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Ofl/eial Organ of Monroe County.
BY MrGINTY A CABAN188.
Americana are tho best penmen in
the world, and the British come next.
Tn Kentucky it is now a misde¬
meanor to point even an empty gun
at a person.
Improved railway communication
with the best parts of Florida have re¬
moved the climatio inducement for a
visit to Europe.
The New A'ork Observer suggests
Hint clergymen really ought not to
write so illegibly as to provoke the
com post tors to commit the sin of pro¬
fanity.
I’itUburg ih very happy over the ar¬
rival of a heavy cargo of molasses
direct from New Orleans, the first on
record. Heretofore the rule has been
to break cargo at Cincinnati and rc
ihip.
It is figured out by tho New Orleans
1'icayiino that stamp collectors have
put away $1,000,000 worth of the
(’ dumhjnn issues for which Uncle Sam
will not be called on to perforin any
sen ice.
Consni-uenerai ratwarusut Berlin fias
suggested to the State Department the
ndvisiliility of supplying United States
consulates with directories of Ameri¬
can manufacturing firms, tho lack ol
which, lie says, is very embarrassing
to Consuls in acting in the interest of
domestic industries.
Unidentified photographs of undis¬
tinguished persons commonly help to
make up the stock of tho second-hand
Look shops. Theso things sell at from
2j to five cents each and one book¬
seller conjectures that they are bought
to fill up blanks in family albums.
An occasional photograph of a hand¬
some man or woman fetches a higher
price.
The hide of llio alligator and the
nkin of tho lizard are not the only ar¬
ticles upon which tho ingenuity of
nmu has been exercised, notes the
New Orleans Pieayvmo. The skin of
Ihe much-despised catfish is being util¬
ized. A man at Old Orchard, Ale.,
has discovered a process of tanning by
which Ihe skin can bo converted into a
strong and handsome leather.
irugo the \vuimg of wolves
Tim bounty on wolf scalps has been
raised in Douglas County, Nebraska.
'Tho County Commissioners announce
that tho scalp of a timber wolf is
worth $3 now instead of $2.50, and
♦ hnt of a coyote is worth $2 instead of
$1.50. The rise is not because of a
scarcity of wolves, explains tho New
York Sun, but because they are over
plentiful, an odd reversal of the usual
rule of supply and value.
Aliss Katharine Coman, who lias
charge of the political-economy de¬
partment of Wellesley, wants her
pupils to be practical stateswomcn,
remarks tho New York Ledger. To
this end she sends them into the
Bureau of Associated Charities in Bos¬
ton, to labor unions, to tenement
houses and to manufactories. She
hopes that such methods will ulti¬
mately lead to a day when women will
study the great questions of theii
times.
'1 ho Military Board of Yirginia has
decided, after a lengthy discussion,
announces the New Orleans Picayune,
to abandon the historic gray of ite
volunteers and substitute for it the
•fine uniform now iu use in the United
Btates Army. The change is said to be
on economical grounds, as the new
uniform can be drawn direct from the
Government supplies, and does not
merely affect tho rank and file, but
also the uniforms of the Governor’s
stuff. The only thing which will be
retained is the A’irginia button.
The New York News remarks that
the discovery claimed by Dr. William
Aloor, of Now York City, that per
manganate of potash is an antidote
for the poison of opium is, if true, one
more step in advance in medical
scienee. The doctor summoned his
friends, all medical men, around him.
and announced his intention to make
tho experiment upon his own person.
Then he swallowed tho morphine,
three grains of it, au absolutely fatal
dose for mauy a man, and followed it
by the antidote*—four grains of the
permanganate of potash in water.
They looked for his death, and they
waited iu his commny for five hours.
