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CONVICTED IN A JIFFY.
SHARP’S JURY OUT OP THE ROOM
ONLY THIRTEEN MINUTES.
Mr. Stiokney’B Last Vain Plea for the
Defendant Col. Fellows’ Sarcasm
Compels Even the Presiding Judge
to Smile-The Prisoner Manifests No
Excitement on Hearing the Result.
New York, June 29.—The thirty-fourth
and last day of the Sharp trial dawned
bright and clear. The aged defendant shuf
fled into court at one door as Judge Barrett
came in at another. He appeared much
more feeble than usual, walking with great
difficulty to his place. A delay of ten min
utes was occasioned at the request of Mr.
Stickney before he commenced to sum up.
After thanking the jury for its indulgence
of yesterday in allowing him until to-day to
prepare his address, he stated that hitherto
his practice has been with cases involving
property, and that this is his first criminal
case. Ho would not attempt to deliver an
eloquent address, but to make a clear, sensi
ble argument that will appeal to reasoning
men. •
STICKNEY’S ADDRESS.
Mr. Stickney, in his address, said the
charge against Sharp was one of bribery,
not conspiracy. This, he held, had not
been proven by the evidence. The jury
were asked to send Sharp to prison and im
liose practically a sentence of death upon
him, because somebody corrupted the Board
of Aldermen, but there is not a particle of
evidence of the payment of money to the
Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen of 1884
he conceded to be a crowd of corrupt
strikers demanding blackmail of everybody.
Of their guilt, he said, there could he
no doubt, but he asserted that there
was nothing to connect Sharp with them.
Mr. Stickney concluded by saying Sharp
did not fear the result. “He has been
hounded by the whole press without”as
much as one single sheet suggesting that he
was entitled to a fair trial. If he was not
confident, he had ample time to flee. I de
mand of youhat. you protect him and see
that he receives at your hands the verdict of
acquittal to which he is entitled.”
THE PROSECUTION’S CLOSE.
The court room was crowded to suffoca
tion when Jofcn R. Fellows. Chief Assistant
District Attorney, arose to make the closing
-rguinent for the prosecution. He reviewed
,ae testimony as presented to the court,
rarely referring to his notes, in a masterly
manner, taking it up point by point and
pressing it upon the attention of the jury.
Turning his attention to the action's of
Sharp upon the day the franchise was
granted, he recited at length Sharp’s
action in having the resolutions
preparer! before the meeting was over. He
said the board took their orders to pass the
resolutions just as Alderman Pearson had
the day before, when Sharp directed him to
.sign the call for the meeting. Richmond,
to whom the resolutions were sent, recog
nized the danger of connecting himself
with their passage, and burst out in the im
petuous manner which characterizes him
and said: “What the did Sharp send
them to me for, where everybody can see
me; take them to Maloney.” Mr. Fellows
then said Messenger Dawling gave them to
Moloney and without any other considera-.
tion, save that whicli they received, after
weighing themselves like so much pork at
McLaughlin’s house to “see how much each
was worth,” the Aldermen passed the reso
lutions.
OVER-RIDING OF THE VETO.
He next reviewed the veto of the Mayor
and the contemptuous reception by Jaehne
and his associates. He continued: “Let us
see now where Sharp comes in. The $500,-
000 is up in the hands of Moloney, but tiie
Mayor has vetoed the resolution and cannot
be reached. Three-fourths of the Aldermen
must be secured. When Powell, who was
greatly interested, heard of the veto of the
Mayor he hastened to Sharp. He met him
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel."
‘What will you do now ?’ he asks Sharp.
‘The Board of Aldermen is fist'd, ’ says
Sharp, and they aro really waiting im
patiently to pass the resolutions for him.
What do words imply ? Fixed how ? The
board was sitting eager to pass the measure
over, the Mayor’s veto. This creature
Jaehne, unworthy to breathe the
same air as the Mayor, tosses
back the papers from the Mayor
with insult. The Aldermen stood eager,
like hounds in the leash, to veto the mes
sage. Then came the Lyddy Injunction. I
have been trying in vain for months to coin
words to compass the case of Lyddy. For
months the Aldermen had foregone the com
forts of home life in secret meetings, and
there was $500,000 in Keenan’s pocket.
There floated between them sweet visions
if watering places, when there stepped be
iween them and t heir spoils Lyddy, un in
significant little obstruction with his iujunc
;ien.”
THE LITTLE WHIFFET.
At this juncture when Col. Fellows spoke
>f Lyddy “tho little whiffet,” and described
he awful consternation of the “twenty-two
;ood and trud Aldermen’ when Lyddy
aised between them and their promised
laradise obstructions higher than the Alps,
he speaker’s sarcasm made even Judge
tarrett laugh quietly to himself and every
>ody in tho court room burst into nierri
neht which the court otileers had to quiet
vith loud rappings. “That impediment of
.yddy’s must be removed,” said Fellows,
‘and again we see the fine hand of the de
endant.”
“Tho Aldermen are fixed,” says Sharp,
'hen, although J udge Bartlett sat in the
idioining room all day and it would have
ftken but a few minutes, Attorney Bright
vent under cover of the darkness to Judge
lartlett and had it nmioved. Lyddy re
vived $12,500 for It, but the oi
ler to remove was secured at
light, so that no other citizen,
io matter how just his cause, could get out
in Injunction to secure his rights. Then
ilolonry, who had no more right to do so
hnn the womun who sweeps out this room,
ailed the Board of Aldermen together to
(insider the passage of the resolutions over
he Mayor’s veto. He knew what they were
ailed for, but many of the board themselves
lid not know.”
THE WAVE OF THE HAND.
