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LEXINGTON, GA.
HONORING CONFEDERATE DEAD
A Monument in Chicago to be Dedl
cated in May.
General J. C. Underwood, ei-lieu
tenant governor of Kentucky, and one
of the most prominent southern men,
is the author and executor of the
movement to build over the 6,000 dead
confederate soldiers who sleep in
Oakwood park, Chicago, a handsome
monument commemorating their brave
deeds and heroic fortitude.
He has succeeded in this magnifi¬
cent work, the monument has been
completed—the only confederate mon¬
ument north of the Mason and Dixon
line—has been recognized by the
United States government and will be
unveiled with imposing ceremonies on
May 80th. dedication of this monument,
The which will be
the ceremonies attending generals
participated iu by prominent event
of both armies, will be a great
in American history. It will make a
great step toward cementing the divi¬
sion between the sections and will an¬
nihilate much of the bitterness that
remains. It will be an occasion that
will attract the people all over the
country, and no one can fail to appre¬
ciate its significance. handsome affair.
The monument is a
The pedestal is of Georgia marble and
the statue is of fine bronze. It is
forty feet high from the base to the
top of the statue. Surrounding tho
monument will be four cannons, ap¬
propriated by the United States gov¬
ernment by special act of congress,
approved January 25, 1895. The bill
making this appropriation was pushed
through the senate by the efforts of
Senator John B. Gordon. The sena¬
tors recognized hiB good purpose in
the matter and lent him their willing
assistance. The bill passed the house
during the last session without a dis¬
senting voice.
This act of the government consti¬
tutes the first recognition ever shown
the confederacy by tho government,
and for that reason is very significant.
Tho dedication speech will bo made
by General Wade Hampton. The
southern gonerals who will be present
are: General Fitzhugh Lee, General
John B. Gordon, General W. W. Ca¬
bell, Harry Heth, E. C. Walthall, L.
L. Lomax, Marcus J. Wright, M. V.
Butler, Clement A. Evans, F. O. Arm¬
strong, Epjia Hunton, William H.
Payno and others. From the federal
side are expected General Schofield,
General Flagler, General Lawler and
General Palmer. The Grand Army
posts will participate in the exercises
and hundreds of confederates will be
present. The Grand Army men have
been for two years assisting in decor¬
ating the graves of the southern sold¬
iers.
General Underwood is very enthu¬
siastic over the outlook for a great
event on May 80th. He expocts many
southerners to Vie present. He also
expects every southern city of size to
send a carload of flowers.
THE DISPENSARY LAW VOID.
Judge Sliuoutou Decides That the Act
Does Not Always Hold.
Judge Bimonton,in the United States
circuit court at Charleston, B. C.,
Tuesday, rendered a decision in a ha¬
beas corpus case, which was brought
to test tho constitutionality of tho dis¬
pensary law. Tho defendants, J. E.
Jervey, master of tho schooner Caro¬
lina, his son and a sailor were arrest¬
ed some time ago on tho charge of vio¬
lating tho dispensary law. This schoon¬
er was seized at the lnnding and her
cargo of whisky from Bavannah was
seized and confiscated, and so was the
vessel.
The defendants gave bail, and were
surrendered by their bondsmen to the
sheriff, who held them. The writ of
habeas corpus was then sued out for
their release. The court asks, “Is tho
act of the legislature of South Caroli¬
na, upon which this arrest was based,
in confliot with tho constitution and
laws of the United States?”
Incidentally, the court says that the
dispensary law has become fixed in the
legislation of the state. It is for the
interest of all her citizens that it bo
settled and the constitutionality of all
its parts be ascertained, and that
speedily. But the court finds this ar¬
rest in violation of the constitution
and tho inter-state commerce act and
orders that the prisoners be discharged
from custody. The court says: “The
clause of tbe dispensary act, so for as
it has been made to apply to these pe¬
titions, is absolutely void.” This de¬
cision will probably carry the dispen¬
sary law up to the United States su¬
preme court.
