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VOL. XXXI. Xu. 2i6
COLLllBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST li 1889,
NEVER
BEFORE
THE TREASURY EMPTY.!
THE STATE TREASURY UNABLE TO I
MEET THE DEMANDS UPON IT. !
IX THE HISTORY
OF OLE BUSINESS
HAVE WE BEEX SO ANXIOUS
TO SELL GOODS.
We have written and telegraphed the manufac
turers not to ship our iall purchases for two weeks,
hut they ar iike ourselves, crowded for room, and
continue to hurry them through. Now to state facts,
we are <rowded for room, and must have it at once
or rent quarters. To reduce our stock, we name a
The General Tax Will Hare to Be Increased
—The Amendment of Mr. Gilbeit to
the State Road Lease Bill De
feated—Legislative Notes.
Atlanta, August 16.—[Special]—The
legislature has discovered that the state
treasury is unable to meet the demands |
made upon it. The appropriations made j
at the winter session provided for the ex
penditure of §13,000 over and above the
estimated receipts from all sources. This
did not take into consideration the j
amounts which might fee appropriated at
the summer session. Since the legislature
met in July a number of appropriations
have been made, among them §15.000 for
the blind asylum at Macon, §9000 for the
relief of Samuel Morgan, one of the sure
ties on the bond of tne Bank of Rome, and
§2500 to the estate of General Toombs. To
these must be added the excess over the
estimate in the payment of soldiers’ pen
sions, which it is oelieved will reach
§50,000. The grounds of the new capitol
will cost in the neighborhood of §20,000,
and other expenses and appropriations j
will increase tne deficit to a total ot near j
§150.000. The finance commictee must '
provide for this deficit, and it is agreed j
that the only way to do it is to increase ]
the general tax. It will be increased j
from 2 7 10 mills to a fraction over 3 mills. I
few prices that cannot be met.
U mbrellas! U mbrellas!!
Seventy-two Umbrellas. Gloria Cloth, Gold and
Oxidized heads, and natural handles, that we have
been selling for $1.5<J and $2.00. will go to-day and
Saturday at 90c., $1.00 and $1.15. Many Silk and
Gingham Umbrellas in proportion. Stock must b a
reduced.
Two Hundred Neck Ties,
Walking Canes, at prices to close Call if needing
anything in our line. Will try and suit you in
prices.
Chancellor & Pearce
.MASS MEETING AT SEALE.
The Question of Incorporating the Toivn
Discussed—A Brave Lady.
Seale, Ala., August 16.—A number of
citizens met at the court house last night
to discuss the question of incorporating
the town of Seale, and having a mayor,
marshal, treasurer, etc. Nothing was
done, however, and a meeting is called
for next Monday night. Ia the meantime
the people will delioerate on the matter
and be prepared to take definite action on
thi3 important subject. Seale is a remark
ably orderly and peaceable place, full of
law-abiding citizens, and it is not that we
ueedacity government to enforce laws
and preserve order, but this little burg is
growing and will soon catch up with Co
lumbus. So our dignity and importance
entitle us to a city government. Let every
body be prepared to vote on the ques
tion Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Brannon entertained
the young folks of Seale and
Longview at their home at the
last named place Thursday evening.
The party was complimentary to Misses
Phillips, guests of Mrs. Brannon. All re
port a most delightful gathering and are
hearty in praises of their hostess. Delicious
ices, cakes and fruits, for the refreshment
of the merry makers, added to the even
ing’s enjoyment.
Some days ago Mrs. Tune, of Villula,
and Miss Effie Boykin, of Echo, were
driving through the country to visit
friends living near. They were horrified
to see in the road just before them a large
rattlesnake, coiled and very angry, as evi
denced by his loud rattling, darting head
and tongue. These ladies were equal to
the emergency, which, in truth, was
enough to frighten anybody. Miss Boykin
got out of the buggy and, armed with the
largest piece of fence rail she could man
age, boldly attacked the hideous monster.
His enraged snakeship was not easily
conquered, and fought viciously, but his
fair antagonist was not to be frightened
away, and after a short but desperate bat-
tie, the ugly creature was lying dead on
the battlefield. This snake was quite three
feet long, and large in proportion, and of
an age and temper which made it a most
dangerous antagonist. This young lady
displayed most unusual and brilliant
courage. Let no man ever dare to accuse
“we women” of being afraid of “bugs and
things,” again.
Too much rain here. Cotton is showing
rust. Sickness may follow so much rain.
Won't Work in Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., August 16.—Expe
riments by Dr. J. B. Baldwin with the
Brown-Sequard remedy have been com
pleted, without any perceptible good re
sults. One patient had a high fever, and
was delirious the first night following the
operation. He is a sufferer from sciatica,
and on the third day after the operation
is too weak to resume his business. la
the other case the elixir had no percepti
ble effect either way. Dr. Baldwin con
siders the whole thing simply a species
of faith cure.
News Notes from Notasulga.
NOTASCLGA, Ala., August 16.—Your
scribe has been away from home some
time. He finds on his return most excel
lent crops all over Macon county. The
crops in the immediate neighborhood of
Notasulga are as fine as the land will make
them.
Our place is looking up sharply. Two
new dwellings going up and three more
lots bought on the Mobile and Atlanta
street
The college building is nearing comple
tion and will be finished by the first of
September. It can be seen from almost
any part of town.
Rev. G. W. Cox is building a store east
of his place of business.
Mrs. Mclver, wife of Mr. Mclver, of the
Montgomery Advertiser, with her chil
dren, is boarding at the Notasulga house.
