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J ESTABLIBBED 18ft0. IffCOaPOftATSD 1888 V
\ J. K. ESTILL, President. \
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
CLERKS NOT YET EXEMPT PROM
SOLICITATION.
The Commission Recommends that the
Law be Amended to Prohibit Re
quests for Contributions by Any
body at Any Place—A Good Class of
Employes Secured Under the Merit
System.
Washington, Nov. 30.—The auaual re
port of the oiTil service commission, made
public today, says:
The portions of the civil service law inter Jict-
Sng political assessments, while they I are not
■succeede,! in entirely etopuing the" evil, have
undoubtedly much abated it. However, there
is one point particularly w here toe law is sys
tematicaily evaded. The commission, in the
oourse of its investigations, has found that
both iu 1883 and 1890 there were certain
campaign committees of the dom naut
party, for the time lieing. which procured
rail lists of various employes in the govern
ment service and of their home residence, and
then sent letters soliciting campaign subscrip
tion* to them at their uotnes These letters
were signet by men not in the government
service, acting l'or the . itferent campaign com
mittees. In some instances these agents even
visited clerks in person at their homes. Thera
seems little reason why outsiders should ha
allowed to solicit a clerk at his homo
and he forbidden to do so in the
government building, and the commission is of
the opinion that the law should be amended so
a- to forbid the solicitation of government em
ployes by outsiders in any way. at anv time or
m any pine-. It the government employes
wish to contribute to their parties, let them do
ro voluntarily; but theyshould not be permitted
to lie harassed by outside parties, who desire to
spur them up to make contributions.
WHY THEY SHOULD BE PROTECTS!).
A contribution from a private person is al
most always, in fact, voluntary, and there is
no reason why a campaign committee should
h forbidden from soliciting it; but an em
ploye of the government is always more or les*
at the mercy of an individual standing high in
influence with the dominant party,
and every measure should be taken
to protect him from improper
exercise of this influence. Weak clerks, when
solicited by outsiders who are not in the gov
ernment service, but who stand nigli in the
ranks of the party to which the administration
for the tune being belongs, often fee. that they
jeopardize their places if they do not placate
people soliciting them. As‘a matter of fact,
the commission believes that there is now but
little reason for this fear, but it also believes
tnat the fear exists in a great num
ber of cases, and that many clerks
arc practically compelled to contribute
" hen they do not wish to by the solicitations of
campaign managers, who are not in the govern
ment employ, and whom, therefore, the law
cannot at. present touch. The commission, in
view of these facts, feels convinced that all con
siderations of public policy warrant an exten
sion of the forbidding political assessments so
a to prevent a government employe being
solicited by any one at any time for campaign
pur | loses.
PUBLICATION OF ELIGIIiI.It LISTS.
Tne commission’s decision to make public
the eligible lists bus worked admirably, and
has given tlie greatest satisfaction. After
an examination the names of the person*
examined are not disclosed until tbe mark
ing-. are completed, the boards and individ
uals doing the marking being completely
ignorant of whose papers they are examin
ing. This is done to prevent all possibility
of favoritism, but once tb© markings are
completed, tb© papers are open to inspec
tion by auy proper person, and the whole
proceedings in the case of every indi
vidual candidate can ba followed out
from the beginning to the end. It is thus
almost impossible for any fraud to be com
mitted without imminent and immediate
lisk of detection.' There are occasionally
casi-s of cheating or attempt at cheating
amnig candidates themselves at the ex
ami a; ion time, but, asfar ns is known, dur
ing the year covered by this report, there
has not been a single accusation of fraud
against any governmental employe con
nected sith the civil service examinations
which has proved to have the slightest
foundation in fact.
A GOOD CLASS OF EMPLOYES.
Ite report concludes as follows:
'o'" ro in is-ion is now doing more work than
e'er oetore, and it is with great satisfaction,
warranted hv complete knowledge of the facts,
trial r. o-s-rts mat this work is being done with
toe utmost efficiency and justice, and that a
most admirable class of public servants are
oeuiK mtiOiluced into the government employ
inrouj_M the examinations. Their integrity,
rapacity and adaptability have given
, k'reatess satisfaction. The clerks
, . - office of the commission
ive witn two exceptions come in under the
JlJ’Jt service rules, the exceptions being of two
Id P .!.‘ :s wl ,° "ere appointed before tne civil
?)! 'i J . 8 came into existeuae: and the men
Pjrociiirea in this way have given the utmost sat
uaetk'a, The merit system is long past its
-renmental stage. It has been subjected to
ere strain in its practical workings, and it
a, ne n found to work admirably.
INTERIOR DKPABTMBN T.
interesting Pacta from Secretary No
ble’s Report.
Washington, Nov. 30.—The report of
tbe Secretary of the Interior is a lengthy
°" e ' coverin K 127 pages. With reference to
e transfers of public land the commission
says:
it appears frem the report of the eoinmis
tioner of the general land office that 19,000,-
' a cres of agricultural land were trans-
I to actual settlers during tbe past
I \, a , r ’ Hll ' ninin & those upon final and com-
I h,l,u estead entries, pre-emption, tim-
I and u‘ tUl^' llesert - private cash, town-site,
I u Ri! ''‘Uer entries for Btriotly agricultural
I °Tt n ‘i lneral ' aDl is.
I in- nr 6 lai : ds Paten ted to stntes, for education
IU, !a * hnprovement*, and public buildings
■ r exceeded IJPO per cent, over the cre
lacru } t ' ar ’ amounting in 1890 to 530,779.84
Ij, '. : ‘",t' n ‘‘ r, ntH issued for the year ending
■ to’;;'”. 1 ; !sy ”. numbered 117,247, us against
■th , previous year, or an increase for
lltai rt- - ar ‘h patenU of 47,108, and iu
■''lVß. ‘ |’;<-!t1,9&lI acres, the patents for 1890
If! ocrea; those for 1889,
t° these there was an increase
Hj r -".•‘••‘hdueral and miiUite patents issued
ft'. "■ ', OPe for 1890 being 1,497; for 1889,
fti-a’riv i ' lroa °t coal lands granted iu 1890
Bi, ,' uol ‘ <1 that of the previous year.
k. f ' - , ero "ere 234 patents, covering
■ "V-~ ar> . re *, and in 1889 155 patents, cov-
W'—i Wj9o.su.
