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< ESTABLISHED ISftT > ) .1. H. EfeTILL, Editor nnd Proprietor. )’ CLEVELAND AT CHICAGO, the city wild with demonstra tive ENTHUSIASM. Incessant Cheering as the Visitors Rode Along the Crowded Streets -A Terrible Crush at the Public Recep tion at the Palmer House—A Brilliant Scene at Night. Chicago. Oct. s. —The train bearing President Cleveland and wife puffed slowly into the Alton depot at (* o’clock this morn ing. There was a loud shout from the crowd, and cheers as the pair walked across the platform to their carriage. A moment later the carriage door closed with a slam, the four spin'fed horses jumped as the whip circled over their heads and the President was riding through the streets of Chicago. It was only a few minutes after 7 o’clock this morning when people commenced to ■-top at the depot where the President was expected to alight from his car. At that hour there were 2,000 men, women, hoys and girls standing around the little three-corned frame depot, which looked dismal in its coat of weather-beaten drab paint. It is a two story structure with two small waiting rooms, in each of which stoves furnished a slight heat for the crowd of persons who had become chilled standing on the outside looking at the rustic cars on two sides, the small frame buildings near by, the tower ing elevators or bulletin boards covered with biglilv colored pictures of theatrical attractions. In all directions vacaut lots, or rough lumber or atone yards could lie seen. Not n bit of decoration was visible for a block around the queer little depot, and not a vestige of eo' . could be seen on the latter building e . -ept the dirty drab which pro tected the outside weatherboarding from •he elements, an l tb big yellow letters which looked almost flash;" in their bed of gloom. ELECTRIC ENTHUSIASM. The enthusiasm, however, was electric. Such bright faces in the same numbers were never seen before. There must have been 50,000 men, women and children gathered within a few blocks of the station. All the streets leading to that thoroughfare were choked up completely with a press of human lie mgs. Above the heads of the crowd could be seen the helmeted military. They were a line lot of men. in all, four companies of cavalry and artillery. Their arrival occasioned a sensa tion, which grow more and more tumultu ous as the Presidential equipage appeared on the scene. The crowd was entirely good natured. Its one w ish seemed to be r> ex press respect for the President and his lady. Although boisterous at times, as all crowds are, this one was on its good behavior, and readily enough obeyed the requests of the police to stand back and leave a clear space through which the President might pass. As the President’s carriage moved away the military formed around it, nnd a tumu. i* - crowu, w ith wild cheer ing, fell in behind. The President took off his hat the numen he got into the carriage, and bowed :.... as roaring cheers went up. He seemed well pleased with bis welcome, and he might well he, for it was royal. Mrs. Cleveland wore a black travel ing dress, and looked fresh and charming. THOUSANDS CHEEKING. As the Presidential carriage came in view a cheer went up from the masses tiiat. filled the streets as the carriage advanced, but the demeanor of the crowd at this part of the line of march, was in striking contrast to the unnecessary din of cheers that greeted the President further on. There was no music until the procession got to Twenty-third street, and the crowds did nothing but look at the President and Mrs. Cleveland. Close behind the Presi dent’s carriages came the Milwaukee Light Horse Squadron and Battery “K,” Fourth \rtiilery United States America. The crowd yelled itself hoarse. cheering for the President. When the second di\ ision swung into line at. the corner of Michigan Avenue and Twenty-third street, down Twenty third " street, Wabash avenue and Thirty fifth street, the people were paefied as never before in the history of Chicago. On the tops of houses and in the windows were crowds of eager faces, and from the roofs floated streamers, evidently improvised for the oc casion. Down at Twenty-second street, where the procession began, there was a repetition of thede pot scene and a man might ns well have attempted to walk through a brick wall as to force his way into the midst of this fence of men and women. START OK THE PROCESSION. The procession, with the President and re ception committee at its head, started from Twenty-second street promptly at 10 o'clock. It was in four divisions and com prised both regular troops and militia, sailors and marines from the United States steamship Michigan, Grand Army posts’ v eteran>. various civic societies, bicyclers on their wheels, and all sorts of industrial organizations. As the procession moved along the President was kept busy bowing mid smiling Most of tho time he was un covered. The ladies seemed particularly anxious to get a good look at the President’s wife, and many of them were more aggressive In thrusting themselves forward thnn were the men. It was a succession of ovations all along the route. Up Michigan avenue there extruded thousands and thou- Funds of spectators. Faces looked out of every window. Men were to be seen on the roofs of homes arm all over flashed the stars and stripes while the music of many bends and the cheering of dm populaco filled the air. When the head of the pro cession reached the grand stand, at Ihe auditorium, the President and the recop lion committee took their places on the reviewing stand. It was after 10 o’clock when the last of the procession had passed. MRS. CLEVELAND TlHfcO OUT. Mrs. Cleveland became fatigued and left the carriage at the Palmer House, being escorted directly to her rooms, where she rested quietly for several hours. Reports • hat she had been taken suddenly ill were circulated, but they were unfounded. Mrs. Cleveland wus very tired, but nothing more serious. FIRING A SALUTE. When the President's carriage reached •he auditorium building a signal was given, and the revenue cutter Michigan, which lay in the harbor just op posite, wi(h bunting flying from tv-ery jmlnt, tired the Presidential salute of twrnty-ono dins. This was the signal to the crowd of 40,000 people to overrun the crossing and swarm