She comes for her health.
Prof. Hill and his mother, of north Ala
bama, is visiting relatives here.
Mr. W. L. Shaw, wife and little boys,are
in town. We always welcome this noble
Man and his family to our town. He will
likely move back next winter.
Mr. w. T. Duke will move his family
from Opelika to this place in the near
future.
We are delighted to know that Mrs.
J-apitola H. Pinkston, of LaPlace, has
j*r en fleeted teacher in the preparatory
partment of the People’s High School,
hofh , comes very highly recommended,
b(-c.it ; ron t . tlle people for whom she has
“ te 5 e kiEg and Dr. Massey, of Tuske-
under whom she graduated.
Opelik SaDders a flying visit to
- Irs. Snider and Mrs. Eaxly are on a
visit down the country for a short while.
Rev. Mr. Howell is engaged in a very
fine meeting about two and a half miles
from town.
Mrs Warnock, of Atlanta, is visiting
her father, Rev. J. E. Burns.
We regret to note the illness of little
Janie Asbury. Hope she will be well
again soon.
Mrs. John Baxly paid a short visit to
Reeltown to visit her father’s family, Dr.
Smith.
Prof. Sanders is traveling in the interest
of the school.
In The Mountains of North Carolina.
Hot Springs, N. C., August 15 —The
past week has been a most deligtful one
up in this little valley surrounded by high
mountains. Not a cloud nas specked the
sky, and the cool breezes which blow
down from the mountain tops are both re
freshing and invigorating. Walks and
rides over the fine mountain roads are the
pastimes of the day, while dancing, card
playing and quiet little flirtations serve to
pass the evenings away pleasantly.
There is, of course, the usual absence of
young male dancers, but the numerous
young ladies are not daunted by that fact.
On Monday evening they held what was
called a “dove german,” in which the
ladies who, for the occasion, assumed the
part of males, were dressed all in black,
while their partners were clothed in snowy
white. Tne affair was a decided success,
the figures of the dance were pretty and
well executed, and both the participants
and spectators were well pleased with it.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Woolfolk and Mr.
I. Joseph and wife, of Columbus, Ga., are
now registered here.
Iiuportaut to Johnstowu Sufferers.
Johnstown, Pa., August 16.—Quite a
nurnoer of people who suffered oy the
flood and shortly afterward left town have
not reported. The commissioners wise to
give them a share of the relief fund. To
the end that they may all be notified, Sec
retary Kremor authorizes the following
announcement and requests its publication
throughout the country:
With the view of making final disposi
tion of the funds in the hands of the relief
commission at as early a day as possible,
all persons who resided in Johnstown and
other towns, who suffered in the flood in
the CoDemaugh valley, are requested to
send their names and addresses to the
committee of inquiry or to the flood com
mission, at Johnstown.
Another body was recovered to day.
There has been an average of two bodies
recovered a day for the past tea days.
Suffocated iu a Mine.
San Francisco, Cal., August 16.—The
Mexican steamer Alejandro arrived from
Guayamas, Mex., yesterday, bringing
word that in the early part of July fire
broke out in the Friumfo mines, near the
town of the same name. and ten
men lost their lives. Eight Mex
ican miners were in the mines
at the time, and two un
known Mexicans volunteered te go to
their rescue. The shaft was full of smoke
and gases and when the bucket was
hauled to the top the Americans were
dead. The fire lasted several days and
finally burned itself out. t
The Grave of Daniel Morgan.
Winchester, Va., August 16.—Interest
ing services were held to-day around the
grave of Gen. Daniel Morgan, of revolu
tionary fame, by three hundred teachers
from different parts of the state, who are
attending the Peabody normal institution.
Addresses on the life and exploits of Mor
gan were made by Geo. R. Stottimeyer,
member of the Maryland legislature, and
Professors Roy and Hoenshell, of Virginia.
The procession of teachers carried United
States flags and was preceded by thirteen
young ladies representing the colonies.
Crew Siek With Fever.
Washington, August 16.—Passed Assis
tant Surgeon Carter, of the Gulf quaran
tine station, at Ship Island, Miss., reports
to Surgeon Hamilton, of the marine hos
pital service, under date of August 3, that
the Norwegian bark Sofia, arrived from
Rio Janeiro on the second with a crew of
sixteen men, all of whom were well on
arrival. Eight of th9 crew, however,
had been sick in Rio Janeiro with fever.
One of these was sick on shipboard. None
of the sailors were landed and the vessel
was quarantined and disinfected.
The Report Denied.
Durham, N. C., August. 16.—The Globe
prints an interview with a member of the
big cigarette m king firm of W. Duke Sons
& Co., of this city, denying the repiprt that
their immense factories here and in New
York have been sold to a wealthy north
ern syndicate.
IN THE HOUSE.
The house took up the special order—
the Western and Atlantic lease biii. Sec
tion six was read and passed without
amendment, as follows:
Section 6. Be it further enacted, When
the road is leased under the provisions of
this act, it shall be, and is hereby, dis-
tinetiv provided that all improvements,
betterments or ameliorations whatever
shall be made at the expense of the lessee
or lessees, and no claim for such will ever
be entertained or allowed by the state.
All attachments to the realty shall be
considered permanent. It is also dis
tinctly provided that the lessee or lessees
shall, at all times, keep the said road in
good condition safely and expedtiiously to
carry on the business of said road. Tne
governor of the state shall have the power
to appoint a board of examiners, and the
board of examiners so appointed shall
have power to subpoena witnesses and ex
amine them, and also the power to require
the production of books, 'contracts, and
any and all kinds of writings that may
throw light or information upon the sub
ject matter or matters under investigation.