0)1. Fellows then described that secret
neeting when the Aldermen met at Sharp’s
all and held a session with closed doors,
'hen Moloney went down and waved his
land as n signal that the deal had been
onsummnted. The Aldermen had kept tin ir
nith and Moloney gave the triumphant's
ipial. Moloney, the fleet footed, the man
if superlative im]iudeii' , tyif lamb-like heat ki
ll-like repose nnd trust, waved his hand
mt. he will not wave his hand nloi-e —nary a
mve [laughter.]
Mr. Parsons (interrupting)—You seem to
*\e known Moloney.
('of. ’Fellows—.Not to know Moloney was
ole yourself unknown Yes, 1 knew Mo
•ney, and that you did not know him
>r*ves your inesnuoity to try this case. Did
U ejM Judge Nelson have on green glasses
vhen you were at Allmuy that you did not
eo Moloney present) lam rsiiitndod, ns 1
limit my thought* toward Moloney, of the
voids <if Tupp*i’. that ahseiwe WF/ie
uiich strengthens friendship. Yes. Ih/ ve
wen Moloney, ,innd i am clad of
Sljf JHofttinjj WrtoC
it, would that I could see him here, and un
,'fearer friend, Tom Byrnes, could lay
ms clutches on him. [Laughter.] When
uoi. bellows had done with Moloney he
turned his attention to Disbeckor, another
jigure m the great scheme, whom he scorn
tuny denominated as a man who was a
trafficker in men’s honesty. He laid stress
checker’s receiving $70,000. Belding
**,ooo, and Phelps $50,000, and pointedly
asked the jury why Sharp should pay so
much mourn-.
CHARGING THE JURY.
After a short recess Judge Barrett began
hts charge to the jury. He read the Taw
on bribery and went onto say that the only
direct evidence that money had been given
was that one DeLacy had given money. It
is not, necessary that the person charged
gave money with his own hand or made a
corrupt agreement in person, or, in other
words made an agreement in accordance
with the laws of contract, but if there was
an understanding that one was to give and
the other was to receive a bribe, tnen guilt
ts established. DeLacy is the fountain head
and all who are proven to lie connected near
to or far away from the fountain head are
guilty. If DeLacy received money from
Richmond and Richmond again from Sharp,
then Sharp is guilty. If Sharp had guilty
knowledge of the scheme, and assisted or
abetted in anyway he is guilty of the crime
charged. The defendant asked for trial sep
arately and if the jury finds that he is con
nected with bribery by either of the ways
specified they must find him guilty of the
crime charged. Justice Barrett believed
that it had been clearly shown that Fullgraff
was bribed, who bribed him ?
WHO BRIBED DELACY?
If the jury believed DeLacy bribed him
with SIO,OOO, then, of course, the jury must
ask immediately who bribed DeLacy? For
no one can suppose that DeLacy bribed him
on his own account, for he derived no ben
efit from the passage of the franchise. Any
person who was behind DeLacy, who aided
or a 1 letted in bribing Fullgraff was as guilty
as DeLacy. If you find that Fullgraff was
bribed, and that $500,000 was raised by
Kerr and Fosliav, and you come, to the con
clusion that that sum was not raised for the
purposes which appear on the books of the
road, and that that sum really went to the
corruption of the Board of Aldermen; if
you find this to be so. aud you have abund
ant direct and circumstantial evidence
that point, and you believe that Kerr and
Foshay did this, and concealed it from
Sharp—if you find they did this,
because of their own interest and notwith
standing the far greater benefits which
Sharp was reap from it and Sharp was
ignorant, then you must acquit him. You
are the exclusive judges of the evidence and
if my Statement of the evidence has seemed
to impart my opinions on it to you, I trust
you will discard and disregard it. This is a
case of the utmost importance to the people
and indeed a matter of life and death to the
defendant. I am not conscious of having
ruled out a part of evidence to which the
defendant was entitled. You will not be
influenced by public clamor.
sharp’s agedness.
The defendant is an old, feeble, infirm
man, as has been said by his counsel. You
will, however, not permit that to waive you
in the discharge of your duty. It is harder
for old age to suffer, v(fi we all know that
our greatest sufferings" are frequently at the
end of our lives. It must be so; it is the
rule of the infinite, and so now all senti
ment, passion aud sympathy should be cast
outside the temple "of justice. Here only
reason should rule.
Mr. Parsons, of the counsel for the de
fense, entered several objections, but his
honor overruled him, and said the jury was
already tired out. The jury then went out.
RETURN OF THE JURY.
Ten minutes later there was a rush again
for the court room.
Judge Barrett resumed his seat on the
bench Sharp and his counsel took their
seats. Two minutes later the jury filed into
their seats and were asked if they had agreed
upon a verdict.
“We have,” was the answer.
“Guilty or not guilty?”
“Not guilty—l mean guilty, your honor,
guilty.”
“Jacob Sharp,” said the court, “how old
are you?”
“Seventy years next month.”
“Where do you live?”
“No. 334 West Twenty-third street.”
The jurors here consulted a moment and
recommended the, prisoner to mercy.
Sharp heard the verdict with ho apparent
trepidation. He sat quietly in his seat with
an air of disinterestedness until Sheriff
Grant let the court know that he was ready
to care for the convict. The lawyers for
the defense evinced more chagrin at the re
sult than the convicted one.
HOW SHARP TOOK IT.
■When the Sheriff notified Sharp to join
him the prisoner arose coolly and shook
hands with his counsel all around. Reach
ing the hallway it was only with great dif
ficulty that the crowd could be forced
back" enough to give an exit. The
prisoner was finally helped into a carriage
and he was driven to Ludlow street jail.
