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DAILY ENQUIRER -SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1890.
NO. 259.
Mixed, But Harmonious.
DRESS GOODS.
36-inch wool Tricot* 25 cent*.
3G-inch plaid wool Suiting 40 cent*.
Best of Engla- d Plaids, all wool, 60 cent*.
All th) desirable Plaids, snch a* Tartan,
Typoleau, Caladonian, etc., in all-wool fa
brics. from 40 cents to 92.
DRESS TalUMINGS.
We have, by far, the greatest variety and
the largest stock of Dress Trimmings in be
found in the city.
LARGER THAN EVER.
Our stock of ladies, children and man and
boys’ Merino Underwear.
Call for our ladies’ Vest at 25 and 50cents,
they are exceptional good value.
Our men’s and boys’ natural wool Shirts
aBd Drawers are ehoiee and low priced.
CLOVES, JACKETS, WRAPS.
A choice lot of children’* and mi*»e*’
Keef-r .lackeu and long Wraps at attractive
low prices.
Ladies’ Jacket*, all w. ol, at 82.50; also a
line for 95. which are the best for the price
ever offered in Columbus.
Onr Plush and Astrachan Capes are the
latest in design, and are low priced.
We are prepared to give extra good bar
gains in this department, and positively we
are willing to do so.
Birds From Every Cl ; me
are in our Milinery Department; also all the
novelties in trimmings and shapes as they
some out in the fashion centers.
DON’T FO GET
we keep a choice line of Bugs, Carpets, Win
dow Draperies and Shades.
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.
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OFFER SPECIAL DRIVES ON MEN’S AND
CHILDREN’S WOOL UNDERWEAR.
HOW J.C.C.BLACK STANDS
A LETTER TO COL. T. P. AUSTIN,
OF FULTON.
VIEWS ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
FARMERS’ ALLIANCE IN GEORGIA
AND AS A LAWYER OF THE CON
STITUTION ALITY OF THE SVB-
TBEAJSUBY BILL.
We bought about 40 dozen loo many,
at d shall s li them at a very small bar
"ain. Note a few i rices.
25 dozt n Cotton Shirts and Drawers
25 cen s each, u-ually sold at 60 cents.
25 doz n Shirs and drawers (slight
ly touched with wool) 50 cents, regu
ar price 75 cents.
25 dozen white and colored mixed
-diii'rs 75 cents and $1. These goods
sold usu tly for a 1 wool,
50 doz n Shirts and drawers $1 25
an $1,60 that have no tqual for the
prices.
Childri n’s Underwear about ccst.
_\sk to sce th s line.
JAMES H COUHEM PAuViS telUNS.
£2T"01fice over Howard & Newsom, opjiosite Bell Tower.
Tellephone 208. QA-I-'IE-i A^ZtSTID SEE [MIZE.
BALFOUR’S IRISH TOUR.
HIS RECEPTION WAS RESPECTFUL AND
OFTEN CORDIAL.
Dublin, October 27.—Balfour, Chief
■Secretary for Ireland, who is making a
tour of the western counties, will remain
at, Belmullett, county Mayo, today; thence
he will proceed to Newport and Westport.
The Express this morning, commenting
on the trip of the Chief Secretary, says:
Balfour and his companions will long re
member their journey of Saturday in the
midst of a fierce storm, which helped to
reveal the wild and miserable prospects.
It gave them a vivid experience of the ter
rible conditions under which the. scattered
population of the west of Ireland maintain
their struggle for existence. Balfour’s
reception everywhere has been respectful,
often cordial.
NOTES FROM SEAI.E.
Seale, October 27.—[Special.]—The
four negroes who were tried for murder in
the circuit court here last week were con
victed as follows; Ann Patterson and
Step Ford, murder in the first degree ami
sentenced to be hung. Martha Parker,
penitentiary for life. Walter Daniel will
liuug at the same time. The three will be
executed on December 19, 1890.
The grand jury, in its report to the court,
find that the books of county officers are
neatly and correctly kept; the jail, under
Sheriff Ragland and Deputy Sheriff Bishop,
cl< an and comfortable as possible, prison
er* well eared for, and everything iu good
order. The roads in the county are in bad
condition, and the grand jury recommend
that some steps being taken to change the
laws in regard to working roads so that
they be enforced. Treasurer J. J. Ware
reports a small surplus in the treasury.
Superintendent of Education T. L. Nis-
toet makes his last report before going out
of office. The State appropriation for
public schools for the year ending Septem
ber 30, was $6,2S1.66. Of this, $4,819.29
goes to colored teachers and $2,904.52 to
white teachers. More by a thousand dol
lars to colored than white. Pe>U tax for
Russell county, $1,043.19.
Judge of Probate E. II. Glenn reports a
goodly" sum collected from the issuing of
licenses.
The weather is quite cold and skies dear
today. A light frost., the first of the sea
son, was seen this morning; enough to
scorch tender vegetation.
APALACHICOLA NEWS NOTES.
Apalachicola, Fla., October 53.—
[Special.]—We have been having a small
gale, accompanied by heavy rain, lor the
past two days, but it has about cleared up
again.
A man by the name of Gillis was ar
raigned before Judge Baker today charged
with having attempted to ruin the ma
chinery of the Florida shingle mill by ob- ]
structing it. He was formerly employed j
as fireman of the mill, but was discharged I
THE LOTTERY LAW MODIFIED.
the postmaster-general partial to
GUESSING CONTESTS.
Bloomington, 111., October 27.—Sev
eral merchants of this city have been con
ducting guessing and voting schemes in
advertising their business, and fearing that
newspapers carrying their advertisements
might be suppressed, Postmaster Neville
was requested to consult Postmaster-Gen
eral Wanamaker whether the schemes
were prohibited by the lottery law. Neville,
lias received a letter from Attorney-Gen
eral Miller saying that such advertisements
of guessing contests may, for the time
being, be permitted to run in the newspa
pers.