■ , VACANT LANDS.
ft !• reference to the vacant lands, the
■ 'I her says;
ftxe. .' v-aot lands of the United States,
I I‘of 1 ‘ of those in Alaska, at prase it ex
' ,‘ „ r acres, of which 282,-
■ -e air endy survoyed.
■ ;i ''iojii ,l, ' a ‘ Ila 577,390 square mile*, or
ft ’: r- • c,, es, of which not more than
Ha ,Y® i-e'm entered. The aggre
ftv ■ es ; l , ''.74*j, ICI acres. The follow.
ft ; Ti . r ,„„ cx k‘'* lK ’*'is area by states and
j I *’ o'h official sources, as esti
■ ., I ';' Kl, ' rs l ’ ’ll PUBLIC LANDS.
■ ■ 1"90, there were 2U8.0H4 final
j!„ . ‘“ ,ldß ’ ‘‘hding, as ugan.st 278,-
. *,.!■ ,'Ve “ decrease curing the
Bir, . ’’''l entries. The IlnanclAi
Hu; <piit satisfactory, the
ft,l.\ ‘j * ’ ru; h public lands being
. r , ‘ 1 Jttl,, A PHOSPUATga.
H , ' ,u ' '• topographical and gvoUig
JRnfning Jfrto£.
leal survey, because of the discovery of
extensive beds of phosphate rock; and, also,
that sugar farms tnav bs successfully estate
upon lands reclaimed by drainage.
The surveyor-general says;
It can hardly be doubted that the discovery
cf these deposits in Florida, exceeding in ex
tent and thickness all such beds previously
known in the world, is an event destined to
produce gre <t increase of value not only in the
miners! lands of the state, but the azr.c iltural
also
This remarkable discovery of unsuspected
wealth withiuu fee. foot of the surface in scores
o, tow.,* ips has caused large numbers of men
to expiore the country geologically with spades
an t hor.rg apparatus. ly such means' other
useful substances are said to have lieen foun 1.
each a marl, kaolin, f osei] guano, slate rock,
in.ca-scliist. mica, zinc ore, anti sulphur, ami
specimens thereof have been submitted to the
teste of tho state chemist: showing that Flori
da ought long ago (o have received the benefit
of s thorough geological survey.
As to sugar farming, he savs;
A Very recent important agricultural develop
ment in t.iis s:a-o f, rhe oatthlishmeat of sugar
farina upon lands reclaimed by drainage. Tome
sugar lauds previously wore vast watery ureas
of saw-grass growing upon deposits of pure
mucic of unknown depth. Of the uuality of this
material an t mb.ent official chemist wrote of
samp! • that "it seems t v e jual tho best potting
mold, and partakes inor of t e character of a
-manure than of a soil.'’ NVnoC drained and cul
treated it produces from thirty to forty tons of
oaae stalks per acre of a quality equal to the
best raised iu Cuba.
FOREBTH.
The commissioner states that from an
examination of tho autuial reports of bis
office for the past eight years, ho finds that
the most valuable timber on the pubiic
lands is being rapidly exhausted, am that
the several laws now in force are wholly
Inadequate to prevent the public forests
from illegal appropriation, or to protect
the interests of the settlers who tnay need
to use them in the development of the
country.
INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
There are not more than 250,000 Indians
within the borders of the United States,
excluding Alaska. The greater part of
these reside upon or have some interest in
tho existing reservations, the other- living
upon a portion of the public domain. The
aggregate area of the Indian reservations
was, ut the last report, about 110,000.000
acres, or 181,306 square miles, which is, as
calculated by the India i commissioner,
“greater than that cf tho Now England and
middle states combined, greater than the
aggregate area of the states of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois and Kentucky, and nearly
equal to the combined area of the two Da
kotas and Montanar or, to carry the com
parison further, it is larger by half than the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, larger than Sweden or Norway, and
nearly as large as either France or Spain.”
PATENTS.
Tho total number of applications received,
including reissues, trade marks, designs,
etc., was 46,14 j; the number of patents
granted was 23,857; trade marks and labels
registered, 1,636; patents expired, 11,885;
the total receipts were 51,347,203 21; the
total expenditures were 81,081,173 50, leav
ing a surplus of $266,029 65 to be turned
into the treasury of the United States to the
credit of the patent fund, and making u
total balance in tho treasury on account of
the patent fund of #8,790,556 28.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES.
The division of statistics shows that there
are enrolled in the public schools of the
United States 12,291.259 pupils or 19.7 per
cent, of the total population. The increase
during one year has beeu 220,903, or at the
rati of 1.88 per cant, per annum.
T his, however, has not equaled the rate of
growth of the school population, which has
been 2.17 pier ceht. per auuum. The public
school revenues amounted to $132,121,200. Of
this sum $9,743,064, or 7.4 per cent, of the
whole, formed Che income on permanent
invested funds; $25,379,390, or 19.2 par
cent, of the whole, were derived from
state taxes; and $88,328,385, or 66.8 per
cent, of tho wholo, from local taxes;
$8,669,431, or 6 6 per cent, of the whole,
were derived from sources not included in
the foregoing.
The number of different public school
teachers is as follows: Males, 124,929;
females, 227,302; total, 352,231.
NUMBER OF PENSIONERS.
At the close of the fiscal year 1890 there
were 537,914 pensioners Lome upon the
rolls.
CONGRESS MEETS TO-DAY.
The President’s Message to be Read
toon After the Opening.
Washington, Nov. 30.—At noon to
morrow the tecond session of the Fifty-firet
congress will begin. As soon as the Senate
and the House are called to order, a joint
committee will be appointed to notify the
President that congress is ready to do busi
ness, and, in response, bis animal message
will immediately be tent to the capital aud
laid before both Houses. The reading of
the message will probably consume the ieg
is'a'ive and iyof Monday, following the in
duction of the new congressmen into office.
THE WEEK IN THE SENATE.