THE HOURS TO TESTIFY.
Summoned Before the Tennessee Pen¬
itentiary Committee.
A Nashville special says: The peni¬
tentiary committee has summoned ex
Congressman John C. Honk and his
brother, Elmer Houk, of Nashville,
and will take their statement as to the
story that Elmer Houk said John was
to receive $10,000 from Fulcher A Co.
for delaying Commissioner Young the
day the bids were to have been open¬
ed, the object being to give time for
opening the bids and changing migh*.4e- that of
Fulcher & Co., so that they
cure the contract for tbe nsw peniten¬
tiary. The bids were submitted in
printed envelopes, and no private
mark or seal was allowed.
Lowry In the Senator! il Race.
Ex-Governor Robert Lowry, oi
Mississippi, makes formal announce¬
ment that he is a candidate to succeed
Senator George.
I STATE NEWS ITEMS
CULLED FROM MANY SOURCES
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED.
Happening* of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
Lexington is expecting much from
the development of the blue granite
quarries which have been bought by
the Venables of Attanta.
The ordinary of Jackson county has
been petitioned to order an election on
the prohibition question. The county
is now dry and has no open bar-rooms.
The first session of the Tifton Chau¬
tauqua will be held from June 5th to
the 10th, inclusive. The organization
is now about complete and success is
assured.
The people of Thomas county are
watching with interest the progress of
the Atlanta exposition and it is the
purpose of that county to make an ex
hibit second to no county in south
Georgia.
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The net majority for the sale of liq¬
uor in Mitchell county in the recent
election was 127 votes. There was a
large negro vote, the greater portion
of it being for the sale. The election
will be contested.
The Bell Telephone Company gives
the information that tho building of a
long distance telephone line from
Griffin to Columbus, via Warm Springs,
Greenville, Hamilton and Chipley is
to be begun at once.
Tho boys of the McBao College have
organized their military company.
They have reoeived the guns. The
company will flourish under the name
of “South Georgia Cadets. ” They have
enrolled twenty members.
An old citizen of Athens states that
every willow tree in that city is a di¬
rect descendant of a great willow that
stood at the grave of Napoleon in
Paris. Tho first twig was brought
from Paris by Hon. William H. Craw¬
ford.
The Crown cotton mills at Dalton
will add at once another mill fifty by
seventy-five, tkreo stories high, and
with thirty-five thousand dollars more
machinery, making a completed 10,000
spindles mill, employing six hundred
hands.
A deed was recorded in the office of
the clerk of the superior court of
Lumpkin county a few days ago from
Boott, Baldwin & Truitt to the Olios
tatee l’yrites Co. in consideration of
tho sum of 899,900, being the copper
mine property.
One of tho very best farm records
that wo have heard of is that of Mr. J.
W. Wimberly, of near Henderson,
Houston county, last year. He oper¬
ated a throe-mulo farm for wages, and
produced forty-four bales of cotton,
1,000 bushels of corn, a sufficiency of
oats, peas, syrup, etc., 9,000 pounds
of meat and a largo quantity of lard,
llis largest hog weighed 450 pounds
not.
Mr. S. II. Humph, proprietor of
Willow Lake Nursery, and a leading
fruit grower of southwest Georgia, was
reported a few days ago by some ouo
as saying that the peach crop was
killed despite the reports to tho con¬
trary, and quite a number of papers
have copied tho article. Mr. Bnmph
requests the prees to state that he has
made no such statement, and that he
regrets very much that he has been so
lmdly misrepresented. The fruit crop
will be a large one if no disaster be¬
falls it.
The state normal school is now al¬
most ready to open its session. With
the Bock college building nearly re¬
paired and remodeled to suit its new
purposes, with an able faculty of dis¬
tinguished educators and the hearty
oo-operation of the people, the normal
school will be quite a success from tho
very beginning. The governing body
and the faculty chosen are among the
leading educators of the South. The
state normal school commission con¬
sists of State School Commissioner
Glenn, Chancellor W. E. Boggs, Pro¬
fessors Lawton B. Evans, A. J. Battle
and W. H. Baker.