like ants toward the stand in their • agerness to six' the president. When the President alighted from his carriage and made his way to the stand, he. nnd a few officials with him, were almost pushed over the railing by a mob of Aldermen and ward politicians liehind, who engaged in an insane struggle • ortho front. The procession moved slowly on, when suddenly there was a crash of tim ber, and half a hundred people who lmd squeezed themselves on the reporters’ tallies were precipitated to the platform in a bunch. No one was seriously injured, though the incident almost created a panic. The peoplo liehind heal'd the crash and began to rush away from the spot. Women SOhf lUnmitin ISVttiiS screamed, and a scene of confusion, lasting several minutes, followed. BOVS DEFY EVERYBODY. Along the line of march the masse:; were noisy, though orderly, and for the most part kept the line of the curbs on either side, iit 10,000 young Americans, from 5 to 00 years old, defied the cavalry, infantry, ar tillery and police, broke through all the lines and over all restraints, clung to the car riages, and when driven from one, fastened themselves to another, dodged blows from the batons of the police, ran around and even und,-r the horses of the escort, and suffered everything apparently but death or mutilation rather than keep in line. It was thought that human possibili ties in the way of exultant crowds lmd reached a culmination at St. Louis, but it was a matter of remark among the visitors that in point of numbers Chicago had gone beyond. Her demonstration seemed to the visitors to comprehend her entire popula tion. CLEVELAND GROWS PALE. In the meantime the President, who had been standing hat in hand, grew pale from the exertion of keeping his place in the .jam, and the mob behind was cleared back a trifle. In the stroet, however, it was im possible to keep a clear space for the parade. Every moment it would be forced to stop for a time while the police were forcing the crowds back. The regular troops got through all right, but the Second regi ment was shut oft’ for nearly five minutes. The Cleveland cavalry suffered a similar fate, but managed to squeeze through. When comparative order had been restored on the platform, Mayor Roche stepped foi ward and delivered the following address: Mr. President: In behalf of its citizens, it becomes my pleasant duty to tender you a cor dial welcome to Chicago, a city of new and pro gressive civilization, cosmopolitan in its people, character and spirit, respecting the constitution and laws of the country, devoted to liberty reg ulated by law, this Queen City of the Inland Seas greets with all the tokens of rejoicing and good will the chief magistrate of the nation, a nation w hose growth, progress, prosperity and happiness are without parallel in the world. The successor of a long line of illustrious Presi dents, whose names adorn tlie pages of our his tory, and whose deeds live iu the grateful recol lection of our citizens, you come to us clothed with the majesty of the people, and representing the sovereignty of a nat ion of sovereigns. Your high office is the symbol of the power and glory of free gov ernment and a free people in respecting you we respect ourselves, in honoring you we honor good government, good citizenship and un reserved loyalty to the constitution and laws of our land. We desire to express our sincere gratification t hat our chief mugisl rale, by per sonal observation, is to verify the fact that the West is no small paid, of our com mon country and our belief tliat this truth will be forcibly Illustrated during your Western tour. As you have limited your visit to Chicago to a single day. we can do little more iu the time allotted us than to show you a few of our dwellings, temples and to notify you that to day the latch string is out iu every home iu Chicago Of whatever nation ality. creed or complexion, the citizens of this city have only thoughts’and ’words of welcome, arid hearty good w ill for the chief magistrate of the freest and best government on earth. CLEVELAND’S RESPONSE. The President responded as follow -: It was soon after the election of 188-1 that an old resident of your city was earnest! * urging me to pay you a visit. lie endeavored to meet all the objections that w ere started and insisted with unyielding itertinaeity that the Invitation should be accepted. At last, anil after all per suation seemed to fail, he vehemently broke out with this declaration: “People out where I live don’t think a man is lit for President who has never seen Chicago.” I have often thought of this incident since that time, and sometimes when 1 have felt that I was not doing for the people and public welfare all that might bo done, oral! I would like to do. I have wondered whether things would noi have gone on better if I had visited Chicago. Indeed, it has, 1 believe, be.m publicly stated on one or more public occasions when the short comings of the present chief executive were under discus sion'that nothing could be expected of a man who had never been west of some designated place or river: and this, 1 suppose, means the same, that my Chicago friend meant, and in volves the same accusation, and conclusion. If my alleged official crimes and misdemean ors are thus charitably accounted for I shall not complain, while I confess that the declaration of the representative of this city, as l have given it, is evidence of that local pride and loyalty of which your great city is a strik ing monument. All have heard of, if they have not seen it, for every one of your people seems to have organized himself into a committee of one to spread its glories abroad. And now that I am here, I feel like saying, with the Queen of Bheba, ‘The half was not told me.' Chicago's history. 