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DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1890.
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MPORTED AND NOVELTY DRESS GOODS
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IN GEORGIA BY CONGRESS.
CARLISLE’S VIEWS OH THE FINANCIAL
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THE PRESIDENT’S OUTING.
Ckesson Springs, Penn., September 10.
•—The President’s mail this morning was
light, and although he transacted consid
erable business it was mainly of a routine
and unimportant character. Mr. George
W. Boyd, of the Pennsylvania railroad,
arrived here this morning in vice-President
Thomson’s elegant private car aud placed
it at Gen. Harrison’s disposal during his
slay at Cresson. It will be used in making
short trips to many points of interest in
this vicinity. An early adjournment of
Congress will shorten the President’s vaca
tion in the mountains, as it is his purpose
to be in Washington during the closing of
the session.
A drizzling, penetrating rain prevailed
here during the forenoon, but there are
indications of clearing weather for the
afternoon.
T1IK SOUTHAMPTON SETTLEMENT SHAKY.
Southampton, September 10.—A rup
ture in the arrangements agreed upon by
tlie men and their employers is threatened,
owing to the men belonging to the Union
Steamship Company’s steamer Moor re
fusing to go to sea because the boatswain
is a non-unionist. Fifteen rioters have
been committed for trial. The Union
Steamship Company’s men will resume
work tomorrow.
The mayor of Southampton is prostrated
with congestion of the brain.
The troops will be withdrawn tomorrow.
THE GERMAN VIEW.
Berlin, September 1G.—The Post
says: The Sultan’s decree prohibiting
the slave traffic does not operate in Ger
man territory where under existing trea
ties the German commissioner exercises
public powers. Germany never had any
intention of unqualifiedly abolishing all
forms of slavery. Tlie Reichstag agreed
that measures against tlie slave traffic and
man hunting should be taken only by a
decree with due regard to the existing or
der of things.
A settlement reached.
Southampton, September 16.—Large
crowds of dock laborers assembled outside
the dock gates this morning waiting to re
sume work. Tlie Union and the Royal
Mail Steamship Companies, which were
tlie last to hold out against the demands
of the men, this morning posted placards
on their doors announcing that increased
"ages would be granted all around.
THE ALHAMBRA IN FLAMES.
Madrid, September 16.—Fire broke out
at 10 o'clock last night in the palace of
tlie Alhambra, in Granada, and despite
the efforts made to extinguish it, it is still
burning. The fire originated in the Al-
berea court yard, and soon spread to the
galleries, (treat damage has been done.
CARROLLTON.
RAY HAMILTON’S BODY.
Louisville, Ky., September 16.—Dr.
•I. O. Green has arrived in this city. He
confirms tlie truth of the finding of Robert
Hay Hamilton’s body in Snake river.
SOME NEWSY NOTES FROM A GROWING
TOWN.
Carrollton, Ga., September 15.—
[Special.]—The usual activity in business
attendant upon marketing our staple crop
is manifesting itself more and more every
day. It is rather strange that less than
two degress of latitude between Columbus
and Carrollton should make such a differ
ence in the maturity of the crop, but last
week was the first time that any quantity
of the fleecy staple made any show on the
streets. Elevation affects climate here as
much or more than latitude. Once we be
longed to the grain producing section of
Georgia, but owing to the free use of fer
tilizers, cotton matures here early
enough to avoid being nipped by
frost and the disagreeable work of
August picking is avoided. With a little
care in fertilizing and cultivation, a bale
to the acre can be made, and what lends
an additional charm to the farm is that
the same land will bring fine cotton or
clover, at the option of the owner. This
has been an exceptionally good year to
many of our farmers, and many have
planted a larger area than usual. Carroll
ton itself feels the stimulus from its tribu
tary territory, and there is great activity
displayed in preparing for the fall and
winter trade. This is especially noticeable
in the number of business houses that are
going up. Standing at one point near the
court house square you can see in the course
of erection buildings equal in value to all
the business houses that have been erected
here for quite a number of years previous.
A large, commodious hotel is nearing
completion. Hereafter travelers and
health seekers will have as good accommo
dation here as elsewhere.
Our Alliancemen are too wide awake to
wait for a Government warehouse. They
are building one of theii own, and intend
to store their cotton if desirable.
An electric motor is being placed in po
sition, and we are to have all the light we
need, and electric cars after a while.
A wagon factory and a trunk factory are
among our successful industries.
Probably the most propitious signs of
Carrollton’s future is the continued pros
perity of her public school. It has opened
under brighter auspices than ever.
DADEVILLE NOTES.
Dadeville, Ala., September 16.
[Special.]—Circuit Court convened here
yesterday, Judge Dowdell presiding. His
charge to the grand jury consumed an
hour It was an able one. The following
distinguished attorneys from a distance
are here: Cols. W. J. Samford and Geo.
p. Harrison, of Opelika; Col. W. JJ.
Bulger, of Birmingham, and Judge J. M.
Chilton, of Montgomery.
Several of our young men returned to
Howard College yesterday.
Jas. S. Herren, of Atlanta, formerly of
Dadeville, is circulating among his many
friends here.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, *889.
Baking
Powder
absolutely pure
tion to the public printer to expunge it
from the permanent Congressional Record.
The House refused—yeas 83, nays 114—
to order the previous question.
