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VOL. mil. DAILY ENQUIRER-SON: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10,1890. NO. 217.
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.
Can Interest You.
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. iciuity, for Kirven & Co.’s mammoth stock will be pouring in every day this week.
THE STYLES ESTABLISHED
-.hen Kirven & Co.’s Dress Goods stock arrive, for they, with their knowledge of the
, res9 Goods business, with purchases from the fashion centres of America, as well as
ijrect importations of Parisian styles, insures the ladies of .Columbus that they are to
have the latest.
NEW CARPETS AND RUGS
Gst received in novel and exquisite colorings. Velvet Rugs in all sizes and at exceed
ingly low prices. y - '
Smyrna Hugs cheaper than was ever heard of before. —
BEAUTIFUL ANGORA HAIR RUGS AT $3.50
in white, brown and grey.
Art Squares in all sizes in Wool and Smyrna, ranging in price from S3 to S35. We
also show a beautiful line of Windsor Art Squares, something new and pretty.
SPECIAL SALE OF SBIEttS.
Kirven's Gold Dollar Shirts are the best Shirts in the market, and has the reputa
tion as the best fitting >hirts sold, We offer them at $10 per dozen.
OUR SILVER HOLLAR SHIRT FOR 50 CENTS.
This is tire best bargain ever offered in the way of a Shirt. 2,100 linen bosom,
collar band and wristbands reinforced, front and back muslin, as good as Fruit of
Loom, same quality sold often at §1, our price this week only 50 cents.
GOOD BARGAINS IN FINE TOWELS.
We have a lot of handsome Towels slightly soiled. We offer at a reduced price.
If you wish handsome Towels at a low price, now is your time to buy.
NEW TORCHONS. NEW WHITE GOODS.
Dainty and airy patterns in Torchons, beautiful qualities in Dimities, Yokings, etc.
£3f=New Millinery expected this week.
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.
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equal south. Depend on it, the prices
aie right. Ail goods bought at cash
at cash prices.
LATEST FALL SHAPES III HATS,
Chancellor & Pearce have
just received the latest shapes in
Dunlap, Stetson, Morris, and
other leading makes. Our Silk
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THE BEST MADE,
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.Call for what you want and name
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assortment in Columbus. It is
a positive fact, we can cover the
head and shoe the feet with the
best Hats and Shoes made. Our
stock the largest.
PRICES LOWEST.
ECHOES FROM THE DUEL.
JLARDEMAN BAILED AND BENNETT
BURIED—SUEING A SHERIFF.
Birmingham, September 9.—[Special.]
—William Hardeman, who killed Tom
Bennett in a saloon row about a woman
yesterday, had a preliminary hearing be
fore Justice Coleman today, and was
bound over for manslaughter in a bond of
31,000. The defense did not introduce a
single witness, so plain a case of self-de
fense they thought they had. Prominent
lawyers say that Hardeman cannot be con
victed. He is out on bond.
Bennett’s funeral took place this after
noon. It was conducted by the Knights
of Pythias and Odd Fellows, of which he
was a member. It was largely attended.
SUING THE SHERIFF.
P. H. Waring and J. G. Black,who were
arrested June 14 ou the charge of being
bogus insurance agents, filed suit today
against Sheriff Smith for $5,000 damages
for refusing to release them from jail on
tendering bond.
OPELIKA’S BUDGET.
Opelika, Ala., September 9.—[Spe
cial.]—Air. Geo. Hopso, secretary and
treasurer of the Opelika Compress Com
pany, says on account of the delayed ar
rival of parts of the machinery the com
press will not likely work regularly before
October 1.
The East Alabama Fair Association is
advertising its exposition to be held this
fall (its fourth annual) extensively, and to
an onlooker it lias every reason to be the
biggest ever held by this or any other asso
ciation of East Alabama.
The first issue of the Opelika Industrial
News, which appears Thursday, Septem
ber 11, will go out to 2,000 bona fide sub-
-eribers, and after the first week the L. P.
Grant Land Company expects to subscribe
for and distribute 1,000 copies weekly.
The writer sees a daily for 'Opelika in the
near future.
( apt. G. W. Cherry, of Gold Hill, Ala.,
is in the city.
Mr. Harris, of the Enquirer-Sun, is
here today.
The Opelika Seminary opens to board
ing and day pupils tomorrow, September
10. in its new quarters. Rev. Dr. D. M.
Banks still fills the president’s chair. Its
new quarters are large, commodious and
convenient.
DADEVILLE GOSSIP.
Dadeville. Ala., September 9.—[Spe-
■ ail.]—The Dadeville High School opened
annual session yesterday, with 125
pupils.
The stockholders of the “Murph” Wagon
Manufacturing Company met yesterday
nj elected its directors.
Several of our citizens are going up to
1 ’ olwater to be at the Congressional eon-
ciition tomorrow. Judge Cobb and Col.
'■ yer are each sanguine of success. Sev-
: l others who have not been mentioned
■-- candidates are expecting lightning to
strike them. ^,
HAMILTON NOTES.