MANGLED BY A TRAIN.
Pittsburg, October 27.—A special
from Steubenville, Ohio, says: The east
bound train, No. 6, on the the Panhandle,
ran into a crowd of five persons walking
on the track midway between here and
Mingo at 6 o’clock last evening. Mrs.
Bluebank was killed instantly. Mrs.
Mary Wind suffered a compound fracture
of the leg and was hurt internally, and
will die. Joshua Wind had his back
broken. Mrs. Bluebank had two ribs and
her back broken.
original packages.
against the law to sell them in
IOWA.
Mason City, Iowa, October 27.—Judge
John C. Sherwin, who was among the
first to render a decision in the “original
package case” allowing importers to sell
in this State, now instructs the grand jury
to indict all parties found selling within
the State, and holds that the Iowa prohi
bition law Is in full force and effect, the
recent decision of the Kansas court to the
contrary notwithstanding.
THE FOREIGN IRON MEN.
Baltimore, October 27.—A large party
of the members of the Iron and Steel In
stitute of Great Britain, came from Wash
ington this forenoon and went direct to
Sparrow Point, where Major .Brent, presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Steel Company,
took them in charge and accompanied
them during their inspection of the works.
Later a large party of citizens joined the
foreigners and a pleasant time was enjoyed.
Baltimore, October 27.—Mayor David
son made an address of welcome to the
visitors. Sir James Kitson responded.
Luncheon was served on board the steamer
Columbia. About 180 of the visitors left
the steamer at the Canton wharf and
boarded the train for Niagara Falls. A
great many left for New York city. A
few passed the night here.
NEW YORK DENIED A NEW COUNT.
Washington, October 27.—Secretary
recently. He was placed on bail to await Noble today rendered his decision denying
the action of the grand jury. application of Mayor Grant for a re-
jury.
Senator Call spoke here on Monday
evening to an audience of several hundred.
He touched very lightly on Chipley and
his charges, and confined himself princi
pally to the general political situation. An j
attempt was made to have the people pres
ent pass a resolution calling on their rep
resentative to support him, but it failed.
Mr. Mallory is expected to speak on Sat
urday night, and will draw a large crowd,
as he is very popular.
Local politics are quiet, the Republicans
having made no nominations as yet.
count of the population of the city of New
Y ork.
TO BE MADE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
C. AND O.
Richmond, October 27.—Decatur Ax-
tel, recently elected a member of the
board of directors of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, will be made vice-president.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
Brooklyn, October 27.—Cold weather
h ad something to do with it, but it seems
j the baseball craze is dead, or nearly so, for
A GIRL INJURED. clanks and all. There were few people
Birmingham, October 27.—[Special.]— I present to witness the sixth game between
Near Oneonta, in Blount county. Miss I the Brooklyn and Louisville teams for the
Tolbert, the daughter of a farmer, aged i championship of the world this afternoon,
fourteen, was in a garden gathering tur- Tn seventh iunimr Ehret relieved Strat-
nips during a wind storm, when an old
log barn was blown down near by. The
timbers fell on her, killing her instantly.
Her body was terribly crushed.
Ihe trial of Dr. J. S. Davis, a promi
nent young physician, who last November
snot and killed Dr. W. L. Chew, began
this afternoon. The examination of wit
nesses begins tomorrow. Davis is a mem
ber of a prominent family. The trial at
tracts much attention.
In the seventh inning Ehret relieved Strat
ton ami Busliong gave way for Daly. Daly
was fined $25 by Umpire Curry. The fol
lowing is the score: Louisville 9, Brook
lyn 8. Batteries: Stratton, Ehret and
Ryan; T rry, Bushong and Daly.
THE AUSTRALIAN STRIKE.
Melbourne, October 27.—The mar
itime trades, at a meeting today, adopted
a resolution declaring that the strike
should be continued.
The following letter from Hon. J. C. C.
Black, of Augusta, is written in reply to a
request for his views from Colonel T. P.
Austin, the president of the Fulton County
Alliance:
Augusta, Ga., October 20, 1890.—
Colonel J. P. Austin, Cornell, Fulton
County, Ga.—My Dear Sir: Yours of the
17th inst., has been received.
You ask, for publication, my views “on
the organization of the Farmers’ Alliance
of Georgia, and as a lawyer the constitu
tionality of the sub-treasury bill.
While I might excuse myself for the
reason that I am a private citizen, neither
seeking nor expecting office, I do not feel
at liberty under all the circumstances to
decline compliance with your request. All
admit that the agricultural interests of the
country have suffered, and all sympathize
with the desire to remove or lighten the
burdens that have so long oppressed them.
This desire has prompted them to organ
ize into what is known as the Farmers’
Alliance, and you ask for publication my
views on that organization.
The large and respectable class who
composes it deserves, and I believe enjoys,
the respect of all other classes. I see no
objection to an organization of farmers to
promote their interests, just as merchants
organize in their exchanges and chambers
of commerce and lawyers in their bar asso
ciations. On the contrary, much good, I be
lieve,has been and much more can be accom
plished by the Farmers’ Alliance in its
effort to bring together the tillers of the
soil, to interchange views and experiences
and to suggest and adopt new and better
methods of cultivation; to encourage the
economy that does not despise the frag
ments, either in materials or time; to in
culcate the importance of using everything
that is produced in field or garden or barn
yard, and of buying nothing that can be
produced at home; to form clubs to buy in
bulk and on the best terms; to fight such
oppressive combinations as the jute trust;
to kindle and impart the spirit that comes
from organized brotherhood in every
thing,—in its effort to accomplish these
results, the Alliance has done good.
