Newspaper Page Text
'
■
sy:IJIUI'IV IJPMJI'MUPJI**.-
mm
• " •••, '-ms,
nqmnt
vol. ran.
DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1890.
NO. 228.
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.,
Importers and Dealers in Dry Good and Millinery.
OCR STOCK ABOUT COMPLETE,
II
These early Fall ilays offer unusual inducements to buyers from the fact that the greatest as
sortment, of the year is here—most attractively displayed for convenient inspection. Later our
stores will be crowded from morn till night, and we respectively suggest that our patrons, so far as
practicable, avail themselves of these September days and serve their own interest and convenience
by slightly anticipating their wants.
New and Stylish Dress Goods.
We stand ready and prepared to meet your demands on us for anything pertaining to this de
partment, from the cheapest woolen fabrics to the most expensive imported novelties.
As you enter the door on our Dress Goods side, to the right, you wall see an assortment of double
width Wool Fianneis at 20c per yard, well worth 30 to 35c; also a beautiful line of high colored
Flannels in Plaids and Stripes, 38 inches wide, to run at 25o. These are splendid goods for school
and house dresses.
Next will be an exquisite assortment of colors in 40-inch Flannels at 40c. But the prettiest and
most attractive is our full line of Camel’s Hair Flannels in Plaids and Stripes, 40 inches wide, at
50c. They can’t be matched in the city.
Outing Flannels lor Blazers.
Our assortment of new styles of Outing Flannels embrace the very latest designs and most
beautiful combination of colors. They are simply superb.
Is Your New House Complete
and ready for the furnishing? if so, come ami we can supply your wants. A full line of carpets just
received, in all the new fall styles and colorings, and at prices to suit your purse. Bugs, the pret
tiest line ever displayed in Goluiubus.
Curtains! Curtains!
Something new and stylish, perhaps not to be seen elsewhere than at Kirven’s. Come and see
them. Silk curtains, in new designs and colors; pr ce fG to a window. Portieres at all prices
and all sizes, from C to 14 feet wide.
Great Bargains in Art Squares.
Three yards square beautif ul quality wool, only $7.50, 2'4x3 yards at §5, 3'/ 4 x3 yards $8, 3%x3
yards 89. Others will ask you #9, 812 and 814 for goods no butter. Ask to see our Smyrna Squares
at 825, 835 and 850.
Our Linen Department Attracts.
Why? Because there are undoubtedly more genuine bargains in this department to the square
inch than can be found in the same amount of space this side of New York City.
Talk is cheap, but it is nothing to compare to the cheapness of these
Rich, Bare a- <1 Reasonable Bargains.
We quote no prices, but ask your careful inspection of this department. We promise to save you
money on every dollar’s worth you buy.
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.
EMPORIUM OF FASHION.
SCHOOL WILL OPEN
y,
. Chancellor & Tearce will busy
themselves this week supplying the
boys will Suits, Shoes, Hals, odd
Pants, Necktie?, Elc.
Their Stock was never larger, with
prices more eatisfacto y. V School
Bag free to every boy j urehasing his
outfit.
MERCHANT
TAILORING.
The Lasiest Fall Fashion Plates
have arrived. Our line of Styles and
Domcsiic Suiting and T?ouserings are
unsurpas ed. Pi ires range from $35
to $75. Workmanship, Trim and
Fit not surpassed.
Your Orders Solicited Early.
Chancellor & Pearce.
TIIE TARIFF DEADLOCK.
THE REI’UHLK’AN CONFEREES STILL UN
ABLE TO AGREE.
Washington, September 22. — Al
though a meeting of the conference com
mittee on the tariff bill had been called for
this morning, when ihe hour of meeting
arrived the Democratic members were
notified that there would be no meeting.
The reason for the postponement was a
desire on the part of the Republican con
ferees to consult further among them- |
selves upon the points remaining in dis
pute. It appears that no progress has
been made since Saturday morning on the
disposition of the sugar, binding twine, !
bonded period and metal amendments, but ,
that these most important of the matters |
still open are in such a shape that if an |
agreement be reached upon one, it will j
probably also result in an agreement upon
the others. According to the Republican
members of the conference, it is impos
sible to say whether or not a complete
agreement can be reached and a re
port made to the House tomorrow, but
it is hinted that a report may be made
within the next two days that will cover
all points of difference that have been ad
justed, leaving the Senate and House to
express their wishes regarding the matters
still open.
It is intimated that the metal schedule
is the bone of contention. The report is
current this morning that the iron and j
steel men are not satisfied with the con- !
cession made by the Senate conferees and i
are demanding a restoration of the rates J
fixed by the House. They are threatening, I
it is said, if their demands are not granted, ■
to defeat the bill.
The Northwestern Senators, interested j
in free binding twine, are using their in- |
fluence with the conferees to prevent an
agreement to place the duty of 1 cent per
pound on that article. Some of the inter
views between the conferees and those
Senators have been quite animated.
BEGINING OF A SENSATIONAL TRIAL. •
Woodstock, Ont., September 22. —
The day of the opening of the Rerchell
trial broke bright and clear, and people
were early astir about the court bouse.
The final touches to the arrangements of
the court room were given by busy officials.
Among the preparations showing the
greatest enterprise was the telegraph ap
paratus of the great Northwestern Tele
graph Company inning into the court
room with connections to all parts of the
world, so that a message can be sent di
rect from the reporter’s table to any news
papers. One of the public housekeepers
in the place had a telephone just above
the Judge’s bench connected with twenty
instruments in his own place, so that peo
ple there might hear the evidence as it
progressed. A large number of newspaper
men are here from all over Canada, and
many from the LTnited States. The law
yers were early about, including a number
from the outside who are here to listen to
the case and take notes of it for their own
information.
