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4 ESTABLISHED 1800. ) ( J. 11. EbTILLi Editor and Proprietor, f PARNELL’S IRISH FOES. THE UNIONISTS HOI.D A BIG RALLY AT DUBLIN. Lord Hartington and Mr. Goschen Present— The Former Fresented with an Address Approving His Policy, Signed by 1,300 Members of the Chamber of Commerce. DUBLIN, Nov. 3!'.—People arrived in Dublin to-day front all parts of Ireland to attend the meeting q£ Unionists at which Lord Hartington and Mr. Goschen were present. The meeting is the first of a series of protests on the part of the people of the south of Ireland against sepa ration. Tht movement was at first ridiculed by the Nationalists, but they are now startled by the rapid growth of the Unionist reprisal. So many persons were desir ous of attending that an overflow meeting was held. Two halls were crowded at an early hour of the evening. It is estimated that 8,000 persons were in attendance, and thousands were turned away, it be ing impossible for them to gain admission. The audience gave prolonged cheers for the Queen. Mr. Wig ham, Secretary of the Cuamber of Com merce, presided over the meeting. Hun dreds of leading citizens, several bishops and many members of the clergy were on the platform. Up- i the arrival of Lord Hartington and Mr. Goschen they were accorded an enthusiastic greeting, the whole assembly rising and repeatedly cheering them. approved bt commercial men. The Chairman handed Lord Hartington an address approving his policy and signed by 1.800 members of the Chamber of Com merce. Lord Hartington, who was loudly cheered, said that never before had he ad dressed such a large, enthusi astic and influential assembly. The vast gathering clearly proved that the professional and commercial classes of Ireland were opposed to separa tion. [Cheers.] The importance of this meeting in the heart of Dublin cannot be exaggerated. The power of persistent, un blushing, reiterated assertion is great, and bas been so fully exercised in order to induce Englishmen and Scotchmen to believe that Ireland detests the Union, and burns to substitute another form of gov ernment, that unless contradicted by ocular and tangible proof, it is almost im possible that in the course of time these as sertions will not exercise some influence on the minds of the Unionists. He paid a tribute to Mr. Chamberlain's services in Ulster, and said that the promoters of to night’s meeting had done no less service in bringing before the people of Great Britain in a manner which could not be ignored t.he disputed fact that there was perhaps a minority, but a large im portant and influential minority which al together repudiated the assertion that Ire land as a nation was determined to abolish the union. He urged the importance of having all the facts, not merely a super ficial view, before them in deciding the great and vital question. interruptions overlooked. Being occasionally interrupted Lord Hart iugton remarked that the dissenting minor itv was so small that, the majority could afford to ignore it. Proceeding he said he would discuss the broader and deeper ques tions involved in the Irish struggle. He hoped they would not suppose for a moment * cat he intended to underrate in the smallest degree the disastrous effects to Ireland her self, under whatever form of government she might be destined to exist, and the whole kingdom, should the government fail to attempt to grapple w ith and subdue the forces of anarchy and disorder, [Cheers] nor sus pect him of any lack of sympathy with the government or their officers, upon whom ihe brunt of the task was falling, anil who " ere exposed to attacks of men whom but a short time ago they were serving as faith fully, and with as much appreciation as they were serving the present government. He wished especially to look upon the Irish view of the question as affecting the prosperity of the country apart from the English imperial view as affecting the future of the empire. Admitting that a majoi it y of Irishmen was in favor of home rule, he refused to admit that a majority was necessarily as large as appeared from the recent act of Parliament, because under ihe present, electoral system it was possible that the Unionist minority, though numer ically approaching the Separatists majority, might not be represented. SEPARATION ERIN’S DESIRE. A Gladstoninn had distinctly stated that they would refuse to giant separation even if demanded by a majority, yet they had never shown that Ireland would be satisfied with the limited home rule they offered. On the contrary, there was every indication that she would not lie satisfied except with entire separation. 'I be struggle was more for possession of the laud than for reform of the system of government and the Gladstomaiis admitted that the land difficulty must not and could not be left to an Irish Parliament to settle. In fact, there "•as no economic grievance in Ireland that Ihe English Parliament was not equally as i e dy and capable to deal with as an Irish Parliament. He could understand Irish men asking independence or an agrarian revolution, and also that there might be distinguished and able politicians who were hopeful that a change of government would "pen the road to place and power. But he was unable to understand a nation being enthusiastic for simple mollification of government. The only justification for conceding the demands of the agricultural class alone in Ireland would be that Ireland bad become purely agricultural, and therefore a weak and insignificant coun try. No patriotic Irishman would tie satisfied with this prospect. If, on the other band, they wished to develop her industries anil trade and see Ireland take her proper place in the competition of ♦he world, they must allow the minority, ■which include those classes upon whom the future prosperity of Ireland maiuly depend, to have a voice in this great question. After raising a laugh against Sir William Vernon Harcourt by quoting from a speech made by tnat gentleman de nouncing