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J Established into. Incorporated 1888 -
J. H. LSTILL, President. )
EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS.
Virginia, Kentucky and flew Jersey
Get the Plums.
An Editor Selected For Hayti--The
Envoyship to Hawaii Given to a
Kentuckian Who at One Time Was
a Department Clerk—Story of His
Fortuitous Rise to the Present Im
portant Trust—Gen. Theodore Run
yon as the First Ambassador
Ever Appointed From This Govern
ment For Germany.
Washington, Sept. B.—The President
to-day sent to tho Senate the following
nominations: Theodore Runyon of New
Jersey, ambassador extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to Germany; Alberts. Willis of
Kentucky envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary- of the United
States to the Hawaiian Islands; Henry
M. Smythe of Virginia, minister and con
sul-general of the United States to Hayti.
Kllis Mills of Virginia, consul-general at
Honolulu. M. S. Carroll of Maryland,
consul-general at Dresden, Gormany.
United States Consuls—George J.
Willis, Georgia, at Port Stanley, Canada:
John R. Mobley. Texas, at Acapulco,
Mexico; Henry R. D. Maclver, New
York, at Denia, Spain; George Keenan,
of Wisconsin, at Kehl, Germany; Henry
C. Eastwood, New York, at Calais,
France; Leopold More. New York, at St.
Christopher. West Indies. Also nineteen
postmasters, collectors of revenue and
appraisers, all recess appointments.
MINISTER TO IIAYTI.
Henry M. Smythe of Virginia, nomi
nated to be minister to Hayti, is a well
known democrat of his state, and has for
some time been tho editor of the Graham
Headlight, a democratic newspaper.
Some time ago he was appointed consul
to one of the Chinese ports, but tho nom
ination, at the suggestion of the state de
partment. was held up by the Senate
pending an effort on the part of the ad
ministration on to get Smythe to consent
to go to Hayti. He is very highly spoken
of by tho senators and members of the
lower house from his state.
MINISTER TO HAWAII.
Ellis Willis of Virginia is a citizen of
Lynchburg and went with Mr. Blount to
Hawaii when he undertook his mission as
the special commissioner of the President.
Mr. Willis has become conversant with
the affairs of the islands, and his nomina
tion as consul general appears to be in the
line of promotion. He was a state depart
ment clerk before he went abroad, and
had acted as private secretary to Secre
tary Bayard, and the department thought
his experience would make him the best
man for the place.
AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY.
The nomination of Theodore Runyon of
New Jersey to be ambassador of the
United States to Germany is Simply the
elevation of his presen Yrattk of minister
plenipotentiary to correspond with the
change in this country of the Gorman le
gation to an embassy.
The nomination of ex-Represeutative
Willis to be minister to Hawaii revives
an interesting story, showing upon what
slender threads sometimes hang political
success.
INTERESTING STORY OF WILMS’ RISE.
Mr. Willis was retired from political
life as an outgrowth of an appointment
made by President Cleveland during his
first term. When Gen. Garfield was Pres
ident he appointed Mrs. Thompson,
widow of W. R. Thompson and daughter
of Rev. Alexander Campbell, founder of
the Campbellite church, to be postmaster
of Louisville, Ky. She was retained by
the Arthur administration, and when Mr.
Cleveland came into power the question
of the removal or retention of Mrs.
Thompson cam?; to the front in Kentucky
politics as one of the burning questions of
the hour.
gallantry duly rewarded.
Representative Willis, backed by Sena
tor Beck, favored the retention of Mrs.
Thompson, and Senator Blackburn op
posed it. This caused a split in the party,
and. the nominating campaign for the
Fiftieth congress coming on, the Courier-
Journal took up Asher Caruth and sup
ported him as its candidate in opposition
to Willis, who was charged with not being
consistent in his democracy in supporting
the widow of a republican for preferment
under a democratic administration. This
became the paramount issue Sn that dis
trict. and upon it Mr. Caruth came to
congress, whore he has since remained.
ACTION AS TO BRAZIL.
Minister Thompson to Concur in a
General Diplomatic Remonstrance.
Washington, Sept. B.—Secretary Grcs
ham decided this morning not
wait longer for an
official notification that a revolution had
woken out in Brazil, and he accordingly
Sl 'nt a cable message to Minister Thomp
son, who is supposed to have reached Rio
“aueiro by this time, instructing him
•o concur in a general diplomatic remon
sUan. <• ngaihst the proposed interference
the foreign commerce of Brazil
Through the suspension of telegraphic
communication. This dispatch was sent
>h accordance with a partial promise
made by Secretary Gresham yesterday to
* New York Coffee Exchange which
!■ -nuted that Brazil was discriini
natmg against American trade.
the cruiser charleston.
/I his afternoon it was determined by
:P C lla T v .V department to cable orders t,o
ae I nitod States crusier Charleston,
ni-n her commander reports her ar
*v: ‘. :lt some South American port, di
"■ c.ng the vessel to proceed immediately
i" ‘/‘■'''ilian waters. The Charleston was
‘‘ m-ard from at Barbadoes, whence
‘/ departed on her cruise to the Pacific
un the intention of touching at Mon
' deo. and perhaps at Rio do Janeiro.