The prisoner appeared in court dressed
in the extreme of fashion and looking not
at all embarrassed. He was arraigned,
pleaded not guilty, the jury was secured
without, difficulty, and the trial was for
mally begun.
DENNING CONFIRMED.
Washington, September 22. — The
Senate today confirmed the nomination of
J. T. Denning as postmaster of Augusta,
Crft.
PRIZE FIGHTERS ARRESTED.
London, Septe nher 22.—It is reported
that Slavin and McAuliffe, the principals
in a prize fight which was to have taken
place under the auspices of the Ormonde
club, have been arrested. McAuliffe was
arrested at his lodgings in this city. Slavin
will he arrested on his arrival from his
training quarters at Dover. They will be
arraigned in court this afternoon on the
charge of conspiring to commit a breach
of the peace.
Slavin has been arrested and placed in
custody with McAuliffe. Upon his arrival
at the railway station, Slavin entered a
cab and was immediately placed under ar
rest. lie was conveyed quietly to the
Lambeth police station, where both pris
oners were arraigned and bound over to
keep the peace, where both prize fighters
were arraigned and bound over in £2,000
each to appear before the court tomorrow.
TIIE SLAVE TRAFFIC RUMORS.
Berlin, September 22.—The Ham
burger Naclirichter, which is accepted as
Prince Bismarck’s organ, a few days ago
published an article criticizing the manner
in which the Government dealt with ru
mors concerning its attitude toward slavery
in East Africa.
The North German Gazette, the Govern
ment organ, replying to the article, says
that the Government declines to be dic
tated to by the Naclirichter, and justifies
the meeting of such canards at times by a
straight forward denial instead of by
diplomatic shuffling. The Gazette, in the
course of its article, makes an incidental
attack upon the persons who inspired the
criticism.
the treasury’s purchases.
Washington, September 22. — The
amount of silver offered for sale to the
Treasury today aggregated 1,035,000
ounces and the amount purchased 250,000
ounces at $1.1565. The total offers of 44
per cent bonds to the Treasury Saturday
for the entire country under the circular
of August 30 were $3,105,150, making a
total under the circular so far accounted
for of $18,009,950. That circular expired
Saturday, but some few offers that were
made then, or on previous days, are now
being received by mail by the department
and will be accepted. These offers today
up to noon aggregate $52,000. The pre
payment of interest on 4 per cent bonds
and currency 6s Saturday aggregated $203,-
257, making a total so far of $6,421,618.
HOT CAUCUS—A REPUBLICAN ON
LANGSTON—SOME GEOR
GIA PERSONALS.
THE BADGERED SPEAKER “uS^sS
REED-CANNOT WORK HIS GAME ^to eleven circuits, and the Yice-Presi-
WITHOUT A QUORUM. , de “ l ruIed f that that amendment took pre-
2 ! cedence of the one proposed by Dolpli,
HOW THE DEMOCRATS MANAGE-A RED ' fTOm ruling Doiph applied and
I Hale moved to lay the appeal on the table.
[ Later the motion was agreed to; yeas 28,
! nays 17. Ingalls’ amendment being thus
before the Senate he modified it, at the
X—, September S2.-[SpecWJ ‘ ST.
At 11:30 o’clock this morning fifty Demo- an d adding it to the ninth. The amend-
crats were in their seats on the floor of the ment, however, was rejected. Dolph’s
House, chatting and smoking or writing ■ amendment was also rejected
*i. • ... , i Vest offered his amendment for a divis-
etters to their constituents, and as Out-. of the Supreme Court into three parts.
hands of the big clock approached the ! jt was also rejected.
noon hour they began to vacate by one’s j Gorman moved t6 designate Baltimore
and two’s, so that when the Chaplain ap-! j nste ad of Richmond as the place for hold-
, . „ • ,. .. \ mg t]ie court in the Fourth circuit. Upon
peared to offer the morning supplication G * rman - S amendme nts no quorum voted,
Mr. O Ferrail, of Virginia, alone of the and accordingly it went over till tomorrow.
minority, remained to receive his blessing.
Even Grandfather nolman, who don’t be
lieve in filibustering, and Judge Crisp,
who managed the Democratic campaign so
ably on last Saturday, were miss
ing from their accustomed seats.
When the Speaker rapped his gavel
he wore a decidedly worried look,
but immediately ordered a roll call on the
pending question, which was the approval
of last Friday’s journal. This roll call
After a short executive session the Senate
adjourned.
THE CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
REVIEW OF THE SPECULATION IN THE
GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKETS.
Chicago, September 22.—Wheat—The
volume of speculative trading .was fair and
chiefly local. The local, crowd was largely
short, and they were anxious to cover, the
, . . i situation being just tf> their liking. A
was begun and spun out to a great length 1 prominent local trader bought rather
by direction of the chair, but with the j freely. The opening was weaker and
ns ™ result -no quorum. Pending the prices about Je to fe lower, later advanced
call, Napoleon McKinley, Admiral Boutelle,
Judge Perkins, Col. Payson and Prof.
Lodge held a whispered but animated con
ference at the Speaker’s desk, which re
sulted in a decision to adjourn as soon as
the call was ended for the purpose of hold
ing a caucus. These dilatory proceedings
will have the effect of lengthning the
session. It is thought that the Republi
cans will not abandon their determination
to oust Venable and seat Langston, and
the Democrats are equally as determined
lie to lie, eased" off- again, and closed
fc to lc higher than Saturday. The early
weakness was due. to the unfavorable
tenor of European advices. The firmness
later in the session, which developed soon
after the opening, was attributed princi
pally to the decrease itx the visible supply.