In neither bouse has the programme of
business for the week been" definitely de
termined upon. The Senate will probably
resume the consideration of the bill provid
ing for the transfer of the revenue marine
service to the navy department, which is
the pending morning hour business. If the
calendar routine Is followed Mr. Ed
munds’ land court bill may next
bo considered, aud should Senator
Blair reach the capital during the
week he will doubtless make an effort to
secure action upon the Houee Dill for the
adjustment of the eight-hour claims. There
is a strong impression, however, that there
will be a consultation of the republican sen -
ators early in the week to consider the order
of business, and the result may be a wide
departure from the routine programme.
OUTLOOK OF THE HOUSE.
Iu the House the pension appropriation bill
will be reported at once by the committee
on appropriations, and pushed to a final
disposition. The democratic members
have prepared themselves to tuke advant
age of the the latitude allowed in general
debate on an appropriation bill, and will
doubtless stir up their p ilitical adversaries
to a point of reply by severe criticism
of the majority mid allusions to'
the result of the recent elections.
It is possible that the “urgent deficiency
bill,” covering deficits in tho current year's
appropriations for the censiiß and other
bureaus, may also be presented to the House
during the week, if anv time remains
undisposed of, the committee on rules will
all tit to the commtttees In charges of such
mqiortaiit pending measures as the ma
jority may determine to give precedence.
A SiLVKR SCANDAL.
Senators and Representatives Paid to
Have Been in a Pool
Washington, Nov. 30.—Representative
Dockery of Missouri will introduce a reso
lution in ihe House calling for investiga
tion* of tho charge, mode in September by
the Ht. I. . uis Globs-Democrat, to the effect
that while the silver bill w pending in
congress twelve senators and fl/ieo.i repre
sentatives were interested in a pool to buy
up silver bullion. Mr. Dockery will insist
upon the investigation, but ititdimb’fui
whether the republican majority will per
mit one to bo umdo.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1890.
PARNELL’S FATK SEALED.
THE ENVOYS NOW HERE DECLARE
AGAINST HIM.
His Manifesto Condemned-The De
cision of the Eivoy* to be Read at
the Nationalist Meeting in London
To-day—Morley Denies the State
ments Made by Parnell.
Chicago, Nov. 39.—Following is a brief
summary of tho entire manifesto of the
Irish envoys, as dictated in person by them
for the Assbciated Press before the docu
ment was completely revised:
It declares against tho continued leader
ship of Mr. Parnell, and condemns
tho manifesto of Mr. Parnell for its
attitude toward Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Morley
atxl tho English people. It is from a
column to a column and a half long. It is
addressed to Justi i McCarthy, to be read at
the meeting of the Irish party to-morrow
(Monday) in London. It will Designed by
all the delegates except Mr. Harrington.
From an indirect souroe of information it is
obtained that Mr. Harrington declined to
sign the manifesto on personal grounds. He
was said to have stated his position in these
words: “My judgment is against Mr. Par
nell, but my heart is with him.”
BU6SING OF THE PAPER.
To-night at 10 o’clock, three of the six
Irish envoys in America signed in a room
in the Grand Pacific hotel, behind closed
doors, the last strokes of thedoeument that
severed their oid tune connection with
their leader, Mr. Parnell. At the same
moment, iu a private residence two miles
away on one of the boulevards,
three other envoys, including two
whose names were attaetiod to
the document, wore dining in company
with Mrs. Parnell, the aged mother of that
same long time chieftain. The three to
whom fell the task of filling out the docu
ment that had bee i agreed upon in outline
during the afternoon wore Messrs. O’Brien.
Gill and T. P. O’Connor.
THOME AT THE DINNEB.
Those who fulfilled their engagement
mr.de for tho party a fortnight or m ire ago
to dine with Mrs. Parnell, were Messrs. Dii
lon, T. D. Sullivan, who agreed to tne paper
signed against her son and Timothy Har
rington, whose sons* of personal loyalty, it
was reported, was too strong to be put
down.even though it isolated him completely
from his fellow men. Ho far a? could bo
learned Mrs. Parnell mercifully knew noth
ing of what was being done in the closed
room down-town. The dinner hod a score
or more of persons present, and to those
who knew what was going on elsewhere
must have seemed s raugely unreal.
PAINFULNESS OF THE DUTY.
In their manifesto the Irish envoys say
that a sense of the matchless genius of Mr
Parnell as leader, of the imperishable ser
vices he has rendered to the Irish cause, of
the oou age, integrity and splendid success
with which he has led their people
for ten years and the tie of oomradeslup
and personal respect and affection which
for yearn bound them to him have made
them suspend to the latest possible moment
their judgment agu.ast his further leader
ship. The ohligatiin; to express that judg
ment is to ail of them the most painful duty
of their lives. No t .artliiv consideration
could have moved t'hetP to their determina
tion except a soiemt conviction that they
aro driven to choose between Mr. Parnell
and the destruction of their country’s cause.
So painfully alive were they to all that
might tie involved in the ioss of such a
leader tiiat they eagerly co-operated with
their colleagues in every effort to retain
his influence in their counsels. The
manifesto which Parnell has just issued
cuts them off from the last hopes to which
they clung. Anxious to avoid any word
that might embitter the controversy, they
would not and well upon the cruel injustice
with which he treats the members of the
party that has followed him with a loyalty
hi and affection such as no leader ever experi
enced before.
A LEAGUE BRANCH GOES BACK ON HIM.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 30.—The Par
nell branch of tho Irish Na ional League to
day adopted a resolution calling upon Mr.
Parnell to retire from the leadership of tho
Irish parliamentary party, and tuo secre
tary was directed to teiegraoh the resolu
tion to Messrs. Dillon and O’Brien, at Chi
cago. aud to the Irish leaders in London.
This branch is one of tho oldest in tbe coun
try, and Las been regnrded| as one of the
most important. It reached its decision to
day after a discussion lasting more than an
hour.
MORLEY ANSWERS PARNELL.
London, Nov. 30. —Mr. Morley writes to
the press as follows: “The manifesto of Mr.
Parnell contains two or three statements
affecting me, which I desire without loss
of tune to correct. As to the first, I made no
sort of attempt to fetter Mr. Parnell’s ac
tion with reference to the land bill. lie
agreed with me in all our conversations that
tho bill ought to be opposed as omitting
the principle of Deal control, and for other
reasons specified in bis speech of April 21.
