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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31 1889.
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BATTLE OF THE BILLS.!
A BABY DRUNKARD.
THE QUEEN’S SPEECH
SEW YORK STOCK MARKET,
—O-
Owingto the rush of bus
iness and the want of room
in our immensely crowded
store, we could not have
Shirt Sale yesterday,
listen, for two days,
A Little Five-Year-Old Girl Arretted for
Being Drunk on the Streets.
Atlanta, August 30.—The following is
published by the Journal this afternoon:
A blue-eyed baby drunkard. She was
the center of a group of officers at the po-
| lice station yesterday afternoon. Call offi-
I cer George Hamilton had led the little
: waif into the station house by the hand, a
| little frail, golden-haired girl. He had ar-
I rested her on West Peters street, where
j some kind-hearted gentleman bad seen
! Atlanta, August 30.—[Special.]—When , ber tottering about, and had taken her in
In,. at. . i charge untd the officer arrived. She was
; the nouse met this morning, Mr. Park, of ; bare f y fl7e years o!d> and her face 8tU1 re .
; Greene, offered a resolution that on and ; tained that innocent, childish appearance,
j after Monday the house shall convene at which dissipation was so fast robbing her
NUMBER OF NEW MEASURES INTRO
DUCED IN HOUSX AND SENATE.
State Road Lease Bill In the Senate—Repre
sentative Crowder Presented With a
Watch by Confederate Veter
ans— Other Matters.
THE BRITISH PARLLAMENT PRO
ROGUED UNTIL NOVEMBER.
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But
TITESDAT
AND
WEDITESDAT,
WE OFFER
75 dozen shirts, linen bosom union band, and wrisband,
Stockton Mills, cotton Body, for 25 cents.
50 dozen at 35 cents.
100 dozen at 50 cents.
It is useless to waste
time trying to match or du
plicate these goods It
cannot be done. We are
determined to move and
must clear our shelves.
$C5u*Many other goods at less than their value. If you
wish to save money don’t make a purchase without calling on
Chancellor & Pearce
S 10 instead of 9 o’clock. He thought the
two hours, from 8 to 10 a. m., should be
I devoted to committee work.
I Mr. Foute amended by proposing that
j the morning session extend from 8 to 12.
Mr. Fleming moved to table.
Mr. Williams, of Upson, moved to
j amend so as to make the resolution only
I applicable to days when there are to be
afternoon sessions.
! The motion to table was lost.
Mr. Foute’s amendment was lost.
The resolution was adopted as amended
| by Mr, Williams.
The House Will Sit
! hereafter on Mondays, Wednesdays and
i Fridays from 10 a. m. to 1 p. ro., and from
3 p. m. to 5 p. m.
! On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
| from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
I The senate bill providing for a uniform
I system of text books in the common
! schoois of the state, was defeated.
New bills were introduced as follows:
By Mr. Johnson, of Campbell—To re
vive the office of state geologist, and pro
vide for a geological and physical survey
of the state.
By Mr. West, of Habersham—To incor
porate the town of Demorest.
Bv Mr. Gordon, of Chatham—To incor
porate the Georgia Fidelity Insurance
Company.
By Mr. Tyson, of McIntosh—'To provide
for the punishment of frands.
By Mr. Whittaker, of Troup—To require
the railroad commission to reguiate rates
of freight and passenger tariff on rail
roads that have been consolidated by
lease, purchase, or otherwise, in violation
of the state constitution.
By Mr. Hill, of Meriwether—To provide
how juries snail be drawn in certain cares.
By Mr. Hooks, of Lee—To incorporate
the bank of Smithville.
By Mr. Wright, of Polk—To regulate the
sale of liquor in Polk county.
Ey Mr. Johnson, of Floyd—To provide
for appointment of a solicitor for Floyd
city court.
Ou Third Reading.
A resolution by Mr. Foute, of Bartow, to
relieve the East and West railroad of
Alabama from penalty for not paying
taxes when due.
A brisk aiscussion followed the intro
of. She was clad in a neat calico dress,
was barefooted, and wore abroad brimmed
straw hat, through the rents in which lit
tle tangled, yeilow carls found their way.
She was laughing immoderately, and
talked in a wild, reckless manner.
The police officers were asking her ques
tions, and although she would talk plainly
enough, there was nothing rational in
what she said.
She was drunk. Her breath was laden
with the odor of beer and whisky, her
fair blue eyes were bloodshot, and the
baby could scarcely stand on her tiny
feet.
She would laugh and joke at the patrol-
i men, who, in their big hearts, pitied the
| little baby, and talkei to her in the kind-
! e3t manner. They did not confine her in
a cell, but let her play about the office
until the effects of the poisonous drink
had passed off. She seemed at home, and
soon adapted herself to hc-r surroundings.
When she could talk more rationally sue
said :
“My name’s Johanna and they call me
‘Little Jo.”’
“Who do you live with ?” asked one of
the officers who had interested himself
with the iittle waif.
“I live with my sister. My mama’s dead.
She died four week3 ago, and my papa is
in Cherokee county. He’s cornin’ to see
me when I gets twelve years old.”
“Where’s your home ?”
“It’s on Lowe’s alley and comer Rhodes
street. That’s where my sister lives,”
replied the little child.
“ Who gives you beer, little one ?” ask
ed one of the listeners.
“ Everybody,” she replied. “I drinks
beer and toddy all the time. My sister
can drink this house full of beer,” the
baby prattled on, “ and I loves beer. It’s
nice, ain’t it ?” and she laughed merrily.