/ > ssel may be at Rio at this time,
n; her arrival has not been reported to
The department. •
THE RED CROSS.
p rsßident Clara Barton Tenders Her
Services for the Coast Sufferers.
'/dington, Sept. B.—Clara Barton, the
- - • -known president of the American
' \ l-088 Society, had a conference this
with Senator Butler, in which
“ offered her services in connection
- The storm sufferers on the South
r- :,I j* islands. Senator Butler tele
thr. I .' . G°v. Tillrfian of the offer, and
t> ,„: Mi ril or replied there was no need of
iv'/ novv - but if the services of t lie Red
; ‘ •„* ,' l 0 ! lld be needed lie would bo glad
It ~ <ul bunself of tho oiler of Miss Bar-
<II)e JSRofning ffetoj*.
SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN'S
WANTS.
Bills Introduced by Representatives
From Georgia, South Carolina and
Florida.
Washington, Sept. S. —The members of
the House have not been idle so far as tho
preparation of bills is concerned. As
soon as the rules were adopted, over 4TVI
bills were introduced and referred to the
proper committes.
Georgia’s share is small, as follows:
By Speaker Crisp—To provide for the
erection of a public building in Americus;
appropriates $.">0,000 therefor.
By Mr. Lester—To repeal the law im
posing a tax on state batik circulation.
By Mr. Livingston—To establish a sub
treasury in Atlanta.
By Mr. Black —To authorize national
banking institutions to loan money on
real estate.
South Carolina shows one less.
By Mr. Brawley—To transfer tho
Morris Island life-saving station to Sulli
van's Island.
By Mr. Talbert—For the enlargement
of the volume of currency and the dis
tribution of the same.
By Air. McLaurin —A joint resolution
authorizing the issue of $125,000,000 of
treasury notos under the acts of 1862 and
1863.
Florida makes a decidedly bigger show
ing, and Mr. Mallory has the lion’s share.
His bills are as follows: To amend sec
tion 4131, of the Revised Statutes; also,
to authorize the Secretary of the Treas
ury to settle the account stated between
the general government and the state of
Florida by the said secretary, under the
authority of the act approved March 2,
1889, known as the deficiency act, and to
pay the balance found to be due;
also, to authorize the Secretary of the
Navy to establish a free public
school, for children under 17 years of age,
in tho village of Warrington, on the naval
reservation on Pensacola Bay. Also, to
establish a lighthouse and range-light at
tlie entrance of St. Andrews Bay. Also
to restore to the pension rolls of the Uni
ted States the names of all persons draw
ing pensions at the beginning of the civil
jfVur, by reason of their services
in the wars of Florida, and -whose
names were stricken from the pension
rolls by reason of their participation in
the civil war on the side of the south.
Also to amend section 4,441 of the Re
vised Statutes. Also to amend section
027 of the Revised Statutes. Also to re
quire steam vessels of the United States
of 1,000 tons or more to have one engineer
and helper on watch in their engine
rooms while under way; and to require
all steam vessels of the United States
continuously under steam for more than
ten hours to carry two licensed engineers.
Also to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to appoint special agents to
note and report to the local inspectors of
each steamboat inspection district all
violations of the laws relating to the reg
ulation of steam vessels.
Mr. Cooper introduced a bill to create
the Eastern judicial district of Florida.
PRINTERS’ STRIKE OFF.
Richmond Publishers and the Typo
graphical Union Make Terms.
Richmond, Sept. B.—The trouble be
tween the printers and the Richmond
Publishers’ Association, which began on
Aug. 21, has been satisfactorily adjusted,
and the “lockout” or “strike” has been
deelered off by Richmond Typographical
Union No. 90. The morning newspapers
comprising the Publishers’ Association
are now to bo known as “fair offices.”
terms of the convention.
The following is tho agreement as ac
cepted by ail parties to-night: “The
newspaper publishers will consider ap
plications from union men to fill vacan
cies in their respective composing rooms,
or in making auditions to their present
force, upon the merits of each applicant,
with regard to the interest of the news
paper in whose composing room the va
cancy is to be filled. If the union appli
cant is accepted, he will be taken with
out any question regarding his member
ship in the union.”
The scale of prices offered by the news
paper publishers' association under date
of August 19, 1893, to govern under the
above proposition.
ENDING A FEUD.
A Septuagenarian Mortally Wounds
the Husband of His Niece.
Richmond, Va., Sept. B.—A special dis
patch from Blackstone says that an old
family feud in Nottoway county culmi
nated in the mortal wounding of Richard
E. Clay by A. H. Hawks. The latter is
70 years old and the former 47. Clay had
married a niece of Hawks.
THE SHOOTING.
The men met on the public road in the
lower end of the county, both being on
horses. Hawks was armed on account of
threats made by Clay that he would cut
his throat the first time ho met him.
When they came within speaking dis
tance'Hawks lired his 44-caliber pistol,
the ball entering Clay's stomach. It was
taken out at the spine, and Clay will die.
Robbers Capture a Mail Wagon.
Te-re Haute, Ind., Sept. B.—Early this
morning two robbers captured a mail
wagon, bound and gagged the driver, beat
him with a revolver, and then robbed the
mail pouches. They then drove the wagon
about the streets,' and at the end of an
hour released their prisoner. They se
cured nothing but ordinary letter mail.