Hamilton, Ga., September 9.—[Spe
cial.]—The West Georgia Agricultural and
Mechanical College opened yesterday with
flattering prospects under the supervision
of Prof. I. T. Line, of Tuskegee, Ala.
School prospects are better than they
have been for some time.
There are some few cases of sickness at
present. J. C. Riley, who has been down
for several days with typhoid fever, is
convalescing, and I am also glad to note
that our friend, B. C. Kimbrough, is on
the mend. I hope soon to note his entire
recovery.
The Baptist church is about completed.
It will be ready for entrance by the third
Sunday, the day of its dedication.
WOODBURY CHAT.
Woodbury, September 9.—[Special.]—
A very sad event in the death of Mrs.
Jno. Huckaby occurred near here Sunday
night. Five little children and a grief-
stricken husband were left to mourn her
loss, and all have the deepest sympathies
of the entire community in their bereave
ment.
Mrs. Jno. Bass, of your city, who has
been summering here for the past three
weeks, and who, during her brief sojourn,
made many friends, left for her home,
much to the regret of all who knew her,
on last Monday. May her absence be short.
Cotton continues to roil in at a rapid
rate, and up to this date Woodbury has re
ceived about one hundred more bales than
she received up to the same date last year.
Mr. McWilliams, of Griffin, is here buy
ing.
Your writer has a curiosity that has
been new and interesting to all to whom it
has been shown. It is a species of vege
table or wild growth of some kind, and in
appearance so near resembles an egg that
were you to put it and an egg together it
would be impossible to tell which was the
real egg. The party from whom I ob
tained this says he has a tree of them, on
which there is probably a hundred, and
what is a most remarkable coincidence is
that on this tree of eggs roost about forty
chickens nightly.
The annual camp-meeting of this coun
ty commenced on last Friday and will
close tonight. Your scribe was in atten
dance on last Sunday, and while there
heard several good discourses by several
able divines. There were fully two thou
sand people on the grounds and about
seven drummers from Columbus.
Mr. S. Hirsch, who has been in New
York for the past three weeks purchasing
goods, returned home last week.
KANSAS DEMOCRATS IN SESSION.
Wichita, Kas., September 9.—The
Democratic State convention convened
here today at 11:30. The central com
mittee last night decided upon a plan for
temporary chairman. The greatest inter
est is centered in the nomination of a can
didate for Governor. The leading candi
dates for the position are ex-Gov. Glick
■and ex-Gov. Chas. Robinson, of Lawrence,
with the chances slightly in favor of Rob
inson.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. ij, *889.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
THE ARGUMENT CLOSED
AND THE TARIFF BILL READY
FOR A TOTE.
REED’S MAJOEITT EXPLAINED—THE NA
TIONAL ALLIANCE PRESIDENT TALKS.
HIS VIEWS ON GEORGIA POLITICS.
GORDON MISREPRESENTED.
Washington, September 9.—[Special.]
—By a strict party vote, the Senate today
ordered the tariff bill to a third reading
and engrossment.
In the House, the Virginia contest case
of Langston vs. Tenable was taken up
and the day was practically wasted in
calling the roll, the Democrats breaking a
quorum.
about reed’s majority.
The increased majority given Speaker
Reed surprises no one here. It has been
known for some weeks that a great effort
was being made to increase his majority
for two purposes. First, to have his
methods appear endorsed, and, secondly,
to place it out of the power of ffee Demo
crats to unseat him ia case the next House
belonged to them.
PRESIDENT POLK INTERVIEWED.
Col. Polk, the president of the National
Alliance, was seen at his office today. He
says he is a candidate for no office, and all
the stories about his desire to antagonize
Senator Yance are sensational. He de
clared that he could not see how the Alli-
ancemen of the Georgia Legislature could
bring themselves to vote for Gen. Gordon
for Senator after his repudiation of their
order and its cardinal principles. Refer
ring to the candidacy of Felton in the Sev
enth, and the threatened candidacy of Mr.
Cox in the Fifth, he said that the Alliance
people had been docile and had abided all
nominations when they had been honestly
beaten, but they would stand no such fool
ishness as Independentism; that it was a
game two could play at.
D. P. Dozier and family, of Columbus,
are in Washington. E. P. S.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, September 9.—Buchan
an, of New Jersey, arose to correct the
Record of yesterday.
Cummings, of New York, had asked
that the Maine delegation be excused on
account of political illness, in view of the
fact that the Maine delegation, especially
the Speaker, was in robust health, and he
thought that some mistake had been made.
[Laughter.]
Haugen, of Wisconsin, called up the
Virginia election contest of Langston
against Venable.
O’Ferra 1 , of Virginia, raised a question
of consideration. The vote resulted—yeas
89, nays 14. No quorum.
Mr. Williams, of Ohio, inquired whether
the stampede on the other side was by the
news from Maine. [Laughter.]
A call of the House was then ordered.
A bare quorum was disclosed oa the
call, and the question returned upon the
question of consideration pending, when
O’Ferrall moved an adjournment. Lost—
yeas 40, nays 93.