The oniv quest! n was as to the form of the
motion for the rejection of the bill. 1
pointed out t > him on April 14 that, as
many liberals objected to the whole princi
ple of the bill, an amendment stating their
reasons would lie less suitable than a motion
for its rejection simpliciter. Mr. Parnell
assented. Two days later he explained to
me his alternative plan for fining down rents,
and this, at his request, I immediately com
municated to Mr. Gladstone. The same
evening 1 wrote lo Mr. Parnell that Mr.
Gladstone t'eit we could have nothing to
say about his plan, one wav or another,
but that, of course, be was perfectly fee to
propound it on his own responsibility—s i
completely did we recognize that our rela
tions with the Irish party were those ot na
independent alliance, and not ot a fusion.
NO PROPOSAL MADE.
“Second, Mr. Parnell imputes to mein our
conversation of Nov. 10, five days before
the pr readings in court were begun, a
remarkable proposal with the ol dec* of
absor ing tho Irish party into English
politics by means < t office. 1 made no pro
posal. It was natural that in free, confi
dential discussion of the possible future, I
should wish to make sure fer Mr. Glad
stone’s information that M-. Pnr.ieb still
held to himself his declaration of 18*9.
Hi3 answer to my inquiry was what ! fuliv
anticipated.
Third, Mr. Parnell's account of wbat
passed or. the same occasion on the snme
subject of evicted tenants on plan of cam
paign estates ;s wholly incorrect. I ob
served that some dbect act’on might be
come necessary, though 1 foresaw tho diffi
culties in the way of legislation. J never
said that lor anv of my c illeagm- had
formed any conclusions Against h gb-latlon.
I never said or hinted that it would be itn
pcneiuls for an Irish parliament to do any- (
thing in the mailer. I did my that
who’her by direct or inti rret notion
evicted tenant* ought not to bo ail,wl to
oilier. As to Tlppararv. there is all the
difference bet ween a semi bio perception of
the difficulties and that a*-M<ir which Mr.
Parnell ascribes to ms. Mr. Gladstone it
well able to Ural with his own sliure of the
manifesto, hut 1 am bound to wty that Nov.
lo I was under the inoH distinct itnpre*-
ston that Mr. Parnell did not object to the
suggestions thrown out at Ha warden a year
ago us subjects for provisional examination
if these suggestion* were like y to m*o rhe
sohere generally accq.table to Great
Britain.”
A CAUSE WITHOUT A IXAUER.
Mr. Gladstone, writing to Air. M dlor,
Liberal candidate at Basset low, s.iys: “ Mr.
Parnell's manifesto has widened' tho gnif
made by the recent dieclokiires and separated
him from the Liberal party, who bavo now
to Consider tbe great and nobl cause
of ju-Uco for Ireland apart from
any Individual name. But 1 um giad to
think, so far as appears, that there will not
be a severance between ns and the nationalist
party, for Mr. Parnell throws <>vsr his
colleagues. He acknowledges in them no
right or auihority; and gone past the con
stitutional representatives of his country in
his fanatical appeal to the nation which
had chosen them to epeek its wauts and
wishes.”
I’AUNELL HOLDS A DFXTI.su.
Mr. Parnell had by telegraph invited
those cf his colleagues who are favorable to
his retention in the Umdei ship to most him
Saturday evening at the Westminster
Palace hotel. Twenty-four of those Invited
met Mr. Parnell and together they discussed
the situation, Mr. Parnell i formed those
present of tho relations between himself and
the liberal leader*, find expresneil a de
termination to light to the last.
SURE TO BE BEATEN.
Another canvass of the Parnellite party
was made yesterday for the purpose cf
forecasting the rosult of tho vote to be taken
at to-morrow’s meeting regarding Mr.
Par noil’s retention. It showed that Messrs.
•Listin, Huntley, McCarthy, Mac Neill, Mc-
Kenna, ui.d Taite are now pledged against
Mr. Parnell, and Messrs. Leamy, James P.
O’Uorman, Mahon, and Clancy are for him.
It is estimated that sixty-eight members of
tbe pt.rty will vote against Mr. Parnell and
twenty-four for him. The votes of seven
are considered doubtful. This estimate does
not include the delegates now in America,
HOW THE CHURCHMEN STAND.
Archbishop Croke has telegraphed Justin
McCarthy that he is stro. gly in favor of
the retirement of Mr. Parnoi).
Archbishop Walsh to-day telegraphed
William Martin Murphy, membor of par
liament for St. Patrick division of Dublin,
that the hierarchy would me t on Wednes
day next to consider the situation. The
archbishop says: “We have been slow to
act, trusting that the party will act
manfully. Our considerate silence and re
serve is boing dishonestly interpreted, but
Archbishop Croke’s telegram will make
further misrepresentation impossible.”
Michael Duvitt was to-day shown a tele
gram from America, saying that the
five Irish delegates in America
declare that Nr. Parnell’* con
tinuance in tbe leadership was
an impossibility. He said: “I never
doubted the decision of Mosers. Dillon and
O’Brien when tbe casa was fully before
them. It must have cost thorn much pain
to arrive at such a dadsi in. Its weight
with the Irish people will bo immense.’’
PARNELL'S DESPERATION.
London, Dec. 1, 4 a. m.—The Daily Tele
graph says: “Mr. Parnell has sent ins ulti
matum to Mr. Gladstone, with a threat that
unions he receives iu twenty-four hours a
reply favorable to hit interest* he will
reveal everything past, present and future
concerning the relations of tbe English
radical party and biluself. Mr. Gladstone
ignores the threat.”
FORCE BILL OHANOS3.
Senator Quay Anaounces Hia Opposi
tion to it.
Washington Nov. Quay
has announced here that he will opp se the
passage of tho force bill if an attempt is
made to paw that measure in tbe Beuate
during the coming session. A number of
other republican Senators are said to be
opposed to this bill, but the radicals appear
to be determined to take up the measure
unles tbe opp itution to it is too pronounced.
Spooner May be Attorney General.