A Savannah special says: There has
been something of a shake-up in the
offices of the Plant system. By a cir¬
cular recently issued a new general
office is created—that of superintend¬
ent of transportation of the Plant
system. The new official who is placed
in charge is Mr. W. J. Havlow, master
of transportation of the Alabama
Midland. This is in line with Presi¬
dent Plant’s policy of generalizing
all his departments. Superintendent
George W. Haines, of the Brunswick
and Western, will have charge of that
road, and is also appointed to till the
position of superintendent of the Sa¬
vannah, Florida and Western, made
vacant by the death of Captain K. G.
Fleming.
Sustained the Will.
Twelve jurors have declared by their
verdict that tbe will of Geo. W. Dye
shall stand. The case was a hard
fought one, every inch of ground was
stubbornly contested, and for two days
the case was on trial. It attracted
large crowds to the courfc-room at El
berton. A large number of witnesses
were examined for audagninst the will.
The array, of course was powerful.
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time, when they returned with a ver
diet sustaining the will. Besides $2,
000 given to Mr. Hawkins, of Ogle
thorpe oounty, 81,500 to Kev. John
H. Grogan, of Elbert, and the inter
est of $1,000 to Mr. Martin V. Dye, a
brother of the deceased, Lucinda Dye
and her children get all the property
of this estate which is worth about
8100,000.
A Got ton Factory for Mc,,„„.n g b
It is announced that McDonough
will soon have a cotton factory.
Messrs. Thomas D. Stewart, J. W.
Alexander and Wilson Pullen are be¬
hind the movement, and while they
have not positively authorized the
statement made public, it is pretty
well settled that a factory will be built
by them. Only a few points yet re¬
main to be decided. These gentle¬
men are amply able to build and
quip a good, substantial factory with¬
out any outside aid whatever, and in
ill probability this will be done. A
perfectly sound basis of operation has
icen planned and decided upon,
which, with a capital of about $50,000,
will make the factory a success from
be start. The operation of this fact¬
ory will turn loose from eight hundred
to a thousand dollars per week in Mc¬
Donough, and it is useless to comment
on the great benefit this will be to the
• utire community.
Appeal to Cotton Growers.
The following appeal was unani¬
mously adopted by the Cotton Grow¬
ers’ Protective association at its meet
ing in Atlanta:
To the Farmers of Georgia:
Bealizing the importance and neces¬
sity for concertpd action of all en¬
gaged in the growing of cotton for
mutual protection, we, the Cotton
Growers’ Protective Association, in
convention assembled, do hereby ap¬
peal, not only to those engaged in
growing cotton, but all interested in
it, for their active co-operation in an
ffort to better our condition, The
imports into Georgia exceeded her ex¬
ports. Therefore, there is an impera¬
tive necessity for reducing our expen¬
ses of all kinds, from a ton of grain to
a ball of potash.
Spend nothing that can be done
without. Our homo products are su¬
perior to any. We would encourage
the establishment of factories of all
kinds, as by that means their em¬
ployes may become consumers of our
jiroducts. The contraction of the
currency may be relieved by a system
of bartering between the farmer and
merchant.
Wo appeal to you to aid in this ef
fort.
First, by the raising of supplies of
every kind possible to be produced on
the farm for the sustenance of man
and beust.
Second, by making the cotton crop
a surplus crop, intensifying it’s cul¬
ture on every line.
Third, by the use of more home¬
made fertilizers, and the use of less
commercial fertilizers.
In inviting your co-operation we as
sure you that there is no fees, dues or
oliarges made for membership, and no
salaried officers, but euch county is
left to pursue its own plan of carrying
out the plans of our organization.
SPAIN’S EXCUSE.
Unofficial Statements in Regard to
Action of the Gunboat.
