssnt week, and in this
with monev at 5 per cent a deposit of *60,- opinion Senator Allison is understood to
000,000 w nild be a gratuity to national concur.
vcuriMl forth*- Etpo»ltlon-Suniplrr County
En’«r» for th*> Capital Prii»-Jiol»».
The following telegram was received by
Secretary Gordon Saturday night from Col.
J. F. Ross, president of the Sumpter
County Agricultural Society.
Amkricus, G«l, Oct. 1.3.—“Enroll Sump
ter county for an exhibit at your Exposi
tion.”
Letters have also been received from
Colonel Ro*. in which he promises that
the exhibit shall surpass in every way the
great exhibit made by hDcaunty at the
Piedmont Exposition last October. The
management can now confidently promise
that the county disolays will be the finest
of any Exposition held in Georgia this
year.
The George W. Helrne Co., of Helmetta,
X. J., the great snutf manufacturers, tele
graph for space, aud will make an unus
ually flne disolay.
Pou Brothers will show the latest and
most unique designs in fine carriages and
■ buggies.
The regular weekly meeting ot tho
Board of Directors will bo held at 7.30 p-
m. to night at the Exposition office.. As
_ some of the Board are absent from the
" city, President Goetchius requests a full at
tendance of members who are here, as im
portant matters will come up for consider,
i tion aud as full vote as possible is desired.
The official programme, re-arranged, will
be ready for distribution to-morrow.
TOO FREE WITH THE KNIFE.
One Negro Tries to llutoher Another In a
Fight—Four Ugly Cut*.
A negro named Will Sneed was badly
cut yesterday by John Jones, also col
ored. The cutting was done in a field
near Exposition Park, just outside tho city
limits. The two mou, with some other
companions were on their way to a se
cluded spot for the purpose of playing
“crap.” On the way a fuss arose be
tween Sneed aud Jones about the latters
brother. After tho exchange of some
warm words, the two approached each
other, each armed with a brick. Jones
had also a stout stick in his
hand, which he dropped when he
drew near his antagonist aud draw
ing his knife jumped on Sneed and stabbed
J him four times. Three times on the left
I shoulder and once in the side.
After a desperate effort the wounded
man broke away from Jones and ran to
ward home as well as he could. Jones
made no attempt to follow him. When
1 Sneed reached his mother’s house, on
Fourth avenue, he was covered with
blood and completely exhausted.
Dr. Grimes was at once sent for, and the
wounds were dressed and the Unfortunate
man made as comfortable as possible. I he
doctor stated that, though the gashes were
bad ones, they will not prove fatal. A
reporter called at the house subsequently
and found Sneed suffering very much. He
stated that there is bad blood between
himselt aud Jones for sometime past and
that they had another fuss not long since.
Up to a late hour last evening nothing had
been heard of Jones.
WAS ANNA MURDERED?
A <*l*EHTION VS TO HOW INNA JACK-
"ON VIET HER St ODEN DEATH.
thoroughly, can be quoted to thej effect
that no arrangement or understanding of
any kind has yet been reached on the sub
ject of adjournment. The opinion is, how-
banks holding the money of *3,000.000 per
year. That is not true. The profit to the
banks could not exceed *400.000 on *60,000,-
000 of Government deposits with money at
5 per cent.
He says that he reads that Colonel Brice
has a million of surplus in his bank. Until
within a week I did not know whether this
was true or not, for until then I did not
know whether or not Colonel Brice had a
bank or was interested in a bank. I b. d
never before h^ard of him in connection
with a bank. But it was possible that this
was true, for any bank \*hich applied at
Tne situation is one of considerable deli
cacy. Should any Senatori through force
of habit or absence of mind, demand a
division, or otherwise develop the absent e
of a qujrum, a Parliamantary chai3l would
ensue. Under the iSeaate rules, it would
be the imperative dety of the Cnair to send
the Sergeant at Arms and his depu ties
in search of absentees and until ian un
paired quorum snould be obtained, ro
other bulinesi, not even a resolution to
the proper time and offered security would .. .. . . ,
have got a deposit of that amount; *1,100,- nfij uurn Slae d 12 > or taxe a longer .recess
000 was the maximum allowed any one
oank. If it had been true, it was well, for
the money was safe, for the future and
honor of the Democratic party in Coionel
Brice's hands.
After the postponement of this meeting
las: Saturday, l went to Col. Brice for the
first time and asked him about this state
ment of Mr. Blaine. Col. Brice told me
that he owned a large majority of the
stock of a bank in Ohio, but that bank has
government deposits in it; that he also
owned stock in the Chase National Bank
of New York, of which if politics are to be
considered, it is proper to say that Mr.