On the question of consideration the
quorum disappeared, the vote standing
yeas 87, nays 9, and another call was
ordered No quorum appearing, Haugen
offered a resolution directing the Sergeant-
at-Arms to summon the absentees.
Buchanan, of New Jersey, offered an
amendment directing the Sergeant-at-
Arrns to enforce the provison of section
40 of the Revised Statutes.
O’Ferrall—“What is section 40?”
Buchanan—“No work, no pay.”
The Speaker pro tem. (Payson) ruled
the amendment out of order.
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, moved to
lay Haugen’s resolution on the table, which
was lost—yeas 46, nays 90.
The House then adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, September 9.—The
House bill to extend for two years the re
demption of school farms in Beaufort coun
ty, S. C. Passed.
The tariff bill was taken up, the pending
question being on Gibson’s amendment
to reduce the sugar test from 80 degrees
by polarscopic to 76 degrees.
Edmundsjinquired whether the under
standing made as to voting for amend
ments without debate would prevent the
Senator in offering amendment from stat
ing (not to occupy more than two or three
minutes) its object or prohibit the asking
or answering of a question.
The presiding officer (Ingalls)—Unless
the chair be otherwise instructed by the
Senate, he will hold thfrt the understand
ing is that beginning with the considera
tion of the bill this morning the action of
the Senate will be without debate, and
that asking or answering inquiry would be
debate, and is therefore inhibited.
Edmunds—I do not think that it ought
to be that way, but I can bear it as well as
the rest.
Gibson offered two other amendments to
the sugar section, which were rejected.
Carlisle moved to strike out of the sugar
section all the paragraphs relating to
bounty. Rejected—yeas 23, nays 34; a
party vote.
Gibson moved to strike out the sugar
section and to substitute for it the sugar
clauses of the Mills bill. Rejected—yeas
25, nays 35.
Eustis moved to insert a provision in the
sugar schedule that the bounty shall apply
to all sugar produced in 1890. Rejected.
Pasco moved to amend the paragraph
relating to oranges by fixing special rates
for oranges imported in December, Janu
ary, February or March. Rejected.
Pugh stated that he had been recorded
erroneously in the vote oa the hides para
graph last Friday. He had voted in the
negative, not in the affirmative.
Gorman moved to reduce the duty on
bi-chromate and chromate of potash from
3 to 24 cents per pound. Rejected.
Aldrich moved to insert a proviso that
imported merchandise, deposited in any
public or private bonded warehouse prior
to the 1st of August, 1S90, may be with
drawn for consumption at any time prior
to the 1st of November, 1S90, 6n payment
of the duties in force prior to the passage
of this act.
Plumb moved as a substitute for
Aldrich’s amendment, a proviso that goods
in bond at the time of the taking effect of
this act may be withdrawn therefrom at
any time within one year from that date
on payment of the duties existing at the
time of their importation. Rejected. Yeas
2S, uays 34.
Gorman moved to insert in Aldrich’s
amendment the 30th of September for the
1st of August. Rejected.
Plumb moved to insert 1st of January,
1891, instead of 1st of November, 1890.
Rejected. Aldrich’s amendment agreed
to—yeas 32, nays 27. Aldrich then moved
on behalf of the committee the reciproc
ity amendment proposed by him September
1st, and accepted a verbal modification of
it suggested by Hoar.
Evarts moved as a substitute for it the
amendment proposed by him at last night’s
session and which merely directs the
President to communicate the facts—to-
Concrress.
Evarts* amendment was rejected—ye^
30 nays 34. All the Democrats voted in
the affirmative and as did also Dolph,
Evarts and Sanders, Republicans.
Edmunds also moved a modification of
Aldrich’s amendment in a similar sense;
rejected—yeas 6, nays 59. The six affirm
ative votes were given by Cameron, Davis,
Edmonds, Frye, Paddock and Plumb.
Edmunds moved to strike out of the Al
drich amendment the words “on and after
the 1st day of July, 1891.” Rejected—
yeas 29, nays 34.
Gibson moved to insert “wool” in the
Aldrich amendement. Rejected—yeas 19,
nays 33.
Gray moved as a substitute for Aldrich’s
amendment a section directing the Presi
dent, without further legislation, to de
clare the ports of the United States free
and open to all products of any country of
the American hemisphere upon which no
export|duties are imposed, whenever and
so long as the government of such country
admitted to the ports thereof, free of ail
national, provincial, municipal and other
taxes, flour, corn meal, preserved meats,
fish, vegetables, rice, lumber, agricultural
implements, machinery, vessels or boats of
iron, steel or wood, etc., products of the
United States. Rejected by a party vote—
yeas 26, nays 33.
Aldrich's amen iment was then adopted
yeas 37, nays 28.