Bayne again offered his resolution, re
ferring the whole matter to the judiciary
committee. The clause requiring the com
mittee to report within three days was
stricken out on a point of order raised by
Enloe.
The previous question on Bayne’s reso
lution was ordered—yeas 122, nays 64.
The resolution was adopted—yeas 124,
nays 58—and accordingly the matter was
referred to the committee on the judiciary.
Boutelle, from the committee on naval
affairs, reported a resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Navy for information as
to whether the Bethlehem Iron Company
is using, for manufacturing steel gun fix
ings for the United States navy, ores im
ported from Cuba or any other foreign
country; also whether ores suitable for
such manufacture cannot be procured in
the United States. The resolution was
adopted.
On motion of Herbert, of Alabama, the
Senate bill was passed granting to the
Mobile and Dauphin Island Railroad Com
pany the right to construct a trestle across
shoal water between Cedar Point and
Dauphin Island.
On motion of Crisp, the Senate bills
were passed authorizing the construction
of bridges across the Chattahoochee and
Oconee rivers in Georgia,
On motion of Wheeler, of Alabama,
the Senate joint resolution was passed au
thorizing the President to appoint Richard
H. Jackson, of Alabama, an ensign in the
navy.
The Speaker announced the appoint
ment of the following conferees on the
tariff bill: McKinley, Burrows, Bayne,
Dingley, Mills, McMillin and Flower.
The House then adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, September 16.— The
bill to provide for the holding of
the regular terms of the circuit and dis
trict courts of the Western district of Vir
ginia was taken from the calendar and
passed with amendments. The Senate
then devoted one hour to bills on the cal
endar unobjected to. The first bill on the
calendar was the Senate bill authorizing
the Librarian of Congress to purchase, at
not exceeding $30,000 the Townsend libra
ry of National, State and individual rec
ords concerning the original progress and
consequences of the civil war. This bill
occupied the entire hour and was then
passed—yeas 27, nays 17.
The Senate bill appropriating §10,000
for tlie improvement of the road to the
National cemetery near Pensacola, Fla.,
was passed.
The conference report, on the railroad
land forfeiture bill was resumed, and Mor
gan continued his argument against it. It
would forfeit the lands of one little line
from Gadsden, Ala., up towards Chatta
nooga, the company for the construction
of which had never been even organized,
and for which claim had never been made.
Nobody had ever disputed that these lands
belonged to the Government. Wliat else
did the Government get under the pend
ing bill? Nothing whatever, except the
lands for 225 miles of line between Wal-
lula and Portland, and yet the bill was
called a land grant forfeiture bill. It was
a mere sham and pretense—nothing but a
mere political performance invented to
get up the idea that Congress
was forfeiting railroad land grants, while
the whole of the provisions of the hill
were to confirm the title of the great rail
way companies to their lands. Morgan
related an incident connected with a rail
road grant in Alabama wherein the land
office official in that State came to Wash
ington and, finding that patents for the
grant had been signed at the land office,
went to the railroad company and offered
to get their lands patented for a commis
sion of 10 per cent. The offer had been
accepted and this man had received 76,000
acres. The pending bill would confirm
that fraud. That was why he opposed it.
Any Senator who wanted to sustain that
fraud ought to vote for the bill. That was
all that he wanted to say, and with that
he closed his speech.
Tlie conference report was agreed to—
yeas 30, nays 13, a strict party vote.
The House anti-lottery bill was then
taken from the calendar and passed with
out a word of discussion, and the Senate
took up the House bill to repeal the timber
culture laws.
Plumb, who reported the bill back from
the committee on public lands, moved an
amendment, in the nature of a substitute.
This substitute was itself amended, at the
suggestion of several Senators, and was
then passed, and a conference asked with
the House on the disagreeing votes, and
Plumb, Pettigrew and Walthall were ap
pointed conferees on the part of the Senate.
The Senate then took up from the cal
endar the Senate bill to establish a United
States land court, and to provide for the
settlement of private land claims in certain
States and Territories. The bill having
been read, was laid aside until tomorrow,
and the Senate, at 4:45 o’clock, adjourned.
A TOBACCO TRUST.
Washington, September 16.—[Spe
cial.]—Congress did a fair amount of
work today in both branches. Quite a
number of bills were disposed of and the
Kennedy-Quay matter was relegated to
the privacy of the committee room for
settlement. Among the local bills passed
by the House was one by Mr. Lester to
bridge the Allamoha. Another bill was
passed to bridge the Mississippi at New
Orleans, an interesting feature of which
is a provision fora center span of 1,400
feet long and 120 feet above the rivers’
surface.
TO COERCE OHIO.
The Ohio delegation, at a meeting held
last evening, agreed to report a resolution
in Congress to nullify and set aside the
law under which Ohio was recently re
districted. Mr. Boothman was chosen to
present the resolution in the House. It
stands no chance this session.
THE RAUM SCANDAL.
The Raum circus committee will meet
again tomorrow, and some rich develop
ments are expected.
CARLISLE ON THE FINANCIAL SITUATION,
In an interview with a local paper today
Mr. Carlisle regards the present financial
outlook as threatening. He attributes the
stringency partly to speculative operations
and an excess of railroad building, but
more directly to the act of the Secretary
of the Treasury in withdrawing Govern
ment deposits from tlie banks, and the
threat in the tariff bill to compel import
ers to withdraw their goods from the ware
houses or pay the increased duties. As a
measure of relief it has been decided in
formally in committee to extend the time
requiring imported goods to be taken out
of bond from October 1 to February 1.