A special cable dispatch from Ha¬
vana, signed by tho editor of La Lucha,
says:
“No official report of firing upon a
merchantman flying the American flag
by aSpauishman-of-war has been made
here. It is thought that since the Cu¬
ban coast is being watched by Spanish
naval vessels, one of them fired on a
suspicions vessel which did not obey
its signals to stop.”
A special cablegram from Colon, re¬
ferring to the same rpisode, says:
“The Colombia line steamship Al¬
lianca, which was fired on by a Span¬
ish war vessel off the eastern point of
Cuba, on March 8th, took no war ma¬
terials when she sailed on March 5th.
Her 1,700 tons of general freight and
200 tons of bananas quite filled her.
Cubans here snv the Allianca was fired
on probably iu the belief that she was
a filibuster. They say it is an old
Spanish custom to lire on any suspi¬
cious vessel.”
MAYOR FITZPATRICK CLEARED.
New Orleans Chief Executive Exoner¬
ated From Charges of Malfeasant .
In the civil district court at New
Orleans, Thursday, Judge King read
his decision in the ease of Mayor John
Fitzpatrick, against whom articles of
impeachment have been filed by the
Citizens’ Protective Association.
The suit grew out of the fight against
the city administration inaugurated
last summer by the citizens. There
were some dozen charges against the
mayor. He was accused of malfea¬
sance iu office, favoritism and other
charges of a similar character. The
decision was all in his favor, the judge
finding him not guilty on either of the
charges.
The acquittal of the mayor is con¬
sidered a great victory for the politi¬
cal ring, of which Fitzpatrick is the
acknowledged leader. The courtroom
was crowded with spectators. There
was also present the counsel who ap
peared in the case.
Regular Dividend Declared.
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panv, at its meeting in Boston, Mass.,
declared its regular dividend of $3 per
share quarter y.
Seventy-Fifth Ballot and nofhange.
Five ballots in the senatorial contest
were taken by the Delaware legisla
tare Wenneeday. Ibis brings it up to
the seventy-fifth ballot. There was no
change.
j COTTON GROWERS.
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j STATE ORGANIZATION OF THE
' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
An Appeal Formulated and Addressed i
to Georgia Farmers.
pofiScrf ““““h '™ich Tame^ belong,
bankers and merchants may
whose sole object is the betterment of
the farmers as a class and the general
public as well, was organized in At¬
lanta Monday. It is the Georgia Cot¬
ton Growers’ Association. From the
interest shown from the number of
delegates present its success is assumed
and the accomplishment of its purpose
almost a fact.
In answer to a call from Hon. W. A.
Broughton, who was appointed presi¬
dent by the National Association,near¬
ly every county in the state, either in
person or by proxy, was represented
at this meeting.
This call was to effect an organiza¬
tion for the stute and the first busi¬
ness was to appoint a secretary and
treasurer and an executive committee,
which, by a ruling of the national or¬
ganization, constitutes the delegates
to the convention of the National As
sociation.
The election for secretary and treas¬
urer resulted in the choice of Mr. J.
Lindsey Johnson, of Floyd, and the
president appointed as members of the
executive committee Messrs. J. Lind¬
sey Johnson, of Floyd county; L. H.
O. Martin, of Elbert county; J. P.
Brown, of Pulaski county ; J. O. Wad¬
dell, of Fulton county; Colonel B. T.
Nesbitt, of Cobb county, also commis¬
sioner of agriculture, and Dr. T. B.
Whitley, of Douglass county; of this
committee the president is a member by
virtue of his position and chairman
as well. Under the by-laws of the
National Association every cotton
growing state in the Union is entitled
to one member in the national execu¬
tive committee for every 200,000 bales
of cotton and fraction thereof pro¬
duced in it during the year 1890 and
to avoid controversy the representa¬
tion is fixed as follows: North Car¬
olina three, South Carolina four,Geor¬
gia six, Florida one, Alabama four,
Mississippi six, Tennessee two, Arkan¬
sas four, Louisiana three, Texas ten,
Indian Territory one, and a represent¬
ation from seven states will constitute
a quorum. The national convention
is to be held in New Orleans on the
first Monday in April.