It reads: Section 2—That with a view
to secure reciprocai trade with countries
producing the following articles and for
this purpose, and after the first day of
July, 1S91, whenever and so often as the
President shall be satisfied that the Gov
ernment of any country producing and
exporting sugars, molasses, coffee, tea
and hides, raw and uncured, or any of
such articles imposes duties or other exac
tions upon agricnltural or other products
of the United States which, in viqsrof the
free introduction of such sugar, molasses,
coffee, tea and hides into the United
States, he may deem to be reciprocally un
equal and unreasonable, he shall have
the power and it shall be his
duty to suspend, by proclamation
to that effect, the provisions of this
act, relating to the free introduction of
such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides,
production of such country for such time
as he shall deem just, and in such case
and during such suspension duties shall
be levied, collected and paid upon susar,
molasses, coffee, tea and hides, product of
or exported from such designated country,
as follows, namely, all sugars not above
No. 13, duties standard in color, shall pay
duty on their polarizcopic test, as follows:
All sugar above No. 13 and not above No.
16, duties standard of color, l§c per pound;
all sugar above No. 16 and not above No.
20, duties standard of color, 15-Sc per
pound; all sugars above No. 20, duties
standard color 2c a pound. Molasses,
testing above 56 degrees, 4c per gallon.
Sugar drainings and sugar sweepings shall
be subject to duty either as molasses or
sugar, as the case may lie, according to
polariscopic test; on coffee 3c per pound.
On tea 10c per pound. Hides, raw or un
cured, whether dry, salted or pickled, Au-
gora goat skins, raw, without wool, un
manufactured; asses’ skins, raw or un
manufactured, and skins, excepting sheep
skins, with wool on, one and one-half
cents per pound. Ail the Democrats voted
against Aldrich’s reciprocity amendment,
and only two Republicans— Edmunds and
Evarts. Mr. Aldrich offered, an additional
section, providing that the sugar schedule
paragraph shall take effect March,
1893, and that prior to the 1st of Febru
ary, 1891, sugars may lie refined in bond
without duty. Mr. Gibson moved to
change March, 1891. into July, 1S91, and
that the existing sugar tariff shall be in
force until then; rejected—yeas 27,nays 34.
Aldrich’s amendment was agreed to.
Yarious other amendments were offered
by Aldrich and agreed to, including the
following: Declaring that all special taxes
shall become due the 1st 'Of July, 1891,
and every 1st of July thereafter; making a
proviso in paragraph 457 (putting on the
free list animals imported specially for
breeding purposes), applying it only to fe
males; filiing the blanks for dates on
which duties shall be levied ou articles ex
empt from duty as the 1st of October, 1300.
The committee amendment to para
graph 703, placing upon the free list all
sugars not above 16, duties standard,
(which had been passed over without ac
tion) was taken up. The amendment was
to substitute No. 13 for 16. It was agreed
to, yeas 35. nays 25. The Republicans
who voted in the negative were Allison,
Cuiiom, Davis, Mitchell, Moody, Pierce,
Sherman, Spooner, Teller, Wilson, of
Iowa, and Walcott. The Democratic vote
was about evenly divided.
Plumb moved an amendment imposing
a tax of 3 per cent ou the dividends of
corporations. Rejected—yeas 26, nays 31.
Plumb moved an amendment providing
that where the existence of trusts or com
binations to control the production or sale
of any article is proved to the satisfaction
of the court, similar articles of foreign
production are to be admitted free. Re
jected—yeas 27, nays 33.
Plumb offered an amendment for the
appointment of a commission of five disin
terested persons, to be known as the cus
toms commission, with a permanent office
in the city of Washington. Agreed to—
yeas 31 nays 30. On this vote there were
no party lines observed.
Daniel'^offered an amendment that the
duty on leaf tobacco suitable for cigar
wrappers shall not take effect until July 1,
1891. Rejected.
The bill was then reported to the Senate,,
and all the amendments tha’t had been
adopted in committee of the whole were
agreed to in the Senate, except those on
which separate votes were demanded. The
first of them was Plumb's amendment for
a customs commission, on which Gorman
demanded a separate vote. The amend
ment was agrqed to; yeas 31, nays 29.
Mr. Daniel demanded a separate vote on
the committee amendment striking out
the internal revenue sections in relation to
tobacco. The amendment was agreed to
aud the sections were struck out; yeas 36,
nays 25.
The next vote was on the reciprocity
amendment offered by Aldrich, for the
finance committee. It was agreed to—
yeas 33, nays 29. As on the former vote
in committee of the whole, Edmunds and
Evarts were the only two Republicans in
the negative.
The next vote was on the amendment to
paragraph 703, lowering the sugar stand
ard to be admitted free of duty from No.
16 to No. 13. It was agreed to—yeas 39,
nays 24—as follows :
Yeas — Aldrich, Allen, Blackburn,
Blodgett, Butler, Cameron, Carlisle, Casey,
Chandler, Cullom, Dawes, Dixon, Evarts,
Faulkner, Frye, Gibson, Gray, Hale, Haw
ley, Hearst, Hiscoek, Hoar, Ingalls, Jones
of Nevada, McMillan, ManJerson, Moody,
Morgan. Paddock, Pasco, Platt, Plumb,
Quay, Reagan, Sanders, Stewart, Stock-
bridge, Washburn—39.
Nays—Bate, Berry, Cockrell, Coke, Col
quitt, Daniel, Davis, Harris, Jones of Ar
kansas, Mitchell, Pearce, Pugh, Ransom,
Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Teller, Vance,
Test, Voorhees, Walthall, Wilson of Iowa,
Wilson of Maryland, Wolcott—24.
