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DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE G, 1890.
NO. 135.
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New Stock of Ribbons.
New Stock of Dress Ruckles.
New Stock Parasols.
New Stock Black Grenadine?.
MARKED DOWN ONE-HALF.
A choice lot of White Embroidered Flouuces marked down
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ALABAMA REPUBLICLANS.
TH KIR PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES DE
CLARED AT THE MONTGOMERY
CONVENTION.
Montgomery, June 5.-—The Republi
can State convention last night adopted
the following platform: The Republicans
of Alabama in State convention assembled
reaffirm our devotion to the great prin
ciples of the Republican party, and con
gratulate the country that the National
Government is now Republican in all its
branches, and in addition to this declara
tion, we arraign the Democracy for its at
tempted destruction of the equity of repre
sentation among the State by its present
fraudulent manipulation of the ballot,
and in contradistinction (to the
following utterance of the Democratic
plat form that every interference on the
part of the Federal Government in the
selection of our Senators and Representa
tives in Congress is a usurpation of the
power unwarranted by the constitution,
we hold the true construction of the prin
ciple to be as follows, to-wit: That Con
gress may, at any time, by law, make or
alter such regulations, except as to place
of choosing Senators, which the States
may prescribe, in national elections. We
favor an increased coinage of silver, and
demand the repeal of the State Railroad
('ominission, as the same is a delusion and
not beneficial to the people. We favor the
enactment of such laws as will suppress
that species of gambling known as “dealing
in futures,’’ thus protecting the undisturbed
operation of the natural law of supply and
demand. We favor an efficient and more
liberal system of common schools, and we
view with alarm the Democratic proposi
tion now being agitated to disfranchise
white and black voters alike by reason of
illiteracy and poverty.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
convention of Republicans, composed
largely of men engaged in agricultural
pursuits, and more especially the raising of
cotton, and who are dependent on the re
sult of their own labor for the support of
themselves and their families, that the
American Congress, legislating for the peo
ple of the whole country, should pass
no bill which has a tendency to lower the
price to the producer of cotton seed, or in
any way to depress the cotton seed oil in
dustry of the Southern States. We, there
fore, earnestly protest against the pending
bi!l proposing a tax on what is known as
“compound lard,” of which cotton seed oil
is a component part. We are unalterably
opposed to the convict system,which brings
convict labor into competition with the
free labor of our State.
Resolved, That the Republican party is
the true friend of the working man every
where, and the Republican party of Ala
bama, composed mainly of farmers and
skilled mechanics, and workingmen, ex
presses its profound sympathy with these
great classes of wealth producers, and
pledges itself to aid them in every way to
better their condition, encourage the til
lers of the soil to own the land they culti
vate, to promote home getting freed from
tlie burden of debts, to help emancipate
the toiling masses from the burden of
debt, and from the imputation
that honest toil is degrading,
to give honor and dignity to
labor, and to the laboring man his rightful
share in shaping the laws under which lie
toils and lives, and finally to secure for the
most humble, as well as for the most fa
vored citizen, equality of citizenship
throughout our vast republic. We favor
that just and protective Government pol
icy which gives protection alike to Ameri
can industry of ali kinds and American
labor of all classes, and affords to our far
mers a remunerative home market for all
their products.
Kesolved, That it is our firm conviction
that two well organized political parties are
essential to good government in republics
like ours, and are as necessary at the South
as at the North, and, therefore, we con-
de ini, in the strongest terms, the political
methods and frauds by which the Demo
cratic party of Alabama suppresses the
voice of the opposition, stifles all criti
cisms of its unlawful acts and deprives a
large body of legally quali
fied citizens of th«ir right to vote
and have their votes honestly counted.
We favor the passage by Congress of sucli
laws, as may be within its constitutional
power, as will give relief to the great agri
cultural interests of the country and afford
them proportionate protection with all
other classes of our people. We congrat
ulate the country upon the wise, patriotic
and able administration of Benjamin Har
rison, President of the United States, and
upon the splendid record made by Con
gress, both houses of which are now Re
publican, and upon the general prosperity
of the country since the Republican party
came into power.
The convention then adjourned.
THE CIRCULAR WITHDRAWN.
TttOUBLE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AND
ITS ENGINEEBS AVERTED.
Savannah, Ga., June 5.—The differ
ences between the Central railroad’s engi
neers and the management of the road over
a circular letter containing twenty-one
questions appertaining to the past records
of engineers, and exacting pledges front
them, of which one was to abstain front
intoxicating liquors while in the company’s
service, anti another not only to keep away
frotu places where liquor is sold, but
to lend their influence to keep
others away, were settled at a con
ference today between Chief Arthur
and the officers of the Central railroad by
the withdrawal of circular aud substituting
of new contract in the nature of compro
mise. The Brotherhood of Engineers
agrees to assist the road in keeping incom
petent men out of its service and to furnish
all information in its possession about any
employe when called on by the road. The
new contract is a satisfactory adjustment
of all trouble.
THE YOUNG DUKE.
FIGHTING OVKR SILVER.
PLUCKY FIGHT OF DEMOCRATS
FOR A FREE COINAGE.
CONGRESSMAN BLOUNT SCORES TIIE
MAJORITY—A WICKED, SHAMEFUL
OUTRAGE ON TIIE MINORITY.
REED TAKES A H AND.
day of the exchange to the amount of such
notes presented. j
Section 3—That the Secretary of the ; Ti n>JLLING EXPERIENCE IN CAP
HE MURDERED AND FLED
HE IS TAKEN IN BY THE BET.GIAN KING.
