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j Established 1860. iKcoaro rated 1888. r
J. H. ESTILL, President. J
REDWINE IS A PRISONER.
tiß WAS FOUND IN A EOUSB IN
THE SUBURBS OF ATLANTA.
Be Admits a Shortage of $23,000,
But Denies That He Carried Off
$60,000 When He Left the Bank.
Only $413 Found on Els Person.
Two Men Arrested on a Charge of
Helping Him to Escape.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24.—Great excite
ment was created here to-day by the arrest
of lewis Redwine, the defaulting cashier of
the Gate City National Bank. The arrest
was made at 12:30 o’olock by Policeman J.
T. Wicnbueh. who was off duty at the time.
Bedwlne was hiding in the suburbs, near
the East Tennessee railroad shops, at the
residence of D. L. Oakes, No. 97 Rockwell
street. His whereabouts was betrayed by
Mrs. Oakes, the mistress of the bouse, who
had admitted him during the night as a
lodger, not at the time knowing who he
wasi Mrs. Oakes will get the SI,OOO re
ward for lodging Redwine one night.
Horace Owens, a private detective well
known to the local department, and H. H.
Black, an employe of Marsh, Smith & Marsh,
wholesale dry goods merchants, have been
arrested as accomplices of Redwine, charged
with abetting bis esoape.
ADMITS A SHORTAGE OF $23,000.
Redwine denies having carried any money
away with him on his flight from the bank,
but admits a shortage of $23,000. Oulv
$413 were found In his pockets by the polioe,
though no clew to the $50,000 whioh
the bank olaims Redwine took out
of the vault last Tuesday before his
flight has .'.been obtained. This disclosure
has added complication to the already
tangled situation, and has thrown suspicion
on the statements of the bank officials.
Sensational developments of greater
magnitude than any that have been hereto
fore published are expeoted to be sprung at
any moment and great excitement conse
quently prevails.
A RUSH TO SEE THE PRISONER.
When the report of Redwiue’s capture
was started in circulation it spread like a
whirlwind. In less than fifteen minutes
from the time the word was telephoned
to the ohief of police it was upon every
tongue. Business man left their desks and
rushed toward the polioe station, and law
yers by the score joined the populace in
a mad rush toward the same goal. No
such eoene of excitement has ever been
approaohed in the criminal history of
this cityi By the time the hack
containing the defaulting cashier and
Chief Detective Wright dashed into sight
Pryor street, in the vicinity of the station,
was blockaded for a square in each direc
tion, with 2,000 people scarcely able to con
trol themselves in their excited effort to
catch a glimpse of the young man who had
demolished the Gate City National Bank
by his fast life.
rbdwine’s escape.
When the absoonding cashier left the
bank on last Tuesday afternoon he says he
walked out of the Pryor street door of the
b®Dk saloon, though Vice President Wel
born Hill was standing at the corner watch
ing both this and the Alabama street
entranoe. He went straight to the suburbs
in the southern portion of the city and to
the notorious establishment of a woman of
bad charaoter known as Cora Howard.
Redwine refuses to say much about his
flight and- nothing at all concerning his
relations with the bank just prior to his
flight. He remarked to the ohief of police,
however, that the reason he did not escape
was that he had not sufficient money to
do so.
A MYSTERY AND A CLOSE CALL.
There is a mystery surrounding his man
ner of reaching the Cora Howard establish
ment and also as to what his intentions
were after reaching that place. Tuesday
night this house was visited by deteotives
twice in search of Redwine, but he suc
ceeded in escaping capture by hiding be
tween two mattresses while the officers
searched the very room in which he was
Becreted. From the stories of Owens and
Blaok, the men arrested as Red
wine’s accomplices, it appears that
Owens learned of Redwine’s presence
in the Howard place Tuesday night, and
after the search of the city it is believed he,
in company with Black, succeeded in discov
ering the cashier. What agreement was
made between them is not yet known, but
it is established that Redwine left Cora How
ard’s house and slept under the roof of
Owens’home on Wednesday night. Then
on Thursday night, in order to disarm sus
picion it is presumed, Owens and Black took
the cashier to the house of Mrs. Oakes, where
he was finally arrested, to spend that night.
A DOUBLE GAME SUSPECTED.
The theory of the police is that Owens
worked a double game on Redwine. When
he was discovered it is believed that Owens
agreed to assist him to escape, instead of de
livering him up to the law, in oonsideration
o fa mug bribe, and that after receiving this
money he intended to keep the young man
in his reach until the reward, whioh was
finally announced last night, should be of
fered, when he would deliver him up and
claim this prize. Fate, however, seemed to
overtake this scheme. It so happened that
Mrs. Oakea, to whose bouse Owens took
Redwine, had known the young man and
his family well in Coweta oounty, and when
she saw him, she at once recognized him
aud determined to win the reward herself.
THE CAPTURE.
Accordingly she notified Polioeman Wim
bush to come to heron a given sigual, and
when Owens was away and Redwine locked
In his room she and the policeman pro
ceeded to effect the capture. The police
man mashed open the door of the room and
"Ith his pistol leveled ordered Redwine to
throw up his hands. The cashier offered to
outbid the reward by SSOO to be released,
but his bribe was refused by the polioeman.
Redwine says he would have killed himself,
fiut he lost his pistol.