“ There is a case,” said Dr. Foute, as he
turned away, “ for the home of the friend
less. There is where that baby should be
taken before her young life is wrecked.”
When the child had sobered up, she
was taken hack to her home, from which
she had a few hours before wandered in a
dmnjcec stnpor.
THE JIG IS IJP,
So Says Cool Murderer McElvalne, but
May He He Means" Suicide.
New York, August 30.—McElvalne,
the murderer of Grocer Luca in Brooklyn,
duetion of this resolution between Messrs. | told the warden of Raymond street jail,
Atkinson of Coweta, Tatum of Dade, and j who reproved him for singing after the
Humphreys of Brooks, who opposed, and 1 inquest on Tuesday, that the jig is up and
Messrs. Foute, Calvin of Richmond, and b» aa uroii rmnw hima«if ha nin
FRAUD IN FERTILIZERS.
STATE CHEMIST WHITE WII L BE
REMOVED FROM OtFICE.
The Trouble Grows Out ol Worthless Fer
tilizers Sold to a Club of Screven
County Farmers by John Weld,
Who Will l>e Prosecuted.
Atlanta, August 30.—[Special.l—The
commissioner of agriculture has issued an
order bringing the office of state chemist
from Athens to Atlanta. This means the
removal of Professor White. It grows out
of an analysis made by him of some worth
less fertilizers sold a club of Screven coun.
ty farmers by John D. Weld, of Savannah.
White’s analysis gave it a commercial
value of £25.43. The dissatisfaction and
suspicion caused by the analysis in
duced Commissioner Henderson to submit
it to two expert chemists here, and one
found the sample of the commercial value
of §11 77; the other, §12 97. White claims
in defense that the sample sent him was
mixed. His explanation has not been con
sidered satisfactory. Further investiga
tion, conducted in Savannah by Inspector
Woolley, developed that the guano sold
by Weld to Screven parties had never
been inspected by the state, but was falsely
tagged. An order has been issued for the
prosecution of Weld, and the law provides
for severe punishment.
LUCK OF A TURF REPORTER.
Winning 825,000 In Four Weeks ou 810
anti Resigning From His Paper.
New York, August 28. — GWynne R.
Tompkins, a reporter for an evening
paper, was sent to Saratoga several weeks
ago to report the races. He had §10 in his
pocket and a small weekly salary looming
up in the future. To-day be astonished
his employers beyond measure by tele-
f raphing his resignation as a reporter of
orse races, and said incidentally that he
was worth §25,000. His first venture at the
races was on the fourth day, when he put
a 1 he had—§10—on RemseD, on odds of
50 to 1, and won. He waited a few days
and put §10 on Boccaccio. This time
he won with odds, 30 to 1, in his
favor. The next day §50 went on Prather
when the bets were running twelve to
one against this horse. Of course Prather
had no alternative but to win, and so on
from day to day. But he kept his head,
and his paper was in daily receipt of care
ful reports of the races. Elyton’s success
netted him nearly §8000. He bet §500 on
Honduras, a two-year-old who was not
down when the entries were posted, and
it was Dot decided to start him until the
last moment. The odds against him were
twelve to one, but he came out ahead and
Tompkins pocketed §6000, earned in about
two minutes of desperate expectation.
With this fair start Tompkins has pur
chased the speedy racers, Irene and Hilde
brand, and expects to make something
more from them in the fall races.
THE G. A. R.
Fleming’s Plurality.
Wheeling, W. Va., August 30.—The
gubernatorial contest committee con
tinued consideration yesterday of illegal
republican votes cast in Mercer county,
and rejected seventy-eight more. They
were ad cast at one amah voting place by
Virginia negroes, and it was proven that
not a single one of them had been in the
state or county more than thirty days.
Most of them voted under assumed names,
and over forty voted on the same day ia
Tazewell county, Va. The proofs of re
publican fraud in the district are com
plete. Judge Fleming, democrat, now has
a plurality of an even hundred.
Not Allowed to See His Affianced Bride.
New Haven, August 30.—John J. Gierd-
iog died in Torryvillo, Conn., on Monday
after a lingering illness, during which his
mother refused to allow Miss Kate Eagan
to visit him, although the two had been
engaged for some time. Miss Eagan called
at the house on Monday, and, as usual,
admittance was refused her. From his
room above Gierding heard her voice and
crawled down stoirs to the door, where he
talked with her. Later he was carried
back to his room and Miss Eagan ordered
from the house. Gierding died in a few
moments from over exertion in crawling
down stairs to see his affianced bride.
Cigar Maker’s Strike Settled.
Jacksonville, Fia., August 30.—The
cigar makers in the Ei Modelo factory is
at an end. The doors have been opened
and yesterday six men returned to work.
Several more* followed this morning and
the remainder have agreed to resume
work Monday. The manner of paying off
is to be left to arbitration. About seventy-
five hands have left the city, but the fac
tory can do very well without them at
present. The strikers have lost fnlly §12,-
000 in wages and all the aid received will
not amount to §300. No further trouble is
anticipated.
Shot in the Thigh.
Villa Rica, Ga., August 30.—Mr. Chaa.
H. Griffis, living just below town, was
accidentally shot in the thigh with a shot
gun this morning, by Startling Brooks,
his brother-in law. The two men were
out hunting, and Brooks was walking in
front, with his gun on his shoulder, when
it fired.
Dr. Slaughter was called in to dress the
wound. It is not thenght the hurt is a
dangerous one.
A Louisiana Hanging.