W ashington, Nov. 30.—The prevailing
sentiment hero at this time is that Attorney
General Miller will bo appointed associate
justice of the supreme court, and if this is
done Senator Sp oocr will probably suc
ceed him as attorney general.
Georgia Congressman on Hand.
Washington', Nov. 30. —Representatives
Crisp, Blount and Barnes have arrived.
THROWN INTO THE HARBOR.
ASanitary Inspector Roughly Handled
by Emugglera.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 30.—A special
from Punfa Gorda to the 'limee-lfnion
says: “News Ims just reached here of an
outrage committed by Spanish smugglers
on the port sanitary inspector in Charlotte
harbor. His name is Morris Cochran, and
he was appointed by tho state hoard of
health. He boarded a Spanish schooner.
When asked to show papers the crew seize!
him and threw him overboard, afterward
cutting bis boat loose. With much difficulty
ho reached the shore. The schooner sailed
off and her name could not be learned.
COMPLAINT TO TIIE TREASURY.
"State Health Officer Farter ha* made
official complaint to tho treasury- depart
ment and tbe marine hospital service, be
sides notifying the state department that
Spanish vessels continually violate inter
national law and treaty obligations by fish
ing in Florida waters inside the marine leauge
limit. Cuba has placed a high duty on
Aiuericau fish, and this, with tho violations
of the law, has broken up the export fish
business from Key West, which formerly
amounted to $100,600 or more annually, and
tbe state health board asks for a coast patrol.
The revenue cutter is insufficient.’’
AN fiX?fiE33 CAR RAIDED.
The Alan Who Pleyed the Highway
men How in Jail.
Wist Point, Miss., Nov. 30.—Two men
were captured here this afternoon nnd put
in jail for robbing an express car on the
Georgia Pacific road near Icdianola, last
night. Asa westbound train entered Bogus
Chitto s a amp a large, heavy built man,
with a red bandanna over bii face, entered
the mail car, covered tiie agent
with a revolver, and made him
go before him to the express car. When in
the express car he compelled the exnress
agent to hand over the money packages.
He tnen backed out aud jumped off. lie
got but SBSO. The men arrived here this
afternoon arid v.ae j fined by a pal, mid both
wore arrested, tne robber having teen
pointed out by the conductor of tbe train,
who had re' jjved a description of him from
the mail auil express agent*.
a Hardware Company A Helens.
Meridian, Miss,, Nov. 30.— The Melton
Hardware Foiiipnny made an assignment
last nlgut. its liabilities are |50,6(X). Tbe
amount of its anss-ts t unituowu. The in
debtedueea i* iuu*tiy iu Ne v York, Haiti
more, St. Loul* aud Louisville.
A labarua'a Mason*.
Mo y monk it v, Ala., Ns>v. Bft Th*
grand lodge ami grand chapter of Mason*
will meet in this city to-morrow. A great
number ut delegate* ore already here.
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.
WHAT THE STATE’S SO LONS ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
The Lump Sum Compensation Bill.
No Dog Legislation Suggesi ed Mem
bers who Talk Well and Dree* Weil.
Some Small Economies The Slouch
Hat the Fashion—Other Interesting
Items.
Atlanta, Nov. 39.—1 tis gsuerailv con
ceded that there nffi be an adj Mimed set
siua of the legislature uext summer.
Iu the controversies that go on a neat tho
specifying of a certaiu sum for legislators
instead of the present per diem two things
aro noticeable.
One is the spirit which would find gratili
rato nin adjourning si,>r die on thetLirty
ninth day in order that the fact
might be boastfully paraded before
constituencies that ihe representatives had
not put tho state to the expense of the extra
session. The number who exhibit this trait
is large, mid nearly every ono of them voted
against, a bill requiring tho kee; er of the eap
itol building to rave the elevator operatoJ,
because it would cost too muon. Aiuechanio
com puled for me the other day that steam
was generated for heating purposes, and tho
expanse of running the elevator would
amount to about 12 cents par day in addi
tion to the wngei of au elevator boy.
Tho other thing is the tieliet that the
compensation suggested, $l6O, would not
secure to the state the best legislative re
sults. Those who hold this belief figure
prominently Iu each day's proceedings. The
aim of tho $l6O bill is to discountenance an
extension ot the newton. Had the bill bean
in force during the last legislature, a cor
poral's guard could not bavo been secured
for the consideration of tho Western ami
Atlantic railroad wrangle. A legislator is
human. Ho will not give oven tho state ills
time when it yields no stipend.
GOV. NOIITfIKN'B IDEAS.
Gov. Northern’s message co taine.l some
trito facts and suggestions about the matter
of lengthy legislative Hitting.:. Heveral
bills embodying his ideas I,avo been intro
duced, and theso were referred to a special
committee. When this committee reports
their work will doubtless afford machine y
for framing special legislation, such as
charters for railroads, banks, aud the like.
Senator Glenn pointed out to me the
other day that ono-ihird of tho Work of tue
last assembly was devoted to granting such
legislation. He favors a plan by which tbe
office of the secretary of atate will oo tho
avenue of imaaaun*. He says the equip
ment of that department is already cov
ered, and any trifling increase iu its clerical
force, made necessary by the new duties,
would bo cheerfully borne by the state if
the work of the general assembly
could be lessened by one-third. Another
advantage lie claims for his plans is that
applications would be considered by export*
who would be quick to detect where more
wa, asked than the state cousin ently oaroil
to yield, and time oould betaken to digest
tho petitions.
This last, idea is a good ono. Tho bright
est legal light* would bring befogged wI•
to the consideration of measures,
if compelled by conflicting de
mands and duties to rush about as
many of bis len talented brother
members of tbe present house aro required
to do from early morning until late at
night. Tho brainier members have no time
of their own. Committee* ara in moating
during the afternoon and nt night, anil it i
not unusual fir a member to spend twelve
and fourteen hours at tho cspitol, It is
wiiou viewing the work of these lunn that
the provisions of tho bills apportioning
them, a* it wore, begrudgingly, paltry
pittances, that tho proposition lookß like an
insult.
PROPOSED INCREASE OF THE POLL TAX.
(,'ounplcuou* by his a teen os so far has been
the member who is always wanting to do
something with dog*. No bill us yet ha*
been offered vesting the canine) of the state
with new responsibilities.