There is no trace of the robbers.
Imprisoned for Incendiary Talk.
New York, Sept. B.—Claus Zimmer
man, the anarchist, who was accused of
having uttered incendiary speeches at the
recentaUnion square meeting, was this ■
morning sentenced to six months in pen
itentiary.
Hanged at Camden, Ark.
Camden, Ark., Sept. B.—Old Bill
Smith, the negro who murdered Planter
Pierce for his money near Bearden last
fall, was executed this morning. Smith
confessed having been in the plot to mur
der Pierce, but denied that ho was the
direct murderer.
The Pan-Americans.
Washington, Sept. B.—The final meet
ing of the Pan-American medical congress
was held this morning. The inter
national executive accepted an invitation
of Mexican delegates to hold the next
meeting of the congress in the City of
Mexico.
The Hearsarge and Nantucket.
Wilmington, N. C.. Sept. B.—The cor
vette Kearsargc and monitor Nantucket
safely accomplished their second voyage.
They crossed Cape Fear bar at 7 o'clock
this morning and anchored in thu, stream
near Southport.
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1893.
POSTHUMOUS LETTER.
Dr. T. Thatcher Graves Protests His
Innocence of the Barnaby Murder.
Denver. Col., Sept. B.—The following
letter,-written by Dr. T. TimtchcrGraves,
was found among the papers left by him
to his wife yesterday:
To the United Press, (written at Execution
House, Canon City state penitentiary):
Know all men by these presents, arreting:
That I, T. Thatcher Graves, being under
sentence of death and expecting soon> to be
hanged, do hereby make the following state
ment:
In no way. shape, manner nor deed, deed,
did 1 have anything to do with the death of
Mrs. Josephene H llarnuby: that 1 have
never confessed to any person that had any
thing to do with the matter. I do declare this
upon my masonic oath. I declare this on' my
oath as a member of the Grand Army, as a
member of the Golden Cross and as a ssldier,
veteran and gentleman, I call upon free and
accepted masons; upon all soldiers and vet
erans of the Grand Army that responded to
the wail of the nation; upon all members of
the Golden Cross, and upon all lovers of
truth, to believe this, my last statement.
T. Thatcher Graves. Harvard '7l.
The letter is without date, but it-is
supposed to have been written while
Graves was in prison at Canon City under
sentence of death and prior to the time
ol the granting of anew trial in his case
by the supreme court.
The remains of the doctor will be taken
to Bridgeport. Conn., on Sunday night
for burial. Short funeral services will
be conducted by the G. A. R. of this city
Sunday afternoon, prior to tho removal
of the body.
CHINESE COLUMN.
It Enters From the Mexican Border
Just as Slick ae You Please.
Sau Antonio, Tex., Sept. 8. —Col. R. R.
Moore, special agent of the United States
Treasury Department, lias Just received
information from the border that the exo
dus of Chinese from Mexico into the
United States continues unabated and
that the frontier of Mexico throngs with
celestials, who are only waiting for a
favorable opportunity to cross the Rio
Grande.
legerdemain of the movement.
The smuggling of the unwelcome for
eigners into the country is worked so
smoothly tiiat comparatively few of them
are captured. Out of several hundred
that have undoubtedly reached Texas
during the past three months, only about
forty have been apprehended and are in
jail at San Antonio.
WAR IN BRAZIL.
The Army Still Loval and Is Ready
to Attack the Navy.
New York, Sept. B.—The Herald’s Val
paraiso (Chile) correspondent cables:
“Latest advices received here from the
scat of revolt in Brazil states that the
army still remains loyal to Piexotto, and
the army in Fortess Santa Cruz, which
commands the entrance to the bay, are
under fighting orders and will not await
an attack by the squadron, us was at
first intended, but will open fire upon the
men-of-war if they come anywhere within
range.”
theke’d be a bow all bound.
Par's, Sept. B.—A dispatch from Rio de
Janeiro says: “At the instance of the
French commander, the foreign admirals
in Brazilian waters have decided to pre
vent the bombardmeut of tho city by the
revolutionary squadron.”
LITTLE GIRL’S DEATH.
The Deadly Habit of Igniting Fires
With Kerosene Again Rebuked.
Raleigh. Sept. B.—A special to the
News-Observer-Chronicle from Newborn,
N. C., says: “About 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the 9-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Henry C. Wood, of Riverdale, in this
county, attempted to revive the fire in a
room of her house with coal oil poured
from a can.
FATALLY BURNED.
An explosion took place, and set tho lit
tle girl's apparel afire, burning her so
badly that at 1 o’clock this morning she
died. Her mother, who was in another
apartment at tlie time of the explosion,
nursing an infant, rushed to the rescue,
and was also badly burned.
EXPRESS SAFE ROBBERS. •
SB,OOO Gone and Several Suspected
Parties in Limbo.
Akron, 0., Sept. B.—The office of the
Adams Express Company was entered
late last evening and the safe robbed of
its contents. The safe had been left with
the day lock only, and contained $5,000
sent by the city to pay bonds and tho re
ceipts of the day, amounting to about
SI,OOO.
