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inIIIiO'MA’STRAGIC END
_ , of NATIONS justified
A 816 seizure.
Conce . B lon of This Jurisdiction Im-
C Sd the Bight to Kill if He Ke
■isted-Tha Oomet Case a Similar
One— Secretary Bayard’s Position in
That Instance.
Washington, Aug. 31. The state de
tartment has taken measures to secure full
particulars of the shooting of Geu. Barrun
dia on board an American vessel lying in
port of San Jose by officers of the
Guatemalan government, and until the ex
act facts and circumstances connected with
the affair are known it does not care to
express any opinion of the case or of the
course of Minister Mizner.
A SIMILAR CASE.
A case involving tbe identical principle
wit >. that involved in the shooting of Ge n.
BarruiHlla occurred in Nicaragua in 1885,
and in that case Secretary Bayard informed
our minister to Central America that the
Nicaraguan government had a right to take
the man wanted from on board an Ameri
can merchant vessel, provided she were n
Nicaraguan waters.
OOMEZ THE MAN.
The case was that of Jay Gomez. In a
letter dated Uatamita, Feb. 10, 1885, Min
ister Hail informed Secretary Frelinghuyseu
that he had been iuformed that the Guate
malan government proposed to take from
on board the I’acitic mail steamer Sonderlo,
then lying in San Juan del Bur, a passenger
E amed Gomez in transit from Panama but
wanted in Nicaragua to answer a charge of
being implicated in a recent insurrection in
that country.
MINISTER HALL’S POSITION.
Minister Hall said he had direoted our
consul to inform the Nicaraguan govern
ment "That our government has never con
sented to the arrest and removal from an
American vessel in a foreign port of any
passenger in transit, much less if the offense
he political.”
The captain of the vessel did not give up
the man, and sailed out of port without
proper clearance papers. He was tried and
convicted for this by the Nicaraguan author
ities. The caso came before the state de
j arunent in this way, and it said that
Minister Hall had acted according to the
law.
SECRETARY BAYARD’S POSITION.
In h s letter to the minister, dated March
12, 1885, Secretary Bayard says: It ap
pears that Goinez voluntarily took passage
on the vessel, knowing that it would enter
en route a Nicaraguan port. It may be
safely affirmed that when merchant
vessels of one country visit tbe
ports of another for the purposes
of trade it owes temporary allegiance
and is amenable to the jurisdiction of that
country and is subject to the laws which
govern the port it visits so long as it re
mains, unless it is otherwise provided by
treaty. Any exemption or immunity from
jurisdiction must be from the consent of
that country.”
SEIZURES IN HAWAII.
It is said that cases have frequently oc
curred in which revolutionists and others,
wanted for officers of one character or an
other, have been seized by the Hawaiian
government while on British merchant
ships, and Great Britan has not protested,
thus establishing a diplomatic precedent.
Had the vessels been a man-of-war Gen.
Harrundia would not have.been subject to
jurisdiction, as war vessels carry every
where the jurisdiction of the country whose
flag they fly.
THE RIGHT TO KILL.
The Barrundia affair differs from the
others in that the man was shot, but the
right to seize being conceded the right to
kib if resistance is made is an old estab
lished principle of law.
The principal criticism made in diplo
matic circles of Minister Mizner’s course is
that of unnecessary interference. It is sug
gested that he might have simply stated to
Guatemala that they seized at their own
ink but on this point it is thought well to
await knowledge of exactly what the minis
ter said and did before pronouncing judg
ment upon his conduct. 6
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
The River and Harbor Bill May Get a
Showing in the Senate.
Washington, Aug. 31.-The conference
report on the river and harbor bill will De
presented to the Senate early in the week
and its consideration asked for. The ques
tion may be disposed of promptly, but if it
t ' lea 'l to extended debate
K r ;, : P-.rt iua.y be laid aside and the dispon-
TiiVdsbata? bill proceeded with,
day. oa thl9 measure will end Satur
ln the House.
riv*-> t !'| 0 >^ 0 '‘ ISe . to ' morrowtha day will be
a suet eeion lot f pass measure* under
. 0t tae rul ? s * including the
ben (Jrant'-'r * lO i Pr ° Vit * inK tor removing
The ? n ,'; linß to Arlington.
"ill probn'liv ~ irLckinrl^gt ’ eleot ’on case
.lA,Ht l y C0I ? e up Tuesday, and the
i^TT r ° n with i* expected to
\l. te ? SBU . n * character.
H- int4itfon W t t !° U f aßeiSdißpoßedof U 18
'''inaction of h, apart a day for the
‘■'-s', ii t ofj&jlumbm. 088 pertaln,n K to tba
i-oAZiL COURTS RECIPROCITY.
A C!a!m That She is Willing to Meet
Us Half Way.
Au 8- 31.—The reciprocltv
the iu2Z tho tarifl ’ bui - r °i' orted fr °m
j.ijfi • ti l' eotninittee last week, was last
■Vi t l 'u 6Ctof a:l interview between
f.'ray A dnch ar(l Senor Mondonca, the
Uni ttli n sta*M ° B £i* peoial mission to the
’sported ihl * amendment was
SeiWM 2,™ a consultation of a
" ‘ ruian'oVthe , , Map Finley,
and ~Lbe.- r nhiT- V \ ,ld means committee,
'lew i H ., t ’I* 0 *’ 1 leaders. In the intor
6,l 'e . luient ff s h a t rf 9no . r J Melulonca Baid the
itisfuotorC f i° rt ?? t>y Senator Aldrioh
"ma u thfh?. 10 F,ratll ‘ '‘"'l that she
to the h lTniT t J S 2 ,ntry t 0 tnake nonces
removal of (w!, ted States in return for the
4 ui auty on sugar.
y * ILL OPEN HER FORTS.