“I am not a farmer, or the son of
farmer.” Unfortunately for me, doubt
less, I belong to that class now so small
and becoming smaller every day, who was
not even brought up on a farm. My busi
ness confines me at home, so that I rarely
enjoy, what is always a great pleasure, a
visit to the country, but my information is
that the condition of the farmers has
greatly improved in the past few years,
and this doubtless has been brought about
by the Farmers’ Alliance. I have no doubt
that good has been accomplished that
could not have been attained without or
ganization. By their organized effort the
farmers have not only helped themselves,
but promoted the welfare of all other
classes, and for this should be most cor
dially commended. While there is much
in the Farmers’ Alliance that I heartily
approve, I would be uncandid and un
worthy of the confidence implied in your
request for my views, if I did not say
frankly that in my opinion there
are dangers in your organization
against which you should care
fully guard. I believe our Georgia farm
ers are good men and good citizens. I do
not suspect them of designs against the
public good or the integrity of the Demo
cratic party, upon the maintenance of
which everything with us depends. And
yet there are tendencies which, if not
checked, may lead to disaster.
As I understand, yours was not intended
as a political organization; and now it
disclaims—no doubt honestly—that you
are or intend to be such. But what are
the facts? You have an organization
national, State, county, and even in the
sub-divisions of the county. You have
your leaders, your organs, your assemblies;
you make and promulgate platforms; you
nominate and elect officers; you instruct
them what they must and must not do; you
apply particular standards and tests; you
insist that candidates for the legislative
and executive departments of the State
government, and both houses of Congress,
must submit to be measured by your “yard
stick.” What else is necessary to consti
tute a party? Much of what you do is in
secret—apart from many of your fellow-
citizens and neighbors and friends, in
other pursuits, and even from farmers who
do not belong to your order.
In the National Economist of the 18th
inst., which is the official organ of the
National Alliance, there is an editorial re
view of the financial legislation of' the
Government for some years, and conclud-
as follows: “There are many other
bills that might be added to this list that
would disclose as little care for the inter
ests of the people as those already men
tioned. Both parties are alike responsible
for these iniquitous laws as a general rule.
Doubtless, if the real facts were known
they would show a collusion between the
leaders of both parties.”
Here is a bold, clear accusation against
the Democratic party, that it is as guilty
of the bad legislation of which you com
plain as the Republican party. In the
same paper there are other expressions
which suggest the same danger. I would
warn against such as “The Reform Press,”
“Old Parties,” “Being Held in Party
Line,” “The Independent Movement,”
etc. In the Atlanta Constitution of the
14th instant interviews are reported with
Hon. L. L. Polk, president of the National
Alliance, in one of which he says: “The
order is flourishing and in good condition.
In my State they are trying very hard to
remain in the Democratic party, but it
lookg as if they will not be permitted to
do so.” Here is a statement from the
highest official in the order, that in
North Carolina the prospect is that
the Democratic party and the Alliance
will separate. It is true he will put the
faction questions propounded by toil and I T A If [TAAI PA I F’Q A A QP
stand upon a platform not made by the | A VAill IT UULrULiV O oAOD,
party, but by your organization.
It is no
answer to say that in the nomination for
office, yon have met in county and district,
and State conventions, called by the
proper party authority and held under
party rules. The rings and cliques, of
whose control yon complain and
doubtless with justice in many instances,
did this. They met at proper times and
places, and under party rules, but your
complaint is, and justly, that they met
only to carry out what had been agreed
upon among themselves and in private
caucus. What would you think of any
other class that would organize to pro
mote its own especial interest, bnt claims
that it should furnish a standard by which
every candidate should be measured—a
standard that the party had never set up,
If you meet secretly to consider the inter
ests of your members as farmers, I do not
know that anybody could object, though
see no reason for considering agricultural
interests in private. But when you meet
to determine who shall make and execute
and interpret our laws, do you think
it right to exclude all other classes of your
fellow-citizens, and even some of the best
of our own? Can the Democratic party live
with a class in it, however large and re
spectable, that prescribes other members
of the party and demands that they shall
subscribe to measures that the party has
never adopted, and which a large number
of the wisest and best men in the party
cannot approve without stultifying them
selves. How coukl any organization, polit
ical or religious, exist with a class, al
though the greater numerically and other
wise most respectable, that was not con
tent with what was written in its platform
or creed, but insisted on something more
as a condition precedent to an equal en
joyment in all the privileges of member
ship.
The farmers undoubtedly have a just
cause for complaint against much of the
legislation that has been enacted by the
General Government. But I submit that
the Democratic party has not been un
friendly to them. It has in its platform,
by its press and through its representatives
in both houses of Congress, protested in
their name against this legislation
What interests ever had a bolder or
abler champion than they had in Mr.
Cleveland? Who is the representative in
Congress from Georgia that has deserted
or neglected their interests? Their only
hope for any relief from legislation is
through the Democratic party. They
have a clear right to select whom they
please from the party to represent them
but their political action should be as
Democrats, not Alliancemen, within the
party lines and by party methods.
In my opinion if the Farmers’ Alliance
continues as a political party, it will either
lto to pieces itself, and thus fail in accom
plishing the good it may do as an agricul
tural body, or it will disrupt the Demo
cratic party, which would be a greater
disaster.
In reply to your inquiry for my opinion
as to the constitutionality of the sub-treas
ury bill, I have to say that I am a disciple
of that school which, as to the powers of
the general Government, insists upon a
strict rather than a loose construction of
the constitution. The older I grow and
the more I think on the question, the more
firmly I am convinced that the opinions
entertained by our Southern statesmen
and expounders were correct, and should
never be surrendered, however much we
might gain in material prosperity. One
of the most discouraging signs of
the times to me is the fact that views are
entertained and proclaimed by Southern
men and Democrats that in other times
would not have been tolerated. In many
things we have made progress; in many
things we are wiser than those who came
before us, and will appear foolish to those
who come after us; but in politics, as in
religion, there are certain fundamental
and essential principles, which have not
been and cannot be improved upon.
