Newspaper Page Text
2
public funds. If this scheme should be adopte-l
it should only be done as a temporary expedient
to moot an urgent necessity. Legislative and
executive effort should generally be in the oppo
site direction, and should nave a tendency to di
vorce a* much, and as fast, as can safely be
done, the Treasury Department from private
enterprise. Of course ft is not expected that
unnecessary aud extravagant appropriations
will Iw made for the purpose of avoiding the
accumulation of an excess of revenue. Such
expenditure, beside the demoralization of all
just conceptions of public duty which it entails,
stimulates a habit of reckless improvidence not
in the least consistent with the mission of our
people or the high and beneficent purposes of
our government. I have deemed it my duty to
thus bring to the knowledge of ltiy countrymen,
as well a. to the attention of their representa
tives charged with the responsibility of legisla
tive relief, the gravity of our financial situation.
The failure or the Congress heretofore to
provided against the dangers which it was quite
evident the very nature of the difficulty must
necessarily produce, caused a condition of
financial distress aud ; apprehension since your
last adjournment, which taxed to the utmost
all the authority and expedients within execu
tive control; and these appear now to be ex
hausted. If disaster result from the continued
inaction of Congress the responsibility must
rest where it belongs. Though the situation
thus far considered is fraught with
danger which should be fully realized,
and though it presents features of
wrong to the people as well as peril to the coutr
try. it is hut a result growing out of a perfectly
palpable aud apparent cause, constantly repro
ducing the same alarming circumstances-a
congested national Treasury and a depleted
monetary condition in the business oi the
-uutry.
TARIFF REFORM NEEDED.
It need hardly be stated that while the present
situation demands a remedy, we can only bo
saved from a like predicament in the future by
the removal of its cause. Our scheme of taxa
lion, by means of which this needless surplus is
Liken from the people and put into the public
Treasury, consist of a tariff or duty levied upon
Importations from abroad and internal revenue
taxes levied upon the consumption of tobacco
aud spirituous and malt liquors.
It must oe conceded that none of the things
subjected to internal revenue taxation are
strictly speaking necessaries. There appears
to be no jus! complaint of this taxation by the
consumers of these articles, ar.d there seems to
be nothing so well able to bear the burden with
out hardship to any portion of the jjeople. Rut
our present tariff laws, the vicious, inequitable
and illogical source of unnecessary taxation,
ought to be at once revised aud amended. These
laws in theii primary and plain effect raise
the price to consumers of ull articles imported
and subject to duty by precisely the sum pa and
for sucti duties. Thus the amount, of the
duty measures the tax paid by those who pur
chase for use these imported articles. Many of
these tilings, however, are raised or manufac
tured in our own country, and the duties now
levied upon foreign goods and products are
called protection to these home manufactures,
because they reader if possible for those of our
people who are manufacturers to make these
t axed articles aud sell them for a price equal to
that demanded for the imported goods that
have paid customs duty. So it happens that
while comparatively a few use the imported
articles, millions of our people, who never
use and never saw any of the foreign
froducts. purchase and use things of the same
ind made in this country, and pay therefor
nearly or quite the same enhanced price which
the duty adds to the imported articles. Those
who buy imports pay the duty charged thereon
into the public Treasury, but the great majority
of our citizens who buy domestic articles of the
frame class pay a sum at least approximately
equal to this duty to the home manufacturer.
Tuis reference to the operation of our tariff
laws is not made by way of instruction, but in
order that we may constantly be reminded of
i !:e manner in which they impose a burden upon
those who consume domestic products as well
ns those who consume imported articles, and
thus create a tax upon all our people.
It is not proposed to entirely relieve the eoun
try of this taxation. It must lie extensively
continued the source of the government's in
come: and in a readjustment of our tariff the
interests of American labor engaged in inanu
tacture should be carefully considered, as well
as the preservation of our manufactures. It
may be called protection or by any other name,
but relief from the hardships and dangers of
our present tariff laws sh mid oe devised with
•special precaution against imperiling the ex
istence of oar manufacturing interests: but this
existence should not mean a condition, which,
with all regard to the public wel
fare or the national exigency, must
always insure the realization of immense profits
instead of moderately profitable returns. As the
volume and diversity of our national activities
increase, new recruits are added to those who
desire a continuation of the advantages which
t hey conceive tne present system of tariff taxa
tion directly affords them.
A COMBINE.
So stubbornly have all effort* to reform the
present condition been resisted by those of our
fellow citizens thus engaged that they can
hard!. complain of the suspicion enter
tained to a certain extent that there
exists an organized combination all along
the line to maintain their advantage.
We are in the midst of centennial eeleurattons,
and with becoming pride we rejoice in Ameri
can skill and ingenuity, in American energy
and enterprise, and in the wonderful natural
advantages and resources developed by a cen
tury s national growth Yet. when an attempt
is made to justify a scheme which permits a
tax to be laid upon every consumer in the land
for the benefit of our manufacturers, quite lie
yond a reasonable demand for governmental
regard it suits the purposes of advocacy to call
our manufactories infant industries still need
ing the highest and greatest degree of favor
and fostering care that can be wrung from
Etslerai legislation.
It is also said that the increase in the price of
domestic manufactures resulting from the
present tariff is necessary in order that higher
wages may lie paid to our workingmen em
ployed in manufactories than is paid tor what is
called the pauper labor of Europe. All will
acknowledge the force of an argument which
involves the welfare and liberal compensation
of our laboring people. Our labor is honorable
in the eyes of every American citizen arid as it
lies at the foundation of our development, and
progress, it is entitled without affectation or
hypocrisy to the utmost regard. The siamlard
of our laborer should not be measured by that
of any other country less favored, and they are
entitled to their full share of all our advantages
By the las’ census it is inane to appear that
of the 17,30:1.099 of our population engaged in
all kinds of industries, 7,070,493 are employed in
agriculture, 4.074.23S in professional and per
sonal service (.2,934,870 or whom are domestic
sen-ants and laborers) while 1,810,356 are em
ployed ill trade and transportation, and 3,837,-
112 are classed as employed iu manufacturing
and mining.