There was another groat crowd and there
was again trouble in making a way to the
door. Sharp showed no more signs of ill
ness than usual. Only members or his fami
ly were permitted to converse with him.
The court adjourned until July 13, when
sentence will lie passed upon the prisoner.
Anew trial will he moved for.
THE SyORY OF THE VERDICT.
The story of the verdict, as toid bv Juror
Owen O. Sehimmel, is as follows: When the
jury loft the court room at 8:52 o’clock they
went directly to the special term court room
to take their ballot. No juryman know
then what any other juryman would vote.
Foreman Canfield made out twenty-four
ballots Twelve of the ballots were
markeik“guilty” and twelve “not guilty.”
Foreman Canfield gave each juror two bal
lots one marked “guilty” and the other
“not guilty.” He then passed around a hat
and each juror deposited his ballot therein.
There was lmtone ballot taken, and the re
sult was a verdict of guilty on the first bal
lot, there being no dissenting vote.
Maine’s Liquor Law.
Augusta, Me., June 29.—Gov. Bodwell
has sent communications to the Attorney
General of the State and to every t-ounty
Attorney in the State, calling their atten
tion to the fact tlmt conspiracy exists to
evade the prohibition liquor law by an un
justifiable interpretation of the United
States revenue regulations regarding the
sale of liquor in imported packages and call
ing upon them to enfor.-e the law to the
fullest extent.
Death of Manager Talmage.
Peru. Ind., June 29.—A. A. Talmage,
Vice Presi'lont amt Geiusnl Manager of too
Wabash Kail wav Company, died In thm
city last night He hail been ill of Brights
disease and dysentery, and was on his way,
in his private car, to Toledo for a sail on
he lakes His family was with him. He
worse, mid his car was sidetracked
iicre, and he died in the car.
Gold for New York.
LONDON, June 'y.l-Thebidlicn withdrawn
from the Bank or England Uvday, £50,000,
was for shipment to New York.
Two New Cases and a Death.
West Fla., June 2.*. —There have
been two new case, of fevsr inoe yesterday
end olio death.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY. JUNE 30, 1887.
ERIN ANI) THE VATICAN.
CARDINAL MANNING DENIES BE
ING A SEPARATIST.
Exceptions Taken to an Article In
London’s Times -The Cardinal Gladly
Unites Himself With Archbishop
Walsh—The Times Stands Firm—
Drouth-Stricken Bantry Refuses a
Man-of-War’s Offers.
London, June 29. —Cardinal Manning
writes to the Times protesting against its
circulation of the statement from Rome that
“the Irish mission of Mgr. Portico and Mgr.
Gualdi had been revoked at- the instance of
Cardinal Manning and Archbishop Walsh,
of Dublin, and branding the latter two as
active promoters of Separatist intrigues.”
The Cardinal says: “I gladly unite myself
with Archbishop Walsh. He is but slightly
known in England, except in the descrip
tions of those who are fanning the flames of
animosity between England and Ireland. I
am known in England both to the ministers
of the crown and to the leaders of the oppo
sition, and I will leave it to them who well
know my mind to answer for me, and I, who
know the mmd of Archbishop Walsh,. will
answer for him. We are neither intriguers
nor Separatists.”
In conclusion the Cardinal says: “If, sir,
I have written with unusual warmth I con
fess that I hold that resentment is some
times a duty, and this is such a time when
your words touch our highest responsibility
and inflame more and more the heated con
tentions between two peoples whom justice
and truth would still bind in peace and
unity. I ask you sir, as an aof of justice,
to give this as prominent a place in the
Times as you have unwarily given to ([he
unhappy imputations.”
THE TIMES STANDS FIRM.
The Times in an editorial excuses the first
charge which Cardinal Manning complains
of by saying that, it had simply reproduced
the Reuter Telegram Company's dispatch
from Rome. It assures the Cardinal that it
has no desire to meet the other charge by
either gloss or evasion. It would judge
Archbishop Walsh by his own written and
spoken words. He was, in a very strict
sense of the word, a Separatist. It was
sorry if it had wrongly been led to believe
that Cardinal Manning was a warm sup
porter of Mr. Gladstone’s Separatist policy,
but if the facte were so no peculiar inter
pretation of language could alter them.
A DROUGHT AT BANTRY.
Dublin, June 29. —The town of Bantry is
suffering from drought, and the inhabitants
have great difficulty in procuring water.
Capt. Blackburne. of her majesty’s ship
Shannon, which is stationed in Bantry Bay,
offered to furnish forty tons of condensed
water to relieve the town’s wants, but the
board of poor law guardians met and re
solved to decline to accept any favor from
the Shannon’s Captain in consequence of an
insult ho had offered the inhabitants in seiz
ing Murpliv’s yacht for flying a green flag
on jubilee day.
Three orders for the ejectment of tenants
on the Marquis of Lansdowne’s Luggaeurran
estate were obtained to-day. Lord Lans
downe’s counsel said the tenants in question
would not be evicted if they paid their
rente.
William Murphy, member of Parliament,
has brought suit against Capt. Blackburn,
of the royal navy, for trespass in hauling
down and taking possession of the green flag,
which was raised on Mr. Murphy’s yacht
in Bantry Bay on jubilee day.
DUBLIN’S VISITING PRINCES.
Prince Albert Victor of Wales, has
thanked the people of Dublin for the loyal
addresses presented to him on the occasion
of the visit of himself and his brother,
Prince George, to this city. He says he is
pleased with the reception accorded liim and
his brother, and is glad of the efforts to
materially advance Ireland, which ho
hopes will meet, with complete success.