home rule and lauding Trinity College, he warned bis hearers against believing that any modification of the Gladstone bills could make them ac ceptable to the majority in Ireland, and at the same time consistent with th? benefit of the maintenance of the British connection. He concluded with a repudiation of the charge that he had changed his opinions with regard to the question of local govern ment in Ireland, and had ignored the na tional sentiment of that country. goschen’s speech. Mr. Goschen was received with prolonged cheering. He opened with a fierce on slaught upon the cajolery and misstate ments with which he said the Gladstonians sought to induce the people of England and Scotland to intrust tne government of Ire land to a band of revolutionists. What he desired to bring home as the lesson of this meeting was the position of tho commercial ' lasses and all the industrial classes oti this question. Attempts had been made to minimize their importance and throw opprobium upon them. But they, the mer chants, hauliers and shippers, are the prime movers in com merce and trade, without whose assistance the agriculturist could scarcely exist. Are their opinion and votes to count as nothing beside the class which the Home Rulers regard as alone entitled to political respect? In no country in the world where a struggle of a similar kind has occurred is it imaginable that such a preponderating, peaceful protest as you are making here to night, could be brought against a na tional movement. We know too well that no talk of political changes will increase the prosperity of Ireland. We know also that their suffering has been intensified by agitation which lias driven away capital and established'a relation between landlord and tenant which can only result in ruin to the chief industry of Ireland. We sympa thize with the poverty of the Irish tenants, and will do what in us lies to alleviate their condition. HIS IRISH VIEWS. Until home rule broke loose from what may be considered the doctrines of loyalty, there was no measure connected with Ire land in which I did not take what may be called Irish views. I admit, however,' that I have done my level best, not against the Irish people, but against the league who are trying to make Irishmen their dupes. We value you as citizens who have been partners in our glories and therefore are nerved to continue this struggle against separation which would be fatal to the interest of both countries. Mr. Goschen resumed his seat anyd cheers. He was then honored with a vote of thanks and the national anthem was sung in chorus by the audience. Oa leaviug the hall Lord Hartington and Mr. Goschen were loudly cheered, A conference of delegates from all branches of the league was held on Lord Dillon’s extensive estates to day. Messrs. Crilly and Conway, members of Parlia ment, were present. Tue conference de cided that Lord Dillon’s offer of a reduction of 30 per cent, from judicial rents should be accepted. A HOTLY CONTESTED EVICTION. An attempt to evict a tenant named Foley from the estate of Col. Charles Tot tenham, at Wexford, to-day, was attended with great difficulty. The house was se curely barricaded, and tho evictors, in order to effect an entrance, made a breach in the wall with a battering ram. While doing this boiling water and stones were thrown at them by the tenants. The constables brought up a fire engine and re taliated by drenching the tenants with water. The occupants of the house yielded after an hour’s resistance. Ten arrests were made. A writ has been sworn out by Mr. Man deville against the Governor of Tullamore prison for assault. The charge is based upon the treatment he received at the time bis clothing was stripped off him by the prison authorities. ITS ENTHUSIASM RARELY EQUALED. London, Nov. 30, 4 a. m. —The Post says: ‘‘The reception accorded Lord Hartington and Mr. Goshen in Dublin yesterday was one that for enthusiasm has rarely been equalled and never surpassed.” the Ai.urs says: “Nobody wishes to de prive Irish merchants of a fair share m the government of the country, but they would he far better off in a reconciled and con tented country." LONDON’S DYNAMITERS. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 39.—1n answer to a request made by Mayor Abbott of Secre tary bayard, that the United States gov ernment take some steps with regard to the arrest in Loudon of Thomas Oallan, of this city, on suspicion of being a dynamiter, a letter was received from Secretary Bayard to-night saying that the State Department had no other information than that contained in the newspapers stating that CaJlan had been arrested because found in possession of a quantity of dyna mite in London, an offense against the laws of Great Britain. The letter continues: “The department is wholly without au thority to apply for a stay of proceedings pending an investigation, as re quasted in your telegram. The in vestigation referred to is doubtless preliminary to a formal trial, and except to secure a fair trial under the laws, this de partment would have no right to interfere unless to prevent arbitrary treatment, or denial of justice to one of its citizens, nor beyond this would a foreign government be permitted to interfere in a similar proceed ing in the courts of this country.” GREVY URGED TO STICK. A Number of Deputies Urge Him Not to Resign. Paris, Nov. 29.