An appeal is being formulated to be
addressed to every farmer in the state
and every person interested in the
cotton industry relative to a general
plan whereby concerted action may be
taken to increase the price in cotton.
The committee submitted the fol¬
lowing address:
To the Farmers of Georgia:
Bealizing the importance and neces¬
sity for concerted action of all en¬
gaged in the growing of cotton for
mutual protection, we, the Cotton
Growers’ Protective Association, in
convention assembled, do hereby ap¬
peal, not only to those engaged in
growing cotton, but all interested in
it, for their active co-operation in an
effort to better onr condition. The
imports into Georgia exceeded her ex¬
ports. Therefore, there is an impera¬
tive necessity for reduciug our expen¬
ses of all kinds, from a ton of grain to
a ball of potash. done
Spend nothing that can be
without. Our home products are su¬
perior to any. We would encourage
tho establishment of factories of all
kinds, as by that means their em¬
ployes may become consumers of our
products. The contraction of the
currency may be relieved by a system
of bartering between the farmer and
merchant.
We appeal to you to aid in this ef
fort.
First, by the raising of supplies of
every kind possible to be produced on
the farm for the sustenance of man
and beast.
Second, by making the cotton crop
a surplus crop, intensifying it’s cul¬
ture on every line.
Third, by the use of more home¬
made fertilizers, and the use of less
commercial fertilizers.
In inviting your co-operation we as¬
sure you that there is no fees, dues or
charges made for membership, and no
salaried officers, but each county is
left to pursue its own plan of carrying
out the plans of our organization.
It was further agreed that in the
event of one of the executive commit¬
tee not being able to attend the nation¬
al convention, then they should have
the power to appoint their own alter¬
nate.
It was also asked that the press of
the state favoring this movement to
copy this address in full and give it
the widest publication possible. A
vote of thanks was tendered the presi¬
dent, Mr. W. H. Broughton, for his
efforts in perfecting the organization,
to which he very gracefully responded.
A. P. A. CONVENTION.
Delegates to the Number of One Hun¬
dred and Fifty Meet at Saginaw.
The American Protective Association
state convention met at Saginaw, Mich.,
Tuesday morning, over 150 delegates
being present. Professor Walter Sims,
who lw * 6tated that the or « ani '
ca’SrsssrKEM&s;
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Pr siden t 'Beatty said that he had no
the fi r6 t 8 teps would be
tft ^ en toward organizing a national
partv He figures that the American
Protective Association strength would
go j a hulk to the new party, and would
control a majority of the electoral
votes.
WASHINGTON
ITEMS OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
The disappearance of eighteen sena¬
tors will make an entire change in the
appearance on the senate floor when
body „eoi, T i„. Instead of the
majority of the desks being on the
democratic side, they now appear on
the republican side.
President Cleveland was fifty-eight
years old Monday. Secretary Thur
ber remembered the occasion and was
the first person to congratulate Mr.
Cleveland after he entered his office.
The president spent the morning re¬
ceiving congressmen and other callers.
The recent decision of the assistant
attorney general for the postoffice de¬
partment to the effect that the “so
called newspaper laws” circulated by
publishers’ collection agencies, were no
laws at all will have the effect of clos¬
ing the business of various newspaper
collection agencies throughout the
country. The department will now
prohibit their letters from going
through the mails to the newspapers
and to subscribers who have failed to
p»y
The statement is made upon good
authority that the decision of the
United Statea, supreme court on ihe
constitutionality of the income tax
will be rendered-before Monday, April
15th. Treasury officials, charged with
collection of the tax have been very
anxious to obtain some informal as¬
surance on this point, inasmuch as the
extension of the period within which
returns must be made by taxpayers in
order to escape the 50 per cent penal¬
ty, imposed by law, expires on that
day.