Bbussei.es, June 0.—The Duke of
Orleans, who was released from Clairvaux
prison in France Tuesday night, and con
ducted to the Swiss frontier, arrived in
this city this morning. He was met at
the railway station by one of the royal
carriages and conveyed to the palace,
where he took breakfast with King
Leopold.
TILDEN’S WILL. ^
THE SUPREME COTJBT PBONOUNCES IT
ILLEGAL AND VOID.
New Yobk, June 5.—Judge Beach to
day affirmed in the Supreme Court, the
decision of the general term in connection
with the Tilden trust. He holds the be
quest illegal and void, and directed the
executors to account for the entire rendu-
ary estate, and to pay over to Col. George
H. Tilden his proportion of the property,
The ease will probably be appealed.
JOY KILLED HIM.
Joliet, 111., June 5.—Bernard Healy,
the life convict who received word a few
davs ago that his sentence had been com
muted^ and that he would be free next
October, dropped dead yesterday while
telling his good fortune to Neebe, the
anarchist. His excessive joy undoubtedly
produced heart disease. The dead man
was an iron moulder at Rook Island. On
i,is marriage day he and a number of com
panions were boisterously celebrating, and
n an altercation with a police captain the
officer was killed.
Washington, June 5.—McKinley, from
the committee on rules, reported a resolu-1
tion providing that the House shall pro- j
eeed immediately to the consideration of j
House bill No. 5,381 (silver bill) and that
its consideration shall continue until Sat
urday at 3 p. in., when the previous ques
tion shall be considered as ordered. The
previous question having been ordered on
the resolution, forty minutes debate was
allowed.
Blount, of Georgia, had no objection to
the time limited for debate, but he was
informed that the chairman of the com
mittee on coinage, weights and measures,
would be allowed to offer all the amend
ments which were admissible under the
rules of the House. When these were
Offered there would be left no opportunity
to the minority to offer any amendment;
there would be given no opportunity
on the part of the minority to ask the
House to vote on the free coinage of silver.
At tlie Republican caucus last night,
there had been much discussion, and it
was necessary to whip in tlie friends of
free silver by means of this resolution. It
was a wicked, shameful outrage on the mi
nority. There were many men on the
other side of the chamber who would vote
for free silver but for fear of the President.
Tlie President was in accord with the
Secretary of the Treasury, and both were
in accord with Wall street. In the
presence of the President and tlie
enemies of free coinage, tlie Repub
licans who favored free silver
were driven to trampling down tlie rales of
the House. It was a humiliating sight to
an American citizen. If the majority and
tlie President yielded to the money power,
tlie masses of the people would hereafter
dictate and enforce legislation in their in
terests.
Mr. Bland said that there was no
doubt but that a large majority of the
House was in favor of the unlimited coin
age of silver. In order to prevent that
fact from appearing on the record it was
proposed to gag every Democrat in the
House and many of the Republicans.
Every gentleman who voted for this resolu
tion voted against free silver. The man
who hail not manhood and independence
enough to stand up against this gag rule
was an unfit representative.
Cannon said that the resolution was
simply a proposition that, under tlie rules
of tlie House, tlie House should proceed at
once to consider a bill of great interest to
tlie country. Tlie minority could offer
every amendment to the bill that they
could under the general rules. Tlie minor
ity, which was now clamoring for free
eoinag*, had held the House in tlie Forty-
ninth and Fiftieth Congress, but had
passed no hill for free coinage. They
Could not now fool the country, or even
fool themselves.
Springer said that, a Democratic House
had passed a free coinage bill, that tlie
Senate had limited it., and that the House
had been obliged to accept that limitation.
It had been vetoed by Hayes and passed
over his veto, lie wanted to call the atten
tion of the country to tlie fact that tlie
situation was this: That no amendment is
to be offered to the bill except sucli as
might, be suggested by the chairman of tlie
committee. He denounced the action as
one intended to prevent the representa
tives of the people from carrying out tlie
will of the people.
Williams, of Illinois, said that tlie reso
lution was intended to prevent the minor
ity from legislating. lie appealed to the
members on tlie other side wiio favored
free coinage to stand by the interests of
their people.
McKinley said that the resolution was
intended to give the House of Representa
tives an opportunity to pass some silver
legislation and give the country a silver
bill which would he in perfect response to
the general sentiment of the country. It
was to give the House an opportunity to
pass a bill which would take all the silver
bullion of the United States and utilize it
for monetary purposes. It was to give to
the people not $2,000,000 per month, but
$4,500,000. If the gentlemen on the other
side wanted to vote on free silver, they
could move to recommit witli instructions
to the committee to report back free coin
age, when for four years they had never
even brought in a bill from their commit
tee. Talk about throttling tlie will of the
majority by the minority! Why, one man
at the White House had silenced the
majority in the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth
Congresses. A single man, elected to
execute the laws and not to make them,
had commanded the majority to be silent,
and it was silent.
The resolution was adopted—yeas 120,
nays 117. The Republicans who voted in
tlie negative were: Anderson, of Kansas;
Bartine, Connell, Dehaven, Featherstone,
Funston, Kelly, Morrow, Hermann and
Townsend, of Colorado. No Democrats
voted in the affirmative.
Blount changed his vote to the affirma
tive, and moved a reconsideration.
McKinley moved to lay this on the
table, which was agreed to—yeas 124, nays
118.
The bill having been read Conger, of
Iowa, offered the caucus bill as a substi
tute. It is as follows:
THE CAUCUS BILL.