31y amazement is greatly increased when I recall a little recent history. In 1833 the town of Chicago was incorporated. Upon the ques tion of incorporation thirteen votes wen* cast, one of which was in the negative. We do not know the reason which actuated this citizen in his adverse vote, but if he were here to-day l believe he would he heartily ashamed of it Five days after its incorporation as a town, Chicago held its first election for town officers, and we are fold that the total vote on that oc casion was gs. We look in vain for any trace of boodle*] s> in those days, though 'we arc told that the first bull ling constructed after tlie establishment of the town was a long jail Your population in 1841. when Chicago was incorporated a city was 4,000. The number of its inhabitants in lHil was 300,000 or upwards, and the valuation of its property probably 000.000. Its immense growth and volume of business had then made it a marvel among mod em cities. At this time it was visited by a dire fill calamity, without a parallel in extent and destruction, which threatened all its promise of greatness and apparently ended its career. In October of (hat year a fire occurred which burned over an area within the city of 2,100 acres, killed 200 persons, consumed 20,000 buildings, made home jess 100.000 people, and destroyed properly of the value of T hen followed an ex hibition of enterprise and bravery as unparal leled as the disaster w hich called I hem forth. The citizens of Chicago lost, no time in Ia menta tion. and not f or a moment did they lose faith in the sure destiny of their city. Almost among its embers they commenced business and upon Its ashes they began to build. Sixteen years hav * passed, and there has arisen here a city manyfold more populous, more beautiful and more prosperous than .yon lost in Ix* I. Who have a greater right to hi prowl and satisfied than the citizen* of Chicago? You have said that trie President ought to see Chicago. lam here to see it and its hospitable, large-hearted people. WASHINGTON WORTH WATCHING. But because your city is so great, and your in terests so large mid inqrortant. I know yo*t will allow me l< suggest that I have left at In sue a city you ought to .see and know more about. ]n point of fact, it w ould be w ell for you to keep your eyes closely upon it all the time. Your servants and agents arc there. It will be well for you not to forgot that in the perform ance of vour political duties with thoughtful* hums and broad patriot ism there lies not only a safeguard against business disaster, but im portant obligation of citizenship. OFF KOI* IHNNKR. It was 1 :25 o’clock when the crowd U?- gan to disperse. There was such a jam that the Urosident could not leave the platform for some time. Finally, however, he got away, faint, with hunger and exertion and was "driven to the I‘aimer House to eat din ner and prepare for a reception in half an hour. Through some oversight of the city authorities there were only six po licemen at the depot this iuornlng on the arrival of the train bearing; Presi dent Cleveland, and no provision was made for a force to lead the procession and clear the streets. The result was confusion and great delay. Finally Capt. Garretteon, of the First Cleveland troop, came to the rescue. He detailed platoons from his com pany to cletu* the way, and during the entire route this tine troop performed the duty of policemen and saved the city from disgrace. The fact has created a good deal of talk, erd many compliments have been pad to ,e troop, which is made up of wealthy young men of the city of Cleveland. SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER (i, 1887. RUSHI.NO I.IIvK WILD BEASTS. With one bursting, frantic cheer crashing through the great iot undn a niot> of HNI.IKK) people rushed like wild !vasts at President. Cleveland and his wife this afternoon at the Palmer House. It was u reception to the general public, and the Chief Magistrate, with his radiant companion, had just de scended the main staircase. In vain did the police, clubs in hand, attempt to stem the rush. The rope barriers had been swept away at the first onset. It was well that a nook of safety had been provided for Mrs. Cleveland. Im mediately to the right of the stair case was an alcove almost hidden in silken bunting and waving green plants, into this she was sjxiedily thrust, while the Pres ident, giving a single sweeping glance at the surging crowd, plunged into its midst and sturdily shouldered himself by sheer strength into the place it had been decided lie should stand. Thine times did the files of brawny dismounted cavalrymen seize the ends or one of the ropes that had been dashed to the floor, and strive to drag back the eager multitude, only with the aid of a double cordon of police, the front, line backing against the crowd and the second rank pushing their blue-coated comrades forward, did the lasso manoeuvre of the soldiers bring a faint semblance of order. The President was meanwhile shaking hands right and left till he was red in the face and his collar lay limp above his black Prince Albert coat. WHERE SIRS. CLEVELAND STOOD. ifrhind him and slightly to his right standing' at the entrance to the alcove, a ; couple of steps above the crowd, was Mrs. Cleveland, laughing merrily at the Presi dent's plight and bowing and smiling good naturedly at the crowd. She was sur rounded by a bevy of staid matrons richly dressed, but all in dark colors. In striking contrast was Mrs. Cleveland's light sky bluo silk bodice and japon, trimmed with fleecy dotted lace a finger wide to match. Her glossy pompadour coiled hair and fluffy bangs wen- without ornament, but below glittered a delicate neck chain, and the lace that hung from her shoulders was caught together at the line of the corsage with a magnificent rosette of diamonds. Long mousquetaire gloves of tan, and slender serpentine brace lets completed the costume. Mrs. Cleve land looked the personification of youthful health and beauty as she stepped a little nearer her husband, when the first appear ance of a line had begun to be formed of the people. At the head came a detach ment of Union veterans, hearing aloft, a tattered bullet riven battle flag of the Eleventh Kansas volunteers. A striking scene ensued. While the President warmly greet ed the old soldiers one after another the color bearer stepped forward to Mrs. Cleve land and gently lowering the old flag bade her clip off one of its precious shreds as a memento of the day. The wife of the Presi dent gracefully complied, and while the spectators went wild with enthusiasm, dis played her trophy proudly to the ladies at her side, the President shook hands with redoubled vigor, and an actual count at this juncture showed his gait to be forty-seven hand-shakes per minute. This rate was kept up without intermission until