Prince Albert. Victor to-day laid the foun
dation stone of tile new wing of the hospi
tal for incurables at Donnybrook. He was
fairly well received, but a few hostile cheers
greeted him.
It is stated that Mr. Holmes, Attorney
General for Ireland, is about to be raised to
the Irish bench as Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas, that Mr. Gibson, now Soli
citor General for Ireland, will succeed him
as Attorney General, and that Sergt. Peter
O'Brien will become Solicitor General.
WHAT TURKEY WANTS.
The First Public Intimation of the
Demands of the Porte.
Constantinople, June 29.—The threats
of France, in connection with the Anglo-
Turkish convention, have had the effect of
exasperating the Porte, and it is believed
that the Sultan will finally sign the conven
tion.
The Porte has declined to grant a
sion for the construction of an Asiatic rail
way to a syndicate comj>osed of Frenchmen.
WHAT TURKEY WANTS.
Constantinople, June 29.—Sir Henry
Drummond Wolff, the British envoy for the
settlement of Egyptian affairs, spent three
horn's to-day with the Ottoman commission
in discussing the modifications proposed by
the Porte in the Egyptian convention. The
commission will hold another conference
Thursday. It is stated that England will
not accede to Turkey’s demands that Eng
land shall only have' the right to reoccupy
Egypt in case' of Turkey being unable to
send her own troops and applies for Eng
land's assistance.
A Gain for French Students.
Paris, June 29.—The f\Cham her of
Deputies, by a vote of 2775 tdgtU), has agreed
to the clause of the army pllKwhich pro
vides that students of the n ‘yifcnl school
may be drilled at the sch<> V that the
time thus si>ent shall be cdt flPnßd equiva
lent to military service. . Tjy
Victoria’s Gardei?’<Jfrty.
Lonpon, June 29.—The Queen's garden
party at Buckingham i>alace this afternoon
was a great social event. Seven thousand
invitations were issued. All the royal visi
tors who came to attend the jubilee, and a
cumber of promiucut Americans were pres
ent.
French Radicals Offended.
Paris, June 29.—The Radicals are
offended at the conduct of Mgr. Kotelli, the
new Papal Nunco at Paris, in appearing as
the principal guest *t the recent Royalist
soiree, and intend to question the govern
ment In the Chamber of Deputies about it.
Berv.a’e King and Queen.
Vienna, June 29. —King Milau of Servia
has instructed Premier Kistics to take
measure to prevent the rotuni of Queen
Natalie to Servia. A Cabinet crisis is ex-
Ss'ted if the Premier refuses to obey the
ing.
Church and Btate.
Paiiis, June 29—The majority of the
Chamber of Deputies appointed to study
the question of the separation of church and
Btate approve M. Boyaset's project for the
abrogation of the Concords.
BOULANGER’SJPOPULARITY.
The Chamber of Deputies Rejects Gen.
Ferron’s Proposals.
Paris, June 29. —The commission of the
Chamber of Deputies appointed to examine
and report upon the proposals relative to
the army submitted by Gen. Ferron, the
new Minister of War, rejected them to-day.
The rejection of the proposals has caused a
sensation.
Nows)wipers assert that Gen. Boulanger
was unaware of the government’s in
tention to appoint him to command
of tiie Thirteenth army corps un
til lie saw the announcement of
the actual appointment in the press. The
statement, is reiterated that the Appointment
was made for the express purpose of getting
Gen. Boulanger away from Paris during the
national fetes and review in July, and thus
preventing him from, bv his presence,
tempting the people into demonstration in
his favor and against Germany. The
police have confiscated the entire issue of a
picture representing Gi. Boulanger as the
savior of France, prepared for distribution
during the fetes.
TIIE STATEMENT PREMATURE.
Paris, June SO, 2 a h.— The statement
that Gen. Ferron’s propasals had been re
jected by the committee to which they
were referred appears to have been errone
ous. It is now stated that the committee
will come to no decision iff the matter until
Saturday next.
RUSSIA’S NIHILISTS.
Twenty-one Persona Tried at St. Pe
tersburg in Nine Days.
St. Petersburg, June 29.—The official
messenger announces that twenty-one per
sons were tried at St. PHersburg between
J une 7 and 10, on the ch rge of being active
members of the secret ft ciety called “The
Will of the People,” and of complicity in
several murders, including that of t he Chief
of Police. Three of the prisoners were ac
quitted, two others were sentenced by the
court td terms of imprisonment at hard
labor, and one to imprisonment without
labor. Fifteen, including two women, were
sentenced to death. The death sentences
were, however, commuted in the cases of
two of these to exile in Siberia, and In those
of the others to imprisonment at hard labor.
MANY BUILDINGS BURNED.
Fire Almost Sweeps Away the Busi
ness Part of a Town.
Louisville, Ky., June 29.—A special
from Elizabethtown says: A lamp ex
ploded in the drug store of E. F. Elliott &
Cos. at 11:30 last night, and started a con
flagration that has swept a.vay nearly all of
the business portion of the town, and defied
all efforts to arrest its course. An alarm
was givon in a short time, but. by the time
the citizens got out the fire was" spreading.
Charles Lott’s confectioner'.’ was destroyed
after the drug store, and tjfer Bernier's sad
dlery shop. The latter adjoined the bank of
Elizabethtown, a building in which the
Messenger office was located, and it took
but a short time to wrap that structure in
flames. To the west the fire cross'd an
alley from the drug store and devoured the
double front store of J. W. Slack,
and the store of Virgil Churchill.
Next to the bank and Messenger building
was Charles Ijott’s residence, with law
offices and the post office, whicli were de
stroyed. Thence the flames swept away
Higgins' furniture store and another build
ing occupied as offices. Shortly after 11
o'clock the authorities at Louisville were
telegraphed to send firemen and an engine.