Corn was only moderately active, the
market at times ruling rather quiet. The
feeling prevailing was, on the whole, some
what firmer, though at the opening an
easier tone was manifested. The first
to make Reed bring a quorum of his party j trades were at a }c decline, after which
here to put the negro in. By remaining j prices advanced with some reaction lc,
in their seats they will be counted to make ' so )d off 5-8c, and closed with }c loss,
a quorum and so become accessories to an Oats were active, stronger and higher,
outrageous and unlawful act. To vacate ! opened } to £c advance, advanced 7-8c,
is tl e only procedure left them under
Reed’s rules.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN.
There is a good deal of complaint at
Flower’s management of the Congres
sional campaign committee. He seems to
be taking the chances and resting his
and receded }c, became firm and advanced
}c and receded } to 7-8c. Near deliveries
were stronger especially September, which
advanced l}c, and the market closed easy
at 5-8 to 7-8c below outside figures.
Mess pork—Quite a good trade was re
ported. The opening sales were made at
faith on the solid South and the Ohio ger- j 22}c decline, and was quickly followed by
ryinander. It is whispered that Mr. Gor- ! a further reduction of 5c. At this decline
man advises as the best course for the i prices rallied 20 to 25c, and closed rather
Democrats to let the Republicans have the ! steady at about medium figures,
next House so that they will he forced to | Lard—A fair business was reported,
go into the Presidential campaign saddled Early sales were made 2} to 5c decline,
with the responsibility of legislation for Later, prices rallied 2} to 5c. At the close
the four preceding years.
A RED HOT CAUCUS.
The Republican caucus this evening was
red hot. Kerr, of Iowa, offered a resolu
tion to arrest the Democrats, hut of course
this did not carry. A motion to pledge
every Republican to remain until Langston
W’as seated also failed, after which some
had feeling was exhibited, and the meet
ing finally adjourned without reaching an
agreement. Mason, of Chicago, in a
heated speech, swore that enough time
had been wasted on a d—n coon who was
not elected anyhow.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Misses Emma R. Baily and Nettie B.
Brown, of Georgia, and Misses Agnes
Bartlett and Mary L. Johnson, of Ala
bama, were appointed today to clerical
positions in the pension office.
The .Southern Republicans held a cau
cus tonight ami agreed to go before the con
ferees on the tariff bill, and urge a reduc-
-tiwn of the Lax on tobacco.
The Nurwood-Gordon correspondence,
the advance was not supported.
Short rib sides—The trading was fairly
active. The opening sales were made at
5c decline, quickly followed by a further
reduction of 5c, later rallied 5 to 7}c, and
closed comparatively steady at medium
figures.
THE WORLD’S FAIR.
THE LONG DISPUTED QUESTION SETTLED
AND A SATISFACTORY SITE SELECTED.
Chicago, September 22.—The commit
tee from the local World’s Fair Directory
waited on the South Park Commissioners
this morning and laid before them the re
quest of the National Commission, that
Washington park be included in the site
for the fair. After some discussion, the
Soutli Park Commissioners decided to ac
cede to the request of the National Com
mission. So the vexed question of a sat
isfactory site is at last settled.
At this afternoon’s session of the
national committee the amended site
proposition was presented and unani-
is variously regarded here, and opinions ! inously accepted. The site thus provided
are about equally divided as to the merits for includes Washington and Jackson
of the issue.
Messrs. T. S. Fontain and George IL
Fontaine of Columbus, Steve Ryan of At
lanta, ami Judge Baily Thomas, of Tal
lulah, are here today. - E. P. S.
IN THE HOUSE.
parks, midway and Plaisance connecting
them, ami the Lake Front, in all about
1,000 acres.
FIGURING ON A QUORUM.
Washington, September 22.—About
Washington, September 22.—O’Ferrail t . he onl Y conclusion reached by the Itepub-
of Virginia, and Smith, of Arizona, were hcan representatives in the^caucus^ this
the only Democrats in the hall when the “ * “ ’* "
House was called to order this morning.
At the conclusion of the prayer the
Clerk, under the direction of the Speaker,
afternoon w’as to go on with the Langston
Venable election case at all hazards.
There was a long discussion and some
members who have been lukewarm in
proceeded to call the roll on the approval j ^heir support of the elections committee,
of Friday’s journal. The vote resulted I ani others who are extremely anxious to
yeas 153, nays 0. No quorum, and a call j get away to attend to private business or
of the House was ordered. One hundred j P°h|ieal matters, sought to escape the ne-
and fifty-nine members responed to their cessitv for remaining in the city. There
names, and still no quorum,
The Republican absentees were Brosius,
Sansb rough, McCormick, T. M. Brown of
Indiana,Butterworth, Connell, Ewart, Fin
ley, Milliken, Peters, Kweney and Wilson
of New York.
McKinley moved an adjournment, hut
there were a number of Republican mem
bers who were in favor of remaining in
session, it being understood that Brosius,
were also several members who were in
duced to remain over Sunday by the prom
ise that the elections case should
he disposed of today, and
they expressed a good deal of disappoint
ment at the failure of a quorum to mate
rialize today. But a large majority of the
members present took the ground that it
would be had polities to retreat, and they
succeeded in getting the caucus to arrive
McCormick, Butterworth and Sweeney i ^ ie determination above noted. There
will return this afternoon, and who de
manded and secured the yeas and nays.
was some lively denunciation of members
who, by their absence it was alleged, re-
Tlie motion was carried—yeas 85, nays 70, j tarc * s die public business and postponed
AN ELECTION RIOT IN INDIA.
London, September 22.—Late advices
from Goa, India, state that eighteen per
sons were killed and fifty wounded in the
election riot at that place by Portuguese
troops who fired upon a crowd of Republi
cans. The Portuguese residents of Bombay
have resolved to appeal to England to an
nex Goa unless the Portuguese Govern
ment redresses the grievances of its sub
jects there.
struck for higher wages.