the time fixed for the reception to end. and not, a j>erson iu the line was rqjssed. A low estimate of the number who passed him is ti.iHIO persons. These were a fortunate few. Thousands in the corridors and thousands upon thousands in the streets failed to catch sight of his face. The rotunda and halls of the uotei, like the outside thorough fares for blocks around, had been taken complete possession of by the gigantic outpouring of |>enp]e. nnd an hour before the reception began restraint of any kind seemed impossible. During the crush it is safe to say that as many as fifty women had to lie borne from the throng into stores near by, fainting from exhaustion. THE EVENING RECEPTION. Simplicity and lack of ostentation were the distinguishing characteristics of the re ception to the President and Mrs. Cleveland this evening,at the Columbia Theatre, where only those were admitted who had been per sonally invited by the committee of citizens charged with that duty Ten thousand tickets had been issued, each admitting one man and his complement of ladies. The vicinity of tho theatre was jammed with curious spectators, who eyed closely the occupants of the carriages roll ing up, one after another, to the main entrance of the theatre. No one had been admitted before the advent of the Presidential party, and the people who came in carriages, as well as those who came otherwise, were obliged to wait in lines stretching fully a block on the side walk in either direction from the theatre. Within was a scene of rare loveliness. Bar ring the liberal display of stars and stripes, the decorations were wholly composed of natural flowers and foliage, and the effect was strikingly rich, but subdued. Roses predominated, not less than 17.000 having been utilized. A LEVEL FLOOR. A floor had iieen laid through the house level with the stage and it was beautifully carpeted. The stage itself had been ar ranged to represent the reception hall of a modem mansion, though the walls were nearly hidden in a profusion of ferns and palms. Simultaneously with the entry of the President and his wife from the sicle of the stage and taking their stand under the massive • chandelier in ‘ the centre of the stage, a line of people tw > abreast advanced toward them, headed by Gett. A. il. Terry and wife. The orchestra in the balcony broke into a melody. The group of ladies accompanying Mrs. Cleve land clustered about her with their escorts, and, under the soft light shed over all, she, with her husband, greeted couple after couple with a pleasant word and smile und hearty shake of the- band. Brilliant toilets were in line, vs l>eautifui as they were costly—many of them—but they were the exception, not the rule. THOUSANDS DISAPPOINTED. It had been announced that the reception would close at 1! o’clock. The President and Mrs. Cleveland looked at the line of anxious faces aud lingered past, the hour live minutes. Ten minutes went by, but the crowd seemed unending. Reluctantly both of them tome 1 auay, and from 2,000 to 3,000 jieople who had waited hours were dis appointed. it, was not wanting much of midnight when tho place finally cleared. THE COATS AND DRESSES. Not over three-fifths of the gentlemen wore the regulation claw-hammer, the coats of the remainder being generally Prince Albert. The President himself was in full dre-s. Mrs. Cleveland looked queenly in a loose-fitting, simply made reception gown of dark mistletoe given plush, cut moderately low and quaintly trimmed at the neck, and on the short sleeves with ancient escunul lace. In her hair she wore a diamond brooch of exquisite workmanship. An- k lai-e of diamonds sparkled at hor throat, while around her waist, contrasted with the rich green plush, hung f irdlc of ohl gold, heavy cord slid tassel, t seemed that slic would nevei tire of wel coming the people who glided by her, pro ceeding either to the ha loonies or homeward rejoicing, and the President was no less gracious. A more notable picture it would be hard to find than that, of tho thrice happy imir as t hey stood to-night the centre of admiration at the Columbia Theatre. After tho close of recept ion at the Colum bia Theatre the President and his wife were driven to tho hotel and retired for the night. HUFF ENDS HIS SPEECH. THE EFFORT AGAIN FULL OF FIERY PASSAGES. Appropriations for State-Aided Col leges Discussed in the Senate—The Marietta and North Georgia Charter Bill Passes with an Amendment -A Futile Effort to Shelve the Huff’ Measure. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. s.—ln the Senate to day, after tlie reading of the journal, the bill appropriating #5,000 for the university was taken up and passed, with the amend ment of the Finance Committee, that the in;. >7 appropriated should be limited to reparing of the dormitories of the univer sity, and should be on an estimate b v the trustees. The bill appropriating #5,000 to the branch college at Dahlonega was next taken up. Mr. Wright, of the First district, opposed, and Messrs. Davis, Roberts and Janies favored it. An amendment proposed by the Finance Committee was adopted. It provides that nothing in this act shah authorize file Gov ernor to draw his warrant for any of the monies here appropriated until furnished with an itemized estimate from the Board of Trustees of the North Georgia -Agricul tural College, showing that the money herein appropriated will be sufficient to complete tlie building. Mr. James said he wanted to extend these branch colleges until every jiortion of the State should have equal educational advan tage. He said money was needed, and the Finauea Committee so recommended. He said that not a dollar of this money went for tuition, but to improve the buildings, and that he hoped the bill would pass. The amendment of the committee was agreed to, and the bill passed by a vote of 25 ayes to 8 nays. MII.LEDGEVILLE’S CAPITO:. The bill to appropriate #50,000 to repair the damage done to the old Capitol building at Milledgeville, which was the special order of the day, was taken up. This bill was favorably recommended by the Finance Committee with the following amendment: “Provided that nothing in this hill shall au thorize the Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasury until an itemized statement shall be furnished to the Governor, by the trustees, as to the