AN ALABAMA BOY PROMOTED.
General Wheeler passed a Senate bill
through the House today promoting R. II
Jackson, of Florence, Ala., to be an en
sign in the navy. Mr. Jackson is a fine
young fellow-, and was a midshipman on
the man-of-war Trenton when she went
down at Samoa.
THE MOBILE AND GIRARD.
Under the terms of the land forfeiture
bill, passed by the Senate today, the Mo
bile and Girard anil the Tennessee and
Coosa railroads forfeit all their lands given
originally to aid in their construction.
The Senate agreed to extend the term of
compliance in these two cases twelve
months, but the House rejected this prop
osition, and in conference the Senate re
ceded from its amendment. Whether this
action will retard the extension of the Mo
bile and Girard from Troy remains to be
seen.
reed’s rule.
Speaker Reed is holding tlie river and
harbor bill on his desk to force tlie attend
ance of members. No precedent is cited
for this arbitrary and unusual procedure,
The measure only needs his signature to
allow it to be digressed and sent to the
President. Much indignation is expressed
by members over this act of usurpation,
but they are powerless to help themselves.
AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT.
The signs for an early adjournment are
all good. The latter part of next week is
named as a probable date for the hammer
to fall.
GOV. smith’s speech.
Ex-Gov. Smith’s Talbotton speech is re
garded here with peculiar interest.
Stranger things might happen than tlie
election of the Ex-Governor to the Sen
ate.
GEORGIA PERSONALS.
lion. Gazaway Hartridge, member-elect
to tlie Legislature from Chatham, is here
today. lie was reticent about the Sena-
torship, but remarked that he had made
np his mind.
H011. Patrick Walsh and wife, and Mrs.
George W. Allen, of Augusta, Rev. J. W.
Burke, of Macon, and Major Lamar Cobb,
of Athens, are late arrivals in Washing
ton.- E. P. S.
in the house.
Washington, September 16.—On mo
tion of Taylor, of Tennessee, the Senate
bill was passed for the relief of Admiral
S. P. Carter.
On motion of Mr. Ilouk, of Tennessee,
the Senate bill was passed authorizing the
construction of a bridge across the Tennes
see river at Knoxville, Tenn.
On mot ion of Lester, of Georgia, the
bill was passed authorizing tlie construc
tion of a bridge across the Altamaha river
in Georgia.
The House then proceeded to the con
sideration of the Enloe resolution,
relative to Kennedy’s speech. The reso
lution is as follows: Resolved, That
the clerk of the House of Representatives
be, and he hereby is, directed to commu
nicate to the Senate the fact that the House
repudiates and condemns the unparliamen
tary language of Hon. Robert P. Kennedy,
a Representative from the State of Ohio,
published in the Congressional Record of
September 14, 1890, purporting to be a
speech delivered on the floor of the House
Setember 3, 1890, in which revised and
amended speech he repeats his impeach
ment of the honesty of Senators individu
ally and of the Senate as a body.
The pending question was on the point
of order against the resolution raised by
Grosvenor, of Ohio.
The Speaker, in rendering his decision,
said that there could be no doubt that the
legislative proceedings of the two co
ordinate branches of the Legislature would
be very much impeded if improper reflec
tions were allowed by the members of one
body upon the members of the other. This
was so plain, so well established, that it
seemed unnecessary to say a word in re-
ard to it. It was founded on that
principle which caused the members
of the House to speak of
each other by phrase rather than by
name. It was intended, as far as possible,
to keep personal feeling out of the legisla
tion, and the chair was very glad, not only
for the advantage of the relations between
the House and the Senate, but for the ad
vantage of the relations among the mem
bers of the House that this question
should be passed upon in such a manner
as would make an impression upon all.
The chair, therefore, overruled the point
of order.
Bayne, of Pennsylvania, offered a reso
lution referring the Enloe resolution, to
gether with Kennedy’s speech, to the com
mittee on the judiciary, with instructions
to that committee to examine the speech
and the rules and practice regulating debate
and report its findings to the House within
three days. The debate on the
subject lasted over two hours, and was
participated in by Blount, Enloe, McMil-
Un Candler, of Massachusetts Dalzell,
Bavne, Cannon, Hopkins, Breckinridge,
Adams, of Illinois, Turner, of Georgia,
and Holman. There Wa \J\nUin S and 1 closed for several days, are now open
a * I A — iU/, JinnnaolAfl tllA DP—
TWENTY-FIVE MINERS KILLED.
Berlin, September 16.—An explosion
occurred today in the Maybach pit at
Sanet Wenndel, Rhenish Prussia, by which
twenty-five miners were killed. The other
men in the pit to the number of 325 were j
A YOUNS MAN SUICIDES,
GOES OFF ON A SPREE AND TAKES
MORPHINE.
THE nephew of a railroad presi
dent—TURPIN AND GEN. WHEELER
RENOMINATED—THE ENTIRE
DELEGATION ENDORSED.
LOUISVILLE AND CINCINNATI PARTIES
FORM A BIG POOL.