A meeting of the press correspon¬
dents at Washington has beed held at
which the invitation of the Cotton
States and International Exposition
Company of Atlanta, to visit the ex¬
position in either May, June or July,
was considered. Among the resolu¬
tions adopted was one accepting the
invitation so cordially extended and
stating that if it be agreeable to the
officers of the Cotton States and Inter¬
national Exposition company it will
be most convenient to the correspon¬
dents to accept the invitation for the
last week in May.
The Spanish minister at Washing¬
ton, Senor Muruaga, had received no
reply up to Thursday noon from the
captain general of Cuba regarding the
firing upon the American steamer Al¬
lianca by a Spanish gunboat on the 8th
instant Senor Muruaga is satisfied
that the moment the captain of the
gunboat makes his report to the cap¬
tain general it will be in turn for¬
warded to the minister. When this
report is received it will be at once
laid before Secretary Gresham in or¬
der that he may be made acquainted
with the Spanish side of the case,
which will then be carefully investi¬
gated.
The postoffice department has in¬
structed the postmaster at Mobile,
Ala., to make up and dispatch, on the
1st proximo, mails addressed to.Cen¬
tral American postoffices of Belize,
Bluefields and Bocas del Toro, to b«
dispatched by vessels sailing from Mo¬
bile to the places named, and to con¬
tain only articles addressed for deliv¬
ery at those places. The dispatches
from Mobile will be in addition to
those from New Orleans, La., for the
same places which will continue as at
present. The reason for adding Mo¬
bile is because most of the vessels now
use Mobile as a home port instead of
New Orleans.
The Coal Costs Too Much.
After many years of dissatisfaction
over the prices for coal exacted by
the Panama Bailroad company from
the United States war vessels, the
navy department has declined to have
further dealings with that concern,
and will secure coal supplies from an¬
other source. Heretofore naval ves¬
sels at Colon were obliged to get their,
coal from the railroad company at $11
per ton. The navy department pro¬
tested that this rate was exorbitant,
and contended that the fact that the
United States government kept vessels
at Colon to protect the company’s
property was additional reason why
the price should be reduced. The
company refused to lower the rate and
Secretary Herbert has directed that
hereafter United States naval vessels
that would otherwise coal at Colon
shall go to Cartagena for the purpose.
Cartagena is only a day’s run from
Colon, and the department has mads
arrangements to obtain coal there at
$5.50 per ton.
Revenues Decreasing.
There may be yet an extra session.
If there is not there will be a raid on
the gold again. Other causes may lead
to one. A high official in the treasury
department says:
“The importations to this country
have been immensely less than was ex¬
pected. It was generally supposed
that as soon as the tariff bill went into
effect the importations would vastly
increase. They did at first, bat the
wholesale dealers soon found out that
the retail dealers wanted practically
little of their old orders, and they
shut down on the importation of Eng¬
lish and other foreign made goods.
Consequently, the revenues, Gorman, as pie
dicted they would be by have
decreased to an alarming extent.”
It begins to look as if the treasury
would have to again draw on the gold
reserve for current expenses. This
thing may go on until July or August,
but I do net see how it is possible to
avoid finding other wars of raising
revenues revenues. Jn the midst of
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the treasury has been overlooked a nd
the aspect is serious.
It is not believed that in case of a
diminution of the gold reserve from
any cause the administration would
dare provoke the wrath of the Ameri¬
can people further by an issuance of
bonds in any way similar to the last
one.
Gresham is Aroused.