One of these is that this
a Government of limited powers—
limited by a written constitution. Our only
safety is within that limit. If it can be
transgressed for one purpose, or in the in
terest of one class or section, it can for any
and all, and thus the party in power would
be without restraint. That Congress can
do whatever it thinks best, is, in my opin
ion, the rankest political heresy. But I
wonder from the specific question you put
tome. Y*ou ask for my opinion of a par
ticular bill, and not a dissertation on gov
ernment. In inv opinion the sub-treasury
bill is unconstitutional. That it is no more so
than other bills Congress has passed may
be true, but this is nothing in its favor.
Very truly yours,
J. C. C. Black.
THE SOUTH HAMPSTEAD MYSTERY
NEW ENIDENCE DISCOVERED BY T
LONDON POLICE.
London, October 27.—It is very prob
able that the police will succeed in clear
ing away the mystery surrounding the
murder of Mrs. Hobb, wife of the London
porter, whose body was fouud Friday night
in the locality of South Hampstead. Mrs.
Nellie Piercy, a friend of the murdered
woman, whom Mrs. Hobb visited Friday,
and whose house, when subsequently
searched by the police, revealed traces of
a desperate struggle, and who was conse
quently placed under arrest, was arraigned
in the police court today on a preliminary
hearing. Hobb, the husband of the mur
dered woman, was called upon to testify,
and his evidence disclosed the fact that a
liason had been expected for some time
between himself and the prisoner. He
had the latch key to her house and fre
quently visited her. He said bis wife did
not know of his relations with Mrs. Piercy.
A further examination of Hobb’s kitchen
and the Piercy residence reveals that a
fierce struggle had taken place there, and
that attempts had been made to remove
blood stains on the floor and about the
room by the use of paraffine.
MURAT HALSTEAD SELLS OUT
HIS INTEREST IN THE CINCINNATI COM
MERCIAL GAZETTE.
Cincinnati, October 27.—It is an
nounced here upon reliable authority that
Murat Halstead, who owned the controll
ing interest in the stock of the Commercial
Gazette Company, has sold to a broker a
responsibility on the party, but that does i portion of his bolding. Whether the sale
not change the fact that there may be ! is coupled with a contract to give the pur-
division. In the other interview Mr. Polk j chasers control by proxy of his remaining
says, speaking of his visit to Kansas: shares, so as to give them unrestricted.
“There are now three parties there— j control of the paper, is not known,
the Republican, the Democratic and the j but it is probable. This sale settles
people’s ticket or Independent party; the the fact that Halstead will not return to
latter the result of the Alliance movement. ; Cincinnati, but will remain in the East
This is the first election in which the peo- . until the names of the purchasers from
pie’s ticket ever figured, but they are con- broker are made known. There is much
fident of sweeping the State.” “It is true,” speculation on that point. Gen. Alger and
he says, “our mission has nothing to tio ex-Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson
with local or State politics. We are going have been guessed by some as the men.
to preach the Alliance gospel and nothing ; The transfer of the stock and reorganiza-
more;” but in the same breath he an- l tion, if any is accomplished, will be done
nonnees a third party, outside and inde- i within thirty days.
pendent of the Democratic party, and the i •
result of the Alliance movement, and with j CHARLESTON IN GALA ATTIRE.
the delegates appointed by the Georgia •
State Alliance he goes to bear fraternal THE citt thronged with visitors.
greetings to the Kansas Alliance. beautiful weather.
Do not the character of your organiza- ] Charleston, October 27.—The gala
tion and its methods tend to excite an- week festival inaugurated in 1887, mainly
tagonism in the party, that may lead to as a thanksgiving testimonial that Char-
divisions and disruptions? Undoubtedly leston had survived the earthquake and was
you have the same right to organize as any doing business at the old stand, began
other class, but what right has any class, here today and will continue through
apart by itself, in secret, with its own dis- the week. The weather is perfect. Resi-
tinctive and exclusive rituals and rules dences and public buildings are elaborately
and obligations, to organize for party or decorated. There are free attractions
political purposes? It is in vain to say that daily and nightly. Thousands of visitors
you have not organized for party or politi- from this and other States are arriving
cal purposes, when you demand that candi- hourly by special and regular trains, and
dates for office shall answer to your satis- everybody is happy.
IF NOT PREVENTED HE MAY KILL
HIMSELF.
A MILITARY SCANDAL—WAS THERE BRIB-
KBY—LET THE ATLANTA COM
PANY ANSWER—OUR PEN
ITENTIARY BIRDS.
Atlanta, October 27.—[Special.]—
A military scandal which has
been smouldering here for several
days comes out’ officially tonight.
Four members of the Gate City Guards,
the company that won the first prize in
the interstate drill here Friday, are to be
courtmartialled upon the charge of con
duct unbecoming officers and gentlemen.
They have already, by order of Adjutant
General Kell, been suspended from duty.
The four men are Capt. A. C. Sneed. First
Lieut. Chas. M. Roberts, and Privates B.
P. Miles and J. H. Spillman. The facts
in brief are these: One of the judges,
Lieut. McDonald, stationed at Auburn,
Ala., reported to Lieut. Col. Calhoun, of
Sneed’s battalion that Capt. Sneed
and these other three men
had attempted to bribe the
man printing the official program to fur
nish them a copy of it. The printing was
done at Auburn, and conclusive evidence
that all four were concerned in the at
tempt was furnished. AdjutanttGeneral
Kell promptly instructed Col. Calhoun to
suspend the four men from duty. This
order was suspended until after the drill
in order to give the company a fair chance.