Cincinnati, September 16.—Further
grogress was made today toward the con
solidation of the Cincinnati and Louisville
tobacco warehouses. A meeting was held,
attended by representatives from both
cities and their attorneys, and while there
was some discussion over the form of con
tract and of the charter, there was sub
stantial agreement, and the Louisville
parties have gone home to secure the sig
natures of their houses. The papers will
then come back for signature by the Cin
cinnati men. The title agreed upon is
the Western Tobacco Warehouse Com
pany. There are to be issued $1,000,000
bonds secured by personal and
real mortgages at 6 per cent, $2,000,000 of
preferred stock at 8 per cent, and $2,000,-
000 common stock. H. Glover, of Louis
ville, is to be president and the vice-presi
dency will be offered to L. H. Brooks, of
Cincinnati. The warehouse men are re
ported as being willing to take $2,000,000
of the stock. It will take $3,000,000 to
buy in the property. This will leave
$2,000,000 for the working capital.
THE SWISS REVOLUTION.
MEAGRE REPORTS OF THE MOVEMENTS
OF THE REBELS.
Berne, September 16.—Reports from
Bellinzo state that quiet prevails there.
Firing has been heard in the direction of
Balema, but the federal troops have been
forbidden to go beyond the outskirts of
Bellingo. Respina, Conservative member
of the Tecino Cantonal Council, had an
interview with President Ruchonnet in
this city today. He demanded the im
peachment of the rebel officials and the
reinstatement of the former government.
A batallian of troop3 have been dispatched
to Tesserete to aid in dispersing the several
bands of armed men which have assem
bled there. Additional reinforcements
will probably be required. The Conserva
tive shops at Lugano, which have been
Birmingham, Ala., September 16.—
[Special.]—Joseph F. Heame, bookkeeper
for Phillips & Wiggs Machinery Company,
while on a protracted spree disappeared
from the city a few days ago. He turned
np at Tuskaloosa, where he was
found dead in bed at the Wash'
ington Hotel this morning. The Coro
ner’s investigation showed that he
died from an overdose of morphine ad
ministered by his own hands. He was sub
ject to sprees and while on them was very
despondent. He left here during the ab
sence of both members of the firm from
the city, leaving a note in the desk, say
ing he was drunk and out of the city. He
was twenty-six years old, and has been
here five years. He came from one of the
best familes in Wheeling, W. Va. He
was a nephew of President George H. Net-
tleton, of the Kansas City, Memphis and
Birmingham Railroad.
TURPIN RENOMINATED.
The Fourth district Democratic Con
gressional convention at Selma today
nominated Hon. Lewis W. Turpin by ac
clamation. Turpin was unseated by the
Republicans in the present Congress.
WHEELER RENOMINATED.
At Decatur the Eighth district Demo
cratic Congressional convention met and
renominated Gen. Joseph Wheeler by
acclamation. Every Congressman in Ala
bama has been renominated.
SENATORIAL SKETCHES.
having brought into the discussion the oc
currences of the day on which Cannon
created a sensation when replying to
McAdoo, and to the other when Repub
lican members exchanged epithets and
blows and Cannon resented their remarks.
Finally Enloe demanded the previous men m t
question upon his resolution, which was rescued.
THE MEN WHO SIT IN THE UPPER HOUSE
OF CONGRESS.
Washington, September 16.—[Special. ]
—First Vice President Levi P. Morton lias
paid very little attention to his duties of
late. As soon as the tariff bill was taken
up in the Senate, Levi deserted the capitol
and betook himself to his large, fine coun
try castle on the Hudson. If the exact
truth must be told, Levi didn’t know how
to run the machine, and he don’t particu
larly care to learn. When he is here it
requires all of old Senator Edmunds’ spare
time and a good bit of Ingalls’to keep him
from fouling his party. He saw that he
couldn’t begin to handle the tariff situa
tion, and like a sensible Vice President he
turned the wheel over to the Second Vice
President, John J. Ingalls, who is possess
ed of the requisite experience and gall.
Morton is a clever, jolly old gentleman
being wholly without guile and not a bit
of a partisan. He is very rich, lives swell
and is an inveterate poker player.
* «£*
The second Vice-President Ingalls sits
in the high-backed chair provided for the
presiding officer as gracefully as a gondo
la is supposed to sit on a Venetian canal.
He looks as if he enjoyed sitting there
too. He is inclined to verbosity as a
chaucian, but he is notably courteous to
everyone and his gold bowed spectacles
beam upon the Senate like a perpetual
benediction. In this regard Ingalls is an
improvement on Mr. Edmunds, who used
to preside. When tlie cold Ver
monter was in the chair
the visitor felt an involuntary shiver at
first sight of him. His head looked like a
mountain peak piled with snow and his
white beard seemed to he a great icicle
that had trickled down as far as his brisket,
where it had frozen solid.
* * *
The two New York Senators are an in
teresting couple. Every stranger who has
studied the illustrated papers will instantly
recognize Mr. Evarts. He is the positive
opposite of his opulent colleague, Mr. His-
cock, who puffs the steelyards up to 250.
If all the stories are true concerning Mr.
Evarts’ gastronomical feats, he ought to
be able to increase his avoidupois. So
far as can be judged from his external ap
pearance, the same paucity of flesh ex
tends throughout his entire anatomical
system. His chair is several times too
large for him, looking at it from a physical
standpoint. He is the recognized light
weight in the upper house. In Hiscock
nature exhausted herself in framing his
big body. He has meat rather than mind.