"■ou:?i r° B S “ id his Porernnaent
F ; lu- ts oiii r } , r .“m° ve the duty on farm
'■ u iv. i. t^ i f fr Tr the Ulli “ d States,
eullurnl Wi . 1 f . rod Wnit?d States agri-
l uih ’ ixiHchinary and
I'dih j supnliAs, including
IV haum May Postern.
Coo Def oM Au * - i-—Repro sentative
I'l v t'gatilm i W . h ° MwMtuted the lUurn
jtau n .vjji ,'h* r ® d *ctß that Commissioner
Tribune baa re * lic ' 1 ’ now that the
has opened up ou him.
Jltoning
ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
The Force Bill to Be the Theme on the
Republican stump.
Washington, Aug. 81. —“ Sentimentally
the republicans will oocunyamuch stronger
position with the federal election bill pend
ing than if it had passed both bouses,” said a
prominent democratic sanator, "Practi
cally, of course, they are tbe losers by ita
failure, for the opportunity for frauds upon
the electoral franchise provided in tbe bill
wore patent to overy one. Mark my predic
tion. They will make this pending bill the
issue of their campa.gu. The foundation
was cunningly laid for it when contests
were cooked up in so many southern con
gressional districts, and the alleged frauds
and intim dation of colored voters will be
the themes commented upon on every stump
in the north. They arde tlv believe that
there is yet one more campaign la the
bloody shirt.
THE TARIF ISSUE.
"On the tariff question, instead of being
the attacking party, as they were in 1880
(when we surrendered on that issue at the
first shot), they are now on the defensive,
and In New England and in the northwest
they find themselves losing strength. In
one section the demand is for free raw ma
terial, and in the other for cheaper
manufactured articles.
THE LODGE BILL SECONDARY.
“Our people have not yet made the mis
take of exalting the federal election bill
issue over the tariff issue, and they are not
going to do it. In fact, it is a vastly im
portant issue, but the time has not
arrived in the north when the people
can be made to apprecia e what
an outrageous and revolutionary
measure tbe Lodge bill is. Economical
questions, on the other hand, touch them
all, and it is through the discussion of eco
nomical questions that the passions and
prejudices aroused by the civil war and not
yet obliterated are to be put to rest. We
shall win on the tariff issue mainly, and
the election bill will fall with their defeat
on that.”
CHARLES TON’S COMMERCE.
The Past Year One of Prosperity and
the Outlook Bright.
Charleston, S. C„ Aug. 81.—The
Neivs and Courier's annual review of the
trade and commerce of Charleston during
the past year will be published to-morrow.
It contains a most gratifying showing of
the prospects of the city. Business has
been prosperous in nearly all
branches. The total trade amounted
to $80,619,717, which is an
an Increase on the business of the preceding
year of $3,966,203. The News and Courier
will say that Charleston is doing business at
the old stand. Its business is growing in
every direction, and its prospects for the
future brighter than they have been at any
time since the close of the war.
INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES.
The opportunities fur development are
greater, the facilities for handling business
are being steadily improved, railroads are
reaching out into new territory, and ships
are coming in from all parts of the world.
“We are on the threshold of anew com
mercial era, progress being general and
steady. New enterprises and now industries
have been added to the city’s busy life. The
outlook is most encouraging. With im
proved facilities, with all Charleston at
work, and at work for Charleston, the
future contains no highfc of commercial
supremacy which cannot be scaled, and
presents no obstacle which cannot be over
come.”
AN ALDERMANIC BLUNDER.
It May Invalidate the Election in
Speaker Reed’s District.
Biddeford, Me. , Aug. 31. —There is much
political excitement to-night, because of the
oversight by the Saco b -ard of aldermen
in not bolding a meeting between Aug. 11
and 18 to revise the chock lists according to
the requirement of fho statutes. The Saco
officials admit thoir error, though they
claim tbat all the other requirements re
lating lo the election have been fulfilled.
MAKES THE BEDEFORD MEN SMILE.
The Beddeford, aldermen who were arrest
ed and arraigned in the United States dis
trict court on a charge of neglect of duty
look upon the Saco aldermen’s neglect as a
parallel case. Leading Biddeford demo
crats are anxious to push the matter, and it
is probable that arrests of the Saco aider
men will occur in a few days.
A CONFERENCE TO BE HELD.
A conference will be held to-morrow, and
It will then be decided what action shall be
taken. The democrats claim that the error
of the Saco aldermen will invalidate the
election, and that if the district gives a
majority to Congressman Reed, his election
will be contested.
HAZARD’S HARD CASES.
Sixteen Prisoners Taken to Win
chester to Stand Trial.
Louisville, Aug. 31.—Capt. Garther,
who has been in command of the troops
giving protection to Judge Lilly’s court, at
Hazard, Ky., reached Winchester to-day
with sixteen prisoners. Among them
are B. F. French, .T. C. E verso! e
and George W. Eversole, leadors
in the French-Eversole feud, which
has caused continuous trouble and
danger in that section for many years.