At 1 o'clock an engine left that, city by
special train. At 1:15 o’clock this morning
tiie fire was got under control. The loss
will amount to $1,000,000, with insurance
footing half that sum.
THE LOSSES AT MARSHFIELD.
Milwaukee, June 29.—A special from
Marshfield says: The insurance adjusters
have arrived here, but matters are so badly
confused that individual losses and insur
ances cannot yet be obtained. The total
loss will foot up $120,000, with an insurance
of about one-fourth. Aid in the shape of
money, food and clothing is pouring into
the stricken city on ever}’ train.
R. & P.'S DIVIDEND. '
The Road Claims That it is Not Made
Out of Net Earnings.
New York, June 29.—Powers & Cos., of
Lansingburg, N. Y., hare applied for an
injunction to restrain the Richmond and
Danville Railroad Conqiany from paying
the dividend of 3 per cent, ordered by the
Board of Directors. They hold $56,000 of
debenture bonds of the company, interest
being in arrears four years. Before Judge
Lawrence in the Supreme Court to-day it was
contended that the contemplated jmyment
was in violation of the provisions of
the bonds; that no dividends should be paid
I to stockholders until all arrearages of inter -
| est were fully paid. For the directors, the
counsel responded that the court would not
interfere with the payment of t#ie dividend
from proceeds to which bondholders were
not entitled, being the proceeds of sales of
certain stocks ana 1 Kinds and not net earn
ings. The decision was reserved.
GUAYAQUIL SHAKEN.
The Earthquake More Severe than
Any Since 1858.
Guayaquil, Mex., June 29.—The most
violent earthquake experienced here since
1858 occurred at 6:20 o’clock this morning,
causing great alarm among the population.
The shock lasted two minutes and t wenty
seconds, and the direction of the movement
was from northeast to southwest. All the
clocks in the city were stopped. Several
buildings were demolished and others were
badly omnagod. Ho far a* reported no per
son was injured. It is feared that the shock
must have caused much damage in cities in
the interior
Virginia University's Commencement.
Virginia Midland Junction, Va., June
29.—The exercises of graduation day at the
University of Virginia were interesting and
successful. Two university scholarships
wore conferred, one upon K. 8. Radford, of
Virginia, and tne other uoon F. H. Levy, of
Texrs. The competitive scholarships named
after their founders, Mr. Miller and Mr.
Isaac Cary, wore won by Joseph L. Jarman
and J. H. C. Bagby, of Virginia. The au
nual meeting of the Alumni Bociety was
addressed by Representative Herbert, of
Alabama. ______________
Buying Up Pine Lands.
Montgomery, Ala., Juno 29.—Northern
capitalists are rapidly acquiring all the pine
lands in Southern Alabama that are still
owned by the government, and tliat can be
iiad for $1 25 an acre. Elihu and William
Jackson, of Maryland, haro just purchased
40,000 acres of finely timbered land in one
tract in Covington county, and 20,000 acres
were bought by another party about a
month ago.
Cleveland s Next Outing.
Washington, June 29.—The President’*
next outing will be on July 13 unlcm he
goes to Clinton, N. Y., to visit Hamilton
College, his father's alma mater, for a day
or two
GEORGIA’S CAPITAL CITY.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Great Inequality in the Proportions of
Freight—A Marvellous Increase in
the Naval Stores Industry Points
Out of the Commissions' Jurisdic
tion—The Session of the Editors.
Atlanta, GA.,June 29.—The Railroad
Commission submitted its fifteenth semi
annual statement to the Governor to-day.
The report covers generally the business
transacted during the last six months and
presents the following leading features: It
had appeared to the commission that there
was great inequality in the proportions of
freights received by railroads on business
coming from without to points in the State
and the rates fixed by the commission on
the same class for the same distance between
points within the State. On investigation
this was not sustained. On request of ship
pers a reduction of 25 per oent. was granted
on rosin.
The commission notes a marvelous increase
in the naval stores industry, now ranking as
the second largest in the State.
NO JURISDICTION.
On the complaints made of the charges of
the Augusta and Summerville railroad for
transferring cars in Augusta, the commis
sion held that it had no jurisdiction.
The report embodied the complaints and
charges that the Brunswick and Western
Railroad is in bad condition, is utterly un
safe, its rails worn and its rolling stock for
passengers and freight insufficient and
inadequate to meet the demands
or for the accommodation of the
public. The commission says it, has no
supervision over the physical condition of
roads, but it urges the Governor to take the
necessary stops to correct the evil.
The report, discusses the interstate com
merce law, and holds that it will not affect
the State commission, confined as it is to
interstate commerce. The creation of the
commission induced the State commission to
reissue the standard tariff and classification,
which had not lieen done since it was
created, in 1879. .
THE PRINTING Ft'ND.
Tiie report sal’s the publication of the
revised tariff exhausted the printing fund
and left a deficit of $1,415 due newspapers,
and recommended a legislative appropria
tion to pay up.
The report, contains a statement of the
comparative gross earnings of railroads for
the last six months, showing a decided
increase in most of them. The Commission
is unable to state the miles of track laid or
road graded in the last six months, because
the railroad companies have not reported.
The commission opposes semi annual re
?orts, and thinks animal all that is necessary.
he report concludes: “We desire to ex
jiress our grattWrit.ion at the continued
harmonious relations existing between the
railroad companies and their patrons. All
parties have adjusted themselves to the
statutes and rules and tariffs of the com
mission. The law is working well and
smoothly, and we know of no dissatisfaction
in any quarter as to the manner in which it
is being administered.”