Mr. Jackson of Heard is discussing a bill,
as yet in preparation, tho burden of which
i* to make tho poll tax $2. Tho oriticiim
made by tho*o with whom he ho* discussed
the Dill is tiiat a law i* required which
would insure tha collection of all the unpaid
one dollars due tho state by derelict oitizenp.
Editor Hoifeuillet. of Maoon ha* intro
duced a bill in tho House which is equal in
importance to ti e one now committed, pro
hibit ng locomotivo engineers from ruin ing
more than twelve hours, and requiring that
they rest another twelve hours. Mr. Bol
feuillet Winbes it to be made unlawful for
telegraph or railroad companies to employ
inexperienced b.ys or girl* as telegraph
operator*. Hi* bill will break up the train
ing school of “plugs" while not
aiming at it. Those who have
mastered wbat the guild terms “Mor.re,”
i. e. the telegraphic alphabet, me sent out
f> the small *Uc.l na oa tbe railroads. Tho
work is not heavy, but if only one train
order a day is received, and that should not
be read aright, tbe result will bs serious, if
not <!i***trous. The bill alms nt securing
better men at these Imp rtant post*. Mr.
Boif uillet sav* if a place t* of sufficient,
importance to jus ify the employment there
of an operator, the party stationed there
should lie familiar with the exactions of the
post.
The bill creating a road duty or forfeit
for Savannah litis been the subject of com
ment here during th* readings of the bill.
All grant that tho streets of Savannah ore
susceptible of improvement, but tue reading
of the bill suggests tbe procedure of “Biisz
borough” or sumo other obscure hamlet,
desirous of filling a gully,
WELL EQUIPPED Wmi VOII'BH.
When tbe pout pronounced a good voice
“a most excvlient thing in woman,” he
might have, without erring, commended a
similar possession by legislators. Two of
the members of either houso are conspicu
ously equipped in this respect. It damages
the chances of a measure to a degree to have
tho Bonorou* voices of Clerk Harden of the
House, or Secretary “Bill" Harris of the
Senate ewell out and fill tho architraves
under the dome after week, falsetto t i cs
have piped nut a request for "unanimous
consent to introduce a short local bill.”
Bornor of Montoe ha* a good voice, and
one that compels an audience, it is flexible
and expressive. It will take up a dainty
sentiment or well rounded period, and invest
it with new beauties and interest* a*
only lew men can do. At no time, either, is
the subject secondary to tiie manner, a* it
frequently true of those apt iu elocutionary
eiisays.
Hon. “Bob" Whitfield is cool a* a fish
in hi* preliminary sentence*. He warms
up uud u distinct of intonation, and punctu
al with his pauses, a* carefully a* if be
vfoi druwug a legal paper, aud the absence
of a comma would Jeopardize t ie suit.
W ben the speaker rec ignize* "the gentle
man from Coweta” the Home mum ter* are
all attention, and they aro rewarded fur
their interest, for Hon. W. Y. Alkiunou
is always Interesting. He would not
i* eo-t for the bass > pert iu opera, neither
would he be eigoed as town orter. His
striking characteristic is earnestness, and
hi* vocal range for expresecinif t'-ii i limited
to tuoee middle chord* that give us the burl
torn* end contralto. 11 i* a pßosant void* J
nnd d> light* tbe ear, while the round i* tak
ing in cUau-cut, mat are logic.
Mr. Calvin of Richmond is strikingly
lacking in a vocalquahty that la about tho
onlr cnaracteristic of several other mem
bers aggressiveness.
Mr. Tfariridge bus a little way of pausing
jut before lie resohes the end of bis sent
ence n ,and then springing nimbly to the finish
in a tone two full notes lower than hie initial
register. But with turn it it conspicuously
what lie savs, not how he says it. Ha is
booked for a lecture ot the opera house here
at an na ly day. His subject is not as yet
auuouuctxl. He delights in an unique vo
cabulary. Several of those with an appre
ciative ear for such thinin nodded approv
ingly when a bill, intreduced by him, men
tioned “tho bifurcation of loads, etc.
Gen. Uordon's voice it considerable
factor iu his Wonderful inllueme over ids
audiences. By the way, i have had cO{ui
"imre Iu ne way and another ot the note* of
reference of many speakers, but those used
by Ueu. Gordon were unique He divided
up several pages of paper like a ucwlv
plutt-d ump where ihe budding lots aro ir -
regular. Iu the iuclos.,re tlie general writes
tho topics of which lie desire* to speak.
THEY WANT TO REE THEMSELVES.
Ono or two of the members war* be-ttoan
ing the absence of lcxtklnir g!nte* in the
drawing rooms one day last wok, hut they
nil admitted that, they would do without
mirrors tho ie.t,,f thoir lives rather than
ofl’er a resolution requesting that *uoh tofint
adjuncts be supplied. Due would hardly
believe such a state of affairs existed glanc
ing down from the galleries at tho well
groomed form* of some of the membors.
Among those who have good tailors niKi
keep them busy are Gibbet of Columbus.
Baxter and Bolfeutllet of Macon, Williams
of Augusta, Clifton of Savaunah, who
affect* exquisite I,a France buds on the
lapel of hi* Prince Albert, ami Editor Ha t.
ridge. Those men aro tnsstei s of that, sor
torial art which, in dressing well, avoid*
advertisement of tho fact.
Hpoaker Howell would have been in this
category last, reason, but ho ha* developed a
fondaess for a soft slouch hat, and Knox
Youman’s Dunlap, or. for tnnt matter,
1’ ipo, here in Atlanta, would not daro to
put ths cachet of their approval on such
head wear.
An inoideut is eloquent in pnlutlng a
moral for those who nave design on tho
political arena, and iu triteuesi mirk be the
exouso for telling it. One of
the most stubbornly oontosted
matters that has recently been decided bor
rowed much of tho bltternesi it held from
tho attitude of the Isdlos. fine fti'iily had
“cut” another family related to tho oppo
nent* and polite recrimination* were the or
der for snvenl days. Adjudication of the mat
ter has not eased the s.rai od relations, and
I Ivurii that those who entertain in this city
where this state of afful;*exists have not
the temerity to bring the ladies together.