And, if by report of the examiners ap
pointed by the state’s authorities, it shall
appear that the lessee or lessees have de- |
predated said property in value or effi- j
cier.cy. or have permitted the same to de- :
teriorate, so that it is of les3 value thau it |
was reported to have been in any preced
ing examination, at the time of commence
ment of, or during the term of said lease,
or any of said property has been lost, con
sumed, or permanently removed from tne
state, the lessee or lessees shall be liable
for such depreciation, or deterioration, or
loss, consumption or removal, and the
governor of the state shall apply a suffi
ciency of the bonds deposited as security to
restore said road to its condition at the
date of the aforesaid previous examina
tion.
The seventh section was also passed in
its original form. This section reads:
Section 7. Be it further enacted, That
said lease company shall be subject to, and
required to observe and obey ail rules, or
ders. schedules of freight and passenger
tariffs which are applied to and reauirod
from other railroads in this state.* And
said company shail not discriminate
against any railroad company, or persons
or narties, or places Having business con
nection or relations with said Western and
Atlantic railroad; but all schedules Of
freight and passenger tariffs, shall be so
arranged as to give all connecting roads
and all places, and persons having business
relations with said road, a fair and equal
chance, doing equal justice between them
in everything connected with the manage
ment of said road; and that said lease
company shall have the exemptions, priv
ileges, immunities, rights and guarantees,
and sht.ll be subject to the same laws,
liabilities, disabilities and public burdens
on other railroad companies in this state
and no more, in all cases where this act is
silent and has made no provision on this
subject. And it is further enacted, that
the state pledges her faith to redeem all
bonds on said road which have been
issued by the state, and now recognized by
the state, and on which interest is now
being paid, together with all interest
coupons as they fall due, and to save the
lessees harmless against said bonds and
coupons.
When the eighth section was read Mr.
Gilbert, of Muscogee, offered to amend by
adding at the end thereof, “but nothing
herein contained shall authorize a contract
of lease which may have the effect to de
feat or lessen competition or to encourage
monopoly.”
He said that notice had been given mem
bers that no amendments, no matter how
meritorious, would be permitted. He
hoped that in the case of his own the
house would reverse the decision of the
committee. He referred to the speech ot
Mr. Hoke Smith before the Atlanta cham
ber of commerce, in which he had shown i
how much was annually lost to Georgia j
through the monopoly known as the '
Richmond Terminal Company, by unre-!
futable facts and figures. His amendment, :
he said, was couched in the language of i
the constitution, and would place the i
lease act under the protection of that in- j
strument. He arraigned the “railroad !
octopus which is wrapping itself around j
the throat of tne state.”
“The State road,” he said, “is the only
avenue of safety still ooen to us. We •
should not permit the Richmond Termi
nal to close that also against our hope.” j
Mr. Atkinson, of Coweta, said he did I
not see the necessity for adopting the
amendment, though he favored tne princi
ple it contained, and would vote for the
Olive bill or some similar measure.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield, moved to
amend by inserting the word “legal” be
tween “best” and “bidder” in the sentence:
“Tne highest and best bidder for the iong-
est term shall be accepted.”
Mr. Rankin, of Gordon, opposed the
amendment because he wanted to get the
biggest po.-sibie price.
Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, thought it
would be an unfortunate day for the state
when she placed the road in the hands of
a monopoly at any price. He referred to
an editorial in which it was stated that the
state had saved §2 400.000 by the competi
tion between the Western and Atlantic
and the East Tennessee.
Mr. Glenn, in support of his resolution,
said money was not everything. It would
be better to lose a few thousand monthly
than to turn the road over to rivals and
thus destroy all competition. He insisted
on the insertion of the word “legal ”
Messrs. Humphreys, of Brooks, Bell, of
Forsyth, and Foute, of Bartow, opposed
the introduction of the word. Thev were
afraid of it, although they thought it out
of the question that the legislature and the
railroad commissioners, which were to be
appointed, would do anything illegal.
Mr. Lewis, of Hancock, regarded the
amendment as the most important that
had been offered. Why should there be
objection to the word legal, unless the gen
tlemen were afraid that an illegal bid
would be offered.
Air. Snelson, of Meriwether, favorfd the
amendment.
Mr. Davis, of Elbert, opoosed it.
It was lost by a vote of 6S to 41.
Mr. Tigner, of Muscogee, offered to
amend by striking out “president of the
senate and speaker of the house” from
the commission w bich is to examine bids.
Adopted.
The commission will therefore consist
of the governor, comptroller-general, sec
retary of state, treasurer and attorney-
general.
The lease bill was made the special order
for Monday next.
On Third Reading.
To prohibit the sale of liquor within two
miles of Goose Level Baptist church.
Passed
To require the registration of voters in
Warren county. Passed.
To amend the charter of the Rome Rail
road Company.
To incorporate the Merchants Bank of
Milledgeville.
To prohibit ithe sale of liquor within
two miles cf Vining Creek church in Mad
ison county.
IN THE SENATE.
Senator Harris, of the Third, this morn
ing effered a joint resolution in the senate
instructing the governor and his suc
cessors in office,to tender to the Confed
erate Veterans Association the use of the
hall of the house of representatives when
ever required by the association. Laid
over under the rules.
Senator Sanford’s fertilizer bill was or
dered printed and made the special order
for Monday next.
Two new bills were introduced—one by
Senator Vick to change the time for hold
ing the superior court of Colquitt county,
and one by Senator Whitfield to authorize
and require the mayor and council of Mill-
edgevilie to appoint city assessors.