Be it enacted by tlie Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That tlie
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby di
rected to purchase, from time to time, sil
ver bullion to tlie aggregate amount of
$4,500,000 worth of tine silver in each
month at the market price thereof, not
exceeding one dollar for three hundred
and seventy-one and twenty-five one hun
dredths grains of pure silver, and to issue
in payment for such purchases of silver
bullion Treasury notes of the United
States, to be prepared by tlie Secretary of
the Treasury in such form and of sucli
denominations not less than one dollar
nor more than one thousand dollars, as he
may prescribe, and a sum sufficient to
carry into effect the provisions of this act
is hereby appropriated out of any money
in tlie treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Section 2. That the treasury notes issued
in accordance with the provision of this
act shall be redeemable on demand, in
coin, at tlie Treasury of the Unitted Stab s,
or at tlie office of any Assistant Treasurer
of the United States, and, when so re
deemed, may be reissued, but no greater
or less amount of sucli notes shall be out
standing at any time than the cost of the
silver bullion then held in the treasury
purchased by such notes, and such treas
ury notes shall be legal tender iu payment
of all debts, public aud private, except
when otherwise expressly stipulated in the
contract, and shall be receivable for cus
tom taxes and all public dues,
and when so received, may be reissued,
and such notes, when held
by any national banking association,
may be counted as part of its lawful re
serve; provided that upon the demand of
the holder of any of the Treasury notes
herein provided for, the Secretary of the
Treasury may, at his discretion, and un
der sucli regulation as he shall prescribe,
exchange for such notes, and amount of
silver bullion, which shall he equal to the
value at the market price thereof on the
Treasury shall coin sucli portions of the
silver bullion purchased under the provi
sions Gf this act as may be necessary to
provide for tlie redemption of the Treasury
notes herein provided for, and any gain or
seigniorage arising from such coinage
shall lie accounted for and paid into the
Treasury.
Section 1. That the silver bullion pur
chased under the provisions of this act
shall tie subject to the requirements of the
existing laws and regulations of the mint
service governing tlie methods of determ
ining the amount of pure silver contained,
and the amount of the charges or deduc
tions, if any, to be made.
Section 5. That so much of the act of
February 28, 1878, entitled, “An act to au
thorize the coinage of the standard silver
dollar and to restore its legal tender char
acter,” as requires monthly purchases and
the coinage of tlie same into silver dollars
of not less than two million dollars, nor
more than four million dollars worth of
silver bullion, is hereby repealed.
Section 6.—That whenever the market
price of silver, as determined, in pursu
ance of section one of this act, is $1 for
371.25 grains of pure silver, it shall be
lawful for the owner of any silver bullion
to deposit the same at any coinage mint of
the United States to be coined into stand
ard silver dollars for his benefit, as pro
vided in the act of January 18, 1837.
Section 7.—That upon the passage of
this act. tlie balance standing with the
Treasurer of the United States to the re
spective credits of the national banks for
deposits made to redeem the circulating
notes of such banks, and all deposits there
after received for like purposes, shall be
covered into the treasury as miscellaneous
receipts, and the Treasurer of the United
States shall redeem from the general cash
in the treasury the circulating notes of
said banks which may come into his pos
session subject to redemption, and upon
the certificate of the. Comptroller of the
Currency that such notes have been re
ceived by him, and that they have been
destroyed, and that no new notes will be
issued in their place. The reimbursement
of their amount shall be made to the
Treasurer, under such regulations as the
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe
from an appropriation hereby created, to
be known as “A National Bank note
redemption account;” but the
provision of this act shall not apply to de
posits received under section 3 of the act
of June 20, 1874, requiring every national
hank to keep, in lawful money, with the
Treasurer of the United States a sum
equal to 5 percentum of its circulation, to
be held and used for the redemption of its
circulating notes; and the balance remain
ing of the deposit so covered shall, at the
close of each month, be reported on the
mont hly public debt statement as a debt of
the United States bearing no interest.
Section 8. That this act shall take effect
thirty days from and af er its passage.
McComas moved to amend tlie substi
tute by adding to section 0 tlie words:
“And the purchase of silver bullion shall
tie suspended while it is being so deposited
for coinage.”
Taylor, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment to the original bill, providing that if
the net amount of silver bullion received
shall be less than $2,000,000 in any one
month, tlie Secretary of tlie Treasury
shall on the succeeding month purchase a
sufficient amount to supply the deficiency.
O’Donnell, of Michigan, moved to amend
the amendment by striking out $2,000,000
and inserting $3,000,000. This exhausted
all tlie amendments which could be offered
under tlie rules, and although Bland was
on his feet demanding recognition, lie was
ignored by tlie Speaker.
Conger, of Iowa, took tlie floor, ex
plained the bill, and stated what it was
expected to accomplish.
Williams, of Illinois, and Lanham, of
Texas, spoke in opposition to the bill, and
Taylor, of Illinois, favored it.
Pending tlie debate the House adjourned
until 11 o’clock tomorrow. A Republican
caucus was announced for tonight at 8
o’clock.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, June 5. — Among the
bills reported from committee and placed
on the calendar was the House bill to es
tablish a national military park at tlie bat
tle field of Chickamauga.
Tlie silver bill was taken up, and Ilis-
cock addressed tlie Senate in opposition to
the free coinage of silver. In his judg
ment, gold and silver could not approxi
mate nearer than 20 per cent, and he
doubted whether they could ap
proximate nearer than they were
at present. He feared the
bill reported from the finance committee
by the Senator from Nevada (Jones), and
he could not but feel that that Senator had
made a great mistake in disowning its
poternity. Sherman said that he had not
intended to address the Senate until there
was a practicable measure before it, be
cause tlie bill reported from the finance
committee was ouly ail uneasy ghost, wan
dering without father, without compass,
without guide, with no one to call for a
vote upon it, and no one to de
mand a solution of difficult ques-
TIIRING A NEGRO DESPERADO.