T. P. H.
ALL QUIET AT PINK RIDGE.
An Attempt to btop tho Dance Would
Precipitate Trouble.
Omaha, Nov. 30.—A special to the Bee
from Pine lUdge Agency, H. D., via RusL
ville, N. 1)., says everything is unusually
quiet, "it was rumored Friday night that
tme Ninth Oavnlry would go to Wounded
Knee creek and stop the ghost dance in
progress at that piece, but ns yet they have
not moved, although they are expected to
go every moment, if they do there will tie
trouble. It Is reported by Frank Kirard.gov
crument scout, that the Rosebud Indians at
Wounded Knee creek will be iu to-day.
A SLIM CHANOS FOR A ROW.
“They ore tho last to come, nnd if there
is yet a chance for a row I fall to soo
where it ih, for the only chance for trouble
is that if they attempt to disarm the In
dians there are sotno young bucks that will
not tamely give tip their arms, and are lia
ble to raise a disturbance. The cowboys on
Wnito river have gathered nt Ben Ttb
bitt’s ranch for protection and are prepared
to fight for their lives if naccessary."
NKVVB FROM GUN. I!ROOKY.
Chicago, Nov. 30.—About 8 o'olrok to
night, Gen. Williams received the following
important telegram from Gen. Brooke, who
is in command at Pine lildgo agency;
“There is no matei'lni change horn in tho
situation. A few Indians of this agency
have gone out to look after their t roperty
of. their nemos In varfetw dis
tricts. A few lodge* have slipped
away and job od the Rosebud Indians,
who have, it is raoor.o t. m irel t heir camp
to White river, about thirty mile* from
Pine Kid n. Tho reports of d-i/redatloi.s
by tho Indian* have not been substantiated
as i et. Parties are now looking into the
matter. The Indians here are suffering for
food, i have nothing to give them. Tho
proverbial improvidence cf tho Indian* and
the insufficiency of hi* food cause* this."
Upon receipt of this telegram, Uen. Miles,
who is now at VV ashington, was telegraphed
its content*.
It was but a few moment* thereafter
when Gen. Williams received a telegram
from ( apt. Hurst, who it in comrouud at
Fort Bennett, stating that dancing still
continue* ut ('berry Greek. Cherry Greek
i* where the two chief* Hump and Big
Foot ure the leader*.
Gen. Milos loaves Washington for Chi
cago Monday.
FLIGHT OF THIS SRTTLKRS.
Bt. Paul, Minn., Nov. 30.—A special to
the Pioneer Brest from Dickinson, Neb.,
says: “Tho Indian trouble* are causing
much alarm to settler* at remote place*
west of here. The citizen* of Beiflnld,
twenty miies west, were surprised yester
day to see fettlers with their families com
ing in from all direction*. They were all
very scared, having heard that tie Indians
were camped on Grand river, fifty
mile* south. The situation wasso alarming
that leading oitizsos urrtvod herefrom Bol
field to-d*y, to consult with the authorities
and learn the truth of th situation. There
i* good authority for saving that Iwml* of
Indian* arc congregating on the Grand
river and acting suspiciously,’’
Two Deaths at the Kimball.
Atlanta, Ga.. Nov. SO.—Two deaths
occurred at tho Kimlial! hotm this morn
ing.
T. W. Knottier of Kllaville, Fla., was
found dead iri his bed, and evidence pointed
to heart disease at tho cause. The remains
will be sent home. He wa* yesterday suf
fering apparently from aathina.
Tic-other death was that of the invalid
sen of a Chicago family named Roberts.
Farms for Rueelati Israelitse.
Baltimore, Mp., Nov. 30. —The Balti
more branch of the Jewish alliance met thin
evening in Carroll hall to take action toward
assisting such of the Russian Israelites as
may cows to this section of the country,
ana to devise plans for colonizing theiu up.ui
fanning mjcß
Inauguration Day in Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov, Ba—The In
augural! >u of Guv.-elect Jones takes plaoa
to-morrow. There will be an liutne *e
crowd iu attendance. All ttiu military
cnopuoie* of the state, forty iu number,
will take part iu the proceeeion.
Carriage Manufacturers Assign.
Cincinnati, Nov. 3U.—Heston &
Uarke, carriage oiauufauturers at Noe. 16i
to 166 West fUoouU street, have assigned.
Tne Arm etpc't* to pay itc/Uar for dollar.
swr*-*" "**'
i DAILY, sl9 a WAii f
•{ SCENTS A COPY. r
I WEEKLY, $lB5 \ YEAR.
ON THE SKA OK GALILEE.
TALMAGE TELLB OF HIS RIDE OH
ITB AZURE WATERS.
No Vestige of the Fiinoua Fleet of Jo
sephtrs— I The Different Names by
Which tho Body Is Known-The
Ga 1 r and Herod Antipoa the Two
Groat Charaoteraof the Region.
Brooklyn, N. Y.,Nov.3o.—Dr.Taimago
preached to-day tin* tenth of his scries of
sermon* on his Pales in tour, describing hi*
experiences on the hike whose water* were
once sttbed at the ominniul of Christ. The
sertnou, which was delivered in the Brook
lyn Academy of Music iu the merning and
as usual repeuted before nil enormous au
dience ot the Christian Herahl service in
New York, In t.bo evening, was from the
text: “lie entered into u ship, aud eit fa
theena, and tho whole multitude was by the
m>t on tbe land." Meric iv., 1.
It is Monday morning in our Palestine ex
perienoee, ami the sky in a blue Galilee
above, ns in the tiont we sail ti e blue Gali
lee beneath. It is thirteen mile* long aud
six mile* w ide, but the atmosphere is so
dear tt seems ns if I could cast a stone
from beach to tiearh. The take looks na
though it lmd been let down on silver pul
leys from the heavens, aud were a section
of the sea of glass that Bt. John dasenbee
ns a part of the celestial landscape. l ake
Galilee is a depression of flWJfect in which
the river Jo:dan widens ami tarries a little,
for the river Jordan come* In nt its north
side ud departs from Its south side,
so this lake ha* its cradle and
it* grave. its white satin cradle
is among tho snows of Mount Hermin,
where tho Jordan starts, and its sepulcher
is tho Dead Hca, into which tho Jordan
empties. Lake Onto of Italy, I,akeGeneva
of Switzerland, Lake Lomond of Bo >tiand,
lake Winnipesaukee of America, are
larger, hut Lake Galilee is the greatest
diamond that ever dropped from the Huger
of the clouds, and, whether encamped <
it* bank* as wo were yesterday aud wor
shipping at its crystul altar*, or wudieg
tut’) tt* waves, which make ail ordinary
hath solemu as a baptism, or now putting
out upou It* sparkling surface in a boat, ih
is something to talk about, and pray about,
and slug about, until the lips with wh’oh
we now deeorihe it can neither talk, nor
pray, nor sing.