cost of repairing the build mg.” Mr. Jackson, who lias but recently re turned from Milledgeville, said it was true that the earthquiike had damaged the building, and he could see no reason why the bill should not pass. The discussion of the bill was shortened by a call for the pre vious question by Mr. Pringle, of the Twentieth district, aud the bill was passed by 28 yeas to 7 nays. The Senate then took up the resolution to appropriate $3,500 to the branch college at Tliomasville, which was passed by 28 yeas to 5 nays. THE MARIETTA AND NORTH GEORGIA. On motion of Mr. NorthcutiT the bill to amend the charter of the Marietta and North Georgia road was read the third time. Mr. Jackson moved to lay tlie bill on the table, which was voted down. Mr. Nortbcutt moved to amend by strik ing out that portion of the bill that permits them to build a branch road to a quarry, and to strike out that section w hich permits the road to come into Atlanta, either by combination or contract with other roads. Mr. Dean offered the following amend ment: “Provided that no consideration or contract with any other railroad shall have the effect to make this a foreign corpora tion, and that the principal office shall bo within the State of Georgia.” It passed as amended. The bill to prescribe the time within which tax fi fas may be enforced, passed by substitute. The bill to ratify and confirm unto the Macon and Covington railroad certain pow ers and privileges, and to grant them au thority to mako certain extensions, passed as amended. The Senate held a short session this after noon, at which no business of any import ance was transacted. In the Houbs. In the House to-day Mr. Harrell, of Web ster, moved to reconsider the action of tho House in passing the bill to levy a special tax for educational purposes. After a short discussion of the motion it was tabled. Mr. Russell,of Clarke, moved to reconsider the action of the House in failing to pas the bill providing for the payment, of a bond belonging to ihc estate of K. P. Deal ing. The motion prevailed. Mr. Howell, of Decatur offered a resolu tion providing for the holding of night sessions to-night, to-morrow night, and Friday night, for the purpose of voting on House bills, or their third reading, and Senate bills reported. Under a suspension of the rules the bill to amend the general tax act passed. Mr. Jones of Baker, moved that the special order of the day—the Huff bill—tie laid on the table. The Speaker ruled that this could not be done until the bill was properly up in com mittee of the whole. Mr. Felton, of Bibb, moved to take up the special order. Mr. Ham, of Hall, hoped that the effort which had been made by iho gentleman from Baker, (Mr Jones) to cut off further consideration of the bill, would not prevail. He regarded the convict question as a very important one, and wanted it considered fairly and freely. TAKEN UP. The,motion to take up the special order prevailed by a vote of 72 ayes to 48 nays. Mr. larnar, of Richmond, moved that the rule of limitation on debate bo applied to this bill when under consideration. Mr. Ham, of Hall, opposed ibis motion. He liOjHsl that tho fullest consideration would be given the measure. Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, was oppose-1 to cutting off the debate. There were some features of the bill tiiat be bitterly opposed and others which, if applied to the present system, would improve it. Mr. Lamar thought that already enough time hurl been wasted on the bill. He Jtd not think the remainder of the session should be devoted to the consideration of this bill, when there wore other questions equally as important, to lie considered. Mr. Felton, of Bibb, moved that the House go into committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the bill, which motion prevailed. Mr. Huff had the floor, and continued hi; argument. He aul that he was not at all surprised or annoyed to soe certain jieisons trying to cut, off the debate on this bill. He expected this tiling before. He said it was unjust to him and other gentlemen on the committee to cut off the debate and take up some other question. The speaker said Joe Brown and his gang have tooted their horns and these little fellows are hustling into their holes. NUT AN APOLOGIST. He had no doubt that he had indulged in remarks that were not pleasant to the ears of some of the members of the House. He did not belong to an apologetic family. If be had said anything that any member of the floor did not like ho was responsible in and out of the House, and could bo found at any time ready to accommodate any one in any way. Joe Brown, the grand tycoon of Georgia, when he said iu his s|>eeeh that not more than one fourth of the people of Georgia were opposed to the present system lied, and ho know it. He uttered a damnable falsehood. Joe Brown yelled, “Rats, to your holes," and the rats of this house com menced running. "I cure nothing for Joe Brown or any member of his gang. Ho has not said more titan otto-half of what he had to say, and could not get through if tiie rule was applied.” On motion of Mr. Ham, of Hall, the speaker's time was extended indefinitely. Mr. Huff then read Gov. Brown’s speech delivered before the Convict Court, Gov. Brown says, suppose that the State returns to its old system of taking care of the con convicts? He tried to create a false impres sion upon the people of the State. My bill does not propose anything of the sort. Gov. Brown knows this, and when he says - differ erently he tells a falsehood. My bill pro vides for taking the women and children, that’s all. HIGH OI.D TIMES. Gov. Brown speaks of the favorable re ports of tiie committees who have visited his camps Why, Mr. Speaker, the last commit tee that went there had one end of the coach filled with champagne and the other tilled with whisky and cigars. Why, one mem ber of the committee got maudlin drunk and fell out of his bunk and did not get back until the porter picked him up and put him there. Now you can imagine what, kind of a report a committee like this would get up. This great disciple of the Baptist church, Joe Brown, works his convicts on Sunday about the furnaces loading iron, coal, or anything else. Gov. Brown, when he was before the committee, said that his convicts did not work on Sundav, that he heard of ,their j)oing so ouceandsstopped it, and when our committee visited the Dade county mines, we found that they hail worked every Sunday for six weeks except one and would have done so then, but there was no iron to load. This infamous Chattahoochee brick yard has dried up every brick yard in or about Atlanta. One of the witnesses before the commit tee was Mr. Hedd, of Columbus, and when lie was asked what was his business ho said he was a contractor, hut that tho convicts had broke him up in business. SIMILAR ACTION IN EVERY" STATE. He had the roitort of every Slate in the Union, and in every one of them found similar measures to the one proposed by himself. He did not want any office. lfe was not advocating this measure for politi cal favo •. The man who sought to convey the idea that he was seeking political office was a knave and the man who charged it was a liar. Gov. Brown says t hat my hill would not get the votes of the people of Georgia. Now I will say this: If my bill, or a similar one, submitted to the people of Georgia doesji I get three-fourths of the [teoplo of Georgia I will agree to let the question alone. I had a clause to submit the bill to the people and the Penitentiary Committee said that the bill was good enough without thut. He took up his bill and read it, explaining every section as ho progressed. At the afternoon session Mr. Huff con tinned his argument. Much of it was de voted to reading and commenting upon re ports from every State in the Union, all of them going to show that Georgia stands at the head of the list in the management of convicts. Asa sample, Tennessee got $lOl.- (KtO for Ito, and spends only #ti,o(X) for col lecting the same. Alabama lias 570 convicts and gets $20,000 net for them, while Georgia, with nearly 1,000 convicts, gets only $ id, 000 Mr. Huff’s closing remarks were delivered most eloquently, and he was frequently in terrupted by applause. HARRISON’S OPPOSITION. Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, then spoke against, the bill. He read the decisions or the Supreme ('ourt,delivered by Judge Stewart, on the Marietta and North Georgia convict case. He held that the Legislature could not interfere with the lessees in the control of the convicts. The contract liound both the State and the lessees. He also read the lease act, and said that if proper restrictions were placed about the convicts, the abuses claimed to exist would fade away. He was in favor of placing wardens at the camps, whose duty it, would be to look after the sanitary and police control of tlfe convicts of the State. There should be a warden at every camp, at a cost of $1,500 per year. This might use up all of the rental, lint he would be satisfied to spend this sum to look after the convicts, and keep down tiie objections that were continually being made to the system. Mr. Way, of Liberty, followed in support of the bill. He made a strong legal argu ment, taking tho position that if tli■ lessees bad a contract with the State, under certain circumstances, the system can be changed. As long as the system remains unchanged the contract is good, but tho State can change its system at any time it sees tit. Mr. Way dissected the bill, taking up every seetiou sep arately and explaining its valuable points. He believed tne plan i reposed perfectly practicable, and the system one that would easily sustuin itself and not cost the State a cent. The plan proposed was not anew one. It had been in use since 1850, and has been demonstrated a success. Mr. Ham, of Hall, followed. He realized that he was to speak upon a subject that had been covered by members of t he House who had sixikon on the bill when the mens lire came up for consideration. He had certain ideas that lie wished to present-. Many of tin se hud already been given to the House. The system proposed contained three features looking to the Ixittor management of the convicts. These were hard labor, humanity and self-supporting. The House at this point adjourned. When the House resumed its considera tion of the Hull'convict bill to-night, Mr. Ham, of Hull, concluded bis argument, which was strong aud lengthy. At the eon elusion of his remarks Mr. vV est, of Haber sliani. marie an effort to bring in a vote. Mr. Felton, of Bibb: Mr. Berner, of Mon roe; Mr. Huff, of Bilib. and Mr. Ham of Hall, fought for continuance. They held tiiat if was the understanding that, no vote was to tie taken to night; that the resolution offered by Mr. Clay in the opening was that tho debate should etui at 0 o’clock, but that, the vote on the measure was not to lie taken until to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Felton, of Bibb, the committee reported progress, and was allowed to sit again. Tho following bills passed: Providing registration laws for Meri wether county. Providing a stock law for Harris county. A resolution providing for the payment of per diem and mileage to the heirs of Repre sentative Hurt, of Troup county, was re ferred. The House then adjouml. Given to the Governor. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 5. —The Governor’s court adjourned to-day. Messrs. Hopkins and Hiliyer concluded their arguments. The Governor took the ease ami will hold it under advisement for some flays. Storekeeper and Gauger. Washington, Oct. ft.—The Secretary of the Treasury today appointed John G. Rivers to be storekeeper aud gauger at Clmpel Hill, Ga. PEABODY’S FUND. Interesting Reports to the Twenty- Sixth Annual Meeting. New York, Oct. 5. -The trustees of the Peabody Education Fund held their twenty sixth annual meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day. President U. C. AVinthrop, of Boston, was in the chair, and Dr. S. A. Green, of the same place, acted as secretary. Thirteen of the trustees were present. Pres ident AVinthrop paid a glowing tribute to the late Hon. William Aiken, whom Sena tor Rvarts succeeds us trustee. Resolutions of regret for the late trustee were adopted. Prof. AY. H. Paine, of the Uiii versitv of Michigan, was appointed President ol the Normal .College at Nashville, Tenn., to succeed Dr. E. Stern, who died last April. According to Secretary Green's report the fund amounts to $2,000,000 and the in come therefrom is $70,000. The income is distributed as follows: Scholarships, $22,- S00; Normal schools, $12,000: institutes, $11,700; public schools, $12,000; Normal College at Nashville, $3,500. The secre tary reports good work done by the various superintendents. The States now receiving money from the fund are Alaba ma, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tex as, Virginia and A Vest. Virginia. The re ports show very favorable results. The scholarships are allotted ns follows: Alaba baniu, 12: Arkansas. 