Greatness of body and mind rarely go to
gether. It is so with Hiscock. In Evarts’
case nature reversed the order of things
and devoted herself strictly to mental de
velopment, leaving the corporal to care for
itself—and a very sorry mess it is.
* * *
A striking face and form among the
Senate benches is Mr. Jones, of Arkansas,
(in the native tongue, Arkansaw.) Jones
is a large fine looking man, with a broad
face and a slight strain of pomposity. He
served first in the House, and his first
biography is preserved over there. It runs
thus: “A private soldier on the losing side
during the late unpleasantness.” Senator
Jones has a wife who is said to be the
peer of Mrs. Logau as a political force.
Her winning manners are reported to have
contributed largely to his political success.
* * *
Senators are very tenacious of their
seats. As a rule the most desirable ones
are gained by a regular system of promo
tion based on seniority of service. Gray
hairs do not count. Carlisle, who was
lately admitted, had the good fortune to
get a seat about midway the Democratic
benches. Blair, of New Hampshire, sits
on the Democratic side, next to the mam
aisle. Joe Brown has a seat right up to
the front, while our senior Senator, Col
quitt, braces himself on the extreme outer
row, known in Senatorial parlance as the
“skirmish line.”
» » *
The Democrats have no very great men
in the Senate. Carlilse, Vest and Turpie
are our best timber. In the matter of
able, experienced men the other side has
the advantage, decidedly. This is not a
very palatable truth, but all the same it is
the truth. The Democratic side has had
but one Ben Hill in a quarter of a cent
ury—and in the death of Mr. Beck they
suffered a grievous loss.
* * *
Our Southern Senators are not called
upon to direct legislation and so they fail
to get the necessary training. The major
ity, or the side in power is charged with the
origination and direction of business, and
it is left for the minority to simply criti
cize what has been blocked out.
It is easy to criticize. It is hard to build
a structure without an architectural flaw.
The same rale obtains in the House. The
majority, be it Democratic or Republican,
are charged with the building, and the
other side exercises itself in tearing
down. This is politics—and patriotism,
as we have all been educated to under
stand them.
* * *
Senator Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky, is
a typical citizen and representative of his
State. During the eight years he spent in
the House every one called him “Joe,”
but now that he has been promoted this
familiarity may not be permissi
ble. Mr. Blackburn is j-obust,
hearty and hospitable. He is a
high liver and a high stepper in his low
cut shoes. When be was in the House he
and Frank Hurd were esteemed to be the
be^t speakers the Democrats had. The
Senate does not suit Blackburn. His ser
vice is nullified by the great dignity of his
guiroundings. He rarely speaks, and
seems to have gone entirely out of the
business. He represented the old Henry
Clay district when he was in the House,
and secured his Senate seat after a hard
struggle with “Cerro Gorda” Williams.
« « *
Mr. Salisbury, who represents the brave
little State of Delaware, from a Demo
cratic standpoint is the tallest and thinnest
man in Congress. There is abundant
substance in Mr. Salisbury for the make
up of an ordinary man, but in stretching
him up two or three inches above the six
feet mark the effect on his diameter has
been bad. They say that when Mr. Salis
bury returns to his lonely couch—for he is
a bachelor—that he has to cur! his feet in
to keep from trespassing on territory that
belongs to New Jersey. This story may
not be true, but it is current.
A person—no person who gazes on the
shrunken, sallow face of Grandfather
Payne, of Ohio, would suppose that he
could cover the entire earth in his militia
bailiwick with golden guinea pieces, and
yet that is the way people estimate his
fabulous wealth. He and Joe Brown and
McPherson and the two Louisiana Sena
tors, Enstis and Gibson, are the richest
men in the ranks of the Senate Democ
racy. All the others are poor, and if the
political wheel should take a sudden turn,
some of them would have to walk off on
their uppers. E. P. Speer.
A PRETTY ROMANCE.
A millionaire cow boy captures the
DAUGHTER OF SIR THOMAS DODD.
New York, September 16.—George W.
Campbell, of Chicago, son of the million
aire cattleman, James H. Campbell, was
married last night at 9 o’clock to Helen
Dodd, daughter of Sir Thomas Dodd, of
West Derby, England, at Association Hall,
by Rev. Dr. Dixon.
This was the outcome of a pretty little
romance. Young Campbell was sent to
England three years ago by his father, to
attend to a lot of cattle. Being at Liver
pool, and having nothing to do but wait,
he went to Mexican Joe’s Wild West show
one night and found some old cowboy
friends with whom he had herded cattle
in Texas. To amuse himself he took part
in the exhibitions.
One night, just after he had picked a
silver dollar from the mud while riding at
full speed, the wind blew a delicate lace
handkerchief from a beautiful young lady’s
hand into the arena. He saw it, and, still
under full speed, picked it up and return
ed it to tlie owner.
A mutual friend subsequently intro
duced them, they fell in love and an en
gagement was sanctioned by Sir Thomas,
provided that after a lapse of Lime their
love should not cool. As Mr. Campbell’s
business prevented his return to England,
Miss Helen decided to come to him, and
she arrived here Saturday on the City of
Rome.
CONNECTICUTT DEMOCRATS.
IE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NOMI
NATES A STATE TICKET.
Hartford, Conn., September 16.—The
Democratic State convention met here to
day with ex-Senator Eaton as permanent
chairman. The following ticket was nom
inated: For Governor, Luzon B. Morris;
Lieutenant Governor, Joseph W. Alsop,
of Middletown; Secretary of State, J. J.