All the reserved amendments having
been disposed of, the presiding officer an
nounced that the bill was now before the
Senate for amendment.
Butler moved to put on the free list bag
ging made of jute, manilia, sisal, or other
fibre, except hemp or flax, for wrapping
cotton bale3. Rejected—yeas 27, nays 29.
Plumb offered an amendment providing
that wherever specific and ad valorem
duties oa an article shall be more than 100
per cent, of its foreign value, the duty
assessed upon it shall be 100 per cent, ad
valorem, instead of the compound rate.
Rejected—yeas. 26, nays 33. Plumb was
the. only Republican voting in the affirma
tive.
Morgan offered his amendment allowing
an export premium of 3 per cent, on corn,
wheat, rye, barley, oats, hay, straw, pota
toes, cotton, live domestic animals, etc.
Rejected.
Plumb called for a separate vote on the
committee amendment striking out of the
bill the provision for a bounty of one dol
lar per pound on silk reeled from cocoons
produced in the United States. The
amendment to strike out was agreed to—
yeas 52, nays 5—Edmunds, Hearst,
Mitchell, Plumb and Teller voting in the
negative.
| No other amendment having been offered,
the question was, “Shall the bill be en
grossed and ordered to a third reading?”
On that question the yeas and nays were
taken and resulted, yeas 38, nays 28—a
party vote.
The bill was read the third time, and
the question was stated to be: “Shall the
bill pass?”
Allrich thereupon moved an adjour-
ment, but withdrew that motion so as to
allow an executive session to be held.
On motion of Sherman it was ordered
that the daily sessions of the Senate shall
begin at 11 o'clock a. m. After an exec
utive session, the Senate, at 3:10 o’clock,
adjourned.
GOODWATER.
MEETING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CON
VENTION—NOTES.
'■ Goodwater, Ala., September 9.—[Spe-
, eial.]—Miss Hattie Spivey, of Kellytc.n,
i and "Miss Bibb, of Montgomery, are visit-
| ing Mrs. M. F. Ray.
| Miss Anna Goza, of Hatchett Creek.
! wlio is acquiring considerable fame as a
! sketch writer, is the guest of her aunt,
! Mrs. J. H. Haskins, of this city.
! The Town Council has ordered a lot of
! pumps, and will place one in each public
| well in town.
Mr. J. G. Fulmer, of the firm of Fulmer,
Carlisle & Co., is over in Georgia visiting
friends.
Miss Lavinia Batson, who has been vis
iting relatives in town, left yesterday for
her home at Rockford.
Miss Bovie Carlisle, one of Goodwater s
most accomplished young ladies, is teach
ing a flourishing school at Holtsville.
The Congressional Convention will con
vene here tomorrow. Delegates have al
ready begun to arrive. Hon. J. E. Cobb,
the present Representative, and who is
generally conceded to be the head man in
the race, arrived last evening and took up
headquarters at the Pope House. Col. J.
P. Oliver and Dr. Cross, the other two
prominent candidates, are expected today.
It is rumored that Col. Mark Smith, of
Autauga-county, and Hon. Bolling Hall,
of Elmore, will be on hand, and if there
should be a lock between the candidates
now in the race, one or both of them may
enter the race, and it would be a matter of
no great surprise if, after all, one of them
should secure the plum.
A protracted meeting is in progress at
the Baptist church.
A large crowd from this place attended
camp-meeting at Hillaber Sunday.
. KANSAS DEMOCRATS.
THEY' FUSE WITH THE RESUBMISSIONISTS
AGAINST PROHIBITION.
Wichita, Kan., September 9.—The
Democratic and Resubmissionists’ conven-
I tions met here today. The Resubmission-
■ ists compose a faction of the Republican
’ party which opposes prohibition, favors
, high license, and is striving to obtain,
: through the Legislature, a resubmissiou
j of the prohibitory amendment to a vote of
| the people. To attain these ends they
formed a separate party and fused with the
Democrats. Both conventions met at the
same hour in different halls.
The Democratic convention called to
order by Edward Carroll, chairman of the
State Central Committee. After prayer,
John S. Sheridan, of Poola, Kansas, was
elected temporary chairman and S. W.
McCarlin temporary secretary. Commit
tees were appointed and a recess taken
unttl 2 o’clock p. m. During the recess
the committee on resolutions appointed a
sub-committee to meet with a like com
mittee from the resubmissionists on reso
lutions. Upon reassembling, the Demo
cratic convention made its temporary or
ganization permanent and received and
adopted a report from the committee on
resolutions. The plank in regard to rc-
submission is as follows:
We oppose all sumptuary legislation and
demand the earliest re-submission of the
so-called prohibitory amendment to a vote
of the people, and the immediate repeal of
those laws, passed in the interest of pro
hibition, whic .i tax a portion of our peo
ple to pay for their deprivation of the priv
ilege and the inalienable right of local
government, and declare unequivocally for
high license and local option.
The other planks are as follows:
We arraign the Republican members of
the National House of Representatives
from Kansas for their unanimous vote for
the McKinley bill.