Cannon, the Republican comptroller of
the currency is president, and that a
majority of the directors are Republicans.
I mean tnat this bank did have a deposit
of *1,100,000, which it has repaid to the
government recently, not finding the
profit of *50,000 a year as Mr. Blaine states,
or probably any profit in business, else it
would not nave chosen to discontinue it.
There are a number of banks with de
posits of a million and over. I know the
politics of the officers of a very few of
these depositories, but I have in my mind
now half a dozen, where I know the offi
cers to be Drominent and zealous Republi
cans, and I can think of but one where the
officers are Democrats of prominence, out
I have never given a thought to the poli
tics of a batik offi-er. My only thought
than three Legislature days would be in
order.
The fact that any one membar of the
Senate may prevent adjournment has led
to the suggestion that in deference to] the
constitution the chairman pro tern ana
one member of each party be left in at.
tendance to meet twice or three times a
week, and adj jurn with ;the understand
ing that no legislation shall be attempted.
There are members of both parties in the
Senate who still think that the tariff'
bill should be brought to a vote, but in
view of the difficulties they are greatly in
the minority, and the situation is such
that an adjustment resolution coming from
any source is likely to be unanimously
adopted.
Senator Morgan will call up ;for action
early in the week the resolution giving to
the heads of the executive department*
authority in their discretion to make ex
hibits at Paris of articles belonging to their
departments, and it is possible tha
some other belated measures which
are not likely to encounter auy opposition
may be taken up in the morntng hours.
But the principal part of the time hence
forth to the end of the session, will be de-
was the security of deposit and relief to
the public from financial distress.
So much for politics. Now for profit.
Mr. B:aine says that a deposit ot "1,000,000 voted to speeches on the tariff
is worth to a depository *50.000 per
year. Let us see how this is.
Mr. Fairchild here went into analysis of
this transaction between the nan its and
treasury, showing that the net profit to a
bank on one million dollars is five thou
sand six hundred and fifty dollars instead
of fifty thousand. He then proceeded:
So much for Mr. Blaine’s allegation as
to profits He contends that these de
posits have been made “without a shadow
of substantial right in law,” although he
said that he had not time to go into the
details. I can only say that these depos
its have been made under the same law as
the millions of dollars deposited by all Re-
Not more than twenty-five or thirty
members of the House of Representatives
aro expected to be in their seats to-mor
row. An objection will be made to the
transaction of any important business in
the absence of nine-tenths of the members
and the legislative possioilities for the
coming week are almost nothing.
Short session aad long recesses will be
the prevailing order.
Another Car Riot.
Chicago, Oct. 14 —When the street car
A CRISIS FOR CANADA.
She I’a>i*e* Through it Clearly. Coolly and
Wifely—The Annexation.
Montreal, Oct. 14.—At a dinner given
to Robert 9. White, the newly-elected
member of Parliament for Cardwell, last
evening. Hon. J. A. Chapleau, Secretary
! of State, in response to the toast. “The
Federal Parliament,” said Canada was
now passing through a crisis,’ clearly,
coolly and wisely. In tho United’States
I there is great excitement over their elec
tion and politics. But, as an English pape r
said, Canada has given an example to the
world in the cool way she has taken it.
The United States tried to frighten her
with commercial union, annexation an d
unrestricted reciprocity, but she was well
; before and is better now and does not wish
to change. The diplomacy of the Premier
will be vindicated on the 7th of November,
wbicn-ever party goes in. While he
| (Chapleau did not desire to disparage the
United States, he would say that if they
were to annex themseles to Canada it
w nuld do them good. Parliament will do
its duty, for all these movements toward
tie United States mean lonly one thing—
destruction to Canada’s industries and
whatever she has striven for during the
last ten year.
BLOCKING THEIR GAME
Tli*- Republican# Caught at a Very Cun
ning Little Trick.
Mansfield, O., Oct. 14.—For several
days past numerous sealed Government
official envelopes, such as are used for the
transmission of parts of the Congressional
Record, containing Republican campaign
literature in the shape of Congressional
speeches on the tariff question, but bear
ing neither stamp nor frank, have been
dropped into mail-boxes in various parts
of the city, which caused Postmaster Sut
ler to begin an investigation. As Senator
Sherman, who has been at home for the
past week, is the only one entitled to the
franking privilege, the envelopes were at
first returned to him by the postmaster,
who thought perhaps he had mailed them
anfi forgotten to attach his signature. The
Senator stated that he knew nothing of
them, and they had not been mailed un
der bis direction. It is believed L^at these
official envelopes have been obtained by
parties who have been distributing Re
publican literature throughout the city,
and have mailed the documents in them
thinking that the absence of the frank
would not be noticed by the postal officials
THEY TORE I P THE FLOOR.