Plaquemine, La., August 30. — The
execution of the negro Wilson Nocuin
took place to-day at doou. It was public
and witnessed by over a thousand people,
principally those of his own race. The
condemned man was exceedingly cool
and self-possessed. He expressed no fear
an< * said that his sin was
and 116 was going home. He
af?o„ 0 U strangulation in a few minutes
alter the drop.
Last Days Proceedings of the National
Encampment.
Milwaukee, Wis., August 30.—The
closing session of the national encamp
ment was held to-day. Unusual pains
were taken to prevent reporters getting
Dews of the procredings. After a pro
longed discussion a resolution wps tabled
favoring the allowance of §12, monthly
Lawson of Putnam, who supported it
The resolution was lost—ayes 76, nays 48,
A bill by Mr. Alexander, of Thomas, to
enable any county to levy a special tax
for educational purposes in order to extend
the time of holding the common schools,
was advocated by Sir. McDonald of Ware,
Mr. Smith of Decatur, and Mr. Twitty of
Jackson, and opposed by Messrs. Fricks of
he might as well enjoy himself. He will
be closely watched, as it is thought he will
try to commit suicide. The members of
the Brooklyn Retail Grocers’ Association
met yesterday and adopted resolutions
expressing their thanks to the police and
the coroner’s jury for their prompt action.
Assistant District Attorney Shorter said
yesterday that the grand jdry of Kings
county will convene on September 16, and
Franklin, Lewis of Hancock, and Johnson on the same day will be asked to consider
of Campbell.
Before taking the vote on the bill the
house adjourned till to-morrow.
Presented With a Watch.
After adjournment Mr. Patterson, of
Bibb, on the part of the confederate vet
erans, presented a watch to Col. Crowder,
of Monroe, author of the famous Crowder
bill for the relief of disabled confederates.
Twenty-five hundred veterans subscribed
toward the purchase of the watch, in
amounts ranging upward from ten cents.
IN THE SENATE
The reading of the journal having been
dispensed with Senator McCarty moved j
that the action of the senate in agreeing
to Mr. Lyle’s amendment to the bill to
extend tne corporate limits of Jefferson
be reconsidered.
This amendment provides that the
limits of the town shall not be extended
unless a majority of the voters who re
side in the territory which the bill seeks
to embrace within the limits shall endorse
the change at the ballot box.
Senator Lyle moved to table. This mo
tion was lost and that of Senator McCarty
prevailed.
Senator Allgood introduced a bill to
alter and amend section 1455 of the code.
By Senatpr Gibbs—To prohibit the sale
of liquor within three miles of Antioch
Baptist church in Morgan county.
By Senator Gibson—To provide a place
for the holding of justices courts, at the
expense of the counties in which such
courts are held.
The committee charged with the con
sideration oi the bill to recognize and
make legal primary elections suomitted a
report favorable to its passage as amended.
Ou Third Reading.
To change the name of the Manufac
turers Insurance Mutual Aid Society to
the Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. Passed.
To incorporate the Georgia and Tennes
see railroad company. Passed.
To amend the charter of Griffin and re
peal an act amending the same, approved
October 13,1SS7. Passed.
To alter and amend the road laws so far
as thev relate to the county of Chattooga.
P
the Luca case. It i3 probable that Mc-
Elvaine and his companions will be placed
on trial a week or two after they are in
dicted.
Another burglar of the McElvaiue stripe
wascap’aredin Brooklyn on Tuesday night
by the police. He is Edwin Dalton, who
lived in a furnisaed room on Hudson ave
nue. The detectives arrested him when
he was about to come to this city in a
Catharine street ferry boat. They found
in his possession some jewelry and cloth
ing, part of the proceeds of a burglary at
the house of James Strickland, SS Adams
street, on Sunday night.
CHICAGO MARKET.
Review of Speculation in the Gram and
Provision Market.
Chicago, August 39.—A small volume
of business was transacted in the wheat
market, and prices averaged a littie lower
for all futures. The cash market here was
less active, and averaged J to j cents lower
for aii grades. Speculation was of a light
scalping order all day, and closing prices
for mtures were squarely on the bottom.
A good speculative and fair shipping
business was transacted in the corn mar
ket. Exceptionally fine weather and con
tinued liberal receipts are the chief bear
ish influences which tffect the market.
The market opened i to 4 cents lower than
yesterday’s closing prices, eased off $c,
ruled steadier and closed § to i cants lower
than yesterday.
Oats were moderately active and
weaker.
Unusual heavy trading was reported in
mess pork. Prices ruled very irregular,
fluctuated widely and advanced fully 1.05
on the whole range. Outside figures were
not fully supported, however, and prices
settledjback 40 to 50 cents and closed rather
tame.
There was more doing in the lard mar
ket, and the feeling was stronger. Trading
was quite brisk in the market for short rib
sides. Prices were advanced 15 to 174c,
but the appreciation was not fully sup
ported.
BROADWAY SURFACE ROAD.
Her Majesty Touches Upon the Samoan Con
ference and Affairs in Scotland aud
Ireland—The Great Strike
Growing More Serious.
London, August 30.—Parliament was
prorogued to-day untii November 16. The
queen in her speech of prorogation, said:
My Lords: It is with much satisfaction I
release you from the labors of the pro
tracted session. Our relations with other
powers continue most cordial. Since the
beginning of the session nothing has hap
pened to diminish our confident expect -
tions of unbroken European peace. The
only exception to the tranquility of events
has been the very partial renewal of at
tempts formerly made by the followers of
the rnahdi to invade the southern frontier
of Egypt. The invading force was arrested
and dispersed with conspicuous call and
complete effect by the khedive’s troops
supported by a small British contingent
under General Grenfell.