For present purposes, however, the last number
given should be considerably reduced. Without
attempting to enumerate all. It will he conceded
that there should tie deducted from those
which it iucludes 375,143 carpenters and joiners
285.J01 milliners, dressmakers and seamstresses.
172,736 blacksmiths, 133,756 tailors and tailor
esses, 102,478 masons, 76,241 butchers, 41,309
bakers, 22,083 plasterers and 4,891 engaged in
manufacturing agricultural impleinits, an
aggregate of 1,214,023, leaving 2,623.089 persons
employed iii such manufacturing industries as
are claimed to tie benefited by a high tariff.
TO BUND PREJUDICE.
To these the appeal is made to save their em
ployment uud maintain their wages by resisting
a change. There should be no disposition to
Bnswer such suggestions by the allegation that
they tire in a minority among those who labor,
and therefore should forego an advantage in the
interest of low prices for the majority. Their
compensation, ns it may be affected by tile
operation of the tariff laws, should at all times
lie scrupulously kept in view, and yet with slight
reflection they will not overlook the fact that
they are consumers with the rest; t hat I hey-,
too, have their own wants and those of their
inmilies to supply from their earnings and that
Ihe price of the necessaries of life, as well as
the amount of their wages, will regulate the
measure of their welfare and comfort, but the
reduction of taxation demanded should lie so
measured as not to necessitate or justify either
the loss of employment by the workingmen nor
Ihe lessening of his wages: and the profits still
remaining to the manufacturer after a neces
sary readjustment should furnish no excuse for
the sacrifice of the Interests ot his employes
either in their opportimity to work or lti the
diminution of their compensation; nor can the
workers in manufactories fail to un
derstand that while a high tariff is
claimed to be necessary to allow the
payment of remunerative wages, it certainly
results in a very large increase in the price of
nearly all sorts of manufactures, which in
almost countless forms he needs for the use of
himself and his family. He receives at the desk
of his employer bis wages, and perhaps before
he reaches his home is obliged, in a purchase for
family use of an article which embraces bis
own labor, to return in the payment of the in
crease in price which the tariff permits, the
hard -earned compensation of many days of
toil.
The farmer and the agriculturist, who manu
facture nothing, hut who pay the increased
price which the tariff Imposes upon every agri
cultural implement, upon all he wears, and
upon all he uses and owns, except the increase
of his flocks and herds, and such tilings as bis
husbandry produces from the soil, is invited to
aid iu maintainiiiing the present situation, and
be is told that a high duty on imported wool is
necessary for the lieneflt of those who have
•beep to shear in order that the price of their
wool may be increased. They, of course, are
not reminded that the farmer who has no
sheep is by this scheme obliged in Ms
purchases of clothing and woolen goods
to pay a tribute to his fellow farmer as well as
the manufacturer and merchant!' nor is any
mention made of the fact that the sheep owners
themselves and their must wear
clothing and use other articles manufactured
from the wool they sell at tariff prices, and thus
as consumers must return their sliarc of this in
creased price to the tradesman.
A FEW COLD FACTS.
I think it may be fairly assumed that a large
proportion of the sheep owned by the farmers
throughout the country are found in small
flocks numbering from twenty-five to fifty. The
duty on the grade of imported wool which
these sheep yield is 10c. each pound
if of the value of 30c. or less, and
12c If of the value of more than 30e.
If the liberal estimate of six pounds be allowed
for each fieece. the duty thereon would be sixty
or seventy-two cents, and this may be taken as
the utmost enhancement of the price to the far
mer by reason of this duty. Eighteen dollars
would thus represent the increased price of the
wool from twenty-five sheep, and S3O that from
the wool of fifty sheep; and at present values
this addition would amount to about one-third
of its price. If upon its sale the farmer receives
this or a less tariff profit, the wool leaves his
hands charged with precisely that sum
which in all its changes wall adhere
to it until it reaches the consumer.
When manufactured into cloth and other
material for use its cost is riot only increased to
the extent of the farmer's tariff profit, hut a
further sum bas been added for the benefit of
the manufacturer under the operation of other
tariff laws. In the meantime the day arrives
when the fanner finds it necessary to purchase
woolen clothes, and material to clothe himself
and family for the winter. When he faces the
tradesman for that purpose he discovers that he
is obliged not only to return in the way of in
creased prices, bis tariff profit, on the wool lie
sold, ana w hich then perhaps lies Ijefore him in
manufactured form, but, that he must add a
considerable sum there to meet a further iu*
crease in cost caused by a tariff duty on the
manufacture. Thus in the end be is aroused to
the fact that ho has paid upon a moderate pur
chase as a result of the tariff scheme which
when ho s#ld his wool seemed so profitable, an
increase in price more than sufficient to sweep
away all the tariff profit he received upon the
wool he produced and sold. When the number
of farmers engaged in wool raising is compared
with all the farmers iu the country, and the
small proportion they bear to our population is
considered: when it is made apparent that iu
the care of a large part, of those who own sheep
the benefit of the present tariff on wool is
illusory; and above all, w hen it must lx? con
ceded that the increase of the cost
of living caused by such a tariff
becomes a burden unon those with moderate
means and the poor, the employed and unem
ployed, the sick and well, and the young and
old, and that it constitutes a tax which, w ith re
lentless grasp, is fastened upon the clothing of
every man, woman and child in the land,
reasons are suggested why the reduction or re
moval of this duty should be included in a re
vision of our tariff laws.
COMPETITION'B PART.
In speaking of the increased cost to
the consumer of our home manufactures,
resulting from n duty laid upon im
ported articles of the same description,
the fact is not overlooked that competition
among our domestic producers some
times has the effect of keeping
the price of their products below the highest
limit allowed by such duty. But it is notorious
that this competition is too strongly met by
combinations, quite prevalent at this time and
frequently called trusts, which have for their
objects the regulation of the supply and price
of commodities made and sold by members of
the combination. The people can hardly hope
for any consideration in the operation of these
selfish*schemes. If. however, in the absence of
such combination a healthy and free competi
tion reauces the price of any particular dutiable
article of home production below the limit which
it might otherwise reach under our tariff laws,
and if. with such reduced price, its manufacture
continues to thrive, it is entirely evident that one
thing has be*u discovered which should lie
fully scrutinized in au effort to reduce taxation
—Tue necessity of a combination to maintain the
price of a commodity to the tariff point fur
nishes proof that someone is williug to accept
lower prices for such commodity, and that the
prices are remunerative, and the lower prices
produced by competition prove the same thing.