No tnoro effect resulted from the
poison than though the doctor had
drank a glass of pure water, In his
case, surely the trial was a complete
enccess. The importance ol this dis¬
covery, for treatment of cases of
poisoning by opium, cannot be over¬
estimated. It may perhaps have a
use, also, in the treatment of persons
addicted to the use of opium as a
habit, AVt congratulate the medical
faculty upon this discovery, Law
and theoio, may bo charged with
Using wop|yjt , #s«iw, but tafdivim
THE MONROE ADVERTISER. FORSYTH, GA , TUESDAY, MARCH ^ 1894.—EIGHT PAGES.
The London Vegetation Society lias
a committee of women to assist in
promoting a knowledge of the artistic
cookery of vegetables.
The latest sharp game reported is
that of a New Yorker who advertised a
handy method of writing without pen
or ink. It costs the inquisitive public
$3 apiece to be told to use a pencil.
The United States Navy now ranks
seventh among the world’s fleets. It 1
consists of forty-one vessels. During ]
the past year nine shins were launched
and six completed and placed in com*
mission.
According to Beerbohm’s figure:
shipments of wheat to Europe from
America, Canada, Russia, India, Ar- I
gentinc and Australasia were 321,400,
000 bushels in 1893 and 499,800,000
bushels in 1802.
Tho current work of Congress is ,
looked after by 141 regularly accredit- !
ed correspondents in the press galleries
of the Senate and the House, and th y
serve 171 papers. New York is repre
sented by twenty-one correspondents,
who serve fifteen papers. i
In tho shifting movement of this
restless country some people yet have
been content to abide by the ancestral
roof tree, muses the Chicago Herald.;
Dr. George Adam died at Canaan, j
Conn., a few days ago at the age of I
cighty-one years m 1he same house in
which ho was Born and in which he
had lived all Ins life.
The Washington Star thinks para
chuto descents should be discouraged.
During the past two or three years n
very largo percentage of the men and
women who were foolhardy enough to
attempt those dangerous drops have
been killed or seriously injured
through their efforts to do something
which, if successful, resulted iu no
benefit—save of a narrow financial
sort—revealed no scientific truth,
taught no lesson hitherto unknown.
Says the Atlanta Journal • Edwin
Atkinson, Avho is very careful with
figures, and wdio investigates thor¬
oughly before he gives an opinion,
thinks that the number of unemployed
persons iu the United States has been
greatly exaggerated. He writes to
the New York Journal of Commerce
au Interesting letter on the subject,
in which ho estimates the total num¬
ber of unemployed in the country at
1,150,000 and says that this includes
tho large army of permanently and
voluntarily idle. Air. Atkinson’s esti¬
mate is the lowest we have seen,
though another statistical expert, in
the same issue of the Journal of Com¬
merce, places the number of the un¬
employed at 1,200,000.
Tho meagre and unprofitable resi/ts
of tho sturgeon fishery in the Colum¬
bia River this season shows that the
sturgeon as well as the salmon is fast
being exterminated in those waters
because of wasteful and entirely im¬
proper methods of fishing, A few
years ago it was believed the Columbia
River could easily supply tho entire
East as well as theJPacific markets with
sturgeon, but this year tho catch has
not been a tenth so large as in former
years, to the great loss of fishermen
and packers. But on the Frazer River,
iu British Columbia, where adequate
laws for the proper protection of the
fish exist and are strictly enforced,
tho catch this year has been better
than ever before. One big packer has
removed his business this year from
Washington to British Columbia.