Glasgow, September 22.—The Scotch
furnace men have struck for higer wages,
the furnaces being blown out. The iron
market here is excited in consequence of
the strike.
A SWISS VILLAGE ON FIRE.
Berne, September 22.—The village^ of
Ruthi, in the canton of St. Gall, is on fire.
Three hundred houses are already de-
I stroyed. Loss of life is reported. All the
| people whose houses have been burned are
in a destitute condition.
and a Republican caucus was announced
to he held immediately.
in the senate.
Washington, September 22.—The
joint resolution proposing an amendment
to the constitution in relation to the man
ufacture, importation, exporLation, trans
portation and sale of alcoholic liquors hav
ing been reached on the calendar, Mr.
Blair, who had reported it from the com
mittee on education and labor, called for
a vote upon it.
Cockrell asked that the report be read.
While the report was being read Stewart
suggested that the reading would occupy
too much time, but Blair thought that the
Senate might well devote a short time to a
subject that was not to be trifled with.
The reading of the report having occupied
what was left of the hour assigned to the
calendar, no vote was taken on the joint
resolution.
The Senate then resumed the considera
tion of the bill to define and regulate the
jurisdiction of the courts of the United
States, the pending question being on
Daniel’s amendment offered last Saturday
extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court to all cases of conviction of felony,
and all cases where the matter in dispute
is a right to personal liberty or a right to
the custody of a child. •
After argument by Evarts against the
amendment, Vest offered a substitute for
the bill. It proposes that there shall he
three divisions of the Supreme Court, to
be composed of three Justices each, that
the Chief Justice shall make assignments
to these divisions; that all final decision in
either of these divisions to be considered
by court in banc, and shall require the
concurrence of five Justices, and that the
Chief Justice shall apportion the business
to these divisions.
Mr. Vest said that his object in offering
the amendment was to formulate and put
on record the opinion of the minority of
the judiciary committee on the question,
rather than with a view of obtaining the
legislation expressed in the amendment.
The vaeant seats in the Senate evidenced,
he said, how little interest was felt gener
ally in the question, although it was one
of the most important questions to the
people that could be contemplated by any
lawyer or citizen.
After a discussion between Vest and
Evarts Daniel’s amendment was rejected.
Vest did not insist on a vote being taken
on his amendment, and the bill was then
reported from the committee of the whole
to the Senate.
Dolph offered an amendment providing
for a tenth judicial circuit and the appoint
ment of two judges for it.
Ingalls offered an amendment, of which
an early adjournment, and there
was some talk of fining them heavily if
they failed to appear. But nothing of this
kind was agreed upon, and the caucus,
after going over the list of absentees, and
receiving statements from State delega
tions, satisfied itself that a quorum could
be obtained by moral suasion, and did not
adopt more vigorous measures than could
he contained iu appealing telegrams to the
absentees.
APALACHICOLA NOTES.
Apalachicola, September 22.—[Spe
cial.]—The city is once more assuming an
appearance of activity, and the change is
quite a relief from the long, dull days of
summer.
Building has been very active since the
fire, and several very handsome stores
have been erected. Messrs. Brash <fe Son
now have in course of construction four
two-story-and-attic buildings, to be com
pleted shortly.
The Democratic primary will be held
this evening, and, with the exception of
one office (Tax Collector), there will be no
contests. The ticket will probably be as
follows: Representative, W. C. Hicks; As
sessor, I. A. Floyd; Collector, G. \V. Ilin-
sey; and Treasurer, Joseph Messina.
R. H. Porter is also a candidate for Tax
Collector against Hinsey, who is the pres
ent incumbent.
Mr. O. W. Wakefield, of Columbus, for
merly of this place, was in the city last
week on a visit to his relatives. Mr.
Wakefield expressed himself as being
much pleased with his new home.
The Messrs. Kennedy, of Bradford, Pa.,
are in the city.
KILLED BY A WILD ENGINE.
Nashville, Tenn., September 22.—
Yesterday morning James and John Glad-
son, father and son, were killed by a wild
engine on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia road near Ooltewah. They
were riding in a wagon drawn by a blind
horse. The animal had just cleared the
track when the wagon was struck. The
old man was thrown thirty feet, the boy
about sixteen yards, and went fifty feet
before he struck the earth dead, his skull
being smashed. The engineer had pulled
a train of Mormons into Chattanooga and
was going back right ahead of the regular
train.
a broken bank.
Chicago, September 22.—The Oakland
Bank, situated at the corner of Cottage
Grove avenue and Oakwood boulevard,
suspended payment this morning, an as
signment having been made to William L.
Moss. The liabilities are stated to be
$60,000; the nominal assets, $75,000.
BURIAL OF B0UC1CAULT.
THE LAST SAD HONORS PAID THE
GREAT PLAYWRIGHT.
BURIED FROM THE LITTLE CHURCH
AROUND THE CORNER — A GREAT
GATHERING OF THE PROFESSION.
DISTINGUISHED ACTORS, EMI
NENT JURISTS AND NOTED
JOURNALISTS W ERE
PALL BEARERS.
New York, September 22.—Dion Bou-
eicault was buried today from the Church
of the Transfiguration, the “Little Church
Around the Comer.” Almost all the
actors and actresses in the city attended.
Rev. Dr. Houston and his assistant,
Father Prescott, conducted the services,
which were the simple rites of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. There was
no discourse. The pall-bearers were Man
agers A. M. Palmer, Daniel Frohman, T.
Henry French, E. C. Stanton, Henry E.