The conference upon affairs of Samoa,
consisting of representatives of Great
Britain, Germany and America, whicn as
sembled at Berlin in the spring, agreed
upon a convention regulating the gov
ernment of these islands. This instru
ment ha3 been accepted by me and by the
emperor of Germany, and now awaits
the assent of the American senate.
At my suggestion, the king of Belgium
has consented to summon an autumn con
ference of the European powers, to be held
at Brussels, to consider the present condi
tion Of the slave trade, by land and sea,
and deliberate measures for the arrest and
mitigation of the evils which this traffic
agreement with the French republic, by
which various controversies respecting the
Doundaries of our respective possessions
on the west coast of Africa, have been ad-
j usted.
A new postal telegraph convention has
been concluded with France and Germany.
It has afforded me much pleasure to ac
cept the loyal r-ffers of several native
princes and chiefs who have came for
ward to share the military burdens im
posed upon my subjects in British India.
I welcome their co-operation in the com
mon defense of the empire.
Gentlemen of the house of commons, I
gladly acknowledge the care and liberality
with which you have provided for the
wants of the public service.
My Lords and Gentlemen; 1 The meas
ured" you have taken With no grudging
hand to strengthen the naval defenses
will enable my subjects to pursue industry
and enterprise in more complete security
of peace. The act reforming the local
government of Scotland will, I am con
vinced, contribute largely to the welfare
and contentment of my people in Scot
land. I much regret that the pressure
upon your time prevented your passing
the bill conferring a responsible govern
ment on my subjects in western Australia,
and trust this very desirable object will be
effected at an early period.
I note with satisfaction the improve
ments introduced into tne constitution of
the universities of Scotland and the steps
you have taken toward the establishment
of technical education in England and
Wales. The intermediate education act
for Wales will supply a deficiency in the
educational system which has been acutely
felt for many years.
I have assented, with mnch pleasure, to
the bill for bringing the less prosperous
portions of Ireland into rapid communi
cation with the principal markets of the
United Kingdom by means of a syste
matic extension of railways. This
provision will confirm the increasing agri
cultural well-being which has accompa
nied the gradual suppression of disorder in
Ireland. I sincerely hope the new board
of agriculture wili be the means of still
further developing the oldest of our na
tional industries. I am thankful to be
able to recognize the signs of growing
prosperity, the fruit of returning confi
dence every where discernable. In the
hope that under the operation of your
wise councils it may be strengthened by
the hearty concord of all my subjects, I
commend you reverently to the merciful
care of Almighty God.
THE GREAT LONDON STRIKE.
assed. ; Col. Dan Lamout Purchases the Railroad
To incorporate the Brunswick Savings
and Trust Company. Passed.
To prohibit the sale of seed cotton in
pension, to soldiers who prefer to live at i quantities of less than 500 pounds in the
borne iu preference to entering the rnili- | county of Crawford between the Iola of
tary asylums. The action of the last en
campment upon pension legislation was
endorsed. The last encampment urged
the passage of the seivice and disability
pension bills. An amendment to the rules
allowing five members to constitute a
quorum in posts having less than fifty
members was adopted. A resolution de
priving post department commanders of
the right to vote at the national encamp
ment was defeated. These officers are lire
members with all the privileges of dele
gates, and the minority stigmatizes them
as the “house of lords.” A proposition to
admit to membership without voting
rights the oldest sons of veterans was
rejected.
DUGGER FOR CONGRESS.
August and the 15th of December. Passed.
To extend to the years 1S90 to 1S95, in
clusive, the provisions of an act authoriz
ing the ordinary of Marion county to levy
a tax for the purpose of discharging the
county debt. Passed.
To amend the act establishing the board
of county commissioners for the county of
Hancock. Passed.
To repeal the act declaring Hawkios-
at Auction.
New York, August 30.—At noon to day
the franchises, tracks, etc., of the Broad
way surface railroad were sold at auction
at the real estate exchange for §259.003.
Col. Daniel Lament was the purchaser.
There was no other bids.
Before the saie there was considerable
gossip around the exchanges as to what
syndicate would
No Settlement Yet and the Situation Grow
ing Very Serious.
London, August 30.—The indications
this morning are not very favorable to an
immediate settlement of the strike. A
meeting of the committee of strikers, pre
sided over by John Burns, was held last
night, at which imoortant action was
taken looking to making the strike gen
eral. A manifesto was issued ty this com
mittee early this morning solemnly ap
pealing to workers in every calling in
Loncfbn to strike on Monday next, unless
the demands of the dockmen be conceded
before that day. The final demands of
these men are 6 pence per hour for a regu
lar day’s work mud 8 pence per hour for
over-time, counting from 6 p. m. to 8 a. m.
as over-time hours. Under the contract
system the pay to be 8 pence during regu
lar working hours and a shilling for over
time, nobody to be employed for less than
four hours. A mass meeting of working
men has been called for Saturday at Hyde
park.
The manifesto was signed by all the
London labor organizations, including the
stevedores’, sailors’ and firemen’s unions,
numbering 60,000 men, The accession of
these unions is most important. If the
dock companies refuse to accede to the
terms demanded, grave complications
must ensue forthwith. The condition of
affairs becomes graver hourly. Burns
addressed 6000 men at Tower Hill, giving
as the watchword “no surrender,” which
was cheered to the echo.