ANEW BAILROAD FOB COLUMBUS—THE
ARRANGEMENTS PERFECTED — RE
PUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOV
ERNOR—NO PROHIBITION
CONVENTION.
Birmingham, June 5.—[Special.]—At
Davis camp, on the Birmingham Mineral
railroad, Ed Ligon and Mark Hamilton,
negro desperadoes, I quarrelled. Ligon
sflit Hamilton’s head open with a pick,
k Ring him instantly and fled. Ligon went
te Thompson's camp at North Birming-
h»m, where he had worked, but was pur
sued by the officers and a party of Hamil
ton’s friends. Ligon was arrested, hut es
caped from the officers. He secured a
pistol and defied arrest. He was sur
rounded by the officers and forty negroes
aad a pitched battle took place. Fifty
siiots were fired, but no one seriously
hurt. Ligon finally surrendered and is in
jdi.
NEW RAILROAD FOR COLUMBUS.
Articles of incorporation for the Ala
bama, Georgia, and Florida railroad were
filed today in the office of the Secretary of
State at Montgomery. The capital stock
is placed at $3,000,000. The papers say
the road is to be built from Columbus, Ga.
to Birmingham, Ala.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
Col. Noble Smithson, who was nomi"
nated by the Republican State Convention
for Governor at Montgomery last night, is
a prominent attorney of this city.
He is conceded to be the
strongest man the Republicans could
have put up. In an interview today, Col.
Smithson said he would not announce
whether he would accept the nomination
until he had been formally notified of hav
ing received it. It is believed he will ac
cept. While he would make a good man
for a Republican, he will never be elected.
Smithson stands well here.
A BACKDOWN.
Chairman John T. Tanner has revoked
the call for a State Prohibition conven
tion to meet in Anniston the 10th inst.
REPUBLICAN RASCALITY.
REED’S LEGISLATION—M’DUFFIE IS ANX
IOUS ABOUT THE NEWSPAPERS.
Washington, June 5.—[Special. [—Big
bodied Senator Hiscock, of New York, ad
dressed tlie Senate today in opposition to
the free coinage of silver and in the inter
ests of the Wall street barons, after which
John Sherman sot the floor and read a
long address to the few sleepy, perspiring
Senators who had the nerve to remain.
REED RUSHED IT THROUGH.
As soon as the House journal was read
today, McKinley sprung the silver question
on the House, and a hot, wordy war raged
for a full half hour between the opposing
factions, until Reed cut it off with a roll
call, which resulted in taking up the House
caucus silver bill for immediate considera
tion. The Democratic leaders—Blount,
Bland, Crisp and Springer—did some
lively kicking, but as usual Reed came out
on top and bad his way.
It is generally believed on both sides in
the House that Congress will have to face
the dog days in this latitude.
THE FEDERAL ELECTION INFAMY.
The Radicals have not succeeded in get
ting together on tlie question of a Federal
election law as yet, and it may take
time to discipline the weaker
members. Last night twenty-one South
ern Republican members met in confer
ence at the room of Mr. McComas and had
a very full discussion of the election bill
program. They finally agreed to vote
unanimously in favor of the;lodge bill, the
most radical measure offered.
HE WANTS PEACE.
Judge McDuffie, tlie new Alabama
member, is a big, farmer-looking member,
with a pleasant face.
He called at the telegraph office tonight
and seemed solicitous that the Enquirer-
Sun, and other Southern papers, would
treat him fairly.
chicamauga park.
Tlie Senate military committee reported
the Chicamauga bill favorably today It
appropriates $25,000 to the establishing of
a national park on the battle ground.
E. P. S.
BURNED AT SEA.
TIIE NACOOCHEE RESCUES THE CREW OF
AN ILL-FATED VESSEL.
New York, June 5.—Tlie steamer Na-
coocliee, Captain Smith, from Savannah,
which arrived today reports that on tlie
3d instant, at 7 a. m., in latitude 33.8,
longitude 78.31, she sighted a vessel on
fire and bore down to her. The Nacoo-
chee fell in with the burning vessels crew,
thirteen men and one woman, in an open
__ boat, and picked up the crew and their
tions. But as lie was compelled to ! boat. The vessel was burned to tlie waters
be absent from tlie Senate chamber on I e( ^S e i s0 the steamer did not go to her.
other important business, he availed | Her Captain says no good^ could be done by
himself of the present opportunity
of saying what he had to say, now,
rather than at some future time.
He then proceeded to read a written
speech on the subject. At one point in
bis speech, Sherman said: It was claimed
that the effect of the free coinage of silver
would be to advance the price at once to a
parity with gold. He denied it. Its result
would be to demonetize gold and
to cause gold to he hoarded
or exported. Tlie free coinage of silver
would be a reversal of the established pol
icy of the Government from tlie beginning.
It would limit the coinage to a single
metal, and that, silver. As sure as fate,
silver would, with the free coinage of
silver be the only standard of money in the
United States. The United States would,
if it entered on that experiment, detach
itself from tlie great civilized and Christian
nation of the world, and take its place
witli China, Japan, India, and South
America. A pound sterling would be worth
$li instead of $4.82, aud the American
dollar would be (as in colonial times) worth
three English shillings, or four francs. In
conclusion, Sherman said that he would
vote for any measure that would in his
judgment secure and maintain a bi-metal-
list standard, one that would not demone
tize gold, nor cause it to be hoarded or ex
ported, but that would establish both gold
and silver as a common standard at fixed
rates, not only in the. United States but in
all the nations of the world.