“The rapid increase of crime in
this country is largely due,” main¬
tains the Atlanta Constitution, “to the
delay and uncertainty of criminal
justice. In 1889 iu the United States
8568 murders were committed. Iu
1890 they reached 4290, and 5908 in
1891, while for 1892 the total is 6700,
au increase of nearly ninety per cent,
in four years. But although we had
more than 20,000 murders iu four
years there were only 331 legal execu¬
tions. Judge Lynch, however, took a
baud in the matter and disposed of
558 criminals. This lynching record
puts our lawbreakers and judges upon
notice that the people demand speedy
justice, and when they have reason to
bqjieve that they will be disappointed
they will sometimes dispose of the
business in their own way. With
murders increasing at the rate of
ninety per cent, since 1889, it is evi¬
dent that something must be done to
check the rising tide of crime or ;
general demoralization will be the re -1
suit. The certainty of punishment x
‘
without unnecessary demy , is . tno best
remedy. Many a criminal who is
reekless enough to court death at tho
hands of a mob shftdders when he con
, T W, 8 .he prospect of oo the
ganows in a jail yard in the presence
of only a few officials. These quiet,
orderly, private executions have a
better effect than public hangings or
lyuehiugs. They inspire awe as well
as terror. Justice surely and speedily
administered in the courts will stop
lynching and reduce the number of
murders. If a murderer can be con
vieted in England and legally ex. cured
thirty d.y» .ft™ the
tuition of m* crime, why cannot wc 1
AT THE NATIONAL
AHain ol Government and Hewj ol
ite Departments Discuss:!
.Votes of Interest Concerning the Peo¬
ple and Their General Welfare.
Tho members of the democratic
caucus arc very secretive, and the
chairman had laid special stress upon
the necessity of secrecy ns to all that
take8 P laco nutil the bill is finally
agreed upon.
Judge Cox in the equity court has
declined to issue a mandamus to pre¬
vent the pension commissioner from
reducing the pension of Judge Charles
D. Long, of Alichigan, from $72 to$50
a month.
Congressmen are discussing the fate
of the Illand bill when it reaches the
president. It is accepted that the
senate will pass the bill although the
administration may make a hard light
against it.
A dispatch has been received at the
8 ^ n * e department from Minister Thomp¬
son, at Bio de Janeiro, stating that it
was reported that the insurgents had
captured Lopn. The name is probably
misspelled, and is understood to mean
ftapo, a town on the coast eight miles
out of Desterro.
A cable message received at the navy
department from Rear Admiral Boham
confirms the report of the arrival of
the government dynamite cruiser,
Nictheroy, in Rio. harher, where she
anchored. Ihe admiral says, in his
dispatch, that it was reported that the
rest of the loyal fleet will arrive at Rio
from Bohia February 22.
The president has sent to congress
another bulky batch of Hawaiian cor¬
respondence. It includes President
Dole’s letter to AV’illis, already pub¬
lished, and Willis’ reply with seyeral
other communications. Willis, in his
letter transmitted to Secretary Gres¬
ham, says: “This letter will, on my
l ,ai 'B en ^ G 1C correspondence upon the
subject.”
Superintendent Kimball, of the life¬
saving service at Washington, has re¬
ceived a telegram from the keeper of
the Dodies (North Carolina) station,
stating that the schooner Florence C.
Alegce, of Philadelphia, from Port
Tampa, Florida, to Baltimore with
phosphate, went ashore near the sta¬
tion. The crew of ten men were saved
in life boats.
The secretary of war has received
from Second Comptroller Alansur his
stitutional arguments against the qual
ificatiops to enter of any retired army officer
congress, finds that General
Sickles cannot bo divested of his re
tired pay, amounting to $5,625 an
nually, and continues to hold his mili
tary office.
After conferring upon the subject,
Secretaries Larnont and Herbert have
decided that there shall be no
contests at foolball between the cauets
at Annapolis and West Point. The
tion is taken because of a conviction
that the inter-academie matches are
detrimental to discipline and to the
studies of the cadets. Orders have
been sent to the two academies to this
e fl- ec f
The senate committee on finance
met Tuesday morning only to adjourn
promptly, Air. A 7 oorhees stating that
tho tariff bill was not ready. The
chairman and Air. Jones, of Arkansas,
were the only democrats present, and
they retired at once to the caucus,
leaving the republican members in full
possession of the committee room.
The republicans remained half 'an hour
discussing the situation and jirciiaring
their plan of action. Nothing definite
was agreed upon.