~ > helan, of Bridgeport; Treasurer, Marvin
II. Sanger, of Canterbury; Comptroller,
Nicholas Staub, of New Millford.
THOUSANDS OF PEARLS FOUND.
Chicago, September 16.—A dispatch
from Chilton, Wis., says: It has just been
made known that pearl producing claims
have been discovered in the Manitowoc
river, in this city, and county. Some
thing over 3,000 of the gems have
been taken out, though only four
men have been engaged in the
search three weeks. Frank and Nicholas
Chesebro made an investigation, and were
rewarded by finding 2,000 pearls during
the last week. Henry and William Chese
bro found 1,500, the latter over 200 in one
day. The pearls are of all colors, and ex
perts place a high value on some of tlie
choicest of them.
NORWGOD'S CHALLENGE.
HE ^VITeTgoV. GORDON TO A
JOIM DISCUSSION.
IT Is A POLITICAL SENSATION—WH L THE
GOVERNOR ACCEPT?—A DEMAND
ON LIVINGSTON TO RESIGN.
Atlanta, September 16.-[Special.]-
Hon. T. M. Norwood has challenged Gov.
Gordon to a joint debate. The challenge
is the political sensation of the hour
Go/. Gordon is expected to accept.
LIVINGSTON’S RESIGNATION DEMANDED
noa Frank Flynt, of Spalding county,
publishes a spicy letter to Livington in
the morning, calling upon the Alliance
president to resign his nomination. He
bases the demand upon the ground that
Livingston has abandoned the sub-treas
ury, the only issue upon which his nomi
nation was won.
THE CHICAGO - PRODUCE MARKET.
REVIEW OF THE SPECULATION IN THE
GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKETS.
Chicago, September 16. — Wheat
The trading was fairly large and a steadier
feeling existed. The opening was about
the same as yesterday and a steady ad-
™ f i t0 lic afU>rward held quite
steady, at an improvement for white and
then eased off, declining 5-Sc, and closed
steady and f to le higher than yesterday
The firmness was attributed to an easier
money market, no doubt got oversold, and
there was some disposition on the part of
shorts to cover, the market receiving con
siderable support from this source. Monev
matters East, however, were watched verv
closely, and formed one of the principal
factors of the market. Operators were
disposed to trade cautiously, not carin>' to
get in too deep, if disposed to trade at "’all
Corn was fairly active and a little un-
settled, though the undertone to the situa-
tion appeared to be firmer. Tlie temper
of the local crowd was bullish, and there
was good buying from tlie opening, first
sales being the same to £c advance and
under limited offerings sold up £c, readied
4 upon announcement of the failure of a
local house, but the depression was only
temporary and prices sold up 4, ruled
stee.ly, and closed with 5-8e gain.
Oats. Although tlie volume of business
was smaller, a steadier feeling developed
and priees advanced slightly. Near de
liveries were neglected, tlie trading being
chiefly in May, which fluctuated }c, and
closed at intermediate figures, and at £ ad
vance over yesterday’s closing.
Mess Pork—A fairly active trade w r as
reported. Prices were, confined within a
moderate range, showing very little change
and closed about medium figures.
Lard—Only a fair trade was reported
and prices exhibited very little change
from those current yesterday.
Short Rib Sides—Considerable interest
was exhibited, prices advanced 2J to 5e,
and tlie appreciation was fairly well sup
ported to the close.
deliveries. Tlie bears, remembering
their experience last season, do not
care to be “short” at current prices
while the new crop is going through a
critical period. Tlie decline in spots was
due to the weakness of some Southern
markets, which press sales for early ar
rivals. The weather reports from the
South were somewhat mixed, some sec
tions still advising heavy rains. Receipts
at interior towns were largely in excess of
last season and seem to cast some doubt
upon the report that the Farmers' Alli
ance is holding back cot; on.
Spot cotton was £e lower.
THE REPORT COMFIRMED.
THE GERMAN SLAVE TRAFFIC DECREE.
EMIN PASHA HEARD FROM.
Zanzibar, September 16.— Travelers
from the coast confirm the report of the
issue of a decree by the Germans at Bo-
gamoyo authorizing the traffic in slaves.
The decree was signed by the German
commandant and was posted at Bagomoyo
and lXiressaloam. Tlie slave dealers ex
pelled from Zanzibar have established
themselves at Bogamoyo and are doing a
thriving business. It is reported that the
Sullar lias telegraphed to Europe for as
sistance.
Emin Pasha lias readied Unanyembo.
lie found that tlie Aral>3 had deserted the
district.
GOTHAM DEMANDS A NEW COUNT.
New York, September 16.—The sani
tary police this afternoon completed tlie
census of the second ward of this city. It
shows a total of 1,196 residents of the
ward instead of 922 as reported by the
census men. This is an excess of nearly
30 per cent, over Porter’s figures. The
healtli commission, after considering this,
adopted a resolution setting forth that the
evidence pointed clearly to the conclusion
that the census of this city as announced
is both inaccurate and incomplete, and
calls upon the Mayor to order a new cen
sus to be taken of all the inhabitants of
the city.
slashed to death.