It appears that the men failed to obtain
a copy of the program. At any rate, the
program was changed entirely by the
judges, to be certain that the Guards went
into the drill with no undue advan
tage. Their victory was won fairly
by the Guards. After the drill
was over, the order suspending the men
from duty was carried out. The official
charges and specifications were preferred
tonight ordering the court martial. A
strong effort is being made to hush up the
affair, but Col. Calhoun states positively
tonight that this can’t ' be done. Tbe
affair is the more unfortunate because the
Guards won the first prize. The judges
all agree that none but these four men are
believed to have been concerned in the
affair. Sneed was at one time, captain of
the Atlanta Rifles, and most of the bet
ting done here was that the Rifles would
beat the Guards, or vice versa. Sneed,
moreover, is now an applicant for an ap
pointment to the office of Adjutant-
General.
OUR PENITENTIARY BIRDS.
The biennial report of the Penitentiary
Department is now complete. It covers a
period of two years—since October 1, 18SS.
During that time 2,511 convicts have been
handled, by far the largest number ever
recorded for the same length of time.
There were in the penitentiary October 1,
1890,1,694 convicts, 1,478 colored male,168
white male, 48 colored female. Tiiere is
not a single white woman now in the
Georgia penitentiary. About 10 per cent
of the 1,694 convicts are serving life sen
tence. Colquitt, Dawson, Milton, Towns
and White counties have no representa
tives in the penitentiary population.
Towns and Colquitt had none when
the last report was made
two years ago. Chatham furnishes
more convicts than any other county, hav
ing 190. Fulton comes next with 139.
It is the invariable rule that the rural or
agricultural counties contribute fewer
convicts than their proportion by popula
tion. Chatham alone, for example, has as
many convicts as fifty-five rural counties.
The counties of Chatham, Bibb, Fulton,
Richmond and Muscogee contribute more
than 29 per cent of tbe entire number of
convicts, showing, as Assistant Principal
Keeper Shubrick remarks, that large cities
are becoming the centers of crime as well
as of population, education and onlight-
ment.
ABOUT WOOLFOI.K.
Sheriff M. L. Cooper, of Houston county,
the man that will break Woolfoik's neck
Wednesday, telegraphed the Governor to
day that lie feared trouble on the day of
the execution at Perry, and asked that
the Southern Cadets, of Macon, be ordered
out to assist the Perry Rifles on that occa
sion. The Governor did not think this
necessary, and so telegraphed the Sheriff.
A curious fact about this case, in view of
the general interest it has excited, is that
no petition of any sort lias ever been made
for executive clemency. It is rumored
here that Woolfolk will make an attempt
to get a respite of his sentence by turning
■Ja campaign circular
DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED—DRUM-
VEBS’ DAY—MILITARY CON
TEST—THE RIFLES AND
THE GUARDS.
decided before the time last fixed for his
death.
Ne«leSTfo°to“LIVINGSTON WITH
Nettleton, who last week conferred at , TREACHERY* TO THE DEMO-
Crncago with President Palmer and the ex-- pda Tin p a ptv
ecutive committee on the World’s Fair j 11 '
Commission, Secretary Windom to-day ^ forged letter—Livingston says so.
formally approved the action of the com-
mission in appointing a board of lady
managers for the Colnmbian Exposition,
with allowance of travelling expenses and
six dollars a day for subsistence while
Atlanta. October 27.—[Special.]—A
Republican circular is being sent out all
seat in
necessarily absent from home on the busi
ness of the board. This favorable action
was taken by Secretary Windom
before the arrival of the represen la-, ., ,. ... , . r . . . ...
lives of the commission appointed to con- over th * dlstnct Urging Livingston wuh
fer with him on the subject. The latter treachery to his party, with collusion with
states that after the first meeting of the Republicans, and with the dangerous ad-
ladies of the board, on the 18th of Novem- m j ss i on that he expected "valuable sup-
ber next, the financial requirements of the 1 . - „
commission in defraying the expenses of P ort from some Southern radroads in his
the board of the lady managers will be Alliance campaign.
presented to Congress before further gen-j Livin?stou is quote d aS saving further
Ex-President Cleveland today made his ! that ho was m favor of the Lodge bill, or
argument before the Supreme Court, as something like it.”
associate counsel for James Waliace Peake, I The testimony is damning, as far as it
in what is known as the New Orleans : c 0t , 3 .
drainage case. The public curiosity to see j\. ,
and hear the ex-President appeared to have j Che only refutation or escape possible
been whetted by failure to reach the case last * 8 the one Livingston makes—“the letters
week. Some time before the opening of the i are forged.’
court at noon the room was filled with the j Xhat ’ 3 the issue . Are the letters
members of the bar, and spectators be- 1 3
longing to the general public. An impatient
crowd meanwhile blocked the main
entrance, waiting such opportunity to en
ter as was afforded by the egress of persons
who had satisfied their curiosity. Cleve
land arrived at the c&pitol promptly at
noon. Finding the main entrance to the
court room obstructed by the crowd, he
and Messrs. DeGray and Semmes, the
counsel with whom he is associated, were
conducted through the Marshal’s office
into the court room. Cleveland seated
himself in the front row among the coun
sellors at the bar, and had a good oppor
tunity for the exercise of patience, as a
full hour was occupied by the court
in the disDOsition of routine busi
ness before his case was reached. The
ex-President bore his trial with equanim
ity, showing no signs of wincing under the
curious and continuous scrutiny of hun
dreds of eyes, and apparently interesting
himself as much as possible in current
business. By a coincidence, there were
three persons present who had been mem
bers of the ex-President’s cabinet. Bayard
was there, and gave a hearty greeting to
his former chief. Garland had come with
a m'otiou aud seized the opportunity to
shake bauds with Cleveland, while Justice
Lamar bowed a salutation from the bench,
lo which he had been appointed by the
lawyer who now sat before him waiting to
plead a case. Cleveland was in his usual
costume, consisting of a black frock coat,
dark trousers and black silk tie. He ap
peared to be in good health and spirits.