The atmosphere around Washington
has been filled with all sorts of rumors
of foreign complications. Secretary
Gresham has on his war paint. He is
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lette to the governor of C ol -
orado instead of treating with him
through the state department. He
a oe8 not pretend to conceal the dis
gU8 t he feels toward Muruaga, the
Spanish embassador, for daring to
criticise the administration of foreign
affairs with respect to the firing
on the merchant liner Allianca. His
chief annoyance, however, comes from
Fava’s undiplomatic performance and
the Spanish minister’s impertinent
criticisms. Great interest is man¬
ifested in the matter in official cir¬
cles and the war fever inspired by
Gresham’s peremptory demand up¬
on Spain for an apology ap¬
pears to be spreading, There is an
impression in some circles that the
Spanish government will make its re¬
ply by merely handing Minister Tay¬
lor his passport and severing all dip¬
lomatic relations with the United
States. This would place the coun¬
tries in the position how assumed by
Venezuela toward Great Britain,
France and Denmark. There is a feel
ing here that Gresham will carry war
into the enemy’s camp and hand the
Spanish minister his passports, and
may also insist upon the recall of
Baron Fava by Italy.
The president, in looking for an op¬
portunity to popularize this adminis¬
tration, may seize the opportunity to
wage an aggressive foreign policy. He
will be urged to do so anyhow by the
secretary of state. In the possible
event of its becoming necessary the
United States government is better
prepared at the present time than ever
before to enforce compliance of its
ultimatum to 4he Spanish government
as a result of the Allianca incident.
FAIR’S LATEST WILL.
His Children are Overjoyed at Its Dis¬
covery.
When the Fair will matter came up
before Judge Slack at San Francisco
Monday morning, Eeuben H. Lloyd,
of counsel for the children, presented
a holographic will of the dead ex-sen
ator dated three days later than the
one originally filed for probate a»nd
which has been stolen. He stated to
the court that Fair had given the will
into the custody of a highly respected
lady, who had just become cognizant
of the fact that the document was
dated later than the missing one.
As soon as the will was put on rec¬
ord, the attorneys on both sides
agreed to have the matter of the pro¬
bate of the document set for April 2d.
Tbe attorneys for the executors asked
that their petitition for the probate of
the certified copy of the stolen will be
set for the same date. The under¬
standing is that at that time the exec¬
utors of the stolen document will pro¬
ceed to attack the authenticity of the
new one._
THE ALLIANCA OUTRAGE.
The Commander Who Fired Upon the
Vessel Found.
Advices from Havana state that the
commander of the Spanish cruiser
Conde de Venadito reports that on
March 8th, while cruising off the east¬
ern coast of the island, he sighted a
steamer heading for Maysi point. The
steamer’s course was to the northeast.
The cruiser hoisted a flag and the
steamer replied by raising an English
flag. The cruiser signaled the steamer
to stop, but without effect. As the
steamer proceeded at full speed the
cruiser first fired two blank shots and
then two solid shots.
The commander says he did not de¬
sire to hit the steamer, but merely to
cause her to heave to. He asserts that
the steamer was but one and a haif
miles off the Cuban coast when the flr
ing occurred. The authorities at
Havana have ordered that a full in¬
quiry be made into the commander’s
acts.
Judging from Captain Crossman’e
story, nobody can doubt that the
steamer in question was the Allianca
which was fired on by a Spanish
cruiser on March 8th.
JOBBERY CHARGED.
The Indications Are That Tennessee
Was to Be Robbed.
A Nashville special says: The peni*
tentiary committee heard only three
witnesses Wednesday. The most in¬
teresting testimony was by Bepresen
tative King, who said that he was sat¬
isfied that the specifications were load¬
ed, as they called for quartered oak
walks in front of cells, affording a
chance to make $40,000. They also
called for copper knees under the
roofing, when ordinary wire could be
used and fully $20,000 saved by the
contractors. He also told of informa¬
tion he had received at Knoxville to
the effect that John Honk was to have
been paid $7,500 for delaying Com¬
missioner Young, who is his father-in
law, and causing him to miss the train
the day before the bids were to have
been opened, the presumption being
that the parties alleged to have agreed
to pay Honk would have had some ad¬
vantage through Young’s absence.
Commissioner McDowell later stated
to the committee that the bids were
not opened on the day originally set,
because of Judge Young’s absence, he
having telegraphed that he had missed
the train. The bids were opened the
next day when Judge Young was pres¬
ent. The committee’s sessions are
secret