Early this morning officers arrested
“Skates” Brehm and Ed. Lewellyn,
local sports, Harry Laughead, ex-em
ploye of the express company, and Harry
Miller, editor of the Tribune. Laughead
and Brehm are said to have been seen in
the vicinity of the office last evening.
CARNEGIE STEEL WORKS.
To Go Into Full Operation Next Mon
day at a Small Reduction.
Pittsburg, Sept. B.—Notice has been
posted at the Carnegie Steel Works at
Duquesno that all departments of the
works will be put in operation next Mon
day. 2,000 men will be given employ
ment at the following terms: A reduc
tion of 10 per cent, in all departments ex
cept where employs arc paid lii cents
per hour, in which case a reduction of
one cent per hour will be made, and ex
cept also in case of salaried men who have
recently had a reduction.
Mobile’s Commercial Club Delegates.
Mobile, Sept. B.—The Mobile Commer
cial Club has appointed the following
delegates to the transportation conven
tion of Sept. 12 at Chicago: H. Pillans,
A. C. Danner. O. F. Calhon, T. A. Ham
ilton, G. A. Kotchum, Jos. Hodgson, F.
G. Bromberg. G. T. Smith. D. P. Beator,
Robt. Gage. E. E. Posey, W. H. Martin,
F. S. Cox. C. G. Mohr, It. H. Ducsberry,
G. J. Robertson, H. Austell, T. W.
Nichols. ~~
Double Killing in Virginia.
Cincinnati, 0., Sept B.—A dispatch to
the Enquirer from Knoxville, Tenn.,
6ays: Near Fairview, in Southwest Vir
ginia, Mrs. Wilson Berry was shot and
fatally wounded by a neighbor woman, a
Mrs. John Scott, and that young Kerry
was shot and killed by the Scott woman’s
sou. Mrs. Scott is a dangerous woman.
Several years ago she stabbed her brother
to death with a pair of shears.
Negro Lynched.
Memphis, Sept. 8. A negro was
lynched at Quincy, Miss., to-day for kill
ing two white children.
THREE REPEAL SPEECHES.
Hat Iky Were Each Tinctured With
Coin# Conditions.
Senator Faulkner’s Amendment to the
Repeal Bill Will Authorize the Pur
chase of 3,000,000 Ounces Per
Month Until the Silver Circulation
Attains the Figure of 5800,000,000.
This Would he Acceptable to Uncon
ditional Repeal Opponents, But
Would Not Mr. Cleveland Interpose
His Veto to Such a Compromise
Measure P
Washington, D. C., Sept. B.—Senator
Faulkner's proposed amendment to tho
repeal bill, to coin 3,000,0 CR) silver dollars
per month until tho aggregate silver cir
culation reaches #800,000,000. is acceptable
to the silver senators It is believed they
would even accept $2,000,000, instead of
$3,000,000, per month. Senator Vance, be
ing asked if there was anything in the re
port Hint a compromise could be effected,
replied: “Yes, Faulkner's amendment
would undoubtedly pass the Senate. 1
don’t know what the House will do. 1 '
Being asked if ho considered this a fair
compromise, lie said: “No, not fair, hut
a compromise. In the present condition
of things it is about all we could get.”
EXECUTIVE VETO.
There is no reason yet to believe that
the President would approve any amend
ment to tho Voorhecs bill, and Secretary
Carlisle is quoted as being opposed to Mr.
Faulkner's proposition it is thought
that the danger of a split in tho Demo
cratic party will bring around many Sen
ators who favor unconditional repeal.
They would rather make this slight con
cession than endanger the unity of the
party. Tho silver men would be willing
to allow it to be brought in as a separate
measure? if it is objectionable as an
amendment.
WANTS CLERK PRATT'S READ.
The reformers in South Carolina are
after the scalp of G. W. ITatt, assistant
clerk of the House, who was appointed
by Representative Johnson in the last
congress. Now Latimer wants the place
for a Tillmanits. It is exoedingly
doubtful if Pratt loses his job. If lie
does, he says he will go homo and beat
Latimer for congress.
At the request of Speaker Crisp, the
President appointed Geo. J. Willis of
Butler Ga.. consul to Port Stanley and
St. Thomas, Canada. The salary and
fees amount to $21,500.
Florida postmasters—Lady Lake, Benja
min 11. Byrd, vice A. \V. Blascli, re
moved ; Middleburg, Charies F. Bartlow,
W e E. W, Houghton, removed; Orange
Height, Chas. A. Werthlo, 'vice C.
Pierce, removed; Raulerson, Jesse W.
Fulgliam, vice G. W. Durrance, resigned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Silver Occupies the Entire Time of the
Day’s Session.
Washington, Sept. B.—Speeches from
democratic senators in the Senate to-day
on the repeal were made by Messrs.
Faulkner of Virginia, Turpie of Indiana,
and Jones of Arkansas. All of them were
in favor of the repeal of the Sherman
act, but couple with the condition that
silver he restored to the position which it
occupied prior to the demonetization act
of 1873.
After Mr. Jones, the last speaker, had
taken his seat there was an awkward
pause. No senator rose to continue tlie
discussion, although it had been arranged
that Mr. Teller was to be tho next
speaker. Then, as a suggestion was made
to proceed to executive business, Mr.