The discussion was continued by Teller,
Stewart and Aldrich.
The bill then went over.
Several private pension and bridge bills
were taken from the calendar and passed.
Blair introduced a bill to prohibit the
exportation of alcoholic liquors to Africa
and the islands of the Pacific ocean, which
was referred. The Senate then adjourned.
A MONASTERY SHATTERED.
FOILED BLACKMAILERS ATTEMPT TO
BLOW IT UP WITH DYNAMITE.
Paris, June 5.—Lag rand Cliartrense,
the famous monastery in the department
of Isere, fourteen miles from Grenoble, has
been much damaged by the explosion of a
quantity of dynamite. The dastardly out
rage was the work of design, and is be
lieved to have been done by persons living
in the locality, who took that means of
venting their anger at the failure of an at
tempt made by them to extort blackmail
from the monks in charge.
doing so. The burned vessel proved
to be the steam schooner, Louis
Bucki, Captain Hansen, from New York,
May 30, for Jacksonville, Fla., with coal
and general merchandise. Captain Han
sen stated that the fire was discovered at 2
a. m. January 3d, and, after laboring
several hours in an attempt to get it under
control, the crew were forced to abandon
the vessel in the only one of their
boats that could be got at. All were well.
The Bucki was a tlxree masted steam
schooner of 417 tons register. She was
built at Middle Laddarn, Conn., in 1881,
an 1 hailed from New York.
THE TARIFF SCHEDULES.
Senator Aldrich says it has been decided
to grant no more hearings.
It was after 4 o’clock when the Republi
can members of tlie committee assembled
in the committee room and resumed work
on the bill. No effort was made to
confine themselves to any one schedule,
but half a dozen or more subjects were
considered, and members say some pro
gress was made. No one has ventured a
prediction since Monday, but the bill will
be reported to the Senate this week.
B’NAI BRITH.
GREAT PRESSURE ON THE COMMITTEE BY
INTERESTED PARTIES.
Washington, June 5.—Opening the
doors of the Senate finance committee to
the importers yesterday lias had the effect
of bringing down upon tlie committee
hosts of people interested in the tariff bill
who desire to make statements. In conse
quence of the demands of this class, the
committee made no progress this morning
in the consideration of the schedules of the
bill.
Moen, of the firm of Washburn A Moen,
of Worcester, Mass., was before the com
mittee for a short time advocating free
steel blooms and a revision of the duty on
wire, a reduction on some grades and an
increase on others.
Tremendous pressure is being brought
to bear upon the committee to secure a
change in the paragraph fixing the duty
on leaf tobacco suitable for cigar wrappers
at $2 a pound if not stemmed, and $2.75 a
pound if stemmed. The paragraph makes
the whole bale of tobacco in which a single
leaf suitable for wrappers may be found
dutiable at the rates named. There was a
delegation of Florida cigar makers before
the committee today urging that this be
changed so that only leaf suitable
for wrapper shall be subject to the high
rate of duty. It is believed that the com
mittee will report an amendment which,
while affording adequate protection to na
tive tobacco growers, will at the same time
enable the manufacturers of Havana
cigars in this country to continue their
business, which has grown to great pro
portions.
Later in the day the Republican mem
ber of the committee will get together and
resume the consideration of the schedules
of the bill, probably taking up liquors,
NEW JUDGES AND COMMITTEEMEN—TIIE
NEXT CONVENTION.
Richmond, Va., June 5.—The conven-
of the Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of B’nai Brith met this morning at
10 o'clock. Simon Wolf presented a reso
lution looking to the admission of women
as members of the order. It provides that
the question shall be submitted to the
lodges of the various districts, that two-
thirds of the lodges having voted in the
offirmative, the matter shall be made a
part of the constitution if so decided by
the executive committee.
A resolution of thanks was returned to
the Governor of the State, Mayor of the
city and the local authorities, for courte
sies extended.
new officers.
Joseph Abrahams was elected president
of the Court of Appeals.
President Lovenstein appointed the fol
lowing centennial committee: M. Good-
heart, Heiman Wolf, M. R. Cohn, J. IIol-
zener and S. S. Wyberg.
The following members of the executive
committee were elected:
President, J. Bien; first district. Sol
Sulzberger; second, Jacob Nurth; third,
J. J. Straus; fourth, D. A. D. Ancona;
fifth; S. Wolf; sixth, Edward Roberts;
seventh, Joseph Hirsch; eighth, D. Wolf;
ninth, D. A. Stem, of Bucharest.
The following Judges of the court of
appeals were elected :
First district, Adolph L. Sawyer; second,
Jacob Schroeder; third, Jacob Singer;
fourth, Joseph Rothschilds; fifth, S C.
Levy; sixth, A. Krauss; seventh, Leo N.
Levi; eighth, Morris Goodheart; ninth, B.
N. Heixotto.
The convention decided to meet next in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
THE FINANCIAL BUDGET.
The finance committee reported the fol
lowing schedule for the next five years,
and the rate of taxation necessary to meet
the same: Per capita tax for expenses of
tlie executive committee, 10 cents per
year; expenses of the Court of Appeals,
$1,000; executive committee, $3,000;
postage, cables, etc., $500; printing the
journal of tlie convention, $1,100; print
ing the new constitution and translating,
$200; printing the annual reports, blanks,
etc., $5000; printing the new ritual and
translating the same, $500; the centennial
commission, $1500; the ritual commission,
$500; the commission for consolidation of
Jewish orders, $500; the Menorah, official
organ, $5,000; salaries of secretaries, etc.,
$0,000; the session of 1805, $10,000; total
of $34,000. The estimated revenue for
the five years, $30,800.