The strikers are boasting that Monday
next will witness a gigantic amalgamated
men were in this city last night gave color
to the rumor that that syndicate would
agaiD be the purchaser. It is believed,
viiie to be the head of navigation on tae ■ however, that eir-Secretary of the Navy
iy traps- j William C. Whitney is at the head of the
The Eccentric Representative iu the Race—
His Candidacy Criticised.
Canton, Ga., August 30.—It is pretty
plainly understood here that Ben Dugger
will be in the next congressional race.
The Cherokee Advance has this to say this
morniDg in regard to him:
“It seems that there are several proba
ble aspirants for congress in this district.
Tne latest is Ben Dugger, the present rep
resentative of Fannin in the lower house
of the present legislature.
“It is stated, with some degree of assu
rance, that if his health will permit he
will be in the next campaign. It is un
derstood that he intimates that he would
have made a better race last year against
Mr. Candler than did Mr. Pickett.
“Maybe he would have done so, but he
fell mightily behind when he ran against
Emory Speer and Allen D. Candler a few
years ago. Let Mr. Dugger run if ho
jifc es _the field is open to him and all
others—but he will never go to congress
from this district.
IS THIS A FAKE?
A Wonderful Cave Discovered Near Rome
by Well Diggers.
Rome, Ga., August 30.— While a we'l
was being dug, three miles in the country,
yesterday, and when the workmen had
reached a depth of twenty-five feet, to
their consternation the bottom of the
well suddenly fell out, dropping them ten
feet and lodging them in a cave. An ex
ploration was the next thing in order, and
it was found the cave was miles in
length, with chambers of various sizes
here and there. Finally the cave parted,
and several apartments leading in various
directions were discovered. When the
party returned, an exploring party was
formed which will thoroughly explore all
parts of the cave.
Oemulgee. Passed and immediately
mitted to the house.
Senator Bartlett withdrew, by consent,
his bill to repeal section 2435 la i bi .,2, of
the code.
To provide for the probate of foreign
wills and declare the effect of such pro
bate. Passed
To incorporate the Fulton Lianand
Banking Company. Passed.
The immortal Western and Atlantic
rai road lease bili was read this morning
for the first time in the senate. I
referred to the committee on the Western
and Atlantic railroad.
The senate adjourned until 19 o’clock
Monday next.
be the purchaser. The , . ., „ , . — . , . - ,
fact that several PhiiadelQbia syndicate Sinke of workers in everv industry, unless
* - the ultimation of the dockmen be accepted
by noon to-morrow. In an interview this
evening- Mr. Burns, leader of the strikers,
said he ielt depressed, although he hoped
for the best. Notice has been posted at
the strikers’ committee rooms suspending
relief measures, owing to the fact that the
trade and men upon whom the orders had
been issued, were demanding that the
committee’s coupons be exchanged for
cash. The outlook for the strikers is de
cidedly gloomy. *
syndicate which Colonel Larnont
seats.
sEALEK SEIZURES.
AT DEER PARK.
i The President Will Not Call an Extra Ses
sion-Prisoners Pardoned.
Deer Park, Md., August 30.—It is im
probable that President Harrison will call
an extra session of congress, at least so a
representative of the Associated Press is
lea to believe by a conversation with men
who have the president’s confidence,
though this is not official.
The president pardoned two men to day.
One was David D. Stalsali, for violation of
revenue laws in South Carolina. His sen
tence was to expire September 23. He had
a wife and six children dependent upon
him. The other was Jarret Citeher, sen
tenced in the District of Columbia for rape
to thirty years in the penitentiary. He had
served nine years, and was dying of con
sumption at the Buffalo penitentiary.
Christopher Johnson, of the northern
The Revenue Cutter Rush Makes Another
Haul in Behring -Sea.
Victoria, B. C., August 30.—The
schooner Pathfinder arrived from Behring
sea last night. Captain O’Leary reports
_ that his ship was* boarded by the reve-
was j nue cutter Rush in Behring sea July 29.
Lietenant Tuttle took 832 sealskins that
were on board and ail the guns and am
munition, and then placed the quarter
master oi the Rush on board with fastruc-
tions to take the schooner to Litka. Af
ter the Rush left, the Pathfinder headed
for Victoria, despite the protest of the
prize crew.
National Bar Association.
Chicago, August 30.—The American
Bar Association tc day elected officers as
follows: President, Edward Hitchcock,
of St. Louis: secretary, Edward Otis Hiak-
ley, of Baltimore; treasurer, Francis
Rawle, of Philadelphia; executive com
mittee, the president, secretary, treasurer,
David Dudley Field, of New York,
ex-president, ex-officio; Geo. A. Mercer,
of Georgia: J Randolph Tucker, of Vir
ginia ; Charles C. Bonnev, of Illinois, and
one vice-president from each of the states,
including President Harrison from In
diana, and ex-Attorney General Garland,
from Arkansas.
North Dakota Democrats.
_ Fargo, North Dak., August 30.—The
district of Florida, sentenced to three j following nominations were made by the
years for rape, on recommendation of the j democratic convention last night: For
court officers, had his sentence commuted i member of congress, Capt. D. W. Maratta,
to one year.
Frank P. Clark was appointed as
lector at El Paso, Tex.
col-
present United States marshal; for gover-
nor, W. N. Roach; lieutenant-governor, 9.
j R. McGinniss; secretary ot state, A. S.