These loaders will be held without bail for
trial at Winchester. The judge of the
Winohester court has the ropntation of hav
ing murderers convicted and hanged.
There are nine others who have beeu engaged
in the feud in the party brought to Win
chester,and a number were left under guard
at Hazard.
A GALA DAY ON THE TRACK.
All the Cracks to Meet in a Great Race
at Sheepshead.
New York, Aug. 31.—One of the most
remarkable programmes on record is or
dered by the Coney Island Jockey Club for
Labor day. It is expected that Salvator,
Kingston, Firenzi, Tenny, Prince Royal,
Rbono, Judge Morrow, Huperta and others
will run in the Labor day stakes, and they
will meet at weight conditions that will
give Salvator one of tho hardest races of
his life. He must give Kingston and Prince
Royal eight pounds and Tenny four, and
there are others in the race that will keep
the heavy weights busy.
A CORPSE TO BE CARVED.
Atlanta’s Unidentified Stranger Turn
ed Over to the Doctors.
Atlanta, Aug. 31.—An inquest was held
this afternoon on the body of the straDger
who died at the Providence infirmary. No
one could identify him, nor could it be
ascertained from whence he catno. He had
just left one of tho incoming trains in the
Union depot and was going toward the
street when he was taken with a congestive
chill aud fell shivering across a railroad
track. He died without telling who he was
His body will be turned over to tho state
anatomical board 10-inurrovr morning.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1890.
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MOB RULE IN POLITICS.
AN AGITATOR BADLY BEATEN IN
ARKANSAS.
A Bag Containing 7,000 Union Labor
Election Tickets Stolen While He
Lay Unoonsclous on tbe Floor of a
Car—The Whole Town Turned Out to
See the Fracas.
St. Louis, Aug. 31.—A dispatch from
Little Itock, Ark., says; “A mob of about
2,500 men, some mounted and some on foot,
yesterday surrounded the Morrilltown sta
tion on both sides of the track. A union
labor mass meeting was to have been held
there. On the incoming train from Little
Rock, among others, were J. B. McLaugh
lin, a well known union labor
orator, and George Small of Springfield,
Conway county, a prominent white repub
can who ha* been here for the purpose of
making a union labor ticket for use in Con
way county for the election to-morrow.
Small carried the tickets, 7,000 in all, in a
valise.
ATTACKED BY THE MOB.
“When the tram stopped a crowd of men
sprang forward and rushed into the ooach
where McLaughlin and Small were seated.
Among the foremost, it is said, were Oily
Bentley, Jim Lucas and Walter Wells.
Small was struck repeatedly upon the hea l
with loaded sticks and soon lost conscious
ness. McLaughlin was thrown upon the floor
and his right shoulder severely wrenched.
THE TICKETS STOLEN.
“After striking Small severs’ additional
blows the srchol was dragged from be
neatb his feet and passed out through the
crowd. In a few moments the assailants
had left the car. What became of the
tickets is not known. McLaughlin got off
the train on the side opposite the depot
He passer! along the line of horsemen but
no attention was paid to him,
“All tbe business houses were closed, and
every man and boy was out taking part in
the general excitement.
m’laughlin not molested.
“In spite of the murderous assault on
Small the mob seemed disposed to treat
McLaughlin with some degree of courtesy
after he left the train, and he was thus en
abled to get dinner at the hotol.
“McLaughlin came back to-night, and
his description of the affair has created a
great deal of excitement. Ticketa are being
printed to replace the ones stolen.”
EMPEROR WILLIAM IN A STORM.
Despite the Entreaties of His Officers
He Remained on Deck.
Berlin, Aug. 81. —Imperial yacht Ho
henzollem had a very Btormy passage on
returning from Russia The vessel nar
rowly escaped colliding with a lightship,
and her deck bouses and stanchions were
damaged. The yacht pitched so badly that
the sailors were hurled from their "ham
mocks and many of them received severe
bruises and other injuries. Notwithstand
ing the entreaties of bis officers the emperor
remained on deck dur lng the very worst
of the storm.
MELBOURNE’S LABOR PARADE.
Forty Thousand Men in Line, but No
Breach of the Peace.
Melbourne, Aug. 31.—The full police
force of this city and l.COOspecial constables
on duty to-day, but the labor demon
stration which marked the day proved to
be orderly. Forty thousand r*en, repre
sentatives of all the trades, formed in pro
cession and paraded the streets. At a meet
ing subsequently held a resolution of thanks
for the support given by the English unions
to the strikers here was adopted.
FRANCO-ITALIAN COOLNESS.
The French F quadron Not to do Honor
to King Humbert.
London, Aug. 81.— The Italian and
French governments have failed to agree
regarding the formalties attending tho
proposed visit of the French squadron to
Spezzia to do honor to King Humbert
the dccassion of the launching of the
Italian war ship at that port. In conse
quence of this the king has decided not to
go to Spezzia, but to send the Duke of Gensa
to represent bin. It is feared that political
coolness between the countries will ensue.
PETERS BEFORE THE EMPEROR.
The Doctor Tells of His Experiences
In Africa.
Berlin, Aug. 31.—Emperor William in
vited Dr. Peters to visit him at the palace
yesterday and recount bis experiences
during bis travels in Africa. Several
princes were invited to listen to the doctor’s
story. Before his departure the emperor
presented Dr. Peters with a third class deco
ration of the Prussian order of the crown.