ATLANTA’S SOLICITOR.
The Governor decided to-day upon the ap
pointment oi Frank M. O’Brien as Solicitor
of the City Court of Atlanta, considered the
best paying office in Ills gift. The appoint
ment was warmly contested by some of the
strongest and most popular young men iu
Atlanta. Mr. O'Bryan is a native of South
Carolina, and came here from Allendale four
years ago. He figured prominently in the
last camjiaign as n supporter of Gov. Gor
don. He is very popular, and his appoint
ment is well received. The term of BoUeitor
Howell C. Glenn, the incumbent, expires
Feb. 23 next
The Treasurer to-day finished making out
and mailing checks for the payment of the
semi-annual interest on the registered tionds,
amounting to $14,985. The largest, holders
of these Isinds are the estate of Villalonga,
of Savannah, and Capt. W. D. Grant, of
Atlanta.
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.
The Southern Press Association held the
largest meeting in its history at the Kimball
House in this city to-day, twenty-ffve news
papers being represented. The association
organized jrermanantly under a charter and
re-elecled its former officers. The meeting
was harmonious and important. Business
concerning improvement in the news service
and the relation of the members to the Asso
ciated Proas was transacted. The meeting
adjourned to meet at Now Orleans next
April.
COLUMBUS CHAPTERS.
A Train Derailed But Nobody Hurt—
Tbo Free Delivery.
Columbus, Ga., June 29.—The through
freight train from Montgomery to Macon
ran off the track near Butler on the South
western railroad at 6:30 o'clock this morn
ing and nine cars were totally wrecked.
The train was three hours late and the sec
tion boss did not know it. He had taken up
one rail to repair the track. The train
rushed into the place being worked on be
fore it could lie stopped. No one was hurt.
President Alexander and General Mana
ger Belknap, of the Georgia Central, are in
the city.
The free delivery system will go into
effect Friday. The letter boxes were put up
to-day.
Wedded at Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 29.—A fash
ionable wedding took place this evening at
6 o’clock at the Christian church. .The con
tracting parties wero F. O. Harrell, of
Bainhridge, Ga., a .Savannah, Florida and
Western railway telegraph operator at
Jacksonville, and Miss Josie Smith, daugh
ter of C. B. Smith, of the wholesale grocery
firm of Tyson & Smith. The wedding pres
ents were numerous and costly. All the
elite of the city were present. The couple
left on the 9 o’clock train for Bainhridge.
Fatalities at Augusta.
Augusta. Oa., June 29.—Joseph Mc-
Arthur, a W-year-old white lad, while climb
ing a |lendi tree overhanging the waste race
of the Pendleton foundry, today, fell Into
the water and was drowned.
Kdnu Dumont was thrown from a horse
near the cemetery this afternoon, and since
has not regained consciousness. It is thought
she cannot recover.
Colquitt and the President.
Washington, June 29 —.Senator Colquitt
had another talk with the President to-day,
but nothing was said about the Supreme
Court vacancy or the Dejiartiiient of the '
Interior. Mr. Colquitt goes on to New York ;
to-morrow, stopping hero on his way homo
next week
Millon Win* tb* Badge.
Millen, Oa., June 29.—1n the contesi
for the interstate badge of the National Gun
Association here to-day Millen the
badge. The sow** were: Millon, 42: (.hat
ham*, of Savannah, ;I9; Forest Citys, of
Savannah. 07; Augusta, 87. SiiAty was tho
invisible soar*.
HOOVER SOCIETIES.
The Organization Spreading in South
Carolina.
Charleston, June 29. —Reports from the
interior of the State are to the effect that the
organization of what arc known as “Hoo
ver" societies is spreading rapidly, which is
not surprising, in view of the advertisement
Hoover received in Georgia, and this
State. The scare in Laurens seems to nave
passed away. There does not appear to have
been any reasonable cause for it, according
to the statements of a number of prominent
Laurens people, but. it has had tin' effect of
bringing the Hoover movement into noto
riety , and as a result, new . icietieg are re
ported in every direction. The latest news
is that the laborers in Pickens and
Greenville counties, in both of
which the whites are largely in
the majority have organized societies which
embrace both whites and negroes. If this be
true it will not lie long before the Hoover
movement, which at first seems to have been
harmless enough, will begin to develop into
a political movement, a result for which the
whites can blame nobody but. themselves.
A prominent citizen of Greenville writes to
a friend here that there is real danger of
that, kind now, “There could," he says,
“have been no objection to the negro farm
hands organising secret societies. Such
societies would have been ahso
lutely harmless and would have
probably kept the negroes out of
greater mischief. The negro in this Btato
can hardly’ bo called a farm laborer, for the
reason that, fully three-fourths of the race
are either renters or work on shares, so that
tlier*' is not much to regulate in the wav of
wages. Besides this, the laws of the Stale
are so framed that the land owner is fully
protected? Why, then,-make all this fuss
about a secret society among the negroes?
it was a great mistake, and I fear it will in
the future lend to trouble."
CINCINNATI’S WRECKED BANK.
The Principle on Which the Comp
troller Will Base Hia Course.
Cincinnati, June 29. —David Armstrong
has had his bond as receiver of the Fidelity
National Bank accepted, and he is now in
charge of the affairs of the defunct inst itu
tion. Comptroller ol’ the Currency Tren
holm and Solicitor of the Treasury Mo-
Cue went to Washington tonight.. Mr.