10; Georgia, 14: Louis iana, S; North Carolina. 14; South Carolina, 10: Tennessee, 14; Texas, 3; Virginia, 14; West Virginia, 8. The scholarships are *2OO each. The meeting Will continue to morrow. The trustees had a banquet to-night at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The affair was pri vate. In addition to the trustees the fol lowing ladies were present: Mrs. Winthrop, Mrs. (ion. Jackson. Miss Hayes. Mrs. AVhip ple. Miss Parnham, Miss Sherman, Miss Thayer, Miss Paul, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Robertson. J. Pierpont Morgan sat at one end of the table and Dr. S. A. Green at the other. The banquet lasted from 7 o’clock until 10. MORE TROUBLE IN MOREHEAD. Logan’s Friends Rallying to Prevent the Burning of the Town. Lexington, Ky. . Oct. 5. News was re ceived here last night that, more trouble was brewing in More head, the scene of the recent. Tolliver outrage. A report, says this morning that eighteen men, armed with Winchesters, came from Kolger’s station, on the Columbus and Ohio road, to More head. It is said there are, or will be, 150 men armed and secreted around the town. These men, it, seems, belong fo the Logan faction, and are gathering because newslms I teen brought that a party of Tolliver's friends intend to come from ElLiott county and burn the town. Boone Logan is in Morehead, and it was tie who ordered (lie assembling of the men. It is certain that the messengers sent, to bring in more nien got on the train at Morehead to-day, and that A AV. Young boarded the train at Mt. Sterling, mid went to Morehead. Everybody feels that there is trouble of the very worst sort ahead. Judge DeHazcn will hold a special term of court at Morehead sometime t his month for the triul of Harris, alias Pendulum, for conspiracy to murder Judge Cole, and Taylor Young. NOT ON A JUNKETING TRIP. Ex Gov. Pattison Denies Some of the Rumors Now Afloat.. Philadelphia, Oct. s.—Ex-Gov. Patti son, chairman of the commission to investi gate the Pacific railway?, gave a compre hensive denial to-night of the published statements that the committee hud incurred n bill for #32,00>J in junketing over the Cen tral Pacilic railroad. A bill of this charac ter was said to be in the possession of a lawyer named Cohen, who was a witness before the committee last week in New York. “Tim story,” he said, “is absolutely and unqualifiedly false. Not a bottle of wine nor a single cigar was ordered by the committee, or consumed at the expense of the government, or charted lor against the government. The total amount of the bill presented by the Central Pacific company for the personal fare and expenses of the committee, its two stenographers and its statistician was in round figures #I,OOO. There was also a charge of #4,500 for engineering made necessary by the in vestigation. This is absolutely all. No bill of $22,000 was presented, as is alleged, and the story is made out of whole cloth.” A RUSSO-TURKI6H ALLIANCE. Action Which Points to Some Kind of an Agreement. St. Petersburg, Oct. 5. — M. de Giers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has written a letter to Chakir Pasha, the Turkish Am bassador to Russia, announcing Russia's ac ceptance of the Porte’s proposal to send an Ottoman Commissioner u> Bulgaria to act in conjunction with a Russian Lieutenant Governor of princely rank, but instead of the latter's lining subordinate to the* Ottoman Commissioner, Russia proposes that the Ottoman Commissioner shall have the second rank. Russia also proposes that the term for which the ap- | (ointments be made sliull be four months, instead of three, as mentioned in the Porte’s projiosal. According to some reports Rus sia urges that the question of the participation of the Roumeiian deputies in the election of Bulgaria for members of the Hobranje, lie submitted to consideration of the* Powers, while according to others, Russia insists that the Roumeiian deputies shall not sit In the Hobranje. The Porte’s acceptance of a Russian General as Lieuten ant Governor of Bulgaria, is regarded as pledging Turkey to support Russian pro posals, involving, if necessary, Turkish initiative action in Bulgaria. Archduke John’s Suspension. Vienna, Oct. 5. Archdttke > John, in a letter ty the Austro-Hungarian army from London, indicates that his retirement from the army was compulsory. It Is believed that I lie Archduke is the author of an anonymous pamphlet, criticizing the army, published recently in Lnipsic, and that this fart, in addition to his outspoken criticism, was the reason tor his suspension from his military command. Women Rioting. Madoid, Oct. 5.—-Several thousand female cigar makers gathered at one of the facto ries in this city to-day and engaged in a riot. The Civil Guard surrounded the fac tory and the women took possession of the building and barricaded it. The women still hold the building. Many Killed in a Riot. Moscow, Oct. 5, —Home workmen in the cotton mill at Klin raised a riot to-day and set fire to the factory, which was destroyed. Many persons were killed. Troops have been sent to restore order. The cause of the riot is not stated. Berlin in a State of Siege. Berlin, Oct. A decree has been issued under the Socialist iaw declaring a minor state of siege and prohibiting the sate on the streets of special editions of psuwrs. 1 PRICE#I © A YEAR I 1 5 CENTS A COPY, f BRIGHT MAKES A SPEECH. HE SEVERELY CRITICISES THE PRESENT LEADERS. A Claim that He was a Friend to Ire* land Long Before Anybody Else Took up her Cause Another Lively Eviction Skirmish at Gweedore—The Visiting Irish Members at a Meeting in Gotham. London', Oct. s.— John Bright has written a letter denying the statement that he could not support the government's Irish policy because ho had declared that force was no remedy for the troubles in Ireland. He says: “Disunionists, whether under Mr. Glad stone in England, or Mr. Parnell in Ireland, are not careful as to the truth of their state ments. Force is no remedy for just, dis content, hut it is a remedy and often the only remedy for disorder and violence, against which our laws provide. 