A BIG SCANDAL EXPECTED.
It is believed that when he oonfesses
*ully, he will implicate others who were
Partakers of his stealings,and a big scandal
!s anticipated. Many due hills from promi
nent society men are said to have been
ouud among Kedwlue's papers, showing
Ibe iHufning
that he helped his friends, and was sacri
ficed by them,
The bank officers and lawyers were in
oloee conference with Red wine all the after
noon, but what passed between them was
kept profoundly secret. The cashier takes
his oapture carelessly enough, but is ex
tremely nervous and shattered in personal
appearance.
DEPOSITORS NOT TO LOSE.
Bank Examiner Campbell is in charge of
the bank, nut is not able yet to say any
thing more than that the depositors will
get their money.
Ihe suicide of Tom Cobb Jackson is by
many who taik about it taken
to indicate that he was in
some way implicated in the
Redwine affair. There seems to he no
ground for this supposition beyond the
warm friendship existing between the two
men. They belonged to the same social
set, and were close friends. Jackson &
Jackson were the attorneys for the bank.
It is said that Redwii.e had per
mitted young Jackson to overdraw
his account heavily, and while he
was in no wav involved in the defalcati n
it was probable that Jackson’s act was due
to the fact that his mind became unbal
anced through brooding over his friend’s
troubles. He had been drinking consider
ably, whioh was the real reason for the
deed.
THE MONET LOST IN SPECULATION.
Atlanta, Ga. , Feb. 25, 2a. m.— All the
afternoon and for two hours to-night the
Hills and Jack Spalding remained in oon
ferenoe with Redwme. He was stubborn
for a long time but finally broke down and
asked to see Mr. Spalding alone. Mr.
Spalding is the counsel for the creditors.
He asked Redwine to make a clean breast
of everything and the young man did so.
He said that there was a sort of blind pool
or syndicate of men outside the bauk who
used the bank’s funds to speculate in ootton
and stocks. They lost $70,000. This impaired
the capital and outside bankers were asked to
help the Gate City. They put up a fund
and braced it then. That isjthe reasou they
would not help it Wednesday night. Mr.
Spalding savs that the names of the men in
the pool will never be known through Red
wine. They are known, however, to others
and will come out eventually. At midnight
the chief of police is considering whether he
shall send out and arrest some prominent
young men who visited Redwine while he
was in hiding at Cora Howard's assignation
house.
THE HOWARD WOMAN ARRESTED.
Cora Howard was arrested to-night as an
accomplice. Owens has confessed that he
was acting in the employ of Redwine's
friends who wanted to secure his esoape.
He refused, however, to divulge the names
of those implicated. The confession has
created a great sensation. Federal war
rants have been sworn out against Red
wine, Owens and Black, and they will
probably be given a preliminary hearing
before the United States commissioners to
morrow. The latest theory is that Rod
wine’s friends outside the bank got most of
the money defaulted, and there are free
predictions that the whole affair will be
smoothed over if possible to shield promi
nent people.
In her statement to the ohief of police to
night Cora Howard stated that Redwine
came to her house Tuesday at 3 o’clock,
coming straight from the bank. He told
her that he was short at the bank $15,000
and that he wanted to stay there until it
could be fixed up, which would be very
probably the next day. The Howard woman
implicated a well known lawyer.
She said that the lawyer had
called at her house Tuesday night to
see Redwine and had lent him an overcoat,
whioh coat he wore when arrested to-day.
Chief of Polioe Connolly will arrest him
to-morrow, he said, for abetting Red
wine’s escape. This will lead to further
disclosures of names.
ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. *
A Strong Feeling of hostility Among
Some Members of the House
Washington, Feb. 24.— The Hawaiian
resolution introduced in the House recently
by Representative Springer calling for a
statement of the liabilities to be assumed
was considered to-day by the House ways
and means committee and referred to a
subcommittee consisting of Messrs.
Springer, Cookran, Turner, Payne and
Hopkins of Illinois.
Avery strong feeling of hostility to the
Hawaiian treaty is entertained by some of
the leading members of the House of Rep
resentatives. It is in every way possible
that the closing hours of this congress will
be made interesting by a lively debate
over the rights of the House in
this matter, with a declaratory resolution
expressing the conviction that no territory
should be aoquirod by this country without
the approval of both bouses of
The movement started witn some demo
cratic members, but some republicans are
inclined to take the same view of the mat
ter and to join in voting for a resolution of
the character proposed.
Paul Neuman, envoy of Queen Lillou
kalani now in this city, is endeavoring to
secure an opportunity to make an argument
before the committee on foreign relations of
the Senate, as a supplementary plea to a
statement heretofore laid by him before
Secretary Foster and by tbe latter trans
mitted to tbe Senate. He expects
to learn in a day or two whether
tbe oommittee desires to hear further on
the subject. The statement now before the
committee contains a mere recital of the
queen’s case. Mr. Neuman thinks it desira
ble that the members should have the ben
efit of wbat he may say in addition thereto.
SHERMAN’S BOND AMENDMENT.
Bland's Course on the Sundry Civil
Bill Meant to Delay It.
Washington, Feb. 24. —The House sent
the sundry civil bill to committee of the
whole to-day, Mr. Bland, as the leader of
the opposition to the Sherman bond amend
ment, having made tbeojbection which pre
vented tbe prompt consideration or the Sen
ate amendments asked for by Chairman
Holman of the appropriations committee.