VILLAGES WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
Twelve Lives Lost in One of Them—
Six More in Ruins.
Vienna, Aug. 31. - Six more villages In
Southern Hungary have been burned. This
foarful destruction by fires is due to the
dryness of the buildings, caused by a long
season of torrid weather.
Twelve persons lost their lives during the
burning of Mezoe-Keresztes recently.
Servia’s Cabinet.
Belgrade, Aug. 81.—The regents have
asked the members of the caliriet to post
pone their resignation until the result of
the elections Is known.
AN BIGHT ROUND FIGHT.
Reddy Brennan Knocks Out Tommy
Danforth with Light Gloves.
Memphis, Aug. 31.— Tommy Danforth of
Streator, 111., and “Reddy” Brennan of
Memphis fought a finish fight to-day with
two ounoe gloves for a purse of sr>Oo. The
ring was pitched at Mound City, Ark.,
about five miles from Memphis, and about
300 people witnessed the fight. Breunan
won in the eighth round.
Lumpkin Locals.
Lumpkin, Ga., Aug. 31. —Walter Giles,
clerk in toe postoffice, died yesterday morn
ing.
The Savannah, Americus and Mont
gomery railroad has broadened its gauge to
this place. •
George Hudson (colored) is now in jail to
appear at tho superior court for stealing
SIOO from J. E. Humber & Cos. The robbing
was done in daylight, and the money was
taken from Humber’s safe.
A Negro choota His Pal.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 31.—Lucius John
son, a negro gambler, shot his confederate
(Bud Shaver) through the abdimen lata
last night in the suburbs, inflicting a mortal
wound.
WANTED TO K 133 HER.
A Texas Baptist Deacon Creates a
Very Lively Fracas.
Gainesville, Tex., Aug. 31.—At Moun
tain Hprings, ten miles sooth of Gainesville,
a Baptist deaoon went to the house of Mr.
Selby, a near neighbor, and. finding all tbe
family absent but Mr. Selby, threw his
arms about her waist, called her “dear
sister," and asked her for a kiss.
The lady, who weighs about ?.X) pounds,
jerked loose from nim, seised a chair,
knocked him out of the house into the yard,
felling him to the ground, where she con
tinued to pound him most unmercifully,
and was only prevented from boating him
to death by the arrival of the deacon's wife,
who, hearing his wailing, came to tus assist
ance. Both have growu children and are
members of the same church, anil the ex
citement this affair has created in that
neighborhood Is simply amazing. The lady
went before a justioe of the peace to-day
and had a warrant issued for the arrest of
the deaoon, charging him with assault to
ooramit rape, and there is no telling now
where the escapade will end, as all the par
ties to it are prominent citizens.
OLIVER JOTTINGS.
Reorganization of tbe Literary Soci
ety—'! be Picnlo Tragedy.
Oliver, Aug. 81.—The Oliver Polemic
Literary Society has reorganized, after a
suspension of six weeks, uuder very auspi
cious circumstances. Mr. Patrick McGae
cby occupies the chair as president, and W.
B. Rimes as secretary, Prof. C. J. Smith,
principal of Oliver academy, vioa presi
dent, and Dr. A. B. Lanier, head of affaire
as to arrangements. The society Is com
posed of ladies and gentlemen, and, os a
debating society and social intercourse, Is a
feature that pronounces success and edifica
tion to all concerned. A. H. W. Marquis,
a teacher of considerable note, addressed
the society on the subject of education on
Friday night. The address was a superior
one.
Tba excitement over the tragedy of the
25th ult. has subside '■ into non-committal
expressions, and Mr. G. IV. MoCioory is in
the hands of the sheriff.
The citizens of this portion of Scriven
county indorse Hon. T. M. Norwood for
senator an l Hon. 8. D. Bradwell for state
school commissioner. ***
OFFICER DUKES’ CLOSE CALL.
He Could Have Snot His Man But
Wanted an Rasy Conscience.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 81.—Patrolman
Dukes, who was so seriously knifed by a
negro last night, is in a very critical condi
tion. He oould easily have shot the brute,
but said he did not want any one’s blood on
his hands. When he came to the station
house with his prisoner last
night be was almost fainting
from loss of blood, but inode bis superior
officer promise to pay the scret i car driver
10 cents for transporting bis prisoner and
his deputy before he left ’ v the surgeon’s
office.
EUROPE’S PEACH.
De Glera Satisfied With the Interview
of the Emperor’s.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 81.—William De
Giers, minister of foreign affairs, receiving
several diplomats yesterday, expressed him
self as completely satisfied with the result
of the recant interview between the czar
and Emperor William. The meeting, he
said, constituted a fresu and solemn affirma
tion of the good feelings existing between
Russia and Germany, and would certainly
contribute powerfully toward the mainten
ance of the peace of Europe.
FOUR STORES BURNED.
Rats Start a Blaze Thai Made Graham
as Light as Day.
Baxley, Ga., Aug. 31.— At Graham,
about 3 o’clock this morning, the stores of
B. H. Mobley, D. W. Johnson, J. F. Hall
and L. F. Lord were destroyed by fire.
The origin of the fire was in the upper part
of the building of Mr. Mobley, and it is
supposed to have been the work of rats.
All the parties except Mr. Lord were
insured.
AN ABSCONDER ARRESTED.
He Had Just Returned From a Five
Months’ Trip in Europe.