The silver men point with gratifica¬
tion to the advance in wheat, cotton
and the stock markets since the pass¬
age of the Bland bill. Cotton closed
8 points higher Friday than it did Thurs¬
day. This was on the strength of the
probably early passage of the coinage
bill. Last fall, when the uncondition¬
al repeal passed the senate, silver, cot¬
ton and wheat all slumped together,
and they have been going down, down,
down ever since, until the eve of fa¬
vorable action on the Bland bill.
Hawaiian Reports.
A volume of nearly eight hundred
pages, exclusive of maps, has been
laid before the senate representing the
testimony taken by the senate com¬
mittee on foreign relations, and their
iindings of the facts thereon, under
the resolution directing them to in¬
quire whether auy, and if so, what
irregularities have occurred in the
diplomatic intercourse between the
United States and Hawaii in relation to
the recent revolution. The report of
tho majority of the committee was
prepared by Chairman Alorgan, of
Alabama. It exhaustively reviews
the facts, laws and precedents,
protectorate, and finds nothing irregu¬
lar in the appointment of Blount, but
in effect says that the evidence taken
by the committee under more favora¬
ble circumstances leads the committee
to different conclusions than those
which he formed. This report is con¬
curred in as to all its essential findings
by the republican members of the com¬
mittee—Sherman, Frye, Dolph and
Davis. They characterize it as an ex¬
ceedingly able document, but they dis¬
sent on five points.
Students* Missionary Congress,
great international students’
“ isaioDa Y convened in De
troit. Ihe Students’ A olunteer AIis
gjonary.Society aiid is composed of young
men women in the different col
loot's of the country who have volun
teered their servict>s as foreign mis
are iu attendance at this convention,
and thirty colleges are represented.
Prohibition in Iowa.
A prominent man, living near Oma¬
ha, Neb., has just received a letter
from Governor Frank D. Johnson, of
Iowa, in which he states that if the
Iowa legislature does not repeal or
modify the prohibitory law so as to af
fortl relief for r D<-’ r counties, he
will •■all tDo legislature in extra see
oatprtlM „ m.i» i. the flr.t
declaration mad* by tbs governor on
general early dying.
A Report From Lynchburg That He Can
Live Only a Few Days.
General .Tubal A. Early is gradually
sinking at his home in Lynchburg, Ya.,
and his physician states that he cannot
survive many days longer. General
I itzhugh Lee, of Rockbridge; General
M . H. Payne* of Warrenton, and Gen¬
eral Dabney H. Maury, of Richmond,
with Seuatdr Daniel, called to see him.
He had an interval of consciousness,
during which he recognized and talked
with General Mwtry.
SEIGNIORAGE BILL PASSES.
3
The Measure Gats Through hy a Majority
ol Th:rty-Hiae Votes,
The Opposition Present a .Solid Front
to tjie Last.
T
By a vote of 10?to 129, or a majority
of 39, the Bland stiver seigniorage bill
passed the holismatt) o’clock Thursday
afternoon. Thus the long fight has
ended by a victorwt.i the silver men
in the house. It*^»; a close call, how¬
ever. To the very last moment the
eastern democrats and republicans re¬
fused to vote and ^t was only by the
aid of the speaker’s vote that a quorum
was secured on the adoption of the or¬
der from the committee on rules.
With the exception of two hours’
debate, the fight in the house was one
continuation of roll calls. The oppo¬
sition offered all sort- of amendments
calculated to prevent the passage of
the bill, but each ^ud every oue of
them wis voted down and Air. Bland’s
bill, as amended by himself, was finally
passed.
It provides for the coinage of the
seigniorage and for urnraF t^eoiuage of the
silver purchased the Sherman
law. It further proviah&that the treas¬
ury notes outstanding, issued for the
purchase of this coin, shall be redeem¬
ed in silver and silver certificates.
The passage of the bill means much
for silver. The majority of 39 in its
favor shows how the sentiment in the
house has changed since the Sherman
law was repealed. This fight over,
the house will now spend several weeks
in passing appropriation bills which
are on the calendar. The bill tore
peal the 10 per cent tax on the state
banks will lie considered.