puolican secretaries of the treasury when conference wss gaing on, a riot occurred
it was more profitable than now, bonds at about a hall mile away at the corner ot
* Market street and Chicago avenue. Tne
signt of three North Side cars close to
gether. and guarded by police had caused
low price being then plentiful. Tnree of
these depositories are in the State of
Maine and are the same depositories
which this administration found when
coming into power. The first was desig
nated Decern oer 7. 1863. by name the
“Granite National Bank of Augusta” was
designated April 14, lStSS. I am inclined
to oelieve that if Mr. Blaine will examine
he will find that some of them belong to
Five Pri Holier# in the Atlanta Station
Ho<i4e Hreak From Cell to Ollar.
Atlanta, Oct. 14.—Five prisoners, three
of them State cases, confined at the police
station, made a desperate attempt to es
cape to-night. They tore up the flooring
of the cells, hoping to get oat from the
basement. They found themselves insteaa
in a dungeon underneath with no exit
save through the general office. A pris
oner in an adjoining cell gave the alarm,
and the five were recaptured and locked up.
wot LD NOT "PEAK ON SUNDAY
The Man Who Claim« to Hare Keen Her
Husband Nay# He "hot Iter A re him
tally— Testimony Hefore the
Corouer'* Jury.
At 9 o’clock yesterday morning an in
quest was held on the body ot Anna Jac«-
son. She is the negro woman who died
Friday night, near the convict campon tho
Columbus Southern road, from the effocta
of a pistol shot wound itiflicted by the
haudsof a negro named Sun Ellison on the
previous Monday night.
Ellison stated at the time of the shooting
that it was accidental, but further develop
ments in the case have given rise to a sus
picion of foul play. Shortly after the
body was brought to this city on
Saturday night, Hannah Jackson, the
mother of the dead woman, made a state
ment concerning the ease to Deputy-Sheriff
Me Michael. He went after tho Coroner
and informed him of the circumstances,
aud to him Hannah repeated her state
ment on oath. It was a strong indict
against Ellison, and accordingly Coroner
Griffin ordered au inquest to be held.
Yesterday morning, at tho hour men
tioned, a jury was called and sworn to in
vestigate tho case. Dr. Griggs, who at
tended the deceased was present.
The Coroner stated that it was a compli
cated case and required careful investiga
tion.
Hannah Jackson, the mother of tho de
ceased, was the first to testify. She said:
My daughter left home about t.vo weeks
ago. I dreamt that she was hurt and I
got uneasy. I went to hunt for her last
Tuesday. I met her on the road that goes
to Cusseta aud carried her to a house on
the iVillis place. A girl named Mary
Heath went with her. I don’t know
where she was shot.
They said she vhor daughter) was found
in a ditch near an old house by a white
man ou Tuesday morning. They did uot
notify mo. I stayed with her until she
died. She said a little before she died
about sundown on last Friday, “oh, Sain
Ellison, I told you not to shoot ine aud
you would do it. Where is Sam Ellison?”
I told her he went to hunt for a doctor,
lie did not get back until night. My
daughter was not married, as far as I
know. He told mo he was married to her,
but he never asked me for her.
“She went out thqre to a festival. I
stayed with her until the breath left her.
1 know Sam Ellison to see him.
“She died Fridayievening at dusk. Elli
son was not there when she died, ilia
brother Jim wont after the coffin. I be
lieve he shot her, but Ido not know where.
He admitted shooting tier, but he said it
was accidental. Mary Heath aud her
brother heard him sweso.”
Rena Jackson,JjHfo sister of deceased
then testided. M&o said: “1 only know
that when 1 xK there, I asked mamma
how it was 4tyie. Ellison then said it was
done tnrougn accident. He said lie would
not-d*44MMentiuually for anything iu tho
world. Ho said ho would much rather it
was himself than her iu tiiat fix.
“I did uot know about her going from
home, as I am out cooking. I do not know
whether she is married or not.”
James Jackson, the father of deceased
said: “I do not know anything about the
case. My daughter was away about two
weeks, I do not know exactly how long.
She is not married that I know of. I do
not know Sam Ellison.”
Dr. Griggs who was next summoned to
the witness stand, said: “(Jn last Wednes
day at noon I was called upon by one Sam
Ellison, to attend a woman on the
Columbus Southern railroad where the
grading was being done about five miles
from t iwu, who he said had shot herself
accidentally. I took him in rny buggy
with me and started for the place men
tioned.
“I,asked hirn,a> he wi' responsible for the
bill, who the woman was? He said she was
his wife. When I got to the house where
the woman was, or what is known
as the Willis place, I found she was fatally
wounded. I asked Sam to c >mo next
morning for medicine, as his wife w as suf
fering a great deal. I left enough to j last
during the night. He never came.