Wii.kesbarre, Pa., September 16.—
Alexander Pickett, aged nineteen, was
found lying in a dying condition, at 1:30
o’clock this morning, near the Quarry
Hotel, in Georgetown. He had been
slashed all over the body with a sharp
knife, and across the abdomen was a gash
from which his intestines protruded. The
ground near the spot indicated that a des
perate struggle had taken place. John
Shannon, who was seen with Pickett has
been arrested on suspicion.
SUICIDE AT FOURTEEN.
Cincinnati, September 16.—Julius Ret-
terman, of this city, aged fourteen years,
suicided this afternoon by hanging him
self with a handkerchief.
His parents had gone from home to visit
some friends, leaving the boy at home
reading a novel entitled “Muldoon, the
Copper,” and on their return they found
the dead body of their son in the closet.
The boy had gotten down on his knees
and strangled himself to death, there not
being room in the closet to make the
hanging process a success.
THREATS OF WALKING DELEGATES.
Sydney, N. S. W., September 16.—The
labor leaders here threaten to call out the
railway engineers and firemen, and to re
sort to more extreme measures if they fail
to obtain a conference with the employers
within forty-eight hours. Tlie Govern
ment is purcliasing all the rifle ammuni
tion possible in order to put down a riot.
the new government victorious.
Rio Janeiro, September 16.—The elec
tions are now known to be in favor of the
Government. Very few opposition candi
dates have been returned. There has been
slight disorder at Cara, otherwise complete
order has prevailed. The poll is light.
riddled with bullets.
Charleston, W. Va., September 16.—
A dispatch from Princeton says the body
of Bailey Hall was found last night near
Elkhorn, riddled with bullets, eight balls
entering the body. Hall was an important — — > , . ,
witness against a dozen prominent citizens i that the bill will not be reported by tne
who are indicted for lynching a negro, i conferees to the Senate before - lomlay
The murder has caused intense excitement.
TIIE LOUISVILLE RACES.
Lousville, September 16.—First race
Two-year-olds, half mile; Response won.
Lum second, Liberty Belle third. Time
0:50£.
Second race—Split from tlie first; Tenor
won, Oriental second, Maud B. third.
Time 0:494.
Third race—One mile; Meckie II. won,
General Caldwell second, Joe Wallon
third. Time 1:46.
Fourth race—One mile, all ages; Neua
Archer won, Rogers second, Robin third.
Time 1:45.
Fifth race—Blue grass stakes, for two-
year-olds, six furlongs; Tom Rogers won,
Philora second, Rudolph third. Time
1:19.
Sixth race—All ages, one mile and a
furlong; Catalpa won, Hamlet second,
Eugenie third. Time 1:57.
Seventli race—Selling, all ages, one
mile and a sixteenth; Mamie Fonso won,
Hopeful second, Neva C. third. Time
1:52.
BASE BALL.
Rochester—Drawn on account of dark
ness—Rochester 1, Stars 1.
Boston (League)—Brooklyn 12, Boston 4.
Toledo—First game—Toledo 1, Louis
ville 6.
Toledo—Second game—Toledo 0, Louis
ville 8.
Cleveland (League)—Five innings, rain
—Cleveland 4, Pittsburg 2.
Chicago (League)—Chicago 5, Cincin
nati 2.
Chicago (Brotherhood)—Chicago 1, Buf
falo 3.
Columbus—Columbus 1. St. Louis 0.
Philadelphia—Athletic 1, Baltimore 5.
GRAVESEND RACES.
New York, September 16.—The Brook
lyn Jockey Club fall meeting began at the
Gravesend track today, with very dirty
weather and a muddy track.
First race—Five furlongs; Volunteer
won, Bobby Beacli second, Ballaret tiiird.
Time 1:024.
Second race—One mile and a sixteenth;
Diablo won, Sluggard second, Miss Bell
third. Time 1:52.
Third race—Six furlongs; Russell won,
Gascon second, Ilouier third. Time 1:174.
Fourth race—One mile and a quarter;
Eurus won, Eon second, Castaway third.
Time 2:13£.
Fifth race —Five furlongs; Kirkover
won, Ella second, Latonia third. Time
1:05.
Sixth race—Five furlongs; Victress,
filly, first, Benjamin second, John M. third.
Time 1:05.
Seventli race—Mile and a sixteenth.
Kempland first, Glenmound second, Hock-
sey third. No time taken.
another tariff conference.
Washington, September 16.—The con
ferees on the tariff bill had an informal
meeting tonight at the residence of Sena
tor Aldrich. No action was taken, the
evening being spent in a general discus
sion and interchange of views. In view
of the delay in selecting the conferees on
the part of the House, it is believed now
FOUNDERED IN THE BLACK SEA.
London, September 16.—The Austrian
SUN’S COTTON BEAIEW.
New York, September, 16.—Futures
war ship Touras, with a crew of sixty-nine : opened with an uncertain appearance and
men and four officers, has foundered in ' so remained throughout the day, closing
the Black Sea. at two points decline on September, un-
• changed on October and November, and
hkmphill renominated. partially one point advance on other
Columbia, S. C., September 16.—J. J. months, and barely steady. The feature
Hemphill was renominated at Rock Hill 1 of the market today was the decline in
today by the Democrats of the Fifth Con- ! spots and the weakness in September with
gressional district He was opposed by ' more strength in winter months, and in-
an Alliance candidate who withdrew. creased attention directed to more distant
SAVED FROM THE GALLOWS.
Richmond, Va., September 16.—The
Governor has cominuted the sentence of
Nannie Woods, colored, sentenced to be
hanged September 19, for burning tlie
town of Rocky Mount, Franklin county,
last October, to imprisonment for life.