BUSINESS REVIEW.
Vrado for llie Past Week Was Very J),s
coiuaguig^
Dun & Co s. review of trade
^ or past week says: A waiting
condition of business is Tdne in which
weekl y fluctuations means nothing,
Business til of all kinds is hlsitating un
more can be determined about the
an £ ™ an ? hil % >rs, which
" 1 ee ^ ia ! u 8 a " lb tL_a time.
««Wnandaoj^g Cr bn . Xi■
wlthou fording reasonable «
t indica¬
tlo i “ 8 of f the futur ®
aS \ 1 ? nce8 w or are l ower a ^' tban am & ever reatl , J havin depressed, , & been
““de in . wheat, silver and some manu
lact « red PV>ducts, and neither cotton,
wool nor raw iron has advanced.
The gutted money markets continue
to show that the volume of business is
still inadequate to employ the circula¬
tion available, and tho withdrawal of
about $60,000,000 from the New York
market by the sale of government
bonds does not cause the expected
strengthening of rates. With gradu¬
ally decreasing shiiiments of merchan¬
dise to other countries, foreign ex¬
change rises and some exports of gold
are expected.
The volume of domestic trade does
not seem to increase. In all clearing
house payments the decrease is 44.6
per cent for the week, against 37.8 for
the previous week, and about 35.5 per
cent for the month thus far.
Cotton was a sixteenth lower, with
considerable trading; the receipts
from plantations still exceeding those
of last year, but the exports showed a
relatively large increase, while Ellison
reports foreign consumption nearly
full. Takings of northern spinners
since January 1st have been 38 per
cent smaller than last year’s to date.
A further decline in silver takes the
price below the lowest previous record,
and is partly due to a heavy shipment
from New York during the week. The
treasury deficit in February is some¬
what smaller than in January, for,
though custom receipts do not enlarge
and for the month thus far are 36 per
cent lees than a year ago, the internal
revenue for the month shows some in¬
crease over last year.
Industrial changes have been few,
but a little better demand for some
textile goods has started more mills
than have stopped. There is a better
feeling in fancy cottons, though some
goods ere a shade lower. Woolen
dress goods are steady with fair de¬
mand, and though orders for heavy
woolens and worsteds are light, they
are a little better, som6'agents having
made fair progress.
A larger demand gives encourage¬
ment in iron and steel manufacture
and increased the output of mills,
though it is yet only 50 to 60 per cent,
of their capacity.
Hence, fierce competition continues
to depress prices, and while the recent
slight advance in steel billets and jug
iron has been lost, some other prod¬
ucts are selling lowever than ever.
Prices of commodities now average
about i per cent higher than a month
ago, but 11.7 per cent lower than a
year ago, and, excepting this year,
have never been as low on the whole
as they are now. week
Failures during the past nnm
bered in the United States 288 against
193 last year, and in Canada 51 against
37 last year.
The Bengal chamber of commerce at
a recent meeting discussed the resolu¬
tion that the best interests of the
country demand that the mints be re¬
opened. Afterwards the chamber adop¬
ted, by a vote of 69 to 15, an amend
ment to the effect that the mints should
not be re-opened. A feature of the
silver question in India is the abormal
movement of all produce towards the
ports, the object being to raise money
in Europe upon products so forwarded,
AU the ; roperty Itwljr >£
THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS
Tie House and Senate Called to Order
in Replar SssM
Daily Summary of Routine Business in
the Two Houses.
the house.
By a vote of yeas 167, nays 53, the
house, Monday, agreed to discharge
the committee on ways and moans from
further consideration of Air, Hatch's
anti option bill and send it to the com¬
mittee on agriculture for report. Mr.
Boutello offered a. resolution reciting
that the United States would not per¬
mit the representative of any govern¬
ment to remain in the capital who had
intrigued with its enemies for the
overthrow of its government; and
that the same rights should
be conceded to other govern¬
ments, even the weakest; therefore
be it resolved, that Minister Wil¬
lis be recalled and a minister sent to
Honolulu who will represent the senti¬
ments and wishes of the United States.