Trenholin said that he would deal with this
bank upon the principle that National
Blinks hold a fiduciary relation to the pub
lic, and that the profits upon stock are in
part consideration for the proper dis
charge of the trust by the officers chosen by
the stockholders, and when, ns in the rase
of tli' Fidelity Bank, this trust was be
trayed by the officers, it is the duty of the
government to award exemplary punish
ment. not only to the men active in
wrong-doing, but also to those who, being
in position to protect the interests of depos
iters neglected or omitted to diseiiarge that
duty. Comptroller Trenholm will declare a
dividend ns soon as the necessary data can
[>e collected. Joseph F. Larkin, President of
the Cincinnati National Bank, today re
signed, und Franklin Alter was chosen in his
place. Rumors having arisen that, this ac
tion was demanded by Comptroller Tren
holm, that officer stated that there was no
foundation whatever for the story, that the
bank had not been under susiiensiou, and
that the change was purely a voluntary one.
A STRIKE NOW IMPROBABLE.
The Iron Workers Modify the De
tnands on Their Employers.
Pittsburg, June 29.—The modified wale
of the iron workers was submitted to the
manufacturers’ committee this afternoon.
Nearly all the extras which were tacked on
the scale were stricken off, leaving simply
the demand for an increase of 10 per cent,
to puddlers and finishers. The manufac
turers ask for the same classification
for sheet mills as last year.
They also ask to have the twelve-inch
mill scale and the roll turners schedule
stricken off. With these modifications (hey
say they will sign the scale. All the indiea
tions now point to an amicable adjustment
of the difficulties and that the threatened
strike will lie averted. Everything was in
readiness to shut, down to-morrow, lmt it, is
now believed that work will go straight
ahead until hot weather forces a suspen
sion.
TRADES COUNCILS.
The National Federation Adopts a
Preamble.
Chicago, June 20. —The National Federa
tion of Trades Councils went into executive
session this momiDg to consider the Consti
tution Committee’s report,. The* following
preamble was adopted:
This organisation shall be known as the
National Building, Trades Council of the
United States, and shall lie com
posed of delegates of such building
trades, federations and organizations as rec
ognize its jurisdiction and subscribe to its
constitution. The objects of this council
are to assist in the organization of journey
men workers of the building trades, the fed
eration of such trade organizations into a
building trades council and central forties in
each locality of the United States, to create
a bond of union lietween wage-working
builders anti to aid by counsel and support
all legitimate modes for the betterment of
the condition of members of the building
trades.
Rochester's Strike Ended,
Rochester, N. Y., June 29.—The strike
Is virtually over. No disturbance of any
magnitude was reported at police headquar
ters to-day. On the contrary the rioters
are looking for employment, hut as long as
they retain their membership in the union
they will not tie taken tiack. Non-union
men are being received by the contractor*.
Strikers Evicted.
Pittsburg, June 29.—Ybe families of fif
teen strikers at the Pennsylvania Salt
Works, at Natrona, Pa., were evicted by
the Sheriff and his deputies to-day. The
Sheriff was jeered by the strikers, but no
resistance was offered.
The Amalgamated Wage Scale.
Pittsburg, June 29.—The wage scale of
the Amalgamated Association, as amended
at the instance of the manufacturers, was
not signed to-day, but proixibly will be at a
meeting arranged for that purpose to-mor
row morning.
Forced Into a Partnership.
Chicago, June 29,—The creditors of C. J.
Kershaw K Cos,, secured an order from
court to-day making Charles B. Eggleston a
general partner and thereby making him
responsible for the debts of tne firm. The
next step of the attorneys for the creditors
was to secure their interests by tying up the
property Involved. An order was issued by
Judge Garnett restraining Mr. Eggleston
ooi dis|K*ing of his real estate pending a
settlement of the qui-stious at lnb re-t.
A wo ;'i* “■* surer Muwnug-
U ikjNsocKs. , - ..,,0 29.— W. J.
Williams, Treasurer of Jerauld county, is
reported missing. HU accounts are short
S-B.UOO. lie ha* been gone a week.
i PRICE ftlOA YEAR, t
1 ft CENTS A COPY.j
MERCER COMMENCEMENT
CELEBRATING ITS FORTY-NINTH
ANNIVERSARY.
■ ■
The Orationa Delivered According to
Class-Standing- List of the Essayist*
—Conferring the Degree The Alumni
Elect the Old Officere—Crowds at the
Lucy Cobb Institute.
Macon, Ga., June 29.—The forty-ninth
anniversary of Mercer University was cele
brated in the commencement exercises to
day. Masonic Hall was {lacked. On the
stage, in addition to the faculty and tru**
tees, were several distinguished gentlemen.
After the invocation, by Dr. F. M. Ellis, of
Baltimore, seven members of the Senior
class, selected according to class standing,
delivered orations as follows: .
“Latin Salutation” (second honor)—
James R. Cain, of Hancock county.
"Are We Progressing?” (second honor)—
Brantley W. Hclvenston, of Florida.
“The Man of 1887”—James B. Fitzgerald,
of Htewart county.
“Nil Adinirari.” Joseph W. Palmer, of
Bibb county.
Music.
“What is Success,” William A. Hogan, of
Lincoln county.
“What the Colleges of the RoUth are
Doing,” launder Kennedy, of Tattnall coun-
If
“ Valedictory" (first honor) Robert K
Ryals, of Bibb county.
tJif. essayists.
The essayists of the class were Joseph E.
Bivens, of Marion county; Joseph E. Brown,
of Cherokee county; Thomas M. Callaway,
of Troup county; Charles G. Dilwortb, of
Florida; Roland 8. Ellis, of Bibb county;
Houston R. Harjier, of Floyd county;
Donald Harper, of Floyd county; Eugene E.
Hinkle, Af Sumter county; Howard H. Mc-
Call, of Bps Ming county, and Joseph W.