Thus where either of these conditions exist a
cast* w ould seem to be presented for an easy re
duction of taxation. The considerations which
have been presented touchiug our tariff laws
are intended only t.o enforce an earnest, recom
mendation that the surplus re venues of the
government be prevented by the reduction
of our customs duties, and at the same time to
emphasize a suggestion that in accomplishing
this purpose we may discharge a double duty to
our people by granting to them a measure of
relief from tariff taxation in quarters where it
is most needed, atid from sources wherein it
can be most fairly and justly accorded, nor can
the representation made of such considerations
be with any degree of fairness regarded as evi
dence of unfriendliness toward our manufac
turers’ interests, or of any lack of apprecia
tion of their value and imjHjrlance.
These interests constitute a leading and most
substantial element of our national greatness
and furnish proud proof of our country's prog
ress. But ir iu the emergency that presses
upon us our manufacturers are asked t o sur
render something for the public good and to
avert disaster, their patriotism as well as a
gratified recognition of the advantages already
afforded should lead them to willing eo-opera
tion—no demand is made that they shall forego
all the benefits of governmental regard: but
they eannot fail to be admonished of their duty
as well as their enlightened self interest and
safety when they they are reminded of the fact
that the financial panic and collapse to which
the present condition tends affords no greater
shelter or protection to our manufactures than
to our other important enterprises.
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.
Opportunity for safe, careful and deliberate
action is now offered, and none of us should le
unmindful of a time when au abused and irri
tated people, heedless of those who have re
sisted timely and reasonable relief, may insist
upon a radical and sweeping rectification of
their wrongs. The difficulty attending a wise
and fair revision of our laws is not underesti
mated. It will require on the part of the Con
gress great labor and care, and especially a
broad and national contemplation or the sub
ject, and a patriotic disregard of such local and
selfish claims as are unreasonable and reckless
of the welfare of the entire country.
Under our present- laws more than
4,U00 articles are subject to duty.
Many of these do not in any way compete w ith
our own manufactures, and many are hardly
worth attention as a subject or revenue. A
considerable reduction can be mad*' in the
aggregate by adding them to the free list. The
taxation of luxuries presents no features of
hardship; but the necessaries of life used and
consumed by all the people, the duty upon
which adds to the cost of living in every home,
should lie greatly cheapened. The radical re
duction of the duties upon raw material used in
manufactures, or its free importation, is of
course an important- factor in any effort to
reduce the price of these necessaries and
would not only relieve them from the increased
coat caused by the tariff on such material, but
the manufactured product lieing thus cheap
ened. that part, of the tariff now laid upon such
product as a compensation to our manufac
turers for the present price of raw material
could lie accordingly modified. Such reductions,
or free importations, would serve liesido to
largely reduce the revenue. It is not apparent
how such a change can have any injurious effect
upon our manufactures. On the contrary, it
would appear to give them a I letter
chance in foreign markets with the manu
facturers of other countries. who
cheapen their wares by free mater al.
Thus our people might have the opportunity of
extending their sales beyond the limits of homo
consumption—saving them from the depression,
interruption In business, and loss caused by a
glutted domestic market, and affording their em
ployes more certain ami steady labor with its re
sulting quiet and contentment. The question
thus imperatively presented for solution should
lie approached in a spirit higher than partisan
anxiety, and considered in the light of that re
gard for patriotic duty which should
characterize tho action of those intrusted
with the weal of a confiding people,
llut the obligation to declared party policy and
principle is nor wanting to urge prompt and
effective action. Both of the great political
parties now represented in the government
have by repeated and authoritative declarations
condemned the condition of our law s. which
jiermit the collection from the people of un
necessary revenue, and have in thb most solemn
manner promised Its correction—and neither as
citizens or partisans are our countrymen in a
mood to condone the deliberate violation of
these pledges.
Our progress toward a wise conclusion will
not be improved by dwelling on the theories of
protection and free trade. This savors too much
of bandying epithets. It is a condition w hich
confronts us, not a theory. The relief from this
condition may prove a slight reduction of the
advantages which weuwnrdour home produc
tions, but the entire withdrawal of such ad
vantages should not be contemplated. Tbe
question of free trade is absolutely irrelevant,
and the persistent claim made in certain
quarters that all efforts to relieve the people
from unjust aud unnecessary taxation are
schemes of so-called free traders is mischievous
and far removed from any consideration for the
public good.
A SIMPLE AND PLAIN DUTY.
Thp simple and plain duty which we owe the
people is to reduce taxatiou to the necessary ex
peuses of an economical operation of the gov
ernment, and to restore to the business of the
country the money which w hold in the Treas
ury through the perversion of government a!
powers These things can and should be done
TFIE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887.
with safety to our industries, without danger to
the opportunity for remunerative labor which
our w*rkingmen need, and with benefit to them
and all our people by cheapening their means of
subsistence ana increasing the measure of their
comforts.
j he constitution provides that the President
‘shall from time to time give to the Congress
information of the state of the Union." It has
been the custom of the executive in compliance
with this provision to annually exhibit to the
Congress, at the opening of its session, tbe gen
eral condition of the country, and to derail with
some particularity tbe operations of tne differ
ent executive departments. It would be es
pecially agreeable to follow this course at the
present time, and to call attention to tbe valu
able accomplishments of these depart
n tents during the last fiscal year,
but I am so much impressed with the paramount
importance of tbe subject to which t his com
munication has thus far been devoted that I
shall forego the addition of any Other topic, and
only urge upon your immediate consideration
the “state or the Union," as shown iu th* present
condition of our Treasury and our general fiscal
situation, upo which every element of our
safety and prosperity depends.