TJie speaker ruled that it was a ques¬
tion of privilege, and sent the resolu¬
tion to the committee on foreign af¬
fairs. Air. Bland moved to take up
and discuss his seigniorage bill uutil 4
o’clock. A vote was taken and re¬
sulted as follows: Ayes, 1(58; nays, 5;
which was 6 less than a quorum. At
1:50 Air. Bland withdrew his motion
and offered ore to take up the bill fox
consideration, removing all limitations
of debate. This was agreed to by a
vote of 119 to nothing.
The house was again without a quo¬
rum Tuesday on the Bland seigniorage
Bill. Failing to obtain a quorum, Air.
Bland withdrew his motion to submit
debate and the house proceeded to de¬
bate the bill without limit.
In the house, Wednesday morning,
Mr. Kilgore offered a resolution ask¬
ing the sergeant-at-arms if he had
withheld the salary of members for the
time absent without leave, if not, why
not, and whether in his opinion the
law could bo enforced. It was ruled
out on a point of order. Air. Bland
moved to take up the seigniorage bill
and limit the debate to 3 p. m. Thurs¬
day. No quorum voted and a call of
the house was ordered. A bare quo¬
rum was finally obtained, Speaker
Crisp A’oting to make it.
In the house, Thursday, Air. Cum¬
mings, of New York, endeavored to
have the bill passed appropriating
money to rescue tho wreck of the
Kearsage, but Air. Kilgore, of Texas,
demanded the regular order. The reg¬
ular order w r as the vote on the adop¬
tion of the special order to limit de¬
bate in tHe seigniorage bill to two
hours, on which the quorum failed to
vote Wednesday, and tho clerk called
the roll. Exactly a quorum voted and
the special order was adopted, 166 to
13, Speaker Crisp having voted to
make the require number. The long
struggle was over and a vote upon
Air. Bland’s bill was fimdly taken.>
Lost, 72 to 160. L’he motion on di
vision received 72 votes in the affirma¬
tive and 160 in the negative. The yeas
and nays were called, resulting: Yeas,
132; nays, 167. At 4:40 o’clock, the
speaker said: “The question is, shall
the bill pass?” In response thereto, a
mighty volume of sound rolled out
“aye.” Some one demanded a divis
ion, which was had, resulting:
Ayes, 154; nays, 54. Mr. Tracy
called for the yeas and nays,
and the request was supported by a
sufficient number to secure them. The
roll was called, and at 5 :15 o’clock the
vote was announced: Yeas, 168; nays,
129. “So the bill is passed,” said the
speaker, following which there was
applause from its friends. The bill
appropriating §45,000 for the raising
of the Kearsage was then called up
by Air. Cummings and passed unani¬
mously. The house then, at 5:30
o’clock, adjourned.
THE SENATE.
In the senate, Monday, Air. Alor
gan, chairman of committee on for
eign relations, reported the opinion of
the committee on the subject of Ha¬
waii. At 12:40 the senate proceeded
to execute business, and at 1 p. m. ad¬
journed to enable the democratic sen¬
ators to resume their caucus meetings.
After the transaction of some unim
portant business Tuesday morning,
the senate, at 12 :50, went into execu¬
tive session, and at 1:25 adjourned un¬
til Wednesday.
In the senate, Wednesday, Air. Voor
hees offered a resolution appointing
Air. Alills a member of the finance
committee during the absence and dis¬
ability of Air. A'ance. He asked im¬
mediate action on it, but Mr. Hoar
suggested that it had better lie over
till Thursday. It accordingly went
over. Air. Frye then addressed the
senate on the Hawaiian question. The
senate at 2 p. m. went into executive
session.
The resolution offered Wednesday by
Mr. A'oorhees, appointing Air. Alills a
member of the finance committee dur¬
ing the absence of Air. A’anee, was laid
before the senate Thursday morning.