—The Radical journals energetically oppose M. Ferry as a candidate for President and accuse him of bribery and corruption in the administration of affairs in Tunis and Tonquiu. Paul de Roudeleue, leader of the Patriotic Ijeaguo, threatens to march to the Palace Elysee at the head of 50,000 men, if M. Ferry is elected President, and prevent him from entering. A number of the members of the Chamber of Deputies to-day went to the Palace Elysoe and requested President Grevy not to resign. The members of the Left will not attend the initial meeting of the Radicals, but will be present at the plenary gathering at Ver sailles Thursday morning. Several deputies waited upon M. Goblet to-day and endeavored to induce him to join a Cabinet with M. Clemeneeau as Premier with the object of restraining Grew in the Presidency. M. Goblet de clined. The General Council to-day adopted a resolution in favor of Ccngreas revising the constitution and abolishing the Senate and Presidency. President Grevy in his message to Parlia ment will give as his reason for resigning the refusal of all the leading statesmen to form a Cabinet. He makes no complaint against the Chamber cr Senate or against his Ministers, but laments what he terms the unexpected desertion of those upon whose friendship he thought he could rely. DCC D’AUMALE IN PARIS. London, Nov. 29,—1t is stated that Due de Auniale has been in Paris the past fort night and that his presence there is kept secret. . England and the Allies. Paris, Nov. 29.— -The Berlin correspond ent of the Journal dm Debats announces that the negotiations between England and the parties to the triple alliance relative to tho eventual participation of England in the defense of the balance of power in tho Med iterranean, are almost complete. They re fer especially to cases in which the integ rity of Turkey might be menaced. Sullivan to Fight Mitchell. London, Nov. 29. —Sullivan and Mitchell were matched to-night to fight to a finish wit.h bare knuckles for £SOO a side. The date of the fight was not arranged. Sullivan wanted to fight to-night. Death of Arkansas’ Auditor. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 29.— VV. R. Fuller, State Auditor, died to-day. Ho was twice elected Governor. He served from IMB to 1881. and served at different times twelve years as Auditor. SAVANNAH. GA„ WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1887. MOST IS FOUND GUILTY. HIS TESTIMONY ON THE STAND IN HIS OWN BEHALF. A Point-blank Denial that He Used the Violent Language Attributed to Him —He Refuses to Answer Several Questions So as Not to Criminate Himself. New York, Nov. 29. — When the trial of John Most was resumed this morning his counsel, Mr. Howe, arose and disclaimed on the part of his client any connection with or knowledge of the threatening letter sent to J udge Cowing. He expressed the belief that it was sent by some enemy of Most to preju dice his case. Most was theu called to the witness stand to testify in his own defense. He also began by disclaiming any knowl edge of the threatening letter. He denied that he had threatened the execu tioner of the Anarchists in Chicago or any one else. The meeting at Kraemer’s Hall, at which the alleged seditious speech was made, was, he said, a public one. Mr. Schultz was chairman and not Mr. Schenck, as the policeman testified. Ho addressed his hearers as fellow-citizens, not as Anarchists. He then went on to give his version of the speech he made. It lacked the threats and violent language he Is charged with having uttered. NOT THE TIME FOR REVENGE. On the cry of revenge being uttered in the audience, he went on: “I said not now. Tho capitalists are arrayed against us. We are here to accuse, and I accuse Grinnell, Gary and the judges of murder.” He had described Powderly as an instrument in the execution for not taking sides with the con demned men. Then, too, there was Henrv George. “He is narrow-minded and not wise, but he ought to be clever enough to know the difference between right and wrong, and should have enlisted sympathy for the men.” He was not sure that he said he would give ten years of his life to know the hangman and th-t he would strangle him. He never said that for every man killed in Chicago 500 would be slaughtered. His past life. On cross-examination Assistant District Attorney Nicoll questioned Most on the record of his past life. The prisoner said he had been convicted of treason in Austria in 1869, and had been imprisoned one year. In 1870 ho was again convicted in that coun try of the same crime, and got a five years sentence, but gained his liberty in 1871 through amnesty granted to political pris oners. In 1872 he was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in Berlin for calling the Emperor of Germany a “slaughterer” stid a “massacrer.” In 1874 he was sentenced to imprisonment for oue year and six months for a speech made in Berlin on the memorial day of the Paris Commune. In 1877 he was sentenced in Berlin to two months’ imprisonment for blasphemy. In 1881 he was sentenced in England to eighteen months’ imprisonment for applauding in the t'reiheit the killing of the Czar. HIS ARRIVAL IN AMERICA. When he got put of prison there he came to this country, and has since remained here. When Most, was asked if he had written a book on “The Art of Revolution ary Warfare,” or a book on “Dynamite and Other Explosives,” he refused to answer on the ground that the answer would teud to criminate him. He also declined to answer whether he believed that modern explosives were necessary to carry out his ideas; whether he hail advised others as to the cheapest manner of manufacturing explosives; whether he has advised that the electric batteries be used at a distance to explode dynamite, but when a few moments can be had to get away a fuse of six or eight inches will serve; whether he had said that for an explosion in a crowd a shell is the best and it should be globular to produce splendid results; whether he had said that gas pipe with screw caps will pro duce brilliant results; whether he had ad vised that a fruit jar be filled with benzine, in which a medicine glass filled with powder tightly closed and having a fuse placed, and that on bursting the fiery benzine would be scattered; whether ho advised the use of the deadly poison curare on arrow heads. GREATLY EXCITED. The witness grew greatly excited when these questions were asked, and declined to answer each on the same ground. He said vehemently: “What have they to do with my speech at Kraemer’s Hall?” But the Judge iu each case allowed the question. Most said he was a communistic Anarchist, and assumed the oratorical style which had distinguished