The reports of the heads of the departments
which will be submitted contain full and ex
plicit information touching the transaction of
toe business intrusted to them, and such recom
mendations relating to legislation in the public
interest as they deem advisable. I ask for these
reports and recommendations the deliberate ex
amination and action of the legislative branches
of the government.
There are other subjects not embodied in tbe
departmental reports demanding legislative
consideration and which i shoura be glad to
submit. Some of them, however, have been
earnestly presented in previous messages, and
to them I oeg leave to repeat prior recommenda
tions.
As tbe law makes no provision for any report
from the Department of State, a brief history
of the transactions of that important depart
ment, together with other matters which it may
hereafter l>e deemed essential to commend to
the attention of the Congress, may furnish the
occasion for a future communication.
Grover Cleveland.
Washington, l). C., Dec. 6th , 1087.
WEDDED TO A FORGER.
Unhappy Fat© of a Bride-The Crimi
nal Wanted in Georgia.
New Orleans, Dec. 6.—A dispatch from
Wesson. Miss., to the Times-Democrat,
says: “Courtenay, alias Holland, who com
mitted a forgery on tho Eagle and Phoenix
Mills, of Columbus, Ga., last year, and was
sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary,
subsequently breaking jail, came to this
place about six weeks ago, and was em
ployed by the Mississippi mills. He won
the hand of Miss Jennie Moore of this town,
ami was married to her about two weeks
ago. This morning he was recognized and
arrested. He is now in jail awaiting a requi
sition from the State of Georgia. Much
sympathy is expressed for the young bride.”
COLORED MEN'S INTERESTS.
A Protective Industrial League
Formed in Minnesota
St. Paul, Dec. 6. —Fifty colored men
from various parts of the State met last
night and organized the Minnesota Protec
tive Industrial League for the advancement
of the interests of the colored race iu this
State. A permanent organization was
effected, with L. H. Reynold as President.
A constitution was adopted, which declares
the objects of the league to be to secure to
the colored citizens of the State full and
free enjoyment of their natural and civil
rights, impartial trials, freedom from slan
der and ouium through the press, and to ar
range for colored immigration to this State.
A REVENUE RAID.
An Escaped Convict Killed at an Illicit
Distil.ery.
Chicago. Dec. 6.—A special to the Daily
News from Chattanooga, Tenn., says:
“Word lias just reached this city of another
jaid which has been made on Sand Moun
tain, near Gadsden, Ala., by United States
Marshal W. J. Willaford and his: two sons,
deputy marshals. An illicit distillery was
captured and George Kirk, an escaped con
vict from the Georgia penitentiary, who
had been sent up for ninety years, was
killed. Kirk had been a notorious moon
shiner and had defied the officers for
months.”
THOMASVILLE TOPICS.
Winter Visitors Beginning to Arrive—
Improvements About Town.
Thomasville, Dec. 6.—There are more
Northern visitors here now than ever before
at this early period. The Piney Woods and
Mitchell Houses have not yet opened. The
former will open on the Isth inst., and the
latter will follow soon after. So far, the
fall and winter has been exceedingly mild,
and the season promises to be all that warm
climate seekers could desire.
There has been a great deal of improve
ment going on in the town this year—many
new stores built, old one-story buildings de
molished, ami handsome stores with plate
glass fronts erected in their stead. The
European Hotel, now going up on the corner
of Broad and Jefferson streets, opposite
tho Mitchell House park, will be
a very handsome building aud a
great improvement to that end
of Broad street. It is being built by a
wealthy New Yorker, and when completed
will cost in the neighborhood of $75,000.
! The October term of Thomas Superior
Court,, which was adjourned till the first
Monday in December, convened yesterday.
The criminal docket is large, but there are
no eases of any great importance. The
long-needed improvements on the court
house are being made, and in consequence
of its torn-up condition, the court is being
held in the City hall.
COLUMBUS CHAPTER 3.
Death of John King—The Body of a
Dead Baby Found.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 6.—John King,
many years proprietor of the Enquire r-
Sun % died suddenly in Birmingham to-day.
Tho remains will be interred hero to-mor
row.
The body of a male white child was found
in a sewer on Thirteenth street this after
noon. Dr. Griggs gave his opinion at the
inquest to-night that the child was born
alive last night and killed by its inhuman
mother or an accomplice. The mother of
the child has not yet been found, ihe Coro
ner's iury returned a verdict in accordance
with tne above facts.
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First
B ptist Church has perfected arrange
ments with a full company of Chinese.
They will give a novel performance at
Webster’s Hall on Dec. 15, after which real
Chiua tea will be served by the Chinamen.
The proceeds will bo devoted to that
church.
Crescent City Chlp3.
Crescent City, Fla., Dee. 6.—Mr. R.
Bennett is having a wharf built on the east
side of Lake Crescent for the purpose of
having woodshipped.
Mr. Henry G. Hubbard’s fine residence
which has been in course of construction
several months, will not be completed for
some time yet. It will certainly be a su
perb mansion.
The railroad rumblings, after having al
most ceased to be heard, are beginning to
sound ugain in our city. Rumor has it
that a survey is being made from St. Au
gustine through Sau Mateo, which may
possibly pass through Crescent City.
New Orleans’ Winter Meeting.
New Orleans, Dec. ti.—The winter’s
meeting of the Louisiana Jockey Club was
continued to-day. The events were as fol
lows:
First Rack—Six furlongs. Cares won, with
Overton second and Jim Nave third. Time
1: ’..i'-y.
Second Race- One mile. Phil Lewis won,
with Little Joe second aud Ofellus third. Time
1:544
Third Race—Sir furlongs, flolightly won,
with Viranza second and Buckeye third. Time
1:244
Forum Rack - Seven and a hair fiulongs.
Governor won. with Jttle Minnie second and
Jim Williams third. Time 1 :44!4
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL CITY.
Tho Rome and Decatur Road Can
Bridge the Oostanaula River.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 6.—ln the Federal
Court to-day, in the case of tbe White Star
Line Steamboat Company vs. the Rome and
Decatur railroad, an application to restrain
the defendant in the erection of an iron
bridge over the Oostanaula river on the
ground that it would impede navigation in
high water, was refused. The defendant
showed that there were several railroad and
wagon bridges on tho same river, not so
high as the new bridge, about which there
had never been any complaint.