Hale, rep., of Maine, made a short speech,
in which he suggested that Mr. Voorhecs
should not consent to so early an adjourn
ment, (it was then 3:40 o’clock), but
should require senators to go on with the
discussion until a reasonable ijour for ad
journment.
MR. VOORREES ON HIS FEET.
This speech aroused the indignation of
the Indiana senator. He regarded it in
the light of an impertinent lecture, and
resented it in strong and ironical lan
guage.
Mr. Hale protested that he had spoken
only in tho interest of Mr. Voorhecs,
whose fidelity and earnestness he recog
nized,
Mr. Dußois of Idaho and Mr. Teller
had also something to say, taking sides
with Mr. Voorhecs and against Mr. Ilaic.
After that ineident the Senate pro
ceeded to executive business, and at 4:50
o’clock adjourned.
TUB SnEHMAN KEPEAI, DERATE.
The silver bill was taken up at 12:30
o'clock, on motion of Mr. Voorheas, with
out objection, Mr. Faulkner being the
first to take the floor. Mr. Faulkner said:
“The Democratic party no lpnger occu
pied the attitude of a minority party.
The responsibilities of government had
been transferred to its. shoulders, and it
should see that its conclusions were
guided by sentiments of the highest
patriotism. It was one of theduties of this
congress to promptly repeal those sections
of the Revised Statutes which made pos
sible a career so distasteful to the Amer
ican people as that of John I. Davenport.
Such repeal would relieve the burdens
resting upon the people and place it be
yond the power of any future administra
tion, by federal interference at elections,
to shape and dominate the political com
plexion of the legislative branch.
INFLUENCES ON PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.
Many of the causes which have under
mined public confidence could be traced,
in his Judgment, to the events whic h
had occurred ana the policies inaugurated
beyond the boundaries of the republic.
Those causes, which in: enumerated,
were, Mr. Faulkner thought, more
influential in producing the results,
to remedy which congress had
been called together, than the
purchasing clause of the act of 18W0. He
did not believe this act caused the condi
tion in which the country was found to
day; stllbhe w r as sensible of the fact that
influences had been pul in operation to in
duce the i>eople to believe that this repeal
would restore confidence and release, the
circulation which had been hoarded by
the people. The country was in a condi
tion simply hypochondriac, and as no leg
islative medicine can reach this abnor
mal condition the only hope for a full res
toration for the patient was to yield, upon
reasonable conditions, to his hallucina
tion, and rely upon the faith that was in
him to effect a cure.
FREE COIN AUK WOULD BE UNWISE.
Mr. Faulkner repudiated none of the
friendship that he had shown in the past
for silver, hut asserted that the present
situation was entirely different from
what it had been in the past. Assuming
tho premises, which lie laid down at
some length, to lie true, that the great
commercial nations of tlie world, includ
ing the United States, were to-day com
mitted to a single gold standard, every
hour of study strengthens his conviction
| that it would bo unwise, as it would lie
I impossible, for tlie United States, at this
! time, to attempt to establish free and
j unlimited coinage of silver at any ratio
and at tlie same time preserve tho parity
| between the two metals.
Mr. Faulkner saw no solution of this
problem except in international bimetal
lism. England had always been and was
to-day a stumbling-block to tho inaugura
tion of international bimetallism, but
England had to face to-day a condition
that had never before existed, and, con
vinced that her national interests de
manded the adoption of a double stand
ard. she would at once remove the only
obstacle to the accomplishment of that
bimetallism.
WILL VOTE FOR REPEAL.
“I shall vote for the repeal of the pur
chasing clause of tlie act of 1890.” said
Mr. Faulkner, “not for the reason that I
believe it is the cause of tlie prostration
of our business industries and our finan
cial stringency, nor that it has induced
want of confidence on the part of the peo
ple in tlie integrity and stability of our
financial system, but lor three good and
sufficient reasons:
First, the authority and discretion it
confers upon the Secretary of the Treast
ury to enter the markets and purchuse
-4,500,000 ounces of silver monthly, with
out any limit as to the time when this ac
cumulation of bullion shall cease, presents
a constant menace and tends to depress
the price of silver bullion. The act is
founded upon a false theory as to the pro
per functions of government in its rela
tions to money, and furnishes a vicious
precedent for tlie future.
Second, in the execution of its provis
ions, especially in the storing of tlie bull
ion and the issue of treasury notes, it has
been a fruitful source of the strongest ar
gument against the use of silver as a part
of our monetary system.
Third, the people believe, however er
roneously, that the disturbances through
which we are passing are mainly due to
this act, and, like any other “faith cure,”
its repeal, which is proper in any event,
will assist in restoring confidence, the
want of which is the chief obstacle to the
restoration of business activity.”
AN ALTERNATIVE DECLARATION.
“Mr. President., although I shall vote
to repeal the purchasing clause of the act
of 1890, 1 certainly hope I may not be
called upon to do so without having first
secured an amendment to the hill now
pending before the Senate which will, by
law and not by a mere declarntien, give
notice to the world that this government
will exercise all its powers, employ all its
resources, and throw tho weight of its
great influence in favor of the re
establishment of silver on an equality
with gold as a standard of value.”