The opposition of Mr. Bland and his fol
lowers to the Sherman amendment, which
moved them to throw the bill into commit
tee of tbe whole in order that they might
delay it with indefinite discussion, while
unreasonable, is consistent and will ap
parently be maintained. On the surface
Is is based simply an objection
to increasing the bonded indebtedness of
the government for the benefit of Wall
street but underneath it really rests on the
willingness to do what they think Mr.
Cleveland wants done. They ignore alto
gether the obvious reasons for the proposed
legislation. They are strong enough to pre
vent the adoption of the amendment, the
committee on mlee being unwilling to re
commend the closure proposed by Chair
man Holman, which would prevent the
filibustering proposed by the opposition.
Harrieon to Eecomsa Protessor.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Senator Stan
ford has persuaded President Harrison to
accept the law lecturership offered him in
Stanford University. He is to receive slo,-
000 annual salary for three months leetur
iug.
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1893.
FOSTER S NEW BOH D ISSUE
THE OBLIGATIONS PRINTED, BUT
NOT APT lO BE POT OUT.
President Harrison Determined to
Padd'e the Responsibility on the
Democratic Administration Only
Two More Gold Exporting Days to
Be Tided Over by the Present Ad
ministration.
Washington, Feb. 24.— There will be no
issue of bonds this week or next to replenish
the gold reserve if the necessity can be es
caped. This was the decision reached at the
cabinet meeting ts-day, aud it was the
opinion of most of those present that the ad
ministration could worry through the week
without tbe humiliation of increasing the
publig debt. The nans received at the
treasury department this morning indicated
that less gold would be takeu to-morrow
than was expected from the dispatches re
ceived yesterday. If the amount taken is
less than $1,000,000 it will be al
most offset by the small sums
which are drifting into the treasury from
day to day, as a result of Secretary Foster’s
skillful management. The latest statement
of the gold reserve places it at $104,347,794,
whioh leaves a margin of $4,000,000, before
the amount so long set aside for the re
demption of the greenbacks is reached.
This, it is believed, will be sufficient to
cover two more sailing days, Saturday of
this week and Tuesday of next week. Mr.
Cleveland will take the oath of offioe at
noon on Saturday week, and upon bis
shoulders will rest the responsibility for the
state of the treasury after that hour.
AFTER US THE DELUGE.
“After us the deluge” was never more
seriously spoken than by tbe members of
the outgoing oil ministration who are anx
ious to keep good President Harrison’s dec
laration: • ‘This is a bond-redeeming, i.ot a
boud-issuiug administration.” The Presi
dent is exceedingly auxious to get through
the last week of’ms administration without
au issue of bonds, but he has practically
told Secretary Foster that he will le ivo the
matter to be decided between him and Mr.
Carlisle. A suggestion which has been
several times discussed at the treasury
department is the refusal to pay
gold for the treasury notes
Issued under the Sherman aot. The object
of such a refusal would be to make it more
difficult to obtain gold from the sun-treas
ury at New York. The treasury notes aud
the old legal tender notes are the only meant
of drawing the free gold from tbe treasury,
and if gold redemption of the new notes
was cut off, tbe supply of the old legal
tenders in New York might soon be ex
hausted. The payment of gold upon the
presentation of gold certificates is not ob
jected to by tbe treasury officials, because
Buch payments do not affect the gold be
longing to the government, but are oniv a
reduction of that which is held on deposit
as a trust fund.
A BOND AGREEMENT.
Secretary Foster in anticipation of the
possible 6uddeu necessity for issuing bunds
in order to maintain intact tbe hundred
million gold reserve has already, it is
understood, made au agreement with
Droxol, Morgan & Cos. of New York as
representatives of a syndicate, uuder whioh
they agree to take $85,000,000 of4 per cent,
bonds at buoh a premium as would make
the actual Interest to maturity 3 per cent.,
the bonds to be redeemable in five or ten
years, paying for them in goid in either
New York or London, the obliga
tion to become binding when
ever the stock of freee gold
is exhausted. The contract, which appears
as yot to be informal, although Secretary
Foster has had the bonds printed
provided for, is understood to be a continu
ing one whioh will serve under the next ad
ministration as well as under this, and
therefore is supposed to have been assented
to by Mr. Carlisle. It is supposed that he
was induced to give consent by the consid
eration that the House would not pass the
Sberufan amendment to the sunary civil
bill providing for a 3 per oent. 5-year bond,
aud that therefore the contract was the only
means of providing for a bond at a lower
rate and a shorter term than the issues pro
vided for in the resumption act.
A NEW FREE COINAGE BILL.
It Provides for Coinage of Both Metals
on Equal Te^ns.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Representative
Harter of Ohio introduced in the House to
day a bill to provide fur free coinage of sil
ver and gold at the present ratio and upon
equal terms. It provides that after its pas
sage purchases of silver bullion by tbe gov
ernment shall cease, and that the mints Buall
be opened to coinage of both metals upon
tbe same terms as existed prior to 1873, pro
vided, however, that all silver ana gold
ooined hereafter for the account of the own
ers, shall not have any legal tender tunc -
tion, and instead of being stamped “One
Dollar, “Five Dollars,” etc., shall be
stamped “Ten Dimes,” “Fifty Dimes,” etc.