Abbey and Frank M. Sanger; Actors
W. J. Florence, Harry Edwards, Henry
Miller, Sol Smith Russell, W. H. Crane
and E. H. Southern; press, Joe Howard,
John Russell Young, A. C. Wheeler and
H. J. Fiske; Players’ Club, Judge Daly
and Brand Matthews; also, Chief Justice
McAdam, ex-Judge Noah Davis, ex-Judge
Dittenhooffer, Frank Work and Clark
Bell. The remains were placed in a vault
in Woodlawn.
TIIE TARIFF COMPROMISES.
THE WARRING REPUBLICANS ABOUT TO
REACH AN AGREEMENT.
Washington, September 22.—At a late
hour tonight it was the confident expecta
tion of the Republican conferees on the
tariff bill that on Wednesday, or Thurs
day at the latest, would be witnessed the
opening debate on the adoption of the con
ference report and the final passage of the
bill by the House. The Republican con
ferees held a meeting tonight, lasting three
hours, and while the three disputed ques
tions of most importance,viz,the sugar,bind
ers twine and steel duties were not settled,
the Senate and House wings flapped near
enough together to warrant the conferees
in saying that they had no doubt but that
both wings would be found working in
unison some time tomorrow. Just on what
basis this result would be brought about
they refused to state, saying that the con
clusions had not yet been arrived at. A
meeting of the full conference committee
will be called for some time tomorrow to
pass formally upon the work done in
private by the majority members. This
meeting it is not expected will occur
at noon, but it will be called as soon as
the Republicans in their meeting tomorrow
accomplishes the agreement they confi
dentially assert will be reached at tomor
row’s informal session. The bonding pe
riod about which there has been so much
talk has been definitely settled, February
1st being the date agreed upon. There is,
it is thought, good reason to predict that
the free sugar standard will be placed at
13 and not at 16 as proposed by the House;
that a compromise generally favorable to
the House rates will be the outcome of
the dispute over various items in the metal
schedule, and that binders’ twine will also
be the subject of compromise.
The Southern Republican Congressmen
held a meeting tonight and adopted reso
lutions declaring that it was very essential
to the interests of their constituents that
the tax on tobacco should be left as fixed
by the House. Some of them were quite
emphatic in expressing their determina
tion to carry their point on this matter.
A TRIO OF CRIMINALS.
A COUNTERFEITER, A SWINDLER AND A
THIEF.
Birmingham,September 22. —[Special.]
—Ben Lee, a negro who acted in a suspi
cious manner at the depot today, was ar
rested by Officer Johnson, and when
searched his valise was found to contain
sixty new counterfeit half dollars, and had
besides some valuable jewelry. The negro
couldn’t give an account of how he got
the things, and was locked up to await an
investigation. Lee is from New Orleans.
The money is a splendid counterfeit.
A WHOLESALE SWINDLER.
C. E. Willburn, recently arrested for de
frauding by wholesale, appeared before
Commissioner Hunter today, and was
hound over in $500 bond on the charge of
using the mail for fraudulent purposes.
A NOTED THIEF CAPTURED.
Sheriff King, of Tuskaloosa county, and
Officer Byer captured a noted house thief
named Kris, in Walker county, today.
They disguised as prospectors and pre
tended to hire Kris to move some tents for
them. Then they dropped on him. lie is
wanted on several charges. He is now in
jail here.
GRAVESEND RACES.
New York, September 22.—First race
Six furlongs; Bobby Beach won, Tip-
staff second, Mabel Glenn third. Time
1:15.
Second race—One mile and a furlong;
Banquet won, Buddhist second, Eurus
third. Time 1:55.
Third race—Five furlongs; Benjamin
won, Tom Donohue second, Ilillyer third.
Time 1:04 J.
Fourth race—One mile; Elkton won,
Master Lade second, Lady Jane (eolt)
third. Time 1:44}.
Fifth race—Six furlongs.; Bradford won,
Newburg second, Gracie M third. Time
1:15}.
Sixth race—Six furlongs; Madstone won,
Meriden second, A1 Farrow third. Time
1:15.
Seventh race—One mile and a furlong;
Eon won, Come-to-Taw second, Philosophy
third. Time 1:16.
Eighth race—Six furlongs; Ben Harri
son won, Ruth second, Susie S tliirJ.
Time 1:15}.
DYNAMITE AS A PROHIBITION AGENT.
Chicago, September 22.—A dispatch
from Kokomo, Ind., says that the temper
ance people of Greentown, a place of 1,500
inhabitants, have finally driven the last
saloon from their midst. They have kept
up a continual fight for two years. Three
weeks ago the only saloon remaining in
the town was destroyed by dynamite
The owner soon resumed business, and
was immediately arrested on twelve affida
vits, and the court costs were piled up
against him until Saturday, when he sur
rendered his premises to the Sheriff, who
closed the saloon.
base ball.
Cleveland (Brotherhood)—Cleveland 8,
Brooklyn 1.
Cleveland (League)—Cleveland 5, Bos
ton 4.
Toledo—Toledo 4, Syracuse 3.
Wheeling, W. Va. (League) — Game
transferred here; Allegheny 3, New York
8.
Chicago (League)—Chicago 14, Brook
lyn 1.
St. Louis—St. Louis 1, Rochester 4.
Chicago (Brotherhood)—Chicago 2, Bos
ton 10.
Cincinnati (League)—Cincinnati 5, Phil
adelphia 7.
Buffalo (Brotherhood)—Buffalo 9, Phil
adelphia 16.
Pittsburg (Brotherhood) — Pittsburg 3,
New York 6.
SUN’S COTTON REVIEW.