A resolution of thanks to tlie President
was unanimously adopted. Mr. D. An
cona, of San Francisco, proposed three
cheers for the city of Richmond, which
were heartily given, and the convention
adjourned sine die.
President Lovenstein entertained tlie
delegates at his home this evening.
A SENSATIONAL SUIT.
A RICH BANKER AND GRASS WIDOWER
A PRINCIPAL.
Atlanta, June 5.—[Special.]—Tlie
banker and capitalist, E. F. Gould, figures
as defendant in a sensational suit filed to
day by Mrs. Selina Cole Hall, tlie well
known artist. Gould came to Atlanta
several years ago and built tlie Traders’
Bank building, probably the finest build
ing of the kind in tlie South. He was
also instrumental iu organizing tlie
Traders’ Bank, which has since been
merged in the American Trust and Bank
ing Company. He is a man probably fifty
years old, a grass|widower, having recently
affected some sort of settlement of a suit
brought against him by his wife. Mrs.
Cole Hall came from Baltimore a year
ago, and established the Georgia School of
Art and Design, fitting up rooms in the
Traders Bank building. Now she alleges
that Gould had a room nearly opposite,
which he used for immoral purposes, and
that he kept several women of loose
character there. This becoming
noised abroad her lady pupils
would not come to her school, and she was
compelled, she claims, to close it up in
consequence. For ail of which, and for
damage to her feelings by some question
able conduct on Gould’s part toward her
self, she asks damages in the sum of $5,000.
Mrs. Cole Hall came to Atlanta highly
recommended, and had met with success
in her work. Mr. Gould is said to be
worth several millions. The suit creates
a big sensation here.
ANOTHER MAKE’S NEST.
Atlanta, June 5.—[Special.]—In the
last issue of the Southern Alliance Fanner
was a letter from Governor Gordon in an
swer to inquiries of Editor Brown as to
his position on the sub-treasury matter.
The significance of this apparently simple
and harmless transaction came out to
night. Livingston is here, and the in
formation is straight. Brown is a close
friend of Livingston. They have suc
ceeded, it is claimed, in putting the Gov
ernor in an attitude of dodging the issue,
and the result has been to bring
about a latent dissatisfaction, which state
of affairs, if properly manipulated, would
array determined opposition. In other
words, Livingston is seriously debatin
whether or not he shall oppose Gordon for
the Senate. That is the secret of his lies!
tance in avowing himself a candi
date for the Governorship. His decision
will be announced before Sunday, and it is
quite possible that he may stake his
chances on the Senatorship.
THEY CANNOT RUN.
republican nominees ineligible un
der THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
Birmingham, Ala., June 5.—Two of
the nominees of the Republican State con
vention, which met at Montgomery on
Wednesday, are ineligible under the con
stitution of Alabama. That instrument
prescribes that the Governor must have
been a resident of the State for seven
years next preceding his election, and the
Secretary of State must have been a resi
dent of five yeare. Penn Noble Smithson,
of this city, the nominee for Governor,
came to Alabama from Tennessee less
than four years ago. James M. Vernon,
of Fort Payne, the nominee for Secretary
of State, is from Ohio, and has been in
Alabama for about eighteen months.
AN APPALLING WRECK.
AFTER THE TERMINAL
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION IS
SUES AN IMPORTANT ORDER.
FIRST RECEPTION OF THE NORTHERN
SOCIETY—LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.
GABBETTS'S ORDER—BROOM
FACTORY FOR WOMEN
CONVICTS.
a|SPECIAL TRAIN WITH BAILROAD OFFI
CIALS GOES THROUGH A TRESTLE.
Wheeling W. Va., June 5.—A report
has just reached here of a horrible wreck
on the Ohio River railroad, between here
and Parkersburg. It is learned that a
special train of two cars filled with
Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials,
en route to Wheeling, went
through a trestle, and the disaster
is said to be appaling, though this is not
yet confirmed, as the officials can give no
information. A special train with sur
geons and with an Associated Press rep
resentative on board nas just left the de
pot. It will be impossible to get details
till a very late hour.
Atlanta, June 5.—[Special.]—The
railroad commission have taken hold of
the West Point Terminal.
Tlie Presidents of the Richmond and
Danville and the Georgia Pacific, the East
Tennessee Virginia and Georgia, and the
Central, have been cited by the commis
sion to show cause on the 24th of June
why they should not come under Rule 1,
governing the transportation of freight.
“All connecting railroads, which are
under the management aud control, by
lease, ownership, or otherwise, of one and
the same company, shall for purposes of
transportation in applying this tariff, be
considered as coiistituting but one and the
same road, and the rates shall be computed
as upon parts of one and the same road
unless otherwise specified.”
Mr. John H. Inman, as president of the
Richmond and West Point Terminal and
Warehouse Company, has also been cited
to appear.
The answer of the railroad companies
will be, of course, that they are not under
the same management and control—that
each has its own separate management.
The matter is one seriously effecting the
revenue of tlie roads, and the plan of the
Terminal directors has been to keep their
road, technically at least, so that rates
would apply as for separate and independ
ent roads.
It will be remembered that a joint
special committee of the last House and
Senate was appointed to investigate the re
lations toward each other of these termi
nal roads. Tlie investigation was without
special result, as the roads were shown to
be under separate management.