1 support ed the Gladstone acts of 1881 and 1882 for the suppression of the land league and dis order in Ireland, and I now support the government in its efforts to suppress the national league, which is the land league under another name. My sympathy for Ireland was a- strong, as it, i.- now, thirty years ego, before Messrs. Gladstone. Har eourt ami Morley and their noisy followers had a word to say in favor of the Irish tenantry or the sufferings of any portion of the people. MORE SYMPATHETIC THAN EVER. “Recent events have strengthened my sympathy. We liavo delivered tenants from all that was unjust and oppressive la the laws affect ing tenure of land. It is need ful now to free them from the wicked con spiracy which is leading them to dishonesty and crime. The leaders of the conspiracy teach the tenant that his true in terest is to plunder his landlord and to cherish hitter hatred for Eng land. Industry, honesty and regard for the law are despised and condemned. It. is this conspiracy with which the bulk of the Liberals are asked to aliy themselves. The leaders of the Liberal |>arty, forgetting whatever is honorable in its past history, march in a path which will lead only to partv disgrace and national disaster l would save the Liberal purty, with which I have been much longer associated, aud for which 1 have worked more than any of the present, acting leaders, from the humiliation with which it is men aced. I would, with my sympathy for Ire land, save the populace from the future con duct of men \i ho are answerable for much of the present suffering, and all of the dis order with which the country is now af flicted and digrared. - ’ LOUD HOSKIIERRY speaks. Lord RoselxTry spoke at Ipswich this evening. In the course of his speech he said that the ghastly scene at MitcheUsU'wn illustrated to the English people the system of misgmeminent in Ireland, which pro voked civil war. The government, by sup pressing the national league, has turned a legitimate society into a secret one. The whole policy of the government wa . a hu miliating one in the eyes of the world. A SUMMONS FOR PLUNKETT. Dublin, Oct. 5.- ltev. P. D. O’Reargan, Dean of the Catholic church at Mitcbells towu, has obtained a summons against Capl. Plunkett for trespass for entering the Dean’s grounds, nt the head of a force of police aud hussars and dispers- , ing a crowd assembled there on the occasion of the conviction of William O’Brien. A MOO.VLIO.HT INFORMER. < allihau, the moonlighter, who was one of the party that killed Constable Wbelebaa at Lisdoouvarne, and who turned Queen s evidence, was taken to Ennis to-day, amt testified against bis accomplices. He swore, as to the plot against Mr Sexton, an t identified seven or the prisoners as having participated in killing Wbelehan. CaUihaa admitted that lie had planned a number of moonlight, raids in Kerry and Clare. He said he had been in the pay of the police for the last five years, and that he had re ceived from Constable Wbelehan, just be fore the raiding of Sexton, a small sum of money in payment of his share for arrang ing the raid. This statement caused a greafc sensation in court. While returning to jail the prisoners were choered by crowds on the street. The police charged the people and used their batons freely. A gang of moonlighters last night at tacked the house of a farmer named E ibon, at Cranny Bridge, Kilrash. They drove the inmates out and levelled the house with crowbars. They continued their work of destruction for several hours. Eight arrests have been made. The Dublin corporation have unanimously passed Mr. Dillon'-, motion to attend in state to morrow the trial of .Messrs, U'Brieu and Sullivan. Mr. Saxton to-day declared that the government, in attacking the Lord Mayor, had attacked a representative of the people, besides trying to gag the press. hwkedore’s evictions. The work of eviction was continued at Owocdore today. The inmates of Widow Bowles’ house stoutly resisted the evictors by throwing boiling water upon them. The bailiffs demolished (ho house, and th chim ney having tumbled, the debris took fire. Nr\ i*n jiersons were arrested. Owing to the hostile demeanor of the spectators, the police were ordered to prepare to fire, whereupou Constable Haughrc advanced and threw down ills rifle, declining to obey tin* order. He will probably be arrested. The farmers of Tipperary have received notices through the post threatening them with death if they attend the proposed auo t ion sale of the cattle of a deceased farmer. Tlie notice describes the auctioneer as “the accursed and eternally damned Judge Keogh.” Gotham’s visitors. New York, Oct. 5. —The cause of theagi tators who are seeking relief for Ireland, was materially assisted to-night. The oc casion was a reception in the great ball of Coofier Union to Sir Thomas Henry Grat tan Ksmonde and Arthur O'Connor, the visiting Irish members of Parliament. This was the first of a series of meetings to be held for this pttrfiose throughout the United Htatus. Every seat, in the hall was occupied. Among the notable people present were ex- Judge Noah Davis, Joseph J. O’Donough ue, Father Kane, of Perth Amboy, Father Richard Maher, of Notre Dame, Ind., and others. Charles A. Dana presided. Mr. O'Connor, on being introduced, was received with en thusiastic applause. In ISSI, he said, 105,000 of the Irish people emigrated. During the reign of Queen Victoria [ hisses] the popula tion of Ireland has decreased from 8,0w,00<) to 5,000,009, while the population of Great Britain lias increased from 21,000,000 to 85,000.000. Ex-Judge Noah Davis read a resolution declaring that the citizens of New York protest against the policy of the Tory gov ernment as a blot on the civilisation or the age, denouncing the recent slaughter at Mitchelistown, expressing sympathy for Messrs. Gladstone and Parnell, and extend ing greeting to Messrs. O’Connor and Ksmonde. They were adopted with cheers. Bir Thomas Esmonds was received with as great applause as had l>een given Mr. O’Connor. He said he and his colleague came hero to thank Americana for the sym • pathy and aid they had giv en tne Irish people.