Oil Third Reading.
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquor
within five miies of any church in Dodge
county. Passed.
A bill to prescribe the manner of grant- |
ing liquor license in Tellair county.
Passed.
A bill to amend the charter of the* At
lanta Mutual Insurance Company. Passed.
To provide speedy jury trials in nuis
ance cases. This bill was amended in com
mittee so as to declare all mills and man
ufactories which are injurious to the
health and distressing to the public gen
erally to be nuisances. Passed by mistake,
the bill having only been read a second
time. This action was reconsidered.
To amend the charter of the town of
Maysville. Passed.
Senator Bartlett’s bill to alter and amend
section 874 (e) of the code, touehing the
manner in which wild land sold for taxes
may be redeemed, was passed.
To amend the game law of Houston
county. Passed.
To incorporate the town of McRae, in
Telfair county. Passed.
To change the name of the Hartwell
Loan and Savings Bank to the Hartwell
Bank. Passed.
Senator Hall moved to adjourn till 10
o’clock Alonday.
Senator Boyd amended by substituting
10 o’clock to-morrow.
Senator Lyle amended by substituting
11:30 Monday.
There was qaite a little straggle over
the time, finally resulting in a call of the
ayes and nays, when Senator Lyle’s
amendment was sustained, and the senate
was declared adjourned till Monday.
Legislative Notes.
In commenting upon the speech of Mr.
Gilbert, of Mucogee, on the Western and
Atlantic lease bill, in the house of repre
sentatives this morning, the Journal of to
day will say:
“It was Air. Gilbert’s first speech during
this session, and it was a notable effort,
that justified the silence of a month.”
PRESIDENT AND EX-PKESIDENT.
Harrison and Cleveland A-rive at New York.
Harrison Leaves for Washington.
New York. August 16.—At 6:30 o’clock
this morning the steamer Pilgrim, of the
Fail River line, reached her dock. Among
her passengers was President Harrison,
who was accompanied by President
Choate, of the Fall River line, and Airs.
Choate. A large crowd assembled on the
dock when it became known that the
president was on board. The president was
up early, and breakfasted witn Air. Choate.
He iooked fresh aud healtny, and said he
enjoyed his vacation very much. He was
in a great hurry to go to Washington, and
did not remain in the city, but walked to
the Pen' syivsria annex boat for Jersey
City, a few minutes after the Pilgrim ar
rived.
President Harrison and Secretary Hal
ford left for Washington on the 8:15 lim
ited over the Pennsylvania road. Tney oc
cupied President Roberts’ private car.
They will go direct through without any
stops.
Mr. aud Mrs. Cleveland.
Ex-President and Airs. Cleveland ar
rived on the steamer Providence, also of
the Fall River line about eight o’clock. As
soon as the vessel was made fast, President
Choate and Airs. Choate went aboard to
greet Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. A carriage
was sent for and upon its arrival President
Choate escorted the ex president aid his
wife to it. They were driven to the Victo
ria hotel. Mr. Cleveland looked well, and
Airs. Cleveland was the picture of perfect
health.
Washington, August 16.—The president
and Private Secretary Halford arrived at
the white house this afternoon.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Extern of Business Done in Listed and Un
listed stocks Yesterday.
New York, August 16.—The stock
market was a little more active to day,
especially in the first and last hours, but
between these hours the dullness was
equal to anything seen of late. The bears
seemed to have exhausted themselves in a
sharp drive at Atchison at the opening,
causing a decline of |c, and after that
time the market showed strength in all
its departments, though except in a few ot
the leading specialties the movements
were on the same limited scale as during
the past week. It was noticed that bull
leaders gave more support to their favor
ites than yesterday, but there was
also some buying for foreigners,
and a better attendance upon the
street indicated that some interest
was taken in the market. The features of
tne day, however, were C., C., C. and 3t.
L. common and Wabash preferred, the for
mer makinu a rapid rise of 2 per cent.
Atchison soon regained all of its early loss,
advancing 1 per cent, and like the remain
der of the list closed finally at its highest
point. In the last hour Wabash preferred
ied the upward movement, and more ani
mation was shown ail over the list. The
close was dull but firm to strong, and at
the bast prices of the day. Sales of stocks
reached 165,003 shares.
CHICAGO MARKET.
Review of Speculation iu the Grain and
Provision Market.
Chicago, August 16.—The wheat mar
ket was characterized by fair activity, and
during the last half of the session quite a
large volume ot business was transacted.
By slow degrees prices began to stiffen,
and as the session advanced they worked
up by eighths until a gain was made over
yesterday’s closing of 4 to lc- A prominent
local operator purchased freely of both
September and December, but he unloaded
considerable of the latter on the crowd at
I to Sc profit to himself, without weaken
ing the market. Toward the close the
local temper became quite bullish. De
cember moved up 78gc, and at the close
was quoted at 781c, a net gain for the day
of lc. September made a gain of lc.
A moderate degree of activity was man
ifested in corn, and the feeling was steady.
The market opened at yesterday’s closing
prices, was easy for a time, but soon be
came firmer and advanced lc, eased off a
little, and closed about tne same as yester
day.
Oats were without feature.
A rather active business was had in mess
pork, at irregular prices. Early sales
were made at 5 to 7Jc advance, but a
weaker feeling was developed and prices
receded 15 to 17£c. Toward the close the
market was stronger again and prices ral
lied 124 to 15c, but receded again 5 to 74c, I
and closed steady. Lard was stronger.
Prices ruled 5 to 7Jc higher, and extreme
figures were fully supported.