The grand jury investigated the killing of
Charnel Hightower this morning and found
bills against Elbert Ware and Isaiah Lamar,
who were arrested by Detective Gene Couch.
The indictments are for murder, and it is
saiii that strong testimony was introduced
pointing to Ware as being the party who
threw the rock that killed Hightower, and
to Lamar as aiding and abetting the crime.
Lamar and Ware were taken to the county
jail.
At a late hour last night the main build
ings at the Chattahoochee brick yard, eight
miles from the city, owned by the peniten
tiary lessee was destroyed hy tire. Tho loss
is estimated at 810,000. One hundred and
forty convicts were in the building, twenty
five of whom were women. All were re
moved uninjured aud this morning were
carried to another camp. Clark Froher
(colored), a free laborer, from Newnan, in
lighting the fire fell off the roof and was
buried under a falling chimney. He died
this morning.
HKAPPOINTED JUDGE.
Henry R. Roebuck, who was appointed
and confirmed by the Senate Judge of the
County Court of Elbert county for four
years from March 118, 1888, was to-day ap
pointed by the Governor to fill the vacancy
in that judgeship occasioned by the resigna
tion of Henry C. Carlton. Mr. Carlton has
removed from Elbert county to Newnan.
The Governor issued an order to-day re
quiring George K. Brown, Treasurer of
Hancock county, to make anew bond by
request of the sureties. That office is in a
bad muddle. The County Commissioners
declared it vacant on account of alleged
malfeasance of Brown. Brown resisted
and has fought his case to the Supreme
Court, where it is now pending.
State School Commissioner Orr is consid
ered in a critical condition to-day. His
sickness is assigned to nervous prostration
from overwork.
The municipal election will take place to
morrow. Six Councilmen and two Aider
men are to be elected. The Prohibitionists
and Antis each have a full ticket in the
field, and both sides are actively at work for
their respective tickets. Party lines, how
ever, are not strictly drawn by the voters,
and much scratching is looked for on both
tickets.
WOOLFOLK’S TRIAL.
A Jury Secured and the First Witness
on the Stand.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 6.—The trial of Thomas
G. Woolf oik was continued in Bibb county
Superior Court, to-day. After exhausting
108 names a jury was obtained composed of
the following named gentlemen: T. A.
Lowrey, life insurance agent; William J.
McKay, boot and shoe salesman; R. H. Bar
ron, manufacturers agent; A. R. Tinsley,
manufacturer; Miles W. Kitchens, planter;
Asher Ayers, broker, J. P. Rosevelt, cotton
merchant; J. H. Timberlake, bookkeeper;
H. J. Harvey, preacher aud manager of the
cotton compresses; C. W. Smith, Jr., book-,
keeper; T. C. Hendrix, contractor and
builder; George Lumpkin, Justice of the
Peace and merchant.
The examination of witnesses was then
begun. S. E. Chambless was the first wit
ness! called, pending his examination the
court adjourned until to-morrow morning
at 9 o’clock.
THREE NEGROES KILLED.
The Boiler at the Oil Mill at Hogans
ville Bursts.
Hogansville, Ga., Dec. 6.—An eighty
five horse power boiler in the Hogansville
Oil Mill exploded at 5 o’clock this morning,
instantly killing three negroes—Jim
Harden, the engineer, Jim Jones
and George Hendon. The body
of one of the negroes was hurled a great
distance, and all three were terribly
mangled. The workmen quit work at 9
o’clock last night, at which hour the fire
under the boiler was extinguished. This
morning the three negroes went to the mill
to lire up. They had barely done so when
the explosion occurred. The building in
which the boiler was located was badly
wrecked and an oak tree two feet in diame
ter, which stood near by, was blown up by
the roots. The damage is $2,000.
A MOONSHINE -’S SURRENDER.
He Showed Fight at First, But Persua
sion Calmed Him Down.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 6. —In Newton coun
ty to-day Deputy Marshal Cochran, with a
posse of t wenty men. in attempting the ar
rest of Brant, a moonshiner, had a lively
experience. They found Brant on the prem
ises of a Mr. Ivy, near Newton factory.
Brant, armed with two pistols and a double
barreled shotgun, made a dash to escape,
and was headed off by part of the posse. He
turned and ran through the lot
and was there headed off by
Cochran. Seeing himself surrounded, Brant
ran into the house and went up-stairs. There
ho stood at bay and defied the posse to take
[ him, saying that if they brought him to
Atlanta they would have to bring him
dead. Mrs. Ivy was very sick in the house
and Cochran did not want to
rush all tho posse in for fear
it would endanger her life. He sent Ivy to
Brant to reason with him, and sent him
word that he had plenty of men to take him,
and that they would get him whether he
resisted or not, and he hail better come
down quietly and submit. Finally Brant
submitted, saying that he was overjx>wered.
He was brought to Atlanta and lodged in
jail.
SUICIDE AT PENSACOLA.
A Well-to-Do Steamboat Captain
Found Dead Against a Tree.
Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 6. Capt. M.
O’Leary, a prominent steamboat owner
and captain, committed suicide last night
by shooting himself in tho right temple.
His body was found this morning in the
outskirts of the city, in the neighborhood of
one of the old Spanish forts. His position
when found was one that would indicate a
person at rest after exhaustion, be
ing seated alongside of a small tree,
his back resting thereon. There
is nothing that this rash act
cau be attributed to. His business associa
tions as far as is known were pleasant and
profitable. Ho has been engaged many
years in the steamboat business in this har
bor, and at the time of his death owned a
share in the steamer Nellie, of which he was
master.
The Circuit Court of this (Escambia)
county convened yesterday, with the grand
and petit jurors d'uiy impaneled. The for
mer will find their duties comparatively
light, owing to the manner iu which the
criminal court of this county has reduced
the criminal docket.
Print Works to Be Closed.