The investigation by the commission
will hardly be hampered so by technicali
ties, and the probable result is much more
important than in the case of investiga
tion by the legislative committee.
THE NORTHERN SOCIETY.
The first reception of the Northern So
ciety, of Atlanta, was held tills evening at
Concordia Ilall, and was a decidedly inter
esting event. The society is rather unique,
but its purposes are undoubtedly com
mendable, and with proper management
it may do a great deal of good. The gen
tlemen who are at the head of it seem to
be striving earnestly to make it the success
which it ought to be, and to do this they
have been very careful in their selection of
members. The class of Northerners who
train with the negroes politically and other
wise have been carefully excluded, and the
membership, as it stands, includes about
two hundred high-toned, earnest citizens,
who have their heart in the work of seeing
that tlie condition of affairs in the South
is truly presented to the people at their old
homes.
The program of tonight’s exercises in
cluded some interesting numbers. Gover
nor Gordon was to have delivered a wel
coming address, but he was out of the
-it y. Speeches were made by Mayor
Glenn, Col. D. F. DeWolf, W. M. Everett,
Rev. J. W. Lee, Major Charley Hubner
and others, and there w’as music by well
known amateurs, and a supper to delight
the inner man. Each member of tlie so
ciety invited a Southern friend, so tlie re
ception was a fraternal one in all respects.
THE ACTION OF RAILROAD MEN.
Tlie action of tiie railroad employes in
ndorsing a ticket for the Legislature is
being much discussed today. Mr. O’ Neill’s
friends do not seem very greatly discon
certed at his name being left off the ticket.
They feel confident of their ability to elect
their man, no matter how many candi
dates there may be, and a good many of
the friends of the other candidates recog
nize that as a fact. Despite the endorse
ment of their man Taliaferro, the Alli
ance men are not pleased with tlie outlook.
“AVe cannot elect our man witli four can
didates in the field,” said one of their
leaders, “and we know it. With three
candidates from the city and one from the
country, the three city men would un
doubtedly win.”
Mr. Smith has told the committees that
waited on him that lie could not see his
way clear to enter the race, but he may yet
decide to do so.
Tlie railroad men say there is certain
legislation to which they are entitled, and
for this reason they want to send their
friends to tlie Legislature.
STIRRED UP A HORNET’S NEST.
Col. Gabbett’s series of questions which
Central employes must answer seems to
have stirred up a hornet’s nest. Tlie rail
road men are up in arms. This morning
the Constitution takes sides with them,
declaring tlie rules the “essence of pater
nalism,” and declaring that they will not
“go” in Georgia.
TIIE MINISTERIAL WIFE BEATFK.
Preacher McCutcheon, who is charged
by his wife witli desertion, has returned to
the city and makes a statement, which if
true, shows that he had good cause for dis
appearing. He charges his wife with de
cidedly cruel treatment, and shows that
they had drawn up and signed formal
agreement papers.
PRINTERS MEETING.
Next week the International Typograph
ical Union meets here. The Atlanta
Union is making great preparations for
the occasion. President Plank is already
here preparing for tlie sessions which, lie
says, will be most important.
A BROOM FACTORY.
Tiie penitentiary lessees have decided to
establish, near Atlanta, a broom factory
for the employment of the female convicts.
The announcement recalls tiie story of
“The Lone White Woman” in the Geor
gia penitentiary. There are fifty-five
women at work now in tlie various camps
in the State, but only one white. Her
name is Callie Busli, of Dade county, sen
tenced for fifteen years for manslaughter.
She has served now about twelve months
of her time. Unless something happens
then, out of tlie usual run, she will spend
fourteen years at the factory, the queen of
the ranch.
A NEW EXPERIMENT.
An experiment of general interest is to
be made in Atlanta soon—the trial of a
storage battery power for street railways.
The system—the Shawan—is the only
storage battery that ever met with any de
gree of success in practice. It works
splendidly in Detroit. The difference in
this case is that the grade will be steeper,
and that is tlie great trouble in the way of
all storage battery power. If it works
successfully in Atlanta it will work any
where in the State. The experiment is to
be made by the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company, with a view to adopting it
on their new lines. The Detroit people
are confident that the system will work
here successfully.
CAMP HILI. NEWSY NOTES.
Camp Hill, Ala., June 5.—[Special.]—
Farmers have had good seasons for some
time, and are putting in full time on their
crops, which they say look well.
Dr. II. T. Hamner is having the founda
tion for his drug store built, and the lum
ber hauld, and will at once begin work.
The Baptist building committee has
awarded Mr. L. J. Rodgers tlie bid to fur
nish lumber for their magnificent new
ehuroh, which is to be built within the
next few months.
Prof. J. H. Lockhart closed his school
yesterday for a vacation until July 1st.
Mr. B. H. Walker commenced last Mon
day hiking the census for this (15) beat
and Rome (14) beat. I wish Uncle .Sain
would postpone this part of his business
ten years hence, and give the money to me
that it will take to carry on the work.
Our people are delighted witli the addi
tional passenger train that was put on last
Sunday. She seems to be like Dobbs’
mare—in perfect trim.
The people here, together with your
correspondent, are under lasting obliga
tions to the Enquirer-Sun for the correct,
full, and impartial reports made of the
Democratic State Convention, which con
vened in Montgomery last week. I told
our citizens that Col. Jones would be the
nominee several days before hand, and
they wanted to know my reason, and my
invariable reply was because the Colum
bus Enquirer-Sun said so.
AMERICUS NOTES.
Americus, Ga., June 5.—[Special.]—
The corner stone of the new Baptist church
was laid yesterday with appropriate and
very interesting ceremonies. Tlie address
was delivered by Dr. G. A. Nuunally,
President of Mercer University.