Short ribs were steadier. Prices ruled
fully 2j to 5c higher and closed steady.
Cotton Futures.
New York, August 16.—Cotton futures
were higher, owing to a further rise in
Liverpool, considerable covering of shorts
and a good spot emaud, small receipts at
ports and string southern markets, Gal
veston, for example, advancing lc, making
lc in two days, and bringing middline up
lands there within l-18c of the New Yofk
quotation. Cotton on the spot was firm;
middling upland 8 11 5 16, gulfs 11 9 16.
Sullivan Found Guilty.
Purvis, Miss., August 16.—The jury has
returned a verdict, finding Sullivan guilty
of prize fighting. A motion for an arrest
of judgment will be made and heard to
morrow.
JUDGE FIELD ARRESTED
ON A WARRANT SUED OCT BY MB'.
JUDGE TERRY.
He is Charged With Being Accessory to the
Killing of Judge Terry—Something
About Mrs Terry’s Love
Affairs, Etc , Eic.
San Francisco, Cal., August 16.—Sheriff
Cunningham, of San Joaquin county, ar
rived here late last night from Stockton,
with a warrant sworn out by Sarah Althea
Terry for the arrest of Justice Stephen J.
Field on the charge of being accessory to
the killing of her husband, Judge Terry.
It is understood the warrant will be served
on Justice Field at 1 o’clock to-day.
San Francisco, August 16.—The war
rant of arrest was served upon Justice
Field this afternoon at the latter’s cham
ber. A writ ot habeas corpus was at once
sworn out before Judge Sawyer, of the
circuit court, and heard by him in cham
bers.
San Francisco,August 16.—Application
was made by Attorney Crittenden to the
supreme court to adjourn to-day as a mark
of respect to the memory of Judge Terry.
Chief Justice Beatty declined to entertain
the motion. After remarking that he was
sorry the motion had been urged, he
added: “It is a very unpleasant affair, but
the cour has fully considered the same,
and deems it the wisest cause to treat the
subject in silence. The sudden death of
David S. Terry is notorious, and it is the
decision of this court that it take no fur
ther action in the matter.
Indianapolis, Ind., August 16 —Attor
ney-General Miller was seen yesterday and
asked if he had anything further to say
about the shooting of Judge Terry by
Deputy Nagle. He replied: “I see from
the papers that the action of the deputy is
pretty generally endorsed. It appears to
be considered that Nagle’s presence was
necessary and his action justifiable. I do
not care to speak of the legai
aspects of the case. I do not
know any case analogous to it in
our history, and I do not recall
that it has even been necessary before to
provide protection for a United States
judge. If the case comes to trial, I sup
pose I will be called to testify, but I ques
tion whether there will ever be a trial.
The grand jury may refuse to act, or the
coroner’s jury may find it a case of justifi
able homicide. I have not examined the
legal side of the question, however. I
thought the protection of officers of the
law might be necessary, and I knew some
thing about the desperate character of
the man with whom Justice Field had to
deal. I thought of trouble when the trial
began, but I did not look for it at a way
station or upon a train. If the justice’s
life was in danger, he was as much enti
tled to the Drotection of an officer at an
eating house as in the court room or upon
the bench.
Stockton, Cal., August 16.—The funeral
of David S. Terry was held here to-day.
The body was removed from the morgue
at inoon and taken to the Episcopal
church, where it lay in state for two hours,
and was viewed by a great number of
people. Mrs. Terry occupied a pew near
the casket, and watched the face of the
dead all the while. Several times she left
her seat and threw herself upon the cas
ket. The service was read by one of the
vestrymen of the church. The body was
interred in the cemetery in Stockton.
SARAH’S LOVE AFFAIR.
She Was to Have Mar/ied Mr. Shaw, But
Jilted Him.
Cape Girardeau. Mo., August 16.—
Sarah Althea Hili Terry, wife of Judge
Terry, who was killed by Deputy Marshal
Nagle and whose stormy career in Cali
fornia has given her national notoriety,
was born in this old French town just
forty-nine years ago. She comes oi good
stock, her father being Samuel Hill, a
prominent attorney, and her mother,
Julia Sloan, daughter of a wealthy lum
ber dealer. She had one brother, Hi
ram Morgan Hill, and her parents both
died in 1854, leaving the two orphans
an estate of §40,000. She is related to
some of the best families in the county,
among them the Wilkinses, Sloans and
Rodneys. The girl had good opportunities
for acquiring an education. She attended
school at Danville, Ky., and finally gradu
ated from St. Vincent’s conveDt in this
town. She had a governess in the person
of Mrs. Barrall, a sister of ex Congressman
Hatcher. Her grandfather, Hiram Sloan,
was her guardian, and he appears to have
held a slack rein. The young ward devel
oped a spirited temper, and soon after
reaching legal age made her money
fly. She grew to womanhood in muen
her own way, and was noted for her
beauty and temper. She was a girl of
more than ordinary personal beauty. She
wm plump, of medium height and had a
lovely complexion. She was fair but uot
apronounced blonde. While her eyes
were bright and sparkling they had a
cold look, and in them the student could
read insincerity. She was scheming, and
this trait made her unpopular among her
girl companions. It was said of her, too,
that though she was a spendthrift she
worshiped money if she worshiped any
thing, and gave her attention mostly to
those who possessed it.
She is remembered by her friends as
something of a flirt, and at one time she
is said to have had three engagements to
marry on her hands. One of the Leanders
is a prominent politician residing in south
east Missouri, and another resides in St.
