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I J. H. ESTILL, President. j
HOAR TALKS ON HAWAII.
The Senator Over-anxious to Attack
the President.
Be Calls for Information Concerning
the Instructions to Minister Willis
as to the Restoration of the Queen.
The Government’s Right to Restore
Her Denied—Senator Vilas Favors
Waiting—Senator Hill Defends the
Call for Information,
Washington, Dee. 6.—ln the Senate to
day two bills relating to pensions were
introduced by Mr. Voorhees, and were
referred. The title of one is “declaring a
pension a vested right; regulating sus
pension of pensions and granting appeals
to the supreme court of the District of
Columbia.” The title of the other is
“definding sundry crimes against the
United States in the adminstration of the
pensions.”
Mr. Cullom offered the following reso
lution:
Resolved, By the Senate, the Houso of
Representatives concurring, that the
thanks of congress be tendered to the
governor, to the legislature, and to the
people of the state of Illinois for the
statue of Gen. James Shields, who was so
closely identified with the history of Ill
inois and the United States, by his emi
nent services as a soldier, jurist and
statesman.
Resolved, That the statue be accepted
and assigned to a place in statuary hall,
(the old hall of representatives) and that
a copy of these resolutions, signed by the
president of the Senate and the speaker
of the House, be transmitted to the gov
ernor of Illinois.
Remarks in eulogy of Gen. Shields were
made by Messrs. Cullom, Vest, Davis and
Palmer. The resolutions were then
agreed to.
HOAR’S HAWAIIAN RESOLUTION.
The Vice President laid before the Sen
ate the resolution offered yesterday by
Mr. Hoar, requesting the President to
communicate copies of all instructions
given to any representative or naval offi
cer of the United States since March 4.
l s ßl, in regard to the preservation of pub
lic order in Hawaii, or the protection of
the lives and property of American citi
zens. or the recognition or support of any
government thereof. Mr. Hoar said that
the resolution was one merely asking for
information, and was such as the Senate
generally adopted without question or de
lay. There could be no question that
the present government of Hawaii (the
government in power there at the last ad
vices), was a friendly government. It had
established itself without violence after
an attempt, on the part of the queen, to
commit an act of revolution and usurpa
tion. It covered three administrations,
and he hoped and believed that the in
structions would show a settled and con
sistent policy, down to the very time.
AN ACT OF WAR.
But, if the President’s message meant
anything it meant that the executive of
the United States was meditating and
considering the question whether, he
should, by his own executive authority,
commit an act of war against a friendly
power. To undertake, on any pretense
whatever, or for any reason whatever, to
enter that kingdom or republic, or how
ever, it might be defined and described,
and to overthrow its existing government,
was an act of war, and none the less so
because it was an act against a feeble and
small government. The suggestion
tint the United States might have
acted with undue haste in the recognition
of the government or that it might have
violated international law by taking part
in t!ie revolution which established it
would not bear examination for a moment.
The matter of the establishment of the
existing government was a fact, and not a
question of right or wrong. There was
scarcely a government on the American
continent that did not owe its existence to
a revolution. International law recognized
and could, in the nature of things,
recognize ouly de facto governments. If
what the President said in his message
were true, some wrongful action on the
part of the American minister
of the last administration would
not justify the President in over
throwing the established government.
Bethought it manifest that the trans
action was one which the Senate and peo
ple were entitled to understand, and were
entitled to understand without delay. If
the thing had not been done yet, he
wanted the indignant remonstrance ofthe
American people to make itself felt, and
it should he heard by the executive ears,
however dull they might seem to be.
BLOUNT’S MISSION.
Referring to the mission of Commis
sioner Blount, Mr. Hoar expressed a cu
riosity to hear from any defender of the
administration on what precedent the
1 resident relied for that most extraordi
uarv and most secret proceeding. Ho
Hoar] did not want to bo understood
as expressing an opinion as to
! he policy ot annexing the Hawaiian
glands, or as entering at all into that dis
cussion. All such questions were foreign
to the present occasion. It seemed to him
'hat the President was adopting and get
tuig into the habit of adopting rather
extraordinary language in dealing with
other brunches of the government. In his
I; tst message he had said, in regard to the
cn il service, that congress had
passed the civil law, not be
cause it favored it, but because
coiurress was afraid of popular opinion,
“•j i Hoar) should like to bo at liberty to
e,ate to the President something which
c had heard said by democrats in his
°f the country—men who were quite
, honest, quite as distinguished, and
quite as high in the public estimation and
• onndence as any person holding any offl
ual position, however illustrious.
mills replies to hoar.
' ,r - Mills opposed the resolution, and
!'_“' K e pf Mr. Hoar's speech as a case of
shelling the woods” before he obtained
~ which liis resolution
< -'bed for, and as charging the President
V..’ meditating an act of war. Ho
• ‘“ls , denied the statement, and asserted
in't j ® executive had respectfully sub
eu the question to congress, and had
j *'™ congress the information at his dis
s: , SUI -'h as he thought it appropriate
0 submit. The President’s action in tho
■ lui'r had been strictly confined within
a; limits °f the executive authority. It
5° liiat the government
Rich had been overthrown in Hawaii was
roonachy. Ua sar was a nion
rU when Christ said that
imue should be paid to him.