We declare the Federal elections bill the
legitimate offspring of a party which
filched the Presidency.
We favor a tariff law based upon public
necessities, and not the greed of capital.
We favor the free coinage of silver.
We favor the leaving of the circulation
medium wholly la the hands of the Gov
ernment.
We favor liberal pension laws.
We express sympathy with labor in its
'Struggle with the insatiate money power,
whether in factory or on farm.
AGAINST THE CONGER BILL.
PROTEST OF THE MONTGOMERY COMMER
CIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.
Montgomery, September 9.—The
Montgomery commercial and industrial
association tonight adopted the following
resolutions:
Whereas, the Conger lard bill, which
has passed the House of -Representatives
and is now pending in the Senate, will
destroy a vast trade amounting to mill
ions of dollars, and will inflict a blow upon
the cotton seed industry of the South that
will cripple, if not annihilate it. There
fore,
Be it resolved by the commercial and
industrial association of Montgomery, that
our Senators in Congress be urged to use
all honorable means to prevent the en
actment of-that bill into law.
DELAWARE REPUBLICANS.
THEY PUT FORTH A TICKET AND A
PLATFORM.
Dover, Del., September 9.—The Re
publican State convention today nomi
nated Henry A. Richardson, of Dover, for
Governor, and Henry H. Cannon for Con
gress, and sent a message of congratula
tions to Speaker Reed.
The platform contains declarations in
; favor of reciprocity and protection, calls
I for shell legislation as shall adequately
secure freedom and equality in the right
of suffrage to all voters; affirms the right
of the majority to govern, and heartily
endorses Speaker Reed for his enforcement
of his idea; favors the adoption and main
tenance of the local option system, with
high license in districts that may declare
for the sale of liquor.
A COURT ROOM TRAGEDY.
TWO MEN SHOT DOWN DURING A TRIAL.
Hamersvelle, O., September 9.—A
terrible tragedy occurred here last evening
during the trial of the case of George
Barngrover vs. Joseph Hiler before Squire
Yandament. Joseph Hiler, senior, died
' some two months ago, leaving a will in
which he devised most of his property to
two of his sons and two daughters, to the
exclusion of other children. There has
been talk of contesting the will, and much
bitterness has been manifested. This was
a case for damages under an alleged breach
of contract between Joseph Hiler and
Barngrover who was one of the
sons-in-law of Hiler. During the trial
Constable Allen, another son-in-law,
stepped to the door, when a pistol shot
was heard. Allen came staggering into
the room aud fell across a chair, exclaim
ing, “John Hiler did it!” Before the ter
rorized spectators could realize what had
happened, the murderer was seen standing
in the middle of the court room, and fired
a second shot, which took effect in the
right breast"of George Barngrover, pass
ing entirely through his body. The excite
ment was indescribable, the court room
being crowded with men and women. * As
Hiler rushed from the court room
into the darkness he was heard to remark:
“I have two loads for two more men.” It
is understood that he meant by that re
mark John Hiler, Jr., a cousin of the
murderer, and an important witness in the
case, and Attorney W. F. McBeth, who
has charge of the case for the plaintiff.
The town is aroused and is searching for
the murderer, who is still at large.
THE WORLD’S FAIR SITE.
THE DIRECTORS FINALLY AGREE ON
THEIR ORIGINAL^GHOICE.
Chicago, September 9.—The directors
of the World’s Fair this afternoon re
affirmed their choice of some mouths ago
and selected a dual site of Lake Front and
Jackson Park as the place for locating the
great exposition. Lake FronPTS a long,
grass covered common on the edge of Lake
Michigan and bordering the businessjeen-
tre of Chicago. It contains at present
about ninety acres. It is the design
to place thereon the grand entrance
to the exposition and the buildings
for the fine arts and kindred displays.
Jackson Park is also on the lake shore,
about five miles from the court house, and
is to have the agricultural, live stock, and
other exhibits of that nature, besides oth
ers of general interest. Over 500 acres
are available in Jackson Park and the ap
proaches thereto, which were recently added
to the original tender. The two sites
are to be so connected by rail and water
accommodations that but a few minutes
will be spent in passiHg from one locality
to another. The final and decisive ballot
on the site question resulted, Lake Front
and Jackson Park 23, North Side 4, West
Side 8. The choice of the dual site was
then made unanimous.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACES.
New York, September 9.—The weather
and track were excellent.
First race—Futurity course; Bally Hoo
won, Ben Harrison second, Iago third.
Time 1:10.
Second race—Futurity course; Sally
McClelland won, Castatio second, Sir
George third. Time 1:10.
Third race—One mile and a half; Prince
Fonso won, Master Lode second, Sinatoa
third. Time 2:37 4-5.
Fourth race—One mile; Kingston won,
Fitz James second, Ballston third. Time
1:10 1-5.
' Fifth race—One mile and a quarter;
Los Angeles wou, Kenwood second, Tris-
ton third. Time 2:08 4-5.
Sixth race— One mile and a quarter, on
turf ;Macbeth won, Belle Wood second,
St. Luke third. Time 2:11.