Providence, K. 1., Dec. 6.—The Rich
mond Manufacturing Company to-dav de
cided to shut down pennant ntly their print
works in this city, which have been run
ning for over 40 years. The condition of
trade led to the stop. They run eight
machines and employ nearly 200 hands.
“Men must work and women weep,
So runs the world away !”
But they need not weep so much if they
use Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription,”
which cures all the painful maladies peculiar
to women. Bold by druggists
FLORIDA S METROPOLIS.
Abolishing Free Passes The Local
Political . ight. _
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 6.—The “fes
tive” burglar is hero in all his glory and
strength. He knows the Florida season as
well as the other tourists, and is promptly
on hand. This week “he” or “they” have
made themselves known numerously, and
the sufferers are "going” energetically for
the police. Last night before 12 o’clock
they broke into the city ticket offices of
the Florida, Railway and Navigation Com
pany and the Clyde Steamship Company.
In each case they broke out a pane of glass
in the rear window, forced the inside shut
ters and turned the offices upside down in
their efforts to secure cash. At the Florida
Railroad and Navigation Company’s office
they found sls in cash, and a revolver,
after prying open the money drawer. The
safe was not attacked. The Clyde line lost
nothing, but Mr. Hubbard, the ticket agent,
lost a fine revolver. Both these offices are
on the main street and have glass fronts.
As electric lights were burning in front,
lighting up the interior, the city guardians
are blamed considerably.
PASSES ABOLISHED.
Something of astir was occasioned by the
publication of the following letter from the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West railway
managers this morning:
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Ry, j
General Manaoer’s Office, V
Jacksonville. Fla., Dec. fi, 1887.)
Deaii Sir—The Florida Railroad Commission
ers had absolute proof submitted to them, be
fore they adopted their unreasonable and un
just rules and rates, that the rates in force prior
to the creation of the commission had not been
sufficient to pay even the daily running ex
penses of several of the railroads of this State.
Among these are the Indian river division of our
system and the Sanford and Lake Eustis road,
which is run under a contract made with this
company.
It was shown, also, by carefully prepared
statements, sworn to by the officers of this com
pany, that the Jacksonville and St. Augustine
road had never earned its fixed charges, and
that for the year ending Sept. 30, 1887, its ex
-1 tenses exceeded its income by more than $30,-
000.
The commissioners had never passed over a
foot of the three roads above named at the
time we appeared before them, and, therefore,
the undersigned urged them to examine them
and the country they serve, offering to place at
their disposal a special traiu for that purpose.
They declined to make this examination, and
w ithout the knowledge necessary to intelligent
action, aud wdthout one solitary complaint from
the people served by these roads, they arbitra
rily. unjustly and unnecessarily cut down the
rutes, in utter disregard of the proof above re
ferred to. The only reason that can possibly be
urged by them for this aetiou is, that the roads
named arc in the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West system, the main stem of which—Jack
sonville to Sanford—makes money; though it
was distinctly shown that the St.
Augustine road is not owned by this company.
The Commissioners have thus tried to confis
cate the capital invested in our lines, and have
notified investors from other States to keep
themselves and their money out of a State,
which sanctions and legalizes so far as it can
such wrongs.
It has therefore become necessary for this
company, in common with other railways in this
State, to realize all income possible under the
despotic ruliugs of the commission.
Consequently, on and after Dec. 10, 1887, the
following rules will take effect, of which parties
in interest will please take notice:
1. All passes, editorial and otherwise, except
railway exchange passes, are recalled and re
voked.
2. All half-fare permits to clergymen are re
called and revoked.
3. Mileage tickets will not be sold at less than
3c. per mile. Yours respectfully,
G. W. Bentley, General Manager.
Capt. Maxwell, of the Florida Railway
and Navigation Company, was seen by the
New'B representative, and in reply to
queries, said he was p 1 eparing a letter of
similar import for their road. He said it
was the only thing for the railroads to do,
as they must economize on every hand.
When asked if there was any preconcerted
action of all the Florida roads in this re
spect, he said he did not know, but supposed
they all would adopt similar measures.
Another railroad official also seen this
morning said that the Southern roads of
the State have already adopted this plan.
Orders were issued to the conductors several
days ago in regard to them, and soon “free
passes” will lie a thing of the past. The
official remarked, however, that he was
sorry to see it, as it probably marked the
beginning of a fight. The Commissioners
would insist on a strict observance of their
laws, said he, and all passengers must pay.
Thus the roads are forced into it, and the
result will be watched for with curiosity.
MB. L’ENGLE’S EXCUSE.
P. P. L’Engle writes a letter to-day ex
plaining why he refused to give a copy of
the registration list* to any one, and saving
that the demand frojn the City Council for
a certified copy of the lists would be com
plied with as soon as his clerks could copy
them. But it is said that they will hardly
be delivered till the morning of the election.
The Criminal Court adjourned this morn
ing to Thursday morning on account of the
death of E. H. Buchman, son of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court, and brother of the
Clerk of the Criminal Court.
The libel suit of F. E. Lewis, of Massa
chusetts, for .8300,000 against the Florida
Printing and Publishing Company for the
article published in the News-Herald last
summer regarding the death of Miss Lewis
here last winter, is set to be called in the
United States Court for to-morrow.
Tho Press, the new anti-prohibition paper,
made its appearance this afternoon, ft is
a tiny, three-column sheet, typographically
neat. In his editorial announcement Mr.
Markens states that no personal abuse will
appear in its columns, and lie expects to
argue against prohibition, because be sin
cerely believes it is going to hurt the city.
A large number of prominent lawyers
from all portions of the Slate are here in
attendance on the United States Court.
The committee of twenty-seven was ap
pointed this morning and held an hour’s
animated discussion regarding tho nomina
tions at noon. The committee consisted of
R. A Russell. Ed Williams, William Bost
wick, I). U. Fletcher, B. M. Baer, .J. T.
Boyd, J. M. Barrs, Stephen Wiggins, F. M.
Robinson, Democrats; J. W. White, F. S.