"as not a question of the morality of
“ 'lawn, and of whether her character
such as.Cieser would have had his
Possess. The only question was,
'■ i tbe government of the UnitedStutcs
. . ri,.,.,, t 0 overthrow the government of
itf * t did, then it was the duty
■ President of the United States, the i
■ tesentative of this government, to I
make prompt restitution and to reinstate
the government which it had overthrown.
A SORRY PICTURE.
Mr. Mills was still speaking when the
morning hour expired, at 3 o'clock p. m.,
but. on motion of Mr. Hoar, he was per
mitted to proceed with his speech. He
spoke of tho picture presented in the
overthrow of the Hawaiian government,
and the American republic, a power able
to cope with all the nations ot the earth,
standing with its guns shotted to the
lips and turned upon the palace of a poor,
half-savage, half-civilized queen. Why,
he asked, had all this been done! Why
had the American minister been con
stantly informing the government about
the desirability of the Hawaiian
islands and about the value of their sugar
production l It reminded him of that in
cident in Roman history when Cato, who
bad been to Carthage, laid on the table
before the Roman Senate a bunch of Car
thage figs saying: “This splendid fruit
grows within three days’ sail from
Rome.”
Carthago delenda est. Carthage must
fall because she produced fine figs which
the Romans wanted. So the Hawaiian
islands should change their government
because the sugar planters of Hawaii
’wanted to obtain the bounty on sugar, to
be paid to them out of the pockets of tho
American citizens.
VILAS FAVORS WAITING.
Mr. Vilas thought it was due to all the
senators, that, before the discussion as to
Hawaii proceeded they should be in a posi
tion to deal with the facts and to know
what they were. He desired that every
thing asked for in the resolution, and
much more besides, should be furnished
so as to enable the discussion to be con
ducted on an intelligent basis. But there
were reasons, he thought, why the reso
lution ought not to be adopted at the
present moment, The President, in bis
annual message, had made a brief state
inont of his general position in relation to
Hawaiian affairs, and had said that addi
tional advices were soon expected, and
would be promptly sent to congress. In
view of that complete and ample proffer
of information, it would be a more digni
fied course for the Senate to pursue to de
fer making a request of the President.
HOAR STICKS TO HIS POINT.
Mr. Hoar, again speaking, said that
even if six months or a year ago some offi
cial of the United States had, in violation
of right and internatiolal law, done some
thing by which the government of Hawaii
had been overthrown and anew govern
ment established, he would not concede
that it would be the duty of the United
States, six months afterwards, to over
throw the existing condition of things,
because that argument would require the
restoration of Texas to Mexico.
Mr. Mills reminded Mr. Hoar that the
United States had not acquired Texas
from Mexico. Texas had come into the
union voluntarily.
• Mr. Vilas asserted that for what the
President had done, and for what he had
instructed his minister to do, he had
ample, complete and perfect authority.
HILL STANDS BY HOAR.
Mr. Hill said that he did not propose to
cross the Hawaiian bridge untill lie got
to it. He did not propose to discuss tho
wisdom of the original procedure, or the
wisdom of what had been reentl.y done
by the present administration. He did
not understand that those questions were
involved in the resolution. He seldom
agreed with the Senator from Massa
chusetts (Mr. Hoar), i but he did
agree with him in this particular—that
tbe resolution was an ordinary and simple
one, asking for imformatton from a de
partment of the government in relation
to a:most important matter. It was
information for which the American peo
ple had looked in the President’s mes
sage, and which they had been disap
pointed in not finding there. When the
senators ascertained what instructions
had been given, and understood what the
true situation was, they could determine
what they ought to do. He did not con
sider that the adoption of the resolution
in the absence of tiie chairman of the
committee on foreign relations would be
any disrespect to that senator, Mr. Mor
gan. What the Senate might see fit to
do when the information was furnished
was another and a different subject alto
gether.
WORKING FOR DELAY.
The suggestion that the re solution
should not be acted upon in the absence
of the senator from Alabama was simply
for the sake of delay and in order that
congress might be powerless to take
proper action in a certain event. He had
no refiectiou to cast on the preceding ad
ministration or on the present adminis
tration. He had no unkind word to say
in relation to the action of the previous
minister to Hawaii, or of the present min
ister. It had been publicly hinted that
instructions had been given to upset the
provisional government, by force, if nec
essary. That would bring up the
question as to whether the Pres
ident had the right, by the use
of the armv or navy, and
without tho consent of congress, to re
store the previously existing status
even conceding that the former govern
ment of Hawaii had been overthrown by
fraud or force. The informrtion asked
for in the resolution was asked because
the Senate was entitled to it. The reso
lution was respectfully worded The in
formation was asked only so far as it was,
in the President's opinion, consistent
with the public interests to furnish it.
He knew that that was the usual form,
but he did not see why the information
should be withheld for a single moment.
COU! D DO NO HARM.