Nothing in this aot is to lie construed as af
fecting the legal tender function of the goid
and sliver already ooined,or which may here
after be ooined upon account of the Uuited
States. All laws in conflict with this act
are to be repealed.
NO GUARD OF HONOR.
Grand Marshal McMahon Dodges an
Inauguration Problem.
Washington, Fob. 24. Grand Marshal
McMahon decided to-day that there would
be no spaoiai guard of honor of President
Cleveland in the inauguration procession.
The entire line is to be recokned his escort.
Tbe first division of the procession, com
posed of United States regulars, United
States marines and the District of Columbia
militia, will inarch to the oapltol with him
and then head the procession, whioh will
march past the white house. There has
been much rivalry among organizations de
sirous of being appointed to escort tbe
President-elect as a guard of honor, which
has brought about this decision.
PAY OF POSTMEN.
A Rising Scale for SOltlea Juat Given
tbe System.
Washington, Feb. 24,—Senator Dixon
from tbe oommittee on poetoffioes and post
roads to-day reported favorably to tbe
Senate hi 9 amendment to the poetofiloe
appropriation bill. It proposes to pay the
letter carriers in'allies where free delivery
is established the first year S6OO per annum;
tne second year SBOO, and tbe third year
$1,000; the fourth year and thereafter $1,200.
Corbett Puts Op Hie SIO,OOO.
Boston, Feb. 24. —The SIO,OOO represent
ing Corbett’s stake in bis match with
Mltohell was posted this morning in the
shape of a certified check by W. A. Brady,
Corbett’s manager, with “Dave” Blanchard
who ha3 been agreed upon as the final
stakeholder. All that will now be necessary
to complete tbe match is the putting up of
SIO,OOO by Mitchell,
TOM 0.88 JACKSON'S DEATH.
The Family Mansion Blocked With
Floral Tributes.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24.—Thomas Cobb
Jackson's tragic death last night has cast a
deep gloom over tbe higher social com
munity of Atlanta. All day tbe Jaokson
mansion on Mitchell street has been
thronged by people wbo came to take a last
look at tbe face of tbe handsome young
man, whose warm nature had won him
strong friendship. The house was fairly
blocked with floral tributes. Relatives of
tbe family have been arriving on nearly
every train to-day. The funeral will take
plaoe to-morrow, tbe interment being at
Athens. AII branches of court adjourned
to-day on account of wt r. Jackson’s death.
THE SMITH BANQUET POSTPONED.
The banquet in honor of Secretary Hoke
Smith has been declared off on acoount of
the death of Tom Cobb Jackson, who was a
nephew of Mrs. Smith. This action has
been taken at the request of Mr. Smith
himself, wbo reached the city from Macon
at 7 o’olock this morning in response to a
telegram from a brother announolng the
tragedy.
THE NEWS AT ATHENS.
Athens, Ga., Feb. 24.—The news of the
sutoido df Tom Cobb Jackson at Atlanta
was a great shock to his many friends in
this city. They could hardly realize that
one so young aud with such a promising
life could have gotten bis consent to take
his own life. Mr. Jackson was well known
in Athens, having many relatives here,
and numbering his friends by tbe score.
He was a student at the University of
Georgia and numbers of young men in
Athens wbo knew him well said of
him that though the cause of his
rash act it unknown, it is certain that he
was not connected or tainted with any
thing dishonorable, for he had as high a
sense of honor as any young man in
Georgia. The general theory here as to the
cause which led Mr. Jackson to take bis
own life is worry over business affairs and
over the defalcation of Lewis Redwine, one
of bis best friends. His mind being thus
overtaxed, in a moment of mental aberra.
tion he took bis life.
THE BURIAL PLACE.
It was loarned this afternoon that the
family have decided to have the remains
interred in the Oconee cemetery in this city,
where Capt. and Mrs, Jackson already have
two sons buried. The remains will be
brought over the Georgia, Carolina and
Norlbarn road, arriving in tbe city at 10:30
o’olock to-morrow morning, and will be ac
companied by a large number of relatives
and friends. They will be carried to the
residenoe of A. L. Hull, on Mllledge avenue.
At 4 o’clock in tbe afternoon Miss Cornelia
Jackson, sister of the deceased, will arrive
in tbe city from New York on a special
train. The funeral will then be conducted
at the residence of Mr. Hull
by Rev. Charles W. Lane, pastor of the
Presbyterian church of this city. The fol
lowing will act H 9 pall-bearers: A. C.
White. D. C. Barrow, E. C. Hodgson, H. H.
Linton, J. H. Hull, Frank Lipscomb, Tom
Gernine, William McK. Cobb.
Tbe Bigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity of
the University of Georgia, of whioh Mr.
Jackson was a prominent member, will at
tend the funeral in a body. Beside the im
mediate family Hoke Smith and wife, Dr.
Hugh Hagan and wife, Prof. W. W. Lump
kin and wife, Mrs. Parsons and a number
of others will aooompany the remains.
HOLMAN AND THE OPTION BILL.
The Great Objector Denies Having
Entered Into Any Deal.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Representative
Holman late this afternoon gave a pointed
denial to tbe story circulated earlier in tbe
day that he bad entered into any agree
ment with reference to the anti-option bill.