DeGray made the opening argument in
the case, and it was a quarter to 3 o’clock
before Cleveland rose to speak. Adjust
ing his steel-bound eyeglasses, lie took his
stand at the reading desk, opened his
printed brief, and, after a preliminary
statement to the effeet that what had al
ready been said enabled him to omit refer
ence to the first twenty-seven pages, he
began to read. His voice sounded low but
clear at first, and as he progressed he
gradually showed more and more ani-
uation, modulating his voice skillfully
and emphasizing his points by frequent
nods of his head. He did not gesticulate
to any extent, but, as a rule, held his
hands behind his back, clasping and un
clasping his fingers. His language was
simple and business-like, and, aitiiough
the case was very technical, he succeeded
in holding the interested attention of every
member of the court. Through all, Cleve
land stuck closely to his printed brief, and
he was not interrupted by a remark or
a question until the hour of 4
o’clock was reached, when the Chief
Justice called attention to the fact that it
was customary for the court to adjourn at
that hour. Upon Cleveland's statement
that ne had nearly concluded, he was per
mitted to coDtinue, and in a quarter of an
hour reached the end. The court then
adjourned.
Carlton Hunt, the attorney for the city
of New Orleans, will reply in an argument
tomorrow.
Matthew S. Quay state that L. F. Living
ston has done so-and-so. Their statement
is unsupported by any evidence yet dis
closed.
But the letters are shrewdly put;
shrewdly forged, if forged at all. They
must have some effect.
Of course the publication of the circular
is the talk of the town today, and develop
ments are eagerly awaited.
There is in Atlanta a letter written by
John Livingston that goes far towards re
futing his own affidavit. In it he says, in
substance, that he “has had a long corre
spondence with L. F. Livingston in regard
to the Lodge bill, and whatever he may
have thought of it once, he (John Living
ston) is now convinced that the bill is a
wroug, and that he will not support it.”
That is the substance of his letter. Just
how the date fits in with the date of the
alleged letters from L. F. Livingston I do
not know, and cannot therefore judge its
proper effect.
drummers’ day.
Today is Drummers’ Day at the Pied
mont Exposition. About 600 of them
were in the procession this morning.
Wednesday and Thursday are to be the
biggest days of the exposition—“Alliance
Days.” It is expected that 75,000 or 100,-
000 people will be here on those two days.
A MILITARY CONTEST.
Another match is being arranged be
tween the Rifles and Guards, of Atlanta.
There is quite a lot of feeling over the
result of the drill last Friday, in which
the Guards won first prize, the Rifles
coming third.
The Rifles were confident of beating;
and the judges are quoted as saying that
the Rifles lost the drill through careless
ness.
A great deal of money changed hands
on the result; and double as much more
would go up on another drill between the
two companies.
The matter will probably take some
definite direction tomorrow. The Exposi
tion directors are helping to arrange for a
purse to be competed for.
ARRESTED FOR LIBEL.
WARRANTS SWORN OUT AGAINST NEWS
PAPER MEN OF PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, October 27.—Mr. Rob
ert E. Pattison, the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Pennsylvania, swore out
warrants for the arrest this morning in
proceedings for criminal libel against the
publisher aud editor of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, the proprietor of the North
American Review of this city,and the pub
lisher and editor of the Harrisburg Cali.
A hearing in the case will be given this
afternoon. In the three papers mentioned
there was published Saturday morning an
article which charged that Governor
uine or forged? Thereby hangs
Congress.
The circular is addressed—
“TO ALL TRUE FARMERS’ ALLIANCES,”
and reads:
State of New York, Broome Coun
ty, City of Binghampton.—John Liv
ingston, of Campville, Tioga county, New
York, and of the city of New Y*ork, being
duly sworn, deposes as follows;
On August 1,1800,1 mailed in said city,
postage prepaid, to Hon. Matthew S. Quay,
two letters upon different matters, the first
being addressed to him at Beaver, Pa.,
and the second, a true copy whereof fol
lows, to his Washington address, 1829 I
street, N. W. In the last named letter
was enclosed a printed copy of Col. Leoni
das F. Livingston’s letter to me of July
30, 1890 (copy annexed), and the original
of two other letters, received by me
from said Leonidas F. Livingston,
of one of which originals the following is
a true copy, the handwriting of said origi
nal seeming the same as that of more than
a dozen other letters received from him
since last May; and for that reason, as
well as because its context agreed substan
tially with that of some such others, 1 en
tertain no doubt whatever of its genuine
ness.
Office of L. F. Livingston, President
Georgia State Alliance, 25 W. Hauler
Street, Atlanta, Ga., July 21.—John Liv
ingston, Dear Brother: Of course we ; .. u , .. ,
want the Lodge bill or something like it, ,, , had been . bnb<?d b r
but from local feeling and prejudice it is i. he ^ anderbiits to sign what is
uot policy to say so to the public just uow. J™" 1 " ' X Th P !; n,,sylv;inla bills o£
It will probably pass before the 4th of! 1833, and U . ,at Governor sought out
March, and so relieve me from saying what I r,! 1,le ex-Judge Jeremiah .I. S.
I would do when elected-but as before I 1{Iack ™ r,t ? a J eto “«sage and having
written, I shall be willing to vote with the ' u wlth . r tbe understanding that u
Republicans on all party questions to win V , , . e Legislature, he
votes for our sub-trksmry j ^nged his “ ind ,!* he rooming.