What harm was to be done if the peo
ple could know precisely what was now
going on in the Hawaiian islands.’ No
good reason had been presented, or could
be presented, why tbe President
should not promptly comply with the
resolutions. There are reasons why the
information should be given hero and
now. Perhaps at this very moment, at
this very hour, tho navy of tno United
States, in eo operation with tho United
States minister, might be seeking to de
stroy the provisional government by
force. He did not intend to intimate
that the instructions given to the United
States minister to Hawaii, whatever
they were, were improper, because he
did not know what they were. Some
might say that the President had done
right, and some might say that the Presi
dent had done wrong, but no senator knew
what the President had done, and
the resolution simply called on him to in
form tho Senate of the subject. Were
the instructions, Mr. Hill asked, that the
minister should negotiate for the destruc
tion of the provisional government by in
trigue, by some arrangement; or were they
that he should restore the pre-existing
status by putting the queen back; He
concluded by declaring that on principle
there was no objection to tbe resolution.
SHERMAN FAVORS THE RESOLUTION.
Mr. Sherman favored the passage of
the resolution. He did not wish to dis
cuss the Hawaiian question. But ho de
sired to say that if it was the pur|iosc of
the President, by the use of a military
force, to restore the quecu in Hawaii, it
would be a fatal act of public policy, a
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1805.
great injustice to the people of the United
States, and almost an insult to the con
gress of the United States.
Mr. Gray agreed with Mr. Sherman
that there was no objection to the adop
tion of the resolution. He thought it was
a pro|>er one. although in view of the
President's promise to supply all the in
formation jiromptly, there was no urgency
or exigency for the adoption
of the resolution. He did not sympathize
with the exceeding haste and zeal of
the senator from New York (Hill), who
was so anxious to throw the resolution at
the President that he wanted even to
take out of it the ordinary conventional
language of all such resolutions, as to
compatibility with the public interests.
Mr. Hill remarked that ho had ex
pressly stated that he knew that to bo
the regular form, but that it was simply
unnecessary. He saw no reason why the
information should be withheld.
Mr. Gray said he had hoped that the re
mark of the senator from New York had
been made in ignorance, but it now ap
peared that it had not been.
Mr. Hill—The ignorance seems to be on
the side of the senator from Delaware.
[Daughter.]
Mr. Gray—That ma.v be so, but it was
, ignorance when the senator from New
York supposed that the language was un
necessary. Now it appears that the
senator would have tins courteous lan
guage taken out of the resolution. Ho
may see some good reason for it, but I do
not think that any other senator will
see it.
The debate was closed by Mr. Call and
the resolution was adopted without
division.
After a short executive session the
Senate at 4:05 p.m. adlourncd until to
morro w.
HAWAII ALL THE TALK.
The Representatives Trying to Make
Capital Out of the Situation.
Washington, Dec. (i.—Tlic Hawaiian
matter is being more discussed here even
than the tariff, as the republicans are
doing all they can to take advantage of
the policy of Mr. Cleveland, and make
political capital out of it. The democrats,
on the whole, will stand with the Presi
dent in the matter if it is submitted to
congress, and there is every reason to be
lieve that his position in regard to the is
lands will be upheld.
Col. I.ivingston presented to the ways
and means committee this morning a pe
tition signed, he says, by each member of
the delegation, requesting that an indi
vidual income tax be offered by the com
mittee.
Three postoffices were established in
Georgia to-day: At Edward, Warren
county, with George E. Smith postmas
ter: Hayston, Newton county, with A. S.
Haynes as postmaster, and at Worsham,
Monroe county, with John R. Worsham
as postmaster.
Representative Oates, of Alabama,
said to the Morning News correspond
ent to-day that the rumor circulated that
he would not be a candidate for governor
was absolutely untrue. “I have never
announced as a candidate, but if the nom
ination is offered me I will gladly take it,
and show that I am not in the least afraid
that tho democrats have weakened in the
state.”
HELLO RETURNS TO RIO.
He Evidently Doso Not Intend to In
tercept the New Cruisers.
Washington, Dec. 6.—A dispatch was
received at the state department this
morning from Minister Thompson, an
nouncing the arrival of Admiral Mello on
the Aquidaban at the quarantine station
o( Iltie Grande. This is the quarantine
station oft Rio, recently established, and
the admiral’s appearance there would
! seem to indicate that he- has reconsidered
liis determination to give battle to the
America and Nietlieroy on tbe high seas,
if, indeed, that really was liis purpose in
leaving the harbor several days ago. No
news has been received at the Brazilian
legation on the subject.
CARLISLE’S ANNUAL REPORT.
It Is Delayed to Figure Out What In
ternal Taxes Are Needed.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Secretary Car
lisle's annual report on the condition of
the treasury, which usually goes to con
gress with tiie President's message, it is
thought is not likely to reach that body
until Monday or Tuesday. The report is
nearly but not quite completed, and is de
lated because Secretary Carlisle is figur
ing out the effect of the now tariff bill on
the customs revenue. This ascertained,
he will know what internal revenue taxa
tion to recommend to produce sufficient
revenue to meet the expenses of the
government for the fiscal year ending
June, 1892, and to provide for the imme
diate needs of the treasury.
AN UNUSUAL VERDICT.
W. H. Venable Found Guilty, But the
Jury Says His Action Was Justifi
able.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. o.—An unusual ver
dict was rendered by a jury in the city
court to-day.