WAS IT BOGUS ?
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., September 9.—
Tim Duuwoody, who first found the ob
struction on tile track south of New Ham
burg last night, and who flagged up the
express, has gone to Albany in charge of a
detective to tell his story to Superintend
ent Bissell. There is a strong feeling that
the so-called attempt to wreck the express
was a bogus affair, and that Dunwoody
knows more about it than be has yet told.
couldn’t break the bank.
South Bend, Ind., September 9.—A
heavy run was started yesterday on the
St. Joseph’s County Savings Bank, but the
bank stood the pressure, and at night it
was discovered that the ran was started
by two young men who had been refused
payment on a draft, because the cashier
did not know them, and they did not find
any one to identify them.
THE VOTE IN MAINE.
Lewiston, Me., September 9.—The
Journal has returns from 285 towns for
Governor, which gives Burleigh 52,150,
Thompson 35,388, Clark 1,844, scattering
268. The Republican plurality is 16,763.
The same towns in 1886, the last “off
year,” gave a Republican plurality of
12,721.
AFFAIRS IN SALVADOR.
City of Mexico, (via Galveston), Sep
tember 9.—A dispatch from Salvador says:
The disarmament of the troops has been
finished. The Legislative Assembly will
positively meet Thursday. The members
unanimously favor Ezeta for President.
Uprisings are reported in the interior of
Gautemala.
A PROHIBITION TICKET.
Concord, N. H., September 9.—The
Prohibition State convention today nomi
nated Josiah M. Fletcher, of Nashua, for
Governor, and the following for Congress:
First District—Rev. Frank L. Chase, of
Dover; Second District — Charles H.
Thorndike, of Concord.
SENATE CONFIRMATIONS.
Washington, September 9.—The Sen
ate today confirmed John Goffigon as col
lector of customs for the district of Cherry
stone, Ya.; John W. Ross, Commissioner
of the District of Columbia, and S. S.
Poinier, postmaster at Spartanburg, S. C.
STAGE ROBBED BY A LONE HIGHWAY
MAN.
San Francisco, Cal., September 9.—
The Chronicle’s Auburn, California special
says: Georgetown stage was stopped yes
terday near Greenwood, while on its way
to Auburn by a masked highwayman and
robbed. He secured Wells Fargo express
box, but it is not known how much the
box contained. One of the passengers
named Thos. Stevens borrowed a gun and
started after the robber in a few min
utes after the robbery, but with what re
sult is not yet known.
DELAWARE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Dover, Del., September 9.—The Re
publican State convention met in the court
house here at 12:45 p. m. Wiiliam C.
Sprunace was made temporary chairman,
and committees on resolutions, credentials
and nominations were selected. The indi
cations are that there will be no contest
ants, and that H. A. Richardson, of Do
ver, will be nominated for Governor and
Henry P. Cannon for Congress by accla
mation. The platform has not yet been
completed.
NEWS FROM NANCES.
NOMINEE MOSES TO SPEAK AT FLAT
BOCK—OTHER NOTES.
Hon. Charles L. Moses, of Coweta, Dem
ocratic nominee for Congress from the
Fourth district, has accepted an invitation
to speak at Flat Rock, Muscogee county,
Friday, September 26. The good people
of that locality aie arranging to give a big
barbecue on that day, the occasion being
the dedication of the new Alliance Hall at
that place. An immense crowd is ex.
pected to be present.
Uncle Jimmie Cox is quite sick at his
home in Harris county. Rev. James Reese
is also very ill. The latter is in his nine
tieth year and Uncle Jimmie Cox is ninety-
three. They are thought to be the oldest
men in Harris and Muscogee counties.
It now seems likely that most of the
cotton crop will be gathered in September.
The July crop was very good, but the Au
gust crop shedded badly and failed to ma
ture. Farmers all agree now that the crop
will be short.
County politics is being pretty generally
discussed about Nances, but have not
“waxed warm” yet.
A CHURCH EXCITEMENT.
AND ALL ABOUT A FIDDLE IV
THE ORCHESTRA.
THE MEETING OF CONVENTIONS—THE
MUDDLE IN THE FULTON SENA
TORIAL DISTRICT—TO BE
FOUGHT OUT TODAY.
Atlanta, September 9.—[Special.]—
Talk about tempests in teapots! This
one is a church story, the outcome of
which may bring on more talk yet.
Last Wednesday evening at the Presby
terian church on Georgia avenue an enter
tainment was given for the benefit of the
church. One of the attractions was an
orchestra made up of the best local talent.
It was rather a swell affair altogether, and
the church was crowded. The orchestra
had six numbers on the program. Every
thing passed off quietly and enjoyably un
til the number before the last. Then, just
as the orchestra was about to strike up,
the attention of the audience was claimed
by a man in the rear of the room, a young
lawyer and a member of the church.
“We are indebted to the young ladies
and gentlemen that have assisted us in the
entertainment •” said he, “and to this
audience for their presence. But I must
protest that the orchestra, in the selection
of their pieces, have not shown the proper
respect for the character of the entertain
ment and for the church in which it was.
given.”