New York, September 22.—Futures
opened unchanged on near aud one to
three points advance on distant months,
closing steady at four points decline on
September, one point decline on October,
and one to two points advance on other
months. The market today was a strug
gling one. It again played at cross pur
poses with Liverpool. That market was
firm for early and weak for later deliv
eries. Ours was at the close just the re
verse. The early improvement was
due to bad picking weather at the
South. Nearly every town reported
rains, and many of them heavy
rains. But although it was said repeatedly
“cotton is cheap,” buyers were backward
in coming forward, and in the final deal
ings September and October showed some
depression, and the market was generally
unsettled. The decline in silver was an
element of weakness.
'Spot cotton was more active, but prices
were barely steady.
JEALOUSY, MURIIER AND SUICIDE.
STARTLING CRIME IN PARIS, THE DETAILS
OF WHICH HAVE JUST BEEN
DISCOVERED.
Paris, September 22.—A startling crime
has just been brought to light, and a
heretofore inexplicable disappearance has
been explained. Two months ago there
was not a livelier nor prettier nor more
popular grisette in the Quartier Latin than
Julie Divolet, and she was the favorite of
all the students, as well as the most ardent
and exhilerating dancer at the diurnal
balls of the Bullier.
She sometimes diversified her pastime
as a danseuse with the more lucrative and
equally risque character of a model.
She fell in love with a man named Henri
Ducazes, and, not content with the confi
dence the girl gave him, he became vio
lently jealous of her and indulged in re
peated quarrels, attributed to mythical
students.
This sort of life was led by the couple
for many months; their quarrels became a
by-word with their acquaintances, and
they had the felicity of knowing that they
were blamed and pitied, according as the
critic leaned toward the one or the other.
Some weeks ago Julie spent a joyous
evening with a party of lively acquaint
ances at an open air-cafe near the Jardins
de Luxembourg. The next day she was
seen by a few who knew her shortly after
her breakfast hour. After that time she
was missing, and no trace was discovered
of her whereabouts.
Henri, too, disappeared, and three days
later the body of Henri was found floating
in the Seine, face downward and fully
clothed.
Then the first chapter of the story was
made public, and it was told by an ac
quaintance of Henri’s, who said that in
the evening of the day when their absence
was first noticed he was dining at one of
the Baulevard cafes when Henri entered,
and recognizing him, took a seat at the
same table. They conversed for a time on
indifferent topids, when suddenly the ac
quaintance noticed bloodstains on Henri’s
clothes and said :
“Why, your court is splashed with blood!
Where did you get it?”
To which, after glancing in a startled
way at the stains, Henri arose from the
table and rushed out of doors, hailed a
cab, jumped into it and drove to the Place
de la Concorde, where he alighted ami
turned toward the bridge leading over to
the Chamber of Deputies.
When about midway on the bridge he
sprang upon the parapet and an instant
later into the river. Two days later tin 1
body of the suicide was caught by a party
of excursionists and towed ashore. Then
it was identified and buried.
But what had become of Julie was the
question that puzzled Paris, for the find
ing of Henri’s body had given the matter
public importance, and it was discovered
and criticised in every cafe and in every
corner. But then it was soon forgotten
and Julie did not return, so gossip dropped
the story and the incident passed out of
mind.
Now, however, the interest is revived,
and it is just as strong as ever. Yester
day among the bushes and leaves of a re
tired spot in the Bois tie Verrieres, on the
S' uitli side of the city, was found the body
of Julie, where it hail been all this time,
clothed as she was when last seen alive,
but with a long, slender knife driven
through her heart and left in the fright
ful wound.
The body had been concealed by the
shrubbery, and was almost unrecognizable
by the long exposure. Now it appears,
after the detectives have told what they
know, that Ducazes, in giving way to his
jealousy, watched Julie carefully, and
found that she had another attachment.
When he learned this he persuaded her to
go with him for a stroll in the Bois, and
there murdered her.
HARRISON NOTIFIED OF PROBABLE EARLY
ADJOURNMENT.
Ciiesson, Pa., September 22—The Pres
ident received telegrams from Senator
Aldrich and Representative McKinley this
afternoon stating their belief that Con
gress will dispose of the tariff hill during
the present week and adjourn the first of
October, or soon after. These telegrams
were in response to a request from the
President for information on the subject.
His intention is to return to Washington
on the 24th instant, in strict accordance
witli the plan arranged soon after his ar
rival here on the 5th instant.
TIIE LOUISVILLE RACES.
Louisville, September 22.—First race
—Six furlongs; Ora won, Frettiwit second,
Fannie S third. Time 1:17.
Second race—One mile; Philora won,
Palestine second, Onlight third. Time
1:46}.
Third race—One mile and seventy yards;
Pickup won, Joe Walton second, Nina
Archer third. Time 1:4S}.
Fourth race—One mile ami one hundred
yards. A dead heat between Bob Forsyth
and Fantalette. It was run off with For
syth winner; Ilertly third. Time 1:50}.
Fifth race—One mile anil a sixteenth;
Blarney Stone, Jr., won, Ed Hopper sec
ond, Fannie third. Time 1:50}.
THE FARMER AND THE BUNCO MAN AGAIN.
Wheeling, W. Va., September 22.—
William Burris, aged seventy,a wealty and
leading farmer of Jefferson county
Ohio, was buncoed out of over $5,000 yes
terday by two members of the gang
of confidence men who have been
operating so extensively during a year past
in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia anil
Western Pennsylvania, during which time
they have obtained over $200,000. They
worked the familiar racket of wanting to
buy a farm. They agreed witli Mr.
Burris to pay him $5,200 for his
farm, and produced the cash, but
made a condition that Burris should show
a like amount, the combined sums to be
placed in a tin box and kept by Burris
until today. The latter agreed to this,
and, getting the money from hank, the
$10,400 was put in a box and given to
Burri3. When the latter opened the box
today, however, it contained only some
scraps of newspapers.
ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN STRIKE.