W. 11. Venable, the capitalist and polit
ical boss, who beat G. K. Woodward with
a horsewhip several weeks ago in the
latter's office, drawing blood from his face
and scarring him for iife, was found
guilty of assault and battery. In giving
in the verdict, however, the foreman of
the jury made a statement, in which ho
said the defendant had done right
and was only found guilty because he
could not be exonerated by the law. At
the time of the cowhiding the circum
stances under which it was done were not
regarded by the public as at all credita
ble to Mr. Venable. Woodward is suing
for SIO,OOO damages, and the action of the
jury to-day is calculated to offset this
claim. No sentence was passed on Mr.
Vena ble.
WANT TO PAY IN FULL.
The Finance Committee Votes in
Favor of Allowing Interest.
Atlanta. Ga., Dec. o.—The finance com
mittee of the Senate to-night agreed to
rojiort in fa\or of paying the Ila.ves and
Scott bonds with interest at 4 ! . per cent,
since maturity. This interest amounts to
about 620.000. The Senate will probably
pass the bill as recommended by the com
mittee, and it will then go back to the
House. It is very doubt fid if the House
will agree to the amendment. In this
event it seems to be agreed that tho
Senate will recede from its amendment
after having placed itself on record rather
than that the bill should be lost.
Influenza at London.
Ixmdon, Dec. 6.—The influenza is in
creasing in this city. Sevonty-four deaths
during the past week have been attrib
uted to that disease. The deaths from
all causes are 800 aliove the weekly aver
age.
SIX DAYS LEFT THE SOLOSS.
Then Hit Legislature's lime Limit
Will Eiplrc.
A Large Numbsr of Bills Sure to Be
Left Unacted On—Tho Demand for
Uniform Text Books Strain Knocked
Out—The House Also Votes Against
the Proposition to Hold a Constitu
tional Convention.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. B—But six more
days remain to the general assembly.
There yet remains a large amount of busi
ness to be done, and in order to get
through with as much of it as possible,
for there is sure to lie a good deal left
dead when adjournment arrives, the
House to-day inaugurated afternoon and
night sessions, while the Senate actually
put in full timo.
For the fourth time within the past
few years tiie House this morning sat
down on the passage of a uuiforjn text
hook law for the state. The bill killed
to-day was offered by Mr. West, of
Lowndes. Like its predecessors, it pro
vided for the creation of a book commis
sion to udvertiso for bids and adopt a
system of books for the public schools.
The committee on education had already
given it a black eye, by reporting it unfa
vorably, but there was a motion to disa
gree to this report, which was cham
pioned by Messrs. West, McDonald and
Sears, chiefly on the idea that the cost of
text books would be much decreased were
the uniform system contracted for.
Mr. West, of Lo .vndes, the author of
the hill, urged that the books now used
were too expensive, bought as they were
at a profit of 125 per cent, to tho sellers,
and these prices would bo so lowered by
the book commission that, at least, .<IOO,
000 would bo saved to the parents of the
state who bought the books.
MAM OPPOSES IT.
Mr Ham, chairman of the educational
committee, replied. He denied that the
cost would be less. On the contrary, in
Louisiana, where such a law was in force,
the same books sold for more than they
sell for iu Georgia. He looked upon the
uniform text bonk proposition as an out
rageous one. It was one of the first meas
ures the scallawags and carpet baggers
and snollygosters had saddled on this
people after the war, and it was one of
the very first to be expunged from
the statute books when democracy
reasserted itself. He said that under
this bill tho leglsiatureat one fell swoop
would destroy the property of-00.000 school
children. The same bill had Deen killed
three times before in the legislature and
it would be killed this time. Mr. Ham
said the bill was from tho hands of tho
state school commissioner, who had been
trying to push the bill through because he
did not understand it. Be some one
had asked If he was not an agent for
school hooks. He was an agent, he said,
but if the questioner thought that would
influence him on the floor of the house, he
hurled ithftok into his face with the con
tempt it deserved.
Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, gave notice of
a motion to reconsider to-morrow.
NO CONSTI.TTIOXAL CONVENTION.
The house also killed tiie bill providing
for a constitutional convention. It was
introduced by Mr. Reagan, of Henry. The
bill appropriated *25,000 for holding the
convention. The friends of the bill took
the ground that the present representa
tion in the general assembly is unjust,
and representation should be base 1 on
population. Instances were cited
where two counties having the same
population were represented, one by two
representatives and the other b.v one. A
number of other i>oints in the present
constitution requiring a convention were
brought out, among them that no new
counties can now be created, and the
state cannot appropriate money to adver
tise her resources or protect her health.
Speeches were made against the bill by-
Messrs. Harrison, ofJQuitman; GUerard,
of Chatham: Branch, of Columbia ;
Wheeler, of Walker; and in favor of it by
Messrs. Reagan, of Henry; Hodges, of
Bibb, and Smith, of Gwinnett.
A NEW GAME LAW.
At its afternoon session the House
pas*d anew gurao law for the state
wlilffh supersedes till local game laws.
The game season for hunting birds is
made from Nov. 1. to April 1, except for
doves, which may be limited from August
to April. Netting and trapping are pro
hibited and to offer for sale, to soil or to
buy game out of season is a misdemeanor.