The only understanding was that thosundry
civil bill should be permitted to go to con
ference as a whole and that when the con
ference reported full opportunity should
be given for the House to debute and ex
press its will on the Bherman bond amend
ment. Representatives Holman and Sayers
will be the democratic conferees, and both
have expressed themselves as opposotl to the
Henate amendmeut.
BEBHION OF THE BIMETALLIsTA.
The Closing Dey Devoted Almost En
tirely to Oratory
Washington, Feb. 24.—Tbe oloslng
day's session of the t.imetallio league was
devoted almost entirely to oratory. A
resolution was unanimously adopted pro
viding for the appointment of a oommittee
to invite the 00-operution of every labia
and industrial organization in the United
Htate aud to write such organizations
to send delegates to future meetings of the
league. Gen. Warner was re-elected presi
dent of the longue for tbe ensuing year.
Tbe time and place for holding tbe noxt
unnuat meeting of the league was left to the
discretion of the executive oommittee. The
league then adjourned tine die.
COLQDITI’S BdOKEN HEALTH.
The Senator Carried From the Train on
Reaching Washington.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Senator Colquitt
arrived to-night. He had to be practically
carried from the car to the carnage, and
from the carriage to the house near the
capltol, where be is to live. His friends
who met him were shocked at the change
which has occurred in his physical appeur
auce since be left here last year. But he
smiled ou them with his old smile and as
sured them that bo was very much better
than be had been, but added: “Bo you see,
I'm rather helpless yet.”
He will have to rest before attempting to
go to the Senate.
New World’s Fair Oommlaatonere.
Washington, Feb. 24.—The President
has appointed Patrick Walsh of Georgia a
commissioner at large aud John B. Castle
man of Kentucky alornate commissioner
at large to the world’s Columbian exposi
tion.
Cruisers at Fortress Monroe.
Fortress Monroe, Va., Feb. 24.—Ad
miral Gherardi, with the United Hiatus
warships Baltimore, CbarleetoD, Ban Fran
cisco and Yorktown, arrived here at 8:30
o’clock this morniug.
Washed Overboard and Drowned.
Providence, R. I„ Feb. 24.—Four sea
men were washed overboard from the
schooner Isaac T. Campbell. Two were
returned to the vessel by another wave aud
five drowned.
i’ASCO HOES OUT FRIDAY.
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF THE
NEW SENATE JEOPARDIZED.
The Party Has Been Counting on the
Floridan's Vote to HelD Secure the
Organisation—An Appointment by
the Governor Might Help Out—Nice
Questions Involved.
Washington, Feb. 24.—The faot that
the democratic majority in the new Henate
will be too small to trifle with was brought
uncomfortably home to tbe demooratlo
leaders when their attention was called to-
Aay to the vacanoy which will exist from
Florida from Maroh 4. Senator Pasco has
been oounted all along as one of the UDOOa*
teeted democratic senators who could be
counted upon to vote on all questions of
organization at the masting of the uew
Henate. His term expires, however, on
March 3, and the Florida legislature does
not meet until April. His seat
will, therefore, be vacant, unless the
governor appoints a senator and the Henate
admits him without question. If objection
is made to the seating of Henator Beckwith
of Wyoming on the ground of his appoint
ment by the governor instead of his election
by tbe legislature, and Henator Martin of
Kansas is kept out of his seat, objection
may also be made to Seuator Pasco, This
will reduce the democratic representation
in the Henate to 42, or two less than half
the entire Henate.
THE REPUBLICAN STRENGTH.
The republican strength, if no choice is
reached in Washington or Montana, will
stand at 37, If a republloau senator should
be chosen in Washington and the 4 populist
senators should act with the republicans,
tbeir combined strength would rise to 42,
and it would take the casting vote of Vice
President Htevonson to uiako tbe Henate
democratic in the preliminary movement.
Heuutors Beckwith and Pasco will be seated
if the democrats have votes enough to seat
t hem, and Montana Is likely to choose a
democratic senator. This would raise the
democratic strength to 45, and the admis
sion of Henator-eieot* Martin of Kansas
would make it 40, but none of these
members would be seated if the
death or absence of a democratic
senator should give a working majority to
their opponents. It is probable that the
opposition to seating Henator Pasco will not
be q strong as to Henator Beckwith for the
precedents in the New Hampshire cases,
where the legislature meets after the begin
ning of the senatorial term, are in favor of
the right of tbe governor to appoint where
the legislature has not met. The case dif
fers from the Wyoming case, where the
legislature has met and (ailed to elect. These
cases are all likely to be settled ou party
lines rather than on ahatract legal grounds,
aud the loss of a single democratic senator
would probably be seized upon by tbe re
publicans as au exouse for a combination
with the populists to keep Messrs. Pasco,
Beokwlth and Martin out of their seats.
NO CHOICE IN MONTANO.
Helena, Mont., Feb. 24.—The senatorial
ballot to-day gave no choioe.
HARHITY’S BILVBR QUERY.
Tho Author bays He Sent It Out on Hie
Own Authority.
Philadelphia, Feb. 24.—Chairman Har
nty said to-day that he acted entirely upon
his own responsibility in sending out bis
letter for the purpose of ascertain
ing the probable attitude of the
democratic members of tbe House of
Representatives of the next congress who
are not members of the present congress,
and who have not voted upon tbe question
or the repeal of the Bherman silver pur
chase act.