Louis. Her conquests in tnis section of
the state were numerous during toe time
she held sway. She was fast, but her
name was never tarnistied with scandai.
In love affairs Miss Hill was tyrannical,
and more than one of her lovers had to
suffer under her iron rule and eccentric !
whims. It is said she really loved ;a 1
young fellow named Will Shaw. They
were engaged to be married, and one night
attended a hop. Sarah Althea became
angry with her escort, and when the ball
room was entered she went up stairs and
never came back until time to return
home. The young man was angry, and
determined to break the engagement. Sa
rah Althea heard of it, summoned him
into her bewitching presence, and the old
infatuation returned so strong that he re
solved to swallow the insult. Not so Sarah.
She had heard that he had told his
friends that he intended to break
ihe engagement. She determined on re
venge. She never looked lovelier than on
the night her luckless lover answered her
call. He was powerless before her and
pressed his suit with more energy than
ever. She said nothing until she was
ready to leave, and as he stooped for a
good-night kiss on the threshold she
turned her head, and with her eyes blaz
lag said:
“Mr. Shaw; you can go. We will cry
quits. I don’t want to see you again.”
The young man almost fell down the
steps, and never saw her afterward. Now
the story goes that Sarah Althea was
really in love with this young man, and
expected to win him back. In this she
failed, and in September, 1870, disgusted
and broken-nearted, and with only the
wreck of her fortune, she started tor Cal
ifornia. A young uncle, named William
Sloan, accompanied her to the Pacific •
coast. He wa3 wealthy, and took his
handsome niece to his mother’s home.
Sarah and the old lady did not live in har
mony, and Mr. Sioan gave his niece a fine
suite of rooms in a prominent Saa Fran
cisco hotel. It was there she met Senator
Sharon.
FEN PORTRAIT OF MRS. TERRY.
A Handsome Woman Abundantly Able to
Take Care of Herself.
San Francisco, August 16.—Mrs. Terry
is still a Deautiful woman. She is cf medi
um height, well developed, with a lithe,
trim figure. She gives one at first sight
the impression of a woman who is abund
antly able to take care of herself. Her
features are regular, her face oval; she is
neither blonde nor brunette. Her dark
brown hair is allowed to fall in graceful
waves over her fall, round forehead.
Her most attractive features are the full
brown eyes, betraying a large amount of
imagination, and with the heavy, droop
ing lids which add so much to their ex
pressiveness; but these fine eyes are hurt
by the expression in them, which can best
be described as one which does not inspire
confidence. Meeting this woman and talk
ing with her, one would say: “She is im
mensely clever, fertile, attractive, but it
will not do to trust her.” Her nose is
clear cut, and her mouth is also resolute
in the habitual compression of the lips,
but this is somewhat belied by a slight
droop at the corners, as though an origi
nally fine will had been overlaid by a
strain of voluptuousness which weakened
and coarsened it. Her whole manner
shows intense nervousness and vitality.
The fatigue of listening to the court pro
ceedings during her suit agaijjgt ex-Senator
Sharon in 1S83 never seemed to have any
influence oyer her. Her face was as fresh
aud her smile as ready at the close of the
trial as at the outset. While on the wit
ness stand she proved to be armed at all
points, and, though Barnes, Sharon’s lead
ing counsel, was noted as an expert cross
examiner, he failed to get any satisfaction
out of her. He very aptly compared
her, in his summing up, to a cat, which in
every emergency would alight on its
feet. He also likened her to a “moral
idiot” because of her utter failure to dis
tinguish between right and wrong, truth
and falsehood, and her inability to appre
ciate the peculiarity of her position in
court, frequently tne only woman in the
room and never attended by any female
frieDd, save the hideous old negro woman,
Mammy Pleasance, who was rumored to
be her chief financial backer in the
fight against Sharon. Yet there is
no question that she exerted a
strong influence over her counsel, and
that Judge Terry could never have been
induced to take the leading position in the
case if he had not been firmly convinced
of the justice of her cause. She is a a
anomaly even in this city, so full of
strange women aud various types of the
adventuress. With a jury her pleasing
personality would go a great way, but with
a judge these advantages are mainly
thrown away. She comes of good stock,
and for a number of years previous to her
marriage to Judge Terry lived on the
small remnant of a fortune left to her and
on her wits.
THE PATTERSON STABBING AFFAIR.
What Representative Dodgen and Mrs,
Patterson Bate to Say.
Atlanta, August 16.—There has been a
great deal ot talk to-day about the sen
sation at Grant park last night, an ac
count of which was telegraphed the
Enquirer-Sun last night. To a Journal
reporter Mr. Dodgen said this morning:
“I have known Mr. and Mrs. Patterson
for some time. I was once assistant
counsel for Mrs. Patterson when her
husband was on trial in my county for
beating his wife. Yesterday afternoon I
boarded a dummy for Grant park. Mrs.
Patterson was on the same car, and spoke
pleasantly to me. The car took us to the
glass works, and on the way back we
changed cars for the park. I assisted her
to the car.
“When we reached the park,” contin
ued Mr. Dodgen, “we separated. Later
on I met her just above the lake, and sue
spoke to me again. I asked her how she
aud her husband were getting on together
now. She replied that she could not live
with him and asked me how she should
proceed to obtain a divorce. We walked
on together and very soon met her hus
band. He spoke very pleasantly, and
after exchanging a few words suggested
that we start for the dummy. He then
explained to me that he wanted to speak
to ais wife privately, and dropped back
about twenty feet. Suddenly her shrieks
and cries that he was killing her drew my
attention, and I went for an officer. That
is all I bad to do with the affair, which I
regret very much.”