'i'he bills providing for the establish
ment of a state reformatory, as suggested
by tiie governor's message, and also to
establish reformatories by counties and
municipalities were taken up at the after
noon session.
The Senate to-day reconsidered its ac
tion of yesterday in indefinitely postpon
ing notion on the report of the committee
which investigated the dams across the
S:\vannah river at Augusta, and the mat
ter w ill now c ome up in order. /
JURY EXEMPTIONS.
By a vote of 19 to 18 the bill introduced
by Mr. Persons to wipe from the statute
books ail jury exemptions, except officers
of court, physicians, pilots and railroad
engineers, ministers of the gosjiel and
school teachers, was Jost. It liad
been reported adversely by tbe commit
tee. Mr. Persons thought there were too
many exemptions. He wanted tho mili
tary furnished with arms and an annual
encampment, but they took out of tho
jury box some of the best men In the state.
Mr, Wooten opposed the bill. He
thought the bill would cripple the mili
tary of the state, as well as the volunteer
lire departments.
Mr. Fleming said that in his county
there was such a scarcity of jurymen
that a groat number of the men who
were over age or exempt had gotten to
gether and had their names put back in
the jury box, and agreed to serve when
drawn, and therefore he favored the
ill.
Mr. Reese opposed the bill, and de
fended tho report of tho committee.
Mr. Jenkins did not think the mili
tary system of the state should be built
up at tiie ex|*nse of the state. He was
willing to appropriate money to keep tho
military but opposed the bill.
Mr. Hackett opposed the bill He thought
the military were necessary and that
they should be compensated by exemption
from jury duty.
Mr. Wilson of the Eleventh district
opposed the bill.
Mr. Humphries opposed the passage of
the bill and urged that the exemptions be
not taken from the military.
Mr. Daily said ho was opposed to all
jury exemptions. He thought the jury
box ought not to be robbed of souio of its
best material. He said the exemptions
now were in favor of men who are able
to pay for it.while the poorer man
has to serve. Outrageous .verdicts
are often rendered against corporations,
because our best people evade the jury
box. and leave that service, often to pro
fessional jurors. He said that he favored
the military and all the appropriation
necessary to keep it up, but thought the
members ought to be required to serve on
juries just the same as other citizens.
Among the bills passed by the Senate
to-day were the following:
Appropriating *2,000 to the blind asy
lum.
To transfer tho county of Dooly from
the Southwestern circuit to the Oconee
circuit.
To change tho time of holding Dooly
court.
To revise tho time for holding courts in
the Brunswick circuit.
At the night session the House passed
the hill providing for county or municipal
reformatories The bill for a state re
formatory. which requires an appropria
tion of *IB,OOO, will ini taken up again to
morrow morning as a special order.
To-night the House jiassed the bill mak
ing all city offices in Atlanta elective b.v
the people. This bill is a thorn in tho
side of tiie ring.
The committee on the state of the re
public has reported on the Bacon and
other financial resolutions b.v offering a
substitute for it. The substitute is prac
tically the Bacon resolution.
STEVENSON'S TRIP TO AUOUSTA.
The Vice President and His Party to
Be There Next Week.
Augusta, Ga , Dec. B.—Vice President
Stevenson and Mrs. Stovenson, Senators
Blackburn and Palmer, and Congressmen
Springer and Black of Illinois, and Black
of Georgia will visit tho Augusta expo
sition next week. They will leave on
Monday and spend Wednesday and Thurs
day at the exposition. 'l'he Vice Presi
dent and his party will come to Augusta
by tin' Richmond and Danville. They will
receive an ovation. The exposition will
positively close next Thursday, Dec. 14
It lias been a great success industrially
nd financially.
ATHENS’ SHORTAGE $20,000.
Tho Farmers Not Apt to Invest in
Alliance Warehouses Again Soon.
Athens, Ga., Doe. B.—Receiver Rucker
estimates the shortage of tho Alliance
warehouse to be above *20,000. Dismayed
farmers are coming from all sections, and
are much enraged at their loss. The
catastrophe has been a great blow to the
Alliance and third party of this section,
it will boa long time before the farmers
can be induced to venture again.
A Dwelling in A shes.
Abbeville, Ga., Dec. 8. -The dwelling of
Judge D. Johnston was destroyed b.v lire
at 2 o’clock this morning. The building
was unoccupied, having been a few days
ago vacated by T. IT Wilcox. Every in-'
dication points to the hand of the incend
iary. The property was insured for
¥1,200, about three-fourths its value, in
the Plnenix Company of Brooklyn, N. Y.
A Naw Reoorder for CoUmbut.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. B.—The city coun
cil to-night elected Abe Cozart recorder,
over lion. Charlton Battle, Muscogee's
representative in the legislature. Mr.
Cozart is reading clerk and clerk of the
general Judiciary committee of tho House
of Representatives.
A Liquor Dealer Dead.
Augusta, Dec. 8 John A. Russ, of the
liquor firm of Starkweather & Cos., of No.
20 South William street, New York, died
suddenly in Augusta to-day of congestion
of the brain. His remains will lie for
warded to New York.
A Lynching in Carolina.
Columbia. K. C., Dec. 8. - There was a
lynching near Greenwood, in Abbeville
county, to-day. One of tho negroes who
recently murdered a lssldler there was
the victim.