“He told me she shot herself acci
dentally, but on examining the
direction of the wound I
thought it rather Strang j. I wu called
Wednesday at noon.”
In answer to a question a! to whether
any other docter was called before him,
Dr. Griggs replied: “They told me that
Dr. Sheridan was called.” H» said thit
he thought the pistol was a 32-catiore.
During the examination, the witnesses
were frequently questioned by the jurors.
The coroner then asked the jurors if they
desired an autopsy to be held. The law
prescribes that if a majority of the jur>rs
decide that an autopsy Ls necessity for tha
purpose of ascertaining if the wound
caused death or not, they have the right to
order it. The jury were unsnim >us for the
holding of the autopsy. Dr. G.*iirgs was
accordingly requested to mike an exami
nation of the wound.
Before the result of his investigations
were made known, the inquest was ad
journed uatil 10 o’clock this m >ruiag, a»
which time it will be re-opened at the
court house.
During the investigation the C jrme.- re
quested the Daputy-SaerifT to subpoena
Mary Heath,‘Jamas E-iisan an i J. L. Wil
lis to the adjourned inquest this morning.
In the afternoon tne DepJtv, accompanied
by the Coroner, proceeded to the Colum
bus Southern camp aud arrested Sam Elli
son, James EilLson and Mary Heath and
brought them to the city. Sam Works is
at the camp, but he ii uot a convict.
THE BLA('KE>r OK \LLUK1MES.
a crowd of three or four hundred men and
boys to assemble at the street corner.
Wnen the patrol wagon leading
the first car had passed. the
mob made a rush and closed in
on the imported conductors aad drivers of
the second car. The police on the car
personal and political friends of his, and were being overpowered, and a resort to
that they were selected in the days of fa- revolvers was imminent, just as Lieutenant
voritism and pet banks through his infiu- Breunan, with fifty officers, came round
ence If he needs anything more I refer the corner on a doable quick. Ciubs were
him to section 5,153 of the United States freely used, and many of the mob got
Revised Statutes. away with broken heads. Six of the
I further observe that Mr. Blaine inti- leaders were arrested.
mates that I snould oe impeached for hav
ing made these deposits without the war
rant of any iaw known to him.
Fro#t at Decatur Too Light.
Decatur, Oct. 14.—There were three
cosos in tne last twenty-four hours, and
oue death. We had considerable frost last
I did not know that I was liable to be
impeached if Mr. Blaine was^ignorant of ni^ht, but I fear not enough to kill out the
the law. Had I known that I wouid not yellow fever completely. r Signed,]
have dared accept the office, ad • Jerome Cochran, M. D.
Judge Tbu'inan Refuse# to Atliire#" the
Crowd# that Greet Hiiu on Hi# Tri|>
Cincinnati, Oct. 14.—Judge Thurman is
i quietly resting in this city, preparatory to
his trip to Shelbyville to-morrow. He
came down during the afternoon, and
although greeted by the people at differ
ent stations, he made no speeches, save
at Washington Court House, where he told
a hundred and fifty people on the platform
| “If I were a preacher i would preach you
a sermon, but as i am not, I will not say
anything on Sunday.”
The judge desired to go quietly to his
hotal, and had planned to walk there, but
when he reached the side walk, though
he met a big crowd of enthusiastic Demo
crate, he gladly sought refuge in a car
riage.
To-morrow the judge leaves at 8:20 a. m.
for Shelbyville, escorted by the Old Roman
Guard or Columbus, and the Duckworth
club and others of this city.
A Negro Man In Co«-liriin*> Lynched—“Our
Women "hall Be Protected.”
Cochrane, Oct. 14.—C. O. Newman, a
young farmer living near Cochrane, hired
a strange negro named Biil Johnson to
pick cotton. Friday Mr. Newman went to
i town, and during his absence the negro
• outraged Mrs. Newman and fled. He was
captured early yesterday morning, and
identified by 5Irs. Newman, who fainted
when she saw him. A crowd of 300 men
took the negro a mile from town, hung
him to a limb ot a tree and riddled his
• body with bullets, aad pinned a slip of
paper on his breast; reading: “Our Women
Mail and Shall Be Protected.”
Kicked tu Death hf a Horse.
Warsaw, Iud., Oct. 14.—Lew Bortse, a
! farmer living three miles north of here,
came to town yesterday to attend a politi
: cat^rally, leaving a son thirteen years of
age at home to attend the bouse and stock.
When he returned home in the evening ha
: found the boy lying ou th* ground of the
barn yard dead. He was leading the horse
! to water and wrapped the halter around
his body, and tl& horse kicked him to
death.