New York, Aug. 31.—Frederick Kim
ball, the absconding paying teller of the
Peoples’Savings bank of Worcester, Mass.,
who fled with his mistress, Estelle Laben,
Apri' 2 with $45,500 worth of bonds and
$5,000 in money, the property of the bank,
and went to Europe, arrived in this country
to-day by the French steamer La Bretagne.
He was arrested as he stepped upon the pier.
TROTTING RECORDS LOWERED.
Alabaster Does a Mile in 2:16 and Roy
Wilkes One in 2:08 1-4.
Independence, la,, Aug. 31.— Alabaster
and Roy W ilkes each lowered the trotting
record. 'Alabaster broke the 4-year-old
stallion record, making a mile in 2:15. Roy
Wilke* was sent to beat his record of 2:09
and broke another world’s record, makmg
a mile in 2:08)^.
A Columbus Merchant Dying 1 .
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 31.— W. H. Huff,
a prominent merchant of this city, and a
member of the firm of Blanohard, Booth
Sc Huff, is dying at the St. Denis hotel.
New York. Mr. Huff left a few days since
to purobase his fall stook for the firm, and
was taken sick very suddenly.
A Murderer Jailed.
Orlando, Fla., Aug. 31.— Sheriff An
derson brought Monroe Haves (colored) up
from Arcadia last night. Hayes is charged
with having killed Isam Bcrneil, algo col
ored, during his last Christmas drunk. This
makes four Orange county murderers in jail
here, three of whom are colored.
STANFORD’S STABLE BURNED.
Two Men Seen Running Away but
Pursuit Was Impassible.
San Francisco, Aag. 31. —Only the
vigilance of the hostlers at Senator Stan
ford’* big Palo Alto ranch near Menlo park
last night prevented a fire which would
have been a repetition of the disastrous
blaze of three years ago, ia which more
than a dozen promising young trotters and
runners were burned. About 9 o’clock
flame* were detected in 10,000 hales of
straw near the main stable. This straw
had just been packed in the large barn
and sealed up for the winter.
incendiaries on the run.
By the light of the burning straw two
men were seen runniug, but the danger was
so pressing that they could not be followed*
though a Chinaman fired two shots at them"
When the men got out the fire ho*e they found
a big k,.ot tied in the mid He to make it
aseless. The fire was confined to the stable,
the loss oa which is $7,000. , j
POLITICS IS THE SEVENTH
A PROMISING OUTLOOK FOR AN
INTERESTING CAMPAIGN.
What the Jeffsrson Democracy of
Floyd County Proposes to do-There
May be Two Candidates for Congress
In tbe Seventh District—What Led to
the Present Condition of Affelra In
that District-Some Points About
Dr. Felton—Col. Everett, the Proba
ble Eegular Nominee, not Alarmed
at the Situation.
Rome, Ga., Aug. 81.—Politics in the
Seventh congressional district seems to be
somewhat mixed. It is not clear whether
there will be two democratic candidates for
congress or only one. It looks very much
as if there would be two, and as If Dr.
Felton would be one of thorn and Col.
Everett tbe other. The regular democratic
convention meets in Calhoun on Sept. 10,
and it looks now as if it would nominate
Col. Everett. What Is called the Jeffer
sonian democratic convention meets In
Rome Sept. 3, and it is expected that it will
ask Dr. Felton to accept a nomination for
congress.
While Dr. Felton poses In a semi-disin
terested maimer, he announces that he will
accept a nomination if it is tendered by
“the true, itraightouc, uuterrifled democ
racy.” A good many are now In doubt
about which faction the doctor calls the
“true. Btraightout and unterrified democ
racy."
HOW THE JZFFERfIONIAN FACTION HAD ITS
ORIGIN.
Tbo faotion known as the “Jeffersonian
democracy," wfdch has Indorsed I)r. Felton
and set him going, had its origin this way:
The regulur Democratic party, strongly
alliance, controlled tho legislative nomina
tions in Flovd this year, nominating three
candidates for ths legislature. Tub anti
alliance democracy of Floyd entered a stub
born prouit. Among other things it ob
jected to the sub-treasury bill. From this
agitation ontne tho Felton movement. Floyd
has asktd that tho other counties In the dis
trict join her in putting Dr. Felton iu nom
ination for congress. Looking to this end
the Sept. 3 convention was called.
WHAT DR. FELTON 13 OONCBRNED ABOUT.
Dr. Felton, just now, is concerned most
about whether or not he will be the choice
of the “true and straightout democracy”
of the Seventh. Ho talks freely about tho
situation In the district. Ho said that ho is
opposed to many features of tbe alliance.
He is utterly opposed to the sub-treasury
plan. He believes the allance is an organ!
zation of one olnss against the other, and
this he is opposed to. He favors the remon
etization of silver, and is opposed to the
destruction of the greenback circulation.
He opposes the national bank system, and
be rejoiced at the recent silver legislation.
He opposes federal control or ownership of
railroads, telegraph or steamship lines. He
does not want to see the government boooine
paternal.
A NOTABLE POLITICAL CHARACTER.
Dr. Felton has long been a character In
Georgia politics, and heretofore a very
strong oue. His present position, so an
taguostio to some of the strongest featnras
of tbe alliance, is considered danger
ous to his future in the Seventh.