STREET CAR STABLES BURNED.
Seventeen Head of Live Stock and
Twenty-five Cars in tho Ashes.
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 8. [gist midnight
fire destroyed the street car stables sit
uated at the extreme end of Main street,
two miles from the court house, together
with fourteen horse cars, eleven electric
cars, seventeen head of stock, 000 bales of
hay, and all the harness and electrical ap
pliances. The total toss of tho railway
company win ¥55,000. The insurance is
*51,600. i'he fire from the stable spread
to adjoining buildings, and property
valued at .Nto.ooo was destroyed, upon
which there was very little Insurance.
BURNED TO THE GROUND.
Ex-Congressman Tillman Loses His
Homestead By Fire.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 6. The old home
stead of ex-Congressman George D. Till
man, a brother of the governor, at Clark's
Hill, Edgefield county, was destroyed by
fire last night. The insurance policies
expired recently and were not renewed.
The loss is about *i ,000.
Miss Fanny Tillman, the ex-congress
mans daughter, who was in an upstairs
room sick, was badly injured while being
brought down stairs.
ASSAULTED A CHILD.
A Olrl of Six Years the Victim of a
Butcher at San Antonio.
San Antonio, Tex., Dee. 0. —Albert
Baumbacher, a German butcher, was ar
rested hero to-day for feloniously assault
ing the 6-year-old daughter of Mrs. C. F.
Smith, a widow. The crime was one of
tho most heinous ever committed here.
The girl was playing on tho street, when
she was picked up by Baumbacher and
carried into bis apartments, whore the
act was accomplished. Tbe girl is in a
critical condition. Baumbacher seems to
be unconcerned over his arrest.
Still In a Blaze.
Liverpool, Dec. B.—The fire in the cot
ton on board tbe British steamer Ferndene
Capt. Clark, at this jxiiiit from ‘Galves
ton via Norfolk, is still burning, despite
the active efforts of the firemen to ex
tinguish it. Cant. Clark reports that the
fire was discovered on Nov. 25, three days
after she cleared from Norfolk.
Presidential Nominations.
Washington. Dec. o.—The President to
day sent to the Senate the following nom
inations:
Joseph B. Doe, of Wisconsin,“assistant
secretary of war.
Postmasters William T. Farley, at
Tuscumbia, Ala.; Lizzie G. Hunt, at
Greenville, Miss.
NEW ORLEAN S MAFIA SUIT3.
The Jury Brings iu a Sealed Verdict in
the Abagnatto Case.
New Orleans, La., Dec. B.—Tho Abag
natto easo against the city of New
Orleans for *50,000 damages, a case grow
ing out of tho lynching of tho Italian
Mafia, at the Parish prison, in this city
about three years ago, was argued before
Judge Boarman, in tho Lnited States
circuit court to-day.
Hon. A. H. Leonard, for the plaintiff,
opened the argument with a brief state
ment of the claims of tho plaintiff. Both
sides then sent up typewritten instruc
tions which they desired the court to
give tho jury. The court ordered tho re
movul of the Jury from tho court room
while the instructions were being dis
cussed
Tho city denies that it is responsible
for either actual or punitive damage, and
the plaintiff contends tho reverse.
'l'he plaintiff to-da.v submitted that the
actual damages based on the earning ca
pacity of the deceased during the time he
would probably have lived, if he had not
been killed, would have amounted to
510,008.
A VBRPICT REACHED IN AN HOUR.
The case was given to tho jury quite
lute, and soon thereafter tho court ad
journed until 11 o’clock a. m. to-morrow.
Tho Jury had been out about an hour
when a verdict was agreed upon, but the
court having adjourned the jury dolivered
a scaled verdict into the hands of tho
clerk, and it will not be opened until 11
o'clock to-morrow.
Judge Boarman virtually decided that
Abaguatto was an Italian citizen and
that damages should he ngiven for the
suffering of the prisoner during the at
tack on the prison, and the lynching. It
is thought that the Jury gave a verdict
against the city for several thousand dol
lars, although the plaintiff asked for $50,-
000.
CORBETT GOING TO MAYPORT.
The Slugger Will Do HU Training
There for the Big Fight.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Doc. o.—lt has finally
been decided that Corbett will be trained
at Mayport for his light with Mitchell.
Delaney decided in favor of Mayport
after paying a visit to St. Augustine, and
inspecting tbe facilities offered by
that place. Mayport is at the
mouth of tho St. Johns river, and
is an ideal place for training quarters.
There are miles of beach and
Corbett can enjoy a plunge in old ocean
whenever lie desires. It is understood
that the necessary paraphernalia will be
sent, down to Mayport immediately, and
everything put in readiness for Corbett,
who is expected in about ten days. Mrs.
Corbett will prepare her husband's meals
while he is training. Opposition to the
fight seems to have died out. At least
nothing is heard from those who have
been opposing it.
VIRGINIA S LEGISLATURE.
A Startling Increase in the Criminal
Expenses of tho State.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 8. At, the bogin
ningof one of the most Important sessions
of tho Virginia legislature to-day, Gov.