I Trastid; treasurer, C. R. Lord; auditor, P.
j Odegard; attorney-general, T. R Bango;
A Wealthy Man Dead _ _
Louisville, Ky., i August 30.—W. H. j superintendent of public instruction, C. A
Irainger, one J * Tr *' — ur o * r ' n "'
itizens of Lot
of pneumonia, ne was eigm-y-two yc»is u, j imc, u. ... wu.uiwiwuw —. .—
a<*e and operated one of the largest ; ranee, W. A. Friedly; railroad eommission-
founderies in the south since 1S32 u? to a ! ers, F. P. Wright. J. A. Ealy and Peter
few months ago. ! Cameron.
The Threatened Strike at Fernandina.
Jacksonville, August 30.—A Fernan
dina special to the Times-Union says: The
longshoremen did not strike to-day as an
ticipated, but they are prepared to do so
at a moment’s notice, if the stevedores’
terms are not acceded to. Tnere is, how
ever, much dissatisfaction with the man
ner in which the bass stevedores portion
out work among the laborers. Favoritism
13 charged and dissension may break up
the K. of L. organization here. If the
longshoremen strike, the captains of ves
sels have arranged to work their crews
alternately as longshoremen, in order to
get loaded with as little delay as possible.
Death of Stonewall Jackson’s Daughter.
Charlotte, N. C., August 30.—Mrs. W.
E. Christian, nee Julia Jackson, the only
child of Stonewall Jackson, died here at
6 o’clock this morning, after two weeks’
illness of typhoid fever. Her husband is
editor of a weekly paper here called the
Charlotte Democrat. Her mother resided
with her husband. The remains will be
taken to Lexington, Va., this evening for
interment.
Lexington, Va.. August 30.—The re
mains of Mrs. M. E. Christian, who died
at Charlotte this morning, will be buried
here beside her father, General Thomas J.
Jackson (Stonewall;, to-morrow.
A Murderer Lynched.
Charleston, W. Va., August 30.—John
Turner, the negro who shot and killed
Charles Walker at Bush Run, Fayette
county, July last, was taken from Fay
etteville jail last night and lynched by a
mob of about 300.
Extent of Business Done in Listed and Un
listed Stocks Yesterday.
New York, August 30.—The stock
market to-day was more active than any
day this week. Business was more evenly
distributed, though some stocks lead in
dealings and monopolized the interest in
trading. The Northern Pacific deal was
still the great subject of comment this
morning, but buying seemed to have been
transferred from preferred to common
stock and the former failed to score any
advance as the result of the day’s opera
tions. Grangers took a more prominent
place in the market and were helped
by a number of circumstances, St.
Paul being strong on rumors of a meeting
called to act upon the question of a dividend
upon preferred stock, and Northwestern
advanced materially with the help of
large buying orders from Chicago, said to
be induced by information of new steps
taken looking to the removal of the
Chicago, Burlington and Northern as a
disturbing factor in the northwest.
The report that percentages of opera
ting expenses on the Burlington and
Quincy had been reduced 55 per cent, was
tae principal favorable influence in that
stock, and Rock Island moved up on large
gains in earnings for August. Readiug be
came prominent again in the afternoon.
Trusts also showed more life late in the day,
both lead and cotton oil advancing. The
demand for stocks was met by free reali
zations throughout the day. The bulls
were very aggressive, however, and no
weakness was shown at any period, ex
cept just at the close. The market at
about 1 p. m. lost some of its activity, and
prices fluctuated back and forth over a
narrow range until the last hour, when
realizations began to tell upon quotations
and small losses were sustained. The close
was dull aud heavy, but at a material ad
vance over last night’s figures Sales of
listed shares reached 289,000 shares.
GREEN ROOM DISCIPLINE.
! THE OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
Modern Ways Observed Behind the Scenes
of a Theater.
Among first class houses there is very
little difference in the management of the
stage and the conduct of players and
theatrical employes. One rule is now
universally followed and it is that theater
keeping is a busidess to be run upon
purely business principles.
There is a great difference, however, in
manners, depending partly upon the per
formers, but chiefly upon the manager.
Where the latter is a gentleman and a
strict deciplinarian the behavior of the
people behind the scenes will be marked
by perfect order and courtesy. Where, on
the other hand, he is vulgar, noisy or pro
fane, his subordinates improve upon the
example set them, and bat too often con
vert their bowse into a worthy rival of BUJ
lingsgate.
No better illustration of the one typG
can be found than in such houses as Daly’s,
Palmer’s and Frohman’s, where the aver
age breeding is equal to that iu any parlor
of the metropolis. So marked is this
characteristic that such places are practi
cally schools of good manners, where the
unpolished country girl and the half-bred
city youth are rapidly educated into the
lady and gentleman. Three actresses of
the highest standing, who have been mem
bers of my company and are models of de
portment and social grace, began their
career upon the boards without ever
having worn a train dress or ha ring seen a
set dinner. This element of fine manners
has high pecuniary value. People must see
good breeding in the plays they witness.
For this reason every thoughtful manager
insists that his stage director, his orcMstra
leader, his doorkeeper, and his call boys
shall employ the same urbanity when on
duty that he does himself.
Discipline behind the stage approaches
that of military life. In the Union Square
theatre the system is very simple, Dut is
carried out with the strictest precision.
Iu the first place, no outsider is allowed
behind the scenes Besides being in the
way at critical moments they disturb the
attention of the players and so, to a slight
extent, injure the finish of the play.
In the second place, every one employed
must be at his post. The fireman has his
place to stand in and his route to cover.