the first half of his direct testimony. When Mr. Nicoll, on cross-ex amination, asked him to state his views, he said: “We do not fight, against any particu lar government. We do not especially tight the government of the United States. We are opposed to government as such. Wo think that power held by a government should be abolished.” Most said that the “ruling classes” were in rebellion, audit was possible that even what the people had—the constitution of the United States—would be taken away. His motto was: “Need for organization, organization to put down the rebellion of the capitalistic class.” “We do not expect that tho capitalistic classes will give up what they have peaceably. There will be fierce fighting on both sides.” ALL THE EVIDENCE IN, At the conclusion of Most’s testimony, both sides announced that they had no more evidence to offer. Judge Cowing said he would limit each side to one hour, summing up. Judge Cowing, in his charge, told the jury Most was not to be tried for his past life, nor for his belief, but his speech at Kreatner’s HalL “Our love of free speech, and freedom of the press,” he con tinued, “has made us do away with many restrictions. We are jealdns of our liberty. Free speech does not mean that an individual has a right to slander his neighbor, or to incite riot. We do not tolerate license We encourage freedom. We throw open our gates to Si to come and enjoy citizenship, which we esteem a greater privilege than to lie a King. We marvel that in this country, where every one is so free, there should be such men as Anarchists, and ask what more do they want. Revolutions have come from in justice, but never from justice.” After {roing over the testimony carefully he said le failed to find anything in the speech of Most as he gave It at tho trial that came within the statute. The iury went out at 5:30 o’clock, and at 10 o’clock to-night came into the court room and rendered a verdict of guilty. Oa the first ballot the jury stood sevon for acquittal and five for conviction. AN ANARCHIST CIRCULAR. The Workingmen of the Country Called Upon to Fight. * Chicago, Nov. 29.— The Anarchists of this city have prepared the following circu lar for distribution among the working men here. i tußi. Motto—' 'Rulers we deiest, Freedom we request. To he equals we aspire: We will, or we’ll expire." In the course of * conversation between John i Swintor. and Carl Marx, which took place shortly before the latter’s death. Swinton asked Marx. “What will the future bring:’’ Short, but mean ing. was the answer the great thinker and so cial philosopher gave. U was but one short word, yet a word expressing very much. The answer was, “Fight. How clearly Marx could look into the future! Yes, fight aud struggle. Even if t here are some optimists in our ranks a majority of our comrades are convinced that it will take haid fighting to gain the great final j aim which the thinking proletariat of all coun tries with untiring fervor, is uow to struggling i to reacli The picket skirmishing which has been done during the last few yoaiw in Eunqx as well as in America, in the war for the erection aud institution of free society proves there is no use in talking about a peaceable solution of this question. How brutally, without con sideration yes, barbarously especially herein America,(the moneyed ruling class faces all these who with pity for their fellow men, and the courage of their convictions express their feelings and thoughts in words and writing was shown by the terrible Chicago tragedy which ended on Nov. 11, 1887. Eight of the test and nohlest pioneers of the workthemen were sacri ficed—five were killed and three disabled. Verily, such brutal class law as was snown in this modern trial of heretics hero in Chicago cannot again be found in the history of the world. Yes, a trial of heretics. As in former times heretics were sacrificed at the stake by a fanatical mob, infuriated by bigoted priests, or so-called political criminals were hunted down and murdei-ed by the ruling class of their time, so the social heretics of to-day, al! those who as pire to social equality, are persecuted by the rich uiob. We must be clear on this subject. Can re ligiousand political free.thinkers and reformers express then- opinion without fear of punish inent? The proVtuire of to-day is without, re ligion. He pays his priests, supports churches, etc., but this is only done to blind the peoples eyes. While they are making life upon this earth a hell, they can just as well assure us of heaven after death. It is uot expensive. The The present so-called political reformations ore not intended to interfere with the. privileges and property rights of the upper tea thousand. “War to the palaces, peace to the huts,’’ La Salle exclaimed twenty years ago. Whoever has heard tho people wail in their present, distress and desperation whose heart is not withered in his bosom, ought to know that we need men who take part with en thusiasm and passion in the fight of the work ing class against the social evil. Whoever loins us must take all the consequences upon him self and must be ready to sacrifice everything for the cause, even should it be his life. “Life is not the highest of treasures." Finally, I want to recall to the memory of our comrades the words of Schiller: “When the enslaved nowhere finds his right, when the bur den cannot be carried any longer, then he trust fully reaches up to the stars and takes down the rights due him, anil uses such means as are necessary. When nothing else avails, the sword will help.” A SPECIAL PARTNER IN LUCK. - . A Court Decides That He Need not Pay a Firm’s Debts, Chicago, Nov. 29.—The case of certain creditors against the Board of Trade firm of C. J. Cershaw & Cos., -which collapsed dur ing the big wheat comer, and which shook so many firms to their foundations and wrecked several Cincinnati concerns, was decided to-day, resulting in the defeat of the creditor and a victory for Charles B. Eggles ton. Eggleston was a special partner, and the only member of the firm having any property. The creditors claimed that Mr Eggleston was actively Interested in th ■ business, and should therefore be declared a general partner, and compelled to liquidate the indebtedness of the firm. To this Mr. Eggleston demurred, and the court in its de cision sustained the demurrer. BANKER HARPER ON TRIAL. Cincinnati, Nov, 29.