McKinney submitted a message showing
the astounding fact that tho criminal ex
penses of the state have increased from
578,000 in 1880 and 6140,000 In 1870 to
6821.000 In 1805. To check this he recom
mended fixed salaries to prosecuting at
torneys, payment of costs by parties who
bring needless prosecutions and enlarged
jurisdiction of justices.
The most important feature of the mes
sage is a proposition to revolutionize the
oyster interest by renting tho states’ oys
ter grounds. amounting to about one mill
ion acres, at 61 per acre.
The governor approves the act of the
military in quelling the Roanoke riot, and
deprecates lynch law.
The state’s revenues have been in
creased 6500,000, without change of the
rate of taxation.
A SHIP BREAKS IN TWO.
Only One Man Out of Her Crew of 37
Reaches the Shore.
Highland Light, Mass., Dec. B.—The
British nil ip Jason, Capt. McMillan,
from Calcutta for Boston, went ashore
last night off Last ham. When day light
came this morning the ship hud broken in
two amldship. Her main and tnizzen
masts were gone and every man of her
crew on board, numbering twenty-six,
was washed into the sea and lost.
ONE MAN SURVIVES.
Highland Light. Mass., Dec. 8. 11 p. m.
—Samuel J. Evans, a Welsh sailor, was
washed ashoro with wreckage from the.
ship Jason last night and was rescued by
the life saving crew. He alone lives of
the crew of twenty-seven men. The
ship was from Calcutta for Boston with
jute butts. Evans' story shows that the
captain of the Jason was wrong in his
reckoning and wont ashore off Eastham.
METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE.
The Session for the Eastern North
Carolina District Under Way.
Wilmington, N. C . Dec. o.—Tho Metho
dist conference of the eastern district of
North Carolina convened at the l’ifth
Street Methodist church to-day. Bishop
Duncan presided. The church was
crowded with ministers, delegates and
visitors. After a brief address by the
bishop, foliowing the roll call, Rev. W. S.
Cunningham was elected secretary.
Very little business was transacted,
and the conference adjourned until 9:50
o'clock to-morrow. Only religious ser
vices will be held to night
WILMINGTON'B WELCOME WEEK.
The Second Day Pleasant and Many
Strangers Arriving.
Wilmington, N. C., Dec. B.—The second
day of Wilmington's Welcome week
opened under auspices in striking con
trast with those of yesterday. The sun
shone brightly all day.
To-day’s programme consisted of
boat races and a brief display of fire
works, winding up to-night with a grand
civic and military parade which attracted
much attention. Crowds of visitors are
coming in on every train, tho city is taste
fully decorated and the indications all
point to an immense attendance.
MURDERED BY BURGLARS.
The Remains of a Woman Found In
the Ashes of Her Home.
Birmingham, Ala , Dec. B.—The resi
dence of Mrs. Lucy W. Wright, in Bes
semer, a suburb of this city, was de
stroyed by fire last night. The body of
Mrs. Wright was found iu the ruins. She
was supposed to have had a considerable
amount of money, and it is believed that
she was murdered and the house set on
fire to conceal the crime.
I DAILY, 814 A YEAR I
■{ 5 CENTS A COPY. V
I WEISKLY,I2i A YEAR. I
SIIEPPERSON ON THE CROP.
He Sticks to His Estimate of a Yield
of 6,800,000 Bales.
Where the Gain of 400,000 Baleo, as
Compared With Laßt Season, Is to
Come From Texas Put Down as
350,000 Bales Short-A Belief That
Half of the Crop Had Reached the
Ports on Nov. 22—The Estimates of
a Large Crop Believed to Be Based
on Exoessive Estimates on the Acre
age.
New York, Dec. B.—The Southern As
sociated Press is authorized to publish
the following letter from Alfred B. Shep
person, editor of Cotton Facts, and sec ro
tary of the Senate’s special committee on
cotton •
Messrs. S. M. Inman A Cos., Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sirs-Complying with your request for
m.v present opinion of the probable size of
the cotton crop, I beg to state that reliable
advices received In tho past few days from
every section of tho cotton belt tend to con
linn the correctness of tho conclusion
previously reached by mo that tho actual
yield will probably be about (i.sflo uuo bales.
No much old cotton was marketed during last
season, that tho actual growth of that season
was prooahably not overfl.4uo.ooo butes,
l think tho yield of the present crop will
show the following gains over last season.
Viz: 210,101 bales in the two Cnrollnas, Geor
gia and Florida, :1(50.000 hales In Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana and 1.V1.0U0 bales la
Arkansas, making total gains of T.VMiOO bales.
1 place tho Texas yield at 1,800,000 bales, be*
lng a loss of 350,040 bales.
The general results for the other sections I*
about as last season.
Tho net gain over last season Is thua indi
cated to be 400.000 bales, making a total yield
off 1.8.10,000 bales.
The estimate for the Atlantic states Is very
full, as the South (lurollna crop may prove to
be no larger than last season. As this sea
son commenced with comparatively little old
cotton in tho Interior, the commercial crop
should bo more likely to he below than above
the actual yield, us considerable cotton may
ho carried over to the next season should the
present low prices continue.