THEY WILL AFFILIATE.
London, September 16.—The ship own
ers federation have promised delegates
representing seven thousand ship captains
and officers that they will affiliate with
their federation.
THE PRESIDENTS STEP OUT.
Constantinople, September 16.—The
presidents of the ecclesiastie.nl and secular
councils of the Armenian patriarchate have
resinned.
CHAUNCEY AT THE FAIR.
Syracuse, N. Y., September 16.—At
the New York State fair today Cliauncey
M. Depew spoke to as large an audience as
could get within hearing.
OPENING OF THE CONGRESS.
Paris, September 16.—The Interna
tional Commercial Congress was opened
here today.
CHOLERA NEWS.
Constantinople,September 16.--Chol
era lias made its appearance in Alephoo.
PIXE STRAW BAGGING.
exporters claim that it discolors
the cotton.
A petition has been sent in to the
board of directors of tlie Savannah cotton
exchange, calling their attention to tlie
fact that cotton baled in pine-straw bag-
g, when moistened or wet, has the ef
fect of discoloring the cotton, thereby
damaging the bale to a greater or less ex
tent when it comes in contact witli the
bagging, and that this is especially the
ease when the bale happens to be com
pressed. Tlie petitioners say that it is a
matter which should be looked into and a
thorough examination made of it, and
they ask the immediate action of the board
on it. Tlie petition was signed by pretty
much all of the exporters.
A committee was appointed by Presi
dent Overton to examine into tin* matter,
and report back ro him. Tlie committee
saturated some pine-straw bagging witli
pure artesian water, and wrapped the bag
ging around some cotton, placing it in a
letter-press over night, and the cotton in
immediate contact with tiie bagging was
found to be very much discolored. They
then examined compressed cotton covered
with pine-straw bragging, and in a bale
which was somewhat moist from the rain
it was found that the pressure of the
compress caused a liquid fluid to be
squeezed out of the bagging of a dark
brown color, which, of course, to some
extent discolored the cotton witli which it
came into immediate contact. After these
tests tlie committee made a report back to
tlie exchange yesterday in accordance with
tlie above tests, and whicii report is now
in President Overton’s hands for future
consideration and action on tlie matter.
It is thought that such discolorations
by the use of pine-straw bagging will dis
appear when the cotton becomes thor
oughly dry. It makes but little difference,
however, as an exporter remarked yester
day, as the bulk of pine straw covered
cotton has already been used and gone
forward, and there will be Jess of it from
now on.
A factor said that tlie exporters have
made more out of tlie matter than there
really is in it, hut that it was tlie eustorn
every season with exporters to bring up
something to kick about, and that pine-
straw bagging is no exception to tlie ru le.
Last season, lie says, there was considera
ble cotton shipped in pine straw bagging,
and there were no complaints made about
the cotton being stained, and it will be
time enough for the trade to meet such
complaints when they are made from the
other sids. The exporters, he said, had
been spoiled from the previous season’s
experience. At the beginning of tlie sea
son they kicked on cotton bagging, but
when they found a profit in recovering
with jute one could not supply them with
cotton covered bales enough, and they
made a regular contract with the com
presses to cover all their cotton covered
with cotton bagging with jute, thus ad
ding twelve pounds to tlie weight of the
bales, and were paid for tlie extra weight
at the price of raw cotton; besides they
got a rebate of 3 cents from the govern
ment on every bale exported in jute cover
ing, and that this is tlie real milk in the
eocoanut.—Savannah News.
FOURTH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN'S.
a convention to re held today in
WEST POINT.
Tlie Republican Congressional conven
tion for the Fourth district of Georgia
will be held at West Point today.
Very little interest is felt in the conven
tion, and it is not likely that many of the
counties in the district will be represented.
Two delegations from Muscogee county,
both claiming to be the “trooly loyal,’' will
seek seats in the convention. One delega
tion is headed by John T. Sheppard ami
W. S. Cantey, and represents the John-on
wing of tlie party. This delegation was
appointed at the meeting held at Odd Fel
lows' Hall last Saturday.
The second delegation is headed by Sim
Griffin and Dock Echols, who represent
the anti-Johnsonites and were selected at
the pow wow Monday night. The John
son wing claims that the meeting Monday
night was illegal and without the author
ity of the organized Republican party in
Muscogee county. In other words, it
was tiie “bolters” meeting.
The convention will l»e called upon to
decide which delegation is entitled to be
seated.
It is not known who will be selected by
the Republicans to lead the forlorn hope
in tlie district. Collector Johnson or
General Bethune will probably be chosen.
It is not thought that the nominee will
make any active fight against Mr. Moses,
the Democratic standard b*-arer.
R. W. Flake, of Effingham county, has
an heirloom in the shape of a pair of
silver spectacles which are nearly 125
years old. They were brought to Georgia
by his great-great-grandfather, from North
Carolina, before the revolutionary war,
and by him left to Mr. Flake's grand
father, who was murdered in Scriven
county by a man named Colson sixty-four
years ago. After the death of the grand
father the spectacles came into the posses
sion of Mr. Flake's father, Richard S.
Flake, who is now living in Screven coun
ty in his eighty-second year. They were
given to R. W. Flake by his father eleven
months f.go, and he says he would not
take $1,000 for them.