Chicago, September 22.—The en
gineers and firemen employed by the new
switching association at the stock yards
quit work this afternoon. They claim that
two of the men are scabs and they cannot
work with them. Fifteen engines are idle
and all the work of switching, etc., is at a i
standstill.
THE CROPS IN IOWA.
Des Moines, Iowa, September 22.—
This week's bulletin of the Iowa weather
crop service estimates the total damage to |
corn by frost not to exceed 5 per cent, and
that the State is assured of at least 75 per •
cent of an average crop of sound, mer- !
chantable com. All correspondents re- '
port a very light yield of potatoes, ranging
from 30 to 50 per cent of a full crop.
COLUMBUS TO AMERICAS
a Fitting trip AND the experi
ences NOTED.
DASHING over the RAILS ON A PAY
train money and rations,
scenes and incidents.
a , £? urteo, w invitation from
Superintendent D. D. Curran, of the Sa-
traTrailroa 1" division of the Cen -
QU R^I Srv'v , r T eSent;UiV0 0f tl,e ES -
m 5 terJay ,,,;uIe a flying trip
train Ji™ tT* ^ Iw - alul inspection
tram, and on the pleasant and rapid jour-
ney noted many matters of interest. J
for the° i*m \ at tlle li0ur announced
for the departure of the train the news-
found r t rea ° h0j tUe Union dopot'and
enr n - niade “P- w ith Superin-
the'rear S Spocial car a «acbed to
the rear, and from the open doorwav ap
peared that genial gentlmu whoVeh
corned him aboard. ’ ° " el
ca/°1 th<? rear portion of the
Birfq l a business appearance, and
it was evident at a glance that good work
was mapped out for the trip. Accompam*
mg Superintendent Curran were Road-
master Edward Ford and Master of Trans
portation J. h. Johnson, whose efficiency
m then- respective important positions is
r 10Wn ’ l , he ^f-TBKR-SuN’s repre
sentative making the quartette. The
commissary cars, in charge of Clerk Yn-
drews ain 1 assistant, loaded with rations,
and the tender and smart little locomotive
completed the train, which was under the
management of Conductor Chipley
• Th ®.arrangements provided for the pay
ing ott of the hands and the distribution
of rations on the outgoing trip, and the
first stop was made at Muscogee junction,
where a gang of section hands was found
in waiting, cheerful in the anticipation of
soon fingering their well-earned wages.
The plan of paying off is so systematized
that but few minutes are occupied in en
riching a large number of hands, and the
rations are distributed with equal expedi
tion, everything being put up in packages,
weighed and measured. In five mimites
the iron horse gave a snort, and over the
rails the train sped to the next station,
leaving Muscogee richer by a healthy vol
ume of currency and the coin of the
realm.
BUENA VISTA.
At Buena Vista a stop was made, after
the men bail been paid off, as .Superintend
ent Curran had some other business at this
point. Here I had the pleasure of meet
ing Judge Lowe and the wliolesouled
genial Ordinary of the county, Judge Dun
ham. Buena \ ista is on the move, aud
Judge Lowe, in connection with a number
of the enterprising citizens of the town,
is arranging to establish a mammoth brick
yard a mile or so from the corporate limits,
along the railroad track, for the manufac
ture of brick, and they expect to have a
capacity of a million brick a week.
\\ hile waiting for tiie otiieials to trans
act this business I strolled along the plat
form and noted with some interest the
railroad hands gathered in front of the
commissary car, from whence sweet strains
of music proceeded, the accompaniment
being a piccolo and a guitar handled skill
fully, and the tune the somewhat familiar
Annie Rooney. It was a pleasing episode
and seemed to he enjoyed.
OFF AUXIN.
In course of half an hour the signal was
again given and we were off again for the
nextstation. At Ellaville Major Baldwin,
a prominent citizen of Schley, and an ex
tensive cotton shipper, was encoun
tered and was invited to join
the. party on tiie trip to Amer
icas, and was a welcome addition.
Major Baldwin has now eighty-five bales
of cotton at the depot ready for shipment
to Columbus, but there is great difficuly
in getting hands to load it, and I hear that
labor is exceedingly scarce, and the far
mers are retarded in their work for this
cause. On both sides of the road, which
here passes through a rich part of the
county, tiie fields are littcrally white with
cotton, and there is no little anxiety felt
for its preservation. It should he picked
at once, but it seems impossible to get
pickers, although farmers are offering 60
cents a hundred. The negroes flock to
the towns, anil the farmers are help
less. As Major Baldwin remarked
to your representative, if a heavy
rain with high wind should
set in now the damage to the cotton crop
this section would run up high in the
thousands of dollars. As it is, there is a
splendid crop, hut it is in the field, and it
would appear that instead of resolving to
hold their cotton the wisest action on the
part of the planters would he to get it
picked, ginned and housed. It looks now
like the cotton is holding itself in tin-
bursting bolls, anil is exposed to serious
loss in event of a rain as above remarked.
The lands all through this section look
fertile and have greatly increased in value
during the past few years. Maj. Baldwin
pointed out to tiie scribe a fine plantation
of five hundred acres which lie sold four
years ago at $8 an acre which is now esti
mated at not less than $20 an acre, anil
this is only one of many instances that
might he cited.
In all the towns and cities there are
hundreds of negroes leading a shiftless life
who could find steady and profitable em
ployment on these farms, and at this par
ticular time they could do specially well.
There are numerous plantations blossom-
ini'' witli cotton so fully matured that tiie
fields at a distance look as though they
were covered wiili snow, anil there was
not a picker to he seen. This is lamenta
ble, anil it is unfortunate indeed that some
improvement in the labor system cannot
he effected. Why the negroes, young and
old will persist iu loitering about the
towns and cities eking out a precarious
existence, when tle-y can go to the farms
and earn 'good wages, is one of t-lioge mys
teries which, as Lord Dundreary was wont
to remark, no one can find out. I here are
hundreds in and around Columbus who
would he far better off if they would go to
the country.