Smith, of Bibb county. Their essays were
not read, but wore deposited in the archives
of the university. Following the above an
nouncements were the graduating exercised
proper.
CONFERRING THE DEGREE.
The degree of A. B. was conferred on the
members of the senior class as follows: A.
L. llarron A. J. Battle, Jr., J. E. Bivens,
W. J. Blalock, J. E. Brown, Jr., J. J.
Brown. J. R. Cain, T. M. Callaway, C. E.
Coke, C. G. Dilworth, R. 8. Ellis, G. C.
Evans, J. B. Fitzgerald, E. W. Freeman,M.
B. Greer, George Hamburger, Donald
Harper, H. R. Harper R. G. Harhfleld, R.
C. Hazelhunrt, W. E. Hawkins, B. W. Hel
venston, E. E. Hinkle. W. A. Hogan, W. R.
Jennings, L. Kennedy, M. M. Kilpatrick,
M. R. Little. H. H. McCall, J. W. Palmer,
R. L. Ryals, F. C. Schofield, and 1. W.
Smith.
PRIZES DELIVERED.
After the conferring of the degrees and
awarding of the diplomas, Dr. A. J. Battle
delivered the baccalaureate address,
followed by the delivery of
the sophomore anil junior priz*
for declamation aud English composition by
Hon. Lloyd Cleveland, of Griffin. The first
sophomore prize was awarded to Monroe G.
Ogden, of Macon, and the second to Curran
R. Ellis, of Macon. The junior medal was
given to Carl Steed, of Macon.
The exercises of the college were then ad
journed to Sept. 28. Next year living the
fiftieth anniversary of the college, the trus
tees have decided to celebrate it in some uiv
usual manner.
BRAIN AND BRAWN.
Dr. Ellis remained over and delivered hi*
Eoat lecture, “Brain and Brawn," to •
rge audience in Masonic Hall to-night.
At the annual meeting of the Altimnl
Association yesterday the old officer*, all
efficient arid popular members, were re
elected, as follows: President, Dr. J. G.
Ryals; Vice President, Rev. G. R. McCall;
Secretary, Prof. J. E. Willet; Treasurer.
Clem P. Stead. Clem Stead was eloctea
Alumni orutor for next year and John P.
Ross, alternate.
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE.
The Session Closed With an Elocution*
ary Exhibition.
Athens, Ga., June 29.—'The commence
ment exercises of the Lucy Cobb Institute
closed to-night at 12 o'clock and tha
sweet girl graduate of 1887 is numbered with
the things of the past. Sixteen as pretty
young ladies as ever went forth from tha
classic wallsosth Luoy Cobh enter to-night
u|*in young womanhood, and they carry
with them from Athens the memory of
some of the happiest, moments of their life.
The clncutimuiiy contest thU morning was
one of tbe most interesting exerrises-of ths
whole commencement,.
THE SHAKY GALLERY
The house was packed to it utmost, and
notwithstanding the feeble condition or the
gallery, many [>eople, taking their lives in
their hands, went there in order to find
heat*. Among the eighteen competitors the
rendition of '‘The First Settler’s Story,” by
Miss Haidce Routzalin, of Waynesboro, ‘A
Convict’s Soliloquy," by Miss Rlanch Lips
comb, of Athens, and ‘‘The Creed of tha
Beil*,’ by Miss Annie Smith, of Albany,
deserve special mention. Tiiese young
ladies, by tlieir clear enunciation, ease anil
grocc of manner completely won the hearts
of the audience. After the contest Miaa
Florrio Carr, of Athen*, delivered a very
enjoyable address before the alumni of tha
institute.
THE CLOSING EXERCISES.
This afternoon, long before dark, peoph
from all direction* were seen flocking toward
the Lucy Cobh, and before the doors of tha
chapel were opened the whole yard and
sidewalk wa* crowded with people who had
come to witness the closing exercises. At II
o’clock the curtain rose disclosing to the au
dience the graduating class of 1887. Tha
ineiTils rs of the class were the following:
Miss Helen Boyd, poet graduate class, of
Xenia, O.; Miss Janie .Stephens, excused,
Washington, Ga.; Miss Lula Cant lei *>rry,
Dbwmmville, Ga.: Miss Blanche Lipscomb,
Atheus; Miss Katie Rutherford, At hens; Mi*
Lillie Barnett. Raytown; Mias Haygood,
Oxford; Miss Cornelia Walking, Crawford.
Mina May Beeks Johnson, Atlanta; Mi*
Mary Siblev, Augusta; Mias Janie Timber
lake Augusta; Miss Lillie Goldsmith, At
lanta; Mis* Law Mcßride, Atlanta; Mi
Ruth I Inn woody, Marietta; Miss Annie Wii.
hams Smith, AH any. Miss Carrie Wllliami
Smith, of Albany, delivered the valedictory
address. Miss Mattie Haygood took tfo
first honor.
The delivery of the diplomas was made by
Maj. Lamar Cobb, of Athens.
A Savannah Student’s Honor.
Virginia Midland Junction, Va., Juni
29.—At tlie celebrntiou of the Washmgtoi
Literary Swiety of the University of vir
ginia tue medalists were J. B. fibson, o!
Mississippi and T. E. Ryals, of Georgia. At
the Jefferson Literary Society celebratiot
the medalist* wore W. W. Muir, of Louis
ville, and M. S. Mason, of New Orleans
*s tfo* Magazine medal.
.uUCOud sew National Bank.
Washington, June 28,—The Comptrollet
of Currency to-dav authorueed the Mer
chants' National Bank of Maoun. Oh , u
begin busm with a capit'.l of #106.600.