Mr. Turpie opened with what he called
a study of the history of money for the
last 4oil years, and stated that it was not
to be doubted that the syndicate of gold
had favored the passage of tlie Sherman
law. which now it desired to have re
pealed. The basis of the circulating me
dium. truly considered, was the subsidiary
coinage: and this coinage, lie said, in
which labor was paid, was base, spurious
and dishonest.
BANDITS OF THE GOLD TRUST.
Whatever he might think of the value
of the gold reserve in tlie treasury, lie
was looth to have it lootedrby the bandits
of the gold trust. It was a constant
source of irritation to it, and an anomaly,
it was contrary to the traditions of the
syndicate and to its mysterious law of ag
gregation for the syndicate had long ago
said "all gold is mine.” He thought there
should be a remonetization of subsidiary
silver coin, in the interest of wage earn
ers. One of the strongest objections to
tho bill and act was that tlie standard
silver dollar (the money in which skilled
labor was largely paid) was dishonored,
and had not the full value of money be
cause it was not legal tender.
THE BRAND OF BONDAGE.
To-da.v, said Mr. Turpie. gold islbrought
to the mint; silver is bought by the treas
ury. The act of purchasing was itself a
discrimination against silver. The ever
recurring test of “purchase” was the vice
of silver circulation. It placed on silver
coins the mark and brand of bondage,
like the collar around the neck of Gurth,
the swinelierdcr in “Jvanhoe.” It de
stroyed the parity of the two metals and
of the two money s. lie was in favor of
coinage of silvpr, free ami without
mint charges. He was prepared to sup
port, and had always supported, free
coinage. The national circulating med
ium ought to be. and would be in the
end, silver and gold coin, with paper as a
substitute—ail of full monetary value.
As to the different proportions of gold,
silver and notes that wore to he in circu
lation, that was a question of secondary
importance. Itwas necessarily a temjwrary
question and one wholly of expediency.
Mr. Tnrpie closed with an invocation for
tlie restitution of the freedom of the bal
lot. The free ballot, lie said, is worth
more than free coinage.
SENATOR JONES SPEAKS.
Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, was the next
speaker. He favored the repeat of the
Sherman act, not in part, hut in whole.
He did not believe that the Sherman act
had been the cause of the financial
troubles of the country, and he believed
that they would pass away without the re
peal of that act. He heartily joined in
the demand for an honest dollar -a dol
lar which did not rob the creditor, but
which returned to him at the end of the
contract all that he had parted with at
the beginning; and at the same
time a dollar which did not rob
the debtor, and which took from
liirnonlyas much as he had contracted
to pay. If the pending bill passed, sena
tors could not shut their eyes to the fact
that they had gone back to and ratified
the great fraud of 1.873, and he feared that
none of them should ever see relief from
that wrong until it came in a way the
mere contemplation of which made him
shudder. He never—so help him God
would vote to destroy silver, and thereby
to take bread from the mouth of honest
labor in order to swell the profits of capi
talists.
BETURN TO BIMETALLISM.
Mr. Jones quoted from Senator Hill’s
speech in favor of returning to bimetal
inm as it existed before 1873. lie (Jones)
agreed with him, and believed that the
majority of the Senate did so. If that
were so. why, lie asked, not promptly ap
ply the remedy. The great nodi of the
country was a larger volume of metallic
money. A measure providing for that
could be carried in the Senate infinitely
easier than the ponding measure eould
be. In fact, a bill for that purpose would
have to he voted on, then voted down, be
fore the ilending measure could come to a
vote.
At 3:40 o’clock the proceedings in the
Senate .eemed to have come to a stand
still. No senator sought the floor.
This led Mr. Vouchees to express the
ho)w that the Senate would not adjourn
early. He had supposed t hat the senator
from Colorado (Teller), who wished to
speak, would be willing 1 o go ton reasonable
time for adjournment. If i here was no sena
tor desirous to speak now. he (Voorlioes)
would have to ask fora vote on the bill.
Mr. Harris suggested that there were
several nominations awaiting tho action
of tlie Senate, and they might bo consid
ered now in executive session.
Then occurred tho passage between
Halo and Voorhecs briefly described
above.
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC.
’n concluding his colloquy with Mr.
Hale, Mr. Voorhecs desired to say a few
words to the public: "Anxious as I am
to press this matter to a vote, and hav
ing pressed it to the utmost limit until I
had thought I had strained tlie bounda
ries of patience, and until, in deference
to tlie wishes of senators, 1 withdrew the
resolution for an tl o’clock session
(who would have been glad to
have had it adopted), it is
some consolation to my mind that
the public business of the country is dis
counting the passage of this bill. Pros
perity is reviving. The times are not so
strained- not so hard since the House has
passed tlie bill and witli tlie knowlege that
the Senate will pass it. In a little time
it will lie behind us, and not before us.
The public has taken notice of this fact,
and already there is a revival all over tlie
country, which is some compensation for
the last four or Jive weeks of strain which
we have undergone.” *
LOUIS OF BAVARIA.
He Puts in a Word on German Loyalty
to the Reigning Houses.