The farmers say they could not possibly
have better weather for picking than at
present, and prices offered now are higher
than ever paid before. Let the colored
folks make a note of this fact.
AMERICUS.
This thriving, bustling and pretty little
“metropolis” was reached ah nit one
o'clock, and here the railroad officials were
joined by General Superintendent of Trans
portation W. W. Starr and Superintendent
of the Southwestern Railroad J. C. Mc
Kenzie, who have been in the town several
days on important railroad business, their
special cars being sidetracked. Finding
that there would be a stoppage here of an
hour or so, the Enquikf.r-Sun represent
ative determined to utilize it by taking in
the town, and it is a town worth visiting.
The people are live, active, wide-awake and
enterprising; thoroughly imbued with a
spirit of development, that will brook no ob
stacle. There is building iu pro
gress throughout the city, and
many liandsome new dwellings
and stores recently completed. Tiie
completion of the supe b electric car
system is doing much towards developing
the suburbs, and in a few years it may
safely be predicted that the vacant lands
will be dotted with innumerable neat and
cosy cottages. The walls of the spacious
new $100,000 hotel are going up rapidly,
and though the Allen House is an excel
lent hostlery, there is no doubt that a tre
mendous impetus will be given the growth
of Amerieus when this new hotel is ready
for occupancy. A well managed
modern hotel, with all the conve
niences, is one of the very best
investments a town can make, and this
Ainericus will shortly have. Rapid transit
is also an essential to progress, and this
Amerieus now possesses, and the round
trip over one of the lines which the Co
lumbus party enjoyed was decidedly pleas
ant and interesting.
The newspapers—the Recorder and the
Times—are doing noble work for the
pretty town, and it is gratifying
10 learn that their efforts are ap
preciated and they are prospering. Your
correspondent regretted to find Major
Glessner, of the Recorder, absent. He is
out in Ohio for the purpose of piloting to
Georgia a large party from the Buckeye
State. The honors, however, were very
gracefully done by Messrs. Story and Sum-
field. At the Times office Editor Albert
Winters and his talented young assistant,
Graham Forrester, were found. They have
reason to bo proud of the Times, which is
one of the handsomest papers printed in
the South, and undoubtedly has
no equal in any town of its size
in the State. Its Sunday edition
was an admirable paper and a credit to the
profession. Editor Winters threatens to
come to Columbus shortly and write up
the Chattahoochee Valley Exposition in
great shape, and he will he cordially wel
comed and given the freedom of the city.
He is an enthusiast (on the [future of
Amerieus, and his ambition is to see her
rival Columbus. He will he given a help
ing hand in his laudable work, Columbus
is magnanimous, and fears no rivals in
Georgia, as her present wonderful| devel
opment is an augury of her
great future, though she does rejoice and
is exceeding glad to hear of the progress
of her neighbors, and in the prosperity
and growth of none will she find more
pleasure than in her pretty little sister
Amerieus. So let the boom grow and ex
pand.
Mr. Hall, lately of the Rome Tribune, is
doing the local work of the Recorder, and
is doing it well; while Editor Story holds
the helm, and is well supported by Mr.
Stanfield in the business office.
The business of Amerieus has increased
largely in the last few years, and practical
evidence of its present extent is given in
the crowded condition of its freight depot
and its heavy railroad business.
HOMEWARD RUN.
After a very pleasant hour or so in this
lively little town, friends were hade good
bye, the “special” was boarded, and as the
“paying off business’’ had been completed
on the up trip, the track was free for the
home run, which was made with one
stoppage and In remarkably good
time, tiie depot being safely reached about
5:30, the distance, sixty-four miles, hav
ing been covered in little over two hours.
The road is in excellent condition, and
evidences the care and attention of the
vigilant and efficient management of Su
perintendent Curran and his zealous lieu
tenants. B. II. R.
THE victim of a railroad accident.
Chicago, 111., September 22.—Oito
Schloff, a hoy, one of the injured in last
night’s accident on the Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy railroad, died this morn
ing. The coroner will make a rigid in
vestigation into the circumstances attend
ing the accident.
Miss Annie Post died at noon, making
the seventli victim.
COMING BACK TO GEORGIA.
NATIVE-BORN GEORGIANS IN THE WEST
ERN STATES TO RETURN.
Numerous letters are being received at
Exposition headquarters from native-born
Georgians now living in the Western
States, making inquiries about round trip
rates to the Exposition, which opens in
Columbus November 5 and closes Novem
ber 15.
Thousands of native horn Georgians
and Alabamians reside in Texas anil the
Western States, hundreds of whom have
never visited their old homes since their
departure. The low rates to Columbus
from all points during the Exposition will
bring hundreds of people from the West
to Georgia and Alabama anil it is safe to
say that many of these will find time to
see a part of the great Chattahoochee
Valley Exposition, where they will find
their old friends from all sections.
This afternoon the usual weekly meet
ing of the Exposition directors will he
held. Vice-President Hunt said yesterday
that the meeting would be an important
one, and expressed the hope that every
member of the board might he present.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.-U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1689.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure, made
from the most wholesome materials, and produces finer
flavored, sweeter, lighter, more wholesome and delicious
bread, biscuit, cake, pastry, etc., than any other baking
powder or leavening agent.
Food raised by it will keep sweet, moist, fresh and
palatable longer than when raised by yeast or other
baking powders.
Being of greater strength than any other baking
powder, it is also the most economical in use.
These great qualities warrant you, if you are not
using the Royal Baking Powder, in making a trial of it.