All along be has had the
support of the sturdy farmers, but It is
doubtful, well-informed men say, if he will
over have again the same strength with
them. He has allowed his name to be used
against tbe alliance, and he has gone so far
as to condemn it for supporting some of the
measures which it is supporting, and for
doing other things which he believes uro
hostile to society and sound democracy.
Nearly everybody knows the doctor in this
part of Georgia, and there are few people
elsewhere in tho state who are not
familiar with his political record.
He lives three miles out from
C'artersville on his farm, and he Is con
sidered one of the biggest planters In Floyd.
He has been farming upon the spot where
be has lived for forty-three years. His
fathers before him were great farmers, and
for 130 years back the Feltons have been
nothing else. Although Dr. Felton has
served m congress and the legislature, he
has returned each time, when his public
duties were finished, to his farm, to man
age home affairs.
He is tall and well built, but of late stoops
some. He wears a high crown straw, set
hack on his head, showing his big forehead
and white hair. He has a large mouth anil
equally as prominent a nose.
WHEN DR. NBLTON’S PUBLIC CAREER BEGAN.
Until sixteen years ago this quiet farmer
and Methodist preacher, was not known
outside of bis own district. It was then
that he entered politics, and he has taken a
hand in every movement of any im
fiortance in the Btate since then,
n the summer of 1874 great dissatisfaction
arose in his district over a nomination for
congress by the democrats, and Dr. Felton
was chosen then, as he will probably be
selected uow, the leader of the “split-offs.”
He ran on the independent ticket. He
stumped bis district, leaving tbo home affairs
to his wife, and he came out with flying
colors. His celebrated speech at Fair
mont, in which ho oaptured the
wool hat boys and got the name of “Old
Etowah BUI,” was a revelation to his
friends, and bis triumph was the sorest
defeat nis opponents ever received. A short
time afterward the candidate put up by
the politicians was taken down, and “Old
Etowah Bill” swept the district with a ma
jority greater than aDy other candidate In
that district ever received, it is said. He
went in as an independent, but he always
contends that the true democracy elected
him. The farmers urge that they elected Dr.
Felton in that celebrated campaign to defeat
the candidate put out by the cliques, rings
and oue-borse politicians, but they say that
Dr. Felton will not receive their support
this time. The present situation is precisely
the reverse of that of 1874. The fnrmeri
ran the doctor then, uow the politicians are
running him.
HE WOULD MAKE A BTROXG RACE.
Everybody believes that the doctor would
make a stronger race, if he should enter the
contest, than anybody else in the district
could make under the circumstances,
but nobody believes that he
would receive the support necessary
to elect him. Mr. Evsrett is the choice of
the regular Democratic party and the alli
ance, and he seems to be resting in the arms
of his friends. He is not, apparently, the
least alarmed at the opposition to him
which is developing, and he is confident of
being elected if nominated.
CHAMPIONED BY HIS OLD TIME ENEMIES.
One thing is noticeable in this race, which
may be significant, should Dr. Felton come
out, and it is almost settled that he will;
that is, that he is being championed
by bis enemies, or at least
by those who have been opDosed
to him all aloug until now. This is inter
preted by some to mean the total destruc
tion of Dr. Felton in Georgia politics. His
enemies seeing that the farming class will
sweep the district, and that oppoosition
moans death to the opposer, put the doctor
up to antagonize the farmers, and thus kill
him oil. They knew that the doctor’s main
strength was in the farmers, ami that by
poisoning them against him they apprehend
no further annoyance from him in
the future. Dr. Felton started out
la4 week to speak at Lafayette,
but he missed the conneotion of trains and
did not reach Lafayette in time. It was
understood that he was to speak ns a citizen
in order to sound the people, aud that by
their oonduct he was to have been guided
in offering for congress.
80M* LIVELY HTI'MP BPEAKIHO I!t PROS
PECT.
One thing is certain, if ‘'Old Etowah
BIU” concludes to come out in the race the
biggest stump speaking campaign since the
Norwood-Colquitt campaign will be
on, uud whether Dr. Felton makes
friends in his district or not,
he will draw the crowds. Nobody has for
gotten the sharp battles fought by this
gray-haired old man, and everybody recalls
the last memorable fight between him
aud Hon. Edgar Simmons of Sumter
three years ago in the Georgia legis
lature. To* doctor says he do not want a
"sure thing” to start on. "Give uie a fight
ing chance is ail I ask,” he says. It is be
lieved that this weok will develop a great
deal in this district concerning the race for
congress. Z. D. R.
EXCLUSION OF THF OHINKBB.
The Fcott Law Driving Them Out of
the United States.
Chicago, Aug. 31.—F. A. Dee of San
Francisco, consul for many years for the
Chinese empire, is in ttie city. Mr. Bee has
nothing but American blood in his veins,
but nevertheless he is a Chinese nobleman.
The emperor oreated him a viscount some
time since and later made him a c unt.
Lately he has attained to the title of a sir
knight, the next to the highest decoration
ever bestowed in the Chinese diplomatic
• service. Mr. Bee is the only American in
the Chinese diplomatic service, and thore
ha* been but one other, Burlingame of his
toric fame.
As one of the lending Ran Francisco attor
neys Mr. Bee was called upon to defend the
rights of the rights of the California* Chi
nese colony during and preceding the Den
nis Kearney agitation and the sand-lota
riots. In this wuy he attained an influence
with that people pre-emiuent among all
others in America.