A scene of confusion followed, and it
was with some difficulty that the bass fid
dler was prevailed upon not to punch the
lawyer’s head then and there.
The matter was speedily taken into con
sideration by the deacons. Nobody but the
young lawyer had been at ail offended, it
seems. The sjpipathies of the church
members are with the orchestra, though
something of an issue has been sprang
over the presence of a fiddle in the orches
tra—a fiddle ia church!
The deacons, to satisfy themselves as to
the propriety or impropriety of the enter
tainment, have hit upon a novel plan,
creditable at least to the financial acumen
of that body.
They propose to repeat the concert,
number for number, the proceeds to go to
the church fund. The deacons will be
present in person to see and hear, and to
adjudicate the issue. They will decide,
from the repetition, whether the origi
entertainment was proper or improper.
And the financial success of the comi
concert will be something wonderful. T
seats are selling now like hot cakes.
THE MEETING OF CONVENTIONS.
The regular Democratic convention 0
the Seventh district meets in Calhoun to
morrow (Wednesday) morning.
The Cotton States convention meets to
morrow in Atlanta, Considerable interest
is being shown in it, particularly in Alli
ance circles. Several States will be repre
sented.
FUN AHEAD.
The Senatorial convention, of this dis
trict, meets here tomorrow, and there is
fun ahead.
Under the rotation rule, it is Clayton’s
time to name the Senator. Clayton's con
vention, in mass meeting, was captured by
the Alliance, and a milkman named Todd
was declared Clayton’s choice. Milkmen
are all right, but this particular milkman
is not considered the possessor of those
qualifications which the metropolitan dis
trict of Georgia has a right to expect in a.
Senator. There is a strofig sentiment herd
against the rotation system, so a number
of friends of Will Venable got him to go
into the race. Mr. Yenable was a mem
ber of the last House and is one of the
most prominent and most popular fellows
here in Atlanta. But before he determ
ined to make the race, the mass meeting
held to select delegates to the Gubernato
rial convention also selected delegate* to-
the Senatorial convention. Later five of
the six delegates so selected declined to
serve, basing their declination upon the
grounds that they did not consider them
selves properly chosen. The county exec
utive committee met and discussed the
matter, and finally decided to leave the
whole matter to a primary.
This was dene and six Yenable delegates
were almost unanimously chosen. These
delegates have their credentials from the
executive committee. Mr. Taliaferro, an
Allianceman will, it is said, present him
self in the convention and endeavor to
secure a seat as a member of the original
delegation.
The result of the convention depends
largely upon the action taken upon his
case. There are 12 votes in the conven
tion, Fulton 6, Clayton 2, Cobb 4. Clay
ton and Cobb are for Todd. Fulton’s
solid delegation as selected by the prima
ries is for Yenable. That means a dead
lock possibly, and no nomination. If the
decision is left to the polls, Yenable will
win.
CROWNED WITH SUCCESS.
THE BOAED OF TRADE COMMITTEE ACCOM
PLISHES MUCH GOOD FOR COLUMBUS.
Messrs. S. A. Carter and George J. Gar
rett, members of the special committee of
the Board of Trade appointed to confer
with the railroad companies in reference
to freight discrimination against Colum
bus, have returned from Savannah, having
accomplished their purpose very satisfac
torily.
As has already been stated by the
Enquirer-Sun, Traffic Manager Shell-
man, of the Centra!, gave the committee a
fair and impartial hearing, and at the con
clusion of the conference granted the re
quest made by the Board of Trade, fixing
the cotton rate from Columbus to Savan
nah at 40 instead of 45 cents, the rate pre
viously charged. This reduction alone
will, in round numbers, save Columbus at
least $20,000 during the season, enabling
her buyers to continue to pay more for
cotton than any inland town in Georgia
or Alabama.
The committee also met the authorities
of the Savannah, Florida and Western
road in regard to freight discriminations
against Columbus and in favor of Mont
gomery on the Alabama Midland road.
The local rate heretofore given Montgom
ery over the Alabama Midland has been
about 25 per cent, less than the rate Co
lumbus merchants had to pay over that
line, which gave the wholesale merchants
of Montgomery a decided advantage
over Columbus merchants in the South
east Alabama territory. The committee
succeeded in convincing the authorities of
the justice of the complaint made by the
Board of Trade and agreed to give Colum
bus the same local rate over the Midland
given Montgomery. This will give Co
lumbus a fair showing in Southeast Al
abama, and her wholesale merchants will
not be slow to take advantage of the op
portunity thus given them.
Registering Slowly.—Yoters are
registering slowly in both the upper and
lower town districts. The books will
close next Monday and but a few more
days are left in which the voters can reg
ister.
It is suggested that possibly a good
many voters are under the impression that
they can vote in the primary election for
the nomination of county officers without
registering. This is not the case. No
one who has not registered this year will
be allowed to vote in the primary.
The registrar for the upper town dis
trict will be at the store of Mr. Robert
Crane again today and will keep his books
there until the registration closes on Sep
tember 15.
Don’t forget this. If you don't register
you can’t vote.