—The legal investi gation of the Great Fidelity National Bank failure began this morning at 10 o’clock in the United States Court room when the case of E. L. Harper was called. The arraign ment began with the reading of a long in dictment, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty. Then the work of selecting a jury began. A large panel is present. TARIFF REFORM. Gorman Wants Carlisle to Take the Ways and Means Chairmanship. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 29.—The Sun has a special from Washington in which Senator A. P. Gorman states positively that a tariff reform bill will be passed by the incoming Congress which will cut off certain custom duties and provide for a reduction of internal revenue taxes. He advises Mr. Carlisle to decline the Speakership and take the Chair manship of the Committee on Ways and Means as leader of the Dem ocratic forces on the floor, a leader being sadly needed. He says Mr. Carlisle is entirely indifferent on the subject, and has made no canvass for the Speakership, though he is certain of the nomination. Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, is recommended for the Speakership. TWO TRAINS WRECKED. One of the Engineers Believed to be Fatally Injured. New York, Nov. 29.—There was a great crash on the Pennsylvania railroad’s Cam den branch, near Hightown, N. J., this morning. Passenger train No. 304, bound to New York, ran into a coal train near Old Bridge, making both trains a complete wreck. Engineer James H. Smith, of the passenger train, was crushed in his cab, and Is believed to have sustained fatal injuries. Charles Hunt, baggage master of the passenger train, was also dangerously injured. A number of passen gers were badly hurt, but fortunately no one was killed. The train was crowded with people, Many of them were coming to New York on business. DEAD LETTER OFFICE WORK. Superintendent Baird’s Report for the Past Fiscal Year. Washington, Nov. 29.—The report of John B. Baird, Superintendent of the Dead Letter Office for the last fiscal year shows that the total number of dead letters and pieces of mail matter handled by that office during the year was 5,578,965, or more than 18,000 a day. Of the letters, 70,712 bearing the card of the sender were returned unopened; 4,514 held for postage letters were forwarded to their addresses on receipt of postage, aud 83,702 misdirected letters were corrected and forwarded to the address. Of tho letters and parcels opened, 17,745 contained money amounting to $29,687, and 228 contained ne gotiable paper, representing $7,644,486. Tampa’s Record. Tampa, Fla., Nov. 29.—The City Coun-t cil to-day passed an ordinance prohibiting the return of refugees until the Board of Health officially declares the ilanger Ovpr. Parties returning will be arrested, a fine not exceeding s.‘s imposed, end they will then be compelled to leave tne city. The quarantine restrictions against Tampa have been removed by Mobile, and are less rigid at other points. The thermometer to-day registered 60*. It is cloudy and growing colder. No deaths and one mild caso is the record for to-day. Reserved for the Town Site. Washington, Nuv. 29.—Acting Land , Commissioner Stocldager has refused the I applications of parties to make homestead entries of portions of the City of Tuscaloosa. Ala., to which it is claimed the city has no titles. The Acting Commissioner holds that the lands are reserved for the town site and are not subvert te Individual anoprewietion. RAILROAD LAND GRANTS. ' AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF SEC RETARY LAMAR’S REPORT. Enormous Abuses Caused by Congres sional Concessions-Some Corpora tions Given More Land than Is Com prised in Haifa Dozen of the Largest and Most Populous States. Washington, Nov. 29.—One of the most important features of Secretary Lamar’s forthcoming annual import is the port which relates to the adjustment of railroad land grants. In this part of his report the Secre tary says that soon after his appointment to his present position he “became convinced that the administration of Congressional grant* of lauds to railroads had given rise to enormous abuses. Congress had not only made grants which, in some instances, ex ceeded in extent the area of half a dozen of the largest and most populous States of the Union, but in addition provided that any losses of lands within the granted limits should be satisfied by selections of lands within other and adjoining limits, thus nearly doubling the area of the original grants. HELD IN RESERVE. “Thus enormous quantities of public lands were held in reservation to await the convenience of the respective corporations in tho construction of their roads, selections of its lands, and uncertain adjustments of grants by the department Years have elapsed since many of tho grants have been made, and other years since the with drawals. Some of the companies have constructed the entire lino of their roads, others fragmentary portions only,and others again none at all; but the withdrawals of lands were noteless effective as a barrier against settlers in one caso than in the other. It mattered not what might be the equities acquired by years of toil upon what he be lieved to be part of the national domain. It was required by the highest judicial tri bunal, os expounded by the highest law officers of the Executive, that a withdrawal once made by competent authority, was legal and effective to exclude all from in trusion within its limits. THE MILLER CASE. “One such case, whore hardship and in justice were about to lie inflicted under the law, came under your observation. Guil ford Miller settled upon lands afterward