London, Sept. B.—Tito Times’ Berlin
correspondent telegraphs that Prince
iziuis of Bavaria, who represents Luit
pold, Bavarian prince' regent, at the ma
neuvers at Metz, in replying to the ad
dress by the burgomaster of Svveibrucken,
said: “I come to Metz, which for hun
dreds of years was under French sover
eignty, to show tho world that, the Ger
man princes are all of one mind, and that
to-da.v Germans would stand shoulder to
shoulder, if needful, as they did twenty
three years ago. The present moment is
witness to the fact that loyalty to the
reigning houses is compatible with true
German patriotism.” ,
PONTEFRACT RIOTS.
Troops and Strikers Having Desul
tory Battles Throughout the Night.
I /Omion, Sept. B.—Dispatches from Pon
tefract this morning confirm last night’s
report that one man was lrillod and an
other mortally wounded in tlie fight there
between troops and strikers.
The rioters were out ail night, destroy
ing property and fighting the military and
police. They hare burned the woodon
bridge over the Colliery railway to Lord
Musham's property.
ON DUTY ALL NIGHT.
Full military and police forces were on
duty without pause until 8 o’clock a. m.
to-day. At 5 o’clock tho rioters hod been
brought under temporary control. Most
of Ute mob had been scattered, but they
are likely to reassemble at any hour.
Holding Its Own in Italy.
London. Sept. B.—The latest advices
received here show that the averago
number of new cases of cholera and
deaths from tho disease in Italy and
Holland is maintained. One case which
had been officially pronounced to be
Asiatic cholera has occurred in Amster
dam. The patient, however, is recover
ing. There have been no fresh cases re
ported in Rotterdam.
CATHOLIC CONGRESS.
Large Attendance and Enthusiam
Notable at all Its Sessions.
Chicago, Sept. B.—The next to the last
day of tlie Catholic congress was given'up
to the discussion of “Catholic. Educa
tion,” papers being presented by many of
tlie most prominent educators of the
church. One of tin'most interesting was
that prepared by IJro. Azarins, of tho
Manhattan college, whose death occurred
some months since. Rt. Rev. John J.
Kg ane, rector of tho Catholic University
of America, delivered tho opening address
on "Catholic Higher Education,” saying
that its object was to prepare men for
tho three great studies, nature man
and God.
very successful gathering.
Maurice Francis Egan of the university
of Notre Dame, Jnd., discussed the “Need
of Catholic Colleges” and Rt. Rev. John
T. Murphy of the Holy Ghost college,
Pittsburg, talked about “Catholic High
Schools.” The session concluded with an
interesting account of the Catholic ex
hibit at the fair by Brother Ambrose, to
whose able management tlie favorable
showing is due. The attendance at the
congress has been well maintained
throughout, and it is the universal ver
dict that it is one of the most successful
denominational gatherings ever held.
WHITE CAPS.
Tennessee Contingent Having Whip
ped a Man, Next Assasinate Him.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. B.—At Dun
lap station, about thirty miles from Chat
tanooga, Eafayette Grimes was mur
dered from ambush last night. The old
man had been whipped by white caps last
week and had procured the arrest of the
w hite caps. In order to prevent him from
appearing as a witness against them, the
white caps lay in wait with shotguns and
riddled his body as he passed at a late
hour. The officers pro not very anxious
to run aeross the murderers,as they are re
garded with much fear.
To the Chair of Chemistry.
Baton Rouge. Ha.. Sept. 8. —Prof. B. B.
Ross, of the faculty of the Louisiana
State university and of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college, has Just been
elected to the chair of chemistry by the
board of directors of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Alabama,
which carries with it the position of state
chemist of that commonwealth. It is
said that Prof. Ross will accept the posi
tion.
Petition in Chancery Filed.
Richmond, Va , Sept. B.—Willis B.
Smith, as counsel for Henry M. Bacon
and wife, suing for themselves and
others, etc., filed in the chancery court
to-day a retition in the suit recently in
stituted by Baroness Caroline von
Roques against D. W. Armstrong et. al.,
and counsel have been notified that it
will be presented in court at tne opening
of the next term.
Currency for Cotton, at Raleigh.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. B.—The Raleigh
Cotton Exchange adopted a resolution
giving notice that the cotton dealers here
are ready to buy all the cotton offered on
this market, and that the banks will see
that currency is provided to pay for it.
( DAILY *lO A YEAR I
{ 5 CENTS A COPY V
I WEEKLY, *125 A YEAR l
RESPITE OF WILL DUTTON.
To Have Been Hanged Next Friday
for Another’s Crime.
Narrow Escape From the Gallows, If
the Negro’s Story Can be Substanti
ated -James Masoey and His Wife,
to Whom the Murder of tho Widow
Hobbs is Now Laid, Arrested in Put*
nam County and Conveyed to Bar
tow, the Scene of the Killing a Year
Ago—A Sensational Affair.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. B.—James Massey
and wife were nrrested in Putnam
county to-day on warrants charging
them with the murder of Mrs. Mobbs in
Bartow county a year ago, and passed
through here to-night in charge of tlie
sheriff of Batow county. Will Dutton,
upon the affidavit of the sheriff who ar
rested tlie Masseys, was reprieved. The
evidence which recently came to light,
and which resulted in the arrest of
Massey and Ids wife, strongly points to
them as the guilty ones,
and if this case turns out as is now ex
pected, it will show that they not only
committed the murder, but fastened tho
guilt upon the negro Dutton, who was
about to bo hanged for a crime which he
never committed.