The railroad reform matter you sent me f ‘V 1 IT, Tn no °. dm ge a[>
June 10 will be returned, as we could not ^ * s ’ aiK lf bat Judge Black de-
afford to print it now in the Alliance 1 PatterSO " *> r tbis ai '
Farraer because of valuable support from P , on , ani s ^. Pred amicable
some Southern railroads. Later on we ^ at ,°“ T he ,
will go for reform all along the line. ' han ? d stock had been
Yours fraternally, L. F. Livingston, i pald to , Governor ! attison and Attorney-
I have recently searched and caused f* 9™*'^ £or tbe
diligent search to be made among the . cSSSSTS. '
ViYlnminmia r»nnpr*j in tnv omintrv nr»m*» r ,
At the hearing this afternoon before
Magistrate O’Brien in the criminal libel
voluminous papers in my country home,
near Campville, also in New \*ork city, !
and am unable to find that Chairman
Quay returned either of said original let
ters, although he had previously written
to me speaking approvingly of Col. L. F.
Livingston’s efforts to redeem Georgia as ;
evinced by his letters.
(Copy letter mailed as above stated to !
Hon. Matthew S. Quay.)
New York, August I, 1890.—My Dear
Senator Quay: Y’ours of July 4th, re
questing me to pass the question of aidin;
case of ex-Govemor Robert E. Pattison
against James Elverson, president of the
Inquirer Company; Charles H. Heustl'ss,
editor of the Inquirer; Clayton Meilicliael,
editor and proprietor of the North Ameri
can, and \V. F. Jordan and J. J. McClou-
rin, of the Harrisburg Call, Heustiss was
the only one of the defendants
present. Elverson and McMichael are
out of the city, and in the case
the two Harrisburg editors, the Constable
BIRMINGHAM’S FAIR.
State’s evidence.
PRIZE WINNERS.
Floyd County again takes the first prize
in the county contest iu the agricultural
department of the exposition. That
means $1,600, Talbot is second, with
$1,200; Bartou is third, getting $800.
George W. Truit, of Troup, is given
the first of the individual prizes, $500; D.
H. Shelton, of Floyd, got second, $200;
Cochran, of Palmetto, third, $100.
Muscogee’s tax.
The Comptroller General's books show
that Muscogee county has the third small
est county tax rate in Georgia. Effing
ham comes first with 2.22-100 mills; Elbert
next, 2.40-100; Muscogee next, 2.50.100,
THE ELECTRICAL EXECUTION LAW
the first motion to secure final ac
tion made in the supreme court.
Washington, October 27.—The first
motion to secure final action from the
Supreme Court of the United States on
the question of the constitutionality of the
New York electrical execution law was
made in the Supreme Court today. It was
moved that the case be advanced and set
down for a speedy hearing. The point
raised in the case is that Kemmler’s exe
cution demonstrated that killing by elec
tricity is cruel and unusual punishment,
and as such prohibited by the constitution.
After counsel had made the motion Chief
Justice Fuller asked:
Is there any distinction between that
case and the case of Kcmmler?
Daniel O. Callahan, who was coun
sel who made the motion, responded,
yes, sir, this distinction: That
the carrying out of the sentence in the
Kemmler case was not scientifically suc
cessful, and the petitioner hopes that
«[ electricity will be decided to be uot the
proper mode.”
Chief Justice—We will take papers.
The motion was made on behalf of the
Attorney-General of New York in the case
of the Japanese, Jugigo, sentenced to
death under the electrical execution law.
A motion was made today in the Su
preme Court to advance three habeas cor
pus cases growing out of the arrest of the
proprietors of the original package estab
lishments in Kansas for violating the pro
hibition liquor law. The point raised is
that it was necessary for Kansas to re
enact its prohibition law after the passage
of the original package law, by Congress,
in order for it to become of effect as
against the selling of original packages.
The case, in which the motion to advance
was made is that of the Japanese, Shibuya
Juge, against A. A. Bush, agent, warden
of the New York penitentiary. Jugrero is
under sentence of death for the crime of
murder and it is proposed to kill him by
means of electricity as provided for by law
of the State of New York. Counsel, both
for the State and for the prisoner, concur
in a motion to advance. There have been
several stays of execution already in the
Jugrero case, but another will undoubt
edly be necessary a* the cue can hardly be
ANOTHER HONEYMOON IN A BALLOON.
BURROWS’ CAPTOR—GAVE
HIMSELF UP.
Birmingham, October 27.—[Special.]—
The second week of the Alabama State
Fair began today. The fair, which is the
second one held in Birmingham, has been
remarkably successful thus far. The
favorable weather, with the splendid at
tractions furnished, have drawn large
crowds from ail parts of the State. °
The novel feature of a balloon wedding,
which was enacted on Friday of last week,
and which drew such an immense con
course of people, was such a complete suc
cess that it has been decided to repeat it
on Thursday next. This time a Birming
ham couple will be married in front of the
grand stand and will make their honey
moon trip through the clouds, and as there
are already a number of applicants on
baud, a selection has not yet been made.
On Saturday last a grand reception was
tendered Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mims,
the couple who were married in the balloon
Hundreds of dollars worth of elegant, sub
stantial presents were showered upon
them. The young couple are yet in at
tendance upon the fair, and arc the recip
ients of many courtesies.
Today there was the usual racing, a bal
loon ascension and parachute jump. To
morrow Hal Pointer, the fastest pacer in
the worid, will pace against time. A grand
shooting tournament by the Birmingham
gun club and visiting clubs will take place
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The exhibits at the fair this year in the
way of live stock, poultry, machinery, and
goods of ail kinds, are remarkably good.
The county exhibits of Madison, Stewart.
Bullock, Calhoun, Jefferson, Butler,
and other counties, attracts much alteu-
tion. The fair closes on next Saturday.
burrows’ captor.
Advices from Linden, Maringo county,
say that J. D. Carter, who killed Rube
Burrows and was himself badly wounded,
is recovering, but was more seriously hurt
than was anticipated. He has not been
able to leave his room in Linden since the
shooting, but is now able to sit up and it
is thought will be sufficiently strong to be
taken home this week.