selected and claimed by the Northern Pa cific Railroad Company to be a case of with drawal for indemnity purposes. Rome doubt arising as to the legality of the with drawal, the case was referred by this de partment to the Attorney General for his opinion on the question of law. This office held that the withdrawal was legal and that during its existence Miller could acquire no right or title to the tract claimed by him and on which he lived. Whilst recognizing the correctness of the law, you saw the in justice of the case so far as the individual settler was affected, and that hundreds of qthers wore similarly situated who might and would be affected, and you directed that, such grants should be so administered by this department as, if possible, to protect these settlers from such injustice, stating your belief that this can be done under the provision which declared that these selec tions shall be made under direction of the Secretary of the Interior. SURVEYS DELAYED. “After years of waiting Congress had failed to empower the department to make the necessary surveys whereby some of the grants might be adjusted anil no immediate prospect of such surveys was in sight. But a law was passed March 3, 1887, whereby the Secretary of the Interior was directed to immediately adjust each of the railroad land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads. With an earnest desire to obey the mandate of Congress to give to corporations their every right under the laws, aud at the same time follow the directions given by you to see that ample protection should lie extended to settlers and thi*m seeking to make a settlement on the public lands (a matter which had been so long and so utterly overshadowed), I entered upon most careful consideration of the whole subject of the history and the law relating to the land grants, and con cluded that if the department was clothed with authority to make indemnity with drawals as had been done in many instances, exercise of that authority was a matter en tirely within sound discretion, and not a matter of legal obligation in any respect, that the same sound discretion which, in the interest of the companies, justified said withdrawals now demand peremptorily in the public interest speedy revocation of the same, and that the most effect! >e way of expediting tho adjustment of laud grants and doing exact justice to the companies, anil guarding and promoting the interest of settlers also, was to permit the public to enter into competition with the companies In the selection of lands heretofore with drawn for indemnity purposes. THE COMPANIES NOTIFIED. “Accordingly, on May 81, 1887, with your approval, rules were laid upon the different companies for whoso benefit the withdrawal had been made to show cause by a certain day why said withdrawals should not be re voked. On Aug. 13, 1887, my views were fully expressed in a decision rendered in the case of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, whic-h, by answer and argument, raised nearly all tile objections that were presented in part only by a number of other companies. Two days later orders withdraw ing lands within the indemnity limits and re serving the same for settlement were re voked and the lands restored to the public domain and to settlement. The amount of land restored to the public domain through orders revoking indemnity withdrawal is s-ated by the Commissioner of the General Land Office to be 21,323,600 acres. ROUGH ON DONELSON. Hon. C. R. Breckinridge’s Reasons for Withholding His Support. Washington, Nov. 29.—Hon. C. R. Breckinridge in a letter to Capt. Samuel Donelson, Doorkeeper of the House of Rep resentatives, announces that he cannot sup port the latter's candidacy for election be cause of charges alleging that he keeps employes on the pay-rolls who do no work ana have no substitutes; that he borrows money from subordinates, or friends of those he appoints, and fails to return it; thnt lie has not turned into the Treasury money received from th© sale of waste paper, and that he has the reputation or being a gambler and dissolute man. In a loiter, replying to these charges, Capt. Donelson denies all except those relating to the waste paper sales and his private reputation. He declares himself ready to turn in the waste paper money as soon as the Congressional committee examines his accounts, and says his official position prevents his properly answering allegations against bis personal character Two Colored Men Killed. Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 29.—A farmer named Inby to-day shot and killed two col ored men who attached him on his farm in Marlboro county, 8. C. GEORGIA'S CAPITAL. Supreme Court Decisions—The Con vict Lessees Will Pay the Pines. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29.—Tlie following Supreme Court decisions were handed down I to-day: L. Cohen & Cos. vs. A. D. Candler; from Hall. Affirmed. William H. Warren, administrator, vs. Mary A. Bunch, et al.; from Columbia. Affirmed. Fannie M. Robinson vs. B. F. Veal; from DeKalb. Affirmed. A. C. Jackson vs. J. A. Garner; from Gwinnett. Affirmed. Daniel W ndsor vs. W. 11. and Nancy Cruse, administrators; from Gwinnett. Re versed. Thomas Christian vs. J. W. Weaver; from Lumpkin. Reversed. Athens Manufacturing Company vs. T. W. Rucker; from Clarke. Affirmed. W. P. Rutledge vs. D. N. Hudson; from Gwinnett. Affirmed. Atlanta Cotton Seed Oil Mills vs. A. B. Coffry; from DeKalb. Affirmed. J. H. White, adtnr., vs. Louis Hopkins; from Madison. Affirmed. Penitentiary Companies Nos. 2 and 3, through W. B. Lowe, and J. W. English, their President, formally notified the Gov ernor to-day that they would pay the fine of $2,500 each imposed after the recent investigation, but would pav under protest, not admitting that the companies had violated the law, nor admitting the Gov ernor’s right to impose the fine. The Prohibitionists were in session all day on the question of contest. The opposition to the contest is nearly unanimous and it will probably be abandoned to-morrow. COLUMBUS CHAPTERS. Hands to be Put to Work on the New Railroad Next Week. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 20.—F. M. Ivey, of the Chattahoochee Brick Company, arrived in this city to-day. Under direction of G. Gunby Jordan he will next week put a force of hands to work on the Columbus Southern road. Uhe trestle gang from the Atlanta and Hawkinsville road will begin the trestle work next week. In Muscogee Superior Court there are three cases of forgery against J. B. Hobb. The jury is still out on the first one. The second oa-e was tried to-day with a verdict of not guilty. Yellowstone Kit arrived here to-day. As he drove through the streets scattering silver dollars large crowd ,of negroes fol lowed. An immense crowd was around his Stand to-night. Several weeks ago, while camping out, near the city, Boaz Harrison, of Russell county, had a fit, fell into the fire and was seriously burned. He died yesterday from the effects. FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS. Son and Husband Lost Within a Pew Hours of Each Other. Jacksonville, Nov. 29.—When A. H. Peck, the young telegraph operator, com mitted suicide last Sunday, the details of the sad affair were sent to his parents in Nashville. His mother started at ouce to come here and this noon it is learned that when about half way here she was informed by telegraph of the death of her husband, whom she bad left at home very ill. The doubly bereaved woman was almost heart broken and is now seriously affected. Arthur C. Cowan, formerly General Traveling Agent of the Florida Southern railroad, has been appointed resident agent of that road for this city. Commencing on Dec. 1 there will be a re duced round trip rate to this city from the following places: Cincinnati, Loui-ville, Evansville and St. Louis, by way of Bruns wick and steamer and by way of Pensacola. This rate will be $5 cheaper than via Way cross and all rail to Jacksonville. The fol lowing are the rates: From Cincinnati, $36 05: Louisville, $35 70; Evansville, $37; St. Louis, $45. W. H. Harwick, the young clerk who killed Ling Wing, Saturday night, Nov. 19, will bo admitted to bail in $5,000. His friends were looking for sureties to-night. If the grand jury, which adjourned to day, had turned its attention to some of the beastly practices of the prisoners at the county jail they would have discovered a tit subject for their most earnest, work. Over 300 passengers from the North came in to-day; all trains were crowded. The opposition to holding a city election Is developing all along the Hue. The Re publican committee were refused a copy of the city registration lists, and sav they will place party nominees in the field if not assured of fair play. John P. Varnum will not start an even ing paper as has been alleged. He will re main here this winter as correspondent for several Northern journals. L. W. Winch, the bridegroom who is to marry Miss Flora Payne to-morrow night, arrived from Cleveland, 0., to-day, accom pli nied by a party of Cincinnati relatives. Miss Payne is a daughter of Director Gen eral Pajme, of the Hub-Tropical, and is a prominent society favorite. MADISON MENTION. A Rumor that Mixed Trains by Night will be the Only Mode of Travel. Madison, Fla., Nov. 29. —1 tls rumored on the streets that the Florida Railway and Navigation Company will on Dec. 1 take off the day trains entirely and run mixed trains at night, from which may some good power deliver us. The surveying corps of the Georgia and South Florida Air-Line railroad was in town Saturday and commenced surveying the preliminary line lictween here and Quit man. It is hoped things will take a more definite shape soon. It is some satisfaction to have the prospect of another outlet to the Georgia lines. Miss Alberta Wharton, arharmingyoung lady of Washington, D. C., is spending the winter with her sister, Mrs. C. H. Dickin son. Mr. Cary T. McDaniel, bugler on the United Htates ship Lancaster, which has been cruising around Montevideo and other South American countries for several months past, has returned home looking much improved. Ills time was out last August, nut he and the rest of his com panions who did not re-enlist did not reach Now York until about two weeks ago. Tarpon Springs Topics. Tarpon Borings, Fla., Nov. 29.— The Orange Belt railroad is nearly completed to this jioint. Passenger trains will bo run ning by the first of the new year. It is sufficiently indicative of the enterprise and push that will 1)0 characteristic of the road to say that Mr. Armour, the Chicago millionaire, is furnishing the sinews of war. There is about to be an important scien tific institution established here—a bio logical station, similar to the one at Naples, Italy, for original investigation of Southern fauna and flora. Tweive Northern uni versities and colleges are interested. The enterprise has developed through tht> efforts of Prof. Wilson, of the University of Penn sylvania, and Mr. Soott, a distinguished ornithologist, who has been living here for two years post. (PRICEgIOA YRtH.I 1 acK.vrs a cop it. ( A NEW TRIAL FOR SHARP THE STATE SUPREME COURT OVER RULES THE CONVICTION. Admission of Certain Evidence De dared to Have Been an Error—The Arch-Briber Hears the News Without Betraying Emotion—Application to be Made for Ball. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 29.