TUB MURDERED WOMAN.
Mrs. Mobbs was a grass widow living
near Cartorsvillo. Tlie Masseys lived
near neighbors to her, and it seems that
Mrs. Mobbs and Massey were fonder of
each other than suited Mrs. Massey. She
followed her husband one day und sur
prised him and Mrs. Mobbs together.
In a fury of Jealous rage she
stabbed Mrs. Mobbs in the neck
and killed her. She and tier husband
then hid the body in the bushes, and tins
guilt was fastened upon the negro Dut
ton, who was found in the vicinity of the
crime. After tlie trial Massey and his
wife left Bartow county for Putnam,
where they have since lived. These are
the alleged facts upon which they were
arrested to-da.v Dutton professes to
have seen Mrs. Massey do the killing and
saw her and her husband hide the body.
Will Dutton, sentenced to be, hanged at
Cartersville on Kept. 15, was reprieved
b.v the governor to-day until Oct. 20,
pending consideration of petition for com
mutation.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT.
Secretary Heßter a Report to tho
New Orleans Exchange.
New Orleans, Sept. B.—The crop
movements Sept. Ho 8, Inclusive,
according to Secretary Hester’s
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
rc|>ort, issued to-day, is as follows: “The
new commercial year of 1898-94 opens
with a much smaller movement of cotton
than has been shown in cither last year
or tlie year before. The statement cov
ers tlie past week and tlie first eight days
of the season, making the amount of tho
American cotton crop borught into
sight for tlie week 43.061, against 04,804
in September 1892, and 100,809 for tho
same time in 1891. For the eight dasy of
September, the movement into
sight has been 48,920, against
70,801 anil 121,873, showing a falling
off ofj 31 per cent., from last year
and sixty from tho year before. Foreign
exports for the new year have been 18,-
447 bales, against 10,008 last year, and the
total takings of American mill*
north and south were 28.065,
against 47,344, tlie latter including
11,701 by northern spinners, against 31,-
040 last season. Since tlie close of the
commercial year stocks at Amorican
ports and 29 leading southern interior
centers have been increased 2,408 bales,
against un increase for the same period
last season of 13.449. and are now 234,-
030 bales larger tiian at this date last
year.
FULTON’S TAX RATE.
Three Cents Less Than Last Year, and
Its Values $1,600,000 More.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. B.—Fulton county’s
tax rate was fixed by the county commis
sioners to-da.y at 86.9 cents on the hundred
dollars, which is 3 cents lower than tho
rate last year. The state rate is 46.1,
which makes a total of 83 cents state and
county tax rate for Fulton county. The
reduction is made possible on account of
tlie $1,500,000 increase in taxable values
during tlie year, which is remarkable in
view of the fact that one hundred other
counties have fallen off to tho aggregate
of $13,000,000 tills year. Tlie revenue de
rived b.v the county will be approximately
$240,000.
SERIOUS CHARGE.
A Young Man Accused of Robbing tha
Vidalia Postoffice of SB,OOO.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 8. —T. R. Dix, a
young man of good standing in Vidalia,
was brought to Macon to-day by a dep
uty United States marshal, and to-mor
row will have to answer before a com
niissioner on the charge of robbing the
liost office at Vidalia and appropriating
SB,OOO and a ring. Dix protests his inno
cence, but proof against him is said to be
strong.
A Young Man Accused of Robbing the
Vidalia Postoffice of SB,OOO.
Macon, Ga., Kept. B.—T. R. Dix, a
young man of good standing in Vidalia,
was brought to Macon to-day by a dep
uty United States marshal, and to-mor
row will have to answer before a com
missioner on the charge of robbing the
liost office at Vidalia and appropriating
#B,OOO and a ring. Dix protests his inno
cence, but proof against him is said to be
strong.
Sheriff Killed by a Negro.
Jackson, Tenn.,Sept. 8. —Sheriff E. A.
Brooks was shot by John Williams, alias
John Teer, a negro prisoner in the county
jail, and there is scarcely any hope that
he will live. Armed men followed quickly
after the prisoner, but he escaped to the
Forked Deer river swamp. Mounted men
are scouring the bottoms and guarding all
roads, and it is probable that the negro
will be captured and banged.
Nebraska Bank Cashier Skipped.
Geneva, Neb., Sept. B.—J. M. Fisher,
cashier of the First National Bank of this
city left Sunday night for parts unknown,
placing the time-lock of the bank vault 72
hours ahead. Investigation shows he
took with him #14.400, besides borrowing
#3,500 from a neighboring town and put
ting up his bank stock as collateral.
Last Year’s Cotton Rates Reaffirmed
Little Rock. Ark.. Sept. B.—The traffic
managers of the Missouri Pacific, Cotton
Belt, Little Rock and Memphis and Whit-3
and Black River railroads, met in this
city yesterday and reaffirmed the cotton
rates of last year.
Contributions for Coast Relief.
New York. Sept. B.—Contributions to
the amount of #O7B were received to-day
at the Maritime Exchange for the south
ern relief fund.