“ Wbat has been the nature of the replies
you have thus far received*" was asked of
Mr. Harrity.
• ‘That I must decline to state at this time.
I have already received many answers, and
as a rule the men have not hesitated to de
clare what their pooitiou is, or is likely to
be, as to the Bherman silver purchase act.
Many are squarely in favor of its repeal,
some are in favor of Its repeal in
n modified way, and others are opposed to
its repeal. Further thau that I have noth
ing to make public."
A MEXICAN DESPERADO SLAIN.
He Resisted Arrest and Was Shot Dead
in H'.s Tracks.
New Orleans, Feb. 24.— A special to
the Picayune from UlO Grande City, Tex.,
says: “Hberilf Shelly and Lieut. Lowe,
with two scouts, attempted to arrest K4fbo
M. Martinez, alias Mtmgas de Agua, yes
terday morning, in this county, about
thirty-five miles from here. He resisted
arrest and was killed. Martinez will
be remembered as the man
who killed Rufus Glover, one of Capt.
Hall’s spies. He also attempted to kill a
man named Neal, another of Capt.
Hall’s spies, and was wounded by
Neal. Ho also tried to kill Pru
deniano Barrio at Gongole’s ranch
In this county and was cut and wounded by
his Intended victim. He also killed Capt.
Heguro after be had surrendered at Han
Ignacio. He bore marks of the wounds
inflicted by Neal and Barreo and had on
Glover’s leggins when killed.”
GREBHAM AT LAKE WOOD.
He and Carlisle to Have a Conference
With tbe President-elect.
Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 24.—Judge
Gresham arrived in Lakewood at 5:30
o’clock this afternoon and was driven to the
Cleveland cottage. He will be Mr. Cleve.
laud’s guest uutil to-morrow afternoon
when he will go back to Chicago.
Mr. Carlisle will arrive from Washington
to-uio:row morning, aud there will be a
talk over matters connected with the in
coming administration, but there will be no
formal cabinet conference.
Mr. Cleveland announced this evening
tnat his private secretary will be Henry J.
Tburber at Detroit, Mr. i hurber having ac
cepted the position. Mr. Thurher is a law
partner of Don M. Diok.nscn.
THREE BOLD BANDITS.
They March Eighteen Men Around at
the Point of Their Revolvers.
Parsons, Kan., Feb. 24.—Wednesday
night just after tbe Missouri, Kansas and
Texas passenger train No. 2 pulled out of
Adair Station, I. T.,three desperadoes con
fronted the agent and robted him of $8,700.
Eighteen citizens wbo appeared On tbe
scene were made to bold up tbeir bauds and
were marched at tbe point of guns to one of
tbe stores in town, which was robbed of
S3OO. Tbe robbers then marched the men
to the stockyards, where their horses were
bitched, mounted and departed.
Terminal's Meeting Adjourned.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 24.—A meeting of
tbe Richmond Terminal Company was
called to orJer by Beoretary Crump at the
Exchange hotel to-day and adjourned till
March 10, No other business was transacted.
ENGLAND'S BPINNERB
A Partial Resumption at Oldham an a
Cut of 2t4 Per Cent.
London, Feb. 24. —Notwithstanding the
expreseed resolution of the masters and
men In the Lancashire ootton spinning Indus'*
try, so far as represented by the masters'
federation on one side and the amalga
mated association of cotton spinners on
the other, to resist any change from the
base assumed at the beginning of the strug
gle, there was a break at Oldham to-day,
where 350,000 spindles resumed operations
at a reduction of per cent, in wages, or
just oue-half the amount on whioh
the masters' federation has insisted.
The distress in Oldham on account of the
strike, as the masters call it, or the refusal
to acoept a reduction as the operatives oall
it, has been most aoute. Resides in Oldham
the artisans of the town are largely share
holders in the cotton mills. These working
class shareholders are composed of the art
isan class outside of the ootton spinning
concern themselves, and the peculiar spec
tacle has been presented of two classes
of operatives, one acting as employ
ers aud the other as employed. The
former are represented on the masters’ fed
eration and have been trying to sturve the
others out, or rather have allowed the oth
ers to choose between idleness and the ac
ceptance of a 5 per cent, reduction. The
partial resumption of worn to-day is re
garded ns a concession on the part of the
employers that the polioy of stubborn ad
herent* to a 6 percent, roduotion is not suc
cessful, and that the o|>erutives having
borne without yielding the rigors of winter
would be still better able to resist in the
spring.
The Federation of Master Ootton Spin
ners, iu session at Manchester to-day, re
solved to adhere to the 5 per cent, reduction
aud to listen to no more proposition* for a
compromise from the operatives.
LOBS OF THE HOWE.
The Lords of the Admiralty Refuse to
Indorse the Court-Martial's Verdict.
LONDON, Feb. 24. —A sensation has been
caused In naval oirclee by the non-concur
rence of lbe lords of the admiralty in the
acquittal of V ice Admiral Fairfax of the
British Mediterranean squadron, aud of
Commander David I*. Dickson and Cant.