A* * mutinies a beautiful child in a neigh
borhood bos a half-dozen pet name*, and
urn ot the neighbors call her by on* name,
and other* by *uotbei, so thin pet lake of
the planet lon a profusion of names. Ask
the Arab a* he goes by what this sheet of
water is and lie will call it Taburiyeh. Ask
Moses of thn Old Tostsiueut. aud tie calls it
Bea of Cblnncretli. Ask Matthew and he
call* tt Bea of Galilee. Ask Luke aud ha
cab* it Hen of Genpetaret. Ask John and
be calhi it Boa of Tiberias. Aak Josephu*
and Eusebius, and they hove other tinmen
ready, hut to me it appear* a child of tke
sky, as’arof the hitla, u rhapsody of the
mountains, the baptismal bowl of the world’s
temple, the emile of tho great God. Many
kinds of fish are found In t heeo waters, every
kind of tree upon ir* bank, from ttioso that
grow in the torrid zone to tiiosi iu the frigid,
from tbe palm t > the cedar.
Of the 236 warship* Josephus maoeuverel
on these water*—for Jutepbus was a war
rior a* well a* a historian —there reninin*
not ono piece of a hulk, or one patch of a
canvas, <ir ono splinter of an <mr. But re
turn to America we never will until wa
havn bail a sail upon this inland sen. Nod
from a wharl, but from a beach covered
with block and whiGi pebble*, e go on
board a boat about ten or twelve tons, to
be propelled partly by nisil and partly by
water. The must lean* so fur forward that
it reams about to fall, but wa find it was
purposely so built, and the rope through a
pulley manage* to hoist arid let down the
end. It I* a rough boat and a* tarn* pos
sible! removed from u Venetian gondola or
a sportsman’s yacht. With a oomtnon saw
amt hammer and nx tunny cf you oould
moke a betier one. Four barefooted Arabs,
Instead of sitting down to their oars, stand
us they always do in rowing, and puli away
from shore, i insist on helping, for there is
nothing more exhilarating to me than row
ing, but 1 soon bvl enough of the olumy
oars, and tbe awkward attempt at welding
them while in stiindiug posture.
VVh put our overcoats and shawls on a
smell deck in tbe stern of the boat, the very
kind of a deck where Christ lay on all Sher
man’s coet, when of old a tempest pounoed
upon the fishing smack of tho uffright<*t,
disciple*. .Ospreys and wild dnok aud
ktntlshora fly overhead or dip their wings
ineo the lake, mistaking it for a fragment*
of fallen sky. Can it lie that those Bible
■tones about sudden storms on this lake are
true i Is it possible that a sea of suck
seeming placidity of tuniper could ever rise
aud rape at the heavens ? It does not seeut
at if this happy family of olcmouU could
have ever luui a falling out, aud the water
strike at the clouds and tbe clouds strike a*
tbo water.
Full away, oarsmen 1 On our right bunk
are the hot sulphur baths, so hot they ara
scalding, and the water* must cool off a
long while before hand or foot can endure
their temperature. Volcanoes have beer*
boiling these wstor* for centuries. Five
springs roll their resources into two
greet swimming reservoirs. King
Hei od thsrs tried to bathe off
tiie results cl hi* excesses, ami
Fiiny and Josephus dascribed the spurting*
out of these VLlcauic beats, and Joanna aud
M‘ ‘in* knew almut them, sud this moment
long lines of pilgrim*, from all pirts of the
earth, are waiting for their turn to step
into the steaming restoratives. Le*
tho boat, as far us possible, and not run
aground, hue tho western shore of
the lake, that wo may see the city of Tiber
ias, ouoe a g oat capit si, of the architecture
of which a tow mosaics and fallen pillars,
and pedestals, and here and there a broken
and > hatter* and frieze, remain, mightily sug
gestive of the time when lierod Antipaa
bad a palace here and reigned with an
opulence and pomp, and cruelty and abomi
nation that paralyze* the fingers of tha
historian whou be comes t> writo it and tbo
fingers of the painter when be attempts to
transfer it to canvas, Is pposo be was ona
of tiie worst men that ever lived. And
what a contrast of character comes at
every moment to the thoughtful traveler in
i’ali'Stiiie, what her be walks tbe beach of
this lake or sails, as we now do, those
waters!
Bide by side are the two great characters
of th.S lake region: Jesus aud Ilerod Anu-
I s*. And did any age produce any such
antipodes, any such antitheses, uuv such
oppreitesf Kindness aud Cruelty, Holiness
and Kiitb, Generosity and lleotme**, Self
sacrifice and Selfishness, tbe Buperual and
the Infernal, Midnoou and Midnight. The
father of this Herod Autip*. was a genius
at asa*Kinatiou. He oould msnufaotur*
■nor* reasons for putting people out of this
life tbau any man in all history. He send* for
liyrcanu* to oorue from Babylon to Jerusa
lem to be mode High Pne*t and slays hfan. Re
ha* hi* brother-in-law while in battling with
turn drowned by the king’s attendant*. He
slays bis wife and hi* wife’* mothar, and tee*
of hi* sun* and in* w ait, and tilled a volume
ot atrocities, tbe lent 0.. enter of which was
t! • ptmrrr et ail the bales at B#itdh*su.
With *uGi a fatter o* ibrod tbe Great, yo*
*r* not surprised that this Uerud Autipae.
whose palace Stood on Die bank of tin* Sake
we now ssdl, • eoiafcß>Hw> of wp-