Simmons, J. C. Kernan, B. F. Sawyer,
J. J. Holland, Wiley Jones, J. E. Spearing,
N. Webster, Knights of Labor; G. W.
Whitmore, J. S. Parker, E. Fortune, Wil
liam M. Ledwitb, J. It. Challnn, E. Latson,
P. E. McMurray, W. G. Garvin, A. Sen
sing, Republicans.
The nominating committee finished their
work after four hours hard wrestling and
at 3 o’clock presented their report as fol
lows:
For Mayor, C. B. Smith. For Aldermen;
First ward, R. A. Russell and Walter Wet
more; Second, W. T. Delaport and Benja
min Wright; Third, W. It. Clarkson and
T. Fortune; Fourth, P. Walter and IX W.
Fletcher; Fifth, B. M. Baer and William
Clarke; Sixth, T. J. Boyd and C. M. Den
nis; Seventh, J. M. Barrs and P. E. McMar
ray; Eighth, S. W. Wiggins and J. E.
Spearing, Ninth, E. YV. Gillen aud Norman
Webster.
Five of the proposed Aldermen are
colored. The meeting indorsed the nomi
nations and then adjourned. The attend
ance was not exl remely large, nor was tho
enthusiasm at fever pitch when the names
were rend. It is predicted
to-night that the “fat is now
in the lire'’ sure and that an opposition
ticket will be started.
The head seems to suit but it is claimed
that the city,’’.representative men irrespec
tive of party are not on the ticket. Great
surprise is expressed that the committee of
twenty-seven so fairly composed itself
should put up such a weak ticket.
The indications late to-nieht are that the
nominees will be given a support by
the mas* of citizens. A {imminent politi
cian said to-night that another ticket would
be announced to morrow, and a representa
tive one that would command the respect
and supixirt of all citizens.
Tue Sub-Tropical Ex{x>sition boomed to
day. The Lake County Commissioners ap
propriated SI,<XJO, Folk #3,000 and Putnam
$2,500. At the fruit saie this afternoon choice
brights brought 10, brights No. 252 10,
and russets #1 70.
J. H. Orvis, of the Windsor Hotel, ar
rived to-Jay.
MEETINGS.
GEORGIA CHAPTER NO. 3, R. A. >l.
The annual convocation of this Chapter will
tie held THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, at 8
o’clock, when the eleetion of officers will take
place. Every companion is requested to be
present. By order of
THOMAS BALLANTYNK, H. P.
P. H. Ward,* Rec< Tiler. •
I. O. O. F.
MAGNOLIA EN- X
CAMPMKNT No. 1.
Odd Fellows’ Tem- | _
pie, N. W. corner Bar- I• O. wO. R
nard and State streets.
Regular meeting Jr
THIS t Wednesrtaviixau.'
EVENING atßo’clock.
FRED. FICKEN, C. P.
J. S. Tyson, Scribe.
GOLDEN RI LE LODGE NO. 12, I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will be held
THIS EVENING ut 8 o'clock.
Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers
are invited to attend.
By order of FRED EINSFELD, N. G.
D F. McCoy, Secretary.
THE EQUITABLE LOAN AND BUILDING
ASSOCIATION.
The fifteenth (15th) regular monthly meeting
of this association will be held at the office of
Jackson & Whatley THIS (Wednesday) EVEN
ING at 8 o’clock.
C. P. MILLER, President.
J. L. AVuatley, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices ” will be charyed $1 00 o Square each
insertion.
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES ISB7.
Office Collector State and County Taxes, )
Chatham County. Georoia, >
Savannah. Oct. 19, 1887. )
The digest is now- open for the collection of
the above Taxes on all property, real and per
sonal; the Specific Tax on Professions; also, the
POLL TAX for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,
on all MALE RESIDENTS of the City and Coun
ty, between the ages of twenty-one and sixty
years.
Office at the Court House. Hours from 9A.
M. to 3 P. M. JAS. J. McGOWAN,
Tax Collector C. C.
A GRAND TURKEY -SHOOTING MATCH
Will take place THURSDAY EVENING, Dec. 8,
commencing at 3 o’clock, at my place, on the
Augusta road, three miles from the city.
D. OTGENS.
TURKEYS! TURKEY'S!
CHICKENS! CHICKENS!
CHOICE DRESSED
TURKEY’S and CHICKENS
Arriving this day per express and for sale
low at JOHN LYONS <fc CO.’S.
election for directors.
Central Railroad and Banking Cos. of Ga., )
Savannah, Ga., Deo. Ist, 1887. )’
An election for Thirteen Directors to manage
the affairs of this Company for the ensuing
year will be held at the Banking House, in Sa
vannah, MONDAY, the SECOND day of JANU
ARY, 1888, bet w ren the hours of 10 o'clock A,
m., and 3 o'clock p. si. Stockholders and their
families will be passed free over the Company’s
road to attend the election from the 31st De
cember to 2nd January inclusive, and be passed
free returning from the 2nd to sth of January
inclusive, on presentation of their stock certifi
cates to the conductors.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM. Cashier.
ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. SIOO
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D..
Pharmacist, Savannah. Ga.
NOTICE TO CITIZENS.
City or Savannah, I
Office Clerk of Council, Dec. 5, 1887. f
The attention of the Mayor has been called to
the unsightly condition of some of the streets,
squares aud lanes where loose paper and rubbish
are swept or put into the same.
Clean paper and rubbish should not be put
loose into the streets or lanes in boxes or other
wise. Only garbage and ordinary sweepings
should be so placed, as pajier is frequently
blown away before the scavenger can take
charge of it. Such rubbish should be kept in
side in boxes or bags, and the scavenger noti
fied when to call for it.
The following ordinance is published for in
formation, aud the police force is instructed to
enforce it strictly. By order of the
MAYOR.
Fraxk E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council.
ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to amend article LX. of the Sa
vannah City Code, adopted Feb. 16, 1870, so as
to require all occupants of houses, merchants,
shopkeejiers, grocers and tradesmen occupying
premises to which no j ads are attached to
keep within their premises a box or barrel of
sufficient size, in which shall be deposited all
offal, filth, tubbisli, dirt and other matter gen
erated in said premises, or to put such box or
barrel in the streets or lanes under conditions
prescribed herein.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah in Council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the au
thority of the same. That section 2 of said arti
cle be amended so as to read as follows: The
owners, tenants or occupiers of bouses haviug
yards or enclosures, and all occupants of houses,
all merchants, shopkeepers, grocers and trades
men occupying premises to which no yards are
attached snail keep w ithin their yards or premi
ses a box or barrel of sufficient size, in which
shall he deposited ail tue offal, filth, rubbish,
dirt and other matter generated in said bifilding
and inclosure, and the said filth of every de
scription as aforesaid shall lie placed in said
box or barrel, from the first day of April to the
first day of November, before the hour of 7
o'clock a. ni., and from the first day of Novem
ber (inclusive) to the last day of March (inclu
sive) before the hour of 8 o'clock a. m„ and such
matter so placed shall be daily removed (.Sn
days excepted) by the Superintendent, to such
places two miles at least without the city as
shall be designated by the Mayor or a majority
of the Street and Lane Committee. And it
shall be unlawful for any occupant of a house,
merchant, shopkeeper, grocer or tradesman to
sweep into or to deposit in any street or lane of
this city any paper, trash, or rubbish of any
kind w hatsoever, but the same shall !>•■ kept ill
boxes or barrels as hereinbefore provided, for
removal by the scavenger of the city. Any
person not having a yard may put the box or
barrel containing the offal, rubbish, etc., in the
street or lane for removal by the scavenger,
provided the box or barrel so put in the street
or lane shall be of such character and size as to
securely keep the offal, rubbish, etc., from get
ting into the street or lane. And any person
other than the owner or scavenger interfering
with or troubling the box or barrel so put iu
the street or lane shall be punished on convic
tion thereof iu tiie Police Court by fine not ex
ceeding SIOO or imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days,.either or both in the discretion of
officer presiding in said court.
Ordinance passed in Council June Ist, 1887.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Uebarek, Clerk of Council.
TIIE MORNING NEWS
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE,
3 Whitaker Street.
Tho Job Department of tho Morning News,
embracing
JOB AND BOOK PRINTING,
LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING,
book Binding and account book
MANUFACTURING,
Is the most complete in the South. It is t horough
ly equipped with the most improved machinery,
employs a large force of competent workmen
and carries a full stock of papers of all
descriptions.
These facilities enable the establishment to
execute orders for anything in the above lines
at the shortest notice and tho lowest prices con
sistent with good work. Corporations, mer
chants. manufacturers, luechablcs and business
men generally, societies and committees, are
requested to get estimates from the MORNING
NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE berore send
ing their orders abroad. J. H. ESTILL.
SPECIAI- NOTICES.
dividend NO. 50. "
Augusta and Savannad Railroad, (
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 5, 1887.)
On and after THIS DATE a dividend of three
dollars and a half per share will be paid to the
Stockholders of the Augusta and Savannah
Railroad, at the Ranking House of Charles H
Olmstead & Cos., between the hours of 10 a m
and 1 e. m. W. S. LAWTON, ’ *
President.
notice.
Neither the Captain nor Consignees of th
British steamship TIMOR, whereof Hodgson
is Master, will be responsible for any debts
contracted by the crew.
A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees.
wanted!
A good Job Printer can get a permanent situ
ation by applying to THE SENTINEL, *
Jesnp, Ga.
Amusements 7 ~
SAVANNAH THEATRE.'
Wednesday and Thursday, Dee. 7 and 8.
APPEARANCE OF
MARIE PRESCOTT
AND
R. D. McLEAN,
SUPPORTED BY A GOOD COMPANY.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, the great Romantio
Drama,
nsra-onvii-^AiR,.
THURSDAY EVENING, Grand Double Bill,
PYGMALION AND GALATEA
And Two Scenes from RICHARD HI.
Seats on sale at Davis Bros.’ Dec. 5.
Next Attraction—Evangeline, Dec 9 and 10,
SAVANNAH THEATRE.
Nothing Succeeds Like Success 1
Friday Night and Saturday Matinee & Night,
DEC. 9 AND 10.
RICE'S “BEAUTIFUL
EVANGELINE!
vVith Its Great Cast I
BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES and EFFECTS and
a Musical Score of 40 numbers.
Proprietor and Manager.. Mr. W. W. Tillotsoa
Seats on sale at Davis Bros.’ Dec. 8.
Next Attraction—“THE BROOK,” a beautiful
Musical Comedy, Pec. 10 and 17.
: < LOTI iiN O. “
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THAT OUR
Fall Stock
is now complete and we will be
pleased to show our friends and the
public the prevailing and correct
styles in
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS & HATS
For the season, whether they call to
supply themselves or only to see
"what is to be worn."
Respectful!),
Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Outfitters.
Our Fall and Winter Catalogue is
ready for distribution.
GROCERIES.
BONED TURKEY.
ROLLED OX TONGUE.
ASPARAGUS, in Glass and Tins.
MUSHROOMS, in Glass and Tins.
BONELESS SARDINES.
NORWEGIAN SARDINES, Smoked.
FRENCH PEAS, very small,
And many other Imported and Domestic Deli
cacies.
A. 18. & C. W. WEST.
75 ORANGES. 75
75 boxes CHOICE BRIGHT
ORANGES, wrapped, arrive
This Day (Wednesday), Dec. 7th.
Bottom prices.
A. EHRLICH & BRO..
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
157 BAY STREET _
STOVES.
TO EVERYBODY.
We have more Heating Stove
stock than we care to hold, and
will give each caller a positive
bargain in them. If you want a
heater be certain to see us, and
you will save considerable.
LOVELL & LATTINIORE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS,
SAVANNAH, - - - - GEORGIA
JTJGST^JTJGS
-3,000 1 gallon Jugs.
3,000 2 gallon Jugs.
1,500 3 gallon Jugs.
SUPERIOR QUALITY. CALL EARLY.
A. EHRLICH & BRO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
157 BAVSTREIOB
I.X,R SALE. < )hl Newspapers, just the thin? ■
for wrappers, only 15 cents a tiuuaraJ. ■
lor 26 cents, at the business office. § :