—The Court of Appeals handed down its decision in the Jacob Sharp case this morning. It reverses the decision of the lower court and orders a new trial. The decision says: During the trial exceptions were taken in be ; half of the defendant to several decisions of the trial court In admitting against his objection certain items of testimony which it Is conceded were material, and without which, it is claimed by the appellant, conviotion could not or might not have been obtained. First among others, the counsel for the prosecution claimed that the defendant was examined as a witness before a committee of the Senate of this State appointed to investigate among other things the methods of the Broadway Railroad Com pany in obtaining such consent, and also the action in respect thereto of the Board of Aider men of said city which granted it, or of any member thereof who voted for the same, and that he, upon that occasion gave testimony which the learned counsel for the pro.eeut.ion claim'd to be “irre futable evidence of his participation and com plicity in the commission of a crime." This testimony the prosecutor offered In evidence. Ita admission on the trial was objected to ■on the ground that it was given under privileged circumstances; that the. defendant was com |>ellod to attend and testify, and that evidence thus elicited was not comp tent “upon the i r.nl of a person where the subject under inquiry is that about which ho was tlieu interrogated." declared an error. The court decides that the admission of this was contrary to section 79 of the Penal Code, and was therefore an error. The admission of Pottle’s testimony was also held to be an error. Another error was found In the examina tion of the witness ex-Alderman Miller. The court also holds that an error was committed in admitting the evidence of detectives regarding tho abe-noe trorn the State of Maloney and Cox and their pres ence in Canada. The admission of Phelps' testimony is also announced an error. HOW NEW YORK RECEIVED IT. New York, Nov. 29.—When the news of the Hliarp decision reached the county court house it caused considerable stir tunoug the lawyers present in the numerous courts. The general opinion seemed to be one of approval. Mr. Clark, law partner of Con gresßinan Bourke Cockran, who argued the case on the appeal, on receiving the news at once started for Ludlow sti-eet jail to con vey the glad tidings to Jacob -Sharp. He first SiW Mrs. Sharp. She cried with joy, aud said she hail heard so many rumors that she found it difficult to believe it. She then broke the news to her husband. He manifested no emotion whatever, and seemed even to take but little interest in the matter. Since his conviction he has fallen into a moody and stolid state of Indif ference to all outward things from which it seems impossible to arouse him. Mr. Clark said that when Mr. Cockran returns from Albany to-night, there would be a consultation about applying for Sharp's ad mission to bail. A motion to that effect, he said, will probably be made to-morrow, and he expected that, it would be granted The motion may be made to auy Judge of the Supreme Court. He supposed the amount of buil fixed would be high, possibly $50,000. A Lunacy Trial Postponed. Stl vania, Ga., Not. 29.—Julia Clem ents, a colored girl wl has gone crazy upon the subject of sanctification, was up before Judge M. M. Potter yesterday evening to be tried as to her lunacy. A jury was impanelled and the girl brought from jail, hut no trial onexamination came off. The reason was that the County Com - raissionors, some time ago, passsed a reso lution forbidding the payment of any fee to a physician for sitting upon jurios in trials of lunacy. As the law says that there shall lie a physician upon the jury, and ns none of our doctors who were in the town would consent to sit without the fee, the court adjourned, and the girl, who was certainly crazy, was carried back to her home. A Snug Fortune for Some One. Butler, Ga., Nov. 29.—Home time ago it was reported that the estate of Jacob Willis, who was thrown from his buggy and killed, was left to the school in his district. This information appears to be erroneous. Mr. Wdlis never made a will, and it is not known yet to whom his property will go. The morning of his death he came to town and, in conversation with an attorney of this place, used the following language): “I want some papers drawn up this morning:; I want to give two of my neighbors each s3oo.’’ Or the remainder of bis property he said nothing, but it is supposed that he’ in tended to give it to his neice, who will in vestigate it in a short time. His estate is valued at $20,000. Killed by a Farmer. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 29.—Sunday after noon Jesse Hicks, a respectable factory operative, and Columbus Byrd, a farmer, both living near the city, quarreled over a small amount of money due by one to the other. They finally fought, Byrd striking Hicks in the head with a billy. This morn ing UicKs died from the effects of the blow, and to-night a coroner’s inquest was held over his remains. Much evidence was taken and at ita conclusion a verdict of man slaughter was rendered against Byrd. The latter is now in jail. Hicks leaves a wife anil four children. * .V ensacola Points. Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 29.— The result of the meeting of the citizens to be held to morrow night to pass upou the contemplated sulweription to the Pensacola and Memphis railroad is awaited with some anxiety. The favorable consideration thereof can angur naught but prosperity to this city. The Germania Hose Company, one of the leading fire protection organizations of the city, gave an entertainment to night which was largely attended. The object of the en tertainment was to place the organization on a more substantial basis financially. Killed at a Planing Mill. Palatka, Fla., Nov. 29.— John H. Parker, foreman of a planing mill at Darby’i mills, was caught in the shafting this after noon and was killed before the engine could be stopped. _ Tampa’s Harbor. Chicago, Nov. 29 —The directors of the Board of Trade have indorsed a memorial from Tampa, Fla., asking Congress to ap propriate SIOO,OOO for the improvement of the harbor there. The Noble-Yulee Marriage. "Washington, Nov. 29.—William Beider Noble, son of the late millionaire of the same name, and Miss Yulee, daughter of the late ex-Senator from Florida, will be married in the chapel of the Church of the Covenant, Presbyterian, tomorrow morn iug. Only the families will be present, a* both are in mourning. They go abroad shortly, Mr. Noble desiring to prepare at Oxford for tho Episcopal ministry.