Air. A'oorhees withdrew it,saying: “By
request, indeed, by the demand of the
senator from Texas, from which he
has refused to be persuaded, I with¬
draw the resolution.” Air. Frye then
resumed his speech on the* Hawaiian
question.
Skipped to Mexico.
A well known distiller, William H.
Headly, of the Headly and Peck Dis¬
tilling Company of Lexington, Ky.,
is probably in Alexico, a fugitive from
justice. He left a few days ago and a
letter received from him states that he
has duplicated warehouse receipts, and
that his future address is Don Carlos
hotel, City of Alexico. It is impossi¬
ble yet to estimate the amount of the
forgeries. The banks at LexingtoD
claim to be secure.
Miners Name a Ticket.
Representatives of the miners of the
Ala., district met in
secret session, and after an all-day
conference passed a resolution endors
ing the Jeffersonian populist platform,
on account of its plank opposing con
viet labor in the mines, but declined
to endorse that party’s state ticket.
They nominated John A, Loyd and C.
R. Rrsy, both miners, for the legisla
Miffi
CORBETT ACQUITTED'
The Jnr? Bren® in a Verdict of Nut
Guilty in Short Order.
Slugger Mitchell is Greatly Pleased
With the Turn of Affairs.
A Jacksonville special soys: Once
more the prize fighters have gone up
against the “peace and dignity” of the
state of Florida as Governor Mitchell
would phrase it, and once more the
“peace and dignity*' lifts been knocked
out in short order.
At 3:15 o’clock Friday afternoon the
jury in the case against James J. Cor¬
bett, charged with violating tho laws
of Florida by engaging in a prize fight,
retired to make up a verdict. At 4:07,
or sixteen minutes later, the jury re¬
turned and the foreman handed the ver¬
dict to the state’s attorney, who read:
“We, the jury, find the defendant not
guilty.” broad
A smile spread over Corbett’s
face as he heard these reassuring words
and the sports who crowded the court¬
room would have cheered had they not
been informed by Judge Phillips when
the jury came in that he would send
any person to jail for contempt who
dared to express audible approval or
disapproval of tho verdict.
Charley Alitcliell was present when
the verdict was announced and ho
loaned over and grasped Corbett by
tho hand and whispered congratula¬
tions. Alitcliell, of course, considered
the verdict in the light of a practical
acquittal for himself, as a case against
him of a similar nature is pending.
There were four women in the court¬
room at the time, two of them mem¬
bers of the “After Dark” company,
and they braved the wrath of Judge
Phillips to the extent of airily waving
their hands to Corbett.
The proceedings leading up to the
verdict were very tame. Court con¬
vened at 9:30 o’clock a. in. and the
state resumed the examination of its
witnesses. The attorneys for the
prosecution tried to elicit testimony
to show that the fight was brutal and
to make the witnesses admit that from
the very brutality of the contest Cor¬
bett and Alitcliell must have harbored
malice against oue another. The state,
however, did not make much headway
on this line, and it then attempted to
bring in the check for $20,000 which
Corbett received in public after the
fight. All of the witnesses had seen a
piece of paper handed Corbett, but all
were innocent of any knowledge of its
character.
JUDGE GROSSCUP’S DECISION
A Knockout to tlie In'crstate Commerce
Commission.
Judge Grosscup has rendered a de¬
cision in the United States district
court at Chicago which will make the
interstate commerce law practically
inoperative, for the reason it will in
the future ifowilrt" TO impossible to convict
*~11iFiii|fimr violating: its i pro vis.
■ -w.
Freight Agent James, of the Lake
Shore road, and Gordon AlcLeod,
agent of the Alerchants’ Dispatch
freight line, the witnesses who refused
to answer questions put to them by
the grand jury, were right in the po¬
sition which they took and that they
cannot be compelled to answer. James
and AlcLeod were asked questions
which were intended to draw out in¬
formation as to illegal cuts in rates
made by the companies which they
represent. Both refused to answer on
the ground that the fifth amendment
to the constitution of the United States
gives every man the right to refuse to
make disclosures which will criminate
himself.