Mr. C. W. O’Connor was at the park
alone, for a little recreation. His version
of the stabbing is as follows:
“I am not acquainted with any of the
parties,” h8 saia, “and don’t remember
ever seeing any of them before, I was
walking down the path toward the lake
when I saw the three together. I then
saw Mr. Dodgen drop behind, and in a few
minutes the stabbing took place. I ran
toward the couple, and the husband disap
peared through the woods. I was not
with Mr. Dodgen during any time in my
lire.”
Mrs. Patterson is very weak to day from
loss of blood.
She had two ugly wounds in the back,
one in the right side, two in the breast and
one in the right arm. The latter is a long
gash rather than a stab.
She says that she had a very just causa
for wanting to leave her husband, and his
attack at the park yesterday was entirely
unwarranted. She will make a further
statement when her condition is improved.
Patterson was seen in his cell to-day.
When asked for his statement of the cut
ting, he said:
“When Mr. Jordan told me that my wife
had gotten on the car for Grant park with
a man, I went to the park, where I met
her and Mr. Dogden. I spoke pleasantly
to them, and then suggested that we re
turn home. While I was talking to them
both looked very guilty, aud I thought
that something was wrong. I asked him
tc drop behind, and began to talk to my
wife. Her replies to my quesrions angered
me and I did what 1 did in a fit of passion.
I love the woman and don’t want her to
leave me.”
Mr. R. J. Jordan, attorney for J. J. Pat
terson, was seen to day, and said: “Mrs.
Patterson called at my office Tuesday eve
ning and wanted me to advise Mr. Patter
son to let her have as much as §10; that
she had quit him and unless he paid her
the money she would sue him for alimony.
Knowing that it would cost Patterson at
least §25 to defeud it, I wrote him what
she said, and advised him to let her have
it. The note was handed Mrs. Patterson
and she left. Wednesday evening Mr.
Patterson called to see me about the mat
ter, and stated to'me toat he would not
let her have it.”
Patterson and his wife are not unknown
in Atlanta. He has attacked her twice
before, one time cutting her tnroat from
ear to ear. She recovered, however, and
he was released on tac payment of §1000
fine.
Mrs. Patterson has relatives of high
standing iu the city, and is a very beautiful
woman.
She was seen coming from the menagerie
with a bearded man yesterday afternoon
at the park, and was also seen coming
from the direction of Fort Walker with
him just before the stabbing occurred.
Her wounds, while they arc serious, are
not necessarily fatai.
ALLEN SENTENCED
Judge Gildersleve Sends the Ex-Railroad
President Up for Fourteen Years.
New York, August IS.—Eoen S. Allen,
the defaulting ex president of the Forty-
second and Grand Street Ferry Railroad
Company, who pleaded guilty to two in
dictments charging him with the over
issuing of §100,000 worth of stock of the
company, was sentenced by Judge Giider-
sleve to-day to seven years imprisonment
at hard^iabor on Jeach indictment, the
maximum penalty in New York for the
offense. Allen looked very downhearted
when he reached the court room. He
was met by his counsel, Lawyer Eustis,
and his brother, Elmer L. Allen. The
court room was crowded at 11 o’clock,
wnen Judge Gildersleve entered the court.
When asked what he had to say why
sentence should not be pronounced upon
him, Alien turned round and looked at
his counsel, but did not utteria isyliable.
Mr. Eustis, after deliberation, said there ;
was nothing to add to what had been !
already presented to the court in regard :
to the previous good character of the •
prisoner.
Judge Gildersleve then said: “Mr. Alien, !
you pleaded guilty to two indictments. I ,
have received letters from a number of!
friends of yours, and many persons have i
been to see me with regard to your case, ■
but after a very careful consideration of j
the whole matter, taking into considera- i
tion that punishment could be inflicted on |
you for the charges which are not pressed,
I see no reason why I should not impose j
the maximum penalty. The sentence of j
the court is that you be confined to the
state prison at hard labor for seven years i
on this indictment, which I hold in my |
hand, and under the other indictment that
you be confined at hard labor for a period I
of seven years, to begin at the.expiration
of the former term.”
Allen turned sickly pale as he was led
back to the pen. He looked around the
court room, but there were none of his
friends, except his brother, to sympathize
with him. Even his wife, whose extrav
agance is said to have been the cause of
her husband’s ruin, was not visible. 1
MRS. M A VI! R UK'S CASE.
IT Is BELIEVED HER SENTENCE WILL
BE COMMUTED.
| Her Husband’s Craze for Arsenic Will Prob-
| ably Turn the Scale in the Prisoner’s
Favor-The Case Being Care
fully Examined. Etc.
London, August 16.—Home Secretary
Matthews, Mr. Justice Stephen, the lord
chanceiior and medical experts, are to-day
holding a conference at the home offle e
with a view to arriving at a decision in the
Maybrick case.
The conference lasted four hours. It is
regarded as certain that the home office is
j in doubt, and it is believed that the result
of the deliberations must necessarilv be a
pardon or a commutation of the sentence.
London, August 16.—The press associa
tions state that Home Secretary Matthews
will recommend to the queen the comma -
tation of the death sentence of Mrs. May-
brick to penal servitude for life, and that
the commutation of the sentence will be
announced after the queen has given her
formal assent.
Home Secretary Matthews and the ex
perts assumed that Mrs. Maybrick was
not guilty. Acting upon this assumption
they sifted every scrap of testimony given,
especially that in relation of the husband’s
craze for arsenic, which is of great weight,
and will, it is believed, turn the scale in
the prisoner’s favor. It is a noteworthy
fact that the lord chancellor is seldom
consulted in such cases, except when a
reprieve is meditated.