A. F. Hastings of the Iron-clad battle
ship Howe, of the same squadron,
wblob stranded on Nov, 2 at
the entrance of Kerrol harbor, Spain,
Commander Dickson aud Capt. Hastings
were acquitted of blame by a court-martial,
tbe ground of acquittal being that the
charts of Kerrol Harbor, used*on tbe Hews
were very defective. It was obarged against
Vice Admiral Fairfax that os commander
of tho squadron it was bis duty
to signal the Howe and that
he failed to do so, although tbe Howe was
immediately following tbe flagship and
that therefore the stranding was due |to
his negligeuce. The court-martial was said
at tbe time to be a mere formality and the
vice admiral was acquitted.
The lords of tbe admiralty, howsver,
tako a different view of the matter. They
attribute the disaster to unskillful mauage
moot on the part of Vico Admiral Fairfax,
Commander Dickson and Capt. Hasttngn,
anil to neglect of the directions given in re
gard to onrreuts, and to neglect to take
bearings at the time, and iu a situation
where it was an obvious duty to do So.
TWO LIBBHALB VICTOHIODB.
The Agriculturists of the West of
England Stick to Gladstone.
London, Fab. 24. —Tbe liberals have re
captured Cirencester, Harry L. W.
Lawson, the llboral candidate, being elected
by 242 majority in a poll ot 9,200. The
liquor dealing interest made rigorous
efforts lu support of the conserva
tive candidate, who was also sustained
by all tbe Influence tbe landed gentry
could bring to bear. The victory is, there
fore, regarded with great saiisfaotlon by
the liberals as showing that the agricultur
ists of the west of England are true to Mr.
Gladstone and his policy.
A parliamentary election was held In
Gateshead to-day to till the vacancy caused
by tbe succession of Walter
Henry James to the peerage.
William Allen, liberal, received6,4S4 votes;
I’. Kalb, liberal unionist, 5,580 rotes. These
figures show au Increase of tbe Gladstoman
majority from 290 lu tbe last general eleo
tlon to 808. Mr. Allen deolared himself on
tbe platform for borne rule aud tbe New
castle programme, an H-hour day, taxatiou
of grouml values, abolition of tbe House of
Lords as an hereditary assemblage. Halil
declured himself against home rule and In
favor of tbe labor policy of tbe last HalU
bury administration.
France's Boodlers.
Paris, Feb. 24. —The court of cassation
to-day rejected the am,eel of Charles de
Lessepe, Marius Fontane and Hans Leroy
from tbe indictments charging the two
former with corrupting members of tbe
Chamber of Deputies and tbe latter with
receiviug a bribe while a member of tbe
chamber. Tbe oourt bolde that a deputy is
a public official. Tbe trial of Charles de
1-eseepa and bis fellow defendants will,
therefore, prooeed In tbe assize court.
Franco to Tax Future*.
Paris, Feb. 24.—Tbe Chamber of Depu
ties to-day, by a vote of 420 to 41, passed a
bill providing that a tax shall be levied
upon time bargain* In tbe bourse. The
chamber then rejected a proposal to impose
a tax on time bargains in produce and
merchandise. ________
seven Sink W ith a Steamer.
London, Feb. 24.—The French steamer
Dounai was sunk in collision near Saigon
on Wednesday. Seven persons were
drowned.
Pay for Members of Parliament.
London, Feb. 24.—The radical members
of the bouse to-day decided to advocate tba
payment of salaries to all members of tbe
house.
Forry Preeldent of tbe Senate.
Paris, Feb. 24.—Jules Ferry was elected
president of the Senate to-day by a majority
of 148 rotes.
A NEW MILITIA roft KANSAS.
Republicans to Be Weeded Out and
the Force Made 50,000 strong.
Topkka, Kan„ Feb. 24.—Tbe populist
administration Is preparing for a oompleto
overhauling of the state militia. Every
republican officer will bn discharged and
populist* put in their plaoes. There are
more than 100 commissioned oil]cars In the
service who will have to go. Their
places will be filled with trusty
populists who will obey orders. The popu
list military foroes are not to be confined to
the Kansas National Guards, wbiob has a
membership limited to less than 1,800
men, but a military force of
such magnitude as has never been seen lu
this country except in times of war ie
being formed. If, is estimated that
fully 50,000 populists will be identified
with this new movement. Men are drilling all
over Kansas to-day, not with gun*, they
have not got tbem'yet, but in facings and
marchings, and they will be drilled with
gun* when they are ready for them.
f DAILY, 810 A YEAR. ft
J 5 CENTS A COPY. V
{ WEEKLY 81 M A YEAR. )
JOHN VV. MACKAY SHOT.
THE BULLET FIRED BY A CRAZY
MAN 73 YEARS OLD.
After Shooting the Multt-MlHlonalra
He Turns the Pistol Against His
Own Breast snd Inflicts a Fatal
Wound Mackay’a Wound (Not a
Fatal One— Socialistic Brooding
Over Mackay’a Wealth the Cause
of the Shooting.
Ban Francisco, Feb. 24.—John W.
Maokay.tbe main tunes millionaire, mining
man aDd financial backer of tbe Postal
Telegraph and Commercial Cable Company,
was shot in the back to-day and badly
wounded. His assailant then shot himself
in the breast and Is dying in a hospital.
Mr. Mackay’s wound is not thought to bs
dangerous. Tbe assassin’s name D W. C.
Rippey.
Mr. Mackay took his new situation with
characteristic coolness, quietly announced
to the crowd that, assembled at tbe sound of
tbe shooting that he was shot, and awaited
the coming of a doctor. Tbe bullet was ex
tracted. Mr Maakay knows nothing about
his assailant, and did not recognize him.