“There are 11,000 less Chinamen in Cali
fornia now than at the time of the passage
of the Scott law two years ago,” he said.
“I keep a record of every individual one of
them and know whereof I speak. Just
about 11,000 more have returned to Chirm
thsn have come over during that time. This
talk of the Bc>tt law not being effective is
a mistake. Why, there are only 80,000
Chinamen in the whole of l he United Stales.
The law is ontirely too restrictive, instead
of the opposite.
"There is no idleness among the Chinese.
They fill a p.aco that none others can. Over
25,000 of them go into our vineyards aud
hop gardens and work five months in the
year, and then do something else the other
seven. This labor supply greatly relieves
the farmer, and the departure of the China
men will be sorely felt It is not cheap
labor, either. They get from $1 25 to $1 50
per day. They pack all the grapes you got
here. They are the best packers ia the
world.
"Chinese labor is already scarce in Cali
fornia, as a result of the Scott law. The
Chinese will go eventually. California
must supply their place somehow. Where
can we get 30,000 laborers to do their work)
There is no inducement for them to stay
longer than is sutllcient for them to accu
mulate a certain amount of capital. They
don’t assimulute, and can have no perma
nent place as individuals in our civilization.
Tlie cumineroe between American ports aud
China has decreased heavily, and thero are
small inducements far even the merchants
to visit this couutry. ”
MASTIFF AND MAN.
A Thrilling Combat Before a Fright
ened Crowd In Elizabeth.
From the New York bun.
Elizabeth, Aug. 28.—A combat betwoen
a man and a big English mastiff caused a
sensation on Broad street hero this after
noon.
J. A. Btaats, proprietor of the Sheridan
house, Elizabeth’s largest hotel, owns
probably the finest mastiff in the city.
Joseph Freling, a messenger boy at the
hotel, was sent on an orrauu by one of the
guests and droppeed to the sidewalk in an
epileptic lit a short distance from the hotel.
Cornelius Dwyer, a workman for the Metro
politan (ias Company, saw the boy fall and
ran to his assistance; so did the mastiff; and
no sooner bad Dwyer stooped to pick up the
struggling boy than the animal sprang for
the man’s throat. Dwyer fought off
the dog, but it sprang for him again,
burying its teeth in his arm. The man
choked the brute so that it relaxed Its grip,
but only to fasten its teeth a moment later
in Dwyer’s shoulder, stripping off the
clothing to the skin and laying the shoulder
bare. By this time a crowd of excited per
sons had gathered to witness the struggle,
but none of them had courage enough to in
terfere. The mastiff again seiz sl the man
by the arm. At this moment Mr. Htaats
reached the scene and, grabbing the dog by
the neck, forced it to let go, and then
dragged it away. Dwver, who was bleed
ing profusely from his wounds, was led to
W helau’s drug store, where City Physician
Greer cauterized the five bites.
The boy Freeling, who was forgotten
during the more excited episode, was still
writhing on the street and was carried to the
nearest druggist’s, where ho revived suf
ficiently to be taken home. The mastiff will
be killed by the police.
QUEER FREAK.
Lightning Plays Havoc In a Montreal
Fumlly Circle,
Montreal, Que., Aug. 31.—Montreal
has been visited by a terrific electric storm.
During the bight of the storm the light
ning struck the residence of R. N. O’Brien,
723 Sherbroke street, and the occupants had
an almost miraculous escape from death.
Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien were at supper at the
time, and, the belt entering through an
open window, passed between the two,
struck aud melted a castor on the table,’
then passed out through the ground wires
of the telephone. The O’Briens were
knocked senseless. Mr. O’Brien quickly
recovered, but it was upward of an hour
before Mrs. O’Brien could be resusciated.
The mysterious part of the uffair Is that an
infant which sat beside its mother wus un
harmed.
An Option on the Silvar Mines.
Denver, Col., Aug. 31.—The Aetcs this
morning publishes a two column article,
which says an English syndicate, headed by
C, C. Morgan, has secured an option on all
the leading silver miues near Aspen, Col.,
and places the figures at 135,000,000.
River and Harbor Money.
Washington, Aug. 3L. —The river and
harbor bill will "probably be reported from
the conference committee to-morrow. The
.Savannah harbor aud all the other Georgia
appropriations are understood by the Geor
gia members to be safe.
I DAILY. *lO A YEAR, 1
< 5 CENT* A COPY. I
( WEEKLY, sl. A YEAR \
DANIEL AMONG THE LIONS
TALMAGE'S L3SSON3 FROM THB
TH HILLIN'Q BTORY.
The Young Prime Minister's Success
the Only Cause for the Plot Against
His Life-Lack of Decision of Charac
ter the Ruin of Many Men.
Waco, Tex., Aug. 81.—Dr. T..lmage to
day delivered the following discourse on the
text: “Then the king commanded, and they
brought Daniel and cast him into the den
of lions.” Daniel vL, 16.
Darius was King of Babylon, and ths
young man Daniel was so much of a favor
ite with him that he made him prime min
ister, or secretary of state. But no man
could gain such a high position without ex
citing the envy and jealousy of the people.
There were demagogues in Babylon whe
were so appreciative of their owru abilities
that they were affronted at the elevation of
this young man. Old Babylon was afraid
of young Babylon. The taller the oedar,
the more apt it is to be riven of the light
ning.