The Sumter County Alliance met here
yesterday, and, as a result of their deliber
ations, we now have twojadditional candi
dates for Legislative honors, viz: Col. A.
S. Cutts and Mr. John A. McDonald, the
latter the present President of tiie local Al
liance, who have both, in compliance with
the request made of them, consented to al
low the use of their naufes for the Demo
cratic nomination.
Representatives of the Alliance of tlie
various surrounding counties met here yes
terday and decided to accept the donation
of several acres of land offered by the
Leeton Land Company, whereon the Al
liance bagging and cotton factory will be
erected.
Americus believes in the old maxim, “In
union there is strength.” Numerous stock
companies have been organized to promote
the interest of different enterprises, and
all in active operation have proven success
ful. The most recent one spoken of is
the Miller Marble Company, to continue,
on a larger scale, the business now being
conducted by Mr. L. J. Miller.
A TERRIFIC STORM
WORKS GREAT DAMAGE IN PARTS OF
IOWA.
Des Moines, la., June 5.—Reports re
ceived at the railroad offices in this city say
that the Milwaukee and Rock Island rail
roads will sustain severe losses at Weston,
Underwood and Persia, and all trains are
suspended on both roads. A fast stock
train on the Hlinois Central plunged into
a washout at Ackley, yesterday, with seven
car loads of cattle, over 100 head being
killed. The storm about Adair was the
worst ever known there. Heavy clouds
rolled up from the northwest in the even
ing, and by 10 o’clock the wind was blow
ing a hurricane, and rain fell in blinding
sheets. Corn was badly washed out, and
orchards and gardens were ruined in many
places.
WYNNTON COLLEGE.
CLOSING exercises at springer opera
HOUSE LAST NIGHT.
A very large audience assembled at
Springer Opera House last night to wit
ness tlie closing exercises of Wynnton Col
lege, of which Prof. W. E. Meagley is
president. Tlie exercises were under the
auspices of tlie junior class, and reflected
great credit upon the faculty and the
pupils who participated in the program.
The exercises opened witli the “Anvil
Chorus” by the music class. This feature
proved quite enjoyable to the audience and
won hearty applause.
At its conclusion, prayer was offered by
Dr. W. A. Carter, paster of the First
Presbyterian church.
The “Dance of the Haymakers,” by
Misses B. Chalmers and D. Holland was
a novel and entertaining feature.
The oration, “The Guerdon of Effort,”
by Mr - William Banner, held the close at
tention of the audience, and was applauded
to the echo.
Miss Carrie Coleman read an admirable
essay, “Dum Yivimus, Vivamus.” The
applause of the audience and shower of
flowers which fell at Miss Coleman’s feet
showed that the essay was greatly enjoyed.
The declamation of “Virginius” by
Master Frank Garrard was a splendid
piece of oratory, and tlie general verdict
was that Master Frank is a natural born
orator.
Miss Jessie Fortson’s essay, “Beneath
the Foam,” was well received. Tlie
admirable paper was read with good effect.
The overture, “Poet and Peasant,” by
Misses Neill and Kivlin, was also an at
tractive feature, as was Master William
McDougalil’s oration on “Literature.”
Miss Eva Meyer recited “Tlie Bridge of
the Tay” witli||good effect. Miss Meyer’s
voice is well trained, and the recitation
was pronounced a gem by all who heard it.
President Meagley next presented the
prize medals in a neat anil appropriate
speech. The medals were presented as
follows; Miss Maude Kandlette, for de
portment; (tiie Pekor medal) Master Peter
Preer, for deportment; Mis3 Berta Pea
cock, for written work; Miss Bernice
Chalmers, for music; Miss Lucy Clark,
for map drawing; Cecil Neill, for advance
ment.
Tiie exercises of the evening closed with
a beautiful chorus, “We Hock away oil
Billows Gay,” by the class.
Prof. Meagley and his school were fully
congratulated upon tlie successful manner
in which the program was arranged aud
carried out.
AN INDIAN MASSACRE.
A GOVERNMENT SURVEYING CAMP AT
TACKED AND CLEANED OUT.
Denver, Col., June 5.—J. II. Holt, a
cattle dealer of Wyoming, arrived here
this morning, and gives an account of an
Indian massacre which occurred in the
upper Green river country several ilays
ago. He says that a party of Indians
that hail become intoxicated with
whiskey furnished by a ranchman,
came to the camp of the Govemmet
surveyors and demanded more “fire
water.” It being refused the Indians at
tacked the party, killing Chief Engineer
Crittenden, in charge of the Third divis
ion of the Government survey, and chain
bearers E. W. Timberlake, George Wood
and Henry O. Vermeyer. Jesse Lee, as
sistant engineer, was left on the field for
dead, but recovered sufficiently to get to a
neighboring ranch where he lies in a pre
carious condition.
THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON.
THE WAR SHIPS ARRIVE AT CHARLESTON
AND ARE CAPTURED.
Charleston, S. C., June 5.—The
Dolphin and Kearsage, of the North At
lantic squadron, arrived here this morning
for Port Royal. The cruisers Baltimore
and Galena arrived also, but their draft
prevents them from entering the harbor.
A deputation from the City
Council and Chamber of Commerce
visited the fleet today and extended
to Rear Admiral Gherardi, and the officers
of the squadron, the hospitality of the city.
Admiral Gherardi and thirty officers ac
cepted an invitation to lunch at the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow.
The squadron will remain here until Sun
day and the officers have been invited to
many private receptions.