From Judge Grosscup’s decision the
government cannot appeal and the
railroads will not. Attorney A. G.
Safford, who represents the interstate
commerce, was greatly disappointed
when the decision was announced.
He acknowledged the decision cripples
the commission in so far as prosecu¬
tions are concerned.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Alorrison has been interviewed upon
Judge Grosscup’s decision. He was
fully apprised of the sweeping char¬
acter of the decision, but he thought
it would probably render it impossi¬
ble, under the existing law, to convict
one man by the testimony of an ac¬
complice, unless the latter is willing to
testify. Said he, “the decision affects
the interstate commerce commission
to the extent that it will make it diffi¬
cult to secure convictions. It will
have no other effect, for, of course, it
will still be impossible to secure evi¬
dence outside of the parties directly
implicated. If the decision stands it
will put us back in the same position
where we were before the amendment
was adopted.” Commissioner Veasey
expressed views similar to those of Air.
Morrison.
REORGANIZATION EFFECTED
By the Atlanta Consolidated Street
Railroad Company.
A Boston dispatch says: The deal
between the bondholders and the share¬
holders of the Atlanta Consolidated
Street Railway Company, having foi
its object the placing of the road upon
a sound financial basis, has been con¬
summated through the efforts of Mr.
Joel Hurt, the president of the com¬
pany. The shareholders have paid off
the entire floating indebtedness of the
company and considerably over ninety
per cent of the bonds have already
been deposited with the trust com¬
panies to be stamped. The deal means
much for the road and places it free
from any floating indebtedness.
WILL GLADSTONE RESIGN?
Rumors That He Will Quit Again Re¬
vived.
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tion has been revived in a way sug¬
gesting that there may be some founda¬
tion in the report. The leading news¬
papers of London publish articles al¬
most identical in substance, indicating
that Air. Gladstone will resign at an
early day. The reason given in each
case is that the premier’s eyesight is
failing so fast that his vision may be¬
come wholly obscured if lie does not
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THE PUGILISTS ON TRIAL.
They Appear Before the Court of Rec¬
ord at Jacksonville.
A Jacksonville, Fla., special says:
The criminal court of record convened
this morning, the street around the
court house being crowded with spec¬
tators anxious to sec the two pugilists.
Corbett was the first to arrive and was
soon followed by Mitchell. Besides
the two boxers there are arraigned for
trial Joe Yendig, J. E. T. Bowden,
Henry Sillier, It. H. McMilan, B. F.
Blake, of the Duval Athletic club, and
Billy Thompson and William A.Brady,
as aiders and abetters.
The trial of Corbett was first begun
and the result of this will decide the
ballance. The champion is charged
with engaging in a fight and meeting
in pursuance of previous appointment,
one Charles Mitchell, whom he did
then and there beat, bruise, wound
and ill treat. John E. Hartridge, at¬
torney for the club, waived arraign¬
ment and pleaded “not guilty.”
Twenty witnesses were called and all
answered. The entire morning was
consumed in picking a jury.
Hard end Soft Wood.
One who knocks about among
Maine men often hears interesting
points brought up in queer ways.
One of these presented itself recently
in r* transaction which involved tho
question: “Where is the legal line
to be drawn between 'hard’ and 'soft/
wood?” A very sharp Penobscot
County man made a contract to de¬
liver to the other parly some hun¬
dreds of cords of “hard” wood, and
then proceeded tr. deliver white birch
and poplar woof to the required
amount. To this the purchaser,, who
expected to receive either maple,
beech or yellow birch, demurred,
claiming it was not according to con¬
tract. A high judicial authority is
quoted as ruling that white birch and
poplar ore “hard" wood, because they
beat a h-fif, the line being drawn be
tween the evergreen and leaf-b««.Hng
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