BROWNULL SURRENDERS.
Particulars of the Killiug of Deputy Weller
in Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., August 16.—United
States Marshal Mizzel received a dispaten
to day from the actiug attorney-general at
Washington, stating the department of
justice would use every effort to capture
and punish Brownell, who murdered’Dep-
ury Collector Weller, and authorizing him
to offer a reward fer me apprehension of
the fugitive. This was unnecessary, for
Brownell surrendered last night to Sher
iff Brown, of Holmes county. Ac
counts of the affair, as told by
the officers who were present, are
very conflicting. One says: “vVe roused
Brownell and told him he was wanted out
side. Brownell arose and walked out on
the gallery, where he observed the pres
ence of other men. He dashed back into
the house and made a break out of
another door. There he was confronted
by Weller, who fired his pistol, wounding
Brownell in the shoulder. The latter then
returned the fire, his builet taking effect
in Weller’s head.”
Upon surrendering himself to the
sheriff last night, Brownell said he
did not know what he was
doing when he fired the fatal
shot. He said he had been suddenly roused
from his slumoers at night by a mob ot
men, who did not explain their business.
He thought they intended to murder him,
and he ran to save his life. Taen he was
shot and was so badly scared that he did
not grasp the situation, so he fired in re
turn. If he had known they were officers
he would not have resisted.
Officers McLeod aud Turvin say
they are confident that Brownell re
sisted under misappre tension as to the
real condition of affairs. He was not told
the nature of their mission to his house.
Brownell is iooked upon at his home as a
peaceable, law-abiding citizen. Public
sentiment is against tne officers for the
bungling which resulted in the death of
one good man and probably ihe ruin of
I two happy families.
I The treasury department ha3 ordered
Special Agent Chipman from Atlanta to
I make a full investigation of the caie. He
left here for Westville to night.
AN INNOCEVT CONVICT,
i Sent to Prison for Life for Murdering a
Man Still Alive.
Birmingham, Ala., August 16.—Eighteen
years ago George Green and Henry Smith,
farmers, living in Colbert county, Ala.,
had a fight and Green shot Smith. The
wound was not considered dangerous at
first, but Smith recovered slowly. Finally
he moved out ot the county with his
family, and a few months later his
wife and son came back and reported
that Smith had died from the effects
of the wound. They went before the
grand jury and had Green indicted for
murder. He was tried, convicted and sen
tenced to life imprisonment. For several
years Green has been confined at the Pratt
coal mines near this city. Some time ago
his wife heard that Smith was still alive.
Green succeeded in interesting a member
of the state board of prison inspectors in
bis case. The inspector went to work and
soon found Smith at Dallas, Ga., waere he
has lived for several years. As 30on a? the
legal formalities are complied with, Green
will be released from prison.
A TRAIN WRECKED.
Three Passengers Killed and Twenty-Five
Injured.
Pittsburg, Pa., August 16.—A special
from Butler, Pa., says: The south-bound
train leaving here at 2:35 this afternoon,on
the West Pennsylvania railroad, was
wrecked at Sarver’s station. Several doc
tors and the coroner were dispatched to
the scene, but no reliable information
could be secured until late this evening.
An old soldier named Powers, of Pitts
burg, a little girl and an unknown woman
were killed. Colonel Rowley, Mayor
Lyon aud several other Pittaburgers were
injured. Conductor Gray, of Butler, was
badly injured. The latest report is that
three passengers were killed aud twenty-
five injured. It is said that while running
rapidly over a small bridge the rails
spread and the cars went down an em
bankment.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Business Prospects Continue Encouraging
in all Directions.
New York, August 16.—R. G. Dun &
Co., in their weekly review of trade, report
the number of failures in the United
States ak 181, and in Canada at 32, a total
of 213 for the last seven days, against a
total of 201 a week ago and 219 in tne cor
responding week last year. In regard to
the general outlook, the report says:
In all directions business prospects con
tinue encouraging, and changes during the
last week have been on the right side.
Exports have increased, and the specu
lative rise in breadstuff's has been checked.
Interior cities report an increase in
the volume of trade, aDd the money mar
kets continue amply supplied, tnongh
rates are gradually hardening. Great in
dustries appear to be in fully as good con-
i dition as last week, with clearer evidence
of improvement in iron. Further crop
news sustain the government advices and
estimates as to cotton, corn and oats, and
strengthens the prevailing impression that
the August report as to wheat was less fa
vorable than the actual situation. In spite
of small advances in some products, the
general range of prices has not materially
changed, and railroad earnings continne
good, thougn all controversies have not as
yet been cleared away.
New Crop Cotton.
Augusta, August 16.—Two bales of new
crop cot-on were received in Augusta yes
terday and thirteen to-day. The first two
were classed middling and strict low mid
dling, and sold to the King mill in Au
gusta.
Charleston, August 16.—The first
bale of South Carolina cotton wa3 received
here to-day. It was raised by Col. Mike
Brown, of Barnwell, who sold the first
bale last year.
Rev. Srephen Mattoon Dead.
Cleveland, O., August 16.—Rgv.
Stephen Mattoon, for twenty-five years
missionary in Siam, but late president of
Biadell University, died yesterday at Ma
rion, O., aged ninety three. The remains
will be sent south for burial.
Boulanger’s Extradition.
Paris, August 16.—La Nation says
France never intended making a demand
for the extradition of Gen. Boulanger.