Kippey is undoubtedly Insane. He had In
bis pocket a letter addressed to a morning
paper in which the writer stated that ha
was 73 years of age. It was signed W. C.
Kippey. There ws also upon him an
envelope bearing the name of Dr. L. L.
Liuoolu. On the back of tbe
envelope wore the words: "The
end Is not yet.” Upon a sheet of paper
under the heading "Food for reflection"
were the words: “Paul f 150,000 for one
sapphire to place on the forehead of his
wife, a sufficient amount to have saved at
least 500 of his victims from suicidal
graves; just think of it. Inscribe it upon
bis tomb."
Mr. Mackay’s wound proves to be only a
severe flesh wound.
Kippey has been identified as a man onoe
wealthy, but who squandered his fortune In
mining stock gam'.ding. He had no ac
quaintance with Mr. Mackay at any time
iu bis life and Mr. Mackay was In no man*
nor connected with Ids misfortunes. Hie
brain bos been turned over for several
years. Kippey is still alive, but uncon*
scious uud dying.
PORK DOWN $1 A BARHEL.
Big Plungers Oive the Oblcago
Scalpers a Shaking Up.
Chicaoo, Feb. 24.—A break of nearly (l
a barrel took plaoe to-day in the prloe of
pork. From 813 10, last night’s closing
figure*, the market fell to fib 22 1 ,, closing
at |lB 25. The speculative braaob of tha
trade lias been in the bands of
soalpors for several days, no out
side orders having been received. Tho
big plungers took advantage of this
coudltin of things and organized a vicious
raid. They found the murket poorly sup
ported and pressed their advantage with
vigor, brtuging out a lot of property on
stop loss orders and precipitating a violent
flurry. 'The closing prices mark a decline
of (2 a barrel in pork from tbe outside
prices made on the recent advance. The
slump was a board of trade affair
entirely, the bog market at tbe stockyard*
feeling tbe effects of the raid only slightly.
It was looked upon by many as the long
looked for beginning of the end of the bull
campaign in provisions. Compared with
yesterday's closlog price* May deliveries are
2D cents off for lard and ribs to-night, aud
wheat x idt%c.
Corn was supported by some covering by
the shorts and left off a quarter of a cent
higher. Wheat trailing woe of a restricted
character. Prices early In the day declined
half a cent below the closing figure* of yes
terday, then became stronger aud the de
cline was recover oil, but eased off a quarter
of a cent again, clusing steady. There we*
good trade in oat* within tbe range of half
a cent. The market closed steady at about
the same figures a* yesterday.
CAROLINA'S RAILROAD GASBB.
Arrangements Made to Tako Them
Before the Federal Supreme Court.
Columbia, 8. C., Feb. 24.—Attorney
General Townsend returned from Washing
ton to-day, where be has been making ar
rangements for tbe conduct of the railroad
cases before tbe United Htatea
supreme oourt. He oonflrm* the
statement that J. Randolph Tnoker
of Virginia has been employed to
assist tha administration in its light with
the railroad*. He states that habeas corpus
proceedings will be instituted In Washing
ton March 6 for the release of the threw
sheriffs now in the oustody of the United
Htates circuit court for contempt in not
releasing trains in the oontrol of the oourt,
and tbaf. in those proceedings tbe state wilt
endeavor to have tbe merit* of th* equity
coins underlying passed upon.
AID FOR HOME RULE.
An Appeal for Contributions From tha
Lovers of Liberty.
New York, Feb. 24. —The National
Federation of America to-day inued tbe
following:
To the Frien<U of Home Pule <n America:
The appeal made by the Irish national party
in the British parliament asking aid lo enable
them to secure the final victory for home rule in
Ireland, deserves a hearty response from every
friend of liberty in Amer oa. Who will auiftt
in winning this final battle for home rule?
The National Federation of America earnestly
indorses tlin declaration and appeal of the
national party and asks every man worthy of
association in the cause to do his duty now.
All contributions through this office will be
promptly forwarded. Make checks payable to
Eugene Kelly, treasurer.
Do. Thomas Armis Emmett, President.
Ecoene Kelly, Treasurer.
John Btne, Chairman Board of Trustees,
James 8. Colkmah, Secretary.
A MILL SHUT DOWN.
Labor Disputes and Apprehension
About the Tariff tbe Cause.
Pittsburg, Feb. 24.—Tbe Vesuvius mill
of Moorhead & Cos., Sbarpsburg. has shut
down indefinitely and all of the work
men have been discharged. Between
500 and 600 men are out of employ
ment. One of tbe mill official*
said to-day that the work* would be piosed
at loast until tbe policy of the new adminis
tration affecting the tariff bad beeu out
lined. Owing to labor disputes tbe plant
ha* been operated very irregularly for a
year or more.
Dixie’s Wholesale Grocers.
Memphis, Tenn.. Feb. 34.—Tbe executive
oominttteo of the Southern Wholesale Gro
cers’ Association decided to-day to hold the
next annual meeting of the organization in
St. Louis, commencing March 23.
Five Children Cremated.
Charleston, 3. C., Feb. 24.—At Barnes,
villa, this state, lost night while a colored
woman was at a (rolio, her five children at
home were burned to death.