The scene shifters must be on hand and
do their work at the very second. The
gas engineer must be at his switch-board
before the honse opens and remain there
until the audience has gone home. Tne
actors and actresses must be iu their
rooms dressed and ready to go on before
the curtain rises. They are summoned
with an electrical call bell by the promp
ter. When their scene is over, or when
the curtain falls upon an act they return
to their rooms until again summoned.
Upon this basis it is easily seen that there
can be no crowding at the side entrances
and none of the conversation and
fooling which was once so common among
pi&vers and stage hands. So far has this
tendency gone that many managers have
enjoined the handling of baskets of flow
ers and other floral tributes over the foot
lights to the stage and compel the givers
to send them around to the stage door for
delivery.
The result of this discioiine is not only
the better acting and setting of plays, but
also a considerable saving in time and
trouble. The between acts are shorter,
the movement of the drama is quicker and
brisker, and the probability of accident or
mistake greatly lessened.—St. Louis Post-
Dispatch.
AMERICAN CIGARS.
Bonds Accepted.
Washington, August 30.—The secre
tary of the treasury to-day accented
§1,612,200, 4 per cent bonds at 128, ‘and
§6iW0 4j per cents at 1061.
Stained Paper is Dearer Thau Poor
Tobacco.
There is quite a common belief that the
cheap cigars of which there is an immense
sale in th's cuv, is made largely of paper
stained to resemble tobacco. Whatever
foundation there may have been for this
a riegat’on some years ago, it is certain,
says the dealer, that there is nothing of
the kind going on uow.
The best proof of this, they claim, is fur
nished by the fact that there is not now
any necessity for such a subterfuge, as the
cheapest straw paper, the only kind that
coulo be u led, cannot be bought aud put
through the necessary chemical process a3
cheaply as naiarlal leaf tobacco can be.
The cheap cigars are, of cour.se, made of
domestic tobacco, and the cheaper the
cigar the poorer tne quality of tobacco.
The odor of the cheap cigar i3 about the
ODly objection to be made against it, and
this comes from the imperfect develop
ment of the leaf. No process of curing
will impart the agreeable flavor of fine leaf
to the inferior leaf, because the essential
oils from which it get3 its fragrance failing
to come with growth, cannot be satisfac
torily supplied by artificial mean3.
It is true that various harmless proper
ties may be used to impart a pieasing
flavor, but to the man who knows the
taste of a good cigar the artifice is at once
apparent, and to his taste is nauseating.
Besides, that kind of fragrance is short
lived. It lasts only as long as the natural
moisture of the leaf, and dampening the
cigar cannot restore it.
There is a considerable prejudice among
connoisseurs against ail kinds of d .mestio
tobacco. But we are growing an excellent
quality of leaf in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.
Ohio and Connecticut. It is true that
even the best domestic tobacco contains at
least 10 per cent of nicotine, while the
Cuban leaf has not more than 5 per cent.
It must be conceded also that the Cuoan
tobaccos have a more delicate aroma than
the domestic, and when one becomes ac
customed to smoking it then nothing else
can satisfy his taste.
The acenowledged superiority of the
Cuban goods comes from the peculiar soil
of that country rather than from the
climate. It is particularly I noticeable
that the crops fromVuelta Abajo and
9emi Vaclta, two districts lying in the
southwest or the island, are particularly
fine and cannot be rivalled anywhere.—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
DUN A CO ’S REVIEW OF BUSINESS FOR
THE LAST WEEK.
The Money Market Improved by Large
Bond Purchases—Money Plentiful in
Interior Towns—Encouraging
Business Prospects, Etc.
York, August 39.—The following
is R. G. Dan & Co.’s review of trade for
the week ending August 31:
Laet week’s suggestions in regard: to the
monetary situation have been entirely sas -
Uined by events of the past week. Those
who held large amounts of government
bonds were induced to sell freely at the
prices formerly paid by the treasury,
which has thus been enabled to pay ou t
about twenty millions for bonds. Bu t
these heavy disbursements have scarcely
changed at all the market for commercial
paper here, at Boston or Philadelphia,
though speculation has been rendered more
actice, and a sharp advance in stocks and
wheat have resulted. The sec
retary’s belief that bonds to a
large amount could be obtained at
the prices oflered has been justified and
he has done what he could under the law
to prevent a monetary pressure, but the
money disbursed seems likely to relieve
speculative rather than commercial needs,
at least until other operations besides the
one in government bonds have been liqui
dated.
Stocks have advanced just §2.50 per
share in the week, and 1,200,000 shares
been sold already at rising prices. As yet
the money for bonds has not actually
gone out of the treasury and its cash hold
ings are a little larger thah a week ago,
but its deposits in banks is a half million
less.
Business in all parts of the country con
tinues to improve with the stimulus of
large crops. Chicago reports an immense
increase in receipts of grain and pro\ is-
ions, with considerable gain in sales of
dry goods and clothing. Milwaukee finds
trade improving. At Detroit and St. Paul
the previous improvement is maintained.
At Omaha business is very good,and though
trade at Kansas City is rather quiet, me
demand for money is enlarging. At Cleve
land and Pittsburg the iron business is ex
panding, and at Philadelphia the im
provement is noted in wool, groceries,
iron and steel and their products, and
in coal, with a good trade in
drugs and chemicals and tobacco. At
Boston sales of wool are larger, reaching
2,100,000 pounds for the week, and the
goods trade is large with prices well main
tained. A heavy demand for export i?
Observed in leather, both sole aau splits,
and a good home deuiaad. while boot and.
shoe factories are well supplied at last
year’s prices, and large building opera
tions make the lum ber trade more active.