In my opinion, the weather condition-,
since (let. 1 while cont I mtlng materially to
tho quality, have added very little to tho
quantity of the crop. For maturing the irap
and enabling it tone liked rapidly and Iu
good condition, the weather could hardly
have been more favorable. Tho remarkable
deficiency in rainfall, however, prevented
newgrowih un i hence there has been no top
crop made of consequence.
As the country roads everywhere have
been in fine condition, tho roads hud all the
cars needed, there has been every facility
for marketing the crop quickly. My corres
pondents unite in reporting that picking an l
marketing have been rapid beyond precedent,
in many sections picking is over uud it is
likely that It will all be practically
finished this week. 11l view of the unusually
favorable conditions tor marketing tbe crop,
1 think the port movement Is fully a week in
advance of fust season, and that, half of tho
port receipts for this season had reached the
ports by Nov. 21, nfl one half of last season s
receipts at the ports had arrived on Nov. 21*.
Taking tills as a basis, let us see what
It would Indicate for the crop. Nov.
22 tho is offits at tho ports were 2 570 060
hales, and twice this would give 5.116 000
hales as the port receipts for the season. Tho
overland movement dir *et to northern mills
was 40,000 boles less than at the same time
last year, but we will assume that the move
ment for the entire season will be the same
as last year. Let us also assume that the
southern mills will lake the same as last sea
son. Using the figure 4 of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange for the overland movement
and southi ru consumption, and adding for
these two Items l 612.U0U nules to the indicated
port receipts, the result Is a commercial crop
of (3,750,(1(10 hales.
As the Missouri. Kansas and Texas rail
road Is now slopping t trough Galveston, "he
bulk of the cotton which lust year It shipped
through Hannibal. Mo., having already ship
ped ni oit M) Pfl l ales by the new route, thus
additig to the port receipts at tho expense of
thi overland movement. It Is not at all proha
hle that the entire overland movement fortho
season will exceed last year's figures.
1$ I'o show how misleading the port receipts to
the end of November may be, can be Judged
without considering the attending circum
stances. Let me compare the season of 1884 'BS
with the one following It: To the end of No
vember. Issi. the port lo elpts differed only
5 000 bales from the suuic period of IWHU, but
the difference bet ween the crops < f those two
seasons was 870,000 bales. Another striking
comparison Is between the season of 1K8?-'M
and the next season. In the former season
the port receipts to the end of November
were 410,000 more than In IKMB, and yet tho
total crop was only about 100,000 bales more
than the crop of Ihsk.'ho.
4he large crop estimates now current are
all based upon very excessive estimates of
acreage, llonry Neill's estimate of acreage
is 111,000,000 acres and exceeds 2.400,000 acres
the figures deduced from tho census of 1880
and the department ot agriculture!* yearly
percentages of Increase and decrease since
then. Now. 1 happen to know that the facill
ties und methods of the department of agri
culture should enable it to reach approxi
mately direct results concerning acreage, and
will explain the matter fully in the
edition of "Cotton Facts.” soon
to bo issued. In abundance of
charity towards Mr. Nelli and the department
whose acreage statements he discredits, let
us take for the acreage of this season the
average of the two estimates. This would be
ISOIJ.OKI acres as against 81000.000 us re
ported b.v the census for thu season of 1889 DO.
this com promise‘acreage Is 10 per cent, less
than the census year's acreage, and a corres
ponding decrees : In yield from the census
report of a yield a trine under 7.500,000 bales,
would give us the promise of a yield this sea
son of (1.760 000 bales.
Asa result of the generally dry weather
during the season for maturing and picking
tho crop, the staple Is somewhat lighter than
this time last season. 4 he deficiency in Texas
Is from thirteen to fifteen pounds per bale, but
the shortage Is much less In other sections.
R Is very probable than the average
weight of the crop maybe five pounds per
bale less than last season. Upon a yield of
5.800 000 this shortage In weight would be
equivalent to a loss of 70 000 bales as com
pared with last season s crop.
While your views of the crop are more lib
eral, I um glad you share my conservatism
and are not at all ‘n sympathy with the very
large estimates which have been so indutrl
ousl.v circulated It Is noteworthy that the
leading factors of Now Orleans entertain
modearte Ideas In reference to the crop, and
have united in publishing a statement to that
effect. Yours very truly,
ALFRKD B. fsHEPPERSOS.
GRIFFIN TO ISSUE BONDS.
The Proceeds to Be Used in Putting: in
an Electric Light Plant.
Griffin, Git., Dec. 6.—An election was
held here to-day to ascertaiu whether or
not the city of Griffin would issue bonds
to tiie amount of *IB,OOO for an electric
light plant, to lie owned and controlled by
tiie city. The election resulted in 408
votes for bonds ami 2 against. This is
an enterprising step for Griffin’s welfare
and prosperity.
The election for aldermen to-day re
sulted in the re-election of J. C. Brooks.
B. it. Blakely, H. C. Burr and Lloyd
Cleveland. There was no opposition iu
the a'dermanic election.
Carolina’s Attorney General.
Columbia, S. C. Dec. B.—O. W. Bu
chanan, who has been assistant attorney
general of South Carolina, was to-day
unanimously elected attorney general by
the legislature to fill the unexpired term
of D. A. Townsend, regisnod. D. ▲.
Townsend bus been elected judge.