These demagogues asked ths king to make
a decree that anybody who mode a petition
to any one except the king within thirty
days should be put to death. King Darius,
not suspecting any foul play, mates that
decree. The demagogues have accom
plished all they want, because thoy know
that no one can keep Daniel from sending'
petitions before God for thirty days.
Ko far from being afraid, Daniel goe* or
with his supplications three times a day,
and is found on 41s housetop making prayer.
He is caught in the act. He is condemned
to be devoured by the Hons. Rough execu
tioners of the Jaw seize him and hasten him
to tjie cavern. I hear the growl of tha
wild beasts, and I see them pawing the dust,
and as they put their mouths to the
ground the solid earth quakes with their
bellowing. I see their eves roil, and I al
nioet hoar the fiery eyeballs snap in tha
darkness. The monsters approach Danish
They have an appetite keen with hunger.
With one stroke Of their paw or one snatch
of their teeth, they may leave him dead at
ths bottom of the cavern. But what a
strange welcome Daniel receives from those
hungry monsters. They fawn around him,
they lick his hand, they bury hi*; feet in
their long mane. That night he baa calm
sleep, with his head pillowed on the warn*
necks of the tamed lions.
But not so well does Darius the king sleep,
lie loves Daniel, and hates this stratagem by
which he has been condemned. All night
long the king walks the floor. He cannot
sleep. At the least sound be starts and hie
flesh creeps with horror. He is impatient
for the dawning of the morning. At the
first streak of the daylight Darins hastens
forth to see the fate of Daniel. The heavy
palace doors open and clang shut long before
the people of the city waken. Darius goes
to th* aeu of lions; he looks in. Ail is silent.
His heart stops. He feels that the very
worst has happened; but ga hering all his
strength he shouts through the rifts of the
rock, "O Daniel! itf the God whom thou
sorvest continually able to deliver thee?”
Thore comes rolling up from the deep dark
ness a voice which says: “O king! live
forever. My God has sent his angel to shut
the lions’ mouths that they have not hurt
mo. ”
Then Daniel is brought out from the den.
The demagogue# are hurled into it, and no
sooner have thoy struck the bottom of the
den than their flesh was rent, and their
hones cracked, and their blood spurted
through the rifts of the rock, and os the
Hons inako the rocks tremble with their
roar, they announce to all ages that while
Ged will defend his people, the way of the
ungodly shall perish.
I-earn first from this subject that the
greatest crime that you can commit in the
eyes of many is the crime of success.
What had Daniel done that he should bo
flung to the lions) Ho got to be prime min
ister. They could not forgive him for that,
and behold in that a touch of un-auctiflea
human nature as seen in all ages of the
world. 80 long as you are pinched in
poverty, so long ns you are running the
gauntlet between landlord and tax gatherer,
so long as you find It bard work to educate
your children, there are people who will
say: "Poor man, lain sorry for him. He
ought to succeed 1 Poor man 1”
But after awhUe the tide turns fn your
favor. That was a profitable investment
you made. You bought at just the right
time. Fortune becomes good-humored and
smiles upon you. Now you aro being in
some department successful, your success
chills someone. Those men who used to
sympathize with you stand along the street,
and they scowl at you from under the rim
of their hats. You have more money or
more Influence than they have, and you
ought to be scowled at from under the rim
of their hats. You catch a word or two as
you pass by them. "Stuck up,” says one.
“Got it dishonestly,” says another. “Will
hurst soon,” says a third. Every stone in
your new house is laid on their hearts. Your
horses’ hoofs went over (hair nerves.
Every item of your suocess has been to
them an item of discomfiture and despair.
Just as soon as in any respect you rise
above your fellows, if you are more virtu
ous, if you are more wise, If you are more
influential, you cast a shadow on the pros
pect of others. The mad to honor and suo
cess is within reaeh of the enemy’s gurs.
Jealousy says: “Stay down, or l’U knock
you down.” "I do not like you," said the
snowflake to the snowbird. “Why don’t
you like me?” said the snowbird.
“Oh!” said the snowflake, "you are
going up and I am coming
down.” Young merchants, young law
yers, young doctors, young mechanics,
young artists, young farmers, at certain
times there were those to sympathize with
you, but now that you are beooming master
of your particular occupation or profession,
how is it now, young lawyers, young doc
tors, young artists, young farmers—how is
it now) The greatest orimo that you can
commit is the crime of success.
Again: My subject impresses me with the
value of decision of character In any de
partment. Daniel knew that if he contin
ued h s adherence to the religion of the
Lord he would be hurled to the lions, hut
having set his compass well, he sailed right
on.
For the lack of that element of decision
of character, so eminent in Daniel, many
men are ruined for this world, and ruined
for the wor.d to come. A great many at
40 years of age are not settled in any res
pect, because they have not been ale to
make up their mind. Perhaps they will go
west. Perhaps they will go east. Perhaps
they will not. Perhaps they will go north.
Pi rhaps they may go south. Perhaps they
will not. Perhaps they may make
that investment in real estate or in rail
roads. Perhaps they will not. They are
like a steamer that should go out of New
York harbor, starting for Glasgow, and
the next day should change for Havre de
Grace, and the next for Charleston, and
the next for Boston, and the next for
Liverpool. These men on the sea of life
everlastingly tacking ship and making no
headway. Or they aie like a man who
starts to build a house in the Corinthian
style and changes it to Doric, and then
completes ic in the lonic, and is cursed by
all styles or architecture.
Young man, start right and keep on.