The situation iu the iron industry is
surprisingly encouraging, for the weekly
production, hardly ever surpassed, ap
pears to be met by a wonderful demand,
although deliveries of rails continue
below last year’s. The Tennessee C<:al
and Iron Company gives notice of an ad
vance of 25 cents in its prices for
pig iron aud a rise in the price of
coke at Pittsburg ensures some advance in
pig iron there, while bar, plate and struc
tural iron are in strong demand and the
works better employed than they have
been before for several years. An Increase
of wages is reported at several establish
ments and the building of several more
furnaces, two at the Carnegie works at
Braddeck.
Wool ia not yet freely taken by manu
facturers at current prices, but the de
mand is better on one side, while holders
seem a little more ready on the other to
make the concessions required by the
present slate ’,oi the goods market. The
high price and inferior quality of cotton
embarrasses manufacturers, but a large
new supply is now at hand.
The interior money markets are so well
supplied that a lack of supply for com
mercial purposes at the principal eastern
cities is noticeable. At Milwaukee there
is more activity and a strong demand, and
at Cnicago the demand is good, but ia gen
eral the supply is ample at the usual rates.
Collections are improvingat Omaha and
rather better at Philadelphia, out at most
points the absence of complaint is note
worthy. Tne movement of money from
the treasury to the interior continues, and
would douotless have caused some pressure
here but for the liberal sales of bonds.
While the Bank of England has raised its
rate of discount, thus evincing a disposi
tion to prevent any outflow of gold to
this country, sales of commercial bills
against cotton and other crops have
been large, and exports from New York
for four weeks exceed last year’s by nearly
22 per cent, the increase on imports being
a little larger. It Is an encouraging fact
also that important failures of recent
weeks have not produced a large crop of
minor disasters, oy many apprehended. It
is reported that the creditors will grant
an extension to tne Wauregan mills, and a
statement from Philadelphia is that Lewis
Brothers will pay 50 cents on the dollar:
but neither in number nor In magnitude
have the failures of this week been un
usual. The volume of trade is still above
that of last year, and clearings show a
gain of 8J per cent outside of New York.
In the speculative markets the general
tendency has been toward lower prices,
though wheat advanced on extravagant
reports of shortness in European crops,
but the average of prices for ail commodi
ties is about one per cent lower than a
week ago, and, even in wheat, later saie3
indicate a declining tendency, as in other
grain and provisions.
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during the past seven days, ss
reported to R. G. Dun & Co. by telegraph,
number for the United States 189, and for
Canada 22, or a total of 211, as compared
with a total of 2)6 last week and 211 the
week previous to the last week. F_;r the
corresponding week of last year the fi jure3
were 225, made up of 202 failures in the
United .States and 24 in Canada.
Presidential Appointment—Reward Offered
Washington. August 30.—The president
has appointed F. C. Humphreys postmas
ter at Pensacola, Fla., vice Charles C.
Younge, removed.
The postmaster general has issued an
order offering §1000 reward for the arrest
and conviction in the United States court
of any person found guilty of making an
armed attack upon a stage coach or rail
way mail car having mails in transit.
A Wife Murderer Hanged.
Cumberland, Md., August 30.—Mel vine
Gartz was hanged at 9:43 this morning for
the murder or his wife, March 26.1S89.
Death was instantaneous. He made no
statement.
SISTER DINAH’S DOG.
“Ef He’s as Smart as That He’s Wuf Ten
Thonsan’ Dollars.’’
On the Back bay of Biloxi lived Sister
Dinah Brown. She lived alone with her
yellow dog, and mutual love and admira
tion grew between the two. One day Sis
ter Dinah left he soup to simmer on the
fire while sne walked to Biioxi to make
some purchases. She returned a little late,
and to* her dismay found the soup miat
had been “lifted ciar out de pot,” as she
announced in thrilling tones to her neigh
bor just over tne road: “Cum see; jes iuk
in dat soup pot, de laws a mussy! Whar
dat er meal? What you tink, Sis Green,
dat meat clean gone! An’ what I wants to
know risht now,” she cried, waeeliog
around defiantly, “is who*done bin coot
dat meat?"
“Wha’ dat you say. Sis Dinah. De inea
aia in the soup pot!" said Sister Green,
rubbing her hands together. “Ciar
grasus, dat is curut; for dev ain't bin m
body round’ here as I seed ’ceptin’ 'twa
dat er dorg. and I je3’ o’iieve, snor’s
borned to die, honey, dat dat ar dorg jej
crep ia here and tuk dat meat, dat’s wai
my min’ teii me, Sis Dinah.”
“Weil, ef dat dorg was dat smart, dat 1
cum in here and iiP offen dat lid, and t^
out dat meat and den kiver up dat
agin, and then walk off and snet dat doc
Ef dat dorg,” said Sis Brown, her boso|
swelling with emotion, “ef dat dog kea i
all dat, I wouiden take no tousend dollar
for him, dat I wouiden, bress de Lord.”-
Richmond Dispatch.
Robbed and Murdered.
Lynchburg, August 30.—A special to
the Advance from Liberty says: A colored
man was found on the Norfolk and West
ern railroad this morning about two runes
above this place with one leg cut off and
an arm terribly mashed. He wa3 alive
when found, and stated he was robbed by
three white tramps and thrown from the
train. He died soon after being found.
Mrs. Maybrlck.
London, August 30. — Upon reaching
Woking prison, Mrs. Maybrick was ex
amined by a physician, and upon his
orders was put in an infirmary.