The rewards offered by the express com
panies and others for the capture of Bur
rows have not been paid.
GAVE HIMSELF UP.
Henry Reynoldson, a young man aged
twenty-six years, who skipped out from
Bessemer two weeks ago, after embezzling
several hundred dollars from James Hard,
his employer, and from the Bessemer Ice
Company, has given himself up in Cincin
nati, and will be brought back for trial.
A POLICE COUNT FOB BBOOKLYN.
New York, October 27.—The Brooklyn
police started out this morning to begin a
recount of the population of the City of
Churches. The tabulations will be made
at the Mayor’s office.
A GREEK ELECTION.
Athens, October 27.—A general parlia
mentary election was held in Greece to
day. The Government was defeated, re
taining only one-third of the seats.
DOCKYARD AT BELFAST.
London, October 27.—The admiralty
has decided to construct a government
dockyard at Belfast.
in the election of the sub-treasury man, '. v . > t ouuslauw
Colonel L. F. Livington, over to Hon. , ^ wa " ants r
James J. BelJen, chairman of the Re- .l n h „ e . c “ n ‘ 0 " of the .testimony offered
publican National Congressional Coin- iTsnn hail fn 'fh e ®*g's rate held him m
,• ? -.u a . MoUObailtorthecourt.Counselforlleus-
inittee, has been complied with, and hav- .• V ,
. .1 , i i . » .i r t>ss and Elverson consented that the evi-
mg his acknowledgment of the same, I , . .. , ^ . .
am not at liberty to say more, the whole k t .. ‘■*' °[’ mer should
matter being in bis charge. ; *,^ ° ffur, “
A leading member of that committee , ^ “ 'i f ,!“ S absen, ' e - and
from a New England State informed me fL-n - h i °( !'■ a,ll0Unt ot
„„v, t^ i,.. 0 uv,........Iirr was furnished for his appearance
that the sub-treasury plan has shrewdly at ’ the court _ Ex . Ciovernor P J 30n ,
been put through the National Alliance State Senator Jud j G (iorJon ’ a “ d
Convention last December, at 8t. Louis, e „
ti,. ! ,Vm - o- Stenger, ex-Secretary of State,
swore that every allegation published in
for the purpose of diverting the farmers’
attention from the railroads; that it was a tVl „ — . . , . ? , 1 ,
device engineered by the railroad Re- the article complained of was false hear-
... “ , „ ; ing in case of McMichael, of the North
publicans to be used hke their promise to African, and Jordan and McOIaurin, of
tha nPffrnpQ nf “fnrtv am a mu 1 . .. .. ... * ’
the negroes of *‘forty acres and a mule,
just after the close of the war—to Kepub-
licanize the whole South and render it as
solidly Republican as it has heretofore
been Democratic.
So here we have the chief of the “forty
acres and a mule” advocates, in our dear
friend Leonidas who proposes to meet Cal
vin S. Brice, the chairman of the Demo
cratic National committee, and our genial
Roswell P. Flower, chairman of the Dem
ocratic Congressional committee, at the
“open political grave that is being dug for
them,” as you wiil note from some of his
letters herein enclosed, which please re
turn to me a f ter perusal.
I am nor able to find one farmer in the
great State of New York who does not
repudiate the sub-treasury plan as a delu
sion and a snare. The negroes did not
get their mul“, nor will Col. Livingston his
sub-treasury; but in the service of John
H. Inman’s Richmond and Danville, which
pays his expenses, he is doing brave work
in the way of Repubiicaniziug Georgia.
Yours very truly, John Livingston,
P. O. Box 2566, New York.
I make this affidavit reluctantly aud
only after several days’ fruitless search for
the original of said letter of Ju.y 21st,
mailed to Mr. Quay August 1st, as above
stated. John Livingston.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, by
said John Livingston, who is to me per
sonally known, this 22d day of October,
1890. F. H. Stephens.
Mayor of the City of Binghampton, N. Y.
It will be noticed at once tiiat the bur
den of proof rests upon tbe John Living
ston-New Tork-Republican crowd.
They claim that L. F. Livingston wrote
certain letters. The/ print alleged copies
of these letters, admitting that the originals
are lost.
In other worls. John Livingston and
i the Harrisburg Call, will take place
Wednesday at noon at Magistrate O’ Brien’s
office.
HEAVY LOSSES BY FIRE.
A CLOSE ESTIMATE MADE BY THE AU
THORITIES.
Mobile, October 27.—The following is
the statement of the insurance of looses by
Sunday’s fire: The Planters and Mer
chants Insurance Company, of Mobile,
$40,600; the Stonewall of Mobile $60,000;
Factors and Traders of Mobile, $75,000;
Royal of Liverpool $18,000; Phoenix of
Brooklyn $5000; Sun Fire $26,425; Phenix
of London $13,000; Wesiern Assurance of
Toronto $16,000; Lancashire $35,000;West-
chesterofNew York $2000; Continental
$800; Germania of New York $10,000;
.Etna of New Y”ork $10,000; London and
Lancashire of England $12,750; Ham
burg of Breman $15,250; Mer
chants of New Jersey $250; Liverpool
London and Globe, $50,000; the Foreign
Marine Company, $49,000. The losses to
underwriters outside of Mobile rang*-,
from 40 per cent, to the total loss. The
losses of home companies will be paid
from their surplus funds withont imparing
their capital.
THE SAME OLD FIGHT.
Sidney, N. S. W., October 27.—At a
meeting of the unionists today, it was re
solved that the union men should not
work with free men.
NOMINATED BY NEGROES.
Richmond, Va., October 27.—John
Mitchell, Jr., the negro editor of the
Planet, a newspaper, was tonight nomi
nated for Congress from this district by a
Republican mass meeting composed al
most exclusively of negroes.
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